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Emir meets Japan’s Foreign Minister Emir receives 8 foreign varsities Bosnia foreign minister seek SEC licence DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Crnadak and his delegation yes- for Qatar campus terday. They reviewed cooperation between the two countries and ways of enhancing them. They 113 universities to attend Doha exhibition also discussed a number of issues of mutual interest, especially the DOHA: The Supreme Education Council The scholarship amount for each stu- latest developments in the region. (SEC) is currently studying applications dents is enough to have a decent life. Coun- from eight foreign universities to set up tries attracting majority of the Qatari QNA their branches in Qatar, a senior official students are UK, US and France among said yesterday. others. The universities are from the UK, US, The scholarships are distributed to more Two Iranian India, and Germany. than 800 universities and colleges in 40 “Any applicant meeting the required countries. Local scholarship represents 55 Revolutionary standards will be granted a licence based on percent of the total scholarships. an academic and administrative feasibility As for the exhibition, Al Horr said there Guards officers study,” said Dr Khaled Al Horr, Director of are some educational institutions from Higher Education Institute at SEC. Malaysia, Spain and Turkey that are par- He was addressing a press conference at ticipating for the first time. Institutions killed in Syria the SEC premises to announce details of offering international examinations such DUBAI: Two senior officers the sixth Qatar International Exhibition as iBT, ACT, SAT, TOEFL and IELTS are Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards of Universities from October 19 to 21. The also participating. and his delegation. They discussed bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them. They were killed fighting Islamic State event titled “Towards diversity, innovation Cultural attaché of the embassies of also discussed a number of regional and international issues of common interest. militants in Syria, Iran’s Tasnim and creativity,” will take place at the Qatar Japan, France, US and Canada in Qatar news agency reported, ahead of National Convention Centre (QNCC). will also participate. a planned offensive by Syria’s The exhibition will feature 113 local and “The aim of the exhibition is to raise army. international universities and 14 institu- awareness among students and parents Major General Farshad tions from the private sector. There are about the available educational opportu- Hasounizadeh and Brigadier several new entrants this year, with a 13 nities worldwide and answer their queries,” Turkey sacks top Ankara cop Hamid Mokhtarband, command- percent increase in participants compared said Al Horr. ers in the Islamic Revolutionary to last year. Procedures for obtaining scholarships ANKARA: Turkey yesterday sacked said Ankara police chief Kadri Kartal as Guards Corps (IRGC), died in Until this month, the number of Qatari and educational visa, academic environ- Ankara’s top police chief and two other well the head of the city’s police intelli- action on Monday, Tasnim said students who have received government ment, cultural and social contexts in the officials as President Recep Tayyip gence and security departments had been late on Tuesday. scholarships has reached more than 3,000, respective countries will be explained at Erdogan admitted security shortcomings removed from their posts. It said they had It did not say where they were said Al Horr. Of these, 1,600 students the exhibition. The event will be open from over a double suicide bombing in the capi- been sacked on the suggestion of investi- fighting. Mokhtarband was for- received scholarships to study in universi- 9am to 1pm and from 5pm to 8pm. tal that killed 97. There has been growing gators “to allow for a healthy investiga- merly a brigade commander ties in Qatar while 1,400 students were The Higher Education Institute is seek- anger against Erdogan and the government tion” into the atrocity. Erdogan admitted in the southern Iranian city of chosen to study abroad. ing to expand the academic, technical and for alleged security lapses over the worst there were security shortcomings and Ahvaz. Last week another sen- The Education Institute at SEC other areas of specialisation required for attack in modern Turkey’s history in which ordered the State Supervisory Council ior Guards commander, Hossein increased extra allowance for scholarship the Qatari job market and encourage inno- two suicide bombers blew themselves up (DDK), an inspection body attached to Hamedani, was killed while advis- students by 10 percent in 2013 while allow- vation and creativity, said Al Horr. in a crowd of peace activists on Saturday. the presidency, to undertake a special ing the Syrian army near Aleppo. ance for those studying in Japan was raised Announcing the first dismissals in the investigation. in 2014. THE PENINSULA wake of the disaster, the Interior Ministry AFP REUTERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Emir honours PM meets Bosnia-Herzegovina FM outgoing envoy Cabinet approves draft DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday met outgoing Cana- dian Ambassador Andre Dubois and bestowed on him the Sash of decisions by Minister Merit in recognition of his efforts in enhancing relations. He also wished the envoy success in his Law on retirement, pension for Qataris reviewed future mission and bilateral rela- tions between further progress. DOHA: Prime Minister and The Cabinet also endorsed a open branches in Qatar. Dubois thanked and praised the Interior Minister H E Sheikh draft decision of the Minister of A letter by the Minster of Emir and officials for cooperation. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- Communications and Information Development Planning and Sta- lifa Al Thani chaired the Cabi- Technology related to amending tistics to review a report on PM meets Japan net’s weekly meeting at its Emiri some provisions of decision No. 15 developmental challenges in Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Diwan premises yesterday. of 2015 on establishing frequency Qatar and proposed procedures foreign minister Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met Bosnia and Herzegovina Foreign Minister Following the session, Deputy spectrum fees. to enhance implementation and Igor Crnadak and his delegation and reviewed cooperation and issues Prime Minister and Minister of It also approved that provisions build momentum; a letter by the DOHA: Prime Minister and of common concern. State for Cabinet Affairs H E of Law No. 24 of 2002 on retire- president of Qatar Media Corpo- Interior Minister H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid ment and pension shall apply to ration on a proposal for authoris- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Kha- Al Mahmoud said the Cabinet Qataris in several companies. ing the corporation to establish an lifa Al Thani met Japan’s For- reviewed topics on the agenda The session approved a draft information production and mar- eign Minister Fumio Kishida and took decisions and measures. protocol for cooperation between keting company; and a letter by and his delegation yesterday and Qatar sends aid for Syrian It approved five draft decisions the Supreme Education Coun- the chairman of Tax Complaints reviewed cooperation, ways of of the Minister of Economy and cil and the Moroccan Ministry Committee at the ministry of enhancing it and regional and Commerce, including specifying of Higher Education, Scientific finance on its report on the pan- international issues. refugees in Croatia a guideline model for contracts of Research and Professional Train- el’s activities from this January 1 commercial agencies; identifying ing to bring Moroccan cadres to until June 30. Al Attiyah attends requirements for outlets selling teach in Qatar. This panel, set up by the min- DOHA: In implementation of for Rescue and Relief Opera- gemstones and precious metals; It took decisions after review- istry, under chairmanship of a Paris forum directives of Emir H H Sheikh tions and Humanitarian Aids and issuing a memo format for ing a draft law on equality judge from Court of Appeal, with Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, for Areas Afflicted by Catastro- tracing and evidence of crimes between GCC citizens and Qataris two representatives of concerned PARIS: Minister of State for a team of National Search and phes in Brotherly and Friendly committed in violation of provi- regarding the practice of activi- authorities, specialises in ruling Defence Affairs and Cabinet Mem- Rescue Team of Internal Secu- Countries, headed by Lekhwiya, sions of the Law of Commercial ties, professions and economic on complaints by those entitled ber H E Major General Hamad bin rity Force (Lekhwiya) yesterday coordinated with authorities to Companies. and social services; a draft law to pay taxes. It refers periodi- Ali Al Attiyah attended a global left for Zagreb International Air- ensure the delivery of aid to Syr- The other decisions are related amending some provisions of cal reports to the Cabinet on conference of defence ministers, port in Croatia with a planeload ian refugees. Representatives to selling through advertisements, Law No. 7 of 1987 on regulations the number of the complaints ‘The Implications of Climate of medical and food assistance as from Croatian government and and amending some provisions of related to GCC citizens practising referred to it, their types, causes, Change for Defence’ being held part of Qatar’s efforts to alleviate Qatari embassy in Zagreb were the ministerial decision No. 5 of commercial activities in Qatar; rules and recommendations. in Paris. the suffering of Syrian refugees. to receive the aid. 1984 regrading selling through and a draft law on permitting QNA The Standing Committee QNA promotions and sales. companies in GCC countries to QNA Qatar reiterates support for global disarmament efforts NEW YORK: Qatar has confirmed its port efforts for disarmament according to many major international conventions achieve objectives of international con- weapons-free zone and eliminate weapons stance on global disarmament issues, call- to UN principles and its noble message in the field of disarmament, including ventions to which Qatar has acceded. of mass destruction in the Middle East ing on the member states of the United to maintain global peace and security. Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Bio- He also stressed the importance of the despite efforts. He said a lack of Middle Nations General Assembly to meet their This came in a statement by Qatar logical Weapons Convention, Chemical role played by the committee as a mul- East security and political stability is due obligations, especially nuclear and all delivered by the Third Secretary at its Weapons Convention and Comprehensive tilateral deliberative entity on disarma- to the refusal of some countries to join other weapons of mass destruction. Permanent Mission to the UN, Sheikh Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and others, to ment issues within the UN and its ability efforts to create a nuclear weapons-free Qatar also stressed the need for meas- Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani, to the support global efforts to limit the prolif- to advance the mission of disarmament zone and to join NPT. He also highlighted ures to help build trust and prevent the First Committee of Disarmament of the eration of nuclear weapons. and strengthen security, but it was unable Qatar’s support of the right of countries outer space from becoming a conflict zone 70th session of the General Assembly He said since its inception in 2004, recently to make desired progress. to peaceful use of nuclear energy, con- and said its stance is part of the state’s during a general debate on disarmament Qatar’s National Committee on Arms He said lack of political will in some firmed by NPT as an “inalienable right”, commitment to its responsibilities for and international security-related agenda Embargo has carried out its mandated countries was reflected during the including the use of nuclear technology maintenance of international peace and items. role in advising government entities Review Conference of parties to NPT this for peaceful purposes. security and its belief in the need to sup- Sheikh Ahmed said Qatar has acceded in matters relating to the embargo to May, which failed to establish a nuclear QNA THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

FM reviews ties Qatar key to Japan’s economic stability with Japan, Bosnia DOHA: Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday met Japanese Foreign Japan FM: We have agreed to hold a second dialogue soon to discuss our security policies Minister Fumio Kishida and his delegation and discussed relations, By Fazeena Saleem “In terms of further advancing bilateral including the situation in East Asia, the Iran, also held discussions on Syria, Iran means of enhancing them and relationships and comprehensive partner- Gulf and the Middle East, and security and radical elements, including ISIL. regional and international issues. DOHA: Qatar and Japan yesterday agreed ship, both sides (Qatar and Japan) agreed policies of both countries. “Qatar is also a country which plays a Dr Al Attiyah also held a separate to hold a second security dialogue soon to to coordinate to hold a second security Kishida and his delegation discussed with very active diplomatic role in issues in this meeting with Bosnia-Herzegovina exchange views on their security policies dialogue soon,” Koichi Mizushima, official Qatari authorities expansion of relations region, so it is very important for us to counterpart Igor Crnadak and and defence information, according to a spokesperson for Kishida’s visit, told a beyond economic ties, said Mizushima. exchange views on regional issues,” said reviewed cooperation, means of senior official. press conference. “The visit is very short but very dense. Mizushima. Qatar is the largest importer developing it and the situation in Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida “Since we had such first dialogue last Relations between Qatar and Japan have and about 30 percent of its exports are to the region. and his delegation on an official visit to June (2014), we would like to have the been very dense and the visit aims to fur- Japan. Qatar is also the second-largest sup- QNA Qatar separately met Emir H H Sheikh second one, and both governments are ther advance them,” he added. plier of LNG (18 percent) and third-largest Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Min- going to coordinate on the meeting,” said Japan is also looking forward to involving oil (11 percent) supplier to Japan. Campaign to boost ister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Mizushima, also Deputy Director-General, its companies into infrastructure develop- “Qatar is one of the important coun- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani Press and Public Diplomacy at Japan’s for- ment projects in Qatar. “Many Japanese tries for Japan’s energy security. It is very mosques’ sanctity and Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin eign ministry. firms have been contributing to the Qatari important for the stability of the Japanese Mohamed Al Attiyah. They discussed coop- On June 19 last year, the First Japan- economy, especially looking at 2022 FIFA economy,” he added. DOHA: The Ministry of Interior eration, ways of enhancing it and regional Qatar Security Dialogue was held in Tokyo World Cup,” said Mizushima. yesterday signed a letter of intent and international issues. and both sides exchanged views on issues, Kishida, who arrived here from a visit to THE PENINSULA with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs to raise awareness through a six-month campaign to preserve the sanctity of mosques by imposing fines on vehicles that Firm closed down use or exploit positions attached to mosques during non-prayer times for a month over Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art ‘Best at parking places. Brig. Moham- med Saad Al Kharji, Director- selling fake locks General, Traffic Directorate, and Mohammed bin Hamad Al Kuwari, DOHA: The Ministry of Emerging Culture Destination’ in Middle East Director, Mosques Department at Economy and Commerce has the ministry signed the letter. closed down a company sell- DOHA: Mathaf: Arab Museum of ums and institutions around the ing building materials in Ain Modern Art was named the Mid- world” and aim to shine a light Ministry recalls Khaled. dle East’s ‘Best Emerging Culture on museums that have made the The company has been Destination’ at 2015 Leading Cul- most exceptional contributions 2015 Lexus models closed for one month for sell- ture Destinations Awards in Lon- to culture in the past year. Lead- ing fake (Domus) window don recently. ing cultural destinations annually DOHA: The Ministry of Econ- locks and doors. Dubbed ‘The Oscars for Muse- nominates museums by region in omy and Commerce, in collabora- This follows a raid con- ums’, the award honours the five categories: Exhibitions and tion with Abdullah Abdulghani ducted by inspectors from the world’s most visionary arts insti- Programming; Architecture & & Bros, dealer of Lexus in Qatar, ministry to monitor fake goods tutions and emerging cultural Spatial Design; Eat & Drink; Shop; has announced the recall of which do not comply with spe- hotspots. The awards ranked and Digital Experience. Lexus NX200T 2015 models due cific standards. Inspectors also Mathaf as No. 1 ‘Best Emerging Museum of Islamic Art was also to defects in the anti-lock brak- seized 1,302 fake locks. Culture Destination of 2015’ on shortlisted in the ‘Architectural ing system. The ministry urged con- a shortlist that included Oman and Spatial Design’ category. The recall is within the frame- sumers to inform the Con- National Museum, Dubai Moving Founded in 2010, Mathaf houses work of the ministry’s coordina- sumer Protection Department Image Museum and Dubai Salsali Mathaf : Arab Museum of Modern Art. the largest and most extensive tion and follow-up to ascertain if they come across any viola- Private Museum. permanent collection of modern dealers’ commitment to follow up tion. Winners were judged by a panel and a wonderful recognition for Our exhibitions and education and contemporary Arab art in and repair defects to protect con- It said the department is of 12 cultural and creative figures the Mathaf team and Qatar Muse- programmes play an important the world, with more than 9,000 sumers’ rights. The ministry said ready to receive complaints from around the world and chaired ums. role as a centre of art production, works in its care, dating from the it will coordinate with the dealer and suggestions from the pub- by Gail Dexter Lord, Co-Founder, “Mathaf is an open stage — our research and a resource for foster- 19th century. Mathaf is displaying to follow up maintenance and lic through the toll free No. Lord Cultural Resources, a prac- solo and group exhibitions — fea- ing art and creativity as part of works by five pioneering Arab art- repairs and communicate with 16001, its Twitter and Insta- tice dedicated to creating cultural turing the greatest artists from daily life,” said Abdullah Karroum, ists at an exhibition, ‘Focus: Works clients to ensure the success of gram accounts or its smart- capital worldwide. the region and connecting them Director, Mathaf. from the Mathaf Collection’ open the recall and implementation of phone app. “It is a great honour to receive to the global art scene. The awards, in second year, until February 14. procedures to fix defects. recognition as the Best Emerging “It explores and celebrates are described as “celebrating the THE PENINSULA Cultural Destination at the awards modern and contemporary art. vibrancy and vitality of muse- THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME WISH to attend patient safety forum in India India voyage to resume tomorrow DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health Bad weather delays historic journey of Fath Al Kheir 2 from Oman’s Sur port (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), will showcase its research and development programmes at the fifth International Congress DOHA: After a delay due to bad importance of co-operation, solidar- on Patient Safety in Bangalore, India next week. weather in the Arabian Sea, Fath Al ity, and teamwork within a specific The annual conference places patient safety at Kheir 2 will start sailing from Oman framework by which everyone per- the top of its agenda, a key focus area of WISH. to India tomorrow. forms assigned duties in the best pos- WISH will facilitate a three-hour breakout ses- The traditional dhow is scheduled sible manner. sion on ‘The Sector-wide Importance of Patient to arrive in Mumbai after 10-15 days. “All sailors are enthusiastic and Safety’ to highlight its work from the past year and Ahmad Al Hitmi, Director, Beach brave. They are ready to resume this provide an overview of the WISH report ‘Trans- Department, Katara, praised efforts of exceptional experience which is a con- forming Patient Safety: A Sector-Wide Systems the crew towards the historic voyage tinuation of the first Fath Al Kheir Approach’. and their endurance and courage in voyage. However, it is different in some WISH will also showcase its one-year pro- the face of bad weather which required aspects related to the duration of the gramme ‘Leading Health Systems Network- then to comply with the shipmaster’s journey and the long distance to India.” (LHSN), which convenes health systems from five orders to ensure safety on board was On difficulties that faced the dhow continents on patient safety to share insights and maintained. while heading from Katara Beach to compare performance on patient safety. Mohammad Al Sada, Public Rela- Sur port in Oman, he said: “Since our Resident expertise at Sidra Medical and tions and Communication Officer, departure from Katara Beach, the Research Centre will also be highlighted by Dr said the dhow is well-equipped with weather was fine and we encountered Timothy McDonald, Inaugural Chair, Anaesthe- requirements to counter any accidents no dangers except slight mishaps due siology, and Medical Director, Quality and Safety, or climate conditions. to head winds we countered. Sidra, who is building a world-class patient safety “The crew comprised people willing “This had led us to arrive in Sur safe system. to follow the steps of their ancestors and earlier than schedule In Sur, we WISH was invited to play a key role in the con- in dealing with hardships with endur- ordered more supplies to resume our gress by Apollo Hospitals, India’s largest private ance, patience, and bravery. journey to India,” he added. hospital chain and an active member of LHSN. Children, accompanied by an official, on board the Qatari dhow. “For instance, the captain and his It will also launch CareReport app for patient crew were united which reflects the THE PENINSULA safety incident reporting. It is designed to limit barriers to staff-reported events and provide a frugal reporting platform in resource-poor envi- ronments. The app has been developed from its prototype stage into a fully functional one, and WISH will launch it for use across selected wards Ooredoo supports in Apollo hospitals. QTA attends IMEX America THE PENINSULA DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) QTA’s strategy is to triple the number of World Food Day is participating in IMEX America, the US business tourists by 2030. They currently DOHA: Ooredoo and Qatar Charity (QC) will worldwide exhibition for incentive travel, comprise 70 percent of visitors as Qatar this weekend send donated food to the needy meetings and events, in Las Vegas. has witnessed a substantial increase in in international trouble-spots, as part of ini- At the trade show, considered the larg- activity in the business meeting and exhi- tiatives marking World Food Day. est for the business events industry in the bition sector, averaging 150 events a year. Both will collect food at charity boxes US, QTA is hosting a breakfast for leading The number of exhibitions has seen an at malls, including Villaggio, City Center, professional conference organisers, event average of 35 percent growth each year for Lagoona, Landmark and Hayat Plaza. planners and association representatives. the past three years. “Qatar projects a fur- World Food Day tomorrow is a day of action “Despite coming into the global spotlight ther growth of 20 percent in 2016 with an against hunger, which sees people around the for winning the right to host FIFA World expected 60 shows on the calendar cover- world come together to declare commitment Cup 2022, Qatar’s strategy to become a ing jewellery and watches, education and to eradicate hunger in their lifetime. With QC, destination for business and mega events technology, manufacturing, food and cof- Ooredoo will ship food to people in these areas, extends far beyond 2022,” said Hamad Al fee, among others,” Al Abdan said, adding where local organisations will distribute it. Abdan, Director of Exhibitions, QTA, who efforts to diversify the economy and build Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Director, Pub- is heading the delegation. a hub for innovation is reflected in Qatar’s lic and Community Relations, Ooredoo, said, “We are keen in event planners in the busy meeting and conference agenda – the “Ooredoo is working with QC to try to make a US to understand what Qatar has to offer number of international association-related small contribution to tackling the critical issue and that we are open to developing mean- events in 2014 reached 22. Work to grow of hunger and undernourishment. We hope eve- ingful, long-term partnerships with stake- the business events sector is accompanied ryone can find time tomorrow to donate food at holders involved in establishing a business by developments in supporting sectors. special charity boxes and we thank QC for their events destination,” said Al Abdan. Fifteen new hotel establishments opened efforts to help people at home and overseas.” He said to further strengthen ties with in 2015, with construction to continue on Charity boxes will be available all weekend and MICE executives, part of the group would additions in 2016, while Doha Exhibition Ooredoo has urged people to donate non-per- be invited to Qatar early next year for a and Convention Centre will host its first ishable food that is easy to ship, such as canned tour of the country and its world-class con- event next month. and packet food. ference and exhibition facilities. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Recommendations for WHS announced

DOHA: Reach Out Group for Children & Youth “Participating youth had a to Asia (ROTA) has (UNMGCY), identified five deep and comprehensive announced final rec- main topics for reshaping understanding of their ommendations made by the global humanitar- role in the global humani- Global Youth Consulta- ian agenda: Challenges tarian agenda, and this was tion (GYC) for World on Meeting Humanitar- reflected in their discus- Humanitarian Summit ian Needs; Humanitarian sions and recommenda- (WHS). Effectiveness; Serving the tions. ROTA, in coopera- Needs of People in Conflict; “ROTA is proud to have tion with UN Major Transformation Through hosted such a well-cultured Innovations; and Reducing and educated group of Vulnerability and Manag- young people. We are hon- ing Crisis. oured to share the recom- The main topics covered mendations with the UN, were funding, account- which will form part of the ability, right to informa- first World Humanitarian tion and aid structure. Summit to be held in Tur- On humanitarian effec- key in 2016, in addition to tiveness, GYC had many the UN secretary-general recommendations, and report,” he said. ROTA discussed localisation of was chosen by UNOCHA response and effective col- to host the first GYC for its laboration. efforts in supporting youth, Young participants dis- in particular, EMPOWER, played wisdom beyond the flagship annual youth their years when address- conference of ROTA, which ing the needs of people in has been for seven consec- conflict. GYC’s vision was utive years. EMPOWER seen in their suggestions has built reputation for regarding transforma- enabling young people tion through innovation, from all over the world to an area in which young voice opinions on the global people have considerable sustainable development advantage. agenda. Essa Al Mannai, Execu- tive Director, ROTA’, said: THE PENINSULA

Demolition for road project

Demolition work continues near Library Roundabout in Old Salata for the Ras Abu Fantas Road Extension project. ABDUL BASIT THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Scattered rains likely tomorrow Charity spends to mark start of Wasmi season QC helps disabled QR7m to support DOHA: The Meteorology ers. Rains are likely to continue 2,822 families Department has forecast scat- on Sunday. tered rains tomorrow marking Climate records indicate that DOHA: Sheikh Eid Social Cen- the beginning of the Wasmi sea- temperatures decrease gradually female breadwinners tre spent about QR7m to support son in Qatar. in Doha during this season. The 2,822 needy families in Qatar this The season lasts 52 days and maximum could drop to below 35 year. is named so because it coincides degrees Celsius and the minimum Income-generating project benefits 10 in Mauritania The centre, run by Sheikh Eid with rainfall that helps certain fall to about 20. Moderate tem- Charitable Foundation, paid in local plants to grow such as raq- peratures are expected during the DOHA: Ten disabled female cash for monthly expenditures of roq (helianthemum) and ater day, becoming relatively cold at breadwinners benefited from an the families and provided rations. (geranium), the department said night, especially with the presence income-generating project imple- “More than QR6m has been in a statement yesterday. of northerly winds. Winds will be mented by Qatar Charity (QC) in distributed to 976 families since Rainfall in the beginning of northeasterly/southeasterly in Mauritania. January,” said Yusuf Al Awadi, Wasmi season is usually an indi- general, leading to an increase in It included distribution of sew- Director of the centre. cation of a good rainy season. humidity with a chance for early ing machines and holding of pre- “Many families are facing tough According to weather charts, morning mist/fog in some areas paratory courses in sewing and economic condition. They are on a cloudy weather is expected and a drop in visibility. embroidery. our waiting list and expect cash tomorrow and on Saturday with The project seeks to provide from donors to meet monthly chances of isolated thundershow- THE PENINSULA a fixed income to beneficiar- expenditures and buy rations.” ies through their use of sewing The centre is sponsoring 160 machines given to them after families on a monthly basis and training. Disabilities of benefici- plans to sponsor 500 due to the aries varied; some were handi- growing number of applications Al Jazeera scribe arrives capped, and others suffered from for monthly and regular support. partial paralysis. Providing rations on a monthly The sewing machines were basis to families is also part of a delivered to the women during an Officials with one of the beneficiaries. charity programme. Ration cou- honouring ceremony organised by pons worth QR300 to QR1,000 QC, in cooperation with Maurita- Persons Department at the Min- ies and villages in Brakna, Mauri- based on the number of family nian Association for Assisting the istry of Social Affairs, Arafat tania. The projects includes eight members are distributed. Ration Handicapped, a partner responsi- Municipality in Nouakchott and conventional bakeries which are includes sugar, rice, chicken, tea ble for the project’s implementa- QC office were present. benefiting some 7,000 people. packets, milk, flour and dates. tion. QC has also implemented A total of 846 families benefit- Officials of the Handicapped income-generating projects in cit- THE PENINSULA ted from Iftar programme, 800 received Ramadan ration pack- ets and 200 the meat of sacrificial animals during Eid Al Adha. Beneficiaries include low- RAF builds nine mosques in Mali income families who need support to cover monthly expenditures Officials with Baher Mohamed and his family. DOHA: Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation because their earning is not for Humanitarian Services (RAF) has opened nine enough. Also included are fami- DOHA: Al Jazeera English jour- ates the courage Baher had shown mosques in Mali, at a cost of QR502,000. lies whose breadwinner become nalist Baher Mohamed arrived in during his arrest and sentence. In The project worth was funded by donors from unable to work because of sickness Doha on a visit after his release the name of honest journalism, he Qatar and launched in six provinces. or disability become dependent on from an Egyptian prison. has made huge sacrifices person- Mosques are small, medium and big, with capacity donations because their income He was received at Al Jazeera ally and professionally. Baher is ranging from 100 to 300 worshipers. A total of 42,000 resource is disrupted and families headquarters by Al Jazeera Media free but now also an ambassador worshipers new can offer prayers in these mosques in without a source of income because Network Acting Director-General for press freedom and fearless Sikasso, Bamako, Ségou, Mopti, Koulikoro and Kayes their members do not have jobs. Dr Mostefa Souag, Al Jazeera journalism.” Baher said: “I can’t provinces. All mosques are fully furnished and have They are supported until their English Acting Managing Direc- stop thinking of fellow journalists necessary services. Additional services like Islamic economic condition improves or tor Giles Trendle, senior manage- still behind bars. I promise every library and water well have also been built adjacent they get jobs. Poor families receive ment, friends and colleagues. one of them that I’ll do my best to them . The project is part of RAF plan to build monthly salary, some benefit one Baher said: “I’m happy to be to reunite them with their loved mosques and Islamic centre all over the country. or two times and others receive here so that I can thank all my ones. A new phase of the fight for Mali’s population has crossed 16 million. More than commodities like furniture and colleagues who stood behind me press freedom starts tomorrow.” 94 percent of total are Muslims, Al Sharq reports. home appliances, among others. throughout my ordeal.” Dr Souag said: “Al Jazeera network appreci- THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Faithful at one of the newly-built mosques in Mali. THE PENINSULA US varsities to hold admission fair

DOHA: A group of admis- sion counsellors representing a number of accredited universities in the United States will speak with students at the Doha Mar- riott Hotel from 5.30 to 8pm on October 24. Prior to the fair, there will be three presentations from 4pm: Two field of study presentations and “How to prepare a winning application.” The event, which is free and open to the public, is organised by Linden Educational Services, which is an organisation dedi- cated to helping students from around the world connect with prestigious US universities. Linden Educational Services’ admission fair will bring students face to face For the past 20 years, Linden with counsellors of many US universities. has been visiting Doha and help- ing students pursue their goals in higher education. Linden works lic universities to small, private arts and liberal arts. closely with EducationUSA to colleges. The range of academic To learn more about participat- ensure events of the highest cali- programmes at these schools is ing universities and to register for bre. extensive, and while most schools the fair, visit www.LindenTours. University admission officers offer business, marketing and com or go to “Linden Educational visiting Doha this year represent engineering programmes, stu- Services” on Facebook. a wide variety of schools in the dents will also find schools offer- United States, from large, pub- ing degrees in the sciences, fine THE PENINSULA

Tarsheed urges economy in power, water consumption DOHA: For the third consecu- tive year, ELAN Decaux and Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation — Kahramaa — represented in the National Programme for Conservation and Energy Efficiency, Tarsheed, wrapped up a strategic public awareness campaign meant to promote energy efficiency and with the aim of reducing per cap- ita consumption of electricity by 20pc and water by 35pc by 2017. The innovative media cam- paign, seen on Doha’s streets and major shopping malls such as Vil- laggio and City Center, intends to empower Qatari society to adopt a more sustainable, efficient and eco-friendly way of living at home, work, and in all aspects of their daily lives. The Tarsheed awareness campaign at a mall in Doha. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST

