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Berlin Wall celebrations Hotels warned Law on salary against flouting massage rules

DOHA: The authorities have transfer likely issued a stern warning to hotels in the country against employ- ing women to do massaging on their male guests, Al Sharq reports. by year-end The warning came in response to a report published by Al Sharq recently about some hotels resort- No plan to introduce minimum wage ing to such practices in violation of the rules. DOHA: The proposed amend- include financial rights of work- The report that appeared with ments in the labour law that will ers and mandatory transfer of pictures of women massaging men make it mandatory on employ- employees’ salaries to banks by led to a huge public outcry, said ers to transfer salaries to banks the end of every month. the daily. is expected to be issued by the A draft decision to this effect The authorities have now asked end of this year, the Minister of was issued by the Ministry all hotels to strictly comply with Labour and Social Affairs H E in July this year. It was sent the law as well as the traditions Dr Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al to the State Cabinet which in of the country. Khulaifi has hinted. turn referred it to the Advisory They have been warned of The Minister, during a recent Council for its recommenda- stern action if found violating meeting with editors-in-chief of tions. The Council is expected the rules, said the daily. As per local newspapers, however, ruled to discuss the issue in its forth- the rules, men and women have out the possibility of introducing coming session, Al Sharq reports. been banned from doing massage minimum wages for workers in “We accept the criticisms Lit balloons are placed along the former Berlin Wall location near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin yesterday. on the opposite sex. Qatar. against us. We have nothing to Germany will celebrate the fall of the wall with the release of a nine-mile chain of lit balloons along the former THE PENINSULA The meeting was held as part hide. We have no reservations border tonight. See also page 14 of a government plan to launch a in dealing with the media,” the Salary hike soon for campaign involving local media Minister told the gathering. against the continuing interna- “We are working under pres- non-teaching staff in tional propaganda against Qatar sure. Our inspectors, who are over workers’ rights. Head of var- bestowed with judicial powers Independent schools ious departments at the ministry are doing their best. They have Houthis reject power-sharing govt were also present at the meeting. to protect the privacy of the com- DOHA: The Supreme The Minister reiterated that panies while doing their job. They SANA’A: Yemen’s Houthi thereby demonstrating its main The UN sanctioned the three Education Council (SEC) will there is no ban on recruiting have taken an oath not to leak the movement yesterday rejected loyalty to his predecessor and men for attempting to desta- soon announce an increase in workers to Qatar from any coun- secrets of companies,” he added. a new power-sharing govern- rival Ali Abdullah Saleh. bilise Yemen’s fragile political salaries of the administrative try or nationality. The Minister said it is not pos- ment that President Abd-Rabbu Hadi was forced to name a new transition from Saleh’s 33-year staff at Independent schools, Al He said five labour cities are sible to fix a minimum wage for Mansour Hadi announced on government as part of a United rule after he was forced to step Sharq reports. coming up in Qatar and a study workers since Qatar has a free Friday, thwarting his efforts to Nations-brokered deal following down in 2012 following mass The human resource law has is under way to assess the housing economy that functions on the end the country’s political crisis. the Houthis’ entry into Sanaa on street protests. been amended with new job requirements of the burgeoning basis of demand and supply rules. The group said Hadi’s choice September 21 after defeating rival Underscoring Western and Gulf grades and revisions in the pay labour force in the country. Once On complaints about the high fees of cabinet ministers “dashed political factions in battle. Arab concerns over stability in structure of non-teaching staff, work on all the housing projects is charged by manpower agencies, hopes and did not abide by what Both the Houthis and the GPC Yemen, Al Qaeda in the Arabian the daily said, quoting an SEC completed, it will solve the issue of the Minister said this issue was was agreed upon”. Adding to were angered by a United Nations Peninsula said it had attempted to source. The decision follows scattered labour accommodations. discussed during a meeting with Hadi’s troubles, his own politi- Security Council decision on kill the US ambassador, Matthew a major rise in the salaries of Addressing the meeting, the representatives of the agencies. cal party the General People’s Friday to subject Saleh and two Tueller, planting two bombs on Independent school teachers Minister said, the proposed THE PENINSULA Congress ousted him as its leader of the Shia movement’s leaders Thursday outside his residence. implemented last year. amendments in the law will Continued on page 12 before itself rejecting his cabinet, to asset freezes and travel bans. REUTERS THE PENINSULA

SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME WCMC-Q unveils 6-year medical education plan Premedical, medical programmes integrated

DOHA: Students at Weill One of the aims of the integrated Cornell Medical College in Qatar programme is to build upon and (WCMC-Q) w ill no longer have to go enhance WCMC-Q’s already strong through a separate admission proc- reputation for producing medi- ess to make the transition from the cal graduates who are able to gain two-year premedical programme to acceptance to post-graduation resi- the four-year medical programme, dency training programs at elite hos- as result of a new system. pitals all over the world. WCMC-Q The campus has announced a graduates have placed on residency restructuring of its curriculum that programmes at top-level institutions will see its premedical and medical pro- that include Johns Hopkins Hospital, grammes integrated into one cohesive NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, six-year medical education programme. Cleveland Clinic and Hamad Medical As a result of the integration, a Corporation, among many others. single admission process will deter- Students at WCMC-Q benefit mine entrance to a six-year medical from a wide network of academic and education program and students will personal support mechanisms, which Participants listening to Dr Moustafa Hamdy (inset) during the conference. progress through the course accord- allow the college to offer a personal- ing to advancement criteria, which ised education that meets the needs include academic performance, pro- and interests of each individual. fessionalism and commitment to the Dr Sheikh added: “We believe HMC meet discusses breast cancer prevention profession of medicine. these measures will result in an Students who successfully com- extremely high level of academic plete the six-year programme are performance and a high retention DOHA: Preventative measures can go a or ovarian cancers have occurred in the together as a society.” awarded the Cornell University rate of students through the six-year long way in reducing the risk of develop- same family, breast and ovarian cancers Dr Hamdy advised that people should Doctor of Medicine degree – the program. This is a very exciting time ing hereditary cancer, according to health have occurred in the same woman, or male learn to openly communicate about breast same qualification awarded to Cornell for WCMC-Q and we are looking experts. breast cancer runs in the family.” cancer. “Many people are silent about it or students who complete their studies forward to seeing our next intake of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) Dr Al Bader stressed that the risk of they try to ignore it — like it is taboo. We in the United States. students flourish on the new six-year recently hosted the annual Breast Cancer developing HBOC can be reduced with dif- need to realise that ignoring it will not solve Dr Javaid Sheikh, Dean of medical program.” Conference 2014 to raise awareness about ferent kinds of strategies such as lifestyle the problem. It is much better to discuss the WCMC-Q, said: “This important Students who are applying now breast cancer prevention, its early diagnosis, changes and chemoprevention. Regular sur- risks and manage them, rather than wait for innovation preserves the content, aca- to the WCMC-Q premedical pro- detection and management. veillance is also important. a cancer to progress, making it much more demic rigor and quality of our highly gramme will automatically be The focus of the conference this year “There are preventative measures that complicated and more difficult to treat.” regarded premedical and medical pro- reviewed for admission to the new, was hereditary breast and ovarian cancer can be put in place to reduce the risk of HMC operates a specialised High Risk grammes, while providing additional integrated six-year curriculum. (HBOC), which is an inherited genetic con- hereditary cancer developing, for example Clinic at the NCCCR, which is dedicated to flexibility to our students and at the Additional details will be available dition through which a potential cancer risk surgery and some other therapies. These evaluating and managing the risk of cancer same time advancing their prepared- soon on the WCMC-Q website. is passed down from generation to genera- measures can reduce the risk of breast and for both individuals and their families. The ness for the medical profession. THE PENINSULA tion in a family. ovarian cancer by up to 90 percent. The risk clinic was established in March 2013 and During the conference, Dr Salha of developing hereditary breast or ovarian incorporates a multidisciplinary approach Bujassoum Al Bader, Senior Consultant cancer is highest among women under the with the presence of different sub-special- Medical Oncologist at HMC’s National age of 45.” ists. Women with any of the HBOC risk fac- Center for Cancer Care and Research Dr Moustafa Hamdy, Head of the tors can receive medical assessment and (NCCCR) and Director of the Breast Department of Plastic and Reconstructive investigation at the clinic. Cancer Screening Programme said: “If you Surgery at Brussels University Hospital Between March 2013 and April 2014, a total have a family history of breast cancer, it is in Belgium said: “This is a great opportu- of 346 patients were referred to the clinic, and extremely important to have your personal nity for us to come together and talk about 253 have been reported to carry a high risk of risk assessed by a medical professional.” breast cancer; not only among healthcare developing hereditary breast or ovarian can- She explained that tests and screening professionals but also with the public. Breast cer. In addition, as part of the clinic, HMC also should be carried out to find out an indi- cancer is not just a disease; it is much more offers genetic counselling to high-risk patients vidual’s risk of developing HBOC in cases than that. It affects the family unit as a to assess the possibility of the disease. where multiple cases of early onset of breast whole. This is why we need to deal with it THE PENINSULA Ooredoo supports WEF’s Gender Parity Programme

DOHA: Ooredoo yester- Africa and Southeast globally, with 35 coun- day said it will continue Asia. tries having closed the gap to support initiatives According to the Global entirely. designed to close gen- Gender Gap Report 2014 The educational attain- der gaps in markets from the World Economic ment gap is the next nar- across its footprint in Forum (WEF), launched rowest, standing at 94 the Middle East, North this month, the gender percent globally. Here, 25 gap for economic partici- countries have closed the pation and opportunity gap entirely. now stands at 60 percent While the gender worldwide, having closed gap for economic par- by four percent from 56 ticipation and oppor- percent in 2006. Ooredoo tunity lags stubbornly is one of the partners of behind, the gap for the WEF’s Gender Parity political empowerment, Programme, the fourth pillar meas- “Ooredoo supports ured, remains wider a diverse range of ini- still, standing at just 21 tiatives that enable percent, although this human growth with a area has seen the most particular focus on the improvement since 2006. economic empower- With no one country ment of women,” said having closed its over- Sheikh Abdullah bin all gender gap, Nordic Mohammed bin Saud nations remain the most Al Thani, Chairman, gender-equal societies in Ooredoo Group, who the world. Last year’s lead- is a member of the ing four nations – Iceland Global Advisory Board (1), Finland (2), Norway of the WEF’s Gender (3) and Sweden (4) – are Parity Programme joined by Denmark, which and the World Bank climbs from eighth place Group Advisory to fifth. Council on Gender and In the Middle East Development. and North Africa, “We are striving to Kuwait, at 113th, is the accelerate the growth of highest-placed country the female digital econ- in the region, after mak- omy, both through dedi- ing significant gains in cated products for women overall income, includ- customers and enhanced ing for women. Qatar, opportunities for employ- which stands at 117th, has ment and development also shown significant across our markets. We improvements since the believe that these ini- previous report. tiatives will go some way The region is also towards reducing the gaps home to the lowest- identified in this report,” ranked country in the he said. index, Yemen, which, at The ninth edition of the 142nd, has remained at report finds that, among the bottom of the index the 142 countries meas- since 2006; but it has ured, the gender gap is significantly improved narrowest in terms of relative to its own past health and survival. This scores. gap stands at 96 percent THE PENINSULA HOME SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Labour Ministry, QF sign MoU

DOHA: The Ministry of Labour these issues, so we applaud labour laws in Qatar.” and Social Affairs has signed a Qatar Foundation’s dedication to “Qatar Foundation hopes to memorandum of understanding improving the welfare of workers become a role model for the public (MoU) with Qatar Foundation in Qatar.” in the treatment of migrant work- for Education, Science and Engineer Saad bin Ibrahim ers, and to lead by example. And, Community Development (QF) Al Muhannadi said: “Qatar in doing so, Qatar Foundation is aimed at improving working Foundation is delighted to be helping develop the community, conditions for migrant workers partnering with the Ministry of and working towards overcoming in Qatar. Labour and Social Affairs, as this challenges to unlocking human Under the agreement, the agreement represents a signifi- potential.” two parties will work together cant step towards improving the QNA to encourage organisations and residents to be more respectful of migrant workers, while seeking to improve sponsorship laws in Qatar. QF has been actively involved with initiatives in recent months to improve the welfare of workers across its construction sites. A number of senior rep- resentatives attended the signing ceremony, includ- ing the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi, President of QF Engineer Saad bin Ibrahim Al Muhannadi, Group Executive Director of QF Capital Projects and Facilities Management Engineer Jassim Telefat, and QF Health, Safety, Security & Environment Executive Director Sheikha Amal bint Thamir Al Thani In the presence of senior officials from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and QF, Khalid Al Ghanim, Director of Inspection, Department at the Ministry of Labour, signed the MoU with Engineer Jassim Telefat, on behalf of QF. Dr Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi said: “Qatar is facing a number of significant challenges related to migrant work- ers. Local organisations will be required to make a concerted effort to solve SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Neshat’s expo dwells on Iran revolution Minister opens exhibition at Mathaf BY FAZEENA SALEEM Arts and Heritage, together with Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed DOHA: A collection of con- bin Ali Al Thani, Vice- trasting images that confront Chairperson of Qatar Museums, contradictions in the society Dr Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali Al are being showcased in a new Thani, Vice-President of Qatar exhibition at the Mathaf: Arab Foundation, Eric Chevallier, Museum of Modern Art Doha. French Ambassador to Qatar Some portraits from the and Abdellah Karroum, Director Iranian revolutions which speak of Mathaf. emotions beyond political discus- The first floor of Mathaf has sions are a fictional courtyard photographic series The Book of with poetry and music is major Kings (2012) inspired by the poem attractions of ‘Shirin Neshat: Shahnameh (The Book of Kings) Afterwards,’ the first solo exhibi- by Persian poet Ferdowsi, written tion by internationally acclaimed between c. 977 and 1010 CE, as artist. She is an Iranian living in well as a selection of video instal- the United States. lations, OverRuled (2012) and The exhibition is composed Turbulent (1998) that collectively with layers of information, images, comment on historical, cultural Eric Chevallier, French Ambassador to Qatar; Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed bin Ali Al Thani, Vice Chairman of Qatar Museums; artist Shirin Neshat; references and concepts. It is an and political realities on which experience that through the art- the artist has focused on for the H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari, Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage; Abdellah Karroum, Director of Mathaf, and Dr Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali ist’s interrogation of history and past 30 years. Al Thani, Vice-President of QF, at the opening of the Shirin Neshat: Afterwards exhibition at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Doha yesterday. acts of building and destroying The photographic series from life and relationships, addresses The book of Kings comprised of 45 the contradictions inherent to individual portraits of people who realities behind the faces of those music. Also another video instal- Our House in Fire is compro- CIMAM 2014 Annual confer- humanity. were affected by power. There who stand in the intersection of lation, Turbulent, is based on gen- mised of portraits showing faces ence, the most important forum “Finally this amount of work are also full body portraits and love, devotion and sacrifice, yet der and contradiction between of the living and the labelled feet for communication and exchange has been brought to a museum painted torsos displaying images violence, atrocity, and death,” says traditional and contemporary of the dead, photographed in between museums, profession- in Doha,” said Shirin during a of violent battle scenes. Shirin. music. Cairo. This exhibition is curated als, and artists in the modern press preview of the exhibition “The Book of Kings is a con- Then it’s moved to a video Photos of Women of Allah Series by Karroum, and will be open and contemporary art world. yesterday. ceptual and artistic approach to installation, of a fiction court speaks of stereotypes of women until February 15, 2015. This conversation takes place at The exhibition was inaugurated narrating history, questioning the yard, where lawyers argue of in the middles east. The photo- Shirin will join Karroum for Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern by H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz notion of ‘heroism,’ and captur- Rumi, the 13th century Persian graphic work was done in early a one-off public conversation Art at Qatar Foundation. Al Kuwari, Minister of Culture, ing the emotional and human poet and it’s being answered by 1990s Iran. at 3pm today as part of the THE PENINSULA

Kulluna completes sixth Child Passenger Safety Training

DOHA: Kulluna has recently Saifeldeen, Director of Hamad well the CPST course has been successfully completed its International Training Centre received, especially given the sixth Child Passenger Safety said: “Until now, we have trained amount of time and commit- Training (CPST) course at the more than 45 people to become ment required to complete it. We Hamad International Training CPST technicians and are com- thank all the participants for tak- Center (HITC). mitted to hold this training more ing part and joining the Kulluna The training was held over frequently. Car-related injuries family. four days and focused on teach- are preventable accidents and This goes to show the impact ing participants to become child by educating these participants, of Kulluna’s ongoing safety ini- passenger safety technicians so we are able to spread awareness tiatives on members of the that they can teach parents and among the general public about society who help us reach out caregivers how to choose and cor- the importance of car seats.” to a wider circle of families. At rectly install the appropriate car He added that car seats are ConocoPhillips, safety is the ulti- seat for their children. recommended for all children mate core value and it is our Many parents who use car and it is essential to select the collective goal to eliminate all seats often have them incorrectly appropriate seat for every child injuries and incidents.” installed and the technicians can depending on height and weight. The CPST initiative was spot the mistakes and show the Gary Sykes, ConocoPhillips launched in 2013 in partner- parents how to fix the errors to Qatar president said: “As the ship with HITC and Safe Kids ensure their children are safe. founding sponsor of Kulluna, Worldwide. Some of the participants getting instructions on proper use of a child car seat. Dr Khalid Abdulnoor we are extremely proud at how THE PENINSULA Ministry distributes special boxes for fish transport

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment has supplied plastic boxes meeting Qatari standards and speci- fications to fishermen for transporting fish to the market. The Fish Department at the Ministry distributed boxes in two different sizes to all fishing vessels that are registered with the department. The size of the box was decided based on the fishing tools and the requirements of the boats. The boxes are made of high quality plastic that doesn’t spoil the catch or cause health hazards to consumers, the Ministry said in a statement. The aim of providing the boxes is to help fishermen preserve the quality of the catch and prevent getting the fish damaged due to poor storage. Contractors seek waiver of fines for delayed projects

DOHA: Several contractors of infrastructure projects are asking the ministry of finance to waive the fines for their delayed projects, a senior official said. Ali Mohammed Al Duhaimi, the Director of Investigation and Legal Affairs Department at Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said that there was no lax- ity in imposing fines on companies that failed to deliver projects on schedule, reported Al Sharq. He said that there were several requests to the claims and compensation committee of the Ministry of Finance from contractors asking to be forgiven from the fines cit- ing that the reasons for the projects delays were beyond their capacities. He was responding to the Central Municipality Council (CMC) recent recommendations to change part of the laws on delaying projects if it was proved beyond doubt that the delays were beyond the contractors capacities and the delays will not affect the concerned government bodies so that the contractor could be excused from the fine or part of it by decisions from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce and Ministry of Finance. THE PENINSULA

SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Call for creating culture of tolerance in kids DICID holds interfaith dialogue

DOHA: Parents should incul- the prejudices adding that in the cate the culture of tolerance in US where he came from, people children from their childhood, who have never meant a Muslim said the speakers at an inter- had a bad perception about faith dialogue held yesterday. Muslims formed from the press The speakers were talking at where as those who have meant the fourth roundtable among Muslims were comfortable living local communities organised by with Muslims. Doha International Centre for Dr Edward Omar Moad the Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) professor at College of Arts and in partnership with Christian Science at Qatar University dis- Churches Steering Committee at cussing the same topic however La Cigale Hotel in Doha. disagreed that children were Fr Thomas Michel a professor always a reflection of their par- at Georgetown University-Qatar ents. He said it was common Dr Aisha Al Mannai, Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Doha International Centre for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID), addressing the 4th Roundtable among discussing a topic on “Children for children to take a different Local Communities on Harnessing Moral Values for Our Time at the La Cigale Hotel in Doha yesterday. Fr Bisanty Anba Bishoy (left), President, Christian are a reflection of their parents” course and perspective of life from Churches Steering Committee, and R Seetharaman (right), Chief Executive Officer, Doha Bank, are also seen. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) said that most of the attitudes their parents as it had been the children had about other people case with Prophet Ibrahim who that often lead to violence were and respect. “There is no reli- the families at home, the old enhance the importance of values were always formed at a dinner despite growing in a community cultivated not as teachings of spe- gious discrimination in Qatar, all showing respect to the young in communities and also serve as table with their parents. of idolaters’ and his parents being cific religions but as programmes people of different religions live and vice versa. Then these mor- reminder that these values have “By the time a child goes to Idolaters’, he himself looked to the with political agendas and people together in peace and prosperity,” als should be taught in schools, to adhered to. school they have already learnt sky and took the path of worship- should be wary of whoever wanted he declared. places of worship like mosques R Setheearman the Chief which kinds of people are dirty, ing a single God. to cultivate Fitina among com- Fr Bisanty Anba Bishoy, the and churches and finally into the Executive Officer of Doha bank lazy and not trustworthy,” he said. Sheikh Abdul Salam El munities, he said. president of Christian Churches media, which has proved to be warned communities of abandon- He said it was important that Bassyouni from the editing and El Bassyouni also said that he Steering committee read verses the most powerful instrument of ing core values as this will have societies made efforts to bring Translation department of Fanar had lived in Qatar for about 30 from the Bible and holy Quran to our times, he said. more repercussions and said that about the culture of tolerance urged communities not to nurture years, half of his life so far and explain how moral values were Dr Aisha Al Mannai, the vice the economic crisis which had before violence struck, as it was hatred among the young genera- he was grateful to see the country very important in our commu- chair-Board of directors for DCID started as a result of abandon- harder to seek reconciliation after tions through using religion for making efforts to bring together nities. He said that enhanc- said that this round table theme ing economic values was now a violence. He also urged societies political gains. Most religious dif- people of different religions ing these moral values was a “harnessing moral values for human crisis. to bring people together and fight ferences prevalent in communities through channels like dialogue work supposed to start with our times” had been chosen to THE PENINSULA

Call for making District Cooling Summit to focus on harnessing solar power bus service DOHA: The upcoming District according to a press statement Nezar will also give the keynote on behalf of QPM in partner- being presented during this key- Cooling Summit is expected to issued yesterday by Qatar Project presentation during the open- ship with Dirk Krüger and note session include the cooling of compulsory for discuss host of challenges and Management (QPM) Company, ing session highlighting Solar Jürgen Dersch from the German a playground in Lusail City as a opportunities, including the the orgnising partner of the event. Outdoor Cooling opportunities Aerospace Center, which is head- case study performed in collabo- potential of innovative ‘Solar Headlining the summit are some in the region. quartered in Cologne, Germany. ration with the QPM partners schoolchildren Outdoor Cooling’ as a new and of the region’s leading govern- Nezar said: “There are just a The paper explains how the involved in the project. viable option to lead the region ment authorities, decision mak- few days in the region when direct sun can be an innovative and sus- The presentation will also cover DOHA: With scores of devel- into a new age of sustainability ers, project stakeholders, master sunlight is low. Therefore, the tainable answer to a scalable and many other key topics related to opmental projects, especially for in the energy- and water-inten- developers and technology firms. practical applications of harness- affordable outdoor cooling solu- the challenges and opportuni- road construction and upgrade sive District Cooling sector. The Doha-based QPM is rep- ing solar energy in the region are tion in Qatar. The ground-break- ties in producing a reduced scale works, being implemented The sixth edition of the Annual resenting Qatar as both the massive and much more lucrative ing solution aims at rebranding prototype to corroborate results simultaneously, the movement Middle East District Cooling project management partner in terms of sustainability factors the outdoor environment in Qatar obtained from a Computational of traffic in Doha and its sub- Summit is to be held here from and Chair of the Summit, repre- than anywhere else in the world. during the summer, so it is com- Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. urbs is increasingly becoming November 10 to 11. In the last sented by Salah Nezar, Corporate This solution can drive the mas- fortable and more appealing for The results of the techno-economic an uphill battle. six year, the event has expanded, Sustainability Director at QPM, sive demand growth for cooling in people to experience open-air study will be shared with the audi- Frequent traffic jams for long offering more opportunities, who will also be chairing many our expanding cities.” activities, rather than staying ence to demonstrate the cost effec- hours, especially during peak including an exhibition that will panel discussions during the two- The research being presented inside a confined environment. tiveness of the proposed solution. times (morning and evening), run alongside the conference, day conference. by QPM is co-authored by Nezar Some of the proposed solutions THE PENINSULA has become the common reason for missing appointments and late reporting in offices. Abu Hamour, Mamoura, 22-February Road, Madinat Khalifa (South), Al Markhiya, Third batch of Lekhwiya Al Wakra and Television rounda- bout, roads leading to industrial area, are some of the places which rescue team graduates have been identified witnessing the worst traffic jams, according to a latest survey conducted by DOHA: The Internal Security officers and privates. Al Sharq. Force (Lekhwiya) celebrated The programme included a The daily reported that traf- the graduation of the third number of training courses in fic diversion and road closures batch of the National Search different international training to make way for various infra- and Rescue Team, which over- institutes that covered fire fight- structure projects such as metro sees the training of the National ing, free parachuting, medical aid, have further aggravated the situ- Academy of specialist training. explosives rescue by ropes, diving ation in areas that usually remain The ceremony was held under the urban rescue, disposal of hazard- crowded during normal days. patronage of the Commander of the ous materials and navigation. The report has also identified Private Operations Group Brigadier The Search and Rescue Officer specific reasons for traffic jams Ali Mohammed Al Rashid in the Major Abdullah Al Muhannadi and in different areas of the city. presence of a number of direc- Director General and Chief Executive For instance, Abu Hamour area, tors and commanders of groups Officer of the National Academy where more than a dozen schools and Director General and Chief of Specialist Training Masoud are located, faces one of the worst Executive Officer of the National Mohamed Al Khaldi held a press traffic jams almost throughout Academy of Specialist Training conference in which Al Muhannadi the day due to the movement of Masoud Mohamed Al Khaldi. thanked the academy saying that it a huge fleet of buses and private The number of the gradu- is the strategic training partner of cars dropping and picking chil- ates totalled 32 trainees includ- the search and rescue team. dren to schools twice a day. Third batch of National Search and Rescue team during the graduation ceremony. ing officers, non-commissioned QNA Some citizens, to reduce the number of private vehicles from the road, have even suggested making the use of bus services mandatory for children who come in private cars, as one bus can QIC opens branch in Muaither replace up to 50 cars. Al Wakra area is also facing DOHA: Qatar Insurance is a part of our strategic initiative huge traffic jams. The population of Company (QIC) opened a branch to expand our reach to new custom- the city has grown manifolds, while office in Muaither. Business/ ers and grow our existing customer the infrastructure has witnessed working hours for the branch base in Muaither. This branch will very little expansion. The report are from 9am to 9pm from also be processing motor claims said that relatively cheaper hous- Saturday through Thursday. requests, thus enhancing our serv- ing rentals are one of the impor- The new full-service Muaither ice levels and becoming more acces- tant reasons for the rapid growth branch will provide the full range of sible to our customers residing in of population in the area. And the QIC’s personal insurance products Muaither. We look forward to ongoing construction projects in (car insurance, home care insur- growing this new branch with our the area have further increased the ance, travel insurance etc) to the customers in the years ahead.” movement of vehicles significantly. existing and prospective customers He added, “The Muaither Although the traffic depart- residing in the Muaither area. branch was opened to meet the ment has taken necessary steps The branch was inaugurated by demand for QIC’s insurance prod- such as deploying police personnel Senior Deputy Group President ucts in Muaither. Opening of this in pre-identified places to ensure and CEO of QIC, Ali Al Fadala in branch is in line with QIC’s chan- smooth movement of traffic, but the presence of eminent dignitar- nel strategy of reaching out to due to the unprecedented increase ies. Fadala said: “I am very excited customers across Qatar by being in the flow of traffic things just go about expanding our services in part of the local business life.” beyond imagination. Muaither. The new branch opening THE PENINSULA Officials and dignitaries during the opening of the branch. THE PENINSULA

