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Emir receives Saudi officials Emir leaves for Qatar ready to Turkey today DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will leave for Turkey help rebuild today to attend the inaugu- ration ceremony of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at his ravaged Gaza invitation. QNA Rebels seize Sheikh Eid charity to raise QR100m Syria crossing

DOHA: Qatar has voiced its latest Israeli aggression, Aljazeera near Israel full readiness to contribute to reported. reconstruction of the war-rav- Last July, Qatar called for BEIRUT: Al Qaeda’s Syria aged Gaza Strip following the establishment of a commercial The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal, wing Nusra Front and other ceasefire agreement reached port in Gaza as a temporary solu- Chief of General Intelligence Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed Islamist fighters have taken in Cairo between Israel and tion and demanded lifting of the bin Naif bin Abdulaziz and discussed ties, joint GCC work and regional and international developments. Emiri control of a border crossing on Palestinians on Wednesday. siege imposed on the city since Diwan Chief H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani and the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh the line dividing Syria from the In a statement issued early 2006. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani were present. The Emir also hosted a luncheon banquet in honour Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, yesterday, Qatar hoped that The ceasefire agreement men- a group monitoring the Syrian of the Saudi officials. the agreement would be a step tioned that the reconstruction of conflict said yesterday. towards alleviating the suffering Gaza will be carried out under The fighters, who have vowed of the people in Gaza and achiev- the supervision of the Palestinian to “liberate” the area, captured ing the legitimate demands of the unity government. the Quneitra post on the Syrian Palestinians. In a statement issued by Maan, side from forces loyal to President The statement added that the a Palestinian news agency, Moosa Survey urges no-smoking QF Bashar Al Assad after fierce credit for achieving this agree- Abu Marzouq, Vice-Chairman clashes, the Syrian Observatory ment is primarily due to the of the political office of Hamas, DOHA: Majority of students in The Health Safety, Security and and many private clinics have col- for Human Rights said. steadfastness of the Palestinian said the reconstruction of Gaza the Education City have sug- Environment Directorate (HSSE) laborated with Vodafone Qatar in The crossing is monitored by people and their sacrifices. is going to be discussed in a gested that Qatar Foundation of QF, Weill Cornell Medical an awareness workshop. the United Nations, which over- Qatar also expressed its appre- donors’ conference in Cairo next (QF) should be made a no- College-Qatar (WCMC-Q) Dr Javid Sheikh, Dean, sees traffic between the two ciation to all those who contrib- month. Norway has called for this smoking zone. and Vodafone Qatar have been WCMC-Q, said the campus has enemy countries but the distance uted to reaching the agreement conference. Responding to a survey by involved in campaigns, Qatar a strong anti-smoking campaign. between the two warring adver- and said it is ready to contribute Leading Qatari charitable Qatar Foundation Telegraph, 87 Foundation Telegraph said. He said there is also the danger saries’ posts is some 200 metres. to the reconstruction of the Gaza organisations have launched fund- percent of students asked QF to “As part of our activities, of improperly discarded cigarette Israel closed off the area Strip as early as possible. raisers to support the people of be made a no-smoking zone, espe- health education and awareness butts which could cause fire. “We around Quneitra after an officer Qatar has been the major con- Gaza since the beginning of the cially to combat health problems are important to ensure health believe that public health would be was wounded by stray fire. tributor to reconstruction of Gaza Israeli aggression. caused by passive smoking. and safety in Education City,” the best served by making a smoke- “From what we know, opposi- after the wars launched by Israel Sheikh Eid bin Mohammad However, 13 percent of the report quoted Dr Yousuf Noman free zone and we will support any tion forces overran the Syrian over the past few years. Al Thani Charitable Association respondents said smoking is a Al Shammari, Health Manager, such initiative. WCMC-Q’s ‘Your regime forces on the Syrian side Lately, the Qatari commit- will today launch an urgent relief personal choice and should be HSSE, as saying. He said around health first’ is working to discour- of the Quneitra crossing, some of tee for rebuilding Gaza allocated campaign, ‘We are All Gaza’, to allowed in designated places. one in 100 deaths in the world is age smoking among Qataris and those including Al Nusra Front, $10m in the first phase and began raise QR100m to support the peo- QF has taken steps to combat due to passive smoking. expatriates, particularly young which leaves the crossing in the to pay amounts to owners of resi- ple of Gaza. THE PENINSULA effects of passive smoking through HSSE, QF’s Health people.” THE PENINSULA opposition forces’ hands,” the dential units damaged during the See also page 5 awareness campaigns. Department, Recreation Services Continued on page 3 Israeli army said. AGENCIES Freed US scribe thanks Qatar

CAMBRIDGE: US writer Peter Theo Curtis the backdrop of efforts to free other US hostages in freed this week after being held captive for two Syria as the US considers possible options, including years by Syrian insurgents yesterday thanked air strikes, to target the Islamic State. Qatar and all those who had worked for his His parents said in television interviews that they release. were relieved. Their son’s return came just days after Curtis, who was held by Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s rivals of Nusra Front, the militant group Islamic official wing in Syria, said he had no idea while he State, last week said it killed journalist James Foley was imprisoned that there had been hundreds of and threatened to kill Steven Sotloff, another jour- people around the world pushing for his release. nalist being held hostage. Matt Schrier, an American In a written statement, he thanked the govern- photojournalist held captive with Curtis, told CBS’ 60 ment of Qatar and US officials for working to free Minutes programme in 2013 that their captors sus- him. “I am just overwhelmed with emotion,” the pected Curtis was an agent for Central Intelligence 45-year-old told reporters outside his mother’s home. Agency, possibly because he spoke Arabic well. Curtis arrived in the US late on Tuesday after Schrier escaped after more than six months in a flight from Tel Aviv, meeting his mother at captivity. REUTERS Boston’s Logan Airport. His release comes against See also page 7

FINA winner on day one Saudi court jails 23 more for militant attacks RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian court sentenced 23 men to jail terms of up to 22 years for their role in militant attacks, state media said yesterday, part of a security crackdown in which scores of peo- ple have been imprisoned over the past week. On Tuesday, state media said 17 men had been jailed for terms of up to 33 years. Those jailed have been convicted of espousing a militant ideology, travel- ling to fight in foreign conflicts, setting up cells to attack foreigners and manufacturing explosives. Iraq forces gear up to break jihadist siege of Shia town

KIRKUK: Iraq was massing forces yesterday to break a two-month jihadist siege of a Shia Turkmen town north of Baghdad. The counter- offensive around the Salaheddin province town of Amerli comes amid reports that US President Barack Obama is weighing a decision to author- Swimmer Chad le Clos of South Africa shows one of ise air strikes and aid drops to help of trapped his two gold medals he won on day one of the 2014 civilians. Thousands of Shia militiamen from FINA World Cup series opener at Hamad Aquatic groups, including Asaib Ahl Al Haq and Badr Centre in Doha yesterday. The event ends today with Organisation, were gathering in Tuz Khurmatu, finals starting at 6pm. See also page 28 north of Amerli for the operation. AGENCIES THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QTA names Graffiti throws winners of light on Qatar’s raffle draw DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has announced more than 30 win- trading past ners of the first raffle draw of the Shopping Fun activ- ity, which is a part of Qatar Summer Festival 2014. European, Indian boats in etchings The weekly draws run until September 13 and will give away DOHA: Qatar was a centre for Professor Dionisius Agius spent prizes worth QR2.5m. international trade in the 18th a year studying the enigmatic The first raffle draw was century, recent analysis of graf- depictions of boats etched on the held at Hyatt Plaza Mall on fiti found by archaeologists on wall plaster of buildings at the One of the etchings found on 250-year-old buildings at the Al Zubarah archaeological site. Saturday last week, with 15 visi- 250-year-old buildings at Al site. tors winning QR1,500 worth of Zubarah archaeological site has After studying 15 images, finely plastered buildings at the artists must have had intimate removed etchings can be seen in gift vouchers from Hyatt Plaza, revealed. the team concluded that they site. Although some of the images knowledge of the vessels, empha- the temporary exhibition at Al nine visitors winning QR5,000 The majority of the centuries- represented boats from across are only rudimentary outlines of sising their close relationship Zubarah. in cash, five visitors winning old etchings are of boats, with the world, including a probable hulls, others show enough detail with the sea. The Al Zubarah archaeo- QR10,000 in cash, one visitor European, Indian and locally- European war vessel, a locally to identify their type. These tend Some of the dhow etchings have logical site became Qatar’s first winning QR100,000 in cash, one made vessels among them. made fishing vessel and trade to depict large ocean-going ships already been removed from the UNESCO World Heritage Site visitor winning an Audi A4 car Working alongside Faisal Al dhows traditionally made on the which were used for trade in the site by specialist plaster conserva- in 2013 and is open to the public and another visitor winning an Naimi, head of archaeology at Malabar coast of India. Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean tors for consolidation and further every day from 9am to 4.30pm. Audi Q7 car. Qatar Museums, and Tom Collie In a presentation at the British region. treatment in the laboratory, while A new exhibition on pearling and The lucky winner of the of the University of Copenhagen, Museum in London, Dr Cooper The technical detail of the rig- others have been re-buried to seafaring opened in Al Zubarah QR100,000 cash prize was the specialists at the University demonstrated that the etchings ging, rudders and other aspects of protect them from the elements. Fort last May. holder of ticket number 0116527. of Exeter Dr John Cooper and were made on dry plaster, within the etchings show that the graffiti A plaster impression of one of the THE PENINSULA The Audi A4 winner had ticket number 376236, while the winner of the Audi Q7 had ticket number 0311429. With authorisation from the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, QTA is giving away QRC shocked by death of doctor in Syria QR740, 000 worth of cash over the course of the Summer DOHA: Qatar Red injured and saved many day and night until the end Festival’s Shopping Fun raffle Crescent (QRC) yesterday lives until he lost his life on of the clashes. QRC contributes to efforts against Ebola draws, as well as four Audi A4 expressed shock over the August 23 while serving a QRC Secretary-General cars and four Audi Q7 cars. death of one of its doctors humanitarian cause, which Saleh bin Ali Al Mohannadi DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has contributed $10,000 to efforts by the The upcoming raffle draws will working in Syria. Surgeon he believed in and dedicated condemned the tragic inci- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) to raise take place every Saturday from Saleh Al Hassan (35) was his time and energy to, set- dent, which was the second approximately CHF2.8m over nine months to combat the outbreak of Ebola 7.30pm to 8.30pm on August 30 killed on August 23 while ting an example of sacrifice. time a QRC medical worker Virus Disease in West Africa. at City Center Doha mall, on performing his duties in A co-founder and later had died while performing The aim of this appeal is to strengthen and scale up operations support, coordi- September 6 at Dar Al Salam Tabka Hospital. manager of QRC hospi- his professional and humani- nation, communication, capacity building, and preparedness for at risk countries mall and on September 13 at Dr Al Hassan, coordina- tal in Tel Abyad, he always tarian duties. On December in the region, and to prepare for the potential spread of Ebola to other countries The Pearl-Qatar. The awards tor of Tel Abyad Surgical encouraged doctors, nurses 8, 2013, QRC volunteer Dr in Africa and beyond. events will be broadcast live on Hospital, graduated from the and technicians to work hard Layth Abu Al Walid (23) To date, IFRC has launched seven appeals in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Al Rayyan TV. University of Aleppo School and reminded them that the was killed. Dr Abu Al Walid Nigeria, Mali, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire, targeting a total of CHF 4,483,095 In addition to the raffle draws, of Medicine. He pursued a patients were their own peo- played a significant role in (QR17,849,400) for 34.4 million people. The latest appeal is on a regional scale, tar- QTA’s Summer Festival Shopping general surgery major and ple and serving them was a the polio vaccination cam- geting CHF2,893,667 (QR11,521,100), hopefully to help 32 million people. Fun activity consists of discount then specialised in cardiac religious and ethical duty. He paign. On his last day, he had In the same vein, QRC medical officials are currently preparing educational fli- sales at participating retail out- surgery. was a role model of commit- gone home to spend some ers in Arabic, English, and Urdu to inform Qatari nationals and residents about lets, including the Pearl-Qatar, Dr Al Hassan left Tel ment and hard work for the time with his family. Then the nature and causes of Ebola and how to prevent it, particularly by maintaining The Mall, City Center Doha, Abyad Hospital and joined other doctors. Every time he decided to go back to his personal hygiene and healthy practices. Hyatt Plaza, Al Khor Mall Tabka Hospital as a volun- fighting picked up, Dr Al medical unit, where he was THE PENINSULA and Dar Al Salam Mall, until teer, to support his colleagues Hassan and his team would hit in crossfire. September 17. there. He had treated many stay at the hospital, working THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 13 new Independent schools set to open Another 22 schools to be completed by May 2015 DOHA: Thirteen new facilities from Ashghal between in secondary school laborato- Independent schools have been September and December this ries, repair of water leaks and completed and are ready to year and two nursery schools painting. receive students for the new in May 2015. Next month, the Some schools are damaged academic year beginning on Council would award contracts beyond repair and new schools September 7. for six new sports facilities to would be built on their premises. The Supreme Education be completed and received in Students from these schools have Council (SEC) has indicated October 2015. been shifted to other schools. that another 22 schools would Also, it is preparing a new Students of Maymouna Girls be completed between October design for school sports build- Primary School will be trans- this year and May next year and ings that would be bigger than ferred to their new school build- three more schools by September the current ones and the design ing in Old Airport area, while 2015. In September next year, the is expected to be completed in students from Khansaa Girls Qatar Airways’ freshly painted Airbus A350 on the factory lines in Toulouse, France. SEC would award contracts for January 2015, said the daily. Primary School will be trans- 17 more schools to be completed The SEC also said that it had ferred to their new school build- in 2016, a local Arabic daily completed repairs and main- ing in Al Raudha area Students reported yesterday. tenance work in most of the from Khawla bint Azrou Six new sports facilities for old schools. The work involved Independent Girls School will be QA set to get new Airbus plane students would start operat- repairs on air conditioners transferred to their new school ing next month. The SEC will and fire alarm systems, set- building in Khalifa area. TOULOUSE: Qatar Airways, the receive another nine sports ting up a gas system, especially THE PENINSULA launch customer of the Airbus A350 Xtra Wide Body aircraft, is set to QA main sponsor of French receive its first delivery before the end of this year. classic cars event The airline has ordered 80 of the wide- body A350 XWB, which will be deployed PARIS: Qatar Airways is The site houses the famous Smokers Top UK surgeons to visit HMC on a wide variety of routes served by the set to be the main spon- Musée Condé, the first Qatar Airways network. sor at next week’s French museum of classical paintings advised to DOHA: Hamad General at the Bone and Joint Center The airline is set to receive its first Classic automobile event in France after Le Louvre. Hospital’s (HGH) Department of Outpatient Clinic on 28 September A350 before the end of this year. at The Chantilly Arts and Known all around the world, give up habit Orthopedic Surgery will be host- from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, and on The A350 MSN005 development air- Elegance Richard Mille the museum showcases more ing two expert surgeons from the 30 September from 8:00 am to 1:00 craft recently concluded a world tour, ‘Concours d’Elegance’ in than 800 chefs-d’oeuvres and U K’s O x ford Un iversity Ho s pita l s pm. touching down in 14 cities, demonstrat- the Domaine de Chantilly, an exceptional collection of Continued from page 1 NHS Trust in September. To book an appointment with ing its readiness for airline operations France. precious books in the Cabinet “Our message is simple: If Dr Duncan Whitwell, Consultant the visiting surgeons, patients are on a global scale. Set against the stunning des Livres. you smoke we advise you to Orthopedic Surgeon, who is a spe- advised to visit the Bone and Joint Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive backdrop of the Domaine It is in this setting that a give it up. If you don’t smoke, cialist in hip and knee surgery, Center at the HGH Outpatient Officer Akbar Al Baker said that the de Chantilly, this classic car number of classic cars will be don’t start,” Dr Sheikh said. will be visiting HGH from 13 to 17 Department (OPD) Annex airline was in the midst of a massive fleet gathering allows those inter- gathered in the following cat- According to a 2013 World September. He will be conducting between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon expansion programme and the induction ested in classic design and egories: Le Concours d’Etat, Health Organisation study, surgery on 13, 16 and 17 September, from Sunday to Thursday. For any of the Airbus A350 XWB type into the the art of travel to gather Le Concours d’Elegance and some 10 percent or more than and will provide patient consulta- inquiries please contact 44392820. fleet will be a significant milestone for in a unique location — The Le Grand Prix des Clubs. 200,000 of Qatar’s adult popu- tions at the Bone and Joint Center Hosting visiting experts are the airline. Chantilly Castle — to cel- The ‘Concourse D’Elegance’ lation are smokers. Outpatient Clinic on 14 and 15 part of HMC’s efforts to provide “We take pride in introducing the lat- ebrate the finest aspects of event will take place at Cigarettes are the most September from 8:00am to 3:00pm. top medical and surgical expertise est products and services available to French living. Chantilly Castle in Domaine popular medium of tobacco Consultant Spine Surgeon, Dr. in Qatar. It enables local patients the industry and this new aircraft is a This highly anticipated de Chantilly, northern France. use among smokers, followed Colin Nnadi, who specializes in sco- to benefit from the best interna- prime example of that. We look forward gathering is set to take place VIP guests will also take by shisha and sweika. Smoking liosis and other spinal problems, tional specialists without needing to offering to our passengers even more in stunning landscaped gar- part in an exclusive gala din- is more difficult to quit than will be visiting HGH from 26 to 30 to travel abroad, and also promotes choice and variety in the young and dens, surrounding two build- ner, the ‘Grand Ecuries’, on other types of tobacco addic- September. He will be performing continuing education for medical modern fleet which we operate to more ings: the Petit Château and September 6. tion and use, studies say. surgery on 27 and 29 September, residents. than 140 destinations across the world.” the Grand Château. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA and will be providing consultations THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qataris cagey about shopping online Many worry about security, reliability of websites DOHA: Qataris are hesitant to Fakhru, a Qatari national. received the parts, whereas I buy shop online even though some “I have many friends who at higher prices from the local products are available at prices bought things online and were not dealers and I always go home with lower than in the local market, happy as the goods they bought my spare parts,” he said. according to a survey conducted had either some damage or they He said there was a lot of inse- Dr Claudia Lux, QNL’s project director (second left), with Sinikka Sipila, president of the International Federation by a local Arabic daily. The sur- did not meet the specified stand- curity about buying goods online of Library Associations and Institutions (third right) and other Federation officials. vey found that people fear that ards,” he said. as it required one to reveal credit the Internet is not a secure place He added that even though card details to a system that was for shopping and they may fall goods online were up to 70 per- not trusted and the system could victim to online fraud. cent cheaper than in the local easily be hacked. Globally, the popularity of online market, he would still buy goods Hussein Mohammed Al QNL takes part in world library shopping is increasing because of from the market as he would be Qahtani, another Qatari, said that the convenience in buying and able to physically examine them rising prices in Doha were a major payment, due to which customers and check the quality of products reason for people considering buy- are increasingly buying products before paying for them. ing things online, but the security and information congress ranging from books and mobile He also urged the authorities risks involved in online shopping phones to gifts online. to control prices, which, he said, were a major hurdle to it becom- DOHA: Qatar National of Library Associations and A group of Qatari staff of A number of Qataris who have should be close to or the same as ing popular. Library (QNL), a mem- Institutions (IFLA) is the leading QNL attending the event gained shopped online complained of those in neighbouring countries. “I He said there were risks like ber of Qatar Foundation international body representing knowledge and a better insight delivery of goods taking months tried to buy some spare parts for a buying goods from sites set up by for Education, Science and the interests of library and infor- into the profession. and some had not at all received car at a cost of QR20,000 while the scammers who can collect shop- Community Development (QF), mation services and their users. Furthermore, the library’s the items they had bought. same spare parts cost QR12,000 pers’ credit card details, or for- raised its global profile during With more than 1,600 members Project Director, Dr Claudia Lux, Some others said that using in neighbouring GCC countries,” getting to sign out and leaving all the recent IFLA World Library in approximately 150 countries, it whose considerable library expe- credit cards for online shopping he said. one’s credit card details open. and Information Congress in is the global voice of the library rience includes a term as elected was not safe and they were not Mohammed Nabeel, another The Ministry of Economy and the French city of Lyon. and information profession. president of IFLA, presented a comfortable about buying goods Qatari national, said he would Commerce has advice on its web- The week-long ‘Citizens, librar- The Congress included a talk on how to make a difference without examining them first. rather buy spare parts from local site for those who wish to shop ies and communities: Knowledge number of sessions that focused using statistics in a session enti- “Buying goods like car spare dealers than buy them online as online. It urges people to ensure Forum’ gathered librarians, pub- on key areas relevant to QNL’s tled: “Telling the Library Story: parts or electronics online is very buying on the Internet was dan- that the website is secure and lishers and database firms from increasingly popular services. creating metrics for manage- cheap but the problem is those gerous. “I know people who paid reputable, use prepaid cards and all over the world with the aim These included acquisition and ment, advocacy and community goods are not up to the standards,” a small price on the Internet for keep the bills after every purchase. of enhancing mutual cooperation collection development, libraries building”. said Abdullah Abdul Rahman some spare parts and they never THE PENINSULA and promoting international best serving persons with print dis- Commenting on the value of practices in the libraries sector. abilities, cataloguing, rare books the library’s participation, Dr The event, which ended on and manuscripts, document Lux said: “Contributing to local, August 22, presented QNL with delivery and resource sharing, regional and international events an opportunity to keep abreast government information and such as this Congress helps to of the latest advancements and official publications, and libraries promote QNL’s profile, and share Two major intersections set to open practices in the library world and for children and young adults, in lessons of how the library is deliv- share its own experience. addition to many other special- ering innovative new services.” DOHA: Two new signalised The International Federation ised themes. THE PENINSULA intersections on the road lead- ing to the north — Al Markhiya 70pc of Al Shamal project done and Dahl Al Hamam — will open DOHA: Seventy percent of the work on flyovers and underpasses for traffic on Sunday morning, in Al Shamal has been carried out, according to companies imple- the Public Works Authority menting the development project. (Ashghal) said yesterday. Construction companies say the flyovers and the project will be Back-to-school promo at Safari Mall Work on converting the two finished by the middle of next year, Al Sharq reported. roundabouts to intersections Currently, motorists are facing problems due to diversions on Al DOHA: A back-to-school pro- console, the second prize will be a King Touch 7” tablet is available has reached the final phase and Shamal Road, which many say are complicated, especially the roads motion has commenced at Safari Microsoft XBox 360 and the third for QR99 in an exclusive offer. A the last layer of asphalt on Al that go inside the Al Shamal area. They have suggested that signs be Hypermarket outlets in Doha prize will be a Sony PS3. In the Flamingo four-piece school set is Markhiya intersection will be laid put up on the roads to guide drivers. They also complain of narrow and Safari Mall in Abu Hamour junior category, the first prize will available for QR49. tomorrow and the day after. roads that require motorists to drive slowly. has organised a School Bag be a Lenovo Edge desktop compu- A special promotion of Qatar Al Markhiya intersection and its The flyovers’ bases are already in place and asphalting of the roads Festival and Children’s Drawing ter and HP Deskjet printer, the Detergents Company is on at all access roads will be closed during has begun. Construction of service roads vital to Al Shamal Road, Competition. second prize will be a HP Laptop Safari outlets. Customers who the weekend for the final prepara- which is used by heavy trucks, has also started. The project includes Children up to the age of 10 and HP Deskjet printer, and the make purchases worth QR20 or tions. During the closure, motor- building service points and petrol stations on both sides of the road. years will be classified as sub- third prize will be a Samsung more will get a raffle ticket to par- ists coming from TV Roundabout People have urged a review of the design of one of the flyovers, juniors and those aged 11 to 15 T331 Galaxy Tab 8’. All the 100 ticipate in a draw. Thirty winners and heading to Dahl Al Hamam which they say is complex and could pose problems for motorists. The will be classified as juniors in the participants will get a consolation will be selected over 30 days. Each intersection can take a right turn flyover in Umm Al Ahmed has a market underneath, and shoppers drawing competition, which will be prize. The application form for the winner will get Safari gift vouch- and use the service road to access will park on the flyover, which could lead to traffic jams. People are held on August 28 for juniors and competition can be obtained from ers worth QR500. Al Majalis Street and Street 245 wondering why some of the flyovers have signals and intersections. on August 30 for sub-juniors at the customer care desks at Safari As part of Onam celebrations, (Arab League Street). THE PENINSULA 6pm at Safari Mall, Abu Hamour. Mall, Abu Hamour and Safari customers can purchase any four Motorists coming from Only the first 50 applicants will Hypermarket, Salwa Road. Eastern products and get one free. Street 245 and heading towards towards Khalifa Street will need right turn to Oman bin Abdulaziz be accepted in each category, the As part of the promotion, an There is also an ongoing Clickon Al Gharrafa Interchange to take a right turn to Al Wabra street, again turn right to Al Safari Group Management said in exhibition of more than 100 types promotion wherein purchases of (Immigration Interchange) can Street and then a left to Yanbu Fayhani street, then turn left a statement. of school bags, which are on sale at QR50 and above enable customers take a right turn at Wadi Al Wajba Street to reach Khalifa Street. to Omar bin Al Khattab Street Attractive prizes are on offer for attractive prices, is on. Notebooks, to participate in a lucky draw to Street to reach Khalifa Street. Motorists coming from Al towards Al Wabra Street and take winners of the drawing competi- school uniforms, pens, pencils, col- win a Toyota Prado SUV or other Those coming from Jassim Gharrafa Interchange and head- another left turn to Yanbu Street. tion. In the sub-junior category, ouring crayons, footwear and allied exciting prizes. bin Hamad street and heading ing to TV Roundabout can take a THE PENINSULA the first prize will be a Sony PS4 products are also on display. The THE PENINSULA

Mohamed Ahmed Farah (right), winner of ibq’s monthly prize draw, receiving thanq reward points from Andrew Ball, head of retail banking. IBQ names winner of thanq loyalty programme draw DOHA: International Bank of Qatar (ibq) has announced the winner for August of the monthly prize draw in the bank’s loyalty programme, thanq. Mohamed Ahmed Farah was the winner this month, and walked away with 100,000 thanq reward points in a ceremony held at the bank’s headquarters in the presence of Andrew Ball, head of retail banking. Farah said: “I’m lost for words. This is the first time I’ve ever won anything”. “We congratulate Mr Farah, the lucky winner this month of our thanq prize draw. The ibq ‘thanq’ pro- gramme underlines our commitment to our valued customers and to offer them the best rewards for their confidence in our services and products,” said Ball. The thanq rewards programme offers ibq customers the opportunity to accumulate points across a wide range of ibq products and services and redeem them to book travel on over 800 airlines and 160,000 hotels worldwide. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Gaza ceasefire splits Israel govt Hardliners angry as Netanyahu did not consult with his eight-member security cabinet on the Cairo deal

JERUSALEM: A truce deal reportedly have voted against the was to force us to lift the block- return to Cairo within the coming Minister Avigdor Lieberman. satisfaction with his performance, between Israel and Hamas may agreement. ade on Gaza, failed and all its month. HaNegbi said the Israeli “Israel has given the impression showing a 17-point drop in just have ended 50 days of blood- As these hardline opponents demands were rejected,” he told premier would not hand Hamas we want calm at any price, which four days. shed in Gaza but it also exposed whetted their political knives, public radio. any political victory. weakens our powers of deter- Three weeks earlier, he had a clear split within Prime Netanyahu’s people were quick Under the deal, Israel will ease “There will be no port, no air- rence,” he told the public radio. a 63 percent approval rating, Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s to couch the deal as a resounding restrictions on the entry of goods, port and no entry of materials Housing Minister Uri Ariel of down from a peak of 82 percent ruling coalition. success. humanitarian aid and construc- that could be used to produce the far-right Jewish Home party recorded shortly after the start The ceasefire, effective from During the seven-week war, tion materials into the battered rockets or build tunnels,” he told urged Netanyahu to convene a of the Gaza operation on July 8. 1600 GMT on Tuesday, was Israel managed to inflict “a Mediterranean coastal strip, public radio. “That will be our cabinet session for a postmortem At the start of August, 51 per- accepted by Netanyahu following military and political defeat” on home to 1.8 million Palestinians, position which we will present at of the ceasefire agreement and cent of Israelis said they saw no consultations with his Defence Hamas, which “did not get any- and relax a tight limitation on the the negotiations in Cairo.” how to handle the likely “resump- winner from the Hamas-Israel Minister Moshe Yaalon, press thing that it wanted” from the fishing zone. But the deal has soured feeling tion of clashes”. showdown. reports said. deal, his spokesman Liran Dan But talks on key issues such towards Netanyahu. Such arguments have contrib- Officially, both sides claimed But he did not put it to a vote told army radio. as Hamas’ demands for a port “The general feeling in Israel is uted to a dramatic decline in the victory after seven weeks of fight- within his eight-member secu- Deputy foreign minister and an airport and the release that (the truce showed) terror- prime minister’s ratings. ing which cost the lives of 2,143 rity cabinet in a move which Tzahi HaNegbi, a close ally of of prisoners, as well as Israel’s ism pays,” said Tourism Minister In an opinion poll published Palestinians, mostly civilians, and earned him sharp criticism from Netanyahu, took a similar line. calls to disarm militant groups, Uzi Landau of the hardline on Monday, only one in four 70 on the Israeli side, all but six hardliners, four of whom would “Hamas, whose main objective will be delayed until negotiators Israel Beitenu headed by Foreign Israelis — or 38 percent expressed of them soldiers. AFP Gazans emerge hopeful from debris of war

