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SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 • 10 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6622 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir starts Qatar launches Latin America tour today

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim diabetes strategy bin Hamad Al Thani will begin today a tour of Latin American countries including Cuba, Mexico Seven-year plan focuses on public awareness and Venezuela. During the tour, the Emir will By Fazeena Saleem The annual health plan will help individu- hold talks with leaders and sen- als track their health status and set person- ior officials of the countries on DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health als goals in nutrition, physical activity and bilateral relations and issues of (SCH) has launched the Qatar National smoking cessation. The strategy also aims to common interest. A number of Diabetes Strategy to raise public aware- promote research and studies on the nature agreements will be signed. ness and seek preventive measures against and prevalence of diabetes in the country. Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani (centre), Assistant Secretary the disease that affects a major segment of Awareness and prevention campaigns General on Policy Affairs at Supreme Council of Health, Faleh Mohamed Hussain (left), and QNA Qatar’s population. will be delivered through multiple chan- Assistant Secretary General for Medical Affairs at Supreme Council of Health, Dr Saleh bin Minister of Public Health H E Abdullah nels including schools, workplaces, mosques Ali Al Marri, during the launch of Qatar National Diabetes Strategy on Thursday. (ABDUL BASIT) bin Khalid Al Qahtani announced the launch and social media. The strategy will support We don’t target of the seven-year strategy themed ‘Prevent- health care professionals to deliver the National Diabetes Strategy will be a pow- (HMC) in collaboration with the Qatar ing Diabetes Together’ at a press conference “right care at the right place at the right erful tool to reduce the impact of diabetes Diabetes Association published in 2014 civilians in on Thursday. time.” on the lives of citizens and residents. estimated that the number of new cases The strategy aims to reduce incidence of “The strategy addresses one of the most Under the strategy, a National Diabetes of Type I Diabetes would increase by 25pc Yemen: Coalition diabetes, delay disease progression, deliver important health challenges in the country, Policy Team will be formed between 2016 in five years from 2015 until 2020. high quality of diabetes care and develop which is the high prevalence of diabetes,” Al and 2017. It will set a national agenda for Another study in 2011 by research- RIYADH: The Saudi-led an information technology and diabetes Qahtani told a press conference. awareness and prevention, have a national ers in Qatar found that the prevalence coalition’s combat planning chief research programme. These goals are set “The strategy aims to prevent spread curriculum for patient empowerment, of gestational diabetes is 19pc among yesterday defended the air war to be achieved by 2022. of the disease, and to improve the lives of define guidelines and pathways, develop Qatari women and 14pc among non-Qatari in Yemen against widespread According to the strategy, the target patients, through a framework and commit- Diabetes National Research Agenda, women, and these rates are expected to go international concern about high adult population will be screened for diabe- ment to develop the right tools and effec- develop and deliver diabetes-specific up. The impact of this continued rise will numbers of civilian casualties. tes between 2018 and 2020. People at a risk tive solutions to what has become a national continuing medical education, commence not be restricted to the lives of patients In an exclusive interview with of developing the disease as well as patients issue,” he added. Al Qahtani said that if training on guidelines and pathways and and their families, but will mean a 30pc AFP, the Royal Saudi Air Force will be offered an annual health plan by 2020. not dealt with properly, the number of the prepare and launch a national screening increase in the cost of health services by brigadier general — who cannot All healthcare professionals will receive con- affected is expected to double by 2045. How- programme. 2020. be identified under the military’s tinuing education in diabetes care by 2019. ever, he expressed confidence that Qatar A study by Hamad Medical Corporation THE PENINSULA security restrictions — accused rights groups and other critics of “looking through one eye only”. “They are receiving all the information from the adversary,” he said of Yemen’s Houthi rebels supported by forces loyal to Qatar reiterates commitment to support Syrians ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. “We are sticking to the NEW YORK: Qatar has reiter- Permanent Representative to ian children have benefited from upcoming donors’ conference on represents a global challenge and rules, the international rules and ated its commitment to support the United Nations, Ambassador Qatar’s initiative “Educate a the humanitarian crisis in Syria, must be resolved by dealing with Geneva Convention, first, and law the Syrian people and all interna- H E Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Child” since 2012. to be held in London in February its causes. She called on the inter- of conflict,” said the brigadier. tional efforts aimed at reaching a Al Thani, said Qatar spared no Qatar also launched an initia- 2016. national community to protect “We don’t deviate from those political settlement in the Syrian effort in providing relief to the tive at the third Donors’ Confer- She emphasised that Qatar will refugees and their right to apply standards,” the brigadier told crisis. displaced and refugees and to ence in Kuwait to set up a joint continue to support all interna- for asylum and respect the princi- AFP during the first visit by a Addressing the 70th session alleviate their suffering. fund for education and profes- tional and regional efforts to deal ple of non-refoulement under the foreign journalist to the coalition’s of the UN General Assembly She said the number of Syr- sional development of displaced with the roots of this problem Refugee Convention of 1951. Since planning and operations cen- meeting to consider agenda item ian residents in Qatar has risen Syrian youth and children, the and the roots of terrorism. She the beginning of the Syrian crisis, tre at King Salman Air Base in 130 — “Global Awareness of the to over 54,000 from 20,000 at the Ambassador added. Sheikha said that it will not hesitate to Qatar has warned of its effect on Riyadh. “We don’t target civil- Tragedies of Irregular Migrants beginning of the crisis. Qatar, Alya hailed Kuwait’s hosting of work with partners to alleviate the humanitarian situation. ians,” he said. in the Mediterranean Basin she pointed out, attached great the conference that largely con- the suffering of civilians, refu- Continued on page 5 See also page 7 with Specific Emphasis on Syr- importance to Syrian children’s tributed to supporting Syrian gees and the displaced. Sheikha ian Asylum Seekers” — Qatar’s education. About 600,000 Syr- people, and looked forward to the Alya said that the refugee crisis QNA AFP

Barcelona beat Real Madrid QR25m Syria Prosecution to Brussels in lockdown relief package appeal Villaggio on fear of terror attacks DOHA: The Sheikh Eid Bin fire verdict BRUSSELS: Brussels was in public gatherings until Novem- Mohammed Al Thani Charity terror lockdown yesterday, with ber 30, the start of a UN climate Foundation has allocated about DOHA: The Prosecution will a gunman still on the run after summit. Turkey has detained a QR25m for the implementation of appeal against the verdict of the the Paris attacks which have rat- Belgian citizen of Moroccan ori- a package of urgent relief projects Court of Appeals in the Villag- tled nerves throughout Europe. gin, Ahmet Dahmani, 26, who is for Syrian refugees and displaced gio fire case, reports Qatar News The Belgian capital closed believed to have helped choose to help them through the winter. Agency (QNA). its metro system and shuttered the sites for the Paris attacks, The Foundation said in a press The Attorney General, H E Dr shopping centres as a terror alert the Dogan news agency reported release yesterday that the relief is Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, yesterday was raised to its highest level over yesterday. being implemented in cooperation asked the prosecution to move the reports of an “imminent threat” The UN Security Council on with its partners within Syria and Court of Cassation (Qatar’s high- of a gun and bomb attack similar Friday authorised nations to institutions in the field of refugee est court) and appeal the decision to the horror seen in Paris last “take all necessary measures” to response. of the Court of Appeals in the Vil- week. fight Islamic State (IS) jihadists Continued on page 3 Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) scores past Real laggio Mall fire case. Brussels-based jihadists are and other extremist groups The Court of Appeals had increasingly at the heart of the after a wave of attacks across Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos during the Spanish league El Clasico QNA acquitted all the defendants in Paris investigation and police have the world left hundreds dead in football match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid yesterday. the case. multiplied raids in the city’s poor- a matter of weeks. Barcelona won 4-0. See also page 26 The Villaggio Mall fire had, on est districts in a rush to round up In grieving Paris, citizens May 28, 2012, claimed 19 lives, 13 suspects before they disappear or defiantly poured into the streets of them children. launch fresh attacks. and on to cafe terraces Friday According to Qatar News Investigators are working night to mark one week since the Mali hunts for hotel siege suspects Agency, the Attorney General around the clock to track Salah carnage with a noisy minute of ordered the prosecution attached Abdeslam, one of the gunmen who non-silence as urged by several to the highest court to prepare a is still on the loose after a coor- artists in the country. BAMAKO: Mali was hunting notorious one-eyed Algerian Keita said. The victims included memo detailing the cause of the dinated wave of attacks on Paris- Outside La Belle Equipe restau- yesterday for suspects over the militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, six Russians, three Chinese, two Villaggio Mall fire and explain- ian nightspots that left 130 people rant where 18 people were gunned jihadist siege at a luxury hotel nicknamed the “Uncatchable” Belgians, an American and a ing why they are going in appeal dead on November 13. down, a crowd stood under a light that left 19 people dead, mostly or “Mr Marlboro”, claimed the Senegalese. against the appellate court’s Belgian Prime Minister Charles rain around a heap of flowers and foreigners, as the president attack. A Malian military source had verdict and show it to him Michel said authorities feared a candles singing at the top of their warned that no one in the world Gunmen went on the rampage said earlier there were at least before submitting it to the top “Paris-style” attack “with explo- voices at 9.20pm, when the attacks could hide from terrorism. through the hotel from the early 27 dead, while at least “three court. sives and weapons at several loca- started. Belgium’s national crisis The government has declared morning, shooting in the corridors terrorists had been killed or On October 26 this year, the tions” despite the hundreds of centre raised its alert level to 4 a state of emergency after the and taking 170 guests and staff blown themselves up”. Court of Appeals acquitted all soldiers patrolling Brussels that early yesterday, “signifying a very bloody nine-hour hostage-taking hostage. Authorities are now “actively defendants and threw out their is also home to the EU and Nato. serious threat for the Brussels at the Radisson Blu hotel in the The assault, which ended when pursuing” at least three people convictions announced earlier by The carnage in Paris has put all region”. The centre urged citizens capital Bamako on Friday, exactly Malian and international troops over the attack in the former a lower court. of Europe on edge as it emerged to avoid crowded areas such as a week after the Paris massacre. stormed the hotel, left 19 people French colony, one security source Continued on page 5 dangerous jihadists slipped concerts and transport hubs. The Al-Murabitoun group, dead as well as two attackers, told AFP. between countries unnoticed, an Al Qaeda affiliate led by President Ibrahim Boubacar AFP THE PENINSULA with France extending a ban on AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Forum to discuss RAF builds 12 education centres in Syria education in GCC Facilities built at a cost of QR500,000 in Daraa Governorate to benefit displaced children and challenges

DOHA: A Qatari charitable have been recruited. The teachers dents and each centre will hold at DOHA: Education in GCC states organisation has lent a helping will provide quality education to least six classes daily. and new regional and interna- hand to children displaced due beneficiaries. Many schools are left damaged tional challenges facing these to ongoing violence in Syria and At least 1,800 children who in the governorate, leading to a countries will be the focus of forced to discontinue school edu- were in preparatory and second- collapse of the education system discussions at a regional forum cation. ary schools when they were dis- there, RAF has noted with con- which will start here on Decem- Sheikh Thani bin Abdullah placed by violence and forced to cern in a statement. ber 5. Foundation for Humanitarian flee will benefit. “It was necessary to rescue The three-day forum will host Services, popularly known by its The centres will also cater to school dropouts and put them more than 60 researchers of abbreviated name RAF, has built students in localities in Daraa back in school to safeguard their whom, 29 from Gulf countries, 12 education centres in Daraa area who left schools. future. including eight from Qatar, the Governorate in southeastern The education programme is “So a massive drive was organising committee said in a Syria for displaced children so being executed in collaboration launched to restore damaged edu- statement yesterday. they could continue education. with a local organization, Ahl cational facilities and build new It is being organised by Arab The centres will hold tuto- Horan, to help students rejoin schools. Centre for Research and Policy rial classes in all basic subjects school and participate in terminal “RAF participated in the cam- Studies with participation of for the war-affected students so examinations for the academic paign and made its contribution decisionmakers, researchers and they could take national examina- year 2015-16. to saving the future of the young experts. tions and their education is not There was separate centres Syrians,” the statement added. Education challenges, policies, disrupted. for girls and boys and are divided More than 50 percent of Syr- strategies, future perspectives The centres have cost RAF equally in number for both. ian children in school-going age and concerns will be discussed. about QR500,000 collected Each centre will teach six basic cannot go to school due to lack of Children attend a class at one of the centres. American international rela- through donations made by citi- subjects, including mathematics, educational services. tions expert John J Mearsheimer zens and expatriates in Qatar. science, foreign languages and Citing a report, RAF said 51.8 of 2013 and more than 4,000 Higher Education of Syria, are will deliver a lecture on ‘Chal- To man these centres, some 160 Arabic. percent of children were not schools of a total of 22,000 run abandoned. lenges facing GCC states under teaching and administrative staff One classroom will have 25 stu- admitted to school by the end by the Ministry of Education and THE PENINSULA new regional and international environment’. Topics under discussion, in par- ticular issues of education, have received considerable attention from researchers, experts and education policymakers in the QU, University of Malaya boost research collaboration GCC states, said Dr Marwan Kablan, Chairman of the Organ- DOHA: Qatar University (QU) demic and research activities and “We continue to collaborate ising Committee. has signed a five-year agreement facilitate opportunities for stu- with QU as we learned of the He added that many compe- with University of Malaya (UM), dent, faculty and administrative great potential in its research tent entities in the GCC have Malaysia, to renew collabora- staff exchanges. capacity and its commitment shown interest to participate in tion in the field of education and The agreement also covers towards the development of its the forum. research. sharing of publications, reports academics and students.” The committee has received The agreement was signed by and other academic materials and Dr Al Siddiqi said academic around 160 research proposals Dr Humaid Al Midfaa, Vice-Pres- information between both institu- and research activities emerging for the forum and selected some ident and Chief Financial Officer, tions. from this agreement will enrich after a strict review. QU, and Prof Dato’ Dr Mohd Dr Al Midfaa said: “We are the college’s curriculum and facil- A second topic, ‘Challenges Amin Jalaludin, Vice-Chancellor, pleased to partner with University itate collaboration in scientific imposed by external environ- UM. of Malaya in this initiative which research, faculty exchange and ment’ will include Gulf security, QU Vice-President and Chief aligns with QU’s ongoing efforts supervision of graduate projects. relations with regional and inter- Academic Officer Dr Mazen to advance its research capac- “It will also provide CSIS students national powers, regional order, Hasna, QU College of Shariah and ity and provide students with an with wide-ranging opportuni- and GCC state’s foreign policies. Islamic Studies (CSIS) Dean Dr environment of vibrant research Dr Humaid Al Midfaa, Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, QU, ties to develop skills and abili- The forum will bring together Yousuf Mahmoud Al Siddiqi and activity that motivates them to and Prof Dato’ Dr Mohd Amin Jalaludin, Vice-Chancellor, UM, sign the ties in their journey to becoming different generations, enrich dis- UM Academy of Islamic Stud- realise their full potential. agreement. the future generation of leaders cussions and present suitable ies (API) Director Prof Dato’ Dr “This underlines the organi- in Qatar, and contribute to the condition for sharing experiences. Mohd Yaakub Zulkifli bin Mohd sation’s commitment to develop research in Qatar and the region.” positioned to actively spearhead country’s aspirations towards a The centre will publish in a book Yusoff were present. collaborations with local and Dr Jalaludin said: “As a leading cutting-edge research projects knowledge-based society.” some of the papers presented in As part of the agreement, CSIS international institutions and research university in the coun- with our many international the forum. and API will organise joint aca- promote quality education and try, University of Malaya is well- partners. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA HOME SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QRCS holds emergency drill in southern Gaza Exercise part of psychological support for war victims

DOHA: The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has conducted a mock drill in Gaza as part of its $135,000 projects to give psycho- logical support to victims of 2014 Gaza War. At the beach of Khan Younes in southern Gaza, the drill recre- ated tsunami sweeping homes and shops amid ambulance sirens, vic- tims everywhere and volunteers rushing to help. As typical in such cases, the stricken areas were evacuated and the casualties were moved to hospitals. Psychological support, protection, and restoring family links staff were deployed to help victims, move them to safe places Volunteers shift an ‘injured’ man to safety as part of the mock drill. and provide socio-psychological support for the people, especially cal Programme Manager, QRCS, anywhere,” he added. women and children. said: “Now, our staff are better QRCS’s psychological support Some 120 psychological, ambu- prepared for any disaster. We programme seeks to enhance lance and emergency manage- have learned good lessons from socio-psychological adaptation ment staff from Palestinian Red working in severe weather condi- and rehabilitation of affected Crescent Society (PRCS) took tions. These training programmes communities and qualification part in the drill, in collaboration are designed to improve skills of programmes for PRCS health with QRCS and Spanish Red relief staff and ensure effective service providers. Cross. performance and quick interven- Azmi Al Akhtal, Psychologi- tion to help distressed families THE PENINSULA

Several projects for Syrians HIA wins Best Airport in Western Continued from page 1 Asia region award in Singapore The Foundation said among the most important projects are food aid, drinking DOHA: Hamad Inter- shortlisted in the category water and shelter, including building and national Airport (HIA) of ‘Best Airport’ in the restoring homes, housing rental for families, has won the Best Airport Western Asia region, HIA caravans, winter clothing for children, women Award at the first Future was announced as the win- and elderly, and mattresses, fuel and heaters. Travel Experience (FTE) ner. The programme also includes medical assist- Asia Awards in Singapore The FTE Asia award was ance, such as first aid, medical staff, field hos- on Wednesday. introduced this year for pitals and clinics, medicines, chairs for the The ceremony took airlines and airports from disabled and psychosocial support to children place during FTE Asia across Asia to be rewarded and mothers. It said the aid is a continuation EXPO 2015, with the win- for their end-to-end cus- of its efforts to support the Syrian people that ners selected by industry tomer experience achieve- began even before the current crisis. executives from around the ments. QNA world. Out of five nominees QNA SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Flu vaccination 18 missions in Futsal tournament second phase from December 8

Aspire Zone Foundation’s competition to DOHA: The Supreme Council of Health (SCH) said yesterday that feature 80 matches until February the second phase of the vaccina- tion campaign against seasonal DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) Aspire Logistics, said: “We are delighted influenza will begin on Decem- has announced the launch of the ‘Aspire to launch the tournament for embassies ber 8. About 80,000 people have Embassies Futsal Tournament’. as part of our programme of engagement been vaccinated against seasonal The announcement came during a tech- with public and private sector organisa- flu over two months, said a state- nical meeting attended by representatives tions. Such activities play an important role ment yesterday. During the second from AZF, Qatar Football Association in helping promote health and fitness and phase , vaccines will be made avail- and several embassies based in Qatar, on strengthening ties between employees in a able at primary healthcare centres Thursday. fun and exciting environment outside the for people from all categories. The tournament will be held at Aspire workplace. This also aligns with our goals Currently, vaccination is avail- Dome from this month until February with to make positive contributions to improv- able for people at risk of devel- the participation of 18 embassies. The mis- ing the physical health and productivity of oping flu complications such as sions will be split into two groups of nine employees in Qatar.” children aged six months to five each and will compete in 80 matches. Humaid Al Humaid, Saudi Deputy years, expectant mothers, people The launch of the competition builds Ambassador, said: “We would like to thank above 65 and those suffering from on the success of a smaller-scale tourna- AZF for organising the tournament — it chronic diseases like diabetes, ment organised for the first time during is a great initiative. In addition to sport- asthma, immune deficiency and Ramadan as part of AZF’s programme of ing benefits and helping people keep fit, A member of the organising committee conducts the draw ceremony. lung, liver, kidney and heart dis- activities during the holy month. the tournament provides opportunity for eases. Due to huge demand, vac- It highlights AZF’s aim to expand com- employees of embassies to meet and net- cines are given on all working days munity participation in physical activities work with peers from similar professional Arabia; the UAE; Kuwait; Jordan; Syria; The tournament also follows the suc- — Sunday to Thursday — during and support healthier and more active life- backgrounds outside their office environ- France; Portugal; Sri Lanka; Somalia; Rus- cessful launch of Aspire Banks League last morning and evening hours. styles among the people. ment.” sia; Spain, Mexico; the US; Algeria; Tunisia; month. Ali Al Fehaida, Acting Director-General, Participating embassies are: Saudi India; Ethiopia and Kenya. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Greenhouse farming workshop ends DOHA: The Agriculture Research Department at the Ministry of Doha Institute admits batch of 148 students Environment has concluded a workshop on managing greenhouse farming and hydroponics. It was held at Al Sulaiteen farm from By Mohamed Osman tah disclosed that the institute November 15 to 19, with participation of experts from several GCC will host the 15th international countries. At the end of the event, Dr Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani, DOHA: Doha Institute for grad- conference of the Middle East Assistant Undersecretary for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, uate studies has admitted 148 Economic Association from presented certificates to 24 trainers specialised in agriculture from students and starts new admis- March 23 to 25, 2016. GCC countries and Yemen. sions on December 1. It will be attended by over 214 During the opening of the workshop, Masood Jarallah Al Merri, The institute, which offers researchers and academics who Director of the department, said in 2013, Qatar distributed 30 green master’s programmes, began its will discuss the impact of oil price houses and will distribute 73 next year as part of a plan to distribute first academic year on October 4 downslide on producers and oil 10,000 green houses to farms, and half the cost will be borne by the and will soon launch a portal for price fluctuations. government. online admissions. The institute signed, a year ago, The total number of green houses has reached 3,006, he added. New programmes will be added a memorandum of understand- in the next academic year and will FROM LEFT: Hend Al Muftah, Vice-President, Administration and Finance, ing with Excellence Training THE PENINSULA include studies about settlement Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; Yasir Suleiman Malley, Acting President; Center to implement 148 train- of disputes and humanitarian and Dr Abdulrahim Binhada, Associate Dean at a press conference at Arab ing programmes for public sec- aids, in addition to a PhD pro- Center for Research and Policy Studies yesterday. BAHER AMIN tor leadership staff. Of these, 85 ‘Movember’ charity event gramme, which will start after programmes have been imple- two years. mented and some 139 government This was stated by Professor on Thursday at Arab Centre for demic accreditation which can’t employees benefited, Al Muftah Yasir Suleiman Malley, Acting Research and Policy Studies. be achieved before at least two to added. President of the institute. “As we Some 40 professors from differ- three batches have graduated.” The institute has two facul- seek excellence, we are keen to ent nationalities have been roped Dr Abdulrahim Binhada, Asso- ties — the School of Social Sci- attract outstanding students and in to teach at the institute and at ciate Professor at the School of ences and Humanities and the teaching staff in line with Qatar least nine academic programmes Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Public Administration National Vision 2030,” he said. have been launched for the first who was also present at the press and Development Economics, in To attract excellent students batch of 148 students. conference, said though the insti- addition to a language centre. from various countries, the insti- The institute has been licensed tute is new and admission crite- The school offers programmes of tute is signing agreements with as an independent academic ria are strict, “we have registered study in philosophy, history, soci- some universities to attract hun- entity by the Supreme Educa- 900 students, of whom 148 were ology and anthropology, politics dreds of outstanding students, tion Council (SEC) and has selected to join the institute with and international relations, lin- beside online admissions which received accreditation from Qatar full scholarships”. Thanks to local guistics and Arabic lexicography, will be launched early next month. National Research Fund as a media coverage and visits to nine comparative literature and media “The idea of the institute was research entity based in Doha. Arab countries, the institute con- and cultural studies. The institute mooted in 2011, and since then we The School of Public Admin- tacted 150 Arab university presi- also offers full scholarships to stu- have had a lot of achievements, istration and Development Eco- dents and 100 deans of faculties dents, covering tuition fees and including setting up organisa- nomics has been approved to of social sciences. taking care of accommodation O rganisers, sponsors and some volunteers of ‘Movember’, an annual tional, academic and administra- become a full member of the He said majority of students and transportation expenses. In charity event involving the growing of moustaches and beards during tive structures and regulations,” Network of Schools of Public Pol- at the institute are Qataris and addition, a student is entitled to November to raise funds and awareness about men’s health and risk of said Dr Hend Al Muftah, Vice- icy Affairs and Administration, the rest are from other countries, receive QR1,500 a month in cash President, Administration and known as NASPAA Company, including European countries. and allowed to make some money prostate, testicular and breast cancers, among others, post for a group Finance at the institute. for three of its programmes, said “We have students from Estonia through paid work, said Binhada. photo at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Al Muftah was speaking with Al Muftah. “This is an advanced and Bulgaria as well.” Suleiman at a press conference and encouraging step for aca- On upcoming events, Al Muf- THE PENINSULA QU centre celebrates World Children’s Day DOHA: The Early Childhood tion departments; Primary it raises awareness about child Dr Fatima Yousef Al Maa- Centre (ECC) at Qatar Uni- Health Care Corporation Dental rights and highlight the need of dadi, ECC Coordinator, said: versity (QU) College of Educa- Division; Children’s Literature engaging children in activities “The event is part of the cen- tion celebrated the 11th Annual Center; and Museum of Islamic that develop their personalities tre’s commitment to build International Children’s Festi- Art Library Center. and well-being in a construc- Qatar’s future by shaping chil- val on Thursday to commemo- The event included an inter- tive way as they are the future dren to become future role mod- rate World Children’s Day. active lunch and four booths leaders who will contribute els capable of playing key roles Teachers and children from — ‘My health, My Well-being’; to the country’s progress and in the country’s development. the centre, their parents and ‘My Health is My Meal’; ‘My growth. It also highlights the centre’s QU faculty, students and staff Reading Skills’; and ‘My Joy, “It also shows the college’s efforts to provide children with were present, along with repre- My Fun’. Gifts were presented commitment to offer the wider capacity-building opportunities sentatives of QU Health Clinic; to children. community awareness pro- that improve their personalities, Hamad International Training Dr Hissa Sadiq, Dean of the grammes and outreach activi- encourage them to adapt and Center Caravan Safety in the college, said: “This is an impor- ties that engage them on issues boost their confidence.” Home; Hamad Medical Corpo- tant day in the events calendar that will advance human devel- ration Emergency and Nutri- of the centre and the college as opment.” THE PENINSULA

Hundreds visit Qatar as part of regional cruises

DOHA: Hundreds of tourists part of Cruise Arabia Alliance, disembarked at Doha Port, and the MS Europe 2. arriving on three regional “We are excited to be calling cruise ships to explore the Gulf in the dynamic city of Doha for throughout the week. the first time,” said John Dela- They received a warm wel- ney, Senior Vice-President, come with Arabic coffee, a tra- Global Marketing and Sales, ditional Ardha performance, Seabourn. “It is a world-class and photo opportunities with destination with a wonderful a falcon. They also participated blend of historic and cultural Tourists ready for photo opportunities with a falcon at Doha Port. in organised tours of key land- sites combined with a beauti- marks before returning to their ful, modern landscape.” Qatar dle East Cruise Forum, where security departments will dis- ships. The ships included the has ramped up efforts to expand cruise line executives, gov- cuss the future of cruising in Seabourn Sojourn, on its maiden its cruise tourism sector. Next ernment representatives and the Gulf. voyage to Qatar, the MS Island month, Qatar Tourism Author- industry stakeholders from the Sky, the first to dock in Qatar as ity hosts the Seatrade Mid- ports, tourism, immigration and THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Prosecution to Rumailah Hospital begins appeal against mall fire verdict CIS implementation DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) yesterday began seventh Continued from page 1 implementation of its Clinical Information System (CIS) at Rumailah The appellate court cleared Hospital, the Psychiatry Department and dental facilities, together the defendants of all charges and with other satellite locations and therapy services. stipulated that conviction in the It is part of a phased roll-out across HMC and Primary Healthcare case will be under the provisions Corporation where patient records will be stored and accessible elec- of Articles (1) and (1/43) of the tronically across both organisations. Dr Abdul Aziz Darwish, Medi- Resolution of the Minister of Civil cal Director, Rumailah Hospital and its associated satellite facilities, Service and Housing Affairs No said his team has put processes in place to ensure as smooth patient (20) of 2005. experience as possible and thanked patients for patience during this Accordingly, the appellate court transition. “All patients are being seen within a clinically appropriate slapped a fine of QR20,000 on time frame during the transition. Implementation of the system will Real Estate Projects Company help us provide the safest, most effective and most compassionate care, and ordered it to pay, in collabo- ensure patient records are secure and up-to-date and reduce the need ration with its partners and the for paper in the clinical environment. CIS implementation is one of insurance company, blood money the strategic programmes and I am grateful for patience and support (financial compensation known in by our patients and the team.” Arabic as Diya) of QR200,000 to The organising team of the nursing grand rounds at Hamad General Hospital. THE PENINSULA the heirs of each of the victims, said QNA. THE PENINSULA Over 300 experts attend Syrian crisis: Qatar Qatar-UAE Exchange unveils warns of impact on online remittance channel peace, security HGH nursing event DOHA: As UAE Exchange, in Qatar. Supporting us in achiev- Continued from page 1 the global remittance, foreign ing this goal of taking remittance Qatar has also warned of its Focus on best care of patients undergoing liver transplant exchange and payment solu- services to the personal space of effect on regional and interna- tions brand, celebrates its 35th our customers in the country is tional peace and security. DOHA: More than 300 health- Journey’ and featured presenta- saving surgical procedures. anniversary, the brand’s Qatar Ahli Bank, one of the largest pri- Delay in dealing with the crisis care professionals, including tions by nurses and physicians “They are responsible for edu- operations are to revolutionise vate sector banks in Qatar.” led to the deterioration in human- nurses, physicians and allied on topics such as the latest man- cating patients on procedures, its offerings though the launch With remittance growing at an itarian situation with millions of health professionals, attended agement techniques in pre- and provide medication and play an of ‘online remittance channel’. incredible pace through the online displaced Syrians and refugees an educational event organised post-operative care, challenges important role in their treatment With the new service, custom- channel, customers can access it fleeing to Europe through neigh- by the Nursing Department at and recommendations in caring journey. We consider it of utmost ers in Qatar can conveniently by clicking on www.uaeexchange. bouring countries, Sheikha Alya Hamad General Hospital (HGH) for liver patients recovering from importance to highlight their role send money to anywhere in the com/qat/ They will enjoy the said. to highlight best nursing prac- transplant surgery. at a gathering like this where they world at a click of the mouse. comfort of remitting from home, At the conclusion of her state- tices in the care of patients “The main idea behind the can participate in open discus- Edison Fernandez, Country office or while on the move; send ment, Sheikha Alya expressed undergoing liver transplant sur- event is to recognise nurses who sions with cross-unit and cross- Head, Qatar-UAE Exchange, said: money to any destination in the Qatar’s appreciation for Syria’s gery. have demonstrated excellence in division healthcare professionals “Customers are increasingly get- world from Qatar 24x7; and ben- neighbouring countries, especially Amal Kamel Ali, Director nursing care and allow them to to learn effective ways and iden- ting tech-savvy and their prefer- efit from unparalleled network Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, and of Nursing, Surgical Units and share expertise with other health- tify the best strategies to improve ences rapidly changing with the with banks to ensure incompa- for the efforts of other European Lithotripsy, HGH, said, “This is care professionals. Sharing of patient experience.” evolution of smart technology. rable remittance speeds; countries to accommodate Syrian a unique event which serves as experiences, coupled with the lat- The event also highlighted local “Being a customer-driven Profitable exchange rates. They refugees and give them protec- a teaching intervention to pro- est evidence-based research find- and international nursing health- segment, we are committed to will also benefit from cutting-edge tion. Qatar also appreciated the mote up-to-date, evidence-based ings, will positively affect delivery care trends and current research providing new and innovative security technologies, includ- efforts of Antonio Guterres, the nursing practice and high-quality of care to our patients,” Ali added. initiatives pertinent to liver channels that meet the evolving ing SSL encryption methods for United Nations High Commis- patient care. On the significance of the transplant. This was the second needs of customers. The introduc- online protection; availability of sioner for Refugees, UNHCR, “It will provide nursing pro- event for surgical nurses, she nursing grand round at HMC to tion of online remittance channel transaction progress and details other UN organs and agencies, fessionals with the latest medi- said nurses form the backbone of enhance the level of nursing care creates a seamless and consistent of last five transactions; and con- and non-governmental organisa- cal knowledge with the aim of a surgical team. for all patients at Hamad Medical engagement, providing a new level venient payment mode through tions that worked to help refugees enhancing patient outcomes.” “Surgical nurses work in a very Corporation hospitals. of convenience to our customers. debit card issued by any banks in and the displaced. The event was held under the challenging environment, where “This is the first-of-its-kind Qatar. QNA theme ‘Liver Transplant: The they often take key roles in life- THE PENINSULA initiative by any exchange house THE PENINSULA Hamad Dental Network set up

