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Prime Minister meets King Salman Emir appoints Traffic violations Minister of State for Foreign Affairs decrease by DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yester- day issued the Emiri Order No. 4 of 2016 appointing H E Sultan bin Saad bin Sultan Al Muraikhi 4.7% in May as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The Emiri Order shall be effective from its date of issue and penalise drivers who violate road shall be published in the Official rules as well as to catch the differ- Gazette, reports QNA. Qatar’s population ent traffic violations. Foreign Minister H E Sheikh reached 2.59 million The campaign led to booking of Mohamed bin Abdulrahman Al 26 motorcycle violations for various Thani issued yesterday a decision in May this year. reasons related to safety in residen- to appoint Rashid bin Khalida tial areas. Al Khalifa as an Advisor to the On the other hand, a number Foreign Minister, Dr Ahmed bin of drivers were caught driving Hassan Malallah as Secretary- By Sachin Kumar without a licence. They had been General of the Ministry of Foreign The Peninsula referred to authorities for violat- Affairs, and Saad bin Ali Saad Al ing traffic laws. Kharji as head of the Foreign Min- General Traffic Directorate ister’s Office. has urged all motorists to abide by DOHA: Traffic Department regis- traffic rules and not to allow those Annual licence fee tered 142,215 violations in May this without licence to drive. year compared to 145,182 in the According to the monthly bul- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia met for small ship VHF same month last year, showing a letin, Qatar’s population reached yesterday with Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al fall of 4.7 percent. According to the 2.59 million in May 2016, an annual Thani at Al Safa Palace in Makkah. The Prime Minister conveyed greetings of Emir H H Sheikh Tamim Radio reduced 29th edition of Qatar Monthly Sta- increase of 8.96 percent compared bin Hamad Al Thani to King Salman. In turn, King Salman conveyed to the Premier his greetings to the tistics released yesterday, Radar to 2.37 million in May 20 last year. Emir. Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz detected violations were the high- Movement of vessels at Hamad Al Saud also attended the meeting. The Peninsula est with 77,793 violations in May Port was 145 in May this year, while while 22,843 cases related to vio- it recorded 36 movements during lating traffic instructions. last April same year. DOHA: Following the Cabinet’s The monthly bulletin, released According to the bulletin total approval of the Communica- by the Ministry of Development broad money supply (M2) recorded tions Regulatory Authority (CRA) Planning and Statistics (MDPS), said about QR497bn during the month Electronic bracelets for Haj pilgrims proposal to reduce the annual a total of 7,536 new vehicles were of May 2016 showing a marginal licence fees for VHF Radio for registered in May this year compared monthly increase of 0.1 per- small ships, and dual-band radio to 7,563 in April same year. cent compared to April 2016. On Reuters Press Agency, SPA, said. more than two million Muslims for hunting, CRA has cut the fees In a separate statement, Minis- the other hand, cash equivalents; Water-resistant and connected from around the world. The Haj is for the above from QR500 to try of Interior said that 1,760 vehicles includes deposits increased by 1.72 to Global Positioning System (GPS), the world’s largest annual gather- R100 per year. were seized in a traffic inspection percent during May 2016 in compar- DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will introduce the devices will also instruct wor- ing of Muslims. The new fee is effective as per campaign for various violations such ison with April 2016, as it recorded electronic identification bracelets for shippers on timings of prayers Nearly a thousand new surveil- the Cabinet approval published in as not renewing the licence or driv- about QR683bn during May 2016. In all pilgrims to Makkah starting this and a multi-lingual help desk lance cameras were installed this the Official Gazette No. 7 of June ing recklessly threatening the lives contrast, Total broad money supply year, Saudi media said yesterday, as to guide especially non-Arabic month at Makkah’s Grand Mosque 15, 2016. of others and their own. (M2) recorded a negative year-on- part of a safety drive. speaking pilgrims around the var- and linked to control rooms staffed CRA is the communications General Traffic Directorate at year change of 4.41 percent, while Containing personal and med- ious rituals of the annual Islamic by special forces monitoring pilgrim regulator in Qatar established by the Ministry of Interior carried out cash equivalents; includes deposits, ical information, the bracelets will event. movements for the event sched- virtue of Emiri Decree (42) in 2014. a traffic inspection campaign during recorded a positive year-on-year help authorities provide care and Saudi Arabia oversees the uled for August, Saudi newspapers the month of Ramadan, to find and change of 8.26 percent. identify people, the official Saudi annual pilgrimage to Makkah by reported. → Continued on page 2 Duterte sworn in as Philippine President Johnson pulls out of

AP many crime-weary Filipinos but race to be Brexit PM alarmed human rights watchdogs and the dominant Roman Catholic MANILA: Rodrigo Duterte was Church. Duterte rose from middle- AFP effectively torpedoed his chances sworn in yesterday as President of class roots. Shortly after Duterte’s by announcing his own surprise bid the Philippines, with many hop- election win, police launched an for the top job, sharply criticising his ing his maverick style will energise anti-drug crackdown under his name, LONDON: Leading Brexit mop-haired ex-ally. the country but others fearing he leaving dozens of mostly poor drug- campaigner Boris Johnson yes- The power struggle brought com- could undercut one of Asia’s liveliest dealing suspects dead in gunfights or terday ruled himself out of the parisons to Shakespeare tragedies, democracies amid his threats to kill in mysterious circumstances. race to succeed Prime Minister with one MP likening Gove’s actions criminals en masse. Vice-President Leni Robredo, a David Cameron in a bombshell to those of a murderous Macbeth. The 71-year-old former prosecu- human rights lawyer who comes from announcement just a week after Senior Conservative Michael tor and longtime mayor of southern a rival political party, was sworn in Britain voted to leave the EU. Heseltine said Johnson — author of a Davao city won a resounding victory earlier in a separate ceremony. Vice The decision by the former book on Britain’s wartime leader Win- in May’s elections in his first foray into presidents are separately elected London mayor upended the Con- ston Churchill — was “like a general, national politics. He has described in the Philippines, and in a sign of servative Party’s leadership that led his army to the sound of guns, himself as the country’s first leftist Duterte’s go-it-alone style, he has not contest and added to the deep and at the sight of the battlefield aban- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte takes the oath of office at the president and declared his foreign met her since the May 9 vote. uncertainty over how and when doned the field.” policy would not be dependent on the Malacanang Palace in Manila, yesterday. In a country long ruled by wealthy Britain will split from the bloc. He accused Johnson of generat- United States, a longtime treaty ally. political clans, Duterte rose from mid- The shock outcome of the June ing “the greatest constitutional crisis Duterte, who begins a six-year with promises to cleanse the poor crooks within six months — an auda- dle-class roots. 23 referendum has led to massive of modern times”. term as president, captured attention nation of criminals and government cious pledge that was welcomed by → See also page 5 political upheaval, with warnings After an 11-minute speech trum- about the country’s economic peting his achievements as London future and fears about the very mayor and outlining his vision for unity of the United Kingdom. Britain, Johnson left the punchline The maverick Johnson had for the end. New version of Android been tipped as a favourite to suc- “Having consulted colleagues ceed Cameron, who resigned after and in view of the circumstances in crowned ‘Nougat’ the vote saying he would leave it to parliament, I’ve concluded that per- his successor to begin formal talks son cannot be me,” he told shocked QUARTER with the EU on Britain’s departure supporters. FINAL Wales vs Belgium 10pm AFP developers conference in May, and — despite European leaders insist- MATCH revealed the winning Android name ing on a quick divorce. → See also page 11 at a playful ceremony at its campus The frontrunner in the five- SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s new- in Silicon Valley. Nutella was thought horse race is now interior minister est mobile operating system will be to be a favourite, but Nougat won the Theresa May, who supported stay- RAMADAN called Nougat, continuing a tradition day. Google shared the event in a ing in the EU but insisted she would of naming Android software after Twitter message tagged #Android- honour the referendum outcome TIMING sweet treats, the tech giant said yes- Nougat and containing a looped and lead Britain out of the bloc. terday. snippet of video of the undraping Johnson made his announce- Today’s Iftar 6 : 31 pm Google had invited people to of an Android statue standing atop ment after fellow Brexit Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 08 am send in suggestions at its annual giant nougat and nut bars. campaigner Michael Gove 02 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 HOME

Ministry shuts down two HIA witnesses heavy rush stores for violations

The MEC said the tyre store, as well as counterfeit and substand- located on Salwa Road with another ard products. The law prohibits the A tyre store on branch in the Industrial Area, was sale, display and promotion of sub- Salwa Road and an found violating the consumer pro- standard, counterfeit and fraudulent tection law by storing and selling products. A product is considered electrical appliances expired tyres. The administrative fraudulent if it fails to meet the stand- store in Al Aziziya decision stipulated fine and com- ards or has expired. pelled its closure for a one month The administrative closure is were closed for one period in line with article (7) of law published on the ministry’s website month and two weeks number (8) of 2008. in line with the as well as two daily newspapers at law. The MEC also announced two- the offending store’s own expense in respectively. week administrative closure of an line with article (3) of law no (8) on electrical appliances store, located consumer protection. in Al Aziziya for selling substandard The ministry stated that it is products (electrical heaters). Inspec- determined to protect consumer The Peninsula tors from the ministry fined the shop rights and will intensify its inspec- and compelled its closure for a two- tion campaigns to crack down on week period in line of the above all violations of the consumer pro- Hamad International Airport (HIA) is witnessing heavy rush as Eid holidays approach. HIA has made mentioned law. tection law. The ministry said it will elaborate arrangements to handle passenger rush during the peak travel season. DOHA: The Ministry of Economy The inspection campaign comes refer violators of laws and ministerial Pic: Abdul B /The Peninsula and Commerce (MEC) shut down an within the framework of the min- decrees to the competent authorities, electrical appliances store and tyre istry’s efforts to monitor markets who will take appropriate action store for two weeks and one month and commercial activity in order to against perpetrators in order to pro- respectively. crack down on price manipulation tect the rights of consumers. MoI buys mobile dental clinic

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DOHA: The Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by General Directorate of Logistics and Supply, has signed a contract with Nasser Bin Khaled & Sons (Mercedes Benz) Co. to buy a mobile clinic equipped and specialised in medicine and the treatment of dental diseases. The contract worth QR1.3m was signed between Lt Col Khamis Saif Al Mansouri, Director of Purchase Depart- ment at General Directorate of Logistics and Supply, and Anas Mishal from Nasser Bin Khaled & Sons (Mercedes Benz) Company. Lt Col. Khamis Saif Al Mansouri said that this project is a significant step in enhancing public health and oral and dental health. Director of Medical Services Lt Col Khamis Saif Al Mansouri, Director of Purchase Department Brig Khalifa Abdullah Al Nuaimi, stressed on the keenness of MoI in implementing the relationship with Department at General Directorate of Logistics and the community and performing the humanitarian and social Supply, and Anas Mishal from Nasser Bin Khaled & The Ministry of Economy and Commerce (MEC) officials closing the violating stores. works to achieve the objectives of Qatar National Vision 2030. Sons after signing the contract. Ooredoo offers new Philippine New bridge at Izghawa Interchange opens package for Hala subscribers The Peninsula enhancement project has achieved 10 million man hours without Loss Time Injury. The Peninsula The project encompasses the con- DOHA: The Public Works Authority struction of service roads along the (Ashghal) has opened a new bridge North RoadRoad from north of Doha to traffic for commuters heading to city at Al Duhail Interchange to Al DOHA: Ooredoo has announced the launch of an exciting new Hala Pack Doha via the North Road Corridor. Shamal city north of Qatar. which will provide Hala customers with great rates for calls to any number The new bridge is located at Izghawa The project also includes the con- on the Globe Telecom network in the Philippines. Interchange, as an integrated part of struction of two new interchanges in For just QR50, customers can subscribe to the Globe Kabayan Pack, North Road Enhancement Project. Izghawa and Umm Salal Mohammed which provides 600 minutes to call any Globe Telecom number in the Phil- Izghawa Interchange and its areas, in addition to improvements to ippines and is valid for 30 days. surroundings witness large-scale three existing interchanges, including Using the Pack, customers can enjoy an effective call rate of around 8 re-configurations to create better Al Kaaban Interchange which con- Dhs/min, which is more than 90% less than standard rates. It provides road access; and approximately, nects to Al Huwailah Link Road. Ooredoo’s best-ever rate for calls to the Philippines. 80% of the works at the site are Al Khor Road will also be To ensure that the whole Pinoy community in Qatar enjoys the benefit completed, due to be complete by upgraded with a link road provided of the offer, Ooredoo has made it easy for customers to ‘opt-in’ and sub- the end of this year. The new bridge at Izghawa Interchange. between the North Road and Umm scribe to the Pack. The bridge acts as a key connec- Birkah Road. To subscribe, customers simply need to send the SMS “GLO” to 121. tion that would enhance traffic flow A cycle path will be constructed To call with the Pack, users just need to add the special promo pre- for motorists coming from Duhail the north side of Doha Golf Club, West serve smooth flowing traffic into Al along the length of the North Road. fix 1777 to their calls to Globe Telecom numbers (for dial 1777 and then area and the north side of Qatar Uni- Bay, Luqtifia, AlKhor Coastal Road, Gharrafa, the southwestern side of The total length of the roads is around 00639178180000). versity. Completing the construction, and the northwestern side ofLusail the Education City, Al Kharaytiat and 95.2km, and they are designed to One of the most popular operators in the Philippines, Globe Telecom has the Izghawa Interchange also will Development Project. Umm Salal Muhammad in the north- enhance the connection with the nearly 50 million customers, so the promotional rate will provide great sav- provide better access to local roads as Also,the intersection will be add- western side. It is also worth noting new development projects near the ings for people who regularly connect with friends and family in the country. well as alleviate traffic congestions at ing additional local access roads to that the contractor of the North Road highway. Fee reduced to QR100 Indian Embassy receives 2,234 QU honours 276 students → Continued from page 1 labour-related complaints

“After a careful review of the fee The Peninsula structure for these particular radio The Peninsula nationals in the Central Prison and spectrum licences, we concluded that the Deportation Centre currently is it was in the best interest of the public 129 and 98, respectively. to reduce the fees for these two types During the current year, the DOHA: A total of 276 distinguished of licences to QR100,” said Mohammed DOHA: Indian Embassy yesterday Labour and Community Welfare students at Qatar University (QU) Ali Al Mannai, President of CRA. “This organised monthly Open House to Section of the Embassy has received were celebrated in a ceremony at the will allow more people to apply for address urgent consular and labour a total of 2,234 complaints so far. The Sheraton Grand Doha Resort & Con- and secure these licenses,” he added. issues and cases of Indian nation- number of complaints received dur- vention Hotel, receiving awards for Qatar’s 2006 Telecom Law als at its new premises at Onaiza. ing 2015 was 4,132. their academic and non-academic requires that all persons operating any Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, Dep- The number of deaths registered achievements for the academic year radio communication equipment or uty Chief of Mission R K Singh and in the Embassy till June, 2016 is 141 2015-2016. The ceremony was led making use of frequencies must have a other officials met all the complain- while the number of deaths regis- by QU President Dr Hassan Rashid valid radio spectrum license or a radio ants, discussed their problems and tered during 2015 was 279. The same Al Derham, and included QU Vice frequency authorisation from the CRA. assured them that the Embassy number of deaths were registered President for Student Affairs Dr Kha- Operation of these radios without a would actively follow up their cases during 2014 also. lid Al-Khanji, QU VPs and associate valid CRA license is considered illegal with the authorities concerned in On the basis of requests received VPs, deans, assistant deans, heads of Qatar University President Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham presenting and the equipment can be confiscated. Government of Qatar. from Qatari authorities for travel department, faculty, and students and CRA regulates the communica- Baby Kurien, Vice-President of documents for Indian nationals in their families. certificate to a student. tions & information technology and the Indian Community Benevolent the Deportation Centre, the Embassy Of the 276 students, 264 were postal sectors, and access to digital Forum (ICBF), an active commu- has issued 34 Emergency Certificates recognised in the Academic Awards volunteerism, athletics, and employ- Khaled Ibrahim Shamiyeh (CENG) and media. CRA uses its regulatory pow- nity association working under the (ECs) in June, 2016. The Embassy category for achieving a high GPA of ment. They were Ahmad Nooh Al Dana Yahya Al-Madhoun (CAS) — ath- ers mandated by the Emiri decree aegis of the Embassy for the welfare also issued 38 air tickets to Indian 3.5 and above (see attached list), while Thani (LAWC), Ebrahim Ali Al Kowari letics; and Khalid Mohamed Alshibli to protect consumer rights, ensure of Indian workers, also attended the nationals in distress for their return 12 students from the colleges of Arts and Shouq Abdullah Shaheen (CAS) — (CBE) and Sarah Ahmad Salmeh (CAS) competition, manage the resolution Open House. to India in June, 2016. and Sciences (CAS), Business and Eco- leadership; Mohamad Hakim Shalal, — employment. of disputes, and manage the electro- An Embassy team visited the ICBF continues to help Indian nomics (CBE), Engineering (CENG), Omer Ahmad Al Jumaily and Hamda “I extend my congratulations to all magnetic spectrum. In all its activities, Central Prison and Deportation workers through various welfare and Law (LAWC) received Student Abdulamir Al-Khamis (CAS) -- student of you for your distinguished achieve- the CRA seeks to ensure the provision Centre this week to enquire about measures, including provision of Life Awards for their distinguished clubs and organizations; Sara Tariq ment. This is the first step to further of advanced, innovative and reliable the welfare of detainees from India. air tickets, financial assistance and accomplishments in leadership, Abdurhman (CENG) and Sara Wali successes in your personal and profes- ICT and postal services across Qatar. The total number of Indian medical help. student clubs and organizations, Mohammad (CAS) -- volunteerism; sional life,” said Dr Al Derham. Ramadan Thoughts

FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 03 The blessings of spending in the way of Allah

and developing the persona conceived way enjoys a fabulous increase, for the by the Quran. It is precisely for this needy people who are helped pray for The spending no reason that Salah (the prayer) and their benefactor. And, as these peo- Zakah (alms-tax) find mention in the ple are pitiful, they much deserve that doubt will bear fruit Quran side by side. For example, in the their prayers be granted by the Mer- in the Hereafter but initial verses of Surah Baqarah, what ciful Master. From some Ahadith, we immediately follows the mention of find that even the Angels of God pray in this very world Salah is spending in the way of Allah. for such a person: Prophet Muhammad the person who As pointed out earlier, these two (peace be upon him) said: ‘Every day pillars in fact constitute the founda- two angels come down from Heaven spends in God’s way tions upon which the entire structure and one of them says: ‘O Allah! Com- of man’s relationship with the Creator pensate every person who spends in enjoys a fabulous and His creation is erected. Conse- Your cause’, and the other [angel] says: increase, for the quently, one can safely conclude that ‘O Allah! Destroy every miser’.” the fabric of the Shariah too is based (Bukharī: No. 1374) needy people who upon the prayer and spending. All It is, however, to be noted here ancient Semitic religions regard both that this ‘increase’ in no way means are helped pray for these pillars as the origin of righteous that the spender would find his safe their benefactor. conduct. Once someone asked Jesus overflowing with wealth or that his about the great commandment in the bank balance would increase or that law, Jesus enlightened him by saying: the value of his property would aug- ‘You shall love the Lord your ment overnight. Rather, it implies God with all your heart, with all that the optimal benefit one can your soul, and with all your mind’. attain from the use of wealth is By Amin Ahsan Islahi This is the first and great command- afforded to the person who spends ment. And the second is like it: ‘You in Allah’s way. The benefit his wealth shall love your neighbour as your- brings to mankind, others’ wealth self’. On these two commandments when it comes to discharging other souls.”(2:265) the wealth of the spender. The Quran cannot undertake to fetch; the con- pending in the way of Allah is hang all the law and the Prophets moral obligations. The only person The part ‘to strengthen their souls’ says: “The parable of those who spend tribution his wealth helps make to a great virtue. It occupies par- (Matthew, 22:37-40) who can be presumed to be the best implies that they spend in the way of their substance in the way of Allah is the welfare of the society, others’ amount importance in divine The best possible way to demon- member of a society is the one who Allah contrary to the ill wishes of their that of a grain of corn: It grows seven wealth fails to make; how he suc- religions. All Prophets of Allah strate affection towards a neighbour is has done away with his undue love of heart so that they can overcome all the ears and each ear has a hundred ceeds to please the Lord, others Semphatically urged their followers to to sympathise with him and help him riches, because should this love pre- impediments, which stand in their way grains. Allah gives manifold increase remain unsuccessful; the profound spend in the way of Allah. This arti- out financially whenever he is in try- vail, it would awfully obstruct the to being a Godly person. The reward to whom He pleases and Allah cares respect and love he earns in others’ cle examines some of the blessings of ing circumstances. Just as Salah is the normal flow of righteous conduct. The that God promises them in return is for all and He knows all things.”(2:261) hearts, others obnoxiously obsessed spending in the way of Allah. only befitting way man can express Holy Quran alludes to both situations that He will of surety bless them with The Quran sheds light upon this with piling up their riches cannot his love for the Almighty, the only in the following words: His bounties and bestow upon them fact in the following words as well: even visualise and, above all else, True Attachment with God appropriate manner he can exhibit “So, he who gave in the way the treasure of priceless wisdom. “Allah blights usury and augments peace of mind, the spiritual eleva- The greatest benefit of spending in his appreciation for his neighbour is to of Allah and was god-fearing and what is spent in His way.”(2:276) tion and satisfaction that he drives the way of Allah is that it establishes a spend for him whenever he is in need. believed in the good outcome [in the Increase in Wealth This spending no doubt will bear from this spending are in fact bless- strong bond between a person and his Both things apparently seem dis- Hereafter], We shall, indeed, take him The fourth benefit of spending in fruit in the Hereafter but in this very ings which have eluded many grand Creator. A man’s heart generally lies tinct and separate yet if are viewed to [a fate] of delight. And he who was a the way of Allah is that it augments world the person who spends in God’s emperors of this world. where his wealth is. If he hides away from a holistic perspective the love miser and was indifferent and belied his wealth in some secret place, he of the neighbour would appear to be the good outcome [in the Hereafter], finds himself thinking about that very the direct outcome of the love of God. We shall, indeed, take him to [a fate] place all the time. In case of invest- Anyone who loves God would cer- of affliction.”(92:5-10) ment in a business or a company, he tainly care for His creation since He cannot help being pre-occupied with has analogously regarded the whole Spending nurtures Wisdom the continued viability of the investee. mankind as His own children. Man The third benefit of spending is In short, what is evident from practi- is so created that whenever he loves that it is like food and water for all the cal experience is that man’s heart is someone he instinctively falls in love other religious obligations and creeds. affixed to his wealth. Keeping in view with everything related to him as It helps, on the one hand, all those the foregoing explanation, it can be well. So, when a person loves Allah righteous deeds which are yet feeble asserted that anyone who spends in he surely feels affection for His Cre- and have shallow roots in our soul the way of Allah would find that he ation and this affection ultimately and, on the other hand, it strengthens is in an everlasting communion with results in spending to ease the suf- all beliefs which have not yet gained God since he has entrusted Allah with ferings through which the ‘children’ sound basis in our heart. his wealth. In this regard, Jesus is of his beloved Allah may be going. This stability and depth of all vir- reported to have said: The brimming love that man feels tues and beliefs in a person is exactly “Lay up for yourselves treasures in for Allah is the natural consequence what the Quran describes as Hikmah heaven where neither moth nor rust of his sentiments of gratitude. When (wisdom). From certain indications of destroys and where thieves do not he observes carefully around himself the Quran we may construe that the break in and steal. For where your the providence and power of Allah, he key to this wisdom is indeed spend- treasure is, there your heart will be finds himself engulfed by the bounties ing in the way of Allah. At one place, also.” (Mathew 6:20-1) of his Gracious Creator. This realisa- the Quran delineates the benefits of tion, on the one hand, gives rise to the spending in the following words: Stronger Ties with the Society sentiments of worship which naturally “Satan threatens you with pov- The second benefit which spend- prompts him to offer the prayer and, erty and bids you to conduct unseemly. ing in the way of Allah affords the on the other hand, induces him to be Allah promises you His forgiveness and spender is that it helps him establish as much generous as possible to man- bounties, and Allah cares for all and unfailing ties with his society. A little kind since he has become cognizant of He knows all things. He grants wisdom deliberation here will reveal that this the fact that everything he possesses to whom He pleases and he to whom achievement is not of less significance. has been bestowed upon him gener- wisdom is granted receives indeed a Rather, it is one of the two pillars upon ously by Allah alone. benefit overflowing.”(2:268-9) which the whole structure of religion It can therefore be concluded Only that spending brings this is based. These two pillars, namely: that the love for humanity is an off- benefit to the spender which has prayer and spending, are a pre-req- shoot of one’s love for God and that been carried out in order to please uisite in order to make a person a true both provide a rock-solid base for reli- Allah alone and to reinforce what is servant of God. The first pillar helps in gion. While the former stands at the yet feeble in heart. Therefore, the par- developing a true relationship with the core of all human rights, the latter is able described just before the above Almighty. And the second inculcates a the stream from which all religious quoted verses begins as: deep-rooted connection amongst the obligations spring forth. Anyone who “And the likeness of those who members of the society. Hence, both can willingly spend his wealth for oth- spend their substance seeking to play an unsurpassed role in nurturing ers cannot be assumed to be careless please Allah and to strengthen their 5 ways to making good deeds better