Yemen rally Ten Kurdish Turkey warns US, Russia militants killed as truce call fails ANKARA: Turkish security over Syrian Kurds support forces killed 10n Kurdish mili- tants during ground and air operations in southeastern Tur- key, the military said, days after Envoys summoned to convey Ankara’s views the insurgents called a unilateral ceasefire. ANKARA: Turkish Prime Min- official last week held talks with into Turkey,” he said. The outlawed Kurdistan Work- ister Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday PYD leader Salih Muslim to dis- The attack has raised political ers Party (PKK) ordered its forces warned the United States and cuss the fight against IS. tensions to new highs as Turkey on Saturday to halt all actions in Russia against “unacceptable” The PYD’s Kurdish fighters prepares for a snap election on Turkey, following a bomb blast military and political support control large parts of northern November 1, with polarisation that killed 97 people at a peace for Syrian Kurdish forces fight- Syria on the Turkish border, within the country now greater rally in Ankara. The government ing the Islamic State (IS) group where they have for months than ever. dismissed the truce declaration in Syria. engaged in bitter fighting with The bombing targeted thou- as a ploy ahead of November Turkey earlier summoned IS militants. sands of people gathering for a polls that will be contested by a US and Russian envoys to warn Turkey is currently waging peace rally of union, leftist and pro-Kurdish party. against supplying arms and sup- a two-pronged “war on terror” Kurdish activists criticising the Three militants were killed in port for Syrian Kurdish forces against both IS and the PKK, government’s current offensive clashes during an operation by fighting the Islamic State (IS) although so far air strikes have against Kurdish militants. the military in Hakkari prov- group in Syria. overwhelmingly focused on bases The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Dem- ince, close to Turkey’s Iran and “We have a clear position. That of the Kurdish militants in north- ocratic Party (HDP), which lost Iraq borders, the military said position has been conveyed to the ern Iraq. several members in the blasts, has in a statement yesterday. Seven United States and the Russian Davutoglu said yesterday that accused the authorities of, at the more were killed in subsequent Federation,” Davutoglu said in there was an “organic bond” very least, severe negligence over air strikes. televised comments. “Turkey can- between the PKK and the PYD. the bombings. Security sources said Turkish not accept any cooperation with “We know that some of those In protests after the blasts, F-16 jets launched further air terrorist organisations which who fled from (Turkish) opera- demonstrators have held up ban- strikes against Kurdish positions. have waged war against it.” tions against the PKK in north- ners such as “killer Erdogan” and Yemeni fighters loyal to their Saudi-backed President Abdrabuh Mansur A Turkish foreign ministry ern Iraq joined the ranks of the “we know the killer!”. The author- Hadi attend a rally marking the anniversary of the south’s revolt against REUTERS official said that the US and Rus- PYD in Syria,” he said. ities have angrily ridiculed claims British colonial rule, in Taiz, yesterday. sian ambassadors were called to “We have a clear stance against of state complicity. the ministry “to convey Turkey’s terrorist organisations which The government has said the views” about Democratic Unity waged a war against Turkey. We Islamic State group is the prime Party (PYD), the main Kurdish have the same attitude against suspect behind the bombings, group in Syria. their affiliates ,” Davutoglu said. which also injured more than “Necessary warnings were 500 people. Erdogan has said Iran’s Guardian Council issued,” the official added. BOMBERS IDENTIFIED the attack had its roots in Syria, Turkey labels the PYD as the He warned the United States where IS militants have captured Syrian offshoot of the outlawed and other allies against any coop- swathes of territory up to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) eration with the PYD. Turkish border. passes nuclear bill into law which has waged a bloody insur- “Just as the United States and There have been growing indi- gency since 1984. other friendly allies fight against cations that the authorities are DUBAI: Iran’s Guardian Council of six Muslim clerics appointed To date, he has neither US-led coalition forces have Al Qaeda linked groups, Turkey focussing on possible parallels ratified a bill yesterday approv- by the Supreme Leader and six approved nor rejected the agree- parachuted in ammunition to is determined to fight against or even links to a July 20 suicide ing the nuclear deal reached by lawyers elected by parliament, is ment, but has commended the anti-IS rebels in northern Syria, the PKK and its affiliates,” he bombing at a peace rally in Suruc Tehran and six world powers, charged with ensuring draft laws work of Rowhani’s negotiating stepping their backing for groups said. on the Syrian border that killed state news agency Irna and other do not contradict religious laws team. battling jihadists. “Just as the United States and 34 people. agencies said, allowing the gov- or Iran’s constitution. Provided Khamenei does not The move follows the Penta- allies cannot tolerate arms sup- The government blamed the ernment to implement the agree- “The majority of the Guard- openly oppose the bill, analysts gon’s announcement last week port for Al Qaeda and its affili- IS group for that attack, which ment. ian Council did not find the bill... expect Iran to begin shutting that it would halt its much-crit- ates, Turkey cannot tolerate arms also targeted a gathering of pro- Parliament on Tuesday to be against religious law and down parts of its nuclear pro- icised programme to train mod- support for the PKK and its affili- Kurdish and leftist activists. approved the bill with a strong the constitution,” the council’s gram in the coming weeks. When erate rebels, and instead focus ates.” The Hurriyet daily reported majority, in a victory for Presi- spokesman Nejatollah Ebrahim- completed, that process will result efforts on equipping pre-screened He said that nobody could that the authorities now believe dent Hassan Rowhani’s govern- ian was quoted as saying by the in most international sanctions, rebel leaders from groups actively guarantee the ammunitions pro- one of the Ankara suicide bomb- ment over conservative opponents Fars news agency. imposed on Iran since 2006 over fighting IS. Russia is intervening vided for Syrian Kurdish groups ers was Yunus Emre Alagoz, the of the July 14 deal, known as the The exact stance of Supreme concerns it was covertly seeking in Syria with bombing raids in would not end up in Turkey. brother of the Suruc bomber Joint Comprehensive Plan of Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, atomic bombs, being lifted. support of the regime of President “We will never allow a weapons Abdurrahman Alagoz. Action. who has the last word on all mat- Bashar Al Assad. A top Russian stockpile in Syria to be inserted AFP The Guardian Council, made up ters of state, is not known. REUTERS Cathay suspends flights over Iran

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s flagship car- until further notice,” it said in a statement. those issues were there, but didn’t make rier Cathay Pacific has suspended flights The airline said it had received safety any recommendations or changes to what over Iran and the Caspian Sea after the advisories from both the EASA and the airlines do,” said chief executive Alan Joyce. European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) United Nations’ International Civil Avia- “If there was a problem, and if it does issued a warning about missiles being fired tion Organisation (ICAO) but added that turn into being a problem, Qantas will not at Syria. neither had made specific recommendations be flying aircraft through that airspace. But The air safety fears come as investiga- to carriers. the information that we have is it is safe tors issued their final report into the fate Cathay already has a long-term policy to do so.” of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, conclud- not to overfly Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine Qantas flies over Iran on its Dubai to ing it was shot down by a Russian-made and Syria, the statement said. London leg. Singapore Airlines said in a BUK missile fired from war-torn eastern In its safety information bulletin released statement yesterday that it had “resumed Ukraine. last week, EASA said “missiles en-route normal routings” after previously diverting The Boeing 777 was downed last year, to Syria crossed airspace in Iran and Iraq some flights to avoid the Caspian Sea area. killing all 298 people on board. below flight routes used by commercial It did not explain why it had resumed The EASA stepped in as Russia intensi- transport aeroplanes”. those services. fies its air campaign against Islamic mili- The missiles had been launched from the The airline said decisions on flight routes tants in Syria. Last week Moscow launched Caspian Sea, it said, adding that the advi- were made “based on numerous factors” a salvo of cruise missiles from its warships sory was to “create awareness” for airspace and added that it only used routes that in the Caspian. Cathay said it had suspended users. It did not give any specific guidelines had been cleared for use by the authorities. flights in response to the dangers. or suggest restrictions. “The safety of our customers and crew is our “In view of the situation in the region, Australian carrier Qantas said yesterday number one priority,” the statement added. Cathay Pacific suspended all flights over that it had chosen not to suspend flights Iran and Caspian Sea since last Thursday over the area. “The Europeans said that AFP

Sudan refusing rations for Darfur peacekeepers: UK

UNITED NATIONS: For weeks the government of Sudan has been refus- ing to release rations and other essential supplies for international peacekeepers in the conflict-torn Darfur region, Britain’s ambassa- dor to the United Nations said yesterday. British envoy Matthew Rycroft added that he was planning to raise the issue of the United Nations- African Union peacekeep- ing mission in Darfur, known as UNAMID, dur- ing Wednesday’s meeting of the U.N. Security Council on unrelated issues. “We’re very worried that the government of Sudan is preventing UNAMID from doing its job, specifi- cally they are holding up crucial rations and other supplies in Port Sudan,” he told reporters. REUTERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Germany warns of risk in US-Russia conflict Washington and Moscow to hold talks on crowded Syria skies

BERLIN/DAMASCUS: Ger- “For that I’ll travel to Iran and Carter said the talks between the it belonged,” defence ministry many’s Foreign Minister Frank- Saudi Arabia next weekend.” US and Russian militaries would spokesman Igor Konashenkov Walter Steinmeier yesterday Steinmeier leaves late on Fri- aim to ensure Moscow follows said. Despite the planned talks, warned of the risk of a US-Rus- day for Tehran to hold talks with “basic safety procedures” over Moscow said Washington had sian conflict breaking out over his counterpart Mohammad Syria. declined to host a high-ranking Syria, as he readied to travel to Javad Zarif and President Has- Colonel Steve Warren, the Russian delegation or to send the region. san Rowhani. He will then travel spokesman for the US-led coali- its own team to hold separate American and Russian planes on to Saudi Arabia before heading tion, told reporters that coalition broader discussions on Syria. are currently waging separate air to Jordan, where he is due to join and Russian planes came just “We have been told that they campaigns over Syria targeting an OSCE Mediterranean Confer- “miles apart” over Syria. can’t send a delegation to Moscow Islamic State militants, although ence. The United States and Rus- “Visual identification took and they can’t host a delegation Washington and its allies have sia were to hold new talks soon place. All pilots conducted them- in Washington either,” Russian accused Moscow of targeting avoiding incidents in the skies of selves appropriately and every- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Western-backed rebels in order Syria, as regime forces launched one went about their business,” told parliament. to prop-up the regime of Presi- heavy attacks against rebels near he said. Washington and its allies dent Bashar Al Assad. Damascus. Fighting was also “But this is dangerous right?... accuse Moscow of targeting mod- Steinmeier — who is to visit reported in the northern city of There’s always going to be some erate Western-backed rebels and Iran, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in Aleppo, where jihadists from the risk if there are uncoordinated propping up President Bashar Al the coming days — said he wanted Islamic State group were making actors in the battle space.” Assad, a longtime Russian ally. to “urgently caution the US and advances against rebel fighters. Moscow confirmed the inci- Syria’s regime has managed to Russia not to military engage in a The planned talks come after dent, saying one of its fighters advance in the strategic Sahl al- way that in the end could lead to US and Russian planes passed had approached a coalition plane Ghab region that is a gateway to a conflict” between them. within kilometres of each other after detecting “emissions from Assad’s coastal heartland of Lata- “Secondly, we must strive on Saturday. Russia’s air cam- an unidentified flying object.” kia thanks to Russian air support. to help build bridges between paign, launched on September “Our fighter turned and flew to And yesterday regime forces Iran and Saudi Arabia so that it 30, has raised fears of a military a distance of two to three kilome- began an operation to dislodge becomes conceivable that in the incident with the US-led coalition tres (one to two miles from the insurgents from the Jobar area on end we can get all the regional that has been bombing IS in Syria plane), not with the aim of scar- the eastern outskirts of Damascus, Lebanese soldiers stand guard outside the Russian embassy in Beirut partners we need at one table,” and Iraq for more than a year. ing someone, but to identify the a military source said. during a protest organised by members of the Sunni Committee of Muslim he said. US Defence Secretary Ashton object in question and to whom AFP Scholars (MSC) against Russia’s intervention in Syria.

Moroccan intellectual collapses Palestinians want UN to examine protection force after hunger strike over travel ban UNITED NATIONS: The Pales- tion was “very explosive” and that to meet at the United Nations will be continued and to protect RABAT: A prominent Moroccan intellectual who went on hunger tinians want the United Nations the Security Council must find today to discuss calls for an the Palestinian worshippers,” said strike a week ago, protesting against a travel ban and police harass- to consider deploying a protection ways of “providing protection” to emergency Security Council Mansour. ment, has collapsed and is in hospital, members of his support com- force in east Jerusalem to help the Palestinians. meeting to discuss the worsen- The Palestinian envoy said mittee said yesterday. quell violence, the Palestinian “The situation warrants pro- ing violence. the UN office of legal affairs Critics say Morocco’s king is letting slide freedoms that he prom- envoy to the United Nations said viding protection for our people Mansour said the Arab coun- had produced a 44-page report ised four years ago as a concession to protesters when he approved a yesterday. in the occupied territory starting tries were weighing a possible detailing options for the pro- new constitution devolving some court powers to parliament and the The proposal would be in the Old City of Jerusalem and draft resolution that demands tection of Palestinians, but that government in unheralded political reforms. included in a draft resolution Al Aqsa mosque,” Mansour told a withdrawal of Israeli security the Security Council had yet to It is the second time Maati Monjib, a professor of political history aimed at defusing weeks of reporters. forces from flashpoint areas and consult it. and African studies at the University of Rabat and a writer for national clashes between Israel and the There were repeated clashes calls for the deployment of the Israel set up checkpoints in and international news organisations, has been on hunger strike. Palestinians that are raising at east Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al protection force at Al Aqsa. Palestinian neighbourhoods of “He is still in the hospital, we were expecting him to leave this morn- fears of an all-out Palestinian Aqsa mosque compound in Sep- “We believe that some form of east Jerusalem and mobilised ing but doctors said that his blood pressure is not stable,” said Samad uprising, a third intifada. tember between Israeli forces and observers or international force hundreds of soldiers as it strug- Ayach, a member of Monjib’s support committee. Palestinian envoy Riyad Man- Palestinian youths. (should) be placed there in order gled to stop attacks. REUTERS sour told reporters that the situa- Arab ambassadors are due to guarantee that the status quo AFP Iraq says assault to retake IS-held Ramadi looming BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces have made significant advances around Ramadi and an operation to retake the city captured by the Islamic State group in May is looming, officers said yesterday. “Great people, the hour of victory against the Daesh (IS) criminal gangs has come,” said a statement from the Joint Opera- tions Command for Anbar prov- ince, of which Ramadi is the capital. “Your heroic forces are advanc- ing steadily from the northern side... they managed to reach Albu Farraj area,” on the northern edge of the city centre, it said. The head of the Anbar com- mand, Major General Ismail Mahalawi said that “Iraqi forces have raised the Iraqi flag on Albu Farraj bridge”, over the Euphra- tes. Since the start of October, Iraqi forces have been closing in on Ramadi, gaining ground west and north of the city in partic- ular. IS fighters took Ramadi, about 100km west of Baghdad, in mid-May after a three-day blitz of massive suicide car and truck Riot policemen stand guard during a patrol looking for anti-government bomb attacks that forced a disor- rioters in the streets of Sulaimaniya, northern Iraq, yesterday. derly retreat by pro-government troops. mating between 600 and 1,000 the on that front. Other paramili- After the most stinging setback number of IS fighters remaining tary outfits operating under suffered by Iraqi forces since they in Ramadi. the umbrella of the Hashed Al started a counter-offensive to According to the daily tallies Shaabi, dominated by Shia mili- regain the territory lost in mid- provided by the US military, 58 tia groups, have focused their 2014, officials vowed to swiftly air strikes have been carried out efforts around Fallujah, which retake Ramadi. by coalition warplanes in the is still under IS control and lies Progress has been sluggish, Ramadi area since the start of about half way between Ramadi however, with Iraqi forces and October. Four were conducted on and Baghdad. the US-led coalition supporting Tuesday, a statement said. Army and Hashed fighters also them in Anbar blaming a number They “destroyed five ISIL launched a broad offensive yes- of factors, including searing sum- buildings, five ISIL fighting posi- terday aimed at reviving efforts mer temperatures. tions, an ISIL tactical vehicle, two to recapture Baiji, a town about The US-led coalition’s spokes- ISIL improvised explosive clusters 200km north of Baghdad and the man in Baghdad, Colonel Steve used as minefields, and denied nearby refinery. Warren, conceded two weeks ago ISIL terrain at three separate The refinery, the country’s larg- there had been an “operational locations,” it said, using another est is thought to have been dam- pause” in efforts to retake Ram- acronym for IS. aged beyond repair by almost adi. The forces battling IS around non-stop fighting since the first But on Tuesday he said Iraqi Ramadi are mostly from the days of the offensive IS launched forces were now ready to launch regular security forces, including across Iraq in June 2014. an operation inside the city. the army, the police and the elite Control of Baiji is also consid- “We now believe that battle- counter-terrorism services. ered a key step towards isolating field conditions are set for the Thousands of Sunni tribal key IS bastions from one another. ISF (Iraqi security forces) to fighters from Ramadi and else- push into the city,” he said, esti- where in Anbar are also active AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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UR region has been watching with apprehension Russia’s military involvement in Syria. Moscow’s entry was unexpected – both its time and the Oscale of operation. And two weeks after they began carrying out airstrikes, a clear picture is emerging MH17 crash report shows of Vladimir Putin’s sinister design – he wants to prop up Bashar Al Assad rather than fight the terrorists. Despite Moscow’s assertions that its airstrikes are meant to weaken the Islamic State and other terrorists in Syria, Western officials and Syrian rebels say most of the strikes have no side was innocent focused on areas in central and northern Syria where By Leonid Bershidsky the conflict area. While there can be to Russia after shooting down MH-17. extremist group does not have a strong presence. Russian no moral equivalency between arming Whether that indicates it had been intervention has begun to turn the Syrian war in Assad’s he Dutch report on the down- or protecting the perpetrators of that supplied and manned by the Russian favour. His forces are advancing as the opposition is ing of Malaysia Airlines Flight crime, and failing to close the skies, the military or that Russia merely helped struggling to preserve their positions. 17 was not supposed to appor- uncomfortable truth laid bare by the the rebels hide the hot weapon is not Russia definitely has a strategy on Syria, whether good Ttion blame. Yet the report report is that both sides in the conflict particularly important. The names of released Tuesday by the Dutch Safety were glaringly incompetent. specific Russian or pro-Russian fighters or bad, and in that sense it has won in Syria because its Board clearly shows that no side is inno- After ascertaining that MH-17 was who brought down the airliner would enemies -- the US and its allies in our region – still lack cent in eastern Ukraine’s now-frozen brought down by a Buk, the Safety add little to the story of a terrible mis- a coherent strategy. Two weeks on, the US and Arab conflict. Board did a thorough job of pinpoint- take, the kind that makes war indis- countries are trying to assess where they stand, how they The July 17, 2014, plane crash killed ing the location from which it was fired. criminately, senselessly cruel. I find it got there and where they are headed. There are no signs of 298 people, causing endless grief in It ordered three different simulations of hard to believe these people are still an easy answer. several countries and catalysing Rus- the missile’s trajectory, one independ- alive, anyway. When a criminal inves- sia’s international isolation. It was after ent, one from a Ukrainian research tigation run by the affected countries Russia has been acting with speed and precision. Its MH-17 that Europe agreed to mean- institute and one from Almaz-Antei, presents its results sometime next year, military support for Assad has paved the way for the ingful economic sanctions, including the Russsian producer of Buk systems. it will probably also pin the catastrophe strengthening of the presence of other Assad allies in Syria restrictions on the access of Russian The resulting spots fell within an area on the pro-Russian side: The evidence – Iran and Hezbbollah. Taking state companies to European Union of 320 square kilometres. is by now overwhelming. It’s time for US advantage of cover from Russia’s debt markets. Though Russia has vetoed The data match reports by journalists The Dutch report goes beyond the air campaign, Iran has sent a proposed United who travelled to the area and citizen obvious, however, when discussing why Nations-man- journalists working with the Belling- MH-17 was allowed to traverse the sky and its Arab hundreds of troops into northern dated tribunal, it cat blog. They indicate that the Buk over the conflict zone. As many as 16 allies to shed and central Syria in the first is paying for the launcher was loaded onto a truck from a Ukrainian planes and helicopters had such open deployment since the Sixteen Ukrainian incident every rental company taken over by the sepa- been shot down between April and July their lethargy Syrian revolution began. That planes and day, and its guilt ratists in Donetsk, driven to the small 17, 2014, and yet Ukraine let passenger two senior officers of Iran’s is assumed even town of Snizhne, then offloaded and traffic continue above a certain altitude. without official driven south of town on the day of the The Dutch investigation established that and indecision Revolutionary Guards have been helicopters had findings and the MH-17 crash. Snizhne is located in the the Ukrainian authorities had figured and formulate killed in Syria, just days after been shot down Kremlin’s ham- top left-hand corner of the broad area the only threat to civilian aircraft in the the death of a general from this handed attempts on the Safety Board’s map. According area came from its own warplanes, not a pragmatic elite unit, shows the extent of between April to deflect blame. to conflict maps published at the time, from the ground, so they banned civil- The logic is clear: pretty much the entire area specified in ian flights at altitudes below 26,000 feet. strategy on Iran’s presence, which is only and July 17, 2014, likely to intensify. Hezbollah too Pro-Russian the report was in rebel hands. MH-17 was 33,000 feet above ground rebels in eastern Almaz Antei must have realised it when the Buk hit it. That, in the eyes Syria. is ratcheting up its presence. and yet Ukraine Ukraine were had submitted data that didn’t match of the Dutch investigators, was not a Support has never been so let passenger the only party to the Russian propaganda line. On sufficient excuse. “Management of the plentiful for Assad since the civil the conflict that Tuesday, before the Dutch report was airspace above a country is an exclusive war started. traffic continue needed to defend released, it gave a press conference to right of the sovereign state,” the report The war in Syria has already claimed the lives of more itself against a insist that, according to its simulation said. above a certain threat from the data, the missile was fired from the area The Safety Board’s conclusions pro- than 250,000 people and displaced half of the country’s air, and they were of Zaroschenskoye, then held by the vide support to lawyers such as Elmar population. The world has stopped taking note of the death altitude. — and still are — Ukrainian military. The village lies to Giemulla, who represents the families toll, which has just become a statistic. Even the mass armed and aided the west of the area highlighted in the of German MH-17 victims, in suing the migration to Europe of Syrian refugees has failed to prod by Moscow. report. The Safety Board wisely ignored Ukrainian government for damages. the world into action. The Arab countries too have bound In that sense, the Dutch report that attempt to rewrite the story. Giemulla’s lawsuits, filed in the Euro- themselves in confusion and indecision, leaving Syria to changes little, showing — without say- If anyone needed proof that the Buk pean Court for Human Rights, are as ing it in so many words — that the Buk was launched from rebel territory, the fruitless as was the attempt to establish Assad, Putin and their allies. missile which destroyed the plane must Safety Board’s data are unequivocal on a tribunal to punish Russia. For such Russia’s victory in Syria will have perilous consequences have been launched from rebel-held ter- that count. Determining who manned efforts to have a sobering effect on post- for a region which is already struggling to contain a ritory. Yet it stresses a point that Rus- the Buk and what happened to it Soviet states mired in their ethnic and resurgent Iran. It’s time for US and its Arab allies to shed sia has repeatedly made in its defence: afterwards lay outside the scope of the cultural conflicts, these states’ leaders their lethargy and indecision and formulate a pragmatic Ukraine, a country responsible for safe- technical investigation, but the latest must truly understand the primacy of strategy on Syria guarding its airspace, failed in its duty Bellingcat report uses social media data human lives. . by allowing passenger jets to fly over to show the launcher had been moved BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Anger beyond words the day VER the past week, a hunted down, and a Muslim man of his right to life. A writer speaks out Akademi and to the public realm. The growing number of writers being lynched by his own neighbours when his or her conscience is numbed Akademi is an autonomous body but have returned literary for allegedly storing beef in his home. beyond pain. For many of them, the has refrained from speaking out. Its honours that had been Their rejection of the honour is a lynching of the Muslim man was the silence is the silence of the state. Even It is necessary Oawarded to them in recognition of their symbolic reminder of the times, as a last straw. the once-formidable media adviser to to support the work — and in doing so reminded the wave of intolerance cascades from After all, since Partition this is prob- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has state of its failure to protect the last Dadri even to the most cosmopolitan ably the first time that rumours of a man had ink thrown on his face for taking a cooperation between man standing. What started with writer of Indian cities, Mumbai, threatening killing a cow have cost him his life, in stand on former Pakistan Foreign Min- the Iraqi government Nayantara Sahgal returning the Sahitya to choke the air. What the writers have his own neighbourhood. Their protest ister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri’s book Akademi award she won in 1986, led reminded India is what its people are is also against several non-state actors launch event, which was opposed and the Iraqi to a wave of protests. The others also today witness to: a society turning that owe allegiance to the Bharatiya vehemently by the BJP’s ally, the Shiv Kurdistan in the fight chose to give up their precious Sahitya upon itself. And in asking the state to Janata Party government and that call Sena. The Shiv Sena is known for acts Akademi awards, given by writers to act now, the writers are telling India of the shots in towns and villages far from of that kind, but they don’t behove a against terrorism, but writers. Their protest is against an the need to preserve and hold on to its the public gaze in general. city such as Mumbai that prides itself we are doing it with impassive state that remains a silent pluralistic fabric. The letters serve as It is in this climate of intolerance and on being India’s most cosmopolitan spectator, effectively complicit in the reminders of the fragile times we live complicity by the state that the letters city. the consent of the Sergei Lavrov act of writers and rationalists being in, when mere rumours can rob a man of protest have found their way to the THE HINDU government. Russian Foreign Minister THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Hillary Clinton runs the table in debate

under assault not just by Clinton but Cooper and Martin O’Malley. Sanders It was the first time, but by no means the had eschewed devoting a great deal of time to debate prep-and it showed. He last, that Clinton would invoke Obama. often seemed unprepared, especially compared to Clinton, and came across In so doing, she yoked herself to a figure frequently as somewhat sheepish, reac- tive, and exasperated. He was strongest enormously popular with the Democratic on issues in his wheelhouse, such as Wall Street reform, thundering that “Congress nominating electorate. does not regulate Wall Street. Wall Street regulates Congress.” But while he chas- tised Clinton for being “naïve” in her approach to the financial sector, he shied By John Heilemann debate of the 2016 cycle was a complete away from the strongest potential shots and utter rout. Knowing that she faced at her ties to the billionaire class. ight years ago, Hillary Clinton the highest possible expectations, that Sanders’ staunchest adherents see his took part in 25 Democratic she would be graded by unforgiving refusal to engage in such attacks as a big debates or forums in her epic, standards, and that as the front-runner part of his appeal. Nothing that occurred Ehistoric, ultimately doomstruck she had the most to lose, Clinton turned in Vegas is likely to cost him their sup- battle with Barack Obama for their par- in a bracing, formidable, approachable, port. A few hours after the debate, his ty’s presidential nomination. And while nearly flawless performance that was in campaign issued a press release tout- few in this amnesiac culture remember it almost every respect stronger than any ing multiple (methodologically absurd) clearly — the exception being those who she delivered in 2007-2008. It was, by online polls showing that he was the worked for Obama, who recall it all too a wide margin, the best night (or day) night’s winner, and claiming the cam- clearly — she was excellent in all of them. of her campaign so far. She didn’t just paign had raised $1.3m in the four hours She really only slipped up once: in the win or even win decisively. She kicked after the debate. But for Sanders, the October 2007 debate at Drexel Univer- ass from here to Sunday. Four exchanges goal of the debate was to begin broaden- sity, when she flubbed a question about illustrate the nature and extent of Clin- Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, and Hillary Clinton, former Secretary ing his appeal, and it was hard to cite a driver’s licences for illegal immigrants ton’s dominance in Vegas: of State, speak with each other on stage shortly before the start of the first Democratic moment or argument that held out that that popped up at the end of the night, 1) When CNN’s Anderson Cooper, presidential debate at the Wynn Las Vegas resort in Las Vegas, Nevada, late on Tuesday. potential. Martin O’Malley, by contrast, and which cost her dearly. Even so, the right out of the gate, raised a spectre did a decent job of introducing himself fact remains: on 24 other occasions, she that fuels doubt about Clinton: that she to an electorate for whom he was, before pretty much mopped the floor with the is an ideological shape-shifter, moored ica-everybody else has to be accountable, the subject of the controversy surround- tonight, almost entirely a mystery. His field, very much including Obama. to nothing but political expedience. “Just but not the gun manufacturers. And we ing Clinton’s private email system. When promotion of his record on gun control Clinton has many flaws as a candidate, for the record,” Cooper asked tartly, “are need to stand up and say: Enough of that.” he did, she was ready with an earnest was strong, but his refusal to repeat but she also has many assets, and among you a progressive or are you a moderate?” 3) When Lincoln Chafee touted his admission that the system was “a mis- forthrightly to Clinton’s face a criticism those are skills, tendencies, and qualities Without missing a beat, Clinton snapped opposition as a senator to the 2002 Iraq take” and that the issues that have been he has been making on the stump — that that serve her well in the realm of foren- off a line that captured her political phi- war authorisation and questioned Clin- raised around it are “legitimate,” followed she has historically been too quick to use sics. Her zeal for policy and encyclope- losophy accurately, authentically, and at ton’s judgement for voting the other way, by an indictment of the House Benghazi military force abroad — was weak. Cha- dic grasp of its nuances and details. Her bumper-sticker length: “I’m a progres- she parried with a crisp and clever rejoin- committee as a plainly partisan endeav- fee and Jim Webb entered the debate as intense focus, her relentless diligence, sive. But I’m a progressive who likes to der: “I recall very well being on a debate our. “But tonight,” she went on, “I want asterisks and exited as after-thoughts. her penchant for methodical preparation. get things done.” stage, I think, about 25 times with then to talk not about my emails, but about All things considered, then, the night The sharp analytical bent of her mind. 2) After mocking her chief rival, Bernie Senator Obama, debating this very issue. what the American people want from the could hardly have been better for Clin- Her capacity to deploy her combative- Sanders, for his invocation of Denmark After the election, he asked me to become next president of the United States.” The ton: she was on fire, her opponents were ness to strategic ends. These strengths, as a model for the United States, Clinton secretary of state. He valued my judg- crowd erupted in applause. not, and while her answers on Keystone, like all human strengths, are twinned to went after him again on the rare topic ment, and I spent a lot of time with him And then, out of nowhere, she received on flip-flopping, and on Wall Street weaknesses: a propensity to wade into a where Sanders is out of step with the left: in the Situation Room, going over some the equivalent of an in-kind political reform were less than perfect, she com- thicket of detail, to be too programmatic, gun control. Asked if Sanders had been very difficult issues.” contribution from Sanders. “Let me say mitted nothing that even her fiercest to allow her humour and humanity to get tough enough on firearms in his career, It was the first time, but by no means something that may not be great politics,” critics could call a mistake. Eight years lost in the shuffle, at times to condescend. she replied, “No, not at all” — and then the last, that Clinton would invoke he offered. “But I think the secretary is ago, Clinton’s error at Drexel marked But what her experience on the debate laid into him for voting against the Brady Obama. In so doing, she not only yoked right, and that is that the American peo- a turning point: the moment when her stage — unmatched by any candidate in Bill five times and to shield gun manufac- herself to a figure enormously popular ple are sick and tired of hearing about unstoppable supertanker of a campaign either party — has given her is the abil- turers and dealers from liability lawsuits. with the Democratic nominating elec- your damn e-mails.” At which point Clin- suddenly found itself with a hole in its ity to exploit her strengths and subdue Sanders had defended the latter vote on torate. She sent one of several subtle ton threw her head back, laughed, and hull and the water rushing in. It would be her weaknesses as a debater. Or at least the grounds that the bill in question was messages to the man who wasn’t there exulted, “Thank you! Me, too! Me, too!” quite an irony if, exactly eight years later, that would seem to be the case judging by “large and complicated.” — Vice-President Joe Biden — that if he Throwing that lifeline to Clinton was a the debate in Vegas — followed next week how she did Tuesday night at the Wynn “I was in the Senate at the same time,” should decide to enter the race, she will win for Sanders, too; according to Face- by her appearance before the Benghazi Las Vegas. Clinton responded. “It wasn’t that com- not allow him to seize the mantle readily book, it was the “top social moment” of panel — marked another turning point, At the risk of already having buried plicated to me. It was pretty straight- of the inheritor of the Obama mantle. the night. But it was one of the Vermont in precisely the opposite direction. the lede, let me put it as bluntly as pos- forward to me that he was going to give 4) Somewhat surprisingly, it took senator’s few triumphs on the Vegas sible: the first Democratic presidential immunity to the only industry in Amer- Cooper more than 45 minutes to raise stage. For much of the night, he was BLOOMBERG No reason for Angola civil war How finance can

