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THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 • 22 Muharram 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6605 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir greets Education shouldn’t UAE President DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent a cable end at primary level, of congratulations to President of the UAE H H Sheikh Kha- lifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the anniversary of his accession to the throne. says Sheikha Moza QNA Afghan ‘Mother of Education’ wins WISE Award 41 killed in South Sudan plane crash By Fazeena Saleem must be considered in the implementation of the Framework for Action of the new JUBA: A Russian-built cargo DOHA: Well-known woman activist education Sustainable Development Goal, plane with passengers on board from Afghanistan Dr Sakena Yacoobi SDG 4, agreed upon last September.” crashed yesterday after taking off has walked away with the coveted fifth EAC (Educate a Child), launched in 2012, from the airport in South Sudan’s $500,000 ‘WISE Prize — a ‘Nobel’ for took up the mandate to develop interna- capital, killing at least 41, wit- Education’ — for working persistently to tional partnerships in order to address nesses said. An official said three rebuild her country’s educational land- the problem of lack of quality educational people on board survived. scape, devastated by decades of war. opportunities for out of school primary The precise death toll was H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser pre- aged children. EAC works in partnership not immediately clear after the sented the award to Yacoobi, fondly known and emphasises innovation, scale, and Antonov-12 B plane turbo prop as Afghanistan’s mother of education, at sustainability, to facilitate the fulfillment plane crashed soon after take the seventh World Innovation Summit for of children’s rights to education, Sheikha off, leaving chunks of wreckage, Education (WISE), which began at Qatar Moza said. H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, and US First Lady Michelle bodies and cargo strewn along a National Convention Centre yesterday. The “I am well aware that the education jour- Obama after presenting the $500,000 ‘WISE Prize to Afghanistan’s Dr Sakena Yacoobi at Qatar bank of the White Nile River. The award was presented during the opening ney does not and should not end with pri- National Convention Centre yesterday. Civil Aviation Authority said the plenary session of the summit in the pres- mary school and that there is a substantial number of dead was still being ence of US First Lady Michelle Obama. drop out rate as children transition from upper middle income countries. Therefore, to achieving the basic education target of counted. While inaugurating WISE 2015, Sheikha primary to secondary education. In fact, it is necessary to advocate for and build SDG goal 4. See also page 9 Moza said that education is under attack in we know that that in low income coun- effective mechanisms to ensure that the Continued on page 4 many places. “The issue of accountability tries, only 1 in 3 adolescents finish lower smooth transition from primary to second- and punishment for attacks on education secondary school as compared to 5 in 6 in ary education is a fundamental condition THE PENINSULA Bahrain arrests terrorist group

DUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday it had arrested 47 members of a Cabinet to prepare working plans for development programmes group believed to have links to “terrorist elements in Iran” who DOHA: The government yes- vision, reports Qatar News translated into practice. carry on the development proc- reviewed the Emir’s assertion it said were planning to carry out terday decided to prepare plans Agency (QNA). The PM chaired the cabinet’s ess in the coming phase on all on the necessity of achieving attacks in the coming days. and detailed programmes that The Prime Minister and regular weekly meeting at the fronts. financial and economic stabil- An interior ministry statement guarantee putting the directives Interior Minister H E Sheikh Emiri Diwan, which, at the The cabinet reviewed the ity by fostering competitiveness, carried by Bahrain’s state news of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Abdullah bin Nasser bin outset, reviewed the Emir’s Emir’s directives to the minis- monitoring prices, promoting agency BNA said a large number Hamad Al Thani, as enshrined Khalifa Al Thani directed the address to the Advisory Council ters and those working on the the role of the private sector of explosives and weapons had been in his address to the 44th ordi- ministers, each in their capacity, that contained important national development strategy and attracting investments. found in secret caches in residen- nary session of the Advisory to put plans in place and details directives. in and out of the state appara- Continued on page 4 tial areas of several villages. Council on Tuesday, into effect programmes which ensure that QNA said the Emir’s address tus in order to achieve its goals through a single, integrated the directives of the Emir are provided broad guidelines to through a working plan. It also THE PENINSULA REUTERS

HOME THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QM Culture Pass gets three new partners DOHA: Qatar Museums (QM) Ahmed Al Thani, Acting Head of arts and culture scene; oppor- has partnered with Doha Film Membership, QM, said: “Under tunities to attend exclusive, VIP Institute (DFI), Amlak and the visionary guidance of our exhibition openings; private tours Nuqat for its Culture Pass pro- Chairperson H E Sheikha Al of galleries and discounts of up to gramme. Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa 15 percent at QM cafes, gift shops Culture Pass members will be Al Thani, it gives us pleasure to and selected sites. offered free and discounted tick- partner with these three leading DFI CEO Fatma Al Remahi ets all year round to DFI events, organisations in Qatar to give said: “We are delighted to part- including its Ajyal Youth Film our Culture Pass members more ner with Culture Pass and other Festival, regular year-round benefits. The new partnerships cultural organisations in Qatar. screenings and Qumra event. will encourage further cultural Culture Pass allows its users to Amlak will offer discounts at exchange and inspire a culture fully embrace the burgeoning cul- some of its hotel and restaurants, of creativity and innovation in tural scene in Qatar and all of us including an extra night’s stay at Qatar.” at DFI look forward to welcom- Al Shaqab Hotel. The Culture Pass programme ing Culture Pass holders to our Nuqat will also offer Culture has successfully established roster of film events throughout Pass members discounts on all itself since its launch in May last the year.” Nuqat workshops and activities, year and in February welcomed The Culture Pass Programme including training programmes its 10,000th member. The pro- is free and open to all. It is aligned and cultural entertainment in gramme offers members benefits with QM’s vision of enriching the Arabic and English covering linked to cultural activities in lives of those living in and visiting visual, therapeutic, commercial Qatar, including access to work- Qatar and inspiring an indigenous and performing arts and creative shops that develop creative skills culture of creativity and innova- entrepreneurship. and explore exhibition themes; tion. Sheikha Nouf Mubarak Saif newsletters on latest in Qatar’s THE PENINSULA

Oman’s Sultanate ship crew visit Katara DOHA: The crew of the Omani ship, Sultanate has visited Katara in its fourth stop as part of its ‘Sail of cooperation 2015 to GCC countries’ voyage. Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti accompanied members of the crew on a tour of facilities at Katara and introduced them to upcoming projects. Dr Al Sulaiti praised the level The members of the crew and officials. of cultural cooperation between Katara and Oman shown by hold- sailors of the dhow. “We are proud the UK, Germany, Hungary, Aus- ing cultural events and activities. to visit this cultural edifice. It is tralia, Uruguay, South Africa, the The Fath Al Kheir 2 dhow on a cultural landmark in Qatar and Netherlands, Canada and Czech historic voyage docked at Sur port the GCC countries,” said ship cap- Republic on board. Omani Ambas- in Oman on its way to India and tain Commodore Saif bin Nasser sador Mohammed bin Nasser Al will have another stop in Muscat Al Rahabi on their visit to Katara. Wahaibi praised Katara’s efforts in its return to Doha. He praised The ship docked at Doha port and the unique reception for the the reception ceremony organised while carrying youngsters from crew. in Oman for the ship captain and GCC countries and affiliates in THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Greeting cables Transport Ministry sent to UAE We need honest conversation launches website DOHA: Minister of Transport President H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti yesterday launched the minis- DOHA: Deputy Emir H H try’s website. He said the move Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al on girls’ education: Michelle is part of the ministry’s keenness Thani yesterday sent a cable of to implement standards and defi- congratulations to UAE President nition of e-government and use H H Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Continued from page 1 the Internet, programmes and Nahyan on the anniversary of his “As we meet here today, another meeting systems in the best way possible. accession to the throne. is taking place in Paris to approve this action He said the website provides Prime Minister and Interior plan. This adoption must result in real chances a comprehensive portal for the Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah to consolidate our commitment and efforts to ministry’s services to activate bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani find new practical methods capable of achiev- community interaction, stress- sent a similar cable to the presi- ing our priorities. One thing we know for cer- ing the ministry’s role in regulat- dent. tain, the SDGs seem like a dream in MENA ing and developing the transport where we experience the nightmarish sensa- sector in line with Qatar national tion of falling backwards, where our schools Vision 2030. Qatar’s Unesco have been turned into cemeteries, and our stu- Al Sulaiti said the ministry dents and teachers into refugees,” she added. plans to launch a new window post bid backed Announcing the WISE Prize laureate, on the website for e-services to Sheikha Moza said: “This year’s laureate is make its services more accessible DOHA: The ministers of cul- distinguished by her determination to bring for the public. The website pro- ture in the Islamic world have education to her fellow citizens in the most vides an interactive platform for wished success to Qatar’s can- adverse conditions of war and occupation. communication with the public didate Minister of Culture, Arts From refugee camps to secret night schools, through social media to receive and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin and often at great personal risk, she estab- suggestions and notices and Abdulaziz Al Kuwari for the posi- lished a network of organisations that provide swiftly respond to them to build tion of Unesco secretary-general general education and public health education. a strong relationship with society. in 2017. While her work focuses on girls and women, The ministry is increasingly This came at the end of the it also benefits boys and men. Millions have having a presence on social net- ninth Islamic Conference of Cul- benefited from her optimism.” works such as Facebook, Twitter, ture Ministers over three days in Dr Yacoobi’s work started two decades ago Instagram and YouTube. Oman under the theme ‘Towards in Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. She Intermediary Developmental trained teachers, opened schools for children, H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser opens World Summit for Education (WISE) 2015. AISHA AL SADA Culture for the Advancement of and learning centres for women. She launched 2003-2005 Toyota Islamic Societies’. Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) in 1995 to 1,250 experts, government and non-govern- Meanwhile, exploring some of the key fac- Al Kuwari expressed appre- carry on work. Her primary objective was to ment representatives and entrepreneurs from tors affecting education access around the RAV4 recalled ciation and gratitude to the improve and innovate teacher training. 120 countries. world, Education Above All (EAA) convened ministers for their noble stance, AIL has brought education and health serv- Michelle, speaking at the plenary session, panels addressing two factors — poverty and DOHA: The Ministry of Econ- promising to continue efforts to ices to at least 12 million beneficiaries in rural called on the world community to fund and quality. Against the backdrop of SDGs rein- omy and Commerce has recalled obtain the post. and marginalised areas of Afghanistan. promote how to bring a change and support forcing the importance of education’s role in 2003- 2005 models of Toyota The final communique at More recently, Dr Yacoobi opened private girls’ education. “If we truly want to get girls the development agenda, speakers from gov- RAV4 due to defect in inflat- the conclusion of the meeting schools under her name to provide high quality into our classrooms, then we need to have an ernment, NGOs and multilateral organisations able airbags for the driver’s seat praised efforts of member states affordable education. She also set up a radio honest conversation about how we view and addressed timely and relevant topics via the device. in cultural fields towards achiev- station and her plans include the creation of a treat women in our societies and this conver- platform of EAA’s programmes. The ministry said the move ing the intellectual and cul- television network and a university for women. sation needs to happen in every country on During a session organised by EAA’s Edu- in collaboration with Abdullah tural renaissance of the Islamic “With this prize, we know that we can con- this planet, including my own,” she said. cate A Child programme on poverty, ‘Cur- Abdul Ghani Company, agent of nation, urging them to continue tinue to educate more and more Afghans, giv- Her speech focused on her ‘Let Girls Learn’ rent Education Financing Mechanisms and Toyota’s cars, is within the frame- efforts to implement decisions ing them hope and encouraging them to go initiative, which encourages world leaders to Promising Options’, speakers discussed the work of the ministry’s efforts of the conference to address the forward no matter what they are facing. It provide education opportunities to an esti- issue of financing education. Moderated by Dr to make sure car agents com- needs and priorities of member is such a great gift to me, and I dedicate the mated 62 million girls globally who do not Nick Burnett, Managing Director, Results for ply with regulations concerning states and their public policies prize to AIL and all women, men and children attend school. Development, speakers included Julia Gillard, maintenance of vehicles and fix- in the field. we are educating,” said Dr Yacoobi on receiv- “When girls are young they are often seen Board Chair, Global Partnership for Educa- ing defects and its endeavours to The GCC ministers of culture ing the award. WISE 2015, the two-day Sum- simply as children but when they hit adoles- tion; Ichiro Miyazawa, Unesco Bangkok; Nadia protect consumer rights. had also reaffirmed support for mit is being held under the theme ‘Investing cence and start to develop into women they Bernasconi, Norwegian Refugee Council, Louis The ministry urged all consum- Qatar’s candidate at the conclu- for Impact: Quality Education for Sustainable are suddenly subject to all of their society’s Falcy, International Rescue Committee; and ers to report any irregularities by sion of their 21st meeting in Doha and Inclusive Growth.’ bias around gender. That is precisely when international consultant Claire Trainar. communicating the Consumer last month. The opening ceremony was also attended they start to fall behind in their education,” Protection Department. QNA by Gabon First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba, added Michelle. THE PENINSULA QNA Cabinet approves draft law on land transport of dangerous materials

Continued from page 1 conditions of granting licences eration and integration in the After that, the Cabinet to transport vehicles, fees for field of earthquakes and geo- reviewed topics on the agenda licence issuance, expiry and can- physics between Civil Aviation and took a set of decisions and cellation, and insurance of cross Authority (Qatar Meteorology measures. border transport of dangerous Department) and Kuwait Insti- It approved a draft law on materials. tute for Scientific Research. land transport of dangerous The Cabinet endorsed an It also endorsed draft agree- materials, with the bill includ- Emiri draft decision on Hamad ments between the government ing provisions related to regula- Port that specified the marine of Qatar and the governments tions of practising land transfer borders of the port according of Venezuela and Cuba to waive of dangerous materials, condi- to the map and coordinates visa for holders of diplomatic, tions of practising the work attached to the decision. special and service passports. of transport provider, types of In addition, the Cabinet rati- licences, duties of the licensees, fied a draft agreement on coop- THE PENINSULA

RAF earmarks QR1m for urgent relief for 66,000 quake-hit people in Pakistan DOHA: Sheikh Thani bin Abdul- lah Foundation for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has earmarked QR1m to provide urgent relief to 66,000 quake-affected people in Pakistan. A powerful tremor rocked southwest Pakistan early last Wednesday damaging several homes and leaving thousands of people hapless. RAF began distributing relief materials in collaboration with a British charity organisation and some local partners, to disaster- affected villages and cities in Baluchistan, Northwest Frontier (Pakhtunkhawah), Punjab and Sindh provinces. RAF launched a drive on Some of the beneficiaries with relief packets. November 1 to provide relief to 11,000 families comprising 66,000 and some spices in addition to danger due to severe cold wave people. It targets people severely cleaning substances. and lack of proper food as the affected people in Dera Ismail It is enough for one month. The winter season began. Children are Khan, Lahore, Karachi, Jhang, distribution began on November 1. in more danger and might suffer Khuzdar and Tharparkar, among The earthquake claimed 258 from cold. other places. lives and over 1,500 sustained Thousands are forced to spend A survey was conducted to major injuries. shivering nights under open sky select families for aid. Priority At least, 8,453 homes and 113 where the temperature dipped is being given to families having schools were demolished in the near to frozen point because they widows, orphans, left without northwestern part of the coun- could not go back to their homes breadwinners, small children and try, said a report posted on RAF damaged by the earthquake. senior citizens and people with website. Blankets and tents are needed special needs. Rescue works continue to save on urgently basis for the survival Relief package includes basic the lives of people stranded in of the displaced people there. ration materials like flour, rice, some areas. lentils, edible oils, sugar, salt, milk Some displaced people are in THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 HMC hosts Qatar Orthopaedic Research Day Joint stock company DOHA: Hamad Medical Cor- tinual clinical research, surgical Dr Talal Ibrahim, Chair, poration (HMC) hosted the sec- training and medical education. Research and Audit Commit- ond annual Qatar Orthopaedic “We are driven by the key tee and Senior Consultant at Research Day to support high- principle to teach and learn. The the department, said: “The day for education proposed quality research and discuss annual day is guided by this idea aims to create an environment to innovative ideas in injury and so we are able to implement evi- foster orthopaedic research. We illness prevention. dence-based practices and offer hope participants have learned Following the success of the the best possible care to patients. key elements in research which QC calls to involve school owners, Qatari investors first event, this year’s day had Research and education efforts will enhance the quality of ortho- the theme ‘Outcome Measures of the department are rooted in paedic research locally.” DOHA: The Qatar Chamber in Orthopaedic Surgery’. improving health outcomes for Dr Al Dosari said the day will (QC) has proposed to set up Over 100 healthcare profes- the population of Qatar.” consolidate the department’s a joint stock company involv- sionals, including senior consult- He said many injuries observed research efforts and foster col- ing private school owners and ants, specialists and residents in in orthopaedic surgery can be laboration between HMC and potential Qatari investors to run orthopaedic surgery convened at prevented easily. “The depart- world’s leading international cen- educational projects and attract the event which showcased 12 ment is advocating injury pre- tres of excellence. He said there foreign schools to the country. research and audit projects. vention rather than treatment. has been constant collaboration The proposal was raised by a The day featured Dr James This is part of our commitment between the department and project team at the seventh meet- Wright, a world-renowned expert to contribute to the safety of the the key speaker from last year’s ing of QC’s education committee in orthopaedic surgery and Sen- environment around us by teach- research day, Professor Mohit on Tuesday which also discussed ior Research Fellow University of ing staff and educating the public Bhandari, an expert in orthopae- issues related to private schools. Oxford. He has held key research on ways to prevent injury.” dic surgery from McMaster Uni- Many foreign schools are Qatar Chamber’s education committee holding a meeting on Tuesday. titles and is a former associate He said this is evident through versity, Canada. being established in Qatar tak- editor of Journal of Bone and Joint the department’s efforts to pre- “We also conducted research ing advantage of the favourable Surgery in the US. vent child diseases and road traf- clinics at the department earlier government policy but some are their institutions according to up the issue with the Minister of Dr Mohammed Al Ateeq Al fic safety, which are two national this year and a research course taking their profits abroad, the international standards. Education and Higher Education Dosari, Head of the Orthopaedic priority areas. Another major for orthopaedic residents and committee noted, underlining the Some members expressed dis- for a review of the accreditation Surgery Department and Direc- area the department is looking specialists in October, which was need for a Qatari-owned venture appointment over reports in a period to limit to one academic tor of the Bone and Joint Centre, into is the prevalence of osteoar- led by Professor Bhandari,” Dr Al to run such institutions. section of newspapers that 168 year and focus on academic effi- HMC, said the event reflects the thritis, one of the most common Dosari added. Not only that such schools are private schools failed to obtain ciency and student results. commitment of the department to in the older population and causes not contributing to the Qatari academic accreditation by the A member said the committee achieve excellence through con- joints to become painful. THE PENINSULA economy, they are also having a Supreme Education Council. presented its studies about school negative impact on the Qatari Failure of these schools was fees to the Minister and discussed identity, language and religion, due to issues related to formali- the issue with an official and was said the committee. ties, not because of academic awaiting the final decision. The meeting stressed the reasons, they claimed. Academic The panel felt that a section importance of encouraging accreditation should be based on of the media has been targeting Qatari investment in the private students’ achievement in inter- private schools and generalising education sector. The committee national tests and their academic isolated cases. This is distorting assigned the team to study the efficiency. Some expatriate par- the image of private schools in matter and submit recommenda- ents wrote a negative report that general. tions in the next meeting. prevented these schools from get- The committee decided to meet Mohammed bin Ahmed Tawar ting accreditation, they observed. editors-in-chief of local newspa- Al Kuwari, QC’s Vice-Chairman Participants said a major prob- pers and heads of their business and Head of the committee, said lem for accreditation is the long sections to sort out the issue. private school owners have the waiting (18 months) for results. potential and capability to develop The committee decided to take THE PENINSULA Disney’s Beauty and The Beast to be staged from December 10 DOHA: Disney’s Beauty and The Beast original Broadway musical will be staged from December 10 to 19 at Qatar National Conven- tion Centre (QNCC) Theatre. The show is part of an inter- national tour of Asia and the Middle East to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It is brought to Doha by Disney Theatrical Produc- tions, Broadway Entertainment Group and NETworks Presenta- tions in cooperation with Qatar’s Premium Events. “We are happy that the first original Broad- way musical coming to Doha is Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Qatar has been waiting for this A scene from Disney’s Beauty and The Beast. show for long and we are proud to make that happen,” says Premium Events’ Christoph Helbig. Beast premiered on Broadway in the Beast, who is a young prince Main sponsor, Qatar Tourism 1994, where it was nominated for trapped in a spell placed by an Authority (QTA), is supporting nine Tony Awards and ran for 13 enchantress. If the Beast can learn Beauty and The Beast as one of years. Since licensing of the title to love and be loved, the curse will the standout entertainment expe- began in 2004, there have been end and he will be transformed to riences of the year. This is part of productions in 22 countries, seen his former self. But time is run- QTA’s mission to plan, regulate, by over 35 million people, trans- ning out. If the Beast does not develop and promote sustainable lated into eight languages with learn his lesson soon, he and his tourism in Qatar to drive eco- over 28,000 performances, equiva- household will be doomed for eter- nomic growth and enable family- lent to a run of 67 years, generat- nity. Tickets are on sale at Virgin focused recreation. ing over $1.7bn in revenue. Megastores and online at tickets. Based on the 1991 Academy- Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is virginmegastore.me. Award-winning animated feature the classic story of Belle, a young film, Disney’s Beauty and The woman in a provincial town, and THE PENINSULA

Qatar Tourism Authority to open office in Milan by month-end DOHA: Qatar Tourism Author- ity (QTA) will open a representa- tive office in Milan, Italy, at the end of this month. The launch of QTA’s sixth office overseas is part of its efforts to promote Qatar abroad, said Rashed Al Qurese, Chief Market- ing and Promotions Officer. QTA’s strategy to reaffirm Qatar’s position on the global map of destinations places emphasis on the European market, a source market to over half of the world’s 1.18 billion tourists, according to UNWTO figures. Other repre- sentative offices are in London, Paris, Berlin, Riyadh and Singa- pore. QTA’s strategy places emphasis on the European market. “There are factors that make this the right time to open our between five and six hours. visit countries to seek cultural office in Milan, key among them He made his comments at experiences. In promoting Qatar is the number of Qatar Airways World Travel Market, the larg- as a destination abroad, protect- flights to and from Milan rising to est travel show in the world, ing and perpetuating our culture, five a day, which will help a great which drew over 50,000 travel traditions and heritage are always deal in encouraging Italian visi- trade, consumer and media visi- at the front of mind,” he added. tors to choose Qatar,” Al Qurese tors on its first day. “QTA targets said, adding the trip to Italy is discerning world travellers, who THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Talk on translation between HMC to mark Medical Physics Day DOHA: More than 150 healthcare pro- Dr Al Naomi said: “More than half of fessionals at Hamad Medical Corporation medical physicists work as part of the (HMC) will gather to mark International healthcare team in radiotherapy and Day of Medical Physics on November 7 and their contribution is crucial for radiation education and evaluation held 8, which aims to raise awareness about the oncology. This highly skilled and trained role medical physicists play in patient care. healthcare workforce deals with some of Algerian expert focuses on analysis of translation Delegates will also attend a workshop the most complex equipment of our time on the international theme for this year — and we want to focus the global attention DOHA: The Translation comparison of vocabulary tive Director, TII, said: “One ‘Better Medical Physics = Better Cancer to this important contribution of medical and Interpreting Institute between languages. of our main objectives since Care in Radiation Oncology’. physicists to healthcare.” (TII) at Hamad Bin Kha- She emphasised that a our establishment in 2012 is “On this day, we honour work of more OHS regularly holds radiation safety lifa University, a member of modern translator not only to spread awareness about than 150 healthcare professionals, including courses for radiation workers across HMC Qatar Foundation for Edu- works with two language the importance of the field medical physicists, biomedical engineers, and from other healthcare facilities. This cation, Science and Commu- systems, but also deals with of translation, which is rela- radiographers, oncologists, radiologists, is part of the workers’ licensing procedure nity Development, hosted a linguistic, literary, cultural, tively new in Qatar. nuclear medicine specialists, technicians and ensures they are fully qualified to public talk on ‘Translation historical, social and psy- “We also aim to establish and radiation safety officers,” said Dr handle radiation and radioactive materi- between Education and chological parameters when a platform for exchange of Huda Al Naomi, Executive Director, als. Last year, the OHS Department intro- Evaluation’. conducting work. ideas and knowledge specific HMC’s Occupational Health and Safety duced HMC’s Physicist of the Year Award It was presented by Dr Dr Bayoud demonstrated to our region, one that can (OHS) Department and Vice-President, to recognise contribution of individuals who Inaam Bayoud (pictured), various methodologies used build bridges between aca- Middle East Federation of Organisations have made a significant mark in the science Director, Arab Higher Insti- by the modern professional demics, employers and the of Medical Physics (MEFOMP). of radiation. tute for Translation in Alge- translator and addressed community. The department, in collaboration with “Without a clinically qualified medical ria, a member of Association how the role of the translator “The Annual Transla- MEFOMP and European Federation physicist, implementation of medical radi- of Arab Universities. ence in itself, for which is evolving in an increasingly tion Conference we host is of Organisations of Medical Physics, is ation procedures can lead to the patient Dr Bayoud focused on the modern translation experts digitised world. an opportunity we offer to organising the workshop in observance receiving an incorrect dose which can jeop- analysis of translation in the have put forward theories The talk is one of oppor- professionals, academics, of the event, which was initiated by ardise the success of the medical treatment contemporary world, in the and definitions, establishing tunities offered by TII to students and the general International Organisation for Medical or the quality of diagnosis. presence of professionals in this science’s characteristics, professionals, academics, community to meet and Physics (IOMP). “Medical staff and the public might also the field of translation, stu- principles and standards.” students and members of the communicate with experts of The IOMP has chosen the birthday be in danger of inadvertent or unnecessary dents of TII, and members of She stressed the need public to meet and engage translation and linguistics,” of famed physicist and chemist Marie radiation exposure. In extreme cases, this the public. to overcome the narrow with experts in the fields of he added. Sklodowska-Curie on November 7, as the could lead to a serious accident,” said Dr Dr Bayoud said: “Criti- description given to trans- translation and languages. international day in recognition of her Al Naomi. cism of translation is a sci- lation in the past as only a Dr Amal Al Malki, Execu- THE PENINSULA pioneering research on radioactivity. THE PENINSULA Think Pink Day Unstable weather with scattered rains likely from Saturday to November 12

DOHA: Unstable weather likely be between 29 and is likely from Saturday 32 degrees C in Doha until November 12 during and the mercury levels at In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, students of the Senior Class which movement of clouds night are expected to be Office at DeBakey High School – Qatar organised a ‘Think Pink Day’ and held a could be associated with between 25 and 27. Tem- fundraiser for cancer awareness and prevention. Pink ribbons were distributed, scattered rains. peratures could decrease a students were encouraged to wear pink tops, and students raised funds through A special bulletin issued little (maximum from 27 to by the Met Office yesterday 29 and minimum to 25 on bake sale, photo booth sessions and handcrafted gift bags. said there could be rains Wednesday and Thursday accompanied by thunder as the direction of the wind particularly on Monday, turns northwesterly. Tuesday and Wednesday. The Met office has The unstable weather warned that during rains will be a result of the pres- accompanied by thun- ence of a cold air mass in der, one should avoid sea the upper layers of the cruises due to high wind. atmosphere with low- People are also advised impact ‘Sudan Warming’ to regularly check the over the Arabian Gulf website of the Met office region associated with and keep in touch with the northwesterly to south- office through it as well as easterly wind which will be through the social media. light to moderate in speed. Day temperatures would THE PENINSULA Vodafone honours top retail staff performers

Sathya Prasad, Head of Consumer Sales and Services, with Asim Mirza, Customers Operations Director, and one of Vodafone retail staff top performers at the event.

DOHA: More than 40 top employees celebrated amid retail staff performers of cheer, excitement and sur- Vodafone Qatar have been prises. recognised at a ceremony Sathya Prasad, Head, at Katara in the presence Consumer Sales and Serv- of Vodafone CEO Kyle ices, said: “We’re happy to Whitehill and Customer be celebrating this impor- Operations Director Asim tant milestone with our Mirza, with staff repre- retail colleagues and we’d senting the company’s like to congratulate not Leadership Team. only the top performers “IMTIAZ” or “Excel- but also every person in lence” has been running this business unit for their at the company since 2013. outstanding and relentless “The biennial event efforts to ensure Vodafone’s includes a two-phase com- success and exceed expec- petition during which all tations of our customers. Vodafone sales and retail We’ve crafted the IMTIAZ stores staff are evaluated programme in line with our based on criteria that meet commitment to honour our the company’s commercial people who are a key pil- targets and the Vodafone lar that drives us forward. way of doing business at Vodafone’s employees are the essence of which lies also our ambassadors and customer obsession, speed, recognising and awarding trust and simplicity. them is our priority.” The The IMTIAZ criteria IMTIAZ competition con- include customer experi- tinues until March 2016 ence, revenue and effi- when the Phase 2 winners ciency. The event was will be announced. marked with shows and entertainment where THE PENINSULA

THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME / GULF / MIDDLE EAST QR102m deals Fines for dumping waste at construction site By Mohammed Osman violation or ignoring a notice to rectify violations, the fine goes up DOHA: Companies transport- to QR10,000, besides a month in ing construction waste without jail or both, said Al Kuwari. signed at civil proper safety cover face fines The law authorises munici- ranging from QR500 to QR10,000. palities to get the waste removed The law bans leaving behind at the expense of the viola- waste at construction sites or tors if they do not respect the areas not designated for dump- notification and the given period defence expo ing waste. is over. Some construction companies The role of cleaning inspectors leave waste at the site or dump is not limited to detecting viola- it on the roadside or undesig- tions but includes raising aware- Civil Defence buys special vehicles nated areas to avoid transporta- ness about public hygiene and tion costs, said Ghanim Naser Al protection of environment, giv- DOHA: The General Directo- camera is capable of breaking Qubaise, Cleaning Inspector at ing guidance and explaining rules rate of Civil Defence signed deals into burning buildings where civil Doha Municipality. and regulations to the people, worth QR102m with local firms defence personnel cannot reach. “There would be no tolerance said Hamad Abdullah Al Sahli, during the fifth Civil Defence Civil Defence also signed a for companies distorting the over- Health Inspector at Al Rayyan Exhibition and Conference that contract worth QR3m with Al all view of towns, damaging the Municipality. concluded at Doha Exhibition and Khaleej Global Trading for pre- environment and state facilities,” Officials look at waste dumped at a construction site. The workshop concluded yes- Convention Centre yesterday. vention equipment including fire he said, on the sidelines of a work- terday with field visits to many A contract worth QR92m was jackets and suits. The deal was shop organised by the ministry. pay fines, he said. law stipulates that the waste must areas to see different types of signed with Fahad Trading and signed by Lt Col Hussain Ibra- When construction companies Ahmed Hassan Al Kuwari, be tightly covered during trans- cleaning violations and abandoned Contracting for purchase of new him Al Asmakh, Director of Civil commit such violations they will another inspector from Al portation to prevent it falling on vehicles. rescue equipment, fire jackets Defence Logistics Department, be asked to remove the waste and Rayyan Municipality, said the the road. In case of repeating a THE PENINSULA and coats. and Engineer Rami Batrawi, Gen- The agreement was signed eral Manager of the company. by Lt Col Hussain Ibrahim Al Lt Col Hussain Ibrahim Al Asmakh, Director of Civil Defence Asmakh said that 10 new rapid Logistics Department, and Sid- intervention vehicles have been harthan, Commercial Manager of introduced for operation depart- Fahad Trading. ment officers who are the first to Bomb may have downed Russia jet: UK A second contract worth QR7m respond to accidents. The General was signed with Al Hamd Trad- Directorate of Civil Defence also CAIRO: Britain said yesterday it was con- Peninsula that has killed hundreds of police- ing Establishment for special signed an agreement with Qatar cerned a Russian airliner that crashed in men and soldiers. rapid intervention vehicles. Major Tourism Authority (QTA). The Egypt may have been downed by a bomb, as Yesterday, it claimed responsibility for a Ahmad Abdullah Al Abdullah, contract was signed by Lt Col the Islamic State group insisted it caused the suicide car bombing on a police social club in Assistant Director of Logistics Hussain Ibrahim Al Asmakh of disaster. El Arish. The official MENA news agency said Department, and Muhammad Civil Defence and Omar Abdul London’s announcement came as Egyptian the attack killed four policemen. Kutty of Al Hamd signed the Rahman Al Jaber, Director of officials said investigators probing the black Sisi, who left for London yesterday, has agreement. Common Services, QTA. boxes had extracted the data from one for downplayed the IS claim of responsibility The vehicle, weighing 24 tonnes analysis, but the other had been damaged and for the crash as “propaganda” but said a full and containing thermographic THE PENINSULA required a lot of work. investigation will take time. “While the investigation is still ongoing we US Director of National Intelligence James cannot say categorically why the Russian jet Clapper also said this week it was “unlikely” crashed,” British Prime Minister David Cam- IS was involved, but he did not exclude the eron’s office said in a statement. possibility. “But as more information has come to light, The airline itself has ruled out a technical we have become concerned that the plane may fault or human error, drawing fire from the well have been brought down by an explosive head of Russia’s aviation authority. Alexander device.” Neradko said the airline’s conclusions were Britain temporarily suspended flights from “premature and not based on any real facts”. Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh. Experts say the fact that debris and bodies It was from there that the Airbus A-321 that were strewn over a wide area points to a mid- crashed killing all 224 people on board took air disintegration of the aircraft. off on Saturday. That leaves two possibilities — a technical “We recognise that this information may fault that caused the plane to disintegrate or cause concern for those in Sharm and indeed an explosion caused by a bomb smuggled on for those planning to travel to Sharm in the board, experts say. coming days,” Downing Street said, adding American officials told CNN and other US that Cameron would hold an emergency cabi- television networks that a military satellite net meeting on the issue later. had detected a heat flash at the time of the Civil Defence officials during the signing of an agreement with Qatar Tourism Within hours of the crash, the jihadist IS People stand next to flowers at a makeshift crash, which could point to a catastrophic in- claimed it had brought down the plane but flight event, possibly a bomb explosion. Authority. memorial for the victims of the Russian MetroJet provided no details in its claim of responsi- Airbus A321 crash yesterday in Saint Petersburg, Search operations had been extended to a bility. Russia. radius of about 40 kilometres. Both Russia and Egypt doubted the claim, President Vladimir Putin has described the but officials say they cannot rule out anything ident Abdel Fattah Al Sisi agreed in a phone crash — Russia’s worst-ever air disaster — as and that investigation of the black boxes may call Tuesday on the need for tight security at a “huge tragedy”. Car number bid for QR1.1m take weeks or even months. Sharm El Sheikh airport. Relatives of the victims have begun identify- In a new statement yesterday, IS insisted it Cameron and Sisi “agreed it was important ing the bodies after two planes delivered the DOHA: The total value of bidding QR120,000 and QR674,000. had brought down the plane — and challenged not to pre-judge the investigation”, the British remains of many to Saint Petersburg. for 28 fancy car number plates The auction will close today at sceptics to prove otherwise. statement said. In the city centre, about 300 people attended being offered to bidders through 10pm. “We are under no obligation to explain how They “noted that there was still uncertainty a vigil for the victims yesterday. online auction has reached more The bidding began from it came down,” the group said in an audio about the cause of the crash and agreed it “We are here to honour those who died. than QR7m. QR100,000 and participants, in statement posted on social media sites. would be prudent to ensure the tightest possi- This is not the time to say who is to blame, the The number 333331 has keeping with rules, were required “Prove that we didn’t bring it down, and ble security arrangements at Sharm El Sheikh most important thing is to express our com- attracted the highest value — to make a deposit of QR20,000 as how it came down. We will detail how it came airport as a precautionary measure.” mon grief,” said Valentin Podsvin, a 55-year- about QR1.1m — while the bidding guarantee. down at the time of our choosing.” The IS affiliate in Egypt is conducting a old activist. for other numbers varied between THE PENINSULA Cameron’s office said he and Egyptian Pres- bloody insurgency in the north of the Sinai AFP Syria army retakes key road to Aleppo