Sincerity of Intention Expand your giving circle “… And do good unto your parents, and near of kin, The first hadith in Sahih Bukhari is “Innamal and unto orphans, and the needy, and the neighbor a’malu binniyat… ” “The reward of deeds depends from among your own people, and the neighbour upon the intentions…” He did so to express and affirm who is a stranger, and the friend by your side, and the sincerity of intention for his work. traveller …” -Quran 4:36 In all our deeds we must confirm within ourselves Do good deeds for your family, neighbours, friends the intention of seeking the pleasure of God. Good and all of humanity. deeds will bear fruit if there is sincerity attached to their intentions. Look for group opportunities Doing good deeds in a group can increase our Do not procrastinate collective consciousness. Good company will help Procrastination is like the quick sand of laziness us on the spiritual path. It makes it easier to do good that can pull us into despair and prevent us from because we can help each other and be more effective reaching our God given potential. in our actions. The Prophet used to say, “O God! I seek refuge with You, from worry and grief, from incapacity and Gratefulness for the ability to do good laziness, from cowardice and miserliness, from being Be grateful to God for the opportunity and ability heavily in debt and from being overpowered by (other) to do good. men.” (Bukhari) “..If you are thankful, I will give you more ..” As soon as you think of a good deed act upon it. -Quran 14:7 04 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 MIDDLE EAST Istanbul attackers’ nationalities confirmed

building and blew themselves up. Christian priest The third detonated his explosives The three suspected at the entrance. A further 239 peo- shot dead in Islamic State suicide ple were wounded. The official gave no further Sinai Peninsula bombers were details beyond confirming the Russian, Uzbek and attackers’ nationalities and declined CAIRO: Islamist militants to be named because details of the gunned down a Chris- Kyrgyz nationals. investigation have not yet been tian priest in Egypt’s Sinai Forensics teams had released. Forensics teams had been Peninsula as he was fix- struggling to identify the bombers ing his car, the Interior been struggling to from their limited remains, officials Ministry and the Cop- identify the bombers said earlier. tic Orthodox Church said from their limited “A medical team is working yesterday. around the clock to conclude the Islamic State claimed remains: Official identification process,” one of the responsibility for the officials said. Interior Minister Efkan attack and threatened Ala told parliament that evidence more attacks in the future. continued to point to Islamic State Father Rafael Moussa Reuters responsibility and that the death toll of the Mar Girgis church in had risen to 43, of whom 19 were Arish, capital of the North foreigners. Ala said the identity and Sinai province, was get- nationality of one of the bombers ting his car fixed when ISTANBUL: Three suspected Islamic had been determined but did not the gunmen shot him, the State suicide bombers who killed 43 comment further. ministry said in a state- Members of police special forces patrol at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey, yesterday. people in a gun and bomb attack at The pro-government Yeni Safak ment. He was on his way Istanbul’s main airport this week newspaper said the Russian bomber back from prayer, the were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz was from Dagestan, which borders information about Vadinov. information from foreign intelligence this week to express regret over the church said. nationals, a Turkish government Chechnya, where Moscow has led A spokesman for Kyrgyzstan’s agencies to intercept the fighters. incident, but officials in Ankara say official said yesterday. two wars against separatists and state security service said it was inves- The revelation that one of the he stopped short of making the apol- The attack on one of the world’s religious militants since the Soviet tigating, while the Uzbek security attackers was a Russian national ogy Moscow wants before it will lift At least 70 busiest airports, a hub at the cross- Union collapsed in 1991. service had no immediate comment. comes at an awkward time for rela- economic sanctions. roads of Europe and Asia, was the Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper Thousands of foreign fighters from tions between Ankara and Moscow, Turkish police detained 13 people, dead in deadliest in a series of suicide bomb- named him as Osman Vadinov and scores of countries have crossed Tur- strained since Turkey shot down a four of them foreigners, in raids across ings in Turkey this year. said he had come from Raqqa, the key to join Islamic State in Syria and Russian warplane near the Syrian Istanbul in connection with Tuesday Syria attacks The three bombers opened fire heart of Islamic State-controlled Iraq in recent years. Turkey has tight- border last November. night’s attack. Broadcaster CNN Turk to create panic outside, before two territory in Syria. The Russian inte- ened security on the Syrian border Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said they were accused of providing BEIRUT: At least 70 of them got inside the terminal rior ministry said it was checking but has long argued it needs more wrote to Russian leader Vladimir Putin logistical support for the bombings. regime and rebel fight- ers have been killed in 24 hours in a government assault and a jihadist-led counterattack in north- Lebanon foils planned ern Syria, a monitor said yesterday. The Syrian Observ- atory for Human Rights IS attacks on tourist site said 30 regime soldiers and 39 rebel fighters had been killed in battles AFP They would have targeted “the around Al Maleh, north of Casino du Liban as well as a crowded Aleppo, since Wednesday area, like a shopping centre, the afternoon. southern suburbs of Beirut or indeed BEIRUT: The Lebanese army said the (downtown) neighbourhoods yesterday that it had foiled attacks of Hamra or Ashrafiyeh”, the offi- Palestinian planned by the Islamic State jihadist cial said. He said “suicide bombers group on a tourist site and a crowded and armed men” were to have car- stabs two area, arresting five “terrorists”. ried out the attacks, and added that The famed Casino du Liban was investigations would follow on other in Netanya among the targets, a military offi- possible cells and potential targets. cial said. The five arrested included the JERUSALEM: A Palestinian “Military intelligence services alleged mastermind of the attacks, from the Israeli-occupied have foiled two terrorist opera- the army said. “They admitted hav- West Bank stabbed a man tions prepared by Daesh that would ing previously carried out terrorist and woman yesterday in have targeted an important tourism attacks against the army,” it said. the Israeli seaside town site and a crowded area,” the army Lebanon has been repeatedly of Netanya before being said in a statement, using an Arabic shaken by attacks linked with the shot dead by a passing name for IS. It was not clear when war in neighbouring Syria, where civilian, police said. Members of the Iraqi police forces patrol streets of the city of Fallujah, yesterday. the arrests took place, but the mili- Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah One of the victims suf- tary official said the attacks were to is fighting in support of President fered serious wounds have been carried out “10 days ago”. Bashar Al Assad. and the other was mod- erately hurt, police said IS convoy fleeing Fallujah destroyed in a statement, describ- ing the attack as “a terror incident”. AP US-led coalition airstrikes. Hundreds risk” of death, injury, sexual vio- Over 700 prisoners freed in Yemen of IS fighters were suspected to have lence, abduction and recruitment into escaped the city during the opera- armed groups, and called on warring AP reconvene on July 15 in Kuwait, the Nine dead in tion, according to Iraqi commanders parties in Iraq to protect their rights. envoy said. Yemen’s war, which has BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Defence Ministry on the ground. It said that the number of children in killed an estimated 9,000 people, Kuwait fire has released footage showing air IS has suffered a string of mili- Iraq at serious risk of death or war- pits Shiite rebels known as Houthis strikes on dozens of vehicles, which tary defeats in Iraq over the past year. time exploitation had increased by 1.3 KUWAIT CITY: Yemen’s warring against the government of Presi- DOHA: A fire which officials said was an IS convoy fleeing At the height of the group’s power, million in the past 18 months. sides have freed a total of more than dent Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, broke out at a villa hous- the western city of Fallujah follow- IS controlled nearly a third of Iraq, Unicef described Iraq as “one 700 prisoners, including more than backed by a Saudi-led coalition of ing expatriate workers in ing its recapture by the Iraqi military. having blitzed across large swaths of the most dangerous places in 50 children, since the start of the Arab states. Kuwait yesterday killed “More than 20 helicopters took of the country’s north and west and the world for children.” It said chil- peace talks a little more than two The internationally recognized nine Asian residents part in the mission and were able to captured Iraq’s second-largest city dren were also affected by the lack months ago, the UN special envoy government of Yemen has demanded including children and destroy more than 138 vehicles,” Iraqi of Mosul. Now the group is estimated of adequate health care, poor pub- for Yemen said yesterday. the implementation of a UN Secu- injured 23, a Fire Serv- army commander Lt. Gen. Hamid al- to control 14 percent of Iraqi terri- lic services and the desperate state The release is an apparent rity Council resolution calling on the ice Directorate spokesman Maliki said in footage released by the tory, according to the office of Iraq’s of education. good-will gesture amid peace talks Houthis to withdraw from all towns said. Six people, at least Defense Ministry late on Wednesday prime minister. On Thursday the UN “Children in Iraq are in the fir- underway in Kuwait. and cities, including the capital, one of whom was a child, night. Al Maliki said the Iraqi heli- children’s fund warned that IS’s inva- ing line and are being repeatedly The UN envoy, Ismail Ould Sanaa, which they have overrun and suffocated to death after copters carried out all of the strikes. sion and the military operation to and relentlessly targeted,” said Peter Cheikh Ahmed, did not say where surrender their heavy weapons. The a blaze tore through a “No other force took part in the oper- unseat them have had a “catastrophic Hawkins, Unicef’s Iraq representa- and when the Yemeni captives Houthis want to form a unity gov- house that had been sub- ation,” he said. impact,” with some 4.7 million Iraqi tive. “We appeal to all parties for were released or give a breakdown ernment prior to any changes on the divided into multiple Iraqi forces declared the city of children in need of humanitarian restraint and to respect and protect of prisoners freed by each side. The ground, according to the negotiators. residences in Farwaniya, Fallujah fully liberated on Sunday assistance. children. We must help give children peace talks are being suspended Though a truce went into effect a suburb 15km south of after government troops pushed the In a report titled “A Heavy Price the support they need to recover from for the next two weeks, to allow the a week before the talks began, the Kuwait City. remaining IS fighters out of the city’s for Children,” Unicef warned that 3.6 the horrors of war and contribute to a sides return to Yemen to consult two sides have repeatedly accused north and west under close cover of million Iraqi children are at “serious more peaceful and prosperous Iraq.” their leadership. The parties will each other of breaking it. Erdogan opens new bridge ANKARA: Turkish Pres- ident Recep Tayyip US on track to take in 10,000 Syrian refugees Erdogan yesterday inaugurated the fourth- longest suspension bridge AFP in America in fiscal year 2016. But Judiciary Committee hearing. Brennan warned that the extrem- podcast earlier this month. “They in the world, the latest of bureaucratic red tape, terror fears, He said 5,000 to 6,000 more ist group “is probably exploring a could be ISIS. They could be who his pet mega-projects. concerns about inadequate security have been “conditionally approved” variety of means” to get operatives knows. But we’re going to stop that The Osman Gazi checks and congressional efforts for US resettlement, subject to secu- into the West, “including in refugee immediately.” bridge, which has been WASHINGTON: The United States has to block refugee flows had left the rity checks. “So I believe we will make flows, smuggling routes, and legiti- Democratic White House hope- under construction since ramped up refugee processing and is process far behind in meeting the the 10,000,” Johnson said. mate methods of travel.” ful Hillary Clinton said last year that 2013, stretches 2.6km now likely to meet the administra- president’s goal. After last year’s terror attacks in Trump has seized on the issue, Washington should expand the Syr- across the Izmit gulf in tion’s goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian Homeland Security Secretary Paris, critics including presumptive demanding an immediate end to ian resettlement program to 65,000 Turkey’s industrial north- refugees by October 1, a senior official Jeh Johnson however said Washing- Republican presidential nominee US refugee admissions from Middle refugees. Trump has warned voters west. The $9bn project told the Congress yesterday. ton had “added security checks to the Donald Trump have warned that the Eastern nations until a better vetting that Clinton planned to spend hun- is designed to dramati- Citing the humanitarian cri- process where they are warranted” Islamic State was seeking to infil- system is established. dreds of billions of dollars to resettle cally cut the travel time sis triggered by Syria’s brutal civil and overcome early hurdles. trate the United States through poorly “Our country has enough dif- Middle Eastern refugees in the United between Istanbul and the war, President Barack Obama had The United States has “just about monitored refugee flows. ficulty right now without letting States, or enough money to “rebuild Aegean city of Izmir from called for a dramatic increase in the crossed the 5,000 mark” in terms Earlier this month in congres- the Syrians pour in,” Trump said in every inner city in America,” he said nine hours to 3.5. number of Syrian refugees resettled of Syrian refugees, he told a Senate sional testimony, CIA director John a National Border Patrol Council last week in a New York speech. 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LEFT: Outgoing President Benigno Aquino salutes an honour guard beside incoming President Rodrigo Duterte during departure honours for Aquino at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, yesterday. RIGHT: An activist waves the Philippine flag as he joins supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte gathering outside the Presidential Palace in Metro Manila, Philippines. New Philippine president warns of rough ride

Duterte, 71, won last month’s elec- echelons in government, criminality During the campaign, Duterte “As a lawyer and former prose- deserved to die because they were tion in a landslide after a campaign in the streets and the rampant sale of said 100,000 people would die in his cutor, I know the limits of the power corrupt. Duterte promises dominated by foul-mouthed threats illegal drugs in all strata of Philippine crackdown, with so many dead bodies and authority of the president. I Yesterday, Duterte offered a muted a “relentless” and to kill tens of thousands of criminals society and the breakdown of law and dumped in Manila Bay that fish there know what is legal and what is not. message of friendship to the interna- and tirades against the nation’s elite order,” Duterte said. would grow fat from feeding on them. My adherence to due process and rule tional community. “sustained” fight that cast him as an incendiary, anti- Duterte, a lawyer who earned a He has been accused of links of law is uncompromising,” he said. “On the international front and against corruption, establishment hero. reputation as an authoritarian figure to vigilante death squads in Davao, Duterte also sought to portray community of nations, let me reiter- After taking his oath before a as mayor of the southern city of Davao which rights groups say have killed himself as unifying figure. ate that the Republic of the Philippines criminality and illegal small audience inside the Malacanang over most of the past two decades, more than 1,000 people. “I was elected to the presidency will honour treaties and international drugs. presidential palace, ending the era of said these problems were symptoms Such groups are concerned that to serve the entire country. I was not obligations,” he said. Benigno Aquino, Duterte signalled of an erosion of Filipinos’ faith in the extrajudicial killings could spread elected to serve the interest of any At a televised cabinet meeting there would indeed be some dark days nation’s leaders. across the Philippines under Duterte, person or any group or any one class,” shortly after his speech, Duterte indi- during his six years in office. Duterte has outlined a vision with a police crackdown following Duterte said. cated he wanted to repair relations AFP “The ride will be rough but come for his anti-crime programme that his election already leaving dozens “I serve everyone and not only with China that were battered during join me just the same,” Duterte said included reintroducing the death of people dead. one.” Aquino’s term over competing claims in a short speech, with his opening penalty, with hanging his preferred Duterte said yesterday his fight After his election win, Duterte also to the South China Sea. MANILA: Authoritarian firebrand remarks focused on familiar themes method of execution. against crime would be “relentless launched a seemingly unprovoked An international tribunal is due Rodrigo Duterte warned of a “rough about the need to instil discipline in He said he would issue shoot-to- and sustained”, as he called on human attack against the United Nations. to deliver a verdict on a legal chal- ride” after being sworn in as the a graft-infested society. kill orders to the security services and rights monitors and critics in congress Soon after UN Secretary-General lenge filed by Aquino’s administration Philippines’ president yesterday, “The problems that bedevil our offer them bounties for the bodies of to respect the mandate the Filipino Ban Ki-moon issued a rare rebuke of over China’s claims to most of the sea. promising a relentless war on crime country today which need to be drug dealers. people have given him. a foreign leader, criticising Duterte Duterte told his cabinet members the and corruption but also to be a uni- addressed with urgency are cor- He also urged ordinary Filipinos But he also insisted he would work for saying that some journalists in the Philippines would not “taunt or flaunt” fying leader. ruption, both in the high and low to kill suspected criminals. within the boundaries of the law. Philippines who had been murdered a favourable ruling.

Australian gets death Honouring dedicated service

Australian teen for trafficking heroin

pleads guilty Reuters punishment. “We are concerned that an Australian citizen has been to terror plot sentenced to death in Vietnam,” the HANOI: A court in southern Viet- Department of Foreign Affairs and Sydney: An Austral- nam has sentenced a 73-year-old Trade said. ian teenager yesterday Vietnam-born Australian woman “We will continue to provide pleaded guilty to plan- to death for trafficking heroin hid- consular assistance and support to ning a terror attack den in bars of soap, several state-run the woman and her family.” which involved behead- media outlets reported yesterday. The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspa- ing a police officer and The Ho Chi Minh City People’s per and news portal tuoitrenews. attaching explosives to Court found Nguyen Thi Huong vn reported that Huong had said a kangaroo at commem- guilty on Wednesday of possessing she was given the soap as a gift by orations of the ANZAC 36 bars of soap stuffed with 2.8kg a woman, identified only as Helen, landings at Gallipoli dur- of heroin in her baggage as she was while they were on a trip to the ing World War One. boarding a flight to Australia in coastal city of Vung Tau. Sevdet Ramadan December 2014, the Ho Chi Minh Huong told the court she wanted Besim, 19, had planned City Police newspaper said. to take them to Australia as gifts to attack police at the Court officials and Australian and was not aware of what they Melbourne ANZAC day diplomats in the city could not be contained. Soldiers carry the coffin of one of the victims of a rescue aircraft that crashed on June 16, 2016 over parade on April 25, 2015 reached for comment about the case. However, the Ho Chi Minh City the South China Sea during a search mission for a Vietnamese Airforce Sukhoi SU-30MK2 that went but his scheme was In a statement, the Australian Police newspaper, controlled by the missing two days earlier, during an official funeral ceremony in Hanoi, yesterday. uncovered by police in government expressed concern and city’s police, said Huong had failed to Britain who found mes- reiterated its opposition to capital prove that the other woman was real. sages on the phone of a 15-year-old British boy to a man in Australia. Charges against ‘Saffron Dismembered Beijing rejects S China Sea body found in Revolution’ leader pile up recycled boxes case as court ruling nears Reuters allegedly breaking into monaster- Wellington: A home- ies in 2012 that had been sealed by less New Zealand man the government. whose dismembered Reuters of the South China Sea, one of the dispute resolution from a third party YANGON: A Yangon court, for the “After his appearance at the body was found crushed world’s busiest shipping lanes. and does not accept any dispute res- second time this week, laid addi- court today, Nyi Nyi Lwin was sent in cardboard bales was Several Southeast Asian states olution forced on China.” tional charges dating from 2012 back to Insein Central Prison by the likely picked up by a BEIJING: An international court said have overlapping claims in the sea In Manila, the foreign ministry against a former monk and leader government,” she said. recycling truck while it would deliver a hotly anticipated and the dispute has sparked concerns said the Philippines would “fully of Myanmar’s Saffron Revolution, a He was charged with the same sleeping rough, police ruling in the Philippines’ case against of a military confrontation that could respect” the tribunal’s ruling and member of his legal team said yes- offence in a separate Yangon town- said yesterday. China over the South China Sea on disrupt global trade. hoped members of the international terday. ship court on Tuesday. The remains of Dan- July 12, drawing an immediate rebuke In a lengthy statement, Chinese community would do the same. The new charges against Nyi Aung San Suu Kyi’s National iel Bindner were found from Beijing, which rejects the tribu- foreign ministry spokesman Hong US state department spokes- Nyi Lwin, better known by his League for Democracy (NLD) won on Tuesday at a card- nal’s jurisdiction. Lei said Manila’s unilateral approach woman Anna Richey-Allen reiterated ordination name, Gambira, came Myanmar’s November election, but board processing plant in The United States, which is a flouted international law. US backing for the court. “We support just one day before he was set to the military, which ruled the South- Hamilton. close ally of the Philippines and is “I again stress that the arbitra- the peaceful resolution of disputes in be released following an arrest east Asian nation until 2011, remains Police investigating concerned about China’s expansive tion court has no jurisdiction in the the South China Sea, including the use in January for allegedly entering powerful. the grisly discovery said South China Sea claims, reiterated its case and on the relevant matter, and of international legal mechanisms Myanmar illegally from neighbour- The General Administration the 40-year-old man was backing for The Hague-based Perma- should not hold hearings or make a such as arbitration.” ing Thailand. Department, a body that oversees last seen on June 21 and nent Court of Arbitration and urged ruling,” he said. But China’s official Xinhua news Thazin Aye, one of his law- the country’s sprawling bureaucracy had been reported miss- a peaceful resolution of the dispute. He said: “On the issue of territory agency said the court was a,“law- yers, said yesterday that Gambira and is controlled by the military, ing on Monday. Manila is contesting China’s his- and disputes over maritime deline- abusing tribunal” that would only was charged with trespassing at brought the new charges against torical claim to about 90 percent ation, China does not accept any worsen the dispute. the Thanlyin Township Court for Gambira. 06 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 ASIA / AFRICA 11 dead in Boko Haram attack in north Cameroon

day, warning civilians not to breach triggered his explosives,” the secu- neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cam- thereby creating a fertile ground for “It is a kind of silent crisis, which special security measures aimed at rity source said. eroon, and made more than 2.6 recruitment by Boko Haram. is really the danger,” Rochdi said, The source said preventing such attacks. Midjiyawa Bakari, the governor of million homeless. Najat Rochdi had said in an inter- warning that if humanitarian needs the victims were It was the latest in a spate of raids the region said that 11 people had died Some 2,000 Chadian soldiers view that Boko Haram members were are not addressed in Cameroon, “we blamed on the Nigeria-based Islam- and four had been wounded. are set to launch a counter-offensive attacking villages and food supply will see a radicalisation” of young members of a local ist militant group in the area, which Bakari slammed “the imprudence against the group in the region, as part routes as well as burning homes and people in the country. vigilante group tasked have driven tens of thousands of peo- of the youths running the video club,” of a fightback by the four countries fields across northern Cameroon on “If people are not left with some ple from their homes. adding: “While such activities are for- targeted by the group. a daily basis. hope, the only alternative for them is with hunting down A security source said the bidden, they take risks in showing Boko Haram has regularly used She said that in the last six months Boko Haram,” she cautioned. the militant group. attacker blew himself up in the town films at night in the bush... women and children to stage suicide alone, the number of Cameroonians There is a gaping budgetary gap of Djakana near the Nigerian border “We are asking on the local pop- bombings, targeting mosques, mar- displaced within their own country with only 30 percent of the requested overnight. ulation to wait until we give the kets, bus stations and checkpoints. had jumped from 60,000 to 190,000. $280 million (248-million-euro) “Seven people were killed imme- go-ahead for the resumption of such But the overnight attack comes In addition, Cameroon is hosting humanitarian aid budget for Cam- AFP diately, including the bomber,” the activities, especially on the frontline,” after a lull in violence in this border 60,000 refugees from Nigeria and eroon this year funded so far. source said, adding that most of the he said, referring to security measures zone near Nigeria. another 312,000 from the Central Afri- According to the UN, some 250 victims were members of a local vigi- put in place in the area in the wake of The UN humanitarian coordinator can Republic, amounting to more than children recruited or abducted by YAOUNDÉ: A suicide bombing by lante group tasked with hunting down Boko Haram raids. for Cameroon warned this month that 500,000 displaced people in all. Boko Haram in Cameroon have a Boko Haram jihadist has killed Boko Haram fighters. Boko Haram’s seven-year insur- unabated attacks by the jihadists had The number at risk of going hun- meanwhile managed to escape over 11 people in northern Cameroon, “They were gathered in a video gency has left at least 20,000 people sparked food insecurity and driven gry has soared from 900,000 to 2.4 the past nine months, according to a provincial governor said yester- room when the attacker entered and dead in Nigeria and border areas of 190,000 people from their homes million since January. the UN.

