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Obama, Rowhani hold historic phone call

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama spoke yesterday with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rowhani by telephone in the first talks between US and Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic revolution and Obama held out the prospect that crippling economic sanctions could be eased. Speaking at the White House shortly after the historic call, Obama said his discussion with Rowhani had shown the “basis for resolution” of the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme. The conversation, in which Obama commu- nicated his “unique respect for the Iranian peo- ple”, capped a week of diplomatic breakthroughs. Rowhani ended a five-day visit to New York for the UN General Assembly with an offer to work fast to defuse tensions with America, hailing the US as “a great nation”. See also page 5 UN Security Council to vote on Syria resolution UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council is set to adopt a resolution today on eradicating Syria’s chemical arsenal after Russia and the US overcame a bitter deadlock to avert US military action against President Bashar Al Assad’s government. Amid newfound unity of the veto-wielding council members — Russia, China, France, the US and Britain — French Foreign Minister CAUGHT IN A Laurent Fabius said he hoped a date would also be agreed for so-called Geneva 2 peace talks on Syria. The five members will meet Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and international Syria mediator Lakhdar Brahimi. Diplomats said if a date was set for peace talks in Geneva, it would likely be November. See also page 8 IPCC alert over 30 years to climate calamity STOCKHOLM: The world’s leading climate scientists have set out in detail for the first time how much more carbon dioxide humans JAM can pour into the atmosphere without trig- gering dangerous levels of climate change — and concluded that more than half of that THE ISSUE global allowance has been used up. If people continue to emit greenhouse gases Salim Matramkot

Pic: at current rates, the accumulation of carbon in the atmosphere could mean that within two to There is hardly any street in into intersections, supported by the Intelligent The recent ban on driving licence for cer- three decades the world will face nearly inevi- Doha and its outskirts that does Traffic Systems. tain segments of expatriate workers is con- Abraham table warming of more than 2C, resulting in

It was expected that once ready, the D-Ring sidered the first of stringent measures on the Design: rising sea levels, heatwaves, droughts and more not get jammed in peak hours. and Salwa underpasses would smoothen traffic anvil to address the issue, while authorities extreme weather. Congestions continue to test the in the city. But they have diverted bottlenecks have recommended parking fees in public This calculation of the world’ “carbon budget” patience of motorists, some of to exit roads. Complaints continue over conges- places and an increase in fuel prices as future is one of the most striking findings of the tions on the February 22 Street and many exit solutions. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change whom resort to rash driving while points on the newly opened Salwa highway face Most commercial and residential facilities (IPCC), which yesterday produced a compre- others overtake vehicles. Traffic a similar situation. remain concentrated in central Doha, contrib- hensive assessment of our knowledge of climate has become a major challenge for Traffic in central Doha and the Souq areas uting to daily traffic snarls in the area. change after their four-day meeting. has peaked after the summer holidays. Work There is hardly any room for further expan- authorities as it has also increased on the Corniche Street has diverted traffic to sion of roads and streets. Sudan death toll hits 50 road accidents. all parallel roads. Underpasses and subways have been con- A senior traffic official has hinted that work sidered as solutions but may complicate the as protests rage will be completed by the end of next month. situation if the population continues to grow uthorities have been working hard There cannot be a single solution to traf- at the current pace. KHARTOUM: Police fired tear gas yes- on solutions. A joint committee was fic problems in Qatar as about 100,000 new New districts are being developed on the terday to disperse thousands of Sudanese set up under the Traffic Department vehicles are on the roads every year and the outskirts of Doha but it may take time to see demanding that President Omar Hassan Aa few years ago to deal with traffic population is growing fast. an actual shift in population density. Al Bashir step down, a day after clashes in congestions. The Qatar National Bank, in a recent report, A robust public transport, including the which rights groups accused security forces It identified traffic hotspots across the coun- warned of more congestions on the roads, with proposed metro network, could be a lasting of shooting dead at least 50 people. try and suggested solutions, which are being the country witnessing a population growth solution. More than 5,000 people demonstrated after implemented one after the other. Many iconic ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. But its implementation entails renovations, Friday prayers in the biggest protest for many PAGEroundabouts in the 6city have been converted Promoting public transport and curtailing excavations and a lot of construction work years in Khartoum. Angered by a police crack- into intersections. private vehicles is an internationally accepted becoming a daily routine — and adding to traf- down on demonstrations against the slashing of Since traffic is chaotic on the Corniche road, solution to traffic congestions, parking short- fic woes on the streets in the city. fuel subsidies, about 3,000 took to the streets in work is in full swing to convert all roundabouts ages as well as noise and air pollution. See also page 2 Khartoum’s twin city Omdurman. See also page 5

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BY AZMAT HAROON street will reduce the concentra- currently lacks. tion of traffic in many areas,” Al Qatar’s traffic chaos can only raffic woes hit a new Kharji said on the popular Arabic- be resolved by boosting public peak in Qatar this year, language radio programme Good transport facilities. with many upset resi- Morning, My Beloved Country. Mowasalat, for instance, can Tdents arguing that they He said that nearly 200 traf- help by increasing the number have never experienced the kind fic patrol and security teams are and frequency of busses, while of rush they see on the roads now. monitoring traffic at the moment. authorities need to encourage Since the beginning of the new The department has also people to use buses, according to academic year last month, traffic deployed a helicopter that pro- the expert. jams have become a widespread vides details about traffic to One of the peculiarities of phenomenon. During peak hours, patrolling teams. The helicopter Doha traffic is that every time drivers complain about being makes rounds between 6am and the schools have holidays, conges- stuck in congestions for as long 8am to ease early morning con- tions on the roads drop. If most as three hours. gestions on the roads. Experts point out several con- Al Kharji said that the number tributing factors for the increas- of vehicles crossed 1m this year, ing congestions on the roads. One comparing the situation to 2005 of them is the population growth, when there were 250,000 vehicles which is expected to cross 2m by on the roads. the end of this year. He said that every developed Most Qatari childrendren don’t avail Some have also bitterly criti- country in the world goes through the bus service prprovidedovided bbyy cised the Public Works Authority problems related to traffic jams their schools. Manyany bbusesuses ooff (Ashghal) for digging too many and Qatar was no exception. roads at the same time, without Speaking on the condition of Independent schoolsools plyply considering the impact of con- anonymity, one traffic expert told almost empty in thethe morning.morning. struction work on traffic. The Peninsula that even if work According to a report released on the Corniche street winds up school-going children start avail- by Qatar National Bank (QNB) in November, there will be little ing school bus service, there may recently, Qatar’s population is change in traffic. be a decrease in traffic. projected to grow by an average “Every time the country goes “Most Qatari children don’t 10.5 percent annually over the through traffic problems, peo- avail the bus service provided Department next two years. This growth will ple start blaming the Traffic by their schools. Many buses of said trucks be driven by a huge influx of expa- Department. We are not the ones Independent schools ply almost and other triate workers who will be arriv- constructing roads.” empty in the morning,” he said, heavy vehicles ing for massive infrastructure He said there are serious prob- point out that people needed to can get per- projects ahead of the 2022 FIFA lems with the way roads are being work together to solve traffic mission from World Cup. built in many parts of the country. problems. the depart- The number of vehicles on the “A majority of areas have roads The driving schools have also ment to move streets has already exceeded 1m that have only two lanes. There been notified not to give practical at all times. “In and the figure will only go up in are roads that have three lanes lessons during peak hours. principle, patrols the years to come. Some argue but no shoulder or emergency “We have strict directives from should check that the alarming traffic scenario lanes, which only makes traffic the Traffic Department. We are the documents of shows that roads in Doha may worse in case of an accident.” not allowed to give lessons during these vehicles, but not be able to accommodate any In some cases, traffic mounts rush hours from 6.30am to 8am if they start stop- more vehicles in the near future, with a car breaking down in the and 12.30pm to 2pm,” Adil Salim, ping them to do despite attempts by Ashghal to middle of the road. Director of Al Raya Driving that, traffic will be increase the number of lanes in He, however, said Ashghal School, recently said in a radio disrupted.” the recent infrastructure projects. alone cannot be blamed for traffic interview. He said that the While traffic jams are seen woes. Most developed countries Asked why heavy vehicles were department is also across the city during peak hours, in the world have a robust public seen on the roads during peak studying proposals to many think they are caused transport system, which Qatar hours, one official from the Traffic address the traffic issue, by heavy congestions on the including one where peo- Corniche Street, forcing drivers ple will be able to park in to flock to other areas, such as stadiums or other public the Doha Expressway. areas, and then take buses Brigadier Mohammad Saad which will stop at different Al Kharji, Director of Traffic destinations. Department, has said that once “Parking is also a major works on the Corniche street problem in the city and we ends, drivers will see less conges- see vehicles moving around tion in other areas. endlessly in search of a place A new traffic control system to park, especially in the West that can measure flow of vehi- Bay area. If we allocate areas cles and open roads accordingly where people can park and take is being installed on the Corniche buses to their offices, for exam- street. ple, that will also reduce conges- “The new traffic signals on the tions.” THE PENINSULA Pics: Abdul Basit Residents forced to change routes, routine

BY FAZEENA SALEEM mornings and afternoons,” said late,” said Dhardhan Lye, a market- up construction work on the roads Mohamed Aziz, an engineer by ing professional, who drives from Al and open them as soon as possible, raffic chaos on Doha’s profession. Gharafa to the West Bay for work. I guess, is now the only solution,” roads has forced many “If all schools provide bus services Worse, motorists are often caught she added. residents to change their — there will be one vehicle (a bus) unawares by authorities. Traffic chaos has also hit taxi Tdaily routine. They start instead of say 30 cars (of parents “We do not know whether a road drivers who race against time to Earlier it took me 10 their day at least one hour earlier taking their children to and from is closed or not until we reach there. earn certain amounts of money and end it one hour late. Still it does school).” On Wednesday I was going from Al daily to pay rentals for their vehi- minutes to reach my not help every time. “It’s not possible to stop the popu- Saad to Sanaya and found one lane cles. They say reaching customers office, now it’s 30 “Earlier it took me 10 minutes to lation from increasing or repairing of the road closed near the Villaggio on time and earning a sufficient reach my office, now it’s 30 minutes roads. But there should be alterna- mall.” income is a daily challenge. minutes and I live and I live so close to my work place. tive solutions.” Echoing similar sentiments, “Recently it took me two hours so close to my work The Mall signal has become a night- And weekend aggravates the another motorist says certain roads to reach Al Saad from the airport,” place. The Mall mare,” said Sindhu Nair, a journal- problem — traffic moves at a snail’s are fully or partially closed without said Madura, a Karwa taxi driver. ist, who has to drive only 3km from pace, meaning longer tailbacks and prior notice. “I could earn only around QR25 signal has become a her home to office. still longer journey time. People blame traffic chaos on for the trip after spending two nightmare. “I have started to leave at least The problem has become so acute, “bad planning of road work” and hours. This QR25 is not an income one hour ahead of meetings to be something that has to be coped with say work must be completed fast, but a loss for me — for us drivers. there on time. But on occasions everyday that people have started on priority. Everyday we spend more time on even that doesn’t help.” wondering if there would be any “Traffic is not something you the roads due to traffic jams than Every motorist who drives solutions in the near future. create and then think how to cope on hires.” around Doha faces traffic jams on Some motorists complain that with it. You need to have a strategy Some motorists blame the struc- many streets daily, especially during authorities do not provide proper ahead. If you know you are closing ture of the roads, the traffic sys- rush hours in the mornings when alternatives while closing roads some roads, and then you have to tem, and undisciplined drivers for students go to their schools and for excavations, renovations or direct traffic somewhere else, mak- congestions and ensuing accidents. employees go to their offices and in any other work and even alterna- ing other roads available,” said a “Frequent exit and entry is a the afternoons when they return tive roads are crowded during peak European living near the West Bay. big problem. Some people don’t home. hours. “The problem is that they started keep to their lanes; they frequently Some people have changed their “Traffic has become a daily prob- work all together, closing all roads change or choose the wrong lane,” routine — and routes — by avoiding lem in Doha. There are congestions without having alternatives and said Mohamed Sadiq, an Indian certain roads when schools begin even on alternative roads. Now it other options for cars. I guess it’s professional. and close. has become compulsory for us to too late now to think of how to ease “Last week my car met with an “Only some schools provide buses leave home at least one hour earlier, traffic in Doha. I am surprised they accident as the driver in front sud- for their students. It’s so difficult which means we have to start our didn’t raise the question when they denly changed his lane,” he added. to move on certain roads in the day early and end the day one hour decided to close all roads. Speeding THE PENINSULA Home SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Diabetes common among low-income workers Indian Community Benevolent Forum holds free medical camp in Al Wakra; two-day camp in Doha soon

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DOHA: Cases of diabetes and high blood pressure are com- mon among low-income work- ers according to healthcare experts involved with a free medical camp organised by Indian Community Benevolent Forum (ICBF). A majority of young workers who visited the camp yesterday were diagnosed with diabetes and middle aged people with hypertension. The camp held with the support of Hamad Medical Corportation, Indian Doctors Club (IDC) and Indian medical Association (IMA) at the KIMS medical Centre in Al Wakra, aimed at screening fisher- men and low-income workers in the area. Some workers have been in Doha for over five years and some for less than a year and major- ity of them haven’t seen a doc- tor before, according to Dr Biju The Chairman of KIMS Qatar Medical Centre (KQMC), Mubarak Jassim Al Khater (third right), flanked by the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian Embassy, P S Sasikumar (fourth left), and Gafoor, Consultant at Emergency ICBF President Kareem Abdulla (second right), cutting the ceremonial ribbon to inaugurate the free medical camp at KIMS Qatar Medical Centre in Al Wakra, yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P Medicine and General Secretary of the medical camp organising Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri and it restricts them from access- “We don’t have health cards a beauty saloon. Executive Director of Al Wakra committee for IMA and IDC. Lanka benefited from the camp. ing primary healthcare centres. and this is the first time I have The camp was held between hospital and other officials. “Our aim is to screen work- Volunteers of the ICBF have We help them get cards,” said Dr come to a doctor and I have been 7am and 11am and the inaugura- The ICBF is planning to hold ers and economically backward met these workers. Gafoor. given medicine for hypertension,” tion was attended by Chairman a two-day camp in Doha soon to people who have no access to Besides pre-registered work- Seventeen doctors and experts said Saneep, a Nepalese worker. of KIMS Qatar Medical Centre accommodate more people. healthcare. ers, around 200 people visited the in internal medicine, emergency The camp also saw a few female (KQMC), Mubarak Jassim Al “The need for free medical “Many of theme are young camp for consultation. medicine and orthopaedic and workers who visited for medical Khater, the Deputy Chief of camps is very high, each time we with undiagnosed diabetics, oth- The camp also supported dermatology were available at assistance. Mission at the Indian Embassy, hold a camp the number of peo- ers have hypertension and skin deserving patients to get health the camp and advised visitors on “I heard about the camp P S Sasikumar, Lieutenant ple attending goes beyond expec- problems,” said Dr Gafoor. cards. diet, to quit smoking, and keep from a friend, I was diagnosed Mohammed Al Obaid, from tations,” said Kareem Abdulla, A total of 450 pre-registered “Some workers who come to personal hygiene besides general with mild hypertension,” said the Community Policing President of ICBF. labourers from India, Nepal, the camp don’t have health cards screening. Kumari, an Indian working for Department, Mike Frayne, THE PENINSULA

Duvet-making Hospitality market expected to record 10 percent growth

DOHA: Qatar hospitality mar- sectors. Moreover, the country rewarding work contacts to sev- ket is expected to grow by 10 is positioning itself as a major eral companies to work in the percent during the last quar- tourist, business and lifestyle local market, particularly in ter of this year, compared with destination, and an ideal venue infrastructure and construc- same period of the previous for international expositions, tion projects where all these year. conferences, sporting champi- companies began to attract more The development rate is onships and other high-profile employees and this reflected in attributed to a number of factors events. the increasing demand on the according to an expert. Doha hospitality market is hospitality sector, and other Factors like the economic one of the vibrant and lucrative services. growth of the country and the sectors and is developing signifi- Hospitality projects in particu- growth of gross domestic prod- cantly in line with international lar are increasing at an acceler- uct also boosted the hospitality hospitality standards, said Kevork ated pace as the country plans to sector’s growth, which in turn Daldalian, the Director General of build tens of thousands of new attracted several international Orex Rotana. hotel rooms for the 2022 FIFA companies to work in infrastruc- He added that growing rates World Cup. Mohammed Tayeb makes a lehaf (traditional duvet) at the handicraft centre at Souq Waqif. Tayeb learnt the ture projects, and other services of hotel occupation are result of THE PENINSULA art from his brother and has been making lehaf for 35 years. SHAIVAL DALAL Airport retail discussed at two-day forum DOHA: Airport retail featured potential coming from retail. This prominently in discussions at the trend is seeing many airports 2013 ASQ Airport Forum for deploy significant investments Asia, the Middle East and Africa, towards increasing retail space hosted by the Doha International for duty-free shops and F&B out- Airport (DIA) recently. lets, which in addition to revenues More than 35 airports were can positively impact passenger represented, making it a highly satisfaction. dynamic international event to “Airports today are seeking to review and exchange best prac- improve performance and opti- tices in effective management of mise the management of conces- passenger satisfaction amid rap- sions and nowhere else is this idly evolving trends in the global more apparent than in the Middle aviation industry. East, in particular the GCC.” During the two-day forum dele- Speakers from Airports Council gates reviewed some of the pressing International (ACI), organisers trends and passenger expectations of the forum, shared important that have led to dramatic changes research on how passengers shop Officials of Maersk Oil Qatar, sponsor of the Schools Olympic Program 2013, with students. in the way airports are managing at airports. It showed that most passenger satisfaction today. passengers do not view airports A number of topics were as shopping destinations although addressed ranging from airport they have tremendous potential to security, smoking policies, airport become so. Maersk in health awareness drive cleanliness, and wireless Internet However, 93 percent of pas- provision, but it was airport retail sengers who plan in advance to DOHA: In a drive to keep the Managing Director at Maersk Oil make healthy lifestyle choices.” to the ongoing increased produc- that proved to be a hot topic purchase F&B end up purchas- younger generation aware of Qatar, highlighted the important Even though the Qatari popula- tion in oil and its related indus- among the 100-strong forum. ing, while 74 percent of passen- important health issues and role AoD will be playing during tion is relatively young compared tries” said Shiekh Mohamad Delegates reviewed the signifi- gers who plan to purchase duty reduce the rate of diabetes in SOP 2013. to the rest of the world, it has Al Thani, the Director of the cant impact of an airport’s retail free end up purchasing duty free. Qatar, the Maersk Oil Qatar “The combined and long-term among the highest prevalence of Supreme Council of Health. offering on overall passenger sat- As such, passengers need to is holding awareness events aim motivating and uniting each diabetes in the world. AoD will reinforce the major isfaction, a trend that is causing know about an airport’s retail among students. of the AoD partners is to help Through raising awareness of theme of this year’s SOP 2013, airports to become increasingly offering in advance to plan to shop Maersk Oil Qatar, sponsor of deliver the Emir’s vision of a diabetes, with focus on motivating ‘Sport and Integrity’ highlight- competitive in providing the best there. Some 40 percent who come the Schools Olympic Programme healthy and prosperous Qatar, children to make real life-style ing to children the connection retail experiences to passengers. to the airport to buy retail end 2013 (SOP 2013) and member of and support Qatari authorities to changes, AoD hopes to make a between sports achievement and Speaking about the event, up leaving empty-handed due to the Action on Diabetes (AoD) reduce the incidences of diabetes. difference not only to those who leading a healthy lifestyle based CEO of Qatar Airways, Akbar concerns about whether they have partnership, is reaching out to “SOP is a major annual sporting have diabetes, but also to prevent on the campaign’s four main life- Al Baker, said: “Globally, air- enough time to locate the items students through the SOP 2013 event which enables us to engage those at risk from developing it. style factors: Healthy diet, regular ports are increasingly seeking to they want to purchase, and this programme. Speaking at the SPO with Qatar’s youth and encour- “Qatar is one of the wealthiest exercise, not smoking and getting develop as much as 50 percent of can adversely impact satisfaction 2013 opening ceremony, Sheikh age and empower them with the per-capita countries in the world, screened for diabetes on a regular their revenue from non-aviation rates. Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani, Deputy necessary knowledge and tools to with a fast growing economy, due basis. THE PENINSULA sources, with the bulk of revenue THE PENINSULA SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home

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Khartoum offices Sudanese demand Bashir resign of Al Arabiya and Sky News Arabia Police fire tear gas; anger over corruption and cutting of subsidies; 600 arrested for vandalism closed down KHARTOUM: Police fired tear western Darfur region. He still gas yesterday to disperse thou- enjoys support from the army, DUBAI: Sudan shut down the sands of Sudanese demanding his ruling party and wealthy Khartoum offices of pan-Arab that President Omar Hassan Al Sudanese with extensive business satellite channels Al Arabiya Bashir step down, a day after interests. and Sky News Arabia yesterday, clashes in which rights groups In a written statement, the the networks said. accused security forces of United States condemned the Al Arabiya said on its website shooting dead at least 50 people. crackdown, accused the Sudanese that the closure — the first such Bashir, who seized power in a authorities of using excessive move against a foreign media 1989 coup, has been spared the force and expressed alarm at outlet since the protests began — sort of Arab Spring uprising that reports that the government had came hours after its Khartoum unseated autocratic rulers from arrested or detained activists and correspondent was summoned for Tunisia to Yemen since 2011, but restricted access to the Internet a meeting. Sky News correspond- anger has risen over corruption and mobile telephone networks. ent in Khartoum Tarek Al Tijani and rising inflation in the vast “The United States condemns said authorities shut his office, African country. the Government of Sudan’s bru- seized equipment and banned him More than 5,000 people demon- tal crackdown on protesters in from working. strated after Friday prayers in the Khartoum, including the excessive “Security officers came and biggest protests for many years use of force against civilians that informed us that the authorities in the Khartoum area. Angered has reportedly resulted in dozens of had decided to freeze our activi- by a police crackdown on dem- casualties,” said State Department ties. They seized equipment and onstrations against the slashing spokeswoman Jen Psaki. “Such told us we can no longer carry out of fuel subsidies, about 3,000 took a heavy-handed approach by journalistic activities,” Tijani said. to the streets in Khartoum’s twin Sudanese security forces is dis- The Sudanese government city Omdurman, across the Nile, proportionate, deeply concerning, could not immediately be reached shouting “Freedom! Freedom!” and risks escalation of the unrest.” for comment. and “The people want the fall of Sudan summoned the US The dailies Al Sudani and Al the regime!” charge d’affaires in Khartoum to People look at burnt vehicles near Khartoum yesterday. Majhar Al Siassi were seized at Defying a heavy security pres- protest against the United States’ the printing press, they said, ence, the crowd marched to failure to issue Bashir a visa to is insignificant compared to crunch since the secession of oil- Among the dead was a 14-year- while Al Watan was ordered not the central market, holding up attend the UN General Assembly Khartoum’s 7 million inhabitants.” producing South Sudan in 2011, old boy, while most other victims to print after covering the unrest banners saying “No, no to price taking place this week in New Authorities arrested about 600 which deprived Khartoum of seemed to be between 19 and 26 in its Thursday edition. increases!” Police fired teargas, York, the Foreign Ministry said. people suspected of violent riots three-quarters of the crude out- years old, the groups said in a Al Arabiya and Sky News Arabia sending some protesters running In Khartoum, army trucks and vandalism, Interior Minister put it relied on for state revenues statement. are both based in the United Arab for cover. But most remained, mounted with anti-aircraft guns, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamad told and food imports. “Shooting to kill — including Emirates. Al Arabiya, owned by a some hurling stones at the police usually only deployed in strife- state news agency SUNA. Trials for Police said late on Thursday by aiming at protesters’ chests Saudi businessman with close ties and others torching cars. torn regions such as Darfur, were 100 “saboteurs” would start next that battles with protesters had and heads — is a blatant viola- to the ruling Al Saud family, runs More than 2,000 people demon- stationed in the street. More than week. Protesters had torched cars killed 29 people, among them tion of the right to life, and Sudan its operations from Dubai and strated in Khartoum’s northern 100 soldiers, policemen and plain- and petrol stations in Khartoum police officers. Sudanese opposi- must immediately end this violent is a rival of the Qatar-based Al Bahri district, a hot spot for days, clothes agents patrolled the dis- on Wednesday. Opposition activists tion activists have put the death repression by its security forces,” Jazeera, with the two Arab news and in other areas, witnesses said. trict on the banks of the Nile. have blamed government agents for toll at over 100. said Lucy Freeman, Africa networks often taking opposing Police again used teargas. Sudanese officials dismissed the some of the damage. London-based Amnesty Deputy Director at Amnesty views on regional events. Bashir, has remained in power protests as insignificant. “What The latest round of unrest International and the New York- International. Sudanese officials Sky News Arabia has its head- for almost 25 years despite armed happened today in Khartoum began on Monday after the gov- based African Centre for Justice could not be immediately reached quarters in the UAE capital rebellions, US trade sanctions, is limited. No more than 2,000 ernment announced another set and Peace Studies said at least for comment but Information Abu Dhabi and is a joint ven- an economic crisis, an attempted people took part in the pro- of fuel subsidy cutbacks, caus- 50 people had been killed by gun Minister Ahmed Belal Osman ture between London-based coup last year and an indictment tests,” said Fateh Hassan Al ing pump prices to almost dou- shots to the chest or head, citing said late on Thursday any figures BSkyB and the Abu Dhabi Media from the International Criminal Mahdi, spokesman for Bashir’s ble overnight. The cuts have witnesses, relatives, doctors and higher than 29 were inaccurate. Investment Corporation. Court for war crimes in the National Congress Party. “This been driven by a severe financial journalists. REUTERS AFP

