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Sunday 12 October 2014 • 18 Dhu’l-Hijja 1435 • Volume 19 Number 6216 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Independent labs to test Brazil beat Argentina in friendly quality of materials New standards for construction sector soon

DOHA: Plans are afoot to make and Specifications. Set up in 2011, quality of construction and the sure that independent labora- the committee has 50 experts as its materials used but also about the tories test the quality of con- members. Standards and specifica- rights of workers, contractors and struction materials being used tions for construction and mate- the owner. in public and private projects in rials are being amended in an For example, the new speci- the country. extensive way. Four amendments fications talk of paying install- New standard specifications have already come. ments to the contractor on for construction materials in line The Fifth Amendment was time as they also refer to pro- with international benchmarks approved by the State Cabinet in tecting the rights of the work- are ready for implementation, a April this year and these rules are ers engaged in the construction senior official said yesterday. to be unveiled during a conference work and its owner. Materials could be used in on Qatar’s construction specifica- So in a way, the new bench- construction only after an inde- tions to be held on the 26th and marks are a gist of laws as well pendent laboratory has issued a 27th of this month, Al Emadi said. as rules that set the standards certificate of quality. This will be a conference-cum- for quality, said Al Emadi. It, in The laboratories are not affili- exhibition to be held in collabora- fact, takes care of all aspects of ated with the producer, nor with tion with Ashghal. the construction industry. the user of the item being tested so The conference is in line with Al Emadi said that both locally there are no chances of commercial Qatar National Vision 2030 and made as well as imported construc- Argentina’s Lionel Messi (right) challenges Brazil’s Neymar (centre) during the international friendly soccer bias or use of low quality of materi- the aim is to transform Qatar tion materials such as asphalt and match titled “The Super Classic of the Americas”, at the National Stadium, or the Bird’s Nest, in Beijing, als in construction. into an advanced country by ‘readymix’, for example, will have yesterday. Brazil beat Argentina 2-0. See also page 28 Plans to have new specifications 2030 which is capable of sustain- to be tested for quality before they in place and test construction ing its own development, and are used in a project. materials by laboratories were with Standardization Strategy The new rules will also cover disclosed by Khalid Mohamed Al 2010-2020 which aims to promote the qualifications of engineers and Emadi, head of safety and qual- commitment to implementing technicians and others involved ity department at Ashghal (Public standards and quality in building with the construction industry. Nations gear Works Department), in remarks and construction projects. Their educational qualifications Bahraini opposition to Al Sharq yesterday. According to Al Emadi, the and experience will be specified in Al Emadi is also head of the Fifth Amendment of the stand- detail by the new standards and up to stem National Committee for Qatar’s ards and specifications does not specifications, he said. Construction Industry’s Standards only talk of benchmarks for the THE PENINSULA to boycott election Ebola; toll

MANAMA: Four opposition She said in the remarks carried rises to 4,033 Kurds halt IS thrust in Kobane groups including the largest, by Bahrain News Agency that Al Wefaq, will boycott a parlia- groups which boycotted elections MADRID: Countries across the mentary election scheduled for continued to take part in politics world scrambled yesterday to November in Bahrain to pro- in other ways, such as through stem a deadly Ebola outbreak that test what they described as a municipal councils. UN officials warn is getting worse vote where the results would be “They tend to raise the banner as New York’s main JFK airport “fully controlled by the ruling of a boycott in an attempt to open prepared to screen travellers from authority”. the door to foreign interference epidemic-hit west Africa. Wefaq, which has strong links in our domestic affairs,” she was And in Madrid, the serious to Bahrain’s Shia majority, con- quoted as saying by BNA. condition of a Spanish nurse, who firmed yesterday that the oppo- The opposition also accused the was the first person to become sition would not take part in the authorities of using immigration infected with Ebola outside of poll because the elected parlia- to change the country’s sectarian Africa, showed signs of improving. ment will not have enough power balance in order to boost support The World Health Organisation and because voting districts for the ruling family, a charge the (WHO) reported that 4,033 peo- favour the Sunni minority. government has always denied. ple have died from Ebola as of “Any elections process with- Wefaq in May threatened to boy- October 8 out of a total of 8,399 out a peaceful transfer of power cott the election, which has been registered cases in seven coun- within a system of constitutional set for November 22, but continued tries and the disease appears to be monarchy, which is the current to take part in sporadic reconcili- outpacing efforts to fight it. situation, will be unilaterally run ation talks with the government. “The virus is far ahead of us and based on an unfair electoral In July, the government went and every day the situation gets system,” the opposition groups to court to try to suspend Wefaq’s worse,” the head of the United said in a statement. activities, saying it had broken Nations’ emergency Ebola mission Information Minister Samira both the law and its own stat- Anthony Banbury, told UN lead- Rajab did not respond directly utes, a move the group’s leader ers after a tour of Liberia, Guinea to the charge when contacted by Sheikh Ali Salman described as and Sierra Leone, the nations Reuters, but referred to her state- an attempt to force it to take part worst affected by the epidemic. ment on state media on Friday in in the coming election. A verdict At John F Kennedy Intern- Turkish soldiers on a tank and Kurdish people look at the Syrian town of Ain Al Arab, known as Kobane by which she said that all segments of has not yet been reached. ational Airport in New York, pas- the Kurds, from a hill at the Turkish-Syrian border, in the southeastern Turkish village of Mursitpinar yesterday. Bahraini society were able to take REUTERS sengers and crew arriving from the Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State group jihadists towards the heart of Kobane, after the UN warned part in the poll. See also page 10 three countries at the centre of the thousands of civilians risked massacre. See also page 7 outbreak will have their tempera- tures taken and be screened for signs of illness and answer ques- tions about possible exposure, the US Centers for Disease Control Winter vegetable and Prevention said. Debate rages on causes of divorce Amid fears of a global contagion, two countries yesterday ruled out markets to open DOHA: Pre-marriage counselling is a equally expensive and fabulous”. “When one talks of divorce the accusing suspect cases. The Brazilian health must if the rising rate of divorce in the A million riyals has just been splurged on finger is always pointed at the woman. It ministry reported a Guinean man on December 4 Qatari community is to be checked, say a few hours of a night of ceremonies, she is said that she is too demanding and the tested negative for Ebola. And in some citizens as debate rages over who is said. “Then, young women, after their mar- husband is painted as an angel.” Macedonia, tests showed that a DOHA: Winter vegetable markets in to blame for a broken marriage: the hus- riage, mostly look at their men as though There are some women who are greedy, British man who died displaying Umm Salal (Al Mazroua), Al Khor and band or wife. they were some kind of money machine.” but there are some husbands as well who Ebola-like symptoms did not have Dakhira will open on December 4, Al A prominent Qatari sociologist says it is “Poor husband, he remains burdened with don’t want to shoulder the responsibility of the virus, officials said. Sharq reported. the wife who should mainly be held respon- debt as he has spent so much and then, con- their wives and children, she said. In Spain, attention remained The markets will offer fresh vegeta- sible for rocking her marriage, because for stantly demands are being made on him.” Pre-marriage counselling is the answer focused on 44-year-old nurse bles, fish and poultry from farms across her, the husband is nothing but a money Arrayah was seeking reaction of Qatari to the problem of rising rate of divorce, said Teresa Romero, whose condi- the country at attractive prices. The new machine. men and women as well as community elders Ahmed Mohamed Al Sayed, a national. tion “improved in the night. The markets, the first of which was opened A wedding normally costs a million riyals, and experts to the findings of a study car- He told the daily there are women who Spanish hospital source added in Umm Salal two years ago under the so for a 23-year-old man tying the knot, this ried out by the Family Consultancy Centre spend too much on luxury and makeup. “But that doctors started treating name Al Mazroua, helps Qatari farmers is too much of a financial burden to carry (FFC) which said economic factors were I don’t agree that 40 percent of divorces take Romero with the experimental sell their products directly to custom- on his shoulder. responsible for some 30 to 40 percent of place just because of financial reasons,” he Ebola treatment ZMapp. Britain ers without intervention of middlemen. “The marriage gown of the bride itself divorces in the Qatari community. said of the FFC’s study. held a nationwide exercise yester- The Ministry of Environment last costs something like QR150,000,” said Dr A Qatari woman, however, told the daily “I think it would be fair to say that this day to test its preparedness for an year expanded the concept by opening Munira Al Rumaihi, a professor of sociology that most Qatari husbands were stingy percentage would be 10, not 40.” One of the Ebola outbreak. The eight-hour similar markets in Al Khor and Dakhira. at Qatar University. when it came to spending on their wives. main reasons for divorce in the Qatari com- drill featured actors pretending to Preparations are in full swing to set up She told local Arabic daily Arrayah in Noora Mohamed said most Qatari men munity is that marriages take place without be infected with Ebola plus medi- a new market in Al Wakra which is also comments published yesterday: “When you don’t give much time to their families and the couple knowing each other well and due cal staff treating them at loca- expected to open in December, said the start off your married life with a million have the money to travel overseas with their to the interference of their families, he said. tions around the country. AFP daily. THE PENINSULA riyals, you obviously expect what follows is friends but don’t spend on their wives. THE PENINSULA See also page 11

SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 NHRC chief stresses rights of special people Al Marri addresses UN’s human rights workshop

DOHA: Qatar’s human rights watchdog has called on the Qatari government to speed up procedures for implementing the proposed amendments in the Law No. 2 of 2004 on people with disabilities to make it com- patible with the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Addressing an international workshop by the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in Geneva yesterday Chairman of the National Human Children performing at the Psychological Rehabilitation Centre in Gaza. Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri said that the State Cabinet had approved the draft amendments in 2012. QRC, PRC sign $400,000 pacts The workshop was held under the title ‘Cooperation between the United Nations and regional for rehabilitation of Gazans mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights.” Al Marri said that Committee DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent it to continue its services for Talking about the major role had encouraged the Qatari Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri addressing the workshop. (QRC) signed three agreements Palestine’s needy and distressed of the psychological rehabilita- government to ratify the UN with Palestine Red Crescent people.” tion and support for the victims Convention. the resolution by the state will be promotion of human rights, on (PRC) to conduct specific pro- Dr Akram Nassar, Head of of the aggression, Dr Fathi Fleifil, It recommended changes in the a full legislative step towards com- the basis of the Paris Principles grammes and services worth QRC Office in Gaza, said: “We Director, PRC Psychological Health national legislation to match the pliance with the UN Convention which are the legal terms of refer- nearly $400,000 for Palestinians will soon initiate the clinical reha- Division, described the project as provisions of the UN Convention. on the Rights of Persons with ence for their establishment and following the recent war in bilitation support project at the positive, as it will provide emer- The government has responded Disabilities. definition of their functions. Gaza. southern-Gaza Al Amal Hospital, gency psychological support for the to those recommendations and Al-Marri underlined that peo- Top on their duties is the pur- The planned projects include as it is the only hospital that still victims of the war, such as injured invited the Committee to par- ple with disabilities still need to suit of the objectives set forth in the purchase of two ambulance provides medical rehabilitation people, families of martyrs, chil- ticipate in the drafting of a law make further efforts to remove international human rights con- vehicles at a cost of $144,000, and support services following the dren, and displaced people, as well to amend law No. 2 of 2004, he the barriers which affect their ventions to which the state has improvement of clinical reha- destruction of Al Wafaa Medical as enhance the performance and added. integration into society. become a party, and recommen- bilitation services at Al Amal Hospital in Gaza.” skills of PRC psychological service He further explained that the He pointed out that persons dations for stakeholders, such as Hospital, Khan Younes at a cost This project, Dr Nassar added, providers, who have direct contact Committee had proposed seven with disabilities are the largest proposals on existing legislations of $115,000 and psychological is critically needed for Gaza with the public. new provisions related to eco- minority in the world. However, and draft laws and their com- rehabilitation and support for patients. QRC will boost the “We have already begun the nomic, social and cultural rights many of them live in poverty and patibility with the provisions of victims of the Israeli aggression capacity of the medical rehabili- execution of the project, by con- of people with disabilities and suffer from isolation and depri- international standards. on Gaza at a cost of $135,000, a tation section at Al Amal Hospital tracting four psychotherapists their right to education, health, vation of education, employ- He added that national press release issued by QRC said to meet the increasing needs and from the West Bank to provide employment and housing, in ment and health care. Disability human rights institutions have yesterday. accommodate the large num- psychological services for 135 addition to the right of access to movements all over the world quasi-judicial functions such as QRC Secretary-General Saleh bers of Palestinian injuries and psychological and social advisors public and private facilities, and had played a major role in the investigation of abuses or viola- bin Ali Al Mohannadi said: “We patients. who engaged in field action dur- cultural and sports services. adoption of the UN Convention tions of human rights and work- are proud of our strong partner- Inaugurated in June 2013 by ing and after the aggression, and “The Council of Ministers on the Rights of Persons with ing to resolve the complaints ship with PRC, especially as its QRC, the Al Amal Hospital’s whose persistency resulted in the approved in 2012 the draft resolu- Disabilities. through cooperation and coor- staff kept serving the Palestinians medical rehabilitation section continuation of field visits to the tion but it is still under legislative He noted that national human dination with the competent despite the bombings and offered rehabilitation and support groups most affected by the war,” procedures,” said Al Marri. rights institutions have wide authorities. destruction during the war. As services for more than 200 cases he added. He added that the issuance of functions for the protection and THE PENINSULA such, we are keen on supporting in the enclave. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME AMHFA to launch online mental health consultancy Month-long activities to mark World Mental Health Day

DOHA: A special consultancy announced the initiative yester- life means caring for your body service to help people with men- day at an event held to mark and mind.’ Inspired by the Qatar tal health problems is set to be World Mental Health Day at the National Vision 2030, which rec- launched by the Association of Katara. ognises that a healthy mind is Mental Health Friends. Volunteer doctors will be as important as a healthy body, The Association of Mental available online with whom information will be shared about Health Friends (AMHFA) has people can discuss their prob- practical ways individuals and lems once the communities can influence their new initiative is overall sense of wellbeing. launched. They In a statement issued yester- can call or send day, H E Abdullah bin Khalid messages to a Al Qahtani, the Minister of hotline and a Health and Secretary General of response will be the Supreme Council of Health, within 48 hours. said: “It is well known that good Sheikh Thani physical health is important A view of the Qatar Data Centre in Mesaimeer. bin Abdullah Al for a full and happy life, but it’s Thani Chairman often overlooked that our psy- of Board of chological wellbeing is just as Ooredoo launches Qatar Data Centre Directors of necessary. AMHFA said, “Prevention is a key part of “Everyone should our strategy for mental health. DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday next-generation technologies, a and reduced downtimes for hosted take the respon- We want to give people the tools announced the launch of the press release issued by the com- customers. sibility to support to stay mentally fit as well as development of the first phase pany said yesterday. In another first, QDC5 also people with men- physically fit, so we can all enjoy of its latest Qatar Data Centre Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad has an integrated sensor network tal health prob- vitality and success as individuals – QDC5, located in Mesaimeer. bin Nasser Al Thani, Chief New that maximises energy efficiency lems. A person and families, and also collectively The Ooredoo Data Centre Business Officer, said: “Our new through streamlined web-based physically and as a society. I encourage everyone is one of most advanced in the QDC5 is a cutting-edge data centre management and allows control mentally healthy to support World Mental Health region, recently receiving an ISO – one of the most advanced in the of the IP-based Intelligent LED person will ben- Day by taking the time to learn 22301 Certification – Business region – which will enable compa- lighting system in the facility. efit the society how to care for their mind, as well Continuity Management Systems nies to deploy the latest generation By introducing these advanced and the county as their body”, he added. (BCMS) accreditation that posi- of services quickly and cost-effec- features, Ooredoo is mak- as a whole.” Strong communities and tions it as a global leader in data tively. We have also ensured that ing it possible for companies to October 10 healthy lifestyles can help prevent availability, resiliency and disaster QDC5 uses energy-efficient ‘cold adopt the next-generation data marked World mental health issues, however, recovery. aisle containment’ technology, center technologies by reducing Mental Health mental illness can affect anyone, As part of its commitment to that helps drive up to four times deployment time and increasing Day, a global at any time. the Qatar National Vision 2030, greater heat and power densities availability. initiative to pro- The Supreme Council of Ooredoo has continued to invest than standard data centres.” Ooredoo Data Centres provide mote greater Health encourages anyone who in a national network of data QDC5 offers a number of a full range of services includ- awareness of is experiencing persistent feelings centres, providing an important “firsts” for Qatar, with a range ing Hosting & Co-location, Cloud mental health of sadness, worry or stress that foundation for innovation and of services that have not been Services, Web Content Delivery, issues. make it hard to cope with daily development. In launching the available previously. One of these Data Backup & Restoration, Meanwhile, life, to seek help from a men- new QDC5, Ooredoo is stepping is the introduction of “Intelligent Business Continuity & Disaster activities will tal health trained professional up its on-going efforts to ensure Patching” in the data centre, pro- Recovery, Infrastructure take place as early as possible. Services that businesses can access the viding complete visibility into the Monitoring & Management and throughout are available through Primary latest generation of smart solu- network infrastructure, enhanced IT Security. the month of Health Care Centres and Hamad tions through a wide range of productivity through automation, THE PENINSULA October under Medical Corporation’s Psychiatry the theme, ‘A Department. happy, healthy THE PENINSULA Qatargas wins British Safety Council’s Sword, Globe of Honour awards

DOHA: The British Safety health to be given the highest Modular Fabrication Yard LLC, Council has recognised priority, a press release issued Oman; Marafiq (Power & Water Qatargas with Sword of by the British Safety Council Utility Co) of Saudi Arabia and Honour and Globe of Honour said. Sohar International Urea and awards. Qtargas has been Qatargas is honoured for excel- Chemical Industries (SIUCI) of selected as one of the Middle lent health, safety and environ- Oman. Eastern companies leading the mental management. “The Middle East needs to way in transforming the safety Other winners of the British do more to improve the health and wellbeing of workers. Safety Council Sword of Honour and wellbeing of its workers. The seven award winners 2014 in Middle East includes Too many injuries and illnesses from the Middle East are united Drydocks World, UAE; Dubai go unreported and more can be in their belief that every worker Electricity and Water Authority, done to manage and reduce the deserves to be treated with UAE; Emirates Technical risks that workers are exposed respect and for their safety and Associates (ETA), UAE; L&T to. However, these seven award winners — and in partic- ular Qtargas and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority who both won Sword and Globe of Honour awards — dem- onstrate that anything is possible. By taking responsibility to man- age the risks they create, businesses thrive and ben- efit from more productive workers,” said Alex Botha, Chief Executive of the British Safety Council. The 2014 awards mark the 35th consecutive year the British Safety Council awards the Sword of Honour for health and safety management excel- lence, and the fourth year of awarding the Globe of Honour for excel- lence in environmental management. The winners had achieved the maximum five stars in the British Safety Council’s audit scheme in the period August 2013 – July 2014. They have also demon- strated to an independ- ent panel of experts that they are excellent at man- aging their health and safety and/or environ- mental risks throughout the organisation – from the shopfloor to the boardroom. 50 organizations across the world and different sectors have been awarded Swords of Honour and five have been awarded Globes of Honour. THE PENINSULA HOME SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Advisory Council team leaves for IPU meet

DOHA: An Advisory Council president and vice-presidents of “Taking democracy to task”, delegation headed by the the 131st Assembly and discussion scheduled to be held on 10th and Council’s Deputy Speaker Issa of the international law related to 11th of this month with the par- bin Rabia Al Kuwari left here national sovereignty, non-inter- ticipation of a number of Advisory yesterday for Geneva to take vention in the internal affairs of Council members. part in the 131th Assembly of states and human rights, study The delegation includes Rashid the Inter-Parliamentary Union of standing committees reports, Hamad Al Maadhai, Mohammed (IPU) due to be held there form among others. Khaled Al Ghanim, Hadi Saeed October 12 to 16. The session will be preceded by Al Khayreen and Nasser Ahmed The agenda of this session the first IPU Global Conference of Al Maliki. includes the election of the Young Parliamentarians entitled QNA Vodafone extends local calling offer DOHA: Vodafone announced the extension of its local calling offer for Prepaid customers who can now continue to enjoy the best calling rate to any Qatar number for just dhs10 per minute until November 14. This great promotion applies to calls to any number in Qatar. The pro- motional offer costs just QR1 per week. To get the offer, Prepaid customers need to opt in by dialling *200*10#. The offer will be valid for 7 days and will automatically renewed at the end of each 7-day period. Vodafone Qatar said: “This promotion has been hugely popular with our customers, who want to get the best rate for local calls, no matter who they are calling.“We were the first to offer real and significant savings for cus- tomers on their local call- ing with the introduction of our permanent dhs25/ min offer last year. With this new promotion, which strongly underlines our commitment to provide delightful and worry-free experiences, customers can save up to 80 percent on standard local calling rates.” Vodafone added. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Disrespect to rule of law Qatari envoy meets Nato official leads to revolt: Qatar Committed to implement international charters, UN told

DOHA: Qatar yesterday reit- there are clear national legal that would ensure respect for the erated its commitment to frameworks for the realisation of rights and freedoms, and enhance rule of law saying that lack of the rule of law, consistent with the separation of powers among respect for rule of law led peo- international law, and according the executive, legislative, and judi- ple to revolt against oppressive to what is stated in the high-level cial, he added. regimes and claim their rights declaration, which stresses the Al Khater also stressed Qatar’s guaranteed by law. importance of member states’ keenness to review and develop It called on the international support to implement interna- a national legislation aimed at community to respect the will of tional obligations and commit- ensuring compatibility with the these peoples and help them gain ments on strengthening the rule international conventions adopted their legitimate rights. of law, Al Khater said. by the country and join the inter- This came in a statement He said that Qatar is also com- national instruments. delivered by Rashid Mubarak Al mitted to implementing interna- Based on Qatar’s contribution Khater, a member of Qatar’s del- tional instruments, away from in promoting the rule of law in egation to the 69th Session of the duplication and political inter- the Arab region, the International UN General Assembly, before the pretations, as long as the inter- Centre for the Rule of Law and United Nations General Assembly national law guarantees equality Anti-Corruption established in Sixth Committee on the topic: of rights and obligations for all. Doha in 2012. The rule of law at the national This requires clear and trans- In collaboration with the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Security Policy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and international levels. parent measures to ensure United Nations and relevant (Nato) Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos met Qatar’s Ambassador to Belgium Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani. Al Khater said that Qatar has accountability of officials for regional organizations, Qatar They discussed bilateral relations. adopted rule of law at the national violations of international law exerts serious efforts at the level as a cornerstone to achieve and human rights, punish the regional level to promote a cul- equality and justice for all and perpetrators of international ture of respect for the rule of law, promote good governance. crimes, and not to allow politi- through organising seminars and Qatar believes that the rule of cal self-interest to undermine training workshops, he said. Drug discovery congress in July next year law is a prerequisite for the pro- justice. Al Khater commended the motion of international peace, Al Khater stressed the efforts Report of the Secretary-General DOHA: Drug Discovery and The focus of the conference will presented their work. security and development, and is aimed at enhancing the national to the General Assembly: Therapy World Congress 2015 be on the interdisciplinary fields Throughout the course of the keen to enhance its role as a part- institutions working on imple- Strengthening and coordinating will be held from July 22 to 25 of drug discovery, drug therapy four day conference, participants ner with the international com- mentation of the principle of United Nations rule of law activi- in Boston, USA. and translational medicine. will get an exclusive opportunity munity to work and cooperate in the rule of law, including the ties, A/69/181, which made clear The international confer- A similar series of conferences to network and be involved in accordance with the principles of Administrative Control and the close connection between the ence will provide a platform for has been held by the organisers inspiring and interesting discus- the Charter of the United Nations Transparency Authority. rule of law and the three pillars all pharmaceutical scientists, in the UAE over the last several sions of scientists and researchers and international law, and imple- Committed to respecting the of the United Nations: peace and internists and primary care phy- years. These events have been from the international pharma- ment commitments and declara- rule of law, the Qatari Constitution security, development and human sicians to discuss important inter- highly successful and many top ceutical, academic and clinical tions relating to the rule of law. imposes on the legislative and rights. national breakthroughs in drug international scientists, includ- communities. Qatar is keen to ensure that executive branches restrictions THE PENINSULA discovery and new therapeutics. ing over 22 Nobel Laureates, have THE PENINSULA

Preparations for UN meeting on crime, justice discussed Heart disease second

NEW YORK: At the initiative the United Nations Congress on that Qatar in collaboration with stressing the importance of hold- of the Permanent Delegation of Crime Prevention and Criminal the UNODC, plays an active role ing the conference and calling largest killer in Qatar the State of Qatar to the United Justice which will be held in Doha in matters relating to prepara- on member states to participate Nations, a high-level meet- from April 12 to 19, 2015 under tions for the conference, which effectively at the highest levels to DOHA: Heart-related dis- She urged residents to regu- ing was held on the sidelines of the theme of “Integrating crime have reached an advanced stage, address the challenges posed by eases and blood clotting are larly visit a doctor to check their the UN Social, Humanitarian prevention and criminal justice stressing that by taking this step crime and justice criminal. the second largest cause of blood pressure, cholesterol and Cultural Affairs Committee into the wider United Nations towards hosting this interna- Qatar’s Permanent deaths in Qatar, claiming sugar levels, measure their weight (Third Committee), and in agenda to address social and eco- tional conference, Qatar takes on Representative to the United 24 percent of total deaths in and be honest while telling the conjunction with the United nomic challenges and to promote a national, regional, international Nations in Vienna, Ambassador Qatar, a senior medical profes- doctor about their family history Nations Office on Drugs and the rule of law at the national and and even a humane responsibil- Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, sional has said. and personal habits so that they Crime (UNODC), to review the international levels, and public ity, to organise an international reviewed the preparatory steps Amal Faqiha, a nutritionist and do a fair assessment of their con- regulatory, administrative and participation.” gathering of heads of states and taken by the Permanent Mission public health specialist, said the ditions and risks to heart related technical procedures taken by Dr Ahmed Hassan Al Hammadi governments, policy makers and in Vienna prior to the conference, new revelations of heart related ailments. Qatar in preparation for the , Director of Legal Affairs at the policy implementers, civil society through coordination with the deaths were supported by the Diet was essential in the fight Thirteenth United Nations Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and organisations in the field of crime UNDOC or the ongoing consul- latest figures from World Health against heart related ailments and Congress on Crime Prevention Vice-President of the Organising prevention and criminal justice tations with the member states in Organization (WHO) and the she urged people to take diets rich and Criminal Justice due to be Committee of the Thirteenth aimed to addressing the escalat- order to reach a common ground supreme Council of Health (SCH) in vegetables, fruits, olives nuts held in Doha next year. United Nations Congress on ing challenges posed by organ- to ensure unanimity, consensus, in Doha. and fish and reduce the intake of Opening the meeting, Qatar’s Crime Prevention and Criminal ized crime, drugs and terrorism, international cooperation, effec- The disease was claiming lives saturated fat and red meat and Permanent Representative to Justice, reviewed the ongoing towards reaching a safer world tive responses to emerging crimes, of both sexes and of all ages full fat dairy products. the United Nations, Ambassador preparations for the confer- and a fairer criminal system. the challenges of the rule of law to among citizens and residents in She also asked them to refrain Sheikha Alia Ahmed bin Saif Al ence, and the regulatory proce- UNODC Executive Director support sustainable development, the country, said Faqiha. from smoking completely and also Thani, explained that the aim dures taken by the Organising Yury Fedotov, praised Qatar’s and national approaches to pro- She said that heart diseases do some physical exercises at least of the meeting was to brief the Committee to prepare for the hosting of the Thirteenth United mote public participation in crime and blood clotting were major for 30 minutes every day. member states on the regulatory conference. Nations Congress on Crime prevention and criminal justice. causes of death in the world, At Hamad Medical Corporation procedures taken by Qatar to host He stressed in a statement Prevention and Criminal Justice, QNA claiming about 17.3 million lives (HMC) the department of every year. Nursing at the heart hospital held She was giving health tips to a lecture entitled “The challenges help heart patients as part of of technology in treating heart QDB to take part in Paris food the celebrations of the World diseases” Heart Day organized by Sidra During the lecture, Dr Abdul industries exhibition Medical and research center in Aziz Al Khulaifi the head of car- Doha. diac surgery at the heart hospital DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) announced its She said awareness on heart said that in 2008 HMC launched participation at the International Food and Food Industries related diseases were important an intensive program to pro- Exhibition (SIAL), which takes place in Paris, from October in Qatar because of the envi- vide care for patients with heart 19 to 23. The exhibition is expected to attract key decision- ronment and life styles of less failures during their stay in the makers, businessmen, and investors in the food industries physical exercises that put many hospital. sector from around the world. people’s hearts at risk. Recently the administration Through its export arm “Tasdeer,” QDB is aiming at demon- She said that men were more was incorporating modern strating its capabilities and the potential that the Qatari field at risk of developing heart related technology in treating health of food industries enjoys. The exhibition sees the participation ailments than women, old age, his- related ailments and these of nine Qatari companies. With more than 6,000 exhibitors, the tory of the disease in the family, included the new device called international exhibition is expected to receive more than 150,000 use of tobacco or smoking, uncon- Ventricular Assist Device that visitors from 100 countries. QDB plays a vital role, through its trolled diabetes and increases in help to pump blood through- flagship “Tasdeer” program, in supporting national exports and level of fats in the body all risked out the body in cases of heart opening doors of opportunity before Qatari companies to explore people’s lives to developing heart failures. new horizons. THE PENINSULA related ailments. THE PENINSULA