DAMASCUS: Syria’s army yesterday recaptured the only road into the government-held side of Aleppo city from Islamic State group fighters, state media reported, effectively breaking a nearly two-week-long siege. The army gained full control of the route from the regime-controlled west of Aleppo to Khanasser, Ithriya and Al Salmiyeh “after eliminating a number of Daesh (IS) terrorists,” state television said. Advancing IS forces had managed to cut off the route at the end of October despite Russian air support and a government offensive south of Damascus. State TV said the road was now being demined and would be reopened to public traffic today. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain- based monitor, said the frontline with IS had been pushed back about 10 kilometres from the route. Aleppo was once Syria’s economic hub, but has been ravaged by years of fierce fighting. The city has been divided between government control in the west and rebel control in the east since shortly after fighting began there in mid-2012. The main Aleppo-Damascus highway out of the city has been cut by rebels since then, but last year the army opened another route running through Khanasser to government-controlled Hama and Homs. Its closure last month had left residents of west Aleppo stranded and sent the cost of basic goods in the sector skyrocketing. Residents told AFP the roads were virtually empty because of fuel shortages, and several said they had been forced to cancel plans to travel abroad. The IS advance was a blow to the regime as it seeks to capitalise on a Russian air campaign that began Septem- ber 30 to regain momentum against a range of opposition forces. Moscow says its strikes target IS and other “terrorists”, but the opposition accuses Russia of focusing on moderate and Islamist rebels over jihadists. AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Helicopters 41 dead in South Sudan plane crash winch Lebanese, Cargo plane that crashed seconds after takeoff was also carrying passengers Syrian migrants

JUBA: A Russian-built cargo plane with “We have secured the site of crash and from sea passengers on board crashed yesterday also we are in the stage of recovering bod- after taking off from the airport in South ies and black box,” he said. “We are still ATHENS: Twenty-six peo- Sudan’s capital, killing dozens of people, recovering the dead bodies and we cannot ple thought to be Lebanese and witnesses said. give you the exact number.” Syrian were winched to safety An official said three people on board The plane, registration number EY406, by helicopters off Cyprus in an survived. The precise death toll was not had been on its way to Paloch, in the north overnight operation when their immediately clear after the Antonov-12 B of South Sudan, Warikozi said. sailboat began to sink in rough plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after The presidential spokesman said the six seas, authorities said. take off, leaving chunks of wreckage, bod- crew were comprised of five Armenians and Radars picked up a distress sig- ies and cargo strewn along a bank of the one Russian. He said all the others on the nal from the boat sailing off the White Nile River. flight were South Sudanese. island’s south-eastern tip, which The Civil Aviation Authority said the Armenia’s Foreign Ministry confirmed is prone to very strong sea cur- number of dead was still being counted. that five of its citizens who were members rents. The plane crashed just seconds after of the crew died in the crash. It cited its Police said a number of passen- taking off. embassy in Egypt. gers required medical treatment A witness saw 41 bodies, some of which Meanwhile, the Ukraine-based aircraft for hypothermia. were covered by cloth. A police officer, company said the decades-old Antonov “The occupants of the sailboat who did not give his name because he was plane that crashed “was in no state to fly”. said they had set off from Leba- not authorised to speak to the media, also “The An-12B was in no state to fly non,” a police spokesman said. put the death toll at 41. Another witness because it failed to undergo timely techni- Media reports suggested they counted at least 32 killed. cal servicing... that should have included were attempting to reach Greece, Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek work on extending its resources and exploi- the primary gateway to the Euro- Ateny said the plane was carrying 18 peo- tation timeframe,” Antonov said in a state- pean Union for close to 600,000 ple, including the six foreign crew, accord- ment. migrants and refugees fleeing ing to official documents. He said 15 of them The Antonov firm was spread out across war this year. died and three South Sudanese nationals Investigators inspect the site of the cargo plane crash close to the international airport in Juba, the former Soviet Union when the ill-fated Cyprus is the closest Euro- survived, including a child. South Sudan, yesterday. plane was built in 1971. Ukraine was the pean Union member state to the “This is the number given to us by the An-12B’s designer. The plane itself was Middle East, but has seen none (control) tower,” he said in reference to built in Uzbekistan and later registered in of the mass influx of arrivals of those on board. belonged to freight and logistics firm Allied which is located near the airport, south- the neighbouring Central Asian state of its EU border counterparts, with Asked about figures suggesting a higher Services Ltd. east of Juba International Airport (across) Tajikistan. It is both a civil and a military most arriving on the island by toll, he said it could be people killed on the Officials at the company could not imme- the river,” said the chief executive of the transport aircraft that conducted its first accident. ground but said he had no indication about diately be reached for comment. Civil Aviation Authority at Juba airport, test flight in 1957. The island is not a member of any such deaths. Officials said the plane “We have rushed to the site of crash Stephen Warikozi. AGENCIES the border-free Schengen area and grants asylum requests very sparingly, according to non-gov- ernmental organisations. About 115 migrants from Syria arrived on a British base in Leon to head southern Cyprus in mid-October, Aid starts reaching Yemen as cyclone eases but Britain has been at pains to UAE diplomatic emphasise that the territory is ADEN: Relief aid started to be day as the storm generated high 20 tonnes of relief aid to Socotra, Socotra is located 350 kilome- not a ‘back door’ way into the UK. flown in to Yemen yesterday as a waves off the southern port city the Emirati official news agency tres (210 miles) off the Yemeni Migrants protested against their academy rare tropical cyclone eased into a of Aden and flooded its seafront WAM said. mainland. living conditions at the base on depression after wreaking havoc Abyan Road, his union said. The shipment included tents The UN’s Office for the Coor- Sunday, media reports said. DUBAI: Outgoing UN envoy in parts of the war-torn country. Three military planes sent by and blankets, in addition to food. dination of Humanitarian Affairs European Union countries and for Libya Bernardino Leon is to Cyclone Chapala weakened Oman landed in Socotra with 54 More than 200 people were has cited reports of three fatali- the Balkans have been buffetted head a diplomatic academy in after making landfall Tuesday in tonnes of food and medicine, Saba injured and dozens of houses ties and 34 injured in Yemen due by thousands of refugees, escaping the United Arab Emirates, the mainland Yemen, triggering heavy state news agency reported, add- and hamlets severely damaged to the cyclone. But the govern- war in Syria and Libya, trying to academy said yesterday, a role flash floods after severely striking ing that six more planes from the or washed away when Chapala ment insisted late Tuesday that reach the continent after perilous expected to involve training the country’s Arabian Sea island sultanate were expected by today. hit Socotra, according to Salem Chapala had not caused any sea and land journeys. envoys of one of the Arab coun- of Socotra. The United Arab Emirates also Zaher, mayor of the island’s main deaths. tries most involved in the Libya A fisherman drowned yester- dispatched a plane loaded with district Hadibo. AFP REUTERS crisis. The UN Security Council last week approved the appointment of German UN official Martin Sandstorm in Amman Kobler as the new envoy, though it was unclear when he would take over mediating stalled peace talks in Libya. EDA, which counts UAE For- eign Minister Sheikh Abdul- lah bin Zayed Al Nahayan as its chairman of the board of trustees and provides training for future diplomats, said Leon would take up the director general post in December. The statement quoted Sheikh Abdullah as saying that Leon’s “deep experience and understand- ing of global geo-politics” would be a “rich resource for our new gen- eration of diplomats”. Libya has fallen into turmoil with its inter- nationally recognised government and elected parliament on one side and a self-styled administra- tion holding Tripoli on the other, each backed by regional, tribal or Islamist armed factions.

REUTERS Traffic during a severe sandstorm, in Amman, Jordan, yesterday. Parts of the Middle East are experiencing a severe sandstorm. 30 Tunisia lawmakers suspend membership from ruling party

TUNIS: Thirty lawmakers from led by the Tunisian president’s Tunisia’s ruling party suspended son Hafhed Caid Essebsi and their membership yesterday and the other by Mohsen Marzouk, threatened to resign in protest a former leftist activist and the over what they called attempts party’s secretary general. by President Beji Caid Essebsi’s Maklhouf said the lawmak- son to control the party. ers would resign from the par- It is a further sign of infight- liamentary bloc and the party if ing between two camps within the faction led by Essebsi’s son Nidaa Tounes party, which is at refuses to respect the execu- risk of splitting up and losing its tive committee’s legitimacy. The strong position in the North Afri- camp led by the president’s son is can state’s parliament to Islamist pushing for a larger role through party rival Ennahda. Member of Nidaa Tounes party, a party restructuring. Marzouk’s Any unravelling within Nidaa Abada Kefi, at a press meet wing resists what some see as an Tounes could bring instability yesterday in Tunis. attempt at a hereditary transfer to Tunisia, which launched the of power. Allies of the president Arab Spring revolts in 2011 and luxury hotel in the beach resort dismiss claims they are looking has since won praise for its largely of Hammamet. to place his son into a position of peaceful transition to democracy “We announce the suspension influence. Nidaa Tounes emerged after the overthrow of autocrat of our membership from today, as a political force in 2013 to Zine Abidine Ben Ali. and we will resign officially if lead popular protests against the Tensions between two camps of there will be no meeting of the Ennahda government, forcing the Nidaa Tounes, whose name means executive committee in one week,” Islamists to step down and make Call of Tunisia, spilled over into Wana Maklhouf, one of the pro- way for a non-partisan transi- violence last week when a party testing deputies, told reporters. tional government and new elec- meeting descended into open Insiders say Nidaa Tounes is tions. fighting with fists and sticks at a now divided into two wings, one REUTERS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 10 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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S IF a war isn’t enough, Yemenis are being battered by nature too. The poor country was hit with the strongest cyclone in its recorded history, dumping Amore than a year’s worth of rain in just 24 hours on its southern coast. Cyclone Chapala slammed into the Obama has a Syrian plan, country’s central southern coast on Tuesday with 85 mph winds, causing more damage and misery to a people whose lives have already been reduced to rubble. The cyclone is estimated to have produced up to 8 inches of rain in one day for some areas in a country where four inches of rain per but it’s no quick fix year is the average. In Yemen’s recorded history, no storm By Walter Pincus diplomatic side has at least two major Syria. “But we need (local) forces on has come close to those wind and rainfall numbers. Television roadblocks. the ground that will hold and build, or images showed large areas in waters and people struggling to T’S time to stop this constant The first is basic: Who will represent else we (Americans) will be there for a battle the calamity. refrain that President Barack the Syrian opposition if and when a significant chunk of time.” Yemen is already in the middle of a humanitarian Obama has no strategy for Syria. planned meeting under United Nations The new approach calls for fewer catastrophe created by the ongoing conflict between Shia I There is and always has been a auspices takes place? The meeting than 50 Special Operations members in strategy. From 2011 it has been to end would be held to determine an interim teams to be sent in the next month from Houthi rebels and the internationally recognised, Gulf-backed the regime of Syrian President Bashar Damascus government and the process the United States to northern Syria to Sunni government. On Tuesday, officials said fighting between Al Assad, primarily through diplomatic for a new constitution and elections. support selected Syrian Kurdish, Turk- Shia rebels and their opponents killed over 33 people in Taez rather than military means. Since 2012, UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan men and Syrian Arab forces fighting which is the country’s third-largest city. Also, 21 Houthis died the Obama strategy has been to use de Mistura said at the Vienna news con- in the area. The US teams will work in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition. force to degrade and defeat the Islamic ference after a meeting of major pow- for weeks and perhaps months at what Now all eyes are on the peace talks planned later this State (IS). ers that he has been dealing with about serves as headquarters for one or more The basic element of the diplo- 230 Syrian entities and groups plus the of these groups to coordinate their tac- month. The Saudi ambassador to the United Nations said matic strategy for ending Assad’s rule, government. At the last such meeting in tics, operational planning and logistics. yesterday that he was optimistic a new round of peace talks repeated in Friday’s Vienna communi- 2014 in Geneva, the opposition appeared The purpose is to determine what will start this month after many weeks of preparation. The que, says, “This political process will be as the Syrian Opposition Coalition, but further military cooperation can UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Syrian-led and Syrian-owned, and the there is no such united group. There is develop. “We need to get on the ground, Ahmed has been making the Syrian people will decide the future of also the serious disagreement between meet them,” the Pentagon official said. preparations for the talks between Syria.” the United States and Russia over “There’s nothing quite like the face-to- Defeating which of Assad’s opponents is a terrorist face contact.” The official added, “Until As if an the Yemeni government and the the IS in Syria, organisation, because the Syrian presi- we have greater faith, then I don’t think ongoing war Houthi rebels who seized the under Obama’s dent has called all of them terrorists. we’re anticipating our forces going and capital Sana’a last year. “We strategy, rests Friday’s agreement says the IS “and accompanying the Syrian-based insur- isn’t enough, are optimistic. We are hopeful on enabling local other terrorist groups, as designated by gent forces on the ground.” that the talks will take place,” Syrian forces not the UN Security Council, and further, For the foreseeable future, the new only to beat back as agreed by the participants, must be US personnel will not do joint opera- Yemenis are Saudi ambassador Abdallah Al IS fighters but to defeated.” If any cease-fire is agreed to, tions with those Syrian groups nor serve being battered Mouallimi said at a meeting with The door remains hold freed terri- it would not prevent attacks against as forward air controllers to guide US leaders of the Yemeni community tory until a new such groups. Russian Foreign Minis- and coalition aircraft to targets. They by a natural in the United States. open for sending central govern- ter Sergei Lavrov made it clear that he are there “to work with the units that calamity too. It’s time for Houthis to accept ment, established wants to add some groups to the terror- are there fighting IS and see what more responsibility for the current more American in Damascus, can ist list, probably some that the United is possible,” the Pentagon official said. take over. Given States supports. The military side is no In other words, the door remains stalemate and chaos and retreat troops into Syria, Syria’s history, less complicated. open for sending more American troops from the capital, paving the way depending what no outside coun- What changed last week was not into Syria, depending what happens in for the comeback of the ousted try — particularly Obama’s Syrian strategy, but some US the next few months. There are Special government which is still the internationally recognised happens in the the United States tactics — because they were not working. Forces units in the region that have car- government. Houthis will never be able to rule the country, — can end a civil “If you don’t adapt the way you execute ried out unilateral raids into Syria, such which is against the international law. Mouallimi said that next few months. war with so many and implement your strategy, then... as the one last May by the Army’s Delta different tribes, unless you can see the future with per- Force that killed Abu Sayyaf, a senior Houthi rebels had sought to sidestep demands in a UN ethnic groups fect clarity, you’re setting yourself up for IS leader. resolution that they withdraw from territory seized in their and religious ele- failure,” said State Department spokes- Such raids will continue, the official campaign, but that they had recently backed down and were ments fighting to man John Kirby, a retired admiral who said, against high-value Islamic State ready to negotiate a pullback. That’s a good sign and both gain power and served previously as spokesman for the targets. The president has also decided sides need to work for a solution. The agenda for the peace settle old debts. Defence Department. In this case, Kirby to boost tactical aircraft available for It is further com- said, creating capable indigenous Syrian the fight, putting in 12 A-10s that are talks is likely to be finalized this week and that the UN envoy plicated by regional countries supplying forces in camps outside Syria was more useful to give support to fighters on the will travel to New York to announce the talks next week. military and financial support to their difficult than expected. ground when the enemy has no aircraft The humanitarian crisis in Yemen has been identified favourite competing Syrian groups. A senior Defence Department offi- and elementary air defences. Another by the United Nations as one of the world’s worst, with 80 There is no quick fix to Syria’s prob- cial told reporters that a lesson from dozen more F-15 fighter bombers also percent of the country’s population on the brink of famine. lems. A solution could and probably will the Iraq experience was that US forces are on their way. take many years, lasting well beyond the alone could very quickly clear areas, end of the Obama administration. The such as those held by IS fighters in THE WASHINGTON POST The other side Quote of Carbon emissions tax the day N intriguing idea has just been to be effective it must be structured to tenance of their furnaces, as well as nications in remote areas, to special floated by Mr Sartaj Aziz, two- be more than just a revenue measure. apply due care to manage the quality surcharges to pay for gas infrastructure. time former finance minister, Rather, it should be designed with of combustion with the aim of reducing In the past, however, the govern- to implement a carbon tax in the aim of encouraging efficient utilisa- the carbon dioxide emissions. ment has succumbed to the temptation APakistan of the sort that more and more tion of hydrocarbon fuels by industry, The more they curtail their emis- to divert the funds raised through these countries are turning towards to help as well as generating revenues, starting sions, the more they stand to save special levies towards budgetary sup- One of the most curtail emissions and generate revenue perhaps with power producers since on the tax. Beyond this the tax can port, a practice that must be prohibited. important messages for mitigation measures required for a they are by far the largest contributors also generate revenue earmarked for The challenges posed by climate changing climate. to the country’s total carbon emissions. a special purpose: funding mitigation change are no less urgent than the of November 1 is that The senior adviser has suggested A carbon tax has been implemented measures for climate change such as priorities these special purpose funds Turkey needs to solve that the tax be applied on all fuel prices, in many countries — Canada, Chile, Ire- paying for superior forecasting technol- are designed to serve, and there is perhaps at the rate of one cent per unit land and South Africa to name a few. In ogy for anomalous rain systems, and merit to the proposal to implement a the new constitution of fuel. almost all cases, the tax aims to incen- early warning systems for floods. carbon tax to help pay for the mitigation The idea is intriguing because a car- tivise consumers of hydrocarbon fuels Such special purpose levies already efforts required. The idea deserves to issue as soon as bon tax is growing in popularity in many to be more efficient in its utilisation. exist, from telecoms who are required be explored in greater detail. possible. countries around the world, and not just For power producers, the tax can to contribute to a fund designed for Recep Tayyip Erdogan advanced economies. But for the tax incentivise them to invest in the main- ensuring access to mobile commu- DAWN President of Turkey THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 A bumpy ride to UN climate summit in Paris By Steven Mufson

ne thing US President Barack Obama and French President François Hollande The UN report said a quarter of the want to avoid at the climate summit that begins later proposed emission reductions are Othis month in Paris is the messy, last- minute wrangling that marred the 2009 conditional, meaning that some developing summit in Copenhagen. Some frustrated leaders left Copenha- nations might not act fully unless they get gen early. Obama barged in on a private financing and technology from wealthier meeting of the developing countries to insist that they sign an agreement. And countries. the final accord did not set a global target for greenhouse gas reductions. For the past year, Obama has appealed to the leaders of the biggest developing countries — China, India and Brazil — tration hoped to erase language, adopted seff has promised to boost renewable and pressed them to map out aggressive at the Kyoto, Japan, summit a quarter- energy and to protect and enlarge rain steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions century ago, dividing the world into rich forests, which absorb carbon dioxide. or dramatically slow their growth. The and poor countries — and placing little Brazil has pledged to restore 46,332 president is passionate about the Paris responsibility for climate action on devel- square miles of forest — about the size of summit, which could become a landmark oping nations. England — by 2030 while pursuing “poli- part of his legacy and a key diplomatic “We couldn’t have an agreement that cies aimed at eliminating illegal defor- achievement. had a sort of backward-looking fire- estation.” Brazil became the first major A g eneral view shows wind turbines behind rows of solar panels in Avignonet-Lauragais, Hollande is optimistic enough to have wall between developing countries in developing country to pledge an absolute in the Midi-Pyrenees region in France. The mixed site produces electricity from a wind invited Obama and other world leaders one bucket and developed countries in reduction of greenhouse gas emissions farm of twelve turbines and 20,320 solar panels. France is host to the COP21, the World to gather on November 30, at the begin- another bucket,” a senior administration from a base year. Climate Summit from November 30 to December 11. ning of the two-week conference known official said, noting that the largest emit- “The way we see it, developed coun- as COP21. ters are now developing countries. tries, which have more capacity and “No single action, no single govern- Not everyone is on the same page, responsibility, should come first and if India’s economy grows at roughly the sible, but we shouldn’t depend on that ment, and no single summit will deci- however. stronger,” said Carlos Klink, national same pace for the next 15 years, its green- funding in order to do what needs to be sively address one of the greatest threats India has pushed back, insisting that secretary for climate change at Brazil’s house gas emissions will jump by more done to transform our economy to create of our time. But an ambitious agreement wealthy countries cough up more finan- Ministry of the Environment. than 77 percent and account for about jobs for our people,” Swilling said. in Paris would be a turning point,” Paul cial aid and cutting-edge technology One key difference between the sum- 11 percent of global emissions by 2030. The funding dispute centres on the Bodnar, senior director for energy and for renewable energy. In Bonn, India mits in Paris and Copenhagen has been South Africa’s plan asserts that cli- commitment made by wealthy countries climate change on the National Security introduced language asking that renew- the upcoming meeting’s early deadline mate-related expenditures detract from in 2009 to provide $100bn a year to devel- Council, wrote in a recent blog post. “It able energy be “free of cost, in order for countries to submit their emissions- other investments and cost jobs. The oping nations for mitigation of climate would show countries that if they act, to enhance . . . actions to address the reduction proposals, known in climate proposal says that “any policy-driven effects or for renewable-energy plants. their partners and competitors will do adverse effect of climate change.” negotiation jargon as “intended nationally transition to a low carbon and climate Brazil’s Klink estimated that so far, coun- so as well.” Gwynne Taraska, senior climate pol- determined contributions.” resilient society must take into account tries have pledged $60bn to $70 bn. The But stumbling blocks remain. icy adviser at the Center for American Before the Copenhagen summit, many and emphasise its overriding priority to United States has promised $3bn for the The emission cuts proposed by nations Progress, said that many negotiators countries delayed, hoping for more- address poverty and inequality.” Green Climate Fund over four years. so far would slow down global warming so arrived in a “mutinous” mood but that a lenient terms. This year, nations were Within South Africa, some climate pol- With the Republican Congress opposed that temperatures would rise 2.7 degrees compromise might allow India and oth- supposed to submit plans by October 1. icy experts say the government is on the to far-reaching climate action, the Celsius by 2050, according to one esti- ers to apply to the Green Climate Fund, As of Monday, 128 proposals had been wrong track. Mark Swilling, a professor Obama administration has been drum- mate. But that would fall short of the part of the UN Framework Convention submitted, covering 155 countries and at Stellenbosch University and director ming up private sources of investment. international target of limiting warming on Climate Change, to cover a portion of accounting for about 87 percent of glo- of the Sustainability Institute, testified to In June, the White House held a meeting to two degrees. Hitting that target would intellectual-property costs. bal emissions. a parliamentary committee that refusing of major corporations to discuss clean still spell disaster for much of Africa, the At the end of the week, a 30-page docu- India, where nearly 400 million peo- to invest in renewable energy today is like energy, and last month it convened a fol- Middle East and island nations, which ment had “highly divergent” options, she ple lack electricity, filed its climate plan refusing to invest in the auto industry at low-up meeting, saying that 81 companies could disappear beneath rising seas. said, including whether poor countries hit October 1. But its proposed reductions in the end of the horse-and-buggy era. signed the “American Business Act on On Friday, the United Nations issued by extreme climate events should expect emissions fell short of what some nego- “It’s obviously correct to go up there Climate Pledge” to slash emissions, water a report saying that country plans so far damage payments. tiators had hoped for. Analysts note that and bargain for as much funding as pos- use and landfill waste beyond the Paris would not prevent a substantial increase Obama administration officials have commitment. in emissions by 2030. hailed India’s ambitious goals for build- At the global level, language under In addition, developed nations have ing renewable-power plants, but they are negotiation would call for new talks in not met their earlier pledge to “mobilise” frustrated with India’s position on aid The emission cuts proposed by nations five years, in the hope that technologi- $100bn a year from public and private and intellectual property, especially given cal advances will bring down the cost of sources to spur climate action in devel- Obama’s efforts to woo Prime Minister so far would slow down global warming renewable energy and make countries oping countries by 2020. The UN report Narendra Modi, first by hosting him in more willing cut emissions. The World said a quarter of the proposed emission Washington and later by travelling to so that temperatures would rise 2.7 Resources Institute, a research organi- reductions are conditional, meaning that New Delhi. zation focused on natural resources, said some developing nations might not act But some of Obama’s overtures have degrees Celsius by 2050, according to one on its website that “the world must come fully unless they get financing and tech- borne fruit. Chinese President Xi Jinping back to the table in five years, not 10, to nology from wealthier countries. has vowed that emissions will peak by estimate. increase ambition and seize the benefits In Bonn, Germany, last month, climate 2030 or earlier and that China will estab- from taking timely action.” negotiators laboured to iron out the text lish a nationwide cap-and-trade system. of an agreement. The Obama adminis- And Brazilian President Dilma Rous- THE WASHINTON POST Charlatan or hero: Chalabi’s death and lessons of Iraq

closely with Chalabi, speaking on Iran were never proved. He long the condition of anonymity. “I’m maintained that his conviction in not defending his behaviour for absentia for embezzling $300m Indeed, Chalabi’s death has a minute, but one of the broader from a Jordanian bank was a lessons of Iraq is that Americans product of a political vendetta. produced a scramble for lessons. keep looking for Iraqis to blame.” A few facts about Chalabi’s life Indeed, Chalabi’s death has seem irrefutably true: He was To some, he’s proof of the produced a scramble for lessons. obsessed with toppling Hussein To some, he’s proof of the mis- and claiming a prominent role misplaced faith that Americans placed faith that Americans have in his homeland after 45 years of in foreign leaders who wear West- exile. He was courageous, forsak- have in foreign leaders who wear ern clothes and are fluent in Eng- ing a comfortable life in London lish and US politics. “Time and for the chaotic and dangerous Western clothes and are fluent in again, our chosen partners turn world of Iraqi politics. He was out to have agendas that differ duplicitous but justified his lies English and US politics. from our own,” said retired Colo- by insisting that they served a nel Andrew Bacevich, a professor greater good. of history and international rela- “We are heroes in error,” Chal- tions at Boston University. “They abi famously told Britain’s Daily Former senator Joseph Lieberman talks with Ahmed Chalabi on Capitol have their own values and pursue Telegraph in 2004 after it was Hill in March 1999. their own purposes. Eventually revealed that Hussein had dis- By Greg Jaffe ues? You’re damn right he did.” we accuse them of having failed posed of his chemical and biologi- Those who opposed the invasion chusetts Institute of Technology istration officials that the war in us, but the failure originates in cal weapons. ew figures have been more describe Chalabi as a charlatan and a doctorate from the Univer- Iraq would be quick and easy. “We our own delusions.” Chalabi was smooth, polaris- loved and loathed in Wash- who deceived the world’s most sity of Chicago. Before the war, will, in fact, be greeted as libera- To others, Chalabi is emblem- ing, paranoid and complex. “Of Fington than Ahmed Chalabi, powerful nation into launching a he inhabited a 12-room London tors,” Vice-President Richard B atic of how little the US govern- course this is self-serving, but I the Iraqi expatriate who charmed disastrous war at a cost of tril- flat filled with fine furniture and Cheney said on the eve of the ment knew about the country it was never sure what to make of American politicians and built the lions of dollars and nearly 5,000 expensive art. invasion. Cheney was essentially was invading and how ignorant him,” said Eliot Cohen, a former case for the war in Iraq. American lives. His undeniable genius was in channelling Chalabi. it remains. “We still don’t have a top Bush administration official His death in Baghdad at age 71 “He was a scam artist who working Washington. “He had the As the years passed and the deep understanding of the politi- who served in the State Depart- has laid bare the deep divisions conned many members of Con- ear of Republican and Democratic war that began with the prom- cal and social factors that shape ment after the invasion. “Chalabi that remain regarding the causes gress, an administration, the neo- administrations,” said Brian Kat- ise of a fast victory descended the conflict there,” Katulis said. was clearly very smart, and the of the US failure there, the les- cons and some members of the ulis, a Middle East analyst with into quagmire, the contradic- Still others cite him to explain venom of opposition to him made sons that have yet to be learned military,” said Marine General the left-leaning Center for Amer- tion and mystery surrounding President Obama’s caution when him a more credible figure. It was from it and the raw anger it still Anthony Zinni, who served as ican Progress. The CIA and Con- Chalabi deepened. He met with it comes to supporting rebels on so over-the-top. It brings back all provokes. commander of US forces in the gress steered millions of dollars to top Pentagon officials, including other battlefields. “He’s one of the these painful memories.” To a handful of true believers, Middle East. “We tried to warn Chalabi’s Iraqi National Congress then-Defense Secretary Donald H reasons why we didn’t back the So what’s the lesson of Ameri- Chalabi remains a battle-tested people, but it fell on deaf ears, and in the 1990s as Chalabi shuttled Rumsfeld, even as he courted Shia Syrian rebels in 2012,” said retired ca’s three-decade relationship with hero who toppled a dictator and they vilified us as messengers. We between Washington, London and cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, whose Lieutenant Colonel John Nagl, an Ahmed Chalabi? Maybe, Cohen sought to bring Western-style all paid the price.” the Kurdish-dominated regions of militia was responsible for hun- Iraq veteran and a principal author said, it’s that there’s no single, democracy to the Middle East. Whether he deserves it or not, northern Iraq. dreds of American deaths. of the Army’s counterinsurgency clear lesson. “When you ask one “I was at his house for hours Chalabi’s name has become syn- His role only grew after George The US military raided Chal- doctrine. “We very possibly over- human being to bear the freight and hours,” said Richard Perle, onymous with America’s rush to W Bush was elected president. abi’s Baghdad home amid allega- learned that lesson. Chalabi was of an entire war, you’re asking for a former head of the Defense war in Iraq and its failures in the Chalabi and his Iraqi National tions that he had been passing not the partner we hoped for, but trouble,” Cohen said. “These are Policy Board in the George W broader Middle East. Congress smuggled out defec- secrets to Iran, but never levelled that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to complicated people operating in Bush administration and one of His biography was impressive. tors who helped generate flawed charges against him. “He felt, find good local partners.” a complicated environment. The the architects of the Iraq war. Chalabi fled Iraq in the late 1950s, intelligence suggesting that Iraqi with some justification, that he’d Even today, Chalabi is a contra- best we can say is that he’s an “We talked about art, we talked eventually landing in the United dictator Saddam Hussein had been badly used by the US govern- dictory and somewhat unknow- extremely ambiguous figure.” about history, we talked about States, where he earned a degree chemical and nuclear weapons. ment,” said a senior Bush admin- able figure. The accusations that poetry. Did he share our val- in mathematics from the Massa- He convinced top Bush admin- istration official who worked he was funnelling intelligence to THE WASHINGTON POST THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST

Alexandria flood Bahrain arrests Lebanon speaker 47 for planning terror attacks calls first House DUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday it had arrested 47 members of a group believed to have links to “terrorist elements in Iran” who it said were planning to carry out session in months attacks in the coming days. An Interior Ministry state- ment carried by Bahrain’s state news agency BNA said a large Country needs to pass urgent financial laws number of explosives and weapons had been found in secret caches BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament speaker Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk, a in residential areas of several yesterday called parliament to convene political opponent of Berri and his allies villages. next week in the first attempt for months including the Shia party Hezbollah, echoed “The results of the inquiry and to bring deeply divided politicians together the urgent need for a legislative session in investigation indicate that the to pass laws vital to keeping the paralysed comments to Al-Akhbar newspaper, saying a group has close links to Iranian state afloat. set of financial laws needed to be approved. elements and terrorist elements Lebanese politicians, bitterly divided by “For the first time in 22 years, there is residing in Iran,” the statement their own rivalries and wider conflict in a serious threat to the Lebanese pound if said. Several members of the the region, have been unable to take even Lebanon delays approving the laws before group received training in Iran basic decisions, including where to dump the end of the year,” said Machnouk, a mem- on how to use weapons and manu- the country’s rubbish. The paralysis of gov- ber of the Future Movement led by Sunni facture explosives, it added. ernment was laid bare again in recent days politician Saad Al Hariri. Members of the Egyptian emergency services try to pump water from a flooded road when the government failed to pay the army Parliament has also failed to elect a new in Alexandria, Egypt. Five people died and over 25 were injured in floods in Alexandria REUTERS on time. head of state in the absence of consensus on and Beheira, in the north of Egypt. “The resumption of legislative work has who should fill the position that fell vacant become more than a necessity for the coun- when Michel Suleiman’s term expired 17 try,” parliament speaker Nabih Berri said months ago. Berri has called 30 sessions to in a statement, calling the session for next elect a new president. Thursday and Friday. It was not imme- The unity government headed by Prime diately clear whether enough MPs would Minister Tammam Salam is also barely Iranians mark US embassy siege attend the session to secure a quorum. functioning. It includes Hezbollah, which is Lebanon’s main political blocs have been backed by Iran, and Hariri’s Future Move- TEHRAN: Chanting “Death to Amer- “atrocities” ranging from slavery and society. unable to agree an agenda for a legislative ment, backed by Saudi Arabia. ica” and burning the US flag, Iranian the treatment of Native Americans Iran has arrested a Lebanese- session, obstructing previous efforts to con- The picture is further complicated by protesters yesterday marked the anni- to phone tapping and “the killing of American man suspected of links to vene the chamber. One of the rare occa- deep rivalries between Christian leaders versary of the US embassy seizure with 300,000 Iraqis”. the US intelligence community, state sions parliament met was a year ago, when it allied to Hezbollah and the Future Move- a show of anti-Washington fervour “A day will come when they will have television reported Tuesday, although extended its own term until 2017, after legis- ment. despite the nuclear deal. to answer in court for their atrocities,” an official in Washington said he was a lative elections were postponed for a second Illustrating the policymaking paralysis, The protest by thousands of Iranians he said. US resident but not a national. time. “There is an agreement in principle the finance minister had to take an excep- follows the landmark nuclear deal On Monday, a majority of Iranian It was unclear when or where the on attendance of the session to pass impor- tional legal measure on Monday to pay sol- sealed on July 14 by Tehran and world legislators said the Islamic republic suspect had been arrested but the tant laws, otherwise the country will be in diers whose salaries were late. He warned powers led by the United States. would not drop the “Death to America” report identified him as Nezar Zaka danger. We cannot continue in the country that government must meet to agree future The 1979 storming of the embassy slogan despite the nuclear accord. and said he was suspected of “multiple in this way — no government sessions, no transfers — indicating the problem could in Tehran by students, months after “The martyr-nurturing nation of close ties to the US military and legislative sessions, complete paralysis in recur unless cabinet convenes. the Islamic revolution, led to a 444-day Iran is not at all prepared to abandon intelligence communities.” the institutions of state,” a politician close The army, which recruits from across hostage crisis and a break in diplomatic the slogan of ‘Death to America’ under The broadcaster aired photographs to Berri told Reuters. Lebanon’s sectarian communities, has been relations that continues to this day. the pretext of a nuclear agreement,” of what it said was Zaka in military Berri’s statement did not say which laws the guarantor of civil peace in the country Demonstrators gathered outside the they said. uniform on a US base. would be on the agenda. The governor of since the end of its 1975-90 civil war. former embassy and across Iran for The legislators said the slogan, The US State Department, while not Lebanon’s central bank, widely seen as one Meanwhile, the government has also what was declared the “National Day chanted at weekly Friday prayers in officially confirming there had been an of the only functioning institutions of state, failed to find a solution to the trash crisis of the Fight Against Global Arrogance” mosques and at protests, had “turned arrest, said the suspect was Lebanese told Reuters on Tuesday it was essential that allowed refuse to pile up in the streets — a term often used by supreme leader into the symbol of the Islamic republic with permanent US residency papers. parliament convene to pass laws for develop- of Beirut this summer. The search for a new Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. and all struggling nations”. Four Iranian-Americans are being ment loans, debt issuance, and banks. World dump has been complicated by resistance Protesters held placards with slogans Khamenei has endorsed the nuclear held in Iran. They include Washington Bank loans approved for Lebanon will be from local communities, with politicians including “Down with USA” and “Down deal, which curbs Iran’s atomic drive Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, who cancelled unless approved by parliament rejecting a number of proposed sites. with Israel”. in return for a lifting of sanctions, has been held since July last year on before the end of the year, risking more pain Prosecutor General Ebrahim Raisi but has repeatedly warned against US spying charges. for an economy already hit by the deadlock. REUTERS gave a fiery speech attacking US “infiltration” of the values of Iranian AFP

Clashes claim 18 in Turkey’s Brotherhood can again play role in public life, says Sisi LONDON: Egypt’s President from campaigners and some violence. They reacted against Mursi in 2013. those sentenced to death would Abdel Fattah Al Sisi suggested politicians, with the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and are Security forces killed hundreds most likely not be executed southeast the outlawed Muslim Brother- Britain’s main opposition party wary of them,” Sisi said in the TV of Mursi supporters at street because they were convicted in hood could again play a role in saying it showed “contempt for interview, due to be broadcast in protests and thousands of others absentia or due to the appeals Kurdish region public life if Egyptians would human and democratic rights” full today. were arrested. process. welcome that, ahead of a visit to and activists urging Cameron to “This country is big enough to Senior Brotherhood leaders But Western diplomats say the Britain criticised by rights cam- press Sisi on human rights. accommodate all of us. They are have been sentenced to death in death sentences could radicalise DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: paigners. In an interview with the BBC, part of Egypt and so the Egyptian what human rights groups call Islamists and would amount to Eighteen people were killed in Sisi, who launched the toughest Sisi signalled a possible softening people must decide what role they unfair trials. political suicide. clashes in Turkey’s mainly Kurd- crackdown on Islamists in Egypt’s of position towards the Muslim can play.” Sisi has said tough security Sisi’s visit to London comes ish southeast region yesterday, a modern history after toppling Brotherhood, which he has The Brotherhood, the Middle measures were needed to protect soon after a visit by Chinese day after the military launched President Mohamed Mursi of declared to be a terrorist group. East’s oldest Islamist movement Egypt from what he describes as President Xi Jinping, when air strikes there, and authorities the Brotherhood, was to arrive “The problem doesn’t lie with and long Egypt’s main political terrorist attacks by militants. critics said Britain was selling announced a curfew in two pro- in London yesterday and meet the government and it doesn’t lie opposition, says it is committed Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate has off its assets to a country with a vincial districts. Prime Minister David Cameron with me. It lies with public opinion, to peaceful activism designed to killed hundreds of soldiers and questionable rights record. The violence came days after to boost the countries’ ties. with Egyptians. Egyptians are reverse what it calls a military police since Mursi’s ouster. a parliamentary election won by The visit has drawn criticism peaceful people and they don’t like coup, when Sisi seized power from The BBC said Sisi had stressed REUTERS the AK Party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The office of the governor of Diyarbakir declared a curfew Chalabi’s funeral in 22 villages in two provincial districts, Hani and Lice, saying Erdogan calls for new constitution there would be an operation against the PKK militants there. The curfew was due to start at ANKARA: Turkish President in the 550-member parliament became its first directly elected 5pm. (1400GMT). Recep Tayyip Erdogan called — enough to return it to single- president in 2014. Two soldiers and 15 Kurdistan yesterday for a new constitution party rule but still short of the 330 “He is already a strong leader Workers Party (PKK) militants that would give him greater needed to change the constitution. constitutionally and has already were killed fighting near the powers, despite opposition fears it The country of 78 million passed into history. He has no village of Daglica by the Iraqi could lead to authoritarian rule. people is still ruled under a 1980 personal expectations,” he said. border, which the military had Erdogan also vowed there charter drawn up by the military “The debates on presidential targeted with air strikes the day would be no let-up in the military after a coup. system are not out of concern before, the General Staff said on its campaign against Kurdish rebels, “We have a clear opinion that over his future. It is being website. one of the key security challenges the presidential system will help considered as a useful model for Turkish jets also pounded for his new administration after Turkey jump to another league,” Turkey.” PKK targets in northern Iraq a wave of tit-for-tat violence left Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Erdogan, 61, argues that an on Tuesday for a second day, the a truce in tatters. Kalin told reporters in Ankara. executive presidency would be military also said. The strongman of Turkish “This is an issue that can be little different from the systems A 20-year-old man was shot politics for more than a decade, finalised after consulting with the in democracies such as France dead in the town of Silvan, Erdogan has long been pushing for people... If the mechanism to do and Brazil and that changing where authorities ordered a a new constitution to transform this is a referendum, then one will the current constitution is long round-the-clock curfew in three his post into a powerful US-style be held.” overdue. neighbourhoods for a second executive presidency. Such a system would enshrine The AKP lost its majority in successive day, security officials “Solving the issue of a new the head of state as chief of the a June vote for the first time in said. Clashes between security constitution was one of the executive, raising concerns at 13 years, temporarily dashing forces and the PKK’s urban youth most important messages of home and abroad about the risk Erdogan’s dream, but Sunday’s wing continued throughout the day November 1,” he said in his first of having so much power in the clear victory means the issue in Silvan. major policy speech since his hands of one man. is firmly back on the political On Tuesday, one man was Justice and Development Party’s Erdogan’s opponents already agenda. Erdogan also vowed his killed in Silvan and two others (AKP) weekend triumph at the accuse him of becoming an government would continue to in Yuksekova. The autonomy- ballot box. autocratic leader who brooks no take Kurdish rebels head on after seeking PKK, listed as a terrorist His spokesman had said earlier dissent and of seeking to force a wave of attacks in July put an organisation by Turkey, the US that Turkey was considering Islamic values on the traditionally end to a fragile peace process. and the EU, took up arms in 1984. holding a referendum on the secular society. “The operations against the More than 40,000 people, mainly Iraqi guards carrying the coffin of Ahmed Chalabi during his funeral at constitutional reform if it failed Kalin insisted the planned terrorist organisation inside and Kurdish militants, have died in the headquarters of Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Chalabi, to win the support of enough changes were not just for the outside the country are continuing the prolonged conflict. who died in Baghdad on Tuesday aged 71, was a key mover behind the lawmakers in the new parliament. benefit of Erdogan, who has in a determined fashion,” he said. US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. In a surprise election victory on dominated Turkish politics since REUTERS Sunday, the AKP won 317 seats becoming premier in 2003 and AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 S China Sea row mars defence chiefs’ meet Joint statement scrapped after ministers fail to agree on wording at Asean conference in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Disagree- US warship challenged territo- not stand for any infringements of ment between the United States rial limits around one of China’s China’s sovereignty and relevant and China over how to address man-made islands in the Spratly interests.” rival claims in the South China archipelago with a so-called free- Yesterday, Chang said free- Sea marred a gathering of South- dom-of-navigation patrol. dom of navigation should not be east Asian defence officials yes- The patrol prompted China’s “hyped up” or used as an excuse terday, with a joint statement naval chief to warn his US coun- for provocation. scrapped after ministers failed terpart that a minor incident Carter said the inability of the to agree on its wording. could spark war if the United Southeast Asian ministers to The United States and its allies States did not stop “provocative agree on a statement reflected had pressed for a mention of dis- acts”. their concern about China’s activ- putes in the South China Sea in China claims most of the South ity in the sea. the statement while a senior US China Sea, through which more “Obviously, they weren’t able to defence official said China had than $5tr in global trade passes reach consensus and that reflects lobbied members of the Associa- every year. Vietnam, Malay- I think the level of concern that tion of South East Asian Nations sia, Brunei, the Philippines and was reflected in the conversa- (Asean) to avoid any reference. Taiwan have rival claims. China tion about activities in the South “The decision was made by objects to what it sees as outside China Sea,” Carter said. Asean because there is no con- interference in the disputes. He said China’s reclamation sensus, so no joint declaration The United States says it takes and militarisation in the South is signed,” Malaysian Defence no position on the claims but it China Sea was a major issue in his Minister Hishammuddin Hus- and allies such as the Philippines bilateral talks this week and Chi- sein said. The forum included have been alarmed by increasingly na’s President Xi Jinping should The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defence Ministers-PLUS meeting in Subang, Malaysia, yesterday. defence ministers from the 10 assertive Chinese action including stick to his word when he denies Asean members and counterparts island-building on disputed reefs. militarisation of the sea. reclamation and militarisation,” Hishammuddin said those talks ore Roosevelt today, a US defence from countries such as the Aus- China’s defence minister Chang “The presence of US naval ves- Carter said. would give more opportunities to official said, for a voyage bound to tralia, China, India, Japan and the Wanquan told US Defense Secre- sels in the South China Sea is not Leaders of the countries attend- resolve differences. keep tension over the rival claims. United States. tary Ash Carter last Tuesday that new, that’s been going on for dec- ing meet again at Asean and East Carter and Hishammuddin are It came just a week after a China’s “people and military will ades. What’s new is dredging and Asia summits this month and due to cruise on the USS Theod- REUTERS

Australia struggles to Ma, Xi to hold historic meet on Saturday

TAIPEI: The presidents of Tai- of the Taiwan Strait is positive Party, known as the Kuomintang Jiang Zemin ordered live fire mis- shut terror money flow wan and China will meet in Sin- and consistent. If there is news (KMT), is trailing in opinion polls sile tests and war games in the gapore on Saturday to discuss on this, we will issue it in a timely behind the main opposition Dem- seas around Taiwan to try and SYDNEY: Australia said yester- Justice Minister Michael Keenan cross-strait issues, Taiwan’s pres- manner.” ocratic Progressive Party, which intimidate voters not to back Lee day it was striving to shut down told reporters in Canberra, using idential office said, in the first The purpose of Ma’s trip was traditionally favours independ- Teng-hui, who China believed was money flows to terrorist groups an acronym for the Islamic State such meeting of leaders from the to “consolidate cross-strait peace ence and is loathed by the Chinese moving the island closer to formal after its anti-money launder- group. two sides since the Chinese civil and maintain the status quo”, his Communist Party. independence. ing agency tracked Aus$53m The government estimates war ended in 1949. office said. Ma would not sign any Chiang Kai-shek’s National- The crisis brought the two (US$38m) in suspect transac- some 120 Australians are in Iraq Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou agreements, nor issue any joint ists fled to Taiwan following their sides to the verge of conflict and tions in a year. and Syria supporting the Islamic will fly to Singapore to meet with statements with China during the defeat by Mao Zedong’s Commu- prompted the United States to Government body AUSTRAC State and other terror-linked Chinese President Xi Jinping, trip, it added. nists at the end of the Chinese sail a carrier task force through said that between July 2014 and groups, with another 160 actively the presidential office said in a Taiwan’s cabinet would meet civil war. the Taiwan Strait in a warning June 2015, it monitored more supporting extremist organisa- statement. The meeting comes with leaders of parliament and Since then Taiwan has been to Beijing. In March this year, than 100 people “of interest” and tions. at a politically sensitive time in the island’s political parties to self-ruled, but China deems the Ma flew to Singapore to pay his investigated 536 suspicious trans- AUSTRAC cautioned that not Taiwan, with elections for a new discuss the trip. Taiwan’s Main- island a breakaway province to be respects after the death of the actions valued at Aus$53m, most all the Aus$53m in transactions president and legislature being land Affairs Council, the island’s taken back, by force if necessary, city-state’s first prime minister, of which were associated with would be directly funding terror- held on January 16. top China policymaking body, will particularly if it makes moves Lee Kuan Yew, a diplomatically militant groups in Iraq and Syria. ism, since some funds were mixed China’s Taiwan Affairs Office hold a press conference, while Ma toward independence. Previous sensitive visit given China’s stance “Those 100 are obviously part of in with legitimate financing. said in a statement, “The main- will hold a news briefing today, the Chinese attempts to influence that Taiwan is a renegade prov- a wider group of people who we’re land’s attitude on a meeting presidential office said. Taiwan’s elections have backfired. ince. worried about supporting ISIL,” AFP between leaders from both sides Ma’s pro-China Nationalist In 1996, then-Chinese President REUTERS

Reject ivory, Philippine church Philippine militants demand leaders told huge ransom for hostages MANILA: The Philippines’ dom- MANILA: A small but violent mining consultant from Canada. tracks militant groups. Last inant Catholic Church called on Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group “I’m also being held hostage month, the militants released a its leaders yesterday to help end in the Philippines has demanded by the Abu Sayaaf group. We’re longer video that showed the cap- the slaughter of elephants by a billion pesos ($21m) each for being ransomed each for one bil- tives for the first time since they rejecting fresh donations of reli- three men and a woman captured lion pesos.” were taken, appealing to the Phil- gious objects made of ivory. at a beach resort in September, The Philippine government has ippine and Canadian governments “I propose to my brother bish- one of the victims said in a video. a “no ransom” policy and will not to heed rebel demands and halt ops to enforce the directive that The men, two Canadians and negotiate with the militants, said an army offensive on Jolo. Ridsdel no donation of any new statue or a Norwegian, and the Filipino police spokesman Chief Superin- also spoke in the first video as did religious object made from ivory... woman were shown in a video tendent Wilben Mayor. the two other men, who identi- shall be accepted and blessed,” clip posted on Twitter crouch- The army declined to comment fied themselves as Robert Hall said Catholic Bishops Conference ing on the ground with masked but one military official said the and Kjartan Sekkingstad. The of the Philippines president Soc- men wielding machetes standing ransom demand was “incredible”. woman did not speak. rates Villegas. Passengers get their luggage wrapped in plastic protection wrapper at the over them and threatening to kill The hostages are believed to be The army identified the four in The Catholic Church, which Manila airport yesterday. them. held in the jungle on the south- September as having been taken counts 80 percent of the Phil- “I appeal to the Canadian ern island of Jolo, a stronghold of hostage. The raid on the resort ippines’ 100 million people as prime minister and the people the Abu Sayyaf, known for bomb was a reminder of insecurity in followers, has long been a signifi- of Canada, please pay this ran- attacks, beheadings and kidnap- the south despite a 2014 peace cant consumer and endorser of Philippines probes som as soon as possible or our pings. agreement with the largest Mus- elephant tusks for use as religious lives are in great danger,” said The one minute, 27 second video lim rebel group that ended 45 icons. a bearded man who identified clip was posted on Twitter by the years of conflict. In 2012 a National Geographic himself as John Ridsdel, who is a Site Intelligence Group, which REUTERS investigation said Philippine airport extortion racket Catholic Church ownership of religious icons made from ivory was widespread, and some priests MANILA: The Philippine gov- Abaya did not elaborate on were complicit in smuggling icons ernment said yesterday it was whether the security personnel carved in Manila abroad. investigating claims of a major were facing criminal or adminis- Indonesia shuts Myanmar ruling party The Church suspended a priest extortion racket at the nation’s trative punishment, but said Pres- known for his vast collection of main airport involving security ident Benigno Aquino intended to Bali airport due to ivory statues following the report, personnel planting bullets in pas- fire anyone involved. Abaya said denies dumping ex-chief which cited him as giving advice sengers’ luggage. one of the cases involved a com- volcanic eruption to a journalist on how to smuggle The allegations, which have plaint from an American. YANGON: Myanmar’s ruling her party dominates the new par- icons to the United States. dominated local news, prompted Although he did not give details JAKARTA: Indonesia closed Union Solidarity and Develop- liament that will emerge from In his statement Villegas the United Nations to warn its on the American, local press have Bali airport, one of the country’s ment Party (USDP) said yester- Sunday’s vote and will elect a acknowledged that statues and staff of the potential dangers and widely reported allegations from busiest international termi- day it had not expelled ousted president next year. objects made of ivory, some of the government to install extra a US missionary who said a bul- nals, until today due to volcanic party chairman and parliamen- “There have been posts on them centuries-old, were already security cameras at Manila’s air- let was planted in his luggage at eruptions on Mount Rinjani on tary speaker Shwe Mann fol- Facebook saying that the Cen- in use in some churches. But port terminals. Manila airport. a nearby island, meteorological lowing reports and social media tral Executive Committee (CEC) he said the Church should keep They also come ahead of the Security personnel demanded agency said yesterday. Ngurah chatter it had dumped him four had expelled Thura U Shwe them. Philippines hosting US President 30,000 pesos ($640) or they would Rai airport in Bali and Sela- days before an election. Mann from the party after hold- Villegas, making the statement Barack Obama and other world press charges for illegal possession parang airport in West Nusa Shwe Mann was dramatically ing a meeting in the evening of through a pastoral letter to be cir- leaders for the annual Asia-Pacific of live ammunition, media reports Tenggara will be closed until removed as the chairman of the November 3,” the party said in a culated to churches, said the ivory Economic Cooperation summit on cited the American as saying. He today and the situation will be USDP in August during a late statement. directive also covered “materials November 18-19. refused and was charged, then re-evaluated before reopening, night party reshuffle in which “The CEC did not hold any extracted, taken or derived from Responding to the media frenzy, released on bail, according to the Indonesia’s meteorological agency security forces surrounded party meeting on November 3 ... The protected and endangered spe- Transport Secretary Joseph reports. A US embassy spokes- said in a statement. headquarters in the capital of posts spreading on the Internet cies”. Environment groups regard Emilio Abaya said the scam had man declined to comment on the “Tremors due to volcanic activ- Naypyitaw. Shwe Mann, a former are just rumours and we would the Philippines as one of Asia’s been “blown out of proportion” case. In the Philippines, posses- ities are continuously recorded general, antagonized some mem- like to request that writing hotspots for the trade in illegal but confirmed cases had been filed sion of live ammunition is pun- and potential of more eruption is bers of the USDP and military, in and spreading of these posts be ivory, because it is a transport hub against security officers over two ishable by six to 12 years in jail. still high,” it said. part by building ties with opposi- stopped.” for African tusks to key Asian alleged extortion attempts. Philippine media outlets have Tens of thousands of travel- tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Kyaw Thura, a public relations centres of demand such as China “A single case of any passen- carried reports of many passen- lers in Bali were stranded in July backing her campaign to change officer at USDP headquarters in and Vietnam. The use of the ivory ger... charged or victimised by gers claiming to have had bullets when the resort island’s airport the constitution. Naypyitaw, confirmed that Shwe as religious icons is another fac- planting (bullets) is unjust... it planted in their luggage. was closed due to volcanic erup- His ties with Suu Kyi has led to Mann was still a member of the tor. merits full government attention,” tions. speculation he could be a presi- party. AFP Abaya said. AFP REUTERS dential contender if, as expected, REUTERS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PAKISTAN Emergency declared in Maldives Police officer killed Authorities act after finding explosive devices near president’s residence in Bangladesh MALE: The Maldives declared rule, for the first time under a ister Dunya Maumoon said. opponents, had lost the support DHAKA: A police officer was that hardline Islamists behind a a state of emergency for 30 days constitution passed in 2008, came “There has never been a major of his allies and could no longer stabbed to death in Bangladesh recent spate of targeted murders yesterday citing a threat to two days before a demonstration incident targeting tourists.” count on the loyalty of the secu- yesterday and another badly were also responsible for yester- national security, as President planned by the main opposition A Western diplomat in Colombo rity forces. injured in the second such attack day’s violence. Abdulla Yameen sought to shore party. said European Union members “It looks like Yameen has lost in less than a month, blamed by “They are carrying out these up his power over the Indian The string of tropical islands, may consider a travel advisory control or is losing control,” the the home minister on hardline (killings), sometimes taking the Ocean island nation following a home to 400,000 people and a after the order, which comes just spokesman said, expressing con- Islamists. As many as eight uni- name of JMB (Jamayetul Muja- suspected assassination attempt. favourite of tourists, has been before the peak tourism season. cern that the state of emergency dentified men attacked a group of hideen Bangladesh), sometimes The authorities acted after dis- in turmoil since a September 28 Britain advised its citizens after could be indefinite. officers as they arrived at a police Harkat ul Jihad (Al Islami), covering explosive devices near blast on board Yameen’s launch as the order to “take extra care”, The US Federal Bureau of checkpoint at Ashulia, the coun- sometimes Ansarullah Bangla Yameen’s official residence and it was about to dock at the capital, when travelling to the Maldives. Investigation, asked to examine try’s biggest garment factory hub Team and sometimes IS (Islamic the main mosque in the capital Male. Yameen was unhurt, but his A record 1.2 million tourists vis- the scene of the boat blast, said 30km north of the capital. State),” he said, referring to hard- Male, as well as stashes of weap- wife and two aides were injured in ited in 2014, accounting for 29 it found “no conclusive evidence” “They stabbed two police con- line groups. ons believed to have been stolen the explosion, which the govern- percent of the economy. that a bomb had exploded, raising stables with big knives. One of A police officer was stabbed from army stores. ment quickly concluded was an The opposition Maldivian Dem- doubts over its cause. the constables was stabbed in his to death at a busy bus station in “Because these would be a attempt on his life. ocratic Party (MDP) had planned Maumoon, however, said Sri neck and he died after he was Dhaka less than two weeks ago. threat to the public and the Senior ministers said the gov- the Friday protest to demand the Lankan and Saudi Arabian inves- brought to a nearby hospital,” Fears of Islamist violence have nation, the National Security ernment would only make use release of ex-president Mohamed tigators had found traces of high assistant superintendent of police been rising in mainly moder- Council advised taking immedi- of limited powers to restrict the Nasheed, jailed in March for 13 explosives. Mosfequr Rahman said. ate Muslim-majority Bangla- ate steps to protect the people right of assembly. There would no years for terrorism in a trial that The government was “con- The attackers fled on motor- desh after four atheist bloggers of Maldives,” Attorney General curfew or arbitrary detention. drew international criticism. vinced” that the blast was caused bikes, firing blank shots to try to were murdered this year, all by Mohamed Anil said in a live tel- “Please go ahead with your A spokesman for Nasheed said by a bomb, he said. ceate panic, Rahman said. machete-wielding attackers. evised address. holidays, the Maldives are a imposing emergency rule showed Home Minister Asaduzzaman The imposition of emergency peaceful country,” Foreign Min- that Yameen, having locked up his REUTERS Khan Kamal said he suspected AFP

Pakistan seeks death Pakistan factory collapse leaves 18 dead

LAHORE: At least 18 people immediately moved for the res- penalty for child abuse were killed and up to 150 trapped cue operation,” the message said. yesterday when a factory col- The factory, located at an ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ify the victim’s age or gender. lapsed near the eastern Paki- industrial site about 20 km south taken a step towards punishing The bill will now come before stani city of Lahore, officials said, of the city, manufactured shop- the sexual abuse of girls with lawmakers in both parliamentary adding to a number of industrial ping bags. It was not clear what life imprisonment or even death chambers, who are set to pass it disasters to hit the South Asian caused the collapse, though con- after an influential parliamentary into law. Malik told the commit- nation. struction work had been going on committee voted to amend cur- tee the state should protect vul- Rescue workers digging for sur- there. rent laws. nerable women and children. vivors with construction equip- “My son is a daily wage The National Assembly’s stand- In a report, independent child ment have recovered 75 injured labourer here. We can’t find him ing committee approved the pro- rights watchdog Sahil said that people so far, said Mohammad among the dead or the injured, so posal by lawmaker Shaista Perveiz last year almost 10 children were Usman, a senior local government I am just hoping that he will be Malik last Tuesday, according to sexually abused in Pakistan every official who was on the scene. recovered from the rubble safely,” a statement on parliament’s web- day on average. Eighteen dead bodies have also said Mohammad Ramzan, whose site. Parliamentary records show been found, he said. More than 24-year-old son Amin was miss- “After detailed discussions, the that some 14,583 rape cases were 150 people were feared trapped ing. committee unanimously passed registered in Pakistan between under the rubble after the build- Pakistan’s construction sector the bill,” it said. 2009-2014, while only 1,041 ing collapsed, said rescue worker suffers from poor oversight and The amendment only appears offenders were convicted. Kashif Nazir at the scene. No developers frequently flout build- to address the sexual abuse of Pakistan ended a six-year part of the four-storey build- Rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory on the ing codes. In September 2012, 289 girls aged under 14, not boys. moratorium on the death penalty ing remained standing after the outskirts of Lahore yesterday. people burned to death in a fire at Under the existing penal last year, at first just for terror- disaster, and hundreds of rescue a garment factory in the southern code, the punishment for rape related charges, but later for workers were carefully picking calls from three or four people flying urban search-and-rescue city of Karachi. Same day, a fire at ranges from a minimum of ten offences including murder, drug through piles of concrete and from inside the debris, so we can- teams to the scene, said a mili- a shoe factory in Lahore killed 25. years’ incarceration to the death smuggling. bricks to find survivors. not remove the rubble recklessly,” tary spokesman in a text message. penalty, but it does not spec- AFP “People have received phone said Usman. The military was “Army engineers have been REUTERS