GAZA CITY: Shopkeepers reo- Israel first imposed a blockade the day. Although the agreement pened and fishermen put out to on the impoverished Gaza Strip speaks of a gradual expansion of sea yesterday as Gaza’s 1.8 mil- in 2006 after militants captured the fishing limit to 12 nautical lion people breathed a collective a soldier in a deadly cross-border miles, it is still far from the 20 sigh of relief after a truce ended raid. miles written into the 1994 Oslo 50 days of bloodshed. A year later, when Hamas peace accords, which has been For the most part, there was seized full control of the territory, drastically reduced by Israel. a sense of hope on the streets it slapped even tighter restric- “Palestinian fishermen demand after the surprise ceasefire tions on the passage of goods, their right to fish up to 20 miles came into force at 1600 GMT blocking the import of construc- from the coast,” Ayash said, add- on Tuesday, ending seven weeks tion materials on the grounds ing that what they really wanted of violence which killed more they could be used by militants was for Israel to “stop controlling than 2,140 in Gaza and 70 on to build fortifications. all of our movement”. the Israeli side. For Abu Jalal, an end to the Fellow fisherman Abu Ahmed “Victory is ours,” enthused blockade would mean an influx is not at all optimistic. Ehab Abu Jalal, a man in his 30s. of new materials and a chance “For the moment, nothing has “We have had enough of war, no for him and his brothers to start changed on the ground and we are one should have to endure every- working again. used to the enemy breaking all of thing we’ve been through because The truce agreement also its promises,” he said. of the war,” he said. included an expansion of the fish- “With all the sacrifices we “This truce has to last.” ing zone to six nautical miles in have made, we must be able to Under the terms of the deal, a measure which went into force fish further out than six miles,” Israel has pledged to ease restric- before dawn yesterday. he said. tions at its border crossings with “It’s basically the limit that we And sacrifice they have. During Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah waves to supporters during a rally in central Gaza City yesterday. Gaza in a move which a Palestinian were used to before the war, so 50 days of violence, more than official said amounted to a lifting for the moment we haven’t actu- 2,140 Palestinians have been of its eight-year blockade. ally gained anything,” said Nizar killed, more than 11,000 have been Although talks on crunch Ayash from the Gaza fishermen’s wounded and more than half a issues such as Hamas’s demand union. million displaced, while hundreds for a port and an airport in Gaza During the day, fishing boats’ of homes have been completely were delayed for fresh talks in motors spluttered into action destroyed. Cairo within the next month, just for the first time in weeks, as Jawad Ayad returned to his the mention of them was reason fishermen headed out into the home on Wednesday after being enough for optimism. Mediterranean, eager to revive away for 38 days. “We are going to have a port their livelihoods. Although it was partially and an airport, the crossings will “During the war, when a fisher- destroyed, he said Gaza’s be opened, the blockade will be man went in to the sea, even just “patience” had paid off in the lifted and we will be able to live in 100 metres (yards), the Israelis end. dignity,” Abu Jalal beamed. would fire at him,” Ayash said. “We have been through difficult For the moment, he is sup- Today, the fact they can go out days and made a lot of sacrifices, porting his family as well as at all means they can get back to but God has granted us victory,” his four brothers, all of whom earning enough to be able to feed said Ayad, a man in his 50s. are unemployed construction their families. “I hope that this war will be the workers, on what he earns as a A fisherman beamed as he held last.” metalworker. up a fish from his first catch of AFP

Assad appoints a new cabinet AMMAN: Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, who has been fighting rebels for the last three years and been isolated by much of the world, issued a decree to form a new government yesterday, keeping most key ministers in place. Assad was sworn in for a new seven-year term on July 16 after a presidential election that confirmed his grip on power, a process that required him to name a new government. He re-appointed Wael Al Halaqi as prime min- ister, having first given him the job 2012 after his predecessor, Riad Hijab, fled Syria to join the opposition. Halaqi, who wields little power in a system dominated by the president, sur- vived a bomb attack on his convoy in Damascus last year. Critics consider the cab- inet, made up of Baathist loyalists, to be largely sym- bolic as power in Syria lies in the hands of Assad and his inner circle of family and elite members of the security forces. REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Shias protest in Sana’a Call Islamic No breakthrough in State QSIS: Egyptian Mufti CAIRO: Some call it ISIS. Iran nuclear probe Others say it’s ISIL. The group itself prefers Islamic State, or IS. And in the Middle East, its critics call Tehran tests new nuclear enrichment machine it Da’ash. Now Islamic State in Iraq VIENNA: Iran may have failed questions for the chances of suc- of Tehran, where it suspects and Syria has been given a to meet a deadline for address- cess in parallel diplomatic efforts that nuclear-related tests were fifth name, and perhaps its ing UN concerns about sus- to end a decade-old standoff with carried out a decade ago. Iran oddest: QSIS. Standing for pected nuclear bomb research, the West which has imposed denies the allegation. “Right now Qaeda Separatists in Iraq but it could still act to influence sanctions on the Islamic Republic there is no point for the IAEA to and Syria. The rebrand is a key report due next week, dip- over concerns it is developing a visit Parchin,” Defence Minister an influential Islamic insti- lomatic sources said yesterday. nuclear weapons capability, some- Hassan Dehghan said. tution’s attempt to stop the The sources, who follow the thing Iran denies. Tehran agreed In 2011, the IAEA published a militant group smearing the nuclear issue but declined to be in May to carry out five specific report that included intelligence reputation of Islam. identified, said they had seen no steps by late August to help allay indicating Iran had a nuclear “What the western world indications so far that Tehran had international concerns. weapons research programme calls the ‘Islamic State’ is in replied in substance to questions They included providing infor- that was halted in 2003 when it no way related to Islam,” said from the International Atomic mation on two issues that are part came under increased interna- Egypt’s Dar Al Ifta, a wing Energy Agency (IAEA) by the of the IAEA’s inquiry into the pos- tional pressure. The intelligence of the Egyptian justice minis- agreed August 25 date. sible military dimensions of the suggested some activities may try that plays a small role in They suggested, however, that country’s nuclear programme: later have resumed. both Egypt’s judicial system there was still time for Iran to alleged experiments on explosives Iran as a first step in May gave and in global Islamic dis- provide information in the com- that could be used for an atomic the IAEA information about why course. Considered a source ing days in order to avoid any device, and studies related to cal- it was developing “bridge wire” of religious authority both negative impression in the IAEA’s culating nuclear explosive yields. detonators, which can be used to inside and outside Egypt, closely-watched quarterly report Iran has promised to cooper- set off atomic explosive devices. Dar Al Ifta issues religious on Tehran’s nuclear programme, ate with the IAEA since Hassan Iran says they are for civilian use, guidance (fatwas) to Sunni expected around September 3. Rowhani, seen as a pragmatist, and wants this topic in the investi- Muslims across the world “Probably, they are late,” one was elected president in 2013. gation closed. In mid-July, the sep- who request advice on reli- envoy said. “They only give as Iran’s atomic energy chief, arate negotiations on a diplomatic gious ambiguities. much as they have to.” There was Ali Akbar Salehi, was quoted on settlement between Iran and the Its latest intervention con- no comment from the Vienna- Monday as saying that Tehran was United States, France, Germany, cerns the naming of Isis: Dar based IAEA, which is expected to “in the process” of completing the Britain, China and Russia were Al Ifta wants western jour- give details about its contacts with measures on nuclear transparency extended until late November. nalists to refer to the group Iranian officials in the report. that were agreed with the IAEA Those talks are focused on per- as QSIS in order to empha- Iran has conducted “mechani- three months ago. He gave no suading Iran to curb its atomic sise to non-Muslims that the cal” tests on a new, advanced details. Apart from clarifying the activities. In exchange, the West group’s extremist ideology machine to refine uranium, a sen- two issues in the IAEA’s investiga- would phase out sanctions that and depravity does not rep- ior official was quoted as saying tion, the UN agency wants Iran to are hurting Iran’s oil-dependent resent Islam’s vast majority. yesterday, a disclosure that may agree on future steps to address economy. “The nuclear negotiations Supporters of Shia Houthi movement take part in an anti-government Despite their name, ISIS (or annoy Western states pushing other outstanding topics. are not progressing. The positions protest in the Yemeni capital Sana’a yesterday. President Abdrabuh QSIS, to use the new coin- Tehran to scale back its nuclear It appears no closer, how- are still very far apart,” one senior Mansur Hadi urged rebel leader Abdulmalik Al Houthi to withdraw his age) militants are “far from programme. ever, to being allowed access to Western diplomat said, ahead of militant followers from the capital following the failure of negotiations the correct understanding Western officials say it is vital a location at a sprawling mili- next month’s expected resumption on their demands. of Islam”, said Dar Al Ifta’s for Iran to address the IAEA’s tary plant, Parchin southeast of the talks. REUTERS head, Grand Mufti Shawki Allam. To ram home its point, Dar al-Ifta has asked social media users to join a new Facebook group, “Call it QS not IS”. But it remains to be seen Libya warns UN of possible slide into civil war whether Dar Al Ifta can persuade a global body poli- tic already bitterly divided UNITED NATIONS: Libya since the 13th of July has become growing turmoil in the North resolution on Wednesday that the chaotic security situation and on what to call the group. warned the UN Security even more complicated and the African oil producer, where the tightens the arms embargo on the very limited capacity of the Before commuting its Council yesterday that the cha- situation might unravel into a government is unable to control Libya and extends sanctions government to counter this threat Arabic name to the simpler otic North African state could full-blown civil war if we’re not battle-hardened militias that to groups and individuals that may well have created a fertile Al Dawla Al Islamiya (or descend into full-scale civil war very careful and wise in our helped to overthrow Gaddafi in threaten the country’s peace and ground for a mounting danger in “Islamic State”), Isis called if heavily armed warring fac- actions.” 2011 but continue to defy state stability. Libya and beyond.” itself Al Dawla Al Islamiya fi tions are not disarmed. On July 13 heavy fighting broke authority. “I had always excluded Libya’s government has called Dabbashi did not mention mys- Iraq wal Sham. The 15-nation council met to out between rival militias vying the possibility of civil war but the for a UN peacekeeping force to terious airstrikes against Libyan Everyone agreed on how to discuss Libya days after its parlia- for control of Libya’s main air- situation has changed,” Dabbashi be deployed to help disarm mili- Islamist militants that US offi- translate the first five words ment, which was replaced in an port, killing at least seven people said. tant groups and restore stabil- cials had suggested were staged of the moniker, but the sixth election in June, reconvened and and forcing a halt of all flights in “In the past, security incidents ity. But council diplomats say by Egypt and the United Arab — Al Sham — has triggered chose an Islamist-backed deputy the worst fighting in the capital were limited, isolated and rare,” the situation is too volatile for Emirates. endless linguistic battles. as the new prime minister. That for six months. he added. “But today the clashes peacekeepers. Mitri referred to them in pass- Some feel Sham can be left the country with two rival An election in June had been that took place around Tripoli ... The outgoing UN special envoy ing, saying that since his last translated as Syria. Others leaders and assemblies, each aimed at rebuilding state insti- (were) between two armed groups to Libya, Tarek Mitri, said the council briefing on July 17 “armed say Greater Syria. Still more backed by armed factions. tutions in an attempt to quell using heavy weaponry. Each group worsening security situation was battles, inflamed by air strikes, argue for the Levant, and a “The situation in Libya is com- three years of spreading violence had its own allies scattered in the of “grave concern.” continued almost uninterrupted few think it should be left as plicated,” Libya’s United Nations since the ouster of long-time ruler other regions of the country.” “The threat from the spread of in Tripoli, Benghazi and other it is. For some, QSIS might Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi Muammar Gaddafi. In response to the increas- terrorist groups has become real,” parts of the country.” be a good compromise. But told the council. “Yet the situation The recent fighting is part of ing chaos, the council passed a he told the council. “At present, REUTERS then, others may prefer QSIL. GUARDIAN NEWS AK party crowns Davutoglu as premier

ANKARA: Turkey’s ruling party yesterday confirmed Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as the successor to Recep Tayyip Erdogan as pre- mier and party leader, with both men vowing the hando- ver would herald no change in strategy. Erdogan, 60, is to be sworn in as president on Thursday and the approval of Davutoglu, 55, from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was a key step in a tightly-choreo- graphed succession process. Analysts expect the changeo- ver at the top will not change Erdogan’s status as Turkey’s undisputed number one, and both men emphasised that a strict continuity would be main- tained. Yet Erdogan rejected suggestions that Davutoglu would simply be a puppet pre- mier, and said the AKP would never be a “one man” party. In a purely ceremonial vote at a congress a day before Erdogan FROM LEFT: Emine Erdogan, Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister-elect Ahmet takes office as president, the Davutoglu and wife Sare Davutoglu during the ruling AK Party Congress for the election of the new prime AKP overwhelmingly approved minister, in Ankara yesterday. Davutoglu, who was the only candidate standing after being development-focused policies — In a marathon two-hour in place.” Erdogan, who has nominated by the party execu- will be sworn in as president at speech, Erdogan said the gov- two sons and two daughters, tive committee. 1100 GMT today after his vic- ernment’s strategy would not described the party he helped Davutoglu and his wife Sare tory in the August 10 election. change with the handover and found as his “fifth child” but said — a practising gynaecologist — He will take over from said the party had “always the “farewell time” had come. then threw red flowers at the Abdullah Gul, a former close excluded personal ambitions and Under Turkish law, the presi- thousands of party supporters comrade and co-founder of arrogance”. dent should sever all ties with gathered in the Ankara sports the AKP who appears now to “Names have no importance. political parties. But Erdogan arena. Erdogan — who has ruled have fallen out with the feisty Names change today but our said the party was not just about Turkey as premier for over a Erdogan and was barely men- essence, our mission, our spir- one person. decade with Islamic-tinted and tioned at the congress. its, our goals and ideals remain AFP THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Mother urges IS to free Sotloff Ebola zone countries US rules out paying ransom, faces intelligence challenge in Syria isolated as more

BOSTON: The mother of an done,” said Michael Rubin of the American journalist held cap- American Enterprise Institute, a airlines stop flights tive by militant group Islamic Washington think tank. State released a video yesterday With the withdrawal of US appealing directly to the group’s combat troops from Iraq, and a FREETOWN: The three four flights a week to Liberia and leader for his release. cautious approach to the civil war nations at the centre of the west Sierra Leone and three to Guinea, “I am sending this message to raging in Syria, America lacks a African Ebola outbreak were but has also cancelled several serv- you, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Al precise picture of its IS adver- left increasingly isolated yester- ices since Saturday due to the clo- Quraishi Al Hussaini, the caliph saries there, according to Rubin. day as more airlines suspended sure of the Senegalese border. The of the Islamic State. I am Shirley “We’ve let our guard down.” flights to the crisis zone. carrier said it would decide on its Sotloff. My son Steven is in your In countries such as Pakistan, Air France agreed to Paris’s future schedule this weekend. hands,” Sotloff said in the video, when intelligence reports indicate request for a “temporary suspen- UN officials have pledged to obtained by the New York Times. a senior Al-Qaeda figure may be sion” of services to Sierra Leone, step up efforts against the lethal “My son Steven is in your expected in an area, US inform- leaving its capital Freetown and tropical virus, which has infected hands,” she said, looking tired ants are able to stake out the Monrovia in neighbouring Liberia more than 2,600 and killed 1,427 and tense but controlled. “He is a location until the leader shows up, with just one regular service, from since the start of the year. journalist who made a journey to he said. But in Syria, “we don’t Royal Air Morocco (RAM). Liberia has been worst hit, with cover the story of Muslims suffer- have that sort of network.” Air France’s decision came a 624 deaths recorded. Guinea, where ing at the hands of tyrants.” Members of moderate Syrian day after British Airways said it the outbreak was first detected, has She added that her son is an rebel groups reportedly have been was suspending flights to Liberia reported 406 deaths, Sierra Leone “honourable man and has always An image grab from Al Arabiya shows Shirley Sotloff, the mother of US recruited as CIA informants but and Sierra Leone until next year 392 and Nigeria five, according to tried to help the weak.” hostage Steven Sotloff, pleading for her son’s life. it appears to be a relatively small due to Ebola concerns. the latest WHO figures. Sotloff, 31, went missing in Syria network compared to what the Authorities are scrambling to Last week Democratic Republic last year while covering the con- (Sotloff) to release him”. He reiter- been largely absent in Syria for years Americans developed in Pakistan contain the worst outbreak of of Congo said 13 people had died flict there. Islamic State released ated that the United States does and has not built up a web of rela- over the past decade. the lethal tropical virus in his- with symptoms of haemorrhagic of video last week in which he not pay ransom to release hostages, tionships that it could use to monitor Obama has given the green tory, which has killed more than fever and performed tests on doz- could be seen kneeling following however, saying it puts other inno- the movements of IS senior figures. light to surveillance flights inside 1,400 people since it erupted in ens of others who had come into the filmed decapitation of fellow cent Americans at risk. “We don’t have the same resources Syria but it remains unclear if west Africa early this year. contact with them. journalist James Foley. Islamic US spy agencies, meanwhile, in Syria, we don’t have the same American drones and other air- The United Nations’ Ebola The UN yesterday allocated State threatened to kill Sotloff if face a difficult task in track- intelligence resources that we do craft face a serious threat from envoy David Nabarro on Monday $1.5m to help the central African its demands, which include halting ing Islamic jihadists in Syria, as in Iraq,” said Representative Adam the Syrian regime’s air defences. took a swipe at airlines who had country fight Ebola from a American air strikes against the Washington lacks a robust net- Schiff, a Democrat from California. Gary Samore, a former senior cut off Ebola-hit countries by “humanitarian needs”, saying group, are not met. work of informants and faces American bombing raids in adviser to Obama on arms control, scrapping flights. “By isolating the the sum could double in the near “As a mother I ask your justice threats to its drone fleet, experts Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and said the bigger problem is the need country, it makes it difficult for future. to be merciful and not to punish and former officials said. Yemen rely on numerous inform- for ground troops in Syria who can the UN to do its work,” Nabarro Nigerian Education Minister my son for matters he has no con- If US President Barack Obama ants and a fleet of drones that can seize territory from IS militants told reporters in Freetown on the Ibrahim Shekarau has announced trol over,” she said. “I want what opts to expand air strikes against linger in the air for hours, waiting in the wake of any bombing raids. fifth day of a tour of the region. that public and private schools every mother wants: To live to see the IS militants from Iraq to for senior militants to appear in “The question is whether or not “Pilots and others, as well will remain closed until October her children’s children. I plead Syria, the effort could be delayed their sights, ex-officials said. there are ground forces in eastern as passengers, generally have 13 as a precaution against Ebola. with you to grant me this.” or hindered by intelligence gaps, In comparison, the US faces Syria that could follow up on US very low risk of Ebola infection,” Elsewhere, a WHO doctor who White House spokesman Josh former White House officials and conditions in Syria where it is air strikes and actually control ter- Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s Assistant contracted Ebola arrived in a Earnest told reporters in a brief- analysts said. practically blind, one former ritory,” he said. “The answer may Director-General on Health German hospital, the first patient ing yesterday that “we certainly Unlike in Pakistan’s tribal areas, official said. “It’s a daunting very well be ‘no’. Security, said. with the virus to be treated in the would call on those who are holding or in Iraq, the United States has challenge. It’s easier said than AGENCIES Brussels Airlines normally runs country, officials said. AFP

Rebels seize ground in Ukraine Nine-year-old kills IMF chief under investigation STAROBESHEVE: Rebels in east Petro Poroshenko and Russian counterpart PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal inves- Ukraine appeared yesterday to have Vladimir Putin which failed to achieve any shooting instructor tigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud seized swathes of territory from govern- concrete breakthrough. WASHINGTON: A nine-year-old girl affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister. ment forces who abandoned vehicles and There is increasing concern in Kiev over learning to fire an Uzi submachine gun Lagarde was questioned by magistrates in Paris this week for a fourth ammunition as they retreated, while Russia’s willingness to intervene directly was unable to control the weapon, acci- time under her existing status as a witness in the long-running saga over Western intelligence said Russian army in the conflict, with the Ukraine govern- dentally killing her instructor, news allegations that tycoon Bernard Tapie won a large arbitration payout due units were operating inside the country. ment claiming yesterday that a battalion of reports said yesterday. to his political connections. The inquiry relates to allegations that Tapie, a After weeks of successful military oper- Russian soldiers had set up a military head- The tragedy occurred on Monday at the supporter of conservative former president Nicolas Sarkozy, was improperly ations that have seen government forces quarters near the village of Pobeda, around Last Stop gun range in the western US state awarded ¤403m ($531m) in an arbitration to settle a dispute with now defunct push deep into the last rebel bastions, the 50km southeast of Donetsk. of Arizona, where the girl had been taken state-owned bank Credit Lyonnais. tide appears to be turning once again in Nato and Polish intelligence also have by her parents for firearms lesson, US news “After three years of procedure, the sole surviving allegation is that through the four-month conflict, prompting a nerv- evidence of regular Russian army units reports said. Officials said the girl had suc- inadvertence or inattention I may have failed to intervene to block the arbi- ous government in Kiev to call on Nato operating in Ukraine, Poland’s Prime cessfully managed to control the weapon in tration that brought to an end the longstanding Tapie litigation,” she said in for help. Minister Donald Tusk told his parliament the “single shot” mode. a statement yesterday. “I have instructed my lawyer to appeal this decision, Witnesses saw no signs of government yesterday. But when shooting instructor Charles which is without merit.” troops south of the rebel-held city of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Vacca, 39, switched the Uzi into the fully Under French law, magistrates place a person under formal investigation Donetsk, with road blocks on the entire said the Kremlin was “not interested in automatic setting, the force of the gunfire when they believe there are indications of wrongdoing, but that does not 100km stretch to the Azov Sea manned by breaking up” Ukraine. He confirmed that caused the weapon to rebound upward, and always lead to a trial. REUTERS pro-Russian rebels. A volunteer commander Russia will send more aid convoys into an errant bullet fired by the child struck posted on Facebook that government forces Ukraine “in the nearest future”, despite him in the head. were surrounded in the key transport hub complaints from Kiev that they were Vacca died in hospital a short time later, of Ilovaysk and reinforcements were des- a breach of sovereignty. In the town of officials said. Authorities later released a perately needed. Starobesheve, about 30km southeast of video, editing out the fatal shot, of the tragic Evidence of the deteriorating situation Donetsk, there were signs of a hasty depar- shooting lesson, which had been filmed by emerged just hours after the first meet- ture by Ukraine’s army. the girl’s parents. ing in three months between President AFP AFP

Child abuse victims in UK town claim compensation

LONDON: A string of child abuse victims in a north- ern English town have launched claims for compensa- tion, lawyers said yesterday, as outrage grew in Britain that officials failed to stop 16 years of abuse earlier. Fifteen girls abused by gangs of men in Rotherham — a declining steel and coal town with higher than average unemployment — between 1997 and 2013 are reportedly claiming up to £100,000 (¤125,000 or $165,000) each. A report out on Tuesday estimated that some 1,400 children in the 250,000 population town had been sexu- ally exploited. Some victims were doused in petrol and threatened with being set alight, threatened with guns, made to witness violent rapes and threatened they would be next if they told anyone, it said. The estimated figure was extrapolated from a random sample of 38 children who were known to the social serv- ices and police because of past difficulties, plus a range of other case files and reports. The head of the local council, Roger Stone, resigned immediately after the publication of the report which detailed “blatant” failures including officials ignoring numerous reports of exploitation. Calls also grew yesterday for the local police and crime commissioner Shaun Wright to step down as well — including from Home Secretary Theresa May. Wright was the local council member responsible for children’s services in Rotherham from 2005 to 2010. “I believe his own party have called for him to resign. I believe he has real questions to answer and I think in the circumstances he should heed those calls,” May said. While she cannot force Wright to step down, May’s inter- vention piles intense pressure on him to quit. No council officers are facing disciplinary action over what happened. David Greenwood of Switalskis Solicitors, who is acting for the 15 victims, said they were seeking compensation because local officials and police did not act to stop the abuse sooner. Five men were found guilty of grooming teenage girls for sex in Rotherham in 2010. The report said that “the majority of known perpetra- tors” were of Pakistani origin, including those convicted in 2010, but stressed there was “no simple link between race and child sexual exploitation”. AFP THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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iving peace a chance, Israel and Palestine have agreed to a long-term ceasefire putting an end to the longest, bloodiest battle either side has seen in Gyears.As part of the immediate steps in the current deal, Hamas and other groups in Gaza have agreed to halt Why Obama will never have all rocket and mortar fire into Israel. Israel has agreed to stop all military action including air strikes and ground operations. After the agreement, both sides are trying to prove they a conversation on race have emerged victorious.But the bitter truth is that humanity has lost with hundreds of innocents killed and maimed. BY FRANCIS WILKINSON denial — a refusal to acknowledge the Republicans agreed that discrimination The war left 2,139 Palestinians dead, according to Gaza legitimacy of experience outside the uni- “in getting a quality education” is cur- health officials, with most being civilians, including 490 he shooting and subsequent verse of talk-radio claptrap. rently a problem for blacks. children. On the Israeli side, 64 soldiers and six civilians were rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, David Frum’s new article in Foreign Consider that. In a nation where even killed.The financial impact of the war is huge. Palestinian like the killing of Trayvon Affairs echoes Tom Edsall’s insight middle-class wealth is often inherited, officials estimate reconstruction costs to be close to $6bn. TMartin or countless incidents that contemporary politics has become and the fortunes of Rockefellers, Fords, before it, will not produce a “national a do-or-die battle over diminishing Kennedys and Mellons are famously A UN official, Robert Serry, has said 16,800 houses were conversation” on race. If Americans resources, with older, whiter, conserva- known to endure through generations, destroyed or damaged in the conflict, along with 108 UN can elect a black man president without tive Americans determined to prevent 45 percent of Republicans said that 250 facilities. Some 250 factories were also destroyed. ever having such a conversation — we’ve the flow of government benefits away years of enslavement followed by more The scars of war will haunt civilians for long. Thousands done so twice — we’re not about to have from them and toward a younger cohort. than a century of legally and socially of families who had sheltered with relatives or in schools will one over the umpteenth violent death of For some conservatives, that contest is enforced economic and political disen- now return to their flattened homes. a young lower-class black male. defined by race. Here is how Democratic franchisement are simply “not a factor” Regardless, a conversation — on any pollster Stan Greenberg summed up the impeding black wealth creation. Northern and eastern areas of Gaza that saw the most topic — requires shared predicates and racial anxiety of evangelical and tea Another 35 percent of Republicans intense fighting during the war, now bear a ravaged look with vocabulary. You can’t have a conversa- party Republicans (whose perceptions polled said that the history of discrimi- homes badly damaged or destroyed. tion about global warming with inter- were starkly different from those of nation was only a “minor factor.” So 350 Diplomats on the negotiation locutors who contend that thousands of moderate Republicans) in focus groups years of official discrimination followed table will have to be wise and scientists around the globe, speaking dif- he conducted: “Their party is losing to by decades of diminishing, but still dis- patient because history has shown ferent languages a Democratic Party of big government cernible, racism produced no great eco- and working for whose goal is to expand programmes nomic ills. After weeks that peace treaties between Israel different gov- that mainly benefit minorities.” You can impose all the caveats on this of death and and Palestine have always been ernments and Thus the crucible of Obamacare. In you like. Blacks, too, possess varying fragile with peace talks, most of unaffiliated insti- effect, legions of conservatives have degrees of racial animus. And liberals, devastation, an time, falling apart and both sides In effect, legions tutions, are co- reasoned that the Affordable Care Act of course, have their own blinders, delu- holding each other responsible for conspirators in is not a response to a problem previ- sions and prejudices. But a belief that of conservatives a vast enterprise ously addressed by every other advanced white advantage in American society enduring truce failures. for no apparent nation; nor is it the culmination of a — including a median household wealth will benefit The current agreement marks have reasoned gain. You can’t more than half-century-long project of gap of around 20-to-1 between whites the first ceasefire since the that the have a conversa- the Democratic Party — one that began and blacks — is exclusively a product of both Israel and current conflict began last month tion about gov- back when segregationist Democrats the character failings of blacks is a kind Palestine. that is not limited to a set time Affordable ernment’s impact controlled the Senate. Instead, they con- of lunacy. Americans frequently dismiss period. The longest of the previous on the economy clude, it is an effort designed to generate turmoil in the Middle East by noting Care Act is not with people who dependency and transfer wealth from that religious and tribal tensions there nine ceasefires had a term of five believe that the whites to browns. were centuries in the making. But here, days, and all but three truces a response federal gov- In a 2013 poll, 61 percent of white massive barriers to black success disap- broke down before reaching their to a problem ernment spent conservatives and 56 percent of whites peared when Lyndon Baines Johnson full duration. $800bn — drop- ages 65 or older agreed that discrimina- signed civil-rights legislation? As part of the current deal, both sides have agreed to previously ping it from tion against whites would increase due Two months after Obama’s pivotal, address more complex issues — including the release of helicopters or to rising racial diversity. That’s hardly political March 2008 speech on race, addressed by otherwise — with- grounds for a warm embrace of a multi- Washington Post reporter Kevin Merida Palestinian prisoners and Gaza’s demands for a sea port — via out creating a sin- racial future. As Edsall and others have wrote a story about Obama campaign further indirect talks starting within a month. every other gle job. And you noted, political scientists have found an volunteers encountering explicit racism In a positive development after the truce, Egypt eased advanced nation. can’t have a con- increase in racial resentment among while soliciting support. When Merida restrictions at the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing versation about white conservatives since Obama — the sought comment from the campaign, it World Food Program supplies containing a shipment of race with people nation’s demographic change incarnate responded with a bromide about “the who believe that — was elected. core decency, kindness, and generosity 25,000 food parcels into the coastal territory for the first time claims of racism are inherently bogus, In a May YouGov poll, only 14 percent of Americans from all walks of life.” since 2007. or who have convinced themselves that of Republicans deemed past discrimina- The deflection was political, yet hon- If both sides are able to respect the truce for longer, more Democrats, the president very much tion a “major factor” in lower average est in its way. Indeed, we are mostly such humanitarian efforts will take place. included, intentionally encourage black wealth levels among blacks. (Aggressive a decent, kind and generous folk. Just It took just seven months for a war to destroy cities and dependence on government for politi- impediments to wealth creation were a don’t try to have a conversation with homes but it will take decades to bring normalcy to Gaza. So cal reasons. The common denominator major theme of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s essay us about race. among those views is a crude form of that same month.) Only 8 percent of WP-BLOOMBERG it is high time that both sides give peace a chance• The other side Quote of Dangerous trends the day UCH as Imran Khan, Tahirul Sharif. In the press release issued Essentially, the PML-N’s posturing is coming from many directions. The PTI Qadri and their respective by the Prime Minister Office, there is meant to signal to the protesters and has floated the idea of a so-called in- protesters gathered in not just an explicit mention that mat- their leaders that the military is on the house change in parliament; the MQM Mthe heart of Islamabad ters of high politics were discussed government’s side, not the protesters’. has talked of a possible sacrifice being would like to pretend otherwise, it is between the highest-ranking civilian In truth, however, the PML-N’s postur- made; the PML-Q leadership has tried We should be helping not just the PML-N government that and the most powerful military leader ing only reveals its own uneasiness – to sow fear by ominously reminding is in the metaphorical firing line but the on matters concerning politics but that, and perhaps even uncertainty – about the political class of how political cri- with certain supplies, democratic system itself that is on trial. rather extraordinarily, the two men are what may happen if push comes to ses have led to military interventions in according to our And, with the street protest against the in agreement that the political impasse shove. In truth, there are enough ten- Thailand and Egypt; and even the ANP government entering its third week, the should be resolved expeditiously. sions on policy matters between the has talked of being committed to the capabilities, so they pressure on the system has grown. The benefit that Sharif and the PML-N government and the military to democratic process but not necessarily can fight and prevent Quite how much that pressure has PML-N would have hoped to gain leave a lingering question mark over the prime ministership of Sharif. grown in recent days was in evidence from such a statement is fairly obvi- whether the army leadership may prefer Meanwhile, protesters continued to IS from taking over on Tuesday as the Prime Minister’s ous: the federal government is trying to a different political dispensation in the occupy Constitution Avenue yesterday the whole region and Office issued an extraordinary state- show that the army leadership and the country. despite the Supreme Court suggesting ment after a meeting between Nawaz PML-N are still working together and in In truth, there are no guarantees in that they needed to move. creating a caliphate. Frank-Walter Steinmeier Sharif and army chief Gen Raheel agreement on the way out of the crisis. politics. For the PML-N, the pressure is DAWN German Foreign Minister THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Gulf Cooperation Council and Iraq DR MOHAMED SALEH AL MUSFIR

