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Emir hosts Iftar for judges Windy, hot and Call for stricter dusty weather likely today vigil on eateries, DOHA: The weather is expected to be windy, hot and slightly dusty today, with visibility fore- cast to be low, between four and beauty parlours eight km at places to three km at times. Strong northwesterly wind at speeds ranging from 10 to 22 CMC members seek jail for violators knots would turn the seas choppy. Wind speed is likely to slow DOHA: Some members of the Inspectors from the depart- down to between three and 10 km Central Municipal Council ment and the Ministry of by the evening. In the seas, there (CMC) have called for stricter Municipality and Urban Planning could be slight dust and clouds at monitoring of eateries and recently detected several viola- times. beauty parlours especially, say- tions such as sale of expired and Places like Mesaieed and Al ing that rising number of viola- damaged food products and tam- Wakra would likely witness tions of health and safety rules pering with expiry dates. huge variations between day and by these facilities show that the “Tampering with expiry dates night temperatures as the maxi- government’s inspection tools should be considered a serious The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday hosted Iftar banquet at Wajba Palace in honour of mum temperature forecast is 47 and techniques have become crime. Fines and closure of out- religious sheikhs and judges. The Emir’s Personal Representative H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and degrees Celsius and the minimum outdated. lets are not sufficient to deter H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani were also present. 28. Al Ruwais would witness the The public representative body people from committing such least variation in day and night has demanded that stricter pun- crimes. There should be stricter temperatures: The maximum ishments be specified for violators punishments, include jail,” a local being 40 degrees and the mini- to curb irregularities since such Arabic daily quoted Mohammed mum 34. offences could seriously threaten Ali Azba, CMC member repre- In Doha, day temperatures people’s health and safety. senting Maider South, as saying. Fresh fruits, vegetables 50pc would soar to 45 degrees, while The current law stipulates fines He said the names of the err- the mercury level at night would and closure of a violating out- ing outlets should be published in be 36. let for a maximum two months, newspapers. Dukhan and Abu Samra will be which some councillors say is too Mubarak Fresh, another CMC cheaper at Central Market cooler, with the maximum tem- inadequate to deter a violator. member, said inspectors should be perature being 38 degrees and the Given the seriousness of the adequately trained to detect sub- BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB local farms and include cucum- including commercial centres, are minimum 29. crime, owners of these facilities standard and counterfeit prod- ber, green papaya, green lemon, fixed and much higher irrespec- should be jailed, civic representa- ucts. “Why such violations are DOHA: Fresh fruits and veg- white onion, okra, pumpkin, sweet tive of daily fluctuations in their Qatar cuts stake tives said. They pointed out that repeating every week and every etables are at least 50 per- melon (shammam) and others. wholesale prices,” said a Qatari most offences are related to food month? Can they detect them cent cheaper at the Central Vegetables that have almost citizen, who did not wish to be in LSE by a third and cosmetics which are com- properly,” he wondered. Market compared to retail vanished from the market due to named. monly used and have a direct He also called for intensified outlets, including malls and the harsh weather are marrow Similarly, the price of a box DOHA: Qatar has sold a 5 per- bearing on public health. monitoring at ports of entry to hypermarkets. (koosa), squash, tomato, eggplant of green papaya at the market cent stake in London Stock They argued that sheer prevent the entry of such prod- Sources say this is because local and other leafy varieties. (sourced from local farms) was Exchange (LSE) for £260.1m increase in the number of viola- ucts to the country. produce still constitute about 20 Boxes of cucumber and green QR37 yesterday, which retailers ($442.6m), cutting its holding tions indicates that inspection “The current punishments to 25 percent of daily market lemon (each weighing up to six or were selling it for QR9 per kg. by a third and making a profit tools and techniques used by are not enough. There should be supplies. seven kg) are available for QR22 Onion prices are not uniform at of around 20 percent. authorities are outdated. They stricter monitoring. The punish- Contrary to the general belief and QR35, respectively, while the the Wholesale Market. In terms Qatar Holding, an investment also called for advanced training ment should include withdrawal that supplies from local farms dry same items are being sold at QR6 of quality and size, there is a wide house founded by Qatar’s sovereign for inspectors and the use of more of the licence,” said CMC mem- down during the summer months, and QR10 per kg at retail outlets variety, depending on their origin. wealth fund, yesterday said it had advanced technology. They reit- ber Mohammed Al Hajri. He said sources say a quarter of the in Doha and its suburbs. Onions from Pakistan and Iran sold 13.62m LSE shares. A source erated calls to give more power CMC had discussed the issue ear- demand at the Wholesale Market “We have noticed that prices are roughly between 20 and 30 said the shares were sold for 1,915 to the Consumer Protection lier and called for stricter penal- is still met by local produce. of vegetables at the Wholesale percent cheaper than those from pence each, a 2.1 percent discount Department at the Ministry of ties and formation of consumer Not surprisingly, then, vegeta- Market can be bargained and India. to Wednesday’s closing price. Economy and Commerce and protection associations. bles with higher price difference are much cheaper while prices THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES make it an autonomous authority. THE PENINSULA are the ones still coming from of same items at retail outlets, Continued on page 2 See also page 13 Israeli strikes kill 32 in Gaza New US envoy 221 erring outlets shut in 7 months DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has said to Qatar named it had shut 221 food outlets in the Industrial Area the past seven months. They were found violating food and health norms during an WASHINGTON: The Senate inspection drive launched in December 2013 by Doha Municipality. yesterday confirmed US ambas- Fourteen were closed during Ramadan. Full report on page 2 sadors to Qatar and Kuwait, as top Democrats laid into Bahrain opposition leader charged Republicans for slow-walk- ing dozens more of President MANAMA: Bahrain has charged its opposition leader and one of his Barack Obama’s nominations. aides with holding an illegal meeting with a US diplomat, the public Career Foreign Service officers prosecutor’s office said yesterday. It said Al Wefaq leader Sheikh Ali Douglas Silliman and Dana Smith Salman and his political assistant Khalil Al Marzouq did not take were confirmed as the new envoys permission before meeting Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary of to Kuwait and Qatar, respectively. State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour. Full report on page 8 Smith’s confirmation proc- ess took a relatively quick two Qatar Exchange close to 13,000 mark months, but Silliman’s lasted seven, a length of time that has DOHA: Banking stocks helped Qatar Exchange extend rally to become more the rule than the fourth straight session and lifted the benchmark index close to the exception in a thoroughly grid- 13,000 mark, highest levels in two months. Its main index gained locked Senate. 1.59 percent and closed at 12,919.63 points, rebounding from its June “I really appreciate it today, Firemen extinguish a blaze caused by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, hitting the city of Ashdod yesterday. crash. Full report on page 13 we get two ambassadors,” Senate Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people as an air war entered its third day. US President Barack Obama Majority Leader Harry Reid said offered to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians. Report on page 5 sarcastically on the Senate floor. “We’ve only got 27 more to go.” Secretary of State John Kerry, who warned in a strongly-worded op-ed in Politico this week that Four popular Najma restaurants close down Senate gridlock was “hobbling American diplomacy,” put the BY SACHIN KUMAR eating out in Najma. But now there is just one over wages. Nearly a month after Swagath number higher, saying before Indian restaurant left,” said Ismail, an Indian was closed, customers suddenly came to know yesterday’s confirmations that DOHA: Higher rentals have begun to take who eats out as his family is back home. that this food joint was not going to open soon. Washington was left without a toll on some popular eateries here as four Swagath was the first casualty of high rent- The restaurant posted a notice on its doors permanent ambassadors in 40 restaurants in the expat-dominated Najma als as it closed operations around four months that it was closed for maintenance which made countries. A quarter of all US have closed down in as many months. ago. Price-wise, it was slightly on a higher side customers think that it might reopen in the ambassadorships in Africa are The closure of Swagath, Regal and Jawahar but people were willing to pay more because of near future. Ramadan Timing unfilled. has left Asians in a quandary. Atithi, on the its serene ambience and tasty food. A bakery is expected to open in place of The administration has pressed other hand, was shut as its owner refused to The closure of Swagath was a big blow for Atithi. Todays Iftar: for rapid confirmation of the meet the demand for higher pay by its staff. Asian families, particularly, as it was the most The big blow for Asians came last week 06:30pm president’s envoys to flesh out the Though the restaurants were serving Indian popular destination for them for dinner and when they saw lights of Jawahar Restaurant Tomorrow’s diplomatic corps to better address food, they were equally popular with expats lunch during weekends. switched off and doors closed for customers. Imsak: flashpoints like the Middle East from other south Asian countries. The second restaurant, Atithi, closed down THE PENINSULA 03:13am or eastern Ukraine. AFP “A few months ago, I had many options for due to a dispute between the owner and staff Continued on page 2 FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Tel Fax Some shoppers Ministry shuts 221 food sell low-quality Tollfree onions Fax Continued from page 1 outlets in seven months A 20-kg bag of Indian onion was available at QR40 (QR2 per kg), while a different variety from Tel Iran was being sold at QR20 per Fax 14 kiosks closed during Ramadan bag of 13kg (QR1.5 a kg). And an 18kg bag (fresh and bigger) from DOHA: The Ministry of about running outlets with- unhygienic food preparation Pakistan was available at QR30 Tel Municipality and Urban out contracts or commercial platforms and uncovered food (QR1.66 a kg). Fax Planning has announced licences and selling substand- items. The municipality has “As far as onion prices are that it has closed down 221 ard food items. already taken legal actions concerned, retailers are minting food outlets in the last seven The municipality has inten- against eateries not following money by buying small and infe- months in the Industrial sified inspection drive during rules. rior varieties and selling at the Tel Area. Ramadan to ensure compliance Official said that fish market government’s prescribed (auc- Fax The outlets were found vio- of the food and health safety and the auction ground is also tion) prices,” said an Indian. lating food and health norms norms. Most of the eateries, under supervision and fisher- “Some hypermarkets here during inspection drive which dry-fruit stores and commer- men have now been instructed always source low-quality onions www.doha.hilton.com was launched in December cial centres were found com- to keep fishes in hygienic condi- believing that consumers have no 2013 by the officials of Doha plying with the food and helath tions. According Qatar News idea about it, which is not fair. Tel +974 44233333 Municipality. Of these erring safety norms. Agency report, about 78 caf- They should keep at least two or Fax +974 44233000 outlets 14 kiosks were closed Other violations found in the eterias have been issued new three varieties to provide con- during Ramadan. inspection drive were leakage in licences. sumers with multiple options.” Most of the violations were wash basin, improper storage, THE PENINSULA During Ramadan, vegetables are auctioned at 9pm, not in early morning hours as is the case dur- Evening customers ing the rest of the year. “I occasionally come to buy fresh vegetables from the whole- sale market, and prefer local pro- duce sourced from farms. Tel “They are not only cheaper Fax and fresh but also have maxi- mum nutritional value compared to the imported ones,” said Abu Abdurraheem, a Qatari buyer. THE PENINSULA Tel Fax QNA chief meets Argentina’s envoy Tel Fax DOHA: The Director General of Qatar News Agency (QNA) Ahmad Saad Al Buainain met here yesterday with Ambassador of the Republic Tel of Argentina, Rossana Cecilia Fax Surballe. Zahid Tasneem from Sialkot in Pakistan at his watch repairing kiosk at the Souq Waqif. Zahid says They reviewed media relations that most of the people come for repairing watches only in the evening due to the harsh weather these between the two countries. days. SALIM MATRAMKOT QNA Tel Fax Court verdict favours building owner Tel Continued from page 1 Fax It was the most popular among expats who were living alone here. It used to attract huge crowd because of its low- priced menu. A lunch started at QR5-6, making Jawahar popular among limited- income expats. Power supply to the build- Tel ing which houses Jawahar, Fax another restaurant, Regal, and some other shops, has been disconnected. Tel “There was a dispute between the restaurant and the building Fax owner. The owner wanted to increase the rent of the shops, www.renaissancedoha.com while shopkeepers opposed. The dispute went to the court and Tel +974 44195000 the verdict came in favour of the owner. Now, we are using genera- Fax +974 44195100 tors because our light connection has been cut,” said a worker of one of the shops. Now there is just one Indian restaurant — India Crown — which is operating in the area and reaping a windfall in terms of higher customer turnout. THE PENINSULA Closed Indian restaurants in Najma. FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Fanzone at The Torch Doha ready for World Cup finals

DOHA: The Torch Doha, astatically pleasing, hosting dif- member of Leading Hotels of ferent branding strategies, thus the World, is proud to host foot- presenting spectators with a ball fans for World Cup 2014 real football stadium experience. finals at the dedicated Fanzone Commenting on the Fanzone, located behind Aspire Printing Wael Al Sharif, Executive Press. Assistant Manager in charge of The Fanzone provided a spec- Food & Beverage said: “It gives us tacular viewing atmosphere a great pleasure to organise the which proved to attract 1,500 venue and be the chosen catering spectators for matches during supplier. It is exciting to witness the World Cup initial stages and a premiere cooling technology 2,000 for the semifinal matches. put in place for large sporting The setup features a unique open- events. Football fans along with air cooling technology developed families and friends can enjoy for training pitches and spectator great food in a cooled, modern walkways. open-air environment.” Games are shown on 4 giant The totally open roof enclo- HD screens with state-of-the- sure is aerodynamically designed art sound and lighting while to protect its occupants against food services are provided by The different external weather condi- Torch Doha. tions. The enclosure perimeter The Fanzone is the size of a is installed with different cooled full scale football pitch, with air distribution mechanisms, its interior designed in line featuring lower jet delivery and with traditional Qatari her- upper jet delivery, a system which itage including Majlis seated proved to receive positive feed- areas and cooled to an approxi- back to date. For more informa- mate temperature of 21 degrees tion visist www.fanzone.com Celsius. The enclosure is THE PENINSULA Traders see brisk sales ahead of Garangao night Gift packs priced between QR60 to QR220 DOHA: Shops selling Garangao the health and safety standards The gift packs come in five treats including nuts, dried imposed by the Ministry. and ten kilos and priced between fruits, chocolates and can- The dried fruits and nuts on QR60 to QR220 depending on the dies yesterday witnessed brisk display were all covered in plastic types and the number of items sales ahead of Garangao night and properly labeled with their contained in the packs. tomorrow. production and expiry dates. The Although there were many “We always look forward to Garangao gift packs were all buyers yesterday night, Ali said, this season as we normally see a clearly marked with the names he was expecting more tak- spike in sales three days before of the food items inside them and ers tomorrow, the day before Garangao,” said Ali, a storekeeper the production and expiry dates Garangao. Garangao is one of of a shop in Souq Waqif, told this as well. the traditional events celebrated daily. The gift packs contain a vari- across the GCC, which falls every With its dozens of shops that ety of treats mostly nuts such as 14th day of Ramadan, during sell sweets, nuts and spices; Souq almonds, cashews, peanuts, pista- which children move around the Waqif has been a popular desti- chios, chickpeas, hazelnuts, wal- neighbourhood while singing spe- nation to residents and locals in nuts, Brazil nuts and squash and cial Garangao songs and collect- search for the most variety of sunflower seeds, which are either ing sweets and nuts. these products. roasted, salted or seasoned. The Some companies, however, Following the recent crackdown packs also contain dried fruits organise Garangao festivities on these shops by the Ministry of such as bananas, apricots, figs ahead of the actual date so they Municipality and Urban Planning and kiwis as well as chocolates buy the items in huge quantities to ensure food safety, the shops and candies. The food items were ahead. Garangao gift packs displayed at a shop in Souq Waqif yesterday. have started to comply with separately places in packets. THE PENINSULA

Fahed delights kids at Rumailah Hospital Foreign Minister leads Qatar delegation to OIC meeting DOHA: The Qatar 2015 24th Men’s Handball World Championship Organising JEDDAH: The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Committee has visited children Al Attiyah led yesterday Qatar’s delegation to the extraordinary at the Rumailah Hospital with meeting of the Executive Committee of Foreign ministers of the gifts and goodies handed out by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states , which Fahed, the official mascot of the kicked off in Jeddah. games. During the meeting, the foreign ministers discussed the latest Fahed spent time talking to the developments in Gaza and ways of confronting to Israel’s escalating children and taking them through aggression against the Palestinian people. the exciting aspects of the game of The Foreign Minister stressed in a statement Qatar’s position in handball, while encouraging them supporting the Palestinian people, renewing a call for a swift move to get fit and well again. As part to end Israel’s aggression against them and lift the unjust siege on of his mission, Fahed is creating Gaza Strip.) awareness of the sport and rais- ing the level of excitement and anticipation for the upcoming Championship across the com- Minister of Culture discusses munity of Qatar. For the young patients, the promoting theatre movement visit was fun and a welcome relief, and they were delighted to DOHA: The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr see people taking time to come Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari met yesterday with a number and entertain them – and par- of prominent figures of the Qatari theatres, as well as intellec- ticularly happy to see Fahed, the tuals and figures of the media to discuss how to encourage the symbol of Qatar’s sporting and theatre movement in Qatar. lively spirit. He said that his meeting was part of ministry’s continuous effort The visit to Rumailah Hospital to push the theatre movement in Qatar forward. He added that is one of the many activities being the ministry made a number of steps to promote theatre, including carried out during Ramadan, providing acting, writing and directing workshops. designed to reach out and give The ministry is also looking to establish two new theatre teams, back to the community. Prior to Delegates from the organising committee of The Qatar 2015 24th Men’s Handball World Championship during a in addition to working on creating an online library to document this visit, Fahed has also been giv- visit at the Rumailah Hospital with the official mascot of the games. Qatari plays. The Minister called on all parties interested in culture ing Iftar boxes to workers across in Qatar to work together to promote the theatre movement. the city every day. Al Kuwari listened to the ideas of intellectuals regarding possible One of the key values repre- handball. dynamically developing Olympic bin Hamad Al Thani, President new projects for the ministry to adapt. He also answered a number sented by Fahed is the importance The 24th Men’s Handball sports and enjoys a continuously of the Organising Committee of questions, including the possibility of lifting censorship on theatre of a healthy mind and body, and, World Championship will take increasing fan base worldwide. and in close collaboration with and bringing back the Doha Cultural festival. through his signature activi- place in Doha from January 15 to In alignment with the Qatar the International Handball ties during Ramadan, Fahed is February 1, 2015; making Qatar National Vision 2030, Qatar Federation (IHF). inviting the community to adopt the only Gulf country and the sec- has geared up to become one of The Committee’s vision, goals Labour Minister meets Indian envoy important values related to a ond in the Middle East to host the the leading states in the fields and key milestones include healthy lifestyle and exercise. event, after Egypt in 1999. of sports legacy development ensuring community participa- DOHA: The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs H E Dr Qatar 2015 is also sponsoring With the participation of 24 and sports events in the world. tion, upholding the traditions of Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi met yesterday with India’s a Ramadan tent at The Ritz- countries from all over the world, Qatar aims to create awareness Qatar and promoting a healthy Ambassador to Qatar Sanjeev Arora. Carlton, Doha, encouraging peo- the biennial Men’s Handball for the sport of handball and fur- and active lifestyle by engaging The meeting reviewed bilateral relations between the two coun- ple to celebrate in the traditions World Championship is the big- ther increase the global profile the current and next genera- tries and means of enhancing and developing them. The two sides and values of the fasting month. gest and one of the most impor- of the sport, through the suc- tions in Qatar in the “Game of also discussed several issues of mutual concern. The tent displays a range of fun tant international events in cessful organisation of this high Fast”, the future of the sport of A group of senior ministry officials attended the meeting. activities that aim to engage Olympic sport. profile sporting event under the handball. QNA more people with the game of Handball is one of the most leadership of H E Sheikh Joaan THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Fasting: Nourishment of the soul BY SHAHUL HAMEED