Arms seizure Woman held for Afghanistan orders probe after carrying cocaine HANOI: Vietnam has arrested a woman is stoned to death Malaysian woman for smuggling cocaine, state media said yester- day, a crime punishable by death KABUL: Afghanistan’s presi- and criminal, condemning it in increasingly high-pitched as in the communist country. dent Wednesday ordered a probe the strongest terms,” a statement stones struck her with sickening Kaur Gurcharan Singh Manpal, into the fatal stoning of a young from his office said. thuds. The chilling footage went 44, was caught with five kilograms woman in a Taliban-controlled “The president assigns a del- viral on social media, sparking of cocaine at Ho Chi Minh City’s area after she was accused of egation to seriously investigate strong public criticism. international airport according to adultery, a savage punishment this incident.” Afghan officials said that the Tuoi Tre newspaper. that sparked nationwide outrage. Rokhsana was placed in a hole killing took place about a week She had travelled to Colum- The woman, identified as in the ground as turbaned men ago in a Taliban-controlled area bia, Panama, Brazil and Dubai Rokhsana and believed to be gathered around and hurled just outside Firozkoh, the capital before landing in Vietnam where aged between 19 and 21, had been stones at her with chilling non- of Ghor. authorities detected the powdered forced to marry and was accused chalance, footage released by Rokhshana was stoned by a drug in her baggage. Anyone of adultery after she tried eloping broadcaster Radio Free Europe gathering of “Taliban, local reli- found guilty of possessing heroin with another man, officials said. / Radio Liberty showed. gious leaders and armed war- Members of the Pakistani armed forces display heavy weapons and or cocaine can face the death in “President Ashraf Ghani calls The woman was heard repeat- lords”, Ghor’s Governor Seema ammunition recovered from alleged militants in Bara area in Khyber tribal Vietnam. the stoning of a girl in Ghor prov- ing the shahada, or Muslim pro- Joyenda said. agency, near the Afghan border, yesterday. The weapons were seized AFP ince extra-judicial, un-Islamic fession of faith, her voice growing AFP during a search operation against the militant groups. Nepal urges China to Lanka’s colonial past rises from the rubble JAFFNA: As an army of labour- Hundreds of years later after open more entry points ers churns out limestone bricks, Sri Lanka gained independence, archeologist Prashantha Man- the fort came under attack from KATHMANDU: At a time when meeting here yesterday, Nepa- dawala reflects on the ambitious Tamil rebels, fighting for a sepa- bilateral ties between Nepal and lese side had requested to open task of restoring Sri Lanka’s cen- rate homeland for the island’s India have reached an all time up seven new trading routes with turies-old Jaffna fort, destroyed ethnic minority. low, the Himalayan nation has China, Mustang, Larke in Gorkha, by ethnic war. Rebels went on the rampage reached out to its northern neigh- Kimathanka in Sankhuwasabha, The project has so far included to successfully recapture the bour China to trade in gasoline Lamabagar in Dolakha, Yari in the dangerous task of clearing fort from Sri Lankan troops who and for opening up more entry Humla, Mugu, and Olangchungola unexploded mines and shells occupied the site after Indian points and passes. in Taplejung districts. from the seafront site and scour- forces exited the conflict in 1990. Nepal has already begun “Let’s bring these trading ing the northern Jaffna peninsula The military eventually had importing petrol from China points in operation within 12 for scarce limestone bricks to use to be evacuated by helicopter, provided by a grant, as the first months by upgrading the present for the rebuilding. and Tigers set about destroying consignment has already reached status of the infrastructure in the Sri Lanka’s separatist Tamil the strategically important site’s Dutch-built 17th century Fort Hammenhiel, which is now used as an Kathmandu. Of the total 1.3 mil- border,” said Damodar Regmi, rebels laid siege to the European- features. After the rebels were upmarket tourist hotel run by Sri Lanka’s navy, in the northern city of Jaffna. lion litres of fuel pledged by China, deputy director general at the built fort, branded a symbol of crushed in 2009, authorities began as much as 102,000 litres has Department of Customs, who is colonial oppression, during the the painstaking task of restora- arrived in Kathmandu, accord- leading the Nepali team at the conflict that raged on the island were damaged during the war 400kms north of Colombo, con- tion, with financial help from the ing to the Nepal Oil Corporation. annual border customs meeting. until 2009. had vandalised the fort to remove structing a small garrison after Dutch government. After fuel supplies to Nepal During last sixth meetings of “There was damage due to the limestones to rebuild their capturing the region in 1619. The moat was cleared of from India dwindled heavily for the Nepal China Tibet Trade war. Artillery fire and things like homes.” The Dutch ousted the Portu- mines, artillery shells and other last one month, the government Facilitation Committee in August, that,” Mandawala, who is heading When the Dutch and British guese in 1658, and set about turn- unexploded ammunition, allow- initiated process to import fuel the two neighbours had agreed the mammoth restoration of the ruled Sri Lanka in the 1600 and ing the structure into a massive ing ramparts and bastions to be from China. Nepal needs to open to develop infrastructure at 17th-century complex. 1700s, the fortress was a sign of military post, similar to one in the rebuilt, and several hundred tour- up more trading points and passes six existing points and to initi- “There was a lot of damage due European military might in the southern coastal town of Galle. ists a month to take a tour. as incumbent two passes - Tato- ate study for building “business to neglect also. Trees had grown Indian Ocean region, a star- The British, who expelled the The Sri Lankan government pani and Rasuwagadhi - were roads” from Chekampar, Lama- inside causing damage to walls,” shaped structure with moats and Dutch in the late 18th-century, has earmarked 28m rupees severely damaged by the April 25 bagar and Mugu to connect Tibet. he said. draw bridges. added a stately residence for its ($212,000) annually for the next earthquake and its aftershocks. “Then there was also vandal- But it was the Portugese governor who was based in Jaffna, three years. During a customs officials IANS ism. Some people whose houses who originally built on the site, then the gateway to Sri Lanka. AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Moody’s report BJP MP compares top actor to terrorist LUCKNOW: BJP MP Yogi Adi- streets like an ordinary Muslim”. added his voice to this group. oppose yoga can leave India. tyanath yesterday compared The MP’s comment came a day He said while he was all for a Adityanath’s comments drew Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh after a BJP leader, Kailash Vijay- free debate on issues, no one had a criticism from both the Shiv Sena Khan with Pakistani terrorist vargiya, called Shah Rukh — as right to hurt India’s international and veteran Bollywood actor distorted by Hafiz Saeed after the actor said the actor is widely known and image. Anupam Kher. there was growing intolerance in who turned 50 last Monday — a Those who did deserved to be Shiv Sena spokesman Sanjay India. “deshdrohi” (traitor). Vijayvar- boycotted, the saffron-robed MP Raut said, “Shah Rukh must not The hardline BJP leader said giya said yesterday that his com- said. be targeted for being a Muslim. in Gorakhpur that both Shah ment had been “misconstrued”. When he was told that Hafiz He has the same rights as we do.” media: Govt Rukh Khan and Saeed — the Another Hindutva proponent, Saeed had invited Indians to come Kher, a known BJP supporter, mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai Sadhvi Prachi, dubbed the actor to Pakistan if they found intol- tweeted: “Some members of the terror attack — speak the same a “Pakistani agent”. erance in India difficult to cope BJP really need to control their Reporting irresponsible, says govt language. Shah Rukh Khan had said ear- with, Adityanath said, “They can tongue and stop talking rubbish “There is no difference in the lier that there “is intolerance (in go (to Pakistan). We also want about Shah Rukh. He is a national NEW DELHI: The Indian tary on India by a rating agency language Shah Rukh Khan and India), there is extreme intoler- them to go.” icon and we are proud of him.” government yesterday reacted by the media to buttress the nar- Saeed speak,” said Adityanath, ance ... there is growing intoler- Adityanath has been represent- But BJP MP and popular Bho- sharply to media reports on a rative it wants to portray.” who heads the Gorakhpur mutt ance”. ing Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha jpuri singer-actor Manoj Tiwari comment by Moody’s Analytics In an analysis titled “India in eastern Uttar Pradesh and is Adityanath said “so-called for the BJP since 1998. Also head said Shah Rukh Khan had always that Prime Minister Narendra Outlook: Searching for Poten- known for his radical views on writers and artistes” had taken of the Hindu Yuva Vahini group, been close to the Congress and Modi must check party mem- tial”, Moody’s Analytics had said issues related to Hinduism. an anti-India stand by return- he has sparked many controver- had made his statement amid the bers from making controversial that while the prime minister’s Adityanath said if Hindus ing their national awards over sies with his hardline comments. ongoing Bihar assembly elections. statements or risk losing global BJP does not have a majority in stopped seeing Shah Rukh alleged growing intolerance, and In June this year, he credibility. the upper house to pass crucial Khan’s movies, “he will be on the that Shah Rukh Khan had now declared that those who IANS “It is with regret the Govern- reforms, the government also ment of India notes the irrespon- hasn’t helped itself with contro- sible and distorted reporting by versial comments from various certain sections of the Indian members. media on what was the personal “While Modi has largely dis- All Ghulam Ali opinion of a junior associate econ- tanced himself from the nation- Innovation is future currency: Pranab omist employed with Moody’s alist gibes, the belligerent Analytics,” the government said provocation of various Indian NEW DELHI: President Pranab The first three-day Visitor’s more proactive and systematic concerts in in a statement. minorities has raised ethnic ten- Mukherjee yesterday said inno- Conference commenced yester- manner. “It is surprising that sections of sions. vation was the currency of the day with an interactive session “If we provide enough funds to India cancelled the Indian media failed to make Along with a possible increase future and emphasised on the between industry and academia, top 10 to 15 institutions for the a distinction between Moody’s in violence, the government will need for creating strong inno- exchange of 44 MoUs and lec- next 4-5 years, these institutions NEW DELHI: Pakistani ghazal Analytics, which is merely a data face stiffer opposition in the upper vation culture in India. tures by eminent people. will certainly storm into the top singer Ghulam Ali, whose concert and analytics firm, and Moody’s house as debate turns away from “Innovation is the currency of Speaking after witnessing the 100 of global academic rankings in Mumbai was called off after Investor Services, which provides economic policy,” it said. the future. Innovation converts exchange of MoUs, Mukherjee within next few years,” he said. resistance from the Shiv Sena, ratings services,” it said. “Modi must keep his members research into wealth. Unless we said his constant refrain that The president said the cancelled all his scheduled per- “Opinion of a junior associate in check or risk losing domestic recognise this reality and start India cannot aspire to be a world National Institutional Rankings formances in the country, say- economist employed with Moody’s and global credibility.” working in a focused manner power without having a single Framework put in place by the ing that he won’t return to India Analytics has been splashed all Moody’s Analytics said the poli- on creating a strong innovation world-class university has found human resource development until “things settle down”. across implying it as the opinion tics need to improve and the gov- culture in our country now, we resonance among the institu- ministry with an India-centric Ghulam Ali expressed his dis- of Moody’s Analytics. The govern- ernment’s reform agenda needs will be left behind in the march tions. approach would further help the appointment over recent inci- ment notes with distress that the attention to achieve long-term to modernity,” Mukherjee said He said the institutions have institutions to compete nation- dents, but asserted that Indian personal opinion of a junior ana- growth. addressing the Visitor’s Confer- now started looking at the inter- ally and globally. fans have always welcomed him lyst was passed off as a commen- IANS ence at Rashtrapati Bhavan. national ranking processes in a IANS and his music with open arms. He told an Indian news chan- nel that he will “not perform until things settle down” and that he Chinese VP in India was hurt by the politics being played over his concerts “I’m a singer, I will talk about After Rajasthan ex-MLA’s death, music, not politics,” he said. All his scheduled concerts, including the one in Delhi on family warns of indefinite fast November 8, and another in Luc- know, have been scrapped. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, JAIPUR: A day after former today morning that my father’s admitted to government-run president of Indian Films & Tel- Rajasthan legislator who went struggle would not go in vain,” SMS Hospital over a fortnight evision Directors’ Association on hunger-strike to press his Gaurav Chhabra, son of Gurusha- ago when his health started dete- (IFTDA), welcomed Ghulam Ali’s demands for liquor ban and a ran Chhabra, said. riorating. He was shifted to the decision. The singer, who made an strong Lokpal died, his family “I along with my other family ICU after going into a coma a few entry into Indian cinema with his said it too would observe fast members will sit on a fast unto days ago. popular song “Chupke chupke raat unto death if the demands were death if demands of my father As per Gurusharan Chhabra’s din” for B R Chopra’s “Nikaah”, still unheeded. relating to strong Lokpal and liq- wishes, his body was donated to was stopped from performing in The 69-year-old, former Janata uor ban are not met with in next SMS Medical College here. Mumbai and in Pune last month Party legislator Gurusharan couple of days,” Gaurav said. His son Gaurav accused the after the Shiv Sena threatened Chhabra, who was on a hunger Stating that his father sat on state government of not fulfill- to disrupt his concerts. It led to strike for 32 days since October 2, indefinite fast on October 2 and ing the assurances it gave to his a debate, with artistes from all died last Tuesday morning. staged a completely peaceful father almost 18 months back. sections urging art be kept out His family members said it has protest, he said, “This state gov- “They (the state government) of politics. been conveyed to the Rajasthan ernment was completely insensi- assured and made a commitment IANS government that they would be tive.” to my father that they would con- forced to sit on “hunger strike” in “What he wanted was in pub- sider his demands. front of Chief Minister Vasund- lic interest, he wanted a stronger But for 18 months nothing hap- hara Raje’s residence if the Lokpal and state wide ban on liq- pened. This forced my father to demands remained unfulfilled. uor. We will continue to fight for sit on a hunger strike again on “We have conveyed to the two his wishes and demands”, Gaurav October 2,” he said. Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (centre) is welcomed by West Final round of ministers - Rajendra Rathore and said. Bengal’s Minister of Urban Development, Firhad Hakim, in Kolkata yester- Arun Chaturvedi - who visited us Gurusharan Chhabra was IANS day. Li is on a state visit to strengthen political and bilateral ties between Kerala’s civic China and India. polls today THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPI-M takes dig Over 14 million electorate are eli- Land allotted to BJP does not belong to us: DDA gible to vote today in the second and final phase of Kerala’s civic at Mamata over NEW DELHI: The land allot- capital. Responding to the alle- under the local jurisdiction of members,” it said. Urging Jung polls which is witnessing a keen ted to the Bharatiya Janata Party gation, the Lt Governor-headed North Delhi Municipal Corpora- to revoke the land allotted to the contest between the UDF and the workers’ deaths (BJP) for constructing its office DDA said, “Land of BJP office site tion,” it added. BJP to construct its Delhi unit LDF. does not belong to the Downtown does not belong to DDA and has It also said the DDA Authority office in the heart of the capital, The voting will be spread across Development Authority (DDA), not been allotted by DDA.” meeting had processed only the Sisodia had said, “I am really dis- seven of the 14 districts and KOLKATA: Left Front chair- the city’s land owning agency said “The site belonged to Land and change of land use on the request appointed to know that you have decide the political fate of more man Biman Bose yesterday took yesterday. Development Office (L&DO),” the of L&DO for inviting public objec- allotted a land belonging to a than 40,000 candidates vying for a dig at West Bengal Chief Min- Last Tuesday, Delhi’s deputy authority said in a statement. tions/suggestions in accordance school to the BJP.” The statement 12,651 seats. ister Mamata Banerjee for failing Chief Minister Manish Sisodia “The L&DO had already allot- with the DDA Act. was made in reference to the 809 The seven districts are Pathan- to visit a closed tea estate follow- accused Lt Governor Najeeb Jung ted the land to BJP on 27 Novem- “This agenda item was circu- square metres of land allotted on amthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, ing the deaths of workers alleg- of allotting the land, earmarked ber 2014 and the site was handed lated well in advance to all the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg. Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad edly due to malnutrition. for a school, to the BJP to con- over by L&DO to them on 5 elected members of the Author- and Malappuram. Banerjee visited Jalpaiguri dis- struct an office in the heart of the December 2014. The land falls ity, which included AAP’s elected IANS The first phase of the voting on trict in north Bengal on Wednes- November 2 saw more than 8.4 day, but her itinerary did not million of the 10.1 million regis- include a visit to the Duncan’s tered voters exercising their fran- Bagrakote tea garden, where, Diwali firecrackers chise. Counting of votes will take according to Bose, 27 workers place on Saturday. died of malnutrition. Akali Dal questions While the major clash is “She went to north Bengal near between the Congress-led United the vicinity of the Bagrakote tea Democratic Front and the Left garden. However, she did not visit opposition, the BJP is trying to the garden,” he told media per- Rahul’s Punjab visit make major gains in a state where sons here. it has traditionally been a mar- Bose said his party has decided CHANDIGARH: A day before Sikh Gurdwara Management ginal player. to mobilise trade unions in north Congress vice president Rahul Committee (DSGMC) president In the 2010 civic polls, for the Bengal to help the workers and Gandhi is to visit Punjab where Manjit Singh G K said in a state- first time in several years, the address their concerns. he intends to meet families ment. UDF won more than 65 percent “Left Front-affiliated trade of two men allegedly killed in “Was it because you felt guilty of the over 20,000 seats. unions have a role to play here. police firing on protesters agi- as you knew that the riots had The Oommen Chandy-led UDF The unions need to talk to the tating against sacrilege of the been instigated by your own fam- government feels that if it main- workers and the stakeholders in Guru Granth Sahib, the ruling ily members and meticulously tains a similar grip over the local the trade and thereafter plan a Shiromani Akali Dal yesterday planned and executed by senior bodies, it could well be on the road definitive way forward,” he said. questioned the visit, linking it to members of your own party?” the to victory in the assembly polls On Banerjee’s comment that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. DSGMC president said. next year. the state would take over the tea “Rahul should tell the people He said the Congress leader- But the Left is optimistic too. estate in case the Duncans were why he had never tried to con- ship was responsible for the geno- Senior CPI-M legislator A K A woman works at a firecracker factory in Liusipukuri village, on the unable to manage it, Bose said, sole or share the grief of even one cide of Sikhs which resulted in the Balan said, “The Left is heading “There can’t be any solution by outskirts of Siliguri, yesterday. Firecrackers are used during the Diwali of the thousands of Sikh families killing of then PM Indira Gandhi for a handsome victory in the talking this way.” festival, which falls on November 11 this year. whose near and dear ones had in 1984. civic polls.” IANS been butchered in 1984,” Delhi IANS IANS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA Jaitley sure of GST approval Bhangra performance Congress says key issues related to tax bill remain unresolved

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Congress party? I have repeatedly or environment.” of parliament. He expressed his Arun Jaitley yesterday said the said I am,” he said, adding, “I’ve so The principal opposition party satisfaction with the progress passage of the goods and services far been discussing it with their wants the government not to made in implementing taxation tax (GST) bill was just a matter leaders. I can’t find conceptual pursue the additional 1 percent reforms, both direct and indirect. of time. But the opposition opposition to it. I will once again tax that it intends to levy over “The supporting legislation and Congress party, which has been speak to them and try to make and above the prescribed rate for the IT backbone are ready. There vehemently blocking it, brushed them see reason.” this pan-India levy, and also seeks is little conceptual opposition to aside the assertion, saying key But the Congress once again that the same is notified in the the idea,” he said, maintaining issues remained unresolved. rejected the offer. bill itself. that the popular constituency “I think it is only a question of “First, the environment should The Bharatiya Janata Party, which supports change, reforms time. Obstruction won’t continue be such that there can be dialogue however, feels the 1-percent and growth, was now much larger indefinitely. When it’s put to vote, between the government and the additional levy was essential if than before and wanted this far- I see it going through,” Jaitley opposition. states are to be compensated reaching tax regime. said at a conference hosted by the “Parliamentary democracy for shifting to a pan-India tax The GST envisages to subsume World Economic Forum. cannot be reduced to one bill regime, foregoing their own all central indirect taxes like He also told Bloomberg in an — that it functions properly indirect tax levies. The party also excise duty, countervailing duty interview, “We are even willing even the Congress wants,” party feels specifying the rate in the bill and service tax, as also state to speak to any of their leaders.” spokesperson Anand Sharma will make alterations difficult. levies like value added tax, This was in reference to a said. Jaitley, nevertheless, had octroi or entry tax and luxury question if he was game to raising “If there is confrontationist said here last week that the tax. The government has termed the issue with Congress party vice mindset of the prime minister government would make all it the most reformist taxation Students wearing traditional Punjabi attire perform Bhangra, a folk dance president Rahul Gandhi. and his ministers, it is difficult to efforts to pass the GST bill in step since independence. from Punjab, during the final competition of the Youth Festival at Guru “Am I willing to discuss with the create a conducive atomosphere the forthcoming winter session IANS Nanak Dev University in Amritsar yesterday. Bhangra is an energetic dance performed to the beat of traditional drums. Report on Kerala House Ex-MP held after four of family die in fire

HYDERABAD: Former Con- mation Report (FIR) and began informed about the fire at 4am. Women’s groups alleged that ‘raid’ in Delhi submitted gress MP Siricilla Rajaiah, his investigation as the family of He said forensic evidence and Sarika and the children were wife and their son were detained Sarika blamed her husband and clues were gathered from the murdered and demanded action NEW DELHI: Divisional Com- served in the Kerala House can- for questioning after the poli- his parents for the “murder”. scene and the investigation was against the former MP and his missioner of Delhi A Anbarasu teen. Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi tician’s daughter-in-law and All four charred bodies were on from all angles. son. Women’s activists massed submitted his report on the Ker- Party (AAP) government on three young grandsons died in shifted to the MGM Hospital for Warangal Police Commissioner outside the house and staged a ala House ‘raid’ by Delhi Police to October 29 had asked the divi- a fire under mysterious circum- autopsy. Police said the investiga- G Sudheer Babu said the former demonstration. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sional commissioner to submit stances yesterday in Telangana’s tions by forensic experts would MP, his wife and son were present As the crowd of protestors yesterday. his fact-finding report within a Warangal town. reveal if it was suicide or some- when the fire broke out. continued to swell, the police In his report, Anbarasu con- week. The report will be sent to Rajaiah, his wife Madhavi and body caused the fire. Rajaiah was “All the four died of burn inju- shifted Rajaiah and his family to cluded, “Delhi Police had no the home ministry and the Kerala son Anil Kumar were picked up the Congress party candidate for ries. Only after complete inves- an undisclosed location for ques- authority to enter, enquire and government. from their house and taken to an the November 21 by-election to tigations, we will know if they tioning. Sarika had in 2013 lodged search the alleged presence and “Director, Animal Husbandry, undisclosed location under tight the Warangal Lok Saha constitu- themselves caused the injuries or a complaint with police that her sale of cow meat in the canteen.” GNCTD/Veterinary officer are security, police sources said. ency. Following the incident, he others caused it,” he said. husband was mentally torturing Some 20 policemen ‘raided’ competent to enter any premises S Sarika and her all three sons opted out of the race. The Con- Sarika’s parents, who live in her seeking more dowry. Kerala House on October 26 and to search and seize the place - Abhinav, 7, Ayan, 3, and Sriyan, gress leadership replaced him Nizamabad district, said it was Last year, she staged a sit-in in after a fringe right-wing outfit where he has reasons to believe 3 - were burnt to death in the fire with former union minister of neither an accident nor a suicide. front of Rajaiah’s house, seeking Hindu Sena alleged that beef (cow that an offence either has been that in her bedroom on the first state Sarve Satyanarayana. The distraught family alleged justice for her and her children. meat) was being served on its committed or is likely to be com- floor of the house in Hanamkonda Inspector General of Police that her husband and his par- She also complained that Anil was premises. mitted,” Anbarasu wrote in the on the outskirts of Warangal, Naveen Chand told reporters that ents killed the four and pointed having an extra-marital affair. Later, it turned out that report. about 150km from Hyderabad. a gas cylinder was found from out that she had earlier lodged a carabeef (buffalo meat) was being IANS Police registered a First Infor- Sarika’s bedroom. The police were police complaint against them. IANS

Amritsar blaze Woman who accused Pachauri Kejriwal orders probe against of sexual harassment resigns ACB chief

NEW DELHI: The woman Pachauri, the 75-year-old envi- inquiry and took no action despite NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Min- researcher, who levelled charges ronmental scientist, began har- the indictment.” ister Arvind Kejriwal has ordered of sexual harassment against assing her soon after she joined She alleged that her work pro- a probe against Anti Corruption environmental scientist R K TERI. file was changed and the organisa- Branch (ACB) chief M K Meena Pachauri, has quit her job at The researcher accused him of tion “played deaf” to her request for allegedly intimidating his jun- The Energy Research Institute harassing her through inappro- for not to do so. “I was given zero iors in the office. (TERI). priate e-mails, text and What- explanation of taking such an The order has come after She also accused the think tank sApp messages. Pachauri denied action and none of my e-mails/ Meena warned Kejriwal of legal of treating her “in the worst possi- the allegations, saying his e-mail requests were heeded to. I only action if a memorandum issued ble manner” and “failing to uphold and mobile phone were hacked. got vague responses...” to him earlier for allegedly intimi- my interests as an employee”. “The organisation has instead “I refuse to be associated with dating his juniors was not with- “Your organisation has treated protected Pachauri and provided an organisation for the way you drawn. me in the worst possible manner. him with full immunity, despite have mistreated me, not standing “There are grounds for inquir- TERI failed to uphold my inter- being held guilty of sexual harass- by the law, not having respect for ing into the imputations of mis- ests as an employee, let alone ment at the work place by your my capabilities and doing nothing conduct or misbehaviour against protecting them,” the 29-year- own inquiry committee,” she said, to ensure that my career is not Mukesh Meena and the under- old woman said in her resigna- adding, “The governing council harmed and instead was profes- signed considers that an inquiring Bystanders and police watch as firemen try to douse a large fire at the tion letter. too let me down in an unprec- sionally, economically harmed,” authority should be appointed to Deputy Commissioner’s office in Amritsar yesterday. The fire was alleg- In February this year, the edented way. The council could she said. inquire into the charges framed edly caused by a short circuit, officials said, with court records among woman complained to police that not even suspend a man pending IANS against Meena,” read the decree the documents that went up in smoke. signed by Kejriwal. The order, issued on October 30, said retired IAS officer B.S Banerjee will probe the charges against Meena, who is a joint Nestle India clears all tests, says Ban on LeT, other groups commissioner in Delhi Police. Earlier in October, Kejriwal asked Meena to explain the charges of negligence and intimidating his Maggi will hit store shelves soon long overdue, says India juniors in the ACB and issued a memorandum to him. NEW DELHI: Nestle India the states where permissions are these varieties will hit the mar- NEW DELHI: India yesterday Pakistan has been long overdue. IANS yesterday said the “masala” ver- needed or specific directions may ket. The company said Maggi was said a complete and enforceable Effective action by Pakistan in sion of Maggi noodles will hit be necessary.” currently being manufactured at ban by Pakistan on activities of this regard will have to go far the retail shelves as early as What now remains to be Nanjangud in Karnataka, Moga the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) affili- beyond proscribing their public- this month, having cleared all resolved is the class action suit in Punjab and Bicholim in Goa, ates and other terrorist outfits ity through electronic media,” the the tests ordered by the Bombay of `640cr filed by the government and that it was engaging with the was “long overdue” and Islama- spokesperson added. High Court at three accredited against Nestle India in the apex state governments of Himachal bad would have to go far beyond The spokesperson said India’s Justice Thakur laboratories. consumer court. The verdict on Pradesh and Uttarakhand for merely proscribing their publicity stand on the need for Pakistan to “We have received the results this is expected on November 23. commencing production at Tahli- through electronic media. act on its oft-repeated assurances to be next CJI from all the three NABL In mid-October, Nestle India wal and Pantnagar, respectively. An external affairs ministry to end all terrorism emanating (National Accreditation Board had said that all samples of In June, the Food Safety and spokesperson said the govern- from territory under its control, NEW DELHI: Justice T S for Testing Calibration Labora- Maggi noodles of the batches that Standards Authority of India ment has seen reports of Paki- including the terrorism directed Thakur, the senior-most judge tories) mandated by the Bombay were in question had passed the (FSSAI) had ordered a pan- stan’s electronic media regulator against India, was well known. after Supreme Court Chief Jus- High Court to test newly-manu- required tests as directed by the India ban on the company’s noo- banning publicity of the Jamaat- Pakistan’s interior ministry tice H L Dattu, will become the factured Maggi noodles samples,” Bombay High Court, but added dles on the ground that these ud-Dawa (JuD), the Falah-e- imposed a ban on the media cov- next Chief Justice of India and the company said in a regulatory that it will be re-launched only were “unsafe and hazardous” for Insaniyat (FIF) and the LeT erage of JuD, Falah-e-Insaniyat would be at the helm of the coun- filing with stock exchanges. after the newly-manufactured human consumption due to pres- through the electronic media, but and LeT. try’s judiciary till January 4, 2017. “All the samples of the Maggi product also pass the tests. ence of lead, allegedly beyond per- the relevant notification and its The Pakistan Electronic Media Chief Justice Dattu has rec- noodles masala have been cleared The newly-manufactured prod- missible limits. implications need to be studied. Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ommended the name of Justice with lead much below permissible ucts underwent the tests at labs But on August 13, the Bombay “At first sight, it does appear has issued a notification in this Thakur, the seniormost judge limits,” the statement said, add- in Mohali, Jaipur and Hyderabad. High Court gave a significant that it is a ban merely on public- regard. The JuD is already after him, as his successor. ing that this has validated their As regards the other eight vari- respite to the company by lifting ity through electronic media,” the included in the list of terrorist by Justice Thakur will be sworn in stand, maintained all along, that ants, a spokesperson for Nestle the ban on the sale of the noodle, spokesperson said in response to the US, the UN and proscribed as the CJI on December 3, 2015. the noodles were and continue to India said as and when the com- while also ordering fresh tests to a media query. by them. JuD chief Hafiz Saeed Born on January 4, 1952, Justice be safe. pany decides to re-introduce be conducted in three separate “A complete and enforceable is facing charges from India for Thakur became additional judge “We will make our best effort them, the due process will be fol- labs to ascertain that the product ban by Pakistan authorities on masterminding Mumbai terror of the Jammu and Kashmir High to commence the sale of Maggi lowed. complied with the country’s food all activities of all UN-proscribed attacks in which more than 160 Court on February 16, 1994. noodles masala within this month He, however, did not indicate safety norms. affiliates of LeT, and other ter- people were killed. as well as continue engaging with the time-frame within which IANS rorist organisations active in IANS IANS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

Serbia, Bosnia Nightclub blaze costs hold first post-war joint Romania PM his job govt session SARAJEVO: The Bosnian and Serbian premiers held their first Defence minister nominated as interim prime minister joint government session since the 1990s Balkan wars yesterday, BUCHAREST: Romania’s Interior Minister, Gabriel Oprea. The toll from the nightclub defying the possibility of new con- embattled Prime Minister Vic- The marchers chanted “Ponta fire would have been worse but flict after Germany raised fears tor Ponta, mired in a corruption resign” and “Killers”, and some for the heroism of two men, of fresh fighting. scandal, resigned yesterday fol- waved the national flag with physicist Claudiu Petre and “We are sending a message to lowing a deadly nightclub blaze, a holes in it — a symbol of the drummer Adrian Rugina, who our citizens that we look into the day after more than 20,000 people popular revolution 25 years ago went repeatedly into the burning future together,” Serbian Prime rallied in Bucharest to demand he that toppled the dictator Nicolae club to rescue trapped revellers, Minister Aleksandar Vucic told step down. Ceausescu. only to die themselves. reporters after the session in The 43-year-old announced his After the resignation Witnesses said a fireworks Sarajevo. resignation on television, saying it announcement Ponta and his display triggered the blaze at the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (right) arrives at the government “I believe that the message of was right that top officials took Social Democrat party met their Colectiv, which was located in a headquarters for his last government meeting, after announcing his solving problems together, under- responsibility for Friday’s tragedy coalition partners and nominated former shoe factory. The inferno resignation yesterday, in Bucharest, Romania, yesterday. standing... and opposition to any at the Colectiv disco in Bucharest, Defence Minister Mircea Dusa as sparked a deadly stampede. hate and conflict in this region is which left 32 dead and nearly 200 interim premier. Three of the nightclub’s bosses the point that it kills people,” he Prosecutors also suspect Ponta a good message for all of our peo- injured of whom many remain in President Klaus Iohannis must were arrested on Monday on said on Sunday. of conflict of interest during his ple,” he said. critical condition. now start talks with political suspicion of manslaughter over Prosecutors accuse Ponta time as premier, but that probe His Bosnian counterpart Denis Ponta, Romania’s premier since parties on the formation of a the fire, which officials and of receiving the equivalent of was stymied when parliament Zvizdic said the meeting was “a 2012, had faced weeks of intense new government, though his witnesses have blamed on a failure ¤55,000 ($63,000) from Dan refused to lift his immunity reflection of our mutual efforts pressure to quit after going on own National Liberal Party — in to observe safety regulations. Sova, a political ally and member from prosecution. Ponta’s party to build good neighbourly and trial in September facing charges opposition in parliament — called The venue did not have the of parliament suspected by holds a comfortable majority in regional cooperation”. of fraud, tax evasion and money for early elections. required authorisation to hold prosecutors of abuse of power but the chamber. Dozens of former In remarks published on Tues- laundering. Analyst Ciprian Ciucu of the concerts or to stage pyrotechnic who enjoys immunity. politicians and judges have day, German Chancellor Angela “I am stepping down as prime Romanian Centre for European displays, the secretary of state Ponta stepped down as head been swept up in investigations Merkel warned that fighting could minister,” he said. “I hope the Policies said the cumulative at the interior ministry, Raed of the Social Democrat party in launched by the anti-corruption break out in the Balkans, along government’s resignation will pressure of the graft scandal and Arafat, has said. July, but survived a no-confidence agency in one of Europe’s poorest the main route of migrants try- satisfy the people who came out anger over the nightclub disaster The tragedy shocked Romania vote in parliament in September and most graft-plagued countries. ing to reach Europe, if Germany in the streets. had become too much for Ponta and prompted Iohannis — Ponta’s shortly after his trial started. Wednesday’s drama comes as closed its border with Austria. “I have to acknowledge the to bear. Unless he stepped aside, bitter political rival — to call for Another preliminary hearing is Romania hosted a summit of “It will lead to a backlash,” legitimate anger of the people.” “the protests would have gone fundamental change in a society due tomorrow. Central and Eastern European Merkel was quoted in media Demonstrators massed on on, which would have further riven by corruption. The charges date back to leaders which is expected to ask reports as saying late Monday Tuesday evening in Bucharest’s damaged his party,” Ciucu said. “We should no longer tolerate 2007-11, when Ponta — the first for greater Natoinvolvement in in an address to members of her Victory Square, the seat of “Ponta was looking for a way out, government incompetence, Romanian head of government to the region, rattled by the conflict conservative Christian Demo- government, calling for Ponta’s his government was coming to its institutional inefficiency, and we stand trial while still in office — in nearby Ukraine. cratic Union in the western city resignation and that of his end.” cannot let corruption spread to was working as a lawyer. AFP of Darmstadt. “I do not want military conflicts to become necessary there again,” Merkel said. But both Vucic and Zvizdic said recent history was a painful reminder of what such an option Greece carries out first relocation of refugees would mean. “We have understood Ms Mer- ATHENS: Greece relocated six is an encouraging signal we are a Greek airliner on the runway talks marred by bitter disputes as seas have gotten rougher and kel very well and we will make asylum-seeking families to Lux- moving in the right direction,” of Athens international airport over burden-sharing, EU leaders temperatures have dropped as every effort to ensure that this embourg yesterday, the first such European Parliament head Mar- before boarding the flight, live approved the transfer of about winter approaches. does not happen. I am convinced transfer from its soil under an tin Schulz said during a visit to footage broadcast by state televi- 160,000 asylum seekers from From the beginning of the that something like this will not European Union plan to ease the Athens. sion showed. Greece and Italy. year until October 29, at least happen,” said Vucic. burden on EU periphery nations “It is not sufficient that (only) “Thirty in the face of thou- But since then, only nine gov- 435 people died, including many inundated by an influx of hun- eight states of the EU are partici- sands who have fled their homes ernments had so far made a children. Such danger could be dreds of thousands of refugees. pating in the relocation. This is a in Syria and Iraq is a drop in the total of just 700 places available, avoided if refugees were regis- Police arrest two About 86 people have already common challenge.” ocean,” Tsipras said. EU chief executive Jean-Claude tered and entered legal reloca- been transferred directly from Six families with 30 people “But we hope that this becomes Juncker said last week. He said tion schemes from Turkey itself, ‘Pink Panther’ Italy to Sweden and Finland from Syria and Iraq were relo- a stream, and then a river of national governments were sap- Tsipras said. under the scheme. But some EU cated from Athens under the two- humanity and shared responsi- ping efforts to tackle the migra- Five more people, three of jewel thieves member states have not signed year, ¤780m ($852.15m) scheme bility, because these are the prin- tion crisis by not honouring them children, died in an over- up to it, citing a lack of resources funded by the 28-member Euro- ciples upon which the European commitments on money and night sea crossing from Turkey MADRID: Spanish police and infrastructure or fears their pean Union. Union was built.” resources. to the island of Lesbos, which has announced yesterday they had stability and security could be at Smiling parents holding young More than 580,000 refugees The death toll from drowning received the bulk of refugees com- arrested two suspected mem- risk from taking in large numbers children posed for “selfies” with have entered Greece via its long among refugees making the short ing from Turkey justr a few miles bers of the notorious “Pink of migrants. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Mediterranean sea boundary with but dangerous crossing from Tur- away across the water. Panther” group of international “The relocation of Iraqi and Tsipras and Luxembourg Foreign Turkey this year. key to Greece’s outlying eastern jewel thieves. Police also recov- Syrian refugees that we saw today Minister Jean Asselborn beside In September, after crisis islands has risen in recent weeks REUTERS ered valuables worth more than a million euros ($1.1m) stolen by the group from a jewellery shop on the island of Fuerteventura, Fisherman held for smuggling migrants part of Spain’s Canary Islands, as part of the operation, they said in LILLE, France: A young French a judicial source in the northern journey to Dunkirk. The group of a statement. fisherman was among eight peo- city of Lille. The fisherman had eight are currently being held in The authorities declined to ple arrested on suspicion of help- been smuggling migrants to detention and could be charged by give further information, saying ing migrants cross the Channel Britain “for several months” on Friday, the judicial source said. A full details would be provided at a to Britain in a high-speed inflat- an inflatable Zodiac boat that “large sum of money” was seized press conference today in Las Pal- able boat, a judicial source said could carry some 20 people at a at the time of the arrests, the mas, the capital of the archipelago yesterday. time. source said. off the Moroccan coast. The man, who is thought to Migrants were charged between Interior Minister Bernard Members of the “Pink Pan- be around 20, was detained on ¤10,000 and ¤12,000 ($11,000 to Cazeneuve confirmed the arrests thers”, a loosely-aligned network Monday after being “caught red- $13,000), the source added. on Europe 1 radio but said it was of criminals, are drawn from handed, on the shore, while he The boat would leave from too early to discuss the details. paramilitary circles in the former was preparing a trip,” said a police a quiet beach near Dunkirk at “We have dismantled a very large Yugoslavia. source. night, and land on the British number of networks since the The group, who have a weak- A group of seven people shore after a sometimes perilous start of the year,” he said. ness for expensive watches, have suspected of being part of the journey across one of the world’s “In France, it’s nearly 200 staged more than 380 robberies smuggling network were later busiest shipping routes. networks representing 3,000 on luxury stores in Europe, the arrested, including Vietnamese “It’s not without the risk. individuals, and in the Calais Middle East, Asia and the United Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (centre right) with other officials posing citizens and an Albanian. The boat almost capsized very region it’s around 30 networks, States since 1999, making off with for a picture with refugees during a ceremony held at Athens International The network provided recently,” said the judicial source. representing 700 individuals,” he booty worth more than ¤330m Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ immediately after the departure of Syrian and “guaranteed” journeys that A customs patrol had to rescue said, adding that they should be ($362m), according to Interpol. Iraqi refugees for Luxembourg, in Athens, yesterday. lasted only 45 minutes to make the boat just over a week ago when “severely punished”. the 90km crossing to Britain, said it ran out of petrol on a return AFP AFP