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nfortunately, Catalonians are unable to tread the path of Scots. Scots were given an opportunity to decide on their continuation in the British union, Uand after a virulent campaign which saw both the supporters and opponents of independence lay out every British govt’s gunpowder argument and fact in their arsenal, the people finally voted to remain in the union. The vote was seen as an inspiration and model for other countries in the world which are facing secessionist movements. Spain was one, where Catalonians plot against democracy have been demanding freedom. But that dream was thwarted by Spain’s Constitutional Court which ruled any vote on BY GEORGE MONBIOT this uprising. But their position slips a against the candidacy of Jean-Claude independence unconstitutional. Nevertheless, Catalonia’s little every month. When the British Juncker for president of the European national government has vowed to go ahead with a symbolic N THIS DAY a year ago, minister responsible at the time, Ken commission, they claimed that he vote and the region’s leaders are determined to carry out I was in despair. A dark Clarke, responded to my first articles, threatened British sovereignty. It was this referendum despite threats from Spain. Catalan leader cloud was rising over the he insisted that “nothing could be more a perfect inversion of reality. Juncker, Artur Mas has warned that any move to disrupt Sunday’s Atlantic, threatening foolish” than making the European seeing the way the public debate was to blot out some of the negotiating position public, as I’d pro- going, promised in his manifesto that “I symbolic and much-disputed vote would be ‘a direct attack on Ofreedoms our ancestors lost their lives posed. But last month the commission will not sacrifice Europe’s safety, health, democracy’. to secure. The ability of parliaments on was obliged to do just this. It’s begin- social and data protection standards … Even though symbolic, the outcome of the vote will be both sides of the ocean to legislate on ning to look as if the fight against TTIP on the altar of free trade … Nor will I significant. It will measure the support for independence in behalf of their people was at risk from could become a historic victory for peo- accept that the jurisdiction of courts Catalonia and can further complicate the crisis caused by an astonishing treaty that would grant ple against corporate power. in the EU member states is limited by the demand for freedom. If people overwhelmingly vote to corporations special powers to sue gov- The central problem is what the special regimes for investor disputes.” ernments. I could not see a way of stop- negotiators call investor-state dispute Juncker’s crime was that he had pledged secede, it will force Spain to change its stance and ultimately ping it. settlement (ISDS). The treaty would not to give away as much of our sover- give in. If the support is not so decisive, Madrid can heave a Almost no one had heard of the allow corporations to sue governments eignty to corporate lawyers as Cameron sigh of relief, but Catalonian leaders are unlikely to go back Transatlantic Trade and Investment before an arbitration panel composed of and the media barons demanded. from their demand and will work Partnership (TTIP) between the EU corporate lawyers, at which other people Juncker is now coming under extreme furiously towards their objective. and the US, except those who were qui- have no representation, and which is not pressure. Last month 14 states wrote Spain’s conservative Prime etly negotiating it. subject to judicial review. to him, privately and without consult- Spain must And I suspected Already, thanks to the insertion of ing their parliaments, demanding the Minister Mariano Rajoy says that almost no ISDS into much smaller trade treaties, inclusion of ISDS (the letter was leaked realise that his country cannot hold an one ever would. big business is engaged in an orgy of a few days ago). And who is leading this independence referendum like Even the name litigation, whose purpose is to strike campaign? The British government. independence Scotland because, unlike Britain, This bill of seemed perfectly down any law that might impinge on its It’s hard to get your head around the it has a written constitution that designed to repel anticipated future profits. The tobacco duplicity involved. While claiming to movements corporate public interest. firm Philip Morris is suing governments be so exercised about our sovereignty forbids it. Rajoy also downplayed rights threatens I wrote about it in Uruguay and Australia for trying to that it is prepared to leave the EU, our are not easily the importance of the vote during for one reason: discourage people from smoking. The government is secretly insisting that suppressed. a speech to supporters of his to blow the to be able to tell oil firm Occidental was awarded $2.3bn the European commission slaughter conservative Popular Party in the my children that in compensation from Ecuador, which our sovereignty on behalf of corporate eastern city of Caceres. “What sovereignty I had not done terminated the company’s drilling con- profits. Cameron is leading a gunpowder will take place tomorrow, we can nothing. cession in the Amazon after finding plot against democracy. of parliament To my amaze- that Occidental had broken Ecuadorean He and his ministers have failed to call it whatever one wants, but it is not a referendum, not unless it can be ment, the article law. The Swedish company Vattenfall is answer the howlingly obvious question: a consultation, nor anything that resembles it, I can’t even went viral. As suing the German government for shut- what’s wrong with the courts? If corpo- qualify it. What is certain is that it will not have any effect,” stopped. a result of the ting down nuclear power. rations want to sue governments, they he said. public reaction The same mechanism, under TTIP, already have a right to do so, through The demand for independence is far more vociferous in and the involve- could be used to prevent UK govern- the courts, like anyone else. It’s not as Catalonia than in Scotland and unlike in Scotland, Madrid ment of remarkable campaigners, the ments from reversing the privatisation if, with their vast budgets, they are dis- European commission andthe British of the railways and the NHS, or from advantaged in this arena. Why should has been acting tough. Catalonia took a step towards greater government responded. The Stop TTIP defending public health and the natural they be allowed to use a separate legal autonomy in 2006 when it formally adopted a charter petition now carries more than 750,000 world against corporate greed. The cor- system, to which the rest of us have no that assigned it the status of a “nation”. But in 2010 the signatures; the 38 Degrees petition has porate lawyers who sit on these panels access? What happened to the principle Constitutional Court overruled that nationhood claim, fuelling 910,000. Last month there were 450 pro- are beholden only to the companies. of equality before the law? pro-independence passions. test actions across 24 member states. So outrageous is this arrangement It cannot be ducked for much longer. The commission was forced to hold a that even the Economist, usually the Unlike previous treaties, this one is With both sides adopting a recalcitrant approach, tension public consultation about the most con- champion of corporate power and trade being dragged by campaigners into the is likely to rise. Spain must realize that independence troversial aspect, and 150,000 people treaties, has now come out against it. It open, where its justifications shrivel on movements are not easily suppressed and will only grow with responded. Never let it be said that peo- calls investor-state dispute settlement “a exposure to the light. There’s a tough time. All the political parties need to take a second look at ple cannot engage with complex issues. way to let multinational companies get struggle to come, and the outcome is by the issue in a more conciliatory spirit. Catalonians too must Nothing has yet been won. rich at the expense of ordinary people”. no means certain, but my sense is that decide if independence is the only solution, or more autonomy Corporations and governments – led When David Cameron and the cor- we will win. by the UK – are mobilising to thwart porate press launched their campaign THE GUARDIAN is another option• The other side Quote of 25 years later: The Berlin Wall the day

had been spending a lot of time in when the dam would finally break was still serving as a transit camp. When I got on the plane home, I started the old Soviet Union since 1987, anybody’s guess. Then in early September Every few minutes a taxi would pull writing a piece in which I compared East when I visited Moscow after a five- I flew from Moscow to Hungary for a quick up and East Germans — usually a young Germany’s Communist regime to a Walt Iyear absence and found the place look around on my way home. couple — would get out. Every hour an Disney character who had run off a cliff — unrecognizable. People had lost their On the way in to Budapest from the enormous coach would drive up and take but wouldn’t actually start to fall until he fear: In the kitchens, and sometimes in airport, the streets were full of abandoned them all off to the West. And after an hour looked down. And as soon as we landed, The world is on the streets, they were saying what they East German cars, mostly pathetic Trabis or so interviewing them as they arrived at I booked a ticket back to Berlin for late really thought. It was the first time I had that any sensible person would aban- the gate, I knew what was going to hap- October. I was just in time for a great party. the brink of a gone to Russia without feeling that I had don. But still.... The taxi driver explained pen next. What astonished everyone was the way left Planet Earth. that Hungary had opened its border They didn’t see themselves as refugees the old system just rolled over and died. new Cold War. By 1989 I had kind of worked out what with Austria. East Germans were com- fleeing to start a new life in the West. They This amazing new technique of non-violent was going to happen, but I didn’t know ing down in droves across the “fraternal” were taking advantage of an opportunity to revolution had been working well in Asia Some say that if it could all be done non-violently. The Communist country of Czechoslovakia (no see the West, and they’d be safe there if since 1986 — the Philippines, Thailand, it has already signs were good — I had spent much of visa needed), to travel onwards to Austria things went badly wrong in East Germany, South Korea, Bangladesh — but taking the summer in the Soviet Union, and the and thence to West Germany. So I had but most fully expected to be home again, down a Communist regime seemed like begun. first big demos had already happened the taxi take me up to the Young Pioneer in a democratic East Germany, within a a much more dangerous and doubtful Mikhail Gorbachev peacefully in Moscow — but where and camp in the hills behind Buda that was year. enterprise. ARAB NEWS Former Soviet leader SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 The business of White House briefings

interesting thing is walking out of the The background room” and chatting with officials in a relaxed fashion, he said. meetings are so He also found the frequent “no com- ments” of briefers to be as valuable as any affirmative statement. “When they shut far off the record you down on things,” Thrush said, “you often find out where the story is.” Reporters say they often ask for the that the journalists meetings to be on the record, but their requests are denied by White House offi- aren’t supposed cials. This leaves journalists in a quan- dary: Accept the terms or leave the room. Almost none have walked out, fearing that to confirm they they might miss something newsworthy. The administration’s not-for-direct- even took place, let quotation edict is understandable in cer- tain instances, said National Journal’s Condon, such as before or after a dip- alone report what lomatic summit, when an inflammatory report could jeopardise sensitive negotia- was said (among tions or pre-empt the president’s official statements. On other occasions, however, it’s “usually other measures, just silly,” he said. Condon recalls a press aide telling him in a briefing two years ago, participants agree “ ‘Off the record, I have nothing for you on that.’” But if journalists stood up to their government sources, background briefings to check their could become more transparent and gov- ernment officials could be held to account, cellphones at the said Ron Fournier, a former White House correspondent for the Associated Press who is now a columnist at the door). But breaches National Journal. “My bottom line is that the ground rules should always be set by the reporter, US President Obama (right) with VP Joseph Biden as he discusses unemployment at the White House in Washington. sometimes occur. not the source,” he said. “It should be the BY PAUL FARHI reporter’s discretion, not a government wouldn’t learn another way. Quoting a of positions that are well known.” declined to offer any on-the-record state- decision. . . . We have the right to blow senior official without identifying him Landler and the Times are part of the ment about the administration’s back- them up and make them speak for the very so often, a group of hand- or her is imperfect, they acknowledge, golden circle of reporters and news out- ground briefing policies, in effect offering record.” picked journalists gets the but better than nothing, which is what lets that are regularly sought by White no comment about its policy of not com- Reporters should realise that they can equivalent of a tap on the shoul- reporters get when they ask for on-the- House operatives for background brief- menting. Obama himself has met with insist — either as a group or individu- Eder from a White House func- record interviews with frequent briefers ings, separate from the rest of the press reporters for “deep” background briefings ally — that all “background” comments tionary. They’re invited to a background such as deputy national security adviser corps. Earlier administrations used to on a few occasions. He has also invited be on the record, Fournier said. If it’s briefing, one of Washington’s most com- Ben Rhodes or US trade representative include a wider group, but President liberal as well as conservative pundits, not on the record, they should leave the mon, and little examined, rituals for Michael Froman. Barack Obama’s press representa- bloggers and opinion writers in for simi- room. The reason that doesn’t happen, the transmission of official spin, talking During a July background briefing, tives, particularly in his second term, lar sessions. he said, is that reporters fear the “social points and, occasionally, actual news. for example, senior administration offi- have narrowed the field, showing “more These meetings are so far off the discomfort” of walking out, and because For an hour or more, the assembled cials — unnamed, of course — made news favouritism to the biggest news organisa- record that the journalists aren’t sup- they worry that a competitor will accept reporters will listen to and question when they said the administration would tions,” said George Condon, the National posed to confirm they even took place, the government’s terms and stay behind. White House advisers and aides — “sen- oppose a bipartisan effort in Congress Journal’s veteran White House reporter. let alone report what was said (among During the 2004 presidential campaign, ior administration officials” in the inevi- to speed up the deportation of undocu- This has led to a press room divided other measures, participants agree to he recalled, Democratic nominee John table stories that follow — on topics of mented minors from Central America. between background-briefing haves and check their cell phones at the door). But Kerry walked to the back of his plane the officials’ choosing. Background briefings have enabled have-nots. The news organisations typi- breaches sometimes occur. Before one to chat with reporters, insisting that his All of it will be hush-hush. No TV cam- reporters to report with some confidence cally invited to the briefings are those such backgrounder in late 2012, MSNBC comments were off the record, meaning eras will roll. No names will be revealed. about the administration’s take on other whose reporters occupy the first three host Ed Schultz tweeted photos of the they could not be quoted. Fournier told There will be no direct quotes (hence, issues as well — the Islamic State, the rows of the seven-row press briefing White House and mentioned on Twitter Kerry that he would be taking notes and the ubiquitous “senior administration economy, healthcare reform, upcoming room: the TV networks, major newspa- that he was “on my way to DC to visit would file a story “before the plane lands.” officials”) and sometimes no quotes at trips and major speeches. pers such as the Times, The Washington with the President.” White House offi- The ultimatum left Kerry with a all. Readers and viewers will never learn But too often, reporters say, back- Post and the Wall Street Journal, and cials weren’t pleased. choice, Fournier later wrote: “He could exactly who said what. Take our word, or ground briefings are a one-way street wire services such as the Associated Even when the briefings produce lit- chat with us on my terms (a win-win) or theirs, for it. that suits the White House’s purposes Press and Reuters. Sometimes, even tle of immediate value, they’re useful walk away. He stormed back to his cabin, Is this any way to report the news? more than journalists’. third-row occupants — from Politico, the for other reasons, said Glenn Thrush, a and I got back to writing an analysis of White House reporters tend to view “The briefings vary widely in use- Los Angeles Times and McClatchy news- senior writer for Politico magazine and his flailing campaign.” background briefings as a kind of mixed fulness,” said Mark Landler, who cov- papers, among others — don’t make the a former White House correspondent. The lesson, he said, is, “Stop moaning blessing. While they bristle at the ground ers the White House for the New York cut, leading to complaints from excluded Thrush used the sessions as an oppor- about how you’re being played and play rules, they say the briefings occasionally Times. “Sometimes, I learn a lot. Other reporters. tunity to get to know those proverbial the game harder.” generate useful information that they times, there’s a lot of spin or repetition White House spokesman Eric Schultz senior administration officials. “The most WP-BLOOMBERG The loophole in space flight safety Spending funds an

reach a higher standard once they many years to approach that, It required a safety zone on the Unlike air begin carrying passengers, said she said. ground of 1,250 feet (380 meters) Ebola challenge Scott Pace, director of George “The statistics aren’t with us,” around SpaceShipTwo as it was Washington University’s Space Cahoy said. being prepared for flight and lim- passengers, BY CHRISTOPHER Policy Institute. NASA estimated the risks of ited the craft to restricted air- data show that low spending on FLAVELLE “Zero or a completely hands-off losing a Space Shuttle when the space where it wouldn’t fly near health care in one year didn’t there’s no approach is not acceptable, prob- fleet was still in operation was 1 airplanes. necessarily lead to a surge later. ably even to the companies,” Pace in 90, or 1.1 percent. Representative Dana resident Barack Obama is In the five-year period, only once standard for said in an interview. Still, other unregulated human Rohrabacher, a California asking Congress for $6bn did disbursements come close to The debate will be where to activities are riskier. A 2007 study Republican who sponsored some Pin emergency funds to matching appropriations. draw that line, he said. found that the chances of dying of the legislation limiting FAA’s fight Ebola, including $2bn for In the five years leading up to the safety of The FAA’s current space flight after climbing Mount Everest oversight, remains “a strong the US Agency for International the Ebola outbreak, the US was regulations are focused on ensur- were about one in 62, or 1.6 proponent of commercial space Development to spend on health able to spend more than 83 per- the paying ing that uninvolved people on the percent. exploration and considers set- care in West Africa. But an anal- cent of the $67m Congress made ground and the environment The FAA provided an outline backs, however tragic, to be the ysis of federal spending shows available for fighting malaria, and aren’t harmed. They also include of what human space flight regu- constant companion of freedom that in the five years leading up 87 percent of the $19m appropri- customers on requirements that companies lations may look like in a report and progress,” spokesman Ken to the Ebola outbreak, his admin- ated for HIV/AIDS. By contrast, it have adequate insurance and published August 27 laying out Grubbs said in an e- mail. istration struggled to spend the spent just 63 percent of the $39m spacecraft. won’t threaten national security. “recommended practices” for The industry believes the money Congress had already appropriated for maternal and Unlike passengers on commer- such ventures. It includes dozens existing regulations worked and made available. child health, and 56 percent of BY ALAN LEVIN cial airliners, there’s no standard of safety recommendations, from doesn’t want tighter requirements From 2009 through 2013, the $32m appropriated for family for the safety of the paying cus- having fire suppression systems that may hinder experimentation Congress appropriated $243m planning and reproductive health. he fatal Virgin Galactic tomers on the spacecraft. They to preventing electrical shocks. and development, Eric Stallmer, for health-related spend- What explains USAID leaving crash may trigger the first just must be notified of the risks The document stopped short of president of the Washington- ing in Liberia, the bulk of it so much of its healthcare budget Tfederal regulation of an of a flight and reentry into the setting specific levels of accept- based Commercial Spaceflight through USAID, according to for Liberia unspent? One possible industry that has so far oper- atmosphere. able risk because that “may inad- Federation trade group, said in ForeignAssistance.gov. (Guinea explanation is that health care in ated with almost no oversight on The FAA is waiting for results vertently limit innovation.” an interview. and Sierra Leone, the other coun- Liberia wasn’t the priority that, assumption that space travellers, of the accident investigation to By comparison, in the more While companies understand tries affected by the outbreak, got in hindsight, it should have been. similar to mountain climbers, determine whether additional mature world of commercial air- there will eventually be calls for a fraction of that amount.) Yet It may have seemed reason- know the risks. regulations are needed, it said in craft, the FAA requires manu- additional standards, at this stage the US government managed to able for USAID to focus on other Congress has prohibited the US an e-mailed statement. facturers such as Boeing Co to it prefers non-binding guidelines, spend just $152m over that same priorities. Ben Leo, former global government from imposing safety “However, we will look to uti- prove that failures of systems that Stallmer said. So far, in discus- period, or 63 percent. policy director for Bono’s ONE regulations over most aspects of lise any and all available platforms could take down a plane — such sions with lawmakers and FAA When I asked USAID for com- campaign and now a senior fellow commercial space exploration, to leverage lessons learned that as a fractured wing — must be regulators, he hasn’t heard any ment on that spending, the agency at the Washington-based Center even barring protections for pas- will result in increased safety,” “extremely remote.” call for new regulations, he said. said it was more reasonable to for Global Development, told me sengers on the kind of for-pay the agency said. “We know that That is defined as occurring “We’ve got to get through this look only at a more restrictive that after Liberia emerged from flights that billionaire Richard spaceflight is inherently risky no more than once in 1 billion learning period, which Congress category of money — what’s called civil war in 2003, it made sense Branson’s Virgin Galactic envi- and we expect that valuable les- flights, making it unlikely during has been tremendously supportive the Global Health Program. Using for foreign aid to focus on security sions. All that changed when the sons will be learned from these the entire history of an aircraft of,” he said. that criteria, the US government and basic infrastructure. company’s SpaceShipTwo broke unfortunate events that will lead model’s lifetime. SpaceShipTwo disintegrated spent $99m on health aid to A more charitable explanation into pieces on an October 31 to increased safety and help this Virgin Galactic’s public affairs above the California desert after Liberia over the same period, out is that spending development test flight. industry continue to evolve.” subcontractor, New York- based a braking mechanism supposed to of $135m Congress appropriated. money responsibly in West Africa The law says the Federal The goal of human space flight Edelman Public Relations, didn’t be used during re-entry deployed That’s a spend rate of 73 percent. is just really, really hard. So when Aviation Administration may should be a safety record similar immediately respond to e-mailed as the ship rocketed upward and Money for healthcare aid can the White House says that pre- issue rules if a launch “resulted to that of commercial aviation, requests for comment. reached the speed of sound, about often be rolled over to the next venting the next outbreak of in a serious or fatal injury.” While Kerri Cahoy, a Massachusetts The FAA issued a permit May 1,060 kilometers an hour at that budget year. And according to Ebola means getting more money it makes sense to give companies Institute of Technology professor 23 to Scaled Composites LLC, altitude, according to the National USAID, the groups that spend from Congress, that’s only part of relatively free rein to test new of aeronautics and astronautics, which built the spaceship, for Transportation Safety Board. aid money have up to five years the problem. technology, they should have to said in an interview. It may take the Virgin Galactic test flight. WP-BLOOMBERG to submit their invoices. But the WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / MIDDLE EAST South Sudan rivals vow to end war Regional African bloc IGAD threatens sanctions and direct intervention; Kiir says troops to act in self-defence

ADDIS ABABA: East African nations increasingly impatient with the war- government would leave Kiir as president forces had already started to investigate have told South Sudan’s government ring sides, their slow-moving talks and and place Machar as prime minister — the attack. Army spokesman Colonel and rebels to immediately halt their repeated ceasefire violations, and prior to but how much power the prime minister Al Sawarmy Khaled Saad said the nearly 11-month-old civil war or else the latest meeting bluntly told Kiir and should have remained a sticking point. attacker, whom he described as “insane”, face sanctions and even a regional Machar to “come to their senses”. IGAD, an East Africa and Horn arrived at the gate with a sword, which intervention. Recent weeks have seen an upsurge in of Africa trade bloc, groups Djibouti, he used to stab one guard. The warning was issued in the early fighting coinciding with the end of the Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, The man then grabbed a gun, shoot- hours of yesterday by the regional rainy season, and there have been heavy Sudan and Uganda. The bloc has been ing the wounded guard dead and killing bloc IGAD after the latest direct talks clashes in several areas — in particular trying to broker peace in South Sudan another before other soldiers opened fire between South Sudan President Salva around the northern oil hub of Bentiu. since January. on him, Saad said. Kiir (pictured) and rebel leader Riek Speaking after the talks, President South Sudan gained independence In a statement, Saad named the Machar failed to result in a comprehen- Kiir vowed that his troops would only from Khartoum in 2011 and is the world’s attacker as Salah Kafi Quwa, and said sive peace deal. be acting in self-defence — although this youngest nation. he was originally from the town of IGAD said both sides had pledged to has been used as an excuse by both sides Kadugli in South Kordofan state, where an “unconditional, complete and immedi- for previous truce violations. Man kills 2 guards at Sudan presi- insurgents are battling the Khartoum ate end to all hostilities” after two days “From this hour, they won’t be found dential palace government. of negotiations in Addis Ababa, and has outside their barracks to make an attack A sword-wielding man described as The president’s office suggested that given the pair just 15 days to finalise a from any direction. They should fight “insane” killed two Sudanese soldiers the attacker was mentally ill in a separate transitional power-sharing accord. only in self defence,” he said. yesterday before being shot dead as he statement, but gave no further details. Kiir and Machar signed a ceasefire at and restore peace,” the statement added. “This is what I want to tell my people, tried to enter the palace where President Last month Bashir’s National Congress the start of the year and several subse- War broke out in December last year, and I want to recommit myself again in Omar Hassan Al Bashir has his offices. Party said the 70-year-old, who is wanted quent deals to renew it, but the truces when Kiir accused his sacked deputy front of the IGAD leaders, that whatever The attacker refused to stop at the by the International Criminal Court for have been short lived. IGAD said yet Machar of trying to stage a coup, with we are saying here is something that we presidential palace’s western gate before alleged war crimes in Darfur, would stand another violation would have severe the violence broadening into an ethnic are going to implement without any fail- seizing a gun from one of the guards, kill- for re-election in 2015. consequences. conflict and now including more than 20 ure,” Kiir added. ing two of them and being shot dead him- Witnesses near the palace said they “Any violation of the cessation of the different armed groups. Machar also said he had ordered all self, presidential press secretary Emad had heard shooting coming from the pal- hostilities by any party will invite... collec- The UN Security Council also warned rebel fighters “to cease the hostilities and Sidahmed told AFP. ace around 12.30pm (0930 GMT). tive action by the IGAD region,” a state- during the week of possible sanctions remain in their locations and only act in Bashir and his ministers were not A lawyer whose offices are 200 metres ment said, listing asset freezes, travel over the fighting. self defence”. in the palace at the time of the attack, (yards) from the palace said the gunfire bans and an arms embargo as possible The cival war has left tens of thou- “We do not want any soldier or any Sidahmed said. was so loud that he had ducked for cover. sanctions. sands dead, forced almost two million civilian to die again after this progress The president, who took power in a “I heard shooting coming from the “The IGAD region shall, without fur- from their homesand, pushed the country in Addis Ababa,” he said, adding he was 1989 Islamist-backed coup, has a separate direction of the palace and I hid under ther reference to the warring parties, to the brink of famine has been marked “confident that we will reach a final residence near the military headquarters my office table,” he said, asking not to take the necessary measures to directly by widespread atrocities by both sides. agreement” within the 15 day deadline. in Khartoum. be named. intervene in South Sudan to protect life Regional leaders have grown Delegates said a transitional unity Sidahmed said that the security AFP

Failure of nuclear talks may be Darfur refugee dangerous for world: Iran official camp dwellers

