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Emir meets Abbas Wakrah Hospital Concern over likely to open tomorrow

DOHA: Wakrah Hospital, the huge overseas largest healthcare facility in the country, is expected to open officially tomorrow. Details of the opening cere- mony are yet to be announced. In health bill the initial phase, the hospital will cater to mainly referral patients from primary health centres in Wakrah and the neighbouring Advisory Council discusses issue localities, Al Sharq reported yes- terday, quoting a source. DOHA: Qatar spent a whop- in doctors and other healthcare The hospital started receiving ping QR1.2bn ($328.76m) last practitioners here are forcing visitors in May last year with the year on treatment of its citi- many citizens to look for treat- opening of outpatient clinics for zens overseas, reflecting the ment overseas. “This has been maternity, paediatric, internal poor satisfaction level of locals forcing the government to spend medicine, and diabetes among with healthcare services in the huge amounts on their treat- other facilities. The size of the country. ment,” said the Council, which had 350-bed hospital is equivalent This was disclosed at a regular recommended that the Supreme to the Hamad General Hospital, session of the Advisory Council Council of Health (SCH) speed up Women’s Hospital and Rumailah here yesterday. The State Cabinet processing the applications from Hospital put together. The hospital has approved a series of propos- Qataris seeking treatment abroad The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Emiri has separate buildings for women’s als submitted by the Council to since any delay could cause fur- Diwan yesterday. Talks at the meeting dealt with bilateral relations and means of developing them, in addi- healthcare and emergency, opera- improve the quality of healthcare ther health complications. tion to the latest Palestinian developments. The Emir also met Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil tion theatres and intensive care services in the country. The Cabinet also agreed on a units. THE PENINSULA Al ArabI, yesterday. See also page 2 Yesterday’s meeting discussed recommendation of the Advisory a memorandum forwarded by the Council to give priority to Qataris Cabinet intimating its approval of in all healthcare services. the Council’s recommendations. The Council has also proposed Currently, about 2,000 Qatari to upgrade the premises of the patients are undergoing treatment health care facilities with more abroad under state support, and in floors and rooms, install more 87 shops caught flouting consumer law 2011 a total of QR1.2bn was spent equipment for X-ray, MRI scan on citizens who sought treatment and other medical examinations DOHA: In a crackdown last Ministry of Business and Trade appliances of common use (plugs its electronic display screen that in other countries, the Council and increase the number of spe- month, government inspectors received 347 consumer complaints and wires, for example) were shows exchange rates of major said, citing the Cabinet’s memo. cialised pharmacies, consultants discovered a number of retail last month. found to be of low quality — qual- world currencies, operating. Going by statistics released by and nurses at HMC hospitals. outlets not displaying price lists, Non-display of price lists by ity that didn’t fit Qatari standards At least eight outlets were the Supreme Council of Health It had called on the authorities mostly for fresh fruits and veg- shops, whether big or small— and specifications. found flouting the provisions of (SCH) earlier, this shows a sig- speed up the implementation of etables, in violation of the law. including neighbourhood stores— Interestingly, one shop had the law with regard to exchange nificant increase over 2010, when the national health insurance In all, 87 shops selling vari- is a violation of law. launched a promotion without of goods sold. a total of QR780m ($213.7m) was scheme and give priority to citi- ous products and services were CPD inspectors discovered at formal approval from the authori- Five of the 87 erring shops were spent on nearly 3,000 citizens who zens in this process. The SCH has singled out by inspectors from one of the erring shops that the ties concerned. While another charged for overpricing. They had received treatment overseas. already announced that Qatari the consumer rights watchdog weight of a packet of the popu- had the permission to launch made customers pay more than The Council noted that crowd- women will indeed be the benefi- for general violation of the con- lar Arabic bread ‘khubz’ was less sales promotion but didn’t follow the prices mentioned in their pro- ing and long waiting time for ciaries of the first phase of the sumer protection law, of which 42 than legally prescribed. The size rules. motion brochures. Another five appointments at Hamad Medical insurance scheme. were found not displaying price of the breads was found to be The CPD inspectors raided service-providing companies did Corporation (HMC) hospitals, THE PENINSULA lists. The Consumer Protection smaller than required. exchange firms as well and discov- not mention their rates. coupled with a lack of confidence Continued on page 4 Department (CPD) of the In another outlet, electrical ered that one of these did not have THE PENINSULA

Bahrain activist’s Egypt army gets daughter jailed Anti-doping lab power to arrest for one month opens in Doha civilians during DUBAI: A Bahraini court yes- terday sentenced the daughter DOHA: Qatar which has country on par with some of the referendum of prominent opposition activ- emerged as one of the top sport- leaders in the sporting world,” said ist Hadi Al Khawaja to one ing hubs, added yet another Sheikh Saoud, while addressing CAIRO: Egypt’s Islamist presi- month in jail for taking part in feature to its surging infra- the gathering. ADLQ will strive dent has given the army tempo- an unauthorised demonstration, structure facilities with the to make drug education part of rary power to arrest civilians her lawyer said. inauguration of the Anti-Doping health education, lay down norms during a constitutional referen- Zainab Al Khawaja, the eld- Laboratory Qatar (ADLQ). regulating the use of technology dum he is determined to push est of the Shia rights activist’s The Heir Apparent, H H Sheikh in sport and provide accurate and through despite the risk of daughters, was found guilty of Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani inau- current information to athletes. bloodshed between his support- entering the “prohibited area” of gurated the state-of-the-art facil- “We seek to raise awareness, ers and opponents accusing him Pearl Square, the main symbol of ity at Aspire Zone, in the presence to help our athletes think criti- of a power grab. 2011 protests crushed by security of ace rally driver and Olympic cally, and make the wise choice of Seven people were killed and forces, on February 12, the lawyer bronze medal winner in shooting, avoiding doping in any form,” said hundreds wounded last week said. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, and 2012 Sheikh Saoud. Dr Robin Olivier, in clashes between the Islamist She also was fined 100 dinars London Games bronze medallist in Science Director at Wada, said Muslim Brotherhood and their ($258). high jump, Mutaz Essa Barshim. the inauguration of the lab is a critics besieging Mohammed Her lawyers disputed the Qatar Olympic Committee significant achievement for Qatar Mursi’s graffiti-daubed presiden- charges, saying there was “no for- General-Secretary Sheikh Saoud in the field of sport and science. tial palace. Both sides plan mass mal decision declaring that Pearl bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who 33 labs around the world are rallies today. Square is a forbidden area”. was present for the inauguration, dedicated to the analysis of sports The elite Republican Guard has Defence attorney Mohamed said the anti-doping laboratory is doping control tests. Labs that yet to use force to keep protest- Al Wasta also said on his Twitter another red letter day for Qatar. wish to perform analysis of dop- ers away from the palace, which account that the prosecution “Today, we are celebrating ing controls for sports under the it ringed with tanks, barbed wire ordered Khawaja’s detention for another addition to the sports World Anti-Doping Code must and concrete barricades after last a week on charges of incitement The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani opening the facilities. Every day we will see achieve and maintain WADA week’s violence. against the regime. Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar (ADLQ) at Aspire Zone yesterday. improvements in the sports accreditation. THE PENINSULA Mursi, bruised by calls for AFP See also page 26 facilities in Qatar, which puts the Continued on page 4 his downfall, has rescinded a November 22 decree giving him wide powers but is going ahead with a referendum on Saturday on a constitution seen by his sup- porters as a triumph for democ- Focus on freedom of speech, DCMF tells rights groups racy and by many liberals as a betrayal. A decree issued by Mursi late DOHA: The Doha Centre for source of all human rights, the He was speaking at a human to mark the ‘Human Rights Day world over the last two years,” on Sunday gives the armed forces Media Freedom (DCMF) urged voices of all sections of the com- rights event ‘My Voice Counts’ yesterday. said Keulen. the power to arrest civilians and human rights organisations and munity, including women, youth, organised by the National Human “The demand to protect human It was a historical moment refer them to prosecutors until authorities concerned to focus minorities, disabled, citizens, poor Rights Committee (NHRC) in rights is like freedom of speech. when millions of people took to the announcement of the results on freedom of speech to protect and marginalised classes who collaboration with the United The right to peaceful assembly, the streets demanding changes, of the referendum, which the pro- the rights of all sections of the should be included in decision- Nations Human Rights Training to form organisations and to par- he said, Qatar News Agency testers want cancelled. society. making and policy-making,” said Documentation Centre for South- ticipate in the government has (QNA) reported REUTERS “Freedom of speech is a main Jan Keulen, Director of DCMF. West Asia and the Arab Region changed the scene of the Arab THE PENINSULA See also page 9 TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir meets Al Arabi PM receives phone HEC gets close call from Egyptian counterpart DOHA: The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E to $1m QNRF Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani yesterday received a telephone call from Egyptian Prime Minister Dr research grant Hisham Qandil. During the phone call, the two premiers reviewed bilat- eral relations and issues of Project on energy efficiency common interest.

DOHA: HEC Paris in Qatar the work must be conducted in has announced that two of its Qatar and the team must also Advisory Council faculty members have been ensure that visibility is brought awarded a grant of $993,000 to the project through confer- holds meeting from Qatar National Research ences, articles and websites. DOHA: The Advisory Fund (QNRF) for a research HEC Paris in Qatar’s Council yesterday held proposal. Academic Dean, Professor its weekly regular session Andrea Masiniand Sam Antoine Hyafil, commented: “It chaired by Council’s Deputy Aflaki, an Associate Professor is highly important for us to con- Speaker H E Issa Rubaia Al and Assistant Professor respec- tribute to creating a knowledge- Rubaia Al Kuwari. tively at HEC Paris, received based economy in Qatar, not only At the outset of the meet- the nearly $1m grant from the by disseminating the most up ing, the Council’s Secretary Qatar National Research Fund to date knowledge through our General Fahd bin Mubarak Al for their research proposal: Executive Education programs, Khayareen read out the agenda ‘Designing, Managing and but also by creating knowledge which has been approved. Assessing Incentive Structures through our research activities.” A memo from the Cabinet’s for Sustainable Energy “The Masini – Aflaki project General Secretariat on the Solutions.’ developed with the support of Council’s recommendation The research project, which FIKRA Consulting and Research requesting general discussion will launch shortly, comprises is one example of such research on medical services and health two tiers: to use energy more activity. Another QNRF funded care was then read out. efficiently, and to invest in project, is developed by HEC The Council later discussed renewable and cleaner sources of Paris Professor Laoucine a report of the Public Services energy. The project is envisioned Kerbache in cooperation with and Utilities Committee on to be delivered over three years. Qatar University,” said Professor a draft law exempting Qatar The project’s 50 percent of Hyafil. THE PENINSULA Railways Company from some rules related to expropriation The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Al Arabi and organising its rights on at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. Al Arabi is in Doha to participate in the meeting of the Arab League’s Ministerial public and private properties, Committee on the Arab Peace Initiative and the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Committee on Syria. and decided to submit its rec- MoI to launch FM radio service ommendations thereon to the DOHA: The Ministry of Interior (MoI) will launch its own FM Council of Ministers. radio station during the first half of next year. The station will give traffic information and raise awareness about traffic law and safety requirements, Al Raya newspaper SEC announces first term examination schedule Tasweeq aids reported yesterday. This broadcasting system is expected to con- tribute to reduce traffic jams and minimise accidents. DOHA: The Supreme students, morning and evening The Educational Institute at Myanmar relief effort The FM radio is part of the general development of the MoI, Education Council (SEC) has classes for the academic year the Supreme Education Council DOHA: Qatar International which includes the establishment of new security centres and announced the examination 2012-13 will start on January 17 has sent memos attached with Petroleum Marketing services. It will focus on issues related to traffic, giving guidance to schedule for the first term for and end on January 29, Qatar examination schedules to all Company (Tasweeq) has drivers in order to avoid traffic jams and be alert in case of weather secondary schools. The exami- News Agency reported yesterday. school operators and principals made a humanitarian dona- changes. Tips will be given to avoid congested areas, especially dur- nations are to be held in mid of The examination of the subject of secondary independent schools tion toward the relief efforts ing rush hours. The Ministry is expanding its work and its service January next year. of Holy Quran for the students and evening schools asking them of displaced people in the centres, and it aims to be more in touch with the community and The first term examination of the secondary school of the to inform the students of the Rakhine State of Myanmar, raise awareness about traffic laws. THE PENINSULA for all secondary public schools Religious Institute will be held examination schedule. the Qatari company said yes- including parallel and home on January 13 and 14. THE PENINSULA terday. QNA TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QMA expo to Qatar, Moldova agree to waive visas narrate history of the Olympics 1,400 original objects to go on show

DOHA: QMA’s Qatar Olympic Executive Director at Qatar & Sports Museum is organis- Museums Authority. “It is ing “The Olympics – Past & therefore important to give the Present”- the largest exhibi- Qatari community an oppor- tion of its kind showing both tunity to learn more about the ancient and modern Olympic history of the Olympics, and we Games and narrating the his- are delighted to be working in tory of the Olympics from their partnership with ExxonMobil on birth in ancient Greece until this exhibition in support of this the present time. effort.” On view from March 27 to “Qatar Olympic Committee June 30 next year at Al Riwaq is always excited to work with Doha exhibition space, the exhi- Qatar Olympic and Sports bition including “Olympia: Myth, Museum and support their Cult and Games” about ancient efforts to organise world class Olympia, will be sponsored by exhibitions in Doha,” said Sheikh The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat witness the sign- ExxonMobil and will be the first Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al ing of several agreements in Doha yesterday. The agreements include those on waiving visas for diplomatic and special passport holders, economic to include around 1,400 original Thani, Secretary General of the and trade cooperation, encouraging mutual protection of investments, tourism and sports affairs. The Prime Minister later hosted a dinner banquet objects from QMA’s collection in Qatar Olympic Committee. for the Moldovan Prime Minister and his delegation. addition to pieces from Greece, “We are pleased to have France, Germany, and Italy. ExxonMobil’s support for this The exhibition will showcase project. It will contribute to original and unique objects from giving the people of Qatar the Olympia (Greece) - the birth- opportunity to learn more about place of the Olympic Games the inspiring history of the QCRI to hold ‘Arabic YouTube Tweetup’ - as well as objects from the Olympic Games.” last 48 Winter and Summer “Recognising the important DOHA: As part of its Ethraa disproportionately low amount Taghreedat initiated the first and insightful video content. Olympic Games allowing visi- role both tradition and sports initiative to increase and enrich of digital Arabic content, when ‘Arabic Tweetup’ in 2011, which Amateur film-makers have max- tors to learn about the values of play in Qatar, ExxonMobil is Arabic content online, Qatar compared to other languages, brought together hundreds of imised opportunities to articulate Olympics and their importance proud to join with the Qatar Computing Research Institute given the large number of Arabic enthusiasts and volunteers from their views through animation, in promoting peace and personal Museums Authority to bring (QCRI) has partnered with speakers worldwide,” said Majd around the region to launch the documentary and comedy. achievements. such a relevant and world-class Taghreedat, an Arabic digital Abbar, Director of Arabic Content ‘Twitter Arabization Project’ as The short film ’Super.Full’ fol- The exhibition will also high- exhibition to Doha,” said Bart content community initiative, Initiatives at QCRI. a crowd-sourcing community lowed by an open discussion with light the earliest sports games, Cahir, President and General to organise an ‘Arabic YouTube “At QCRI, our Ethraa initia- initiative. film-maker Niam Itani will be the participation of Qataris and Manager of ExxonMobil Qatar. Tweetup’. tive aims to close this gap through “We look forward to this year’s held at the tweetup. women in the Olympics, and “For the first time, an exhi- The event will highlight video organising and supporting pro- tweetup, organised in partner- The tweetup, to be held on will shed light on the modern bition showcases the cultural creation as an important driver grammes designed to increase ship with QCRI, as an important December 15 from 6:00pm to Olympic Games as a social, polit- history of the ancient and mod- of digital content. It has been and enrich relevant Arabic lan- opportunity to share key inter- 9:00pm at the Qatar National ical, and cultural phenomenon. ern Olympics on such a scale, arranged as part of Google’s guage content on the web. To help national best practices in Arabic Convention Centre, is free and “This exhibition underlines not to mention a special sec- Arabic Web Days programme, us with this effort, we look to join digital content production,” said open to the public. To register Qatar’s commitment to become tion on Qatar’s participation in which runs from November 20 to forces with organisations that Samy Al Mubarak, co-founder of follow @QatarComputing or @ a global sports hub with an array the world-class event,” added December 20, to encourage Arabic have the same objective such as Taghreedat. Taghreedat on Twitter, or visit of first-class sports facilities,” Dr Christian Wacker, Director contribution online. Taghreedat and Google, who aim Arab youth have embraced http://youtubetweetup.eventbrite. said Edward Dolman, Acting of the Qatar Olympic & Sports “Studies and experience to raise awareness about Arabic YouTube as an increasingly impor- com Chief Executive Officer and Museum. THE PENINSULA have shown that there is a online contribution.” tant channel for self-expression THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Q22, FIFA officials review stadia construction Football governing body commends Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee’s preparations for the major event

DOHA: Senior officials from the exchanging mutual updates and Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee making timely decisions that will and FIFA met last week in ultimately advance and enhance Doha to give an update on the our FIFA World Cup programme,” current status of the 2022 FIFA he added. World Cup Qatar Programme During the meeting, the Qatar and present the Qatar 2022 2022 Supreme Committee pre- Supreme Committee’s (Q22) sented FIFA with the first draft strategic goals, objectives and of the Grand Master Schedule for projects. Stadia Construction. The Grand Secretary General of the Master Schedule is the roadmap Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, for delivery of the 2022 FIFA Hassan Al Thawadi, along with World Cup Qatar and will now be the Technical Director Yasir Al reviewed in detail together with Jamal and Hamoud Al Subaey, FIFA. It will provide a framework Senior Adviser to the Secretary for timelines of construction for General and a team of Qatar 2022 competition and non-competition Supreme Committee officials met venues, in addition to national with a delegation of FIFA admin- infrastructure projects key to the istrators and FIFA’s Stadium successful hosting of the event. Consultant. Q22 and FIFA agreed to estab- Hassan Al Thawadi called the lish a working group, encom- meeting a success, stating: “Our passing various departments meetings with FIFA were very – scheduled to meet every two positive and represent an impor- months for updates and next tant step in continuing with our steps. The Secretary General of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, Hassan Al Thawadi, the Technical Director, Yasir Al Jamal, and Senior Adviser to the progress toward preparing for the The Technical Department Secretary General, Hamoud Al Subaey with the FIFA delegation. delivery of a successful 2022 FIFA of the Qatar 2022 Supreme World Cup in Qatar.” Committee detailed all capital zones, entertainment and tourist Project Management Plan (IPMP) excellent Q22 IPMP document Supreme Committee will have a “The agreements we have works scheduled to be finalised attractions, as well as urban plan- to FIFA. which will serve as a knowledge kick-off meeting with the FIFA reached for working groups in time for the FIFA World Cup; ning schemes. FIFA thanked Q22 for the very transfer management framework Stadium Consultants to agree on and senior officials to meet on including, the metro, road and Earlier this year, the Qatar constructive meeting and com- between FIFA and the Qatar 2022 a common strategy and deadlines a regular basis provide us with utilities systems, hotel and real 2022 Supreme Committee sub- mended the Qatar 2022 Supreme Supreme Committee. for the Stadium Design Review an enhanced framework for estate developments, stadia, fan mitted a three-year Intermediate Committee in particular for the In January, the Qatar 2022 Process. THE PENINSULA

National fervour Mena firms prefer to hire interns: Survey

DOHA: Many companies in the Middle East and North Africa region prefer to hire interns to spot the best talents for future employment and to cut back on costs, shows a regional survey conducted by Bayt.com. A majority of respondents believe that internships are use- ful to both employers and interns (74.8 percent) with 30 percent stating they are equally valued by both parties. A large portion of respondents (31.1 percent) think that compa- nies hire interns in to spot top talents for future employment, while 36.5 percent believe the motive is to cut back on costs. Interestingly, 55.2 percent of internships in the region are paid in one way or another. Almost three quarters (73.4 session with a supervisor, in a Three quarters (75.6 percent) percent) say they were appointed formal document, or both), 28.9 state that their academic insti- a mentor during their tenure, percent state that they received tution required them to become however, of these, 18 percent no feedback at all. an intern, which correlates with state that their mentor didn’t On the other hand, 15.4 per- the perception that such posi- offer them great help. cent state to have never done an tions are aimed primarily at col- Residents buying products to celebrate National Day from a leading supermarket in Doha yesterday. As While seven out of 10 (71 per- internship, although 24.3 percent lege students (21.5 percent) or December 18 approaches, chairs, lights and sound systems are being set up on the Corniche for the National cent) claim to have received an would either like to, or are plan- fresh graduates (40.3 percent). Day parade, while advertisements and posters have been put up around the city proclaiming support for Qatar appraisal (either in a one-on-one ning to. THE PENINSULA and its people. SALIM MATRAMKOT Qatar to join elite group Qtel offers goodies from with WADA accreditation InterContinental at SSMs Continued from page 1 which merely represents the “In our modern world, completion of the first part DOHA: Qtel customers will be are available on SSM in time for credible sport goes hand- of the process, but a very sig- able to enjoy luxury and relaxa- the end of the year, when many in-hand with a strong anti- nificant one. We are confident tion at the InterContinental people take a seasonal break. doping programme. Qatar that with all the national and Doha, thanks to a new part- InterContinental Doha offers clearly has a vision for hosting international talent and sup- nership agreement signed this 257 rooms, 8 function rooms and world-class sports events, and port surrounding this project, week. a grand ballroom. Customers can the same vision was appar- we can look ahead with con- Under the agreement, cus- also enjoy its largest free-form ent when it approached the fidence over the coming tomers will be able to purchase swimming pool and private beach, WADA for the first time in months for the laboratory to InterContinental Doha vouchers a 24-hour wellness gym, mas- 2007 to discuss the possible progress smoothly and effi- from Qtel Self-Service Machines sages, tennis and squash courts. establishment of an anti-dop- ciently through WADA’s pro- (SSM) and use them or offer Qtel customers can use their ing laboratory in Doha. I was bationary phase on the way to them as gift vouchers for their vouchers to enjoy delicious part of the first meeting in achieving the ultimate goal of families and friends. A full range international and local cuisines, February 2008 and I am glad passing the final accreditation of vouchers will be available, cov- including fresh sea food at the to say that from the onset I test,” Olivier said. ering accommodation, dining and Fish Market, superb Belgian have been impressed by the Equipped with cutting-edge leisure options at one of Qatar’s cuisine at Belgian Café, freshly determination of the people technology and a special- leading luxury hotels. squeezed juices at the Pool Bar, supporting this project. We ist team, ADLQ will provide Qtel continues to expand the Greek and Mediterranean cuisine were convinced right away testing for all known forms of range of special experiences and at Mykonos, and fusion cuisine at that Qatar had considered doping including testosterone, services available at SSMs across Paloma. Safe and secure, Qtel’s all the requirements and the amphetamines, blood doping the country as part of its strategy SSM are placed in easily-accessi- scientific needs related to the (reinfusion), anabolic ster- to deliver more choice and great ble supermarkets, malls, airports establishment of an anti-dop- oids, EPO, HGH, beta block- value to its customers. In particu- and petrol stations, and available ing laboratory, understanding ers and even the newest form lar, it has expanded the range of around the clock in many loca- clearly the challenges such an of doping - genetic doping and hotel partners whose vouchers tions. THE PENINSULA endeavour represented,” said will provide for anti-doping the WADA official. testing for athletes across the ADLQ, which endeav- Gulf region as well as West ours to eliminate drug use Asia. Doping control tests will in all sports and uphold the be administered during com- Olympic ideals of fair play and petition, training and even Special hospitals for expats sportsmanship, is aiming to in the off-season on athletes get the World Anti Doping and tested at the laboratory Continued from page 1 segment. Three hospitals and Agency (WADA) accredita- located at Aspire Zone. The scheme is to be launched five clinics exclusively catering tion by the end of 2014, join- The facility will also con- early next year—which is barely to labourers are already in the ing an elite group of labs that duct ongoing research into three weeks away. pipeline. have won WADA’s endorse- the use of prohibited sub- The Council also recommended The Cabinet has informed the ment so far. stances, test-development, improvement of the health- Council that the health authori- “Today we are coming and other issues involved with care services for expatriates by ties will speed up measures to together to celebrate the drug use in sports. establishing special hospitals and implement its proposals. opening of the laboratory, THE PENINSULA health centres catering to this THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Daughter plans to make film on Malcolm X Shabazz seeks help for $6m project