cross cultures and peoples, the principles of Ramadan are Ramadan is a the same: self control and the month of the year Acleansing of the body and mind. Before the commandment for fasting meant for the came, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had advised his followers to purification of our fast for three days in a month, and this was optional. minds and souls. It was in the second year of Hijrah It is a special time that the verse about the obligatory fast of Ramadan was revealed. to grow closer Thereafter, Muslims began waiting for the coming of Ramadan. Ramadan through our is, of course, the month of hunger, hard- ship, and patience. And yet for believers, faith and deeds it brings great happiness and content- to Allah, as well ment too. Because Ramadan offers a golden as to each other. opportunity to Muslims for immense spiritual attainments that can earn them It is also a time their Paradise, the hardship of leaving food, drink, and sex gets them the happy for reflections promise that their efforts are sure to be upon Allah’s accepted by the All Merciful. The result of sincere fasting is piety, infinite blessings which one acquires through the training course of fasting: through piety, Ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, self-discipline, and that you may learn piety. (2:183) Piety (taqwa) is a diligence and watch- patience. fulness that help us suppress our inclina- tion to yield to temptations. Piety is the opposite of avarice and selfishness. It is a moderation and willpower. It helps us to strength to rise above common weak- during Ramadan rises almost to the level obligations and rights. constant struggle to give a wide berth to be adaptable to new situations. It ena- nesses and remain steadfast in truth of the ceaseless worship of the angels of In Muslim-majority countries, the all that is glamorous on the outside and bles us to overcome the unpredictable and justice. It instils into a person com- the Most High. structure of the day shifts in accordance rotten inside. Piety enables us to keep hardships of life. It generates in us the passion for his fellow beings as regards At university campuses across the US, with Ramadan. The work day and school our passions under control, and discipline real spirit of social belonging, of unity their needs, concerns and anxieties. Muslim student groups organise general day are shortened. Some businesses them. Piety is the fear of none but Allah. and brotherhood, and of equality before Ramadan makes Muslims charitable iftar meetings to which students from (mostly restaurants and cafes) remain The strength of piety comes from Allah Allah as well as before the law. and generous to the unfortunates who every corner of the world are invited. closed during day time and open only in and Allah alone. This is because when we fast, we are have fallen by the wayside in their jour- Though coming from different religious the evening. Ramadan is a month of the year meant joining Muslims all over the world in ney of life. cultures, their negative perceptions of In some towns and villages of India, for the purification of our minds and observing the same duty in the same Ramadan fosters unity among the Islam slowly disappear. Indeed, some of after midnight, at about 2am, a person souls. It is a special time to grow closer manner with the same objective. believers, and instils into their hearts them begin to develop love and respect with a drum goes along the alleys and through our faith and deeds to Allah, as During Ramadan, a believer refuses a spirit of sacrifice. During Ramadan, for Muslims. lanes singing about Ramadan in order to well as to each other. It is also a time to indulge his body, but feeds his soul Muslims experience hunger and thirst Foreign students — particularly those wake up people for sahur. for reflections upon Allah’s infinite bless- instead. A fasting person lowers his gaze, — the common lot of the poor — with an who are familiar with Muslims at home This is an old practice that lives on in ings through piety, self-discipline, and restrains his wandering mind and reins equal temper of mind. — enthusiastically indicated that no mat- a few places. Nowadays, people of other patience. in his tongue. During this month, the reward for giv- ter how far away they were from home, communities object to the disturbance Ramadan is the time to seek Allah’s Fasting trains a person to flee from ing charity to the poor and the orphans the familiar sights of communal gather- and for the sake of communal harmony, forgiveness and for each Muslim to for- the prurient and the obscene. Through is among the best of deeds, and our good ing made them feel at home. The sharing Muslims have grudgingly discontinued give each other by settling differences the remembrance of Allah, through the deeds are multiplied during this blessed of the meal, the Arabic call to prayer, the practice. that arose during the past year. In this recitation of the Quran, and through the month. Generosity to the needy brings and the services that followed reminded Let us pray to Allah the All-Merciful month, believers not only abstain from night vigil prayers, a Muslim nourishes mercy from the Lord. Ramadan enables them of home, enabling them to cherish to make this year’s Ramadan the most food and drink during day time, but also his soul. the rich among the believers to feel the these 1400-year-old Islamic traditions in spiritually rewarding Ramadan we have hold back all tendencies for quarrel and Fasting prepares a Muslim to confront sufferings of the poor and be one with a new way. ever had. confrontation. the trials of life with patience and forti- them. Across cultures and peoples, the prin- To this end, let us switch off our TV, During Ramadan, people take particu- tude. It helps him or her to calmly endure Indeed, the Muslims of the world ciples of Ramadan are the same: self con- internet, radio, cell phone, and so on, lar care to spend more time with family the physical pangs of hunger and thirst, become a genuine “Ummah”, or united trol and the cleansing of the body and and focus on the worship of Allah to the and friends, to be kind and considerate as well as the mental pain of facing the body of believers, during the Ramadan. mind. In Islam, religion and spirituality extent we can. to all, and to overlook people’s faults and misdeeds of others. Fasting lifts a person from the mere are not confined to the private sphere. May Allah reward us with piety in this forgive them for their lapses. Fasting is a good course in anger man- mundane sphere of life to a lofty level of The principles that direct the private life and Paradise in the life to come! Fasting is an effective lesson in agement as well. It gives a person the the spirit. 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BY SADULLAH KHAN was revealed; thus maintaining its originality. of Ramadan amadaan is the month of heightened Allah- 3. UNDERSTANDING AND oday is the thirteenth day of the Holy month of Ramadan. It consciousness, of REFLECTING is amazing that one third of Ramadan have already passed Rattaining unto taqwa Many Muslims learn to read by. It feels like only yesterday that the month of Ramadan had (piety and God-consciousness); the Quran but few strive to Tbegun. With the passing of the first 10 days of Ramadan, one of training ourselves to be the understand its meaning. Since begins to ask oneself if he or she has made use of their time wisely. Did best we can be; a month to the Quran is primarily a book the Ramadan goals that were set out earlier achieved? Most of us are initiate improvement of repu- of guidance (2:185), we have a human, and it would be inevitable that we have faltered somewhere tation, character and for cul- responsibility to understand its regardless of our good intentions. tivating good habits. message and reflect on what it But all is not lost. We still have some time left this Ramadan to Ramadaan is also the month of says. What is not understood can achieve our goals (and achieve them to our own benefit too). So we the initiation of the Final Divine not truly be implemented. should thank God that we have an entire month of fasting to go through. Revelation, Al Quran. In order to In Islamic terminology, the first Ashra refers to the first 10 days of truly benefit from the Quran we 4. IMPLEMENTING THE the Holy month of Ramadan. The second Ashra refers to the middle have to be able to relate to the GUIDELINES 10 days (11-20), and the third Ashra refers to the last set of 10 days Quran in a practical way, every One of the greatest duties we (21-30). day of our lives. The month of have is to live by the commands The middle Ashra of Ramadan is the time for Maghfirah; the time Ramadan, this month of siyaam, of Allah. The primary reason to wash off our sins. Ramadan is the month to seek forgiveness and this month of qiyaam and of the why Divine revelation was sent repentance. Having witnessed the Mercy of Allah by thanking Him Quran; provides the ideal oppor- was to guide human beings to be for all that He has granted us, by being good to everyone and keeping tunity for us to fully reconnect good and to be of benefit to the ourselves at peace, we realise our relationship with our Lord, and our our relationship with the Quran world; neither to do wrong, nor role and duties towards Him. This is the time when Allah’s Mercy is and to enhance that relationship to harm the world. at its peak, and it is best to utilise this opportunity by imploring Allah by maintaining the following five to forgive our sins. responsibilities : 5. CONVEYING AND The Prophet (peace be upon him) is reported to have said: CLARIFYING “Do repent in this month to Allah for your sins, and supplicate 1. BELIEF AND HONOUR Each Muslim has the respon- with raised hands at the time of prayer as these are the best times, We regard the Quran as the sibility of conveying the message during which Allah Almighty looks at his servants with mercy. Allah words of Allah and believe it to of Islam to others; with wisdom, answers if they supplicate, responds if they call, grants if He is asked, be the best book of guidance for beautiful preaching and practical and accepts if they entreat. those who want to live righteous example. O People! You have made your conscience the slave of your desires. Make lives. We respect its message and If we believe in the Quran it free by invoking Allah for forgiveness. Your back may break from the honor it above all other books as we ought to, respect the heavy load of your sins, so prostrate (sajda) yourself before Allah, for long and commit ourselves to abide Quran, read it how it is sup- intervals, and make this load lighter.” by its precepts. posed to be read, recite it with We are required to reflect on these elements in these days of propriety, understand its mes- Repentance even more than any other days and this is the time we 2. READING AND sage and live by its commands seek forgiveness and make amendments for our mistakes, never intend- RECITATION then our behavior will reflect ing to do them again. Since the Quran was commu- the Quran. Do Tauba (seeking repentance) repeatedly, constantly, and sincerely nicated to the Prophet through The Prophet’s (peace be upon for Allah loves Tauba, and especially during this Ashra Allah loves to angel Gabriel orally and the him) wife was asked to describe forgive and loves him who seeks forgiveness. Forgive your brothers Prophet in turn conveyed it his conduct and she said: “His in Islam, and accept them as friends, and show no ill-treatment or to his companions and family character is the Quran.” disrespect to others. orally we should learn to read The Prophet’s (PBUH) life The Prophet (PBUH) continued and said: “O’ People! Anyone who the Quran properly and recite was an embodiment of the val- during this month cultivates good manners, will walk over the Sirat it correctly. ues of the Quran. In the words (bridge to Paradise) on the day when feet will tend to slip. For anyone There are great blessings / of the poet Akbar Allahabadi; “a Quran but in reality the believer this Ramadaan, from being a who during this month eases the workload of his servants, Allah will barakah in reading the Quran unique phenomena many people is a reflection/embodiment of the reciter of the Quran to being an make easy his accounting, and for anyone who does not hurt others in the correct manner and it is do not seem to realise is that a Quran.” embodiment of the values of the during this month, Allah will safeguard him from His wrath on the our duty to recite it the way it truly believer is seen reading the May we elevate ourselves in Quran. www.islamcity.com Day of Judgment.” The peninsula FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Pleas for truce as Gaza bloodshed spirals Death toll reaches 83; more Hamas rockets hit Israel

GAZA CITY: Israeli war- And US Secretary of State John near Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and planes kept up deadly raids on Kerry warned the region was fac- even as far away as Hadera, 116 Gaza yesterday but failed to ing a “dangerous moment” after kilometres to the north. stop Palestinian militants firing speaking to both Netanyahu and Sirens wailed across Jerusalem rockets across the border, while Palestinian President Mahmoud for the second time running and international appeals mounted Abbas. “De-escalation ultimately a series of loud explosions echoed for a truce. is in the interests of all parties, across the city as the Iron Dome As the violence escalated, with in the interests of the region, in anti-missile system shot down over 30 Palestinians killed yester- the interests of Israel and the two rockets fired from Gaza, the day alone, UN chief Ban Ki-moon Palestinians,” he said. army said. appealed for an immediate cease- In a phone call with Abbas, Another two crashed down fire at an emergency meeting of French President Francois in open areas in the occupied the Security Council. Hollande condemned civilian West Bank, one hitting near the “It is now more urgent than tolls from Israeli rocket fire and Maaleh Adumim settlement and ever to try to find common called Palestinians and Israelis the other landing near Ofer, an ground for a return to calm and a to urgently seek a lasting peace Israeli military prison just west ceasefire understanding,” he said agreement. of Ramallah, witnesses and secu- as the Organisation of Islamic But Israel appeared bent on rity officials said. Mourners carry the bodies of members of the Al Haj family, who medics said were killed in an early morning air Conference lobbied the UN to dealing a fatal blow to the Islamist Hamas militants said they fired condemn Israel. movement Hamas which controls “four M75 rockets at Jerusalem”. strike that destroyed at least two homes, during their funeral in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Gaza, with Netanyahu reportedly Since the start of the campaign Putin issued a similar plea in saying talk of a ceasefire was “not in the early hours of Tuesday, at streets from Gaza City to Tel Aviv, general of strategic affairs ministry. aim: to drag Israel into a ground a phone call to Israeli Prime even on the agenda”. least 83 Palestinians have been as both Israelis and Palestinians Since the start of the operation, war hoping to inflict heavy casual- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas also appeared to have killed and more than 500 injured, take shelter indoors for fear of the Israeli military’s biggest offen- ties on its troops who would likely urging an immediate end to the no interest in letting up, striking according to medical reports. being caught in the open when the sive on Gaza since November 2012, come under fire from anti-tank bloodshed and expressing concern deep inside Israel over the past 48 As the number of victims in next rocket or missile hits. its forces have hit over 860 “terror missiles and explosive devices. over civilian casualties. hours, with rockets crashing down Gaza rose, Egypt opened the Rafah Israel has confirmed prepara- sites”, 110 of them on yesterday. Militants would also be seeking border crossing, with hospitals in tions are under way for a pos- In the same period, Gaza mili- to capture Israeli soldiers to use north Sinai placed on standby to sible ground attack, with tanks tants fired 490 rockets, of which as leverage. receive the wounded, Egyptian seen massing along the border more than 370 struck Israel, while In a news conference, Hamas’s state news agency MENA said. and Netanyahu facing mounting another 87 rockets were inter- armed wing the Ezzedine Al There have been no Israeli pressure from coalition hard- cepted, an army statement said. Qassam Brigades issued a veiled deaths, although medics said one liners to put boots back on the Of the total, over 120 struck Israel threat to kidnap soldiers. woman died yesterday, a day after ground in the territory from yesterday, while another 24 were “The ground war will be a falling while running for cover. which Israeli troops and settlers intercepted. chance to free Palestinian pris- “We are still facing a difficult, withdrew in 2005. Neither side has shown any sign oners,” a spokesman said, while complex and complicated cam- “If we can achieve our goals of backing down, and Israel has warning fighting on the ground paign,” Netanyahu said after a without a ground operation, we approved the call-up of 40,000 could last “for several weeks”. security cabinet meeting. would prefer it this way,” said reservists. AFP The violence has emptied the Yossi Kuperwasser, director Analysts said Hamas had a clear Egypt takes back seat as Israel hits Hamas

CAIRO: Having crushed the said Michael Hanna, and Egypt Hamas demands that Israel North Africa director for the Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo’s expert with The Century respect the terms of the 2012 International Crisis Group think new government has taken Foundation think tank in New ceasefire, which relaxed a blockade tank. a back seat as Israel pounds Yo rk . on Gaza in place since 2006, when For Hamas, escalating the Palestinians standing behind the gate of Rafah crossing hold their passports Hamas, the Egyptian move- The government of newly- Palestinian militants kidnapped conflict makes sense, despite its as they try to cross into Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday. ment’s Islamist allies across the elected Egyptian President Abdel Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. weakened regional standing after border in Gaza, analysts said. Fattah Al Sisi, the ex-army chief It also wants the release of Mursi’s overthrow, said Nathan Egypt, which has a peace who toppled Mursi last year, has detainees freed in 2011 prisoner Thrall, an ICG analyst based in Rafah border crossing opened treaty with Israel, brokered a responded to the Gaza conflict by swap, whom Israel arrested again Jerusalem. 2012 truce between it and Hamas demanding both sides stop the last month after militants kid- “Their experience so far has that favoured the militants, the violence. napped and killed three Israeli made them think that it is not to wounded Palestinians Palestinian branch of now ousted Public opinion has “soured” teenagers. unreasonable. Each time these CAIRO: Egypt opened its Rafah border crossing to Gaza yes- president Mohamed Mursi’s against Hamas, Hanna said. Israel, the Egyptians have escalations happen there is a dis- terday to receive wounded Palestinians as Israel pounded the Brotherhood. And because of “the security reportedly told Hamas, is unwill- cussion about easing or imple- enclave with air strikes, an official at the border said. With the Brotherhood now establishment’s long-standing ing to negotiate any terms, and menting the terms of the 2012 Hospitals in north Sinai, which borders Gaza and Israel, have quashed, the new government in antipathy to Hamas, they don’t simply demands an end to the ceasefire,” he said been placed on standby to receive the Palestinians, Egypt’s official Cairo has taken a passive approach mind seeing Hamas being beaten rocket fire. El Amrani said Hamas would MENA news agency reported. to the latest conflict, denying up, essentially,” he added. Egypt has shown little interest want Egyptian promises to allow The crossing is usually closed, with Egyptian officials citing the Hamas a truce that could see it A senior Hamas official has in trying to soften Israel’s position. more funds to rebuild infra- tense security situation in Sinai, where the army is battling an emerge again as a winner. suggested that the movement “It doesn’t want to have a structure destroyed in previous Islamist insurgency. “There doesn’t appear to be sig- hopes its rocket attacks on Israeli result where Hamas is freed conflicts. Rafah is Gaza’s only border crossing that bypasses Israel. nificant appetite on the Egyptian cities will force it to negotiate from the substantial pressure it Egypt, however, “wants to keep AFP side in terms of playing a major terms, allowing the militants to has been under in the past few Hamas in its corner,” he said. mediating role at the moment,” claim a victory. months,” Issandr El Amrani, the AFP Baghdad halts Kurdish cargo flights Saudi Arabia urged to free BAGHDAD/ARBIL: Kurdish the government”. They did not accusation that Arbil had become true hysteria and lost his balance activists, halt lashings ministers boycotted Iraq’s care- mention a time frame for their a base for Islamist militants. as he tries as hard as he can to taker cabinet and authorities in boycott or terms for their return, “There are sometimes certain justify his errors and failure and GENEVA: The top United Human rights defenders in Baghdad halted cargo flights to but called for an inclusive national procedures that should be taken make others responsible for it”. Nations human rights official Saudi Arabia have been charged two Kurdish cities yesterday in government. to prevent things reaching the The spokesman, Omaid Sabah, called on Saudi Arabia yester- with “offences defined in a vague an escalating feud between the In their absence, the cabinet’s hands of the terrorists, so we have said Arbil “is a refuge now for all day to release activists she said manner in counterterrorism leg- Kurds and the Shia-led central first agenda item yesterday was decided to stop cargoes going to those fleeing his dictatorship” and had been arrested for peacefully islation”, said Pillay, a former UN government. to instruct the Foreign Ministry Sulaimaniya or Arbil until further called for Maliki to apologise to demanding freedoms, halt the war crimes judge. The dispute, linked to an — headed by Kurdish minister notice,” Bandar said. the Iraqi people for destroying use of lashings and investigate Abu Al Khair, founder and Islamist insurgency raging in Hoshyar Zebari — to summon Relations between Baghdad and the country. “The person who their alleged ill-treatment. director of an organisation named Sunni Muslim provinces of Iraq, home diplomats reported to have the Kurds hit a low on Wednesday destroyed it cannot save it from Navi Pillay, in a rare state- the Monitor of Human Rights in is likely to complicate efforts to demonstrated in London for when Maliki accused them of crises,” he added. ment critical of the kingdom, Saudi Arabia, was critical of a new reach agreement on a new govern- Kurdish secession. allowing Arbil to be used as a Maliki’s military spokesman, currently an elected member of anti-terrorism law passed by Saudi ment in Baghdad to help tackle As the cabinet met, the head centre for the Islamic State and Lieutenant General Qassim Atta, the UN Human Rights Council, Arabia at the start of the year that the violence. of Iraq’s civil aviation authority, others, including former members said yesterday scores of “terror- voiced dismay at the conviction was condemned by rights activists The four Kurdish ministers Nasser Bandar, said cargo flights of Saddam Hussein’s now-banned ists” had been killed in the last 24 and “harsh sentencing” of Walid as a tool to stifle dissent. withdrew from cabinet meetings to the Kurdish cities of Arbil and Baath Party. hours, including 46 in the west- Abu Al Khair. “He is not alleged to have been in protest at Prime Minister Nouri Sulaimaniya had been suspended. Responding to what he called ern province of Anbar and 39 in The prominent Saudi rights involved in any violent activity but Al Maliki’s “provocative” brand- He suggested the decision, Maliki’s “void” accusations, Diyala, east of Baghdad. lawyer was sentenced to 15 only for expressing his opinion,” ing of their provincial capital Arbil which does not affect passenger Barzani’s spokesman said yester- But militants have also contin- years on Sunday on charges that Pillay said, noting that he was as a haven for the Sunni militants flights, was linked to Maliki’s day Maliki “has been afflicted by a ued to make gains in some places, included seeking to undermine the tried in the Specialised Penal who have seized much of north and taking control of a village in Diyala state and insulting the judiciary. Court. west Iraq. two miles east of the town of “Abu Al Khair’s case is a clear “Proceedings against human The gains by the Islamic State Muqdadiya, on a main road con- illustration of the continuing rights defenders in the Specialised and other fighters pose the grav- necting it to other towns in the trend of harassment of Saudi Penal Court, as well as in other est security challenge to Maliki’s province, a police source said. human rights defenders, several courts in Saudi Arabia, have fallen Shia-led government since the In Salahuddin province north of of whom have been convicted short of international fair trial withdrawal of US troops in 2011 Baghdad, 35 Sunni farmers have for peacefully promoting human standards,” she said. and raise the spectre of Iraq frag- been abducted in the last two days rights,” Pillay said. Harsh sentences have been menting along sectarian and eth- as they brought their produce for “I urge the Saudi authorities handed down in such cases, includ- nic lines. sale in the town of Dujail, a cousin to immediately release all human ing “long prison terms, heavy fines, Kurds exploited the turmoil to of one of the captured men and rights defenders held in connec- travel bans, as well as corporal take control of the city of Kirkuk two local officials said. tion with their peaceful advocacy punishment”, she added. and its huge oil reserves, achiev- The relative said he saw gun- of human rights,” she said. Abu Al Khair was fined 200,000 ing a long-held dream, and their men take away his cousin as he Abu Al Khair had been on Saudi riyals ($53,300), banned leader Massoud Barzani told his sat in his car nearby. trial on sedition charges that from travelling for another 15 parliament last week to prepare Militia officials and fighters included breaking allegiance to years and had all his websites a referendum on independence, backing government forces in the Custodian of the Two Holy closed down. infuriating Baghdad. Salahuddin province and around Mosques King Abdullah bin He asserts that he was subjected A senior Kurdish official said Policemen inspect a destroyed car after a car bomb attack near a police Baghdad have said they have been Abdulaziz, showing disrespect to solitary confinement, sleep dep- the four Kurdish ministers would station south of the city of Kirkuk yesterday. At least eight people were detaining Sunnis on terrorism for authorities, creating an unau- rivation and denied access to his continue running their minis- charges. thorised association and inciting lawyer and family. wounded in the attack. tries and “did not pull out from REUTERS public opinion. REUTERS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE biggest show on earth is nearing the end, with the realisation that the unexpected humiliation of the hosts has added a surprise element. Brazil’s loss Tto Germany in the first semi-final has heightened How Wall Street can make money the sense of anticipation in the tournament, which keeps fans across the world on their couches through the month it is played. The tournament had not started before it got mired in political wrangling with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on black progress in America under a cloud of protests and controversies. Brazilians fed up with joblessness and failing infrastructure would have none of the government spending billions on an event that required BY HAROLD J LOGAN dollar benefits inherent in getting chil- part of its agenda to Wall Street’s self- costly stadiums and glitzy facilities for visitors. dren into college instead of into prison. interest, it could open a new front in The underlying truth of the tournament was that it N MAY the NAACP announced I know it’s wildly counterintuitive to our battle for a firmer foothold in the vindicated Rousseff, who had always defended the decision that Cornell Brooks, 53, a lawyer, suggest any kind of link between the American mainstream. to host the World Cup. However, the tide changed after the minister and civil rights activist, black America dedicated to freedom, Aligning a financial behemoth that first semi-final. The former guerrilla leader, who launched her Iwould become its 18th president. justice and rights and Wall Street, has no moral compass with a liberation Somehow, that news did not cause a rip- which is preoccupied with stocks, bonds struggle grounded in moral rights and presidential campaign during the World Cup, probably trying ple on the Dow Jones industrial average, and commodities. But the absence of a wrongs is tricky at best. But if black to cash in on the goodwill and cheer in the country brought the Nasdaq or the Standard & Poor’s meaningful connection between them is America can link even a small part of about by the event, will start being wary about the success of 500 index. a problem and perhaps an opportunity. its agenda to Wall Street’s self-interest, her drive. Rousseff was upbeat about the prospects of Brazil Imagine Wall Street’s reaction if The problem: Black America’s irrele- it could open a new front in our battle organising the Cup, and made no secret of that by baulking at the NAACP had announced a new vance to the financial-services industry for a firmer foothold in the American her critics. programme that offered the financial- makes it impossible to use the indus- mainstream. So, baldly, my question services industry a slice of a $12 trillion try’s political and economic power to our is: Is there a way for Wall Street to That sport can also tread on political territory is slowly opportunity. That just might be enough advantage. The opportunity: to reinvig- make money — lots of money — on real becoming clear with national federations often caught to get the Street to pay attention — and orate our struggle for full participation progress for black Americans? in tangles involving the high and mighty from the ruling that kind of attention just might make in American society by finding a way to There are good reasons to believe the dispensation. In Brazil, football Brooks’ presidency matter. align at least some of our major interests answer is yes. From the perspectives of has now been caught in this According to one estimate, the life- with Wall Street’s singular and unwa- local, state and federal governments, Brazil’s mire not because of graft or the time cost to vering focus on making money. it’s significantly cheaper to invest in society of one As we grapple with racism in its 21st- the early education and child care that performance in wrongdoings of politicians but high-risk youth century form, we need 21st-century keep children out of the traps of crime, the World Cup because Rousseff has been unlucky who goes from tactics to combat it. In this century, har- teen pregnancy and dropping out of to be caught on the wrong foot. As we grapple with juvenile detention nessing the power of the market and the high school than it is to pay the down- is likely to queer Brazil’s rout at the hands of racism in its 21st- to a juvenile cor- financial-services industry that shapes stream costs of incarceration, welfare Germany certainly didn’t happen rection facility to and dominates it, should be a powerful and dependency. the pitch for century form, we an adult prison is weapon in a new arsenal of civil rights But our political system is unable to because of their stars, but because President Dilma need 21st-century $3.8m, while the and economic-empowerment strategies. grasp the opportunity to lower those the team didn’t play well, letting tactics to combat lifetime tax con- Wall Street exerts a commanding downstream costs. In part, that’s because Rousseff’s Germans do the dishonour on tribution of that influence over both Democratic and those costs are income to politically pow- it. In this century, re-election. home territory. Football is followed same youth if he Republican politicians. Bill Clinton’s erful entities — prison companies and like religion in South American harnessing the goes from a high- treasury secretary, Robert Rubin, their employees, local law-enforcement countries, more so in Brazil that power of the market quality after- worked for Goldman Sachs prior to join- agencies and others. And, in part, it’s school programme ing the administration and for Citigroup because so many local and state legis- has produced the likes of Pele. A joke about Pele went viral on and the financial- to a publicly after leaving it. George Bush’s treasury latures, and half of Congress, are con- social media after Brazil’s loss on Tuesday. In the spoof, the services industry, funded university secretary, Hank Paulson, was the former trolled by a Republican Party that is former Brazilian football star is seen disowning his country: should be a powerful for four years is chairman of Goldman Sachs. Barack actively hostile to the interests of black “Brazil…? No, my brother, I’m from Ghana.” $1m. Combining Obama’s treasury secretary, Jacob Lew, Americans. When the Brazilians lost, it was no ordinary defeat—it was weapon in a new the potential cost is a former chief operating officer at Wall Street, however, can do what the vanquishing of national pride. Fans wept and wailed in the arsenal of civil rights savings and tax Citigroup. Republicans listen to oil and the political system can’t. It can invent payments, that’s gas interests, Democrats to Hollywood, financial instruments that enable it to stadium as the country was bruised. And also was wounded strategies. a total contribu- but both parties pay attention when profit from the difference between what that aspiration which allows thousands to play a form of The tion of $4.8m per Wall Street speaks. governments plan to spend on incar- Beautiful Game in rugged lanes and sloshy grounds. youth. Multiply that by the more than And when Wall Street speaks, it’s ceration, welfare and dependency, and Neymar’s absence due to a serious injury made a difference 2.4 million Americans who are incar- always talking about one thing — money. what they’d actually spend if hundreds in performance, but the margin of German victory made cerated at this moment and you have a Wall Street exists to make money. Its of thousands of young people went to potential economic swing of nearly $12 success at that is the source of its almost college instead of prison. sure it could be attributed to lack of commitment by team trillion. unlimited political power. And it is What Wall Street wants, Wall Street members exacerbated by an inability to deal with psychological That’s an arbitrage opportunity for amoral — it does not care whether the gets. The challenge for Cornell Brooks, pressure on home turf. Wall Street. The same creativity that things it does to make money are good the NAACP and everyone else interested The fear among the Brazilian ruling class that all this is Wall Street used to invent collateralised for the greater society or whether it cre- in progress for black Americans is to going to show at the hustings is not entirely unfounded. The debt obligations in the subprime mort- ates a once-in-a-generation catastrophe make Wall Street want what’s good for Brazilian team has dealt a blow not only to its aspirations but gage frenzy could be channeled to devel- like the Great Recession. us. oping financial instruments tied to the If black America can link even a small WP-BLOOMBERG also to the political ambitions of the ruling dispensation. The other side Quote of An experiment worth trying the day EW Jersey’s Senate approved Raising the smoking age eventually that are contemplating the move. The that would equalize the tax between a raise in the legal smoking could cause a decline of 30 percent only way the measure can hurt is if it tobacco products. age from 19 to 21 last week, in adult smokers, according to one distracts policymakers from implement- In early June, when the smoking-age Npushing the groundbreaking estimate, but whether it will have such ing more proven prevention strategies, bill was still in committee, state Sen. Not only do the vast experiment in public health one step a large effect in New Jersey remains to such as higher taxes. Ronald Rice Sr., D, cast one of only two closer to fruition. The bill, which the be seen. New Jersey’s current smoking Despite New Jersey’s campaign votes against it. “I’m getting tired of folk majority of people General Assembly will consider in the age already prohibits virtually all high against smoking, some key areas still trying to tell adults what to do,” he said. have no access to the fall, would make New Jersey the first schoolers from buying cigarettes. Very need work. E-cigarettes, many of which But cigarettes, unlike some alcoholic state to prohibit the sale of tobacco few extensive case studies exist now, contain known carcinogens and whose drinks, have no health benefits and are Internet, but even products, including e-cigarettes, to but the Food and Drug Administration popularity has skyrocketed, are taxed destructive even in small doses. Exactly more surprisingly, anyone younger than 21. It is designed is due to release a report on the effect at a low rate. The cigarette tax has not what New Jersey would be depriving to cut teenage exposure to tobacco, of a 21- or 25-year-old smoking age been raised in five years; New Jersey’s its citizens of, besides a slow poison, Internet adoption is since about 90 percent of regular next year. $2.70-per-pack tax lags behind that is unclear. Rice also argued that it was smokers have their first cigarette There is no harm in trying. The of eight states. Most troubling, none unfair to ban smoking for 19- and growing by less than before turning 18. A few localities, experiment’s success could spur on the of the revenue from the tobacco tax 20-year-olds who “can buy real estate, nine percent each such as New York City and the island District of Columbia, which has a simi- goes to tobacco prevention efforts. pay state and sales taxes” and join the Mark Zuckerberg of Hawaii, already raised the age. lar bill in committee, and other states One good start would be to pass a bill military. The Washington Post year. Facebook chief executive FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Five reasons why China has no friends