Thousands Egypt’s Nour Rowhani promises speedy demonstrate party rejects end to Iranian-US tensions in Bahrain UNITED NATIONS: Iranian over Iran’s nuclear programmes changes to President Hassan Rowhani would soon be over, and he pointed DUBAI: Thousands took to the ended his week in New York to the friendly atmosphere at a streets in Bahrain yesterday to with a striking offer to work fast meeting of the Iranian foreign condemn the arrest of a promi- constitution to defuse tensions with America, minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, nent opposition figure hours hailing the US as “a great nation”. with his counterparts from the US, after clashes between protest- CAIRO: Egypt’s second biggest Speaking at a press conference, UK, France, Germany, Russia and ers and police, officials said. Islamist party, Nour, yesterday the newly elected leader made the China, chaired by the EU foreign Demonstrations had been rejected proposed changes to most conciliatory remarks heard policy chief, Catherine Ashton on called to protest the arrest of the constitution that would out- from Tehran in a decade and Thursday. ex-MP Khalil Marzooq on charges law parties founded on religious offered to prepare a concrete plan The Iranian president said the of inciting terrorism. grounds, and called the move a for resolving the nuclear stale- setting of a date for detailed nego- The demonstration, west of “sword drawn” against Islamists. mate at a new round of negotia- tiations in Geneva was “a positive the capital — in which protesters The proposal, made during tions in Geneva on October 15. He step”. “In the talks in general there waved Bahraini flags and chanted meetings of the constitutional said Tehran might go even further, is a lot of common ground. We have “Revolution until victory” and committee this week but not yet hinting at a possible confidence- said that Iran will prepare a plan. “We will not forget the mar- formally approved, came days building measure to be announced Iran will prepare that plan and tyrs” — was peaceful, but came after a Cairo court separately at the talks. present it in Geneva and we hope hours after protesters and police banned the Muslim Brotherhood, But it was the tone of Rowhani’s that an even more positive step will clashed in a nearby village. Egypt’s dominant Islamist force. speech that was most striking in be taken at Geneva to help settle “Police were the target of a “It’s wrong to blame the whole which he sought to present Iran the nuclear issue,” said Rowhani. terrorist act of Molotov cocktails Islamist current for the mistakes as a reborn country following his Rowhani indicated that proc- being thrown and partly setting of the Muslim Brotherhood,” election on June 15. “The environ- ess of defusing tensions over the on fire a vehicle of law enforce- said Nour Party head Younes ment that has been created is quite nuclear programme would be a ment officers in Shaharkhan Makhyoun. different from the past, and those phased but relatively swift affair village” west of Manama, the “We reject this article com- who have brought the change was involving such trust-building steps. interior ministry said. pletely because it is discrimina- the people of Iran,” he said. “Step by step we will build confi- Also, police used tear gas to tory and exclusionary. By what “The first step has been taken dence between our presidents and disperse small groups of protest- right does this article aim a here, which is a beginning for bet- our countries. With sufficient will on ers who tried to approach Pearl drawn sword at some parties? Are ter relations with other countries both sides — and I assure you that Square. Witnesses said protest- we going to put an article in the and in particular, between the two on Iran’s side the will is 100 percent ers on Thursday night took to the constitution that bans founding great nations of Iran and US. So — the nuclear file will be resolved streets of Manama and nearby Bahraini women wave national flags and hold up a banner reading in Arabic parties on liberal, secular, socialist the understanding between our in a short period of time,” added Shia villages, chanting slogans ‘No legitimacy’ as they take part in an anti-government protest in the village or Nasserist grounds?” peoples will grow and our govern- Rowhani, rejecting suggestions his demanding the release of politi- of Jannusan, west of Manama, yesterday. Islamist political parties formed ments will first stop the escalation flexibility at the negotiating table cal prisoners. AFP after the downfall of Hosni of tensions, and then defuse those was constrained by hardline forces Mubarak in 2011 dominated elec- tensions.” back in Iran. “My government has tions, and the Brotherhood’s The conciliatory language marks full authority in these negotiations Mohammed Mursi became Egypt’s a radical change from the presi- with support from all three arms of first freely elected president. dency of his predecessor, Mahmoud government as well as the people of But after a year in power, huge Ahmadinejad. Rowhani said he was Iran,” he said. demonstrations against his rule confident the decade-long impasse GUARDIAN NEWS 13 killed in attacks across Iraq prompted the army to oust him. Security forces have launched a BAGHDAD: Two bombs next day. And another bomb- two of his guards, and wounded crackdown on the Brotherhood in exploded near Sunni mosques ing against Sunni mourners in four others. A suicide bomber also which hundreds of Islamists were in the Iraqi capital as worship- Baghdad killed 15 on Monday. detonated an explosives-rigged shot dead on the streets of Cairo pers left after Friday prayers, The UN refugee agency said vehicle near an army base in the and thousands more, including killing six people, while seven this week it was “increasingly province, killing two soldiers and Mursi, arrested. more died in attacks targeting concerned about the situation in wounding 10 other people, while Any move to ban religious par- security forces, officials said. Iraq, where recent waves of sec- a bomb near a policeman’s house ties would redraw Egypt’s politi- The bombs — one near a tarian violence threaten to spark killed his mother. cal map and turn the clock back mosque in the Dura area of new internal displacement of And gunmen shot dead a to the days under Mubarak when Baghdad and the second in Jihad Iraqis fleeing bombings and other police colonel in Kirkuk province. Islamists were not allowed to — also wounded at least 22 peo- attacks”. Militants including those linked form political parties. ple. The blasts were the latest in Some 5,000 Iraqis have been to Al Qaeda frequently carry out Nour, founded shortly after a series of sectarian attacks in the displaced this year, joining more attacks against Iraqi security the popular uprising against city, and came a week after two than 1.13 million who had previ- forces. The latest violence brings Mubarak, backed Mursi’s over- bombs in a Sunni mosque north of ously fled or been forced from the death toll to more than 730 throw in July by signing up to the capital killed 18 people. their homes, it said. people in September and more a road map for Egypt’s political International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief inspector Herman Last Saturday, bombings tar- Other attacks yesterday tar- than 4,550 this year, according to transition that included amend- Nackaerts (right) and Reza Najafi, Iran’s ambassador to IAEA, speak to geting Shia mourners in Baghdad geted security forces in north AFP figures based on security and ing the constitution and setting journalists at the Iranian permanent mission to the United Nations and other killed 73 people, while an attack Iraq. In Nineveh province, a medical sources. a time frame for new elections. international organisations in Vienna yesterday. on a Sunni funeral killed 12 the bomb killed a police colonel and AFP REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Views

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T’S time for Syria to act on its promise to destroy its chemical weapons arsenal. When the threat of punitive military strike hung over the regime of Bashar Al Assad, Iover its alleged use of chemical weapons against its own Obama’s real problem people, Assad and his friends in Moscow had hatched the idea of surrendering its chemical arsenal to escape an attack. Despite severe doubts by experts and leaders about the true designs of the Assad regime, US President Barack Obama had on Capitol Hill? Race agreed to that plan, out of his own eagerness to avoid getting BY BRIAN PALMER mired in another Middle East conflict. getting hit by shrapnel from the vil- These are matters of principle. That’s Now the governing council of the Organisation for the est attacks. Chris Matthews called out why we fight the president on damn Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the world’s HEY know we can’t prove it. We congressional Republicans on air, on near everything: health care, nomina- chemical weapons watchdog, has drawn up a timetable for can deduce and infer from their Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2012, tions, Libya, income-assistance pro- Tactions, statements and policies. for what he deemed thinly veiled rac- grams, gun control, the debt limit and Damascus to get rid of its deadly arsenal. According to the But we can’t confirm that congressional ism. Specifically, he cited Oklahoma’s budget; that’s why we’re on the brink of plan, the regime will have to destroy all its chemical weapons Republicans, a bloc of nearly unbroken Tom Coburn’s accusation that “unlaw- shutting down the Federal government. production facilities by the beginning of November and whiteness, and their media hatchet ful acts” and “incompetence” by the And yet House Speaker John completely dismantle its entire arsenal of poison gases and people are stealthily deploying race administration came “perilously close” Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric nerve agents by the middle of next year. — blackness — to obstruct President to “high crimes and misdemeanors” and Cantor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Barack Obama at every turn. would warrant the impeachment of the McConnell, et al., will pretzel-ize them- The Security Council was due to meet late yesterday to vote But obstructionists seldom give us president. selves into the oddest, most contradic- on a resolution that would make the OPCW legally binding concrete, irrefutable proof of gutbucket “They never say their problem with tory and self-denying positions just to on Bashar Al Assad’s regime. But this resolution is unlikely to prejudice. When we think we have them Obama is that he is black, but look at the be anti-Obama. They loved corporate force Assad into full compliance. A compromise deal between cold, they’ll use the I’m-rubber-you’re- pattern,” Matthews said to an incredu- tax cuts until the president, previously Russia and the west clinched on Thursday says that the glue strategy. You’re playing the race lous co-anchor. “The pattern is rejection a socialist income redistributor, agreed resolution does not include automatic card, they’ll say. In fact, you’re the rac- of his legitimacy at the first point, say- to them. Instantly, such cuts were the ists for bringing it up. It’s the “nyah, ing he is not really here legally.” work of Wall Street’s lapdog-in-chief. Syria has punitive measures against the Syrian nyah, nyah” of savvy -- or at least well- This wasn’t a one-off. In a differ- House Republicans pulled the government if it fails to comply. Such trained -- politi- ent segment, Matthews hammered Supplemental Nutrition Assistance been given measures would require a second cal machinists. Republican National Committee Chair Program (SNAP, aka food stamps) out resolution and at that time Moscow is These are men Reince Priebus for Mitt Romney’s cam- of its customary place in the Farm Bill a deadline and women who paign quip, “No one has ever asked to so they could kill it. A simple policy likely to behave as expected. Congressional to destroy The OPCW has drawn up a tight have studied see my birth certificate.” But he also difference? Republicans, a bloc the playbook for took him to task for the candidate’s Killing SNAP -- rather, replacing its chemical schedule for the destruction of Republican race- substantive statements, like saying it with a plan from Cantor that would weapons. chemical weapons. That means the of nearly unbroken baiting drafted by that Obama had “a plan to gut welfare increase work requirements irrespec- Assad regime will have to start its whiteness, and party strategist reform by dropping work requirements,” tive of local unemployment levels -- isn’t What if Assad work now. An official of the agency their media and consigliere which wasn’t true. sound economic policy if one believes said the idea was to eliminate the Lee Atwater. “You are playing that little ethnic the Department of Agriculture. SNAP, doesn’t comply? hatchet people are “By 1968 you card there,” said Matthews to a momen- says the USDA, “provides assistance to development and production capacities can’t say ‘nigger’ tarily abashed Priebus. “You can play more low-income households during an at the earliest possible moment. stealthily deploying -- that hurts you. your games and giggle about it, but the economic downturn or recession and to At the same time the UN weapons inspectors are in Syria race — blackness Backfires,” said fact is, your side is playing that card. fewer households during an economic and are investigating a total of seven sites where chemical — to obstruct Atwater in 1981, When you start talking about work expansion. The rise in SNAP partici- weapons were allegedly used, including three that took place quoted years requirements, we know what game pation during an economic downturn after the August 21 attack. The biggest question is what if Obama at every later by New York you’re playing.” results in greater SNAP expenditures, Times columnist Powerful stuff, which hit a wall of which, in turn, stimulate the economy.” Syria is caught cheating or delays the process, which is most turn. Bob Herbert. “So deflections and pooh-poohing from the Isn’t that what Republicans say likely to happen given Assad’s previous record. That will prove you say stuff like other members of the all-white MSNBC they’re all about -- economic growth? another test for Obama. Knowing Washington’s reluctance to forced busing, states’ rights and all that panel. Google this event to see the Interestingly, 15 Republicans defected involve itself militarily, Assad will be in no mood to surrender stuff.” national s--tstorm of denial that fol- from the fold on Cantor’s plan. “I just under international pressure. Right-wing pols continually update lowed Matthew’s comments. Moments felt the cuts were a little too steep, espe- If it happens, Assad’s non-compliance with his promise to the Atwater script. During the presi- like these offer black folks a dash of vin- cially because right now, I have a lot of dent’s first term and the campaign that dication. But in a society that doesn’t Sandy victims who have never been on dismantle chemical weapons will mark a dangerous turning preceded it, Barack Obama was cast want to acknowledge the obvious -- the assistance ever in their life,” New York point in the Syrian revolution. That would mean another as a Kenyan, Muslim, socialist, Nazi persistence of racism -- and is wed- Rep. Michael Grimm told The Hill. “And victory for Assad, and major setback for the opposition and the witch doctor. Tea Partiers, Birthers ded to its own myths of egalitarianism, a lot of these hardworking families have international community. It’s unfortunate that the revolution and Republican backbenchers were they don’t really change much. On spe- lost everything, and for the first time, is caught in a dark tunnel. The opposition is completely lost, the nasty tip of the spear of a full-on cific issues, congressional Republican they’re needing food stamps. So I didn’t assault, but the big boys pitched in, too, obstructers will say things like, We have want to affect those Sandy victims.” and there is no credible help coming their way• usually in ways that kept them from policy differences with the president. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Seeing in the dark the day COMMON illusion held by manages to shock on a topic that has witnessed the execution of his mother North Korea said it “totally and cat- dictators is that they need already shocked for some time. The and brother. The commission was egorically rejects” the commission’s only to shut the borders, turn commission’s witnesses provided evi- established on May 7 and is to deliver work, and the official news agency Our two countries Aoff the Internet and control dence of systematic and widespread a final report in March. Kirby’s interim denounced testimony before the panel television for no one to notice the human rights violations, including tor- report serves not only to benchmark as “slander” put forward by “human (Pakistan and India) horrors they commit inside the country. ture, sexual violence, deliberate starva- the panel’s findings so far but also to scum.” But it provided no facts. The work of the UN Commission tion, arbitrary detention and more. underscore the regime’s state of denial. North Korea won’t suddenly throw have wasted massive of Inquiry on Human Rights in the “We heard from ordinary people Kirby quite properly invited North open its doors and invite more inspec- resources in an arms Democratic People’s Republic of who faced torture and imprisonment Korea to respond to the testimony of tion of this dark underside of the world. Korea has demonstrated how wrong for doing nothing more than watching witnesses who described grim lives in But the commission has laid down an race. We could have they are. The commission has shined a foreign soap operas or holding a reli- political prison camps, international important record of testimony and used those resources light on one of the world’s human rights gious belief,” Kirby said. He described abductions, torture and starvation. human experience. Kirby said the panel sinkholes, North Korea, without ever a woman prisoner who witnessed “Truth is always a defence against would now focus on identifying those for the economic setting foot there. another prisoner forced to drown her accusations of slander,” Kirby stated. responsible, including officials and state well-being of our Michael Kirby, the retired Australian own baby in a bucket and a young “An ounce of evidence is worth far institutions guilty of gross human rights jurist who heads the commission, deliv- man, imprisoned from birth and liv- more than many pounds of baseless violations. people. Nawaz Sharif ered an interim report last week that ing on rodents, grass and lizards, who attacks.” The Washington Post Pakistan Prime Minister SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Obama’s rhetoric and actions He has defined a new set of “core principles” the US would defend in the Middle East.

BY JACKSON DIEHL war or anarchy to a half-dozen coun- tries and spawned the greatest crimes udging from the widely varying against humanity since the turn of the reactions he inspired, Obama 21st century. didn’t end the confusion about It’s easy to dismiss Obama’s claim on what he stands for. But his boast factual grounds. More interesting is to that his presidency has calmed see what prompted it: A soda-straw view Jthe globe opened a window on his pecu- of the world in which only the president’s liar outlook on foreign affairs — and why inauguration-day priorities are visible. it has led him to mismanage the most His aim then was to bring home US important crises on his watch. troops, end the “endless war” of George “The world is more stable than it was W Bush, defend the homeland from Al five years ago,” Barack Obama assured Qaeda and step back from the quagmire the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. of the Arab Middle East. This transparently self-serving but oth- He did all that; ergo, the world is erwise baffling claim came at the begin- more stable — and from the attenuated ning of a long and dense address aimed perspective of an American who mainly at answering the critique that he lacks wishes the world would go away, perhaps a coherent foreign policy, particularly it is. This definition of stability, how- regarding the Middle East. ever, requires ignoring all that would So: Why, according to Obama, is the disturb it — anything that might demand world better off than in 2008? Well, the new military commitments or deeper global economic crisis has abated. But US engagement with Arabs and their that’s not all: “We’ve also worked to end seemingly endless conflicts. US President Barack Obama speaks at the 68th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday in New York City. Over 120 monarchs, a decade of war,” the president said, by And so Obama spelled out four “core presidents and prime ministers have gathered for the annual meeting at the temporary General Assembly Hall at the UN headquarters withdrawing US and Nato troops from interests” for which he would use “all as the General Assembly building is closed for renovations. Iraq and Afghanistan and “shifting away elements of our power, including military from a perpetual war footing.” force”: Preventing the proliferation of Here’s where you could almost hear weapons of mass destruction, stopping the Middle East. He started by listing Tehran.” He said: “Our support for these brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace the head-scratching in the Iraqi and attacks on the US homeland, defend- the same core priorities. He said: “We principles is not a secondary interest. accord. Both are worthy but long- Afghan delegations: Violence in both of ing allies and ensuring the “free flow of must acknowledge that a strategy based Today I want to make it clear that it shot initiatives; both were on Obama’s those countries is considerably worse energy.” All else, including promoting solely upon the narrow pursuit of these is a top priority that must be translated agenda in January 2009. Neither, even than it was five years ago, in part because democracy and preventing genocide, was interests will not fill an empty stomach into concrete actions, and supported by if achieved, would address the larger of the US withdrawals. relegated to a lesser category, in which or allow someone to speak their mind.” all of the diplomatic, economic and stra- Middle East crisis. Obama warned the Also, as Obama half-acknowledged, Al his administration will act only in con- He defined a new set of “core princi- tegic tools at our disposal.” General Assembly that “the danger for Qaeda is more of a threat in more places cert with “the international community.” ples” the US would defend in the Middle As Egyptians and Syrians can tes- the world is that the United States, — Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Libya, Syria — And maybe not even then. East, including “free speech, the free- tify, he never followed up. On Tuesday, after a decade of war... may disengage, than it was in 2008. Obama has not always been so small- dom of peaceful assembly, the freedom Obama relinked his rhetoric to his creating a vacuum of leadership that And then there is the region stretch- minded, at least rhetorically. of religion, equality for men and women actions and his underlying world view. no other nation can fill.” Sadly, it is not ing from Morocco to Iran, which is expe- In May 2011, after the Nato interven- under the rule of law, and the right to He listed just two goals: Striking an just a danger. It was the message of his riencing not stability but an epochal tion in Libya that he reluctantly joined, choose your own leaders — whether you agreement with Iran that would cur- speech — and the tangible result of his upheaval, one that has brought civil he delivered another major address on live in Baghdad or Damascus, Sana’a or tail its pursuit of nuclear weapons and presidency. WP-BLOOMBERG Putin standing up to Russia Cameron’s least This nationalism is concerned not favourite question with the restoration of Russia’s BY POLLY TOYNBEE o read their press, Conservatives should be cock-a-hoop at imperial greatness but with Labour’s policy splurge. Red Ed’s retro-trip back to the 70s will put out the lights, it’s Kinnock all over again with a fighting corruption and addressing TMugabe land-grab. This week’s figures show the economy motoring while Labour lurches left. What’s not to celebrate for the Tories in Manchester this weekend? the severe economic and social But beneath the bluster they’re rattled, scuttling to find policies that prove they’re not as “out of touch” and “for the few” as pollsters find. problems of the Russian people. Expect the long-promised marriage tax bonus, a rumpled old rabbit to pull out of the Tory top hat, the idea that a small sum will send BY CARL GERSHMAN to that republic and warned cohabiters dashing down the aisle. Rumours suggest David Cameron that the people of its Russian- may be spooked into raising the minimum wage by the 5 percent it ussian President occupied separatist enclave of has fallen since 2010; bring it on, says Labour, we’ll raise the stakes. Vladimir Putin has Transnistria would resist any A sign of panic: when Labour announced its childcare offer – break- had some success agreement with the EU. fast-to-tea care in every primary school and 25 hours’ free nursery Rrecently using his But Moldova remains com- – Liz Truss, children’s minister, pulled out of a long-arranged event support for the Assad regime in mitted to initialling a free-trade at the Resolution Foundation, pleading an “unavoidable diary clash”. Syria to strengthen Moscow’s agreement with the European Her childcare pledge goes mostly to higher earners, while she’s had position in the Middle East. Union in Vilnius, and it has Russian President Vladimir Putin to abandon her scary plan to warehouse babies, six to a childminder. But his progress on this front responded to the threat of an Conservative unease sees Labour paying for childcare with a levy is much less important than energy boycott by quickly agree- parliament passed reforms only promotes greater trade and on banks, in contrast to George Osborne, who on Thursday took legal Moscow’s growing troubles in ing with Romania to build a pipe- required by the EU dealing development but also produces action to stop the EU’s cap on bank bonuses. its “near abroad,” as it refers to line linking the two countries. with such issues as corruption, governments that are less cor- A further embarrassment: Labour demands the Tories pay back £5m the strategically vital area to its Georgia, for years the target tariffs and prisons; and the rupt and more accountable to in donations from Michael Spicer, their former treasurer and founder immediate west. of Russian boycotts and secu- daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko, their societies. An association of Icap, which has just been fined £55m for a Libor-fixing scandal that In a replay of the classic rity threats, is ruled by Prime the imprisoned former prime agreement with the European Cameron refused to investigate. The question Cameron needs to escape East-West rivalry of the Cold Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, who minister whose release the EU Union should be seen not as is: whose side are you on? War, but with the United States was rumoured to be less anti- has insisted on, has said that an end in itself but as a start- Calling all that dangerous socialism may not resonate with most conspicuously on the sidelines, Russian than outgoing President she hopes her mother’s freedom ing point that makes possible voters, so how, beyond puerile abuse, do the Tories oppose it without Russia has used economic and Mikheil Saakashvili. might be imminent. deeper reforms and more genu- looking like defenders of vested interests? After the top tax cut, they security threats to draw post- Yet Georgia, too, is about to The Russian online newspa- ine democracy. don’t like the corner they’ve been painted into. Nastiness is their fall- communist countries into its initial a free-trade agreement in per Gazeta.ru said recently that Russian democracy also back, scoring best on immigration, scroungers and crime – and that Eurasian Customs Union and Vilnius, signalling that European “Blackmail is the worst possi- can benefit from this process. keeps Ukip at bay, their true enemy. to block the European Union’s integration is a national aspira- ble way of advertising economic Ukraine’s choice to join Europe Ministers will rise to report their successes. But serial policy errors Eastern Partnership initiative, tion, not the choice of any par- cooperation.” But Russia’s prob- will accelerate the demise of the loom larger as the election approaches – above all the NHS, with which seeks the reform and ticular party. lem is more than tactical. ideology of Russian imperialism emergency care buckling already. The lack of primary school places and possible eventual integration of Ukraine is the biggest prize, Its post-communist neigh- that Putin represents. portable buildings for many remind how Michael Gove’s haphazard free Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, and there Russia’s bullying has bours prefer the relative dyna- There are signs of the emer- schools have eaten up the building budget. Universal credit is falling Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine been particularly counter-pro- mism of Europe — with all its gence of a new Russian national- under the wheels of its impossible task while the Work Programme into EU structures. ductive. In addition to the usual debt and growth problems — to ism: the strong performance by finds real jobs for only one in five. Russian pressures have esca- economic threats and trade Russia’s stagnant economy, and opposition leader Alexei Navalny This week Labour took on the deadliest foe of all – the stay-at-home lated with the approach of a sanctions, including a ban on the they have no interest in sharply in Moscow’s recent mayoral party. All who say on the doorstep “you’re all the same”, “why bother?” November summit in Vilnius, import of Ukrainian chocolates, raising tariffs, which joining the election and polls that show have not been far wrong until now. Trimming, triangulating, sneak- Lithuania, at which several of Putin offended Ukrainians dur- protectionist Eurasian Customs greater opposition to Putin in ing small policy advantages and wallowing in the narcissism of small the countries could sign associ- ing a state visit in July, saying Union would require. the Russian provinces, his tra- differences, the parties seemed locked in a distant and disreputable ation or free-trade agreements that they and the Russians were The process playing out in ditional support base. Westminster charade. But that spell is broken with hard policies – with the EU a “single people,” and that the Europe has attracted little This nationalism is con- not bribes but beacons of Labour’s intent: building homes, jobs for the So far only Armenia has Ukranians had flourished under attention in the US media or cerned not with the restoration young, childcare for working mothers, all life’s essentials. buckled under Russian pres- Soviet rule — totally ignoring the from the Obama administration, of Russia’s imperial greatness, Leftist refuseniks for whom Labour is never good enough, or sod- sure, agreeing to join the cus- famine of the early 1930s that which has been mostly preoccu- which would be inconceivable if them-all young voters, or the alienated who stopped listening long toms union after Moscow, which Ukrainians call the Holodomor, pied with the Middle East and Ukraine joined Europe, but with ago have no excuse now to sit on their hands. The difference between guarantees Armenia’s security or “extermination by hunger.” its pivot to Asia. fighting corruption and address- a Labour and a Tory win will be monumental. There is no vacancy against neighbouring Azerbaijan, In an Independence Day But the opportunities are con- ing the severe economic and in the fabled centre ground: Labour occupies it, while Cameron has signed contracts to provide speech at the end of August, siderable, and there are impor- social problems of the Russian marched rightwards with the most ideological Tory party since the Azerbaijan with $4bn worth of Ukrainian President Viktor tant ways Washington could people. Russians, too, face a war, recklessly pursuing neoliberal anti-statism. military hardware. Yanukovych called association help. The US needs to engage choice, and Putin may find him- It’s “Red Ed” who is the pragmatist, no longer willing to be dragged Elsewhere, Moscow’s bully- with the European Union “an with the governments and with self on the losing end not just along in the neoliberal slipstream, but holding the line against priva- ing has backfired. Russia has important stimulus for forming civil society in Ukraine, Georgia in the near abroad but within tisation of everything and the surge of wealth away from the low paid banned Moldovan wine, threat- a modern European state.” and Moldova to ensure that the Russia itself. to the boardroom. Cameron’s fear this week should be that Labour ened to cut off gas supplies In short order, Ukraine’s reform process underway not WP-BLOOMBERG gets out the absentee vote. THE GUARDIAN SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East Syria’s arsenal largely ‘unweaponised’: Report UN experts probing seven alleged chemical attacks