DOHA: Ilyasah Shabazz (pic- tured), daughter of Malcolm X, the celebrated African- American leader and civil rights activist, is seeking support from Qatar for a $6m project to pro- duce a documentary on the life and legacy of her father. Shabazz, a motivational speaker actively involved in a number of social and educational projects for youth empowerment delivered a lecture at the Education City on Sunday on the topic “An Islamic A Qatar Executive state-of-the-art Bombardier Global 5000 jet is displayed at the airline’s Doha headquarters. perspective on the transformative power of education: continuing the legacy of Malcolm X”. The lecture at the Student Center was hosted by the Qatar QA’s luxury jet displayed at Dubai show Faculty of Islamic Studies and the Center for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies education and youth empower- DUBAI: Qatar Airways’ (QA) proud of our executive jet fleet and award-winning parent company the Gulf. In November, Qatar at Hamad bin Khalifa University. ment,” said Shabazz. luxury jet arm Qatar Executive we are thrilled to have our Global Qatar Airways. Executive was honoured with the Speaking to The Peninsula on The $6m documentary project, will have a leading presence at 5000 on display at MEBA,” said Launched in 2009, Qatar Best Business Aviation Operator the sidelines, Shabazz said she is launched by the family of Malcolm one of the year’s most prestig- Qatar Airways Chief Executive Executive is a fixed-base charter of the Year 2012 award by the currently working on two major X is expected to be completed by ious air shows this week. Officer Akbar Al Baker. jet operation headquartered at prestigious Middle East industry projects; The WAKE-UP Tour, an 2014, she said. Qatar Executive’s state-of- “Qatar Executive will continue Doha International Airport. publication Aviation Business. exclusive programme for youth Commenting on the legacy of the-art Bombardier Global 5000 to invest in corporate jets, build- Qatar Airways first announced Qatar Airways currently has empowerment and a documentary her father, she said the greatest will be on static display at the ing the brand and fleet as the at the Paris Air Show in 2009 orders worth over $50bn for on the life and legacy of Malcolm contribution of Malcolm X was 5th annual Middle East Business trend for long-haul private jet the formation of a corporate jet more than 250 aircraft, includ- X. to make the African-Americans Aviation Air Show held at the travel continues to grow globally.” subsidiary – Qatar Executive – ing Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus “My father had travelled across aware of their roots and their new Al Maktoum International A record 7,000 visitors are as part of the airline’s ongoing A350s, A380s and A320 Family the Middle East and influenced identity. His message was uni- Airport Dubai World Central expected to visit the show over robust global growth strategy, of aircraft. many people in the region. For the versal, not parochial. between December 11 and 13. three days – the first and only and continued commitment to the In addition to winning Skytrax’s documentary, we will interview Asked if the election of Barack The 13-seater Global 5000 is show dedicated to business avia- Middle East and global business prestigious Airline of the Year people in the Arab world who Obama as the American presi- one of the most luxurious ultra- tion in the Middle East and the travel community. 2011 and 2012, Qatar Airways was met him personally and cher- dent had made any difference long range corporate business third largest in the world. It operates luxury jet services named Best Airline in the Middle ish memories about his life and in the lives of black Americans, jets in the world. The centrepiece Qatar Executive has signifi- to Europe, Asia, North America, East for the seventh year in a row, legacy,” said Shabazz. Shabazz said: “It has made a dif- of Qatar Executive’s fleet of six cantly raised its service portfolio Africa, Middle East and Australia and its Premium Terminal at She said she was expecting sup- ference. Four years ago nobody luxury aircraft, the Global 5000 ranging from charter business to with a wholly-owned all-Bom- Doha International Airport was port for the project from Qatar, could imagine a black American features the widest and most spa- maintenance and FBO services, bardier fleet, consisting of three named Best Premium Service especially from Qatar Foundation. could ever become the president cious cabins among super-large and rapidly turned into a lucra- Challenger 605s, two Global 5000s Airport for the second consecu- “We and Qatar Foundation of America.” business jets. tive business backed by the global and one Global XRS - the young- tive year in 2012. share similar goals and values in THE PENINSULA “Qatar Airways is extremely expertise and track record of its est fleet of business aircraft in THE PENINSULA

The CEO of Doha Bank, Dr Seetharaman, at a press conference to announce the launch of a partnership between Doha Bank and China UnionPay (CUP) for covering ATM and POS transactions. Other officials of Doha Bank and CUP present at the event held yesterday at the Doha Bank headquarters are seated from left: Khalid Al Naama, Head of Public Sector, Suresh Bajpai, Head of Retail, Yousuf Hashim, Executive Manager, Hang Wang, Acting Chief Representative, Middle East and Turkey for CUP, and Hani Al Deeb, Country Manager, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar, CUP. SALIM MATRAMKOT Doha Bank, China UnionPay join hands for ATM, POS transactions

DOHA: Doha Bank has estab- wide network of ATMs. Also the growth market and with a rep- lished a partnership with China new collaboration will allow China resentative office already present UnionPay (CUP) covering ATM UnionPay Cardholders to enjoy in China, we are confident that and POS transactions opening payments through Doha Bank there will be even more avenues a new gateway for people from point of sale terminals to pur- for partnership with China in the China and the Middle East chase goods and services offered upcoming years. According to the to interact and conduct their by Doha Bank’s exhaustive selec- China-Qatar Business Council, business. tion of great outlets within the bilateral trade had risen by 72 Doha Bank announced this participant network. percent to $5.1bn in 2011, over year a strategic agreement with This is a milestone in Doha the previous year. The projections China UnionPay (CUP), the big- Bank’s retail banking operations constitute double digits growth in gest and most advanced bank- and is one of the leading initia- this area.” card association in the Chinese tives in the Qatari banking sector, Suresh Bajpai, Head of Retail bankcard industry. In the subse- as Doha Bank is the leading bank Banking at Doha Bank, said: quent months Doha Bank worked in Qatar to start providing cash “With the addition of China closely with CUP to establish the withdrawals for CUP cardhold- UnionPay to the portfolio, Doha framework required to enable ers via ATMs, and among the first Bank can serve our common CUP customers to get the maxi- few banks in the region. customers even more effectively mum benefit from Doha Bank’s Doha Bank CEO, Dr R and cater to their payment need. large domestic network and Seetharaman said: “This partner- Doha Bank now has widespread strong relationship with retail ship is significant in Doha Bank’s affiliations with the biggest inter- outlets in Qatar. history and we are extremely national acceptance networks and Doha Bank will be a pioneer honoured to have established bankcard associations, which in launching cash withdraw- this pioneering partnership with makes it the only bank in Qatar to als and balance inquiries for China UnionPay and to be the first include VISA, MasterCard, Amex any card issued on behalf of Qatar-based bank to do so. Doha and now China UnionPay.” UnionPay through Doha Bank’s Bank sees China as a strategic THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Let me remind markets that the current government has The other side not left; it’s fully in charge and will be so until a new government comes in after Quote of the elections. The world’s largest terror base Mario Monti the day Italian Prime Minister CCORDING to the Obama administration, northern Mali “has become a safe haven for extremist and terrorist groups, includ- Aing Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and affiliates” — the same forces linked to the deadly September 11 assault on the US mission in Libya. Northern Mali, says Sen. Christopher A Coons, D-Del., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on Africa, has become “the largest territory controlled by Islamic extremists in the world.” A Taliban-style rule of stonings and amputations has been imposed, and a dire emergency is unfolding: 400,000 civilians have fled their homes, and, the United Nations says, 600,000 children under the age of 5 are threatened by severe malnutrition. Not to worry. UN officials say that the terrorists will be subdued by a military intervention — but not before the fall of 2013. The extraordinary delay is due not to any debate over the need for armed action. On the contrary, the necessity of it is stipulated by the rump Malian government, which lost the territory this year; neigh- bouring African and Arab countries (with the possible exception of Algeria); former colonial power France; the Obama administration; and even UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who told the Security Council last week that “every passing day brings with it the risk of a further entrenchment of terrorist groups and criminal networks.” The council could approve a resolution this month authorizing an intervention led by West African states that have agreed to contribute 3,300 troops and to rebuild the Malian army for the mission. They say they could be ready to mount the operation in the first months of next year. So why the holdup? Ban contends that “fundamental questions on how the force would be led, sustained, trained, equipped and financed remain unanswered.” The United Nations so far has declined to pick up the estimated $500 million cost, but the African states don’t have the funds. Military experts say that while capturing northern Mali’s three principal cities — including the ancient crossroads of Timbuktu — might not be so difficult, a follow-up counterinsurgency campaign in a territory larger than Texas would likely exceed the capabilities of the African forces. Arab governments with stronger armies and counterterrorism experience, such as Algeria, are uncommitted. And Western governments say that they won’t send ground forces. The Obama administration, for its part, is insisting that military action must be preceded by a multi-step political process, including democratic elections for a new Malian government and negotiations with groups in northern Mali that are not part of Al Qaeda. THE WASHINGTON POST Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate North Korea a looming problem for whoever wins South vote

BY JACK KIM between the two Koreas, which “military first” policies aimed often pictured smiling, joking and in South Korea and Japan. weapons development. remain technically at war after at building a strong state that accompanied by his young wife. The North said on Saturday “There need to be measures HOEVER wins South an armistice ended their 1950-53 the United States would have to His policies, however, mirror the launch could be postponed, to spell out consequences ... but Korea’s Dec. 19 presi- conflict. reckon with, its armed forces are his father’s. The official ideology but gave no new timeframe or I don’t see them,” Yang said of Wdential election will Her main challenger, left more than a million strong and of economic, military and politi- reason for the delay. Park’s policies. likely find that spiky and unpre- winger Moon Jae-in, has pledged could soon be brandishing deploy- cal self-reliance remains in place, The planned launch has drawn If Park does come to power, she dictable North Korea is as ready unconditional talks with the able nuclear weapons. backed up by the armed forces condemnation from the United will have to negotiate with the to strike as it is to negotiate. North and aid. The North’s armed forces and what Kim Jong-il termed States, South Korea and Japan grandson of Kim Il Sung, the first The main contenders in the During his 17-year rule, Kim shelled a South Korean island in the “philosophy of the barrel of and “deep concern” from China, ruler of North Korea who ordered South’s election have said they Jong-il took $450 million worth 2010 after Lee, a conservative, cut a gun”. the North’s one major backer. several assassination attempts on would hold talks with Kim of government and private-sector off aid, and they were also blamed In April, North Korea tore up At the same time, satel- her father, one of which resulted Jong-un, the youthful ruler of one aid from South Korea under the for sinking a South Korean war- a food-aid deal with the United lite images appear to show the in her mother’s death. of the world’s most heavily armed South’s Sunshine Policy, aimed at ship in the same year with the States when it launched a long- North is building a light water Moon was a top aide to former states, in a bid to end the chill buying peace on the peninsula. loss of 46 lives, something the range rocket which critics say is reactor and working on ura- President Roh Moo-hyun who that has descended on relations But while taking the aid, the North denied. designed to test technology that nium enrichment, according to believed in engagement with the under South Korea’s President North pushed ahead with devel- “The Sunshine Policy was could be used to design a missile the International Atomic Energy North. The prospect of uncondi- Lee Myung-bak, whose manda- oping nuclear weapons and mis- supposed to allow us to take to carry a nuclear warhead. Agency, which could allow it to tional aid under Moon means he tory single term ends in February. sile programmes. charge of the Korean peninsu- Already heavily sanctioned as expand its nuclear arsenal. is likely to appeal to the North But the “military first” policy “However things work out, it la’s future when the Cold War a result of 2006 and 2009 nuclear Such actions will test South more than Park. of late North Korean leader Kim tends to be the North that sets ended,” said Paik Hak-soon of the weapons tests, the North is Korea’s next president and the She has angered the North Jong-il has outlived him and ana- the agenda,” said Yang Moo-jin of Sejong Institute, a Seoul-based barred from developing missile North will look to exploit incon- with demands that it drop its lysts say the South’s next presi- the University of North Korean think-tank. and nuclear technology by U.N. sistencies in policy. nuclear programme and missile dent could find his son, the third Studies in the South Korean cap- “Then Lee came in and the resolutions. Lee threatened strikes com- tests and the North’s media has member of his family to rule, just ital, 30 km (20 miles) from the threat of war became very real.” This month, it said it would mensurate with “provocations” labelled her a “fascist”. Unlike as wily and hard to deal with. frontier separating the prosper- Kim Jong-un initially appeared launch another rocket some time after the island shelling, which is previous presidential campaigns, Conservative candidate Park ous South from the North, whose to be a very different proposi- in December carrying a weather believed to have discouraged fur- North Korea has not featured as Geun-hye, the daughter of former economy is just a fortieth the size tion from his austere father. He satellite, which is timed for the ther attacks. Park has not stated a big issue, with Park and Moon dictator Park Chung-hee, says she of the South’s. speaks in public, something Kim anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s what the response would be in focusing their attention on the wants to build a new “trustpolitik” Even so, thanks to Kim’s Jong-il rarely if ever did, he is death, and coincides with elections the event of hostile policies and economy. REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 As China’s clout grows, sea policy unfathomable

ministry itself may be playing catch-up. China’s opaque and A Reuters correspondent asked spe- cifically on Friday which agency was in disjointed foreign charge of South China Sea policy coor- dination. Hong gave a one-sentence response: “What I want to point out is policy process is that China manages the sea in accord- causing confusion ance with the law.” JOINING THE DOTS Another complicating factor in the and escalating competing territorial claims in the South China Sea is that Beijing itself has left tensions throughout ambiguous exactly what the “nine-dash line” on Chinese maps of the region implies. The line, which loops south along its backyard. Vietnam and back up by the Philippines, appears to delineate China’s territorial BY JOHN RUWITCH claims. But it’s not so simple. Carlyle Thayer, a South China Sea specialist at magine if the US state of Hawaii the University of New South Wales in passed a law allowing harbour Australia, said in 26 academic confer- police to board and seize foreign ences he has attended in the past two boats operating up to 1,000 km years, repeated questions to multiple from Honolulu. Chinese scholars about just what the line IThat, in effect, is what happened in means yielded no clear answer. China about a week ago. The tropical “No one in China can tell you what province of Hainan, home to beachfront that means,” he said. “You have compet- resorts and one of China’s largest naval ing actors all backing Chinese sovereignty bases, authorised a unit of the police in an area where no one knows where it to interdict foreign vessels operating is, so it’s inherently ambiguous.” “illegally” in the island’s waters, which, Chinese government agencies had dif- according to China, include much of the ferent opinions, said a senior diplomat, heavily disputed South China Sea. who has been assigned to a Southeast At a time when the global community Asian embassy in Beijing. is looking to the world’s second-biggest “China does not even have the exact economy and a burgeoning superpower coordinates of its expansive claim in the for increasing maturity and leadership area, making it quite difficult to deter- on the international stage, China’s opaque A Chinese marine surveillance ship is seen offshore of Vietnam’s central Phu Yen province in this file photo. mine where its claims begin and end,” and disjointed foreign policy process is he said. “We have been asking them for causing confusion and escalating tensions highlights the dysfunctionality, and couldn’t say for sure if Beijing had, in for ordinary citizens, were issued by their exact coordinates and they cannot throughout its backyard. potential danger, of policymaking in this fact, even seen the new rules before they China’s Ministry of Public Security present them to us.” Vietnam and the Philippines, which arena, analysts say. became official. (MPS). Ambiguity may, some analysts argue, claim sovereignty over swathes of the “It shows what a mess Chinese foreign Attempts to coordinate between the “I think the MPS saw that they needed leave Beijing a little wiggle room to make South China Sea along with Brunei, policy is when it comes to the South China myriad agencies have so far failed, and to do something to show their support for some compromises should the disputes Malaysia and Taiwan, have issued verbal Sea,” said a Western diplomat in China, while there is a growing recognition in China’s sovereign claim, but I don’t think escalate, as diplomats in the region now protests against the Hainan rules. speaking on condition of anonymity. official circles that a problem exists, they won any support from the Foreign fear they may. India, which jointly conducts some oil According to a report by the change will not likely be swift, despite a Ministry,” he said. But “on the other hand,” said Thayer, exploration with Vietnam in the South International Crisis Group (ICG) earlier recent leadership transition, most ana- The Foreign Ministry issues passports “they are under extraordinary pres- China Sea, said last week it was prepared this year, no fewer than 11 government lysts believe. for government officials, and Zheng noted sure” now to communicate clearly and to send navy ships to the region to safe- entities — from the tourism administra- Meanwhile, disputes in the volatile Sea that their passports were unchanged and specifically what China’s position is. The guard its interests. And the United States tion to the navy — play a role in the South continue to arise. Last week, Vietnam carried no such map. government has recognised the need for has publicly asked Beijing for clarifica- China Sea. All, the ICG said, have the claimed that Chinese fishing boats sab- That points towards a big part of the better coordination, but progress is likely tion as to what, if anything, the new rules potential to take action that could cause otaged one of its oil and gas research problem: the Foreign Ministry has a to be halting at best. mean — thus far to no avail. diplomatic fallout. vessels. The ICG report says Chinese mandate to coordinate among the various For the foreseeable future, the new “It is really unclear, I think, to most fishing boats have been encouraged in players, but it doesn’t have the bureau- leadership under Communist Party nations (what the regulations mean),” US SOVEREIGN CLAIM some cases to press outward by provin- cratic clout to do so effectively. boss Xi Jinping would focus mostly on Ambassador to Beijing Gary Locke said That’s precisely what happened in cial governments. “The Foreign Ministry is low down on domestic issues, with foreign policy tak- last week. “Until we really understand the case of the Hainan regulations. Wu Another source of recent, regional irri- the pecking order and there are compet- ing a back seat, said Stephanie Kleine- what these things are, there is no way to Shicun said that the senior official in tation was a map printed in new Chinese ing departments making different deci- Ahlbrandt, author of the International comment. First we need clarification of the province’s foreign affairs office, said passports depicting sections of disputed sions. It’s not joined up at all,” said the Crisis Group’s report on China’s South the extent, the purpose and the reach of he thought the rules passed by the local territory, including the South China Sea, diplomat. China Sea policy. these regulations.” People’s Congress would have been passed as belonging to China. In recent news conferences, minis- “In that context, we are going to The fact that a provincial government up the chain to Beijing for comment. Zhu Feng, at Peking University’s try spokesman Hong Lei has appeared pretty much expect to see no substantial can unilaterally worsen one of China’s But when pressed, he said because he’s Center for International and Strategic poorly briefed on the Hainan mari- changes in China’s foreign policy.” most sensitive diplomatic problems not a part of the People’s Congress he Studies, said the passports, which were time rules, giving the impression the REUTERS Egypt’s hopes betrayed by Mursi ‘Cliff’ talks complicated Bread, freedom and social by distrust among justice were the demands of the members of Congress BY RICHARD COWAN & and when they have to sell any revolution. Instead Mohammed DAVID LAWDER agreement they forge to their parties in Congress. Mursi delivered bloodshed. resident Barack Obama The task for Boehner, who and his Republican oppo- met on Sunday with Obama, BY AHDAF SOUEIF biggest business allies of Mubarak; nents in Congress enter may be greater because many the banking communities talk of Pa crucial week in the Republicans distrust each other n Sunday morning, 10 deals already being made by high- “fiscal cliff” impasse with more as well as the Democrats. Egyptian F16s flew low ranking officials and their rela- than just differences over taxes The distrust between the over Tahrir. The mili- tives, and borrowing from the IMF to bridge: Also in the way is per- parties is nothing new, hav- Otary was putting a third and the World Bank is suddenly vasive mistrust among members ing been built up over years of layer on to a cement wall barri- not sinful. Meanwhile, the presi- of Congress that discourages big partisan recrimination. But it’s cading the presidential palace. dent is able to issue the wildest Egyptian army engineers and soldiers put in place a third line of concrete concessions for fear the other side now become a regular feature of A spokesman for the Salafist Al constitutional declarations but is blocks outside the presidential palace in Cairo. won’t reciprocate. debate on the cliff, on and off the Nour party announced that “if unable to make the smallest step That distrust is fuelling floors of the House and Senate. Mursi is endangered or assas- towards establishing minimum dead are in heaven, their (pro- Egyptians on the streets before it doubts among Republicans and Some Democrats have spoken sinated there will be an Islamist and maximum wages. tester) dead are in hell. That puts aside party politics and tries Democrats about relying on the darkly of a hidden Republican revolution for full Islamist rule in So, his stance on security and the supreme guide would claim, to lead honestly in the interests other side to live up to any bar- agenda to gut, not just cut, social Egypt”. An atmosphere of danger the economy plays to the deep on TV, that the bandaged young of the people. gains struck now on deficit reduc- safety net programmes. and crisis is being created. But state and to the US. But most man in a poster behind him was If the revolution today says tion in the future, Capitol Hill Republicans, said Oregon’s it has never been the secular – rank-and-file Islamists also want a slain Muslim Brother when he that Mursi has lost legitimacy, it aides say. Peter DeFazio in a December 5 left or liberal – forces in Egypt to see revolutionary change in was, in fact, Ahmad Feisal, an is because his frail majority was Because resolution of the House floor speech, are acting who have gone in for cold-blooded economic ideology and security injured protester. Or that the born of sections of the revolution immediate cliff issues depends under the “guise of deficit reduc- murder. If I were Mursi I’d watch practices. How can he appease Brotherhood would have groups voting for him in order to keep out in part on commitments by both tion,” to “somehow kill Social my back. them? He throws them the bait in the morgue trying to appropri- the military and the old regime. sides to a framework for overhaul- Security, which they’ve never President Mursi has been try- that’s the staple of every dema- ate the bodies of the murdered He has now betrayed them, and ing the tax code and entitlement supported.” ing to please too many masters: gogue preacher: we’ll clean up and give them Brotherhood he now has blood on his hands. programmes over the next year, Republicans, for their part, his own Muslim Brotherhood, society, we’ll rule through the funerals — as in the testimony of The best minds in the an atmosphere of disbelief could say they don’t believe Democrats the other Islamists who find the word of God. We will write the victim Muhammad Al Senussi’s Brotherhood have been stead- impede any agreement on the cliff. will follow through on promises Brotherhood not Islamist enough, constitution and anyone who brother. A slain Muslim Brother ily leaving the organisation as Nearly everyone — from Obama to make spending cuts. the Americans, and the deep (or rejects it is against the word of is a martyr; a slain Muslim is a its non-inclusive policies have to most of the 535 members of “The reason we haven’t heard “thick” as the revolution calls it) God. And so to escape briefly from thug. And what about Karam become more apparent, and as the House of Representatives and Democrat ideas for entitlement state. The demands of the revo- fulfilling promises of “freedom” Guirguis, an Egyptian Copt? A the degree of falsification and the Senate — say they want to avoid reform may be because they lution were clear: bread, free- and “social justice” the president slain Muslim Brother is a mar- number of volte-faces they make the cliff’s $600bn in harmful tax have no plans to cut or to reform dom, social justice. Concerning invests himself with extraordi- tyr; a slain Muslim is a thug. And have become hard to stomach. hikes and spending cuts set to entitlement spending at all,” “freedom”, Mursi has refused to nary powers to push through a what about Karam Guirguis, an As I write, thousands of kick in automatically in the new Republican Representative John restructure the state’s security referendum on a deeply flawed Egyptian Copt? Islamists surround Media City year, and replace them with more Fleming of Louisiana declared on apparatus; he appointed as inte- constitution. (He has now given It is against this background of — the home of the non-state TV reasoned savings. the House floor last week. rior minister the man who’d been up these powers but is still push- the president trying to appease an channels. A video camera cap- Obama wants the tax cuts that “This is just another game from Cairo’s police chief in 2011 when ing the referendum through.) Islamist constituency and falsely tures a huge bearded man push- originated during the administra- their play book — raise taxes and protesters were massacred in the It was expected that hundreds appropriate the identity of the ing his hand against the mouth tion of President George W Bush increase spending, as always,” said city’s streets. People continue to of thousands would protest. What country that this struggle for the of a woman protester, Shahinda extended for middle class taxpay- Fleming. be killed in jail and in police sta- was not expected was that they constitution needs to be seen. Meqled, a loved veteran of pro- ers only, while Republicans want And some see behind the firm tions across the country. would be attacked by gangs of A leader who wanted to unite test. You’ll find this same man in a them extended for all, including Democratic stance a desire to go Concerning the economy militia-style Muslim Brothers the country would use our 1971 formal photograph in a semicircle the wealthiest. over the cliff in order to discredit it’s become clear that the armed with sticks, clubs, knives constitution until we got through gathered around the president. But widespread credibility Republicans, who several recent Brotherhood’s programme is basi- and guns. Or that the leader- this difficult time. But once In the video Shahinda pushes his issues could cause problems for polls have indicated will bear the cally Mubarak’s: Mursi visited ship of the Brotherhood would again we have a presidency that hand away: we will not be silenced. Democrat Obama and Republican lion’s share of the blame. China accompanied by some of the declare: our (Brotherhood) would see Egyptians murdering THE GUARDIAN House Speaker John Boehner if REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Tunisian police, militants clash Ecuador considers asylum for Assad near Algeria border EU moves closer to full recognition of opposition; Germany expels four Syrian embassy staff SAOPAULO/BRUSSELS: Syrian embassy staff as part of a KASSERINE, TUNISIA: Ecuadoran President Rafael drive to reduce ties with President A Tunisian policeman was Correa, in an interview pub- Bashar Al Assad, Foreign killed in clashes with gunmen lished here yesterday, said his Minister Guido Westerwelle said in Kasserine on the border with country would consider grant- yesterday. Berlin has told Syria’s Algeria yesterday, a security ing asylum to his embattled acting envoy that the four staff source said, adding that military Syrian counterpart Bashar Al have until Thursday to leave reinforcements were sent to the Assad. Germany. region. “The clashes are continu- “Any person that requests asy- “With the expulsion of the four ing,” he said in the late afternoon, lum in Ecuador, obviously we are embassy employees announced adding that two helicopters and going to consider as a human today we are sending a clear mes- armoured vehicles were dis- being whose basic rights we have sage that we are reducing rela- patched to the area, considered a to respect,” he told the daily Folha tions with the Assad regime to an haven for smugglers. de Sao Paulo. absolute minimum,” Westerwelle A guard at an oil company He confirmed that Syrian said in a statement. spotted “five suspicious bearded Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal “We are counting on the men” near the Tunisian district of Mekdad visited Quito two weeks (opposition) National Coalition Bou Chebka, two kilometres from ago but denied Israeli press strengthening further and build- the Algerian border, and notified reports that a possible asylum ing as soon as possible functioning police, the source said. for Assad and his family was dis- institutions for a political transi- The head of the police station, cussed during the visit. tion,” he added. Anis Jlassi, was shot and killed by “These conversations did not France and Britain last month the gunmen and four of his men take place,” he said in the inter- recognised the National Coalition wounded, he added. Four gunmen, view conducted in Brasilia on as the sole legitimate representa- probably “arms smugglers,” were Friday ahead of the summit of tive of the Syrian people, though involved in the clashes, the secu- the Mercosur regional trade bloc. some EU countries including rity official said, but was unable Correa said Mekdad came to Germany have trodden more cau- to specify if they were Salafists, or Quito to thank Ecuador for its tiously. Western governments are hardliners. The interior ministry “objective stance” on the Syrian concerned about the presence of was not immediately available for civil war. hardline Islamists in the opposi- Buildings damaged by missiles fired by a Syrian Air Force fighter jet in Daraya, near Damascus, yesterday. comment. On Saturday, a Tunisian “Ecuador will never favour vio- tion ranks. security source reported that police lence...Can we believe all those Germany expelled the Syrian had seized guns and explosives and news stories on violence, the dic- Assad has so far rebuffed a diplomatic gathering aimed at But the EU offered to “continue ambassador in May after a mas- arrested two men from the Salafist tator? Let’s remember what was international pressure to step bolstering aid for rebels fighting engaging with and to support the sacre widely blamed on forces stronghold of Jendouba, north of said about Iraq,” he added. down, but fighting has intensified President Bashar Al Assad. Coalition” as it worked towards loyal to Assad. Kasserine, in the Fernana area Last week, Ecuadoran Foreign around Damascus amid a brutal In part because of concerns creating “a credible alternative to Last week, the German par- near the Algerian border. Minister Ricardo Patino denied civil war that human rights moni- about the presence of radical the current regime” of President liament approved the sending In an interview published that Assad had been offered tors estimate has claimed at least Islamists among the rebels, the Bashar Al Assad. of Patriot missiles to Nato ally on Friday, Tunisian President asylum. 42,000 lives. European Union did not offer full “It is the right time to upgrade Turkey to defend it against pos- Moncef Marzouki expressed con- “Totally denied,” Patino said on Meanwhile, EU foreign min- recognition to the Syrian National the SNC today,” German Foreign sible Syrian missile attacks. cern at arms trafficking in North his Twitter account. “No Syrian isters, meeting the leader of Coalition (SNC), as Britain and Minister Guido Westerwelle told Syria’s civil war grew out of Africa since the fall of Libyan dic- citizen has requested asylum in the Syrian opposition yesterday, France have. The bloc also has reporters in Brussels, where for- peaceful, Arab Spring-inspired tator Muammar Gaddafi. Ecuador, much less its current moved towards full recogni- called on the grouping to become eign ministers had gathered. mass protests against Assad in AFP president.” tion of a new coalition ahead of more inclusive. Germany has expelled four March last year. AGENCIES