interests — has further undermined its While China has ability to achieve a “peaceful rise” within the Asia-Pacific. been advocating 4) China is primarily focused on inter- nal development: While China’s behav- iour toward its neighbours has been a new regional increasingly assertive, its conduct beyond the Asia-Pacific is often transactional. security architecture The country is primarily interested in nurturing business relationships with other big countries. that would diminish To that end, China has established economic partnerships across the world the salience of — extending loans and building infra- structure in exchange for vital com- modities — paying little attention to the America’s alliances nature of the governments with which it is interacting. There is a significant gap, in the Asia-Pacific, it however, between business arrangements and durable alliances: The latter require does not appear to at least some semblance of shared values and alignment of strategic imperatives. 5) China has risen — fast: The German have reconsidered Marshall Fund’s Daniel Kliman recently compared China’s rise over a 30-year substantially its period (1982 — 2012) with that of the United States (1870 — 1900), Germany (1870 — 1900), the Soviet Union (1945- basic posture on 75), and Japan (1960-90), considering shares of global economic growth, trade alliance formation. and military spending. “In 30 years of Chinese President Xi Jinping walks past US Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew (left) and Secretary of State John Kerry as he makes his way ascent,” he concludes, China “has come to deliver a speech during the opening ceremony of the 6th China-US Security and Economic Dialogue and 5th round of China-US High farther, faster than any of the other ris- BY ALI WYNE Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing yesterday. ing powers in the comparison group.” Any rise of such magnitude is bound to n 2010, then Secretary of State It’s just one example among many of far between.” What accounts for that to democracy, capitalism and democratic arouse anxiety, especially when it occurs Hillary Rodham Clinton told a a simple fact: China has few acquaint- gap? capitalism. Still, the country remains a in the putative successor to the world’s gathering of Asian countries that ances and fewer friends. The country’s 1) History: China’s Cold War experi- one-party, authoritarian country that superpower. While China has been advo- the United States “has a national isolation is evident again in advance ence of manoeuvring between the United treats political dissidents and ethnic cating a new regional security architec- interest in freedom of navigation, of this week’s US-China Strategic and States and Soviet Union shaped its cur- minorities poorly. As long as those reali- ture that would diminish the salience of Iopen access to Asia’s maritime commons, Economic Dialogue. As ‘The Washington rent aversion to alliance formation. ties remain true, it will find it difficult, America’s alliances in the Asia-Pacific, and respect for international law in the Post’ reported: It committed to pursuing an “inde- if not impossible, to forge alliances with it does not appear to have reconsidered South China Sea.” China’s military rise, and its increas- pendent and self-reliant foreign pol- democracies. substantially its basic posture on alliance To China, those were fighting words. ingly assertive claims to sovereignty of icy of peace” in 1982 and, according to 3) Big fish, small pond: China’s millen- formation. But as Yan Xuetong (author But surprisingly, no country came to its these largely uninhabited lumps of rock, Feng Zhang, a scholar at the Australian nia-old history, imposing size (in terms of of an influential November 2011 New York defence. Instead, 12 of China’s neighbours coral and sand, have set it on a possible National University, “has consistently both population and territory), and chal- Times article “How China Can Defeat issued statements in support of Clinton’s collision course with its neighbours, who rejected alliance as a foreign-policy prin- lenging location (it has 14 neighbours) America”) and Huang Yuxing argue position. also claim various of the archipelagos, ciple, denigrating it as a relic of the Cold mean that some of its neighbours’ suspi- in “Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Incensed, Chinese Foreign Minister and with the United States, which has War unpalatable to Chinese morals.” cion is in built. Chinese Power,” “the limitations of the Yang Jiechi declared “China is a big important alliances with three of the Especially in light of the Obama But its behaviours in recent years — principle of nonalignment have already country, and other countries are small rival claimants and would be obliged to administration’s rebalance to the Asia- enforcing a self-declared maritime bor- become apparent.” countries, and that is just a fact.” defend them in case of an attack. Pacific, China has come to see America’s der that encompasses some 80 percent China may not aspire to global preemi- According to the Financial Times’s In “Still Ours to Lead,” Brookings network of alliances in the region as an of the South China Sea, applying incre- nence. But if it aspires to strategic par- Geoff Dyer: “In less than half an hour, scholar Bruce Jones notes that the United instrument for constricting its rise. mental pressure and sometimes coercion ity with the United States, it will have Yang managed to tear up more than a States “has more than fifty allies — over 2) Ideology: While it believes its val- to assert its sovereignty over disputed to become more proactive in forging decade of subtle, diligent and highly effec- a quarter of the world’s states.” China’s ues are exceptional, China is not inter- territories therein and adopting an alliances. tive Chinese diplomacy.” “strategic allies,” however, “are few and ested in posing a Soviet-style challenge increasingly elastic conception of its core WP-BLOOMBERG

Romanticising Scots does Scotland no favours No immigration reform The country has not, by and large, for Obama administration been singled out for mistreatment BY KEITH KOFFLER resident Barack Obama is self-righteously grumbling that, having been stymied by Republicans in Congress, he’ll enact or disruption. immigration reform on his own by voice vote in the West Wing. That is, via executive decree — his go-to method of governing BY MARTIN KETTLE P Ascherson then asks why dev- given his crushing lack of success on Capitol Hill. olution is now insufficient. Two But Obama’s promised executive actions will likely entomb immigra- ule one in British things have persuaded him of tion reform, which is already dead for the year, in the great sarcophagus politics, according to this. First, because the Iraq war of permanently missed opportunities that houses much of whatever it Harold Macmillan, showed that Britain was not an is Obama wanted to do or should have achieved. Rwas never to invade independent country. And sec- The demise of his immigration agenda was predictable because it Afghanistan. Writing this piece ond, because the referendum is was killed by the same incompetence and false assumptions that have I have the uneasy feeling that an all-or-nothing choice, leaving characterised his entire presidency. Sure, with an immigration fiat, in British columnar journalism independence as the only route to he’ll achieve some short-term goals. – although hopefully with less a better and fairer Scotland. The A whole new crop of poor immigrants, also known as larval-stage catastrophic consequences – rule campaign, whatever its outcome, Democratic voters, will enter the country. Pro-independence supporters take part in a march in Edinburgh, Scotland, one may be never to embark on is in any case making Scots more He’ll also have an issue he thinks will energise Democratic voters. a dispute with Neal Ascherson. independent. Its logical destina- in September 2012. Though this is problematic because it threatens to ignite Republicans Ascherson knows more, under- tion, he concludes, is an independ- into an even hotter frenzy. stands more, and has written ent Scotland. exceptionalism, which comfort- independence debate has ener- Once Obama unilaterally dictates the terms of an issue that has more about nationalism around Almost every step in this argu- ingly casts Scotland as a fun- gised Britain’s debate about itself. so engrossed the conservative base in recent weeks that it jettisoned the world than most of us will ment seems to me either wrong damentally more progressive, Obviously that is true in Scotland, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va), the anger will be such ever come close to equalling. He or open to serious challenge or more egalitarian and more social and some of that debate has been that only those seeking a swift and painless political death will touch can call upon an accumulated qualification. Did 20th-century democratic place than the rest the best revival of civic engage- immigration reform next year. hinterland of reading, encounters Scotland really go from partner of Britain, is an important and ment in these islands for many Obama’s typical default to flimsily justified “executive action” will and experience that dwarfs those to dependency? Surely not. It familiar theme of the independ- years. But it is also happening in further confirm Republicans’ genuine suspicions that he cannot be of us who have from time to time was a partner when the union ence debate. There are elements Wales and England, as it should, trusted to implement an immigration reform law as written. Think of flirted with attempting to emulate was agreed and it remains one of truth in it. But it is often exag- if not at the same level of inten- how little Obama will have done with what was to be the second great him. Plus, he is a Scot, albeit one today. Nor has Scotland become a gerated, too often allowed to pass sity. Only yesterday, a Commons issue of issue of his presidency, after health care. who basically lives in London. dependency, either in a constitu- unchallenged. committee proposed new tax- Even if he secures a Democratic succession, Obama’s “regulations” Nevertheless, after reading tional or, even more importantly, In reality, opinion polls show raising powers for English local will be challenged in the courts, which have lately shown they have no Ascherson’s summons to vote for in a national or a cultural sense. fewer fundamental differences government. The rising chorus of appetite for rubber-stamping executive fiats. Scottish independence this week, Ascherson’s belief in Scotland’s of view between Scots and other English regional complaints about With immigration reform, all the Obama weaknesses have come in an argument must be joined. For dependency rests on the argument British people than Ascherson London is another important sign. to play. He is, first and foremost, unsuited to the presidency. Unlike Ascherson is an important intel- that the entropy of modern history and his fellow idealists allow. Just Clearly, though, much more needs Presidents George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, all veteran lectual luminary in Scotland’s has reduced Scotland to a place as importantly, devolution has to be done. poles who had strong views but took a natural delight in schmoozing, existential conversation. He to which London does unwelcome long recognised Scotland’s right The problems facing Scotland charming and ultimately disarming their opponents, Obama recoils speaks for and gives encourage- things. This is to blame the Tories to decide a large range of issues today — systemic problems about from the basic work of politics. ment to many others on the pro- for the rise of China. It is true that about its own evolution anyway. balancing fairness and prosper- Obama doesn’t think conservatives particularly like immigration, independence side. His speech nations evolve internally as well as Ascherson’s reasons for dis- ity within a globalised economy that they are nativists at heart. in Glasgow a few days ago was externally. Ascherson and writers missing devolution are curious. in the post-industrial, post-labour That’s why he directed them last week in remarks made in the clearly an event, described by an such as Norman Davies have given The Iraq war was certainly a dis- movement era — are essentially Rose Garden to “remember” that immigration “makes us strong” and online admirer as “hugely signifi- masterly accounts of these cease- aster. Yet Tony Blair’s embrace of the same problems facing most “makes us Americans.” cant”. His text was immediately less processes. It is also true that George Bush’s war was as much a developed liberal democratic So he never seriously sought to lay the groundwork for a deal with reprinted in the Sunday Herald at Britain has changed massively in snub to English, Welsh and wider economies in Europe. They will the right. Because he thinks they don’t want one, that demands to seal the weekend. And his views raise Ascherson’s lifetime. But these European opinion, as it was to only be addressed, if they can be, the border are a way to avoid action. This is why Obama failed to hear issues that resonate not just in changes have transformed the Scots. Meanwhile it is simply not by democratic reforms across what conservatives were saying. Scotland but across Britain and whole of Britain. true that David Cameron’s refusal national borders, not behind They feared exactly the mass influx of illegal immigrants we are beyond. Scotland has not, by and large, to put the “devo max” option on them. The problems are not the seeing today. Conservatives asked Obama that, before considering yet In summary, Ascherson says been singled out for mistreat- the ballot paper in September fault of the British state and will another amnesty, this time we secure the border, for real. No more that during the course of the ment or disruption. Nor, in spite means that more devolution is off not be solved by breaking that amnesty followed by a new wave of illegal immigrants. 20th century, Scotland went of Scotland’s many real historic the agenda, as Ascherson implies. state up. We should have lots of immigration but not unlimited immigration. from being a partner in the differences from other parts of On the contrary, it is absolutely Scots will decide their destiny Because immigrants need time and space to be absorbed into American union with England to becom- the UK (and of the many differ- clear that further powers are for themselves, but Ascherson’s culture — even as they add beneficial aspects of their culture to ours. ing a dependency. The result was ences within Scotland itself), has likely to be devolved during the case for voting yes is more the But rather than recognise this viewpoint, Obama chooses to cast that London had an authority to it become politically or ideologi- next UK parliament, whatever product of his romantic radical his opponents as anti-immigrant, both for political gain and because which Scotland had to be obe- cally a significantly different place the result of the next general imagination than a piece of prac- he believes it. dient. Devolution mitigated the from the rest of the UK since 1950 election. tical and sustainable modern So there will almost surely be no immigration reform for Obama. authority but also undermined in the way Ascherson claims. Where Ascherson is clearly politics. The capstone he seeks for his presidency will elude him. And he has the obedience. This assertion of Scottish right, however, is that the THE GUARDIAN himself to thank for it. REUTERS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Fighting in Syria Yemen leader Bahrain oppn unveils austerity measures DUBAI: Yemen’s president leader charged unveiled a clampdown on pub- lic sector spending yesterday, including a feasibility review of state-owned companies and a ban on all but economy class over US talks travel for ministers in the impoverished country. Yemen has struggled to pay Salman had met visiting diplomat public sector salaries and finance food and energy imports, which MANAMA: Bahrain has United States is considering what has led to power cuts and fuel charged the country’s most sen- steps to take in response to the shortages as its fight against Al ior opposition leader and one of expulsion but offered no details. Qaeda militants and other rebel his aides with holding an illegal The public prosecutor said groups lays waste to state finances. meeting with a US diplomat, Salman and Marzouq were ques- “Joint private and public ven- the public prosecutor’s office tioned and then charged with tures and other economic enti- said yesterday. “contacting a representative of a ties owned by the state will be It said Al Wefaq party leader foreign government in violation reviewed for economic feasibil- Sheikh Ali Salman and his politi- of the political associations law ity,” a government statement said cal assistant, Khalil Al Marzouq, and related ministerial decisions”. late on Wednesday, describing should have obtained permission They were freed after guaran- President Abd-Rabbu Mansour before meeting Tom Malinowski, teeing their places of residence, it Hadi’s package as urgent. US Assistant Secretary of State added, without giving any further “It is difficult to put a number for Democracy, Human Rights details. on it but we expect to save billions and Labour. Al Wefaq confirmed the charges of Yemeni rials,” Mohammed Bahrain expelled Malinowski and called them unfair, saying Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters prepare to fire a mortar during what the FSA said was an offensive to take Albasha, spokesman for the earlier this week, saying he had such regulations had never been control of Al Zaalana checkpoint in Wadi Al Deif military camp, which remains under government control, in Yemeni Embassy in Washington, “intervened flagrantly” in the implemented before and no one the southern Idlib countryside. said. country’s internal affairs by had been prosecuted for them. Among the measures, recruit- holding the meeting. The United Malinowski attended a ment has been frozen for all state States has said it is “deeply con- Ramadan evening meeting of institutions, procurement of cars cerned” about his treatment and Al Wefaq on Sunday and met has been halted, and international is considering a response. Salman and an aide again at the travel for senior officials will be The incident has opened a rift US embassy on Monday. He said Kerry, ministers to join Iran talks restricted. between Washington and one of its he was asked whether they had “Government officials, including main regional allies. Bahrain hosts made specific requests of the PRAGUE: US Secretary of Earlier this week, diplomats entirely peaceful project to gener- ministers, are to be limited to a the headquarters of the US Fifth Americans, and replied that they State John Kerry and foreign close to the talks said the minis- ate electricity. The powers want maximum of four overseas trips a Fleet but has bristled at American had not. ministers from the six pow- ters may end up negotiating the Iran to significantly scale back its year,” the statement said. “State criticism over its human rights Salman and Marzouq were ers negotiating with Iran on its terms of an extension while in activities. officials are no longer permitted record since suppressing a popular interrogated at the Criminal nuclear programme will travel Vienna. The goal is to reach a deal Russia’s Foreign Ministry said to travel first or business class.” uprising in 2011. Investigations Department on to Vienna this weekend to help on curbs for Iran’s nuclear pro- yesterday the ongoing round of Hadi has been trying to stabi- In Washington, the US State Wednesday before they were break the logjam in the talks, a gramme in exchange to a gradual talks was tough but expressed lise the country for over two years, Department yesterday said it had summoned to appear at the pub- Western official said yesterday. lifting of sanctions on Tehran. hope that reaching a deal by the after political and economic tur- summoned a senior envoy from lic prosecutor’s office yesterday. “I can tell you that Kerry will be The Western official said it was deadline was possible. moil forced his predecessor to step Bahrain — the chargé d’affaires Salman said he was questioned in Vienna this weekend, probably unlikely they were going to Vienna “The discussions are extremely down. But the state’s push against of its embassy in Washington — for about half an hour, without on Saturday,” the official said on to sign an agreement, given the difficult but on the face of it there Islamic militants and rebels has on Tuesday to formally protest his lawyer, “about the content of condition of anonymity. differences between the parties on is some progress,” Russian spokes- sparked attacks on oil pipelines Malinowski’s expulsion. the (embassy) meeting and what Kerry had bilateral meetings the acceptable scope of Tehran’s man Alexander Lukashevich told that are crucial to obtaining up to “We look to the Government was discussed at it.” scheduled with fellow ministers future enrichment programme. a news conference. “We hope to 70 percent of state revenues. of Bahrain to take actions con- A court in Bahrain last month on Sunday, he said. Another Western diplomat work out a final text of the agree- Yemen earned just $671m from sistent with our strong bilateral cleared Marzouq of terrorism Iran and the powers — the said: “Things have been moving ment — despite all the difficulties exporting crude oil in January- relationship. We also look to all charges. United States, France, Germany, but there are still wide gaps and — by the July 20 deadline.” May, nearly 40 percent less than sides to recommit themselves The Gulf island kingdom is Britain, Russia and China — aim they need to be narrowed down. Iranian Supreme Leader in the same period last year. to the reconciliation process, ruled by a Sunni Muslim royal to reach a long-term deal to end This is what needs to happen in Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on The Sanaa government will cre- which remains the focus of our family, but the majority of its pop- the decade-old stand-off by a July the next days.” Tuesday Iran would need to boost ate a military unit from its special diplomatic engagement,” State ulation are Shias, whose political 20 deadline. Many diplomats and The West believes Iran has its uranium enrichment capacity forces to help combat tax and cus- Department spokeswoman Jen leaders have demanded demo- analysts believe an extension may been seeking to develop nuclear in the long term, underlining a gap toms evasion in a country awash Psaki said in a statement. cratic reforms. be needed in view of the wide gaps capability to make bombs. Iran in positions. with weapons, the statement said. Psaki previously has said the REUTERS in negotiating positions. says its nuclear programme is an REUTERS REUTERS