Mistura in Moscow Three parties want end to Catalan secession process

MADRID: Three Catalan anti- celona on Monday, calls on the and the centre-right Ciudadanos reiterated his warning that if the independence parties yesterday regional assembly to start work- party filed separate appeals Catalan regional assembly passes asked Spain’s Constitutional ing on legislation within 30 days against the resolution at the Con- the bill, he will “the next day or Court to stop the regional par- to create a separate social secu- stitutional Court in Madrid. within days” appeal to the Consti- liament from formally launching rity system and treasury. The Catalan Popular Party tutional Court to have it annulled. a secession process next week. It also says the process would leader, Xavier Garcia Albiol, said “I have the support...of the major- The move is largely symbolic as not be subject to decisions made the goal was to “defend the rights ity of political parties that repre- the court is not expected to give by the Spanish institutions, of Catalans who feel Spanish and sent the majority of people,” he its opinion before the assembly including the Constitutional to defend ourselves before an act added at a conference in Madrid. launches the process. Court.The separatists won a of tyranny.” A majority of Catalans, 51 per- In addition, the pro-independ- majority of seats in the 135-seat The leader of the Catalan cent, oppose the separatist par- ence camp has already said it does Catalan parliament in Barcelona Socialists, Miquel Iceta, said the ties’ plan to have the regional not recognise the tribunal’s juris- for the first time in elections on separatist parties’ plan would parliament announce the start of diction. September 27. “trample on rights and freedoms” independence, a poll published in Pro-independence parties in But the pro-independence and violate Spanish laws. daily newspaper El Pais on Friday the wealthy northeastern Span- camp won less than half of the “We ask that the Catalan showed. Just 42 percent favoured ish region want the resolution to vote the elections, raising ques- parliament... not be allowed to the plan. be the formal launch of a process tions over the legitimacy of their approve a resolution that would The poll also showed support to secede from Spain and set up latest separatist push. leave Catalonia on the sidelines for Catalan independence has a new republican state within 18 The leaders of the Catalan of democratic legality in this slipped to 41 percent from 45 per- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (right) with UN and Arab months. branches of the conservative country,” added Ines Arrimadas cent before the regional election. League envoy to Syria Staffan Domingo de Mistura, in Moscow, Russia, The motion, due to be put to Popular Party, which governs at of Ciudadanos. yesterday. the Catalan parliament in Bar- the national level, the Socialists Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com FEATURES Being moody Sushi and culture: Dining with locals in Japan can help you By Donna Bryson We scheduled our visit with Fukuyama toward the end of our stay in Japan’s capi- adapt better ome of my most treasured travel tal. That gave us a few days to get to know memories involve food. Like the our way around the city a bit before ven- time my husband and I went to turing by subway from the sleek Roppongi to change Swhat was billed as New Delhi’s best embassy-and-nightclub district where our eing moody may do some rumali roti stall, where we turned the hood hotel was located to her more down-to- bad things to others but of a car into a table so that the extrava- earth Meguro neighborhood in central Bit can actually help you gantly thin and succulent flatbread could be Tokyo. quickly adapt to changes in life wolfed down before it cooled. Or the time I Fukuyama and her friend Akiko whether positive or negative, a introduced my in-laws to a Johannesburg Yamauchi, an auction company art buyer, new research shows. street vendor’s vetkoeks, slightly sweet, met us as we emerged from the subway It has long been known that slightly sour dollops of fried dough. station. They first ushered us to a nearby mood biases our judgments and So when we were planning a trip to Japan supermarket, where they answered ques- perceptions but this effect has and my husband heard about EatWith.com, tions about meats, vegetables and fruits usually been regarded as irra- we knew we had to try it. we had until then only seen on restaurant tional or disadvantageous. EatWith links travelers to chefs and menus. Fukuyama agreed to add whale According to the new theory, talented home cooks around the world to bacon, spotted in the prepared meat case as people learn from experiences share a meal. It’s one of several sites, includ- by my husband, to our menu. We would that are coloured by their mood, ing EatFeastly, VizEat and PlateCulture, come to see how gracious that was when their expectations come to reflect offering opportunities to dine informally we realized just how meticulously she had not only the reward associated with locals. The price is set by the chef, planned the evening. Fukuyama told me with each particular state but typically comparable to a mid-range res- later she usually spends two days preparing also recent changes in the over- taurant meal. for her guests. all availability of reward in their We used EatWith to book a date with The supermarket was a five-minute environment. Shino Fukuyama, a marketing manager stroll to Fukuyama’s home, a modern con- In this way, the existence of who loves to share her country’s cuisine crete box that was a fitting setting for her mood allows learning to account and culture. I, my husband, our tween traditional touches — tatami mats, paper for the impact of general environ- daughter, my father-in-law and his wife sliding screens, minimal decor. Along the Shino Fukuyama (left), and her husband, Shigeru (right), host a dinner for tourists at their home mental factors. experienced what felt like a homestay for way, Fukuyama pointed out local land- in Tokyo. “This effect of mood should be an evening. marks. The Shinto shrine. The shop that’s useful whenever different sources Fukuyama’s father was a foreign corre- been in the same family for three genera- bought ahead of time. We also learned to The whale bacon, more a textural experi- of reward are interconnected or spondent and their family lived in Mexico tions. The kimono consignment shop where set a Japanese table, with pottery handed ence than anything else, didn’t clash with possess an underlying momen- and South Korea. In 2002, her husband’s we bought a delicately woven, lightly used down in Fukuyama’s family. Chopsticks Fukuyama’s carefully curated menu. (I’ve tum,” said Eran Eldar from the job took them to New York. They devoted kimono. The textures, patterns and stories are placed horizontally in front of diners, never eaten a rubber ducky, but I imagine University College London, one of much of their spare time to exploring res- of fabric make it, like food, one of our fam- with the narrow ends that touch the food it tastes like the whale bacon did.) After the study’s lead authors. taurants with a Zagat guide. But it was a ily obsessions. It turned out Fukuyama is pointing left. dinner, Fukuyama dressed my 11-year- “That may often be the case in Thanksgiving dinner in the suburbs with a kimono connoisseur. She and Yamauchi Dinner stretched from our sushi, mine old daughter in a kimono, delighting her the natural as well as in the mod- the family of her husband’s co-worker that met in a kimono club, where people who inexpertly rolled, to fruit cut into the rab- grandfather. ern world, as successes in acquir- gave her a taste for sharing worlds over a like to look at and talk about the traditional bit shapes that doting Japanese moms put Fukuyama said such moments when she ing skills, material resources, meal in someone’s home. clothing gather. That night, she wore a chic in their kids’ bento boxes. We had plum can surprise and charm her guests, along social status, and even mat- She studied how to teach sushi-making dress cut from an old kimono that she had pickled by Yamauchi’s mother-in-law. with those when she learns something ing partners may all affect one in 2010, and opened her home to visitors ordered off the Internet. Fukuyama’s husband was out socializing about another culture are among “the joys another,” he noted. after Japan’s tourism industry began to Once we got to Fukuyama’s house, we with workmates, but he left us a vegeta- of my life.” For example, experiencing revive following the 2011 tsunami. learned how to roll sushi using fish she had ble dish he had prepared the night before. AP unexpected gains on the stock market should improve a trader’s mood. That positive mood may then cause the trader to take more risks, essentially helping him adapt more quickly to a market Self-driving delivery robot is that is generally on the rise. According to Eldar, positive or negative moods maximise their usefulness by persisting only until coming soon to sidewalks expectations are fully in accord- ance with changes in rewards. By Matt McFarland That may be why happiness goods will drop by an order of 100-200 meters and will cross eventually returns to a baseline magnitude. The slow speed and the streets only in locations with level even following highly signif- he future of delivery might grounded approach also removes great visibility.” icant changes in circumstances, involve small drones zoom- some of the safety concerns with Starship Technologies imagines including winning the lottery. Ting above pedestrians, drone delivery. selling the robots as a service. For instance, a negative mood cyclists and motorists at high A customer could follow the Businesses could pay the start- that persists may cause a person speeds. Amazon and Wal-Mart robot’s progress on an app, and up for every delivery it makes. to perceive many subsequent out- are moving down that path. Or it would be alerted when the deliv- Or they could buy the platform comes as worse than they really might be something a lot slower ery arrived. The cargo bay is and pay for the operators and In early 2016, Starship Technologies will conduct a pilot test of this self- are, leading to a downward spiral. that travels on sidewalks. locked to prevent theft, which maintenance. driving delivery robot. Starship Technologies says the 40-pound robot could This might turn mood into a On Monday, a London start-up only the customer could open The start-up says it will be make local deliveries in 30 minutes or less. “self-fulfilling prophecy” and lead founded by two Skype co-founders with the app’s help. conducting a pilot study in early to the onset of a depressive episode. unveiled their self-driving deliv- Starship is designed to be 99 2016 in Greenwich, London, and surroundings. It includes speak- models could come in different Therefore, by defining a potential ery robot. It bumbles along at a percent self-driving, with difficult that it’s in talks with several com- ers so that a distant operator can sizes. Starship isn’t built to carry function for mood and describing whopping 4 mph. That’s slightly situations handled by a remote panies about using Starship. So speak to pedestrians. hot foods such as pizza, but it’s the learning processes that under- faster than a pedestrian but human operator. The approach far the prototype has been driven “If somebody bothers the robot, planning future models with ther- lie it, the new theory may lead to a slower than a jogger. is reminiscent to one Google pat- more than 80 miles in London, the operator can actually shout mal insulation. better understanding of the causes Starship Technologies says the ented for aiding its self-driving Boston, New York and San - ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ “ Borrowing a page from the of mood disorders. 40-pound robot could make local cars in sticky spots. Francisco. Starship Technologies Heinla told the BBC. “If somebody Google self-driving car, the robot “We think that this novel deliveries in 30 minutes or less. “The robots will cross the says the Royal Borough of tries to steal something, the oper- created by Starship Technologies approach may help reveal what The technology could be useful streets much like the humans do: Greenwich granted it permission ator can actually yell ‘The police looks cute and harmless. If our predisposes particular individuals for neighbourhood restaurants stop, look both ways, and wait to operate its trial. are coming in five minutes! We sidewalks get a lot more crowded, to bipolar disorder and depres- and retailers. Because the robot until it is safe to cross,” Starship Starship Technologies maps out know your location, you’re being that good will may come in handy. sion,” Eldar concluded. is largely automated, requiring Technologies chief executive Ahti areas in advance so that the robot filmed as well.’” Heinla and Janus Friis are The paper appeared in the jour- almost no human involvement, Heinla said in an interview. “The can navigate safely on its own. It Starship is 26 inches long, 21 funding the start-up themselves. nal Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Starship Technologies said it robot can recognize approaching relies on sensors and cameras inches wide and 22 inches high. thinks the costs of delivering cars with its sensor suite from to maintain an awareness of its The company says that future THE WASHINGTON POST IANS

Foreign brands drawn by Indian fashion market: London-based designer

By Nivedita what companies coming into India are look- “‘Bags are just for women’ is old thinking, I ing at and there is definitely still potential for think. Men are increasingly looking for acces- ondon-based designer Fabian Lintott massive growth in India,” he added. sories to help carry their ever-increasing tech (pictured), who is also the creative mind Lintott is also surprised with the “diversity” with them.” behind Hidesign men’s bags and acces- of the Indian marketplace, where the fashion “They also want to ensure they look styl- Lsories, says India’s middle class market industry is reportedly estimated to be worth ish while doing so. I think the men’s category is a big draw for foreign brands to set up busi- over Rs.7.2bn. growth, both in India and internationally, is ness there. And the recent arrival of Gap and “I think the speed at which the market testament to the modern man’s needs,” he H&M in India is proof of the country’s growing changes, is unbelievable. This is especially said. appetite for new fashion styles and statements. evident from the e-commerce revolution that However, he pointed out that “designing for “The international brands are attracted has hit the marketplace recently,” added the men is more about practicality than to stand by the sheer size and growth of the Indian designer, who has been an essential part of out from the crowd”. fashion market. They want to come into India Hidesign’s international team since 2006. “Men want bags with little details that and build their brand presence so that they Lintott, graduate from the Central St make them feel good about their purchase, can woo India’s middle class into buying their Martin’s College of Art and Design in London, but not too overtly flamboyant,” added Lintott. wares,” Lintott said in an email interview from is Hidesign’s lead international designer for The designer also feels that there is “a rise London. men. in homegrown young Indian designers twisting “I would say, not many care about India, He feels that men today are no longer hesi- Western and Indian style references to create above that it is a place they see as the next tant to experiment with their looks — even if really interesting pieces”. gold rush. I think the potential for growth is it means accessorising like never before. “Masaba Gupta and Nikhil Thampi are

designers I like at the moment. I like the twists of the modern with traditional and playing with east and west,” he said, adding that “Indian fashion is entering exciting times”. “I think there are a few really interesting young designers coming through, who are providing inter- esting directions. Let’s see where it goes, but one thing is for sure - the journey is going to be noisy, exciting and colourful.” Globally too, that’s the trend. “You only have to compare catwalks of today with a few years back, to see that there is much more colour play evident across the globe,” he said.

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Trudeau sworn in GOP wins Obama aide takes fresh Mississippi, Kentucky stab at Gitmo closing governor’s races

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky: Rep- Plan to close Guantanamo to be unveiled this month ublican businessman Matt Bevin was elected Kentucky’s next WASHINGTON: A new US plan over in 2017, giving Monaco, 47, hasn’t taken the actions neces- governor on Tuesday, marking a to close the military prison in one of the biggest challenges of sary to move forward,” said Raha setback for Democrats who had Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely her career. “I can’t say with cer- Wala, senior counsel at Human controlled the office in every elec- to be unveiled in the coming days, tainty that we’re 100 percent Rights First. tion but one since 1971 and under- with much at stake not only for going to get there, but I can tell It has been up to Monaco, scoring the party’s decline in the President Barack Obama but also you we’re going to die trying,” who sometimes drolly answers conservative US South. his counterterrorism chief, Lisa said Susan Rice, Obama’s national “peachy” when asked how she Bevin, who rode Tea Party sup- Monaco. security adviser, in an interview. is, to get the Departments of port to a narrow victory in a four- As a top Justice Department Monaco has laid out the plan’s Defense, State, and Justice to Justin Trudeau takes the oath of office as he is sworn in as the Canadian way Republican primary, soundly official in 2009, Monaco was sum- key elements. It would transfer back the plan while helping to Prime Minister at Rideau Hall in Ottawa yesterday. defeated State Attorney General moned to the White House Situ- eligible detainees to foreign coun- persuade lawmakers to accept it. Jack Conway, whose late October ation Room in the first weeks of tries; prosecute those who can be Lawmakers recently approved a lead in the polls evaporated on Obama’s tenure to discuss how prosecuted; and move foreign ter- defense bill that limited transfers election day. to fulfil his campaign promise to rorism suspects who cannot be from the prison. Obama vetoed it, “This is a chance for a fresh shutter a facility that had drawn prosecuted but are deemed too but Republicans are sticking with Jeb Bush apologises for start,” said Bevin at his victory condemnation worldwide. dangerous to release to a US- those provisions. event, calling his candidacy an Nearly seven years later, most based facility, an option that is Pentagon delays over clearing opportunity to change traditional of those who were present at that now barred by law. prisoners for transfer has been work week ‘putdown’ politics. “It truly is, and we des- first meeting have left the govern- That approach, and Monaco’s another challenge that Monaco perately need it.” ment, but Monaco is still there stewardship of it, has plenty has worked to overcome. Two Republicans also were success- and charged with completing the of critics. Lawmakers such as high-profile transfers occurred WASHINGTON: Republican according to Time magazine. ful in securing a second term for unfinished task. Republican Senator John McCain in the last week. “Despite some presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has “I really did a disservice to the Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, The new plan, which will follow are frustrated with the long delay occasional friction (among agen- informally apologised to France French,” he added. “I now know who easily defeated a little-known previous attempts that have failed, in addressing the issue. Human cies), we’re working very well to for accusing a rival of only show- that the average French work opponent in the conservative would mothball a prison that rights activists are irritated by come together around a common ing up for “a French work week.” week is actually greater than the Southern state. Obama views as a damaging sym- the prospect of moving detainees point of view. And she deserves Speaking on Tuesday to report- German work week,” Bush said. Kentucky’s more hotly con- bol of detainee abuse and detention to US soil without formal charges enormous credit for that,” Rice ers while campaigning in the state “So, my God, I totally insulted tested race reflected the partisan without charge that he inherited being brought against them. said of Monaco. of New Hampshire, Bush said an entire country—our first ally— divide seen nationally over gay from Republican President George Monaco declined to be inter- Former colleagues say Mona- that it was wrong to criticize the that helped us become free as a marriage and President Barack W Bush. Senior administration view for this article. co’s institutional knowledge of French when attempting to make nation! And I apologize. That did a Obama’s signature healthcare law officials said the plan would be “I’m certain that Lisa shares Guantanamo has helped her guide an issue of Republican rival Marco huge disservice to France. It didn’t in a contest to replace Democratic unveiled in early November. the president’s frustrations on the process of finding consensus Rubio’s poor Senate voting record. really get to the magnitude of the Governor Steve Beshear, who Obama, a Democrat, is ada- the lack of progress towards on how to close the prison. “I made the mistake of saying problem: Three-day work week.” cannot run because of term limits. mant that Guantanamo be shut closing Guantanamo, but at the that the Congress operates on a Bevin, who has never before down before his successor takes same time the White House just REUTERS French work week,” Bush said, AFP held elected office, won with 52.5 percent of the vote, compared to 43.8 percent for Conway, accord- ing to unofficial results with all precincts reporting. His path to victory included Carson surges to fore in Republican presidential race: Polls courting religious conservatives after meeting with embattled Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis WASHINGTON: Step aside, The conservative Carson, different. Tuesday’s NBC/Wall Times/CBS News poll from last Obama, but the first state-wide after she was jailed for defying a Donald Trump. The brash the only African-American in Street Journal poll has Carson week, just before the most recent primary votes are less than three federal judge’s order to issue mar- billionaire must now share the 2016 White House race, is surging into a six-point lead, quite Republican primary debate in months away. riage licenses to gay couples. “I am frontrunner status in the virtually tied at the top with a showing for a candidate who which Carson remained largely on Carson, who has shown strength ecstatic,” Davis said in a statement US Republican presidential Trump, trailing him by one has largely shunned traditional the margins, that showed Carson with evangelical Christians as released by her attorneys at the nominations battle with retired percentage point, according campaign strategies and refused edging ahead of Trump nationally. well as independent voters, is conservative Liberty Counsel, add- neurosurgeon and fellow political to the Quinnipiac University to play rough and tumble Americans are still a full year a soft-spoken but controversial ing that Bevin had prayed for her. outsider Ben Carson, fresh polling survey released yesterday. But campaign politics with his rivals. from electing the man or woman political neophyte. showed yesterday. their trend lines are dramatically That follows a New York who will succeed President Barack AFP REUTERS

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Banks’ real estate credit surges Al Sada leads Qatar Non-oil sector contribution to GDP stands at 53.1 percent, says QCB delegation to CSLF By Satish Kanady QNB expects deposit growth to reach 9.5 percent in 2015 reflect- DOHA: Qatar participated in the DOHA: Qatar banks’ credit to ing strong population growth. 6th Ministerial Conference of the real estate sector jumped 29.5 Asset growth fell to 8.7 percent Carbon Sequestration Leadership percent in the third quarter of in September 2015 from 11.8 per- Forum (CSLF), being held in Riy- 2015 (Q3, 2015) year-on-year. cent in August. adh, under the patronage of Cus- Qatar Central Bank’s (QCB) Foreign assets grew by 5.5 todian of the Two Holy Mosques latest data showed the credit percent year-on-year, driven by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al distribution to the sector hit expansion in credit (24.5 percent); Saud of Saudi Arabia. at QR114bn in September 2015, while domestic assets grew by 11.0 Qatar’s delegation to the meet- compared to QR88bn a year ago. percent, also driven by the growth ing is headed by H E Dr Moham- Commercial banks’ total in domestic credit (10.7 percent). med bin Saleh Al Sada (pictured), domestic credit rose to QR633bn QNB expects growth in bank Minister of Energy and Industry. in Q3, from QR617bn in the pre- assets to reach 10.5 percent in Senior energy and environmen- vious quarter. Private sector 2015, increasingly driven by tal officials and experts from 22 credit jumped to QR409bn from project lending and population countries are in attendance at QR394bn in Q2. growth. Banking credit growth fell CSLF which is taking place one Credit facility to the industries in September on the contraction month ahead of the UN Climate sector increased to QR12bn from in public sector borrowing. Bank Change Conference (COP 21) in QR10bn, a year ago. Credit to the loan growth slowed to 12.0 percent Paris. contracting portfolio also grew to year-on-year in September 2015 The event is a ministerial-level QR37bn, from QR28bn. September, compared to QR60bn Meanwhile, QNB’s monthly from 17.3 percent in August. international climate change ini- Speaking in Saudi capital Riy- Public sector credit declined recorded a year ago. Total domestic monitor yesterday noted growth According to QNB, Qatar tiative focused on the develop- adh, Kuwait’s Oil Minister Ali Al to QR223bn in September 2015 credit also jumped to QR633bn in in bank deposits fell marginally banks’ loans to the public sector ment of improved, cost-effective Omair said he agrees with recent from QR239bn reported a year Q3 from QR572bn. in September on a contraction contracted by 6.6 percent year- technologies for the separation remarks by Qatar’s energy minis- ago. Total assets rose to QR1.06 According to QCB data, the in public sector deposits. Bank on-year while lending to the pri- and capture of carbon dioxide ter that oil prices had bottomed. trillion in September 2015, com- country’s non-oil sector contri- deposits year-on-year growth vate and foreign sectors grew (CO2) for its transport, utilisa- “Yes I agree with him(Dr Al pared to QR982bn during the bution to the total GDP increased fell marginally to 7.1 percent in strongly by 23.1 percent and 24.5 tion and long-term safe storage. Sada), because now for two to same month in 2014. to 53.1 percent during the second September 2015 from 7.2 percent percent respectively. QNB fore- The Qatari delegation is also three months, the prices don’t go Qatar banks’ credit facility to quarter of 2015, up from a share in August. casts that bank lending will grow set to participate in the 41st down. So may be yes, they are at outside the country jumped 25 of 49.6 percent during the previ- Public sector deposits con- by 10.5 percent in 2015, increas- meeting of GCC industrial coop- the bottom”, Reuters reported. percent during the third quarter ous quarter. tracted by 13.9 percent, private ingly driven by project lending eration committee which will kick year-on-year. Oil sector’s share slipped to 46.9 sector deposits grew by 12.0 per- and the expanding population. off today in Riyadh. THE PENINSULA The banks’ credit to outside percent in Q2,15 from 50.4 per- cent while non-resident deposits Qatar increased to QR75bn in cent in Q1,15. doubled, growing by 120.2 percent. THE PENINSULA Fossil fuels still needed, Huge potential for developing GCC, EU trade says Saudi Oil Minister RIYADH: Leading crude tions,” said Naimi, whose coun- DOHA: There is more potential Pascal Kerneis, Managing exporter Saudi Arabia supports try sits on 16 percent of world for developing strong trade rela- Director, European Services efforts to limit global warming oil reserves. “Renewable forms tions between European Union Forum said that there is a need but believes fossil fuels should of energy, such as nuclear, solar (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation to increase FDI in the GCC coun- remain part of the world energy and wind are increasingly utilised, Council (GCC) countries in the tries due to variety of reasons. mix, Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi and they complement fossil fuels.” field of innovation, research and Countries in this region are still said. The November 30-December development (R&D), energy effi- heavily dependent on hydrocar- Naimi was speaking at a meet- 11 UN summit in Paris aims to ciency and higher education, said bon which requires diversification ing of major fossil fuel producer unite all the world’s nations in Adam Kulach, Ambassador, EU of these economies. and consumer nations in Riyadh a single agreement on tackling Delegation in the GCC yesterday. Increase in FDI is also needed ahead of a UN conference on cli- climate change, with the goal of He was speaking at a forum on due to rapid and significant mate change in Paris later this capping warming at two degrees ‘Strengthening FDI in the GCC’ changes in the global energy month. Naimi said he believed Celsius over pre-Industrial Rev- organised at Qatar Chamber. market. improving the technology for olution levels. Naimi said Saudi Kulach said that Qatar is a land Ali Saaed Busharbak, head of reducing emissions from fossil Arabia is not in “dire need” to cut of opportunity for EU. International Relations of Qatar fuel plants was as important as domestic energy subsidies, which There is ambition to make Chamber, welcomed the EU del- boosting the use of renewable the International Monetary Fund Qatar as a centre of excellence egation. sources of energy in meeting had recommended among other which creates huge opportunities The GCC countries account for emissions targets. adjustments to reduce a defi- in the field of higher education, 4.2 percent of total EU trade and “I believe all the nations rep- cit triggered by plummeting oil he added. are a significant export market resented (at this meeting), and prices. Dr Ali Hamad Al Mulla from for the EU, currently the fifth FROM LEFT: Adam Kulach, Ali Saaed Busharbak and Dr Ali Hamad Al Mulla many beyond, share a belief that Naimi also questioned the use Qatar Chamber said that GCC largest worldwide. at the EU-GCC trade and business cooperation facility meeting in Qatar carbon capture and storage is a of the term subsidies, saying that market has advantages and chal- European Union imports from Chamber yesterday. ABDUL BASIT critical part of the global quest to the price of domestic fuel in the lenges for investors. Developed the GCC are mainly fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” kingdom is still higher than the infrastructure and low energy mining products while European products such as power genera- machinery and mechanical appli- he said. “We believe all forms of cost the government pays for pro- prices in GCC are advantages for Union exports to GCC are diverse tion plants, railway locomotives ances. energy will be required to help duction. investors. but focused on manufactured and aircraft as well as electrical THE PENINSULA meet the needs of future genera- AFP

Germany to Qatar Airways takes delivery of two Boeing 787 Dreamliners retest VW cars DOHA: Qatar Airways took Group Chief Executive, Qatar fleets in the sky, with 168 aircraft delivery of its 24th and 25th Boe- Airways. “This year we have with an average age of under four BERLIN: Germany is to retest ing 787 Dreamliners yesterday in launched six new destinations in years. all Volkswagen car models to a ceremony at Boeing’s produc- our expanding global network and “Before the end of the year, we gauge their genuine emissions tion facility in Everett, United these 787s will enable even more will also add two more destina- levels after new revelations from States. of our passengers to experience tions to our network, including the carmaker six weeks into its As the Middle East launch cus- the genuine difference offered by Durban in South Africa, and next biggest-ever corporate scandal tomer for the Boeing 787, Qatar travelling in one of the world’s lat- year we will launch services to pushed the government to act. Airways received its first Dream- est aircraft. The larger windows Los Angeles in January, Sydney Expressing his “irritation” with liner in November 2012. Since with custom dimmers, the lower and Boston in March, Adelaide in one of Germany’s biggest employ- then the airline has continued to altitude cabin pressure with rapid May, and Atlanta in June, as well ers, transport minister Alexan- expand as one of the world’s fast- air circulation, and the very lat- a double daily frequency to New der Dobrindt said that all current est growing airlines and it now est in IFE and seat technology York — all of which will enable Qatar Airways B787 Dreamliner models sold under the VW, Audi, flies to more than 150 destina- all provide our passengers with more of our passengers to experi- Skoda and Seat brands would tions, with its fleet of Dreamliners the five-star experience that they ence our award-winning services be tested for carbon dioxide and serving 30 of those global desti- have come to expect from us as on the world’s very latest aircraft, airline to meet its operational cabin noise and cleaner cabin air. nitrogen dioxide emissions. nations, including Amsterdam, one of the world’s leading air- such as our new Dreamliners”. goals, while at the same time Qatar Airways 787 has 254 cus- As the crisis deepened, VW Casablanca, Cape Town, Rome, lines,” he added. “We are proud that the 787 is providing an unrivalled on-board tom-made seats across its Busi- said it had told US and Canadian and Tokyo Haneda. Qatar Airways will fly its 25th playing an important role in the experience for its passengers.” ness and Economy Class cabins dealers to stop selling recent “Qatar Airways was the Mid- Dreamliner directly to its home rapid expansion of Qatar Airways’ Made up of composite materi- with specially designed interiors. models equipped with its 3.0 dle East launch customer for the in Doha and then on to the Dubai network and serving international als, the 787 Dreamliner is lighter Business Class is configured 1–2–1 V6 TDI diesel engine, while the Dreamliner back in 2012, and it Air show where it will be on dis- routes including long haul desti- and more fuel-efficient than any with 22 seats, while Economy has Moody’s agency downgraded the is certainly a milestone to accept play. Qatar Airways is one of the nations,” said Boeing Commercial comparable aircraft of its size and 232 seats in a 3–3–3 layout. firm’s credit rating. our 24th and 25th 787s into our world’s fastest growing airlines Airplanes President and CEO Ray range, and has unique features REUTERS fleet today,” said Akbar Al Baker, operating one of the youngest Conner. The Dreamliner helps the such as larger windows, reduced THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

GE showcases QPM highlights sustainability in rail system new software Reduction in energy consumption can be expected through various ways solutions DOHA: At the first Minds & DOHA: Integrated rail trans- vision of greater sustainability. structure such as maintenance expected across a rail network’s Machines event, GE marked its port systems have to be customer This is applicable to many facilities and underground car various operational elements, debut in the region as a digital driven solutions; and in the cur- countries in the region where parks. Tunnel lighting, ventila- according to QPM. industrial company showcasing rent resource-conscious world, resource availability is limited and tion and safety systems can also Today, it is possible to design its software solutions that are set engineering solutions need to at a significant premium. be designed to utilise minimal complex systems using fluid to deliver more than $5bn in rev- consider various aspects of sus- Set against a backdrop of resources and deliver world-class dynamics models to ensure ade- enue globally this year with $6bn tainability that can help reduce highly energy intensive desali- results. quate thermal comfort with mini- in orders. their long-term operational nation processes that supply During the construction proc- mal resource utilisation. By pairing digital technology impact, said Salah Nezar (pic- almost all of the region’s usable ess, a great deal of energy and Another factor to consider is with its domain expertise across tured), Sustainability Director water and hydrocarbon-intensive water can be saved by just using the assessment of climate change industries like aviation, energy, at Qatar Project Management power generation, utilising mod- sophisticated monitoring sys- vulnerability, which includes fac- healthcare and transportation, (QPM). ern sustainability concepts can tems and optimising use, such as tors related to desertification, GE is transforming itself into the Nezar said water and energy dramatically contribute to the de- by recovering water during tun- heat waves and extreme weather world’s leading digital industrial conservation, improved indoor carbonisation of the region and neling and dewatering processes, phenomena such as sand storms company. With the release of new environmental quality, as well shift resource utilisation over the with zero tolerance for groundwa- or flash rain storms. This is criti- software and products powered as fire and life safety, are some long term. ter and soil contamination during cal in ensuring the resilience of struction packages to avoid costly by Predix, GE is transferring its of the key sustainability issues Energy efficiency can be and post construction. equipment and apparatus serving mistakes, omissions and uncoor- industrial domain and technology QPM considers in infrastructure achieved in many ways including By recrafting human thermal critical rail systems that operate dinated design. The use of Build- leadership to customers and pav- projects. the use of day light for public ter- comfort contours by increasing under extreme climatic condi- ing Information Modeling (BIM) ing the way for an industrial app He said that stakeholders in the minals, and pathways, while new air movement within occupied tions. before embarking in the real economy worth more than $225bn. region overall that are involved in advances in solar power technol- zones and merging them with Another important point high- world of construction will help in “While the Internet has trans- aspects of procurement, design, ogy can supplement mainline sustainable cutting edge tech- lighted by Nezar was the impor- providing optimal coordination. formed consumer worth, indus- construction, and operation of power sources. Much of this can nologies, significant reductions tance of using a fully integrated try has not yet seen its fair share. rail systems must commit to the also be applied to ancillary infra- in energy consumption can be approach between various con- THE PENINSULA Industrial productivity, which averaged four percent per year from 1990-2010, has slowed to one percent in the last five years. GE is leading the transformation as it merges the physical and digital Maersk Line worlds of machines and software,” Qatar Airways sponsors Times Square event said Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO of GE. to slash DOHA: Qatar Airways spon- Finally the day included appear- sored ‘Save the Dream’ event, ances from international soccer THE PENINSULA which featured a day of sport player Cobi Jones, Olympic Gold 4,000 jobs activities held in Times Square, Medalist Penny Heyns, football COPENHAGEN: Maersk Line, New York, on Tuesday. The event legends Fernando Hierro, Fern- the world’s number one container featured Olympic gold medalists, ando Sanz, Edgar Davids and EDA appoints top shipping firm, said yesterday it Para-athletes and international Christian Karembeu, the Italian would cut 4,000 jobs by the end of music stars, all united together to rhythmic gymnastics team and UN diplomat as 2017 and defer vessel investments call for universal access to sport. 2006 World Cup Champion, Ales- to buoy up its dominant position Save the Dream, an initiative sandro Del Piero, all capped by a Director General in a falling market. of the International Centre for performance by Youssou N’Dour, The maritime division of Dan- Sport Security (ICSS) in part- who Rolling Stone Magazine once DOHA: Emirates Diplomatic ish conglomerate AP Moeller- nership with the Qatar Olympic described as “undoubtedly one of Academy, announced the appoint- Maersk has been battling price Committee, works to empower the most beloved artists in the ment of Bernardino León as the and demand falls and is cutting youth through sport towards a entire continent of Africa.” first Director General of the capacity and has warned that a fall more fair and inclusive society, Youssou N’Dour composed and Emirates Diplomatic Academy in activity will hit annual results. while promoting inter-cultural performed the “Save the Dream” (EDA), the UAE’s leading centre Late last month, petroleum dialogue and social innovation song, which is available for down- of excellence in diplomatic stud- division Maersk Oil announced through the power of its values. loading from many music plat- ies. Leon, will take up his position it would slash its workforce by Working with a team of Athlete Soccer legend Alessandro Del Piero (centre) with a team of Athlete forms. All revenues will support in December, 2015. between 10 and 12 percent in the Ambassadors, captained by soccer Save the Dream’s projects facili- A career diplomat with rich Ambassadors in New York City. face of low oil prices. “We are in legend Alessandro Del Piero, Save tating access to sport and educa- international experience spanning the process of transforming Mae- the Dream brought an incredible tion to young refugees. more than 25 years, Leon’s most rsk Line, to make the organisa- day of sports to New York City, help and encourage youth every- an address by athletes and lead- Qatar Airways was also the recent role was as the Special tion simpler and leaner. We want with the help of Qatar Airways. where to achieve their dreams in ership of the Special Olympics. exclusive sponsor of the Offi- Representative of the UN Secre- to improve the online experience Throughout the day, hundreds of sport and life,” he added. Organisations from all around cial Reception, which took place tary General to Libya. of clients and at the same time children participated in a variety The day, which included the world, such as Barcelona Foun- in Times Square at the Nasdaq Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al work as efficiently as possible,” of sports activities on a specially official participation of the UN dation, the Global Child Forum, Market and was attended by high- Nahyan, UAE Minister of For- said Chief Executive Soren Skou. constructed soccer pitch built in Alliance for Civilisation, UNICEF, ROTA, Aspire and the Qatar level UN officials, representatives eign Affairs and Chairman of Maersk Line is to slash admin- the centre of Times Square. the UN Office on Sport for Peace Stars League featured their pro- from government, sport organi- the Board of Trustees of EDA, istrative costs by $250m over two “Sport and global aviation are and the UN High Commissioner grammes to promote education sations and civil society from all said: “The deep experience and years. Maersk Line is also cutting perfect ways to bring the world for Refugees, commenced with through sport. around the world, including major understanding of global geo-poli- back its fleet expansion, dropping together,” said Akbar Al Baker, a clinic offered by Street Soc- Coming off their Italian Danc- US-based foundations. The airline tics that Mr León brings to EDA plans to purchase six giant vessels Group Chief Executive, Qatar cer USA. This was followed by ing with the Stars win, Guisy donated two Business Class tickets will be a rich resource for our new on which it had placed an option. Airways. “We are proud to spon- a fencing exhibition, a ceremony Versace and her dance partner as part of the evening’s auction. generation of diplomats.” sor Save the Dream, to help sup- for the newly crowned winners of Raimondo Todaro also graced AFP port this worthwhile cause and to the New York City Marathon and the stage with a performance. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