Ritz-Carlton launches Pink Ribbon Campaign

DOHA: To mark Breast Cancer These were conducted in partnership with Pink Afternoon Tea throughout the month, Awareness Month, The Ritz-Carlton Doha the Ladies of Harley Qatar Chapter, Qatar where guests can savour a selection of has partnered with Qatar Cancer Society Cancer Society and IAID (Academy for scones, sandwiches and assorted pastries, to launch the Pink Ribbon Campaign Dance, Music, Arts and Fitness). Mostafa including pink macaroons, seasonal berries which will run throughout October. The Salamen, a renowned Jordanian mountain- tarts with fruit coulis and pink cream at month-long initiative will see a series of eer and inspirational speaker, was the key- QR 180/set. The Pink afternoon tea selec- events and activities taking place at the note speaker. tion will include a welcome drink, flower hotel with the aim of educating women Carrying the pink theme throughout arrangement and a pink sweet giveaway. All about breast cancer, its symptoms and the month, a series of pink programmes proceeds will be donated to Qatar Cancer the benefits of early detection. have been organised by the various serv- Society. Various services of the hotel including ices of the hotel. The highlight of the The main aim of the Pink Ribbon F&B and Spa, joined the campaign under month will be the “Pink Zumbathon” on Campaign is to support those fighting the theme of “I Support, Love, Inspire”. The October 19 with registration beginning at against breast cancer and to ?encourage event began with a Pink Pilates session held 6.30pm in The Ritz-Carlton Spa. A raf- screening as early detection significantly by The Ritz-Carlton Spa. There were sev- fle will be held at the event with various increases the survival rate. “Finding the eral seminars and workshops focusing on prizes to be won. All proceeds collected cure starts with hope” stated Hoss Vetry, healthy living, prevention of breast cancer, from the tickets will be donated to the Cluster General Manager of The Ritz- self-testing methods, early detection and Qatar Cancer Society.? Carlton, Doha. testimonials from breast cancer survivors. The La Mer restaurant will be holding a THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 MIDEAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Kurds battle for heart of Kobane UN warns of massacre; coalition continues strikes

MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Kurdish fighters halted a thrust by Islamic State jihad- ists towards the heart of the Syrian border town of Kobane yesterday, after the UN warned thousands of civilians risked massacre if it falls. The pre-dawn attack came after the IS militants captured the defenders’ headquarters Friday, sparking fears they would cut off the last escape route to neighbouring Turkey. Meanwhile, US officials warned that while attention is focused on Kobane, the jihadists have been piling on pressure in neighbouring Iraq, putting the army in a “frag- ile” position in Anbar province between Baghdad and the border. The renewed IS drive in Kobane sparked 90 minutes of heavy fighting before the jihad- ists fell back, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. US-led coalition war- Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobane arrive in the province of planes launched two air strikes Dohuk yesterday. against IS targets south and east of town early yester- the encircling jihadists with the town. The Observatory said at day, said the group, which operations across the front line, least 554 people have been killed has a wide network of sources Observatory director Rami Abdel in and around Kobane since the inside Syria. Rahman told AFP. IS advance began — 298 IS mili- The Observatory said a sand- UN envoy for Syria Staffan tants, 236 Kurdish fighters and storm later prevented more air de Mistura warned Friday that 20 civilians. raids, while fighting raged in 12,000 or so civilians still in or It said 16 IS militants died in southern Kobane and near the near Kobane, including about 700 coalition air raids Friday across captured headquarters. mainly elderly people in the town the provinces of Aleppo — which The coalition has intensified air centre, “will most likely be mas- includes Kobane — and Raqa, the strikes against IS, which began its sacred” if the town falls. main IS stronghold in Syria. assault on September 16, but the Kobane was “literally sur- Turkey has tightened security Pentagon says there are limits to rounded” except for one nar- of its porous border after the what can be done without ground row entry and exit point to the fighting in Kobane sparked the troops. Turkish border, de Mistura said, exodus of 200,000 refugees over Small groups of Kurdish urging Ankara to allow volunteers the frontier. fighters were trying to harry and equipment in to help defend AFP SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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The latest series of violence started after the Shia Houthi group so are the prejudices seized control of the capital Sana’a late last month, forcing President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to sign a deal giving BY KEI MILLER to the idea that it’s the end of the world worry that you will have it again. But the it a role in government. The development has caused huge (she will go out, she says, reading Marvel thing is brutal in its own way – laying its concern among the Gulf countries, which see in the Houthi’s ECENTLY, having just comics) she still calls to beg that I wrig- victims low for three days at least, and in rise a threat to the stability and power balance in the region. watched the news, my sis- gle my way out of the invitation. She severe case, for months. Young and old Yemen is an important neighbour of the Gulf Cooperation ter tweeted, “I don’t mean gets my father to do the same – a family alike display all the symptoms of arthritic to be alarmist or anything, intervention of sorts. So my father calls grannies while running high fevers. Council states, and instability in the country will have huge but it’s basically the end of from Jamaica warning that Caribbean The Caribbean’s response to chikun- consequences for the entire region. The capture of Sana’a by theR world.” islands are now putting in place strict gunya pales in comparison to Nigeria’s Houthis doesn’t bode well for the region. The Houthi group It’s easy to see her point, especially policies limiting entry to anyone who has effective response to Ebola. The Jamaican has been calling for greater rights for followers of the Zaydi now, when Ebola has had an especially been to West Africa in the last 28 days. health minister, Dr Fenton Ferguson, has sect of Shia Islam which predominates in northern Yemen, busy week. On Monday it made what He is worried that I might disqualify come under particular fire for his less- but has positioned itself as a national political movement many saw as its inevitable landfall on myself from coming home for Christmas. than-honest insistence that there were continental Europe, then on Wednesday There’s nothing like a new outbreak only 35 confirmed cases on the island. since 2011 by exploiting anger at poor governance. it claimed its first victim on American to have countries fall back on old preju- He was, of course, leaning heavily on Sunnis and Shias in Yemen have historically enjoyed good soil. It does feel a bit like we’re living dices, fortifying their borders against that word, “confirmed”, in the way that relations, but the two groups are now fighting for control of the script of an apocalyptic movie, as if diseases that will slip in nonetheless like unethical journalists lean on the word Sana’a. The rise of Houthis has somewhere in the background, that big, the most cunning refugees. Just a month “alleged” to spread all kinds of misin- The Houthis emboldened AQAP, which has sonorous Hollywood voiceover is saying: ago in Trinidad, a suspected Ebola vic- formation. The true number of cases of mounted several attacks. in a world where tim was hauled off a plane and put into chikungunya in Jamaica is far higher. an incurable dis- immediate quarantine. The reason for But the health minister was concerned must create the Violence and cold-blooded ease rises to pan- Trinidad’s suspicion? He had a Nigerian about old prejudices and borders, and circumstances killing is no solution to the crisis, demic proportions, last name. He was in fact flying to the the Caribbean’s fragile tourist industry. and all parties must implement This week a everyone is waiting Caribbean from London and hadn’t been A former colleague of mine – a biolo- for the a power-sharing deal which aims like sitting ducks … to West Africa in over five years. That’s gist – was paid one of those courtesy to resolve the decade-long Houthi stranger yelled The US and the problem – the way legitimate con- calls from a rather high-ranking British Spain now have cerns can morph so quickly into some- official. She stood in line waiting duti- implementation insurgency and pull the country at me, ‘Mate, do to roll up their thing so much uglier, a scorn not of the fully for her hand to be shaken and to of a power- out of the crisis triggered by the you have Ebola?’ sleeves, or per- disease but of the potentially diseased, make the small chit-chat that accompa- 2011 uprising that forced then- haps roll them the kinds of people we think might be nies such occasions. “And what do you sharing deal president Ali Abdullah Saleh to It may not be the down with pro- infected. Just this Thursday in south do?” the official asked when she got to signed last step down. Under the power- end of the world, tective bee-keep- London, a complete stranger shouted at my friend, who responded that she was sharing deal signed last month, ing gear or space me, “Mate, do you have Ebola?” a malaria specialist. “Oh my!” exclaimed but these are suits. Nigeria, on The Caribbean response is ironic, the official in an impressed sort of a which is aimed at bringing the month. scary times. the other hand, is as the region itself is right now in the way, and then, in a conspiratorial tone, Houthis into government, a new breathing a small throes of one of its worst viral out- “isn’t it just dreadful the diseases that government is due to be appointed. sigh of relief. The breaks – the mosquito-spread chikun- are coming in since we’ve opened up our Once a new administration is nominated the Houthis are most populous West African country gunya virus. Chikungunya – a word borders!” That seems a little unfair to supposed to withdraw their forces from the city, allowing the has actually managed to contain the out- so hard to fit into the mouth that the me, and ahistorical to boot, given the army and police to resume their duties. The Houthis must break, having learned important lessons old linguistic process of folk etymology diseases that Europe once unleashed on from its recent dealings with polio and has transformed it in Jamaica to either the rest of the world; the unfortunate create the circumstances for the implementation of this deal. cholera. No new case of Ebola has been “chicken gunman” or “chicken gonor- allergies, for instance, that aboriginal They have rejected the nomination of bin Mubarak as prime reported in Nigeria since 31 August, and rhoea”, things that sound decidedly Caribbean people had to smallpox, and minister, and bin Mubarak announced on Thursday he had the US Centre for Disease Control has more scary to catch or be shot by. It to bullets. But that’s another story. agreed not to take up the position. officially declared the nation Ebola-free. is by a similar process that the prickly It may not be the end of the world, but Holding onto power in violation of the agreement would This is good news for Nigeria, and it is plant known as cowage in England is these are indeed scary times with the good news for me. Yesterday I sent off rendered as “cow itch” in Jamaica. We rise and spread of Ebola, and the sharp- only push the country into deeper chaos and more bloodshed. my application for a visa and for quite seem to have a thing for pairing animals shooting chicken gunman or chicken gon- A southern secessionist movement and the Al Qaeda some time I have been looking forward with forms of discomfort. Unfortunately, orrhoea, and other diseases that surely attack on security forces has already stretched the resources to my first trip to West Africa – a trip you don’t need to be able to pronounce wait around the corner. But from where of this impoverished country of 25 million. Yemenis have lived I thought I might have to cancel. chikungunya in order to catch it. You I stand, what’s just as scary are the old with senseless violence for too long and the recent spike in The green light notwithstanding, I only need to be bitten by a mosquito. prejudices that rise and spread, and can hostilities threatens to undermine the progress the country still have the jitters, and so does my fam- Chikungunya is by no means fatal, be just as dangerous – just as fatal – as ily. Resigned though my sister may be and if you have it once, you don’t need to the worst disease. THE GUARDIAN has made since the 2011 revolution• The other side Quote of Kobane: Pinning hopes on PKK is dangerous the day

oth during the Gezi protests to the difficulties of Turkey, the Middle from Turkey. This was the real excuse peaceful protests, they escalated into and after the Dec. 17 East and the Kurds. behind the street protests that took violent attacks where the PKK declared operations, some names For this very reason, it is important to place this week causing the death of Taksim Square as a “liberated com- Bin the international media shed some light on certain points that more than 20 people. munal area.” Therefore, it is clear that offered an inaccurate description of need clarification. Now let’s look at what is unknown unrest is a method the PKK constantly All problems in the developments in Turkey. Things After the militants of the Democratic in all this: uses in Turkey whenever it gets the apparently seemed different to those in Union Party (PYD) in Syria, which is a The PKK is a Marxist/Leninist terror- opportunity. Libya can be solved the US, different to those in the Middle branch of the terrorist PKK, were heav- ist organisation that is set on dividing Turkey has various options with East; leaving leftists and imperialists with ily defeated by the so-called Islamic Turkey and to this end, has ceaselessly regards to a solution for the IS. through dialogue. all their varied opinions on the matters. State (IS) in Kobane, Turkey became a and cowardly attacked Turkish soldiers However, the real threat and danger Everyone was trying to figure out what sudden target. Everyone started acting for the past 30 years. They are known for Turkey at the moment is the PKK. Nevertheless, we was going on, but disinformation as if Kobane was part of Turkey and for their terror acts in the cities of Turkey Since the military coup of 1980, it is the understand that the only resulted in hostility, aggression, it was the aggressor. PKK supporters and for their use of violence. They even first time Turkey has had to declare a anger and tumult. The same thing is started threatening the Turkish gov- used democratic protests as a means curfew and again for the first time in path will be long happening once again due to the latest ernment. Interestingly, as if the PKK for unleashing more violence. One of eight years, police was deployed on and difficult. developments surrounding Turkey in was not the nemesis of the Republic the most prominent examples of this the streets of Diyarbakır. Ban Ki-moon the past week. And this has only added of Turkey, the PKK wanted “weapons” was the Gezi protest. Starting out as ARAB NEWS UN Secretary-General SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Obama: The disappointer in chief

avoided personal scandal. But in another The US president inherited a unique set of way, he has been Clinton Minus — he is not nearly as likable or as good a politi- circumstances, as all presidents do, and cian. Nor is he likely to leave office with as high an approval rating or as strong an economy. his were scarier than most. Obama certainly wants to do big things; behind his detached demeanour BY AARON DAVID MILLER even LBJ, there will not be a BHO. is the combustible drive of a man who Certainly, Obama inherited a unique seeks greatness. ll presidents disappoint. set of circumstances, as all presidents That is no transgression: He saw a It comes with the job, the do, and his were scarier than most. But nation in great peril and has sought to unreasonable expectations neither the crises he has faced nor the transform it, while battling the nasti- Americans have for their system in which he has operated have est economic crisis since the 1930s and presidents, and the inher- been wholly untethered from his pred- waging wars in Iraq, in Afghanistan and Aent conflict and disconnect between cam- ecessors’ problems and experiences. against terrorism. paigning (promising people all they can The challenges of the post-FDR presi- But that kind of ambition requires a have) and governing (explaining to people dency have plagued Obama, too: intrac- leader to see the world clearly as it is why they won’t get it). table problems, intensifying political before trying to refashion it the way he So Barack Obama isn’t the first presi- polarisation, mistrust of government, wants it to be. Not reading the terrain dent to fail to meet expectations — and an intrusive and ubiquitous news media. accurately, failing to assess whether his he won’t be the last. But he has come to This president’s fate has been the same administration had the muscle to nego- embody something else, too: the risks and as that of many recent predecessors — tiate it, and missing what the public travails of reaching for greatness in the the job is just too big and expectations expected and wanted can lead to unhappy presidency without the crisis, character just too high. consequences. and capacity necessary to achieve it. The undeniable greatness of presidents Whatever your judgment of Obama’s “Now, there are some who question the such as George Washington, Lincoln and policies, there is a vast gap between scale of our ambitions, who suggest that Roosevelt requires three elements: a cri- the expectations he set for himself and our system cannot tolerate too many big sis that severely threatens the nation for his supporters and the realities of his plans,” the new president declared in his a sustained period of time, setting the presidency. 2009 inaugural address to a 1.8 million- stage for historic change; the capacity to Obama reached for greatness but has strong crowd on the Mall. extract from such a crisis some long-term disappointed many of those who voted From pledging an Earth-moving trans- transformative changes through political for him once or even twice because they formation, Obama has been reduced to smarts, persuasion and dealmaking with so badly wanted to believe; those who hitting singles and getting his lonely par- Congress; and the character needed for thought he would end partisanship and agraph right. After drawing early com- effective leadership. change Washington when he could not; parisons to Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Obama’s crisis — a complex recession those who believed he could transform Roosevelt and John F Kennedy all rolled emerging from the financial and hous- the country and America’s foreign pol- into one, Obama has fallen so low that ing sectors — was sufficiently severe that icy, too, when he did not; and those who journalists wonder whether Jimmy he could not break it easily or quickly, believed he would somehow become the Carter is not a more appropriate parallel. but not so catastrophically encumbering Kennedy-like president of their dreams. Plenty of explanations have been that it enabled him to tame the politics in During Obama’s first term, the New offered: Republicans have been unwilling Washington as Lincoln or FDR had done. York Times’ David Brooks wrote that to work with him, or the president hasn’t As for Obama’s governing capacity, the President Obama (centre) meets with military senior leadership to receive an update on to be an Obama supporter was “to tog- reached out to them. The stimulus was president did not so much miss his FDR/ the campaign to combat Islamic State, at the Pentagon in Washington on Wednesday. gle from being uplifted to feeling used.” too small, or it was far too big. Health- LBJ moment as misread it. Most of the And indeed, his supporters have misread care reform was a historic achievement, public wanted a way out of the terrible him: a gradualist who has espoused major or it was a terrible overreach. The presi- recession and the long and costly wars Finally, on character, Obama has had a Obama cannot claim the persona of transformation; a post-partisan concili- dent has tried to be too bipartisan, even in Afghanistan and Iraq; Americans also Jekyll and Hyde problem. Part pragma- Kennedy, who captured the nation’s ator operating in an intensely partisan post-partisan, or he has not been par- hoped for renewed confidence in their tist, part believer, but always capable of imagination; nor the mantle of Ronald environment in which he has never been tisan enough. Time is needed to judge president and faith in their government’s seeing all sides of an argument, the presi- Reagan, who altered the debate and, as comfortable. the Obama presidency on its merits and competence. But the public didn’t seek a dent has seemed too often at war with Obama himself has admitted, changed the Ultimately, Obama could not be the in comparison to other occupants of the reformulation of the social contract. himself on how ambitious he wants to be, trajectory of the country. Obama more saviour his supporters hoped he would Oval Office. And Obama has had neither the parti- whether on climate change, tax reform likely has been closest to Bill Clinton, be. “I am like a Rorschach test,” he said Some, like Paul Krugman, have already san dominance that comes with huge con- or the size of the stimulus. And that per- a comparison that historian David during the 2008 campaign. “Even if peo- concluded that Obama is already “one gressional majorities, like those enjoyed sonal conflict has made it too hard for Greenberg took note of a year into his ple find me disappointing ultimately, they of the most consequential and, yes, suc- by FDR and LBJ, nor the working bipar- him to make peace with his public. presidency. Both men were elected with might gain something.” That may be true. cessful presidents in American history.” tisanship with the Republicans to bring it By nature, Obama is not a partisan, similar numbers in the electoral college, And being a Rorschach president can But however historians and the public about. The Affordable Care Act of 2010, a populist or a revolutionary. Instead, though not in the popular vote. get you reelected and can gain you some ultimately rate Obama, the greatness his signature legislative achievement, will he finds his comfort zone in conciliation Both faced strong opposition from notable accomplishments as well. But it that he sought — and that was expected be Obama’s legacy, and in the years to and accommodation, and in the empirical Republicans who imagined the president cannot earn you the stamp of presidential of him — will probably not be his. He has come it may be seen as a moral and eco- world of rational policy analysis. Those to be far more radical than he was, and greatness. In Obama’s case, the times, his certainly not been a failed president. But nomic victory. But there are simply too can be useful qualities in many circum- both concentrated on the economy. In one capacity, his character and the public’s neither is Obama likely to be judged a many complexities and uncertainties to stances, but they won’t make you a trans- respect, Obama has been Clinton Plus expectations would not allow it. great or iconic one. Unlike FDR, JFK or call it transformative now. formative president. — he has succeeded in health care and WP-BLOOMBERG Pakistan’s pride Malala can’t go home When dictators disappear, imagination starts racing The Taliban thinks that everyone BY DAVID BOYLE should be in and under their hen dictators disappear, whether they are suffering from “discomfort” or not, it always sets the imagination racing. control. I am not a slave. I am not Kim Jong-un, the portly 31-year-old who is North WKorea’s head of state, hasn’t been seen in public since the beginning of September. In these circumstances, the mind begins to boggle. their follower … I will use my Is he having some kind of breakdown? Is he dying? Is he dead already? Speculation is a common feature of dictatorships, or any power structures that obsessively ration information. In 2012, there were mind. similar rumours that Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia – said to be mysteriously having treatment abroad – was actually dying. So BY KAMILA SHAMSIE that the Taliban’s power comes it proved, but his illness remained “undisclosed”. from their ability to terrify those After a car crash involving the son of Zambian president Michael ake that, Islamic extrem- who oppose them. Sata this year, it was said that not only was the president already ists, anti-Muslim bigots, In the last few months Islamic dead but that he had already been embalmed. He recently scotched Pashtun-bashers and State (IS) has made it impossible the stories by appearing in public looking rather healthy. Tmisogynists! Malala to keep from thinking about how Even for Robert Mugabe, travelling to Singapore in 2012 for treat- Yousufzai has become the young- anyone is supposed to stand up ment for prostate cancer – something he did maybe eight times that est person to win any Nobel prize to brutality instead of responding year alone – gave rise to whispers that he had actually died some time and, fittingly, did not appear with acquiescence or flight. It’s a before. There has been speculation along similar lines about 91-year- Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai poses for a photograph after before the media to respond for question to which Malala had to old former prime minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, and rumours several hours because it was find an answer as a child. addressing the media in Birmingham, central England on Friday. of Hugo Chávez’s death proceeded the strongman’s actual passing last a school day, and the girl’s got When she was 13, two years year by several months. Shortly before his actual demise, the rumours priorities. before she was shot in the head, the public relations wing of the nothing to the leaders.” were intensified by an open letter written to him by Fidel Castro, the A year ago the Guardian a Pakistani journalist asked her if military. Malala isn’t the first Pakistani former Cuban dictator. Castro is endlessly trying to scotch rumours sent me to interview Malala in she was frightened of the threats All this is as it should be. But to win a Nobel – that accolade that he has died. Strange things happen in the world of totalitarian Birmingham, where she still lives, the Taliban directed at her. “Yes,” officialdom has refrained from goes to Abdus Salam, joint win- rule, even a letter from one dead man to another. and I asked her why she thought she said, “but I don’t let anyone commenting on the fact that the ner of the 1979 physics prize. In nations where absolute power is wielded, those who owe their the Taliban felt so threatened by see it.” pride of Pakistan is unable to Like Malala, Salam was in exile position to the leader cling to their influence by keeping them operat- her. At first she laughed. Then When I put the same question return to Pakistan because the from Pakistan when the Nobel ing – perhaps even past the point of death – while they sort out some she said: “I don’t know, but many to her, she said: “Fear was spread Taliban remain too great a threat. prize was announced. more permanent solution. The story of Stalin’s mysterious death in people say that they’re afraid of all over the valley of Swat, but As of June this year, Pakistan’s His was a self-imposed exile 1953 suggests that, while the hands of the doctors treating him shook education,. They’re afraid of the we (she and her father) were not military has been engaged in an in protest at the Bhutto gov- with fear, his inner circle played desperately for time. campaign we’re doing for girls’ afraid of fear. anti-Taliban offensive, during ernment’s decision to pass a Stalin was the source of their power and without him, those around rights.” At nights our hearts were beat- the course of which it captured law declaring members of the him feared they would lose more than their influence. Franklin But as she continued to speak ing fast, but in the morning we 10 men who are allegedly mem- Ahmadiyya community, to which Roosevelt was famously not told about his own cancer in 1944 in case – her ideas enlarging, in con- were like normal people, and we bers of the group that planned the he belonged, non-Muslims. Salam it undermined his bid for a fourth term of office. When his illness tradiction to my expectation of said we’ll continue our campaign. attack on Malala. never returned to live in Pakistan became obvious to those around him, he was sent out exhaustingly on someone who would already have Our courage was stronger than But it’s hard to gauge the suc- again. the campaign trail as proof of his good health. But these issues are stock responses to all the obvious fear.” She says a thing like that, cess of the operation, and dif- When I listen to Malala talk much more urgent now that knowledge can be passed instantaneously. questions – she said: “I believe it’s and there’s no question of doubt- ficult not to think about what about her home of Swat, it’s hard During the wartime struggle with the Nazis over the airwaves, the my life and it’s my choice how to ing her. Malala said to me about an ear- not to hope history will turn out BBC’s European news chief Noel Newsome realised that, for all the live it. In Pakistan, news of the Nobel lier military operation against the differently this time. cleverness of Josef Goebbels’s broadcasts, their failure to tell the whole The Taliban thinks that every- prize has led to an outpouring of Taliban: “In the military opera- It isn’t when she describes Swat truth was a big weakness. They would tell lies that were bound to one should be in and under their accolades from official figures, tion they didn’t target the Taliban as “paradise” that her heartbreak emerge later. They would suppress information that their own people control. I am not a slave. I am led by the prime minister, Nawaz leaders – they fled. is evident, but later in the inter- desperately wanted. It was this fatal vulnerability that lost the Nazis not their follower … I will use my Sharif, who called her “the pride But suppose a Taliban went to a view, when she remembers the the “airwave” war, with 15 million Germans risking their lives to listen mind.” of Pakistan”. shop and asked for a comb – then river near her house. “I miss that to Allied broadcasts. Listening to the interview Also among the praise-singers the shopkeeper would become a river. It smelled a lot. It was full of The paradox, then and now, is that the more you try to control again, I am more struck than is the director general of Inter- (military) target, and be killed. garbage. But still, I miss it.” information, the more it begins to slip out of your grasp. previously by her understanding Services Public Relations (ISPR), They (the military) are doing THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST UN chief in Libya to prop peace talks Major envoys to attend meeting

TRIPOLI: UN Secretary bring the rival factions together General Ban Ki-moon arrived for talks in the remote oasis town in the Libyan capital yesterday of Ghadames on September 29. for a surprise visit aimed at bol- At the time the UN envoy stering talks between political hailed the discussions as “very parties in the violence-plagued constructive and very positive”. country, his office said. Libya’s parliament elected in The North African nation has June is recognised by the inter- been sliding into chaos since long- national community but con- time leader Muammar Gaddafi tested by the militia controlling was toppled in an uprising three most of the capital Tripoli and by years ago, with interim authori- Islamists who hold much of the ties confronted by powerful mili- eastern city of Benghazi. tias that fought to oust him. The majority faction in the leg- Ban flew into Tripoli just weeks islature has been meeting in the after the outgoing government far eastern town of Tobruk near admitted from its safe refuge in the border with Egypt. An interior view of the Hanging Church that was reopened after 16 years of restoration, in Old Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. The Saint Virgin Mary’s Coptic the east of the country that it had The UN refugee agency said Orthodox Church is also known as the ‘Hanging Church’ because it was built on a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress. in effect lost control of the capital Friday that clashes between rival to armed militias. militias had driven an estimated The UN chief was due to meet 287,000 people from their homes, members of political parties to including about 100,000 who have Kerry heads to Cairo as Gaza donor fatigue looms support talks aimed at ending a fled the outskirts of the capital. split that has further destabilised Another 15,000 people were the oil-rich nation. estimated to have been displaced WASHINGTON: US Secretary helping the Gaza Strip pummeled doing the same thing again in a the Palestinians yet to agree a He was to urge Libyan par- around Benghazi, it said. of State John Kerry left for by the 50-day war between Israel year or two.” permanent ceasefire after the ties “to press forward with their “The need for healthcare, food, Cairo yesterday to back calls and Hamas militants earlier this Kerry will tell the conference bloody fighting, which ended in nascent dialogue in order to and other basic commodities — to aid the Gaza Strip, amid year. that the United States remains August after the deaths of some restore stability to their crisis- plus for shelter ahead of winter fears donors may fail to raise But US officials acknowledged a committed to the two-state solu- 2,200 Palestinians and 73 Israelis. ridden country”, his office said in — has become critical,” said UN $4bn needed to rebuild the creeping donor fatigue, amid the tion and is ready to revive negoti- The Palestinian Authority has a statement. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Palestinian territory. recognition that the world has ations for a comprehensive peace unveiled a 76-page reconstruction The discussions later yesterday Edwards. Egypt will be the first step on been here before in the decades deal, after his own dogged nine- plan for Gaza, calling for $4bn to were to include the deputy presi- Last week, the UN Security a fresh whirlwind tour for the of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. month bid to seal an accord that rebuild the war-battered ter- dent of the house of representa- Council warned of possible sanc- 70-year-old top US diplomat, “I think it’s very fair to say collapsed earlier this year. ritory, with the largest amount tives, other members of the house tions against those who reject who will also hold meetings in that there are serious ques- He would stress the need “to going to build housing for some and lawmakers who boycotted peace in Libya. Since the begin- Paris and Vienna on the crisis in tions being raised by a lot of the chart a different course for the 100,000 left homeless. parliamentary sessions, it said. ning of September, Islamists have Ukraine and efforts to reach an donors about... how best to break future of Gaza, which includes But the US official admitted: The foreign minister of Italy as been trying to capture Benghazi Iran nuclear deal with a deadline this cycle” of violence, a senior trying to change the fundamen- “I don’t know whether anybody well as special envoys from sev- airport, with its military and just a few weeks away. State Department official told tal dynamic there,” the State thinks we’re going to get to four eral countries were also expected civilian airfields. Expected to arrive early today reporters. Department official said, asking billion.” While the US has already to attend. At least 17 people have been in the Egyptian capital, Kerry There has to be reflection about not to be identified. committed some $118m, so far it The UN mission chief in Libya, killed this week in fighting for will head almost straightaway to “how best to ensure that we’re not But prospects for new peace has not made any pledges of new Bernardino Leon, managed to the airport. AFP the day-long conference aimed at going to find ourselves back here talks seem dim, with Israel and funds beyond that. AFP