Erdogan rival launches campaign Turkey passes US slaps sanctions on ISTANBUL: The main rival of told reporters in Istanbul. our youth, whose eyes glisten bill to aid Kurdish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip “Disrespect hurts everyone in with love, as ‘looters’. We need to peace talks Erdogan in Turkey’s presidential society. That’s why if I am elected establish a dialogue with them, not firm with Hezbollah ties election launched his campaign president, I will try to heal deep marginalise them,” he added. ANKARA: Turkey’s parlia- yesterday, positioning himself as wounds in terms of respecting Ihsanoglu has also unveiled ment yesterday approved a legal WASHINGTON: The United Treasury said. Washington also a unifying figure against a dan- each other,” he added. his campaign logo — a Turkish framework for peace talks with States yesterday imposed finan- targeted the company’s six sub- gerously polarising opponent. Ihsanoglu criticised the brutal map represented as a wheat field Kurdish militants in an impor- cial sanctions on a Lebanese sidiaries, including Unique Stars Seeking to make clear the dif- police crackdown against anti-gov- shaped like a hunk of bread — a tant step towards ending a consumer electronics company, Mobile Phones LLC in Dubai and ferences between himself and the ernment protesters that sparked traditional symbol of co-existence three-decade insurgency. saying it purchased supplies Stars International Ltd in China. premier, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is last year’s unrest that left eight in Turkey. Turkey began peace talks with used to develop military drones The sanctions freeze any assets urging voters in the August 10 poll people dead and thousands injured. “Ekmeleddin, for bread,” reads jailed Kurdish militant leader for the militant Hezbollah held by the companies, the Amhaz to unite behind him after a tur- The protests began as a local Ihsanoglu’s campaign slogan, play- Abdullah Ocalan in 2012, in an movement. brothers or three others sanc- bulent year that saw the country movement to stop Istanbul’s Gezi ing in Turkish on the similarity effort to end a 30-year-old insur- Stars Group Holding secretly tioned, under US jurisdiction and divide between Erdogan’s pious Park from being razed but quickly between the candidate’s first name gency which has killed 40,000 bought electronics in the United forbid Americans from dealing supporters and the secular seg- blew up into wider nationwide and the Turkish word for bread, people. States, Canada and Europe to with the firms. ments of society. demonstrations against Erdogan’s “Ekmek”. Until now, however, there have help Hezbollah make drones for Washington considers A veteran diplomat but inexpe- perceived authoritarianism. Born in Cairo to Turkish been few legal provisions for military activities in Syria and to Hezbollah a terrorist group and rienced politician, Ihsanoglu has The premier had branded parents, 70-year-old Ihsanoglu negotiating with Ocalan’s banned conduct surveillance operations in has sought to persuade allies to considerable distance to make demonstrators “extremists” and stepped down in December as Kurdistan Workers’ Party — Israel, the US Treasury said in a adopt the same label, in part by up on Erdogan, a famously tough “looters” seeking to topple his head of the Organisation of Islamic labelled a terrorist organisation by statement. highlighting what it says are ille- campaigner who has already begun government. Cooperation. the Turkish authorities, European The company is based in Beirut gal or destabilising actions car- holding mass rallies attended by “The young people who went The soft-spoken intellectual is Union and United States. and is owned and operated by ried out by the group beyond thousands of supporters. to the park on the first day were seen as a reconciliatory and mod- The new law will shield from brothers Kamel Mohamad Amhaz Lebanon’s borders. “I am the presidential candi- great patriots. If the government erate figure. A devout Muslim, prosecution those involved in dis- and Issam Mohamad Amhaz, the REUTERS date of all parties. I am not close had chosen dialogue over tear gas Ihsanoglu is tasked with winning arming and reintegrating Kurdish to one party more than any other. or sticks, we wouldn’t have expe- votes from the ruling Justice and rebels, as well as giving legal pro- I’ll be the president of everyone: rienced so much suffering,” said Development’s Party’s tradition- tection to meetings aimed at end- workers, drivers, the youth, the Ihsanoglu. ally pious electorate. ing the bloodshed. women, the oppressed,” Ihsanoglu “I wouldn’t let anyone describe AFP REUTERS Hackers disrupt voter Ramadan prayers UN foreign staff in registration in Tunisia TUNIS: Hackers briefly dis- The registration process, which Libya evacuated rupted the online voter reg- began on June 23 and is due to fin- TRIPOLI: The United Nations istration process for Tunisia’s ish on July 22, has so far seen just has evacuated dozens of foreign parliamentary and presidential over 100,000 people added to the staff from its mission in Libya polls later this year, the electoral electoral list. due to a deteriorating security commission said yesterday. About eight million Tunisians situation in the North African The commission announced on are eligible to vote in the upcoming country, a UN spokesman said its Facebook page that registration polls, but only half that number yesterday. on the Internet or by SMS was registered in 2011 for the first “They will return if the security temporarily suspended following election after the revolution that situation improves,” said Samir “an aggressive attack from a group toppled a decades-old dictator- Ghattas, spokesman for the UN of electronic hackers seeking to ship and sparked similar uprisings Support Mission in Libya. prevent citizens from registering.” across the region. Libya has been in a state of The body charged with organis- To encourage participation this near constant turmoil for three ing the vote, known by its acro- time, Isie made it possible to reg- years, with successive govern- nym Isie, said the whole team ister on the Internet or by SMS, ments struggling for legitimacy was working on the problem “to as well as at by turning up at des- and unable to tame various armed allow registration to resume in the ignated offices. groups that helped overthrow vet- shortest possible time.” After months of political wran- eran ruler Muammar Gaddafi in It later said the online registra- gling, Tunisia’s parliament last 2011 but are now defying state tion process had resumed, while month approved October 26 as the authority. warning that “the hacking attacks date for the legislative election and Ghattas gave no specific secu- are still going on.” November 23 for a first round of rity reason for the evacuation. Muslims pray during Taraweeh, a traditional prayer during Ramadan, at the Al Azhar Mosque in Cairo yesterday. Voters enrolling at designated the presidential poll. REUTERS offices were not affected. AFP FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 UK moves to CIA station chief in Berlin expelled keep email, Spying on one’s allies a waste of energy, says Merkel as row escalates phone data BERLIN: Germany yesterday about the activities of the US US National Security Agency The folders, the contents of minister, acknowledged that trans- expelled the CIA station chief secret services in Germany,” said (NSA) — pointedly reminded which were transferred digitally atlantic intelligence cooperation for security in Berlin in an escalating row Seibert. the United States that security via a USB stick, were thought had foiled terrorist threats in the over alleged spying by the US “The government takes these “depends on trust” between allies. to contain instructions from past. But he said this did not mean that has opened the worst diplo- developments very seriously,” he Her finance minister, Wolfgang Merkel’s office to the head of the “the Americans may recruit third- LONDON: Britain said yester- matic rift in years between the added amid the worst Berlin- Schaeuble, was far more outspo- BND and an overview of the agen- rate people” in Germany as their day that it would rush through Western allies. Washington falling-out since the ken, fuming that “so much stupid- cy’s network of overseas posts, Die secret sources, according to public emergency legislation to force The expulsion comes after two 2003 US invasion of Iraq. News ity (by the US) just makes you Welt daily reported. broadcaster Phoenix. telecoms companies to retain suspected US spy cases were site Spiegel Online called the want to cry”. “That’s why the chancellor is customers’ data for a year, say- uncovered in less than a week in move a “diplomatic earthquake”. In the latest case, German BETRAYAL OF TRUST ‘not amused’,” he added, using ing the move was vital to pro- Germany, where anger still sim- It pointed out that such measures police on Wednesday searched the While German politicians across the English phrase for Merkel’s tect national security following mers over the NSA surveillance were usually reserved for “pariah Berlin-area home and office of a party lines have deplored the cov- response. Merkel later said that a decision by Europe’s top court. scandal sparked by revelations states” such as North Korea. man who, local media reported, ert activities as a betrayal of trust “common sense tells us that spy- Communication companies had from fugitive intelligence contrac- There are few precedents for is a German defence ministry by Washington, the German for- ing on one’s allies... is a waste of been required to retain data for tor Edward Snowden. such dramatic measures between employee accused of passing eign ministry has twice discussed energy. We have so many prob- 12 months under a 2006 European “The representative of the Nato members. Among the latest secrets to the United States. the case with the US ambassador lems that we should, in my view, Union directive which was thrown US intelligence services at the was France’s decision in 1995 to The case followed news last in Berlin in recent days. focus on the essentials.” out in April by the European embassy of the United States of send home several US officials for Friday that a 31-year-old German Defence Minister Ursula von The chancellor said she saw “a Court of Justice which said it America has been told to leave spying on its territory. BND foreign intelligence service der Leyen, known as a champion very different approach” on both infringed human rights. Germany,” German government The White House refused to operative had been arrested on of close US ties, said it was right sides of the Atlantic “as to what The scrapping of the directive spokesman Steffen Seibert said. comment. But the US embassy suspicion of having sold over 200 Berlin had “today sent a very the job of the intelligence services could deprive police and intelli- The step was highly unusual in Berlin and the US National documents to the CIA. clear signal that it will no longer is... after the end of the Cold War”. gence agencies of access to infor- among Nato allies and underlined Security Council both stressed The documents provided by the tolerate this kind of breach of She mentioned common threats mation about who customers Berlin’s anger. that it was “essential” that security BND mole reportedly included trust and that we need a fresh for the allies, such as the Syria contacted by phone, text or email, The official request to leave was cooperation continue as “it keeps papers on a German parliamen- start with each other”. conflict, and said effectively deal- and where and when, the British based on two probes by German Germans and Americans safe”. tary panel that is probing the Interior Minister Thomas de ing with them “depends on trust coalition government said. prosecutors of suspected US spy- German Chancellor Angela NSA’s mass surveillance activities Maiziere said the benefits of the between allies ... More trust can Such information had been ing “as well as outstanding ques- Merkel — whose mobile phone and the extent of German coop- alleged US spying were question- mean more security.” used by the security services in tions over the last several months was in the past targeted by the eration in the snooping. able. Schaeuble, a former interior AFP every counter-terrorism investi- gation in the last decade, and it was vital these powers were not compromised when there was growing concern over Britons travelling to Iraq and Syria to British public sector join militant Islamist groups, the government added. Prime Minister David Cameron stressed the emergency law would workers strike only restore existing powers and enshrine them in law, ensuring investigations would not be ham- pered and giving protection to the over ‘poverty pay’ telecom firms from possible legal challenges. LONDON: Hundreds of thou- the North East, Wales and East The measures would not give sands of public sector work- Midlands where most council the authorities any new powers to ers including teachers, council offices had closed, while more access Britons’ personal data or the workers and firefighters staged than 60 picket lines have closed content of their calls or emails, he a 24-hour pay strike yesterday most services in Newcastle. added. “No government introduces in a stoppage that has prompted “It is a massive decision by local fast track legislation lightly. But Prime Minister David Cameron government and school support the consequences of not acting are to pledge a crackdown on union workers to sacrifice a day’s pay grave,” Cameron said. powers. by going on strike, but today they “I want to be very clear that we Protesters marched through are saying enough is enough,” said are not introducing new powers the streets of many of Britain’s Unison General Secretary, Dave or capabilities - that is not for this main cities in one of the biggest Prentis in a statement. Parliament. This is about restor- co-ordinated labour stoppages for “The majority of strikers are ing two vital measures ensuring three years. low paid, mainly women workers, that our law enforcement and Denouncing what they called who have endured a three year pay intelligence agencies maintain “poverty pay,” they demanded an freeze and are protesting over this the right tools to keep us all safe.” end to restrictions on wage rises year’s miserly one percent offer.” The emergency security legisla- that have been imposed by the Britain’s coalition government tion, which has the support of all government over the past four has enforced a policy of pay three major parties, will include a years in an effort to help reduce restraint for public sector work- People hold inflatable scissors as they take part in a march and rally in central London yesterday. termination clause meaning it will Britain’s huge budget deficit. ers since coming to power in 2010, expire in 2016, forcing lawmakers The biggest public sector union imposing a pay freeze until 2012 parliament he planned to limit in the number of union members of just 27 percent, Cameron said. to look at the measures in detail involved, Unison, said early reports and then a one percent pay rise unions’ powers to call strikes. who need to take part in a strike The issue of minimum voting again before then. showed the strike had lead to 3,225 cap, resulting in a fall in income “How can it possibly be right ballot for it to be legal. thresholds last arose three months The measures come in the school closures with more than in real terms. for our children’s education to be The manifesto could also back ago when a strike by London wake of revelations by former US 1,000 others partially closed. The Cabinet Office played down disrupted by trade unions acting the introduction of a time limit on Underground train drivers caused intelligence contractor Edward Refuse collectors, school the impact of the strike, saying in this way” he said. Tough new how long a vote in favour of indus- huge disruption in the capital, Snowden about the British support staff, cleaners, street that most schools in England and laws would be proposed in the trial action would remain valid. prompting Mayor Boris Johnson authorities’ snooping activities, sweepers, care workers, nursery Wales were open and that fire Conservative manifesto for next The National Union of Teachers to demand that at least half of a and privacy campaigners said assistants and social workers services were operating through- year’s general election, he added. (NUT) mandate for yesterday’s union’s members should vote in they were worried about the were joining the strike, it added. out the country. These would include the intro- strike, for example, came from a favour for a strike to go ahead. implications of the new law. Hot spots, it said, included On Wednesday, Cameron told duction of a minimum threshold 2012 strike ballot based on a turnout REUTERS REUTERS Texas man charged with capital World’s cities to add 2.5 billion people by 2050: UN murder for shooting six dead SPRING, TEXAS: A Texas man was charged with capital murder UNITED NATIONS: More from rural to urban areas, and the percent of the projected growth in Sixteen of those are in Asia, four yesterday after appearing at the house of his estranged wife’s rela- than half of the world’s seven bil- overall positive growth rate of the the next three decades, with India in Latin America, three each in tives disguised as a FedEx driver and gunning down a married cou- lion people live in urban areas, world’s population, which is pro- adding 404 million city residents, Africa and Europe, and two in ple and four of their children, authorities said. Ronald Lee Haskell, with the top “mega cities” — with jected to continue over the next China 292 million, and Nigeria 212 Northern America. Tokyo is the 33, was being held without bond since his arrest on Wednesday more than 10 million inhabitants 35 years,” John Wilmoth, director million, by 2050. world’s most populous city with night after the shooting in the Houston suburb of Spring, they — being Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, of the Population Division in the The key challenge for these 38 million inhabitants, followed said. “Haskell was married to a relative of the victims,” said Mark Mexico City and Sao Paulo, UN’s Department of Economic countries will be to provide basic by Delhi with 25 million, Shanghai Herman, the assistant chief deputy for the Harris County Constable according to a United Nations and Social Affairs said. services like education, health care, with 23 million and Mexico City, Precinct 4 office said. The suspect was chased by police through the report yesterday. Indeed, urbanisation, combined housing, infrastructure, transpor- Mumbai and Sao Paulo, each with residential area of tree-lined streets about 40km north of Houston That proportion is expected with overall population growth, tation, energy and employment for around 21 million people. before he was trapped on a dead end and surrendered after a four- to jump, so that more than six will boost the number of people in their growing urban populations. Meanwhile, the world’s rural hour standoff. The children killed were two boys aged 4 and 14 and billion people will be city dwell- cities by 2.5 billion over the next The world’s urban population population, which is now close to two girls ages 7 and 9, the sheriff’s office said. A 15-year-old girl ers by 2045, the UN’s World three decades, with much of that has grown so rapidly that while 3.4 billion, is expected to reach its was also shot and was hospitalised in critical condition. The Harris Urbanisation Prospects report growth in developing countries, in 1990, there were only ten mega peak by 2020, after which it will County District Clerk identified the adult victims as Katie Stay and said. The jump will be driven by especially in Asia and Africa. India, cities, today there are nearly three decline to 3.1 billion by 2050. Stephen Stay. Haskell was charged with capital murder and multi- a “preference of people to move China and Nigeria will make up 37 times as many — 28 worldwide. REUTERS ple murders. Capital murder can carry the death penalty in Texas. Eastern push may last another month: Kiev

OLENIVKA: Ukraine warned yesterday that its offensive against pro-Russian insurgents may last another month and Apartheid assassin refused parole rejected calls for a ceasefire as it moved tanks to within striking distance of the rebels’ two remaining strongholds. Witnesses saw PRETORIA: Apartheid-era assassin Masutha said that De Kock had “certainly heavy armoured vehicles fan out across the rolling corn and sun- Eugene de Kock, a police colonel known as made progress” in jail and that he could try flower fields of the economically-vital rustbelt. A vast column of “Prime Evil”, was refused parole yesterday again for parole within a year. De Kock is one of tanks and military vehicles arrived in the area on Wednesday in after serving 20 years in prison. a handful of apartheid-era officials prosecuted an apparent push to surround Donetsk and the neighbouring city “I have not approved parole at this stage,” after being refused amnesty by the Truth and of Lugansk, also controlled by the separatists. The Ukrainian South African Justice Minister Michael Reconciliation Commission, which was set up in military said three servicemen had been killed and 27 wounded Masutha said. De Kock was sentenced to two 1995 to consider amnesty for those who openly in the previous 24 hours. Two died when their armoured vehicle terms of life imprisonment plus 212 years for confessed their crimes during apartheid. hit one of the numerous land mines the separatists have planted murder and other crimes as head of a police In chilling testimony before the commission, to ward off Kiev’s relentless advance. Fears of an all-out assault death squad targeting anti-apartheid activists. De Kock turned on his former commanders on the two densely populated centres have redoubled European Masutha said a key reason why De Kock and returned to the theme in his amnesty efforts to force Kiev to negotiate truce terms that could help would not be paroled was that the families application. “I am the only member of the calm the most explosive East-West standoff in Europe since of the victims had not been consulted. “I am South African Police Service that is serving a A file photo taken on July 21, 1998 in Pretoria the Cold War. Kiev paints the insurgency as a proxy war being of the view that it is fair and in the interests sentence for crimes which I had committed as shows Eugene de Kock, who was sentenced to waged by Russian President Vladimir Putin in reprisal for the of the victims and the broader community part of the National Party’s attempt to uphold 289 years imprisonment and life sentence for 87 February ouster of an allied administration and the collapse of that the families of the victims are afforded apartheid and fight the liberation movements,” crimes, being guarded by a prison warder at the his dream to fold Ukraine into a powerful new post-Soviet bloc. an opportunity to participate in the parole De Kock said in an affidavit supporting his Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing. AGENCIES consideration process,” he said. parole application. AFP FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Widodo warns against Flood, havoc as typhoon hits Japan vote-tampering JAKARTA: The man most Neoguri likely to reach Fukushima nuclear power plant areas; over 190 flights cancelled likely elected Indonesia’s new president warned yesterday TOKYO: Typhoon Neoguri forecast to make a landfall on against tampering with ballots slammed into the Japanese Honshu today. ahead of a final count of votes mainland yesterday bringing The storm’s ferocity slowed later this month. widespread flooding, ripping somewhat overnight, now packing Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, named trees from their roots and leav- gusts of up to 126 kilometres per the winner of Wednesday’s dis- ing houses half-buried under hour as it moved east-northeast puted election by several non- mud, as tens of thousands were at 45 kilometres per hour. partisan pollsters who have been urged to seek shelter. Nearly 50 people have been accurate in the past, also displayed The storm, which has left sev- injured in the wake of the storm, fledgling presidential credentials eral people dead and a string of officials and reports said, while at a news conference, condemning damage in its wake, caused havoc as many as five deaths have been Israel’s Gaza offensive. in many small communities as directly or indirectly linked to the Both Jokowi and rival candi- residents struggled to keep waves typhoon. date, former general Prabowo of dirty water from destroying The Japanese weather agency Subianto, claimed victory in the their homes. forecasts the typhoon to become election, the closest ever such More than 500 houses in sev- a tropical storm this afternoon. contest in the world’s third big- eral prefectures were flooded due More than 190 flights were gest democracy. to the typhoon and heavy rain, cancelled while the government The Elections Commission is according to the disaster manage- was expected to hold a disaster- to announce the official result ment agency, with about 490,000 management meeting over how around July 22. households urged to seek shelter. to protect against the force of “We ask everyone’s coopera- “Water kept gushing into the nature. tion to now safeguard the elec- house no matter how hard we The typhoon is likely to reach tion result from July 9 until the tried to pour it out. We kept areas near the tsunami-crippled official result by (the Elections shoving out water all night,” said Fukushima nuclear power plant Commission)... I would to ask eve- a woman in northern Yamagata this morning. ryone not to taint the sincerity of Prefecture, where humid air “We are tying up cables and Indonesian society’s aspirations in brought by the typhoon caused hoses... and making sure cranes the election,” he told reporters, a huge downpours. and booms don’t fall,” a company Buildings and bridges damaged by a landslide caused by heavy rains due to Typhoon Neoguri in Nagiso town, clear reference to fears of tam- Officials warned over the risk spokesman said. Nagano prefecture, yesterday. pering with the votes cast. of flooding and landslides as pow- “We will also beef up patrols Prabowo has accused his oppo- erful winds and torrential rain in areas where water could flow nent of jumping the gun by claim- batter the archipelago nation, in,” he said. after the worst atomic crisis in a rushed there,” late Wednesday, a sight as it was the first time I’ve ing victory before the final count. with local authorities urging half The storm’s massive downpours generation. local police official said. seen something like that,” he said. The quick counts are conducted a million people to seek shelter in present an extra headache for the Rivers and creeks were flooded “They pulled a mother and her By yesterday morning, police by private agencies approved by Okinawa earlier in the week. plant where workers are locked in in Honshu, with a mudslide swal- three children out of mud and and municipal officials said two the Elections Commission which Neoguri hit the mainland yes- a daily struggle to contain huge lowing a house and killing a rubble... but a boy, 12, was con- elderly men were found dead in collate actual vote tallies as they terday morning near Akune City amounts of contaminated water 12-year-old boy who was inside. firmed dead at hospital,” he said. irrigation ditches in the north- come out of each district. The on the southern main island of -- used to keep the destroyed The giant wave of muddy A middle-aged man in the town eastern and southwestern part of results however are unofficial. Kyushu, which is home to 13 mil- reactors cool -- as well as tainted water was caught on a dramatic told public broadcaster NHK that the country. On Wednesday night, President lion people and lies next to the groundwater leaking into the sea. government video played repeat- he went out to see a river in the A 62-year-old man knocked Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged country’s biggest island of Honshu The plant’s operator is cur- edly during round-the-clock news neighbourhood late Wednesday as off his boat in rough waters in both candidates to keep their sup- where major cities including rently building an “ice wall” -- coverage. he heard what sounded like “an southwestern Kochi Prefecture, porters in check during the ago- Tokyo and Osaka are located. freezing the ground around the “Upon receiving an emergency earthquake.” while NHK said an 81-year-old nising wait for the official result. The typhoon had crossed plant -- to solve the groundwater call on a mudslide in Nagiso “I saw rocks nearly two metres fisherman died in Kumamoto pre- REUTERS Kyushu by late morning and was problem, more than three years Town, police and paramedics big rolling down... I cringed at the fecture on Kyushu. AFP