TEHRAN: A failure by Iran and world powers to reach a stalked by militia comprehensive agreement over Tehran’s nuclear programme KALMA, SUDAN: Intended and rising criminality have com- would be dangerous “for the as a safe haven, a camp housing pounded the situation in recent entire world”, a senior Iranian tens of thousands of people flee- years. negotiator said yesterday. ing conflict in Sudan’s Darfur Kalma’s population has bal- Iran and six world powers region is becoming a virtual looned since then, with huts are seeking a landmark deal by prison with armed militias built of tarpaulin, mud and November 24 that would see Iran roaming outside. thatch springing up to house the scale back its nuclear activities The dusty streets of Kalma displaced. in order to ease long-held fears bustle with 163,000 internally The UN humanitarian coordi- it might develop atomic weapons, displaced persons, but leaving is nating agency OCHA says nearly in return for a lifting of interna- fraught with danger. 300,000 people have been newly tional sanctions. Armed groups wait beyond the displaced by “sporadic violence” “A nuclear deal is in the perimeter and residents say there in Darfur since January. interest of both parties and the are too few UN peacekeepers to When militiamen razed the vil- region,” deputy foreign minister protect them, while government lage where he grew up in South Abbas Araghchi said in an inter- security forces guard roads to the Darfur state, Saleh Issa fled to view with Iranian television the nearby state capital Nyala. Kalma where he found safety. day before talks between Tehran By a mud-brick schoolhouse, The mild-mannered 35-year- and the so-called P5+1 group of community representative Sheikh old said security deteriorated Sudanese displaced women carry humanitarian aid supplies provided by the US development agency USAID in nations resume in Oman ahead of Ali said militias — whom he claims after several years, but more the Kalma camp for internally displaced people (IDP) located east of Nyala city in Sudan’s Darfur. a final deadline this month. are armed by the government — quickly in recent months because “No one wants to return to target vulnerable residents. of armed groups. the numbers of teachers are very Despite the aid groups’ work, politicised. While they rarely ven- the situation there was before “If a man goes outside the camp He said peacekeepers from the small.” residents still struggle as chronic ture inside Kalma, they occasion- the Geneva accord, as that would to cultivate the fields or a woman UN-African Union mission to In a tiny classroom made out of insecurity makes leaving the ally raid the camp. be a dangerous scenario for the goes to collect wood for cooking, Darfur (UNAMID), first deployed mud and thatch nearby, some 60 camp difficult for many. Last week UNAMID said it was entire world,” he said, referring to the man will be killed and his in 2007, have struggled to help. children jostled for space as one In Kalma’s market, Hawa “concerned” about reports that an interim agreement Iran signed property will be stolen and the “The UNAMID force inside teacher recited lessons to them. Suleyman sat on the hard earth security forces were preparing a last year that traded curbs on its woman will be raped.” Kalma is very small,” he told AFP. But the acting governor of with a handful of tomatoes for raid, which the local government nuclear programme for limited His voice rising in anger, Sheikh “We need more protection.” South Darfur, Abdelrahman sale on a bag in front of her. denied. sanctions relief. Ali, in his 60s, waved his walking UNAMID is made up of nearly Al Hussein, was bullish as he “Our lives were safe when we Security forces have imposed The West wants to close all stick as he spoke. 16,000 police and troops, but it addressed EU ambassadors who arrived here” in 2003, she said, stringent checks on displaced avenues to Tehran developing an Like many of the camp’s resi- is responsible for nearly 500,000 visited the region recently. her eyes downcast. Her husband people leaving Kalma for Nyala, atomic bomb, by cutting back its dents, Ali arrived after Darfur square kilometres of territory. “I confirm South Darfur state and son were killed in a raid on where Suleyman had hoped nuclear enrichment programme, erupted into conflict in 2003. Its patrols have come under is completely free from the rebels their village outside Nyala and she to work. shutting down suspect facilities Ethnic insurgents rebelled attack by unidentified gunmen, and also free of tribal conflict and took her daughters to Kalma. “I tried to look for a job in Nyala and imposing tough international against the Arab-dominated gov- and the government has denied it we live in security and stability, Mounting security worries town, but when the bus goes from inspections. ernment in Khartoum, complain- access to certain areas of Darfur. and all the NGOs are free to move mean she can work only inside Kalma, it has to stop for searches Iran denies it wants nuclear ing of being marginalised. Overcrowding has also become to every place,” he said. Kalma, where she has found few by the security forces and they weapons but insists on having The conflict has killed 300,000 a major problem, he said, espe- He said 19 international non- customers. ask you many, many questions.” “industrial-level enrichment” for people and displaced two million, cially for children. governmental organisations, nine Sudanese security forces have “I tried many times but later I its civilian energy programme. It according to the United Nations, “We have huge numbers of UN agencies and 45 local NGOs said rebels and weapons are hid- stopped,” she said. wants all sanctions lifted and no while inter-communal violence children in primary schools but were working to help people there. den in the camp, which is highly AFP restrictions on its existing nuclear technology. AFP Sharjah Book Fair Manpower agencies being monitored, Bahrain orders probe says minister into death of prisoner Continued from page 1 He said there is no huge differ- DUBAI: Bahraini authorities “The death of the man, thought ence in fees in Qatar, compared to ordered yesterday an investiga- to have been at the hands of three other GCC countries. tion into the “beating and death” of ministry personnel, was irresponsible, “Our inspectors are closely an inmate in custody, the interior unjustified and unacceptable,” a state- monitoring the performance of ministry said. ment cited the minister as saying, manpower agencies to see how The ministry did not reveal insisting that it was an “individual much they comply with the labour the name of the prisoner but and isolated act.” law,” said the minister. activists of the Shia major- Hundreds of Shias have been The Minister said the decision ity named him online as Hassan arrested and faced trial after a to build labour cities was taken Al Sheikh, saying that he died of tor- month-long uprising was quelled in five years ago and it was not ture at Jaw Prison. March 2011. Jaw Prison is known to driven by international pressure. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid host scores of them. He said Qatarisation of jobs has bin Abdullah Al Khalifa has ordered Shia protesters continue to fre- reached 20 percent and the minis- an “internal review after the public quently clash with security forces in try is working to increase it to 30 prosecution’s investigation into the villages outside the capital Manama. percent in the near future. beating and death of an inmate,” said The Sunni-ruled country is a stra- The private sector, especially Shafeena YusuffAli receiving the first copy of ‘Sallapam’, the autobiography of noted Malayalam a statement. tegic archipelago just across the Gulf banks, are also taking several ini- actress Manju Warrier (second right) from the Indian state of Kerala, at the Sharjah International The review will include all policies from Iran and home to the US Navy’s tiatives to employ more citizens. Book Fair in Sharjah. and procedures followed in prisons, Fifth Fleet. THE PENINSULA it said. AFP SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Saudi mourners Israel, Palestine should share capital, says EU Tension rises after Arab-Israeli’s killing

RAMALLAH: Europe’s top flees a police officer is seen shooting diplomat yesterday called for a him in the back. Palestinian state sharing Jerusalem The death of Hamdan, who was as its capital with Israel, hours buried in the evening, triggered a after the police killing of an Arab- protest rally by hundreds in his vil- Israeli further fanned tensions. lage, while on the outskirts dozens of The appeal by the European youths blocked roads with burning Union’s Federica Mogherini followed tyres and pelted police with stones. the dawn killing of the man by police Three were arrested. in northern Israel, with his family The shooting came after overnight saying he was killed “in cold blood” clashes in east Jerusalem between and a video showing he was shot in Palestinian youths hurling stones and the back. firecrackers and police who retaliated “I think Jerusalem can be and with rubber bullets, stun grenades should be the capital of two states,” and tear gas. the new EU foreign policy chief told Fresh clashes erupted again as reporters in the Israeli-occupied night fell. Since starting her first offi- West Bank city of Ramallah. cial visit to Israel and the Palestinian Saudi mourners hold posters reading “Sectarianism shall be defeated. Together we stand”, and “Terrorism victimizes us all” as they attend The status of Jerusalem is a sen- territories on Friday, Mogherini has yesterday the funeral of eight Shias killed earlier this week by masked gunmen in the town of Al Dalwa in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. sitive issue that has blocked peace been pushing for ways of reviving the efforts for decades. peace process frozen since April. Palestinians are seeking to achieve Yesterday she also visited the Gaza statehood in Gaza and the West Bank Strip, the coastal enclave devastated with annexed east Jerusalem as their by a 50-day summer war with Israel, Outrage as Turkey firm clears olive grove capital. Israel claims Jerusalem as its and held talks in Ramallah with undivided and eternal capital city. Palestinian prime minister Rami In recent weeks tensions have Hamdallah. ISTANBUL: A Turkish com- locked them inside a hut some already uprooted thousands of Soma killed the 301 miners in soared, with Israel pushing plans The world “cannot afford” another pany has cut down thousands four kilometres away from the trees. Turkey’s worst-ever industrial to build new Jewish settlements in war in Gaza, she said, appealing for of trees to make way for a construction site. The environmentalist organ- accident. east Jerusalem and Jewish extrem- the creation of a Palestinian state. power plant in the western One of the villagers suffered a isation Greenpeace denounced Turkey has routinely been ists demanding the right to pray “We need a Palestinian state — town of Soma, in a move that head injury from a tear gas can- the tree-felling as a “legal scan- criticised for its poor environ- at the flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque that is the ultimate goal and this angered activists. nister fired by a security guard, dal” and said it would “bring to mental record, which has wors- compound. is the position of all the European Kolin Group — one of Hurriyet said. justice those responsible for this ened during a period of frenzied Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Union,” she said in Gaza. Turkey’s biggest conglomerates Television footage showed the disaster.” construction. Yaalon reiterated yesterday that Abbas, meanwhile, said that a draft — uprooted 6,000 olive trees on village headman Mustafa Akin “The struggle in Yirca is... A peaceful sit-in to prevent Jews — who are allowed only to visit resolution was on course to be sub- Friday to make room for a coal weeping live on air and elderly to prevent irreversible damage hundred of trees from being cut the compound holy to both Jews and mitted to the UN Security Council power plant in Soma’s Yirca women hugging the trees set to to the environment. The fight down in a park redevelopment Muslims — would not be authorised this month calling for an end date village, where locals have been be cut down. is not over yet,” Greenpeace’s scheme in Istanbul evolved into to pray there. Palestinian president for Israeli occupation. guarding the grove for more “Those trees were my chil- Mediterranean lawyer Deniz nationwide protests against Mahmoud Abbas urged Mogherini With peace talks frozen, the than 52 days. dren,” a 80-year-old women was Bayram said. Turkish President Recep Tayyip to ensure that this would never hap- Palestinians have been pushing for A fight erupted after security quoted as saying by Hurriyet. According to Greenpeace, Erdogan, who was then prime pen and that the status quo would international recognition for an inde- guards for the company tried to Just hours after the confron- the area around the small vil- minister. remain unchanged, to avoid mass pendent state. remove the protesting villagers tation, a Turkish court threw lage is already polluted by the Erdogan has been widely unrest being unleashed. On Friday, Mogherini met Israeli from the olive grove, Hurriyet out a decision permitting the “second dirtiest coal power ridiculed for claiming that more In the latest violence, Israeli secu- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, daily reported yesterday. company — which is close to plant in Europe”. The plant is than three billion trees have rity forces shot dead 22-year-old who dismissed her criticism of Israeli The guards dragged some of the government — to seize con- government-owned. been planted since he came to Arab-Israeli citizen Kheir Hamdan settlement building in annexed east the villagers several meters, trol of the grove. But it was In May, a explosion followed power in 2002. who threatened them with a knife as Jerusalem and the West Bank. forced them onto a truck and too late, as the company had by the collapse of a coal mine at AFP he tried to prevent a relative being “I reject the fictitious claim that arrested, police said. the root of the continuous conflict Police said he was killed after is this or that settlement,” he said. they fired warning shots, but his “Jerusalem is our capital and as such family say he was “shot dead in cold is not a settlement.” blood” in the north Israel village of Netanyahu has ordered the secu- Kfar Kana. rity forces to either seal or demolish US military trainers late, says Iraq An Internet video link police pro- the homes of any Palestinian involved vided shows Hamdan running after in anti-Israeli attacks, an official said BAGHDAD: Iraq said yester- and four to five Iraqi train- trying to attack security forces. As he on Friday. AFP day foreign military trainers ing camps were selected, and who will aid its fight against building on that, they have now jihadists are welcome but begun sending the trainers,” it “late”, as a wave of car bombs said. killed dozens, highlighting Multiple divisions collapsed in enormous security challenges northern Iraq in the early days ahead. of the jihadist offensive, leav- US President Barack Obama ing major units that need to be unveiled plans the day before reconstituted. to send up to 1,500 additional Experts say Iraqi secu- US military personnel to Iraq, rity forces suffer from serious which would roughly double the shortcomings in training and number of American troops in logistics, hampering their per- the country. formance in the conflict. The move marked a deep- Obama had resisted keep- ening US commitment in Smoke rises after an air strike from US-led coalition against IS militants ing troops in Iraq earlier in the open-ended war against in the Syrian town of Kobane yesterday. his term, vowing to end the the Islamic State (IS) jihad- American presence that began ist group, which spearheaded Iraq and Syria, and countries from Prime Minister Haidar with the 2003 invasion and a June offensive that over- including Britain, France and Al Abadi’s office said. lasted until 2011. ran significant parts of Iraq Germany have also deployed The government had Officials had weighed keep- and also holds territory in advisers and trainers to Iraq, requested that members of the ing several thousand troops in neighbouring Syria. which is struggling to repel the international coalition battling the country after 2011, but talks A US-led coalition is car- jihadists. IS help train and arm its forces, with the Iraqi government, then rying out a campaign of air “This step is a little late, but the statement said. led by prime minister Nouri Al strikes against IS in both we welcome it,” a statement “The coalition agreed on that Maliki, broke down. AFP

Trilateral handshake Fierce fighting in Somalia over control of island MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab rebels yesterday launched a major offensive against a stra- tegic island in the south of the country, causing heavy casual- ties, witnesses said. The militants fought fierce battles on Kudha island, situated in the autonomous Lower Juba region and around 70 kilome- tres southwest of the port city of Kismayo. Several Somali media reports said the rebels were now in con- trol of Kudha island — which has changed hands several times in Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sissi (centre), Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (left) and recent months — and that up to Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras shake hands during a press conference following a meeting 70 fighters had been killed. in Cairo yesterday. AFP SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL World on brink of new Cold War: Gorbachev ‘Europe losing global power status’

BERLIN: Former Soviet leader other centres of power and influ- Mikhail Gorbachev warned in ence are gaining momentum. If a speech here yesterday that this continues, Europe will lose a East-West tensions over the strong voice in global affairs and Ukraine crisis were threaten- gradually become irrelevant.” ing to push the world into a new Speaking at an event at Berlin’s Cold War, 25 years after the fall Brandenburg Gate, Gorbachev of the Berlin Wall. said the West had exploited Gorbachev, who is credited Russia’s weakness after the col- with forging a rapprochement lapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. with the West that led to the “Euphoria and triumphalism demise of communist regimes went to the heads of Western lead- across Eastern Europe, accused ers,” he said. “Taking advantage of the West, and the United States Russia’s weakening and the lack in particular, of not fulfilling their of a counterweight, they claimed promises after 1989. monopoly leadership and domina- “The world is on the brink tion of the world, refusing to heed of a new Cold War. Some say words of caution from many of that it has already begun,” those present here,” he said. said Gorbachev, who is feted in Gorbachev said the West had Thousands of people look at the balloon lanterns at remains of the Berlin Wall at Topography of Terror Documentation Centre between Martin Gropius Germany for his pivotal role in made mistakes that upset Russia Building (back left) and the Berlin state parliament (back right) in Berlin yesterday. helping create the conditions for with the enlargement of Nato, the Berlin Wall’s peaceful opening with its actions in the former on November 9, 1989, heralding Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya and Syria the end of the Cold War. and with plans for a missile Berlin Wall’s peaceful fall a miracle: Merkel “And yet, while the situation defence system. is dramatic, we do not see the “To put it metaphorically, a BERLIN: As Germany pre- which dramatically illustrate how that had been on my street since West, and then returned to East main international body, the UN blister has now turned into a pared for today’s 25th anniver- the Wall snaked through the heart October 7.” Berlin a few hours later because Security Council, playing any role bloody, festering wound,” he said. sary of the Berlin Wall’s collapse, of the city, is also porous to enable Merkel, chancellor since 2005, she had to get to work early the or taking any concrete action.” “And who is suffering the most Chancellor Angela Merkel called people to easily move back and began her career in politics next morning. “It was a night I’ll The conflict in eastern Ukraine from what’s happening? I think it a “miracle” that the Cold War forth between the former East months later as a deputy party never forget,” Merkel said. has killed more than 4,000 people the answer is more than clear: It barrier was breached without a and West Berlin. The balloons will spokeswoman. Usually guarded The Berlin Wall was built in since the start of an uprising by is Europe.” shot being fired. be released today to symbolise the about her life in East Germany, 1961 to stop East Germans flee- pro-Russian separatists in mid- Meanwhile, Ukraine reported In a country with few cheerful Wall’s disappearance. Merkel had until recently been ing to the West. It began as a April. Russia blames the crisis on more bloody fighting, with eight anniversaries to celebrate after Merkel, who was a 35-year- circumspect about revealing brick wall and was then fortified Kiev and the West, but Nato says of its soldiers killed in the last 24 its belligerent 20th century his- old scientist in Communist East details of what she did on the as heavily guarded 160km double it has overwhelming evidence that hours, as Moscow denied claims tory, Germans have latched onto Berlin at the time, told German evening the wall opened. white concrete screen that encir- Russia has aided the rebels mili- it had sent tanks across the bor- memories of the peaceful East television ahead of today’s cel- But in recent weeks she has spo- cled West Berlin, cutting across tarily in the conflict. der. Ukraine’s military said one German revolution that brought ebrations that there was tension, ken more openly and on yesterday streets, between families, and Gorbachev, 83, also criticised of those killed was a paratrooper down the Berlin Wall on a joyful fear and excitement in the air in said: “After I left the sauna on the through graveyards. Europe and said it was in danger shot by a sniper in Donetsk November 9, 1989. the weeks and days leading up to evening of November 9, I went over At least 136 people were killed of becoming irrelevant as a glo- international airport, where gov- More than 100,000 Berliners the opening of the Wall. the Bornholmer Street crossing to trying to flee to West Berlin and bal power. “Instead of becoming a ernment forces are defending a and tourists wandered along a “It was a miracle that every- the other side and celebrated there many ended up in jail for their leader of change in a global world, pocket of territory near the big- 15-km route in the city centre yes- thing happened peacefully,” said with total strangers. attempts to escape. Europe has turned into an arena of gest rebel-held city. Seventeen terday where the Berlin Wall once Merkel, who was on her way “There was just this incred- Communist regimes across political upheaval, of competition other soldiers were wounded in stood, and 7,000 illuminated bal- home from a visit to the sauna ible feeling of happiness,” added Eastern Europe collapsed in 1989, for spheres of influence and finally shelling of government positions loons are now perched 3.6-metres when she saw crowds of people Merkel, who had recently heralding the end of the Cold War, of military conflict,” he said. around the conflict zone, accord- high on poles — matching the heading west and joined them. revealed that she went to a flat of which the Berlin Wall had “The consequence inevitably is ing to updates from the military. height of the Wall. “There had been a lot of excite- with strangers in West Berlin become a potent symbol. Europe weakening at a time when REUTERS/AFP The artistic display of balloons, ment for weeks. There were tanks and wanted to call an aunt in the REUTERS

Catalans vote today Obama picks Lynch Gitmo closure by 2016 to be the next AG WASHINGTON: US President unrealistic: Official Barack Obama yesterday picked Brooklyn federal prosecutor GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL likely to run into opposition from Loretta Lynch to be the next US BASE: The commander of the US Obama’s Republican opponents Attorney General, praising her military prison at Guantanamo who now control both chambers as someone who would bring a Bay believes there is little chance in Congress. commitment to criminal justice of the controversial facility being Heath insists he does not have reform and other key adminis- closed in the next two years, a strong view on the future of tration priorities. If confirmed, leaving US President Barack Guantanamo. “I really don’t have Lynch, 55, would be the first Obama struggling to achieve his an opinion on whether the facil- black woman to serve in the post, goal of shuttering the jail before ity should close or not,” he said. bringing with her a family history he leaves office. “President Obama wants to close that stretches back generations Camp commander colonel it and when that day comes we’ll to great-great grandparents who David Heath told reporters he execute that order.” were slaves. Lynch would replace thought it was “unrealistic” to But Heath admitted he was Eric Holder, the first black attor- expect the prison to close during sceptical that the camp could ney general, who has held the job his two-year posting which ends close before his posting ends in since Obama took office in 2009. in mid-2016. The closure of the June 2016, just seven months prison, set up to hold detainees before Obama’s successor is sworn Burkina Faso talks from president George W Bush’s in. “I think that’s an unrealistic post-9/11 “War on Terror,” was a hope,” Heath said. “I’ll run it the off to rocky start prominent part of Obama’s elec- best I can until either I’m told to OUAGADOUGOU: A man waves a pro-Catalan independence flag known as the Estelada as others take part in a Sardana dance tion campaign in 2008. close it or I leave in 2016.” Talks on near the Cathedral in Barcelona, yesterday. Catalans are expected to turn out in droves today to make their Yet attempts to realise his Nearly 13 years after the forming a transition government strongest show of force to date for breaking away from the rest of Spain in a symbolic independence vote. ambition have been thwarted by arrival of the first wave of detain- in Burkina Faso began yesterday domestic and international obsta- ees at Guantanamo, the facility is with the army at first declining cles, leaving the fate of the jail and unique in that it mixes together to join, while ousted leader Blaise its prisoners in limbo. prisoners different categories in Compaore accused his opponents On Wednesday, Heath oversaw its Camp 5 and Camp 7 wings. of jointly plotting his overthrow. the first prisoner release since “We’re unique here in that we Around 60 representatives of Mexican gang admits mass killing taking over as camp commander have those who are cleared for political parties and civil society on June 24, with Kuwaiti national release, conditional detention based met here to hammer out a hando- Fawzi Al Odah repatriated after on security condition and then we ver plan. The army, who named AYOTZINAPA: Mexico was victims refuse to accept they are Cocula. In taped confessions, the 13 years behind bars. have continued law of war deten- Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida to confronted yesterday with pos- dead until DNA tests confirm their suspects said they bundled the 43 in “After practicing it several times, tion,” Heath explained. “In a perfect head the west African country, sibly one of the grisliest mas- identities, saying the government the back of two trucks, took them it was good to see we were able to world, I would have more facilities had first refused to take part in sacres in years of drug violence has repeatedly fed them lies. to a nearby landfill, killed them and do it,” said Heath, who notified Al for each category of detention.” the talks but later sent a delega- after gang suspects confessed “It appears that the federal used fuel, wood, tires and plastic to Odah in person of his release, the Only around a dozen detain- tion led by Zida’s right-hand man, to incinerating the bodies of 43 government, with great irrespon- burn their bodies for 14 hours. first in five months. A further 79 ees deemed “high value” are held Colonel August Denise Barry, who missing students and dumping sibility, is interested in closing The students had travelled to detainees who have never been separately in Camp 7, including made only a brief appearance at them in a river. this matter because it’s all based the city of Iguala to raise funds but charged or tried for any crime have the five accused of plotting the the discussions. The disappearance of the stu- in testimony. There is nothing hijacked four buses to return home, also been approved for release by a September 11, 2001 attacks and dents six weeks ago has gripped definitive,” Meliton Ortega, uncle a common practice among the special committee. the 2000 attack on the USS Cole. Ebola fight stepped up and revulsed Mexico. Gang-linked of a missing student, said. young men from a school known Around a dozen more prisoners They face military trials and pos- police attacked the young men in Some parents said the announce- as a bastion of left-wing activism. could be released in the coming sible execution. ADDIS ABABA: The African the southern state of Guerrero on ment was aimed at allowing Pena Authorities say the city’s mayor, few months, a US Department of With the future of Guantanamo Union raised $28.5m yesterday September 26, in violence that left Nieto to leave today on a major trip worried that they would interrupt Defence official said. Heath main- uncertain, guards at the facility from the continent’s wealthiest six other people dead. The confes- to China and Australia, which has a speech by his wife, ordered the tained that of the 148 prisoners meanwhile concentrate on the individuals and firms for a fund sions may have brought a tragic been shortened due to the crisis. police to confront them. The offic- held in Guantanamo, some for close task maintaining order at the jail. to fight the Ebola outbreak rav- end to the mystery, which has “They want Pena Nieto to go on ers shot at several buses, leaving to 13 years without charge or trial, Heath said personnel faced aging three west African nations. sparked international outrage and this trip,” said Felipe de la Cruz, a three students dead. Authorities he considers “many” are classified a daily threat of “splashing” by Ebola has killed 4,950 people of triggered protests in the biggest spokesman for the families. have arrested 74 people, includ- as enemies of the United States. prisoners — the throwing of urine, the 13,241 infected since the out- crisis of President Enrique Pena Three suspected Guerreros ing the ousted mayor, Jose Luis Some former Guantanamo feces or bodily fluid on guards. “In break started earlier this year, Nieto’s administration. Unidos gang members told inves- Abarca, his wife Maria de los detainees have re-emerged in my experience, in the last four according to the World Health But at the young men’s tigators that local police handed Angeles Pineda, 36 police offic- the ranks of jihadists since their months it happens probably once Organisation, mostly in Sierra Ayotzinapa teacher-training col- them the students between the ers and several Guerreros Unidos release, and the possibility of a day,” Heath said. Leone, Liberia and Guinea. lege, exhausted parents of the southern towns of Iguala and operatives. AFP more prisoners being freed is AFP AGENCIES SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 N Korea frees two American prisoners Secret mission by US intelligence chief James Clapper leads to breakthrough; Obama calls it wonderful

WASHINGTON: Two the statement said. labour. Miller, 24, had been sen- relationship with the interna- Americans serving lengthy “The safety and welfare of US tenced to six years’ hard labour by tional community and wants to prison sentences in North citizens abroad is the Department the North Korean Supreme Court end its isolation and pariah sta- Korea were released yesterday of State’s highest priority, and following his arrest in April, after tus,” the official told AFP. by the reclusive state following the United States has long called he allegedly ripped up his visa “North Korea must show it is a secret mission to Pyongyang on DPRK authorities to release at immigration and demanded serious and prepared to abide by by US intelligence chief James these individuals on humanitar- asylum. its commitments, particularly Clapper, the State Department ian grounds. We join their families Washington had condemned concerning denuclearisation. And announced. and friends in welcoming them Pyongyang over the detentions, they must take significant steps Kenneth Bae and Matthew home.” saying the Americans were held to improve their human rights Miller were the last two American President Barack Obama, as political hostages to extract record. nationals held by North Korea speaking just hours before leav- diplomatic concessions. “The release of our citizens is following the sudden release last ing for a swing through Asia, North Korea has expressed unrelated.” month of 56-year-old Jeffrey hailed the release of the two men interest in the past in reviv- As recently as Tuesday, North Fowle. as “wonderful.” ing six-party talks with the US Korea was maintaining its defi- A senior State Department “I think it is a wonderful and others about its nuclear ant stance, ruling out dialogue official said yesterday there had day for them and their fami- programme, but Washington with the United States about its been no “quid pro quo” deal in lies and obviously we are very insists Pyongyang must first nuclear programme and human exchange for North Korea’s deci- grateful for their safe return,” show a tangible commitment to rights record and accusing the US sion to release Bae and Miller. he said. denuclearisation. of trying to destroy its system. “The Department of State wel- Bae, a Korean-American mis- A State Department official The North “will never allow comes the release of US citizens sionary, earlier this week marked said yesterday the release of Bae any human rights dialogue or Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd A composite file photo showing Kenneth Bae (left) and Matthew Miller. the two-year anniversary of his and Miller did not reflect a shift nuclear one with the enemy keen Miller from the DPRK, where detention by the reclusive state. in posture over the mothballed to overthrow it”, a foreign min- they have been held for two years US Director of National behalf of the United States in dis- The sickly 42-year-old was nuclear negotiations. istry spokesman said through and seven months, respectively,” Intelligence Clapper travelled to cussions with DPRK authorities arrested in November 2012 and “North Korea knows what it the official Korean Central News a statement said. North Korea and “engaged on about the release of two citizens,” later sentenced to 15 years’ hard needs to do if it wants a better Agency. AFP

Umbrella revolution Asia-Pacific backs China on drive Sri Lanka rejects UN against corruption BEIJING: China secured remark on war probe backing from Asia-Pacific min- isters yesterday to deepen anti- GENEVA: Sri Lanka yesterday “Neither was any attempt graft efforts, in a move that angrily rejected accusations by made to deter and intimidate dovetails with a high-profile the UN rights chief that it was individuals from submitting evi- Communist Party “fox hunt” sabotaging a war crimes probe dence. The submissions that the for corrupt officials who have into the country’s brutal sepa- investigation would have received fled abroad. ratist war, calling the charges by now would stand to prove this The anti-corruption proposal is “extremely regrettable.” fact,” he added. said to have been pushed by China UN High Commissioner for The UN Human Rights Council and backed by the United States Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al last March ordered an interna- at the Asia-Pacific Economic Hussein on Friday accused tional investigation into allega- Cooperation (APEC) gathering Colombo of creating “a wall of tions that up to 40,000 ethnic in Beijing, which culminates in a fear” and repression to scuttle Tamil civilians were killed by two-day summit of leaders from the UN-mandated probe by sub- government troops in the final 21 member-economies starting jecting civil society groups and months of fighting in the civil war, tomorrow. rights activists to surveillance, which ended in 2009. But it remained unclear how harassment and other forms of Sri Lanka, which denies any effective the move would be, amid intimidation. civilian was killed by its security apprehension in some countries But yesterday Sri Lanka forces, has repeatedly refused to over returning suspects to China denied the charge. cooperate with the probe, insist- due to fears they could be sub- “The Government of Sri Lanka, ing a domestic commission of ject to abuse and denied legal due its departments and agencies inquiry can do the job. process. made no attempt whatsoever to “The government of Sri Lanka China in July launched its so- prevent bona fide witnesses from has refused point blank to cooper- called “Fox Hunt” — a campaign submitting information to the ate with the investigation despite to bring back corrupt officials or investigation team,” Colombo’s being explicitly requested by the their family members who have ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Human Rights Council to do so,” Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong open their umbrellas for 87 seconds, marking the 87 rounds of tear moved abroad, taking ill-gotten Ravinatha Aryasinha, said in a Zeid said. gas that were fired by police at unarmed student protesters at the location a month ago, at the Admiralty gains with them. AFP statement. AFP protest zone which has been newly dubbed ‘Umbrella Square’, yesterday.