Bahrain opposition meets Bombings in 1,500 jihadis arrested Baghdad kill in Tunisia, says PM at least 45 TUNIS: Tunisia has arrested year, we have arrested about 1,500 some 1,500 suspected jihadis terrorism suspects. They will face BAGHDAD: At least 45 peo- this year, Prime Minister Mehdi justice in the coming months, ple were killed in bombings in Jomaa told Reuters, part of a including 500 who will be tried Baghdad and its rural outskirts security crackdown aimed at this month,” Jomaa said in an yesterday as the government safeguarding the North African interview late on Friday. continued to defend the capi- country’s fragile transition to “The number of Tunisians tal against jihadists who four democracy. fighting in Syria is estimated at months ago seized major cities Among those held are hundreds about 3,000. A few hundred of in northern Iraq. of militants who have fought in them have returned to Tunisia Islamic State (IS) fighters, who Syria’s civil war and who could and they have been tracked down took control of large sections of now pose a danger at home, and arrested,” he said. Iraq this year, regularly target Jomaa said, as Tunisia prepares Since its 2011 “Jasmine revolu- Shia districts in Baghdad and are to hold parliamentary elections tion” that ousted autocrat Zine penetrating surrounding farm- on October 26 and a presidential el-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has land where Iraqi security forces poll next month. faced a rise in Islamist militant and Shia militias try to push them Jomaa also cited the political violence, including attacks on back. turmoil in neighbouring Libya security forces, but Jomaa said In west Baghdad, 34 people as a key security threat and said such concerns would not derail were killed by three car bombs his government had stepped up the elections. in Shia neighbourhoods yester- border cooperation with Algeria, “Despite all the serious threats day evening, police and medical which shares Tunisia’s concerns from jihadists, the elections will officials said. that Islamist militants are be a success and we have put in A suicide bomber blew up his using Libyan territory as a place security plans to counter vehicle up at a traffic roundabout Bahraini opposition leaders from the four leading parties meet ahead of a press conference in Manama, refuge. any threat,” he said. in Kadhimiya, killing 11 people, Bahrain, yesterday. Bahrain’s leading opposition groups announced yesterday that they will boycott the “Since the beginning of this REUTERS three of them police officers, upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections set for late November. officials said. Another 27 were wounded. In the Shaoula neighbourhood, two bombs were detonated on the same street just 30 minutes apart. Blast kills two Yemen troops In the first attack, a bomb in Global Child Forum to make a parked car exploded outside an ADEN: Two Yemeni soldiers were Thursday’s suicide bombing in Sanaa ice cream shop, killing eight and killed yesterday when a roadside bomb targeted a gathering of supporters of wounding 18 people. In the sec- exploded in the restive southeastern Shia rebels who overran the capital last international debut in Dubai ond blast, 600 meters down the province of Hadramawt, a military month and are demanding a greater role same shop-lined street, a militant source said, blaming Al Qaeda for the in decision making as well as political detonated his car, killing 15 peo- attack. and economic reform. DOHA: The Global Child Forum, an inter- children’s rights ple and wounding 44 others, police Three other soldiers were wounded It came a day after a new prime national independent platform for research, and also to sup- and medical officials said. in the bombing that targeted a military minister designate, named as part of dialogue, information and action which port cross-sector After seizing the western city of vehicle in the historic interior town of a UN-brokered peace deal, refused the was initiated by King Carl XVI Gustaf partnerships and Fallujah and large sections of its Shibam, known as the Manhattan of the post in the face of fierce opposition from and Queen Silvia of Sweden, will make its knowledge shar- sister city Ramadi at the begin- Desert for its centuries-old multi-storey the rebels. international debut in Dubai on November ing in the region. ning of the year, IS fighters swept buildings. AQAP is considered by the United 13, 2014. The forum will be held under the “We believe across northern Iraq in June. In The attack comes after separate sui- States to be Al Qaeda’s most danger- patronage of Queen Silvia of Sweden, and that by creating farmland north of Baghdad, a sui- cide attacks on Thursday killed 47 people ous branch and its leaders have been Chairperson of Dubai Healthcare City a platform for cide bomber detonated his explo- in the capital Sanaa and 20 soldiers in targeted repeatedly by US drone Authority and Chairperson of International informed, glo- sives belt in a market, killing 11 Hadramawt province. strikes. Humanitarian City Princess Haya bint Al bal dialogue and people and wounding 21 others, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula The group has vowed to fight the Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin building partnerships between different sec- medical and police officials said. (AQAP) has since claimed responsibility Shia rebels in defence of Yemen’s Sunni Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and tors of society we can inspire effective and The attack took place about 28 for the Sanaa bombing, which has further majority, and has also repeatedly tar- Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai. innovative cross-sector action on children’s km north of the capital, between exacerbated tensions in violence-wracked geted security forces particularly in the The forum will bring together over 400 rights,” said Ulf Karlberg, Chairman, Global the towns of Tarmiyah and Yemen. south and east. regional and international decision-makers Child Forum (pictured). “After four success- Mishahda. The area has long been Impoverished Yemen has been wracked AQAP claimed Thursday’s bombings from business, finance, state, academia and ful international Forums at the Royal Palace a hotbed of militant activities. by political turmoil since a bloody 2011 in statements posted on the Twitter civil society to discuss improvements of chil- in Stockholm, Sweden, Global Child Forum is Four Iraqi soldiers who were uprising forced veteran strongman Ali account of its Ansar Al Shariah News, dren’s rights as part of the global sustainabil- now ready to take the next step. Dubai in its wounded by IS fighters died in a Abdullah Saleh from office, with rebels according to the SITE Intelligence moni- ity agenda. The aim of the event, to be held at role as the hub of the MENA region was an friendly-fire incident in the town and militants battling to exploit a power toring group. the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, is to broaden obvious choice,” Karlberg added. of Udaim. REUTERS vacuum. 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AFP, BBC and Aid pledges to The Times war correspondents fight Ebola far win honours

BAYEUX, FRANCE: AFP photographer Mohammed Al Shaikh and the BBC’s Lyse short, says UN Doucet were among the winners at the annual Bayeux-Calvados awards for war correspondents announced yesterday in Bayeux, Number of cases ‘doubling’ northwestern France. Three of the seven prizes went UNITED NATIONS: Pledges international response that offi- to coverage of the conflict in Syria. of financial aid to fight Ebola cials admit has been slow and has The international jury, chaired by have fallen far short of the $1bn yet to catch up to the rapid-fire US veteran foreign correspondent needed by the United Nations, spread of the virus. “Speed is of Jon Randal, awarded the first prize with only one quarter of the the essence,” said Eliasson. “A in the photo category to Al Shaikh amount raised, a UN official contribution within days is more for a series of striking images cov- said on Friday. important than a larger contribu- ering violent demonstrations in UN Deputy Secretary General tion within weeks.” Bahrain, which began in 2011. Jan Eliasson also appealed for doc- He called for a “surge” in In the written press category, tors, nurses and other health care trained health care personnel to The Times’ Anthony Loyd — who personnel to come forward to work set up treatment centers in West was beaten and shot at by rebels in desperately needed treatment Africa, where hospitals and clin- in Syria — won top honours for centers to be set up in West Africa. ics have been overwhelmed with his work highlighting the dangers “Of the $1bn sought only one quar- the caseload. Volunteers and citizens work together during the cleanup operation in Genoa, Italy yesterday. of reporting from the country. ter has been funded,” Eliasson told The UN’s Ebola coordinator, Doucet, a veteran BBC News the UN General Assembly. David Nabarro, said the number correspondent, took the televi- Another $20m has been pledged of cases was doubling every three Outrage over Genoa flood chaos sion category for her reports from separately for a trust fund set up to four weeks and that a much Yarmouk, a Palestinian refugee by the UN to help pay for the greater effort was needed to beat camp in Damascus, which became international response to Ebola. back the deadly epidemic. ROME: Italy reacted with a high alert until at least tomor- “What is really alarming is a symbol of suffering in Syria. “We need more — we need much “Without this global movement, shock and outrage at the row but there were angry ques- how little has been done in three The long-format televi- more,” Eliasson said. it will be impossible to get this chronic bureaucratic and plan- tions about how the city could be years to make Genoa secure from sion award went to Marcel The UN official appealed to the disease quickly under control and ning failures laid bare after reduced to chaos, despite repeated another flooding disaster,” said Mettelsiefen for a report out of 193-nation General Assembly for the world will have to live with the severe flooding hit the north- warnings of a potential disaster. Francesco Vincenzi, president Syria for Arte. In the radio cat- more money and resources as Ebola virus forever,” he warned. western city of Genoa, killing Italy’s mountainous and unsta- of ANBI, a national association egory, jurors rewarded Olivier the World Health Organisation Nabarro drew a list of what one man and leaving the streets ble geography has always made the representing the organisations Poujade from France Inter for his announced that the death toll had was needed: Doctors and nurses of the medieval port city buried country vulnerable to natural dis- charged with overseeing flooding coverage of the French military crossed the threshold of 4,000. to come in as teams to help start in mud and debris. asters from floods to landslides and and water safety issues. intervention in the strife-torn Liberia, Sierra Leone and treatment centres, aeroplanes, “The mud of Genoa, shame of earthquakes. Genoa’s own position, Governor Claudio Burlando Central African Republic. Guinea continue to be the epi- helicopters, vehicles, motorbikes a country,” read the front page between the sea and a ring of steep estimated the damage to public Alexey Furman took the young demic’s epicenter, but this week and boats to reach rural areas. headline of Italy’s biggest daily mountains, is particularly exposed infrastructure at some ¤200m reporter’s prize for his photo- saw the first Ebola death in the The fight against Ebola involves newspaper Corriere della Sera yes- to severe storms and flooding. ($252.52m) and as workers and graphs of the crisis in Ukraine. United States, while a nurse in “just about every country in the terday after the flooding, which But administrative failures volunteers began the cleanup, A report out of Chechnya enti- Spain was fighting for her life world”, he said. Nabarro told the occurred less than three years under successive governments, Franco Gabrielli, head of the civil tled “Grozny: Nine cities”, was after being infected while treating world body that there would be after torrential floods in the same from unregulated building to protection authority, warned that picked as the best online journal- an Ebola patient who died. more requests “for cash because city killed seven people in 2011. poorly planned infrastructure and the problems would persist over ism piece. The win was shared by The United Nations has this is an expensive job”. As heavy rain continued, civil bureaucratic inertia have exacer- the weekend. “We are still in full Gerald Holubowicz, Olga Kravets, appealed for $1bn to fund an AFP protection authorities maintained bated the problems. emergency,” he said. REUTERS Maria Morina, Oksana Yushko, Anna Shpakova, Mediapart and Polka Magainze Chewbahat Storytelling Lab. Manama-born Al Shaikh, an engineering graduate, said it was “a big honour” to win the Snowden’s partner Lindsay living with him in Russia: Film photo prize for the coverage of the unrest in his home country. NEW YORK: Fugitive intelli- Moscow in July. She is shown suggested that the couple had After the NSA surveillance and Internet surveillance by the “There was huge interest for gence analyst Edward Snowden, preparing dinner with Snowden parted company. story breaks, the couple is still British and US governments. pictures showing the protests who was granted asylum by in a wood-paneled kitchen, But the documentary in touch. Mills tells him that There are some astonishing in Bahrain, especially in the two Moscow after revealing the but the couple’s conversation “Citizenfour” hints at a much closer his rent cheques are no longer nuggets of information, such as years” that followed the first dem- extent of US government surveil- is not recorded and she is not union. It shows Snowden break- going through, which he calls his assertion that at NSA he onstration, he said. lance, has been reunited with his interviewed. ing the news online to Mills from “strange” because they had been could watch drone strikes and AFP Chairman Emmanuel American girlfriend in Russia. Kremlin-connected lawyer Hong Kong that he would not be set up automatically, and that surveillance—“lots of them in all Hoog praised the photographer’s A two-hour documentary by Anatoly Kucherena confirmed back anytime soon after she told trucks are all over the street these countries”—at anytime on dedication. “This prestigious Laura Poitras paints an inti- that Snowden had been reunited him agents had turned up at their outside their home. his desktop. award recognizes the long-term mate and sympathetic portrait with his long-time girlfriend. home in Hawaii, suspicious about Kucherena said Mills does Snowden is reluctant to talk work of a photographer who, with of Snowden holed up in a Hong “Love is love,” he said. his absence from work. not live with Snowden full-time about himself, but Poitras shows a great talent and professionalism, Kong hotel as he blows the whis- The whereabouts of a woman “It’s a tough situation,” he says, because of visa constraints, but man committed to exposing mass continues to be the witness of tle on National Security Agency who formerly referred to herself close to tears on his hotel bed visits frequently and that the data surveillance, who says he events which have shaken the dealings and then plots his escape. on a blog as “a world-traveling, after telling Mills that he “may couple explores Russia’s theat- would rather risk prison than have Arab world since 2011,” he said. The movie, shown at advance pole-dancing super hero” were not be coming back”. “She has no ers and cultural life together. his intellectual freedom curtailed. Created in 1994, the Bayeux- screenings in New York late on not previously known. She has idea (what I’m doing,” he says. He “Citizenfour” shows Snowden at He patiently explains the extent of Calvados awards recognise Friday, is due for release in the- never spoken publicly about her says he feels “badly” about sim- the Mira hotel during interviews the surveillance and how it worked. reporting on conflicts and their atres on October 24. The film boyfriend, who has been charged ply disappearing while she was with Guardian journalists in 2013 Yet he admits he is nervous, and impact on civilians as well as sto- says Snowden’s longtime part- in the United States with espi- on vacation but said he did it to that resulted in a series of sto- appears worried and jumpy. ries covering the defence of free- ner Lindsay Mills joined him in onage, and some reports had protect her. ries about the extent of phone AFP dom and democracy. AFP Protest for justice ‘Thousands’ monitored in London, says mayor LONDON: Britain’s secu- officers and staff has been rity services are monitor- heightened, but we are used to ing “thousands” of people confronting risk and danger, in London, the city’s mayor this is what we do on a daily Boris Johnson said in an basis, and we are well trained,” interview yesterday, amid he said. heightened fears of attack by The government believes homegrown jihadists. that around 500 people have Johnson’s comments came travelled from Britain and are as Scotland Yard continued fighting in Iraq and Syria. to question five men arrested Johnson said that of these, in the capital on Tuesday on “we think a third, maybe more suspicion of planning a ter- — maybe half — come from the Inspired by the August 9 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, dem- rorist act. “In London we’re London area”. onstrators march to protest racial injustice in St. Louis, Missouri yes- very, very vigilant and very, “If and when they come terday. Brown, an 18-year-old black man, was not armed when he very concerned,” Johnson told back, we have a real job to The Daily Telegraph. deal with them,” he told the was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white Ferguson police officer. “Every day — as you saw Telegraph. recently, we had to raise the Ministers have prom- threat level — every day the ised a string of measures to security services are involved crack down on young British in thousands of operations. Muslims travelling to Syria Poroshenko, Putin to meet in Milan “There are probably in the and Iraq, including stopping low thousands of people that them at airports and pre- KHARKIV: Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko yesterday said we are monitoring in London.” venting them from travel- that he will meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin next week as Kiev Britain’s terrorism threat ling and tightening measures reported rebel attacks have subsided, signalling the possibility of level was raised to “severe” in which could restrict their rescuing a truce in the six-month conflict. August, the second-highest, movements. Pro-Russian rebels and the Ukrainian military in the eastern Donetsk which means that an attack “We must do everything we region said they have agreed to a no-shooting period, and the army is thought to be “highly likely”. can to defeat this ideology and announced “progress” in negotiations and readiness to pull back forces. Intelligence services say the prevent the radicalisation of Kiev has accused Moscow of fuelling the insurgency in Ukraine’s threat comes primarily from young British Muslims,” Home Donetsk and Lugansk regions, including by sending regular contingents the Islamic State (IS) group Secretary Theresa May told across the border which the government no longer controls. and Al Qaeda. the Conservative Party confer- Putin and Poroshenko will meet on Friday, for the first time since On Friday, police across ence last month. August, while attending the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit Britain were also warned by Two Britons, David Haines in Milan, Poroshenko said on a visit to Kharkiv. the top officer in charge of and Alan Henning, have been “I don’t expect that these will be easy negotiations,” he said, adding counter-terrorism, Assistant murdered by IS jihadists since that the talks will also include the prime ministers of Italy and Britain Commissioner Mark Rowley. September. as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. AFP “The threat level to police AFP SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PHILIPPINES ‘Very strong’ storm rolls towards Japan Tokyo closes Naha airport as it braces for storm

TOKYO: Powerful Typhoon kilometres per hour. lost fingers after they were caught Vongfong churned towards Naha airport was closed with in doors slammed shut by strong Japan yesterday, injuring at land transport also disrupted. winds in two cities, municipal offi- least 20 people as it pounded Vongfong is expected to cials said. the southern Okinawan islands approach Japan’s southern main Satellite images of Vongfong with ferocious winds and driv- island of Kyushu by tomor- have shown a perfectly formed eye ing rain. row morning after brushing off in the middle of a gigantic swirl- The monster storm was esti- Okinawa, and could make landfall, ing disc of cloud. mated to be about 110 kilometres the meteorological agency said. The typhoon came just a week southeast of Naha City in Japan’s Okinawa has already been after another strong tropi- southernmost area of Okinawa experiencing gusts and heavy cal storm whipped through the at 0800 GMT, according to the rain, which caused a blackout in country, leaving 11 people dead nation’s meteorological agency. 33,000 households. or missing in a nation prone to The Joint Typhoon Warning More than 10,000 residents natural disasters. Center has downgraded the mostly in coastal areas were Earthquakes shook northern storm from a super typhoon, but advised to evacuate with the Japan yesterday, two weeks after Japanese officials said it remained weather agency warning the a volcano in the central part of “large and very strong” and prefecture could be hit by hourly the archipelago erupted without warned of high waves, torrential rainfall of up to 80 millimetres by warning, killing at least 56 hikers. rain and landslides. tomorrow morning. In late August a downpour in Packing gusts of up to 234 At least 20 people have been western Japan’s Hiroshima trig- Firefighters inspect a neon sign that broke due to the strong winds generated by typhoon Vongfong in Urasoe city kilometres per hour, the typhoon injured, including a nine-year- gered massive landslides and killed on the island of Okinawa, southern Japan, yesterday. was moving north slowly, at 15 old girl and a man in his 20s who more than 70 people. AFP Chinese cult members sentenced to death Thailand nabs BEIJING: China yesterday would take place in 2012. members, were sentenced to resurrected as Yang Xiangbin, with social stability. It has 53 Rohingya sentenced two members of a The case sparked a national ten and seven years of jail terms wife of the sect’s founder, Zhao cracked down on cults, which banned religious cult - a father outcry after it was revealed that respectively,” Xinhua said. Weishan, according to previous have multiplied in recent years. migrants and daughter – to death for Wu was beaten to death for refus- Zhang Hang is also a daughter Xinhua reports. Demonstrations have been put the murder in a McDonald’s ing to give her telephone number of Zhang Lidong. Zhao is also known as Xu down with force and some sect BANGKOK: Thai authorities restaurant of a woman who to members of the group. Xinhua did not report ages of Wenshan, Xinhua has said, adding leaders executed. yesterday arrested 53 Rohingya refused an apparent attempt The Yantai Intermediate the five defendants, who were that the couple fled to the United In 1999, then-President Jiang migrants and two suspected by the group to recruit her, People’s Court sentenced Zhang tried in August. States in September 2000. Zemin launched a campaign to Thai traffickers en route to state media said. Fan and her father, Zhang Lidong, According to Xinhua, Zhang In 2012, China launched a crush the Falun Gong religious neighbouring Malaysia. The 37-year-old woman, to death for intentional homicide Fan and Lu had called Wu an “evil crackdown on the group, which group. It was banned as “evil cult” The migrants were found on surnamed Wu, was attacked and gave another member of the spirit” and the group beat, kicked, called for a “decisive battle” to after thousands of practition- a rubber plantation in Takua Pa in May in the eastern prov- group, Lu Yingchun, life in prison, and stomped on her head until slay the “Red Dragon” Communist ers staged a surprise but peace- district in the southern coastal ince of Shandong by members the official Xinhua news agency she died on the scene. Party, and preached that the ful sit-in outside the leadership province of Phang Nga, district of Quannengshen, the Church said. The Quannengshen group, world would end that year. compound in Beijing to demand chief Manit Phianthong said. of Almighty God, which had “Zhang Hang and Zhang which originated in central Henan The party brooks no chal- official recognition of their move- “We got a tip-off from an preached that a global apocalypse Qiaolian, another two cult province, believes that Jesus was lenge to its rule and is obsessed ment. REUTERS informant that a trafficking gang would be transporting Rohingya people to Malaysia,” he said, add- Cry for democracy ing that the migrants came from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state and Bangladesh. Philippines defends EDCA in court Thousands of Rohingyans have fled deadly communal unrest in Rakhine since 2012, mostly head- MANILA: Philippine Solicitor to perform his primary constitu- “There is a difference between ing for Malaysia. General Florin Hilbay told the tional duty to promote national political posturing and legal The migrants arrested were Supreme Court (SC) yester- security interests. The President, argument. Whether the EDCA ferried onto the Thai main- day that the Enhanced Defence as head of State and chief repre- is ‘highly disadvantageous to land from a small island in the Cooperation Agreement sentative of government, has the the Philippine government’ or Andaman Sea, Manit said, adding (EDCA) with the United States ‘prime duty to serve and protect ‘lopsided in favour of the (US)’ that one of the arrested traffick- is not unconstitutional as oppo- the people’,” read the comment. is not a legal question that can ers confessed he was part of a big- nents have claimed. Hilbay said EDCA did not serve as a basis for a sound legal ger gang. “We are still looking for The Enhanced Defence require Senate concurrence as argument.” the real masterminds,” he added. Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) it would implement and enhance Anti-EDCA petitioners former Twelve Rohingya migrants are is a treaty between the United the Mutual Defence Treaty and senators Rene Saguisag and thought to have escaped during States of America and the the Visiting Forces Agreement. Wigberto Tañada asked the SC the raid, he added. Philippines, signed on April It was necessary in addressing to issue a temporary restraining Myanmar views its population 28, 2014 in Manila which paves external and internal security order (TRO) against EDCA. of roughly 800,000 Rohingya -- the way for the increased pres- to achieve “a minimum credible Bayan Muna Representatives described by the United Nations ence of American troops in the defence to the manifold security Neri Colmenares and Carlos as one of the most persecuted Philippines and gives them wider concerns in the West Philippine Zarate, and the Kilusang Mayo minorities in the world -- as ille- access to military bases Sea,” he added. Uno (KMU) and Confederation gal Bangladeshi immigrants, and In the government’s comment, Hilbay said the government for Unity, Recognition and denies them citizenship. Hilbay said the agreement is would rely on EDCA to shore up Advancement (Courage) also filed They face travel restrictions, within President Aquino’s power the Armed Forces’ capabilities in two similar petitions. forced labour and limited access to protect the nation as com- humanitarian assistance and dis- The petitioners alleged that to healthcare and education. mander-in-chief, chief executive aster relief (HADR). Hilbay said EDCA violates provisions on Around 300,000 Rohingya have and chief architect of foreign petitioners against EDCA had no national sovereignty, territorial over the years gone to live in policy. legal standing to seek relief from integrity and interests, freedom Bangladesh, which recognises only “The President, through the SC since only incumbent sena- from nuclear weapons and auton- a small portion as refugees and the (Department of National tors may raise the issue of alleged omy of local government units. regularly turns back those trying Pro-democracy protesters display posters outside the government head- Defence), entered into the EDCA lack of Senate concurrence. THE PHILIPPINE STAR to cross the border. AFP quarters in Hong Kong yesterday as they try to regather momentum after the government called off talks with their leaders. Counterfeit bags seized N Korea’s Kim still in charge

BEIJING/SEOUL: North his father and grandfather are Kim, who has rapidly gained Korean leader Kim Jong Un is interred. weight since coming to power in firm control of his govern- But the report by KCNA did after his father died of a heart ment but hurt his leg taking not mention Kim’s name in a list attack in 2011, had been seen part in a military drill, a source of high-level party and military walking with a limp since an with access to the secretive officials who attended an event event with important officials in North’s leadership said, play- at the mausoleum on Friday. A July, which would imply he may ing down speculation over the flower basket from Kim was have aggravated an earlier injury. 31-year-old’s health and grip on placed at the mausoleum, it said. Kim needs about 100 days to power in the nuclear-capable The source with access to the recuperate, said the source, whose nation. North’s leadership, who has close information could not be inde- North Korea’s state media, ties to Pyongyang and Beijing, pendently verified. which usually chronicle Kim’s said on Thursday that Kim had “Kim Jong Un is in total control,” activities in great detail, have hurt his leg while inspecting mili- said the source. Kim’s absence from not mentioned any public appear- tary exercises. public view is fuelling speculation ances since he attended a concert “He ordered all the generals over the state of his health and with his wife on September 3 and to take part in drills and he took whether he may have been side- the official KCNA news agency part too. They were crawling and lined in a power struggle. indicated he did not attend an running and rolling around, and “The longer he remains out of important political anniversary he pulled a tendon,” the source the public eye, the more uncer- on Friday. said on condition of anonymity. tainty about him, and the sta- In the previous two years, “He injured his ankle and tus of his regime, will grow,” Kim marked the anniversary of knee around late August or early said Curtis Melvin, a researcher the founding of North Korea’s September while drilling because at the US-Korea Institute at Workers’ Party with a post- he is overweight. He limped the Johns Hopkins School of A Philippine Bureau of Customs personnel yesterday inspects fake luxury bags estimated to be worth $22.3m midnight visit to the Pyongyang around in the beginning but the Advanced International Studies seized during a raid in several stockrooms at a building in Binondo, Manila, Philippines. mausoleum where the bodies of injury worsened,” the source said. in Washington. REUTERS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Lashkar Gah police HQ attack kills officer Militants try to weaken Afghan security

