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Emir visits book fair Cold spell for Shortage of a week from Sunday likely DOHA: Qatar is expected to experience the first cold spell warehouses of the season beginning on Sunday, leading to a significant drop in temperature with the minimum to be slightly above 10 degrees Celsius on some days, to be tackled according to the Meteorology Department. The cold spell that could last Ministry assessing needs of projects a full week, has been attributed to “an extension of high pressure DOHA: The government has and pricing of building materials. over the Arabian Peninsula asso- now turned its attention to The aim is to issue timely alerts ciated with cold air mass in the tackling the shortage of ware- to companies involved in develop- upper levels.” housing facilities in an effective ment projects. The panel will have Strong northwesterly winds way. online links to air, sea and land could lash the county during the It plans to build a large number customs authorities. period, bringing in cold waves. of warehouses across the coun- In a veiled warning, particu- Scattered rains are also expected try so they could be rented out larly to automobile dealers, the in some parts of the country on to businesses and development ministry said it would soon con- Monday and Tuesday, said the projects in need. duct a study to check if suppliers department. The Ministry of Economy and were taking undue advantages The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with children at the 24th Doha International Book Fair at Doha “Temperature could start fall- Commerce is busy conducting a and abusing their dominant role International Exhibition Centre yesterday. ing from Sunday and we are study to assess present and future in the local retail market. expecting a significant drop by requirements of warehousing The scope of the study will Monday,” a forecaster at the facilities. It is being carried out be extended to cover after-sales department told this daily last in collaboration with the Ministry services market. Databases will evening. of Development Planning and be set up for poultry and dairy 1,472 GCC citizens covered by During the cold spell, maxi- Statistics. markets, including their sales, mum temperature in Doha is Businesses have long been com- imports and exports. expected to be around 20 degrees plaining of shortages, particularly The ministry also hinted that Celsius and the minimum could of affordable warehouses. Their amendments were being made to Qatar social security network vary between 12 and 14 degrees rents have been soaring as a laws that regulate dealerships of C, he added. A further dip could result of acute short supply. foreign goods and services, com- DOHA: Qatar has a few of its its social security system. more than a third of the total. be expected in outer areas. As building activity is picking mercial registration and licensing citizens working in neighbour- The UAE ranks second after Omanis rank second with their The Met office warned of up in preparation for the 2022 and street vendors’ licences. ing GCC states, while Kuwait Kuwait with 3,706 GCC nationals share in the total number of GCC strong winds and high seas from FIFA event, the demand for ware- “The ministry has submitted has the largest number of other protected within its social secu- citizens (covered by countries in Sunday and advised caution while houses is increasing. draft laws and regulations (to GCC nationals covered within rity system. Qatar is at number their social security systems) going to the sea. The Ministry of Economy and the above effect) to authorities its social security network. three. being 30.3 percent. Their number The northwesterly winds could Commerce said in a statement concerned,” it said. A regulatory Qatar, according to figures Bahrain has about 180, Oman was 2,182 in 2012. blow at between 20 and 30 knots, yesterday it was planning to invite framework seems to be ready released by the GCC Secretariat- (42) and Saudi Arabia, the largest Bahrain ranked third with 1,493 reaching 35 in offshore areas dur- tenders to build warehouses. for the after-sales service in the General for 2012, has 1,472 GCC GCC economy, has 19 other GCC nationals — its share in the total ing the period. The maximum They are to be made available automotive market, the minis- citizens covered within its social nationals covered under their being a little more than 20 percent. temperature recorded yesterday at “low rent” particularly to small try has hinted. Soon consumers security net which is one of the social security systems. Kuwait’s share in the total was 12.7 was 26 degrees C and the mini- and medium projects, the minis- will be able to lodge complaints best in the region. However, when it comes to percent. The UAE’s share in the mum was 20 degrees C, said the try said, according to Qatar News online (including in respect of But it has only about 60 of its beneficiaries, Saudis top the list. total (which works out to slightly forecaster. A slight fall is expected Agency. automotive after-sales services) nationals working in other GCC Some 2,463 workers are covered more than 9,000) was 1.3 percent today with the minimum around It also said a committee was with the Consumer Protection states, statistics show. Kuwait has by social security networks of while that of Qatar was merely 0.7 19 degrees C and the maximum being set up to monitor supplies Department. THE PENINSULA 3,782 GCC nationals covered by other GCC states, accounting for percent. THE PENINSULA 27. THE PENINSULA

Al Zubarah site FIFA World Cup in opens to public DOHA: Al Zubarah Doha on 3-day tour Archaeological Site, the first in Qatar to be included in Unesco World Heritage List, DOHA: The FIFA World Cup their photos taken with it. will welcome visitors today and arrived in Doha yesterday as An invite-only Coca-Cola tomorrow with activities and part of a global tour. It will be ‘Fan Zone’ experience in Aspire attractions. in the city for three days during Dome and Aspire Park tomor- A new visitor centre is open its Middle East trip as part of row will offer fans and the media at Al Zubarah Fort, with a photo its 267-day world tour to visit 90 the chance to have the ultimate exhibition that tells the story of countries. A reception was held football experience and look the site’s excavation and natural at Doha International Airport back to the history and magic environment. in the morning to welcome the of the Cup. Artefacts from Al Zubarah Cup and officials. “This tour is an exclusive ini- and other sites in the north of The FIFA World Cup Trophy tiative by Coca-Cola whereby the Qatar, focusing on seafaring, Tour by Coca-Cola is bringing trophy travels around several pearl diving, trade and defence fans up close to one of the most markets, allowing millions of peo- are also on display at a tempo- iconic symbols in football. ple a chance to revel in its glory rary exhibition. The tour is a moving exhibition and experience the excitement of During the weekend, activities of the authentic, solid gold trophy the Cup in their communities,” at the fort and the archeological which spreads happiness as it goes an official statement said. site, about 10-minute drive from along, as thousands of fans not QNA it, will be open to visitors from only get to see it but also have Continued on page 3 9am to 4pm. Visitors outside Al Zubarah Fort yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P THE PENINSULA

Deal signed for QR20bn petrochemical complex Iran, Saudi invited to Syria talks BEIRUT: Iran and Saudi Arabia, which back “At the moment there are 32 countries invited, DOHA: A multi-billion-riyal petro- opposite sides in Syria’s war, are among more but the number may increase because everyone chemical complex will be built in Ras than 30 countries slated to attend a peace wants to come,” an Arab diplomat said. Laffan Industrial City. conference next month, diplomats said. “In addition to the five permanent members Qatar Petroleum and Qatar The Geneva 2 conference, a follow-up to a of the Security Council (the US, Britain, France, Petrochemical Company yesterday signed 2012 meeting, aims at mapping out a political Russia and China), there are neighbouring coun- Front-End Engineering and Design transition to end nearly three years of fighting tries, Saudi Arabia and Iran, and Germany (FEED) contract with Tecnimont SpA, that has killed more than 120,000 people and and Italy and others.” Shia Iran is a key ally a leading construction company, for the displaced millions. But the January 22 meet- of President Bashar Al Assad’s regime, while QR20bn ($5.5bn) Al Sejeel Petrochemical ing will be held at the lakeside Swiss city of Saudi Arabia has backed the Sunni-led rebels. Complex. Montreux because of a shortage of hotel rooms Most countries will be represented by their top THE PENINSULA in Geneva, which will be hosting a luxury watch diplomats and “each minister can speak for five Officials with the trophy at Doha International Airport yesterday. Full report on page 14 fair, a Western diplomat said. minutes,” he said. AFP FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THIS GLORIOUS NATION, A NEW GENERATION IS BORN. WISHING THE PEOPLE OF QATAR A HAPPY NATIONAL DAY. Qatar's enriching culture, heritage, history and pride have always been its stronghold. We at Sidra feel its pulse, priding on its every moment of strength and cheering on its every achievement. And now, it is our mission to serve our women and children, who have helped the nation prosper by keeping them healthy and nurturing their future. It is the generation of tomorrow that will carry forward the legacy of this glorious nation we call home. FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir, Prime Minister A memorable welcome for FIFA World Cup Trophy send greetings to Continued from page 1 President of Kenya “It is building up the anticipa- tion for the 2014 Cup in Rio de DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Janeiro,” the statement added. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The trophy will be touring the has sent a cable of greetings to world, covering over 92,000 miles the President of the Republic nine months. It will also visit an of Kenya on the occasion of the additional 50 countries that have anniversary of his country’s never had the opportunity to host Independence Day. the Cup before. The tour was The Prime Minister and launched in Brazil. Interior Minister H E Sheikh The Cup will finish its Middle Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa East tour by visiting the UAE Al Thani has also sent a cable of from Qatar, and then moving greetings to the Kenyan leader. on to Europe, South America and ending up back in Brazil, a few months before the start of Moroccan First the 2014 tournament. Khalid Al Kuwari, Director of Marketing Lady leaves Doha and Communications, Qatar Football Association (QFA), said: A special aircraft carrying the FIFA World Cup Trophy touches down at the Doha International Airport yesterday. DOHA: HRH Princess Lalla “We are extremely happy to have Salma, wife of the Moroccan the trophy and spread joy and Nasser Al Khater, “We are very excited to be a nations together to celebrate the football around the world and King, who is also the President excitement in our country. Communications & Marketing meaningful stop on the trophy’s beautiful game. I am excited to be through our partnership with of Lalla Salma Foundation “The tour is a momentous Director of Qatar 2022 Supreme world tour as both a host country part of the excitement of the tro- FIFA we champion the power for Cancer Prevention and event, and will be an unforget- Committee, said: “Just as this and a nation that embodies the phy tour and look forward to being of football to bring the world Treatment, left Doha last after- table one for everyone, not just iconic trophy brings fans from power football can have on devel- in Qatar to witness the delight of together. noon, wrapping a several days’ football fans. QFA, Q22 and Coca around the world together, we opment in our country, the region football fans here.” “We are thrilled to be able to visit to Qatar. During the visit, Cola have worked continuously in believe that football can break and the world,” he added. Antoine Tayyar, Director bring the most coveted prize in Princess Lalla Salma attended the past to organise events dur- down cultural barriers by bring- FIFA Ambassador and former of Public Affairs and world football to the Middle East, the first session of the World ing the three-day tour to offer ing the world to the FIFA World Argentinian International Gabriel Communications, Coca-Cola for what we are sure will be a Summit for Innovation in Health fans a memorable experience,” Cup in Qatar for the first time in Calderon said, “The trophy is a sym- Middle East, said, “Coca-Cola memorable experience for thou- Care (WISH), which was inaugu- he said. the Middle East. bol of sporting prowess, bringing shares the passion fans have for sands of fans.” QNA rated by H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) which con- Minister visits stall cluded here on Wednesday. Qatar Haiti Fund to Chief of Staff meets US official rebuild University DOHA: The Chief of Staff of the Qatari Armed Forces H E Major General Ghanim bin Agreement signed with Clinton Foundation Shaheen Al Ghanim met here with US Deputy Assistant WASHINGTON: The US President Clinton’s Special HE Al Rumaihi said in a state- Secretary of State Frank Rose. Chairman of Qatar Fund for the Representative and the Deputy ment after the signing of the Talks dealt with issues of com- Reconstruction of Haiti (Qatar Director of Foundation’s Office agreement, that the motives of mon interest. The meeting was Haiti Fund) Mohammed bin Gregory Millon. the State of Qatar in the recon- attended by senior officers of Abdullah Al Rumaihi has signed The signing of the agree- struction of the university are the armed forces. an agreement with Bill, Hillary ment was attended by the Legal humanitarian motives and will and Chelsea Clinton Foundation Representative of the Board of be added to the contributions of Qatar evnoy meets to finance the reconstruc- Trustees of Qatar’s Haiti Fund Qatar’s fund for the reconstruc- tion of the University of Haiti Robert Wurman. tion of what was destroyed by Lebanese politician for Science and Engineering Under the agreement, the the 2010 earthquake that killed in the city of Port-au-Prince, university, completely destroyed more than 365,000 people in the BEIRUT: The Qatar’s which includes the faculties of by 2010 earthquake, will be able Republic of Haiti and destroyed The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Ambassador to Lebanon Ali engineering, physics, chemis- to grant opportunities for more its infrastructure and institu- Al Kuwari visiting a stall at the Darb Al Sai ground in Al Sadd yesterday, bin Hamad Al Marri has met try, mathematics and natural than 1,200 students who are cur- tional structure. where a variety of activities are being held as part of the National Day. with Chairman of the execu- sciences. rently receiving study in tem- Qatar have pledged a total of The venue is attracting hundreds of visitors every day including school tive committee of the Lebanese The agreement was signed for porary buildings in the capital, $20m for the Haiti Fund. students, ministers, diplomats and other dignitaries. Forces Party Dr Samir Geagea. the Foundation side by the former Port-au-Prince. QNA They discussed the situation in Lebanon and the region as well as bilateral relations. Qatar envoy in Cuba Hundreds register for annual Ooredoo Marathon presents credentials

DOHA: Hundreds of people money for worthy causes, the as well as a special children’s 1km more people with sport. the Ooredoo Marathon will be HAVANA: The Cuban Vice have registered for the upcom- 2014 Ooredoo Marathon has been fun-run. The company is encouraging donated to a range of worthy President Salvador Valdes ing Ooredoo Marathon, which expanded, to include more events Ooredoo is sponsoring the teams from businesses, universi- charities in the Middle East, Mesa received the credentials will take place on January 10, and more opportunities to take event as part of its commitment ties, schools and athletic clubs to Africa and South Asia. of Rashid Mirza Al Mulla as next year. part. to corporate social responsibil- take part, and is aiming to make The 2014 Ooredoo Marathon Ambassador of Qatar to the An annual event designed to The Ooredoo Marathon will ity and in support of the wider the 2014 event the biggest and will start from the Museum of Republic of Cuba during their encourage more people to get feature a 10Km run, a half-mar- vision to improve health across best to date. Islamic Art Park in Doha. meeting here yesterday. involved in sport and to raise athon and a full marathon run, the community by engaging Funds raised by entry fees to THE PENINSULA QNA Renowned British National Day preparations sound and visual artist to perform at Katara

DOHA: Max Eastley, a world Opening on Sunday, the exhi- renowned British sound and bition features a series of new visual artist, is set to stage an installation works drawn from exhibition and performance locally sourced materials. The at the Katara Art Center unique work created for this (KAC) as part of the Qatar exhibition will reflect the art- UK 2013 Year of Culture. ist’s responses to the properties An active artist since 1972, of materials found in the city. Eastley’s work consists of per- The works, developed onsite formance and installation pieces prior to the exhibition opening, that can be described as poetic reflect the artist’s immediate and dream-like. The work itself approach and response to the is often constructed of sim- materials chosen, the location, ple materials, drawn together and the city. through combining the ideas A pioneer in performance of of instability and equilibrium sound art, the artist’s style uses in nature with the principles elements of pure sound, gener- behind musical instruments. ated by everyday materials, to The artist, through his create otherworldly or natural investigations of naturally- tones that encourage the lis- driven instruments such as tener to explore. The perform- the Aeolian Harp — an instru- ance will take place as part ment driven by the wind — part of KAC’s sound, perform- have led to an exploratory and ance, and music series, Offbeat. sensitive approach to creating In addition, the artist is pre- installations and performance. senting an artist workshop on This style can be character- Monday, a unique opportu- ised as being less attached to nity for Doha-based artists to conventional forms of music engage with an internationally performance or art installa- respected artist. Registration tions than to objects and expe- for this workshop is required, riences that are between the and spaces are limited. constructed and the natural. THE PENINSULA Cannons are displayed along with national flags at Al Wakrah in preparation for the National Day celebrations. ABDUL BASIT FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME/MIDEAST DFI to celebrate National Day with slew of activities Interactive film-related activities to be held at dedicated booth

DOHA: The Doha Film a film and telling their story - collaborate with the National stand with an opportunity to Institute is to host a range of from start to finish - in just one Day Committee this year and have a Q&A with the filmmak- interactive film-related activi- weekend. we look forward to engaging ers themselves. ties in collaboration with the The films from the 48-Hour the entire community with On December 18, the Doha National Day Committee. Film Challenge will be posted on activities that are both fun Film Institute will present a Scheduled to run until Youtube and two winners will be and educational. Our selec- special screening of the new ani- December 18, all planned activ- selected — one based on most tion of film-related activi- mation film ‘Abtal w Mahama’ ities will take place at a dedi- ‘likes’ and the other judged by a ties including the 48-Hour (Heroes and a Mission), a cated booth at Darb El Saii, Doha Film Institute committee. Film Challenge, for example, National Day Committee project Doha tent. The activities also include ‘The won’t only inspire people, but and executed by Al Rayyan To celebrate the day, the Movie Experience’, where par- will also get them involved in Productions, at Katara Drama Doha Film Institute with the ticipants will get the chance to filmmaking in a very infor- theatre, The Cultural Village www.swiss-belhotel.com National Day Committee, will be make their very own film post- mal manner. We invite fel- Katara. Tel holding activities including an ers against a green screen, and low nationals and residents There will be three screen- Fax ‘Instagram Photo Competition’ ‘Black Box’ where Instagram to come join the celebration ings, 3pm, 5pm and 8pm. The to capture photos of Qatar’s photos can be printed in classic and enjoy the festivities for film Abtal w Mahama (Heroes National Day celebrations; a fashion. this very important day.” and a mission) will be screened 48-Hour Film Challenge, an ini- Abdulaziz Al Khater, CEO, In addition to the activities, a on Qatar TV and Al Rayyan Tel tiative to get teams from Qatar Doha Film Institute, said: selection of the ‘Made In Qatar’ Channel. scripting, shooting, and editing “We are very pleased to films will be showcased at the THE PENINSULA Fax

Tel Fax VCUQ wins three awards at Qatar Foundation Tollfree Fax research conference

DOHA: Three fac- Nanoparticle ulties of Virginia Photocatalyst.’ Tel Commonwealth Dr Mohamed Fax University in Cherif Amor, chair Qatar (VCUQ) won of the Interior awards in the Arts Design depart- Tel and Humanities ment at VCUQatar Fax and Health and and his two col- Biomedical catego- laborators Dr Pati ries at the recent Debajyoti and Dr Qatar Foundation Michael Oboyle Tel Annual Research from Texas Tech Dr Amor and his team during an honouring ceremony. Fax Conference (ARC’ University won 13) 2013. the third place Dr Khaled in the Arts and thereby offering 100 percent pro- and illuminated luminous ceiling www.doha.hilton.com Saoud (pictured), and Rola Humanities category for their tection over 24 hours a day for images using functional Magnetic Al Soubaih, faculty from project entitled, ‘Architecture, periods as long as two years. Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Tel +974 44233333 VCUQatar’s Liberal Arts and Interior Design and Neuro- This solution is cost-effective technology. Fax +974 44233000 Sciences department and imaging: An Evidence Based and reduces the use of hazardous The brain neural mapping as their collaborators Nasr bin Approach’. chemicals and can also be used to generated by the fMRI consti- Salah (Qatar University) and “We have found a new clean water and reduce pollution,” tutes unparalleled solid scien- Mohamad Al Fandi (Jordan weapon based on nanotech- said Dr Saoud. tific biological data. “The data University of Science and nology to fight bacteria and The purpose of Dr Amor and that was desperately needed to Technology) won the third prevent hospital infections. his team’s funded research is to reinforce not only the scientific place in the Health and We used silver combined with explore and compare the behav- dimensions of the design and Biomedical category for their a cost-effective material which ioural and neural responses of allied disciplines, but also to add project entitled, ‘Prevention interacts with normal light to adults, when exposed to four to the growing body of knowledge of Hospital Infections Using kill the bacteria and viruses classes of images positive images, in evidence-based design,” said Dr Tel Visible Light Ag/ZnO that caused hospital infections negative images, neutral images, Amor. THE PENINSULA Fax