Filipinos mourn victims a year China, Japan foreign ministers after Super Typhoon Haiyan agree to reduce TACLOBAN: Survivors of and many dangerously exposed Using felt-tip pens, mourn- the strongest typhoon ever to to the next big storm as they ers wrote names of those who border tension hit land wept at mass graves still live in shanty homes along died on the hundreds of white yesterday during ceremonies coastal areas. crosses planted on parched BEIJING: The foreign min- to mark one year since the In an outpouring of grief, earth in symbolic gestures as isters of China and Japan held storm devastated the central thousands marched to mass many of those buried there had their first formal talks in more Philippines and condemned grave sites scattered across the not been identified. than two years yesterday, a day millions to deeper poverty. typhoon zone yesterday to offer “I am looking for my brother, after the Asian powers agreed Super Typhoon Haiyan flowers, light candles and say but his name is not on the list to reduce tensions over territo- claimed more than 7,350 lives as prayers. of those buried here,” Elena rial and historical disputes. it swept in off the Pacific Ocean, Josephine Crisostomo, 41, Olendan, 50, told AFP, her eyes Chinese foreign minister Wang with its record winds and once- whose three children died dur- welling with tears, as she wan- Yi and Japanese counterpart in-a-generation storm surges ing the storm, was among a big dered around the grave site, Fumio Kishida met on the side- flattening entire towns. crowd at a site on the outskirts about the size of six basketball lines of the annual Asia-Pacific The typhoon tore across a of badly hit Tacloban city where courts. Olendan then found a Economic Cooperation (APEC) corridor of islands where about more than 2,000 people were cross at the far end of the mass forum, reports in both coun- 14 million people lived in farm- buried. grave and wrote her brother’s tries said. The meeting, the first ing and fishing communities “I miss my children terribly, name, Antonio, on it. at such a level since September that were already among the especially John Dave who would The Philippines is a mainly 2012, just before ties soured over nation’s poorest. have celebrated his birthday Catholic country and many peo- an escalating territorial dispute, The rebuilding effort has tomorrow... I miss you, son, I ple in the typhoon zones, as well came after Tokyo and Beijing been painfully slow for most love you so much,” Crisostomo as across the nation, attended agreed on a four-point accord to survivors, with millions poorer said. special church services. AFP improve their relationship. Wang called the agreement “a major step” in talks with Kishida, Xinhua said. Kishida, meanwhile, said the talks were meaningful. “This cre- ated an important momentum to shift gears to bring Japan-China relations back to a normal track,” he said in remarks shown on Japanese national broadcaster NHK. He said he had stressed the importance of a meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported. Friday’s agreement was widely seen as setting the stage for a summit between the two leaders on the sidelines of the upcoming APEC summit in Beijing, though no official announcement had yet Filipinos gather to release floating lanterns to mark the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban City, yesterday. been made. AFP SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Pakistan to help China Remembering Pearl fight Xinjiang militants Two countries to step up coordination on Afghanistan BEIJING: Pakistan will help China with its fight against extremists Beijing says are Pakistan wins investment active in its unruly far western region of Xinjiang, the country’s prime minister said yesterday worth $42bn during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. BEIJING: China yesterday promised neighbouring Pakistan China blames the East investment worth $42bn, an official said. Turkestan Islamic Movement for Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif oversaw the signing of carrying out attacks in Xinjiang, 19 agreements and memorandums mostly centred on the energy home to the Muslim Uighur peo- sector as he met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. ple, though many foreign experts Pakistan, a close ally of China, suffers from chronic electricity doubt the group’s existence in a shortages and Islamabad has long sought investment in coal-fired cohesive group. power stations which it sees as a solution to the problem. China, Pakistan’s only major Other countries have balked from such investments, sometimes ally in the region, has long urged on environmental grounds. Islamabad to weed out what it says The new agreements pave the way for Chinese state-owned com- are militants from Xinjiang, who panies to help build at least four new power stations in Pakistan, Pakistani singers perform during a ceremony to pay tribute to slain US journalist Daniel Pearl in Peshawar are holed up in a lawless tribal while the deals also cover the supply and mining of coal, the prime yesterday. Pearl, a journalist with The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped in Karachi in January 2002 and belt, home to a lethal mix of mili- minister’s press office said. murdered by Islamist militants in May the same year. tant groups, including the Taliban “The deals being signed between China and Pakistan are worth and Al Qaeda. $42bn. The whole investment is being made by China,” said Hundreds have died in unrest in Amir Zamir, spokesman for Pakistan’s ministry of planning and Xinjiang in the last two years or development. so. Exiles and activists say Chinese “There is no loan or aid for the energy projects, but pure invest- controls on the religion and cul- ment by the Chinese,” said. AFP New ISI chief takes charge ture of the Uighur people is more a cause of the violence than well- following the meeting in Beijing. country, he added, who have in the ISLAMABAD: Lt-General Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan get- transform the ISI’s working, but organised militant groups. Pakistan will increase its coordi- past been attacked by militants. Rizwan Akhtar took over as ting weaker and forming new that will be too much to expect Pakistani Prime Minister nation with China on Afghanistan China and Pakistan call each head of the powerful Inter- alliances for survival, and Middle from him. The ISI chief may be Nawaz Sharif told Xi that too, so as to “jointly maintain other “all-weather friends” and Services Intelligence (ISI) East-based terrorist group Islamic one of the most powerful persons his country would “continue regional peace and stability”, their close ties have been under- yesterday, succeeding retired State entering Pakistan. in the country, but still he has to resolutely fight the East Sharif said. pinned by long-standing wariness Lt-General Zaheerul Islam. At the same time, the law and only an implementation role, with Turkestan Islamic Movement Pakistan will also do all it can of their common neighbour, India, “Gen. Akhtar has taken over as order situation in Karachi, where policies decided at the General terrorist forces”, China’s foreign to guarantee the safety of Chinese and a desire to hedge against US the next director general of ISI,” a Gen. Akhtar till recently headed Headquarters. ministry said in a statement companies and workers in the influence in the region. REUTERS military official confirmed. Sindh Rangers, is still bad, and Therefore, the nuances can Gen. Akhtar, known to be a insurgency in Balochistan contin- change with more focus on coun- close ally of Army Chief Gen. ues to threaten the integrity of the ter-militancy, but the basic policy Raheel Sharif, was named director country. framework will broadly remain general of ISI by Prime Minister The change comes at a time unchanged. Nawaz Sharif in September, more when civil-military relations are in While not much is known about 17 militants killed in tribal district than a month in advance, in an flux and the ISI is yet to clear itself Gen. Akhtar’s thinking, an aca- attempt to avoid controversy over of allegations of supporting sit-ins demic dissertation he authored PESHAWAR: Pakistani secu- over these dead bodies to the local Islamist groups for a decade. the appointment at a time when by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and in 2008 while studying at the US rity forces killed at least 17 mili- administration for identification.” Militants have taken sanctuary the civil-military relationship was Pakistan Awami Tehreek that Army War College is used by ana- tants in heavy overnight shelling Another official on the ground in Khyber after fleeing strong- passing through a critical phase. brought the government to a lysts to read his mind. in a restive northwestern tribal in Bara confirmed the killings. holds in North Waziristan, where With Gen. Akhtar assuming the standstill for weeks. In the dissertation, Gen. Akhtar area, officials said yesterday. In a separate incident, three the military launched a large- office of ISI chief, all promotions On the external front, ten- advocated “rapprochement with The militants were killed in members of a local peace com- scale offensive in June following of two- to three-star generals sions with India have height- India”, “greater transparency Bara town of Khyber tribal dis- mittee — a volunteer patrol force a bloody raid on Karachi Airport made by the army chief in the lat- ened and terrorist sanctuaries in in the (country’s) nuclear pro- trict after security forces repulsed backed by the government to assist that ended faltering peace talks est phase have taken effect. This Afghanistan pose a serious threat gramme” and limiting the mili- an attack on a check-post. in the fight against the Taliban — between the government and the makes the army chief more power- to the progress made by security tary’s role to national security “We have captured 17 dead were killed in an IED explosion. Taliban. ful than when he took over com- forces in their counterterrorism from external threats. He had bodies of Lashkar-e-Islam and A local administration official Pakistan’s army says it has mand of the army last December, operations in tribal areas. suggested that the army be used Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan mili- in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber killed more than 1,100 militants as he is now believed to have con- All these challenges aside, lead- for internal security only as a last tants after killing them in over- said that the three were on a rou- and lost around 100 soldiers since solidated his grip over the army. ing the ISI, an intelligence agency resort. night action in Khyber tribal tine patrol when they were hit by the start of the operation. The new spy chief has assumed which has expanded its domain Gen. Akhtar’s parent regiment district,” a senior security official the blast. The number and identity of office at a time when the country much beyond the traditional role is Frontier Force. Before his Sindh said. Khyber is one of seven semi- those killed is difficult to verify as is faced with grave external and of a spy outfit to all spheres of gov- Rangers assignment (2012-2014), “Our forces had responded to autonomous tribal districts there is little regular media access internal challenges. ernance, is no mean task. he served as general officer com- a joint attack by these two mili- on the Afghan border where to the conflict zone. The landscape of militancy in Many have expectations that manding in South Waziristan from tant outfits. We are now handing Pakistan has been battling AFP the country is changing with the Gen. Akhtar will fundamentally 2010 to 2012. INTERNEWS

Musharraf told to appear in court Panel ignores ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani Musharraf’s legal team has Haron-ur-Rashid Ghazi, said. report on court yesterday said former fought to avoid a court appear- Musharraf’s lawyer said the military ruler Pervez ance over the case being pur- former leader had not been sat- lawmakers’ fake Musharraf must appear at a sued by Ghazi’s family, citing ill isfied with the security arrange- hearing in December over a health — he has been receiving ments for the hearing, adding cleric’s death during a bloody treatment for heart problems — that the court has now ordered medical bills mosque siege, rejecting his and security fears. police to provide details for the ISLAMABAD: A report detail- fears over security. The former president nar- ex-army chief’s appearance in ing irregularities in issuing med- Musharraf faces a string rowly escaped an appar- the court. icines and medical allowances of court cases dating back to ent assassination attempt in “We had requested the court to lawmakers was not tabled at his 1999-2008 rule, includ- Islamabad in April as a roadside to exempt General Musharraf a meeting of a parliamentary ing over the death of radical bomb went off shortly before his for appearance in the court panel yesterday in order to “hide cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, one convoy was due to pass. on medical grounds and secu- corruption evidence”, an official of more than 100 people killed “The court has rejected the rity fears, because Islamabad’s who had worked on the report after Pakistani troops stormed exemption plea of General Pervez police have not responded to our said on Friday. the Red Mosque in Islamabad Musharraf in the case regarding request about security arrange- Minister for Capital on July 10, 2007. killing of Abdul Rashid Ghazi ments,” said Musharraf’s lawyer Administration and Development The mosque was the scene and ordered him to appear on Akhtar Shah. Division (CAAD) Usman Ibrahim of a week-long military siege the next hearing of December “The judge rejected our plea and CAAD Secretary Hamid Ali against radicals that unleashed 6,” Abdul Haq Malik, the law- but also ordered police to pro- Khan presented the audit report Islamist attacks across Pakistan. yer representing the cleric’s son vide security details.” AFP (2009-2013) before the committee. National Assembly Standing Committee on Cabinet Division Chairman Rana Hayat Khan Wood for warmth “hushed up” the matter and did not table the report, the official said. He said that the report looked into corruption in the medi- cal quota reserved for lawmak- ers. Massive irregularities by some members of the National Assembly, the personal staff, the parliament’s staff, doctors and paramedic staff were highlighted in the report. Last month, the committee announced that it would dis- cuss a five-year report on medi- cines issued to MNAs on doctors’ prescriptions. Several lawmakers at the meet- ing said that they suspected some- thing was up. Some lawmakers, parliamentary staff members and some CAAD officials said that the report had not been presented because it named several MNAs An Afghan man sells wood to be used for fire, in Kabul. Afghanistan’s winters are harsh, with tempera- who were involved in claiming tures falling well below the freezing point in most parts of the country. money by submitting fake receipts. INTERNEWS SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

Clashing morals Army admits Modi all set ‘mistake’ in killing teenagers NEW DELHI: The Indian army to reshuffle has admitted it made a mistake in shooting dead two teenagers in Kashmir this week, a rare public admission of fault by the military. The teenagers died after sol- cabinet today diers fired at a car on the outskirts of Srinagar on Monday, while another youngster was critically wounded. 16 new ministers expected “We take responsibility for the death of the two boys in Kashmir,” NEW DELHI: Prime Minister doing the rounds are J P Nadda the chief of the army’s northern Narendra Modi is likely to (Himachal Pradesh), Jayant command, D S Hooda, told report- reshuffle and expand his cabinet Sinha (Jharkhand), Ram Kripal ers in Srinagar late on Friday in today to inject fresh talent, give Yadav and Girirraj Singh (both televised remarks. wider representation to states from Bihar), Vijay Sampala “We admit a mistake was and ease pressure on some (Punjab), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made... there was some informa- ministers. and Niranjan Jyoti (both from tion about a white car with ter- Sources said 16 new names will Uttar Pradesh), Sanwar Lal Jat rorists. Obviously, the identity be included in the cabinet. (Rajasthan) and Birender Singh was mistaken in this case,” the This will be the first cabinet (Haryana). lieutenant-general added. reshuffle since Modi took power The name of former union min- Hooda promised an investiga- in May after leading the Bharatiya ister Suresh Prabhu is also on the tion into the deaths that would Janata Party (BJP) to a historic list. However, his party Shiv Sena Members of the right-wing Hindu Sena prevent youths from kissing each other during a rally for the ‘Kiss of Love’ be conducted with “the highest win in the Lok Sabha election. did not appear happy about it campaign against moral policing, outside the headquarters of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak standard of transparency”. Goa Chief Minister Manohar yesterday. Sangh in New Delhi, yesterday. Anger has been mounting in Parrikar, who resigned yesterday, Modi is believed to be keen to Kashmir valley over the killings, is widely tipped to become the induct Prabhu — whose perform- with the families of the dead new defence minister, divesting ance in critical ministries in the youths rejecting the army’s offer Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of NDA-I had been praised by all of one million rupees ($16,283) as one of his portfolios. parties — and may give him the compensation. BJP sources said Parrikar may railways portfolio. Parsekar sworn in as Goa CM “The blood of my 14-year-old be inducted into the Rajya Sabha “We have many more experi- son is not so cheap that I would from Uttar Pradesh, where the enced and deserving MPs who PANAJI: Goa Health Minister the portfolios after that,” he told clear. I will quit government and barter it. I reject this compensa- party has 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha need to be encouraged. The party Laxmikant Parsekar was sworn- reporters, even as he interacted will stay away from the swearing- tion,” Mohammad Yousuf Bhat, members. is not clear how this will come in as the state’s 11th chief minis- with hundreds of his supporters. in ceremony today. I am okay with one of the boys’ fathers, was Today’s event will take place (Prabhu’s inclusion in the cabinet) ter yesterday, pipping to the post Parrikar will be sworn-in as a being an ordinary MLA,” D’Souza quoted as saying by the Times of before the start of parliament’s from our (Shiv Sena) quota. We rivals like assembly Speaker union cabinet minister, most likely told reporters before a meeting of India newspaper yesterday. winter session on November 24, are still discussing it and will final- Rajendra Arlekar and Deputy with the defence portfolio. the party’s legislators. Last evening, a paramilitary giving time to the new ministers ise the decision shortly,” a Shiv Chief Minister Francis D’Souza D’Souza, Dayanand Mandrekar, What followed was a series of vehicle was torched by an angry to familiarise themselves with the Sena leader told IANS, request- who had doggedly opposed his Ramesh Tawadkar, Mahadev meetings at the BJP’s state head- mob in Srinagar when it hit a car working of their ministries. ing anonymity. candidature till less than two Naik, Dilip Parulekar, Milind quarters between Parrikar, state and a motorcycle that led to the Bandaru Dattatreya from Babul Supriyo, a singer-turned- hours before the oath taking. Naik, Alina Saldanha (all from party president Vinay Tendulkar death of two people, police said. Telangana and Sujana Chowdary politician from West Bengal, is The diminutive Parsekar, 58, BJP) and Sudin Dhavalikar and and the central observers on the The Central Reserve Police from Andhra Pradesh are likely to also expected to be in the list, with along with nine cabinet minis- Pandurang Dhavalikar (both from one hand and the BJP legislators Force (CRPF) vehicle collided be inducted into the union cabinet. West Bengal BJP president Rahul ters, was administered the oath Maharashtrawadi Gomantak on the other. with a civilian car before hitting Dattatreya, a national vice pres- Sinha saying Modi had called of office at the Raj Bhavan grounds Party) were sworn-in as cabi- The breakthrough was achieved the motorcycle on Boulevard ident of the BJP, is a Lok Sabha Supriyo and informed him of the in the afternoon, shortly after he net ministers yesterday. The two an hour and a half before the Road. member from Secunderabad. decision to make him a minister. formally staked claim to form a remaining vacancies in the cabinet swearing-in ceremony after a A protest broke out in the area Chowdary belongs to the Telugu Olympic medallist Rajyavardhan government. are expected to be filled up later final meeting between D’Souza, after the accident, in which angry Desam Party (TDP) and is a Rajya Singh Rathore also appears to Speaking to the media for the this month. Arlekar, Parsekar and Parrikar protesters torched the CRPF Sabha member from Andhra be on the list, according to the first time in his new role, Parsekar, Earlier in the day, BJP state and the two party observers. vehicle. Pradesh. sources. a former Bharatiya Janata Party leaders as well as central observ- Emerging from the meeting, Police reached the spot and dis- Dattatreya is the lone BJP par- The Modi government now has state chief, unwittingly conceded ers Rajeev Pratap Rudy and D’Souza said: “I thought Parsekar persed the protesters. liamentarian from Telangana and 22 cabinet members and 22 min- that the shadow of his pred- Purshottam Rupala were busy was being imposed on us. Today A police complaint was filed, his inclusion will give representa- isters of state, some holding inde- ecessor Manohar Parrikar, who firefighting dissent sparked by I was told that majority of the and the drivers of the CRPF tion to the newly created state in pendent charge. resigned earlier in the day due D’Souza, who since Friday had MLAs were supporting him.” vehicle and the civilian car were the union council of ministers. Many ministers, including Arun to his impending elevation to the refused to work with Parsekar or Sources said that apart from arrested. Chowdary, a businessman, is a Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari, Prakash union cabinet, would continue to Arlekar, claiming both were junior being made deputy chief minister Meanwhile, a soldier and a first-time parliamentarian and is Javadekar, Nirmala Sitharaman loom large. to him. again, D’Souza would be allotted a 17-year-old girl were killed in fir- considered close to TDP chief N and Piyush Goyal, hold multiple “Manohar Parrikar is going to “I am still in the race for chief key portfolio in addition to those ing by Pakistani soldiers on the Chandrababu Naidu. ministries. return from Delhi on the 13th or minister. I will speak to the par- he was in-charge of for the last Line of Control in Baramulla dis- Among the other names IANS 14th (November). We will decide ty’s observers and make my point two and a half years. IANS trict. AGENCIES Burdwan blast mastermind arrested Blow for Kingfisher as KOLKATA: Achieving a major information leading to his arrest,” the majlis-e-shura (central com- 41 of the Code of Criminal proce- breakthrough in the sensa- he said. mittee) of the JMB,” he said. dure (when police may arrest a shares face suspension tional Burdwan blast case, The 33-year-old Sajid, a sen- Sajid was picked up around 2.30 person without a warrant) a day West Bengal Police yesterday ior leader of the Jamaat-ul- pm, after police intercepted a cou- after the National Investigation NEW DELHI: Shares of Kingfisher was a casualty of cut- arrested Bangladeshi citizen Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), rier who was supposed to hand Agency — which is probing the India’s grounded Kingfisher throat fare wars in the congested Sk. Rahamatulla alias Sajid, was staying near Lalgola Madrassa over Rs100,000 to him. case — nabbed his close associate Airlines face suspension, stock sector where most carriers are described as the chief of the in Mukimnagar of Murshidabad “The Anti-Terrorism Squad and key ‘jihadi motivator’ Zia- exchanges have announced, losing money. Burdwan module, from near the district, ahead of the October 2 team was following informa- ul-Haque from northern West hammering another nail in the The share suspension warning Dum Dum airport here. blast inside a house at Khagragarh tion about some illegal monetary Bengal’s Malda district in connec- coffin of the carrier founded comes two months after state- “We arrested Sk. Rahamatullah of Burdwan town, around 100km transaction, connected to terror tion with the blast. by self-crowned “King of Good run United Bank of India labelled alias Sajid from Jessore Road from Kolkata. funding. Our men intercepted a Sajid was handed over later in Times” tycoon Vijay Mallya. Mallya a “wilful defaulter” over (under the airport police station). Commissionerate officers said courier when he was receiving the the day to the NIA. The heavily indebted airline, the airline — a term the central He is a resident of Farajikanda vil- Sajid had spent many years in jail money. They managed to convince The NIA has taken into custody once India’s second-largest by bank defines as someone failing lage in Bangladesh’s Narayangunj in Bangladesh. him to call Sajid. We laid a trap five people, including two women, passenger share, has never turned to pay debts even when they have district,” Bidhannagar police com- The accidental bomb explosion and rounded him,” the police com- in connection with the blast. a profit since its launch in 2005. the capacity. missioner Rajiv Kumar told media had left two suspected JMB mili- missioner said. The money has The NIA had on Wednesday The company has defaulted on Mallya objected to the tag persons. tants dead and another injured been seized. secured the custody of Abdul payments to banks, airports and “as a wrongful decision”, and a “Preliminary interrogation and broke the lead on the most Many fake identity documents Hakim, a key accused who was leasing firms and employees, and court hearing on his challenge is revealed he was connected with sensational jihadi terrorist con- like an Electoral Photo Identity injured in the blast, and announced owners of its planes have taken expected tomorrow in the east- the blast and was heading the spiracy in the state in recent Card, a driving licence, PAN card cash awards for information help- many of them back. ern city of Kolkata, according to Burdwan module. The NIA times. and other items have been seized ing in the arrest of the absconding The shares will be suspended a company statement. has also said so and had also “According to unconfirmed from his possession. accused. at the start of next month unless The court’s decision is impor- announced a Rs1m reward for reports, Sajid is also member of Sajid was arrested under section IANS Kingfisher declares long-overdue tant as the defaulter label could financial results, stock market prevent Mallya from getting new authorities said. loans and might mean he has to Trading in shares of Mallya quit corporate directorships. Police arrest suspect in Group Company UB Engineering Mallya made his fortune will also be suspended. through an inherited liquor “Trading in the securities of the business and branched out with companies would be suspended Kingfisher Airlines, named after plot to kill Bangladesh PM with effect from December 1, his top-selling beer which is an GUWAHATI: Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman suspected 2014,” Bombay Stock Exchange Indian household name. of being involved in a plot to assassinate the prime minister of said in a website notice yesterday. Kingfisher shares were trading Bangladesh and carry out a coup, police said yesterday. “The suspension will continue on the Bombay Stock Exchange at The arrest comes days after security officials said they had uncovered till such time the company com- 1.94 rupees on Friday, down from a plot by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, accused of carrying plies (with financial reporting a 2007 high of 335 rupees. out scores of attacks in Bangladesh, targeting Prime Minister Sheikh requirements),” the exchange said. Mallya has fallen out of Hasina. The National Stock Exchange India’s billionaire’s league due The group also planned to assassinate the country’s main opposition made a similar announcement. to Kingfisher’s woes with Forbes leader, Khaleda Zia, Indian officials said. Hasina and Zia have domi- Kingfisher said in August it pegging his fortune at $750m, less nated Bangladeshi politics for more than a decade. would “take steps” to publish its than half a 2007 peak of $1.6bn. Pallab Bhattacharjee, additional director general of police in the results for last year and for the He is still chairman of United northeastern Indian state of Assam, said the woman had been also first financial quarter to June, Spirits, a key source of his riches, charged with collecting arms with an intention of waging war against but added operating with “skel- but has sold a large chunk to India. etal staff” made balance-sheet Diageo and handed over manage- “She has been arrested by the special operations unit of the Assam preparation tough. ment control to the British bever- Police and will be produced in court today,” he said. The full-service Kingfisher, age giant. The alleged assassination conspiracy was discovered after two mem- which boasted it treated flyers as He also remains co-owner and bers of the outlawed group were killed in an explosion while building “guests”, never returned to the managing director of the Sahara homemade bombs at a house in West Bengal in eastern India last skies after pilots went on strike Force India Formula 1 team. Security personnel escort a veiled woman who is suspected of being month. in 2012 over unpaid wages. Mallya’s firms can avoid the involved in a plot to assassinate Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Indian police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using While India’s passenger avia- trading suspensions if they report to a court in the northeastern city of Guwahati, yesterday. India as a safe haven to plan the attacks. tion market is one of world’s their results and pay unspecified REUTERS fastest-growing, analysts say fines by November 25. AFP