KABUL: A suicide attacker police and an army soldier, he wearing a police uniform said. attacked a provincial police Taliban insurgents and their headquarters in southern jihadist allies have been stepping Afghanistan yesterday, killing up attacks in Helmand. In 2009, a one officer and wounding four US troop surge focussed on wrest- other people, an official said. ing back control of the strategic The bombing in Helmand prov- province. ince is the latest by militants bent Most US troops withdrew from on weakening the Afghan security Helmand earlier this year, and forces ahead of the withdrawal of Afghan security forces have been most foreign troops at the end of fighting insurgents there. this year. Since the Taliban was ousted The unidentified attacker from power by the US-led inter- approached the police compound vention after the September 11, in Lashkar Gah, the provincial 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, capital, wearing a police uniform it has been seeking to re-estab- but was stopped by a guard at lish its former hard-line Islamic the entrance, said Farid Ahmad state. Obaidi, a spokesman for the Close to half of Afghanistan’s Helmand provincial police chief. opium, a major funding source The bomber detonated his sui- for the insurgency, is produced in cide vest, killing one nearby police Helmand, according to the United Afghan security officials inspect the site of a suicide bomb blast that targeted the police headquarters in Lashkargah, Afghanistan, yesterday. officer and wounding three other Nations. REUTERS Pakistan to host Qadri followers packing up Violence rises with food Commonwealth insecurity in Islamabad session next year ISLAMABAD: Ayesha while Dr Qadri will leave for the Muqadas along with her sisters public gathering in Faisalabad on ISLAMABAD: Over 200 par- was trying to collect her belong- October 12 along with hundreds of ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan urban poor, particularly in violent liamentarians from 53 counters ing at the sit-in of Tahir-ul people that’s why the party lead- already named among the 10 districts, suggesting that exposure of the Commonwealth unani- -Qadri’s Pakistan Awami ership wants the participants of nations that contribute the to terrorist attacks reduces sup- mously chose Pakistan as the Tehreek (PAT) yesterday. the sit-in to gather at one place,” most to global poverty, a recent port for militants,” it said. venue of 61st Conference of She reached Islamabad to par- he added. World Bank (WB) report has It stated that a 6,000-person Commonwealth Parliamentary ticipate in the sit-in with a mini- A resident of Sargodha, Riaz found that the likelihood of nationally representative sur- Assembly (CPA) in Yaounde, mum luggage because she was Kalyar, 52, arrived in the sit-in violence and terrorism in the vey was conducted to measure Cameroon at the concluding hopeful that the revolution would to celebrate Eid Al Adha. “I am country is increasing with the attitudes toward four militant plenary of the 60th CPA. come within a week. But after the a supporter of the PAT chief and surge in food insecurity and organisations. According to a message first two weeks, she called her was interested to celebrate Eid land inequality. While citing a survey carried received here from Cameroon, younger brother to bring more Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri at the sit-in. I will return to my The report, titled ‘Addressing out by World Food Programme the occasion witnessed Speaker clothes for her as the sit-in got hometown on October 12,” he said. Inequality in South Asia’, under- (WFP) in parts of Khyber- National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq prolonged. from one place to another dur- “I am very happy because I got scores the need to address increas- Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally being elected as the president of Ayesha, 29, a resident of ing the last 58 days since the sit- the opportunity to eat camel’s ing inequality and appalling Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) the CPA for the year 2014-2015. Lalamusa tehsil in the district of in started.” She said her family, meat for the first time in my life poverty amid the government’s in 2010, WB said 16 percent of Sadiq was escorted to the Gujrat, said that it was difficult along with other participants, cel- at the sit-in,” Kalyar added. indifference towards the poor. households reported high levels president’s chair amid dancing for the participants of the sit-in ebrated Eid outside Parliament According to the workers of “In Pakistan, the probability of insecurity from strict rules and singing of the African and to stay in the tattered tents. House. PAT, it was difficult for the man- of violent attacks by insurgents, imposed by militants, curfews or Caribbean delegates, especially the “But we are staying under the Mohammad Imran, 20, a resi- agement of the sit-in to bear the sectarians, and terrorists is found bans on freedom of movement, parliamentarians of South Africa, open sky to create awareness dent of Mian Channu, said his additional expenses of some of the to increase with food insecurity military operation against mili- Malta, Tanzania, Swaziland and among the citizens about their family members returned to their tents taken on rent. and land inequality”, the report tants, displacement, and property others. He thanked the delegates rights.” hometown after Eid Al Adha. As a result, the party leader- stated. It cited studies carried damage. Almost two-thirds of for their overwhelming support She said she was teaching in He said thousands of people ship directed the participants to out by Pakistan Institute of respondents had experienced one to the Pakistani proposal and one of the schools managed by had already left the sit-in on stay in the empty tents near the Policy Studies on the correlation or more shocks over the three- assured the Conference of his the Minhaj Welfare Foundation the directions of the PAT chief PTV building and the cabinet between inequality and violence. year study period. Parliament’s best efforts to make in Lalamusa. She said Qadri on before and after the Eid for mak- block so that the remaining could The report claimed that the “In two conflict-affected regions the 2015 Conference a success. Friday directed the participants ing preparations for the public be returned. impact of conflicts differs across of Pakistan, poor households were Earlier, Sadiq made a presenta- of the sit-in to move their tents gatherings to be held in Lahore, In the meantime, Ayesha income groups. more likely to incur debts, to sus- tion on the proposal to host the to outside the cabinet block and Faisalabad Jhang and Abbottabad. Muqadas said she was hopeful “Contrary to expectations, poor tain house damage during fighting, Conference in Pakistan, which was the PTV building. “Dozens of tents are lying that it would be her last shifting Pakistanis dislike militants more to be displaced, to become victims followed by a short documentary, “Do you know we are mov- vacant near the PTV building within the venue of the sit-in. than middle-class citizens. The of crime and theft,” it added. especially prepared for the occa- ing our tents for the fourth time and outside the cabinet block INTERNEWS dislike is strongest among the INTERNEWS sion. In his speech, the speaker said the holding of the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Blue Mosque Conference in Pakistan will be yet another great boost for the democratic forces of Pakistan. Trade with India unhurt Drone strike kills 4 in Afghanistan amid border conflict KABUL: At least four sus- LAHORE: Skirmishes on the gypsum, etc, are traded routinely, pected militants were killed fol- Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) and activities get brisk dur- lowing a drone strike along the and Sialkot Working Boundary ing cotton and soybean seasons, Durand Line yesterday. between Pakistan and India has especially when huge quantities According to Pakistani intel- not yet stopped cross border are imported from India. At the ligence officials, the air strike was trade between the rivals at the moment, trade is slow, they added. carried out near the Tirah valley Wagah-Atari crossing, traders However, a number of trad- of Khyber Agency, Khaama Press and government officials say. ers suggest the situation might reported. Both traders and border change if the aggression continues. The officials further added that authorities are of the view that if Mian Idrees, owner of Sitar several suspected militants were Indian aggression continues, the Chemicals, one of the top chemi- also injured following the drone ongoing peace process would be cal exporters to India believes strike which targeted militant hurt, hindering the development that ongoing tension can impact hideouts in Cancharo Kandoa of India’s Non Discriminatory bilateral trade. About the role of area. Market Access (NDMA) to Indo-Pak business giants on eas- According to the Pakistani Pakistani markets. ing the situation, Idrees went on officials, the village is located So far, bilateral trade has been to say that though they can influ- right on the zero-line but the slow, but steady, without any ence, ‘this impact would not be area where the militants were side effects, as per different gov- too much’. targeted falls under the Afghan ernment agencies posted at the He suggested that both the gov- jurisdiction. Wagah border. “The trade activi- ernments should avoid creating The identity of the militants ties remained suspended for three tension, as the world was moving killed or injured in the air strike holidays of Eid Al Adha other towards unification and economic has not been ascertained so far. than Sunday and resumed on betterment with cordial relations. The Durand Line refers to Thursday,” one trader said. An official of All Pakistan Cement the 2,640 kilometres long porous Speaking of regular trade activ- Manufacturers Association said International border between ity and pace of transporting goods that so far no impact was witnessed Afghanistan and Pakistan. on both sides of the border, offi- on cement dispatches to India. AGENCIES cials said that cement, vegetables, INTERNEWS Afghan men pray at the Blue Mosque believed by some Muslims to be the site of the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Muhammad [PBUH], in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan yesterday. Sindh records 421 cases of violence against women in 3 months

KARACHI: Khairpur, the against women and girls were women-related issues, the report the discriminatory practices A badly-worded FIR also harms are lodged, inquiries are not prop- home district of Pakistan’s reported and 72 of them were says the 421 incidents involved were the result of the patriarchal prosecution cases obstructing erly conducted and the matter is Sindh province Chief Minister recorded in Khairpur alone, 534 women and girls but FIRs system. women’s access to effective rem- eventually shelved, it adds. Qaim Shah tops the list of dis- according to the quarterly report were registered only in 66 cases. Gender-based violence helped edies, the report says. It was observed that urban tricts in the province with the titled ‘Situation of Violence The report, based on figures maintain women in subordinate Most of the time police are not areas were fast catching up with highest number of violence inci- Against Women in Sindh (July- published in newspapers over roles and contributed to their low informed about such incidents, the rural areas as far as far as dents against women recorded September 2014)’. a period of three months, says level of political participation and while some of those reported to violence against women was con- during the third quarter of the Prepared by the Aurat that the issue of violence against to their lower level of education, the police are not recorded in cerned, as out of the 421 cases, 197 year, says a new report. Foundation, a non-governmen- women was rooted in social norms skills and work opportunities, it roznamcha (police diary), the were reported in the urban areas. In all 421 incidents of violence tal organisation working on and economic dependence while adds. report says. Even if a few cases INTERNEWS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA PM launches model village programme Every member of parliament to adopt three villages; plan to develop 2,400 model villages by 2019

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister in his or her constituency. participation, guided by the MPs,” Narendra Modi yesterday Modi had announced the he said. “Since independence, all said the Indian development scheme during his Independence governments have tried to remove model has to be demand-driven Day speech and said it would be poverty and uplift rural India. instead of the present supply- launched on the birth anniversary Schemes should be made accord- driven one and the aspirations of of Jai Prakash Narayan. ing to changing times,” Modi said, people living in villages need to Modi said: “We have to change adding that new elements need to be met. our attitude. MPs should not think be added all the time. “There have been government of any political activity when they “We should create an atmos- schemes for rural development go to the villages they adopt.” phere where people are proud of earlier also, but they have not The prime minister said he their villages,” he said, adding that brought about any transforma- would also adopt a village in the aspirations of rural people are tion,” Modi said while launching Varanasi, the constituency from not less than those in urban areas. the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana where he was elected to the Lok He said a debate had been going (MP’s model village scheme) here. Sabha. “I too have to select a vil- on for long on whether the Indian Under the scheme, members of lage for Varanasi, have received development model should be parliament have to adopt three the guidelines. Will go there, dis- from top to bottom or from bot- villages and develop them as cuss and decide,” he said. tom to the top. model villages. Work on one of Asking every MP to adopt a vil- “Discussions do help. But those the villages has to be completed lage and work for its development, who are working have to begin by 2016 and the other two by 2019. Modi said: “Whichever party the work somewhere,” he said. There are more than 600,000 MP belongs to, he or she has to Rural Development Minister villages in India and a little less keep working among people and Nitin Gadkari said it was due to than 800 MPs. If each MP adopts spend a lot of his time to get work the bad state of village infrastruc- three villages then almost 2,400 done for the government.” ture that the urban areas are also villages can be developed into For the MPs elected from cit- under pressure. model villages by 2019. ies, the prime minister urged “If villages are developed then Under the Parliament Local them to look at a village that is people will stop coming to the cit- Area Development Scheme close to their city. ies,” he said. (MPLADS), each MP has the “MPs can select a village The prime minister also choice to suggest to the district in their state... This is not a released a booklet giving guide- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the ‘Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ (MP’s Ideal Village Project) in New collector work to the tune of scheme about money. It is peo- lines to MPs for developing the Delhi yesterday. Rs50m per annum to be taken up ple driven and guided by people’s adopted villages. IANS Parties ignored Gurgaon, says Modi Meticulously planned GURGAON: Calling Gurgaon a ‘Mini India’, “Gurgaon has lots of money, people living He said that political analysts too are saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday here are hard workers. Only better governance that the BJP will be the single largest party said its development was ignored because of can speed up its progress,” he said. in the state, while some surveys claimed that murder deserves ‘parallel administration’ by families of chief “Dalit women faced atrocities, they were it will get a clear majority. ministers. raped by ‘gundas’ but police were not ready to Modi said that people of Haryana know Addressing Haryana’s last assembly election register their FIRs. The commissions formed the power of their finger. They will push the death penalty: SC rally here in sector 29, Modi said that Gurgaon by state governments have pointed this out in button of the EVM in favour of the BJP on could have been like Bangalore and Hyderabad their reports,” Modi added. October 15. or better, but parties ruling the state them- He said that Haryana is a small state close Nine assembly candidates (contesting in NEW DELHI: The Supreme confirming the conviction of the selves became obstacles in the progress of this to Delhi and it has tremendous capacity for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat area) and Union Court has said that when an four by the trial court upheld the millennium city. progress, it only needs good governance. Minister Rao Inderjeet Singh also shared the accused executes a meticulously death sentence of two and com- Jailed former chief minister Om Prakash’s He appealed to the people to vote for the dais with Modi. planned diabolic murder, with- muted the death sentence to life INLD government developed Gurgaon but Bharatiya Janata Party candidates. Voting for the 90 seats of the Haryana out provocation or acting on imprisonment of the other two — they themselves became a hurdle in its further “Give us a clear mandate in the Haryana assembly will be held October 15. The results the spur of the moment, and Saddam Khan and Wakil Khan . progress because of their attitude. assembly as you gave in the last Lok Sabha will be announced October 19. becomes a menace to society, “We are mindful that crimi- Modi said that people from all over the election. It was the power of 125 crore (1.25bn) The BJP, the INLD and the Congress are then the crime falls in the cate- nal law requires strict adherence country live here. But the infrastructure of Indians that forced the USA to salute us,” he the main parties in the fray. gory of rarest of rare cases war- to the rule of proportionality in the city has totally collapsed. added. IANS ranting the death sentence. providing punishment according “In our considered view, the to the culpability of each kind of “rarest of the rare” case exists criminal conduct keeping in mind when an accused would be a men- the effect of not awarding just Karva Chauth festival ace, threat and antithetical to punishment on the society,” the harmony in the society,” said the order said. Parties want apex court bench of Chief Justice “Keeping in view the said prin- H L Dattu, Justice R K Agrawal ciple of proportionality of sentence independent and Justice Arun Mishra in their or what it termed as “just-desert” October 9 order. for the vile act of slaughtering probe into death Holding that the death sen- eight lives including four inno- tence in such cases was the only cent minors and a physically appropriate punishment, Chief infirm child whereby an entire of Tharoor’s wife Justice Dattu pronouncing the family is exterminated, we can- order said, “Especially in cases not resist from concluding that PALAKKAD: Opposition where an accused does not act the depravity of the appellant’s parties in Kerala yesterday on provocation, acting on spur offence would attract no lesser demanded an independent and of the moment but meticulously sentence than the death penalty,” comprehensive probe into the executes a deliberately planned the court said while upholding the death of former union minister crime inspite of understanding order of conviction and sentenc- Sashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda the probable consequence of his ing by the trial court and its being Pushkar. act, the death sentence may be the confirmed by the high court with Tharoor, two-time most appropriate punishment.” modification. Lok Sabha member from The court said this while In the present case on June 6, Thiruvananthapuram constitu- upholding the July 2, 2009, order 2007, one Mofil Khan and others ency, said he would react only of the Jharkhand High Court attacked his brother Haneef Khan after the probe gets over. which had confirmed the August when he was offering prayers at The demand came after 1, 2008, order of the trial court a mosque in Makandu village Pushkar’s latest post-mortem convicting four accused of mur- in Jharkhand with sharp-edged report, leaked Thursday, stated der who had wiped out an entire weapons. Haneef died on the spot. “poisoning” to be the cause of her family of eight of their immediate Thereafter, the assailants went to death. Pushkar, 52, was found relative over a land dispute. Haneef Khan’s house and killed dead in mysterious circumstances The trial court awarded all the his six sons and wife. One of the in her room at a five-star hotel in Women with henna-decorated hands pray during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth in Ahmedabad yesterday. four convicts the death sentence. sons was disabled. Delhi January 17. Married Hindu women observe a one-day fast and offer prayers for the well-being of their husbands during However, the high court while IANS C Divakaran, Communist Party the festival. The fast begins before sunrise and ends after they worship the moon in the evening. of India legislative party leader, said the only way the truth can come out was not a CBI probe but only a team appointed and super- vised by the Supreme Court will Indian-Canadian is Canada’s new ambassador to India be able to come out with what had happened. “Just because Tharoor won TORONTO: Canada’s new High even further the Canada-India Canada. Patel went to Wilfrid While the two federal minis- November 2009 pledged — $15bn the Lok Sabha polls does not Commissioner to India Nadir relationship, including on bilat- Laurier University in Waterloo ters, along with Parliamentary by 2015. absolve him. After all he is the Patel is an Indian-Canadian, eral trade and international (Ontario) where he finished his Secretary Obhrai, will introduce “The key to increased invest- husband and he should take the one who was born in Prime security.” bachelor’s in 1993 with political their new High Commissioner at ment and trade is the sign- lead in finding out what really Minister Narendra Modi’s state Parliamentary Secretary to science as the major. the highest levels of government, ing of the Foreign Investment happened to his wife, so are of Gujarat and speaks Gujarati Baird, another Indo-Canadian After graduating, he joined the their hands would also be full dis- Protection Agreement,” said people here,” said Divakaran in at home. Deepak Obhrai were also with the Federal Public Service and one cussing with their Indian coun- Fast. Thiruvananthapuram. Patel is barely 44. His appoint- two ministers, all on board Air after another he kept on inces- terparts the question of security It was in fact supposed to have Echoing Divakaran, Communist ment was announced Friday by Canada that was headed to India. santly moving in the rank. and trade. been signed last year, certainly Party of India-Marxist state secre- Foreign Affairs Minister John “I am delighted Nadir Patel Till three years back, Patel Minister Fast will continue on early this year when Fast met tary Pinarayi Vijayan said a com- Baird and International Trade is our new high commissioner,” was Canada’s consul-general his course, starting October 12 his then Indian counterpart, prehensive probe was needed to Minister Ed Fast. Obhrai said. in Shanghai. On returning to leading a 17-man trade delega- then Commerce Minister Anand find the truth. “There is a mystery Patel’s appointment follows the “He will join other distin- Ottawa, he became assistant tion and will visit Mumbai and Sharma in New York. in this case and the people would appointment of Richard Rahul guished Canadians who have deputy minister for corporate Chandigarh. “But suddenly something like to know the truth and for that Verma, an Indian American, as had a strong hand in strength- planning, finance and infor- “This will be the third busi- happened and that hasn’t been it can be done only if there is a the country’s next ambassador to ening our relations with India, mation technology, and chief ness delegation I am leading explained to us and the fact is comprehensive probe,” he said. India. especially when my government financial officer at Foreign to India,” Fast said sitting on FIPA hasn’t been signed.” In Palakkad, Tharoor said he “We are pleased to announce has put relations with India as Affairs, Trade and Development the 24th floor of the Sun Life He’s optimistic under lead- has no comment to offer in this the appointment of Nadir Patel as a priority. Canada. Financial, in the heart of down- ership of pro-business Prime case as the probe is already on. Canada’s new High Commissioner “I am looking forward to work- In the meantime, Patel also fin- town Toronto. Minister Narendra Modi the “Once the probe is over, I will in the Republic of India,” said the ing with him.” ished his MBA from New York The current bilateral trade file on foreign trade and invest- react,” said Tharoor, who is in two ministers. Patel was born in Gujarat. University and London School of is $6bn which’s a far cry from ment would move quickly up the Palakkad on a personal visit. “Patel brings a wealth of He was rather young when his Economics and Political Science what the two prime ministers bureaucratic ladder on to the IANS experience and will strengthen parents decided to emigrate to and HEC Paris in 2009. in their summit in New Delhi in prime minister’s table. IANS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Evacuations as Andhra braces for cyclone Storm to make landfall today

VISAKHAPATNAM: Nearly Meterological Department (IMD) 400,000 people were being evac- bulletin issued in the afternoon, uated as cyclonic storm Hudhud the cyclone is lying 260km south- is expected to hit Andhra east of Visakhapatnam. Pradesh coast today. Thirteen teams of National Heavy rains accompanied by Disaster Response Force (NDRF) winds started lashing parts of have been positioned while three the north coastal Andhra region more teams are in reserve at last evening under the impact Guntur. of the ‘very severe’ cyclone in Chief Secretary I Y R Krisna Bay of Bengal. Rao said the central govern- Authorities have closed ment has been requested to send Ichapuram-Kakinada national another eight NDRF teams. highway for traffic. Kakinada- Chief Minister N Chandrababu Uppada highway in East Godavari Naidu, who reviewed the situation district was damaged as water with top officials, urged Indian gushing out of sea due to high Space Research Organisation waves inundated the road. (ISRO) to provide satellite pic- Fishing operations have been tures as this will help the state suspended while highest warn- in better planning of rescue and ing signal has been hoisted at the relief operations. Large waves hit the beach yesterday in Visakhapatnam ahead of Cyclone Hudhud that is expected to make landfall today. ports in the region. Meanwhile, according to High alert has been sounded IANS report from Washington, ready for rescue and relief opera- heavy rains over West Godavari, Visakhapatnam Cyclone have been opened at Andhra in the northern coastal districts forecasts based on NASA data tions. As many as 689 swimmers East Godavari, Visakhapatnam, Warning Centre has issued agreat Pradesh secretariat in Hyderabad. of Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram shows tropical cyclone Hudhud is have also been deployed. Vijayanagaram and Srikakulam danger signal number 10’ to the The numbers are 040 - 23456005 and Visakhapatnam and adjoin- expected to intensify and peak to Thirty rescue teams of the districts of north Andhra Pradesh ports in north coastal Andhra, and 23450419. ing districts of East Godavari and around 100 knots before landfall navy with boat and equipment are and eight districts of south Odisha including Visakhapatnam port. As a precautionary measure, West Godavari which are brac- near Visakhapatnam. ready at Visakhapatnam while during next two days. Extensive damage to kutcha the railways have cancelled over ing for the cyclone, which is all NASA’s Aqua satellite passed one column of navy personnel is Wind speed reaching 50-60 houses, uprooting of big trees, 60 trains and diverted many oth- set to make a landfall around over Hudhud Friday as it reached moving to Srikakulam. kmph would prevail along and off partial disruption of power and ers in view of the cyclone. Visakhapatnam today forenoon. hurricane-force. An army column from Andhra north Andhra Pradesh and south communication lines are expected. Telangana Chief Minister Officials said 370 relief camps The data showed the coldest Sub Area is also positioned at Odisha coasts during the next 12 Fishing operations have been K Chandrasekhar Rao has have been opened in five districts, cloud top temperatures were in Visakhapatnam. hours. The wind speed would suspended along the coast as directed district collectors to be where 396 villages are likely to be thunderstorms. Cloud top tem- Fifteen satellite phones will be gradually increase to 170-180 authorities have warned fisher- on alert in view of heavy rains affected. In Srikakulam district, peratures were as cold as minus used by the officials monitoring kmph around the time of land- men against venturing into sea. likely to lash the state under the 185,000 people will be sheltered in 53 degree Celsius, which have rescue and relief operations. fall along and off north Andhra The chief secretary said BSNL impact of cyclone. 110 camps. Over 86,000 people will the potential for bringing heavy Visakhapatnam Cyclone Pradesh. and other telecom service provid- The chief minister asked the be evacuated in West Godavari rainfall. Warning Centre has warned of The IMD has also issued storm ers were urged to issue cyclone collectors of all 10 districts to district and over 72,000 in East Four naval ships and 10 heli- rainfall at most places with heavy surge warning. Storm surge would alerts to people living in coastal take all necessary precautionary Godavari district. copters of Indian Navy and Indian to very heavy showers at a few inundate low lying areas of north areas. measures and monitor the situa- According to India Air Force (IAF) and 54 boats are places and isolated extremely coastal Andhra. Round the clock control rooms tion closely. IANS

India offers help Fighting resumes on to develop anti-Ebola border with Pakistan JAMMU: India and Pakistan “Our troops retaliated. Heavy drugs, vaccines exchanged gunfire across the firing is going on,” he said. Kashmir frontier yesterday, There was no immediate report UNITED NATIONS: India Indian military officials said, of casualties. will cooperate in the develop- ending a pause in fighting that There was also no word from ment of vaccines and drugs to has already killed 17 civilians in Pakistan on the latest outbreak fight the Ebola virus “for the the two countries in the worst of fighting. poorest of the poor at realistic skirmishes in a decade. Both sides have blamed the prices”, Indian Ambassador to After nine days of attacking other for triggering a crisis on the UN Asoke Kumar Mukerji each other with mortars and the border, with Pakistan sug- has told the UN General heavy machine guns, the two gesting that India’s new govern- Assembly (UNGA). armies abruptly stopped fight- ment led by nationalist Prime The Indian ambassador said, ing on Thursday night, although Minister Narendra Modi was “The international commu- their governments kept up the flexing its muscles on the dispute nity must support research and war of words blaming the other over Kashmir, the cause of two development of a vaccine to cure of launching unprovoked fire. wars. New Delhi says Pakistan Ebola, which must be made avail- But yesterday, Pakistan border has ratcheted up tensions to keep able especially to the poorest of guards targeted 10 Indian border alive the 67-year-old dispute and the poor at realistic prices, and Displaced villagers, who fled firing along the India-Pakistan border, eat a meal at a camp in Ghagwal about 40km posts in the Poonch sector, an vowed a strong response. India is committed to cooperation from Jammu, yesterday. Indian army official said. REUTERS to this end.” “India has a track record of participating actively in multilat- eral efforts to tackle public health emergencies like our response to the HIV/AIDS issue a decade ago in Africa and Asia,” he added. How can NRIs rescue cash-strapped Kerala? UNGA President Sam Kutesa warned that the Ebola outbreak, he tiny south Indian Expenditure has grown by 20 per in 1996 to Rs726.8bn in 2014. from Rs299bn in March 2008 to in providing jobs to nearly 24,000 now mostly affecting three West state of Kerala, which cent while revenues are far less According to the researchers, Rs941bn in June 2014. The year- Malayalees. African countries, “could quickly likes to be known as buoyant at 11 per cent. The rev- remittances from non-residents on-year growth was Rs182bn as in Until last year, his group had evolve from a regional to an inter- T“God’s own country”, enue deficit for 2015 is estimated were 1.2 times the revenue receipt June 2014, recording a whopping invested around Rs19.6bn in national crisis”. urgently needs to answer to itself at 1.53 per cent of GSDP. Under of Kerala, 4.9 times the money growth of 24 per cent. projects in Kerala, according to With Ebola cases reaching the how long it would continue to rely the state FRBM Act, Kerala is that the state got from the centre Notably, of the total NRI an Economic Times report. shores of the US and Spain, he on the money sent home by mil- required to have zero revenue as revenue transfer and 1.5 times deposits, 63.88 per cent was from Similarly, Gulf-based Keralite said, “In today’s interconnected lions of its diaspora abroad. deficit. the entire government expendi- semi-urban areas and the share Ravi Pillai’s RP Group was world, Ebola is a threat that On the one hand, the remit- Experts believe that the tight of the urban and rural areas was said to have pumped in Rs15bn can easily land at any nation’s tances from non-resident financial situation has been THE NR EYE 32.73 per cent and 3.39 per cent or so in Kerala, having made doorstep.” Keralites — mostly in the Gulf brought by sluggish revenue col- respectively. investments in the state’s tour- Mukerji said, “India has put region — has been growing year lection, high spending on salaries It has been observed that blue ism, health and trading sectors. in place several measures to on year, and on the other, the and advances. Moiz Mannan collar workers are the ones most Among other major bulk con- deal with the possible threat state has had to borrow money Kerala is entitled to avail regular in remitting money to tributor’s to Kerala’s economy are within the country and acti- from the apex Reserve Bank of of ways and means loans up to ture. Besides, this is sufficient to India. P Mohamed Ali’s Mfar Group and vated the relevant national dis- India to meet the government’s Rs2.5bn. If the ceiling is required wipe out 60 percent of the state’s According to one unofficial PNC Menon’s Sobha Group. aster response mechanisms to day-to-day expenditure. to be exceeded the state would public debt. estimate, more than $35bn of Yet again, rather than put its maintain high alert.” The world In the last financial year, non- slip into overdraft. Planners The study also found that a total $71bn total remittances house in order and make the most body has set up the UN Mission resident Keralites sent home dread that this wholly unwanted large proportion of the money to India received last year were of all this NRI money, the state for Ebola Emergency Response more than Rs726bn, which was situation might come as a result sent home was used up to con- mostly from low-paid workers government is drawing plans to (UNMEER) to mobilise action 46 per cent more than in 2011. of the sharp revenue drop owing struct houses or purchase con- in the Gulf. Exchange officials tap the diaspora to finance its against the crisis now ravaging On the flip side, last month the to the new liquor policy. sumer durables and electronic in the Gulf are of the view that expenditure. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Kerala government was forced to According to a report by Times gadgets such as cell phones. between 15 to 20 per cent of the The special committee set up by “Given the unprecedented nature borrow Rs 1bn from the country’s News Network, the government What is interesting to note is high-income NRIs in the region Chief Minister Oommen Chandy of the epidemic, the international central bank. has decided to further borrow that the rate of growth of remit- do not remit money regularly has been tasked with finding out community must work together In 2013-14 too, the state had to Rs5bn from the open market. tance has accelerated in recent to India. ways and means to garner addi- to come up with innovative, yet knock on the doors of the RBI for With this, the government bor- years in spite of the slowing down Having said that, there is a tional financial resources from practical solutions to contain ‘ways and means’ loans adding up rowings from open market of the annual increase of emigra- bunch of NRI billionaires from non-resident Keralites. the further spread of Ebola,” the to over Rs1.3bn to meet the gov- would touch Rs69bn against the tion from the state since 2008. Kerala who’ve given more than Ironically, according to the UNGA president said. Mukerji ernment’s daily expenditure. approved cap of Rs125bn. Meanwhile, according to data a fair share to their home state. Migration Survey report, the said India has given $10m to the There has been a sharp rise According to the results of the released at the State Level Only last month, NRI business- state’s failure to provide jobs to UN Secretary General’s Fund in Kerala’s fiscal deficit that is sixth and latest edition of the Bankers’ Committee meeting man M A Yusuffali announced young, educated people is a major for Ebola and $2m for buying expected to reach 3.10 per cent Kerala Migration Survey, the in Thiruvananthpuram earlier a Rs2m seed fund for startups cause for their migration to the protective gear for those fighting of gross state domestic product remittances by Kerala’s non-res- this week, NRI deposits with in Kerala. It is estimated that Gulf. the disease. 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DOHA: Qatar, along with four The Group countries stated are pursuing strategies to rebal- other GCC countries, has told that it valued the timely provi- ance growth towards more pro- the International Monetary sion of technical assistance from ductive public spending and to Fund (IMF) that it is looking the Fund to the countries which strengthen the non-oil fiscal bal- for the Fund’s help to develop helps underpin crucial policy ance consistent with the objective a better ‘inclusive development reforms. Given the importance of of preserving the oil wealth for strategy’. financial deepening for inclusive future generations, he noted. Speaking on behalf of Qatar, growth, we encourage IMF sup- Al Tayer stated that the emerg- UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman port of domestic efforts to achieve ing market economies (EMEs) and seven other countries in more financial integration, deepen continue to be the main drivers of the Arab region plus Maldives, local currency financial markets, world growth, but they face slower Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, the and develop non-banking financial growth prospects compared to Minister of state for Financial institutions and sectors. pre-crisis levels and remain vul- Affairs for UAE, stated at the “We appreciate IMF contribu- nerable to market volatility. Some European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi (left) and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne International Monetary and tions to the ArabStat initiative to of the capital flows that helped speak before a meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) at the World Bank/IMF Financial Committee Meeting in enhance the provision of statistics buoy those economies may well annual meetings in Washington yesterday. Washington yesterday these coun- in the region as this will undoubt- reverse direction with the nor- tries are engaged in creating an edly underpin sound policy formu- malisation of monetary policy in inclusive development strategy. lation. We welcome the call for a major advanced economies (AEs). The countries need the Fund to balanced policy dialogue that takes Efforts in these countries should IMF warns global economy at risk support their future policy analy- account of country perspectives continue to focus on strengthen- sis and advice, which according to as highlighted in the recently ing fundamentals, policy buffers WASHINGTON: The was the priority. “A number of hefty injections of cash by the the Group would provide deeper completed Triennial Surveillance and implementing efficient mac- International Monetary Fund’s countries face the prospect of low world’s central banks. country-specific analysis of policy Review.”, Al Tayer said. roprudential policies, which will member countries yesterday or slowing growth, with unem- The IMF has flagged Europe’s options. For the oil-exporting countries mitigate the potential impact of said bold action was needed ployment remaining unacceptably weakness as the top concern, a “Quantitative analysis of the in the Group, higher oil production higher interest rates and tighter to bolster the global economic high,” the International Monetary sentiment echoed by many policy- distributional and growth impact and government spending have external financing conditions. recovery, and they urged gov- and Financial Committee said on makers, economists and investors of fiscal measures would be wel- underpinned economic activity in The Group welcomed the Fund’s ernments to take care not to behalf of the Fund’s 188 member gathered in Washington for the come, in collaboration with coun- 2014. The GCC countries continue support for Arab Countries in squelch growth by tightening countries. Fund’s fall meetings, which wrap try authorities. We agree with to exhibit robust growth in the Transition (ACTs) and substan- budgets too drastically. The Fund this week cut its 2014 up on Sunday. the Fund’s view that domestic non-oil sector, expected to remain tial donor support from the region With Japan’s economy floun- global growth forecast to 3.3 per- European officials have reform efforts can be supported around 6 percent in 2014-15, while and called on the Fund to scale up dering, the eurozone at risk of cent from 3.4 percent, the third sought to dispel the gloom, with by the international community oil GDP growth has tapered in assistance to these countries. recession and the US recovery reduction this year as the pros- European Central Bank President through financing, investments, line with modest increases in glo- Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, too weak to generate a rise in pects for a sustainable recovery Mario Draghi on Saturday talking and enhanced access to markets.”, bal demand and rising supply in Libya are among other countries incomes, the IMF’s steering com- from the 2007-2009 global finan- about a delay, not an end, to the Al Tayer said. North America. These countries in the Group. THE PENINSULA mittee said focusing on growth cial crisis have ebbed, despite region’s recovery. REUTERS