Tel Fax Kidnapped Iraqi’s kin hold out hope BAGHDAD: It took several home and, after speaking to his Tel years after his father’s kid- niece Reem on the telephone, Fax napping in Baghdad, but at was relaxing with his brother- a certain point — he cannot in-law and nephew in the house’s remember precisely when — front courtyard. Ali Al Saffar began referring Suddenly, three pickup trucks to him in the past tense. and two cars pulled up in front Tel He says he no longer craves of the house, and a group of men Fax justice, and that the anger has — some in military fatigues, the largely faded. All he wants is rest in suits — opened the front his father’s body, to give him a gate. They kicked Ammar’s proper burial, to have some clo- brother-in-law and forced the Tel sure. “Is it ‘My dad is’ or ‘My trio to the ground. One of the dad was?’” asked Ali, speaking men — the only one covering Fax by telephone from London. his face— identified Ammar as “I honestly don’t know. Now, gunmen rampaged through the I’ve started to say was. But it house while his mother watched, took a long time to get to that before the group took the dep- Tel point.” “It’s simple things like uty minister and sped away. Fax this that really affect you.” Two grainy videos were sub- As Iraq grapples with a new sequently sent to family mem- surge in violence, families of all bers with Ammar’s face visible, religious and ethnic backgrounds while a third depicted a hooded are still hoping to find loved ones man being shot dead. who were snatched during the Ziad Al Nuaimi, the nephew of Ammar Al Saffar, former undersecretary His body has never been brutal sectarian fighting that of the ministry of health kidnapped since 2006, holds a portrait of his recovered, a death certificate peaked in 2006-2007. uncle at their family home in Baghdad. has never been issued, and no Kidnappings became com- one has been convicted in con- Tel mon in the years after the 2003 nection with the kidnapping. Fax US-led invasion that ousted people,” said Ali, who was 21 senior officials — to live outside “I just want to know where Saddam Hussein, with Iraqi when his father was taken. He the heavily guarded Green Zone he is,” said Ammar’s nephew officials saying this year that now lives in Paris and is mar- complex that now houses parlia- Zaid, who still lives at the family 16,000 people went missing in ried, with a child on the way. ment and the US embassy. But as home and broke down in tears Tel the decade that followed. “Our livelihoods are pro- time went on, the ministry suc- when recalling memories of his Fax The real number could be tected. But for a lot of people, cumbed to rampant corruption uncle. “What happened to him?” higher, as many cases went the breadwinner is gone. This and was widely suspected of being The 27-year-old said he and www.renaissancedoha.com unreported. Ali’s father Ammar is not good for society; it’s not infiltrated by Shiite death squads. others had begged Ammar to was a deputy minister of health good for social cohesion.” Even today, officials at Baghdad’s beef up his security after mul- Tel +974 44195000 in November 2006 when, after Ammar Al Saffar returned morgue admit that Sunnis are tiple assassination attempts, but returning from work, a group of to his homeland shortly after afraid to collect bodies for fear of that he refused, instead reliev- Fax +974 44195100 men stormed into his home with Saddam was ousted, hoping to being targeted. ing his guards after returning guns blazing and took him away. help rebuild the country after Across the capital, violence home so that they could spend With seven years having long years in exile in London as was worsening, and Ammar’s time with their families. passed since he was kidnapped, a member of Iraq’s Shia opposi- family, who spoke to him several “He would say, ‘Allah hafidh’ Ammar is now legally consid- tion. He was quickly put to work times a day, asked him to return (God protects) and I cannot ered dead in Britain, where his in the ministry of health. to London. He tried submitting leave my mum and my sisters. wife lives. “It’s not just my dad He lived with his mother in his resignation, but to no avail. I am happy in this home,” said — it’s the cumulative total of all their modest family home in On November 19, 2006, Ammar’s younger brother Yasir. these kidnapped and missing Baghdad, choosing — unlike many Ammar returned to his mother’s AFP FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 ISLAM www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Rights of the weak and poor

n the teachings of the Prophet of and clothing in kindness and should be slave when I heard a voice behind — (say- Islam (peace be upon him) the merciful in assigning any work to them. ing)” Oh Abu Mas’ood! Remember that importance of respect for the rights In another hadeeth, the Prophet Allah has a greater power and author- Iof the weaker and poorer sections of (PBUH) is reported to have said: “They ity over you than you have over the poor society — the needy, the orphans, the wid- are your brothers (the slaves and serv- slave” I turned around and saw that it ows, the destitute and downtrodden etc ants). Allah has placed them under your was the Prophet of Allah whereupon I — has also been stressed. To care for their authority. So he who has a brother under said “Oh Prophet of Allah — he is now needs and look after their well being has him should feed him and clothe him as he free for the sake of Allah (I have set him been described as a virtue of the highest himself does, and should not take from free).” The Prophet observed that “Be order and the Prophet has given the tid- him any work that is beyond his power. informed that had you not done so (i.e. ings of — a vast reward in this regard. lf he does tell him to do such work then set him free) you would be consumed in he should also join in it - (and help him).” the fire of Hell!” CARING FOR THE ORPHAN Here the slaves and servants have been Whilst enjoining the masters to be fair declared to be the brothers of their mas- and generous in their treatment of the According to the Prophet’s traditions, ters, and therefore deserve treatment like slaves and servants, The Prophet also the best Muslim home is the one wherein brothers — are not both of them, servant emphasized upon the slaves and serv- an orphan is supported and is treated in and master, the children of Adam, after all! ants their duty to remain faithful to a loving and affectionate manner, and the In yet another striking hadeeth, Prophet their masters. The Prophet (PBUH) is worst is that home wherein an orphan (PBUH) said, “When your slave or servant reported to have said, “it is a matter of lives and is treated badly or cruelly. prepares food for you and lays it for you — great success and good fortune for a slave It is related by Sahl ibn Saad that the while he has suffered the inconvenience of or servant that Allah raises him from this Prophet (PBUH) said: “Whoever sup- relieve the widow, the distressed and the (PBUH). Victorious nations of the time heat and smoke when cooking-you should world (gives him death) in a state that ports an orphan from among his own or needy, he is as one who does Jihad in the considered the people captured by them, ask him to sit down and share the meal. If he is a worshipper of the Creator and he any other family, he will be as close to me path of Allah (in terms of rewards and in battle, as a “commodity” — not as the food is in a small quantity (and cannot is loyal to his master.” in Heaven as these fingers are close to blessings)” human beings — and used them merci- suffice) at least give him a morsel or two In another hadeeth related by abdul- each other” Sahl (R.A.) says that Prophet In another version of the same hadeeth lessly for their own advantage. there from (at least a little).” lah ibn Umar, the Prophet said: “When (PBUH) made a motion of his index and the Prophet is quoted to have said: “He is The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) urged a slave or servant is faithful to his mas- middle fingers (while he said this) and as one who fasts continuously during the and encouraged the people to free the POLICY OF FORGIVENESS ter and also worships his Creator, he there was only a little space between the days and spends the nights in prayers.” slaves, by declaring the freeing of slaves an Furthermore the Prophet constantly is deserving of a double reward (in the two. Jihad is a deed of utmost merit in Islam, act of highest virtue and an act by which emphasized the need to adopt a policy hereafter).” In another hadeeth the Prophet made similarly the act of spending one’s days sins are forgiven. On the other hand he of forgiveness with servants-This is The principal feature of the Prophet’s a provision — “Provided he is not guilty in fasting and nights in prayer is greatly enjoined on all not to drive them like ani- very clear from the hadeeth narrated by teachings is that he urges each class and of an unpardonable sin.” rewardable. But in the above hadeeth mals. He explained that their basic needs, Abdullah ibn Umar that once a person individual to fulfil the rights of others This hadeeth explains the status, in the Prophet (PBUH) has stated that the like food and clothing., Should be taken came to the Prophet of Allah (PBUH) with a full sense of responsibility and the hereafter, of that bondsman who same is the worth, value and reward of a care of in a deserving manner. and asked “O Prophet of Allah! To what consider it a source of good fortune in accepts the responsibility of supporting person who takes pains to help the weak He, in fact, constantly warned the extent should we forgive the mistakes both the worlds. He, thus, enjoins upon an orphan belonging either to his own and needy, or a helpless widow, by spend- Muslims that they will be called to and faults of our slaves and servants?” The the masters to fear Allah in respect of family or any other family with whom ing his wealth on them or by sincerely account, in the hereafter, if they failed Prophet (PBUH) remained silent where- their slaves and servants, (by treating he has no particular blood tie. Which trying to draw the attention of others to in their duty to be just and merciful to upon the man repeated this question. The them fairly and kindly) and he enjoins makes the fact clear that the promise of their problems and difficulties. the slaves and servants. He emphasised Prophet (PBUH) again, remnained silent upon the slaves and servants to be loyal salvation and entry into paradise is sub- this to such an extent that it is reported and when the man asked for a third time, and sincere to their masters. ject to the condition of not committing a VISITING THE SICK AND by Ali that the last words, spoken by he replied “Seventy times a day.” In every society there are some mem- misdeed, such as polytheism, murder etc. FEEDING THE HUNGRY the Prophet (PBUH), (at the time of Evidently the figure, seventy, does not bers who are senior in age and others who which is not pardonable. his death) were, “Observe the prayers, denote the exact number here but a serv- are junior to them. The Beloved Prophet Abu Hurairah reports that the In a hadeeth reported by Abu Moosa Observe salaah And fear Allah with ant should be forgiven even if he makes a has, also, explained (in his teachings) Messenger of Allah (PBUH) stated Ash’ari the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Feed regards to your slaves and servants.” mistakes often. “Forgiving” in this Hadeeth what their mutual behaviour should be. “Whoever carresses the head of an the hungry, visit the sick and free the This shows the importance that the means that the punishment should not be Stated below are a few ahaadeeth regard- orphan (in affection), solely for the sake captives.” Prophet (PBUH) attached to their rights inflicted on servants in a spirit of venge- ing this aspect of social conduct, which of Allah, a good deed will be written to Besides mention of feeding the hungry- — that he even stressed its significance ance. But there is no harm, however, if they may appear insignificant to some people, his account for every hair over which he which is a deed of compassion and kind- upon his followers at the time of his are taken to task with politeness in view but plays an important part in promoting passed his hand, and whoever treated an heartedness, this hadeeth also contains departure from this world. of their correction - which would actually a happy and peaceful life, both at family orphan (boy or girl) with goodness and an injunction for visiting the sick and History tells that the entire course of be for their own good. and community levels. In one hadeeth kindness, he and I will be close to each- obtaining the freedom of those who are the lives of slaves and servants was trans- (On the occassion of this incident, the the Prophet is reported to have stated: other in Heaven as these two fingers” (unlawfully) held prisoners.” In common formed, as a result of these teachings, Prophet remained silent when the ques- “He is not of us, who is not affectionate — The Prophet (PBUH) made a gesture terms ‘visiting the sick’ simply denotes and their human dignity was restored tion was asked for the first two times - this to those who are younger than him and with his fingers as explained above. enquiring after one’s health but here (in to them. Many of them rose to be great should be for the reason that he wanted the is not respectful to those who are older.” It is therefore clear that the glad tid- Arabic) it is used in a broader sense and scholars and leaders holding high posts questioner to realise the redundancy of his In another hadeeth he said, “Whoever ings on showing kindness to orphans are includes also the caring and arranging of of office. Eventually the whole world was enquiry. To forgive the mistakes of one’s serv- does not show affection to the young, and dependent upon the condition that the treatment for the sick, if necessary, and influenced by this guidance and slavery ants is an act of virtue which makes one respect to the old, is not one of us.” loving and kindly treatment is wholly if one is able to do so.The rewards and became a thing of the past. deserving of Divine mercy, hence one should The occasion for the stating of the with the intention of earning the pleas- blessing for these deeds is (once again) It is related by Abu Hurairah that always be prepared to excuse their faults - second hadeeth, as related by Anas was ure of the Almighty. very great, and enviable indeed is the lot Prophet (PBUH) said: “Food and dress as much as possible). once when an elderly person came to meet of those who feel for the less fortunate are the right of the slave and he should Abu Hurairah relates that he heard the Prophet and the people present in the ATTENDING TO THE NEEDS OF brethren and are willing to help them in not be assigned to task which may be the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say gathering took some time to make way THE WIDOW AND DESTITUTE any possible manner. beyond his capacity.” “Whoever beats the slave or servant (clear a path in their midst) for him to Slavery was a common practice in These points constitute the fundamen- unjustly, revenge will be taken from him go up to the Prophet — i.e. they did not Abu Hurairah relates that Prophet Arabia, and almost all over the world, tal rights of slaves and servants — that on the Day of Judgement.” Abu Mas’ood move quickly enough as the old person’s age (PBUH) said: “Whoever strives to before the time of Prophet Muhammed one should fulfill their basic need for food narrates that “Once I was beating my would have required. www.ummah.com

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The snow-covered Ottoman-era Sultanahmet Mosque, known as the Blue Mosque, in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Generosity and kindness in speech

1. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon Paradise; their insides and outsides can be 9. “And let not those among you who are him) said: “Kind speech and feeding (the hun- seen — for him who spoke kindly and fed (the blessed with graces and wealth swear not to gry) guarantee you Paradise.” (Tabarani) hungry).” (Tirmidhi) give to their kinsmen, the poor, and those who 2. “And speak nicely to people.” 5. The Prophet (PBUH) also said: “A good left their homes for Allah’s cause. Let them (Quran, 2:83) word is also a charitable deed.” (Muslim) pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that Allah 3. “When you are greeted with a greet- 6. “Ward off the Fire even if by giving half should forgive you?” (Quran, 24:22). ing, greet in return with what is better than a date in charity. If you could not afford that Abu Bakr (ra) had cut off his financial it, or (at least) return it equally.” (Quran, then utter a kind word.” support of his relative Mustah because 4:86) (Bukhari and Muslim) Mustah had participated in the slander Ibn Abbas commented on this and said, 7. Umar (ra) said: “Generosity is an easy against his daughter `A’ishah (ra). After “He who greets you return his greeting in thing. It is a smiling face and kind words.” this verse was revealed, he resumed and better words even if he were a Magian.1 He 8. Some wise men said: “Do not be stingy even increased the amount he gave Mustah also said, “If Pharoah were to speak nicely with a word that does not arouse your in financial support. to me, I would do so to him.” Lord’s wrath yet it pleases your brother. It 10. “Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, 4. Anas (ra) narrated that the Messenger may happen that Allah gives you the reward and turn away from the foolish.” of Allah said: “Verily there are chambers in of those who do good works.” (Quran, 7:199) FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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on’t mess with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin seemed to make this the leitmotif of his State of the Nation speech yesterday. DThe Russian leader, often at the receiving end of international ridicule and reprimand for controversies Presidents must nurture the next generated by his provocative remarks, spoke in the opulently done up Kremlin hall in front of lawmakers, clergy and senior officials. generation of political leadership Putin seems to have struck a strident note in the annual ritual of the post-Soviet state. Wont to throwing his weight BY RACHEL MADDOW around in domestic as well as international politics, the defiant Clinton administration, the George W years: the period from 2000 to 2008 Putin let it be known to the world that the Russian nation is Bush presidency elevated precisely no that effectively obviated the author- not the one to be cowered. The military might of the Soviet fter a presidency, what comes one to the ranks of national leader- ity and the leadership potential of all Union was not to be undermined in any way during the Cold next? Not just for the presi- ship who wasn’t there before. The 2008 of Washington’s Republican elites. The War, and the Russian leader is living under the same illusion dent but also for the mem- Republican presidential primaries were George W Bush administration didn’t after 22 years. The former KGB spy, in his speech, took the Abers of the administration, like some odd eight-year cicada hatch just cast too much shade on the next the president’s allies in Congress, his in which the candidates went under- generation of leadership — it also appar- high moral ground for Russia. Implying that Western values or her political party? ground in 2000 and then birthed them- ently poisoned the ground. are deprave and lead to moral degradation, he tried to create a In the eight years of the George W selves after Bush and Cheney were gone, The Obama administration’s ability to moral space for the Russian nation. Bush administration, no hearty saplings as if the intervening years had never nurture and support the next round of Morality is the last refuse of Putin, who has often been were ever able to take root in the shade happened. national leadership in the Democratic caught on the wrong foot doing things unconventional— flying of that big tree. No one expected Vice The 2000 second-place finisher, Party is going to be a big part of its long- with cranes for one. The Russian Orthodox Church’s close links President Dick Cheney to ever be a con- Sen John McCain? You’re next in line term legacy. Unless Vice President Joe tender for the presidency — part of his for 2008! And four years later: second- Biden’s presidential hinting suddenly with the Kremlin are well known. The institution has stood effectiveness was his willingness to say place Mitt Romney? You’re next in line takes a turn for the serious, former sec- behind Putin through his presidency. And the politico-religious and do very unpopular things. When for 2012! retary of state Hillary Clinton is the complex of the Russian state has often come under the scanner he snapped at ABC’s Martha Raddatz, The unpopular presidency of George obvious inheritor of the party’s man- in a nation that is still struggling “So?” as she questioned him about public W Bush has proved to be a blackball tle. But, as in 2008, the Beltway may be years after the end of the Cold War. disapproval of the Iraq war, he wrote on the résumés of a generation of overstating her inevitability. The grass the perfect epi- Republican leaders. Maybe Cheney’s roots aren’t all with her, frankly, and Putin’s Putin’s stand on morality is taph for his vice daughter Liz will break the pattern it’s yet to be seen if she’s interested in aggressive- controversial. No hemisphere or presidency. next year with a successful Senate bid trying to win them over. Mainstream region in the world should suffer But by the time in Wyoming, but if you made it through press may buy big-dollar donors (and sounding State of from a cultural or moral superiority The unpopular the Bush era was that sentence without spitting coffee more mainstream press), but it can’t the Union speech complex. Like so many things, presidency of winding down, the out your nose, you’re in rare company. buy the passionate volunteers and activ- morality is a relative concept and whole adminis- The fascinating turmoil in the ists and excitement that are the oxygen is an attempt to George W Bush tration, including Republican Party since 2008 is not just a for a winning campaign and sustained, takes from the socio-political has proved to the president, was personnel problem — it’s also ideological. effective leadership. obfuscate the background of a region or country. stewed in terrible, If you were putting together a legacy The collapse of national leadership Russian reality. With the Sochi Olympics be a blackball Cheney-level dis- to inspire the next generation of con- prospects for the Republican Party is approaching and the European on the résumés approval ratings. servatives, you wouldn’t pick the Bush one of the greatest political failures and And now, almost administration’s trailing ends of land most important legacies of George W Union looking at Russia with of a generation suspicion over the derailment of its no one who played wars, budget deficits, torture, a crusade Bush. President Barack Obama looks less of Republican a significant role against gay rights and a financial col- likely to repeat that fate, but it depends Eastern Partnerships programme, Putin is trying to sound firm. in that admin- lapse to rival the Great Depression. The on a strong grove of nationally viable Putin, however, knows that his bluster is just that. leaders. Cheney’s istration is any- isolationism and libertarian iconography Democrats starting to grow now. The cre- Trying to make the Caucasus states fall in line, Putin daughter Liz may where to be found of the Ron Paul wing of the party really scendo of attention to Elizabeth Warren has left no stone unturned to draw them towards Moscow, break the pattern in electoral poli- does appeal to young people more than is a healthy part of that process, as is the exercising a deeply countervailing force in the region with tics, beyond the Bush-Cheney Republicanism. Social growing national interest in such diverse tertiary orbits of conservatives really do feel backed into Democrats as Sherrod Brown, Claire states like Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kzakhstan grappling next year with a Punch-and-Judy a corner and ready to fight against a McCaskill, Cory Booker, Wendy Davis, to deal with their respective pivots. Putin’s famous hubris is successful Senate cable news and country that is turning against them Martin O’Malley, Deval Patrick, Andrew as famous as the Russian cold. Both are known to bite. The bid in Wyoming. the remains of faster than most pollsters can keep Cuomo and Amy Klobuchar. state of the Russian nation that is struggling with many forces what used to be up. There really is something ripe for Inside the White House, the task pulling different ways is not the way it should be. Thousands the conservative renewal in Republicans’ self-conception of growing one’s own successors must of Russians are emigrating from the country in the absence of “think tank” circuit. as fiscal conservatives, when the clear seem like one of the less pressing items That’s true even for former Florida pattern is that budget deficits grow on the president’s long daily to-do list. adequate job opportunities. Oligarchs seem to rule the nation governor Jeb Bush, who had no formal under Republicans and shrink under But the previous administration’s trail and $25trillion of ‘dirty money’ from the country is being role in his brother’s administration but Democrats. The Republican Party is a of scorched earth and exiles has cur- washed across the world. Instead of sounding defiant and will probably always find the familial churning swirl of conflicting ideological tailed the prospects for the Republican pugnacious, Putin should strike a fine balance between fending association an insurmountable obstacle currents, and that’s going to take some Party and governing conservatism more off the influence of the West and clutching Russia’s conservative to his own presidential hopes. time to work out. profoundly than almost anything that ways • Unlike the Reagan administration, But part of the reason it may be administration pursued in terms of the first Bush administration and the taking so long already is those lost policy. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Cubans worthy of respect the day