Philippines arrests 44 from China, Taiwan in Internet fraud Myanmar jails five reporters MANILA: Forty-two The scammers would allegedly The suspects were arrested in a were unlikely to be prosecuted in trial at home, Fabro added. Taiwanese and two Chinese convince their victims that their series of raids in the central city the Philippines. Such scams involving people suspects were arrested in the bank accounts were being used of Iloilo on Wednesday by a police But she said the authorities from Taiwan and China operating for 10 years Philippines over a complex for money-laundering and that anti-cybercrime unit and immi- were now boosting their anti- in the Philippines have become Internet scam targeting compa- their assets could be protected if gration bureau agents. cybercrime capabilities. increasingly common in recent YANGON: A Myanmar court triots back home, police said. they transferred all their money The law enforcers were aided “But we have more teeth and years. “We can see an increasing yesterday sentenced five jour- The suspects -- who posed as to accounts owned by the fraud- by an official of Taiwan’s cultural we hope more of them will be trend in cybercrimes like this nalists to a decade in prison police officers, prosecutors, judges sters, police added. office in Manila, it said. apprehended soon,” she said. scam,” warned Fabro. with hard labour over a news- and anti-money laundering offi- “The syndicates... usually go The two Chinese suspects The suspects will eventually be Since 2012, the Philippines has paper report alleging that a cials -- cheated people from to the Philippines as tourists were “caught in the act of engag- deported to China and Taiwan deported hundreds of Taiwanese military facility was producing Taiwan and China out of their and rent houses in posh (hous- ing with their would-be victims respectively but the “digital evi- and Chinese for taking part in chemical weapons, their lawyer money by claiming they could ing projects)” where they set up abroad,” said Senior Inspector dence” of their crimes will be such rackets, usually targeting said. safeguard their cash, a police their illegal operations, a police Joanna Fabro, adding that gathered by Philippine investiga- the elderly in Taiwan and China. The reporters for the Unity statement said. statement said. scammers often believed they tors to be used when they face AFP Weekly News were jailed by a court in central Magway region under the former junta-run coun- Cambodia ceremony try’s official secrets act, amid concerns that Myanmar is back- sliding on press freedoms. Chinese fish farmer freed “All five journalists were sen- tenced to 10 years imprisonment,” said lawyer Wah Win Maung, who after Malaysia kidnapping is acting on behalf of four of the men. “This verdict is legally wrong. KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese the coast. The area, which is just We will appeal,” he said after the fish farm manager who was kid- a short boat ride away from the verdict was handed down. napped in May has been released southern Philippines, is world- The jailed men, who include amid a spate of abductions in renowned for its pristine dive the chief executive of the Unity Malaysia by gunmen based in the sites but has seen a string of Weekly News, were arrested in Philippines, police said yesterday. violent kidnappings. February just days after the arti- Yang Zai Lin, believed to have This week Malaysia revamped cle was published. been held by militants from the a special security zone set up It alleged that the country’s Abu Sayyaf group, has been freed along the coast, putting police in military was operating a chemi- and will return to China, federal charge of cracking down on the cal weapons factory in the town police chief Khalid Abu Bakar was worsening crime. of Pauk in Magway, under the quoted by The Star as saying. The security zone was set up last instructions of former strongman Khalid confirmed the report, year after Islamic guerrillas from junta chief Than Shwe. but declined to comment further. the southern Philippines staged Myanmar’s military ruled the The 34-year-old was seized a bloody assault in the area. But country with an iron fist for near Lahad Datu in eastern Sabah Malaysian security forces have nearly five decades, banning dis- state on Borneo island on May 6, failed to prevent the attacks. sent and imprisoning critics and Cambodians offer food to Buddhist monks outside the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh yesterday. Cambodia will despite stepped-up security along AFP journalists. AFP hold a three-day ceremony to enshrine the remains of king Norodom Sihanouk in the stupa in the Silver pagoda compound inside the palace. S Korea condemns North’s missile tests Bangladesh bans marriages for Rohingya Muslim refugees SEOUL: South Korea yester- ministry spokesman Kim Min- monitored by North Korean intention to continue the tests, day condemned a series of mis- Seok said. leader Kim Jong-Un, who was despite protests from Seoul DHAKA: Bangladesh said yesterday it has barred official mar- sile launches by nuclear-armed UN resolutions bar the North quoted by the official KCNA news and Tokyo. One of the previ- riages between its nationals and Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya North Korea as a “serious prov- from conducting any ballistic mis- agency as urging all missile units ous launches was hailed by the refugees, whom it claims are attempting to wed to gain citizenship. ocation” that threatened stabil- sile tests. to maintain heightened combat North’s state media as that of a Law minister Syed Anisul Haque said he had ordered marriage reg- ity on the peninsula. Wednesday’s test was “unu- readiness. new “cutting-edge” guided missile istrars not to officiate any unions between Bangladeshis and Rohingyas The South’s defence ministry sual,” the spokesman said, because Previous tests had preceded marking a “breakthrough” in the and between Rohingyas, thousands of whom have fled to Bangladesh. expressed particular concern the missiles were fired from a Chinese President Xi Jinping’s country’s military capabilities. He said Rohingyas try to use the wedding certificate to gain over the launch Wednesday of sensitive location close to the state visit to South Korea, and North Korea is not known to Bangladeshi passport and other documents, while Rohingyas who two short-range ballistic missiles demilitarised zone (DMZ) which were seen by some analysts as a have a tactical guided missile capa- marry Bangladeshis could automatically qualify for citizenship. from a front-line base near the has bisected the peninsula since show of pique at his decision to bility, but analysis of a recent prop- “By registering their marriage in Bangladesh they try to prove that western section of the heavily the 1950-53 Korean war ended in visit Seoul before Pyongyang. aganda film suggested it may have they’re Bangladeshi citizens,” he said. guarded border. a fragile armistice. China is North Korea’s sole acquired a variant of a Russian “We’ve told marriage registers not to list any marriage of Rohingyas “We see the recent series of “It appeared to be aimed at major ally, but while Xi has met cruise missile, the KH-35. and between Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in Bangladesh.” North Korean missile launches delivering a message... that South four times with South Korean In between the launches, the Law Ministry spokesman Abdullah Al Shahin said marriage reg- as a serious provocation toward Korea could be the target of sur- President Park Geun-Hye he North has extended a number of istrars had been warned of punitive action if they officiate any such South Korea and the interna- prise attacks by North Korean has yet to sit down with North apparent olive branches to the marriages. tional community as it endangers ballistic missiles anytime and Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. South, including a proposal for There are around 300,000 Rohingyas in Bangladesh’s southern stability on the Korean peninsula from any place,” Kim said. As Xi arrived in Seoul on July both sides to halt all provocative coastal districts bordering Myanmar who have fled alleged persecu- and violates UN resolutions,” The test was personally 3, Pyongyang announced its military activity. AFP tion in the Buddhist-majority nation since the 1990s. AFP FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Drone kills 6 rebels in military offensive Army seizes control of 80pc of Miranshah town

MIRANSHAH: Missiles from offensive to bring under control the region’s commander, said the a US drone slammed into a mud 80 percent of Miranshah, North military’s sprawling headquarters. house and killed six suspected Waziristan’s main town. “But with the operation, 80 militants in Pakistan’s rugged The region, the base of some percent of Miranshah and the northwest yesterday, officials of the country’s most feared Al adjoining areas has been cleared.” said, as the Pakistani military Qaeda linked terrorists, has been The army launched the offen- said it had seized control of 80 sealed off and there is no way to sive after months of failed nego- percent of a key town from the verify the military’s accounts or tiations between the government Taliban. casualty figures. But the pres- and the militants, punctuated by Drone strikes in Pakistan ence of many senior officers dur- Taliban attacks. A brazen assault resumed after a six-month hiatus, ing the tour suggested that the last month on the airport in the days before the military launched army had secured broad control southern city of Karachi killed 34. an air campaign on June 15 to over the area. The army responded by dis- drive Pakistani Taliban militants Reporters were led through patching fighters to bomb sus- out of the remote border region sites ranging from dingy two- pected militant hideouts in North of North Waziristan. room shops to large buildings Waziristan. It ordered the region’s Yesterday’s strike in the Datta piled high with cylinders and entire civilian population - esti- Khel district killed six militants explosives, all described as work- mated at about half a million - Pakistani soldiers patrol through a destroyed bazaar during a military operation against Taliban militants in the and injured two, security officials places to manufacture bombs. to leave and pushed on with a main town of Miranshah in North Waziristan on Wednesday. said. The site of the strike was Also on display was a complex ground offensive on June 30. about 45 kilometres west of the of a couple of dozen rooms with a Pakistan’s army had previ- regional capital of Miranshah, courtyard, described as a training ously operated strictly within its 400 militants have been killed and Khan said the insurgents, checkposts to seal off their move- near the Afghan border. site for suicide bombers. Miranshah headquarters. The 130 injured, the military’s public many of them ethnic Uzbeks ments,” he said. “We have found A senior officer took report- “North Waziristan had trans- rest of the city, including homes, relations wing said. Twenty-four and Chinese Uighurs as well as 11 (bomb) factories in Miranshah ers on a tour of the region on formed into a hub and safe haven schools, shops and even hospitals, soldiers had been killed and 19 indigenous fighters, were on the alone and 23,000kg of explosive Wednesday to underscore what for terrorists of all colours and was under Taliban control. injured. The extent of civilian defensive. material. the military says is a successful creeds,” General Zafarullah Khan, Since the air operation began, casualties is unclear. “We have set up 250 military REUTERS Kerry faces uphill battle to defuse Afghan poll stand-off

KABUL: US Secretary of State to pick a successor to President have threatened to set up an mediation efforts, while Abdullah, it is very difficult to solve this Abdullah’s camp, angry with John Kerry will arrive to a scep- Hamid Karzai has run into a alternative administration. who has alleged widespread problem.” Ghani’s lead in the vote, ha tical audience in Afghanistan deadlock between two leading Kerry is expected to arrive in fraud in the vote, welcomes the The United States, threatened to announce its own this week to try to resolve a candidates, Abdullah Abdullah the Afghan capital Kabul today to initiative. Afghanistan’s biggest foreign parallel government, a dangerous deepening crisis over a disputed and Ashraf Ghani. try to mediate between the feud- “I don’t know what he can do,” donor, is in the process of with- prospect for Afghanistan, already presidential election which has Preliminary results from the ing camps, according to Abdullah, said Abbas Noyan, a spokesman drawing its forces from the split along ethnic lines. stirred ethnic tensions in the June 14 second-round run-off although US officials have not for Ghani’s camp. “Secretary country after 12 years of fight- In a clear warning to Abdullah, fragile country. put Ghani, a former World Bank confirmed the trip. Kerry is cur- Kerry will come and talk with ing Taliban insurgents, and it Kerry said this week Washington Afghanistan has plunged into official, in the lead with 56.4 per- rently in neighbouring China. both candidates and see what he is unclear what leverage Kerry would withdraw financial and political chaos in recent months cent of the vote, but Abdullah has Ghani’s camp, confident in can do. I don’t think he has a road would have in resolving deep- security support if anyone tried to as a protracted election process rejected the count and his aides its victory, is wary of Kerry’s plan for this. Without a road map seated rivalries. take power illegally. REUTERS

Police graduation

Afghan security officials take oath during their graduation ceremony in Nangarhar yesterday. Foreign combat troops are set to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 after handing over security responsibilities to Afghan forces. Afghan raids kill PML-N: Govt, army 33 militants KABUL: At least 33 Taliban relations improving militants were killed and 20 were injured in military opera- ISLAMABAD: Prime civilian and military leaderships. tions by Afghan army in the Minister Nawaz Sharif and “While this is true to a cer- past 24 hours, defence offi- Chief of Army Staff General tain extent, the relationship is cials said yesterday according Raheel Sharif held an hour-long getting better with time,” the to Afghan online news agency one-to-one meeting yesterday, PML-N leader said, adding that Khama Press. something which, according to a the government was fully behind Five militants were arrested government source, has become the army and will provide it with and several types of weapons and a regular feature whenever the all available resources to fight ammunition were confiscated, two meet. militants. Defence Ministry Spokesman According to an official commu- A senior military official said General Zahir Azimi said, add- niqué released after the meeting, that one-to-one meetings between ing that 71 improvised explosive the two discussed the Operation the prime minister and the army devices were also discovered and Zarb-i-Azb in North Waziristan. chief weren’t an entirely new seized in the process. But a source in the PML-N phenomenon. Meanwhile, at least three said these regular meetings During the PPP’s tenure, both Afghan soldiers were killed in the between the army chief and the leaders met each other regularly, past 24 hours, Azimi said without prime minister were meant to he said, adding that this was the giving further details on the exact send a message to detractors prime minister’s prerogative. location of their death. that both leaders “are on the Dismissing rumours that the The Taliban is an Islamic fun- same page”. military establishment was push- damentalist political movement in Observers believe that the ing anti-government political Afghanistan. It spread through- ongoing trial under Article parties to join hands, the officer out Afghanistan and formed a 6 of retired General Pervez said, “The army is focused on the government, ruling as the Islamic Musharraf and the standoff operation in North Waziristan Emirate of Afghanistan from between the Inter-Services and looking after the internally September 1996 until December Intelligence and a media house displaced persons (IDPs). 2001. AFP led to differences between the INTERNEWS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Modi govt budgets for growth Personal income tax limit raised to Rs250,000; northeast to get 24-hour television channel

NEW DELHI: Tax payers could save excise rates were also rationalised for a on their salaries and consumer goods host of sectors. like televisions, soap, footwear, proc- He also sought to remove the per- essed food and computers will cost ception of policy inaction and a freeze less as the Rs18-lakh crore ($300bn) on economic reforms by hiking foreign maiden budget of Prime Minister equity in insurance and defence equip- Narendra Modi’s government prom- ment to 49 percent from 26 percent, but ised to arrest price rise, boost inves- left for later the much-promised overhaul tor mood, cut expenditure and restore of the subsidy regime after constituting India’s growth to 7-8 percent in three an expenditure management commission years. and getting its recommendations. During a 128-minute speech in the In his speech, Jaitley also touched upon Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Arun areas which few finance ministers in the Jaitley, with a five-minute break allowed past have done. Such proposals included by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan upon his new schemes for conservation of sacred request due to momentary discomfort, rivers, a sports university in Manipur, a host of other proposals, both welfare welfare fund for migrants from Kashmir, schemes and reformist policy measures, conservation of the Himalayas, support were also unveiled that were aimed at a for organic farming and a 24X7 channel wide range of stakeholders — from the for northeast and protecting the herit- girl child to senior citizens and overseas age of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. investors to the defence forces. He also promised at least four institu- At the same time, he acccepted as a tions modelled on the premier All India challenge — given the state of the flag- Institute for Medical Sciences and Indian ging economy and rising prices — the Institutes of Management, and said the task to cut fiscal deficit, which indicates union government will look positively the extent to which the government over- at every similar proposal forwarded spends, to 4.1 percent of GDP for this by states. fiscal, and further to 3.6 percent and 3 For the defence forces, he said the allo- percent over the next two years. Shoppers browse items during a sale at a clothing store in a mall in New Delhi. India’s new cation was being raised by about 12 per- As high expectations ran high from right-wing government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled its maiden budget cent to Rs2290bn (nearly $40bn), besides the first budget of the Modi government, yesterday, promising a new era of fiscal prudence. Rs50bn($830m) for the modernisation of after having been voted to power with a the 1.2 million-strong armed forces. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves his landslide victory mainly on promises of to overcome challenges faced in the last for Indians returning from abroad is also Other proposals, with enhanced mon- office to table the budget in parliament in “happy days” for India’s 1.2 billion people, decade,” echoed Modi while congratulat- sought to be raised to Rs45,000 from etary allocations, covered areas like edu- New Delhi yesterday. Jaitley also made it clear that putting the ing Jaitley for the budget in which he Rs35,000. cation, urban renewal, transportation, Indian economy back on rails remained provided a “new ray of hope for the poor Farmers will also stand to gain largely malnutrition, minorities, infrastructure, a daunting task needing more than one and downtrodden sections of society.” with Jaitley’s proposal for an integrated food security, capital markets, banking, (CII) complimented the finance minis- dose of corrective action. It was also in line with the “govern- national market for agro-produce that insurance, state-run enterprises, tour- ter “on a pragmatic and extensive budget “The steps that I will announce in ment’s vision to create a skilled and dig- will enable them to sell their crops ism, war and police memorials, interlink- that lays out a medium term vision for this budget are only the beginning of a ital India,” the prime minister said. directly to consumers and earn better ing of rivers, space, sports and bio-tech. the economy and meets industry expec- journey towards a sustained growth of One of the most appealing proposals prices. The subsidies to them, notably for As Jaitley was unveiling his propos- tations on growth and employment 7-8 percent or above within the next 3-4 for the average tax payer was the hike in soil nutrients, have also been enhanced. als, the stock markets swung both ways creation.” years along with macro-economic stabi- the exemption limit for individuals below For industry, he assured that the with a key index gaining more than 300 The Federation of Indian Chambers lisation,” the finance minister said. 60 years to Rs250,000, and Rs300,000 pan-India goods and services tax will points at one point, then falling by some of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) also “Therefore, it would not be wise to for senior citizens. Deductions under be introduced by the year-end and a 250 points, before closing with an overall reacted in a similar way and said the expect everything that can be done or various heads such as investments in fresh view taken on the direct tax code. loss of around 70 points or 0.25 percent. budget laid the ground for rejuvenating must be done to be in the first budget insurance, pension and house rent were Retrospective tax, which creates liabili- Industry, nevertheless, welcomed the the economy. presented within 45 days of the formation also proposed to be raised by Rs50,000 ties not planned for and has been a mat- proposals and said it laid down the req- “There has been a mix of both short- of this government,” he added, setting the to Rs150,000. Interest on housing loans ter of much concern for both domestic uisite ground for a medium-term course term and long-term measures, geared agenda for his speech. will also get a higher exemption. This and overseas investors, will not be correction to revive the Indian economy. towards boosting the confidence of all “We are going in the right direction apart, the duty-free baggage allowance imposed at random. Customs duties and The Confederation of Indian Industry key constituents.” IANS $33m set aside for world’s tallest statue Cigarette prices may NEW DELHI: Indian Prime chip in, which was buried in a India at the time of independ- burn hole in pocket Minister Narendra Modi has two-and-a-quarter-hour budget ence to forge a united republic. set aside $33m of government speech by Finance Minister Many in Gujarat feel his legacy NEW DELHI: India’s finance cigarette. “Similar increases are money to help fund the con- Arun Jaitley yesterday, quickly has been neglected by the once minister introduced a double- proposed on cigars, cheroots and struction of the world’s tallest sparked a debate about whether mighty Congress party. digit hike in “sin tax” on ciga- cigarillos,” Jaitley said. statue, a project close to the the expenditure was justified. Nehru and his descendants rettes yesterday in his budget “These are healthy measures newly elected leader’s heart. Some users of social media ruled India for most of the period as the country seeks to reduce a and I hope everyone would wel- Modi launched the project to noted that the money allocated since independence from the massive death toll from tobacco come them from the point of build the bronze-and-iron statue was the same as the amount British in 1947, and numerous use. Finance Minister Arun view of human and fiscal health,” — which aims to be twice the allocated for women’s safety, in development projects are named Jaitley told parliament he was Jaitley said. According to an height of the Statue of Liberty at a country plagued by violence after Nehru, his daughter Indira raising the excise duty — the tax Indian government report, India 182 metres — half a year before against women, and twice that and her son Rajiv Gandhi. generally imposed at the manu- is the world’s second-highest he was elected prime minister in to promote education for girls. Modi seems bent on creating a facturing level and passed onto consumer of tobacco products May to honour one of the coun- Prime Minister Narendra Modi Others said the statue, which nationalist symbol in Patel that consumers — by as much as 72 and the third-largest producer try’s founding fathers Sardar is to be built on a river island in strays away from the legacy of a percent. of tobacco. Vallabhbhai Patel. minister, but was often at odds Gujarat, would be a major global dynasty that he blames for many Analysts said the rise in the India accounts for around The tribute was widely seen with him. tourist attraction, which justified of India’s ills, including poverty excise duty could increase the one million of the estimated 5.5 as a bid to break the grip over The total cost of the project, the outlay. “Sardar Patel stands and corruption. Modi has pre- price of a pack of cigarettes by as million people across the world India’s post-independence his- estimated at some $338m, was as the symbol of the unity of viously said that every Indian much as 20 percent. “I propose to who die from tobacco use every tory of the Nehru-Gandhi rul- originally to have been fully the country,” Jaitley said in the “regrets Sardar Patel did not increase the specific excise duty year. ing dynasty that Modi sought to funded by the government of speech to parliament. become the first prime minis- on cigarettes in the range of 11 “Cigarette prices could roughly unseat in the election. Gujarat, the home state of both Modi’s Hindu nationalist party ter. Had he been the first prime percent to 72 percent,” Jaitley increase by 15 to 20 percent,” Patel was the deputy of first Modi and Patel, and public dona- credits Patel with using strong- minister, the country’s fate and said as he presented the maiden Rajrishi Singhal, senior fellow Prime Minister Jawaharlal tions. The announcement that arm tactics against the hundreds face would have been completely budget of the new government. in geoeconomics at the Mumbai- Nehru as well as his interior the federal government would of princes who ruled parts of different.” REUTERS The size of the increase in duty based think tank Gateway House, would depend on the length of the said. AFP Brutal reality Actress Zohra Sehgal Cop’s stolen motorbike used passes away at 102 in Pune blast