DOHA: Hamad Medical Corpo- fessor Johan De Vries, Chair of our strategic direction,” Professor ration’s (HMC) dentistry serv- Dentistry, HMC. De Vries said. ices have been merged as the The network is the latest step “Its core will be to take respon- Hamad Dental Network to work in implementation of HMC’s new, sibility for professional leadership to improve patient access. innovative model of care which encompassing standards of care The new network includes will bring more specialist services and quality and pathways for specialist services offered at to community hospitals. patients accessing dental care.” Rumailah Hospital and those at “This means patients will not HMC continues to add more Al Wakrah Hospital, Al Khor have to travel to Doha except if specialist services in the field of Hospital and Cuban Hospital. they need highly complex care,” dentistry, including a recent new HMC’s dental services see more said Professor De Vries. clinic for patients with special than 120,000 patient visits every The model has been success- needs. year. fully tested through HMC’s “HMC’s dental services see “The philosophy behind this women’s health services network more than 120,000 patient visits is one system, multiple sites. By whereby the most difficult cases each year which makes our clin- bringing all dental services in are treated at Women’s Hospital ics among the busiest in our net- our hospitals under one banner, while related specialist services work,” said Professor De Vries. the new network means we can are brought to patients in the out- “It is important for us that we combine efforts across HMC’s lying communities. continue to add new services that hospitals. “The network will ensure qual- can make a real difference to the “This ensures that our patients ity and high standards of care for lives of our patients,” are able to access specialist serv- our dental patients across the ices closer to homes,” said Pro- hospitals in addition to reflecting THE PENINSULA

Over 500 benefit from Malabar Gold & Diamonds free medical camp

DOHA: Malabar Gold & Dia- monds, the leading jewellery retailer in the Middle East, organised a free medical camp ‘Care & Aware’, in association with Aster Medical Centre, Well Care Group and Qatar KMCC on Friday at Aster Medical Centre near Al Khor Mall. It was the third edition of the camp, where over 500 people ben- efitted from free consultations by expert doctors and received free medicines and provided with fee conveyance, breakfast and refreshment. Some of the participants at the camp. Ali Palliyath, State Treas- urer, KMCC, opened the camp in association with like-minded response to the first two camps. in the presence of Santhosh T V, organisations as part of its CSR Santhosh T V said: ‘Malabar Regional Head, Malabar Gold & activities. Group is always at the forefront Diamonds-Qatar: Sameer Moo- In Qatar, the retailer, along when it comes to CSR. We have pan, CEO, Aster Group Qatar; with Aster, Well Care, and kept aside a certain percentage and Ashraf K P, Managing Direc- Qatar KMCC Kozhikode District of our profit for CSR activities tor, Well Care Group. committee conducts healthcare in all regions we operate. We To ensure quality healthcare activities, focusing on low-income are pleased to participate in this is accessible to all, especially expatriate communities. cause and thank Qatar KMCC, those who cannot afford expen- The first camp was held in Aster and Well Care Group for sive medical care, Malabar Gold November 2012 and there are helping us make this event suc- & Diamonds has been conducting plans for more on the outskirts cessful’. several camps in the Middle East of Doha, following good public THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST

Kerry to travel Turkey detains Belgian over Paris links to Jerusalem Two Syrians in custody for helping Belgian and Ramallah

ISTANBUL: Turkey has detained a Bel- after he arrived at Antalya’s airport and WASHINGTON: US Secretary gian citizen of Moroccan origin suspected checked into a five-star hotel in the luxury of State John Kerry will travel to of links to the Paris attacks and who was resort of Manavgat to the east of the city Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramal- seeking to flee to Syria, a government offi- on November 16, Dogan said. lah on trip to the region, the US cial said yesterday. They then detained him and the two State Department said yesterday. Ahmad Dahmani, 26, is accused of being Syrians, who the report said had been The State Department state- “in contact” with the Islamist extrem- tasked by the IS leadership to supply him ment said that on his trip, start- ists who carried out the attacks in Paris with a fake passport and take Dahmani ing today, Kerry will talk about that killed 130 people and were claimed to safety in jihadist-controlled Syria, the “stopping violence in Israel, Jeru- by Islamic State (IS) jihadists, the official report added. salem and the West Bank.” added. It was not immediately clear when they Earlier this week Israeli Prime He was detained close to the southern had been detained. All three were taken to Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resort city of Antalya along with two oth- court and are in prison, the official added. approved the marketing of land ers, reportedly Syrian citizens who were to Turkish officials said he had arrived at for the construction of 454 homes help him cross the border into Syria. Antalya’s airport on a flight from Amster- in two East Jerusalem settle- “The security forces stated that Dah- dam on November 14. ments, a decision the United mani is an ISIS militant who was prepar- Antalya had only one week ago hosted— States criticized. ing to illegally cross the Turkish-Syrian under the heaviest security — the annual Kerry met the Israeli leader in border,” said the official, using a different Group of 20 summit of world leaders Berlin last month after increased name for IS. including US President Barack Obama and tensions between Palestine and “We believe that Dahmani was in contact Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Israel. Among the causes of the with the terrorists who perpetrated the Turkey has long been accused by its turmoil is Palestinians’ anger at Paris attacks,” the source added, without Western allies of failing to do enough to what they see as Jewish encroach- giving further details. halt the flow of jihadists across its border to The 26-year old Belgian citizen Ahmad Dahmani (back left) and a Syrian citizen (front left) are ment on the Al Aqsa mosque “The investigation continues.” IS controlled-territory in northern Syria. escorted by plain clothes police officers in Antalya. compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Pictures showed Dahmani — wearing a However, the authorities have been mak- Islam’s holiest site outside Saudi Ferrari sports jacket and with his hands ing conscious efforts in recent weeks to Turkish officials said that the police Dahmani as there was no record of the Arabia, which is also revered behind his back — being led away by plain tighten Turkey’s borders, making almost arrested Dahmani based on information Belgian authorities warning about him. by Jews as the location of two clothes police. daily arrests of extremists seeking to join from the Turkish intelligence services, not “Had the Belgian authorities alerted ancient temples. The Dogan news agency reported ear- IS. from foreign partners. us in due time, Dahmani could have been Eighteen Israelis have been lier that Dahmani had carried out recon- Ankara has repeatedly urged Euro- Turkey has issued entry bans for some apprehended at the airport,” said the offi- killed in Palestinian stabbings, naissance work to scout out targets for the pean states to fully share intelligence on 26,600 suspected jihadists largely based on cial. “We urge our allies to continue sharing shootings and vehicle attacks attacks in Paris. However, this was not con- suspected jihadists and Turkish officials intelligence issued by allies, according to information with us,” said the official. since the start of October. Eighty firmed by the government official. accused the Belgian authorities of falling government data. Palestinians have been killed in Anti-terror police had followed Dahmani short on this occasion. But Turkey had no entry ban flagged for AFP attacks and during anti-Israeli protests. “While in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Ramallah, Secretary Kerry Ankara tribute to bomb victims will discuss bilateral and regional security issues, including Syria Another Hebron radio station shut and Daesh,” the State Depart- ment statement said.

HEBRON: Israeli forces yester- offices and of alleged damage. dent yesterday, police arrested a Turkey-backed day raided and shut down a Pal- “They took the computers, the Palestinian woman, accusing her estinian radio station accused of communication equipment, eve- of planning to carry out an anti- Syria rebels take 2 incitement in the West Bank city rything,” Haddad said. Israeli stabbing attack of the type of Hebron, the army said, in the The station was offline yester- which have been common over the border villages second such case this month. day morning. Israel’s civil admin- past month. Also in the flashpoint city, istration, a unit of the defence Police spokeswoman Luba ISTANBUL: Syrian rebels Israeli police said a woman act- ministry, said Al Khalil had Samri said border police found backed by Turkey and the United ing suspiciously and allegedly in broadcast “lies about Palestinians a knife on a 27-year-old woman States have seized two villages possession of a knife was arrested. being executed and abducted by near Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque, from Islamic State (IS) close to Soldiers entered the offices of security forces”. It also cited calls “in what appeared to be an the Turkish border after fierce Al Khalil radio overnight and to “stab a soldier”. attempt to carry out a stabbing fighting, Turkish official media handed the station a six-month In a recording provided to jour- operation against forces there.” said yesterday. order to close, said Ezz Haddad, nalists that was allegedly played Two Palestinians from the The state-run Anatolia news its head of programming. on the channel, a singer urges Hebron area carried out sepa- agency said that ethnic Turkmen “Al Khalil radio station has listeners to “lock and load your rate attacks in Tel Aviv and the fighters had captured the villages repeatedly broadcast content machinegun and move forward” Etzion settlement bloc Thursday, of Harjaleh and Dalha in northern which promotes and encour- and to show “no mercy”. resulting in five deaths, in one of Aleppo province from IS forces. ages terror and acts of violence Haddad denied claims of incite- the deadliest days since an Octo- Six Turkish F-16s, four US against Israeli civilians and secu- ment. ber 1 upsurge of violence. The F-15s, an American AC-130 and People place red carnations near placards with the names of the victims rity forces,” the army said in a Earlier this month, Israeli army arrested 16 Palestinians in three drones were involved, the of the October 10 bombings as they attend commemoration ceremony statement. forces raided the offices of Al- Hebron on Friday night, a mili- report said, without specifying if in Ankara yesterday. The double suicide bombing blamed on IS militants The station’s Facebook page Hurria radio station, also in tary spokeswoman said. any targets were hit. against a pro-Kurdish peace rally killed 102 people and injured hundreds posted pictures of heavily armed Hebron, forcing it to close for outside the city’s main train station. Israeli forces arriving at the six months. In a separate inci- AFP REUTERS/AFP US probe says strike in Iraq likely killed four civilians

WASHINGTON: Four civilians, mand said in a statement. “One Colonel Pat Ryder said that including possibly a child, were of the non-combatants may have 26 other similar cases or allega- “likely” killed in a US air strike been a child.” Officials say a US tions are under various stages against an Islamic State group A-10 air-to-ground combat plane of review.Still, the coalition can checkpoint in Iraq in March, an targeted the checkpoint on March boast a “97-percent-plus assessed investigation found. 13, near an IS-held area of Hatra accuracy” in the approximately It marks only the second such in northern Iraq. 8,200 strikes carried out so far acknowledgement since the start “However, before coalition air in the campaign, he added. “We of a coalition air campaign in Iraq forces could complete the air strike, are hitting exactly what we are and Syria. In November 2014, the two vehicles arrived at the check- aiming at,” Ryder said. US military admitted acciden- point and parked within the target But air campaign critics claim tally killing two children during area,” the investigation states. coalition strikes are killing many a strike in Syria. Simply because the drivers more civilians than the United The US military, which for more of the cars were talking to peo- States has ever acknowledged. than a year has led the coalition ple at the checkpoint for about Airwars, a London-based group bombing IS extremists’ positions 40 minutes while other vehicles of independent journalists, pub- in the two countries, investigated drove through, the US pilot and lished a report in August saying the Iraq incident after a woman supervisors decided the drivers “many hundreds” of civilians had said her car had been destroyed were “ISIL and therefore lawful been killed. The true number of with five civilians in it. targets.” The A-10 air crew did deaths was likely “somewhere “The preponderance of the not realize four “additional per- in between” the US tally and evidence gathered during the sonnel” had been in the vehicles. the Airwars claim, said Sahr investigation indicates that the According to the report, it was Muhammedallyof Center for Civil- air (strike) likely resulted in the not possible to definitively prove ians in Conflict advocacy group. deaths of four non-combatants,” the gender or age of the victim the US military’s Central Com- who might have been a child. AFP

Turkey launches air raids on PKK

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes jets. The air strikes were carried ceasefire. Hundreds have been struck Kurdistan Workers Party out between the hours of 11pm and killed in the latest fighting. (PKK) militant targets in north- 2am, the army said. It also said it Designated a terrorist group ern Iraq and southeast Turkey on hit PKK locations in Sirnak prov- by Turkey, the United States Friday night, the latest raids in ince in Turkey’s southeast, includ- and European Union, the PKK a military campaign against the ing shelters and gun points. launched a separatist insurgency rebel group. The PKK’s 31-year-old con- in 1984 in which more than 40,000 The Turkish army said it hit 23 flict with the state erupted anew people have been killed. The state PKK targets, including shelters in July, with Turkey launching launched peace talks with its and supply points, in Zap, Avasin- air strikes on militant camps in jailed leader in 2012. Baysan, Hakurk and Qandil areas response to attacks on its secu- in northern Iraq with 22 fighter rity forces, ending a March 2013 REUTERS SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Canada to fly Russia pounds IS as in 900 Syrian refugees a day, drills reroute flights say reports

OTTAWA: Canada plans to fly 10 children among 36 killed in air strikes in 900 Syrian refugees a day as of next month, according to media BEIRUT: Russia has bombed the ger jet over Egypt last month, Yesterday, flights in and out of reports, as the defence minis- Islamic State group in the heavi- killing all 224 people on board. Lebanon were rerouted and some ter said showing compassion for est strikes in eastern Syria since On Friday, Russia said it had airlines cancelled services after these people sends a message to the war began, as Moscow’s mili- fired cruise missiles from war- Moscow requested they avoid an Islamic State extremists. tary manoeuvres in the Mediter- ships in the Caspian Sea and area over the eastern Mediter- Canadian officials said details ranean forced Lebanon to reroute claimed to have killed 600 fight- ranean. of a plan to take in 25,000 Syrian flights. ers in recent strikes. Lebanese Transport Minis- refugees by year’s end would be The United Nations, mean- The Observatory says Russian ter Ghazi Zeaiter said Moscow announced on Tuesday. while, passed a motion calling for strikes have killed more than asked “that planes leaving Beirut The Canadian media reports action against IS, a week after 130 1,300 people since they began, a airport towards the west avoid come amid fears that IS jihadists people were killed in Paris, spark- third of them civilians. overflying an area in Mediterra- could slip into the country posing ing international condemnation It says 381 IS fighters have nean territorial waters because of as refugees, in the wake of last and fears of similar attacks else- been killed in the strikes, along manoeuvres on Saturday, Sunday week’s attacks in Paris that killed where in Europe. with 547 rebels from other groups and Monday”. at least 130 people. Russian and Syrian warplanes including Al Qaeda affiliate Al There was no confirmation Citing a leaked document, carried out more than 70 strikes Nusra Front. from Moscow, but a Lebanese local media said the government in eastern Deir Ezzor province on It said 403 civilians have been airport official said departing was planning to fly in 900 Syr- Friday, killing at least 36 people killed, among them 97 children. flights would be directed south ian refugees daily from Jordan to including 10 children, the Syrian Russia’s military involvement over Sidon and Sarafand to “keep Montreal and Toronto, starting Observatory for Human Rights in Syria has stirred tensions with them away from the perimeter of December 1. said. Turkey, which backs the uprising the manoeuvres”. From there, they would be The Britain-based group said against Assad and has accused Lebanon’s national carrier Mid- transported to two military the raids hit several cities and Moscow of failing to respect its dle East Airlines said most of its bases in Ontario and Quebec, towns as well as three oilfields, border and airspace in the cam- flights would be on schedule but where they would be temporarily and were the heaviest bombard- paign. The Turkish state-run “some flights to the Gulf and the housed, according to the reports. ment of the region since the con- Anatolia news agency reported Middle East region might take (a) They pegged the cost of the ongo- flict began in March 2011. Saturday that Syrian Turkmen longer time due to a slight change ing operation at C$1.2bn over six Most of Deir Ezzor province, rebels seized from IS the villages in airways”. years. including large parts of its capital, of Harjaleh and Dalha in northern Kuwait Airways said it was The cost and other details will is held by IS. Aleppo province near the Turkish suspending its Beirut flights “as be revealed on Tuesday, Immigra- The regime still controls the border. a precautionary measure” but tion Minister John McCallum told military airport and several It said 70 IS jihadists were most other flights were arriving reporters in Ottawa. smaller areas. killed in the battle for the villages and leaving normally. Travellers check the flight schedule screens for delays or cancellations, at Health Minister Jane Philpott, Yesterday, fighting raged which the Turkmen captured Turkey’s Dogan news agency the departure terminal of Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut yesterday. however, said the leaked infor- between IS and regime forces with air support from American said two Turkish Airlines services mation was “outdated and not around the airport, a day after and Turkish warplanes. to Beirut on Friday night were threat posed by jihadists. tries to “take all necessary expected to be accurate.” clashes killed 30 people, 22 of Turkish officials have said a cancelled for “security reasons” Hollande is also set to meet measures” to fight IS in Syria At a security forum in the them IS militants, according to major joint air operation against after the Russian request, but its next week US President Barack and Iraq. Atlantic port city of Halifax, the Observatory. IS with the United States was Saturday flights were operating Obama, Russia’s Vladimir Putin The resolution, drafted by Defence Minister Jarjit Sajjan Russia began its bombing cam- planned, with Turkmen forces normally. and German Chancellor Angela France, does not provide a legal said by welcoming Syrian refu- paign in support of President fighting on the ground. In France, President Fran- Merkel in the wake of France’s basis for military action but urges gees, Ottawa was also striking at Bashar Al Assad on September They said the aim is to clear of cois Hollande’s office said he and worst-ever terror attacks. countries to coordinate their IS. 30, and pledged to step up the jihadists a 98km stretch of Syria’s British Prime Minister David The UN Security Council efforts to prevent IS “terrorist “This crisis is not just about a strikes after IS claimed that a northern border with Turkey still Cameron would meet Monday to unanimously approved a reso- attacks”. humanitarian project,” he said in bomb downed a Russian passen- controlled by IS. discuss the Syrian conflict and the lution Friday authorising coun- AFP his opening remarks to military commanders and defense minis- ters from around the world. “This also sends a great mes- sage to ISIS that you might cre- ate this environment for us, but we will not let you take advan- UK should cooperate in Syria action, says Moscow tage of this,” he said, using an alternate acronym for the IS MOSCOW: Britain should ment to do so. gets in Syria on Sept. 30, which remain deeply divided about the British ambassador to the United group. cooperate with Russia in any “Undoubtedly, it (any Brit- Moscow says is focused on Islamic future of Assad and the role of Nations “to begin consultations, “By doing our part for this, we air strikes it carries out in ish action) should be a matter State militants but critics say tar- his government in approving including with Russia”. are actually hitting ISIS in a dif- Syria, Russian foreign ministry of cooperation, so that the steps gets a wider band of opponents of military operations in Syria. “We have never blocked any- ferent way as well.” spokeswoman Maria Zakharova are not directed at destroying the Moscow’s ally, Syrian President Cameron said on Wednesday thing (at the UN Security Sajjan also sought to allay said in an interview broadcast statehood of Syria,” Zakharova Bashar Al Assad. that the backing of the United Council), as far as sensible ini- security concerns raised since yesterday, underlining Mos- told current affairs programme Following last week’s gun and Nations Security Council would tiatives based on international law the Paris attacks, saying Canada cow’s growing assertiveness in Vesti on Saturday. bomb attacks in Paris, Rus- be preferable for British military are concerned,” she said. is looking to bring over the most the region. Zakharova cited remarks by sian President Vladimir Putin action but was not necessary, In the past Russia and China vulnerable and families with skills Britain has already launched the Syrian ambassador in Mos- instructed his military to work and that Russia had repeatedly have repeatedly blocked West- that could ultimately benefit Can- air strikes against Islamic State cow, according to which countries with French forces as “allies”, threatened to veto any resolution ern-backed UN Security Council ada, and that they pose no threat militants in Iraq. But Prime that coordinate their military fueling speculation about deeper authorising force. resolutions critical of the Syr- to national security. “They’re not Minister David Cameron wants actions with Russia are regarded military cooperation between Commenting on Cameron’s ian government or proposing fleeing poverty; they’re fleeing to follow allies by extending the by Syria as coordinating their Russia and the West against remarks, Zakharova said that stronger international actions war,” he said. “People who are operation to militant positions in actions with Syria. Islamic State that would help Britain “should have reached of against it. settling are going to be contrib- neighbouring Syria, and has said Russia began a large-scale thaw relations more generally. course not for the microphone but uting to our economy.” he will submit a plan to parlia- bombing campaign against tar- However, Russia and the West for the telephone” to instruct the REUTERS AFP

Oman to host preliminary Yemen peace talks

DUBAI: A Houthi delegation was to travel Yemen’s capital Sanaa last year, accepted paign to retake the central city of Taiz, a to Oman yesterday for preliminary con- the invitation to consultations in Oman presidential spokesman said. The war in sultations on UN-sponsored Geneva peace after receiving a “positive response” to their Yemen, the poorest country on the Arabian talks aimed at resolving Yemen’s complex suggestions for the talks agenda. Peninsula, has killed at least 5,700 people civil war, a spokesman for the Iran-allied “We hope (the dialogue) will be serious and created a humanitarian crisis, exac- militia said. and constructive, leading to a halt in aggres- erbated by the Arab coalition’s blockade of At the same time, spokesman Moham- sion, lifting of the siege and revival of the Yemeni ports. med Abdul Salam called on Houthi sup- political process,” he wrote in a Facebook Houthi fighters in northern Yemen porters to remain steadfast against what he post announcing the trip. attempted to storm the Saudi border near called continued “schemes” by the Saudi-led “Based on all that, we will depart Sanaa Jebel Razeh yesterday morning but were Arab coalition that intervened militarily in International Airport today, God willing, for repelled by Saudi guards, and around 30 March in support of exiled President Abd- the Omani capital of Muscat.” combatants were killed, according to local rabuh Mansur Hadi. The delegation was also invited to meet residents. The Houthis also lost six men Yemen’s war pits the Gulf Arab coalition European envoys to clarify the Houthi polit- in central province of Marib when armed and local forces loyal to Hadi against the ical vision for Yemen, he said. tribesmen ambushed their convoy to pre- Houthis and their allies among army units Hadi returned from Saudi Arabia to the vent the militia transiting their territory, who back ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. southern port city of Aden on Tuesday to tribal sources said. Abdul Salam said the Houthis, who seized rally forces loyal to him and oversee a cam- REUTERS

Helping hand for refugees Lebanon arrests six Syria-bound Palestinians

BEIRUT: The Lebanese army has arrested six Palestinians trying to leave to Syria to fight along- side insurgents aiming to topple Syrian Presi- dent Bashar Al Assad, a Lebanese security source said yesterday. The conflict in Syria has increased sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shia Mus- lims and deepened political divisions in Lebanon. Lebanese Shia Hezbollah group has sent fighters to support Assad, while Lebanese and Palestinian Sunni fighters have joined the mainly Sunni rebels. The security source said the men were caught in a mountainous area near the border town of Hermel. He added that the army has also shut Volunteers gather winter clothes to be distributed for Syrian refugees in Tripoli, northern down five illegal crossings to Syria. Lebanon, yesterday. REUTERS SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Mali still hunts Obama urges halt for suspects after deadly to island building hotel siege BAMAKO: Investigators in Mali were yesterday hunting at least Najib calls for leaders to confront Islamist extremists three people suspected of links to KUALA LUMPUR: US Presi- of East Asia about China’s inten- Malaysian Prime Minister the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel dent Barack Obama said yester- tions and freedom of navigation Najib Razak opened the weekend in the capital that left at least 19 day that countries should stop in a waterway through which series of meetings earlier yester- people dead. building artificial islands and $5tr in ship-borne trade passes day, calling on world leaders to The government has declared militarising their claims in the annually. confront Islamist extremism. The a state of emergency after the disputed South China Sea. Obama said he commended “barbaric acts” of “terrorists” do bloody nine-hour hostage-tak- “For the sake of regional sta- Asean for working to create a not represent any race or religion, ing at the Radisson Blu hotel in bility the claimants should halt code of conduct for the South he declared. Bamako last Friday, exactly a reclamation, construction and China Sea “including the peaceful Islamist militants killed 19 week after the Paris massacre. militarisation of disputed areas,” resolution of disputes, freedom of people in an attack on a hotel in Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak (right) shakes hand with US President The Al-Murabitoun group, an Obama told a meeting between navigation and freedom of over- Mali last Friday before Malian Barack Obama at the Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Al-Qaeda affiliate led by notori- the United States and leaders of flight.” commandos stormed the build- ous one-eyed Algerian militant the 10 Association of South East Earlier this month, US B-52 ing and rescued 170 people, many Asean summit. citizens and would allow militants Mokhtar Belmokhtar, nicknamed Asian Nations (Asean). bombers flew near China’s arti- of them foreigners. This came a Malaysia has deployed extraor- no safe haven. the “Uncatchable” or “Mr Marl- China insists it has undisputed ficial islands, signaling Washing- week after Islamic State militants dinary security measures around Most of the leaders arrived boro”, claimed the attack. sovereignty over most of the South ton’s determination to challenge killed 129 people in coordinated Kuala Lumpur as leaders from from the Asia-Pacific Economic Gunmen went on the rampage China Sea, a claim that overlaps Beijing over the disputed sea. attacks in Paris. 18 countries, including Obama, Cooperation (Apec) summit in through the hotel from the early with four Asean countries. China China has said it does not “The perpetrators of these arrived for the series of summits. Manila. Both the Apec meeting morning, shooting in the corri- has been transforming reefs in the want the South China Sea issue cowardly and barbaric acts do Obama said yesterday the Mali and the Asean summit typically dors and taking 170 guests and Spratly archipelago into artificial to be the focus of the meetings in not represent any race, religion hotel attacks only stiffened the focus on economic issues but have staff hostage, many of them for- islands and has built airfields and Kuala Lumpur. Prime Minister or creed, nor should we allow resolve of the United States and been overshadowed by the terror- eigners. other facililties on them. This has Li Keqiang has yet to comment them to claim to do so,” Najib said its allies, which would be relent- ist attacks. The assault, which ended when caused ripples of alarm in much on the issue. in his opening speech at the less in fighting those targeting its REUTERS Malian and international troops stormed the hotel, left 19 peo- ple dead as well as two attack- ers, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said. The victims included several China’s coal mine fire Russians, three Chinese, two Bel- South Africa considers more aid gians, an American and a Senega- lese. A Malian military source had said earlier there were at least 27 traps 22 underground dead, while at least “three ter- for farmers as drought bites rorists had been killed or blown SHANGHAI: A fire at a coal producer of coal, is grappling to themselves up.” JOHANNESBURG: South get some emergency relief fund- last month. mine in China’s northeastern improve standards in the poorly Authorities are now “actively Africa may grant emergency aid ing by declaring it as a disaster President Jacob Zuma’s party province of Heilongjiang has regulated sector. pursuing” at least three people to farmers in Gauteng province area,” spokeswoman for depart- will rely heavily on rural areas trapped 22 people underground Accidents in Chinese coal mines over the attack in the former due to a severe drought that ment Phindile Kunene said. at local elections next year and with rescue efforts now under- killed 931 people last year, a top French colony, one security is scorching grazing pastures Gauteng includes the eco- the government has come under way, state media reported yes- work safety official said in March. source said. and threatening the key maize nomic-hub of Johannesburg and increasing pressure to help farm- terday. In July, rescuers pulled six men Keita was due to visit the site crop, a provincial official said on the capital Pretoria but it also has ers hit by the most acute dry spell The fire broke out last Friday from a flooded coal mine in Hei- of the carnage yesterday as Mali Saturday. Authorities have ear- important farming communities in over a century. The drought evening at a mine in Jixi city longjiang after they survived a prepares to begin three days of marked some 450m rand ($32m) which supply the urban areas could have a “serious impact” on operated by the state-owned Hei- week underground following an national mourning on Monday. for drought-affected regions, but with food, including maize, sor- food prices and ultimately knock longjiang Longmay Mining Hold- accident which killed at least four A security cordon remained in officials fear it may not be enough ghum, chicken and beef. growth, employment and reve- ing Group, Xinhua news agency others. Many accidents are caused place around the Radisson and to stem the damage in the hard- KwaZulu-Natal—a stronghold nues in Africa,’ Finance Minister said, but gave no further details by corrupt bosses seeking profits security was also boosted around est-hit areas. of support for the ruling Afri- Nhlanhla Nene said last week. of the accident. Jixi is close to the over worker safety. public buildings and banks and “(We’re) pondering ways of can National Congress (ANC) border with Russia. other hotels. ensuring that the province does -- was declared a disaster area REUTERS China, the world’s largest AFP REUTERS Seven dead as New Zealand helicopter crashes into glacier

WELLINGTON: Six tourists and their pilot were killed when their helicopter crashed into a heavily crevassed glacier in New Zealand during bad weather yes- terday, police said. The sightseeing helicopter plunged into the Fox Glacier, a popular tourist site on the west coast of the South Island, with weather conditions reported to be heavily overcast and raining at the time. A paramedic and alpine rescue team who looked over the crash site confirmed there were A helicopter which crashed at Fox Glacier, New Zealand, yesterday no survivors. “A helicopter carrying seven tions around the glacier at the copter was spread over several people including the pilot has time of the accident as “terrible” hundred metres with the main crashed at the top of the Fox Gla- with heavy rain and poor visibil- part of the aircraft wedged cier,” inspector John Canning said. ity. The name of the pilot and six between house-sized blocks of ice. “We have been to the site and passengers would not be released The alarm was raised yester- there is no sign of life and we hope until their families were informed day morning when an emergency to recover the bodies.” ,however Canning confirmed the locator beacon was activated. Grey District Mayor Tony Kok- pilot was a local man. shoorn described weather condi- Debris from the wrecked heli- AFP

N Korea ‘firmly’ rejects Militants kill 10 in Cameroon UN rights resolution suicide bombing SEOUL: North Korea yester- toward the DPRK and a typical YAOUNDE: A suicide attack by day rejected a UN resolution on example of politicisation of human suspected members of Nigerian its human rights violations as a rights... and double-standards, as Islamist militants group Boko product of the hostile policy by it is a serious politically-moti- Haram killed at least 10 people the United States seeking to top- vated provocative document”, a over the border in the Far North ple its socialist regime. foreign ministry spokesman said. region of Cameroon yesterday, A UN General Assembly com- The move proved the “absurd- security sources said. mittee last Thursday adopted by ity of ‘the human rights campaign’ Boko Haram has mounted a record majority a resolution of the hostile forces including the numerous attacks in Cameroon, condemning “systematic, wide- US which is aimed at overturning Chad, Niger and Nigeria this spread and gross” human rights the social system in the DPRK”, year and is turning the border violations in the Stalinist state. he said. He stressed ongoing chaos region near Lake Chad into a war For the second consecutive and bloodshed in the Middle East zone, the United Nations refugee year, it encourages the Security came as the countries in the agency said last month. Council to consider referring region failed to fend off outside Boko Haram has waged a six- Pyongyang to the International interference being made “under year campaign for an Islamist Criminal Court for crimes against the pretexts of human rights and state in northeastern Nigeria. humanity, a move that is likely to democracy”. Neighbouring countries joined be blocked by the North’s closest “North Korea has never reacted an offensive against the group ally China which has veto power to what they call human rights this year and the conflict spilled in the council. offensives with such major pro- across their borders, displacing “We categorically reject ‘the vocative acts reaction,” Yang said. tens of thousands of people. human rights resolution’, a vivid expression of the US hostile policy AFP REUTERS SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

UN urges end Pakistan mob torches to blocking of Nepal supplies UNITED NATIONS: UN Sec- factory over blasphemy retary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged protesters inNepal to stop blocking essential supplies Holy Quran desecrated; situation under control and called for dialogue to resolve differences. LAHORE: An angry mob in ered in the town of Kala Gujran and lynchings. Critics including Nepal is heavily dependent on Pakistan’s Punjab province near Jhelum and torched the European governments say the India for fuel and other supplies, torched a factory after one of its homes of several Ahmadi families country’s blasphemy laws are but little cargo has crossed the employees was accused of com- and an Ahmadi mosque. often misused to settle personal border since protests against a mitting blasphemy, police offi- Troops have been sent to patrol scores. Residents torch a factory after one of its employees was accused of new constitution broke out in late cials said yesterday. the area and bring the situation According to police, another committing blasphemy in Jehlum, yesterday. September. Ban expressed “grow- Hundreds of people sur- under control. employee at the factory had ing concern over the blocking of rounded a chipboard factory in According to police, Tahir reported that Tahir was oversee- A statement from the Ahmadi damage and then set the factory essential supplies on the Nepal- Jhelum city last Friday night belongs to the Ahmadi sect, a ing the burning of Korans in the community termed the incident on fire,” said the statement, add- India border,” his spokesman and set it ablaze after reports religious group who have been facility’s boiler and intervened to “a monstrous plan, an attempt to ing that law enforcement person- Stephane Dujarric said. surfaced that an employee had declared non-Muslims by the stop the act. burn Ahmadis alive”. nel rescued people trapped in the “He is alarmed by reports of allegedly desecrated the Koran. Pakistani government due to “We registered a blasphemy “Announcements were made factory, seventy per cent of which the obstruction, and destruction, “The incident took place after their “heretical beliefs”. Ahmadis case against Tahir, who is Ahmadi on loudspeakers in mosques that was destroyed in the fire. of life-saving medical supplies and we arrested the head of security are frequently victims of discrim- by faith, and arrested him after the Holy Quran had been dese- District police chief Muja- the continued impact on humani- at the factory, Qamar Ahmed ination and violent assaults. confiscating the burnt material, crated in the Ahmadis’ chipboard hid Afsar said authorities were tarian operations.” Tahir, following complaints Blasphemy is a hugely sensi- which also included copies of the factory. trying to negotiate between the Ban “calls on all sides to lift that he ordered the burning of tive issue in Pakistan, an Islamic Koran,” police official Malik said. A violent mob formed because communities, but Din said that these restrictions without further Korans,” Adnan Malik, a senior republic of some 200 million, Following the arrest, a mob of these provocative announce- the atmosphere was still violent. delay and underlines Nepal’s right police official in the area, said. where even unproven allega- reportedly descended on the fac- ments, and surrounded the of free transit.” Yesterday, another mob gath- tions frequently stir mob violence tory, setting it alight. factory, threw stones, caused AFP AFP