RESIDENT Barack Obama’s by the United Nations. On the streets of followed through on their threats. The police as they headed” to the planned homage to Nelson Mandela Havana and other cities, a crackdown home of Rodiles was cordoned off, and protest. Security officials also blocked on Tuesday was moving and on civil society was underway. Castro’s most of those who came to participate in the telephones of several dissidents Pheartfelt. He celebrated a “great goons showed that they have not lost the conference were barred from enter- in an apparent effort to silence news liberator” who demonstrated the power their taste for violence and coercion to ing. Then Rodiles and several colleagues of other arrests. The popular blogger of words, ideals and actions to change extinguish even the slightest protest or were arrested Wednesday. Yoani Sanchez tweeted Tuesday morn- Nobody should have history. But the president added an expression of free will. According to a Reuters dispatch, ing, “Like in a bad horror movie, I am awkward footnote to his tribute in Soweto We called attention two days ago to about 20 members of the dissident losing communication with . . . activists.” any illusion about by stopping to shake hands with Raul the work of Antonio Rodiles, a democ- group Ladies in White “were pounced Elsewhere on the island, there were Castro, a man whose regime, led for a half- racy activist who announced his inten- upon and quickly shoved into waiting reports that independent journalists, film- the possibility of century by his brother Fidel, has bashed tion to hold a human rights conference in vehicles by security personnel and gov- makers and writers were arrested. The gaining military heads and broken arms to stifle freedom. Havana on Tuesday. In a letter to Castro, ernment supporters” when they arrived Herald reported that police left 16 dis- A handshake is a gesture, in this case he described a litany of harassment and Tuesday at a busy Havana intersec- sidents bleeding and that six others were superiority over one freighted with symbolism that can- abuse directed at him by Cuba’s security tion. The Miami Herald reported that arrested when they raided the home of not be ignored. Tuesday marked the forces and thugs under their control, who the group’s leader, Berta Soler, and her Roger Curbelo, a member of the opposi- Russia. 65th anniversary of the adoption of the threatened retaliation if the conference husband, former political prisoner Angel tion Christian Liberation Movement in the Vladimir Putin Universal Declaration of Human Rights went ahead. Sure enough, the authorities Moya, “were hauled off by plainclothes town of Puerto Padre. WP-Bloomberg Russian President FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Kerry speech shows he’s Israel’s best friend Just think of how much more secure Israel would be if it were integrated into a regional security architecture and surrounded by newfound partners: Kerry

BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG establishment. Also in attendance were a number of Israel’s most prominent over- ecretary of State John Kerry seas supporters, first and foremost Haim gave a passionately pro-Israel Saban. speech this past weekend at the Saban is the Israeli-American billion- Saban Forum in Washington. aire behind the Saban Centre (which is On matters concerning Israel’s part of the Brookings Institution), who Ssecurity, its international legitimacy has become perhaps the central figure and its demographic future, he showed trying to bridge the various divides himself to be a true friend. There are between Israel and the United States. people in Israel — there were people at Much of Kerry’s speech was taken up the Willard Hotel, where Kerry gave with a by-now traditional, and not overly the speech, in fact — who did not con- persuasive, defence of the Obama admin- sider this speech pro-Israel, but they are istration’s approach to Iran. I’ll deal with deluding themselves. that later (not that I haven’t dealt with Kerry proved a couple of things. First, it over and over again). while he is more than capable of loose- But I was struck by his remarks on the cannoning his way across the Middle peace process. Kerry appeared confident East, and while he is on occasion alarm- about the chance for at least preliminary ingly optimistic about a range of issues success in the ongoing talks. (Speculation that don’t warrant optimism, he is also at the conference was that he had some US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on April 8, 2013. committed, in a bone-deep way, to Israel’s sort of agreement in his pocket already well-being. that he couldn’t share.) He also pulled He is an exemplar of a slowly vanishing back the curtain a bit on a brilliant jiu- a regional security architecture and sur- related issue: The demographic chal- choices and he has stayed the course, type of Democratic Party leader, someone jitsu move of his devising. rounded by newfound partners,” Kerry lenge to Israel’s existence as a haven despite people in his team saying, ‘You with great, and uncomplicated, affection Right-wing Israeli politicians consist- said. for the Jewish people and as a democ- ought to get out of here, look at those set- for the promise of Zionism. ently argue that pulling out of the West “Think of an end to the unjust but racy if it holds onto the West Bank tlements. They’re making a fool of you.’ Second, while it may be true that Bank will endanger Israel’s security (just also inexorable campaign to delegitimise and its Palestinians indefinitely. This Believe me, that battle’s been going on, Kerry is seeking a Nobel Peace Prize as pulling out of Gaza hurt its security in Israel in the international community.” demographic dynamic, he said, “makes because I deal with it every week.” for his work on Israel-Palestine concili- some important ways). The word “inexorable” is key. Much of it impossible for Israel to preserve its The conclusion that I drew from this, ation, he’s also working for something Kerry is confronting this fear head the Saban meeting was off-the-record, future as a democratic, Jewish state and other passages, is that Kerry is so that most Jews, in Israel and around the on by overseeing an assessment led by so I am limited in what I can say, but without resolving the Israeli- Palestinian anti-settlement precisely because he is world, desperately want — a secure Israel retired Marine Corps Gen John Allen — many of the Israeli participants I spoke conflict in a two-state solution.” so pro-Israel. with internationally recognised borders the former commander of US forces in to seemed worried, in ways I hadn’t Kerry went on, “Force cannot defeat I ran this conclusion, and others, by that becomes an honoured member of the Afghanistan — of Israeli security require- noticed before, about the international or defuse the demographic time bomb. one of Israel’s most influential journal- family of nations, rather than a target of ments; the hope is to devise a system that delegitimisation campaign targeting their Israel’s current state of relative security ists, Ari Shavit (the author of the current never- ending opprobrium. will make the West Bank’s border with country — economic boycotts in Europe, and prosperity does not change the fact bestseller My Promised Land) who was The setting for this speech, the forum’s Jordan “as strong as any in the world.” If the beginnings of an academic boycott that today’s status quo will not be tomor- also in the room for Kerry’s talk. “All my keynote address, was extraordinary, Kerry manages to neutralise the Israeli in the US row’s or the future’s. doubts have not melted away, but I was and not only because President Barack government’s arguments against a West The leaders of the movement to del- The only way to secure Israel’s long- moved by the commitment, dedication Obama had appeared at the forum earlier Bank pullback by building, with Israel, an egitimise Israel are committed to the term future and security will be achieved and compassion the secretary presented,” in the day as a kind of inadvertent warm- impregnable security system, he’ll make country’s destruction; no West Bank through direct negotiations that separate Shavit said. up act. (In the interest of disclosure, I real inroads with pro-compromise, but compromise will spur advocates of an Palestinians and Israelis, resolve the refu- Kerry’s speech was neither overly moderated a panel on the Iranian nuclear sceptical, Israelis. anti-Israel boycott to stop hating the idea gee situation, end all claims, and establish cerebral nor cold, even in its moments controversy, not for pay, but because I Kerry was at his most emotional — and of a Jewish national home. an independent, viable Palestinian state, of criticism. Some of his Middle East was looking to give myself a headache.) yes, pro-Israel — when he described the But this anti-Israel movement gains and achieve recognition of Israel as the policy ideas may be flawed (I’ve avoided Five Israeli Cabinet ministers were benefits of peace and when he warned of strength and support by focusing not on homeland of the Jewish people.” discussing Syria here, in case you haven’t in Kerry’s audience — including the for- what would happen to Israel if it contin- its real complaint — Israel’s existence Kerry had appropriately tough words noticed), but he has an acute understand- eign minister, the dyspeptic revanchist ued to settle land that needs to become itself — but on Israel’s behaviour on the for Israeli politicians — including those ing of the existential challenges facing Avigdor Lieberman (who tried to win part of the new state of Palestine for that West Bank. End the occupation, and the seated in the front row — who argue that Israel, and he gave the speech of a man over the audience the previous night, state to be viable. delegitimisation movement loses much Palestinians can trust Israel, but Israel who would consider Israel’s disappear- without much success) — along with “Just think of how much more secure of its energy. cannot trust the Palestinians. ance a tragedy. many senior figures in the Israeli security Israel would be if it were integrated into Kerry also spoke strongly about a “President Abbas has made tough WP-BLOOMBERG How Sudan’s Bashir empowered army ally Scientology is a religion,

revolts, US trade sanctions, the loss of vital The cabinet reshuffle oil to South Sudan and, more recently, a coup says UK Supreme Court attempt by disgruntled officers and Islamists. was a major blow to Given the array of security challenges and BY REUTERS STAFF threats to his iron rule, Bashir’s choice to install Saleh may prove to be a masterstroke. woman who wants to get married in a chapel of the Church the opposition, with He is regarded as a part of a cadre of offic- of Scientology in London won her case on Wednesday at ers whose interests are served by backing the Britain’s Supreme Court, which ruled that Scientology was some describing it as a 69-year old Bashir to avoid international pros- A a religion and the chapel was a place where marriages could ecution themselves. be solemnized. Although Saleh, 64, does not face charges at Louisa Hodkin, 25, had launched legal action after officials refused new military coup. The Hague, Human Rights Watch has said he to record the chapel as a place that could be used to celebrate mar- should be investigated for his role in Darfur riages, citing a court ruling from 1970 that said Scientology did not BY KHALID ABDEL AZIZ and crimes. Saleh served as defence minister in involve religious worship. The Church of Scientology itself was not a MAGGIE FICK the early stages of the Darfur war that the party to the legal action, but the Supreme Court’s ruling is a notable United Nations says has killed more than victory for an organization that has struggled to gain recognition as a udanese President Omar Hassan Al 300,000 people. genuine religion in many countries. Bashir’s appointment of an old mili- Wary of unrest spreading around the Arab Founded in the United States in 1954 by science fiction writer L tary ally as his deputy may shield one world, Bashir said in 2011 that he would not Ron Hubbard, Scientology now has thousands of churches in over 160 Sof Africa’s longest-serving rulers from contest the election. He has since been less countries and has gained a high profile through celebrity followers risks at home and abroad. clear-cut, saying the decision would be made including Tom Cruise and John Travolta. Critics say it is a cult that In a government shake-up, Bashir named by his National Congress Party. Bashir is not harasses people who try and quit, a description the movement rejects. Lieutenant General Bakri Hassan Saleh — taking chances either way. In their unanimous decision to allow Hodkin’s appeal, the Supreme a confidant who helped him stage his 1989 Saleh has been in Bashir’s inner circle since Court justices said that the 1970 ruling was out of date in its definition coup and crush many rebellions — as First the two trained and later fought together as of religious worship as involving “reverence or veneration of a God or Vice-President, replacing veteran politician First Vice-President Bakri Hassan Saleh paratroopers before deposing President Sadiq of a Supreme Being.” Ali Osman Taha. By positioning Saleh one step Al Mahdi, leader of Sudan’s last elected civil- “Religion should not be confined to religions which recognize away from his own job, Bashir may be craft- conflict in the western Darfur region, Bashir ian government. a supreme deity,” wrote Lord Toulson, giving the judgment of the ing a strategy to avoid being handed over to has recently faced troubles close to home. Saleh has been described as “an efficient and Supreme Court. “To do so would be a form of religious discrimination the International Criminal Court on charges A government decision to cut fuel subsi- sinister defender of the revolution” by histo- unacceptable in today’s society,” he wrote, saying that the criterion of genocide if he keeps his promise to step dies in September to ease the financial crunch rians Millard Burr and Robert Oakley Collins would exclude Buddhism, among other faiths. down in 2015. served as a reminder that he must tread cau- — using the officers’ name for their coup. The Court said it was not the job of the Registrar General of Births, The reshuffle announced on Sunday by tiously in a region where protests have toppled Shortly after the takeover, he was assigned Marriages and Deaths to venture into “fine theological or liturgical Bashir underscores the diminishing role of several autocratic Arab leaders since 2011. The to restructure the National Security bureau niceties” and declared that the Scientology chapel should be recorded Islamists such as Taha as the president turns move doubled pump prices overnight and trig- in the interior ministry. as a place for the solemnization of marriages. to more trusted allies in the military, an gered violent demonstrations in which dozens The majority of the new appointments have Hodkin was born and brought up in a Scientologist family. Her organisation important to his survival in a of people were killed. military or state security backgrounds and are brother was married at the Church of Scientology in Scotland, where country with a history of coups. Thousands of Sudanese demanded that close to Bashir. ministers of Scientology are authorized to perform marriages, but the “(Saleh) is a political clone of Bashir, and his Bashir step down in the biggest opposition Defence Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed law is different in England. appointment consolidates the military at the rally for years. Hussein held on to his post. Like Bashir, he The Supreme Court heard evidence about Scientologist beliefs and heart of politics,” Alex de Waal, a Sudan expert The crackdown by security forces also drew faces Darfur-related charges at the ICC. practices from the minister of the chapel where Hodkin wants to get and head of the World Peace Foundation at criticism from within his own party. “Decision-making is now totally in the married, who was fighting the case alongside Hodkin. Tufts University in the United States. Overseas, Bashir has arrest warrants hang- hands of Bashir, with two officers at his side,” The court ruling summarized the minister’s evidence in two dense While Sudan has avoided sustained political ing over him by the ICC on charges of orches- said a Sudan expert based in the region who paragraphs that included a list of human impulses or “dynamics of unrest seen in other Arab states over the last trating war crimes and genocide in Darfur. spoke on condition of anonymity. existence” identified by L Ron Hubbard. three years, Bashir and his ruling cadre have Sudan dismisses the ICC charges, saying The cabinet reshuffle was a major blow to “All Scientology practices are aimed ultimately at complete affinity been on more fragile ground since the oil-rich reports of mass killings in Darfur have been Sudan’s opposition, with some describing it as with the eighth dynamic or infinity,” it said. south of Sudan broke away in 2011 after vot- exaggerated, and refuses to recognise the a new military coup. The ruling then launched into a detailed and at times arcane discus- ing for independence, depriving the north of court, which it says is part of a Western plot. “Now the military and security institutions sion of how to define religion “I would describe religion in summary as badly-needed revenues. Since he came to power as an obscure army are singularly leading the country,” said Kamel a spiritual or non-secular belief system, held by a group of adherents, Facing rivals within his own ruling National brigadier in a bloodless coup, Bashir has skill- Amr, spokesman for a coalition of the coun- which claims to explain mankind’s place in the universe and relation- Congress Party, Bashir’s government has fully played divide-and-rule politics with rival try’s most prominent opposition parties. ship with the infinite,” Lord Toulson wrote, emphasizing he did not struggled to cope with a tanking economy and factions among the security services, the mili- “We in the opposition see that the very nar- intend this to be a definitive formula. rising inflation since the South’s secession. tary, Islamists and armed tribes. row margin of space for freedom in the past “Those matters…are more fitting for theologians than for the Aside from still-simmering revolts near the The strategy has worked. In his 24 years in will disappear because of the new arrivals from Registrar General or the courts,” he concluded. border with South Sudan and an unresolved power, Bashir has weathered multiple armed the military.” REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Brahimi sets deadline over Syria talks Warring sides asked to name delegations by Dec 27 GENEVA: International medi- Khawla Mattar, said Brahimi ministers will attend the World ator Lakhdar Brahimi has wanted the delegations named by Economic Forum in Davos, which given Syria’s warring sides until December 27. “That is the dead- runs from January 22 to 25. December 27 to name their del- line by which Mr Brahimi should General Salim Idriss, head of egations to planned peace nego- receive the names of the Syrian the Western-backed Free Syrian tiations next month, officials delegations and who is leading Army, said on November 26 that said yesterday. them,” she said. his group would shun the peace About 30 ministers from big This is unlikely to present a conference and pursue its fight to powers, regional countries and problem to Assad’s government, topple Assad regardless. others are due to gather in the but his opponents are deeply The Syrian National Coalition resort of Montreux on Jan. 22 to divided and in disarray. opposition group, which also has give their blessing to the negotia- “The biggest challenge is the Western support but minimal tions between the government of opposition delegation. There is influence over fighters on the President Bashar al-Assad and still no agreement,” an Arab dip- ground, has said it is ready to rebels fighting to oust him. lomat said. attend, but demands that Assad Then Brahimi will broker the Iran and Saudi Arabia, which play no role in the proposed tran- first face-to-face Syrian talks back opposite sides in Syria’s war, sitional government. in Geneva from January 23. UN are among more than 30 countries “With every day that passes the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slated to attend the peace confer- opposition is getting more frac- is to confirm the Montreux min- ence next month, diplomats said. tured,” said a Western diplomat. Lebanese men take pictures in front of icicles in the village of Hammana in southeast Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday. isterial venue shortly — Geneva The so-called Geneva 2 confer- “We have to make sure they turn Lebanon has been under the effect of a rainstorm for several days, and snow now covers most mountain villages, hotels will be full at the time due ence, a follow-up to a 2012 meet- up and they are united. That is the with a steep drop in temperature. to an annual luxury watch fair. ing, will actually be held at the biggest challenge.” The stated goal is to agree a lakeside Swiss city of Montreux Experts from the United transitional government with because of a shortage of hotel Nations and Western allies are full powers to end a 1,000-day-old rooms in Geneva, which will be helping prepare opposition rep- Plea for fuel as two children die conflict that has killed well over hosting a luxury watch fair, a resentatives for tough negotia- 100,000 people and forced millions Western diplomat said. tions. “The Swiss are doing it, the BEIRUT: The Syrian oppo- to flee their homes. “At the moment there are 32 Americans too. They are training sition appealed yesterday for Brahimi has set a deadline for countries invited, but that number them in negotiating skills,” said emergency fuel deliveries to Damascus and the opposition to may increase because everyone one source. rebel-held areas, saying two name their teams to the “Geneva wants to come,” an Arab diplo- The Western diplomat said: children had “died of cold” as 2 conference”, which follows one mat said. “They need a lot of work, they have a winter storm gripped the held by his predecessor Kofi Most countries will be repre- to be ready to come to the table, region. Annan in June 2012. Those talks sented by their top diplomats and be ready to speak, have a commu- The opposition National did not formally involve the Syrian “each minister can speak for five nications strategy and understand Coalition said that parents were government and its foes. minutes,” the Arab diplomat said. the negotiating process.” unable to keep children warm The envoy’s spokeswoman, Afterwards, many of the foreign REUTERS in bombed out buildings as tem- peratures plummeted and snow carpeted many of Syria’s main battlegrounds. “Hussein Tawil, a six-month- Oppn seeks Islamists’ protection old baby, died of cold yesterday (Wednesday) in Aleppo,” Syria’s ISTANBUL/BEIRUT: Syria’s groups, to defend the premises the two warehouses, the Islamic second city which has been a Western-backed opposition against fighters from the Al Front had given Idris an inven- key battleground since July last said yesterday its military arm Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of tory of their contents. One ware- year, Coalition spokesman Soner had invited Islamist fighters to Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). house was reportedly empty and Ahmad said. A Syrian refugee family warms up in their caravan after heavy rain at the Al secure its weapons depots on “The SMC warehouses were the other contained ammunition “He was probably living in a Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq. the Turkish frontier after an overrun by ISIL ... As a result and paramilitary equipment. house that had been damaged,” attack by Al Qaeda militants. of that, (SMC leader) General The US and British aid cut-off Ahmad said. the country and in refugee camps Internet. The United States and Britain Salim Idris sent a request to the underlined a crisis in the rebel Another child died from the abroad to cope with the wintry A Syrian activist said by suspended non-lethal aid to Islamic Front to protect these leadership, which seeks inter- cold in Rastan, a rebel-held town conditions. Internet that the snow and ice northern Syria after reports that warehouses,” coalition spokesman national backing to reinforce in the central province of Homs, The education ministry ordered were making it more difficult for Islamic Front forces had taken Khaled Saleh said in Istanbul. its credibility and stop fighters he added. those schools still operating in them to get supplies into rebel- buildings belonging to the coa- “The Islamic Front came in joining al Qaeda-backed groups Video footage posted online by government-held areas to close held areas of the north. lition’s Syrian Military Council and managed to push ISIL back now leading the struggle against activists showed the lifeless body because of the extreme weather. “The situation is very difficult,” (SMC) in Bab Al Hawa on the and they are waiting for General President Bashar Al Assad. of a small child that the unidenti- Drifting snow blocked several said the activist, who gave his border with Turkey. Idris’s group to come and take The SMC’s inability to control fied cameraman said had died of roads in Homs province, the state name only as Ammar. But the opposition Syrian control of their warehouses,” he its own storehouses without help cold in Rastan. SANA news agency said. “In some areas, people cannot National Coalition said the SMC said. from Islamist groups has exposed “The situation is terrible. There A photograph of bombed out afford fuel for heating, so they are had in fact asked the Islamic A media officer in the coalition its military weakness. is no fuel,” Ahmad said, appealing buildings in the province cov- chopping down trees. Front, a union of six major rebel said that after taking control of REUTERS for urgent help for Syrians inside ered in snow went viral on the AFP