WASHINGTON: Syria’s attack in the Ghouta area of the stockpile of chemical agents Rowhani warns of suburbs of Damascus that coin- is largely “unweaponised” cided with their first mission to and could be eradicated more Syria Talibanisation Syria last month. The UN experts quickly than initially thought, visited the site of that alleged the Washington Post reported NEW YORK CITY: Iranian attack during their first trip and yesterday citing a confidential President Hassan Rowhani have issued a preliminary report US and Russian assessment. warned yesterday that Syria confirming the use of the nerve The report said American could become an extrem- agent sarin in the area. and Russian officials now believe ist haven like Taliban-era In addition, the team is investi- Syria’s entire arsenal could be Afghanistan as he called for gating alleged attacks on August 22 dismantled within a nine-month cooperation to end the coun- in Bahhariyeh, near Damascus, on time-frame, and that the unweap- try’s civil war. August 24 in the Jubar district of onised state of the chemicals Iran considers Syrian the capital, and a seventh incident made it less likely they could President Bashar Al Assad its reported in Ashrafiyeh Sahnaya, be hidden or seized by terrorist closest regional ally and has not Damascus province, on August 25. organisations. accepted US intelligence that “The UN team of investiga- The Post cited two unnamed the regime killed some 1,400 tors, which returned to Syria A Free Syrian Army fighter walks amid debris at a site hit by what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to people who had been briefed on people in a chemical weapons for a second working visit on Syria’s President Bashar Al Assad, in Deir Al Zor, yesterday the analysis. The Post reported attack last month. “My gov- September 25, expects to final- that in private briefings to weap- ernment strongly condemns ise its activities in the country ons experts, analysts had esti- the use of chemical weapons by Monday (September 30),” mated Syria possesses more than in Syria,” Rowhani told a New the statement said. UN officials More rebel groups reject 1,000 tonnes of chemical weap- York think tank forum, with- said the incidents in Bahhariyeh, ons, including 300 tonnes of sulfur out assigning blame. Jubar and Ashrafiyeh Sahnaya mustard. “I am also concerned about were all reported by the Syrian However, the remainder of the the breeding ground created government after the controversy stockpile was made up of chemi- in parts of Syrian territory for over the August 21 attack. opposition coalition cal precursors to nerve agents that extremist ideology and a rally The UN team’s first report, were “unweaponised” and in “liquid point for terrorists, which is issued on September 16, said BEIRUT: More than 30 rebel the path of the revolution”. the SMC. The statement also bulk” form and therefore easier to reminiscent of another region there was evidence that sarin factions have broken with the Syria’s opposition forces have blamed the international com- destroy. The report said two chem- adjacent to our eastern borders had been used in the August 21 Western-backed Syrian opposi- been riven with factionalism since munity for failing to stop “crimes ical precursors for sarin nerve gas in the 1990s,” he said. attack. But the experts are man- tion organisation and its military the revolt against Assad began. against humanity committed by needed to be blended using special “This is an issue of concern dated only to investigate whether wing, according to a video state- There have also been tensions the criminal Bashar along with equipment before being loaded into not only to us but also to many chemical weapons were used, not ment posted on the Internet. between increasingly powerful terrorist gangs from Iran, (Iraqi rockets or artillery shells. other countries, which requires to determine who was responsible Though representing a small Islamist groups and those that Prime Minister Nouri) Maliki’s Meanwhile, UN experts in cooperation and joint efforts for their use. percentage of the rebel forces, support a secular vision for a militias and Hezbollah.” Syria are investigating seven aimed at finding a durable, A separate team from the the announcement by dozens of post-Assad Syria. The sectarian dimension of alleged chemical weapons attacks inter-Syrian political solution.” OPCW is due to begin its work units from different areas across Earlier this week, some of the the conflict has drawn in for- and expect to wind up their work AFP inspecting Syria’s chemical weap- the country further undermines largest and most influential rebel eign fighters from neighbouring on the ground on Monday, the ons on October 1, a day after the international efforts to build a pro- factions, including the Al Qaeda- countries. Thousands of Sunni United Nations said yesterday. UN team finishes its mission. Western military force to replace linked Nusra Front, announced militants have entered Syria to In a statement issued from probed include a March 19 inci- The OPCW is overseeing imple- President Bashar Al Assad. their rejection of the Western- fight alongside the rebels, while Damascus, where the team of dent in Khan Al Assal in Aleppo mentation of a US-Russian deal The statement read online by backed opposition coalition and Lebanese Shia militant group experts arrived earlier this week, that both the regime and rebels under which Syria has agreed to rebel officer Ammar Al Wawi called for its reorganisation under Hezbollah and Shia militias from the UN said the experts hoped reported, each accusing the other turn over its chemical arsenal for cited “the catastrophic failure” an Islamic framework. The groups Iraq have sent men to fight along- to have a comprehensive report side of responsibility. Other sites destruction. of the Syrian National Coalition which Wawi cited were consider- side Assad’s forces. ready “by late October”. The UN being investigated include the In a related development, a car (SNC) and its military wing, the ably smaller and less influential Many Syrian opposition groups mission is separate from a team of Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhood bomb killed 30 people in the town Supreme Military Council (SMC). than those units. inside Syria, regardless of their Organisation for the Prohibition of Aleppo city, allegedly the site of Rankus, north of Damascus, the It said the groups’ withdrawal Yesterday’s statement made ideological background, are scep- of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) of an April attack, and Saraqeb in Syrian Observatory for Human of support was precipitated by the no reference to Islamic law, but tical and resentful of the Western inspectors due to start work the northwest province of Idlib on Rights said. It also said that 11 foreign-based leadership’s “mar- it went further than the ear- and Gulf Arab-backed National next week in Syria to destroy its the border with Turkey. people were killed in a regime air ginalisation ... from the revolu- lier announcement by explicitly Coalition, an umbrella organisa- chemical arsenal. The team is also continuing raid in northern Aleppo province. tionary force operating on the rejecting the military command of tion for opposition groups abroad. The alleged attacks being investigations into an August 21 AFP ground” and its “deviation from General Salim Idriss, who heads REUTERS

Iraq ratifies Mursi supporters take nuclear test to streets across Egypt ban treaty CAIRO: Several people were has struggled to mobilise and the wounded in the Egyptian coastal numbers of Mursi supporters on VIENNA: Iraq yesterday rati- city of Alexandria yester- the streets has been dwindling fied the Comprehensive Nuclear day when supporters of ousted with every passing week. Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), an Islamist president Mohammed In Cairo, pro-Mursi demon- accord that however cannot Mursi clashed with his oppo- strators sprayed anti-military enter into force until the United nents, security officials said. graffiti on the walls of buildings States, China and six other Mursi loyalists had taken to the as they marched on the Nile cor- states follow suit. streets in several cities to protest niche in the Maadi neighbour- “Iraq’s commitment to relin- against the military’s overthrow hood, witnesss said. quish the most devastating kind of the Islamist leader in July. Protests were also staged in of weapons by banning nuclear In Alexandria, residents of the the Cairo districts of Nasr City explosions ... inches us closer Al Assafra neighbourhood hurled and Mohandesseen, in the Nile towards the realisation of a stones at hundreds of pro-Mursi Delta province of Sharqiya and zone free of nuclear weapons in marchers, setting off clashes the central province Qena, secu- the Middle East,” said Lassina before police intervened to stop rity officials said. Zerbo, executive secretary of the the fighting, one official said. It Meanwhile in village of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban has been nearly three months Kerdassa on the outskirts of Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). since Egypt’s first democratically Cairo, security forces continued Iraq’s move, formalised at UN elected president was deposed by to make arrests as they searched headquarters in New York, raises the army following massive pro- for Islamist militants as part of the number of countries that have tests calling for his ouster. a sustained crackdown on pro- adhered fully to the treaty to 161. His Muslim Brotherhood Mursi supporters. In the Middle East, Egypt, movement had staged rallies and Meanwhile, gunmen killed an Israel, Iran, and Yemen have not Protesters throw stones at Israeli security forces during clashes in Hebron yesterday. set up protest camps to demand Egyptian policeman in the law- yet ratified the CTBT, while Saudi his reinstatement, but security less Sinai peninsula, where the Arabia and Syria remain outside forces dispersed them in August military has been engaged in a as non-signatories. Palestinians mark uprising anniversary in a bloody crackdown that left campaign to root out militants. Efforts to create a zone in the hundreds dead. The police officer was shot dead Middle East free of nuclear weap- GAZA CITY: Thousands of used tear gas,” she said. Palestinians who hurled rocks With its leadership and many of as he left a hotel in the North ons have failed to make progress, Palestinians demonstrated yes- At the Nusseirat rally, Hamas and rolled flaming tyres at them. its activists in jail, the movement Sinai town of El Arish. AFP with a hoped-for meeting in late terday in the Gaza Strip, the West MP Mushir Al Masri called on There were no immediate 2012 failing to take place. Bank and east Jerusalem to mark West Bankers to launch a fresh reports of injuries. In Israeli- To enter into force, the CTBT the anniversary of an uprising revolt. “We call on the masses annexed east Jerusalem, police must be signed and ratified by 44 against occupation, clashing in of our Palestinian people in the said they arrested 12 people in specific states, only 36 of which places with Israeli forces. West Bank to revolt against injus- confrontations in and around the have done so including France, In Gaza’s Nusseirat refugee tice and oppression and declare a walled Old City. Russia and Britain. The remaining camp, several thousand people third intifada against the Zionist Palestinians burned tyres and eight are China, the United States, answered a call by the enclaves’ entity,” he said. threw stones at policemen lightly India, Pakistan and North Korea; militant Hamas rulers to march in In Hebron, where Hamas has a injuring one, following Friday Israel, widely believed to have commemoration of the September strong following, stone-throwing prayers at the flashpoint Al Aqsa atomic weapons; Iran, suspected 28, 2000 outbreak of the devastat- protesters clashed with Israeli mosque compound, police spokes- of wanting them; and Egypt. ing second intifada, or uprising. forces in the city centre and Al woman Luba Samri said. Iraq under Saddam Hussein Another rally, near the border Fara camp, witnesses said. The compound, home to was found to have had a secret fence with Israel, ended with five Palestinian medics said that Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the nuclear weapons programme people suffering the effects of 10 people were lightly wounded Rock mosque, was the scene of which was disbanded following tear gas fired by Israeli troops, by rubber-coated bullets and two a controversial September 2000 the 1991 Gulf War. The US-led Palestinian medical sources said. by live fire. And at Beitunia, near visit by then Israeli premier Ariel invasion in 2003 was in part An Israeli army spokeswoman Ramallah and close to an Israeli Sharon, which inflamed Muslim carried out on the pretext that said that “approximately 300 prison where Palestinians are sensitivities and was seen as the Saddam was seeking nuclear Palestinians” entered a no-go zone jailed, the army spokeswoman trigger for deadly violence that Supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi hold posters of the ‘four- weapons, but to date no evidence adjacent to the fence. “In order to said troops used “riot-disper- soon engulfed the occupied ter- fingered salute’ during a protest in Cairo yesterday. of this has been found. AFP disperse the gathering...soldiers sal means” against about 150 ritories. AFP SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY UN panel warns of rising temperatures, blames mankind

STOCKHOLM: A UN panel Nobel-winning group said it was excuses over action are playing (1.8 F) by 2100 over 2000 levels, floods and droughts in a warmer deal by 2015 on curbing green- said yesterday that it was more “extremely likely” — a term mean- with fire,” he said in a statement. ranging from 0.3 to 1.7 C (0.5-3.1 world. According to World house gas emissions. certain than ever that humans ing it was 95-percent convinced — The IPCC document is the first F). This is the only scenario that Meteorological Organisation Ban will host a summit in were the cause of global warm- that humans caused more than volume in a trilogy summarising can safely meet a UN target of chief Michel Jarraud, the report September 2014 to boost political ing and predicted temperatures half the warming observed over the status of global warming and 2 C (3.6 F) which also factors in underscored that “our activities commitment to containing warm- would rise another 0.3 to 4.8 the past 60 years. its impacts. The panel has deliv- warming from the start of the today will have a profound effect ing to 2.0 C — the level at which degrees Celsius (0.5-8.6 degrees In its last report in 2007, the ered four previous assessment Industrial Revolution to 2000. on society, not just for us but for experts say we can avoid some of Fahrenheit) this century. panel had rated its conviction reports in its 25-year history. By comparison, the highest many generations to come”. the worst climate fallout. The Intergovernmental Panel at 90 percent. UN climate chief Each edition has pounded out IPCC scenario has an average The decade ending 2010 had “The heat is on,” said the UN on Climate Change (IPCC) also Christiana Figueres said the an ever-louder drumbeat to warn warming this century of 3.7 C (6.7 already been the warmest on chief. “Now we must act.” Political projected sea levels would rise report’s release was “an alarm that temperatures are rising and F), ranging from 2.6 C (4.7 F) to record, and was marked by interest in climate change dwin- between 26 and 82 centimetres clock moment for the world”. the risk to the climate system—in a 4.8 C (8.6 F) — a figure many extreme weather events. “We dled after a near-disastrous UN (10.4 and 32.8 inches) by 2100, and “To steer humanity out of the drought, floods, storms and rising experts consider catastrophic. ignore these scientific warnings at summit in Copenhagen in 2009, warned of a higher risk for heat high danger zone, governments seas — is accentuating. “Global surface temperature our own peril,” said Andrew Steer, and willingness for concessions waves, floods and droughts. must step up immediate climate The panel’s projections for 2100 change for the 21st century is pro- head of the World Resources has fallen back in developed Environmental activists and action and craft an agreement in are based on computer models of jected to be likely to exceed 1.5 C Institute, a US-based think-tank. countries still struggling from the scientists said the first volume of 2015 that helps to scale up” efforts trends in heat-trapping green- relative to 1850-1900 in all but the “Climate change is here and 2008 financial crisis. the panel’s long-awaited review, to curb greenhouse gas emissions, house gas emissions, especially lowest scenario considered,” said it’s advancing even faster than The work released yesterday released in Stockholm, made it she said. from coal, oil and gas, which pro- Thomas Stocker, co-chairman we realised. Human activities comprises a 2,000-page report clearer than ever that Man’s fos- And US Secretary of State vide the backbone of energy sup- of the IPCC working group that are at the core of it.” In a video authored by 257 scientists, sil-fuel burning must be urgently John Kerry also urged strong ply today. authored the report. statement, UN Secretary General plus a 36-page Summary for curbed to limit future damage to action, labelling the report “yet The most optimistic of four Heatwaves were “very likely” Ban Ki-moon said the report Policymakers. Two more volumes the climate system. another wake-up call”. “Those warming scenarios sees an aver- to occur more frequently and last was “essential” for governments will be released next year. In a report summary, the who deny the science or choose age temperature rise of 1.0 C longer, he said, with added risk of thrashing out an ambitious global AFP

Opposition to Obamacare decried Two men deny Kenya vows brutal murder of British soldier

LONDON: Two men pleaded not guilty to the brutal murder no pullback of a British soldier on a London street when they appeared in court yesterday. Michael Adebolajo, 28, and Michael Adebowale, 22, appeared from Somalia by video link from prison to deny murdering Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London, on May 22. Al Shabaab warns of more bloodshed Rigby’s widow broke down in tears and sobbed as the video was NAIROBI: Kenya vowed yes- wounded in the four-day mall broadcast in a packed courtroom terday not to bow to Al Shabaab carnage. Police continued to at the Old Bailey court in London. threats of more attacks if troops scour the fire-blackened rubble Both men also denied attempt- are not pulled out of Somalia, in Westgate for bodies and clues, ing to murder a police officer on following a devastating mall with Lenku insisting that con- May 22, the day of Rigby’s death, attack in Nairobi by the Al tents of smashed shops would be and conspiracy to murder a police Qaeda-linked insurgents. protected from looters. officer on or before that day. “We went to Somalia because Al Kenya’s parliamentary defence Adebolajo — who was listed in Shabaab was a threat to national committee meanwhile ordered court documents as Mujaahid security... We will continue to army, security and intelligence Rocky Twyman holds a sign decrying Republican leaders for their opposition to funding the Affordable Care Abu Hamza — and Adebowale will take action on that front until chiefs to answer questions about Act (commonly known as Obamacare), outside the US Capitol in Washington yesterday. President Barack go on trial on November 17. AFP our security and interests in the the handling of the siege next week. Obama lashed out at Republican opponents of the healthcare law ahead of a key deadline for enrolment and country are protected,” Interior Police have pleaded for vowed that he would stop attempts to get the programme bogged down in an ongoing budget stalemate. Couple charged over Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said. patience as Kenyan and inter- Somalia’s Shabaab chief Ahmed national teams — including from death of ‘missing’ Abdi Godane said the Nairobi Britain, the United States, Israel, Westgate mall carnage in which Germany, Canada and Interpol — five-year-old girl at least 67 people were killed painstakingly examine the mall. would be followed by “more blood- With around a third of the US may revise NSA spying powers PERPIGNAN: The stepfather shed” unless Kenya left Somalia. building collapsed and with the of a missing five-year-old French Kenya invaded southern Somalia risk of booby traps amongst the WASHINGTON: Lawmakers government’s spying authority to Security Agency, General Keith girl was charged yesterday with to attack Al Shebaab bases two mangled wreckage, the work of overseeing US spy agencies yes- monitor terror suspects enter- Alexander, sidestepped questions unintentionally killing her, in a years ago, and later joined the international forensic and secu- terday proposed stricter limits ing the United States. The move from Senator Mark Wyden about case that has gripped France. 17,700-strong African Union force rity experts will take days to on the government’s electronic was needed because current rules whether the government has ever The mother of the child, Cecile deployed in the country. complete. surveillance while also calling require the NSA to halt surveil- used or planned to use mobile Bourgeon, elicited nationwide Funerals continued yesterday Several members of the Kenyan for bolstering its authority to lance once the suspect sets foot on phone data to track the location sympathy with her tale of how, for the victims on the third and forces involved in battle inside the track terror suspects coming to American soil, she said. of Americans. pregnant at the time, she had final day of official mourning, mall said that the fire broke out America. “These are known as roaming Alexander said the NSA can fallen asleep on a park bench in with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday after Kenyans fired Senator Dianne Feinstein, incidents. Of course, this collec- only collect “cell phone site” data May and had woken to find her attending the service of his at least two bazooka anti-tank chair of the Senate Intelligence tion is stopped just as the indi- with a specific court order but did little girl was gone. slain nephew. As well as scores rockets at the gunmen, who were Committee, defended the vidual may be — may be — of the not give a clear yes or no answer The 25-year-old had issued a of Kenyans, many of the dead holed up in the strong room of a National Security Agency’s collec- greatest concern,” she said. to the question. tearful appeal for help in find- were foreigners, including from supermarket. tion of phone and email records as In the wake of revelations “General, if you’re responding ing her daughter, Fiona. But both Britain, Canada, China, France, Interpol issued an interna- legal but said she and other mem- by intelligence leaker Edward to my question by not answer- Bourgeon and her partner Berkane the Netherlands, India, South tional arrest notice at Kenya’s bers of the panel favoured reforms Snowden about the government’s ing it, because you think that’s a Maklouf, 32, were taken in for Africa and South Korea. request for 29-year-old Samantha to bolster oversight and restrict electronic dragnet, Feinstein classified matter, that is certainly questioning on Tuesday and told But dozens more are unac- Lewthwaite, dubbed the ‘White some data collection. lamented media reports that she your right,” said Wyden, who investigators that the girl had died counted for, with 59 people still Widow’, a reference to her mar- “Among other things, we are said had often “inaccurately” por- has been an outspoken critic of at home, prompting a police search. listed by the Red Cross as miss- riage to one of the suicide bombers considering provisions to do the fol- trayed the NSA’s work and had NSA secrecy and its electronic The mother has been charged ing after the attack. The extrem- who killed 52 people in London’s lowing: place limits on NSA’s phone unfairly sowed public distrust of surveillance. with four offences: failing to help ists gloated at the massacre. “The July 2005 terror attacks. metadata programme to change the spy agencies. “We will continue to explore a person in danger, unlawfully mesmeric performance by the Five suspected attackers were but preserve this programme,” However, a tense exchange at that because I believe this is some- handling a dead body, falsely Westgate Warriors was undoubt- killed in the mall and eight other Feinstein said at a committee hear- the hearing underscored linger- thing the American people have a reporting a crime and interfer- edly gripping, but despair not folks, people detained, officials said. ing with intelligence chiefs. ing questions and concerns among right to know whether the NSA ing with a crime scene. AFP that was just the premiere of Act Three others have since been While calling for tougher some lawmakers about the scope has ever collected or made plans 1,” the group said. released without charge. rules, the senator also said she of NSA surveillance. to collect cell site information.” Knox murder retrial Close to 200 people were AFP backed measures to enhance the The head of the National AFP set to open in Italy Suitcase alert in Munich ROME: Italy will put Amanda Knox back on trial on Monday for the murder of her British London mayor rekindles roommate in 2007, but the American will not return to attend court in the country that national ambitions jailed her — she says wrongly — for four years. LONDON: London’s charis- 23 percent for the prime minister. Dubbed “Foxy Knoxy” by a matic mayor, Boris Johnson, has While pledging loyalty to fascinated news media, Knox dropped his strongest hint yet Cameron, Johnson has made no was found guilty in 2009 of kill- that he is interested in return- secret of his ambition to suc- ing 21-year-old Meredith Kercher ing to national politics, with ceed him if a vacancy were to in what was described as a drug- comments set to renew specula- arise. And the mayor told the FT fuelled sexual assault. After win- tion over his ambitions to lead (Financial Times) Magazine in an ning an appeal in 2011, Knox, the Conservative party. interview to be published today and her former Italian boyfriend Johnson, known for his eccen- that last month’s dramatic par- Raffaele Sollecito, also convicted tric manner, sharp wit and liamentary debate on Syria had of the murder, were released. unruly mop of blond hair, has long rekindled his desire to return to The case is being tried again been tipped as a potential leader the front line of national politics. after Italy’s supreme court over- if the current incumbent, Prime “During the whole Syria thing, turned the acquittals, noting “con- Minister David Cameron, were for the first time in years, I wished tradictions and inconsistencies”. to suffer a party coup or lose the I was in parliament,” Johnson, 49, Knox has always denied mur- next election in 2015. told the FT, putting the party lead- dering Kercher, who was found Johnson’s popularity soared ership on the agenda ahead of the with more than 40 wounds, ahead of Cameron’s with London’s Conservative’s annual party confer- including a deep gash in the successful hosting of the 2012 ence starting on Sunday. With his throat, in the apartment they Olympics Games. A survey by current mayoral term due to run shared in Perugia, a picturesque Two policemen block the hall in the main station in Munich, Germany, yesterday. A suspicious suitcase was pollster ComRes in June showed until 2016, he has ruled out stand- town in central Italy that attracts detected, leading to about two hours’ closure of the station. the mayor enjoying a favourability ing in the 2015 general election. students from around the world. rating of 44 percent compared to AFP REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Asia Asylum boat Police convoy ambushed in Thailand sinks off Indonesia 22 people, mostly children, killed

