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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Crackdown on All that remains illegal repair of vehicles Hit-and-run cases on the rise

DOHA: An apparent rise in hit- As a solution to the increasing and-run cases has prompted the hit-and-run instances, some resi- authorities to intensify a crack- dents have proposed that CCTV down on automobile garages cameras be installed in parking that repair damaged vehicles areas in shopping complexes and without approval of the Traffic other public places. They said Department. the victims of such incidents are The campaign also targets facing problems in getting their garages said to be operating in cars repaired and they are denied some parts of the country without insurance cover for someone a licence. Such facilities, mostly elese’s mistake. based in remote areas, are said “Some drivers involved in to have become a safe haven for minor accidents would run away vehicles getting involved in hit- just because they may be in a and-run accidents and other uni- hurry. Such people can at least dentified road mishaps. leave a message, along with their Motorists who meet with an contact number,” said a resident. accident could run away for vari- Garages receiving dam- ous reasons — they may not have aged vehicles for repair with- a valid driver’s licence or the road out approval from the Traffic Investigators survey the site of a train derailment near the hamlet of Gainford, near Edmonton in Canada, yesterday. The Canadian National Railway permit, or the insurance policy of Department will face closure for train was carrying petroleum crude oil and liquefied petroleum gas. the vehicle might have expired. one month, in the first instance. They would not report the acci- They would be allowed to resume dent at the Traffic Department functioning if they give a written for fear of being fined or legal undertaking to the Department action and subsequently fail to that the mistake will not be get an approval for repair. repeated. World Cup stadium design next month Quoting a source, a local In case of a repetition of the Arabic daily said yesterday that offence, the facility will be closed DOHA: The design of Qatar’s Another major highlight of the authorities have zeroed in on for three months. The same first in the series of proposed the event would be the exclusive some illegal garages doing repairs offence, if repeated for a third ‘2022 World Cup stadiums’ is announcement of the revolution- Talks on date change in Dec on vehicles involved in “dubious” time, can lead to closure for a set to be unveiled at the high- ary ‘superstadio technology’ by KUALA LUMPUR: AFC and commercial partners, into road accidents. similar period and legal action profile “Coliseum Summit” here international experts. Renowned President Shaikh Salman an open and transparent proc- Last year, a man was killed in a against the facility, including a next month. stadium designer, Prof Volkwin bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will ess of dialogue and exchange,” hit-and-run incident and the car permanent cancellation of its Coliseum, the international Marg will be sharing his thoughts present a plan of action on how Sheikh Salman said. was later found waiting for repair licence. conference on stadium businesses, on the new designs and share his to implement the ‘consultation “Until the upcoming FIFA in an illegal garage, said the daily, The current crackdown com- will be held on November 16 and wealth of knowledge on stadium process’ for the 2022 FIFA Executive Committee in stressing the importance of the plements a campaign launched 17. “The unveiling of the design design in general. The home of World Cup dates in December, December, I will present a campaign. by authorities recently to remove of new Al Wakra stadium will be football, Wembley Stadium, will it emerged yesterday. proposed plan of action on Some garages have failed to all abandoned vehicles from the the major highlight of the two- send a team of consultants to The AFC president will make how to implement such a get their licences renewed fol- Industrial Area. Garages that day event. This will be the first- talk about the 2013 Champions’ a detailed announcement at a complex and broad consulta- lowing the tough safety regula- dump vehicles awaiting repair in ever concrete evidence of Qatar’s League final and what it takes to FIFA Executive Committee tion process. tions imposed by the Civil Defence public spaces are also being tar- preparations in the run up to the make a safe and enjoyable event. meeting set to be held in Brazil “In addition, we have con- Department and they may still be geted by this campaign. World Cup to be showcased in An expert from Brazil will talk in the first week of December cluded that there is more than operating on the sly. THE PENINSULA an event”, Coliseum spokesper- about how Qatar can learn from this year, the Asian body said enough time to engage with all son Antony Antoniou told The Brazil’s experience. here yesterday. concerned stakeholders and Peninsula yesterday. “The stadium design and con- Informing the AFC Member consequently there is no rea- “The FIFA bid book contains struction world is a multi-million Associations on the delibera- son to rush any decision to this 49 killed in Iraq violence various designs and guidelines for dollar industry. This is a pres- tions during the FIFA Executive effect,” he said. BAGHDAD: Twin bomb attacks yesterday on a Baghdad cafe proposed stadiums. We have no tigious event that is suitable for Committee meeting held in The football family has been killed dozens of people in one of nine suicide attacks across Iraq, idea about the preferred designs both business and sports busi- Zurich on October 3 and 4, deliberating whether to move which is suffering its worst violence in five years. of Qatar. Given Qatar’s penchant ness companies”. The Coliseum Sheikh Salman said that he has Qatar 2022 World Cup from Nationwide a total of 49 people were killed across Iraq, where a for ‘always the world’s best’, we will bring to the fore key figures been asked to lead the work- its traditional summer date to surge of violence this year, including sectarian attacks, has raised are sure it will be showcasing one and personalities in the industry, ing group of this consultation winter. fears of a relapse into bloodshed that peaked in 2006-2007. of the most exciting designs. The together with their projects and process. In December 2010, Qatar beat The deadliest attack — a roadside bomb followed by a suicide event will also be an opportu- discusses key issues. The event “It is my responsibility to four other countries to win the bombing — hit a cafe in the Shia-majority Al Amil area of south nity for the Qatar 2022 Supreme will see open discussions between include all relevant stakehold- bid race for the 2022 World Cup Baghdad, killing at least 34 people and wounding 50 others, security Committee to give an update on local and international experts, ers of the international pyramid at a historic FIFA vote. and medical officials said. AFP the progress of their preparations city planners and sport venue of football, including FIFA’s TV THE PENINSULA Earlier report on page 6 for the mega event”, Antony said. professionals. THE PENINSULA

Fiery protest Free marriage halls almost ready

DOHA: A huge complex being The halls are being built in So high are marriage hall built by the government, with at keeping with Emiri directives to rents (about a third of the total least five large marriage halls help and encourage Qatari youth expense) that a civil society group to be allotted to Qatari youths to marry. Young Qataris had last year announced plans to build for free during their wedding, is long been complaining of back- some eight large wedding venues nearing completion. breaking wedding expenses, much to be rented out to needy Qataris The upcoming complex on Al of which went on renting private on reasonable charges. Rafa Road on way to Dukhan is marriage halls or those in star The Social Development Centre expected to be ready next year. hotels. This prevented a large (SDC) in June 2012 even said it National Day revelry is held on number of limited-income young would raise funds for the pur- Al Rafa Road every year. Qataris from tying the knot. And pose from the Qatari community The halls have a capacity of 500 those who nonetheless married through an initial public offering people each and can be temporar- were caught in bank debt traps (IPO). Qatari columnists have ily linked to be used for a large and would spend years repaying been raising the issue for quite wedding. The centrally air-condi- the loans. some time saying that high mar- tioned halls will be fully furnished. Financial strains sometimes riage expenses were a social curse The complex will boast huge park- led to marital discords and even in their community. ing lots, and other facilities. divorce. Some families are so par- Public representative body, The upcoming complex has ticular about the wedding venue the Central Municipal Council An armoured personnel carrier is hit by a Molotov cocktail thrown by anti-government protesters during been designed in keeping with that they tell the groom’s side to (CMC), also took up the matter clashes after the funeral procession of Hossein Mahdi in the Bahraini village of Sitra, south of Manama, Qatari architecture. This is phase hold banquets in select places. and made recommendations to yesterday. Mahdi’s body was found on Al Malikiyah beach, west of Manama early on Saturday, according to one of a cluster of such complexes The complex housing the mar- the civic ministry to build such the government has plans to build riage halls will be spread over an facilities for Qatari youth. a Ministry of Interior statement. across the country. area of 260,000 square metres. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com DFI to screen Man on Wire Shows on Thursday and Friday at Museum of Islamic Art Auditorium

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A still from the movie Man on Wire. Tollfree DOHA: DFI UK Cinema Showcase con- interviews of the participants. The film Kingdom in years to come.” Fax cludes with the screening of Man on Wire won the Bafta for Outstanding British Martin Hope, Director, British Council on Thursday and Friday at the Museum Film in 2009. Qatar said: “We are delighted to have been of Islamic Art Auditorium. Abdulaziz Al Khater, Chief Executive involved in showcasing some of the best and Tel The critically acclaimed documentary Officer, Doha Film Institute, said: “This most iconic British film classics as part of swept over 25 international awards includ- cinematic showcase, in partnership with Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture. The past Fax ing Best Documentary at the 2009 Academy the British Council and the Qatar Museums 10 months have consisted of gripping, excit- Awards, Audience Award and Grand Jury Authority to Celebrate Qatar UK 2013, has ing as well as fun films which we hope have Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. been a wonderful achievement for all of us. stimulated and increased the understand- Tel James Marsh’s exhilarating Man on Together we have celebrated the rich ties ing and appreciation of British culture in Fax Wire chronicles the infamous tightrope between our two nations through our pas- Qatar.” walk between the twin towers of New York sion for arts and culture. For tickets and box office details log in City’s World Trade Center conducted by Such strong and wide cultural exchange to www.dohafilminstitute.com or visit the Philippe Petit in 1974, and based on Petit’s serves as the artistic inspiration that is Museum of Islamic Art DFI Ticket Outlet. Tel book To Reach the Clouds. Marsh con- vital to the development of sustainable Tickets are priced at QR35 for the general Fax structs the documentary like a heist film, creative industries in Qatar and we look public and discounted rate of QR25 for using footage of Petit’s preparations for his forward to further strengthening the students. www.doha.hilton.com daredevil walk along with contemporary cultural bonds we share with the United THE PENINSULA

Tel +974 44233333 Fax +974 44233000 Design expo to open on Wednesday DOHA: The 11th International Furniture and Design Exhibition (INFDEX 2013) will open Tel on Wednesday at the Doha Exhibition Centre. Fax The four-day event, which is being organised by Qatar Expo with its main sponsor Istikbal, saw 100 percent Tel sale of stall space this year. Fax The previous INFDEX attracted thousands of visitors and this year it is expecting a crowd of 10,000 people over Tel a period of four days. It has Fax more than 50 exhibitors from various countries including Turkey, Egypt, India, UAE, Italy, Bahrain, Lebanon, KSA, USA and Qatar. Tel A mainstay on Qatar’s Fax exhibition circuit, this year’s INFDEX will exhibit favourite elements of eth- nic, classic and modern Tel furniture, a world-class production, the hottest up- Fax and-coming designers, and an exclusive slice of Qatar’s multicultural arts promo- tion and ethnic diversity. Tel Exhibition timings are Fax 10am to 1pm and 4pm to 10pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. On Friday it will open from 4pm to 10pm. Audit Bureau to take part in

Tel INCOSAI meet Fax DOHA: Qatar’s Audit Bureau is to participate in the 21st Congress of the Tel International Organisation Fax of Supreme Audit Institutions (INCOSAI) to be held in Beijing from www.renaissancedoha.com October 22 to 26. The congress will discuss Tel +974 44195000 national audit, national gov- Fax +974 44195100 ernance and the role of SAIs in safeguarding long-term sustainability of finance poli- cies. Qatar’s delegation is headed by the Audit Bureau Acting Chief Ibrahim bin Hashim Al Sada. THE PENINSULA/QNA HOME MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Attiyah leaves HMC focuses on for Muscat oil, gas summit DOHA: The Chairman of development of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, left Doha yesterday spine surgery for a three-day visit to Oman. Al Attiyah and the delegation accompanying him will take part in the ministerial session French specialist on regular visit of the oil and gas summit that will kick off today in Muscat. DOHA: There is an increased deformities, according to Dr Alaa Qatar’s Ambassador to Oman interest in developing spine sur- Zakout, Spine Specialist at HMC. Abdullah Mohamed Al Khater gery in Qatar and the Hamad Dr Zakout said the department welcomed Al Attiyah and his Medical Corporation (HMC) is now starting to do research on delegation on arrival at Muscat has been involving international spine problems in adults. One of International Airport. experts in the procedure, says the research studies involves com- QNA HMC. paring fixation methods to treat Top French orthopaedic spine fractures, and another study US delegation surgeon Dr Michel Onimus analyzes cases where patients recently visited Hamad Medical went abroad and came back with introduces fire Corporation’s (HMC) Orthopedic complications. Department and conducted “People usually go abroad suppressing agent surgeries. thinking they can get better Currently Honorary Professor service. However, many of these DOHA: A technical delega- of Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery cases return with complications tion from the US has visited in Besancon University in France, or their operations were not done Qatar to introduce and give Onimus has been regularly vis- properly, and so there is increased training on a new multi-pur- iting HMC since 1999 as part of interest in developing spine sur- pose fire suppressing agent, HMC’s efforts to provide local gery locally,” said Zakout. Francois Dubousset and Dr Michel Onimus. which is completely green and patients with top expertise and Onimus visits HMC three or non-toxic. enable them to avoid the need to four times a year to conduct sur- Scoliosis is a condition in spinal deformities, said Dr a conservative treatment that is The presentation and train- travel abroad for specialised care, gery and consult with patients on which a person’s spine is curved Onimus. Severe scoliosis can be very important because in many ing were conducted at the Civil HMC said yesterday. a fixed appointment basis. He is from side to side. It can be con- disabling. cases especially in small children, Defence branch in Industrial Area Dr Onimus sees between 80 and planning to return in February genital, idiopathic (of unknown “When we are treating spinal braces can be sufficient to prevent and attended by Civil Defence 100 patients in the clinics during 2014. cause), or caused by conditions deformities especially in chil- the spinal curve from progressing, officers and directors of several each visit to HMC, and operates During the visit, Onimus such as cerebral palsy and mus- dren, there is no easy surgery. and to avoid the need for surgery,” Qatari companies. on several major and complicated was accompanied by Orthotics cular dystrophy. About 1-5 per The orthotic treatment, or treat- said Onimus. Called Cold Fire, this fire cases of children with spinal Technician Francois Dubousset. 1,000 children worldwide have ment using braces, for scoliosis is THE PENINSULA extinguisher is natural and bio- degradable. It extinguishes even oil and alcohol-based fires quickly and on contact and is effective on oil well and tanker fires, tire fires, fuel and ethanol fires, grass, Qatar Airways offers 25 percent discount on all routes brush and forest fires, and metal fires. This product was approved DOHA: A discount of up to on October 24 (local time in each “With Qatar Airways, those choice of flights to an exciting during this promotion are by international organiza- 25 percent is now available market). who plan and book early can array of destinations such as from 18 – 23 December 2013 tions including NASA and for return travel on all Qatar A travel window of 27 take advantage of great sav- Chicago, London, Copenhagen, and 2 – 12 January 2014. To US environmental protection Airways flights. October 2013 through 19 June ings to an extensive choice of Brussels, Milan, Nairobi, Goa, make a booking online, cus- authority. The offer, available in all 2014 will enable customers to over 130 global destinations,” Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, tomers can go to qatarairways. In the region it is approved in classes across the entire net- book their travel months in said Akbar Al Baker, Qatar Singapore, New York, Montreal com/4DaySale or visit any Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, work from all origins to all des- advance, the airline said yes- Airways’ Chief Executive and Melbourne via the airline’s Qatar airways sales office or Kuwait and now in Qatar to be tinations, begins at 00:00 hrs on terday. The savings are based Officer. Doha hub. preferred travel agent. used by the Civil Defence. October 21 and ends at 23:59 hrs on return fares. Qatar Airways offers a wide Network blackout dates THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA ICC dance competition Qapco sponsors symposium on people with special needs

DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco), the leading regional petrochemical power- house, has announced that it would support to the 2nd edition of the symposium aimed at uniting and empowering people with special needs. This symposium is organ- ised by Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Independent Preparatory School for Boys supported by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Qapco signed a memoran- dum of understanding (MoU) with Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Preparatory School, to become the main sponsor of the event. The three-day symposium will take place in Wakra, from the October 29 to 31 at the school. This seminar aims at bring- ing together parents, educators, researchers, therapists, social centres, teachers and people with special needs and learning chal- lenges. The audience will be able to participate in workshops, focus groups, network and interact as well as attend specialised lectures. CEO of Qapco said: “The engage- ment, involvement and support extended by Abdulrahman Bin Jassim Preparatory School to the people with special needs is admi- A competitor at the second ICC Interschool Dance Competition per- rable and it is our responsibility to forms Mohiniyattam, an Indian classical dance form, yesterday at the offer our support to their endeavour.” Indian Cultural Centre’s Ashoka Hall. The contest runs until Thursday QNA and features classical and folk Indian dances. (KAMMUTTY VP) ExxonMobil holds Tamayoz training

DOHA: ExxonMobil Qatar con- times, resource management and with over 30 years of experi- ducted a two-day Tamayoz train- integration with existing opera- ence to deliver the course, with ing course this month for more tions,” said Alistair Routledge, the objective of providing a bet- than 30 individuals from Qatar Vice-President of Production for ter understanding of cost engi- Petroleum, Qatargas and RasGas ExxonMobil Qatar Inc. “We are neering, cost data, scheduling, who work on capital projects, an pleased to share with our part- and project controls for those in area of specific interest as Qatar ners in Qatar the learnings and attendance. The Tamayoz pro- continues to develop large-scale best practices we have acquired gramme is a key ExxonMobil energy projects in the country. from facing and overcoming these undertaking that conveys the “Professionals working on capi- very challenges ourselves, over company’s direct support for tal projects within the energy many years and in various parts Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and sector face cost and schedule of the world.” the development of its national pressures from challenges such ExxonMobil Qatar assigned one workforce. as design changes, equipment lead of its top subject matter experts THE PENINSULA MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 HOME 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Aspetar provides medical Spanish National Day celebrations service for FINA World Cup

DOHA: Qatar’s Orthopaedic and and renew our commitment towards Sports Medicine Hospital, Aspetar, athletes in order to achieve their full w i l l once a ga i n be on ha nd to prov ide potential.” world-class medical services and Aspetar is especially keen to con- help athletes attain their optimum tinue collaborating and building upon potential at the FINA Swimming the successful agreement it forged last World Cup Doha 2013 competition. year with Qatar Swimming Association Aspetar, the official medical serv- (QSA), which resulted in Aspetar ices provider, is committed to offer- being appointed the official sponsor ing superior medical expertise to the for medical services in the 2012 and world’s top swimmers at the pres- 2013 Doha series of the FINA World tigious sporting event, which began Short Course Cup. yesterday at Hamad Aquatic Centre, As part of the agreement, Aspetar a press release issued by Aspetal said will provide a host of essential services, yesterday. including ambulance services, a fully By hosting such an important equipped medical clinic on-site and at swimming competition, Doha con- the Athletes Official Accommodation, tinues to advance its role in the as well as specialist physiotherapy global sporting arena as part of an and massage treatment and spectator elite group of cities that have the medical coverage. experience and capability to host Aspetar has a long history of provid- numerous high-profile international ing and coordinating medical support competitions. at major sporting events both locally Dr Khalifa Al Kuwari, Chief and across the region. It will continue Executive Officer of Aspetar, said, to work alongside QSA during the 12th “The international reputation of the FINA World Swimming Championships, event aligns perfectly with our busi- which is set to take place in Doha from ness. At Aspetar, we are delighted December 3 to 7, 2014. to be involved as an official sponsor THE PENINSULA

The Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage, H E Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (centre), and Spanish Ambassador Carmen de la Pena (left), cut a cake to mark the Spanish National Day celebrations at Ritz-Carlton yesterday. Ibrahim bin Yousef Fakhro, Director of Protocol, was also present. (SHAIVAL DALAL) Ooredoo wins Stevies Golden Award

DOHA: Ooredoo has won the Gold Award for “Best Brand Experience Event” at the 2013 International Business Awards, known as “the Stevies”. Ooredoo’s transformation programme, which saw the company launch its new global brand in a major ceremony during the GSMA Mobile World Congress in February this year, received the accolade. The International Business Awards, which were cre- ated to honour the positive contributions of organisations worldwide, recognise the achievements of some of the most prestigious and innovative businesses, and Ooredoo is among the first companies from the region to be named as a winner. Ooredoo also received a Silver award for Best Exhibition Display as Ooredoo used its presence at the GSMA Mobile World Congress to signal the transformation of the com- pany, with its exhibition stand changing overnight to showcase the new Ooredoo brand. In addition to Ooredoo’s success, Tunisiana, part of the Ooredoo Group, won a “Silver Stevie” for “Best New Product or Service of the Year – Telecommunications,” for its innovative Najja7ni Employment service. Dr Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, Ooredoo, said: “Making the move to Ooredoo demonstrated our inten- tion to take our company to the next level, and deliver a better experience for our customers. Receiving global recognition like this Gold Award underlines the breadth of our ambition and the extent to which we are determined to create one of the leading communication brands in the An Ooredoo official receiving the award. world in the coming years. In addition, we are pleased and proud that our activities to empower young people are continuing to be recognised, as the Silver award for our mobile employment service in Tunisia demonstrates.” The launch of the Ooredoo brand was celebrated with a spectacular presentation about the transformation into Ooredoo, representing the next step in the group’s evolu- tion and celebrating the international achievements of one of Qatar’s leading companies. Najja7ni Employment by Tunisiana, part of the Ooredoo Group, was designed to enhance employment prospects for Tunisian youth. With a youth unemployment rate of 30 percent, Tunisia faces a strong social challenge of enabling young people to fulfil their full potential, and the Najja7ni Employment service has delivered important support in this vital area. The region’s first career-related mobile service, Najja7ni Employment enables young peo- ple to improve their interview skills, enhance their CV and learn more about the world of work. THE PENINSULA Ooredoo’s Carrier Billing service drives downloads

DOHA: Ooredoo’s innovative carrier billing serv- ice, which lets customers pay for BlackBerry apps via Ooredoo, has been a significant success since its launch earlier this year, according to the company. The number of applications downloaded from BlackBerry World App Store in Qatar has increased by a ratio of 5-6 times every month since the July launch. In July Ooredoo became the first communication com- pany in the Middle East to giveBlackBerry customers the option to add their mobile App purchases to their Ooredoo billing. Shahry customers will see the app costs added to their monthly postpaid bills, while Hala cus- tomers see the value of the app deducted from their account. The service, called “Carrier Billing” means customers can pay for Apps and charge in-App purchases, such as additional content or more levels on a gaming app, with- out interrupting their online experience. By offering the service, customers no longer need to by pay with their credit cards or by PayPal, and enjoy full control of their online spend. A recent survey by Nielsen research group showed that BlackBerry World is the most popular app store in Qatar. THE PENINSULA MIDDLE EAST MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Egyptian Security forces drivers tear gas Egypt abducted in Libya freed protesters BENGHAZI: Dozens of Egyptian truck drivers were freed yesterday after being Mursi supporters march to camp abducted by a Libyan armed group pressing for the release CAIRO: Egyptian security security source said 11 students of Libyans detained in Egypt, a forces fired bird shot and tear- had been arrested. security source said. gas to prevent supporters of Authorities have cracked “The drivers who were held by deposed president Mohammed down hard on Mursi’s Muslim armed men in Ajdabiya (in east- Mursi from marching yester- Brotherhood. The group was ern Libya) were released by their day to the site of a protest camp outlawed by a court order after captors,” the source said on condi- that was destroyed two months the army overthrew Mursi and tion of anonymity. ago, a witness said. installed an interim government They were able to head for The crowd of about 100 peo- in July following massive street home in neighbouring Egypt, the ple were students from Al Azhar protests a year after his election. source said. University, the historic seat of Brotherhood leaders, includ- The armed men began Sunni Muslim learning. They ing Mursi, have been arrested on abducting the Egyptian driv- threw rocks at riot police sta- charges of inciting or taking part Egyptian riot police remove debris during clashes with students of the Al Azhar University outside the university ers on Thursday, and since then tioned outside the gates of the in violence. campus in Cairo, yesterday. more than 80 of them had been university, and police threw the Brotherhood supporters say snatched. stones back. they will keep protesting until front entrance of the facility. scrawled on university buildings responding to the will of the people. Egypt’s envoy to Tripoli, The university is in the same the army-backed government “We want the return of legiti- condemned General Abdel Fattah The government refers to the Mohamed Abu Bakr, confirmed Cairo suburb as the Rabaa Al falls. But demonstrations are far mate rule to Egypt, we want the Al Sisi, the army chief who toppled Brotherhood as “terrorists” and the release of the men, adding Adawiya mosque, scene of one smaller than the ones that imme- return of President Mursi” said Mursi, as a murderer and traitor. does not distinguish between they had been “detained” but “not of two pro-Mursi protest camps diately followed Mursi’s downfall. Mohamed Magdi, a commerce “We will take measures to con- the movement and Al Qaeda- abducted” and were all treated crushed by security forces on The Interior Ministry said in student. “We are unarmed stu- tinue studies even with the con- affiliated groups in the lawless well. August 14. Hundreds of protest- a statement that security forces dents. We just approached them tinuation of the demonstrations,” Sinai Peninsula who carry out “They have been able to leave,” ers were killed. took action after 3,000 students and said ‘you are our police’ and said Ibrahim El Hadud, a univer- almost daily attacks on security some back to Egypt, while oth- “Rabaa Square is completely blocked roads around the Al then they attacked us.” sity official. forces. ers continued on to destinations off-limits,” a security source Azhar campus. The students had been protest- The army rejects allegations from The Brotherhood describes inside Libya, he said. said. “Protesters are not allowed A few police trucks kept stu- ing for the second day on cam- the Brotherhood that it deposed itself as a peaceful movement. On Saturday Egypt said it was to move inside it.” A separate dents from moving beyond the pus in support of Mursi. Graffiti Mursi in a coup and says it was REUTERS holding intense talks with Libyan authorities to secure the release of more than 20 Egyptian driv- ers after a Cairo daily reported 50 had been abducted. Egypt’s independent daily Al Masry Al Youm quoted Libyan Germany to back EU accession talks with Turkey militia chief Ahmed Al Libi as saying he was holding 50 drivers BERLIN: Germany is to drop into Ankara’s bid in its annual source close to the German gov- obstacles, notably over Cyprus Protests against the govern- and would only release them if the opposition it raised in June progress report on aspiring mem- ernment said Berlin would drop and resistance to Turkish mem- ment of Prime Minister Tayyip Libyans arrested in Egypt were to opening a new chapter of bers published last week, although its opposition. bership in Germany and France, Erdogan swept Turkish cities freed. talks with European Union it also said Turkish police used EU sources have said they have slowed progress. after police used teargas and Libi, who spoke to the news- membership candidate Turkey excessive force to quell the unrest. could decide to launch the new EU governments postponed water cannon to disperse a sit-in paper on Thursday, warned he after its crackdown on a wave of EU governments are to con- round of talks with Turkey in plans to open the talks on regional against the redevelopment of an would kill the Egyptians and kid- anti-government protests ear- sider the Commission’s report early November. policy in June, the first new policy Istanbul park. Six people died and nap more if Cairo failed to release lier this year, a source said. at a meeting on October 22 and Turkey began negotiations to area to be opened in three years, more than 8,000 were hurt in two the detained Libyans within 10 The European Commission debate whether to start talks on join the EU in 2005, 18 years after as a rebuke for Turkey’s handling weeks of clashes in June. days. recommended breathing new life a new policy area or chapter. A applying, but a series of political of the protests. REUTERS AFP