MUMBAI: Bollywood’s through her various roles PUNE: Three people, including grand dame Zohra in Hindi and English- a police constable and a woman, Sehgal(pictured), language films and TV were injured when an explosive whose seven-decade series over the years. device fixed to a motorcycle at a career spanned thea- Her film debut came parking lot here blew up yester- tre, film, dance and in the 1946 movie ‘Dharti day afternoon, officials said. television in India and Ke Lal’ (Son of the Soil). Witnesses said a loud explo- Britain, died in hospital After winning a drama sion rocked the area followed by yesterday, her family scholarship in 1962, she some smoke from opposite the said. She was 102. moved to Britain. Farazkhana police station in the Prime Minister In her memoir she told busy Budhwarpeth area. Narendra Modi led tributes to of how, after finishing her scholar- A preliminary probe showed the star, who was born in north- ship, she scraped by as a dresser that the explosive was placed in ern India in April 1912, describ- in London’s green rooms and even the luggage carrier of a stolen ing her on Twitter as “prolific & managed to educate her children motorbike. full of life”. “Zohra Sehgal made a there. Sehgal returned to India in The motorbike, said to be mark through her acting, which the 1990s at the age of 80 and con- owned by a policeman from is admired across generations. tinued acting until the age of 95. Satara, was reported stolen from Saddened on her demise,” he Her most popular Hindi hits Pimprigaon a few days ago and wrote. Sehgal’s daughter Kiran included “Dil Se” and “Hum taken to Pune, the police probe told the Press Trust of India news Dil De Chuke Sanam”. In 2010 revealed. agency that her mother had been she was awarded the Padma Iron nails and ball bearings ill for a few days and died of a car- Vibhushan, India’s second highest were later recovered from the diac arrest in New Delhi in the civilian award. Her last film role blast site and sent for forensic afternoon. Sehgal began work as came in 2007 in “Cheeni Kum” analysis to determine the type of a dancer in the 1930s before mov- (Less Sugar), in which she acted explosive used. ing to acting, becoming known alongside Bollywood superstar Forest officials inspect a rhino killed by poachers near the Buraphara range of Kaziranga, some 250km east Police Commissioner Satish as the doyenne of Indian thea- Amitabh Bachchan as his mother. of Guwahati yesterday. Seventeen one-horned rhinoceroses have been killed in the area in 2014. Mathur only said investigations tre, although she also won fans AFP would reveal more details. IANS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

48 86 74 46 QE rebounds, Qatar sells 5pc stake in LSE for $442.6m LONDON: Qatar has sold a Barclays, grocer J Sainsbury Qatar bought a 20.86 percent Dobbin said the smaller discount 5 percent stake in the London and oil firm Shell, said it did not stake in the LSE in 2007, pay- eventually achieved was a sign of Stock Exchange for £260.1m expect to sell more LSE shares in ing 1,585 pence a share, people good demand for LSE shares. ($442.6m), cutting its holding by the immediate future. It retains a familiar with the matter said at He said Qatar’s stake, and the a third and making a profit of stake of 10.3 percent. the time. large shareholdings of other insti- banks help around 20 percent, according to Two sources close to the deal The stock, long buoyed by take- tutions, had in the past put off Reuters calculations. said Qatar could use the pro- over speculation, fell heavily dur- some investors buying LSE shares Qatar Holding, an investment ceeds to buy stock in an upcom- ing the global financial crisis, but due to their lack of liquidity, so house founded by the state’s sov- ing share sale by the LSE to has steadily regained ground to the sale and the planned rights ereign wealth fund, said yester- help fund the exchange group’s touch new highs this year. issue could attract more buyers extend rally day that it had sold 13.62 million $2.7bn purchase of US indexes At 1055 GMT, the shares, which to the stock. London Stock Exchange (LSE) and investment management have risen more than 12 percent Essa Kazim, chairman of Borse shares. business Russell Group. this year, were down 3.1 percent Dubai, the top shareholder in LSE A source familiar with the mat- This $1.6bn share sale is likely at 1,895 pence. Qatar’s share Group with a 20.5 percent stake, Market cap rises to QR701bn ter said the shares were sold for to be conducted at a larger dis- sale was run by Citi and BoA told Reuters last month that the 1,915 pence each, a 2.1 percent dis- count to the LSE’s share price Merrill Lynch, which had origi- organisation was happy with the DOHA: Banking stocks helped of total transactions fell by 19.47 count to Wednesday’s closing price. because of its size, meaning Qatar nally expected to sell the stock LSE’s performance and had no Qatar Exchange (QE) extend percent. Masraf Al Rayan led Qatar Holding, which also could potentially buy back shares at between 1,845 and 1,925 pence. plans to raise or lower its stake. rally to fourth straight session the trading value with QR464m, has investments in British bank more cheaply. Espirito Santo analyst Phil REUTERS and lifted the benchmark index accounting for 37.44 percent of close to the 13,000 mark, high- the total value of the week, fol- est levels in two months. lowed by Ezdan Holding Group The bourse’s main index and Gulf International Services. Russian car sales plunge gained 1.59 percent and closed The Banks and Financial at 12,919.63 points, rebounding Services led the trading value, Opec’s oil market from its June crash. QIB, Masraf but the combined value of bank- Al Rayan and Commercial Bank ing stocks dropped to QR995m share set to of Qatar were the main supports. compared to the previous week’s Among other contributors were QR1.3bn. Real estate sector’s com- shrink in 2015 Widam and Vodafone. bined value decreased to QR562m The past week saw QE Index from QR596m. Industrials slipped LONDON: Opec expects its share rising by 4.39 percent. The week to QR439m from QR501m. of the world oil market to shrink opened with a negative note by Total traded volume of Banks in 2015 for a third year running, dropping 0.35 percent before and Financial Services dipped to due in part to the US shale oil picking up in the following ses- 17 million shares in the past week boom, giving the exporter group sions to finish the week by gaining compared to the previous week’s little comfort from an acceleration 4.32 percent or 543.01 points. All 21 million shares. Industrials sec- in global demand. the sector indices entered green tor’s volume decreased to 6 mil- Making its first 2015 fore- territory with telecoms, banks lion shares from 7 million. Real cast in a monthly report, the and real estate surging the most. estate sector, which led the trad- Organisation of the Petroleum Market cap rose by 3.72 percent ing volume in the past week, how- Exporting Countries said demand to reach QR701bn compared to ever, slipped to 23 million shares for its oil in next year would aver- the previous week. from 24 million. age 29.37 million barrels per day Telecoms jumped 7.72 percent The banking sector led the (b/d), down 310,000 b/d from 2014. and real estate rose by 5.34 per- trading number of transactions, The report by the 12-mem- cent and banks and financial sector accounting for 32.3 percent of the ber cartel points to ample sup- added 4.07 percent in the week. total number of transactions, fol- plies next year, especially if there However, trading value during lowed by real estate and industri- is further progress in resolving the past week decreased by 20.95 als sector. Of the 43 companies outages in Opec countries such percent to reach QR2bn. Trading listed, 38 ended higher and five A visitor looks under the bonnet of a car at the KGS Auto Centre dealership selling UAZ all-terrain cars, as Libya, Iraq and Iran. Those volume decreased by 19.66 percent fell in the past week. produced by Russian Sollers UAZ carmaker, in Krasnoyarsk yesterday. Russian car sales plunged 17.3 production problems have curbed to 68 million shares. The number THE PENINSULA percent year-on-year in June. supply this year and helped sup- port prices above $100 a barrel. “Even if next year’s world eco- nomic growth turns out to be better than expected and crude oil demand outperforms expec- tations, Opec will have sufficient Merger of UAE bourses shelved as terms not agreed supply to provide to the market,” the report from Opec’s Vienna ABU DHABI: A planned trade and attracting more foreign DFM declined to comment. The The merger plan valuation, running their own bourses. headquarters said. merger of the Dubai Financial investment. sources, who all spoke on condi- conducted by Goldman Sachs, But the appointment of advis- The report is also a further Market and the Abu Dhabi However, despite a number of tion of anonymity as the informa- according to two of the sources, ers for a stock market tie-up, as illustration that technology for Securities Exchange (ADX) has key impediments being overcome tion isn’t public, said it was unclear put ADX at about 10-12 times well as the merging of Abu Dhabi extracting oil and gas from shale been shelved for the foreseeable since then, talks have stalled and whether the merger plans were EBITDA. “They are engaged, the and Dubai’s separate aluminium is, for now, reducing dependence on future as terms for the politi- a deal is now unlikely to happen permanently on hold or whether marriage would be good but the businesses into Emirates Global Opec. Next year would be the third cally sensitive move could not be any time soon. they would be revived later. dowry is the problem - Dubai is Aluminium last year, raised hopes in a row in which demand for Opec agreed, sources said yesterday. “It’s been shelved,” said one The valuation of the DFM, expensive,” said Mohammed Ali of a new era of cooperation. crude will decline, it said. Opec also Having been mooted for a Abu Dhabi-based banking source the Gulf’s only listed bourse, has Yasin, head of National Bank of In April this year, a top Dubai forecast a recovery in demand next number of years, a merger of the aware of the matter, adding increased significantly since the Abu Dhabi’s brokerage subsidiary. economic policy maker said that year as economic growth gathers DFM and the ADX seemed to take that reaching an agreement was advisers were first appointed, as an agreement to merge the two pace, predicting that world oil use an important step closer last year always going to be tricky given trading increased during a bull POLITICS VS ECONOMICS markets had been reached in prin- will expand by 1.21m b/d, up from as investment banks were hired multiple points of contention, run which saw the value of Dubai’s Political considerations were ciple but was yet to be finalised. this year’s 1.13m b/d increase. to advise on a tie-up — a move such as valuations, the location benchmark index jump 59.5 per- always a big obstacle to be over- But the impetus at a political But non-Opec supply, the revealed by Reuters last October. of the merged entity’s headquar- cent between January 1 and May 6. come, as they are in many merg- level has seemingly waned. “For source of two in every three bar- The state-backed deal, seen ters, and the board’s composition. Based on a valuation of around ers in the Gulf Arab region. the moment it is on hold. The deci- rels, is expected to increase next as one of the biggest changes in A spokesman for the Abu 20 times earnings before interest, Despite economic pressures for sion makers are waiting for a bet- year by 1.31m b/d, more than the country’s financial industry Dhabi Executive Council, the top tax, depreciation and amortisa- consolidation in a number of ter time and to make a thorough demand, with the United States in recent years, was expected to policymaking body in the emir- tion (EBITDA) used under the industries, powerful shareholders assessment on some key issues,” leading the way. Opec expects US energise financial markets in the ate which mandated Abu Dhabi’s merger plan, DFM’s value rose are often reluctant to cede control a second source familiar with the production to average 13.12m b/d United Arab Emirates, making advisers, did not respond to calls from around Dh2bn ($545m) in their businesses and be seen to matter said, without elaborating on in 2015, up 880,000 b/d from 2014 it easier for investors to operate and an email seeking comment. at the end of last September to be losing face — in this case, both what the key issues were. and the highest increase of all across the markets, stimulating Spokesmen for the ADX and Dh4.64bn at the end of March. emirates wanted the prestige of REUTERS non-Opec countries. REUTERS

Kappa promotional event Luxembourg okays bill paving way for sukuk this year

LUXEMBOURG: The parlia- treatment, paving the way for the A new Islamic bank, named ment here passed a bill that will finance ministry to begin work on Eurisbank, is in the advanced allow the AAA-rated govern- the transaction. stages of launching operations ment to issue its first Islamic “The issuance of the sukuk in Luxembourg, according to a bond later this year, becoming will be done later this year,” source familiar with the matter. only the second European sov- said Guy Arendt, a member of “The licence process is still in ereign after Britain to tap the Luxembourg’s legislature, the progress, but significant advances market for sukuk. Chamber of Deputies. have been made and it should be The bill allows Luxembourg Luxembourg’s finance minis- finalised in the next few weeks. to securitise three government try did not respond to Reuters Capital is firmed up...first semes- properties to back a sukuk worth requests for comment on its ter next year seems very realistic.” ¤200m ($275m), designed to boost sukuk plans, but such an issu- Luxembourg has sought to its Islamic finance credentials to ance would comes on the heels of build a wider role in the indus- attract more business from cash- Britain’s own sukuk. try: It remains a popular domi- rich Gulf countries. In June, Britain became the cile for Islamic mutual funds with The law was adopted with 55 first Western country to sell London-based Arabesque regis- votes in favour and 5 against, a sukuk, raising £200m from a tering its new funds in June. parliament spokesperson said late five-year deal, attracting £2.3bn Luxembourg’s central bank on Wednesday. in orders. Unlike Britain, which also remains the only regulator Players partially encased in giant plastic inflatable balls attempt to reach the football during a bubble A revised bill was presented has six full-fledged Islamic banks, in Europe that is a member of the soccer match in Beijing yesterday. The promotional event was organised by the Kappa sportswear last month which addressed issues Luxembourg does not have a Malaysia-based Islamic Financial brand, in conjunction with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. such as the economic rationale for domestic Islamic banking indus- Services Board, one of the indus- using sukuk instead of conven- try although that could soon try’s main standard-setting bodies. tional bonds and clarified its tax change. REUTERS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS European stocks fall on Portuguese bank woes Bank of England keeps rates

LONDON: European stock at 3.985 percent, compared with markets fell back yesterday on 3.771 percent a day earlier. the back of weak industrial out- Earlier, France and Italy put data and a growing crisis at became the latest big European Portugal’s largest lender, Banco economies to post poor indus- Espirito Santo. trial output data, with Italian London’s FTSE 100 lost 0.68 production falling the most since percent to close at 6,672.37 points, November 2012. Germany and after the Bank of England (BoE) Britain have already issued dis- held interest rates as expected appointing figures for May, rais- at a record-low 0.50 percent. ing fears that Europe’s economic Frankfurt’s DAX 30 slid 1.52 recovery may be stalling. percent to 9,659.13 points, and The most recent data, “confirms the Paris CAC 40 dropped by 1.34 the weakness of the eurozone” and percent to 4,301.26. “provided the excuse to finally Milan’s FTSE Mib was down kick start the summer volatility 1.90 percent, Madrid’s Ibex 35 fell trade into life,” remarked Chris 1.98 percent and in Lisbon, the Beauchamp, an IG market analyst. PSI 20 tumbled 4.18 percent. On Wall Street US stocks fol- Gloomy market sentiment lowed European peers downwards turned completely sour after in early trading, with the Dow Portugal was rocked by a growing Jones Industrial Average giving crisis surrounding Banco Espirito up 0.65 percent to 16,875.54. The Santo (BES), the nation’s biggest broad-based S&P 500 slumped bank by market capitalisation. 0.60 percent to 1,961.02, while Portugal’s financial market the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite regulator halted trading in BES Index slid 0.80 percent to 4,383 shares after they plunged over On the foreign exchange mar- allegations that its parent com- ket in London, investors digested pany covered up a ¤1.3bn ($1.8bn) the BoE’s latest decision to main- hole in the accounts. tain rates at 0.50 percent, where “It is mainly concerns about they have stood since March 2009. the health of Banco Espirito Britain’s central bank also opted Santo that has dented market to maintain the level of cash stim- sentiment, with bank shares los- ulus in the economy at £375bn Traders at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange yesterday. ing ground across the board,” ($641bn). Both decisions were in noted Forex.com analyst Fawad line with market expectations. The Razaqzada. British pound dropped to $1.7124 “The market is refusing to from $1.7159 the day before. Yuan a growing force in global finance: Study ignore its potential impact on The pound had jumped last Portugal and other peripheries,” Friday to a six-year high of WASHINGTON: China’s eight percent of transactions. “While true internationaliza- The United States has repeat- he added in reference to countries $1.7180 on expectations that yuan is a growing force in glo- And despite Beijing’s still firm tion would require much greater edly accused China of keeping the like Greece, Italy and Spain. London could raise rates in the bal finance, more than dou- controls on its use, the yuan has capital account liberalization, the yuan undervalued to enhance its A research note from Capital coming months. bling in use over the past year, become the ninth most-traded Chinese government continues to export strength, exacerbating the Economics said: “We have been The European single currency according to a new study from currency on foreign exchange take measured steps towards open- huge US trade deficit with China. arguing for some time that the fell to $1.3601 from $1.3642 late the Institute of International markets, the volume hitting ing China’s financial markets.” Beginning in 2010 the yuan markets have become compla- on Wednesday in New York. The Finance yesterday. $120bn daily on average, com- “Further gradual steps to strengthened from 6.83 per US cent about the financial risks in euro also eased to 79.42 pence Although its use in the interna- pared with $34bn in 2010. widen the currency trading band dollar to 6.05 per dollar last year, Portugal and in the periphery of from 79.50 pence. tional payments system remains The study by the IIF, a global — and a more market-determined but has since fallen back to 6.2, the euro-zone more generally.” In commodity deals, haven dwarfed by the dollar and euro, association of leading banks, said exchange rate — will help this despite ongoing US pressure over Financial news agency investment gold soared to a near the yuan, officially known as the the gains have come as Beijing process,” the IIF said. the valuation. Bloomberg has quoted BES as four-month high at $1,344.90 renminbi, grew to 1.4 percent of slowly frees up the currency for The use of the yuan is still much Ironically, China’s fast eco- announcing delays in payments per ounce — a level last seen on total transactions. international use. smaller than China’s presence in nomic growth and the US pres- of short term debt by its parent March 17 — before easing slightly That jump moved it ahead of There are clearing banks for the global economy: almost 12 sure had until recently helped holding company. to $1,340.25. “With poor euro zone the Hong Kong and Singapore yuan transactions now in five percent of all global trade flows limit the growth of the yuan in In reaction to yesterday’s news- data and rumblings out of the dollars and even with the Swiss international centres: Hong Kong, and 11 percent of capital flows. offshore lending. International flow, BES shares collapsed by Portuguese banking system, trad- franc, the sixth most used cur- Macau, Taiwan, Singapore and, Its 1.4 percent share of inter- deposits of the currency amount 11.54 percent to just 0.54 euros ers are shunning appetite for risk, rency in global transactions, the since early this year, London, the national transactions is far below to 1.5 trillion yuan, or $240bn, but when trading was suspended. instead booking profits or fleeing IIF study said. world’s leading foreign exchange the euro’s 42.5 percent and the yuan loans are minimal. The shock also sent the yield on to traditional safe-havens such In trade finance, overwhelm- centre. Yuan-denominated bonds, dollar’s 31 percent. The govern- The IIF said that was because 10-year Portuguese bonds higher, as German and UK government ingly dominated by the US dol- so-called dim-sum bonds, have ment continues to keep a firm yuan interest rates were high and, as investors feared widespread bonds or gold,” ETX Capital ana- lar, the yuan jumped into second jumped since the government first hand on its use, in part not want- until recently, investors held onto fallout from the scandal. lyst Daniel Sugarman said. place last year ahead of the euro permitted their issue in Hong ing to release its control on the the currency in expectation of At the close of trading, it stood AFP and the Japanese yen, comprising Kong seven years ago. key yuan-dollar exchange rate. steady yuan appreciation. AFP