Bangladesh President Dostum unites friends, foes in anti-Taliban war

MAIMANA: As the Taliban place across the embattled north. rejects mercy plea expand into his old stomping More significantly, the bat- grounds in northern Afghani- tle-hardened general, who has DHAKA: Two top Bangladeshi Ahmad Mabrur, the youngest son stan, former warlord General repeatedly switched loyalties opposition leaders were set to of Mujahid, said as hundreds of Abdul Rashid Dostum, who over 40 years of conflict, is join- be hanged later yesterday night police could be seen surrounding boasts of having a PhD in killing ing forces with a longtime rival in for their roles in the 1971 inde- the prison compound. militants, is galvanising legions an unprecedented alliance. pendence war after the country’s Hojatul Islam, a lawyer for of devout followers and erstwhile Uzbek militiamen loyal to his president rejected their last-ditch Salahuddin Qauder Chowdhury, foes for battle. Junbish-e-Milli party are fighting clemency pleas to avoid execution said the 66-year-old’s family has The fearsome Uzbek general, alongside and sharing weapons Home Minister Asaduzzaman already arrived at the jail to meet who holds no formal military post, and intelligence with Jamiat- Khan said that President Abdul him. recently launched an offensive e Islami, the Tajik-dominated Hamid turned down the pleas just “This is the end,” he said. with loud, bellicose declamations party of the other main north- hours after the two leaders sought As part of a century-long against the Taliban, who are mak- ern strongman, Atta Mohammad the pardon in a bid to escape the tradition, Bangladeshi prison ing surprising inroads into Faryab Noor, the powerful governor of gallows. authorities call family members of province as the insurgency’s cen- Balkh province. “The president has rejected death-row convicts to meet them tre of gravity shifts north from its The union of Junbish and their mercy petitions,” Khan said, one final time hours before their southern strongholds. Jamiat brings together large adding the authorities would now execution. But the much-hyped campaign, bands of armed men who share prepare for the executions of the Mujahid, 67, was sentenced to which saw the vice president in a bitter history of rivalry and two leaders. death for war crimes such as kill- military uniform touring the clashes, a potential master stroke Burqa-clad woman walks under a poster bearing the image of vice-president In a sign that the two lead- ing of the country’s top intellectu- frontlines in a tank with his two in the game of factional Afghan general Abdul Rashid Dostum along the road in Maimana, yesterday. ers were set to be hanged within als. He is the second most senior sons, failed to stem the insurgent politics that offers the local popu- hours, prison authorities have member of Bangladesh’s largest advance as the Taliban came lation new hope of vanquishing cited in the local media. Maimana on the night of October asked the family members of Ali Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. close to overrunning the provin- the ascendant Taliban. “I will bring the Taliban to its 4, emboldened by their audacious Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Chowdhury, 66, was convicted cial capital and besieged major “General Dostum is not an knees.” if brief capture of neighbouring Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to for atrocities such as genocide districts. engineer, General Dostum is not The tactical alliance, whether Kunduz city, the coordination meet the two in Dhaka’s main jail. during the 1971 war when the In a desperate effort to defend a doctor, General Dostum has a or not long-lasting, is already hav- between militiamen from both “The prison authorities have then east Pakistan split from his home territory, he is activat- PhD in eliminating the Taliban,” ing a visible impact on the ground. sides in part helped repel the called us to meet our father. Defi- Islamabad. ing private anti-Taliban militias the ex-warlord said about him- When the Taliban attempted insurgents. nitely, that’s the last meeting,” Ali AFP in a risky gambit now common- self earlier this year in comments to overrun provincial capital AFP

Paris protest Lanka’s ex-navy Poor leadership led to Taliban chief denies seizure of Kunduz: Inquiry operating

KABUL: Afghan investigators proposed reform of the National not immediately available for secret jails blamed leadership failings yes- Security Council — a body headed comment on the findings. terday for the Taliban’s capture of by the president that oversees The fighting in Kunduz drove COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former the city of Kunduz in September, national security. tens of thousands of residents navy chief yesterday denied oper- a finding that may deepen con- Taliban militants, who are out of the trade gateway to ating secret jails during the coun- cerns about the government’s grip fighting to expel foreign troops Tajikistan and Central Asia, and try’s 37-year ethnic war, local on security. and oust the U.S.-backed govern- dealt a heavy blow to slim hopes media reported, after UN experts The Taliban’s seizure of the ment, held Kunduz for three days for peace. urged an investigation into what northern city was a major set- before government forces, backed Nearly 200 people were killed, they said were torture chambers. back for the government of Presi- by U.S. troops and aircraft, drove including residents, police and Retired Admiral Wasan- dent Ashraf Ghani and prompted them out. soldiers, the provincial governor tha Karannagoda rejected UN Washington to prolong the Saleh said US air strikes had said, adding that Taliban casual- experts’ claims that a secret 14-year-old US military engage- prevented the Taliban from cap- ties were higher. prison hidden inside the main A child holds a placard at a demonstration against the deadly attacks in ment in Afghanistan. turing Kunduz airport. He did Since the withdrawal of inter- naval base in the island’s north- France and other parts of the world organised by the Pakhtunkhwa Civil “The biggest failure was the not refer to a mistaken US attack national troops from most combat east was used to torture minority Society Network at the Press Club in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday. leadership,” Amrullah Saleh, a on a Kunduz hospital run by the operations at the end of last year, Tamil prisoners, under his com- former chief of the national intel- Medecins Sans Frontieres aid the brunt of fighting has been mand. ligence agency, told a news confer- group in which 22 people were borne by Afghan forces. Karannagoda said the “prison” ence in Kabul. killed. US President Barack Obama hidden inside the base in the port “On the day of crisis, nobody Saleh’s team found no evidence said in mid-October that Afghan city of Trincomalee was actually China to give A$20m knew who was in charge.” that government forces in Kunduz forces were not as strong as they a British World War II air raid Saleh, who was named by Ghani lacked ammunition or food, but needed to be given a “very fragile” shelter used to house breakaway to head the investigation, did not he criticized what he called their security situation. Tamil rebels collaborating with single out military or government “complicated structures”. the military. to MH370 search: Govt officials for blame but said he had Government spokesmen were REUTERS “The navy had no option but to accommodate them in previ- KUALA LUMPUR: China will MH370 disappeared in March last ously unused buildings. We used contribute A$20m ($14.5m) to year en route from Kuala Lumpur British-time air raid shelters,” he the hunt for missing Malaysian to Beijing with 239 passengers was quoted by the local English- Airlines flight MH370, the gov- and crew on board. language Island daily as saying. ernment reported on its website, The search for the plane has Gunmen seize 14 from Afghan bus The main Tamil National Alli- the latest expansion of one of the involved more than two dozen ance opposition demanded in costliest search missions in avia- countries contributing planes, KANDAHAR: Unidentified a bus company and a provincial who have long faced persecution parliament yesterday that Karan- tion history. ships, submarines and satellites. gunmen in Afghanistan yester- official said the gunmen had taken in Afghanistan, with thousands nagoda be arrested for his alleged Chinese premier Li Keqiang Leaders from China, whose cit- day kidnapped 14 bus passengers at least 14 Hazara people. massacred by the Taliban and al involvement, demanding an inves- made the announcement at a izens made up about two-thirds of believed to be from the Hazara “The gunmen asked for iden- Qaeda in the 1990s, but a series tigation. summit of Asia-Pacific leaders those on the plane, have repeat- ethnic minority, 10 days after the tity documents and when people of murders and kidnappings this Sri Lanka’s former regime con- on Saturday during a meeting edly said they will spare no effort killing of seven Hazaras by mili- showed them, they took away only year has stoked a mood of grow- sistently denied the existence of with Australian Prime Minister in the search. tants sparked one of the biggest Hazaras,” Sayed Mohebullah, a ing despair. secret jails, but the new adminis- Malcolm Turnbull, the statement An initial A$120 million hunt protests in Kabul in years. manager for the Ahmad Shah Militants killed seven Haz- tration which came to power in said. along a rugged 60,000-sq km patch Gunmen stopped three night Abdali bus company, said. ara people, including women January, has agreed to investigate. “The Chinese side taking this of sea floor off the coast of Perth buses in Zabul province, on the He said believed the gunman and children, in Zabul early this A court heard last month that action is in line with greatest had yielded no sign of the plane. main road between Kabul and had also taken people from other month and dumped their partially at least 11 Tamil students had respect for human beings,” Li Search teams discovered a piece the southern city of Kandahar, buses. Asadullah Kakar, a mem- beheaded bodies. been held in the facility illegally said. “We hope that Malaysia and of wing on the shore of Reunion and kidnapped passengers, said ber of the Zabul provincial coun- The murders fuelled a grow- between 2008 and 2009 and sub- Australia will continue the work Island in the Indian Ocean earlier provincial police chief Mirwais cil, said he believed 20 people, all ing sense of insecurity since the sequently killed. However, it was of search and rescue and maintain this year and authorities believe it Noorzai. but two of them Hazaras, had Taliban briefly seized control of the UN panel which for the first productive communication with to be part of the wreckage of the He said he did not know how been taken away. the key northern city of Kunduz. time characterised it as a “secret China.” Malaysian jet. many people had been taken or The Hazara are a Persian- illegal prison.” Malaysian Airlines Flight REUTERS their identity but the manager of speaking, mainly Shia minority REUTERS AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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N OFFICIAL Afghan inquiry has concluded that leadership failure and confusion among Afghan security forces are to blame for the temporary Acapture of northern city of Kunduz by the Taliban in September this year. The Kunduz fall, which was the first What to do before the next time the Taliban took control of a major city since being toppled from power in 2001, was a major blow to the Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani who was elected on a promise to bring peace to the country after decades of war, and also to the western-trained Afghan forces who have been Islamic State attack left to fight the Taliban on their own after the exit of Nato By Clive Crook our cities.” But this doesn’t apply either. savagery to a compact, inward-looking and US troops. Telling ISIS that the US and its allies dystopia in parts of today’s Syria and Amrullah Saleh, one of two heads of the Afghan fact-finding ne way to judge anti-terrorism will escalate if they’re attacked is point- Iraq. Why would anybody think its commission appointed by Ghani, said that the first biggest policy is to ask whether it’s less. Escalation is what ISIS wants. ambitions are so limited? It will have failure was leadership. Weakness in leadership, complexity Osteady in the face of foreseeable Deterrence doesn’t come into it. to be resisted; the challenge is to resist within structure, and misuse of facilities and resources were events. The response in France to the Fine, you might say, but then what it effectively. Islamic State’s attack on Paris fails this would a good robust strategy look like? A clearer sense of priorities would the factors that allowed the Taliban to overrun the city, he test: A predictable atrocity has been A hard question, but here’s one way to help. Degrading ISIS should be the main said. The Taliban were also able to expand their gains after greeted with: “This changes everything.” sum it up: Governments have to learn goal. Bashar Al Assad is evil but he seizing the city. They managed to seize 37 armoured vehicles President Francois Hollande appears the lessons of the disastrous war in Iraq doesn’t directly threaten the West. The and about 1,000 different types of weapons from the security to mean it. He declared that “France without being paralysed by them. goal of forcing his removal shouldn’t be forces once they entered Kunduz. is at war” and is promising to destroy Caution is good. If the Iraq fiasco allowed to prevent the emergence of The report states the obvious. Any failure in fighting is terrorism. teaches anything, it’s that. Caution a stronger anti-ISIS coalition. Rather He launched new air strikes within means, above all, that the US and its than scheduling his certain departure, a result of a lack of leadership and it’s especially true in the hours. Wasn’t France at war before? allies should moderate their expec- it would be enough, for now, to curb case of Afghan forces which have often withered under the Wasn’t it already bombing ISIS? Any tations and pursue limited, achiev- his atrocities against his own people — onslaught of the Taliban. Years of training for Afghan forces government would need to voice out- able objectives. Terrorism cannot be violence which is appalling in itself but at the hands of Nato couldn’t stop rage over an assault like the one in destroyed, only checked. Military power, which also sends new recruits to ISIS. The government Taliban from capturing Kunduz. Paris, but it’s nonetheless an admis- even deployed on a massive (hence When it comes to defences at home, The extremists have always sion of failure to unsustainable) scale, can’t eradicate Europe has problems all its own in gath- of Ashraf say, “This changes the threat. Judiciously employed along- ering and pooling intelligence, and in proven very formidable which is everything.” side other measures, though, force can tracking the movement of people across Ghani should surprising considering that Afghan ISIS killers are deny ISIS vital resources and lessen the its open internal borders. It also has learn the right forces have access to the most The Obama undoubtedly plan- danger. Promising anything beyond this many more angry and alienated Mus- advanced training and the most administration ning attacks on a is a formula for endless escalation and lims than the US does. Whether the lessons from sophisticated weapons. similar or larger ultimate failure. Schengen free-movement zone can sur- scale in the US The Obama administration has vive remains to be seen — but for that The government of Ashraf their Kunduz has indeed been and Europe right indeed been cautious — too much so. to happen, Europe will need to get much Ghani should learn the right cautious — too now, and not No boots on the ground is the clearest better at securing its external border, failure and adopt lessons from their Kunduz all of them will legacy of the Iraq debacle. This policy processing refugees, and cooperating on measures to experience and adopt measures to much so. No be stopped. The is wrong and announcing it as a kind of policing and security. avoid a repetition avoid a repetition of the situation. boots on the right policy after binding principle was foolish. It’s plainly Finally, in addressing their Muslim There is nothing unfair in war and the next such inconsistent with Obama’s promise to citizens, the US and the EU have the of the situation. attack, what- “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS. extraordinarily delicate task of selec- love, and Ghani should go to any ground is the ever that policy Granted, an enormous commitment tively hardening and softening their length to defeat the extremists. clearest legacy of may be, is the of ground forces wouldn’t guarantee approach. The fight must be multi-pronged: right policy now. success commensurate with the costs Acting in support of ISIS, including he must use military, diplomatic, tribal and every other the Iraq debacle. The reaction to and the risks — Iraq showed that much travelling to join its ranks or making the next attack — but freer use of US and European plans to do so, should be prosecuted as method to weaken the enemy. Time is precious because This policy the Taliban are fast making inroads into their previous should be, “This special forces in combination with air serious crimes, akin to treason. At the changes nothing.” power would be a much more potent same time, a vigorous counter-prop- strongholds. Also, the government is getting support from is wrong and This argument way to trouble ISIS than the current aganda effort is needed to assure the certain quarters in its fight. For example, former warlord announcing it as would be wrong strategy. The US and Europe should put vast majority of Muslims at home and General Abdul Rashid Dostum is galvanising his followers if the attack had significant numbers of highly specialised abroad that ISIS, dedicated to maligning and former foes for battle with Taliban because the militant a kind of binding been hard to boots on the ground. one of the world’s great religions, does group is expanding into his territory. In a desperate effort to anticipate (like What about the slippery slope? That’s not diminish their standing in Western principle was 9/11, for instance). a danger, no doubt, but the US and its eyes. Whatever happens, there’ll be defend his home territory, he is activating private anti-Taliban But it wasn’t. allies are on that slope already. There’s no outright victories in this fight, and militias in a risky gambit now commonplace across the foolish. The reasoning nowhere else to stand. Complete dis- doubtless many more casualties to come. embattled north. Afghan forces must support the warlord and would be differ- engagement — leaving ISIS to build its The US and its friends can’t eliminate the experiment needs to be expanded into other areas. ent if a tacit threat of escalation had medieval state unharassed — is no more the danger — but they can do more than As the world struggles with terrorism, winning the fight been intended to keep ISIS at bay — as promising than all-out war. they have so far to contain it. against the Taliban is not an option but a necessity though France had been saying, “Eve- There’s no reason to suppose that . rything changes if you dare to attack ISIS would be content to confine its BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of King Salman’s wise message to G-20 the day HE G-20 meetings bring Mosques King Salman spoke about ter- Almost as soon as the Syrian revo- munity’s refusal to act came once again together, every year, the world’s rorism to fellow members of the G-20 lution began, the Kingdom called for to a European capital. The slaughter on most powerful economies, of he was listened to with respect. Saudi the removal of Bashar Assad. A politi- the streets of Paris was, as King Sal- which the Kingdom is one. Arabia’s role in combating terror is seen cal solution would be impossible if he man said, a heinous crime. However, he China will strengthen TBut this week, in the Turkish resort of as highly positive. This goes far beyond wished to cling to power. But the inter- went on to insist that this latest outrage cooperation with the Antalya, economics took a back seat the UN’s International Anti-Terrorism national community refused to inter- was also an opportunity for the inter- to urgent politics. The horror of the Center, to which the Kingdom has vene. The consequences have been national community to unite and make international terrorist attacks in Paris dominated the already given $110m. dreadful. Quarter of a million Syrians concerted efforts to eliminate terrorism. community, resolutely two days of talks. As the king made it clear in a speech have died. Millions of refugees have The Kingdom’s Operation Decisive The Kingdom has long been at to other G-20 leaders, the wider politi- poured into neighbouring countries. Storm in Yemen and its participation crack down on violent the forefront of the fight against ter- cal dimension of the fight against terror The savagery of Daesh has since in the anti-Daesh airstrikes has made terrorist operations ror. It was one of the early targets of could not be overlooked. It has been reached out to Iraq, to Lebanon, to clear it knows when an iron fist must Al Qaeda. It struggled with and in the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians Turkey, Libya, Nigeria, Somalia and be used. But King Salman stressed that devastate end defeated that deadly campaign. It which has provided the deepest and Egypt. In Beirut last week suicide that a military response by itself was innocent lives and has therefore learned its lessons in the longest-lasting wound. But four years bombers killed 47 and injured scores insufficient. school of hard knocks. of carnage in Syria have given birth to more. And then at the weekend, the safeguard world peace Xi Jinping So when Custodian of the Two Holy Daesh terrorists. repercussions of the international com- ARAB NEWS and security. Chinese President SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Drawing a line between Snowden and Paris attack

By Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller

n a pair of public appearances this week, CIA Director John O Bren- What Snowden disclosed was the nan made clear that he blames leaks by former intelligence con- astonishing extent to which the tractor Edward Snowden for ena- blingI terrorists to evade detection. government’s surveillance power had “Because of a number of unauthorised disclosures, and a lot of hand-wringing been turned on ordinary citizens. The CIA over the government’s role in the effort to try to uncover these terrorists,” Brennan director knows this. He’d just rather we talk said, the CIA and other agencies have lost the use of critical tools needed “to find about Snowden’s disclosures than about these terrorists.” Brennan’s assertion has become a the intelligence community’s failures. refrain in the two years since Snowden exposed details about a range of US sur- veillance programmes. And former CIA Director R James Woolsey went further, government’s surveillance power had been the House Intelligence Committee. “I do saying on Sunday, “I think Snowden has turned on ordinary citizens. The CIA think the Snowden revelations have had blood on his hands from these killings director knows this. He’d just rather we an adverse security impact, because our in France.” talk about Snowden’s disclosures than enemies know far more about our capa- But drawing a line from Snowden to about the intelligence community’s fail- bilities and programmes.” the Paris tragedy is problematic, accord- ures.” Experts who monitor the communica- ing to some analysts, because even two But others say the tremendous public- tions and social media postings of terror- years after the leaks it is difficult to dis- ity surrounding Snowden’s disclosures ist groups said there are indications that cern the extent to which they caused ter- probably caused militants to take even Islamist militants studied the Snowden James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence (right) speaks during a House Intelligence rorist networks to change the way they greater precautions in their communica- coverage. Committee hearing with John Brennan, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (centre) communicate. tions than they already were. Rita Katz of the SITE Intelligence and James Comey, Director of the FBI on September 10. The revelations that were the source “I think you can recognise that the Group, which tracks jihadist activity of greatest controversy involved pro- leaks did damage to the United States’ online, said the Islamic State and Al Even fierce critics of Snowden have said he had operators report to him that grammes that would probably have been ability to monitor some of their commu- Qaeda have studied documents leaked acknowledged that his disclosures — pub- “it’s getting harder for me to do my job of little value in disrupting the Paris plot, nications, while also acknowledging that by Snowden and articles based on the lished in The Washington Post, the Guard- because we’re seeing more of our targets experts said. The National Security Agen- the jihadists were pretty security-con- documents. Militants have posted tips on ian and other outlets — triggered an using encrypted communications. Targets cy’s collection of data about the times and scious anyway,” said William McCants, a how to avoid NSA surveillance, such as important, and possibly overdue, debate would cycle through different services durations of billions of domestic phone Brookings Institution terrorism expert how to register on Twitter without phone over US surveillance practices in the and then disappear. We saw that quite calls was not designed to pick up calls and author of “The ISIS Apocalypse.” verification, she said. years after the 9/11 attacks. Director of a bit.” entirely outside the United States. Investigators are still piecing together She pointed to a discussion in a jihadist National Intelligence James R Clapper Jr In September, Clapper said that one A second programme that relied details on how the Paris plotters com- forum in October 2013 — at the height of has also suggested that the fallout from Snowden revelation prompted the shut- heavily on cooperation from companies municated with one another, including the Snowden revelations — calling atten- the revelations might have been easier down of a key intelligence program in including AOL, Microsoft and Google was whether they were in touch with senior tion to an “important article related to to contain if spy agencies had not been Afghanistan. Although he did not give aimed at intercepting email and phone Islamic State operatives in Syria in the Tor. Good read.” so determined to preempt public debate details, he was alluding to an NSA pro- calls between foreign operatives and indi- days or weeks leading up to the attacks. Tor is a system used by dissidents and even in the broadest terms. gram that recorded all cellphone calls in viduals in the United States. Nothing has Paris prosecutor François Molins said militants alike to shield one’s identity In Brennan’s appearance at a confer- that country and provided tactical sup- changed since that revelation to restrict that one of the suspects’ cellphones was online by moving encrypted traffic across ence at the Center for Strategic and port to troops, such as alerting them to the NSA’s ability to sweep up communica- retrieved and that it contained an unen- a global network of servers. The forum International Studies in Washington on roadside bombs. tions exclusively among foreigners, as was crypted text message related to the attack. moderator concluded that Tor itself “is Monday, the CIA director said that “some FBI Director James B Comey has apparently the case for the plot in France. US officials have not established not broken” and “could be a relative policy and legal” changes have made the warned that terrorists are increasingly Other subsequent disclosures undoubt- whether those involved in the plot also secure option after all.” But he added spy agencies’ job more difficult. turning to encrypted modes of com- edly gave adversaries, including terrorist used encrypted communications tools. that jihadists should “switch away” from He did not elaborate, but the most con- munication, and last year he criticised groups, a deeper understanding of the Any attempt by the plotters to commu- a particular convenience feature that sequential piece of legislation passed after companies such as Apple for building scale of US surveillance capabilities, as nicate with handlers in Syria would have might have been tampered with and use Snowden’s leaks, which calls for an end smartphones and applications whose data well as specific programmes that enabled, raised the risk of exposure significantly, the regular Tor programme. to the bulk collection of phone data, has can be unlocked only by the user. Officials for example, the NSA and its counterpart officials said, because of the surveillance Concern about jihadist networks not yet gone into effect. say that US firms accelerated the devel- in Britain to tap into Google and Yahoo assets that the United States and its adopting sophisticated communications Other changes included giving for- opment of encryption as a response to the data centres overseas. allies have mobilized against the Islamic security long predates Snowden. In Feb- eigners expanded privacy protections Snowden leaks, in a bid to allay concerns But to conclude that those revela- State. ruary 2001, the FBI’s then-director, Louis and requiring White House approval for that their platforms were too transparent tions caused enough damage to make Officials and experts are in broad J Freeh, was warning about terrorists spying on foreign leaders. to spy agencies. the United States and its allies, includ- agreement that terrorist groups have using “uncrackable encryption.” In 2010, “I don’t think any of the policy changes But industry officials familiar with ing France, substantially more vulnerable ramped up their operational security the attackers behind the attempted we have made have diminished our capa- Apple’s product development say the assumes that terrorist cells would not measures in recent years. And some Times Square bombing used encrypted bility to combat terrorism,” said Schiff, company’s moves to encryption predated otherwise have taken precautions that to think Snowden’s disclosures accelerated e-mails to communicate, although the the California congressman. the Snowden disclosures and were not some seem inevitable, some analysts said. both the development and adoption of government was still able to read their Nonetheless, intelligence officials have sped up by them. “Snowden had nothing “Aspiring terrorists already knew the encryption technology. messages. insisted that operational details disclosed to do with it,” said one industry official, US government was doing everything it Terrorist groups “adapted to the dis- McCants, of the Brookings Institu- by Snowden have led to a loss of intelli- who was not authorised to speak on the could to track and monitor their commu- closures by Snowden and have made it tion, said tradecraft was a major part of gence. US officials, including NSA Direc- record. “It was the ethos to protect the nications,” said Jameel Jaffer, the deputy more difficult for us to track their where- jihadist training in the Al Qaeda camps tor Michael S Rogers, have warned that customer — not to stymie governmental legal director of the American Civil Lib- abouts as well as their plotting and plan- in Afghanistan. “In many ways, online intelligence agencies have lost the trail investigations.” erties Union. “What Snowden disclosed ning,” said Representative Adam B Schiff discussion boards became a replacement of terrorist targets they were tracking. was the astonishing extent to which the (California), the ranking Democrat on for the camps,” he said. One former senior intelligence official THE WASHINGTON POST How to win friends and influence US refugee policy

By Megan McArdle And I will give you a quick intro on the Internet to learn what is the Boston Marathon. But that’s to what’s happening and why it’s nearly an iron law of commentary: it. Two out of three-quarters of erhaps you’ve seen the terrible: The better your message makes a million refugees we’ve taken in arguments on social media Wielding scripture. People Given that we’re talking about you feel about yourself, the less since 9/11. Psince the Paris attacks: One who are not Christian have been likely it is that you are convincing Third, we do a really good job faction rants that of course the quoting Bible verses that support taking in a relatively small number anyone else. The messages that of integrating immigrants. We’ve US must take in huge numbers of taking in strangers. As a general make you feel great about yourself been doing it for more than 200 Syrian refugees, and fast, because principal, you should not get into of refugees — and that many of (and of course, your like-minded years. We have our strains of of course refugees are not terror- theological arguments over a faith friends) are the ones that sug- xenophobia here in the US, but ists. Another faction argues that you don’t practice. You’ll probably those refugees, and their children, gest you’re a moral giant strid- we don’t force people to strip off literally any amount of risk at botch it, and the believers are well ing boldly across the landscape, religious and cultural signifiers, all is too much. And then there’s aware that you are only interested will go on to contribute to this wielding your inescapable ethical as France has with the hijab. Donald Trump, whose ideas about in these arguments as an instru- logic. The messages that work are We also don’t help them to avoid how to deal with the potential mental means to some secular country as workers and citizens. the ones that try to understand assimilation. We treat them like threat of Islamist terror are mak- end. Freelance bishops, imams what the other side is thinking, Americans, and in the end, they ing me rethink my longtime ban or rabbis from outside the faiths on the assumption that they are become Americans, or their chil- on the use of the word “fascist” as should all knock it off. no better or worse than you. So dren or grandchildren do. a pejorative. Mockery. The number of people if you are actually trying to help This is not to say that there is Actually, scratch that. Not who have ever been convinced to do ism”; neglecting to mention that Strawmanning the opposition. the Syrian refugees, rather than no risk in admitting Syrian refu- “arguments.” The posts are not the right thing because they were a fake Syrian passport was used Perfectly reasonable people are marinate in your own sensation of gees. But that risk looks fairly intended to convince anyone. mocked as racists, idiots or bed- to get one of the attackers into worried that a small number of overwhelming virtue, you should small. And against that risk, we They are to signal tribal loyalties wetting pansies can be counted on Europe via Greece, which is the terrorists could pretend to be avoid these tactics. should weigh the benefit to both to people who already agree with the fingers of your nearest snake. opposite of reassuring.) These refugees in order to get into the That’s “what not to do.” Luck- Syrian refugees, and ourselves. you, while you marinate in your People who want the US to admit memes make our side less trust- US for an attack. One response to ily, I think there is a more effec- As long as you believe that it’s own sense of moral superiority. more Syrian refugees, and try to worthy to those we’re trying to these reasonable people has been: tive argument for taking in more a good thing to help strangers at If these factions want to con- achieve that end by making fun persuade, and are therefore coun- “How dare you say people fleeing refugees. It starts with recognis- some sufficiently small cost to vince other people, they’re going of people who are worried about terproductive. terrorism are terrorists!” This is ing that yes, the people who are yourself, then we can have a rea- about it all wrong. potential terrorists slipping in “I don’t understand how anyone deeply silly. Obama administra- worried have something to worry sonable discussion about whether I have no opinion about the best among them, could hardly have can oppose admitting Syrian refu- tion officials have admitted that about. There’s no perfect way to the costs outweigh potential ben- way to fight the Islamic State. picked a more effective tactic for gees! America is a nation of immi- they can’t be sure of screening screen out Syrian terrorists from efits. Given that we’re talking US President Barack Obama’s convincing our fellow citizens that grants!” This kind of statement terrorists out from asylum seek- Syrian refugees. It may be that about taking in a relatively small restrained, mostly indirect sup- we don’t take national security conveys layers of meaning. The ers. someone we let in will, eventually, number of refugees — and that port for enemies of the group seriously. Please to cease. first layer is the literal meaning Explaining that everything do something horrible. In fact, many of those refugees, and their in Iraq and Syria has certainly Circulating memes of arguable of the words: I lack the knowledge Islamic State does is really our that’s a risk with any immigrant children, will go on to contribute not stopped Islamic State. But veracity. I’ve seen the same two to figure this out. But the second, fault, so we have a moral obliga- we let in, or for that matter, any to this country as workers and I’m not going to criticise him for talking points over and over on intended meaning is the opposite: I tion to take in refugees fleeing a baby we allow to be born. citizens — I think there’s a strong that unless I also have reason to social media: that none of the am so vastly superior that I cannot war it has escalated. Obviously, US But the risk is not as high as case that this is the right thing believe that there is some other 750,000 refugees welcomed by even imagine the cognitive errors foreign policy has strongly shaped some think. First, it is very, very to do, even if you think there is strategy that would work better. the US since 9/11 have turned or moral turpitude that could lead the region. And yet there’s often hard for a Syrian refugee to get a tiny increase in our risk of suf- I do have an opinion about Syr- out to be terrorists; and that the someone to such obviously wrong a whiff of racism here. It reduces into this country. A terrorist fering a terrorist attack. ian refugees: We should take more Syrian passport found on one of conclusions. And yet the takeaway the citizens of these nations from would be better off trying almost And it’s worth remembering of them. Which is why I am so the Paris attackers is false. These when I hear someone say this is a complex human beings who do any other method to come here that most of us are here because irritated by the people who agree would be compelling arguments third meaning: I lack the empa- things for an array of reasons, to to attack us. some earlier generation was will- with me but are structuring their except that they rely on exquisite thy, moral imagination or analyti- sort of amoebas responding only Second, we are actually quite ing to accept the risks that came arguments (rants) to be maxi- word-parsing rather than actu- cal skills to attempt even a basic to stimulus from the US, which good at detecting terrorists. Not with taking strangers into their mally counterproductive. ally reassuring facts. (Quibbling understanding of the people who is why we have to take full moral perfect, by any means — the Tsar- borders. If you have missed these terri- about the technical definition of disagree with me. In short, this responsibility for their actions. naev brothers slipped through ble arguments, I am jealous of you. “refugees” and “domestic terror- argument says: “I’m stupid.” It took me years of writing intelligence scrutiny and bombed THE BLOOMBERG SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA

Maoists release Modi woos investors TRS leaders in Telangana with at 13th Asean summit killing threat HYDERABAD: Maoists in Tel- Seeks foreign help to fight growing terrorism angana yesterday released six leaders of the ruling Telangana KUALA LUMPUR: Prime 18 months ago,” Modi said in his He also raised the issue of cli- Rashtra Samithi (TRS) with a Minister Narendra Modi yes- first regional meeting, the Asean mate change, ahead of the crucial warning that party leaders will terday asked the global invest- Business and Investment Sum- 12-day global meet in Paris from be killed if the government failed ment community to set up shop mit, and said this was visible in November 30. to mend its ways. in India and benefit from the growth, inflation, interest rates, “India has ambitious clean The leaders were abducted country’s fast growth, strong deficit, foreign capital inflows and energy plans: 175 GW of addi- from a remote village Pusuguppa fundamentals, constant reforms, tax revenues. tional capacity of renewable four days ago. They reached while seeking enhanced coopera- “Obviously, this did not happen energy by 2022, and 40 percent PM Narendra Modi joins hands with Vietnam’s PM Nguyen Tan Dung (left), Charla yesterday morning after tion from the Asean grouping to by accident. The world economy of energy through non-fossil fuel Malaysia’s PM Najib Razak and Laos PM Thongsing Thammavong (right) the Maoists released them from fight terrorism. is not exactly doing well. This by 2030,” he said. at the Asean meet in Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. their captivity in the forests. Starting his first set of engage- success is the result of a series of “I have also proposed an With the Communist Party ments here during his five-day, concerted policies,” he said, add- international solar alliance of meetings on the margins of the to make his country an invest- of India (Maoist) releasing the two-nation visit to Malaysia and ing the idea was not to reform 122 solar-rich countries, which summit, with Chinese Premier Li ment-friendly destination, nota- leaders unharmed, their families Singapore, the prime minister alone but to reform for transfor- French President (Francois) Hol- Keqiang and his Japanese coun- bly through campaigns such as heaved a sigh of relief. also announced a $1bn credit line mation. lande and I will launch in Paris on terpart Shinzo Abe, who hosted “Make in India”, “Digital India” The TRS in-charge for to expand trade with the Asean “Most of the Asean economies November 30. We look forward to him for lunch. and “Skill India”. Bhadrachalam constituency M (Association of Southeast Asian have done their bit for Asia’s your participation in the launch In both meetings, held sepa- “I invite you to come and see Ramakrishna, who was among Nations) and promised electronic resurgence. Now it is India’s and the alliance.” rately, the leaders said there was the winds of change in India,” he those kidnapped, said the Mao- visas soon for the nationals of its turn,” Modi said to loud applause The prime minister also said much to gain in their bilateral said, adding: “Winds take time to ists sent a message through them, 10 members. after his arrival here yesterday terrorism has become a “major ties. cross the borders. That is why I saying if the government did not He also called for concerted for the 13th Asean-India Summit global challenge that affects us “India-Japan ties have the am here to invite you, personally.” change its attitude, they would global action against terrorism and the 10th East Asia Summit. all here”. greatest potential of any bilat- Modi said his government was eliminate party leaders from vil- and asked the leaderships of Bru- “We know that our time has “We have excellent bilateral eral relationship in the world,” working hard to cut complicated lage to state level. nei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indo- come.” cooperation with Asean mem- said Abe. procedures and making them The extremists were angry that nesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Addressing the 13th Asean- bers. And, we should see how we Premier Li, on his part, said available on one platform, pref- the TRS that came to power by the Philippines, Singapore, Thai- India Summit, Modi said he was can enhance our cooperation at India and China have more com- erably online, besides simplifying promising that it will follow Mao- land and Vietnam to participate pleased to see bilateral trade the regional and international mon interests than divergences, paperwork on a war footing. ist agenda, was adopting repres- in the solar alliance he has pro- grow to $76.5bn in 2014-15 after level, including through support with compatible development “That’s how we have jumped up sive policies and killing them in posed among 122 countries. some decline, adding the regional for adoption of a Comprehensive strategies that have the scope for by 12 ranks in the World Bank’s “fake encounters”. “By almost every major eco- grouping was India’s largest part- Convention on International Ter- further consolidation. Ease of Doing Business Report of The leaders were abducted last nomic indicator India’s doing ner for investment in both direc- rorism,” he said. At the business summit, Modi 2016.” Wednesday. However, the incident better than when we took office tions. Modi also had two bilateral outlined a host of measures taken IANS came to light last Thursday after the TRS leaders did not return home from the remote village where they had gone to meet Harvesting paddy some people. The abduction in the region bordering the Maoist stronghold in Chhattisgarh had It is time to strengthen our caused panic among the ruling party’s cadre. civilisational values: Pranab IANS NEW DELHI: Saying the ten and unwritten samskaras, deliberations over the next three world was witnessing “the worst duties and the way of life that is days will highlight the manner in impulses of intolerance”, Presi- the essence of India. which pluralism and multi-cul- Union minister dent Pranab Mukherjee yester- “This is the time to reinforce turalism are at the very core of day said it was time to reinforce the civilisational values that bind the Indian psyche.” Sonowal is new the civilisational values that bind together the complex diversity of Quoting Swami Vivekananda, together “the complex diversity of modern-day India and promote Mukherjee said the one great Assam BJP chief modern-day India”. them among our people and the lesson the world has yet to learn Inaugurating the first-ever world,” he said. from India is the idea not only of NEW DELHI: The BJP yester- international conference of Ind- The president exhorted the toleration but of sympathy. day appointed union minister ologists, Mukherjee said the world indologists to highlight India’s Noting that the Vedic texts Sarbananda Sonowal as the party was struggling to deal with the pluralism and multi-culturalism were the first to pronounce the president in Assam, ahead of next kind of hatred never seen earlier. rather than excessively dwell- universal concept of ‘Vasudhaiva year’s assembly elections in the “We are, today, witnessing ing on ancient times or merely kutumvakam’ (world is one fam- northeastern state. events without precedent: when fill with nostalgia about India’s ily), he also dwelt on the need for Making the announcement, the world is struggling to deal grand past. inclusiveness. party leader and Environment with the worst impulses of intol- “I anticipate that your scho- “It must be recognised that Minister Prakash Javadekar said erance and hatred that mankind lastic interactions, while firmly India’s ancient traditions, to sur- the BJP, which has just suffered a has ever witnessed,” he said in a anchoring today’s India in her vive and grow, did not hesitate major setback in the Bihar polls, A labourer thrashes paddy sheaves as labourers harvest paddy in a speech. glorious history — will illuminate to selectively embrace all that is and earlier in Delhi, was confident paddy field at Verka village, Amritsar, yesterday. Paddy is the main sum- “At such a time, there can be the logical path to her destined good in modernism. of winning Assam. mer-sown crop in India, the world’s second biggest producer of rice. no better recourse than to remind greatness. Meanwhile, the new appoint- Punjab is a major contributor to the food grain pool with wheat and rice ourselves of the high values, writ- “I am confident that your IANS ment for Sonowal, who is union minister for youth affairs and forming a major chunk of the contribution. sports, has fuelled speculation of a cabinet reshuffle, which has long been expected in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Former Congress heavyweight IFFI protest over former Catholic priest’s death in Goa Himanta Biswa Sarma, who joined the BJP in August, was made con- PANAJI: Action on the second bearing the institute’s name near marching peacefully towards and the flip flops by police on the serious probe yet. What is the vener of the election management day at the International Film Fes- the festival grounds. Yesterday, the IFFI venue in Panaji, were nature of his death had led to a logic of imposing section 144 when committee, which has Sonowal as tival of India (IFFI) was not in the Film and Television Institute arrested. series of protests and candlelight a creative event is happening in the chairman. film screening halls, but outside of India’s (FTII) two ex-students The protesters included civil vigils across the state. the city?” asked Naik, before Sonowal, the Lok Sabha mem- the premises, where 300 people Kislay and Shubham, who were society activists, representatives Jatin Naik, a protester, on courting arrest. ber from Assam’s Lakhimpur took out a peaceful march pro- arrested last Friday for protest- of political parties as well as Saturday questioned the police’s In another development, three constituency, replaces Siddarth testing the ‘sloppy’ police probe ing at the IFFI inaugural event friends and family of activist and handling of the probe, and also FTII ‘sympathisers’, including one Bhattacharya, who will now be a into the mysterious death of a attended by Finance Minister former priest Bismarque Dias, questioned the decision of the rul- student who was detained earlier national spokesperson of the BJP former Catholic priest. Arun Jaitley and Defence Min- whose body was fished out of the ing BJP-led coalition to impose yesterday and two ex-students on issues related to the northeast. All the protesters were ister Manohar Parrikar, were Mandovi river on November 7. the prohibitive section 144 of the who were arrested for protesting In 2015, the BJP lost Delhi to arrested, even as police arrested released on conditional bail. The mysterious death of Dias Criminal Procedure Code around at the venue last Friday, were the Aam Aadmi Party, and then one more Film and Television The 300 protesters, including -- who was leading a string of the IFFI venue. released on bail. Bihar to the Nitish Kumar-led Institute of India (FTII) student several dozen senior citizens and agitations against controversial “Police must conduct a thor- grand alliance. for allegedly wearing a T-shirt women and children, who were real estate projects across Goa -- ough probe. We have not seen a IANS IANS

Odisha urges Centre to First passenger train from Silchar flagged off

SILCHAR: Assam’s Barak Val- The newly laid broad gauge up rural jobs’ wage rate ley was brought on the broad line links Lumding and Silchar gauge rail map yesterday, with where the meter guage track was BHUBANESWAR: Odisha liminary report, a drought like Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in operation from 1899. The con- Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik situation is prevailing in 139 flagging off the inaugural passen- nectivity is the lifeline for millions yesterday urged Prime Minister blocks of the state’s total 314 ger train in a long-awaited devel- in Tripura, Manipur and Mizo- Narendra Modi to ensure ade- blocks. opment that is expected to boost ram besides southern Assam. quate fund flows for rural jobs To deal with the situation, the the region’s economy. “It is an historic moment that under MGNREGA for easing the Odisha government has decided The valley — home to over 35 people of south Assam are getting suffering of people facing drought additional 50 days of work under lakh people and borders Bang- an important railway connectivity situation in the state. MGNREGA scheme in drought ladesh — is one of the most with rest of the nation,” Prabhu In a letter to the prime min- affected blocks against 150 days neglected and underdeveloped said after the flag off. ister, Patnaik also urged for of work being provided by central parts of Assam due to lack of “More passenger trains will be increasing the wage rate fixed government, Patnaik said. adequate connectivity. introduced in near future. This under Mahatma Gandhi National “The increase livelihood sup- The train chugged into the will fulfill the long cherished Rural Employment Guarantee port to workers, the state govern- pristine Barail Hills after set- demand of the people of Barak Act (MGNREGA) for Odisha to ment has decided to provide 30 ting out from Silchar town in the Valley to have a seamless con- Rs200, the minimum wage for percent extra wages as drought morning. Minister Prabhu flagged nectivity,” he said. unskilled labourers in Odisha. allowance to the MGNREGA it off over video conference from Sushmita Dev, the Lok Sabha The MGNREGA workers pres- workers over and above the wage New Delhi. member from Silchar, congratu- ently get Rs174 per man day. rate fixed by the government of The connection will link Barak lated the people of the valley on Odisha is facing severe drought India,” the chief minister said in Valley seamlessly with the rest of the “historical day”. situation due to scanty rainfall the letter. India. Goods trains were operat- First passenger train from Silchar to Guwahati on newly converted Silchar- this monsoon while, as per pre- IANS ing on the section since March. IANS Lumding section flagged off yesterday. SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Republican rivals blast Trump for Muslim database comments

WASHINGTON: Republican presi- security concerns following the Islamic running because he had generated a lot ting down American mosques frequented no previous government experience, to dential candidate Donald Trump drew State attacks in Paris last week that of excitement for the Republican race, by radicals. tackle the issue. A Reuters/Ipsos poll criticism from White House rivals yes- killed at least 129 people, and a politi- but criticized his support for registries. Trump, who leads the Republican after the attack found 33 percent of terday for saying he would implement a cal fight over US plans to take in 10,000 “On the question of should the fed- presidential field in opinion polls, has Republicans think he is best suited to database to keep track of Muslims in the refugees from Syria. eral government keep a registry of called for deporting the estimated 11 mil- address terrorism, leading the field. United States and require them to reg- Two Republican presidential rivals, any religious group? The answer is lion illegal immigrants in America. Trump supporters Betty and Terry ister in response to the attacks in Paris. former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and of course not. The First Amendment He said Muslims would be legally Phelps, of Lisco, Nebraska, said the Trump, speaking to an NBC News Ohio Governor John Kasich, were the protects religious liberties for every required to register for the database. database made sense. Betty Phelps said reporter after a campaign appearance most critical of the database comments. American,” Cruz said. “There should be a lot of systems, beyond it would not be much different than exist- in Iowa late on Thursday night, was asked Bush called them “just wrong”. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, who databases,” he said. ing databases. “We’re all kept track of, if there should be a database to monitor “It’s manipulating people’s angst and earlier this week compared Syrian refu- Democratic presidential candidates through driver’s license, social security Muslims in the United States. their fears,” he said on CNBC. “That’s gees to “rabid dogs,” called singling out Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders number,” she said. “I would certainly implement that, not strength. That’s weakness.” Kasich, an individual religion to create a database also criticised Trump’s comments. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the absolutely,” he said in on-camera com- whose Super PAC is launching a $2.5m “a pretty dangerous precedent.” “This is shocking rhetoric. It should be Council on American-Islamic Rela- ments. Asked how that differed from series of attacks against Trump, said the “I don’t think it’s a good idea to treat denounced by all seeking to lead this tions, a Muslim rights group, said efforts last century to track Jews in Nazi remarks proved the real estate mogul was anybody differently, one of the hallmarks country,” Clinton said on Twitter. Sand- other Republican candidates should Germany, he said: “You tell me.” not worthy of the White House. of America is that we treat everybody ers called Trump’s remarks “outrageous say whether they would close mosques, On Friday, Trump deflected criticism “The idea that someone would have the same,” Carson said. He said, how- and bigoted.” create a database of Muslims or require of the remarks, saying in a tweet: “I didn’t to register with the federal government ever, it would be acceptable to shut down The Paris attacks have launched a Muslims to carry a special ID card. suggest a database — a reporter did. We because of their religion strikes against mosques where “a lot of activity going on growing debate on the 2016 campaign “This is way beyond the pale, this is must defeat terrorism & have surveil- all that we have believed in our nation’s that is radicalizing people.” trail about the appropriate US response. basically a call to persecute a religious lance, including a watch list, to protect history,” Kasich said in a statement. Other Republican candidates opted not As the debate over terrorism has minority based on nothing other than America.” Texas Senator Ted Cruz, campaign- to weigh in on the remarks from Trump, gained prominence, polls show Republi- their faith,” Hooper said. His comments came amid renewed ing in Iowa, said he was glad Trump was who earlier in the week called for shut- cans turning to Trump, a billionaire with REUTERS Paris extends ban on rallies Two men temporarily Thousands march in Toulouse; French police free seven suspects kept off US flight

PARIS: Paris has extended a ban on public gatherings introduced after the terror attacks after speaking Arabic in the French capital until November 30, the start of UN climate talks, the city’s police NEW YORK: Two men were the customers on a later flight headquarters said yesterday. kept from boarding a flight from that same day,” Southwest said In a statement the prefecture recalled the Chicago to Philadelphia this in a statement. “extreme seriousness” of last week’s attacks, week because they were speaking The following day, a Spirit Air- which left 130 people dead and prompted the Arabic, one of several incidents lines flight en route to Minneapo- government to put in place a three-month reflecting public paranoia since lis returned to Fort Lauderdale state of emergency. the Paris attacks. after a young passenger “heard Authorities have already banned two citi- Maher Khalil and Anas Ayyad what she believed to be a conver- zens’ rallies planned around the climate sum- were told by a gate agent at Mid- sation during which the subject mit that will be attended by 138 heads of state way Airport on Thursday that made a remark about blowing up and government after the worst-ever terror they wouldn’t be allowed on the the plane,” according to a police attack on French soil. The French government plane because a fellow passenger report quoted by the Sun Sen- has said it will not “give in” to terrorism and had overheard them speaking tinel newspaper. Once back on insists the long-anticipated conference will Arabic — and was afraid to fly the ground, Yaniv Abotbul, a US go ahead. with them. citizen born and raised in Israel, A state of emergency put in place imme- The two friends reportedly of was interrogated for five hours, diately after the November 13 attacks was Palestinian origin and in their his lawyer Mark Eiglarsh told a this week extended to three months. It allows late 20s, were eventually allowed news conference. government to place under house arrest any- on the Southwest flight, but only Abotbul was let go, with the one considered to be a threat to security, and after being questioned by airport police report quoted by the Sun police to launch raids without advance author- security and police, who Khalil Sentinel saying “intensive inter- isation from the courts. told the local NBC television affil- views revealed no actual threat Hundreds of such raids have taken place iate he had called himself. Once was made to the flight and the this week, turning up weapons arsenals in on board, Khalil said some pas- incident appears to be a miscom- people’s homes — a rocket-launcher in one sengers made him open a white munication from a juvenile wit- case — and the flag of the Islamic State group A girl holds a placard during a protest called “Not in my name” of Italian Muslims against terrorism, box he was carrying — filled, ness”. His lawyer has demanded which claimed the attack. in Milan yesterday. The placard reads: “I say no to violence”. it turns out, with sweets. “So I an apology both from the airline While the state of emergency does not shared my baklava with them,” and authorities involved. Spirit allow control of the press, the interior min- Meanwhile, more than 10,000 people Five days after 130 people were killed in he was quoted as saying. Airlines did not respond to istry reserves the right to block websites or marched yesterday in the French city of Tou- France’s worst-ever terror attack police Southwest Airlines said in requests for comment. social media accounts promoting terrorism. louse for peace and against “barbarity”. The closed in on suspected ringleader Abdelha- a statement that the flight The same carrier was impli- It also allows authorities to dissolve groups march is the second this week in the south- mid Abaaoud in an apartment in Saint-Denis “departed a few minutes behind cated in another incident, in Bal- or associations participating in, facilitating western city while thousands have taken to north of Paris. schedule” after airline employ- timore, Maryland, on Tuesday. A or inciting acts which threaten public safety. the streets in other parts of France to express A source close to the investigation said it ees “completed conversations woman and three men described their solidarity with grieving Paris. was Abaaoud’s cousin Hasna Aitboulahcen — with customers who approached by fellow passengers as being of Police surrounded the march in Toulouse as killed with him in the raid — who unknowingly us during the boarding process,” Middle Eastern descent were residents braved an icy wind to march under led them to the apartment. The source said without providing more details. escorted off a plane headed to a banner reading: “For freedom and peace, a witness had reported seeing Aitboulahcen Similar incidents have report- Chicago’s O’Hare International against barbarity and conflation.” The march with two men, one of who resembled Abaaoud edly taken place on other US Airport after a witness reported took place largely in silence. “It is a silence of after the attacks on Friday night. domestic flights in the wake of suspicious activity to the crew, the contemplation, but also determination,” said The young woman was immediately placed last week’s attacks in the French Baltimore Sun reported, citing Bernard Dedeban, secretary-general for the under surveillance. On Tuesday, she was seen capital that killed 130 people, which police. In the end, police deter- FSU union, one of the organisers of the march. talking to a man in what the source believes were claimed by Islamic State mined that one of the passengers Lisa, 8, held up a banner reading “freedom”. was a conversation to negotiate the accom- extremists. The jihadist group has had simply been watching a news “At school we held a minute of silence. To be modation of Abaaoud and a second man. She also threatened attacks in the US, report on a smartphone, accord- free is to be able to dance, do theatre, go to then went to pick up the two men, hiding in including releasing a propaganda ing to the newspaper. the movies, without being attacked,” she said nearby Aubervilliers in an area home to many video singling out New York. The Council on American- as she walked alongside her mother. Others warehouses near the highway. On Wednesday, six men iden- Islamic Relations said the individ- warned against conflating Muslims and Islam- Aitboulahcen took the men to an apart- tified by fellow passengers as uals were racially profiled. “These ist extremists. ment in Saint-Denis, and police launched their being of Middle Eastern descent passengers were inconvenienced In a related development, French police assault at 4:20am the next morning. A violent were removed from a Southwest and forced to endure humiliating yesterday freed seven people arrested dur- gunfight in which police launched 5,000 rounds flight bound for Houston at Chi- treatment and invasive question- ing a massive raid on an apartment housing of ammunition at the heavily-armed group cago’s Midway after they asked ing for no apparent substantial the ringleader of the Paris attacks, prosecu- holed up in the apartment left both Abaaoud to switch seats, causing a com- reason other than because their People take part in a silent walk to support tors said. However Jawad Bendaoud, who has and Aitboulahcen dead. A third person, who motion, the local ABC affiliate perceived ethnicity caused alarm freedom and peace and against barbarism, and admitted lending the apartment to two people blew themselves up in the raid, has yet to be reported. “Our crews were unable in a fellow passenger,” a spokes- misconceptions in Toulouse yesterday. from Belgium “as a favour” but denied know- identified. to resolve the situation without woman told the newspaper. ing any more, is being held in custody. AFP delaying the flight so we rebooked AFP

Mercury Music Prize Blocked migrants protest at border Vatican to try five IDOMENI: Migrants who have into the continent. The protest aged to stop some of the migrants been blocked at the Greek-Mac- comes a day after migrants sat on from reaching the fence that seals over leaks scandal edonian border for three days, railway tracks hampering trains off Melilla — one of only two land protested yesterday against being between Greece and Macedonia. borders between Africa and the ROME: The Vatican yesterday ordered five people, prevented from entering Macedo- Greece’s junior interior minis- European Union — but around 30 including two Italian journalists, to stand trial for nia after new restrictions were ter for migration Yiannis Mouza- people still reached it and clam- leaking and publishing secret documents, in the lat- imposed, witnesses said. las went to Idomeni for talks with bered onto the railings, they said. est development in a leaks scandal which is rocking Many of the migrants, who are local officials on the situation. Two of these managed to get the papacy. stuck on the Greek side of the Thousands of migrants fleeing across into the Spanish terri- The trial stems from the publication of two recent border at Idomeni, are from Iran, conflict and poverty have trav- tory, while one man was seri- books which depict a Vatican plagued by mismanage- Pakistan and Bangladesh and are elled to Greece and up through ously injured when he fell from ment, greed and corruption and where Pope Fran- angry after Serbia and Macedonia the Balkans this year, aiming to the metres-high fence near the cis faces stiff resistance from the old guard to his decided to only allow passage to start new lives in more prosper- Barrio Chino crossing, authorities reform agenda. The Holy See was embarrassed and people fleeing conflict zones. ous northern European countries. in Melilla added in a statement. angered by the books, which it said used informa- More than 1,000 people of dif- But on Thursday countries The man was taken to hospital tion that should never have been allowed to leave ferent nationalities were at the along the migrant route began in Melilla with severe head inju- the walls of the city state. border crossing, called Gevgelija tightening restrictions by accept- ries — along with three others who Prosecutors said three Vatican officials, including in Macedonia, yesterday. ing only those fleeing war, causing were slightly hurt as they too fell a high-ranking priest, formed “an organised crimi- Some carried banners call- a backlog of hundreds of people. from the fence. Other migrants nal association” with the aim of “divulging informa- ing for the border to be opened, Meanwhile, close to 100 migrants were still clinging onto the railings British-French musician Benjamin Clementine with tion and documents concerning the fundamental while others read “We are sorry tried to storm the border fence in high winds, prompting firemen his award after winning the 2015 Mercury Music interests of the Holy See and the State”. for France but we are not dan- from Morocco into the Spanish to lay out mattresses and other The first hearing in the trial will begin on Tuesday Prize at a ceremony in central London. The Mercury gerous” in an apparent reference enclave of Melilla yesterday in a material at the base of the fence at 0930 GMT, the president of the Vatican court Prize seeks to promote the best of UK and Irish to some of the suspects in last scramble that left one man seri- in an attempt to break any fall. ordered. The leaks are one of the biggest internal week’s Paris attacks having used ously injured, authorities said. music and the artistes that produce it. scandals to hit the papacy of Pope Francis. Europe’s migrant crisis to slip Moroccan security forces man- AFP AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES

heraton Doha Resort & Convention Hotel recently Sheraton Doha unveils all-new Raoul show at Lagoona Mall Sorganised a special event to introduce the all-new menu of Al menu at Al Maskar restaurant aoul held a Fashion Show at Cambridge, Kate Middleton, have Maskar restaurant. RLagoona Mall to showcase its been seen wearing Raoul. The event was hosted by Nick Fall/Winter 2015 collection. For Fall/Winter 2015, the Heath, Complex General Manager, Raoul is the home-grown brand focuses on the wonders of and was attended by other team fashion and leather goods brand nature. Earthy tones combined members including Chef Angelos- that has been first launched in with deeply rich forms from the Theodoros Kallinteris, who has Singapore in 2002 by the husband color palette for FW15. recently joined the team as the and wife team, Douglas and Odile Warm and cool greys, Green, head chef for Al Maskar. Benjamin. Red, and Blue work together in Al Maskar combines Raoul is known for its refined color block combinations and in Mediterranean and Greek culture tailoring and its luxury fabrics, prints. An explosion of vivid colors influences. always on-trend but with a time- like Purple, Topaz and Coral are Nick Heath, the new complex less elegance. significant this season. As for General Manager, talked about Each Raoul collection is crea- the prints, they are bold and his plans to further strengthen tively directed by Odile Benjamin oversized. the hotel’s presence locally and herself. The Raoul woman is Raoul is currently available within the region, and said: “I am multitasking, confident, accom- in the fashion capitals of Paris, both honoured and excited to be plished, fresh, and witty and yet, Milan, London and New York. a part of such an iconic property definitely a lady with a vivid style. It is also available in Qatar at within the Starwood family and Celebrities such as Jennifer Lagoona mall, level 1. look forward working with the Lawrence, Lea Michele and roy- amazing team. Our aim is to offer alty including The Duchess of THE PENINSULA an unrivalled guest experience, and together, we will continue to add to the bespoke iconic expe- rience that the award-winning hotel has always been renowned for. Satya Paul launches home furnishing label Paul Salon He added, “Our hospitality busi- Nick Heath, Complex General Manager (third left), with Chef Angelos- ness is a key element of our long Theodoros Kallinteris (second left) during the unveiling of the all new Al e has captivated lovers of chif- Ethnique and Beauti D’Histoire. He said all his designs are term growth plan. Relying on the Maskar restaurant on Wednesday at Sheraton Doha Resort and Convention Hfon saris with prints and has Paul, who launched his epony- “inspired by life and for life”, success we experienced with Al Hotel. even lent his artistic flair to home mous label in 1985 and has also and encapsulate the elements Maskar restaurant in the past, we furnishings. Now, designer and art- dabbled in home furnishings of ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’, decided to give it an all new taste cuisines will help us create a hub tastes and flavors in a sophisti- ist Satya Paul has launched Paul abroad, said: “I am a student of meaning truth, godliness, and with the new menu that allows us for culinary excellence at the Al cated yet laid-back ambience. We Salon, a furnishings’ label espe- design, and have been practicing beauty. to expand and refine our offerings, Maskar.” want them to experience novel cially developed for Jagdish Stores. art and designing professionally The Paul Salon line, which pri- and provide an exceptional dining “At Al Maskar restaurant, the food concepts that will prove to The Paul Salon will be retailed for 60 years now. I sell my home marily features luxe bedcovers experience to our guests. We are cooking technique is modern but be a great addition to Sheraton exclusively from the store’s outlets line in Japan, Brazil, Europe, eve- and cushion covers, is an amal- thrilled to have Chef Angelos on the essence is traditional. Our Doha’s culinary offerings,” com- in Delhi, Kolkata and Ludhiana. rywhere... We launched it in India gam of traditional techniques and board and are confident that our mission is to present guests with mented Chef Angelos. The label is divided into five too. But Paul Salon is especially embroidery with contemporary heritage clubbed with his amaz- uncomplicated and authentic lines -- Simple Luxe, Absolut for my friend Jagdish Khandelval and modern style. ing knowledge of international dishes, and introduce them to new THE PENINSULA Moderne, Passion De Fleur, (director of Jagdish Stores).” IANS

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ish there was a gadget able to The message is that science fiction-like Shaped like a normal watch, the tiny transform your boring office developments are rapidly under way in computer is programmed with per- uniform into a party outfit, or areas as diverse as drones and medicine. sonal data — your Facebook informa- even a device that guides you But for Coelho, originally from Brazil, tion or something more customized Wstraight to new friends? the joy is bringing the mysteries of the Then call Marcelo Coelho. lab to everyday situations. — then communicates with other A researcher with Fluid Interfaces at the Building on that office-to-party sce- devices in the room. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s nario, Coelho unveiled a device that would Media Lab, Coelho works at the cutting help you find the people you might want to edge of wearable devices that may be talk to or avoid. a button, 4D means they then go on to transform or organ- smarter than the person wearing them. Shaped like a normal watch, the tiny ize themselves in useful ways. One of the most promising areas is computer is programmed with personal Unlike robots these materials are not computerized and clothing that integrates computers and can data — your Facebook information or do not need power like electricity. They react to ordinary practically think for itself. something more customized — then com- forces like pressure or heat or water and change, but are “You can program your shirt for it to municates with other devices in the room. engineered by the scientists so that they change shape in change colour, or move to a different pat- “You go to the event and it can match a pre-determined way. For example, a wet shoe or tire can tern,” he said. “Maybe you’re at work today your wrist band to someone else’s,” he be made to grow better grip, reverting to normal when dry. and want your shirt one way, but you’ll be explained. “If you have nothing in common Tibbits’ Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, is exploring whether the at a party tonight and want it different.” with a stranger at the event, a red light will technology can later be applied to much bigger objects, Another creation is a dress with a hem- go on and if you do, a green light will go on.” even in construction. line that rises and falls — or another dress, “You may wonder where all this crazi- “They are materials that behave like robots, but don’t decorated with gently opening and closing ness is going,” he said with a wry smile. Brazilian designer and researcher Marcelo Coelho from the MIT Media Lab speaks need robots,” Tibbits said by video link. “We eventually flowers. during his presentation at "EmTech Brasil" in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. propose that the materials could assemble themselves Coelho, 35, was speaking at MIT’s 2015 Robots are the past from scratch.” EmTech conference on Wednesday in Rio The answer to that, says another MIT If that doesn’t sound creepy enough, consider what de Janeiro, where for two days leaders in scientist, Skylar Tibbits, is self-assembly. you just bought in a box. Tibbits means This is the idea of 4D printing, Tibbits’ Coelho says is the next-next frontier: not wearable tech- emerging technology give glimpses of the No, not self-assembly as in struggling self-assembly as in the thing -- the bed, specialty. If 3D printers can produce nology, but chips and WiFi devices brought right into the future. with instructions and wrenches over a bed or whatever it may be -- assembling itself. three-dimensional objects at the touch of human body. “Technology will slowly migrate into the skin and then behind the skin, becoming indistinguishable from the person,” he said. “I’m working on some stuff in that area that I can’t talk much about.” And with every revolution come new risks of the tech- nology falling into the wrong hands -- criminals or repres- sive governments, for example. “With any technology, it could become something completely dystopian -- or amazing and empowering,” he said. Referring to the Manhattan Project scientists who invented the nuclear weapons used by the United States against Japan in 1945, Coelho warned that scientists at the frontier of change need deep consciences. “It took the smartest people in the world to create a machine that could wipe out the planet.”