Iran, powers work on implementing deal Economist named new Somali PM VIENNA: Experts from out details not addressed at the Iran’s nuclear advances for six Iran and six world pow- Nov. 20-24 talks in Geneva. months to buy time for nego- MOGADISHU: Somalia’s ers laboured for a fourth These include how and when tiations on a final settlement president named economist day yesterday to work out the IAEA, which regularly visits of the dispute. Diplomats say Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed as his exactly how to implement last Iranian nuclear sites to check implementation may start in new prime minister yester- month’s breakthrough deal that there are no diversions of January after technical mat- day, ending weeks of political for Tehran to curb its nuclear atomic material, will carry out ters have been settled. paralysis as the country strives programme in return for lim- its expanded role and other Scope for diplomacy wid- to secure fragile security gains ited sanctions easing. technical issues. ened after Iran elected the against Islamist militants. The length of the closed-door A start to sanctions relief pragmatic Hassan Rouhani Ahmed previously worked at discussions at the Vienna head- would hinge on verification as president in June. He had the Islamic Development Bank in quarters of the U.N. nuclear that Iran was fulfilling its side promised to reduce Tehran’s Saudi Arabia. He replaces Abdi watchdog indicated the com- of the accord, including the international isolation and win Farah Shirdon, who was forced plexity of the task, not neces- suspension of its higher-grade relief from sanctions that have out by lawmakers in a vote of sarily any major disagreements. uranium enrichment work, the severely damaged the oil pro- no confidence after falling out Diplomats said it showed diplomats said. ducer’s economy. with President Hassan Sheikh the parties were determined The deal was designed to halt REUTERS Mohamud. to ensure that there would be “We have found Abdiweli no misunderstandings in the Sheikh is the most suitable man implementation of the Nov. 24 US blacklists more groups to become Somalia’s prime min- interim agreement. It is a “good ister,” Mohamud told a crowd of sign” they are taking their time WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday blacklisted a ministers, lawmakers and mili- to get it right, one said. number of companies and people under sanctions aimed at tary officials at the heavily forti- Iranian officials suggested Iran’s nuclear programme, US officials said in a statement. fied presidential palace. after the second day of talks Treasury and State Department officials said the move shows “We hope he will move Somalia on Tuesday that progress the recent agreement reached in Geneva over Iran “does not, forward.” was being made but have and will not, interfere with our continued efforts to expose and Western donors had worried a since declined to comment. disrupt those supporting Iran’s nuclear programme or seeking prolonged vacuum at the head of Diplomats said the discussions to evade our sanctions.” government would disrupt efforts were likely to continue on The move comes as some US lawmakers push to impose fur- to rebuild state institutions and Friday and might stretch into ther sanctions on Iran. But the Obama administration has so defeat Al Qaeda-linked militants the weekend. far persuaded them to hold off, saying further action could harm who control swathes of the south Experts from Iran, the ongoing talks with Iran. and centre of the Horn of Africa United States, China, Britain, It is the first such enforcement action since the United States country. France, Germany, Russia, the and other nations reached a first step agreement with Iran in Ahmed was born in the south- European Union and the U.N. Geneva last month. ern Gedo region and is a new- International Atomic Energy “We will continue relentlessly to enforce our sanctions, even as comer to Somali politics, just Agency (IAEA) attended the we explore the possibility of a long-term, comprehensive resolu- as Mohamud was when he was talks. tion of our concerns with Iran’s nuclear program,” said David elected by lawmakers 15 months The interim accord, reached Cohen, the Treasury Department’s under secretary for terrorism ago. after marathon talks in Geneva, and financial intelligence. Foreign allies saw Mohamud is seen as a step towards resolv- Administration officials said yesterday’s action targeted enti- and his new government as ing a decade-old standoff over ties that are involved in the proliferation of materials for weapons Somalia’s best chance in two dec- suspicions that Iran is covertly of mass destruction and have tried to evade the current sanctions. ades to shake off the tag of “failed pursuing a nuclear weapons Officials said yesterday’s targets include companies and indi- state”. But he struggled to over- “breakout” capability, a percep- viduals engaged in transactions on behalf of other companies that come divisive clan politics, corrup- tion that has raised the risk of the United States has previously designated under the sanctions. tion and an Islamist insurgency. a Middle East war. Iran says its They include Mid Oil Asia, Singa Tankers, Siqiriya Maritime, Relations between Mohamud atomic work is purely peaceful. Ferland Company Limited and Vitaly Sokolenko. and Shirdon broke down over the Western diplomats said the REUTERS composition of a new cabinet. talks in Vienna are to hammer REUTERS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Kerry returns New mall in Baghdad to pursue peace talks Retired US general to brief Abbas

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of achieve a framework agreement on State John Kerry arrived back in all major issues that would be fulfilled the Middle East yesterday, a week in phases. A senior State Department after his previous visit ended in official said such an accord would Palestinian unhappiness over US guide the talks towards a final status security ideas for an elusive land- deal which is slated for the end April. for-peace deal with Israel. “Our timeline has not changed, Kerry, who has quipped that he is the commitment of both parties to becoming a commuter to the region, nine months has not changed and our headed off for talks with Palestinian focus on a final status agreement has President Mahmoud Abbas as soon not changed,” the official said. as his plane landed and was due to The Palestinians fear that a frame- see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin work accord could delay a full reso- Netanyahu today. lution to the conflict, and Abbas Israel and the Palestinians yesterday ruled out any partial resumed direct peace negotiations in measures. July after a three-year break, hop- “We will not accept an interim ing to end their decades-old conflict deal. We will accept a final agree- within nine months. However, there ment that can be implemented in has been little public sign of progress, stages,” he said in an interview with with both sides accusing the other of Sky News Arabia Television. dragging their feet. Israeli security worries are Kerry has said he presented Israel believed to be holding up the nego- People walk in Baghdad’s first newly opened shopping mall in the upmarket Mansur neighbourhood. and the Palestinians last week with tiations, with Netanyahu warning “some thoughts” on security arrange- that Islamist militants could use the ments in any future accord, but has West Bank to launch rocket attacks given no details. at Israel unless Israeli troops remain A Palestinian source said the secu- deployed on all the borders. Israel calls off resettlement plan for Bedouin rity proposal outlined an Israeli mili- “Our security must be in our own tary presence in the Jordan Valley, hands,” Israeli Strategic Affairs RAHAT: Israel yesterday immediately approved by Prime representatives reached by Bedouins are a small group which is in the occupied West Bank, Minister Yuval Steinitz told Israel suspended a contentious bill Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. telephone had no immediate within the Arab minority. for 10 years. Abbas rejected the idea. Radio. aimed at resettling nomadic Liberal opponents said the comment. Traditionally, they have iden- Looking to win him over, retired “I know it is hard for (the Bedouin Arabs into govern- plan would confiscate Bedouin The government insisted its tified more closely with Israel US General John Allen, who has been Palestinians) to swallow but they ment-recognized villages after land and affect their nomadic moves were necessary to pro- than their Arab brethren, but working on possible solutions to allay will have to accept ... that Israel has a series of objections rendered way of life while hardliners vide basic services that many their complaints against the Israeli security concerns, was due to security interests it cannot forgo, and the plan politically untenable. thought it was too generous. Bedouins lack and would benefit resettlement programme ech- join Kerry in the West Bank city of if they want peace, they must make The man behind the ambi- Others said the Bedouin were their community while preserv- oed broader sentiments among Ramallah for the meeting with the significant compromises.” tious program, former Cabinet not consulted and the plan, ing their traditions. The govern- other Arab Israelis. Some oppo- Palestinian leader. However, Abbas ruled out again minister Benny Begin, called which called for uprooting thou- ment body dealing with the plan nents have held violent demon- “It is the first time that General yesterday allowing any Israeli sol- the Bedouin in Israel’s southern sands and relocating them into said it calls for the vast majority strations in recent weeks. Allen is doing a briefing with diers to stay along the fertile Jordan Negev desert the country’s most new towns, was being forced of Bedouin to live where they The plan was to see the President Abbas,” a senior US offi- valley. discriminated minority and upon them. are. It said it is investing hun- arrival of two huge army bases, cial said, declining to be named. Until “If America wants to protect the bemoaned that political forces “The government now has an dreds of millions of dollars in expanded roads and rail net- now Allen, a former commander of security of Israel, they can go there had derailed a plan he said opportunity to conduct real and housing, health, public services works and the creation of new US troops in Afghanistan, has only (to the Jordan Valley), but we will not aimed to help the community. honest dialogue with the Negev and education for the Bedouin Jewish and Bedouin communi- briefed the Israelis on his ideas. accept Israel being there,” he said. “Right and left, Arabs and Bedouin community and its rep- in an effort to lift them out of ties. The relocation plan is a Israel has long said it wants to keep In Washington on Saturday, US Jews joined forces — while resentatives,” the Association poverty. key part of the law known as a military presence in the Jordan President Barack Obama said the exploiting the plight of many for Civil Rights in Israel said The proposed law had sought Prawer-Begin, named after the Valley between the West Bank and Palestinians had to recognise there Bedouin — to heat things up after Thursday’s announce- to resolve decades-old land officials who drew it up, and Jordan, in what would constitute the would be a transition period. “They for political gain,” he said in a ment. “The Negev Bedouin seek claims by the Bedouin commu- roused fierce opposition from eastern border of a future Palestinian don’t get everything that they want hastily arranged press confer- a solution to the problem of the nity to pave the way for a large- Arab-Israeli legislators and state, arguing that this is vital for on Day One. And that creates some ence. Begin said that given the unrecognized villages, and a scale development plan in the human rights activists, who national security. political problems for President current reality he was forced to future in Israel as citizens with southern desert area, one of the called it a thinly veiled land grab Israeli and US officials have sig- Abbas, as well,” Obama said. recommend that the proposed equal rights.” few remaining open spaces in tinged with anti-Arab racism. nalled that Washington is trying to REUTERS bill be shelved, a suggestion A pair of Bedouin this densely populated country. AP

Air strike kills 15 civilians in Yemen Tunisia union SANAA: Fifteen people on and another five who were injured countries where the United seeks to save their way to a wedding in Yemen died after being admitted to the States acknowledges using drones, were killed in an air strike after hospital,” one security official said. although it does not comment on crisis talks their party was mistaken for an Five more people were injured, the practice. Al Qaeda convoy, local security the officials said. Human Rights Watch said in a TUNIS: Tunisia’s pow- officials said yesterday. The United States has stepped detailed report in August that US erful labour union yes- The officials did not identify up drone strikes as part of a missile strikes have killed dozens terday tried to broker the plane in the strike in central campaign against Al Qaeda in of civilians in Yemen. a last-minute agree- Al Bayda province, but tribal and the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Stabilising the country is an ment between the coun- local media sources said that it regarded by Washington as the international priority due to fears try’s ruling Islamists was a drone. most active wing of the militant of disorder in a state that flanks and secular opposition, “An air strike missed its target network. top oil producer Saudi Arabia and struggling to reach con- and hit a wedding car convoy, ten Yemen, AQAP’s main strong- major shipping lanes. sensus over forming a people were killed immediately hold, is among a handful of REUTERS new government. The government has agreed to step down in a few weeks to ease political Cleaning Yemen turmoil that has threat- ened to upset Tunisia’s transition to full democracy three years after its “Arab Spring” uprising. Tunisia’s UGTT labour movement has set a dead- line of Dec. 14 for the two sides to name a prime minister for a caretaker administration to govern until new elections are held early next year. Seven major parties, including moderate Islamist party Ennahda and the main opposition bloc, the Nida Tounes party, held talks on Wednesday and talks continued yesterday to work out a deal. “An agreement might be reached before next Saturday,” Mouldi Jandoubi, a senior leader in the UGTT, told reporters. No parties would comment. Political parties are split over the role of Islam. Tunisia’s economy is falter- ing and Islamist militants Yemeni students sweep the street as they take part in a cleaning campaign in the capital Sana’a yesterday. have carried out a series of The cleaning event is part of the “My contribution builds Yemen” campaign. attacks. REUTERS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Mandela interpreter hits back: I’m a sign language champion

JOHANNESBURG: A South resulting in gestures that made Jantjie interpreting for leaders absolutely. I think that I’ve been Union Buildings, where he was (ANC), even though footage from African sign language inter- no sense to outraged deaf people including US President Barack a champion of sign language,” he sworn in as the nation’s first black two large ANC events last year preter accused of gesticulat- around the world. Obama and his South African told Talk Radio 702. president in 1994. showed him signing on stage next ing gibberish as world leaders “There was nothing I could do. counterpart, Jacob Zuma, at He said he could not under- Revelations about Jantjie’s to Zuma. paid tribute to Nelson Mandela I was alone in a very dangerous Tuesday’s Mandela memorial. stand why people were complain- unconventional gestures - experts Jantjie said he worked for a defended himself as a “cham- situation. I tried to control myself Afterwards South Africa’s lead- ing now rather than during other said he did not know even basic company called SA Interpreters pion” signer yesterday, but said and not show the world what was ing deaf association denounced performances. “I’m not a failure. signs such as ‘thank you’ or hired by the ANC for Tuesday’s he suffered a schizophrenic epi- going on. I am very sorry. It’s the Jantjie as a fake, saying he was I deliver,” he said, before hang- ‘Mandela’ - sparked a hunt for the ceremony at Johannesburg’s sode during the event. situation I found myself in,” he inventing signs. ing up. mystery mimer on Wednesday. 95,000-seat Soccer City stadium. The interpreter, identified as told the paper. He did not know However, in a radio interview The controversy has overshad- The government, which was “Absolutely. That’s what hap- 34-year-old Thamsanqa Jantjie, what triggered the attack, he Jantjie said he was happy with his owed South Africa’s 10-day fare- in charge of the mass memorial, pened,” he told the radio. told Johannesburg’s Star news- added, saying he took medication performance at the memorial to well to Mandela, whose remains said it had no idea who he was, The ANC denied any knowl- paper he started hearing voices for his schizophrenia. the anti-apartheid hero, who died were lying in state for a second a comment echoed by the rul- edge of Jantjie, but said it was and hallucinating while on stage, Millions of TV viewers saw a week ago aged 95. “Absolutely, day on Thursday at Pretoria’s ing African National Congress investigating. REUTERS

Air pollution in Paris US general who opened Gitmo says shut it down Obama may get Congress backing to repatriate detainees