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SUN TIDE SEA An artist’s impression of Rosetta’s lander Philae (back view) on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 05:49 16:45 06:30 17:45 13:30 23:45 06-16 KT Countdown begins for landing on comet THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW PARIS: HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER One of the biggest gambles in space providing it with complex organic carbon mol- rocks as high as 50 metres and wicked slopes history comes to a climax on Wednesday ecules and precious water. Rosetta has already with an incline greater than 30 degrees. This MUSCAT 28/21 Clear 29/17 Clear when Europe attempts to make the first- sent home fascinating data on the comet, but was a huge, unexpected problem, said Francis MAKKAH 36/24 Clear 36/22 Clear ever landing on a comet. Speeding towards Philae will provide the first boots-on-the- Rocard, a French astrophysicist. KUWAIT 26/10 Clear 26/11 Clear the Sun at 65,000 kilometres (40,600 miles) ground assessment, using 10 instruments “It took a billion calculations to find a decent BAHRAIN 27/19 Clear 26/18 Clear per hour, a lab called Philae will detach from to study the comet’s physical and chemical landing site,” he said. Philae will separate from SANAA 22/06 Mostly cloudy 22/06 Partly cloudy its mothership Rosetta, heading for a deep- composition. Rosetta about 20km from the comet at 0835 RIYADH 22/11 Clear 24/12 Clear space rendezvous laden with risk. Like Rosetta, it will wield a mass spectrome- GMT on Wednesday. “Then it’s a very gentle DUBAI 30/15 Clear 29/17 Clear The 100kg probe will seek out a minuscule ter, a high-tech tool to analyse a sample’s chemi- freefall for the next seven hours,” said Sylvain BAGHDAD 24/08 Partly cloudy 23/07 Clear landing site on the treacherous surface of an cal signature, aimed at drawing up a complete Lodiot, in charge of flight operations. object darker than coal, half a billion kilome- carbon inventory. The showstopper find would After that comes the hard bit. No one THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW tres (300 million miles) from home. be molecules known as left-handed amino acids, knows what a comet’s surface is like. Is “It’s not going to be an easy business,” was the European Space Agency (ESA) says. it hard and crusty, like a shell? Crumbly? HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER the understated prediction of Philippe Gaudon But getting Philae into position will be a Slippery? Is it brittle — will it crack, causing of France’s National Centre for Space (CNES) white-knuckle ride. After its launch in 2004, Philae to sink into some fudgy or spongey ATHENS 19/14 Chance of showers 20/14 Partly cloudy as the mission prepared to enter countdown Rosetta spent 10 years zig-zagging around Earth substance below? Seeking to cover all the WASHINGTON 15/08 Partly cloudy 17/09 Partly cloudy mode. The stakes facing Rosetta managers and Mars, using the planets’ gravitational pull possibilities, Philae’s designers have equipped SYDNEY 21/14 Cloudy 20/13 Clear in Darmstadt, Germany are daunting as the as a slingshot to build up speed to reach its prey, the lander with three outstretched legs LONDON 13/07 Clear 13/10 Partly cloudy 1.3bn euro ($1.61bn) project reaches a peak. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. designed to dampen the impact. Two decades of work have been poured But when Rosetta finally caught up with When the lab touches down, it will fire two PARIS 13/06 Chance of rain 13/08 Partly cloudy into what could be a crowning moment in it in August, it witnessed a sight that caused harpoons to secure it to what — hopefully — will ISTANBUL 17/11 Mostly cloudy 17/10 Clear space exploration. The goal: The first labo- despondency back on Earth. Far from being a be a robust surface, while a thruster on top of MANILA 30/24 Partly cloudy 31/24 Partly cloudy ratory research into the primeval matter of simple potato shape, “67P” turned out be two the lander will fire to cancel out bounce. Ice the Solar System — ancient ice and dust that, gnarled lobes about four km across joined by screws in the lander feet will deploy for extra DHAKA 31/22 Partly cloudy 31/20 Partly cloudy some experts believe, may have helped to sow a narrow neck. It looked like an super-dark grip. The chances of success? “Seventy percent,” DELHI 32/18 Clear 28/16 Clear life on Earth itself. rubber duck, ravaged by aeons in orbit, turning said Gaudon, admitting to days of doubt that ISLAMABAD 23/10 Clear 24/13 Clear According to this theory, comets pounded slowly in space. Its surface was a nightmare of the chances were much better than one in two. the fledgling Earth 4.6 billion years ago, crests and gullies, studded with hundreds of AFP Sunday 9 November 2014 16 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6244 Price: QR2

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DOHA: Qatar’s large infrastruc- The government expects to finance ture investment programme would infrastructure investments pre- be sustainable, even if oil prices fell dominantly through revenue from considerably further, QNB Group hydrocarbon exports. With fiscal and said in its weekly report. current account surpluses of 15.6 per- Brent crude oil prices have dropped cent and 30.9 percent of GDP respec- from a peak of $115 a barrel in June tively in 2013, ample resources should 2014 to about $82 currently. This has be available. The question is how far raised speculation about the impact would oil prices have to fall to push the Canada’s Minister of International Trade Ed Fast (left) shakes hands with a Chinese official as Canada’s of falling oil prices on hydrocarbon fiscal balance into deficit and force the exporting countries. In Qatar, oil prices government to cut back on its invest- Prime Minister Stephen Harper (second left) and China’s Premier Li Keqiang (right) applaud during a would have to fall considerably further ment plans? signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. to have any impact on the infrastruc- “Based on 2013 data, we estimate ture investment programme that is that the fiscal breakeven price — the expected to drive economic growth oil price at which government expendi- China, Canada in $33bn currency swap over the next few years. “Our assess- ture would equal government revenue ment is based on fiscal breakeven — was $67,” the report said. BEIJING: The central banks of China and part of a Memorandum of Understanding, said prices (the oil prices at which the gov- next five years. The largest projects Even if oil prices did fall below $67, Canada have agreed to a currency swap the statement. It did not say which bank would ernment budget would be in balance), include several major real estate devel- they would have to remain depressed worth 200bn yuan ($33bn) or C$30bn, be appointed as the clearing bank, but it is which is estimated to be well below opments (Lusail, The Pearl Qatar and for some time to have an impact on according to a Canadian government state- likely to be one of China’s four largest banks. current oil prices,” it said. Musheireb for example), a new metro the investment programme, the report ment issued at a meeting of Asia Pacific China’s central bank said in its statement Qatar is currently implementing a and rail network as well as new roads added. Qatar has the resources to nations yesterday. that the yuan clearing bank would be in large infrastructure investment pro- and highways. These major projects are draw on before being forced to make The swap will be effective for three years, Toronto. The currency swap will help set up gramme in the run-up to the 2022 creating large numbers of jobs lead- any significant cut backs to domestic according to a separate statement from China’s the clearing bank, and allow the two banks to World Cup and in line with its 2030 ing to high population growth (annual investment. However, should oil prices central bank. The agreement was announced swap currencies if needed to ease trade and Vision to diversify the economy away average of 9.2 percent in the first ten remain low for a considerable time, after Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper investment. The yuan clearing bank would be from dependence on hydrocarbons. The months of 2014). This is expected to a prioritisation process is likely to be met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. China’s cen- the first in the Americas, and allow Canadian government has recently announced drive GDP growth throughout the implemented to ensure the completion tral bank, the People’s Bank of China, will also financial institutions to use the clearing bank $182bn for project implementation non-hydrocarbon sector, thereby sup- of key projects, it said. appoint a clearing bank in Canada for yuan — to process payments for their customers in outside the oil and gas sector over the porting diversification. THE PENINSULA or renminbi, as the currency is also called — as yuan. REUTERS SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Egypt, Greece, UK prepares forex fines for six banks Cyprus pledge UBS, JP Morgan, Citigroup, HSBC, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland are under lens to boost energy LONDON: British regulators traders have been suspended or The regulator said there was does not plan to coordinate with group of global banks. The UK investigating allegations of col- fired by their banks. No individ- no date confirmed for any set- the impending settlements involv- fines are expected to be for lax cooperation lusion and manipulation in the ual or institution has so far been tlement. JP Morgan could not ing the FCA and certain US internal compliance at the banks, foreign exchange market could accused of any wrongdoing. be immediately reached for com- authorities, according to a person oversight failures and possible CAIRO: Egypt, facing its worst fine a group of six banks as A group settlement could be ment, and the other five banks all familiar with the regulator, New market conduct breaches by indi- power crisis in decades, yes- early as next Wednesday, people appealing to the banks, after declined to comment. York’s Department of Financial vidual employees, but not deliber- terday pledged greater energy familiar with the matter said. Barclays in 2012 was singled out US regulators are also work- Services (DFS). ate market manipulation, sources cooperation with Greece and The six banks are Switzerland’s as the first bank to settle with ing towards a settlement. The DFS superintendent Benjamin have said. The British regulator Cyprus, a diplomatic move that UBS, US banks JP Morgan and regulators over a global investi- US Commodity Futures Trading Lawsky views them as too weak, could fine one bank between opened up the possibility of Citigroup and Britain’s HSBC, gation into the rigging of bench- Commission could announce a the source said, an indication he’s £300m and £400m, and the other progress in talks to import nat- Barclays and Royal Bank of mark interest rates. settlement with a group of banks likely to go after the banks later five are expected to be fined £200- ural gas from Cyprus. Scotland, sources said. They are Three sources said the around the same time, one US and demand larger penalties. £300m, one of the sources said. Cypriot President Nicos expected to be fined a total of Financial Conduct Authority based source said. The group of Estimates on how much banks The six banks all set aside Anastasiades said in Cairo that about £1.5bn ($2.37bn). (FCA) was working to release the banks in the U.S. settlement was will be fined in total vary wildly, money for potential settlements the three countries “discussed It would be the first settlement coordinated settlement with the not necessarily the same as the especially because it is unclear of forex investigations in their boosting cooperation in the field in the year-long global probe banks on Wednesday, although group in the UK deal, although how much the US Department third quarter results, signalling of energy, with the belief that into the $5.3 trillion-a-day for- they said that timetable could slip there would be overlap. of Justice will seek as part of is part of the process was near to a the discovery of hydrocarbons in eign exchange market. Around 35 if problems emerge with details. New York’s banking regulator ongoing criminal probes into a conclusion. REUTERS the eastern Mediterranean can contribute to supporting regional cooperation for stability and prosperity.” The meeting in Cairo between Anastasiades, Egyptian President QIIC sets QAC recognised Abdelfattah Al Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras up new risk for excellent demonstrated deepening ties between the three states, who management after-sales are challenging Turkey’s efforts to chart gas deposits in areas of the east Mediterrean claimed by department service Cyprus. The emerging alliance fits DOHA: Qatar Islamic DOHA: Qatar Automobiles Egypt’s interests well. Its rela- Insurance Co announced the Company (QAC) has reaffirmed tions with Turkey quickly soured setting up of its dedicated Risk its market leadership with an last year after Sisi toppled Management Department. award of after-sales excellence President Mohamed Mursi of the The department shall assume for a second consecutive year. Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist all current risk management The distributor of Mitsubishi movement supported by Turkey’s functions and shall be responsible Motors Corp and Mitsubishi Fuso government. for Enterprise Risk Management Truck & Bus Corp in Qatar was Egypt badly needs natural as well as providing valuable recognised for its effort and dedi- gas imports. It has been unable assistance to customers in miti- cation in after sales performance to clinch attractive import deals gating risks through risk surveys for 2013. QAC received the award with allies like Russia and Algeria and subsequent risk improvement presented by Mitsubishi Motors at least partly because it lacks re- recommendations. Corporation President and COO gasification technology needed The department is headed Tetsuru Aikawa, ranking QAC first to import liquefied natural gas by Muhammad Ashraf Ali among authorised distributors in (LNG). Siddiqui, who earlier worked Santosh Pai (right), COO, Landmark Group with Marketing Manager Rajgopal R and Home Centre Concept Manager the Middle East for a second BG Egypt, a subsidiary of glo- for QIIC as Asst. Manager – Avirup Chandra at the launch of the catalogue. ABDUL BASIT consecutive year showing QAC’s bal energy company BG, said last General Insurance. Muhammad commitment to sustain supreme month it was in talks to import is an Associate of the Chartered performance year after year. natural gas from Cyprus using Insurance Institute, London “I would like to express our deep BG’s existing pipeline infrastruc- and brings with him 14 years of Home Centre launches latest catalogue appreciation for QAC, in recogni- ture, meaning re-gasification industry experience in the fields tion of exemplary field services and would not be needed. of underwriting, claims and risk DOHA: Home Centre released its latest catalogue replicated in store for the customers to get a first- after sales performance for the No details about BG Egypt’s management. Before joining QIIC in an event hosted at it’s flagship store in Asmakh hand feel of the latest furniture and accessories. Johan, year 2013. This success stands as talks with Cyprus Hydrocarbons in 2012, he held several manage- Mall. Top officials from Home Centre and Landmark along with Ryan Basson, took the audience through an indication of the effort, dedica- (CHC) were announced by the ment positions with top Takaful Group, Qatar, attended the event showcasing some an informative walk-through giving styling tips and tion, and creativity of QAC’s team, leaders at a joint news conference. and general insurance companies of the latest style home accessories and furniture decoration inspirations. and I am sure that they will con- But the leaders said they would in Pakistan. buys for home. “Filled with abundant inspirations, ideas and beauti- tinue to succeed in the years to work to strengthen cooperation Ali Ibrahim Alabdulghani, This year’s catalogue features a bigger and better ful products to refresh your home, our signature cata- come.” said Aikawa. on a number of issues, including QIIC’s CEO, states “Risks are collection than ever before. The 140-page catalogue logue has something for everyone, whatever the style or On his part Ihab El Feky QAC’s a solution to Cyprus’ decades- ever evolving in nature and today features several new style buys. “This new annual budget. Whether classic or contemporary or a clever general manager said: “Consumer old partition along the ethnic businesses face more risks than catalogue is a glorious example of the brand’s com- combination of the two, the Home Centre catalogue confidence is the centre of every- lines of its Greek and Turkish before. We feel it is critical to mitment to bringing international retail standards to introduces a comprehensive range of furniture and thing we do, and the recognition Cypriot populations. That split have continuous monitoring of the the region,” said Santosh Pai, COO, Landmark Group. accessories that quite evidently reinforces the brand’s of our after-sales performance has implications for gas reserves risks present in today’s business Johan Krieljones, Visual Merchandising Manager promise that ‘No Two Homes Will Be The Same’ with reflects our commitment to ensur- that Cyprus is keen to develop to environment.” for Home Centre, hosted a style walk-through of with Home Centre.” says Colin Renwick, COO, Home Centre. ing excellent customer service.” the south of the Mediterranean THE PENINSULA the audience. Selected rooms from the catalogue were THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA island. REUTERS

Qapco shares history as it marks 40th year by honouring employees

DOHA: Qapco turns 40 today. a feedstock is common nowadays, of our employees.” On its anniversary, Qatar but back then it was a first-timer Qapco’s fortieth anniversary is Petrochemical Company (Qapco) and a revolutionary idea. the occasion for the company to pay QSC, one of the leading petro- Al Mohannadi said: “Our humble a tribute to all its employees. Qapco chemical powerhouses in the beginnings were followed by colos- is holding celebrations in their hon- region and a precursor in petro- sal capacity expansions, where we our in it plant in Mesaieed today. chemical production, celebrates moved restlessly from one project Dr Mohammed Youssef Al Mulla, its heritage and future, started by to the next, marked by many mile- Vice Chairman and CEO of Qapco visionary pioneers. stones and memorable achieve- acknowledged the contribution of Since the establishment of Qapco ments, and Qapco rapidly became all the employees, “It is truly the on the November 9, 1974, by Emiri recognised as a global leader in low men and women of Qapco who have Decree No. 109, the company has density polyethylene production.” driven us where we are today. Our never ceased to grow, progress In forty year, Qapco increased its employees expertise, loyalty and and evolve. On the occasion of this low-density polyethylene (LDPE) hard work along with their unwa- important milestone, the manage- production capacity by 500 percent vering commitment to the high- ment shares some inspiring stories and today the company is recog- est standards of performance and that characterise Qapco’s four dec- nised as a leader in its industry. excellence made us who we are. The ades of unparalleled success. LDPE is considered as the most Qapco Family is at the heart of eve- An aerial view of the Qapco plant. “Our successful and extraordi- widely used type of plastic, with rything we do and a vital force that nary journey rests on the minds applications such as food packag- has always propelled us forward.” The power of an idea has allowed with the leadership of the State of on a massive desert area, next to and brilliance of many,” said Eng. ing, agricultural films, cables and From a staff of 20 people in Qapco to become an industrial Qatar, and they proposed to build a the Qapco site. Construction work Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, wires, coating, and playing a key 1978, the number of employees at giant. It started with a visionary ground-breaking and entirely new started in 1976, first with the jetty Chairman of Qapco. “It first started role in the development of green Qapco grew to 700 in the early dream; here is how the Qapco story project for the region, an ethylene area, then in 1978 the construc- with a dream in 1974. By transform- building solutions. eighties and reached 1,324 in 2014. began. As the European petrochem- and polyethylene plant. tion of the LDPE 1 unit was in full ing a visionary idea into a reality, Al Mohannadi added, “Our suc- Several Qataris participated in ical industry was emerging, the The Memorandum of Association swing, and by 1979 the administra- making the most of what we have cess story has been made possible those intense coaching and devel- company CdF Chimie was created was signed in Doha on August 15, tion building was finalised. been given, by further optimising through the visionary leadership opment courses, becoming the first in 1966 in France and specialised 1974 between the Government of In March 1980, the utilities plant our hydrocarbon resources, Qapco of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin generation of Qatari petrochemical in steam-cracking products, inter- the State of Qatar, CdF Chimie was fully operational and started broke new grounds and paved the Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of the experts. Today, with Qatarisation mediates and thermoplastics. CdF and Gazocean and Qapco’s com- functioning. For the first start-up of way to an entirely new and prom- State of Qatar, and with the wise standing at 30.2 percent, national Chimie rapidly became the front- mercial registration was finalised the ethylene plant, Qapco received a ising industry in the GCC, petro- guidance of H E Dr Mohammed leadership is one of the driving runner in its field and expanded its on November 9 of the same year. shipment of ethylene from France. chemicals,” he added. bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister forces of Qapco and gives the com- activities internationally, through The birth of an industry had just Finally, on September 3 of the Unlocking natural resources of Energy and Industry. I would pany its cultural identity. Qapco has the creation of plants and indus- started. Qatar had laid the foun- same year, the first Made In Qatar potential — capturing the gas flows like to thank Qatar Petroleum and also forged a strong corporate cul- trial platforms specialising in plas- dations for a promising industrial polyethylene was produced. associated with oil production that our shareholders, Industries Qatar ture based on teamwork and knowl- tic production, notably in Asia. At future. The petrochemical revolu- On February 23, 1981, the first were previously flared, and instead and Total Petrochemicals France, edge transfer. As Qapco focuses on that time, CdF Chimie was looking tion in the GCC was in motion. LDPE plant in the Middle East channeling those flows as feedstock as they are the foundation of our R&D, innovation and delivering to develop new sources of plastics In the early seventies, Mesaieed was formally inaugurated. Qapco for chemical production has made success. The unwavering commit- sustainable solutions, the company in markets offering attractive raw- had been identified as a strategic started commercial production in it possible to build an immense and ment of our Board of Directors and believes in the tremendous poten- materials, and expand in regions zone for the development of indus- 1981, with an initial annual out- highly profitable industry for the Executive Management team, com- tial offered by the next generation that were closer to its main client- trial activities and the city already put of 132,679 tons of ethylene. entire GCC region. Qapco estab- bined with the support of our part- of advanced materials that will base, Europe. In April 1974, Jacques had a functioning port, jetty facili- Beginnings were humble. However, lished the first petrochemical facil- ners has played a pivotal role in our be produced from Qatar’s natural Petitmengin, CEO of CdF Chimie, ties and an oil tanker terminal. the decade of the eighties witnessed ity aimed at utilising ethane, which journey towards success. Qapco’s resources. Dr Al Mulla added, “At and René Boudet, Chairman of Qatar Fertilizer Company (Qapco) the steady emergence of Qapco as was previously flared, to produce ambitions have become realities Qapco, we draw strength from the Gazocéan, travelled for the first was the first plant in operations in one of the most important petro- olefins, such as ethylene, and poly- thanks to the remarkable dedica- alignment of our strategy with the time to Qatar. entire industrial area. chemical companies in the Gulf. olefin for export. Utilising ethane as tion and outstanding commitment Qatar National Vision 2030.” During their visit, they meet The Qapco plant was then built THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 China nod for $113bn infrastructure projects NDRC approves 21 projects between Oct 16 and Nov 5 worth 693.3bn yuan China trade growth BEIJING: China approved more than $100bn worth of infrastructure projects in late slows in October in October and early November, state media said yesterday, in a bid to bolster slowing growth further sign of fragility in the world’s second largest economy. BEIJING: Annual growth in showed the economy lost further China’s top economic planning China’s exports and imports momentum heading into the fourth body, the National Development slowed in October, data showed quarter as the property market and Reform Commission yesterday, reinforcing signs of weighed and export demand sof- (NDRC), approved 21 infrastruc- fragility in the world’s second- tened, putting Beijing’s official ture investment projects between largest economy that could growth target for the year at even October 16 and November 5 with a prompt policymakers to roll out greater risk. total investment value of 693.3bn more stimulus measures. September’s surprisingly strong yuan ($113bn), the official Xinhua Exports have been the lone bright export growth led some analysts to news agency said yesterday, citing spot in the last few months, per- question the accuracy of the offi- state radio. haps helping to offset soft domestic cial data amid signs of hot money The projects included 16 rail- demand, but there are doubts about inflows as firms tried to evade capi- ways and five airports, with the the accuracy of the official num- tal controls by over-invoicing pre- aim of propping up a decline in bers amid signs of a resurgence of cious metal sales. real estate investment, Xinhua speculative currency flows through The latest trade data indicated said. Annual growth slowed to inflated trade receipts. a cooldown in such speculative 7.3 percent in the third quarter Exports rose 11.6 percent activity amid fears of an official — the weakest since the height in October from a year ear- crackdown. “It’s impossible to con- of the global financial crisis — as lier, slowing from a 15.3 percent trol hot money flows. Hot money a cooling property sector weighed jump in September, the General may distort trade data but it won’t on domestic demand. Administration of Customs said. affect the trend,” said Li Huiyong, Annual growth in China’s A decline in China’s lead- an economist at Shenyin & Wanguo exports and imports also slowed ing index on exports in October Securities in Shanghai. in October, data showed yesterday, pointed to weaker export growth Customs data showed China’s reinforcing signs of fragility that in the next two to three months, exports of precious metals and could prompt policymakers to roll The opening of the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting being held at the China the administration said. jewellery rose 187 percent in out more stimulus measures. National Convention Center in Beijing yesterday. “The economy still faces rela- October from a year earlier. The REUTERS tively big downward pressure as pace eased from a 678 percent exports face uncertainties while jump in September. weak imports indicate sluggish China’s exports to Hong Kong, domestic demand,” said Nie Wen, where over-invoicing is typically an economist at Hwabao Trust. most pronounced, rose 24 per- Beijing to establish $40bn Silk Road fund “The central bank may continue to cent in October from a year ear- ease policy in a targeted way.” lier, slowing from September’s 34 BEIJING: China will con- China and the Mediterranean. be “open” and welcome inves- on China’s Silk Road Economic Imports rose an annual 4.6 per- percent increase. tribute $40bn to set up a Silk The fund will be for investing tors from Asia and beyond to Belt and the 21st Century cent in October, pulling back from Exports to the United States, Road infrastructure fund to in infrastructure, resources and “actively” take part in the project, Maritime Silk Road initia- a 7 percent rise in September, China’s top export destination, boost connectivity across Asia, industrial and financial cooper- Xi was cited as saying, ahead of tive, which aim to build roads, and were weaker than expected. rose 10.9 percent in October from President Xi Jinping announced ation, among other projects, Xi a separate summit of the Asia railways, ports and airports That left the country with a trade a year earlier, largely matching yesterday, the latest Chinese said, according to Xinhua. Pacific Economic Cooperation across Central Asia and South surplus of $45.4bn for the month, September’s rise, while exports to project to spread the largesse The goal of the fund is to (APEC) grouping, also being held Asia. which was near record highs. the European Union, the second- of its own economic growth. “break the connectivity bottle- in the Chinese capital. “Such a framework accom- Annual growth slowed to 7.3 biggest market, grew 4.1 percent, China has dangled financial neck” in Asia, state media quoted It was not immediately clear modates the needs of various percent in the third quarter — slowing sharply from a 14.9 per- and trade incentives before, Xi as saying during a meeting precisely how the fund would countries and covers both land the weakest since the height of cent jump in September. China’s mostly to Central Asia but also in Beijing with leaders from work, when it would start opera- and sea-related projects,” Xi said, the global financial crisis — as a external trade environment may to countries in South Asia, back- Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, tions or where it would be based, adding China is ready to welcome cooling property sector weighs on slightly improve in 2015 but still ing efforts to resurrect the old Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan though in all likelihood it would its neighbors “to get on board the domestic demand. faced uncertainties, the Ministry Silk Road trading route that and Tajikistan. be China. train of China’s development.” Recent purchasing managers’ of Commerce said in a report pub- once carried treasures between The Silk Road Fund will But Xinhua said it would focus REUTERS surveys on factory and services lished yesterday. REUTERS AT&T to buy Mexican wireless company Iusacell for $2.5bn NEW YORK: US telecom Stephenson said in a statement. one customer experience.” giant AT&T announced plans to “Those reforms together with The network would allow US buy Mexican wireless operator the country’s strong economic customers visiting Mexico or Iusacell for $2.5bn and use it to outlook, growing population Mexicans visiting the United create a mobile network span- and growing middle class make States to use the same network ning the two countries. Mexico an attractive place to without having to change phones The deal gives AT&T an addi- invest.” or use any special calling codes. tional 8.6 million subscribers Iusacell offers wireless serv- AT&T said it sees growing in Mexico, and comes following ices under its own name and the mobile phone use in Mexico, reforms in the country aimed at Unefon brand with a network that which lags the rest of Latin boosting competition in the wire- today covers about 70 percent of America in wireless adoption. less sector. Mexico’s 120 million people. “AT&T expects that as the price AT&T said the deal will be AT&T said it plans to expand to acquire a smartphone contin- completed when Mexican con- the network to cover more peo- ues to decline and the availability glomerate Grupo Salinas closes ple in Mexico. “Iusacell gives us of higher-speed mobile networks its purchase of the 50 percent of a unique opportunity to create in Mexico increases, there will be Iusacell it does not already own. the first-ever North American higher smartphone adoption and “Our acquisition of Iusacell is mobile service area covering over increased mobile Internet usage,” a direct result of the reforms put 400 million consumers and busi- the company said. in place by President (Enrique) nesses in Mexico and the United Iusacell will continue to be Pena Nieto to encourage more States,” Stephenson said. headquartered in Mexico City competition and more invest- “It won’t matter which country following the closing. ment in Mexico,” AT&T chair- you’re in or which country you’re The deal is subject to regula- man and chief executive Randall calling -- it will all be one network, tory approval in Mexico. AFP SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Detroit recovery plan Jobless rate Pakistan to issue dollar in Canada sukuk this month drops to Govt hopes to receive $1.1bn in funding from IMF 6-year low OTTAWA: Canada’s unemploy- DUBAI: Pakistan plans to when we issued the sovereign con- $9.1bn at the end of June from ment rate unexpectedly fell to a issue a US dollar-denominated ventional paper,” he said without $5.4bn in March, stalled because six-year low last month on hir- Islamic bond worth at least giving further details. of delays in state asset sales and ing led by retailers and financial $500m this month and also The Pakistani government the sukuk issue, as well as the companies. hopes to obtain $1.1bn from the now also hopes to receive $1.1bn effects of political uncertainty on Employment rose by 43,100 International Monetary Fund in funding from the IMF to bol- capital flows. after a jump of 74,100 the prior soon, Finance Minister Ishaq ster its foreign currency reserves, “However, going forward month and the jobless rate fell Dar said yesterday. after completing the fourth and reserves are expected to surpass to 6.5 percent from 6.8 percent, After a successful eurobond fifth reviews of a $6.6bn IMF three months of imports by the Statistics Canada said on Friday issue in April, Pakistan said it financing programme originally end of the fiscal year 2014/2015,” in Ottawa. Both results exceeded planned an international sov- agreed in September last year. Franks said. all economist predictions in a ereign sukuk issue, and in early The IMF’s executive board will The IMF saved Pakistan from Bloomberg News survey that September it revealed it had consider in December whether possible default by agreeing last called for unemployment to rise selected four banks — Citigroup, to release the funds, its mission year on its three-year lending to 6.9 percent on 5,000 job losses. Deutsche Bank, Dubai Islamic chief Jeffrey Franks said, adding programme. The Fund disburses The biggest two-month increase Bank and Standard Chartered — that the Fund was encouraged loan tranches after confirming a in jobs since April 2012 suggests as bookrunners. by Pakistan’s overall progress in country is on track with the con- the torpor that had plagued the But the issue did not happen strengthening its macroeconomic ditions of the bailout. nation’s labour market may be lift- as soon as the market expected, stability and output growth. The cash flows could stop if ing. Before Friday’s report, aver- apparently because of politi- The IMF usually disburses Pakistan fails to institute changes age monthly increases had slowed cal instability in the country, as financing from the programme in such as cracking down on tax eva- to 12,200 since the beginning of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz $550m tranches, but completion sion and privatising loss-making 2013, about half the pace of the Sharif came under pressure from of the fourth review was delayed state companies. three years prior, leading Bank of weeks of demonstrations calling by differences of opinion over A recent drop in global oil Canada Governor Stephen Poloz for him to resign. some of the targets in the plan, prices, which touched four-year this week to suggest the low jobless “Hopefully in the last week of Franks said without elaborating lows beneath $82 per barrel this rate masked underlying weakness. this month the sukuk, God will- on those differences. week, will help Pakistan to slash Retailing and wholesaling employ- ing, will be available to the indus- “Economic indicators are its oil import bill substantially. ment rose by 38,500 in October, try, Islamic banking institutions,” improving, with growth expected “We are now forecasting that Statistics Canada said. Finance, Dar told a joint press conference to reach 4.3 percent in fiscal year the oil import bill for Pakistan insurance, real estate and leasing with the IMF in the United Arab 2014/2015, inflation on a down- compared to what we thought a An October 3, 2013 file picture shows Detroit’s Frederick Douglass added 35,700 jobs and manufactur- Emirates. ward trajectory, and credit to few months ago is going to be over Homes, the nation’s first public housing project, being demolished ing employment rose by 33,200. Full- “The indicative size for a sover- the private sector expanding at a a billion dollars less. That’s 0.3, 0.4 with the help of a federal grant. US Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes time employment rose by 26,500 and eign bond, we have $500m. We will robust pace,” he said. percent of GDP saved by a lower part-time positions gained 16,500. on Friday approved a plan to get Detroit out of bankruptcy, the largest see...what is the book building... The rapid build-up of Pakistan’s petroleum import bill,” Franks Private companies added 70,600 in the history of municipalities in the United States, renegotiating the but we had a very good response gross reserves, which jumped to said. REUTERS workers and public-sector employ- city’s massive debt of nearly $18bn. ment fell by 53,800. “The general direction is very positive,” Finance Minister Joe Oliver told reporters in Toronto. Even with strong gains in the last two reports, employment Transocean takes $2.76bn charge amid drilling rig glut growth over the last 12 months of 1.0 percent has lagged growth in HOUSTON: Transocean, owner them to explorers. The drop in be affected are Diamond Offshore Ensco wrote down the value a position, that they have to sell the working-age population of 1.2 of the biggest fleet of deep-water prices comes after rig contrac- Drilling Inc, Noble Corp, Ensco Plc, of some of its rigs in the sec- rigs”. Rather than trying to sell percent. Average hourly wages of drilling rigs, is feeling the effect tors responded to rising demand Rowan Companies Plc and Atwood ond quarter. Representatives for their older, out-of-work rigs, drill- permanent employees rose 1.9 per- of an industry-wide glut in the during the past few years with Oceanics Inc, he wrote. Rowan and Atwood had no imme- ers should simply scrap them, Trey cent in October from a year earlier. expensive vessels just as crude the biggest batch of construc- “This is going to be an indus- diate comment. Stolz, an analyst at Iberia Capital The jobless rate has declined this prices tumble. tion orders for rigs since the try-wide phenomenon for the “Probably right now we do not Partners LLC in New Orleans, said. year as economic growth acceler- The company will delay posting advent of deep-water drilling in next few years,” Syed wrote. expect to have to write down more “Rigs need to get retired and taken ates and people give up looking third-quarter results after saying the 1970s. “Companies that have spent sub- assets in the near future, but obvi- out of circulation,” he said. “You’ll for work. Friday’s report showed earnings would be hit by $2.76bn “Ouch,” analysts from Tudor stantial amounts in the past 10-15 ously we’ve not done the next quar- see that more and more as rigs the labor force participation rate in charges from a decline in the Pickering Holt & Co wrote in a years in upgrading their 1970- ter review,” Marc Edwards, Chief come up on their five-year surveys remained at the lowest since value of its contracts-drilling note to investors on Friday. The 1980 vintage rigs may face some Executive Officer at Diamond and require massive investments to November 2001 at 66.0 percent. business and a drop in rig-use announcement “reflects the real- writedowns.” Offshore, told analysts. keep going.” For workers aged 15 to 24, fees, Vernier, Switzerland-based ity of this oversupplied floater rig Noble regularly does impair- James Tisch, CEO of Loews The number of offshore rigs employment rose by 4,400 in Transocean said. market globally”. ment tests on its assets, said Corp, the largest shareholder of ordered hit a high in August October, and 26,500 people left the Oil’s decline to a four-year The problem isn’t limited to John Breed, a company spokes- Diamond Offshore, told analysts 2013 and there are now 86 float- labour force, Statistics Canada said. low in recent months has caused Transocean — other rig owners man. “With the current figura- on November 3 that he wouldn’t ing vessels under construction for Employment in the province of companies to consider spending may also face writedowns, Waqar tion of the Noble fleet, it seems be surprised “to see some of our delivery through 2020, according Ontario rose by 37,000 last month, cuts, which would further reduce Syed, an analyst at Goldman Sachs like a major writedown wouldn’t competitors get into financial trou- to IHS Energy Inc. The total with the jobless rate falling to 6.5 demand for rigs and the rates Group Inc, wrote in a note to be something we would be look- ble, where they are put into a posi- number of floating rigs now is 264. percent from 7.1 percent. Transocean can charge to lease investors. Among those that may ing at.” tion, or their lenders are put into WP-BLOOMBERG WP-BLOOMBERG Puma profits fall ArcelorMittal profits rise on US steel boom