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Libyan military personnel check a car at a checkpoint set up to try to secure the capital, Tripoli, yesterday, which marks the second anniversary of the capture and death of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi in his hometown of Sirte. Militants exploit Libya chaos: Tunisia

TUNIS: Tunisia’s Prime France’s military campaign to uprising, was speaking shortly Minister Ali Larayedh said oust Al Qaeda-linked Islamist after Tunisian forces killed 10 Islamist militants are exploiting fighters from Mali this year members of Ansar Al Sharia near anarchy in neighbouring Libya prompted some to enter southern Goubellat close to the Algerian to get training and smuggle Libya, where the government in border. weapons across North Africa’s Tripoli exerts scant control. Tunisian authorities said gun- porous borders. “There is a relation between men had attacked two police patrols His coalition government is leaders of Ansar Al Sharia, Al in the north of the country and had grappling with an Islamist mili- Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and been planning assaults on security tant group known as Ansar Al Ansar Al Sharia in Libya. We are force buildings and the military. Sharia, which is one of the most coordinating with our neighbours It was the worst violence in radical to emerge since Tunisia’s over that,” Larayedh, who was Tunisia since Larayedh’s govern- 2011 uprising against autocratic interior minister before becom- ment declared Ansar Al Sharia a President Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali. ing premier, said. terrorist organisation. Security is a sensitive matter “Extremists in Tunisia have REUTERS for Larayedh’s ruling moderate profited from the Islamist party, Ennahda, which situation in Libya has agreed to step down in three and they get weeks to end months of unrest set their weapons off by the assassination of two sec- from Libya. They ular leaders by Islamist militants. have benefited As well as Ansar Al Sharia, and they have North Africa is home to Al gotten training Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Libya.” and other Islamist militants Larayedh, such as those led by veteran com- who spent more mander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, than a decade in who claimed responsibility for the prison for being attack on Algeria’s Amenas gas a member of a plant in January, in which nearly banned Islamist 40 foreign workers were killed. party before the MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Rowhani names replacements for Syria peace rejected nominees TEHRAN: Iran’s moderate President Hassan Rowhani named three new ministers talks in doubt yesterday to replace nomi- nees rejected by the conserva- tive-dominated parliament in August, Iranian media reported. Rowhani made a last-minute over rifts change to his pick for the science, research and technology portfolio for fear of a new rejection by MPs. Truck bomb kills 31 in Hama Interim minister Jafar Tofiqi had come under fire from hard- DAMASCUS: Syrian peace than 115,000 people. The veteran liners in parliament for alleged talks can only be held if a “cred- troubleshooter has said he would involvement in the massive street ible opposition” takes part, an also travel to Qatar, Turkey, protests that accompanied the international envoy said yes- Iran, Syria and then Geneva controversial 2009 re-election of terday, as a truck bombing in for talks with Russian and US Rowhani’s predecessor Mahmoud the war-ravaged country killed representatives. Ahmadinejad as well as for alleg- dozens. Al Watan, a pro-Damascus edly dismissing conservative offi- Arab League chief Nabil Al newspaper, said Brahimi would cials at the ministry. Arabi told reporters in Cairo the visit Syria next week. Washington Reza Faraji Dana, who holds talks would be held on November and Moscow have been trying to a PhD from Canada’s Waterloo 23, but UN-Arab League envoy organise the conference on the University and was unsuccessfully Lakhdar Brahimi, who spoke heels of a landmark deal they nominated for the same post under at the same news conference, reached for Syria to destroy its reformist president Mohammad refused to set a date. chemical weapons by mid-2014. Residents look at a fire at an oil shop in Aleppo’s Bustan Al Qasr neighbourhood, yesterday. Khatami, Ahmadinejad’s pred- “It was decided that the The Geneva initiative was first ecessor, received the nomination Geneva 2 conference will be held announced last year, but it has opposition group said its members a man detonated a truck laden neighbourhood of Jaramana in in his place, the official Irna news on November 23, and prepara- been repeatedly postponed amid would decide in the coming days with explosives at a checkpoint Damascus. UN humanitarian agency reported. Ali Asghar Fani, tions are underway for this con- opposition wrangling and a dis- whether to attend the Geneva near an agricultural vehicles chief Valerie Amos has called for a reformist who was for a short ference,” said Arabi. pute over which countries, includ- talks, while the Syrian National company on the road linking a ceasefire in another embattled period interim education minister Brahimi cautioned the meeting ing Iran, should participate. Council, a key component of the Hama to Salamiyeh,” the Syrian Damascus suburb, Moadamiyet under Ahmadinejad, was nomi- would only go ahead in the pres- Syria has heavily criticised the bloc, has threatened to quit if Observatory for Human Rights al-Sham, where thousands of peo- nated for the education portfolio. ence of a “credible opposition rep- envoy, especially after he sug- they do. said, adding the toll was expected ple “remain trapped”. resenting an important segment gested a transitional government But even if the Coalition to rise. State media said 30 people The southwestern district was of the Syrian people” opposed to be set up and given full powers attends the Geneva meeting, it died. one of a number of suburbs hit Disputed Abyei to President Bashar Al Assad. until elections, following his last is unclear whether it can enforce Hama is the site of a 1982 mas- in an August 21 sarin gas attack, “There is agreement to hold visit in late 2012. Al Watan said any agreement, after dozens of sacre of some 10,000 to 40,000 blamed by the opposition on the go ahead with vote Geneva 2 in November, but the Damascus was ready to welcome rebel brigades have in recent people ordered by president Hafez regime, which led to the deal date has not been officially set... him as long as “he works as a weeks rejected the umbrella Al Assad during a crackdown on to dismantle Syria’s chemical ABYEI: Residents of the We hope the conference will be mediator, not as a party in the group. an earlier revolt. arsenal. remote and disputed Abyei held in November.” international conflict over Syria”. On the ground, a truck bomb The attack came a day after In the north, the air force car- border region said they would Brahimi is on the first leg of But Syria has consistently killed at least 31 people in Hama, rebels from the Al Nusra Front, ried out new strikes on rebels press ahead with their own ref- a Middle East tour aimed at refused to enter negotiations a regime-held city in central another Al Qaeda-linked group, around Aleppo central prison, erendum next week on whether drumming up support for the that demand Assad quit power Syria, activists said. set off a car bomb and launched which they are trying to wrest to join Sudan or South Sudan, initiative to end the 31-month as a condition. Meanwhile, the “At least 31 people, including a major assault on a checkpoint from government control, said despite warnings it could trig- conflict that has killed more National Coalition umbrella regime troops, were killed when near the mixed Christian-Druze the Observatory. AFP ger violence in the volatile area. The ownership of Abyei was left undecided when South Sudan declared independence from Sudan in 2011 — and a long- promised official plebiscite on its status has been stalled by argu- OIC, Arab League back Saudi on UN Council move ments over who is entitled to vote. Leaders from the overwhelm- CAIRO: Arab League chief keenness on achieving reforms of “which it is not doing at all.” “at this important and historical responsibilities in keeping world ingly pro-South Sudan Dinka Nabil Al Arabi yesterday UN bodies, especially UNSC, and He said Arab states, includ- stage, specifically for the Middle peace,” the Saudi foreign minis- Ngok group said they were tired backed Saudi Arabia’s rejection “it is the very position that the ing Palestine and Syria, were the East region.” try said, calling for reforms of the of waiting for the poll over the of a seat on the UN Security OIC has been emphasising upon in worst affected by the Security Saudi Arabia won a prized two- council. territory that has small oil Council, saying the diplomatic all resolutions of the Islamic sum- Council’s weakness in the last six year seat on the Security Council Many diplomats and analysts reserves and has seen several body had failed in its responsi- mits and ministerial meetings,” decades. on Thursday, but a day later have said the Saudi protest was clashes between Sudanese and bility towards the Arab world. Secretary General Ekmeleddin His remarks come a day after Riyadh said it would not take it a message to the United States South Sudanese troops. “We have The Organization of Islamic Ihsanoglu said in a statement. Arab nations urged Saudi Arabia up because of the world body’s that it wanted a tougher stance come to the conclusion that the Cooperation (OIC) also announced Arabi told reporters that to reverse its decision to reject “double standards” on Syria and on Syria and was angry that best way to do it, we organise our its support to Saudi Arabia for Saudi Arabia was right to object a seat on the 15-nation Security other Middle East hotspots. Washington had opened con- own referendum and we go on and not accepting non-permanent to the Security Council’s man- Council. Arab ambassadors to the “Work mechanisms and dou- tacts with Tehran, a staunch ally tell the world what we want,” said seat at UN Security Council, and agement methods and the fact UN said it was crucial for Saudi ble-standards on the Security of Syrian President Bashar Al Acuil Akol, from the committee its demands to reform the UNSC. that it failed in its responsibil- Arabia to represent the Arab Council prevent it from carrying Assad’s regime. organising the vote. The Saudi decision reflects its ity to secure international peace, and Muslim world on the council out its duties and assuming its AGENCIES 8 suicide bombings, Iran N-deal attacks kill 15 in Iraq RAMADI, IRAQ: Eight sui- could improve cide bombers targeted police and local officials in Rawa, ties: MEPs northwest of Baghdad, killing eight people yesterday, while TEHRAN: An accord seven died in other attacks in reached with world pow- Iraq, officials said. ers over Iran’s controversial The attacks come as Iraq wit- nuclear programme could nesses its worst violence since help Tehran foster better 2008 — when the country was just ties with Europe, visiting emerging from a brutal sectar- Members of the European ian conflict — and amid mounting Parliament (MEP) said here fears that the civil war in neigh- yesterday. bouring Syria could spill across “It is of great importance FROM LEFT: Veronique De Keyser, a member of Belgiums’s Socialist party, the border. The dead from yester- for the European Union to Hannes Swoboda of the Austrian Socialist and Democratic Party and day’s suicide bombings included reach an agreement with Portuguese politician Ana Gomes, all members of European Parliament, three members of the local coun- Iran,” said Hannes Swoboda, attend a meeting of the Iranian parliament in Tehran, yesterday. cil for the Rawa area of Anbar head of a three-member MEP province, three police, a child and delegation from the socialist once again become “trustwor- the election of President Hassan another person, while 28 peo- and democrat faction visiting thy partners” if “both sides take Rouhani, a moderate who has ple were wounded, Doctor Wael Tehran. advantage of the current situa- pledged a new approach to the Fawzi said. Two suicide bomb- Accompanied by Ana Gomes tion and take steps towards a talks. Rouhani, who took office ers on foot and another driving and Veronique de Keyser, he final agreement” to resolve the in August, has promised more a vehicle rigged with explosives made the remarks in a meet- nuclear issue, Swoboda said. transparency on Iran’s nuclear attacked the police headquarters ing with Iranian parliament The unofficial visit comes drive, which the West suspects for the area, while another driv- speaker Ali Larijani, the Isna amid raised hopes of Iran con- is aimed at military objectives ing a vehicle hit an army check- news agency reported. structively engaging the inter- despite repeated Iranian deni- point at the town’s entrance. Iran and EU nations could national community following als. AFP AGENCIES Israel to get US briefing on Iran talks

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime sanctions before securing any was on its way to Washington are the “central forum” for Minister Benjamin Netanyahu real policy change. for updates on talks between deepening bilateral cooperation said yesterday world pres- “As long as we don’t see the major powers and Iran over and coordination over issues in sure on Iran must be main- actions but only words, the its nuclear programme which the region. A spokesman for tained, as an Israeli delegation international pressure must resumed in Geneva on Tuesday. Steinitz said the minister will travelled to Washington to continue and increase,” Strategic Affairs Minister make a stop in Canada for talks be briefed on talks on Iran’s Netanyahu said. Yuval Steinitz and a team of with senior officials there on nuclear programme. He said that the greater the officials from intelligence serv- Monday before heading to the Israel has been alarmed by pressure on Iran, “the higher ices and the foreign and defence United States. the mounting emphasis on the chance its military nuclear ministries were to participate in Ahead of the visit, a senior diplomacy with the new Iranian programme will be dismantled.” the bi-annual strategic dialogue, Israeli official was briefed by the government of President The Israeli premier also a statement from his office said. US as well as a British delega- Hassan Rowhani to allay con- warned of legitimising what he “This year the dialogue will tion to the Iran talks, which flew cerns about Tehran’s nuclear called Tehran’s “rogue regime”. focus on the nuclear talks with in to update the Israelis, the ambitions, fearing that Western Netanyahu’s remarks came Iran and other regional issues,” Haaretz newspaper reported. governments may ease crippling as a senior Israeli delegation it said of the meetings which AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Battle of Nations Luxembourg votes to pick prime minister Juncker faces tough re-election battle

LUXEMBOURG: Voters in tiny notably 40-year-old Liberal Party but wealthy Luxembourg went to chief Xavier Bettel. Also expected to the polls yesterday, with Prime make gains in the weekend vote is Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, Greens newcomer Francois Bausch, Europe’s longest-serving leader, who for the past three years has facing a tough battle to extend his run the Luxembourg town hall with 18-year rule after a spy scandal. Bettel. Just under 240,000 people were Bettel and Bausch have made no called to the ballot box in the EU’s secret of their hopes of forming a coa- richest state per capita for an election lition government without Juncker’s brought forward by seven months Christian Democrats. after the discovery of misconduct in But they would need backing from the secret services. the Socialists, who withdrew their Performers wearing 19th century Allied forces and French military uniforms “attack” one another during a re-enactment of the Battle of the Juncker’s centre-right Christian support from Juncker amid the spy Nations in a field in the village of Markkleeberg near Leipzig in Germany yesterday. Leipzig commemorated the 200th anniversary of the larg- Social People’s Party (CSV) has won scandal. est battle of the Napoleonic Wars yesterday by reenacting the Battle of Nations in which tens of thousands of soldiers were killed between every election bar one in Luxembourg Socialist leader Etienne Schneider October 17 and 19, 1813, just outside of Leipzig. since its establishment in 1944 but said it was “time for change” on his the prime minister’s coalition with Facebook page. the socialist party splintered over “If it’s possible to carry out ... real misdemeanours by the SREL spy reforms aimed at modernising the agency. state and giving it a new impetus, The 58-year-old Juncker came then yes, I’m in favour of a three-way SPD mulls terms for coalition with Merkel under fire for concentrating too coalition,” added Schneider, who has much on his role as head of the euro- made no secret of wanting to become BERLIN: Leaders of by SPD leaders for a meeting — her Christian Democratic that we will not strike a coali- zone finance ministers during the prime minister. Germany’s Social Democrats yesterday at which about 200 Union (CDU) and its Bavarian tion agreement in which we do bloc’s debt crisis and taking his eye “Today I really want to become (SPD) have told party mem- senior members from across sister party, the Christian Social the opposite of what we pledged off domestic issues. prime minister to give a new dynamic bers they will wring conces- Germany will vote on whether Union (CSU) — emerged as the in the election,” SPD Chairman The SREL, which Juncker over- to the country and reform it from sions from Angela Merkel to start talks on forming a strongest political force in the Sigmar Gabriel told German sees, was accused of a series of top to bottom,” said the 42-year-old if they start coalition talks, government with Merkel’s September 22 election but fell newspaper Bild on Saturday. scandals ranging from illegal phone- outgoing economy minister. including on a minimum wage, conservatives. several seats short of a parlia- Erwin Sellering, the SPD tapping to dodgy dealing in luxury On the campaign trail, Juncker equal pay and a financial The party will also demand mentary majority, forcing them state premier of Mecklenburg- cars. Casting his vote, Juncker said: “I hammered home the message that a transaction tax. equal pensions for seniors in the to seek a coalition ally. Vorpommern, said in an want the CSV to remain the strong- three-party coalition for Luxembourg According to an internal former West and East Germany, The SPD, which came a dis- interview in Welt am Sonntag est party so that we can govern for — which would be the first of its kind document seen by Reuters the ability to have dual citizen- tant second to Merkel, was newspaper yesterday that the next five years. If this is not the — would undermine the nation. yesterday, the SPD will say 10 ship, and measures to make it seen as the most likely partner Merkel should not think her case, I will be an opposition MP.” He has nevertheless said he would demands are non-negotiable, easier to combine work with from the start, but the party poll lead allowed her to call all Polls show the CSV is expected to be prepared to govern in a two-way including a minimum wage of family life. is keen to avoid a rerun of its the shots. lose seats in the 60-member parlia- coalition with the socialists, greens ¤8.50 per hour, equal pay for No mention is made in the 2005-2009 ‘grand coalition’ with “If we are not able to push ment but likely to remain the coun- or liberals. men and women, greater invest- document of tax increases for Merkel. It emerged from that through enough of what we try’s dominant political force. The CSV campaigned on Juncker’s ment in infrastructure and edu- the wealthiest, which the SPD with its worst election result have pledged, then we must say Though Luxembourgers deem experience — he has spent nearly half cation, and a common strategy had campaigned on during since World War Two, making to voters: ‘sorry but we are not Juncker competent to continue his life in government — and a need to boost euro zone growth and September’s election but which many members sceptical about available’... fresh elections are to steer the state, surveys show a for stability in the tiny Grand Duchy employment. the chancellor has ruled out. another union. nothing alarming for us.” younger generation of politicians wedged between France, Germany The document was prepared Merkel’s conservative bloc “This time I can guarantee REUTERS increasingly picking up support, and Belgium. AFP

Storm Raymond looms off Mexico coast UK to set up MEXICO CITY: Tropical storm Raymond formed off Mexico’s Pacific first nuclear GOP divided over shutdown impact coast early yesterday, threatening to dump more heavy rain on the beach resort of Acapulco, which is still recovering from devastating plant in Europe WASHINGTON: Weakened played into the hands of Obama been viewed as somewhat rocky. floods that hit the country last month. and divided after a bruis- and congressional Democrats. Top Senate Republican Mitch The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said Raymond was after Fukushima ing budget standoff and two- “I think we’ve learned this was McConnell yesterday decried expected to become a hurricane within 48 hours, and Mexico has issued week government shutdown, a political gift to the president by burn-the-house-down tactics a tropical storm watch from Acapulco in Guerrero state to the port of LONDON/PARIS: Republicans bickered yester- the Republican party at a time he employed by the Tea Party, Lazaro Cardenas further northwest. Britain is set to sign a day over who to blame for the needed it the most,” said Graham, which spearheaded a shutdown Raymond is likely to get close to the coast late today or tomorrow, then deal with France’s EDF resulting damage to their party a longtime party elder. he said has proved antithetical begin to meander, the NHC said. for the first nuclear brand. “As a party we have to do soul- to Republicans’ cause. Mexico has no major oil installations in Raymond’s path. plant to start construc- The party suffered a major searching,” Graham said. “Shutting down the govern- Rains caused by the storm over the next few days could cause life- tion in Europe since hit in the polls after the crisis, Republican leaders acknowl- ment, in my view, is not conserva- threatening flash floods and mud slides, the centre added. Japan’s Fukushima dis- with more Americans blaming edged yesterday that they were tive policy,” McConnell told CBS’s REUTERS aster raised safety con- Republicans than Democrats or still assessing how to recover Face the Nation programme. cerns worldwide, at a President Barack Obama for the from the debacle that saw the “A number of us were saying cost estimated at around shutdown. party acquiesce to Obama and in July that this strategy could $23bn. Asked about the lasting impact his allies, with little to show for it. not and would not work — and of Under the deal, expected on Republicans, a dour Senator The standoff was precipitated course it didn’t. So there will not to be announced today, the Lindsey Graham told CBS tel- in large part by Republican oppo- be another government shutdown. French utility will lead a evision that it is a time of “soul- sition to the president’s signa- You can count on that.” consortium, including a searching” within his party. ture health reform programme, Another party Brahmin, former Chinese group, to construct “It’s a wake-up call,” Graham dubbed Obamacare by its oppo- Florida governor Jeb Bush, told two European Pressurised told CBS television’s Face the nents, that went forward even ABC that the Tea Party-led shut- Water Reactors (EPRs) Nation programme, adding that in the midst of the shutdown, down set the party back. designed by France’s his party’s self-inflicted woes have although the rollout has generally AFP Areva. Industry estimates, based on other nuclear projects, put the cost at around £14bn. EDF’s long-time part- ner China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), pos- sibly in combination with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), is expected to have a 30 to 40 percent stake in the con- sortium, with Areva taking another 10 percent, accord- ing to newspapers includ- ing France’s Les Echos and Britain’s Sunday Telegraph. EDF and the British prime minister’s office declined to comment on the media reports. The two reactors, each with a capacity of 1.6 giga- watts, would together make up nearly five percent of British generating capacity and increase energy secu- rity in the country, which needs to replace 20 percent of its ageing and polluting power plants over the com- ing decade. The project is a boost for the global nuclear indus- try, which has seen projects cancelled since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. REUTERS VIEWS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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T IS not only the United States which was in the throes of a serious political crisis last week. Though a comparison will not be hundred percent correct, it will Assad shows how personality can Inot be wrong making one with the political situation in Germany. Europe’s superpower is in a political limbo, and has been struggling to find a solution though its government has been functioning fully and government employees are trump policy in foreign affairs reporting to work. That the country is going through a crisis of this magnitude might come as a surprise after an BY JIM HOAGLAND election in which Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to win good relations with Washington, and a convincing victory. whatever crisis had been looming, in Nearly a month after the elections, a government RESIDENT Bashar Assad’s fact or in his imagination, seemed to is not yet in place and negotiations are painfully slow. promise to dismantle his regime’s dissipate shortly afterward. Obama’s underlying and Pchemical arsenal inflicts greater The pressure that made Bashar make According to some reports, the talks might get dragged strategic damage on Syria’s rebel forces nice was more diffuse, stemming only strong reluctance to to next year, causing harm to Germany’s interests and than those weapons could ever achieve in part from President Barack Obama’s provide meaningful military also that of Europe. As the economic powerhouse of on the battlefield. He has drawn the well-publicized potential military strike Europe, the continent’s fortunes rely heavily on Germany’s world’s attention — and the hopes of on Syria, which was eventually shelved. support to the Syrian decisions and the political uncertainty will only result in increased US support — away from the My guess is that growing Russian Opposition Coalition has opposition’s grim struggle to liberate apprehension at the Syrian war slipping procrastination, thereby slowing the recovery of crisis-hit their Arab nation. out of control led the Kremlin to lean been clear for at least economies. In 43 years of their family’s dictato- heavily on Assad to give up his chemi- a year. Last autumn, as The reason for the current stalemate is not very different rial rule, the Assads have shown they cal arsenal. from that in US, because in both countries, it’s a minority will do whatever it takes to survive. If That would be a silver lining in this the rebels made serious which is holding the majority hostage. In the elections, in survival requires barbaric savagery, they very dark Syrian cloud. It would suggest battlefield gains, the which Merkel scored well, her will unleash it. If it means placating a that there are limits to Vladimir Putin’s greater power and taking their gains vindictive desire to pay back the Obama president reversed efforts conservative alliance fell just five in intangibles, that, too, will work. This administration for opposing his return at the Pentagon and the It’s unfortunate votes short of a majority in the defining char- to the Russian presidency, ignoring him CIA to ramp up US help. that Merkel 615-member Bundestag. Merkel’s acteristic of the on Libya and — in his mind — other first choice for a coalition father, Hafez, has festering wounds. can’t form a partner is the left-leaning Social at last emerged It is, of course, supremely easy for is in no position to weigh in heavily on Democratic party (SPD), which In 43 years of in the once seem- journalists to overinterpret personal the side of his mortal enemies. If Hafez government ingly more mild- relations and feelings as causes for big were still with us, he would be a smiling, despite her finished a distant second, but the their family’s mannered son, events in international relations. It proud papa. SPD is bidding a high price for Bashar. helps make the story more human and The U.S. drift on Syria’s civil war was stunning its support, including a bid for dictatorial rule, “Other nations compelling. clear enough for Kerry to confide to col- performance in the tax increase that it proposed. the Assads have should never mess But the Syrian crisis has put a bright leagues in his first weeks at the State If Merkel agrees to this, it will with the Assads,” spotlight on the importance of per- Department that his three chief initial the elections. shown they will I was told when sonal relationships in capitals around goals were to get the United States more be a volte face for her because I arrived in the world, not just in Damascus and involved in Syria, to move the Israeli- this is the very idea she rejected do whatever it Beirut as The Moscow. It has been the first exercise Palestinian peace process and to do during the campaign. Washington Post’s for Obama and Secretary of State John something on climate change. Merkel and the SPD leaders must act cautiously to takes to survive. Middle East cor- Kerry in bringing together their differ- He has followed through on Syria make sure that the current crisis doesn’t deteriorate into If survival respondent two ing goals and visions on foreign policy in forceful fashion, raising the issue a US-style dysfunction. Though such a scenario is unlikely, years after Hafez and then urgently applying the hybrid in Washington and foreign capitals at requires barbaric had seized full result. every chance. More trusted by Obama’s because Germany is no US, politics has a huge propensity power in 1970. Obama’s underlying and strong tight inner circle than was former presi- for uncertainty and a hardening of positions can have savagery, they “They will do reluctance to provide meaningful mili- dential rival Hillary Clinton, Kerry has disastrous consequences. things to you you tary support to the Syrian Opposition more room to maneuver at State and This means a few concessions from either side at this will unleash it. won’t do to them.” Coalition has been clear for at least a has shown that he will use it. stage will be better than a prolonged crisis. And if the crisis I experienced year. Last autumn, as the rebels made Kerry also seems more aware than persists, the country could be forced into another election, the other side of the Assad coin in serious battlefield gains, the president Obama of the need to act now to repair 1987, when I was hurriedly invited to reversed efforts at the Pentagon and the the long-term damage that the zigzag in which case Merkel is likely to form the government on Damascus to conduct an interview with CIA to ramp up US help. The military of US policy on Syria has done with her own terms. Hafez, who had become convinced that pressure that could have brought the Saudi Arabia and Israel. His meetings In a positive development yesterday, the leaders of SPD Ronald Reagan was about to punish Syrian regime to negotiate with opposi- next this week with leaders from those won a green light from their party to start coalition talks Damascus for its role in the bombing tion moderates at a proposed but elusive two nations will give him new oppor- with Merkel, after promising to wring concessions from the of the US Embassy and of a US Marine Geneva peace conference was allowed tunity — and need — to tiptoe up to military barracks in separate attacks in to ebb. the boundaries the White House has chancellor on key issues like a minimum wage, equal pay Beirut in the 1980s. Now, with Assad the key to imple- set on US action in the Middle East. and infrastructure investment. The coming days will see The elder Assad spent three hours menting the destruction of Syria’s chem- Wish him well. intense negotiations for a compromise formula • explaining his newly found hopes for ical weapons, the Obama administration WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of An unthankful US deal the day NSTEAD of defusing the time bomb people in the aftermath of the crisis. deal, in all fairness, fails to address the a more permanent budget deal while of a historic debt default, the United Yet no less urgent is the task of the root cause of the US’ long-term fiscal leaving open the possibility of another States has come up with a last-gasp world’s largest economy to restore its troubles. bitter budget fight and another govern- Ideal to only fund its government reputation as an economic safe haven. Washington’s political dysfunction is ment shutdown early next year. We took an until January 15 and raise the debt If concerns that crisis-driven poli- the apparent reason why international The international community would economy that is ceiling until February 7. tics has become the “new normal” in investors doubt its ability to honor its welcome swift US efforts to lift the This might be the best what US poli- Washington cannot be immediately signature. cloud of uncertainty it has imposed on fighting hard to ticians could provide at the moment. addressed, there is little chance for It is the fast-growing debt that has its own as well as the rest of the world’s But it is certainly not what is aspired the US economy to emerge out of the been eroding global confidence in the growth prospects. get good economic for by millions of Americans who have great financial crisis that the Lehman US government’s capability and com- But before the US can come up suffered because of the political deba- Brothers’ bankruptcy triggered five mitment to do so. with serious long-term deficit-reduc- growth going, to cle and many foreign debt-holders who years ago. Even its unprecedented, mas- tion plans to rein in excessive govern- create jobs for the are worried about the safety of their US The Congress deal on Wednesday sive monetary stimulus program has ment spending, countries that hold US investment. offers a temporary fix to pull the US pressed down borrowing costs for Treasuries including China may have to American people, US President Barack Obama was economy from the brink of a cata- long. expedite preparations for once-unthink- and took it in the right to say that US leaders needed to strophic debt default that could have The stopgap plan has also set up able scenarios. Jack Lew “earn back” the trust of the American devastated the global economy. The a forum of US politicians to negotiate China Daily wrong direction. US Treasury Secretary VIEWS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Bangla parties head for showdown Bangladesh opposition threatens strikes unless governing party steps down before election.