Kenya grants bail Improving capabilities to Briton charged UN Council adds 2,500 with murder peacekeepers in Mali Reuters

Reuters staged assaults on high profile tar- NAIROBI: A Kenyan court granted gets in the capital Bamako, Burkina bail yesterday to a British business Faso and Ivory Coast. executive charged with the mur- UNITED NATIONS: The United French UN Ambassador Fran- der of a Kenyan woman, his lawyer Nations Security Council agreed on cois Delattre, council president said. Wednesday to add just over 2,500 this month, said implementation of Richard Alden, 52, has denied peacekeepers to the UN peacekeep- that peace agreement was now one he killed Grace Wangeci, 42, whom ing mission in Mali, which has been of MINUSMA’s strategic priorities, his lawyers said he had found hit by a series of deadly attacks and along with taking a tougher stance “unresponsive” at his home on has become the deadliest place to to protect civilians in the face of a June 4 in the upscale Karen dis- serve for UN peacekeepers. “resilient terrorist threat.” trict of Nairobi before he took The French-drafted resolution, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magh- her to hospital, where she was which was approved unanimously by reb (AQIM) has claimed an attack declared dead. the 15-nation council, said the Mali on two UN sites in northern Mali A lawyer who is no longer on peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) at the end of last month, in which a Alden’s defence team said in early should “take all necessary means peacekeeper from China and three June she had died while taking to carry out its mandate ... (and) to civilians were killed and over a “selfies with a gun” that acciden- move to a more proactive and robust dozen others wounded. tally went off in his home. posture.” Delattre said that “highly spe- A few days later Tom Okundi, The increase will bring the cialized European contingents” another lawyer who is still on force’s maximum size to 13,289 mili- - including special forces and intel- his defence team, dismissed that tary personnel and 1,920 police. ligence experts - would be among account in comments. A peace deal signed last year by the additional forces sent to Mali. “We are clearly pleased with Mali’s government and various sep- French forces intervened in 2013 the decision today to grant Richard Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a training in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, aratist groups has failed to prevent to drive back Islamist fighters who Alden bail,” Okundi said in a state- China on Wednesday. periodic violence in northern Mali had hijacked the Tuareg uprising to ment after Thursday’s hearing. by Islamist militants, who have also seize Mali’s desert north in 2012. “Richard is innocent of these charges.” In their bail request presented to the court, Alden’s defence team said he did not represent a flight risk given he had taken Wangeci Nigeria’s ex-air force chief in court for money laundering to hospital and had called the police. Alden, who is married with AFP Marshal Adesola Amosun Nunayon, the stolen air force funds using fake money was used to acquire proper- vote, has launched a wide-ranging three children, has worked in Air Vice Marshal Jacob Bola Adigun companies. ties in London. campaign against corruption tar- Kenya since January 2013. and Air Commodore (one-star rank “The defendants, among other The accused pleaded not guilty to geting key members of the previous In Kenya, murder is punisha- LAGOS: Nigeria’s anti-graft agency and the most junior of the air-officer things, were accused of laundering 21 the charges. They were each granted government. ble by death. on Wednesday charged a former air ranks) Gbadebo Owodunni Olug- billion naira ($74m) from the Nigerian a 500-million-naira bail by the Lagos Those already on trial include The Penal Code states “any force chief and two other high-rank- benga together faced 26 counts of Air Force sometime in March 2014 in court and told to hand over their former national security advisor person who of malice aforethought ing military officers with laundering embezzlement. Lagos, and were using the companies passports. Sambo Dasuki, former ruling party causes the death of another person millions of dollars in state funds. The officers who served under to conceal the source,” the EFCC said Their trial will begin on July 8. spokesman Olisa Metuh, ex-ministers, by an unlawful act or omission is The Economic and Financial the regime of former president Good- in a statement. President Muhammadu Buhari, top politicians and media owners. guilty of murder.” Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Air luck Jonathan are accused of moving The agency said some of the who defeated Jonathan in the 2015 ‘Litany of errors’ led Indonesia to honour cop for refusing bribes to Taiwan plane crash AFP

JAKARTA: A member of Indone- AFP throttle,” just seconds before the sia’s notoriously corrupt police is to crash. be honoured for refusing to accept The final, more detailed, inves- bribes during his 40-year career, TAIPEI: A catalogue of errors led tigation report Thursday said there instead scavenging garbage to sup- the pilot of a passenger plane that were “many contributing factors” plement his meagre salary, an official crashed in Taiwan to shut down the behind the tragedy, which was said yesterday. only working engine, exclaiming: captured in dramatic car dashcam While many countries give “Wow, pulled back wrong throttle,” footage as the plane lurched to one awards for police bravery, Indonesian a damning report said yesterday. side, clipped an elevated road and authorities have decided to honour TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 crashed into the Keelung River. policeman Seladi, 57, after he became clipped a bridge and plunged into a One of the engines malfunc- a media sensation when the story of river shortly after take-off from Tai- tioned shortly after the plane took his determination not to accept kick- pei’s Songshan airport last February, off, according to the report, but the backs emerged. killing 43 on board. crew failed to carry out the right The police in Indonesia are con- Only 15 people survived the procedures to deal with the problem. sidered one of the country’s most crash. “The flight crew did not per- graft-ridden institutions. They are The final report by Taiwan’s Avi- form the documented abnormal accused of regularly extorting bribes ation Safety Council confirmed that and emergency procedures to iden- from the public, being involved in the after one engine had failed, the pilot tify the failure and implement the drugs trade, and have been embroiled had mistakenly shut down the other required corrective actions,” it said. in numerous high-profile corruption and the plane had stalled. This led to the two pilots’ con- cases. It also revealed how that pilot fusion over which engine was But father-of-three Seladi -- had shown “continued difficulties” malfunctioning and shutting down who like many Indonesians goes by in handling emergency situations the wrong one. only one name -- insists he always during training, but was still allowed By the time the crew realised refused bribes despite only earning Indonesian policeman Seladi (right) speaking to a motorist in Malang, East Java. to fly. both engines were down, it was too the equivalent of about $400 a month The report described him as pos- late to restart the plane. and facing much temptation, as he ing an “evident and imminent flight Cockpit recordings revealed worked in the department that issued money or gifts so they can pass their In 2004, Seladi began scaveng- be honoured at a ceremony onIndo- safety risk” and urged TransAsia to the pilots could not decide which driving licences in the city of Malang, driving test. But I always refused -- my ing from garbage dumps to top up his nesia’s national police day on Friday review its training programmes and engine had failed, Thomas Wang, on Java island. parents taught me not to take bribes.” state income, earning on average an for not accepting bribes, and for his safety culture. managing director of the council, “In the driving licence depart- He was unable to afford his own extra $5 a day, mostly by selling on dedication in supporting his family Earlier findings by the coun- told reporters. ment, there is a lot of temptation,” house, meaning he had to live with recyclable items. by doing extra work. cil last year told how the pilot had “They kept communicating with he said. his wife and children at the home of East Java province police spokes- The spokesman did not say what exclaimed: “Wow, pulled back wrong each other, but to no avail,” he said. “Many people want to give me his parents-in-law. man Argo Yuwono said Seladi would exactly Seladi would receive. PAKISTAN FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 07 27 dead in Taliban attack on police convoy

-- we do not know it at the moment,” fighting against the Western-backed a senior interior ministry official, who Kabul government since they were President Ghani relayed the toll, said. ousted from power by a US-led inva- condemns the attack He added the bombings occurred sion in late 2001. at around 11:00am (0630 GMT) as the They have been gaining ground as ‘crime against buses were transporting the cadets across the country but the Islamic humanity’. through a western neighbourhood on State group are also making inroads the city’s outskirts. into Afghanistan, particularly in the The blasts were quickly claimed east, where they are challenging the by the Taliban’s spokesman Zabihul- Taliban on their own turf. AFP lah Mujahid, who said “many were On June 20, 14 Nepali security killed and wounded” in what he guards were killed in an attack on described as a suicide attack. their bus that prompted Kathmandu KABUL: The Taliban yesterday An AFP reporter said the area had to ban its nationals from working in attacked a convoy of buses transport- been cordoned off but it appeared that the war-ravaged country. ing police cadets in Kabul, officials five green police cadet buses had sus- Eleven others were killed in a said, killing at least 27 of them and tained damage, as well as a military string of bombings across Afghani- wounding 40 in two powerful explo- Humvee vehicle assigned to escort stan on the same day. sions. them. The US and Nato combat mission The incident, which was con- Twisted metal and glass shards lit- in Afghanistan ended in Decem- demned as a “crime against tered the scene as security personnel ber 2014. US forces have been in an humanity” by President Ashraf gathered around the wreckage. advisory role since then, while car- Afghan security forces inspect the damage caused by suicide bombers at the site of the attack on the Ghani, comes little over a week after President Ghani said the attack rying out counterterrorism missions western outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. 14 Nepali security guards who were demonstrated the Taliban’s weakness against the IS group and remnants of heading to work at the Canadian on the battlefield, a statement from Al Qaeda. Taliban, who have demanded the to deploy deadly insider attacks. of former Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar embassy were killed in a massive blast his office said. US forces had only been author- departure of all foreign forces. President Ghani on Tuesday Mansour in a drone attack inside that left their yellow minibus spat- “This cruel and complete disre- ised to hit Taliban targets for defensive The Taliban regularly attack ordered an investigation into the insti- Pakistan last month. tered with blood. gard for human life during the holy reasons, or to protect Afghan soldiers. police as part of their campaign, and tutionalised abuse. It is not yet clear whether his suc- “We are still investigating the pre- month of Ramazan is abhorrent,” the But the recent changes mean US a recent investigation found that the Efforts to bring the war to a close cessor Haibatullah Akhundzada will cise nature of the blast, whether it was US embassy in Kabul added. troops can now work more closely insurgents are exploiting child sex via peace talks meanwhile appear emulate his former boss in shunning suicide attack, car bomb or whatever The resurgent Taliban have been with local fighters in striking the slaves employed by security forces indefinitely stalled after the US killing dialogue with the Afghan government. PPP wins 1,419 of Separate attacks in KP province leave two dead reserved local bodies AFP Peshawar killing a police constable In another attack, two gunmen military and civilian installations and injuring six civilians. riding a motorbike fired at a senior as part of an insurgency which has “Exact target of the bomb has not police official in Dera Ismail Khan claimed tens of thousands of lives. seats in Sindh province PESHAWAR: Two policeman were been determined at the moment but city as he was coming out of a mosque Pakistan last month announced killed and six civilians were wounded the explosion killed a policeman who after evening prayers. they had cleared the last militant in two separate attacks yesterday in was deputed guard of a retired judge The police official was identified stronghold in the country’s north- Internews labour/ peasants and 13 each for Pakistan’s restive northwest Khyber and was on his way to duty,” said as a deputy superintendent Noor western tribal area which has been youth and non-Muslim communities. Pakhtunkhawa province, officials Wasim Riaz, a senior police official Mohammed who previously served home to Taliban and Al Qaeda In Karachi Metropolitan Corpo- said. in the area, adding that six civilians in the counter terrorism department. militants. KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples ration, however, the MQM won 67 of In the first attack, a remote con- were injured in the attack. No one immediately claimed However scattered small inten- Party led by former president Asif the total 99 seats reserved in four trol bomb planted on a roadside “Two of the injured are critical,” responsibility for the attacks. But sity militant attacks continue to take Zardari has won 1,419 of the 1,814 different categories. exploded in the northwestern city of he said. the Pakistani Taliban regularly target place in parts. seats reserved for youth, labour/ The PPP bagged 13 seats, while peasants, women and non-Muslims PML-N, PTI and JI got nine, six and in the local bodies elections in Sindh, two seats, respectively. The JUI-F while Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the ANP won one seat each in Nine districts in and Pakistan Muslim League-Func- the local government elections in Breaking the fast tional bagged 139 and 108 seats, the KMC. province declared respectively. The 67 seats in the KMC bagged Fifty seats still remain vacant by the MQM included 46 women in different categories on techni- seats and seven seats in each of the prone to floods cal grounds. Among other parties, categories of non-Muslim, labour/ PML-N got 59 seats, PPP-W won 15 peasant and youth. seats and PTI got 11 seats. Similarly, PPP’s scoreboard of 13 seats in Internews PML-Q, SUP and JUI bagged six, four the KMC indicated 10 seats of women and two seats, respectively. and one in each of the other three The Jamaat-i-Islami got only one categories, while the PML-N got six PESHAWAR: The Provincial reserved seat in the local govern- women seats besides one labour/ Disaster Management Author- ment elections held for 24 district peasant and non-Muslim seat each. ity has declared nine districts of councils, three municipal corpo- The PTI secured three women Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rations and six district municipal seats besides one youth and one province ‘sensitive’ for flooding corporations, 36 municipal com- labour/peasant seat. and other rain-related incidents mittees and 148 town committees. The party is yet to nominate its in the ongoing monsoon season. According to sources close to candidate in the category of non- Among these districts are the Election Commission, the over- Muslims. The Jamaat-i-Islami has Shangla, Swat, Lower Dir, Chitral, all party position in Sindh indicated two women seats, while the JUI-F Nowshera, Peshawar, Upper Dir, that the 1,419 seats won by the PPP has only one seat for women. Charsadda and Dera Ismail Khan, included 778 seats for women, 215 The ANP has yet to fill its only a PDMA official said yesterday. for non-Muslim communities, 212 for seat reserved for woman in KMC. The official said those districts youth and 214 for labour/ peasants. In 24 district councils of the had been declared sensitive as they Of the 139 seats bagged by the province, the PPP secured 326 seats suffered badly due to the monsoon MQM, 94 seats were reserved for reserved for women, 52 for youth, rains and subsequent floods in the women and 15 each in the three 51 for labour/peasant and 51 for past. other categories. Similarly, the 108 non-Muslims. Pakistani fruit vendors break their fast in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. He said the Pakistan Meteor- seats won by the PML-F included No seat in any of the 24 district ological Department had forecast 67 seats reserved for women, 15 for councils was won by the MQM. that this year’s monsoon rains would be 20 percent more than the previous years’ and that the season was last until September. “The monsoon season is PM to face tumultuous expected to be longer this time Pakistan plans talks with Kabul & around,” he said, adding that the PDMA had already finalised the monsoon contingency plan. politics on homecoming The official said the KP main UN agency over refugees’ return dilemma was the short response time it had in case of flooding in Internews backburner but many believe the upper reaches of Swat, Indus and Reuters well below last year’s 58,211, as and peaceful areas of Afghanistan, controversy would reignite once PM Kabul rivers. violence worsens in Afghanistan, where the Afghan government should Sharif returns to Pakistan. Publicly, He said in case of flooding in where the government and its U.S. establish settlements,” the foreign ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime the PML-N leaders may boast about Swat River, the authorities had from allies are battling a stubborn Taliban office said in a statement. Minister Nawaz Sharif may face their political resolve to brave chal- 24 to 48 hours during which flood- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans talks insurgency. Afghan officials were not difficulties once he returns home lenges, but privately, they believe waters could reach Nowshera and with Afghanistan and the United On Wednesday, Pakistani Prime immediately available for comment. after recovering from heart sur- that things are not so simple. Charsadda district, while the Indus Nations refugee agency to move Minister Nawaz Sharif allowed the 1.5 Pakistan has also said it will hold gery in London in the backdrop of Insiders say even though the party also took the same time to reach DI longtime Afghan refugees to camps million registered refugees to stay on a three-way meeting on July 19 with challenges involving internal poli- is not oblivious to the situation, but it Khan. If Kabul River was flooded at at home, the foreign office said on for six more months. Afghanistan and the UN refugee tics and external factors influencing remains to be seen if the opposition Warsak Dam, the floodwaters had Thursday, after the numbers of those Pakistan’s foreign ministry said agency to plan the way forward. Pakistan’s policy-making with par- manages to dent the PML-N political just six hours to reach Peshawar. returning plunged this year. it would immediately approach The registration deadline ticular reference to India. graph over Panama leaks issue. He said the lack of early warn- Pakistan has the world’s second Afghanistan on the political extension came soon after officials Ranging from the Panama leaks At present, all is not well within ing system had complicated the largest refugee population, with more and diplomatic fronts, while the told Reuters at least 500 Afghan controversy to the upcoming polls in the N-League ranks. It was learnt on issue, as three of the four radars than 1.5 million registered, and about ministry for frontier regions would refugees had been arrested in the Azad Kashmir and the impact of the good authority that PTI’s adamant of the PMDC were out of order. a million unregistered, refugees from engage with the UN refugee agency northwestern border province of federal government’s policy vis-à-vis stance about the inclusion of the In the seasonal outlook for neighbouring Afghanistan, most of and Afghanistan’s ministry of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and deported India on Azad Kashmir politics amid PM’s name in the terms of reference monsoon issued on June 9, the whom fled the Soviet occupation of refugees. as a security risk. fast unfolding scenario on this front, (ToRs) has sent shudders of unease PMD had noted that the prevailing their country in the 1980s. The talks would seek ways to Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper pertinent issues are likely to give the within the party’s top command. atmospheric and oceanic condi- The U.N. says the number of ease “early returns as well as the said more than 2,000 refugees were premier and his team a tough time. PTI has also threatened to take tions were giving indications of Afghans voluntarily returning from possibility of shifting Afghan refugees arrested in the last month, and 400 For now, the Panama leaks issue to the streets if the party’s demands good summer monsoon rainfall Pakistan has fallen to about 6,000, gradually from Pakistan to safer deported to Afghanistan. may have been relegated to the are not met. in the country. 08 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 VIEWS

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ost-Brexit tumult has given another jolt to British polity. The man who was supposed to lead the nation after a bleeding battle to extricate Britain from the EU could seek to follow UK out PEuropean superstate, decided to crush his leadership ambitions by pulling out of the prime ministerial race. The rotund Boris Johnson’s announcement must have been like a kick in the teeth for his supporters who were expecting a about a year’s time. Numerous polls Grillo, wrote on his blog after the debate about how to respond. formal intention of declaration to succeed David Cameron by the have shown her reaching a runoff British vote. At the same time, the 3-year-old against a mainstream candidate. “The European Union must nationalist Alternative for Germany Conservative leader. Boris led the campaign for Britain to leave The British decision to leave change, otherwise it dies,” he wrote. party, or AfD, has surged in the polls the 28-nation European Union with marked aggression and an was also met with joy by Dutch fire- “There are millions and millions of and hopes to enter the national par- intrepid demeanour. At the head of the ‘Leave’ campaign, he was brand lawmaker Geert Wilders, European citizens ever more criti- liament next year. It opposes the also accused of peddling lies and prevarications to sway voters. whose anti-Islam and euroskep- cal, who don’t recognize themselves EU becoming a “centralist federal He had become the face of a campaign that ultimately won the tic Freedom Party is riding high in this union, made of banks and state” and demands that the EU race to take Britain out of the bloc much reviled by his supporters. in polls ahead of a general elec- economic blackmail.” go back to being a community of tion next year. Grillo was apparently refer- “sovereign, loosely connected indi- After Prime Minister David Cameron announced his “We want to be in charge of our ring to the deeply unpopular vidual states.” resignation quite dramatically with wife by his side outside 10 By Barry Hatton own country, our own money, our austerity measures designed to If the EU doesn’t scrap its Downing Street and both walked back holding hands in a gesture AP own borders, and our own immigra- cut government debt in Europe “quasi-socialist experiment of of personal solidarity, the run to occupy the most famous address tion policy,” Wilders said, pledging after the continent’s financial cri- deeper political integration, more in the country had been getting more to hold a referendum on EU mem- sis. Although the immediate threat European people will win back their Boris interesting. Besides Johnson, Home bership if he takes power. “Let the of a disintegration of the 19-nation sovereignty the British way,” AfD Secretary Theresa May, and Justice Dutch people decide.” eurozone that uses the euro cur- leader Frauke Petry said. Johnson’s isenchantment with the Eager to nip such talk in the rency has eased, the budget cuts And even the wealthy countries Secretary Michael Gove were tipped to European Union is not bud, EU leaders are taking a tough have stayed. of Northern Europe have not been prime be the contenders for the top post. After limited to British vot- line with the British government — So has the resentment of them. immune from the anti-EU malaise, ministerial Johnson’s announcement, however, May ers who opted to leave refusing to hold any talks on future Since a general election in Por- with the U.K. referendum result Dthe bloc. ties with Britain until London for- tugal last year, an anti-austerity encouraging euroskeptic parties ambitions is seen to be the frontrunner. Johnson’s move was propelled by Across the continent, anti-EU mally notifies Brussels it is leaving. Socialist government has been kept there as well. have been Brexit campaign ally Justice Secretary sentiment is bubbling up, fueled by “No notification, no negotia- in power by an unprecedented alli- The nationalist Sweden Dem- far-right movements and others tion,” EU Commission President ance with the Communist Party ocrats reiterated their calls for a devoured by Michael Gove’s decision to pull the rug by unhappy about government spend- Jean-Claude Juncker said Tues- and radical Left Bloc. While Por- similar anti-EU referendum in deep rifts withdrawing his backing of the former ing cuts, the influx of migrants and day — also sending a signal that tugal has won too many benefits Sweden, while the leader of the within the London mayor. Lacking gravitas and other policies overseen from the leaving the bloc won’t be painless. to want to leave the EU, the gov- anti-immigrant Danish People’s poise, the Oxford-educated Johnson has 28-nation bloc’s headquarters in It’s not hard to find European ernment’s reversal of austerity Party, Kristian Thulesen Dahl, said Conservatives. been railing at Britain’s membership Brussels. politicians disaffected with the measures is a clear act of defi- Denmark should wait to see what of the European Union. His desperate Some political parties are EU. They might not want to quit ance against Brussels. kind of exit deal Britain gets and rush to see the country out of the bloc offering to fight the cause of those the bloc, but they do want it to do EU nations such as Hungary, then hold its own referendum. disgruntled voters in upcoming some things differently and now Poland, the Czech Republic and Britain’s impending departure was largely driven by prime ministerial ambitions. The Eton national elections — while a few they are finding public support. others have also defied EU officials from the EU — which is appar- schoolmate and Oxford college mate of Cameron has been far-right groups are demanding Earlier this month, an anti- in Brussels by refusing to accept ently is going to be a much longer courting controversy and Brexit was the latest one. After quitting a ballot in their own countries on establishment party founded by the principle of sharing the refugee process than EU officials want — the race to be prime minister, he has the Conservative Party in a whether to follow the United King- a comic triumphed in Italian may- load among all EU members and has not triggered a groundswell turmoil. dom out of the EU door. oral runoff elections, upending the helping hard-hit Greece and Italy. of other countries eager to fol- It seems the rumpus of elections and politicking has crossed That prospect is sending a established order of municipal pol- Even in Germany, a bedrock low suit. shudder through top EU officials itics in Rome and Turin. The 5-Star EU member, there are stirrings of Still, it has given European the Atlantic at a time the US election season is close to ripening. because it could propel a process Movement candidates trounced dissent against the bloc. leaders a lot to think about. While Donald Trump roils the waters in United States, Johnson has where the bloc breaks up or col- Italian Premier Matteo Renzi’s Although Chancellor Angela “Obsessed with the idea of jolted Britain, first with Brexit and then Broxit. lapses as fast as an Arctic ice sheet, mainstream rivals. Merkel’s conservative bloc is eas- instant and total integration, we Brexit made Britain vulnerable with the certain possibility of a wrecking Europe’s delicate postwar “We want a Europe that is more ily the strongest political force, its failed to notice that ordinary peo- divorce from EU. The proclivity of Scotland not to leave EU is likely balance. “Will Britain’s shock vote a ‘community’ and not a union of ratings have sagged over recent ple, the citizens of Europe, do not to trigger another referendum by the Scots — to separate from to leave the (EU) embolden pop- banks and lobbies,” the 5-Star months amid the huge surge of share our euro-enthusiasm,” EU Britain. This could lead to similar demands by Northern Ireland ulists elsewhere in Europe? That Movement’s founder, comic Beppe migrants to Germany and the fierce President Donald Tusk said. has become the key question for and Wales. Europe,” Holger Schmieding, the It seems Boris has got his due. He misled Britons into believing chief economist at German bank that EU was not good for them. Now, the pandemonium within the Berenberg, wrote in an analysis. party has consumed his ambition. France’s far-right National Front lost no time in claiming that the U.K. referendum outcome was an emphatic endorsement for the proposals it has been putting forward for years. The national- ist party’s leader, Marine Le Pen, Quote of the day posted a Union Jack photo on her Facebook page when the result I was elected to the came out last week, saying, “The presidency to serve the United Kingdom has started a move- ment that will not stop.” entire country. I was She told the European Parlia- not elected to serve the ment on Tuesday: “I believe the interest of any person consequences (of the U.K. vote) can or any group or any one only be positive ... the people can only gain from getting back their class. independence, a democratic proc- ess and control of their destiny.” Rodrigo Duterte Le Pen predicts that Europe’s Philippine President future shape will now be a cen- tral issue in campaigning for the Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right National Front political party leader, was delighted with the French presidential election in Brexit result.