NEW YORK: ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel maker, reported a bigger than expected jump in profit as booming US steel demand outweighed a slump in iron-ore prices. ArcelorMittal raised its forecast for US demand this year after prof- its at its North American business more than doubled from the prior three months. The company said it expected US consumption to grow as much as 8.75 percent this year, compared with an earlier forecast of about 5 percent. ArcelorMittal is counting on economic recovery in the U Sto A Puma sports shoe on display at the company’s headquarters in Herzogenaurach, southern Germany. counter a collapse in iron-ore Puma said its profits fell in the third quarter, hit by marketing expenses and foreign exchange effects. prices that have crimped profits at its mining unit. “This quarter’s results show the considerable improvement in our steel busi- ness, which has more than offset the fall in the iron-ore price,” Indonesia to expand five ports Chief Executive Officer Lakshmi Mittal said. Earnings before interest, JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo naval motto meaning “in the seas we will tri- taxes, depreciation and amorti- is targeting almost $6bn in projects to expand umph”. “We would like to provide good logistics zation climbed to $1.91bn in the ports across the world’s biggest archipelago, access from Sabang to Merauke,” Soesilo said, three months ended September where investors are deterred by logistics costs referring to the country’s westernmost and east- 30 from $1.71b a year earlier, the that amount to a quarter of the economy. ernmost cities. The government needs 70 trillion Luxembourg-based company said. Widodo, known as Jokowi, plans to expand rupiah ($5.8bn) to expand five major ports in The company reported net five ports on the nation’s main islands, seeking north Sumatra, Jakarta, east Java, south Sulawesi income of $22m for the period to reduce shipping delays and boost trade in a and Papua to serve large vessels and build feeder compared with a loss of $193m a country that would stretch from New York to lines for smaller ports, said Soesilo. year earlier. ArcelorMittal main- London, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Jokowi has met investors from China, Africa and tained its full-year Ebitda target Affairs Indroyono Soesilo said. The government the US who want him to build ports, the minister of “in excess” of $7bn. will also cut red tape that keeps yachts and cruise said. China plans a $16.3bn fund to finance infra- While demand in the US booms, liners away, he said. structure linking its markets to three continents ArcelorMittal lowered its forecast Improving maritime infrastructure is one of as President Xi Jinping pushes forward with his for global demand growth this Jokowi’s main strategies to reinvigorate the econ- plans to revive the centuries-old Silk Road trad- year to 2.25 percent to 2.75 per- omy, which is growing at the slowest pace since ing route, according to officials who participated cent from as much as 3 percent the global financial crisis. At his inauguration on in drafting the plan. The sea makes up two-thirds on slower than expected growth October 20, Jokowi likened himself to a “captain of the territory of Indonesia, and Jokowi wants to in Europe, China and Brazil. trusted by the people” and said it was time for use it to achieve economic growth of more than 7 WP-BLOOMBERG Indonesia to return to “Jalesveva Jayamahe,” the percent in three years. WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Buyers of high-end houses see good mortgage rates US gains traction BY DINA ELBOGHDADY and DAN KEATING

ant to get a good rate on a new mortgage? Two tips: Be wealthy, and borrow more. in job market W For the first time in recent memory, lenders in the US are offering well-heeled buyers large “jumbo” mortgages at the same — or BY CHICO HARLAN said it would go to 5.8 percent.” and noted that private employ- into account those who have even better — interest rates as smaller loans. The trend has helped Hiring in October was below ment has grown by 2.6 million given up looking for work and fuel a resurgence at the high end of the real estate market. Sales of he United States is on market expectations, but that over the past year. those who want full-time jobs but homes priced $1m or more are soaring as lower-priced properties lag, pace for its best year of was offset by revisions of previous Still, the economic improve- can only find part-time employ- accentuating the uneven nature of the economic recovery. job growth in 15 years, data from August and September. ment hasn’t translated into sig- ment. In October, the underem- The share of homes selling for at least $1m fell when the 2008 Taccording to govern- The Bureau of Labour Statistics nificant wage growth — a reason ployment rate fell to 11.5 percent, financial crisis hit, but it recovered faster than the rest of the market ment data released on Friday, in said on Friday that job growth one in three Americans still cat- compared with 11.8 percent in during the past two years. It now hovers at a level last seen near the the latest reassuring sign about in those months was actually egorise the economy as “poor,” September and 13.7 percent a housing boom’s peak in 2007, according to research firm CoreLogic. The the strength of the economic 31,000 higher than previously according to the Pew Research year ago. When the economy is rates help, and so does a robust stock market. The number of homes recovery. reported. The revisions bump the Center. The average American at its best, the underemployment sold for $1m or more climbed eight percent this year while those at With 214,000 jobs added in September total to 256,000 jobs makes three cents per hour more rate lags about four points behind every other price point combined fell four percent, according to the October, the unemployment rate and the August total to 203,000 today than last month, and 48 the unemployment rate. National Association of Realtors. ticked down to 5.8 percent, the — meaning the US economy has cents an hour more than a year Wage growth has been slow- Sales at the higher end are clustered in a few pricey areas, including lowest level in six years. added at least 200,000 jobs for ago. Economists say that job est at the bottom, particularly the Washington, DC, region, where purchases of expensive homes also The latest data suggest that nine straight months. seekers well outnumber actual for part-time workers. And the have rebounded to near pre-crash levels, according to a Washington the slow march out of the Great The October job growth was jobs, and employers don’t need biggest bump has come not from Post analysis of sales adjusted for inflation. Recession is gaining traction most pronounced in the service to offer wage increases to get and employers but from state- and Banks are helping tilt the market. Burned by the reckless loans and stands in noted contrast to and retail sectors and in health keep employees. city-level minimum wage legisla- of the housing boom, many lenders are turning away potential home a wave of discontent that helped care. Construction and manu- The Federal Reserve tion. A handful of states, includ- buyers who lack stellar credit and hefty down payments, and chasing Republicans sweep midterm facturing jobs, hard hit by the announced last month that it ing Arkansas and Nebraska, this after affluent borrowers by offering favourable terms and interest rates. elections this week. Although financial crisis, are also showing was ending a long-standing week passed ballots to boost the “Many people are finding out by accident that they can often get a wage growth has been sluggish signs of a comeback. The share bond-buying programme, a vote minimum wage. better rate on a $700,000 mortgage than a $400,000 mortgage,” said in recent years, Americans — of working Americans stands at of confidence in the economy. “Wages are still growing Guy Cecala, publisher of Inside Mortgage Finance. “The opportunities helped by falling oil prices — are 59.2 percent, which is the high- The central bank’s next major slower than the Fed would like, for wealthier borrowers are now better than they’ve been in a decade seeing their purchasing power est level since July 2009. The US decision — whether to raise slower than everybody in the as far as rates and terms.” rise while jobs come back. economy expanded over the past interest rates — could hinge on economy would like,” said Stu Kathleen McEnerney and her husband sold their DC condominium “We’re seeing solid job growth, six months at its sharpest pace how quickly the labour market Hoffman, chief economist for last year to buy a house in Potomac, Maryland, for slightly over $1m. and broad-based job growth,” since 2003. generates not just jobs but wage PNC Financial. “I think it will The proceeds from the condo sale would have covered the cost of the Labour Secretary Thomas Perez Jason Furman, chairman of improvements. speed up as this unemployment new home, McEnerney said. But instead of paying cash, the couple said in an interview. “If you’d the White House Council of One key measuring stick is the comes down, but that is one of decided to take out a jumbo loan. taken a group of pundits one year Economic Advisers, described the underemployment rate, which is the most important missing links The cheap rates were too good to resist, said McEnerney, a director ago, when the unemployment 56 straight months of job growth described as a truer sense of the in the job market.” at a local utility. Another draw: the tax benefits. rate was 7.2, very few would have as “the longest streak on record” labour market because it takes WP-BLOOMBERG Homeowners can deduct interest paid on mortgages of up to $1 million from their federal taxes as well as the interest paid on up to $100,000 of home equity debt. Among lenders, competition to lure well-heeled borrowers is fierce. Overall mortgage lending by dollar amount plummeted 44 percent in the first three quarters of the year compared with a year ago, mostly because a recent multi-year refinancing craze has fizzled out, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. The industry is looking to drum up busi- ness elsewhere, and they’re turning their attention to home purchases. But they’re being selective, and they’re holding on to the loans instead of selling them to investors, confident that the loans are of solid quality, said David Stevens, chief executive of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Hanging on to the mortgages puts the lenders at greater risk if the borrower defaults, but it also gives them more leeway to offer cheaper rates and more flexible terms, said Cecala from Inside Mortgage Finance. In many cases, the rate on jumbo loans is now lower than the rate on smaller loans backed by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — and perhaps what’s even more surprising is that it’s been that way through 2014, he said. The dollar volume of jumbo lending now makes up 20 percent of all home purchase loans — the highest level since 2002, Cecala said. These jumbo loans are defined differently across the country. In most parts of the country, jumbos are defined as loans that exceed $417,000. But in DC and a few other expensive markets, jumbos are those in excess of $625,500. The average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage with a loan bal- ance of $417,000 or less was 4.17 percent last week, while the rate on loans that exceeded $417,000 was 4.13, according to a survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. To get the best rates, buyers must bring plenty of cash to the table. Todd Wood, a builder, said he’s seeing that first-hand with his custom- ers, many of whom are selling their first homes to buy newly built ones in the $1.5m to $2m range. “They’re putting down 20 percent or more. I’m even seeing down pay- ments of up to 50 percent,” said Wood, founder of CastleWood Builders. Even buyers who can afford to pay all cash sometimes get a loan later to take advantage of the low interest rates and tax benefits. MUFG Union Bank has a programme that offers jumbo loans to cash buyers after they’ve lived in a home for six months. James Francis, managing director of consumer lending at MUFG Union Bank, said he believes this kind of deal has become popular in competitive markets such as New York, Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills. “It gives buyers the best of both worlds,” Francis said. “They can have an attractive offer in a competitive situation, but then they don’t have Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate to keep all their money tied up in their home.” WP-BLOOMBERG Swiss vote could help gold prices recover

BY NICHOLAS LARKIN losses in the past two years, Bank seventh-largest holder of gold by A “yes” vote may push gold closed out hedges, a process that an agreement starting in 1999 and CATHERINE BOSLEY of America estimates. With polls country, International Monetary above $1,350 an ounce, or 17 per- had added demand, Barclays between European central banks showing voters split before the Fund data show. According to cent more than now, said Bank estimates. to cap disposals. The accord, here are people in November 30 referendum, the UBS, a change in the law may of America analyst Michael Last year’s 28 percent gold designed to reduce market dis- Switzerland who resent that SNB and national government are force the SNB to buy about 1,500 Widmer. Approval, although price drop dealt a blow to the ruption, was renewed this year Tthe country sold away much warning that such a move could tons, while ABN Amro Group unlikely in Widmer’s view, would SNB’s balance sheet, prompting without any limit. of its gold last decade. They may be undermine efforts to prevent the and Societe Generale estimate create a “firm” support at $1,200 the century-old institution to The World Gold Council a splinter group of Swiss politics, franc from surging against the the need at closer to 1,800 tons. because the SNB would need to scrap its dividend. Its governing declined to comment on the pend- but they’re a persistent bunch. euro and erode the bank’s annual The SNB’s assets have expanded buy about 1,500 tons, he said. board members have warned that ing initiative. And if they get their way in dividend distribution to regional by more than a third in the past Widmer forecasts gold will aver- passing the initiative would jeop- In repatriating its gold, the a referendum this month, these governments. three years because of currency age $1,150 in the second quarter, ardize their annual profit distri- SNB wouldn’t be alone. Venezuela voters will make their presence “It would have a major impact interventions to enforce a mini- rising to $1,225 for the whole year. bution to cantonal governments, took back some gold in 2011 and known to gold traders around the if it passes,” said Joni Teves, an mum exchange rate of 1.20 per The initiative was started by which rely on the SNB’s payment 2012 and the Bundesbank brought world. analyst at UBS in London. “If euro. As of August, just under 8 several members of the Swiss to fund public services. some back last year, part of a plan The proposal from the “Save they do launch a buying program, percent of its assets were in gold, People’s Party who argue it will SNB Governing Board Member to store half of Germany’s gold in Our Swiss Gold” proponents is it would have effectively a con- compared with a ratio of 15 per- preserve national wealth and Fritz Zurbruegg said last month domestic vaults by 2020. simple: Force the central bank stant bid in the market.” cent for Germany’s Bundesbank. enhance, rather than diminish, that the proposal would “seri- According to the Swiss govern- to build its bullion position up to A “yes” victory means Buying at least another 1,500 the central bank’s ability to act. ously impair our ability to fulfil ment, the initiative’s ban on gold at least 20 percent of total assets Switzerland would face buying tons of gold would place the They argue the SNB was wrong our legal mandate.” He points sales would deprive the SNB of an from 8 percent today. Holding 522 the metal at prices that quadru- Swiss central bank behind only to sell more than 1,500 tons out that per capita, Switzerland asset should it find itself in dire billion Swiss francs ($544bn) of pled since it began selling more the United States and Germany, between 2000 and 2008. already has the world’s highest straits. Several analysts share assets in its coffers, the Swiss than half its reserves in 2000. and just above Italy’s 2,451.8 tons, “They can print money from gold reserves. that view. National Bank would have to buy The move would make the SNB IMF data show. noon until night,” said Luzi A “yes” vote “could maybe “You hold gold in terms of an at least 1,500 tons of gold, costing the world’s third-biggest holder On a five-year deadline, Stamm, one of the initiators. “But rally gold in the short term,” said emergency that you can liqui- about $56.3bn at current prices, of gold. The initiative would also that’s 300 tons a year, roughly if they do, they’ll have to hold a Robin Bhar, an analyst at Societe date if you really need to,” said to get to the required threshold force the central bank to repatri- the average amount investors portion as bullion.” Generale in London. “Does it turn Georgette Boele, an analyst at by 2019. ate the 30 percent of its gold held accumulated annually through Gold fell the most in more gold into a bull market and do we ABN Amro in Amsterdam. She Those purchases, equal to abroad in Britain and Canada and exchange-traded products from than three decades last year. see new peaks? I doubt it.” sees gold averaging $925 next about 7 percent of annual glo- bar it from ever selling bullion 2003 through 2012. Global gold Swiss buying would help replace The SNB buying gold at a year, which would be the lowest bal demand, would trigger a 17 again. demand totaled 4,065.5 tons in lost consumption in recent years time when other nations are since 2008. “It’s an interesting percent rally, giving a lift to gold With 1,040 metric tons, 2013, the London-based World from ETP hoarding and because also accumulating would signal a vote, let me put it that way.” bulls who’ve suffered 32 percent Switzerland is already the Gold Council estimates. mining companies have mostly reversal of selling that spurred WP-BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday Trade deficit hits record high German factory orders BEIJING: The United States’ trade slightly up, but 3rd quarter France’s budget deficit to reach deficit with China reached an all-time US exports decline in sign of GDP decline likely Japan tiptoes back into 4.7pc in 2016: EU Commission high of more than $35 billion in nuclear, bank consolidation global slowdown: Economy BERLIN: German factory orders September, representing 80 percent PARIS: France’s economic growth TOKYO: Japan is the superstar NEW YORK: In one of the first signs recovered slightly in September, of the US’ total trade gap of $43 is forecast to be weak in 2014-2015 this week, after the Bank Of that a global slowdown will limit how increasing by 0.8pc after a sharp billion, according to US Commerce and the budget deficit will stand at Japan surprised the market with fast the world’s largest economy -4.2pc (revised) decline in August. 4.7 percent of the GDP in 2016 , the Department data released Tuesday. additional QE and the $1.2 trillion will grow, the trade deficit in the US Economists had expected factory European Commission (EC) said in its Economists are calling the government pension fund GPIF widened in September as exports orders to be 2pc up in September. fall economic forecast released on development the result of simultaneously raised its risk slumped from a record. The gap grew It now looks more likely that Tuesday. macroeconomic shifts in the world’s tolerance last Friday. This week, by 7.6 percent to $43 billion, the Europe’s biggest economy two largest economies. the yen has fallen 2.3pc against biggest since May, from $40 billion contracted in the third quarter, the dollar most recently trading in August, Commerce Department which would mean it is in past 115 to 115.21. figures showed today in Washington. recession. India’s bonds rally as low inflation spurs rate-cut speculation NEW DELHI: India’s bonds rallied, Brazil’s IPCA inflation +0.42pc pushing the 10-year yield to a 13-month in Oct versus +0.57pc in Sep low, on speculation slower inflation amid SAO PAULO: Brazil’s consumer Currency swings help south a drop in global crude oil prices will Australia’s unemployment inflation eased in October--mainly Africa’s mediclinic lift profit allow the central bank to cut borrowing steady at 6.2pc, employment due to the slowdown the advance by 10 pc costs. The nation imports about 80 of food prices--as the government percent of its oil needs and a 23 percent rises JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s combats inflationary pressures. slump in Brent crude since the end of SYDNEY: Although, Australia’s biggest private hospital operator The IPCA consumer price index June has contributed to consumer prices job market rebounded in October, by value, Mediclinic International rose 0.42pc in October, compared rising at the slowest pace since 2012. the nation’s unemployment rate Ltd, reported a 10 percent increase with 0.57pc in September, the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. said last week remained steady at 6.2pc, at an in first-year profit on Thursday, Brazilian Institute of Geography it will reduce the retail gasoline prices almost twelve-year high, a sign helped by favourable currency and Statistics, or IBGE, said Friday. effective from today. many businesses are reluctant swings and a solid showing at to hire amid uncertain economic home. environment and that RBA will keep interest rates at record low for a while.