United Technologies to lead talks Malaysia calls on Muslim countries to boost trade KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim countries should leverage on their on sustainability in Middle East Islamic connection and increase their intra-trade, investment and DOHA: Convening sustainabil- economic business linkages, said ity thought leaders with green Malaysian Prime Minister Najib building professionals in emerg- Razak. ing economies, United Technolo- He said improving the busi- gies Corp. hosted Distinguished ness connection among Muslim Sustainability Lecture Series countries was more essential than events in Doha, Qatar, and Abu introducing a common currency Dubai, United Arab Emirates, among the countries. on November 3 and 4. This is the “The idea is quite remote and I 15th lecture series event in the don’t think we should even try to Middle East since 2011. go down that far... even the euro The level of awareness regard- was at a point of breaking up at ing green buildings and sustain- one time,” he told a press confer- ability has grown significantly in ence in conjunction with the 11th A delegate walks past a pavilion at the 11th WIEF in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. recent years in the Middle East. An executive at the lecture series event. World Islamic Economic Forum The United Arab Emirates has (WIEF), in Kuala Lumpur. increased its total amount of Green Building Council in 2009. Approximately 200 thought Najib was responding to a ques- as the region prepares to come economic region, equitable eco- LEED-certified space by 72 per- Following the launch of the Qatar leaders and green building pro- tion whether the WIEF could be a together with the ASEAN Eco- nomic development and full inte- cent since last year, now ranking National Vision 2030, a long-term fessionals gathered at the lec- platform among Muslim countries nomic Community at year-end. gration into the global economic eighth on the US Green Building development strategy, the QGBC ture series events to discuss the to discuss the possibility of having “It’s not a feasible option, what we echoed WIEF Foundation’s aim Council’s Top 10 Countries for supports the QNV2030 effort to demand for green buildings and a common currency. need to do is increase intra-trade of building bridges through busi- LEED list. Qatar is also focused promote the sustainability culture the future of food in the Middle Themed, “Building Resilience among Muslim countries,” he said. ness to drive economic and social on sustainable practicesand in Qatar with a focus on the coun- East. for Equitable Growth”, the 11th The envisioned single market progress. formally established the Qatar try’s construction industry. THE PENINSULA WIEF returns to Kuala Lumpur and production base, competitive QNA

Takata plunges after record US fine, dumping by Honda Honda half year net profit jumps 14pc TOKYO: The crisis surround- and scores of injuries globally. It them to deploy with explosive stop using Takata airbag infla- Takata’s revenue was about ing Japan’s Takata deepened ended the day 13.4 percent lower force and send metal shrapnel tors. “On a global basis, no new $5.3bn in the last fiscal year. TOKYO: Honda said yesterday its half- yesterday as its shares plunged at 1,189 yen ($9.80) a share, its hurtling toward drivers and pas- Honda and Acura models cur- The world’s top automaker year net profit jumped as strong North on news that top client Honda lowest close this year. sengers — in some cases killing rently under development will Toyota — another Takata cli- American sales helped offset the impact was dumping it as an airbag Japanese financial markets them or leaving grisly injuries. be equipped with a front driver ent — said it was monitoring of an exploding airbag crisis and sluggish parts supplier and US safety were closed on Tuesday for a Some 19 million US vehicles, or passenger Takata airbag the latest chapter in the crisis. demand in the Japanese market. regulators slapped it with a public holiday, so yesterday was and millions more worldwide, inflator,” the automaker said. “We are continuing to investi- The Civic sedan maker’s net profit in record fine. the first time the company’s are equipped with the airbags, Hiroshi Shimizu, Takata’s gate Takata-manufactured air- the six months through September rose The stock fell nearly 20 per- Tokyo-listed stock had been which has led to massive recalls. senior vice president for global bag inflator issues,” and will take 14 percent to 313.7bn yen ($2.59bn), while cent in afternoon trading as tested since the double whammy. Accusing the company of quality assurance, said it was necessary actions, it said. sales jumped more than 15 percent to 7.32 investors reacted to the lat- Takata’s airbag defect — dodging the issue for years, US studying the decision by Honda, Rival Nissan declined to com- trillion yen. Honda repeated its warnings est bad news for the embattled thought to be associated with a safety authorities on Tuesday which accounts for about 10 ment on its future relationship that the extent of future airbag-linked firm, whose airbags have been chemical propellant that helps announced up to $200m in pen- percent of the company’s global with Takata. costs remained elusive. linked to at least eight deaths inflate the devices — can cause alties while Honda said it would sales. AFP AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 Mena healthcare spending to reach $144bn Region spends only 4pc of GDP compared to world average of 10pc

DOHA: Healthcare spending age. The region spends only 4 fall in oil prices in H2, 2014, most healthcare in the region. On the in the Middle East and North percent of its GDP on health- economies performed well, sup- supply front, the high levels of Africa (Mena) region is on its care compared to 12 percent in ported by the robust performance government spending on health- growth track to reach an esti- high-income nations and a world of the non-oil sector and large care and regulations to improve mated $144bn by 2020, following average of 10 percent. On a per government spending. In 2015, insurance penetration have incen- enormous development witnessed capita basis, the GCC spending the Mena economy is expected to tivised higher investments in over the last 10 years, according on healthcare was $1,022, com- grow 2.7 percent. While growth healthcare in the region. to estimates by Al Masah Capital. parable with the world average of in major oil exporting countries “The healthcare sector in Exceeding $95.8bn in 2013, gov- $1,062. However, the Mena region is expected to remain steady at Mena, despite great prospects ernment spending in healthcare has a much lower per capita 2.4 percent in 2015, the major oil for future growth, faces stiff across the region tripled from spend of $415. importing nations are expected to challenges. The healthcare infra- just $30.4bn in 2003. The Dubai- “The healthcare sector, receive an economic push due to structure in the region is quite based alternative asset manage- accounting for about 10 percent lower oil prices and may clock an inadequate, and the region would ment company also noted that of the world’s GDP, has been average growth rate of 4 percent have to almost double its current GCC nations, which account for critical to global economic growth in 2015, up from 3 percent in 2014. hospital bed capacity by 2020 about 52 percent of the healthcare over the years. Global spending Over the last decade, multiple to be at par with the developed expenditure of the region, kept on healthcare increased to $7.6 factors have contributed to the nations,” Dash added. pace, clocking healthcare spend trillion in 2013 from $3.9 trillion rapid growth of healthcare sector The potential for strong growth of $49.8bn in 2013 versus $15.5bn in 2003,” Shailesh Dash, founder in the Mena region. The steady of the Mena healthcare sec- long-term care, specialised care tal has been one of the most active in 2003, and economic indicators and CEO of Al Masah Capital, increase in elderly population, rise tor and its relative stability has and rehabilitation. In the last 10 firms in terms of number of man- point towards even brighter pros- explained. in income levels, improvement attracted immense private equity years, around 91 PE deals worth aged deals. Some PE firms have pects for the sector. The Mena economy put up a in life expectancy, lower infant (PE) interest over the last decade. $1.7bn were struck. However, the also registered strong returns Despite this steep rise, health- steady performance in 2014, grow- mortality rates, and the preva- Across the region, PE firms see deals were largely concentrated in upon their exit from the sector. care spending in Mena is below ing at 2.4 percent compared to 2.3 lence of lifestyle-related diseases significant room for expansion, Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. par considering the global aver- percent in 2013. Despite the sharp have ensured strong demand for particularly in services such as Among the firms, Al Masah Capi- THE PENINSULA

Airbus signs Ooredoo introduces deals with Maersk Oil Qatar expands S Korea carriers commitment to road safety ‘Ultimate Mozaic Club’ DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday for 55 planes DOHA: Maersk Oil Qatar (MOQ) launched the ‘Ultimate Mozaic has reinforced its commitment to Club’, a new service designed to SEOUL: European aircraft road safety in Qatar, through a combine the best of Mozaic TV in maker Airbus said yesterday it sponsorship of the 24th Inter- one easy-to-use package. had formally signed deals with national Traffic Medicine Asso- The Ultimate Mozaic Club, South Korea’s two largest air- ciation (ITMA) Congress being which is priced at QR50 per lines for the delivery of 55 of its held for the first time in Doha month, offers an incredible pack- fuel-efficient, single-aisle A321neo later this month. The sponsor- age of Mozaic content including passenger jets. ship builds on MOQ’s extensive ABC studios, Disney, on-demand The contracts, negotiated ear- support for Qatar’s One Second movies and TV series. lier in the year, were signed on national road safety brand and Ooredoo’s wide range of Mozaic Tuesday to coincide with the visit other traffic medicine initiatives. On Demand Clubs have proven to Seoul by French President The 24th World ITMA Con- to be extremely popular with Francois Hollande. gress will be held for the first time customers, offering a range of South Korea’s largest carrier, in the Middle East from the 16th programming including films, also be able to enjoy more than Korean Air, signed up for 30 Air- to 18th November, 2015. children’s television, soap operas, 1000 titles from Mozaic TV’s On bus A321neo planes, worth around The sponsorship is one of comedies and dramas. Demand Clubs. $3.7bn at list prices. It also took numerous road safety initia- Officials at the sponsorship agreement event. Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari New customers can subscribe options on 20 more of the aircraft. tives from MOQ to assist the (pictured), Director Community to the service for just QR50. The second biggest carrier Asi- country to achieve the National of Maersk Oil Qatar, said “MOQ mittee and the Chairman of the and Public Relations, Ooredoo Existing customers will be able ana contracted for the delivery Traffic Medicine Strategy Goal has a proud history of supporting Organising Committee and Sheikh said, “Mozaic has become Qatar’s to combine their existing Clubs of 25 A321neos, with a catalogue 2013-2022. For example, MOQ schemes that bring meaningful Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani, MOQ’s most popular channel for pre- into one Ultimate Package, with price of around $3.1bn. sponsored a knowledge sharing benefits to Qatar and as part of a Deputy Managing Director, in the mium digital entertainment, and Ooredoo automatically register- Both Korean carriers hope the visit to the Swedish Vision Zero global conglomerate, the Maersk presence of Capt. Mubarak Salim we are constantly looking at ways ing all eligible customers for the narrow-body jets will help meet authorities in 2014, followed by Group is ambitious and committed Al Bouainain, Asst. Director of to enhance and expand choice for Mozaic Club, saving them money rising regional passenger demand, a PowerTalk road safety event to Qatar for generations to come. Public Relations Department at our customers. The launch of the and hassle. especially on China routes. this year with key stakeholders Road Safety is a huge challenge Ministry of Interior. new Ultimate Mozaic Club deliv- Mozaic offers the freshest con- “South Korea is an increasingly in Qatar. And more than 6,000 for all countries, including Qatar, Delegates will be drawn from ers incredible value for our cus- tent for the whole family, with large and important market for young adults have so far partici- so I’m pleased that we are helping medical doctors, physiologists, tomers and the widest range of many titles available just after us,” said Airbus CEO Fabrice pated in Students for Road Safety to bring the brightest experts to psychologists, traffic safety on-demand content”. the cinema release. In addition, Bregier. — a MOQ awareness programme Qatar to look for solutions at the experts, vehicle designers and The new Ultimate Mozaic Club Next Generation Mozaic TV cus- “It’s a large domestic market which aims to transform students 24th World ITMA Congress.” manufacturers, engineers, policy will offer unlimited access to a tomers have the freedom to play, but a sizeable transport hub for into ambassadors for positive road The sponsorship agreement makers, police officers, and insur- world of entertainment at a very pause, fast forward and rewind the rest of Asia,” Bregier said. behaviours. was signed by Brig. Muhammad- ance experts. reasonable price by combining programmes and films. Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al- Abdullah Al Maliki, Secretary of all Mozaic Club content in one AFP Thani, Deputy Managing Director the National Traffic Safety Com- THE PENINSULA package, so that customers will THE PENINSULA

ABN Amro pays No women, no bonus: British financial firms told fines over Dubai LONDON: Bonuses paid to productivity in Britain, which it City will recognise. Make it pub- and 4 percent of CEOs at 150 of in FTSE350 boardrooms by 2020. executives at financial services says should include increasing lic, measure it and report on it. the world’s major financial insti- “I know that there are a lot irregularities companies in Britain should female workforce representation. What gets published gets done,” tutions are women, a 2014 report of brilliant, talented women out depend on the number of women According to an OECD esti- Gadhia said. by consultancy Oliver Wyman there whose skills would be an employed in senior roles at the mate, labour market gender “It should be a wake-up call to found. enormous asset to any firm,” ahead of IPO company, a government report equality could increase British everyone in financial services that In Britain, some progress has Economic Secretary to the Treas- into women in finance said yes- GDP by 10 percent by 2030. fewer women progress to senior been made across industries as ury Harriett Baldwin said ahead AMSTERDAM/DUBAI: Days terday. Ghadia’s review recommends levels than in any other industry a whole over the past five years. of a government summit yester- before its initial public offering, Financial services firms should that remuneration packages be in the UK,” she said. Women now account for 26 day when the report will be pre- Dutch bank ABN Amro said it also report their gender diver- linked to a firm’s gender bal- Britain’s financial services percent of board positions in the sented. has paid fines to regulators in sity figures publicly to tackle the ance, that companies appoint an industry contributed $196bn in FTSE 100, up from 12.5 percent in Gadhia’s preliminary proposals the Netherlands and Dubai over lack of women at the top of this executive responsible for gender, gross value added to the Brit- 2010, another government-spon- will be available for public com- “serious shortcomings” in vetting industry, the review, led by Virgin diversity and inclusion, and that ish economy in 2014, government sored report, the Davies Review, ment and a final report will be clients and managing risk at its Money’s Chief Executive Jayne- companies report gender statis- statistics show. But women are found in October. published before Britain’s next private banking operations. Anne Gadhia recommended. tics publicly. sorely underrepresented in the But more needs to be done and annual budget in 2016. The Dubai investigation, which The review is part of a govern- “My report proposes address- sector. Globally, only 13 percent the Davies Review now wants became public in March, had been ment drive to increase economic ing the issue in a way that the of executive committee members women to hold a third of positions REUTERS one of the few remaining unre- solved issues hanging over the nationalised bank’s IPO. ABN said it has fired nine employees and will pay fines total- ling around $1.3m. In addition, it M&S posts falling net Masraf Al Rayan holds blood donation camp has terminated relationships with around 80 customers. “ABN Amro DOHA: Masraf Al Rayan held its sincerely regrets these irregulari- annual blood donation campaign ties and will not appeal,” the bank profit on clothing sales in collaboration with the Blood said in a statement. Donation Unit at Hamad Medical Fines by both regulators were LONDON: British retailer compared with the same period Corporation (HMC), yesterday. modest because ABN had coop- Marks and Spencer, regarded a year earlier, said M&S, which The annual humanitarian erated and taken measures to as a barometer of UK consumer sells also food and household event, held at the bank’s Head resolve problems, they said. demand, posted sliding net profit goods. Office, was part of Masraf Al Ray- The Netherlands’ central bank yesterday on tumbling clothing Profit was dented also by an’s social responsibility strategy (DNB) fined ABN $683,500 after sales and a poor international charges linked to a revamp of its and programmes. concluding it had not properly performance. British stores, impairments on Nasser Raeissi, Assistant Gen- screened clients in Dubai in line The first half of the group’s some branches in western Europe, eral Manager, Human Resources with anti-terrorism laws, and its financial year was dogged also by and closure costs arising from its & Administration, at Masraf Al head office had failed to properly the company’s decision to avoid exit from some Balkans countries. Rayan, praised the level of par- monitor the Dubai operations. discounting, while rainy weather The group’s international division ticipation by the bank’s employ- Meanwhile, the Dubai Finan- dampened demand as shoppers suffered a 2.4-percent decline in ees. The annual event is part cial Services Authority (DFSA) avoided the British high street, sales, hit by challenging economic of strengthening the principle said it had fined the Dubai branch M&S said in a statement. conditions particularly in the of raising awareness about the of ABN $640,000 for breaching Earnings after tax sank almost Middle East and volatile currency importance of blood donation, he anti-money laundering rules. a quarter to £172.7m ($266m) in moves in Europe. said. Officials at the annual blood donation campaign. the 26 weeks to September 26 AFP THE PENINSULA REUTERS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS Academic publishing can’t China’s ambitions for big stay such a great business

By Justin Fox

UBLISHERS of academic journals have a great thing science face big hurdles going. They generally don’t pay for the articles they publish, or for the primary editing and peer reviewing essential to preparing them for publication. Most of this By Adam Minter worst problems. With scientists expected to As a result, the Chinese scientific com- gratis labour is performed by employees of academic serve the state, those who show their loyalty munity has been plagued by graft and Pinstitutions. Those institutions, along with government agencies S in so many other things, to the regime have typically progressed as subpar research. In October 2013, China’s and foundations, also fund all the research that these journal China’s seeking to play a lead- fast if not faster than those who make new National Audit Office estimated that half articles are based upon. ing role in 21st century science. discoveries. This less-than-meritocratic of all research funds had been “misused.” Yet the journal publishers are able to get authors to sign over And it’s using a familiar weapon: culture has become ingrained in the influ- The problem is big enough that China’s anti- copyright to this content, and sell it in the form of subscriptions to money. ential Chinese Academy of Sciences — a corruption fighters are beginning to take an university libraries. Most journals are now delivered in electronic ALast week, Chinese physicists announced 60,000-employee bureaucratic behemoth interest, sweeping up more than 50 officials form, which you think would cut the cost, but no, the price has that they’d completed the initial design for a that controls 104 of China’s top research (including the head of Guangdong province’s been going up and up. This isn’t just inflation at work: in 1994, massive high-energy particle collider, which institutions and most of its non-military science office) in February 2014, as well as journal subscriptions accounted for 51 percent of all library spend- could become operational around 2025. The research spending. seven leading researchers from five univer- ing on information resources. In 2012 it was 69 percent. project — which may cost $3bn and stretch Securing funding remains an ugly busi- sities last fall. The Chinese government has Who exactly is getting that money? The largest academic pub- for more than 60 miles — is just the latest ness. Yi Rao, a Chinese academic lured from been promising to tackle these problems lisher is Elsevier, which is also the biggest, most profitable divi- in a string of Chinese “big science” initia- Northwestern University to run the Depart- since 2006 at least. As with its pledges to sion of RELX, the Anglo-Dutch company that was known until tives designed to boost national prestige and ment of Life Sciences at Peking University, reform hulking and inefficient state enter- February as Reed Elsevier. Here are its results for the past decade: produce lucrative spinoff technologies. At described it memorably in a 2010 paper co- prises, though, the promises have come to RELX reports results in British pounds; I converted to dollars a time when money for basic research is written for Science: “To obtain major grants naught. Too many entrenched interests pre- in part because the biggest piece of the company’s revenue comes increasingly difficult to obtain in the US in China, it is an open secret that doing good fer the current sclerosis to the possibility of from the US. And yes, those are pretty great operating-profit and Europe, China sees an opportunity to research is not as important as schmoozing greater long-term dynamism. margins: 33 percent in 2014, 39 percent in 2013. The next biggest seize the global scientific vanguard. with powerful bureaucrats and their favour- A good place to begin shaking things up academic publisher is Springer Nature, which is closely held (by The regime isn’t wrong to try, and the ite experts.” Meanwhile, those researchers would be in the universities: The govern- German publisher Holtzbrinck and UK private-equity firm BC cause of human knowledge will benefit lucky enough to receive funds are commonly ment should implement a truly merit- based Partners) but reportedly has annual revenue of about $1.75bn. from any breakthroughs that result. But if subjected to bureaucratic interference and tenure system and abandon the practice Other biggies that are part of publicly traded companies include China’s truly going to reap a return on its unrealistic demands for quick results. whereby recently graduated PhDs are Wiley-Blackwell, a division of John Wiley & Sons; Wolters Klu- eye-popping investments, the government Cronyism extends into academic appoint- largely guaranteed jobs, often in the degree- wer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer; and Taylor & Francis, needs to do something harder than build a ments. China’s highest scientific honour — awarding institution. At the same time, CAS a division of Informa. giant particle smasher: It needs to rethink a rare fellowship in CAS — has in recent and other grant-making institutions need to The great challenge of the Internet Age for media companies its central role in Chinese research. years been granted to individuals of little remove bureaucrats from the process and has been figuring out how to make back the money they spend on State sponsorship of science has its pluses, academic accomplishment, sparking scandal. implement a merit-based, peer-reviewed content. Media companies in the academic publishing business of course, including speedy decisionmak- But it’s been denied to illustrious research- system run by experts in which conflicts have so far been able to get universities to both produce their ing on complex, expensive projects. But the ers such as Yi Rao (widely believed to be of interest — including personal relation- content and buy it from them. Again, what a great business! But costs often outweigh the benefits. Under the in retaliation for his Science article) and, ships — are grounds for recusal. Above it’s also clearly an endangered one if the universities were ever regime’s heavy hand, the Chinese scientific most notably, Tu Youyou, the 2015 winner all, China should deepen a commitment able to get their collective act together. establishment has long suffered from crony- of the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Last month, to international cooperation in its biggest These authors are of course scholars — university professors, ism, corruption, and pervasive fraud. These when asked why she hadn’t received a fel- science projects, so that top international for the most part — and in the early 1990s some of them began blemishes damage the country’s research lowship despite numerous applications, Tu researchers can offer up their experiences putting their papers on the Internet for all to read, under the slo- reputation. While the relationship between concluded: “It’s complicated.” Such favorit- and best practices. Otherwise, China’s big gan of open access. One approach, pioneered by physicists, was to science and the state is politicised and com- ism is believed to extend all the way down science experiment is all too likely to fail. deposit versions of their journal articles in an online, open-access plex in every country (including the US), to professorships and the tenure-track posi- archive; this is now known as “green OA.” The other was to create China’s top-down system exacerbates the tions where researchers start their careers. BLOOMBERG new open-access journals; this is called “gold OA.” While this open-access movement was getting going, the tra- ditional journal business (Suber calls it “toll-access publishing”) went through a consolidation wave. Bigger publishers bought smaller ones, and used their increased bargaining power (com- posed largely of their ability to demand that libraries subscribe to large bundles of different journals) to extract more money from libraries. Librarians complained, and had to cancel some subscriptions, but generally kept paying. At the exact moment that technology was making it possible for academic research to be disseminated for free, toll-access publishers were making it harder and more expensive to get to. About a decade ago, the universities and funding agencies began fighting back. The National Institutes of Health in the US, the world’s biggest funder of medical research, began requiring in 2008 that all recipients of its grants submit electronic versions of their final peer-reviewed manuscripts when they are accepted for publication in journals, to be posted a year later on the NIH’s open-access PubMed depository. Publishers grumbled, but didn’t want to turn down the articles. That same year, Harvard’s College of Arts and Sciences adopted a similar rule, albeit one that gave professors the right to waive the requirement if a publisher demanded it, and the rest of the university’s schools have since followed suit. About 80 universities around the world now have Harvard-style open-access policies, Suber says, and another 440 have other (usually weaker) open- access rules. Open access is clearly the future of academic publishing, but it’s still not clear when exactly that future will fully arrive. University administrators would like it to come sooner rather than later, so their professors’ research is more widely disseminated and they can stop blowing so much money on journal subscriptions. For the big publishers, meanwhile, the choice is between positioning themselves for the open-access future or maximising current returns. In its most recent annual report, RELX leans toward the latter while nodding toward the former. Who exactly expects paid subscriptions to remain the primary distribution model? Well, RELX shareholders, for one: the com- pany’s share price is up 100 percent during the past five years and is now near its all-time high. One of these days, I would guess, they are going to be sorely disappointed.

BLOOMBERG Why Activision spends billions on video gaming By Drew Harwell ingly adores. They may never Mobile gaming is expanding — almost $800m last year — all ing via a single mobile game. But ual gaming corps. The King deal touch a PlayStation 4, but they this definition by expanding to the of it spent on optional in-game Activision’s push appears to have comes one year after Microsoft HERE are few king- still spend millions of dollars a female audience, and in a wide age goodies and upgrades. more to do with growth than des- spent $2.5bn to buy Minecraft, doms in video gaming day on colourful goodies and extra range. King really understands But King, especially at a multi- peration. Two years after striking the Lego-like world-building that Activision Blizzard content within a game — mak- this demographic.” billion dollar price tag, is no sure out as independent from under game popular with kids. Thas not conquered. Pub- ing mobile gaming one of modern Activision, one of the world’s bet. Shortly after the company French media giant Vivendi, The deal cements Activision lisher of blockbuster competitive entertainment’s fastest-growing first game developers, presides went public last year, at $22.50 a Activision has seen its stock soar Blizzard’s ambitions to become computer-and-console franchises moneymakers. over hundreds of gaming fran- share, its stock dropped to about more than 77 percent this year one of American entertainment’s like “World of Warcraft,” “Call of “Our audience was always chises stretching back 35 years $18 a share, and it has traced a to become one of the best per- most reliable blockbuster facto- Duty” and “Destiny,” the $26bn a middle-class customer in a to its first days on the Atari rocky path due to worries over formers in the Standard & Poor’s ries, and many of its franchises giant has become one of the hard- developed country. In order to 2600. Some of its biggest hits financial fortitude: King’s profit 500 Index. Buying King could now benefit from the spending core-gaming industry’s most prof- play games, you had to pay $300 today include “Skylanders,” “Tony fell to $119m in the most recent allow Activision Blizzard to draw more likely seen on a big-budget itable and unavoidable names. for a console, or even more for Hawk’s Pro Skater” and “Guitar quarter. King’s other non-candy in cash from outside their core action flick. Yet, the California company a PC,” Bobby Kotick, Activision Hero,” that can perhaps now games, like “Bubble Witch Saga” business lines: About 80 percent Last month, the company hired announced a surprising mega- Blizzard’s chief executive, said in be ported to similar or simpler and “Pet Rescue Saga,” have not of Activision’s $4.7bn in revenue a former chief of ESPN and archi- deal seeded far from its tradi- an interview. The Activision Bliz- versions on iPhones, iPads and proven as appetizing. over the last year came from PC tect of SportsCenter to helm its tional gaming roots: It plans to zard deal marks an “aggressive Android devices. Rival mobile game studios, or console games. new eSports division to the grow- spend nearly $6bn-2bn more than shift in strategy” for a company King runs two of the top five like “Clash of Clans” maker In company projections, world- ing realm of competitive gaming. Disney paid for “Star Wars” — to that struck gold in hardcore gam- highest-grossing mobile games Supercell, have proven formida- wide mobile gaming revenue is Kotick points out that more buy King Digital Entertainment, ing, analysts with Baird Equity in America, “Candy Crush” and ble adversaries for the attention expected to climb from $36bn this than 150 million people worldwide the small Dublin-based developer Research said. “Candy Crush Saga,” matching of smartphone players, and the year to $55bn by 2019, while con- played Activision Blizzard games behind “Candy Crush,” a simple, Underlining that shift, analysts games built on the sliding-around unsettled world of mobile gaming sole and PC gaming is projected to over the last year — compared to, fluorescent puzzle game most said, is a recognition of how deeply of colorful chocolates and baubles; still remains strewn with one-hit grow far more subtly, from $50bn say, the roughly 90 million sub- anyone can play on an old iPhone. the gamer base has changed. The another game, “Candy Crush wonders and collapsing brands. to $57bn. scribers of ESPN. In the age of the smartphone, average gamer is now 35 years Soda,” has quickly joined the top Rovio, maker of Angry Birds, Though Activision-King’s com- “Our responsibility is to deliver few gamers are as heavily desired old, and 44 percent are girls or ranks. slashed hundreds of jobs in August bined company will count a player the most compelling content to as the casual gamers, the masses women, according to data from The games’ world-spanning amid disappointing declines in audience far larger than the user our players. and if we do that, the once ridiculed as too unsophisti- the Entertainment Software audience of more than 300 mil- toys and merchandise. Critics say bases of Instagram or Twitter, audiences are there,” Kotick said. cated for “real” games, but whose Association, the industry’s trade lion users (who play at least once Activision is gambling it can buy much of the money will come involvement the industry increas- group. a month) deliver incredible profits its way to the top of mobile gam- from a small fraction of its cas- WASHINGTON POST THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

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How to play Hyper Sudoku: A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like a normal Sudoku. BABY BLUES BABY

NOVO How to play Kakuro: SHOWING AT KAKURO The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any SCREEN 1 The Last Witch Hunter (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40 & 9:50pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, SCREEN 2 Goosebump (2D/Action) 10:30am, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 & 10:30pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some SCREEN 3 The Guardian Angel 11:00am, 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8:00 & 10:15pm cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 Burnt (2D/Comedy) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:15 & 11:15pm SCREEN 5 Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference SCREEN 6 The Martian (2D/Action) 10:40am, 1:20, 4:00, 7:40, 9:20pm & 12:00 am clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! SCREEN 7 The Little Prince (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 12:00, 2:00 & 4:00pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or Apocalypse (2D/Horror) 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnight column referenced by the number. SCREEN 8 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2D/Horror) 11:30am, 1:30, Within each 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pm collection of cells SCREEN 9 Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (2D/Thriller) 11:30am, 4:30 & 9:30pm - called a run - any Jurasic World (2D/Action) 2:00 & 7:00pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 10 The Last Witch Hunter (2D/Action) 11:00 am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40 & 9:50pm to 9 may be used but, like sudoku, each number may MALL only be used once.

Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 3:00pm answer Goosebump (2D/Action) 5:00 & 7:00pm He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 9:00pm Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Naanum Rowdydhaan (2D/ Tamil) 11:00pm SCREEN 2 Coconut: The Little Dragon (2D/Animation) 2:30 & 4:00pm Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 5:30 & 7:30pm The Last Witch Hunter (2D/ Action) 9:30pm He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 11:30pm SCREEN 3 He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 2:00pm ALL IN THE MIND Ennu Ninte Moideen (2D/Malayalam) 3:30 & 8:30pm The Last Witch Hunter (2D/ Action) 6:30pm Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, Burnt (2D/Comedy) 11:30pm vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. LANDMARK SCREEN 1 Naanum Rowdydhaan (2D/ Tamil) 2:15 & 10:45pm Apocalypse (2D/Horror) 5:00pm Goosebump (2D/Action) 6:45pm Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 8:30pm SCREEN 2 Coconut: The Little Dragon (2D/Animation) 3:00pm & 6:15pm He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 4:30, 8:00 & 11:30pm Burnt (2D/Comedy) 9:45pm SCREEN 3 Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 2:30 & 11:15pm Hoy en la Historia Goosebump (2D/Action) 4:30pm Ennu Ninte Moideen (2D/Malayalam) 6:30pm November 5, 1995 Apocalypse (2D/Horror) 9:30pm The tomb of Queen Nefertari, tthe favourite wife of Egyptian ROYAL PLAZA Pharoah Rameses II, was opened SCREEN 1 Coconut: The Little Dragon (2D/Animation) 2:30 & 4:00pm tto visitors for the first time since Apocalypse (2D/Horror) 5:30pm its discovery in 1904 Goosebump (2D/Action) 7:30 & 9:30pm Burnt (2D/Comedy) 11:30pm 1965: Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian SCREEN 2 Jem & The Holograms (2D/ Adventure) 3:00, 7:00 & 11:00pm Smith declared a state of emergency He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 5:15 & 9:15pm ahead of his unilateral declaration of SCREEN 3 He Named Malala (2D/Documentary) 3:00pm independence from Britain Goosebump (2D/Action) 5:00pm The Last Witch Hunter (2D/ Action) 7:00pm 1998: DNA analysis revealed that Special Show 9:00pm U.S. president Thomas Jefferson Apocalypse (2D/Horror) 11:00pm may have fathered a son by his BACCARAT, BACKGAMMON, BINGO, BLACKJACK, ASIAN TOWN BRIDGE, CHECKERS, CHESS, CRIBBAGE, CROSSWORD, slave, Sally Hemings DARTS, DRAUGHTS, FANTAN, HALMA, JIGSAW, KENO, 2007: Google unveiled the Android Main Aur Charles (2D/Hindi) 3:00pm LOTTO, LUDO, MAHJONG, MARBLES, MONOPOLY, mobile operating system Ennu Ninte Moideen (2D/Malayalam) 1:00, 2:00, 4:00, 5:00, NOUGHTS AND CROSSES, PACHISI, PAPER CHASE, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00pm & 1:00am PINBALL, POKER, ROULETTE, SCRABBLE, SLIDER, 2007: China’s first lunar satellite, Naanum Rowdydhaan (2D/ Tamil) 6:00pm & 12:00am SNAKES AND LADDERS, TANGRAM, TIC-TAC-TOE, Chang’e 1, went into orbit TREASURE HUNT, WHIST. Picture: Newscom © GRAPHIC NEWS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Lorenzo cannot intervene in Rossi appeal Court of Arbitration for Sport set to give a decision by tomorrow as riders prepare for final Grand Prix

VA LENCI A: Yamaha’s Jorge and most bitter controversies, said in a statement. Lorenzo has been told by the with no love lost between Rossi CAS is aiming to give a decision Court of Arbitration for Sport and Marquez while Yamaha and by tomorrow. (CAS) that he cannot intervene Honda have waded in to support The penalty was imposed after in a bid by title rival and team- their riders. stewards at Sepang decided Rossi mate Valentino Rossi to overturn The row has also taken on a caused Marquez to crash with a sanction that could decide the national dimension, with Italian a deliberate move that caused MotoGP title in Valencia this media at loggerheads with their an outcry in Spain and divided weekend. Spanish counterparts and fears MotoGP fans. Championship leader Rossi there could be ugly scenes when Honda Racing Corporation’s wants a penalty, imposed on him Rossi turns up in Spain after ini- executive vice-president Shuhei after he allegedly kicked Honda’s tially indicating he might stay at Nakamoto said on Monday the reigning champion Marc Marquez home. The International Motor- data from Marquez’s bike showed off his bike in Malaysia last Sun- cycling Federation (FIM) has the Spaniard’s front brake lever day, to be at least suspended so he said the situation is ‘poisoning’ had received a sudden impact that can race on equal terms. the sport and replaced a sched- locked the front tyre, causing the Otherwise, the nine times uled pre-race news conference crash. world champion will have to start in Valencia today with a meeting “We believe that this pres- the final Grand Prix of the sea- between riders and officials. sure was a result of Rossi’s kick,” son from the back of the grid on Lorenzo, whose chances would he said. The comment angered Lorenzo’s home soil. be boosted considerably by Rossi Yamaha, who replied on Tuesday Italian Rossi leads the Span- starting at the back, had asked with a statement attacking the iard, who is chasing his third for permission to participate in use of “words that accuse Valen- MotoGP title, by seven points. the CAS hearing but the court tino Rossi of kicking Marc Mar- They are the only riders still in refused the request. quez’s bike. That is something not Race winner Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo (right) of Movistar Yamaha, and second-placed Italy’s Valentino Rossi (left) contention. “Accordingly, the CAS arbitra- proven by the investigation of the celebrate with Yamaha’s Japanese technical director Tsuji Kouichiand after the French Grand Prix in Le Mans, The Malaysia incident has trig- tion will continue between Valen- Race Direction.” western France, in this May 2015 file photo. gered one of the sport’s biggest tino Rossi and the FIM only,” CAS REUTERS Britain’s Susie to retire from motor sport

LONDON: Britain’s Susie Wolff want to inspire others to do the No woman has raced in For- my all,” she added. “Do I think off the track. The annual Race (pictured left), the first woman same,” she wrote in a blog on mula One since 1976 and the last F1 is ready for a competitive of Champions in London later driver in 22 years to take part the Huffington Post website. before Wolff to take part in a female racing driver that can this month will be her last race. in a Formula One Grand Prix Wolff, whose husband Toto is grand prix weekend was Italian perform at the highest level? “It has been a pleasure to weekend, yesterday announced the Mercedes motorsport direc- Giovanna Amati who failed to Yes. Do I think it is achievable work with Susie over the years her retirement from motorsport tor, was appointed Williams qualify with Brabham in 1992. as a woman? Most definitely. and see her develop as a driver at the end of the year. development driver in 2012 and “I got oh so close,” she said “Do I think it will happen within the team,” said Williams The 32-year-old Williams last year made a breakthrough yesterday. “I wanted and fought soon? Sadly no.” deputy principal Claire Wil- development driver accepted when she took part in free prac- very hard to make it onto that Wolff said too few young girls liams. her dream of racing in Formula tice for the British Grand Prix starting grid but the events at were getting involved in kart- “Her feedback and knowledge One was not going to happen at Silverstone. the start of this year and the ing and they lacked a clear role of the car has been an impor- and she now wanted to help the She subsequently also took current environment in F1 the model, and they were issues she tant part our recent develop- next generation of women driv- part in practice at the 2014 Ger- way it is, it isn’t going to hap- wanted to address with a new ment and we will be sorry to ers reach the top. man Grand Prix and in Spain pen. initiative to celebrate success- see her go.” “I dared to be different, I and Britain again this season. “I can only tell you, I gave it ful women in motorsport on and REUTERS

Kansas Ex-IAAF chief Diack charged Late 12-0 run rallies City Royals over doping corruption celebrate title MONACO: French police have charged former world athletics presi- dent Lamine Diack (pictured) with corruption over suspicions he took bribes to cover up doping cases, investigators said yesterday. Raptors past Mavericks win in style Police raided the International Asso- ciation of Athletics Federations (IAAF) TORONTO: Coming off the best KANSAS CITY: Thousands of headquarters in Monaco before charging regular season in franchise his- Kansas City Royals supporters the 82-year-old Diack, who stood down tory, the Toronto Raptors are 4-0 gathered at Union Station yes- in August when Britain’s Sebastian Coe for the first time ever. terday after a victory parade to was elected to head the scandal-tainted Kyle Lowry scored 27 points, celebrate the team capturing its federation. and the Raptors remained unde- first World Series title since 1985. Coe asked to be questioned by investi- feated by topping the Dallas The Royals, who lost in last gators over the case during the raid on Mavericks 102-91 at American year’s best-of-seven Major League Tuesday, IAAF spokesman Chris Turner Airlines Center. Baseball final, rallied from behind said. “We are off to great start,” to win four times in defeating the The sensational charges were laid Toronto coach Dwane Casey said, New York Mets 4-1 to seize the ahead of the release this month of a “but we have to remember that crown this year -- 30 years after report by a World Anti-Doping Agency this is a marathon, not a sprint.” taking their only other title. (WADA) commission into allegations of The Raptors rode a 12-0 burst A sea of blue-clad supporters widespread substance abuse in Russia, in the fourth quarter to take con- at the US Midwestern metropo- Kenya and among world champions. trol in the opener of a four-game lis watched as the victory parade The 82-year-old Senegalese official road trip. stretched 2.3 miles (3.73km) and his legal advisor, Habib Cisse, were The quick start is not going to through downtown Kansas City charged with corruption, money launder- the heads of a young squad that until halting for the rally. ing and conspiracy, French prosecutors won 49 games last season. “You know when there’s a cel- said in a statement. “We just want to go out there ebration going on in Kansas City, Both were released on bail. A former IAAF anti-doping doctor, and win every opportunity we they do it right. Just unbeliev- Gabriel Dolle, was detained for questioning, they added. get,” Raptors’ DeMar DeRozan able,” first baseman Eric Hosmer “Emanating from separate ongoing investigations by WADA’s inde- said. “The previous games don’t said. “You look at every building, pendent commission and the IAAF’s own independent ethics commis- matter, but the one that we got you look at every street, people sion into allegations surrounding its anti-doping rules and regulations, next (does). That’s how we’re are on the roof, people are jam a French police investigation has now commenced,” said an IAAF treating this season.” packed out there. It means so statement. The Mavericks (2-2) dropped much to all of us that we get to “The IAAF is fully cooperating with all investigations as it has been their home opener after going 2-1 have this moment with our fans.” from the beginning of the process.” on a West Coast road trip. Dallas, Waving signs and cheering, fans The statement added that “police visited the IAAF HQ offices yes- who swept Toronto last season, Wesley Matthews (23) of the Dallas Mavericks dribbles the ball against saluted team players and officials, terday to carry out interviews and to access documentation.” held a halftime lead and were up Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors at American Airlines Center in Dallas, with Royals Manager Ned Yost A source close to the investigation said that the case was focusing by four points midway through Texas. hoisting the World Series trophy on two or three doping tests by Russian athletes. the final period. high into the air for spectators to But the inquiry could be spread to other cases involving other nation- Lowry shot nine-for-15 from see when the caravan turned into alities, the source added. the floor, including four-for-five first half. The Raptors made 23 of with a 20-5 run. Union Station. Diack was the IAAF president from 1999 until this year, a period from beyond the three-point line, 26 free throws, with Lowry sink- “They made it more their type “This is a day like none of us when international athletics was hit with repeated doping scandals. and added 10 assists. He also had ing all eight of his foul shots. of game: physical, grinding, lot of have ever seen before, and we His son, Pape Massata Diack, was forced to resign last December three steals and two blocks in 37 Mavs’ Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 physical contact,” Dallas coach appreciate it from the bottom of as an IAAF marketing executive over accusations that he organised minutes. but had only five points in the sec- Rick Carlisle said. our hearts,” Yost said. “We are so doping cover-ups for Russian athletes. “He has been real solid for us ond half. Deron Williams scored “They turned it into a boxing thankful for your support. Kansas Valentin Balakhnishev, president of the Russian athletics federation, and is showing amazing leader- 13 on four-of-15 shooting, and match, and we needed to have it City is the greatest town in the also stood down as IAAF treasurer. ship qualities,” Casey said. “He is Dallas shot only 38.4 percent. be a basketball game. We need to world, they have the best fans in The accusations come at a critical time for the IAAF as the World a very tough kid. He got big stops “We have gotten back to be a little tougher overall at both the world and now you have the Anti-Doping Agency will this month release a report on allegations of for us. It’s early in the season, and defense,” Casey said. “That’s what ends.” best team in the world.” widespread use of banned substances in Russia and other countries. we will be very mindful to try and it takes to get to get wins in this The Mavericks made up a nine- Royals catcher Salvador Perez, WADA has spent this year investigating allegations by the Sunday keep him fresh for this long sea- league. It takes defensive com- point, first-quarter deficit to take the World Series Most Valuable Times newspaper and German ARD broadcaster of widespread doping son.” mitment from every player on a 51-49 lead into halftime. A 19-4 Player, took the trophy into the by Russian and Kenyan athletes. DeRozan battled back from the team. run highlighted by two three- crowd and posed for pictures This was extended in August to look into allegations that the IAAF early foul trouble to score 20 after “When the offence is not pointers from Nowitzki put Dal- while and outfielder Jonny Gomes had failed to follow up suspicious tests by hundreds of athletes includ- logging just seven minutes in the clicking for us, it’s going to be las up 39-33. gave a passionate speech as play- ing world champions and Olympic medal winners. our defence that keeps us in the Nowitzki had 13 points in the ers marveled at the large turnout. WADA appointed its former leader Dick Pound to head an independ- game, and hopefully our offense first half on four-for-4fourshoot- “Just so amazing,” said the Roy- ent commission of inquiry. NBA RESULTS will come around.” ing. als’ Jarrod Dyson. The WADA board is to hold a meeting in mid-November. Charlotte 130 Chicago 105 The Raptors’ 12-point spurt Toronto conclude their first “Congratulations, Kansas City,” About 50 Russian athletes are currently banned by the IAAF, the Indiana 94 Detroit 82 turned an 86-82 deficit into a back-to-back of the season on Royals general manger Dayton highest number of any country, and Coe addressed Russian coaches Atlanta 98 Miami 92 92-86 advantage. Luis Scola (19 Wednesday at Oklahoma City. Moore said. “What an amazing during his two-day visit to Russia this week to meet Sports Minister Orlando 103 New Orleans 94 points and 12 rebounds) hit the The Mavericks’ three-game blessing it is to celebrate this Vitaly Mutko and Olympic leaders, an IAAF statement said. team’s only other three-pointer homestand continues today team, these players on this stage, “I expressed my uncompromising position on the issue of doping in Toronto 102 Dallas 91 beside the four from Lowry dur- against the Charlotte Hornets. their perseverance.” athletics and the importance for the sport to build trust and defend Memphis 103 Sacramento 89 ing the game-turning surge. clean athletes at all times,” Coe said. Denver 120 LA Lakers 109 The Raptors finished the game REUTERS REUTERS AFP THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 28 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

I ndia’s Kohli expects trump-card Pakistan hold egde as England Ashwin to deliver again

MOHALI: Ravichandran Ashwin has emerged as one of the world’s top spinners in the last couple of years and the lanky off-spinner will again be India’s go-to bowler in the four-match Test series against seek series-levelling win South Africa, home captain Virat Kohli said yesterday. The 29-year-old from Chennai has been India’s main strike bowler in recent times, claiming 21 wickets in the recent three-test series in Shoaib Malik grabs two key wickets after visitors set target of 284 Sri Lanka to walk away with the man-of-the-series award. India’s limited pace option means SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB Ashwin will once again be expected EMIRATES: Pakistan grabbed to take the bulk of the South African two early wickets to hit England wickets in the four-match series start- hard in their chase of a 284-run ing today and Kohli is confident the tall target as the third and final Test spinner will deliver again. heads for an intriguing finish “For the last two to three years, he after day four in Sharjah yester- has been the go-to man in Test cricket,” day. Kohli told reporters on the eve of the England were 46-2 with first match. Alastair Cook (17) and Joe Root “Even in conditions that suit you, you (six) fighting hard against Paki- have to pitch the ball in the right area stan’s spinners, led by Shoaib and you see him taking five-six wickets Malik who claimed both the wick- consistently in those conditions. He is ets on a weary Sharjah stadium definitely someone who has taken his pitch. India’s Rohit Sharma in the game to the next level. The way he England will need another 238 nets in Mohali yesterday. bowled in Sri Lanka, he proved he is runs on the fifth and final day among the top two-three spinners in today for a series-levelling win the world.” while Pakistan will fancy a 2-0 Ashwin, who has taken 145 wickets from 28 Tests, is known for his victory. guile and control, best exemplified in his ‘carrom-ball’ which he flicks Pakistan won the second Test with his finger. by 178 runs in Dubai while the “He is certainly believing in himself a lot more now and is a match- first ended in a draw in Abu winner for India. He is that main bowler (for the team),” Kohli added. Dhabi. The Indian captain will play a similarly crucial role for the hosts It was Malik, due to quit Test being the team’s batting mainstay. Many, however, feel the mercurial cricket after this match, who Indian captain needed to be more in control of his emotions while provided Pakistan early break- leading the side. Kohli said Test captaincy has helped him mature but throughs, trapping Moeen Ali it would be wrong to say he has drastically changed. (22) leg-before and then bowled “The only things that has changed is that I have got 40 grey hairs in Ian Bell (nought) in successive my beard,” said the feisty 26-year-old top order batsman. overs. “Obviously you do make mistakes and you learn from them along the Cook and Root survived con- way. I thought I was wasting too much energy in being too expressive fident leg-before appeals off on the field at times. You get smarter with age and with the amount Zulfiqar Babar in the dying Pakistani cricketers celebrate the fall of England’s Ian Bell’s wicket during the fourth day of their third Test of games you play at the highest level and that has happened with me moments, much to the relief of match in the Gulf Emirate of Sharjah yesterday. as well. So it’s not something very unnatural and I have not changed the England camp. in a massive way. England’s best chase in all Test REUTERS cricket is 332 they did against not dropped two crucial catches It was only through Shafiq and became the eighth English fielder Australia at Melboure in 1928 of Hafeez on 113 and Asad Shafiq, Srafraz Ahmed’s 55-run stand for to take 100 plus catches in Test while they have not crossed more who made 46, on 29. It was pace- the seventh wicket that Pakistan’s cricket. This is his 118th match. Aussies pick Hazlewood over than 209-run target in Asia, man Stuart Broad who led the lead soared over 250 plus as the It was a battle of survival for achieved against Bangladesh at attack admirably with 3-44 and pair batted with determination. Pakistan in the morning session Siddle for Test opener Dhaka five years ago. was ably backed up by James Spinner Samit Patel dismissed as England looked for early wick- England could have dismissed Anderson (2-52) to help England the Pakistan wicket-keeper for 36 ets. Hafeez survived some anx- BRISBANE: Josh Hazlewood (pictured) was preferred to Peter Siddle Pakistan for less than 355 in their take the last six Pakistan wicket before Broad had Shafiq to leave ious moments as leg-spinner Adil as Australia’s third pace bowler yesterday for the opening Test against second innings and subsequently with the second new ball for 126 Pakistan at 354-9. Rashid trapped him in front of New Zealand on the bouncy Gabba wicket. chasing an easier target had they runs. England took the second new the wicket with the first ball of Skipper Steve Smith said Hazlewood was ball after 81 overs with Pakistan the day, after Pakistan resumed picked to complement Australia’s two left-arm Scoreboard at a lunch score of 229-4 and on 146-3. England challenged New pacemen Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc Broad struck in the fifth over, Zealand umpire Chris Gaffaney’s in the bowling attack for today’s first Test. Pakistan (I innings): ...... 234 44-3; Patel 19-1-79-1; Ali 21.2-1-72-1; Rash- trapping Pakistan skipper Mis- not out decision but television Siddle misses out despite taking six wickets England (I innings): ...... 306 id 29-3-97-1. bah-ul-Haq leg before for 38. umpire Paul Reiffel of Australia in his last Test appearance against England in Pakistan (II innings): England (II innings): Misbah hit two fours and a six upheld the verdict. August, after Hazlewood was dropped for the Mohd Hafeez c Bell b Ali ...... 151 Moeen Ali lbw Malik ...... 22 and became Broad’s 50th wicket One ball later Hafeez charged final Test of the failed Ashes campaign. Azhar Ali (run out)...... 34 A Cook (batting) ...... 17 in the calendar year in 13th Test, down the wicket against a googly “Peter will be the 12th man. It’s obviously Shoaib Malik lbw Anderson ...... 0 I Bell b Malik ...... 0 the best in 2015. from Rashid but missed the ball disappointing for him, he bowled extremely Younis Khan lbw Broad ...... 14 J Root (batting)...... 6 Misbah and Hafeez added an completely. well in the last Test match at The Oval against Rahat Ali b Anderson ...... 0 Extras (NB-1) ...... 1 invaluable 93 runs for the fifth However, wicketkeeper Jonny England. That’s the team we’ve gone with,” Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Broad ...... 38 Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 46 wicket. Bairstow missed a stumping Smith told a Test-eve media conference. Asad Shafiq b Broad...... 46 To bat: J Taylor, J Bairstow, B Stokes, S Patel, Hafeez, dropped by Broad off chance and the ball went for four “Josh did a terrific job out here (Gabba) last year and I think he’ll Sarfraz Ahmed b Patel ...... 36 Adil Rashid, S Broad, J Anderson. his own bowling when on 113, byes. Hafeez swept Rashid in the complement both the left-armers really well. There is going to be Yasir Shah c Broad b Rashid ...... 4 Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-34. drove Anderson for two to com- next over for a single to reach his extra pace and bounce on this wicket like we normally get. We saw Wahab Riaz (run out) ...... 21 Bowling: Rahat 2-0-13-0; Riaz 2-0-10-0 plete the 150-mark, his 4th 150 century off 169 balls, his second last year here against India the way he could hit high on the bat and Zulfiqar Babar (not out) ...... 0 (1nb); Babar 9-2-11-0; Malik 7-3-8-2; Shah plus in all Tests but a run later at the Sharjah stadium. England bring the ‘keeper and the slips into play. I think the Gabba and the Extras (B-6, LB-5) ...... 11 2-0-4-0. holed out to spinner Ali at long- players wore black armbands in WACA (second Perth Test) will certainly suit him. He’s come a long Total (all out) ...... 355 Toss: Pakistan on where Bell took a simple catch. memory of former batsman David way, he’s learnt a lot out of England series and he bowled really well Fall of wickets: 1-101, 2-105, 3-146, 4-152, Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) and Chris Gaf- Hafeez batted for 380 minutes, Graveny who died on Tuesday in the (Sheffield) Shield game last week, so he’s really in a good place 5-245, 6-257, 7-312, 8-319, 9-354. faney (NZL) faced 266 balls and hit 15 bounda- after long illness. He played 79 and hopefully he can have similar results to what he had last year.” Bowling: Anderson 26-8-52-2; Broad 23-6- TV umpire: Paul Reiffel (AUS) ries and three sixes. Tests for England. With Hafeez’s catch Bell REUTERS REUTERS Former England New skipper Smith promises Test captain ‘hard, aggressive’ cricket Kiwi skipper says ‘nice Graveney dies BRISBANE: Steve Smith (pictured) pledged to maintain Australia’s aggressive approach and lead by example yesterday as he takes charge LONDON: Tom Graveney, the as full-time captain in the Test series opener against New Zealand in former England captain and pres- Brisbane. guys’ image is no act ident of Marylebone Cricket Club, Smith echoed opener David Warner when he derided New Zea- has died at the age of 88, Britain’s land’s “nice guy act”, but he said hostilities would be put on hold -- for BRISBANE: Skipper Brendon act, we just want to go out there Press Association announced on one Test only -- when the teams share a McCullum (pictured) insisted and play our cricket and be a Tuesday. dressing-room beer after the Brisbane Test yesterday that New Zealand’s part of a team that gives it a good Graveney made 11 centuries as part of Anzac commemorations. “nice guys” image was authen- crack and tries to be best we can in 79 Test matches for England Smith filled in as skipper for the injured tic after as he responded calmly be representing our country. between 1951 and 1969, scoring Michael Clarke in three Tests against India to Australian claims that their “It’s certainly not forced upon 4,882 runs at an average of 44.38. in the 2014-2015 home series, but he now has friendly demeanour was just an anyone, it’s just grown organically, Appointed MCC president the job in his own right following Clarke’s act. I guess.” in 2005 he was an honorary life retirement. Australian opener David McCullum said his team was member of the Lord’s club. The 26-year-old has become the world’s Warner and captain Steve Smith excited at the prospect of facing Graveney played county cricket number two batsman behind England’s Joe have both questioned whether the the Australians in their own con- at both Gloucestershire and Root after a phenomenal seven Test centu- Black Caps were genuine about ditions over three Tests in Bris- Worcestershire, and had a spell ries in the last 11 months, and is looking to their polite approach to playing bane, Perth and Adelaide. playing in Australia with Queens- continue that form against the Kiwis. their cricket, which contrasts “The guys are relaxed, are in a land. “For me, as a leader, my philosophy is to with the hard-nosed Aussies. good frame of mind and are under He remained involved in the make sure that I am leading from the front, that’s really important But McCullum, questioned on no illusions about how difficult sport as a commentator follow- to me,” Smith told a Test-eve media conference at Brisbane’s Gabba his team’s playing philosophy a be honest,” he said. “For a long the task in front of us is,” he said. ing his retirement in 1972. ground. “I think last year when I got the opportunity to captain I did day ahead of the first Test in Bris- period of time we were searching “If we can focus on the things A message from the Lord’s that and I would like some of the same results as last year.” bane, articulated how the Kiwis for a bit of a soul about our team. we need to do and try to execute Twitter account read: “Deeply Following the example of Clarke and coach Darren Lehmann, Smith go about their cricket. “In the end we stumbled on our team plans the best way we saddened to hear of the death said he would make sure Australia continued as a hard-nosed team. McCullum said he was fine the fact that sledging has never possibly can then we’re going to of former @englandcricket cap- “We’re just going to go out and do what we’ve done so well in Aus- about Australia’s in-your-face worked for us, we’re not very good give ourselves the best chance.” tain and MCC President Tom tralia the last couple of years. We’re going to continue to play a hard, approach, but added that “sledg- at it for a start, and also we’re Teams Graveney.” aggressive brand of cricket, and we’re not going to cross that line,” ing never worked” for his Kiwi not skilled enough to be able to Australia - David Warner, Joe BBC radio cricket correspond- he said. team. take our eyes off the ball and be Burns, Usman Khawaja, Steve ent Jonathan Agnew wrote: In contrast to the more accommodating approach of Brendon McCul- “That’s how we play. It’s not focused on other things. Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Mitch- “Never saw Tom Graveney bat, lum’s Kiwi team, Smith left no doubt how the Australians would tackle for everyone and we don’t expect “It sits comfortably with this ell Marsh, Peter Nevill, Mitchell but he is synonymous with a the three-Test series. “They’ve come over and they’re playing that nice everyone to play the way that we group of guys... and allows us to Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan golden era of England batsmen. guy act again, but we are going to continue to play the hard, aggressive do,” he said. focus on the job at hand which is Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Sid- Loved a chat in the bar and lived brand that we play so well,” Smith said. “Everyone is entitled to play in executing our skills on the field.” dle (12th man). for cricket. RIP.” Worcestershire Smith said that after he and McCullum laid a wreath in Brisbane their own way and we’ve worked McCullum said there were no New Zealand - Tom Latham, chief executive David Leatherdale to mark the centenary of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps out that this gives us our greatest fines or punishments handed out Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, said: “Tom has been a major figure (Anzac), he had invited the New Zealand team into the Australian chance as a team.” within the group to ensure that Ross Taylor, Brendon McCul- in Worcestershire’s history and dressing-room for a drink after the Gabba Test. McCullum explained playing players maintain the gentlemanly lum (capt), Jimmy Neesham, everyone at the club is saddened “It’s basically only for this Test match, because I think it’s a special in the right spirit evolved when approach. BJ Watling, Mark Craig, Doug by today’s news and our thoughts week, a 100 years since the first world war,” Smith said. “So we’re going the New Zealand players looked “No absolutely not, it’s got to Bracewell, Tim Southee, Trent go out to the Graveney family.” to invite them in for a drink, it’s a special week.” at what worked best for them in be authentic or otherwise it’s an Boult, Matt Henry (12th man). the Test arena. act,” he said. REUTERS REUTERS “It sort of grew organically, to “We’re not trying to put up an REUTERS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 29

UEFA CHAMPIONS Real and City through LEAGUE RESULTS PARIS: Collated UEFA Cham- pions league results on Tues- day: as United edge CSKA Group A At Lviv, Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 4 PSG impress with bold tactics at Bernabeu Stadium (Gladkiy 29, Srna 48-pen, Eduardo 55, Alex Teixeira 73) PARIS: Real Madrid and Man- Cavani squandered a great chance matches will ensure they join Real Malmo (SWE) 0 chester City qualified for the when left with just goalkeeper in the last 16. At Madrid Champions League knock-out Keylor Navas to beat. City banished memories of Real Madrid (ESP) 1 (Nacho rounds with victories over Paris And when Toni Kroos let fly their recent Champions League 35) Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) Saint-Germain and Sevilla from distance just after the half struggles as a confident 3-1 win 0 respectively on Tuesday. hour, the ball spooned up off Thi- in Seville qualified them for the Group B And there was relief at Old ago Silva and fell to Nacho -- who last 16 with two games to spare Trafford as Manchester United had only come on for injured left- in Group D. At Manchester ended a 404-minute wait for a back Marcelo two minutes earlier Borussia Moenchengladbach’s Manchester United (ENG) 1 goal to beat CSKA Moscow 1-0. -- inside the area. failure to beat Juventus in Ger- (Rooney 79) CSKA Moscow A fortuitous goal from Nacho PSG goalkeeper Kevin Trapp many, where the sides played out (RUS) 0 proved decisive for 10-time cham- initially came for the looping ball a 1-1 draw, meant City, who now At Eindhoven, Netherlands pions Real to win 1-0 despite but as he backtracked from no- top the group, have made it to the being outplayed for the majority man’s land, Nacho’s casual side- knockout stages for only the third PSV Eindhoven (NED) 2 of the first half of their Group A foot spun wickedly on the bounce time. But manager Manuel Pel- (Locadia 56, De Jong 86) game at the Santiago Bernabeu. and dropped inside the far post. legrini still wants more. Wolfsburg (GER) 0 “We managed to struggle Little happened in the second “It is important to be qualified Group C through in the first half and in the half but Angel Di Maria did hit two games before, but we want to At Astana second we had some good counter the bar late on with a free-kick, qualify first in the group,” he said. Astana (KAZ) 0 Atletico chances,” said Real coach Rafael although the French champions Raheem Sterling set them on Madrid (ESP) 0 Benitez. couldn’t find the goal their play their way with a goal after eight “The return of (injured) players deserved. minutes while Fernandinho dou- At Lisbon will help us in the next phase.” Real qualified from Group bled the advantage three minutes Benfica (POR) 2 (Jonas 52, PSG were on top through- A thanks to Shakhtar Donetsk later. Luisao 67) Galatasaray (TUR) out the first period but Adrien romping to a 4-0 win over Malmo, Frenchman Benoit Tremouli- 1 (Podolski 58) Rabiot’s volley cannoned back off a result which means a win for nas gave the Spanish hosts hope Group D the foot of the post and Edinson PSG in either of their last two but Wilfried Bony’s crisp low fin- ish nine minutes from the break At Moenchengladbach, Ger- effectively killed the contest, giv- many ing City a third straight Group Borussia Moenchengladbach D victory. (GER) 1 (Johnson 18) Juven- In Germany Fabian Johnson tus (ITA) 1 (Lichtsteiner 44) gave Borussia the lead on 18 min- At Seville, Spain utes but Stephan Lichtsteiner Sevilla (ESP) 1 (Tremoulinas marked his return from minor Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo greets Paris Saint-Germain coach Laurent 25) Manchester City (ENG) 3 heart surgery with the equal- Blanc at the end of the UEFA Champions League Group A match at Santiago (Sterling 8, Fernandinho 11, iser a minute before the break to Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday night. Bony 36) restore parity. Juventus held on for the final 35 minutes of the game with 10 lead those two by a point but a Louis van Gaal’s tactics increas- off the line. Almost immediately, men after Hernanes was dis- victory over the Dutch outfit at ingly coming in for criticism. Untied went up the other end, missed for a late tackle on Alvaro Old Trafford in three weeks’ time Just before Rooney scored, carved CSKA open and Rooney Dominguez, meaning the Italians will book their place in the last 16. goalkeeper David De Gea, a vir- headed in Jesse Lingard’s cross need only two more points to go Rooney’s goal saw him equal tual spectator throughout, had unmarked from seven yards. through. Denis Law in second on United’s to come to his side’s rescue after Benfica are close to qualify- City’s neighbours United all-time scorers’ list with 237 Ahmed Musa’s perfectly-weighted ing from Group C after beating laboured for long periods against goals. ball sent Seydou Doumbia racing Galatasaray 2-1 in Lisbon while CSKA at Old Trafford before “Denis Law is a legend at this clear. Atletico Madrid were held 0-0 by a late Wayne Rooney header club and to equal his goal-scoring De Gea made a brilliant one- Astana in Kazakhstan, although snatched a 1-0 win that puts the record is a huge honour for me,” handed save to deny the Ivory the Spaniards are second and Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney applauds the fans at the end of the Red Devils in control of Group B. Rooney said. United came into the Coast forward before the back- three points ahead of Gala. game against CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford on Tuesday. PSV Eindhoven’s 2-0 win at game on the back of three suc- tracking Chris Smalling slid in home to Wolfsburg means United cessive 0-0 draws with manager to crucially clear the follow-up REUTERS Van Gaal relieved after United end drought

MANCHESTER: Manchester it’s not so easy,” said the Dutch- but I back all my players. Not Rooney’s goal also served to Van Gaal acknowledged the United manager Louis van Gaal man, after United’s first home win only Wayne Rooney, but Wayne spare Van Gaal from the wrath importance of the England (pictured) admitted to feeling against Russian opposition in four Rooney is always the centre of of United’s fans, who aimed a vol- defender’s intervention, but not “relieved” after Wayne Rooney attempts. attention so I have to answer ley of boos in his direction when for the first time referred to him ended the club’s 404-minute scor- “In the golden years of Man- always questions about Wayne he replaced Anthony Martial with erroneously as ‘Michael’. ing drought to secure a 1-0 victory chester United, I have read, they Rooney. Now, again. Marouane Fellaini in the 66th “Doumbia, that was the only over CSKA Moscow. never won against a Russian team “But Wayne is Wayne and he minute. attack of CSKA Moscow (when) United had drawn their at home. shall always contribute in a game. “Of course I heard it. I’m not a player of Manchester United three previous games 0-0 and a “Everybody thinks it is easy for I’m very happy because I put him deaf,” Van Gaal said. “It’s just the stepped in on the wrong way,” fourth consecutive goalless draw Man United, but it is not easy for again in the striker’s position and opinion of the fans. But after they said Van Gaal, whose side now -- unprecedented in the club’s one club to win in the Champions then he scored. shall not be disappointed by the lead PSV Eindhoven and Wolfs- history -- was on the cards as League.” “And it was a fantastic goal decision of the manager.” burg by a point. Tuesday’s game at Old Trafford Rooney has been widely criti- because the preparation was The United manager might not “And then David de Gea has entered its final 15 minutes. cised after a string of sluggish fantastic -- the tackle of Marcos have been able to shrug the inci- saved us and after that Michael But in the 79th minute Rooney displays, but his header saw him Rojo, the pass of Michael Carrick, dent off so easily had it not been Smalling has saved us. But that’s met Jesse Lingard’s deft volleyed equal Denis Law’s tally of 237 the cut-back of Jesse Lingard and for a goal-line block moments also football, that you are run- pass from the right with a bullet United goals, putting him joint- then the header of Rooney. before Rooney’s goal by Chris ning everything out of your body header that elevated United to the second in the club’s all-time list, “It was fantastic and I’m very Smalling, who slid in to clear Sey- to prevent goals. top of Champions League Group 12 goals behind Bobby Charlton. happy about the performance of dou Doumbia’s goal-bound shot “It is fantastic to see that B with two matches remaining. Asked if it vindicated his con- my players, but also about the after the CSKA substitute had Smalling is doing that.” “We deserve it totally, I think. I’m tinued support for the United result and also about the fact we been denied by goalkeeper David relieved, but also proud, because captain, Van Gaal replied: “Yeah, are top of the group.” de Gea. REUTERS Dodgy sandwich puts McIlroy in doubt SHANGHAI: A club sandwich of a room service menu which defending champion at Sheshan and it’s going to be a tricky week D river for could derail Rory McIlroy’s had “Club Sandwich” and “Japa- Golf Club, fourth-ranked Bubba if you want to up there,” said the anticipated showdown with Jor- nese Baked Eel Set” listed. “Who Watson, and Sweden’s Henrik Swede. “It would be very nice to astonished dan Spieth and a stellar field at would have thought the eel would Stenson, the world number seven finish with a win, no question this week’s World Golf Cham- be the safer bet!?” he tweeted. at 9:45 am. about it. We know 2013 was a Facebook fan pionships-HSBC Champions in The world number three has Spieth, 22, has not played com- great, great year for me. I think if Shanghai beginning today. 24 hours to recover before his petitive golf since the Presidents I could finish off with a win these SHANGHAI: Golf star Rory Race to Dubai leader McIlroy 10:45am (0245 GMT) first-round Cup in South Korea a month ago. last couple of tournaments then McIlroy yesterday agreed to give had stomach pains which forced tee time today when he is due to He said that the break had it would probably make this year away a driver to an astonished fan him to miss a colourful tourna- play alongside world number five done him good at the end of an the second best of my career.” on Facebook. ment launch event on Tuesday, Rickie Fowler and big-hitting, amazing season where he won the Watson won in dramatic style Barry Edwards posted a mes- and despite being seen on the eighth-ranked Dustin Johnson. US Masters, US Open and FedEx a year ago at Sheshan after hol- sage on McIlroy’s Facebook page practice green early yesterday, he McIlroy has endured an injury- Cup, and amassed 15 top-10 fin- ing a 35-yard bunker shot for an saying he needed a new driver and pulled out of his 10:45am pro-am wrecked 2015 after tearing ankle ishes and a staggering $22m in eagle at the final green to get into asking if he could have one of the tee time. ligaments playing football, which prize money. a playoff. He said he would love Northern Irishman’s old ones. “I’m not feeling great to be hon- caused him to miss the Brit- “I’ve had a few weeks off, and to defend his title, but in a more He couldn’t believe the est,” he said before retiring to his ish Open in July where he was didn’t touch a club for a couple of straightforward manner. response. “Sure. I’ll send you a hotel room. “I had something (to defending champion. weeks after the Presidents Cup,” “It was wild,” the big-hitting Nike covert driver. Served me eat) a couple of nights ago and The Northern Irishman showed Spieth said. left-hander said. “Went from two well! Message me your address yesterday wasn’t good at all. glimpses of being close to his best “I was able to get some rest and up to bogey, then made a double and my team will ship it to you,” “I thought I would be better at last week’s Turkish Airlines this being a World Golf Champi- bogey and I made an eagle. McIlroy posted. this morning... and I came here Open, where he was tied for sixth onships event it’s one I certainly “So it was very exciting for eve- “I was joking lol... But would be and tried to hit some balls, but giving him high hopes of adding a want to bring my best game to. rybody. I would like to have an very, very greatful (sic),” replied even just making a couple of second WGC title in 2015 to the My energy level is high, I’m good easier victory.” Edwards. swings my stomach was too sore. WGC-Cadillac Matchplay he won to go.” The WGC-HSBC Champions “No joke. Message me and I’ll So I just need another day of rest in May. Stenson said he has had a solid begins today in Shanghai with an have one shipped. Can’t guarantee Bubba Watson of the US in and hopefully I will be better World number two and 2015 season but just needed to get the elite 78-man field and 36 of the 320 yard drives though!!” replied action during the pro-am of tomorrow and I can play.” double major champion Jordan win that has so far eluded him to world’s top 60 players taking part. the world number three. the WGC-HSBC Champions in McIlroy had tweeted a pic- Spieth will start favourite today make it a memorable 2015. Shanghai. ture on Tuesday night of part when he tees off alongside the “The best of the best are here REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 30 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT ‘Save the Dream’ to promote hope and peace through sport Fundraising for sports projects in Algeria, Djibouti, Lebanon and Kenya