BY SHYAMANTHA ASOKAN and come “prepared with arms”. SERAJUL QUADIR The League plans to hold a competing rally on the same day, raising the risk angladesh’s two main parties of more bloodshed, said Mirza Hassan, are hurtling towards a show- a political scientist at BRAC University. down this week that could delay “This is a very combative move,” said Bor even derail elections due by Hassan, whose university is part of January in a country with a history of Bangladesh’s BRAC group, one of the ferocious political violence and military world’s largest development organisa- intervention. tions. “They’re all asking their party The mounting tension is a fresh threat people to be out on the street.” to Bangladesh’s $22bn garment export Already security forces have killed at industry, the economic lifeblood of the least 150 people and more than 2,000 have poor country of 160 million, which has been injured during strikes and other already been rocked by a string of deadly protests this year, according to Human factory accidents over the past year. Rights Watch. Police have banned all The ruling Awami League (AL) in gatherings in the capital in the run-up 2011 scrapped a “caretaker government” to Friday. system — whereby neutral leaders take Factory bosses say that some Western over three months before elections and retailers that source apparel from the oversee polls — and is now refusing to world’s second-largest clothing exporter step down by October 24, as would have after China have put orders on hold to ordinarily happened. see how the standoff unfolds. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist “Some of the buyers are taking a back Party (BNP) says that, unless the govern- seat because they are waiting to see if ment relinquishes power, its supporters there is unrest. If there are problems at will whip up nationwide strikes that are the end of October, then maybe they will likely to be bloody. It is also threatening place orders elsewhere,” said Kutubuddin to boycott the elections. Ahmed, chairman of the Envoy Group, “There will be a total deadlock,” Mirza which exports $200m worth of garments Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the BNP’s acting a year. secretary-general said. “When the gov- Bangladesh’s loss could benefit rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia arrives for a rally in Dhaka, yesterday. Bangladesh’s two main ernment does not listen to our demands, exporters Vietnam and Cambodia, even parties are hurtling towards a showdown this week that could delay or even derail elections due by January in a country with a history what is the alternative?” though they are more costly, Ahmed of ferocious political violence and military intervention. The deadlock raises the spectre of added. Garment orders placed at an aborted polls in 2007, when a League annual trade fair in Dhaka this month over whether caretaker government bridge project. Ditching the pre-poll care- the tribunal as a charade to eliminate the boycott and clashes between rival party fell by 5 percent from last October, before members themselves were unbiased. taker system has also been unpopular. government’s enemies, and more than 100 supporters led a military-backed govern- a factory blaze and the collapse of Rana “It’s time that we go to the normal The two parties differ little in terms people have been killed in protests this ment to take over for two years. Plaza, a building that housed garment democratic practices that are used in of policy, analysts say, with voters simply year following war crime verdicts. Even if the polls go ahead, the opposi- workshops, which together killed more all other countries,” said H T Imam, an booting out the incumbent with every If the BNP remains committed to its tion might reject the results, which could than 1,200 people. adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. poll in the hope that change will bring boycott, international election observers spark more strikes and force a second “The orders fell mainly due to a bad But the League’s critics say it wants to improvement. might refuse to monitor and sign off on election within months, as happened in image after the Rana Plaza disaster, as stay in power to massage the outcome of the polls, as they did after the League 1996. well as the political uncertainty ahead,” an election it is in danger of losing. WAR CRIMES FLASHPOINT backed out in 2007. said S M Mannan, a vice president of the The League lost five mayoral elections Another flashpoint between the rivals “The same scenario risks being “COME ARMED” Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and over the summer, and — according to a is a tribunal set up in 2010 to try those repeated now,” said BRAC University’s Last week, Prime Minister Sheikh Exporters Association. July opinion poll conducted by Sydney- accused of human rights abuses during Hassan, referring to the scuppered elec- Hasina sought to defuse the crisis, offer- based pollster AC Nielsen and US-based Bangladesh’s war of independence from tion of 2007, though he added that the ing the formation of an all-party govern- BOOTING OUT THE INCUMBENT consultancy Democracy International - Pakistan in 1971. army may be reluctant to step in again ment to see through the elections. The caretaker system was started in it enjoys the support of just 32 percent The tribunal has so far convicted eight after a difficult and unpopular two years While the BNP is likely to snub her the mid-1990s to ensure fair polls in a of the electorate, 11 percentage points leaders of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, in charge. proposal, Alamgir held out the prospect country where power has long changed behind the BNP. the main Islamic party, sentencing six “If the AL goes to these polls unilater- of a negotiated end to the impasse. Still, hands between the two dynastic and The ruling party has been tainted by to death. Another court ruled in August ally, there will be violence and then what the BNP has vowed to press ahead with a mutually distrustful parties. Senior a series of corruption scandals, the most that Jamaat-e-Islami was illegal, barring will the army do?” he said. “One scenario rally in Dhaka this Friday, for which one League members say they scrapped the high-profile of which led the World Bank it from contesting in elections. is that they are forced to come in.” party leader has exhorted supporters to arrangement partly because of disputes to cancel a $1.2bn loan for an ambitious Both opposition parties have denounced REUTERS Iran’s hard choices on nuclear work Why politicians must

transparency. To be meaningful, transpar- which would be increased should Tehran Even in the best ency measures would have to include allowing refuse to yield. In this model, Iran would have turn talk into action inspectors unfettered access to sites of their to suspend enrichment — and reprocessing choosing, not just those declared by Iranian — related activities as demanded by the UN BY RICHARD SAMBROOK circumstances, it officials, and a comprehensive accounting of Security Council, dismantle its underground Iran’s past and present nuclear work, includ- enrichment facility at Fordow and export its ext week 100 delegates from around the world will gather in would take time to ing the military elements of its nuclear pro- stockpiles of enriched uranium, among other London to discuss making their governments more trans- gram, such as weaponization research. steps. parent and accountable. But they face hard questions on Coming clean in this manner is a prerequi- The obvious objection to such a deal is that Nreconciling open government with free speech - and living establish confidence site for the success of any deal that leaves in it may be too difficult to achieve; even US up to their progressive rhetoric. place dual-use nuclear capabilities. Countries negotiators have characterised this stance as The London summit marks the second anniversary of the Open that Iran had truly that have divulged their nuclear secrets, such “maximalist.” But any deal must be evaluated Government Partnership, when eight founding countries — now grown as South Africa, have proceeded to cooperate in comparison to plausible alternatives, not to 60 — committed themselves to greater transparency. With civil peacefully with the international community in isolation, and Iran’s alternatives are bleak. society organisations they are working on radical reforms including given up its nuclear on atomic energy. Those that continued to Iran’s economy is under severe strain because access to information, budget transparency, anti-corruption measures, obfuscate despite agreements, such as North of the sanctions. If Iran tried to “break out” public service delivery measures and more. weapons aspirations. Korea, experienced deeper isolation and exter- for a nuclear weapon, the United States and However, unless you follow the movement closely you may not know nal tensions. Israel have made clear that they would strike about the partnership, the commitments or the track records of the Iran appears to prefer the latter model. a devastating military blow. signatory countries. A global survey of journalists suggests most of While its officials profess a desire for coopera- And contrary to conventional wisdom, time them have never heard of the OGP - even though 70 percent of those BY MICHAEL SINGH tion, they continue to dismiss as “unfounded is not on Iran’s side. With each passing day, answering came from partner countries. allegations” evidence deemed “credible” by the Iran’s economic predicament deepens and its Further, it revealed a schism between the media and governments ith the first round of nuclear International Atomic Energy Agency that nuclear programme expands. But while the on the issue. The survey (227 respondents from 52 countries) sug- talks with Iran’s new, and newly Iran has engaged in nuclear work related to former threatens Iran’s well-being, the latter gested overwhelming support for greater government transparency and pragmatic, negotiating team in weapons. Iran continues to deny inspectors does not improve it. Adding to its centrifuge accountability - but deep scepticism about politicians’ ability to deliver Wthe books, the Washington pol- access to suspected nuclear sites and key inventory and uranium stockpile merely edges it. The survey was part of a report commissioned by the Omidyar icy debate about Iran has shifted from whether personnel, and it seeks to constrict their Iran closer to Western “red lines” while mak- Network to bring a media perspective into the discussions. a deal is possible to what sort of deal is accept- activities within the bounds of its declared ing it no less vulnerable to attack. It reveals that a poor track record by some member countries on able. While such discussions can often seem a nuclear programme. The United States possesses powerful free speech and media overshadows their commitments. Respondents miasma of centrifuge counts and enrichment Even in the best circumstances, it would leverage in the nuclear talks: Its negotiat- expressed concerns about proposed restrictive media legislation in South levels, there are, in fact, two distinct paths to take time to establish confidence that Iran ing position is eminently reasonable. The Africa, intimidation of journalists in Turkey, the recent media law in a nuclear deal with Iran. had truly given up its nuclear weapons aspi- West is offering Iran something it desper- Hungary, the banning of newspapers in Tanzania, and media policies in a The first path is one in which Tehran would rations. Allies such as Israel and the Gulf ately needs — sanctions relief — in exchange number of other OGP countries. Those surveyed found it hard to see how receive relief from sanctions in exchange for states would distrust Iranian intentions, while for something it has little ostensible use for a commitment to greater openness was served by restricting the media. putting strict limits on its nuclear activities, Iranians would bristle at the intrusiveness of — enrichment and reprocessing — given its And the revelations about NSA and the UKâAos Government such as restricting uranium enrichment to inspections. disavowal of nuclear weapons. That’s hardly Communications Headquarters (GCHQ, the agency responsible for low levels. The success of such an agreement Absent a strategic shift by Iran, a deal on a maximalist position. signal intelligence) surveillance overshadowed discussion of govern- would depend on ensuring that Iran could not limited enrichment is more likely to increase It is commendable that the United States ment openness. Fairly or not, details of the secret surveillance of citi- use declared nuclear activities as a cover for those tensions than to defuse them: Iran would and its allies hope earnestly that Iran would zens stand in stark contrast to promises of more open accountability covert activities aimed at developing a nuclear seek to hide or deny activities for which the take the path of true transparency and coop- and undermine rhetoric about transparency. weapon. It would also depend on ensuring that United States and its allies have convincing eration; indeed, President Hassan Rowhani’s It highlights a deep contrast in views between media and govern- the deal was not easily reversible, so Tehran evidence; Iran’s adversaries would seek to “charm offensive” is so beguiling because it ments regarding the “open” agenda. Journalists define themselves in could not renege once pressure had been match its nuclear capabilities; and erstwhile appeals to those hopes. But we, and perhaps opposition to government and see transparency as a means of identi- alleviated. allies such as Russia and China would drift even Rowhani, cannot compel Iran to make fying and curtailing corruption and poor performance. Governments There are ways that sanctions relief could away from the unlikely coalition currently led such a fundamental change in course. We can, see transparency as a way of encouraging better governance, and see be made more easily reversible — for example, by Washington. however, with firmness at the negotiating table the media as a way of promoting civic engagement. channeling oil payments to Tehran through a The unlikelihood of a change of heart and confidence in our leverage make plain the Even in the US, let alone less democratic countries, this relationship single mechanism that could be blocked in the by Iranian leaders suggests a second, more alternatives and force Tehran to confront, between media and government is tense. Earlier this month, a report event of noncompliance — but none of these is straightforward path to an agreement: requir- rather than evade, the consequences of its from the Committee to Protect Journalists in the US criticised the fail-safe. The efficacy and durability of a deal ing Iran to dismantle its nuclear programme choices. Obama administration’s failure to deliver on promises of greater access. over limited enrichment would rest on Iranian in exchange for any relief from sanctions, WP-BLOOMBERG GUARDIAN NEWS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 ASIA / PHILIPPINES 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

China varsity fires outspoken Maldives oppn professor for poor teaching leader demands

BEIJING: China’s prestigious Peking University has defended its controversial weekend sack- fresh elections ing of an outspoken pro-democ- racy professor by saying Xia Yeliang had earned poor marks ‘Speaker must take over govt’ for teaching. The dismissal of Xia on Friday MALE: Maldivian opposition a country which only adopted generated international attention leader Mohammed Nasheed multi-party democracy five years and criticism in domestic social yesterday demanded fresh elec- ago. media, and came as China’s new tions under a caretaker presi- “I will not stop, I will remain leadership has taken measures to dent, a day after police forced steadfast,” he told the gathering silence high-profile critics. the postponement of a vote he in the early hours. Xia, an economist, said he was expected to win. Police stopped the elec- believed he was dismissed because Nasheed, a former president, tions commission from holding of his political views, particularly told reporters in the capital island Saturday’s presidential vote on his support for Charter 08, a Male that the outgoing President the grounds it was “illegal,” a document signed by hundreds of Mohammed Waheed should step move that triggered international intellectuals, dissidents and oth- down immediately and allow the concern. ers urging pluralist democracy in national Speaker to conduct a Nasheed had been widely China. fresh presidential vote. expected to win after securing But Peking University said “We believe that the only pru- more than 45 percent of the vote in a statement on its microblog dent way forward and the solu- in a now-annulled September 7 account on Saturday that Xia was tion is for Waheed to resign and election. the school’s worst-ranked teacher the Speaker of Parliament to take The Supreme Court scrapped and the source of 340 student The damaged historic Dauis Church in Dauis town on the central Philippine island of Bohol following a 7.2 magnitude over the government until elec- the September vote and called complaints since 2006. quake that hit the area on October 15. tions are over,” Nasheed said. fresh elections after upholding a “Xia Yeliang’s teaching evalua- He accused the incumbent of petition from a third-placed can- tion scores were for many years letting the police block Saturday’s didate alleging voter list irregu- in a row the lowest of the entire vote to try to push the country larities, even though international university,” the statement said. into a constitutional crisis before observers had said the poll was It added that a university com- seizing power. credible, free and fair. mittee had voted in October 2012 Aftershocks rattle Bohol, Cebu “It has become very evident After police blocked election to let him go but gave him one that they (Waheed and police) authorities from going ahead year to improve. MANILA: The chief of fault. “That one (fault, north off- because of few earthquake events have obstructed these elections, with the re-run on Saturday, hun- In the follow-up meeting this the Philippine Institute of shore of Bohol) is a hidden or but with the current earthquake and very evident that the game dreds of Nasheed loyalists took month it said 30 people voted to Volcanology and Seismology blind fault, it does not appear at events we will be able to image they are trying to play,” Nasheed to the streets to denounce the end Xia’s contract, three people (Phivolcs) advised yesterday land surface,” the Phivolcs chief this better,” he said. said. authorities. opposed, one abstained, and three residents in earthquake-hit said. Solidum said they have installed “It is to take this country into a “Be angry,” Nasheed told his people did not attend. Users of areas not to occupy dam- “We already postulated its five additional seismographs after constitutional void and then cap- supporters. China’s popular microblog serv- aged houses or buildings to presence possibly offshore of the main shock to properly locate ture power.” “Do not be disheartened. ice Sina Weibo expressed doubt avoid injury from aftershocks Bohol when we did the ground smaller aftershocks. The constitution requires that Melancholy lowers your spirits. about the motives for sacking Xia. that continued to rock central shaking hazards assessment in He also said the agency has a new president be in office by Anger makes you determined, One commentator using the Visayas. 2007 under the United Nations- ongoing active faults mapping. November 11, but the independ- makes you act. We should be name Leidaju claimed to have Phivolcs director Renato funded READY project, that is “Phivolcs geologists map the ent Elections Commission (EC) angry at this moment.” taken a course with Xia and said: Solidum said as of noon yesterday, why we estimated Intensity 7 active faults using our regu- has said it would be difficult to But Nasheed also made it clear “Although he sometimes held a total of 2,078 aftershocks had to 8 shaking at northern side of lar fund or sometimes part of meet that deadline. that he would not support any vio- strong views, in general he was a been recorded from the magni- Bohol,” he explained. international collaboration like The current president was lent protests. By yesterday morn- good teacher.” tude 7.2 quake that hit Bohol and Earlier, Ismael Narag of READY projects but our experts Nasheed’s deputy when Nasheed ing the crowds had dispersed and Another user with the name Cebu last week, killing at least 185 Phivolcs said that the powerful mapped the active faults in this was forced to resign following streets appeared calm. Lengyu1918 said: “Only Professor people. quake that rocked Bohol and Cebu project,” he said. a mutiny by police in February Police say Saturday’s election Xia Yeliang is brave enough to be Solidum, however, said only 39 last Oct. 15 could be triggered by Solidum said they have an last year. Nasheed later accused would have violated a Supreme a backbone for the Chinese peo- of the aftershocks were actually the new fault system and not the ongoing review of active faults Waheed of being involved in a Court order requiring all candi- ple, whereas a lot of other people felt. “Aftershocks are still possi- East Bohol fault. in Mindanao with the Japan coup to topple him and take dates to approve electoral lists in are just protecting themselves.” ble in the coming days, weeks but Solidum said they initially indi- International Cooperation power. advance. The ruling Communist Party decreasing in number,” Solidum cated the East Bohol fault as the Agency. Nasheed said yesterday free Elections chief Fuwad takes a hard line against dissent- said. epicentre of the deadly quake Solidum said everybody should and fair elections would be impos- Thowfeek, speaking on national ers who might challenge its power. He said aftershocks could cause based on the data received from be prepared for earthquake even sible under Waheed. television Saturday night, said he The Charter 08 co-author and additional damage to “already their instruments. though they are far from active He said that while the current would normally need three weeks 2010 Nobel peace laureate Liu damaged houses and buildings or He also said electricity was faults as ground shaking and president may set an election to organise another election. Xiaobo is serving an 11-year jail cause landslides in areas already cut in most parts of the areas other hazards could affect them. date, he would not allow a vote However, he said he would try term. Since new leaders under destabilised and (in) unstable devastated by the quake, pre- “Cebu is very far from the epi- to take place. to hold one by November 2 or 9, President Xi Jinping took office slopes.” venting them from getting more centre of the quake but it was Earlier in the day the oppo- just before the November 11 dead- earlier this year, authorities have Solidum also clarified that the information. affected by ground shaking,” sition leader urged supporters line set by the constitution. tightened control over public dis- magnitude-7.2 tremor that struck “The orientation of the pos- Solidum said. at a rally in Male to continue Waheed has suggested the poll course. AFP Bohol was not triggered by a new tulated fault was not defined THE PHILIPPINE STAR their campaign for elections in take place next weekend. AFP

Bodies of six more Laos air crash victims retrieved

BANGKOK: Search teams have pulled six more bodies of air crash victims from the Mekong River in Laos, the national car- rier said yesterday, taking the number of corpses recovered to 38. In the nation’s worst known air disaster, all passengers and crew on the Lao Airlines turboprop ATR- 72 died after the plane plunged into the river in bad weather on Wednesday near Pakse airport in Champasak province. More than half of the 49 passengers and crew were foreigners from some 10 countries. Search teams from A relative of the late Jamalul Kiram III cries over Kiram's coffin inside a mosque in Taguig City, south of neighbouring Thailand have been Manila yesterday. scouring the river for bodies along with experts from the airline and the French-Italian aircraft maker. But they have been hampered by strong currents which have Philippine ‘sultan’ who launched swept some bodies several kilo- metres away from the crash site. “Now the total found bodies are bloody Sabah incursion dies 38,” Sengpraseuth Mathouchan, the airline’s vice-president, said MANILA: A self-proclaimed Sabah as part of the sultanate’s President Benigno Aquino’s in a statement yesterday, after six Philippine sultan whose fol- territory would continue. spokeswoman Abigail Valte more bodies were found overnight. lowers launched a bloody “His last words to all his said, “we offer our condolences “Lao forensic teams and experts incursion into the Malaysian brothers and followers were, to the bereaved family and to from Thailand are continuing to state of Sabah earlier this ‘It has already begun. Let us his loved ones”. identify” the bodies, he said, add- year died of organ failure in a continue it for the good of our In February, at least 100 ing “our thoughts and prayers are Manila hospital yesterday, his people. Do not abandon our armed followers of Kiram, who with the families affected by this wife said. people,’” she quoted him as claimed to be the hereditary terrible tragedy”. Jamalul Kiram III, 75 — who saying. chief of the “Sultanate of Sulu On Saturday the airline said it described himself as the “Sultan She said, however, this did and North Borneo,” entered had identified 14 of the 32 bod- of Sulu” after a group of islands not mean renewed violence, Sabah to press his claim on the ies hauled from the river by that in the southern Philippines — adding that the family was will- Malaysian state. point. Two Australian passengers, died at a government hospital ing to enter into negotiations After the group refused to the Cambodian captain and sev- but remained defiant to the with Malaysia. lay down their arms Malaysian eral members of the crew were end, his wife, Fatima Kiram Her husband had been security forces moved against among those named so far. said. undergoing twice-weekly dialy- them, resulting in deadly The airline has revised the pas- “The sultan died a poor but sis sessions for kidney disease clashes that left dozens dead senger list to show that a Canadian honourable man,” she said, add- before his death. and sent the invaders fleeing. citizen was also on board when the ing that his fight to reclaim Reacting to the death, AFP plane went down. AFP PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Afghan special forces commander defects with guns to insurgents