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DOHA: Qatar rising star Abdulla Al Tamimi will face Qatar PSA Qatar PSA World World No. 12 Omar Mosaad in the first round match of the World Squash Squash Championship 2014 Qatar PSA World Squash First Round Draw Championship which kicks Championship (1) Gregory Gaultier (Fra) vs Qualifier off at Khalifa International Schedule Mazen Hesham (Egy) vs Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) Tennis and Squash Complex on Qualifying: Nov 13 Mohamed Abouelghar (Egy) vs Karim Ali Fathi November 14. (Egy) Tamimi is one of Qatar’s home- Round One: Nov 14 and 15 (9) Omar Mosaad (Egy) vs [wc] Abdulla Al grown professional squash stars Round Two: Nov 16 and 17 Tamimi (Qat) that has had an impressive career Round Three: Nov 18 (16) Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) vs Qualifier so far, despite being only 19 years Quarters: Nov 19 old and has been handed a wild Alister Walker (Bot) vs Qualifier Semis: Nov 20 card for the championship. Cameron Pilley (Aus) vs Joe Lee (Eng) An Aspire Academy graduate Final: Nov 21 (7) Peter Barker (Eng) vs Chris Simpson (Eng) he is a tireless competitor and Venue: Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex (6] Borja Golan (Esp) vs Leo Au (Hkg) has so far taken part in over 40 Henrik Mustonen (Fin) vs Qualifier tournaments locally, regionally Worlds past winners Fares Dessouki (Egy) vs Qualifier and internationally – including Year Winner Runner Up (13) Marwan Elshorbagy (Egy) vs Olli Tuominen the recently concluded 17th Asian (Fin) Games in Incheon, South Korea. 2013 Nick Matthew Gregory Gaultier (12) Miguel Rodriguez (Col) vs Shaun Le Roux Currently he is ranked an Mohamed 2012 Ramy Ashour (Rsa) impressive 74th worldwide, in the Elshorbagy senior rankings. 2011 Nick Matthew Gregory Gaultier Zahed Mohamed (Egy) vs Qualifier His career has begun to take off 2010 Nick Matthew James Willstrop Adrian Grant (Eng) vs Qualifier and earlier this year he won the 2009 Amr Shabana Ramy Ashour (4] Ramy Ashour (Egy) vs Qualifier Outstanding Asian Junior Player 2008 Ramy Ashour Karim Darwish [3] Nick Matthew (Eng) vs Qualifier of the Year award for a truly stel- 2007 Amr Shabana Gregory Gaultier Gregoire Marche (Fra) vs Alan Clyne (Sco) lar performance in 2013. Nasir Iqbal (Pak) vs Qualifier In 2013, Tamimi skyrocketed 2006 David Palmer Gregory Gaultier (14] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) vs Steven Finitsis (Aus) to the top of the World Junior 2005 Amr Shabana David Palmer (15] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) vs Abdullah Al Circuit rankings and retained 2004 Thierry Lincou Lee Beachill Mezayen (Kuw) 0 his Dutch Under-19 Open trophy 2003 Amr Shabana Thierry Lincou Max Lee (Hkg) vs Qualifier in Amsterdam, as well as claim- 2002 David Palmer John White Abdulla Al Tamimi of Qatar in action against Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait in the 26th Arab Squash Championship ing the fourth spot at the World Nicolas Mueller (Sui) vs Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) 1999 Peter Nicol Ahmed Barada at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in this October 30 file picture. Junior Championships in Poland. (5) Amr Shabana (Egy) vs Adrian Waller (Eng) Last month, he finished run- (8) Daryl Selby (Eng) vs Stephen Coppinger (Rsa) ner-up to Abdullah Al Mezayen of Matthew, one of the nine 34-year-old Matthew faces a consecutive PSA World Tour title or two-time champion Ramy Ong Beng Hee (Mas) vs [Qualifier) Kuwait, the Asian Games winner Englishman in the main draw, tricky route to the final if he is at the 2014 Delaware Investments Ashour seeded to await them Eddie Charlton (Eng) vs Tom Richards (Eng) in South Korea, at the 26th Arab begins his title defence against a to defend his title, with potential US Open to extend his current in the decider, and Mohamed is (10) Tarek Momen (Egy) vs Omar Abdel Aziz Championship in Doha. qualifier. encounters against four-time unbeaten streak to 18 matches. determined to keep up his rich (Egy) Mezayen, the only Kuwait to be Squash power house Egypt’s World Champion Amr Shabana Mohamed and Matthew are vein of form. (11) Simon Rösner (Ger) vs Qualifier seeded into the main draw, will challenge will be led by 23-year- and Mohamed. Bristol-based seeded to meet in the semi-finals Sixteen places are up for grabs face World No. 17 Karim Abdel old Mohamed Elshorbagy. The Mohamed will go into the tour- when a place in the final will be in the qualifying rounds which Campbell Grayson (Nzl) vs Qualifier Gawad of Egypt. World No. 1 is one of the 13 nament as one of the favourites, up for grabs, with either four- will begin on November 13. Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) vs Qualifier Defending champion Nick Egyptians in the main draw. having recently claimed his fourth time runner-up Gregory Gaultier THE PENINSULA (2) Mohamed Elshorbagy (Egy) vs Qualifier

Conley scores 20 as Grizzlies Reem Al Sharshani shines in UAE extend winning streak to six

OKLAHOMA CITY: Mike into Friday’s In a rematch Lamb nailed a three pointer Conley finished with 20 points contest.Reggie NBA Results of last sea- with just over four minutes to and five assists as the Memphis Jackson scored Charlotte 122 Atlanta 119 son’s first go in the fourth to tie it 81-81. Grizzlies defeated the short- a game-high 22 Orlando 112 Minnesota 103 round playoff Thunder guard Jackson hit a handed Oklahoma City Thunder points for the Chicago 118 Philadelphia 115 series that the jump shot that was sandwiched 91-89 yesterday to post their injury-depleted Thunder won between a pair of Memphis three Boston 101 Indiana 98 franchise record sixth straight Thunder who are in seven games, pointers to stretch the Grizzlies win to start the season. without superstars Brooklyn 110 Ny Knicks 99 Memphis led lead to four points. Courtney Lee scored 17 points Kevin Durant Detroit 98 Milwaukee 95 for the entire The Thunder took their only and Zach Randolph had 16 points and Russell Toronto 103 Washington 84 game until late lead of the game with 53 seconds and seven boards for the Grizzlies, Westbrook. Memphis 91 Oklahoma City 89 in the fourth. remaining on back-to-back threes who started their NBA existence Durant has a Sacramento 114 Phoenix 112 “We tried to by Serge Ibaka and Jackson. in Vancouver before moving to foot injury and play our game,” But on the next Memphis pos- Dallas 105 Utah 82 Memphis in 2001. Westbrook is out Conley said. session, Conley responded with a Cleveland 110 Denver 101 “I am happy with what we are with a hand injury. The Grizzlies three-pointer for a 90-89 lead. doing but we know we have a long Jeremy Lamb led 22-19 after After an empty possession way to go,” Conley said. “We know had a solid season debut with one quarter and led by as many as from each team, Oklahoma City this is only six games. We are still 17 points while Steven Adams nine in the second, taking a 49-40 was whistled for a five-second striving to be great.” finished with 13 points and 11 lead into halftime. Memphis turnover on the inbounds. But Qatar’s Reem Al Sharshani, winner of the silver medal in the skeet event The Grizzlies had lost three rebounds in front of a crowd of couldn’t shake the pesky Thunder Lee made just one-of-two free at the 4th Asian Shotgun Championship, celebrates in Al Ain UAE yes- straight and seven of the last 10 18,203 at the Chesapeake Energy as it took a 66-62 lead into the throws with just three seconds terday. Qatar women’s team won the bronze medal in skeet. games in Oklahoma City heading Arena. fourth. on the clock. AFP Formula Kite Course Racing Asian Championship NHL: Capitals rally to down Blackhawks 3-2

NEW YORK: The Washington (3-10-2) while goaltender Michal Capitals rallied from a two-goal NHL Results Neuvirth made 49 saves. deficit to earn a 3-2 win against Chicago 2 Washington 3 Elias Lindholm scored with the Chicago Blackhawks. Detroit 4 New Jersey 2 37.8 seconds left in overtime as Andre Burakovsky, Marcus Anaheim 2 Arizona 3 the Carolina Hurricanes sent Johansson and Joel Ward scored Columbus to a seventh straight Buffalo 2 Edmonton 3 for the Capitals (5-5-3), who loss. snapped a five-game skid in which Carolina 3 Columbus 2 Scott Hartnell scored twice for they went 0-4-1. Tootoo scored for New Jersey Columbus (4-8-1), who took a 2-1 Johansson and Ward scored (6-6-2). Goalie Cory Schneider lead in the second period before within a 42-second span in the stopped 20 shots before being Carolina’s Victor Rask netted the final minute of the second period pulled after the second period. game-tying goal midway through to quiet a sell-out Chicago crowd. Keith Kinkaid made seven saves. the third in the 3-2 win. Capitals goaltender Braden Meanwhile, Boyd Gordon The win lifted the Hurricanes Holtby turned aside 38 of 40 shots scored with 4:15 remaining to lead to 4-6-2. Opportunism triumphed for the win. the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win over aggressiveness as the Arizona The Blackhawks (7-6-1) lost for over the Buffalo Sabres. Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks the sixth time in the past nine Gordon finished off a ter- in a 3-2 shootout. games despite goals from Brandon rific play by Teddy Purcell, who The Ducks outshot Arizona Saad and Duncan Keith. skated to his right around Sabres 39-25 but allowed two goals in In another match, Niklas defenseman Nikita Zadorov less than a minute during the Kronwall had a goal and an assist before finding a wide-open second period and then lost the as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Gordon to his left. shootout as Coyotes left winger New Jersey Devils. Mark Arcobello and Iiro Mikkel Boedker netted the win- Sailors practise at Qanat Quartier Beach Area of Pearl-Qatar in Doha yesterday. Sixty-three sailors from 26 Jakub Kindl, Brendan Smith Pakarinen also scored for the ning shootout goal. countries are taking part in the 2014 Formula Kite Course Racing Asian Championship which will begin at Qanat and Johan Franzen also scored for Oilers (5-8-1), who snapped a The captains scored for each Quartier Beach Area of Pearl-Qatar from tomorrow. The championship, which will be held for the first time in Detroit (7-3-4), while goaltender four-game losing streak. team as Anaheim’s (10-3-2) Ryan the GCC region, is organised by Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation (QRSF) and will end on November 15. Jimmy Howard made 15 saves. Drew Stafford and Matt Getlzaf and Arizona’s Shane Doan Steve Bernier and Jordin Moulson scored for the Sabres each potted goals. REUTERS SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Qatar Pro Class and Aqua Bike Marathon Race

The winners of the Qatar Pro Class (Round 2) and Aqua Bike Marathon Race (Round 1) pose for a group photo along with the officials. The events, organised by the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF took place yesterday at Corniche. RIGHT: Competitors gear up for the start of a race. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT

NZ secure Czech dominate Germans in Four Nations final berth WELLINGTON: New Zealand secured their berth in the final of the Four Nations rugby league Fed Cup final, take 2-0 lead tournament when they scraped home 16-14 over England in their final pool match in Dunedin yesterday. Kvitova downs Petkovic, Safarova beats Kerber in opening rubbers There were three tries apiece at Forsyth-Barr Stadium with PRAGUE: Petra Kvitova held on to their serves until game two goals by Shaun Johnson to and Lucie Safarova gave the 10, in which Kvitova snatched a one by Gareth Widdop making Czech Republic a 2-0 lead over break point and converted it as the difference. Germany in the Fed Cup final Petkovic fired long from Kvitova’s The Kiwis go into the final as in Prague yesterday after win- backhand slice. the only unbeaten team in the ning their opening rubbers in “I’m just glad that I did eve- tournament after earlier wins straight sets. rything well,” Kvitova said after over Australia and Samoa. Kvitova, the Czech number one the game. England, who came up short player and world number four, “She tried to play a little bit of their initial target of needing overcame Germany’s number better at the end of the first set to beat New Zealand by 10 or two Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-4 in and it was just important that I more points to make the final, an hour and 17 minutes. had a break back. must now wait on the outcome Safarova then needed an hour “It was really tight in the sec- of the Australia-Samoa clash at and 28 minutes to beat Germany’s ond set and I was looking for the Wollongong on Sunday. Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4. moment when it was going to be Australia will make the final The Czechs, who won the tro- very close and that’s going to be if they win, Samoa will qualify if phy in 2011 and 2012, are within my chance.” they beat Australia by eight or a point of making it three in four Petkovic admitted she was more points, and England will years. Germany last won the Fed “obviously more nervous in Fed sneak through if Samoa win by Cup in 1992. Cup than in normal matches” but fewer than eight points. On the superfast hardcourt of paid a tribute to Kvitova for her New Zealand made a huge Prague’s O2 Arena, Wimbledon performance. start to the crunch game with a champion Kvitova leaned on her “I wasn’t playing badly, she was try to Jason Nightingale at the serve and aggressive play in the just so much better in each and end of the first set when he beat first set. every department. Ryan Hall in the air to score off The 24-year-old Czech first “The main difference was that a Johnson bomb. broke Petkovic’s serve in game she served better and returned Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova reacts after defeating Germany’s Andrea Petkovic during their match at the Hall immediately made amends two after the German world better. It was difficult for me to Fed Cup final in Prague, yesterday. RIGHT: Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic reacts after winning her match with a try in the corner and Josh number 14 produced two double take the initiative,” said Petkovic. against Germany’s Angelique Kerber. Charnley then stepped around faults, then snatched another In a clash of two left-handers, Manu Vatuvei for England’s sec- break for a 5-1 lead. Safarova, the world number 17, ond try as the tourists dominated Serving for the set, Kvitova and 10th-ranked Kerber had a ball into a corner, yelled in cel- points, converting the last one In the reverse singles on play early to lead 8-6 after 24 lost concentration, squandered a break each in the first set until ebration and was penalised for to finish a rubber in which she Sunday, Kvitova will play Kerber minutes. The negative scoreline set point and let the 27-year-old the 27-year-old Safarova earned hindrance as a diving Safarova had 32 unforced errors against and Safarova meets Petkovic, was enough to reignite the Kiwis German break her serve, before two break points in game 10. miraculously returned the ball. Kerber’s 23. “I think we both were before Andrea Hlavackova and who found another gear to regain breaking back for 6-2. She converted the second spec- Both had two breaks in the nervous,” said Safarova. “It was Lucie Hradecka take on Julia the lead before half-time. In the second set, both play- tacularly to win the set as the second set before Safarova took very close, each point, so I just Goerges and Sabine Lisicki in the Nightingale, who had been ers allowed a break apiece, then 26-year-old German blasted the a 5-4 lead and earned three match concentrated on each point. doubles. AFP taken from the field with blood streaming from his head, returned to the battle swathed in bandages to score his second try for New Nishikori ready for Murray clash Zealand and hold a 12-8 lead at the break. LONDON: Kei Nishikori is qualifying for the prestigious in front of a capacity crowd who After Hall lost a chance to adamant he won’t be intimi- eight-man Tour Finals for the will be backing their local hero. equalise when he lost the ball dated when he makes his ATP first time. “He beat me already three diving for the line when play Tour Finals debut against home Although he lost that final times and he’s one of the toughest resumed, Vatuvei extended New favourite Andy Murray at in New York to Marin Cilic, players on the tour. And especially Zealand’s lead to 16-8 when he London’s O2 Arena today. Nishikori has continued to shine he’s from here and he’s got the scored wide out. As play swung Nishikori has yet to take a set in the closing weeks of the season, home crowd so it’s not going to from one end of the field to the off former Wimbledon cham- winning tournaments in Kuala be easy for me,” Nishikori said. other, Hall scored his second try pion Murray in three previous Lumper and Tokyo to climb to “But this is a little bit of a dif- and Widdop, who hit the posts meetings, but the most recent of fifth in the world rankings. ferent situation because I’ve been with his first two goal attempts, those came almost two years ago Nishikori has been drawn in playing one of the best years of my was successful with his third to and the Japanese star is greatly a tough group at the Finals and career and beating top-10, top- narrow the gap to 16-14. improved since then. opens against Murray before five guys already. In a frantic final quarter to first Tomas Berdych (right) takes a ‘selfie’ with fellow players (left to right) The 24-year-old has enjoyed facing Roger Federer and Milos “I don’t think it’s like I can’t rugby league Test in Dunedin in Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Novak Djokovic, Kei Nishikori, Andy the best year of his career, reach- Raonic. beat him so, if I can play good 86 years, both sides flung the ball Murray, Milos Raonic and Marin Cilic at the O2 Arena in London on Friday. ing his first Grand Slam final at But he insists he isn’t fazed by tennis, I think I will have some about only to be let down by mis- the US Open in September and the prospect of taking on Murray chance to win.” AFP directed kicking options. AFP Aspetar becomes Medical Partner of Qatar 2015 DOHA: The Qatar 2015 the 24th Men’s Handball World the spectators of the champion- of the NSMP (National Sports Mohammed Organising Committee has Championship a range of services ship as one of the top priorities Medicine Program) said: “We Jabor Al Mulla announced Aspetar as a for athletes including physical for us and we are proud to part- are honoured to extend our serv- Business Partner and ‘Official therapy and sports massages. ner with Aspetar,” he said. ices to athletes and visitors of the (left), Assistant Medical Partner’ of the Qatar The hospital will also provide “Sports medicine is a special- championship and would like to Director General, 2015 – 24th Men’s Handball fully-equipped clinics, ambulance ised field and we are happy to thank the Organising Committee Qatar 2015 and World Championship. and healthcare services for spec- work with the best doctors and for the opportunity,” he said.” Abduhrahman As the Gulf region’s first spe- tators across the venues. consultants at Aspetar who are “This partnership demon- Al Qahtani, cialised Orthopaedic and Sports Mohammed Jabor Al Mulla, specifically qualified to handle strates our ability to provide Assistant Medicine Hospital, Aspetar has Assistant Director General, physiotherapy, sports injuries, world-class medical care to elite Executive been specially chosen by the Qatar 2015, said: “The Qatar 2015 physical training and rehabilita- athletes and our commitment to Director of Organising Committee follow- Organising Committee and under tion for athletes and sport profes- help them reach their maximum NSMP signing ing its successful partnership the management of Dr. Thani sionals.” he added. potential, which is a key objec- the partnerhip during the IHF Super Globe Abdulrahman Al Kuwari consid- Abdulrahman Al Qahtani, tive of the hospital,” added the contract. Championship 2014 and will offer ers the health of the athletes and Assistant Executive Director top official. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

Athletics experts gather ICC poised to clear way at Aspire Academy

DOHA: A large number of internationally-recognised for tainted Aamer’s return coaching and sport science speakers will take part in a two- day Youth Athletics Coaching Cricket body likely to allow banned players to play in domestic matches Congress — an event hosted by Aspire Academy and the Qatar Athletics Federation — which ABU DHABI: Pakistan seamer committee last year to consider begins here today. Mohammad Aamer, banned and the details of the code after the The event starts today with jailed for spot fixing in one of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official welcome of all participants cricket’s darkest episodes, is set requested a relaxation of certain by Dahlan Al Hamad, President to be handed a dramatic return conditions relating to Aamer’s of the Qatar Athletics Federation to the sport. ban. (QAF), and Ivan Bravo, Director The International Cricket If the revised code is approved, General of Aspire Academy, Council (ICC) is expected to a banned player will have to apply at 8:15am in the auditorium of revise its anti-corruption code at to the ICC to get permission to Aspire Academy. a two-day board meeting start- feature in domestic cricket. This meet is another attempt ing in Dubai today, allowing all The ICC will seek recommen- by Aspire Academy to gather banned players to feature in dations from its Anti-Corruption international experts and provide domestic matches before their and Security Unit as well as from a platform for them to share their suspensions expire. the home board concerned and knowhow with each other. Sources said that the ICC chief the ICC board before clearing Athletics coaches from Qatar, executives’ committee has already the player to feature in domestic especially, stand to gain much approved the new provision and matches. from the exercise Among the has recommended the full board The PCB is likely to make an 270 registered participants, 56 to do the same. appeal on behalf of Aamer but are club coaches from Qatar and Although the revised code let Butt and Asif’s bans stand as 20 are QAF coaches. Besides will apply to all banned play- they are. local participants, the coaches ers, it could specifically benefit Meanwhile the ICC board will in the audience include delegates the 22-year-old Aamer, who was also discuss matters relating to from all over the world, includ- exiled from cricket after a spot- the Future Tours Programme ing from Australia, Slovakia and fixing scandal during Pakistan’s from 2015-2023, playing condi- Singapore. tour of England in 2010. tions for the 2015 World Cup and “We are all gathering at Aspire Aamer and pace partner In this file picture taken on September 2, 2010 Pakistani cricketers Mohammad Aamer (left) Mohammad Asif suspected illegal bowling actions. Academy in the spirit of cooper- Mohammad Asif, along with then (centre) and Salman Butt are seen leaving the team hotel in Taunton, England. It will also look at matters aris- ation to learn from one another Pakistan captain Salman Butt, ing from the controversial recent about the subtle intricacies of orchestrated deliberate no-balls revision in cases where the mini- executive committee, including “There is a provision now in decision by the West Indies to cut developing youth athletes,” said in return for money during the mum punishment was five years. in respect of a revised anti-cor- the revised code which will allow short their tour of India follow- Chris Earle, Director of Sport Lord’s Test against England four Left-arm paceman Aamer was ruption code and a revised ICC a player who has been banned ing a dispute over payments to at Aspire Academy. “In partner- years ago. banned for five years, Butt for anti-doping code,” said an ICC internationally to play domestic their players by Caribbean cricket ship with the Qatar Athletics In February 2011, ICC anti- 10, with five suspended, and Asif statement. cricket for a certain period from chiefs. Federation, we are proud to host corruption tribunal chief Michael for seven, with two suspended. ICC chief executive David his ban coming to an end,” said The Board of Control for this conference that includes an Beloff QC, a senior English law- All three also served prison Richardson hinted last month former South Africa wicketkeeper Cricket in India are seeking dam- outstanding panel of internation- yer, banned the players but also sentences. that the revision to the code Richardson, without mentioning ages of $42m — a sum that could ally respected coach educators raised questions over the code “The ICC Board will discuss would feature at the November the length of the period. potentially bankrupt their West from around the world.” and said he would recommend a the recommendations from the 9-10 meeting. The ICC formed a five-man Indian counterparts. AFP The presenters all work, or have worked extensively, with athletes from all ages and have produced many medals at international Tendulkar wants Pakistan roll out spin trap events and include names such as Paddy Upton, a World Champion ABU DHABI: The leaden- cricket coach, who is going to give footed Australians found them- the keynote speech, John Godina, ‘standardised’ DRS selves bamboozled by Pakistan’s a four-time World Champion in wily spinners and their trans- shot-put and CEO of the World LONDON: India may continue technology but only if Hot Spot Tasman rivals New Zealand can Athletics Centre and Kevin Tyler, to resist the Decision Review and the Snickometer are used expect similar treatment from the former Head of Coaching at System (DRS) but there is a in tandem. Misbah-ul-Haq and his men in a UK Athletics. place for technology in cricket “I don’t know right now what three-test series starting in Abu “I’m very excited to come and as long as it is the same for BCCI’s stance is. From an indi- Dhabi today. present at the world-leading every leading nation, former vidual point of view I can defi- Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Aspire Academy in Doha. Coach captain Sachin Tendulkar said nitely say that we can’t have Babar (14) and leggie Yasir education is an important step for on Friday night. bits and pieces in different parts Shah (12) shared 26 of the 40 all of us coaches. When you can DRS consists of of the world,” said Australian wickets between them learn a few things to incorporate Hawk-Eye, Hot Spot Tendulkar as he spoke to help Pakistan secure a compre- within your own coaching prac- and the Snickometer at the launch of his hensive 2-0 win on the slow, turn- New Zealand’s captain Brendon McCullum (left) and Pakistan’s skipper tice, your athletes immediately although the use of autobiography Playing ing wickets in the United Arab Misbah-ul-Haq benefit,” Tyler said. the last two compo- It My Way at Lord’s. Emirates last week. Qatar middle-distance coach nents varies around “One part of By retaining the same 16 who Younus Khan and his nimble- 12-point gap on second-placed Jama Aden, coach of world- the globe. Hot Spot, the world is using gave them their first test series footed batting colleagues milked Australia in test rankings. record holders as well as world for example, did not Snickometer, the other victory over Australia in 20 years, the touring spinners dry. “I’d like to see us develop in and Olympic champions, is also feature at the 50-over part of the world is Pakistan have suggested they Australia’s specialist slow two areas on this tour,” Hesson going to be part of the congress. World Cup in 2011. Hot Spot,” he told would employ the same tried- bowler Nathan Lyon bled 422 wrote on his blog on New Zealand “I’d like to thank Aspire Academy The International reporters. “Somewhere and-tested formula against the runs for his three wickets in the Cricket website. for giving me the opportunity to Cricket Council (ICC) says the else we are using something else Brendon McCullum-led Black series that saw Younus hit two “The first is our ability to take share my coaching experiences use of the review system is not — it’s got to be standardised. Caps. centuries and a double ton while wickets on un-responsive sur- at this conference,” said Aden, mandatory and is only used when “Why should we settle for a “No changes have been made Misbah and top order batsman faces, and the second is that our who will be speaking about the there is agreement between 50 percent result? Why not get to the side that won the second Azhar Ali hit hundreds in both batsmen all have a method to cope organisation of training for teen- national boards. close to 100 percent. There will test against Australia. This is innings of the Abu Dhabi test. when the ball starts turning, to age distance runners as well as The Board of Control for be some errors here and there to ensure there is consistency, Misbah also equalled West both defend and to score.” endurance technique. “I’m looking Cricket in India (BCCI) refuses but why don’t we put together which will bring more stability Indies great Viv Richards’s fast- Leggie Ish Sodhi and off-spin- forward to spending time over the the use of technology in their a package that is standard- and strengthen team bonding and est test century record by blasting ner Mark Craig will have to be at two days with my coaching col- international matches, saying ised all across the world?,” said combination,” chief selector Moin his second hundred in 56 balls in the best of their craft against a leagues and to discuss the newest the system is not foolproof and Tendulkar. “An international Khan said. the Abu Dhabi contest. Pakistani batting order who play methods of training athletes.” is expensive. match is an international match. The slow nature of tracks in the New Zealand coach Mike spin extremely well. The congress is also using some Tendulkar, the leading run- I feel it is unfair on the lesser UAE negated much of the threat Hesson knows what it would take “Australia struggled to take of their expertise to run parallel scorer in Test history who is now teams who do not have that full posed by Australian pacemen, to upstage a formidable Pakistan wickets and it’s going to be hard. sessions designed for Aspetar and retired from the sport, supports package.” REUTERS including Ashes hero Mitchell team eying a second successive It’s important that we stick to our football audiences. Johnson, while run-machine whitewash to close their current plan,” Craig said. REUTERS THE PENINSULA McDowell keeps the lead as pack gathers in Shanghai SHANGHAI: Graeme meant, just looking forward to to a tight pin at the front left McDowell will take a one-shot seeing him tomorrow.” of the green, Watson cut a high WGC-HSBC lead into the final round of the Iwata is 33 years old and three-wood left to right across WGC-HSBC Champions today despite playing his first WGC the water and was an inch from as a host of top players gather event, having notched one vic- seeing it drop for an albatross two Champions Scores behind ready to capitalise on tory in Japan this year, showed as it ran two and half feet past Leading scores after the third any slip-up. few nerves among such exulted the hole. round yesterday (par 72): The Northern Irishman shot a company. The left-hander then tugged 205 Graeme McDowell (NIR) 67-67-71 one-under-par 71 in cold, windy He rolled home a 30-foot birdie the putt for eagle horribly right. 206 Hiroshi Iwata (JPN) 73-65-68 and damp conditions in Shanghai putt at the 18th for a round of 68 “It was a great shot. I could tell on Saturday to stay ahead of a to follow his 65 on Friday, the low by the reaction of the crowd it 207 Bubba Watson (USA) 71-67-69, Martin pack of seven players within four round of the week. almost went in” said Watson. “But Kaymer (GER) 69-72-66 shots, including US Open cham- “Maybe tomorrow coming up then I missed the putt. But let’s 208 Rickie Fowler (USA) 69-70-69, Tim Clark pion Martin Kaymer and Masters the last few holes, I might get a don’t bring that up.” (RSA) 69-70-69 champion Bubba Watson. little bit nervous, but so far I’m And on the 10th, faced with 209 Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 72-68-69, Ian In second place, though, is calm. So I think I’m doing OK,” around 80 yards to the pin after Poulter (ENG) 70-67-72 the tournament’s surprise pack- Iwata told reporters. an imperious drive, Watson inex- 210 Jonas Blixt (SWE) 71-68-71 age, Hiroshi Iwata of Japan, and Watson and Kaymer are back plicably dropped his sand wedge McDowell confessed he knew at nine-under after shooting 69 short into the front bunker 212 Lee Westwood (ENG) 70-73-69, Brandt “nothing” about the man who and 66 respectively. resulting in a ‘fried egg’ lie. Snedeker 69-74-69, Marc Leishman qualified by finishing third on the Watson was thrilling and frus- His sand shot ran all the way (AUS) 72-71-69, Chris Kirk (USA) Japan Tour order of merit. trating in equal measure. He hit to the back of the green. 69-74-69, Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 70-70-72 Graeme McDowell of Northern Ireland laughs as a door of a car disturbs “I saw him make one golf the shot of the week on the long McDowell, meanwhile ham- Bubba Watson of the US (not pictured) teeing off at the fourth hole during swing. I never heard of him,” said par-five eighth only to follow with mered home a 30-footer for a 213 Hunter Mahan (USA) 74-68-71, the third day of the WGC-HSBC Champions Golf tournament in Shanghai McDowell. “Looked like a beauti- a contender for worst putt of the birdie and Watson three-putted Alexander Levy (FRA) 74-68-71, Wu Ashun (CHN) 74-70-69, Adam Scott yesterday. ful golf swing. But genuinely I’ve tournament. for a double bogey and in an never heard of him. No disrespect Faced with all of 240 yards instant fell five behind. AFP (AUS) 70-72-71 SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Rossi on pole as Marquez crashes in Valencia