NEW YORK: Save the Dream day of sporting activities. Build- has launched a new single at a ing on worldwide Save the Dream spectacular event in New York projects, which already includes aimed at promoting hope and work in India, Brazil, Italy, Haiti, peace through sport to raise Latin American countries and awareness for the plight of young the whole Mediterranean Basin, refugees. funds raised by the song will be Commercial Bank Qatar Masters volunteers at Doha Golf Club in this The song, launched in partner- used to implement sports-related file picture of last year’s tournament. ship with renowned Senegalese projects in refugee camps and singer Youssou N’Dour, titled communities in many countries Save the Dream, was written all around the world such as Alge- with the main aim to raise funds ria, Djibouti, Lebanon and Kenya, Volunteer at Commercial to restore access to sport for dis- which have been identified by placed children in affected refugee Save the Dream in consultation communities. with United Nations agencies. Save the Dream, an initiative Speaking on stage in Times Bank Qatar Masters which works to empower and Square, N’Dour said: “Like music, inspire youth and communi- sport plays a special role in the DOHA: Golf fans across the GCC ters volunteers fulfil various ties through the values of sport, lives of many people around the Save the Dream Ambassador and international football star Alessandro have the chance to step inside the integral roles on-event such as launched the song in Times world. It inspires, excites, edu- Del Piero (left) along with Mohammed Hanzab, President of the ropes from January 27 to 30 and walking scorer, walking carry Square, where it was performed cates and gives hope to those International Centre for Sport Security at the launch of a new song volunteer at one of the region’s board, on course scoreboard oper- live for the first time by Youssou who have experienced hardship at an event in New York. Save the Dream, aims to promote hope and most prestigious golf events, the ators, drive distance, marshals, N’Dour in front of hundreds of in their lives. It brings people peace through sport to raise awareness for the plight of young refugees. 2016 Commercial Bank Qatar TV assistants and driving range local children, sports stars, artists together, it unites nations. Masters. assistants. and Save the Dream ambassadors “Collaborating with Save the Tournament organisers are Hassan Al Nuaimi, President of who were there took part in a Dream means a lot to me and has provided this special opportunity benefits; it can break down bar- offering the opportunity for com- Qatar Golf Association said: “Vol- to harness the power of sport and riers between communities and mitted and dynamic individuals unteers are the heroes behind the music and to raise funds for an aid in socioeconomic development. to get involved as volunteers for scenes at the Commercial Bank important cause which will make For millions of children displaced the prestigious event, which takes Qatar Masters. We are delighted a real difference to the lives of by war, famine and threats to eve- place annually at the Doha Golf that every year we get a huge many young people. I hope the ryday livelihood, sport can provide Club. influx of volunteers who are pas- Save the Dream song captures an important path to inspire and The Commercial bank Qatar sionate about what they do and the hearts and minds of people provide hope. Masters is a world-class interna- who are excited to be a part of around the world and helps more “That is why initiatives such as tional sporting event that attracts the event. We are currently tak- children to play access sport!” Save the Dream’s are so impor- a strong professional field includ- ing in volunteering applications N’Dour was joined on-stage, tant in raising awareness for those ing some of the top 50 players in so I encourage sports fans across for the performance, by Save the children adversely affected. We the world but also welcomes a Qatar to apply and get the chance Dream Ambassadors, including can demonstrate through actions large spectator attendance every to experience this spectacular Alessandro Del Piero, Giusy Ver- and words that if you can play year. event first-hand.” sace, Djorkaeff, Fernando Hierro, sport in the middle of New York The tournament is consid- To apply to become a Com- Penny Heyns and Fernando Sanz, City, in the poor areas of Delhi ered Qatar’s annual ‘must- mercial Bank Qatar Masters as well as hundreds of local chil- and in earthquake-affected Haiti, attend’ sporting and social event volunteer, please visit the official dren, sports stars, artists and then you can play sport anywhere and widely known for bringing website and fill out the volunteer officials. and I urge people everywhere to together the world’s best golf tal- application form here. To find out Save the Dream Ambassador buy the song and raise much- ent; the likes of Branden Grace, more visit qatar-masters.com/ Delegates, attending the Times Square meet of Save the Dream, pose and international football star Del needed funds for young refugees.” Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and tournament/. for a pictures with children. Piero added: “When young people Henrik Stenson. play sport, it provides significant THE PENINSULA Commercial Bank Qatar Mas- THE PENINSULA

Perera shines as Doha hosts another successful Sri Lanka thrash FINA Swimming World Cup West Indies

DOHA: Two days of spectacular here in Doha. It’s been a great tough to race late at night but it COLOMBO: Opener Kusal Per- swimming action came to a few days and it’s setting my went well. Doha has once again era fell just one run short of a stunning crescendo on Tuesday form up nicely for Rio,” Le Clos been a fantastic experience for century as he guided Sri Lanka before a packed arena of fans at concluded. me, and I really love coming here. to an eight-wicket win against the Hamad Aquatic Center. The arena came alive when I can’t wait for the Olympics and West Indies in the second one-day Speaking on the final night of two more triples were claimed, of course to get back in this pool international yesterday. competition, Khaleel Al Jabir, this time by Australia’s dominant in Doha again.” Perera, 25, hit four sixes and President of Qatar Swimming backstroke duo, Emily Seebohm South Africa continued its six fours in his 92-ball knock Association and Chairman of and Mitch Larkin, who both winning streak when Cameron before being dismissed for 99 the Local Organising Committee, continue to build on their World Van Der Burgh brought home in the rain-curtailed day-night said: “Over the last two days, Champion titles. Seebohm saw off the gold in the 100m breaststroke, game at the Premadasa stadium we have seen almost 350 of the competition from Hungary’s Iron leaving Hungary’s Daniel Gyurta in Colombo. world’s best athletes competing Lady, Katinka Hosszu, to take in second. Speaking after his final The victory helped the hosts here in Doha, as we continue gold in the 100m backstroke in race of the night. Van Der Burgh take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the our commitment to supporting a time of 58.34, closing in on the commented: “Doha is always a three-match series after having and developing the sport of world record time of 58.12. great place to come, the crowd is won the opener by one wicket at swimming. These athletes have She said: “This is the first amazing and I’m happy with my the same venue on Sunday. once again treated the people of real FINA World Cup that I’ve time and the race. It’s been the Perera, who was troubled by Qatar, and the world, to some done and it’s been a really cool fastest I’ve started a season ever cramps, shared a 156-run part- stunning performances, and experience. I thought the race and I really want to protect my nership for the second wicket we wish them luck for the final went really well from the off, and title in Rio. Winning gold in Doha with Lahiru Thirimanne who World Cup meet of the season I realise that I’m edging closer to helps me get my groove back. chipped in with an unbeaten 81. and beyond. I would also like to that World Record. It’s not my Being South African, we export thank FINA for their continued focus, I just really try to go as a lot of gold so it’s always nice to AFP partnership in supporting us in fast as I can but it would be great bring the gold back home!” staging what has been another to get it!” 2014 marked Qatar’s year of Scoreboard amazing two days of action.” Hungary’s Iron Lady was not swimming as it became the first On the final day of competition, left disappointed on the final nation to host both a World Cup WEST INDIES golden boy and crowd thriller day of competition, collecting and a FINA World Swimming J Charles lbw Siriwardana ...... 83 Chad Le Clos left no doubt over one gold (400m medley) and two Championships in the same year. A Fletcher c Perera b Malinga ...... 0 his butterfly dominance, claiming silvers (100m freestyle and 100m As a proud sporting nation, J Blackwood c Siriwardana b Senanayake ...9 first place in the 100m to take backstroke) to give her a total Qatar is committed to supporting D Bravo c Dilshan b Siriwardana ...... 21 the triple – winning gold across medal haul of seven in Doha. the global development of M Samuels (run out)...... 63 all three butterfly distances. It Speaking after a fitting final race aquatic sports, which these J Carter b Lakmal ...... 5 marked his fourth gold medal of the meet where she took gold two exhilarating days of elite South Africa’s Cameron Van Der Burgh celebrates his win in the 100m J Mohammed c Chandimal b Malinga ...... 4 in total over two days of fierce in the 400 medley, she said: swimming showcase. breaststroke at the Doha Fina airweave Swimming World Cup at the C Brathwaite (run out) ...... 17 racing in the Qatari capital. “I’m “I’m really happy with my Hamad Aquatic Center in Doha on Tuesday. J Taylor (run out) ...... 1 really happy with my fourth gold time, and the race. It’s always THE PENINSULA S Narine (run out) ...... 0 R Rampaul (not out) ...... 1 Extras (LB-6, W-3, NB-1) ...... 10 Total (all out in 37.4 overs) ...... 214 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-29, 3-99, 4-139, 5-152, 6-169, 7-211, 8-212, 9-213. Bowling: Malinga 7.4-0-43-2; Lakmal 7-0- Aspire Zone to host IAU 50km World Championship 51-1 (w2); Senanayake 6-0-25-1; Mendis 7-0-44-0 (w1, nb1); Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0; DOHA: Aspire Zone Foundation championship title. Starting at also feature an athletes’ village Open Race Male/Female, and isations to successfully manage Siriwardana 7-1-27-2; Dilshan 1-0-7-0. will launch the first edition of 6pm, the race runs through until where participants can register, Open and Relay Team Male/ world championships. Aspire SRI LANKA the International Association of midnight. Winners will be for- warm up, cool down as well as Female/Mix. Zone Foundation’s skilled team K Perera c Brathwaite b Rampaul ...... 99 Ultrarunners (IAU) 50km World mally announced during a clos- meet with race organisers, media Abdullah Al Khater, Events and world-class facilities make it T Dilshan b Narine ...... 17 Championship. ing ceremony, on December 5th, and others taking part. Manager at Aspire Zone Foun- the ideal location to host both this L Thirimanne (not out) ...... 81 The championship is officially at the Torch Hotel. The Aspire International 6:50 dation, said: “Qatar has become year’s event as well as the next D Chandimal (not out) ...... 15 accredited by the IAU and will be Aspire Zone will also host the Race consists of a 50km, 10-lap a popular destination for major two editions.” Extras (LB-6, W-6, NB-1) ...... 13 hosted by Aspire Zone annually third edition of the “Aspire Inter- journey across Aspire for indi- sports events and athletes from Nadeem Khan, IAU Director of Total (for 2 wkts in 36.3 overs) ...... 225 through to 2017. national 6:50 Race” which takes viduals or teams made up of around the world. Communications, said: “We are Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-196. Featuring more than 100 of place during the IAU interna- five members. Each lap is 5km “Hosting the 50km World extremely excited to be hosting Bowling: Rampaul 6-0-39-1; Taylor 5-0-47- the world’s best ultrarunners, tional race weekend. This unique long, with competitors required Championships and the Aspire our landmark 50km world cham- 0 (w2); Narine 8-0-27-1; Samuels 5.3-0-34- as selected by their respec- event gives local enthusiasts the to complete the race within six International 6:50 race reflects pionships at the Aspire Zone.” 0; Mohammed 6-0-25-0; Brathwaite 4-0-35- tive national federations, strong opportunity to run alongside IAU hours. Categories in the Aspire international confidence in the 0 (nb1; w1); Carter 2-0-12-0 (w3). competition is expected for the professional ultrarunners. It will International 6:50 race include: reputation of Qatari sports organ- THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 31 QSL: Lekhwiya seek points against Umm Salal Defending champions desperate to put string of defeats behind them in Round 8 clash at Al Arabi Stadium

DOHA: Defending champions gling start for the multiple QSL to get back to the top. All my am left with 4-5 players. How can Lekhwiya have set their eyes on champions. players are champions. But this a coach prepare the team? And picking up points against Umm “These results are a setback for is situation is good for the play- this is happening from the begin- Salal today, their coach Djamel us. It’s the worst time in the his- ers and good for me too. This will ning of the season. I am not using Belmadi said yesterday. tory of the club as far as results help us for the future and I ensure this as an excuse. It’s the fact. The QSL round eight clash are concerned,” Belmadi said. that we will have a good reaction,” The national team is important. takes place at Al Arabi Stadium “But I told the players that it’s he added. I support them. We are proud of where the kick-off has been set an experience worth having. All of “To be honest, I am not looking being a club that can support the for 6:30pm. us have been working a long time at the points gap between us and national team.” “Our results in the past few and we have had lot of successes,” (points leaders) Al Rayyan. We Umm Salal coach Bulent Uygun matches have been negative. We he explained. have to take it game by game. It’s said his side won’t take QSL didn’t collect as many points as Lekhwiya are placed eight on a step by step process for us and defending champions lightly. we had planned. So it’s the col- the QSL points table. then we will see where we are in “We had a tough game against lective responsibility of the team “In the last five years we won a few months’ time. Al Gharafa. Now we are playing to collect more points,” Belmadi four league titles. So for us this sit- “Yes Al Rayyan are at the top against the defending champi- said yesterday. uation is not normal,” Belmadi said. and there’s a big gap but our ons Lekhwiya. They are a strong “Because of the points at stake, “But it’s good in a way because strategy is to take it game by team with players who have a lot Djamel Belmadi (right), coach we would like to provide a good in your football career you have game and see where we go,” Bel- of quality,” Ygyun said. of Lekhwiya speaking on the Qatar Stars League performance and get a positive to have this kind of an experience. madi said. “They could also be in a state eve of the QSL match against result,” the Algerian added. You cannot be top all the time,” a When asked about Karim of anger or frustration because Fixtures Umm Salal. This season Lekhwiya have philosophical-sounding Belmadi Boudiaf’s absence from the last of the difficult situation they are Today lost to Al Arabi, El Jaish and Al said. match, Belmadi said: “Boudiaf in. They are Lekhwiya; they can Umm Salal vs Lekhwiya, 4.15pm at Rayyan in what has been a strug- “But you have to do everything is not only an important player bounce back at any time,” Ugyun to get our first win,” Ugyun said. Al Arabi Stadium for Lekhwiya but also for the added. “Teams can go through rough national team. We missed him “During these four days we patches but that doesn’t mean Al Arabi vs Al Kharaitiyat, 6.30pm at like we missed Chico Flores and prepared our team to give their that Lekhwiya is bad overall. Al Arabi Stadium Maqsood. Missing 4-5 key play- maximum for this game. We will Even though we are in 4th or 5th Tomorrow ers will affect any team. This is try to give a good performance in the table that doesn’t mean one of the reasons for our erratic for our supporters to enjoy this that really represents our level. Al Khor vs Qatar SC, 4.15pm at results.” game,” the coach said. “All teams are close this season Lekhwiya Stadium Belmadi said: “If you look at “Our target is to get three and with one bad result you can drop Al Rayyan vs Al Wakrah, 4.15pm at the clubs at the top - Al Rayyan, points which will put us in the 2-3 places. We have had good and Al Gharafa Stadium Al Arabi and El Jaish; Al Rayyan top 4. After this game we will also some difficult moments so far. Al Gharafa vs Al Sadd, 6.30pm at have just one national player. El have a break for two weeks and a Last season we changed a lot of play- Al Gharafa Stadium Jaish have one and so does Al win will help us go into the break ers and we need time to create cohe- Arabi. When these players go for with a positive frame of mind,” sion between the players,” he said. On Saturday the national team, these coaches he added. Umm Salal are fifth on the Al Sailiya vs Al Ahli, 4.15pm at can work for two weeks with their “There have been 10 matches points table behind leaders Al Al Ahli Stadium full squad except for one player.” between us so far. Lekhwiya has Rayyan, El Jaish, Al Sadd and Al Umm Salal coach Bulent Uygun (centre), speaking to reporters on the El Jaish vs Mesaimeer , 6.30pm at eve of the QSL match against Lekhwiya in Doha. He added: “In my case when my won on seven occasions and we Arabi. players go for the national team, I have 3 draw with them. It is time THE PENINSULA Al Ahli Stadium Players must stay motivated to win, says Zola Qatar SC

DOHA: Al Arabi coach has said yesterday. “Al Kharaitiyat, get the three points that will be Well, they changed everything. struggle. But right now one of the sign striker urged his players to stay moti- with all due respect, is not on the very important,” the Italian said. And it is working for them. Even teams that were promoted (Al vated despite a recent surge in level of those three teams. But it Zola said Al Arabi will miss the though they have had very diffi- Rayyan) is at the top of the table.” form, saying their QSL clash will be a difficult match. Players services of Boualem Khoukhi and cult games - Al Rayyan, Al Sadd “So, all teams will struggle Dagano against Al Kharaitiyat ‘would be have done well against the bigger Dame Traore. and Lekhwiya, they have shown more this season. And the first a tough one’. teams. But suddenly when they “We will miss Boualem and their potential,” Osim pointed out. seven rounds have shown that. So DOHA: Qatar Sports Club (QSC) Al Arabi have scored wins over come up against a team that is Traore, they are both out,” Zola “They are a very good team you can see that it will be difficult has moved quickly to register QSL giants Lekhwiya and Qatar not at that level, players will take said. with the potential to become like for teams like us.” the Burkina Faso star striker SC besides playing a feisty draw it easy,” Zola warned. “We know how important those big teams that they played “We have to get Abdel Fattah Mumouni Dagano as their fourth against title aspirants Al Sadd. “And that’s dangerous for the Boualem is for us. He is an influ- against recently. In three of those scoring regularly like last season. foreign player as Harboui looks Coach Gianfranco Zola, who team. From my personal expe- ential player, he’s our captain. games Al Arabi have played with This year he scored two goals set to exit the Doha based club. has helped Al Arabi to reach rience with Chelsea, one season We are disappointed for Dame 10 players. and we took points in both those QSC contacted the Qatar Foot- fourth on the QSL points table, we lost the title because we lost Traore,” Zola added. “I think quite soon they can be games. We hope that he works ball Association Executive Com- wants the trend to continue. matches that we should have “He wanted to play but to come at the same level as the top clubs. hard and will improve and vice- mittee to approve the registration “It’s a league which has become won,” Zola recalled. up with an injury against Al Sadd They have fans which is an advan- versa. He will help the team to get of Dagano. The Executive Com- more competitive. Every game is “We defeated Arsenal, Chel- is sad for him. It could have been tage for any club here. They are better,” Osim said. mittee referred QSC request to getting more and more important. sea and then lost to Sunderland his moment. For tomorrow’s a big club in Qatar,” Osim said. Al Kharaitiyat are in ninth spot the Players Status Committee to After we have played Lekhwiya, and West Ham. So it’s down to match we tried some solutions to “The structure of the league in the QSL points standings. consider it and then approved it. Al Rayyan and Al Sadd, now we players to find the motivation to replace Dame and Boualem. is such that you have two teams, THE PENINSULA It is worth mentioning that have a match that is not as dif- play a team that’s not as strong “I believe a lot in the team. I usually the promoted teams, who Dagano has played before in the ficult in terms of personnel,” Zola as our three recent matches and know that with Boualem we are QSL with Al Khor, Lekhwiya, a strong team. But we showed Al Sailiya and Al Shamal Sports against Sadd that we can still do Club. well,” Zola said. QSC is in 12th position in the Al Kharaitiyat coach Amar league table with only 4 points. Osim is expecting a tough match Meanwhile, Al Sailiya Sports today at Al Arabi Stadium. Club resumed their training ses- “It will be a very difficult game. sions under the leadership of their But all the games have gotten coach Sami Trabelsi as part of more difficult this year,” Osim their preparations for the Round said. 8 fixture against Al Ahli on Sat- “As I have been saying, teams urday. are stronger than last year and All players participated in the more solid. It will be a difficult training session except for Al game for us especially since we Harazi who is still undergoing are playing a strong team like treatment for his injury. Arabi,” Osim added. The session included drills for “They look much more dan- the defenders in order to avoid Gianfranco Zola (left), coach of Al Arabi speaking to reporters on the gerous than last year. They have Al Kharaitiyat coach Amar Osim (right), speaking to reporters on the the mistakes committed dur- eve of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) match against Al Kharaitiyat. brought in a few players, and a eve of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) match against Al Arabi. ing the recent game against Al new coach and their formation. Kharaitiyat where they lost 2-1. There were also some special- ized drills for strikers Edinho and Abdulkadir Elias in preparation Sports Performance Leadership for the upcoming period. Aspire Triathlon GMC TriSeries In addition, Bahraini midfielder Fawzi Aaish will return to the team in the coming match hav- ing served his one match ban due all set for new racing season to his red card against Umm Salal in Round 6. DOHA: Mannai Auto Group has February and April. Races will Zone add to the overall quality of Al Sailiya is in 11th position in extended its partnership with take place at the new Hamad the organisation of these events, the QSL with just 6 points. TriClub Doha to sponsor the third Aquatic Centre pool, with bike providing a picturesque backdrop At Al Khor defender Naif Al successive season of the “Aspire and running courses traversing to the races which traditionally Briki stressed that the coming Triathlon GMC TriSeries Doha”, the greater Aspire Zone precinct. commence early in the morning game versus QSC will be treated Qatar’s leading triathlon that During the pre-season prepa- of weekend race days. just like any other game in the brings people of all ages and fit- rations for the GMC Tri Series, Abdullah Al Khater, Events QSL. ness levels together, organised by Ivor D’Cunha, General Man- Manager at Aspire Zone Foun- The player spoke to qsl.com.qa Aspire Zone Foundation. ager, Operations at Mannai Auto dation, said: “We are proud to about the Round 8 fixture which The current TriSeries kicks Group said: “GMC is proud to be hosting and organising the will be played tomorrow. Delegates, who attended the Sports Performance Leadership pro- off with a special open event at have an active role in promoting popular Aspire Triathlon GMC “I expect it to be very tough gramme at Josoor Institute, a centre of excellence for the sports and Aspire Zone. sport and we continue to encour- TriSeries Doha, and we welcome for both sides, taking into con- events industries, inspired and developed by the Supreme Committee It is a practice triathlon event age people to find fitness and all participants to Aspire Zone, sideration that QSC defeated for Delivery & Legacy (SC), pose for a picture. The eight-day programme called ‘TRY-A-TRI’ on November health in every way possible. The a destination for local and inter- Mesaimeer in Round 7 and will is delivered in partnership with Leaders™, a global event, publishing 14, which is designed to introduce TriSeries is also an active event national sport enthusiasts. Our be keen to continue on a good run and consultancy business and takes place in Doha and London, includ- triathlons to new participants, for our people, with many Mannai message has always been cen- from now on.” ing the attendance of delegates to the much acclaimed Leaders Sport allowing individuals to complete Corporation staff invested in its tered around staying active and On whether Al Khor is capable Performance Summit in London. The programme serves towards the the course in a non-competitive organisation as well as participat- healthy, and we spare no effort of getting their first victory in the development of leadership and management capabilities of executive environment, providing a train- ing in the actual races.” in facilitating and helping the league this season against QSC sports professionals in Qatar and combines best practice from the ing opportunity for those who are In the past two seasons, the local community to achieve this “Regardless of the result, QSC new to triathlons. organizers have welcomed sold- whether through our initiatives remains a strong team and in global world of sport with business insight and academic rigor. Among This fun race will be customiz- out fields to many of the biggest or activities.” order to beat them we have to the delegates at the programme are representatives from the SC, Qatar able. Participants will be able to stages of each season. The format Ewan Cameron, Chairman of double our efforts. We know it is Football Association, Qatar Stars League, Lekhwiya Sport Club, Aspire decide how many laps they would has become extremely popular TriClub Doha added: “The Aspire a tough game and all the coming and Qatar Foundation. The “Sports Performance Leadership” execu- like to swim (50m pool), cycle and this season even more is on Triathlon GMC TriSeries is for games for us will be full of excite- tive development programme brought to Doha a line-up of world-class (5km lap) or run (1.25km) offer for both the competitive and people of all ages, genders and fit- ment and at the same time dif- speakers and leading experts from diverse professional backgrounds. This will be followed by 3 casual triathlon enthusiast. The ness levels. ficulty.” competitive races in November, world-class facilities at Aspire THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Thursday 5 November 2015 22 Muharram 1437 Volume 20 Number 6605 Price: QR2

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MUSCAT, Oman: The 2015 an amazing year with the vic- Kuwait, Germany, Qatar and Abu Oman International Rally gets tory on the Dakar Rally, the FIA Dhabi, the Sultanate of Oman has underway at the Oman Automo- World Cup, the WRC 2 title and attracted 10 local drivers to com- bile Association (OAA) in Mus- the Middle East Championship,” pete in a variety of Mitsubishis, cat today and precedes the first said Al Attiyah, who won four Subarus and a Toyota. Topping a competitive special stage of three times in Oman between 2003 and list that includes Zakariya Al-Ofi, kilometres, starting at 16.48hrs. 2006. “But this is a different type Faisal Al Rashdi, Humaid Al Waili, The Sultanate of Oman’s of milestone and it would be great Hamid Al Qasmi, Haitham Al Zad- return to the FIA Middle East to match Ben Sulayem’s number jali, Zakariya Said, Ahmed Qas- Rally Championship for the first of wins with a win here in Oman.” sim Al Zadjali and Ehab Al Zadali time since 2007 has attracted an Abu Dhabi Racing’s Sheikh are the Subaru crew of Khalid Al Ryan Cuskelly of Australia returns the ball to Miguel Rodriguez of Colombia during the quarter-finals of the impressive 20-car field and three Khalid Al Qassimi won this event Manji and Saif Al Aisri. Qatar Classic squash championship at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha yesterday. of the leading drivers will be the last time it was a round of the “I have competed here several Cuskelly won. Right: Nicol David of Malaysia is all smiles after her quarter-finial win over Hong Kong’s Annie eyeing victory for very different series in 2007 and would like to times in various local rallies and Au yesterday. BAHER AMIN reasons. Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al add to the seven regional events the international and can hon- Attiyah has recently confirmed an on which he has graced the top estly say that these are some of 11th regional championship crown of the podium. Al-Qassimi wheels the most beautiful, flowing and in 13 glorious seasons of compet- out a Citroën DS3 RRC with Al- challenging special stages any- ing in the area. But he has one Attiyah’s former navigator Chris where in the world,” enthused eye on one of the longest standing Patterson reading the notes. Ulster co-driver Allan Harryman, Cuskelly storms into records in world motor sport this Oman organisers ran a suc- who is co-driving for Abu Dhabi weekend. cessful candidate event in 2014 Racing’s Saeed Bintowq in one of Dubai’s Mohammed Ben for the country’s return to the a pair of two-wheel drive Citroën Sulayem amassed 60 outright MERC and Qatar’s Abdulaziz Al DS3 R3s on the entry list. MERC rally victories between Kuwari was the winner with Irish After today’s super special Qatar Classic semis 1984 and 2002 and a win over the co-driver Killian Duffy. His soli- stage, the competitive action 13-timed gravel stages in Oman tary outright MERC victory came switches to the remote gravel would see Al-Attiyah equal the in Qatar and the Doha driver is trails through the Hajar moun- Australian qualifier to face El Shorbagy today Emirati’s remarkable feat. long overdue another win in his tains and surrounding area. “Obviously the championship is Ford Fiesta RRC. DOHA: Qualifier Ryan Cuskelly his hopes of winning a ford World won and we have nearly finished In addition to other drivers from THE PENINSULA and world no.1 Mohamed El Shor- Series title since lifting the Allam QATAR CLASSIC bagy took contrasting routes to British Open in May. Quarter-Finals Results make it to the semi-finals of the A second Egyptian, Mazen Men’s Qatar Classic Squash Tourna- Hesham also made it to the last [1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) bt Max Lee ment. four stage (Hkg) 3-0 (14-12, 11-7, 11-7) Yesterday at the Khalifa Inter- For Hesham, it will be a debut [Q] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) bt [3] Miguel Rodriguez national Tennis and Squash Com- appearance in the last four of a (Col) 3-2 (9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2) plex Cuskelly wrote his name PSA World Series tournament Mazen Hesham (Egy) bt [Q] Ali Farag (Egy) into the squash history books by today when he takes to court in 3-0 (11-8, 12-10, 11-8) becoming the first male player Doha. The 21-year-old Egyptian [2] Gregory Gaultier (Fra) bt Karim Abdel in fifteen years to come through sharp-shooter came through in Gawad (Egy) 3-2 (7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, qualification and progress all the straight-games against best friend 11-6) way to the semi-finals of a PSA and compatriot Ali Farag in a World Series tournament. thoroughly entertaining encoun- Women’s The 28-year-old continued his ter that was played in the best of [5] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) bt Joshna Chinappa recent red-hot form at the 2015 spirits with dynamic rallies, out- (Ind) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-6) Qatar Classic as he came from rageous winners and sportsman- [4] Laura Massaro (Eng) bt [8] Nouran two-games down to record an ship personified throughout the Gohar (Egy) 3-1 (11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6) unlikely victory over World No.5 42-minute battle. [6] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) bt [3] Camille Miguel Angel Rodriguez which The unorthodox World No.21 Serme (Fra) 3-1 (13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8) sees him through to the last though proved to have too much [2] Nicol David (Hkg) bt [7] Annie Au (Hkg) four where he will now face El this time around for his 23-year- 11-7, 11-4, 11-3 Shorbagy for a place in the title- old compatriot as he capitalised Today semi-final matches decider. on every opportunity presented Men’s El Shorbagy produced a domi- to him by the recent Harvard nant performance against Hong graduate to move through 11-8, [1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) vs Kong’s Max Lee, winning through 12-10, 11-8. [Q] Ryan Cuskelly (Aus), 7.30pm in straight-games in just 36 min- Hesham will take on Gregory Mazen Hesham (Egy) vs utes. Gautlier in the semis today. Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) 8.30pm On his favoured court, where In the last quarter-final, expe- Women’s he won his first ever World Series rienced campaigner Gaultier [5] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy) vs [4] Laura title in 2013 and where reached halted the Egyptian Juggernaut. Massaro (Eng), 5.00pm the finals of both the 2012 and The Frenchman rallied from [6] Nour El Sherbini (Egy) vs [2] Nicol David 2014 World Championships, the behind to down Karim Abdel (Hkg), 6.00pm powerful Egyptian played with Gawad to qualify for the last four a ferocious pace throughout as stage. Gaultier looked off colour as ance which Gawad capitalised on, he utilised his on-court aggres- he struggled to find any momen- prodding some of his best squash sion to move into the semi-finals tum early on in the encounter as to surge ahead and take the open- relatively unopposed and boost he put in an under-par perform- ing two games. But the Frenchman’s body lan- guage changed when he came on court for the third and he started to find his range, displaying the athleticism which had been lack- ing in the previous exchanges. It spelt bad news for Gawad as the World No.3’s second wind saw him level the match at two games apiece and in the fifth it was all French traffic as the effects of an 81-minute encounter with Greg Marche began to tell on the legs of Gawad and Gaultier steamed home 7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6. In the women’s section, Malay- sian World No.2 Nicol David put in one of the most dominant per- formances of the tournament to dismiss Hong Kong’s Annie Au, the World No.10, in just 23 min- utes to move into the semi-finals. David will take on Nour El Sherbini in the semis. The Egyptian booked a berth in the semi-finals with an impres- sive 3-1 win over Camille Serme of France. In the second semi-final, Joshna Chinappa (left) of India in action against Omneya Abdel Kawy Omneya Abdel Kawy of Egypt of Egypt during their quarter-finals match of the Qatar Classic squash will square to Laura Massaro of tournament in Doha yesterday. Kawy won. ANVAR SADATH England. THE PENINSULA