QATARI MARKET Boeing forecasts Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.44 0.95 % Aa2 AA $5.2tr in aircraft Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.50 2.01 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.13 2.50 % Aa2 AA orders over the Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 109.88 3.02 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 161.63 4.35 % Aa2 AA next 20 years Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 123.75 4.78 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 114.13 4.82 % Aa2 AA PARIS: Aviation giant Boeing Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 102.94 0.41 % Aa2 AA yesterday raised its forecast for Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.25 2.78 % Aa2 AA aircraft demand, saying it now expects to deliver 36,770 planes Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 101.50 0.74 % A1 A- over the next two decades in Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.38 1.74 % A1 A- deals worth $5.2 trillion. Boeing’s latest forecast is up QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 103.75 0.82 % NR NR 4.2 percent from last year’s, with QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.00 0.90 % Aa3 A+ about a third of the total demand QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 1.62 % Aa3 A+ expected to come from the Asia- Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.50 1.78 % A2 A- Pacific region. The maker of the best-selling 737 jetliner said ris- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.75 1.25 % A2 A- ing demand for single-aisle planes Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 125.00 2.45 % A2 A- from low-cost carriers is expected Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 108.88 3.25 % A2 A- to drive growth. Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 106.50 4.27 % A2 A- Boeing forecast it will sell some Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 101.25 0.22 % Aa3 A 25,680 new airplanes in this sec- Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.75 2.84 % Aa3 A tor, making up some 70 percent Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 109.25 3.62 % Aa3 A Two vendors drag a package outside a market in Beijing yesterday. of predicted sales. “Based on the overwhelming SOVEREIGNS amount of orders and deliveries, Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P China’s June trade surplus jumps we see the heart of the single-aisle Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 121.75 1.94 % Aa2 AA market in the 160-seat range,” said Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.25 0.80 % NR NR Randy Tinseth, vice president for Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 109.13 1.58 % NR NR BEIJING: China’s monthly trade the third quarter of 2012. China in a survey of 21 economists by marketing at Boeing Commercial surplus jumped 16.4 percent in announces second-quarter GDP The Wall Street Journal. Exports, Airplanes. “There’s no question the Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.25 3.25 % NR NR June to $31.6bn, official data results on July 16. which accelerated slightly from market is converging to this size, Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 120.13 3.49 % NR NR showed yesterday, as exports and Customs spokesman Zheng May’s gain of 7 percent, fell well where network flexibility and cost Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 101.88 0.53 % Aa2 AA imports both rose in the latest Yuesheng attributed the improve- short of the median prediction of efficiency meet.” Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 116.13 2.37 % NR BBB sign of recovering strength in the ment in trade in the second quar- a 10 percent rise. Imports, which The higher forecast comes Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 109.13 3.72 % NR BBB world’s second-largest economy. ter to factors including supportive fell 1.6 percent in May, rebounded amid concerns about the outlook Exports increased 7.2 percent to government policies and global to surpass the median forecast of for the aviation sector after Air Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 104.75 4.80 % Caa1 B- $186.8bn year-on-year, the General economic recovery. a 5.4 percent increase. France-KLM and Lufthansa both Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 108.75 2.95 % NR BBB- Administration of Customs “We expect the pace of growth China’s trade statistics this cut their earnings targets due to announced, while imports gained in trade will be faster in the third year have been erratic, with weak demand. *Periodic Distribution Amount 5.5 percent to $155.2bn. quarter than in the second quar- Beijing reporting an unexpected Boeing this month reported IMPORTANT NOTE: China is the world’s biggest ter,” he told reporters. “The sta- trade deficit of almost $23bn in it had received a net 499 in new Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which trading nation in goods. The latest bilisation and recovery trend in February. orders in the first half of the year, is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services data came as worries earlier this trade will further consolidate.” And in March, China’s trade outpacing European rival Airbus. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising year over its growth outlook have Zheng added, however, that volumes fell dramatically in Together the two groups domi- out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not eased following a series of strong “uncertainties” including ris- a development that analysts nate the global market for pas- take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds indicators in the second quarter, ing labour costs and the declin- blamed on the continued impact senger airliners. can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant such as industrial production and ing position of labour-intensive of fake over-reporting of exports Airbus is expected to unveil liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and retail sales. Chinese products in developed seen in early 2013. For the first billions of dollars worth of con- consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Gross domestic product (GDP) markets were a cause for worry. six months of this year, China’s tracts at next week’s key bien- grew 7.4 percent in the first three “It remains an arduous task to trade surplus declined 4.4 per- nial Farnborough airshow in months of 2014, weaker than the achieve the 7.5 percent target for cent to $102.86bn, as exports England, where the two compa- 7.7 percent in October-December full-year growth in trade,” he said. rose 0.9 percent to $1.06 trillion nies will go head-to-head in the last year and the worst since a June’s trade surplus fell short and imports gained 1.5 percent to fight for new orders. similar 7.4 percent expansion in of the median forecast of $36.9bn $960bn, Customs said. AFP REUTERS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

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McIlroy sets course record 64 Record last-wicket stand at Scottish Open

ABERDEEN, United Kingdom: Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy muscled his way to a one stroke lead with a new gives India upper hand course record on the open- ing day of the Scottish Open at Royal Aberdeen yesterday. McIlroy grabbed eight bird- Shami and Kumar score maiden Test fifties; England lose Cook in reply ies, including four in succession mid-round, to break the existing course record by two shots with NOTTINGHAM, United Scoreboard It also emphasised what a good an seven under par 64 on the par Kingdom: India number 11 toss it had been for India captain 71 links gem. Mohammed Shami embarrassed India (I Innings) Mahendra Singh Dhoni to win It handed the double Major England with the bat and then M Vijay lbw b Anderson ...... 146 and how tired England’s seamers winner, who is contesting the ensured home captain Alastair S Dhawan c Prior b Anderson ...... 12 had become after charging in on event for a first time in four years, Cook’s poor run of scores con- C Pujara c Bell b Anderson ...... 38 a ‘shirt-front’ pitch. a one shot clubhouse lead over tinued as the tourists seized V Kohli c Bell b Broad ...... 1 In the circumstances, Stuart Sweden’s Kristoffer Broberg, and control of the first Test at Trent A Rahane c Cook b Plunkett ...... 32 Broad’s economical return of with the 27-year old Stockholm Bridge. M.S Dhoni run out (Anderson) ...... 82 two for 53 in 33 overs on his player equalling his best score on India piled up 457 yesterday’s R Jadeja c Prior b Stokes ...... 25 Nottinghamshire home ground Tour with a six-under par 65. second day on the back of a record S Binny c Root b Stokes ...... 1 was especially creditable. McIlroy’s score lowers the exist- last-wicket stand against England B Kumar c Root b Ali ...... 58 Meanwhile new-ball partner ing mark of local Royal Aberdeen of 111 between Bhuvneshwar I Sharma b Broad ...... 1 James Anderson extended his club champion, Mark Halliday by Kumar (58) and last man Shami Mohammed Shami not out ...... 51 own record for most Test wickets two shots, and it adds to a grow- (51 not out). Extras (B1, LB8, W1) ...... 10 at Trent Bridge to 52 with three ing number of course records on Both batsmen scored maiden Total (all out) ...... 457 for 123 in 38 overs. both sides of the Atlantic that the fifties at this level as they Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-106, 3-107, 4-178, But England’s lack of a spe- 25-year-old holds. exceeded their previous Test- 5-304, 6-344, 7-345, 8-345, 9-346, 10-457 cialist spinner, and the work- The pick of those is an Old best innings of 39 (Kumar) and Bowling: Anderson 38-10-123-3; Broad load problems this could lead to Course record of 63 set on the 11 (Shami) respectively. 33-13-53-2; Stokes 34-6-81-2 (1w); Plun- in a five-match series crammed opening day of the 2010 (British) Shami then made it 25 innings kett 37-8-88-1; Ali 18-0-97-1; Root 1-0-6-0 into six weeks, was emphasised Open championship and a similar for Cook since the last of his England (1 innings) by part-time off-break bowler score in the 2009 WGC - HSBC England record 25 Test hundreds A Cook b Shami ...... 5 Moeen Ali’s expensive return of Champions event in Shanghai. when he bowled him round his S Robson (batting) ...... 20 one for 97 in 18 overs. “It depends where it is whether legs for five after the ball deflected G Ballance (batting) ...... 15 India resumed yesterday on 259 or not setting a new course record off the left-handed opener’s thigh Extras (NB-2, W-1) ...... 3 for four with opener Murali Vijay is special to me but then there is pad. Total (for one wicket) ...... 43 122 not out and Dhoni unbeaten a few that are a little better than Cook’s exit left England nine Fall of wicket: 1-9 on 50. Given the conditions on the others,” he said. for one, with both Kumar and Still to bat: I. Bell, J.Root, Moeen Ali, M. Prior, another sunny day, England could “I just hope nobody betters the Shami, who took one for 15 in five B.Stokes, S. Broad, L. Plunkett, J. Anderson ill-afford to spurn chances. 61 I shot at Royal Portrush, as I overs, finding a degree of swing Bowling: Kumar 4-0-12-0, Shami 5-1-15-1, But when Dhoni, still on his have been holding onto that one with the new ball that largely Sharma 5-1-12-0, Jadeja 2-1-3-0, Binny overnight score, edged a full- for years. eluded the home pacemen. 1-0-1-0 length Broad delivery, wicket- “But it was just a great start However, Sam Robson (20 not keeper Matt Prior, diving to his and anytime you can start a tour- out) and Gary Ballance (15 not put on a world record 163 last right, dropped the one-handed nament like that you have to be out) saw England to 43 for one year, in a match Cook’s side won catch. Vijay’s near eight-hour very pleased and it’s obviously at stumps. nonetheless. innings eventually ended when something I can build on for the England had looked like dis- England might have been he was lbw to Anderson, having next three days. missing India for under 400, expecting some runs from Kumar, faced 361 balls, including 25 fours “More importantly I was more which would have been a decent who has a first-class hundred and a six. He also put on 126 for pleased in how I controlled my effort on such a sluggish surface behind him. But the batting of the fifth wicket with Dhoni. game out there and controlled when the tourists slumped to 346 Shami, who prior to this match India were well-placed at 342 my ball flight, and after having for nine after several self-inflicted had a Test average of 3.33, was for five at lunch. But shortly practiced those shots over the last wounds. something else. afterwards they lost four wickets ten days, it was good to go out But for the second time in Their stand comfortably sur- for two runs in 21 balls thanks to and trust it today in a tourna- as many Tests at Trent Bridge, passed India’s previous highest a mixture of poor shots allied to India’s Mohammed Shami (right) waves his bat after reaching his half ment round. England found themselves on tenth-wicket partnership against Dhoni’s needless run out for 82. century as he stands with team-mate Bhuvneshwar Kumar during “So regardless of the score, the the receiving end of a huge last- England of 73 shared by Anil But England, without a win in the first Test match against England at Trent Bridge cricket ground in way I played today was just the wicket stand after Australia’s Kumble and Shanthakumaran eight Tests, then ran into Kumar Nottingham, England, yesterday. most pleasing thing and if I can Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar Sreesanth at The Oval in 2007. and Shami. AFP play like that over these next few days going into next week, then that is what I need to do and the Kiwis openers miss out type of golf I have to play at Royal Liverpool.” Pakistan to elect new McIlroy’s impressive display off the tee was no better highlighted on central contracts when he drove the green at the downwind 436-yard (399-meter) WELLINGTON: New In the 11 Tests they have chief after Sethi ousted par four 13th, much to the amaze- Zealand’s search for stability at opened New Zealand’s batting ment of the three player group in the top of the order looks set since, however, they have com- front and still on the green that to continue after Peter Fulton bined for a total of 539 runs for ISLAMABAD: Pakistan crick- for government’s Inter-provincial challenged Ashraf’s second res- included defending champion and Hamish Rutherford were the first wicket at a modest aver- et’s administration crisis took committee, said. Khan said the toration in the Supreme court Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald and dropped from the list of players age of 26.75. In seven of the 20 a fresh turn yesterday after decision meant the PCB Interim which stalled lower court’s order Holland’s Joost Luiten. awarded central contracts by innings, their partnership scored Najam Sethi was removed as Management Committee and its to allow him (Sethi) to continue Broberg had just 24 putts in his New Zealand Cricket yesterday. less than 10 runs, while they have chief of Pakistan Cricket Board head Sethi would be removed. working. The latest twist is seen round, four less than McIlroy. While both could still be passed 50 just four times. for the third time and former It is the latest twist in an at- as an attempt by the government Two years ago the softly-spoken included in squads in the next Six new players were handed judge Jamshed Ali Shah was times-baffling 15-month crisis to get Sethi elected and all the Swede made a big noise in rewrit- 12 months, the fact they had not central contracts. installed as interim chief. triggered in May last year when previous court cases annulled. ing the secondary Challenge Tour been included in the 20-player list Contracted players: Corey The latest decision came from Sethi’s predecessor Zaka Ashraf But the game of musical chairs records in winning four events to indicated NZC were preparing to Anderson, Trent Boult, Mark prime minister Nawaz Sharif, also was sacked by Islamabad high has stained Pakistan’s cricketing secure his main European Tour seek alternative openers for the Craig, Martin Guptill, Matt a patron of the Pakistan Cricket court over dubious elections. image worldwide and the frequent card. And while Broberg Swede test side. Henry, Tom Latham, Mitchell Board (PCB). Since then court rulings and changes have prompted derision struggled last year in his rookie New Zealand have struggled McClenaghan, Brendon “After the approval of the government decrees have seen among the national and interna- season with injury he has virtually with a stable opening partnership McCullum, Nathan McCullum, PCB constitution by the hon- the leadership of the PCB change tional media. wrapped up his Tour card for 2015 for the better part of a decade, Kyle Mills, Adam Milne, Colin ourable patron, the ministry of hands between Sethi and Ashraf Jamshed Ali Shah, a retired with a share of third in the recent though Fulton and Rutherford Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Luke Inter-provincial committee, has five times. judge in the Pakistan judiciary Irish Open. hinted at potential against Ronchi, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, notified that a new election com- After Ashraf was sacked by the who has worked with the PCB as “I played really, really well and England last year when they put Ross Taylor, Neil Wagner, BJ missioner will hold elections as court in May 2013 he was briefly head of its integrity committee, I hit very good shots and a lot of on 158 for the first wicket, with Watling, Kane Williamson. an interim PCB chief within 30 restored twice -- in January told media he will perform day- close ones, so this helps a bit,” he Rutherford scoring 171 on debut. REUTERS days,” Irfanullah Khan, lawyer and May this year.Sethi had to-day duties. AFP said. AFP Marquez aims to extend perfect record to nine MotoGP Standings SACHSENRING, Germany: become the 13th most successful “I am very happy that I can Runaway world championship rider of all-time in terms of wins, keep riding my YZR-M1, that has SACHSENRING, Germany: World leader Marc Marquez targets a having celebrated his 40th victory been my love for so many years championship standings ahead of the ninth win in nine races at the at Assen two weeks ago. and will still be my love this year German Grand Prix this weekend, the ninth German Grand Prix on Sunday He now targets a 25th podium and the following two seasons.” Spanish MotoGP round of the 2014 series: with the flying Spaniard on in the elite class having become Rossi who first won the 125cc rider Marc MotoGP course to have the title wrapped the first rider to claim eight world title in 1997 before moving Marquez of 1. Marc Marquez (SPA/Honda) 200 pts, up in record time. straight wins since the top cat- up to claim global honours in the Repsol Honda 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 128, 3. The Honda rider has a 72-point egory was introduced at the start 250cc category two years later, Team rides Dani Pedrosa (SPA/Honda) 128, 4. Andrea lead in the championship with of 2002. has since added seven world titles a scooter at Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 91, 5. Jorge Lorenzo teammate Dani Pedrosa and Only six other riders in his- at the highest level. Sachsenring (SPA/Yamaha) 81, 6. Aleix Espargaro (SPA/ Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi, both tory having won eight or more If he finishes on the podium at Yamaha) 67, 7. Pol Espargaro (SPA/Yamaha) Racing Circuit of whom have just signed new MotoGP races in a single sea- the weekend, he will become the in Hohenstein- 58, 8. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda), 9. Andrea deals with their respective teams, son -- Mike Hailwood, Giacomo first rider ever to rack up 4,000 Iannone (ITA/Ducati), 10. Bradley Smith Ernstthal, locked in second spot. Agostini, Mick Doohan, Rossi, career points. (GBR/Yamaha) 48 Germany, yester- Marquez, 21, already has a Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa has also signed an day. The German Moto2 successful track record at the Rossi, the 35-year-old nine- extension to his Honda deal motorcycling 1. Esteve Rabat (SPA/Kalex) 157 pts, 2. Sachsenring having won on his time world champion across all which will keep him on board Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 131, 3. Maverick las four visits -- in the 125 class classes, heads to Germany hav- until 2016. Grand Prix will Vinales (SPA/Kalex) 109, 4. Dominique in 2010, in Moto2 in 2011 and 2012 ing extended his contract with “I’m very happy to be able to take place at the Aegerter (SWI/Suter) 71, 5. Simone Corsi and in his first MotoGP last year. Yamaha until 2016. announce my renewal with the Sachsenring on (ITA/Kalex) 69, 6. Thomas Luthi (SWI/ Victory on Sunday will mean he “It’s great because this was my Repsol Honda Team, and grate- Sunday. Suter) 61, 7. Luis Salom (SPA/Kalex) 60, 8. would have won every race across target, I wanted to continue, I am ful to Honda for the trust they Anthony West (AUS/Speed Up) 58, 9. Jonas the opening half of the season. feeling good and I’m motivated have shown in me for a further Folger (GER/Kalex) 47, 10. Johann Zarco In a stunning season, the to keep giving my best,” said the two years,” said the Spaniard. (FRA/Caterham Suter) 46 defending champion has already Italian. REUTERS FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

FIFA rejects Uruguay, Suarez Argentina wary of ‘rested’ appeals: Official

RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA yesterday dismissed appeals by Uruguay and Luis Suarez over the striker’s four-month glo- Germany in World Cup final bal ban for biting a World Cup opponent. However amid doubts about Two players refused first Dutch penalty: Van Gaal; Korea coach resigns the scope of the restrictions on the star goalscorer’s activities, Suarez could still take a case SAO PAULO: Argentina coach to now pick up his players for to the Court of Arbitration for Alejandro Sabella concedes tomorrow’s third-place play-off Sport (CAS). Germany could have an impor- in Brasilia. “The FIFA Appeal Committee tant edge in Sunday’s World “I think this match should has decided to reject appeals Cup final as battered Brazil pre- never be played,” he said. lodged by both the Uruguayan pare to salvage a morsel of pride Germany’s assistant “It’s unfair also because we player Luis Suarez and the in the third place play-off. coach Hans-Dieter have one less day to recover, so Uruguayan FA,” a statement said. Four-time Player of the Year Flick answers ques- that’s not fair play. But the worst “The terms of the deci- Lionel Messi’s side reached tions during a press thing is that chances are you lose sion taken by the FIFA Appeal their first final in 24 years on conference in Santo twice in a row. Committee were communicated Wednesday when goalkeeper Andre yesterday, “And after a tournament in to the player and the Uruguayan Sergio Romero saved two during the 2014 which you’ve played so marvel- FA today.” shoot-out penalties against the FIFA World Cup. lously well, you’d go home as a The FIFA statement said the Netherlands in Sao Paulo. Germany will face loser just because you’ve lost the decision was not binding, mean- The sight of Messi leading La last two matches. ing the Liverpool star Suarez -- Argentina in the Albiceleste out at Rio de Janeiro’s “This has got nothing whatso- who is on the verge of a move to final of the tourna- Maracana for Sunday’s climax to ever to do with sport.” Barcelona -- could appeal to CAS. one of the most thrilling World ment on Sunday, For Brazil, it offers the first Suarez and the Uruguayan Cups ever staged has only com- at the Maracana tentative step along the road Football Association have 10 days pounded Brazil’s woes after Stadium in Rio de to recovering their shattered to request the full written rea- Tuesday’s earth-shattering 7-1 Janeiro. morale after Tuesday’s wipe-out sons for the appeal being rejected thrashing by the Germans. in Belo Horizonte ended the hosts’ by FIFA. They can then lodge an Sabella believes Germany’s dreams of a sixth title on home appeal with CAS. extra day of rest could offer soil. FIFA spokeswoman Delia the European three-time world A combative coach Luiz Felipe Fischer said that only the arbi- champions a crucial advantage Scolari insisted on Wednesday: tration court could decide if the come kick-off at 2000 GMT. Monaco keeper Romero turned out well,” Romero said. I arrived in the Netherlands, in “Nobody will die (as a result of sanctions should be lifted while “The match is extremely dif- blocked shots from Ron Vlaar Dutch coach Louis van Gaal a completely different country, the loss). the appeal is decided. ficult and I repeat the fact they and Wesley Sneijder to secure disclosed that inadvertently he with different customs,” said the “We will look to correct the If the CAS suspends the sanc- haven’t played extra time and Argentina the shoot-out 4-2 after had played a part in his team’s Argentina stopper. path of our lives to deal with tions, Suarez -- who bit Italian we’ve played two, and played the gruelling clash finished goal- downfall. Two Dutch players refused to yesterday´s tsunami defender Giorgio Chiellini in one day after Germany,” the less after extra-time. “I taught Romero how to stop step up and take the first penalty, “But life goes on. We shall look a Group D game on June 24 as Argentina coach said. His penalty heroics sets up penalties, so that hurts,” said according to van Gaal. ahead to other goals, starting with Uruguay headed for a 1-0 victory “We’ll see if it’s a minor issue, a repeat of the 1990 final won the Manchester United-bound “I asked two players ahead of securing third place on Saturday.” -- could play at the start of the the fact we played after and the by Germany and the 1986 final boss in reference to the pair’s Vlaar to take the first penalty,” Meanwhile in Seoul the back- season for Barcelona. Germany game was decided in the in Mexico City where a Diego time together at Dutch club AZ van Gaal told Dutch news agency lash from South Korea’s first But if the ban was then con- first 45 minutes, so they could ease Maradona-inspired Argentina Alkmaar. ANP. round knock-out helped force firmed, he would miss a key part off in the second half, whereas we beat West Germany 3-2. Romero said he went to the “They refused. Vlaar in coach Hong Myung-Bo, to resign. of the European season. had to spend all the effort, and “Penalties are all about luck, Dutch dressing room to thank my view was our best player. “As of today, I am leaving this The striker, who has two every last drop of sweat to reach that is the reality. I had con- his former mentor. “He is some- Unfortunately he didn’t score.” post”, Hong told a press confer- previous lengthy bans for bit- the World Cup final.” fidence and thanks to God it one who helped me a lot when Van Gaal took aim at having ence. REUTERS ing opponents, was thrown out of the World Cup and banned from all football activity for four Neymar to join months. Suarez was also suspended Brazil for third for nine internationals and fined Dutch press lights up campaign 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000). place play-off He has since made a pub- THE HAGUE: The Costa Rica in the quarter finals. survive the day after with a mas- start thanks to (coach) Louis van lic apology to Chiellini -- who Netherlands woke up yesterday Popular broadsheet De sive orange hangover. Gaal, who managed to get the has backed his case to be able TERESOPOLIS, Brazil: to the pain of a penalty defeat Telegraaf ran a huge front-page “The Netherlands wakes up most from a talented team,” said to play again -- while Spanish Brazil’s injured striker Neymar against Argentina, but local headline simply stating: “The with a massive orange hangover. the Christian-based daily Trouw. giants Barcelona are negotiating will attend tomorrow’s third media praised the team that dream ends,” with a diving Sergio No more fun, no more predic- “No reason to be sour,” added to buy the prolific striker from place play-off when the battered almost made it to a second suc- Romero about to block Wesley tions, no more discussions at the NRC.next. “The Netherlands can England’s Liverpool. World Cup hosts take on the cessive World Cup final. Sneijder’s penalty shot. coffee machine,” it added. look back on the tournament According to British media, Netherlands. “It hurts,” popular tabloid The “entire Netherlands was Although papers highlighted with satisfaction.” Barcelona have reached a deal Brazil were consigned to the Algemeen Dagblad said, splashing looking forward to a showdown the team’s failure to convert “Louis van Gaal sent us to the with Liverpool, but the official ignominy of fighting out a game a picture of a devastated goal- with arch rival Germany,” the in the penalty kick-out, they semi finals against all expecta- announcement has been held up Dutch coach Louis van Gaal has keeper Jasper Cillessen, seated paper added. also thanked the team for their tions,” said De Telegraaf. because the Spanish team are attacked as “unfair” after their 7-1 with his head bowed in defeat as “Now we’re having to be con- accomplishment. “Complements on a fantastic seeking clarification from FIFA semi-final mauling by Germany. Argentina celebrates a 4-2 pen- tent with a consolation final Dutch commentators always tournament.” of the scope of the ban. Neymar’s absence dominated alty win in the background. against Brazil,” it said. maintained that any placing fur- Argentina face Germany in The reports said the transfer the build-up to Tuesday’s humil- “This time penalties proved Progressive daily NRC.next ther than the second round was Sunday’s final while van Gaal’s could eventually be worth £75 m iation. The Barcelona striker fatal,” the paper said as it pointed simply had an illustration of a a bonus, rather than a certainty. Holland take on Brazil in the ($130m) but is also conditional on missed out after fracturing a out that it was penalties that put crying face on an orange back- “We’ve gone further in Brazil third place play-off 24 hours ear- Barcelona selling Chile’s World vertebrae in the quarter-final win the Netherlands through against ground with advice on how to than what was required at the lier. AFP Cup striker Alexis Sanchez to over Colombia. Arsenal. AFP “Neymar will come here (to Brazil’s World Cup base), he’s going to accompany the team to Saturday’s match,” confirmed Brazil football federation spokes- Messi on target to match Maradona man Rodrigo Paiva to R7.com. Paiva announced the news at SAO PAULO: Lionel Messi says Messi will always be compared to shadowing Messi everywhere. For an Brazil’s World Cup headquar- Argentina have “one little step left” to Maradona, the captain of the Argentina hour, there were shades of Claudio ters in Teresopolis, near Rio de climb against Germany in the World teams that won the World Cup in Gentile’s infamous performance against Janeiro. Medics meanwhile from Cup final on Sunday where he has the Mexico in 1986 and were beaten by West Maradona in Spain in 1982, when the the superstar striker’s Barcelona chance to emulate Diego Maradona. Germany in the final four years later in Italy defender shackled the young genius club visited him at his home to If Messi can match Maradona and cap- Italy. as holders Argentina bowed out in the check up on his injury. tain Argentina to World Cup glory this Wednesday’s match saw Messi win second phase. A statement on Barcelona’s will be remembered as his tournament. his 92nd cap for his country, passing Against a superbly-drilled Dutch website reported: “FC Barcelona’s Success will be even sweeter with the Maradona’s total number of appearances defence marshalled by Ron Vlaar, Messi Medical Services visited Neymar title coming in arch-rival Brazil’s own and moving into sixth place in his coun- only really threatened from an early free- Jr at the player’s home in Brazil backyard. try’s all-time list. kick that goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen this week. Wednesday’s tense 4-2 semi-final pen- Maradona played in four World Cups saved. “The Club’s Medical Services alty shoot-out win over the Netherlands altogether and won one. The Barcelona man was pivotal in tak- confirmed the CBF’s diagnosis kept Messi on track to emulate the Now Messi, at the age of 27, is pre- ing Alejandro Sabella’s side to this stage, that Neymar had fractured the Maradona-inspired 1986 title win. sented with the chance to equal his great with his match-winning performances in L3 vertebrae in his back. After the game the Barcelona legend predecessor in what is his third World Group F wins over Bosnia-Hercegovina, “The CBF and Barca’s Medical was unable to celebrate with his team- Cup. Iran and Nigeria. Services are in agreement on the mates in the dressing room after being The four time world Footballer of the In the last 16, penalties loomed against type of treatment the player will dragged away for a doping test by FIFA, Year’s impact in Sao Paulo was hindered Switzerland when his jinking run late in undergo in his recovery process. before he was marshalled out of the by the man-marking he was subjected to extra time set up the winning goal for “The player is recovering well stadium without talking to the waiting for the first hour by Nigel de Jong. Angel di Maria, and he helped set up and he’ll continue his recovery in media. Messi confidently dispatched Gonzalo Higuain’s quarter-final clincher Barcelona starting on August 5.” But via a posting on the photo-sharing Argentina’s first spot-kick, but before against Belgium too. Neymar’s absence and as website Instagram he said: “I am proud that he offered little on a dreary and cold And if his individual performance on importantly that of suspended to be part of this squad. evening at the Corinthians Arena. Wednesday was not up to his usual sky- Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates after scoring defender and captain Thiago Silva “They are all phenomenal. What a A disciplined defensive display by the high standards, he can surely expect to be during the penalty shootout of the 2014 FIFA World contributed to Tuesday’s shock- performance they put in. And we are in Dutch ensured that the gruelling Sao afforded more space against a Germany Cup semi-final match against the Netherlands at ing Belo Horizonte battering by the final!! Paolo semi-final ended goalless after side who, unlike Holland, will have faith the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on a Germany side that now faces “It’s crazy. Let’s enjoy it. We have one extra-time. in their ability to really take the game to Wednesday. Argentina won 4-2 on penalties. Argentina in Sunday’s final. AFP little step left.” De Jong was handed the task of Argentina. AFP FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 21 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