VA LENCI A, Spain: Yamaha and compa- champion on the other hand I am a little rider Valentino Rossi took triot Dani Valencia GP Grids Jorge annoyed that I made a mistake in advantage of world champion Pedrosa com- Lorenzo’s qualifying,” said Marquez. Marc Marquez’s misfortune to pleting the MotoGP hopes of “I apologise to the team, claim his 50th career MotoGP first row of 1.Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 1min 30.843sec, 2. Andrea leapfrog- because we could have fought pole position for today’s Valencia the grid. Iannone (ITA/Ducati) at 0.132sec, 3. Dani Pedrosa (ESP/ ging team- for pole position. I made one Grand Prix. “I am very, Honda) 0.156, 4. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 0.206, 5. mate Rossi mistake on the first stint and It was the Italian’s first pole very happy. It Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.301, 6. Pol Espargaro (ESP/ into second another on the second, causing position since 2010 at Le Mans. is a surprise Yamaha Tech3) 0.464, 7. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha in the world me to crash. Spain’s Marquez is hoping even for me,” Tech3) 0.481, 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Ducati) 0.516, 9. champion- “You learn from these things to make history with a record said Rossi. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 0.583, 10. Stefan Bradl (GER/ ship stand- and I’ll go out tomorrow looking 13th win of the season with vic- “Qualifying Honda) 0.600 ings were to enjoy the race, because we are tory on home soil after equalling was a lot bet- Moto2 also hit as he ready to battle for the win.” Australian rider Mick Doohan’s ter for me 1. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 1min 35.199sec, 2. Johann starts down Iannone was also content with mark of 12 victories in 17 races than the Zarco (FRA/Caterham Suter) 0.043, 3. Franco Morbidelli in fourth. his starting place on the grid, from 1997 after winning in practice ses- (ITA/Kalex) 0.221, 4. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) 0.333, And despite being just over a tenth of Malaysia last time out. sions and 5. Xavier Simeon (BEL/Gresini Suter) 0.367, 6. Marcel despite a second away from his first pole However, his hopes were it is set up Schrotter (GER/Tech 3) 0.431, 7. Jonas Folger (GER/Kalex) Marquez’s position in the premier class. dented as he crashed after reg- to go well 0.440, 8. Maverick Vinales (ESP/Kalex) 0.454, 9. Mika Kallio mishap he “Despite the disappointment of istering just one lap in qualifying tomorrow. (FIN/Kalex) 0.471, 10. Luis Salom (ESP/Kalex) 0.512 and Pedrosa almost getting the first pole I am yesterday to finish down in fifth “In the last are still well- happy with second position,” said on the grid. lap I improved a lot to get the placed to deliver Honda back-to- the Ducati rider. Yamaha Team’s Italian rider Valentino Rossi (centre) celebrates his pole Rossi’s time of 1min 30.843sec time, but when I saw on the TV back constructors titles. “I am very happy, I didn’t position after the MotoGP qualifying session of the Valencia Grand Prix denied fellow Italian Andres I was in first it was really a big “On the one hand I’m happy, expect to get pole but I tried to at Ricardo Tormo Racetrack in Cheste near Valencia yesterday. Iannone his first MotoGP pole surprise.” because we have a great pace and be there or thereabouts and for with Marquez’s Honda teammate Two-time Spanish world a great setup for tomorrow, but me second position is good.” AFP Rosberg edges Hamilton F1 boss Ecclestone rejects Caterham with late pole in Brazil ‘begging bowl’

SAO PAULO: Formula One according to how much money we supremo Bernie Ecclestone could spend and we won the world German beats his rival by three hundredths of a second (pictured) slammed Caterham’s championship. plan to raise funds from fans as “That’s what they don’t do. SAO PAULO: Nico Rosberg a disaster for the sport yester- They don’t seem to understand secured pole position for today’s day and ruled out putting any that somebody is going to be last.” Brazilian Grand Prix and his money of his own in the “beg- The absence of Caterham and 10th this season by the narrow- ging bowl”. Marussia has left just nine teams est of margins yesterday when British-based Caterham, who competing in Brazil, with the he outpaced world champion- have not scored a point since smaller independent outfits call- ship leader and Mercedes team- their debut in 2010, went into ing for the sport to change the mate Lewis Hamilton. administration last month and way the revenues are distributed In a tense and dramatic quali- are absent from this weekend’s to help them survive. fying session, both men broke Brazilian Grand Prix after miss- Sauber, Force India and Lotus the Interlagos lap record several ing the previous race in Texas. all have big financial challenges times as Rosberg finally topped The administrator and interim and are looking for a base pay- the times with a best lap in one principal announced a crowd- ment that would ensure they too minute and 10.023 seconds. funding scheme on Friday to raise did not have to close their doors. This was just 0.033 seconds $3.73m from fans and companies Ecclestone ducked questions faster than Hamilton’s best lap to get the team to Abu Dhabi for about the progress of talks and enabled him to complete a the final race on November 23. between them and the commer- clean sweep, having topped the The website (www.crowdcube. cial rights holder and said the times in all three practice ses- com/caterham) showed 512,263 teams as a whole received nearly sions. It was the 14th pole position pounds had been contributed by $900m a year. of his career. yesterday afternoon. “They have a The previous best qualifying lap “I think it’s a dis- contract until 2020. at Interlagos was set by Brazilian aster,” Ecclestone They know exactly Rubens Barrichello who clocked told reporters. “We what the terms 1:10.646 in 2004 for Ferrari. don’t want beg- are. So they have Rosberg’s success earned him ging bowls. If people to run their busi- the Pole Position Trophy as best can’t afford to be in ness according to qualifier of the season and earned Formula One, they their income. If they Mercedes their record-equalling have to find some- spend more than 18th pole of the year, drawing thing else to do.” they get, it’s not a level with Red Bull. Mercedes AMG drivers Nico Rosberg (right) of Germany and Lewis Hamilton of Britain shake hands at the Asked whether he good way to run a It was also the team’s seventh Interlagos Racetrack in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. was ready to help business,” he added. consecutive clean sweep of the the team if they Former team front row this season. Valtteri Bottas was fourth Rosberg topped the times ahead were slightly short owner Eddie Jordan, Hamilton had done his best to quickest. of Hamilton, both of them setting of the target when the deadline now a pundit for BBC television, outpace his title rival, but knew “That was very emotional for record lap times for the circuit. Brazilian GP expired, he offered a one word said at the last race that the too that with a lead of 24 points me,” said Massa, who missed out The demands of the circuit, reply: “No.” treatment of smaller teams was in the championship he can afford on winning the world title in dra- with the new asphalt surface, Starting Grid “If I sit in a poker game and I a ‘disgrace’ and pointed the finger to finish second on Sunday and matic circumstances at the same encouraged that speed, but also can’t afford to be there with the of blame at Ecclestone and others. 1. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes in the season-ending race in Abu venue in 2008. spelt problems for other teams, other people, I get killed and have Asked whether he agreed with Dhabi, where double points will be “I really felt the crowd with me including struggling Lotus who 2. Lewis Hamilton (BRITAIN) Mercedes to leave,” the 84-year-old added Jordan, Ecclestone cut the ques- scored, to take his second world today.” saw both of their drivers elimi- 3. Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams-Mercedes when pressed. tioner short: “I never agree with title. Jenson Button, without a con- nated in Q1. 4. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams-Mercedes Ecclestone gave both Caterham Eddie Jordan,” he said. “That was good and I am happy firmed drive or seat in Formula Out from that session went and tail-end rivals Marussia, “People say F1 is in crisis,” 5. Jenson Button (BRITAIN) McLaren to be on pole,” said Rosberg. “It is One next year, proved his endur- Frenchman Romain Grosjean who have now folded and made Ecclestone said. “Absolute non- the best place to start the race, ing talent by qualifying fifth for of Lotus, compatriot Jean-Eric 6. Sebastian Vettel (GER) RedBull - Renault all their 200 staff redundant, a sense. We’ve had a couple of but I have to do better than I did McLaren ahead of four-time Vergne of Toro Rosso, Sergio 7. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) McLaren special dispensation to miss the teams in crisis....People come last week in Austin last week and world champion Sebastian Vettel Perez, who had no running time 8. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari US and Brazil races but he made and go — they need to know how convert this into a win.” of Red Bull. in his Force India on Friday, and clear that did not apply to Abu much is coming in and how much 9. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RedBull-Renault Hamilton said: “Congratulations Kimi Raikkonen qualified Pastor Maldonado in the second Dhabi. is going out.” to Nico. He drove a really great seventh for Ferrari ahead of Lotus. 10. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari Asked whether the usual “rules He added that he also hoped lap and it was a truly thrilling Australian Daniel Ricciardo Much the same pattern fol- 11. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX) Sauber-Ferrari of the game” applied, he replied: three more struggling teams — session — just what qualifying is in the second Red Bull, Kevin lowed in Q2 as another four men 12. Nico Huelkenberg (GER) Force “Yes, absolutely. Force India, Lotus and Sauber — all about. Every time I went out Magnussen of McLaren and 10th went out, failing to make the India-Mercedes “The trouble is they haven’t would survive and take part next I had to go faster and improve placed Fernando Alonso in the cut to the top ten shootout, as really understood,” continued the year. 13. Adrian Sutil (GER) Sauber-Ferrari and so did Nico. I hope everyone second Ferrari. Rosberg cut his best lap time to British billionaire. “People want “Maybe the major four or five enjoyed watching that.” On a warm, overcast day with 1:10.303, 0.409 seconds clear of 14. Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus-Renault to win, all the teams here want to teams can make a contribution — Brazilian Felipe Massa was an air temperature of 25 degrees Hamilton’s best effort. 15. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso-Renault win. Some teams have got more for one year only,” Ecclestone said, third fastest for Williams and and a track temperature of 36, The championship leader 16. Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Lotus-Renault money and they spend it. adding that the creation of a fund greeted by a standing ovation conditions were perfect for fast was fourth, separated from his “When I had a race team a few could also use the prize money from the fanatical Interlagos times. team-mate by the two Williams. 17. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Toro Rosso-Renault years ago, in fact a few hundred that might have been paid to crowd. His Williams team-mate It worked out that way, too, as AFP 18. Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India-Mercedes years ago, I used to run the team Marussia this year. AGENCIES Ferrari night at Losail International Circuit

Alfardan Sports Motors organised “Emozione in Pista” — a Ferrari driving event under the floodlights of Losail International Circuit on Friday. Around 40 Ferrari cars took part in the affair and six instructors from Italy were present for the event. SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31 Germany’s World Cup heroes take to silver screen BERLIN: Memories of Loew’s squad will also receive have Ronaldo, Germany have a Germany’s World Cup tri- their official World Cup winners team,” is the quote from England umph will be rekindled tomor- badge from football’s governing captain Steven Gerrard following Germany’s row when ‘Die Mannschaft’ body FIFA which they will wear Germany’s 7-1 semi-final drub- defender (The Team) hits cinemas and for their Euro 2016 qualifier bing of hosts Brazil. and captain Joachim Loew’s squad receive against Gibraltar on November As well as footage of team talks, Philipp Lahm the country’s highest sports 14 and away friendly in Spain four motivational sessions and player (front-second award. days later. interviews, the film promises to right) holds After the 25th anniversary of The documentary, which capture some of the pranks and up the World the fall of the Berlin Wall today, goes on general release next humour from within the squad. Cup trophy as Germany’s capital is preparing to Wednesday, promises to tell the A teaser clip shows winger he celebrates relive the football-mad nation’s story from Germany’s pre-World Thomas Mueller wearing a tra- Brazil 2014 triumph. Cup training camp in north Italy ditional Bavarian Dirndl dress as with his team- The 90-minute long movie gets through to their extra-time vic- a forfeit at a team breakfast. mates after its premiere when the behind- tory over Argentina at Rio de “Abroad, everyone calls us ‘The winning the the-scenes story of Germany’s Janeiro’s iconic Maracana. Mannschaft’,” explained team 2014 FIFA fourth World Cup triumph is told. The project was filmed by the manager Oliver Bierhoff. “The World Cup Earlier tomorrow, the 23-man German Football Federation film gets across all the emotions final, in this squad, who clinched the title in (DFB), who had planned to use we experienced. We hope to bring July 2014 file Brazil, will receive the Silver the footage for motivation pur- the World Cup closer to our fans photo. Laurel Leaf – the country’s top poses, but was turned into a again and show a different side award for sports success – from documentary after Germany’s of how the team experienced the president Joachim Gauck at his triumph. “Brazil have Neymar, World Cup. And, of course, we Schloss Bellevue residence. Argentina have Messi, Portugal want to show a few goals.” AFP

Munich’s Thomas Mueller Barcelona fight back to (right) and Frankfurt’s Bamba Anderson and Bastian overcome Almeria 2-1 Oczipka (left) in action Suarez makes assists in both goals by Neymar and Alba during their MADRID: Two assists from Bundesliga Luis Suarez inspired Barcelona match in to come from behind and snap Frankfurt, a two-game losing streak in La yesterday. Liga with a 2-1 win at Almeria yesterday. Barcelona’s Suarez had started the game defender Jordi on the bench alongside Neymar Alba (centre) Mueller fires hat-trick as Barca boss Luis Enrique made celebrates after five changes from the side that defeated Ajax 2-0 in midweek. scoring a goal However, both men were called with Uruguayan as Bayern extend lead into action at half-time after forward Luis Thievy Bifouma had fired Almeria Alberto Suarez BERLIN: Bayern Munich’s “We had our problems at the into the lead eight minutes before (right) during the Thomas Mueller scored a start,” coach Pep Guardiola told the break. Spanish League hat-trick as the undefeated reporters. Suarez squared for Neymar to match against champions crushed Eintracht “Now we have a few days level the scores 18 minutes from UD Almeria, Frankfurt 4-0 yesterday to (with the break for international time and his cross then teed up yesterday open up a seven-point lead at matches) to sit down in peace and Jordi Alba to seal the three points at Juegos the top of the Bundesliga. quiet and analyse what we can nine minutes later.. Mediterraneos Mueller’s opening goal on the improve further.” Yet, despite his team’s reaction Stadium in rebound in the 22nd minute was The Bavarians are top on after the break, Enrique was less Almeria. a bad omen for Frankfurt, with 27 points with second-placed than impressed by their display. the attacking midfielder having VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia “The second-half was better for scored in 50 previous Bundesliga Moenchengladbach in third, both the ambition and attitude shown games of which Bayern had won on 20 and in action tomorrow. by the players rather than for 47 and drawn three. Bayer Leverkusen failed to rep- good football,” he said. The Germany international licate their winning Champions Enrique’s decision to make a doubled the visitors’ lead when he League form from midweek and host of changes handed Pedro tapped in a Franck Ribery pass in had to settle for a goalless draw Rodriguez and Munir El Haddadi However, the visitors were against the bar at the back post the Catalans continued. And they the 64th but Bayern, who booked against Mainz 05. They dropped a start alongside Lionel Messi in caught out eight minutes before from a corner. found the winner eight minutes their spot in the Champions to sixth on 17 points. attack. half-time as Messi lost possession Suarez was the creator when from the end when after another League last 16 this week with a Hoffenheim are also on 17 But they did little to justify deep inside the Almeria half and Barca did eventually level as he burst from Suarez down the right win over AS Roma, never hit top having lost 4-3 to Cologne after their selection, although Munir with one pass Barca were undone turned his marker just inside the he picked out the late arriving form. coming back from 3-1 down to did force Ruben Martinez into a as Jonathan Soriano released area and squared for Neymar to Alba from left-back to bundle Mueller completed his hat- level with a double from Roberto low save after the Almeria ‘keeper Thievy and he raced past Bartra turn the ball home via a deflection home his first goal of the ongoing trick three minutes later when Firmino in a roller-coaster game. had blocked Messi’s effort from before calmly slotting past Bravo off Ximo Navarro. season. he raced clear to beat Felix Champions League side Schalke close range. to score. The Uruguayan was inches Messi’s quest to become the Wiedwald for his sixth goal of 04 continued their erratic form Martinez had to be at his best Enrique had seen enough in away from his first Barca goal joint top goalscorer in La Liga the season. and slumped to a 2-0 loss at to stop Barca taking the lead the first 45 minutes and swiftly moments later as he spun and history was frustrated once more Xherdan Shaqiri then deflected Freiburg to drop to 11th on 14 just before the half hour mark introduced Suarez and Neymar sent a low shot just beyond by Martinez in stoppage time, but a Sebastian Rode shot into the points. as he scrambled to keep out Ivan for Munir and Pedro at the break. Martinez’s far post. Barca saw the game out to return goal as Bayern won for the sixth It was second successive loss Rakitic’s downward header and It took 15 minutes for the Suarez then teed up Messi to to winning ways after back-to- time in seven league games. for Schalke after going 4-2 from the rebound Messi nodded substitutes to make an impact sent another looping header off back league defeats against Real “After a Champions League down against Sporting in the onto the crossbar. as Suarez acrobatically volleyed the crossbar as the pressure from Madrid and Celta Vigo. AFP game it is always a bit difficult, Champions League. REUTERS Ghana choose Avram Ibrahimovic returns to PSG’s Injured Falcao, Ospina to miss Grant as next coach squad to face Marseille today friendlies ACCRA: Ghana yesterday said Portsmouth as technical director they had chosen former Chelsea in 2006 and then to Chelsea as PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s BOGOTA: Manchester and West Ham manager Avram director of football, taking over striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic United’s on-loan striker Grant (pictured) to replace from Jose Mourinho when he was has been included in Laurent Radamel Falcao, who is nursing Kwesi Appiah who was sacked sacked in September 2007. Blanc’s squad to face Marseille a calf injury, has been left out of after the Black Stars’ World But his time at Stamford today in the Ligue 1 top-of- Colombia’s squad for friendlies Cup debacle. Bridge was short-lived and his the-table clash at the Parc des against the United States and Ghana Football Association contract was terminated at the Princes. Slovenia over the next 10 days. president Kwesi Nyantakyi said end of the season, despite guid- The Sweden captain, has been Falcao, who missed the World Grant was the pre- ing the Blues to the out of action since September Cup after knee ligament surgery ferred candidate of runners-up spot in the 21 with a heel injury, but only in January, has struggled to hold five whose applications Champions League and returned to full training on down a place at United since his were considered. Premier League. Friday. loan move from Monaco. Grant and Spanish Following a return “He has been out seven weeks Also missing from coach Jose coach Juan Ignacio to Portsmouth, he quit but of course he wants to play but Pekerman’s squad, announced by Martinez were inter- and joined West Ham we have to consider our decision the Colombian federation (FCF) viewed, Nyantakyi said, in 2010 but was sacked carefully,” Blanc said on whether on Friday, are injured World adding: “But our pref- after the Hammers last season’s top scorer would play Cup goalkeeper David Ospina erence is Avram Grant were relegated. against Marseille who come into of Arsenal and Napoli defender on the details of the job He went on to the high-octane clash with a four- Camilo Zuniga. requirements and expectations.” manage Serbian side Partizan point lead over their arch-rivals. Pekerman has given first If he accepts the terms, Grant Belgrade and will come to Ghana “He cannot sprint at 100 per call-ups to 30-year-old goal- could be in charge in time from Thai club BEC Tero Sasana cent and between doing cycling keeper Andres Castellanos of for Ghana’s final Africa Cup in Bangkok, where he is currently and ‘ab’ work to flat out sprinting, Paris St Germain’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic (left) follows his team’s Champions Independiente Medellin and of Nations’ qualifiers away to technical director. there is a big difference,” added League game against APOEL Nicosia, in this November 5 file photo. full backs Daniel Bocanegra of Uganda on November 15 and at Ghana have been without a Blanc, who played as a defender Atletico Nacional and Brayan home to Togo on November 19. coach since September 12, when for Marseille between 1997 and Angulo, who plays for Bulgaria’s Grant held a string of manage- Appiah was sacked following a 1999. The answer is no! But when it’s are also in the 20-player squad Ludogorets. Colombia, who are ment positions in his native Israel, turbulent World Cup finals in “If he is ready, the question Zlatan, reason doesn’t come into despite carrying knocks while third in FIFA’s rankings, meet the including four years as coach of which Ghana failed to advance remains whether he can start it because he is a player who is out key defender Thiago Motta and US next Friday before travelling the national side. beyond the group stages of the the match. Is it reasonable to of the ordinary.” Gregory Van der Wiel are sus- to Ljubljana to play Slovenia on He moved to English outfit event. AFP throw him into such a big match? Lucas and Marco Verratti pended. AFP November 18. REUTERS Sunday 9 November 2014 16 Muharram 1436 Volume 19 Number 6244 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Germans reign supreme in Doha Holler and Schroder down Canadian pair to win FIVB Beach Volleyball Qatar Open

DOHA: Tim Holler and Jonas Schroder eased past Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter Tim Holler and 2-0 to bag the top honours Jonas Schroder at the FIVB Beach Volleyball of Germany cel- Qatar Open. ebrate their win At the Qatar Beach Volleyball at the FIVB Beach Academy at Al Gharafa Stadium Volleyball Qatar the German pair defeated the Canadians 21-18, 21-13 in a match Open at the Qatar in which Holler dominated at Beach Volleyball the net and Schroder a bagful of Academy at Al energy at the back of the court Gharafa Sports to win the FIVB Beach Volleyball Club in Doha World Tour event. yesterday. The “I’m very lucky I guess,” German pair Schroder said. defeated Canada’s “He played an almost perfect Josh Binstock and tournament, we had an almost Sam Schachter perfect week and what a finish. 2-0 (21-18, 21-13). It was a great atmosphere and RIGHT: Action from great playing here.” the final. Holler and Schroder had never PICTURES BY: previously played on the World KAMMUTTY VP Tour, but they have now set them- selves a high bar to match in the future after a powerful run to the final. Their previous best came ear- lier in the year when they won the University Beach Volleyball World Championships and they also added one gold, two silvers and one bronze on the German National Tour. “We didn’t expect anything,” Holler said. “First we were in qualification then with a bit of luck we made the main draw and the fact we played that well is incredible. “This is just incredible, to be on the World Tour and win a gold medal. Just give me a sec- ond because I just can’t believe it.” Binstock and Schachter’s sil- ver was their second World Tour medal in seven days. Last Sunday they defeated Chilean cousin’s Marco and Esteban Grimalt in the Parana Open final to win their first World Tour medals. The podium winners pose for a picture with officials of Qatar Volleyball Association and FIVB. RIGHT: Holler The victory preceded a dash and Schroder show off their medals. across the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in time for the start of the Qatar Open. They impressed Schachter said after the final. used their greater experience to throughout the week, but were Earlier, France’s Edouard maintain their grip on proceed- FIVB Beach Volleyball unable to contend with Germans Rowlandson and Youssef Krou ings after they took an early lead. Qatar Open Results in the gold medal match. took home the bronze medal after Doha was making its debut as “We were both a little tired, it they defeated Russia’s Bykanov a World Tour venue. The World Final: Holler-Schröder GER (14) bt Binstock- has been quite a long couple of and Serguei Prokopiev 2-0 (21- Tour is made up of 10 Grand Slam Schachter CAN (2) 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) weeks. They played great and 15, 21-15). The pair controlled the tournaments and eight Opens. 3rd Place: Krou-Rowlandson FRA (5) bt were siding out very effectively,” match from start to finish and THE PENINSULA Bykanov-Prokopiev RUS (16) 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) EPL: Costa tightens Chelsea’s grip, City slip up

LONDON: Chelsea tight- three successive But City were plucking Eliaquim Mangala’s pass ened their grip on the Premier games in all com- English Premier unable to follow out of the sky. After City had lost League title race yesterday after petitions and trail suit at a rain- substitute Edin Dzeko to injury they won 2-1 at Liverpool and Chelsea by a huge League Results lashed Loftus just four minutes after he came Manchester City dropped points 15 points. Road and hav- on, they saw Martin Demichelis at second-bottom Queens Park Liverpool man- Burnley 1 (Barnes 50) Hull 0 ing suffered a head Austin’s cross into his own Rangers. ager Brendan Liverpool 1 (Can 9) Chelsea 2 (Cahill 14, costly loss at net to restore QPR’s lead in the After Diego Costa’s 10th goal of Rodgers felt that Costa 67); Manchester United 1 (Mata home to CSKA 76th minute. But seven minutes the campaign had given Chelsea his side should 67) Crystal Palace 0; QPR 2 (Austin 21, Moscow in the from time, Aguero scampered victory at Anfield, Southampton been awarded Demichelis 76-og) Manchester City 2 (Aguero Champions onto a pass from Yaya Toure kept pace with a 2-0 win over a late penalty 32, 83); Southampton 2 (Long 75, 80) League on before rounding Rob Green and Leicester City, but City are now after a shot from Leicester 0; West Ham 0 Aston Villa 0 Wednesday, they drilling into the net to limit the eight points off top spot after Gerrard struck Playing today have picked up damage for City. drawing 2-2 at QPR. Cahill on the arm Sunderland vs Everton (1330GMT), Swansea only one win Elsewhere, Manchester United Bidding to avenge their costly in front of the vs Arsenal (1600GMT), Tottenham vs Stoke in their last six had substitute Juan Mata to 2-0 loss in last season’s corre- Kop. (1330GMT), West Brom vs Newcastle games. thank after they secured a 1-0 sponding fixture, scene of captain Chelsea were (1330GMT) QPR striker win at home to Crystal Palace Steven Gerrard’s infamous slip, on course to move Charlie Austin that lifted Louis van Gaal’s side Liverpool took a ninth-minute six points clear until substitute saw two goals disallowed as the up to sixth place, 13 points below lead against Chelsea through Shane Long scored a quick- hosts made a determined start Chelsea. But Mata scored just four Emre Can’s deflected shot. fire late brace to earn second- -- one for offside, the other after minutes after coming on in the But Gary Cahill forced the ball place Southampton victory over City goalkeeper Joe Hart inad- 63rd minute to give United vic- past Simon Mignolet to equalise Leicester at a soggy St Mary’s. vertently kicked the ball twice as tory, deceiving visiting goalkeeper almost immediately before Costa Long curled home from he took a free-kick. Julian Speroni with a deflected slammed home 23 minutes from Graziano Pelle’s lay-off in the Austin’s perseverance paid off 22-yard shot after a one-two with Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero watches the ball during their English time to safeguard Chelsea’s four- 75th minute before running clear in the 21st minute when he fired Angel di Maria. West Ham United Premier League match against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road in point advantage at the summit. and beating Kasper Schmeichel home from Eduardo Vargas’s pass, inched above Arsenal into fourth London yesterday. Runners-up to City last sea- five minutes later to keep Ronald only for Sergio Aguero to equal- place despite drawing 0-0 at home son, Liverpool have now lost Koeman’s side on Chelsea’s tail. ise 11 minutes later after coolly to Aston Villa. AFP