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MIAMI: A lawsuit over climate squarely in front of the federal later this month in Paris that “It does suggest they are tak- resources as the air, seas, coast- ask every day when they wake up: change filed by 21 young Ameri- judiciary,” said the group, which will reveal how much world lead- ing this lawsuit seriously. And I lines, water and wildlife. What is government for?” cans has gained the attention of filed its lawsuit against President ers are prepared to do to save the think it ought to be taken seri- Instead, the US government The Obama administration has the fossil fuel industry, which is Barack Obama’s administration environment. ously,” Torres said. has “continued to permit, author- issued a Clean Power Plan which joining the US government to in August, and has filed multiple In a sign that the kids’ lawsuit The plaintiffs say the federal ise and subsidise fossil fuel extrac- aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 32 oppose the kids’ demands for state lawsuits over the past sev- is causing some concern to indus- government has known about the tion, development, consumption percent from 2005 levels by 2030. sharper pollution cuts. eral years. try interests, powerful oil and coal danger of carbon emissions since and exportation — activities And the US president has rejected The plaintiffs, aged eight to They are calling on the US companies filed earlier this month 1965, but has not done enough to producing enormous quantities the controversial Keystone XL 19, include the granddaughter of District Court of Oregon — the for permission to join the US gov- stem them. of CO2 emissions that have sub- pipeline from Canada, a project renowned climate scientist James state where most of the plaintiffs ernment in opposing it. Specifically, pledges in the 1990s stantially caused the rise in the many environmentalists had Hansen, formerly of Nasa and a live — to order the government They include the American by Congress and the Environmen- atmospheric concentration of opposed. But Hansen and the chil- well-known advocate of reducing to “swiftly phase down carbon Fuel and Petrochemical Manufac- tal Protection Agency to signifi- CO2,” said the legal documents. dren involved in the suit say these the greenhouse gases that are dioxide emissions” so that atmos- turers — which represents Exxon- cantly reduce CO2 emissions and The political atmosphere in the measures do not go far enough. causing the planet to heat up. pheric CO2 concentrations “are Mobil, BP, Shell, Koch Industries stop global warming were “never United States is also contentious, According to Alex Loznak, a The plaintiffs want the govern- no more than 350 parts per mil- and more — the American Petro- implemented.” with many Republican lawmakers youth plaintiff in the case from ment to commit to significantly lion by 2100.” leum Institute and the National This lack of action shows that sceptical of — or outright denying Oregon, the intervention of fos- reduce carbon dioxide emissions Atmospheric CO2 concentra- Association of Manufacturers. the “federal government has vio- — the existence of human-caused sil fuel companies “makes it clear and implement “a science-based tion is currently around 400ppm, “The fossil fuel industry doesn’t lated the youngest generation’s climate change. that the industry is scared.” climate recovery plan” that a level unprecedented in modern want additional pressure on the constitutional rights to life, lib- “At the national level, the “As Mahatma Gandhi once protects the Earth for future history and one that has raised federal government to run a erty, property, as well as failed debate is pretty much stuck,” said said, ‘First they ignore you, then generations, according to the alarm among many climate sci- stricter climate change program,” to protect essential public trust Torres, adding that he thinks the they laugh at you, then they fight Oregon-based group, Our Chil- entists. said Cornell University law pro- resources,” Our Children’s Trust kids’ case “is legally sound.” you, then you win.’ The fight has dren’s Trust. Meanwhile, the planet is on fessor Gerald Torres, an expert has said. He said it raised “the funda- begun, and we will win,” he said “This case will put indisputa- track for its hottest year since on environmental law who is not In other words, the government mental question which every in a statement. ble science about climate change 1880, amid key climate talks involved in the case. has jeopardized such vital natural person in a democracy ought to AFP

Michael Moore Taiwan’s Hou targets Golden opens home to Horse as stars gather Syrian refugees LOS ANGELES: US filmmaker TAIPEI: Some of the biggest The movie’s nominations Hou’s foray into ancient China Michael Moore is opening his stars in Asian cinema gathered include best film, best director, tapped “fundamental human nat- home in Michigan to Syrian ref- in Taipei yesterday for this year’s best leading actress, best adapted ure, which is universal”, says Yang. ugees, in a rebuke to the state’s Golden Horse film awards, with screenplay and best cinematog- “(He) tries to present abstract Zen governor who said he would turn Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao- raphy. philosophy through his characters away refugees in the wake of the hsien shooting for more glory Set in ninth-century China, and does a brilliant job.” Paris attacks. after triumphing at Cannes. The Assassin is a slow-burning Hou was also be awarded Out- In an open letter posted on his Taiwanese film-maker Ang Lee, minimalist movie with Taiwanese standing Taiwanese Film-maker Facebook page on Friday, Moore, Japanese actor Satoshi Tsum- megastar Shu Qi playing a highly of the Year at the ceremony known for his leftist political abuki and Korean actress Ha Ji- trained female assassin sent back yesterday, for what organisers activism, slammed Governor Rick won were among the celebrities to her home province to kill its describe as his “achievement and Snyder for his decision on the ref- to grace the red carpet at the governor, who is also the man uncompromised perseverance”. ugees, saying such behaviour was awards, dubbed the Chinese-lan- she loves. “I’m really glad direc- The Golden Horse best actress “anti-American.” guage “Oscars”. tor Hou gave this opportunity to category will see a battle between “Your action is not only dis- Hundreds of excited and challenge myself,” Shu Qi said. Shu Qi of The Assassin and Hong graceful, it is, as you know, uncon- screaming fans braved the rain Hou won the best director gong Kong star Karena Lam, who plays stitutional (only the President has to see their idols arrive at the Sun for the film at Cannes in May and a woman struggling to cope after the legal right to decide things Yat-sen Memorial Hall in down- has since said he is hoping the her fiance is killed in a car acci- like this),” Moore wrote. town Taipei on Saturday evening. movie will garner an Oscar. dent in Zinnia Flower. “I’m disappointed in you, Gov- This year’s awards list is domi- Also up for best film are Thana- Best actor contenders include ernor Snyder, for your heartless nated by Taiwan, with around 40 tos, Drunk from Taiwanese direc- 25-year-old Lee Hong-chi, who and un-Christian actions, and for percent of nominations, one of tor Chang Tso-chi a drama about plays one of the sons in Thanatos, joining in with at least 25 other the best homegrown showings in two sons of an alcoholic mother Drunk, and China’s Feng Xiaogang governors (all but one a Republi- recent years when Hong Kong and their dysfunctional lives; — better known as a director — can) who’ve decided to block legal and China have outshone Taiwan- Hong Kong director Philip Yung’s for his role as an ageing street Syrian refugees from coming into ese competitors. crime thriller Port of Call; black- kingpin in the film Mr. Six. their states,” Moore added. Arriving at the event, Tai- and-white movie Tharlo, the tale In addition to Hou, Chang Tso- He said he planned to “defy” wanese film director Chen Kuo- of a shepherd by Tibetan director chi and Pema Tseden are among Snyder’s ban and would contact fu, who is also the chair of this Pema Tseden; and Mountains May the favourites for the best direc- the US State Department to offer year’s Golden Horse awards jury, Depart, a family saga from Chi- tor award. Thirty-nine films were his home in Traverse City, north- said the country’s film industry nese director Jia Zhang-ke. nominated for the 52nd edition of ern Michigan, to Syrian refugees. had experienced ups and downs Film critics have praised the the Golden Horse Film Awards. Moore also encouraged fellow in recent years but that he was strong field, but Hou is favourite While they are styled on the US Americans to follow his example. “especially happy and excited this to win. “I’m not saying the other Academy Awards, the winners are The filmmaker, best known for year”. films are not good — they are all decided by a jury, along the lines directing documentaries Bowling Hou’s The Assassin leads the good, but not good enough to take of the Cannes film festival. Taiwanese actor Chang Chen poses on the red carpet at the 52nd Golden for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, field with 11 nominations for the on The Assassin,” Kelly Yang, a Horse Film Awards in Taipei yesterday. is a Michigan native. awards. Taipei-based cinema critic, said. AFP His latest film, Where to Invade Next, hits theatres in Decem- ber. In it, he plays a man who “invades” other countries to steal their best ideas. Moore’s outburst against Sny- Modern art works by top Americans go on rare display der comes amid a backlash in the United States against Syr- ians entering the country follow- TEHRAN: Some of the world’s at Sotheby’s in New York for by famed Iranian artist Farideh republic’s recent nuclear deal before as reproductions but here ing the Paris attacks that left 130 most expensive and rarely seen $105m in 2013. Lashai. A painter, writer, trans- with world powers had opened up we have the real thing,” Celant people dead. modern art, including works by The American artist Mark lator and visual artist, she died potential for international coop- said, noting that the basement the Americans Jackson Pollock Rothko’s “Sienna Orange and in 2013. eration in art as well as business held around 300 original pieces Zimbabwe’s Mr Ugly and Andy Warhol, went on dis- Black on Dark Brown” oil on can- Iran’s Culture Minister Ali and other fields. in storage. play yesterday in a major exhibi- vas and Irish-born British painter Jannati attended a preview on “This is a first step and we hope Those include more than a pageant turns ugly tion in Iran. Francis Bacon’s “Reclining Man Friday night in a demonstration to have more mutual cooperation dozen works by Warhol, includ- They are part of a collection with Sculpture” are also on show. of official support from President to showcase outstanding Iranian ing his Mao series of the Chinese HARARE: A 42-year-old unem- bought in the 1970s by deal- They are part of a joint exhi- Hassan Rouhani’s government. artists as well as displaying more communist leader, as well as ployed man was crowned Zimba- ers acting for Farah, the wife of bition also featuring 130 works Jannati said that the Islamic works from our foreign art collec- Bacon’s Triptych, part of which bwe’s ugliest man at a pageant in Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, tion,” he said. features two naked men lying on Harare — but the contest turned who fled into exile in 1979, herald- The international works went a bed. ugly when the runner-up accused ing Iran’s Islamic revolution later underground after Iran’s revolu- When it was publicly shown judges of bias. that year. tionary leader Ayatollah Ruhol- in Tehran in 2005, it was quickly Maison Sere, who was miss- Ever since the themes of many lah Khomeini railed against taken down, reportedly on orders ing several teeth and dressed in of the Western works have been “Westoxification”, denouncing from the ministry of culture and torn overalls, beat off five other considered too risque to be pub- Western moral and sexual deprav- Islamic guidance. Jannati was not contestants for the $500 Mr Ugly licly shown and have spent much ity which he said had infected the the minister at the time. prize — a large sum in a country of the past 36 years languishing Islamic world. Celant, an art historian, critic facing massive unemployment. in storage in the basement of Many films were banned from and former senior curator at the “I want to thank God for win- Tehran’s Museum of Contempo- cinemas in Iran as was music and Guggenheim Museum in New ning this title, last time I came rary Art. many books. York, acknowledged that works fourth. I just want to thank the Among the 42 Western works The Tehran museum did not such as nudes were out of bounds judges for recognising me as the featured in the museum’s three- hold a major exhibition of foreign but said many others shouldn’t winner,” Sere said. month exhibition is Pollock’s art until 1999, a decade after Kho- be. But William Masvinu, a three- “Mural on Indian Red Ground”, meini’s death. More cultural exchanges could time Mr Ugly winner who walked completed in 1950 and considered Iran was then under the bring greater global prominence off with a $100 second prize this one of his best drip paintings. reformist 1997-2005 govern- to Iranian artists such as Lashai, year, cried foul. “The judges were Five years ago, experts at ment of president Mohammad he said. not fair, the organisers must look Christie’s said that, were it put Khatami. “For me, it’s very important to for new judges to start the con- on the market, it would fetch The current exhibition was start this kind of collaboration test afresh. I did not lose today,” $250m. jointly curated by Iran’s Faryar with Iran. This is a truly great Masvinu said. Also featured is Warhol’s “Sui- Italian art historian and curator Germano Celant poses for a picture next to Javaherian and Italy’s Germano international collection and it Show organiser David Machowa cide”, a 1963 acrylic of a man leap- a painting titled “light in August” by Dutch American abstract expressionist Celant, who said he was aston- can help start a better connec- said he created the pageant in ing to his death from a building. Willem de Kooning during the opening ceremony of an exhibition of modern ished at the museum’s collec- tion between Iran and an outside 2012 to celebrate “beauty in ugli- A similar work from Warhol’s art at Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, on Friday. tion. audience.” ness”. “Death and Disaster” series sold “Many of them I had only seen AFP AFP Sunday 22 November 2015 10 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6622 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Indosat adopts Ooredoo brand Indosat Ooredoo to make Indonesia’s digital society accessible for all

DOHA: Indosat yesterday With Ooredoo we could not have became the eighth operator in chosen a better partner to help the Ooredoo Group to adopt the bring our customers a better, Ooredoo brand, announcing this stronger network, a better digital alongside the launch of a three- experience and liberating products year strategy to bring digital to and services. The transformation the people and become Indonesia’s we announce today is inside- leading digital telco. out. Alongside the new identity Since 2008, Indosat has been unveiled we have challenged our- Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada along a pioneer for many of the ini- selves to build Indonesia’s leading with other dignitaries at the 17th GECF meeting yesterday in Tehran. tiatives offered across Ooredoo’s digital telco over the next three global footprint. Together Indosat years. As we start this journey we and Ooredoo have brought many are a proud local business with ‘first-in-Indonesia’ opportunities global credentials, providing every Al Sada participates to Indosat customers while also one and every business access to exporting several of Indosat’s suc- the digital world.” cessful innovative initiatives such As Indosat Ooredoo, a unique in 17th GECF meeting as ideabox or Dompetku out to Alexander Rusli, Joy Wahyudi, Prashant Gokarn at the launch ceremony identity was crafted which rep- global markets. of Indosat Ooredoo. resents the strength of both Indosat Ooredoo aspires to brands. The new brand identity TEHRAN: The 17th Meeting ria, Egypt, Libya, Iran, Bolivia, create a friendly digital world for enhanced shops, increased online move to the next level. The Indo- represents a dynamic, youthful of the Gas Exporting Countries Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Rus- its customers, offering products functionality and a team of digital nesian government has a strong company that will bring Indosat Forum (GECF) began yesterday sia, Trinidad and Venezuela, as which help them to connect more, experts offering customers sup- vision to build a digital Indonesia Ooredoo closer to its customers in the Iranian capital Tehran. well as Iraq and Oman, the Neth- to share more and which bring port whenever they need it. and connect people to the digital in an ever-changing digitally- Qatar’s delegation to the meet- erlands, Norway, Kazakhstan and about new opportunities. Sheikh Abdulla in Mohammed economy. With the ambitious connected world. ing is led by Minister of Energy Peru as Observers. Enabling access to this dig- bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of targets announced today, Indosat To guide implementation of and Industry H E Dr Mohammed The ministerial meeting comes ital world, Indosat Ooredoo’s Ooredoo Group, said: “Today is an Ooredoo supports the delivery of its new vision of becoming Indo- bin Saleh Al Sada. in preparation for the summit 4G-ready, LTE advanced net- exciting day. When we launched this vision and will work to bring nesia’s leading digital telco and The meet was opened by Iran of the member states of the gas work offers a seamless experience the Ooredoo brand we commit- the benefits of digital to all.” replicate the success the Oore- Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh with forum to be held in the Iranian and some of the fastest Internet ted to using our mobile technol- Alexander Rusli, President doo brand has achieved in other participation of Ministers of the capital tomorrow. speeds available in Indonesia. ogy to bring human growth to all Director and CEO, Indosat Oore- markets, Indosat Ooredoo has set Member States and observers of Qatar is scheduled to chair the Above all, Indosat Ooredoo will across our global footprint. Indo- doo, said “In Indonesia’s grow- itself clear business targets. the Forum. The Forum includes 18th ministerial meeting in 2016. offer a truly digital experience sat shares this belief and today ing digital nation our customers in its membership each of Qatar, for every customer with digitally I’m proud to see our partnership expect more from us every day. THE PENINSULA the United Arab Emirates, Alge- QNA SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Volkswagen Qatalum showcases denies German report of leading advancements sales slump

FRANKFURT: Volkswagen Industry leader takes part in 19th edition of ARABAL denied a report yesterday that its sales have slumped since this DOHA: Aluminium industry Among Qatalum’s representa- quality value added products with month’s admission that it had leader Qatalum attended ‘The tives was CEO Khalid Laram, 60 percent production being sold understated the level of carbon Arab International Alumin- who offered a presentation which to meet the growing and precision dioxide emissions for some cars. ium Conference and Exhibition preceded the panel discussion, orientated automotive sector. German daily Frankfurter (ARABAL) 2015’ as a platinum involving all CEO, on ‘The Con- “The aluminium industry is Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) had sponsor of the event and with a tribution of Education and People’ growing year on year and the reported earlier yesterday that host of innovations to share with as a prospect for the GCC alu- increasing number of milestones Volkswagen’s sales were declining those in attendance, said a state- minium sector, during the first Qatalum is able to present at significantly, citing an unnamed ment yesterday. day of the event. ARABAL each year is a clear Officials at the event. dealer as saying business was Hosted in Dammam, Saudi Deon Earle, HSE Manager sign of the smelters successful “dead as a doornail”. Arabia, for the 19th year, ARA- for Qatalum, moderated during evolution. Our premium alu- with Qatar University and the and company staff. A significant “We cannot confirm the state- BAL is the premium trade event a separate session on ‘HSE best minium with its ‘Made in Qatar’ Qatar Science & Technology Park, amount of the knowledge shared ment quoted in FAZ,” a spokes- for the Middle East’s aluminium practices in the Gulf’. brand of quality contributes to Qatalum has reaped a number of is related to sustainability and man for Volkswagen said in an industry and the only conference During his presentation, Qata- the aluminium business not only benefits related to supporting honouring the importance of e-mailed statement. in the world attended by all pri- lum’s CEO shared a number of in the Gulf but across the world. future generations of national environmentalism the world “The feedback we are receiv- mary aluminium manufacturers key milestones recently reached The Qatalum delegation is proud professionals, in addition to the over,” said Laram. ing from discussions with repre- from the region. by Qatalum. The company to attend every ARABAL,” said industrial efficiency with a more We are pleased to attend ARA- sentatives of various dealerships The welcoming address was recently achieved the globally rec- Khalid Laram. widespread ethos towards sus- BAL each year to not only share across the country, as well as the made by Mohammad Al Naki, ognised environmental ISO 14001 Additionally, imperative aspects tainability. our achievements as an organi- numbers we have, paint a differ- Chairman of ARABAL who and OHSAS 18001 certification of Laram’s presentation included “Qatalum and Qatar University sation but also offer our knowl- ent picture of the situation in praised Saudi Arabia’s initiative while aluminium production in information on how Qatalum have worked together for years edge. These levels of industrial Germany,” he added. to host the conference and high- 2014 reached 6 percent above the is utilising education in ways by offering yearly seminars and collaboration will continue to help VW said on November 3 it lighted the country’s increasing plant’s design capacity. unforeseen to advance the indus- conferences which are hosted by facilitate a stronger aluminium had understated the level of CO2 drive to diversify from the hydro- With Qatalum’s ISO/TS 16949 try’s use of technology while also international expertise. These industry across the Gulf.” emissions from about 800,000 cars carbon industry, highlighting that certification for foundry alloy forging ahead with an environ- experts are then able to share sold mainly in Europe, and conse- of aluminium. products, it produces premium mental outlook. By partnering their knowledge with students THE PENINSULA quently their fuel usage. That revelation deepened a crisis at Europe’s biggest car- maker which initially centered on software on up to 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide that VW admitted vastly understated Laffan Refinery to get new recycling facility their actual emissions of smog- causing pollutant nitrogen oxide. Sales of Volkswagen-branded DOHA: Qatargas Operating of Treated Industrial Water. It under construction. This project Environment’s directive to reuse day of condensate recovered from cars fell 5.3 percent in October, Company Limited (Qatargas) will be installed inside the Laf- is a further evidence of Qatargas’ the treated industrial water pro- the North Field, doubling the the first full month after the has awarded a contract to Qatar fan Refinery 2 and is scheduled to commitment to meet the highest duced from industrial plants. capacity of Laffan Refinery 1. scandal erupted, a slightly steeper Kentz for the engineering, pro- be operational at the end of 2016. quality and environmental stand- Laffan Refinery 2 is the expan- Over the years, Qatargas has decline than September’s 4 per- curement, supply, construction The recycled water is planned ards and its continued efforts to sion project of Laffan Refinery 1 successfully delivered a series cent drop. Volkswagen had said and commissioning of a water to be re-used in the Laffan Refin- contribute to achieve the Qatar and it is a joint venture between of world class projects uphold- on Friday that it would cut $1.1bn recycling facility at Laffan eries 1 and 2 as boiler feed water National Vision 2030 objectives to Qatar Petroleum, Total, Idemitsu, ing its commitment to technical from its 2016 investment plan, as Refinery 2 located in Ras Laf- and cooling water. This facility is protect the environment and pro- Cosmo, Marubeni and Mitsui. and operational excellence while its emissions cheating scandal fan Industrial City. The facil- designed to handle the Treated mote a sustainable development When completed, the Laf- maintaining the highest environ- expanded to include tens of thou- ity aims at reducing the water Industrial Water from Laffan for future generations to come. fan Refinery 2, also operated by mental standards. sands more US vehicles. consumption of these two plants Refinery 1, currently in operation, Furthermore, this facility com- Qatargas, will process an addi- and at eliminating the discharge and Laffan Refinery 2, which is plies with the Qatar Ministry of tional 146 thousand barrels per THE PENINSULA REUTERS

Ooredoo data centre gets ISO recertification Maersk Oil Qatar

DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday and this certification gives them announced that the Qatar Data the peace of mind of knowing that Centre has successfully achieved we deliver the highest standards launches latest recertification of the prestig- of information security manage- ious ISO 27001:2013 Information ment,” he said. Security Management System Achieving the renewed ISO (ISMS), following a rigorous recertification will help solidify recruitment drive auditing process. Ooredoo’s reputation in the IT Achieving compliance with the industry for delivering high-qual- DOHA: Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) benefitted from MOQ’s develop- globally recognised ISMS certi- ity services from its command has launched the latest phase of ment programmes. fication further positions the control centre at QDC 5, a one- its Find Your Place recruitment Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al Qatar Data Centre as a leading of-its-kind data centre in Qatar. campaign — a programme aimed Thani, Deputy Managing Direc- data centre for organisations The certificate is also impor- at attracting ambitious, high- tor MOQ said, “Driven by our goal in the region, able to man- tant for Qatar’s local businesses performing Qataris to work at to support Qatar in achieving its age huge volumes of data and who wish to use Ooredoo’s serv- the country’s largest offshore oil National Vision 2030, we continue applications while providing the ices, as it demonstrates the com- producer. Since the campaign’s to provide Qataris with unrivalled highest standards of information pany’s clear and stringent process launch in 2013, the company has opportunities to fulfil their ambi- security for customers and stake- for ensuring data security, integ- successfully increased the number tions and in doing so, support- The team with the recertification. holders. rity, compliance to international of Qatari nationals in leadership ing the long-term growth and Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad bin standards, and the ability to grow and senior specialist positions sustainability of Qatar’s energy Nasser Al Thani, Chief New Busi- and expand alongside a company’s ers,” said Sheikh Nasser. with a full range of services at MOQ and received an energy industry. Our Qatarisation Strat- ness Officer, Ooredoo Qatar said, data management needs. The Qatar Data Centre is one including Hosting & Co-location, industry award for ‘Best Support egy therefore focuses not only on “Achieving this certification dem- “We have invested significantly of the most sophisticated and Web Content Delivery, Data to Qatarisation’ in recognition of increasing the number of Qatari onstrates that Ooredoo continues in process, people and technol- advanced compliant data centres Backup & Restoration, Business its progress. employees, but specifically to to strive to offer world-class Data ogy to ensure superior standards in the region. Continuity & Disaster Recovery, Lewis Affleck, Managing quadruple the number of Qataris Centre across our operations.” across our operations, particu- The facility has been designed IT Security and Infrastructure Director, MOQ said: “Qatarisa- in leadership and senior special- “Our Qatar Data Centres pro- larly in the field of information in compliance with world-class Monitoring & Management. tion continues to be an impor- ist positions by 2017, and we con- vide incredible levels of support security, which is an area of ever- carrier standards and provides tant business priority for us, to tinue to make ambitious steps to for organisations across Qatar, growing concern for our custom- local and regional organisations THE PENINSULA ensure that we continue to hire achieve this.” and develop Qatari talent to sup- MOQ’s Qatari employees can port our highly-specialised work benefit from a number of dedi- in developing Qatar’s Al Shaheen cated programmes which support oilfield — a unique national asset and accelerate their personal and — and one of the world’s most career development, including complex.” one-on-one coaching, mentoring, QIB announces winners of its campaign “Through Find Your Place, fast-track programmes aimed for more Qatari nationals have dis- high achievers and global work DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank the needs of the Bank’s Tamayuz covered that MOQ is the right placements. MOQ’s Qatarisation (QIB), country’s leading Shariah- and Private customers in mind, choice for them, attracted by programme was awarded the compliant lender, has announced and offer exclusive privileges to our focus on providing real jobs ‘Overall best support to Qatari- the winners of their recently complement their lifestyle. These with real responsibilities and zation’ at the annual Qatarisation concluded “Win Back Your Pur- include insurance and warranty supported by bespoke, fast-track Review Meeting earlier this year. chases” Campaign, where all QIB extensions, discounts and offers development courses and mentor- Sheikh Jassim Al Thani, Head Debit and Credit Cardholders when dining and shopping, 24/7 ing. That commitment has been of Qatarisation at MOQ before were eligible to participate, said International Concierge Service. the hallmark of our success over taking up his own international a statement yesterday. 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The latest phase features on my return to Qatar.” in the presence of the Ministry of QR10,000, and 40 up to QR5,000. purchases, all of QIB’s cards are their main Bank. This Interna- MOQ’s first Qatari female in For over 20 years, Maersk Oil Economy and Commerce official The names of all the winners will accepted locally and internation- tional Summer Spend campaign an operational managerial role, has been developing Qatar’s larg- and QIB officials. 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Commercial Turkish Airlines to expand Doha network Bank announces Plans for wide body aircraft to enhance capacity special loan By Mohammad Shoeb is nearly 40 percent higher com- Selected the “Best Airline in rates for Qataris pared to the number registered Europe” for the fifth time in a DOHA: With the growing during the corresponding period row, today Turkish Airlines flies DOHA: Commercial Bank yes- demand for its services in Qatar, in 2014.” to 48 domestic and 232 inter- terday announced a range of Turkish Airlines is looking for- He said that during the period national destinations, a total of generous rates on loans only for ward to introduce some wide- between January-September, 280 destinations in 111 countries Qatari nationals in celebration of body aircraft, such as A330, on its capacity offered in Qatar in terms including new routes inaugurated Qatar National Day and a free Doha-Istanbul route to enhance of ‘available seat kilometres’ grew in 2015 such as San Francisco, gift voucher worth QR2,000 with capacity, a senior of official of the by 3.8 percent compared to the Miami, Maputo, Durban, Bagh- each loan for the first 40 custom- airline said here recently. same period in 2014. Number dad, Graz, and Manila. From ers. The exclusive National Day Currently, the airline files two of passengers carried increased December, Turkish Airlines offer includes exceptional rates on daily (14 weekly) services of A320 by 4.6 percent. And the Busi- will launch flights to Mauritius, personal loans, vehicle loans and aircraft to Istanbul from Doha. ness/Comfort Class passengers Antananarivo and Zaporijya. mortgage loans available from Turkish Airlines is also run- increased by 24.5 percent for the Having one of the youngest now until December 24. ning a promotion from Doha for same period and load factors also airline fleet in the world, Turkish Qatari customers can enjoy a Europe’s top destinations with improved. Airlines now operates 298 aircraft personal loan to buy a special gift fares starting from QR1,970, Mehmed, speaking to this comprising 72 wide body, 216 nar- to celebrate National Day at the including taxes. newspaper, said that Turkish Air- row body and 10 cargo aircraft. incredibly low rate of 3.99 per- Mehmed Kursad Caymaz, the lines also has plans to introduce Despite strong competitive cent (equivalent to 2.15 percent Airline’s General Manger for some big aircraft such as A380 environment among the world’s flat interest rate), with the option Qatar, said: “There is a signifi- (dubbed as Superjumbo) to Doha- leading players, the political and of a payment holiday of up to six cant growth in the number of Istanbul route by early 2017 when economical instabilities over its months. passengers from Doha to Istan- the carrier is expected to move to operating environment and sig- Turkish Airlines General Manager for Qatar Mehmed Kursad Caymaz in A valuable vehicle loan bundle bul, which has reached closer to the upcoming airport in Istanbul. nificant currency fluctuations, Doha. BAHER AMIN is also available to Qatari bank- 100,000 between January and Sep- Turkish Airlines has also Turkish Airlines continues to post ing customers to mark the special tember, 2015.” started operations for cargo successful and sustainable results. Airlines sales revenue decreased ing the first nine months of 2014 occasion including a vehicle loan He said: “During the first 10 flights from Istanbul to Doha on According to the audited IFRS by 6 percent and stood at $8.05bn. by 29 percent and 21 percent, rate of 3.34 percent per annum months of this year, there were the A330F. The service started on dollar financial statements for the Turkish Airlines disclosed an respectively. (equivalent to 1.80 percent flat about 35,000 Qatari passport October 31, 2015 and will run till nine-month period, compared to operating profit of $1.03bn and a interest rate), with an optional holders travelled with us, which March 26, 2016 on Saturdays. the same period of 2014, Turkish net profit of $877m, outperform- THE PENINSULA payment holiday of up to three months and a special competitive rate for the motor insurance. As an added reward, the first 40 Qatari Nationals who obtain a personal, vehicle or mortgage loan QIIB announces best Pfizer, Allergan CEOs agree on roles during the Qatar National Day campaign period will receive a gift voucher from Salam stores worth NEW YORK: Pfizer Inc and arrangement also shows that Pfiz- He viewed refocusing and QR2,000 to spend on friends and finance offers to Allergan Inc chief executives have er’s management plans to remain reigniting the company’s research family. agreed on the roles they would in control, at least in the short engine as one of his most impor- Commercial Bank CEO Abdulla assume in a combined company, term, even if the deal is techni- tant tasks after a decade in which Saleh Al Raisi, said, “As the first celebrate National Day removing one of the last hurdles cally structured so that Allergan Pfizer had produced no important private Qatari bank with a his- to the largest ever healthcare buys Pfizer. The roughly $150bn new medicines from its own labs. tory stretching back over 40 DOHA: QIIB celebrates National merger, people familiar with the merger would see New York- On Read’s watch, Pfizer has years, we understand how Qatar Day this year by offering distinct matter said. based Pfizer redomicile in Ireland, seen approval of 10 new medi- National Day is a special and joy- and competitive financing offers Pfizer CEO Ian Read will be where Allergan is registered. cines, including the breast can- ful period for all Qatari Nationals to all customers, including per- CEO of the combined company, The US Treasury Department cer drug Ibrance, which analysts to celebrate. Our Qatari custom- sonal and vehicles finances from while Allergan CEO Brent Saun- on Thursday took steps to clamp forecast will eventually generate ers are very valuable to us we November 21 to December 17. ders will have another very sen- down on tax-avoiding inversion $5 billion a year, and Trumenba, a always ensure to provide them The new offers meet the aspi- ior role, the people said, without deals with new rules, though there potentially important meningitis with the best products and serv- rations of the QIIB clients seek- providing more details. A deal was scarce evidence it would stop vaccine, both products of Pfizer ices to commemorate important ing to take advantage of attractive announcement is expected in the biggest inversion of them all, labs. In his meteoric career, Saun- National occasions. This unique offers, giving them access to per- the coming days, one of the peo- between Pfizer and Allergan. ders has lead Bausch & Lomb, and generous offer on loans and sonal or vehicles finance with the ple added. Pfizer and Allergan Read, a soft-spoken trained Forest Laboratories and Actavis, marking National Day is one way best profit rates and most favour- declined to comment. accountant, spent more than 30 which took the Allergan name of saying thank you to our loyal able and easy conditions. A top job at the combined com- years working his way up the after acquiring the Botox maker Qatari customers for choosing The new offer allows QIIB or pany would position Saunders, 45, Pfizer ranks, taking the reins in this year, all in the past five years. Commercial Bank.” other banks’ customers, who want from the bank to its customers to have a claim at the CEO job 2010 with the sudden departure to transfer their salaries and during such an important occa- when Read, 62, steps down. This of CEO Jeffrey Kindler. REUTERS THE PENINSULA obligations to QIIB, to receive a sion. We hope that they be up to personal finance at a competi- their expectations, be beneficial tive profit rate. The monthly and meet their needs in accord- installment for QR100,000 will be ance with their real aspirations QR1,618 for Qataris to be settled and needs.” within 72 months compared to He added: “This is not the first Daikin launches VRV IV high ambient system QR2,318 settled within 48 months time that we present our offers for residents. There is an optional on the occasion of the National grace period also in offer, where Day; it has become a tradition of DOHA: Daikin Middle East efficiency and comfort and made gies result from over 50 patents and minimum power consump- payment starts in January 2017 ours, that was strongly accepted & Africa in collaboration with VRV one of the fastest growing related to the compressor, con- tion,” said Nabil Shahin, Product for Qataris and a grace period up and welcomed by our custom- Tadmur Trading has launched specified systems in the commer- denser coil, and amongst all; the Development Director at Daikin to 3 months for residents. ers, since these offers reflect the its 4th Generation of VRV IV for cial and residential buildings. refrigerant – cooled PCB which Middle East & Africa. As for vehicles finance, QIIB bank’s interaction with its con- high ambient market. The launch More than 40 percent of the adds reliability at the high ambi- “As Tadmur Trading, we are allows bank’s customers or those stantly expanding customer base”. event was attended by more than VRF systems installed in GCC ent temperatures in the GCC. confident that the combination who transfer their salaries to the Al Jamal said: “These offers are 300 key consultants, developers, are Daikin VRV systems. The new VRV configurator of our extensive infrastructure, bank to obtain a finance for a distinct, not only for being pre- distributors and industry profes- The unique VRT technology completes the trio of innovations unmatched logistics capabilities 2.18 percent flat profit ratewithin sented during the National Day, sionals in Qatar. allows VRV IV heat pumps to and offers an advanced software and the strength of our sales 72 months for Qataris and 48 but for including all customer VRV IV achieves a new bench- respond to cooling requirements solution which simplifies commis- force will enable us to extend the months for residents. It includes categories; in addition, the bank mark for efficiency, as it features by continually monitoring the sioning and customisation. current distribution network of new and used cars, noting that offers very favourable conditions major enhancements to the required capacity and weather This means less time is Daikin within Qatar. By leverag- the finance is 100 percent of the and our customers enjoy the already industry-leading VRV conditions. This automatic adjust- required on the roof configuring ing our supply chain expertise, value of the vehicles for Qataris quality and speed of service via solution. VRV IV offers three rev- ment means the system only uses the outdoor unit. extensive infrastructure and and 80 percent for residents. our branches spread in different olutionary innovations: variable the power required to meet the “Daikin’s VRV IV has become unique commitment to meet the QIIB Deputy CEO Jamal regions of Qatar.” refrigerant temperature (VRT), load, resulting in 28 percent less even smarter, not only it is espe- ever changing needs of our clients, Abdulla Al Jamal (pictured) said: All existing and new customers Refrigerant – cooled PCB, and the energy being consumed, derived cially equipped to handle the siz- we believe that together with “the National Day is an impor- may benefit from the new offers VRV configurator for simplified from higher part load efficiencies, zling heat of the Middle East, Daikin, we can create a new set tant occasion and we want to by visiting any of QIIB branches commissioning. when compared with previous with its unique VRT technology of opportunities to better serve express our pride, so we decided spread in different regions of This major innovation created generations of VRV and stand- it constantly monitors ambient our clients while providing easier to share the joy with all our cus- Qatar, as well as enquire about a whole new category in the air ard VRF. temperature and continuously access to technological solutions,” tomers through distinct offers all the advantages of these offers conditioning market for variable This technology delivers 28 adjust not only the refrigerant said Raed Halawa, General Man- that relieve them of some of by contacting the call centre. refrigerant flow systems. Inno- percent increase in seasonal effi- flow like typical VRF systems but ager of Tadmur Trading in Qatar. their obligations. We are keen to vations, such as inverter control- ciency. also the refrigerant temperature make these offers as valuable gifts THE PENINSULA led compressors have improved The VRV IV core technolo- to achieve maximum efficiency THE PENINSULA