Former PM on trial Bahrain tries Hundreds of protesting 8 policemen Sudanese call for revolution for torture DUBAI: Bahrain’s public prose- cution said yesterday it charged KHARTOUM: Hundreds of injured, a bus was torched, and Under a 2011 peace deal eight policemen with torturing Sudanese called for “revolution” police fired tear gas. Official radio between the government and an detainees in the wake of last yesterday, the second day of said 47 people were detained when alliance of Darfur rebel splinter year’s crackdown on Shia-led protests in support of four dead hundreds protested in the area. factions, the offspring of people protests. students originally from the Yesterday people also protested displaced by Darfur’s nine-year “Five cases have been referred conflict-plagued Darfur region. outside an agricultural faculty in rebel-government conflict are to special courts after charging Their deaths, following a Khartoum North, a witness said. supposed to get a five-year fee eight policemen, including a lieu- crackdown on a tuition protest Security forces fired tear gas and waiver at national universities. tenant,” the prosecution said in at Gezira University south of used batons against about 300 But Warag said the agency a statement carried by the BNA Khartoum, have sparked the larg- people protesting the students’ administering the peace deal, not state news agency. est outpouring of Arab Spring- deaths, he said. the university, determines eligi- The charges range from “using style discontent since anti-regime The Darfur Students bility for the waiver. The univer- torture to force a defendant to protests in June and July. Association said all four had sity’s dean of students, Rudwan confess, to causing a permanent A crowd of about 700 people gone missing after taking part in Ahmed, said police were called disability, as well as insults and came out of Nilien University, in a peaceful sit-in which was dis- last Tuesday because some par- physical assaults,” the statement Khartoum’s west end, shouting rupted by the pro-government ticipants in the sit-in forced lec- said. “Revolution until victory” and student union. The four died turers from their classrooms and In September, a policeman “Killing students is the killing of “fighting for their right to free attacked laboratory technicians. was jailed seven years for killing the nation!”, a reporter witnessed. education in the university,” their He said 52 people were detained a protester during the month- Police responded with tear association said, blaming authori- and then released. The four later long protests that were brutally gas and some protesters were ties and their “militia” for the found dead were not among the quelled in mid-March 2011. beaten with batons, he said. Some deaths. University officials say detainees, Ahmed said. The authorities say they are scattered into the city’s main bus the students drowned. In June and July demonstra- implementing the recommenda- terminal nearby, where several Gezira University chancellor tions began at the University of tions of an independent commis- truckloads of riot police were Mohammed Warag told report- Khartoum over high inflation and sion of inquiry called for by the already on standby.The main road ers yesterday that he and other then spread to involve scattered king that confirmed allegations of Former Libyan Prime Minister Baghdadi Al Mahmoudi arrives for the through the bus terminal was campus administrators viewed protests throughout the country, excessive use of force by security second hearing of his trial, at a court in Tripoli yesterday. Al Mahmoudi charred from a fire which burned the dead students in the morgue. calling for the fall of the 23-year forces during the uprising against faces charges of involvement in crimes under Gaddafi’s rule. during Sunday’s unrest when, “We didn’t see any injuries out- regime of President Omar Hasan the Sunni ruling dynasty. a reporter said, six people were side the bodies,” he said. Al Bashir. AFP Home to the US Fifth Fleet and strategically situated across the Gulf from Iran, Bahrain still witnesses sporadic Shia-led demonstrations, mostly outside the capital. According to the International Federation for Cyberattacks on Gulf infrastructure rising Human Rights, around 80 people have been killed in Bahrain since the violence began on February DUBAI: The former chief of the production, but was one of the the company’s training and vul- Iran to disconnect the control Security Authority was expected 14, 2011. United Arab Emirates’ air force most destructive cyber strikes nerability analysis systems. systems of oil facilities including to be officially launched within said his country’s advanced against a single business. A company official estimated Kharg Island, which handles most the next few months. cyber infrastructure made it Cyber attacks on infrastructure last month that 5 to 8 per- of the country’s crude exports. While it is standard industry 17 Yemeni soldiers a favourite target for hackers, by hostile governments, militant cent of Lockheed’s revenues in Iran has blamed some of the practice to shield plant operating especially when tension height- groups or private “hacktivists” the information systems sector attacks on the United States, networks from hackers by run- killed in ambush ened in the Israeli-Palestinian have the potential to disrupt oil were related to cyber security. Israel and Britain; current and ning them on separate systems, conflict. and gas supplies to power plants Lockheed generated $9.4bn sales former US officials said this year these have not been enough to SANA’A: Yemeni military “The last war in Gaza led to a and desalination plants, on which in that division in 2011. that the United States built the fend off cyber attacks. planes yesterday struck at Al barrage of cyber attacks because the Gulf states are heavily reliant. complex Stuxnet computer worm Qatar’s natural gas firm Qaeda insurgents suspected UAE has advanced telecom- “There is an interest at the CYBER RISKS to try to prevent Tehran from Rasgas was hit by a cyber attack of carrying out an ambush in munications infrastructure,” political level in cyber security “All companies have to pre- completing suspected nuclear in September, although it has which 17 army officers and sol- retired Major General Khaled Al which has prompted investments pare response plans,” said Hervi weapons work. not said how much damage was diers were killed, tribal sources Buainnain said. in protection systems to protect Meurie, general manager of C4 Buainnain said he believed Iran caused or whether it was the said. The ambush, which took “The biggest attack was dur- the interest of the people, the gov- Advanced Solutions LLC, an Abu would remain the target of cyber same virus that hit Aramco. place on Saturday while an ing the 2006 Israel-Lebanon ernment and national security,” Dhabi-based technology and secu- attacks rather than a source for Theodore Karasik, director of army patrol inspected a pipe- war which was carried out by Buainnain said, speaking on the rity firm. “What happens if the them. research at the Institute for Near line in Wadi Obaida area of oil- pro-Israeli hackers who did not sidelines of a cyber security con- electricity network gets hit by “I don’t think Iran poses any East and Gulf Military Analysis producing Maarib province, was understand the nature of the con- ference in Dubai. a virus and goes down for three threat,” he said. “I think their which organised the conference, one of the deadliest attacks by flict and its parties.” “All the evidence that we have days?” activity is less aggressive and said governments and companies Al Qaeda in recent months. His comments came a few confirms that the attacks will Iran, the target of international more focused on intelligence must stay on high alert. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour months after a virus infected increase,” said Robert Eastman, economic sanctions focused on gathering, they are in fact sub- “You’re always in catch-up Hadi attended the funeral cer- 30,000 computers at Saudi vice president for global solutions its oil industry over its disputed ject to cyber attacks because of mode because the bad guys can emony on Monday for the dead Arabia’s national oil company, at Lockheed Martin. nuclear programme, has been hit the nuclear programme.” out-think the good guys faster,” servicemen, who included Major- Saudi Aramco, which said on Eastman said Lockheed by several cyber attacks in the He said the UAE was in the he said. “The Gulf states need to General Nasser Mahdi Farid, Sunday the attack was aimed at Martin, the Pentagon’s top sup- last few years. process of creating a government stay as far ahead as possible given chief of staff for Yemen’s central stopping oil and gas production plier, was in discussions with offi- In April, a virus targeted body that will be responsible for their enemies who may be more military region, state news agency at the world’s biggest oil exporter. cials in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iranian oil ministry and national handling cyber threats, add- technically savvy.” Saba said. The attack failed to disrupt the United Arab Emirates about oil company networks, forcing ing that the National Electronic REUTERS AFP/REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Mursi gives army security powers in referendum Islamists and rivals plan street protests today

CAIRO: Egypt’s Islamist presi- of the referendum, which the pro- The Muslim Brotherhood dent has asked the army to help testers want cancelled. has voiced anger at the Interior secure a constitutional referen- Despite its limited nature, the Ministry’s failure to prevent pro- dum he is determined to push edict will revive memories of testers setting fire to its head- through despite the risk of Hosni Mubarak’s emergency law, quarters in Cairo and 28 of its more deadly violence between also introduced as a temporary offices elsewhere. his supporters and opponents expedient, under which military Critics say the draft law puts accusing him of a power grab. or state security courts tried Egypt in a religious straitjacket Seven people were killed and thousands of political dissidents and whatever the outcome of the hundreds wounded last week and Islamist militants. referendum, the crisis has polar- in clashes between the Islamist But a military source stressed ised the country and presages Muslim Brotherhood and their that the measure introduced by a more instability at a time when critics besieging Mohammed civilian government would have a Mursi is trying to steady a fragile Mursi’s graffiti-daubed short shelf-life. economy. Presidential Palace. Both sides “The latest law giving the Yesterday, Mursi suspended plan mass rallies today. armed forces the right to arrest planned tax increases only hours The elite Republican Guard has anyone involved in illegal actions after the measures had been for- yet to use force to keep protest- such as burning buildings or dam- mally decreed, casting doubts on ers away from the palace, which aging public sites is to ensure the government’s ability to push it ringed with tanks, barbed wire security during the referendum through tough economic reforms and concrete barricades after last only,” the military source said. that form part of a proposed week’s violence. Presidential spokesman Yasser $4.8bn on IMF loan agreement. Mursi, bruised by calls for Ali said the committee overseeing his downfall, has rescinded a the vote had requested the army’s VIOLENT CONFRONTATION November 22 decree giving him assistance. Rejecting the referendum plan, wide powers but is going ahead “The armed forces will work opposition groups have called with a referendum on Saturday within a legal framework to for mass protests today, saying An army tank is stationed in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo yesterday. on a constitution seen by his sup- secure the referendum and will Mursi’s eagerness to push the porters as a triumph for democ- return (to barracks) as soon as constitution through could lead racy and by many liberals as a the referendum is over,” Ali said. to “violent confrontation”. with the votes of Egyptians a boycott of the referendum or to their representatives withdrew. betrayal. Protests and violence have Islamists have urged their fol- weary of turmoil. The opposi- urge their supporters to vote “no”. The opposition says the docu- A decree issued by Mursi late racked Egypt since Mursi decreed lowers to turn out “in millions” tion National Salvation Front, Instead it is contesting the ment fails to embrace the diver- on Sunday gives the armed forces himself extraordinary powers the same day in a show of support led by liberals such as Mohamed legitimacy of the vote and of sity of 83 million Egyptians, a the power to arrest civilians and he said were needed to speed for the president and for a refer- ElBaradei and Amr Moussa, as the whole process by which the tenth of whom are Christians, and refer them to prosecutors until up a troubled transition since endum they feel sure of winning well as leftist firebrand Hamdeen constitution was drafted in an invites Muslim clerics to influence the announcement of the results Mubarak’s fall 22 months ago. with their loyal base and perhaps Sabahy, has yet to call directly for Islamist-led assembly from which lawmaking. REUTERS

EU dismayed at Israeli settlements, takes no action BRUSSELS: The European prospects of successful peace mention of what European gov- Iranian nuclear challenge must Union expressed dismay yes- negotiations between Israel and ernments could do to pressure terday over Israel’s plans to the Palestinians. Israel over the settlements, and build settlements in a highly “The EU is deeply dismayed diplomats said no concrete plans be tackled in 2013: Netanyahu sensitive part of the West by and strongly opposes Israeli for sanctions were brought up Bank, but spelled out no puni- plans to expand settlements,” during the discussions. Deep tive measures in response. they said in a statement. “The divisions over how to tackle the JERUSALEM: Iran is get- to make even a single warhead. uranium to produce just one After meeting in Brussels, for- EU will closely monitor the sit- Palestinian-Israeli conflict mean ting ever closer to being able to “I made clear that once Iran bomb by the spring or summer eign ministers of the 27 EU uation and its broader implica- sanctions or other concrete steps build a nuclear bomb and the crosses that enrichment thresh- of 2013. In an effort to deter states said the Israeli plan tions, and act accordingly.” by EU states appear unlikely for problem will have to be con- old, the chances of us effectively Tehran, Western powers have would seriously undermine the The statement made no now. REUTERS fronted in 2013, Israeli Prime stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons imposed increasingly tough eco- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu programme would be reduced nomic sanctions on the Islamic said yesterday. dramatically,” he said. Republic. Israeli officials would like the “Iran is two and a half months “The sanctions on Iran are United States to take the lead closer to crossing this line and hurting the Iranian economy. in a military assault on Iran’s there is no doubt that this will be There is no question about that. nuclear sites, but say in private a major challenge that will have But we have not seen any evi- they would go it alone if neces- to be addressed next year.” dence that sanctions have stalled sary, describing a nuclear-armed Iran denies accusations by Iran’s nuclear weapons pro- Iran as an existential threat to Israel, the United States and gramme,” Netanyahu said. the Jewish state. many Western governments that “Israel is more capable of Speaking to foreign journalists, it is seeking to develop nuclear addressing this challenge than it Netanyahu said Israel was stick- weapons, saying its ambitious was when I took office four years ing to the red line he laid down nuclear programme is for peace- ago,” said Netanyahu, who looks in September, when he told the ful, civilian purposes. on course to win re-election in a United Nations Iran should not Israeli experts have said Iran January 22 national ballot. have enough enriched uranium could have enriched enough REUTERS

Hamas chief wraps up historic Gaza visit

GAZA: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal ended his first visit to the Gaza Strip yesterday with a pledge his Islamist movement would strive to heal political rifts with Palestinian rivals who hold sway in the occupied West Bank. His comments reinforced prom- ises he and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the rival Fatah movement, made to each other in a telephone conver- sation a month ago, to forge ahead with a stalled unity deal opposed by Israel. During his four-day stay in Gaza, Meshaal had angered Israel with vows to never recognise the Jewish state and to seek to “free Senior leader Ismail Haniyah gives Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal a diplomatic the land of Palestine inch by Palestinian Authority Passport in Gaza yesterday. inch”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accused Europe, the United Nations and the occupied West Bank. Israel Abdel-Aziz Al Rantissi. He him- Abbas of reacting to calls by had pulled troops and settlers self had survived a 1997 Israeli Hamas for the destruction of out of Gaza in 2005. assassination attempt in Jordan. Israel with “deafening silence”. The two main Palestinian fac- Hamas’ 1988 founding charter In brief remarks before cross- tions have tried, often with lit- calls for the destruction of Israel ing back to Egypt from Gaza, tle enthusiasm, to patch up their and creation of a state in all of Meshaal sidestepped the conflict differences. Meshaal has vowed the area once covered by a British with Israel, and focused on inter- to push for the unity which most mandate to rule Palestine, before nal Palestinian feuds. Palestinians say they want. the creation of Israel in 1948. “I entered Gaza carrying a Aside from their quarrel over Some Hamas leaders have sug- great love for it and I exit with Gaza, the two Palestinian fac- gested they would back a long- a greater love in my heart,” said tions are also divided over Abbas’ term truce with Israel along with the 56-year-old Hamas leader, peacemaking efforts with Israel, the creation of a Palestinian state who lives in exile. which Hamas opposes. on land Israel captured in the “From Gaza I have stressed the Both parties hope to boost ties 1967 Middle East war. need for reconciliation, and I do on the heels of an eight-day war Meshaal, though, took a hard- so again. Gaza and the West Bank between Hamas and Israel last line approach in his Gaza visit. are two dear parts of the greater month that ended with a truce, “Today is Gaza. Tomorrow Palestinian homeland, and they and a Fatah-led initiative at the will be Ramallah and after that need each other.” United Nations General Assembly Jerusalem then Haifa and Jaffa,” Hamas has ruled the tiny Gaza recognising Palestinian statehood. he told a rally on Saturday. Strip and its 1.7 million popula- Meshaal became Hamas’ chief Ramallah is in the West Bank, tion since 2007, when it won a leader in 2004 after Israel assas- while Haifa and Jaffa are a part brief civil war with its secular sinated the group’s co-found- of Israel, with sizeable Arab popu- rivals Fatah, which still controls ers Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and lations. REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Russia hits back at US Nobel awarding ceremony over rights legislation Opponents unite with Putin’s party for anti-US law

MOSCOW: Russia’s parliament “anti-Russian escapade” by its Russian children adopted by moved yesterday to bar entry to former Cold War foe. Americans. Russia says US courts the country for Americans who “The American initiators and authorities have been too violate the rights of Russians, ... must understand that their lenient toward parents accused retaliating against US legisla- actions contradict the tasks of sometimes grievous abuse. tion passed last week to punish of deepening the collaboration Russia has warned it could Russian human rights abusers. between Russia and the United respond with other unspecified The bill approved by the US States,” Lavrov said yesterday. measures. But it denied any con- Senate on Thursday would deny nection between the Magnitsky entry to Russians allegedly STRAINED RELATIONS Act and the announcement on involved in the 2009 prison death In a display of unity rare even Friday of restrictions on meat of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who for Russia’s parliament - in which imports from several countries became a symbol of the abuse Putin’s dominant party faces little including the United States. of Russians who challenge the opposition - all four parties in the Putin, in power since 2000, has The 2012 Nobel Literature Prizewinner Mo Yan of China after recieving the prize at the awarding ceremony in state, and others accused of rights State Duma (lower house) backed repeatedly said the United States Stockholm yesterday. The winners in the categories of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and economics violations. the legislation. has no right to claim a mantle of received their awards from Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf at a formal ceremony, followed by a gala banquet. The US legislation has further The bill, which both houses moral leadership, and Moscow strained a relationship tested of parliament are likely to rush has criticised Washington sharply by the conflict in Syria and the through by year-end, would deny over human rights, pointing treatment of Kremlin opponents entry visas to Americans involved to secret CIA jails abroad and since Vladimir Putin’s return to in committing unspecified crimes treatment of inmates at the EU okays Mali military training plan the presidency in May. against Russians abroad or violat- Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba The spat may make it harder ing their rights. and elsewhere. for Putin and US President Mirroring the US “Magnitsky Yet Putin may want to limit the BRUSSELS: EU foreign min- Ashton. The European Union Segou, 250km north of Bamako. Barack Obama to halt a down- Act” legislation, which Obama damage from the dispute and is isters approved yesterday plans mission is “absolutely uncontro- “It’s about helping the army get ward drift in relations, which had has said he will sign into law, the unlikely to let it affect efforts to to deploy an EU military train- versial,” said a senior official who itself back functioning operation- improved after Obama launched Russian bill would also freeze any strengthen economic and trade ing mission in Mali to help the insisted on anonymity. “It has the ally, and raising morale - giving a “reset” of ties in 2009. Russian assets of those affected. relations with the United States. government regain control of backing of the Malian authori- it the capacity to change things But it looks unlikely to Americans affected by the bill The Senate approved the the vast semi-desert north from ties, of the United Nations and on the ground,” said a European derail Russian assistance on could include those involved in Magnitsky Act as part of a Islamist rebels. African inter-governmental security expert. Afghanistan, affect diplomacy the prosecution of Viktor Bout, broader bill to grant Russia “The presence of terrorist organisations.” Currently, the rebels “do not aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear a Russian arms trader serving a “permanent normal trade rela- groups and the oppression of local Under the plan, some 250 EU consider the Malian army as programme or deepen disputes 25-year prison term in the United tions” (PNTR), which ensures populations in the north of Mali, officers would be sent to train a credible threat,” this source over the Syria conflict and US States after an arrest and trial US companies can get the ben- as well as human rights violations, Malian combat units and help added. The EU on Sunday said missile defence. condemned as unfair by Moscow. efits of Russia’s entry in August not only pose a grave threat to restructure the country’s weak- it was offering another ¤20m Moscow had warned it would Russian media said others to the World Trade Organization the Sahel region, but also to north ened army. ($26m) in humanitarian aid for retaliate against what Foreign barred from Russia could include (WTO). Africa and to Europe,” said EU It aims to train four battalions, the country, bringing the total to Minister Sergei Lavrov called an people involved in the abuse of REUTERS foreign affairs chief Catherine or a total of 2,600 troops, near ¤101m. AFP

Search for food Ruling Socialists routed Mandela in no in French by-elections immediate danger, faces more tests PARIS: Right-wing candidates have come out ahead of the ruling Socialists in three by-elections as President Francois JOHANNESBURG: Ailing Hollande struggles with France’s stalling economy. Socialist anti-apartheid icon Nelson candidates failed to win the most votes in all three of the first- Mandela spent in hospital for a round by-elections held on Sunday, six months after the left third day yesterday and receive swept to power. Candidates backed by the right-wing main further undisclosed tests, but opposition UMP took first place in the by-elections for seats in was comfortable and in “no Val-de-Marne, Herault and Hauts-de-Seine, despite damage to immediate danger,” the South the party’s reputation from an ongoing leadership crisis. In the African government said. Val-de-Marne constituency in suburban Paris, the Socialist There is “no immediate dan- candidate was eliminated altogether while in the other two ger to him at this stage,” said votes right-wing candidates were far ahead. Sonwabo Mbananga, a spokesman for the ministry of defence, which is responsible for the 94-year-old’s Russia jails four over bomb plot health care. Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula visited MOSCOW: A Russian court jailed four alleged Islamist Mandela yesterday at the coun- militants yesterday for plotting to bomb a high-speed train try’s leading military hospital in between Moscow and St Petersburg last year. Moscow A man collects food left on the ground after the end of a street market in Rome yesterday. The sudden accel- Pretoria and found the 94-year- City Court handed prison terms of 15 to 18 years to Islam eration in the political crisis over the weekend was enough to put Italy back into the spotlight of the euro zone old former president “in good Khamzhuyev, Fail Nevlyutov, Mansur Umayev and Mansur crisis alongside Spain, whose yields also climbed yesterday on the back of the turmoil in Rome. spirits.” Edilbiyev, natives of Russia’s troubled North Caucasus region. “He is comfortable, he contin- Prosecutors said they had tried to attack the Sapsan train in ues to receive treatment which... summer 2011, state news agency Itar-tass reported. A lawyer (is) routine and that should be for the accused said the defence would appeal. The Kremlin expected of a person of his senior is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency in its mostly age,” Mbananga said. Mandela Muslim North Caucasus that continues in the wake of two Shootout kills four in Nigeria was airlifted to the One Military wars between Moscow’s security forces and Chechen sepa- Hospital in Pretoria from his ratists in the region. Insurgents claimed responsibility for an KANO, NIGERIA: A police- “The (military) was promptly hours. The Islamists also burnt a home village of Qunu in southeast attack that killed 27 people on a Moscow-St Petersburg train in man and at least three sus- alerted and reinforced the police bank and looted a store, residents of the country on Saturday. 2009, a suicide bombing that killed 37 at Moscow’s busiest airport pected Boko Haram gunmen in repelling the attack by Boko said, but Eli declined to comment. The presidency said Mandela in 2011 and bombings on the Moscow metro that killed 40 in 2010. died yesterday following an Haram terrorists on the police Potiskum, the commercial capi- would take additional tests, but Earlier this year, Russia jailed 10 people - four of them for life - early morning bombing and area command,” he said. tal of the state, has been repeat- officials have kept their silence for the 2009 bombing on the Moscow-St Petersburg line. shooting raid on a police for- “The DPO (Divisional Police edly hit by deadly Boko Haram on the procedures involved and mation in northeast Nigeria, a Officer) died in hospital from attacks in recent months, leading have not given specifics about his military spokesman said. gunshot wounds he sustained in to heavy military crackdowns in medical condition. Heavy fighting in Central African Republic Suspected Boko Haram the shootout while three bodies which dozens of sect members It was unclear if the ailing Islamists launched an attack with of the terrorists were recovered, were killed or arrested. former president would spend a BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Heavy explosives and rifles on a regional although the terrorists took away Violence linked to Boko third night in hospital. fighting took place yesterday between armed men and forces police headquarters in the town around 10 of their men killed in Haram’s insurgency has left some “That (decision) is still in the of the Central African Republic in the key northern city of of Potiskum in Yobe state around the encounter,” Eli claimed. 3,000 people dead since 2009, hands of the doctors.... They are Ndele, causing many residents to flee, a military source said. 2am, leading to a shootout with Residents of Potiskum said including killings by the security saying they are doing further “Armed men entered the city firing automatic weapons. Then police and troops, Lieutenant explosions and gunfire echoed forces. tests,” presidential spokesman loud detonations started being heard,” forcing many people to Lazarus Eli said. through the town for over three AFP Mac Maharaj said. AFP flee to neighbouring towns or the bush, the military source said. Ndele, which has between 15,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, was already the scene of violent clashes between different rebel groups and the army in 2007-2010.