Qatar is Germany’s most important Arab investor Reliance seeks BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB between the two countries.” buyer for Eagle Storz-Chakarji reiterated that Bilateral trade hits DOHA: With huge trade and cooperation in the field of cultural Ford for $4.5bn investment relations with relations was given equal impor- Germany, Qatar has been tance as both the countries are accorded as the “most important preparing for the upcoming Qatar- QR9.29bn in 2013 NEW YORK: India’s Reliance Arab investor” by the Europe’s German Cultural Year 2017. Industries Ltd is seeking a buyer largest economy. And the On economic ties, she said: DOHA: Qatar-German bilateral trade volume in for its stake in the Eagle Ford recently concluded first official “Qatar-German trade volume is 2013 increased to QR9.29bn (€2.02bn), up 37.4 per- Basin oil and natural gas joint visit of the Emir, H H Sheikh steadily increasing. There are a cent compared to QR6.76bn (€1.47bn) in 2012, data venture with Pioneer Natural Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, lot of German companies doing provided by German Embassy in Qatar show. Resources Co, a sale that could to the country was dubbed as business in Qatar, and Qatar also Qatar’s imports from Germany in 2013 increased raise up to $4.5bn, according to “very important and successful” has made a lot of investments in to QR5.79bn (€1.26bn), up 5 percent compared to people familiar with the matter. by the German Ambassador to Germany.” QR5.52bn (€1.2bn) in 2012. The imports by Qatar from Pioneer, which has about Qatar, Angelika Storz-Chakarji. The envoy highlighted that Germany mainly comprised of automobiles and parts 230,000 acres in the Eagle Ford “It was a very important and Germany is well positioned to (25.8 percent), plant and machinery (20.8 percent), Basin according to its website, sold successful visit. We are very happy offer expertise in building infra- chemical products (10.8 percent), electro-technology a 45 percent interest in the prop- about it as His Highness met with structure, including stadiums. (9.4 percent), metal goods (4.6 percent) and process erty to Reliance for $1.2bn in 2010. not only the German Chancellor, German companies and organisa- measuring control technology (4 percent) and miscel- The Eagle Ford Basin asset is a Angela Merkel and the President tions have gained a lot of experi- laneous (24.6 percent). three-way joint venture between of Germany, Joachim Gauck but ence with regard to mega-events The trade figures for the last couple of years (2012 Reliance; Texas-based Pioneer, also with the Minister of Economic and the handling of a huge number and 2013) between Qatar and Germany show that and a division of Mexico’s Alpha Affairs and Vice Chancellor of people attending these events. there has been a steady and strong growth in economic SAB de CV. Sigmar Gabriel and the Mayor of Asked about the recent state- ties between the two countries. Reliance has appointed Berlin Klaus Wowereit. He also ment of Fifa executive board Where as the total volume of Qatar’s exports to Citigroup Inc and Bank of America visited Bavaria, one of our Federal member, Theo Zwanziger, former Germany in 2013 amounted to QR3.50bn (€762m), Merrill Lynch to help sell its 45 States,” said Storz-Chakarji in an President of the German Football up 13.7 percent from QR3.08bn (€670m) in 2012. The percent stake, the sources said. interview on the sidelines of an Association (DFB), who recently items of Qatari exports to the eurozone’s largest econ- Representatives for Citi and Bank event here recently. said that Qatar will be stripped of omy mainly included natural gas (69.9 percent), crude of America declined to comment, The envoy said: “Qatar is the its right to host the 2022 World oil (21.6 percent), chemical products (4.8 percent), while Reliance could not be imme- most important Arab investor Cup, she said: “As a representative machinery (2 percent), electronic goods (0.1 percent) diately reached for comment. in Germany. During the visit of of Germany, I cannot comment on and miscellaneous (1.6 percent). Qatar’s trade with The property for sale produces His Highness a lot of focus was Mr Zwanziger´s statement. It does Germany had also registered a significant growth of 115,000 barrels of oil equivalent given to further strengthen bilat- not represent German govern- more than 30 percent in 2012 compared to the previ- per day, with 60 percent of the eral economic and cultural ties ment’s view.” THE PENINSULA German Ambassador to Qatar, Angelika Storz-Chakarji ous year (2011). THE PENINSULA production in liquid form rather than gas, one of the people said. There are 472 wells on the Eagle Ford property, according to a Reliance presentation from July. Pioneer owns 46 percent of the US seeks Swiss banks’ support in tax row joint venture, with Alpha SAB’s Qatari investors acquire €125m Newpeck LLC owning 9 percent. As part of its planned exit from ZURICH: The US Department programme brokered by the Swiss non-prosecution agreement from properties’ portfolio in Greece the Eagle Ford joint venture, of Justice (DOJ) is seeking government. That followed crim- the US, which would require them Reliance is also selling its invest- “total cooperation” from Swiss inal investigations of roughly a to report in full to US authorities DOHA: Investors from Qatar acquired a portfolio of commer- ment in EFS Midstream LLC, an banks in a draft agreement dozen Swiss banks in the US. any information or knowledge of cial properties worth a total of €125m, in Greece. The port- oil and gas gathering treatment aimed at allowing the banks Under the programme so- activity relating to US tax, the folio comprises a package of five or six major stores in major and transportation network, the to make amends for aiding tax called category two banks — those Neue Zuercher Zeitung said, citing Greek cities. people said. The mid-stream joint evasion by wealthy Americans, that have reason to believe they unnamed banking sources. The properties have been purchased by private investors and venture was initially funded by a Swiss newspaper reported may have committed tax offences These requirements would also not by a state fund. The buyers of the properties were different. Pioneer and Reliance in June yesterday. — will escape prosecution if they apply to parent companies, sub- A Doha-based property company operated as the coordinator of 2010. EFS Midstream operates 11 About 100 Swiss banks signed detail their wrongdoing with sidiaries, management, workers all those purchases on behalf of the investors, Mubasher reported. central gathering plants in south up to work with US authori- US clients and pay fines. These and external advisors, the NZZ THE PENINSULA Texas, according to the company’s ties at the end of last year in a banks have now received a draft reported. REUTERS website. REUTERS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS New S-Class Coupé hits roads Nigeria presents huge NBK Automobiles launches Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupé in Qatar opportunities for

DOHA: Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Automobiles, the exclu- foreign investors: QNB sive dealers of Mercedes-Benz in Qatar, launched the all-new 2015 DOHA: Nigeria’s economy of GDP. Private consumption Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe presents major opportuni- now accounts for 71.7 percent of at an event held at the NBK ties for foreign investors, said GDP. The fast-growing popula- Auto showroom on Salwa Road, the weekly report by the QNB tion and rising wealth underpins Qatar. Group yesterday. this growth in services sectors. The exclusive unveiling of the A July 2014 McKinsey report Of particular note is the financial new S-Class Coupe was honoured projected that GDP could triple services sector, which grew at a by the attendance of Sheikh to $1.6trn by 2030, supported CAGR of 18.6 percent in 2010-13 Nawaf bin Nasser bin Khaled Al by rapid infrastructure expan- as it recovered rapidly from the Thani, President, Chairman, and sion through investment of up to global financial crisis when non- Chief Executive Officer at Nasser $1.5trn. As the largest and most performing loans rose sharply. Bin Khaled Al Thani Holding & populous economy in Sub-Saharan Nigeria has achieved this Sons Group of Companies, Khalid Africa (SSA), it has grown rap- remarkable growth rate despite Shaa’ban, General Manager, NBK idly since 2010 on a continued considerable handicaps. The Automobile, representatives from expansion of its manufacturing country’s infrastructure is dilap- NBK management and guests and services sector. Real GDP idated. Power infrastructure is including key clients, VIPs, sports growth accelerated to 6.54 per- most in need of investment — the car enthusiasts and media. cent in Q2, 2014, compared with electricity output of the entire The New S-Class Coupé comes 6.21 percent the previous quarter. grid in Nigeria is equivalent to the with two versions: S 500 and S 63 Looking ahead, the Group expects output in Qatar, notwithstanding AMG. The S 500 includes a 4663cc the economy to continue in the 6 the large difference in population. V8 biturbo engine, and has a rated percent-7 percent range, making Furthermore, the business output of 335 kW (455 hp), its it one of the fastest economies in environment is challenging. torque level peaks at 700 Nm. Its the region. Nigeria ranks 147 out of 189 acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h is Nigerian GDP was rebased in countries in the World Bank’s 4.6 seconds. While the S 63 AMG April 2014, doubling it overnight Doing Business report (185th for includes a 5461 cc V8 turbo engine, from $273bn to $523bn and thus “Getting Electricity”) and 127th and has a rated output of 335 KW making it the largest economy out of 144 countries in the WEF’s (585 hp), its torque level peaks at in Africa, surpassing Egypt and Global Competitiveness Index Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser bin Khaled Al Thani, Chairman and CEO of NBK companies, in the new S-Class Coupé. 900 Nm. THE PENINSULA South Africa (22nd largest in the (134th for infrastructure). world). The economic fundamen- Nigeria is expected to involve tals suggest that the potential for $3.1tn of investments over the growth is high. The population is 30-year period backed by sover- large (169 million) and expanding eign wealth and revenue from the quickly (2.7 percent per year). oil and gas sector. McKinsey expects 70 million The energy sector offers the Muntajat BV to open 10 new global offices people to move out of poverty by largest opportunity for interna- 2030. Real GDP growth is rapid at tional investors. The government DOHA: Muntajat BV, a wholly- Mumbai (India), Guangzhou hailed the new expansion as a South Africa and Turkey. 6.2 percent from 2010-13 (CAGR), is now selling majority stakes in owned subsidiary of Qatar and Shanghai (China), Bangkok significant step in the effort to Abdulrahman Ali Al Abdulla, which has helped lift GDP per 10 government-owned gas-fired Chemical and Petrochemical (Thailand), Manila (Philippines), broaden the company’s interna- CEO of Muntajat, described the capita from $2,347 to $3,087 over power stations, which could dou- Marketing and Distribution Jakarta (Indonesia), and Karachi tional reach. Dr Al Sada said: expansion as a strategic achieve- the same period. ble power generation. This will Company (Muntajat), has (Pakistan). The new offices add “This achievement offers new ment. He said: “To date, Muntajat Although the primary sector increase domestic demand for gas announced the opening of 10 to the growing network of offices global marketing avenues for the serves customers in more than (mainly agriculture as well as in Nigeria and is likely to lead to new marketing offices to serve in key locations around the globe ‘Made in Qatar’ brand, and will 120 countries. With additional the petroleum sector), services more investment in gas explora- 18 countries. that market Qatar’s high-quality help position the State of Qatar offices expected to open before the sectors have driven growth in tion and production, which has Muntajat in a press statement production of chemical, polymer as a reliable provider of a diverse end of year, we are on track in 2010-13, all expanding by over 7 been relatively neglected until yesterday said the new offices, and fertiliser products. portfolio of high quality chemical growing our international reach, percent with the exception of gov- now. which are expected to open before H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh and petrochemical products.” building scale and continuing to ernment services. The rebasing of Even at its current high rate of the end of year, will be located in Al Sada, the Minister of Energy The opening of the 10 new develop new opportunities for GDP increased the value of the growth, Nigeria presents a con- Casablanca (Morocco), Colombo and Industry and the Chairman offices adds to existing offices the State of Qatar’s downstream service sectors by 3.4 times and siderable opportunity for foreign (Sri Lanka), Dubai (UAE), of Muntajat’s Board of Directors, in Australia, Malaysia, Jordan, industry. ” THE PENINSULA it now accounts for 45.7 percent investors. THE PENINSULA Most IT buyers rely on social media DOHA: About 94 percent of regional responses were collected Middle East IT buyers rely on from 309 respondents who play social media to aid purchase a role in the ‘IT Committee’, a decision, revealed a study that multi-discipline group that comes seeks to uncover the decision- together to identify IT vendors, making and purchase process evaluate offerings and finalise around IT buying within organ- purchase decisions. Regionally, isations in the Middle East. 64 percent of the members of the As per the LinkedIn’s study, Committee are from other func- brands that post educational tions apart from IT, and this is content around their key offer- close to the global average of 74 ings and differentiators are percent. viewed more favourably by the This study has also uncovered IT Committee (67 percent). some valuable information to aid “We have long believed that the EMEA and global averages of 85 businesses in their selling proc- sales-led approach is losing its per cent,” said Thomas. ess. The IT Committee also looks appeal to IT purchase decision- As per the study, nine out of to ‘experts’ for content, but the makers, and now this is very evi- 10 respondents are in the mar- study found that the perception dent among the IT Committee in ket for an IT solution in the of the expert is not driven by an organisation. The Educate- next 12 months and 94 percent seniority and job-title but by rel- First approach by some of the use social media for IT news and evance of content. Only 15 percent leading IT brands on social information every month. About reported that they would expect media channels is driving their 60 percent find LinkedIn to be an expert to have VP-level title conversion rates upwards,” said a trustworthy source of content or higher. Jacob Thomas (pictured), Head, (higher than online trade and With a rise in avenues to get LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, news websites). Around 92 per- quality content in front of audi- Mena. “The percentage of buy- cent of IT Committee require ences, content creators have also ers in the Mena region who use education to sustain or make a found ways to capture data from social media platforms to gather change to their IT ecosystem. those who engage with the con- information is higher than the Part of a global study, the tent. THE PENINSULA

AIH Talent Recognition Ceremony

Abu Issa Holding (AIH), a leading business group in Qatar that operates in various sectors including retail, dis- tribution, telecommunications, IT, marketing, investment and real estate, celebrated its First Talent Recognition Ceremony for the year 2014 under the leadership of Chaiman Ashraf Abu Issa. Total of 34 talents were awarded certificates of achievement for having successfully completed the Talent Management Programme. SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 US, UK to test big bank collapse in joint model Regulators will get together to see if they can cope with any possible fallout when the next big bank collapses

WASHINGTON: Regulators has landed in trouble. ... we have real options, and that against losses, and have told supervisors would first look to The first would force banks to from the United States and Also taking part are Federal we are able to avoid bailing in them to write plans that lay out save the domestic operations of a have more long-term bonds that the United Kingdom will get Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and taxpayers with a bailout. And I’m how they can go through ordi- bank, and would worry less about investors know can lose their together in a war room next Bank of England Governor Mark pretty confident that’s the case nary bankruptcy. The plans are units abroad. value during a crisis, on top of week to see if they can cope Carney, and the heads of a large now,” he said. so-called living wills. One scenario would test the their equity capital, to dou- with any possible fall-out when number of other regulators, in a Six years after the financial Yet salvaging a bank with hypothetical failure of a US bank ble their so-called Total Loss- the next big bank topples over, meeting hosted by the US Federal crisis, politicians and regula- operations in several countries with UK operations, and a second Absorbing Capacity (TLAC). the two countries said. Deposit Insurance Corporation. tors around the globe are keen — which is the norm for most of the demise of a large UK bank A second measure, expected US Treasury Secretary Jack “There is no doubt that in to prove they have created rules the world’s largest banks such with US operations, the countries to be announced this weekend, Lew and the UK’s Chancellor of 2008 the judgment taken by my that will allow them to let a large as Deutsche Bank, Citigroup Inc said. Results would be communi- will force through a change in the Exchequer, George Osborne, predecessor and others was that bank go under without spending and JPMorgan — has proven to cated after the exercise. derivative contracts, which in will run the first-ever joint exer- banks ... like the Royal Bank of billions in taxpayer dollars. be a particularly thorny issue. The exercise comes as regula- their current form protect inves- cise tomorrow simulating how Scotland and others were too big They have forced banks to Regulators may not be used to tors are about to bring to frui- tors, and complicate the winding they would prop up a large bank to fail,” Osborne said. ramp up equity and debt capi- talking to each other, and there tion further initiatives to make down of a bank across borders. operating in both countries that “Now I want to make sure that tal buffers to protect taxpayers have also been suspicions that banking safer. REUTERS China sees no need for big stimulus for economy

WASHINGTON: China is but are very cautious about tak- nationwide system was likely watching its property market ing any big stimulate program to be different from the initial closely but sees no need for any this time,” Zhu said. “That relates schemes. He did not elaborate. big stimulus for the sector or not only to the real-estate market Late last month, China cut the rest of the economy, its vice but also the economy as a whole. mortgage rates and downpay- minister of finance said. There’s no (need) for a big stimu- ment levels for some home buyers Zhu Guangyao told a small lus programme. We must let mar- for the first time since the 2008 group of reporters on the side- ket play the role.” global financial crisis after home lines of the World Bank/IMF When asked if there was any prices fell for a fourth consecu- meetings in Washington that the concern that Chinese banks could tive month in August and new government considered that the be vulnerable to any big property construction activity continued current economic situation in market downturn, Zhu said there to slump. China, including the real-estate was “serious surveillance” of the It was one of its biggest moves market, was “still stable.” banking sector and the banks had this year to boost an economy While there had been some “a big capital cushion.” Their non- increasingly threatened by a sag- decline in property prices, this performing loans stood at only ging housing market. The real- was not seen as a problem, around 1 percent, he added. estate market accounts for about because previously they had been Zhu said a national real-estate 15 percent of China’s economy, too high and market forces should tax was part of the govern- which is the world’s second- be allowed to prevail, Zhu said. ment’s plan to reform the tax biggest. The relaxation of lend- He said the government had system after the introduction of ing rules for home buyers was tried in the past to control vola- pilot schemes in Shanghai and accompanied by steps to increase tility in the sector, “but not in a Chongqing, and the National financing for cash-strapped devel- very effective way.” People’s Congress and the Finance opers, who may economists expect Thousands of job seekers visit booths at a job fair in Chongqing municipality, yesterday. China’s economy likely “We watch closely but let the Ministry were jointly working may have problems paying their grew at its weakest pace in more than five years in the third quarter as a property downturn weighed on demand, market play the role. We have on this. But Zhu said this would debts if the property downturn a poll showed, raising the chances of more aggressive policy steps that may include cutting interest rates. enough macro-economic tools, require public hearings and the persists. REUTERS Venezuela wants Opec FedEx workers reject union meet to halt price drop representation CARACAS: Venezuela will ask price of oil falls below $100 a bar- for an emergency meeting of rel,” Ramirez said. NEW JERSEY: Workers at Opec countries to try to halt slid- The next regular meeting of a New Jersey facility of pack- ing oil prices, Foreign Minister the Organization of the Petroleum age delivery company FedEx Rafael Ramirez said. Exporting Countries (Opec) is Corp unit FedEx Freight voted A barrel of Venezuelan crude scheduled for November 27 at the against union membership, the closed at $82.72 on Friday, a drop group’s Vienna headquarters in latest in a series of setbacks for of $3.17 for the week, one of the Austria. According to Ramirez, the Teamsters union’s efforts lowest levels in the past three the price drop is due to an over- to unionise the company’s years. “We are going to ask for an production in non-Opec countries workforce. extraordinary OPEC meeting. We — a reference to shale oil, of which In a statement, FedEx Freight need to try to coordinate some sort the United States is the world’s top welcomed the result of the vote by of action to stop falling oil prices,” producer. drivers at the Cinnaminson facil- Ramirez said at a Caracas news While it has some of the world’s ity in New Jersey not to seek union conference. biggest oil reserves, Venezuela only representation. “FedEx Freight “I am convinced this is not due produces 2.4 million barrels a day, respects each employee’s right to to market conditions, but is price which bring in 96 percent of its make his or her own decision, but manipulation to create economic foreign currency reserves. we prefer to work directly with problems for large oil-producing The 12 members of Opec, who employees without involving a businesses,” added Ramirez, who pump about a third of the world’s union,” the company said. is the former oil minister and ex- crude, said Friday that world Representatives of the head of the public oil company demand will grow by 1.05 million Teamsters union could not PDVSA. This year, Venezuelan barrels per day (mbpd) to 91.19 be reached for comment. The crude has averaged $94.99 per bar- mbpd this year. For 2015, Opec Teamster have been trying rel, compared to $98.08 in 2013 and predicted demand to reach 92.38 unsuccessfully to unionize FedEx $103.42 in 2012. mbpd, unchanged from its previous workers, claiming company intimi- “It doesn’t suit anyone if the forecast. AFP dation ahead of votes. REUTERS ‘London cab’ in Shanghai

Drivers stand next to brand new Geely Englon TX4 taxis, which were created based on the “London cab”, during an inauguration ceremony in Shanghai, yesterday. Qiangsheng, Shanghai’s largest taxi company, unveiled its first batch of 50 Geely Englon TX4 taxis to the public. The China-made “London cabs” are painted in champagne gold colour, instead of the well-known black. SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Virgin Atlantic war with British Airways continues

the open arms of Delta, the US’s Both fighting it out for US routes second-largest carrier. Insiders say Branson was scanning for LONDON: Standing in a brand its first foothold in the UK’s main a partner for some time before new British Airways A380, at hub back in 1991. Competition the BA/AA tie-up, confirmed in an altitude of 35,000ft over the authorities then, as 22 years 2010, turned up the pressure on Atlantic, Willie Walsh couldn’t later, concurred with Branson’s him. With Delta, Virgin Atlantic resist having a dig at an old lawyers’ view that BA had too now has nine flights a day on the rival. Sir Richard Branson’s much market power at Heathrow, world’s key business-travel route Virgin Atlantic airline had, and forced the flag carrier to give — to New York from Heathrow. It he said, made a bad mistake up prized slots to its competitor. is still smaller than BA/AA, but launching a domestic service But whereas Virgin Atlantic went edging closer. from London’s Heathrow air- on from that point to become an Analysts say the tie-up port. “It’s looking terrible. The established long-haul competitor, improves Virgin Atlantic in terms fact is they are struggling — you Little Red struggled in a short- of size, breadth of network and can’t make money flying planes haul market dominated by BA number of flights. The deal also that are less than half full. I said at Heathrow, and easyJet and helps Virgin Atlantic sell tick- it would be a mistake — and am Ryanair elsewhere. ets in America’s corporate mar- delighted to be proven correct.” Little wonder that Walsh, ket, where Delta is a household A few days later, last Monday, who had accurately forecast name. But those brought up on those words proved prophetic as Little Red’s financial trouble, the Branson swashbuckle may feel Branson announced that he was expressed glee at its demise. But this comes at a high cost. grounding the Little Red carrier Virgin argued that the competi- Sitting in his new Airbus at permanently. So that’s a point tion authorities had granted it a 35,000ft, Walsh also claimed that to BA and its parent company, totally inadequate number of slots Branson’s airline was “controlled International Airlines Group, in at Heathrow. The odds, Branson by Delta”. This dig was a nod to a a long-running corporate rivalry said, “were stacked against us”. European commission investiga- that has seen both sides notch up With the demise of Little Red, A British Airways passenger jet comes to land at Lindberg Field in San Diego, California . tion into the ownership of Virgin notable victories. the Heathrow slots will revert to Atlantic by a non-EU carrier. The bad blood goes back to BA — unless another contender bought 49 percent of Virgin in a joint venture that now gener- particularly from a wider route Delta’s 49 percent stake is at the the 1980s, to the early years of wishes to give it a go. Atlantic at the end of 2012. The ates revenues of almost $10bn a network and more frequent limit of foreign ownership rules, Virgin Atlantic, and peaked with So the local skirmish is over, hope is that the Delta will restore year. It was approved by compe- flights — the airlines now provide but the shareholder is not exer- “dirty tricks” claims that even- but the real battle continues Virgin to fighting weight in the tition authorities in 2010, despite 17 flights a day between New York cising control. Virgin CEO Craig tually saw BA pay damages of elsewhere. Virgin Atlantic’s industry’s most lucrative swath of bitter opposition from Virgin and Heathrow — and says fare Kreeger said he was not unduly more than £600,000 to Branson defeat in its attempt to compete sky — above the Atlantic between Atlantic. The subsequent merger increases are due solely to rising concerned at this: “We are very and Virgin Atlantic in 1993. From domestically with BA may have Heathrow and the US. of US Airways and American has fuel costs. confident that Virgin is run by the beginning, the entrepreneur wounded its pride, but the cold This is a significant month further fattened the BA/AA joint “All of the evidence says the us.” positioned his airline as the chal- logic for Little Red was not to for Virgin Atlantic and BA: both business: the number of routes customer is doing very well,” Even so, the Delta culture lenger upstart to the might of BA. unite the peoples of south and are rolling out new planes on US has grown from 50 to 88, and Walsh said. “We have spent more appears to have permeated its Echoes of this persist in the lat- north Britain, but to bring the routes: Branson’s first Dreamliner combined revenues are up by 50 money on our product in the past partner. One analyst said: “They est chapter with the Little Red corporate travellers of Scotland will start a regular service to percent. four years than we had in the pre- are aggressively managing the closure. The mini-airline, which and Manchester on to the Virgin Boston; and BA’s A380 will begin The deal allows the two airlines vious 10, because we know they business for profitability rather started flights from Heathrow to international network. flying to Washington. to co-ordinate slots — a practice have a great choice.” than grand developments... It’s Manchester and Scotland only That network is now pointed Last week BA marked four Virgin had argued would be bad Virgin Atlantic, one of the last not dots on the map, it’s not sexy last year, owed its existence to the firmly towards the US, ever since years of collaboration across the for consumers. Walsh counters major long-haul carriers not to and it’s not glamorous.” same gambit that gained Virgin Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines Atlantic with American Airlines that customers have benefited, join an airline alliance, fell into THE GUARDIAN