hanks to Allah and Maliki’s practices and sectarian sit-ins by purebred discrimination. Arab tribes in Anbar, Mosul, with all of its tribes and TSaladin, Nineveh, Diyala men, erupted and ISIL move- and other parts of Iraq, Nouri ment joined the uprising against AlMaliki got ousted. all things related to Al Maliki’s Al Maliki broke up peaceful government. protests using all types of force, The tribal forces and ISIL including heavy artillery, explosive invaded army camps and engaged barrels, rockets and armoured in fighting against militias of corps to subdue Sunni Arabs. Maliki who fled the field, leaving He did not hesitate to break their weapons, tools and camps, up tribal sit-ins that demanded as they fought with no belonging- freedom, justice, equality, release ness or faith. Therefore, Maliki of prisonersand constitutional got ousted. amendments.The constitution Al Maliki knows very well was penned with hate under unu- that he no longer has any politi- sual circumstances as Iraqi con- cal future in Iraq, and I think the stitutional experts were excluded following reasons were behind his from taking part in its drafting. hesitation in handing over power However, he decided to oppress without fighting: and use force while hordes of 1. He was trying to buy him- multinational mercenaries and self some time to loot whatever militias supported him as he he could for himself and his gave them public moneywithout supporters. authorisation. 2. To do his best to get immu- Al Maliki ill-treated Sunni nity against legal accountability citizens in Al Anbar, Saladin and for his civil, financial and politi- other places. He used to say aloud, cal crimes, on lines of immunity A member of the Iraqi security forces walks at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad. “We are the army of Ali against granted to former Yemeni presi- the army of Yazid”, WOW! dent Abdullah Saleh of Yemen. Shia prime minister and a Sunni 4. I want to emphasise that an Arab state. then Saudi Arabia, along with I’ve never seen a ruler in the And if he ever got this immunity, Speakerof Parliament. the happiness of GCC leaders GCC leaders showed a kind its brothers in the GGC, should 21st century summoning wars Iraq will not come out of the polit- This means that they agreed over changes in Iraq won’t last, ofslackness in their policies embrace Sunnis. that are more than 1,000 years ical crisis it has been suffering for to the political quota system in as changing names and faces do towards Iraq since its occupa- The GCC states played an old. Al Maliki and his forces and a long time.Therefore, criminals Iraq as they did in Yemen and not mean a change of political ori- tion in 2003,to the advantage of important role in overthrowing gangs killed unarmed citizens in should not be granted such pro- Lebanon. entations and practices. Iran,which began using it to steer Saddam Hussein’s regime and north and west Iraq, claiming tection and they must be held These precedents are not in Essential constitutional the political rudder to serve its they are required to play a bigger that they were fighting terrorism. accountable for the crimes they favour of GCC countries, nei- amendments are required to interests. role in the rebuilding of Iraq.They United States and Iran, amid committed. ther for the shortterm nor for eliminate the sectarian quota sys- It is time for Gulf countries to should not let Iran take control of weird Arab silence, backed him 3. GCC leaders jostled to con- the longterm, as the process of tem, achieve equality and justice, play an effective role in Iraq as the the country, under any pretext. while he was shedding blood gratulate the three Iraqi lead- dismantling is in full swing. In guarantee political participation situation now is suitable. In conclusion, I would say that and torturing citizens, even erships that were agreed upon a short period, this pattern will by Iraqi citizens, confirm assign- As Iran is the embracer of Shias it is time to embrace Iraq and some Shias, including Faqih Al after the Iraqi occupation in 2003, show on some, or all, states of the ing suitable officials to suitable and the Vatican is the embracer bring it back to its original state Sakhry, who spoke against Al namely a Kurdish president, a GCC. positions and verify that Iraq is of Catholics all over the world, as an Arab country.

KHALID AL JABER The crisis between brothers comes to an end The dictator’s speeches he most important thing in the past few days with the aim in the emergency meeting KHALED ABDULLAH AL ZYARA of getting rid of this crisis in a wise n a poem titled ‘Dictator Sitting Speech’, Palestinian poet Tof the foreign ministers manner. Mahmoud Darwish talks about the dictator saying: “I will of GCC countries in Jeddah last Palestinian people stronger in the ties among the Gulf States than These efforts also coincided Ichoose my own people, I will choose you one by one, You will Wednesday is what some people face of the Israeli aggression. ever before. Some agreements with a slowdownin the media cam- belong to my mother’s race and my doctrine, I will choose you to close to decision-makers said. This is expected to initiate joint were reached with the aim of clos- paigns. Thanks beto God that the be worthy of having me…and I will be worthy of having you, I will The sources confirmed thatfirm Gulf action, one that contributes ing foreverthe folder of differences fabricated campaigns disappeared, award you the right to serve me, Put my photos on your walls, and decisions had been planned with effectively to suspending and pre- among the Gulf countries. with thereports and articles criti- thank me because I have chosen you to be my nation”. the aim of bringing the Gulf crisis venting the Israeli aggression. This has contributed to curb- cisingeveryone and everything These verses come to my mind on every anniversary of Darwish’s to an end, which is one of the issues The joint action will also seek ing the verbal skirmishes through without any consideration to the death. Darwish is considered one of the most prominent Arab that overwhelmed Gulf capitals to offer financialand humanitar- the media between four Gulf tiesand brotherhood between the poets in the second half of the twentieth century. He was described over the past months. ian support to Palestinians with countries;a media campaign that peoples of the sister countries. as the poet of love, homeland and resistance. The sources came to this con- the aim of reconstructing what has raged strongly during the past Al-Sharqnewspaper contributed In these unblessed days, we commemorate the sixth anniversary clusion after closely following up been destroyed by Israelis inthe months. to this optimism and talked in its of his death, while Gaza is under fire and Israeli bombs, which have and analysing the shuttle vis- Gaza Strip. This is actually what we aspire leading article about the break- received non-doctrinal blessings from Arabs, Islamists, Sunnis, its between the capitals of these This, in fact, makes it necessary for and impatiently wait for. through expected in defusing the and Shias. states.The visits were undertaken for Gulf countries to get closer Because Gulf citizens are only Gulf crisis. In Darwish’s poetry and particularly in his collection of poems by some top officials of GCC states- toone another so that we,as Gulf interested in ensuring that the The newspaper reiterated the under the title “The Dictator’s during the past few days. citizens,can forge greater unity in future of their council is forever- fact that “Gulf relations are deep- Speeches”, published 25 years There had been a sincere com- the face of such crisis and many bright and strong. They also want lyrooted in history” and that “Gulf ago, you will realisethe frus- The dictator thinks mon desire to reach anunderstand- other regional issues. to make sure that the steps for countries are tied with each other trations, failures, crises and ing in order to bring the crisis Our leaders (God bless them all) integration taken by the states and have a common fate.” It also debacles embodied in the Arab that everything is related to ambassadors to an end. had brooked no delay in supporting belonging to this council keep mov- emphasised Qatar’s keenness on world after the eruption of The desire was for this crisis to be the Palestinian people. This was ing ahead. strengthening relations among all the “Arab Spring” revolutions terminated in a way that does not one reason why the emergency We in Doha were very optimis- Gulf countries. do not come exclusively from fine and stable, allow it to pop up again. meeting was dedicated to the situ- tic because the Qatari wisdom said We want the relations between externalenemies, but with the We certainly know that a major ation in Gaza. Part of the meeting “we are ready to take sides with our countries to be one of soli- participation of fellow citizen. and he will live portion of the Gulf meeting was was also dedicated to removing the united Gulf without being dic- darity, agreement and harmony The conditions have become far dedicated to the Israeli aggres- the existing misunderstandings- tatedby anybody”. This was why we as far as international issues are worse and people have begun to sion on the Gaza Strip upon an between the Gulf countries. pinned hopes on the high-level offi- concerned. This is what we really bemoan “the dictatorleader” of forever, and says initiative that seeks to make the Observers had noticed stronger cial’s efforts in many Gulf capitals hope to achieve. the past becoming more than a dictatorial monster of today. I am in my 80s Darwish’s poems exposed dic- tatorship as the facts expose the and I will live for despotic Arab regimes, which lost their legitimacy. These regimes bet on normalisation another eighty Loans for summer vacations unnecessary and marketing peace slogans forcibly in the camp named years, I will keep “moderation”, or the ones that n the summer, people of all has turned into what looks like deceived us by trading in the age groups go for holidays MOUZA ABDEL AZIZ AL ISHAQ special culturalnorm among us. Arab issues in the face of stead- holding my sword, Iabroad either alone or with As if most of us don’t know that fastness, defiance and resist- families. longer than one month. people. Some people say banks the money they spent for travel- ance. These regimes didn’t fire I will carry your Youths find great joy in travel- It is easy to do this, but when are generous enough to offer eve- ling is borrowed money. even one bullet at the enemy, ling to different parts of Europe it comes to repaying,many people ryoneloans, which are easier to This means that the stress of but directed missiles at their coffins when with their relatives, which is com- fail to pay back their debts for get instead of borrowing money repaying the debt startsbuilding own people. Moreover, these pletely normal given the desire to several years, especially when the from anybody or disclosing your up on the people who borrowed it authoritarian regimes didn’t change the daily monotony and debtsfor other assets like a home needs to other people. They get from the first day of their return. know any law except that of you die. recharge oneself after spending or carpile up. bank loans in order to spend a The question is: Why do we coercion, murder and terrorism months in study or work. Some women take loans to joyous vacation, paying for first need to take bank loans in order in order to continue surviving. This is particularly true given pay for the cost of marriage or class plane tickets and booking to implement our vacation plans, Darwish says sarcastically about advocates who talk of normali- the fact that travelling either to to buy luxury brands that help the best hotel rooms. Added to all and why do we take loans if there sationof relations with Israel and after he shamed those trading in Europe or to other Arab coun- them flaunt their status among this of course is transport inthe is no urgency? Why do not people the Palestinian issue (long live peace…) and for the peace, soldiers tries is within the financial family and friends. selected destination and also the plan for these vacations at the have been called from the barracks to the capital/ make them reach of many people. Financial Bank loans have already expensive food the vacationers beginning of the year? police to maintain stability and defend security against the mob, constraints are not an obstacle become an integral part of the treat themselvesto. True, everybody needs a break the hungry and the expansion of the sinful opposition… and the any more in the wake of rising lives of many people. Some peo- For some of these people, the from the daily grind, but why prison has enough spaces for all, including elders and infants, and income levels. People now enjoy ple even say that they cannot value of a vacation in Europe is should we not plan for vacations from the cleric to the trade unionist and the maid. the highest degree of welfare, be real citizens without tak- not measured by the enjoyment early so that we don’t become The dictator thinks that everything is fine and stable, and he which makes it easy for them to ing loans, which means that we they get, but by the amount of captivesof bank loans, and put will live forever, and says I am in my 80s and I will live for another travel and spend their holidays have reached a stage where we money they spend. This is actu- ourselves under pressures and eighty years, I will keep holding my sword, I will carry your cof- abroad with their families or can crack jokes about such bank ally a painful reality that we create problems for our families. fins when you die. It is my right to live and it is your right to die, friends. loans. come across in a large number People should have a rethink and I will bring a new generation to carry your dreams. What I What is astonishing is that Some people fail to under- of people we know. about bank loans and their want you to know is that everything over the land and below the even with rising income and stand that bank loans should When these people return necessity. land is run by me and on my orders, and you cannot run away welfare levels, some people are be resorted to only in times of from a holiday, they do not talk from my palace. resorting to banksloans or taking extreme necessity. We don’t need about the joy they experienced or The views expressed in the articles on this At the time the dictator thinks everything is okay, the revolution credit cards only for a summer to be held hostage by such loans. how useful the vacation was, but page do not reflect the viewpoint of the erupts from the womb of oppression, and the graves. newspaper. vacation,which is generally not But this falls on deaf ears of most about the money they spent. This THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 ASIA 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PM Abe sends message to war ‘martyrs’ Move prompts scolding from China

TOKYO: Japanese Prime today,” according to two partici- Minister Shinzo Abe sent a pants and a report by the Asahi message to an April memorial Shimbun newspaper. service dedicated to World War “I pledge to work towards the II war criminals, organisers future harmonious coexistence of said, in a move that prompted a human beings, and hope for eter- scolding from China. nal peace,” the message said. In the ceremony organised by The ceremony has been held former Japanese military officers, annually since 1994 when the some 220 people prayed before a cenotaph was established by cenotaph on which the names of Masashi Tsuno, a man arrested around 1,180 suspected and con- in the Philippines on suspicion victed World War II war crimi- of war crimes at the end of hos- nals are inscribed, organisers said. tilities. Tsuno would later be A memorial compound honouring more than 1,000 Showa Martyrs in Koyasan Okuno-in temple in Koya Town, central Japan, yesterday. They include 14 “Class A” war acquitted. criminals, who are also enshrined Tsuno’s supporters believe that at the controversial Yasukuni the punishments meted out by the have a duty to care for the spirits wartime wrongdoing. tranche of Japanese society, most profoundly on past militarist Shrine, a spot seen in mainland Tokyo Tribunals in the years after of the dead. Top government spokes- notably including the prime min- aggression, and making a clean Asia as a symbol of Japan’s past the war represented little more The religion is practised along- man Yoshihide Suga yesterday ister, continue to believe that break with militarism are an aggression. than victors’ justice perpetrated side native Shintoism in Japan, an declined to comment on Abe’s Japan has been unfairly castigated important foundation for rebuild- The service took place on April in revenge. animistic belief system that also message, insisting it had been for what they say was largely a ing and developing Japan’s 29 at a temple in Wakayama pre- Organiser Kazuaki Naka, 75, places obligations on the living to sent in his capacity as “a private just war, in which wrongdoing was relationship with its Asian neigh- fecture in western Japan, and the said the service has been held seek the repose of dead souls. person (and) president of the perpetrated by individuals -- not bours,” he said. master of the ceremony read the “to console the souls of war dead, Abe’s message to the ceremony Liberal Democratic Party, and not states -- from all sides. “We again urge the Japanese message from Abe. who sacrificed their lives for their could prove another thorn in the as the Prime Minister.” Beijing reacted angrily to the government to fulfil its commit- In his message, Abe said: “I home country, whether their exe- side of relations with neighbour- He added that Japan had news, with a statement from for- ment to reflecting on aggression, express my grief at the death of cutions were fair or unfair.” ing China and South Korea, both accepted the findings of the Tokyo eign ministry spokesman Hong and to take concrete actions to martyrs... who sacrificed their Buddhism holds that descend- of which have been angered by his Tribunals when it signed the Lei castigating Abe for his “incor- win the trust of the people of its lives to form the foundation of ants and those who outlive visit to Yasukuni last December Treaty of San Francisco in 1951. rect attitude” to the past. Asian neighbours and the inter- peace and prosperity in Japan friends, colleagues or neighbours and his equivocation on Japan’s A small but vocal right-wing “Facing history, reflecting national community.” AFP

HK election reviewed Beijing probe US ‘a human rights graveyard’ on Zhou lauded SEOUL: North Korea has human rights abuses, said the US of what genuine human rights are joined the ranks of America’s had no right to pass judgement on like and how they should be guar- by top judge foes who have seized on riots others. “The US is indeed a coun- anteed,” the spokesman said. in Missouri, saying the nation try wantonly violating human Impoverished but nuclear- SHANGHAI: China’s top judge is the “graveyard of human rights where people are subject armed North Korea has been has said the ruling Communist rights” and should mind its own to discrimination and humilia- ruled for more than six decades Party’s decision to investi- business rather than criticise tion due to their race, and are in by the Kim dynasty, which has gate former senior leader Zhou others. constant fear that they may get zero tolerance for political dissent. Yongkang demonstrates clearly The police shooting of an shot at any moment,” a spokes- The country is estimated to that no party member is above unarmed black teenager and man from North Korea’s foreign have up to 120,000 political pris- the law, the semi-official China subsequent crackdown on pro- ministry was quoted as saying by oners in its gulags, and those News Service reported. testers in the Midwestern town state-run news agency KCNA. caught trying to flee the country The investigation “fully illus- of Ferguson has also given China, “It should not seek solutions to are often sent to jail or executed. trates that in socialist China no Iran and Russia ammunition to its problems in suppressing dem- “The US had better... mind its power exists outside the cage of sound off about America’s flaws. onstrators, but bring to light the own business, instead of interfer- the system, and party members North Korea, which is regularly real picture of the American soci- ing in the internal affairs of other will never be allowed outside condemned by Washington and ety, a graveyard of human rights, countries,” the spokesman said. party discipline and national The Chinese flag flies in front of the Central People’s Government in Hong others over allegations of gross and have a correct understanding AFP laws,” Zhou Qiang, president of Kong yesterday as lawmakers in Beijing review the method of election the Supreme People’s Court, was of Hong Kong’s chief executive. The decision will be known on Sunday. quoted as saying on Tuesday. The party announced on July 29 that it had launched a corruption investigation into former domestic security chief Malaysia arrests 42 expat workers after factory riot Zhou Yongkang, who was one of China’s most influential poli- KUALA LUMPUR: firm that makes parts for elec- “This was caused by a mis- “The company is currently tak- reasons for the downgrade. ticians of the past decade and Malaysian police have arrested tronic giants including Samsung, understanding between the ing active steps and measures to Malaysia’s large electron- stood on the elite Politburo 42 men after a riot by up to Hitachi and Western Digital. employer and employees over the address the above matter and to ics, plantation and construction Standing Committee. 1,000 mostly Nepalese work- Workers had accused the firm terms of their work,” the district’s reach an amicable settlement industries rely heavily on unskilled Zhou Yongkang, 71, is by far the ers sparked fires and destroyed of negligence after an employee deputy police chief, Mohad Idris with the workers,” it said. foreign labour from countries highest-profile figure caught up in parts of an electronics export at a nearby JCY factory died last Samsuri, said. Malaysia’s record on treating such as Indonesia, Bangladesh President Xi Jinping’s sweeping factory, highlighting accusa- Thursday after complaining of Those arrested would be foreign workers is under scrutiny and Nepal. The immigrants often crackdown on corruption and the tions of poor conditions for chest pains, according to local charged under the anti-rioting after the US State Department arrive in Malaysia heavily in debt most senior Chinese official to be many of the estimated four news reports. law, he said. downgraded the country in June after paying high fees to labour ensnared in a graft scandal since million foreign workers in the The unrest spilled over to the JCY, which specialises in man- to Tier 3 in its 2014 Trafficking in agencies and are commonly given the party swept to power in 1949. Southeast Asian country. firm’s other factory in Kulaijaya, ufacturing parts for hard disk Persons Report, triggering poten- substantially lower salaries and The riot broke out in the south- police said, culminating in a drives, issued a statement to tial sanctions. The report cited even different jobs to the ones ern industrial hub of Johor state stand-off between riot police and the stock exchange saying that widespread problems of forced they were promised, according to Japan mudslide on Tuesday at a factory run by protesters. The factory suspended the unrest would not impact its labour and a lack of enforce- studies by advocacy groups. JCY International, a Malaysian operations yesterday. business. ment by the authorities as major REUTERS death toll 70

TOKYO: A week after huge Protest over land landslides swamped the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the confirmed death toll from the Beijing planes on ‘routine’ tragedy hit 70 yesterday, with 18 people still missing. Few hopes remain for those flight, no airspace breach unaccounted for, although the fluctuating number -- which has risen and fallen sometimes inde- BEIJING: China has rejected ruled separately since defeated pendently of the number of dead Taiwan’s claim that two Nationalist forces fled to the -- has left confusion as to the dis- Chinese military aircraft had island at the end of a civil war aster’s likely final cost in human breached Taiwan’s airspace in 1949. lives. four times, saying it was a China has never renounced the More than a month’s rain fell “routine flight.” use of force to bring Taiwan under in just three hours last yesterday Taiwan scrambled its jets to Beijing’s control. morning, triggering devastating intercept two Chinese military While relations have improved mudslides on hillside communities aircraft, identified as Yun-8 under the China-friendly in the western city. transport aircraft, on Monday. President Ma Ying-jeou, who has Dozens of homes were buried The Chinese planes left with- signed a series of landmark eco- or carried away when tons of out incident, Xiong Ho-ji, major nomic deals since taking office in earth, rocks and debris smashed general of Taiwan’s Air Force 2008, deep political and military into settlements at a reported 40 Combatant Command, told suspicions remain. kilometres per hour. reporters on Tuesday. The breach of Taiwanese air At its height, the recovery “Our military aircraft carried space comes a week after the operation involved more than out a routine flight on the 25th in Pentagon lodged a diplomatic 3,000 police, firefighters and the relevant airspace, there was complaint with China about the soldiers. no occurrence of any abnormal- conduct of a Chinese fighter jet, One of their number -- a ity,” China’s Defence Ministry which it said came within metres 53-year-old rescuer -- was swept said in a faxed statement late on of a US Navy patrol plane. to his death during the first fran- Tuesday. China has said the criticism tic efforts last week, when a sec- The latest incident risked is groundless and its pilot main- Cambodian security officers carry a woman during a protest near the National Assembly in Phnom Penh yester- ondary landslide crashed through hurting ties between China tained a safe distance from the day as Boeung Kak lake residents, embroiled in land disputes, gather to appeal for help from the government. the area where he was working. and Taiwan, which have been US plane. REUTERS AGENCIES THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Filipino suspect in Malaysian raid held The militant did not resist arrest but a loaded handgun and hand grenade were seized from him: Police

MANILA: Philippine police said yes- police special forces director Getulio spokesman Senior Superintendent Malaysian state of Sabah, home to some their release. The Abu Sayyaf is a small terday they had arrested a Filipino Napenas said. Reuben Sindac could not be reached for of the world’s top diving sites, in violence gang of Islamic militants blamed for the Islamic militant suspected of taking The suspect, a Tawi-Tawi native and comment yesterday. that has hurt the local tourism industry. Philippines’ worst terrorist attacks, but part in at least one deadly kidnap- a “leader” of Abu Sayyaf members based A policeman was killed and a second In June, Filipino gunmen seized a nowadays mostly survives through kid- ping raid on a Malaysian diving resort on the island, did not resist arrest but officer kidnapped by heavily armed men Malaysian fish breeder and his Filipino nappings for ransom and extortion. island. a loaded handgun and a grenade were in the diving resort, off Borneo island, worker from their farm in Sabah. They Founded in the 1990s with seed money Hundreds of members of a police spe- seized from him, Napenas added. on July 12, Malaysian security officials have not yet been freed. from Al Qaeda, it is believed to be holding cial force unit were deployed to arrest A Filipino police statement said Hailil, have reported. The Star, a Malaysian In May a Chinese fish farm manager several foreign hostages on the southern Abu Sayyaf member Mobin Hailil at a also known as Kahumbo, was “involved newspaper, yesterday quoted unnamed was abducted from his farm, while in Philippine island of Jolo, including two remote village in the Tawi-Tawi archi- in kidnapping and killings” on the Malaysian intelligence sources as saying April a female Chinese tourist and a European bird watchers and a Japanese pelago near the Malaysian sea border on Malaysian resort island of Mabul, about Hailil might have been responsible for Filipino resort worker were abducted. man. The United States Department of Tuesday, they said. 150 kilometres from Hailil’s Tawi-Tawi that attack, as well as other kidnappings All three were released. State has classified the group as a ter- “When local police located him we home. in the area. Authorities did not disclose if ransoms rorist group by adding it to the list of were called in because they knew mem- However, it did not provide details The July shooting was the latest in a were paid of the trio, but the kidnappers Foreign Terrorist Organisations. bers of his clan would fight back,” Filipino of his alleged crimes. National police spate of kidnapping raids in the remote had demanded money in exchange for AFP

Summer getaway? Senator tells Binay: Stop whining

MANILA: Vice-President The senator also claimed “I totally deny anything unless Jejomar Binay should just that the Vice President of the the Vice President will confirm a explain why the Makati City Philippines has failed to explain specific instance or special con- Hall II parking building was the alleged overpricing. versation because I would not allegedly overpriced instead of “He can rant all he want. He know,” Trillanes said of Binay’s complaining about the Senate can say that this is a demolition claims. investigation into the con- job or politicking. He can call it As to their supposed mis- troversy, Senator Antonio by whatever name, but we’re conduct at the Senate hearing, Trillanes IV said. still waiting for his explanation,” Trillanes said the public will be In a phone-patch interview Trillanes said. the judge. with ANC yesterday, Trillanes Earlier, Binay called for a press “I would like to believe that said the Senate Blue Ribbon sub- conference and criticised the the limits of our demeanour dur- committee will continue to probe Senate probe for being a “politi- ing investigations are set by our the allegedly overpriced build- cised forum.” constituents and how they receive ing even if Binay is now trying Binay also hit back at senators, such demeanour. If they don’t to get the sympathy of the public particularly Trillanes, for their like what they see, then we will by claiming that the probe is a demeanor during the probe. He lose political capital in a snap,” political attack as Binay has made alleged that Trillanes tried to Trillanes said. known his intentions to seek the intimidate a witness. The Vice President, the front- presidency in 2016. Binay said the words and runner in the presidential sur- Trillanes said Binay is now actions of Trillanes and Senator veys, believes that his political probably in “panic mode.” Alan Cayetano during the Senate foes are out to bring down his “I don’t know why he is whin- hearing prove that the investiga- poll ratings. ing,” Trillanes said. “I think, the tion is not in aid of legislation, The former Makati mayor Vice President should just relax but a “politicised forum” that added that he is willing to face and watch the investigation as it seeks to find criminal liability in a “fair” investigation of the unfolds because definitely, we will the construction of the carpark controversy. Children play in a flooded street caused by heavy rains overnight while motorists drive past in Manila on Tuesday. uncover the truth,” Trillanes said. building. THE PHILIPPINE STAR The weather bureau issued a yellow rain warning in the metropolis due to a low pressure area in the region of Bicol, southeast of Manila. Misuari dared Anti-graft court orders turnover of $42m Marcos account to face Zambo MANILA: The Sandiganbayan the transfer of the money from The order was based on a on Good Government initiated jewelry collection of Mrs Marcos, has ordered the turnover to the the Philippine National Bank Supreme Court (SC) ruling forfeiture cases in 1991 docketed which was also covered by Civil siege charges government of the so-called to the Bureau of Treasury. The denying with finality the appeals as Civil Case 0141. Case 0141, remains pending. The Arelma account of the late funds represent the assets of filed by former first lady and now The civil case recovered some Marcoses filed an appeal before MANILA: The military yes- strongman Ferdinand Marcos the former president, originally Ilocos Norte Rep Imelda Marcos $660 million from five Marcos the high tribunal. terday dared Moro National amounting to $42m. amounting to $2m, deposited and Sen Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Swiss Foundations in 2003, The Sandiganbayan (“People’s Liberation Front (Mnlf) founder In a two-page writ of execution with Merrill Lynch Securities in the anti-graft court rulings in including the Arelma account. Advocate”) is a special appellate Nur Misuari to face the cases issued on August 18, the anti-graft New York in 1972 in the name of April and August 2009. Meanwhile, the full recov- collegial court in the Philippines. against him following reports court’s Special Division directed Arelma Foundation. The Presidential Commission ery of the so-called Malacañang THE PHILIPPINE STAR that the fugitive Muslim leader surfaced recently in Sulu. “Because of his role in the Ice bucket challenge attack of Zamboanga City last year, Nur Misuari should take responsibility by submitting him- Department of Agriculture executive self to the rule of law and face the consequences of his group’s actions,” Armed Forces public denies extortion over modernisation affairs chief Lt Col Ramon Zagala said in a text message. Zagala said the attack, which MANILA: An embattled received a bribe of $3 per MT in Calayag for the supposed anomaly. left more than 200 persons dead, official of the Department of exchange for favouring Avega Bros. In the meantime, Guerrero caused suffering to the people of Agriculture (DA) yesterday At the time of importation, would be going on a short leave of Zamboanga. denied taking bribes following Guerrero was special executive absence, which has been approved “As he (Misuari) is wanted by allegations made by presiden- assistant of Calayag, who was by Agriculture Secretary Proceso law, he is subject to law enforce- tial assistant for food security also tagged in the alleged anomaly. Alcala. ment operations led by the PNP and agriculture modernisation Calayag now serves as agriculture He said Pangilinan should apol- (Philippine National Police), sup- Francis Pangilinan. assistant secretary for policy. ogise for his accusations. ported by AFP (Armed Forces of Pangilinan claimed that DA He said the importations under- He said the NFA endorsed the the Philippines),” he said. chief-of-staff Dennis Guerrero taken by the NFA then under the services of Avega after it was The Mnlf has claimed that and former National Food leadership of Calayag were found found that Vinafood’s first cho- Misuari surfaced in Sulu and led Authority (NFA) administra- to be aboveboard by investiga- sen cargo handler, DYS Seair flag-raising ceremonies to reit- tor Orlan Calayag were among tions conducted by the Senate, the Worldwide, Inc, was incompetent erate the independence of the officials who coerced Vietnam House of Representatives and the to handle the shipment. so-called Federated States of Southern Food Corp (Vinafood II) National Bureau of Investigation. “We did not force Vinafood II to Bangsamoro Republic. into accepting cargo firm Avega Guerrero said Pangilinan “has accept Avega Bros to undertake Misuari was reportedly in full Brothers Integrated Shipping not offered any proof that there cargo handling services. We were battle gear as he called on his Corp as its contractor for the was any payoff.” constrained, however, to intercede The Secretary of Justice, Leila De Lima, has a bucket of iced water dumped followers to fight their right to transport of 205,000 metric Pangilinan has reportedly said following a difficulty in transact- self-determination. tonnes (MT) of rice in April. that an investigation would be ing with DYS,” said Guerrero. on her for the ALS ice bucket challenge during a break at the Department THE PHILIPPINE STAR He said that NFA officials launched against Guerrero and THE PHILIPPINE STAR of Justice in Manila on Tuesday. The challenge is aimed at raising aware- ness of and money to fight Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Anti-govt rally Congress begins debates on constitutional changes