By Adam Taylor period of almost 30 years, people lost the notion of being independ- fight epidemics etween 1975 and 2002, ent persons. They would say, ‘I’m Angola was locked in one UNITA’ or ‘I’m MPLA’. . . I was Bof the world’s bloodiest either MPLA or UNITA — there By Lawrence H Summers getting a new vehicle in which to wars. Around half a million peo- was no middle way. People became invest. Little wonder that the ple lost their lives in the conflict, possessions.” uring the annual IMF- session brought together health which saw two former liberation As a man who worked as a World Bank meetings advocates, national aid agencies movements face off against each driver in the city of Kuito during Dlast week in Lima, Peru, and leading financial firms, all of other with Cold War superpower the war told Pearce, “Like trees I was part of a discussion on a whom were very positive. backing. In 1993, faced with a bending in the wind, the people proposed pandemic emergency I hope 2016 will see the advent conflict that seemed to have no had to lean whichever way.” financing facility. The subject of epidemic or pandemic bonds. end in sight, the United Nations The Angolan civil war may have brought together two things I am But there are two hurdles that even dubbed it: “The worst war in been considered a Cold War proxy very interested in. First, the Lan- will have to be overcome. the world.’’ war by the rest of the world, but cet Commission on Global Health First, a suitable price has to Over a decade since the end Pearce’s study finds few ordinary 2035, which I recently chaired, be found for these bonds: a price of the war, a new study has been Angolans cared about that ideo- argues that underinvestment in that works for both investors and released that tries to make sense logical divide. health-related global public goods for those who will issue them. of it. Titled “Political Identity Many of those who were inter- is a major problem — and that Experience with hurricane and And Conflict In Central Angola, viewed suggested that they simply in particular the world is badly earthquake bonds suggests that in 1975-2002” and written by Justin accepted the authority of which- underinvesting in epidemic and order to accept a 1 percent chance Pearce, a research associate at the ever military power was control- pandemic protection relative to of default, investors require about University of Cambridge and a ling the land they lived on at that the risks involved. Second, after a 3 percent yield premium. The former correspondent in Angola, moment. all that has gone wrong in recent same is likely true of epidemic or it comes to a remarkable conclu- As the war went on, the rival years, it seems incumbent on all pandemic bonds. In an expected sion: For many of those who lived groups began creating jobs and of us involved in finance to think value sense the bonds are expen- through the conflict, there was providing services to the civil- about how financial innovations sive for issuers and attractive to little meaning behind it. UNITA rebel soldiers assembling in quartering areas at the end of the war ians they controlled, who in turn can address the real problems of investors. So the question posed That’s not to say that Pearce in Angola in 2002. became loyal to the group for the real people. is this: As an aid agency con- found the war had no impact on positive effect it may have had on The idea under discussion is cerned with, say, health in sub- people — in fact, he finds it has (MPLA) and the National Union had with one young woman in their life. a potentially powerful one: some Saharan Africa, is it better to pay had a profoundly devastating for the Total Independence of 2002, when she told him: “I used Pearce writes that in the end public entity would issue bonds to $3m to support the issuance of effect on Angola and its people. Angola (UNITA). When the to be a member of UNITA. But the war became a “zero-sum investors which would be deemed a bond that will with 1 percent However, through a broad range MPLA took control of the central now I’m a member of the Govern- game,” with each side working to default in the event of an epi- probability pay off $100m or is it of interviews with eyewitnesses government after Angola gained ment.” Pearce then asked her why to destroy the other’s ability to demic, assuring the availability of better to give the $3m to support of the war, Pearce discovered independence from Portugal in she was a member of the govern- provide for its supporters. “The resources to respond before the improvements in local health care that for many, there had been no 1975, UNITA fought back. ment. “Because I am here with MPLA won the war through mili- epidemic takes on pandemic pro- systems? force compelling them to join in These two organisations drew the Government,” she responded. tary might,” Pearce writes. “But portions. The facility would com- Second, a suitable contract has the conflict other than the conflict support from significant parts of Throughout the book, other the ending of the war was the plement the new World Health to be drafted specifying when itself. Angolan society. They had, nom- interviewees made similar com- culmination of a process whereby Organization contingency fund exactly the bonds will default. “We think of most wars as inally at least, significantly dif- ments that suggested their alle- firepower, bloodshed and starva- as well as its existing financing Investors will expect something starting with two groups with ferent ideologies, with the MPLA giance to groups was only based tion were employed to transform mechanisms. Such bonds are rou- observable that does not involve antagonistic interests,” Pearce considered Marxist and UNITA on which one was closest. the possibilities of what was imag- tinely issued to mobilise resources any discretion so that actuaries said in a statement. “Probably the styling itself anti-Communist. One UNITA follower who later inable.” that will trigger in the event of can make rigorous models. most surprising finding was that And both sides were supported joined the MPLA government It’s a depressing conclusion to hurricanes or earthquakes. So The health community seems this conflict didn’t arise from a by opposing Cold War powers — told him: “In the conditions in the conflict, and one that falls called catastrophe bonds or cat- to see these bonds as vehicles for broad identity split across Ango- Cuba, backed by the Soviet Union, which we were taken, of neces- short of a real resolution. It’s a bonds offer higher yields to inves- driving all sorts of good things like lan society; it created it. Its end fought alongside the MPLA, while sity, one had to identify oneself conclusion that may well have tors in return for taking risks not reform of local systems and very marked the culmination of a proc- UNITA was supported by the as an adherent of UNITA. If you a negative impact today. Pearce correlated with the normal risks rapid response at the first instant ess whereby firepower, bloodshed United States and had help from identified yourself the other way says that in 2015, Angola “goes of business cycle downturns. in an epidemic situation. A way and starvation were employed to South African forces. you would be dead. As long as through the rituals of multi-party This has the potential to be a of satisfying both constituencies transform the possibilities of what However, in his research, we stayed with UNITA, we were democracy” but that really it is “a win-win-win. The World Bank is needs to be found. Angolans considered imaginable.” Pearce found that these differ- UNITA. But when we came back strongly authoritarian state with using financial innovation to miti- Summers, the Charles W Eliot Angola’s civil war had been ences weren’t reflected in the lives here with the MPLA, we became the trappings of a democracy that gate a major threat to the world, university professor at Harvard, is sparked by the rivalry between of ordinary people in Angola in MPLA.” doesn’t really function. and especially the world’s poor. a former treasury secretary. two groups, the Popular Move- 1975. In the introduction to his Another anonymous inter- Investors who, at this time of zero ment for the Liberation of Angola book, he recalls an interview he viewee explained: “During that THE WASHINGTON POST rates, are desperate for return are THE WASHINGTON POST THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA US, Australia rebuff Beijing must end excessive China over sea row focus on past, says Abe TOKYO: Japan’s premier yester- day said his country’s relationship Construction on disputed islands causes concern with China must move away from an “excessive focus” on the past BOSTON: In a rebuff to China, States will fly, sail and oper- In Beijing, when asked about during a meeting with a top Bei- US Defence Secretary Ashton ate wherever international law Carter’s remarks, Chinese For- jing envoy. Carter has said that the United allows, as we do around the world, eign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Prime Minister Shinzo Abe States military would sail and and the South China Sea will not Chunying said China had not made the remarks to State fly wherever international law be an exception,” Carter told a militarised the South China Sea. Councillor Yang Jiechi, the high- allowed, including the disputed joint news conference. “I want to point out that some est-ranking Chinese diplomat to South China Sea. “We will do that in the time countries, in a region far from make an official trip to Tokyo for Carter spoke after a two-day and places of our choosing,” their own lands, have deployed several years, a senior Japanese meeting between the US and Aus- Carter added. offensive weaponry on a large government official said. tralian foreign and defence minis- The Boston meeting brought scale and flexed their military His visit signals a possible thaw ters at which the long-time allies together Carter, US Secretary muscles again and again in the between the world’s second and agreed to expand defence coop- of State John Kerry, Australian South China Sea,” Hua told a third largest economies despite eration and expressed “strong Foreign Minister Julie Bishop daily news briefing. territorial disputes and tensions concerns” over Beijing’s building and Australian Defence Minister “This is the biggest factor in — issues that continually dog dip- on disputed islands. Marise Payne for regular talks the militarisation of the South lomatic visits. “Make no mistake, the United between the two countries. China Sea. We hope the relevant During the meeting Abe told countries cease hyping up the Yang that “Japan has an unshak- South China Sea issue and scru- able history as a pacifist nation,” China’s air force boosts capabilities pulously abide by their promises and has learned lessons from not to take a position on the ter- its past, according to Hiroshige China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi (left) shakes hands with Japan’s Prime BEIJING: China’s air force can launch long-range precision strikes, ritorial disputes.” Seko, deputy chief cabinet sec- Minister Shinzo Abe at the start of their talks in Tokyo yesterday. state media yesterday cited a military expert as saying, as the China claims most of the South retary. country works to develop its offensive air capabilities. China Sea and last week its for- “We must build future-oriented ular visits to the controversial Tokyo has threatened to with- In recent months, China has held several long-range air and eign ministry warned that Beijing Japan-China relations, rather Yasukuni war shrine while the draw funding for the UN body naval drills far from its shores in the Pacific Ocean, including some would not stand for violations of than keeping an excessive focus Communist party stokes Chinese over the row, while China criti- involving sophisticated H-6K bombers. its territorial waters in the name on unfortunate past,” Seko quoted nationalism as part of its claim cised Japanese anger. The H-6K bombers can now carry and launch anti-ship missiles of freedom of navigation. the premier as telling the Chi- to legitimacy. More recently ties Abe “expressed that he regrets and cruise missiles, the official China Daily quoted aviation expert Some analysts in Washington nese diplomat. Relations between have improved, but there are still the registration of the Nanjing Fu Qianshao as saying. “In the past, our bombers could only deliver believe the decision has been Japan and China — long terse regular flare ups between the two incident” and said improvement airdropped bombs and so were unable to conduct precision attacks,” taken and the patrols could take over Beijing’s belief that Tokyo nations. of public sentiments toward each said Fu, an expert with the air force of the People’s Liberation Army. place later this week or next. has yet to seriously atone for its Japan lashed out last week other is a key to advancing the It can take out multiple targets on the ground or at sea within one “We’re waiting for an intera- wartime atrocities — plunged in at Unesco’s decision to inscribe bilateral relations, according to mission,” Fu said, adding that the capabilities had been proven by gency decision that includes the 2012 following Tokyo’s nationali- documents related to the Nanjing Seko. Yang reiterated China’s the recent drills far into the Pacific Ocean. White House,” a US official said. sation of disputed islands in the massacre in its Memory of the “officially stated positions,” Seko REUTERS EastChina Sea. World register following a request said. REUTERS Beijing also balks at Abe’s reg- from Beijing. AFP Manila rejects call for hostage talks MANILA: The Philippine army of Abu Sayyaf, a small but violent Abu Sayyaf because there was no release. All of them were shown yesterday rejected demands by Islamist militant group, known proof the hostages were in that to be sitting in a jungle while the Islamist militants to start nego- for bomb attacks, kidnappings area. militants with covered faces held tiations for the release of three and beheadings in the southern “It may be a mock up scenario, rifles and machetes and shouted abducted foreign tourists and a Philippines. it could be taken elsewhere and “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest). Filipino woman and halt an offen- “There is no negotiation that made it appear to be on Jolo to The militants’ leader spoke sive on a remote southern island. can be made with any of those stop our operations,” he said fluent English, demanding the Two Canadians, a Norwegian who are perpetrating this crime,” about the video appeal of the hos- artillery attacks be halted and and the Filipino, who were taken military spokesman Colonel Res- tages. “There will be no let up in the negotiation of the release of hostage at a resort on Samal tituto Padilla told a press briefing our operations.” the hostages. He did not identify island on September 21, have at the main army base in Manila. Asked about the video, a Cana- what group they belonged to or appealed by video to Philippine “We cannot, as of the matter, dian Foreign Ministry spokesman their location. authorities to stop military opera- discuss operational details, but said the government was “pursu- “The positive thing that we tions on the tiny island of Jolo, to we can assure you the safety of ing all appropriate channels” to derive from this video is that the the west of Samal, and to Canada the hostages is always foremost seek further information. kidnap victims are in good health, to help negotiate for their free- in our minds.” Armed men with covered faces seem to be, and that is, as far as dom. The army commander on Jolo, were seen in the video standing we are concerned, part of the good There has been speculation the General Alan Arrojado, said the behind the four hostages who news that we got out of it,” Padilla Police watch protesters occupy Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull’s four had been taken hundreds of military would not stop opera- made appeals to halt army offen- said. electoral office in the Sydney suburb of Edgecliff, demanding an end miles west to Jolo, a stronghold tions against the al Qaeda-linked sives and to negotiate for their REUTERS to the policy of offshore detention of asylum seekers.

Australians protest Jailed Tibetan Myanmar oppn activist arrested writer released against asylum policy YANGON: A female Myanmar for army officers with that of a nymity, confirmed the arrest last opposition activist has been “longyi” (traditional skirt) worn Monday evening, but could not after 10 years SYDNEY: A group of Chris- in a party coup last month, was arrested over a satirical Face- by National League for Democ- provide any further details. tian protesters occupied the not in his office at the time of book post about the military, offi- racy (NLD) leader Aung San NLD spokesman Nyan Win BEIJING: A Tibetan author Sydney offices of Austral- the protest. Pressure is mount- cials said yesterday, in the latest Suu Kyi. “They (the military) said the party was preparing to jailed by China for writing a book ian Prime Minister Malcolm ing on Turnbull to act on the crackdown against free speech in like wearing the same colour as provide legal assistance to the about the Himalayan region has Turnbull yesterday, demand- harsh detention conditions, the former junta-ruled country. the longyi worn by mother Suu,” activist whose family say is cur- been released after a decade in ing an end to the long-term after reports of systemic child There have been growing said the post beneath photographs rently detained at a prison in the prison, a US-based rights group detention of asylum seekers abuse and sexual assault and concerns over the repression of showing army chief General Min Irrawaddy delta, awaiting trial on said. in the South Pacific. criticism by the United Nations civil liberties in the nation in Aung Hlaing and military officers October 27. Dolma Kyab, 39, was freed More than 20 activists, and human rights groups. recent months as it gears up for dressed in a similar vivid green Myanmar’s quasi-civilian gov- last week after being convicted a some holding a banner declar- Turnbull said last month he landmark general elections on to Suu Kyi. ernment was widely praised for decade ago of “endangering state ing “Children don’t belong in was concerned about condi- November 8. “If you love mother that much, introducing a raft of political security,” the International Cam- detention”, called on Turnbull tions in the camps, but many Chaw Sandi Tun, 25, was why don’t you wrap mother’s and economic reforms with most paign for Tibet said on Tuesday. to end the offshore detention in his Liberal party support arrested in Yangon last Monday longyi on your head?” it said. international sanctions dropped. Tibet is tightly controlled by policy. “I’m hopeful that we the mandatory detention policy after questioning the similarity A local Yangon police officer, China’s ruling Communist party, will look back at this particular which has been a vote winner. of the colour of the new uniform speaking on the condition of ano- AFP which is intolerant of public oppo- moment, the change in prime Australia’s highest court is sition to its policies, and often jails minister, the fresh approach, considering whether the policy dissidents. and see that it was the time of sending asylum seekers to Kyab’s trial happened in secret when that national shame the South Pacific island nation in Tibet’s capital Lhasa and only was put to an end,” said pro- of Nauru for long-term deten- came to light after a letter he test spokesman Justin Whelan. tion is in breach of the consti- wrote while incarcerated was Turnbull, who ousted former tution. S Africans march against graft smuggled out of prison months Prime Minister Tony Abbott REUTERS after his 2005 sentencing. JOHANNESBURG: Several According to a copy of the thousand demonstrators marched letter seen by the rights group through Johannesburg yesterday at the time, Kyab said he was to protest against government imprisoned because the ideas he corruption as public anger builds expressed in his unpublished book Nigeria blasts kill four over South Africa’s weakening “The Restless Himalayas”. economy. In his book, Kyab wrote about MAIDUGURI: Four people were wider northeast, aiming at “soft” The rally was led by the conceptions of Tibetan identity as killed when three suicide bomb- civilian targets such as mosques, National Union of Metal Work- well as Tibetan hopes for exiled ers blew themselves up in a sub- markets and bus stations. ers of South Africa (NUMSA), spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urb of the northeastern Nigerian The blasts happened in quick which has become a powerful to return to his homeland, the city of Maiduguri, the army said succession in the Ajilari Cross voice of opposition to President ICT said. yesterday. area of the city from 8.10pm Jacob Zuma and the ruling Africa In it he told his “Tibetan broth- “The explosions occurred at last Tuesday, according to local National Congress (ANC) party. ers and sisters: We live in a time three-minute intervals and seven residents. Ajilari Cross, located Banners held by demonstra- Workers and anti-corruption activists gather on the streets of Johannesburg of national devastation. We have people were confirmed dead, close to Maiduguri Airport and tors read “Away with corruption. yesterday to protest against rampant corruption. weathered countless years of including the three suicide ter- a military base on a main route Away with Zuma government” darkness, countless dark nights.” rorists,” said army spokesman into the city, has been targeted and “Corruption taxes the poor. of the organisers, told cheering A tumbling rand and unreliable He also wrote about the “politi- Colonel Sani Usman. twice in the last month in similar We say tax the rich.” crowds. According to the latest electricity supplies have added to cal burden” suffered by Tibetans Eleven others sustained “vari- attacks. On October 1, at least 10 “We see a very direct rela- International Monetary Fund the country’s woes, with business because Han’s majority “impose ous degrees of injuries”, he added. people were killed when four sui- tionship between corruption and forecasts, economic growth will confidence now at its lowest level their way of thinking onto Tibet- The jihadist group Boko Haram cide bombers blew themselves up. the state of our economy, which fall to just 1.4 percent this year since the end of apartheid in 1994. ans”, thus “destroying its con- has been blamed for a spate of results in us losing jobs in the in South Africa and will decline cept.” attacks in Maiduguri and the AFP thousands,” Zwelinzima Vavi, one again next year. AFP AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Global body asked Pakistan deploys Traumatised residents to probe US troops to prevent bombing: MSF GENEVA: Medecins Sans return to Kunduz Frontieres (MSF) said yes- terday that an international sectarian violence humanitarian commission has Normal life resuming amid fears of Taliban comeback been formally asked to investi- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is 20 percent of Pakistan’s 200 mil- gate the US bombing of its hos- deploying some 10,000 troops and lion people -- has claimed thou- KUNDUZ: Traumatised resi- Amruddin Wali, the deputy but I ventured out once and saw pital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, 6,000 paramilitary members to sands of lives in the country over dents were slowly returning to head of the provincial council, was Taliban fighters. They were young that killed 22 people including prevent sectarian violence during the past decade. Kunduz yesterday after the Tali- slighty more optimistic. fighters, who spoke Farsi and 12 of its staff. The medical char- the holy month of Muharram, the In July the leader of an anti- ban announced their formal with- “Life has returned to normal. Pashto but did not have turbans. ity had been demanding that interior minister said yesterday. Shia group behind some of Paki- drawal from the northern Afghan Shops are open, people are back They were asking for people who the independent humanitarian Muharram, which begins from stan’s worst sectarian atrocities city, but fears of a comeback by to business,” he said, though he were working for the government commission created under the today and sees Shias hold gath- was killed in a shoot-out with the militants loomed large even conceded: “People are still afraid to surrender.” Geneva Conventions in 1991 erings and processions to mourn police, along with 13 other mili- as normal life began to resume. the fighting might resume.” The fall of Kunduz on Sep- be activated for the first time the martyrdom of the Prophet tants. Malik Ishaq and his fellow Electricity and running water Television footage showed tember 28 was a stinging blow to to handle the inquiry into the Muhammad’s (PBUH) grand- Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) mili- was partially restored, according troops patrolling the streets and Western-trained Afghan forces, October 3 air strike. MSF, Nato son Imam Hussain, is frequently tants, including senior command- to residents and officials, while removing the white-and-black who have largely been fighting on and Afghan internal investiga- marred by sectarian violence, ers, were shot dead in Punjab. some shops re-opened for busi- flags of the Taliban from govern- their own since the end of Nato’s tions to examine the bombing, which has risen markedly in And Islamic State militants ness two weeks after the pro- ment buildings, as a slow stream combat mission in December. said the Swiss-based Inter- recent years. were behind a brutal attack that vincial capital fell to a lightning of heavily-loaded pick-up trucks As the insurgency spreads, con- national Humanitarian Fact- Clashes between Sunnis and killed 45 Shias in Karachi in Taliban assault, their biggest mili- rumbled in to the city. cerns are mounting that the city’s Finding Commission had been Shias led to at least 11 deaths two May, a Pakistani official said last tary victory since 2001. The insurgents burned down seizure was merely the opening activated at the request of a years ago in the garrison city of Monday, despite the government’s But the scars of street bat- government buildings, gunned gambit in a new, bolder strategy state that it did not name. Rawalpindi, close to the capital long-held stance that the jihadist tles remained clearly evident in down opponents and freed hun- to tighten the Taliban’s grip. “The IHFFC is now await- Islamabad. group does not have a presence in bullet-riddled and shelled build- dreds of prisoners during their Around 2,000 Taliban insur- ing the agreement of the United “We have adopted a pro-active the country. ings, with the insurgents claim- three-day occupation. gents threatened to storm Ghazni States and Afghanistan govern- strategy like previous years and The worst atrocities, however, ing their retreat was tactical and They also stand accused of last Monday, triggering fierce ments to proceed,” MSF said. some 10,000 personnel from the have been in the southwestern they still had the ability to retake human rights violations, including clashes near the outskirts of US President Barack Obama army and another 6,300 from civil province of Baluchistan, home to the city. mass murder and rape, according the southeastern city. And last last week apologised to MSF for armed forces, including Rang- some 200,000 Shias. Shia gath- “Security forces are asking peo- to Amnesty International. week the militants attempted to the air strike that killed 22 people ers and Frontier Corps, will be erings and processions during ple to come back, but the people Naveed, a 23-year-old student overrun Maimana, the capital of including 12 of the charity’s staff. deployed across Pakistan for secu- Muharram mark Hussain’s mar- are still afraid, they are scared who gave only his first name, northern Faryab province. MSF has said the commission’s rity during the month of Muhar- tyrdom in the Battle of Karbala, that situation might change said he and his family had locked Afghanistan’s deputy army inquiry would gather facts and ram,” Interior Minister Chaudhry Iraq, in 680 AD. Hussain is equally again,” said resident Ajmal Kakar. themselves indoors for the first chief General Murad Ali Murad evidence from the US, Nato and Nisar told a press conference. revered by Sunnis, but hardliners “Only a small number of people three days of the Taliban’s occu- said yesterday his forces had Afghanistan, as well as testimony Sectarian violence -- in partic- oppose the public mourning of his who did not have a place to stay pation at the end of last month, pushed back the Taliban in Kun- from MSF staff. ular by Sunni hardliners against martyrdom. outside the city have returned to before escaping in their car. duz province. REUTERS the Shias that make up roughly AFP their homes,” he added. “We were trapped in the city, AFP

Rural women’s day Five executed Christian woman on death row over murders

MULTAN: Pakistan yesterday isolated over attack fears executed five people convicted of murder in Punjab province, bring- ISLAMABAD: A Christian en’s prison in the city of Multan, And a Christian labourer and ing the total number executed woman on death row for blas- an official there said. his wife were burned alive last since it controversially lifted a phemy has been put in isolation The move came after “genuine” November after being accused of moratorium on the death penalty over fears of attacks by vigilantes threats to her life were issued in throwing pages of the Koran in to more than 235 since December. enraged over a high-profile ruling the wake of a Supreme Court the garbage. The latest hangings came a day in another blasphemy case that ruling that upheld the death “She (Bibi) could be killed after authorities executed eight moderates said struck a blow sentence for Mumtaz Qadri, the by any inmate or even a prison people, also all accused of murder. against religious extremism. killer of a politician who sought guard, so we have to be careful,” The fresh executions took place Prison officials and rights activ- blasphemy law reform in a sepa- a prison official said. in three cities: Gujrat, Faisalabad ists said this week that they were rate, high-profile case. A second official confirmed that and Dera Ghazi Khan. concerned for Asia Bibi’s life due Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive Bibi had been isolated, adding: Pakistan ended its six-year to the security threat and her issue in Pakistan. The country has “We are concerned for her life.” moratorium on executions after worsening health. never executed anyone on the The second official, on con- Taliban militants massacred The mother-of-five, whose charge -- but anyone convicted, dition of anonymity, said Bibi’s more than 150 people. Support- plight has prompted prayers from or even just accused, of insulting health had deteriorated. ers argue that the death penalty the Vatican, has been on death Islam risks a violent and bloody “She was vomiting blood last is the only effective way to deal row since she was convicted in death at the hands of vigilantes. month and was having difficulty with the scourge of militancy in 2010 of committing blasphemy Last year a British-Pakistani walking,” the official said, adding the country. But critics say the during an argument with a Mus- citizen who had been sentenced to that Bibi had been diagnosed with legal system is unjust, with ram- lim woman over a bowl of water. death for blasphemy was shot and hepatitis B, a claim other officers pant police torture and unfair Afghan President Ashraf Ghani cuts a ribbon with his wife Rula Ghani She was placed in solitary con- wounded by a guard at Rawalpin- did not confirm. trials. during a ceremony to mark the International Day of Rural Women, in the finement last week at the wom- di’s Adiala jail. AFP AFP Badam Bagh area of Kabul yesterday. The Day recognises the critical role and contribution of rural women. Taliban claim Suicide bombers kill seven in Pakistani girl immolates self Pakistan: Police after cops reject rape claim LAHORE: At least seven people were killed in a suspected suicide MULTAN: A young Pakistani Nabila Ghazanfar said from rifically gang-raped in 2002 in bomb attack targeting the office woman self-immolated after Lahore. an attack that made headlines of a local lawmaker in central police refused to act on her claim “We have constituted a com- around the world. Mai, who Pakistan yesterday, police said. she was gang-raped by their col- mittee to investigate this matter,” became a women’s rights advo- The explosion took place at the leagues, officials and activists said she said. cate after her attack, said yester- office of Sardar Amjad Khosa, a yesterday. Awais Malik, a senior police day she was aware of Sonia Bibi’s member of the National Assem- Two officers have been arrested official in Muzaffargarh, said that death and said she believed the bly, in Taunsa town near Dera after Sonia Bibi, who was in her two policemen have been arrested girl had been “denied justice”. Ghazi Khan city in the southern late teens, burnt herself last Tues- and that the chief of the police Muzaffargarh district is also part of Punjab province. day outside a police station in the station has been suspended for his where 18-year-old Amina Bibi, Khosa, a member of the ruling Muzaffargarh district of central inaction. who was not related to Sonia, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Punjab province. She was rushed “Sonia had alleged that she doused herself with petrol and set was not there when the attack to a hospital in the central city of was kidnapped and raped by two herself alight in March last year occurred. Multan, but died of her injuries. policemen, but nobody registered in front of a police station in the “The explosion killed at least Afghan Taliban show the wreckage of what they say was a US plane shot “We can confirm that Sonia this case despite her complaints. village of Beet Meer Hazar. seven people and wounded two down by them in Paktia, Afghanistan, yesterday. There was no independ- has committed suicide by setting We have arrested the alleged rap- A local court had dropped her others,” police spokeswoman ent confirmation of the news by authorities in Kabul or the United States. herself on fire. She had accused ists,” said Malik. rape claim after a police report Nabeela Ghazanfar said. some policemen of raping her and Muzaffargarh is the same dis- said she had not been sexually She said the bodies of seven vic- that nobody was listening to her trict as the village where a woman assaulted. tims had been taken to a hospi- complaint,” police spokeswoman named Mukhtaran Mai was hor- AFP tal, along with a mutilated corpse that police suspect may have been Maldivian minister the bomber. Senior local police official Salim Khan Niazi said the exact nature sacked over boat blast of the blast was not yet known, Bangladesh kidney donors turn brokers but “we suspect it was a suicide attack”. COLOMBO: Maldivian President the Maldivian language Dhivehi. “We are however waiting for Abdulla Yameen has sacked his It followed a reshuffle of key KALAI: After years of crip- February, after suffering compli- talked her into going ahead with the findings of the bomb disposal defence minister after a security security officials in the wake pling debt, Bangladeshi villager cations from their own operations the operation -- part of a growing officials, who will let us know lapse led to an alleged attempt to of the September 28 explosion Rawshan Ara decided to follow in two years ago. “But I was tired of web in Kalai of donors who turn what kind of the explosion it was,” assassinate the leader, his spokes- aboard Yameen’s boat, as he was her family’s footsteps — and sell poverty,” Ara said in Kalai dis- brokers, taking a commission for he said. man said yesterday. about to disembark at the capi- a kidney on the black market to trict, which has become a hotspot anyone they successfully recruit. No group has yet claimed Presidential spokesman Ibra- tal island Male. The Maldivian raise cash. for the racket. “This year alone 40 people from responsibility for the attack, but him Muaz Ali announced the leader was unhurt in the blast, Like many of her neighbours “My husband is perennially Kalai have sold their kidneys,” southern Punjab is said to be the sacking of Defence Minister but his wife and two others suf- in this poor farming area, the sick. My daughter’s education local police chief Sirajul Islam told home of the Punjabi Taliban fac- Moosa Ali Jaleel in a tweet, but fered minor injuries. Maldivian 28-year-old easily found a local became costly. I went to Dhaka AFP, and 200 villagers since 2005. tion of the Tehreek-i-Taliban gave no further details. The gov- authorities have arrested two broker and quickly became a vic- to be a maid or garment worker. Another 12 villagers are cur- Pakistan (TTP), which has has ernment has not yet announced security personnel who had access tim of Bangladesh’s thriving but But the wages were abysmal,” she rently missing, suspected to have killed thousands of people in sui- his replacement. to Yameen’s boat but have yet to illegal organ trade. said, declining to give the name of travelled across the nearby border cide, bomb and gun attacks. “The president has dismissed disclose what caused the explo- The mother-of-one insists her her broker. to India to hospitals to have the Defence Minister Moosa Ali sion. sister and brother-in-law warned Police, however, tell a different operations. AFP Jaleel,” the spokesman tweeted in AFP her against having the surgery in story. They suspect the relatives AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA NCP no longer Dadri lynching saddening: Modi supports PM evading responsibility for killing, says Left Front Maharashtra