KUNAR, Afghanistan: An the Eid Al Adha holiday, is the Zubair Sediqi, a spokesman for taking the total number this year bring back all equipment,” Jalala say the measures have further Afghan army special forces first special forces commander to Hezb-e-Islami, confirmed that to 10, according to a Reuters said. eroded the trust painstakingly commander has defected to switch sides, joining the Hezb-e- Khan had joined the group, say- tally. Kunar, like other provinces A record number of insider nurtured between the allies over an insurgent group allied with Islami organisation. ing he had brought 15 guns and along the border with Pakistan, attacks — accounting for about more than 12 years of war. the Taliban in a Humvee truck “He sent some of his com- high-tech equipment. is among the more insecure and one in every five coalition combat All entrants to the Afghan packed with his team’s guns rades on leave and paid others The Nato-led coalition is volatile parts of Afghanistan. deaths — last year prompted the National Security Force have to and high-tech equipment, offi- to go out sightseeing, and then grappling with a rise in “insider Local security forces have coalition to briefly suspend all pass an eight step vetting proc- cials in the eastern Kunar escaped with up to 30 guns, attacks” by Afghan soldiers who started a manhunt for the com- joint activities and take steps to ess, which includes providing province said yesterday. night-vision goggles, binoculars turn on their allies, undermining mander and tribal elders have curb interaction between foreign identification cards, letters of Monsif Khan, who raided the and a Humvee,” said Shuja Ul trust and efficiency. promised to help. and Afghan troops. recommendation by village or supplies of his 20-man team in Mulkh Jalala, the governor of It has reported four lethal “We are trying our best to use That has cut down the number district elders and undergoing Kunar’s capital Asadabad over Kunar. incidents over the past month elders’ influence in that area to of incidents, but some soldiers tests. REUTERS

Master’s for Malala Poll body unable to carry out court orders Committees on local govt polls to meet in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: The Election local government elections would dissimilarities. The official said Commission of Pakistan (ECP) also meet in Islamabad for three the ECP had been writing to prov- is unable to comply with the days starting from tomorrow and inces since the passage of the 18th Supreme Court of Pakistan’s submit their reports to the ECP Amendment of the Constitution directive requiring the com- by October 30. in 2010, asking them to frame mission to announce the date “We can say that a clear picture local government laws and go for for local government elections as to when holding of local govern- delimitation. in all four provinces of the ment elections will be possible will The official said governments in country and the federal capital emerge by the end of this month,” Punjab and Sindh provinces could Islamabad today. the official said. rightly be blamed for slackness as “We can do it only after the At the last meeting, held on the provinces were ruled by same provinces carry out the delimita- October 3, the provinces had parties which were in power tion [of electoral constituencies] assured ECP that they would before the 2013 general elections. exercise and publish it in the complete the prerequisites for It would be unfair to hold gazette,” an ECP official said over holding of polls by the end of next governments in the Khyber the weekend. month. Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan He pointed out that Khyber He said once the provinces provinces responsible for any Pakhtunkhwa province and would propose dates for LG polls, delay because political parties Islamabad have not yet framed the ECP would have to see if it ruling these provinces had been local government laws, an exercise was administratively possible and in power only for around four to precede fresh delimitation, add- accordingly adjust the dates. months, he added. ing that an important meeting of He said provinces wanted hold- The official pointed out that the the ECP would be held tomorrow ing of local government polls on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to discuss the progress made by old census blocks while the elec- was very serious about holding of the provinces. toral rolls had been prepared in early local government elections. All provincial chief secretar- line with the new census blocks. He said other arrangements, Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban after campaigning for girls’ education, stands next to ies, the chief commissioner of The official said various other including printing of ballot papers, British former prime minister Gordon Brown as she receives an honorary master’s degree from the University Islamabad and the chairman technical aspects were required deployment of security staff, of Edinburgh during the first Global Citizenship Commission meeting at the university in Scotland on Saturday. of the National Database and to be thoroughly deliberated upon. appointment of election tribunals Registration Authority The implications of holding and appellate tribunals, voters’ (Nadra) will attend the meet- non-party based election are sup- awareness campaign, establish- ing. Acting Chief Election posed to be examined. He said dif- ment of polling stations were Commissioner Justice Tassaduq ferent kinds of nomination papers among the multiple tasks required Swat girl proves mettle in English poetry Jilani will be in chair. had been prepared by provinces to be carefully looked into to avert Committees formed to discuss and their criteria for qualifica- a fiasco in unnecessary haste. SWAT: Zari Layaq, a young Zari Layaq to express herself in while some are destined to suf- different aspects of the coming tion and disqualification had INTERNEWS student of English literature poetry. Currently, she is doing fer the ‘grand customs‘ in their hailing from Madyan, district her Masters in English literature infancy. Swat, now famous for Malala from the English Department, In another short poem titled Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl University of Peshawar. The hidden fire Zari portrays the ‘Peace Concert’ in Kabul who stood up to the Taliban Spreading over 110 pages, the unfulfilled dreams of a Pashtun defending the right of girls to book contains over 80 beauti- girl: education, has brought out her ful long and short poems mostly “Constructing without hands first collection of English poetry images of natural beauty that She is confident I can see titled ‘The invisibles‘. are reflective of the young poet‘s I can see She is the only daughter of flight of imagination. In her eyes noted Pashto poet Layagzada Some of these poems are The light of fire Layaq, who is author of several emblems of a sad commentary on That glows With blow of books. social injustices while a few others dreams” She is the first-ever Pakhtun are focusing on bizarre images of This is, however, a positive Swati girl to have penned down our brutal society. image of Pakhtun women that poetry in English. In a brief rhymed poem cap- they are confident to realise their Drawing inspiration from her tioned Webbing minds the poet dreams owing to strength of their poet father at a very tender age says: willpower and determination. Zari Layaq used to participate “They weaved around The poet wants to say that in poetry recital competitions in Her infant mind despite odds in the form of social school and study books carrying The deadly web barriers a Pakhtun woman can fairy tales. Of customs grand...” rise from the ashes because she She used to get fascinated by It visibly and clearly shows has now the enlightenment and the scenic beauty of her native the stifling situation in which awareness necessary for voicing village. Pakhtun women are living under her problems. The crystal water rills, green the garb of so-called traditions. She can realise her dreams and meadows and the snow-capped Most Pakhtun girls are tied into can face the modern day chal- mountains all pave d way for wedlock even before their births lenges. INTERNEWS

Tajik female singer Farida performs during a ‘Peace Concert’ in Babur Garden in Kabul on Saturday night. These shows were banned under the Taliban’s strict Shariah law while they were in power between 1996 and 2001.

Gunmen kill 4 police officers in Peshawar Rural schools to go solar ISLAMABAD: More than 100 schools in Pakistani federal capi- PESHAWAR: Gunmen in a tal Islamabad’s rural areas will be going solar in a bid to conserve car shot dead four policemen at electricity. a checkpoint in a restive north- The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration is collaborat- western Pakistani city yester- ing with oil companies doing exploratory work in and around Islamabad day, officials said. and has initiated a project to install solar systems in rural schools, said The shooting took place in Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Amir Ali Ahmed. Peshawar, capital of Khyber The initiative was taken following a recent judgment by the Supreme Pakhtunkhwa province, where Court in which oil and gas companies were directed to spend 10 percent Taliban militants are active. of royalties on areas where reserves are being explored, said Ahmed. “At least four policemen The ICT administration will work with two companies explor- embraced martyrdom after ing oil reserves in the city’s outskirts - the state-run Oil and Gas unknown gunmen in a car fired Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and MOL, a Hungarian oil at them when asked to stop for and gas company. checking,” senior police official An ICT official said the 10 per cent royalty will be spent on schools Mohammed Ismail said. in the rural areas as they are often the most neglected and more so Nobody immediately claimed because that is the area where the exploration is taking place. responsibility, but Taliban mili- “The basic objective is to save energy and to educate students and tants, who have been waging a teachers about the usefulness of solar power,” Ahmed said yesterday. bloody insurgency against the He further said the biggest advantage of the project is to curtail state, routinely target police and electricity costs in schools by powering fans and lights through solar security forces. energy. A recent wave of bombings in Ahmed stated that the administration held meetings with officials of Peshawar has killed more than OGDCL and MOL in the first week of October and finalised the project. 140 people. AFP INTERNEWS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 INDIA 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Delhi assessing Pakistan’s truce India, Russia close to N-deal offer: Official Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives in Moscow MOSCOW: India said yester- day it would assess the situation MOSCOW: India and Russia nuclear liability laws, according to country have to be settled through arising out of a sharp increase in are “very close” to clinching a which the onus falls on the sup- a political process, the source ceasefire violations by Pakistan commercial deal on the third plier in case of an accident. added. Around 100,000 people on the border in Jammu and and fourth reactors for the “It is only for the lawyers to have been killed in the ongoing Kashmir as it develops and Kudankulam nuclear power say yes, it is in the last stage,” the civil war in Syria where rebels leave it for the time being to the plant in Tamil Nadu with only source added. To a question on the are seeking to overthrow the gov- two directors general of mili- the legal vetting of the deal liability clause, the source said it ernment of President Bashar al tary operations who have been left to be done, said informed was because of that aspect that Assad and hundreds of thousands tasked to restore peace. sources yesterday. the agreement is being vetted by have fled the country. “The DGMOs are in touch and As Prime Minister Manmohan lawyers from both sides. On Afghanistan, both sides are they have spoken to each other.. Singh arrived in Moscow on the “Everything has been settled, very concerned about any return It is for them to find a way, they first leg of his visit to Russia and all that is done.” to radicalism and extremism and have been tasked to do this,” an China, informed sources, however, Energy cooperation is set to both sides have cooperated to pre- informed source said as Indian said the commercial agreement form a major component of the vent this earlier too, the source Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the third and fourth nuclear talks between Prime Minister said. Both share a “lot of funda- arrived in Moscow for an official reactors would not be inked dur- Manmohan Singh and President mental commonality” on issues visit. ing the current visit. Vladmir Putin Monday when the concerning Afghanistan. India has The source said that the “We are very close to an agree- two meet for the annual India- done a fair amount in terms of eco- DGMOs, who speak on the hotline ment, we have settled most of the Russia Summit. nomic support to Afghanistan. On installed between the two capitals issues ... it is with the lawyers of With Russia known to have one the security situation, especially every Tuesday, have spoken but both sides at present ... In any of the world’s largest hydrocarbon with the international forces set not met as yet. case, it won’t be signed in Moscow reserves, India would be seeking to drawdown in 2014, both have During the September 29 during the prime minister’s visit,” to go in for exploration in oil and the principle of “no boots on the New York meeting between the source said. gas, especially in the Arctic region ground” though India does train Manmohan Singh and his Russia has set up two 1,000 MW and the Far East of Russia. But Afghanistan police and military. Pakistani counterpart Nawaz nuclear reactors in Tirunelveli no agreements are expected to Boosting trade, especially in Sharif, both sides had agreed to district of Tamil Nadu of which be signed on the issue during the pharmaceuticals, would also be have their DGMOs meet regu- the first is set to produce elec- visit, a source said. an issue in the talks. Commerce larly in order to maintain peace tricity in a few months and the Manmohan Singh and Putin Minister Anand Sharma had been on the Line of Control. second one is slated to attain crit- would also discuss international to Russia thrice this year. Trade icality in six months’ time. issues, especially Syria and between India and Russia stands With regard to the third and Afghanistan. Both sides have a at just $11bn, a far cry from what Four Indian women in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviews Russian guard of honour during fourth reactors, Moscow had similar approach On Syria — that it is with the US and China. an official welcome ceremony on his arrival in Moscow, yesterday. voiced concern about India’s civil the issues in the violence-wracked IANS Fortune’s Power 50 WASHINGTON: Four Indians led by ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar figure among Fortune magazine’s list of world’s top 50 women business leaders, while SC panel to probe harassment complaints on premises India-born PepsiCo chief Indra Nooyi is ranked second in a sep- arate US list. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Sexual Harassment of Women include any female who is already The gazette notification says precincts”, the notification says, Kochhar has been ranked Court has set up a commit- at the Supreme Court of India governed by the Supreme Court that “it is necessary to provide means the “whole premises of fourth, followed by National tee to look into complaints of (Prevention, Prohibition, and service regulations”. The com- for gender sensitisation in work- the Supreme Court including Stock Exchange (NSE) chief sexual harassment within its Redressal) Regulations, 2013. mittee, to be set up by the Chief ing environment and protection the court block, open grounds, Chitra Ramkrishna at 17th, Axis precincts. The notification says that the Justice of India, would have mini- against sexual harassment of parking, old and new chamber Bank’s Shikha Sharma at 32nd The decks were cleared for “aggrieved woman” would mean mum of seven and maximum of 13 women at the Supreme Court blocks, libraries, canteens, bar and HSBC’s Naina Lal Kidwai at the formation of the Gender “any female, of any age, whether members. It will have one or two precincts and for the prevention (association) rooms, and health 42nd place among the Indians on Sensitisation and Internal employed or not, who claims to apex court judges as members and and redressal of complaints of centres and/or any other part of the international list. Complaints Committee after have been subjected to any act a majority of its members would sexual harassment and for mat- the premises under the control Kochhar, managing director the government issued the of sexual harassment by any be women. ters connected therewith or inci- of the Hon’ble Chief Justice of and CEO of India’s largest pri- relevant notification, enforc- person in the Supreme Court One of the two judges would dental thereto”. India”. vate sector bank, has moved up ing Gender Sensitisation and of India precincts, but does not head the committee. “Supreme Court of India IANS one position from her fifth posi- tion on the 2012 list, while NSE’s Ramkrishna has made it to the list for the first time. 10 northeast parties form Coal scam status joint forum ahead of polls report tomorrow NEW DELHI: The CBI is GUWAHATI: Ahead of next Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the likely to submit in the apex year’s Lok Sabha polls, 10 United Democratic Party (UPD) court tomorrow its status regional political parties in the of Meghalaya and many others. report in the alleged coal block northeast yesterday decided to “Assam is the mother state of allocation case, including the get together on one platform. all the northeastern states. New recent first information report Nagaland Chief Minister Delhi and mainland India know (FIR) against a top industri- Neiphu Rio announced the forma- northeast as one entity so there is alist and former bureaucrat, tion of the North East Regional the need to present the region as said informed sources here Political Front (NERPF) after a single entity and hence the plat- yesterday. day-long meeting here. form,” Rio said. “The agency will file the “The NERPF is a joint political He said that the coming Lok progress details of all the 14 platform of all the regional politi- Sabha poll is their first target. FIRs in which Aditya Birla Group cal parties of northeast to jointly “This front is a political front chairman Kumar Mangalam pursue the regional agenda,” said where there will be federation of Birla, Hindalco and former coal Rio, who will be its chief convenor. regional parties. Already we have secretary P C Parakh have been The NERPF includes Rio’s 10 regional parties in our fold and named,” said Central Bureau of Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF), talks are on with other regional Investigation (CBI) sources. Assam’s main regional party parties,” he added. IANS IANS New Delhi hospitals overflow with hidden dengue epidemic

NEW DELHI: Factory worker Mohammad Awwal is gripped by fever, sweats and the sort of agonising aches that mean his condition is sometimes called “breakbone disease”. It’s an annual plague in India and a hidden epidemic, say experts. Dengue fever is a mosquito- borne disease with no known cure or vaccination that strikes fear into the citizens of New Delhi when it arrives with the monsoon rains — just as the scorching heat of the summer is subsiding. Hospital wards are over- whelmed and tales abound of deaths and cases while New Delhi A health worker fumigates against mosquitoes at a neighbourhood in Delhi. public authorities insist that only 3,500 have fallen sick so far this increased resources for spraying the World Health Organisation. year — with only five fatalities. insecticides to tackle the mosquito Transmitted to humans by the In a sign that this year’s menace. “It’s nothing to worry female Aedes aegypti mosquito, outbreak could be as bad as about, there is no crisis,” Charan it causes high fever, headaches, record-breaking 2010, the city’s Singh, additional director of Delhi itching and joint pains that last largest public hospital, Hindu health services said, dismissing about a week. There are four Rao, announced earlier this allegations that the city of 17 mil- strains, one of which can cause month that it had suspended all lion under-reports the problem. fatal internal bleeding. In India, routine surgeries to make room The virus — first detected in cases have increased sharply over for more dengue patients. the 1950s in the Philippines and the last five years — there have The Delhi government has Thailand —affects two million peo- been 38,000 so far in 2013 — but blamed prolonged monsoons for ple across the globe annually, with doctors say these numbers only the hike in infections, but says it the number of cases up 30 times capture part of the problem. has added beds at hospitals and in the last 50 years, according to AFP

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PRAYER TIME Mata Hari News in Numbers BUSINESS 11 birthplace OptimismCHART: Index 1 3 Fajr (Dawn) 4:18 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:34 gutted by fire Zuhr (Noon) 11:19 THE HAGUE: A fire in the Asr (Afternoon) 2:36 Netherlands has gutted the birthplace of exotic dancer and Maghrib (Sunset) 5:04 World War I spy Mata Hari, Isha (Night) 6:34 Dutch media said yesterday. One man reportedly died in the blaze that broke out Saturday evening in the Frisian city of WEATHER Leeuwarden, about 140km north of Amsterdam. It destroyed several buildings, Today Tuesday Weather Wednesday Conditions: including the one where Mata Clear Clear Clear Hari was born as Margaretha Slight dust to Geertruida Zelle on August 7, dust. 1876, the daughter of a local Non-hydrocarbon Sector 3 shopkeeper, NOS public televi- High: 36° High: 31° High: 31° sion said. Low: 27° Low: 24° Low: 23° Zelle travelled to Paris in 1903 The BOI for the New Orders parameter where sh became famous across Europe for her exotic eastern remains steady at 56 points in the current dances and liaisons with various DOHA - SUN & SEA men while moving in high society. quarter. 62pc of the sector respondents Her stage name became syn- SUN TIDE SEA onymous with the archetypical expect an increase in their order book SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND femme fatale. Mata Hari was arrested and 14-22/28 KT status, 32pc foresee no change, while the 05:34 17:04 06:15 & 17:45 13:00 & 23:45 executed by firing squad in October 1917, aged 41, after being THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW accused of being a German spy remaining 6pc expect a decline in Q2 2013. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER during the First World War. Several movies were made about her life and her charac- MUSCAT 36/27 Partly cloudy 34/26 Clear New Orders ter was played by various star KUWAIT 31/19 Clear 31/19 Clear actresses including Greta Garbo, BAHRAIN 34/19 Clear 32/19 Clear Zsa Zsa Gabor and Sylvia Kristel, 80 76 SANAA 24/11 Partly cloudy 24/10 Partly cloudy who was also Dutch. 72 RIYADH 35/20 Clear 33/19 Clear Kristel, who died aged 60 last 70 DUBAI 35/27 Clear 33/27 Clear year, became famous in her own 63 59 BAGHDAD 29/16 Clear 30/15 Clear right for her role in the 1974 60 56 56 French movie Emmanuelle, one TODAY TOMORROW 49 50 50 50 THE WORLD of the first-ever soft focus erotic 50 48 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER movies to be shown in main- 40 39 40 stream cinema. 40 37 ATHENS 22/16 Partly cloudy 24/17 Clear In all eleven homes and five 33 33 WASHINGTON 19/11 Clear 19/15 Partly cloudy shops were consumed by flames, 30 including the hair salon that now 24 SYDNEY 30/17 Chance of storm 35/16 Chance of storm occupies the place of Mata Hari's 19 LONDON 15/13 Chance of rain 17/13 Chance of rain 20 18 birth, before they were brought PARIS 22/16 Partly cloudy 23/15 Chance of rain under control early Sunday morn- ISTANBUL 17/13 Clear 19/10 Clear ing, NOS public television said. 10 MANILA 32/24 Mostly cloudy 31/24 Chance of storm It showed firefighters battling DHAKA 30/23 T-storm 27/22 Chance of storm the flames and a huge plume of 0

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Q4-2012 Q2-2012 ISLAMABAD 29/16 Partly cloudy 29/15 Partly cloudy AFP Q1-2013 Source : https://www.qfc.com.qa/ Kenya’s elephants get new lease of life from drones JOHANNESBURG: Standing Mara National Reserve, where semi- 15 elephants so they can be tracked Please don’t in his flatbed truck, Marc Goss nomadic tribesmen known as the on a computer using Google Earth. touches “take off” on his iPad 3, and Maasai herd their cows. On a warm That way the animals — who have vote for me, a $300 AR Drone whirs into the morning he was in the hills above the names such as Fred, Hugo, Polaris air. It’s his latest weapon to fight village of Aitong. Fifty metres away and Madde, after Goss’ wife — can be US mayor elephant poachers around Kenya’s was the body of an elephant, minus followed to see if they’ve strayed into Maasai Mara National Reserve. her tusks, surrounded by 10 grieving areas at risk of poaching or human tells residents “It’s an arms race,” said Goss, family members. conflict. Halsey Parkerson stands in front of some of the 50 cars that showed up whose green khaki clothing shields Poachers had speared the pachy- Goss hopes to buy 10 more drones to his anti-bullying rally. PORT MATILDA: A him from thorny acacia branches in derm in her back. The carcass was and to modify them by adding a small-town mayor in the 30,000 hectares of savanna he the third found in four days, an unu- mechanism that releases capsaicin, central Pennsylvania protects. “We’re seeing larger num- sually high number, Goss said. The the active component in chili pepper, has an unusual cam- bers of poachers.” ivory would be worth more than when elephants stray near dangerous Bully says sorry after paign message: Don’t Besides the almost 2 foot-long $8,000 in Asia. areas. Paint balls loaded with chili vote for me. drone, Goss and other conserva- “It’s pretty grim,” Goss said. “It’s pepper are being used in Zambia’s Bob Wiser (pic- tionists use night-vision goggles and an elephant without a face. It’ll be lower Zambezi region to deter ele- tured above) is run- Google Earth to halt the decline of eaten by hyenas now.” phants from high-risk zones. 100 Facebook friends ning unopposed for a Kenya’s wildlife, which helps attract Goss, 28, a Kenyan, initially “Drones are basically the future of second term as mayor $1bn a year in tourism. With elephant thought the drones would help conservation. A drone can do what 50 of Port Matilda, a com- ivory sold for as much as $1,000 a kil- mainly by providing aerial footage rangers can do,” said James Hardy, a rally to defend student munity near Penn State ogramme in Hong Kong, Kenya faces and tracking poachers armed with fourth-generation Kenyan and man- University. its most serious poaching threat in rifles, as well as the Maasai, who ager of the Mara North Conservancy. WASHINGTON: A high-school bully decided to apologise after But the 70-year- almost a quarter of a century, accord- sometimes kill elephants when they “It’s going to reach a point where 100 Facebook users showed up to rally behind a boy he had accused old resident recently ing to the United Nations. interfere with cattle grazing. He soon drones are on the forefront of poach- of having no friends. decided he’d rather At least 232 elephants have been discovered the drones could help by ing. At nighttime we could use it to South Salem High School Junior Halsey Parkerson got a huge sur- leave the post. Yet he killed this year through September frightening the elephants, keeping pick up heat signatures of poachers, prise on Friday, when more than 50 cars showed up at his school to missed the August 30, adding to 384 last year, from a them out of harm’s way. maybe a dead elephant if we’re quick help him stand up to a local bully. deadline for taking his population of 40,000. Demand for “We realised very quickly that the enough.” KATU reports that on Thursday, Parkerson’s aunt had stopped by name off the ballot. illicit ivory from expanding econo- elephants hated the sound of them,” Poaching blights much of the his school to have lunch with him. That’s when a bully began taunt- Wiser tells the Centre mies such as China and Thailand has Goss said. “I’m assuming that they African continent. In South Africa, ing Parkerson and saying it didn’t matter because he “didn’t have any Daily Times that he’s doubled since 2007, according to the think it’s a swarm of bees.” home to 90 percent of the world’s rhi- friends.” asking voters to write UN Environment Programme. Goss’ team have put collars with nos, at least two a day are killed for Parkerson told his aunt that it happened “all the time.” In response, in a qualified alterna- Goss’ patch borders the Maasai global positioning system devices on their horns, which sell more for than she reached out to an online car club she belongs to on Facebook and tive candidate. gold by weight in China and Vietnam. asked people to show up to the school for lunch on Friday. Wiser says he’s East Africa is a key battle- In response, more than 50 cars showed up, carrying at least 100 enjoyed his time in ground against the poaching of people. And KATU’s Erica Nochlin was there as well with a camera office. But he says he’s elephants, whose numbers in Africa crew in tow. “It’s just unbelievable,” Parkerson told KATU. “I now know lost interest and is tired are estimated between 419,000 and whenever I get bullied I’ll raise my head up and say, ‘Sorry, I have too of butting heads with 650,000, according to the 178-nation many friends to think I’m being bullied.’” the borough council. Convention on International Trade And the story just gets better from there. When Parkerson and his If Wiser is re-elected in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna new friends approached the unnamed bully, he offered Parkerson a on November 5, he and Flora, better known as Cites. high-five and an apology. could retire before his Elephant populations are stable in “I apologise,” the student, whose identity is being withheld, told new term starts. Should Botswana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, Parkerson. “I apologise and I take it back.” that happen, election with more than 300,000 roaming When the mass of cars first showed up at South Salem High School officials say the council southern Africa, according to the on Friday, Principal David Phelps was immediately alerted of the will appoint an interim World Wildlife Fund. unusual incident. However, once he learned why all of the visitors had mayor. AP An African elephant weighs as showed up, he decided to let the event continue. much as 6 metric tons and can be A study from the National Center for Education Statistics estimates as long as 7.5 meters (25 feet) long that a third of all students have experienced bullying in some form. An and 3.3 meters high, according to the even as awareness over school bullying has risen in recent years, the WWF. Elephants at the San Diego news continues to see tragic stories of children and teens who have Zoo eat as much as 125 pounds of food been bullied by classmates and peers. a day. Kenya is proposing stiffer pen- Since Friday, Parkerson said he has received an outpouring of sup- alties for the slaughter of elephants port. On his Facebook page, he wrote: “Thanks to everyone who was and rhinos, with fines of as much as there with me and my family thanks also to the ones who could not Marc Goss operates a drone near the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok 10 million Kenyan shillings ($117,000) make it by all you making a difference,” he wrote. “I truly mean it I’m County, Kenya. and 15-year jail terms. tearing up thanks guys for standing up with me and helping me make WP-BLOOMBERG a difference!!” AGENCIES Monday 21 October 2013 16 Dhul-Hijja 1434 Volume 18 Number 5859 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 QIB posts QR975.1m Motor show profit in 9 months Assets grow by 8.5 percent to reach QR73bn

DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank Net profit attributable to for non-performing financing (QIB) disclosed a net profit of the shareholders amounted to assets reaching 111 percent as QR975.1m for the nine months QR345m for the third quarter of September 2013. period ending September 30, of 2013 representing a growth During the current year, 2013 compared to a net profit of 2 percent over the second Fitch has affirmed the bank’s of QR1.1bn for the correspond- quarter of 2013. Total income long term issuer default rat- ing period last year. for the third quarter grew by ing (IDR) of ‘A’ with a stable The bank’s total assets 7.4 percent compared to the sec- outlook. reached QR73bn during the ond quarter of 2013 and reached Similarly Standard & Poor’s first nine months of 2013, QR2.31bn for the nine months rating services have also main- up 8.5 percent compared to ending September 2013. tained QIB’s counterparty Visitors walk near Audi vehicles at the Johannesburg International Motor Show. The show runs until October 27. the same period in 2012. The credit rating at “A-“ with a bank’s financing activities have SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY stable outlook which reflects strongly rebounded in the third Total shareholders’ equity the strong position in Qatar’s quarter to reach QR43.4bn with of the bank reached QR11.5bn rapidly expanding Islamic UDC profit at QR505.8m a 4.9 percent growth compared by the end of the third quarter banking market, favourable UDC to sign QR854m loan to June 2013 and 13.7 percent 2013, helping it to maintain its operating environment and DOHA: The United Development compared to September 2012. healthy capital adequacy ratios. strong capitalisation. Company (UDC) recorded a net profit The banks’ earnings per share QIB was able to manage the QIB’s dominant role in Islamic of QR505.8m for the first nine months pact with Masraf Al Rayan (EPS) amounted to QR4.13 for ratio of non-performing financ- banking has been recognised of 2013. This is against QR417.4m posted the period as against QR4.79 ing assets to gross financing through number of accolades for the corresponding period last year, DOHA: United Development Company (UDC) will sign a loan for the corresponding period in assets at 1.1 percent, reflect- that it has received as the Best the company revealed in its interim & facility agreement with Masraf Al Rayan for an amount not 2012 . ing the quality of the bank’s Islamic Bank in Qatar from The financial statements submitted to the exceeding a QR854m, UDC said in a Qatar Exchange filing yes- Customer deposits of the bank financing assets portfolio and Banker, Islamic Finance News Qatar Exchange yesterday. terday. The financing is in connection with the construction of have moved up to QR45.6bn reg- its effective risk management (IFN), Euromoney, The Asset UDC’s earnings per share (EPS) Towers 1 and 2 in Abraj Quartier on the Pearl Qatar Island. istering a strong growth of 14.1 framework. Magazine, World Finance and amounted to QR1.50 for the period ended In a separate filing to the bourse, the company disclosed that it percent compared to September The bank continued to pursue “Global Finance”, the bank said September 30, 2013 as against QR1.24 for has also decided to execute a mortgage for an amount not exceed- 2012 allowing the bank to effec- the conservative impairment in a statement yesterday. the same period in 2012. ing QR1.1bn to finance a project of “Medina Central Company”, a tively fund its asset growth. policy with the coverage ratio THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA fully-owned company by the UDC. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 BUSINESS 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Qatar bourse index adds 28.37 points Most Gulf markets rise

DOHA: Qatar Exchange ended Reserve would extend its stimulus in the green yesterday adding policy well into 2014, while accel- 28.37 points or 0.19 percent to erated growth in China’s economy 9,751.89 points from the previ- also lifted equity and commodity ous closing of 9,723.52. Among markets. A last-minute deal by the top gainers were Industries US lawmakers last week to avert Qatar which was up 0.59 percent a debt default has also improved Officials posing for a group picture. to QR 153, United Development the mood. Company gained 1 percent to “We were closed for the week QR22.32, Islamic Insurance during which the US resolved its Qatari banks host reception at IMF, WB meetings gained 1.05 percent to QR57.80 debt ceiling issue, at least tempo- and Ooredoo was up by 2.54 rarily, and the government reo- percent to QR141.50. pened. We’re playing catch-up to DOHA: A group of Qatari banks Centre (QFC), ahlibank, alkhaliji, financial institutions, and the dip- The boards of governors of the Saudi Arabia’s petrochemical the spike in major markets,” said hosted a reception at The Four Barwa Bank, Commercialbank, lomatic missions to Washington. World Bank Group and IMF hold shares led a bourse rally as earn- Sanyalaksna Manibhandu, senior Seasons Hotel in Washington Doha Bank, International Bank The Qatari banks’ reception their annual meetings to discuss a ings boosted sentiment, while analyst at NBAD Securities. on October 12, 2013 in con- of Qatar, International Islamic, is held every year during the range of issues including poverty most regional markets also rose Expectations of Dubai winning junction with the International Qatar Islamic Bank and QNB. IMF and the World Bank Group reduction, international economic as they resumed trading after a the bid to host the World Expo Monetary Fund and the World The event welcomed prominent annual meetings to help promote development and finance. These week-long holiday and reacted 2020 are also supporting local Bank Group annual meetings. bankers and key global policy mak- Qatar and its robust financial annual meetings provide a forum positively to the US averting a sentiment. A win would spur The Qatari delegation at the ers, with attendees including chair- sector while building long-term for international cooperation and debt default. faster infrastructure develop- reception was headed by H E persons and members of the boards relationships with industry lead- enable the World Bank and IMF Shares in Saudi Kayan ment and some optimism has Ali Sherif Al Emadi, Minister and management of GCC, Middle ers around the world. to better serve their member Petrochemical surged 9.6 per- already been priced into equity of Finance, and H E Sheikh East and international banks, as It provides an opportunity for countries. cent to a nine-month high after and property markets. The win- Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani, the well as senior officials representing multilateral economic discussions The seminars to be held during it swung to a third-quarter profit. ner is expected to be announced Governor of Qatar Central Bank. regulatory authorities from various and exchange of ideas between offi- the meetings are expected to pro- The company made a profit of on November 27. The delegation included Qatar’s countries of the world. cials representing the Qatari, GCC vide a platform for global policy SR43.3m ($11.55m), compared to Abu Dhabi’s benchmark slipped Ministry of Finance, Qatar The event also hosted guests and international banks and policy discussions and coordination. a net loss of SR178.4m in the same 0.3 percent after hitting an intra- Central Bank, Qatar Financial representing governments, makers that attend the function. THE PENINSULA period last year, according to a day two-month high as some bourse statement. booked profits. The market is up Parent firm Saudi Basic 45.6 percent in 2013. Elsewhere, Industries Corp jumped 5.4 per- Kuwait’s index rose 1.8 percent cent, helping lift the sector’s index and Oman added 0.5 percent. by 5 percent to a 17-month high. In Egypt, the benchmark index Nestle sales rise Inmarsat showcases innovations at InfoComm MEA ’13 “So far the petrochemical advanced 1 percent to a 33-month DUBAI: Inmarsat, the leading Rate, a revolutionary service for for December and full global cov- results have been better than high. It is also now above the key 4pc in 9 months provider of global mobile satel- broadcasters, delivering a step- erage on course to be achieved by expected — the biggest surprise psychological level of 6,000 points. lite communications services, change in video quality for jour- the end of 2014, GX will be the is Kayan, which reported its first Shares in Orascom Telecom GENEVA: Nestle, the world’s is showcasing its latest innova- nalists and L-TAC, Inmarsat’s world’s first globally available ever profit after eight quarters Media and Technology Holding biggest food and drink com- tions at InfoComm MEA 2013 unique solution to extend the high-speed broadband network. It of operations,” said Iyad Ghulam, and Arabia Investments pany, posted a 4 percent rise in (C-25 in Zabeel Hall), dur- reach of UHF radios used by the will offer the unique combination petrochemical analyst at NCB Development jumped 3.2 and 6.7 sales for the first nine months of ing Gitex Technology Week, world’s militaries. of global coverage from a single Capital. “It’s mainly from efficien- percent respectively. 2013, mainly thanks to demand under way at the Dubai World Additionally, Inmarsat will be operator, consistent higher per- cies — they’ve managed to reduce from emerging markets. Trade Centre. The event ends offering an update on its game- formance of up to 50Mbps, and cost of operations.” HIGHLIGHTS The maker of Nescafe, Jenny on October 24. The innova- changing Global Xpress service. the network reliability for which The Saudi index rose 1.9 per- SAUDI ARABIA: The index Craig and Haagen-Dazs said it tions include BGAN High Data With the first launch on schedule Inmarsat is renowned. cent to a two-month high, break- climbed 1.9 percent to 8,133 points. had sales of 68.4bn Swiss francs ing out of a sideways trend. DUBAI: The index rose 2.8 per- ($74.5bn) through September, up Shares in Al Rajhi Bank dropped cent to 2,910 points. from a restated 65.7bn Swiss francs 1.9 percent after it reported that ABU DHABI: The index slipped during the same period in 2012. its third-quarter net profit fell 8.1 0.3 percent to 3,830 points. “Our real internal growth has percent year-on-year. EGYPT: The index rose 1.0 per- regained momentum and is broad- In Dubai, the measure rose 2.8 cent to 6,049 points. based across categories, price percent to its highest level since OMAN: The index gained 0.5 points and geographies. Most nota- November 2008 on renewed buy- percent to 6,705 points. bly, Europe continues to grow and ing by retail investors supported KUWAIT: The index advanced Asia and Africa have picked up by a positive global backdrop. 1.8 percent to 7,906 points. speed,” Chief Executive Paul Bulcke Global stock markets climbed BAHRAIN: The index climbed said. The company said it expects to five-year highs on Friday as 0.8 percent to 1,204 points. sales to grow around 5 percent for investors bet the US Federal QNA/REUTERS the full year. AP MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 BUSINESS 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Five-star hotel Gulf Bank CEO Tunisia committed to Accad resigns DUBAI: Michel Accad, the chief executive of Kuwait’s Gulf Bank, has resigned from his reform, says premier post for personal reasons, the lender said in a bourse state- ment yesterday. Accad’s res- ignation will be effective on Uncertainty over economic policies of next government January 2, 2014 and a replace- ment will be appointed soon, the TUNIS: Political unrest has reforms, especially cuts to state including a 5 percent cut in public statement said. Accad joined hurt Tunisia’s growth outlook subsidies, which the International spending and a freeze on public Gulf Bank in 2009 and was but it will stay committed to Monetary Fund and many pri- sector wages in 2014. instrumental in steering the cutting the state budget deficit vate economists say are needed The industry ministry has said lender out of its worst finan- next year, while relying on for- to strengthen the economy. subsidy payments to energy- cial difficulties. Gulf Bank was eign aid to fill a large external Also, since the shape of the intensive companies will be abol- rescued by the Kuwaiti central financing gap, Prime Minister next government is not yet clear, ished in 2014. Other plans for next bank in 2008, after about 260m Ali Larayedh said. there is no guarantee that it will year include the imposition of a dinars ($921.6m) of derivatives After two murders of left-wing have the political will to push 10 percent tax on exporting com- losses. Its troubles prompted politicians triggered street pro- reforms. But the prime minister panies, which have been exempt the government to guarantee tests, Tunisia this year slid into said he believed there was now from taxes, the government has all deposits in local banks to its worst political crisis. Under a enough understanding of the need said. This marks a major shift restore confidence. The bank, deal between Larayedh’s moder- for reform among Tunisian poli- from Ben Ali’s heavily export- the country’s fourth-largest ate Islamist Ennahda party and ticians across the spectrum for focused economic model. lender, had reported a 17 per- the opposition, the government reform to continue under future Such steps will allow the gov- cent rise in second-quarter net has agreed to resign to make way governments. ernment to bring next year’s profit to 6.3m dinars ($22.1m). within three weeks for a non-par- “Investment law reforms, fis- budget deficit to below its previ- tisan administration that would cal and subsidies reforms must ous forecast of 6.5 percent of GDP, PetroRabigh shuts rule until elections next year. continue in Tunisia in the next Larayedh said. “Reforms will bear The political instability, as well period,” said Larayedh, 58, who fruit by the end of next year and in ethane cracker as Europe’s economic crisis, mean was appointed in March and is a 2015...That will enable us to control KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia’s growth in Tunisia’s gross domestic leading figure in Ennahda. “The the deficit to 6 percent next year.” PetroRabigh shut its ethane product is now expected to slow to next government will continue The government has projected a cracker last week because of 3.0 percent in 2013, Larayedh said reforms because without reforms deficit of 7.4 percent for this year. a leak from water pipelines in an interview at the Reuters we cannot achieve the goals of the In addition to the state budget linked to the unit, the company Middle East Investment Summit. Tunisian revolution and achieve deficit, Tunisia is grappling with an said yesterday. The company, a His statement marked the high growth and provide jobs.” external financing gap because of joint venture between national third time this year that the a large trade deficit. This contrib- oil giant Saudi Aramco and government cut its growth fore- DEFICIT uted to the decision by Standard Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical, cast; early this year it predicted Extra government spending on & Poor’s in August to cut its long- said the leak occurred on Oct. 4.5 percent and most recently, 3.6 salaries will amount to 1bn dinars term foreign and local currency 16 and that it shut the unit percent. Last year GDP expanded ($610m) in 2013, officials said last sovereign credit ratings for Tunisia as a precautionary measure 3.6 percent, too slowly to begin month, while annual state spend- to B from BB-, with the outlook for to prevent damage. The unit, solving the problems of unemploy- ing on subsidies has soared to them remaining negative. which has an annual production ment and poverty which fuelled 5.5bn dinars this year from 1.5bn Foreign exchange reserves slid capacity of 1.3 million tonnes the 2011 uprisings in Tunisia and dinars in 2010. to the equivalent of just 94 days of ethylene, will be back online other Arab states. Under pressure from its inter- of imports in June, though they within three days, the company Slow growth is making it more national lenders, the government have since rebounded modestly said. PetroRabigh estimated the politically painful for Tunisia said this month that it was mov- and, Larayedh said, are now at The five-star hotel Yyldyz built by French Bouygues group rises in the financial loss due to the outage to push through the economic ing ahead with austerity measures 104 days. REUTERS Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat. at SR81m ($22m). AGENCIES Oil companies step up exploration in Morocco’s waters

LONDON: Oil companies are stepping Damon Neaves, managing director of Energy this week to take a share in three “North Africa and particularly Libya in regions that were formerly overlooked. up exploration in Morocco, attracted Australia’s Pura Vida Energy, said 10 offshore blocks. Drilling will begin next and Algeria are looking less appealing Huge finds deep under the seabed off by its stability relative to other parts exploration wells would be drilled off year. Britain’s Cairn Energy said that than they have done for five years,” Geoff Brazil’s coastline have raised hopes that of North Africa and encouraged by Morocco in the next 12 to 18 months, it would shortly begin drilling off the Porter, founder of North Africa Risk similar hydrocarbon formations lie unex- advances in geology and technology compared with only nine since 1990, Moroccan coast. They follow Chevron, Consulting, said. “Conversely, Morocco ploited off the African coast. Early finds that indicate its potential for reserves according to analysts’ estimates. the second-largest US oil company, which is a quiet hive of activity.” offshore countries including Ghana and offshore. “That represents an investment of said in January it had taken up three off- Pura Vida this year found a partner Angola have further piqued the interest Independent explorers have snapped $500m to $1bn, and that is a big show shore blocks. for its Mazagan block. Drilling is to of majors with deep-water experience. up rights to explore offshore blocks over of confidence from the industry,” Neaves By contrast, some oil firms have begin next year on the Toubkal field, “We look at the Atlantic margin as the past 18 months, and they are now said. “It is still a frontier region and is recently turned away from Libya due to which it hopes could hold over 1 billion a whole,” BP spokesman Robert Wine making way for big players seeking acre- underexplored compared to other parts disappointing finds and supply disrup- barrels of oil. said. Oil companies also are encouraged age in a nation once dismissed as the of the world.” tions and from Algeria, where security Excitement over Morocco has grown as by Morocco’s relatively attractive fiscal energy-poor neighbour of Opec members BP is the latest oil major to enter concerns have mounted since an attack technology has helped firms to discover terms and its infrastructure, including Algeria and Libya. Morocco, announcing a deal with Kosmos on a gas plant this year killed 40 workers. new oil and gas fields over the past decade port and rail facilities. REUTERS

US economy ‘bruised’ by fiscal fight

WASHINGTON: The US economy has been hurt by a recent budget standoff in Washington and it is important that the nation does not go through another around of brinkmanship, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said yesterday. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” pro- gramme, Lew said he was confident the economy, which he described as resil- ient, would recover from the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. He described events leading to the shutdown, which eroded both business and consumer confidence, as a political crisis rather than an economic one. “We know that from the shutdown, there was Adoor Prakash, the Revenue Minister of the southern Indian state of Kerala, inaugurating the 101st showroom of a loss of economic activ- Malabar Gold & Diamonds at Adoor on October 12. ity,” Lew said. “We need to make sure that govern- ment does not go through Malabar Gold & Diamonds to open in Singapore another round of brink- manship. This can never DOHA: Malabar Gold & and diamonds specially designed officially launched by Suriya on happen again.” Diamonds, the leading jewellery for the festive season will also be the inauguration day. To mark A last minute deal retailer in the GCC and India, available at this showroom. the occasion, the chain has in Congress pulled the is all set to open its first out- The first outlet of Malabar unveiled more designs — Era: country from the edge of let in Singapore. The biggest Gold & Diamonds in Singapore Uncut Diamond collection, Mine: an unprecedented debt showroom of the brand so far will be inaugurated by their brand Diamonds Unlimited, Ethnix: default. It restored govern- is located in Syed Alwi Road, ambassador, Superstar Suriya hand crafted designer jewellery, ment funding through Jan. Arya Samaj Building, opposite on October 23. The group also Divine: heritage Indian jewellery, 15 and extended its bor- Mustafa Centre. announced their inaugural offer Precia: precious gem jewellery rowing authority through The showroom displays an that lasts until November 2013. and Starlet: kids jewellery to suit February 7, though the extensive collection of gold, dia- Customers can avail a free gold any budget and occasion. Treasury Department monds, silver, pearl and platinum medal with every jewellery pur- Malabar Gold & Diamonds, might be able to stave off jewellery in exquisite designs and chase of S$1,000. operates 101 retail outlets, man- a default for several weeks styles to suit the tastes of today’s To add more glitter, the jew- ufacturing facilities and supply past that point. international customers. Their eller is unveiling its “Everafter chain divisions spanning seven REUTERS latest range of jewellery in gold – Wedding Bands”. It will be countries. THE PENINSULA BUSINESS VIEWS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

US govt back in business; Wall Street: Market awaits gold back to neutral Weekly Commodity Update earnings and data flow

NEW YORK: A US data clog will begin moved away from the whole Washington BY OLE HANSEN to clear next week and payrolls figures drama for now.” (Head of Commodity will land just as more than one-quarter of About 28 percent of S&P Adding to the data question mark, the Strategy, Saxo Bank) S&P 500 companies report earnings. But 500 components will report economic headwinds stemming from the equities, at record highs, have already recent disarray in Washington have all but surpassed expectations for the year and earnings this week. The list ensured the Fed’s quantitative easing will HE US avoided being sent over the cliff by a last- could begin to drift sideways. includes Dow components not be reduced until next year. minute agreement in Washington but the half-baked The S&P 500 closed on Friday at 1,744.50, About 28 percent of S&P 500 compo- solution has only postponed and not solved the twin an all-time high, making it safe to say Caterpillar, McDonald’s, nents will report earnings this week. The budgetary and debt ceiling problems. Global stocks took the bulls are in control on Wall Street. Boeing, Microsoft, UPS, list includes Dow components Caterpillar, off nevertheless and hit a five-year high while bonds Neither the four-month rise in benchmark McDonald’s, Boeing, Microsoft, UPS, AT&T Trallied as taper expectations were further delayed. Commodities, Treasuries yields that topped in September AT&T and DuPont, among and DuPont, among others, alongside crowd meanwhile, ended in the black for a second week in a row having nor the government shutdown and near- others, alongside crowd favourites Netflix and Amazon.com. been led higher by precious metals. technical default on US debt earlier this Overall earnings growth on the S&P 500 The as yet unknown impact on the US economy of the shutdown week could derail the rally. favourites Netflix and is expected to be 2.1 percent for the third has resulted in the tapering expectations being delayed further “Investors may be feeling a bit invincible, Amazon.com. quarter, down from an estimate of 4.5 per- into 2014 and this left the dollar reeling. At one point, the USD hit having survived the rise in rates and the cent at the beginning of October and 8.5 its lowest level against the euro since February. And although the shenanigans in DC,” said Brian Jacobsen, percent in July. In terms of revenue, 53 dollar’s role as a global reserve currency will not be challenged by chief portfolio strategist at Wells Fargo 2.4 percent and the Nasdaq advanced 3.2 percent of the nearly 100 companies that this latest debacle, it may trigger some concern among investors Funds Management in Menomonee Falls, percent. have reported have beaten expectations about how to treat the greenback in the future. Wisconsin. September payrolls numbers, expected and 46.9 percent have missed. In a typical The DJ-UBS commodity index was higher for a second week in He said, however, the consequences of the two weeks ago, will be released tomorrow quarter going back to 2002, 61 percent of a row while the energy-heavy S&P GSCI was down for the first rise in interest rates and the evidence of an to start a flow of economic data delayed companies beat revenue estimates and 39 week in three. The best-performing sector was precious metals economic slowdown could take a toll, and because of the 16-day government shutdown percent missed. “It’s going to pull us back which found support from the falling dollar and bond yields. The investors could begin to cash in on a good that ended on Thursday. to earth a little bit. Earnings are important energy sector was torn between supportive Chinese growth data year as fourth-quarter outlooks dim. The September data won’t be corrupted but what I am looking at is revenue,” said and rising supply on the one hand and general uncertainty about Expectations for earnings growth in the because of the delay, but October data may Brad McMillan, chief investment officer near-term demand on the other. year’s last quarter are now at a lofty 10.3 be. The Federal Reserve has repeated that at Commonwealth Financial in Waltham, Gold managed to recover strongly from a position of weak- percent, though they are expected to fall. its decision regarding when and by how Massachusetts. “There are a couple of com- ness on the news that a deal had been reached on Capitol Hill “I’m not so concerned about the third-quar- much to reduce its $85bn a month stimulus panies that are doing well, and God bless in Washington. The metal had been trading lower within its ter earnings numbers as those are likely to is data dependent, and the trend may not them, but is that the rule or the exception?” established downtrend up until then. The rally following the deal come in without much fanfare. be reliable next month. At 14.6, the S&P’s forward price-to-earn- announcement was driven by short covering and a weaker dollar. I’m more concerned about what analysts “Professional investors are pretty well ings ratio is near its highest in four years Additional support came from the fact that the solution is tempo- do with fourth-quarter earnings numbers,” aware of the new schedule, but that may not and slightly under the long-term mean of rary and will expire in January. This has heightened expectations Jacobsen said. “I think we could have a top- be the case for retail,” said Tim Ghriskey, 14.9. The P/E multiple has risen throughout that tapering will now be further delayed as economic uncertainty ping market here.” chief investment officer at Solaris Group in the year as earnings growth has remained will persist in the interim. Positive third-quarter earnings from Bedford Hills, New York. “When we get the stagnant, and forecasts are likely to fall in The downtrend in gold has now been broken by the sharp Google and Morgan Stanley helped the S&P non-farm payrolls next Tuesday, the focus coming months. Without improved growth, recovery and this points towards some near- term consolidation, close at a record on Friday. For the week, may shift to ‘what is the Fed going to do that P/E will start to look expensive. potentially between $1,290/oz and $1,343/oz. The longer-term the Dow rose 1.1 percent, the S&P was up with its stimulus programme’ since we’ve REUTERS prospect will continue to depend on whether investment flows start to return to gold. Such flows will depend on investors’ per- ceptions of where inflation, bond yields and economic activity are heading. The longer- term projections still point towards interest rates normalising as the economic growth rate picks up. On that basis we see the near-term direction in gold as mostly sideways while any upticks in the metal from current levels will continue to be viewed as selling opportunities, which would in turn limit the upside potential. The risk to these expectations may come from an unexpected deterioration in the economic outlook in coming weeks as this could lead to indefinite quantitative easing. But unless we see a significant negative reaction in stock markets on the back of such a development, gold might not find enough support to challenge key resistance levels above $1,433/oz and $1,525/oz. Chinese growth lent some support to oil: Both crude oils trimmed their weekly losses on signs that growth in China, the world’s second largest consumer of the fuel, picked up during the third quarter. This quelled at least some of the current worries about China’s ability to sustain its growth rates — something on which oil markets are keeping a close eye as the country remains the single biggest driver for oil demand growth. WTI crude oil’s discount to Brent remains elevated as US crude inventories rose on lower demand from refineries while seasonal maintenance work is underway. Looking ahead further, the upside seems limited and we maintain a neutral to bearish short-term view on both oils with any major pickup most likely to be met by renewed selling both from hedging and speculative long liquidation. The resumption of government functions in the US should also lead to the return of a much-followed weekly report from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission which gives traders an overview of how hedge funds and other large investors are posi- tioned in the oil markets. The most recent available data dates back to September 24 and traders will be interested to see what impact the price weakness since then has had on hedge funds positioning which were relatively elevated back then. Brent crude remained stuck around $110/barrel with a down- side risk towards $105 the most likely path ahead. WTI crude continued to find support towards $100/barrel, a break through of which could signal further weakness down towards $98/barrel. THE PENINSULA Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Greek banks lure global investors back to Athens bourse