MANILA: Floor debates over Akbayan party-list Rep Walden XII (national economy and pat- Albano, however, pointed out proposals to change economic Bello. The plenary debates ended rimony), XIV (education, science that RBH 1 does not contemplate provisions of the Constitution at past 7pm. and technology, arts, culture and on directly writing amendments kicked off at the House of Albano said any proposed sports) and XVI (general provi- to the Constitution but only seeks Representatives yesterday, with amendment to economic provi- sions). This means the consti- to allow the country to adjust or one of the proponents stressing sions of the Constitution would tutional restrictions on foreign adapt to future economic realities that the effort is more about not be automatically written and ownership will remain until and contingencies. making future economic legis- adopted even if the resolution Congress enacts specific laws to She said the parliaments of lation responsive to Filipinos’ being discussed in the House is remove them. China, Indonesia and Vietnam needs than giving foreigners the approved and ratified by the peo- In his interpellation, Bello have passed numerous laws that right to own land. ple. Albano was the first to defend pointed out that China, Indonesia tend to ease economic restrictions Davao City Rep Mylene Garcia- RBH 1 yesterday. and Vietnam have the same con- in their respective constitutions. Anti-corruption protesters march to Malacanang Palace on the first anni- Albano, who chairs the commit- RBH 1, principally authored stitutional restrictions on for- Albano said land ownership is versary of anti-graft street protests in Manila on Monday. Protesters gath- tee on constitutional amendment, by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte eign ownership of land but these not the only concern addressed by made this clear in response to Jr, seeks to include the phrase did not hinder the massive flow RBH 1, but also other sectors and ered at Manila central park to hold a rally against PDAF spending, with interpellation of Resolution of “unless otherwise provided by of foreign investments to their aspects of the economy. criticism aimed at President Benigno Aquino. Both Houses No 1 (RBH 1) by law” in some sections of Articles economies. THE PHILIPPINE STAR THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Abdullah rejects rigged poll audit Ghani’s team also decides to withdraw from the process

KABUL: Afghan presidential “We learnt from the team spokeswoman Azita Rafhat. “We candidate Abdullah Abdullah of Dr Abdullah that they have trust the UN and election com- yesterday withdrew from a chosen not to participate in the mission, and whatever result UN-supervised audit of the audit process...this withdrawal is that comes out of their audit is fraud-tainted election, tipping regrettable,” UN deputy mission acceptable to us.” The audit of all the country deeper into cri- chief Nicholas Haysom said. eight million votes was designed sis less than a week before the “Dr Ghani’s team has agreed to strengthen the legitimacy of scheduled inauguration. to withdraw from active partici- the next government. Abdullah’s rejection of the audit pation in the audit process...The But any street protests by heightened fears of a violent back- audit must be seen to be even- Abdullah supporters could set off lash to the eventual result after handed by all Afghans.” a spiral of instability that the UN a prolonged and bitter dispute Abdullah claims he was cheated fears would revive the divisions of about the rightful winner of the out of victory in the 2009 presi- the 1990s civil war. June 14 election. dential election against incum- Many of Ghani’s supporters are The United Nations moved rap- bent President Hamid Karzai and Pashtuns in the south and east, idly to try to save Afghanistan’s says history is repeating itself via while Abdullah’s loyalists are Election workers count ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off in Kabul yesterday. first democratic transfer of power massive ballot-rigging in favour Tajiks and other northern groups. by asking Ashraf Ghani, the other of Ghani, whose camp denies the With both candidates claim- presidential candidate, also to charge. ing victory, Karzai has raised government’. while officials have stressed the audit would continue. of 150,000 in 2012 to just 44,300 remove his observers from the Abdullah won the first-round the stakes by insisting that his denied reports that some cur- Western nations, which have now, with Afghan soldiers and vote-checking process. election in April out of a field of successor will be inaugurated rent ministers planned to set up sent tens of thousands of troops police struggling to beat back new The stand-off between eight candidates, but preliminary next Tuesday. “We will not join a ‘interim administration’ to take and billions of dollars worth of Taliban offensives in the south Abdullah, a former anti-Taliban results from the June run-off the process today, and maybe we power. aid to Afghanistan since 2001, still and east. resistance fighter, and Ghani, showed that he was far behind will not rejoin the process at all,” “Afghanistan faces enormous, hope that a credible election will Moradian Dawood, director of an ex-World Bank economist, Ghani. “Because we don’t want Fazel Aqa Hussain Sancharaki, a formidable challenges...for which be a flagship legacy of progress the Afghan Institute for Strategic has threatened to revive ethnic any problems to be created, and spokesman for the Abdullah cam- it requires not only a legitimate made since the austere Taliban Studies, said the two presidential unrest as US-led Nato combat based on the UN request, our paign said. government, but one based on the era. rivals were using different ‘levers’ troops prepare to exit by the end team decided to withdraw from Furious allies of Abdullah have broadest level of support across US-led foreign troop num- to try to plot their way to power. of this year. the process too,” said Ghani’s pushed him to form a ‘parallel the country,” said Haysom, who bers have declined from a peak AFP

25 rebels die New Taliban group vows attacks Pakistan, India agree to in Afghan raids reduce tensions at border KABUL: At least 25 Taliban ISLAMABAD: A new bloc showed around two dozen Taliban In May a faction of the Mehsud militants were killed and 6 oth- of the Pakistani Taliban has cadres in an undisclosed loca- tribe cut ties with the TTP. The ISLAMABAD: India and to ensure peace in the coming ers were injured during military vowed to carry on the move- tion, announcing the creation of Mehsuds were widely seen as the Pakistan’s directors general of days. operations by Afghan national ment’s campaign of bombings the new Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group, most important group in the TTP military operations (DGMOs) The working boundary dividing security forces in the past 24 and shootings, in the mili- to be headed by Maulana Qasim and their loss was regarded as a spoke to each other on hotline the disputed Kashmir region has hours. tants’ first video message since Khorasani. major blow. yesterday in a bid to defuse ten- recently witnessed a spike in ten- The operations were jointly a major army assault on their A written statement at the The militants insisted the lat- sions along the heavily milita- sions and exchange of firing from conducted by Afghan national strongholds. end of the footage vowed to ‘con- est move was not a split. “Let me rised Line of Control (LoC). both sides. police, Afghan national army Senior commanders announced tinue our armed struggle for the make it very clear that we have “Both sides mutually agreed to Last week, Pakistan suggested and Afghan intelligence National the creation of a new hardline enforcement of Islamic Sharia’. not broken our ways from TTP,” reduce tension along the Line of India to hold an urgent meeting Directorate of Security (NDS) grouping within the umbrella “There were divisions and fac- Omar Khalid, who will head the Control and working boundary,” of the two countries’ DGMOs in operatives. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan tions inside the movement and new group’s intelligence wing, said. read a short statement from the order to discuss the situation at Interior ministry following (TTP) but insisted they were not several commanders had broken “We want to provide such a Inter-Services Public Relations the border and ‘stop the current a statement said that the mili- splitting from the movement. their ways. This situation com- platform through which we can (ISPR). spate of firing along the working tants were killed or injured in The Pakistani military has been pelled us to from a new group,” continue our jihad in Pakistan.” Sources said that during the boundary’. Nangarhar, Nuristan, Baghlan, waging a major assault on TTP Qari Shakil Ahmad Haqqani, a A Taliban commander yester- conversation, both sides discussed Ceasefire violations along Kunduz, Faryab, Kandahar, bases in North Waziristan tribal senior Taliban commander, said. day confirmed the new group but the prevailing situation along the LoC and working boundary Maidan Wardak, Logar and area since mid-June and says it The TTP, a loose coalition of dif- said it was not clear whether it with the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistan and India con- Paktia provinces, according to the has crippled the militants’ com- ferent militant outfits, was riven would work against the TTP’s offi- and the working boundary. tinue intermittently, with casual- Afghan (Khaama Press). mand and control structure. by infighting in the months lead- cial leader Maulana Fazlullah or Both sides agreed to share ties reported on both sides. The statement further added The video, posted online, ing up to the military operation. support him. AFP certain information with a view INTERNEWS that two Taliban militants were also arrested during the operations. Afghan security forces confis- cated various types of light and heavy weapons along with explo- Afghan leader sives during the operations, inte- rior ministry said. will not attend The statement by interior ministry also added that Afghan Nato summit national police (ANP) forces dis- covered and seized 18 rounds of KABUL: President Hamid improvised explosive device (IED) Karzai will not attend a key during operations in Kunduz, Nato summit next week because Uruzgan, Paktia and Paktika of his disagreements with provinces. Washington over Afghan secu- rity needs after most foreign troops leave his country at the PML-N assures end of 2014, his spokesman said on Tuesday. 4m new jobs The September 4-5 summit in Wales is meant to determine how LAHORE: As the PML-N govt much aid Afghan security forces has been facing a tough time will get after Nato’s combat mis- due to protests, a Provincial sion ends. Minister for Excise, Taxation The alliance wants a smaller and Finance Mujtaba Shujaur force to stay beyond 2014 to train Rehman has said four million and advise the security forces but jobs will be provided while two it needs the Kabul government’s million people would be trained Pakistani Rangers cordon off parliament during an ongoing protest by followers of Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri in Islamabad yesterday. consent -- something Karzai has in a bid to make them self-suffi- refused to give. cient to earn livelihood. “It is because of his views and The minister said that the his position on the continuation Punjab government wanted to of US and Nato military presence improve the growth rate of the beyond 2014,” Karzai’s spokesman province up to eight percent in Aimal Faizi said. the next four years, which would Sharif defiant amid protest crisis “There is no change in that pull more than seven million peo- and the conditions are the same,” ple out of the poverty line. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s The crisis has rattled Sharif’s Pakistan will continue with full rigging claims in some seats, but Faizi said, adding that Karzai had He said 95 percent discretion- embattled prime minister said government 15 months into a five- determination and God willing Khan rejected the offer. responded to the Nato invitation ary funds are spent on treatment yesterday he would not cave in year term and prompted rumours there will not be any interrup- The government has also set by saying either his successor as and financial help of poor people. to protests demanding his res- the army may intervene to resolve tion in it.” up a parliamentary committee Afghan president or a member of He said 36 percent of the develop- ignation, striking a defiant note matters -- and in doing so effec- He said the plan to boost to look at electoral reform and the current government would ment budget had been allocated in his first major speech since tively put the elected government Pakistan’s ailing economy through Sharif urged Khan’s Pakistan attend instead. for South Punjab. the crisis erupted two weeks under its thumb. major development and infra- Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party to Karzai’s relationship with He said the government’s prior- ago. In a country that has seen structure projects -- a key plank support it. Washington has soured during ity was the education and health Nawaz Sharif told parliament three military coups, the threat of of the PML-N manifesto -- would “We want to bring reforms in his final term in office and he has sectors and the development his government would not be army intervention casts a shadow continue. all areas as we have to think about refused to sign a bilateral security budget of the current fiscal year thrown off course by the demon- over virtually every moment of Khan has alleged massive the future generation and find deal with the US allowing its troops was 17 percent more as compared strations led by former cricketer political crisis. cheating in the May 2013 poll, ways to take the country towards to stay beyond this year, demand- to the previous year. Imran Khan and populist cleric But Sharif told lawmakers though international observers the destination of progress,” he ing certain conditions be met first. He said power generation and Tahir-ul-Qadri. his Pakistan Muslim League-N said the vote was largely free and added. Those conditions include end- elimination of load-shedding were Thousands of Khan and Qadri (PML-N) government would stay fair. The protests in Islamabad have ing military operations on Afghan foremost priorities and 1,320 followers have been camped out- the course. Shortly before Khan and Qadri so far been peaceful, with security homes, taking steps towards mak- megawatts of electricity would be side parliament since August 15 “We are not going to be diverted began their protests with ‘long forces -- deployed in huge numbers ing peace with the Taliban and available after the completion of demanding Sharif quit, claiming by these things,” he said. marches’ from the eastern city in the capital -- taking a hands-off returning Afghan inmates held at the Sahiwal power plant. the election which swept him to “The journey for the suprem- of Lahore, Sharif announced a approach to the demonstrations. Guantanamo prison camp. AGENCIES power last year was rigged. acy of constitution and law in judicial commission to investigate AFP REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 PM should avoid tainted ministers: SC Supreme Court’s order an indirect advice to Modi to drop ministers having criminal background: Congress

NEW DELHI: The Supreme “This is what the constitution those with criminal background Court yesterday said that suggests and that is the constitu- from his government. the prime minister was not tional expectation from the prime “Indirectly the Supreme Court expected to make people fac- minister. Rest has to be left to the has advised the prime minister ing heinous charges ministers wisdom of the prime minister. We of the country to drop all these although there can be no bar on say nothing more, nothing less.” 13-14 ministers who have crimi- who is taken into the ministry. The majority judgement said nal backgrounds. Before becoming A constitution bench said this what was valid for the prime min- the prime minister of the country in a majority verdict by Chief ister was also applicable to chief and the elections, he must have Justice R M Lodha, Justice Dipak ministers. said that my cabinet will be clean Misra and Justice S A Bobde. Justice Lokur said in a separate and we are going to fight corrup- Justice Madan B Lokur and judgement: “Not only is the quan- tion,” Congress leader Rashid Alvi Justice Kurian Joseph gave sepa- tum of sentence relevant but the said. “It is the responsibility of the rate judgements but concurred nature of the offence that might prime minister to drop all of them with the majority view. disqualify a person from becoming and take action,” he added. Chief Justice Lodha, Justice a legislator is equally important.” Trinamool Congress member Misra and Justice Bobde said that He said the offences and the and former railway minister while interpreting article 75(1) sentence to be awarded for the Dinesh Trivedi said criminals of the constitution, disqualifica- purpose of disqualifying a person have no place in parliament. tion cannot be added to prevent from being elected to a legislature “Criminals have no place in par- a person facing heinous and seri- were matters for parliament to liament, forget being a minister. ous offences including corruption debate and consider. People with hardcore criminal from becoming a minister. But Justice Lokur said: “This record have no place in the legis- The court said this while exam- being the position, the burden of lative assembly and parliament... ining the scope and purpose of appointing a suitable person as a There is a need to clean public articles 75(1) and 164(1) of the minister in the central govern- life,” Trivedi said. constitution. ment lies entirely on the shoul- Lawyer Rakesh Dwivedi, the amicus curiae in the case on criminal politicians, speaks to the media in front of the However, Bharatiya Janata In 2005, a man named Manoj ders of the prime minister and Supreme Court in New Delhi yesterday. India’s top court said lawmakers with criminal backgrounds should not Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Narula moved the court regard- may eminently be left to his or serve in government, with 13 ministers facing charges for attempted murder, rioting and other offences. Swamy said that even if a person ing ministers with criminal past. her good sense.” has an FIR against him, he can- In March 2006, the matter was Justice Joseph said: “I am of the his ministers, the majority ver- expected to act with constitu- elements or persons who are fac- not be labelled a criminal. “Even if referred to the constitution bench firm view that the prime minis- dict said: “We cannot be oblivious tional responsibility as a conse- ing charges in certain category of there is an FIR against a person, which heard it this year. ter and the chief minister will be of the three concepts: constitu- quence of which the cherished offences may thwart or hinder the it can’t be said that the person has Speaking for the majority, well advised to consider avoiding tional morality, good governance values of democracy and estab- canons of constitutional morality a criminal background. Or even a Justice Misra said: “The prime any person in the council of min- and constitutional trust.” lished norms of good governance or principles of good governance police chargesheet does not make minister, while living up to the isters against whom charges have Saying the prime minister has get condignly fructified.” and eventually diminish the con- a person have a criminal back- trust reposed in him, would con- been framed by a criminal court been regarded as the “repository of The Court said the “the fram- stitutional trust”. ground,” he said. “However, charges sider not choosing a person with in respect of offences involving constitutional trust”, the court said ers of the constitution left many Meanwhile, the Congress said can be framed by the court after criminal antecedents against moral turpitude and also offences the use of the words “on the advice a thing unwritten by repos- the Supreme Court’s order say- hearing the police version and the whom charges have been framed specifically referred to in the of the prime minister” cannot be ing immense trust in the prime ing that people in conflict with defence of the accused... but even for heinous or serious criminal Representation of the People Act.” allowed to lose their significance. minister”. law should not be made ministers on such matters the law is not very offences or charges of corruption While conceding the prime “In a controlled constitution The prime minister has to was an indirect advice to Prime clear,” he said. to become a minister... minister’s prerogative to select like ours, the prime minister is “bear in mind that unwarranted Minister Narendra Modi to drop IANS

First batch of Haj pilgrims from Kashmir departs Minister unveils Giving bank accounts to dot Bharat domain name all a huge task: Experts NEW DELHI: Telecommuni- NEW DELHI: Premier to 75 million more households by cations and IT Minister Ravi Narendra Modi has put a pledge 2018, and to have two account- Shankar Prasad yesterday to give bank accounts to all holders per household. unveiled the dot Bharat domain Indians on a war footing, but “India is at a crossroads with a name, an official statement said experts say taking banking to unique opportunity to re-invent here. rural areas where many people its approach to financial inclu- Most of the future expansion have no identity papers will be a sion,” said Vijay Advani, execu- of the Internet is going to come huge challenge. tive vice-president of Franklin from Asia, Africa and the devel- In developed nations, bank Templeton Investments. oping world. Local languages, con- branches are everywhere. But Modi is pushing to transform tent and culture will increasingly banking services in India leave India into a modern economy become important themes for the out nearly half the 1.2 billion where money goes from account future expansion of the Internet, population, putting poor people to account rather than pocket the minister said, adding that at the mercy of moneylenders to pocket. Under his scheme, mobile devices and applications as who charge usurious interest for each account-holder would also well as social media will be impor- emergency loans for sickness or get a debit card and a Rs100,000 tant determinants of this growth. routine purchases such as buy- ($1,600) sickness insurance policy. The National Internet ing seeds. But there are many hurdles Exchange of India and the Centre Just 145 million of India’s 247 to achieving Modi’s goal, among A Haj pilgrim kisses the face of her relative as she leaves for pilgrimage to Makkah, in Srinagar. The first for Development of Advanced million households have access them a lack of identity docu- group of 275 Kashmiri Muslims left for Makkah yesterday. Computing have been working to a bank account, census figures ments. Would-be bank customers for the last two years on the dot show. According to the World have to produce a host of docu- Bharat domain name. Bank, 73 percent of farmers have ments from birth certificates to The dot Bharat ccTLD (coun- no formal source of credit. While residence proofs that many poor try code top-level domain) is the drive for universal banking Indians do not possess. shared by other Indian languages access dates back decades, India “I’d like my own bank account such as Boro, Dogri, Konkani, is still far from its goal. Now Modi but I have to use a friend’s Kerala to set up academic city Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and is taking a personal stake in the account to save — I don’t have the Sindhi-Devanagari and the end quest. papers,” said Pushpa Kumari, who THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: after the weekly cabinet meeting. state government will have a 26 user can now get domain names “We want to integrate the runs an at-home Delhi manicure The Kerala cabinet yester- “A few places for the proposed percent stake. The company will in these languages apart from poorest of the poor with bank service. “For the common man, day approved the setting up of project have also been identified,” be set up under the public-private Hindi, the statement said. accounts,” Modi said in his August the opening of a bank account is an academic city in the state he added. At the Dubai Academic participation model. This is soon to be followed in 15 speech, remarking that while a Herculean task,” said N S N similar to the Dubai Academic City, there are 43,000 students “A team of highly qualified the coming months by similar there has been a telecommuni- Reddy, chief manager of the state- City, Chief Minister Oommen from 137 countries studying in experts from the various fields of launches in regional languages cations revolution in India, there run Andhra Bank. Chandy announced here. more than 400 different educa- education would be drawn and a such as Tamil, Gujarati, Punjabi, has been no similar banking Central Bank Governor “We had set up a committee tional programmes. chairman of outstanding repute Urdu, Telugu and Bangla. revolution. Raghuram Rajan has said the of experts to look into this pro- The committee that has been would be appointed to take forward The minister said e-commerce “There are millions of families scheme will set the poor on the posal and after visiting the Dubai asked to work on this project has this project,” said Chandy. It was is going to bring in revolutionary who have mobile phones but no road to “economic independence”, Academic City they are convinced already zeroed down on three also decided to conduct road shows changes in the economic activities bank accounts. We have to change supplying insurance and provid- that a similar one can be set up in locations and has proposed to set to popularise the academic city. of rural India. this scenario,” said Modi, who ing credit to entrepreneurs. the state,” Chandy told reporters up a company for this, where the IANS IANS aims to provide bank accounts AFP Now BJP regrets raking up issue of ‘Love Jihad’

LUCKNOW: Some within the party meet, party leaders upped the ante on Party leaders trained their guns on trains its guns on the ruling Samajwadi are calling it a self-goal. And more “Love Jihad” — allegation by Hindu the BJP, accusing it of spreading com- Party. Saanya, a young woman from than one party leader admits it was outfits that Muslims marry Hindu munal poison. BJP leaders now blame Rae Bareli who married a Muslim a mistake raking up the issue of women and then force them to embrace Bajpayi for being “overzealous” in pub- seven years ago, says she finds the “Love Jihad” in politically sensitive Islam. BJP leaders like Vinay Katiyar lic utterances. “Bajpayi has a penchant “Love Jihad” accusation disturbing. Uttar Pradesh. and Bajpayi discussed and debated the for melodramatic words in public dis- The resident of Indira Nagar here Several leaders now say that Uttar topic in the party forum and insisted it course which should be avoided at all said that she coaxed her husband, Ali Pradesh party president Laxmikant should figure in the political resolution. costs because they harm the party’s Hasan, to vote for the BJP in this Lok Bajpayi went overboard in propagating Union minister Kalraj Mishra, prospects,” a party leader said. Sabha polls and now feels let down. the concept before the leadership in New who represented BJP president Amit Many said that the BJP won 71 of “Why are they raising such issues?” Delhi gently pulled up the state unit. Shah at Vrindavan, played along and the 80 Lok Sabha seats in May while she asked. Like her, many others have With by-elections due on September appeared to be convinced that the slo- harping on issues of good governance raised the same question. 13 to 11 assembly seats, the Bharatiya gan was a vote-catcher. The tempo was and economic development. While Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, a Janata Party was a divided house when scaled down only after a nudge from the state unit of the BJP continues to member of the Muslim Personal Law its state executive met in Vrindavan. the national leadership — read Prime claim that there is increasing sexual Board, says there is no such thing as Party sources say while it is fine to Minister Narendra Modi. assaults on Hindu women by mem- “Love Jihad”. “There have been stray consolidate Hindu votes, one must be Reliable sources say the central lead- bers of another community, the “Love incidents where conversions have been careful raking up issues that can com- ers were so miffed at the “Love Jihad” Jihad” concept has gone underground. done for marital purposes but for that munally polarise the state, and in the nomenclature that Home Minister It will be left to groups like the the entire community cannot be held process alienate the politically uncom- Rajnath Singh flew to Assam, giving a Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang guilty,” Mahali said. “The BJP only mitted Hindu. slip to the Vrindavan conclave. Dal to take up the issue. On its part, wants communal polarisation.” On the first day of the Vrindavan Meanwhile, Congress and Samajwadi the BJP will focus on development as it IANS

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821 passengers being tracked Rajnath threatens to quit for Ebola: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: A total of 821 passengers are now being tracked Home Minister upset over charges of misconduct levelled against his son for the deadly Ebola virus, the health ministry said yesterday. Most of them are in the states of Maharashtra, Kerala and Tamil NEW DELHI: The Prime politics and sit at home,” he told he said there were “baseless and the ticket. Insiders say Rajnath Nadu. Two passengers — a doctor and a physiotherapist — who Minister’s Office (PMO) and reporters here. imaginary rumours” regarding Singh feels a ministerial colleague were admitted in the RML Hospital for further treatment after BJP president Amit Shah yes- In no time, the PMO and Rajnath Singh and his son. was to blame for the “rumours”. being tested negative for Ebola, have responded to anti-malarial terday came out in support of Shah issued separate statements “As the party president, I Asked if political rivalry was treatment and are free of fever now, a statement said. One of them Home Minister Rajnath Singh dismissing the reports as base- believe the conduct of all our min- hurting him, he said: “I will say has now been discharged. Meanwhile, 113 people, including two after he threatened to quit over less and motivated. But it was isters is of the highest standard, nothing.” Nepalese nationals, have been brought back from Liberia to India. charges of unexplained miscon- not clear what exactly were the and such propaganda is baseless. The Congress took a jibe at the All of them were found to be healthy, except one who had fever duct levelled against his son. allegations. “As far as Rajnath Singh is home minister. “The Congress and a sore throat. He has been discharged from the quarantine- Upset over “rumours” that his The PMO said reports in recent concerned, he is one of our sen- will like to know what allegation cum-isolation facility at the Delhi airport after testing negative for son Pankaj Singh was not fielded weeks linking Modi’s apparent iormost ministers... I strongly is Rajnathji and his son facing Ebola. State governments have been requested to ensure tracking in the coming assembly bye- displeasure over “the conduct of condemn the rumours and feel which are being denied,” party and monitoring of these passengers. Since Tuesday, 148 passengers elections in Uttar Pradesh due some union ministers and alleged personally hurt by them.” leader Ajay Maken said. from the affected countries have arrived at the airports of Mumbai to alleged misconduct, Rajnath misconduct of the home minister’s Pankaj Singh, 36, is a second- “We also want to ask who (30), Delhi (92), Kochi (8), Bangalore (15) and Chennai (3). Singh said he would give up poli- son” were “plain lies”. time general secretary of the BJP (hurled) these allegations on the tics if any of the allegations were “The reports are plain lies, moti- in Uttar Pradesh. home minister since the Congress Cabinet allows yearly quota of 12 proven to be true. vated and constitute a malicious He was reportedly keen on has not done so,” he said. An emotive minister said there attempt at character assassination fighting the Lok Sabha polls from Marxist leader Sitaram LPG cylinders to be taken anytime were “rumours about me and my and tarnishing the image of the Ghaziabad which was vacated by Yechury said the episode betrayed family” for 15-20 days. “I thought government,” the statement said. his father, a former Uttar Pradesh infighting in the BJP. “The NEW DELHI: The union cabinet yesterday removed the restric- the rumours have no basis so “Those indulging in such chief minister and a former BJP infighting is quite evident.” tion of supply of only one subsidised LPG cylinder to a household (they) will settle down. However, rumour-mongering are damaging president. Janata Dal-United chief Sharad per month brought in by the previous UPA government, thus per- I am seeing the rumours have only the interest of the nation. These But the seat was allotted to Yadav came out in support of mitting consumers to avail their quota of 12 cylinders anytime intensified. reports are strongly denied.” former army chief V K Singh. Rajnath Singh. “He is a clean of the year. “The cabinet came to a conclusion that this system “If any allegation, big or small, Shah said the conduct of all Pankaj Singh then reportedly and honest politician. These alle- is causing problem to the people. Sometimes people do not need is prima facie proven against me BJP ministers was of the high- voiced his desire to fight the bye- gations cannot be true, they are one, sometimes during festive season demand is more,” Telecom or my family members, I will quit est level. In a statement in Hindi, election from Noida but didn’t get baseless,” Yadav said. IANS and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said. “Looking at the benefit of people, that condition has been done away with. Now they will get 12 cylinders at subsidised rate,” he added. “Previous government on February 28, 2014 had decided that 12 subsidised cylinders will be given to people. But there was a clause that you have to take 1 cylinder every month,” Prasad said. Over 12 lakh hit Lalu fine after three surgeries by Assam floods MUMBAI: RJD chief Lalu Prasad yesterday underwent a mara- thon six hour-15 minute long surgery here to treat his heart condi- GUWAHATI: Assam will set up an author- tion, doctors said. His condition was said to be fine. “We performed ity to strengthen the existing embank- three procedures on him - for an aortic valve replacement, an aor- ments and build new ones, Chief Minister tic repair and repairing a 3mm hole in the heart,” heart surgeon Tarun Gogoi said yesterday, as the mighty Ramakanta Panda said after the surgeries. Lalu Prasad is now in Brahmaputra and its tributaries continued the intensive cardiac care unit and is likely to be discharged within to flow above the danger level, affecting 10-12 days, said Panda, the chief of the Asian Heart Institute at the over 12 lakh people in 16 districts. Bandra Kurla Complex here. “He tolerated the surgeries very well “The state government would constitute and I think he may be fit for part-time political activities in a fort- a Flood and Erosion Protection Authority night and fulltime in a month,” Panda said. The Rashtriya Janata with funding of Rs.1,000 crore on its own to Dal president was admitted to the hospital Monday, and was diag- strengthen the existing embankments and nosed on Tuesday with aortic stenosis necessitating the surgeries. build new ones to replace the ones that have outlived their utility,” Gogoi said. Panel to review obsolete laws According to the State Disaster Management Authority, 12,65,449 people have NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday been affected in 2,093 villages in 16 districts. approved the constitution of a committee to identify obsolete laws, The floods have forced 163,052 people to take an official statement said. The committee will submit its report shelter in 212 relief camps. within three months, so that a comprehensive bill can be intro- Over 12 lakh people have been affected in duced in the winter session of parliament, based on its recom- floods in 16 districts and at least 10 have died mendations. The committee will examine all Acts recommended since August 18. In Lakhimpur district, flood to be repealed by the Committee on Review of Administrative waters have affected 240 villages and about Laws, which was appointed by the government of Atal Bihari 1.14 lakh people. Over 7,800 hectares of cro- Vajpayee in 1998. “The prime minister has expressed concern pland have been affected. In the worst-hit A one-horned rhinoceros and its calf wade through flood waters at a submerged area of the Pobitora that out of the 1,382 Acts recommended for repeal by that com- Dhemaji district, 3.2 lakh people have been wildlife sanctuary in Assam yesterday. About 80 percent of the sanctuary is under flood waters caused mittee, only 415 have been repealed so far,” the Prime Minister’s affected in 718 villages. Around 44,000 hec- by the overflowing Brahmaputra river. Office said. The committee will be chaired by PMO Secretary tares of cropland have been hit. IANS R Ramanujam. Former secretary of the legislative department V K Bhasin will be its other member. IANS SC tells DLF: Deposit Saradha scam: CBI grills two businessmen