JAKARTA: At least 22 peo- bodies, most of them are chil- ple, mostly children, drowned dren as they cannot swim,” he and scores are missing after an said. “The dead bodies were swept Australia-bound boat carrying ashore by big waves.” The official, Middle Eastern asylum-seekers who like many Indonesians goes sank off Indonesia yesterday in by one name, said, it was danger- rough seas, police said. ous for rescue boats due to “big Twenty-five people were waves” and the boat had been plucked to safety but more than “broken into several pieces”. 70 were unaccounted for after A spokesman for the Indonesian Members of the security forces take cover behind a car after a police convoy was ambushed by separatist militants, injuring three policemen, in the the boat carrying people from search and rescue agency said Yingo district of Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat yesterday. Lebanon, Jordan and Yemen went that four of its boats, along with down off the main Indonesian fishing boats, had earlier been island of Java, police said. searching for the missing. The It was the first deadly asylum search had been called off when it boat accident since Tony Abbott got dark and would resume again became Australia’s prime minis- today, he said. China unveils details on FTZ Malaysian rights ter this month and came just days Warsono said that survivors before he visits Indonesia for talks told him the boat was carry- BEIJING: China has officially said the contents released yes- pledged to push forward to shift activist denied likely to focus on his tough policies ing around 120 people when it unveiled details of its first free terday indicated that China will the economy away from depend- aimed at deterring boatpeople. went down and had been head- trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, accelerate its capital account ence on big-ticket investments Australian visa One Lebanese man escaped ing for the Australian territory shedding light yesterday on the convertibility and financial sector and more towards consumer KUALA LUMPUR: A lead- from the sinking boat by swim- of Christmas Island. They had reform path of the new leader- reforms, but its ability to manage demand as the key growth engine. ing Malaysian rights activist ming to an island — but he departed from the fishing town ship as it aims to transform the capital flows will also be tested. China’s economy, the world’s who faces sedition charges at believes his eight children and of Pelabuhan Ratu, in the district world’s second-largest economy. “It is politically wise to conduct second largest, expanded 7.7 per- home has said he was denied pregnant wife were killed, an offi- of Sukabumi, on the south coast The FTZ project, which received a pilot in a small and restricted cent in 2012, its slowest pace in 13 a visa to enter Australia, rais- cial in Lebanon said. of western Java, he said. government approval last month, area as the Chinese authorities years. Growth stood at 7.7 percent ing suggestions Canberra Hussein Khodr called people The Lebanese foreign ministry will be inaugurated on Sunday, intend to contain potential risks,” in the first three months of this had buckled to pressure from in his home village of Kabiit “and said that it had been informed the official Xinhua news agency ANZ bank economists wrote in a year and slowed further to 7.5 Kuala Lumpur. Haris Ibrahim, told them that the boat sank at by its ambassador to Jakarta reported this week. The govern- research note yesterday. percent in the April-June period. a strident campaigner against dawn, when waves destabilised that 18 Lebanese had been pulled ment will allow free yuan convert- “We view the ability to control “It (the zone) should be made an the Malaysian government the vessel,” said Ahmad Darwish, from the water during the res- ibility under the capital account on capital flows as the biggest chal- experimental field to push forward now headed by Prime Minister local government head in the cue operation. The boat suffered a trial basis, and test market-set lenge for the FTZ,” the econo- reforms, improve the open econ- Najib Razak, said he was seek- northern Lebanese village. mechanical problems 10 hours interest rates and cross-border use mists said, adding onshore and omy, as well as accumulate expe- ing a meeting with Australian Darwish said it was not the after setting off and attempted of yuan in the zone. offshore interest rate differentials rience that can be duplicated and officials for clarification. “I sent first time that people from the to retrace its course back to Restrictions on foreign invest- will spur capital inflows. promoted,” the State Council said. a request to meet with the rel- poor region had sought to reach Indonesia—but it ended up sink- ment will also be eased, as regu- The free trade zone will amal- However, the announcement evant officer at the Australian Australia by boarding rickety ing, said the ministry. lations on operations of foreign gamate four existing bonded trade made no mention of a reported High Commission with a view asylum-seeker boats in Indonesia. Hundreds of asylum-seekers firms and Sino-foreign joint zones in Shanghai -- China’s com- plan to liberalise the country’s to fully explaining the purpose Warsono, a police official in from around the world have died ventures will be “temporarily mercial hub -- and span almost tightly-controlled Internet sec- of my intended visit to Australia Cianjur district on Java, said the in recent years trying to make adjusted” in the zone for three 29 square kilometres (11 square tor in the zone. According to the and to lay to rest any and all con- bodies were discovered floating in the treacherous sea crossing from years from October 1, according miles), according to Xinhua. State Council, China will also ease cerns they may have,” he said in an estuary yesterday morning. Indonesia to Australia on rickety, to the details, which are largely in The zone is part of structural restrictions on trade as well as 18 an entry posted on his blog on “We have now found 22 dead wooden boats. AFP line with a draft plan. Economists reforms that authorities have service sectors. AFP Thursday. Haris was charged with sedition after he suggested, shortly after the long-ruling coalition government retained Higher pay demand power in divisive May 5 elec- Myanmar’s tallest tions, that Malaysians reject the polls outcome. Haris, who is man undergoes Japan’s defence chief due to be tried next year, con- firmed the visa refusal when successful surgery contacted but declined to dis- vows to update army cuss specifics. YANGON: Myanmar’s tall- est man — “Big Zaw” — has TOKYO: Japan’s defence chief Japan has become chary of its Thai PM to visit returned from Singapore where vowed yesterday to press ahead place in the world at a time when doctors said he underwent suc- with updating the country’s China’s naval activity is on the 4 flood-hit areas cessful brain surgery to remove military at a time of Chinese rise and as unpredictable North BANGKOK: A total of 24 a tumour responsible for his expansion, and called for a Korea continues its missile and provinces in Thailand are excessive growth. rebalancing of Tokyo’s role in nuclear programmes. flooded, and Prime Minister Win Zaw Oo, who stands seven its security relations with the Onedera’s remarks come before Yingluck Shinawatra is sched- feet eight inches tall (233cm) United States. he and Foreign Minister Fumio uled to visit four of them this arrived in Yangon on Thursday Itsunori Onodera, speaking Kishida hold Japan-US security weekend, according to Thai from the city-state where spe- ahead of a meeting with his US talks with Secretary of State John media reports. Yingluck will cialists carried out the life-saving opposite number next week, said Kerry and Defence Secretary visit Pathum Thani, and on eight-hour operation. his ministry was hastening the Chuck Hagel on October 3 in Sunday she will visit Prachin Media reports about “Big Zaw”, compilation of a new defence Tokyo. Buri, Si Sa Ket, and Ubon who is believed to be the tallest model. “The security environment Onodera said Japan should Ratchathani. More than 2.1 man in the former junta-ruled surrounding Japan has dramati- consider boosting its offensive million people have affected nation, stirred global interest cally changed over he past few power to even up a relationship by the floods this month, and leading to offers to pay for the years,” he said. he characterised as one in which over 1.14 million of farmland $55,000 surgery. “This is because of the mod- Tokyo has traditionally car- has been ravaged. The flood- “Everything is fine with me ernisation of our neighbour’s ried the shield and Washington water has damaged 2,310 now,” the 36-year-old, nick- military and their expansion in wielded the weapon. “We have roads, 6,900 houses, and 145 named ‘Big Zaw’ told reporters terms of both quantity and qual- to swiftly discuss how we should bridges, according to Chatchai late Thursday. ity,” Onodera said, in an apparent respond to ... eventualities under Phromlert, director-general of “There is a of bit problem with reference to China that stopped the Japan-US guidelines,” he said. the Disaster Prevention and one of my eyes. The eyesight is a short of mentioning the country “That’s an urgent task.” Mitigation Department. bit hazy.” by name. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Smiling for the cameras at Onodera said the new defence Shinzo Abe vowed to boost Japan’s Medical industry Yangon airport and wearing a model will feature plans to intro- security role on the world stage. custom made shirt and trousers, duce drones for surveillance of Japan’s US-imposed post-World gets S$10m boost Win Zaw Oo said he would soon Police officers block a street during a protest by garment workers in remote territory, and a special War II constitution stripped the SINGAPORE: A S$10m ini- return to his village in Magway the cap ital Phnom Penh yesterday. Garment workers from SL Garment amphibious unit designed to pro- nation of its right to wage war. tiative has been launched to region, adding: “I have missed my Processing attempted to march towards Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house tect southern islands. AFP attract and retain local talents mother so much.” to demand higher pay and better working conditions. in the Medical Technology Doctors said Win Zaw Oo, who industry. Minister in the left Myanmar last month, should Prime Minister’s Office and stop growing after the removal Second Minister for Trade of the tumour on his pituitary and Industry, S Iswaran yes- gland, which was causing his terday launched the MedTech body to produce excessive growth S Korea’s Park ‘sorry’ for welfare rollbacks Industry Transformation hormones. Initiative. Iswaran said Khin Maung Win, a liver spe- SEOUL: South Korea President minister rejected his resignation. president who takes care of the from 2013, its first decline in four that over the last 10 years, cialist who contacted Win Zaw Park Geun-Hye apologised to Social welfare was a top voter lives of each one of you.” years, the ministry added. Singapore’s Medical technol- Oo after his condition came to senior citizens yesterday over issue in last year’s presidential But as well as shelving the The main opposition ogy industry has more than light and offered to pay most of the latest in a series of dam- campaign, with caring for the pension allowance, she has been Democratic Party argued that doubled its manufacturing the costs, said the operation was aging rollbacks over welfare elderly a special concern in one forced to postpone another cam- Park’s promises had been empty output to S$4.3bn in 2012. a “100 percent success”. spending -- a key plank of her of the world’s most rapidly-ageing paign pledge -- to halve college from the outset. Win Zaw Oo, who has spent election campaign. societies. tuitions -- until at least 2015. “Her government simply spouts Japan firm to buy much of his life barefoot because “I am truly regretful and apolo- Park, who became the coun- Her administration has blamed rhetoric about the welfare of the his family was unable to afford getic,” Park told pensioners dur- try’s first woman president, had the rollbacks on slower eco- people, while trampling on them Zoltek for $584m special shoes, is significantly taller ing a lunch meeting a day after pitched herself as the welfare nomic growth and dwindling tax in the meantime,” party leader TOKYO: Japan’s Toray than the 168cm (five foot six) she reneged on a campaign pledge choice, suggesting her unmarried revenues. Kim Han-Gil told a briefing for Industries, the world’s top average Myanmar man. to provide a monthly allowance of status meant she could devote The Finance Ministry said foreign reporters. supplier of carbon fibres, His case has cast light on the 200,000 won ($186) to all senior herself to the people’s well-being. Thursday that Asia’s fourth- Opinion polls shows Park’s said yesterday it would buy limitations of Myanmar’s thread- citizens aged 65 or above. “You, the people, are my fam- largest economy would run a fis- popularity has slipped in recent smaller US rival Zoltek bare healthcare system, which Earlier in the day, Health ily,” she said in her final TV cal deficit of 1.8 percent of gross weeks, although she still enjoys Companies for about $584m. was neglected during decades of Minister Chin Young had offered address before election day. “Like domestic product next year. an approval rating of around 60 AGENCIES army rule. to step down to take responsibil- a mother who dedicates her life Next year’s government reve- percent. AFP ity for the U-turn, but the prime to her family, I will become the nue is expected to fall 0.5 percent AFP SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY Last hostages rescued; 15 rebels killed Zamboanga stand-off casts doubts on government’s efforts to bring an end to 40 years of Muslim rebellion

MANILA: Philippine forces Front (MNLF) were killed in a “I think the entire affair has said yesterday they had rescued Thursday night clash, an army been an embarrassment for the the last civilians held by Muslim spokesman said. government: an armed band rebels on a southern island after “We have secured the last of thugs taking over parts of a nearly three weeks of fighting six hostages,” the spokesman, major urban centre for nearly that has raised doubts about Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon three weeks,” Richard Jacobson government efforts to end dec- Zagala, told a news conference in of the security consultancy Pacific ades-old insurgencies. Zamboanga. Strategies and Assessments Hundreds of members of a “We were told these were the (PS&A) said. Muslim rebel faction, angered last group of people held by the The Zamboanga fighting has by a pact struck with the main rebels. We now have accounted also cast doubts on the govern- Muslim rebel group, marched into for 195 hostages.” ment’s efforts to bring an end Zamboanga City on September 9. About 300 of the gunmen had to 40 years of Muslim rebellion They took hundreds of hostages surrendered or been captured, that has killed 120,000 people, and began battling the security Zagala said. But the city is not displaced 2 million and created forces. fully secure. There was sporadic a cycle of humanitarian cri- The violence has sat uncom- gunfire yesterday and two pow- sis. About 750,000 people were fortably with the new-found rep- erful explosions were heard in displaced in 2008 by conflict in utation of the Christian-majority areas where US-trained comman- another part of Mindanao. country as an emerging market dos were doing house-to-house The MNLF leader behind this success and one of Asia’s fastest- searches, Zagala said. month’s fighting signed a peace growing economies. The violence could make inves- deal with the government in 1996. About 200 people, including 166 tors think twice before venturing Despite the pockets of lin- rebels, have been killed and more into the poor but resource-rich gering trouble in Zamboanga, than 100,000 residents of the port south, which has untapped depos- Mayor Isabelle Climaco-Salazar city on the main southern island its of oil, gas and minerals. said large parts of the city had of Mindanao were displaced. It has also raised questions returned to normal with most Fifteen members of the about the government’s ability offices, banks, shops and schools Soldiers wear gas masks due to the smell of decaying bodies as they patrol among destroyed houses at the site breakaway faction of the sepa- to handle such challenges to its open. The airport and port were of heavy fighting during the stand-off between the army and MNLF in Zamboanga City on Thursday. ratist Moro National liberation authority. also back to work. REUTERS South China Sea case against Beijing gathers pace

HONG KONG: The Philippines’ in this legal gambit and it wants locked in their own disputes with of further encroachment when a flashpoints amid China’s military threatened, Philippines officials legal challenge against China’s to ensure success regardless of China over sea territory, officials naval frigate and two other ships build-up and the US strategic said they had no alternative. claims in the South China Sea the cost,” said security scholar Ian from both countries say. steamed within five nautical “pivot” back to Asia. Unable to contest actual sov- is gathering pace, emerging as a Storey of Singapore’s Institute of The US, which is deepening miles of a dilapidated transport The claims of the Philippines, ereignty in international courts “proxy battle” over Beijing’s ter- South East Asian Studies. military ties with the Philippines, ship that Manila ran aground on Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei are without China’s consent, Manila ritorial reach. “If the Philippine team submits a longstanding treaty ally, is also Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 to bisected by China’s “nine-dash instead launched its arbitration in Manila has assembled a crack a less than convincing case...this watching. The legal battle mir- mark its territory. line” — the historic claim that January — despite formal objec- international legal team to fight would be very embarrassing for rors tensions at sea, where China One Asian envoy from a non- reaches deep into the maritime tions from Beijing. its unprecedented arbitration Manila and put it right back to and the Philippines eye each other claimant country said: “We are heart of Southeast Asia. Philippines Foreign Ministry case under the United Nations’ square one in its dispute with over rival occupations of the watching and worrying about an European states, Russia, India spokesman Raul Hernandez said Convention on the Law of the Sea China. Scarborough and Second Thomas accident or miscalculation spark- and South Korea are also moni- Manila remained positive that the — ignoring growing pressure from “Beijing would also be embold- shoals. Chinese vessels occupied ing an armed confrontation. So toring events, given the sea’s action would clarify the claims Beijing to scrap the action. ened to pursue its claims even Scarborough after a tense two- in some ways this growing legal shipping lanes and potential oil and entitlements of claimants to Any result will be unenforce- more assertively than it has been month standoff between rival fight looks like the proxy battle, and gas resources, diplomats and “benefit the region and the inter- able, legal experts say, but will doing over the past few years.” vessels last year — a move some you could say.” military officials say. national community as a whole”. carry considerable moral and Beyond the legal questions, the regional analysts have described Overlapping claims in the Frustrated by slow progress Manila’s team is preparing argu- political weight. case carries political and diplo- as an effective annexation by South China Sea — traversed by by the Association of South East ments to show that the nine-dash The Philippines has invested a matic risks and is being closely Beijing. half the world’s shipping tonnage Asian Nations in easing tensions line claim is invalid under of the “huge amount of political capital watched by Japan and Vietnam, The Philippines accused China — are one of the region’s biggest and fearing its sovereignty was Law of the Sea. AGENCIES

Aquino to visit Seoul on trade Five more witnesses testify in $240m scam trial mission MANILA: Five more witnesses her personal bank accounts. appeared before the commit- Getrudes said she helped the Sandiganbayan. Owing to in the $240m congressional Sula revealed that Napoles had tee two days after an irked Blue repack the cash to be given to Napoles’ supposed influence in MANILA: President fund scam attended yesterday directed her to help in forming Ribbon chairman Sen. Teofisto Napoles’ contacts in government the Sandiganbayan, Sula said the Benigno Aquino III will visit the resumption of the Senate and providing documentation for Guingona confronted Justice upon the latter’s instructions. case was dismissed in 2010. South Korea on October 17-18 Blue Ribbon committee hearing the NGOs. Secretary Leila de Lima for fail- Sula, a former employee After Suñas, Sula revealed to meet his counterpart Park to corroborate the statement of Senator Aquilino Pimentel III ing to bring the witnesses during at the Philippine Navy Naval that she was also privy to the Geun-hye, the Department whistle-blower Benhur Luy on described Napoles’ scheme as a the Senate hearing last Tuesday. Construction Brigade, narrated details of the properties owned by of Foreign Affairs (DFA) the “web of fraud” perpetrated web of fraud as he noted how it Luy’s mother, who worked as how Napoles started her scheme Napoles and those placed under announced yesterday. by businesswoman Janet Lim- spanned the siphoning of funds nanny of Napoles’ children for 22 at the Navy headquarters where her foundations. The state visit will include Napoles through the years. using some lawmakers’ alloca- years, said she witnessed millions the family-owned Jocris — According to Sula, she per- discussions on bilateral issues Marina Sula, 55, told the Senate tions to the diversion of the of pesos in cash being brought to named after Napoles’ daughter sonally took care of the require- including political, defence, committee that she played a key Malampaya Fund via some local Napoles’ residence in Alabang, Jo Christine — Trading engaged ments of the foundations such as economic and development role in the creation of 19 government units as implement- Muntinlupa City. in supplying vehicle parts to the the general information sheets, cooperation, and regional and non-government organisations ing agencies and released through In some instances, the cash military. certificates of good standing and international challenges, DFA (NGOs) or foundations used by the Department of Agriculture amounted to at least P30m, kept From vehicle parts, Napoles the documents that needed to be said. Napoles in the scheme to siphon (DA). in Napoles’ bedroom. also went into supplying kevlar submitted to the Securities and The state agency added the congressional fund or the Apart from Sula, Luy’s mother Stacks of bills were also placed vests and helmets, which caused Exchange Commission (SEC) to that Aquino will also visit the Priority Development Assistance Getrudes, Merlina Suñas, Arlene in her employer’s bathtub, she some legal issues that prompted have these NGOs accredited. Korean business community to Fund (PDAF) of lawmakers to Baltazar and Monette Briones said. the filing of charges before THE PHILIPPINE STAR promote trade and investment in the Philippines and interact with the Filipino community in Manila Bay clean-up the capital Seoul. “The Philippines and Republic of Korea estab- Muslim extremists target lished relations on March 3, 1949. During the Korean War in 1950, the Philippine Cotabato power stations Expeditionary Forces to Korea joined the UN-led coalition in NORTH COTABATO: Government troops tightened security defending the freedom of the yesterday around vital power installations in the North Cotabato Korean people. province that are vulnerable to attacks by members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). Rebels bid for Chief Inspector Jordine Maribojo of the Kabacan police said local officials tapped community elders to help prevent a repeat of Thursday highway foiled night’s bombing of a power relay pylon of the National Grid Corp (NGCP) in Barangay Kayaga. NORTH COTABATO: Investigators said the bandits used improvised explosive devices to Government forces foiled topple NGCP’s tower No 141 in Sitio Malabuaya in Barangay Kayaga, early yesterday an attempt Kabacan. A blackout later hit 37 barangays in Cotabato City and nearby by members of the outlawed towns in Maguindanao. Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom More than 10 power towers in North Cotabato with high-tension Fighters (BIFF) to occupy a wires have been sabotaged since 2000. The cables connect the province stretch of the national high- and parts of Central Mindanao to the state-run hydro-electric plant way in M’lang town. in Bukidnon. Members of the Army’s Maribojo said police intelligence operatives, backed by civilian vol- 6th Infantry Division drove unteers, are now positioned in strategic spots in Kayaga to help village the estimated 80 armed ban- officials monitor possible attacks by the BIFF. dits away when they tried to France Capulong, spokesperson for NGCP, told Catholic radio dxMS assemble at the boundary of in Cotabato City that they are now supplying power to the affected barangays Tibao and Dalapitan areas in Central Mindanao through its relay facility in Tacurong City, in Matalam, North Cotabato. southeast of Central Mindanao, as a temporary measure. No one was reported killed Capulong said engineers from Davao City will be dispatched to or wounded in the clash, but Barangay Kayaga to repair the damaged tower. the incident caused panic “Our workers did not go to the area Thursday night because of among residents. security constraints,” Capulong told dxMS via mobile phone. AGENCIES Navy personnel plucking out garbage near their headquarters in Manila Bay to maintain a clean area yesterday. THE PHILIPPINE STAR SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan

Sharif: India-Pakistan arms race ‘massive waste’ Parties inch UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan region would benefit from our and India have wasted “massive cooperation.” resources” on a nuclear arms Sharif said: “We stand ready to closer to race, Pakistan’s Prime Minister re-engage with India in a substan- Nawaz Sharif said yesterday, tive and purposeful dialogue.” ahead of a landmark meeting The Pakistan premier, elected local polls with his Indian counterpart. this year, said he was looking ISLAMABAD: After resist- Despite clashes in disputed forward to the chance “to make ing local elections for four Kashmir this week, Sharif and a new beginning” and added “we years despite constant push- India’s Prime Minister Manmohan have a solid basis to do that.” ing, shoving and hammer- Singh are expected to hold a Sharif said Pakistan and India ing by the superior courts, break-the-ice meeting Saturday must build on a 1999 accord which the ruling Pakistan Muslim on the sidelines of the UN General called for the resolution of all dif- League-N of Prime Minister Assembly. ferences through negotiations. Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan It will be the first talks between “I am committed to working People’s Party of former leaders of the two nations for for a peaceful and economically president Asif Zardari are three years and Sharif said he was prosperous region. This is what finally looking prepared looking forward to the chance to our people want and this is what I to arrange these polls in launch “a new beginning.” have long aspired for,” Sharif said. December. The two principal “Our two countries have wasted On top of being nuclear rivals, political parties have so far massive resources in an arms the two countries have disputed repelled each and every sug- race,” Sharif said in his speech the Himalayan region of Kashmir gestion to hold local elections to the assembly. Both sides have since 1947. and preferred to run the local spent huge amounts on develop- New clashes erupted again this councils through bureaucracy ing a nuclear bomb over the past week in the region, split between with the electorate remaining three decades. the two, in a gradual build-up since without representation at the “We could have used those an ambush in August in which five grass roots level. resources for the economic well- Indian soldiers were killed on the being of our people,” he added. unofficial border. India blamed Logic of playing “We still have that oppor- the Pakistan army for the attack, anthem in cinema Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters tunity. Pakistan and India can a charge that Islamabad denied. in New York yesterday. prosper together; and the entire AFP KARACHI: Heads would reflexively bow down as the words “Saaya-e-Khuda-e-Zul Jalaal”, boom over loudspeak- ers, with most people up on their feet in respect and the ones still sitting feeling a bit guilty, as a dulled out video of Quake toll 515, militants Pakistan’s national anthem 18 killed in was played in cinemas, pre- ceding feature films. Much has changed for the country and the nation. The hamper aid efforts custom has ceased to be a standard practice anymore. ARAWAN: The death toll from “We are sitting under the scorch- “There is a law and order situ- It is still unclear if the prac- Peshawar an earthquake in southwestern ing sun and need shelter.” ation here and other hurdles but tice of not playing the national Pakistan has reached 515, a pro- In Labash village near Awaran, despite everything, we will get anthem is punishable under vincial official said yesterday, more than half of the 3,000 houses to every last person,” said Lt law because the continuously as insurgent attacks threaten have collapsed and those still Gen Nasir Janjua, the highest referred Film Ordinance, 1979, relief efforts and survivors com- standing have wide cracks. ranking military official in the has no mention of it. plain of lack of shelter from the “Everywhere we go people are province. Islamabad enhances bus blast scorching sun. asking for tents,” legislator Abdul Aid must travel by pitted roads Babar Yaqoob, the Chief Qadeer Baloch said. that cut through mountains held Secretary of Baluchistan, gave The arid area is also a strong- by the insurgents. The rebels, who police technology Bomber targets govt employees the updated death toll as he hold of separatist Baluch insur- have killed many civilians and ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad toured the destroyed region of gents, who have twice shot at members of the security forces, Police personnel will be using a PESHAWAR: A powerful confirmed the toll and said there Awaran, where the 7.7 magni- helicopters carrying military are fighting for independence mobile verification system to bomb tore through a bus car- were 44 wounded. Eyewitness said tude quake struck on Tuesday. officials in charge of responding from Pakistan. nab stolen vehicles and catch rying government workers in the blast was so powerful it threw Bodies were still being discov- to the disaster. The UN, meanwhile, confirmed suspects. The policemen on restive northwest Pakistan yes- victims’ bodies clear of the vehicle ered in houses whose mud walls On Thursday, two rockets nar- its readiness to provide humani- patrol or deployed at pickets terday, killing at least 18 people, and onto the roadside. and wooden roof beams had rowly missed the helicopter car- tarian assistance and mobilise have been given access to a data- officials said. “The sound of the blast is still collapsed. rying the general in charge of the international support. Secretary- base which includes information More than 40 others were ringing in my head, I cannot “My daughter was killed when National Disaster Management General Ban Ki-moon expressed on vehicle registration, stolen wounded in the attack on the bus explain it in words,” Lal Zada, 40, my house collapsed - I was also Agency and yesterday shots were sadness about the effects of the vehicles and criminal records hired by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa a government employee whose inside my house but manage to fired at two helicopters carrying earthquake. of proclaimed offenders, court provincial government to take right leg was severely wounded, run out,” said 70-year-old Gul Jan. aid, the military said. AGENCIES absconders, military deserters staff home from work. said. Lal Zada lost his brother-in- and convicted persons, accord- The blast came on the edge of law, also a government employee ing to the police. Police officials provincial capital Peshawar, which in the blast. “All of a sudden, there are expected to use the database has long been a flashpoint for a was a huge explosion. The bus to check particulars of vehicles local Taliban insurgency target- shattered and something hit me and people in real-time. ing government officials, security in my leg and I fell to the floor. It UK to host Nato meet on Afghanistan forces and ordinary civilians. was horrible,” he said. Senior lawyer shot A double suicide bombing on The target was government a church in the city on Sunday employees, Sahibzada Mohammad LONDON: Britain announced among the 28 Nato member would be «an opportunity to mark dead in Karachi killed 82 people, an attack that Anis, the commissioner of yesterday it will host next year’s states, as the 87,000 Nato-led the conclusion of our ISAF mis- ISLAMABAD: A senior law- horrified even a nation used to a Peshawar, said. The bus was head- Nato summit with leaders of troops fighting the Taliban insur- sion at the end of next year, while yer was shot dead in an attack daily diet of blasts and shootings, ing to the town of Charsadda when the military alliance expected gency prepare to leave by the end opening a new chapter in Nato’s in Nazimabad area in the and cast doubt on proposed talks the bomb went off. to focus on Afghanistan as of 2014. engagement with Afghanistan. Pakistani city of Karachi last with the Pakistani Taliban. Horrific scenes were seen in their troops withdraw from the “It will be an opportunity for Formed in 1949 as Cold War night. Naimat Ali Randhawa, Nasir Durrani, the police chief Peshawar’s main Lady Reading conflict. leaders to recognise the contri- tensions with the Soviet Union a former public prosecutor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told hospital where nine dead bodies It is the first time the event is bution and the sacrifice made by soared, the North Atlantic Treaty of Anti-Terrorism Court and reporters the remote-controlled and 32 injured were taken. being held in Britain since 1990, our service men and women as Organisation is a political and leader of PML-N Sindh’s law- bomb was planted at the back of The injured screamed for help as the Cold War came to an end. the ISAF (International Security military alliance whose members yer wing, and his son, Tauqeer the bus, which was reduced to a in the emergency unit while doc- “I am delighted that the UK Assistance Force) mission in are committed to defend each Ali Randhawa, were going tangled mess of twisted metal by tors and medics were seen rushing will host the 2014 Nato summit,” Afghanistan draws to a close, and other if one of them is attacked. home when two gunmen on a the force of the blast. in and outside the wards, provid- Prime Minister David Cameron as Nato draws down its forces and It now has 28 members in motorcycle attacked them, the Another police officer, Najeebur ing medical treatment and wheel- said in a statement. The date and looks to help Afghanistan in dif- Europe and North America. The Pakistani police said. Rehman, said 18 people had ing the critically injured to the venue have yet to be announced. ferent ways.” last summit was held in Chicago AGENCIES been killed. Shah Farman, pro- operating theatre. Cameron said Afghanistan Nato chief Anders Fogh in 2012, and before that in Lisbon vincial minister of information, AFP would be central to discussions Rasmussen said the summit in 2010. AGENCIES Karzai calls China ‘anchor of stability’ Islamabad delays action BEIJING: Afghan President Hamid Karzai hailed ties with China yes- on Taliban peace treaty terday, describing it as a stabilising force in the region and world during talks with the country’s leaders. ISLAMABAD: About of initiating dialogue with Karzai, who had attended an economic conference in the northern three weeks have passed the TTP should launch a full city of Xian, held talks in Beijing with China’s President Xi Jinping and since the unanimously throated military operation Premier Li Keqiang. “We consider China to be an anchor of stability for passed resolution at a against the militant groups. this region and the larger world,” Karzai told Li during the hour-long Pakistan government- Despite the fact that talks. Later, Karzai was given an an elaborate welcoming ceremony at sponsored all parties’ con- the TTP which had read- central Beijing’s ornate Great Hall of the People, including a 21-gun salute, ference (APC), but the ily accepted responsibility ahead of the start of talks with Xi. government has failed to of the Upper Dir attack on “The trust of our friendship has been tested and approved,” Karzai said, take a single step towards a military convoy, killing noting he has visited the country five or six times over the past 12 years. Xi its implementation, the three Pak Army soldiers, told Karzai his visit came at an “important time and affords an important first recommendation of they dissociated from the opportunity for interaction with the new leadership of China”. which is initiation of peace Peshawar church twin blasts Li told the Afghan president he had “played an important leadership talks with the banned which killed more than 80 role in leading the people of Afghanistan in their peace and reconstruction Tehrik Taliban Pakistan Christians last week, the efforts”. Ministers from both sides also signed agreements on extradition (TTP), the majority fac- pressure of a fresh opera- and economic and technical cooperation. China has secured major oil and tion among more than two tion rather than talking to copper mining concessions in the country, which is believed to possess dozen groups fighting secu- militants is growing with minerals worth more than $1trn. rity forces. every day. Other regional players such as India and Iran have also begun scrambling In between this period, Yesterday the bombing of for influence ahead of the troop pull-out. China and Afghanistan share a three major incidents of a bus carrying civil servants short border of 76 kilometres (47 miles). terror have occurred which killed 20. Karzai visited Beijing in June 2012 where he attended a meeting of the served as boom for the oppo- The attack is suspected to Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, during which Afghanistan was granted Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the nents of the dialogue who have been carried out by the observer status. The grouping led by China and Russia is meant to coun- Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. have mounted pressure on Taliban. terbalance US and Nato influence in the region. AFP the government to instead INTERNEWS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

West Bengal cop Supreme Court gives voters right to reject candidates moves court NEW DELHI: In a historic ver- that have the provision, including electioneering is in full swing, it While the Congress was cau- welcome this. I am sure it will have against Mamata dict that will empower the Indian France, Belgium, Brazil, Greece, will foster the purity of the elec- tious about the verdict, the BJP a long lasting impact on our polity voter, the Supreme Court yester- Bangladesh, Finland, Sweden, the toral process and also fulfil one of welcomed it. Information and and will be a great step in the direc- KOLKATA: Alleging police day said for a vibrant democracy US, Colombia and Spain. its objectives, namely, wide par- Broadcasting Minister Manish tion of further electoral reforms inaction, senior IPS officer electors must have the right to Activists, the public and politi- ticipation of people,” the court Tewari said all aspects of the ver- that can make our democracy even Nazrul Islam yesterday filed reject all the candidates in the cians have hailed the apex court said in its judgement. dict “needs to be studied carefully more vibrant and participative”. a petition before a city court fray with the option of “none of decision. Democracy is all about choice and consultations held”. But Trinamool Congress leader seeking a probe against West the above (NOTA)” in voting A bench of Chief Justice P and this choice can be better Ajay Maken, head of the Congress’ and West Bengal Panchayat Bengal Chief Minister Mamata machines and on ballot papers. Sathasivam, Justice Ranjana expressed by giving the voters an media cell, said: “In principle, we Minister Subrata Mukherjee Banerjee and three government The Election Commission said it Prakash Desai and Justice Ranjan “opportunity to verbalise them- have no problem with it but there termed the verdict “needless” and officials on a complaint he filed is possible to provide the ‘right to Gogoi said, “... in a vibrant democ- selves unreservedly and by impos- are certain issues for which we want “not required.” last month. reject’ option in the forthcoming racy, the voter must be given an ing least restrictions on their to read the entire order.” The People’s Union for Civil Islam, an additional direc- assembly polls subject to feasibility. opportunity to choose none of the ability to make such a choice”, He added: “This order doesn’t Liberties (PUCL) that had moved tor general-rank officer, in his If the poll panel is able to include above (NOTA) button, which will the judgment said. say anything new because earlier the apex court in 2004 with a plea August 17 complaint accused the option in the Electronic Voting indeed compel the political parties “By providing NOTA button also people who did not want to that voters should have a right Banerjee, Chief Secretary Sanjay Machines, then it could see voters to nominate a sound candidate. in the EVMs (electronic voting vote for lack of choice did not go to negative vote hailed the ruling. Mitra, Home Secretary Basudeb in five state assemblies later this This situation palpably tells us machines),” the court said, “it will to the polling stations. Now, they Justice Rajindar Sachar of PUCL Banerjee and Director General year using the option as well as the dire need of negative voting.” accelerate the effective political can go to the polling station and said: “We had initiated this plea of Police Naparajit Mukherjee during next year’s general elections. “We are of the considered view participation in the present state register their protest.” and now the SC has agreed to it, of criminal intimidation, causing With this, India joined the that in bringing out this right to of democratic system and the vot- Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra we are very happy.” mental agony, denying him pro- distinguished club of 13 nations cast negative vote at a time when ers in fact will be empowered.” Modi said: “I wholeheartedly IANS motion, disallowing leave, bug- ging communication lines and also criminal intimidation of his family members. “The Hare Street police station before which Islam filed the com- plaint has refused to investigate the matter. Even the city police Rahul remarks commissioner to whom he had written has not taken any action, so we were compelled to file this petition,” said Islam’s counsel Gulam Mustafa. throw politics “The court today (Friday) admitted our petition and the hearing has begun,” said Mustafa, adding that though the into tailspin complaint was filed over a month ago, police have refused to take any action. Islam earlier levelled allega- Ordinance termed ‘complete nonsense’ tions about “corrupt practices” during Banerjee’s tenure as rail- NEW DELHI/ sections of the opposition and the way minister. WASHINGTON: Hours before public at large, Rahul said: “It is In a letter to the federal home Prime Minister Manmohan time to stop this nonsense. ministry, Islam had claimed that Singh was to hold a summit “My opinion of the ordinance during his posting with the rail- meeting with US President is that it is complete nonsense. ways when Banerjee held the Barack Obama, Rahul Gandhi, It should be torn up and thrown portfolio, he was “used” to “collect the man who could possibly away.” more bribe from a tainted senior succeed him, threw a political The dramatic pronouncements railway official”. bombshell when he rubbished a were immediately termed as He had also claimed to have controversial ordinance passed “grandstanding”, “a charade” and “documentary evidence to show by the union cabinet as “wrong” aimed at “damage control” by the how the railway ministry in 2010 and “complete nonsense” and BJP, while the Left leader Gurudas had let off a top officer despite one that deserved to be “torn Dasgupta said he was “baffled” by Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in Mumbai yesterday. substantial proof of corruption and thrown away”. Rahul Gandhi’s comment. against him”. His impromptu remarks threw Rahul said the ordinance was Indian politics into a tailspin, born out of “political considera- 10 killed in Mumbai building collapse Amrita University with the prime minister issuing a tions” and it was time “political statement in Washington that the parties, including mine, should ties up with issues raised will be considered by stop making these kind of compro- MUMBAI: Ten persons were unoccupied, and a ground floor Chief Minister Prithviraj the cabinet on his return to India mises. “..We cannot continue make killed and 25 others injured warehouse, were declared Chavan summoned an emergency US varsity next week. these small compromises,” he said. when a four-storeyed building “extremely dilapidated”. meeting of departments con- A former aide to the prime The de facto number two in the collapsed in a south Mumbai Last month, it was surveyed by cerned and ordered top priority AMRITAPURI, Kerala: The minister, Sanjaya Baru, in fact party refused to take any other locality yesterday morning, offi- a BMC team which recommended to rescue and relief operations Amrita University in Kerala suggested that Manmohan Singh questions, indicating that he had cials said. urgent repairs after shifting the besides giving proper treatment yesterday launched a pioneer- should resign and Rahul Gandhi just come to give his “personal While 20 persons were res- families living there. to the injured. ing experiential learning pro- should apologise to him for under- opinion”. cued without injuries from “The bureaucratic delays in Deputy Chief Minister Ajit gramme that encourages the mining his position and authority. There was initially silence from the debris, search operations shifting out the residents to Pawar spoke to top civic and youth to live and experience The ordinance that was cleared the prime minister’s camp with were underway last evening transit camps and carrying health officials, including Sir J.J. the problems in the country’s on Tuesday by the cabinet, headed sources suggesting that he would on a war footing to trace 10 out necessary repairs led to Hospital dean T.P. Lahane, and villages. by prime minister, seeks to pro- not make any comment about more people feared trapped the avoidable tragedy,” Suresh directed them to render the best As part of the programme, tect convicted lawmakers. The domestic issues on foreign soil. under the rubble, an official Jadhav, a former municipal cor- possible treatment and care to the Amrita University signed a prime minister left the next day But soon suggestions appeared on of Brihanmumbai Municipal porator from the area, said after the injured. memorandum of understand- on a five-day visit to the US. the social media that he should Corporation (BMC) Disaster the collapse. This is the seventh major build- ing (MoU) with the University The Bharatiya Janata Party quit and return home and the Control unit said. Mumbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu, ing collapse in Mumbai metropoli- of California (UC), San Diego, to (BJP) leaders immediately asked issue threatened to overshadow Among the injured, the condi- who supervised the relief oper- tan and neighbouring areas in the enhance research and student the prime minister to resign. the summit meeting with Obama. tion of some was reported to be ations with top BMC and fire past six months. exchanges. In what came as a major embar- The prime minister then issued a serious, raising the possibility of brigade officials, said the prior- In the worst disaster in the The varsity’s Amrita Centre rassment for the Manmohan short statement. more fatalities. ity was to rescue those trapped state’s history, 75 lives were for International Programmes Singh government, Rahul trashed “The ordinance cleared by Situated near the Dockyard under the debris and efforts lost when a building collapsed floated its new ‘Amrita Live-in- the ordinance in an unexpected the cabinet pertaining to the Road in south Mumbai, the were continuing on a war April in Mumbra’s Lucky Labs’ on the 60th birthday of the appearance at the Press Club of Representation of the People Act around 33-year-old building was footing. Compound. world-renowned spiritual leader India where Congress communica- has been a matter of much public civic employees’ staff quarters, Prabhu also announced a com- In June, four more buildings Mata Amritanandamayi Devi tion department head Ajay Maken debate. The Congress vice-pres- an official of the chief minister’s pensation of Rs.200,000 to the crashed — in Mahim (10 dead), here. was painstakingly defending it. ident has also written to me on office said. families of each of the deceased Mumbra (10 dead), Dahisar The scheme envisages students “What the government has the issue and also made a state- The building, which housed and free treatment of the injured (seven dead) and Bhiwandi (three of Amrita and those from some of done is wrong,” Rahul told sur- ment. The government is seized around 21 families, suddenly in civic hospitals. dead). the best global universities to live prised journalists. of all these developments. The collapsed around 5.45am, catch- Municipal commissioner Last Saturday, Banoo in Indian villages for six months Apparently distancing himself issues raised will be considered ing majority of the sleeping Sitaram Kunte along with addi- Apartments (Bhiwandi) turned to understand the rural popula- from his party’s line on the con- on my return to India after due residents unawares, the official tional municipal commission- to rubble but without fatalities tion’s health, hygiene, energy, troversial ordinance — sent by the deliberations in the cabinet,” the added. ers Rajiv Jalota and Manisha as over a 100 occupants managed water, waste and environment cabinet to the president — that statement said. A few years ago, the 28-flat Mhaiskar visited the crash site to run to safety before it crashed. problems. has evoked sharp response from IANS building, of which seven were during the day. IANS IANS

Last salute JPC clears Manmohan, Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: After two-and- allocation of these licences. it a contrived majority. half years, a parliamentary As parliament is not in session, BJP leader Yashwant Sinha panel yesterday finally gave a the report, along with the dissent said the report was based on clean chit to Prime Minister notes, will be submitted to Lok “wrong facts and falsehoods”. Manmohan Singh and Finance Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar by “A contrived majority has been Minister P Chidambaram of October-end, said Chacko. used unashamedly to adopt a any wrongdoing while blam- After that, it can be made pub- report which is based on wrong ing former telecom minister lic, he said. According to Chacko, facts, falsehoods and prejudicial A Raja in the controversial 2G of the 27 members present and findings,” he said. spectrum allocation issue, said voting, 16 supported the report CPM leader Sitaram Yechury informed sources. The opposi- while 11 opposed it. Three mem- said: “A contrived majority has tion cried hoarse over it. bers were absent. been used to adopt the report The joint parliamentary commit- Among those who opposed are based on false and prejudicial tee (JPC) looking into the 2G spec- members of the Bharatiya Janata findings and facts.” trum allocation adopted its report Party (BJP), the Communist “The chairman in his behav- by a majority vote, its Chairman Party of India-Marxist (CPM), iour was extremely pictorial and P C Chacko told reporters but Communist Party of India, All India they had planned everything and refused to divulge its contents as Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, on that basis of false majority it is a confidential document. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam adopted the report,” he said. According to sources, the (DMK) and Biju Janata Dal. The adoption of the report report also refutes the assess- These members can submit a ends a two-and-a-half year saga Soldiers remove an Indian national flag from a coffin containing the body of Lieutenant Colonel Bikramjeet ment of the then Comptroller and dissenting note to the chairman of charges and counter charges, Singh, who was killed in a militant attack on an army camp in Mesar in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir Auditor General Vinod Rai that by Oct 10, which will be included boycotts and bickerings since the on Thursday, during his cremation ceremony in Chandigarh yesterday. losses worth a whopping Rs1.76 in the final report. panel was set up March 4, 2011. lakh crore were incurred in the The BJP and the Left termed IANS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business

Beijing air show stunt BlackBerry Rosneft makes posts $965m loss, vows $1.4bn move ‘transition’