BY SUDIP KAR-GUPTA gambling group OPAP, said many recovery in Greek banks, which US consultant Blackrock and and FRANCESCO CANEPA mainstream pension funds were comprise about 40 percent of the accountancy firm Ernst & Young is unwilling to enter a market they benchmark index, compared with conducting a review commissioned AILED-OUT Greece still regard as too risky. “Those 20 percent in 2012. by the central bank. In 2014 the is luring back for- funds cannot go to their retail Greek Coke bottler Coca Cola banks will also participate in a pan- eign investors betting clients and say we’re putting 10 Hellenic’s decision to move its European stress test. on more gains in its percent in Greece. The perception primary listing from Athens to Still, the FTSE Greek Banking bank-dominated stock that the country is bust hasn’t the bigger FTSE 100 in Britain Index has risen about 60 percent Bmarket and an eventual economic changed for many,” he said. extended banks’ domination of since July as the sector has been recovery, Thomson Reuters data Yet US investment bank the Athens market. While this buoyed by injections of capital shows. Citigroup wrote in a research note relative lack of diversification may from a rescue body — the Hellenic Athens remains a market more this week that it felt “the worst put off some investors, others who Financial Stability Fund. for the likes of hedge funds than is behind us” after meeting major are prepared to take on the risk Weekly trading volumes on the mainstream foreign investors, and Greek banks and policymakers. have found this a rewarding bet Athens bourse have picked up, some fund managers say Greece Greece had a ¤2.6bn central since banks tend to outperform reaching a peak so far in 2013 of will take time to shake off its government surplus in the first when equity markets rise. 678 million shares, up from a high reputation for being bust. nine months of 2013, excluding Greek banks underwent huge of around 400 million in 2012. Nevertheless, the benchmark debt servicing costs, putting it on upheaval during the economic “From clients’ point of view, Athens Stock Exchange General track to hit fiscal targets that will slump, leaving three main play- they are getting a lot more posi- Index, one of Europe’s smallest by A European Union flag flutters in front of the Athens Stock Exchange. allow it to seek further debt relief ers — Piraeus, National Bank of tive about it. I think there’s large market capitalisation, is up 24 per- from its international lenders. Greece and Alpha, all of which are capital returns to be made in cent since the start of 2013, beating After a six-year slump which and bonds, and the market is com- “We see signs that things are largely owned by a bailout fund. Greece,” said EGR Broking man- gains of 15 percent on Germany’s has wiped a quarter off economic ing back to life,” said SteppenWolf getting better,” Athens Exchange A fourth, Eurobank, is almost aging director Kyri Kangellaris, DAX and 11 percent on the pan- output, the government is fore- Capital Chief Investment Officer Chief Operating Officer Dimitris entirely owned by the Hellenic whose firm includes Greek nation- European FTSEurofirst 300 index. casting a return to economic Phoebus Theologites. Karaiskakis said at a Marketforce Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). als among its customer base. Share trading by foreign inves- growth in 2014. The stock market Greece, excluded from capital conference in London this week. The banks are still burdened with Others are looking outside for tors on the exchange has jumped is still worth almost a fifth less markets since 2010, still faces big Greece is also due to join the bad debts as a result of the crisis, greater safety. “Greek companies are to about 50 percent of turnover than before the crisis, and inves- problems. Unemployment is close MSCI emerging markets index which also led to a drop in depos- still in convalescence. There are bet- from a low of just over 20 percent tors are snapping up stocks that to 28 percent and progress with in November, which would open its as money fled the country. ter opportunities elsewhere in the in 2012 at the height of the Greek should benefit from a recovery, privatisation has been slow. it up to funds benchmarked to Non-performing loans total 28 southern periphery of Europe, such debt crisis, which culminated in from banks to telecoms. Clairinvest fund manager Ion- that index. percent across the four banks, as Italy,” said Paris-based Gregoire international bailouts totalling “Turnover has increased dra- Marc Valahu, whose Greek hold- Betting on the Athens stock which will undergo two further Laverne at Roche Brune Asset ¤240bon ($324b). matically in both Greek stocks ings include Hellenic Telecom and exchange is mostly a play on a rounds of stress tests. This year Management. REUTERS MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 MARKET 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

QE Indices Summary QE Index 9,751.89 0.29 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 13,933.22 0.29 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 2,801.99 0.58 % RATE QE All Share Index 2,449.24 0.15 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 2,344.12 0.41 % GOLD Buying Selling Services All Ordinaries 5151.551 3.455 0.07 5307.7 4610.6 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 5,935.56 0.70 % QR153.2777 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 Services Cac 40 Index/D 4151.29 17.76 0.43 4227.21 3575.17 QE All Share Industrials 3,132.34 0.27 % SILVER UK ...... QR 5.8519 QR 5.9375 QE All Share Insurance 2,260.28 0.91 % Dj Indu Average 14776.53 0 0 15709.6 12471.5 Euro ...... QR 4.9382 QR 5.0382 QE All Share Real Estate 1,812.12 1.24 % QR 2.5750 CA$ ...... QR 3.5059 QR 3.5805 QE All Share Telecoms 1,459.96 2.25 % Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 QE All Share Transportation 1,797.26 0.07 % Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.9969 QR 4.0880 Hang Seng Inde/D 23033.97 -144.88 -0.63 23944.74 19426.36 Yen ...... QR 0.0368 QR 0.0377 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.4111 QR 3.4791 Today Previous day Iseq Overall/D 4210.26 -12.8 -0.3 4332.05 3396.67 CRUDE OIL 20-10-2013 10-10-2013 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0587 QR 0.0600 Index 9,751.89 9,723.52 Karachi 100 In/D 21657.22 -423.25 -1.92 23944.99 16036.31 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0341 QR 0.0348 Change 28.37 20.16 BRENT Nikkei 225 Index 14037.84 143.23 1.03 15942.6 10398.61 Peso ...... QR 0.0831 QR 0.0847 % 0.29 0.21 $ 109.84 SL Re ...... QR 0.0275 QR 0.0281 YTD% 16.66 16.32 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 1729.86 1343.35 Taka ...... QR 0.0466 QR 0.0473 Volume 6,779,868 9,112,216 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0366 QR 0.0373 Value (QAR) 265,446,267.43 359,053,781.47 Straits Times/D 3154.84 8.34 0.27 3464.79 2990.68 SA Rand ...... QR 0.3611 QR 0.3683 Trades 3,058 3,894 Straits Times/D 2971.47 22.7 0.77 3035.78 2657.77 $ 106.88 Up 22 | Down 16 | Unchanged 02

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US political uncertainties weigh on greenback US dollar

AST week, politicians in inflicted growth from the US shut- this week, the that ended today. European Economic Research last month but the jobless rate the US approved a deal to down, fuelled expectations that the worst week since The Federal in Mannheim said its index of held steady, underscoring the Lend a 16-day partial gov- Fed will revisit the idea of tapering September 27. Reserve Bank of investor and analyst expecta- Bank of England’s message that ernment shutdown and avert a its QE program in the middle of The Australian Philadelphia’s tions, which aims to predict eco- unemployment is likely to fall default hours before the govern- next year rather than in January, Dollar rose to a general economic nomic developments six months only slowly. The number of peo- ment reached its $16.7 trillion debt as previously expected. four-month high, Weekly Money Market Review index fell to 19.8 in advance, rose to 52.8 from 49.6 ple claiming jobless benefits fell ceiling. The deal sets a new date, The Dollar index, which meas- helped by data this month from in September. That’s the high- by a much bigger-than-expected January 16, for the Republicans ures the Dollar’s value against a showing China’s annual economic a more than two-year high of 22.3 est since April 2010. Meanwhile 41,700 in September, the biggest and Democrats to work out their basket of currencies, fell to 79.478 growth accelerated to 7.8 percent in September. economists predicted no change. monthly fall since June 1997. differences over the US budget, on Friday; its lowest since early in the third quarter. The currency Jobless claims decreased by United Kingdom August’s claimant count was also and allows treasury to borrow nor- February. The index was down reached a high of 0.9678 for the 15,000 to 358,000 in the week revised lower to show a drop of mally through February 7. Under around 1 percent on the week, week and closed high at 0.9675. ended October 12 from a revised Retail Sales Rising 41,600, a fall of 9,000 more than the current deal, the US govern- posting its biggest weekly decline Sterling rose on Friday and was 373,000 in the prior period. UK retail sales rose more first reported. The unemployment ment is able to borrow as much since the week of September 20, on track for its best weekly against Economists expected a decrease to than expected in September as rate was 7.7 percent in the June- money as it needs to cover obliga- which came after the surprise Fed the Dollar in a month, lifted by 335,000. Applications in California an increase in furniture demand August period, unchanged from tions now. It can also use months decision to refrain from tapering strong British data combined with remained elevated and last week’s led a rebound from a slump the May-July and in line with most of extraordinary measures once and keep its policy unchanged. expectations that the US Federal total included some non-federal previous month. Sales including forecasts in the market. again to keep the government run- The Euro rose to 1.3703 against Reserve will not withdraw stimulus workers dismissed due to the grid- fuel increased 0.6 percent from China ning if Congress were to refuse to the Dollar, its highest since early any time soon. Cable reached a high lock in Washington. August, when they declined 0.8 raise the debt ceiling in the future. February when it touched its 2013 of 1.6206 on Thursday as retail sales Europe percent, the Office for National China Growing at a Faster However, the new deadline indi- peak of 1.3711. It closed the week at data exceeded estimates, support- Statistics said. Expectations were Pace cates more uncertainty that could 1.3685, up 1 percent for the week. ing expectations that the British German Investor Confidence for a 0.4 percent gain. Household- Data released last week showed create chaos in the markets. The greenback also struggled economy grew faster than expected Rising goods sales surged 3 percent, while that China’s economy grew 7.8 per- Initially after the deal, the against the Japanese Yen after a in the third quarter. German investor confidence food-store sales fell 0.2 percent. cent in the third quarter of 2013 Dollar rose as investors took a fall in US bond yields weighed on Manufacturing in the increased for a third month in Britain’s recovery is strengthen- from a year earlier. Meanwhile, sigh of relief. Conversely, the US the US currency’s appeal to inves- Philadelphia region expanded October, signaling that the recov- ing and unemployment is falling, expectations were for a 7.8 per- Dollar reached 8½ months lows tors. It was slightly lower at 97.80, more than projected in October, ery in Europe’s largest economy lifting consumer confidence. cent gain in gross domestic prod- against a basket of currencies as below a three-week high of 99.01 a sign that factories are sustain- is withstanding financial-market The number of people in Britain uct after a 7.5 percent advance in the political wrangling combined reached on Thursday. The Dollar ing the momentum gained prior turbulence stoked by a US fiscal claiming jobless benefits had its the second quarter. with the estimated damage that has lost 0.8 percent against the Yen to the partial federal shutdown standoff. The ZEW Center for biggest fall in more than 16 years THE PENINSULA SPORT MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

James desires Red Sox reach World Series to play in NFL BOSTON: LeBron James (pic- tured) said he wants to play Boston win American League; Uehara named MVP of the series a game in the NFL in a wide- ranging question and answer BOSTON: Shane Victorino Major League Baseball session with fans on Twitter belted a seventh-inning grand yesterday. slam to put the Boston Red Play-off Result Saying he’d answer questions Sox into the World Series with WASHINGTON: Major League Baseball’s for 15 minutes, the Miami Heat a 5-2 victory over the visiting semi-final play-off result yesterday (series star stayed online for 50 minutes. Detroit Tigers that clinched the best-of-seven): Questions were all over the American League Championship American League Championship Series map -- from basketball to video yesterday. games to best friends. Victorino’s blast turned a 2-1 At Boston For the record, James answered deficit into a three-run lead and Boston 5 Detroit 2 “NBA 2k14, Madden 25 and COD” sent the Fenway faithful into a (Boston win series 4-2) to his favorite video games and “@ frenzy as the Hawaiian thumped SavannahRB his chest and roared in delight an eighth-inning roundtripper by My wife” while rounding the bases. David Ortiz in Game Two that to his best The Red Sox, who won the erased a 5-1 deficit and helped friend. best-of-seven series 4-2, will the Red Sox win 6-5. Someone meet National League champi- Uehara, who pitched seven asked James ons St Louis for Major League scoreless innings in relief and if he would Baseball’s championship starting struck out 11 in the series, reg- consider play- on Wednesday in Boston. istered the final out with a ing one pro The showdown will be a strikeout of Jose Iglesias and football game. rematch of the 2004 Fall Classic, jumped into the arms of catcher “I wanna won by Boston in a four-game Jarrod Saltalamacchia as the cel- play one NFL sweep that ended their 86-year ebrations began in Boston. game before championship drought. The Tigers were left to wonder it’s over,” said Red Sox closer Koji Uehara was ‘what if?’, as they squandered an James, who named Most Valuable Player of opportunity to score more runs in did play foot- the series after registering one the sixth and opened the door to ball in high win and three saves in Boston’s Boston’s winning rally in the sev- school. turnaround triumph. The Red enth. After Victor Martinez drove In response Sox had finished last in the AL in two runs with a bases-loaded to a question East in 2012 with a 69-93 record. single off the ‘Green Monster’ about Dwyane “From day one in spring train- wall in left, Detroit still had men Wade’s sta- ing there was something special on first and third with none out tus, James said: “He’s going to be about this team,” said Victorino, but suffered a baserunning blun- great!! He’s back.” one of several players brought in der by Prince Fielder. Boston James also lamented that Mike to change the team chemistry. reliever Brandon Workman Miller is no longer with the Heat. “Guys came here in one mind- replaced Franklin Morales and “He’s awesome! Still sucks that set. I know the last couple of years got Jhonny Peralta to bounce to he’s gone. Memphis has a great have been tough here. But you second baseman Dustin Pedroia. one,” he said. Boston Red Sox’s relief pitcher know, we put that all behind us. Pedroia tagged Martinez out, and The Heat did add to the ros- Boston strong.” with Fielder caught in no-man’s Koji Uehara (left), designated ter, however, signing former No. 2 A tense pitching duel between land between home and third, hitter David Ortiz (middle) and pick Michael Beasley, who has had Boston’s Clay Buchholz and fired home in time for catcher manager John Farrell (right) off-court trouble in the league. Detroit’s Max Scherzer turned Saltalamacchia to chase Fielder celebrate after defeating the James was asked about his rela- into a see-saw struggle as the Red back toward third and tag him Detroit Tigers in game six of the tionship with Beasley. Sox scored in the fifth to take a out. In the seventh, Boston’s Jonny American League Championship “Great! I love him. 1-0 lead, only for the Tigers to Gomes led off with a laser drive Series play-off game at Fenway Misunderstood. He can flat out take it right back in the sixth, off the top of the Green Monster Park, yesterday. RIGHT: Manager hoop,” James said. moving 2-1 ahead. that went for a double. Scherzer Henry holds the American League Asked which players have been The seventh belonged to Boston then walked Xander Bogaerts to championship trophy. hardest for him to cover, James as Victorino, who had been a dis- put men on first and second, and responded: “Melo, KD, Kobe, mal 2-for-23 at the plate in the was removed from the game. DRose, CP, DWade, TMac.” series, connected off reliever Jose Jacoby Ellsbury then hit a He was also asked if he likes or Veras’s third successive curve ball grounder up the middle that hates being compared to Michael for the game-winning hit over the shortstop Iglesias reached but Jordan. fence in left. bobbled for an error that loaded “It’s tough being compared to It was the second grand slam the bases and set the stage for the greatest but I love challenges,” for Boston in the series following Victorino. AFP he said. AGENCIES NHL: Penguins outlast Canucks in shoot-out PITTSBURGH: The at home with a 4-3 win over the patient maybe on that one.” The Penguins are 19-3 in their The teams were tied at 2 after NHL Results Pittsburgh Penguins and Canucks. Sidney Crosby moved into a tie last 22 shootouts, winning 11 of two periods and traded goals in Vancouver Canucks had gone “The goal Evgeni scored in atop the NHL leaderboard with 12 and six straight. the third, scoring 22 seconds Los Angeles 5 Dallas 2 two years and 157 games since Vancouver was similar to the his seventh goal of the season, and Luongo, who made 25 saves, apart. Kassian gave the Canucks San Jose 6 Calgary 3 they last faced each other. one he got (Saturday),” Penguins had two assists. Chris Kunitz net- stopped Crosby and Jussi Jokinen a 3-2 lead at 7:10, using a back- Buffalo 2 Colorado 4 They picked up right where coach Dan Bylsma said. “He ted his fourth goal and added two in the shootout before Malkin hander to redirect Bieksa’s shot they left off. moved out wide, got Luongo down assists, and rookie defenseman scored his eighth game-deciding from the point behind Fleury. Montreal 1 Nashville 2 Back in 2011, Evgeni Malkin and scored the winner.” Olli Maatta scored his first NHL shootout goal. Maatta scored 22 seconds Tampa Bay 0 Boston 5 scored the deciding goal in the Malkin skated down the right- goal for the Penguins, who won for Zack Kassian scored a third- later, crashing the net to slam Florida 2 Minnesota 1 shoot-out as the Penguins earned wing boards and moved across the the 20th time in 22 home games. period goal, and Edler and Brad home the rebound from Kunitz’s New Jersey 4 NY Rangers 0 a season-opening victory at ice, curling his stick to stuff the The Penguins, who won a sea- Richardson also scored for the slap shot. Vancouver. puck past goalie Roberto Luongo son-high fourth straight game, Canucks, who had a two-game “It’s always fun to see guys NY Islanders 3 Carolina 4 The site changed yesterday, but with a backhander. are 5-0 at home - their best start winning streak snapped. Kevin score their first goal,” Crosby said. Washington 4 Columbus 1 the result was the same. “When Malkin came down, I since the 1994-95 season. Bieksa added three assists. Brandon Sutter had a chance Phoenix 5 Detroit 2 Malkin scored in the third wasn’t quite sure what he was Fleury stopped a season-high “We found a way to get a point,” to put the Penguins ahead when round of the shoot-out, and going to do, and unfortunately, 36 shots for his NHL-leading Canucks coach John Tortorella he was awarded a penalty shot Chicago 3 Toronto 1 Marc-Andre Fleury made the I bit on the fake and he went seventh win of the season, deny- said. “You always want to get with 1:24 left in regulation, but Ottawa 1 Edmonton 3 deciding stop on Ryan Kesler as backhand,” Luongo said. “ I wish ing Kesler, Alexander Edler, and two points, but we’ll take one in Luongo’s glove save sent the game Pittsburgh 4 Vancouver 3 the Penguins remained unbeaten I would have been a bit more Mike Santorelli in the shootout. a pretty tough building to play in.” to overtime. AGENCIES MotoGP: QMMF’s West finishes tenth at home race

PHILLIP ISLAND, Australia: Even if my bike is slower or I seem not as I am happy with tenth. But realistically, I QMMF Racing Team rider Anthony strong in some of the corners, I always should be in this position from the start QMMF Racing Team rider West celebrated a happy-end at his seem to manage to fight and find a way of the race and not in the end!” Anthony West does a wheelie home Grand Prix of Australia with a around the others,” said West. Meanwhile, team-mate Rafid Topan at the Grand Prix of Australia hard-fought tenth place in the Moto2 The QMMF rider was not happy with Sucipto also thrilled the crowd at Phillip at Phillip Island. West com- category. his start. Island, fighting his first-ever real battles petes in the Moto2 category. The 32-year-old from Tropical North “My start was terrible. I always leave in the Moto2 category. Queensland started from 19th place on it really late to pull my clutch in, after Getting more and more competitive the grid and was only 20th after one lap the problem that I had at Mugello. I then at every race, the Indonesian teenager because of clutch difficulties due to a put the bike into gear and expected the started the race in 23rd position and prolonged starting procedure. But then, lights to come on, but it took a long time. clawed his way up to 16th place, a posi- West pulled all strings to recover positions And when they finally came on, it took tion that he held for more than four laps. as quickly as possible in a race that was a a really long time for them to go off Even though he dropped back to 20th shortened to 13 laps after a number of tyre again. It was the worst start I’ve seen all spot in the end, he was still very happy issues over the practice days. year and it’s the reason why people jump- about his best race of the season so far. Fourteenth after only four laps, he started, it’s not really their fault. I pulled “I am very happy because step by step, continued to overtake other rivals almost the clutch all the way back in because I I improved my lap times and got more everywhere on the track. was worried to cook the clutch again, and competitive. I didn’t have a crash and I After a long battle with Sandro Cortese, just as I did that, they put the lights out could battle with other riders throughout he eventually pulled away from the and I was a bit delayed due to that. So my the race. It was the first time that I was German to secure his fifth top ten finish start wasn’t very good and the first few involved in typical Moto2 battles and I of the season. turns were a bit of a mess, too. learned a few tricks that I will hopefully West who had not the best of times in “Even Topan passed me in one of the be able to use at the next race in Japan. At qualifying was thrilled by his performance corners. From there, I went for it and the beginning of the race, Anthony passed in the race. started to pass people and to catch the me and I pushed trying to follow him. He “Qualifying I haven’t figured out yet, but group in front of me. I ended up being in proved to be too fast for me after a while, I got the racing side of it down pretty good a good position. But I shouldn’t be in 19th but I managed to stick to the next rider I think. The only thing I seem to know is place on the grid to start with. It’s a bit that tried to pull away from me, which how to race! Everyone that is in front of of my fault and I have to sort this out and was great fun,” Sucipto said. me, I always manage to find a way to pass. fix it. Considering where I started from, THE PENINSULA MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Doha to host Hend wins Macau Open AIPS Executive Committee India’s Lahiri equals course record, finishes second meeting