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister stani singer, were saddening and aren’t they, through the same govt: Pawar Narendra Modi yesterday said undesirable. But how is the cen- process, playing the politics of MUMBAI: In a significant devel- the lynching of a Muslim in Dadri tre responsible for these,” Modi polarisation,” the prime minister opment, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and the cancellation of Pakistani asked in an interview to Ananda- questioned. said yesterday that his party “will singer Ghulam Ali’s concert in bazar Patrika. Modi said his party Debates on these issues have no longer support” the ruling Mumbai were both “saddening would never “support” incidents arisen in the past, he said. BJP-Shiv Sena combine in the and undesirable”. like these. “BJP has always been against state. “The incidents, Dadri lynching “The opposition is trying to pseudo-secularism. These dis- Earlier, the Nationalist Con- and cancelled concert of Paki- accuse us of communalism, but tressing incidents have again gress Party had extended legisla- led to the rise of those debates tive support to the government and dialogue is the only process citing the need for political sta- Congress, AAP criticise PM’s remark through which a solution is pos- bility. Not any more, Pawar said. sible,” Modi added. “After observing their perform- NEW DELHI: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party yesterday On the midnight of Septem- ance, the NCP will no longer sup- criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on the Dadri ber 28, 50-year-old Mohammad port this government. One of the lynching, terming it “inhuman” and “a pseudo statement” while Akhlaq, a resident of a village in allies, the Shiv Sena itself is now accusing him of trying to wash his hands of the incident. Uttar Pradesh, was dragged from destablizing the coalition,” he said. “I believe it is not appropriate to wash your hands off by saying his house and lynched following The NCP president predicted the new government has no role to play,” Congress leader Sachin a rumour that he had allegedly that in view of the internal dif- Pilot said. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prime killed a cow. ferences bogging down the ruling minister’s statement dismissing the Dadri incident as “sad” was The Left Front in West Bengal coalition, the coalition may not “inhuman” and “extremely unfortunate”. yesterday flayed Modi for “evad- Demonstrators shout slogans as they burn a picture of Prime Minister last long although the govern- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh termed the prime ing responsibility over the Dadri Narendra Modi during a protest in Kolkata yesterday. ment would survive. minister’s remarks over the incident as a pseudo statement. lynching” and expressed alarm Pawar said it was laughable “Mr (sic) PM if your statements don’t follow actions people won’t over the “rise of communalism” how the Shiv Sena was asking believe your articulation. It will be considered pseudo statement. across the country under the BJP “All these days, Modi tried to deplorable and an attempt to the Bharatiya Janata Party and It is unbecoming of a PM to keep mum on issues of secularism/ regime. CPI-M leader Biman Bose evade responsibility by maintain- trivialise an incident that led to its Chief Minister Fadnavis to get brotherhood/freedom of expression/liberty then make half-hearted said the Modi government had ing silence and now he is doing a nationwide outrage,” the Com- out of their own government. statement,” it added. communalised politics to such an the same by saying that the cen- munist Party of India-Marxist He was referring to Shiv Sena IANS extent that the country was tee- tral government is not respon- leader said. MP Sanjay Raut’s ultimatum last tering on the brink of a disaster. sible. His comments are highly AGENCIES Tuesday to the BJP, asking it to quit if the Sena’s “nationalistic policies” were not acceptable to it (BJP). “The government is led by Fad- navis and the Sena is asking them to get out. This is laughable. Two killed as Sikh protesters, “Both will continue to hurl abuses at each other in the name of self-pride and dignity. This show will go on but none will dare police clash near Punjab town quit the government,” Pawar said. Pawar made it clear that in case the Sena quits the alliance, CHANDIGARH: At least two the highways towards Moga and Nearly 200 protesters were the NCP does not intend to either people were killed and nearly Bathinda towns. Most of the rounded up in Kotkapura on offer support or join the govern- 70 injured yesterday in bloody injured, included protesters and Tuesday but were released later. ment, but would continue to ques- clashes between police and Sikhs around 30 police officials, were Punjab Chief Minister Par- tion its ineffective conduct. protesting against the desecra- taken to hospitals for treatment. kash Singh Badal urged people to He touched upon the critical tion of the Guru Granth Sahib, The Sikh protesters were up in remain calm. The Punjab govern- drought situation in the state near Kotkapura town in Punjab’s arms against the desecration of a ment announced setting up of a and said the government must Faridkot district. ‘bir’ (holy book) in Bargari village, special investigation team headed implement concrete steps to Sources said police and protest- 15km from Kotkapura. by deputy inspector general (DIG) bring relief to the debt-hit farm- ers exchanged gunfire in Behbal Tension mounted in Kotkapura A S Chahal to investigate the des- ers. Kalan area near Kotkapura, lead- area last Monday after over 100 ecration of the holy book. He criticized the state gov- ing to the death of two people and pages of the Sikh holy book were Congress Deputy Leader in the ernment for merely making Closed chemist shops seen at a market during a nationwide protest, in injuries to several others. found scattered in a street near Lok Sabha and former chief min- announcements. The policies Ahmedabad yesterday. Police used batons and water a gurdwara. ister Amarinder Singh yesterday remained on paper without imple- cannons and even fired in the air The holy book was stolen from strongly condemned the deaths of mentation, like the crop insur- to disperse hundreds of protesters a gurdwara in June. Areas around two people in alleged police firing ance scheme. Pawar said last hurling bricks, stones and other Kotkapura remained tense yes- near Kotkapura. Monday’s attack on BJP’s Sud- things at the police. terday morning after a series of “Chief Minister Parkash Singh heendra Kulkarni by Shiv Sena Pharmacies shut to A clash took place in the main messages on social media regard- Badal has virtually lost control activists during the launch of a square of Kotkapura town, 230km ing the desecration. Protesters over things and the state is drift- book by former Pakistan foreign from here, when police tried to clashed with police in Buttar ing towards anarchy,” Amarinder minister Khurshid Mahmud Kas- arrest the leaders of the pro- Kalan village of Moga district on said. uri was “disgraceful”. protest online sales testers who attempted to block Tuesday, leaving many injured. IANS IANS

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Drug Sequoia Capital-backed 1mg have retailers shut up shops for a day set up e-pharmacies over the past yesterday to protest against the couple of years. country’s growing online phar- Healthcare company Apollo macy industry, and threatened to Hospitals Enterprise plans to close indefinitely if the govern- start online sales if the govern- SC notice to Teesta, husband on CBI plea ment did not shut down e-phar- ment regulates the business. macies. At a protest in New Delhi, NEW DELHI: The Supreme Anand. The two have accused of August 11, 2015, Bombay High the conclusion that prima facie The nationwide protest was about 1,000 people, mostly phar- Court yesterday issued notice to misuse of funds collected by their Court order granting anticipa- the couple were in breach of the widely supported, with as many macists, wore black arm bands, social activist Teesta Setalvad NGO Sabrang Trust for setting tory bail to Teesta and Anand, FCRA. as 850,000 chemists closing their held placards and shouted slogans and her husband Javed Anand up a museum at Gulbarga Society and held that the documents However, senior counsel Kapil doors, leaving patients waiting in against e-pharmacies. on a CBI petition. which witnessed one of the worst being sought by the CBI related Sibal appearing for Teesta con- long queues at pharmacies that J S Shinde, president of the All The Central Bureau of Inves- carnages during 2002 Gujarat to accounts and therefore it does tested the submission by Solici- were open. India Organization of Chemists tigation (CBI) has alleged that riots. NGO Sabrang Trust is run not require custodial interroga- tor General, saying that funds Shops inside and around hos- and Druggists which called the Sabrang Communications and by the Teesta and Anand and the tion and both were unlikely to flee that came from Ford Foundation pitals as well as 24-hour pharma- protest, said the retailers’ trade Publishing Pvt Ltd, run by apex court on February 19 had the country. were not grants but a part of the cies did not join in the one-day group will consider an indefinite Teesta, received foreign grants restrained Gujarat Police from The CBI yesterday sought the contract with Sabrang Commu- strike. strike if the government does not from Ford Foundation which arresting them. Gujarat Police vacation of the high court order nications and Publishing Pvt Ltd Online pharmacies are a rela- stop online drug sales within two were prohibited under then For- wanted to subject the couple to granting interim bail to Teesta, and the TDS for the same was tively new phenomenon in India, months. eign Contribution Regulation Act custodial interrogation. and alleged that she was not deducted and deposited with the where mom-and-pop stores have Late on Tuesday, in a last- (FCRA). Directing the matter be listed cooperating with the investigat- tax authorities. The court wit- long dispensed drugs. But online minute attempt to get pharmacies Issuing notice to Teesta and on December 1, the court said ing agency probing the allegation. nessed some passionate moments retailers pose a threat to their to stay open, Modi’s Health Min- Anand, the apex court bench of that Teesta Setalvad would file Seeking revocation of the when meeting the contention bricks-and-mortar peers in a istry said it was studying how the Justice Anil R Dave, Justice F M her response to the CBI plea in anticipatory bail to Teesta and by senior counsel Mahesh Jeth- market IMS Health estimates is online pharmacy business should I Kalifulla and Justice V Gopala four weeks and the CBI would file Anand, Solicitor General Ranjit malani, senior counsel Dushyant worth about $13bn. be regulated. Gowda extended till December its rejoinder, if any, thereafter. Kumar told the apex court that Dave told the court. Companies including Zigy and REUTERS 8 the bail granted to Teesta and The CBI has challenged the even the high court had come to IANS

Stacking paddy Campaigning for round Top UP official sacked two of Bihar polls ends following court order

PATNA: Campaigning ended will be the Grand Alliance led by LUCKNOW: In a major setback of Sri Chitragupta PG college in yesterday evening for the 32 Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and to the Akhilesh Yadav govern- Mainpuri, has been close to the Bihar assembly constituencies the BJP-led four-party coalition. ment in the state, the Allahabad Mulayam Singh Yadav family and where polling will take place in The second round saw hectic High Court (HC) yesterday was earlier appointed a member the second round tomorrow. and bitter campaigning by lead- ordered the removal of the Uttar of the UPPSC in 2006. His ten- About 8.58 million voters are ers from both sides, including Pradesh Public Service Commis- ure was marred by allegations eligible to decide the fate of 456 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sion (UPPSC) chief Anil Yadav. of openly siding, promoting and candidates tomorrow. BJP president Amit Shah, Nitish Soon after the order, the state patronising Yadavs during the The districts which will go to Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, government removed him from selection process of various posts the polls are Gaya, Aurangabad, Congress president Sonia Gan- the post, which he had held since in the state. Students staged agi- Jehanabad, Arwal, Kaimur and dhi and Samajwadi Party as well April 2013. tations against Anil Yadav’s work Rohtas. The staggered elections as Left leaders. According to A two-judge bench of the Alla- style and police had to resort to to pick a 243-member Bihar the Association for Democratic habad High Court, while hearing cane charge on many instances in assembly will end on November Reforms and the National Elec- a public suit by the Bhrashtachar Allahabad to disperse angry mobs. 5. The result will be known three tion Watch, 142 candidates in the Mukti Morcha, said there were a Yadav also courted controversy days later. second round face serious crimi- number of questions surrounding when the paper of the PCS-Pre Like in the first round, the nal charges including those of Labourers stack sacks filled with paddy crop at a wholesale grain market Yadav’s appointment and that he exams of 2015 was leaked. main contenders for power in murder. in Chandigarh yesterday. was unfit to remain in the job. the second of the five phases too IANS Anil Yadav, who was principal IANS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Women to be inducted as pilots in navy, says top official

NEW DELHI: Less than a “Indian Navy is not lagging branches and even in overseeing will have to take a view,” Admi- policy of defence ministry, as However, designing of ships in week after the Indian Air Force behind. We are very proud of our various aspects related to con- ral Dhowan said. According to applicable to the three armed future to accommodate women said it would induct women as women officers,” Dhowan said at struction of ships. navy officials, the proposal was forces. As and when we look at staff is under consideration, the fighter aircraft pilots, navy chief a press conference relating to “We have taken up with the now with the defence ministry. the aspect of changes that come sources added. Speaking at the Admiral R K Dhowan yester- the International Fleet Review defence ministry a proposal About the induction of women in about, we will proceed step by Air Force Day on October 8, IAF day said they would soon induct in Visakhapatnam next year. that is still under considera- combat role in the navy, he said step,” he said. chief Air Chief Marshal Arup women as naval pilots, though He said women were involved tion to see how women pilots it would depend on the govern- According to sources, the navy Raha announced that women for flying surveillance aircraft. in different activities in the navy can be allowed in our mari- ment policy. “As far as the com- is facing a problem in induction would soon be inducted to fly However, there are no plans as air traffic controllers and time reconnaissance aircraft. bat aspect is concerned, it has to of women on warships due to fighter planes in the force. to send women on warships as observers on board aircraft, It is something which is under be in consonance with the policy lack of facilities like separate of now, said Admiral Dhowan. and in training, education, legal consideration. The government of the government of India, the toilets and constricted space. IANS Cabinet clears Use of Aadhaar card voluntary, says govt NEW DELHI: The centre yes- tary came in the course of the the court indicated that challenge card was voluntary and could not terday told Supreme Court that hearing by the constitution bench to the constitutional validity of be insisted upon. the use of the Aadhaar card will comprising Chief Justice H L the Aadhar card in the context Assailing the Aadhaar card ` be voluntary. Dattu and Justices M Y Eqbal, of whether privacy was a right scheme, Divan told the court the 29bn for The centre said the govern- C Nagappan, Arun Mishra and may be examined by a larger nine scheme had no statutory back- ment’s “highest functionary” Amitava Roy of a batch of appli- or eleven judges bench, but said ing and the application form for would file an affidavit in the apex cation, including one by the the bench may consider applica- Aadhaar card nowhere says that court stating that possessing an Centre seeking the relaxation of tions including one by the Centre it would involve parting with bio- Aadhar card would not be man- August 11 order restricting the seeking the relaxation of August metric data, including Iris scan. datory for getting benefits under user of Aadhaar card for getting 11 order. Contending that they have no Myanmar plan social welfare schemes. food grains, kerosene oil and the The three judge bench by its authority to collect biometric Answering a query by the con- LPG. August 11 order, while saying data, Divan said nowhere in the stitution bench that a person After being told by the Centre, that Aadhaar card could only be world this has happened. Project to offer access route to India not possessing the Aadhaar card RBI, SEBI, Unique Identification used for the distribution of food Telling the court that after would not be in a disadvanta- Authority of India, and others, grains under PDS, cooking fuel, collecting the biometric data the NEW DELHI: The union cabinet nect Sittwe port in Myanmar to geous position in accessing ben- the court asked the senior coun- such as kerosene and LPG, has every movement of the people yesterday approved the revised the India-Myanmar border, apart efits under social welfare schemes, sel appearing for the petitioners referred all the petitions before are under scanner of the govern- cost estimate for a multi-modal from opening up the sea route for Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi and interveners if they had any it to a larger bench to determine ment agencies, Divan said it was transit transport project passing the products, will also provide a said, “As of now the answer to objection. whether right to privacy was a the responsibility of the state to through Myanmar that will pro- strategic link to the northeast, question is yes and if court wants “Aadhaar is voluntary and not fundamental right. guarantee and protect the peo- vide an alternate access route to according to the statement. an affidavit of the highest func- mandatory and anybody will be Opposing any relaxation of ple’s right and the same could not northeastern states. The project, when completed, tionary of the government will be insisting on the production of August 11 order, senior counsel be “shackled”. The hearing will “The union cabinet, chaired by will first link the Kolkata port to available by 10.30am today.” Aadhaar card will be committing Shyan Divan told the court that it continue today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the port of Sittwe in Myanmar The assurance that usage of the contempt of the court.” (apex court) had by its 2013 order yesterday gave its approval for the across the Bay of Bengal, a dis- Aadhaar card would be volun- At the beginning of the hearing, directed that usage of Aadhaar IANS revised cost estimate of `2,904.04 tance of 539km. crore (about `29bn) for the Kala- From Sittwe, the route will dan Multi-Modal Transit Trans- continue over river Kaladan to port Project in Myanmar,” an the western Myanmarese town Mining mica official statement said. of Paletwa, 158 km away. “The project will provide an Paletwa will then be connected I am targeted for being alternate access route to the to the India-Myanmar border by northeastern region of India and a 110-km-long road. The inter- contribute towards the region’s national border will then be con- economic development. Being a nected by road to the town of a Muslim, says Shah key connectivity project, it will Lawngtlai in Mizoram 100 km promote economic, commercial away where National Highway NEW DELHI: Expressing dis- of my identity until now,” the cel- and strategic links between India 54 passes by. may over the controversy in the ebrated actor told India Today and Myanmar,” it added. The project includes wake of his participation in book news channel in an interview. The Kaladan Multi-Modal construction of an integrated launch function of former Paki- Shah said he was misunder- Transit Transport Project was port and inland water transport stani foreign minister Khurshid stood and misreported in the jointly identified by India and (IWT) terminal at Sittwe, Mahmud Kasuri in Mumbai, media about his comments on Myanmar to create a multi-modal development of a navigational veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah Pakistan during the function mode of transport for shipment channel along river Kaladan said he was being targeted for held last Monday. “I was quite of cargo from the eastern ports in Myanmar from Sittwe to being a Muslim. astounded that everything I of India to Myanmar as well as Paletwa, and construction of a “My name is Naseeruddin Shah stated was interpreted and noth- to the northeastern part of India highway transshipment terminal and I believe that’s why I was tar- ing was what I actually said,” he through Myanmar. at Paletwa. geted. It really pains me to say clarified. This project, which will con- IANS this. I have never ever been aware IANS Labourers collect mica at a closed mine in Koderma district of Jharkhand. The mica adds glitter to powders, mascara and lipsticks of top global brands although a complex supply chain makes pinning down the exact CBI custody for bankers in forex case origin almost impossible, say activists.

NEW DELHI: Two bank offi- 16 after the central agency said The central investigating he noticed in several accounts. cials arrested in connection with their custody was required to agency said both accused allowed Singh claimed there was no Govt indifferent to an ongoing probe into an illegal unearth the whole conspiracy. transfer of heavy amounts of loss to the bank due to this huge forex transfer case were sent in The plea was, however, opposed money through 59 bank accounts foreign fund transfer, adding that two-day CBI custody yesterday by defence counsel. to companies in Hong Kong and Garg was arrested in a hurry to Udhampur attack by a court here, which directed The court asked the probe Dubai for fake import and export protect someone else. the central agency to collect qual- agency about the criminality businesses. Countering the prosecution’s ity evidence before arresting any involved in the case. “You (probe The probe agency said that submissions, the defence counsel accused. agency) have to find the offence the holders of 59 bank accounts said both the accused were under victims: Kashmir MP The Central Bureau of Inves- committed by the accused. You were untraceable and the ques- detention since October 9, thus tigation (CBI) last Tuesday have to collect quality evidence tioning of the duo would help in giving the CBI sufficient time SRINAGAR: An Independent ing its chest that it will bear all arrested Bank of Baroda’s Ashok in the case,” the court told the identifying those involved in the to interrogate them. No further legislator in Jammu and Kash- expenses on the victims’ treat- Vihar branch head and assistant CBI after it failed to respond conspiracy. custodial interrogation of the duo mir yesterday accused the state ment at a Delhi hospital. How general manager Suresh Kumar about the offence committed by The CBI said though the was required, the defence said. government of adopting a cavalier shameful that only an air ticket Garg and foreign exchange unit the accused. accused were called 3-4 times The case pertains to the trans- attitude towards the Udhampur and `10,000 have been given to head Jainis Dubey in connection Citing apex court directions, prior to their arrest, they did not fer of `6,172cr in foreign exchange truck attack victims and said he each of the victim’s families. with the illegal transfer of `6,172 the court said no accused should cooperate and thus their custo- through a Bank of Baroda branch would collect money on his own What will the families do with crore abroad through the bank. be arrested in a hurry. dial interrogation was required to Hong Kong. The money was for their treatment. this meagre amount,” he asked. The CBI informed the court that The CBI told the court that the to unearth the entire conspiracy. transferred through 59 bank Lawmaker Sheikh Abdul The families of the two burn both officials have been suspended accused allowed money transfer Defence counsel Bijender accounts to companies in Hong Rashid, also known as Engineer victims narrated their ordeal by the bank. without informing their regional Singh, appearing for Garg, told Kong and Dubai for fake import Rashid, termed the October 9 pet- on the occasion. “We are being Special CBI court presiding office. A complaint related to the the court that his client had writ- and export businesses. rol bomb attack on a valley-bound harassed by the authorities; they officer P K Jain remanded the illegal fund transfer was filed by ten to the regional office in Janu- truck at Udhampur in Jammu want us to remain silent and hush duo in CBI custody till October the bank itself, the court was told. ary, 2015 about the irregularities IANS province “shameful” and accused up the case. We don’t need any the Jammu and Kashmir govern- money from the government but ment of “indifference” towards only justice,” a parent of one of the the attack victims. victims said. The affected families Wet ride Two people in the truck suf- claimed they returned the gov- fered burn injuries in the attack, ernment relief the day Chief Min- while the truck driver managed to ister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed BJP’s politics will not escape from the assailants. visited his home constituency of “The kingpin of the attack is Anantnag in south Kashmir. still at large. In Kashmir, the gov- “We handed over some cash work in Kerala: Congress ernment takes no time to arrest and cheques in an envelope to people even on frivolous charges. the chief minister and he took it THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: the other by playing communal Why aren’t authorities showing without seeing what was in the The Congress yesterday accused and caste cards,” he said. the same enthusiasm in Jammu,” envelope,” they claimed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi In Kerala, V Natesan, general the legislator asked at a press Rashid handed over `2 lakh, and BJP President Amit Shah of secretary of the Sree Narayana conference along with the victims’ which he said were collected from pursuing divisive politics but said Dharma Paripalana Sangom families and termed the assailants his friends, to the victims families. this won’t click in Kerala. and an influential Hindu Ezahva “terrorists”. “I will accompany these fami- “They did this in other parts of leader, has been moving closer Rashid claimed another truck lies to Delhi today and make the country where they divided to the Bharatiya Janata Party driver, Siyar Ahmad of Mirba- sure the victims receive the best people on communal lines. They (BJP). zaar Qazigund, a town on the of treatment,” the Independent are trying a similar strategy here “Anyone is free to form a politi- Srinagar-Jammu highway, was legislator said. but that’s not going to work,” cal party and nothing prevents also attacked by miscreants at “We don’t need any favours Congress leader and Home Min- Natesan from forming one. If they Udhampur, which he said the from the government. The ister Ramesh Chennithala said. (BJP and Natesan) join forces, government was denying. Kashmiris are capable of helping Chennithala was speaking to they will both end on the losing The state government has said their brethren in times of need. reporters ahead of the local body side as the people of Kerala do six people involved in the October If needed, we will collect more elections of November 2 and 5. not think on communal and caste 9 attack have been arrested and money from the people for their Students ride their bicycles on their way back home during rains in “The BJP is trying to replicate lines,” said Chennithala. a manhunt launched to nab other treatment,” Rashid said. Chandigarh yesterday. their success in other states, accused. where they turned one against IANS “The government is thump- IANS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Hillary fends off rivals in first Democratic debate Sanders delivers spirited performance, urges action on climate change

LAS VEGAS: Hillary Clinton her use of a private email server Overall, the debate was spared issues and kept her rivals at bay. emerged unscathed yesterday as US top diplomat — seen as an the dramatic clashes of personali- Her rivals parted company with from the Democratic Party’s first Achilles heel — as Sanders and ties seen in the first two Republi- her on some key policy areas. On presidential debate, giving her others came to her defense. can debates, dominated by Donald Syria, where Clinton supports renewed momentum as she gears “Enough of the e-mails! The Trump, who needled the Demo- a no-fly zone, Sanders warned for a showdown with Republicans American people are sick and cratic candidates by Twitter even greater intervention could lead over the 2012 Benghazi attack. tired of hearing about your damn before they took to the lecterns. to boots on the ground. The frontrunner cut a calm e-mails,” Sanders fumed. The 67-year-old Clinton was “When you talk about Syria, and confident figure as she par- Expert Larry Sabato argued keen to inject excitement into you’re talking about a quagmire ried jabs by Senator Bernie Sand- that both Clinton and Sanders her campaign and show she can in a quagmire,” said Sanders. ers of Vermont and three other emerged as winners. rally the Democratic base, while And Lincoln Chafee, one of hopefuls, who challenged her on “Clinton went into the debate Sanders was testing whether his the three longshot hopefuls on everything from political U-turns the frontrunner and she came “political revolution” can trans- the stage, blasted Clinton’s “poor to gun control and military inter- out exactly the same — prob- late to the national stage. judgement calls” in voting as sen- vention in the Middle East. ably strengthened in that role,” Sanders put forward passionate ator to authorise the use of force But the former secretary of he said. “Sanders went in as the arguments for reducing income in Iraq — which she has acknowl- state — who took part in more chief challenger and he came out inequality, insisting he was not a edged was a “mistake”. than 20 debates in the 2008 White the same — maybe even strength- part of the “casino capitalist” sys- But former Rhode Island gov- House race — appeared mostly ened.” tem. “I believe in a society where ernor Chafee, former Maryland polished and composed during a The debate came just a week all people do well, not just Wall governor Martin O’Malley, and FROM LEFT: Democratic presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders, two-hour clash in Las Vegas that before Clinton was due to appear Street billionaires,” he said. ex-Virginia senator Jim Webb all Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley walk on the stage at the end of a presidential was heavy on substance. before a panel in the House of Eager to reinforce her liberal struggled to generate breakout debate sponsored by CNN and Facebook at Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada. An independent senator from Representatives investigating bona fides, Clinton said “I don’t moments in a debate dominated Vermont who has drawn huge the September 11, 2012 attacks take a back seat to anyone” when by Clinton and Sanders. Asked if Sanders was tough in the nomination process, set- crowds on the 2016 campaign in Benghazi, Libya that killed US it comes to progressive policies. For 74-year-old Sanders, a enough on the gun issue, a steely ting momentum for the rest of the trail, Sanders also delivered ambassador Christopher Stevens But when Sanders pointed to rumpled, self-declared Demo- Clinton said “No, not at all.” The primary race. a spirited performance as he and three other Americans. Nordic countries as an example cratic Socialist, this was the election is nearly 13 months away, Asked as the debate was wind- appealed to the party’s left wing, Lawmakers on the Republican- for America, Clinton put her foot biggest test of his decades-long but Americans begin in Febru- ing up how her presidency would urging action on climate change led committee have narrowed down. “We are not Denmark. I political career. ary the voting process of selecting differ from Obama’s, Clinton and attacking Wall Street. their focus to Clinton’s use of a love Denmark. We are the United Clinton used her rival’s moder- their party nominees. offered the quickfire response. There were some fiery moments private email server while she States of America,” she said. ate position on guns — Sanders Clinton still leads nationally, “Well, I think that’s pretty too, with Clinton accusing Sand- served as the top US diplomat. Nearly eight years after her hails from Vermont, a rural state but she trails Sanders by nearly obvious. I think being the first ers — her chief rival — of being She is due to testify publicly primary campaign clashes with with few firearm restrictions — to 10 points in New Hampshire and woman president would be quite soft on gun control. But Clinton before the panel for the first time Barack Obama, Clinton seemed highlight an area where liberals holds only a modest lead in Iowa. a change,” she said. received a surprise boost over on October 22. to display strong command of the break with Sanders. Both are key early-voting states AFP Women win landmark UK divorce battle over husbands’ wealth lies French police stage rare protest LONDON: Two women who claimed their ex-husbands tricked them into accepting smaller divorce settlements should have their PARIS: Thousands of French prisoners. Another man, serving cases re-examined to see if they should get more money, Britain’s police officers held a rare protest a sentence for rape, escaped dur- top court said yesterday in landmark rulings. Alison Sharland yesterday over a lack of resources ing a leave of absence only to rape and Varsha Gohill had argued that they had been misled by their and lax justice system, claiming and stab a hiker in the eastern former spouses as to the true extent of their wealth when their they have been cast aside after Alsace region. divorce claims were settled. Their cases had both been rejected being hailed as heroes during The protest comes nine months by Britain’s Court of Appeal, but yesterday the Supreme Court January’s jihadist attacks in Paris. after the police were bathed in backed the women, a decision which lawyers said could lead to The protesters gathered in glory after hunting down and others seeking to have divorce settlements renegotiated. “I hope Paris and cities around the coun- killing three jihadists who shot that their decision sends out a message to everyone going through try wearing T-shirts declaring 17 people in the January attacks. a divorce that they cannot lie in the family courts and get away “We want protection and recogni- “The police, heroes in January, with it,” Sharland said in a statement through her lawyer. “My legal tion” and carrying placards read- have been forgotten,” said Jean- battle has never been about money. It has always been a matter of ing “Proud of being police officers, Claude Delage of the police union principle.” She had accepted a deal in 2012 from her ex-husband disgusted at being abandoned”. Alliance. One of the protesters’ Charles Sharland, the chairman and founder of IT firm AppSense, The first police protest in main complaints is that the French which amounted to £10m ($15.4m ) in property and cash if she France in three decades comes justice system is too lax. agreed to accept 30 percent of proceeds from any sale of his shares after an officer was seriously “We are here firstly because in his company which he valued at between £50m-£75m. However, injured last week in a shoot-out there is a problem with moni- she then learned that he had been in discussions with investment with a criminal on the run during toring by the justice system. bankers earlier in 2012 regarding plans to float AppSense, and an a leave of absence from prison. The people arrested are often article in the Wall Street Journal suggested the company’s worth The shooting infuriated a French police officers hold up a police siren as they protest in front of the the same, they pass through the to be between $750m and $1bn. In her judgement, Supreme Court force already stretched to break- Ministry of Justice on Place Vendome, in Paris, yesterday. courts and are released. Because judge Brenda Hale said Alison Sharland had been “deprived of a ing point as they remain on high there is no punishment they start full and fair hearing of her claims” because of his “fraud”. Gohill alert for terrorist attacks while police, gendarmes and all secu- He also said more prisoners again,” said a Parisian officer. accepted £270,000 in 2004 after divorcing her ex-husband but later also having to deal with everyday rity forces” in his weekly cabinet should have police escorts when All unions complain about an discovered he had hidden his true worth from her after he was crimes. meeting, according to government on a leave of absence and that “explosion of violence”, a “lack charged with money-laundering offences. The officers’ frustration did spokesman Stephane Le Foll. permission for leave should not be of resources”, “unclear missions” not fall on deaf ears, with Prime Hollande said he would meet given without “proven necessity.” and a “lack of solutions from the Marlon James wins Man Booker Prize Minister Manuel Valls coming out police unions next week. “I hear There have been several cases criminal justice system”. Nicolas swiftly to announce a raft of new the anger of the police, I hear their of prisoners escaping during Comte, another police union offi- LONDON: Jamaican author Marlon James yesterday won the Man measures to appease the force. malaise,” said Valls, announcing leaves of absence in recent weeks, cial, said the force was now over- Booker Prize for “A Brief History of Seven Killings”, a re-telling of And President Francois Hol- heavier sentences for possession including a convict who had whelmed with a “worrying state the attempted assassination of musician Bob Marley. James, 44, is lande highlighted “the difficult, of weapons and plans to simplify been given permission to go on a of fatigue”. the first Jamaican to win the award in its 47-year history. One of courageous and effective work by criminal procedures. mountain-biking trip with other AFP the world’s most prestigious literary awards, the Man Booker Prize carries a £50,000 ($77,000) prize and winners enjoy a boost in sales and a global readership. Set in James’ birthplace of Kingston, the 686-page crime tale traces the rise of the drug trade on the Car- ibbean island and contains a chapter written in Jamaican patois. Based on real events, it recounts how Marley and his entourage British Ebola nurse German refugee policy row were attacked just before a concert in December 1976, referring to the reggae superstar as “The Singer” throughout. “It is a crime novel that moves beyond the world of crime and takes us deep into now ‘critically ill’ a recent history we know far too little about,” said chair of judges ups political heat on Merkel Michael Wood after the winner was announced. The New York Times had described the book as “epic in every sense of that word: LONDON: A British nurse who was successfully BERLIN: A fall in support and a govern- drawn up a draft bill that provides for the Sweeping, mythic, over-the-top, colossal and dizzyingly complex”. treated in January after contracting Ebola in Sierra ment row over the refugee crisis raised the transit zones, which would hold refugees at Britain’s Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and wife of Prince Charles, Leone is now “critically ill” due to a resurgence of heat on German Chancellor Angela Merkel border crossings so asylum requests can be presented James with the prize at a glittering ceremony. the virus, the hospital treating her said yesterday. on Wednesday, forcing allies to defend the examined before they are allowed in. It is thought that Pauline Cafferkey, 39, could be integrity of her coalition. SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel has dubbed Spring to come to US 3 weeks early only the second recorded case of “reactivated” Ebola Germany, a favoured destination for the centres “detention zones”. Responding after American doctor Ian Crozier. migrants, expects 800,000 to a million new to such criticism, CSU lawmaker Stephan MIAMI: Rising global temperatures due to climate change will Just two weeks ago, Cafferkey was at Downing arrivals this year. Many Germans feel the Mayer told Deutschlandfunk on Tuesday: bring spring to the United States about three weeks earlier than Street meeting Prime Minister David Cameron’s wife country cannot cope with the record influx. “This is not about concentration camps.” usual in the decades to come, scientists said yesterday. While those Samantha and receiving a bravery award. As tempers frayed, Merkel’s conserva- Merkel also faces increased pressure who are weary of winter may welcome such news, scientists say the She reportedly visited a primary school the day tives met fierce resistance from their Social from her own conservatives to end the shift will also have long-reaching impacts on the growing season of before being readmitted to hospital on October 6. Democrat (SPD) coalition partners over open-door policy she has pursued with the plants and the animals that depend upon them. “Our projections “We are sad to announce that Pauline Cafferkey’s plans for transit zones at border cross- catchphrase: “We can do this!” show that winter will be shorter—which sound greats great for condition has deteriorated and she is now critically ings to process refugees’ asylum requests. A YouGov poll on Tuesday showed that those of us in Wisconsin,” said Andrew Allstadt of the University ill. Pauline is being treated for Ebola in the high-level They have had to deny such centres would 56 percent of people surveyed thought of Wisconsin, Madison, a co-author of the study. Researchers also isolation unit at the Royal Free,” the London hospital resemble concentration camps. there were already too many refugees in predicted that there will be fewer so-called false springs, when an said in a statement. Asked whether the transit zone row her- Germany and that the country could not unexpected freeze occurs after spring plant growth has begun, over Cafferkey was first diagnosed with Ebola in alded the end of the ruling coalition, Bavarian cope with more. Finance Minister Wolf- most of the US except for one area of the western Great Plains December after returning to the Scottish city of Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told gang Schaeuble questioned whether all which is projected to see an increase. Glasgow from Sierra Leone. Deutschlandfunk radio: “No! We shouldn’t refugees should receive the same benefits She then spent almost a month in the isolation talk about the failure of the coalition every as others in Germany. “If we pay out from Ukraine reports first soldier’s death unit at the Royal Free Hospital and was treated with time (there is an argument).” the first day as much Hartz IV (benefits) to an experimental anti-viral drug and blood from Ebola A Forsa poll showed support for Merkel’s such people — who we first need to teach to KIEV: Ukraine yesterday reported its first military fatality from survivors before being discharged. conservatives had dropped one percent to speak and write the (German) language - pro-Russian rebel fire in a month as a fragile new truce in the But last week, she fell ill again and was treated in 38 percent, its lowest level since June 2014. as to someone who has worked for 30 years separatist east faced one of its biggest tests to date. The military in Glasgow before being flown by military aircraft back Merkel is trying to steer a course between and is now unemployed, what will a trade Kiev said the rebels shot at positions south of Avdiivka — a northern to the Royal Free Hospital in London. pressure from her conservatives — especially unionist say to his members?” he asked. suburb of the separatists self-declared proclaimed capital Donetsk. Her sister Toni has said doctors in Glasgow diag- the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU), At a meeting of the conservatives’ parlia- “The bandits did not stop at their regular provocations and fired at nosed her with a virus on Monday but sent her home. sister party of her Christian Democrats mentary group on Tuesday, Merkel resisted our positions using barrel-mounted and automatic grenade launch- She has called the treatment her sister received (CDU) — to take a harder line on refugees pressure to tighten border controls and ers,” the Ukrainian military said in a statement. “One soldier was “absolutely diabolical” but local health chiefs insist and SPD opposition to the transit zones. turn away refugees arriving via Austria. killed and two were injured.” The warring sides signed their latest the decisions taken were “entirely appropriate”. Bavaria is the first point of entry for “Her dominance over the party has suf- in a series of ceasefire agreements on September 1. The truce helped Health officials are monitoring 58 people who have many migrants and the state has threat- fered a bit,” said Gero Neugebauer, political calm 18 months of clashes that have killed more than 8,000 people been in close contact with Cafferkey. Forty have had ened to take the government to court scientist at Berlin’s Free University. But he and sent Moscow’s relations with the West crashing to their lowest direct contact with her bodily fluids — the main mode unless it tries to limit the flow of asylum- added that she could afford to stand firm. point since the Cold War. of Ebola transmission. seekers. AGENCIES AFP The CDU-run Interior Ministry has REUTERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 FEATURES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Busy nights call for fast food at home