KOLKATA: The CBI yesterday 11.30am after receiving the sum- minister Matang Sinh had taken arrested Saturday by the CBI Rs630 crore penalty grilled Kolkata-based entrepre- mons. Ghosh was earlier arrested Rs28 crore from him promising following several hours of grill- neur Santanu Ghosh, also the June 24 by the Enforcement to hand over 50 percent of the ing. Sen had alleged that Ghosh chairman of the now-defunct Directorate, which is also probing shares in Bengali television chan- forced him to buy his automobile NEW DELHI: The Supreme the COMPAT. Salve said the Xenitis Group, and another the scandal. He got conditional nel NE Bangla. company with “huge liabilities”. Court yesterday penalised real addition of floors by DLF in no businessman Rajesh Bajaj, bail two days back as the agency However, Sen claimed he nei- The letter also accused East estate giant DLF Rs630 crore way impacted adversely the flat based in Assam, in connec- was yet to submit a chargesheet. ther got the shares nor was the Bengal official Debabrata Sarkar for exploiting its dominant allotees of the original building tion with the multi-crore-rupee He was nabbed by the money returned. But speaking to and his accomplices including position to the disadvantage of plan that envisaged the 19-storey Saradha scam. Enforcement Directorate the media outside the CBI head- Agarwal, of extorting over Rs.40 its customers in three projects housing complex. Ghosh, whose business ventures under the Prevention of Money quarters, Bajaj said the cheque has crore from him, to cover up a in Gurgaon. He also assailed the CCI order included computer and computer Laundering Act. been handed over to the Bidhan probe then being conducted by The bench of Justice Ranjana of August 12, 2011, which was sus- components manufacturing and Guwahati-based businessman Nagar police Commissionerate, market regulator SEBI. Prakash Desai and Justice N V tained by the COMPAT in 2013, automobile business, is said to Bajaj, who too faced CBI grilling, which earlier probed the scam. Sarkar is also under arrest. The Ramana said DLF would furnish saying that the Commission could have taken a huge loan from the said the government should have Meanwhile, another Kolkata Saradha scam came to light in an undertaking to pay Rs170 not have imposed penalty based Saradha group, but did not return arrested the chit fund master- businessman, Sandhir Agarwal — April 2013 after the group downed crore interest on the penalty of on the three year average of the the money. minds four-five years back. arrested for his alleged complicity shutters without repaying lakhs of Rs630 crore or the amount that entire turnover of DLF’s real He reached the Central Bureau Scam kingpin and Saradha in the scam — was sent to CBI investors, who had parked their hard the court may direct it to pay by estate operations in the country. of Investigation (CBI) office at promoter Sudipta Sen in his tell- custody till September 1. earned money in the group compa- way of interest if its appeal fails He said it should have been the Central Government Office all letter to the CBI April last Agarwal, accused by Sen of nies, lured by the promise of astro- in the Supreme Court. restricted to Rs1,100 crore — the Complex in Salt Lake area at year alleged that former union extorting money from him, was nomically high returns. IANS The court said DLF will deposit sale price of three housing com- Rs50 crore of the Rs630 crore plexes. The CCI told the court within three weeks and the bal- that DLF used its dominant posi- ance of Rs580 crore within three tion to the disadvantage of the Clegg visits Airbus facility in Bangalore months from yesterday. flat allottees. “It is an exploita- The court directed the regis- tion of disadvantaged customers New e-service brings try to put this amount in a fixed who were trapped”, counsel Amit deposit in a nationalised bank. In Sibal, who appeared for the CCI, doctor to your doorstep a statement, DLF said the “appeal told the court. KOLKATA: Got a medical issue in the mid- filed by DLF against the order He said the flat allottees were dle of the night but don’t know who to call? of the Competition Appellate asked to shell out more money Don’t worry! A new website virtually deliv- Tribunal (COMPAT) has been after additional floors were added ers healthcare at your doorstep. admitted today (Wednesday) by which also resulted in the delay of EUOR.in or ‘Everything You Obviously the Supreme Court.” It said the the project by two years. Require’, launched here yesterday, provides Supreme Court has “directed Sibal said DLF presented a fait services like doctors’ opinion, diagnostics, DLF to deposit Rs630 crore in accompli before the flat allottees as physiotherapy and rehabilitation for the resi- an interest-bearing fixed deposit they had the option of either pay- dents of Kolkata. with the court for the duration of ing extra money as demanded by “Just at a click of a button, one can talk to the appeal proceedings. DLF or exiting and getting only the our doctors to seek primary advice at any time “The amount is to be deposited money they had paid for the flat of the day. One need not go through the has- within a period of three months, refunded along with interest. sles of booking appointments, plus the cost is a of which Rs50 crore is to be He said DLF never told the nominal Rs100,” Sudipto Shome, board mem- deposited within three weeks.” applicants that there would be ber EUOR.in, said. Also on offer are rehabilita- The entire deposit is subject to additional floors in the three com- tion solutions for alcoholics and drug addicts. the final decision of the Supreme plexes and all they were told was EUOR.in is partnered in its venture by Court, DLF said. DLF will take that they will apply for additional leading hospitals, laboratories and diagnostic all steps to comply with the direc- floors. Sibal said that applying for centres in the city. One can avail membership tions of the Supreme Court and the additional floors and having of Euor.in via an online process at a cost of remains confident of the merits of permission for additional floors Rs199. A single membership card covers two its case, the statement said. were two distinct things. British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during his visit to the UK-based Airbus facility in adults and two children and can be topped During the hearing, counsel Sibal said any delay in making Bangalore yesterday. Clegg is leading a business delegation to promote investment in sectors up through health cash cards available at all Harish Salve assailed the order the payment towards the flat used like food, retail, defence and aerospace. chemist shops. The company will extend the of the Competition Commission to attract 18 percent interest and service via mobile phone apps as well. of India and its being upheld by they had no option. IANS IANS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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VENICE: The Venice film nothing against glamour, but festival kicked off yesterday it cannot be the only compo- with the arrival of interna- nent in a festival. The idea is tional stars for a fortnight to explore cinema today in all dominated by art house tales its complexities,” he said. of war, poetry and the mafia. He said two directors who Tim Roth of “Reservoir Dogs” had been expected at the fes- and “Pulp Fiction” fame could be tival were unable to make it seen relaxing ahead of the open- because they had been impris- ing night’s red carpet, where he oned -- Iran’s Mohammadi is expected to dazzle alongside Mahnaz and Ukraine’s Oleh Emma Stone (“Easy A!”) and a Sentsov, charged respectively boyish looking Edward Norton for propaganda against the (“American History X”). regime and a “terrorist” plot The first flick to take the -- and called for their swift stage at the world’s oldest film release. festival will be Mexican director The festival is bringing a Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s new generation of artists to Revelllers poor tomato pulp onto a man during the annual “tomatina” “Birdman or the Unexpected the Lido this year with its first festivities in the village of Bunol, near Valencia in Spain, yesterday. Virtue of Ignorance”, starring edition of a gap-financing mar- Michael Keaton, who starred in ket -- which matches young “Beetlejuice” and two “Batman” producers in need of funds Tourists revel at Spain films. with investors and distributors Other hotly-awaited world —as well as Final Cut, which premieres include “Good Kill” showcases finished films from tomato-squishing fiesta by New Zealand’s Andrew Africa and the Middle East Niccol, starring Ethan Hawke as to buyers. There is buzz from BUNOL, SPAIN: Revellers pelted each other with tomatoes and a drone operator in Afghanistan, critics already over the only bathed in red goo yesterday in Spain’s Tomatina, a fiesta that draws and David Gordon Green’s first feature competing for the thousands each year for “the world’s biggest food fight”. “Manglehorn” with Al Pacino Lion, “Sivas” by Turkey’s Kaan Locals and visitors from as far away as Australia, Japan and the as an ex-con turned locksmith Mujdeci, about a young boy United States crammed into the eastern town of Bunol as mushy with a broken heart. who befriends a dog he saves tomatoes flew in every direction in a world-famous orgy of mush. French film composer in a bid to protect himself from “It was mental. Crazy. People jumping around, throwing tomatoes Alexandre Desplat — whose doz- a violent society. and slipping over,” said Alex Harris, 20, from Dorset in England, his ens of works include the scores American Ramin Bahrani T-shirt torn and chest drenched in juice. for “The King’s Speech” and looks at the fallout of the eco- “It was awesome. Hectic, chaotic, not for the claustrophobic,” said “Harry Potter and the Deathly nomic crisis with his drama “99 Ben Brown, a London-based Australian with a head plastered with red Hallows” — is heading up the Homes” about a father trying pulp. “It’s the most fun you’ll have in an hour in your life.” main jury at the festival, which to recover his house after an One of Spain’s quirkiest and best-known tourist draws, the Tomatina runs until September 6. eviction, while Russia’s Andrei was stained this year by a row over its privatisation. Desplat denied suggestions Konchalovsky dwells on loneli- Mindful of safety and money, the indebted local authorities last year that being the first non-actor ness in “The Postman’s White began charging revellers an entry fee and hired a private company, or director to head up the jury Nights”. Spaintastic, to sell tickets. would be a hinderance, saying The only documentary in he had worked with some of the competition is “The Look of best directors today. Silence”, Joshua Oppenheimer’s Nasa developing robot “We are not here to be dar- follow-up to his acclaimed 2012 ing or audacious but discover “The Act of Killing”, which this troops to explore alien worlds new worlds, films, subject, faces time sees Indonesian genocide — and hopefully have fun, too,” survivors confront the killers WASHINGTON: The US National Aeronautics and Space he said. Desplat was among of their brother. Administration (Nasa) is developing a new troop of robots that the cinema luminaries quaff- Out-of-competition slots could one day race across distant planets as a sort of space explo- ing prosecco at the festival’s have gone to US director Peter ration vanguard. Dubbed as “swarmies”, the remote controlled toy opening party on a roof terrace Bogdanovich’s “She’s Funny truck-like robots are much smaller than other robots such as Mars near Saint Mark’s Square in the That Way”, a comedy starring rover Curiosity. floating city on Tuesday, inau- Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf poses with young actor Dachi Orvelashvili Owen Wilson and Jennifer Equipped with a webcam, wi-fi antenna and GPS system for naviga- gurating two weeks of glamor- during a photocall for his movie The President presented in the “Orizzonti” Aniston, as well as American tion, the swarmies work like an ant colony, media reports said. ous beach galas and red-carpet selection at the 71st Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido yesterday. Lisa Cholodenko’s four-part Like an ant, once one of the robots finds something interesting, it ceremonies. HBO series “Olive Kitteridge”, can use radio communication to call its robotic brethren over to help Festival director Alberto the aim of the organisers had been to cre- starring Bill Murray, and pulp collect samples. A software developed by the engineers from NASA’s Barbera brushed off criticisms that this year’s ate space for high-quality, innovative flicks master Joe Dante’s horror comedy “Burying Kennedy Space Center in Florida directs the swarmies to fan out in edition was light on Hollywood stars, saying which risk falling through the cracks. “I have the Ex”. AFP different directions and search for a specific, predetermined material, like water on Mars. AGENCIES Thursday 28 August 2014 2 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 Volume 19 Number 6171 Price: QR2

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DOHA: The first phase of the the concluded phases of the QR27bn ($7.4bn) worth New 26-square-kilometre project and Port Project is set to be opera- the remaining ones. tional by the end of 2016 with The Prime Minister learned the initial capacity to accom- about the divisions of the new modate two million contain- port such as the economic zone, ers, which will eventually be the commercial port and the increased to six million con- naval base. He expressed pleas- tainers once the project is fully ure that work is going in line with complete by 2020. the time-frame set by the govern- This was announced during ment, voicing his optimism that a ceremony held for placing the the project will conclude ahead last precast concrete block of the of schedule. new port’s Quay Wall patron- He also called for finishing ized by the Prime Minister and the project within time-frames Interior Minister H E Sheikh in order to cope with the ren- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa aissance Qatar is witnessing on Al Thani at project’s headquar- all fronts and achieve the Qatar ters in Mesaieed yesterday. National Vision 2030. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister, H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, being briefed on the development of the New Port Project The Minister of Economy and The Minister of Transport at the site office in north of Mesaieed Industrial zone yesterday. The Minister of Transport, H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, and the Minister of Economy Commerce, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Al Sulaiti pointed the pre- and Commerce, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, were also present. (AIYOOB ABDULLAH) Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani mier’s keenness on following up attended the ceremony along on the execution of the project the scheduled timeframe and the as 9,000 workers carry out the Abdullah Al Khanji, QPMC, Chief in water by the end of next year. with the Minister of Transport, and his support for the steering set budget. He also said that the project, increasing to 18,000 dur- Executive Officer and the General The basin’s wall comprises H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti committee. project is progressing ahead of ing rush times, Al Sulaiti said of Supervisor of the project. 35,224 stones each of them weighs and a number of senior officials Speaking at a press conference, schedule and that the full operation the new port that is planned to Al Khanji added that laying the 100 tons and is made up of a pre- at the Qatar Ports Management Al Sulaiti added that the prime of the port was pushed forward by compete with the largest ones in last stone to the wall of the new cast concrete block. Excavation Company (QPMC) and the minister is pleased that construc- ten years from 2030 to 2020. the Middle East. port’s basin signals the conclusion work in the basin is expected to project’s Steering Committee. tion is going according to the plan The multi-billion dollar project The Premier’s presence in yes- of around 45-50 percent of the complete in December, one month The premier listened to a and that he urged those in charge has so far recorded 45 million terday’s event is a huge push to project, noting that this step will be ahead of schedule. briefing by the committee on of the project to finish it within accident-free working hours everyone working on the project, followed by submerging the basin THE PENINSULA

Islamic bank Cost of borrowing for eurozone countries falls to record low BLME eyes first PARIS: The cost of borrow- The interest rate indicated by percent late on Tuesday. But market attention was also Hollande to enact reforms help- ing for eurozone countries fell French bonds, closely watched Records were also broken for focused on the surprise appoint- ing business and cutting public dividend in ’16 to record low levels yesterday, by the government since it Italian and Spanish 10-year debt. ment late on Tuesday of Macron spending. despite gloom over the economic determines the budget burden of The Italian yield fell to 2.372 per- as economy minister under The EU reacted to the creation LONDON: Bank of London outlook and crisis over policy in financing France’s debt mountain, cent from 2.413 percent, and the Finance Minister Michel Sapin. of the new government in Paris by and The Middle East (BLME), France. fell to a record low level despite Spanish rate to 2.097 percent He replaced renegade Arnaud warning France that it has “no Britain’s largest stand-alone Bond interest rates are falling the political upheaval, as did from 2.172 percent. Montebourg who precipitated the time to lose” in pushing ahead Islamic bank, aims to pay its on prospects that the European yields on several other eurozone A belief that the European dismissal of the previous govern- with deadlocked reforms. first dividend in early 2016 as Central Bank may ramp up cash bonds. Central Bank is moving towards ment on Monday with a weekend At Berenberg bank in London, the lender diversifies its rev- in the economy. The rate for French 10-year injecting money massively into speech attacking austerity poli- economist Christian Schultz enue and funding streams, its And although it appeared debt dropped to a record low of the eurozone economy to ward cies by France, Germany and the said that France was getting chief executive said yesterday. to have little immediate effect 1.249 percent from 1.275 percent. off deflation has pushed funds European Union. more serious about reforms, Founded in 2006 by Kuwait’s on market indicators, analysts The interest rate or yield indi- into bonds before market inter- Analysts, who have warned that and that Macron could turn Boubyan Bank, BLME has not welcomed the arrival of former cated by traded German 10-year est rates fall further. France now looks like the weak out to be a “much-needed pro- paid a dividend, but its net dis- banker Emmanuel Macron as bonds, the benchmark for the This has the automatic effect link in the eurozone, see Macron’s market influence in the Socialist tributable reserves are expected France’s new finance minister in eurozone, fell to a record low of pushing down the percentage appointment as a show of com- cabinet.” to reach a sufficient level in 2015, a reshuffled government. level of 0.915 percent from 0.939 interest carried by the bonds. mitment by President Francois AFP chief executive Humphrey Percy said in a conference call. “We have been constrained from having net distributable reserves...We expect Moscow motor show this to change...not in 2014, but only in 2015,” he said. Crude oil drops on Asked whether a dividend would be paid in 2016, Percy replied: “Absolutely, based on cur- rent forecasts...This is what we weak US demand anticipate.” London-based BLME, which pro- NEW YORK: Crude oil futures what traders call an “inside day.” vides corporate banking and wealth edged lower yesterday after a By 12:49 EDT (1649 GMT), US management services, posted a net report showed declining US crude fell 22 cents to $93.64 a bar- profit of £4m ($6.6m) in the first petrol demand in the world’s rel after settling 51 cents higher half of 2014, up from £1m during top oil consumer and a build on Tuesday on stronger US eco- the same period last year. at the key Cushing, Oklahoma nomic data. This was aided by diversifica- storage hub. Brent crude for October deliv- tion of revenue streams, with the In its weekly report, the ery fell by seven cents to $102.43 corporate banking division seeing US Energy Information a barrel after earlier rising to its total operating income grow Administration said US crude $103.07. Its premium to US crude 32.5 percent from a year earlier. oil stocks fell by a greater-than- widened 15 cents to $8.79 a bar- The Dubai-listed bank has expected 2.07 million barrels last rel, having hit to its largest in two reduced its reliance on short- week, but inventories at Cushing, months on Monday at $9.41. term funding sources: deposits the delivery point for US crude Oil benchmarks on both sides with maturities of more than one futures, rose 508,000 barrels. of the Atlantic have fallen by year now account for 34 percent The four-week average for pet- more than 10 percent since mid- of total deposits, up from 20 per- rol demand fell by 1.4 percent June and remain on track to post cent a year earlier. year-over-year. a second monthly fall against a BLME had total assets worth “The larger-than-expected backdrop of lower imports by the 1.3 billion pounds as of June, a 13 build at Cushing and decline in United States and slowing growth percent rise year-on-year. petrol demand are negatives, as is in China and Europe. The bank opened a Dubai repre- the smallish gasoline drawdown,” Traders were watching to see sentative office in the third quarter said John Kilduff, partner at whether the Buzzard oilfield of last year and listed its shares on Again Capital LLC in New York. in the North Sea would return Nasdaq Dubai in October, becom- Policemen look at a Chevrolet car during the Moscow International Automobile Salon in Krasnogorsk outside US crude failed to break quickly after shutting again for ing the first new equity listing in Moscow, yesterday. through Tuesday’s lows or highs, additional maintenance. Dubai for over four years. testing resistance at both ends in REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS QE benchmark pulls back 0.3 percent Petrochems lift Saudi to six-year high

DUBAI: Qatar Exchange’s bench- Group edged down 1.1 percent and mark pulled back 0.3 percent yes- Saudi British Bank was down 1.4 terday, dragged down by banks. percent. Shares in Masraf Al Rayan fell In Dubai, renewed speculation 2.3 percent, Qatar International in the shares of builder Arabtec, Islamic Bank dropped 3.2 percent which jumped 4.8 percent to and Qatar National Bank slipped Dh4.79 and was the market’s most 0.4 percent. heavily traded stock, helped lift Meanwhile, expectations of the emirate’s index 0.2 percent. strong global demand for petro- Investors buying Arabtec hope chemicals supported the uptrend that Abu Dhabi state fund Aabar in Saudi Arabia’s stock market Investments, a major shareholder yesterday, lifting the bourse to a in the firm, will soon buy at least fresh six-year high, while Dubai a part of the 27.90 percent stake builder Arabtec jumped on hopes held by Arabtec’s former chief that a key shareholder would executive Hasan Ismaik — and increase its stake. will pay a premium to the mar- Saudi Arabia’s main index rose ket price. 0.8 percent to 11,030 points, clos- Meanwhile, the Dubai-listed ing above 11,000 points for the shares of Bahrain’s Gulf Finance first time since January 2008. House closed 0.2 percent higher. Petrochemicals were among They had risen as much as 1.9 the main drivers; Saudi Basic percent intra-day after the firm French Prime Minister Manuel Valls (centre) meets guests at the French employers’ association Medef summer conference in Jouy-en-Josas, southwest Industries rose 1.2 percent, Saudi said it had secured a $105 mil- of Paris, yesterday. International Petrochemical Co lion credit facility from Kuwait (Sipchem) jumped 4.7 percent Finance House , which would help and Saudi Kayan Petrochemical GFH redeem two syndicated debt French PM launches charm offensive on business Co added 2.5 percent. facilities and allow the release of “Expectations of an increase in some major GFH assets. global demand for petrochemi- The facility accounts for a large JOUY-EN-JOSAS, France: government would try to lower start of the year with about ¤40bn Separately, the jobless number cal products helped the sector proportion of GFH’s debt; the French Prime Minister Manuel the public deficit but warned that ($53bn) of corporate tax cuts and reached yet another record in to gain such momentum prior Bahraini firm noted it had paid Valls launched a charm offen- too much budget rigour could ¤50bn of public spending cuts to July. The Labour Ministry said to the release of American dura- down some $30 million of current sive on the corporate world thwart efforts to revive economic 2017. The Socialist party’s left wing the total in mainland France rose ble goods orders and American outstanding debt facilities to date yesterday, promising to speed growth. has decried that policy, while busi- by 26,100 to 3,424,400, up 0.8 per- consumer confidence index data, in 2014, or over 15 percent of its reforms aimed at freeing up the Two days after Hollande ness leaders — who gave Valls a cent over one month and 4.3 per- which (then) gave more opti- total liabilities. The Kuwait-listed economy and to make tens of evicted maverick economy min- standing ovation — said they needed cent over one year. mism for the biggest economy in shares of Kuwait Finance House billions of euros in tax cuts. ister Arnaud Montebourg in a more proof of it being implemented. Paris has admitted it will not the world,” said Turki Fadaak, slipped 1.2 percent. Valls declared that he “loves government reshuffle aimed at “I have a message for the new meet its deficit target this year research and advisory manager Abu Dhabi’s bourse edged up business” in what was the most re-affirming increasingly pro- government: dare to carry out and is unlikely to do so in 2015 at AlBilad Capital in Riyadh. 0.3 percent on the back of blue pro-entrepreneur speech yet business policies, Valls tried reform,” said Pierre Gattaz, presi- but Hollande is hoping for leeway US consumer confidence rose chips First Gulf Bank and Aldar from the Socialist government to reassure corporate leaders dent of the Medef employers’ fed- from EU officials in Brussels amid in August to its highest level since Properties which rose 1.4 and 2.0 of President Francois Hollande who had been often irritated by eration. Referring to Valls’s speech, a debate in Europe about how to October 2007, while durable goods percent respectively. — who in his election campaign Montebourg’s interventionism he said: “Perhaps people will say stimulate growth and reduce debts. orders rose a record 22.6 percent Egypt’s index ended a two-day described finance as his enemy. and mixed government messages. there was a ‘before” and an ‘after’.” Earlier the European Commission in July. profit-taking bout and edged up The head of France’s employers’ “Entrepreneurs, France needs The French economy has failed to urged Paris to speed up its reform However, a number of Saudi 0.2 percent. Telecom Egypt was group said the comments could you ... I love business, I love busi- grow for two quarters in a row and, plan, showing it was keeping up banking stocks, which had the main support, rising 2.0 per- mark a new era. ness,” Valls said to applause. for all the rhetoric, data showed the pressure on Hollande after this posted strong gains over the cent after the company called a Responding to renewed “The path back to growth is in yesterday that morale in the man- week’s government crisis, provoked last few weeks, pulled back on shareholder meeting on Sept. 8 to pressure from the European supporting business,” Valls said, ufacturing industry fell in August by three ministers who rejected Wednesday. Banque Saudi Fransi vote on the 2014 dividend. Commission for France to pur- reaffirming a policy U-turn already — evidence of a lack of confidence budgetary rigour. fell 1.9 percent, Samba Financial REUTERS sue reforms, Valls said the announced by Hollande at the among investors in Hollande. REUTERS

Libya’s oil recovery may be short-lived as risk remains Venezuela plans importing CAIRO: A comeback by Libya’s in July 2013. Such a development western city of Misrata took con- been away from Libya’s oil fields Representatives and senior offi- oil industry may be short-lived would be a crucial boost for Libya’s trol of the capital Tripoli. and ports. Yet escalating violence cials have no power in the capital, Algerian crude as a confrontation between stricken economy, with the central This group has pushed to in the eastern city of Benghazi for having left for Tobruk in the east armed groups risks splitting the bank forced to use up foreign cur- reinstate Libya’s old General instance is just 100km from the to escape fighting. country three years after the rency reserves to keep the country National Congress (GNC), refus- Zueitina oil port. “The problems would be if HOUSTON: Venezuela’s state- fall of Muammar Gaddafi. running. Yet any targets are sub- ing to recognize the new House Other disgruntled elements the GNC gives the central bank run oil company PDVSA is con- Oil production has risen to ject to factional and tribal conflicts of Representatives. Part of the could close pipelines to western orders to transfer oil revenues,” sidering importing Algerian 650,000 barrels per day (bpd), five that risk spiralling into civil war. Misrata forces are backed by the fields, cutting off funding to the said the trader. “The legal situa- light crude to be used as a dilu- times the level two months ago, in The recent increase comes Muslim Brotherhood. GNC. Analysts note oil security tion would be unclear to prospec- ent for its own extra heavy oil, a rare success for the economy at after a group of federalist rebels In response, the federalists guards from the same region tive buyers of Libyan oil.” according to an internal com- a time when armed groups and campaigning for regional auton- might opt to exert their power staged protests before the June Even if oil exports continue to pany document yesterday, and two parliaments fight for control omy implemented a deal to reopen over oil exports and the economy elections to block the El Sharara flow, Libya will still post a his- the move could mark the first of the North African country. major eastern ports such as Es as a whole. or El Feel fields. toric budget deficit of 70 percent ever crude import by the Opec Outgoing Oil Minister Omar Sider. “There is always the possibility One oil trader said the emer- unless output rises to 1.6 million member. Shakmak said output could rise But Libya expert Dirk that the federalists may take this gence of two parliaments might bpd at a price of $100 per barrel, Though Venezuela has the to 1 million bpd later this year, Vandewalle said federalist rebel opportunity to reassert them- also pose legal risks, if the said Husni Bey, who heads one of world’s largest crude reserves, bringing it close to the 1.4 million leader Ibrahim Jathran might selves,” said Vandewalle, author of GNC gives orders to the cen- the of country’s largest private PDVSA has been buying an bpd Libya pumped until a wave close these ports again, after the book History of Modern Libya. tral bank and state oil firm conglomerates. increasing volume of refined of protests crippled the industry a rival armed faction from the So far, the latest fighting has National Oil Corp. The House of REUTERS products such as heavy naph- tha in recent years to mix with its crude output from the vast Orinoco belt — its largest produc- Uniqa to boost profit ing region. That is done to make the extra Russia could harvest heavy crude exportable as extrac- tion of domestic medium and light crudes, which had been used as diluents, declines. record grain crop Naphtha is being imported at high prices paid on the open mar- MOSCOW: Russia could including 60 million tonnes of ket and has hurt the cashflow of harvest a record grain crop wheat, he said, compared to the PDVSA, which is the main source this year, allowing it to boost official government estimate of of revenue for the government of exports to the all-time high and at least 100 million tonnes for all President Nicolas Maduro. Crude replenish state stocks includ- grain. “It may be the second larg- imports would be less expensive ing with grain from Crimea, est crop in Russia’s contemporary through a supply contract. Arkady Zlochevsky, the head of history. It can be even higher - we “The (PDVSA) commerce Russia’s Grain Union, said on can beat the record of the 2008/9 department evaluates a strategy Wednesday. season when we harvested 108 of importing Saharan Blend from Russia, one of the world’s larg- million tonnes,” he said. Algeria,” the document says. est wheat exporters, is in the He forecast grain exports The state-run company did not process of harvesting a record reaching a record of 30 million answer requests for comments on crop at a time when its relations tonnes, including 4 million tonnes possible crude purchases from with the West have soured over in August, up from 3 million in Algeria. Venezuela’s Petroleum the March annexation of Crimea July. Wheat exports for the whole minister, Rafael Ramirez, said from Ukraine and failure to 2014/15 marketing year which earlier this year that PDVSA de-escalate a military conflict started on July 1 are seen at 22 could import crude as a “last between Kiev and pro-Moscow million tonnes at least. resort” to find diluents for its rebels in eastern regions. The Russian government wants heavy crudes. But he did not elab- Russia’s 2014/15 grain crop to use the large crop to replenish orate on the controversial issue. may beat the 2008/09 record of state stocks through grain market The South American country has 108 million tonnes if weather interventions, purchasing grain been an oil exporter for almost a conditions remain favourable, on the domestic market. It plans century. Last year it sold 2.43 mil- Zlochevsky told a briefing in to start purchases in September lion barrels per day (bpd) of crude The logo of Austrian insurer Uniqa at its headquarters in Vienna yesterday. Uniqa remains on track to boost Moscow oyesterday. and buy up to 5 million tonnes and products to foreign clients, 2014 pretax profit sharply. The Union’s current crop fore- during this marketing year. according to public PDVSA figures. cast stands at 104 million tonnes, REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Ecuador toy shop Iraq’s southern Turkey lowers oil exports fall by 140,000bpd so overnight far in August LONDON: Iraq’s oil exports from its southern terminals so far in August have fallen by lending rates about 140,000 barrels per day, according to loading data and industry sources, dropping fur- ther from a record high reached Main one-week repo rate unchanged in May. Exports from Iraq’s southern ISTANBUL: Turkey’s central policy rate could soon follow. terminals have averaged 2.3 mil- bank unexpectedly lowered its “They will look for future lion barrels per day (bpd), accord- overnight lending rate yester- opportunities to lower the policy ing to shipping data for the first day, in a move seen as having rate. The economy is slowing; only 26 days of August tracked by little easing impact and more as the bad inflation data meant this Reuters. Two industry sources a signal to a government keen wasn’t the opportune time,” he who also monitor the exports had for rate cuts that it is support- said. similar estimates. ing the economy. The government of Prime An advance by Sunni militants The bank said it would keep Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who who seized swathes of northern Iraq policy tight until there is a clear was elected president this month, in June has raised concern Iraqi improvement in the inflation out- has been urging the central exports could slow down and briefly look, however, suggesting the cut bank to lower rates ever since boosted global oil prices to a nine- at the upper end of its corridor of an emerging market sell-off in month high above $115 a barrel. interest rates was a token gesture January forced it to almost dou- But Iraqi oil officials say the amid rising inflation expectations. ble them at a midnight meeting. A vendor stands near plastic toys for children at his stall at the Central market in Quito yesterday. The southern fields have not been The bank cut the overnight Erdogan takes the view that plastic toys cost about 60 cents to $1. Ecuador began using the US dollar as legal tender since 2000. affected by fighting in other parts lending rate to 11.25 percent from high rates in fact cause inflation. of the country, and oil industry 12 percent and the overnight bor- Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci sources said bad weather had rowing rate for primary dealers told Reuters a day after Erdogan’s delayed some shipments in August, to 10.75 percent. None of the 20 presidential election victory that rather than output disruptions. “I economists polled by Reuters had the government would continue don’t think there is a production forecast a change in the overnight to seek lower rates. Tesco sales decline worsens issue,” said a trader with a com- lending rate or the primary dealer But the central bank said this pany that buys Iraqi crude. “But rate. month that the year-end inflation LONDON: Incoming Tesco who will arrive from Unilever on turnaround plan aimed at improv- bad weather does not help.” It left other rates including its forecasts in its monthly survey boss Dave Lewis was served a October 1. The decision to end ing its fortunes, saw its sales fall Exports so far in August are benchmark 8.25 percent weekly had risen to 8.7 percent from 8.3 stark reminder of the challenge Clarke’s disastrous three year by 1.9 percent in the 12 week down from July’s 2.44 million bpd, repo rate on hold, as expected by percent previously. he faces to revive Britain’s No.1 reign came as Tesco issued its sec- period, with its market share but still higher than the 2.22 mil- most economists. The bank, whose own forecast grocer yesterday, as industry ond profit warning in two years. down from 11.3 to 11 percent. lion bpd scheduled in a prelimi- “The rates which have been for 2014 inflation is 7.6 percent, data showed its sales decline had Overall UK grocery market Tesco and Morrisons are being nary August loading programme. lowered have no policy impact said high food prices were delay- worsened, hurt by the weakest growth for the latest period fell particularly hurt by the rise of the May’s average of 2.58 million bpd because they are not being used ing improvements in the outlook market growth in a decade. to 0.8 percent — the lowest fig- German hard discounters Aldi was the highest since 2003. regularly. But cutting them pos- for prices. The data from market ure for 10 years, Kantar said, as and Lidl , and have responded by Iraq’s oil supplies were held sibly works as a signal to the gov- “Turkey’s central bank is still researcher Kantar Worldpanel consumers shop around for deals cutting prices. back by decades of wars and ernment that the central bank is trying to sound hawkish while showed Tesco’s sales fell 4.0 per- to save money and waste less by Sales rose 29.5 percent at Aldi sanctions. It has been expand- supporting the slowing economy,” trimming its interest rates,” cent year on year in the 12 weeks buying little and often in local and by 18.3 percent at Lidl, with ing oil production in the south said Tatha Ghose, analyst at said Nicholas Spiro, Managing ended August 17, with its market convenience stores or online. both firms maintaining record since Western companies signed Commerzbank. Director Spiro Sovereign Strategy share dipping to 28.8 percent Market growth was also market shares of 4.8 percent and a series of service contracts with Banks are mostly funded in London. from 30.2 percent. impacted by grocery price infla- 3.6 percent respectively, helped by Baghdad in 2010. Total exports through the one-week repo rate “This is a central bank that has The fall was worse than the tion falling for the eleventh half of UK households shopping at from Iraq’s northern and south- and the average cost of funding is got its policy of sending contradic- 3.8 percent decline Kantar data consecutive period, standing at either outlet in the past 12 weeks, ern ports hit a record 2.8 million now at 8.3 percent — well below tory signals down to a fine art, showed for Tesco sales in the 12 0.2 percent, the lowest level in Kantar said. bpd in February. But northern the overnight borrowing rate. which adds to the lack of trans- weeks to July 20 last month. Kantar’s dataset which began in Sainsbury, battling with Wal- exports of Kirkuk crude have Given the worsening economic parency and loss of credibility in Last month Tesco ditched Chief October 2006. Mart’s Asda to be the UK’s No.2 been shut since March 2 due to outlook, however, Ghose said a Turkish monetary policy.” Executive Philip Clarke in favour No.4 player Morrisons, which grocer, saw sales rise 0.3 percent. attacks on a pipeline to Turkey. cut in the bank’s main one-week REUTERS of turnaround specialist Lewis, like Tesco is undergoing a REUTERS REUTERS Former CEO of Arabtec in talks to sell stake to Aabar Investments