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By Charles Lane The Washington Post

ou’ll never guess who comes off as a hero of the Republican-drafted House Benghazi committee’s majority report: President Barack YObama. Within 90 minutes of the September 11, 2012, surprise attack on a US diplomatic compound that killed Ambassador J. Chris- topher Stevens and an aide, the report tells us, Obama had told his secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to do everything possible, implicitly including using military force, to protect Americans. These were “very clear directions,” according to Peter Roskam, R-Illinois, one of Obama’s harshest critics on the panel. How different from the version of the president’s conduct propounded on right- wing talk radio and TV in the aftermath: that he and his aides coolly watched live video of the mayhem in Benghazi, supplied An empty shell casing in the US consulate compound in Benghazi. by drones flying overhead, but declined to order a rescue mission. Not only does this new Republican the ground.” A second attack, on a separate force could have been brought to bear estate section. The report makes much of meetings, prodding his advisers to do more report debunk that smear, but it actually CIA annex, in which security contractors between 8:39 p.m. Washington time on State Department waffling over whether after he gave his initial order - or perhaps shifts blame from Obama to “a rusty bureau- Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty died, was Sept. 11 - when Defense Secretary Leon a Spain-based Marine rescue unit should he would be facing charges of microman- cratic process not in keeping with the gravity already over by the time US military assets Panetta formally transmitted Obama’s wear uniforms or enter Libyan territory agement and refusing to “let the military and urgency of the events happening on started moving toward Libya. And even order to Pentagon authorities - and 11:15 in mufti. Easy to ridicule in hindsight, this do its job.” then, the forces headed to the US Embassy p.m., when the mortar attack that killed concern was perfectly legitimate, given Painful as it is to admit, in Benghazi, the in Tripoli, not Benghazi. Woods and Doherty began. the risk of an international incident or US government, for all its military power, To be sure, the report strains to put You would also have to be highly con- misunderstanding amid the chaos. was at the mercy of terrorists who enjoyed the most negative construction on these fident that such a response would have There sure would have been calls for a every home-field advantage. Of course, it Painful as it is to admit, in Benghazi, previously reported delays, insinuating done more good than harm, given a battle- congressional investigation if some crazy might never have come to that if Obama but not asserting that Woods and Doherty field that the report describes as “a worst militia took uniformed Marines for invad- hadn’t helped overthrow Libya’s dicta- the US government, for all its military might have been saved but for the low alert case scenario of circumstances that would ers and ambushed them. tor to begin with, or if he’d done a better power, was at the mercy of terrorists status of US forces overseas or the dith- test the military’s preparedness and abil- Same goes for other Monday- morning job stabilising the place and providing who enjoyed every home-field ering of officials in Washington. And it’s ity to respond.” quarterbacking: Maybe an armed drone security to US diplomats after Muammar true: Special units in Europe did not meet The fog of war was thick that night, as would have helped - if the operator didn’t Gaddafi was gone. advantage. Of course, it might never their own standards for rapid deployment the report acknowledges: “The Commit- mistake the Libyan militia that evacuated Those criticisms are valid, and familiar have come to that if Obama hadn’t to Tripoli. tee was also struck by the sheer number the CIA annex for a hostile force and blow - but fall into the category of misjudg- helped overthrow Libya’s dictator After two years of investigation, how- of government officials involved . . . who it away. Maybe Special Operations forces ment and policy error, like the mistake ever, such tendentious implications are all did not even know there was a separate could have reinforced the annex - if they President George W. Bush committed by to begin with, or if he’d done a that remain of the conspiracy theory that US facility in Benghazi referred to as the didn’t get killed in crossfire approaching invading Iraq in the belief it had weap- better job stabilising the place and the Obama administration told rescuers ‘Annex’ or where the Annex was.” Of course a darkened compound whose physical ons of mass destruction. to “stand down” or otherwise deliberately they didn’t know: It was a secret CIA base, contours were known to only a handful When American foreign policy fails, providing security to US diplomats abandoned Americans on the ground. reportedly for covertly monitoring loose of intelligence personnel. partisans hunt for policymakers’ sinister after Muammar Gaddafi was gone. And for even that residual implication weaponry such as surface-to-air mis- Perhaps Obama would be getting less motives. What we really need to investi- to have merit, you must believe military siles. They don’t list those bases in the real criticism now if he had kept up nonstop gate are their good intentions. Massive effort to save the Amazon is failing

By Chelsea Harvey of degradation, which we know is sections of forest in the heavily defor- they calculated how much biodiversity efforts in the Amazon. The ques- The Washington Post pervasive in forests,” said Alexander ested Brazilian state of Pará, which had they might expect based just on forest tion of how it should be addressed is Lees, a postdoctoral research fellow been subjected to varying degrees of cover, and then they compared this more complex. While efforts to con- and Amazon expert at the Cornell Lab both deforestation and other distur- estimate to the actual species richness tinue curbing deforestation should of Ornithology and one of the study’s bances, such as fire. Altogether, the observed in each place. They assumed certainly continue, the researchers p to now, attempts to protect the co-authors. study included about 2,000 species. that any differences in the predicted recommend that additional steps be Amazon have largely focused on Under Brazilian law, property own- The researchers divided the concept and real-life values were caused by taken to cut down on the effect of other Upreventing deforestation - his- ers in the Amazon are not supposed to of disturbances into two categories. additional disturbances in that area. disturbances as well. torically one of the greatest threats the allow more than 20 percent of primary “Landscape disturbances” include They called this their “conservation Illegal logging, for instance, is a vast South American region has faced. forest to be cleared on their land, the the direct, downstream effects of defor- value deficit.” widespread problem in many parts of And while efforts in recent years have study’s authors point out. But even in estation - namely fragmentation and Their findings were alarming. the Amazon - and even in places where been successful at slowing or halting places that follow the rules - which is other changes to the landscape itself. “What we find is with this forest deg- logging is permitted, more trees are deforestation in many places, espe- not the case everywhere - other types Removing trees in one area inevita- radation - with fire or logging or both sometimes removed than should be cially in Brazil, the fight for the Amazon of human activities may still be caus- bly ends up dividing the remaining - we can quickly lose a high portion of allowed. Finding better ways to make is far from over. ing problems in the forest. forest into patches, which are broken biodiversity value,” Lees said. sure the correct amount of trees are In recent years, scientists have To understand these effects, many up by cleared spaces. Research has The researchers observed that even being removed from any given site - identified numerous other threats to previous studies have investigated the suggested that this type of fragmen- areas containing 80 percent of their and no more - can help crack down on the region - which spans across eight isolated impacts of one type of dis- tation can have serious consequences primary forests, according to Brazilian the issue, said Toby Gardner, a research countries - including damming and turbance or another - the specific for forest-dwelling animals, who are code, lost between 39 and 54 percent fellow at the Stockholm Environment mining. And now, a new study is call- influence of logging, for instance, or suddenly forced to live much closer to of their conservation value in terms of Institute and co-author of the paper. ing attention to yet another way human the effects of wildfires on a particu- cleared spaces - and, typically, human biodiversity losses. In some cases, up Governments could also consider activity can harm the forest and its lar area. The new paper, however, is activities - than before, and who must to half of these losses were attributed putting better incentives in place to There is legislation inhabitants. Published Wednesday among the first to examine the issue also cross these spaces to get from one to disturbance, rather than just for- encourage local farmers to adopt more in the Brazilian in the journal Nature, the new paper through a broad-scale lens. part of the forest to another. est losses. The researchers estimated sustainable farming techniques and explores the effect of other human dis- “By focusing on only one form of The second category includes that conservation losses as a result of avoid risky land-use practices that forest service about turbances, besides deforestation, on disturbance, such studies may have “within-forest disturbances,” which disturbances across the whole state might result in large fires, Gardner trying to improve the Amazon’s biodiversity - including overlooked much greater conserva- includes things such as selective log- of Pará were equal to the losses one said. And he pointed out that many management of selective logging (which typically tar- tion losses from the combined effects ging (the deliberate removal of certain might expect as a result of 123,000 of these issues are connected anyway, gets specific types of trees while leaving of forest disturbances,” wrote David types of trees, rather than whole-scale square kilometers (or nearly 50,000 so addressing one type of disturbance forests. There’s the rest of the forest intact), wildfires, Edwards, a research fellow and tropical deforestation), wildfires or hunting. square miles) of deforestation. can help cut down on others. Logging, lots of rules on fire hunting, altering or fragmenting the biodiversity fellow at England’s Univer- The researchers developed a math- Additional analysis of the types of for example, can make forests more landscape, and other forms of habi- sity of Sheffield, in a comment on the ematical system for figuring out how species being affected revealed that vulnerable to fire. regulation. Brazil tat degradation. new paper, also published Wednesday severely an area has been affected by organisms currently presenting the “Brazil does have legislation that is not short on Many people might assume that in Nature. (Edwards was not involved disturbances. They assumed that, in greatest concern to conservation- cuts across all of those issues,” Gard- a forest’s biodiversity, or the amount with the research itself.) the absence of any other disturbances, ists are the most vulnerable. These ner added. “There is legislation in the regulation - what of different organisms present in an The researchers behind the new the number of species in an area should include species with small ranges or Brazilian forest service about trying it’s short on is the area, more or less depends simply on paper - who include more than two correspond with the amount of forest species only living in one place, who to improve management of forests. how much forest has been cleared by dozen experts from multiple institutions cover present - with less forest cover can’t be found anywhere else in the There’s lots of rules on fire regulation. ability to implement humans - that more forest equals more in Brazil, the United States and else- (which is presumably caused by defor- world, Lees noted. Brazil is not short on regulation - what these regulations. life, in other words. where - sampled bird, plant and dung estation) equating to fewer species. So the research presents a clear it’s short on is the ability to implement “But that’s ignoring this impact beetle species in dozens of different For each area included in the study, hurdle for continued conservation these regulations.”

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NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old Indian worst in 70 years boy who was kidnapped from New Delhi and taken to neighbouring Bangladesh six years ago finally returned home yesterday to be reu- in a statement here. “The central nited with his parents. government employees, including Sonu, who goes by one name, It is unfortunate that from the armed forces, are frustrated landed at Delhi airport escorted by govt employees, and disappointed with the govern- security guards and officials and ment decision to not improve on gripping his father’s hand as his given 40% hike in the Seventh Pay Commission rec- mother clutched him from behind. their respective ommendations which are the worst “I have found my son and I am in the history of pay panels in India very happy now. Would like to thank salaries by previous till date,” he said. (foreign minister) Sushma Swaraj,” his govts, have now “It is unfortunate that govern- father Mehboob told reporters. ment employees, given 40 per cent Officials have not revealed details been recommended hike in their respective salaries by of his abduction ordeal but local only 14.27 percent previous governments, have now media reported Sonu was kidnapped increase. This is been recommended only 14.27 per by a tenant living in his parent’s Delhi cent increase. This is unjust and house in 2010 before being trafficked unjust: Congress humiliating for the beneficiaries,” across the border. A Bangladesh he added. mechanic alerted Indian officials “The federation of government after speaking with Sonu whom he employees, which represents the reportedly found being exploited and IANS staff of the Indian Railways, civilian forced to do household chores by his employee of ordnance factories, Post trafficker in southwestern Jessore. and Telegraph, has decided to go on “She used to make me work and a nationwide strike from July 11 to beat me,” Sonu was quoted as saying NEW DELHI: Terming the 7th Pay express their resentment. We sup- by Bangladeshi online news portal Commission recommendations the port them and hope that good sense bdnews24.com earlier this week. worst-ever, the Congress yesterday will prevail and the government The boy was later transferred to said that it has left central govern- of India will review its decision,” a children’s home as Bangladesh and ment employees disappointed and Maken said. India worked to have him repatriated. the party will support them if they He said the Fifth and Sixth Pay Foreign Affairs Minister Swaraj go on strike on the issue in July. Commissions recommended 20 per said on Tuesday that DNA samples “In the history of CPC during last cent salary increases but the gov- taken from the boy matched those of about 70 years, this is the worst rec- ernments of the day hiked it to 40 his mother. Images showed Swaraj ommendations and needed major per cent. hugging a smiling Sonu at her New surgery to make it acceptable to However, Maken said, the Delhi office as he and his mother External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj (left) meets 12-year-old Sonu and his parents at the Ministry of the employees (including armed National Democratic Alliance gov- touched the minister’s feet in a ges- External Affairs in New Delhi, yesterday. forces) and meet their expectation ernment has accepted the report in ture of respect and gratitude. In a up to some at some extent.. now the toto by hiking the basic salaries by similar case last year, a mute and deaf returned to her home country. She them in photographs delivered by arrived in Delhi, the woman, Geeta, employees are dejected,” said Con- just 14.27 per cent without giving any Indian woman who strayed into Paki- was hopeful of being reunited with Indian officials in Pakistan. But in a said she could not recognise the fam- gress spokesperson Ajay Maken said respite to inflation-hit employees. stan more than a decade ago finally her long-lost family after identifying tragic twist just hours after she had ily she thought was hers.

Rained charm India-Israel ballistic missile tested Five IS suspects sent to judicial IANS can successfully hit a pilotless tar- custody get aircraft. Defence Minister Manohar HYDERABAD: A special Parrikar tweeted: “I congratulate NIA court here yesterday BHUBANESWAR: India yester- DRDO India and industry teams for sent five Islamic State (IS) day successfully test-fired twice a the successful flight test of MRSAM suspects allegedly plot- medium-range surface-to-air bal- (Medium Range Surface-to-Air Mis- ting terror attacks in the listic missile, developed jointly with sile) weapon system.” city to judicial custody till Israel, off the coast of Odisha, offi- According to informed sources, July 14. cials said. the missile is a version of the Long The five accused The missile, having a strike Range Surface-to-Air Missile arrested by the National range of 70km, is designed to defend (LRSAM) Barak-8 and is yet to get Investigation Agency against any airborne threat, apart a name. (NIA) on Wednesday from aircraft and helicopters, and It is being developed for the were produced before can also intercept supersonic air- Indian Air Force. the magistrate amid tight craft and missiles. The statement said many Indian security at Nampally Crim- Children play in puddles of rainwater after heavy monsoon showers in New Delhi, yesterday. The missile has been jointly industries like Bharat Electronics inal Court. They were later developed by India’s Defence Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, shifted to Chanchalguda Research and Development Organ- Bharat Dynamics Limited, Tata Central Jail. isation (DRDO), Israel Aerospace Group of companies besides other Industries and Israel’s Administra- private industries contributed to the tion for the Development of Weapons development of a number of sub- ED quizzes Goa and Technological Infrastructure. systems used in the flight test. Security beefed up in Hyderabad The missile was fired for its The system also includes a multi- former CM in maiden testing from launch pad 3 functional surveillance and threat of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at alert radar for tracking, detection bribery case IANS housing several multinational tech Meanwhile, a security alert was Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore dis- and guidance of the missile. giants. sounded at the Rajiv Gandhi Inter- trict at 8.16am. As a precaution, authorities had PANAJI: Former Goa Personnel from the Cyberabad national Airport at Shamshabad, The second test carried out at evacuated villagers living in a radius Chief Minister Digambar HYDERABAD: Security was beefed Police Commissionerate also con- around 20km from here. The alert 3.45pm hit the target in a different of one to 2.5km around the launch Kamat was questioned for up in the Information Technology hub ducted searches at hotels, lodges, comes in the wake of Wednesday’s envelope at low altitude. An official complex. In December last year, around eight hours yes- and at the Hyderabad airport here shopping malls and other public terror attack on the Kamal Ataturk statement said the test met the mis- the LRSAM also co-developed with terday by Enforcement yesterday, a day after the NIA busted places. The search operations were Airport at Istanbul, Turkey, which sion requirements. Israel was test fired from naval ship Directorate officials in an Islamic State (IS) module with the carried out in the wake of reports killed 41 and injured 239 others. The “The MRSAM system provides INS Kolkata. connection with the Louis arrest of five suspects. that IS sympathisers were plotting IS is suspected to have carried out reliable air defence at medium The missile fired along the Berger bribery case. State police set up roadblocks bomb attacks and indiscriminate fir- the suicide attack on airport. The RGI ranges,” the statement said. The western seaboard successfully inter- An official told report- and searched vehicles in Madhapur ing at shopping malls and crowded Airport authorities banned the entry missile is guided by a radar sys- cepted an aerial target at extended ers that Kamat was and Gachibowli, the two IT clusters places, including the IT corridor. of visitors to the premises. tem and on-board avionics which ranges. quizzed at the ED office here regarding a contract granted to the New Jer- sey-based consultancy firm, accused of bribing several Congress leaders Government to import more pulses to tackle price crisis and bureaucrats.

IANS Federation (NCCF) has been directed “The meeting decided to further Procurement of pulses is expected prices of pulses. At the bulk purchase Mehbooba Mufti to start selling chana dal at Rs 60 per tender import of 5,000 million tonnes to continue till July, it said. market in New Delhi and parts of kg through its mobile outlets in Delhi,” chana and 2,500 million tonnes The meeting also approved allo- northern India on Thursday, there sworn in as MLA said the food ministry statement. ‘masoor’. It also asked the Metals cations of pulses from buffer stock have been reports of overall rise in NEW DELHI: Concerned by contin- NCCF is already selling ‘tur’ and and Minerals Trading Corporation of to Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Bihar, prices of urad and chilka dal by about SRINAGAR: Jammu and uous rise in prices of pulses - both ‘urad’ through its outlets at Rs 120 India (MMTC) to order import of 2,500 Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telan- Rs100 per quintal. Kashmir Chief Minis- at the retail and wholesale markets, per kg, the statement said adding the million tonnes of masoor against its gana, Madhya Pradesh and Andaman The wholesale price of gram ter Mehbooba Mufti was the central government yesterday decisions in this regard was taken in already contracted quantity,” the min- & Nicobar, the statement said. and Kabuli gram also ended higher sworn in as a legislator adopted multi-pronged strategy to the meeting of Management Commit- istry said. “Procurement of pulses by these and advanced on average by Rs200 from Anantnag constitu- deal with the crisis which includes tee of Price Stabilisation Fund here. So far, MMTC has contracted states will give relief to the consumers per quintal on the backdrop of ency, yesterday. Assembly further imports and distributing Chaired by Consumer Affairs import of 46,000 million tonnes of in these states,” a source said. strong demand from retailers. The Speaker Kavinder Gupta ‘chana dal’ at subsidised prices, an Secretary Hem Pande, the meeting pulses and out of the same, 14,321 mil- The government decisions demand for pulses in India is esti- gave the oath of office official statement said. reviewed the import and procure- lion tonnes have been delivered. In on Thursday follow as even after mated at about 23.5 million tonnes to Mehbooba Mufti, who “In order to ensure availabil- ment of pulses for buffer stock and addition, 68,000 million tonnes Rabi enhanced buffer stocks and actions in as against an output of about 17.06 was on June 25 declared ity of pulses at reasonable prices, allocation to the states for further pulses and 51,000 million tonnes some parts against hoarders, there is million tonnes in 2015-16 crop year elected from Anantnag. the National Consumer Cooperative distribution. Kharif pulses have been procured. no sign of respite from the escalating (July-June). EUROPE FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 11 Three hours that changed Johnson’s fate

Bloomberg key players in the Tory Party failed, leading to a much wider field than expected. Energy Minister Andrea May announces candidacy Leadsom was among those that Gove LONDON: In three hours yesterday had hoped Johnson could win to his morning, British politics was turned team, according to a person familiar AFP on its head. Again. with Gove’s thinking. After meeting The latest victim of the inferno Johnson, she decided to run against that has ripped through Westmin- him. LONDON: British Interior Minister ster for the past seven days was the “During the course of the last few Theresa May (pictured) announced man most responsible for getting the days, I’ve realized that while Boris her bid to succeed Prime Minister fire started: Boris Johnson (pictured), does have those very special abili- David Cameron yesterday, saying former mayor of London -- and, now, ties to communicate and to reach out, negotiations to leave the European former next prime minister of Britain. what he did not have was the capac- Union should not begin before the Johnson, who as a child wanted ity to build and to lead that team and end of the year. to be “World King,” had positioned to provide the leadership the country “I’ve invited you here today himself as the favourite to succeed needs,” Gove, 48, told the BBC. to announce my candidacy to David Cameron when he challenged to complete the Brexit process. those present was Dominic Raab, one Gove’s earlier announcement become leader of the Conserva- the premier by coming out for Brexit The meeting that decided his of Gove’s junior ministers, who was came just as Home Secretary Theresa tive Party and prime minister of in February. His energy and charisma fate took place just before 9am in the in the unfortunate position of hav- May was preparing her own 9:30am. the United Kingdom,” she said in a delivered victory -- and Cameron’s House of Commons office of Justice ing written a pro-Johnson op-ed for launch. It could not have been timed speech in London in which she also called for unity amid bitter rifts in the resignation. When he awoke today, Secretary Michael Gove. At the hast- that morning’s Sun newspaper, head- better for her. While the former allies Conservative Party. “Our country needs strong proven leadership to steer the deadline for declaring his candi- ily called gathering, Gove told about lined “Why Boris has the Heineken were knifing each other, unable to say us through this period of political and economic uncertainty,” she said, dacy to succeed his old schoolmate, 10 fellow members of Parliament he effect” -- a reference to the beer’s slo- what leaving the EU was going to look adding: “We need leadership that can unite our party and our country”. the path to 10 Downing Street was had no confidence in Johnson, whose gan that it “refreshes the parts other like, May appeared to announce, in May also stressed there should be no general election until 2020 and clear. By noon, he was out of the race. campaign he was supposed to be sup- beers cannot reach.” the words of Johnson’s biographer ruled out a second referendum. Instead, there’s a five-person con- porting that morning. The first public sign of trouble Andrew Gimson, that here was “the “Brexit means Brexit. The campaign was fought, the vote was held, test in which the two frontrunners “He told us he’d decided he was had come on Wednesday when an grown-up candidate.” With May up turnout was high and the public gave their verdict,” she said. were on opposite sides of the June 23 going to stand,” Culture Minister Ed e-mail to Gove from his wife Sarah and running, journalists strolled May spoke about invoking Article 50, the formal procedure for leaving referendum on whether to quit the Vaizey told reporters. “The closer we was leaked, urging him to seek “SPE- through the London sunshine to John- the EU, which Cameron has left for his successor to do. “Article 50 should European Union, the event that set got, the harder he thought about it. CIFIC assurances” in a meeting with son’s launch. It’s never a good sign if not be invoked before the end of the year,” she said. off the political earthquake whose Michael’s logic is that if he doesn’t Johnson and “be your stubborn best.” the first question everyone asks on Her main rival was widely expected to be charismatic MP Boris Johnson, aftershocks continue to hit. John- think Boris can do it, he’s got to step Gove says he’d lost confidence arrival is: “Is it still happening?” But with whom she has often clashed. May launched a thinly veiled attack on son’s downfall resulted from former up to the plate.” in Johnson since the Brexit vote. it’s a worse sign if the only answer is: the former London mayor and Leave campaigner during her announcement. allies’ doubts that he was competent The room was stunned. Among Efforts to get him to win over other “There’s tea and coffee over there.”