By Melissa d’Arabian such a culinary emergency, and your fast food becomes a feast. chool, kids, work... It’s always The sauce for these baked eggs uses something. Whatever the cul- healthy fast foods you can keep in your prit, we are all busy. And on those pantry, such as jarred roasted red peppers crazy-busy days, dinner can sneak and simple marinara sauce (just check up on me, and suddenly I find my the labels to avoid added sugars). You can wholeS family ravenous. And the busier and throw the whole thing together in less time more hectic the day, the more likely we are than it took you to read this. Really. all craving something satisfying and hearty. And this, my friends, is the perfect storm for making some regrettable food choices. This is when the pizzas get ordered out of Baked Eggs in Sweet Marsa Malaz desperation, not true desire. And I like to save the once-in-a-while foods like greasy Pepper Sauce Kempinski Chinese takeout or drive-thru burgers for just that: once in a while. In our house, fast Start to finish: 20 minutes introduces food is for cravings, not convenience. Servings: 4 When we need a tasty dinner fast (so a Ingredients Golden High Tea trip to the supermarket is out of the ques- 1/2 cup chopped jarred roasted red pep- tion), I turn to a trusty protein source: the pers, drained together the red peppers, capers, olives, and pepper, then give a quick mist of cook- egg. Eggs remain one of the least expensive 2 tablespoons capers, chopped if large Italian seasoning and marinara. Heat in ing spray. Set the ramekins on a rimmed afé Murano, the European proteins around. Yes, you can do scrambled 1/4 cup chopped Kalamata olives the microwave (cover with a paper towel baking sheet and bake until the whites are gourmet café at Marsa eggs for dinner (and we do!), but to bump 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning to avoid splattering) on high until warm, set, but the yolks are still runny, 8 to 10 CMalaz Kempinski, The the egg up a notch and get it squarely out 1 1/4 cups jarred marinara sauce about 30 seconds (depending on oven). minutes. Serve with slices of baguette. Pearl – Doha, has introduced the of breakfast-for-dinner territory, try these 4 eggs Mist four 8-ounce ramekins with cook- Nutrition information per serving: 240 calo- opulent Golden High Tea to its baked eggs in sweet pepper sauce. Salt and ground black pepper ing spray. Divide the sauce among the ram- ries; 80 calories from fat (33 percent of total menu as a permanent fixture for Fill a ramekin with about 1/2 cup of sauce Baguette, sliced ekins. Use the back of a spoon to make a calories); 9 g fat (0 g saturated; 2 g trans fats); guests and visitors to enjoy. or fillings (from cooked meat to tomatoes crater in the sauce at the center of each 215 mg cholesterol; 1020 mg sodium; 29 g car- First showcased at this year’s to salsa and black beans), add the egg and Method: ramekin. One at a time, crack each egg into bohydrate; 4 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 12 g protein. Qatar International Food Festival bake for about 8 minutes. Serve with some Heat the oven to 350 F. a small bowl, then gently transfer it to the (QIFF) 2015, the limited edition nice bread you keep in the freezer for just In a small microwave-safe bowl, mix crater in each ramekin. Season with salt THE WASHINGTON POST afternoon tea was so well received by visitors at the event that the ultra-luxury resort has perma- nently introduced the experience. The signature golden cappuccino is served together with a selection of petite culinaire, allowing guests Give helping hand to your fingers, ease up on smartphone to choose between a traditional and an Oriental High Tea. By Nishant Arora hand and wrist exercises and physiother- motion. “This can also lead to tendinitis of Hospitals, people who frequently use Wissam Suleiman, General apy,” Dr Singh said. finger and wrist and arthritis of the thumb their thumbs to type texts can develop de Manager, Marsa Malaz Kempinski, “Candy Crush” freak, 30-year-old Seeing youngsters buried into smart- joints,” Dr Moonot said. Quervain syndrome - a painful affliction The Pearl – Doha, commented: Arjun had been feeling pain and phones and tablets for hours at a stretch The thumb has to move in an awkward that involves the tendons that move the “When we created the Golden A numbness in his thumb and index is now a common sight. Little do they know manner on the smartphone. “This can lead thumb. High Tea for our guests at QIFF finger for some months now. Most of his that the addiction can cause repetitive to soreness in the thumb called ‘Blackberry “Although the causal link is not as well we were overwhelmed by the free time went into playing games and tex- strain injury to hand joints. thumb’. Tip of the finger soreness is also established as in patients who suffer from positive feedback. As a hotel syn- ting messages on smartphone. “It can cause injury to the tendons and an issue. Inappropriate placement of the pain from prolonged desktop keyboard use, onymous with luxury, the golden Unable to understand the cause behind muscles supporting the thumb and the fin- hand and shoulder can also cause pain in there is little doubt that overzealous texting touch to our already popular high his misery, he sought medical help. Dr gers as well as the wrist. In the long run, the shoulder and neck,” he warns. can cause debilitating pain,” he stresses. tea felt natural to enhance Café Maninder Shah Singh, senior orthopaedic it can affect the flexibility of the thumb Dr Ramneek Mahajan, director (ortho- The best way is to strike a balance Murano’s sumptuous menu offer- surgeon from the Indian Spinal Injuries and the fingers,” explains Dr Rajeev K pedics and joint replacement) at Saket City between excessive use of technology and ing, and the overall bespoke culi- Centre in New Delhi, diagnosed him with Sharma, senior consultant (orthopaedic Hospital in the Capital, blames wrong hand a healthy life. Stretching exercises of the nary experiences across the resort early carpal tunnel syndrome where the and joint replacement) at Indraprastha postures. wrist, elbow, shoulder and neck will also for our guests.” median nerve in the wrist gets compressed Apollo Hospitals. “This includes tilting hands too far help prevent or alleviate the symptoms, The Golden High Tea is served when constantly in a bent position. According to Dr Pradeep Moonot, inward or outward while tapping or putting the expert advises. every day between 2pm and 6pm “On prodding him further, the culprit orthopedic (foot and ankle) from Breach force on the wrists while typing on smart- Last piece of advice: Give Candy Crush at Café Murano, Marsa Malaz was found to be an excessive smartphone Candy Hospital Trust in Mumbai, exces- phone,” he says. some rest and try to take a nap as you Kempinski, The Pearl-Qatar. user. Arjun improved with treatment that sive smartphone use can lead to injuries According to senior orthopedic Dr travel. included restriction of smartphone use, that cause strain and stress from repetitive Raju Vaishya from Indraprastha Apollo IANS THE PENINSULA Why fashion is looking for new ways to define luxury

By Robin Givhan on the fundamental belief that women collective in its fourth season that Designer Nicolas Ghesquière made a turn to their clothes to enhance and reimagines the mundane - sweat- strong argument for fashion that takes n the morning coffee hours, before express their confidence. That doesn’t shirts, hoodies, butcher aprons - into its cues from the world of technology guests began making their way to change whether you’re checking your garments with hallucinogenic pro- and virtual reality - turning fashion the Louis Vuitton Foundation’s e-mails on an Apple watch (with an portions, cheeky embellishments or into a version of a wearable gadget. IFrank Gehry-designed headquar- Hermès strap) or flipping through a sophisticated troupe l’oeil effects . The His collection for Louis Vuitton had ters for the last hurrah of the spring hand-made paper agenda. collection owes an enormous debt to the otherworldly, hyper-colorized look 2016 collections, the fashion world Sarah Burton’s collection for Margiela, whose archive it references of an alternate reality. His patterns received notice of the latest big pro- Alexander McQueen was a pure voraciously. But in its use of thick cot- resembled digital interference or a motion in the rarefied, high-pressure expression of beauty for its own sake. ton jersey, velour and polyester, as well circuit board blown up. ranks of the global luxury market. Inspired by Huguenots and village as streetwear basics such as hoodies His leather jackets were a postmod- Demna Gvasalia was appointed artis- craftsmen, Burton’s collection was an and souvenir t-shirts, Vetements is not ern patchwork of colours and patterns tic director of Balenciaga, filling the avalanche of ruffles and embroidery on just elevating the banal - which is the and the LV logo, and they were paired position vacated by Alexander Wang floor-sweeping gowns, sometimes top- Saint Laurent way - but refocusing with trousers that looked like some- last week. He will present his first col- ping them vibrant red officer’s coats. fashion’s eye to alter the industry’s thing out of Japanese anime. lection in March. There was only a hint of daywear, entire value system. Ghesquière created a collection that So it was that yet another designer and in some ways Burton staked a Vetements - French for clothes reached for the future with its manip- has been tasked with figuring out how claim for fashion as a place of respite - exalts the idea of fashion as com- ulation of fabrics, its runway lined with to keep $2,000 handbags and $3,000 for those times when you simply need modity, preferring to host shows in video panels and an aesthetic of sen- dresses relevant in a world of consum- to feel special, and a white t-shirt with dingy, unglamorous venues, while also sory overload. With all those LVs and ers who are increasingly enamored pretensions of perfection just won’t do appealing to celebrities such as Kanye the Damier check pattern, he spot- with sweatpants, rare sneakers and the trick. West and style arbiters from the realm lights the brand - that’s his job, after high-tech gadgetry. This is the ques- But these collections address mood of glossy magazines. all - but in doing so, in this context, it’s tion — both practical and existential and sensibility. What about the clothes It is a trick to create a hoodie that also a reminder that we are all brands. — that has simmered as designers have themselves? So many designers are has a second neck opening that allows We are all shaping our public selves as spent the past nine days debuting their showing items such as sweatpants and the wearer to turn the thing around we head towards a future that, in one spring collections. work boots and riffs on a sneaker. Is and transform it into a sweatshirt. vision, has us each existing in our own They have proposed an array of this luxury? Hedi Slimane at Saint And if a garment can do all of that, personal fiefdom. answers: Elevate the banal. Buy Laurent says it is. And so does the isn’t it special? Rare and valuable? In an alternative vision, the future designer track pants! Reinvent a new guy at Balenciaga. Even if all it is doing is transforming is a place of blurred boundaries and sweatshirt. Spin it around and now Gvasalia, 34, is a German national from one basic throwaway item into global melting pots, the very rich and it’s a hoodie! Get customers drunk on of Georgian origins with a substantial another? everyone else. Instead of turning to undiluted beauty. You are an ancient fashion pedigree. He graduated from Balenciaga did not hire him to turn their beloved Rome for inspiration, well-served by show notes that promised a trip to Huguenot princess enrobed in ruffles! the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of the label into the world’s most storied Valentino designers Maria Grazia “wild, tribal Africa” as well as a bit of “primordial Take us on a futuristic dream. You are Antwerp, worked at Maison Martin streetwear brand, but it did hire him Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli allowed grace.” What followed, however, was a collection your own avatar in a virtual reality Margiela (before it was known solely for what it believes is his ability to Africa to inform their work. They that was true to the embroidered, embellished opu- video game! as Maison Margiela) and had a brief take the brand’s traditions and merge didn’t draw from a specific country as lence of the house: beaded and feathered dresses, What is fashion’s future? This week, tenure at Louis Vuitton. them “in harmony with today’s global much as offer a romantic ode to an elaborately embroidered gowns, wide leather cor- Phoebe Philo’s Céline offered a beauti- But he is best known as the co- changes.” idea of a place. sets, skirts with souvenir prints and jewellery mod- ful and powerful answer that focused founder of Vetements, an 18-person It’s those changes that are so tricky. As a prelude, the designers were not elled after Masai neck rings and Ndebele necklaces. It was an impressionistic vision of the continent shown on a diverse group of models with their hair in cornrows that were tucked into messy buns. So often, when fashion looks to Africa, design- ers can’t seem to get past the exoticism or the fear of offending and simply apply their craft to create a narrative in their own vocabulary. Chiuri and Piccioli did that - and, yes, sometimes the collec- tion reflected their tendency to over-embellish. Does a dress need feathers when it already is embroidered and beaded? But Valentino is about unabashed high, high opulence, and that was the story they told to all who can afford it. Even those folks who say they’d prefer a sweatshirt.

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Russian bear Japan’s love for classic Americana sparks fashion boom smashes TOKYO: A 47-year-old Iowa- across the East Coast of the US. probably understand American and plaid designs featuring hand- models in ensembles that paired raised designer might seem like Thanks to Ishizu, oxford classics better than Americans stitched patchwork, pleated bibs his designs with vintage clothing storefront an unlikely candidate for over- shirts, slim trousers and other do,” Wooster said. and delicate, frayed edges. ranging from paint-splattered night success in Japan, but the preppy staples became the uni- It’s a view borne out by the Their efforts at elevating the trousers to dirt-stained shorts. MOSCOW: A Russian brown country’s long-running love affair form of choice for Japanese men expansion of Japan’s denim indus- durable fabric to couture status “I didn’t use vintage at my bear has gone on an after-hours with classic American style has after World War Two as the try, with even US designers like are paying off, with leading stores New York show, I don’t think rampage in a provincial shopping turned Todd Snyder into a fash- domestic fashion industry grew Snyder choosing to source the like Barney’s in New York and they would appreciate it there,” mall, smashing storefronts before ion heavyweight. rapidly, influenced by American fabric from mills based in the Browns in London selling their he said. “People here really care being shot dead in a nearby kin- Japan’s fondness for American style. country. collections. about authenticity... it’s not just dergarten by local law enforce- fashion has seen Snyder open “The Japanese are the ultimate Yuji Takahashi, men’s and For US designer Snyder, who about chasing the next new thing, ment officers. three stores in the country in students, they analyse things in sports wear buyer for Japanese has made several trips to Japan it’s about valuing where things Video surveillance footage less than two years, and sparked so much detail... until they have retail giant, Isetan, credits the over the last two decades — come from and the story behind showed the frantic bear roam- a creative boom. pretty much mastered whatever country’s denim manufacturers mainly to scout American vin- them,” he said. ing the empty shopping centre in A new generation of design- they are studying,” Nick Wooster, for their craftsmanship and their tage products — the country Yasuhiro Mihara, the designer the far eastern city of Khabarovsk ers are now adapting US staples former director of men’s fashion openness to design experiments. offers opportunities for inspira- behind his eponymous label, said after it had closed for the night like denim and plaid to produce at Bergdorf Goodman and Nei- “Denim manufacturers are so tion and expansion. “They care after his show he had originally on Tuesday. collections with a Japanese spin, man Marcus, said. passionate about creating new so deeply about making things by studied fine arts before turning Local police said the bear even- building a global fan base in the Tokyo’s tiny boutiques are a products and breaking the norm. hand, it’s always moving to meet to fashion. tually managed to escape and process. treasure trove for collectors — This really encourages design- our manufacturers because you “I never wanted to create sculp- was finally tracked down and The story of American fash- including many from overseas — ers... and together, they are able can see the respect they have for tures or paintings (that belonged surrounded in the courtyard of ion in Japan began with Kensuke who stockpile vintage American to create new products that could the process,” Snyder said after in a museum)... I knew I did not a kindergarten. “Without wait- Ishizu, whose 1951 brand VAN clothing, from old-school Ivy- not have been produced anywhere his show opened Tokyo Fashion want to create anything that peo- ing for the veterinary service to revolutionised youth culture in League university sweatshirts to else,” Takahashi said. Week on Monday. ple could not touch with their own arrive the bear was killed in order the Asian nation, popularising weathered canvas totes. Japanese labels like Visvim and In a nod to his audience’s sen- hands,” he said. to avoid any attacks against local styles worn by college students “At this point, the Japanese Mihara Yasuhiro create denim sibilities, Snyder dressed his AFP residents,” the city’s investigative committee said in a statement. But the killing of the bear sparked outrage from Russian Frieze Art Fair animal rights campaignersg. “The police did what was simplest,” local animal activist Electric Jukebox enters market Natalia Kovalenko was quoted as saying by state-run Vesti.ru. NEW YORK: Musicians includ- front of the TV. Electric Jukebox, most streaming sites such as “First they made it crazy by ing Robbie Williams threw their much like other streaming sites, Spotify, Electric Jukebox will smoking it out of the mall, then weight yesterday behind a new will be updated daily to offer new renew annually, with a listener when the animal came out and streaming service that aims to music and will feature mixtapes needing to pay $60 in the United was defending itself out of fear, bring the fast-growing sector to put together by artists including States or £60 in Britain for an they shot it.” low-tech listeners. Williams, the English pop singer additional year’s service. AFP Called Electric Jukebox, the of Take That fame, and US folk Rob Lewis, chief executive platform is a data stick that plugs rocker Sheryl Crow. officer of the Electric Jukebox into the back of a television and is “Listening to music and shar- Company, said the service hoped then operated by a microphone- ing those experiences together is to appeal to the vast majority enabled remote control. what life’s all about. With head- of music fans who have not Electric Jukebox’s founders phones and iPhones we’ve some- embraced streaming, despite the hope to appeal to listeners who how lost all that,” Crow said in sector’s rapid growth. “There would appreciate the vast pos- a statement. Electric Jukebox used to be 200 million people sibilities of streaming — which will initially be available only in buying CDs every month and offers unlimited music on- the United States and Britain many more buying CDs occa- demand online — but find Inter- at a cost of $229 or £179, which sionally” around the world, he Visitors stop to look at British artist Mark Leckey’s Inflatable Felix 2014 net applications cumbersome or includes one year of service. said. on display at the Frieze Art Fair in London yesterday. prefer to listen from a couch in Unlike the monthly plans of AFP Thursday 15 October 2015 2 Muharram 1437 Volume 20 Number 6584 Price: QR2

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By Satish Kanady tors who are found involved in Qatar’s new procurement law bid-rigging will be ranked ‘low’ will incorporate the best prac- trade issues at WTO DOHA: Qatar is contemplating and the chances of consider- tices prevailing across the world. tough actions against price fixing, ing them for future contracts The law will take care of the bid rigging and other forms of will diminish. “The new law is interests of of all the stake hold- possible collusions in public ten- not considering to ‘blacklist’ the ers, he said. ders. Qatar’s soon-to-be- issued companies or contractors who are The new law stipulates all bids procurement law stipulates to involved in wrongdoings. should be in closed envelopes and prosecute the officials who act “It is not fair to punish a make sure that officials of the against the country’s competition whole company just because of concerned department will have protection and collusion combat the fraudulent activities of a sin- no interests in the project. The policy in public procurement. gle employee... Again, the sudden proposed law will protect the The bidders found involved blacklisting of companies will right of the aggrieved bidder to in rigging the bid or making create supply chain problems,” go for appeal. attempts to influence the con- he said. The role of the procurement cerned officials, including through There are companies which regulatory administrator is to bribing, will be sternly dealt with, have been ‘restricted’ after they enhance the competitiveness a top official at the Ministry of were found involved in bid rigging. among bidders and to ensure Finance has said. The new law will have a ‘perform- equal opportunities for all. “The new procurement law is ance ratings’ system, rather than He said the new law will not getting ready. It will be issued blacklisting erring companies. But entertain negotiations after open- soon,” Abdulaziz Zeid Rashid lic procurement’, hosted by the they will be restricted and ranked ing of the bids, except in really Al-Taleb (pictured), Director of Ministry of economy and Com- “low”. They will not be actively genuine cases. The decision of the H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, Government Procurement Regu- merce. considered for future projects. tendering committee will be final. at the meeting of Arab trade ministers in Riyadh yesterday. lations, Ministry of Finance, told Earlier, participating in a panel The chances of getting new deals But, those who lost the bid will The Peninsula on the sidelines of discussion Abdulaziz said the new for these ‘low ranking’ entities have the right to go for an appeal DOHA: H E Sheikh Ahmed can be included on the agenda of the opening day of ‘International law will introduce a rating system will be less . The companies with before the court. bin Jassim Al Thani, Minis- the WTO’s 10th ministerial con- workshop on competition protec- for the companies and contrac- very low ratings will not be able ter of Economy and Commerce, ference in Nairobi , QNA reported tion and collusion combat in pub- tors. The companies or contrac- to win contracts, he said. THE PENINSULA affirmed Qatar’s full support citing a press note issued by the for urgent Arab trade issues in Ministry of Economy and Com- the World Trade Organisation merce. (WTO), the preservation of the The Minister expressed his development dimension in the thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Doha Work programme in partic- Arabia for hosting the meeting, Fed: US growth ular and the Arab League’s par- which coincided with the world Capital flight from emerging ticipation as an observer as well leaders’ adoption for a new plan as topic of inclusion of the Arabic aimed at promoting sustainable modest, strong language in the WTO and issues development, based on the lofty of Arab states’ accession to it. goals for which Doha Develop- economies to hit $540bn dollar weighs This came during the minister’s ment Agenda was launched by participation in the high-level the WTO in 2001. WASHINGTON: The strong coordination meeting of Arab He emphasised that the suc- By Sidi Mohammed kets like Malaysia, Singapore, dollar weighed on manufactur- trade ministers as a preparation cess of the WTO’s 10th ministe- South Korea and Thailand. ing and tourism spending in the of the WTO’s 10th Ministerial rial conference will depend on the DOHA: The capital flight from On the question of foreign US while the economy continued Conference, which took place extent of flexibility made by the the emerging economies to the investors leaving the emerging “modest expansion” in recent yesterday in Riyadh. states and their understanding of developed countries is expected market, Dr Elsayed said that the weeks, the Federal Reserve said The meeting is aimed at pro- the importance of development to be $540bn by this year-end. fundamentals of developed mar- in a report yesterday. viding an opportunity for par- issues, pointing out that Qatar This is the first time such a huge kets are so strong and investors Eleven of the central bank’s 12 ticipants to analyse and discuss supports all sincere efforts to capital is shifting to the devel- are bearish on Arab markets. districts reported growth, accord- issues on the Doha Development reach a concrete outcome in the oped markets, after 1988, said an They believe that Arab stock mar- ing to the Beige Book survey of Agenda in light of the agreement 10th ministerial conference for the expert. kets will not rebound to the 2008 economic conditions from mid- reached in the 9th ministerial benefit of developing countries. Delivering a public lecture on levels in mid-term. For instance, August through early October. conference of the WTO in Bali “the influence of foreign inves- American market is up 25 percent One district hit hard by the and well as to discuss topics that THE PENINSULA tors on Arab stock market” on compared to the 2008 levels. fall in oil prices, the Kansas City Tuesday, Dr Elsayed Elsiety (pic- According to Dr Elsayed, the region, reported a slight dip in tured), Professor of finance at emerging markets are facing twin economic activity. Faculty of Islamic Studies (QFIS), problems. First, the steep fall in The Beige Book, a collection noted the massive exodus of for- has hit the roof, they are taking oil prices; second foreign inves- of anecdotal information, said eign investors from the emerging profits out of the markets. tors are increasingly exiting from that a number of districts cited QIB plans roadshow for sukuk issue markets to the developed econo- Earlier, talking to The Penin- these markets. the strong dollar “as restraining DOHA: Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) will hold investor meetings in mies will impact both small and sula, Dr Elsayed suggested Arab Arab countries are tax havens manufacturing activity as well as Asia, the Middle East and Europe starting tomorrow for a possible big local investors in the respec- countries should set certain for foreign investors, and they are tourism spending.” benchmark offer of US dollar-denominated Regulation S Senior sukuk, tive emerging markets. conditions for foreign investors allowed to trade more than once However, consumer spending, according to a Qatari bourse filing yesterday. QIB mandated Barwa Foreign investors had a wind- regarding the market exit. The in a single session. They are free driver of two thirds of the US Bank, Citi, HSBC, Noor Bank, QInvest and Standard Chartered as joint fall earnings as they put in their unconditional market entry and to exit the market, whenever they output, grew moderately, led by lead managers for the possible issue, which would be off Qatar Islamic’s money in the emerging markets exit of foreign investors will lead want, he said. sharper gains in auto sales. existing $1.5bn Trust Certificate Issuance Programme. when the prices were very low. to the crash of local markets as Now, at a time when the value was happened in the Asian mar- THE PENINSULA AFP THE PENINSULA GCC family businesses generate $100bn in annual revenue

DOHA: GCC family businesses thirds of the time, participants pruning the shareholding. On the collectively generate $100bn report that they have started to business side, geographic diversi- in annual revenues across the put the building blocks in place. fication is a big priority for most region. Most of the businesses However, only around one-third family businesses. While most have diversified significantly of the participants report that the family groups have established within their home markets. practices are fully adopted and some presence outside of their Eighty eight percent of busi- working effectively,” the McKin- home countries (76 percent have nesses are present in five or sey report said. some activity outside of the GCC), more sectors, most common being One of the most challenging many have yet to make this pres- real estate, construction, retail, tasks for families today is man- ence meaningful. manufacturing, and travel and aging family dynamics, particu- Roughly 60 percent of family leisure, the inaugural GCC fam- larly when it comes to preparing businesses still derive more than ily-owned business survey con- the next generation and manag- 75 percent of their revenues from ducted by McKinsey & Company ing conflict. While 44 percent of their home countries. Many, how- has revealed. families state that they have an address given the sensitivities, are involved in charitable giving. Over time, families may need ever, have aspirations to expand The survey found that while employment policy in place, only it must be tackled head-on and However, relatively few have to shed their reluctance to tap internationally and establish family businesses have made 32 percent believe they have clar- made a priority, especially that it defined a clear strategy for their into external sources of liquid- regionally and globally competi- significant progress in putting ity on the roles and responsibili- is one of the most important ena- giving (36 percent), established ity. Today, very few family busi- tive businesses; this will require in place the governance sys- ties of family members, 22 percent blers for a successful generational a robust governance structure to nesses in the region have public family businesses to develop an tems, few have been successful in report that they have effective transition. oversee their giving (20 percent), ownership at either the holding exportable competitive advantage implementation. “We asked our training programmes and 17 While all families are involved or determined how they will eval- level or the subsidiary level. As and an institution that allows participants about the presence percent report that they have in some form of charitable giving, uate the impact of their efforts the family grows, external sources them to infuse the family’s DNA and effectiveness of 15 practices an effective assessment method very few have developed organised (16 percent). This may be in part of liquidity could become more in new businesses. that are key building blocks of an in place for the next generation. philanthropic efforts. “All fami- due to the relative youth of family important as a means of giv- effective governance system. Two- While this is a difficult topic to lies in our sample report that they businesses in the region,” it said. ing family members an exit and THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Residential rents unlikely to fall in near future Growing population will keep demand firm for some more time: DTZ Qatar

By Sachin Kumar The Peninsula on the sidelines of double-digit growth, occupancy tunity to improve the standard of a media roundtable yesterday. levels are likely to recover over their existing space and improve DOHA: Rentals of residential According to DTZ report the next six months,” he added. their current lease terms.” units in Doha are unlikely to fall released yesterday, vacant space The commercial sector in Doha Despite a reduced level of new in the next six months as growing has increased in the prime resi- is likely to face challenging times. office lettings in 2015, DTZ esti- population will keep the demand dential market. Despite these “The commercial sector is likely mates that there is 130,000 sqm firm. On the contrary, the rentals increases, rents in this sector to be challenging in the near term of vacant offices available to rent of apartments in the mid range have remained strong in Q2 and as landlords look to the private in West Bay, which represents category, which includes afford- Q3, primarily due to an increase sector to fill the temporary void,” approximately 8 percent of total able housing, are likely to move in population. “The key concern said Kenneth Corbin, Head of supply. upward, according to real estate in the residential sector is rental Commercial Agency, DTZ Qatar. This has resulted in stable firm DTZ Qatar. inflation where new supply of “In our opinion, those landlords rental levels being maintained in “In the mid range we do see accommodation for the middle offering the most flexibility in the West Bay area. In the hos- rents continuing their upward income families has struggled to lease terms will reap the great- pitality market, DTZ expects trend because at the moment meet the demand of an increas- est benefits. Additionally, with occupancy levels to come under there is higher demand than sup- ing population. There has been an an excess of 300,000 sqm of office pressure due to the 4,000 new FROM LEFT: Kennet Corbin, Head of Commercial Agency; Edd Brooks, ply. So we do see rents creeping increase in vacancies in the prime space expected to be released to hotel rooms that will be available General Manager; Johny Archer, Associate Director, Consultancy and up in near future,” Johnny Archer, residential market in recent the market in the next 12 months in the market from 2016. Research; and Bashhar Bessisso, Business Development Manager, Office Associate Director, Consultancy months. However, with non- in West Bay and Lusail, occupiers Agency in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT and Research, DTZ Qatar told hydrocarbon sectors experiencing will be presented with an oppor- THE PENINSULA