DUBAI: A former chief execu- He declined to reveal exactly comment on its intentions toward tive of major Dubai construc- what price he was asking or Arabtec. tion firm Arabtec said he was specify how much of the stake he Ismaik said in late June, soon in talks on selling some of his might sell. But he said no deal had after resigning, that he had stake to Abu Dhabi’s Aabar been done so far because his mini- received several offers for his Investments and wanted over mum price had not been reached. stake from parties he declined to Dh5 per share, a level about “For me, Dh5 per share is not identify. At that time, he said he four percent above the current acceptable,” he said yesterday. might only consider selling at Dh6 market price. Arabtec’s market price has or Dh7 per share. Arabtec’s shares are among the jumped 13 percent to Dh4.79 in The company now has a market most heavily traded in Dubai and the past four trading days as capitalisation of about $5.75bn; their fate is pivotal for the entire investors have speculated that a the shares are still far below a bourse. When management tur- deal might be near. record peak of Dh7.74 hit in May moil at the company caused a 70 They hope a sale of a substantial this year. percent tumble of its stock price part of Ismaik’s stake to Aabar, Ismaik became CEO in early between mid-May and early July, which already owns 18.94 percent 2013 and presided over a huge there was panic selling across the of the company, would remove a expansion of the company’s market. potential overhang from the mar- project pipeline, which was partly Hasan Ismaik, who abruptly ket and guarantee that the deep- thanks to the support of Aabar. resigned from Arabtec in June but pocketed Aabar would continue He resigned as rumours circu- remains the biggest shareholder supporting Arabtec by steering lated of a rift between himself in the company, said he was in lucrative business its way. and Aabar; he denied there was talks with Abu Dhabi state fund An Aabar spokesman could any split, saying he was leaving Aabar to sell part of his 27.90 per- not be reached to comment. In for personal reasons. cent stake. the past, Aabar has declined REUTERS

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A clock shows the time — five minutes to twelve — next to the logo of German railway company Deutsche Bahn outside the train station in Fulda yesterday. The German Train Drivers’ Union (GDL) held a meeting in Fulda yesterday to decide if they should go on strike against Deutsche Bahn over higher wages. THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS ADB tells We are not dictators: Thai PM tells investors India to cut Prime Minister meets representatives of Thai-European Business Association red-tape to BANGKOK: Thai Prime Prayuth met representatives between the junta leader and Just look at my face. I am not a 0.85 percent in July from a year Minister General Prayuth from the Thai-European Business foreign investors following his cruel person.” earlier. spur growth Chan-ocha told European Association (TEBA), a group rep- appointment as premier. Thailand’s economy, which nar- Prayuth has outlined a year- investors yesterday that he was resenting 80 Thai and European “We listen to many civil- rowly avoided a technical reces- long roadmap including national NEW DELHI: The Asian not a dictator and that his gov- investors including automotive, ian advisors. I ask you and the sion in the second quarter this reforms, an interim government Development Bank yesterday ernment was seeking to create aerospace, pharmaceutical and European Union to give us some year, is struggling to get back on and elections in 2015. urged India’s new government a Thailand that would be more logistics firms, telling them he time to deal with our problems.” its feet after months of sometimes Cabinet members are expected to cut stifling red-tape to draw attractive for their long-term was prepared to do “everything” The United States and violent street demonstrations to be chosen by September. foreign investment and get the investments. to ensure Thailand remains a hub European Union (EU) both that left nearly 30 people dead. “When we have a fully-func- country back on a high-growth Prayuth was appointed prime for foreign investors. downgraded diplomatic ties with A regional hub and export base tioning government we plan to track. minister on Monday after he was “I am prepared to do every- Thailand following the coup. The for global automakers, Thailand visit our counterparts and plan to ADB President Takehiko elected by a rubber-stamp parlia- thing. Just show me your invest- EU, Thailand’s third largest trade is looking to revive domestic promote investment in Thailand Nakao, speaking after holding ment he hand-picked. ment roadmap,” he said Prayuth, partner and its second biggest consumption and investment fol- abroad,” Prayuth said during talks with India’s new right-wing The army chief seized power in 60, who is also Thailand’s army investor, has suspended visits and lowing months of political tur- Wednesday’s meeting. Premier Narendra Modi, noted a bloodless coup on May 22 fol- chief, said the country needs trade talks. moil that have tested its “Teflon “Except in places where I am the country’s economy posted lowing six months of sometimes time to deal with its political At yesterday’s meeting, Prayuth Thailand” moniker. not welcome,” he quipped. near double-digit growth just a deadly protests that helped oust transition. dismissed allegations of abuse in Exports, equal to more than 60 TEBA, which has no links to few years ago. elected Prime Minister Yingluck “We are not dictators that just military custody. percent of the economy, remain the European Union, told Prayuth “To get back to a high-growth Shinawatra. The military said order whatever,” Prayuth said “In case you have heard dis- weak. Earlier yesterday, the its members were not interested path of eight-to-nine percent, it’s intervention was necessary to during the meeting at the army’s torted information that we have Commerce Ministry reported in politics. crucial to implement investment- avoid further bloodshed. Bangkok headquarters, the first treated people badly, it is not true. that exports unexpectedly fell REUTERS friendly reforms being initiated by the government,” and ease India’s bureaucratic red-tape, Nakao told reporters in New Delhi. A taste of Malaysia in Singapore During a speech marking India’s Independence Day earlier Foxtons lags this month, Modi urged foreign companies to set up shop in the UK stocks as country, telling them “Come, make in India. Sell anywhere, but it eyes sales manufacture here. We have the skill and the talent.” But to draw badly needed for- slowdown eign direct investment (FDI) to overhaul India’s creaking infra- LONDON: Britain’s equity structure such as its roads and indexes steadied early yesterday ports, the government must as some fresh, worrying signals implement regulatory and other about the European economy economic reforms, Nakao said. dampened investor appetite for “This is a very big market for shares after a strong run. foreign investors, but they face Mid-cap estate agency Foxtons difficulties getting approvals,” he led declines on the broad FTSE said. 350 index as it fell 5.3 percent Nakao said there were “high after saying it expected to see expectations” from Modi’s right- a slow down in the rapid rate wing government which took of property transactions in the power in May with promises to second half of the year, due to make India an easier place to do government measures aimed at business. “It is important to show controlling mortgage lending. outcomes sooner rather than The group said that expecta- later,” he said. tions of an increase in interest The ADB head said economic rates were already having an growth can speed up “very impact on short-term demand. quickly”, judging by the perform- Curbing investor appetite in ances of other Asian nations, if the broader market, data showed the right policy actions are taken. German consumer morale fell for But he would not specify how the first time in more than 1-1/2 long it might take India to return years heading into September as to a significantly higher growth tra- shoppers grew more wary of the jectory. India still significantly lags impact on Europe’s largest econ- rival China in per-capita income. omy of sanctions on Russia and The nation of 1.25 billion people is other international conflicts. home to one-third of the world’s Meanwhile, Italy’s economy poor according to the World Bank. minister said the eurozone’s No.3 Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak (centre) look at produce as they attend the opening cer- AFP economy must lower its output emony of Malaysia’s “Agrobazaar” store, which sells Malaysian agriculture food products, in Singapore yesterday. growth forecast, a move which could bring the government into line with most economists who expect little or no growth this year. Power plant firm APR boosts security spending in risk region The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was flat at 6,822.79 points at 0749 GMT, with the broader FTSE 350 LONDON: APR Energy Plc, supply a total of 450 megawatts. The company’s other founder, from a corporate governance per- of Ebola in West Africa had also unchanged at 3,710.64 points. a supplier of temporary power The contract, the company’s big- Laurence Anderson, will become spective but provide continuity,” restricted travel, meaning there The FTSE 100 has risen 4.5 plants in some of the world’s most gest, was key to APR’s swing to chief executive while Lee Munro, said Liberum analysts, who have a was less clarity on the timing of percent over the past 2-1/2 unstable countries, said it was profit last year. senior vice president of strategy “sell” rating on APR’s stock. contracts APR was hoping to win weeks, boosted by speculation boosting spending on insurance The company, whose busi- and systems, will fill the vacant Anderson said that as CEO he in the region. the European Central Bank would and security following a surge ness mainly involves renting out role of chief financial officer. would seek longer-term projects Demand for quick, short-term intervene again to shore up the in violence in Libya, raising con- 25-megawatt turbines and gener- Anderson, who was APR’s and aim to build up APR’s busi- power supplies in developing mar- euro bloc’s struggling economy. cerns about its costs and margins. ators to help customers overcome president, said Fairey’s departure ness in North America, Europe kets has rocketed as economies The index was now less than 1 Shares in APR, which also short-term electricity shortfalls, after three years on the job was and developed Asian markets. grow more quickly than perma- percent away from a 14-year high announced a management also operates in countries such as “a natural transition” and that a The company’s contract in nent power plants can be built, of 6,875 points hit in May. shakeup, fell as much as 12 per- Iraq and Yemen and has a strong succession plan had been in place Libya, which has been revised creating opportunities for APR. “There’s a lot of confidence cent, making them one of the big- presence in Africa. for some time. twice, is due to expire in the But that has also taken it into returning to market with the ECB gest losers on the London Stock APR said Chairman Mike However, analysts expressed first quarter of next year. “To more developing markets, such (speculation),” Chris Beauchamp, a Exchange yesterday. Fairey had been replaced by com- surprise at the changes. this point we are comfortable (in as Libya and Iraq, where politi- strategist at spreadbetter IG, said. APR has power plants at six pany cofounder John Campion, “Several internal succession Libya)...” Anderson said. cal risks abound. REUTERS sites in Libya with a capacity to who was chief executive. changes will be viewed negatively Anderson said the outbreak REUTERS

Malabar Group releases Eham furniture brand’s logo Alibaba revenue soars ahead of IPO

NEW YORK: China’s Alibaba increasing mobile (gross mer- which could top $16 billion to Group Holding Ltd, which is chandise volume) and user become the largest-ever technol- expected to go public in New engagement,” Alibaba said in a US ogy IPO, is expected after the York as early as next month, regulatory filing yesterday. company starts an investor road- reported a 46 percent jump in Smartphone shipments in show next week. quarterly revenue as growth in China reached 351 million in Analysts have said the company the world’s largest e-commerce 2013 and will exceed 435 million may be worth $200bn or more when market shows no signs of slowing. in 2014, according to projections it goes public, which would make it Alibaba accounts for about 80 by research firm IDC. one of the top 20 companies listed percent of all online retail sales With people increasingly in the United States. “The results in China, where rising Internet accessing the Internet from are very positive overall for the usage and an expanding middle- smartphones and tablets, online forthcoming IPO and I think you class helped the company gener- companies ranging from social can see valuations to head north of ate gross merchandise volume of networks such as Facebook Inc $200 billion as we go through the $296bn in the 12 months ended to e-commerce companies such IPO process,” Cordwell said. June 30. as Amazon.com Inc have been Revenue from Alibaba’s China Alibaba had 279 million active investing heavily to develop their e-commerce business increased buyers at the end of June, up 50 mobile platforms. about 46 percent to $2.15bn, percent from a year earlier. Alibaba said yesterday it had accounting for most of the total The company said the average incurred “substantial indebted- revenue of $2.54bn in the first active buyer placed 52 orders in ness”, after fully drawing down an quarter ended June. the year ended June, up from 45 $8bn credit facility. The company Online retail sales in China are in the previous year. has arranged another credit line of expected to reach $420bn to $650bn Alibaba’s monthly mobile users $3bn. “The main positive I take away by 2020, as much as the United P K Kunhalikutty, Kerala’s Minister of Industries and IT, launching the logo of Malabar Group’s furniture brand grew to 188 million, from 163 mil- is that (it) seems the mobile mone- States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Eham-Total Home Solutions in Calicut, Kerala. Eham Managing Partner Basheer KK, Malabar Group Chairman lion in the three months ended tisation is on a very strong upwards Germany and France combined, M P Ahammad, Malabar Gold and Diamonds Managing Director Asher O, PK Group Chairman P K Ahammed, March 31 and 136 million as of trajectory,” Atlantic Equities analyst according to a recent analysis by Malabar Group Executive Directors KP Veerankutty and Ak Nishad were also present. December 31. James Cordwell said. McKinsey Global Institute. “Our current focus is on Alibaba’s initial public offering, REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

How to get useful advice Tim Hortons: A Canadian on your business ideas icon that belongs to us all BY CHRISTOPHER GOODFELLOW

hen you’re investing your heart and soul into a busi- BY SONYA BELL directly in front of one of the company’s they aren’t baked in-house, there’s a cer- ness it can be hard to be objective about new ideas. stores in Toronto. tain pride we take in the brand. We care It can be difficult to assess products and branding ere in Canada, if you’re taking Backed by the Tim Hortons sign, industry about its future. Wfrom the customer’s perspective and friends and a road trip, or an early morn- critic Peggy Nash expressed the usual politi- On the news today, reporters quizzing family are likely to offer only ‘pat on the head’ advice. So what’s ing class; if you’re taking the cal concerns about a major business deal: Canadians about the now-final deal between the best way to get honest feedback and use it to improve your kids to hockey, or taking on the the need for transparency and the need to Tim Hortons and Burger King hear the business? office coffee run, your choice is keep the jobs in Canada. If you think this is same response: genuine (if overblown) Working with experts - a mentor, industry commentator or cus- Hobvious. It’s inescapable. It’s Tim Hortons. just the opposition party taking advantage concern. Will the name change? Will the tomer - during the development process can provide vital insights. Ever since it opened its first store in of a major news story, you’re missing the product change? Noel James, cofounder of New Bristol Brewery, says working Hamilton, Ontario, exactly 50 years ago, point: no Canadian politician can pretend It’s far from the first time the donut chain out how to test products was a huge learning curve during the the coffee and donut chain has captured they don’t care about Tim Hortons. has dominated the news. first 18 months of trading: “We knew the product because we’d prime real estate (more than 3,500 stores In 2009, prime minister Stephen Harper In Canada, everything that happens at been involved in beer at the wrong end, so to speak, for many in Canada) and our collective imagination. skipped his speaking slot at the United Tim Hortons is news: whether it’s a business years, but it was a bit of a shock to us when we first opened up, It has inspired its own language: TimBits Nations in favour of a tour at the Tim development like the chain’s new credit card, we didn’t really know what the market wanted.” (donut holes), a double-double (coffee with Hortons plant in Oakville, Ontario. Earlier and its introduction of a dark roast coffee. James found tasting sessions with family and friends tended to two creams and two sugars), a Timmy’s run this month, foreign affairs minister John Or the human interest stories: the couple be overly positive, so he began taking small production runs of new (a coffee run). Baird tweeted that the best part about com- who got engaged at a Tim Hortons, the cou- beers to a number of specialist bars in the local area instead: “We Tim Hortons is named for a beloved ing home is Tim Hortons. ple who got married at one, the woman who get feedback before we launch it on a larger scale. It’s either been Canadian hockey player, a partner in the In a diverse country that touches three gave birth in one of its locations, securing a shocking or really pleasing. But that’s the thing with this indus- company before his death in a car crash in oceans, Tim Hortons is our great common lifetime supply of TimBits for the baby girl. try - people are very honest and passionate about the product.” 1974. These hockey roots, which are rein- denominator. You can find one as easily in We delight in these things because – It’s common for fashion labels to send samples to bloggers when forced in the chain’s ad campaigns and spon- downtown Toronto as in Alberta’s mining unlike much of what we have, as the north- new products are launched, but Sarah Watkinson-Yull, owner of sorships, help to explain how the company towns. It’s affordable. It’s comforting. It’s ern neighbour of a world giant – it’s “so Yull Shoes, taps into their expertise during the design process. has reached such iconic status here. always available. I work on This Hour Has Canadian.” When I took road trips to the Bloggers’ feedback has played a crucial role in testing Watkinson- Most importantly, our youngest hockey 22 Minutes, a Canadian satirical news pro- US with my parents as a kid, we would Yull’s new ideas. They’re the reason you won’t be able to buy Yull players don jerseys sponsored by Tim gramme. In our studio, week after week, stop just before the border for a final Tim brogues in brown when they launch next month. Feedback has Hortons, and are known as TimBits. NHL nothing kills like a Tim Hortons joke. Not Hortons order – because the next 10 days covered every detail from highlighting a problem with the height superstar Sidney Crosby reminds us he everyone gets the joke about the new pre- without it would be truly a trial. of a heel to deciding whether a shoe is made in leather or suede. is a former TimBit every time he stars in mier of Quebec, but absolutely everyone can Yet now that Tim Hortons is primed to Workshops can be useful for getting feedback from customers, another one of their commercials. relate to a bit about waiting in line at the take over the US, with help from its new but experts say it’s crucial they have a good understanding of the So it’s no wonder that when news broke Tim Hortons drive-thru. partner, our country is hesitant to let it product or brand in question. Street markets can offer businesses Monday of an impending merger between Even as people begin to whisper that they go. After all, we raised this little TimBit. It a low-risk avenue to try out new ideas and interact with custom- Tim Hortons and Burger King, Canada’s actually prefer the coffee at McDonald’s, belongs to all of us. ers. Louise Maddy, owner of Avocado Café, says going down this official opposition called a press conference and that the donuts aren’t as fresh now THE GUARDIAN route allowed her to test whether her business was viable before going full-time. It can also help a business decide where it should locate itself in the long-term. Kitty Shepherd, cofounder of Shepherds Markets, says she’s noticed more and more businesses using the opportunity to assess new ideas: “Small businesses are drawn to markets as they provide unique opportunities to put their ideas into practice and gain first-hand feedback from their target audience,” says Shepherd. Employees can offer a useful perspective on branding. Energy company Spark has just gone through a re-brand, which aims to take advantage of a period of strong growth, prepare the ground for a broadband offering and distinguish the company in the market. Scott Mackay, director of brand experience at the energy company, says: “There was a tidal shift in the reputation of the big six [energy providers] and we didn’t want to be among that, because we had a niche.” Spark ran workshops with staff to help clarify the principles that would be at the centre of its new branding. It then imple- mented training to make sure these ideas were cohesive across the business. It also worked with design agencies on visual aspects, such as new logos and bill designs. Using surveys to get feedback on branding or new products is difficult because the depth of information they provide, particu- larly as users tend to provide answers very quickly, is limited. Spark runs a quarterly survey to track customer perception, which is based around the analysis of the industry from consumer publication, Which? Asking a customer how likely it is that they would recommend the company to a friend is one of the best indicators, according to Mackay. However the information is collected, it’s important to have a system for recording feedback. This tends to be quite informal. Watkinson-Yull uses a spreadsheet and Maddy records snippets of feedback in a diary, which can be compared to sales data at a later point. Modern breweries have software that measures different qualities of beer. These are used in conjunction with a style guide for classification (for example, American IPA has International Bittering Units of 40-70) and James uses print-outs to record feedback from his tester customers, assessing whether the product is hitting the correct specification and flavours, and how to improve the product. Whichever method of feedback and analysis suits your company, small business owners that have worked through the process say it really helps to go beyond personal assessments from friends and to get to the real experts. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Money transfer business under threat status in Somaliland

BY MICHELA WRONG Western worries that remittance vulnerability of the 23-year-old charged by conventional banks prayer echoing from every corner a different approach is needed. flows serve as a cover for money effort of collective will that is this impractical. of Hargeisa five times a day: the The governments of Somaliland, alima Mohamed, an laundering and the funding of still-unrecognised nation state. Dahabshiil, the biggest regional Islamic faith. Puntland, and Somalia each need expert on infectious armed Islamist groups mean the Barclays was one of the last MTO, with 400 payout locations Mindful of a constitution to set up a supervisory body to diseases, was working taps could soon be turned off. major international banks to still in the Horn of Africa, points out explicitly drafted according to police money-transfer and bank- Hon a primary-health Barclays’s decision in May accept accounts held by money- that the United Nations, the Islamic principles, Somaliland’s ing activities in their respective project in the town of Erigavo 2013 to close the accounts of the transfer operators (MTOs), World Health Organisation, the parliamentarians have approved regions and then feed the infor- in eastern Somaliland when she money-transfer operators that whose activities are seen in the World Bank, Oxfam, and Save the an Islamic Banking Law, but have mation back to financial intel- began feeling ill. “I realised I’d dominate remittance flows in West as open to abuse. Children also rely on its services yet to pass its commercial equiva- ligence units, monitoring bodies caught pneumonia,” she says. the region — postponed but not But a record $1.9bn fine slapped to pay staff, contractors, govern- lent. They fear it could introduce set up by Western governments “The drugs I needed were avail- rescinded as a result of a British on HSBC by US authorities for ment departments, and partner the charging of interest on eco- to regulate their own financial able, but expensive, and I didn’t High Court injunction. conducting business with banks NGOs. Humanitarian agencies, nomic activity, which is unaccept- markets. have the cash on me.” “I really don’t know what is in Mexico and Saudi Arabia with which prefer giving drought- able under Shariah law. For Somaliland, that would Mohamed, a Canadian mem- going to happen. We have been possible links to drug trafficking hit farmers cash disbursements In private, some officials voice mark another, arguably overdue ber of the Somali diaspora, knew shouting and screaming,” says and terrorism appears to have instead of market-distorting the suspicion that a commercial step in the country’s transition that Erigavo, one of the most Minister of Planning Saad Ali tipped the balance for Barclays. deliveries of food aid, are also banking law has been so long in from post-conflict outlier, reliant inaccessible parts of Somaliland, Shire, a man so soft-spoken it is The profit margins no longer alarmed. coming because the MTOs, influ- on the survival instincts of its had no banks. So she called the hard to imagine him doing any seem worth the reputational risk. But the level of vulnerabil- ential local economic players that adaptable, entrepreneurial citi- chief executive of the region’s such thing. “The president has Now, ironically, Barclays finds ity in Somaliland and Somalia they are, until recently preferred zens, to conventional state. largest money-transfer company, been writing letters, we have itself in the role of “bad guy” by dwarfs those of other countries the remittance system to remain Whatever solution is adopted Dahabshiil, at his London office. made appeal after appeal, but dint of its slowness in pulling out in the neighbourhood. Officials just as it was. in the coming months, money “You don’t happen to have a nothing has been done. We are of the MTO sector. say Somaliland alone receives an British consultants who were in transfers loom too large in the money-transfer office here, do a creative people, but I fear the Barclays’s move was delayed annual $400mn in remittances, Hargeisa to address a conference lives of local residents to disap- you?” she asked. “Of course,” he price will end up being paid by the when MTO Dahabshiil took the accounting for 25 to 40 percent of on money laundering, attended pear overnight. In the old days, replied. The money arrived within poorest in our society.” bank to court in 2013. But if the republic’s GDP. Critically, nei- by Somaliland government min- Somalilanders simply stuffed minutes. That swift, cheap trans- The remittance issue raises the allowed to go through, it will have ther it nor Somalia has function- isters, remittance companies, suitcases full of cash and boarded action was the perfect illustration spectre of a financial crisis, which huge implications for the whole ing private banks to fill the void. the local Chamber of Commerce, planes; friends of friends and of the pragmatic versatility of the would coincide with what agricul- of the Horn of Africa. Thousands For the past year, Somaliland’s and the World Bank, dismiss the strangers were, by necessity, money-transfer industry in the tural experts predict will be the of families in Djibouti, Uganda, parliament has failed to enact “safer corridor” idea as a non- entrusted to do the right thing. Horn of Africa. Remittances to region’s worst drought since 2011, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and legislation allowing the creation starter. “It’s a Hans Christian The irony, people say now, is that the Somali region alone are esti- expected to lay waste to crops and South Sudan depend on regular of a commercial banking sec- Andersen story concocted by Barclays’s move will drive money mated at $1.3bn each year. But livestock. For political and busi- remittances from hardwork- tor. The reluctance, government DFID, a case of the emperor’s transfers underground, beyond these transfers now risk becom- ness leaders in Somaliland, it ing relatives abroad — payments insiders say, is rooted in the belief new clothes,” says Peter Norris of any scrutiny at all. ing impossible: Long-standing brutally exposes the continuing so modest they make the fees that sends the muezzin’s call to Obiter Consult. Norris thinks that WP-BLOOMBERG THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Liberty National named 2017 Woods better off without Presidents Cup host