MACAU: Australian long hit- 179th best player said after the against Els and credited staying DOHA: The Qatar Sport Press ter Scott Hend claimed victory in the world, had Venetian Macau tournament, calm under pressure for the win. Committee (QSPC) is set to at the Macau Open yesterday a dreadful start according to a “Ernie is one of the best players open the Executive Committee as the tournament’s star draw to the first round Open Scores release put out in the world,” he said. meeting of the International Ernie Els was forced to content with a dismal 74. Scores after the final round of the Venetian by organisers. “I had my own goals and targets Kang Soon-hoon of South Korea Sports Press Association (AIPS) himself with third place. But on days two, Macau Open 2013 at the par 71, 6606 “I started off and I achieved my goal which was posing with the winner’s trophy today. On a day of drama in the three and four he Yards Macau GCC course: nicely again and to stay patient, patient, patient. In after the final round of the Kolon The four-day meeting will be $800,000 Asian Tour tournament, found his form then made a soft the first four holes, I didn’t make held on the sidelines of the FINA 268 Scott Hend (AUS) 74-64-63-67 Korea Open golf tournament at which also saw India’s Anirban battling head to bogey on nine. I any birdie. Ernie started to put Woo Jeong Hills Country Club in Swimming World Cup currently Lahiri match the course record head with Els for couldn’t afford some heat on me and all of the being held 271 Anirban Lahiri (IND) 73-68-68-62 Seoul, yesterday. with an impressive nine-under- the top spot. 272 Elmer Salvador (PHI) 70-66-70-66, any mistakes. I sudden, I hit a great shot on the at Hamad par 62, Hend capitalised on his The South needed to keep fifth for birdie there. It was all Aquatic Ernie Els (RSA) 71-65-69-67 overnight four-shot lead and African began the pedal on about being patient.” Centre. never let Els come close to stag- promisingly on 275 Antonio Lascuna (PHI) 71-68-71-65, the metal but I He admitted being rattled Kang claims According ing a comeback. the final day, Daisuke Kataoka (JPN) 71-66-69-69 made that mis- by his initial poor start in the to QSPC He finished the tournament sinking birdies 276 Adam Groom (AUS) 70-69-71-66, take and I didn’t tournament. controversial president with a three-stroke victory, clos- on two, three and Mohammad Siddikur (BAN) 69-66- play the back “Thursday was a difficult Mohammad ing with a four-under-par 67 for six. But a bogey 70-71 nine all that well day, mentally and physically. Abdullah Al a 16-under-par 268 total. on nine halted either. Tough Then on Friday and Saturday, Korea title Malki (pic- Lahiri’s blistering fourth-day his momentum 277 Stephen Lewton (ENG) 72-67-72-66, weekend but I I started holing putts which I tured) the performance thrust him into and he struggled Baek Seuk-hyun (KOR) 71-65-70-71 think Scott was haven’t done the whole year SEOUL: The Korea Open fin- QSPC has second while four-time Major to pressure Hend very strong.” even when I won a couple of ished in bizarre circumstances completed champion Els shared third with while Lahiri’s stunning round Hend, who now has three wins weeks ago. I’ve holed my fair yesterday with Kang Sung-hoon all arrangements for the event the Philippines’ Elmer Salvador. forced Els further down the table. under his belt this year, said he share this week,” he said. celebrating a one-shot victory to be held in Doha for the sec- Hend, currently ranked the “It was very frustrating,” Els was delighted to be able to play AFP after a controversial penalty ond time under the patronage of for Kim Hyung-tae and poor the Qatar Olympic Committee putting by Rory McIlroy ended (QOC). Amy Yang their title hopes. Al Malki added that AIPS has Overnight leader Kim was on invited QOC Secretary General captures first course for victory standing on Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman the 17th tee but was told by an Al Thani to open the AIPS official he had been penalised two Executive Committee meeting US LPGA title strokes for grounding a club in an and deliver a presentation on the area deemed to be a hazard on schools Olympic program and the INCHEON, South Korea: the 13th hole. The South Korean National Sport Day. South Korea’s Amy Yang won then bogeyed the 17th and could THE PENINSULA her first US LPGA title yes- only par the 18th to miss out on terday, sinking a birdie in a the OneAsia title. play-off to capture the LPGA Kim then decided to go back to All Blacks KEB-HanaBank Championship the scene of the crime on the 13th on home soil. and argued for two hours that he Yang won the first extra hole had not grounded his club before target new to defeat fellow South Korean Seo finally accepting his penalty and Hee-Kyung on the par-72 Ocean signing his card for a six-over- heights on Course at Sky72 Golf Club in par 77. Incheon, west of Seoul. Yang and That left compatriot Kang Seo were tied at nine-under 207 Sung-hoon, who carded a final European tour in the 54-hole, $1.9m event. Both round 69, to bag the title as Kim birdied the par-5 18th to get into finished tied second on three- WELLINGTON: Four new the playoff. under with McIlroy and South faces were included yesterday Yang teed off first on the first Korean trio of Lee Sang-hee, in a 36-man All Blacks squad playoff hole, the 18th, and found Mo Joong-kyung and amateur for the end-of-season northern deep rough right of the fairway. Lee Chang-woo. The 26-year-old hemisphere tour, with coach She chopped out before hitting Kang, who also won the Asian Steve Hansen demanding even her third shot to around 16 feet Tour’s CJ Invitational last week, higher performance levels from the hole. Seo found left felt terrible for Kim. from the all-conquering world rough from the tee and also had Scott Hend of Australia posing with the winners trophy after the final round of the Macau Open golf tourna- “I’m a really good friend of champions. to chip out of harm’s way to set ment, yesterday. his so at the moment it doesn’t Despite ending the four- up her third shot, which finished feel great. Even though I won nation Rugby Championship almost 25 feet below the pin. the tournament, I just feel really with six wins out of six, includ- Seo’s birdie attempt grazed the sorry for him,” he said. ing a 38-27 triumph over left edge of the cup before rolling “I was actually out there to arch-rivals the Springboks a few centimetres past. Yang then celebrate for him, but... I don’t at their Ellis Park fortress in stepped up to drain the putt to Korea’s Jeong wins Perth know... I don’t know what to say. Johannesburg, Hansen sees room clinch the win. AFP It’s horrible.” for improvement. Former world number one The All Blacks will use the LPGA KEB-HanaBank McIlroy only had himself to blame opening Test of the tour against for not ending his title drought Japan as match experience for Championship International in play-off on the demanding Woo Jeong younger members of the squad Hills Country Club course, near before reverting to their top com- scores PERTH, Australia: South title and pocket the $333,330 Cheonan, south of Seoul. binations to play France, England INCHEON, South Korea: Leading scores Korea’s Jin Jeong beat winner’s cheque. It also secured Perth International Starting the day 10 strokes and Ireland. after the final round of the $1.9m LPGA England’s Ross Fisher in a him a two-year exemption on the back, McIlroy put on a master- “The aim of the tour is to fur- KEB-HanaBank Championship yesterday play-off to win the European European Tour. scores class tee-to-green but endured ther develop our game structures, (par 72, 54 holes) Tour co-sanctioned $2m “I was nervous, I was shaking PERTH, Australia: Final round scores at the another difficult day on the greens our skills sets and our individual (*denotes playoff winner) Perth International at Lake but I controlled myself pretty well Perth International at Lake Karrinyup (par- as he signed for a four-under-par players,” Hansen said. 72) in Perth yesterday (Australian unless 207 * Amy Yang (KOR) 67-71-69, Seo Karrinyup yesterday. all day I thought. Yeah, I don’t 67 and was left wondering what “We will be looking to use the stated): Hee-Kyung (KOR) 71-68-68 Former leading world amateur know what I’ve done to be hon- might have been. tour to take ourselves beyond 278 Jin Jeong (KOR) 68-72-69-69, Ross 208 Michelle Wie (USA) 69-73-66, Kim Jeong and Fisher finished the est,” Jeong said. “I could have shot anything, where we are at the moment.” Sei-Young (KOR) 71-68-69, Suzann tournament locked at 10-under “It means a lot. I was wait- Fisher (ENG) 72-67-71-68 (Jeong absolutely anything. I only missed All Blacks squad: Pettersen (NOR) 69-69 70 278 before the Korean claimed ing for something like this for a won at 1st playoff hole) two greens and had so many Forwards: Dane Coles 210 Kim Ha-Neul (KOR) 69-70-71 victory at the first playoff hole. long time. I was going to go back 280 Dimitrios Papadatos (AUS) 69-71-72- chances, but it was like the story (Wellington Hurricanes), Andrew Jeong, who carded a closing to qualifying school after next 68, Danny Willett (ENG) 72-71-68- of yesterday - I just didn’t hole Hore (Otago Highlanders), Keven 211 Brittany Lincicome (USA) 71-71-69 round of three under 69, held the week but I guess I don’t have to 69, Brody Ninyette (AUS) 72-69-67- enough putts,” the 24-year-old Mealamu (Auckland Blues), 212 Jane Park (USA) 70-72-70, Pak Se- upper hand when Fisher was left anymore. 72 Northern Irishman told reporters. Wyatt Crockett (Canterbury Ri (KOR) 73-68-71, Shin Ji-Yai (KOR) with a four-metre putt for par Overnight leader Australian 281 Brett Rumford (AUS) 71-73-65-72 “I created so many more Crusaders), Charlie Faumuina 69-71-72, Anna Nordqvist (SWE) after fluffing his chip onto the Brody Ninyette bogeyed two of chances today that it could have (Blues), Ben Franks (Hurricanes), 282 Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 71-73-67-71, 67-70-75 green. his final three holes to miss the been 61, 62. It just wasn’t to be. Owen Franks (Crusaders), Richard Finch (ENG) 72-69-69-72, 213 Jodi Ewart Shadoff (ENG) 71-72-70, Fisher pushed the putt wide, playoff altogether. “I didn’t birdie any of the par Joe Moody (Crusaders), Tony JB Hansen (DEN) 70-73-66-73. Ji Eun-Hee (KOR) 71-72-70, Caroline leaving Jeong with a one-metre Ninyette finished equal third fives which was disappointing. It Woodcock (Highlanders), Hedwall (SWE) 68-74-71, Chella Choi putt to win the tournament. with Australian Dimitrios 283 Peter Hedblom (SWE) 68-69-75-71, was tough. I felt like it could have Dominic Bird (Crusaders), Brodie (KOR), 73-68-72, Park Ju-Young Jeong, ranked 1,066 in the Papadatos and England’s Danny Fredrik Andersson Hed (SWE) 69-73- been so much lower the last cou- Retallick (Chiefs), Luke Romano (KOR) 67-71-75 world, sunk the putt to land the Willett. AFP 68-73. ple of days.” REUTERS (Crusaders), Jeremy Thrush (Hurricanes), Sam Whitelock (Crusaders), Sam Cane (Chiefs), Steven Luatua (Blues), Richie Simpson stays ahead in Vegas McCaw (captain, Crusaders), Liam Messam (Chiefs), Kieran LAS VEGAS: Former US USPGA Shriners’ atop the leaderboard on another Read (Crusaders), Luke Open champion Webb Simpson ideal day for low scoring in the Whitelock (Crusaders). moved closer to a fourth vic- Hospitals Open high Nevada desert where there Backs: Tawera Kerr- tory on the PGA Tour as he was barely a breath of wind. Barlow (Chiefs), TJ Perenara maintained a commanding four- Scores “The greens were a little more (Hurricanes), Aaron Smith shot lead after yesterday’s third LAS VEGAS: Leading third-round scores firm, a little burned out and a lit- (Highlanders), Dan Carter round of the Shriners Hospitals on Saturday in the $6m US PGA Shriners’ tle faster, and I think I was a little (Crusaders) Aaron Cruden for Children Open in Las Vegas. Hospitals Open (USA unless noted, par-71) too tentative,” Simpson told Golf (Chiefs) Beauden Barrett Though not quite matching the 194 Webb Simpson 64-63-67 Channel when asked to explain (Hurricanes), Tom Taylor high standard of play he produced 195 Chesson Hadley 65-66-67 his slow start to the third round. (Crusaders), Ryan Crotty over the first two days at the TPC “The speed of my long putts (Crusaders), Ma’a Nonu 199 Jeff Overton 63-68-68 Summerlin, the American fin- kind of hurt us on the front (Highlanders), Francis Saili ished strongly with four birdies 200 Jason Bohn 67-64-69 (nine). I would run them four or (Blues), Israel Dagg (Crusaders), in the last seven holes to card a 201 Sean O’Hair 66-72-63, William five feet by, or leave them short. I Frank Halai (Blues), Cory four-under-par 67. McGirt 71-66-64, Ryo Ishikawa couldn’t really get a feel for it but Jane (Hurricanes), Charles That left Simpson at 19-under (JPN) 67-66-68, Ryan Moore 69- finally on the back nine I got some Piutau (Blues), Julian Savea 194 in the second event of the 63-69, Russell Knox (SCO) 67-65- birdies going.” (Hurricanes), Ben Smith PGA Tour’s 2013-14 season, 69, JJ Henry 60-71-70 Four ahead overnight, the (Highlanders). AFP with 26-year-old rookie Chesson 202 Andrew Svoboda 68-67-67, Brendon 2012 US Open champion briefly Hadley alone in second place after Todd 67-68-67, Daniel Summerhays dropped back into a tie for the Itinerary: eagling the par-five 16th on the 66-68-68, John Senden (AUS) 65- lead with Bohn at 14 under after way to a 67. 66-71 running up a three-putt bogey at November 2 vs Japan, Tokyo November 9 vs France, Paris Webb Simpson watches his tee shot on the first hole during the third Former US Ryder Cup player the par-four third. round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Jeff Overton (68) was a further (69). Simpson, however, com- However, he immediately November 16 vs England, London Las Vegas, Nevada, yesterday. stroke back at 14 under, one ahead manded the spotlight as he recov- recovered with birdies at the November 24 vs Ireland, Dublin of fellow American Jason Bohn ered from an early bogey to stay fourth and fifth. REUTERS SPORT MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Lucky to be Pakistan coach wary of alive, ‘bad boy’ Ryder set to return WELLINGTON: Batsman South Africa comeback Jesse Ryder (pictured below) will return to top-level cricket in New Zealand next week, Dav Whatmore says team ready to fight in second Test in Dubai ready to put behind him a year in which he served a six-month doping ban and survived an DUBAI: Pakistan coach Dav Pakistan have an incentive of Masood, who replaced experi- assault that left him in a coma Whatmore drew on bitter per- jumping to fourth from sixth in enced but out of form Mohammad with serious head injuries. sonal experience to warn his the Test rankings if they win or Hafeez, hit 75 in the first innings The 29-year-old, who had players that world number one square the series. Whatmore, to help Pakistan gain a big 193- been in self-imposed exile from Test team South Africa can who played seven Tests and one run lead. the New Zealand team follow- bounce back in the second Test limited overs international for South Africa then slumped to ing another breach of team dis- starting in Dubai on Wednesday. Australia, refused to agree that 232 in their second innings which cipline, makes his return to the Pakistan won the first Test Pakistan’s win was an upset. gave Pakistan a 40-run target to field for his new first-class side in Abu Dhabi by seven wickets “I wasn’t surprised we did well, win. Otago against his former team on Thursday, but Whatmore people leading up to this series in South African coach Russell Wellington next week. recalled a personal experience Pakistan were alluding to the fact Domingo blamed poor batting in “After this year, you could prob- Pakistan’s of South Africa’s resilience when that we lost against Zimbabwe the first innings, folded at 249. ably say that I’ve been through cricket coach he was the coach of Sri Lanka in and here you are going to play “That’s why we lost the Test, the worst things you could go Dav Whatmore 2000/2001. the No. 1 team in the world, no we couldn’t stretch our first through, for my career at least “This South African unit is chance. innings because if you look at the anyway,” Ryder told Fairfax is seen after quite resilient,” said 59-year-old “But that was never the case, stats in Dubai and Abu Dhabi the Media yesterday. his team won Whatmore yesterday. in my mind I knew that we can first innings sets the game, so a “The drug thing, that could their first “I’ve had first hand experience be competitive.” lot of questions can be asked of have been my career over if I’d Test against in Sri Lanka where they lost by Whatmore, who coached Sri the bowlers but it was ultimately been given a two-year ban, which South Africa an innings in Galle and came back Lanka to the 1996 World Cup the batters who let us down,” said had been a possibility. Then with at the Sheikh to win in Kandy,” said Whatmore title, said different conditions and Domingo, who took over from what happened in Christchurch, Zayed Cricket of the series in Sri Lanka. “I of some personnel, especially in Gary Kirsten in June this year. that too could have easily been the Stadium in think there was a drawn game the top order, paid off. Domingo hoped his team would end of it for my career. Abu Dhabi in in Colombo so it was 1-1 in the “I’ve always said we’re better execute the match strategy better. “I wouldn’t look at it like I’ve this October series, so you leave them off at prepared against this opposi- “Look, the South African side been given a second chance at life. 17, 2013, your peril.” tion than we were the last time play a certain way over a period I’m just lucky, I guess.” file photo. South Africa’s unbeaten series we played them in South Africa of time and we know we were out- Ryder spent almost a week in Pakistan won run away from home since losing notwithstanding their number played and we know we need to hospital in late March after an by seven to Sri Lanka in 2006 is also under one ranking,” said Whatmore of improve, the plans won’t change incident outside a Christchurch wickets. threat and Whatmore, born in Pakistan’s 3-0 humiliation earlier massively but we need to execute bar left him with a fractured skull Sri Lanka but who emigrated this year. them a lot better,” said the coach. and rib injuries. He was kept in with his family aged eight, said “That conditions are different “It’s never ideal to start your an induced coma for more than Pakistan will do their best to win. that’s pretty obvious and we’ve Test coaching career with a loss two days. “Well 1-0 is just as good as I had a slight change of personnel but that’s happened, its easy to While he was recovering from think because a hard fought draw in the eleven I think it’s a combi- just win, win and win, but that’s the assault, he was informed he is also very important for any nation of those reasons that gave the challenge that you are look- had tested positive for two stimu- team, having been 1-0 up in the us a good competitive effort over ing forward to take on,” said lants which are banned in com- series, but we enter the game to four days,” said Whatmore. Domingo. petition and handed a six-month win,” said Whatmore, whose team Pakistan played debutant After the two Tests, both the provisional ban on April 19. lost to Zimbabwe in the second opener Shan Masood who put on teams will also play five one-day Ryder said he had checked the Test in a 1-1 drawn series last 135 runs for the opening stand in and two Twenty20 internationals. weight-loss supplement on the month. Abu Dhabi. AFP Internet and sought advice, a fact that New Zealand’s top anti- doping authority, Drug Free Sport NZ, took into consideration when imposing a six-month ban rather Bangladesh’s Gazi eager New than a two-year penalty. Zealand’s “You do all the research and head you find there is nothing wrong coach Mike with the product. The one mis- Hesson take I made was that I didn’t ask to surprise New Zealand Drug Free Sport New Zealand hits the ball during about the product,” he added. DHAKA: Spinner Sohag Gazi emerged as a bright all-round “There will be some advan- “But if I had asked them, they a training is hoping to repeat the all-round prospect, scored an unbeaten tage for spinners in Mirpur,” would have basically said they session heroics he showed in the drawn 101 in the first Test against New Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur couldn’t find anything wrong first Test against New Zealand Zealand before taking 6-77 in the Rahim said yesterday. “We’re at the at with the product but that taking as Bangladesh seek a rare series tourists’ second innings including taking our preparations to keep the Sher-e it could be a risk.” win against the visitors this a hat-trick. it in mind.” Bangla Ryder’s biggest battle, however, week. “In the second match my aim New Zealand in contrast were National had been recovering from the The 22-year-old shone in the will be to keep this streak,” Gazi mulling an extra seamer as their Stadium injuries he sustained in March. series opener in Chittagong ear- said. “I don’t know if I will break spinners failed to make any in Dhaka He had initially found it dif- lier this month. He became the a record again or not, but I am impact the first Test. yesterday. ficult to exert himself and was first cricketer in history to score thinking about taking a five-for Bruce Martin finished with Bangladesh still forgetting things, though he a century and claim a hat-trick in again. match figures of 2-175 from 43 will play also noted that he was lucky to the same Test, propelling him to “Actually, there is nothing dif- overs while debutant leg spinner New be alive. instant stardom in the success- ferent to do. The manner in which Ish Sodhi could claim only three Zealand “At first, I just couldn’t walk starved nation. I bowled in the last match, I will for 169 from 39.1. in their properly. My balance was just so Gazi, who has played seven try to bowl in a similar way. I will “This is something (an extra second off and I was struggling to walk Tests in his fledgling career, work on the little mistakes that I seamer) we need to look at and cricket and the weakness was crazy,” said returns today to the Sher-e- made in the previous game.” work out the balance of our Test match Ryder, who indicated he would Bangla National Stadium in Bangladesh are hoping the team,” said New Zealand captain like to return to the New Zealand starting Dhaka -- scene of his outstanding wicket will offer some assistance Brendan McCullum. “Obviously side one day. today. nine-wicket debut against West to the Bangladesh spinners after if we do include the extra seamer “Just walking to the bathroom Indies last year -- for the second they were frustrated by a flat bat- in place of one of our spinners, we and back, I’d be breathless, you and final Test of the series. ting pitch in Chittagong for long have got (a) number of options.” know, taking in big, deep breaths. The off-spinner, who has since periods. REUTERS “It took ages to get back to normal. “After being told what hap- ICC extends Bangladesh South Africa pened, you start thinking a bit. I mean, we’ve all heard the stories await Amla, of guys hitting their heads and World T20 deadline dying after being punched and Donald returns falling to the ground. LONDON: Bangladesh’s deadline for getting its stadiums ready for “I look back and think I am next year’s World Twenty20 has been extended until November 30, DUBAI: South Africa are anx- lucky not to be dead.” REUTERS the International Cricket Council said yesterday after a two-day iously waiting on star bats- board meeting in London. man Hashim Amla’s return to Concern has centred around the state of grounds at Sylhet and Cox’s Dubai in time for the second Bazar, which are still being developed. Test against Pakistan starting However, Bangladesh officials have insisted the pavilion at Sylhet, a from Wednesday, team manager Bangladesh major source of construction work, is close to completion. Mohammed Moosajee said. cricketer Shakib The Bangladesh Cricket Board had been set a deadline of September Amla is in Durban with his wife Al Hasan 30 to have the stadia ready for next year’s tournament, with BCB for the imminent birth of the cou- stretches during president Nazmul Hasan saying in August he had “no doubt that the ple’s second child. a training session construction work will end by mid-October”. Team manager Mohammed at the Sher-e Next year’s World Twenty20 is due to take place in Bangladesh from Moosajee told reporters after Bangla National March 16 to April 6. team practice yesterday: “We are Stadium in Dhaka An ICC statement issued after the London board meeting finished still waiting for Amla to return.” in preparation for on Saturday said a tournament schedule would be announced in Dhaka Meanwhile, bowling coach Alan their second Test on October 27. Donald has returned home on match against The ICC board also endorsed the proposals of its chief executives’ family business. New Zealand. committee meeting in Dubai last month. “Alan (Donald) has returned That saw officials agree that the number of reviews under the home for family reasons, he has Decision Review System (DRS) will be “topped-up” to two after 80 been granted excess leave, we are overs of a Test innings. not sure whether he will return or Currently, teams are only permitted a maximum of two unsuccessful not because he needs some time reviews per innings. to sort things out,” said Moosajee. The new playing conditions, which will be trialled from October 1, Donald, 47, had 330 Tests and came about following complaints about DRS procedures from both 272 one-day wickets during an sides during England’s recent 3-0 home Ashes series win over arch- illustrious career for South Africa rivals Australia. and has been bowling coach since The board also upheld the CEC’s view that current playing conditions last year. for one-day internationals remain in force. In other announcements, Both teams play five one-day the board said the post of ICC chairman would only come into being and two Twenty20 internationals following next year’s annual conference. REUTERS after the two-Test series. AFP MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 SPORT 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Doha is a ‘fantastic’ venue for World Championships: Marculescu

DOHA: FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu yesterday praised the Local Organizing Committee of the FINA World Cup 2013 in Qatar, saying he was confident Doha would be a ‘fantastic’ venue for the 2014 World Championships. Marcelescu was speaking at a press conference held yesterday at Hamad Aquatic Center. Also present were Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) President Khalil Al Jabir, QSA Competitions Manager Mohamed Al Fadallah, QSA official Nasser Yakoub and QSA Media and Broadcast Manager Fahad Al Swimmers at the start of the men’s 100m backstroke competition on day one of the FINA World Cup series event at Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha yesterday. RIGHT: Daloul Walid of Qatar Hajri. in action during men’s 50m breaststroke heats. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT “Doha and Dubai are big part- ners of FINA and are now ben- efitting from the legacy of the FINA SWC Series. Over one year, the organisation has improved a greatly. More local clubs and swimmers are involved. The sport A world record on day one at the local level has progressed with more professionals upcom- ing,” the FINA official said. French team wins 4x50m mixed medley relay at Hamad Aquatic Centre “All swimmers are happy to be back in Doha. “The most important factors BY DENZIL PINTO African had looked set to break- are that more swimmers and ing his own world record that he more stars are competing this DOHA: A strong French team set in Eindhoven in August, but year, compared to the last edition. broke the world record in the fell short by 0.0135 seconds. “Everybody knows about 4x50m Mixed Medley Relay Poland’s Pawel Korzeniowski (Ossama) Mellouli , because he as South Africa’s Chad le Clos and Hungary’s Bence Biczo is from this region and has been and Roland Schoeman and finished second and third winning events for a long time.” Hungarian star Katinka Hosszu respectively. “Also there are Chad Le Clos, each grabbed two gold medals Le Clos missed out on a hat- Vladimir Morozov and many on the opening day of the FINA trick of golds as his compatriot, other strong swimmers. Katinka World Cup yesterday. Schoeman showed that age has Hosszu is a very important swim- South Africa’s swimming sen- little bearing despite being 33. mer for the FINA. sation le Clos also won a silver as The veteran clinched first place “This morning, she swam in Hosszu, who has also had a strong in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m five events, which is incredible. I season so far in the series, claimed Butterfly. Le Clos took silver in think these are the major positive two bronzes. the latter. changes in Doha over a period of Also with strong performances Speaking of his performance, le one year” Marculescu added. yesterday, Ukraine’s Daryna Clos said: “I am very happy obvi- Talking about the 2014 World Zevina won gold and silver while ously. The most important thing Championships, the FINA young Spanish swimmer, Melani is to keep going. I have one more Executive Director said: “Doha Costa picked up silver and bronze. race left in this competition.” is a fantastic venue for the 25m After 17 races in the evening Schoeman (25.89) finished World Championships. The con- session, France’s Jeremy Stratvius, nearly one second ahead of ditions are excellent. I don’t have Giacomo Perez Dortona, Melanie French Olympic gold medallist any complaint from any coach or Henique and Anna Santamans Florent Manaudou (26.54) and swimmer about Doha.” broke the world record in an Germany’s Hendrik Feldwehr. He added: “When the World astonishing time of 1.39.54. Speaking of his victory in the Championships are hosted in Just nine days ago, Russia 50m Breaststroke, Schoeman Doha next year, it will be vacation posted a time of 1.41.70 in their said: “I feel pretty good after the time. We want more schools and home town of Moscow on October race. I wanted to go a bit faster children coming to witness the 12. but gold is gold. I am happy to be gold and two bronze medals, and I were Russia’s Vladimir in the competitions. I’m sure the QSA Earlier, le Clos clinched his first back in Doha.” came close to the podium twice. It 100m Freestyle, Tom Shields will take care of it. Otherwise, the win at Hamad Aquatic Centre in Despite her hectic schedule so makes good practice to swim that (100m Backstroke), Robert ABOVE: Chad le Clos of South QSA has done a great job. the 400m Individual Medley with far, Hosszu, made it two straight many races but it is also because Hurley (400m Freestyle) and last Africa in action during men’s Al Jabir said: “I assure you that a time of 4.03.23. victories in a row in the 200m I want to.” season’s overall winner Australia’s 400m individual medley at there will be a big number of chil- After competing in the Dubai Freestyle and 200m Individual Zevina secured her first medal Kenneth To (100m Individual Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha dren present during the World leg just a few days ago, the Medley events after triumphing in the 50m Backstroke. Costa Medley). yesterday. Championships. You will get to 21-year-old showed no signs of in both categories in Dubai. picked up first medal of the day Elsewhere, in the women’s cat- see a memorable show.” fatigue, edging home ahead of Nicknamed as the ‘Iron Lady’, finishing second to compatriot egories, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson THE PENINSULA Hungary’s David Verraszto and last year’s overall winner in the and silver Olympic medallist (100m Breaststroke), Denmark’s Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli. women’s category, was third best Mireia Belmonte in the 800m Jeanette Gray (100m Butterfly) The Olympic gold medallist in the 100m Butterfly and 200m Freestyle. France’s Coralie Balmy and Poland’s Aleskandra Results at Hamad Aquatic Centre triumphed again in his favourite Backstroke, losing to Zevina in finished third. Urbancyzk (50m Backstroke) also Women’s 800M Freestyle Men’s 200M Butterfly event - the 200m Butterfly. Le the latter. Later, Costa registered triumphed. Chad Le Clos (RSA) 1.50.39 Clos, who beat his idol - swim- Despite losing out on the the third fastest time behind Today is the final day of the Mireia Belmonte (ESP) 8.14.18 Pawel Korzeniwski (POL) ming legend Michael Phelps in podium twice during her six races, Hosszu and Netherlands’ Femke Doha leg of the series after which Melani Costa (ESP) 8.17.66 1.51.52 the event at the London 2012 Hosszu was satisfied with her Heemskerk in the 200m Freestyle. the competitions will resume in Coralie Balmy (FRA) 8.18.67 Bence Biczo (HUN) 1.55.22 Olympic Games, carried on his performance. She said: “I swam Among other notable winners Singapore on November 5 and 6. Men’s 400M individual impressive form. The South six races tonight and I won two last night in the men’s categories THE PENINSULA Medley Women’s 200M Individual Medley Chad Le Clos (RSA) 4.03.23 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) David Verrazto (HUN) 4.03.95 (2.05.33) Oussama Mellouli (TUN) Sophie Allen (GBR) (2.06.36) Hiring quality coaches good 4.09.28 Alia Atkinson (2.07.30) Vladimir Morozov (RUS) 45.94 Anthony Ervin (USA) 46.64 Men’s 400M Freestyle Kenneth To (AUS) 46.81 Robert Hurley (AUS) 3.39.59 for youngsters: FINA official Women’s 200M Freestyle Myles Brown (RSA) 3.39.98 Mads Glaesner (DEN) 3.42.03 Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 1.53.53 Women’s 50M Freestyle BY RIZWAN REHMAT understanding with Qatar Olympic Committee Femke Heemskerk (NED) (QOC). The world’s top swimmers enjoyed 1.53.65 Ranomi (NED) 23.69 DOHA: Hiring ‘quality coaches’ is crucial coming here last year. Melani Costa (ESP) 1.54.21 Dorothea Brandt (GER) 24.27 for the all-round development of young “That’s why we have a bigger pool of world- J Gray (DEN) 24.33 Men’s 50M Breaststroke swimmers, a top official of world body FINA beaters this year. Men’s 200M Breaststroke said yesterday. “Let me tell you this: The Doha event is Roland Schoeman (RSA) 25.89 Michael Jamieson (GBR) Cornel Marculescu (pictured), the FINA being watched by over 100 countries. That’s a Florent Manaudou (FRA) 26.54 2.05.93 Executive Director, said ‘good coaches’ could huge number. Swimming has never been more Hendrik Feldwehr (GER) 27.03 also help Qatar produce a bunch of quality popular. We love coming here,” he added. Mikhail Dorinov (RUS) 2.08.01 swimmers in the future. “We take our World Cup events where we Women’s 100M Breaststroke Igor Borysik (UKR) 2.08.01 “The only thing you need is to have a good have good organisers. That’s what we get here. Alia Atkinson (JAM) 1.03.38 Men’s 100M Individual coach (for youngsters),” Marculescu said in “I can already see improvements compared Luliia Efimova (RUS) 1.09.03 Medley an interview at Hamad Aquatic Centre where to last year (when Doha staged its maiden Kanako Watanbe (JPN) 1.66.03 Kenneth To (AUS) 51.49 Qatar Swimming Association (QSA) is hosting FINA event),” Marculescu said. Vladmir Morozov (RUS) 51.49 Women’s 100M Butterfly round five of 2013 FINA World Cup series. “You see there are more Qatari swimmers George Bovell (TRI) 51.87 “You (QSA) have top facilities and every- this year than last year,” Marculescu said. J Gray (DEN) 56.74 Women’s 200M Backstroke thing else to promote the sport. (What) you Khalil Al Jabir, President of QSA, yesterday Li Tao (SIN) 57.10 need (is) coaches who understand the mental- “They (the Qatari swimmers) have been said: “We have a long-term relationship with Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 57.46 Daryna Zevina (UKR) (2.01.17) ity of a young swimmer,” Marculescu added. taking part in other World Cup events. They FINA. We value this partnership. This is a key Sayaka Akase (JPN) 2.02.74 “You need a coach who understands the are learning. They have improved. I see young event on our sports calendar. Even our own Men’s 100M Backstroke Katinka Hosszu (HUN) 2.05.17 mentality, culture and life of youngsters here,” swimmers coming in,” Marculescu said. swimmers are shwoing a great deal of interest Thomas Shields (USA) 50.23 Men’s 50M Butterfly he explained. Marculescu said QSA would make for a in competing at home.” Robert Hurley (AUS) 50.29 “If you bring somebody who doesn’t under- ‘great host’ when Doha hosts the FINA World Today is the final day of the two-day FINA Roland Schoeman (RSA) 22.30 Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) 51.12 stand these aspects, then you can’t get good Championships next year. World Cup series leg. Chad le Clos (RSA) 22.41 swimmers. “Next year is going to be great. We have a Eindhoven, Berlin, Moscow and Dubai Women’s 50M Backstroke Jeremy Stravius (FRA) 22.58 “And I think I see a good future here. They lovely aquatic event feel here. Next year we will staged the first four legs. Mixed 4x50M Medley Relay have good young swimmers,” Marculescu said. have a coaches convention during the FINA Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing will wind up Aleksandra Urbanczyk (POL) “Qatar need not worry (on producing a Congress and an exhibition,” Marculescu said. the 2013 season. (27.88) Team France (1.39.54) WR champion overnight),” he said. “You have to “We appreciated that Qatar is one of the Today’s heats start at 10am while the finals Daryna Zevina (UKR) 26.85 Team Japan (1.42.25) be patient,” Marculescu pointed out. best partners of FINA. We have a great commence at 5:30pm. THE PENINSULA Sayaka Akase (JPN) 27.79 Team Norway (1.42.52) SPORT MONDAY 21 OCTOBER 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Barca draw with Osasuna, EPL: Townsend on target to miss out on record