Teacher suspended over suicidal essay request Hollande accused of trying to sway court

BORDEAUX: A French teacher who has been accused of PARIS: Critics accused French “complete fabrication” the book’s Cope. “I wonder what are the rea- Trierweiler had an affair with asking her students to write an essay in which they imagined President Francois Hollande of claim that he had in 1994 sought sons that may have led Hollande Devedjian early on in her rela- themselves as a suicidal teenager has been suspended pend- seeking to influence the judici- to arrange a meeting with the to give so many lectures to (his tionship with Hollande. ing an investigation, education officials said yesterday. The ary yesterday as his girlfriend then right-wing prime minis- right-wing predecessor Nicolas) At the time she was still mar- teacher, who works at the Montmoreau-Saint-Cybard second- went to court seeking damages ter Edouard Balladur. Interior Sarkozy... and not to apply them ried to her second husband and ary school in the Charente region of western France, will dis- over a salacious biography. Minister Manuel Valls also wrote to himself.” Hollande was still officially with cover next week if she is to face disciplinary action following Valerie Trierweiler, the presi- to the court saying comments he There was no official reaction one-time presidential candidate an outcry among parents over a composition she reportedly dent’s 47-year-old partner, is made to the two authors were dis- from Hollande, but a source close Segolene Royal, the mother of his set for her class of 13- and 14-year-olds. suing the authors of La Frondeuse torted and taken out of context. to the president said he was in no four children. Hollande’s compli- (The Rebel) for defamation and That letter was written on minis- way trying to influence the court cated private life has been the invasion of privacy, seeking try letterhead, said Olivier Pardo, and was simply providing testi- source of frequent speculation Kosovo, Serbia launch joint border checks ¤85,000 ($110,000) in damages the authors’ lawyer. mony in the case. and a slew of publications since and court costs. “The separation of powers has The letter mentioned in the he came to power in May. JARINJE: Two border crossings between Serbia and its former As the trial opened yesterday, been violated. The president is the book was allegedly written to Trierweiler is also seeking province Kosovo, which Belgrade does not recognise, opened it emerged that Hollande sent a guarantor of judicial independ- former right-wing minister 70,000 euros in damages from under joint management for the first time yesterday, follow- letter - but not on paper with the ence. This is unbelievable,” said Patrick Devedjian to ask him magazine Point de Vue, which in ing European Union mediation. The two crossings in Merdare presidential letterhead - to the Pardo. The right-wing opposi- to arrange a meeting with early October published an inter- and Jarinje, between Serbia and northern Kosovo, were officially court denying an assertion in the tion UMP said the letter could be Balladur. view with the authors. The court opened for both business and individual travellers. AGENCIES book that he had reached out to seen as a way of putting pressure The book, written by television said it would hold a further hear- the right in the mid-1990s. on the court. “I am astonished,” journalists Christophe Jakubyszyn ing on January 28. Hollande, 58, denounced as a said UMP leader Jean-Francois and Alix Bouilhaguet, claims AFP TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

US seen as Chavez leaves for cancer surgery in Cuba ‘first among Fourth surgery since last year; Venezuelan leader takes tranquillisers for pain equals’ in

CARACAS: Hugo Chavez downtown Caracas. 2030: Report left for Cuba early yesterday Vladimir Hernandez, 52, said to undergo new cancer sur- it hurt him to hear Chavez was WASHINGTON: The United gery that the Venezuelan left- due for more surgery. “Now I States will likely be the “first ist president admitted was am here to ask God to help us in among equals” in 2030 in an urgently needed to fight the these hard times,” he said after increasingly chaotic world deadly disease. joining the throng. where China is the top economy His middle-of-the-night depar- Chavez, 58, had said he was and demand soars for resources, ture was announced through cancer-free after being diagnosed a US intelligence report said Twitter by communications last year and treated. But he dra- yesterday. minister Ernesto Villegas, who matically announced on Saturday The National Intelligence said the plane carrying the that malignant cells had returned Council, in its first assessment Venezuelan leader had taken and that he needs more surgery. in four years aimed at shaping off from Maiquetia Airport and Treatment is “absolutely nec- US strategic thinking, said that headed for Havana. essary,” the leftist leader said in China will surpass the United “I have just given a good hug to a bombshell statement on state States as the largest economy in commander Chavez at Maiquetia television in which he admit- the 2020s, in line with independ- and told him ‘Go and come back,’ ted he may have to give up the ent forecasts. and he responded, ‘Of course, I presidency and that Maduro was But the study said that the will be back,’” tweeted for his part his chosen successor — a move United States, while weaker, will former vice president Elias Jaua. analysts saw as the first step of a probably stay the top player in It will be the fourth time the political transition. two decades thanks to its role in firebrand anti-American populist, The designation of an heir resolving global crises, its tech- re-elected only last October, has apparent in the event that “some- nological prowess and its “soft undergone surgery since being thing happened” to him under- power” that attracts outsiders. diagnosed last year. lined the seriousness of Chavez’s “The US most likely will remain But this time there was a more condition, which he said was caus- ‘first among equals’ among ominous tone as Chavez, whose ing him strong pain and required the other great powers in 2030 country sits atop the world’s him to take tranquilisers. because of its preeminence across largest proven oil reserves, spoke In power since 1999, Chavez has a range of power dimensions and for the first time of the idea of made repeated trips to commu- legacies of its leadership role,” the succession, naming foreign min- nist Cuba for cancer treatment 137-page report said. ister and vice president Nicolas since his original diagnosis. “Nevertheless, with the rapid Maduro as his favoured political Over the past year and a Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez (fifth right) talks with members of the army’s high command during the rise of other countries, the ‘uni- heir. half, Chavez has missed practi- swearing in ceremony of new Defence Minister Alfredo Molero (sixth left) at Miraflores Palace in Caracas yesterday. polar moment’ is over and Pax Chavez disclosed his upcom- cally every regional meeting he Americana — the era of American ing surgery on Saturday night, was to have attended, including that I undergo surgery yester- “Choose Maduro as president career in the labour movement ascendancy in international poli- shortly after returning from 10 the Summit of the Americas in day (Friday) at the latest, or this of the republic,” Chavez said. “I belongs to the more moderate tics that began in 1945 — is fast days of treatment in Cuba. Colombia, the Mercosur summit weekend,” he noted. “But I did not am asking you this from all my wing of the Chavez entourage. winding down,” it said. The announcement shocked in Brazil and last month’s Ibero- agree and came back home.” heart.” Paving the way for his depar- The study predicted that Asia’s people who have come to know American summit. In what appeared like a pres- Maduro, who has been serving ture, the National Assembly on economy, military spending and him as an indefatigable and gar- He returned on Friday after entation of his final will, the as Venezuela’s foreign minister for Sunday granted Chavez permis- technological investment would rulous man who was a fixture of his latest stay in Cuba, during once-omnipresent leader, who the past six years, was appointed sion to travel to Cuba and, in surpass those of North America their everyday life. which his medical team stressed a had not been seen in public for vice president in the wake of another possible indication of the and Europe combined by 2030, “He will live! He will live! sense of urgency about the loom- three weeks, urged Venezuelans October’s presidential poll. He has seriousness of the matter, leave but warned of major uncertainty The commander will live,” ing operation, his fourth since to vote for Maduro in the next since held both portfolios. the country for an indefinite over an emerging China. an assembled crowd chanted mid-2011. presidential poll should he become The 49-year-old former bus amount of time. “If Beijing fails to transition Sunday in Bolivar Square in “The doctor recommended incapacitated. driver who began his political AFP to a more sustainable, innova- tion-based economic model, it will remain a top-tier player in Asia, but the influence surround- ing what has been a remarkable ascendance will dissipate,” it said. UK launches genome database to improve patient care China’s global power is likely to keep rising but at a slower rate— a phenomenon of easing growth LONDON: Up to 100,000 a patient’s illness and what drugs government has set aside £100m personalised, cancer treatments fighting for genetic science and that, according to historical prec- Britons suffering from can- and other treatments they need. ($160m) for the project in the such as Novartis’ Gleevec, or imat- technologies to be used in the edent, makes countries “likely to cer and rare diseases are to It could significantly reduce the taxpayer-funded NHS over the inib - a drug for chronic myeloid public interest, has said anyone become fearful and more asser- have their genetic codes fully number of premature deaths from next three to five years. leukaemia - are already helping to with access to the database could tive,” the study said. sequenced and mapped as part cancer within a generation, Prime Harpal Kumar, chief executive treat patients more effectively. use the genetic codes to identify Europe, Japan and Russia are of government efforts to boost Minister David Cameron’s office of the charity Cancer Research Some critics of the project, and track every individual on it expected to maintain slow eco- drug development and improve said in a statement. UK, said the work would uncover known as the “UK genome plan”, and their relatives. nomic declines through 2030, treatment. “By unlocking the power of new information from which have voiced concerns about how Cameron’s office said the while a number of middle-tier Britain will be the first country DNA data, the NHS (National doctors and scientists will learn the data will be used and shared genome sequencing would be countries could rise such as to introduce a database of genetic Health Service) will lead the glo- about the biology of cancers and with third parties, including with entirely voluntary and patients Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, sequences into a mainstream health bal race for better tests, better develop new ways to prevent, commercial organisations such as would be able to opt out without Mexico, South Africa and Turkey, service, officials say, giving doctors drugs and above all better care,” diagnose and treat them. drug companies. affecting their NHS care. it said. a more advanced understanding of Cameron said yesterday. His He said some targeted, or Genewatch, a campaign group REUTERS AFP Tearful radio hosts say sorry to nurse’s family

SYDNEY: The Australian radio hosts thinking about it since it happened,” she inquest. Christian said he too was devastated. who made a prank call to a London hos- told Australia’s Seven Network. “Shattered, gutted, heartbroken and obvi- pital treating Prince William’s wife Kate “And I remember my first question was, ously you know... our deepest sympathies tearfully told of their heartbreak yes- was she a mother?” are with the family and the friends,” he told terday at hearing that a nurse had been In a separate interview with the Nine Nine. found dead. Network, Greig added: “It came into my He added that it was supposed to be “just Mel Greig and Michael Christian from head that I just wanted to reach out to them a simple, harmless, fun call”. Sydney station 2Day FM have been in hid- (the family), give them a big hug and say “Prank calls are made every day... no one ing and undergoing counselling since their sorry. I hope they’re okay, I really do.” could have imagined this to happen,” he said. hoax sparked global outrage following the The call, with Greig and Christian posing “We just hope that her family and friends apparent suicide of Jacintha Saldanha. as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, are as good as they can be and that they are In interviews on Australian television, the was taken by mother-of-two Saldanha, 46, getting the love and support they deserve.” pair broke their silence following Saldanha’s at London’s King Edward VII Hospital. The death sparked an outpouring of fury death last week in London, as 2Day FM’s With no receptionist on duty in the early against the radio station and the presenters, owner said it was cancelling their show and morning, she put them through to a col- although the broadcaster yesterday said no stopping all hoax calls by its broadcasters. league who divulged details of the preg- one could have foreseen the tragic conse- An emotional Greig said she was devas- nant Kate’s recovery from severe morning quences of what the hospital says was an tated on hearing the Indian-born nurse had sickness. “appalling” stunt. died. Saldanha was subsequently found dead, Rhys Holleran, chief executive of “Unfortunately I remember that moment although British police have refused to Southern Cross Austereo, which owns 2Day very well because I haven’t stopped confirm whether it was suicide pending an FM, said the station called the hospital five times to discuss what it had recorded before going to air. He said he was satisfied that the appropriate checks were conducted before the pre-recorded segment was broadcast. “We attempted to contact them on no less than five occasions,” Holleran told Fairfax radio. “We wanted to speak to them about it.” Holleran did not say whether the broad- caster received any response. The stunt was vetted by lawyers before being aired in Sydney last week, according to the station. But a hospital spokesman said: “Following the hoax call, the station did not talk to anyone in hospital senior management or anyone at the company that handles our media inquiries.” In a statement to the stock exchange, Southern Cross, which has media inter- ests throughout Australia, said that it had decided to halt all prank calls by its broad- casters. It also axed the show Greig and Christian presented, Hot 30, and suspended all 2Day FM advertising until further notice. The case has triggered demands for tougher regulation of the electronic media although Australia’s press regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Sydney radio station 2Day FM presenters Michael Christian (centre) and Mel Greig (right) being Authority, has not commented on whether interviewed by Tracy Grimshaw (left) of Channel Nine Network during ‘A Current Affair’ discussion the station broke any rules. yesterday. AFP TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Greenpeace sues Manila backs Japan to ‘balance’ China South Korea over Foreign secretary says Japan could be a balancing factor against Chinese provocation nuclear activists SEOUL: Greenpeace said yes- MANILA: The Philippines of which is claimed by China. lives, according to historians. from arresting a group of Chinese Philippines asked China to clarify terday it had filed a lawsuit would support Japan drop- Foreign department spokes- The newspaper interview fishermen at the Scarborough press reports Chinese authorities against the South Korean gov- ping its pacifist constitution man Raul Hernandez confirmed comes shortly before a general Shoal, which is close to the main had authorised its forces to inter- ernment for denying entry to to become a fully fledged mili- the government’s view that Japan election in Japan where the front- Philippine island of Luzon and dict ships entering what Beijing half a dozen key campaigners tary force and act as a balance should upgrade its military from runner, opposition leader Shinzo which Manila says is part of its considers its territorial waters. and seeking to “silence” criti- against a rising China, a govern- a self defence force so that it has Abe, has said he wants to revise territory. Meanwhile, Vietnam claimed cism of its nuclear policies. ment spokesman said yesterday. more freedom to operate in the the country’s pacifist constitution, Manila says China has contin- that Chinese fishing boats sab- The environmental group said In an interview with the region. imposed by the US after the war. ued to station patrol vessels in the otaged one of its oil and gas it wanted recognition from the Financial Times, Foreign “(Del Rosario) said we are China claims most of the South area even after the Philippines research vessels. court that Seoul’s decision to bar Secretary Albert del Rosario said in favour of Japan’s gaining China Sea, including waters close withdrew its vessels and called Adding to tension, authorities six Greenpeace staff was a viola- the Philippines would strongly strength,” Hernandez told the to the shores of its neighbours. for a peaceful resolution to the in China’s Hainan island have tion of freedom of expression and support a rearmed Japan — its reporters. These areas include major sea dispute according to international passed laws allowing police to international human rights. World War II foe — as a counter- Japan occupied the Philippines lanes and are believed to hold vast law. search vessels deemed to be oper- The lawsuit also demands weight to what it sees as Chinese for more than three years from mineral and oil resources. The dispute is testing the unity ating illegally in what it considers almost 70m won ($65,000) in provocation. December 1941, during which sus- China’s claim is contested by of the 10-nation Association of its Hainan’s waters, drawing pro- compensation for disruption to “We are looking for balancing pected guerrillas were tortured the Philippines as well as Brunei, Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) tests from its neighbours. the group’s campaigning efforts. factors in the region and Japan and executed, and some local Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam, and also dragged the United China and Japan are also in “Following the Fukushima could be a significant balanc- women forced into prostitution which have overlapping claims to States into the debate just as it is dispute over islands in the East disaster, the South Korean gov- ing factor,” Del Rosario told the to serve the occupying army. some or all of those same areas. pushing to raise an already strong China Sea that are controlled by ernment is trying to silence us paper amid growing tensions over The war claimed at least In April, Chinese patrol vessels military profile in the region. Tokyo. for highlighting the tremen- the South China Sea, almost all a million civilian Philippine prevented the Philippine Navy Earlier this month, the AFP dous risks nuclear power poses,” Pino Lee, nuclear campaigner at Greenpeace East Asia, said. Rights day in Manila “By unjustly prohibiting Greenpeace staff from entering Korea without reason, the gov- UN aid call as Philippine ernment has created a chilling effect among those who wish to voice their concerns about nuclear power.” typhoon toll rises to 600 Greenpeace established an office in South Korea in 2011. DAVAO: The United Nations destruction I saw,” she told a news Since then the government has launched a $65m global aid conference in Davao city on the denied entry to four Greenpeace appeal yesterday to help des- edge of the disaster zone. East Asia staff and in October perate survivors of a typhoon “Areas which have been com- turned back two Greenpeace that killed more than 600 peo- pletely devastated, with only a few International staff who were ple and affected millions in the damaged buildings still standing. planning to attend a seminar on southern Philippines. Debris from houses, buildings, nuclear power in Seoul. Luiza Carvalho, country landslides and logs. Entire plan- There has been growing con- officer for the UN Office for the tations wiped out.” cern in South Korea over the use Coordination of Humanitarian She said the typhoon, the of nuclear power after a series of Affairs, said the funds would ini- strongest to hit the region for scares and scandals. tially help provide food, water and more than 80 years, had left its The country’s nuclear operator emergency shelter to 480,000 peo- many poor residents without the was forced to shut down two reac- ple in the worst-hit areas. means to feed their families. tors at its Yeonggwang nuclear Carvalho spent the past few “This devastation cannot be complex until at least January to days visiting Mindanao island, erased overnight,” she added. replace components provided with where landslides and floods from Over the longer term, the UN fake quality certificates. Typhoon Bopha flattened entire aid programme will also help sur- A third reactor was taken communities last week, laying low vivors to recover emotionally and offline at the same complex when the country’s banana and mining rehabilitate the devastated farm cracks were found on control rod industries. sector, Carvalho said. tubes during maintenance work. “I was shocked by the AFP AFP Supporters and indigenous people from Mindanao wearing traditional dress march towards the Presidential Palace to rally as they commemorate International Human Rights Day in Manila yesterday. Laos expels Swiss N Korea extends rocket launch window Tibetan, 16, burns herself charity head for SEOUL: North Korea yester- UN resolutions prompted by the saying Iran had stationed defence day extended the window for its North’s nuclear tests in 2006 and personnel in North Korea since to death in China: Xinhua attacks on govt planned rocket launch by one 2009. October to strengthen coop- HANOI: Laos has expelled week due to technical problems The window extension appeared eration in missile and nuclear BEIJING: A 16-year-old among the youngest girls to have the outspoken head of a major but stressed it was pushing on to tally with South Korean media development. Tibetan girl died after setting set themselves on fire. Swiss charity for criticising the with the mission in the face of reports, citing government analy- In Japan, the government said herself on fire, Chinese state Xinhua reported on Sunday government, an official from the international condemnation. sis of fresh satellite imagery, that yesterday it was on full alert over media said yesterday, as the that a monk and his nephew had secretive communist country A day after announcing a North Korea was replacing a North Korea’s planned rocket war-of-words between the gov- been detained for inciting eight said yesterday. review of the original December faulty component in the Unha-3 launch as a 13-day lift-off window ernment-in-exile and Beijing Tibetans to set themselves alight. Anne-Sophie Gindroz, Helvetas 10-22 launch schedule, the Korean rocket. opened, despite a suggestion from intensified. The men acted on the instruc- country director for Laos, left on Committee of Space Technology In a separate report yesterday, Pyongyang that it could delay the The school pupil self-immolated tions of the Dalai Lama, Xinhua Saturday after ignoring several said it was extending the window the Chosun Ilbo — known for its much-criticised move. in the village of Dageri in China’s said, citing police “confessions and warnings over her criticism of the to December 29. comprehensive North Korean Japan has deployed missile northwestern province of Qinghai, investigations”. government, an official from the In a statement carried by the coverage — said a group of Iranian defence systems to intercept and an area with a high population of A commentary carried by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. official Korean Central News missile experts was in North destroy the rocket if it looks set ethnic Tibetans, just before 7pm state-run news agency yesterday “We gave her 48 hours notice Agency, the committee said sci- Korea offering technical assist- to fall on its territory. on Sunday, Xinhua said. said the Tibetan spiritual leader (to leave the country) and she left entists and technicians were still ance for the planned launch. “We are taking all possible Her body was cremated four was “blasphemous” and “inhu- Saturday, she is in Thailand now,” “pushing forward” with prepara- The Iranians were invited measures for vigilance,” Prime hours later and returned to her mane” in encouraging people to the official said on the condition tions for the mission. after Pyongyang’s last long-range Minister Yoshihiko Noda told family, the news agency said, add- self-immolate for “his own politi- of anonymity. “They, however, found a tech- rocket launch in April ended in reporters as he entered his office ing that local government officials cal goals”. “It is not the organisation’s nical deficiency in the first-stage failure, the newspaper said, citing yesterday before the launch win- were investigating. But the Tibetan government- fault, it is her fault -- she didn’t control engine module of the a Seoul government official. dow opened at 7:00 am (2200 More than 90 Tibetans have set in-exile called on Beijing to prove comply with the rules of the coun- rocket... and decided to extend the “A car seen at the... launch site GMT Sunday). themselves ablaze since 2009 to the allegations by sending an try she was in. She was in Laos, launch period,” the news agency has been spotted driving back Defence Minister Satoshi protest China’s rule of the Tibetan investigative team to its head- she should follow Laos’s rules and said. and forth from the accommoda- Morimoto said Tokyo would plateau, rights groups have said, quarters in northern India. traditions. If not she cannot live North Korea says the rocket tion facility nearby. It is believed keep a close eye on developments with the frequency of incidents The Dalai Lama has based here, she has to leave”. launch is a peaceful mission aimed to be carrying Iranian experts,” despite the comments from North increasing sharply in November. himself at the hill town of Gindroz’s Indonesian husband at putting a satellite into orbit. the official said. Korea. “We don’t think enough Most have died. Dharamshala since he fled from and her seven children were The United States and its Earlier this month, Japan’s changes are occurring to change According to a partial list drawn Tibet in 1959 after a failed upris- allowed to stay, he said, adding allies view it as a disguised bal- Kyodo news agency quoted a our posture,” he said. up by the London-based campaign ing against Chinese rule. that she must “take responsibil- listic missile test banned under western diplomatic source as AFP group Free Tibet the teenager is AFP ity” for her actions. Helvetas spokesman Matthias Herseldt said the foreign ministry Myanmar protest had sent the Zurich-based group a letter saying that “she had been ‘acting against the constitution Chinese dissident Hu Jia kept and the law’.” The government took particu- lar issue with a letter written by at home on human rights day Gindroz to other development partners criticising Laos’s govern- BEIJING: Chinese police rights press conference” to mark ment “and the situation for free barred prominent dissident Hu the date. speech in the country”, he added. Jia from leaving home yesterday But yesterday he said: “The Helvetas has run an agricul- after he proposed marking UN police are keeping me in my home tural project in Laos since 2001, Human Rights Day near the until Tuesday to prevent me from and also promotes organic farm- home of a jailed Nobel laureate’s meeting with people like you so ing in the tiny communist nation. wife, who is herself under house that I will not be photographed Its “first priority” is to continue arrest. or filmed for Human Rights Day.” aid work, Herseldt said. Authorities have detained Liu Hu served three years in jail A source close to the case said Xia at home without charge since starting in 2008 after years of Gindroz “was very involved in her husband Liu Xiaobo — the co- campaigning for civil rights, the land issues and had received some author of a human rights petition environment and AIDS patients, warnings before”. — won the 2010 peace prize. He and has remained under surveil- The Southeast Asian country was convicted in 2009 of inciting lance since being released. has fewer than six million people, subversion and sentenced to 11 Liu is one of three people to about 80 percent of whom work years in jail. have won the Nobel award while in agriculture. December 10 marks the day the jailed by their government, and The landlocked nation, long Charter 08 petition was signed his imprisonment elicited inter- reliant on foreign aid, is now the and the day Liu should have national condemnation. target of massive foreign invest- received his Nobel award. China condemned his Nobel ment, with inflows rising from Hu had posted a note on prize as unwanted foreign inter- $51m in 2001 to $13.6bn last year, Twitter on Friday suggesting that ference in its internal affairs, and People hold placards and posters as they demand an investigation into recent violence at the Monywa cop- according to official figures. a park near Liu Xia’s home would refused to allow him to attend the per mine project, during a protest in Yangon, Myanmar, yesterday. AFP “be a good place to hold a human ceremony in Oslo. AFP TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Afghan woman Human Rights Day official killed by gunmen Sediqqi worked without bodyguards