GCC healthcare expenditure to Investcorp adds $400m to US property portfolio DOHA: Investcorp, a leading occupied rental properties situated ments can generate.” Investcorp versity of Nevada, Las Vegas, and corp is among the top 10 foreign reach close to provider and manager of alterna- in major and growing US markets, acquired each of the properties McCarran International Airport. investors in US real estate over the tive investment products, yester- demonstrating solid rent growth through joint ventures with several Additionally, there are various past 10 years. Since 1996, Invest- day announced that its US-based potential. Investcorp intends to local and regional operating part- major construction projects under- corp has completed more than $80bn this year real estate arm, through separate add value to the portfolio through ners. The eight properties acquired way in the surrounding area, total- 300 property investments total- transactions, has acquired a port- renovation and capital expendi- total more than 3.2m square feet ing approximately $8bn. ing more than $11bn in value. As DOHA: Healthcare expendi- folio of eight residential properties ture, a strategy which the Firm with approximately 3,400 multi- In addition to strong momen- of June 30, 2015 Investcorp’s real ture in the GCC is expected to in the metropolitan areas of Las has successfully executed in previ- family units. The current average tum behind acquisitions, signifi- estate group had approximately reach close to $80bn this year, Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Atlanta ous multifamily investments. occupancy rate is approximately cant realisations have also been $1.4bn in assets under manage- as regional governments develop and Dallas for approximately Ramzi Abdel Jaber, Managing 96 percent. made in the last twelve months, ment, primarily in commercial, national infrastructure to accom- $400m. Director at Investcorp for Qatar, The acquired properties are: including the sale of multifamily office and residential properties modate rapidly expanding pop- These transactions take the said, “The solid rent growth Solis at Flamingo, Las Vegas, properties in Houston and Dal- in 30 of the largest markets in the ulations and a rise in lifestyle firm’s total real estate acquisitions potential of these eight proper- Nevada: This garden style, for-rent las; an industrial property in US. diseases, Crescent Enterprises for the last 12 months past $1bn, ties makes them an excellent fit multifamily property is located in Connecticut; office buildings in The Investcorp Group has said in a report on infrastructure. marking the continuation of a for our portfolio. With an occu- close proximity to three major Northern California; and hotels offices in Bahrain, New York, Lon- Crescent Enterprises is a UAE- highly active period of investment pancy rate of about 96 percent, we employment drivers that have in Pittsburgh and Boston. don, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. based multinational company for Investcorp’s real estate group. believe in the long term value and spurred population growth in the According to data from Real active in the fields of ports and All eight properties are well- the high return rate these invest- area: the Las Vegas Strip, the Uni- Capital Analytics (RCA) Invest- THE PENINSULA logistics; power and engineering; business aviation; healthcare and financial investment sectors. It said that the region has been slow to embrace public-private China loses WTO partnerships but growing invest- Apple loses patent lawsuit, faces hefty damages ment in the healthcare sector represents significant opportu- appeal in steel nity for myriad industries, from NEW YORK: Apple Inc could be dation (WARF) and Apple could previously tried to convince the Intel Corp in 2008, but the case private operators to insurers, tech facing up to $862m in damages not immediately be reached for US Patent and Trademark Office was settled the following year dispute with EU and telecom companies, and even after a US jury found the iPhone comment. to review the patent’s validity, but on the eve of trial. Last month, medical tourism operators. maker used technology owned WARF sued Apple in January in April the agency rejected the WARF launched a second lawsuit Qatar intends to build up to by the University of Wisconsin- 2014 alleging infringement of its bid. According to a recent rul- against Apple, this time target- and Japan 70 medical centres in the com- Madison’s licensing arm with- 1998 patent for improving chip ing by US District Judge William ing the company’s newest chips, ing decade, which will be general out permission in chips found in efficiency. The jury was consid- Conley, who is presiding over the the A9 and A9X, used in the just- GENEVA: China lost an appeal wellness-focused. In addition to many of its most popular devices. ering whether Apple’s A7, A8 case, Apple could be liable for up released iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, ruling yesterday in a World ensuring ample facilities to cater The jury in Madison, Wiscon- and A8X processors, found in the to $862.4m in damages. as well as the iPad Pro. Trade Organisation dispute in to future needs, a unique project sin also said the patent, which iPhone 5s, 6 and 6 Plus, as well as He scheduled the trial to pro- The case is Wisconsin Alumni which Japan and the European in Qatar is the plan to build three improves processor efficiency, was several versions of the iPad, vio- ceed in three phases: liability, Research Foundation vs Apple Inc Union had complained about Chi- hospitals specifically for expat sin- valid. The trial will now move on late the patent. damages, and finally, whether in the U.S. District Court for the nese use of anti-dumping duties gle workers, which are expected to determine how much Apple Cupertino, California-based Apple infringed the patent will- Western District of Wisconsin, on high performance, seamless to open early next year, in addi- owes in damages. Apple denied any infringement fully, which could lead to enhanced No. 14-cv-62. stainless steel tubes. tion to a workers-only health cen- Representatives for the Wis- and argued the patent is invalid, penalties. A WTO dispute panel had tre. This addresses a niche in the consin Alumni Research Foun- according to court papers. Apple WARF used the patent to sue REUTERS largely ruled against China in region’s market, where workers February, but all three parties represent a substantial portion of appealed, and the WTO’s Appel- the population, Crescent Enter- late Body strengthened the case prises said in the report. against China, reversing points Britain’s jobless where the panel had backed Bei- THE PENINSULA Vietnam to raise $3bn in share sale jing. The dispute was one of a series rate touches of often tit-for-tat trade com- QC plans course HANOI: The Vietnamese gov- plaints where China and its richer ernment will sell its stakes in seven-year low trading rivals sparred to protect on alternative companies ranging from a dairy their firms’ right to take advan- giant to an insurance firm in a LONDON: Britain’s jobless rate tage of each others’ markets, a dispute resolution move worth up to $3bn, state has fallen to its lowest level in rivalry that was supercharged by media said yesterday, boosting more than seven years but pay China’s faster economic growth DOHA: The Qatar Interna- the communist nation’s privati- growth was a bit slower than and its growing share of world tional Center for Conciliation and sation drive. expected, suggesting the labour exports. China had alleged that Arbitration at Qatar Chamber Growth in the Southeast Asian market is not hot enough to speed Japanese and EU makers of the will organise training course to country has been bucking the up a Bank of England interest tubes, which are used in coal- encourage the use of alternative regional trend with GDP rising rate hike. Britain’s unemployment fired power plants, were selling dispute resolution methods. to 6.81 percent in the third quar- rate fell to 5.4 percent in the three their product at an unfairly cheap The workshop, which will be ter, backed by strong exports and months to August, down from 5.5 price in China, and in 2012 it held from November 1 to 4, is the service sector. The majority of percent in the three months to imposed an “anti-dumping duty” basically meant for lawyers, legal this sum would come from suc- July, the Office for National Sta- to restrict their imports. personals, engineers, experts and cessful dairy company Vinamilk. tistics said. Japan and the EU complained staffers of business sector, banks The government plans to pri- It was the lowest jobless rate to the WTO in a bid to support and insurance companies. vatise up to 429 enterprises this since the second quarter of 2008. producers such as Nippon Steel & year. An employee checks a customer’s bill inside a Circle-K mart in Hanoi. Sumitomo Metal Corp, Tubacex THE PENINSULA AFP REUTERS SA in Spain and Salzgitter AG in Germany. At the peak in 2008, Japan exported around $224m of the pipes to China while the EU made sales of $283m, according to an Qatar index dips analysis of data from the Interna- China, US data send markets down tional Trade Centre (ITC), a joint 78.75 points agency of the WTO and United LONDON: Resurgent wor- kets plunging in August, and a with other disappointing releases August was revised down to flat, Nations. ries over China’s slowdown sent mini-rally was brought to a halt recently such as yesterday’s trade as low gasoline prices pull down DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange In 2012, exports from both the stocks lower yesterday, while dis- Tuesday on news that China’s figure, makes more monetary eas- the value of sales. index dropped 78.75 points, or EU and Japan were worth less appointing US data rekindling imports plunged by more than a ing and fiscal stimulus very likely Retail sales are a sign of the 0.67 percent, when it closed at than $80m, the ITC figures show. hopes for a delay in an interest fifth in September while exports if China is to achieve something strength of consumer spending, 11,758.96 points yesterday. The WTO appeal ruling is final rate hike failed to revive the also declined. close to the 7.0 percent (GDP) which drives about two thirds of The market capitalisation and China will now be asked to markets. Asian shares tumbled Tokyo, meanwhile, tumbled growth it targeted at the begin- the US economy’s activity. decreased to QR617.32bn from bring its rules into line with glo- on data showing that China’s con- 1.89 percent, with exporters hit ning of the year,” said analyst Meanwhile, sinking energy QR620.66bnregistered on Tues- bal trade rules. The EU said in a sumer price index (CPI) inflation by a stronger yen as spooked Craig Erlam at traders Oanda. costs pushed US producer prices day. The turnover decreased to statement that the ruling was “of rate rose 1.6 year-on-year in Sep- risk-averse investors shifted into Early European trading was 0.5 percent lower in September QR157.25m with a volume of systemic importance”. tember. safer assets. However, some inves- dominated by the Chinese data, in another sign of deflationary 3,853.661 shares from 2,752 deals “It highlights again the short- Along with producer prices tors drew comfort from the poor but share indices briefly recov- pressures in the economy, Labour compared with QR228.73m with comings of Chinese trade defence falling by 5.9 percent year-on- data which sparked renewed hope ered in the wake of disappointing Department data showed. a volume of 5,164,921 shares from investigations and provides guid- year, the data was seen by inves- that Beijing could launch another US data being seen as a sign the Meanwhile, the broad-based 3,888 deals deals on Tuesday. From ance how the WTO rules on price tors as sign of weak growth in the round of stimulus. The latest soft US Federal Reserve may hold off S&P 500 shed 0.39 percent to the 43 companies listed, shares of effects, disclosure of essential world’s second largest economy. readings have raised hopes for raising interest rates further. 1,995.84 points and tech-rich Nas- 41 exchanged hands yesterday. facts and confidential treatment Shanghai fell 0.93 percent while another batch of monetary eas- The Commerce Department daq Composite Index gave up 0.30 From these four gained, 31 dropped of information should be applied Hong Kong lost 0.71 percent. ing, following five Chinese interest said US retail sales edged up in percent to 4,782.04. and six remained unchanged. in the future.” Fears of a sharp slowdown in rate cuts since November. September by just 0.1 percent China had sent global stock mar- “The weak inflation data, along from the previous month, and AFP QNA REUTERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

India named Alfardan unveils new top investment destination luxury properties in EY survey NEW DELHI: India has been named the most attractive coun- Elite Collection to offer tailor-made lifestyle experience try for investment in a survey of more than 500 global investors DOHA: Alfardan Properties a project we are all very excited porates three core pillars: Safety published by accounting firm EY has unveiled its new luxurious and proud to launch for Qatar & Security through continuous (Ernst & Young) yesterday. real estate proposition, Alfardan and its community. Utilising investment in state of the art Thirty-two percent of the 505 Elite Collection, an assortment two decades of experience in the technology ensures guests are executives questioned said India of bespoke properties at the most luxury property market, we have safe and secure at all times; Serv- was their favoured market for sought after addresses in Doha, designed a unique offering that ice, the 24-hour Call Centre is a investment, with China second on offering personalised services to is unprecedented in the region. promise guests can get assistance Mohamed Sleiman (left), General Manager, and Muhibullah Mani, Chief 15 percent of the vote, followed by enhance tenant’s lifestyles. Alfardan Elite Collection is part any time of the day should they Operation Officer, Alfardan Properties, during the press conference Southeast Asia, Brazil and North Alfardan Elite Collection has of our ongoing vision and strat- need it; and Entertainment& yesterday. ABDUL BASIT America. been tailor-made to create an egy to lead and innovate premium Well-being, offering a variety of “There is no doubt that unparalleled lifestyle experience real estate. We see our properties activities for guests to enjoy at interest in India has increased,” through not only superior resi- as the body of our offering, but their homes. sons at the convenience of your for families, friends and compa- Mark Otty, EY area managing dential and commercial proper- our superior services and staff are Tenants at Alfardan Elite Col- home. nies, that any issues will be taken partner for Europe, Middle ties, but a wide array of premium the soul.” lection are able to take advantage Each tenant can also take part care of swiftly and easily. It is a East, India and Africa said. services and amenities. The col- “Alfardan Elite Collection is of value-added services such as in the many events hosted for its commitment to exceeding tenant “Investors increasingly see the lection includes Alfardan Gardens, unique in its attention to detail. music, ballet, martial arts and communities, including regular expectations across maintenance, potential and understand the Laguna Beach, Alfardan Towers, Over the past three years we have dance classes, as well as on-hand networking events to help nurture engineering or customer care fundamentals.” Burj Al Gassar, One Porto Arabia listened to tenants conducting fitness instructors with top of and enhance community growth. queries. The ‘One Hour Promise’ In an apparent vote of confi- and Al Gassar Resort, setting a satisfaction surveys, attending the range gym amenities. Beyond In conjunction to unveil- is executed by professional teams dence in Prime Minister Naren- new benchmark in Qatar’s thriving to their needs and tailoring the health and well-being, there are ing Alfardan Elite Collec- located on-site at each of the dra Modi’s reform agenda, the real estate and property market. Alfardan Elite Collection’s array also educational services for kids tion, Alfardan Properties also Alfardan Elite Collection prop- number of those who said ease Mohamed Sleiman, General of properties and personalised and adults alike, with interna- launched a first in Qatar a ‘One erties, at any given time and day. of doing business in India was an Manager at Alfardan Properties services to match,” he added. tional educational institutions Hour Promise’ for its tenants. A attractive factor jumped 17.5 per- said: “Alfardan Elite Collection is Alfardan Elite Collection incor- offering premium language les- promise offering peace of mind THE PENINSULA cent on last year. India’s notorious red tape, com- plex investment rules and poor infrastructure have long posed huge obstacles for companies, with the World Bank ranking it Former Google 142 out of 189 countries in its Ease QPMC, Village Trading Group in supply deal of Doing Business index. executive is new Industrial policy secretary DOHA: QPMC has signed a new mm grades, commencing 1 Janu- Essam Al Abed said, “It is impera- companies to take advantage of Amitabh Kant said the govern- off-take agreement with Village ary 2016. It is worth mentioning tive for us to benchmark and part- competitive prices and guaranteed ment was “determined to make Twitter chairman Trading Group for the supply that all grades supplied to QPMC ner with QPMC whilst supporting quality. To maintain transparency India an extremely easy and sim- and delivery of high gabbro prod- match the Qatar Construction its new vision which is strategi- while keeping cost to a minimum ple place to do business”. NEW YORK: Twitter Inc ucts with the capacity to supply Specifications (QCS) and Ash- cally aligned with Qatar’s sus- without compromising on quality, “Our first priority is to do appointed former Google execu- 30,000,000 million tonnes (MT) ghal’s specifications and quality tainable development and comes QPMC adopts the FIFO (first in away with the many procedures tive Omid Kordestani as its exec- of high quality quarry products. standards. at the forefront of the Qatar first out) mechanism which means and rules, followed by bringing utive chairman, holding good on The signing ceremony took place QPMC plays its part in ensur- National Vision 2030 and the the materials entering the storage in consistency and clarity in all a promise to appoint an outsider at QPMC headquarters and was ing that the construction sector National Development Strategy.” facility first will be sold first. our policies and tax regime and to work alongside co-founder attended by top officials. continues to progress in the right The Public Works Authority QPMC is increasing the capac- developing a world-class infra- Jack Dorsey in his second stint The agreement was signed by direction by securing the required (Ashghal) and QPMC had also ity of the bulk materials with the structure,” he said. as CEO. Essam Al Abed, Village Trading materials, by facilitating the sta- recently signed a framework of construction of the Gabbro Berth India is poised to become the Twitter’s shares rose in early Group CEO and Eisa Al Ham- bility of prices and by ensuring the agreement. According to the Terminal in Mesaieed Port, which fastest-growing major economy trading after Dorsey tweeted the madi, QPMC CEO. Under the regular availability of materials. agreement, QPMC will supply will have an unloading capacity of this year, according to the IMF, appointment, but were down 1.4 terms of the agreement, Village QPMC’s CEO Eisa Al Hammadi Ashghal with 91 MT of gabbro and 34 MT a year. In Lusail, QPMC’s at a time when other emerging percent at $28.65 by mid-morn- Trading Group has agreed to sup- said the company seeks to “stabi- limestone for the next five years, jetty will supply 3 MT of construc- markets are suffering slowdown ing. Kordestani, 51, joined Google ply QPMC with 6,000,000 MT of lise the prices of primary infra- making it one of the main cus- tion material per year to support or recession. as its 11th employee in 1999 and Gabbro Aggregates annually over structure materials and establish tomers of QPMC and a catalyst all construction work in the new Greenfield foreign direct stayed for 10 years. After a few the next five years. quality standards for aggregates for infrastructural development city. QPMC has also set up two investment (new ventures) in years away, during which he In planning the import of the and limestone in the long-term as in Qatar. floating jetties in RasLaffan to India rose 32 percent to $25bn was an adviser to the CEO, he required quantity, Village Trading part of its pivotal role in the coun- The decision to launch sales of supply the needed primary mate- in 2014 after declining in the returned full-time in October Group is committed to provide try’s infrastructure development primary materials on the local rials; with total port receiving previous two years, according to 2014 as Google’s chief business QPMC with gabbro aggregates on the instruction of the Qatari front, through a central entity, capacity of 9 MT a year. Financial Times data service fDi officer. abiding with the following grades: government.” QPMC in this case, will allow Ash- Markets. REUTERS 0-5 mm gabbro as well as 5-32 Village Trading Group CEO ghal and the Qatari contracting THE PENINSULA AFP

Qatar Airways wins three major global awards QA to showcase fleet

DOHA: Qatar Airways won a are both delighted and proud to trio of awards at the 2015 Busi- have now also won Best Airline and at Dubai Air Show ness Traveller Awards held in Best Middle Eastern Airline. These London. The airline picked up awards are a reflection of our con- DOHA: Qatar Airways will show- launch customer, and one of our the awards for Best Airline, Best tinuing commitment to provide our case four of its latest generation A380 aircraft. The show has Business Class Airline and Best passengers with an industry lead- aircraft at the Dubai Air Show grown to be one of the biggest and Middle Eastern Airline catego- ing service and innovative product from November 8 to 12, where most influential gatherings for ries, while the oneworld airline throughout their journey.” the team is looking forward to commercial and non-commercial alliance, of which Qatar Airways Qatar Airways was also recog- welcoming the aviation industry aviation since its debut in 1986, a has been a member since 2013, nised as one of the leading airlines and media on board to experi- trajectory shared by Qatar Air- won Best Airline Alliance. in the world at the UK Condé ence some of the world’s most ways, which has participated in The Business Traveller Awards Nast Traveller ‘Readers Travel sophisticated and technologically the show for many years. We are are voted for by readers of the Awards’. The airline was awarded advanced passenger aircraft. looking forward to welcoming magazine with the results authen- the ‘Best For Business’ accolade Qatar Airways Group CEO visitors to our static display and ticated by an independent audit- and runner-up as the readers’ Akbar Al Baker said, “The Dubai introducing them to another level ing company and are recognised choice for ‘Leisure Long Haul Air Show is the ideal stage to of world-class hospitality.” as the benchmark for excellence. Travel’. The airline also received introduce the latest genera- The airline will reveal the Gulf- Readers base their voting on the the Airline of the Year, Best Busi- tion aircraft type into the Qatar stream G650ER on the first day strength of the customer service, ness Class Airline Seat and Best Executive fleet, our Gulfstream of the air show. The airline will its route network and services. Airline in the Middle East at the G650ER, as well as showcase the also display its 25th Boeing 787 Qatar Airways Group CEO 2015 Skytrax Awards. This is the long-range, state-of-the-art air- Dreamliner, which will fly to the Akbar Al Baker said, “This marks third time the airline has won the craft that drive our commercial air show from the delivery cer- the third year that Qatar Air- accolade of Airline of the Year. business, our 25th B787 Dream- emony in Seattle on November 4. ways has received the Best Busi- Qatar Airways UK and Ireland Country Manager Richard Oliver (left) receives liner, the A350 XWB, for which ness Class Airline award and we THE PENINSULA the awards on behalf of Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways was the global THE PENINSULA As VW seeks savings, component suppliers brace for cuts FRANKFURT: As Volkswagen strug- do with the adjustments of our forecasts,” “basis of existence” for many more peo- On Friday, Germany’s Federation said spokeswoman Anja Siehler, dismiss- gles with its biggest ever crisis over the group spokesman Sven Schmidt said, ple, said Weil. of Metal Traders said there had been ing any attempt at forecasting possible global pollution cheating scandal, its car adding that he had seen no impact on Volkswagen has been forced to reex- “delays, even cancellations on contracted repercussions as “gazing into a crystal parts suppliers in Germany are bracing the company’s business with Volkswagen. amine all its investments after a glo- volumes”. ball”. “Our contracts with Volkswagen for deep cuts. But Leoni conceded that “the VW bal storm erupted over the revelations Orders could drop by 10 percent, said are for the long term and there have not Business newspaper Handelsblatt, affair has introduced a factor of uncer- it had fitted 11 million diesel vehicles the president of the federation, whose been any changes to date,” she said. quoting unnamed sources, said the auto tainty that affects the solidity of our with software designed to cheat official members include suppliers to car com- But for analysts it is clear that Volkswa- giant is planning to save $3.4bn on the planning”. The group’s shares lost a pollution tests. The company has set ponents makers. Like Leoni, many other gen will try to put the squeeze on its back of its suppliers, mainly compo- third on the Frankfurt market on Tues- aside 6.5 billion euros in the third quar- component manufacturers are still hop- suppliers as it seeks to save. “Obviously, nent makers. VW declined comment on day, dragging other car parts suppliers ter for the scandal, but its chief execu- ing that the repercussions will be limited, Volkswagen needs to make considerable the report, but the sector has become like Rheinmetall down too. Businesses in tive said that was likely only enough or that they will be able to fill their order savings and will look to save through its increasingly jittery. some of Germany’s regions are particu- for repair costs. books elsewhere. suppliers,” said Ferdinand Dudenhoef- Wiring systems supplier Leoni cut its larly exposed. Volkswagen may also have to pay large “We sell our components to several dif- fer, professor at the automobile research revenues and margins forecast for this In northern Germany’s Lower Saxony, fines as it is under investigations in sev- ferent manufacturers,” said Boris Mutius, centre of Duisburg University. and next year, saying that “sales to some where Volkswagen is based in the city of eral countries over the case. spokesman for seat maker Grammer, “But I doubt if it will be able to make customers will likely not be at the previ- Wolfsburg, “200,000 people work for the In the United States, the company which generates a fifth of its revenues substantial gains on this,” he added, ously budgeted level”. The company did component makers and their suppliers,” could be fined up to $18bn by the Envi- from Volkswagen. explaining that the German suppliers are not specify which customers these were, said state premier Stephan Weil. ronmental Protection Agency alone. Pump and engine components maker either “too big for Volkswagen to dictate and would not draw a link with Volkswa- And that does not include the service The Volkswagen brand itself is expect- SHW, which generates 40 percent of its conditions to” — like tyre giant Conti- gen, saying that creating a connection industry catering for these companies ing to slash its investments by €1bn a its sales from Volkswagen, also put on nental or Bosch — or “too small to survive would be “speculation”. and their families. year. But the group’s other brands, a brave front. “Our current production a cut in revenues”. “The Volkswagen case has nothing to Quite simply put, Volkswagen is the including Audi and Seat, could also be hit. volumes and orders are unchanged,” AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

Seeking science in a social science like economics VW, like BP, took the

By Noah Smith

CONOMICS, as a profession, gets a lot of grief — from wrong chances within its own ranks, from other disciplines and from the public at large. Some of this criticism is well-deserved, Ebut other points are way off the mark. In particular, I’d By Edward Hadas As the CSHIB put it, “Begin- of drilling made the choices they VW’s specialists seemed able to like to discuss the idea that economics is only a social science, and ning in 2002, BP Group and did largely because they wanted solve this problem so cheaply. should discard its mathematical pretensions and return to a more FTER an expensive Texas City managers received to get on with the job, which was If the company culture was literary approach. scandal, Volkswa- numerous warning signals about well behind schedule and over alert to regulatory risks in the First, let’s talk about the idea that when you put the word “social” gen is just starting a possible major catastrophe budget. There are many differ- same way that it was to, for in front of “science,” everything changes. The idea here is that you the long process at Texas City.” But instead of ences between the two accidents, example, Chinese demand or can’t discover hard-and-fast principles that govern human behav- of corporate self- responding to those signals, the and one crucial similarity: BP’s performance engineering, it is iour, or the actions of societies, the way physicists derive laws of Aanalysis. BP has been through bosses kept demanding further safety culture was inadequate. highly unlikely that the cheat motion for particles or biologists identify the actions of the body’s it all. The carmaker can learn costs cuts, including a 25 percent In the five years since Macondo, would have been hidden for more various systems. You hear people say this all the time. an important lesson from the reduction in operating expenses it has not been involved in any than five years. But people often But is it true? As far as I can tell, it’s just an assertion, with little oil major. in 2005. Texas City management disasters. Everyone must hope do not listen to things that they to back it up. No one has discovered a law of the universe that you BP had two major accidents fought back, and were allowed to that the ingrained culture may don’t want to hear. can’t discover patterns in human societies. Sure, it’s going to be in just over five years, an explo- cut by only half as much. They have finally changed. The right thing for BP to do hard — a human being is vastly more complicated than an electron. sion at the Texas City refinery did not have to deliver on that Volkswagen’s cultural problem was to develop a true safety cul- But there is no obvious reason why the task is hopeless. in March 2005 and a blowout at commitment, after the explosion isn’t safety related. The inves- ture. The right thing for VW is To the contrary, there have already been a great many successes. the Macondo well in the Gulf of killed 15 people and injured 180. tigations into the defeat device to find a passionate love for low Economists, for example, have been able to understand a lot about Mexico in April 2010. The oil Two years later BP got a new which gave faulty emissions-test emissions. However, these shifts how groups of human beings bid in auctions. Think about what an business is always hazardous, chief executive, who promised readings on 11 million cars are do not come easily, or for free. achievement that is! A group of people enter an auction hall, with but BP seems to have suffered to “focus like a laser” on safety. just beginning, so it is too soon When one target becomes more a mix of different backgrounds, different emotional tendencies, from something worse than bad There is no reason to doubt Tony to draw firm conclusions. How- important, others necessarily different desires and different levels of understanding. And yet luck – a faulty corporate culture. Hayward’s sincerity, but studies ever, there are some problems receive less attention. despite all that kaleidoscopic diversity, an economist can walk into The US government’s Chemi- of the Macondo disaster sug- that echo BP. One is the belated Volkswagen’s new chairman that hall and hand the auctioneer a post-it note with a few simple cal Safety and Hazard Investi- gest that not that much actually recognition of problems that go and chief executive will have to rules that will almost always make the auction take less time and gation Board weighed in with changed at BP. back years. The deceptive soft- make honest relations with pol- leave the bidders more satisfied. a 341-page report on the Texas One lesson from BP is that ware was first put in cars in lution regulators non-negotiable. That isn’t just a hypothetical situation. It’s the force that powers City disaster. It told of the com- there was no single mistake. 2009. They should start by recognising the Internet that you use every day. The Internet is funded mostly pany’s cost-obsessed manage- In a 124-page report, an expert There is also a tendency to the scale of the problem. Unless by advertising, and online ads are sold using an auction method ment, which skimped on staffing group sponsored by the Center miss obvious questions in the VW can make environmental created by economists. It is in large part thanks to social science and training. Equipment was for Catastrophic Risk Man- name of getting the job done. soundness as fundamental to — and mathematically precise theories of human behaviour — that poorly maintained. The operator agement at the University of The engineering challenge — the company’s identity as mak- the Web is so effective at getting you the information you want, and on the day of the accident had California at Berkeley listed 26 matching low emissions with ing fine and competitively priced that companies such as Google can make money and hire people. worked 29 consecutive 12-hour different decisions that contrib- good fuel economy — was a cen- cars, it might have to follow BP It isn’t always so easy, of course. Humans are smart. We can days. Already inadequate official uted to the disaster. Each one tral concern to the company. in the two-time hall of corporate break or circumvent any rules that society lays down. If you find a safety procedures were routinely was risky, and none was strictly Many of the company’s talented shame. rule that appears to describe how groups of people act, you should not followed. necessary. The people in charge engineers surely wondered why REUTERS be very careful about trying to use that rule to control people. If you do, you will often be disappointed. For example, if you discover that more crimes are committed on Thanksgiving, you might try to reduce law-breaking by putting more cops on the street on that day. But the criminals might just switch to Christmas or Halloween. This is why economist Charles Goodhart counsels against trying to use empirical correlations as tools of social control. But sometimes, you really can design human systems that work. For example, creating universal norms of sanitation has dramati- cally reduced the threat of communicable disease. Taxing people to pay for roads has resulted in more, better roads than we would have had if things had been left to the private sector. Everywhere we look, we see examples of social science at work. What about math? It’s true that many of social science’s greatest successes have come without any equations, theorems or computer simulations. You don’t need matrix analysis to know that if you tell everyone to wash their hands, infections will go down. Does this mean that economists should give up the fancy tools that they are so enamored with? Occasionally, perhaps. I do think economists would often benefit from closer observation of the real world. For example, macr- oeconomists have been scrambling since 2008 to put banks into their models of the business cycle, but these models are probably not good descriptions of the way banks actually behave. But that doesn’t mean math needs to go. Math allows quantita- tive measurement and prediction, which literary treatises do not. It was math that led to auction theory and to improved systems for organ exchange, or to any number of other successful economic theories that have been applied throughout our society. It is math that allows economic forecasters to make quantitative predictions of all types. Those predictions are not always accurate, and they don’t reach that far into the future, but they are far better than the vague forecasts of people who use only words. And it is math that allows economists to use natural experi- ments to understand which policies work and which don’t. Math is an essential tool of the empirical revolution that is reshaping the economics profession for the better. So yes, social science can be science. There will always be a place in the world for people who walk around penning long, literary tomes fabout how humans and societies function. But thanks to quantitative social science, we now have additional tools at our disposal. Those tools have already improved our world, and to throw them away would be a big mistake. BLOOMBERG Foreign aid hurts, not helps, poor countries