EU opens new chapter in Reading by the water Turkey membership talks Verdict on Austrian polls AFP including migration,” Koenders said. The decision was part of an EU due today agreement in March to speed up accession talks in return for Tur- VIENNA: Austria’s Con- BRUSSELS: The EU opened a new key helping to control the massive stitutional Court will rule negotiating chapter with Turkey inflow of migrants, mostly fleeing today on the far-right yesterday on its long-stalled bid for Syria, which overwhelmed the bloc Freedom Party’s chal- membership, a week after a British last year. lenge to the result of last vote to leave the EU in which it was Koenders told reporters the talks month’s presidential run- a major campaign issue. had begun with a minute’s silence in off election, which its The decision is part of the Euro- memory of the victims of the bomb candidate narrowly lost, a pean Union’s migrant deal with attacks on Istanbul airport which left court spokesman said. Ankara in which it also agreed to more than 40 dead, recalling a sim- Postal ballots swung boost aid to Turkey to cope with mil- ilar, Islamic State-claimed atrocity the election against Free- lions of refugees on its territory and in Brussels in March. dom Party candidate to speed up visa liberalisation. The membership talks have been Norbert Hofer, who would Muslim-majority Turkey for- stalled largely due to disagreements have been the first far- mally launched its membership bid over Turkey’s human rights record right head of state in the and since then the EU has opened 15 and there were tough exchanges European Union. He lost chapters out of the 35 required to join again yesterday. Koenders stressed Visitors sit under parasols and easy chairs as they read books during a bookshop promotion event to former Greens leader the bloc, although it has only com- Turkey must meet EU rights stand- called “Sea of Books” in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday. Alexander Van der Bellen pleted one. ards as all candidate countries by less than a percentage Britain’s bitterly-fought Brexit should. “As the EU, we also stressed point. referendum saw ‘Leave’ cam- the need for swift reform efforts, paigners jump on the Turkish especially in areas of the rule of law membership issue to back their claim and fundamental rights,” he said. Bastille Day: Turkey would be a massive source of “As a candidate country, nat- At least 10 women dead in migrants in the future. urally (there has to be) respect for Guests of honour “All EU member states have the highest standards of democracy agreed to open this chapter” on and rule of law.” The EU says it can- announced finance and budgetary affairs, said not grant Turkey visa-free travel if it Med migrant boat accident Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koend- does not curb the broad scope of its PARIS: Australia and New ers after chairing a meeting with his anti-terror laws, something Ankara Zealand will be France’s Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavu- says it cannot do as it battles Kurdish guests of honour at this soglu in Brussels. militants and other extremist groups. AFP the partially-submerged dinghy, all hundreds of corpses from a fishing year’s Bastille Day cele- “We stressed the importance “Of course the messages of con- of them women. It did not appear that boat which sank off Libya last year brations in recognition of of EU-Turkey relations, the EU and dolences and solidarity are always there had been any other casualties, in one of the worst maritime acci- their sacrifice in the 1916 Turkey working together on issues appreciated,” Cavusoglu said. a coastguard spokesman told AFP. dents in the Meditteranean since Battle of the Somme, offi- ROME: Ten women died yesterday in A total of 116 people were safely World War II. cials said yesterday. a new migrant boat accident in the picked up in a separate operation in The boat, in which more than Around 150 Australians Mediterranean, Italian authorities waters between Sicily and Libya on 700 people are feared to have died, and 85 New Zealanders said as they began the grisly evacu- Thursday. The coastguard said they was raised from the seabed on Mon- will take part in the tra- 22-year jail term for Serb leaders ation of hundreds of corpses from a did not expect more departures fol- day and towed to the Sicilian port ditional July 14 parade salvaged wreck. lowing a change in the weather. of Augusta. Italian Prime Minsiter down the Champs Elysees, AFP The latest tragedy occurred when More than 64,000 people have Matteo Renzi, who authorised the including Maori soldiers, a rubber dinghy packed with Afri- landed at Italian ports since the start salvage, said Thursday the horror of according to an aide to can migrants began taking on water of the year, most of them from sub- people being driven to their deaths the military governor of THE HAGUE: UN war crimes judges yesterday threw out an appeal by in rough seas about 20 miles off the Saharan Africa, according to a tally after being crammed onto a rickety Paris, Bruno Le Ray. two former top Bosnian Serb officials against their conviction, upholding coast of Libya. by the UN refugee agency which does ship had helped to change Europe’s a 22-year jail term imposed for their roles in “ethnic cleansing” during the An Italian coastguard patrol boat, not include the latest arrivals. approach to the migrant crisis. 1990s conflict. Mico Stanisic and Stojan Zupljanin had appealed against the the Diciotti, went to its aid and was Some 10,000 would-be emi- Navy officers told reporters Armenia ratifies 2013 sentence after they were convicted of leading a campaign to rid Bos- able to rescue 107 people (74 men, 34 grants to Europe have died in the that the wreck of the boat would nia of Muslims, Croats and other non-Serbs during the 1992-1995 conflict. women and two children) despite a Meditteranean since the current cri- be covered by a specially-designed defence system The two men were close associates of one-time Bosnian Serb leader 30-knot wind and a swell generat- sis erupted in 2013. The latest deaths refrigerated tent yesterday evening or Radovan Karadzic, who was found guilty in March on charges of war crimes ing two-metre waves. The rescuers came as Italian authorities prepared Friday morning, allowing the removal with Russia for his role in the fighting that killed more than 100,000 people. found ten corpses in the bottom of to begin removing the remains of of corpses to begin. YEREVAN: Armenia’s par- liament yesterday voted to ratify an Armenian-Rus- sian agreement to create Tony Blair in spotlight as report on Iraq war due to be published a joint air-defence sys- tem which opponents fear gives too much control to Reuters justification for military action in conclusion on the legal basis for going combat troops returned home, by involvement in the conflict itself, Moscow. which 179 British soldiers died, is a to war, with many Britons believing ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown to has cost well over $13.5m, and runs The new system will highly charged issue for many Brit- Blair deliberately misled the public, learn the lessons of the war and its to some 2.6m words in length, about enable the inclusion of ons, millions of whom opposed the an accusation he denies. aftermath. Public hearings, including three times the length of the Bible or the Russian Air Force’s LONDON: An official inquiry into invasion, and still overshadows for- The main reason given for the two appearances by Blair, ended in four times that of Leo Tolstoy’s epic full range of capabilities, Britain’s role in the Iraq War will eign policy. invasion - that Iraqi dictator Saddam 2011 but since then the writing of the novel “War and Peace”. including multifunc- finally deliver its findings next It also remains a divisive issue Hussein had weapons of mass report has been dogged by rows over One of the five members of the tion fighter jets, into joint Wednesday, seven years after it was for Blair’s Labour Party which has destruction - has been debunked the release of secret government files inquiry committee, historian Martin regional air defence. The set up, with attention firmly focused been plunged into crisis since Brit- after none was found. A spokesman and details of contacts between the Gilbert, died last year. The inquiry will Armenia-Russian air- on how far it will criticise former ain voted to leave the European Union for Blair declined to comment. British leader and the then US Pres- publish details of notes from Blair to defence agreement was Prime Minister Tony Blair. last week and the report’s publication The inquiry, headed by civil serv- ident George W. Bush. US President George W. Bush and signed in December 2015. Britain’s role in the 2003 US- is likely to reopen old wounds. One ant John Chilcot, was set up in July The inquiry has taken longer to quotes from more than 130 records led invasion of Iraq and Blair’s of the key issues will be the inquiry’s 2009, shortly after the last British complete than the British military of conversations. 12 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 AMERICAS

Trump questions Gender friendly Clinton’s meeting US hardens rules on fossil amid probe fuel production WASHINGTON: The Obama administration yesterday completed new “You see a thing like this. Even in rules for how energy com- terms of judgment. How bad a judg- panies value oil, gas and The meeting was ment is it for him or her to do this. coal extracted from fed- proof of his charge Who would do this?” Trump said. eral land in a reform Lynch, appointed to her position meant to protect taxpay- that the US political by Obama more than a year ago, said ers’ stake in those sales. system is “rigged” she did not discuss the email inves- The Interior Depart- tigation or other pending matters ment updated the in favour of political before the Justice Department with valuation rules that were elites: Trump Bill Clinton. first enacted in the 1980s “When I was landing at the air- and have not been signif- port, I did see President Clinton at icantly changed in over a Inmates dance at the mixed prison of Tulancingo, Hidalgo State, Mexico, yesterday. Men and women, the Phoenix airport as I was leav- decade. They were com- 549 in total, live together in common spaces at the prison. Reuters ing and he spoke to myself and my pleted Thursday after husband on the plane,” Lynch told four years of public reporters on Tuesday. engagement. “Our conversation was a great “These improvements WASHINGTON: Republican Donald deal about grandchildren. It was pri- were long overdue and Trump yesterday accused Bill Clin- marily social and about our travels. urgently needed to bet- ton and Attorney General Loretta He mentioned the golf he played in Canada may join Nato force to deter Russia ter align our regulatory Lynch of showing bad judgment by Phoenix and he mentioned travels framework with a 21st meeting at a time when the former he had to West Virginia...But there century energy market- president’s wife, Democratic presi- was no discussion of any matter ANatolia “Russia is not modernizing its Harjit Sajjan, the CBC reported. Cana- place, offering a simpler, dential candidate Hillary, is under pending for the Department or any military primarily to extend its dian media reports indicate that US smarter, market-oriented federal investigation. matter pending before any other capacity to pursue hybrid warfare,” President Barack Obama has been process,” Interior Secre- The private meeting took place body,” Lynch said. a 104-page report by CSIS opined. “It pressing Canada to join a four-coun- tary Sally Jewell said in a on Lynch’s plane after she landed in The Federal Bureau of Investiga- TRENTON: Canadian troops could is modernizing conventional military try, 4,000 strong Nato rapid response statement. Phoenix on Monday night and Bill tion is investigating Hillary Clinton soon join soldiers from the US, Ger- capability on a large scale; the state team. Clinton was leaving the airport after about her email use and has already many and Britain as part of a Nato is preparing for war.” The fear, based on the Crimea a rally he held for his wife earlier interviewed some of her aides. force to counter Russian aggression Just two days after the CSIS takeover by Russia, is a Russian that day. The investigation into whether in Eastern Europe, Canadian media warning was issued, Nato chief Jens encroachment into other countries US and Iceland Hillary Clinton is under an FBI laws were broken as a result of reported yesterday. Stoltenberg said he was pleased by such as Poland, the CBC reported. investigation for her use of a private the server kept in her New York The Canadian troops would join Canada’s contributions of fighter jets Next week, Canadian Prime Min- beef up email server when she was President home has overshadowed Clinton’s US soldiers in Latvia, while the Brit- and a frigate to patrol the Mediterra- ister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland Barack Obama’s first-term secretary campaign. ish would be stationed in Estonia and nean and Baltic seas, but that it could for a Nato Summit. defence deal of state. Obama is preparing to campaign the Germans in Lithuania, accord- do more in Eastern Europe. At some point before the meeting, Republican candidate Trump, with Hillary Clinton. They are to ing to the Globe and Mail newspaper. “We are very grateful for the he is expected to formally announce REYKJAVIK: Washington who was holding a town hall meeting appear together in Charlotte, North The expected deployment of contributions from Canada, which that Canadian troops will join their and Reykjavik have signed in Manchester, New Hampshire, yes- Carolina, next Tuesday. about 4,000 Nato troops on a rotat- we already received, but we would US, British and German counter- a deal authorising the terday, told conservative radio talk At the White House, spokesman ing basis comes amid a warning welcome more,” Stoltenberg told parts in the Nato rapid response occasional return of US show host Mike Gallagher that the Josh Earnest made clear that Obama earlier this month by the Canadian the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- force before. forces to Iceland -- a Nato meeting was proof of his charge that believes an impartial investigation Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) poration. He also made a personal The new mobile contingent of member with no military the US political system is “rigged” in is crucial and noted that Lynch had that the Russian military is gearing pitch for soldiers during a telephone 4,000 will be added to a 40,000-sol- of its own -- amid rising favour of political elites. said the conversation was benign. up for a fight. call to Canadian Minister of Defense dier contingent Nato has in the area. tensions with Moscow, Iceland’s foreign ministry said yesterday. “The security environ- ment in Europe, including Venezuela woes Detained sailors gave in the North Atlantic, has changed for the past 10 years and Icelandic and US authorities agree on much information: Navy the need to reflect this in a new declaration,” Ice- land’s Foreign Minister Reuters some, if not all, crew members pro- Lilja Alfredsdottir said in vided at least some information to a statement. The United interrogators beyond name, rank, States has guaranteed service number and date of birth,” Iceland’s defense since WASHINGTON: American sailors the report said. 1951 following an agree- who were detained by Iran in Janu- Indeed, some crew members told ment between the two ary gave away too much information the Iranians the capabilities of their countries. to their captors and were seized in vessels, and passwords to their per- the Gulf following a series of mis- sonal phones and laptops, the report steps by the crew and their superiors, said. Problems had plagued the mis- Argentina the US Navy said in a report yester- sion from the beginning. day. The commander of the crews’ passes tax The report said some of the 10 task force ordered the 250-nautical- People gather to buy food and other staple goods outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela, crew members, detained at gun- mile transit, the longest the crews amnesty plan yesterday. point January 12 by Iran’s Islamic had attempted, on short notice, Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and “severely underestimated” the BUENOS AIRES: Argenti- had revealed sensitive information, transit’s risks. “He lacked a ques- na’s Congress yesterday such as phone and laptop passwords, tioning attitude, failed to promote gave final approval to a to the Iranians. At the time of their a culture of safety, and disregarded measure aimed at increas- capture, an international incident appropriate backup from his staff ing tax revenue over Brazil conducts raid in railway probe that rattled nerves days before the and subordinate commands,” the the long-term by offer- implementation of a nuclear accord report said. ing temporary amnesty between Iran and world powers, the The report redacted names, but to holders of undeclared Reuters linked to corruption at oil projects. cartel was active since 2000 and sailors were in transit in two vessels the Navy last week identified the assets, part of President The probe, which started in Febru- might have involved up to 37 com- from Kuwait to Bahrain. commander of the boats’ task force Mauricio Macri’s effort to ary, is based on testimony from plea panies. The agency said there were Iran used the detentions for as Captain Kyle Moses and said he jumpstart the economy. and leniency deals with construc- strong signs that the builders col- propaganda purposes that kept the had been relieved of his command. The measure, BRASILIA: Brazil’s federal police tion firm Camargo Correa SA, one of luded to raise the price of key projects incident in the headlines for weeks The boats’ captains and crew did approved by a 56-11 yesterday raided the offices of at the targets of an investigation into such as the North-South railway, a afterward. not review or stick to their planned Senate vote, offers tax least 12 builders to seek evidence of price-fixing at state-run oil company long-delayed project that would ease The US Navy report blamed the course from the moment they left amnesty to residents who a cartel handling railway projects, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras. shipments of corn and soybeans. incident on poor planning, leaders port, the report said, and inadvert- hold undeclared funds antitrust watchdog Cade said. A spokeswoman for Andrade Police said in February that who did not properly consider risks, ently went through Saudi Arabian either abroad or in the Cade did not specify where the Gutierrez said the company would Camargo Correa admitted to brib- and complacency amid a lack of territorial waters before entering country. Once the funds raids were conducted but said police continue to collaborate with investi- ing the former president of state-run oversight and low morale. The report Iranian waters off the coast of Iran’s are declared they would suspected some of Brazil’s largest gations. OAS and Odebrecht declined Valec, which was responsible for cited the instance of one crew mem- Farsi Island in the Gulf. start being taxed, help- construction companies, including to comment. Representatives of building the railways. The confession ber revealing details to the Iranian At one point, the crew members ing Macri narrow the wide Odebrecht SA, OAS SA and Andrade Camargo Correa did not immediately was part of a settlement with prose- interrogators such as the top speed did not realize they were near Farsi fiscal deficit he inherited Gutierrez SA, were active mem- respond to requests for comment. cutors last year in which it agreed to of his vessel and that it conducted Island because they did not zoom from his predecessor. bers of the cartel. All have been According to Cade, the railway pay more than 800m reais. “presence” missions.“It is clear that into their navigation system’s map. Human smugglers hail Uber drivers to take migrants to US-Mexico border

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ONLINE CHART BUST A little butter a On a stroll www.thepeninsulaqatar.com day may not harm your heart MOST READ IANS Litany of errors led to Taiwan air 1 crash: report NEW YORK: Consuming butter in lim- Ten killed in jihadist suicide bomb- ited quantities may not increase the risk 2 ing in Cameroon: security source of heart disease or stroke — and it might actually be slightly protective against dia- At least 18 killed by a roadside betes, finds a new study. 3 bomb in Somalia The findings showed that patients suf- fering from heart problems or any related chronic diseases have no cause to worry as the increase in risk due to butter con- TWEET OF THE DAY sumption was extremely small. Butter has been found as a healthier choice in comparison to sugar and starch- enriched food like white bread or potatoes. However, butter when spread on unhealthy foods like white bread may increase the risk of diabetes as well as cardiovascular diseases. “Our results suggest that butter should neither be demonised nor considered Elephant Maja of Circus Busch on his daily walk with Circus ringmaster Hardy Scholl (right) on the ‘back’ as a route to good health,” said Dar- iush Mozaffarian, Associate Professor at streets in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. Tufts University in the US. On the other hand, consuming marga- rine and cooking oils rich in healthy fats such as soybean, canola, flaxseed and extra virgin olive oils are likely to lower the risks com- pared to butter or refined grains. Oscars organisers invite women “Even though people who eat more butter generally have worse diets and lifestyles, it seemed to be pretty neutral INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY overall,” said Laura Pimpin, Data Analyst and minorities in diversity push at the UK Health Forum -- a charitable A boy jug- health organisation, while adding that but- gles with a ter was a “middle of the road” food. football after The study published in PLOS ONE, AFP acting categories at this year’s Oscars or she has “demonstrated exceptional a sculpture found mostly small or insignificant asso- were white for the second year run- achievement in the field of theatrical of Argenti- ciations of each daily serving of butter ning, prompting calls to boycott the motion pictures.” Members typically na’s forward with total mortality, cardiovascular dis- glitzy event and an angry social join one of the Academy’s 17 branches Lionel Messi in ease and diabetes. LOS ANGELES: Almost half the 683 media backlash under the hashtag that award the coveted golden statu- Buenos Aires, “More research is needed to better people invited this year to join the #OscarsSoWhite. ettes every year. Argentina. understand the observed potential lower organisation that bestows the Oscars “This class continues our long- Beginning this year, voting sta- AFP /JUAN risk of diabetes, which has also been sug- are women and nearly as many peo- term commitment to welcoming tus for all new members will last just MABROMATA gested in some other studies of dairy fat,” ple of colour, the body announced on extraordinary talent reflective of 10 years, to be renewed only if they the researchers noted. Wednesday in a bid to honour its vow those working in film today,” Acad- have been active in movies during to push for more diversity. emy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs that time. While many in the indus- The record number of invitees said. “We encourage the larger cre- try hailed the Academy’s push to include rising young stars John ative community to open its doors increase diversity among its mem- Boyega of “Star Wars” and “Harry wider, and create opportunities for bers on Wednesday, others also Jazz legends descend on Montreux Potter” actress Emma Watson, Swed- anyone interested in working in this questioned whether all those invited ish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and incredible and storied industry.” deserved the honour. musician Mary J. Blige, the Academy Provided most of those invited “Some are widely known and AFP of the music and to have those two bring in some, as we say in Jamaica, of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year agree to join, the Academy’s unquestionably talented, but their guys loving Montreux, helping us yard roots rhythm and get people to said in a statement. membership demographic will begin achievements in the film realm, as celebrating the 50th, it is certainly groove too,” the 72-year-old said. Of the class of 2016 — which also to change from mainly white, male opposed to other media, seem lack- one of the most beautiful gifts that I Lloyd, 78, who primarily plays includes Indian-Canadian direc- and for the most part over the age ing,” Scott Feinberg, an awards MONTREUX: Two of the world’s could expect,” festival chief Mathieu tenor saxophone and flute, also said tor Deepa Mehta, Belgian-Kurdish of 60. But it will take time to funda- analyst for the entertainment mag- greatest jazz musicians opened the Jaton said ahead of the concerts, as he was looking forward to Thursday’s filmmaker Sahim Omar Kalifa, Ira- mentally diversify the organisation’s azine The Hollywood Reporter wrote. star-studded 50th edition of the Mon- all around him staff rushed to make concert. “I’m doing this because I love nian director Abbas Kiarostami and 6,000-plus voting members. He pointed to Tina Fey, of the iconic treux Jazz Festival yesterday, with the final preparations for the annual it, and it gives me something, and it French director Catherine Breillat — Male membership, currently at 75 comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” big names such as Neil Young and influx of music lovers. is about inspiration and consolation, 283 are identified as international percent, would slip to 73 percent if all and America Ferrera of the TV com- PJ Harvey also set to perform at this Earlier, with the sun glimmering and the world we live in I feel could members representing 59 countries. this year’s invitees join, the Academy edy series “Ugly Betty.” Feinberg also year’s anniversary event. on nearby Lake Geneva, Alexander use that, so I want to share that with The new invitees are 46 per- said. White members, who make up questioned the wisdom of inviting Legendary American jazz musi- and his band gathered for a sound others,” he said. cent female and 41 percent ethnic 92 percent, would thin to 89 percent. younger talents who have little pro- cian Charles Lloyd, who headlined the check in the dark interior of Mon- While the opening night will be minorities, the Academy said, add- The Academy’s board of gover- fessional experience and others who first festival in the idyllic Swiss town of treux’s old Casino, the festival’s all about jazz, the Montreux festi- ing that the roster boasts 28 Oscar nors has vowed to double the number have made movies that would never Montreux in 1967, kicked off the two- original home. With a broad smile, val long ago drastically expanded it winners and 98 nominees.The young- of female and ethnic minority mem- be considered for an Academy Award. week celebration of music alongside the Jamaican-born musician sat repertoire, becoming a magnet for est invitee is 24 and the oldest 91. bers by 2020. The average age of its “True, a little bit of progress is bet- fabled jazz pianist Monty Alexander, down at his grand piano and let his prominent names and rising stars The new list follows scathing criti- members is 63, the organization told ter than no progress,” he wrote. “But I’m who first played Montreux in 1976. fingers fly. “I will be bringing it. Not across music genres. This year’s main cism about a lack of diversity in the AFP earlier this year. not convinced that an Academy with “It’s very emotional, because just the straight ahead so-called attraction is perhaps folk rock icon Academy’s ranks and among Oscar Each candidate must be put for- more diverse but less qualified mem- those two guys are part of the history classic version, but I’m going to Neil Young. winners. All 20 nominees in the main ward by two members who believe he bers is a better Academy.” Golden age Hollywood starlet Olivia de Havilland turns 100