OTTAWA: BlackBerry said into natural gas yesterday that it lost $965m in the past quarter, confirming preliminary figures showing a rapidly eroding picture for the Russian firm buys Alrosa gas assets Canadian smartphone maker. The company, which had given MOSCOW: Russian oil giant Sechin has more recently eased a preliminary estimate for its Rosneft yesterday agreed to off the merger idea and instead second fiscal quarter results, purchase the natural gas assets pushed Rosneft ever further into acknowledged the figures were of top world diamond producer the natural gas field. weak, but said it hopes for a Alrosa for $1.38bn as it expands A key part of that business turnaround with a planned $4.7bn into a market dominated by its involves LNG sales to energy- buyout, which would take the firm fellow state-controlled rival hungry clients in Japan and other private. Gazprom. significant Asian markets. “We are very disappointed Rosneft said it had also selected The gas liquefaction plant with our operational and finan- two contractors to design a liqui- planned by Rosneft and cial results this quarter and fied natural gas (LNG) plant in ExxonMobil would produce five have announced a series of major Russia’s Far East that it plans to million tonnes of LNG per year by changes to address the com- operate under an agreement with 2018 — the equivalent of 240 billion petitive hardware environment US major ExxonMobil. cubic feet of natural gas. A helicopter pilot performing at the Beijing International Aviation Expo China 2013 in Beijing. and our cost structure,” said Auditors at Texas-based The project has been bitterly Thorsten Heins, president and DeGolyer and MacNaughton esti- opposed by Gazprom and is yet to chief executive. mate that the three Siberian fields be formally approved by Putin’s He added that the company is acquired by Rosneft from Alrosa government. putting in place “the necessary contain 187 billion cubic metres of “We believe that such a project Gas trading volumes rising at changes to create the best busi- natural gas and 26.4 million tonnes would be loss-making,” Gazprom’s ness model” for its ailing product. of gas condensate. eastern projects coordinator “We understand how some “The acquisition of Alrosa’s Viktor Timoshilov was quoted as of the activities we are going energy assets once again demon- saying by Interfax. Dutch hub, declining in Britain through create uncertainty, but strates the importance of gas busi- “There is no need to build we remain a financially strong ness development to Rosneft,” the a plant. (Gazprom’s) existing FRANKFURT: Wholesale larger 21,078 TWh. That rate German, Belgian and French company with $2.6bn in cash and state-held firm’s chief executive infrastructure could avoid these gas and gas futures trad- was still 24.9 times Britain’s markets also means the TTF no debt,” Heins said. Igor Sechin said in a statement. expenses.” ing volumes are rising in the physical gas consumption, known attracts hedging and risk man- “We are focused on our targeted Alrosa head Fyodor Andreyev Sechin said he would not be Netherlands and falling in as the churn rate - a figure that agement from players outside of markets, and are committed to said the diamond producer decided deterred by his rival’s objections. Britain, a sign that Dutch hub is unmatched in Europe. the Netherlands. completing our transition quickly to part with its energy assets in His firm announced on Friday TTF is drawing financial trad- NBP trading has continued to Germany, where consumption in order to establish a more order to focus more closely on its that it and ExxonMobil Russia ers away from its bigger British decline this year, while TTF vol- of gas last year eclipsed that of focused and efficient company.” core business. have hired the design firms CB&I rival, a study said yesterday. umes are still looking healthy, and Britain for the first time since the Revenue for quarter ending Rosneft has pursued the oppo- UK and Foster Wheeler Energy “Activity at the (British) the third-ranked German market mid-1990s, increased its gas trad- August 31 was $1.6bn, down 49 site strategy as it tries to diversify to develop plans for the plant and National Balancing Point (NBP) is also growing, Harris said. ing by a fifth to 2,535 TWh in 2012. percent from $3.1bn in the previ- away from crude production amid its accompanying gas liquefaction has reduced and may continue Gas traders throughout the The two German wholesale ous quarter and down 45 percent slumping output at its primary technology. to reduce further,” said Nigel region must contend with low gas markets, called NetConnect from $2.9bn in the same quarter Soviet-era fields. The unit is meant to be Harris, co-author of the report price volatility and rising regu- Germany and Gaspool, had of fiscal 2013. “Rosneft’s rivalry with Gazprom built on Russia’s Pacific island which was issued by UK consul- latory costs, while the use of gas appeared set to challenge TTF’s The company said it shipped is clear,” said Valery Nesterov of of Sakhalin—a region that tancy Prospex. for power generation is being supremacy on the continent soon some 5.9 million smartphones in Sberbank Investment Research. ExxonMobil first entered in 1996. “At the same time, Title squeezed out of the market, after they were established in the quarter, which is less than what Sechin had once pushed for the Energy analyst Nesterov said that Transfer Facility (TTF) has Harris said. 2006. “But their growth rate has Apple sold in the past weekend in idea of Russia combining Rosneft Rosneft’s natural gas output of 16 grown to a level of liquidity that The Netherlands with its good slowed, and Germany’s traders the global launch of its new iPhones. and Gazprom into a colossus that billion cubic metres of natural gas means NBP no longer has a transport links and North Sea are strong participants in the BlackBerry has said it will cut its would dominate the world market accounted for just six to seven per- clear advantage purely because gas reserves has become the pre- TTF,” Prospex said. workforce by some 40 percent as it in both oil and gas. cent of the company’s total produc- of liquidity,” he added. ferred market for continental The NBP accounted for seeks to restructure the company. Gazprom has tried to fight off tion in 2012. “Rosneft’s development Prospex data showed that European gas forwards, which 62 percent of all continental Colin Gillis at the research firm the idea amid fears that the joint programme aims to boost that vol- Dutch gas trading volumes rose also creates a good basis for European gas trading activity in BCG said the results were “star- company would be run by Sechin — ume up to 100 billion cubic metres by 17 percent in 2012 to 7,616 short-term physical deals. 2012, although that is down from tling weak “ and may signal the seen as a close confidant of Russian per year by 2020,” said Nesterov. terawatt hours (TWh). Increased price convergence nearly 90 percent in 2007. end for BlackBerry. President Vladimir Putin. AFP UK trading stayed flat at a between the euro zone’s Dutch, REUTERS AFP

Ecuador oil and power expo Oil falls towards $108 as Middle Royal Mail privatisation East tension eases subscribed in hours LONDON: Brent crude oil fell towards $108 a barrel yesterday, LONDON: Britain’s Royal while the medium-term issue heading for its third straight Mail privatisation garnered remained how fast Royal Mail weekly decline, with diplomatic orders for all of the shares on can grow its parcels business to efforts over Syria and Iran offer in the space of a few hours offset falling letter volumes, the helping ease worries about risks yesterday, sources said, mark- valuation range made it attrac- to supply from the Middle East. ing a strong start for a sell- tive versus European peers such The United States and Russia off that stands to flush up to as Austrian Post and Belgium’s have agreed on a draft UN ¤2bn ($3.2bn) into government bpost. Security Council resolution aimed coffers. “The headline really is that at eliminating chemical weapons The sale would be one of it’s priced to go,” Byde said, esti- in Syria. The United States and Britain’s most significant since mating Royal Mail was valued Iran also began talks to resolve John Major’s Conservative gov- on a forward price-to-earnings a long-running standoff over ernment sold the railways in the multiple of around 8 times ver- Tehran’s nuclear programme. 1990s and would give Royal Mail sus an average of about 10 for The easing of geopolitical access to the private capital it the European sector. “We would tensions and plentiful supply of says it needs to modernise and expect it to debut pretty well.” the market give little reason for better compete in a thriving par- Royal Mail follows the initial any rise in prices, said Carsten The XIV Ecuador Oil & Power Expo-Conference in the city of Quito yesterday. The Expo was created to pro- cels market. public offering of bpost in June Fritsch, senior oil and commodi- vide opportunities for the oil businesses in Ecuador. Kicking off the sale of the near and comes after stronger equity ties analyst at Commerzbank in 500-year-old company, the gov- markets have helped revive new Frankfurt. ernment said yesterday it would listings in Europe this year. Brent crude oil for November dispose of a majority stake in European firms have raised fell 90 cents to $108.31 a barrel Royal Mail, offering shares at $15.9bn from flotations in the by 1337 GMT. First diesel from Saudi to load soon between 260 pence and 330p each first nine months, three times US crude for delivery in and valuing the whole company the year-ago level, according to November dropped 20 cents to at between £2.6bn and £3.3bn Thomson Reuters data. $102.83 a barrel, falling for a sixth SINGAPORE/AL KHOBAR: cargo of fuel oil from the King up and is expected to reach full ($4.2bn to $5.3bn). The sale is the fourth time session out of seven and down Saudi Arabia’s new 400,000 Fahd Industrial Port at Jubail capacity by the end of the year. Hours later it had already Britain has tried to privatise nearly two percent on the week. barrels-per-day Jubail refinery in September, after a statement “Two crude units and asso- received orders for all of the Royal Mail, which traces its ori- A Reuters poll of 32 analysts will likely load its first diesel from Total had said Saudi Aramco ciated treating facilities have shares on offer, two sources close gins back to 1516 when mail was showed Brent crude is expected to cargo in early October, industry loaded fuel oil on September 23 started up with production of to the deal said, without giving an delivered by horse from King average $107.70 a barrel this year. sources said yesterday, after the and the next shipment will be naphtha, diesel and fuel oil. More indication of where in the range Henry VIII’s court. The North Sea benchmark, joint venture lifted its first fuel lifted by Total in late September. specialty refined products will be those orders had come. Three selloff attempts in the which peaked above $117 a bar- oil cargo this week. “The cargo was lifted by Saudi produced as more complex units If an “over-allotment option”, last 19 years have failed due to rel in August on concerns the The diesel shipment from the Aramco, and a diesel cargo for lifting start operation,” SATORP said. whereby more stock can be sold opposition from within the gov- war in Syria would spiral out of giant SATORP joint venture by TOTAL will soon follow. Shipments The first diesel cargo will be if there is strong demand, is exer- erning majority, which feared an control and hit Middle East oil between France’s Total and Saudi of different products will continue as loaded by Total and will most cised, the government’s stake in electoral backlash from tamper- output, has traded at an average Aramco, is slightly later than the per SATORP’s production plan,” the likely have a sulphur content of the company could fall to as little ing with a revered institution of $108.49 per barrel so far this market had initially anticipated statement yesterday said. 500 parts-per-million (ppm), the as 30 percent. whose red post-boxes are known year. Yesterday, SATORP said in The refinery has in recent sources added. Analyst Robin Byde at broker- around the world. REUTERS a statement it loaded its first months begun a gradual start REUTERS age Cantor Fitzgerald said that REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

Chinese industrial profits rise Royal Bank of Philippines in Scotland unveils IPO deal for broad Islamic branches LONDON: Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday it would float 314 branches as a finance push standalone bank in about two years, after reaching a £600m deal with investors including the Church of England. Central bank request to amend charter Edinburgh-based RBS said in a statement that it would re-launch MANILA/SYDNEY: In what Islamic finance follows religious the branches under its dormant could be one of the most ambi- principles such as a ban on inter- Williams & Glyn’s bank brand, tious efforts to facilitate Islamic est and gambling, making inter- which will then be floated on the finance in a non-Muslim coun- est-based transactions a major London stock market. try, the Philippines’ central problem for Islamic banks oper- The bailed-out British lender, bank is pushing several initia- ating outside of the core indus- which is 81-percent owned by the tives to develop the sector and try hubs in the Middle East and government, has been forced to encourage financial inclusion of Southeast Asia. sell the branches by the European the Muslim minority. “That is just once piece of a Commission in return for state The effort follows a landmark broader initiative,” he said. support. A deal to sell the outlets peace deal signed in October The BSP hopes an Islamic A labourer looks at steel coils next to a production line of Dongbei Special Steel Group Co, Ltd, in Dalian, to Spanish giant Santander col- last year which sought to end banking law can also help attract Liaoning province yesterday. Profits earned by Chinese industrial firms rose 24.2 percent in August. lapsed last year. a 40-year conflict with Muslim more market participants as The consortium—led by private separatists that has killed 120,000 there is only one Islamic bank, equity firms Corsair Capital and people, displaced two million and Al Amanah, which has struggled Centrebridge Partners — will pay stunted growth. financially and is being privatised £600m ($967m) for a bond that “There is renewed interest in by the Development Bank of the Japan inflation hits five-year high will convert into no more than this and the key drivers are the Philippines (DBP). a 49-percent stake in the W&G peace initiative in Mindanao as “Even if DBP is successful in branches, once they are spun off. well as broad initiative of the BSP privatising it, it will just result TOKYO: Japanese inflation has pledged to drag Japan out of “If gains in prices were driven The consortium also includes to create a more inclusive finan- in one Islamic bank in the coun- hit a five-year high last month, its 15-year deflationary funk with by increased domestic demand, the Church Commissioners for cial system,” Nestor Espenilla, try. If you want to fully enable although yesterday’s data a policy blitz dubbed “Abenomics”, someone paying higher prices England, who manage the assets Deputy Governor of the Bangko an Islamic banking system, as showed the rise was driven by lifting prices and wages to get the means someone else is earning of the Church of England. Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. opposed to one Islamic bank, we soaring energy costs, indicating economy moving again. more locally, creating a virtuous “We are delighted to be working “That is the arching principle.” may have to come up with an the government’s plan to boost However, the upbeat headline cycle in the economy, but these in partnership with these inves- Mindanao island, roughly the Islamic banking law.” consumer demand was still to for yesterday’s data was tempered activities aren’t widely seen,” tors to establish a new challenger size of Portugal, accounts for The BSP would thus have to gain traction. by the fact that prices were being Tetsuhide Mikamo, director at bank for UK customers,” said around one-quarter of the coun- tackle an issue shared by other The consumer price index, driven up by higher fuel bills, not Marubeni Research Institute, RBS chairman Philip Hampton. try’s 97 million population and countries trying to encourage which measures a basket of eve- surging demand for everyday told Dow Jones Newswires. “Williams & Glyn’s will play an one-fifth of its economy. But Islamic finance: taxation. Certain ryday goods but excludes the goods like vacuum cleaners and “Abenomics is only half done.” important role in the UK banking decades of neglect, corruption Islamic finance contracts, such volatile cost of fresh food, was up clothes which power the economy Falling prices may sound like a landscape and will be an excellent and violence have impoverished as sukuk or Islamic bonds, can 0.8 percent from a year earlier, as a whole. good thing for shoppers, but they new addition to the market, with a parts of the island, despite being attract double or even triple tax according to the internal affairs Energy imports soared in the can be bad for growth because particular strength in small business rich in natural resources which duties because they require multi- ministry. wake of the Fukushima atomic they encourage consumers to put banking — a sector that is so crucial the government wants to develop. ple transfers of title of the under- That was the biggest monthly disaster in 2011, forcing the shut- off spending, knowing they will to the UK’s economic recovery. “We have a significant Muslim lying asset. rise since November 2008, when it down of Japan’s nuclear reactors. pay less for a product if they wait. “Much has been done already population and they are economi- The BSP has setup a work- logged a 1.0 percent increase, and Some firms are raising prices That makes it difficult for com- in building the standalone busi- cally active and if you want to cre- ing group that is now drafting the third consecutive monthly — including drinks maker Yakult, panies to invest and discourages ness, and today’s announcement ate an inclusive financial system the proposed law which would jump. which is ushering in its first hikes them from giving wage rises, provides more certainty for our then you should also have finan- then be presented to congress, The new figures are likely to in over 20 years — but that is which, in turn, reduces consumer customers and employees ahead cial products that are geared to Espenilla said, without giving a be embraced by Abe’s govern- largely due to a weak yen driving spending further. of a flotation.” that particular customer base.” time frame. ment. The conservative leader up material costs. AFP AFP Espenilla said the central bank Such a legislative approach has asked congress to have its would be complemented by a charter amended, a move that regulations-based approach, would allow it to provide Shariah- broadening the types of products Russia faces compliant instruments to Islamic which could also be delivered by banks, in particular interbank conventional banks, he said. ‘abyss’ without lending products. REUTERS economic QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P reform: PM Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.38 0.56 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.75 1.65 % Aa2 AA MOSCOW: Russia’s econ- Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.63 2.71 % Aa2 AA omy is at a crossroads and the country risks falling into the Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.50 3.06 % Aa2 AA “abyss” if it does not make seri- Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.00 3.52 % Aa2 AA ous reforms to boost long-term Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 156.50 4.80 % Aa2 AA growth, Prime Minister Dmitry Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 116.50 5.24 % Aa2 AA Medvedev warned yesterday. Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 108.75 5.16 % Aa2 AA In a major article for the eco- nomic daily Vedomosti, Medvedev Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.25 1.13 % Aa2 AA sought to reclaim the mantle of Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.25 3.31 % Aa2 AA a champion of economic reform Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.38 1.09 % A1 A- that he sought when he held the Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.63 2.30 % A1 A- presidency from 2008 to 2012. 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Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.63 2.36 % Aa2 AA He said Russia’s economic Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 109.00 2.10 % NR NR growth was unlikely to exceed Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.88 2.87 % NR NR two percent in 2013, which will be Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.50 4.48 % NR NR the first year since 2009 that the Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 110.38 4.95 % NR NR country has grown slower than the global economy as a whole. Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.13 0.80 % Aa2 AA “We are at a crossroads,” he Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 111.00 3.89 % NR BBB said. “Russia can continue its very Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 100.75 5.36 % NR BBB slow movement with close to zero Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 93.50 7.00 % Caa1 CCC+ economic growth. Or it can make Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.75 4.37 % NR BBB- a serious step forwards. The sec- ond path is fraught with risks— *Periodic Distribution Amount but following the first path... is IMPORTANT NOTE: Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which even more dangerous. “It’s the is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services way to the abyss,” he added. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data Medvedev said Russia needed and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of to encourage private business, the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into especially in innovation, radically account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and improve labour productivity and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. 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Bitcoin bug bites Energy price freeze: The SecondMarket lights are turning on BY FELIX SALMON BY MICHAEL MEACHER big six control no less than 98 percent of the spectre of the lights going out — even have to admit I’m disappointed in this one. It’s no secret that the retail market, and price competition is though peak demand has been declining in I’m very sceptical about what’s likely to happen when small, eter Mandelson has criticised almost totally stifled. When one company recent years — if they didn’t get the terms risky investments start getting lots of publicity thanks to the Labour’s proposed gas and elec- raises its energy prices, the rest follow in they demanded from the government. I ban on general solicitation being lifted. And I’m even more tricity price freeze. “Perceptions lockstep. Details of gas and electricity prices The real threat of disruption to sup- sceptical about funds which do nothing but invest in bitcoins. But of Labour policy are in danger of paid in the wholesale markets are kept firmly plies comes from a rigid oligopolistic mar- at the same time I like quite a lot of the SecondMarket business being taken backwards,” he said. under wraps by the companies, but evidence ket structure and a short-termist mindset model. They provide a valuable service to private companies, and PBut when energy prices have risen 50 per- suggests costs to the consumer are quickly among industry leaders. Billions have gone they have every ability to carve out a nice little niche for them- cent in the UK in the past five years — nearly jacked up when prices in the international to shareholders and top management remu- selves as an accreditation and investment platform. five times general inflation — and with UK market are rising, but sticky when the latter neration rather than being invested to fill The problem is that SecondMarket isn’t just a service for issu- energy prices now soaring faster than in any fall back (“rocket up, but feather down”, as the energy gap predicted for the end of this ers and investors. It has also, of late, become a lead-generation EU country and four times faster than in Ed Miliband said in his speech this week). decade. engine. SecondMarket has contact details for a very large number Germany, it is clear that the Big Six compa- And consumers are confused, perhaps And the issue goes a lot wider than of accredited investors, many of whom trust the company and the nies have too much power and are abusing it. deliberately, by an array of up to 1,700 energy pricing. It opens up the critical reputational capital it has built up over the years. If you send enough Unfettered market power must be balanced energy tariffs: Almost three quarters end divide between those who believe “Let the of those investors investment pitches for diamond funds, or art funds, by the consumer interest and the broader up on the most expensive ones. markets get on with it, and government get or space-based vapourware, the sillier among them will bite. And, public interest. Energy company profits more Nor has regulation worked. There have out of the way” (such as the Tories, Orange eventually, regret doing so. SecondMarket’s investor list is a valu- than doubled in the past year to £3.7bn, pro- been dozens of Ofgem investigations into the Book Lib Dems, Blairites like Mandelson, able thing, but the company isn’t behaving in the manner that you’d pelled by the fact their charges shot up by energy market, with little or no impact on the and pretend-Labour ex-ministers like Digby expect of an owner of something precious and valuable. Instead, it an average 8.4 percent at a time when prices fairness to consumers, either in price restraint Jones), and those who believe that when a seems to be happy renting its list out to just about anybody. generally were rising by just 2.8 percent. or ending poor service and mis-selling. private market is utterly dysfunctional and SecondMarket began life as a way to monetise illiquid fixed- Nor did the Treasury gain from these It is ironic that the big six cartel is broken, the state has to step in and re-set income investments during the financial crisis; it then morphed profits. Three of the companies paid 10 screaming so loudly about a temporary price the rules. That could apply not just to the into a quasi-exchange for Facebook shares. Both businesses percent or less of their operating profit in freeze and threatening disruption of energy energy sector, but a great deal else — hous- were lucrative, but both also came to a natural end, and now corporation tax, and one paid almost none supplies, when it is itself so dependent on ing, to pensions, rail transport, water and, it seems that the company is not particularly confident in its at all over the last three years. The pay of subsidised support from the government. of course, the banking system. ability to make similar sums as a high-end services company. So chief executives has not been disclosed by EDF Energy, for example, is currently Miliband’s opponents are up in arms observers who discerned a whiff of desperation when they first half the companies, but Sam Laidlaw, the negotiating over a price to be guaranteed by because they see this as a challenge to the started receiving pitch emails are not going to be surprised by boss of Centrica –which owns British Gas government for electricity from new nuclear untrammelled corporate power that has dom- SecondMarket’s latest development: A bitcoin fund. — was paid £5m last year. At the same time plants so that, if the market price falls below inated for 30 years. And maybe they’re right. Bitcoin Investment Trust is basically exactly the same thing as there are at least 4.5 million people in the a certain level, a surcharge to customers’ Following the financial crash of 2008-9, a the Winklevii’s bitcoin ETF, only it doesn’t need SEC approval. That UK in fuel poverty, spending more than a bills will automatically kick in. new system has to be created. A temporary means it’s even more problematic than the Winkleproduct! If you tenth of their total income on fuel. Well before Miliband proposed this lim- price freeze may be just the first element. buy into this trust, you still can’t do the single most useful thing The energy market is badly broken. The ited freeze, energy companies were raising THE GUARDIAN that anybody can do with bitcoins, which is sell them or trade them. You still have to pay a fee of 2 percent per year to SecondMarket for all the work they’re doing sitting on your bitcoins. And then, if you ever do decide to sell, you have to pay another 1.5 percent fee to get out. On top of that, if you buy into the trust after January 1, you’re also going to have to pay a 1.5 percent fee to get in. SecondMarket CEO Barry Silbert is a big booster of bitcoins. He’s even put together a 14-page investor presentation, saying that bitcoins could be worth $7,692 a piece if they wind up being worth 1 percent of the value of the world’s gold today. So let’s say you invest $1,367 in ten bitcoins today: in 30 years’ time, they might be worth $76,920. On the other hand, if you invest $1,367 in the bitcoin trust, and pay a 1.5 percent fee, then you only end up with 9.85 bitcoins. And then if you lose 2 percent of your bitcoins every year for the next 30 years, and then you lose another 1.5 percent when you sell, your total bitcoin holding in 30 years’ time will be just 5.29 bitcoins. Even if they’re worth $7,692 each, that’s a total of just $40,709. More profoundly, this announcement marks the end of SecondMarket as an agnostic platform, and the beginning of SecondMarket as a booster of specific investments. The company has already seeded its bitcoin trust with $2m of its own money. Silbert knows that the bitcoin trust is risky: that the most likely scenario is that it goes to zero. It’s a lottery ticket, basically. Silbert has a Wall Street background, and SecondMarket is a registered and fully regulated broker-dealer. As such, it really should be bending over backwards to be as conservative and sober as it can. If you’re a broker-dealer, job one is always to be as trustworthy as possible. And getting involved in bitcoins is not a great way of demonstrating trustworthiness. I have spoken to Silbert about this, at some length, but I still don’t really understand (a) why he’s doing this; and (b) why he’s doing this under the auspices of SecondMarket. Bitcoin does breed True Believers, and Silbert might well be one of them. I don’t necessarily think that SecondMarket has definitively jumped the shark today. But a bitcoin trust is not a good idea. It didn’t make sense when the Winklevii first came up with it, and it makes no more sense now that SecondMarket has followed their lead. No sensible investor should go anywhere near it, and anybody using SecondMarket as a platform should be more than a little concerned that their trusted broker-dealer has taken this highly unorthodox road. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Senate maths in Yellen’s favour for Fed approval