JALALABAD: Unknown gun- Afghan women have won back men shot dead a senior govern- basic rights in education, vot- ment worker yesterday, officials ing and employment since the in eastern Afghanistan said, Taliban were ousted from power five months after her predeces- in 2001. sor was killed in a bomb attack. But fears are mounting that Violence against women such freedoms could be traded appears to be on the rise in away as Kabul seeks peace talks Afghanistan, which activists and with the group. some lawmakers blame on what Sediqqi had replaced Hanifa they say is waning interest in Safi, who was killed in July by a women’s rights on the part of car bomb that her family blamed President Hamid Karzai’s govern- on the Taliban. ment, claims he denies. Women who pursue careers Nadia Sediqqi, acting head in ultra-conservative country of Pakistani activists carry placards as they shout slogans at an event on International Human Rights Day in Lahore yesterday. of the women’s affairs depart- Afghanistan often face opposition ment in Laghman province, was in a society where often they are killed as she headed to work in ostracised, or worse, for mixing the capital Mehtar Lam, said the with men other than husbands or provincial governor’s spokesman relatives. Hotline to foster Islamabad-Kabul dialogue Sarhadi Zwak. Safi’s son later said that “They shot her as she was get- authorities had ignored repeated ANKARA: A hotline has been presidents have not used it yet. its spy chief was planned in did not directly blame Pakistan for ting into a rickshaw,” Zwak said requests for protection, echoing established to facilitate commu- “It is designed to help commu- Pakistan. the attack but said the Taliban of the attack about 150 km east greater concerns that the safety nication among the presidents nication among the three capi- The assassination attempt on alone would not have been able to of Kabul. of woman government workers is of Afghanistan, Pakistan and tals in times of crisis,” the official National Directorate of Security carry out the bombing and that The officials added that she not taken seriously by the govern- Turkey “in times of crisis,” a added. (NDS) chief Asadullah Khalid “bigger hands were involved”. worked without bodyguards — a ment in Kabul. Turkish official said yesterday. The presidents of Afghanistan was carried out Thursday by The Pakistani foreign ministry common situation for female gov- This despite commitments to “The hotline has been oper- and Pakistan are due to hold talks an attacker who claimed to be rejected the claim and said it was ernment workers. improve the rights of women 11 ational since Sunday,” the in Turkey today and Wednesday a Taliban peace envoy but had a ready to help investigate what it There was no immediate claim years into the Nato-led war. official said on condition of in a bid to resolve a row after bomb hidden in his underwear. called a criminal act. of responsibility. REUTERS anonymity but noted that the Kabul claimed an attack against Afghan President Hamid Karzai AFP

Pakistan’s ‘Zero Malala’s father named UN advisor on education Hunger’ project LONDON: The father of each year when children around herself is determined to join the Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani the world are invited to march, campaign for every girl’s right hits snags girl shot by the Taliban for demonstrate, petition and pray to education and when she has campaigning for girls’ educa- for education to be delivered recovered she will do so, becom- ISLAMABAD: The newly cre- tion, has been named a UN spe- worldwide. ing one of the leaders of that ated ministry of national food cial advisor on global education, “Before she was shot, Malala campaign.” security has not been able to UN envoy Gordon Brown said was advocating the cause of girls’ In an attack that shocked implement its ‘Zero Hunger’ yesterday. education faced by a Taliban that the world, Malala was shot in project even after seven months Brown added that the 15-year- had closed down and destroyed the head as punishment for the of its launch by former Prime old schoolgirl, who is recovering 600 schools,” said the former “crime” of campaigning for girls’ Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. in a British hospital after being British prime minister, now rights to go to school. In fact, the ministry, a product brutally attacked on her school UN special envoy for global She survived the murder of the 18th Amendment, is itself bus on October 9, will herself join education. attempt but requires recon- in a state of limbo. the campaign when she is better. “If the Taliban sought to van- structive surgery after the bullet It is amazing that no formal Ziauddin Yousafzai, Malala’s quish her voice once and for all, grazed her brain, coming within approval has yet been accorded father, is a former teacher they failed.” centimetres of killing her. to the budgetary requirements of and headmaster and has been “For today her voice and her Pakistan’s President Asif the zero hunger project. appointed to help in what Brown insistent dream that children Ali Zardari on Saturday vis- The draft of its action plan has dubbed a new ‘Malala Plan’ to should go to school echoes all ited Malala at the specialist prepared by the World Food get all girls into school around the around the world, as girl after Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Programme still lacks operational world by the end of 2015. girl, each wanting all girls to have Birmingham, central England, details. Brown is also pushing for the right to go to school, identifies and met with members of her Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari delivers a speech during the advocacy What is missing is a compre- Malala’s birthday, July 12th, to with Malala.” family. event ‘Stand Up for Malala’, at the Unesco headquarters in Paris yesterday. hensive plan which clearly spells be designated a day of action Brown added: “In time Malala AFP out the objects and the nature of activities to be undertaken. With Yousuf Raza Gilani’s exit, the project’s pace has slowed down either due to the new ministry’s lack of interest or Swedish charity worker flown out of Islamabad Taliban to attend Paris lack of cooperation from other ministries. LAHORE: A Swedish char- chief doctor at Jinnah Hospital. the culprits had not yet been A major task of the project, ity worker who was critically “There was a special request identified. conference on Afghanistan to begin with, was to provide wounded in a gun attack in from Sweden. They sent a spe- Lahore, a city of eight million, food to 45 extremely food inse- Pakistan last week was flown cial air ambulance manned by a suffered a string of high-profile KABUL: The Taliban said yes- an 11-year insurgency, but the cure districts of the country but home yesterday for special- team of doctors and we shifted bombings blamed on Taliban and terday it would attend a confer- Islamists have dismissed his the whole scheme, it seems, has ist medical treatment, officials her today.” al Qaeda linked militants in 2010. ence in Paris on Afghanistan government as a puppet of the fallen victim to red-tapism. said. Pastor Liaquat Qaiser, a In August 2011, US develop- this month but would not hold United States. Food security minister Mir Birgitta Almeby, 72, was com- spokesman for the Full Gospel ment worker Warren Weinstein peace talks with Afghan govern- “We welcome any conference Israrullah Zehri told the Senate ing home from work when she Assemblies, confirmed that her was kidnapped after gunmen ment delegates or other groups. that is aimed at peace and stabil- on October 16 that up to 58 per- was shot in the chest in Lahore, condition was serious and that tricked their way into his Lahore A member of Afghanistan’s ity in Afghanistan,” presidential cent of the country’s population Pakistan’s second largest city, on she had been flown to Sweden for home. Pakistani officials believe government-appointed High Peace spokesman Aimal Faizi said. suffered from food insecurity. the eastern border with India. better treatment. he is being held by al Qaeda and Council said that its representa- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah He was quoting the figure from She was working in Lahore The organisation runs charities Taliban extremists in Pakistan’s tives would meet the Taliban. Mujahid said that the militants the National Nutrition Survey for the US-founded Full Gospel in Pakistan including a technical lawless northwest. “We could also meet them on had accepted an invitation to 2011 which was conducted by Assemblies, which describes itself training institute, adult literacy In April, a British Muslim the sidelines of the meeting,” Din attend the conference, which the Benazir Income Support as a “church fellowship” with con- centre and orphanage. Red Cross worker was beheaded Mohammad, who is also a cabinet French government sources Programme (BISP). Of the total gregations all over the world. According to police, Almeby nearly four months after being minister said. described as an internal Afghan affected population, he said, 29.6 “She was still unconscious, her has been living in Pakistan for 38 kidnapped in the southwestern President Hamid Karzai has colloquim on the future of the percent suffered from hunger or condition is critical, she is on a years. city of Quetta. long sought peace talks with country. severe hunger. ventilator,” said Fazlur Rehman, Police officer Owais Malik said AFP the Taliban, who have waged AFP INTERNEWS

Taliban attack on Peshawar police kills 6 PESHAWAR: Taliban suicide Kaki police station. They killed mosque, house and three shops. bombers besieged a Pakistani three policemen and two civil- Pakistan’s umbrella Tehreek-e- police station yesterday, kill- ians,” the information minister Taliban faction claimed respon- ing six people near the militant for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov- sibility, saying the attack was to stronghold of North Waziristan ince, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said. avenge the killing by police of a that borders Afghanistan, offi- Hospital officials said another nephew of its founder, warlord cials said. civilian later died of his injuries, Baitullah Mehsud who was him- Militants heavily armed with taking the death toll to six. self killed in a US drone attack suicide vests, guns, grenades and “There were nine injured, in 2009. rockets raided the police station including six policemen and three “We will continue such attacks in Kaki, 13 kilometres southwest civilians. A wounded civilian later against this secular government,” of Bannu town which lies close expired,” said Mohammed Iqbal, spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan to Pakistan’s semi-autonomous who heads Bannu hospital. confirmed by telephone from an tribal region. Police said the attack lasted undisclosed location. Two of them blew themselves around an hour, during which Mehsud’s nephew, himself a up during the clashes but a third the militants used guns, grenades Taliban commander, was shot Paramedics transport injured Swedish charity worker Birgitta Alehby from a hospital to an air ambulance in Lahore, managed to escape, the officials and rocket-propelled grenades dead by police in Bannu last Pakistan, yesterday. said. in an exchange of fire that dam- month, local police said. “Three militants attacked the aged the police station, a nearby AFP TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Protests over quota Sonia at a rally in Gujarat bill, Wal-Mart lobbying Upper House adjourned for the day

NEW DELHI: Slogan-shouting on disclosures that Wal-Mart had “Lobbying is illegal in India, and members of the Samajwadi spent `1.25bn on lobbying. if Wal-Mart has mentioned lob- Party forced adjournment of the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman bying, it is bribery. To whom did Upper House (Rajya Sabha) for P J Kurien urged SP members to they give the money? Government the day yesterday, minutes after return to their seats and oppose of India should tell. It raised a big Minister of State for Personnel the bill if they so desired. question on multi-brand retail,” V Narayanasamy sought to However, the SP members con- he said.Prasad, quoting the move the bill to introduce quota tinued raising slogans near the report, also said $3m was spent in promotions. podium. Kurien said the members in lobbying in India in 2012 alone. BJP members, meanwhile, were indisciplined, but that made “Government should put a sought to raise the issue of mul- little difference. halt to this decision, probe it and tinational retail chain Wal-Mart “This is unbecoming (of mem- clarify,” he said. He was joined by ` reportedly spending 1.25bn on bers),” Kurien said, and adjourned members from other opposition Congress President Sonia Gandhi is garlanded by party leaders during a rally ahead of the Gujarat Assembly lobbying for allowing 51 percent the house till today. parties, including the Left and polls at Siddhpur, some 120km from Ahmedabad yesterday. foreign equity in retail trade, Earlier, an uproar had erupted Trinamool Congress. alleging that the move was passed in the upper house of parliament JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari after a bribe was received. over newspaper reports that Wal- urged the chair to call the prime As soon as the house met at 2 Mart had lobbied in the US to minister for a clarification. pm following two earlier adjourn- open the way for foreign equity Minister of State for BJP dares Yeddyurappa to ments, SP members came near in retail in India. Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev the chairman’s podium and raised Members of the opposition Shukla then said he would con- slogans against the bill seeking claimed the decision to open up vey the matter to the minister reservation in promotions. retail trade to 51 percent foreign concerned. The angry opposition topple Shettar government “Reservation in promotions will equity was taken after a bribe was continued shouting and demand- not work,” SP members said. paid. BJP member Ravi Shankar ing a clarification, forcing Deputy BELGAUM: Karnataka’s rul- km from Bangalore. Yeddyurappa Janata Dal-Secular parties said Narayanasamy stood up to Prasad raised the issue during Chairman Kurien to adjourn the ing Bharatiya Janata Party yes- had on Sunday challenged Shettar they have no plans to move a no- urge the house to take up The zero hour, when issues of public upper house briefly for 10 min- terday dared its former leader to prove majority as 13 to 15 BJP trust motion against the Shettar Constitution (One Hundred importance are raised. utes, and when the house met B S Yeddyurappa to topple the assembly members out of 118 in government. Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, Even as Prasad’s name was last again till 2pm then, and finally Jagadish Shettar government, a the 225-member assembly had “This government will fall on its 2012 for consideration and pas- in the list of zero hour mentions, ordering adjournment for the day. day after he challenged the chief shared the dais with him at a own. Why should we move a no- sage. The bill, a major demand of it was taken up first after sev- Last week, the decision to allow minister to prove his majority function to formally launch his confidence motion,” Karnataka the Bahujan Samaj Party, seeks eral opposition parties insisted it FDI in retail was put to vote in or quit. Karnataka Janata Party (KJP). Pradesh Congress Committee to provide reservations in pro- was important. Members of the both houses of parliament, and “If he has courage, let him Both Shettar and Eshwarappa, president G Parameshwara told motions to scheduled castes and opposition demanded that the passed. Opposition members had ask legislators supporting him who is also deputy chief minis- reporters here. However, the scheduled tribes. decision to open up retail trade alleged foul play by government to quit or join opposition parties ter, ruled out resignation of the Congress demanded in the assem- However, Narayanasamy could to foreign equity be put on hold in arranging the numbers for the and bring a no-trust vote,” state ministry or early dissolution of bly Shettar’s resignation, saying not be heard in the din created in until an inquiry is conducted into vote, with Leader of Opposition BJP chief K S Eshwarappa told the assembly in view of these he had “no moral right” to con- the house by SP members. the charges of lobbying. in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj reporters here. party legislators associating with tinue in view of Sunday’s develop- At the same time, Bharatiya “All major newspapers today saying the government mis- Shettar too said he was ready Yeddyurappa. ment in his party. On what action Janata Party and Janata Dal- have reports that Wal-Mart, in used CBI to get votes from the to prove the majority if a no-con- The chief minister maintained the BJP planned against the rebel United members were also on its lobbying disclosure report, has Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan fidence motion is moved in the that he has the numbers with him legislators, Shettar said the party their feet demanding a state- said `1.25bn crore was spent on Samaj Party in its favour. assembly, which is meeting in this and hence there was no need to would take a decision tomorrow. ment from the prime minister lobbying,” Prasad said. IANS north Karnataka town, about 500 quit. The opposition Congress and IANS

Karnataka stops Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu India, Ukraine to broadbase commercial ties BELGAUM: Karnataka has stopped release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from Sunday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar said here yesterday. The water had to be released, though the state was suffering drought, to avoid NEW DELHI: India and “We have now agreed to forge legal complications as the Supreme Court had directed the release, Shettar Ukraine have agreed to make a comprehensive partnership told the assembly, meeting in this north Karnataka town, about 500km from commercial relations more between our two countries,” he Bangalore. Following his statement, the opposition Congress and Janata broad-based and balanced, and said. The prime minister also Dal-Secular called off sit-in protest in the house which they had started identified fertilizers, pharma- stressed on expanding defence last Thursday to press their demand that Cauvery water should not be ceuticals, information tech- relations, noting Ukraine’s exper- released at any cost. Shettar said the state has petitioned the Supreme nology, mining and heavy tise in defence technologies was Court and the Cauvery River Authority, which is headed by the prime machinery as areas of spe- well established. minister, against the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s (CMC) order cial attention, Prime Minister “Our two countries are already that Karnataka should release 30 TMC feet of water to Tamil Nadu in Manmohan Singh said undertaking a number of defence December. IANS yesterday. cooperation projects. The defence In a statement to media cooperation agreement that we after meeting visiting Ukraine have just signed establishes a new President Viktor Yanukovych, the framework for expending this prime minister said that bilateral cooperation,” Manmohan Singh trade has more than doubled in said. the last five years to nearly $3bn. He said India’s linkages with “Both of us noted that our Ukraine in the field of space sci- bilateral trade has more than ence date back to the commence- doubled in the last five years to ment of its space programme. nearly $3bn, though it is heavily “I am pleased that we are cur- weighted in favour of Ukraine. We rently cooperating on advanced agreed to further strengthen our space launch vehicles. We have commercial relations and make also broadened our scientific them more broad-based and bal- cooperation to draw upon the rich anced,” the prime minister said. science and technology base that “We have identified a number both countries possess,” he said. of areas such as fertilizers, phar- The prime minister said the maceuticals, information technol- two countries can learn a great ogy, mining and heavy machinery deal from each other on nuclear for special attention,” he said. safety. The prime minister said he “The unfortunate Chernobyl conveyed to the visiting leader accident has given Ukraine valu- India’s interest in visa arrange- able insight and knowledge in ments to facilitate travel by busi- dealing with this critical issue. nessmen, professionals, students Through the agreement that and people of the two countries. has just been signed between the He said Yanukovych’s visit has nuclear regulatory authorities come as the two countries cel- of both sides, we have agreed to ebrate twentieth anniversary of share our experiences in nuclear Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych with Prime Minister the establishment of their diplo- safety and radiation protection,” Manmohan Singh prior to a meeting in New Delhi yesterday. matic relations. he said. IANS School bans jeans to curb harassment

NEW DELHI: A college NDTV news channel. “The small from cities to rural states such dressing in Indian attire will announced yesterday it had dresses don’t cover students and as Haryana, though many bring a change.” banned girls from wear- that is the reason why they have older people disapprove of such Mamata Sharma, head of the ing jeans, short dresses and to face eve-teasing.” clothes. National Commission of Women, T-shirts to crack down on “Eve-teasing” is a common Pupils at the Adarsh college, told reporters that sexual har- sexual harassment, sparking phrase used in India, Bangladesh which teaches girls between 16 assment in India could not be outrage from pupils and rights and Pakistan to cover offences and 19, complained that they tackled by ordering girls to wear campaigners. ranging from verbal abuse to were being punished unfairly saris and other traditional styles The Adarsh Women’s sexual assault, though it is often instead of being protected from of dress. College in Haryana state, criticised as a euphemism that harassment. “Our country is progressing, 110km west of New Delhi, said hides serious crime. “A ban on wearing jeans and we have entered into 21st cen- students would be fined `100 “Jeans and short tops invite T-shirts doesn’t mean that tury and it is very disappointing ($1.8) each time they broke attraction and also distract the there will be no crimes and to hear or see such things,” she the dress code. students,” Sharma said in a sep- boys will not pass lewd com- told reporters. “We have imposed a ban on arate interview. ments on you,” Ritu, a college “The government should take jeans and T-shirts because these Skinny jeans, T-shirts and student, said. action against the college man- are completely Westernised and other Western fashions have “Men who want to eve-tease agement or such institutions (so) are short dresses,” school rapidly grown in popularity can do it if a girl has donned who impose diktats on girls.” head Alaka Sharma told the among young Indians, spreading Indian clothes also. I don’t think AFP

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DOHA: In a combined effort to tackle the challenges of the telecom firms recent global downturn, some of the world’s leading finan- ciers and representatives of the largest banks are gathering in Move to protect state revenues Qatar to attend a major confer- ence that opens today. DUBAI: The United Arab provided more than a sixth of the Qatari government represent- Emirates has set new tax, or Dh43.6bn federal budget. atives, international regulators royalty, rates for telecom opera- Had Etisalat’s new royalty and private institutions are set tors in a move seen designed to regime applied to its 2011 earn- to attend The Euromoney Qatar protect state revenues after a ings, it would have paid around Central Bank Conference, ‘glo- sustained profit slump at No.1 Dh8.9bn in royalties, rather than bal finance, redesigned,’ as part operator Etisalat. Dh5.8bn, according to Reuters of the international efforts to UAE telecom operators are calculations, while its royalties for understand the evolution of glo- taxed via royalties under licence the nine months to September 30, bal finance. agreements with the government, 2012, would rise about 32 percent The two-day conference takes and the total amount Etisalat to roughly Dh7.8bn. place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, will be paying could rise under Few details were provided in under the patronage of the Prime the new formula, which includes the government statement, but it Minister and Foreign Minister, a levy on its revenues as well as seems likely that the calculations Maserati President and CEO Harald Wester with a new Maserati Quattroporte displayed on the Promenade H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin profits. determining Etisalat’s royalties des Anglais during an international media presentation in Nice, Italy, yesterday. Maserati unveiled the new Jabor Al Thani, who will open the The former monopoly, which will follow the existing method sedan yesterday. conference with a keynote speech. operates in 15 countries across used for rival operator Du. Despite Qatar remaining rel- the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Last year, Du paid five percent atively untouched by the storm previously paid 50 percent of its of its revenue in royalties, plus shaking finance, the country annual profit in royalties, but as 15 percent of its profit. Crucially, is not immune to events and its profits fell so too did govern- the revenue royalty was not Syria economy to shrink 20pc: IIF trends outside its borders. As a ment receipts. deducted from its profit before major – and growing – interna- Etisalat paid Dh5.8bn ($1.58bn) the profit royalty was calculated. tional investor in both physical in royalties in 2011, down from This meant Du effectively paid a BEIRUT: War-ravaged Syria’s pressure Assad to step down have Syria’s conflict have scared off and financial assets as well as a Dh7.6bn in 2010 and Dh8.8bn in profit tax rate of about 39 per- economy will shrink by a fifth in also affected the economy. investors. major issuer on the global capital 2009. cent, according to analysts and 2012 and all its foreign reserves “The sanctions by the Arab “The deepening conflict in markets, the changes occurring From 2012 to 2015, the firm Reuters calculations. could be spent by the end of next League introduced in late 2011 Syria continues to pose a threat within the financial sector has a — formally known as Emirates Du said in a separate state- year, a global finance industry and the September 2011 US to Lebanon’s political order and significant impact. Telecommunications Corp — will ment that it plans to use the same association said yesterday. and EU sanctions have meant economic stability,” Iradian said. Together with the Qatar pay 35 percent of its profit in roy- method of calculating its royalties Since a revolt that has since more economic hardships for If Lebanese politicians were Central Bank, Euromoney has alties, plus a further 15 percent of for 2012. descended into civil war started in 2012 and 2013,” said Garbis to reach a consensus on effective created a series of projects that revenue, according to a govern- The government also changed March 2011, inflation has risen to Iradian, Deputy Director of the government, improve domestic will chart the role of nations such ment statement yesterday the future royalty structure for 40 percent and the Syrian pound’s IIF’s Africa and Middle East security and implement fiscal as Qatar in the emerging global That means state receipts will Du, which has built up an esti- official exchange rate against department. and structural reforms then the financial system. be less affected by Etisalat’s prof- mated 47 percent share of the the dollar fallen by 51 percent, Syria has not yet released eco- 2013 GDP forecast could reach 3.5 Major Qatari banks and finan- itability, which has waned as a UAE’s mobile subscribers since the Institute for International nomic forecasts for 2012 but the percent at best, he said. cial institutions are provid- rapid foreign expansion failed to launching services in 2007. Finance said. finance ministry has said GDP “If this doesn’t happen, it would ing full support for the event, offset falling market share and Du will pay five percent of rev- As well as financing the war, growth will be positive. likely be 1 percent.” with sponsors including Qatar margins at home. enue and 17.5 percent of profit in President Bashar Al Assad’s gov- Syria’s war has affected the Foreign direct investment National Bank, Qatar Financial “It looks like from the govern- royalties for 2012, with this stead- ernment has spent billions of dol- countries around it, with hun- dropped from 10 percent of GDP Markets Authority, Commercial ment’s point of view, one aim — ily increasing to 15 and 30 percent lars of hard currency reserves on dreds of thousands of refugees before the Syrian crisis to hardly Bank, IBQ, J P Morgan, Masraf perhaps the main aim — of the respectively in 2016. Etisalat will wages, fuel subsidies and prop- fleeing to Turkey, Lebanon, 2 percent of GDP, he said. But Al Rayan, QIB, Qatar Financial new royalty schedule is to deal pay the same rates as Du in 2016. ping up the pound, bankers in Jordan and Iraq. Trading routes the banking sector has remained Centre Authority, Saxo Bank and with the changing financial per- “The new schedule for Du Damascus say. have also been cut. resilient and the Lebanese pound Qatar First Investment Bank. formance at Etisalat and in par- reflects the maturing profile of The Washington-based IIF said Lebanon, its smaller neighbour is stable. ticular the fact that profits have that company — it’s no longer a the reserves could be depleted by that is rebuilding after its own Nassib Ghobril, chief economist Dutch economy tended to decline over the past start-up and in fact has substan- the end of 2013. 15-year civil war, has borne the at Byblos Bank, which hosted the few years,” Matthew Reed, a sen- tial revenues and profits,” said Opposition activists estimate brunt of the turmoil. launch of the report, said Lebanon in poor shape ior analyst at Informa Telecoms Informa’s Reed. The new rules some 40,000 people have been Lebanon’s economy is due to could have mitigated the adverse and Media in Dubai. also appear to end double taxation killed in Syria as fighting between grow by 0.6 percent this year, impact of the Syria turmoil on the AMSTERDAM: The Dutch “The telco royalty fees, particu- on Etisalat’s foreign operations, rebels and the army has raged in a significant drop from 1.8 economy “if Lebanese politicians economy is in worse condition larly from Etisalat, represent a with the government saying the almost every city and has now percent in 2011 and seven per- and government officials made than originally believed and will significant part of federal govern- “royalty applies only on local rev- reached the outskirts of the cent in 2010, the IIF said, after a concerted effort to maintain continue to shrink next year, ment revenues.” enues and profit.” capital. political bickering and sporadic political stability.” heightening the risk of a down- Etisalat’s royalties in 2010 REUTERS International measures to sectarian clashes linked to REUTERS grade of the Netherlands’ triple- A credit rating. In its semi-annual report yes- terday, the Dutch central bank highlighted the fragile state of the euro zone’s fifth-largest economy, Qatar issued $25bn sukuk this year cutting its growth forecast and projecting the budget deficit to exceed the European Union’s 3 DOHA: Qatar has issued an incredible $25bn and this has that Islamic banks could open their percent limit in 2013. Islamic bonds (sukuks) worth been the highlight of 2012, with branches in their territories. The central bank’s forecasts a staggering $25bn this year, subscribers representing different He said Arab Spring countries pose a challenge to Prime Minister with more than 50 percent of parts of the world. Qatar’s exam- are suffering economically as the Mark Rutte and his new coalition the subscribers representing ple will pave the pave for more toppled regimes have siphoned government, which is imposing conventional institutions — a sukuk issuance, he said. off trillions of dollars of public nearly ¤30bn ($39bn) of austerity development that indicates The chairman of Barwa Bank money from their coffers and measures agreed earlier this year. increasing investor confidence said in his opening address to the stashed the ill-gotten wealth The bank said the deficit is in Shariah-compliant invest- Third Doha Conference on Islamic overseas. expected to fall to 3.5 percent of ment avenues worldwide, a con- Finance’ that 2012 has witnessed The cleric urged resourceful gross domestic product next year ference on Islamic banking and remarkable expansion of Islamic fellow Arab countries to route from 4.1 percent this year. This finance was told here yesterday. banking and finance at regional investments into these countries was an increase from previous Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad and international levels, accord- to help develop their economies. forecasts of 2.9 percent, however. bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of ing to Qatar News Agency (QNA). “These (Arab Spring) countries Similarly, it chopped its forecast Barwa Bank, said while the world In his address to the event, should, on their part, frame suit- for economic growth in 2013 to -0.6 is still fighting economic downturn noted Islamic scholar Dr Yousuf Al able laws to help Islamic banks percent from +0.6 percent. Growth Islamic banking and financing activ- Qaradawi, called on Arab Spring to set foot in their territories to is expected to resume in 2014, with Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and Dr Yousuf Al Qaradawi ities have been witnessing growth. countries to put effective laws in their benefit,” said Al Qaradawi. an expansion of 1 percent, it said. attending conference on Islamic banking and finance. Qatar has issued sukuks worth place sooner rather than later so THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA/REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Islamic banking assets to cross $1.8 trillion Top 20 Islamic banks register 16pc growth: Ernst & Young