GT to cut jobs, Virtual currency founder extradited to face US charges wind down NEW YORK: The founder of Costa Rica-based scheme, which world’s biggest money laundering Budovsky and his partners of cre- laundering prosecution in history, virtual currency firm Liberty is accused of laundering more than schemes. ating a firm that masqueraded as a prosecutors said. Reserve, Arthur Budovsky, was $6bn for criminals between 2006 Three others have pleaded guilty convenient and legitimate money “Now, thanks to the coopera- sapphire extradited on Friday from Spain and 2013. He arrived in New York in the investigation. transfer system. tive efforts of our law enforce- to face US criminal charges for on Friday afternoon and will be The digital exchange mecha- Before being shut down, Liberty ment partners here and in Spain, operating what officials called arraigned before US district Judge nism, which allowed depositors to Reserve had more than a million Arthur Budovsky has been appre- plant; takes a massive money-laundering Denise Cote on Tuesday. mask their identities, was simi- users worldwide, including more hended and will face justice in an scheme. The news comes two weeks after lar to bitcoin and other digital than 200,000 in the United States. American courtroom,” Manhattan Budovsky, a 40-year-old Costa Maxim Chukharev, Liberty’s head currencies. The digital currency facili- US Attorney Preet Bharara said. aim at Apple Rican national and former US of technology, pleaded guilty in Liberty Reserve’s principals tated the laundering of funds Budovsky was arrested in May citizen, will be tried in the US on New York federal court to conspir- were arrested in a round-up last from credit card fraud, identity 2013 at a Madrid airport, during a SAN FRANCISCO: GT charges related to setting up the ing to operate an illegal unlicensed year in Costa Rica, Spain and New theft, investment fraud, compu- stopover on a flight from Morocco Advanced Technologies Inc said alternative digital currency used money transmitting business. York, sealing the fate of a com- ter hacking, narcotics traffick- to Costa Rica. it will cut 890 jobs, close an by criminals around the world Budovsky and Chukharev were pany that had been one of the ing, and other crimes, according He fought extradition arguing Arizona plant expected to make to launder illegal profits, federal among seven people charged in most successful in the popular but to officials. he deserves the right to return scratch-resistant screens for prosecutors said. May 2013 when federal authorities increasingly scrutinised world of The probe involved law enforce- to Costa Rica, where he obtained Apple Inc, and suggested it could Budovsky is accused of being announced they had shut down unofficial banking and virtual cur- ment in 17 countries and is citizenship by marrying a snack pursue legal claims against the the “principal founder” of the what was described as one of the rencies. The indictment accused believed to be the largest money vendor. AFP iPhone maker while revamping under bankruptcy. “Only if GT winds down these operations will it be able to stop its mounting losses and re-focus its resources on the operation of GE unit in talks to buy Milestone Aviation its core business of selling sapphire Finland loses one furnaces and other products,” the NEW YORK: General Electric $2.5bn, according to some of the portfolio beyond the competitive company said. Co’s finance arm is in talks to people, the Journal reported. plane-leasing business, as it cur- GT Advanced said it was burn- buy Milestone Aviation Group Milestone, co-founded by rently owns no helicopters, the ing through $1m a day at the of eurozone’s last Ltd, as the US conglomerate NetJets Inc founder Richard Journal said. operations it intended to close. looks to expand its aircraft- Santulli, has announced plans for “As a matter of policy, we don’t “GT believes that it has many leasing operation into helicop- an initial public offering of stock, comment on market rumors or claims against Apple arising out ters, The Wall Street Journal according to the report. speculation,” a spokeswoman for of its business relationship with top credit ratings reported, citing people familiar Buying Milestone, the world’s Milestone Aviation said. Apple,” the company said in a fil- with the matter. largest helicopter-leasing com- Officials at General Electric ing with the US Bankruptcy Court HELSINKI: Finland dropped partners. Its flagship company The purchase price for pany by fleet value, would broaden were not immediately available in Manchester, New Hampshire. out of the small group of euro Nokia, once global market leader Milestone could be more than GE Capital Aviation Services’ for comment. REUTERS Apple responded by pointing nations with a full set of top in handsets, struggled to com- to its earlier statement that it credit ratings as Standard & pete in smartphones with Apple remains committed to preserving Poor’s cut it to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’, and Google and finally sold its jobs in Arizona and was consulting citing persistent economic entire phones business to Protest against trade pacts with state and local officials on its growth problems. Microsoft in April. next steps. Finland has yet to return to its Meanwhile, the digital shift Shares of Rubicon Technology 2008 economic output levels after from print to online cut Europe’s Inc, a rival maker of sapphire exports dwindled due to the euro- paper demand, leading to heavy material, surged about 23 per- zone crisis, problems at its mobile restructuring at firms such as cent to $4.93 on Nasdaq. Srini phone and paper industries and UPM-Kymmene and Stora Enso. Sundararajan of Summit Research the crisis over Ukraine. “Finnish exports have under- said Rubicon’s rally was “an over- The S&P cut leaves Germany performed world trade since 2008, reaction to GTAT shutting down.” and Luxembourg as the only euro which we interpret as a sign of GT Advanced filed for Chapter states with a full set of top-grade lower competitiveness, render- 11 bankruptcy with little warning ratings from all three main rat- ing an export-driven recovery tomorrow, sending its shares plum- ing agencies. Finland’s “down- unlikely,” S&P added. meting 90 percent to below $1. The grade reflects our view of the risk The two other main rating company has provided only scant that the Finnish economy could agencies, Moody’s and Fitch, details of the cause of its bank- experience protracted stagnation recently left their triple-A ratings ruptcy and turnaround plans. GT because of its ageing population for Finland untouched. Advanced reached an agreement and shrinking workforce, weaken- S&P noted that despite with Apple last year to transform ing external demand, loss of global Finland’s weak economic perform- itself from a supplier of sapphire market share... and relatively rigid ance, labour costs increased by furnaces to a manufacturer of sap- labour market,” S&P said in its over one-fifth between 2007 and phire for Apple. The iPad maker report. It gave a stable outlook for 2013, well above the eurozone’s provided $578m in funding for the the new rating. average of one-eighth. Arizona plant, and GT Advanced Finland had taken pride in its “It is clear the (Finnish gov- agreed to repay the money over top ratings. During the eurozone ernment bond) yields will jump five years, starting in 2015. debt crisis, Alexander Stubb, now somewhat on Monday,” said chief The first sign of trouble came in prime minister, said in 2011 that economist Aki Kangasharju from September when Apple indicated Darwinian principles should apply Nordea Markets, referring to its iPhone 6 would use rival Gorilla and the strongest economies in the higher returns investors will Glass instead of sapphire material. the currency bloc should have the expect for the increased risk of GT Advanced asked the bank- leading say in how it is run. holding the bonds. “The down- ruptcy court to end 13 contracts However, this year, Finland grade came sooner than expected.” with Apple, including a confidenti- has taken additional economic He estimated the downgrade ality agreement that has forced the hits from the Ukraine crisis and would add around $25m-$38m to Activists protest against planned trade pacts; TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and bankruptcy to be conducted with Russia’s slowdown: its eastern Finland’s borrowing costs. CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) with the US and Canada, in Berlin yesterday. unusual secrecy. REUTERS neighbour is one of its main trade REUTERS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Commodities: Brent at 4-year low; coffee soars Gold gains ground as dollar falters; industrial metal prices, excluding lead and tin, increase

LONDON: Brent oil prices tum- outbreak in West Africa. bled this week to a four-year low Oil prices were also dampened on plentiful crude supplies and by ample global supplies owing to on demand fears arising from increased US shale production, global economic uncertainty. and a return to the market of Many commodities were hit by Libyan oil after prolonged dis- grim economic data, particularly ruption due to civil unrest. In the from Germany, and after the United States, a key report also International Monetary Fund showed rising crude inventories, (IMF) warned the eurozone signalling weakening demand in could tip into recession. the world’s top oil consumer. On the upside, the coffee mar- By Friday on London’s ket hit a two-year peak as a “dev- Intercontinental Exchange, astating” drought in key producer Brent North Sea crude for Brazil slashes supplies, analysts delivery in November sank to said. $89.85 a barrel compared with OIL: Brent prices dived to $91.88 a week earlier. On the a four-year trough on Friday, New York Mercantile Exchange, extending this week’s sharp falls West Texas Intermediate or as worries intensified over the light sweet crude for November demand outlook. Brent North Sea recoiled to $85.68 per barrel, oil struck $88.11 a barrel, the low- from $89.67 a week earlier. est level since December 1, 2010. PRECIOUS METALS: Gold New York’s light sweet crude hit gained more ground, boosted by $83.59 per barrel, last witnessed its haven status and the falter- on July 3, 2012. ing dollar. “Precious metals and “The market is continuing its platinum group metals received slide on the back of poor economic a boost from the weaker dollar news in Europe and in particular and rising uncertainty in the Germany, and worries of signifi- stock markets together with fall- cantly slowing growth,” said Andy ing bond yields,” said Saxo Bank Lipow of Lipow Oil Associates. analyst Ole Hansen. Both contracts have now plunged The weaker greenback makes by about a fifth since striking dollar-priced commodities their 2014 peaks in June. cheaper for buyers using stronger Crude futures tumbled as fresh currencies. In turn, that tends to evidence of economic weakness in boost demand and prices. the eurozone added to concerns Gold is also widely regarded as over slowing global growth and a safe bet by investors in times abundant oil supplies. of economic uncertainty. By late A fresh round of negative euro- Friday on the London Bullion zone data published on Thursday Market, the price of gold had risen Current fuel prices are shown at a Chevron gas station in Encinitas, California. showed a 5.8 percent slump to $1,219 an ounce from $1,195 a in German exports in August, week earlier. Silver increased to $20,415. Three-month nickel rose developments in Brazil where since the beginning of the year,” Brazil’s drought. “Bumper glo- while leading think tanks also $17.26 an ounce from $16.97. to $16,462 a tonne from $16,352. persistent drought has become a said Commerzbank analysts. bal stocks and expectations of a slashed their growth forecasts for On the London Platinum and Three-month zinc increased to major worry to coffee growers,” Cocoa had spiked in late fifth consecutive global surplus in Europe’s largest economy. Added Palladium Market, platinum $2,313.75 a tonne from $2,256. added Hansen. September on worries that Ebola 2014/15 have driven price weak- to the grim mood, European stock gained to $1,256 an ounce from COFFEE: Arabica coffee prices By Friday on ICE Futures US, could reach Ghana and Ivory ness for the past six months,” said markets recoiled to one-year lows $1,249. Palladium firmed to $784 soared to a 2012 peak amid a Arabica for delivery in December Coast, which are the two big- Ecobank analysts. on Friday, as poor economic data an ounce from $763. drought that has hit crops in top rallied to 220.80 US cents a pound gest producers of the commod- By Friday on LIFFE, the price and the IMF’s eurozone recession BASE METALS: Base or global producer Brazil. “The out- from 209.45 cents a week earlier. ity used to make chocolate. The of a tonne of white sugar for deliv- warning sent shock-waves rever- industrial metal prices rose but look for Arabica remains bullish, On LIFFE, London’s futures pair account for 60 percent of the ery in December traded at $425.10 berating across the region. gains were capped by uncertainty with prices surging in response to exchange, Robusta for November world’s cocoa, while West Africa compared with $422.80 a week ear- IMF chief Christine Lagarde over the world economic outlook. the devastating drought in Brazil rebounded to $2,186 a tonne from produces almost three quarters of lier. On ICE Futures US, the price warned there was a 35-40 percent By Friday on the London Metal — the world’s largest Arabica pro- $2,065 a week earlier. global cocoa output. of unrefined sugar for March rose chance of the eurozone slipping Exchange, copper for delivery in ducer — which has cut production COCOA: Prices fell further on By Friday on LIFFE, cocoa for to 16.63 US cents a pound from back into recession if action is not three months gained to $6,631.50 ... and hindered cherry develop- easing supply concerns, having delivery in December rose to £2,029 16.21 US cents a week earlier. taken to prevent it. The forecast a tonne from $6,625 a week ear- ment for the next crop,” said struck 3.5-year peaks last month a tonne from £2,009 a week earlier. RUBBER: Kuala Lumpur came after the IMF had this week lier. Three-month aluminium Ecobank analysts. on worries that the Ebola outbreak On the ICE Futures US exchange, prices rose in subdued trading cut its estimates for global eco- increased to $1,923.75 a tonne Arabica coffee jumped to 225.50 could spread to cocoa-producing cocoa for December gained to $3,128 conditions. The Malaysian Rubber nomic growth for this year and from $1,912. Three-month lead US cents per pound, the highest nations in West Africa. “The past a tonne from $3,101 a week earlier. Board’s benchmark SMR20 stood in 2015. decreased to $2,059.25 a tonne level since January 2012. Robusta two weeks have seen the cocoa SUGAR: The sugar market at 142.50 US cents per kilo on Sentiment was also hut by from $2,082.25. Three-month rallied to a seven-month peak price correct part of the 30-percent rebounded from recent falls Friday, up from 141.85 US cents stubborn worries over the Ebola tin sank to $19,961 a tonne from at $2,200 per tonne. “Worrying surge in price it has experienced on concerns over the impact of the previous week. AFP In oil price war, Saudi’s Global cues shave 1pc off India markets top rival is next door MUMBAI: Dogged by weak sub-accounts and qualified for- global and domestic cues, the eign investors have been clubbed NEW YORK/SINGAPORE: using the Saudi OSPs as a benchmark index of the Indian together by market regulator Kuwait, Saudi Arabia’s tra- guide, but with the world’s big- equities markets lost nearly a Securities and Exchange Board ditional Gulf ally, is challeng- gest exporter cutting its prices percent in the week trade which of India (SEBI) to create a new ing its bigger neighbour in an for a fourth month in a row on ended on October 10. investor category called FPIs. increasingly competitive battle October 1, they may struggle to The week which started post However, the FPIs were net- for market share as it sells oil respond to protect market share. an extended weekend holiday on buyers on Friday. They bought in to buyers in Asia at the widest Last week, Saudi Arabia Tuesday saw the markets decline shares worth $2.29m, or Rs13.98 discount to a comparable Saudi sharply cut its official oil by 1.01 percent at Friday’s clos- crore, on October 10. The markets grade in 10 years. prices for Asian customers in ing of 26,297.38 points. “Markets on Friday closed in the red down Kuwait’s price cut to Asia, and November, in the clearest sign ended the week on a weak note 339.90 points or 1.28 percent. cuts by other Middle East pro- yet that it is competing harder with benchmarks falling by more The 30-scrip Sensex, which ducers including Saudi Arabia for crude market share. than 1%. The fall capped what opened at 26,551.74 points, closed at and Iraq, have underscored com- By the end of this week, was a very volatile week,” said 26,297.38 points, down 339.90 points petition for oil sales to the region Kuwait and Iraq are likely to Dipen Shah, head- private client or 1.28 percent from the previous as a rout in global benchmarks cut their November prices by group research, Kotak Securities. day’s close at 26,637.28 points. threatens the national budgets at least 70 cents from October, “Continuing concerns over glo- The major Sensex gainers on of some Opec members. keeping pace with the drop in bal growth impacted the global Friday were: HDFC, up 2.68 per- Defending and winning share Arab Medium, although some markets over the week and India cent at Rs3,888.95; BHEL, up in Asia’s still growing markets Asian buyers are calling for a was no exception. The lack of 0.91 percent at Rs220.85; Hero has become the primary focus, bigger price cut for Kuwaiti oil. foreign flows resulted in subdued MotoCorp, up 0.83 percent at too, as demand has softened in Kuwait’s discount to Arab sentiments.” According to Shah, Rs2,842.20; Reliance Industries, the United States with rising Medium has doubled from last going ahead, the quarterly results up 0.59 percent at Rs960.30; and shale oil output and in Europe year after it lost market share will dictate stock specific action. Sun Pharma, up 0.54 percent at with weak economic growth in to abundant and cheaper supply “Infosys has started the season Rs818.80. The losers were: Tata the eurozone. from Iraq, and as Iran’s exports on a positive note. Markets will Motors, down 5.31 percent at “You have the reality of an rose after Western sanctions eagerly look forward to impor- Rs492.35; Hindalco Inds, down increasingly crowded market for eased, traders said. tant reforms decisions from the 4.79 percent at Rs150.20; Sesa mid-sour barrels in Asia,” said Asia’s top four crude buyers, Government eg. coal linkages, gas Sterlite, down 4.60 percent Daniel Sternoff, senior managing China, India, Japan and South pricing, which will provide further at Rs249.75; Tata Steel, down director at consultancy Medley Korea, imported just over 1.1 impetus to the domestic invest- 4.30 percent at Rs448.20; and Global Advisors. “I wouldn’t say million barrels per day (b/d) ment and infrastructure related A view of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. Mahindra and Mahindra, down price war, but there are clear of Kuwaiti oil in the first eight sectors,” Shah said. “Positive news 3.59 percent at Rs1,318.40. signs of more competitive pricing.” months this year, down from on these fronts will improve sen- momentum after economic data Thursday after a week long bat- For the coming week ZyFin Kuwaiti crude in October close to 1.4m b/d last year, cus- timents and allow markets to seek showed that Germany industrial tering at the market. Due to Research’s Chief Economist is already 50 cents a barrel toms and Reuters data showed. higher levels.” output figures posted its worst negative global cues the foreign Debopam Chaudhuri said that cheaper than Saudi Arabia’s offi- To boost sales, Kuwait con- The benchmark Sensex was fall for five-and-a-half years. investors went on a selling spree the last minute release of Index of cial selling price (OSP) for its cluded in August a new 10-year down by 1.01 percent in the week This led the markets down by by shedding-off shares worth Industrial Production (IIP) num- Arab Medium grade, the wid- deal with China’s Sinopec Corp ended October 10 from its pre- 296.02 points or 1.11 percent on $200.33m. bers will not effect the markets as est discount since at least 2004, to nearly double its supplies vious weekly close on Oct 1. The Tuesday. On Wednesday the the For the week ended October they open up tomorrow. Reuters data showed. by offering to ship oil and sell index closed at 26,297.38 points, benchmark index closed the trade 10, the FPIs massively sold “The IIP data is indeed disap- Iraq, the second largest pro- it on a more competitive cost- while it had ended trade at flat — down 25.18 points or 0.10 stocks worth Rs1,231.28 crore pointing and we sincerely hope ducer of the Organisation of the and-freight basis. It also locked 26,567.99 points on Oct 1. percent. or $200.33m, according to data for an upward revision to be Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2015 oil sales to Philippine In the previous week the However, on back of positive with the National Securities announced in coming months. (Opec), has also priced its Basra refiner Petron in a separate deal. 30-scrip Sensitive Index had global cues after the US Federal Depository Limited (NSDL). However, we dont see much of Light crude at the widest dis- A well-supplied global mar- lost 0.21 percent in the week Reserve hinted that interest The FPIs only infused $49.65m an impact on markets when they count against Arab Medium in ket has tipped the balance in ended October 1 from its previ- rates will stay near zero level for or Rs306.42 crore in the week open on Monday and would be a year, after Asian buyers had favour of Asian buyers, who are ous weekly close on September a “considerable time” the markets under review. For the week ended primarily guided by global cues.” steered clear of its flagship grade switching to cheaper oil from 26. The index closed at 26,567.99 rebounded by around 400 points October 1, the FPIs had massively Industrial activity, measured in on fears an Islamist insurgency Africa and the Americas as points, while it had ended trade at Thursday. sold stocks worth Rs.653.95 crore terms of the IIP, grew marginally would disrupt supplies. they reduce their reliance on 26,626.32 points on September 26. The cyclical stocks like banks, or $105.29 million. by 0.4 percent in August over the Kuwait, Iraq and Iran typi- Middle Eastern crudes. The week under review metals, infrastructure and capi- The foreign institutional same month of the previous year. cally adjust their crude prices REUTERS saw selling pressure gaining tal goods performed much better investors (FIIs) along with IANS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

Labour must expose fallacy US shrunken paychecks BY HAROLD MEYERSON and their real wages have been flat,” as econ- a union. A new doctrine, first propounded of Osborne’s ‘recovery’ omist Jared Bernstein has noted. by economist Milton Friedman, took hold he extinction of the American Fully documenting the reasons the US in boardrooms and executive suites. The BY ROBERT SKIDELSKY raise — dead as a dodo, by every has experienced this epochal upward redis- purpose of a corporation, it held, was not to empirical measure — has become tribution of wealth and income requires a benefit all of its stakeholders — shareholders, here has the conference silly season left the debate a truth universally acknowledged. look at institutional economics as well as employees and the public — but to benefit on economic policy? George Osborne claims to have Even Republican House Speaker macroeconomics. The distribution of income shareholders only. Boosting profits and the routed his critics: fiscal austerity has produced TJohn Boehner, not a fellow often glimpsed is a function not just of global forces but also value of the company’s stock by laying off Wrecovery. Labour, seemingly amazed that recovery on the barricades with protesting workers, of social and institutional power. And over workers, holding down their pay, converting has happened, has promised that a Labour government will con- pronounced that “wages are stagnant” in the past four decades, US workers have suf- them to independent contractors or shift- tinue to cut the deficit, albeit a little more slowly. The Liberal his comments on the most recent employ- fered a loss of power that may exceed even ing their jobs overseas became so common Democrats would join them in the slower lane. The main point ment figures. their loss of income. a practice that any company not playing of difference seems to be that “Labour cuts” will be fairer than On Tuesday, two of our most percep- Consider, for instance, how Americans by these rules became the subject of jour- “Tory cuts”. tive economics writers, The New York succeeded in doubling their real incomes nalistic profiles written in a tone of amaze- The budget outcomes tell a different story. Osborne will have Times’ David Leonhardt and my Post col- during the three decades following World ment (as the recent coverage of the Market failed by a wide margin to meet his deficit-reduction targets in league Catherine Rampell, authored col- War II. To be sure, it was a time when the Basket supermarket chain attests). this parliament. The deficit is now likely to be more than £70bn in umns that handicapped the prospects of US dominated the world economy as never By the ‘90s, most corporate chief execu- March 2015, when it should have been zero. This is a prima facie employers actually beginning to increase before or since, when major corporations tives had their pay linked to the value of indication that the theory linking fiscal tightening with recovery their employees’ wages — which, as legend had few foreign competitors and were sel- their stock, which many of them were able was wrong. The theory was that cutting government spending has it, was once a common practice in the dom challenged by low-paying start-ups at to boost by having their companies buy would cause the economy to grow. The growth of the economy United States. Leonhardt glumly observed home. Under those benign conditions, pay back outstanding shares, causing the value would increase government revenue sufficiently to balance the that the downward pressure on wages raises must have drifted down as the gentle of the remaining shares to rise. Over the budget over five years. The still-gaping hole in the budget is the imposed by globalisation, sclerotic govern- rain from heaven — right? past decade, under pressure from “activist result of the economy’s failure to grow to plan since 2010. ment and technological change might still Wrong. The presumably placid 1950s were investors” and with the understanding that But still, Osborne’s defenders argue, the economy has finally outweigh the factors working in employees’ rocked by one major strike after another, boosting share value would send CEO pay started to grow. Is that not proof that austerity has finally started favour. Rampell noted that the 15 million averaging 300 a year throughout the dec- soaring, the corporations on the S&P 500 to work? This is a good example of the post hoc, ergo propter hoc Americans who are officially unemployed or ade. There are few things as disruptive or list of the largest publicly traded companies – “after this, therefore because of this” – fallacy. who have dropped out of the labour force unpleasant as a strike, both for the strikers have devoted more than 90 percent of their There is no reputable theory that says that cutting public create a powerful downdraft on workers’ and their communities. But it was by waging profits to buying back their own shares and spending in a slump will induce a recovery. In fact, theory tells ability to win wage hikes. these disruptive, unpleasant actions that the paying dividends to shareholders. you the opposite. A slump comes about because, for one reason Both of these macroeconomic explana- greatest generation turned the US into the That hasn’t left much for wage increases. or another, the private sector is spending less than it was. If the tions are sound, but they don’t exhaust first majority middle-class nation in history. While macroeconomic conditions surely government reduces its spending at the same time, this will make the list of reasons why profits and capi- In the early 1980s, employers struck back. explain some of the problems that have the slump worse, not better. tal income, as a share of the nation’s total Following the lead of President Ronald befallen US workers, the institutional There is one possible exception: if wealth-holders believe that income, are at record highs while wages and Reagan, who fired striking air-traffic con- changes to American business — above all, the government needs to cut its deficit – because otherwise, say, labour-derived income are at record lows. trollers, major companies began to routinely the rise of investor power and the decline Britain would “go the way of Greece” – then the announcement of Nor does the alleged “skills gap” of US work- discharge workers who walked off the job. of worker power — are central to the tale. a credible deficit-reduction plan might increase their confidence ers provide much of an explanation, since By the mid-’80s, strikes were in irreversible The case of the vanishing American raise in the future and cause them to increase their spending. “the demand for college-educated workers decline and companies were almost auto- can’t be solved without them. However, one would need to argue that such confidence-boosting has actually slowed quite sharply since 2000 matically firing workers who sought to form WP-BLOOMBERG effects would fully offset the demand-destroying effects of actual and anticipated cuts in public spending. The empirical evidence is that they do not, and for good reason: there are many more people whose spending would be reduced by the cuts than those whose “confidence” would be boosted by them. But still, is not the recovery of the economy sufficient vindication of Osbornism, even if the mechanism of recovery is not quite as he depicts it? Certainly not. The most important point to understand is that all economies recover from a slump sooner or later. After a lapse of time, the rundown of existing capital stock, together with dis- investment in working capital and surplus stocks, will make new investment more profitable; a Pigou or “real balance” effect will come into play as wealth-holders benefit from the fall in prices (or inflation rate) and start buying depreciated assets and consump- tion goods. These are the “automatic” recovery forces. In addition to these “automatic” forces, a deliberate economic stimulus in the form of quantitative easing (QE) made the slump of 2008-09 shallower than it would have been, and helped the subsequent recovery in 2013-14. The Funding for Lending scheme, introduced in 2012, has also helped. It is QE, not confidence in government finance, that has kept the cost of government bor- rowing down to near zero. Despite these automatic and deliberate offsets to fiscal austerity, the recovery has been the slowest on record. It has taken six years for the UK to regain pre-recession levels of output. Osborne’s supporters argue that, given the damage to the banking system, no quicker recovery could have come about. Instead of vying with him in his cutting zeal, confining its criti- cism to the “fairness” of the actual measures proposed, Labour should be arguing two things. First, it should point out that the policy of balancing the budget by Osborne cuts has not balanced it at all, and holds out little hope of balancing it in 2017-18, since the £38bn of extra cuts he needs to do hit the source of future government revenues. Second, it should argue that the budget should be balanced by investing in the economy. It should promise that every pound saved from cutting current spending on public services will be added to the capital of Vince Cable’s Green Investment Bank. This would boost its capital from £4bn to £41bn over five years, and in addition, it would immediately be allowed to borrow. Will Labour do this? Probably not: it is too scared to offer an alternative narrative based on principle and good theory. Thus the debate is not properly joined, and Labour will pay the electoral price. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Supermarkets aren’t dying and that’s really a good thing

BY JAY RAYNER supermarkets has grown, we have and when you look at the propor- supermarket sector had finally only thing they’d be compromis- half a dozen companies? Not me. forgotten what they have given us. tion of food we consume that’s pro- woken up to the realities. ing on by going to Aldi and Lidl What’s more, that’s the way it or those minded to hate You need to talk to women who duced here, it’s 50 percent. Indeed. It turns out that while would be choice, not quality, and has to be, if we’re not going to supermarkets and all their raised kids in the 1960s to get an Almost all of that decline is Clarke was promising a brighter they were happy to do so. pay lip service to the notion of a evil works, these have been understanding of how they revo- down to supermarkets pushing tomorrow, his own colleagues There is no doubt that a mas- low-carbon economy. Fsunlit days. With sales lutionised people’s lives. deals on farmers that have made were still hitting up their suppli- sive shakedown is under way. It’s For here is a truth many find tanking at Sainsbury’s, Morrisons Over the past 50 years, average their industry financially unsus- ers for donations, and ramping possible one of the big four may unpalatable: large-scale agricul- and Tesco, and the latter under incomes have risen by a factor of tainable. The only kind of land up the profit estimates so as to disappear altogether. A lot of city- ture and retail is the route to investigation for overstating 32; meanwhile house prices have use to have increased in the past maintain the share price. centre shops will close. But will a lower-carbon economy. Done potential profits, some commen- gone up by a factor of more than 25 years is of farmland that is no Finally all the buy-one-get- this be the end of the supermarket properly it enables a more sus- tators have found the tempta- 90. With indices like that, it’s no longer being farmed. In an age of one-free chickens have come sector? Absolutely not. Twenty tainable form of food production. tion to declare the end of big food longer a case of both people in a rising population and an explod- home to roost. The four majors years ago Germany went through We may like the fantasy of our retail just too hard to resist. We two-parent household choosing to ing global middle class – factors are all overextended. The real- a version of what’s happening now food being produced by a chaotic are apparently heading back to go to work: they both need to go that will fuel demand for 50 per- estate race to open small-scale in Britain. Aldi and Lidl currently patchwork of tiny farms run by the days of Heartbeat and All to work to pay the mortgage. At cent more food from the same city-centre stores has served control a little over 8 percent of women in dirndls and hoary old Creatures Great and Small, when which point, being able to get the amount of land by 2030 – that only to increase overheads and the UK market (as against Tesco’s men with mutton chops – and a we all shopped locally, buying little shopping in via the supermarket isn’t merely a cause for concern. cannibalise their own customer 29 percent). In Germany, Aldi and bit of that is good for the diver- and often from kindly shopkeepers in 90 minutes becomes a necessity. The problem is that these base. They haven’t created new Lidl have nearly 40 percent of the sity of the culture – but when you who knew us by name. What’s more, their economies of businesses are not built for the customers at all. Meanwhile the market; meanwhile those firms at crunch low-intensity yield against It’s an appealing fantasy. That, scale have made food cheaper social responsibilities their mas- big story is the rise of the dis- the unashamedly premium end CO2 emissions, it’s not the most however, is all it is. Sure, there (arguably too cheap now) and sive market power brings. In counters, which shave their costs of the German market still flour- sustainable option. may have been some increase fuelled the food revolution that the aftermath of the horsemeat by not stocking 20 of everything. ish. That story is repeated here, And the same applies to mass in purchases from independent has made Britain a more pleasant, scandal, Tesco mounted a huge By having just one type of choco- where Waitrose’s market share retail. There can be carbon ben- shops, but it’s from a very low engaging place to live in. advertising campaign insisting late biscuit and one kind of brie has risen to almost 5 percent. efits in getting everything under base. Shopping little and often So we need supermarkets. The it was changing – that it would they can use vast economies of Between them the nine biggest one roof, however unromantic is generally a lifestyle choice for problem is, we really don’t need pay farmers a fair price for their scale to make a good deal, both UK retailers control 95 percent it may seem. We live on a small, the affluent middle classes. Many the kind of supermarkets we’ve produce and honour its responsi- for shopper and producer. The of the market, down from 95.3 overpopulated island. However people on low incomes don’t have got. By giving too small a set of bilities to the food supply chain. full-service supermarkets long percent last year. Is that 0.3 per- poorly they’ve done the job in that choice, or the time. And companies a free run at too much Last year the former chief execu- assumed their core customers cent decline a sign of a collapse? recent years, we need a super- while it may be an appealing fan- of the retail food economy, we have tive, the recently dismissed Philip wouldn’t trade down to the dis- No. It’s probably statistical error. market sector to keep feeding tasy, it really isn’t a desirable one. put at risk our future food secu- Clarke, even told me that people counters because they wouldn’t Some decline would be very good, us. Let’s just hope the one that Supermarkets are not going away, rity. We used to be well over 70 like him had to accept that the compromise on quality. It turns but who wants to bet that in 20 emerges out of the current tur- and for that we should be grateful. percent self-sufficient in food in era of cheap food was over. It out their customers were savvier years’ time over 75 percent of food moil is fit for purpose. As our modern hatred of the UK. Now it’s below 60 percent, seemed the biggest player in the than that. They realised that the retail won’t still be controlled by THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