By Ana Swanson late 1960s, as the first humanitar- Aid music concerts raised public as the chart below, from a paper and metals and higher growth, Citing Africa researcher Alex de ian crises reached mass audiences awareness about challenges like by economist Bill Easterly of New while those at the right-hand Waal, Deaton writes that “aid T sounds kind of crazy to say on television. Americans watched starvation in Africa, while the York University, shows. side have more natural resource can only reach the victims of war that foreign aid often hurts, through their TV sets as children United States launched major, The effect wasn’t limited to wealth, yet slower growth. Econo- by paying off the warlords, and rather than helps, poor peo- starved to death in Biafra, an oil- multibillion-dollar aid initiatives. Africa. Many economists were mists postulate that this “natu- sometimes extending the war.” Iple in poor countries. Yet rich area that had seceded from And the World Bank and advo- noticing that an influx of foreign ral resource curse” happens for a He also gives plenty of exam- that is what Angus Deaton, the Nigeria and was now being block- cates of aid aggressively seized on aid did not seem to produce eco- variety of reasons, but one is that ples in which the United States newest winner of the Nobel Prize aded by the Nigerian government, research that claimed that foreign nomic growth in countries around such wealth can strengthen and gives aid “for ‘us,’ not for ‘them’” in economics, has argued. as Philip Gourevitch recalled in aid led to economic development. the world. Rather, lots of foreign corrupt a government. – to support our strategic allies, Deaton, an economist at Princ- a 2010 story in the New Yorker. Deaton wasn’t the first econo- aid flowing into a country tended Like revenue from oil or dia- our commercial interests or our eton University who studied pov- There was a strong economic and mist to challenge these assump- to be correlated with lower eco- monds, wealth from foreign aid moral or political beliefs, rather erty in India and South Africa political argument for helping tions, but over the past two nomic growth, as this chart from can be a corrupting influence on than the interests of the local and spent decades working at poor countries, too. In the mid- decades his arguments began to a paper by Arvind Subramanian weak governments, “turning what people. Some might argue for the World Bank, won his prize for 20th century, economists widely receive a great deal of attention. and Raghuram Rajan shows. should be beneficial political insti- bypassing corrupt governments studying how the poor decide to believed that the key to triggering And he made them with per- The countries that receive less tutions into toxic ones,” Deaton altogether and distributing food save or spend money. But his ideas growth was pumping money into haps a better understanding of aid, those on the left-hand side writes in his book “The Great or funding directly among the about foreign aid are particularly a country’s factories, roads and the data than anyone had before. of the chart, tend to have higher Escape: Health, Wealth, and the people. Deaton acknowledges provocative. Deaton argues that, other infrastructure. So in the Deaton’s skepticism about the growth -- while those that receive Origins of Inequality.” This wealth that, in some cases, this might be by trying to help poor people in hopes of spreading the Western benefits of foreign aid grew out more aid, on the right-hand side, can make governments more des- worth it to save lives. developing countries, the rich model of democracy and mar- of his research, which involved have lower growth. potic, and it can also increase the The old calculus of foreign aid world may actually be corrupting ket-based economies, the United looking in detail at households in It might seem odd that having risk of civil war, since there is less was that poor countries were those nations’ governments and States and Western European the developing world, where he more money would not help a power sharing, as well as a lucra- merely suffering from a lack of slowing their growth. According powers encouraged foreign aid to could see the effects of foreign aid poor country. Yet economists have tive prize worth fighting for. money. But these days, arguing to Deaton, and the economists smaller and poorer countries that intervention. long observed that countries that Deaton and his supporters offer that development has more to who agree with him, much of could fall under the influence of The data suggested that the have an abundance of wealth from dozens of examples of humani- do with the strength of a coun- the $135bn that the world’s most the Soviet Union and China. claims of the aid community natural resources, like oil or dia- tarian aid being used to support try’s institutions – political and developed countries spent on The level of foreign aid dis- were sometimes not borne out. monds, tend to be more unequal, despotic regimes and compound- social systems that are developed official aid in 2014 may not have tributed around the world soared Even as the level of foreign aid less developed and more impover- ing misery, including in Zaire, through the interplay of a govern- ended up helping the poor. from the 1960s, peaking at the into Africa soared through the ished, as the chart below shows. Rwanda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Bia- ment and its people. The idea of wealthier countries end of the Cold War, then dip- 1980s and 1990s, African econo- Countries at the left-hand side of fra, and the Khmer Rouge on the giving away aid blossomed in the ping before rising again. Live mies were doing worse than ever, the chart have fewer fuels, ores border of Cambodia and Thailand. WASHINGTON POST THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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

How to play Kakuro: NOVO SHOWING AT The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any KAKURO SCREEN 1 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 11:30am 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 & 11:55pm VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells SCREEN 2 Momentum (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00 pm TEL: 444933989 / 444517001 like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, SCREEN 3 The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 10:00am, 2:00, 6:00 & 10:00pm some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some Before We Go (2D/Action) 12:00, 4:00, 8:00 & 11:55pm cells will contain two numbers. SCREEN 4 The Walk (2D/Drama) 10:00am, 2:20, 6:30 & 11:15pm However, in a crossword the numbers reference Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 12:30, 4:40 & 9:00pm clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! SCREEN 5 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 10:00am, 11:50am, 1:40 & 3:30pm They denote the total of the digits in the row or War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:20, 7:25, 9:30 & 11:45pm column referenced by the number. SCREEN 6 Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 10:00 am, 12:20, 2:40, 5:00, 7:20, 9:40pm & 12:00am Within each SCREEN 7 Pan (2D/Adventure) 10:00am, 12:15, 2:30 & 4:45pm collection of cells Knock Knock (2D/Thriller) 7:00, 9:30 & 11:45pm - called a run - any SCREEN 8 The Martian (2D/Action) 10:30am, 1:10, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10 & 11:50pm of the numbers 1 SCREEN 9 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 10:30am, 1:00, 3:30, 6:00, 8:30 & 11:00pm to 9 may be used SCREEN 10 Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 12:15, 4:45 & 9:15pm but, like sudoku, Momentum (2D/Action) 10:15am, 2:45, 7:15 & 11:45pm each number may only be used once. MALL

Yesterday’s SCREEN 1 Pan (2D/Adventure) 2:30pm answer The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 5:00pm Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Before We Go (2D/Action) 7:00pm Momentum (2D/Action) 8:45pm Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 10:30pm SCREEN 2 Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 2:15pm; Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 4:00pm War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:45pm. Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 7:30pm & 11:30pm ALL IN THE MIND Stung (2D/Comedy) 9:45pm SCREEN 3 Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 2:00pm; Ahwak (2D/Arabic) Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, 5:00pm; Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2D/Hindi) 7:15 & 11:15pm War Pigs (2D/Action) vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. 9:30pm LANDMARK SCREEN 1 Pan (2D/Adventure) 2:30pm; Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/ Animation) 5:00pm; The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 6:45pm Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 8:30pm Momentum (2D/Action) 11:30pm SCREEN 2 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 2:15pm Before We Go (2D/Comedy) 4:00pm; War Pigs (2D/Action) 5:45 & 9:45pm; Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) 7:30 & 11:30pm SCREEN 3 The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 11:00pm Hoy en la Historia Stung (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 6:45pm Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 8:30pm October 15, 2010 The final breakthrough took place on the Gotthard Base Tunnel ROYAL PLAZA in the Swiss Alps, making it the SCREEN 1 Hotel Transylvania (2D/Animation) 3:00pm world’s longest railway tunnel. It is Before We Go (2D/Comedy) 5:00pm; Crimson Peak (2D/Drama) scheduled to open in June 2016 7:00 & 9:15; War Pigs (2D/Action) 11:30pm SCREEN 2 The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 2:30 & 8:30pm 1945: Pierre Laval, premier of Vichy The Curse of Downers (2D/Horror) 5:00pm France from 1942-1944, was executed War Pigs (2D/Action) 6:45pm; Momentum (2D/Action) 11:00pm for collaborating with Nazi Germany SCREEN 3 Infinitely Polar Bear (2D/Animation) 2:30pm 1995: Millions of Iraqis voted in a Ahwak (2D/Arabic) 4:15pm; The Martian (2D/Action) 6:30pm Momentum (2D/Action) referendum to retain Saddam 9:00pm Stung (2D/Comedy) 11:00pm Hussein as president

A VIEW TO A KILL, DIE ANOTHER DAY, DR NO, 2005: Crown Princess Mary, wife of ASIAN TOWN Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik, GEORGE LAZENBY, GOLDENEYE, GOLDFINGER, Rudhramadevi (Telugu) 3:00 & 6:00pm gave birth to their first child, a son HONEY RYDER, JAMES BOND, JAWS, LIVE AND LET The Wedding Pullav (2D/Hindi) 2:00, 4:30pm & 12:30am DIE, MAGDA, MONEYPENNY, MOONRAKER, NAOMI, 2005: The deadly H5N1 strain of bird Jamna Pyari (Malayalam) 3:00, 5:30 & 7:00pm NICKNACK, ODDJOB, PIERCE BROSNAN, ROGER flu was found in Romania, the first Life of Josutty (2D/Malayalam) 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 8:00, MOORE, SEAN CONNERY, TEEHEE, THUNDERBALL, appearance of the flu in Europe 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, 11:00pm, 12:00 midnight, 1:00am TIFFANY CASE, VARGAS, WHISPER. Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

NHL RESULTS Nashville 3 New Jersey 1 Mercedes IOC gives thumbs up to Winnipeg 4 NY Rangers 1 AMG Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 2 Petronas F1 San Jose 5 Washington 0 Team’s British driver Lewis Florida 4 Carolina 1 Hamilton cel- Detroit 3 Tampa Bay 1 Tokyo’s 2020 efforts ebrates with Dallas 4 Edmonton 2 his trophy St Louis 4 Calgary 3 after winning IOC VP pleased with five new sports chosen for Games Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 0 the Russian Formula One TOKYO: The International Grand Prix Olympic Committee (IOC) said International Olympic at the Sochi yesterday it saw positive strides Committee (IOC) Devils lose 3-1 Autodrom in Tokyo’s preparations for the Vice-President Circuit on 2020 Games despite embarrass- and Coordination to Predators Sunday. ments such as scrapping its logo Commission and plans for its new Olympic Chairman for the NEWARK : Goaltender Pekka Stadium due to anger over bal- Tokyo 2020 Games Rinne turned aside 22 shots and looning costs. John Coates (left) defencemen Roman Josi scored The mishaps, which have left a answers a question as two goals leading the Nashville gaping hole in the ground where Tokyo 2020 Olympic Predators to a 3-1 victory over F1 teams must agree on Japan’s former National Stadium the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday Games Organising stood and a badly delayed build- night at the Prudential Center. Committee President ing schedule, have also blackened The victory enabled the Preda- Japan’s reputation as a place that Yoshiro Mori looks on tors to improve to 3-0 overall for calendar and older engines can get things done -- a reputa- during a joint press the second time in franchise his- tion that helped it win the host- conference yesterday. tory joining the 2005-06 team LONDON: Formula One teams seasons,” declares the revised ing rights for the Summer Games while the Devils dropped to 0-3 will have to reach unanimous article 23.5. That would prevent two years ago over Madrid and for only the second time in team agreement in the coming weeks if manufacturers from supplying Istanbul. said it was too similar to his logo later this year, with construction history. They went 0-4 to start the sport is to expand to 21 races older versions to some custom- But IOC Vice-President John for a theatre, demanding its use to start early next year and the 2001-02 season. next year and manufacturers are ers, as has been the case this Coates told a news conference be halted and subsequently filing completion slated for early in Left winger Eric Nystrom to be allowed to supply customer year with tail-enders Marussia after the governing body’s fourth a lawsuit in local court. 2020, a year later than originally scored an empty-net goal in the teams with older engines. given permission to use 2014 Fer- review of Tokyo’s preparations Designer Kenjiro Sano denied planned. Zaha Hadid Architects, closing minutes for Nashville. The latest draft calendar has rari engines after coming out of that all was going well and they copying the logo, but the ensuing which came up with the first Right winger Kyle Palmieri 21 races, including a new grand administration. saw positive strides. uproar caused him to eventually design, has opted not to take part scored his first goal with the Dev- prix in Azerbaijan, but the 2016 Marussia will switch to Mer- “It’s clear to us that in the ask that it be withdrawn since its again. ils on a power play late to cut the sporting regulations published cedes engines next year but Red two days we’ve had here that the reputation was too damaged for Tokyo has also reneged on a lead to 2-1 late in the third period. yesterday stipulate, as ever, that Bull-owned Toro Rosso are nego- close relationship between all of use. A new emblem will be chosen pledge to keep most venues within Rinne who became the all- “the maximum number of events tiating to use 2015 Ferrari engines the parties for the preparation of in open competition. eight kilometres of the Olympic time leader in games played by in the Championship is 20”. in 2016. your games is going from strength The decision came less than Village in order to cut costs. Some a Nashville goaltender with his The definitive calendar will not Sister team Red Bull Racing, to strength,” he added. a month after Tokyo scrapped are so far away athletes will have start wasn’t seriously tested as he be published until December. who have fallen out with cur- He said they were particularly its plans for the new National to stay in separate quarters. kept the play in front of him for Any changes to the published rent partners Renault and been pleased with the five sports Tokyo Stadium, set to be the centrepiece But the city got some encour- the entire game. regulations can now be made rebuffed by champions Mercedes, had chosen to present to the IOC of the Games, as Prime Minister agement from London mayor The Predators got on the board only “with the unanimous agree- have threatened to walk away for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Shinzo Abe sought to soothe Boris Johnson, whose city hosted at 10:34 of the first period soon ment of all competitors entered unless they can secure a competi- games, saying that they empha- public anger over costs that had the 2012 Games and who said at a after Devils winger Tuomo Ruutu in the 2016 championship, save tive engine of the latest specifi- sised a broad range of interests more than doubled from original news conference that London had took a tripping penalty. Just 33 for changes made by the FIA for cation. Changes to the technical including those designed to appeal estimates. confidence that Tokyo will be able seconds into the penalty Preda- safety reasons”. regulations have also raised the to young people. The decision prompted concern to pull it off. tors defenceman Shea Weber car- Teams are likely to approve possibility of a return to exhaust- Asked about the Olympics logo, from the IOC, which said it would “Large parts of the media, large ried the puck into the zone faked an expanded calendar if it brings blown aerodynamics with multi- which was scrapped after plagia- oversee the new tender, but parts of the media will remain the shot and passed it across the them more money but allowing ple tailpipes from next season rism accusations arose, he said Coates said he had been assured resolutely skeptical, if not hos- ice to Josi who slapped it through the use of older engines is more instead of the sole exhaust. that it had been discussed and he it would be completed by January tile...” he said in a later speech. the legs of Devils goalie Keith controversial. “Engine exhaust systems must was “impressed” by the openness 2020, as the IOC had requested, “Suddenly, as the event itself Kinkaid. “Only power units which are have only a single turbine tailpipe of the new selection process. leaving time for tests and other draws near, their mood will Kinkaid was solid in net for identical to the power unit that exit and either one or two waste- Questions about the 2020 logo preparations. change and it will be as if the sun New Jersey stopping 17 of 18 shots has been homologated by the FIA gate tailpipe exits,” the new rules arose immediately after its July A second competition for the has come out.” in vain. ... may be used at an event dur- say. unveiling when a Belgian designer stadium design is set to be held REUTERS AGENCIES ing the 2016-2020 Championship REUTERS

Selby seeks Stateside mark in title defence

LOS ANGELES: Welshman Lee Selby will be out to impress US fight fans when he puts his International Boxing Federation featherweight world title on the line in Arizona yesterday. “I want to fight the top guys Devon Alexander and Aron Martinez during the weigh in at the Gila River and I think if I get a big win and Arena, Glendale, Arizona, yesterday. look good here, I’ll be in the mix,” Selby said as he looked ahead to his fight with former three-divi- sion champion Fernando Montiel From garbage collector of Mexico. Selby won the IBF feather- weight belt in May, dethroning Evgeny Gradovich by techni- to flyweight champ! cal decision after the bout was stopped in the eighth round MANAGUA: As a kid in a poor of my family, we achieved it. It because of a cut from a head butt neighbourhood of a poor country, has been very special for me,” over the Russian’s right eye. Nicaragua’s Roman Gonzalez col- Gonzalez told reporters from Selby led on all three score- lected garbage with his father in his training site in Costa Rica, cards, with one judge awarding a cart pulled by a rented horse. where he is preparing for the title him every round. He took his Now he is on top of the world, defense fight in New York against record to 21-1 with eight knock- at least the boxing part of it: an American from Hawaii named outs, his only defeat coming in his Gonzalez, whose nickname is Brian Viloria. fifth pro bout in 2009. “Chocolatito,” is undefeated in his His feat of reaching the pin- Selby is particularly inter- career over three lower-weight nacle of boxing glory has the ested in a future fight against classes, a three-time world cham- sports media in this country in a Leon Santa Cruz. He was ring- pion and the reigning WBC fly- frenzy. They have not seen such a side when Santa Cruz, a former weight champ. thing since the days of Arguello, bantamweight and junior feather- Outside the ring, he is soft spo- another Nicaraguan who was a weight title holder won a major- ken, the kind of guy who might go world champ three times in his ity decision and vacant world title unnoticed. But inside it he is pure career from 1974 to 1989. against Abner Mares on August energy, an aggressive attacker Gonzalez, 28, has yet to suffer 29. First he’ll have to get past and skilled defender, and praised a defeat in the three categories the 36-year-old Montiel, whose for his impeccable technique. His in which he has fought: flyweight record of 54-4-2 with 39 knock- record is 43-0, with 37 knockouts. (112 pounds), light flyweight (108 outs includes eight victories in a And he has a title defence bout pounds) and minimumweight (105 row at junior feather and feath- coming up Saturday in a mythical pounds). erweight. arena, Madison Square Garden. US sports media such as the “I honestly believe that he Growing up in a neighborhood boxing magazine The Ring or chose the wrong guy to fight,” called La Esperanza -- Spanish ESPN have lavished praise on said Montiel, who expects strong for hope -- Gonzalez liked foot- Gonzalez, who says he would like support at the Gila River Arena ball, even though the most popu- to match Floyd Mayweather’s in suburban Glendale. lar sport in the Central American 49-0 record. “I’ve won in hostile crowds country is baseball. Gonzalez has a style that recalls before, so it won’t be a problem,” His father discouraged him, that of Julio Cesar Chavez, con- said Selby, adding that he’s look- saying soccer would get him sidered one of Mexico’s best box- ing forward to a tough test. nowhere. So Gonzalez gravitated ers ever, said Gonzalez’s manager, “I’m really excited,” he said. towards a boxing gym where he Carlos Blandon. “This is my first world title met a retired Nicaraguan boxing He is aggressive but at the same defence and it’s against a tough legend named Alexis Arguello, time defends well, and moves very challenge that most guys wouldn’t who would guide him as he got well, the manager said. “He does take. It’s not an easy win. started in the sport. not let opponents fight the way “If I beat a guy like him and “I never thought I would they want to fight. But he does look good, it should raise my pro- become the world No. 1 or the fight how he wants to,” said Blan- file overnight.” world champion three times. But don. AFP thanks to God and with the help AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

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Sri Lanka (I innings): Malik’s best lifts Pakistan in first Test Dimuth Karunaratne )batting) ...... 135 Kaushal Silva c Ramdin b Roach ...... 17 L Thirimanne c (sub-Chandrika) b Bishoo .16 England reach 56 for no loss at draw of stumps in reply to Pakistan’s 523 for 8 on second day Dinesh Chandimal (batting)...... 72 Extras (LB-5, NB-5) ...... 10 ABU DHABI: Openers Alastair his best score in Test cricket, Total (for 2 wkts) ...... 250 Cook and Moeen Ali batted sol- after coming in to bat in the third Fall of wickets: 1-56, 2-101. idly to take England to 56-0 after over of the match on Tuesday. Bowling: Taylor 12-2-35-0; Roach 13-3-33- Shoaib Malik’s double century Malik said he felt proud at such 1; Holder 13-4-20-0; Gabriel 11-2-36-0; lifted Pakistan to a mammoth a memorable comeback. Samuels 18-4-42-0; Bishoo 22-1-78-1; total in the first Test in Abu “It was challenging, first it was Pakistan’s Brathwaite 1-0-1-0. Dhabi yesterday. my comeback then I came to the Shoaib Malik West Indies: Jason Holder (capt), Kraig Cook was unbeaten on 39 and crease in only the third over but celebrates Brathwaite, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Denesh with him Ali 15 not out as Eng- I had the resolve and the confi- Ramdin, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, land trail by 467 runs in reply to dence to do well and that helped with Asad Shafiq after Shannon Gabriel, Devendra Bishoo, Jermaine Pakistan’s first innings of 523-8 me throughout my innings,” said Blackwood, Kemar Roach. declared after day two at Sheikh Malik, who had to take treat- reaching his Zayed Stadium. ment for dehydration after his double cen- England batsmen will have to 647-minute vigil. tury against bat out of their skins to thwart Asad Shafiq, who scored 107 England at the Karunaratne Pakistan’s pace-cum-spin attack for his ninth hundred, added 248 Zayed Cricket on a pitch which did not help the runs with Malik -- a new record Stadium in makes West bowlers on the first two days but in Pakistan-England Tests -- as Abu Dhabi, can change its nature as the game Pakistan added 213 runs in the yesterday. progresses. two sessions after resuming the Indies toil in Ali survived a confident leg- day at 286-4. before appeal and the subsequent Malik hit 24 boundaries and review when left-arm paceman four sixes during his 420-ball first Test Rahat Ali brought one in sharply knock before he smashed a Ben to hit the pads but Australian Stokes delivery staright into Ian GALLE, Sri Lanka: Opener umpire Paul Reiffel gave the bats- Bell, who took a well-judged catch Dimuth Karunaratne scored his man not out. at mid-wicket. helmet and bowed down on the work in the field. “It was tough, Malik was caught off a Stuart third Test century and made the It was a day to remember for Malik steered paceman James turf in celebration. I think all the bowlers stuck into Broad no-ball on 40 and Shafiq West Indies bowlers toil in swel- Malik as he capped his return to Anderson towards third man for Shafiq also completed his cen- the task very well and we did not was let off by Bell off Anderson tering conditions as Sri Lanka the Test side after a gap of five two to complete his double hun- tury with a sweep boundary off get much assistance from the when on 10 -- both on Tuesday. finished on 250 for two at stumps years with an epic knock of 245, dred off 367 balls. He took off his leg-spinner Adil Rashid as the pitch or off the air but credit to Both England’s spinners -- on the opening day of the first pair erased the previous best Pakistan’s batsmen for playing debutant Rashid and Moeen Ali Test yesterday. Scoreboard fifth-wicket stand of 219 set by well,” said Stokes, hoping Cook -- failed to make an impact on a Karunaratne was unbeaten on Paul Collingwood and Eoin Mor- and Moeen have set the tone for pitch which is expected to take 135 along with Dinesh Chandi- Pakistan (I innings): 5-499, 6-514, 7-521, 8-523 gan at Nottingham in 2010. the fight with solid batting. turn as the game progresses. mal who has so far made 72 in Mohd Hafeez lbw Stokes ...... 98 Bowling: Anderson 22-7-42-2; Broad 21-8- Shafiq went soon after tea, Earlier, Malik resumed at 124 Rashid, who was hit for three an unbroken stand of 149 at the Shan Masood b Anderson ...... 2 44-1 (1nb); Stokes 17.1-3-57-4; Wood 22-5- when he was trapped leg before and hit a four and six off wicket- sixes by Malik, went wicket-less Galle International Stadium on Shoaib Malik c Bell b Stokes ...... 245 58-1; Rashid 34-0-163-0; Ali 30-2-121-0; wicket off seamer Mark Wood less Rashid before smashing a in his 34 overs conceding 163 runs Sri Lanka’s south coast. Younis Khan c Cook b Broad ...... 38 Root 5-1-13-0. while Sarfraz Ahmed (two) and boundary off seamer Wood to bet- -- the worst figures in an innings Playing in his 22nd Test match, Misbah-ul-Haq c Butler b Anderson ...... 3 England (I innings): Zulfiqar Babar (nought) also fell ter his previous best score as well on debut. Previously Australia’s Karunaratne laid the foundations Asad Shafiq lbw Wood ...... 107 A Cook (batting) ...... 39 to Stokes. as completing 150. His previous Bryce McGain had the worst fig- for a formidable first innings score Sarfraz Ahmed c Bell b Stokes ...... 2 Moeen Ali (batting) ...... 15 Stokes was England’s most suc- best of 148 not out came against ures of 0-149 on debut against for the hosts on a pitch which is Wahab Riaz (not out) ...... 2 Extras (NB-1, W-1) ...... 2 cessful bowler with 4-57 while Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2006. South Africa at Cape Town in expected to favour spin in the lat- Zulfiqar Babar c Anderson b Stokes ...... 0 Total (for no loss) ...... 56 Anderson took 2-42. Both Malik and Shafiq left the 2009. Dubai will host the second ter stages of the game. Extras (B-4, LB-21, NB-1) ...... 26 Bowling: Rahat 4-0-12-0; Khan 5-0-16-0; Pakistan declared soon after England bowlers to toil in the Test (October 22-26) while the He said his determination to Total (for 8 wkts decl ...... 523 Babar 7-1-16-0; Riaz 4-1-10-0 (1nb; 1w); tea, leaving England to bat the first two sessions and rue the third will be played in Sharjah stay at the crease paid off and his Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-173, 3-247, 4-251, Shafiq 1-0-2-0. remaining 23 overs. two chances they failed to grab (November 1-5). sessions with new coach Jerome Stokes admitted it was tough against the two batsmen. AFP Jayaratne had helped him to get his runs. “Usually I would have got out before a century, but this time I addressed those issues with the new coach (Jayaratne),” Karu- Dhoni inspires India to series-levelling win naratne said. “I put in a lot of effort and it paid off.” INDORE, India: Indian captain Dhoni smashed an unbeaten 92 off seamer Kumar grabbed three Scoreboard “I hope my score will help us Mahendra Singh Dhoni led from 86 balls to help the hosts recover wickets each and Virat Kohli took to put on a big total and mount the front as the hosts fought back to a more respectable total. three good catches to fashion the INDIA SOUTH AFRICA pressure on the Windies.” to stun South Africa by 22 runs in Dhoni added 41 for the seventh unexpected win. Having lost the R Sharma b Rabada ...... 3 H Amla st Dhoni b Patel ...... 17 Karunaratne was steady the second One-Day International wicket with Bhuvneshwar Kumar opening encounter in Kanpur by S Dhawan c Duminy b Morkel ...... 23 Q de Kock c M Sharma b Harbhajan ...... 34 throughout the day although he in Indore yesterday. (14) and 56 for the eighth with five runs, India go into Sunday’s A Rahane b Tahir ...... 51 F du Plessis c Kohli b Patel ...... 51 began to play more expansively India, restricted to 247-9 after Harbhajan Singh (22). third international in Rajkot on V Kohli (run out) ...... 12 J P Duminy lbw Patel ...... 36 in the closing session. He reached electing to take first strike in The skipper finished with four level terms and looking increas- M Dhoni (not out) ...... 92 A B de Villiers c Kohli b M Sharma ...... 19 his century in spectacular style good batting conditions, hit back sixes, including one off the final ingly confident. Faf du Plessis was S Raina c de Kock b Morkel ...... 0 D Miller c Dhoni b Kumar...... 0 by lofting Devendra Bishoo over to bowl South Africa out for 225 delivery from young paceman the lone batsman to shine for the A Patel lbw Steyn ...... 13 F Behardien c Dhoni b Harbhajan ...... 18 mid-wicket for his only six of the and level the five-match series 1-1. Kagiso Rabada, and seven bound- tourists with 51 as the rest of the B Kumar b Tahir ...... 14 D Steyn c Kohli b Yadav ...... 13 day. He has also hit 10 fours after A relentless display of pace aries. Dhoni then marshalled his batting succumbed under the H Singh c de Kock b Steyn ...... 22 K Rabada (not out) ...... 19 facing a total of 288 balls. and spin bowling by the tourists limited resources astutely as pressure applied by Dhoni’s men U Yadav c de Kock b Steyn ...... 4 Imran Tahir c Dhoni b Kumar...... 9 After Sri Lankan skipper had reduced India to 124-6 before left-arm spinner Axar Patel and under lights. M Sharma (not out) ...... 0 M Morkel c Raina b Kumar ...... 4 Angelo Mathews won the toss and The Proteas were sailing along Extras (LB-2, W-10, NB-1) ...... 13 Extras (LB-3, W-2) ...... 5 chose to bat, Karunaratne vindi- at a comfortable 134-2, following Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 247 Total (all out in 43.4 overs) ...... 225 cated that decision by putting Indian captain a 82-run stand between du Ples- Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-59, 3-82, 4-102, Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-52, 3-134, 4-141, on 56 for the first wicket with Mahendra Singh sis and JP Duminy, when India 5-104, 6-124, 7-165, 8-221, 9-225 5-142, 6-167, 7-186, 8-200, 9-221, 10-225. Kaushal Silva while frustrating Dhoni (right) cel- bounced back with three wickets Bowling: Steyn 10-0-49-3 (w2); Rabada 10- Bowling: Kumar 8.4-0-41-3; Yadav 8-0-52-1; the West Indies fast bowlers for ebrates with team- in the space of 15 deliveries. 1-49-1 (nb1; w3); Morkel 10-0-42-2 (w3); Du- Harbhajan 10-0-51-2 (w1); Patel 10-0-39-3; 17 overs. Silva, who was tested by mate Suresh Raina Patel trapped Duminy leg- miny 9-0-59-0 (w1); Tahir 10-1-42-2 (w1); M Sharma 5-0-21-1 (w1); Raina 2-0-18-0. some probing fast bowling from for taking a catch before for 36 and had du Plessis Behardien 1-0-4-0. Result: India won by 22 runs. Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach of South Africa’s offering a catch to Kohli in the in the first hour, fell before lunch David Miller during covers, before Kumar forced David when he edged to Denesh Ram- the second one- Miller to edge his first delivery to Africa 167-6 in the 33rd over. spearhead Dale Steyn claimed din off Roach for 17. Vice captain Dhoni behind the stumps. Farhaan Behardien (18) and 3-49 and fellow fast bowler Morne Lahiru Thirmanne was next to go day international Kohli then dived to his left in Rabada (19 not out) attempted Morkel and leg-spinner Imran when he mistimed a lofted shot (ODI) at the Holkar the covers to pick up a superb to pull South Africa out of trou- Tahir chipped in with two wickets over mid wicket to be snapped up Cricket Stadium in catch that removed danger man, ble, but India held their nerves in each to restrict the Indian bats- by the substitute fielder Rajendra Indore yesterday. the South African captain AB de front of a sell-out crowd of 27,000 men. Chandrika off Bishoo. Villiers, for 19 and made South home fans. Earlier, fiery pace AFP AFP Djokovic, Murray make quick starts at Shanghai Masters ATP SHANGHAI SHANGHAI: World number one of the season. “That encourages Federer complained that he Novak Djokovic extended his hot me, gives me incentive to go out on found it tough to adapt to the MASTERS streak in China as he blazed past the court and play the best that I Shanghai conditions after the Shanghai: Results from the ATP Shanghai Martin Klizan at the Shanghai can. As I said, many matches won defending champion went out to Masters yesterday: Masters yesterday with Andy on this court as well helps me to Ramos-Vinolas, but Murray said Men’s Singles - Second Round Murray and Stan Wawrinka be more comfortable starting the he had arrived early enough to John Isner (USA x13) bt snapping at his heels. match and playing in it, as well.” acclimatise. David Goffin (BEL) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) The two-time champion Murray, another two-time “I think it’s not so much that Novak brushed Klizan aside 6-2, 6-1 winner at Shanghai’s Qi Zhong the conditions are really tricky Djokovic of Kei Nishikori (JPN x6) bt to set up a clash with Feliciano Stadium, also zipped past Steve here, it’s that they’re quite dif- Serbia waves Nick Kyrgios (AUS) 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 Lopez or Dominic Thiem as he Johnson 6-2, 6-4 and French ferent to Beijing and Tokyo. All to the crowd Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt seeks to add to this year’s haul of Open champion Wawrinka beat of the players say that,” said the after winning David Ferrer (ESP x7) 6-4, 6-2 eight titles, including three of the Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. 2010 and 2011 champion. his men’s Andy Murray (GBR x3) four Grand Slams. After Roger Federer’s shock “It does take a bit of time to get singles sec- bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-2, 6-4 The Serb lifted the China Open loss to 70th-ranked Albert used to the conditions here. But ond round Gilles Simon (FRA x10) bt Leonardo Mayer trophy for the sixth time on Sun- Ramos-Vinolas late on Tuesday, for me, that was a big positive in match against (ARG) 6-7 (0/7), 6-4, 6-2 day and he said a surge of confi- there were no banana-skins for getting here early this year, that Martin Klizan Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) dence after what he calls his best Djokovic, Wawrinka or Murray, I’ve had five days to get used to it.” of Slovakia at bt Jack Sock (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 4-6, 6-4 season yet made him very tough who was returning to action fol- Kyrgios was again at the centre the Shanghai to beat. lowing a four-week break. of controversy when he received Kevin Anderson (RSA x12) Masters bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1) “Considering the fact that I’ve Outspoken Australian Nick a code violation for smacking won so many matches this year Kyrgios flirted with a 28-day ban away a loose ball and nearly hit- tennis tour- Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) nament in bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 6-2, 6-1 and tournaments, probably the after he was slapped with his ting a line judge -- a day after he best season of my life definitely, second code violation in as many was fined $1,500 for an audible Shanghai Stan Wawrinka (SUI x4) bt Viktor Troicki anywhere I go I’m confident,” said matches during his 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 obscenity. If the 20-year-old totals yesterday. (SRB) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 Djokovic, after raising his win- loss to Japan’s Kei Nishikori. $5,000 in fines by February 24 he Richard Gasquet (FRA x11) loss record to 69-5 this year. But Australian number one will trigger the 28-day suspended bt Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 “Especially towards the end of Bernard Tomic reached the third ban he received in August for Milos Raonic (CAN x9) bt Roberto Bautista the season, knowing that back in round when he beat David Ferrer making a sexual comment about Agut (ESP) 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/5) the previous years I’ve played con- 6-4, 6-2 -- denting the Spaniard’s Stan Wawrinka’s girlfriend. Rafael Nadal (ESP x8) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) sistently well and was very suc- hopes of reaching the World Tour 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/4) cessful in the last couple months Finals in London. AFP THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