JERSEY CITY, United States: Liberty National was a coach, says Ernie Els named yesterday as host of the 2017 Presidents Cup, with US PGA Tour commissioner Tim Former British Open winner believes injury-hit golfer can return to form Finchem making it only the fourth US course to host the event. SINGAPORE: Ernie Els said on a “different level to everybody” The biennial golf showdown yesterday that Tiger Woods during his days with Harmon, between US and International should forget about hiring a with whom he won eight major (non-European) squads will new coach after splitting with championships. be played at the suburban New Sean Foley and could return to “I think he doesn’t need a York course as part of a 25-year major-winning form on his own. coach. He needs maybe a friend partnership that ensures up to South African Els said Woods of his to lay eyes on him all the 10 PGA events at the venue over had never been the same since time just to check his fundamen- that span. he stopped working with Butch tals,” said Els. The layout looking out upon the Harmon in 2003, and that he “And I think he just needs to Statue of Liberty, which hosted didn’t like the direction he had look at tapes and see what his US golfer the US PGA’s Barclays tourna- taken under Hank Haney and body can do, and see if his body Tiger Woods ment for the second time last then Foley. can do the same as what he did (right) with his week, will joined Muirfield Village, But he said injury-hit Woods, Ernie Els back in the day.” coach Sean San Francisco’s Harding Park and far from looking at the embers of He added: “He was, in his Foley during Robert Trent Jones in suburban his career at 38, was still capable world number one McIlroy, who day, probably longer than Rory practice at Washington as US Presidents of returning to the very top of won this year’s British Open and is today off the tee. He was an Royal Liverpool Cup host courses on September world golf at the expense of Rory PGA Championship. unbelievable driver of the golf ball, Golf Course 28-October 1, 2017. McIlroy. But Els, who won his fourth and I think he can get that back.” in Hoylake, “The Presidents Cup has come “I don’t think it’s the passing major, the 2012 British Open, Els’s assessment chimes with England in this so far in its relatively short his- of the torch yet,” Els said dur- aged 42, said Woods could still Harmon, who currently coaches tory and seeing the world’s best July 16, 2014 ing a phone conference ahead of challenge McIlroy if he returns the South African and told the players compete in this market file photo. October’s Venetian Macau Open, to full health and gets back to Golf Channel: on this incredibly fantastic venue which he is headlining. basics with his game. “If I were advising Tiger I’d tell Woods parted with such an amazing backdrop “Because I know where I am “He’s young enough, he’s strong him, ‘You’re the greatest player ways with Foley in 2017 is something fans of this at 44, and Tiger’s not 40 yet so enough. He’s had some really bad that ever lived, just go to the earlier this great game will never forget,” there’s still a lot of life left in the injuries to his tendons and to his range and hit shots’.” week. Finchem said. dog.” back now, that’s not a great sign. Els also said it was hard to Zimbabwe’s Nick Price will Woods, the 14-time major-win- But if he’s healthy, he’s shown compare Woods and McIlroy, skipper the Internationals against ner, ended his four-year associa- that he can win,” said Els. whom he described as “happy go a US squad captained by Jay Haas tion with Foley this week after “He’s obviously got enough lucky” and sometimes inconsist- next year in South Korea as the cutting short a troubled season talent and his record shows for ent, unlike the intense American. event is played in Asia for the first dominated by his recovery from itself, he’s a winner,” added the But he warned that the 25-year- time. back surgery. South African. “If he gets healthy old Northern Irishman would be The 2015 Presidents Cup 2015 Many wonder whether golf is I think he can win a couple more making a mistake if he sets about will be held in October at the Jack seeing a power-shift from Woods, majors, definitely.” targeting Jack Nicklaus’s record Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, without a major win since 2008, to Els said he thought Woods was of 18 major victories. AFP South Korea. AFP Olympic bonding with LeBron helped Cavs land Love

CLEVELAND: Kevin Love’s wear when the season begins in However, last month he said the league. I can’t say enough camaraderie with LeBron late October. he was leaving as a free agent to good things about him. I always James during their time as US “I’m very happy to be here. return to the Cavaliers. admired the way he worked and gold medal team-mates at the It means a lot to be part of this “LeBron signed to come back I got to see that first hand.” 2012 London Olympics helped organization,” Love said. “I’m and just a few hours after he Love, who turns 26 next Cleveland convince Love to join him on the committed to this team long called me and I said, ‘I’m in.’ That month, averaged 26.1 points and Cavaliers’ player NBA Cleveland Cavaliers. term and to the goal of winning had a lot to do with my decision,” 12.5 rebounds last season for Kevin Love talks The power forward obtained a championship here.” Love said. Minnesota, and over six seasons to the media at from the Minnesota Timberwolves James, a four-time NBA Most “LeBron I really got to know with the Timberwolves averaged Cleveland Clinic in a three-team trade made his Valuable Player, returned to the at the London Olympics. That’s 19.2 points and 12.2 rebounds a Courts yesterday. first public appearance with the Cavaliers last month after leav- where the relationship was really game. “There will be a lot asked Cavaliers on Tuesday, smiling as ing Cleveland four years ago for forged,” Love said. of me on the offensive end as well he posed for pictures with the Miami, where he led the Heat to “LeBron is a guy that I’ve as the other end of the floor,” Love new zero-numbered jersey he will two NBA titles. admired since he came into said. AFP

Clinical Giants hand Rockies 3-0 drubbing

NEW YORK: Madison Bumgarner lost his bid for a per- Baseball Results fect game in the eighth inning Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 2 as the San Francisco Giants Philadelphia 4 Washington 3 beat the Colorado Rockies 3-0. Pittsburgh 5 St Louis 2 The San Francisco left-hander Boston 11 Toronto 7 retired the first 21 Colorado bat- Detroit 5 NY Yankees 2 ters before first baseman Justin Chicago Cubs 3 Cincinnati 0 Morneau doubled to right field leading off the eighth. NY Mets 3 Atlanta 2 But that was the only hit Cleveland 8 Chicago White Sox 6 Bumgarner (15-9) gave up as Kansas City 2 Minnesota 1 he pitched a complete game. He Houston 4 Oakland 2 threw 103 pitches and tied his LA Dodgers 9 Arizona 5 career high of 13 strikeouts LA Angels 8 Miami 2 Buster Posey hit two home runs Seattle 5 Texas 0 for the Giants. Carlos Ruiz drove in the go- San Diego 4 Milwaukee 1 ahead run with a sacrifice fly in San Francisco 3 Colorado 0 Baltimore Orioles’ outfielders Nick Markakis (21), Steve Pearce the bottom of the eighth as the (left) and David Lough celebrate after defeating the Tampa Bay Philadelphia Phillies beat the inning lifted the Pittsburgh Rays at Orioles Park at Camden Yards yesterday in Baltimore, Washington Nationals. Pirates to victory over the St. Maryland. Second baseman Freddy Galvis Louis Cardinals. and first baseman Darin Ruf Davis connected with two outs homered for Philadelphia. off right-handed reliever Seth game for the fourth time this Martinez had three hits, driv- Second baseman Asdrubal Maness (5-3) for his ninth home season. ing in a run and scoring twice, Cabrera hit a game-tying homer run of the season and third as a Orioles 4, Rays 2 to guide the Detroit Tigers to off Cole Hamels in the eighth for pinch hitter. Jonathan Schoop delivered victory over the New York Washington, who lost for only the The win was costly for the the tie-breaking RBI sin- Yankees. third time in 15 games to remain Pirates with center fielder gle in the sixth, and Nelson The first eight outs recorded runaway leader in the NL East. Andrew McCutchen leaving the Cruz added an RBI double by Porcello (15-8) came on Mets 4, Braves 3 game in the fifth inning with dis- an inning later to give the ground balls and although he Juan Lagares hit a tiebreak- comfort in his ribs, though he said Baltimore Orioles victory over allowed nine hits, the right- ing two-run homer in the fourth later it was minor. the Tampa Bay Rays. hander had two runners on inning as the New York Mets Cubs 3, Reds 0 The Orioles also needed a just once. edged the Atlanta Braves. Travis Wood pitched six shut- big effort from their bullpen, Royals 2, Twins 1 Right-hander Dillon Gee tossed out innings as the Chicago Cubs which allowed just one hit over Alex Gordon hit a two-run 6-2/3 solid innings to snap a beat the Cincinnati Reds. 4-1/3 shutout innings to lock homer in the ninth inning as seven-start winless streak and First baseman Anthony Rizzo up the win as Baltimore pulled the Kansas City Royals beat the Mets won despite the absence and center fielder Arismendy seven games clear of the New the Minnesota Twins. The of two top hitters, second base- Alcantara homered for the Cubs. York Yankees in the American Royals won even though their man Daniel Murphy and third Cincinnati starter Johnny League East. offense did nothing against baseman David Wright. Cueto (15-8) gave up three earned Tigers 5, Yankees 2 Twins starter Ricky Nolasco, Pirates 5, Cardinals 2 runs on seven hits. Cueto walked Rick Porcello reached 15 who restricted Kansas City to A pinch-hit, three-run home two and fanned eight. wins for the first time in three singles and one walk. run by Ike Davis in the eighth He allowed two homers in a his six-year career and JD REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Iran beat Korea to enter finals of FIBA U18 Championships

DOHA: Iran tightened the resurgence and he was matched screws on Korea just in time to by Mohammad Yousuf Vand – the book their third ever berth in a lone player who was carrying for- FIBA Asia U18 Championship ward the grudge of Iran’s defeat at final with a 78-60 win in the Korea’s hands at the same stage first semi-finals at Al Gharafa at the last edition of the tourna- Stadium here yesterday. ment in Ulan Bator in 2012. With this victory, the Iranians A team that trailed by double also secured a spot in the 2015 digits going into the locker room FIBA U19 World Championship break had truly returned not to be played in Crete, Greece. only rejuvenated, but in complete Korea’s Junhyeong Byeon Hosts Qatar also managed to control. tries to score against Iran pull off a thrilling 52-51 victory Where Iran flourished, Korea during a match of the against Jordan yesterday. floundered. They began with 23rd FIBA Asia Under-18 Iran started poorly and were speed, depending on their incredi- Championship in Doha down by 10 points at the end of a ble 50 per cent field shooting rate. yesterday. Picture: Baher scrappy first half. It seemed that But lost the plot after a while. Amin in their attempt to fight fire with THE PENINSULA fire, the Iranians were playing into the hands of Korea. But after a tongue lashing FIBA Results from the usually reticent IRIBF Kuwait: 79, Hong Kong: 113 President Mahmoud Mashoun in Qatar: 52, Jordan: 51 the locker-room, Iran came back Japan: 87 Malaysia: 63 strong. Kazakhstan: 74, Philippines: 86 Ali Allahverdi led the Korea: 60, Iran: 78 2004 and 2008 FIBA Asia U18 Championship winners’ China: 92, Chinese Taipei: 50 Klitschko to defend Jorgensen in last 16 title in November

BERLIN: Undisputed heav- technical knock-out (TKO) to yweight world champion South African Corrie Sanders in Wladimir Klitschko will defend March 2003. his IBF, WBA and WBO belts Klitschko claimed the IBF title, at badminton worlds against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev again off Byrd, by seventh round on November 15, the Ukrainian TKO in April 2006. said yesterday. He added the WBO title Dane continues quest to end China’s dominance at event Klitschko had to pull out of the by beating Russian Sultan original September 6 date due to Ibragimov by unanimous deci- an injured bicep. sion in February 2008 and then COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s But now the eagerly-awaited took the WBA crown off Britain’s Jan O Jorgensen continued his clash will take place in Hamburg David Haye in July 2011, again by quest to end China’s dominance a couple of months later. a unanimous decision. at the badminton world cham- “I’m glad to announce The 1996 Atlanta Olympic pionships as he breezed into the November 15th for the new date super-heavyweight champion is last 16 of the men’s singles in of my fight against Kubrat Pulev on a 20-fight win streak. Copenhagen yesterday. in Hamburg. Former world amateur bronze Third seed Jorgensen, his “I hope to recover from my medallist Pulev is unbeaten in his confidence boosted by June’s injury quickly to get back into 20-fight professional career that Indonesian Open title, eased his training in a couple of weeks. began in 2009. way past Finland’s Eetu Heino Thanks a lot for your support. He earnt the right to face 21-9, 21-17 in just under 30 min- I’ll keep you updated,” said the Klitschko with an 11th round utes to take his place in the third 38-year-old, who has reigned for knock-out of Belarussian round. eight years. Alexander Ustinov in an IBF “It was a great game. I’m happy Klitschko has 62 wins, with 52 eliminator two years ago. with the outcome and the way I knock-outs, from his 65 fights and The only heavyweight title not played,” said Jorgensen, 26, who was last beaten 10 years ago. held by Klitschko is the WBC along with top seed Lee Chong This will be his 26th world belt in the hands of Haitian-born Wei of Malaysia is seeking to title fight having previously held Canadian Bermane Stiverne, who bring an end to China’s run of six the WBO title for two and a half won the vacant title left by the straight titles. years after beating American retirement of Vitali Klitschko, the Despite relatively serene Chris Byrd by unanimous deci- older brother of the Ukrainian progress it wasn’t all plain sail- sion in October 2000 before los- boxers, now embarking on a ing for the Dane as a second-game ing the belt by second round career in politics. AFP blip gave his opponent a sniff of forcing a decider before Jorgensen regained his composure to slam that door shut. Former world junior champion Wang Zhengming of China in action against Micheal Rogalski from Poland during Jorgensen cited a pre-existing their men’s singles match of the 2014 BWF World Badminton championships in Copenhagen on Monday. foot problem as his cause for concern that prompted a mid- Former world junior champion demolition of American Sattawat Spain, and Malaysia’s Tee Jing Yi. contest stumble but allayed any Wang Zhengming of China was Pongnairat. South Korea’s Bae Yeon-ju, fears it might derail his bid to given a scare as Petr Koukal took World number one Lee and Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying and 2013 become the first European to lift him to a third game before the second-ranked Chinese Chen bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu the world title since compatriot sixth seed outlasted the Czech Long were both scheduled to be of India moved on in routine Peter Rasmussen in 1997. 21-15, 19-21, 21-7. in action later yesterday. fashion but tenth seed Porntip “I struggled a bit with my foot Hong Kong’s veteran ninth seed Meanwhile Wang Yihan elimi- Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand was during a training camp before the Hu Yun was pushed all the way by nated the last remaining Dane, knocked out by in-form Canadian world championships. I slipped Finn Ville Lang before prevail- Anna Thea Madsen, from the Michelle Li, who is coming off an during the second set...and lost ing 17-21, 21-15, 21-17 while South women’s draw. historic singles gold for her coun- my concentration a little bit. Korean Son Wan-ho, unlike a Third seed Wang, the 2011 try at the Commonwealth Games Everything’s fine though,” said day earlier when he was locked champion, swatted aside Madsen in Glasgow. Jorgensen, who is set to face either in a gripping contest with 21-13, 21-13 and will await the win- Chinese world number two Japanese 15th seed Sho Sasaki or Frenchman Brice Leverdez, pro- ner of a round two clash between Wang Shixian was scheduled to Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen for a gressed seamlessly into round top-ranked European Carolina take on Hong Kong’s Yip Pui Yin Wladimir Klitschko with his title belts. spot in the quarter-finals. three with a ruthless 21-6, 21-12 Marin, the world number 10 from later yesterday. AFP Al Attiyah to attend Al Anabi look to defend US Nationals title

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana: weekend in Pomona (California) Lebanon Rally kick off The US Nationals is widely last November,” Langdon said. “In considered drag racing’s big- this day and age, with the com- BEIRUT: FIA vice-president it starts…I am personally fully gest and most prestigious event. petition so intense in Top Fuel, Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Attiyah acknowledged with all prepara- And Qatar’s Al Anabi Racing being able to double up and put on (pictured) reached Beirut yes- tions done.” Top Fuel team — the three-time a performance like the Al Anabi terday to attend the start of the Al Attiyah also assured that and defending World Champion team did last year, it’s tough to 37th Lebanon Rally, which kicks all FIA Middle East-registered team owned by H E Sheikh do. Everything has to fall into off today. clubs were trying seriously to Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani — place just right for that to hap- He reviewed the cooperate among enter this weekend’s race look- pen. We’re just excited to get back latest preparations themselves. “Today ing to win the prestigious event out there this week and give it a related to the rally we see an effective for the second-straight year. shot again. and held some meet- participation from Both Khalid AlBalooshi’s gold Al “It definitely gives us some- ings with a number Gulf countries in Anabi team and Shawn Langdon’s thing to shoot for; that Traxxas of FIA-registered the International silver Al Anabi team are confi- Shootout is a tough race against unions, clubs and Lebanon Rally 2014, dent with their cars and teams Khalid AlBalooshi deploys his parachutes to slow the Al Anabi Racing the best cars of the season. It’s stakeholders to set as Qatar participates as they enter this weekend’s 60th Top Fuel car following a 300mph pass earlier this month in Minnesota. only race winners and the most out the main guide- with 5 competitors, Annual Chevrolet Performance popular driver that hasn’t won lines for the next Kuwait and Lebanon NHRA US Nationals here — the special event for the first seven regular season. this year getting the last spot. planned meeting, as well, all these posi- 18th of 24 races making up the 2014 race winners and an eighth Last year’s brilliant US You know you have the best of which will be held in tive factors contrib- 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag driver voted into the race by the Nationals performance should the best competing in the Traxxas Beirut in the begin- ute in developing the Racing Series. fans. Langdon’s Indianapolis dou- give Langdon and his team great Shootout, and then you have to ning of the next month. social anticipation and sport sup- Qualifying is set for Friday, ble win last year was a dream- motivation. do it all over again to win the US Al Attiyah said: “We are fully port,” he said. Saturday and Sunday with elimi- come-true weekend — it was a “Winning the US Nationals Nationals in the same weekend. energetic and optimistic in Al Attiyah said his goal was to nations scheduled for Monday. monumental success. last year ranked right up there Those races just aren’t easy to Beirut among our brothers in take motor sport in the MENA Langdon is the defending This year, the team is third next to winning the Mello Yello win but we’re going to do our best Lebanon. As I said before, the region up to the world standard. champion of the US Nationals and in points as they enter the US World Championship and the to repeat in both of them.” Lebanon Rally is a success before THE PENINSULA the Traxxas Nitro Shootout — a Nationals, the final race of the last race of the season the same THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

US Open Results Results yesterday from the sec- ond day of the US Open, the final Grand Slam tournament of Federer, Serena in cruise 2014 (x denotes seeded player): Men’s First Round: ; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP x28) bt Lu Yen- Hsun (TPE) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5; John Isner (USA x13) bt Marcos Giron control as teen duo shines (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-6 (7/2); Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Jack Sock (USA) The 15-year-old Bellis stuns 12th seed; Corick shocks Rosol at US Open 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 - retired; Borna Coric (CRO) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x29) 6-4, 6-1, 6-2; Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) NEW YORK: Five-time cham- leopard-print dress for the occa- 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA x26) bt pions Roger Federer and Serena sion and next tackles compatriot Radu Albot (MDA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2; Federico Del Williams reached the US Open Vania King. Bonis (ARG) bt Noah Rubin (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-0; second round yesterday, but When the world number one Roger Federer Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Dustin Brown (GER) 7-6 found themselves sharing the won her first US Open in 1999, of Switzerland (7/2), 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt headlines with teenage upstarts CiCi Bellis wasn’t even five reacts during Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-1, 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Gael CiCi Bellis and Borna Coric. months old. his game Monfils (FRA x20) bt Jared Donaldson (USA) Federer claimed his 50th win But yesterday Bellis, ranked against Marinko 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) bt of 2014 as the 17-time major win- at a lowly 1,208 and aged just 15, Matosevic of Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5; Paolo ner, playing in his 60th succes- knocked out Australian Open Australia at the Lorenzi (ITA) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 6-1, sive Grand Slam and bidding to runner-up, Dominika Cibulkova, US Open in New 6-2, 2-1 - retired; Richard Gasquet (FRA x12) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Fabio become the oldest major winner in the 12th seed, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to York yesterday. over 40 years, defeated Australia’s become the youngest player to Fognini (ITA x15) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 6-4, RIGHT: Serena 6-4, 6-2; Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Pere Riba Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 win a match at the US Open since Williams of the (7/4) to register his 23rd win in Anna Kournikova in 1996. (ESP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; Tim Smyczek (USA) bt United States 24 night matches in New York. “I went into the match think- Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); acknowledges “It was a bit more difficult ing it was going to be such a great Roberto Bautista (ESP x17) bt Andreas Haider- than I thought it was going to experience, but I never thought I the crowd Maurer (AUT) 5-7, 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5, 6-1; Ivo be in the third set. Marinko has would come out on top winning,” after defeating Karlovic (CRO x25) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) a big game,” said second seeded said Bellis who, as an amateur, compatriot 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Federer who hit 10 aces and 41 had to pass up the $60,000 prize Taylor Townsend. Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-2; Sam winners and was cheered on by money to avoid jeopardising a col- Groth (AUS) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-3, 7-6 basketball legend Michael Jordan. lege sports career. (7/5), 6-3; Roger Federer (SUI x2) bt Marinko Federer will face another Coric, the 17-year-old world Matosevic (AUS) 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) Australian, big-serving Sam number 204 who was junior Women’s First Round: ; Serena Williams (USA Groth, for a place in the last champion in 2013, also made a Kristina Mladenovic. The third- Ana Ivanovic, the eighth seed, runner-up to Williams for the x1) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 6-3, 6-1 ; Vania 32 as he continues his bid for a stunning Grand Slam debut with seeded Czech didn’t surrender a eased past Alison Riske of the last two years, defeated Japan’s King (USA) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-3, record sixth US Open but first a convincing 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 win over service break in the 54-minute United States, 6-3, 6-0 in a tie Misaki Doi 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-1 as 3-6, 6-3; Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Alison Van since 2008. 29th-seeded Czech Lukas Rosol, contest, breaking Mladenovic five which featured eight breaks of the 16th seed looks to resurrect Uytvanck (BEL) 7-5, 6-2; Mona Barthel (GER) Women’s world number one the man who dumped Rafael times. serve. a season wrecked by a left foot bt Zhang Shuai (CHN x32) 6-1, 6-2; Samantha Williams, the double defending Nadal out of Wimbledon two Canadian seventh seed Eugenie Australia’s Samantha Stosur, injury which restricted her to one Stosur (AUS x24) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-1, champion who is also seeking a years ago. Bouchard, the Wimbledon the 2011 champion, went through event in six months in the first 6-4; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Pauline Parmentier sixth title, was equally untrou- The upset put Coric into a runner-up, eased past Olga with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Lauren half of 2014. (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-1; Coco Vandeweghe (USA) bt Donna Vekic (CRO) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Carla bled, defeating 18-year-old com- second-round clash with history- Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 6-1, Davies of the United States, Two-time men’s semi-finalist Suarez Navarro (ESP x15) bt Ajla Tomljanovic patriot Taylor Townsend, 6-3, 6-1 making Victor Estrella Burgos, slamming the brakes on her firmly erasing the nightmare of David Ferrer, the Spanish fourth (AUS) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Flavia Pennetta (ITA x11) in just 55 minutes. the Dominican Republic’s first post-All England Club final slump her 2013 first round exit to US seed, was also a winner, beating bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Shelby Williams, like Federer, a Grand Slam participant who is which had brought her just one teenager Victoria Duval. Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-2, Rogers (USA) bt Maryna Zanevska (UKR) 6-4, 17-time major winner, has failed making his US Open debut at 34. win coming into New York. However, another former 2-6, 6-2. 6-3; Nicole Gibbs (USA) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA) to make it past the fourth round “It’s an amazing feeling,” said Bouchard is one of four champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, America’s top hope in the men’s 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS at the Australian Open, French qualifier Coric, who arrived in Canadians in the main draw this the 2004 winner was dumped division, the 13th seeded John x23) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 6-2, 6-0; Casey Open and Wimbledon this year. New York with the goal of making year, the most since 1989 and is out 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) by New Isner saw off compatriot Marcos Dellacqua (AUS x29) bt Patricia Mayr-Achleitner “This was the first Slam I ever it into the main draw. Wimbledon aiming to keep up her record of Zealand’s Marina Erakovic who Giron 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 7-6 (7/2) as (AUT) 7-5, 6-3; Wang Qiang (CHN) bt Paula won. I love coming out to play champion Petra Kvitova breezed having made at least the semi- won her first US Open match at he bids to end the United States’ Kania (POL) 6-2, 6-0; Karolina Pliskova (CZE) -- I never want it to stop,” said into the second round with a 6-1, finals at all the majors in 2014. the fifth time of asking. 11-year wait for a men’s Grand bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-2, 6-2; Ana Williams, who was dressed in a 6-0 rout of French number 73 Former French Open champion Victoria Azarenka, the Slam title. AFP Ivanovic (SRB x8) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-3, 6-0; Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 6-1, 6-0; Petra Cetkovska (CZE) bt Klara Koukalova (CZE) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Aleksandra US Open stunner costs Bellis $60,000 Krunic (SRB) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-4, 6-1; Madison Keys (USA x27) bt Jarmila NEW YORK: Fifteen-year- round which would have contra- match, the American teenager against the shortest with the Gajdosova (AUS) 6-0, 6-3; Marina Erakovic old CiCi Bellis caused the big- vened her amateur status. was awarded a wildcard into Slovakian sizing up at a delicate (NZL) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x20) 3-6, gest upset of the US Open on “I think I’m definitely going the US Open by winning the US 5ft 3ins (1.61m). 6-2, 7-6 (7/3); Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Chan Tuesday when she knocked out to stay an amateur right now under-18 championships. “It was the number one thing Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-0, 7-5; Christina McHale Australian Open runner-up to keep my options open for col- Bellis, who learned how to play that I had to do today. That’s (USA) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-2, 1-6, Dominika Cibulkova, the 12th lege, in case an injury or some- tennis at her parents’ country what my coach told me before 7-6 (7/5); Victoria Azarenka (BLR x16) bt Misaki seed -- but it cost her $60,000. thing happens. But I’d love to be club, was making her WTA Tour the match also. Just go out there Doi (JPN) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-1; CiCi Bellis (USA) Bellis, the world 1,208, defeated a pro one day,” said the girl from debut and before Tuesday had and believe that you can win,” said bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x12) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; the Slovakian 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to the wine-growing Napa Valley in never met a player ranked inside Bellis. Zarina Diyas (KAZ) bt Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) 6-1, become the youngest player to northern California. the top 100. “I mean, if you play well, you 6-2; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Elina Svitolina win a match at the US Open since “I don’t really think about it Bellis was christened Catherine can if you believe in it. If you don’t (UKR) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4); Ekaterina Makarova (RUS Anna Kournikova in 1996. (the prize money). I mean, I try but is known as CiCi after she believe, there’s one option. If you x17) bt Grace Min (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Barbora But with the home-schooled to just focus on the tennis rather contracted her first two names. do believe, there’s two options. Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x30) bt Ashleigh Californian looking to the future than anything else, especially “So Catherine, my middle name You can either believe and lose Barty (AUS) 6-1, 6-3; Monica Niculescu (ROM) and a college education, she thinking about something after is Cartan. So I just decided CiCi,” or believe and win, but if you bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 7-5; was unable to claim the $60,420 the match, like what’s on the line she said helpfully. Her victory don’t believe you’re going to lose Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Heather Watson (GBR) CiCi Bellis (45,880 euros) prize money guar- for the match, so...” also presented a tidy opposite -- anyway,” she explained in a fog of 6-1, 6-1; Eugenie Bouchard (CAN x7) bt Olga anteed for reaching the second Playing just her 13th pro-level the youngest player in the draw teenage logic. AFP Govortsova (BLR) 6-2, 6-1. Bouchard victory brings smile to Ivanovic embracing the New York moment ‘future face of women’s tennis’ NEW YORK: Former world way or goal to work towards. “Last number one Ana Ivanovic (pic- year has been amazing change for NEW YORK: Eugenie combination of skill and beauty tured) is riding a new wave of me. I learned a lot about myself, Bouchard proved again she is landing her on the cover of New success, and this time she’s about my goals, who I am as a per- a player for the big occasion by York Times Magazine’s US open ready to enjoy it. son and who I want to be. powering into the second round issue. The Serbian was only 20 when “This is what I had to discover of the US Open with a 6-2, 6-1 On the cusp of fulfilling her she won the French Open in 2008, -- what was my goal -- and not demolition of Olga Govortsova dream, Bouchard stumbled one and the sudden stardom was so much be obsessed about what yesterday, bringing a smile to step short of her grand slam quest almost too much. other people’s vision of my life or the player hyped as the ‘future at the All-England club when she Eugenie Bouchard “It was very hard to handle all career should be.” face of women’s tennis’. was humbled 6-3, 6-0 by Petra of Canada the attention because I was very In 2014 she has reaped the With one match win from three Kvitova. celebrates after shy at the time,” she said. “I didn’t rewards of her new focus, with a US open tune-up events, the 2014 Suddenly Bouchard’s upward scoring a point feel comfortable in my own skin. quarter-final appearance at the Wimbledon finalist had precious arc turned into a dizzying down- against Olga I was very introverted. Australian Open that little to smile about when she ward spiral, the 20-year-old Govortsova of I like to spend my time included a fourth- arrived at Flushing Meadows. dropping her opening matches in Belarus at the US with the books. That’s round upset of Serena A clinical 59-minute dis- Montreal and Cincinnati before who I was.” Williams. Open in New York section of the 117th-ranked temporarily halting the slide with Ivanovic struggled Her three titles this yesterday. Belarussian will do nothing to a win in New Haven. to maintain her level year include the first boost Bouchard’s status as future But after brushing past an of success. Unable to grasscourt victory of grand slam champion. overmatched Govortsova the establish herself as a her career, and she has The victory, however, will Bouchard buzz was back at consistent Grand Slam reached finals on three nonetheless provide the seventh- Flushing Meadows. threat, she fell as low as different surfaces. seeded Canadian with a badly “It’s a different atmosphere 65th in the world in July Ivanovic arrived at needed jolt of confidence after a than Wimbledon,” said Bouchard. of 2010. the US Open back in the top 10 forgettable buildup to the year’s “They are each special in their “All of a sudden, there was for the first time in more than final Grand Slam. own way, but the energy coming so many requests and so many five years. Seeded eighth, Ivanovic “I want to kind of get on a roll from the city and from the fans pattern, Bouchard lost the open- was followed by a march into the other things that came with it,” opened her campaign with a and keep the momentum going,” is always so special. ing match in her only Australian final at the All England Club. “I she said. “No one prepared me for crisp 6-3, 6-0 victory over young said Bouchard. “I feel like the past “I haven’t experienced it too Open tune-up but then marched look back on my year, and I had that. Obviously it took me some American Alison Riske. few weeks have been a bit of a much but today I definitely felt into the semis of the season’s first different leadups to every slam time to get used to that and to In the past, the bustling Big struggle. the fans get really intense.” grand slam. and performed well on every one actually embrace it and enjoy it.” Apple and its rowdiest of Grand “I have the inner confidence While Bouchard’s fans fret- In the buildup to the French of them,” said Bouchard, who Ivanovic said 2013 was a turn- Slams offered just the kind of that I know if I’m playing as well ted more and more with each Open she failed to win a match will next face Sorana Cirstea of ing point for her. Without a title atmosphere to send Ivanovic into as I know I can that I can do well.” loss, the Canadian insisted there in Madrid and Rome then won a Romania. since 2011, she had become frus- her shell. “That’s why it’s only The only player to reach the was no reason to panic. Indeed, title in Nuremberg and reached “I don’t think there is a magic trated with her inability to trans- since few years I started loving semis of all three slams this sea- Bouchard is developing the repu- the semifinals in Paris. recipe that if I get to the quarters late her hard work into success in New York, because that’s about son and a finalist at Wimbledon, tation of a player who embraces An opening match loss in of a women’s event I’ll do well at tournaments. that,” she said. “It’s about emo- Bouchard has been hyped as the the spotlight. Hertogenbosch, her only grass the slam. I think you just take it “It’s hard to love it then,” she tions, crowds, and embracing that future face of women’s tennis, her In what has been a quirky court event ahead of Wimbledon, as it goes.” REUTERS said. “But you have to find some moment.” AFP THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Benaud Raina ton sets up huge offered chance to commentate India win over England from home SYDNEY: Legendary cricket Spinner Jadeja takes four wickets as tourists take 1-0 lead in series commentator Richie Benaud (pictured) could call Australia’s Test series this summer against CARDIFF: Suresh Raina’s India from his home if he is not dynamic century laid the plat- Scoreboard fit enough to be at the grounds, form for world champions his boss said yesterday. India’s crushing 133-run win INDIA The 83-year-old former over England in the second R Sharma c Woakes b Tredwell ...... 52 Australia captain, who has one-day international at Cardiff S Dhawan c Buttler b Woakes ...... 11 worked in the commentary box yesterday. V Kohli c Cook b Woakes ...... 0 since retiring from Test cricket in Victory gave India a 1-0 lead A Rahane st Buttler b Tredwell...... 41 1964, suffered chest and shoulder in the five-match series following S Raina c Anderson b Woakes...... 100 injuries during a car crash late Monday’s washout in Bristol and M Dhoni b Woakes ...... 52 last year. saw them return to winning ways R Jadeja (not out) ...... 9 It prevented him calling a sin- after their 3-1 defeat by England R Ashwin (not out) ...... 10 gle ball during the Ashes series in the preceding Test series. Extras (B-1, LB-11, NB-1, W-16) ...... 29 against England last summer, Raina’s innings was the corner- Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 304 and it remains unclear whether stone of India’s imposing 304 for Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-19, 3-110, 4-132, he will be able to travel for the six after England captain Alastair 5-276, 6-288. India series. Cook won the toss. Bowling: J Anderson 10-1-57-0(w-2); C Channel Nine has the cricket England, chasing a rain- Woakes 10-1-52-4(w-2); C Jordan 10-0-73- TV rights in Australia and chief adjusted 295 off 47 overs in reply, 0(w-12); B Stokes 7-0-54-0(nb-1); J Root executive David Gyngell told were well-placed at 54 without 3-0-14-0; J Tredwell 10-1-42-2. the Sydney loss. But they lost all 10 wickets ENGLAND Morning for 107 runs as they collapsed to A Cook lbw Shami ...... 19 Herald that 161 all out in 38.1 overs. A Hales c Ashwin b Jadeja ...... 40 Benaud was Spin, as has so often been the I Bell b Shami ...... 1 so impor- case, proved England’s Achilles J Root b B Kumar ...... 4 tant he heel with left-armer Ravindra E Morgan c Shami b Ashwin ...... 28 could call Jadeja taking four for 28 in seven J Buttler c Kohli b Jadeja ...... 2 the games overs. B Stokes c Rahane b Jadeja ...... 23 from his India were in trouble at 19 for C Woakes st Dhoni b Jadeja ...... 20 Sydney two before a stand of 91 between C Jordan lbw Raina ...... 0 home. Rohit Sharma (52) and Ajinkya J Tredwell c Jadeja b Ashwin ...... 10 “That’s Rahane (41) revived the innings. J Anderson (not out) ...... 9 what I’ve Left-hander Raina, who made Extras (LB-3, W-2) ...... 5 put to him,” Gyngell said. exactly 100, and India captain Total (all out in 38.1 overs) ...... 161 “If he’s not up to calling from Mahendra Singh Dhoni (52), then Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-56, 3-63, 4-81, the ground this summer, I’d like strengthened the tourists’ grip 5-85, 6-119, 7-126, 8-128, 9-143, 10-161. him to call from home. He’d be on the game with a fifth-wicket Bowling: B Kumar 7-0-30-1; M Sharma the ultimate armchair caller from stand of 144. India’s Suresh Raina celebrates after reaching his century during the second one-day international match against 6-1-18-0; M Shami 6-0-32-2(w-2); R Ash- the couch, wouldn’t he? win 9.1-0-38-2; R Jadeja 7-0-28-4; S Raina Chris Woakes led England’s England, at the Glamorgan County Cricket Ground in Cardiff yesterday. “I’d prefer to have him call- attack with four for 52 in his 10 3-0-12-1. ing at the ground, but I would overs, with off-spinner James say that will be difficult. If I have Tredwell (two for 42) the only when his powerful drive found — the first straight back over the against Sri Lanka in March — He was out for 40 when he top- my way, he will be calling it from other wicket-taking bowler in Cook at mid-off. bowler’s head and the second high making his ODI debut, enjoyed a edged a sweep off Jadeja’s fourth his home but it is completely his the innings. There was a case for keep- over long leg. steady start to their chase. ball short fine leg. decision.” England didn’t help themselves ing the new ball duo of James India scored 62 runs in five bat- But when left-handed opener And 81 for four became 81 for Famed for his bowl hair- by bowling 16 wides, with pace- Anderson and Woakes going. ting powerplay overs, with Raina Cook, going across his stumps, five when, Jadeja induced Buttler cut, beige jackets and engaging man Chris Jordan contributing But Cook then made a double contributing 41 off just 15 balls. was lbw to Mohammed Shami for (two) to chip a tame catch to commentary, Benaud made his 12 — the equivalent of two extra bowling change, seam-bowling all- Raina completed a 74-ball cen- 19 as he aimed across the line it Kohli at short extra-cover. broadcasting debut on BBC Radio overs — in an expensive return of rounders Jordan and Ben Stokes tury, including 12 fours and three was start of a collapse from which Eoin Morgan was dropped on in 1960, moved across to BBC none for 73. (none for 54 in seven overs) com- sixes, with his second fifty taking they never recovered. 28 but then fell for the same score Television three years later and By contrast, India bowled just ing on instead. just 25 balls. Three balls later Shami bowled when his top-edged slog-sweep became a full-time cricket jour- two wides. India then cut loose before He was dismissed for exactly Ian Bell (one) as the batsman left against off-spinner Ravichandran nalist and commentator when his Woakes struck twice in the sev- Tredwell had Rahane stumped 100 when he holed out off Woakes a nip-backer. A similar delivery, Ashwin was held in the deep. playing career ended in 1964. enth over, having opener Shikhar by wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and to Anderson, sweeping on the this time from Bhuvneshwar Jordan’s miserable day contin- He hung up the microphone for Dhawan caught behind before dis- then induced Sharm to hole out cover boundary. Kumar, cleaned up Joe Root. ued when he was plumb lbw for British television following the missing Virat Kohli for a duck as to Woakes at long-off. England, with much-heralded Hales had looked good early on nought to Raina and the match 2005 Ashes series and received a the talented right-hander’s mis- Raina, however, launched opener Alex Hales — he scored his but then got bogged down, scoring ended when Tredwell holed out standing ovation by the crowd at erable tour of England continued Woakes for two sixes in four balls country’s first Twenty20 hundred, just 10 singles off his last 34 balls. off Ashwin to Jadeja. AFP Lord’s. AFP Bolt to play cricket in De Villiers, Du Plessis strike centuries India NEW DELHI: Jamaican sprint as clinical South Africa gun down 327 superstar Usain Bolt (pic- tured) will make his first trip to HARARE: AB de Villiers India next week to play cricket and Faf du Plessis struck sub- Scoreboard against India’s World Cup hero lime centuries as South Africa Yuvraj Singh, organisers said on chased down a massive score to AUSTRALIA w-6); R McLaren 9-0-64-2(w-1); I Tahir 10-0- Tuesday. beat Australia by seven wickets A Finch c Duminy b McLaren ...... 102 45-2; J Duminy 4-0-23-0. The cricket face-off — titled in the second one-day interna- P Hughes c de Villiers b Tahir ...... 51 SOUTH AFRICA ‘Bolt and Yuvi — Battle of the tional of the triangular series M Marsh lbw Tahir ...... 5 Q de Kock c Faulkner b Starc ...... 19 Legends’ — is being organised by yesterday. G Bailey c de Kock b M Morkel ...... 66 H Amla c Smith b Richardson ...... 24 sportswear giants Puma and will The pair put on 206 for the G Maxwell c de Villiers b M Morkel ...... 7 F du Plessis c Smith b Starc ...... 106 take place at the Chinnaswamy third wicket, the highest South S Smith b McLaren ...... 31 A de Villiers (not out)...... 136 stadium in Bangalore on Africa partnership against B Haddin c Amla b Steyn ...... 9 J Duminy (not out) ...... 33 September 2. Australia, as the Proteas reached J Faulkner (not out) ...... 10 Extras (W-10) ...... 10 The format and details of the their victory target of 328 with M Johnson (not out) ...... 23 Total (for 3 wkts in 46.4 overs) ...... 328 game have not been revealed. 20 balls to spare at the Harare Extras (LB-12, NB-1, W-10) ...... 23 Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-51, 3-257. “Puma brings Usain Bolt down Sports Club home of series hosts Total (for 7 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 327 Bowling: M Johnson 10-0-63-0(w-2); M Starc for a one-of-a-kind cricket face- Zimbabwe. Fall of wickets: 1-92, 2-115, 3-229, 4-242, 8-0-62-2(w-2); K Richardson 10-0-68-1(w-2); off between It eclipsed the 187 put on by 5-253, 6-268, 7-301. M Marsh 5-0-36-0; J Faulkner 8.4-0-59-0(w- two sport- Herchelle Gibbs and Graeme Bowling: D Steyn 10-0-54-1(w-1); W Parnell 4); S Smith 2-0-20-0; G Maxwell 3-0-20-0. ing legends,” Smith as they famously chased 7-0-66-0(w-2); M Morkel 10-1-63-2(nb-1, Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets. the organ- down 434 at The Wanderers in isers said 2006, and was no less impressive and battled on through severe in a media for the skill shown by the pair as cramp to score 136 not out from Zimbabwe dump release. “For they scored all around the ground. 106 balls. the first time After South Africa won the It is a welcome return to form ‘disruptive’ seamer ever, watch toss and elected to bowl, Australia for the right-hander, who had HARARE: Seamer Tinashe the fast- showed great acceleration at the scored only 29 runs in three Panyangara has been est man on end of their innings to post 327 innings in test and ODI cricket removed from the Zimbabwe earth chal- for seven in 50 overs, with opener on the tour before this match, and squad for the remainder of lenge Yuvraj Aaron Finch crashing 102 from is the second highest score by a the triangular series for shar- Singh to an exclusive cricket 116 balls. South African against Australia ing an intimidating video of showdown.” But it was not enough as the in limited overs matches. Australia fast bowler Mitchell Bolt, 28, a six-time Olympic gold Proteas recovered from a wobble JP Duminy scored an unbeaten Johnson with his team-mates. medallist and world record holder at 51 for two to reach their target 33 at better than a run-a-ball to A Zimbabwe Cricket media in both the 100m and 200m, is an with some ease on a wicket that help De Villiers steer the Proteas release yesterday confirmed ardent cricket fan who in the past got flatter as the day wore on. home. that Panyangara had been has expressed a desire to play in For Du Plessis it was a first Finch was the anchor for “expelled” from the Zimbabwe the Indian Premier League. ODI century as he recorded 106 Australia’s innings as they again camp because of “indiscipline”, Yuvraj, a left-handed all- from 98 balls and made a mock- had to do without injured captain but gave no further details. rounder who is not part of the ery of recent criticism over his Michael Clarke, while stand-in “Panyangara has also been Indian team currently touring slow strike-rate in limited overs skipper George Bailey struck a fined one match fee for his England, was man of the tour- cricket with a fine display of brisk 66 and Phillip Hughes a behaviour that the disciplinary nament when Mahendra Singh finesse and power hitting. more patient 51. committee found to be disrup- Dhoni’s men won the World Cup Captain De Villiers rode his The third game of the trian- tive in the build-up to the first in Mumbai in 2011. luck after offering simple chances gular series will be played on ODI of the triangular series The Athletics Federation of South Africa’s captain AB de Villiers plays a shot during the triangular to Mitchell Johnson and George Friday when South Africa tackle against Australia,” the state- India said it had no role in Bolt’s series ODI match against Australia at the Harare Sports Club yesterday. Bailey that were dropped when Zimbabwe at the same venue. ment read. AFP brief visit to the country. AFP he had 78 and 85 respectively, REUTERS THURSDAY 28 AUGUST 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Lekhwiya pummel Al Khor