MIAMI: The US general who he wrote. The first detainees opened the Guantanamo deten- arrived on January 11, 2002, one tion camp yesterday said it week after Lehnert was ordered was a mistake and should be to build the first 100 cells. shut down because “it validates The crude chain-link cages every negative perception of the known as Camp X-Ray were used United States”. for about three and a half months “In retrospect, the entire and replaced by a series of more detention and interrogation permanent prisons. strategy was wrong,” Marine The US has since held 779 men Major General Michael Lehnert at the facility and 162 remain. (pictured) wrote in a column Lehnert noted that many had published in the Detroit Free been cleared for transfer by US Press. defence and intelligence agencies Lehnert, now retired from the but were “stuck by politics.” military and living in Michigan, He said a handful should be was the first commander of the transferred to the US for pros- task force that opened the deten- ecution or incarceration. He tion camp in January 2002 at the both in terms of detention and acknowledged the risk that some Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base torture,” Lehnert wrote. “Our released detainees could go on to The Eiffel Tower is seen through a small-particle haze resulting in a high level of air pollution index according in Cuba. decision to keep Guantanamo plan attacks against the US, but to Airparif, the air quality monitoring agency, in Paris yesterday. The agency has noted a high level of small He said the US opened it open has helped our enemies said the US Constitution and the particle matter from combustion sources in the Ile-de-France region, including Paris, for the fourth day in a row. “because we were legitimately because it validates every nega- rule of law trump that risk. angry and frightened” by the tive perception of the United “It is time that the American September 11 hijacked plane States.” people and our politicians attacks in 2001 and thought the Congress is debating an annual accepted a level of risk in the captives sent there would provide defence bill containing language defence of our constitutional Berlusconi says “a treasure trove of information that would give President Barack values, just as our service men Accused in 1998 US and intelligence.” Obama more flexibility to repat- and women have gone into harm’s jailing will lead He quickly became convinced riate or resettle Guantanamo way time after time to defend our that most of them never should detainees. Constitution,” Lehnert wrote. “If embassy bombings to ‘revolution’ have been sent there because they But the proposal maintains an we make a mockery of our values, had little intelligence value and “unwise and unnecessary ban” on it calls us to question what we are PARIS: Scandal-tainted there was insufficient evidence transferring any to the United really fighting for.” Italian former prime minister linking them to war crimes, he States, Lehnert said. He added, “It is time to close to face joint trial Silvio Berlusconi, sentenced to wrote. “Still, this is a step forward Guantanamo. Our departure a year in prison for tax fraud, “We squandered the goodwill of toward closing our nation’s most from Afghanistan is a perfect claimed yesterday there would the world after we were attacked notorious prison — a prison that point in history to close the facil- NEW YORK: A federal judge Kaplan said he would be willing be a “revolution” in Italy if he by our actions in Guantanamo, should never have been opened,” ity.” REUTERS yesterday set a trial date for to reconsider the trial date next was jailed. three militants, including an year if it proves too ambitious. The 77-year-old, who lost his alleged senior Al Qaeda fig- Bobbi Sternheim, a lawyer for parliamentary seat over a convic- ure, charged in the deadly 1998 Fawwaz, also asked Kaplan to tion for tax fraud earlier this year Campaigning in Chile bombings of US embassies in separate Liby’s trial from that of as well as his parliamentary pro- Kenya and Tanzania. her client and Bary, both of whom tection from the law, told Europe US District Judge Lewis Kaplan have been in custody in the United 1 radio he was “not scared” of set a date of November 3, 2014 Kingdom or the United States for being imprisoned. and ordered the three defend- more than a decade. “I am sure they cannot do it, ants to stand trial together rather Sternheim said the government otherwise there will be a revolu- than separating the cases. planned to introduce evidence tion in Italy,” he said in an inter- The defendants are Nazih Al against Liby after September 11, view recorded at his house in Ragye, better known as Abu 2001, that might convince jurors Rome. “I think it will be difficult Anas Al Liby, a Libyan seized by to hold Fawwaz and Bary partly to put me in prison: I will have a US forces on October 5; Egyptian responsible for the attacks on the large majority in the next elec- Adel Bary; and Saudi Khalid Al World Trade Center in New York. tions! And above all, as I am quite Fawwaz, former London spokes- “The world is very different old, I am not scared of anything,” man for Osama bin Laden. post-9/11,” she said, adding that he said. All three have pleaded not jurors can see the World Trade Berlusconi has to serve a one- guilty to involvement in the 1998 Center site from the window in year sentence, probably under bombings, which killed 224 people. Kaplan’s courtroom. house arrest or through com- They sat in the jury box dur- Kaplan said he would consider munity service because of his ing yesterday’s hearing with seating two separate juries, one age. But he faces imprisonment earphones connected to an inter- for Liby and one for Fawwaz and over other legal cases hanging preter’s microphone, wearing Bary, and excuse the latter from over him. The playboy politician, identical blue prison jumpsuits, the courtroom when certain evi- one of the country’s richest men, white Muslim prayer caps and dence was presented to avoid any also denied any plans to skip the chains around their hands. prejudice, an unusual but not country. “I love my country. I can- Defence lawyers asked Kaplan unheard of arrangement. not end my role of a patriot and a to consider pushing the trial into US officials allege Liby is a statesman by fleeing my country,” 2015. Bernard Kleinman, who senior al Qaeda member who he said. represents Liby, said his prepa- served as a liaison between mili- Berlusconi said he remained ration would be slowed by the tant groups in North Africa and the head of his party Forza Italia, fact that his client speaks little Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian or Go Italy, named after a chant English, requiring an interpreter doctor who now leads the rem- used by Italian football fans. for meetings and a translator nants of Al Qaeda’s core operation “Now my supporters are say- for documents that need to be based in Pakistan. ing they should be called Forza Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet (second left) waves to supporters during a campaign event reviewed by Liby. REUTERS Silvio,” he said. AFP in Santiago yesterday. Chileans will go to the polls on Sunday in a second-round presidential election runoff. US flies Burundian troops to CAR Kiev protesters gather; EU and Putin joust BUJUMBURA: The US mili- and French efforts to restore tary yesterday flew the first security in the troubled nation. KIEV: Thousands of anti-gov- a picture of a secure future for the ex-Soviet republic should walk away from a trade-and- batch of troops from Burundi “Our mission includes ensur- ernment protesters gathered in Ukraine in a Russian-led alliance. it decide to sign the free-trade political agreement with the EU to join an African Union ing the disarmament of militia central Kiev, rebuilding barri- “Our integration project is agreement with the EU after all. and revive trade with Ukraine’s force to restore security in forces, securing the population cades torn down by police, as a based on equal rights and real Putin had threatened to old Soviet master has brought the Central African Republic and property, and help restore delegation headed for Brussels economic interests,” said Putin, respond to such a deal with hundreds of thousands on to the (CAR), the army said. authority over the entire coun- to seek crucial European Union referring to a customs union with economic sanctions against streets in a chain of weekend ral- “The first US aircraft to trans- try,” Hakizimana added. and International Monetary Belarus and Kazakhstan which Ukraine, which has huge debts lies, each one larger than the one port the Burundian contingent Burundi army spokesman Fund aid. he plans to develop into a politi- and unpaid gas bills outstanding before it. to Bangui arrived this morning,” Gaspard Baratuza said two US Russian President Vladimir cal and trading bloc to be known with Moscow. Battalions of riot police with- said Lieutenant-Colonel Potien transport airplanes will carry Putin, concerned protests could as the Eurasian Union. Ukraine’s ultimate decision drew on Wednesday from a pro- Hakizimana, commander of the the full contingent to CAR’s yet induce Ukrainian leader European officials are in dis- could be decisive to Putin’s test camp in central Kiev after 850-strong Burundi battalion capital Bangui over the next Viktor Yanukovich to seal a cussion with the IMF, the World Eurasian Union plan. moving against demonstrators going to CAR. four days. trade agreement with the EU Bank and other major finan- A sudden decision by President in the early hours in an angry The troops are joining the AU AFP to Moscow’s detriment, painted cial bodies on ways of helping Yanukovich on November 21 to confrontation. REUTERS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 ASIA /PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

South Korean minister to Bangladesh Islamist leader executed hold talks in US Abdul Quader Mollah found guilty of 1971 war crimes; five die in clashes on streets SEOUL: South Korea’s dep- uty foreign minister will visit DHAKA: Bangladesh executed Islamist vehicles were torched. Washington for an annual dia- opposition leader Abdul Quader Mollah Mollah was assistant secretary general of logue that is expected to focus yesterday for war crimes he committed the Jamaat-e-Islami party, which is barred on North Korea, according to in 1971, in a move likely to spark more from contesting elections but plays a key South Korea’s News. violent protests less than a month before role in the opposition movement led by the The four-day trip to elections. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Washington by Vice Foreign Mollah was hanged at Dhaka Central Jail He was the first to be hanged for war Minister Kim Kyou-hyun is after a dramatic week. He won a reprieve crimes, having been convicted by the coun- also expected to include dis- on Tuesday hours before he was to be sent try’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) cussions on China’s new air to the gallows. After two days of legal set up in 2010 to investigate atrocities per- defence zone over the East argument, the Supreme Court rejected petrated during the 1971 war of independ- China Sea that has caused ten- his application for a review of the death ence from Pakistan. Four other Islamist sion with neighbouring coun- penalty. leaders are on death row for their part in tries, including South Korea Hundreds of people in the centre of capi- the conflict, in which 3m people died and and Japan. tal Dhaka cheered and punched the air in at least 200,000 women were raped. celebration, underlining how Mollah’s case Critics of the tribunal say it has been Hanoi shipping has divided opinion in the impoverished used as a political tool by Prime Minister People take part in a torch-lit rally as they celebrate after the Supreme Court rejected Abdul South Asian nation of 160 million. Sheikh Hasina, who is locked in a long and Quader Mollah’s request for an appeal against his death sentence in Dhaka yesterday. officials on trial “Justice has been served, though we poisonous feud with BNP leader Begum had to wait for 42 years,” said university Khaleda Zia, as a way of weakening the HANOI: Former top execu- student Afzal Hossain. At least five peo- opposition as January 5 elections approach. called for a general strike on Sunday. Faiz, Amnesty International’s Bangladesh tives at Vietnam’s scandal-hit ple were killed in clashes between opposi- Jamaat’s acting leader Moqbul Ahmed Human rights groups have accused researcher. “The country is on a razor’s national shipping company tion activists angered by the decision to said on the party’s website that people ICT of denying Mollah a fair trial and the edge with pre-election tensions running Vinalines, whose huge debts execute Mollah and police near the port would revenge Mollah’s “killing” by deep- right to appeal. “The execution of Mollah high and almost non-stop street protests.” shook investor confidence in city of Chittagong. Police fired tear gas and ening the role of Islam in Bangladesh. He should never have happened,” said Abbas REUTERS the communist nation, went on trial yesterday for embez- zlement and defying state regulations. The state-owned company nearly collapsed under some Beijing loses link in N Korea purge 422 officials who won poll $3bn of debt, according to offi- cial media, one of several high profile scandals among huge BEIJING: China has lost its group dubbed the “Gang of Seven” there’s the known factor,” Yuan asked to vacate posts national firms, which are a key key North Korean interlocutor by South Korean media -- have said. “The uncertainty is what pillar of the country’s economy. with the purging of Kim Jong- now reportedly been sidelined, China does not want to see.” MANILA: The Commission and expenditures during the cam- Un’s uncle, but analysts say the with further military and politi- Jang has played a key role in on Elections (Comelec) yes- paign and poll period. Japanese steals young leader’s tightening grip cal purges likely. links between the two nations, terday asked 422 winning All candidates and political on power may be welcomed by “In a sense, the Chinese inter- which fought alongside each other officials in the May 2013 elec- parties are required to file with to feed 120 cats Beijing, which prizes stability in locutors in the core North Korean at enormous loss of lives during tions to temporarily leave the Comelec full, true, and item- its wayward nuclear-armed ally. leadership just evaporated,” said the 1950-53 Korean War. their posts for their fail- ized SOCEs within 30 days after TOKYO: A Japanese man Jang Song-Thaek was the Jingdong Yuan, a University of The 67-year-old accompanied ure to file the appropriate election day. went on a year-long burglary second-most powerful mem- Sydney professor specialising Kim’s father and predecessor Statement of Contributions Brillantes said the incumbent spree, making off with a haul ber of North Korea’s regime in Chinese defence and foreign Kim Jong-Il on three trips to and Expenditures (SOCE). officials who need to step down worth $185,000 to feed 120 and an important link between policy. China in 2010 and 2011 and is At a televised press brief- for now are those who did not file cats a gourmet diet. Pyongyang and Beijing before “Now, who will be the inter- known to have led the country’s ing, Comelec Chairman Sixto any SOCE at all, those who did Mamoru Demizu, 48, is sus- his dramatic ouster last week, mediary between Beijing and Commission for Joint Venture and Brillantes yesterday said under not personally sign their reports, pected of breaking into houses accused of being a corrupt, drug- Pyongyang?” Yuan asked. Investment tasked with attract- the Synchronized Elections Law, and those who did not submit the to steal cash and jewels on 32 using womaniser. But while Beijing was watching ing foreign investments -- mostly elected officials who did not com- prescribed form. separate occasions. In the two years since the the purges with concern, he said, from China. ply with the SOCE requirements “It (SOCE) was not signed per- He told police that he stole death of Kim Jong-Il, at least four the end result will benefit China He was also the first high-level should stay out of office until they sonally by them (officials) or it things to come up with the of the seven leaders who joined if Kim succeeds in cementing his party official to visit China after have submitted the necessary was not in the proper form. So money to feed scores of his the younger Kim in marching authority. the younger Kim took power in documents. effectively, this was not the proper feline friends, spending up to alongside his father’s hearse at “In one sense, obviously, if he December 2011. The SOCE is a report of elec- filing,” Brillantes said. 25,000 yen ($250) a day, an the funeral -- a core leadership can consolidate power, at least AFP tion candidates on their donors THE PHILIPPINE STAR officer said. AGENCIES

Thailand’s top military bass Tokyo, Seoul agree to meet protest leader hold drill in

BANGKOK: The heads of politicised, coup-prone mili- Thailand’s powerful military tary are unclear. It has sought China ADIZ agreed yesterday to a week- to remain officially neutral but TOKYO: The navies of Japan end meeting with the leader of Suthep has tried to drag the gen- and South Korea said yester- the movement seeking to over- erals into the conflict during daily day they had carried out a joint throw Prime Minister Yingluck televised speeches, asking them to maritime rescue drill in inter- Shinawatra, deepening uncer- take sides. national waters covered by tainty about the country’s The protesters see Yingluck as China’s new air defence identi- immediate political future. a puppet of Thaksin, the tycoon fication zone. Yingluck has called a snap elec- who remains at the heart of Thai Japan’s Maritime Self Defence tion for February 2, but that has politics, despite being overthrown force reportedly used two war- done nothing to satisfy a protest in a 2006 military coup and fleeing ships and a helicopter, while its group that wants an unelected overseas to dodge a jail sentence South Korean counterpart also leadership to run the country, for graft. used several pieces of military aware that a nationwide vote They want the entire equipment for the routine train- would likely return another gov- Shinawatra family to join him ing, a Japanese navy spokesman ernment controlled by the pre- in exile, accusing them of cor- said. mier’s divisive billionaire brother, ruption, crony capitalism and of The Japanese military did not Thaksin Shinawatra. using taxpayers’ money to buy- inform China about the use of the The armed forces issued a off the rural poor with populist helicopter, he added. statement late yesterday say- giveaways. “It was conducted within what ing it had invited protest leader The military is being closely China considers as its ADIZ (air Suthep Thaugsuban to join the watched because of its tacit sup- defence identification zone),” he heads of the army, navy and air port over the past eight years for said. force at a seminar on Saturday Thaksin’s enemies in the royalist “The drill had been planned “to find a way out for Thailand.” Bangkok establishment, who are for a long time, since before The supreme commander would threatened by his rise and the China’s announcement. It was be the mediator and other “stake- unassailable political mandate from not organised in reaction,” he holders” would join, it said, with- millions of working class voters in added. out elaborating. every election since 2001. Last month, China surprised The motives of Thailand’s REUTERS many after declaring a new ADIZ over a tranche of the East China Sea, including islands disputed with Japan as well as Eye implants South Korea’s ADIZ. The two Asian democracies have refused to recognise the Chinese zone, as has the United States. Beijing said all aircraft enter- ing the zone must obey its orders and provide a flight plan to Chinese authorities, or face unspecified “defensive emer- gency measures.” Meanwhile, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak expressed his understanding yesterday of Japan’s protest at China’s newly declared air defence identification zone. In a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on the eve of a summit between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Najib said he “understands Japan’s Six-year-old Guo Bin, whose eyes were gouged out in China in August, concern” about Beijing’s action, holds a piece of paper where he wrote the Chinese word for “Thank You”, according to a senior Japanese after receiving prosthetic eye implants in a hospital in Shenzhen. official. AGENCIES FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Bomb kills Kabul accidental blast triggers alarm KABUL: An accidental explo- sion in an arms depot shook central Kabul yesterday, with Afghan officials moving quickly to allay fears of an attack on two troops the city that has often been tar- geted by militants. The loud blast erupted close to Army convoy hits IED in Miranshah the Nato’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) head- MIRANSHAH: At least two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fac- quarters and in an area of the soldiers were killed and seven tion and Al Qaeda-linked mili- capital that houses many embas- wounded when a military con- tants have led a bloody campaign sies and international institutions. voy struck an improvised explo- against the Pakistani state in ISAF confirmed that the explo- sive device (IED) in Pakistan’s recent years, carrying out hun- sion occurred outside their head- troubled northwest yesterday, dreds of attacks on security forces quarters, while the US embassy security officials said. and government targets, concen- sounded its emergency “duck and The convoy was passing through trated largely in the northwest. cover” sirens to warn employees Spinwam village, some 45 kilome- The armed forces of Pakistan to seek shelter. “It was an acci- tres east of Miranshah, the main are the eighth largest in the world dent, not an enemy act,” Lutfullah town of the North Waziristan in terms of numbers in full-time Mashal, an official from the tribal region which is a hub of service, with about 617,000 per- National Directorate of Security Taliban and Al Qaeda linked sonnel on active duty and 513,000 (NDS) intelligence agency, said. militants on the Afghanistan- reservists in 2010. “The blast happened in a depot Security personnel stand near the main gate of the NDS where the explosion took place, in Kabul yesterday. Pakistan border. The three main branches are for unexploded ordinance. It was Pakistani officials blamed “mis- the Army, the Navy, and the Air totally an accident. There is no creants” -- a term they often use Force and they are supported by reported casualties, but there are television that the depot stored or injuries. The airport houses attack, saying ten soldiers had for Taliban militants -- for the a number of paramilitary forces. some damages.” suicide vests, explosives and unex- another Nato base as well as been killed or injured. attack. “Two soldiers embraced Pakistani armed forces have The NDS said in a statement ploded bombs. The interior min- operating civilian flights to cities Kabul has seen a recent drop Shahadat (martyrdom) and seven been engaged in a war in North- said that the depot contained istry also confirmed the explosion including Dubai, New Delhi and in insurgent attacks after a were injured. The roadside IED West Pakistan since 2001, mainly explosives recently seized from was an accident. Istanbul. Flights were delayed series of high-profile strikes ear- was planted by miscreants,” a sen- against the Tehrik-i-Taliban insurgents and due to be taken to The blast came a day after a only briefly after the bomb lier this year, with the National ior military official said. Pakistan. Apart from its own con- the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Taliban suicide bomber detonated exploded. Directorate of Security claim- A second security official said flicts, Pakistan has been an active Group (DIAG) programme, which an explosives-laden vehicle near The Taliban, who regularly ing to have foiled several plots to one military truck was badly participant in United Nations destroys illegal weapons and a Nato military convoy enter- exaggerate casualty numbers, launch complex strikes involving damaged in the attack. peacekeeping missions. explosives. ing Kabul airport, killing him- claimed responsibility via their truck bombs and suicide gunmen. The umbrella AFP An NDS spokesman told local self but causing no other deaths main Twitter account for that AFP

Pakistan’s new Chief Justice Jillani sworn in 15-member committee to try

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new government officials including chief justice and interfering in corruption allegations against the Musharraf in special court chief justice took his oath of ministers attended the ceremony. political matters. then-president Asif Ali Zardari. office yesterday after his out- Chaudhry, originally appointed in In June last year he chaired a Chaudhry has also taken on ISLAMABAD: The federal team to conduct the prosecution spoken predecessor retired, 2005 during the military rule of Supreme Court bench that sacked Pakistan’s military and intelli- government of Pakistan has of the case against Gen Pervez ending an eight-year turbulent Pervez Musharraf and who came the then-prime minister Yousuf gence agencies, which are often notified a 15-member panel to Musharraf (retired) for various and at times controversial era. to be one of the architects of the Raza Gilani after convicting him seen as untouchable, demanding try former president General offences falling under Section 2 Pakistani President Mamnoon former general’s downfall, has of contempt of court. they explain the fate of missing (retd) Pervez Musharraf for of High Treason (Punishment) Hussain swore in Justice Tassaduq divided opinion. The move, likened by some persons believed to have disap- high treason. Act 1973.” Hussain Jillani after Iftikhar Some have praised him for observers to a “judicial coup”, peared into their custody. A notification in this regard Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Muhammad Chaudhry stepped fearlessly taking on politicians marked the culmination of a long- Legal circles see the 64-year- was issued on December 9 stat- Sharif on November 19 had down a day earlier. and security agencies, while oth- running tussle between the judi- old Jillani to be a far quieter ing that “the federal government approved a three-member special Prime Minister Nawaz ers have criticised him for exceed- ciary and the government led by presence. is pleased to appoint the follow- court for Musharraf’s trial. Sharif, Chaudhry and other top ing the proper authority of the the Pakistan People’s Party over AFP ing members of the prosecution INTERNEWS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Price effect Fresh polls loom as BJP short of majority in Delhi Party ready to be part of opposition