Msheireb Properties hosts risk management forum DOHA: Msheireb Properties, a adapting international standards unpredictable events. porated the latest risk manage- subsidiary of Qatar Foundation regionally, public consultation in Abdulla Hassan Al Mehshadi, ment procedures as part of a and Qatar’s leading developer setting standards, encouraging CEO, Msheireb Properties, said, broader effort to incorporate of sustainable and innovative learning and creativity in organ- “We are proud to have hosted this industry best practices into projects, hosted the fourth annual isation to quickly adapt were forum for the fourth consecu- its operations. The company is Risk Management Forum at the debated. tive year in Doha. This topic has already certified in ISO 9001:2008 Qatar Convention Centre on Aarn Wennekers, from the become increasingly recognised for quality management; ISO November 19. The forum was Ministry of Energy, Howard as one that enables experts from 14001:2004 for environmental attended by representatives of a Mannella, Managing Principal a range of related fields to share management and BS OHSAS wide range of sectors and indus- Alternative Resiliency Services valuable knowledge in the search 18001:2007 for occupational health tries. Corporation, Carlo Loveri, BC/DR for viable solutions.” and safety management systems, This year’s forum focused on Business Manager, Rahat Latif, “In today’s increasingly com- and compliant with ISO 31000 building resilience and adding Head of Enterprise Risk Manage- plex and competitive world, risk principles and guidelines. value through risk management, ment, Domenic Antonucci, Chief is a growing area of focus for Msheireb Properties’ mission while also exploring the subject Risk Officer, Eddie McLaughlin, senior business executives. Effec- is to support the wider aims of of risk culture and the human Chief Commercial Officer EMEA tive risk management is of para- Qatar’s Economic Vision for 2030 factor. The forum also discussed at AON were among the panelist mount importance to ensure the by changing the way people think issues in relation to their impact that led the sessions. continued success and growth of about urban living and improv- on the Gulf region more generally. A number of critical topics and any organisation, simultaneously ing their overall quality of life The forum featured panel dis- key issues were also addressed improving both operational and through innovations that encour- cussions and parallel sessions by a number of influential speak- financial performance. In short, age social interaction, respect for along with excellent presenta- ers attending including business successful risk management leads culture, and greater care for the tions highlighting the themes of resilience governance, reassess- to better business results and bet- environment. the conference. ing the effectiveness of ERM, risk ter reputations,” he said. Additional topics such as culture, as well as how to plan for Msheireb Properties has incor- THE PENINSULA Senior manangement team at the forum in Doha. SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

US loses WTO Bond investors await $60bn problem appeal in US student debt likely to be affected if Fitch Ratings adopts new criteria for the securities Mexican dispute

NEW YORK: More than $60bn percent of bond deals it rates will Just over half the bonds rated securities, has been pressured cerns and lift this uncertainty for GENEVA: The World Trade in bonds backed by US student be downgraded. The underlying AAA by Fitch could maintain by bondholders to support older investors,” she said. Organisation’s Appellate Body debt are likely to be affected if loans were originated by the now- their ratings under the proposed bond issues possibly affected by While the bond market is being ruled against the United States in Fitch Ratings adopts new criteria defunct Federal Family Educa- criteria, Fitch said on Wednes- slowing repayment speeds. riled by the prospect of down- a dispute with Mexico over tuna for the securities, Deutsche Bank tion Loan Program. day. But about 15 percent of AAA The company has bought out grades, students unable to afford labelling, upholding an earlier AG analysts said. The Deutsche Bank analysts rated bonds could be cut to below $1.1bn of loans this year from their loans are getting exten- ruling issued in April that found The number of bonds “on said their FFELP estimate was investment grade, and 35 percent bond deals already issued, Navi- sions or relying on government US rules discriminated against review for downgrade by at least based on data from Securities could drop to AA or A, the com- ent’s Chief Financial Officer Som- programs that allow them to Mexico. one rating agency could increase Industry and Financial Markets pany said. sak Chivavibul said on an October make smaller payments. A push “The Appellate Body concludes substantially,” analysts Elen Cal- Association. Only $14 billion have Some bond investors have 21 conference call. by the Obama administration to that the United States has not lahan and Kayvan Darouian said been placed on watch by Fitch, warned that in a worst-case sce- The problem is deterring Navi- provide debt relief for student brought its dolphin-safe labelling in a report. the analysts said. nario, rating downgrades may ent from issuing new FFELP borrowers has expanded use of regime for tuna products into Securities tied to government- “We think this could put addi- force them to liquidate their hold- securitisations, Chief Executive those options. conformity with the recommen- sponsored student debt have tional pressure on spreads,” Cal- ings under guidelines maintained Officer Jack Remondi said. A more recent initiative by the dations and rulings of the (WTO’s come under pressure this year lahan and Darouian said. About by their investment boards. That All bonds will be repaid by Obama administration may entice dispute settlement body)”, the after rating companies warned $170bn of these loans are guar- has led to a higher trading vol- their legal final maturity dates, borrowers to prepay their loans WTO’s appeals judges said at the that borrowers were struggling anteed by the US government, umes, and slumping prices. It has company spokeswoman Patricia and consolidate debt, lessening end of their 144-page ruling on to repay. On Wednesday, Fitch making a true default virtually also invited bets against certain Nash Christel said in a statement the risks of maturity defaults, the case. Ratings revealed the scope of the impossible, but slow repayments companies active in that market. on Friday. Fitch said on November 9. The appeal ruling is final, and problem: Its new criteria could are lengthening the time it takes Navient Corp, one of the big- The firm is “working with rat- could lead to Mexico making a mean that about 35 percent to 45 investors to be repaid. gest holders of student-loan ings agencies to resolve their con- BLOOMBERG claim for retaliation against US exports if it believes the United States has not brought its rules into line with the WTO ruling. “The United States is disap- pointed with this most recent United Airlines report,” Tim Reif, general counsel Abe touts tighter loans as AIIB gets ready at the US Trade reaches Representative’s office, said in TOKYO: Prime Minister Shinzo since it was founded in 1966 have $2bn for a rail project, the biggest a statement. The US government Abe (pictured) is beefing up been Japanese. expenditure of its kind between would consult closely on the next proposed 2-year Japan’s role as a provider of infra- Abe’s vision is to enhance the two nations. steps with members of Congress, structure and finance in Asia just Japan’s role as an infrastruc- To help give Japan an edge, the American fishermen and conser- deal with pilots as the Chinese-backed Asian ture provider by playing on the country aims to cut the time it vation NGOs, he said. Infrastructure Investment Bank perception of quality and safety takes to get a loan from three Mexico has been fighting for ATLANTA: United Continen- prepares to make its first loans. associated with most Japanese years to between 18 months and more than 20 years over rules tal Holdings Inc has reached Japan aims to halve the time engineering. two years, and end its practice of the country argues have frozen a proposed two-year contract it takes to get a development “The pursuit of short-term requiring government guarantees its fishing industry out of a US extension with its pilots union, loan and make it easier to obtain profits through only sales with- for each loan. imported canned tuna market continuing a run of improved funds, Abe told business lead- out support is not the way Japan While Abe burnished his lend- worth $680m in 2014. Mexico has labour relations at the airline. ers on Saturday on the sidelines conducts itself,” he said. “We will ing credentials, US President about a 3.5 percent share. The Air Line Pilots Association of an Association of Southeast also not spare any effort to share Barack Obama touted the benefits The clash arose because yel- told its members it has reached Asian Nations meeting in Kuala Japan’s sophisticated technologies of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, lowfin tuna swim with dolphins in an “agreement in principle” on an Lumpur. He reiterated that Japan or know-how, or the reliability of a 12-nation trade deal that is the the eastern tropical Pacific, where extension with the Chicago-based and the Asian Development Bank ‘Made in Japan.”’ centerpiece of his self-proclaimed Mexico’s fleet operates, using carrier. If the union’s members - which the country backs - would ADB President Takehiko economic and security re-balanc- speedboats to herd the dolphins approve it, the deal would remove seek to provide $110bn of infra- Nakao said earlier this month the ing to the region. China isn’t a and large purse seine nets to one hurdle as United Chief Execu- structure funding in Asia over the Japan and China are vying to Manila-based lender is in talks member of the pact, which cov- catch the tuna swimming beneath tive Officer Oscar Munoz, tries to next five years. bolster their political influence in with the AIIB to jointly finance ers about 40 percent of the global them. Millions of dolphins were improve the airline’s operations. Abe’s push coincides with prep- Asia by becoming the infrastruc- projects in the region next spring. economy. killed before international con- Munoz took medical leave last arations by China to soon open ture providers of choice. There is The ADB said in May it would “Countries are more integrated servation efforts set standards month following a heart attack and the coffers of the AIIB, a $100bn plenty of demand, according to boost its total annual lending and than ever,” Obama told the busi- to protect dolphins and put pro- is expected back early next year. multilateral development bank. Abe, who estimated it could rise grant approvals by 50 percent to ness leaders immediately before fessional observers on ships to The letter from ALPA chief Like its US ally, Japan declined to as much as 100 trillion yen as much as $20bn. Abe spoke. “The answer is to do record each tuna catch. Mexico Jay Heppner doesn’t give specif- to join the AIIB even as the coun- ($814bn) a year. While China is China won the rights to build trade the right way. That’s what argued the agreements had cut ics of the proposed deal, but does tries including the UK, France, a member of the ADB, Japan and a $5.5bn railway line in Indone- TPP is. A win for all of our coun- dolphin deaths to minimal levels. say the union’s members expect Australia and Germany signed up the US are the biggest sharehold- sia last month. This week Japan tries.” industry leading compensation, to become founding members. ers and the institution’s chiefs agreed to lend the Philippines BLOOMBERG REUTERS among other improvements. The union’s leadership, or master executive council, could vote on the deal within weeks, after which it could be sent to United’s pilots for a vote. United has been eager to reach a temporary deal with its Sony to STEP up Qatar’s technology landscape pilots, who otherwise could start negotiations on a new contract in DOHA: Sony Professional Solu- Rob Sherman, Managing Direc- support and work with them.” May. A United labour executive tions MEA, Fifty One East and tor, Sony Professional Solutions Ziad Asmar, Darwish Technol- wrote a letter to Heppner early Darwish Technology, its local MEA said, “As a leading company ogy Director, said, “We were very last month, offering to hold talks partner, hosted the first-ever in providing professional audio excited to host the first STEP on an extension to the current Sony Technology Event for Pro- visual solutions we want to gain a event in Qatar and showcase the contract over an expedited 45-day fessionals (STEP) conference in better understanding of the mar- future of the audio visual industry period. Doha. ket requirements and ensure that to everyone interested in modern United’s letter, written by The two-day STEP event was our solutions add value to every technology. Fifty One East and Senior Vice President Douglas held at The St. Regis Doha, Al aspect of our customers business. Darwish Technology have been McKeen, also said United would Gassar Resort on November STEP is just one of the exciting proudly distributing Sony products order a fleet of 100-seat jetliners 17-18. It brought together a broad ways that Sony will engage with for more than 50 years in Qatar from either Bombardier Inc or range of stakeholders including all stakeholders and help shape and have been closely associated Embraer SA if the two sides could key system integrators, consult- the future of audio visual solu- with all the innovative products agree on a two-year extension. ants, broadcast professionals, tions in Qatar”. that Sony has launched over the Airlines often dangle the promise faculty and students of applied “We are very enthusiastic about years, for together we have made of a new jet order — which means media and mass communica- many application areas for our remarkable achievements in dif- more jobs for pilots — as an incen- tion to experience the future of solutions and at STEP we have ferent areas such as broadcast- tive to approve a labor contract. AV with Sony’s complete port- showed a sample of the breadth ing, education, hospitality as we Delta Air Lines Inc had offered folio of professional solutions. of our product range and demon- do have the biggest market share. to add 60 jets if its pilots approved The conference had dedicated strated our position as industry- Our support to STEP further a tentative agreement last sum- consultants that showcased the leading innovators in technologies reinforces our commitment to mer, but pilots rejected the deal. best of solutions for various seg- in broadcast, security and profes- providing the very best in inno- Spokeswoman Megan McCarthy ments ranging from auditoriums, sional display solutions. vative technology to our audiences, said the company doesn’t discuss classrooms, boardrooms, security We also connected and spoke who expect only the best from us.” its fleet plans. control rooms, video studios and directly to our customers and Participants attending the event. BLOOMBERG home cinema. understood how we can better THE PENINSULA Singapore can solve First World’s problems, says QNB study

DOHA: Given Singapore’s track lenges is indicative of Singapore’s Capital stock increased rapidly working-age immigrants, but openness (trade is about four record in tackling Third World journey from Third World to First. with large investment spending there are moves to reduce reliance times the size of GDP, the high- problems over the last 50 years, Singapore has come a long way financed by mandatory domes- on foreign workers and increase est share in the world), this has one can be hopeful that it will be since independence in 1965, when tic savings and a flood of foreign nationalisation ratios. negatively impacted Singapore. On able to solve the First World prob- it separated from a short-lived fed- direct investments. Restructuring initiatives, which the domestic side, the slowdown in lems it is facing today, according eration with Malaysia. Back then, Productivity was boosted by began in 2010, aim to fill the credit growth and the decline in to a an economic study by QNB. the city state served as a channel training and education of the growth gap by raising productivity house prices have hurt domestic This year was a landmark year for global trade with its two big population and by importing for- per worker through training and consumption and investment. As a for Singapore. The country cele- neighbours (Malaysia and Indone- eign know-how. Foreign compa- education. But these types of ini- result, we expect real GDP growth brated 50 years since its independ- sia). It had no natural resources nies were attracted to Singapore’s tiatives take time before they bear to fall to 2.2 percent in 2015 from ence in 1965. It also witnessed the and at least three quarters of its robust legal and regulatory struc- fruit. As a result, potential growth 2.9 percent in 2014. death of its founding father and population had no primary educa- ture, clean and efficient govern- of the economy (the growth rate of Despite the headwinds, there long-serving Prime Minister (from tion. Unemployment was high at ment, fiscal incentives, excellent the labour force plus productivity is a lot to be positive about. Sin- 1959 to 1990), Lee Kuan Yew. 14 percent with British military per capita at $84,500. living conditions and business- growth), which describes the sup- gapore’s government and policy- Singapore had a remarkable bases employing 16 percent of the How did Singapore manage friendly environment. ply capacity of the economy, has making are efficient. Fiscal policy journey over the last 50 years—a population and accounting for to achieve this transformation? Despite its remarkable journey, declined from 6-7 percent before remains supportive and monetary journey that transformed it into nearly a fifth of GDP. Economies generally grow by Singapore today faces a number of 2010 to an estimated 3.2 percent. policy was eased twice this year in one of the richest countries in the Today, Singapore’s economy is either expanding factors of pro- structural challenges, which also Singapore also faces external response to the headwinds. The world. But today it faces different one of the most dynamic in the duction (labour, capital and land) confront other advanced econo- and domestic cyclical headwinds. authorities are successfully tack- challenges to those encountered world. The country acts as a global or by improving productivity. mies like Japan and the Euro area. On the external side, slow global ling the housing boom and have after independence. These chal- hub for manufacturing, trade and Singapore did both. Since 1965, The growth of its labour force growth has impacted Singapore. engineered an orderly soft landing lenges include an aging popula- finance. Its labour force is highly its land area increased by 20 per- has fallen with the aging popula- The IMF expects the world of house prices rather than an out- tion, slow productivity growth educated, unemployment is low at cent through land reclamation tion. The share of 65 year olds or economy to experience the weak- right bust, which would have hurt and exposure to a weakening glo- 2 percent and its people are the projects. Population increased above has almost doubled since est expansion for six years in households and financial institu- bal economy through trade and third richest in the world (after from 2 million people to 5.5 mil- 1990. This challenge could be 2015. Given the size of Singa- tions. finance. The nature of these chal- Qatar and Luxembourg) with GDP lion, mainly through immigration. solved by continuing to accept pore’s economy and its extreme THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Square turns the corner How a leisure deficit is after literally shaky IPO By Matt Levine killing off the suburbs he initial public offering of Square was supposed to be a sign of doom for unicorns, a proof that you can’t make money investing in pre-IPO tech companies any more. On By Leonid Bershidsky of leisure. “This time scarcity,” they wrote, as Paris and Berlin are also undergoing Tthe other hand, here is how much money Square’s inves- “has propelled centrality to the top of the “bourgeois bohemian” revolutions with simi- tors have actually made, by funding round. T’S possible the biggest cause of gen- local amenities list.” lar effects. There, too, houses in the suburbs Those are paper profits, based on Square’s $9 per share initial trification in formerly depressed urban Indeed, since 1990, the number of skilled can maintain their value as second homes public offering price, and on a $13.50 per share trading price. If areas is that today’s skilled workers people working long hours — 50 a week or — or fall behind the general price increases. you invested in Square at any point, from its Series A round in can’t spare the time to commute. If more — has been growing. There are often One way to keep the suburbs relevant is 2009 through its IPO last night, you’ve made at least a 20 percent true, this has implications for busi- two such people to a relatively affluent to make the commute more enjoyable. For return on your money as of this morning, or about a 7 percent Inesses ranging from real estate develop- household, and they know a long commute example, self-driving cars could do it, letting compound annual growth rate. And if you got in early enough, or ment to tech — and raises the question of is not an option: It doesn’t just leave little people travel in relative privacy and work late enough, your returns were way better. In aggregate, Square’s why companies still insist that white-collar time for fun and family life, it’s downright or enjoy themselves as they do. Yet they investors have tripled their money; its pre-IPO venture capital employees come in to work. bad for one’s health. A 2012 paper showed wouldn’t fix the leisure deficit, which is the investors have almost quadrupled theirs. Everyone can breathe Lena Edlund and Michaela Sviatchi of that increasing the daily commuting time ultimate reason hardworking, smart people easy now! Unicorns are fine again. Columbia University and Cecilia Machado from 62 minutes — the average for Ameri- head for city centers. In October 2015, after the financial statements reflected in of the Getulio Vargas Foundation wondered cans living in urban areas — by another 60 Telecommuting is the obvious solution to the rest of this post, but before the IPO, Square sold $30m more why the relationship between housing prices minutes leads to a 6 percent decrease in the leisure deficit problem. If applied in all Series E shares to “one existing investor and one new investor” and distance from the center of major US health-related activities and so contrib- white-collar businesses, where there is no who waived the ratchet right described in the next paragraph. cities has reversed since 1980. That year, utes to obesity. Short commutes that can real need for people’s presence in an office if (See page 169 of the prospectus). Those investors have a paper prices were higher in the suburbs, and be made on foot or on a bicycle actually they can use videoconferencing for meetings loss of about $3.8 million even at a $13.50 stock price, though the urban centers were going to seed. In the increase a worker’s life satisfaction because and all kinds of software for online collabo- “existing investor” may have made money on its overall stake. next 30 years, prices within three miles of they’re healthy and they provide a cushion ration, it might halt the rent increases in Everyone else is in the black.] the central business districts of the 27 big- between home and work life. urban centers, reduce congestion and cut Obviously there were some bumps along the way. Last night’s gest cities in the US more than doubled. Edlund, Sviatchi and Machado went to commuting times for those who do have to IPO priced below the Series D round, leaving the Series D inves- “The price profile flips,” the economists a lot of trouble to eliminate all possible go to work, such as people in the service sec- tors with a paper loss. It priced even farther below the Series E wrote in a recent paper. “In 1980, prices in objections to their hypothesis. They took tor. Yet it’s taking inordinately long to catch round, but the Series E investors had negotiated for themselves a the periphery are 50 percent higher than into account every imaginable external fac- on. According to a recent Gallup survey, 37 “ratchet,” in which Square essentially guaranteed them a 20 per- in the center. By 2010, prices in the center tor — changes in crime rates and the racial percent of US workers work from home cent return in the IPO. Their shares were worth only about $87 are 40 percent higher than in the periphery.” makeup of the urban areas, improvements from time to time, up from 9 percent in 1995 million at the IPO price, so Square had to give them another 10.3 This is a good way to quantify gentrifi- in school quality, the effect of New York City — but they only do so two days per month million shares — worth another $93 million — to make up for it. cation. In previous decades, the relatively with its huge finance industry on the entire on average. They have the technical capa- Wesley Chan, a managing director of Felicis Ventures, says he affluent people who have now colonized the data set. The relationship between rents bility not to come in to work, but they still counsels company founders to avoid accepting ratchets. city centers would have headed for the sub- and the share of educated people working do. I can see no reason for this other than “The only folks that win on this are the later stage investors urbs as soon as they had steady partners 50 hours a week or more held. employers’ inertia. People’s need to socialize who get the benefit of the ratchet and they do so at the expense and plans to start families. Now they stick This poses a few problems. As central isn’t a good excuse: If they stop commuting, of many of the employees and early investors who helped to build around even once they have children, com- areas are gentrified, their poorer residents they’ll only have more time for social life. the company, who get diluted, often significantly, when the ratchet pletely transforming their once-gritty urban are pushed out into the suburbs and forced Actively getting people to stay at home for triggers,” Chan said. neighborhoods and bringing on real estate to make longer commutes. The steadily ris- work could pay off for cities and families, By my math, the ratchet cost investors in the Series A through price hikes. Edlund, Sviatchi and Machado ing rents in cities are overtaking salaries, and it would do companies no harm. D rounds about $55m, a rounding error on their $1.3bn of gains. hypothesized that this was because high- even for skilled employees. This isn’t only It cost other pre-IPO shareholders — founders and employees and income households have faced a shortage happening in the US: European cities such BLOOMBERG such — another $68m. But without the ratchet, the Series E would be in the red, even after this morning’s IPO pop. And who wants that? The goal of an IPO is for everyone to make money. Everyone made money. (Update: Almost!) The ratchet worked perfectly. I suppose the larger question is, how did the IPO work? The ideal IPO performance would be to price at the top of the marketed range ($11 to $13), and then see a nice 10 percent or 15 percent pop to reward IPO investors. Pricing $2 below the range, and then seeing a 50ish percent pop, is sort of a double embarrassment. The underwriters’ marketing range, now, looks more or less perfect, if you ignore the last 24 hours. But if you don’t, you’ll notice that the deal priced catastrophically below the range, and then popped embarrassingly above the range. It turns out that there was plenty of demand for Square at the top of the IPO range. It’s just that that demand wasn’t in the IPO order book. Oops! And so Square — and Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey’s charity, the Start Small Foundation — sold shares worth $364.5 million for $243m, leaving over $100m on the table. Square left some more money on the table — about $83m, by my math — because the underpricing made the Series E ratchet that much more valuable. That isn’t ideal. And unlike some IPOs, Square could use the money; it has fairly significant negative net income, though its cash flow from operations is slightly positive so far this year. But again, there is no need to overstate the importance of $100m here or there. Square had no particular plans for the money, and won’t miss that $100m too badly. The main goal of this IPO, at this point in the unicorn cycle, was for Square to safely go public without incurring the hatred of the public markets or its private investors, and the IPO pop at least salvaged that goal. Still, if this IPO proves anything, it’s that valuing companies is hard. For all the talk about how private-market valuations are disconnected from reality, it’s worth noticing that Square’s $9 a share IPO price, and its $15.46 a share nominal valuation when it did its Series E round, were both pretty far off from where Square is trading now. Pricing a private fundraising round is a mystery, but pricing a public offering is also a mystery. Observing a public trading price isn’t mysterious at all, but on the other hand it isn’t proof of a correct valuation either. It’s just another price that investors put on Square. After all the other prices they’ve put on Square, though, you could reasonably be suspicious about whether this one is right too.

BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Snapchat’s dull trade threatens $16bn valuation

By Heather Somerville in the first 11 months of 2014, 13 to 24. More than 100 million effect. On Facebook, by contrast, ers and protecting users’ privacy, to be profitable, but the combina- according to a financial state- people use Snapchat to watch 6 companies can target consumers said Mary Ritti, vice president of tion of Snapchat’s high valuation NAPCHAT, maker of a ment leaked earlier this year, billion videos daily. So far, many with ads based on users’ hobbies, communications. and losses puts it “in a class by free mobile app that lets which also showed Snapchat had advertisers have had a lukewarm interests, employer and political Snapchat is also working with themselves,” said Anand Sanwal, users send videos and revenue of $3.1m. response to the results. Toyota leanings. market research firms to help CEO and co-founder of venture Smessages that disappear Its advertising business began earlier this year launched an ad Though Coca-Cola’s first ad advertisers better understand capital data firm CB Insights. in seconds, is struggling to gain in mid-October. Tech media out- campaign on Snapchat for the campaign on Snapchat was a who their ads are reaching, the Also competing with Snapchat traction with advertisers, fueling let Re/code estimated that Snap- Corolla, targeting young drivers disaster it has run successful ads company said. The high prices for are Instagram, which uses data investor concern that its $16bn chat’s revenue could reach $50m buying their first car. since and plans to continue, said ads that aren’t strongly targeted from its parent company Face- valuation isn’t justified by a busi- in 2015, citing sources familiar It ended that campaign and Emmanuel Seuge, senior vice were often the deal breaker. book to target ads, and Twitter, ness that hasn’t yet shown it has with the company. isn’t yet sure whether Snapchat president of content for Coca- “Snapchat fits into that 10 to which is expanding its video ad a steady source of income. Snapchat doesn’t comment will be a useful partner until it Cola North America. 20 percent of a marketing budget offerings. An eMarketer survey Even in a world where upwards on its revenue or its losses. The offers better targeting capabilities San Francisco-based Benefit that is for experimentation only,” in October ranked Snapchat last of 140 private companies are company has raised $1.2bn from and data, said a Toyota represent- Cosmetics, which sells makeup said Edwards. “The question is among major social media compa- reckoned to be worth $1bn or investors, ample resources to ative who declined to be identi- and skin care products, is dis- whether brands will continue pay- nies for its return on investment more, Snapchat’s outsized value develop its advertising techniques. fied because he’s not authorized cussing advertising on Snapchat ing the premium prices.” for advertisers. stands out. Fidelity Investments’ But time may be limited as the to speak on the matter. next year, but needs to see more The slow progress has some The company disputes the For- decision to slash the estimated company is in early discussions General Electric signed up for a analytics before doing so, said investors impatient. One portfo- rester findings, saying it has since value of its Snapchat stake by for an IPO, according to sources. second ad campaign that will run Claudia Allwood, director of US lio manager at a large U.S. mutual added new features and engage- 25 percent in the third quarter Snapchat’s $16bn valuation was for two weeks during the holidays digital marketing at Benefit. The fund, who was not authorized to ment is up, but declined to offer exacerbated concern about the calculated at its most recent even though Snapchat still lags company is unwilling to write speak publicly, said there are specific numbers. company’s ability to meet adver- funding round in May based on other social media in its array of Snapchat a check until it can get concerns about Snapchat’s rev- Investors who are willing to tisers’ expectations. For Snap- how much investors were willing offerings, said Sydney Williams, more sophisticated data on its enue growth, and that Facebook wait three to five years for Snap- chat advertisers, the question is to pay for shares. GE’s manager of global social viewers, she said. A spokeswoman has been siphoning revenue away chat to develop its ad business whether prices that can reach More than 100 companies, media marketing. for McDonald’s declined to com- from Snapchat. Facebook in the are likely to see a payoff, there more than $500,000 for some ads including General Electric, Advertisers can target their ment. Nike did not respond to a last quarter posted $4.3bn in ad is probably a cause for concern,” is worth it when the company lags McDonald’s, Nike and Coca-Cola ads based on gender and location request for comment. revenue, with 78 percent of that said Carrie Seifer, president of competitors in targeting specific have advertised on Snapchat to of Snapchat users, and occasion- Snapchat is working with coming from mobile, up from 66 digital, data and technology at consumers and measuring how capture the attention of the app’s ally age, but little else, Snapchat advertising clients to evolve and is percent a year ago. It has 2.5 mil- Starcom MediaVest Group. ads perform. predominantly young audience said. Advertisers say they know constantly trying to strike a bal- lion active advertisers. Snapchat lost more than $128m - 60 percent of users are aged little about their ads’ reach and ance between satisfying advertis- Young startups are not expected REUTERS SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BREAK TIME

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Badminton: Bayliss hails England’s performance Top seed Marin World Cup flop England hammer Pakistan to take four-match ODI series with bold tactics through to