LeBron finds Royals outslug Orioles to comments ‘surprising’ RIO DE JANIERO: LeBron James (pictured) said he found some recent comments made by his former Miami Heat team- win ALCS play-off opener mates surprising and he has no plans to spend time with any of them while both teams are in Gordon, Moustakas blast 10th-inning homers to give Kansas City victory Brazil. The Cleveland Cavaliers were scheduled to play an exhibition BALTIMORE: Kansas City match against the Miami Heat smashed the fewest home later yesterday. runs in Major League Baseball Earlier this week, Chris Bosh (MLB) this season, but the said he hasn’t spoken with James Royals found their form Friday since James left for the Cavaliers to beat the Baltimore Orioles at in July, though he later clarified their own power-hitting game. and said they spoke at Dwyane Alex Gordon and Mike Wade’s wedding in August. Also Moustakas blasted 10th-inning in a recent interview, Wade said homers to lift the Royals over he didn’t Baltimore 8-6 in their best- have fun of-seven American League last season, Championship Series (ALCS) James’ final opener. one as his “We know we’re capable of team-mate. hitting home runs,” Gordon said. “I know a “We didn’t do it during the regu- lot of words lar season but it doesn’t really have been matter. This is the post-season coming out and we’re starting to swing the of their camp bats better now. It’s good to see. as of late Up and down the lineup we’re and some of feeling good about where we’re it is surpris- at.” ing,” James said on Friday after Gordon, who also hit a three- Cleveland’s practice. “We’ve got run double in the third inning, so much history together. ... It was hit in the neck by a pitch doesn’t take away from what we in the eighth inning but stayed accomplished [in Miami] and I in the game to become the first know that.” Royal in 29 years to knock in four “I’ve talked to D. Wade. runs in a playoff game. Obviously, I haven’t talked to “It was frightening,” said Chris. But I haven’t seen them,” Gordon. “Saw it coming at my James added. head and just for a second turned Kansas City Royals player Alex Gordon hits a three-run double in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles in game one of the 2014 ALCS play-off James has attempted to main- the back of my head. Luckily it at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore on Friday night. tain a relationship with Wade and got most of my helmet so it stung he spoke to Mario Chalmers just a little bit but nothing serious.” in the World Series. The Royals, homer off Orioles relief pitcher Gordon and Escobar staked “I’m proud of the way our guys before the start of training camp. Alcides Escobar added a solo who ended a 29-year playoff Darren O’Day into the right-field Kansas City to a 4-0 edge. The battled back,” said Orioles man- But this week in Rio the teams homer to help the Royals down drought this season, seek their stands to give Kansas City the Orioles answered in the third ager Buck Showalter. “We had a are actively trying to avoid each the Orioles, who boasted the most first World Series berth since lead for good. when Markakis doubled and lot of good things. We won’t forget other. They are staying at nearby homers in the major leagues this winning the 1985 title while the After a walk to Salvador scored on an Adam Jones sin- that.” hotels but, despite having three season. Orioles, in the league final for the Perez, Moustakas followed with gle, but Lorenzo Cain doubled, But the veteran bench boss, off nights before yesterday’s pre- “This is a park that’s a lot more first time since 1997, seek their a two-run blast into the right- advanced on a ground out and who has waited 16 seasons to go season game, aren’t making plans conducive to hitting home runs first World Series berth since field stands to produce an 8-5 scored on a Billy Butler single for this deep in the playoffs, lamented to see each other. than our ballpark,” Royals man- winning the crown in 1983. advantage. a 5-1 Royals advantage. seven walks and a hit batter pro- “We’ll see each other on the ager Ned Yost said. “Put our club Baltimore had battled back In the bottom of the 10th, Baltimore replied in the fifth ducing extra base runners for the court,” Bosh said. “That’s plenty in this ballpark, we would have hit from a four-run deficit to pull Royals reliever Greg Holland as Nelson Cruz hit a run-scoring Royals. of time to catch up.” a lot more home runs. It showed level at 5-5 and escaped trouble allowed a two-out Ryan Flaherty double and Flaherty followed with “That presented a real chal- When James was asked if he tonight.” in the ninth inning with the bases single, walked Nick Hundley and a two-run single. lenge for us,” Showalter said. would play in the 2016 Olympics, Baltimore will again host game loaded and none out, using a force surrendered a run-scoring single The Orioles pulled even in the “They are good hitters. You are he said it was too early to make two on Saturday before the scene play at home plate and a double up the middle to Orioles pinch- sixth when Alejandro De Aza’s just picking poison and hoping it a decision. “I’m undecided,” the shifts to Kansas City. play to remain deadlocked. hitter Delmon Young, before Nick infield single over the pitcher’s works out for you. Sometimes 29-year-old said. “It’s not until The series winner will face But in the top of the 10th Markakis grounded out to end the mound scored Jonathan Schoop it doesn’t,” the Orioles manager 2016. I got two years. I got a long either St. Louis or San Francisco inning, Gordon bashed a leadoff game. from third. added. AFP time.” AGENCIES Yao, Liu strike gold for China

NANNING, China: Yao Jinnan work hard,” he said. In the other and Liu Yang upset the estab- apparatus events, North Korea’s lished order as they claimed Olympic champion Hong Un-Jong gold for hosts China with their won the women’s vault, beating maiden individual titles at the all-around champion Simone world gymnastics champion- Biles of the United States into ships yesterday. second spot. Yao, 19, pipped defending Hungary’s Olympic champion champion and compatriot Huang Krisztian Berki won his third Huidan by a razor-thin 0.067 world pommel horse title, follow- points in the women’s uneven bars ing his triumphs in 2010 and 2011. for her first world crown, which European champion Abliazin follows her four-gold rampage at won the men’s floor gold at 15.750, the Asian Games last month. with defending champion Kenzo And Liu, 20, stunned Olympic Shirai of Japan second on 15.733 New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson (29) scores a first period goal and world champion Arthur after he was hit with a 0.1-point past the Carolina Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward (30) at the PNC Arena in Nabarrete Zanetti of Brazil on the deduction for stepping out of North Carolina on Friday night. men’s rings in a show of strength bounds after one of his tumbling that lifted him from last year’s passes. fourth place. The championships close on Yao, sixth on the uneven bars Sunday with the remaining last year, outdid Huang in qualify- event-by-event finals: women’s Islanders strike early ing and she carried her momen- balance beam and floor exercise, tum into the eight-way final at the and men’s vault, parallel bars and Guangxi Gymnasium in Nanning. high bar. AFP against Hurricanes She was seen rushing to the athletes’ passage after seeing her winning score. World Gymnastics RALEIGH, North Carolina: (concussion) and Jordan Staal “Nothing happened. I was Brock Nelson scored twice and (broken leg) were out with just very happy,” Yao explained Liu Yang of China competes on the rings to win the gold medal during Championships added two assists while John injuries. later. She also had to console her the men’s apparatus final at the 45th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Tavares and newly-acquired Skinner led the Hurricanes defeated teammate. “When I saw Championships in Nanning, China, yesterday. Results defenceman Johnny Boychuk with 33 goals last season but went Huang Huidan crying, I really added three points each as the down in the last preseason game thought that she did better than Men’s Floor exercise New York Islanders spoiled with his third concession in the me.” “I think I have done 80 per cent a thigh injury, she failed to medal 1. Denis Abliazin (RUS); 2. Kenzo Shirai (JPN); the head coaching debut of Bill last three seasons. “So it’s just a feeling that I don’t of myself,” she said. “I think my at the 2012 Olympics. 3. Diego Hypolito (BRA); 4. Jacob Dalton (USA); Peters in a road victory over the Staal, arguably the team’s know how to express.” performance still had several tiny Liu, who contributed to China’s 5. Kim Hansol (KOR). Carolina Hurricanes. best two-way center, suffered Yao has changed her given flaws. men’s team victory over Japan Pommel Horse The Islanders built a 5-1 lead his injury Sept. 23 and is out 3-4 name this year to Ziyi because “I will continue working hard, with a top rings score, outdid the 1. Krisztian Berki (HUN); 2. Filip Ude (CRO); before the Hurricanes scored two months. Jinnan phonetically sounds simi- making up for my poor events and 24-year-old Zanetti in both dif- 3. Cyril Tommasone (FRA); 4. Saso Bertoncelj late goals to make the final score Peters, a former assistant with lar to words meaning “hard to get keeping doing well in my skilled ficulty and execution. (SLO); 5. Robert Seligman (CRO). respectable. the Detroit Red Wings, vowed to gold.” events.” Displaying solid strength Rings The Boston Bruins dealt improve one of the NHL’s worst She will start using the new As the last performer, Yao daz- moves and clockwork swings, 1. Liu Yang (CHN); 2. Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti Boychuk six days ago for draft power play teams when he was name in competition next year zled with high-level pirouetting Liu collected 15.933 points against (BRA); 3. You Hao (CHN)/ 3. Denis Abliazin (RUS); picks in a salary cap move, and hired to replace Kirk Muller. but the change has paid off with and aerial skills and finished with Zanetti’s 15.733. Another Chinese 5. Samir Ait Said (FRA). the former Stanley Cup cham- However, the Hurricanes had her successful defence of the a lofty double layout somersault. competitor, You Hao, tied for Women’s Vault pion paid immediate dividends for the man advantage in the first national title in May and her She earned 15.633 points with third spot with Russia’s Denis his new club, scoring 13 seconds two minutes of each of the first Asiad one-woman show in South Huang at 15.566. Russian Daria Abliazin. 1. Hong Un-Jong (PRK); 2. Simone Biles (USA); 3. Mykayla Skinner (USA); 4. Alla Sosnitskaya after the Islanders went on a two periods and couldn’t mount Korea. Spiridonova came in third at Liu, 20, said his performance (RUS); 5. Claudia Fragapane (GBR). 5-on-3 power play late in the first any attack against Islanders goal- But having finished only fifth 15.283. was not “text book”, as some period. tender Jaroslav Halak until left in the world all-around on Friday, Yao won balance beam silver reports had admiringly described Uneven Bars Carolina could not manage winger Nathan Gerbe scored with Yao said she was not using ele- and team bronze at the 2011 it, as his young age meant he still 1. Yao Jinnan (CHN); 2. Huang Huidan (CHN); much offense without two of its the extra man 1:25 into the third ments of extreme difficulty which worlds when she was also third had much to learn. “I still have 3. Daria Spiridonova (RUS); 4. Ashton Locklear top four forwards — Jeff Skinner to make it 3-1. REUTERS she usually practises. in the all-around. but dogged by a long way to go, so I still need (USA); 5. Rebecca Downie (GBR) SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Age is not Federer halts Djokovic run wearying Swiss great, says Novak SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic to reach Shanghai final said age was not slowing down Roger Federer after his straight-sets humbling by the Swiss beats world number one 6-4, 6-4 to set up final against Simon 33-year-old Swiss great at the Shanghai Masters yesterday. The Serbian world number one, SHANGHAI: Roger Federer 27, could only marvel as 17-time brought world number one Grand Slam champion Federer Novak Djokovic’s juggernaut to downed him 6-4, 6-4 in the semi- a halt when a 6-4, 6-4 victory in finals to climb to number two in the Shanghai Masters yesterday the rankings. set up a final against unseeded Federer’s win against the two- Frenchman Gilles Simon. time defending champion also The 33-year-old Swiss was helped atone for his five-set loss to in aggressive mood against his Djokovic in this year’s Wimbledon younger opponent, who was on final. a 28-match winning streak in “I think he’s playing as good as China, and converted his third ever. I think age does not really match point with a backhand matter in his case,” Djokovic said. volley to end a semi-final slugfest “This tonight is definitely one that lasted one hour 35 minutes. of the best matches he has played Federer, who will return to sec- against me, that’s for sure... You ond in the rankings on Monday, know, every time I had a chance broke serve in the fifth game he just stepped in and made a of the first set after a couple of winner,” he added. unforced errors from the twice Federer is six years older than Shanghai Masters champion. Djokovic and also has four chil- The 17-time Grand Slam win- dren. The Serb said he first prior- ner, seeded third in Shanghai, ity now was to welcome his first broke again in the opening game child with his wife, Jelena. of the second set and went on “My plan is now to go back to exact sweet revenge for his home and hopefully become a defeat in their last meeting, at father,” he said. the Wimbledon final in July. Federer said thoughts of his The 27-year-old Djokovic near-elimination early in the kept muttering to himself and Shanghai Masters helped propel appeared frustrated during the him to yesterday’s victory. match but was effusive in his The Swiss said he remem- praise for his opponent. bered the second round when he “I think I did not play too bad,” saved five match points against he said. “It’s just that he played Leonardo Mayer. everything he wanted to play. He “I was thinking about it mid- played the perfect match. I think way through the match when I he’s going to tell you how he felt, was up a set and a break going, but that’s how I felt he played. He ‘Hmm, should I be here or else- played an amazing match.” where? I’m here, let’s make the Federer hit 35 winners, four Gilles Simon of France celebrates after winning his men’s singles semi-final match against Feliciano Lopez of Spain at the Shanghai Masters tournament most of it,’” he said. more than his opponent, com- in Shanghai yesterday. RIGHT: Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates after beating Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the Qizhong Tennis Stadium in “I still remember how lucky I mitted less errors and faced just Shanghai yesterday. got. Clearly I feel very fortunate a single break point in the match being in the tournament. But which he saved. Feliciano Lopez. only had himself to blame as a the tiebreak 7-1 owing to a mix of finals, not against Simon. That’s that’s sometimes how things go. “It was a great match, I agree,” The world number 29 faced double fault gifted a second break. double faults, netted returns and the confidence I have right now.” “Especially when you’re playing said Federer. “I think I played little pressure on his serve and The frazzled world number 21 wild smashes. REUTERS well, you’re confident, you believe, very well. There was nothing dominated the match from the finally held to make it 5-2 but the Federer has a 4-2 head-to-head you’re happy. I’m mentally fresh in the game today that wasn’t baseline with some sumptu- Frenchman wrapped up the set record against Simon, whose only Shanghai Masters from a vacation. I mean, that’s working. ous groundstrokes to beat the in 25 minutes with an ace down previous Masters Series final even more reason now to keep “I think it was a high-level 33-year-old Lopez 6-2 7-6 (1). the middle that swerved teasingly appearance came in 2008 in on trying to win the tournament.” match. I’m unbelievably happy Lopez, who knocked out Rafa away from the left hander. Madrid, and sounded a warning Results Federer will now return to with the way it went.” Nadal in the second round, netted Lopez mixed up his tactics in for today’s opponent. Men’s Singles Semi-final: Gilles Simon (FRA) world number two and he will be Earlier, Simon moved into his a backhand volley to hand Simon the second set, opting to attack “I’m not going to come into the bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 7-6 (7/1); Roger favourite for an 81st career title first Masters Series final in six the first break of the match in the the net more to hustle his oppo- match and play terrible,” he said. Federer (SUI x3) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) when he takes on Gilles Simon in years after outclassing Spaniard third game and the tall Spaniard nent, with some success but lost “It just won’t happen — not in the 6-4, 6-4. today’s final. AGENCIES

Real Madrid get possible Asian Laird grabs lead at PGA clash in Morocco Tour’s Frys.com Open PARIS: Real Madrid will face either Mexican side Cruz Azul NAPA, United States: Martin or the champions of Asia for Laird, revived by a seven week a place in the final of the Club break, surged into a one-stroke World Cup to be played in lead over South Korean Bae Morocco in December. Sang-Moon and American European champions Real will Zachary Blair after the second tackle Cruz Azul, who won the round of the Frys.com Open in Concacaf Champions League title Napa, California on Friday. or Western Sydney Wanderers of Scot Laird had a frustrating Australia or Saudi club Al Hilal The General Manager of Doha Golf Club, Chris Myers (left), hands over 2013-14 season, finishing 127th who have still to play the final of the prize to Luke Mcguire in Doha. in the FedEx Cup rankings, but the Asian Champions League. some decent late season form The December 10-20 tourna- gave him belief that he was on the ment will be played at Rabat and right track, not that he could be Marrakech and features seven certain until he got back into the clubs — Real, Auckland City of Mcguire, Rachada heat of competition. New Zealand who are champions “You never know how you’re of Oceania, Cruz Azul, Maghreb going to play after seven weeks Athletic of Tetouan from the host off. To put back-to-back 67s nation as well as Argentina’s San emerge as winners up, I’m very happy,” Laird told Lorenzo, the Copa Libertadores PGATour.com after posting a Martin Laird of Scotland hits his tee shot on the 17th hole during round DOHA: winners. AFP Doha Golf Club mem- prizes. We are extremely pleased 10-under-par 134 halfway score two of the Frys.com Open at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa on Friday. ber Luke Mcguire emerged as that the Megarme Summer league at Silverado Country Club north the winner of the Megarme 2014 has been a success with the of San Francisco in the opening some nice 20 to 25-footers.” Bae Club World Cup Summer League Order of Merit. Doha Golf Club members and is event of the season. also putted nicely, which made Mcguire finished 18 points our way of giving something back Bae (69) and tour rookie Blair up for some wayward drives as US PGA Tour Frys. Programme ahead of runner-up Chung Hoon to the community. We are also (66) were on nine-under, while he carded a bogey-free 69 after Draw for the FIFA Club World Kim with a score of 206 points. delighted to announce that we American Mark Hubbard (65) sharing the first round lead. com Open Scores Cup to be played in Morocco McGuire won flight tickets will be renewing our sponsorship was in a group of three players “I missed a lot of fairways but I Leading second-round scores on from December 10 to 20 worth QR 10,000 to any destina- agreement with Doha Golf Club trailing by two shots after mak- hit really good irons (and) I think Friday in the US PGA Tour $6m Play-off round tion of his choice. for the Megarme Summer League ing a hole-in-one at the par-three I putted pretty well,” said the Frys.com Open (USA unless December 10: Moghreb Tétouan (Morocco) vs The Ladies Megarme Summer in 2015.” seventh, his 16th hole, on just his 28-year-old, who has won once noted) Auckland City (New Zealand) League Order of Merit Champion The Megarme Summer League third tour start. on the PGA Tour and 12 times 134 Martin Laird (SCO) 67-67 Quarter-finals was Rachada Fish who finished consisted of 10 events of vari- Laird, 27, is a three-time PGA internationally. 135 Bae Sang-Moon (KOR) 66-69, Zachary with 35 points, leaving behind ous formats played between the Tour winner but admitted his American Hunter Mahan, December 13: African champions vs Moghreb Blair 69-66 Brenda Hill who scored 29. months of June and September attitude had not been the great- meanwhile, trailed by four strokes Tétouan/Auckland City 136 Scott Langley 70-66, David Lingmerth Rachada also won flight tick- with the final event being con- est last season. after a 68 that included a double- (SWE) 68-68, Mark Hubbard 71-65 December 13: Cruz Azul (Mexico) vs Asia ets worth QR 10,000 to any des- tested this past weekend. “Last year was a grind,” he hit chip at the seventh hole, which champions tination of her choice. She was Chris Myers, General Manager said. “A couple of bad shots and was reminiscent of his chunked 137 Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 70-67 Semi-finals one of only four Doha Golf Club of Doha Golf Club, said: “We are my confidence would go or frus- chip shot at the 17th hole on the 138 Brooks Koepka 68-70, Tom Gillis 70-68, December 16: Real Madrid (Spain) vs Cruz members to play in all 10 of the happy that both members and tration would come in. final day of the 2010 Ryder Cup. Hunter Mahan 70-68, Cameron Tringale Azul/Asian champions Megarme Summer League events sponsors alike have enjoyed the “It’s awfully refreshing to be Australian Jarrod Lyle shot 70 69-69 December 17: San Lorenzo (Argentina) over the summer. Megarme Summer League 2014 actually enjoying it and looking for two-under 142 in his first tour 139 Adam Hadwin (CAN) 70-69, Hudson vs Moghreb Tétouan/Auckland City/African General Manager of Megarme, and would like to congratulate all forward to the last two rounds start in more than two years since Swafford 70-69, Cameron Wilson 71-68, champions Qatar, Alex Lee, said “We are prize winners. We would like to rather than worrying about what overcoming leukemia for a second Matt Kuchar 71-68, Scott Brown 71-68, *Africa will be represented by ES Setif (Algeria) pleased to announce the winners thank Megarme for their gener- might be coming. time. Stuart Appleby (AUS) 69-70, Bryce or AS Vita Club (DR Congo) and Asia by Western of the Megarme Summer League ous support of the event and for “I putted really well today. A “It’s incredible. To make the Molder 70-69, Cameron Percy (AUS) Sydney Wanderers (Australia) or Al Hilal (Saudi 2014 and look forward to present- the fantastic prizes they will be few holes I played smart to the cut, that was my goal at the start 69-70, Byron Smith 73-66 , Colt Knost Arabia). ing Luke and Rachada with their awarding.” THE PENINSULA middle of the green and made of the week,” he said. REUTERS 68-71 SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

Africa Cup to go ahead Chiellini scores all three despite Ebola fears: CAF

RABAT: African football’s gov- erning body CAF insisted yes- goals in Italy’s 2-1 win terday the January 17-February 8 tournament would go ahead as scheduled despite hosts With victory over Azerbaijan, unbeaten Italy lead group H with 6 points Moroccan demands for a post- ponement over the deadly Ebola epidemic. MILAN: Juventus defender Moroccan health officials fear Giorgio Chiellini struck three Euro 2016 the biennial, 16-nation, three- times, including a late own-goal, week African football showpiece as Italy survived a nervous fin- Qualifying Tables could trigger a spread of the ish to claim a precious 2-1 Euro deadly virus. PARIS, France: 2016 qualifying win over Group Euro 2016 Dubbing Ebola “a major health H rivals Azerbaijan in Palermo qualifying tables after Friday’s problem”, an advisor to Moroccan late on Friday. matches. Sports Minister Mohammed The Stadio Barbera had yet P W D L G/F G/A Pts Ouzzine reiterated the coun- to see a win this season amid GROUP A try’s reluctance to host the promoted Palermo’s poor start Iceland 2 2 0 0 6 0 6 tournament. in Serie A, and it looked like lit- Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 “The overall interest of tle would change after Chiellini Morocco, Moroccan and African Netherlands 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 turned into his own net in the citizens, counts above all,” advisor 76th minute having given Italy a Kazakhstan 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 Hamid Faridi told Atlantic Radio 44th minute lead. Latvia 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 yesterday. However, Italy coach Antonio Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 “Morocco drew up its request Conte made a number of late GROUP B on the basis of very serious health changes as the match drew to Wales 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 recommendations. a close and a late burst of pace Belgium 1 1 0 0 6 0 3 “We cannot, in any case, move in the closing 10 minutes saw towards taking a risk. The prin- Israel 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Chiellini power a fine header ciple of precaution must prevail.” past Kamran Agayev in the 82nd Cyprus 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 Organisers CAF, the minute to wrap up the points. B Herzegovina 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Confederation of African Football, Italy now have two wins from Andorra 2 0 0 2 1 8 0 later insisted that there would be two after their 2-0 opening win GROUP C no change in the scheduling of the over Norway in Oslo last month Slovakia 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 tournament. and lead the group. CAF “confirms that there is Spain 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 Azerbaijan coach Berti Vogts no change in the schedule of its had to do without a number of key Ukraine 2 1 0 1 2 1 3 competition and events. We would Macedonia 2 1 0 1 4 7 3 players due to injury, and the visi- Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini celebrates after scoring a goal against Azerbaijan at the UEFA Euro 2016 group H qualifying like to note that since the first tors suffered throughout a one- match late on Friday at the Renzo Barbera Stadium in Palermo. Luxembourg 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 edition of the Africa Cup in 1975, sided opening half in which Italy Belarus 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 this cup has never been delayed or consistently piled on the pressure. GROUP D cancelled”, the Cairo-based body Claudio Marchisio was set up Pirlo’s free kick, but Italy took a half-time interval. But again, Chiellini turned the ball into his Poland 1 1 0 0 7 0 3 said in a statement. nicely by Ciro Immobile in the welcome lead on the stroke of half chances went a begging with own net on the goalline after The demand to delay the con- Germany 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 opening minutes but fired over time. Zaza notably going close with a Gianluigi Buffon failed to get his tinent’s footballing showcase has from close range while Leonardo Agayev misjudged a Pirlo cor- stunning overhead kick from just hands on a corner whipped in Ireland 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 been lodged with CAF. Bonucci’s long-range effort was ner to allow Chiellini, who was inside the area. from the left. Georgia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 And Faridi, speaking before deflected by Simone Zaza and the victim of the notorious Luis Pirlo, Alessandro Florenzi and Italy pushed forward and were Scotland 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 CAF’s statement, hinted that forced Agayev to parry. Suarez biting incident at the then Matteo Darmian made way rewarded eight minutes from Gibraltar 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 Morocco’s request would be Bonucci saw a diving header World Cup, to power a header for Alberto Aquilani, Sebastian time when Chiellini fired a glanc- GROUP E accepted by the body, with whom saved by the ‘keeper from Andrea home from six yards. Giovinco and Antonio Candreva ing header from Giovinco’s cross a meeting has been set for “next England 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 Pirlo’s corner and the Juve Azerbaijan had lost 2-1 to respectively, and the changes past a rooted Agayev. Giovinco week”. Lithuania 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 defender came close again after Bulgaria in their opener and added the required injection of should have made it 3-0 but saw “I think CAF was expecting sliding in to meet Immobile cross. looked to be heading for certain pace. his looping drive from Marchisio’s Estonia 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 this request and that everyone’s Inter centre-back Andrea defeat as the Azzurri resumed But just as Italy upped the through ball smack off the cross- Slovenia 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 working intelligently and in a Ranocchia then headed over from in positive fashion after the momentum, disaster struck when bar. AFP Switzerland 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 manner in which the festival of San Marino 2 0 0 2 0 7 0 African football remains a festi- GROUP F val,” Faridi said. However, CAF later added Finland 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 that it had been conscious of the Dutch recover to beat Kazakhstan N Ireland 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 “health risks from Ebola virus Romania 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 and it has implemented the pre- AMSTERDAM:The Iceland and Czech Republic, Greece 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 cautions as required by the World Netherlands grabbed two late who both won away on Friday, Hungary 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Health Organisation”. goals to snatch a 3-1 home vic- top the group with six points Faroe Islands 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 CAF contradicted Faridi by say- tory over 10-man Kazakhstan followed by the Dutch on three, GROUP G ing the request made by Morocco having trailed until just past with Kazakhstan and Latvia on would be “discussed during the Russia 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 Croatia’s the hour mark in their Euro one and Turkey bottom without next meeting of CAF’s executive Defender 2016 qualifier on Friday. a point. Montenegro 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 committee on November 2 in Darijo Srna The Dutch took the three Meanwhile, an own goal by Austria 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 Algiers”. (back) points thanks to Klaas-Jan Bulgaria centre back Nikolay Sweden 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 The Algiers meeting will be fol- fights for Huntelaar, Ibrahim Afellay and a Bodurov gave Croatia a 1-0 vic- Liechtenstein 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 lowed a day later by a meeting the ball with Robin van Persie penalty, having tory in a Euro 2016 Group H qual- Moldova 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 between Moroccan officials and fallen behind in the 17th minute ifier marred by unruly behaviour CAF, the governing body said. Bulgaria’s GROUP H to Renat Abdulin’s diving header by fans of both teams at the Vasil Should the tournament be midfielder Italy 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 Georgi from a corner in the Group A Levski Stadium on Friday. shifted from Morocco, South Croatia 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 Milanov match. The visitors struck after 36 Africa could potentially step in Norway 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 during the The Kazakhs had success- minutes when the powerfully- to stage it, having twice before Euro 2016 fully defended in numbers until built Bodurov turned the ball Bulgaria 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 come to the rescue of the tour- the 62nd minute when substi- into his own net as he tried to nament organisers, replacing group H Azerbaijan 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 tute Huntelaar equalised with a clear Ivica Olic’s header from Ivan cash-strapped Kenya in 1996 and qualifying Malta 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 header and they were down to Rakitic’s right-wing cross. strife-torn Libya last year. GROUP I match at the 10 men when striker Baurzhan The match was interrupted for Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia Vassil Levski Dzholchiyev was sent off two a few minutes midway through Denmark 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 are other countries with the Stadium minutes later for a foul on Afellay. the first half as rival supporters Albania 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 infrastructure and expertise to in Sofia, Afellay, making his comeback threw fireworks at each other and Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 possibly host the competition at Bulgaria on for the national team after an a number of flares were hurled Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 three months’ notice. Ebola has Friday. absence of 23 months, put the from the stands. Bulgarian Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 claimed more than 4,000 lives Netherlands ahead thanks to a Football Union president Borislav Note: Hosts France, group winners, runners- this year, according to the World 20-metre strike with only eight Mihaylovsaid he would not be sur- up and best third-placed team qualify for the Health Organisation, with virtu- minutes remaining and Van Persie prised if European soccer’s gov- finals in 2016. Remaining eight third-placed ally all the victims coming from wrapped up the win by converting erning body punished his team for teams play off for finals spot. west African countries Guinea, a penalty in the 89th. the crowd disorder. AGENCIES Liberia and Sierra Leone. AFP Saudi Arabia hold Uruguay on Suarez return