MADRID: Barcelona missed as Tottenham beat Villa the chance to equal the best ever start to a Spanish league season as they dropped their English striker opens his Premier League goal account; Soldado scores first points of the campaign in a 0-0 draw at Osasuna. With Lionel Messi starting BIRMINGHAM,United Westwood, before the visitors on the bench, the visitors failed Kingdom: England break- English Premier League made the breakthrough. to make the most of their domi- through star Andros Townsend Townsend claimed the goal, but nance in the first-half with Marc continued his fine form by Result it owed to a certain degree of good Bartra’s wayward header their inspiring Tottenham Hotspur to LONDON: English Premier League result fortune. only serious effort on goal. a 2-0 win at Aston Villa in the yesterday: Picking up the ball wide on the Neymar and Cesc Fabregas Premier League yesterday. Aston Villa 0 Tottenham Hotspur 2 right, he cut onto his left foot and then passed up great chances to The 22-year-old winger, who (Townsend 31, Soldado 69) attempted to pick out a team- put Barca in front at the begin- starred as England booked their Playing today (1900GMT): mate in the centre, but his cross ning of the second period before place at the World Cup earlier Crystal Palace vs Fulham eluded both Holtby and Soldado, Messi was finally introduced for this week, scored the opening only to sneak in at the far post. the final quarter. goal with a 31st-minute cross that Played on Saturday: There was an unsavoury inci- However, even the Argentine crept past Villa goalkeeper Brad Arsenal 4 (Wilshere 18, Ozil 58, 88, Ramsey dent in the aftermath of the goal couldn’t open the door as Osasuna Guzan. 83) Norwich City 1 (Howson 70) when assistant referee David stood firm to prevent Barca scor- Roberto Soldado added a sec- Chelsea 4 (Hazard 33, 82, Eto’o 66, Oscar Bryan was struck by a flare ing in the league for the first time ond after half-time as Spurs 78) Cardiff City 1 (Mutch 10) apparently thrown from the since January 2012. moved up to fifth place in the Everton 2 (Mirallas 8, Pienaar 57) Hull City Spurs supporters’ section, but “With the performance of the table, three points below leaders 1 (Sagbo 30) after a brief delay, play continued. team and the chances we had, Arsenal, and began to atone for Local police later revealed that normally it would be enough for Manchester United 1 (Van Persie 26) their shock 3-0 home defeat by two men had been arrested over Barcelona to win but today it Southampton 1 (Lallana 89) West Ham United. the incident. wasn’t to be,” lamented Barca “It was a great performance,” Newcastle United 2 (Cabaye 23, Dummett Andreas Weimann flashed a coach Gerardo Martino. said Spurs manager Andre 56) Liverpool 2 (Gerrard 42-pen, Sturridge shot just wide as Villa pushed “I am very calm with the per- Villas-Boas. 72) for an equaliser, but Spurs came formance of the team, especially “We improved with time Stoke City 0 West Bromwich Albion 0 close to going 2-0 up in first-half because Osasuna is a team that because the beginning was diffi- Swansea City 4 (Bardsley 57-og, De stoppage time when Guzan pro- can cause damage in their sta- cult, as we had lots of long balls Guzman 58, Bony 64-pen, Chico 80) duced a smart low stop to thwart dium and we didn’t suffer at all to deal with. Sunderland 0 Townsend. defensively.” “The opening goal was impor- West Ham United 1 (Vaz Te 58) Manchester Another fine save from the Martino had decided to hand tant to bring confidence and we City 3 (Aguero 16, 51, Silva 80) American prevented Paulinho a surprise start to captain Carles really played well in the second from doubling the visitors’ advan- Puyol after seven months out due half. We deserved to go 2-0 up. tage early in the second period to knee surgery, but left Messi on “It was the right response after Nathan Baker replacing Ciaran and the introduction of Benteke the bench as he returned from a the defeat by West Ham and it is Clark in the only change to the gave Villa further reason for thigh strain. good to see us near the top.” side that drew 0-0 at Hull City optimism. “Obviously, we were trying to It was a first defeat in four last time out. The burly Belgian planted a win the game when Leo came on, league games for Paul Lambert’s Villas-Boas brought Lewis header from a Bacuna cross nar- but independent of the result, Villa, who now find them- Holtby into his team in place of rowly over the bar shortly after whether Barcelona were win- selves 13th, but it was a marked Christian Eriksen, handed Vlad coming on, but five minutes later, ning or losing, we always saw Leo improvement on their 4-0 capit- Chiriches his debut at centre- Spurs struck again. playing 20-25 minutes,” said the ulation to the same side in the back, and gave Sandro a first Paulinho’s intelligent first-time coach. League Cup last month. league start since January. pass freed Soldado and the Spain Barca’s best chance in the first “I didn’t think there was too Villa forward Gabriel striker took a touch before lifting half came from a set-piece when much in it,” Lambert told Sky Agbonlahor put a half-volley over the ball over Guzan to claim his Bartra headed over when com- Sports. the bar from an early Leandro third league goal in a Spurs shirt. pletely unmarked from Xavi’s cor- “I can’t fault the lads for Bacuna cross, but heavy rain Villa’s fight faded, but Townsend ner in stoppage time. effort -- the effort was great. On made for a slippery surface and refused to leave them in peace. He Neymar was inches away from another day, we might have got the game suffered as a result. dispatched a curler that cleared Tottenham Hotspur’s Andros Townsend (centre) celebrates with team- finding the breakthrough nine something.” Sandro shot straight at Guzan the crossbar by millimetres and mates after scoring a goal against Aston Villa during their English minutes after the break but Villa had last season’s top from 30 yards and Spurs goal- then flashed a ball across the face Premier League match at Villa Park in Birmingham, northern England, he just couldn’t reach Martin scorer Christian Benteke on the keeper Hugo Lloris had to scram- of goal that Paulinho was unable yesterday. Montoya’s low cross on the bench following a hip injury, with ble away a free-kick from Ashley to convert. AFP stretch. AFP Hodgson, Ferdinand join Your TV guide for Euro eight await World FA commission live matches today Event Competition Time Channel LONDON: The Football Tunisia vs Russia FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 HD6 Cup play-off fate Association announced yes- Croatia vs Panama FIFA World Cup U-17 16:00 +3 terday that England manager PARIS: France manager Didier Roy Hodgson and Manchester Lokomotiv vs Amkar Russian Premier League 18:00 +1 Deschamps, who captained United defender Rio Ferdinand Japan vs Venezuela FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 +3 France’s 1998 World Cup- have joined a commission to winning side, is praying the foot- Uzbekistan vs Morocco FIFA World Cup U-17 19:00 HD4 investigate the failings of the balling gods smile on his team national team. Celta Vigo vs Levante La Liga 21:00 +2 in today’s eight-team European Their appointments take the Crystal Palace vs Fulham Barclays Premier League 21:00 HD6 zone play-off draw. number of people on the com- Deschamps has publicly mission to 10, after FA chairman Athletic vs Villareal La Liga 23:00 +3 expressed his annoyance that Greg Dyke unveiled a provisional France missed out on being eight-man line-up earlier in the seeded and as a result in danger month. The commission will look of being pitted against Cristiano at ways to increase the number Bitter Evra labels Ronaldo’s Portugal, Euro 2004 of English players playing in the winners Greece, Croatia or Premier League and is expected Ukraine in the draw at FIFA’S to present a report by the end of Zurich headquarters. March next year. Lizarazu ‘parasite’ Joining the French in the Ferdinand’s appointment unseeded ‘pot’ are the Zlatan comes after FA board mem- PARIS: Controversial France following last Tuesday’s 3-0 win Ibrahimovic-inspired Sweden, ber Heather Rabbatts criticised and Manchester United over Finland in their final World Romania and surprise packet Dyke for naming an all-male, defender Patrice Evra delivered Cup qualifying match. Iceland. all-white commission. “Rio’s vast a vicious tirade aimed at several Evra, 32, said he would have Deschamps, asked which team Mexico’s new national team coach Miguel Herrera poses during his experience as a player developed pundits, among them France’s preferred that the story about he wanted to avoid, said: “It’s presentation to the media in Mexico City, yesterday. Herrera became through West Ham’s successful 1998 World Cup winner Bixente his talk at half-time had stayed legitimate to say Portugal because Mexico’s fourth coach in less than six weeks when he was chosen on youth system, winning Premier Lizarazu, yesterday after they within the dressing room, before they have Cristiano Ronaldo, Friday to lead the team for their last-ditch bid to qualify for the World Cup. League and European titles with criticised him over a half-time he lost control of himself. who’s a great player and a big Manchester United and repre- talk he gave his team-mates. “There are some pundits with influence. senting England at World Cups Evra was criticised for speak- whom I will soon settle my dif- “But playing Greece, Croatia Portugal meanwhile will be will have two completely differ- means he has a huge amount to ing his mind during half-time of ferences... they want to sell a lie or Ukraine, they’re more based hoping to continue their success ent games. offer to the debate,” said Dyke. the 2014 World Cup qualifier with to the French people that Evra round teamwork but not easier in play-offs having successfully “I liked the way the team “We have been speaking to Rio Belarus in September in which he is disliked. But that is not the or simpler to play.” navigated their way through the fought. If I had been on the pitch, and Manchester United for some was only a substitute. case at all. I do not know what He was speaking after two-legged process to get to the it would have been the same time about him joining the group The French eventually won Lizarazu has against me. I was France’s closing victory over last World Cup and Euro 2012s result.” -- before we named the other the game 4-2, ending a run of five twice voted best left-back in the Finland with his side already both at the expense of Bosnia- “Everything is possible,” said members of the commission. games without a win or a goal but world, four times the best left- assured of the runners-up spot Herzegovina, who made no mis- Sweden coach Erik Hamren. “However, as he is a current still ended up having to contest a back in the Premier League. in Group I behind world cham- take this time round qualifying “There are some good teams in Manchester United player, we play-off to see whether they reach “Him? I don’t even know if he pions Spain. by right. the pot, but we will do all we can needed to be sure that Rio had the finals or not. was ever voted best left-back in Deschamps will be counting on Manager Paulo Bento will be to realise our dream of going to the necessary time to fully par- Evra, never far from contro- the world. I recall my first call-up his side sealing their Brazil berth relieved at the return of star the World Cup.” ticipate on the commission and versy and who was subjected to to the national side, all the others in less controversial fashion than striker Ronaldo, who missed out Croatia go into today’s lottery not impact on his day job. It has racist abuse by Luis Suarez in shook my hand apart from him. they did their ticket to South on his country’s final 3-0 win with a new man at the helm after been agreed he does.” the Premier League match with Thierry Henry said to him ‘Oh Africa. over Luxembourg which sealed running out of steam with defeats The FA waited until the end of Liverpool two seasons ago, did Liza, here is the opposition’. And France owed their appearance the runners-up spot in Group F in their final two qualifiers. England’s successful World Cup not take to the criticism at all Lizarazu looked at me and said at what was to prove a disastrous behind Russia. Coach Igor Stimac paid the qualifying campaign before con- and labelled Lizarazu and three ‘Why? Someone told you that I 2010 World Cup to a play-off suc- Like Portugal Sweden go into price after offering to stand down firming Hodgson’s place on the other pundits ‘tramps’ and ‘para- was already retired?’. cess over the Republic of Ireland, Monday’s draw secure in the in the wake of last week’s 2-0 loss commission. “It is important Roy sites’ on French TV programme “People have a good impression with a little help from Thierry knowledge that talismanic leader to Scotland, which came four days can offer his views as the current ‘Telefoot’. He was later ordered by of me, it won’t be these tramps Henry’s hand. Ibrahimovic is back after being after a 2-1 home defeat to Group manager of the national team French Football Federation presi- who dirty my image. They must Henry admitted to deliber- suspended for last week’s 5-3 loss winners Belgium. and share the knowledge he has dent Noel Le Graet and France stop lying to the French people,” ately handling the ball to set up to Germany. He was replaced by Niko Kovac, gained when working for many coach Didier Deschamps to come said the Senegal-born defender, William Gallas’s decisive goal to The Paris Saint-Germain for- who skippered the side at Euro years in a number of countries,” to Paris and explain himself over who then classed them as para- seal France’s presence in South ward said after that game: “I am 2004 and 2008 as well as at the Dyke said. AFP the remarks which he made sites. AFP Africa. not worried. In the play-offs we 2006 World Cup. AFP Monday 21 October 2013 16 Dhul-Hijja 1434 Volume 18 Number 5859 Sport Price: QR2 LATEST NEWS UPDATES IN TAMIL TAMIL TIMES WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Red Sox beat Whatmore is Tigers to reach wary of SA

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Unique three-day training programme launched in Qatar BY DENZIL PINTO Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge DOHA: Premier Skills, a highly successful initiative launched in Lorenzo of Spain Qatar yesterday, can help improve the development of football poses with his coaching in the country, according to a UEFA qualified coach. trophy on the Thirty-two grass-root coaches, both male and female, across Qatar podium after have begun their three-day training programme in a project which will winning the be led by UEFA qualified coaches Paul Hughes and Laura Milburn. Australian Grand Hughes, who is also the Director of Innovative Sports Consultancy and has coached in England, said the course initiative can provide Prix at Phillip the platform for participants to develop their coaching skills further. Island Circuit He told The Peninsula: “Any course is always a good opportunity yesterday. for a coach for their football development. We are coming over here (from UK) to use our knowledge and expertise that we got in the UK to improve new coaches here in Qatar, so they are here starting on their coaching pathway.” He added: “We are able to give them some good foundation in a number of different areas to help them progress and continue as a coach. What we have done is that it is in partnership with the Qatar Football Association (QFA). So following the four days, the QFA and other partners here in Qatar will get some coaches who they will be able to use and continue here in a developing country. The QFA will work with those individuals and get them to impart their knowledge and expertise that they will learn this week to young children here in Qatar.” The coaching initiative is aimed at developing a brighter future for young people around the world, including tackling a variety of issues. When asked how previous participants have implemented their skills in the sport and in society, Hughes replied: “They’ve gone on to do a Day of drama as Lorenzo number of different things. A lot of coaches have gone on to work in their respective Football Associations on a part-time basis and full- time basis to actually becoming professional football referees within that network, whether that is in a community setting or the actual professional institutions of that country. Some people have gone on to wins thriller in Australia become professional coaches in the professional leagues.” Hughes, who has coached in 18 projects to date, added: “Some people have gone onto develop community football projects to tackle issues that occur in the community. For instance, in Africa, they use foot- MotoGP star Marc Marquez disqualified at Phillip Island ball to engage young people in dealing with HIV and AIDS. Football is the hook to get them in and attract them. On one occasion, while people were there and they were educated on the issue of HIV. There’s PHILLIP ISLAND, been a number of individuals who have set up their own community Australia: Jorge Lorenzo’s Australian Grand Prix Results programmes to try and support football and the general community.” MotoGP title defence remains The female coaches are from Qatar Women’s Sports Committee PHILLIP ISLAND: Results from the Australian alive after the Spaniard won Grand Prix at Phillip Island yesterday: (QWSC) and will undertake their training at state-of-the-art Aspire an incident-packed Australian Academy. Grand Prix yesterday, as cham- MotoGP The males were nominated by QFA and will be taught at QFA train- pionship leader Marc Marquez 1. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 29:07.155, 2. Dani ing ground. The course is jointly organised by British Council of Qatar suffered a disastrous disquali- Pedrosa (ESP/Repsol Honda) at 6.936, 3. Valentino and the Premier League, with the support of the English Football fication due to a howling team Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 12.344, 4. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/ Association, QFA and the QWSC. error. Yamaha Tech) 12.460, 5. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/ Milburn and Hughes will be supported by FA’s coach Sally Needham. With tyre problems forcing rid- Gresini Honda) 12.513, 6. Bradley Smith (GBR/ All three hold UEFA B coaching certificates. The coaching course will ers to change bikes mid-race in a Yamaha Tech) 28.263, 7. Nicky Hayden (USA/Team end tomorrow. THE PENINSULA MotoGP first, the battle between Ducati) 32.953, 8. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Racing the two-time world champion Ducati) 35.062, 9. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Team Lorenzo and Honda’s 20-year-old Ducati) 35.104, 10. Randy De Puniet (FRA/ART) wunderkind fizzled out in the 14th 37.426. lap when Marquez was shown the dreaded black flag for failing to Excluded: Marc Marquez (ESP/Repsol Honda) pit during the mandated window. ignoring mandatory pit stop. Riders were ordered to pit by MotoGP Overall Standings the end of the 10th lap at the latest out of safety fears, but 1. Marc Marquez (ESP/Repsol Honda) 298 pts, 2. Marquez sped past the Honda Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) 280, 3. Dani Pedrosa garage as his team believed com- (ESP/Repsol Honda) 264, 4. Valentino Rossi (ITA/ pleting lap 11 was allowed. World championship leader Marc Marquez of Spain Yamaha) 214, 5. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Yamaha) “The plan we had was not cor- speaks to the media after he was disqualified 179, 6. Alvaro Bautista (ESP/Honda) 147, 7. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda) 135, 8. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/ rect, we thought that we could from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island in Ducati) 127, 9. Nicky Hayden (USA/Ducati) 111, 10. do that lap. We thought we could Victoria, yesterday. Bradley Smith (GBR/Yamaha) 99. go into the pit at the end of lap FROM LEFT: Martin Hope, Country Director, British Council, Paul 11,” Marquez told reporters at the Hughes, Head Coach-Premier League, Ahmed Omar, Coach Education Phillip Island circuit. embarrassed Suppo said. “Of heat within seconds, losing the mathematical chance of winning and Development Director QFA, and Laura Milburn, Woverhampton “The problem was not with the course we are sorry (to Marc). lead briefly to Marquez in the first the title. Wanderers FC, during a press conference in Doha yesterday. pit board, that was fine, when I It’s the first time I’ve seen him in lap before snatching it back. Winner at Sepang last week, saw ‘Box’ I came in. Now we need a very disappointed situation and While placing riders and their Pedrosa has been irked by his to forget about it and just concen- he reacted as expected.” teams under additional strain, the team-mate’s aggressive riding trate in Motegi.” Pole-sitter Lorenzo was a overhauled race added an intrigu- and there appeared little friendly QFA chief attends Metsu funeral, Having had the chance to wrap deserving winner, however, having ing tactical element as Pedrosa about their rivalry during a fierce up the title in his debut season endured enormous pressure from changed his bike first followed by skirmish on the opening lap. pays respects to ‘quality coach’ yesterday and become motor- the two Honda riders amid cha- Lorenzo a lap later. With the race reduced by a cycling’s youngest premier class otic race conditions at the bucolic Marquez wobbled dangerously lap to 26 on Saturday and riders DOHA: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President champion, a crushed Marquez seaside track. as he wore his tyres to breaking ordered to change bikes, officials of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), has returned after attend- slumped in a chair in his team’s The win breathed new life into point before the changeover and announced only hours before that ing the funeral of Frenchman Bruno Metsu, the popular coach who garage with his head in his hands his title defence, trimming fel- narrowly averted catastrophe it had been cut again to 19 due to passed away on Tuesday. as Lorenzo toasted victory ahead low Spaniard Marquez’s lead to as he emerged from pit-lane to safety fears over the tyres’ degra- Metsu, former coach of the Qatar national teal team and manager of Honda’s Dani Pedrosa and a more precarious 18 points with brush Lorenzo, charging up the dation on the circuit’s newly-laid of Qatar Stars League (QSL) Al Gharafa over two phases, succumbed third-placed team mate Valentino two races left in Japan’s Motegi inside on his Yamaha and desper- asphalt. to colon cancer last week. Rossi. and Valencia. ate to snatch back the lead. Lorenzo, the Yamaha star, had “We will never forget what a loyal coach he was to Qatar, both our “I said on Thursday that “Today has been a crazy race,” Lorenzo snuck past, leaving a earlier complained the overhaul clubs and country,” Sheikh Hamad was quoted a saying in a post on the championship is very long. the affable 26-year-old said after wobbling Marquez in his wake, was in itself a safety risk and www.qsl.com.qa. Today this happened and maybe celebrating his first win Down and powered away to win by appeared to be right as riders “Football has lost a great man and he will be sorely missed,” he added. in Motegi it’s something else,” Under. nearly seven seconds after twice nearly came to grief when re- “He was a quality coach.” Marquez added. “With this changeover of bikes being denied at Phillip Island by joining the fray from pit-lane. The widow of Metsu, Viviane Metsu, her children and scores of “I know we’re going in the right in the middle, we practised a lot Australian Casey Stoner. The Moto2 category, won by relatives were in attendance at the Stade des Frandres in Dunkirk, way, I feel so good on the bike. I before the race. So that was one Still enjoying a strong lead, the Spaniard Pol Espargaro, was also northern France, where the funeral ceremony was held on Friday. could have fought for the podium of the keys. championship may be Marquez’s reduced to a nub of a race due to Metsu, best known for leading Senegal into the quarter-finals of the or the victory today.” “Now, (the title defence) is still to lose but the rookie is likely the tyre concerns, the original 25 2002 World Cup, was hugely popular in the Middle East. Team principal Livio Suppo very, very tough ... Let’s see what to come under fierce scrutiny laps cut to 13. From 1988 onwards, he was the manager of a total of nine French apologised to his rider. happens in Motegi.” from the resurgent Lorenzo Spaniard Alex Rins won the and Gulf clubs. “Everybody understood Lorenzo enjoyed an excellent and Pedrosa, who lies third in Moto3 category at a packed In his senior playing career from 1973 to 1987, he played for seven correctly instead of us,” an start off the grid but was under the championship and retains a Phillip Island circuit. REUTERS different clubs in his native France. THE PENINSULA