AFP fiery Scarlett O’Hara, played by Leigh, opposite swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn first Oscar for her portrayal of Jody Norris led to de Havilland’s first Oscar nod for in “Captain Blood” later the same year, and in “To Each His Own”, in an edgier role as best supporting actress. But she lost out their on-screen chemistry persuaded stu- an unmarried mother and her heartbreak- to co-star Hattie McDaniel, who played dio bosses to cast her alongside Flynn in ing struggle to stay near to the child she PARIS: Screen legend Olivia de Havilland, the character of Mammy and became the seven other movies. could never acknowledge. who turns 100 today, is the last surviv- first African-American to win an Acad- De Havilland incurred the wrath of the She won her second Academy Award ing star from “Gone with the Wind” and emy Award. bosses at Warner Bros., who at that time for playing the socially inept spinster Cath- one of the last great stars of Hollywood’s The film sealed De Havilland’s reputa- effectively owned their stars, by rejecting erine Sloper in “The Heiress” in 1949. bygone golden era. tion as one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies, script after script. In what was a shocking In a real-life Hollywood drama, De The two-time Oscar winner and five- but with her doe-eyed looks she soon felt move for the era, she sued the studios to be Havilland was estranged for many years time Academy Award nominee came to frustrated at the roles she was offered, fear- released from her seven-year contract and from her sister Joan Fontaine, her junior embody the elegant glamour of the silver ful of being typecast as a sweet, innocent won, in a far-reaching 1945 ruling which by a year and a screen legend in her own screen in the 1930s and 1940s. young thing. “Playing a good girl was diffi- gave actors the right to choose their own right. But she also made waves with a land- cult in the 30s, when the fad was to play bad roles and career paths. Neither actress has ever spoken pub- mark legal battle against the Hollywood girls,” she once said in an interview. “Actu- It is still known as the De Havilland licly about their feud, but in 1941 De studios and a secret feud with her equally ally, I think playing bad girls is a bore. I have law, and the actress once said of it: “I was Havilland lost out on an Oscar for her famous sister, Joan Fontaine. always had more luck with good girl roles very proud of that decision, for it corrected lead performance as Emmy Brown in The 1939 box-office blockbuster “Gone because they require more from an actress.” a serious abuse of the contract system... No “Hold Back the Dawn” to Fontaine, who with the Wind” brought de Havilland wide Her screen debut had come as Her- one thought I would win, but I did.” Dur- picked up the statuette for Alfred Hitch- This file photo taken on January 1, 1939 shows US acclaim for her role as the noble, long-suf- mia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in ing her court case, she was blacklisted for cock’s “Suspicion”. actress Olivia de Havilland playing as Melanie Wilkes, fering Melanie, starring opposite Vivien 1935 after director Max Reinhardt spot- three years and unable to work, but her The sisters remain the only siblings in in a scene from the 1939 Hollywood epic film,”Gone Leigh and Clark Gable in the US Civil War ted her in a local theatre production of legal victory kickstarted her career. Oscar history to have both won lead act- With the Wind”. epic. Her performance as love rival to the the play. She won accolades for her role The following year in 1946 she won her ing honours. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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Qatargas to increase supply of LNG to Pakistan

Under the terms of the agreement, Qatargas will supply 1.3 million tonnes per annum of LNG to Pakistan for 20 years, with provisions allowing the volume to increase to 2.3 million tonnes per Saad Sherida Al Kaabi (left), Chairman of Qatargas Board of Directors, annum. and Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chief Executive Officer of Qatargas.

tonnes per annum of LNG to Pakistan said:“We are proud to support coun- for 20 years, with provisions allowing tries in their desire to enhance their The Peninsula the volume to increase to 2.3 million energy security. This new agreement tonnes per annum. reinforces our confidence in Paki- The LNG will be supplied from stan as an energy market and in its Qatargas 2, the world’s first fully potential. Qatar, as the world’s larg- DOHA: Qatargas, the world’s larg- integrated LNG value chain ven- est exporter of LNG, has been able to est producer of Liquefied Natural Gas ture, with the first cargo expected to achieve its strategic objectiveto diver- (LNG), yesterday announced a long- be delivered to Pakistan in 2018 by sify its export base to include major term Sale and Purchase Agreement Qatargas-chartered Q-Flex vessels. gas markets,and to be a leader in the Executive Officer of Qatargas, said: to grow as an important market in Pakistan.” Qatargas 2, a joint venture (SPA) with Global Energy Infrastruc- Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, Chair- supply of a clean energy source that “Qatargas is delighted to announce a the LNG industry. I would also like to between Qatar Petroleum, ExxonMo- ture Limited (GEIL) to meet the growing man of Qatargas Board of Directors, will help reduce greenhouse gas emis- 20-year deal with GEILfor the supply welcome GEILto Qatargas’ expanding bil and Total which started production appetite of clean energy in Pakistan. reaffirmed the commitment of sions and protect the environment.” of LNG into Pakistan. I am particularly client portfolio, and I look forward to in 2009, is committed to reliable sup- Under the terms of the agree- Qatargas to provide clean and reli- Commenting on the newly signed pleased to strengthen our relation- our respective teams working together plies of clean, safe and highly efficient ment, Qatargas will supply 1.3 million able energy to customers. Al Kaabi deal, Khalid bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chief ship with Pakistan, which continues as we safely and reliably supply LNG to source of energy.

Honda scooter yard Mideast funds turn more positive on bonds post-Brexit vote

Reuters Jamal, managing director of capital “We expect GCC markets to markets at Abu Dhabi’s Waha Capital, remain challenging this year as com- said the direct impact on economies panies try to cope with rising risk DUBAI: Middle East fund managers and earnings would be “negligible”. premiums due to global uncertainty, have become more positive towards Indirectly, Brexit could slow trade and face earnings challenges due to fixed income after Britain’s vote last with the EU, affect banks which rely slowing economic growth and rising week to leave the European Union, on cross-border financing, and raise cost structures,” said Sachin Mohin- while they remain cautious on equi- risk premiums globally, he said. But dra, portfolio manager at Invest AD ties, a monthly Reuters poll showed. he added: “We see any major cor- in the UAE. The poll of 14 leading fund man- rection in regional equities, in the Managers are more bearish agers, conducted over the last five context of Brexit and given the lim- towards Egypt, fearing an unexpect- days, shows 29 percent expect to ited impact on earnings, as a buying edly large interest rate hike there in increase their allocations to fixed opportunity. mid-June could be followed by more income in the next three months and “On the positive side, Brexit also tightening to fight inflation. Black An Indian employee checks Honda Activa scooters at the stock yard before delivery to different none to reduce them. Last month, 29 results in a flight to safety that will market prices show a risk of more locations, at the second assembly line of Honda’s fourth plant in India at Vithalapur, some 80km from percent anticipated increasing allo- put a cap on US rates and induce currency depreciation. Ahmedabad. The second assembly line was inaugurated on June 29 by Keita Muramatsu, president cations and 14 percent cutting them. more accommodative policies from Seven percent now expect to raise and CEO of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI). Many managers said the Brexit central banks, both of which should equity allocations to Egypt and 36 vote had reduced the likelihood of be supportive for emerging market percent to cut them; last month, the significant US monetary tightening assets.” ratios were 7 percent and 21 percent. this year. Nevertheless, the latest Reuters Within a regional equities port- And while bond supply from the poll shows caution towards Mid- folio, however, managers have Gulf is ballooning as governments dle East equities. Only 7 percent of become more positive on balance Opec oil output hits record high in June issue debt to cover budget deficits, respondents expect to increase their towards Saudi Arabia after the gov- and state-linked companies are allocations to regional equities and ernment announced in early June forced to raise funds from capital the same proportion to cut them; last details of a National Transforma- Reuters to $50 a barrel reduces the urgency “We could see a slight supply markets instead of relying on govern- month, the ratios were 14 percent and tion Plan to wean the economy off to prop up the market. Supply from deficit - it depends on further devel- ment money, most managers think 21 percent. oil exports. This is expected to create the Organisation of the Petroleum opment of unplanned outages,” said international markets can absorb the Funds have become less posi- more opportunities for the private LONDON: Opec’s oil output has Exporting Countries has risen to Carsten Fritsch, analyst at Commer- supply comfortably for now. tive towards UAE markets, where 14 sector. risen in June to its highest in recent 32.82 million barrels per day (b/d) this bank in Frankfurt. “The odds of a Fed interest rate percent expect to raise allocations Twenty-nine percent now expect history, a Reuters survey found month, from a revised 32.57m b/d in Opec’s June output exceeds Jan- hike in 2016 are plummeting and and the same ratio to cut them. Last to raise Saudi equity allocations and yesterday, as Nigeria’s oil industry May, the survey based on shipping uary’s 32.65m b/d, when Indonesia’s with oil prices holding firm around month, bulls outnumbered bears 36 7 percent to reduce them, compared partially recovers from militant data and information from industry return as an Opec member boosted $50 levels, we expect an improved percent to 7 percent. to 29 percent and 21 percent in the attacks and Iran and Gulf mem- sources found. production and output from the other fixed income market in the sec- Economic growth in the Gulf is last poll. bers boost supplies. That June output figure would be 12 members was the highest in Reu- ond half of the year,” said Bader slowing because of governments’ “We like the recently announced Higher supply from major Middle less than the average demand Opec ters survey records, starting in 1997. Al Ghanim, head of regional asset austerity policies and tightening NTP in Saudi Arabia and feel that a East producers except Iraq under- expects for its crude in the third Supply has surged since Opec aban- management at Kuwait’s Global liquidity in banking systems, and number of companies are well-posi- lines their focus on market share. quarter, suggesting demand could doned in 2014 its historic role of Investment House. although the UAE is believed to be tioned to benefit from the expected Talks in April between producers on exceed supply in coming months if cutting supply to prop up prices. The Many managers said Middle East- better able than most countries to structural change in the kingdom’s freezing output failed and have not Opec does not pump more than cur- biggest increase in June of 150,000 ern equities were coping well with cope with the slowdown, corporate economy over the medium term,” been revived as a recovery in prices rent levels. b/d came from Nigeria. the prospect of Brexit. Mohamed El earnings will be affected. said Mohindra. 18 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 BUSINESS Outages to balance Indonesia tax amnesty plan oil market: Poll

Economic crisis is expected to outages caused by Canadian wildfires worsen in Venezuela, hitting its oil would virtually end by September. A survey of 27 production, with refineries and ports Norwegian supply could be hit economists and suffering due to shortages and equip- by a threatened workers’ strike, ment failures. however. analysts forecast “Venezuela is a progressively Brent crude was down 88 cents a Brent crude will growing risk for the oil market as barrel at $49.73 as of 1242 GMT, hav- average $45.20 domestic unrest may translate into ing risen in the two previous sessions. large-scale production outages, U.S. crude was down $1.02 to $48.86. per barrel in 2016, removing substantial volumes from “Supply is gradually improving in up $1.60 from last the oil market,” said Giorgos Beleris, Canada, although in Norway we still analyst at Thomson Reuters’ Oil have some risk,” said Olivier Jakob month’s poll. Research and Forecasts. of Petromatrix, who added a weak Oil markets have been heavily gasoline refining margin was weigh- oversupplied for the last two years ing on crude. with inventories at record highs, but “I don’t think the case is there Reuters the global glut has begun to ease and for $30 oil, but to go to $60 you need demand is widely expected to exceed to see stronger support from the Vehicles commute on a road during afternoon rush hour in Jakarta yesterday. Indonesia launched a supply during the second half of this (refined)products.” tax amnesty in a bid to give Southeast Asia’s top economy a multibillion-dollar boost, defying criticism LONDON: A string of unforeseen year. But analysts remain cautious. Brent has risen by 85 percent the move will let evaders off the hook. events have reduced oil supply, help- Surprisingly robust US shale output, since reaching a 12-year low in Janu- ing to rebalance the world oil market rising Iranian oil production and eco- ary, supported by expectations that a and push price forecasts higher over nomic turbulence could all disrupt glut that has been weighing on prices the last month, a Reuters poll showed any supply-demand equilibrium. since 2014 would start to ease and yesterday. Few economists see long-term by unplanned losses from Canada Wildfires in Canada, attacks on impact on oil from Britain’s vote to to Nigeria. Philippine pipelines by rebels in Nigeria and leave the European Union. Oil prices “We have a large overhang of Top banker: Brexit could economic crisis in Venezuela have tumbled by around 5 percent on Fri- surplus stock to work off and that Airlines income helped cut global oil production by day but have since recovered from will take some time as well. I’d more than 2 million barrels per day the initial shock, aided by a potential imagine that over time you will see jumps more (bpd) over the last few weeks. oil workers strike in Norway. more upward pressure than down- spark economic crisis A survey of 27 economists and Brent futures are expected to ward pressure on prices,” said Royal than six-fold analysts forecast Brent crude will average $58.20 per barrel in 2017, ris- Dutch Shell’s chief executive Ben van average $45.20 per barrel in 2016, ing to $65.20 in 2018, the Reuters poll Beurden. AFP up $1.60 from last month’s poll. showed. The survey forecast US WTI Nonetheless, the return of some AFP This is the fourth straight upward crude futures would average $43.90 of that oil and concern over a slowing revision in forecasts for the North Sea a barrel in 2016, up $1.90 from last economy, compounded by Britain’s LONDON: Britain’s shock EU with- crude benchmark, which has aver- month’s poll. US crude oil has aver- vote to leave the European Union, are drawal could cause an economic MANILA: Once-troubled flag- aged $41.13 per barrel so far this year. aged $39.70 this year so far. weighing near-term, analysts said. crisis, a top banker warned yes- carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) “We see Nigeria as a national Raymond James had the high- Adding to economic concerns, terday, adding it was “far from yesterday announced a 560 per- political situation which is helping the est 2016 Brent forecast at $53.20 per industrial output in Asia’s second- certain” London would secure its cent jump in its “comprehensive market rebalance even faster than barrel, while Credit Suisse had the largest economy, Japan, slid in May exit demands in Brussels. income” for 2015, signalling a we’ve predicted before,” said Ray- lowest at $37.80. at the fastest rate in three months to “This is a political crisis that has remarkable recovery after a huge mond James analyst Luana Siegfried. Meanwhile, oil fell below $50 a its lowest level since June 2013. the potential to create an economic loss in the fiscal year 2013. “Even if further attacks can be barrel yesterday, pressured by higher On the supply front, oil produc- one,” said John McFarlane (pic- Low fuel prices and an prevented this summer, Nigeria’s pro- Nigerian output and concern about tion in Nigeria has risen to about 1.9 tured), chairman of Barclays bank increase in destinations and duction has still averaged a 60,000 the economic outlook following million barrels per day (bpd) from 1.6 and head of finance lobbyists TheC- aircraft numbers boosted “com- bpd annual decline over the past five Britain’s vote to leave the European million, due to repairs and a lack of ityUK. “Unlike the previous crisis, prehensive income” to $134.42 years, and the fall-off could accel- Union last week. Returning Nigerian new major attacks on pipelines in the in this instance, the City does not financial services firms to operate million for the period, the airline erate with limited drilling activity,” supply will put pressure on prices, Delta region, the state oil company bear the accountability,” he added across the bloc. said in a statement. Siegfried said. Goldman Sachs said, adding that said on Monday. in reference to the 2008-2009 glo- On June 23, Britons voted 52 Comprehensive income refers bal banking crisis. percent to 48 percent in favour of to the airline’s net profit and other “We have experienced an exog- leaving the EU after four decades as sources of income, a PAL statement enous shock, and have acquitted a member. The shock result — which said. It did not provide a specific ourselves admirably.” McFarlane confounded opinion polls that had breakdown. KG Group to construct residential building said the financial sector wanted the indicated a Remain win — sparked “Carefully calibrated route and British government to secure single turmoil in global financial markets fleet expansion programmes were market access in the exit talks, while and sent the pound collapsing to a augmented by low fuel prices that it also wanted the ability to employ 31-year low against the dollar. enabled us to tap the industry’s talented workers from Europe and “We went to bed on Thursday growth momentum,” the state- the rest of the world. being assured by the markets that ment quoted PAL president Jaime Some restrictions on the free by the morning it would be business Bautista as saying. movement of people were likely, he as usual, but woke to find that the PAL swung into an $20.38 mil- added. “While it is perfectly under- UK suddenly saw its future outside lion “comprehensive income” in standable that it will take time for of Europe,” added McFarlane. fiscal year 2014 from an $229.71 the country to find its feet, we do “Make no bones about it, this million loss in 2013, it said. urgently need stable, effective and has been a serious geopolitical and PAL switched from an April- inspirational political leadership economic shock that requires a coor- March fiscal year in 2015 to one to steer the way forward,” noted dinated response. “We now must following the calendar year of McFarlane in a speech to TheCity- build a new international model January to December, the airline UK’s annual gathering in London. for the UK, naturally looking glo- added. The previous three years “Unfortunately it is far from cer- bally, but nevertheless retaining a had been difficult for PAL as it tain what we might be able to secure strategic, but possibly different, part- grappled with industrial unrest, in our discussions with the EU. “It nership with the EU.” surging fuel prices, major natu- is nevertheless important for us to Meanwhile, Britain’s economic ral disasters in key international understand what options exist and to growth slowed in the first quarter and domestic markets, and robust plan prudently for all contingencies.” from the previous three months, competition. EU leaders had meanwhile official data confirmed Thursday, agreed Wednesday that Britain can- as business investment faltered on A contract signing ceremony was held between Mohammed Misnad Saad Misnad Al Misned Owner and not have “a la carte” single market uncertainty before the Brexit ref- Gold set for best Mohammad Idrees Anwar, CEO Al Khayarin Group for the construction of residential building (B+G+7) access after leaving the union— erendum. Gross domestic product recently. The building located in Al Sadd area would be constructed after demolishing existing building. without accepting the bloc’s rules (GDP) grew 0.4 percent, the Office month since The awarded contract is for demolition, construction, completion & maintenance of building to be on free movement. City bank- for National Statistics (ONS) said in a February located in Al Sadd areas. The building contains residential flats of various configurations including ers are anxious that they will lose final estimate for the period between basement for car parking, swimming pool & gym with all modern facilities. their so-called “passporting” rights January and March, ahead of the that currently allow London-based June 23 EU membership vote. Reuters

LONDON: Gold steadied yester- Singapore bank halts London mortgage loans after Brexit day as the other markets showed signs of stabilising, but remained on track for its biggest monthly rise since February in the wake of last Reuters said in an email. “Given the uncer- were still available, as did Malaysian to London property market, but we Moody’s Investors Service on week’s vote in Britain on quitting tainties, we need to ensure our lender CIMB and Hong Kong’s Bank believe the risks are manageable at Thursday revised the outlook on the European Union. customers are cautious with their of East Asia. this stage,” Li said. Singapore’s banks to negative from Shares, bonds and curren- SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: United London property investments”. “For customers interested in buy- JLL, a global real-estate consul- stable. This reflected the “weaker cies plunged on Friday after the Overseas Bank (UOB) became Singa- While UOB’s move is a first, vol- ing properties in London, we would tancy, said there were 1.3 million operating conditions” against the British referendum sent inves- pore’s first lender to temporarily halt atility and uncertainty since the June advise them to assess the situation residential transactions in 2015 in backdrop of softer regional economic tors scurrying for the perceived mortgage loans for London properties, 23 vote about Britain’s economic pros- carefully before committing to their London. In a typical year, overseas and trade growth, Moody’s Vice Presi- safety of gold, which leapt to its as other Asian banks flagged poten- pects has encouraged many Asian purchases as there could be potential investors in London make up about 15 dent and Senior Credit Officer Eugene highest in nearly two years at tial investment risks in the wake of banks to flag potential risks of Lon- foreign exchange and sovereign risks,” per cent of new transactions, a per- Tarzimanov said. Property con- $1,358.20 an ounce. Britain’s vote to leave the European don property dealings to customers. Tok Geok Peng, executive director of centage that rises to up to 40 per cent sultants say data on the number of But the immediate market Union. The Singaporean dollar has gained secured lending, consumer banking in central zones of the British capital. properties purchased by Singaporeans flurry over the vote settled on Brexit has spooked global markets 10 percent against the pound since group at DBS Bank said in an email. “Singapore is one of the most in Britain is not tracked that closely. Thursday, with European stocks and pushed the pound to multi-year the referendum, eroding the value of OCBC meanwhile said it was important markets for London resi- Banks do not disclose lending data for and the pound holding on to a lows, sparking worries about the assets held in Britain. monitoring the situation carefully. dential property,” said Adam Challis, British property purchases. third day of gains. Spot gold was at health of a London property market A raft of Asia’s lenders said on At Bank of East Asia, deputy chief Head of Residential Research, JLL UK. “There have been London prop- $1,318.71 an ounce at 1330 GMT, lit- that has previously attracted huge Thursday they were issuing remind- executive officer Brian Li told Reuters, It did not provide a breakdown of erties available for the last few tle changed from $1,318.51 late on interest from Asian investors seek- ers to clients of the risks, though “We will continue to provide mort- transactions by Singaporean buyers. months before the Brexit. The ques- Wednesday, while U.S. gold futures ing stable returns. they were still offering loans for gage loans to our clients, though we Other risks for Singaporean banks tion is whether these properties can for August delivery were down 0.4 “We will temporarily stop receiv- London properties. Singapore’s top are warning our customers of the have been exacerbated in recent still continue to receive buyers in the percent at $1,321.50. ing foreign property loan applications two lenders - DBS Group Holdings increased risks arising due to vola- months by an economic slowdown short-term,” said Alice Tan, head of Gold remains up 8.6 percent for London properties,” a spokes- Ltd and Oversea-Chinese Banking tility in financial markets.” in Asia and rising bad debts in energy- consultancy and research at Knight this month, and is on track for a woman for Singapore’s No. 3 lender Corp - said London mortgage loans “We have a reasonable exposure related industries. Frank Singapore. second straight quarterly gain. BUSINESS FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 9,885.22 0.08 % QE Total Return Index 15,993.64 0.08 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,822.31 0.09 % QE All Share Index 2,749.89 0.04 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,666.32 0.17 % QE All Share Industrials 3,021.9 0.11 % QE All Share Transportation 2,470.92 0.02 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,488.67 0.49 % QE All Share Insurance 4,070.8 0.15 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,099.85 0.44 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,408.48 0.61 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 30-06-2016 Today 29-06-2016 Previous day Index 9,885.22 9,877.75 Change 7.47 9.81 % 0.08 0.10 YTD% 5.22 5.29 Volume 4,117,149 2,870,569 Value (QAR) 149,498,706.88 95,193,260.31 Trades 2,545 1,750 Up 27 | Down 08| Unchanged 07

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5310.405 89.397 1.71 5489.8 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4213.81 18.49 0.44 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 17694.68 284.96 1.64 18167.6 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 20794.37 358.25 1.75 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 5614.72 26.18 0.47 6791.68 5286.65 Karachi 100 In/D 37783.54 -3.03 -0.01 39039.67 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 15575.92 9.09 0.06 18951.12 14864.01 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2132.82 1810.1