3-0 for second QSL victory Xabi Alonso Umm Salal edge out El Jaish 2-1; three games to be played today Alonso

DOHA: Lekhwiya continued announces their flying start at the Qatar Stars League (QSL) when they routed hosts Al Khor 3-0 here international yesterday. Having thrashed the Qatar retirement Sports Club 5-0 in their first game last weekend, Michael Laudrup’s El Jaish’s side maintained their form in the Mohammed Muntari MADRID: Real Madrid’s second game as well. (left) collides with midfielder Xabi Alonso has However, they had to wait for Umm Salal’s Ahmed announced his retirement from 43 minutes for their first goal that Mohamed Abdel- international football. came through Nam Labyrinthine. Maksoud during “I want to announce that my The defending champions, like their match at time with the Spanish national their previous game, came back Suhaim bin Hamad team has come to an end,” he said stronger in the second half to Stadium yesterday. in a statement. dominate proceedings of the final “The hardest thing is knowing RIGHT: Lekhwiya’s session. when to say goodbye, and after Luis Martin (left) Mohamed scored his first and thinking about it, I think that my second from Lekhwiya, making challenges Al Khor’s time with the national team has no mistake on a smart ball from player in the other come to an end.” Youssef Msakani in the 58th match of the day. The 32-year-old was a key minute. member of the Spanish sides that Four minutes later, Sebastian have won the past two European Soria struck to seal another Championships in 2008 and 2012, resounding victory for the title as well as their first World Cup contenders. in 2010. In another match of the day, “It has been a glorious period Umm Salal edged out El Jaish 2-1, with the Spanish team that thanks to a goal from Mohammed started more than 11 years ago. Abubakar, nine minutes before The other match of the day will we started,” Diliberto said. “Al added: “Wakrah has a stronger I have experience in these situa- “I have formed part of an his- full-time. be played between Qatar SC and Wakrah is a good team, and team than many others - we see tions,” he said. torical generation that has ful- Earlier, El Jaish took lead Al Ahli. they too have some good players. every game as a final and we need Diliberto rounded up by stress- filled the dreams of millions of through Yasser Abu Bakr Isa in Meanwhile, Al Shamal head Every game will be tough; we can- the points.” ing that it will take a few games fans, achieving something as the 13th minute which was lev- coach believes his side can get not afford to have a bad day in Asked whether playing his old before he will really know where unique as winning a World Cup elled by Jeremy Dridi. their first win in Al Wakrah. this league. In the last game we club would be positive or a hin- the team stands. “Although we and two European Championships In today’s matches, Al Wakrah Diliberto said that he is con- had the chances to score one or drance, Boutahar said: “For me lost two points at least we didn’t in a row.” will meet Al Shamal at the Soud fident after seeing his side per- two but the draw was okay, the it is a special game, I used to play lose the game and we need a few However, Alonso’s final inter- bin Abdalrahman Stadium while form well against Kharaitiyat last spirit is good and that gives me for them before and hopefully it more games to gauge how things national tournament ended in Al Gharafa will take on Al Arabi week. confidence.” will give me extra motivation to will pan out in the season ahead.” huge disappointment as the hold- at the Thani bin Jassim Stadium. “We want to continue how Dutch player Said Boutahar do well. But this is normal and THE PENINSULA ers crashed out of the World Cup in Brazil after just two games fol- lowing defeats to the Netherlands Yu’s heroics and Chile in the group stage. Alonso scored 16 goals in 114 take Seoul into Holders Guangzhou ousted on international appearances and joins Xavi Hernandez in announc- ing his international retirement, semi-finals heralding the end of an era for Spanish football. SEOUL: FC Seoul goalkeeper away goals by Western Sydney “It is very difficult to improve Yu Shang-hun saved all three on what he has done,” added penalties in a shootout as they GUANGZHOU: Defending Despite their absence, the Spain coach Vicente del Bosque. beat K-League Classic rivals champions Guangzhou Chinese side started the second “He leaves a fantastic legacy Pohang Steelers 3-0 to reach Evergrande were knocked out leg at a frenetic pace. along with his team-mates. He the AFC Champions League of the AFC Champions League Italian forward Alberto has been a great professional.” semi-finals yesterday. by Western Sydney Wanderers Gilardino cannoned a shot against Del Bosque will announce his Yu barely broke sweat in 120 on away goals despite beating the bar in the 27th minute before squad for next months’ friendly minutes without any goals at the the fledgling Australian outfit the hosts were given the chance to away to France and Spain’s Seoul World Cup Stadium, follow- 2-1 in yesterday’s quarter-final square the tie with a 33rd minute first Euro 2016 qualifier against ing a similar goalless first leg, but second leg in China. penalty. Macedonia tomorrow. AFP the gangly keeper burst into life The Australians, who were However, Brazilian forward in the shootout. founded in 2012, now face South Elkeson, who had been brought He palmed away spot kicks Korean side FC Seoul in the down by Italian Iacopo La Rocca, Di Maria from Hwang Ji-Soo and Kim semi-finals after edging past the saw his drilled shot saved by Ante Jae-Sung as Seoul went 2-0 big-spending Chinese champions Covic as the Wanderers reached up through Brazilian Everton following a 2-2 aggregate draw. halftime at 0-0. won’t provide Santos, brought on at the end of A Tomi Juric penalty 11 min- The Chinese side continued to extra time, and Spanish defender utes into the second half on press forward after the inter- instant fix: Osmar Barba. Wednesday proved decisive val but it was the visitors who Seoul captain Kim Jin-kyu despite Guangzhou winning the snatched the lead with a penalty then missed his side’s third kick return leg with a quick reply by after Mark Bridge broke free Al Ain’s defender Ismail Ahmed fights for the ball with an Al Ittihad’s player Van Gaal but his keeper again came to the Alessandro Diamanti and a late and lofted the ball over onrush- during their AFC Champions League football match at the King Abdulaziz rescue, diving to his left to block strike from Elkeson, who missed ing keeper Zeng Cheng, who took Sport City in Mecca on Tuesday. LONDON: Manchester a tame effort from Park Hee-chul. a first-half spot kick. out the forward. United’s new winger Angel That allowed Colombian for- Guangzhou only have them- Juric stepped up to calmly show Di Maria will not change the ward Mauricio Molina to step up selves to blame for wasting Elkeson how it should be done by The Australians retreated for to last year’s Champions League course of their troubled sea- and fire the winning penalty as numerous chances, with banned firing his 56th minute spot kick the final 30 minutes but a mix- title. Elkeson finally got on the son straight away following his last year’s runners-up advanced coach Marcello Lippi cutting a low and hard into the bottom ture of good defending, fine saves scoresheet when he smashed British record transfer from to another semi. frustrated figure as he watched corner. by Covic and a lack of composure home from close range in the 91st Real Madrid, manager Louis They will have to find a way on in the stands smoking cigars. The goal should have killed the from Guangzhou left the scores from a header across goal. van Gaal said on Tuesday. to reignite their attacking play The Italian World Cup-winning tie but Guangzhou pulled level level. But it was too little too late The Dutchman was speaking if they want to beat Western coach was provisionally suspended on the night two minutes later The combination of Italians as the Wanderers played out the after United’s humiliating 4-0 loss Sydney Wanderers of Australia in by the AFC for angrily confront- to give their fans hope when Diamanti and Gilardino has final few minutes of stoppage time at third-tier Milton Keynes Dons the last four after showing hardly ing the referee at the end of the Diamanti smashed a flick down so far failed to have the same with relative ease to advance to in the League Cup second round any threat in a dour and defensive first leg after Gao Lin and Zhang into the corner of the net to bring impact as Argentine Diego Conca the semi-finals and keep alive had compounded their terrible clash with the Korean champions. Linpeng were sent off in the 1-0 the Chinese within two goals of and Brazilian Muriqui, who both their bid to become the first start to the campaign. REUTERS loss. going through. left the club after leading them Australian winners. REUTERS “I think that he (Di Maria) can contribute and that is very impor- tant but we don’t have to expect that from tomorrow our world United humiliated by MK Dons has changed,” van Gaal told Sky Sports after the Argentina inter- MILTON KEYNES, UK: what had happened on their last not to have been awarded a pen- national signed for 59.7m pounds Manchester United sank to new appearance in the second round alty early in the second half when ($98.77m). depths on Tuesday when they in 1995, when they fell to third- a shot from Dean Bowditch struck “He has to adapt to the culture crashed out of the League Cup tier York City, and means a poten- Evans on the arm, but in the 63rd of England, the culture of the in the second round following tial path to silverware has been minute they added a second goal Premier League and the philoso- a 4-0 defeat at third-division shut off before the end of August. of the match. phy of Manchester United. Milton Keynes Dons. Van Gaal made 10 changes to After United again conceded “He shall contribute very much United had announced the his starting XI, with goalkeeper possession cheaply, Grigg sprayed in our way of playing. He is a cre- signing of Angel di Maria from David de Gea the only player to a pass wide to Reeves, who ative player. I can change the sys- Real Madrid in a British-record hold onto his place from Sunday’s crossed for Grigg to beat De Gea tem with Di Maria. He can play £59.7m ($98m, 75meuros) deal 1-1 draw at Sunderland in the with an outrageous chested finish as a winger and he can also play shortly before kick-off, but they Premier League. from 10 yards. in midfield,” he added. were brought down to earth with The visitors received an early There was more misery to The experienced Van Gaal has a painful bump as a second-string setback when Shinji Kagawa had come for United, whose seventh- yet to fashion a win during his team fell apart. at Stadium MK. to go off after a clash of heads place finish last season was their three competitive matches in Will Grigg scored either side of and in the 25th minute they gifted worst since 1990. charge of United this season. half-time for the League One side their hosts the lead. With 20 minutes remaining in Their thrashing by MK Dons before Benik Afobe added a brace Jonny Evans, United’s cap- the game, Reeves displayed his followed a 2-1 defeat against Manchester United Manager Louis van Gaal (centre) and Assistant of his own to leave a shell-shocked tain for the day, passed the ball disdain for the visiting defence Swansea City, United’s first open- Manager Ryan Giggs (left) watch from the bench during their League Louis van Gaal still searching for straight to Ben Reeves inside his with a showy no-look through ball ing day loss at home since 1972, Cup match against Milton Keynes Dons at stadium in Milton Keynes on his first competitive win as United own area and the Dons number 10 for substitute Afobe, who held his and a 1-1 draw against Sunderland Tuesday. manager. squared to Grigg for a simple tap- nerve to sweep the ball past De in the Premier League. United’s defeat mirrored in. The home side were aggrieved Gea. 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Results on day one of FINA World Cup Women’s 800M freestyle Mireia Belmonte Garcia, Spain, 8:14.99 Julia Hassler, Liechtenstein , 8:18.37 Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 8:29.48 Men’s 400M Individual Medley Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia, 4:00.39 David Verraszto, Hungary, 4:02.53 Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 4:07.99 Men’s 100M freestyle Chad le Clos, South Africa, 46.29 Konrad Czerniak, Poland, 46.62 Steffen Deibler, Germany, 47.22 Women’s 200M freestyle Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 1:51.41 Evelin Verraszto, Hungary, 1:55.81 Danielle Villars, Switzerland, 1:57.90 Men’s 50M breaststroke Roland Schoeman, South Africa, 26.35 Fabio Scozzoli, Italy, 26.54 Martin Schweizer, South Africa, 26.80 Women’s 100M breaststroke Aalia Atkinson, Jamaica, 1:03.79 Breeja Larson, US, 1:05.06 Hrafnhildur Luthersdottir, Israel, 1:06.88 Women’s 100M butterfly Inge Dekker, Netherlands, 56.05 Marieke D’Cruz, Australia, 57.88 Danielle Villars, Switzerland, 58.48 Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu celebrates after breaking the world record for the women’s 200m individual medley on day one of the FINA Mastbank Swimming World Cup at the Hamad Men’s 100M backstroke Aquatic Centre in Doha yesterday. INSET: South Africa’s Chad le Clos in action during the men’s 100m final. PICTURES: ABDUL BASIT Christian Diener, Germany, 50.49 Eugene Godsoe, US, 50.57 Bobby Hurley, Australia, 51.42 Women’s 50M backstroke Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 26.18 Aleksandra Urbanczyk, Poland, 26.44 Records tumble as Hosszu Daryna Zevina, Ukraine, 26.66 Men’s 200M butterfly Tom Shields, US, 1:50.08 Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland, 1:51.18 Nikolay Skvortsov, Russia, 1:52.23 Women’s 200M Individual medley Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 2:02.61 rules the pool in Doha Caitlin Leverenz, US, 2:07.11 Lisa Zaiser, Australia, 2:08.32 Men’s 400M freestyle South Africa’s Le Clos claims two golds on day one of FINA World Cup Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Australia, 3:39.30 Velimir Stjepanovic, Serbia, 3:40.46 Ahmed Mathlouthi, Tunisia, 3:41.05 BY RIZWAN REHMAT Poland was second with a time Women’s 50M freestyle of 26.44 while Ukraine’s Daryna Inge Dekker, Netherlands, 24.04 DOHA: Hungarian swim- Zevina was third (26.66). Aleksandra Urbanczyk, 24.29 mer Katinka Hosszu yesterday It was Hosszu all the way Marieke D’Cruz, 24.52 smashed a world record and in the 200m backstroke as the Men’s 200M breaststroke created two World Cup records Hungarian secured a win with a Daniel Gyurta, Hungary, 2:01.06 on her way to four impressive time of 2:01.60. Marco Koch, Germany, 2:01.71 golds on day one of the 2014 Ukraine’s Zevina once again Yukihiro Takahashi, Japan, 2:05.14 FINA World Cup series opener finished second (2:04.56) while at Hamad Aquatic Centre here. Carolina Colorado Henao of Men’s 100M individual medley Also yesterday, South Africa’s Colombia ended the race in third George Richard Bovell, Trinidad and Tobago, Olympic Games star Chad Le Clos sport (2:06.75). 52.80 sealed two wins to validate his Earlier in the heats, the ‘Iron Leith Shankland, South Africa, 53.77 Commonwealth Games perform- Lady’ posted a time of 1:51.84 in Martin Spitzer, Australia, 57.77 ance in Glasgow three weeks ago. the s 200m freestyle to break Women’s 200M backstroke Nicknamed the ‘Iron Lady’, the previous World Cup record Katinka Hosszu, Hungary, 2:01.60 Hosszu was in imperious form in of 1:52.08 set by USA’s Allison Daryna Zevina, Ukraine, 2:04.56 the pool as she rewrote the record Schmitt in 2011. Carolina Colorado Henao, Colombia, 2:06.75 books in the women’s 200m indi- Also yesterday, Le Clos pow- Men’s 50M butterfly vidual medley. ered to two wins to continue with Chad le Clos, South Africa, 22.17 Earlier in the day, she also the kind of form that brought him Tom Shields, US, 22.63 smashed a World Cup record in two golds, a silver and four bronze Roland Schoeman, South Africa, 22.69 the 200m freestyle heats — fin- medals at the Glasgow Games. Men’s 4x50M medley ished the evening race ahead of The 22-year-old — one of the Caitlin Levernez of the US and most recognisable swimmers in Finland, 1:42.26 Lisa Zaiser of Australia. the world after pipping Michael Thomas Fraser-Holmes Switzerland, 1:44.95 China, 1:47.44 The Hungarian clocked a time Phelps to gold in the 200m butter- Australia and Inge Dekker of the of 2:02.61 improving on her own fly final at the London Olympics Netherlands also won two races time of 2:03:20 posted last August. in 2012 — won the men’s 100m each yesterday. Leverenz finished with a time freestyle ahead of Poland’s Konrad Speaking on the high quality of 2:07:11 while Zaiser clocked Czerniak and Germany’s Steffen of swimming at Hamad Aquatic 2:08.32 in the 25m pool at the Deibler. Centre, a delighted Khalil Al state-of-the-art Hamad Aquatic Le Clos — who launched his Jaber, President, Qatar Swimming Centre. career at the Singapore Youth Association (QSA), said: “What “That was awesome. I’m super Olympic Games in 2010 — finished a perfect start to the FINA excited to break the World the 100m with a time of 46.29secs. Mastbank Swimming World Cup Record! It’s my fastest ever time Czerniak was second (46:62) while Doha 2014.” in a textile suit. I can’t believe it,” Deibler has to settle for the third Al Jaber added: “Some of the Hosszu said. spot (47.22). world’s leading swimmers like Hosszu also won the 200m free- “I’m really happy to get the Hosszu, Le Clos and Gyurta have style, sealing her victory ahead of win. It’s PB (personal best) already shown early in the series Top: South Africa’s gold medallist Chad le Clos poses on the podium compatriot Evelin Verraszto and time for me and a new record that they want to continue their with silver medallist Konrad Czerniak of Poland and bronze medallist Swiss swimmer Danielle Villars. for South Africa. It’s good prep- form of 2013, by winning and Steffen Deibler of Germany during the medal distribution ceremony after The 25-year-old Hungarian aration for the worlds here in going quick. We are going to wit- the men’s 100m event at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha yesterday. clocked a time of 1:51.41 while Doha in December,” Le Clos said. ness some great finals and very Above: The scoreboard displays Katinka Hosszu’s world record timing Verraszto finished in a time of “Everyone’s excited to be here,” quick times.” of 2:02.61 in the women’s 200m individual medley event. 1:55.81. Villars was close behind he added. Talented Qatari teenager, with 1:57.90. The South African swimming Walid Dalloul continued to make swim against the best is the world hard and my times are improving In the 50m backstroke, Hosszu star also won the Men’s 50m steady progress using the World as an event as big as this is a huge with each race.” topped the field with a time of butterfly ahead of Tom Shields of Cup meet in preparation for the opportunity for me to learn. The Later in the evening, Finland 26.18. Aleksandr Urbanczyk of the US and compatriot Roland forthcoming GCC championship. experience is very important.” pipped Switzerland in the mixed Schoeman. The talented 16-year-old, He added: “As a 16-year-old, 4x50 medley. China finished the Timings for Day 2 Le Clos clocked a time of who recently set a new Qatar I know I am still young, but race in third spot, a notch ahead One the women’s backstroke events 22.17secs while Shields impressed record in the Youth Olympics I’m using this meet to develop of Singapore, the fourth team in Heats: 10am gets under way at the Hamad with 22.63secs. Schoeman ticker in Nanjing, China said after his and prepare for the GCC the competition. Aquatic Centre in Doha yesterday. Finals: 6pm stopped at 22.69secs. 200m Breaststroke heat: “To Championship. I’m working very THE PENINSULA