The nightmare continues for Brazil To rub salt into host nation’s Cup wounds, arch-rival Argentina make the final

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilians already picked a new team for to us, although I would have Rousseff handing the trophy to might have thought that their Sunday. preferred to beat them in the Argentine captain Messi. World Cup nightmare couldn’t “Now I’m German,” he said. final,” said Miguel Martin, 32, “I can’t imagine Dilma giving possibly get any worse — and Brazilians noted that the final a truck driver wearing a hat in the trophy to Argentina at the then bitter rivals Argentina will be in the same stadium where Argentina’s blue and white colors Maracana. This can’t happen,” reached the final in their own Brazil lost the decisive game of who watched the game at a public said Marcos Raimondi, a 44-year- backyard on Wednesday. the 1950 tournament to Uruguay, screening in Sao Paulo. old economist wearing the offi- Still agonizing over their a defeat that traumatized the Brazil and Argentina have cial Dutch team jersey. “It’s worse traumatic 7-1 semi-final defeat country. battled for football supremacy in than what happened yesterday. to Germany just 24 hours ear- “The nightmare continues,” South America for decades. It’s a nightmare. Unbearable.” lier, Brazilians will now have to wrote O Dia newspaper in its Brazilians flaunt their Amadeus Marques, a 27-year- watch Argentina and their super- online edition. record five World Cup titles at old doctor also in Dutch regalia, star Lionel Messi battle for the “In addition to not being able Argentines, whose team has won was equally dumbstruck. trophy in Rio de Janeiro’s leg- to dream about a sixth title, the trophy twice. “This is incredible. I feel the endary Maracana Stadium on Brazilians will have to live with Throughout the World Cup, same sensation as yesterday. Since Sunday. the real possibility of one of its Argentine fans chanted in sta- the fourth German goal I was Many Brazilians rooted for main rivals triumphing in the diums that football legend Diego already hoping that Argentina the Netherlands to beat their ultimate football temple,” it said. Maradona was better than would not go through and that we South American neighbours The sports daily Lance used Brazilian great Pele. would play them for third place.” in Wednesday’s semi-final. But a Twitter hashtag for its title, But the competition goes But not all Brazilians were Argentina saw off the dogged #SomosTodosAlemanha! (We beyond the pitch. Argentina was rooting against their South Dutch 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out Are All Germany). Argentines a leading emerging nation in the American peers. after a 0-0 draw in 120 minutes responded on the social media early 20th century but it was Leonan Freitas, a 33-year-old of attritional stalemate. website by repeatedly typing the eclipsed by Brazil in economic and bank worker, was the only one “Seeing Argentina in the final number 7, reminding Brazilians of political might in recent decades. among a group of friends sipping in our home hurts, especially after their humiliating defeat. At the official “Fan Fest” beers at a Rio bar who cheered the Selecao’s worst ever defeat,” Argentines were on cloud nine, in Sao Paulo, some Brazilians for Argentina. “Argentina is a said Marcio Carneiro da Silva, 36, singing and chanting at the sta- wore the Dutch team’s orange neighbour. I want South America a mailman drowning his sorrows dium in Sao Paulo and in bars colors, applauding every time the to win,” he said to his friends’ dis- Brazil fans react after the World Cup semi-final match against Germany with a beer on the terrace of a Rio across Brazil. Netherlands were close to scoring. approval. “I was more scared of at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday. de Janeiro restaurant. “Reaching the final in Brazil is Now they have to cope with losing the third-place game to His friend Cesar Augusto, 37, the best thing that could happen the possibility of President Dilma Argentina.” AFP Collapse was Evra set to join Juventus Manchester United defender Patrice Secret plan to stop Messi Evra (pictured) has told the English club caused by that he would like to join Italian champions SANTO ANDRE: Germany said the Germany defence will in Rome. Juventus and the two teams are in talks have a secret plan to shut pay Messi the same close atten- Argentina legend Maradona over the transfer, British media reported pressure, Argentina superstar Lionel tion Cristiano Ronaldo received played in both matches, but yesterday. Messi out of Sunday’s World in the 4-0 rout of Portugal in the Germany’s veteran striker The loss of another of their most experi- says Loew Cup final at Rio de Janeiro’s group stages. Miroslav Klose said neither enced defenders would be a blow to United iconic Maracana Stadium. “Messi is one of the best play- match has any relevance now. but the club have a natural replacement SANTO ANDRE: Germany’s Assistant coach Hansi Flick ers in the world, but just as I said “You can’t really make compar- after signing teenager Luke Shaw from coach Joachim Loew believes yesterday said there is a “special before the Portugal game when we isons, Maradona was one player, Southampton Brazil’s players were over- plan” to cope with the four-time faced Ronaldo, we have to defend but Messi is just as fantastic and whelmed by the pressure of Ballon d’Or winner but refused to as a team,” said the left-back. they are absolutely on par,” said trying to win the World Cup at give details. “We have to stifle his oppor- Klose. Sanchez agrees to Arsenal deal home, a sentiment expressed Messi had a relatively quiet tunities to score goal and create “We have to come up with a Chile’s star World Cup striker Alexis by several current and former match against the Netherlands dangerous situations.” few surprises of our own and I am Sanchez (pictured) agreed to join Arsenal players after their 7-1 semi-final as Wednesday’s semi-final was This is the sixth time Germany just looking forward to an excit- yesterday on a long-term contract for an mauling. settled by penalties. will meet Argentina at the World ing game, which will be marked undisclosed fee, the club announced. Germany, who have had a sport The 27-year-old was often Cup and the second time in the by tactics and a bit of trickery.” Sanchez, 25, joins Arsenal from Barcelona psychologist with the team since greeted by two Oranje shirts in final. Flick warned Germany fans not where he made a total of 88 appearances, 2004, have also gone to great Sao Paulo and the Germans are On their most recent meeting, to expect anything like Tuesday’s scoring 39 goals during his three seasons lengths to shield their players also getting organized. Messi scored two years ago when remarkable 7-1 semi-final rout of with the Catalan side. from the pressures at the World “We saw how the Dutch man- Argentina enjoyed a 3-1 win over Brazil, especially after Argentina’s Cup, setting up their base at a aged to keep Messi out, but we ten-man Germany in a Frankfurt penalty shoot-out win against the fortress-like purpose-built com- too have a special plan for him — friendly. Dutch. Lloris extends Tottenham deal pound on a remote beach in rural although I won’t give that away,” The Germans won the most “It’s going to be a completely France goalkeeper and captain Hugo north-eastern Brazil. said Flick. recent World Cup meetings. different game to the semi-final,” Lloris has signed a new five-year contract The relaxed and always-com- “We’re looking forward to They routed a Diego Maradona- said Flick. with (pictured) Tottenham, the English posed deportment of the Germany meeting a compact, organised coached Argentina 4-0 in Cape The Argentina-Netherlands Premier League club confirmed yesterday. players stands in sharp contrast team and in Messi, they have one Town at South Africa 2010 after semi-final “was a tactical match, The 27-year-old originally signed from with the emotions exhibited and the outstanding players of the a quarter-final penalty shoot-out both teams neutralised each French outfit Lyon two years ago for 10 tears shed by Brazil players at tournament. win in Berlin four years earlier. other. million euros and has made 78 appearances the tournament, scenes that have “We know plenty about Germany lost the Mexico 1986 “The theme of the game was for the north London club. amazed some Germans. Argentina, Germany has to accept final 3-2 to Argentina, then took two excellent defences and not “We are delighted to announce that “Perhaps the pressure was just the role of favourites, but the final revenge four years later by win- every match can be as spectacular Hugo Lloris has committed his future to too much,” Loew said in an inter- will write it’s own script.” ning the Italia 1990 final 1-0 when as Germany-Brazil,” said Flick. the club with the signing of a new five-year view on the German football asso- Defender Benedikt Hoewedes Argentina finished with nine men AFP contract,” the club said in a statement ciation (DFB) website when asked why Brazil had imploded in the first half when Germany scored Mandzukic goes to Atletico Madrid five times. “The expectations on the team Bayern Munich’s Croatian inter- in their home country might national striker Mario Mandzukic have crippled them. We know all (pictured) has completed his move to about that from our own experi- Atletico Madrid, the Bundesliga cham- ence in 2006,” he said, referring to pions announced yesterday. Germany’s heart-breaking semi- The 28-year-old, who has played for final 2-0 loss to Italy. Bayern for the past two seasons, has “That’s why I feel for my coach- undergone his medical and signed with ing counter-part Luiz Felipe the Champions League finalists. Scolari, why I feel for the Brazil No transfer details were revealed team and the whole Brazilian but the German media estimated nation,” he said. the deal to be worth 22 million euros REUTERS ($30m). Merkel upbeat Nasri signs new deal with City

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Manchester City playmaker Samir Merkel, who will travel to Brazil Nasri (pictured) has signed a new to cheer on Germany in the long-term contract with the Premier World Cup final, backed the League champions that runs until national team’s chances yester- 2019, the club said yesterday. day, saying a win was “feasible”. The Frenchman was instrumen- Merkel said she thought the tal in their title winning campaign German side had the concentra- last season and scored 11 goals in all tion needed to bring home the competitions including the opener in trophy. Germany’s players warm up during a training session in Santo Andre yesterday, ahead of the World Cup final their decisive final-day victory over “My tip is, it’s feasible,” she said on Sunday. West Ham United. AGENCIES at a press conference. AFP FRIDAY 11 JULY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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MUSCAT 32/31 Clear 34/32 Clear MAKKAH 42/28 Clear 42/28 Clear A young woman wearing the summer Kimono, “Yukata”, watches goldfish during the press preview of “Eco Edo Nihombashi Art Aquarium 2014” KUWAIT 45/31 Clear 47/31 Clear exhibition in Tokyo yesterday. The two-month goldfish exhibition starts today. BAHRAIN 39/34 Clear 39/35 Clear SANAA 30/17 Partly cloudy 30/17 Partly cloudy RIYADH 43/32 Clear 43/32 Partly cloudy DUBAI 42/28 Clear 41/27 Clear BAGHDAD 45/28 Clear 45/29 Clear Malaysian MP says sorry for Hitler tweet THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW KUALA LUMPUR: A Hitler”. wishing Germany “all the best” dealing the host nation the worst HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Malaysian lawmaker apolo- Najib condemned Bung in the final against Argentina on semi-final defeat in World Cup gised yesterday for a tweet Mokhtar’s comments as “unac- Sunday. history. ATHENS 33/24 Clear 32/22 Clear praising Adolf Hitler following ceptable and wrong” in a state- Bung Mokhtar himself also Germany’s ambassador to Germany’s World Cup win over ment issued by his office yesterday tweeted an apology yesterday Malaysia said on Wednesday that WASHINGTON 31/23 Thunderstorm 32/23 Partly cloudy Brazil, after Prime Minister and ordered him to withdraw after defending his remarks ear- the embassy “strongly” rejected SYDNEY 18/08 Partly cloudy 16/09 Chance of storm Najib Razak rebuked him for them. lier amid criticism. “the unacceptable allusion to the LONDON 23/14 Chance of rain 26/16 Chance of showers his “unacceptable” statement. “He does not speak for Malaysia, “When Germany whacked fascist regime of Adolf Hitler” PARIS 22/18 Cloudy 23/18 Chance of storm Bung Mokhtar Radin, a poli- or for ordinary Malaysians, who Brazil, I unintentionally said who led Germany into the Second ISTANBUL 29/23 Clear 26/22 Clear tician with Najib’s ruling United understand Europe’s tragic past, something that hurt d feeling of d World War. Malays National Organisation, and respect its modern unity,” ppl in Germany. MY SINCEREST Bung Mokhtar has drawn con- MANILA 33/26 Chance of storm 33/26 Chance of storm congratulated Germany on Najib said. APPOLOGY. LONG LIVE demnation in the past for state- DHAKA 34/27 Mostly cloudy 33/27 Chance of storm Wednesday by posting on Twitter, “This should be a time of cel- BUNG..” he posted. ments deemed offensive and DELHI 40/32 Mostly cloudy 40/28 Cloudy “Well done... Bravo... Long Live ebration for Germany,” he added, Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1, insensitive. AFP ISLAMABAD 40/29 Clear 42/28 Partly cloudy HBO’s Game of Thrones bags most Emmy nominations

LOS ANGELES: Hit fan- tasy series “Game of Thrones” topped nominations yester- day for the Primetime Emmy awards, as online streaming service Netflix again challenged traditional networks for televi- sion’s version of the Oscars. Premium cable channel HBO’s grisly royal feud saga scored 19 nods including for best drama series, followed by “Fargo” — based on the quirky 1996 Coen brothers’ movie — with nomina- tions in 18 categories. Other notable nominees included Netflix’s breakthrough women’s prison show “Orange is the New Black,” earning nomina- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (right) with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe posing by a giant tyre as tions for five members of its cast, Television Academy Chairman & CEO Bruce Rosenblum (centre), actress they travelled to the Pilbara mining heartland in Western Australia where they visited Rio Tinto’s West Angelas and the new crime drama “True mine. The trip was designed to reinforce the importance of Australian iron ore to Japan. Mindy Kaling (left) and television host Carson Daly stand together during Detective”. the nominations announcement for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards in Other female-led shows North Hollywood, California, yesterday. like “Veep,” “The Good Wife,” Tyre shot hits Aussie PM on Internet “Scandal” and “American Horror year with 31. Overall “American Smith for “Downton Abbey” and Story: Coven” also made strong Horror Story: Coven” was third “12 Years a Slave” star Chiwetel showings. with 17 nods, followed by 16 for Ejiofor. SYDNEY: Australian Prime West Angelas mine. and bonding at Australia’s beau- “How incredibly humbling to “Breaking Bad,” the cult series But there were also some nota- Minister Tony Abbott was taken The trip was designed to tiful backdrops,” said the Rupert be nominated not only a third about teacher-turned-drugs king- ble snubs, including CBS’s widely- to task on social media yes- reinforce the importance of Murdoch-run news.com.au. time but among a group of excep- pin Walter White that ended last acclaimed “The Good Wife” in the terday for tweeting a “cringe- Australian iron ore to Japan “But this cringe-worthy corker tionally talented and critically year, and the same number for best drama race, where “Game of worthy” photo of himself with — but it was the leaders’ pose posted by the PM last night has acclaimed actresses,” Mayim AIDS drama movie “The Normal Thrones” is up against “Breaking Japanese counterpart Shinzo against a giant dusty tyre, each yet another Abbott embarrass- Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory” Heart.” Bad,” “Mad Men,” “House of Abe posing by a giant tyre. with a leg raised to show off their ment written all over it.” told the Hollywood Reporter. A slew of British actors are in Cards,” “True Detective” and Abbott travelled with Abe on new Australian boots, that drew The picture shows the two con- Overall, HBO won the most the running, including Martin “Downton Abbey.” Wednesday to the Pilbara mining the most attention. servative leaders wearing safety nominations with 99, while online Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Also snubbed were “Homeland” heartland in Western Australia “The unlikely pair certainly glasses as they show off their streaming giant Netflix doubled Idris Elba, repeat nominees star Damian Lewis and Elisabeth where they visited Rio Tinto’s hit it off, getting sloppy on sake, black boots. AFP its number of nods from last Michelle Dockery and Maggie Moss of “Mad Men”. AFP

Sliding down toilets!

TOKYO: In a country known for its Amazon sued over charges for kids’ online game buys high-tech ‘smart loos’, a Japanese exhibition dedicated to what gets WASHINGTON: The US the consent of the parents. the parents or others. Within weeks, complaints process for these apps.” flushed down and featuring a giant Federal Trade Commission It alleged that Amazon, which The FTC suit cites Amazon from consumers about unau- “Amazon has received thou- toilet slide is making a splash in sued Amazon yesterday for sold the apps for accessing the internal documents from 2011 thorised charges by children sands of complaints related to Tokyo. charging parents for what games, did not make clear to and 2012 showing the giant on Amazon’s mobile devices unauthorised in-app charges Children slid excitedly down a their children spent on online parents permitting the down- online vendor knew of the reached what an Amazon by children in these and other chute into a lavatory standing five games without parental loads that the users would potential problem but took no Appstore manager described as games, amounting to millions of metres high, following the “Journey authorisation. be able to continue spending action to stop it. “near house-on-fire” levels, the dollars of charges,” the suit said. of Poo” at the National Museum of The FTC said Amazon let kids via “in-app charges” without Parents began complaining court filing said. The FTC asked the court for Emerging Science and Innovation. playing online games to spend controls. about hundreds of dollars’ worth Within a month, in an inter- unspecified fines and refunds to The aim of the exhibition, which also real money from their parents’ Meanwhile, Apple collected of unauthorised charges soon nal document, the project consumers and for the company includes a chorus of singing toilet accounts on virtual items -- 30 percent of the money spent after Amazon began collecting manager for in-app charges to give up any profits it earned bowls, is to educate visitors about coins, stars and other items used by the game player, with the in-app payments in November acknowledged that “parents from the in-app business. sewerage, health and waste. AFP in the game -- without getting charges going to the account of 2011. are excluded from the buying AFP