BY ALISTER BULL block her nomination. But Yellen also called quantitative easing. When he replaced Alan William Galston, senior fellow strategist with Potomac Research should be prepared for some But Republicans hold just 10 Greenspan in 2004, the Senate at the Brookings Institution in in Washington. here is no such thing tough questions. of the banking committee’s 22 vote took place on Greenspan’s Washington. The fact that Yellen would be as an easy vote in the “It will be a robust hear- seats, which virtually assures final day in office. Yellen’s nomination as vice the first woman to lead the US current US Senate, but ing,” said Tony Fratto, a White her nomination would go In the past, getting the needed chair in 2010 advanced from the central bank also weighs in her TJanet Yellen should have House official under Republican before the full Senate for final votes in the full Senate would committee on a 17-6 vote. favour. Senators that seek to a relatively smooth path to con- President George W Bush. consideration. have been a cinch. All the “no” votes were from block her appointment would risk firmation if she is nominated by “But at the end of the day, Indeed, support from all the Senators used to view the Fed Republicans, and four of those alienating women voters in the President Barack Obama to head even if there are differences of panel’s 12 Democrats would be as way too important to be used senators remain in the Senate 2014 congressional elections. the Federal Reserve. opinion with Yellen’s likely mon- expected. as a political punching bag. and on the banking panel: Republicans may not want to Obama is expected to etary policy direction, I think An announcement from That was then. Obama has Bob Corker of Tennessee, further antagonie this constitu- announce his decision in coming the Senate will be very comfort- Obama on his Fed choice could faced implacable hostility from Richard Shelby of Alabama, David ency after losing support among weeks and a White House offi- able with her, having confirmed come as early as next week, Republican lawmakers since his Vitter of Louisiana and Mike women in the 2012 election. cial has said Yellen, 67, the Fed’s her already once before,” he said, although political fighting over 2008 election, including a threat Crapo of Idaho. Twenty Democrats and 13 vice chair, is the leading choice referring to her confirmation as a deal to keep funding the US this week to trigger a govern- Her subsequent Senate con- Republicans senators are up for to succeed Fed Chairman Ben the Fed’s No 2 in September government into the new fis- ment shutdown in a bid to defund firmation was by voice vote, so re-lection next year, plus one Bernanke when his term expires 2010. cal year that starts on Tuesday the 2010 US healthcare reform there is no record of who voted independent. in January. The Senate Banking Committee could keep the White House legislation. or how. “Although she would be nom- With his Democratic Party initially vets the president’s nomi- preoccupied. One hint of what may lie inated and confirmed because controlling 54 votes in the 100- nation before sending it to the full If the nomination does not RESPONSIBLE CORE ahead comes in the roll call for she is highly qualified, I do seat Senate, Obama would need Senate for a vote. come next week, it might not Even in such a charged political Bernanke’s renomination earlier think there are a number of just six Republicans to overcome Republicans have sharply criti- come until the middle of the atmosphere, however, the White in 2010. Republicans who would not any procedural hurdles and cized the Fed’s ultra-easy mon- month, given that Obama departs House should be able to garner Twenty-two Republicans were want to stand in the way of secure her historic appointment etary policy under Bernanke, Washington on a week long tour enough Republican support for among the 70 senators who voted what would be a historic nomi- as the first woman chief of the US warning it could spur asset bub- of Asia on October 6. Yellen to meet the 60-vote thresh- for Bernanke. Of those, 15 remain nation,” said Fratto, who is now central bank. bles and future inflation. Once nominated, economists at old needed to clear procedural on Capitol Hill. a partner with Hamilton Place In bitterly partisan Goldman Sachs expect that the hurdles. “A majority of Republicans Strategies (HPS provides com- Washington, even those votes QE IN THE DOCK committee would vote on Yellen in “I think 10 to 15 is a reasonable probably will oppose Yellen, but munications, policy, and advo- must be counted carefully, Yellen staunchly supported the November or December, with the minimum estimate of the number with every Democrat voting for cacy solutions at the intersection although strategists think aggressive measures Bernanke full Senate following in January. of Republicans who will behave her, I’d expect her to get around of business, government, and Obama can rely on a core of has championed, including three Bernanke’s term expires on Jan according to a pre-polarisation 65 votes, maybe 70 (votes),” media) in Washington. moderate Republicans not to massive bond buying campaigns, 31. definition of responsibility,” said said Greg Valliere, a political REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Classifieds www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 ON SATURDAY

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Qatar launches 7th edition of Schools Olympic Program

Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrehman Al Thani, Secretary General, Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), is seen watching kids play sports during the opening ceremony of Schools Olympic Program (SOP) at Al Sadd Stadium in Doha. This will be the sevenths edition of SOP, a brainchild of QOC and Supreme Education CouncilC to promote health and fitness for school kids falling between the ages of 5 and 18. The new SOP edition will end on April 4, 2014. PICS: MOHAMMED AL OBAIDLY Westfield reveals prison torment I have lost the best job I ever wanted to do, says banned cricketer from England

LONDON: Former Essex pace film recorded by the Professional With his professional career in put on trial but banned for life by “I felt so confused what was bowler Mervyn Westfield (pic- Cricketers’ Association. tatters, Westfield, who pleaded the England and Wales Cricket going on. I didn’t know if I could tured has revealed his torment “I felt so scared. You are in guilty to a charge of accepting Board. talk to anyone or if anyone knew at spending four months in this little box and you can’t look corrupt payments in a hearing at “Danish was a very bubbly what it was. I didn’t know if they prison after being found guilty outside the windows of the van the Old Bailey in January 2012, person and everyone liked him would be in the same situation as of spot-fixing. because they were blacked out. now works as a shop assistant in the dressing room. He got on me. Westfield was jailed in 2012 and “Personally I didn’t know any- in a Tesco supermarket in east well with everyone. He was a “I decided to keep it all to banned from professional cricket thing about Belmarsh but my London. role model for most people in our myself,” Westfield said. for five years and club cricket solicitors ran it by me. They said “Any young cricketers out there team,” Westfield added. “The day came when I played for three for accepting £6,000 it was double A category jail and if someone comes up to you and “We were at his house and he against Durham. I bowled my ($9,606, 7,124 euros) to concede the most secure jail in Europe. All offers you to do match fixing just asked if he could speak to me first over, but I did not check the more than 12 runs in an over in the high risk people go there. I straight away say no, tell someone outside. That is when he started scoreboard to see if I went for 12 a 40-over match against Durham was wondering why am I going and walk away,” he said. to first talk about it. He said it or more.” in September 2009. there? “Me agreeing to do this, I have is hard for young players to get Kaneria, who has repeatedly The 25-year-old served his time “My time in Belmarsh was hell lost the best job I ever wanted to money in cricket these days. That protested his innocence, has had in Belmarsh prison in south-east for me. They tell you what you do. Not being able to do it now is was how the conversation started. two appeals against his ban and London and he admits the whole can do and what you can’t do. a massive slap in the face.” “They (Kaneria and his associ- a third looking to reduce the ban experience was a nightmare that What time you eat and what time He knows he made a terri- ates) said they wanted me to go rejected. has scarred him for life. you go back into the room, what ble mistake, but claims he was for 12 runs or more in the first Last month he filed another “They took me down to the time you can come out for exer- groomed to fix from the age of 18 over I bowled. They suggested to appeal in a London court and room, handcuffed me and put me cise, what time you have a shower. by Essex’s Pakistan leg-spinner me that a few people in the game vowed to carry on his fight. in the security van,” he said in a I didn’t shower any more.” Danish Kaneria, who was never were doing it as well. REUTERS Lawyer dismisses ‘vague’ Teenage Surrey batsman C ourt clears Srinivasan to Rauf allegations bowled out for 242 contest BCCI vote

LAHORE: Asad Rauf’s lawyer yesterday rubbished a Mumbai LONDON: Eighteen-year-old Surrey batsman Dominic Sibley NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court yesterday cleared the coun- police chargesheet which declared the Pakistani Test umpire (pictured) was bowled out for 242 against try’s cricket chief N Srinivasan to seek a third term in his role at an “wanted accused”, saying his client will not go to India. Yorkshire yesterday after entering the election this weekend, but barred him from taking charge immedi- Mumbai police last week presented a chargesheet alleging Rauf was record books as the youngest double cen- ately after the vote. involved in an Indian Premier League (IPL) betting scandal which turion in English county cricket. A cricket association in eastern Bihar state had petitioned the court surfaced in May this year and ended in life bans for two Indian play- Aged 18 years and 21 days, the school- to stop Srinivasan from contesting the vote for president of the Board ers, including Test paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth. boy batted for 599 minutes and faced 536 of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) because his son-in-law was The International Cricket Council (ICC) withdrew Rauf from balls in an innings that included two sixes charged in a corruption scandal. the Champions Trophy in June before removing him from the Elite and 24 fours before he was bowled by Ryan Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is among several offi- Umpire panel pending an inquiry by the world governing body. Sidebottom. cials, players and bookmakers charged with cheating and criminal Rauf’s legal adviser, Syed Ali Zafar, said: “We have not officially He shared a 236-run stand with South conspiracy in a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier received any chargesheet from Mumbai police, we came to know African Test batsman Hashim Amla (151) League, a Twenty20 tournament run by the BCCI. whatever was reported in the media. Rauf is a well-known, profes- on Thursday. “Why he is in charge if his son-in-law has been charge-sheeted,” the sional and a competent Pakistani umpire. Sibley’s maiden first-class century arrived Press Trust of India quoted the judge as asking Srinivasan’s lawyers. He added: “We think Mumbai police is doing his character assas- off 301 deliveries, making him the youngest “Why are you so keen to be elected? The elections can take place, sination and it’s a conspiracy against him.” Surrey player to reach that landmark. but he cannot assume charge until the matter is decided.” Zafar, flanked by Rauf, said: “Whatever is being reported in the The previous record was set by Jack Srinivasan had temporarily stepped aside as president in June when press is all false and I strongly deny it on behalf of Rauf. At the Crawford in 1905 at the age of 18 and 257 he handed interim charge to Jagmohan Dalmiya, a former head of the moment we don’t want to give any importance to it and it doesn’t days. International Cricket Council. have any legality.” The 200 came 183 balls later, with a boundary that brought the However he has continued to pull the strings behind the scene and Zafar said his client will not go to India to answer the “vague” crowd to its feet and made Sibley the second youngest Englishman to ensured on Wednesday that his bete noire, IPL founder Lalit Modi, allegations. score a first-class double century since WG Grace - who did it against was banned for life from the sport. “As far as Rauf is concerned he has full confidence on Indian courts Surrey at the Oval in 1866. The 68-year-old, who has headed the BCCI since 2011, is widely but he has no faith in Mumbai police and at the moment we are not The previous record for the youngest 200 scorer was set by expected to be elected unopposed for another year when the elections confident to go to India,” said the lawyer. Northamptonshire’s David Sales who made 210 against Worcestershire take place in his home city of Chennai on Sunday. Rauf added: “I was an employee of the ICC and I am answerable at the age of 18 and 237 days in 1996. Meiyappan was the team principal of the Chennai Super Kings to them. ICC’s anti-corruption (unit) has investigated the matter, “I was so relieved to finally get my 100 but, when I went to 200, it franchise, which is owned by the India Cements conglomerate run by I have provided them all the bank accounts. It’s been three months was just unbelievable,” Sibley, whose school gave him time off his stud- Srinivasan. The Bihar association, which is not part of the BCCI, had now and ICC has not contacted me.” Rauf has officiated in 48 Tests, ies for the match, told reporters on Thursday. opposed Srinivasan’s return since another court had termed as “illegal” 98 one-dayers and 23 Twenty20 internationals. REUTERS “I’m not sure what I would have been doing had I been at school an internal probe panel that absolved Srinivasan, Meiyappan, India today, hopefully it would have been a free period.” REUTERS Cements and other IPL officials of wrongdoing. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Cookson elected new UCI chief Cycling: The Briton beats Pat McQuaid by six votes in presidential election in Florence

FLORENCE: Briton British Cycling President New Brian Cookson was elected Cookson, backed by Russian oli- The new UCI International Cycling Union garch and Katusha team owner International (UCI) President yesterday Igor Makarov, had promised to Cycling President’s amid farcical scenes to bring an change the way the sport is gov- Union (UCI) end to the lurching eight-year erned and create an independent President Factfile reign of Pat McQuaid. anti-doping authority. Brian Cookson Age: 61 Cookson won by 24 votes to Irishman McQuaid had been of Britain 18 in the vote that took place seeking a third consecutive term outside ❑ Club level cyclist at road, towards the end of a long and as president but the congress the UCI track, cyclo-cross and chaotic UCI congress in Florence began with discussions over his headquarters mountain biking after an acrimonious campaign eligibility to stand in the election in this file ❑ UCI International com- with mud-slinging from both because he was not nominated by photo. missaire (1986-2009) camps. his home federation as required Cookson ❑ President of British “It is a huge honour to have by the UCI constitution. ousted Pat Cycling Federation been elected president of the UCI His candidacy was backed by McQuaid by (1996-present) by my peers and I would like to Thailand and Morocco, which 24 votes to ❑ Awarded OBE for services thank them for the trust they McQuaid said made him eligible, 18, ending to cycling in 2008 have placed in me today,” a calm a point reiterated by two lawyers ❑ Cookson said in his post-election from Switzerland, where the UCI McQuaid’s Has overseen 19 Olympic speech as McQuaid, chairing the is based. No details were given as reign in gold medals, 28 Paralympic congress, looked stunned. to who had hired the lawyers. yesterday’s medals and a first British Tour de France win “The campaign to get to this Following a confusing morn- presidential point has been intense but I am ing at the majestic Salone dei elections. ❑ He oversaw Britain’s first under no illusion that the real Cinquecento in Florence’s stately win in the Tour de France, work starts now. So I call on the Palazzo Vecchio, which housed the PICTURES: Sir Bradley Wiggins tast- global cycling community to unite office of 16th century Italian poli- BRIAN COOKSON ing success in the 2012 race, and come together to help ensure tician Machiavelli, a planned vote IMAGES followed by Chris Froome a that our great sport realises its on a change to the UCI consti- year later. enormous potential. tution making it clear McQuaid “This is the vision that will could stand in the election actually being asked to vote on. there was no absolute majority, drive and focus my activities over plunged into chaos. Eventually, after a heated debate, still leaving most of the media the next four years. New Zealand delegate Richard a few laughs echoed around the in a state of confusion as to his Cycling is still reeling from the Leggat suggested the vote on con- room as the 42 delegates agreed eligibility. Lance Armstrong doping scan- stitution changes be held next to a secret vote on whether voting After five hours of argument dal, during which the credibility year after the federations had on constitutional changes should and apparent indecision frus- of the UCI under McQuaid and been consulted. happen yesterday. tration began to creep in with his predecessor Hein Verbruggen The meeting then took on a Almost inevitably, the result an Algerian delegate telling the has been questioned, notably by surreal tone with delegates, and was 21-21 and McQuaid agreed congress: “Are we here to vote if the U.S. and World Anti-Doping the watching media, at times there would be no vote on con- we should respect the rules? It’s a agencies. unclear what congress was stitutional changes because lack of respect. We’re also here to see some cycling and we’re going to miss the (Under-23) race”. In the end, it was down to Cookson, who in his pre-election speech had pointedly mentioned his nomination from his national federation, to remind the congress what they were there for, saying: “We’ve had enough of this. I pro- pose that we go straight to the vote between the two candidates.” It was a bold move that ulti- mately paid off. REUTERS Cookson (second right) poses for a picture with cyclists “I am absolutely during his visit to Australia. LEFT: This thrilled to be given handout picture taken and released the opportunity by the UCI yesterday shows outgoing to bring about President McQuaid (left) shaking hands the changes that with newly-elected Cookson during Cookson (right) shakes hands cycling needs the UCI congress in with a winning cyclist at the Montecatine Terme. 2013 UCI Juniors World Track worldwide.” Championships in Glasgow. Cookson’s Tweet