NEW DELHI: The BJP yesterday dream electoral debut. The Congress, told Lt Governor Najeeb Jung that which ruled Delhi for 15 years, was it cannot form a government in crushed and ended up with only Delhi as it lacked majority support eight seats. in the 70-seat assembly, raising the Harsh Vardhan said he believed spectre of fresh elections. the Lt governor had a mandate to Chief ministerial candidate Harsh explore government formation within Vardhan said the Bharatiya Janata a week. Party, which won 31 seats and has He added that the BJP was ready the support of an Akali Dal legis- for another electoral battle. lator, would prefer to occupy the Asked if his party would support opposition benches. the AAP, Harsh Vardhan said: “The The doctor-politician told the AAP has already declared that it will media that he told Jung that “in the neither support nor take the backing absence of a clear mandate, it will of any party to form a government be better for us that we sit in the in Delhi and would prefer a fresh opposition”. mandate.” “As you know, we are four short of “We will give whatever assistance a majority. We have no alternative... is required from our side,” he said. We seek the forgiveness of the peo- Harsh Vardhan said he believed ple for our decision,” he said after his in the politics of values and had no over half-an-hour-long meeting with desire to induce members of other A vegetable vendor waits for customers at his stall in Mumbai yesterday. Higher food prices drove the country’s annual consumer price the Lt governor. political parties to back the BJP in inflation to a higher-than-expected 11.24 percent in November from 10.17 percent in October. He said the BJP should not be held government formation. responsible if its inability to form a “We have always believed that poli- government leads to fresh elections tics should be based on honesty and in the national capital. values,” he said. “We are not responsible because it In his letter to Jung, Harsh Telangana is the circumstances which are forc- Vardhan said: “It is the wise people of SC ruling rattles govt ing a repoll,” he said. Delhi who have given us a mandate to While the BJP ousted the Congress rule. It is because of this that the BJP bill reaches NEW DELHI: The UPA gov- petition or curative petition on to restore the high court ver- from power in Rajasthan and retained has emerged as the largest party.” ernment yesterday expressed the apex court order upholding dict on article 377. We must Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Asked whether the AAP and the “deep disappointment” over Article 377 of the Indian Penal decriminalise adult consensual the Delhi elections threw up a frac- Congress could form a government, Andhra the Supreme Court verdict Code (IPC) which classifies gay relationships”, he tweeted. tured verdict. Harsh Vardhan said: “We don’t want and said it was considering sex as a crime. The IPC, which dates back The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took to disturb any party. Our main aim is all options to restore a Delhi United Progressive Alliance to the British Raj, says “carnal the second spot with 28 seats in a to serve the people.” IANS assembly High Court order legalising (UPA) chairperson and intercourse against the order unnatural sex. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of nature” is a punishable HYDERABAD: The bill for The government reaction said she was disappointed the offence. formation of separate Telangana came as gay activists and Supreme Court had reversed Chidambaram said it was state reached Andhra Pradesh rights groups protested the the 2009 high court ruling not too late to ask the court to Mom worried over son’s extradition assembly last evening, officials Wednesday ruling upholding a and hoped parliament would reconsider the decision through said. law banning unnatural sex. The address the issue. a curative petition. NEW DELHI: The mother of an help? My son would be pained to A senior official of the fed- US too voiced concern while Congress vice president “If the court option goes, Indian who fled Australia after see me break down like this, so I eral Home Ministry reached Human Rights Watch called it Rahul Gandhi said he agreed then legislative option always killing a teenager in a traffic acci- would rather hold back my tears,” Hyderabad along with the draft a setback to human dignity. with the high court verdict and remains. But I don’t think that dent five years ago defended her said Puneet’s mother, who did not Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation The opposition was divided. said homosexuality was a mat- this option can be exercised in son yesterday, saying “accidents want to be named. Bill 2013 by a special aircraft, and The Bharatiya Janata Party ter of individual choice. this session of parliament.” happen all the time”. “My son is saying that ‘yes an handed over the bill to a senior (BJP) did not take a clear Chidambaram said the gov- Sonia Gandhi hoped parlia- She was speaking to AFP out- accident happened’. But it was an legislature official as well as to the stand. The Aam Aadmi Party ernment and the Congress were ment would uphold the consti- side a court in New Delhi where accident and accidents happen all chief secretary. asked the apex court to review on the same page. tutional guarantee of life and her son Puneet Puneet, 24, made a the time,” she said. Suresh Kumar, joint secre- the judgment. The Samajwadi “My government’s views and liberty to citizens including brief appearance as authorities seek “I have faith in God and the tary in the ministry, drove to the Party came out in support of the party’s views are quite clear. those directly affected by the his extradition back to Australia to judiciary. assembly and handed over the the Supreme Court. We accept the interpretation Supreme Court judgment. face charges over the hit-and-run “So many Indians were killed in bill to legislature secretary Raja Finance Minister P put forward by the high court,” “We are proud that our cul- incident. Australia probably in cold-blooded Sadaram. Chidambaram and Law he said. ture has always been an inclu- “What can I do now? I can stand ways. What about those?” she He earlier met Chief Secretary Minister Kapil Sibal said the Sibal said the government sive and tolerant one,” she said. here and cry but is this going to added. AFP P K Mohanty at the state secre- government may go for a review was considering “all options IANS tariat. He also called on Governor E S L Narasimhan and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy before returning to the national Karzai begins visit capital. The chief secretary later drove to the chief minister’s camp office. He is believed to have briefed him about the features of the bill and the covering letter from the ministry. The assembly has been asked to send back the bill with its comments by January 23. The union cabinet on December 5 had approved draft bill and the same was sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for referring it to the assembly. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde told report- ers yesterday morning in New Delhi that the bill would be sent to the assembly once it is received from Rashtrapati Bhavan. He said after the bill is sent back by the assembly, it would be discussed in the cabinet and a final bill would be sent to the president for his approval to table the same in parliament. As the winter session of parliament ends on December 20, the bill is likely to come up only in the next session. IANS Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) with Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh (right) at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, yesterday. Karzai is on a four-day visit to India. Anti-graft bill to be taken up by upper chamber

NEW DELHI: The Lokpal Bill is likely the fast till the bill is passed. Opposition Arun Jaitley said but stressed to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha on “It is a matter of three days (before that the bill should come as it was amended Monday, said Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who Monday)... it will not make any difference,” by the select committee of Rajya Sabha. chaired the select committee that looked he said. “At the most I will lose 500-600 gm “Cabinet has no right to amend the bill, it into the anti-corruption bill. of weight. I will fast as long as the parlia- is a property of Rajya Sabha. The bill should His statement came as Gandhian activist ment session goes on,” he said. come as it was amended by the select com- Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast in his village Hazare also added that he will see the mittee,” he said. Earlier, Home Minister Ralegan Siddhi in Maharashtra demand- version of the Lokpal bill once it is passed Sushilkumar Shinde said that a notice for ing passage of the Lokpal bill entered its and whether it is strong or not. taking up the bill has already been given to third day. The BJP meanwhile offered to pass the Rajya Sabha Chairman M Hamid Ansari. “The government has proposed a discus- bill without debate if it is brought exactly “Minister of State in Prime Minister’s sion on Lokpal bill on Monday,” Chaturvedi as the select committee of Rajya Sabha Office (PMO) V Narayanasamy has already told reporters here. Six hours have been amended it. “We don’t want any more dis- sent a notice that the (Lokpal) bill be imme- allotted for the discussion, he added. cussions on the Lokpal bill, pass it in Rajya diately taken up in the Rajya Sabha,” he told Hazare yesterday said he would continue Sabha, and then in Lok Sabha,” Leader of reporters here. IANS FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

FEED contract for Al Sejeel project signed QP, Qapco sign deal with Tecnimont SpA; QR20bn Al Sejeel Petrochemical Complex project to be completed in ’18

DOHA: Qatar Petroleum meeting our economic needs while (QP) and Qatar Petrochemical safeguarding the requirements of Company (Qapco) yester- future generations.” day signed the Front-End He also said: “Today is a clear Engineering and Design (FEED) demonstration of such a com- contract with Tecnimont SpA, a mitment. It is the vision of our leading construction company, leadership to harness the tre- for the QR20bn ($5.5bn) Al mendous potential of the petro- Sejeel Petrochemical Complex, chemical sector and to embark which will be built in Ras Laffan on a large-scale expansion of our Industrial City. downstream industry. To this end, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh we aim to raise our petrochemi- Al Sada, the Minister of Energy cal output to 23 million MTPA by and Industry and Chairman and 2020, thus supporting the growth Managing Director of QP, wit- and diversification of the Qatari nessed the agreement signed by economy. This will increase the Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, universal reach of value-added Chairman of Qapco, and “Made in Qatar” product portfolio Pierroberto Folgiero, CEO of across the globe.” Maire Tecnimont Group. The complex will surely be The signing of the FEED con- unique in terms of its feedstock tract with the global engineer- as it will assure production effi- ing and construction company ciency and access to a steady sup- marks a strategic milestone for ply of critical chemical building the progress of the multi-billion blocks while increasing its global dollar mega-petrochemical com- competitiveness. plex, in which QP and Qapco own Al Mohannadi said: “We 80 percent and 20 percent equity have witnessed the tremendous interest, respectively. progress achieved by our petro- The project scheduled for com- chemical industry, resting on the pletion in 2018, will feature one capabilities and skills developed of the world’s largest mixed-feed by local talent. Today, Qatari lead- steam crackers and is designed to ership is the driving force of Al produce 2.2 million MTPA of poly- Sejeel, which makes the project mers, including PE and PP resins. truly special as it is the first time Dr Al Sada said that the Al that two Qatari companies will Sejeel Petrochemical Complex develop together a complex of will strengthen Qatar’s position this scale. Al Sejeel has become a as a leading global petrochemical national symbol and I take great producer. pride in this groundbreaking Al Sada said: “This project is achievement.” aligned with the principles of He added: “The complex will also Qatar National Vision 2030, as develop the talents of the future. H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with other officials after the signing ceremony. launched and guided by the Emir This unprecedented complex will H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al offer more than 1,500 career oppor- The plants will be processing natural resources and allowing honoured to be awarded with this Later, Al Sada unveiled the Thani. We are committed -more tunities for talented young Qataris several feed types simultaneously, extra flexibility and diversity in prestigious project which confirms official logo of Al Sejeel which is than ever - to the accomplishment willing to participate in building a namely ethane, butane, and naph- terms of products. the distinctiveness of Tecnimont’s inspired by a chemical structure. of our growth objectives, and to sustainable future for our nation.” tha, ensuring an optimum use of Folgiero said: “We are truly long roots in the polyolefin sector.” THE PENINSULA

Qatar Shell signs deals with three local firms QE market cap rises

DOHA: In association with Qatar Development Bank to QR559.48bn (QDB) to help bolster Qatar’s private sector, Qatar Shell yes- DOHA: Qatari stocks margin- accounted for 13.76 percent. terday signed an agreement to ally gained last week with the Telecom stocks led the trading add three more local companies main index of the bourse looking volumes in the past week with a to its supply chain for Qatar up 97.13 points, or 0.93 percent, share of 35.52 in the total. Real Shell and their partner Qatar to 10,486.23 yesterday which was Estate shares accounted for 26.01 Petroleum at the Pearl Gas to the last trading day of the week. percent. The banking and finan- Liquids (GTL) plant. The trading value, totalling a cial services counters accounted The signing ceremony comes little over QR2bn, was up 27.24 for 20.25 percent while industrial less than a year after QDB part- percent over the previous week’s stocks had a share of 6.74 percent nered with Qatar Shell to provide total of QR1.58bn. Trading vol- in the total. local companies and manufactur- umes, of over 63 million shares, Banking and financial services ers access to specific new business represented an increase of 13.38 stocks dominated the transac- opportunities. percent over the previous week’s tions with a 29.21 percent share The Manufacturing of Personal total of 55.7 million. in the total. The industrial sec- Protective Equipment contract In all, 25,891 transactions were tor trailed with a 20.22 percent was awarded to Qatari Industrial concluded on the bourse (Qatar share. The real estate counters Equipment WLL represented by Exchange) in the week, showing accounted for 19.86 percent, while their Chairman Nasser Sulaiman an increase of 14.42 percent. The telecom stocks ended at the bot- Al Haider; the Heat Exchanger previous week’s total was 22,628. tom of the list, accounting for Re-Tubing contract was awarded The market capitalisation of 16.24 percent share in the total. to GEA Batignolles Technologies QR559.48bn was also up, albeit Out of the 42 listed companies, Thermiques Qatar WLL repre- marginally (by 0.99 percent), 24 ended higher last week, 15 fell sented by Tariq Al Mana; and over the previous week’s tally of while three remained unchanged. the Translation Services contract QR553.97bn. Barwa Real Estate led the trading was awarded to Snow Comms Banking and financial services value with a 14.59 percent share Conceptual Communications stocks led the trading value with in the total. Vodafone Qatar con- & Events represented by their a 32.99 percent share in the total. tributed 12.84 percent to the total Managing Partner, Mohammed Officials at the press conference in Doha. Real estate shares accounted while industrial stocks accounted Al Mannai. for 20.38 percent. Industrial for 11.11 percent. Wael Sawan, Chairman and through acquiring such contracts. world’s largest energy projects. through their variety of finance counters, on the other hand, had Yesterday, the index gained Managing Director of Qatar Shell Similarly, global companies and “Qatar Shell aims to sup- products and solutions, Qatar a share of 19.62 percent in the 29.11 points (0.28 percent). Companies, signed the contracts customers get the services they port the National Development Shell’s tendering process as well total, while the telecom sector THE PENINSULA with the three local companies. need from a local source, which Strategy and to help Qatar ful- as the challenges and opportuni- The signing was witnessed by means quality can controlled and fill its National Vision 2030 by ties in the SME sector. As the Abdulaziz bin Nasser Al Khalifa, assured, and QDB can achieve empowering local SMEs to com- leading development bank in Chief Executive Officer of Qatar its goal in developing the private pete internationally, and we are Qatar with mandate to support Development Bank. sector.” looking forward to announcing Qatari SMEs, QDB worked with Abdulaziz bin Nasser said: Wael Sawan said: “We are very additional business opportunities their wide network of local part- DCY200 arrives at Qatalum “Qatar Development Bank plays proud that our partnership with for local companies in 2014.” ner banks to attract the attend- a vital role in encouraging the pri- QDB has resulted in the success- In May 2013, QDB and Qatar ing Qatari companies. DOHA: Qatalum has acquired the 200-tonne capacity self-elevating vate sector companies, especially ful award of contracts to three Shell held a workshop where over Following the announcement of multi-wheeler vehicle (DCY200). The equipment is used to trans- small and medium enterprises, SMEs to be the supplier of choice 100 local Qatari SMEs were pre- the business opportunities, a total port cathodes and pot superstructures during relining. The vehi- through providing financial aid, to Qatar Shell and the Pearl GTL sented with four specific business of 26 local companies registered cle was supplied by Rumaillah Motors Qatar and manufactured by support and opportunities. Thus, plant. The companies joining us opportunities that would allow their interest in May. Seventeen Suzhao Dafang Special Vehicle Company in China. The equipment QDB launched this joint initiative today have been shortlisted from them to become the supplier of passed the pre-qualification was designed and manufactured according to the Qatalum technical as a clear example of what can be 26 local SMEs who registered choice for the Pearl GTL plant. stage, 12 submitted their bids, specifications to precisely fit with pot line operating conditions. done to enhance opportunities for their interest. Qatar Shell is still in the negotia- and three were finally selected DCY200 arrived at the Qatalum in October 2013 and has been tested the SME sector, in coordination “Besides their commercial tion stage for the fourth business based on their commercial bids and approved for operation. The acquisition and delivery of this heavy with leading international compa- viability, the three winners were opportunity. and technical capability. All reg- machine was done by Technical and the Project Group; Engineering and nies, such as Qatar Shell, to ena- selected based on their ability to SMEs and entrepreneurs istered companies are added to a Central Maintenance Department, Reduction Relining Department, and ble the private sector to capitalise adhere to Shell’s technical stand- that participated in the May database where they will receive the Procurement Department. Qatalum sent its technical and operation on available opportunities, which ards and global tendering process, workshop were also briefed on invitations to future workshops team to China to ensure that the equipment is strictly meeting Qatalum’s will benefit all stakeholders. which have been developed over the financial support options and business opportunities. specifications both in terms of design and operation capability. “SMEs grow and flourish years of dedicated work on the made available to them by QDB THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Europe bourses extend slide Gulf states plan cruise alliance PARIS: European stocks extended a two-week sell-off yes- terday as investors booked prof- Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman expanding cruise terminals; visas, security barriers to growth its, wary that the US Federal Reserve will start winding down ABU DHABI: Two Gulf Arab “A joint approach to development The biggest barrier to growth Dubai is expanding its cruise on two nearby islands — Delma its stimulus programme soon. countries aim to take on the will be key to ensuring we have a will be the issue of visas. The lack terminal by mid-2014 to han- and Sir Baniyas — for cruise The FTSEurofirst 300 index of Caribbean as it seeks to become sustainable agenda for growth,” of a European-style Schengen sin- dle five cruise ships simultane- tourists, Mohammed Al Dhaheri, top European shares fell 0.9 per- a major destination for cruise Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al gle visa for entry into the six Gulf ously, said Hamad Mohammed Strategy & Policy Director, TCA cent to 1,244.66 points, a level not tourism, especially during the Nahyan, Chairman, Abu Dhabi states and the absence of multi- bin Mejren, executive director of Abu Dhabi, said. seen since mid-October. European winter months in the northern Tourism & Culture Authority, told entry visas are major stumbling Dubai’s department of tourism & Oman, which drew more than stocks trimmed their losses in hemisphere. the Seatrade Middle East Cruise blocks, executives of cruise liners commerce marketing. 300,000 cruise passengers in the late trade after data showed After competing for business Forum on Wednesday. told the forum. “The economic impact of this last season, has approved plans more Americans filed claims for in the last few years, Abu Dhabi The three Gulf states are for- “A Gulf-wide cruise visa would industry has been steadily grow- for a new terminal at the port of unemployment benefits last week, and Dubai, both part of the seven- malising a memorandum of under- be ideal to attract more tourists ing,” he said, adding that the Muttrah, one of three ports open reversing three weeks of declines. member UAE, and Oman are now standing to jointly develop the due to the entry and exit into emirate hosted 407,000 cruise to cruise vessels, Salim bin Aday Al Investor sentiment was also collaborating to promote the cruise industry in the region, with multiple ports, leading to reduced passengers last year, compared Mamari, director-general of tour- hurt by data that showed euro region as a cruise destination. others likely to join the alliance costs and less processing time,” said with just 7,000 in 2001. ism development, told the forum. zone industrial output dropped at All three are investing in build- soon, two industry sources famil- Grant Holmes, CEO of Progress Abu Dhabi had 180,000 passen- Qatar and Bahrain are also its worst monthly rate in more ing additional cruise terminals iar with the matter told Reuters. International, a cruise consultancy. gers in the last cruise season and emerging cruise destinations than a year in October, a sign the or facilities and plan to establish “It is an emerging cruise desti- “The Gulf is a promising mar- expects 220,000 passengers on 80 with several liners calling at their region’s recovery remains fragile. common operational and technical nation with positives such as win- ket but a clear short to medium- vessels this season. The capital of ports. With the region gearing up Around Europe, UK’s FTSE 100 standards, although visas and secu- ter sun destination, rich cultural term strategy is needed soon from the UAE is building a new per- for two major global events - Expo index fell 1 percent, Germany’s rity issues remain sticking points heritage, beautiful islands, deserts all the Gulf states after forming manent cruise terminal to han- 2020 in Dubai and the FIFA world DAX index down 0.7 percent, and that need to be improved or could and with no funding problem,” an alliance to work together to dle three to four cruise ships at a cup in Qatar in 2022, tourism is France’s CAC 40 down 0.4 per- limit growth in the industry. one of the sources said. promote the region.” time. It is also developing facilities set to increase. REUTERS cent. The euro zone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index fell 0.7 percent at 2,928.12 points. Shares in struggling carmaker China’s automobile sales rise PSA Peugeot Citroen sank 7.6 percent, after it announced a big Innovative approach could writedown and confirmed that it was mulling a capital increase. The stock was set to further sink today. expand sukuk issuer base After the European closing bell, General Motors Co said it would LONDON: Market participants structuring allows the company to sell its entire 7 percent stake in are predicting an increase in issue on a regular basis in the future,” Peugeot through a private place- sukuk issuance in the Gulf region said Hani Ibrahim, head of DCM at ment to institutional investors. over the next two years, as innova- QInvest, a bookrunner on the trans- REUTERS tive structures expand the range of action along with DBS, Deutsche assets that can be used as underly- Bank, HSBC and QNB Capital. ing sources of profit. The fact that two well-recognised Brent falls on Qatari state-owned telecom firm companies have issued deals of this Ooredoo, for instance, made its debut nature will encourage others to take Libya supply in Islamic bonds last month, pricing a the same path. “Anything innova- US$1.25bn 3.039 percent 2018 sukuk. tive tends to be done by very good NEW YORK: Brent oil futures Unusually, the company used credits, household names if you like. fell yesterday as traders antici- phone airtime as the underlying When an Emirates or a Ooredoo does pated an increase in Libyan oil asset, paving the way for other tel- a deal like this, it opens the doors for supply. US oil rose moderately ecommunications firms to follow. others,” said Noel Lourdes, an execu- on expectations for increased Emirates airline, meanwhile, issued tive director for Amanie Advisors, an demand as new pipeline projects a US$1bn 3.875 percent 10-year Islamic financial advisory firm. promise to relieve a pooling glut amortising sukuk using revenues per Ooredoo is not the first company to of oil at the domestic storage passenger as the underlying asset. use mobile phone airtime to complete hub, though the demand picture The tactic to use an intangible asset an Islamic finance deal. Malaysia’s remained unclear. may serve to widen the base of bor- Axiata has used the structure in the The diverging prices drove the rowers that could access the market. past, while Saudi Arabia’s Mobily spread between the two down by Rather than paying a coupon, used airtime as an underlying asset more than $1 from the previous sukuk offer investors a share of the in the loan market in March 2008. session’s close. Brent crude oil Visitors pass by a SUV on display at the Shanghai Auto Parts and Service Expo in Shanghai city. profit generated by an asset held UAE’s Etisalat considered a simi- fell 81 cents to $108.89 a barrel by China’s automobile sales rose 14.1 percent in November year-on-year to just over 2 million units, by the issuer. Traditionally, issuers lar structure as well, but the deal 1627 GMT. US crude futures for while production rose 21.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.13 million units. have used land or property leases as did not come to fruition. As a result, January delivery were up 20 cents the underlying asset. This limits the Ooredoo’s is the first sukuk of its at $97.64 a barrel. REUTERS issuer base because not every com- kind in the Gulf, and the first such pany holds assets extensive enough sukuk or loan in the region since to issue on a regular basis. the crisis. QATARI MARKET IFSB issues guidelines on Ooredoo, for example, may not This shows that some innova- Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P have sufficient property assets to tion is returning to the market, said underpin more than a couple of Farmida Bi, a partner and European Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 101.50 0.32 % Aa2 AA capital adequacy, takaful sukuk. “Ooredoo could have issued head of Islamic finance at Norton Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.00 1.47 % Aa2 AA a sukuk without using this structure, Rose Fulbright. Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.63 2.58 % Aa2 AA SYDNEY: The Kuala practice that has been pio- but using airtime for the purposes of REUTERS Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.38 3.01 % Aa2 AA Lumpur-based Islamic Fina- neered in the past year by Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 106.38 3.59 % Aa2 AA ncial Services Board (IFSB) Islamic banks in the United has published guidelines on Arab Emirates and Turkey. Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 153.75 4.95 % Aa2 AA capital adequacy for Islamic Guidelines for takaful firms Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 114.75 5.35 % Aa2 AA banks and risk manage- outline issues faced by Islamic Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 105.50 5.37 % Aa2 AA ment of takaful, or Islamic insurers, including the risk Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 0.99 % Aa2 AA insurance, as the industry that their products become Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 110.13 3.28 % Aa2 AA body expands its activity and non-compliant with Shariah membership base. principles, and describe best Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 103.63 1.03 % A1 A- Guidelines from the IFSB, practices to supervise their Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.88 2.16 % A1 A- one of the main standard-set- funds and disclose information. QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.48 % NR NR ting bodies for Islamic finance, Work now shifts to the QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.50 1.28 % Aa3 A+ are gaining prominence as IFSB’s 16th guideline cover- QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.75 2.15 % Aa3 A+ the industry takes a greater ing the supervision of Islamic share of the banking sector finance institutions, helping Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.00 2.22 % A2 A- in several majority-Muslim tighten regulatory oversight Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.13 1.52 % A2 A countries. of industry practices. Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 123.88 3.11 % A2 A The IFSB released previous IFSB membership now stands Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.75 3.83 % A2 A guidance relating to capital ade- at 185 after adding six members Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.50 4.94 % A2 A quacy in 2005 and 2009 based this week, including Indonesia’s on Basel II standards, but since financial services authority and Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 103.50 1.02 % Aa3 A then regulators have agreed Libya’s central bank. Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 107.00 3.20 % Aa3 A on stricter Basel III standards The IFSB council, its policy- Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.75 3.98 % Aa3 A which are being phased in over making body, will be chaired in SOVEREIGNS the next several years. 2014 by the managing director Revised guidelines detail of Brunei’s monetary author- Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P criteria for using sukuk, or ity, taking over duties from Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 101.63 0.22 % Aa2 AA Islamic bonds, as Tier 1 and Qatar’s central bank governor. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.75 2.20 % Aa2 AA Tier 2 regulatory capital, a REUTERS Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.50 1.87 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.63 2.83 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.75 4.37 % NR NR Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 112.00 4.70 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.50 0.77 % Aa2 AA Record profits for airlines seen Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.38 3.32 % NR BBB GENEVA: Airlines are expected to post record profits in Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 103.38 4.87 % NR BBB 2014, the International Air Transport Association said yes- Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 95.00 6.72 % Caa1 B- terday, citing sliding oil prices and mergers for the sector’s Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 101.88 4.18 % NR BBB- improving outlook.