JEDDAH: Luis Suarez made as Italy beat Azerbaijan 2-1 in a keeping the home side at bay until August. Uruguay play a second his first international appear- Euro 2016 qualifying match in the final minute when substitute tour match on Monday against ance since being banned for Palermo. Naif Hazazi headed a deserved Oman, who lost 4-3 to Costa Rica biting Italian Giorgio Chiellini The names of Suarez and equaliser at the end of a domi- on Friday. at the World Cup and played a Chiellini will forever be linked nant second half from the Saudis. He is expected to make his part in Uruguay’s goal as they after what happened in the World Former Liverpool striker Barcelona debut in the “clasico” drew 1-1 with Saudi Arabia in a Cup, and although the Uruguayan Suarez had last played for against Real Madrid in La Liga friendly on Friday. did not get on the score sheet in Uruguay in their third group on October 26. Uruguay went ahead two min- his first match for his country match at the World Cup finals on Suarez will miss the Copa utes into the second half in Jeddah since that infamous bite, he cel- June 24 in a 1-0 win during which America next year when Uruguay when a volley by Barcelona striker ebrated as if he had. he bit Chiellini on the shoulder. defend their continental title in Suarez from Nicolas Lodeiro’s “Happy to wear this shirt again The incident was missed by Chile and his country’s first few cross came back off the post, hit which gives me so much joy. You the referee but FIFA suspended qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup midfielder Hassan Fallatah and never lose your love for the shirt. Suarez for four months from all in Russia depending on how many went in for an own goal. Uruguay!!” Suarez said on Twitter. football activity and nine com- matches they play at the Copa. Suarez, who came off after 69 He might have scored a second petitive internationals, the first Atletico Madrid defender minutes, was clearly delighted to goal for Uruguay but in a clear of which he served when Uruguay Diego Godin was due to captain be back in action and celebrated indication of his lack of match lost to Colombia in their last-16 Uruguay against the Saudis, but with an emotionally charged run fitness he failed to beat the goal- clash four days later. did not play after injuring a calf towards the crowd. keeper for speed in a one-on-one Suarez has been allowed to play muscle when the bar of a gym- In a strange twist of fate, situation, had his shot parried and friendly matches after a partial nasium weight fell on his leg on Uruguay’s Luis Suarez (left) runs with the ball past Saudi Arabia’s Salem Chiellini also had a night to ball was then cleared off the line. reprieve to the conditions of his Thursday, the Uruguayan daily El Al Dawsari during their friendly game at the King Abdullah Stadium in remember, scoring all three goals, Uruguay had goalkeeper ban following an appeal to the Observador said. Maxi Pereira led Jeddah on Friday. including one at the wrong end Fernando Muslera to thank for Court of Arbitration for Sport in the side instead. REUTERS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

FIVB Beach Volleyball Coaches Course Level 1

Mohammed Ali Al Mohannadi, Secretary-General of Qatar Volleyball Association (QVA) and Chairman of the Beach Volleyball Committee, speaking during the inaugural ceremony of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Coaches Course Level 1 at Concorde Hotel in Doha yesterday. Mohammed Benhamida (left) is the Course Director, while Roberto Reggiani (right) the Instructor for the course. Mohammad Bin Humaida, Secretary of Qatar Beach Volleyball Committee is also seen. RIGHT: Participants of the FIVB Beach Volleyball Coaches Course Level 1 pose for a picture with officials of Qatar Beach Volleyball Academy (QBVA) and QVA in Doha yesterday. The FIVB Volleyball Coaches Course Level 1 is organised by QBVA and QVA and will end on October 17. Participants from 32 countries are taking part in the course which will be the first-ever training programme by FIVB to train beach volleyball coaches. Practical lessons of the course will be at the Al Gharrafa Sports Club beach volleyball venue, while theoretical sessions will take place at Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA), a partner of QBVA. Coaches from Slovenia, Solomon Islands, India, Iran, Pakistan, Libya, Turkey, Cuba, Tunisia, Algeria, Qatar and Iran are in Doha for the week-long course. PICTURES BY: KAMMUTTY VP Johnson targets Pakistan sweep Misbah vows to fight on after Australia ODI series defeat, final match of series today

ABU DHABI: Australia fast Australian batsman bowler Mitchell Johnson wants George Bailey plays a to complete a cleansweep over shot during their second Pakistan today to recapture the One Day International Pietersen book tarnishes world’s top ranking and provide cricket match against a tonic ahead of the 2015 World Pakistan in Dubai on Cup. Australia won the first one- Friday. dayer in Sharjah by 93 runs on England era, says Cook Tuesday and then took an unbeat- able 2-0 lead by winning the sec- LONDON: England captain at the start Pietersen, who played in ond match in Dubai on Friday by Alastair Cook (pictured) is of the 104 Tests for England, labelled five wickets. “hurt” by accusations made year, with Flower as a “mood hoover” who Steve Smith hit a maiden hun- in Kevin Pietersen’s contro- England was “contagiously sour” and dred while Glenn Maxwell made versial autobiography, believ- inferring “infectiously dour” in the book a fighting 76 to anchor Australia’s ing they have “tarnished” the the South that went on sale on Thursday. batting. team’s highly successful period Africa- The 34-year-old batsmen also Spearhead Johnson took three under former captain Andrew born bats- blamed this year’s humiliating wickets in each game, catching Strauss. man was Ashes whitewash in Australia Pakistan napping in spin-friendly Speaking for the first time not a team on Flower but Cook said he and conditions. since the release of Pietersen’s player. his team mates refuse to accept Australia can also regain the book ‘KP’, Cook refuted the Both he Pietersen’s view. world number one ranking if they sacked batsman’s allegations of and Cook “I’ve known Andy since he was win the final game, overtaking improve our batting before next relinquishing the captaincy. a bullying culture in the England were part a player in the Essex dressing South Africa who had briefly dis- year’s World Cup, otherwise it will The Pakistan Cricket Board dressing room and said the furore of the test room”, Cook said. placed India. mean trouble.” appointed Misbah as one-day caused has damaged the sport. side that “He took me under his wing as “We want to win 3-0 and that is Injury-hit Pakistan will be captain until the World Cup in “I think it’s been a really sad topped the world rankings in 2011 a player and then obviously, your our goal now,” said Johnson. without paceman Wahab Riaz Australia and New Zealand in week for cricket. We have to draw under former captain Strauss, relationship changes as a coach “We have won the series and who suffered a knee injury in the February-March next year. a line under it at some stage and who led the team to back-to-back to a player and then to a head we want to keep going, keep second game. Asked if he was thinking of this is a good time,” Cook told the Ashes series wins. coach and a captain. I’ve only got playing good cricket because His place will go to another standing down, Misbah said: “I BBC yesterday. Cook then captained England respect for him, as a man, as a we’ve got the World Cup com- left-arm paceman Sohail Tanvir, have not thought about the cap- “International cricket is a to another Ashes win last year coach. ing next year and so we have to a replacement for injured fast taincy. I will fight on.” tough place and, as a team, under the guidance of their now “Chatting to some of the other stay at our best.” bowler Junaid Khan. Teams (from): you’re striving for excellence at former coach Andy Flower, who players about it, they feel the Australia have now claimed “Riaz is out of the third match Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq all times. has come in for heavy criticism same. A lot of our success was four consecutive one-day series because of a knee injury,” team (capt), Ahmed Shahzad, Umar “Certainly at some stages those from Pietersen. down to his drive and his deter- wins over Pakistan, winning 3-2 manager Moin Khan told AFP. Akmal, Fawad Alam, Sami Aslam, frustrations boiled over more “I am very proud of the era mination to make us a tough in United Arab Emirates in 2009, “He had an MRI. The report Umar Amin, Asad Shafiq, Sohaib than they should have done, but I have played in. To win three England side.” 5-0 in Australia a year later and will be available on Sunday, after Maqsood, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shahid that was only people who were Ashes, to become the best side Cook is most shocked by 2-1 in UAE in 2012. which we will decide about his Afridi, Raza Hasan, Mohammad desperate to succeed and want- in the world, to play with some Pietersen’s criticism of now Pakistan’s last series win over selection in the Test squad.” Irfan, Anwar Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, ing to know the other 10 blokes great players. I really only have deposed wicketkeeper Matt Australia was in 2002. Pakistan also lost all-rounder Sohail Tanvir. around them were committed fond memories of that,” Cook Prior, who is labelled in the book “It will be very important to Mohammad Hafeez for the Australia: George Bailey 100 percent to it also. explained. as “back-stabbing”. win the last game and it will Twenty20 and ODIs while they (capt), David Warner, Aaron “Did it overstep the mark a “I am incredibly proud to have “Matty is a great man and give us confidence before the are without key off-spinner Saeed Finch, Steven Smith, Phil couple of times? Possibly, but we contributed in that period. To has been a fantastic servant to Test matches,” said under-fire Ajmal, suspended because of an Hughes, Glenn Maxwell, Brad addressed those issues. That’s play under Andrew Strauss, to English cricket,” Cook explained. Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq illegal bowling action. Haddin, James Faulkner, Sean what happens in teams, but it have played under Andy Flower “He has to be remembered as a of the two-Test series which fol- Meanwhile, Haq vowed to fight Abbott, Mitchell Johnson, Kane certainly wasn’t a bullying envi- as coach, I have only got respect guy who put his heart and soul on lows the one-dayers. on despite losing the one-day Richardson, Xavier Doherty, ronment as such,” he added. for these guys. I do believe that the line for England. The team “But our batsmen need to show series against Australia, insist- Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon. Pietersen was axed following era has been tarnished, and I am was all that mattered to him.” more responsibility. We have to ing he has not thought about AGENCIES the 5-0 Ashes defeat in Australia sad about that.” REUTERS Sky look to Froome and Wiggins for better 2015

LONDON: Former Tour the Paris-Roubaix race -- I think The Sky boss was impressed de France champions Chris that would be a really good goal with Froome’s comeback from Froome and Bradley Wiggins for us.” the broken wrist and hand that Gilbert Philippe will help Team Sky find top gear Wiggins was left out by Sky ended his Tour defence when the of BMC team cel- again next year after the British for this year’s Tour de France in rider came a close second to home ebrates on the outfit endured a disappointing favour of Froome, someone he has favourite Alberto Contador in the podium after win- 2014, according to boss Dave had a frosty relationship with. Vuelta. ning the second Brailsford. The four-time Olympic cham- Brailsford said Froome’s best stage of the 2014 After back-to-back Tour vic- pion has not raced in a grand tour was yet to come and he would bat- Tour of Beijing tories in the previous two years, since pulling out of last year’s Giro tle it out with this year’s elite for cycling race in Sky went into 2014 confident of and said in July that he would not the Tour title next year. Beijing yesterday. re-asserting their dominance compete in another. “He’s 29, he’s still hungry and The 2014 Tour of but failed to win a stage in the However, an excellent display committed and there’s still room Beijing kicked off race with 2013 champion Froome by the 34-year-old Wiggins, for for improvement,” said the former from Zhangjiakou, crashing out on leg five. Britain not Sky, to win his first British Olympic cycling chief. in China’s Hebei The team also finished the world title on the road with a “There’s no doubt Contador, Province on Friday other two grand tours, the Giro time-trial victory in Spain in 2014 Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali, d’Italia and Tour of Spain, with- September showed he was still a 2014 Giro d’Italia champion Nairo with five stages out a stage victory and struggled formidable one-day racer. Quintana and Chris are at the top throughout the cap- in the major one-day races. Brailsford stands by his deci- of their games. ital city and ending “We’d like to win the Tour, we’d sion to select the Kenyan-born “It’s great for the sport. Rather in the Bird’s Nest like to win a classic,” Brailsford Froome instead of Wiggins for than having just one or two guys Piazza on October told the BBC. the Tour de France and said he up there, you’ve got four who can 14. “And we’d really like to get was not trying “to win a popular- battle it out, as we saw in Spain,” behind Bradley for a good crack at ity contest”. added Brailsford. REUTERS SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Hamilton takes pole in Russia Drivers honour absent Bianchi by wearing ‘Tous Avec Jules’ stickers on helmets

SOCHI, Russia: World cham- pionship leader Lewis Hamilton Russian Grand maintained his stunning speed and supremacy with another Prix Grid sizzling lap in yesterday’s quali- SOCHI, Russia: Starting grid fying session when he took pole for today’s inaugural Russian position for today’s inaugural Grand Prix at Sochi follow- Russian Grand Prix. ing final qualifying sessions Six days after Jules Bianchi’s yesterday: life-threatening crash at the 1st row Japanese Grand Prix, the Formula Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes); Nico Rosberg One show went on with the driv- (GER/Mercedes) ers all wearing ‘Tous Avec Jules’ 2nd row (‘All with Jules’) stickers on their Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams); Jenson Button helmets as they raced in front (GBR/McLaren) of a capacity crowd at the new 3rd row Olympic Park circuit by the Black Sea. Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso); Daniel Ricciardo As Frenchman Bianchi, 25, (AUS/Red Bull) remained in a critical condition 4th row in hospital in Japan, the 29-year- British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes AMG GP in action during the third practice session Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari); Kimi Raikkonen old Briton, winner of the last at Sochi Autodrom Circuit, in Sochi, Russia, yesterday. The 2014 Formula One Grand Prix of Russia will take (FIN/Ferrari) three Grands Prix, was fastest place today. RIGHT: Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain reacts after winning the pole 5th row with a late lap of the new Sochi position in the qualifying session of the Russian Grand Prix. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso); Sebastian Autodrom to finish two-tenths of Vettel (GER/Red Bull) a second clear of Mercedes team- “Pole is a great place to start,” Lewis,” he said. “He has been wide and when you go off, it’s 6th row mate and title rival Nico Rosberg. said Hamilton. quicker than me, most of the really slippery.” Kevin Magnussen (DEN/McLaren); Sergio Perez The German, 10 points behind “It’s an amazing job done by the weekend, here. There are four Briton Jenson Button recovered (MEX/Force India) Hamilton in the championship team who are constantly improv- races to go and they are all from an undistinguished showing 7th row with four races remaining, pushed ing and moving forwards this year important.” in Saturday morning’s final free hard to catch him, but was almost and it’s great to come here. “I didn’t know at that time it practice to take fourth place on Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber); Adrian Sutil overhauled by Finn Valtteri “It’s a beautiful place. The was close to the pole,” said Bottas, the grid alongside Bottas. (GER/Sauber) Bottas in the final seconds, the weather has been amazing and of his errors at the final corners Local favourite Daniil Kvyat 8th row Williams driver only missing out I’m really enjoying driving this that cost him a possible front row claimed a rousing fifth place for Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus); Marcus Ericsson on a front row start when he slid track. It was not the easiest of start. Toro Rosso to the delight of a (SWE/Caterham) off circuit at the penultimate sessions, these guys [Williams] “I only knew how close I was capacity crowd in the Olympic 9th row corner. were looking quite strong. to the previous best, which was Park circuit. Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India); Felipe It was Hamilton’s seventh “And hooking up a good lap not bad. It was the 20-year-old Russian’s Massa (BRA/Williams) pole this year and the 38th of wasn’t the same as practice of “Looking back, maybe I took best qualifying performance. 10th row his career and, for the Mercedes some reason, but I’m really grate- too much out of the tyres in Australian Daniel Ricciardo Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Caterham); Pastor team another front row lockout, ful to have pole for first time the beginning of the lap and the struggled to take seventh in the Maldonado (VEN/Lotus) their ninth of the season ahead of here... It’s a long run down to last sector became too tricky. It leading Red Bull, but team-mate 11th row Sunday’s race in which they can Turn One, so it’ll be a tough race.” became difficult in the last few and four-time champion German clinch the constructors’ crown, Rosberg was disappointed, but corners. Sebastian Vettel failed to make Max Chilton (GBR/Marussia) ending Red Bull’s four year reign determined. “I risked it a bit too much in the cut for the top ten, dropping NB - Magnussen and Hulkenberg demoted on as team champions. “I tried, but I could not match the last two corners, went a bit out in Q2 in 11th place. AFP grid for infractions MotoGP: Record-setting Dovizioso outshines Marquez

MOTEGI, Japan: Andrea especially Dani or Valentino, on Dovizioso stormed to Ducati’s that day, if they are faster than Grand Prix of Japan Grids first pole position since 2010 and everybody, we will try to get MOTEGI, Japan: Grids for today’s motorcycling Grand Prix of No luck in qualifying in record time yesterday as he points,” he said. Japan after yesterday’s qualifying: eclipsed title-seeking champi- “Maybe the strongest one looks MotoGP onship leader Marc Marquez at like (Jorge) Lorenzo. He is behind 1. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA/Ducati) 1min 44.502sec, 2. Valentino Rossi (ITA/Yamaha) 0.055sec, 3. Dani the Japanese MotoGP. me and behind everyone on the for West and Ramos Pedrosa (ESP/Honda) 0.253, 4. Marc Marquez (ESP/Honda) 0.273, 5. Jorge Lorenzo (ESP/Yamaha) The Italian set a new pole grid, but for the race, (he could 0.282, 6. Andrea Iannone (ITA/Ducati Pramac) 0.352, 7. Pol Espargaro (ESP/Yamaha Tech3) 0.365, DOHA: record of 1min 44.502sec at the be) the strongest one,” Marquez 8. Cal Crutchlow (GBR/Ducati) 0.396, 9. Stefan Bradl (GER/Honda-LCR) 0.503, 10. Bradley Smith QMMF Racing Team set-up problems and his own Twin Ring Motegi circuit as he added. (GBR/Yamaha Tech3) 0.542. riders Anthony West and riding all day long and ran out put Ducati at the front of the Meanwhile, Dovizioso used soft Roman Ramos had high hopes of time just when his technicians Moto2 grid for the first time since Casey tyres to outshine rivals at Motegi for the crucial qualifying session had found the right direction Stoner at Valencia in 2010. circuit, known for its stop-and-go 1. Esteve Rabat (ESP/Kalex) 1min 50.854sec, 2. Thomas Luthi (SUI/Suter) at 0.033sec, 3. Johann Zarco at the Grand Prix of Japan, but with the settings for his Speed Up Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi placed design with lots of hard braking (FRA/Caterham Suter) 0.303, 4. Maverick Viñales (ESP/Kalex) 0.368, 5. Mika Kallio (FIN/Kalex) 0.458, lost more ground to their rivals prototype. With his never-give- second and Dani Pedrosa was third and acceleration points. 6. Takaaki Nakagami (JPN/Kalex) 0.463, 7. Julian Simon (ESP/Kalex) 0.600, 8. Franco Morbidelli (ITA/ instead of gaining positions on up attitude, Ramos now hopes to in front of his Honda team-mate “I was able to make the lap Kalex) 0.670, 9. Axel Pons (ESP/Kalex) 0.689, 10. Marchel Schrotter (GER/Tech3) 0.701. the starting grid. improve in the warm-up session Marquez, whose bid to wrap up time... and it was not easy on this West had a bad start of the on Sunday morning and to put up the title with three races to spare track,” the Italian said. day when he suffered his second a good show in the race. has been hindered by glitches. The “We know the level of the com- Italian MotoGP crash of the weekend in yester- “The chattering problem that we 21-year-old Spaniard, who had a petitors and it will be difficult to rider Andrea day’s third free practice session, had yesterday appeared again in minor crash after a brake malfunc- fight for the podium, but it is not Dovizioso of with the chattering problems that the third free practice session this tion on Friday, had to pull off the impossible,” he said. Ducati Team caused his first tumble on Friday morning and for this reason, I had track and switch to a new bike dur- In dry conditions, Marquez was celebrates afternoon being the cause of the another crash. My mechanics did ing yesterday’s practice. 0.273sec slower than Dovizioso after clock- incident once again. a great job fixing the bike in time He said he may be forced to and expected a tight fight today. ing the fastest For the afternoon, his technical and also in making some positive ride for points rather than the Yamaha’s Lorenzo placed fifth. time during the crew had not only fixed the bike changes to the set-up for qualifying win on Sunday, which he may not “I am happy because we official qualify- itself but the set-up as well and this afternoon,” West said. need to seal his second straight improved a lot compared with ing session of West was ready to fight. But on “It was a difficult day. I was title. Marquez is 75 points clear yesterday. The rhythm is really his decisive run with new tyres, determined to improve in com- Japanese GP of Pedrosa in the standings. good. I feel good,” Marquez said. he was unlucky with the timing parison to yesterday, but it wasn’t yesterday. The “If I feel good, obviously, I will “I will try tomorrow to fight of his attack and with traffic on possible. I didn’t feel good with try to push and try to go for the for the victory, of course. We Japanese GP the track. the bike and at the moment. victory. But I will try to manage are really close compared with will be held Team-mate Ramos, a new- Tomorrow, we will make a big my limit,” Marquez said. Lorenzo, Valentino and Dani.” today. comer to the challenging Twin change to the set-up,” said Ramos. “If I feel that for some reason, AFP Ring Motegi, struggled with THE PENINSULA

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi (right) vies for the ball with Brazil’s Luiz Gustavo during the ‘The Super Classic of the Americas’ international friendly at the Bird’s Nest or National Stadium in Beijing, yesterday. RIGHT: Brazil’s Neymar (front) in action against Argentina’s Marcos Rojo (right) during the match. Brazil blank Argentina in China Tardelli scores brace in 2-0 win as Messi misses penalty in ‘Superclasico’ friendly

BEIJING: Lionel Messi missed rebuilding following the 7-1 World with a drive from distance. But it second penalty miss in two weeks a first-half penalty as Brazil Cup semi-final defeat to Germany. was Tardelli who broke the dead- after he also miscued one for his beat Argentina 2-0 in a fiercely “We have no big players, we lock when he pounced on a loose club last month against Levante. contested ‘Superclasico’ friendly are now acting as one team. The ball and volleyed past Argentina Filipe Luis and Di Maria had in Beijing yesterday. whole team is evolving, including goalkeeper Sergio Romero on 28 chances at either end as the sec- Journeyman Diego Tardelli me.” minutes. ond half started energetically, and was the unlikely hero with his Dunga brought on former Brazil superstar Neymar Oscar went close with a free kick first two goals for Brazil as Messi national hero Kaka for a late should have made it 2-0 shortly after Martin Demichelis chopped fluffed his lines with a tame spot- cameo and he indicated the Sao afterwards but after wriggling down Neymar. kick at the Bird’s Nest stadium. Paulo FC midfielder could be set his way free on goal, he made a But again Tardelli was in the Atletico Mineiro striker for a more regular role after 18 hash of his shot and the ball rolled right place at the right time as Tardelli, 29, put Brazil ahead on months on the sidelines. harmlessly wide. he nodded in Oscar’s cross at the 28 minutes, before Messi curled “We need Kaka’s speed and The game had come alive and back post to give Brazil breathing his soft penalty attempt close to control, he is an important part Argentina got a golden chance to space on 64 minutes. goalkeeper Jefferson just before of our team,” he said. equalise when Danilo was judged Tardelli was eventually half-time. Fears over Beijing’s choking to have fouled Di Maria in the replaced by Kaka, who drew a Tardelli was on target again in smog had dominated the build- box, prompting angry Brazilian huge roar when he came on in the second half as Brazil restored up but in a relief to players and players to surround Chinese ref- the final minutes to end his pro- pride after the World Cup, when organisers, air quality and visibil- eree Fan Qi. longed spell in the international the hosts were hammered in the ity lifted on a breezy day in the Messi looked certain to bury the wilderness. semis while Argentina reached Chinese capital. spot-kick but the four-time world And there was time for Neymar the final. Argentina were on top early in player of the year shot too close to twice go close before Brazil Brazilian players celebrate a goal during the ‘The Super Classic of the “Brazil are the best team in the match and Sergio Aguero fired to Brazilian ‘keeper Jefferson, were able to celebrate win in front Americas’ international friendly match against Argentina at the Bird’s the world with a great tradition,” an inviting chance over the bar who dived to his right for a simple of more than 50,000 fans at the Nest or National Stadium in Beijing, yesterday. beamed their coach Dunga, who is before Angel Di Maria threatened stop. It was the Barcelona icon’s 2008 Olympic Stadium. AFP

Scoreboard All-round India bounce back INDIA WEST INDIES A Rahane c Da Bravo b Sammy ...... 12 Dw Smith b Shami ...... 97 S Dhawan b Taylor ...... 1 Da Bravo b Shami ...... 26 A Rayudu c Sammy b Benn ...... 32 K Pollard b Mishra ...... 40 V Kohli c Samuels b Rampaul ...... 62 M Samuels c Kohli b U Yadav ...... 16 with 48-run win over Windies S Raina c Pollard b Taylor ...... 62 D Ramdin c Raina b Mishra ...... 3 M Dhoni (not out) ...... 51 Dw Bravo c Dhawan b Shami ...... 10 NEW DELHI: R Jadeja b Taylor ...... 6 A Russell st Dhoni b Jadeja ...... 4 Indian bowlers, Despite losing big-hitting B Kumar c Pollard b Da Bravo ...... 18 D Sammy b Jadeja ...... 1 led by pacer Mohammed Shami, Pollard, bowled by Mishra, the M Shami (not out) ...... 1 R Rampaul c&b Shami ...... 16 came back strongly from loss in Windies were cruising and it Extras (B-4, LB-1, W-13) ...... 18 J Taylor c B Kumar b Jadeja ...... 0 the first ODI to beat the West looked like they were firm on tak- Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 263 S Benn (not out) ...... 0 Indies by 48 runs and level the ing a 2-0 lead in the series. Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-50, 3-74, 4-179, Extras (LB-1, W-1) ...... 2 five-match series 1-1. However, a quick delivery by 5-196, 6-219, 7-248. Total (all out in 46.3 overs) ...... 215 Chasing India’s competitive Shami struck the pads of Smith Did not bat: A Mishra, U Yadav. Fall of wickets: 1-64, 2-136, 3-170, 4-183, total of 263-7, the West Indies which led the Indian to appeal, Bowling: R Rampaul 8-0-47-1(w-2); J Taylor 5-189, 6-195, 7-199, 8-199, 9-201, 10-215. were well on their way at 170/2 in only to realise seconds later that 10-0-54-3(w-2); S Benn 10-0-47-1(w-1); Da Bowling: B Kumar 7-0-32-0; U Yadav 9-0-42- the 36th over when Shami clean the ball had gone on to dislodge Bravo 8-0-51-1(w-1); D Sammy 4-0-14-1; M 1; M Shami 9.3-0-36-4; R Jadeja 9-0-44-3(w- bowled opener Dwayne Smith the bails. Samuels 5-1-21-0; A Russell 3-0-14-0(w-2); K 1); A Mishra 10-2-40-2; V Kohli 2-0-20-0. (97), triggering a collapse for the From there, the Caribbean Pollard 2-0-10-0. Result: India won by 48 runs. Windies side at the Ferozeshah side kept losing wickets regu- Kotla in New Delhi. The visitors larly thanks to some tight bowling were eventually bowled out for by spinners Jadeja and Mishra, 263-7 following a slow start. However, Kohli (62), batting a 215 in 46.3 overs. whose two maiden overs aggra- India started poorly despite win. position lower than his regular Shami’s career-best figures of vated the situation further for the Opener Shikhar Dhawan (1) was No.3 spot, and southpaw Raina 4/36 earned him the man of the West Indies, who went on to lose bowled by pacer Jerome Taylor in (62) combined well to push the match award. the last eight wickets for only 45 only the second over. run rate up and string together a The Windies got a solid start runs. Ajinkya Rahane (12) and partnership which took the team after Smith and Darren Bravo Earlier, a quick fire half-cen- Ambati Rayudu (32), elevated out of trouble. (26) opened the chase with a tury from captain Mahendra to No.3 position, tried to strike a Dhoni hit five boundaries and a Indian team’s players celebrate dismissal of a West Indian batsman during 64-run partnership. After Bravo’s Singh Dhoni and a 105-run part- partnership but both got out leav- massive six to end the innings at the second ODI in New Delhi yesterday. dismissal, Kieron Pollard (40) also nership between Virat Kohli and ing India in a spot of bother with an unbeaten 51 and help his side gave good support to Smith. Suresh Raina helped India score the score at 74/3 in the 18th over. reach a fighting total. AGENCIES