DUBAI: Global Islamic banking ranked second with total assets of new Islamic initiatives in a assets held by commercial banks of $106bn in 2011 and UAE ranked number of countries, the profita- are set to cross $1.8 trillion in third with total assets of $75bn. bility of Islamic banking continues 2013, up from the $1.3 trillion of Egypt has been actively inves- to lag behind that of conventional assets held in 2011 according to tigating issuing sovereign Sukuks banking in the same markets. Ernst & Young’s World Islamic as well as the development of new Over the period 2008-2011, the Banking Competitiveness Report regulatory framework for Islamic leading ROE for Islamic banking 2013. This forecast is signifi- banks, as several banks in Egypt are was only 11.6 percent, against 15.3 cantly higher than some of the expected to launch Shari’a compli- percent for conventional bank- earlier industry estimates. ant products. Iraq is contemplating ing. Islamic banks continue to Globally, the Islamic bank- Islamic banking legislation while face a number of issues affecting ing industry continues to record Libya prepares to implement its the profitability of the industry. robust growth, with the top Islamic banking framework. These include sub-scale opera- 20 Islamic banks registering a A number of both established tions, a very basic risk culture, growth of 16 percent in the last and new banks are considering incomplete market segmentation, three years and Saudi Arabia introducing Islamic banking oper- limited engagement with clients, emerging as the largest market ations in these markets — high- and an absence of technologically for Islamic assets. Top 20 Islamic lighting the continued growth and oriented value propositions. banks hold over 50 percent of glo- development of Islamic banking These issues have prompted Qatar Petroleum refinery staff during the celebration. bal Islamic banking assets throughout the Mena region. several institutions to initiate Ashar Nazim, Partner, Global Gordon Bennie, Partner, Mena wide-ranging transformation Islamic Banking Center of Financial Services Leader at programs that we believe will see QP staff celebrate Refinery Day Excellence at Ernst & Young, said: Ernst & Young, said: “Ten of the industry take the next step in “The top 20 Islamic banks hold 57 the world’s 25 Rapid Growth its evolution from being a niche percent of the total global Islamic Markets (RGMs) have large market to a profitable, service- DOHA: For the third con- we care’. A large area within the by this collective approach we banking assets and are concen- Muslim populations and present orientated industry attracting secutive year Qatar Petroleum fefinery was prepared and grass have forged a team having ever trated in the seven core mar- significant growth prospects for customers for product innovation refinery staff in Mesaieed took turf laid by employees, several stronger relationsAl Ishaq added, kets for Islamic banking which Islamic banking. The fast growth and value-added services. part in an event to promote tress were also planted to give a “I would like to thank Minister of include: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, economies now form almost half With the successful imple- team work and raise awareness greener look to the Refinery. Energy and Industry Chairman UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Malaysia of the global GDP and remain mentation of these transforma- on safety and environmental Director Refining at QP, and Managing Director of QP, H and Turkey.” the main contributors to overall tion agendas over the next two issues concerning the refinery Hussain Al Ishaq commended E Dr Mohammed Saleh Al Sada According to the report, in global growth. The outlook for to three years, Islamic banks are and society as a whole. employees for these acts and for for his continued support in rela- 2011, the Islamic banking indus- Islamic banking in these markets aiming to close the performance The event was called ‘Refinery the other activities. He said: “We tion to Safety and Environmental try in Saudi Arabia, with an esti- is bright.” gap that currently exists with the Day’ and the day’s slogan, chosen continue to regard environment matters and events of this mated $207bn of Islamic assets, Despite the projected asset overall banking industry. from those submitted by employ- care as our prime and common nature”. was ranked first. Malaysia, growth and the introduction THE PENINSULA ees, was; ‘Today we share, forever duty and raise awareness on it THE PENINSULA

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 105.63 0.86 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.63 1.70 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.13 2.12 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 119.88 2.21 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 115.13 2.62 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 181.00 3.52 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 140.50 3.95 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 131.00 3.95 % Aa2 AA Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.00 1.54 % Aa2 AA Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 117.38 2.48 % Aa2 AA Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 106.25 1.71 % A1 A- Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.00 2.40 % A1 A- QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 2.11 % NR NR QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.85 % Aa3 A+ QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.75 2.18 % Aa3 A+ Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.63 2.59 % A2 A- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.63 2.11 % A2 A Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 129.75 2.83 % A2 A Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.25 3.05 % A2 A Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 112.13 3.80 % A2 A Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 108.13 0.95 % Aa3 A Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 110.13 2.99 % Aa3 A Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 112.88 3.40 % Aa3 A From left: Dr Mohamed bin Hamad Al Thani, Sheikh Khalid bin Thani Al Thani, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Hussain Al Fardan, Sheikh Nawaf SOVEREIGNS bin Nasser Al Thani, Ibrahim Jaidah and Maqbool Habeeb Al Khalfan during the launch of the Qatar Construction Guide 2012/2013 at the Ritz-Carlton Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P yesterday. (SHAIVAL DALAL) Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 106.63 0.46 % Aa2 AA Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 128.13 2.00 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 111.00 2.62 % NR NR QBA launches Qatar Construction Guide Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.00 3.18 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.00 3.99 % NR NR BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB construction industry in Qatar. Also present were Hussain Al the best way to introduce them in Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 114.81 4.50 % NR NR The guide provides a brief Fardan, First Deputy Chairman, the market”, he added. “As major Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.75 1.23 % Aa2 AA DOHA: With Qatar gearing up account of Qatar’s geography, QBA; Sheikh Khalid bin Thani Al infrastructure projects are set to Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 114.13 3.61 % NR BBB to establish major infrastruc- climate, population, language, Thani, Second Deputy Chairman, launch, we want to introduce the Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 107.25 4.33 % NR BBB ture related projects of worth natural resources, companies, QBA; Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al investment opportunities to the $150bn during the next six investments and other socio- Thani, Ibrahim Jaidah, Maqbool foreign and local investors.” Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 102.00 5.42 % B2 B years to host 2022 FIFA World economic and cultural details of Habeeb Al Khalfan and many QBA had announced its plan to Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.75 4.38 % NR BBB- Cup, Qatar Businessmen’s the energy rich country. others. launch Qatar Construction Guide *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: Association (QBA) yesterday In addition, it also sheds light “The Qatar Construction Guide 2012 in June, during a ceremony Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which launched a 270 page ‘Qatar on the 2012 evolutional construc- aims to help foreign companies, hosted by the association which is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Construction Guide 2012/2013’, tion stages of real estate and con- business delegates and individu- was attended by a large number of Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary an information directory, what struction sector in Qatar, and the als who are coming to Qatar for representatives from government data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising they called “ultimate gateway achievements of the state repre- doing business in the construc- and private sector companies. out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds for building and construction in sented by the government and the tion and real estate sector”, said Commercial Bank, Bank Audi, can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Qatar”. private sector in infrastructure. Sheikh Faisal. Al Saraiya Holding Group, Aamal, liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not The glossy and bilingual guide It (the guide) was formally “As every week and month we Aluminum Gulf Ray (AGR) and a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and contains contact details of major launched by the Chairman of the are witnessing new companies, Qatari Diar are the major spon- consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. companies supplying or dealing in QBA, Sheikh Faisal bin Qasim Al associations and consultants sors of the Guide. goods and services related to the Thani at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. entering into the country, this is THE PENINSULA

Falcon eyes more buys after Clariden deal

DUBAI: Falcon Private Bank, “We have a process underway Pinkerton said the bank’s focus “Obviously, these targets would the Abu Dhabi-owned entity to evaluate opportunities but we was to grow in emerging mar- have to add some value and syn- • Bullion - Mumbai which bought the London unit are also cognizant of the fact kets where wealth is expanding ergies to our existing geographic Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 30700.00 of Clariden Leu, is eyeing more that you need to integrate these at a faster pace than developed and customer base. We don’t Silver (1 kg) Rs. 61550.00 acquisitions in the boutique acquisitions efficiently to succeed. regions and competition is less see ourselves doing a deal in the wealth management sector as There is no pressure on us to do intense. United States for instance.” • Indian Rupees QR1 = 14.79 the industry consolidates to a deal next year,” Pinkerton said. Falcon would look at buying Falcon is owned by Abu • Sensex cut costs, a top executive said Consolidation in the wealth wealth management boutiques Dhabi fund Aabar Investments, BSE 19409.69 yesterday. management industry has been a which manage between $500m which in turn is majority-owned NSE 5908.90 Zurich-based Falcon agreed major theme in the banking sec- and $4bn in assets, he said, add- by International Petroleum • LIC (International) launches New Gold Investment Plan ‘GOLD PLUS’ – to buy the Clariden Leu business tor since the 2008 financial crisis, ing firms which share similar Investment Company, a quasi-sov- which provides an opportunity to invest in GOLD ETF & GOLD SPOT, PAN from Credit Suisse in October, as an increase in costs and regu- customer bases were preferred ereign entity controlled by the Abu Card/Demat Account not required. including some 2bn Swiss francs lation puts intense pressure on acquisition targets. Dhabi government. Falcon was the • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent return ($2.1bn) in assets. profit margins. “There is increasing cost on private banking unit of American Falcon, which has around $12bn Among larger players, Swiss the regulatory side, system side, International Group (AIG) before p.a. (in dollar) in assets, is evaluating more such private bank Julius Baer agreed so small wealth management Aabar bought it in April 2009. • Housing loan from HDFC LTD opportunities, Chief Investment to buy Bank of America Merrill boutiques with a billion dollars The bank has had net inflows • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, Officer David Pinkerton said on Lynch’s overseas wealth manage- of AUM (assets under manage- of $870m so far in 2012, with the Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. a conference call, while adding ment business in August for up ment) are finding it very difficult Middle East accounting for about Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] there was no time frame to do a to 860m Swiss francs ($920m), to cover their costs and survive $245m of the total, Pinkerton said. deal. expanding into emerging markets. independently,” he said. REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Qatari bourse Car sales in India slump index slips by 12.79 points Most regional markets decline

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index probably ended,” said Saleh lost 12.79 points or 0.15 yes- Nasser, chief technical strategist terday to 8,341.86 points from at Cairo’s Pharos Holding. the previous closing of 8,354.65 Losers outnumbered gain- points. ers 22 to eight on the 30-stock The volume of shares traded index. Palm Hills Development up to 2,900,828 from 1,764,893 on and Orascom Telecom fell one Sunday, and the value of shares and 1.1 percent respectively. increased to QR167,308,022.07 Egyptian investors were net from QR80,016,706.59 on Sunday. sellers against foreign buyers, Among the top losers were according to bourse data. Commercial Bank of Qatar whose Meanwhile, most Gulf markets share dropped 0.96 percent to also slipped yesterday. QR72.00, Qatar Insurance which In Saudi Arabia, the bourse lost 2.94 percent to QR66.00, retreated from Sunday’s three- Barwa Real Estate which fell 1.26 week high with investors reducing percent to QR27.50 and Industries positions across sectors. Qatar whose shares were down Bellwether Saudi Basic 0.13 percent to QR152.00. Industries Corp fell 0.6 percent, The banking and financial sec- dairy giant Almarai Co shed tor added 3.13 points while the 1.9 percent and Etihad Etisalat insurance sector lost 36.86 points. (Mobily) lost 0.7 percent. The industrial sector was down The kingdom’s index closed A man walks among parked vehicles at a car yard in Jammu yesterday. Car sales in India slumped eight percent in November, dashing hopes of a 2.68 points and the services sector 0.6 percent lower, trimming 2012 sustained revival in sentiment, as an expected festive season boom failed to materialise with high interest rates and rising ownership costs weigh- gained 17.90 points. gains to 5.1 percent. ing on demand. Meanwhile, Egypt’s bourse “There’s been a good uptrend fell yesterday as local inves- so far in the past few sessions tors booked the previous ses- however, today there is some sion’s gains after the main correction. There is mixed opposition coalition rejected news from Western economies South Korea to cut Iran crude imports by 20pc Islamist President Mohammed and Japan, which is officially in Mursi’s plan for a constitutional recession again,” said Abdullah referendum. Alawi, assistant general manager SEOUL: South Korean refin- barrels per day (b/d) over the Washington struck in June 2012, its nuclear programme. The West Opponents accused Mursi of and head of research at Aljazira ers will cut imports of Iranian period to next May, since the Seoul agreed to cut by 20 percent. says Iran is using the programme plunging Egypt deeper into crisis Capital. crude during the six months to country imported 184,767b/d of “We told the United States that to develop nuclear weapons, a when he refused to postpone the “People are concerned about May by about a fifth from a year Iranian crude from December we could not cut as much as we claim Tehran denies. vote on a constitution shaped by the impact on oil prices, which is earlier, to avoid sanctions by 2011 to May 2012. did this year as this year’s case was Asian refiners are reluctant to Islamists. the main driver.” Washington, government and Two refiners, SK Energy and exceptional, with an import suspen- slash purchases beyond the roughly Mursi scrapped on Saturday Elsewhere, UAE markets closed industry sources said yesterday. Hyundai Oilbank, now import sion,” a government source who has 20 percent cut made this year as a decree giving himself wide mixed amid thin volumes in the Last week the United States about 200,000 barrels per day of direct knowledge of the matter said. many of them run plants config- powers, spurring a relief rally absence of a catalyst. granted 180-day waivers on Iran crude from Iran. Spokesmen at both SK ured to process Iranian crude. on the bourse, driven by foreign Abu Dhabi’s benchmark slipped sanctions to China, India, South South Korea’s crude imports Innovation, which fully owns SK Extending the switch to different buyers. Egyptian investors how- 0.2 percent, easing away from Korea and some other countries from Iran stood at 146,069b/d in Energy, and Hyundai Oilbank, grades will be a technical challenge ever remain uncertain about the Sunday’s three-week high. after they cut oil purchases from the first 10 months of this year, fol- which import Iranian crude, for some and incur costs. country’s political and economic Large-caps weighed on the the Islamic Republic. “The cut in lowing a two-month halt in August declined to comment. In September and October, the outlook. index with National Bank of next year’s imports is expected to be and September, figures from state- The cuts would give South most recent months for which data Cairo’s benchmark index fell 1.5 Abu Dhabi slipping one percent by about 20 percent year on year,” run Korea National Oil Corp show. Korea an advantage ahead of were available, Iran’s crude pro- percent to 4,976 points, in vola- and Abu Dhabi National Energy an industry source who has direct The planned cut was confirmed the next review of the sanctions duction fell 1mb/d from the same tile trade. The market is trapped declining 0.8 percent. knowledge of the matter said. by two other sources with direct waiver due in early June, about time last year, according to the US within a range of 5,100 and 4,700 In company news, Dana Gas, South Korea, the world’s fifth knowledge of the plan, although 180 days from Friday’s move. Energy Information Administration. since Mursi’s decree on November the first UAE group to default largest importer of crude, and one none of the officials wanted to be A renewal would means banks Korean refiners resumed imports 22 which gave him the sweeping on an Islamic bond, is offering of Iran’s biggest oil customers, identified, due to the sensitivity get another reprieve from the of Iranian crude oil in September for powers. bondholders $70m in cash and an gave the assurance on the size of of the issue. threat of being cut off from the October arrivals - with imports seen “The market is trying to bot- average 8 percent coupon on the the cuts in talks with the United South Korea had wanted a cut U S financial system. at about 6 million barrels per month, tom near these levels. I am bullish remaining $850 million of debt States following discussions with smaller than the 40 percent by The sanctions aim to choke or 200,000 bpd of full contracted vol- on the medium-term, and I see in a move to buy time to fix its Korean refiners, the sources said. which its imports of crude from Iran’s oil trade, the main source of umes - after finding a way around an that a break above 5,100 will be finances. Such a cut would imply South Iran fell in the first ten months the country’s hard currency, and EU ban on insurance cover. the first signal that the correction AGENCIES Korean imports of about 147,814 of 2012. Under a deal with to force the government to curb REUTERS Dana Gas sets out restructured sukuk terms

DUBAI: Dana Gas, the first UAE group BlackRock. Dana, in which Crescent will be split equally between a normal sukuk to default on an Islamic bond, is offering Petroleum has a 20 percent stake, said a and a convertible Islamic bond. bondholders $70m in cash and an average lock-up and standstill agreement has been The average combined profit rate on the eight percent coupon on the remaining signed with creditors as part of the deal. It two debt instruments, both with a maturity $850m of debt in a move to buy time to expects the debt restructuring to be com- of five years, is eight percent, Dana said. The fix its finances. pleted by the second quarter of 2013. conversion price on the $425m tranche has The Abu Dhabi-listed natural gas pro- “We believe that the terms being been kept between 75 fills to one dirhams a ducer, hit by payment delays on supplies to announced today represent a comprehen- share, Dana said. Egypt and Iraq’s Kurdistan region, missed sive, long-term solution which balances the Dana’s restructuring agreement with its a bond redemption when the $920m sukuk interests of all stakeholders,” Chairman ad-hoc committee of creditors gives it time matured on October 31. Adel Khalid Al Sabeeh said in a statement. to sort out its finances. It reached a restructuring deal on Bondholders will be paid $70m in cash. Dana, based in the emirate of Sharjah, November 7, potentially averting the seizure In addition Dana will cancel $80m of the had Dh516m ($140m) cash at September of its Egyptian assets. sukuk which it repurchased in 2008 from 30, its third-quarter earnings statement The sukuk is said to be held by large the original $1bn issue in 2007. showed. global firms such as Ashmore Group and The remaining $850m portion of the bond REUTERS

McDonald’s sales jump Salam International plans five joint ventures DOHA: Salam International Investment Limited (SIIL) has announced joint venture with five international companies as part of its business expansion plans. Among the five companies two are from Saudi Arabia, SAS Engineering Systems Saudi Arabia and Jeddah-headquartered Baud Telecom Company (BTC) Networks for a project to unifying efforts in information technology applications and low-voltage contracting. The other three are British company ShiftPoint, UK’s fast- est growing IT delivery company, Singaporean company Keppel Seghers for a tyre recycling project and Monaco headquartered multi- A McDonald’s sign at the entrance to one of the company’s restaurants in Del Mar, California. national company the Unaoil Group, McDonald’s Corp’s sales at established restaurants rose more than expected in November as a an engineering, procurement and renewed emphasis on low-priced food helped the company bounce back from a rare decline in company that provides a diverse October, it said yesterday. range of oil and gas services. QNA TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