*Periodic Distribution Amount “The industry’s fortunes are improving,” IATA chief Tony IMPORTANT NOTE: Tyler said at the umbrella body’s Geneva base. “Today we are Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which raising our global profit outlook for this year to $12.9bn. And is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services we see that increasing to $19.7bn next year,” he told reporters. Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary The figure for 2013 was $1.2bn better than a forecast issued data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising in September, and $3.3bn over the previous prediction for 2014, out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not he noted. “This is being led primarily by a slight fall in the high take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant price of oil and the positive impact that mergers and joint ven- liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not tures are having, generating better connectivity for passenger a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and and driving efficiency,” Tyler said. consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. If the 2014 forecast turned out to be accurate, it would be the sector’s highest-ever profit figure, he underlined. But Tyler also struck a note of caution. “It sounds like a very large number. It is. But it is shared among hundreds of airlines. They will take in $743bn in revenues by transporting some 3.3 billion passengers,” he noted, saying that the sector would hardly be rolling in cash. AFP FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

QE Indices Summary EXCHANGE QE Index 10,486.23 0.28 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER QE Total Return Index 14,982.41 0.28 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,077.36 0.41 % RATE QE All Share Index 2,610.14 0.30 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 2,485.82 0.19 % GOLD Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 5069.227 -40.303 -0.79 5453.1 4610.6 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 5,983.87 0.26 % QR145.3968 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 Services Cac 40 Index/D 4074.03 -12.83 -0.31 4356.28 3575.17 QE All Share Industrials 3,436.9 0.30 % SILVER UK ...... QR 5.9368 QR 6.0195 QE All Share Insurance 2,370.57 0.15 % Dj Indu Average 15843.53 -129.6 -0.81 16174.5 12883.9 Euro ...... QR 4.9902 QR 5.0602 QE All Share Real Estate 2,026.25 0.68 % QR 2.3261 CA$ ...... QR 3.4166 QR 3.4845 QE All Share Telecoms 1,462.46 0.51 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 1,933.51 0.47 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 4.0885 QR 4.1250 Hang Seng Inde/D 23218.12 -120.12 -0.51 24111.55 19426.36 Yen ...... QR 0.0351 QR 0.0358 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.2909 QR 3.3565 Today Previous day Iseq Overall/D 4352.78 -27.35 -0.62 4527.83 3396.67 CRUDE OIL 12-12-2013 11-12-2013 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0583 QR 0.0594 Index 10,486.23 10,457.12 Karachi 100 In/D 25072 99.1 0.4 25125.81 16036.31 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0337 QR 0.0343 Change 29.11 39.77 BRENT Nikkei 225 Index 15341.82 -173.24 -1.12 15942.6 10398.61 Peso ...... QR 0.0817 QR 0.0834 % 0.28 0.38 $ 109.57 SL Re ...... QR 0.0276 QR 0.0281 YTD% 25.45 25.10 S&P 500 Index/D 1782.22 -20.4 -1.13 1813.55 1398.11 Taka ...... QR 0.0464 QR 0.0474 Volume 9,970,989 9,836,183 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0364 QR 0.0371 Value (QAR) 535,760,960.27 544,423,926.65 Straits Times/D 3059.04 -1.7 -0.06 3464.79 2990.68 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3483 QR 0.3553 Trades 4,079 4,437 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77 $ 106.98 Up 22 | Down 13 | Unchanged 05

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[email protected] FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Arsenal reach last sixteen stage Barca hit Celtic for six; Napoli fail to qualify

PARIS: Arsenal sneaked into they were through. “We had a the last 16 of the Champions Teams qualified for very difficult group. Three teams League by the narrowest of got 12 points so one of us had to margins while Napoli dramati- Champions League go out.” cally missed out as the group last 16 A relieved Dortmund coach stage concluded on Wednesday Jurgen Klopp described his side’s PARIS: Teams through to next Monday’s night. win as “an awesome feeling” while draw for the last 16 of the Champions Napoli beat Arsenal 2-0 in Napoli coach Rafael Benitez was League after the conclusion of the group their final game in Group F with left to reflect on what might have stage on Wednesday night: second-half goals from Gonzalo been. Higuain and Jose Callejon as the Qualified as group winners: “I am very sad, but also very Gunners finished with 10 men fol- Manchester United (ENG) proud of my team and of the lowing the sending-off of Mikel Real Madrid (ESP) feeling between the team and Arteta. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) the fans,” said the Spaniard. “We Meanwhile, last season’s beaten Bayern Munich (GER) couldn’t have done any more.” finalists Borussia Dortmund won Chelsea (ENG) In stark contrast to Napoli’s too, downing 10-men Marseille 2-1 pain, Zenit St Petersburg fin- Borussia Dortmund (GER) in France thanks to a late strike ished as runners-up in Group G, from Kevin Grosskreutz after Atletico Madrid (ESP) becoming the first side to progress Souleymane Diawara had can- Barcelona (ESP) to the last 16 despite collecting celled out Robert Lewandowski’s Qualified as group runners-up: just six points. The Russians took opener. Bayer Leverkusen (GER) the lead away to Austria Vienna That ensured a three-way tie Galatasaray (TUR) through Aleksandr Kerzhakov atop the section, with Dortmund, Olympiakos (GRE) only to eventually lose 4-1, Arsenal and Napoli all finishing Philipp Hosiner scoring twice for Manchester City (ENG) on 12 points, and the German the hosts with Tomas Jun and side progressed as group winners Schalke (GER) substitute Roman Kienast also thanks to their better head-to- Arsenal (ENG) on target. Two-time European head record. Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) champions Porto would have gone Arsenal, meanwhile, qualified AC Milan (ITA) through at Zenit’s expense had for the knockout stages for the NB: Group winners and runners-up will be they won away to group winners 14th year running, but one more kept apart in last 16 draw. Teams who were Atletico Madrid, but they went Napoli goal would have taken the in same section in group stage and teams down 2-0 in the Spanish capital Italians through at their expense. from same country cannot face each other as Raul Garcia and Diego Costa Instead, Napoli become the first in last 16. scored for the hosts. team to finish third with 12 points Barcelona secured top spot in in a Champions League group and half, became the first French side Group H thanks to a 6-1 ham- the first to be eliminated with to finish a Champions League mering of Celtic at the Camp Nou, such a tally since 1997. campaign without registering a which featured goals by Gerard Then, Paris Saint-Germain single point. Pique, Pedro Rodriguez, Cristian failed to progress with the same “Napoli played well tonight, but Tello and a hat-trick by Neymar. number of points at a time when in the end we got through,” said The Brazilian became the only the group winners were Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. first player to score a triple guaranteed to go through. “Maybe Napoli played a little in both South America’s Copa Meanwhile, Marseille, who had bit with the handbrake on when Libertadores and the Champions Dimitri Payet sent off in the first they led 1-0 because they thought League. AFP Champions League results PARIS: Champions League results on Wednesday night: Group E At Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 2 (Draxler 50, Matip 57) Basel (SUI) 0 At London Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Ba 10) Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 0 Group F At Marseille Marseille (FRA) 1 (S. Diawara 14) Borrusia Dortmund (GER) 2 (Lewandowski 4, Grosskreutz 87) At Napoli Napoli 2 (Higuain 73, Callejon 90+3) Arsenal (ENG) 0 Group G At Vienna Austria Vienna (AUT) 4 (Hosiner 44, 51, Jun 48, Kienast 90+3) Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 1 (Kerzhakov 35) At Madrid Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2 (Raul Garcia 14, Diego Costa 37) FC Porto (POR) 0 Group H At Milan AC Milan (ITA) 0 Ajax (NED) 0 At Barcelona FC Barcelona (ESP) 6 (Pique 7, Pedro Rodriguez 40, Neymar 45, 48, 58, Tello 72) Celtic (SCO) 1 (Samaras 88) On Tuesday Group A At Manchester Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Jones 67) Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0 At San Sebastian Real Sociedad (ESP) 0 Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 1 (Toprak 49) Group B At Istanbul Galatasaray (TUR) 1 (sneijder 85) Juventus (ITA) 0 At Copenhagen FC Barcelona’s Brazilian Neymar gestures with the ball in his hand FC Copenhagen (DEN) 0 Real Madrid (ESP) after scoring a hat-trick against Celtic Glasgow at the end of the UEFA 2 (Modric 25, Cristiano Ronaldo 48) Champions League group H match played at Camp Nou Stadium in Group C Barcelona, northeastern Spain on Wednesday night. At Lisbon Benfica (POR) 2 (Lima 45-pen, Gaitan 58) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 1 (Cavani 37) At Piraeus Your TV guide for Olympiakos (GRE) 3 (Saviola 33, 58, Dominguez 90+5-pen) Anderlecht (BEL) 1 live matches today (Kljestan 39) Group D Event Competition Time Channel At Munich Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Mueller 5, Goetze PEC Zwolle vs Heerenveen Barclays Premier League 22:00 .TV 12) Manchester City (ENG) 3 (David Silva Montpellier vs St Etienne Ligue 1 22:30 .TV 28, Kolarov 59-pen, Milner 62) Levante vs Elche La Liga 23:00 HD2 At Prague Viktoria Pilsen (CZE) 2 (Kolar 76, Wagner Academica vs Maritimo Portuguese League 23:15 .TV 90) CSKA Moscow (RUS) 1 (Musa 65) FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Pakistan axe Australia look to Jamshed and Amin for Sri seal series victory Lanka ODIs LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan left out opener Nasir Jamshed Clarke and Cook to reach Test centuries and middle-order batsman Umar Amin from their 15-man squad for the five-match one-day SYDNEY: Already 2-0 up in where to bowl ... if you can bowl a my country, something I’m cer- series against Sri Lanka start- the series and with Mitchell ball accurately at someone’s (hel- tainly proud of, but in regards ing in Sharjah from Wednesday. Johnson running riot, Australia met) grill, I don’t care who you to it being my 100th Test match, Jamshed and Amin were part could hardly be charged with are, you are going to feel intimi- it’s not my focus, there’s enough of the squad which beat South more confidence as they look to dated, especially on a wicket like other reasons why this match is Africa 2-1 away last month -- rout a dispirited England in the Perth.” special to me and this team.” Pakistan’s first-ever win against third Ashes Test and recapture England could hardly have cho- For Cook, a first win for the the Proteas. the coveted urn. sen a worse arena to find them- tourists in Perth since 1978 would The 24-year-old Jamshed In a remarkable turnaround, selves with their backs to the wall arrest an alarming decline in the scored two and 24 in the two Australia have transformed them- than the WACA, where they have fortunes of the England team matches he played of the series selves in a few short months from won only one Test in 12, and that since they arrived in Australia while Umar Amin made 25 in his plucky 3-0 losers in England into back in 1978. charged with confidence after a only appearance. an aggressive outfit which has Meanwhile, in a neat moment dominant 3-0 win back home ear- They beat Sri Lanka in the dominated every aspect of play of sporting synchronicity, both lier this year. first Twenty20 on Wednesday in crushing victories in Brisbane Australia captain Michael Clarke said he was confident and will complete the two-match and Adelaide. Clarke and his English counter- paceman Ryan Harris would be series today before starting the Starting today, they have a part Alastair Cook will play their fit for the third Test today but one-day leg. chance to drive home their advan- 100th Test in the third Ashes con- all-rounder James Faulkner has The second one-day will be in tage and win the tiny terracotta Test this week. been ruled out of the match with Dubai on December 20, the third symbol of Anglo-Australian It is a great achievement for a broken thumb. in Sharjah on the 22nd while the sporting rivalry for the first time two master batsmen but given The all-rounder broke the fourth and fifth one-days will be since Shane Warne and Glenn their competitive nature, only thumb on his right hand in played in Abu Dhabi on the 25th McGrath signed off with a 5-0 a win at the WACA will allow Thursday morning’s net ses- and 27th respectively. sweep in 2007. either to really enjoy passing sion and Cricket Australia later Pakistan will also play three Johnson’s personal transforma- what was once the rarest of confirmed he would miss the Tests against Sri Lanka for which tion has been no less spectacular milestones. match. a squad will be named later. and the oft-ridiculed paceman For Clarke, victory would “James was struck on the Pacemen Umar Gul and now gets his chance to terrorise at secure a 3-0 series triumph and right thumb while batting in the Mohammad Irfan were not con- his adopted home ground, where the return of the coveted urn nets and was subsequently taken sidered as both are recuperating even in the dark days of the 2010- after three consecutive Ashes for an X-ray which revealed a from injuries. 11 series he bowled his country to defeats at the hands of his coun- fracture of the thumb,” team There was also no place for victory. try’s greatest sporting rival. doctor Peter Brukner said in a veterans Shoaib Malik and Abdul “It should be fast and bouncy “I think that’s why it’s most statement. Razzaq -- who both had to return and that excites me a lot, excites special for me, that we have the “As a result he will not be from South Africa after injuries. all our fast bowlers,” said Johnson, chance to win the Ashes,” Clarke available for the third Test. His Sharjeel Khan, 24-year-old who has taken 36 wickets in five told reporters at the WACA progress will be monitored for a Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson bowls during a training session opener who is also part of the Tests at an average of 19.66 at yesterday. return to playing duty depending in the nets on the eve of the third Ashes Test against England in Perth, Twenty20 squad, earned a place the WACA. “We’re familiar with “It’s obviously fantastic that on how quickly the injury heals.” yesterday. in the one-day team for the first these conditions and we know I’ve been able to play 99 Tests for AGENCIES time, replacing Jamshed. Meanwhile Sri Lankan cap- tain Dinesh Chandimal vowed his team would come back hard at New Zealand take command against Windies Pakistan in the second Twenty20 international in Dubai today to keep their world number one WELLINGTON: New Zealand Test, made the crucial break- cost us and we’re in the position ranking intact. Scoreboard claimed the upper hand in the throughs for his team, removing we find ourselves now.” Pakistan edged out Sri Lanka New Zealand (I innings) 86-2 (1nb), Sammy 25-3-92-2, Shillingford second Test yesterday, restrict- first Test double-centurion Bravo The West Indies made a posi- by three wickets in a thrilling P Fulton c Ramdin b Sammy ...... 6 28-4-92-1 (1nb), Deonarine 16-2-39-1 ing the West Indies to 158-4 for four and Edwards for 55. tive start to their innings as last-over finish in the first match H Rutherford c Ramdin b Best ...... 11 West Indies (I innings) with key batsmen Darren Bravo “We’re in a good posi- Edwards and Kieran Powell pro- on Wednesday. K Williamson c Sammy b Best ...... 45 K Edwards c Rutherford b Anderson ...... 55 and Shivnarine Chanderpaul tion,” Anderson said. “Getting gressed to 46 with New Zealand If Pakistan, currently fourth, R Taylor c Shillingford b Gabriel ...... 129 K Powell lbw Southee ...... 21 back in the pavilion. four wickets is obviously nice. new-ball partners Trent Boult win today they will displace Sri B McCullum c Edwards b Deonarine ...... 37 D Bravo c Fulton b Anderson ...... 4 At the end of the rain-abbrevi- (Conceding) a few less runs would and Tim Southee moving the Lanka as number one team in the C Anderson c Powell b Shillingford ...... 38 M Samuels (batting) ...... 50 ated second day, in which only 63.1 have been nice as well, but if we ball around and finding plenty to Twenty20 rankings. B Watling b Gabriel ...... 65 S Chanderpaul c Anderson b Boult ...... 6 of the scheduled 90 overs were can pick a couple up early tomor- appeal about, but failing to per- But Chandimal said his team T Southee c Bravo b Sammy ...... 21 N Deonarine (batting) ...... 11 bowled, the West Indies trailed row (Friday) then we’re on top.” suade the umpires. was working hard to bounce back. I Sodhi c Ramdin b Best ...... 27 Extras (LB6, W1, NB4) ...... 11 New Zealand’s first innings total West Indies captain Darren Southee was eventually Squad: Misbah-ul Haq (cap- N Wagner c Sammy b Best ...... 0 Total (four wickets; 37overs) ...... 158 of 441 by 283 runs. Sammy felt his side had lost two rewarded with an lbw decision tain), Mohammad Hafeez, T Boult (not out) ...... 38 Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-67, 3-103, 4-119 Only Kirk Edwards and Marlon more wickets than was good for against Powell on 21 while Boult Sharjeel Khan, Ahmed Shehzad, Extras (B16, LB6, NB2) ...... 24 To bat: D Ramdin, D Sammy, S Shillingford, T Samuels provided any stern them, but he was more critical of came back in his second spell Sohaib Maqsood, Haris Sohail, Total: (all out; 115.1) ...... 441 Best, S Gabriel resistance with well compiled half the way his bowlers failed to con- to remove Chanderpaul. Bravo, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-24, 3-112, 4-189, Bowling: Boult 9-3-25-0, Southee 9-1-40-1, centuries. Samuels was not out on tain the New Zealand batsmen. unable to reproduce his marathon Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur 5-257, 6-296, 7-334, 8-383, 9-383, 10-441 Wagner 7-1-37-0 (nb4), Anderson 7-1-20-2, 50 and Narsingh Deonarine was “We didn’t bowl well at all. It innings of the first Test, faced 12 Rehman, Junaid Khan, Anwar Bowling: Best 21-1-110-4, Gabriel 25.1-5- Sodi 3-1-18-0, Williamson 2-0-12-0 on 11. New Zealand all-rounder wasn’t consistent enough, espe- balls before he edged Anderson Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti. Corey Anderson, in only his fourth cially with the new ball, and it to second slip Peter Fulton. AFP AFP