DUBAI: England’s head coach in tough conditions was praise- Hong Kong final Trevor Bayliss yesterday praised worthy. his team’s progress in one-day “It’s great to win away from HONG KONG: Two-time world cricket following their 3-1 tri- home, especially on the subconti- champion Carolina Marin (pic- umph over Pakistan, seven nent against a team like Pakistan tured) of Spain beat Chinese months after their disastrous who are playing in conditions they former world number one Wang 2015 World Cup campaign. know very well. Yihan yes- England were the only of the “They should have a lot of terday for top eight teams which crashed confidence from the way they’ve a place out in the first round in Australia played going into the three T20 in the and New Zealand in March-April. matches, knowing they can play finals at But since then a new-look in these conditions against this the Hong England gave a good account of quality of opposition.” Kong themselves, beating the World Bayliss hopes the forthcoming Open. Cup finalists New Zealand 3-2 three-match Twenty20 series The and losing to world champions will help for next year’s World current Australia by the same margin. Twenty20 in India. world Bayliss, who took over after the “It’s another step on the way number World Cup, said: “We’ll take it one to that World Cup. We want to one dis- game and one series at a time. play this T20 series and win that missed “Our goal is obviously a World as well as we possibly can, but it’s Yihan in Cup in four years’ time, but also a bit of a testing ground.” straight there’s no use thinking about that Dubai will host the first two sets 21-18, right now.” Twenty20 matches on November 21-16 tak- England, who hosted the first 26 and 27 followed by the third in ing her a three editions of the World Cup Sharjah on November 30. step closer (1975-83) have yet to win the glo- to her bal 50-over event. They host the REUTERS England’s players celebrate after dismissing Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed during their fourth One-Day International sixth big title of the year. event again in 2019. (ODI) match at Dubai Sports City in Dubai, on Friday. England won the match to take the four-game series 3-1. Marin fell in the semi-finals at Bayliss, whose team heads to last year’s tournament, but has South Africa for four Tests, five Waqar takes since had a strong year, taking the one-day internationals and two “We started off well but unfortu- rounds if they fail to be amongst batsman. Pakistan were dismissed world title in August and shooting Twenty20 next month, believes positives out of nately we couldn’t finish it well. the top eight teams in one-day for 271. up the rankings to number one hard work is imperative. This is a young team and it’s a rankings on the cut-off date of Waqar said he was still “proud” after starting 2015 ranked eighth. “We’ve got a lot of hard work to England defeat learning curve for them.” September 30, 2017. of his players. “A lot of things I (have) changed do between now and then. Yes it’s England levelled the series “You are giving youngsters “The way they started and in my game, in my mind and, of good to win matches and series DUBAI: Pakistan’s disappointed with a 95-run win in the second opportunity and when you do played well throughout, unfortu- course, how I see the tournament like we did, but we can’t rest on head coach Waqar Younis yes- game and achieved a six-wicket that in modern cricket, which nately we lost but I think we have -- that I want to win the title,” our laurels, there’s a lot of hard terday believed his young players win in the third. Since taking has become very fast, that takes gained that mindset which I have Marin said after she booked a work to be done.” were on a learning curve and will over in June last year Waqar has time.” been saying that we have to play place in her eighth final of the Bayliss praised his batting unit. get better despite a one-day series lost six one-day series which has Waqar said England’s Jos But- positive and attacking cricket. season. “They’re enjoying their cricket, defeat against England in United prompted former captain and tler played an extraordinary “I am sure they would have “I think the important thing is they’re enjoying each other’s com- Arab Emirates. coach Javed Miandad to call for knock to take away the game learnt from mistakes.” I keep my focus on all my train- pany and each other’s success, and Pakistan went down by 84 runs his sacking. from Pakistan in Dubai on Friday. Waqar backed leg-spinner ing. This is the key of my game.” it’s showing out on the field. in the fourth and final day-night Waqar said he takes positive “I don’t think we relied more on Yasir Shah, who managed just two Marin will face either Thai- “There’s been some fantastic international, handing the series criticism in his stride. spinners, we played one spinner wickets at 82.50 runs. land’s Ratchanok Intanon -- who innings in this series. Alex Hales, to England 3-1 -- their ninth “When you lose, criticism come and another was an all-rounder. “It’s a different ball game when was the youngest ever world Jason Roy and Jos Buttler played series defeat in 11 since adopting and all the positive criticism has I think without any doubt they it comes to one-days as he takes champion when she took the title well, (Joe) Root and (James) Tay- the Gulf states as their neutral to be worked on,” said Waqar who played better than us, and the way time to settle,” said Waqar of Shah in 2013 -- or Nozomi Okuhara of lor have also done extremely well, venues in 2009. denied Pakistan team is under Buttler played it took away the who took 15 wickets in Pakistan’s Japan in today’s final. everyone in the top six has con- Waqar said Pakistan started pressure to qualify for the 2019 game from us.” preceding 2-0 Test series win. Okuhara beat Marin in the tributed more than once. So too the series well, with a six wicket World Cup to be held in England. Buttler smashed 52-ball 116 not “I am sure he will be one of the semi-finals of last year’s Hong have the bowlers and it’s added up win in the first match in Abu “I don’t think that’s a concern out in England’s imposing 355-5 best ODI bowler in near future.” Kong Open, but then failed to to a fine performance.” Dhabai. “Of course, the ending or builds pressure,” said Waqar - his hundred coming off just 46 take the title, while Ratchanok Bayliss said beating Pakistan was disappointing,” said Waqar. of fear of playing the qualifying balls, the fastest by an English REUTERS has overcome the Spaniard in all of their previous four meetings. In the men’s competition, former world number one Lee Chong Wei beat giant-slayer Coach refutes fixing claims in Sharjah Angus Ng -- who downed Chinese badminton legend Lin Dan in the DUBAI: Pakistan head coach and Shoaib Malik run out. Asked Former England captain Pakistan have been embroiled second round -- to net a place Waqar Younis (pictured left) whether he was aware of the alle- Michael Vaughan had raised in fixing scandals in the past in his third consecutive Super has brushed aside British tabloid gations, Waqar said: “I am not doubts over the Sharjah match with former captain Salim Malik Series final. The Malaysian, who claims of match-fixing against his aware of that, but I have been with tweets which were later banned for life in 2000. has been a dominant force on the team in their six-wicket defeat in hearing about this here and there deleted. Australian trio Shane Warne, badminton circuit for nearly a the third One-Day International about this but I am very clear “3 run outs and a few iffy shots Tim May and Mark Waugh had decade, took 46 minutes to dis- against England in Sharjah ear- about the Pakistan team and the for Pakistan ... Never seen that alleged Malik offered them bribes miss Ng 21-19, 21-14. lier this week. boys. before,” tweeted Vaughan before to underperform on a tour to Hong Kong youngster Ng British tabloid Daily Mail “There is nothing wrong with adding: “They must think we are Pakistan in 1995 -- allegations downed Lee’s nemesis Chinese alleged the match on Tuesday was the game.” stupid. which forced the Pakistan govern- badminton legend Lin Dan in the under investigation by the Anti- England chased down the tar- “I hate the fact we watch ment to initiate a judicial inquiry. second round. Corruption Unit of the Interna- get after being 93-4 at one stage cricket with so much suspicions The inquiry also fined six other Former world number one Lee tional Cricket Council (ICC) over for a six- wicket win to take a 2-1 ... it shouldn’t be that way.” players including Waqar, current is on a winning streak after tak- unusual patterns of betting. lead. Pakistan Cricket Board chair- bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed ing back-to-back titles in China The newspaper claimed the They took the fourth and final man Shaharyar Khan criticised and pace legend Wasim Akram. and France as he has made a investigators were tipped off match on Friday by 84 runs for a Vaughan for his tweets. Pakistan was again rocked strong comeback to the circuit before the match that Pakistan 3-1 series win. “I think he has given a very in 2010 when then captain Sal- following an eight-month dop- would underperform in the game Waqar said Pakistan’s defeat wrong statement,” said Khan on man Butt, Mohammad Asif and ing ban earlier this year. China’s and that three run-outs, casual in Sharjah had been unfortunate. Friday. “It’s very wrong and it’s Mohammad Amir were caught in Tian Houwei, ranked tenth in the dismissals of batsmen and sloppy “Yes, we lost the game. You lose necessary to give our reaction and a spot-fixing scandal on the tour world, secured his place in the fielding were suspicious. and win games, and it’s unfortu- we will raise this matter with the to England. All three were banned finals, beating little-known quali- Pakistan were bowled out for nate the way the whole thing hap- ICC. “Although he later deleted for five years and also jailed. fier Ginting Anthony of Indonesia 208 on a flat pitch, with skipper pened but I have no doubts in my those tweets, the damage was 18-21, 21-11, 21-6. Azhar Ali, Mohammad Rizwan boys and I am very satisfied.” done.” REUTERS REUTERS

NBA RESULTS NHL: Canadiens beat Islanders Charlotte 113 Philadelphia 88 NBA: Warriors inch Boston 120 Brooklyn 95 as Blue Jackets down Predators Memphis 96 Houston 84 Detroit 96 Minnesota 86 MONTREAL: Montreal defenseman Jeff Petry collected the first N Orleans 104 San Antonio 90 two-goal game of his career as the Canadiens beat the New York NY Knicks 93 O City 90 Islanders 5-3 at the Barclays Center. Petry entered with just one goal toward history with win in the first 20 games of the season. Dallas 102 Utah 93 Phoenix 114 Denver 107 LOS ANGELES: The Golden first-half deficit to beat the Clip- ing three of his six three-point Blue Jackets 4, Predators 0 State Warriors stretched their pers in Los Angeles on Thursday, attempts and pulling down nine Portland 102 LA Clippers 91 Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky had 39 saves for his first perfect record to 14-0 on Friday the Warriors were in a quick rebounds. Golden State 106 Chicago 94 shutout of the season as the Blue Jackets scored a 4-0 win over the with a hard-fought 106-94 victory hole against the Bulls, who took Shooting guard Klay Thompson Toronto 102 LA Lakers 91 Nashville Predators at Nationwide Arena. over the Chicago Bulls in Oak- a 23-12 lead after just seven min- added 15 points for the Warriors. Of Bobrovsky’s 12 career shutouts, two of them have come against land that left them one win away utes. Guard Jimmy Butler led NHL RESULTS Nashville. from matching the best start to In a game that featured 18 lead the Bulls with 28 points, nine Toronto 2 Carolina 1 Red Wings 3, Kings 2 an NBA season. changes and 17 ties, the Warriors rebounds and seven assists. Nikola Columbus 4 Nashville 0 Detroit goaltender Petr Mrazek made 35 saves and the Red Wings Led by Stephen Curry’s 27 took a slim 77-73 lead into the Mirotic added 18 points and 10 Detroit 3 Los Angeles 2 held on for a 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings at Joe Louis Arena. points, the Warriors matched fourth quarter. rebounds and center Pau Gasol Montreal 5 NY Islanders 3 Tomas Tatar, Mike Green and Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit. the best start by a reigning NBA But the Bulls wouldn’t go away. added 14 points and 10 rebounds Calgary 2 Chicago 1 Captain Henrik Zetterberg and winger Justin Abdelkader had two champion -- the 14-0 start of the Curry’s three-pointer with 5:26 for Chicago, who were held to assists each. Edmonton 5 New Jersey 1 1957-58 Boston Celtics. to play broke another tie and 39.8 percent shooting. Kirk Hin- Maple Leafs 2, Hurricanes 1 (shootout) With a win at Denver today Harrison Barnes drained back- rich, standing in for injured star Joffrey Lupul scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give the they can match the best ever to-back three-pointers in the final Derrick Rose, added 17 points for Toronto Maple Leafs a 2-1 victory against the Carolina Hurricanes start to a season of 15-0, achieved 1:15 as the Warriors finally pulled the Bulls, who limited Curry to at PNC Arena. by Washington in 1948-49 and the away. They notched their 26th two points in the second quarter Peter Holland of Toronto and Riley Nash of Carolina converted ear- Houston Rockets in 1993-94. straight regular-season home win and just 10 in the first half but lier in the shootout. The Maple Leafs are 2-3 in shootouts this season, A win there would see them try -- a run stretching back to a loss couldn’t hang on at the end. while the Hurricanes were in their first. to break the record when they to the Bulls last January 27. In New Orleans, forward Ryan Oilers 5, Devils 1 host the Los Angeles Lakers on “We wanted to protect our Anderson scored a game-high 30 Edmonton goaltender Anders Nilsson continued his mastery of New Tuesday. home court,” Curry said. “That’s points and forward Anthony Davis Jersey, stopping 19 of 20 shots as the Oilers beat the Devils 5-1. “I think this would be a cool the feeling that kind of overpow- added 20 points and 18 rebounds Flames 2, Blackhawks 1 (overtime) accomplishment,” Curry said ered the streak. to lead the Pelicans to a 104-90 Calgary winger Johnny Gaudreau scored at 1:38 of overtime to lead of extending the streak, but it’s “We want to close games at upset of the San Antonio Spurs. the Flames to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks at the Sco- looking harder to maintain. home strong. We did that tonight.” tiabank Saddledome. After rallying from a 23-point Barnes scored 20 points, mak- REUTERS REUTERS SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Disappointed Murray eyes Davis Cup relief for London heartbreak Early ATP Tour Finals exit hurts Briton, sets sights on Belgium finale

LONDON: Andy Murray hopes He insisted his inconsist- the chance to make Davis Cup ent efforts weren’t the result of Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland reacts during a round robin match history with Great Britain will spending most of the week before for the ATP World Tour Finals against Andy Murray of Britain in London, ease the pain of his frustrating the Tour Finals practising on clay on Friday. ATP Tour Finals exit. courts at Queen’s Club to prepare Murray crashed out of the sea- for the surface that will be used son-ending event on Friday after in next week’s Davis Cup final in a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 defeat against Stan Ghent. Wawrinka denied him a place in “There’s no excuses. To be hon- Switzerland’s Wawrinka the semi-finals. est I made too many errors. It was The world number two has tough. I couldn’t quite get the bal- never won the Tour Finals, but ance,” Murray said. he will have to wait another year “My timing wasn’t there cer- sends Murray packing to lift the trophy at London’s O2 tainly the last few days. It’s dis- Arena. appointing. LONDON: Britain’s Andy Mur- proximity of next week’s Davis Instead, Murray’s thoughts will “I felt like my timing would get ray can focus fully on next week’s Cup final on a claycourt in Ghent immediately turn to international better as the event went on, and Davis Cup assignment in Belgium had not been a factor in his defeat. duty as Britain prepare for their it didn’t actually, it got worse. So after Stanislas Wawrinka sent “Way too many errors. Cheap first Davis Cup final in 37 years that is nothing to do with not hav- him packing from the ATP World ones, as well. Disappointing,” said next week. ing enough time to prepare.” Tour Finals at the O2 Arena on the 28-year-old. It is a welcome situation for Murray had already made it Friday. Murray was straight back on Murray, who couldn’t hide his clear before the Tour Finals that The concluding round-robin court afterwards, taking out disappointment at failing to his main priority at the end of the match at the year-ender had his frustration in a knockup make the Tour Finals last-four season was helping Britain win become a straight knockout with coach Jonas Bjorkman on a for the first time since 2012 as he the Davis Cup for the first time between the two players after deserted centre court as cleaners smashed a racquet as the match since 1936. Rafael Nadal had already sealed picked up litter in the stands. against the French Open cham- And the former Wimbledon top spot in Ilie Nastase Group, With Nadal already in the pion slipped away. champion is confident the pros- and Wawrinka looked the sharper semi-finals and Ferrer going “This is obviously a big event, pect of victory at the end of a as he won 7-6(4) 6-4. home after two defeats, the clash one that I would have liked to Great Britain’s Andy Murray arrives for a men’s singles group stage memorable Davis Cup campaign, Murray and Wawrinka were of the Spaniards had no impact have done better over the years. match against Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka on day six of the ATP World which has already included wins both guilty of numerous careless on the tournament but the It just hasn’t quite happened for Tour Finals in London on Friday. over the United States, France errors, Murray in a first-set packed arena was treated to the me,” Murray said. and Australia, will quickly make tiebreak that he led 4-2. longest match of the tournament “When you’re playing and com- him forget his London exit. His Swiss opponent then so far. peting against the best players, with the losses the last two days. Davis Cup final opponents).” “I didn’t find it difficult not wobbled towards the end and In the doubles, Ivan Dodig obviously it’s very important to I wish I could have done better. Murray admitted he could thinking about the Davis Cup nearly let slip a 5-2 lead, having and world number one Marcelo do well. Obviously, the only positive for me have few complaints about his Final, to be honest,” he said. to save two break points when he Melo beat Marcin Matkowski and “I do enjoy playing here. Great this week is I’ve come away from Tour Finals failure after a lack- “It’s a great opportunity for served for the match for a second Nenad Zimonjic to set up a semi- crowds, good atmosphere. It’s a it injury-free. lustre effort against Rafael Nadal everyone. We look forward to it.” time at 5-4. World number two final against Rohan Bopanna and really nice venue to play in. “Now I have a couple more days and then an error-strewn loss to Murray, who smashed a frame in Florin Mergea. “So that’s why I’m disappointed to get ready for Belgium (Britain’s Wawrinka. AFP anger in the final game, said the REUTERS The year John McEnroe mauled Great Britain’s Davis Cup hopes LONDON: The tennis world was Lloyd’s team-mate Mark Cox, “Dan was since losing to a winning 3-1 lead in the second the tie with a brilliant victory already abuzz with the name John who was to lose the doubles with talking from a the McEnroe- singles. over Brian Gottfried from two McEnroe (pictured) well before David Lloyd, remembers what balcony above inspired Ameri- “Reaching the Davis Cup final sets down. Great Britain arrived to play the followed vividly from the safety the court and it cans 37 years was the highlight of my career,” “I remember Buster beating United States in the 1978 Davis of his position on the court-side wasn’t enclosed ago. Lloyd, who went on to captain Lendl in the quarter-final,” Cox, Cup final in the Californian bench. and his lovely World number the side, recalled in a BBC Radio who lost the doubles to Stan desert. “I remember we were all quite tones were drift- 16 David Gof- interview this week. Smith and Bob Lutz, said. He had, after all, reached the excited to be facing McEnroe; he ing out to court,” fin is a sweet “And to go up against McEn- “When Buster got his teeth Wimbledon semi-finals the year was the new young kid on the Cox said. ball-striker and roe and get annihilated and be into anyone in the Davis Cup he before as an 18-year-old quali- block,” Cox, who will be watch- “That caused their number up against genius. I saw shots was like a barracuda, he was a fier, losing to Jimmy Connors, ing in Belgium next week when something of a two player Steve that I didn’t think could be hit very fine Davis Cup player.” and repeated the feat at the 1978 Britain try to win the title for the confrontation Darcis once beat by another human being.” Now Murray is the man his US Open. first time since 1936, said. between Dan and Rafael Nadal at Hutchins, who captained the country relies on and seven-times But the wild-eyed left-hander “I thought he might be tight, McEnroe, Dan Wimbledon, but British 31 times and master- grand slam champion McEnroe had never been exposed to a Davis maybe a bit nervous. But he got the full Mac the task facing minded their run to the final, past believes the Scot can do to Bel- Cup singles rubber for the US served an ace on the first point. glare! captain Leon a Czech team including a young gium what he did to Britain at and eyebrows were raised when Kind of launched himself into the “Dan was the voice of Wimble- Smith’s side, boasting world Ivan Lendl and then arch-rivals Mission Hills. he ousted Arthur Ashe from the fray in quite spectacular fashion. don and for this brash youngster number two Andy Murray, does Australia in the semis at Crystal “To me Britain should win,” team to face Britain – who had “He came out all guns blazing.” to get into a confrontation with not compare with the challenge Palace, said McEnroe already had McEnroe said. reached their first final since There was even a glimpse of the him was quite something.” facing Paul Hutchins’ team in an aura. “It’s set up for them. There will their heady days of 1936. famous McEnroe temper which Unless Belgium have been hid- 1978. “I knew he would be really good be pressure for Murray, but the Not only that but McEnroe was earned him the “Super-Brat” ing away a potential world beater, McEnroe crushed Lloyd 6-1 but never imagined that good,” he way he handled it against Aus- drawn to play the opening rubber nickname after he was distracted Britain will have less to fear when 6-2, 6-2 and was equally ruthless said. While the Americans had tralia, he’ll handle it again and of the tie at Mission Hills against by the voice of iconic British com- they arrive in Ghent next week when he demolished Buster Mot- McEnroe, Britain’s talented mav- win two singles.” Britain’s John Lloyd. mentator Dan Maskell. for their first Davis Cup final tram 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 to give his team erick was Mottram, who levelled REUTERS

WORLD TOUR SCORES McIlroy ‘in great position’ ahead of final round Millar snatches DUBAI: Complete third-round scores in the $8m DP World Tour Championship yesterday lead at Masters at the par-72 Earth course of Jumeirah Golf DUBAI: Rory McIlroy will go Willett was tied for sixth place Estates: into the final round of the $8m along with Matthew Fitzpatrick MELBOURNE: Adam Scott 200 Andy Sullivan (ENG) 66-66-68 DP World Tour Championship (68) of England and Thongchai crashed with a six-over-par 77 in Dubai just one shot off leader Jaidee (69) of Thailand. yesterday as he slumped to five 201 Rory McIlroy (NIR) 68-68-65 Andy Sullivan after a command- Willett responded in fine fash- shots off the lead after the third 203 Patrick Reed (USA) 70-65-68 ing seven-under-par 65 yesterday. ion to McIlroy putting up all round of the Australian Masters 204 Byeong-Hun An (KOR) 70-68-66, Emil- The Northern Irishman is des- the red numbers on the board at Huntingdale in Melbourne. iano Grillo (ARG) 69-64-71 perate to finish a frustrating and by making a birdie on the par-5 The Australian world number injury-marred season on a high 14th, an eagle on the par-4 15th 12 began the day tied for the lead 205 Danny Willett (ENG) 68-70-67, Matthew and the world number three is – where he sank a 30-foot putt at eight under but fell away with Fitzpatrick (ENG) 68-69-68, Thongchai also on the verge of winning the after driving the green – and then seven bogeys and one birdie and Jaidee (THA) 69-67-69 Race to Dubai. a regulation birdie on the 18th. will head into today’s final round 206 Branden Grace (RSA) 68-69-69, Charl He could make it a double today McIlroy’s only bogey of the in a tie for 11th. Schwartzel (RSA) 71-65-70 if he can overcome the challenge day came on the par-4 12th hole Australian Matt Millar leads 207 Francesco Molinari (ITA) 67-71-69, of the always-smiling Englishman where he found the fairway bun- the field after going around the Chris Wood (ENG) 68-70-69 Sullivan, who managed to retain a ker with his drive. But he bounced sandbelt course in three-under to one-shot lead on top of the lead- back with three birdies in a row stand at seven-under 206 after 54 208 Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 71-70-67, Vic- erboard with a four-under-par 68. after that. holes. tor Dubuisson (FRA) 72-67-69, Martin Sullivan was at 16-under-par And yet the defending Race to Millar has a one-stroke lead Kaymer (GER) 66-71-71, Alex Noren 200, while McIlroy’s best round in Dubai champion was not satisfied over compatriot Andrew Evans, (SWE) 71-66-71 seven visits to the Earth course of with his effort of 65 – his best who went through qualifying to Jumeirah Golf Estates took him round in the tournament. enter the tournament. MASTERS SCORES to 15-under-par 201. “I played fantastically well. Scott, who is bidding for a American Patrick Reed was I could have been five-under third Australian Masters title MELBOURNE: Scores after the third round in third place two shots behind through five easily. I hit the ball after wins in 2012 and 2013, led of the Australian Masters at the par-71 Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland checks the 17th green during DP World McIlroy after a four-under-par beautifully,” said McIlroy. by as many as five shots midway Huntingdale golf course in Melbourne yesterday. Tour Championship in Dubai yesterday. round of 68, while Emiliano Grillo “Yeah, everything was just through Friday’s second round. 206 Matthew Millar 71-67-68 of Argentina and Byeong-hun An firing today and that’s why I’m Yesterday’s back nine proved 207 Andrew Evans 68-69-70 of Korea were tied fourth at 204. walking off the golf course a little week, somewhere there or there- see where we finish,” Sullivan, the especially painful, with back-to- 208 Peter Senior 70-70-68, Michael Sim An shot the second best round bit disappointed because that 65 abouts with nine holes to go on world number 53, said. back bogeys at 10 and 11 and again 71-69-68, John Senden 69-68-71, of the day, a 66, and Grillo, strug- could have easily been a 62 or a 61. Sunday is where we want to be,” Two-time defending champion on the final two holes. Matthew Guyatt 69-66-73 gling for most of the day, finished “But still, I am in a great posi- he said. Henrik Stenson’s woes continued The 2013 US Masters cham- 209 George McNeill (USA) 70-66-73 with four birdies in a row for a 71. tion going into tomorrow. I am Sullivan, who continued to as he stayed far behind the lead- pion was wayward with the driver The battle for the Race to going to be in the final group, wow the crowds with his putting, ers following a third-round 72. and also failed to make an impact 210 Alistair Presnell 68-71-71, Daniel Fox Dubai crown remains a tight which is where I want to be. I made a 30-foot birdie putt on the A double-bogey seven on the with his putter. 65-74-71, Brett Rumford 72-64-74 one with England’s Danny Wil- might be one shot behind but 17th and then saved a par from 14th did not help as the Swede Peter Wilson, who shared the 211 Daniel Pearce (NZL) 73-69-69, Michael lett, who started the tournament those are deficits I’ve made up 20 feet on the 18th to remain one world number six goes into the halfway lead with Scott, also had Wright 72-68-71, Nick O’Hern 70-70- just 1,613 points behind McIlroy, before.” ahead of McIlroy. “I know Rory final round at two-over 218, 18 a day to forget, dropping back into 71, Bryson DeChambeau (USA) 69-70- remaining within striking dis- Willett was happy to remain in is going to have a good run at it shots behind the leader. a tie for 24th after a nine-over 72, Mathew Goggin 67-70-74, Adam tance at 11-under-par 205 after the mix. tomorrow. For me, it’s about tak- third round. Scott 64-70-77 a round of 67. “I said at the beginning of the ing them chances for me and to AFP AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

AFC Champions League Future Riders of Showjumping Rayyan Endurance Cup Hong Kong: Result from the AFC Champions League final yesterday: FINAL Second leg: Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) 1 (Elkeson 54) Al Ahli (UAE) 0 First leg: 0-0: Guangzhou Evergrande win 1-0 on aggregate AFC Champions League roll of honour Guangzhou: Winners of the AFC Champions League after Guangzhou Evergrande’s 1-0 aggregate victory over Al Ahli yesterday: 2015 - Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) 2014 - Western Sydney Wanderers (AUS) 2013 - Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN) 2012 - Ulsan Hyundai (KOR) 2011 - Al Sadd (QAT) 2010 - Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma (KOR) 2009 - Pohang Steelers (KOR) 2008 - Gamba Osaka (JPN) 2007 - Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) A young rider takes part in the Second Future Riders Showjumping 2006 - Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR) Khalid Sanad Ali Al Nuaimi, winner in the 100km category at the Rayyan Endurance Cup of Qatar Endurance Championship at Qatar Equestrian Federation (QEF) Indoor Arena at 2005 - Al Ittihad (KSA) Federation, celebrates with his horse Gimel Z Regula at the end of the race yesterday. Right: The podium win- Al Rayyan on Friday. 2004 - Al Ittihad (KSA) ners in different categories of Rayyan Endurance Cup pose for a group picture. 2003 - Al Ain (UAE) FIFA requests sanctions for Blatter and Platini FIFA’s Ethics Committee report passed to adjudicatory chamber, likely blow to Platini’s bid to succeed Blatter

GENEVA: The FIFA ethics which lasts until January 5 is committee probing allegations crucial to the French football of corruption against suspended legend, because the provisional president Sepp Blatter and his ban has thrown the brakes on would-be successor, Michel his campaign to replace Blatter. Platini, requested yesterday that Platini, the head of European sanctions be levelled against both football until his suspension, had men. been the favourite to win FIFA’s Citing privacy and the pre- presidential vote scheduled for sumption of innocence, the com- February 26, until he became mittee said it would not disclose engulfed in the raging FIFA the nature of the punishments scandal. requested against the two men, While suspended, Platini who for years were the most cannot lobby regional powerful figures in world foot- confederations to support his ball. candidacy, while the five other However, the announcement men vying for the job -- who have sparked an angry response from already passed FIFA’s integrity Platini’s lawyer, who said that tests -- are free to campaign. FIFA had “lost all credibility”. The 60-year-old ex-Juventus The committee, known as the star has denied all wrongdoing investigatory chamber of FIFA’s and has insisted that he can independent ethics watchdog, FIFA President Sepp Blatter attending a press conference in Zurich after being re-elected during the FIFA Congress in this May 30, 2015, file picture. still lead world football out of an said it had submitted its final Right: UEFA President Michel Platini delivering a press conference prior to the 65th FIFA Congress in Zurich in this May 28, 2015, file photo. era that has seen its reputation report to the body’s judgement stained at the highest levels of arm, which will weigh up the the game. recommendations. The judgement chamber said to the Court of Arbitration for Both Blatter and Platini were with more than $150 million of Blatter has also remained The fallout from the report it would “decide in due course Sport against Michel Platini’s provisionally suspended by the bribery and corruption dating defiant throughout, insisting that could prove massive for the future about whether to institute formal provisional suspension, the ethics committee in October for back decades. he has done nothing wrong and of world football’s governing adjudicatory proceedings against internal FIFA investigation is 90 days. Those indictments, unsealed that all financial impropriety that body, including the possibility of Joseph S. Blatter and Michel suddenly finished for Michel The moves came after in May, uncorked the scandal took place under his watch was permanently derailing Platini’s Platini.” Platini and Sepp Blatter, even Swiss prosecutors opened an that has shaken world football the fault of rogue operators. candidacy to lead FIFA. The adjudicatory body has though the latter has been investigation into possible and grown seemingly wider each After winning election to a The investigatory chamber in the past recommended accused of more things. criminal mismanagement at week. fifth term as FIFA’s president, said in a statement that its final suspensions of several years, “It’s farcical. It would be FIFA during Blatter’s tenure, Appeals by both Blatter and Blatter announced that he would report contained “requests for or even life, but there was no laughable if we were not talking including evidence of a murky $2 Platini against their 90-day go when his successor is chosen sanctions against Joseph Blatter indication as to the severity of the about the future of the biggest million payment made to Platini suspensions were rejected this at a special congress called for and Michel Platini.” punishments requested against non-governmental institution in in 2011, reportedly for work he week, and Platini has taken his February. A separate statement from the Blatter and Platini. the world. did a decade earlier. case to the Court of Arbitration Despite the suspension, adjudicatory chamber confirmed “It is a troubling coincidence!” “FIFA has lost all credibility. Aside from the Swiss probe, the for Sport, with a decision Blatter’s camp has insisted that that it had received the reports Thibaud d’Ales, representing A decision taken by judges who United States justice department expected by the end of the he will return to the presidency and will study the findings Platini, said yesterday. don’t respect their own rules has has charged 14 ex-FIFA officials month. before the vote. “carefully.” “The day after our appeal no value.” and sports marketing executives Reversing the suspension AFP Evergrande reclaim Asian crown Hamburg stun Dortmund GUANGZHOU: A moment on tense night in Berlin of magic from Brazil’s Elkeson earned China’s Guangzhou BERLIN: Hamburg dented observed a minute’s silence before Evergrande their second AFC Borussia Dortmund’s title hopes the kick-off to remember the Champions League title in three with a 3-1 win on Friday in a Paris victims. years yesterday after a tense Bundesliga clash which started On an emotional night, a second leg of their final against 15 minutes late due to heightened minute of applause then followed Al Ahli. security measures following the for former German Chancellor The striker’s instinctive turn Paris terror attacks. Helmut Schmidt who died last and toe-poke on 54 minutes Goals from Pierre-Michel week at the age of 96 and was a finally unlocked the Emirati Lasogga, Lewis Holtby and a Hamburg native. team’s defence to earn a 1-0 Mats Hummel own goal sealed On the pitch, Hamburg were win for Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side the three points for Hamburg ahead after 19 minutes against after the first leg in Dubai ended who moved up to eighth in the their fellow former European goalless. table while defeat left Dortmund champions. The victory was wildly facing the prospect of slipping Ivo Ilicevic was brought down celebrated at a packed Tianhe eight points behind leaders Bay- by Dortmund’s Swiss goalkeeper stadium as the 2013 champions ern Munich by the end of the Roman Burki who was booked for regained the Asian title and weekend. his troubles. earned a spot at next month’s The start of the game was Up stepped Lasogga to fire the Club World Cup in Japan. delayed for safety reasons, add- penalty into the corner for his It was also a personal victory ing to the tension just three days sixth goal of the campaign. for Scolari, who led Brazil to after a bomb scare caused Ger- At the other end, prolific Dort- a humiliating 7-1 defeat to many’s friendly with the Nether- mund striker Pierre-Emerick Germany in last year’s World lands in Hanover to be postponed. Aubameyang, who went into the Cup semi-finals but who has kept Heavy traffic outside Ham- game as the Bundesliga’s joint- Evergrande unbeaten since his Guangzhou Evergrande players celebrate their win in the AFC Champions League football final against UAE’s burg’s Volksparkstadion, as well leading scorer with 14 goals, was arrival in June. Al Ahli in Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong province yesterday. China’s Guangzhou Evergrande as tightened security checks having a low key night as were Al Ahli proved worthy beat Al Ahli of UAE 1-0 to earn their second AFC Champions League title in three years. being carried out in the after- his teammates. opponents but their challenge math of the Paris attacks which By half-time, Hamburg were was fatally holed when defender killed 130 people, caused the 2-0 ahead when Nicolai Muel- Salmin Khamis saw red for a Evergrande suffered a blow minutes against Al Ahli when challenge on Lima when the 1930GMT kick-off to be put back. ler broke away from his markers stamp on 66 minutes, and was so when Zeng injured himself and Elkeson, receiving the ball with Brazilian was one-on-one with The German team had expe- before finding Holtby who scored incensed he had to be restrained had to be replaced by Li Shuai his back to goal, flicked it past substitute ‘keeper Li. rienced first-hand last Friday’s past Burki in the left-hand cor- pitchside. after he leapt to punch a cross a defender and stretched to slot Man-of-the-match Elkeson events in Paris when suicide ner. Aubameyang missed the tar- Evergrande nearly got a dream clear and landed awkwardly on it home. nearly made it 2-0 for Evergrande bombers blew themselves up out- get early in the second half with a start when Elkeson fed fellow the ankle of team-mate Huang Al Ahli’s hopes faded further in the fourth minute of injury side the Stade de France where chip with the outside of his boot Brazilian Ricardo Goulart in the Bowen. when a furious Khamis earned time but he sliced his shot clear the world champions were play- although Marco Reus, in space, box, but his close-range shot was Zheng Long went close with his straight red card for an when it looked easier to score. ing France. was screaming for a pull-back. well saved at the near post by a near-post header after a well- apparent stamp on Zheng Long, As captain Zheng Zhi lifted With a giant French tricolour Dortmund skipper Hummels Ahmed Ashoori. worked move from the right, but and had to be restrained by three the trophy to the strains of flying outside the stadium on did put the ball in the net in the Al Ahli nearly stunned overall the expensively assembled officials who wrestled him away “We Are The Champions”, gold Friday, fans and VIPs -- includ- 55th minute with a fine, close- Evergrande on the break but Chinese domestic champions from the pitch. tickertape fluttered down and the ing German legend Uwe Seeler range header. Sadly for his team, Jose Lima’s shot from the edge failed to impose themselves in But Evergrande still needed players sprayed champagne and -- were patted down by security it was an own-goal as Hummels of the area, with passes available, the first half. heroics from South Korean bounced Scolari up and down in guards. misdirected a Hamburg corner was straight down the throat of However, Evergrande finally defender Kim Young-Gwon celebration. Both sides, wearing black past a stunned Burki. goalkeeper Zeng Cheng. broke through after 144 goalless who made a superb last-ditch AFP armbands, and 57,000 fans then AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Barcelona thrash Real Madrid 4-0 in El Clasico Suarez scores a brace while Neymar and Iniesta net one goal each; La Liga leaders move six points clear