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Colgate-A/D 918.7 9.65 36235 Jagson Phar-B/D 43.6 2.5 97172 Orient.Carb.-T/D 564 -20.05 5456 Rsa Insrance G/D 480.2 4.2 1101244 The Saudi index gave up modest early gains to close Container Cor-/D 1429.75 -18.1 22318 Jamnaauto-B/D 174.1 1.9 55404 Orient.Carb.-T/D 564 -20.05 5456 Sainsbury(J)/D 227.2606 -2.6 3651892 flat although the petrochemical sector was firm after Dai-Tichi Kar-/D 367 2.1 5274 Jbf Indu-B/D 215.3 -0.25 25743 Oudh Sugar-B/D 130.95 5.45 100232 Schroders/D 2307 53 263269 oil prices jumped overnight. The sector’s index climbed Dcm Shram Ind-/D 168.15 -2.9 13646 Jct Ltd-B/D 5.16 -0.06 1275672 Punjab Chem.-B/D 204.7 -0.7 9654 Severn Trent/D 2383 7 296224 0.4 percent. Dhampur Sugar-/D 121.35 0.9 428409 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 8.14 -0.28 20538 Radico Khait-B/D 93 0.05 656410 Smith&Nephew/D 1233 -2 987897 In a sign of market caution, L’azurde Company for Dr. Reddy-A/D 3383.5 110.55 36379 Jik Indust-B/D 0.59 -0.03 17050 Rallis India-A/D 220.8 0.8 69164 Smiths Group/D 1123 23 711745 Jewellery , which had risen 7.6 percent when it listed E I H-B/D 113.5 1.9 12651 Jindal Drill-B/D 171.35 -2.35 8353 Rallis India-A/D 220.8 0.8 69164 Standrd Chart /D 556.9 -0.4 5370315 on Wednesday, fell back 6.5 percent. E.I.D Parry-A/D 252.05 9 131350 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 89.6 0 172600 Reliance Indus/D 433.1 8.15 235711 Tate & Lyle/D 655.5 -15 1035663 In the past, most newly listed Saudi stocks have Eicher Motor-A/D 19100 -10.45 1662 Jmc Projects-T/D 262.8 9.55 8998 Ruchi Soya-B/D 22.55 -0.35 79498 Tesco/D 172.85 2.15 16097779 risen sharply for several days, but L’azurde is a play on Eimco Elecon-T/D 385 7.15 1425 Kabra Extr-B/D 109.25 3.45 16900 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 658.35 4.4 40516 Unilever/D 3484.5 35 1256589 the Saudi retail sector, where consumers’ discretionary Electrosteel-B/D 18.45 0.2 114784 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1197 9.15 2192 Salora Inter-B/D 44.5 1.8 14101 United Util Gr/D 1016 0 829927 income has been squeezed by an economic slowdown Emco-B/D 26.5 0 12416 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 476.4 22.65 38904 Saur.Cem-B/D 70 -1.55 124530 Vodafone Group/D 221.25 -1.35 28899475 caused by government austerity steps. Escorts Fin-B/D 4.74 -0.02 30738 Kalpat Power-B/D 255.5 -1.95 4053 Sterling Tool-/D 500 -2.95 1236 Whitbread/D 3470 -97 725984 A monthly poll of 14 leading Middle East fund man- agers, published on Thursday, found them cautious on regional equities in general because of slowing econ- omies and the impact of government cost-cutting on corporate profits. Europe’s banking system to be severely tested: Soros Only 7 percent of respondents expected to increase their allocations to Middle East equities in the next three months and the same proportion anticipated cutting allocations. Bloomberg it from the European Exchange The UK’s decision meant “the effective response: having a euro- Nevertheless, UAE markets rose in late trade on Rate Mechanism. He has warned hypothetical became very real,” zone budget that could adopt Thursday with Dubai’s index gaining 1.2 percent in that a hard landing in China is Soros said on Thursday. “Sterling counter-cyclical policies.” thin turnover. Dubai Islamic Bank added 1.8 percent LONDON: Britain’s decision to “practically unavoidable,” argu- plunged, Scotland threatened Describing the actions of and Emirates NBD, the biggest lender, rose by the same leave the European Union has ing that its debt-fueled economy to break away, and some of the former Federal Reserve Governor margin. “unleashed” a crisis in finan- resembles the US at the onset of working people who supported Ben Bernanke during the finan- Abu Dhabi’s index jumped 1.8 percent, buoyed by a cial markets similar to the global the financial crisis. the ‘Leave’ campaign have started cial crisis as the “right approach,” 5.0 percent rise in First Gulf Bank and a 3.8 percent gain financial crisis of 2007 and 2008, Continental Europe’s bank- to realize the bleak future that Soros said Europe is in a “defla- by National Bank of Abu Dhabi. The banks announced George Soros (pictured) told the ing system hasn’t recovered from both the country and they person- tionary trap”. “Here you are caught earlier this month that they were in merger talks with European Parliament in Brussels. the financial crisis and will now ally face. Even the champions of in this unfortunate misconception each other. Egypt was closed for a national holiday. “This has been unfolding be “severely tested,” Soros said. Leave are retracting their dishon- about government debt,” he said. HIGHLIGHTS in slow motion, but Brexit will “We know what needs to be done. est pre-referendum claims about “You need growth and then eve- SAUDI ARABIA: The index was flat at 6,500 points. accelerate it. It is likely to rein- Unfortunately, political and ideo- plunged to the lowest in 31 years Brexit.” rything falls into place.” DUBAI: The index rose 1.2 percent to 3,311 points. force the deflationary trends that logical disagreements within the after the result. The euro region has lagged Soros urged the EU not to ABU DHABI: The index gained 1.8 percent to 4,498 were already prevalent,” the bil- euro zone have stood in the way” Soros was “long” the pound behind other regions in the glo- “penalize” British voters while points. lionaire investor said yesterday. of using the European Stability before Britain’s vote to leave bal recovery, following the last ignoring their legitimate concerns QATAR: The index edged up 0.1 percent to 9,885 Soros rose to fame as the Mechanism as a backstop, he said. the EU, a spokesman said in an financial crisis, “because of about the shortcomings of the points. money manager who broke the The investor warned before e-mailed statement on Monday. restrictive fiscal policies; now it bloc. “European leaders should KUWAIT: The index fell 0.2 percent to 5,365 points. Bank of England in 1992, net- the UK referendum that the pound “Because of his generally bearish has to contend with an impend- recognize their own mistakes OMAN: The index edged down 0.04 percent to 5,777 ting a profit of $1bn with a wager may slump more than 20 per- outlook on world markets,” Soros ing slowdown,” Soros said. “The and acknowledge the democratic points. that the U.K. would be forced cent against the dollar if Britain did profit from other investments, orthodoxy of German policy mak- deficit in the current institutional BAHRAIN: The index was flat at 1,118 points. to devalue the pound and pull voted to leave. Britain’s currency according to the statement. ers stands in the way of the only arrangements,” he said. 20 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Puerto Rico still seen Uber driver data in Kenya defaulting on debt even with rescue law helps bridge credit gap

By Daniel Bases June 9. The risk of defaults is Reuters not eliminated by PROMESA, but the reduction of uncertainty is greatly welcomed after months of mostly dead-end talks between NVESTORS in Puerto Rico’s creditors and the government. debt-burdened economy still “The reality is that for all of Iface risks of default on some the negative catalysts that lie of the island’s $70bn in debt ahead, credit markets and insur- even after the US Congress on ers are relieved that they now Wednesday created a powerful get to deal with adults, that is federal oversight board to manage talk with a control board, rather credit restructurings. US Presi- than the governor and his staff,” dent Barack Obama says he will said Height Securities analyst quickly sign the Puerto Rico Over- Daniel Hanson. sight, Management, and Economic The stock prices for the three Stability Act (PROMESA) before publicly traded monoline insur- the US territory faces a possible ance companies with exposure default on July 1 on $1.9bn worth to Puerto Rican debt rose as the of debt payments. likelihood of PROMESA passing While the government of increased on Wednesday. Puerto Rico says it cannot honor Hundreds of millions of dollars all of its debts, and will likely of Puerto Rico’s July 1 payments are default for a fourth time in the covered by insurance, including last year on some of its bonds, about $364m by Assured Guar- some creditors could get their anty, according to public records payments via insurers or reserve and a company spokeswoman. funds. “Regardless of the creation About $184m of that covers GO of the oversight board, the missed debt. Assured has more than $5bn payments on July 1 will consti- in total Puerto Rico exposure. Its tute defaults,” said Ted Hampton, stock rose 3.56 percent to $24.67 senior credit officer at Moody’s per share. Investors Service. MBIA’s National Public A customer uses her cellphone to access the Sidian Bank mobile-app inside the banking hall at the Sidian Bank headquarters The July 1st payment includes Finance Guarantee reported that on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, yesterday. roughly $780m worth of General about $350m of its total $4.29bn in Obligation (GO) bonds, its most Puerto Rico exposure comes due senior credit that is supposed to on July 1, including about $173m be paid out before all others. in GO bonds. Its stock gained By Neha Wadekar instead on the data that Uber has collected,” rides with drivers they don’t know and trust. “I expect they will not cover 4.28 percent to $6.81 per share. Reuters Sidian Bank Chief Executive Officer Titus Uber has also inspired rivals. all of the GO payment. That Ambac, which insures more Karanja said. Mobile phone company Safaricom, which would be their first GO default than $2bn of Puerto Rican bonds, For Uber drivers in Kenya’s capital Nai- is 40-percent owned by Britain’s Vodafone, in all of this, which is one rea- is on the hook for $122m in prin- idian Bank has approved its first car robi such as Michael Muturi, it means he now said this month it was teaming up with a son why many people involved cipal and interest due on July 1, loans to experienced Uber drivers in has the chance to buy a car that would nor- local software firm to launch a ride-hailing at the U.S. Treasury, in Congress, including some $40m in GO or Kenya, using a model the ride hail- mally be out of reach, as most of his earnings service to take on Uber. Sidian Bank, which in the government of Puerto Rico GO-guaranteed debt, according to ing service hopes can be rolled out typically go to the owner of the car he uses. is part of Kenya’s biggest listed investment saw a lot of urgency in enacting the company’s public documents. Sacross countries in Africa where a lack of “I felt like I won a jackpot,” said Muturi, vehicle Centum Investment, has allocated 10 PROMESA before July 1,” Hamp- Ambac shares climbed 5.10 customer data limits lending. who received an Uber message this month billion shillings to the car loan programme ton said. According to Hampton, percent to $15.84. A spokesperson Getting loans is one of the main hurdles telling him his profile was good enough to and Uber hopes it can be adopted elsewhere. Puerto Rico has already missed for Financial Guaranty Insur- facing small businesses and individuals across apply. “With my own car I will be able to “It makes sense for all of these countries approximately $562 million worth ance Company (FGIC), which the continent as relatively few people have afford a good house, take my kids to a good that we’re going into in Africa to implement of debt payments through June insures more than $1 billion in bank accounts or a credit score to go with school and save for the future.” similar programmes,” Nate Anderson, act- 30th. total Puerto Rican debt, could them so lenders can assess risk. Sidian is offering up to 100 percent financ- ing general manager for Uber in Kenya, told PROMESA provides the mar- not be immediately reached on Under the Sidian Bank scheme, Uber’s ing for a car, with a maximum loan of 1.5 Reuters. “Hopefully it’s going to be a much ket with more clarity and lowers Wednesday. app for booking cars and million shillings. Since launching the service shorter time frame before it’s live in places the chances of a chaotic legal fight Puerto Rico’s benchmark registering customer sat- at the end of May it has already approved 10 like Tanzania, like Uganda and like Ghana.” by providing a stay, or halt, to any 2035 General Obligation bond isfaction provides the three-year loans with a 10.5 percent inter- A similar credit scheme has been rolled creditor litigation brought against rose 1 full point in price ahead data the lender needs to est rate, well below the average 18 percent out using Uber data in South Africa, the con- the Puerto Rican government and of the final vote, to trade at 66.75 decide whether to offer rates most Kenyans face. tinent’s most industralised economy. its debt issuing agencies that is points, pushing the yield down Uber drivers relatively A lack of credit history in the country, But Kenya’s less developed financial mar- retroactive to December. to 12.663 percent. cheap loans to buy their where the first credit rating bureau opened ket is more typical of the rest of the continent If the control board, appointed Moody’s rates this debt Caa3, own cars. in 2010, is one of the reasons just 4.4 percent and should provide a better indication of how by Obama with Congressional which it believes implies credi- Under the Sidian Bank To secure a loan from of the 45 million population have a personal the credit programme could be repeated. input, can implement reforms, tors holding the bonds will have scheme, Uber’s app Sidian, a driver must have bank loan, according to the central bank. About 38 percent of Kenyans have bring the island’s financial situa- a recovery rate in a range of 65 accumulated a minimum “It’s hard to tap into the credit market in accounts with commercial banks compared tion under control, and repay all to 80 percent of principal and for booking cars and of 500 trips with Uber and Kenya,” said Melekot Abate, an associate in with 77 percent in South Africa, according of its debt, it will “enable Puerto interest. registering customer have an average pas- the Nairobi office of development advisory to FSD Kenya, a development programme Rico to be self-sufficient and able “Dealing with PROMESA senger rating score of at firm CrossBoundary. funded by Britain that works to expand access to sell bonds in the future for its allows the insurers to trade some satisfaction provides least 4.6 points out of a “Most individuals have very little credit to financial services. Kenyans have already operating and capital needs,” Dick payments in the short-run for the data the lender top mark of 5, a way of history or assets to seize so banks are unwill- pioneered new financial technology. Safari- Larkin, credit analysis director higher recoveries in the long- needs to decide ensuring the best-per- ing to take the risk,” he said. com’s M-Pesa mobile money transfer service at Stoever Glass & Co. PROMESA, run. Ultimately that is a better forming drivers get the As in other markets, Uber drivers have has mushroomed, inspiring rival services in a rare bi-partisan compromise, business proposition for them whether to offer Uber loans. faced opposition and sometimes hostility from Kenya as well as similar initiatives in other passed the Senate on Wednesday than having to continue to limp drivers relatively “It’s really a data- other taxi drivers. In March, Kenya charged African markets and beyond. by a vote of 68 to 30. The House along and never reach a deal,” driven approach to credit six men with attempted murder and mali- “People are very quick to adopt technol- of Representatives passed it on said Hanson. cheap loans to buy risk analysis, dispensing cious damage to property over an attack an ogies here, and really embrace things that their own cars. with the traditional bank- Uber driver. But Uber continues to expand can create efficiencies and help improve peo- ing method and relying in a country where many are wary of taking ple’s lives,” Uber’s Anderson said. New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action

By Laurie Goering The lab’s goal, she said, is to identify inno- money on improving energy efficiency - a An innovation lab analysis found that Reuters vative ways to leverage the limited amount crucial way to cut climate-changing emissions expanding government backing for such of government funding available, in order - can be a challenge, both because it’s often green bonds in other developing countries to lower risks and smooth obstacles for pri- not a priority and because they are unsure could drive $1.2bn a year in private investment s small-scale farmers around the world vate investors, who have the cash to make just how much they could save by doing it, into climate-resilient water projects through seek to cope with climate change by action on climate change happen at the huge she said. 2030. Aadopting drought-resistant crops or scale needed. But an “energy efficiency enabling Another project aims to boost take-up of methods to capture and store water, find- That might be through insurance to initiative”, piloted in Mexico by the Inter- property insurance in Indonesia, Bangladesh ing the money can be a problem, and interest guarantee cost savings from energy efficiency American Development Bank, uses small and the Philippines by enabling companies, rates on loans are often high. investments, for instance, or government- amounts of cash to buy insurance for those governments and other potential buyers to But a new “climate-smart lending plat- guaranteed bonds to support construction investing in energy efficiency. If the project better understand the risks they face through form” aims to make credit easier and cheaper of water security infrastructure. works, they spend less on energy; if it doesn’t, modelling and access to good data. to access for farmers working to protect their “The goal over time is not to require they get an insurance payout, Wilkinson said. Expanding the number of people who A new “climate-smart crops, while helping lenders find customers public investment any more, to make things Analysis of the scheme, one of those are insured against worsening losses from lending platform” aims who are a lower credit risk because their har- sustainable,” Buchner said. backed by the lab, suggests each $100m spent storms, drought, floods and other climate- vests are less vulnerable to extreme weather. The innovation lab has so far mobilised on insurance should generate between $3bn related disasters could reduce the estimated to make credit easier and The platform, targeting 450m small-scale close to $600m in seed money for initiatives and $9bn in energy efficiency improvements. $180bn in annual losses around the world cheaper to access for farmers around the world, is one of four new from its backers, which include the British, Wilkinson said the Mexico project is now from natural disasters. farmers working to protect projects that have won the backing of the Danish, Dutch, German and US governments, set to be replicated in El Salvador with the It could also encourage investment in UK-based Global Innovation Lab for Climate as well as banks, foundations and other backing of the Green Climate Fund, which climate adaptation to lower disaster risks their crops, while helping Finance which hopes to channel enough cash, investors. is expected to channel much of a promised and make policies cheaper, Wilkinson said. lenders find customers fast, to meet the global goals to curb climate Jane Wilkinson, a director of the Climate $100bn a year in cash to help poorer countries Most private investment to deal with change set last December in Paris. Policy Initiative with a background of curb their emissions and deal with climate climate change has gone into clean energy who are a lower credit risk “We need to make sure we are moving working in Indonesia, said that for most impacts. or other technologies to cut emissions so far. because their harvests are from thought to action after the Paris agree- private investors, “various forms of risk - Kenya, meanwhile, is driving private Measures to adapt to climate change - ment, that we are getting new projects off perceived or real - are the biggest barriers” investment into water facilities by such as installing early warning systems or less vulnerable to extreme the ground,” said Barbara Buchner, director to investment. guaranteeing bonds issued to pay for the water storage - rarely offer a clear return on weather. of the innovation lab and a senior director In Mexico, for instance, persuading projects, which “makes them a very secure investment, a major reason relatively little of the Climate Policy Initiative. companies or government bodies to spend investment”, Wilkinson said. private money has flowed to them. FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 21

Phelps flies into fifth Olympics, Qualifier Cepelova stuns second Franklin also seed Muguruza, Nishikori survives Rio-bound AFP

winners in a flat performance. “I Ruthless Murray think my energy was missing a lit- OMAHA, UNITED STATES: tle bit today. From yesterday I felt Michael Phelps is headed to Rio, crushes Yen-Hsun to already a little bit tired, I think is the the 18-time Olympic gold medalist reach third round best word,” said Muguruza. securing a milestone fifth games In all, 11 seeded women exited the appearance on Wednesday at the of Wimbledon tournament as well as six men’s seeds, US swimming trials. the highest of which was number Phelps, owner of 22 Olym- eight Dominic Thiem of Austria. pic medals in all, became the first AFP Thiem lost in three tie-break sets US man to qualify to swim in five to Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic. Games with a hard-fought victory Serbia’s Viktor Troicki made his in the 200m butterfly. case for the greatest Wimbledon rant The time of 1min 54.84sec was LONDON: Andy Murray reached the of modern times as he slipped to a nothing to shout about, but when Wimbledon last 32 yesterday while five-set defeat to Spain’s Albert Ramos he saw the scoreboard Phelps Serena Williams’ path to a record- Vinolas. raised his right hand, all five fin- equalling 22nd Grand Slam was eased Infuriated that umpire Dami- gers extended. by a shock defeat for world number ano Torella had over-ruled a Vinolas “Just being able to finish how two Garbine Muguruza. serve which was called out to declare I want to is so important to me,” Murray, the world number two it an ace, Troicki unleashed a tirade of said Phelps, who has voiced regrets and champion in 2013, crushed Tai- abuse at the Italian official. with his poor preparation for the wan’s Lu Yen-Hsun 6-3, 6-2, 6-1, “You’re the worst umpire in the London Games four years ago. hitting 31 winners and serving six world, you’re so bad,” screamed “Getting on this team was what aces. Troicki as he went match point down I wanted to do.” He will face Australian world and he continued in the same vein In a trials that has produced number 67 John Millman for a place when the match concluded. a bevy of first-time Olympians, in the last 16. “You’re horrible, you know what Phelps wasn’t the only famous “There were a lot of close games you did. You are an idiot.” name to accomplish that mission. in the first set, but once I managed to France’s Gilles Simon, who lost to Missy Franklin’s gritty runner- hang on there I settled down,” Mur- Grigor Dimitrov on Court One, was up finish to Katie Ledecky in the ray said. also letting off steam, threatening to 200m freestyle means the quad- Muguruza, the French Open sue the organisers for making him to ruple gold medalist of London champion and last year’s runner-up, play in the rain. will race in at least one individ- lost 6-3, 6-2 to Slovak qualifier Jana “I won’t play when it rains. I know ual event in Rio. Cepelova, the world number 124, in you have commitments to TV but if I A day earlier, Franklin was a Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova celebrates beating Spain’s Garbine Muguruza during their women’s singles second just 59 minutes on Court One. get injured I will sue you and I will disappointed seventh in the 100m It was the same arena where the win,” Simon told the umpire before round match on the fourth day of the 2016 Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club backstroke -- one of her gold 23-year-old Cepelova had defeated the brief shower passed on. in Wimbledon, southwest London, yesterday. medal events of 2012. Simona Halep last year, a result which Poland’s third seed Agnieszka While Ledecky cruised to vic- illustrated the Slovak’s liking for the Radwanska, the runner-up to Wil- Nineteen-year-old Belinda Bencic, “It’s not the ideal schedule for the There were also second round tory in 1:54.88, adding the 200m big time -- having also seen off Wil- liams in 2012, saved three match the Swiss seventh seed, retired from women,” said 36-year-old Williams wins for fifth seed Halep of Roma- to her Rio slate after a victory in liams in Charleston in 2014. points to beat Croatian teenager Ana her second round match against US when asked about being shifted to nia and US ninth-seed Madison Keys. the 400m free. “I deserved to win. I’m so happy,” Konjuh, 6-2, 4-6, 9-7. qualifier Julia Boserup. Court 18. Japan’s Kei Nishikori saw off Franklin rallied in the second said Cepelova. The 18-year-old’s challenge ended Bencic was 6-4, 1-0 down on “We’d like to see equal amount of France’s Julien Benneteau, whose hundred meters to seize sec- Spanish 22-year-old Muguruza in tears when she needed a medical Court Three to the world number matches. We don’t want more, just the world ranking has sunk to 547 due ond in 1:56.18, edging Leah Smith was bidding to become only the eighth time-out at 7-7 in the final set after 225 when she quit with a wrist injury. same amount.” to injury, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 and goes (1:56.63). woman to win the French Open and turning her ankle badly when she Five-time women’s champion German fourth seed and Austral- on to meet Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov. “I told her after the race Wimbledon back to back. stepped on the ball. Venus Williams ignored her exile to ian Open champion Angelique Kerber Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic she’s one tough cookie, and But she was undone by 22 Radwanska next faces Katerina Court 18 to battle past Greek qualifier beat Varvara Lepchenko of the United brushed past Andreas Seppi 7-6 (7/5), she got the job done tonight,” unforced errors and hitting just nine Siniakova for a place in the last 16. Maria Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. States 6-1, 6-4. 6-4, 6-2. Ledecky said. “There’s more to come from her.” Franklin said she took herself in hand after the backstroke, setting aside the pressure that came with trying Patchy start for McIlroy, to repeat or improve upon her London performance. “I realized that my job here it’s not to make the Olympic team, it’s not to defend anything. It’s to swim hole-in-one Dane leads well,” she said. Allison Schmitt, the 2012 gold medalist, was fourth, good enough to earn a trip to Rio as part of the AFP relay pool. Schmitt’s achievement in reaching Rio, in the wake of a debilitating battle with depres- SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, sion that followed her London FRANCE: Rory McIlroy endured triumph, brought coach Bob Bow- a stop-start opening to the 100th man to tears. French Open at Golf National yes- And Bowman’s emotions were terday, as Dane Lucas Bjerregaard still spilling over as he watched his Kenyan athletes compete in the 3,000 metres during the Olympic fired a hole-in-one and opened up a most famous swimmer, Phelps, one-shot first-round lead. named to a fifth Olympic team. selection trials at the Kipchoge Stadium in Eldoret, yesterday. World number four McIlroy, who Of all such ceremonies he’s admitted he was struggling with his seen, Bowman said, “this was the swing, managed four birdies against first time I cried.” four bogeys in an even par round of 71 The 200m fly was the event in Russian star Isinbayeva to sit five shots adrift of the early lead. which a teenaged Phelps qualified Englishmen Lee Westwood and for the 2000 Olympics. Danny Willett, playing together as His world mark of 1:51.51 -- set applies to compete in Rio they did during the final round of at the tail end of the bodysuit era the latter’s triumphant Masters cam- in 2009 -- still stands. Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy lines up a putt on the 8th green during paign, both struggled and have work But Phelps has work to do if he to do to avoid the cut. the first round of the 100th French Golf Open at Le Golf National in is to regain the 200m fly Olympic MOSCOW: Russian pole vaulter champion hurdler Sergey Shubenkov Starting on the 10th, consecutive Guyancourt, near Paris, yesterday. crown he surrendered to Chad le Yelena Isinbayeva has applied to and long jumper Daria Klishina had birdies at 14 and 15 got McIlroy off to a Clos in London. world athletics governing body also submitted their applications to quick start, but he handed them back birdies. The 24-year-old, ranked tournament that offers double points He led at every turn, but Tom IAAF to compete at the Rio Olym- IAAF in the past days. on the front nine. 137 in the world, had to overcome for the European and world lists Shields stuck to him and was on pics despite Russia’s ban, athletics International Olympic Commit- Despite not being a spectac- the nuisance of losing his clubs on would help captain Darren Clarke his shoulder coming off the turn authorities in Moscow said yesterday. tee (IOC) president Thomas Bach ular opening to his first visit here the flight to France, although he will avoid a difficult decision with his for home, Phelps visibly fading in “Isinbayeva sent her application said last week that Russian athletes since 2010, it was a good return for probably consider keeping his new wildcard picks. Clarke accepted the final 20 meters. on Wednesday,” Alla Glushchenko, screened by the IAAF could compete the four-time major champion after ones after a sparkling five-under-par that with the weeks ticking past, he “Awful,” he said of his last the spokeswoman for the Russian under the Russian flag, a prospect missing the US Open cut at Oakmont, 66. He holds a narrow advantage over is keeping a close eye on all the Ryder lap, which was still enough to athletics federation, said. IAAF later dismissed. although he did find the water twice. Belgian Thomas Pieters, defending Cup contenders. hold off Shields, who finished The IAAF voted this month to Isinbayeva, who has always The Northern Irishman was champion Bernd Wiesberger, Span- “Obviously this week here with in 1:55.81. maintain Russia’s suspension over steered clear from doping scandals, focusing on getting his swing in good iard Adrian Otaegui and Thailand’s double points I’m watching the score- Phelps was optimistic he could evidence of state-sponsored doping has pledged she would not compete technical order, with some doubts Thongchai Jaidee. board closely, a lot of things can improve in the month remaining in athletics but left the door ajar for under any other flag than the Rus- creeping in during the round. World number nine Willett only change,” the Northern Irishman said. before Rio, where his cheering sec- a few clean Russian athletes to com- sian tricolour. “Conditions were pretty tricky had one birdie all day, and com- “There’s quite a few of those guys tion will include fiancee Nicole pete in Rio as neutrals. Bach’s announcement revived with the wind up and there were a pounded his struggles with a double who are now in almost unassailable Johnson and their two-month- The IAAF proposed that Russian the two-time Olympic champion’s couple of mistakes and loose shots bogey at the last hole to end up on positions, but of course there’s a few old son, Boomer. athletes apply for reinstatement on Rio dreams, but IAAF’s strict crite- in there,” said McIlroy. four over par. positions that look available. The baby was in the stands for a case-by-case basis based on drug ria suggest that the applications of “I’ve got about four or five swing Westwood failed to bounce back “It will be very interesting to see Phelps’s race, and received a kiss testing from credible programmes Russian-based athletes are likely to thoughts out there at the minute, so from his collapse on the Sunday of this week.” and medal-ceremony bouquet outside Russia. be rejected. that’s why I’m sort of happy with 71 the US Open less than a fortnight ago, Wiesberger showed that last from his proud papa. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has Isinbayeva last week won with how much I’m focusing on my as the 43-year-old fell away after an year’s three-stroke victory was no “I’ve always given my family said that 67 Russian athletes will the Russian national title with golf swing and my technique.” opening birdie to sit on three over. fluke with an excellent 67, but the my flowers and stuffed animals,” submit individual applications but no a 4.90-metre vault, the highest Bjerregaard’s magical moment Westwood is just outside the Austrian narrowly missed a birdie Phelps said. list of the names has been released. result recorded internationally came on the par-three second hole, automatic places for Europe’s Ryder putt on the 18th hole that would have “That’s his first ... I just wanted Glushchenko said that world this season. and he backed it up with five further Cup team, so a high finish in this given him a tie for the lead. to share that with them.” 22 FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 SPORT