Reign of US inflation-linked Prices, not policy, will bonds likely to continue

BY RICHARD LEONG

nflation in the United States has been tame in the last few shape US gas exports years, but there’s been just enough for bonds linked to the BY EDWARD MCALLISTER rise in prices to beat most other bond investments — a trend gas producers who would capture higher are less about the regulatory approval proc- Ithat should continue in 2013. prices abroad against consumers who ess and more about the market and the abil- Bonds linked to inflation, known as Treasury Inflation-Protected he economic boon of opening up would benefit from lower fuel costs at home. ity of global importers to absorb additional Securities (TIPS), will likely deliver less impressive returns in US natural gas production for Output has risen to record highs due to the supply,” said Gordon Pickering, a director 2013 with their yields stuck in negative territory, but big bond export as described in a high- development of vast shale deposits. Prices, with Navigant Energy. investors say don’t bet against them yet because of the Federal profile report this week has not meanwhile, fell to 10-year lows in April. The industry has been stung by swings Reserve. drastically shifted expectations With excess gas at home, and prices far in the gas market in the past. A decade ago, TIPS are on track to beat Treasuries for a fourth straight Tabout how much fuel will eventually find below global levels, companies are scram- companies were scrambling to build termi- year, the longest such streak since 2001 to 2005. In the past three its way to foreign shores. bling to export US gas to high-paying mar- nals to import natural gas into the United years, TIPS managed an average annual return of 10.4 percent, With more than a dozen projects pro- kets in Europe and Asia. Fifteen projects States as domestic production fell. surpassing the 4.0 percent average return on regular Treasuries, posed to liquefy and export a bounty of are in the early stages of approval to export, Since the shale gas boom, those projects according to Barclays. cheap US natural gas, industry experts according to government records. — which cost billions of dollars — are mostly “It’s going to be a struggle to repeat the performances we have say big obstacles remain to make them all One project - Cheniere Energy’s Sabine gathering dust. seen the last three years, but I still see tremendous value in economical, despite the clear message from Pass plant in Louisiana - has the full regula- Gas exports in the form of liquefied natu- owning TIPS as opposed to other fixed income assets because the government-funded study: the more gas tory go ahead and has already signed deals ral gas (LNG) is reliant firstly on US gas all rates are low,” said Martin Hegarty, co-head of BlackRock’s shipped overseas, the better for the domes- to supply companies in India, Great Britain prices remaining far below global prices for inflation-linked bond portfolios in New York. tic economy. and South Korea. some time, which lends added risk to billion- The US central bank, led by Chairman Ben Bernanke, has been The long-awaited report, commissioned Oil majors have followed suit, with dollar LNG projects. pumping cash into bonds in a bid to reduce high unemployment by the Department of Energy and con- Exxon Mobil seeking export approval from Currently, with US gas prices below $4 and boost economic demand. ducted by NERA Economic Consulting, its Golden Pass import terminal in Texas per million British thermal units (mmBtu) It has bought billions in bonds each month since late 2008, lifted some uncertainty about the overall and Royal Dutch Shell also considering its and Asian spot prices at $15, it is profit- causing its balance sheet to balloon to $2.86trn. Because of that, fiscal impact of gas exports. options. able to sell gas there, even after the cost virtually all US interest rates are hovering at historic lows. However, the huge cost of building intri- But the government stalled the approval of liquefying the gas and shipping it across “They have drawn long-term interest rates lower and they will cately designed plants that cool natural gas of further projects this year until it had the ocean. But US gas prices are known for hold them there until there’s a sustained growth trajectory,” said to a liquid for shipping, the volatility of US received the report on the affect exports their historic volatility, keeping some Asian Gemma Wright-Casparius at Vanguard in Malvern, Pennsylvania, gas prices and the uncertainty about glo- would have on the US economy. buyers wary. who runs the $44.8bn Vanguard Inflation-Protected Fund, the bal demand remain key hurdles for poten- That report on Wednesday concluded “The support for the US is very condi- biggest US TIPS mutual fund. tial exporters, regardless of the political that exports would overall be beneficial, tional. People are very excited by this, but it The Fed is widely expected to decide to continue its bond pur- landscape. despite leaving consumers to pay more for will be interesting to see what they think if chases at its policy meeting next week. “It was a positive report, but it doesn’t gas at home. It got a tepid reception from prices hit $5.50,” said Nikos Tsafos, analyst The Fed’s bond buying has elevated prices of oil, food and other radically change my view on exports,” said US manufacturers that benefit from lower at PFC Energy in Washington. PFC expects commodities. This has generated enough inflation to allow TIPS Katherine Spector, head of commodities cost gas and would see profits take a hit if to see two or three US LNG projects up and — whose principal and interest payments adjust against the US strategy at CIBC World Markets. “A lot of lower domestic supplies drive up prices. running by 2020. Consumer Price Index — to outpace Treasuries and most other it will come down to economics.” Despite the report’s overall positive out- US prices have doubled since hitting US bonds since 2008. The debate about exporting gas abroad look for exports, it did not change the bigger April’s low around $1.90 per mmBtu. On With TIPS, most of their yields, dubbed “real” yields, have been has raged since new drilling technologies picture for US exports for market experts. Thursday, gas futures traded in New York treading in negative territory, which makes them pricey. revolutionised US gas production, pitting “The prospects for projects going ahead settled at $3.67. REUTERS The “real” yields on a 10-year TIPS typically match the expec- tations for long-term US economic growth, which had averaged 3.5 percent to 4.0 percent before the Great Recession. But the sluggish growth rate during the current recovery and the Fed’s quantitative easing have skewed the 10-year TIPS yield, so it does not reflect traders’ US growth outlook. So how have TIPS, with their negative yields, managed to gen- erate higher returns than most other US debt with the exception of corporate bonds? Thank the Fed for propping up inflation expectations Investors use so-called breakeven rates to express their infla- tion view. Breakeven rates represent the gap between the “real” yields on TIPS and the yields on regular Treasuries. On Thursday, 10-year inflation expectations stood at 2.46 per- cent, higher than the year-over-year inflation rate of 2.2 percent in October. With the Fed buying a tremendous amount of gov- ernment bonds, it has boosted expectations for future inflation. As long as the CPI remains positive, the government will provide positive adjustments on principal and interest payments on TIPS, boosting their overall returns. How much inflation adjustments will enhance TIPS returns going forward is impossible to predict with certainty, but it is estimated that at least a third of their future return will be tied to CPI adjustments. Even though the TIPS sector has become pricey, the longest TIPS maturities still have potential for their yields to fall further. Fund managers say investors have not fully priced in the inflation risk from the easy monetary policies that the Fed and other major central banks have pursued. “If real yields go lower, the 30-year will lead the charge because there is a significant grab for duration,” BlackRock’s Hegarty said. The 30-year TIPS breakeven rate is 2.47 percent, essentially the same as the 10-year TIPS rate, suggesting traders are not demanding additional inflation premiums for another 20 years. Buying “30-year breakevens make a lot of sense. There should be more of a risk premium out given how accommodative Fed and global monetary policy is,” said Bill Irving, a portfolio manager with Fidelity Investments in Merrimack, New Hampshire, who oversees about $45bn in bonds. While TIPS fund managers interviewed were confident TIPS will continue to beat Treasuries next year, they were less so about the overall return of TIPS. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Hollywood sees licensing cash cow in Disney-Netflix deal

BY RONALD GROVER AND giants and the pay-TV networks Hollywood films from pay-TV August, HBO extended its deal Moonves, CEO of Showtime’s first-run movies from smaller PETER LAURIA for the rights to bring Hollywood networks. with News Corp’s 20th Century parent company CBS Corp, at a studios like Relativity Media and movies into the living room. “Every other studio is going to Fox even though it wasn’t due media conference in New York on DreamWorks Animation, the ha-ching! Those technology brethren, want to get in on the action when to expire for three years, Wible December 4. “Out of that came latter deal costing an estimated That’s the sound however, don’t have the liquid- these kinds of dollars are being said. The new deal gives HBO TV ‘Dexter,’ came ‘Weeds,’ came $30m for the rights to films like ringing in the ears of ity concerns that, some analysts offered,” said former Universal rights to 20th Century Fox movies ‘Shameless,’ came ‘Californication’ “Shrek” and “Kung Fu Panda,” CHollywood studio execu- say, could affect Netflix’s ability to Studios CEO Frank Biondi. until 2022, a long-term deal Wible and now came ‘Homeland.’” according to Wible. tives after Walt Disney Co landed shoulder the costs. Netflix even has set its sights said was designed to keep the stu- Starz essentially said in a state- The deals Netflix has signed a rich deal with Netflix to stream Under the deal’s terms, Disney on Warner Bros, the studio owned dio’s movies away from Netflix. ment that it let Disney’s movies have saddled it with nearly $5bn its movies to television. stands to collect an estimated by Time Warner. Warner’s deal go — rather than have them sto- in commitments to studios over Netflix’s arrival as a bidder for $350m a year from Netflix for its with HBO is up in 2014. PAY UP OR GET OUT len away by Netflix — to pursue an the next three years, according to the television rights to Hollywood movies beginning in 2016, accord- “This gives Warner the oppor- The choice pay-TV networks original programming strategy. its filings, prompting some ana- movies means that the studios ing to Janney Montgomery Scott tunity to do other things, to look now face is this: pay up for movie “Our decision not to extend lysts, such as Wedbush Securities’ can now play the company off of analyst Tony Wible. Disney only at this,” Netflix chief content rights or invest that money the agreement for Disney output Michael Pachter, to worry about traditional pay-TV networks like earned around $250m a year officer Ted Sarandos told the New instead in their own original ... allows us the opportunity to liquidity. Time Warner’s HBO to extract under its previous deal with Starz, York Post. programming. Some have already implement our plan to dramati- Netflix needs to spend heavily higher fees in contract renewal the cable network in the process According to a Reuters source slashed licensing budgets, believ- cally ramp up our investment in for newer movies and TV shows talks. of being spun off from Liberty with knowledge of the situation, ing movies aren’t as popular with exclusive, premium-quality origi- to grow its base of 25m US sub- And Netflix couldn’t have come Media, Wible said. Netflix is talking to Sony, another subscribers as original shows like nal series, which will best meet scribers, Pachter said. along at a better time for the stu- Licensing movies for stream- studio whose films are distributed HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” or the needs of our distributors and “They have Amazon, Google, dios, which were being threatened ing access, whether online or on by Starz, about a deal similar to Showtime’s “Homeland.” subscribers,” Starz said. and Apple breathing down their with having their fees slashed by TV, is an important part of the the One struck with Disney. Showtime, for instance, tried That strategy allows pay-TV necks and won’t let them pay the pay-TV networks who have business model for Hollywood Representatives for Sony and to cut the prices it was pay- networks to not only lure sub- less,” he said. “Netflix has shown argued for years that they are studios given the migration of Netflix declined comment. ing Paramount, Universal and scribers with high-quality shows, this is a business and they have a better served by investing in orig- viewers to tablets and mobiles Comcast-owned Universal MGM for movies by half in 2009, but also syndicate to TV stations lot of potential competitors.” inal programming than licensing devices and the secular decline Studios’ deal to license some of prompting those studios to join domestically and overseas: col- Pachter, however, viewed the movies. in DVD sales. its movies to HBO expires in 2016, forces to launch their own net- lecting licensing fees for their Disney deal as a positive sign that Netflix isn’t the only company That Netflix signed the Disney Biondi noted. Universal already work, EPIX, instead of accept a own content rather than paying the studio is confident Netflix will to emerge on the scene, either. deal this year but isn’t getting licenses some of its movies to reduced fee. for others’. still be operating in 2016, when The streaming video ambitions of access to its films until 2016 Netflix, including this year’s sur- “We changed our strategy a the deal starts, since some of the Amazon.com Inc, Google Inc and underscores its aggressiveness prise hit “The Lorax,” to Netflix. few years back, spent a lot less LIQUIDITY CONCERNS money owed under the Disney Apple Inc set the stage for fierce and the importance it places on Signs are already emerging of on motion pictures and more on The Disney deal follows exclu- contract comes due before then. bidding between these technology usurping streaming rights to the pressure Netflix can exert. In original production,” said Les sive deals Netflix struck to stream REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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Lance Armstrong Usain Bolt Michael Phelps Andy Murray Michael Clarke Oscar Pistorius Armstrong leads headline acts The world of sport in 2012: Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps corner glory at London Games

PARIS: Headline acts in 2012, in 76 years. The victory came just the year of the Olympics and weeks after he had won Olympic Euro 2012: gold at the All England Club beat- INDIVIDUALS ing Roger Federer, the man who Lance Armstrong had denied him in the Wimbledon - Probably the greatest doping final. scandal as the seven-time Tour de Michael Clarke France winner was banned for life - Australian captain Clarke’s after being accused of orchestrat- masterly 230 in the first innings ing the most sophisticated dop- of the drawn Adelaide Test Spain’s football squad ing programme in the history of against South Africa was his with the winner’s sport. Armstrong, who has never fourth double century of 2012 -- trophy after defeating admitted using performance- a feat that saw him become the Italy in the Euro 2012 enhancing drugs, was wiped from first batsman in history to post final at the Olympic the sport’s record books. He also four 200s in a calendar year. But Stadium in Kiev in this faces legal actions which could see his joy was tempered when the July 2012 file photo. him required to return millions in Proteas romped to victory in the World Cup champions prize money and bonus payments. final Test in Perth. Spain won 4-0. Spain Usain Bolt Yu Yang were the champions in - Jamaican superstar Bolt - One of the ‘London Eight’ who sprinted into the record books at was kicked out of the Olympics 2008 also. the London Olympics, his double- badminton tournament for not triple of 100m, 200m and a world- trying, Yu, a gold medallist in the record setting 4x100m relay 2008 Beijing Olympics, went on exhausting superlatives. “I’m now to quit the sport. Her partner a legend, I’m the greatest athlete Wang Xiaoli was also disquali- to live,” said Bolt. The 26-year-old fied as were Jung Kyung-Eun, now wants to reclaim the world Kim Ha-Na, Ha Jung-Eun and 100m title he lost to compatriot Kim Min-Jung of South Korea Yohan Blake in 2011 after being and Indonesia’s Greysia Polii and disqualified for a false start in the Meiliana Jauhari. final. Henry Cecil/Frankel race in Brazil, Vettel became and 200m titles to Britain’s Jonnie She was shown in a pre-filmed and the 2010 World Cup held in Michael Phelps - Frankel won his 14th race in the youngest triple champion Peacock and Alan Oliveira of sequence in which actor Daniel South Africa. - US swimmer Phelps brought 14 outings in October at Ascot to in Formula One history. The Brazil. The South African, who Craig, playing fictional British European Ryder Cup team the curtain down on his career confirm his place as the greatest 25-year-old German Red Bull overcame controversy surround- super-spy James Bond, arrived - Europe produced the greatest with four gold medals and two sil- racehorse before heading into driver, who was involved in an ing his carbon fibre blades, also at Buckingham Palace in a taxi comeback in Ryder Cup history vers at the Olympics, shattering retirement. Part of his appeal opening lap collision with Bruno won gold in the men’s T42-46 to escort the queen by helicopter to retain the trophy. Trailing by the record for total medals in a stemmed not only from his per- Senna, finished sixth. His only 4x100m relay. Weeks earlier, he to the ceremony. Real helicopters 10-6 going into the closing 12 sin- career. In fact, his 18 golds ended formances -- he won nine of his title rival, Fernando Alonso, had made history by participating then appeared over the Olympic gles, Jose Maria Olazabal’s men up matching the previous record races by four lengths or more -- finished second, but it was not in the London Olympics, the first Stadium and stuntmen playing won the first five matches out and for total medals amassed by Soviet but also because of trainer Henry enough to overhaul a pre-race double amputee to do so. Bond and the sovereign jumped went on to make sure of victory gymnast Larisa Latynina -- he Cecil’s battle against cancer. 13-point deficit as Vettel winning Wojdan Shaherkani out, just before Queen Elizabeth when Martin Kaymer downed was to finish with 22 altogether. Ye Shiwen the crown by just three points. - The 16-year-old judoka was entered the stadium, wearing the Steve Stricker 1 up in the penul- Bradley Wiggins - 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Serena Williams the first ever female Saudi ath- same outfit. timate match. The team featured - A good news story from Ye Shiwen stunned the Olympics - Down and out after her worst lete to compete at the Olympics, TEAMS Rory McIlroy who enjoyed a stel- cycling as 32-year-old Wiggins with her lightning world-record career Grand Slam defeat at the but her historic debut lasted just Spain’s Euro 2012 winners lar year, winning four US PGA became the first British rider 400m individual medley display. French Open where she was a 82 seconds. Looking nervous and - Spain confirmed their status Tour titles, including a major title to win the Tour de France, the The schoolgirl timed 58.68sec in first round loser, the American wearing a swimming cap-style as one of the greatest national at the PGA Championship. sport’s most celebrated race. The the last 100 metres, a whisker off thundered back, winning head covering, she was beaten teams in football history by Britain Olympic team Team Sky rider followed up his US winner Ryan Lochte’s time in Wimbledon, Olympic gold, the in the first round. Heavyweight overwhelming Italy 4-0 in the - Hosts Britain enjoyed their Tour win with gold in the Olympic the men’s competition. Her her US Open and the season-ending Shaherkani was only given the go- Euro 2012 final in Kiev to retain best ever Games with 29 golds in road time-trial in front of home final lap was quicker than the WTA Championships. Not sur- ahead at a late stage to fight after their European crown. Vicente a total haul of 65, finishing third crowds in London. American champion. The per- prisingly, she was voted the WTA a row over the wearing of a hijab del Bosque’s team became the in the medals table behind the Andy Murray formance prompted an immediate Tour’s Player of the Year. was resolved. first side to successfully defend United States and China. Mo - Murray’s five-set win over whispering campaign against the Oscar Pistorius Queen Elizabeth II a European Championship title, Farah and heptathlete Jessica Novak Djokovic at the US Open teenager who denied any foul play. - Double-amputee Pistorius - The 86-year-old monarch as well as the first to win three Ennis lit up the Olympic Stadium made him the first British man Sebastian Vettel defended his 400m gold at the played a surprise starring role at consecutive major tournaments as the country rode a wave of to win a Grand Slam singles title - In a gripping season-ending Paralympics having lost his 100m the Olympics opening ceremony. after their triumphs at Euro 2008 pride and patriotism. REUTERS NBA: Jazz crush Baseball: Dodgers reach lacklustre Lakers $36m deal with Ryu LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Dodgers say they’re looking for- ward to watching Ryu Hyun-jin pitch for them after signing the top LOS ANGELES: Paul Millsap South Korean left-hander to a 6-year deal worth a reported $36m scored 24 points with nine NBA Results Enes Kanter yesterday. rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz LA Clippers 102 Toronto 83 of the “We are excited to welcome Ryu Hyun-jin to Los Angeles and the to a 117-110 NBA victory yes- United States, continuing the tradition of Korean pitchers with the Milwaukee 97 Brooklyn 88 Utah Jazz terday over the struggling Los Dodger organization,” Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said in shoots over Angeles Lakers. Oklahoma City 104 Indiana 93 a statement. The Jazz withstood 34 points New York 112 Denver 106 Jordan Hill “The Dodgers continue to show the commitment to signing players from Lakers superstar Kobe Orlando 98 Phoenix 90 of the Los from Asia and other international areas where baseball is played at Bryant and have now won three Utah 117 LA Lakers 110 Angeles the highest levels. We are looking forward to watching Ryu pitch for straight, while Los Angeles Lost Lakers at the franchise.” for the seventh time in 10 games. Pau Gasol for the fourth succes- Staples The Dodgers confirmed they had inked Ryu to a 6-year deal, although Mo Williams scored 22 points sive game because of tendinitis Centre their statement did not mention the $36m worth of the contract and Al Jefferson chipped in 14 in his knees. Lakers coach Mike in Los reported by mlb.com. with 11 rebounds for Utah. D’Antoni said before the game his Angeles, The Ryu deal beat the afternoon deadline to end the 30-day exclu- Enes Kanter came off the current plan is to have Spain’s California, sive negotiating window that the Dodgers had won by posting a fee of bench to score 14 points with six Gasol back in the starting lineup yesterday. $25.7m, which will now go to Ryu’s Korean team, the Hanwha Eagles. rebounds and Gordon Hayward when he returns, rather than The Jazz That was reportedly the third-largest posting fee for such negotiat- also contributed 14 points. bringing him off the bench. won ing rights, following Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish’s worth $51.7m and The Lakers never led in the “He’s too important to the team 117-110. his compatriot Daisuke Matsuzaka’s, worth $51.1m. second half and trailed by as and he’s earned it and he’s too The Boston Red Sox eventually gave Matsuzaka a six-year, $52m con- many as 15 in the fourth quarter. good of a player to even go there tract. The Texas Rangers inked Darvish to a six-year, $60m contract. A last-gasp surge pulled the yet,” D’Antoni said. Although Ryu has spent his entire seven-year professional career in Korea, Lakers to 115-110 with 1:10 D’Antoni benched him the fourth compiling a 98-52 record with a 2.80 earned run average. remaining, but Bryant missed quarter of two games before Gasol He also helped South Korea to a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing two three-point attempts with began resting his sore knees, the Olympics by going 2-0 with a 1.04 ERA in two starts. less than a minute to play. coach acknowledged that the Ryu was the first player to win the Most Valuable Player and Rookie Jordan Hill added a career-high team’s offensive scheme had con- of the Year honors in the same season in Korea, when he went 18-6. 17 points and nine rebounds for tributed to Gasol’s ineffectiveness. He averaged 15 wins a season until this year, when the Eagles finished the Lakers, who were without REUTERS last and he had only nine wins, along with a 2.66 ERA. REUTERS TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 NFL: Packers Bragging rights on the rally to tame Lions at snowy line in Asian showdown Lambeau NEW YORK: The Green Bay South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai gets set for Sanfrecce Hiroshima Packers were rocked by two early Detroit touchdowns yes- terday but fought back to record TOYOTA, JAPAN: Asian Shin-Wook said the bitter loss, in their customary victory over bragging rights will be at stake which Asian Player of the Year the Lions at a snowy Lambeau when South Korean side Ulsan Lee Keun-Ho grabbed the team’s Field. Hyundai face Japan’s Sanfrecce consolation goal, made the play- Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Hiroshima in a potentially feisty ers even more determined to beat rallied the Packers to a 27-20 Club World Cup clash tomorrow. their Japanese rivals. win over the visiting Lions, who The prize for the winners of the “We will push forward, we will slipped to their fifth straight match between AFC Champions give everything we can to score,” defeat and have not tasted victory League holders Ulsan and the he said. at Green Bay since 1991. J-League winners in Toyota will Ulsan coach Kim Ho-Gon, The win lifted the 9-4 Packers be fifth place at the interconti- named coach of the year in Asia at into a one-game lead over Chicago nental tournament after their an awards ceremony last month, in the NFC North. quarter-final defeats on Sunday. said the match offered the team “It was an ugly win, but ugly “There’s a big rivalry here and a chance to make amends. wins are a lot better than tough we want to show that Japan’s “We would like to improve our- losses,” Rodgers told reporters football is better than Korea’s,” selves and demonstrate to the after throwing for just 173 yards Hiroshima winger Mihael Mikic world Asian football,” he said. in brutal weather conditions. said. The match will give Hiroshima “We have a big week next week “We play good football and they a taste of what to expect in next against Chicago. It’ll be a quick (Ulsan) play physical, even a little season’s AFC Champions League, turnaround.” dirty,” the former Croatia youth for which Ulsan failed to qualify. The Packers, who won the international added, adding some Meanwhile, Chelsea goalkeeper Super Bowl in 2010, were able to spice to the build-up to the game. Petr Cech, who was the victim of keep their NFL championship The match comes after ten- a “phantom goal” in a Champions hopes alive despite missing sev- sions surfaced between the League semi-final, said yesterday eral key players through injury. national teams of the two coun- he was delighted to be featur- Top receiver Jordy Nelson is tries, giants of Asian football, at ing in a FIFA trial of goal-line Players of English football club Chelsea jog during their warm-up at a training session in Yokohama, suburban out with a hamstring injury while the London Olympics. technology. Tokyo, yesterday. Chelsea will play against Mexico’s CF Monterrey in the semi-final of the FIFA Club World Cup the defence is without hobbled Last week FIFA suspended Cech was between the posts 2012 in Yokohama on December 13. linebacker Clay Matthews and South Korean’s Park Jong-Woo during Luis Garcia’s infamous cornerback Charles Woodson. for two international matches “ghost goal” for Liverpool against Rodgers rallied the Packers over a post-match political ges- the London club in the 2004/05 from the early deficit and gave ture at the Games. semi-final. The match, in which them their first lead of the Park, who was also fined, had the current Blues’ coach Rafael There’s no pressure, says game in the third quarter with a been excluded from the awards Benitez was in the home dugout 27-yard touchdown run that made ceremony for his country’s bronze at Anfield, ended Chelsea’s quest it 17-14. medal win in August after he to become champions of Europe Chelsea’s interim manager Detroit kicker Jason Hanson held up a sign reading “Dokdo is that season. Liverpool went on to tied the game at 17-17 in the our land” while celebrating the collect the crown. third with a 46-yard field goal but Korean team’s 2-0 victory over “I’m very happy with the deci- YOKOHAMA: Interim Chelsea games in charge since replacing will face either South American Dujuan Harris capped a Green Japan. sion and the trial,” Cech said, boss Rafael Benitez yesterday Roberto Di Matteo. champions Corinthians or Egypt’s Bay drive with a 14-yard scoring The Seoul-controlled islands, referring to FIFA’s use of two denied feeling any added pres- It also came days after the Al-Ahly in the final on December run and the Packers added a field known as Dokdo in Korea and technologies at the Club World sure going into the Club World Blues became the first Champions 16. goal on their next drive to push Takeshima in Japan, are the sub- Cup in Japan. Cup in Japan, despite his side League holders to fail to progress Benitez, who was sacked just the lead to 27-17. ject of a decades-old territorial “I’ve been saying for the last 10 exiting the Champions League past the group stage of the pre- five days after leading Inter to The Lions (4-9) got a final dispute. years that the game needed it. You at the first hurdle last week. mier European competition. glory in 2010, said the Japan field goal in the last minute but On Sunday, Ulsan lost 3-1 to can see with history that results The London club, appearing in “I don’t have any problem in showpiece provided his team with could not recover an onside kick CONCACAF winners Monterrey in certain competitions could have the intercontinental event for the terms of pressure,” said Benitez, a massive chance to collect some attempt. from Mexico in the Club World been different,” he added. first time, will take on Mexican who won the Club World Cup as silverware. Lions quarterback Matthew Cup quarter-finals and Hiroshima “As a player you would rather side Monterrey in the semi- Inter Milan coach two years ago. “Everyone at this club has the Stafford threw one touchdown crashed out 2-1 to African cham- wait a bit longer to have a cor- finals at Yokohama International “I have some experience and I same idea as me: to win every tro- and rushed for another, and fin- pions Al Ahly of Egypt. rect decision rather than be dis- Stadium on Thursday. would like to enjoy every minute phy that we can,” the 52-year-old ished with 264 passing yards and The defeats meant the teams appointed, so I’m glad it’s come They come into the tourna- that I am here and try to do said. an interception. lost out on mouthwatering last- in and I hope everything goes ment on the back of a win at my best and try to win,” the “So we have this opportunity Top receiver Calvin Johnson four ties against European cham- smoothly and we will see the ben- Sunderland on Saturday -- a vic- Spaniard told a news conference now. It doesn’t matter if we are had 118 receiving yards while pions Chelsea and star Brazilian efits of it,” the goalkeeper said, in tory which ended a poor run of in Yokohama. in the Champions League or not. being shadowed by Green Bay’s team Corinthians. quotes published on the Chelsea results, including two draws and If Chelsea triumph against “This one is very important for Tramon Williams. Ulsan centre-forward Kim website. AGENCIES a defeat in Benitez’s first three the CONCACAF winners they us.” REUTERS “When you face a guy like Calvin it’s a total team effort,” Williams said. “We didn’t want him to hit big plays on us, and (he didn’t).” Sheikh Hassan eyes UIM Class 1 Detroit looked to be on their way to a rare win at Green Bay title at Dubai Grand Prix when they shot out to a 14-0 lead but the advantage would not last. DUBAI: Sheikh Hassan bin Jabor Al Thani and throttleman Steve Mason Crosby kicked a 49-yard Curtis will be hoping to add the UIM Class 1 Middle East Powerboat field goal and defensive end Mike Championship title to their recent Key West World Championship Daniels returned a Stafford fum- success when they tackle four races in the UAE over the next two ble 43-yards for a touchdown that weekends. made it 14-10 at halftime. The The Spirit of Qatar crew are currently in Dubai, along with team- Packers imposed their will from mates Ali Al-Neama and Matteo Nicolini, preparing for Friday’s there. Emirates/Duty Free Dubai Grand Prix and Saturday’s Sky Dive Dubai “It’s tough when the ball isn’t Grand Prix. going your way,” Stafford said. The team will then move on to Abu Dhabi for the final two races in “But we’re not helping it go our the championship on December 19-21. way. We’re doing it to ourselves.” Sheikh Hassan and Steve Curtis currently have 32 points from a first Meanwhile, the Baltimore and third position at the two Qatar races in March and are tied with Ravens knocked Washington the Victory 3 crew of Arif Saif Al Zafeen and Mohammed Al Marri, quarterback Robert Griffin III out with Team Abu Dhabi’s Rashed Al Tayer and Majed Al Mansoori a of the game in the fourth quarter mere two points behind. yesterday -- but the Redskins had Race officials are expecting 10 boats to start this weekend’s races. another rookie sensation up their “I do believe that we can win the Middle East title,” said Sheikh sleeve, winning 31-28. Hassan, president of the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) Kirk Cousins came in for the and driver of Spirit of Qatar 96. “It all depends upon the weather on injured Griffin and threw an race day and we will deliver accordingly. 11-yard touchdown pass to Pierre “We have already proved that when it comes to rough conditions Garcon with 29 seconds left in the we can deliver a win for sure. But, if we are asked to run on lakes, fourth quarter -- then ran in a Participants at a prize distribution following the fifth and final round of 2012 Qatar National Sprint Championship. it’s all about boat performance and not the crew onboard and boat/ game-tying two-point conversion Ameer Al Baker (pictured below) was crowned the champion. The Qatari driver, behind the wheels of a throttle balance. to force overtime. Mitsubishi EVO7, was crowned champion last weekend at Losail International Circuit. After 5 rounds, Ameer “Hopefully, nature will play to our favour so we can deliver the top Richard Crawford, another accumulated 115 points in the championship. Manjunatha Kerekoppa (66 points) finished the standings in finish. It was important for us to race in Key West. Not only was the rookie, had a key 64-yard punt second spot. Lebanese driver Fadal Al Beainain (63 points) was third. The trophies were presented by Sultan Al win there a fantastic feeling, but it kept us up to race speed so we don’t return in overtime to set up Kai Morraikhi, QMMF Board Member. The 2013 Qatar National Sprint Championship will start on January 18, 2013. lose the feel for the boat.” Forbath’s third field goal of the While Sheikh Hassan admits that winning the UIM Class 1 World afternoon -- a 34-yard kick 3:23 Powerboat Championship is far more difficult at this point in time into the extra session.AGENCIES (Spirit of Qatar 96 trails Victory 3 by 42 points), the Spirit of Qatar teams will fight until the end of the season. “We will race hard and take the points as they come,” added the NFL Results QMSF president. Washington 31 Baltimore 28 “Victory 3 needs to stop or not to score points for us to come back, Cleveland 30 Kansas City 7 but we have seen that they have been very reliable and Team Abu San Diego 34 Pittsburgh 24 Dhabi is also standing between us at the moment.” Indianpolis 27 Tennessee 23 Al Neama and Nicolini lie fourth in both the World and Middle East NY Jets 17 Jacksonville 10 Championship points’ standings and will be hoping to finish the season on a high in Spirit of Qatar 95. Minnesota 21 Chicago 14 They are brimming with confidence after winning the second of the Carolina 30 Atlanta 20 two races in Cernobbio in the autumn. Philadelphia 23 Tampa Bay 21 The weekend’s activities get underway with registrations and brief- St Louis 15 Buffalo 12 ings tomorrow and the on-course action begins at 11.30hrs (UAE time) Dallas 20 Cincinnati 19 on Thursday morning with 90 minutes of practice permitted on the San Francisco 27 Miami 13 course off the DIMC in Dubai. NY Giants 52 New Orleans 27 “It looks at first glance like last year’s course, but I am sure if we get a northerly wind, it will be changed accordingly,” added Sheikh Hassan. Seattle 58 Arizona 0 THE PENINSULA Green Bay 27 Detroit 20 TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Sheikh Tamim inaugurates Anti-Doping Laboratory in Doha