MADRID: Luis Suarez and Ney- return from a two-month injury Suarez had scored every one of large French flag was unfurled by mar continued their sensational layoff half an hour from time and Barca’s last 19 La Liga goals, but the Madrid fans before kick-off goalscoring form as Barcelona played a part in Suarez’s second Andres Iniesta ended that run in in honour of the victims before moved six points clear of Real and Barca’s fourth goal. style when he blasted a third into kick-off. Madrid at the top of La Liga with Suarez got Barca off to the per- the top corner. However, the sombre atmos- a 4-0 thrashing of their bitter fect start after just 10 minutes And Messi, Neymar and Sua- phere quickly turned hostile as rivals at the Bernabeu yesterday. and Neymar deservedly doubled rez all combined for the latter to the home fans saw their side com- Barca even had the luxury of the visitors’ advantage just before score a fourth before Isco sealed pletely outplayed by Barca. leaving Lionel Messi on the bench, half-time. an embarrassing defeat for Sergi Roberto was rewarded but the Argentine did make his At that point Neymar and Madrid by getting sent-off late on. for his great form of late with Despite just two defeats in 16 a start in the position normally games in charge, Madrid boss occupied by Messi and he repaid Rafael Benitez’s job is now in Luis Enrique’s faith with a big doubt as the home fans turned on role in a fine opening goal. club president Florentino Perez The Spaniard collected Sergio towards the end of the game. Busquets’s pass and drove at the The build-up to the match had Madrid defence before threading been dominated by security fears a pass through for Suarez who after last week’s series of deadly coolly slotted home with the out- attacks in Paris which killed 130 side of his right foot. people. Roberto should then have made Real Madrid’s Welsh forward Gareth Bale (left) vies with Barcelona’s A minute’s silence was held to it 2-0 midway through the half Argentinian defender Javier Mascherano during the Spanish league El the tune of the French national when he fired over from close Clasico match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid yesterday. anthem La Marseillaise and a range. Karim Benzema started for SPANISH LA LIGA RESULTS Madrid for the first time since he before half-time when Inies- into a brilliant save low to his Madrid: Spanish La Liga results yesterday: was charged with complicity to ta’s through ball was perfectly right. But any hope of a come- Real Sociedad 2 blackmail and conspiring to com- timed for Neymar and his effort back was emphatically ended by (Agirretxe 72, Xabi Prieto 77) Sevilla 0 mit a criminal act in his native squeezed under Keylor Navas. a brilliant strike by Iniesta as he Real Madrid 0 Barcelona 4 (Suarez 11, 74, France. It could even have been three latched onto Neymar’s backheel Neymar 39, Iniesta 53) And after six weeks out, Benze- before the break as Marcelo eight minutes after the break. Today’s matches ma’s rustiness showed as he failed cleared Suarez’s shot off the line Messi got in on the act when Sporting Gijon vs Levante (1100), Villarreal to make a clean contact when and Raphael Varane blocked Ivan his pass was flicked-on by Neymar vs Eibar (1500), Granada vs Athletic Bilbao presented with a great chance Rakitic’s follow-up effort. and Suarez took his time before FC Barcelona’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez celebrates after scoring (1715), Real Betis vs Atletico Madrid (1930) from Jeremy Mathieu’s slip. The hosts started the second chipping over a helpless Navas. fourth goal against Real Madrid during the Spanish Liga Primera Division Tomorrow match played at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, yesterday. Barca’s dominance in posses- period slightly better as James Getafe vs Rayo Vallecano (1930) sion was rewarded with a second Rodriguez forced Claudio Bravo AFP PSG see off Firmino and Liverpool punish Lorient to stretch lead sluggish Manchester City LONDON: Manchester City suf- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE 2-1 loss away to West Bromwich PARIS: Reigning champions fered a surprise 4-1 defeat by Liv- London: English Premier League results Albion. Paris Saint-Germain stretched erpool while Jamie Vardy equalled yesterday: It was just their third league their lead in Ligue 1 to 13 points a Premier League goalscoring Chelsea 1 (Costa 64) Norwich 0 defeat this season and hardly yesterday after claiming a 2-1 vic- record to leave Leicester as the Everton 4 (Barkley 17, 42, Lukaku 28, 59) ideal preparation for their must- tory away to Lorient with security shock leaders of English football’s Aston Villa 0 win Champions League group tight after the attacks in Paris. top-flight yesterday. Newcastle 0 Leicester 3 (Vardy 45+1, Ulloa match at home to Dinamo Zagreb Playing for the first time since City started the late kick-off 62, Okazaki 83) on Tuesday. the attacks, the capital club match at their Eastlands ground Champions Chelsea eased the Southampton 0 Stoke 1 (Bojan 10) extended their winning run to knowing victory would see them pressure on manager Jose Mour- Swansea 2 (Ayew 28, Shelvey 39-pen) eight matches through first-half go top on a day when the Premier inho with just their fourth win in Bournemouth 2 (King 10, Gosling 26) goals from Hervin Ongenda and League paid tribute to the victims 13 league matches this season as Blaise Matuidi at the Stade du of the Paris terror attacks. Watford 1 (Deeney 87-pen) Manchester they beat Norwich 1-0 thanks to United 2 (Depay 11, Deeney 90-og) Moustoir. Paris Saint-Germain’s Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic kicks the ball But instead Manuel Pellegrini’s Diego Costa’s 64th-minute goal at Benjamin Moukandjo netted men found themselves 3-0 down West Brom 2 (Morrison 35, Arteta 40-og) Stamford Bridge. during the French L1 match against Lorient at the Moustoir Stadium in Arsenal 1 (Giroud 28) his league-best 10th goal to set up Lorient, western France, yesterday. inside 32 minutes after an Eli- Manchester United made it a nervy finish but Lorient ulti- aquim Mangala own-goal pre- Manchester City 1 (Aguero 44) eight games unbeaten in all com- mately suffered their first defeat ceded two sweeping Liverpool Liverpool 4 (Mangala 7-og, Coutinho 23, petitions with a 2-1 win away to in six outings. admitted it would not be easy visitors’ second goal six minutes moves finished by the Brazilian Firmino 32, Skrtel 81) Watford in yesterday’s early kick- Tightened security checks were for his team to focus on football later, releasing Zlatan Ibrahimovic pair of Phillippe Coutinho and Playing Today off -- the first Premier League in place in Brittany, much like the following last week’s atrocities but with the Swede then squaring Roberto Firmino respectively. Tottenham vs West Ham (1600 GMT) match since the Paris terror rest of the country, just eight days said none of his players had asked for Matuidi to guide past Lorient City pulled a goal back before Playing Tomorrow attacks of November 13 which after terrorist attacks in Paris him to be left out of yesterday’s goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte the interval through Sergio Ague- Crystal Palace vs Sunderland (2000 GMT) killed 130 people. and by the Stade de France left squad. from close range. ro’s 20-yard effort, but Jurgen Everton ensured Aston Villa 130 people dead and more than However, the league leaders Sylvain Ripoll’s hosts had lost Klopp’s visitors had the last word Jimmy Dunne of Sheffield United stayed bottom of the table with 350 injured. were without Javier Pastore, just once since August and nearly when Liverpool defender Martin in the old First Division during a 4-0 win at Goodison Park, with As on Friday prior to Marco Verratti, Angel Di Maria find a way back into the contest Skrtel struck nine minutes from the 1931/32 season. Ross Barkley and Romelu Lukaku Nice’s 3-0 victory over Lyon, and Ezequiel Lavezzi due to injury when Raphael Guerreiro sent an time. Few would have tipped former scoring two goals apiece. France’s national anthem, ‘La while David Luiz was rested to effort just wide of Kevin Trapp’s England striker Vardy equalled non-league forward Vardy, who Stoke striker Bojan Krkic gave Marseillaise’, rang out around the protect his knee from Lorient’s right-hand post early into the Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record of scored just four goals last term, or his side a 1-0 win away to South- ground before a minute’s silence artificial surface. second half. scoring in 10 consecutive Premier Leicester to hit the heights they ampton while Swansea came from was observed in memory of the PSG had won on each of their Lorient did eventually pull one League games for his club by net- have both achieved this season. 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at home victims. last four visits to Lorient and back on 82 minutes as Cameroon ting Leicester’s opener in a 3-0 Leonardo Ulloa headed in the to Bournemouth, a heartening Eleven doves of peace were duly grabbed a 26th-minute striker Moukandjo, who now win over Newcastle during first- Foxes’ second goal in the 62nd result for under-fire manager released into the sky ahead of lead through academy product has five goals in his last three half stoppage-time at St James’ minute before Japanese substitute Garry Monk. Tottenham play kick-off, while PSG players wore Ongenda who poked home matches, headed in substitute Park. Shinji Okazaki assured Italian London rivals West Ham today, shirts adorned with the words “Je Gregory van der Wiel’s cross for Romain Philippoteaux’s cross but However, Vardy is still short manager Claudio Ranieri’s side of with tomorrow’s top flight match suis Paris” (I am Paris) below the his first goal in the French top it served as nothing more than a of all the time English top-flight victory seven minutes from time. between Crystal Palace and Sun- club crest. flight. consolation. record for goals in an unbroken Arsenal, who could have gone derland. PSG coach Laurent Blanc had Ongenda had a hand in the AFP run of 12 club matches set by top themselves, suffered a shock AFP Sublime Djokovic crushes Nadal to reach final in London LONDON: World number one ATP TOUR FINALS since their first meeting way back In front of 17,800-strong capac- Novak Djokovic pulled out a near- London: Results from the seventh day of in 2006. ity crowd, including football icon perfect performance as he downed the ATP Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena Nadal held a 23-22 edge in David Beckham, Djokovic quickly the resurgent Rafael Nadal 6-3, yesterday (x denotes seeding): his head-to-head record with took control as he unloaded a 6-3 in their World Tour Finals Singles Djokovic going into the match, string of searing winners to break last-four clash yesterday. Semi-finals but the Serb had won seven of in the second game. Djokovic was beaten by Roger Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt the last eight meetings, includ- It was an emphatic statement Federer in the group stages of the Rafael Nadal (ESP x5) 6-3, 6-3 ing the quarter-final victory that of intent and Djokovic backed up season-ending tournament, dis- ended the Spaniard’s long reign his early dominance with a flaw- Doubles puted on a hard court between as French Open champion earlier less display that gave him the first Semi-finals the year’s top eight players at this year. set with ease. London’s O2 Arena. Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea After a miserable 2015 cam- Nadal was staying in the con- (IND/ROU x8) bt Ivan Dodig/Marcelo Melo Spanish fifth seed Nadal won paign, Nadal had looked some- test, but on the big points, Djoko- (CRO/BRA x3) 6-4, 6-2 all three of his group matches to where close to his best over the vic was able to bring something reach the semi-finals but there last week as he moved into the extra to the contest. was little he could do to stop the “It was a great performance, no semi-finals with three successive In the second set, Djoko- defending champion in this sort doubt about that, from the very wins. vic broke again for a 3-2 lead, of form. beginning. I managed to execute But the world number five had stretching out for and salvaging Djokovic will play either Fed- the game plan, I was trying to not done his chances of defeating lost causes and beating his oppo- erer or his Swiss compatriot Stan be aggressive, dictate the play,” Djokovic any favours by engaging nent with pace and clever angles. Wawrinka, the French Open Djokovic said. in a bruising marathon victory Serving to stay in the match, champion, in today’s final. “He was playing some great over David Ferrer in a meaning- Nadal was forced to deuce as If the Serb lifts the trophy for a tennis during this week but I less group match just 24 hours Djokovic had the Mallorcan fifth time, he will become the first managed to pull out my best game earlier. scampering back and forth with player to win the Tour Finals four when it was needed the most.” While Nadal was pushing his drop shots and lobs. years in a row. While Federer and Nadal’s epic body to the limits, Djokovic was On match point, one last cross- Djokovic, the Australian, Wim- clashes down the years have led at home relaxing having finished court back-hand from Djokovic bledon and US Open champion, their rivalry to be regarded as the his group campaign on Thursday left Nadal flat-footed on the base- Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns to Spain’s Rafael Nadal during the hit 24 winners to nine from Nadal, sport’s must-see match-up, the and unsurprisingly there was line, sealing the match in an hour men’s singles semi-final match on day seven of the ATP World Tour who could not fashion a break Spaniard’s duels with Djokovic noticeably more zip to the Serb’s and 19 minutes. Finals tennis tournament in London yesterday. point throughout the match. have grown increasingly ferocious groundstrokes in the first set. AFP SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Al Attiyah prepares for ‘tough’ FIG’s high performance WTCC debut at Losail Circuit DOHA: Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (pictured) will make his FIA World Touring Car Championship debut when the 2015 season reaches a spectacular climax in his native Qatar for the inaugural WTCC night coaching course ‘a success’ race. This is what the Middle East sporting hero had to say ahead of the action getting underway at the Losail International Circuit. What does it mean to you that the WTCC is coming to Qatar? Men’s gymnastics in Qatar has come a long way, says Chris Evans “I was proud when I learned the WTCC would be coming to Qatar but I’m even more proud to say that I will be part of the action. It will DOHA: The International Gym- be real honour for me to represent my country when it hosts the FIA nastics Federation’s (FIG) week- World Touring Car Championship for the first time. Qatar has suc- long high performance coaching cessfully staged MotoGP events for a number of years and securing an course in Doha proved to be a FIA world championship will only enhance the country’s reputation hit with young enthusiasts of the as a sporting destination.” sport, FIG Expert Chris Evans How excited are you to be competing in the inaugural WTCC said. Race of Qatar? Hosted by Qatar Gymnas- “I’m very excited because this is something I’ve never done before. I tics Federation (QGF), the FIG really want to see the top drivers racing in my own country and to be course featured 21 coaches from a part of it. Most of the drivers I know really well, people like Sebast- Asian and African countries. ien Loeb from rallying, (Jose Maria) Lopez from when I have been to “We were running an FIG Argentina. It’s an important race. The WTCC coming to my country Academy coach education pro- is really good and I’m really excited about this.” gramme. The aim was to bring Are you expecting a tough challenge? a lot of knowledge from a lot of “Of course it will not be easy because I have not raced a World Tour- knowledgeable people to as many ing Car before or in front-wheel drive for that matter. But I have the coaches as we can,” Evans said opportunity to be in this championship for one round, I realise it will yesterday. not be easy but I will do my best to enjoy and maybe try to be in the “The knowledge is centred top eight in the races.” around looking after the gym- You are obviously very experienced when it comes to rallying nasts. So that means we try to Qatar Gymnastics Federation (QGF) President Ali Al Hitmi is seen with FIG Expert Chris Evans and participants but how much circuit racing have you done during your career? look after the gymnasts, make who featured in an FIG Coaching Course, at Best Western Hotel Plus, in Doha. PICS: BAHER AMIN “Actually I did a few years ago the Porsche Cup in GT3. It was really sure they recover well from an nice and I enjoy a lot. It was one season but then I was really so busy injury, if they get injured,” he with rallying and the cross-country so it was not possible to do more.” added. “They learn the correct the World Championships. Qatar “I think a Qatari gymnast What’s your target for WTCC Race of Qatar? skills at the correct time. It was gymnastics can improved further, came 40th on the pommels. That “Of course I want to get the experience of the World Touring Car very much an athlete centred role definitely,” he added. doesn’t sound very good but 40th Championship and to finish the two races. But I also want to push but we give them a lot of practi- “They are developing more in the world on the pommels is myself to the limit for this kind of race. I know the Losail Interna- cal coach education. It is a lot of gymnastics training centers in actually surprisingly good. I would tional Circuit really well and this will be maybe the key to having a sports science theory that they Qatar. There are three centers at be very proud of that,” Evans good weekend. And while I want to be competitive, my objectives will need,” Evans said. the moment. The more centres added. be different to my rivals: I’m an ambassador for Middle East motor “We’ve been working with some they have, the better gymnasts When asked to comment about sport and I’ll be doing all I can to further highlight Qatar’s position of the coaches from here and some they will have. They have got Qatar hosting the 48th FIG Artis- on the motor sport map.” of them from around the region. very good resources particularly tic Gymnastics World Champion- It’s been a great 2015 for you, yes? We were at the gymnastics hall. on the sports medicine side and ships in 2018, Evans said he ‘had “Absolutely! I am really very happy. To win Dakar, then the FIA We’ve worked with all the partici- the sports science side and that’s no worries’. Cross Country World Cup, the FIA Middle East Rally Championship pating coaches,” Evans said. very good from our view point,” “I am sure Qatar will do a bril- again and the FIA WRC2 Championship it’s been a good year! I think Evans said passing on expert the Briton explained. liant job (hosting 2018 worlds). I have achieved a lot this year and we also have the WTCC to enjoy knowledge to newbies was mak- “These courses - there are Glasgow was an excellent worlds. in my own country. I am now looking ing ripple effect in the world of three levels and this was level 2. We go to Montreal in 2016. Am for somebody to help me collect the gymnastics. This is geared for high perform- sure Qatar will do a wonder- trophies I will get at the FIA Prize- “The FIG’s aim is to develop the Qatar Gymnastics Federation ance. We also do a foundation’s ful job. I say that because of the Giving Ceremony in Paris.” sport of gymnastics world-wide. (QGF) President Ali Al Hitmi with course that offers basic info. We resources Qatar is happy to put Are you still active in skeet So that’s what we are aiming FIG Expert Chris Evans. are trying to develop high level into sports and present it to the shooting and what are the chances to do. We try to support all the of gymnastics here and in many world,” Evans said. of an appearance at the 2016 countries that need support and ahead in the right direction with other countries. “I have no fear that they won’t Olympic Games in Rio? we help them with as much info young boys leading the way. “It is fair to say that at the do a good job. Gymnastics is con- “I am doing a lot of practice. I have they need. We are trying to get a “I was here in 2008. That was World Championships in Glasgow tinuing to develop at the global an event in February 2016, which common standard for everyone,” my first visit then. I’d say men’s - there were a lot more gymnasts stage. At the Olympic stage, there will be the qualifying event for Rio. Evans said. gymnasts has come a long way. than ever before. There were 560 are two most watch events - one My dream is to go for the Olympics “So at the end of the day, all They have done very well. The gymnasts at the 2014 worlds. A is the men’s 100m and then the because it will be my sixth time in the gymnasts are safe and well looked women’s game is starting to lot of gymnasts now come from women’s gymnastics final. There’s Olympics representing my country after. develop,” Evans said. nations you wouldn’t expect. Some a huge market in north America Qatar and after getting the bronze “We promote the sport to the “It is not ahead of the men’s of the South American countries and in Asia,” he added. medal in London 2012 my target is best of our ability,” Evans said game but it is doing incredibly and the Middle East nations are to achieve a really high level in Rio.” Evans said Qatar was moving well. They had a competitor at beginning to produce gymnasts. THE PENINSULA AGENCIES WTCC set to make history at Losail Circuit

DOHA: The chase for FIA World mates. It’s a new race for us and of finishing 2015 as the leading Touring Car Championship suc- will be very interesting. I have Honda driver. cess reaches its climax in Qatar seen the track from the MotoGP Like Loeb and Muller, Michelisz later this week when the curtain races and it looks nice. Hopefully is embroiled in a close fight for comes down on a 2015 season we’ll have a great weekend and a WTCC glory. The Hungarian is jam-packed with action, drama, fantastic fight once again.” seven points ahead of Morocco’s excitement and the odd dose of Two of his team-mates who will Mehdi Bennani in the Yokohama controversy. be among the drivers taking cen- Drivers’ Trophy. With Losail International Cir- tre stage at the highly-acclaimed Although Michelisz has claimed cuit staging the WTCC’s maiden MotoGP venue on 27 November. two more class wins than Bennani, night race and the championship’s Just five points separate three of Bennani’s six triumphs first visit to the Middle East, an Frenchmen Sebastien Loeb and have come in the last four races, historic occasion awaits. Yvan Muller in the battle for sec- while Michelisz hasn’t won since It’s been 264 days since Jose ond place in the final standings mid-September, increasing the Maria Lopez got his title defence with Loeb, the nine-time world prospect of a wide-open contest. off to a flying start with a popular rally champion turned WTCC While Bennani and Michelisz will home win in his native Argentina. contender, in the ascendency. be focused on claiming the Yoko- By claiming his ninth victory of While Muller, a quadruple hama Drivers’ Trophy, Ma Qing the campaign in Thailand earlier WTCC title-holder, faltered with Hua is on course to finish fourth this month, the Citroen driver two non-finishes in Thailand, in the final table following the made it back-to-back WTCC Loeb inherited his fourth win Chinese pilot’s podium brace in crowns. of the year following Portuguese Thailand where the going proved And another triumph in Qatar driver Tiago Monteiro’s exclusion tough for LADA. would equal his record of 10 wins due to a technical infringement. Although Briton Rob Huff pro- Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation President Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah poses for a picture with officials in one season set in 2014. With a future in cross-country duced two battling performances of FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) at Paul Ricard Circuit in this June 2015 file photo. “Sometimes you need to put rallying planned, Qatar could be to snatch 16 points and climb to more pressure on yourself to get a Loeb’s WTCC farewell. eighth in the title table, team- bit more,” said Lopez. “I am a lit- Monteiro’s misfortune means mates Nicky Catsburg (Neth- Hugo Valente became embroiled behind fellow Chevrolet privateer Singapore Grands Prix, which tle more relaxed now I have won he will face a tall order in WTCC erlands) and Nicolas Lapierre in a separate incident on the Tom Chilton (Great Britain). required drivers to adjust their the title but I don’t race for the DHL Race of Qatar if he’s to beat (France) were eliminated – along opening lap in Thailand so will be Chilton has sought advice from body clocks. records, I race to enjoy in a fan- Gabriele Tarquini (Italy) and with Dutchman Tom Coronel – in hoping for better fortune in Qatar younger brother about racing at tastic team with fantastic team- Norbert Michelisz to the honour a first-corner clash in race one. where he starts a solitary point night: Chilton Jr took part in two AGENCIES THE TRACK DETAILS THE PROGRAMME THIS WEEK Name: Losail International Circuit Thursday 26 November 21h15: Pit lane closed Location: Al Wusail, North Relief Road 11h00-22h00: Media Accreditation Centre opens 21h25: Five-minute board displayed Website: www.circuitlosail.com, www.qmmf.com 11h30-23h00: Media Centre open 21h30: WTCC Race 1 (12 laps) Length: 5.380 kilometres 12h30-13h00: WTCC Testing 22h05 (approx.): WTCC podium Race 1 Race distance: 2 x 12 laps 19h00-19h30: WTCC Free Practice 1 22h15: WTCC refuelling time starts Lap record (qualifying and race): To be established 21h30-22h00: WTCC Free Practice 2 22h20: OSCARO.com WTCC repair time starts WTCC appearances: None (Qatar is hosting the WTCC for the first time) Friday 27 November 22h20: Pit lane open Time zone: GMT +3 hours 13h30-23h00: Media Accreditation Centre open 22h30: Pit lane closed Sunrise/sunset: 05h59/16h43 (Friday 27 November) 13h30-until the last journalist leaves Average temperature: 22°C-29°C (for November) 15h00-15h20: WTCC Qualifying Q1 22h35: Five-minute board displayed The venue: Opened in 2004, the Losail International Circuit can operate for 24 hours a day thanks to a state-of-the-art 15h25-15h35: WTCC Qualifying Q2 22h40: WTCC Race 2 (12 laps) floodlighting system. An ever-present on the MotoGP calendar since its inauguration, the rack hosted the 2006 Grand Prix 23h15 (approx.): WTCC podium Race 2 Masters of Qatar, which was won by Nigel Mansell. The track is located 20 kilometres from the Qatari capital Doha and 30 15h40 (pit lane opens): WTCC Qualifying Q3 kilometres from the city’s international airport. 16h10 (approximately): WTCC post-qualifying press conference (Media 23h30 (approximately): WTCC post-race press conference (Media Cen- The timetable: Centre). Fastest three overall and quickest Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy tre). Top three drivers and winning Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy contender contender will be in attendance. One additional driver may also be invited from each race will be in attendance. Additional drivers may be invited All the track action will be contained within a two-day period with Testing and Free Practice 1 and 2 scheduled for Thurs- day 26 November with, uniquely, qualifying and the two 12-lap races timetabled on a Friday to coincide with the Arabic 19h30-20h30: Pit Walk Timings are provisional and subject to change. Additional activities may weekend when television audiences in Europe, Central and South America will be at their peak. 21h05: Pit lane open be arranged. Sunday 22 November 2015 10 Safar 1437 Volume 20 Number 6622 Sport Price: QR2 FIFA wants Stage set for action against WTCC history Blatter, Platini at Losail Circuit

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 El Jaish crush Al Arabi; Al Gharafa end win drought QSL: Armymen score two goals in each half for 4-0 triumph; Al Gharafa down Al Sailiya for much-needed victory

DOHA: El Jaish consolidated frame to push the ball onto the their second position at the Qatar post. The final ten minutes ended Stars League (QSL) points table as they began as both sides played when they crushed Al Arabi 4-0 an open game but Arabi simply in their Round 9 match at Al couldn’t break through a resolute Arabi Stadium yesterday. El Jaish defence. The Armymen took their The result saw Al Arabi move time to wake but once they did down to fifth in the QSL. Al Arabi simply couldn’t keep In other match yesterday at up with them. Two goals scored Al Wakrah Stadium, Al Gharafa on either side of the break by El ended their drought after defeat- Jaish was enough to destroy Ara- ing Al Sailiya 3-1. bi’s spirits as the soldiers took all Before this match Gharafa had three points and thereby kept the endured five matches without a pressure on Al Rayyan. win, which included three losses. Both sides came out of the This slump of form also resulted traps playing an open and free in the club parting ways with flowing game, however, there was their head coach Pericles Cha- little to show for it after the first musca. 25 minutes with neither side reg- Al Arabi’s Abdullah Hassan (left) and El Jaish’s Ali Sanad vie for the ball possession during their Qatar Stars League match at Al Arabi Stadium yesterday. Al Gharafa were playing this istering a chance of note. RIGHT: El Jaish’s Mohamed Abdula Methnani (left) and Al Arabi’s Sergio Dutra Junior vie for the ball possession during the match. Pics: Abdul Basit match under the guidance of their But on the half hour mark El reserve head coach Habib Sadeq. Jaish finally came alive, as Isa’s The first half ended with Al cross was cleared by Al Arabi a crack at goal but his shot was After the restart, Al Arabi sent his shot low and past the med Methnani got himself on Gharafa in a commanding 3-1 defender Rod Fanni, the ball fell deflected to his fellow country- seemed to be handling El Jaish’s sprawling keeper (54’). the scoresheet when he sent in lead with no goals scored in the to El Jaish’s Abdelraouf who did man Romarinho who from close pressure and also mounting their Al Arabi finally registered a another long range effort from final session. well with a powerful low shot range made no mistake for the own credible attack but with only good chance in the 72nd minute a central position on edge of the Masoud Mohammad Reza (25) from 25 meters out which nestled Soldier’s second of the night (33’). one holding midfielder, the ‘dream when Ashkan sent in a cross from box. Abdul Aziz Abdulla (38) and in the bottom left corner (29’). Zola looked a worried man as team’ again came unstuck. the right and Al Emadi was at the Then on 79th minute Boualem Alain Dioko were the scorers for El Jaish now pressed home Al Arabi went into the tunnel at The Uzbek Rashidov found far post with a lunging effort that Khoukhi hit a powerful freekick the winning team. their advantage when a low cross half time two goals down and with himself through on goal and with went just over the bar. at goal and Jaish’s keeper -Khalifa found Wagner in the box, he had no real chances to speak of. only the keeper to beat; he coolly In the 75th minute Moham- had to use every inch of his rangy THE PENINSULA Al Rayyan hungry for more victories as Qatar SC look for turnaround

DOHA: Leading the Qatar Stars League (QSL) points table with eight victories in a row, mighty Al Rayyan will not take the strug- gling Qatar SC lightly as they target yet another victory, today at Al Sadd Stadium. At a pre-match press con- ference yesterday, Al Rayyan’s head coach Jorge Fossati hoped his team would come with an improved show after a two-week break. “We have used this inter- national break to work on two aspects. We first focused on the physical fitness of the players and in the second phase we worked on the tactical and technical aspect of the game,” said Al Rayyan Al Rayyan’s head coach Jorge Fossati (right) during a press conference coach. on the eve of his team’s Qatar Stars League (QSL) match against Qatar “This match will be a tough one SC, yesterday in Doha. for us. Qatar SC is going through a tough patch this season but they are the team that finished fourth fight and are keen to get maxi- be a good match and the players last time around.” mum points from this match,” he are looking forward to competing “I respect the Qatar SC team said. in such an intense atmosphere.” despite the difficult conditions “My players will have to capi- Meanwhile, third-placed Al they are experiencing currently. talise on any opportunity that Sadd are also looking for full But they are still a great team. comes their way and remain three points at their home game They have missed the services of focused at all times during the against Al Kharaitiyat. striker Hamdi Harboui but now match. We have to be at the very However, the team’s assistant they have found a good replace- top of our abilities if we want to coach Hisham Zahid said it would ment in Dagano. I also think that achieve the desired result. We not be an easy sailing for his side. bringing in former head coach will have to ensure that we do not “This is an important match for Lazaroni has been a good deci- make any individual mistakes and us. It will be a tough match too sion. He is capable of getting the work as a team.” because Kharaitiyat are a good team back on track.” “I believe that my players are team regardless of the results Fossati said maximum points is ready for this match and they they have achieved so far. We the only target for his team, going are willing to give it their all to will not be misled by Kharaitiyat’s into today’s match. get a win against such a power- lack of results because we know “At Rayyan we are looking to ful opponent. There is a strong the threat that they pose. We will win all matches and continue to desire from everyone in the team play to our strengths and look to lead the table. I am confident in to achieve a positive result from achieve a positive result,” he said. the ability of my players to main- this match.” “At Sadd we are always look- tain the good work they are doing “We believe that if we give it ing to play for titles and in order and continue getting the good our best then we are capable of to achieve that we need to win results that we have been able to defeating Rayyan. This is football. all the matches we can. So we achieve so far.” Nothing is impossible. This will will play with full concentration “We will be looking to win the and give it our all to achieve the match, which will give us the desired result and win the three three points and also our ninth QSL RESULTS points.” win in a row.” “Khalfan Ibrahim is a star foot- Qatar SC’s head coach Sebas- El Jaish bt Al Arabi 4-0 baller in Qatar. He is one of the tiao Lazaroni admitted a tough Al Gharafa bt Al Sailiya 3-1 sons of Al Sadd but whether he task ahead of his struggling side. TODAY’S FIXTURES stays or goes is a decision that “This match against Al Rayyan Lekhwiya vs Al Khor at rests with the team management. will be very difficult for us consid- Qatar SC Stadium (16:00) But I sincerely wish that Khalfan ering the strength of the oppo- Al Sadd vs Al Kharaitiyat at continues to stay with the team nent. They are currently at the Al Sadd Stadium (16:00) because he is one of the most tal- top of the standings and have won ented players we have.” Al Rayyan vs Qatar SC Stadium at Al Sadd eight games in a row. It will be Stadium (18:30) tough for us but we are up for the THE PENINSULA