Marquez Qatar set for tops practice Defending champ Lorenzo up Asian Volleyball in Spain Championships for Marquez battle at Aragon in Dubai MADRID: Championship leader Marc Marquez was the MADRID: Defending world the circuit. I feel very good physi- DOHA: Qatar volleyball fastest man on track yet again champion Jorge Lorenzo has cally and also the last Misano test team will compete in the 17th in practice for tomorrow’s Marc Marquez in his sights as went very well for us, so I’m going Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Aragon Grand Prix. he looks to eat into his compa- to Aragon feeling positive.” Championships that will begin Marquez, 20, leads last year’s triot’s lead atop the champion- The Motorland circuit, how- in the United Arab Emirates champion Jorge Lorenzo by 34 ship standings at the Aragon ever, is one of the few tracks (UAE) today. points with five races remaining MotoGP this weekend. where Lorenzo has never expe- Twenty-eight teams, placed in of his debut season. Marquez has had a sensational rienced victory with last season’s eight pools of three each, are par- And his Repsol Honda set the debut season in MotoGP as the second place his best finish in ticipating in the tournament with best lap of the day, a one minute 20-year-old has won five races on three tries since its inauguration the opening ceremony to be held 48.987 putting him ahead of his way to amassing a 34-point in 2010. at 6.30pm at the Hamdan Sports German Stefan Bradl. lead over both Lorenzo and Honda Marquez, however, has tasted Complex today. Marquez’s team-mate Dani team-mate Dani Pedrosa. victory in Aragon as a Moto2 Qatar are placed in Pool G Pedrosa was third, with Lorenzo However, Lorenzo has battled rider back in 2011 and is looking along with India and Uzbekistan. the fastest Yamaha in fourth and back from surgery on a broken forward to a first MotoGP ride on Qatar play their first match Cal Crutchlow sixth. collarbone, which forced him a track he describes as amongst against India tomorrow at 12pm Marquez - who won the Moto2 to miss the Dutch GP back in his favourites. at Hamadan Sports Complex. championship last year - is bid- June, to win the last two races in “It will be nice to return to race Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo (left) and Honda MotoGP Marc Seven-time champion Japan, ding to become the first rookie to Britain and San Marino. in Aragon in front of our home Marquez wave to supporters during the first free practice at Motorland are placed in Pool E with Oman win the premier class title since And the Yamaha rider is hop- fans this weekend,” he said. race track in Alcaiz, yesterday. and Sri Lanka, are unlikely to Kenny Roberts in 1978. ing that improvements to his bike “The circuit is one of my face a major challenge from their And he was in fine form once added to a return to full health favourites. It has two very tech- rivals. again, ending the morning ses- will see him make it a hat-trick nical sectors to start and then at encouraging testing session after the Spanish trio for the majority Defending champions Iran, who sion eight thousandths of a sec- of wins in the third of the four the end you need to go very hard his third place at Misano will of the campaign, including four beat China 3-1 in the final of the ond behind pace-setter Lorenzo calendar races in Spain. on the corners.” result in a first win since May. consecutive fourth placed finishes. last edition held in Tehran in 2011, before finding the fastest lap of “I’m really looking forward to However, it was Pedrosa who “We had a test session the However, he is still eager to are placed in Pool C along with the afternoon to end the day on going to Aragon because at that emerged victorious in last season’s Monday after Misano and we challenge the Hondas and Yamaha Kuwait and Kazakhstan. Iran top. track we did a very good test visit to Motorland and he is still found some positive things team-mate Lorenzo. play their first match against Qualifying takes place today, before the Assen Grand Prix,” he very much in the hunt for his first that I hope will help us here in “After doing a test, I am always Kazakhstan today. where Marquez will be aiming told the Yahama Factory Racing world championship title. Motorland, especially coming out very curious to go to the next Four-time champions South to take his seventh pole position website. The 27-year-old also won in of the corners. We need to wait race. The Misano test was very Korea who finished third in of the season. “In those tests we were the Malaysia, Japan and Valencia last and see what happens.” positive. We improved various Tehran are placed in Pool F along The race will take place fastest and now we have an even year, three of the other four races It hasn’t been a vintage season aspects so I want to see if we are with Iraq and Afghanistan. tomorrow. better bike. I’m looking forward to that are still to come this season. for seven-time world champion able to make a further step on The tournament will conclude AGENCIES getting to know our new level at And he is hoping that an Valentino Rossi as he has trailed race,” he said. AFP on October 6. QNA SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Your TV guide for Old allies Villas-Boas, live matches today Event Competition Time Channel Tottenham vs Chelsea Barclays Premier League 14:00 HD6 Notts Forest vs Derby English Championship 14:15 +3 Lorient vs Marseille Ligue 1 14:30 HD5 Mourinho to collide Terek vs CSKA Russian Premier League 15:00 +2 Fulham vs Cardiff Barclays Premier League 17:00 .TV Arsenal visit Swansea; United at home to West Brom Valencia vs Rayo La Liga 17:00 +2 Hull vs West Ham Barclays Premier League 17:00 .TV Crystal Palace vs Crystal Palace Barclays Premier League 17:00 .TV LONDON: Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur will put Millwall vs Leeds English Championship 17:00 +3 their Premier League title cre- Jose hits back at Aston Villa vs Man City Barclays Premier League 17:00 .TV dentials to the test when they renew their rivalry at White Andre’s claims Man United vs West Brom Barclays Premier League 17:00 HD6 Hart Lane today. PSG vs Toulouse Ligue 1 18:00 HD5 Both teams made a raft of new LONDON: Chelsea manager Muathair vs Al Ahli Qatar Stars League 18:15 +1 signings during the close season Jose Mourinho refused to and have made steady starts to discuss the breakdown of his Genoa vs Napoli Serie A 19:00 HD3 the new campaign ahead of the friendship with Tottenham Sporting vs Eibar Spanish 2nd Division 19:00 +4 149th encounter between the two Hotspur manager Andre Almeria vs Barcelona La Liga 19:00 +3 London clubs. Villas-Boas but could not An injury-time goal from resist a dig before they meet Swansea vs Arsenal Barclays Premier League 19:30 HD6 Paulinho gave Spurs a 1-0 win at in the Premier League today. AZ Alkmaar vs PSV Eredivisie 19:45 HD4 Cardiff City last weekend that The Spurs manager revealed took them level on points with on Thursday that his coaching Lekhwiya vs Al Arabi Qatar Stars League 20:00 Global Arsenal at the top of the table, ambitions had been thwarted Al Gharafa vs Al Sailiya Qatar Stars League 20:30 1 while Chelsea are two points by Mourinho at Inter Milan, Real Sociedad vs Sevilla La Liga 21:00 +3 back following a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villas-Boas (left). RIGHT: Chelsea where he was a member of his St Etienne vs Bastia Ligue 1 21:00 +2 Fulham. coach Jose Mourinho. The two coaches, who were together during fellow Portuguese’s backroom The game will not want for Mourinho’s first spell at Chelsea, will face each other for the first time staff, and that they were no Lyon vs Lille Ligue 1 21:00 HD5 sub-plots, with Portuguese man- longer close friends. when their sides clash today at White Hart Lane. Evian vs Bordeaux Ligue 1 21:00 +4 agers Andre Villas-Boas and Jose When asked at a news con- Mourinho due to face off for the ference what his relationship Sochaux vs Valenciennes Ligue 1 21:00 +1 first time since they ended their Everyone will watch this game, weekend. Everyone was honest in with Villas-Boas was like, Milan vs Sampdoria Serie A 21:00 HD3 collaboration at Inter Milan in everybody wants to play this their assessment that we didn’t Mourinho ducked the question. 2009. game. Tottenham have a great apply ourselves the way we should “I don’t describe (it) because Braga vs Sporting Portuguese League 22:15 HD1 Villas-Boas failed to emulate team.” have. I don’t discuss relationships Real Madrid vs Atletico La Liga 22:45 +3 his former mentor during an Arsenal saw a run of 10 con- “It is hard for the fans, the with the media. It’s a personal Nautico vs Cortiba Brazilian Championship 00:30 +1 unsuccessful eight-month stint at secutive away wins come to an players and the manager as well. thing ... I don’t care what he Chelsea between 2011 and 2012, end in 1-1 draw at West Bromwich We just had to move on from it says,” he said yesterday. “I’m but in Spurs he has found a club Albion in the League Cup on quickly.” not here not to comment on with its eyes on the same prizes. Wednesday, but they prevailed on City continued their goal-scor- what he says or to know what Striker Eto’o PSG dealt Spurs have conceded only penalties to maintain their recent ing form by avenging last sea- he says. I’m not interested.” one goal to date, in a 1-0 loss momentum. son’s FA Cup final loss to Wigan However, he then went on in Cameroon new defensive to Arsenal on September 1, and Arsene Wenger’s side are Athletic with a 5-0 League Cup to describe how he had acted Villas-Boas says such parsimoni- unbeaten in eight games in all win over the Championship side “professionally” when com- squad despite blow ahead of ousness will stand them in good competitions, but today they in mid-week, ahead of a trip to ing face to face with one of stead for the visit of his former visit a Swansea City side smart- Aston Villa today. his former mentors, Louis van team. ing after their League Cup Montenegro striker Stevan Gaal, with the barely hidden retirement Toulouse clash “What we’re seeing this season defence was ended by second-tier Jovetic opened his account for suggestion being that former in the Premier League is that it’s Birmingham City. City with a brace and will hope charge Villas-Boas should per- reports PARIS: Reigning French tight at the top. I would expect a Manchester United reacted to keep his place in the starting haps take note. champions Paris Saint-Germain tight encounter,” said the Spurs to their 4-1 derby humiliation at line-up at Villa Park. “I played a Champions CAPE TOWN: Samuel Eto’o have been dealt a new defen- coach, whose side crushed Aston Manchester City last weekend The post-Paolo Di Canio era League final against a club (pictured) was named in sive blow after Alex was ruled Villa 4-0 in the League Cup in by eliminating Liverpool in the continues for Sunderland with where the manager was some- Cameroon’s 25-man squad for out of their weekend match mid-week. League Cup and the champions a home game against Liverpool body very important in my next month’s World Cup play- against Toulouse at the Parc “We’ve looked solid at the back; will hope to get back to winning tomorrow, when caretaker coach career, somebody that gave off in Tunisia yesterday despite des Princes. not just clean sheets, but the ways in the league by defeating Kevin Ball will once again be in me the chance to grow up and media reports saying he had The Brazilian centre-back has amount of opportunities allowed. West Brom. charge of first-team affairs. taught me so many things,” he retired from interna- not recovered from a thigh injury We’ll have to show that ability The crushing loss to City left Liverpool can call upon last said of meeting Van Gaal when tional football. that forced him off at half-time again.” the champions five points below season’s top scorer Luis Suarez Inter beat Bayern Munich in Cameroon’s long- in the 1-0 win at Valenciennes Chelsea centre-back David Arsenal in eighth place, but cen- for the first time in the league 2010. standing captain on Wednesday but PSG coach Luiz, who has made just one tre-back Jonny Evans says he this season, after he returned to “I had to play against him announced he was Laurent Blanc hopes he will be league start under Mourinho, says has known darker days at Old action in the mid-week loss to in the Champions League final quitting for “family available again for the Champions it would be wrong to attach too Trafford. United following a 10-game ban and I did it in a professional reasons” in the dress- League clash with Benfica next much importance to the touchline “I have been on the training for biting Chelsea’s Branislav way. And I think that is a way ing room after they midweek. duel between the managers. ground where the atmosphere Ivanovic. you have to do it,” he said. beat Libya earlier this “Tomorrow (today), he will be “It’s Chelsea and Tottenham, has been worse than it was when Meanwhile, Everton will put The pair had been close month to clinch a play-off berth, absent as a precaution so that not just Mourinho and Villas- we came in the day after the the last unbeaten record in the with Villas-Boas working according to a report in L’Equipe. we will have him back against Boas,” the Brazilian told the (City) game,” said the Northern division on the line when they under Mourinho at Porto and He made no public announce- Benfica,” Blanc said at an eve-of- Chelsea website. Irishman. play host to Newcastle United at Chelsea. REUTERS ment, however, and Cameroon game press conference. “It’ll be a fantastic derby. “We had no complaints at the Goodison Park on Monday. AFP coach Volke Finke shrugged it off, Alex’s absence is added to that saying the 32-year-old Chelsea of his compatriot, and PSG cap- striker was the right man to lead tain, Thiago Silva, who admitted the team in their bid to qualify for that he could be out for six weeks an African record seventh World after suffering a thigh injury of Barca’s Messi answers Cup finals. his own in last weekend’s 1-1 draw The talismanic striker has had with Monaco. a turmoil-filled career with the As a result, Blanc is likely Indomitable Lions and made pre- to select Brazilian youngster vious threats to quit the side. He Marquinhos alongside the vet- tax charges in court played for Cameroon at the 1998, eran Zoumana Camara against 2002 and 2010 World Cups. Toulouse. GAVA, SPAIN: Barcelona interest -- which is likely to sig- football stars, particularly rival Cameroon have named a strong “We are a bit short at the back,” superstar Lionel Messi yester- nificantly reduce any sentence Cristiano Ronaldo. squad for the first leg of the play- explained Blanc. AFP day appeared in court to answer should they be found guilty. “He has a very professional off at the Rades Stadium on the charges of evading 4.16m euros ‘I am not worried’ image, of being focused on what outskirts of Tunis on October 13. ($5m) in taxes in a case that Lionel Messi’s form on the field he does and very close to the pub- Defenders Benoit Angbwa and Dutch referee stunned the sporting world. has scarcely been affected, with lic,” said Carles Canto, a market- Benoit Assou-Ekotto have been Dressed in a dark jacket and the Barcelona forward scoring 10 ing expert for IMG Consulting. dropped while the French-based red-faced after white shirt, the 26-year-old goals in just seven matches this ‘Like siesta or paella’ pair of Henri Bedimo and Edgar Argentine international made season as the Spanish champions Despite the initial conster- Salli and Malaga striker Fabrice card blunder no comment before or after the remain unbeaten. nation, the player’s popularity Olinga are recalled. REUTERS closed-door hearing at a court “I am not worried, I’m always doesn’t appear to have diminished. in Gava, the coastal suburb of on the sidelines of all that, just “Messi’s image amongst CAPE TOWN: A leading Barcelona where he lives. like my dad. We have our law- Barcelona fans is so solid that it Van Persie set Dutch referee described him- Testimony by the four-time yers and our advisors who handle is very difficult for it to be clouded self as sick to the stomach after winner of the FIFA World Player these things. We trust in them by this case,” said Enric Baneres, to return for attempting to book a player in of the Year award revealed his and they will solve the issue,” he a sports journalist for Catalan a cup tie on Thursday, only to desire to resolve the matter, said in July. daily La Vanguardia. Man United discover he had forgotten his Messi’s lawyer, Cristobal Martel, Nor does it appear to have tar- “Tax evasion is something so cards. told reporters after the hearing. nished his image among Barcelona common in Spain, like the siesta But Heerenveen defender Joey “It showed little intent to fans. or paella, that the people are very MANCHESTER, United van den Berg did not got away defraud and great intent to “What I want is for this to be permissive with it.” Kingdom: Robin van Persie with his foul. His name was resolve the situation with the tax resolved quickly so Messi can According to a document sent is available for Manchester included on the list of cautions office instead of entering into a relax and focus on the football,” by Messi’s father to the court, United’s Premier League match on the official report of his team’s bitter battle with the state,” the said one fan outside the court, obtained by El Periodico, his at home to West Brom this 3-0 win over fellow top-flight lawyer said. Joaquin Bosch, 60. former agent Rodolfo Schinocca weekend, manager David Moyes club Twente Enschede, Dutch Barcelona football star Lionel Crowds of reporters and fans The case began in June when was put in charge of organising confirmed yesterday. newspaper De Telegraaf reported Messi leaves the courthouse in gathered outside the court where a prosecutor accused the Messis the “structure and management” Van Persie has missed United’s yesterday. the coastal town of Gava near first Messi’s father Jorge Messi of evading tax by ceding the of the income from Messi’s image last two games, including the 4-1 Referee Pieter Vink said he had Barcelona yesterday after being and then the player himself were player’s image rights to “purely rights. derby defeat by Manchester City changed his soaking wet shirt at charged for tax evasion. Messi quizzed on charges of evading tax instrumental entities” in Belize Schinocca told Spanish radio last week, with a groin injury. halftime but forgot to transfer his and his father are accused of on the striker’s image rights to and Uruguay. station Cope that he had noth- But he has since returned to cards from the pocket of the old trying to deceive the Spanish the tune of 4.16m euros. According to the prosecutor’s ing to do with the case because training and now Moyes must shirt. taxman to the tune of four mil- They have denied wrongdoing, report, Messi “obtained signifi- he stopped working with the decide whether to use him against “I thought I blew the game pointing the finger at a former cant income” from image rights Messis in 2006, before the sup- the Baggies at Old Trafford. well,” he told Fox Sports televi- lion euros ($5m, £3.4m) by ced- agent of the player. between 2006 and 2009 for which posed offences took place. He “Robin will be back involved sion. “And then this happens to ing the player’s image rights to The court said Jorge Messi he failed to pay required taxes. accused Jorge Messi of wanting somewhere,” Moyes told a news you. It has made me furious. This companies based in tax havens paid the tax authorities five mil- The news caused astonishment an offshore account to man- conference. “Whether we use him, will never happen to me again. I’m such as Belize and Uruguay. lion euros in August -- the 4.16m in Spain where Messi is seen as age the income from the image whether we don’t, he has trained really sick to my stomach about euros claimed by the taxman plus a more humble figure than other rights. AFP today (yesterday). AFP it.” REUTERS SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Brazil audit Superstar Serena says shows Rio Games preparations she’s ‘not the greatest’ off target RIO DE JANEIRO: An audit into the finances of the 2016 The 32-year-old American will end 2013 as the world number one Rio Olympics shows prepa- rations are behind schedule BEIJING: Serena Williams ranked fifth and 2012 seventh. with earmarked state cash (pictured) said yesterday she “I’m so happy to have quali- largely unspent, Brazilian press was not the greatest ever wom- fied again,” Li said, on the WTA’s reported yesterday. en’s tennis player after securing website. The Brazilian sports ministry the year-end world number one “I had a great time in Istanbul has set aside a budget of 1.6bn Serbia’s Novak Djokovic ranking for the third time in last year and I’m looking for- reais ($712m) towards the staging (left) takes pictures her glittering career. ward to coming back and play- of South America’s first Olympics But the 32-year-old American ing my best tennis for the fans with a camera during and the Paralympics thereafter. power-hitter, now on a career in Turkey.” an exhibition charity But an audit by the Brasilia- total of 55 titles with 17 major Williams, along with Victoria match with China’s based national auditing office, wins, told reporters in Beijing Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and Li Na (not pictured) TCU, has shown that only five ahead of the China Open that she Agnieszka Radwanska -- the to mark the opening percent of that funding has been was “maybe top five”. world numbers one, two, three of 2013 China Open spent. Williams achieved the feat in and four -- have already quali- Tennis Tournament, in The report also accused the 2002 and 2009, and joins Justine fied for the WTA Championships. Beijing, yesterday. This Public Olympic Authority, a pub- Henin and Martina Hingis as Li is aiming for her biggest year marks the 10th lic consortium set up to oversee a three-time year-end number win on home soil when she takes anniversary of the China delivery of the Games, of poor one, with only Steffi on a star-studded Open. coordination. Graf (8), Martina field at the dual ATP The organisers were not imme- Navratilova (7), Chris and WTA event at diately available for comment. Evert (5) and Lindsay Beijing’s Olympic Brazil is also hosting the World Davenport (4) ahead Park. Cup next year amid widespread of her. However, she faces fears that even if stadiums are “I’m not the greatest a tough route to the ready in time, the necessary huge player. I’m still play- final, where she could overhaul of the giant country’s ing and I’m still try- meet her US Open Kvitova floors Results Nadal merits sagging infrastructure will not ing to reach records. semi-final opponent be completed in time. And people like Steffi Williams. Venus, to face Malaysian Open mention in The World Cup that will take and Chris Evert and Li faces Slovakia’s place next year, alone, is set to Martina Navratilova Daniela Hantuchova Kerber in final Singles Quarter-Finals all-time great cost an estimated $16bn. and Margaret Court, in the opening game, Of that, $3.5bn going on sta- they are the greatest,” she said. and could potentially face in the Jürgen Melzer (AUT x4) bt diums, including four brand new “Maybe top five, but definitely third round William’s older sister TOKYO, Japan: Petra Kvitova Federico Delbonis (ARG) 6-3, debate: Sampras arenas in cities without major not number one. For me it’s an Venus. ended the run of a resurgent 6-2; Julien Benneteau (FRA football clubs, prompting con- honour to even be mentioned The seven-time Grand Slam Venus Williams at the Pan x5) bt Adrian Mannarino NEW YORK: Spaniard Rafael cern they will prove to be “white amongst those amazing ladies.” singles champions’ ranking Pacific Open yesterday, win- (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; Joao Sousa Nadal’s name should be men- elephants”. Williams also became the first slumped to 63rd after two years ning a high-octane shootout (POR) bt David Ferrer (ESP tioned in any debate on the The TCU audit was unveiled woman to surpass $9m in prize of illness and injury problems, but 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 to reach the final of x1) 6-2, 7-6 (8/6); Stanislas greatest tennis player of all a month after an International money in a single season, pushing she has been in resurgent form the $2.3m event, where she will Wawrinka (SUI x2) bt Dmitry time, according to former world Olympic Committee coordination her career earnings past $50m. lately, reaching the semi-finals face fellow “lefty” tennis player Tursunov (RUS x6) 2-6, 6-3, number one Pete Sampras commission visited Rio to oversee She is the top seed in the of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo Angelique Kerber. 7-6 (7/3). (pictured). progress on the sites ahead of the $5,185,625 China Open, while before crashing out in a close- The German Kerber had too American Sampras, owner Games, for which organisers have home favourite Li Na is seeded fought match yesterday. much firepower for Denmark’s Thailand Open of 14 Grand Slam titles, consid- earmarked an operating budget of fourth. Venus Williams has a bye in Caroline Wozniacki, the fifth seed ers Swiss Roger Federer as the around $4bn. The 2011 French Open winner the first round in Beijing, while beating the former world number Quarter-Finals all-time best but But the capital’s budget is comes into the tournament after her sister faces Russia’s Elena one 6-2, 7-6 to reach her seventh was effusive in his around three times as much and Gilles Simon (FRA x4) bt Igor a surge in form which has seen Vesnina. career final. praise for world already there are fears millions Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; her become the first Asian player Second seed Azarenka will Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon number two Nadal. of public money may be needed Tomas Berdych (CZE x1) bt to reach the US Open semi-finals face Germany’s Andrea Petkovic champion from the Czech “... I would say to shore up the cost of the Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) 7-6 (9/7), earlier this month. in her opening match, while Republic, repelled everything that, with Rafa extravaganza. 6-4; Richard Gasquet (FRA 31-year-old Li also received a recently-crowned Guangzhou Williams threw at her in a pul- doing what he’s The Estado de Sao Paulo news- x2) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS boost with the news that she has Open champion Zhang Shuai will sating Tokyo semi-final, the x5) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Milos Raonic been doing, he has paper reported during the com- became the fifth player to qualify face Peng Shuai in all-China first seventh seed holding her nerve (CAN x3) bt Feliciano Lopez an argument to be mission’s visit it had obtained for the $6m end-of-season WTA round clash. to tear through the deciding tie- (ESP) 6-4, 6-3. in the conversation,” Sampras documents showing barely half of Championships. Zhang Shuai has also hit a break 7-2 and complete victory in told thetennisspace.com. the Games’ projects were on track The world number five booked remarkable run of form, and is set a match that lasted for two hours, “Rafa isn’t done yet. He could amid construction delays and a her place in next month’s grand to play the final of the $125,000 24 minutes. WTA Pan Pacific win more majors. He’s got a win- dire shortage of hotel capacity. finale in Istanbul featuring the Ningbo WTA hardcourt tourna- “That was definitely one of ning record against everyone that Brazil is already racing to over- top eight women’s players yes- ment on Friday evening against my best matches of the season,” Open Results he has played in his generation. haul its creaking airport infra- terday, the tennis organisation top seed Bojana Jovanovski. Kvitova said after playing her He’s won the Davis Cup, he’s won structure with the World Cup just Angelique Kerber (GER x5) bt announced on its website. Rafael Nadal and Novak third match in two days. the Olympics.” nine months away. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) Asia’s first singles Grand Slam Djokovic headline the men’s draw The Czech tennis player added: Nadal won his 13th Grand The Estado de Sao Paulo said 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); Petra Kvitova winner has qualified for the WTA in Beijing, but no information was “I knew she would attack and I Slam this year after capturing an the IOC judged infrastructure (CZE x7) bt Venus Williams Championships for the last two available from tournament organ- had a little trouble so I just tried eighth French Open and second projects to be in the red category (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2). seasons, having finished 2011 isers of the men’s schedule. AFP to do the same to her.” AFP US Open. REUTERS -- that is, clearly behind schedule. The TCU documents high- lighted a lack of firm dates to begin as yet unstarted building work, citing an “absence of solid plans.” And the TCU report concludes QSL: Eljaish beat Al Sadd; Al Rayyan win that, while it could not describe proceedings as being “para- DOHA: Defending champi- Irhaima (59) helped Al Wakra lysed”, nonetheless “it is reason- ons Al Sadd suffered their first win 2-1 despite Umm Salal’s Sasa able to infer that the current defeat of the season after losing Ognenovski’s (60) effort. flow of budgetary resources risks 1-0 against Eljaish in the Qatar Qatar SC beat Al Kharaitiyat (leading to) potential delays” in Stars League yesterday. 1-0 thanks to a goal from Moussa preparations. Muhammed Muntari (15) Al Allaq (83). A further reported con- scored what proved to be the win- The Eljaish and Al Sadd match cern of the audit office is just ner with a powerful header in the was wide open with both teams what use the Olympic sites far post. creating chances. will be put to when the Games Elsewhere, Al Rayyan regis- Muntari gave Eljaish the lead are over. AFP tered their first win over the sea- when he reacted first to direct his son when the Sheikh Jassim Cup header to give his side the lead. winners thrashed Al Khor 4-0, Al Sadd, who came into this Qatar Jet Ski courtesy of goals from Jarralah match with two narrow victo- Al Marri (46), Rodrigo Tabata ries, came close to equalising most Marathon to take (50), Daniel Gouma (86) and notably through Qatari striker Mohammed Salah (90+6). Ibrahim Khalfan. place today Goals from Ahmad But Eljaish, coached by Razvan Rahmatallah (40) and Ali Hussein Lucescu, despite losing the over- all possession in the match, held DOHA: The Qatar Marine their nerve for the three points, Sports Federation will organise Results and having missed a host of opportu- the first round of the Qatar Jet nities in front of goal to increase TOP: Eljaish winger Wagner Ribeiro (in white) Ski Marathon Championship Fixtures their lead. today at the Corniche, next to controls the ball past Al Sadd’s Jung Soo Lee In today’s matches, Al Gharafa, the Sheraton Hotel. Al Khor 0 Al Rayyan 4 during the side’s Qatar Stars League (QSL) coached by Brazilian legend Zico Riders from Oman, Palestine, Al Wakra 2 Umm Salal 1 will face Al Sailiyah at home at match at Lekhwiya Stadium in Doha yesterday. Saudi Arabia, Jordan besides Eljaish 1 Al Sadd 0 8.30pm. LEFT: Qatar Sports Club’s forward player Qatar will be taking part in the Qatar SC 1 Al Kharaitiyat 0 Two-time QSL champions Marcio Jose De Olivera (right) and Al championship. Kharaitiyat’s defender Mohamed Salam Playing Today Lekhwiya, coached by Belgium’s The QMSF, meanwhile, is also Eric Gerets, will be aiming to reg- Rahama (left) in action during the QSL match at organising a Drag Race Marathon Muaither SC vs Al Ahli at Al ister their first win of the season Qatar Sports Club Stadium in Doha yesterday. Championship in the junior cate- Gharafa Stadium, 6.15pm when they face Al Arabi at home gory for children between the age Al Gharafa vs Al Sailiyah at Al at the same time. PICTURES BY: SHAIVAL DALAL/KAMMUTTY VP of 11-16 years. The first round of Gharafa Stadium, 8.30pm In the earlier kick-off at 6.15pm, the championship will be held on Lekhwiya vs Al Arabi at Muaither play Al Ahli. October 5 on the Corniche. 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SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 05:27 17:21 12:00 & 23:15 03:15 & 20:45 04-12/18 KT People walk past foliage turning from green to red in the grounds of St John’s College in Cambridge, central England, yesterday. THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW

HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER MUSCAT 34/29 Clear 34/28 Partly cloudy Half of UK pilots fall asleep in cockpit KUWAIT 37/27 Clear 37/28 Clear BAHRAIN 35/29 Clear 35/29 Clear LONDON: More than half of British air- trade union for pilots, voiced concerns that could be called to work at any time on their SANAA 26/14 Partly cloudy 26/14 Partly cloudy line pilots say they have fallen asleep in the these proposed changes would water down days off. Currently, restrictions are in place to RIYADH 36/21 Clear 38/23 Clear cockpit, a survey said, ahead of an EU vote British safety standards. help them plan their rest on days off. DUBAI 37/29 Clear 35/28 Partly cloudy on flying hours which a pilots’ association The rule changes would mean that pilots The survey of pilots, by pollster ComRes, BAGHDAD 36/20 Clear 36/21 Clear said could compromise flight safety. could work a maximum of 110 hours in a found 84 percent of respondents believed their According to the British Airline Pilots’ two-week period, more than the 95-hour limit abilities had been compromised over the last THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Association (BALPA), 56 percent of 500 com- under British regulations, and at night could six months by tiredness with almost half say- HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER mercial pilots admitted to being asleep while be expected to fly for up to 11 hours, against ing pilot exhaustion was the biggest threat to on the flight deck and, of those, nearly one a current 10-hour limit. “Tiredness is already flight safety. British ATHENS 26/19 Clear 27/21 Clear in three said they had woken up to find their a major challenge for pilots who are deeply lawmakers, in a WASHINGTON 23/14 Partly cloudy 23/13 Partly cloudy co-pilot also asleep. concerned that unscientific new EU rules will report published SYDNEY 28/11 Clear 24/10 Partly cloudy Pilot exhaustion grabbed the headlines this cut UK standards and lead to increased lev- earlier this month, LONDON 19/12 Partly cloudy 18/13 Partly cloudy week when a newspaper reported two pilots els of tiredness, which has been shown to be expressed con- PARIS 25/20 Thunderstorm 22/16 Chance of storm on a British long-haul flight fell asleep in the a major contributory factor in air accidents,” cern that the new ISTANBUL 24/15 Partly cloudy 24/16 Clear cockpit, leaving the packed jet travelling unsu- BALPA General Secretary Jim McAuslan said European rules set MANILA 31/25 Thunderstorm 29/25 Thunderstorm pervised on autopilot. The survey, released by in a statement. The proposals, devised by the the limit for the DHAKA 31/25 Mostly cloudy 31/25 Chance of storm BALPA, came ahead of a vote in the European European Aviation Safety Agency to harmo- flight duty period DELHI 31/24 Mostly cloudy 32/24 Chance of storm Parliament on Monday on new rules which nise the rules regarding pilots’ hours across at night too high. could replace British regulations. BALPA, a the European Union, would also mean they REUTERS ISLAMABAD 31/23 Partly cloudy 30/24 Partly cloudy