NBA Results Orlando 92 Charlotte 83 Bougherra says winning World LA Clippers 96 Boston 88 Oklahoma City 116 Memphis 100 San Antonio 109 Milwaukee 77 Minnesota 106 Philadelphia 99 Cup would be ‘dream gift’ New Orleans 111 Detroit 106 BY ARMSTRONG VAS NY Knicks 83 Chicago 78 Utah 122 Sacramento 101 DOHA: Winning the 2014 Golden State 95 Dallas 93 World Cup final in Brazil would be a ‘dream gift’ for rank outsid- NHL Results ers Algeria, says captain Majid Los Angeles 3 Toronto 1 Bougherra. The 31-year old French-born Chicago 7 Philadelphia 2 defender captain of Qatar Stars Anaheim 2 Minnesota 1 League (QSL) club Lekhwiya rates Belgium as the top favouri- Thailand Golf ties of Group H. “Listen, we are not favourites, Championship to be honest. Belgium is the top HONG KONG: Scores after the first round favourite from our group and of the $1m Thailand Golf Championship yesterday at the Amata Spring Country then Russia is the second favouri- Club. (par 72) tites. We also have Korea in the 64 Alex Cejka (GER) group, who has qualified for all 65 Justin Rose (ENG), Arnond Vongvanij the World Cup Finals. So it will (THA) be very tough, but I think every- 66 Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND) thing is possible. So we go there 67 Daniel Chopra (SWE), Sujjan Singh with no complex, enjoy and may (IND) be you can do something about it,” 68 Charl Schwartzel (SA), Sergio Garcia said Bougherra, while speaking to (SPA), Mardan Mamat (SIN) Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), Angelo Que (PHI), journalists on the sidelines of the Majid Bougherra, captain of Algeria and Qatar Stars League (QSL) side Lekhwiya, touches the FIFA World Cup trophy at Adidas store in Villaggio Masahiro Kawamura (JAP) FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour in Mall in Doha yesterday. The World Cup trophy is on a three-day tour to Qatar. RIGHT: Bougherra poses for a picture with Algerian fans. Algeria are 69 Marcus Fraser (AUS), Thammanon Doha yesterday. drawn in Group H along with Russia, Korea and Belgium. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT Sriroj (THA) Algeria is drawn along with 70 Elias Bertheussen (NOR), Antonio Belgium, South Korea and Russia Lascuna (PHI), Rickie Fowler (USA), in Group H for the June-July With Algeria’s qualification, it Sheffield Wednesday and for my country,” said Bougherra, for pictures with Bougherra at Henrik Stenson (SWE), Bubba event to be held in the South is the same line-up of teams who Charlton Athletic said his team a regular with the national team the Adidas store at Villaggio Mall, Watson (USA), Alexander Levy (FRA), Namchok Tantipokhakul (THA) American country. represented Africa at 2010 in was lucky to qualify for the since 2004, having won 53 inter- where the World Cup trophy on 71 Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Hunter Algeria sealed the fifth and final South Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, World Cup. national caps and scored four a worldwide tour to 88 countries, Mahan (US), Pawin Ingkhapradit African zone World Cup qualify- Ivory Coast and Ghana. “Qualifying for the 2014 World goals. was on display. (THA), Mars Pucay (PHI), Panuphol ing berth, edging their play-off Algeria got the goal they needed Cup finals in Brazil has been an The former Rangers player “To touch the World Cup is Pittayarat (THA), Wade Ormsby (AUS), with Burkina Faso on away goals. in the 49th minute through ‘unbelievable’ moment. We need yesterday took part in the very hard. It is a big moment for Marcus Both (AUS), C. Munniyappa Algeria lost the first leg play-off Bougherra off a goal mouth one goal and we got it and we interaction organised by Adidas me to touch the Cup trophy which (IND), Prom Meesawat (THA), Jaakko Makitalo (FIN), Lionel Weber (FRA), 3-2 in Ougadougou and therefore scramble caused by a free-kick. were lucky to get the goal, but it Company for football fans in is on a worldwide travel. To win Steve Lewton (ENG), Anirbahn Lahiri needed just a goal to qualify for Bougherra who started is good to take it. I am very proud Doha, wherein, fans got a chance the World Cup is a dream gift and (IND), Jason Knutson (USA), Chawalit their fourth World Cup finals hav- his career with French club that I scored the goal. I feel like a to pose for a picture with the if we do it, it will be a gift for all Plaphol (THA), Mithun Perera (SRI), ing featured at the 1982, 1986 and Gueugnon and has spells with soldier, a solider for my country. I all-gold FIFA World Cup trophy. of us,” said the six footer. Hung Chien-yao (TPE) 2010 competitions. English sides Crewe Alexandra, feel good that I have done the job Fans also took thrills in posing THE PENINSULA RAJDHANI - LARGEST SELLING NEPALI WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN QATAR

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A combination of pictures showing Rafal Lipinski during the Slam Dunk competition, yesterday at the FIBA 3x3 All Stars Championship at Katara Beach. The one-day event attracted a number of spectators to the top 3x3 event which will be hosted by Qatar for the next two years.

Results Pool A Brezovica 12 Nagoya 10 Nagoya 13 Doha Team 15 Doha glory for Brezovica Doha Team 11 Brezovica 14 Brezovica and Doha Team reached the FIBA 3x3 All Stars Championship: World Tour winners beat Novi Sad in final semi-finals Pool B BY DENZIL PINTO Novi Sad 16 Caracas 14 Yesterday (Wednesday) we had Caracas 16 FC Barcelona 12 been there (at schools) and was FC Barcelona 12 Novi Sad 21 DOHA: Slovenian champions a great experience to make the Brezovica ended the year on a kids happy and hope we can come Caracas and Novi Sad high after beating Novi Sad 12-9 back.” reached the semi-finals to lift the FIBA 3x3 All Stars After losing the FIBA 3x3 Semi-Finals Championship title at Katara World Tour final against Brezovica Brezovica 20 Caracas 11 Beach in Doha, yesterday. in Istanbul two months ago, Novi Doha Team 12 Novi Sad 13 Brezovica formed of Blaz Sad scored the first point of the Cresnar, Jasmin Hercegovac, final. Brezovica came back into Final Ales Kunc and Rok Smaka, were the game and led 5-3 with seven Brezovica 12 Novi Sad 9 more clinical than their oppo- and a half minutes remaining. nents in front of the basket which Novi Sad’s Dusan Domovic proved to be the difference as the Bulut, who is ranked number G Slovenians picked up the top prize one in the world, tried to rally of $25,000 in front of a packed his team-mates Marko Zdero, venue. Marko Savi and Nikola Ugrica, Qatar’s representative Doha but his team missed a number of Team, who had lost to the even- opportunities. tual champions 11-14 in the group Brezovica increased their lead stage, missed out on the final at 10-7 with two and half minutes after a close 12-13 defeat against remaining, and despite some late Novi Sad. points by Novi Sad, the Slovenians Brezovica’s Kunc, whose side held on to win 12-9. had beaten Caracas 20-11 in the Bulut said the defeat was hard semi-final, said his team had to to ‘swallow’ having played well work hard for the title. during the final. He said: “It was a close game. He said: “We played good but We knew Novi Sad are a very we missed everything. We scored Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani (right), President of Qatar Basketball Federation (QBF) and Qatar Olympic good team. We played on their only one three-pointer and when Committeee Secretary-General and Yvan Mainini, FIBA President (second right) and Brezovica players are seen weaknesses and we took our three we play like that we cannot expect during the award ceremony of the 2013 FIBA 3x3 All Stars Championship at Katara Beach in Doha, yesterday. point shots. We took our rebounds to win. This match being in the well today which was the key to final means the defeat is hard to winning the match.” swallow. We have lost this title Musa played a prominent role Secretary-General Sheikh Saoud is fun to watch. The three pupils Speaking of how it felt to play in but we want to get it next year.” as Doha Team led 7-6 with four bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. admitted that they are now ‘love Qatar, Kunc said he enjoyed play- Doha Team that consisted of minutes remaining of the 10 Musa said after the match: “It the sport’ and will come back ing with children during a schools Mansour Atif, Khalid Suliman minute match. was a good experience for me and again next year to watch the visit to promote the format. Abdi, Mohammed Saleem Abdulla With the scores level at the end the team, and hope this will boost competition. He said: “It was great. I love and Yaseen Musa, got their cam- of normal time, Novi Sad scored the basketball sport in Qatar.” Overall six teams took part Katara. I have only seen a lit- paign off to a winning note with a the two points that was needed to Those watching yesterday’s in the one-day event which tle bit of Doha and wish to see 15-13 victory over Japan’s Nagoya. end Doha Team’s campaign, which action were Birla Public School included a acrobatic dunkers more during my stay. I loved play- The hosts reached the was watched by Qatar Basketball pupils Irene, Diwi and Kamitha. performance, a Slam Dunk final ing with the kids at school, and semi-finals despite a defeat to Federation (QBF) President and The three pupils described the and an exhibition dedicated to they cheered throughout the day. Brezovica. Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) format as an ‘aerobatic’ sport that basketball. THE PENINSULA

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D A) Brezovica players pose for a picture with the winning E F cheque and trophy after beating Novi Sad in the final. B) Spectators hold up posters during the Slam Dunk compe- tition. C) A Brezovica player signs an autograph for a child. D) Doha Team’s Yaseen Musa in action during his side’s semi-final against Novi Sad. E) Kristaps Dargais after winning the Slam Dunk competition. F) The DJ plays the music during one of the matches. G) Dmitry Krivenk in action during the Slam Dunk competition. Six teams competed in the one-day event, which attracted the top players from Europe, Americas and the rest of the world.

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3D film gives life to Dodo, Handcuffed US woman the fanged cat Queen went nuts over drives away in police car LONDON: Extinct creatures both cud- UNION CITY, US: An Atlanta dly and nasty have woman is on the run from police been brought to life nibbles, UK court told after she stole a Union City police with 3D computer patrol car and wrecked it. She stole technology as nature LONDON: The Queen was con- it after being locked up in the back documentary maker cerned that police were eating all of the car. David Attenborough the nibbles left out for guests ahead It was an almost circus-like feat. turns his attentions to of the wedding of Prince Charles Her hands were cuffed behind her fossils and skeletons and Camilla Parker-Bowles, it has back and a Plexiglas separated her at London's Natural been claimed at the phone-hacking from the front of the patrol car. History Museum in trial. “She was able to manipulate her a new made-for-TV According to an email sent by the hands in front of her, pick the lock film. News of the World royal editor Clive and gain access to the front of the Featuring crea- Goodman in 2005 to his then editor police car,” said Union City Police tures ranging from Andy Coulson, she was “upset” that Officer Chris Murphy. the Dodo and a giant all the “nuts being left out” were Jenny Faith Clementi (pictured), sloth to a 33-foot long being scoffed by palace officers. of Atlanta, has been in the Fulton snake and a terrifying Andrew Edis QC, counsel for the County jail on at least three occasions for non-violent crimes, accord- sabre-toothed cat-like prosecution, told the jury at the Old ing to the jail’s website. On Tuesday she was about to go back there animal, Alive at the Bailey criminal court in London yes- after she was arrested by Union City Police at a Walmart on Jonesboro Natural History Museum terday that the Queen is “irritated by Road. Clementi was charged with financial transaction card fraud and had a premiere show- this”, according to Goodman’s email. was sitting in the back of a police patrol car with her hands cuffed ing at the museum on Goodman told Coulson: “Queen behind her back. While the arresting officer was collecting evidence Wednesday night for furious about police stealing bowls and information, Clementi was able to manipulate her cuffed hands a crowd that included of nuts and nibbles left out for her in in front of her and then pry a Plexiglas portal between the front and Prince William and the apartments in the BP [Buckingham back seats open. Police said Clementi then climbed through the 11 by Duchess of Cambridge. Palace]/Queen’s corridor. She has a Britain’s Queen Elizabeth at the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla 14 inch portal into the front seat and drove off. The film will air on very savoury tooth and staff leave Parker-Bowles. Police chased the patrol car driven by Clementi north on Interstate Britain's Sky satellite out cashews, Bombay Mix, almonds 85. The patrol car collided with another vehicle at Interstate 285. channels on New Year's etc Prob is that police on patrol eat “At 285 she struck another vehicle, they had a collision,” Officer Day and is clearly the lot. editor, Paul Nicholas, had challenged to be real people. “In short summary, Murphy said. “The police vehicle rolled to a stop, she jumped out of the aimed at a family audi- “She started marking the bowls to cash payments to his sources on royal they don’t appear to exist.” vehicle and fled into the woods on foot.” Clementi is still being sought ence, with children sure see when the levels dipped,” he added. stories. Payment records at News of the by police. Officer Murphy said the department has made corrections to laugh at the antics of There was laughter in court as the In an email sent to his sister, who World publisher News International to their arrest policies and physical changes to the locked windows the awkward Dodo or judge interrupted proceedings, jest- worked at the paper as a subeditor, show that Farrish payments included between the front and back of their patrol cars. AGENCIES the ostrich-like giant ing that these were all “unfounded he said “I feel like peeling his face 62 for “royal” stories, 23 for “royal Moa bird. allegations”. off his skull” and he complained that police” stories, one for “police” stories It is not entirely The email was written ahead of the Nicholas wouldn’t know what a story and five other payments. reassuring that, as wedding on the Prince of Wales and was. Goodman and Coulson have been Farrish was also paid for the royal he asserts, neither Camilla Parker-Bowles charged with conspiring to cause “green books”, which the jury heard the Smilodon nor Goodman also said in the email misconduct in public office, a charge were directories of all royal house- Rude? That’ll cost you at French cafe the equally worrying that he “has been told by the printer they both deny. hold members. Goodman had told Gigantophis prehistoric who’s doing the order of service for The jury also heard that payments his then editor Coulson that this NICE, France: Be polite, or be prepared to pay. That’s the mes- snake, shown slithering Prince of Wales wedding, there’s fric- were made in relation to Goodman contained the Queen’s direct lines to sage a French cafe is sending its customers. Employees of La Petite around the halls of the tion between Clarence House and stories in the paper to two people family members. Syrah in Nice, France, posted a menu that rewards politeness and Victorian-era museum, Church of England”. He continues: “I listed in the News of the World con- Kennett was asked by counsel punishes rudeness. A photo was posted on Twitter with the line, would have eaten don’t know what the conflict is about tributor system as “David Farrish” for Coulson whether inquiries were roughly translated to “There are still people who know how to live!” humans because they specifically is yet.” and “Anderson”. made as to the identity of Farrish So, here’s the deal. Customers who can only be bothered to mumble, were extinct before Goodman also updated Coulson Some of the stories, for which and Anderson. He replied: “Yes.” “un cafe” (without a greeting or a “please”) can expect to pay ¤7 ($9.63). mankind evolved. on the status of the invite list for “Anderson” was paid, concerned Counsel for Goodman, David Spens A lot of money for a cup of java. Fortunately, there are simple ways REUTERS the wedding. “My man in charge of terrorist alerts relating to President QC, told the jury that Goodman had to cut that cost dramatically. If the customer includes a “s’il vous plait” invite vetting — only person to have Bush’s visit to the UK and Sir John been convicted and jailed in relation (“please”), the price goes down to ¤4.25 ($5.85). accepted so far is Tony Blair,” he says. Stevens’s inquiry into the death of to phone-hacking offences in January But wait — don’t order quite yet. If you really want to save cash, The jury were taken through Diana, Princess of Wales. 2007. He then asked Kennett if he greet your barista with a “Bonjour” (“Good day” for those who never further emails from Goodman to Metropolitan police detective had been charged at the time with saw “Beauty and the Beast”) and the cost drops again, this time to a Coulson regarding Prince William inspector David Kennett, questioned stealing the books or handling stolen perfectly reasonable ¤1.40 ($1.93). You get a hot cup of coffee, and the and Prince Harry at Sandhurst by the prosecution, confirmed that goods. employee feels appreciated. Win-win. including the claim, already made to police inquiries found “no trace” of a Kennett said he new nothing about “It started as a joke because at lunchtime people would come in very the jury, that Harry had cheated on Farrish or an Anderson at addresses this because the police did not have stressed and were sometimes rude to us when they ordered a coffee,” an essay. linked to them. sight of the emails requesting pay- Cafe manager Fabrice Pepino said. Pepino said the unusual pricing Goodman also expressed his anger Kennett confirmed to the jury that ment for the royal directories until structure has changed the way customers speak to employees. And that the paper’s deputy managing Farrish and Alexander do not appear 2011. GUARDIAN NEWS yes, customers get the humour. AGENCIES