Magnus Futsal players and officials celebrate their win over Carlos Barbosa in the final of the Futsal Intercontinental Cup in Doha on Wednesday night. Right: Action from the final between Magnus Futsal and Carlos Barbosa. Pictures by: Baher Amin/The Peninsula Magnus Futsal win Intercontinental Cup

Diego, Mithyue, Simi FIFA officials laud and Neguinho score for the winners in the all-Brazilian fantastic tournament final in Doha

The Peninsula Third-placed FC Barcelona Lassa got richer by 24,000 Euros. The Peninsula “I am confident that when QFA stages the event next year, there’d DOHA: The Qatar Football Associ- be more fun and greater battles wit- ation (QFA) won rave reviews at the nessed,” he said. DOHA: Brazilian giants Magnus end of the Futsal intercontinental “Futsal will have greater fol- Futsal on Wednesday beat Carlos Cup that concluded on Wednesday. lowing in the region in the years to Barbosa 4-3 in extra time to win The six-day tournament was come, thanks to the event staged in the Futsal Intercontinental Cup. clinched by Brazil’s Magnus Futsal Doha ,” he said. With both sides locked at 1-1 with Carlos Barbosa – also of Bra- Meanwhile, Jaime Yarza, Head in regulation time, Magnus Futsal zil – finishing second. of events in competitions, FIFA, has scored once in each of the halves For the first time, world’s top lauded the level of football displayed of the extra time to win the tense eight clubs including home side Al from eight of the best club teams in final at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Rayyan battled for top honours in the World. Arena. an event staged in Doha. Yarza also heaped praises on After intense battle for ball QFA will stage the event for the Qatar’s infrastructure and facilities. possession and swift tactic next four years also, and FIFA Fut- “Well, the first thing we have manoeuvres, Magnus Futsal drew sal and Beach Soccer competitions been impressed is that this hall (Ali first blood with two minutes to go manager Kasri Haqeeqi said the Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena) is fan- Players of Magnus Futsal celebrate their win in the final. for the first half. event was ‘top-class’. tastic, it’s really got everything. As a Legend Falcao smashed a This was the 15th edition of the joke, I would take the same one and powerful free kick into Barbosa’s Intercontinental Cup and the first bring it to Columbia for the World wall but the loose ball was swiftly ever staged in the Middle East. Cup because it’s really world level, deflected into the net by Diego Futsal: QFA pleased with first “It was a great pleasure to see I was saying that two year back I Rodrigo Fonseca de Menezes. the event take place here,” he said. was watching a match in the United In the 31st minute, Magnus “I take this opportunity to thank QFA States, and this is as good if not bet- Futsal’s Andre Grahl was slapped edition of Intercontinental Cup for their outstanding organization ter than the stadium I was in the with a red card for bringing down of the event. States, so it’s really very good facil- Barbosa’s goalie with a reck- “We saw the world’s best eight ities,” said Yazra. less infringement. With one man sides here. The technical level was Futsal as a sport is growing in down, Magnus Futsal immedi- The Peninsula Alasai said. “We have been applauded congratulate Qatar’s Al Rayyan on a top draw. The games were hugely Asia he said and a day is not far off ately suffered as Barbosa’s Rodrigo by FIFA and AFC for our performance job well done,” he said. enjoyable. when an Asian country will win the Canabarro fired a bullet to score in hosting the team. I promise you we “Last but not least, I thank my “Al Rayyan were good too. This Futsal World Cup. his team’s equaliser in the 31st DOHA: Tournament Director Abdul- will put out even better shows next team for their sincere efforts in was their first participation. They did “Asia is becoming one of the minute. In extra time, Magnus lah Alasai yesterday applauded his year,” he said. bringing together a top-class fut- really well to reach the semi-finals. It strongest regions in the world for Futsal’s Mithyue scored in the 41st organisational team on a job well “We have many tricks up our sal event. Everyone worked so is not easy to do that when there are futsal and we were talking today minute followed by a strike by Bar- done at the end of the Futsal Inter- sleeves. Fans will definitely enjoy the hard to make this tournament a such experienced teams in a tourna- that maybe the next World Cup in bosa’s Grillo two minutes later. continental Cup. event more the next time we stage the success. ment,” he said. Columbia is not going to be won by Simi gave Magnus Futsal the The six-day tournament proved event,” he said. “I applaud the various commit- “The top two sides reached the Brazil or by Spain but by for exam- lead in the 45th minute and then to be a spectacular hit with fans and QFA has signed a five-year deal to tees which worked tirelessly behind final. Even the final was superbly ple by an Asian team.” Neguinho added his team’s fourth players alike. stage the event with this week’s edi- the scenes. This tournament created contested,” he said. “I’m convinced with the growth goal in 46th minute. Murilo scored “We are happy to see the tion being the first. a positive image of Qatar in front of Magnus Futsal won 75,000 of the sport, futsal clubs will also his team’s third goal in the dying response of the fans and the players “We congratulate Magnus Futsal everyone associated with this event,” Euros while Carlos Barbosa have their own World Cup at some seconds of the final. who featured in the tournament,” on winning the tournament. We also he said. picked up 40,000 for their efforts. point.”

SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka England Roy’s stunning knock powers England to win K Perera run out (Bairstow) 1 J Roy b Pradeep 162 D Gunathilaka c Ali b Rashid 62 M Ali c Chandimal b Pradeep 2 K Mendis c Plunkett b Rashid 77 J Root c Pradeep b Gunathilaka 65 D Chandimal b Willey 63 E Morgan c Gunathilaka b Lakmal 22 AFP second highest individual one-day And they clinched the series 2-0 Pradeep with England in sight of the A Matthews not out 67 J Bairstow (not out) 29 score by an England batsman. with just one game left in Cardiff on finishing line. Jonny Bairstow and Jos S Prasanna b Willey 9 J Buttler (not out) 17 His fireworks lit up the gloomy, Saturday. Buttler saw them home with 11 balls

D Shanaka (not out) 19 Extras (5LB, 7W) 12 rain-filled South London skies to It was England’s second highest remaining. Extras (2LB, 5W) 7 Total:(4 wkts, 40.1 overs) 309 LONDON: Jason Roy fell five runs ensure England captured the series successful one-day run chase - and At Edgbaston, Roy was accompa- Total (5 wkts, 42overs) 305 Did not bat: A Hales, A Rashid, C Woakes, D short of setting a new batting record at The Oval. they did it in 42 overs. nied by fellow opener Alex Hales who Did not bat: U Tharanga, N Pradeep, F Maha- Willey, L Plunket. but his superb 162 still helped Eng- His second hundred in three ODI Sadly for Roy he fell just five runs also made an unbeaten ton in that roof, R Lakmal. land win the fourth ODI against Sri games, 162 runs off 118 including 13 short of overtaking the highest score match. But this time he was helped Fall of wickets: 1-18m 2-167, 3-221, 4-281. Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-136, 3-158, 4-245, Lanka and take an unassailable 2-0 fours and three sixes, helped Eng- by an England batsman with another mainly by Joe Root, whose 65 showed Bowling: Pradeep (9-0-78-2), Lakmal (7-0- 5-259 series lead on Wednesday. land clinch a six wicket win with Robin Smith’s 167 not out against a return to form for the Yorkshireman 48-1), Gunathilaka (5-0-30-1), Matthews (3-0- Bowling: Willey 8-0-58-2; Woakes 9-65-0; Surrey’s South African-born overs to spare as they chased down Australia at Edgbaston in 1993 still who had struggled recently and had 17-0), Maharoof (8-0-58-0), Shanaka (1-0-12- Plunkett 8-0-65-0; Rashid 9-0-57-2; Ali 8-0- opener took centre stage on his home their revised victory target of 308 holding firm. gone six games with just one score 0), Prasanna (7.1-0-61-0), 58-0 county ground and hammered the with ease. He was bowled by Nuwan over 11. SPORT FRIDAY 1 JULY 2016 23

Belgium suffer Vertonghen injury blow

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LILLE: Belgium have been dealt a major blow ahead of their Euro 2016 quarter-final against Wales after defender Jan Vertonghen was ruled out of the rest of the tourna- Wales’ goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey catches the ball during a training session in Dinard, ment with an ankle injury. “The Tottenham Hotspur France on the eve of their Euro 2016 football tournament match against Belgium. defender, 29, tore ankle ligaments in training on Thursday”, coach Marc Wilmots said, adding that he will be out for between “six and eight weeks”. There was better news for Bel- gium yesterday as captain Eden Hazard returned to training for the Wales, Belgium bid for glory first time since Sunday’s 4-0 win over Hungary. He had been strug- gling with a minor groin problem. Losing Vertonghen, however, adds to Wilmots’ selection prob- Wales’ Gareth Bale lems in defence, with centre-back All eyes on Bale (right), trains with Thomas Vermaelen already having and Hazard in his fellow team- been ruled out of the game due to mates during a suspension. crunch tie between training session ability and history at COSEC Stadium in Dinard, France yesterday. Williams fit for Reuters today’s game

AFP BORDEAUX: Wales are happy to cast themselves as underdogs in their Euro 2016 quarter-final LILLE: Wales captain Ashley against Belgium today but such Williams declared himself fit modesty belies their proven abil- yesterday for his side’s Euro 2016 ity to bite hard. quarter-final against Belgium in The Belgians, who finally Lille today. came together as a team to demol- The Swansea City centre-back ish Hungary 4-0 in their last-16 was pictured with his left arm in a match, will start as favourites. sling following Wales’s 1-0 last 16 Both sides, though, are fully win over Northern Ireland in Paris aware that Wales have proved after injuring his shoulder in a col- their mettle against Belgium, ranked number two in the world. team after a stuttering start to in the quarter-finals to eventual lision with team-mate Jonathan beating them 1-0 in Cardiff and “We’re good normally in that the campaign. He set up the sec- champions Brazil. Williams. drawing in Brussels in the tour- situation when we’re right up ond goal for Michy Batshuayi and Belgium, however, have But he has taken a full part nament’s qualifying stage. against it,” Wales defender Chris scored with a dashing solo effort greater depth. Wilmots has in training this week and is in Belgium, playing before what Gunter said. two minutes later to crush Hun- pointed to playmaker Kevin De line to take the field at Stade will be virtually a home crowd in All eyes will be on the form of gary’s hopes in what he said was Bruyne, who has been a tireless Pierre-Mauroy. the northern French town of Lille, Bale and Eden Hazard. Bale, the his best-ever game for his country. and influential figure. Romelu “Obviously it was hurting a lot are under huge pressure for their world’s most expensive player, has The Belgium captain has Lukaku scored 27 goals in 52 at the end of the game, but a lot of much-vaunted golden generation scored three goals and fired in the missed two days of training with appearances for Everton this sea- credit goes to the medical staff,” to fulfil their promise and finally cross that led to Northern Ireland’s a thigh injury, but should he be son and always looks threatening. Williams told an eve-of-match challenge for a major trophy. own goal in Wales’s 1-0 last-16 declared fit to play, he will be The winners will reckon to press conference. Belgium’s midfielder Wales could also claim to victory. His ability to seize the returning to the city where he have a fair chance of reaching the “They’ve done a great job on have developed a golden gen- moment, not least at free kicks, made a name for himself. final as the semi-finals would pit Kevin De Bruyne takes me and I’ve trained (in) all the eration, spearheaded by Gareth could be pivotal. The Welsh are playing in their them against Poland or Portugal, part in a training session training sessions this week. It’s in Bale, even if they have fewer Hazard came to life against first major tournament since the avoiding the powers of France, in Le Haillan yesterday. good shape and I’m sure it’ll be fine illustrious players than the side Hungary -- as did the whole 1958 World Cup, when they lost Italy and Germany. for tomorrow.” Bale sets tone for crucial quarter-final tie Quarter-final, July 1 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille AFP his team-mates. Wherever the eye Gylfi Sigurdsson at Swansea City. tenure between 2004 and 2010. It HEAD-TO-HEAD has fallen on Wales’s Euro campaign, Underpinning the camaraderie is a has helped to foster the familiar- there have been smiles and bonhomie. formidable team spirit that reflects the ity of a club side, both on the pitch All-time meetings Bearded Crystal Palace midfielder fact many of Coleman’s players have -- where Coleman has been honing LILLE: Wales manager Chris Cole- Ledley celebrated the 3-0 win over been representing Wales for years. the team’s tactical systems for two Wales 4 Belgium 5 man promised that his team was not Russia in Toulouse with an on-pitch Bale, Gunter, Taylor and Aaron Ramsey years -- and off. coming to Euro 2016 “for a laugh”, but shuffle that quickly made a buzz on were playing for the Wales Under-17 The squad have been open about Coach Coach his players have been having the time social media. team as far back as 2006. their extra-curricularextra-curricular activities in Chris Marc Coleman Wilmots of their lives in France. 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The fact we all enjoy emerged of the ssquadquad 46% Possession 51% spending time with each other, it jubilantly celebratingating helps with the downtime.” Iceland’s shock winin over Bale, 26, has helped set the mis- England on Monday.y. Stade First stadium chievous tone of Wales’s approach to But left-back NeilNeil Tay- Pierre-Mauroy in France with the Euro, cheekily taking aim at Group lor said it was simplyply a case Capacity: retractable roof – 50,000 half of pitch can B rivals England before the tourna- of wanting to see anotherother ofof tthehe be raised to ment had even begun. tournament’s minnowsows ddoo wewell.ll. accommodate A Wales international since “As a group of pplayers,layers, other events the age of 16, Bale feels perfectly at we’ve supported IcelandIceland aallll Source: UEFA home in the national set-up and his along,” explainedd Taylor,Taylor, whowho Gareth Bale Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS relaxed attitude has rubbed off on plays alongside Icelandeland midfieldermidfielder www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 MagnusMa Futsal win Bale sets tone IntercontinentalI for crucial Cup in Doha quarter-final ttieie

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No positive doping Patricio heroics clear Portugal’s tests yet at Euro path to Euro semi-finals AP PARIS: UEFA says all 1,818 doping test taken from Euro- pean Championship players have so far tested negative. UEFA says 354 samples collected at matches added to the 1,464 that were taken out-of-competition since Blaszczykowski January 1. Results from testing the blood, urine and serum misses as shootout samples will be used for individual players’ biological win keeps Ronaldo’s passports to monitor possible effects of doping over time. UEFA says it plans long-term storage of samples Portugal alive taken from Euro 2016 and the Champions League and Europa League for possible re-testing “due to intelli- gence received or new analytical techniques becoming available.” AFP UEFA holds tribute MARSEILLE: Cristiano Ronal- do’s Portugal battled their way to a place in the European Champion- for attack victims ship last four yesterday by winning a penalty shootout 5-3 against AFP Poland in a tense quarter-final. Robert Lewandowski scored his first goal of Euro 2016 inside PARIS: UEFA staged a moment of applause before yes- two minutes in the Marseille clash terday’s Euro 2016 quarter-final between Poland and before his new Bayern Munich Portugal in honour of the victims of Tuesday’s Istanbul team-mate, teenager Renato attack and other recent attacks. Sanches, equalised with a power- The two teams and spectators took part in the trib- fully driven shot. The game then ute at the Stade Velodrome in Marseille “in memory of went through extra-time dead- the victims of Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Istanbul and locked at 1-1. other attacks which have occurred during the tourna- Goalkeeper Rui Patricio and ment,” said a UEFA statement. Ricardo Quaresma were Portu- Portugal’s Rui Patricio saves a kick from Poland’s Jakub Blaszczykowski during the penalty shootout in their Euro 2016 gal’s heroes in the shootout. Quarter final match played at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France yesterday. Ronaldo was among the play- ers fist-pumping when Patricio Slutsky resigns as dived to his left to save Jakub Blaszczykowski’s tame fourth shot for the Poles, who had Russia coach reached the quarter-finals for the first time. Quaresma was next up for AFP Portugal and made no mis- take firing high into the net to beat Poland goalkeeper Lukasz MOSCOW: Russia coach Leonid Slutsky has officially Fabianski. severed his ties with the national team after they Poland made a blistering start crashed out of Euro 2016 without a win, the country’s to the game. After barely 100 sec- football union said yesterday. onds, Kamil Grosicki hurried past The union announced in the statement the “end of Southampton right back Cedric cooperation” with Slutsky and thanked him for help- Soares to deliver a great cross that Portugal’s players celebrate after winning the match. ing Russia qualify for the Euro. Lewandowski drove past a flail- After a disappointing Euro campaign plagued by ing Rui Patricio at his near post. poor performances on the pitch and hooliganism in The Polish striker’s first goal Lukasz Fabianski had no trou- The 18-year-old midfielder Portugal were not finished, Fabianski diving dramatically to the stands, Slutsky said last week he would resign to of the competition, after hitting a ble with Ronaldo’s 18-yard drive collected Nani’s cutback from but Ronaldo’s normally deadly his right as the ball sailed a foot let another coach manage the national team as Russia record 13 in qualifying, stunned from a Nani cross. German ref- the right side of the area and hit finishing was amiss. past his far post. gears up to host the World Cup in 2018. Portugal. eree Felix Brych waved away a fierce shot that deflected off He skewed a great chance Poland created two chances Russia finished the tournament in France last in The early goal gave Poland Ronaldo’s claims for a penalty Grzegorz Krychowiak and beat into the side-netting from Nani’s in two minutes, Patricio notably Group B after drawing with England and losing to Wales momentum, and a defiant but on 31 minutes despite replays Fabianski at his near post. superb ball in behind the defence. forced down low to thwart Milik’s and Slovakia. borderline interception by Grze- suggesting the Real Madrid star It took a timely intervention On the hour, Ronaldo com- mid-air effort after a cross from Slutsky, who also coaches CSKA Moscow, was hired gorz Krychowiak on Sanches set was bundled over by centre-back from Jose Fonte just after the pletely miskicked a shot after an Artur Jedrzejczyk. last August after Italian Fabio Capello was dismissed Arkadiusz Milik up for a 25-yard Michal Pazdan as he went to meet restart to stop Lukasz Piszcek’s exchange between Joao Mario But they breathed a sigh of after a string of dismal performances left Russia look- drive that sailed wide on the a cross. Sanches made amends for cutback reaching Lewand- and Nani, the ball falling for relied when Jedrzejczyk’s inter- ing set to miss out on the Euro. quarter hour. Portugal less than two minutes owski, who got his head to a cross Adrien Silva to drive the ball off ception on Mario’s through ball He oversaw a dramatic change in the team’s fortunes Ronaldo hit the defensive wall later with a stunning leveller on moments later that Patricio grat- Krychowiak. for Ronaldo crept past the far post that saw them qualify for the tournament but failed to with one free kick and goalkeeper his first start at Euro 2016. feully collected. Cedric’s 30-yard drive had with Fabianski rooted to the spot. translate that momentum into success in France. Iceland coach plots treatment plan for Frenchmen

AFP “I don’t think that I am less a the national stadium than they did that our best game is still to come,” us. That’s brilliant,” said veteran coach because I am a dentist, it’s just against England. But Hallgrimsson, said the coach. defender Kari Arnason. a profession like all other professions, who shares coaching duties with The attacking desire was also Iceland are aware of France’s I don’t think education makes a per- Swedish manager Lars Lagerback, highlighted by Sigurdsson, who plays strengths and their status as match ANNECY: Fresh from leaving Eng- son any worse,” he said at the team believes there are cracks in the French with Krasnodar in Russia but is now favourites. And as against England, land aching, Iceland’s joint-coach base yesterday. veneer. reportedly wanted by English Premier the game plan is clearly to try and and part-time dentist Heimir Hall- “In Icelandic football, coaches “We like to think so. But we’re not League sides. turn that against Didier Deschamps’ grimsson senses a cavity to be filled are not paid full-time. I am lucky I going to tell the media what we think “We can try to keep the ball a bit stars. in France’s Euro 2016 campaign. have an education in dentistry. In is their weakness,” Hallgrimsson said. more, be a bit more offensive, we have “They have players who are play- Hallgrimsson also believes his many ways I think it helps doing what “We will definitely try to use what been defending a lot. That is what we ing key roles in the best teams in the outside profession has been a help in we do with the players. If you are a we consider France’s weaknesses,” wanted to do but it is not easy against world,” said Hallgrimsson. plotting Iceland’s amazing run at the dentist, you have to treat a patient, defender Ragnar Sigurdsson, man- good teams to keep the ball,” Sigurds- “When you are a team like Ice- Euro tournament where his team will sometimes they are scared. Probably of-the-match in the England win, said son told reporters. land, it is so necessary to be relaxed meet the hosts in Paris on Sunday. it is the same with players, you have separately. The Iceland team spent Wednes- then you can show your best. There While the Iceland camp is over- to speak to players in different ways Iceland also want to use their day playing golf and taking a selective is a big difference in the pressure on joyed with the global attention they so it helps me probably.” growing confidence to attack more. look at their media coverage around Iceland and on France. France can- have been getting since beating Eng- Iceland will certainly face a “I think you can agree with me the world. not lose the game, it would be horrible land 2-1 on Monday, Hallgrimsson tougher challenge against a French that we have been playing better and “There is no point getting sucked for the French nation. But the Icelan- said he is “a bit fed up” with ques- team playing before an 80,000- better throughout the competition, into all that. We are happy that people dic people would be happy if we get tions about his civilian job. plus home-dominated crowd at and I think you can agree with me like us as a team and are supporting a good performance against France.”