The Heir Apparent, H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is seen with officials after inaugurating the state-of-the-art Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar (ADLQ) in Doha yesterday. The Heir Apparent later went around the facility and spoke to the staff members at ADLQ. Sports officials including Qatar Olympic Committee’s General-Secretary Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, were also present.

FROM LEFT: Dr MMuhammad Al Syarafi, Genaral Manager, Dr MMohammad Ghanem A AAl Maadeed, Chairman, and Dr Robin Olivier, Science Director, Wada, following the inauguration of the Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar in Doha yesterday. CENTRE and RIGHT: Qatar’s bronze medal wwinning athletes Mutaz Essa Barshim and NNasser Saleh Al Attiyah at the inauguration ceremony yesterday. PICTURESP BY: KAMMUTTY VP TUESDAY 11 DECEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Simpson wins thriller Wada official issues warning against Jan Anjema for drug cheats DOHA: A World Anti Doping Agency (Wada) Matthew, Gaultier, Shabana, reach last sixteen in Doha official has warned cheat- ing athletes that perform- ance-enhancing substances DOHA: World No.34 Chris would easily be traced down Simpson of England stunned PSA World through advanced detection Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema methods. in three games to two at the Championship “The fight against doping PSA World Championship to is a constant battle. Athletes move into the last 16 stage of the Today’s schedule who cheat by using doping $325,000 tournament. (1) James Willstrop (Eng) vs Saurav Ghosal substances must understand Jan Anjema’s exit was the only (Ind), 2.00pm that just because they may get upset of the day as all the other away with it one day, there is seeded players had comfortable [15] Borja Golan (Esp) vs [6] Peter Barker a very good chance that they passage into the next round. (Eng), 12noon will be caught in the future,” Making it to the round of 16 [8] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) vs [16] Dr Robin Olivier (pictured), were former champions Amr Cameron Pilley (Aus), 1.00pm Science Director at Wada, Shabana and Ramy Ashour, both said yesterday. [4] Karim Darwish (Egy) vs [11] Daryl Selby from Egypt. “The re-testing and sub- (Eng), 3.00pm Joining their more illustrious sequent decisions of the countrymen in the next round Chris Simpson (Eng) vs [3] Gregory Gaultier International Olympic were Omar Mosaad and Tarek (Fra), 5.30pm Committee (IOC) are proof Momen. of that,” Dr Olivier said while [5] Ramy Ashour (Egy) vs [10] Omar Defending champions Nick speaking to journalists after Mosaad (Egy), 6.30pm Matthew of England who is the the inauguration of the anti-doping laboratory in Qatar. running for a hat-trick of world [2] Nick Matthew (Eng) vs [13] Tarek The Wada official said re-testing is an important tool in doping championship titles, having won Momem (Egy), 7.30pm and should serve as a strong deterrent for athletes who aim for fame the last two editions in Holland [7] Amr Shabana (Eng) vs [12] Alister using dubious methods. and Saudi Arabia, also advanced Walker (Bot), 8.30pm “The whole rationale behind storing samples is that they can be into the next round. tested again at a later date, using new and more effective detection Gregory Gaultier of France and Venue: Khalifa International Tennis and methods that may not have been available when the samples were Alister Walker of Botswana won Squash Complex taken. Science makes progress every day and we need to bring in their respective matches yester- new techniques to anti-doping methods,” Dr Olivier explained. day and will see action in today’s PSA World “Re-testing of old samples will reveal more doping cases, but we pre-quaterer-finals. need to be selective from the large samples which we need to reana- Yesterday at the Khalifa Championship Results lyze and we need to go by intelligence inputs,” he added. International Tennis and Squash IOC recently stripped four athletes of their medals after samples Chris Simpson (Eng) bt [9] Laurens Jan complex it was Simpson’s day. taken at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens were reanalyzed earlier Anjema (Ned) 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 The Englishman came good in this year. (3-2) thrilling finale, after losing a 5-0 Olivier said Wada is trying to keep pace with new scientific devel- lead in the fifth. World No.2 Nick Matthew of England make a return during his match against [10] Omar Mosaad (Egy) bt Max Lee (Hkg) opment and integrating them in anti-doping methods. Simpson, ranked 25 places Zac Alexander of Australia during the PSA World Squash Championship at 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (3-0) “We see the developmental science in everyday life for the good below Jan Anjema in the world of humanity, and some doping cases for some personal objectives the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex, yesterday. Matthew [3] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) bt Miguel rankings, registered an 11-4, 8-11, and sports objectives. Science is delivering high quality. We need to won 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5. PICTURE BY: SYED OMAR Rodriguez (Col) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 (3-0) 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 victory. continue to deliver high quality, and integrate new science every day The Englishman will take on [5] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Adrian Grant (Eng) in anti-doping programmes. third seed Gaultier. Max to reach the last 16 in style Shabana will clash with Walker 11-6, 11-2, 11-9 (3-0) “Research is very important part of the fight against doping and Gautlier, who is aiming to win and will calsh with Ashour in an who defeated Shaun Le Roux of [7] Amr Shabana (Egy) bt [Q] Joe Lee (Eng) I am pleased Qatar is having a research programme, which is one of the world Championship for the all-Egyptian clash today. South Africa 11-9, 11-6, 11-5. 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (3-0) the important component of anti-doping,” Olivier added. first time having finished runner- Ashour, who won the title once, Defending champion Matthew The Wada official said admitted that there were some critical up thrice, got the better of Miguel easily defeated Adrian Grant of lost his first game to Zac [12] Alister Walker (Bot) bt [Q] Shaun Le issues leading to the non-detection of cyclist Lance Armstrong case, Rodriguez of Colombia in straight England to book a place in the Alexander of Australia, but Roux (Rsa) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (3-0) which he did not wish to discuss with the press, but added two other games. pre-quarter-finals. bounced back to win the next [2] Nick Matthew (Eng) bt Zac Alexander cyclists were caught because of the anti-doping effort. The former world No.1 won Four-time champion Shabana three. (Aus) 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (3-1) “Tyler Hamilton and Floyd Landis (both cyclists), the two ath- 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 in a match which also had it easy, scripting a Matthew will face Momen in letes, tested positive before the Lance Armstrong case due to Wada’s [13] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Ryan Cuskelly lasted for 50 miniutes. straight games win over qualifier today’s match. anti-doping efforts,” Dr Olivier added. THE PENINSULA (Aus) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, (3-0) Egyptian Mosaad powered past Joe Lee of England. THE PENINSULA

India club Mueller hopes Messi record faces ban after will last another 40 years violence NEW DELHI: Popular Indian Spanish media celebrates Messi’s record-breaking performance football club Mohun Bagan faced a three-year ban from the country’s top league yesterday MADRID: Barcelona great player, a giant while also being for refusing to continue a match Lionel Messi’s new mark of 86 a pleasant and rather reserved after crowd violence in Kolkata goals in a calendar year could professional. Messi is fantastic - injured one of their players, last another 40 years, previous he has only one fault, he does not reports said. record holder Gerd Mueller said play for FC Bayern.” Mohun Bagan were a goal down yesterday. Meanwhile, Spain yesterday away from home against bitter The 25-year-old forward hailed Lionel “Missile” Messi’s rivals East Bengal on Sunday reached another milestone in his record-breaking 86-goal haul in when a stone hurled from one of phenomenal career with a La 2012 and decreed Barcelona’s the stands occupied by Bagan sup- Liga double in Sunday’s 2-1 win at “Messidependence” is a blessing. porters -- and apparently aimed Real Betis, beating former West “Missile Messi. Leo leaves at the referee -- hit the club’s Germany striker Mueller’s 1972 Torpedo Muller behind with 86 midfielder Syed Rahim Nabi. tally of 85. goals in a year,” cried the front The match resumed after a “I hope he scores a few more page of Barcelona-based sports 13-minute stoppage towards the in the remaining matches of daily Sport. end of the first half, but Mohun 2012 so that his record stands for “A Messi-anic victory,” gushed Bagan refused to take the field another 40 years,” Mueller said the newspaper’s columnist Josep after the interval as Nabi, was in a statement issued through Maria Casanovas of the Barca treated for a fractured right jaw. Bayern Munich where he works forward. The Kolkata-based Telegraph as a youth coach. Messi, who is “We are lucky because we newspaper quoted police as say- expected to secure a fourth suc- will always be able to say that ing that 45 people, including seven cessive World Player of the Year we lived that wonderful year in policemen, were injured as fans award next month, has netted which Messi scored 86 goals. It is disrupted traffic and stoned cars 74 times for Barca and 12 for a pleasure, a spectacle, a wonder A combo of two file pictures one dated July 7, 1974, shows German Gerd Mueller celebrating at the Olympic outside the Salt Lake Stadium. Argentina this year. to see the best player in the world Stadium in Munich, Germany, after the 1974 World Cup final game between Germany and the Netherlands, in which Some 85,000 fans attended the He has scored 56 in La Liga, 13 in action,” he said. Mueller shot the winning 2-1 goal. And Barcelona FC’s Argentinian striker Lionel Messi (right) gestures during match. Sunando Dhar, chief exec- in the Champions League, three Barcelona-based sports daily their Primera Division soccer match played at Benito Villamarin Stadium in Seville, Spain, on Sunday. Messi broke utive of India’s top division the in the King’s Cup and two in Mundo Deportivo said the team Gerd Mueller’s 1972 record of 85 goals in a calendar year on December 9, 2012. Messi had to pass a late fitness I-League, said tournament rules the Spanish Super Cup and still were dependent on the Argentine test to play against Betis and equalled Mueller’s record of 85 goals in the 16th minute, with a dribble on the edge stipulated that a team could be has two league matches and one striker after he pushed them of the area followed by a precise low, left-footed drive. The FIFA World Footballer left Mueller behind and moved banned for three years for refus- King’s Cup game to play before into winning territory in a tough onto 86 goals just ten minutes later, making it 2-0. Barcelona won 2-1. ing to take the field. the end of the year. match against Betis. “Having played until half-time, Mueller hit 72 goals for Bayern “Messi played. And just as well. Mohun Bagan could be suspended and 13 for then-West Germany His two goals gave Barca victory that Tito Vilanova’s team is leader winning games but for its star. the going gets tough.” Mundo from the current season and the in 1972 and was 27 when he set over a proud Betis,” the paper with 14 victories and a draw in 15 But in Barca they take it as a Deportivo had a word for his team following two seasons for not his mark. said, hailing his “stratospheric match days.” blessing. Yesterday, it was,” the mates, too. agreeing to continue the game,” “My record has stood for 40 record” of goals scored in a cal- Spain’s biggest selling sports paper said. “Having the Ballon “The stratospheric Argentine Dhar said. The I-League commit- years - 85 goals in 60 matches,” he endar year. paper, Marca, agreed. d’Or in their ranks has been an football player has behind him a tee is expected to decide Mohun said. “Now the world’s best player, “Is there an absolute “Using the word undeniable privilege in the past team of stars, capable of accept- Bagan’s fate before their next Lionel Messi, has broken it and I ‘Messidependence’?” asked the ‘Messidependence’ has a cer- three years,” the paper said. “To ing an indisputible hierarchy and match against Pailan Arrows on am happy for him. paper’s columnist Javier Gascon. tain negative connotation. As the contrary, using Leo and his helping him to be better every December 15, the Telegraph said. “Messi is an unbelievable “Yes. And so what? Thanks to if Barcelona was not capable of ambition is very healthy when day,” the paper said. AGENCIES REUTERS Tuesday 11 December 2012 27 Muharram 1434 Volume 17 Number 5545 Sport Price: QR2

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DOHA: Qatar is hoping that committee of Doha Goals was ideas raised at the Doha Goals proud that ‘big profile sporting Forum could prove to be a cat- names’ had joined the Forum. alyst for global change in the Attias hoped the Forum would way sports industry is looked at generate positive results. around the world. “This event (Doha Goals) is The three-day event, which a process and thanks to Qatar, started yesterday at Aspire Dome, many people will be able to talk, has attracted well-known sport- exchange ideas. It’s not one part ing names, policy-makers and of action we have to assemble, it’s CEOs. a process and it will lead to a suc- The keynote speakers will dis- cessful project,” Attias said. cuss and exchange ideas in ple- “We think come December 12, nary sessions and debates today there will be a way of making a and tomorrow on how make change. One of the big differences changes for the better in sport. is the format of the conference. In The inaugural edition of Doha the format itself, 50 per cent of Goals Forum is being held under the programme will allow people the patronage of the Emir H H to share ideas about different top- Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al ics and areas of sport.” Thani. Thorpe, who enjoyed a hugely The Doha Goals Forum will successful swimming career, hav- act as a platform to enable a sus- ing won five gold medals at the tainable growth through sport, an 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games official said. cannot wait to share his opinions. “Hundreds of people will take The Australian said: “I’m very part in discussing effects of sport excited to play a role in which during the forum. Sports federa- each and every one will be able tions, clubs, individuals, media to contribute to, and there will be and 400 students will all be in clear objectives to come at the end the same building to discuss new of this forum. I think it’s great initiatives. This Forum is not just that students, national sporting for Qatar or the Middle East, bodies and political figures have FROM LEFT: Richard Attias, Executive Producer of Doha Goals, Sheikh Faisal bin Mubarak Al Thani, Executive Director of Doha Goals, and Australian it is for all the countries in the an idea of what that want sport swimmer Ian Thorpe during the Doha Goals Forum press conference at Aspire Dome yesterday. Thorpe will be among the sporting athletes to speak at world wishing to make a differ- to become.” the Doha Goals Forum that takes place at Aspire Dome today and tomorrow. PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP ence,” Sheikh Faisal Al Thani, Thorpe added: “Apart from Executive Director of Doha Goals, playing sport, it also has the Nicknamed as the ‘Thorpedo’, no reason why it can’t be. Maybe medals in one world competi- is becoming more expensive. So said yesterday. effect of a social change around the 6ft 5inch star admited he more intentions are needed to tion at the 2001 World Aquatic addressing issues like this is how Joining Sheikh Faisal at the the world. I’d like to see sport wanted to address the issue of show other people in the region Championships in Japan. swimming can be more accessi- press conference was Richard become more successful.” how to make swimming more what other sports are available. “I participated in a sport that ble to a wider community,” said Attias, Executive Producer of The 30–year-old said he will ‘accessible’ in all parts of the I have an opinion about sport is more and more inclusive. Thorpe, who provided expert Doha Goals and Olympic cham- explain why he decided to retire world. and that should be inclusive,” Although the participation of analysis for the BBC channel pion Ian Thorpe from Australia. from the sport in 2006 during the “Swimming is not a popular emphasised Thorpe, who became swimming is the highest in the during the London 2012 Olympic Attias said that the organising Forum. sport in this region. But there is the first person to win six gold world, the costs means swimming Games. THE PENINSULA Samuel’s blitz fires Windies to Afridi axed for T20 victory over Bangladesh India ODI series DHAKA: Explosive batting overs. Bangladesh’s openers were West Indian captain Darren LAHORE, PAKISTAN: the Twenty20 squad only and from Marlon Samuels lifted strong, with Tamim Iqbal hit- Sammy was happy with the result. Pakistan yesterday dropped have given Zulfiqar Babar a the World Twenty20 champi- ting a 61-ball 88 and Mohammad “I am pleased with the out- big-hitting allrounder Shahid chance in both the teams as ons West Indies to an 18-run Mahmudullah making 64. come, we wanted to finish the Afridi from their squad for he has been performing well in win over Bangladesh in a high- But the West Indies’ quality year on a good note. Samuels’ the three-match one-day domestic cricket,” said Qasim of scoring match at Shere Bangla spin bowling proved too much for innings reminded me of the World international series against the uncapped 34-year-old left- stadium yesterday. them, with Chris Gayle conceding Twenty20 final,” said Sammy who arch-rivals India starting this arm spinner. Samuels hit a 43-ball 85 not out just 18 runs in his four overs and was speaking of Samuels. month. Pakistan fly to New Delhi on to steer the champions to 197-4 in Samuels conceding 32. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur The 32-year-old captained December 22 and play the first their 20 overs. While there was Bangladesh notched up 17 runs Rahim conceded the last over was Pakistan in their 2011 World Twenty20 match in Bangalore some blistering hitting from the in each of the first and third overs. the turning point. Cup campaign, which ended in three days later. home team’s openers, they only But following Anamul Haque’s “The last over probably mat- a semi-final defeat to India, but The second Twenty20 match managed to reach 179-1 in reply. dismissal for a 12-ball 22, the tered but cannot blame Rubel has been in poor form of late, will be played in Ahmedabad on Samuels’s strong performance West Indies’ spinners managed because when Samuels hits he managing just 76 runs and five December 27 followed by one-day peaked at the end of the West to limit their score. can do that to anyone. It was nice wickets in his last 10 one-dayers. matches in Chennai (December Indies innings when he hit 29 Iqbal hit 10 boundaries and to see people scoring runs, espe- He will miss the 50-over 30), Kolkata (January 3) and runs in their final over, which two sixes during his knock while cially in the top-order, hope they series -- the neighbours’ first in Delhi (January 6). included three sixes and a four. Mahmudullah notched up four continue in the same vein,” said five years -- but selectors kept Twenty20 Squad: He narrowly escaped being sixes and three fours. Rahim. AFP faith with him for the shortest Mohammad Hafeez (captain), caught twice, with the catch form of the game, naming him in Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, missed both times by wicket- Scoreboard the 15-man Twenty20 squad led Umar Akmal, Umar Amin, keeper Mushfiqur Rahim off by Mohammad Hafeez. Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, paceman Ziaur Rahman. WEST INDIES Bangladesh Shoaib Malik likewise misses Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Rubel Hossain was threaten- D Smith b Hossain ...... 24 Tamim Iqbal (not out) ...... 88 out on the one-day squad but Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanveer, ing at the outset as he dismissed C Gayle b Hossain ...... 6 Anamul Haque c Sammy b Roach ...... 22 makes the T20 list, while expe- Umar Gul, Asad Ali, Zulfiqar Chris Gayle in the third over for M Samuels (not out) ...... 85 Mohammad Mahmudullah (not out) ...... 64 rienced allrounder Abdul Razzaq Babar, Ahmed Shahzad six and then had Dwayne Smith D Bravo st Rahim b Gazi ...... 41 Extras (B-1, LB-2, NB-1, W11) ...... 5 was axed altogether. One-Day Squad: Misbah- West Indies’ cricket captain (24) in his next. K Pollard b Rahman ...... 15 Total (for one wkt in 20 overs) ...... 179 “We have selected a balanced ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Darren Sammy (left) shakes hand Darren Bravo also batted L Simmons (not out) ...... 18 Fall of wickets: 1-47. team with the consensus of the Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, with team-mate Marlon Samuels impressively for the West Indies, Extras (LB-1, W-7) ...... 8 Bowling: Sammy 2-0-30-0; Roach 4-0-36-1 selection committee, both the Nasir Jamshed, Haris Sohail, after the T20 match between hitting two sixes and five bounda- Total (for 4 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 197 (1nb); Russell 1-0-17-0; Samuels 4-0-32-0; captains and the coach with a Kamran Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Bangladesh and West Indies ries during his rapid 28-ball 41. Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-30, 3-96, 4-121. Narine 3-0-27-0 (1w); Gayle 4-0-18-0; Smith hope that these teams will give Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Umar at the Sher-e-Bangla National Kieron Pollard (15) and Lendl Bowling: Gazi 4-0-44-1 (6w); Islam 4-0-26-0; 2-0-16-0. good results on the India tour,” Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Imran Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, Simmons (18 not out) added to Hossain 4-0-63-2; Razzak 3-0-32-0 (1w); Result: West Indies won by 18 runs Qasim told reporters. Farhat, Umar Akmal, Anwar AFP yesterday. Samuels’s big score, as the tour- Mahmudullah 1-0-15-0; Rahman 4-0-16-1. Toss: West Indies “We have selected Afridi in Ali. ists added 75 runs in the final five