All Blacks Qatar expects one million fans for 2022 World Cup appeal France DOHA: With all the arrange- that the number we are working stadium by 2016. Meanwhile, of zero fatalities on all projects. to keep it clean ments on track, the Qatar’s towards is one million.” Cruise an event was held at Khalifa A joint venture between Mid- FIFA World Cup bosses are ships will be used to accommo- International Stadium – Aspire mac Contracting and Sixcon- expecting around one mil- date some of these fans during Zone Precinct to commemorate struct Qatar WLL (a subsidiary CARDIFF: The All Blacks have lion fans turnout for the 2022 the tournament, he confirmed. this safety mark, which is based of the Belgian Besix Group) is appealed for Saturday’s World extravaganza. Earlier this year it was on industry practice represent- overseeing the main construc- Cup quarter-final against France “South Africa was somewhere announced that Qatar aimed to ing working hours without any tion works as main contractor to have no repeat of the “filth” around 600,000 (fans), Brazil house some 12,000 fans on cruise Lost-Time Accidents. This on the stadium. that has marred previous clashes somewhere around 800,000,” ships – or “floating hotels” – event was part of a series of On the first day on the between the rivals. said Nasser Al Khater, the during the tournament. safety-related events organised project, workers attend a safety There were several incidents in Assistant General Secretary of FIFA guidelines say Qatar by the Supreme Committee for induction and a presentation to the bitter 2011 final including the Qatar’s 2022 Organising Com- must have 60,000 rooms avail- Delivery & Legacy (SC) and its remind them of the basic rules eye-gouging of All Blacks skip- mittee. Al Khater, speaking to able for fans by 2022. partners across all stadium sites and also have further training per Richie McCaw, who in turn journalists in Doha said Qatar’s Ambitious Qatar though has Nasser Al Khater currently underway. Safety days three times a week. was accused of kneeing French preparations were nevertheless pledged to make 100,000 rooms and safety recognition initia- During these regular sessions fly-half Morgan Parra in the back. ploughing ahead for the tourna- available. “Our progress is very, I am very comfortable to say tives are held on a regular basis the team evaluates safety pro- McCaw later accused the ment in seven years’ time. very good,” he said. “I think we that we are in a very, very good across all 2022 FIFA World Cup cedures and points out practices French of getting “filthy” in the “We are estimating, based on are happy with where we are place.” Qatar has begun work on Qatar proposed host venue con- that need to be improved. tense final won 8-7 by the All Qatar’s geographic location and right now.” He added: “Seven six tournament venues so far and struction sites, helping to con- Blacks, saying: “The French are the easy links of reaching Doha, years out from the tournament, is on course to complete its first tribute to the SC’s safety record AGENCIES worse when they are scared.” Tension started even before kick-off when Thierry Dusau- toir’s fired up French battalion advanced on the All Blacks during the pre-match haka, a protocol breach for which they were later Stars unite to mark 1-week countdown fined. In 1999, after France beat the All Blacks in the semi-finals, prop Brazilian athletes apprise school kids of Paralympic sports ahead of Doha IPC Worlds Franck Tournaire was accused but cleared of biting All Blacks DOHA: With just one week to go zilian super-stars Terezinha captain Taine Randall. to the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics Guilhermina, Alan Oliveira and New Zealand team doctor John World Championships, multiple Johansson Nascimento took Mayhew also claimed other All Paralympic and World Cham- advantage of their early arrival to Blacks had complained about pions, Terezinha Guilhermina, inspire and engage Qatari school- being eye-gouged, head-butted Alan Oliveira and Yohansson children in the World Champion- and having their testicles grabbed. Nascimento of Brazil, hosted a ships. However, backrower Kieran session with students at Bilal bin The three athletes hosted a Read led an All Blacks chorus on Rabah School yesterday. session with the students and Tuesday that there was no room The Doha 2015 IPC Athletics answered their questions about for off-the-ball manoeuvres and World Championships are the para-sport. they wanted them kept out of largest para-sport event ever to Speaking ahead of the World Saturday’s do-or-die clash. come to the Middle East and will Championships, Terezinha Guil- “The game doesn’t need that,” be held at Qatar Sports Club from hermina said: “These World Read said. October 21 to 31. Championships are very impor- “This game’s a great game and Around 1,300 athletes from 100 tant because they are going to we want to showcase the talents countries will be competing to be take place in Qatar, in the Middle we’ve got within. So we’ll play it the best in the world and vie for East, a place where para-sports as hard as we can physically but qualifying spots to the Rio 2016 are not that well known,” he said. certainly as fair as we can. Paralympic Games. “I believe that after the World “If teams are going to start Athletes from around the world Championships new athletes will doing that then you’ve got to have already begun arriving in emerge on the world stage, tak- adapt as quickly as you can.” Doha ahead of the World Cham- ing us to places where we haven’t Fellow loose forward Jerome pionships to begin the crucial final been before. Being able to partici- Brazilian athletes hosting a session of schoolchildren to mark one-week countdown to the 2015 IPC Athletics Kaino was pleased that with the stages of their training ahead of pate is such a privilege, and hope- World Championships to be held in Doha from October 21. use of immediate video replays, the World Championships. Bra- fully this world event will leave a referees have been able to clamp down on violence, which he said legacy for Qatar itself and for the at 16:00 in the 400m final. Guil- Speaking about the school was not part of the All Blacks Middle East.” hermina’s compatriot Oliveira visit, Ameer Al Mulla, CEO of armoury. All three athletes will be look- competes in the 100m, 200m and the Doha 2015 Local Organising “We don’t go into a game think- ing to use the World Champion- 400m T43 events and currently Committee and Executive Direc- ing about that kind of stuff,” he ships to qualify for next year’s Rio holds the world record for the tor of the Qatar Paralympic Com- said. 2016 Paralympic Games and the 100m, and 200m events. The Bra- mittee said: “Our sole focus has been to get once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to zilian, a double-leg amputee, has “We are very grateful to the our game going and we’ve seen compete in a Paralympic Games won three World Championship Brazilian athletes for taking the the trend of referees how they’ve in front of a home crowd. Argu- gold medals, and one gold and one time to come down and host a been in this World Cup and you ably the best female para-sprinter silver Paralympic medals. He will masterclass with our schoolchil- don’t want to be on that side of the world has ever seen, Guilher- be competing in the 100m T44 on dren today. the referees where you get carded mina will face stiff competition 29th October at 18:18, but before They are two of the best para- and cost your team. from China’s rising star, Cuiqing that he will compete in the 200m athletes in the world and they “We want to be clean. Play hard Liu, currently ranked second in T44 on 25th October at 16:20. have really inspired the children but fair but we don’t want that the world and fast improving. Nascimento is the reigning to see that it is possible to achieve kind of stuff.” Guilhermina has a total of 200m T46 World and Paralym- anything despite your circum- AFP seven World Championship gold pic Champion, as well as the stance. medals, and three gold, one sil- 2013 World bronze medallist in We hope that hosting the Doha ver and two bronze Paralympic the 100m T46 and a Paralympic 2015 IPC Athletics World Cham- medals. The Brazilian sprinter silver medallist in the 400m T46. pionships will inspire a new gen- Scotland squad also holds the world record in He famously proposed to his girl- eration of athletes and spread the 100m, 200m, and 400m T11 friend after winning gold at Lon- awareness about para-sport, he fired up by events. You can watch her in don 2012 by unfolding a written said. Brazilian athletes share light moments with the schoolchildren yesterday. action on 22nd October at 21:00 in note and displaying it in front of double ban the 100m final and 23rd October a television camera. THE PENINSULA

LONDON: Scotland officials have yet to decide whether to Qatar grab WAFF U-23 bronze medal appeal against the bans that have ruled out Jonny Gray and Ross Mourinho given stadium Ford for the remainder of the Rugby World Cup, but the rest of the squad are feeding off the ban, fined for comments anger generated by the decision. The two forwards were given three-week bans for dangerous LONDON: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho play in during last weekend’s win (pictured) has been handed a suspended over Samoa and, though the citing one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000 by commissioner’s decision has been England’s Football Association for misconduct widely criticised, those within the following comments made in the wake of his Scotland camp realise their focus side’s recent defeat to Southampton. must be on the challenge facing Mourinho accused officials of being “afraid” them in Sunday’s quarter-final to award his team penalties after Chelsea against Australia. went down 3-1 to the Saints in the Stamford “When I heard it I was angry Bridge clash on October 3. for them,” flanker Josh Strauss He was unhappy that a spot-kick was not told reporters yesterday. awarded to his side when forward Radamel South African-born Strauss Falcao went down under a challenge by Saints qualified to play for Scotland goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg. after the World Cup had begun But the FA confirmed on Wednesday that the Blues boss had accepted and made his debut in their open- he had breached regulations and, as well as the fine and ban, warned A Qatari player shakes hands with Al Sadd’s Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez (second left) after the team ing game against Japan, but he the Portuguese that he faces further punishment for any more such defeated Yemen 3-0 to clinch bronze medal at the WAFF U-23 Championship at the Lekhwiya Stadium, yes- has wasted no time embedding outbursts within the next 12 months. terday. Qatari team coach Felix Sanchez (left) is also seen in the picture. himself in the tightly-knit squad. “Jose Mourinho has been given a suspended one-match stadium ban Strauss described the bans as and fined £50,000 after he admitted a breach of FA Rules in relation “quite harsh” but added: “We’ve to post-match media comments,” a statement from the governing dealt with things like this in the body read. England among top seeds for Euro 2016 past and it will make us better “The Chelsea manager was charged for misconduct following the and make us stronger.” game against Southampton on Saturday. Scotland know they will have “It was alleged his remarks constituted improper conduct in that PARIS: UEFA have confirmed the qualifiers for next year’s while Wales, Northern Ireland, to be at the absolute top of their they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a match official or match that England will be among the finals in France. England are Iceland and Albania are certain game to get past the Wallabies officials and/or brought the game into disrepute. top seeds for Euro 2016, while therefore certain to be alongside to be in Pot Four. The remaining and make their first semi-final “Mr Mourinho’s suspended stadium ban will be immediately invoked Italy will be in Pot Two and hosts France, reigning continen- positions will only become known since 1991, but two victories in should he be found by an Independent Regulatory Commission to have Wales and Northern Ireland will tal champions Spain, World Cup after next month’s play-offs to their past three outings gives committed a further breach of FA Rule E3 for any comment or state- be among the bottom seeds. holders Germany, Portugal and decide the final four qualifiers. them something to cling to. ment to or through the media before 13 October 2016.” UEFA have based their seed- Belgium in Pot One when the Bosnia, Ukraine, Sweden, Hun- “You don’t come into this com- Chelsea have endured a poor start to the season and sit in 16th place ings on their country coefficient draw is made in Paris on Decem- gary, Denmark, Ireland, Norway petition not believing you can in the Premier League with just eight points from eight games before ranking, which is taken from ber 12 for the 24-team finals. and Slovenia will enter the play- win,” said Strauss. hosting Aston Villa on Saturday. performances at Euro 2012 and Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Aus- off draw on Sunday. REUTERS the 2014 World Cup as well as tria and Croatia will be in Pot Two AFP REUTERS THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Stage set for WorldSBK spectacle at Losail Qatar’s iconic racing circuit to host seventh edition since becoming venue in 2005, top riders to compete

DOHA: Qatar may be one of the meant business. Troy Corser and ian compatriot, attacking relent- newer destinations, but it has Yukio Kagayama celebrated a lessly, but Corser bounced back on already racked up its fair share of one-two in Race 1, while the Jap- every occasion and was ultimately World Superbike antiquity since anese rider took the upper hand able to keep the charging Ducati 2005. thanks to a better tyre choice in at bay. This weekend’s races which will Race 2; Corser – that year’s World 2007: There were great expec- feature top riders at the iconic Champion – dropped to third tations on the eve of the 2007 Losail International Circuit is behind Regis Laconi’s Ducati. races. Four-time 250cc Grand expected to be yet another suc- 2006: The maiden race of 2006 Prix World Champion Max Biaggi cessful event. The country has proved to be a battle royale, full had been rapid in testing ahead of hosted many successful races at of unexpected twists. In the early his WorldSBK debut, just missing the WorldSBK since 2005. stages, Kagayama fought away out on pole to Toseland. As the Qatari organisers are with Corser, Noriyuki Haga, A first-corner incident saw ready to deliver another fine show Andrew Pitt and Troy Bayliss, but both men run wide, losing the at Losail, The Peninsula looks at a James Toseland came from behind advantage to Haga and Corser, brief history of the event in Qatar. and was soon running third. but both were back in contention The start of the first-ever It looked like Kagayama or and vying for victory in the clos- WorldSBK race in Qatar (2005) Haga would take the win, but the ing stages. Qatar first hosted a WorldSBK latter hit his team-mate on the It was Biaggi who came out on race when it opened the season in final lap as Toseland graciously top, cementing his name in the 2005. Almost unbelievably for a came through to pick up the list of World Superbike winners desert-based circuit, rain proved pieces. in his very first race. The ‘Roman to be a factor. The second race was Troy Emperor’ was back to winning Pole position had gone in dry versus Troy; Corser initially led ways, as his emotional side took conditions to Regis Laconi, while while Bayliss had to recover from over and tears were on display in A file photo of Troy Bayliss of Australia in action at Losail International Circuit. lap times in both races proved fifth on the grid. Bayliss would Parc Ferme. that the Suzuki GSX-R1000 K5 take chunks out of his Austral- 2008:The 2008 season also

began in Qatar. Corser delivered to the second spot on the calen- most historic and memorable from the equation after contact his 41st pole position (the penul- dar after Phillip Island. Ameri- weekends in WorldSBK history. with Leon Haslam’s Honda at timate pole of his long career), can Ben Spies clinched pole but Now the final round of the sea- Turn 1. but the lead of Race 1 was stolen his first start of the weekend son, Qatar welcomed title con- Rea then led after passing by Germany’s Max Neukirchner. was not his best, losing ground tenders Tom Sykes (the reigning Sykes, while Guintoli was circu- During the race, he and Biaggi to Biaggi, Haga, Jakub Smrz World Champion on a Kawasaki) lating fourth behind Giugliano. came into contact; in his efforts and Shinya Nakano. On Lap 5 and Sylvain Guintoli (yet to win The Frenchman proceeded to to make his feelings to Biaggi he regained two positions, pass- the title and riding an Aprilia). pick them off, one by one, with a clear, Neukirchner lost control ing both Nakano and Smrz into Pole went to Ducati’s Davide double overtake on Giugliano and of his bike. the first corner. He then caught Giugliano, with Sykes third and Sykes before quickly dispatching Bayliss would win the race en Biaggi and Haga before waiting Guintoli fifth; this was a difficult of Rea as well. route to his third and final title, for the right moment. On Lap 13 start for the Frenchman, who was In the closing stages, Sykes beating Biaggi by less than four came a spectacular manoeuvre: realistically in need of two race struggled with a distinct lack of tenths of a second to register Spies overtook Haga while the wins in order to clinch the title. grip, dropping to a final position the first race-winning success Japanese was challenging Biaggi. Things were not easy for Sykes, of third behind Rea. for what would prove to be the He pulled away, leaving his rivals either. On the opening lap of Race From that moment onwards, all-conquering Ducati 1098 R. to fight for second; Haga would 1 he was overtaken by team-mate Guintoli was no longer troubled Another challenge from Yamaha earn it, helped by a mistake from Loris Baz, who went on to finish by his rivals. came in Race 2, but it was the Biaggi on the last lap. Things second as Guintoli charged to vic- He rode on to his second victory Ducati Sterilegarda machines of were different in Race 2; having tory. of the night, his first WorldSBK Biaggi and Ruben Xaus which run third early on, Spies pulled Sykes was third - just holding double and a symbolic world title. led the way, ahead of Bayliss and away into the lead from Lap 6 on from Jonathan Rea’s Honda - He had become France’s second Fonsi Nieto. Six of the eventual onwards, leaving his rivals in his as pole man Giugliano dropped to World Champion, with Raymond top five proved to be Ducatis, but wheel tracks as he had already fifth. Contentiously, Baz did not Roche having been the first 24 it was the Alstare Suzuki of Nieto done earlier on. concede second position to Sykes years earlier. Sykes was left to which overhauled both Sterile- 2014: After 2009, Losail had despite an obvious ‘lose’ message ponder over a massive case of garda bikes on the 15th and 16th no place on the World Superbike displayed on his pit board; after what might have been; he and laps, respectively; this proved to calendar. Following four years the race, Baz made it clear that he Baz would engage in a bitter war be Nieto’s sole World Superbike of absence, it returned in 2014 had disobeyed team orders. Ahead of words on Twitter, but Guintoli A file photo of podium ceremony following the 2006 WorldSBK race at victory prior to his retirement for the championship’s first ever of the final encounter, Sykes’ lead was World Champion. the Losail Interna tional Circuit at Losail City, Qatar. from racing in 2010. night races. had decreased to a worrying three 2009: For 2009, Losail shifted It would become one of the points. Baz quickly disappeared THE PENINSULA

Al Arabi flex for Lekhwiya clash Al Rayyan look to maintain domination

DOHA: Football giants Al Rayyan will be looking to main- tain their domination when they will take on Al Khor as the fifth round of the Qatar Stars League (QSL) will kick off this weekend. Al Rayyan who made a come- back to the prestigious league after missing the last year’s sea- son sit atop of the league after an exhilarating start to their season. The Peninsula takes a look at round 5 matches as some mouth- Al Arabi players during a training session, yesterday in Doha. Al Arabi watering clashes are on the cards underwent an intense training session to prepare for the clash against next week. defending champions Lekhwiya on October 18. Saturday Al Rayyan captain Al Ahli versus Al Kharaitiyat Rodrigo Tabata will kick off the weekend as the (second left) Brigadiers look for their first celebrates after home win in their newly refur- scoring a goal Clubs awarded QSL and Q2 bished stadium. against Al Sailiya Al Khor will play Al Rayyan in the opening licenses for 2015-16 season who sit top of the standings, the match of the QSL Knights will be looking for their season at Al Sadd DOHA: Football clubs were awarded their QSL and Q2 Club Licenses first league win but will have a Stadium, in this for 2015-16 season yesterday at a presentation ceremony held at Al tough time of it against the Lions. September 11, Bidda Tower, Doha. Al Wakrah play fellow strug- 2015 file photo. In line with the current Club Licensing regulations, applicant clubs glers Al Sailiya at the Thani were assessed in key areas, namely: sporting, infrastructure/safety, bin Jassim Stadium in the later personnel & administration, legal, business and finance. As many as kick off and newly promoted 14 clubs received QSL club licence while four clubs received Q2 club Mesaimeer will be looking for licence. their first win this Saturday sees Al Gharafa, who is yet to lose season and then the QSL Cham- to Gharafa in the previous Round. Hani Taleb Ballan, QSL CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Club Licens- against Umm Salal but that won’t face up against El Jaish who fin- pions Lekhwiya will play in the Meanwhile, Al Sailiya’s training ing Committee presented the awards. be an easy task. ished 3rd last year. Al Sadd will other late kick off and will face session was attended by the Club He recognised the efforts of club personnel in achieving the standards Sunday play Qatar SC who continue to Gianfranco Zola’s Al Arabi who President Abdullah Al Aidah who and assured them of the continuing support of the QSL Club Licensing The big match of the weekend struggle after a poor start to the will be looking to win after losing was keen to show his support for Department. Ballan also took the opportunity to advise those present of the new AFC Club Licensing Administration System (CLAS) which the team. He hoped that his visit will be implemented for the next cycle. would raise the spirit of the play- This online platform will be jointly operated by the clubs and QSL ers and focus their minds ahead to ensure a more effective process for the submission of documents. of the match against Al Wakrah He advised that all the necessary training would be provided by the Al Rayyan’s in round 5 of the QSL. QSL administration in December 2015. fans watch The training session also wit- THE PENINSULA proceedings nessed the presence of the Gen- of the first eral Secretary Mohamed Ali Al Qatar Stars Marri, the Assistant General League Secretary and Head of Football (QSL) match Abdullah Al Hanzab, the Deputy of the new Head of Football Abdullah Dar- season at wish, the Sports Officer Hadi Al Al Sadd Marri, the Media Officer Nasser Stadium in Al Muftah, the Team Manager Doha, last Waleed Al Mannai and team offi- month. cial Faisal Mohamed. Al Sailiya are currently 11th in the stand- ings with just three points. Football Clubs’ officials pose for a group photo after being awarded QSL and Q2 licenses for 2015-16 season yesterday at Al Bidda Tower. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Doha to host Spectacular first day of finals in Qatar Youth Athletics Five new world champions crowned; Russian and Cuban boxers win two gold medals each Coaching Congress DOHA: Russian and Cuban box- Akhmadaliev in the third round, ers dominate on the first day of he held on to secure his first-ever the finals of the AIBA World Box- world title on unanimous decision. DOHA: The second Annual ing Championships winning two The third Uzbek in final bouts, Youth Athletics Coaching Con- categories each. Bektemir Melikuziev, had to gress will be inaugurated on Octo- Yesterday at the Ali Bin Hamad overcome Cuba’s Lopez to bring ber 18 at Aspire Academy, it was Al Attiyah Arena, Johanys Blue the gold medal back to Tashkent. announced here yesterday. Argilagos and Arlen Lopez, both The middle weight bout was a The three-day event, held in of Cuba topped in their respective showpiece of the incredible ath- cooperation with the Qatar Ath- weight categories. leticism on show here in Doha, as letic Federation (QAF) and the Matching the performance of the pair kept relentlessly jabbing Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the Cubans in the ring were the each other throughout. As the bell will bring together a large panel Russians with Evgeny Tishchenko rang for the last time though, it of internationally recognised and Vitaly Unaytsev. was Lopez who could raise his coaches and sport science special- Michael Conlan of Ireland com- arms in glory as Cuba cashed in ists to discuss the future develop- plete the list of five new champi- the second gold medal in quick ment of the athletics industry. ons crowned in Qatar. succession. Throughout the duration of At the start of the Champion- The last bout of an incred- the event, international and ships there were 258 boxers from ible day, was the highly antici- sport scientists from all over the 74 countries all dreaming of being pated heavyweight final between world will deliver technical sci- in the ring for the finals, all car- Erislandy Savon from Cuba and entific information to coaches rying a distant dream of winning another member of a strong from within the Academy and the gold medal for their countries Russian team here in Doha, across Qatar, aiming to help and to qualify for the Olympics. Tishchenko, who claimed the them in their efforts to develop Yesterday, that dream became silver-medal in the last World well-educated sports champions. reality for five of the finest pugil- Championships. Topics that will be covered dur- ists in the world. Cuba was chasing their third ing the event include sprinting, The first gold-medal bout in the gold medal of the evening, but hurdling, endurance, jumping light flyweight category Argilagos Tishchenko was a man on a mis- and throwing, which will be dis- of Cuba defeating Russia’s Vasilii sion and secured his first gold cussed through several technical Egorov. medal in the World Champion- and practical breakout sessions, The 18-year-old Cuban came ships after winning convincingly as well as delivering sessions on flying onto Egorov in an open- on unanimous decision. This was Michael Conlan (second left) winner in the Bantamweight category at the AIBA World Boxing Championships gym and nutrition, training theo- ing maneuver to which the Rus- his country’s second gold medal bites his gold medal during the victory ceremony in Doha yesterday. Murodjan Akhmadaliev (left) took the ries and training planning. sian never managed to respond. so far, and one for the memory silver while India’s Shiva Thapa (right) and Dzmitry Asanau from Belarus won the bronze medals. Ivan Bravo, Director General The light flyweight bout ended in books for the Russian heavy- SALIM MATRAMKOT of Aspire Academy: “We are emphatic fashion with the Cuban weight boxer. delighted to welcome this event winning on unanimous decision. “This is a huge achievement for to the Aspire Academy for a sec- “I’m thrilled to be crowned me to become world champion is champion Hosam Abdin won 3:0 ond year running, following the world champion. That was my incredible. The Cuban team is so against Michael O’Reilly from AIBA WORLD BOXING Cuba’s La successful first edition in 2014. goal all year, and now I want to go strong and I knew it was going Ireland to book a ticket to Rio. CHAMPIONSHIPS Sharing industry expertise and on and become Olympic champion to be a tough fight. It could have Thailand’s Wuttichai Masuk won experience is an ideal method Today’s finals and bronze medals bouts in Brazil next year,” a proud and gone either way,” Tishchenko said. on walkover ahead of Cuba’s Yas- Cruz named to help develop and enrich the confident Argilagos said. Earlier, there were box-offs niel Toledo Lopez to qualify for Bronze bout 60 kg Elnur Abduraimov (UZB) vs knowledge of our coaches, which Next up was Conlan, the first to determine who would win the Olympics. Robson Donato Conceicao (BRA); Bronze bout AIBA Boxer will in turn reflect positively on of the two Irishmen left in the bronze medal in the bantam, Tomorrow is the last and final 69 kg Parviz Aghirov (AZE) vs Wei Liu (CHI) our students. We are excited to competition, who stepped into the light welter and middle weight day of the Doha 2015 AIBA World Finals bout 52 kg Yosbany Eitia (CUB) vs Elvin of the Year provide this unique platform ring for the bantamweight final category. The first bout was Boxing Championships. Another Mamishzada (AZE); Finals bout 60 kg Lazaro again, allowing international and against his 20-year-old Uzbek between India’s Shiva Thapa world-famous boxing legend is Alvarez (CUB) vs Albert Selimov (AZE); Finals bout DOHA: Cuban captain Julio local experts to exchange knowl- opponent, Murodjan Akhma- and Dzmitry Asanau from Bela- expected to be ringside for the 69 kg Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ) vs Mohammed Cesar La Cruz was crowned Boxer edge and opinions on the devel- daliev. rus. Despite early promise from bouts, namely Vitaly Klitschko. Rabii (MAR); Finals bout 81 kg Joseph Ward (IRL) of the Year after a phenomenal opment of the global athletics The Irish fans had come out in Thapa, it ended in a unanimous In addition Nissan will give out vs Julio La Cruz (CUB); Finals bout 91+ kg Ivan 2015 that saw him win both the industry. Aspire Academy’s vision force for this gold-medal bout and win for the Belarussian, who is four brand new cars. The boxing Dychko (KAZ) vs Tony Yoka (FRA) World Series of Boxing and the is to be recognised as the world’s got to see Conlan in exceptional now confirmed for the Olym- action on offer, starting from 7pm, Venue: Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena PanAmerican Games. leading sports academy in the form. Despite a late scare when pics. From 7.00pm onwards On the rest day of the finals at development of young athletes, he almost got knocked out by Egypt’s reigning African THE PENINSULA the Doha 2015 AIBA World Box- and such events cater to this.” ing Championships on Tuesday The presenters and speakers night the global boxing elite gath- confirmed for the 2015 congress ered at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in boast a wealth of experience and the capital for the annual AIBA expertise gained from work- Awards. ing with world champions with Morrocco’s AFBC Champion the likes of Loren Seagrave, an Mohammed Rabii was named athletics coach renowned for his WSB’s boxer of the year last work with countless Olympic and night after an undefeated season World Champions; Jama Aden, a which he will be looking to round world class middle-distance coach off with AIBA World Boxing who was named the IAAF coach Championship gold today evening of the year in 2008; and Ekkart against Daniyar Yeleussinov of Arbeit, widely regarded as one Kazakhstan. of the world’s greatest throws La Cruz, the light heavyweight coaches having developed many could still add World Champion Olympians during his various to the list when he faces Ireland’s coaching stints; all taking to the Joe Ward today night in the final stage over the two days. in Doha. Fellow Cuban Rolando The Youth Athletics Coaching Acebal won Best WSB Coach. Congress was launched in 2014 by Yousuf Ali Al Kazim, President Aspire Academy in cooperation Morrocco’s AFBC Champion Mohammed Rabii celebrates at the annual AIBA Awards in Doha on Tuesday night. Rabii was named WSB’s Boxer of of the Qatar Boxing Federation with QAF. The first edition of the the Year, on the rest day of the Doha 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships, after an undefeated season. RIGHT: Cuba’s double Olympic volleyball and Executive Director of the congress witnessed the participa- champion and IOC member Yumilka Ruiz handing over the AIBA Men Boxer of the Year 2015 award to Julio Cesar La Cruz. LOC in association with Qatar tion of around 270 participants Olympic Committee, was also from local clubs and federations, given an award for his hard work in addition to delegates from all in bringing world boxing’s sig- over the world. nature event to the Middle East for the first time. The award was THE PENINSULA Amir Khan visits handed over by AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu. Shortly after, the roles had Qatar Open changed as Al Kazim gave out an Aspire Foundation award to Dr Wu for the guidance Beach Volleyball and support from AIBA through- DOHA: Two-time former world ing. out the World Boxing Champion- boxing champion and current Khan then visited Aspire ships in Doha, while boxing legend next month WBC Silver Welterweight belt Academy where he met Director Amir Khan also was given an holder Amir Khan visited Aspire General Ivan Bravo and learned award for his long-standing con- DOHA: The Qatar Open, the Zone yesterday, where he toured about the Academy’s philosophy tribution for the boxing sport. eighth Open event on the FIVB Aspire Academy and the world and its important role in develop- “It’s always nice to recognise Beach Volleyball World Tour renowned orthopaedic and sports ing Qatar’s future generation of the fine athletes that grace this 2015 calendar, will be held from medicine hospital, Aspetar. athletes, in addition to the vari- wonderful sport, and I found it November 9-13 at Al Gharafa British-born Khan was accom- ous community and humanitar- particularly touching to see an Stadium, officials of Qatar Vol- panied by his father and Yousuf ian programmes it offers. Khan Arab boxer winning one of the leyball Association informed here Ali Al Kazim, President of the was then given a tour of Aspire most prestigious awards of the yesterday. Qatar Boxing Federation (QBF). Dome, which he commended for night. AIBA has done a tremen- The International Volleyball Khan’s visit began at Aspetar its contribution to helping pro- dous job in uniting the global box- Federation (FIVB) had earlier where he was given a comprehen- mote sports on a local and inter- ing sport, and award ceremonies said that the FIVB Beach Volley- sive tour of the hospital’s world national level. such as this is a fabulous way to ball World Tour 2015 Doha Open classfacilities and the services At the end of his visit, Khan encourage athletes, coaches and has been moved from the original it provides to the world’s elite thanked Aspire Zone Foundation technical officials to keep improv- dates of November 17-21 to the athletes.Khan was received by for organising the tour, adding ing and developing,” Al Kazim new schedule. The change of dates Director General Dr Mohamed that he wasextremely impressed said. of the Doha Open will optimise Ghaith Al Kuwari and a number with the world-class facilities and The AIBA Best Coach award spectator experience by finishing of hospital officials who pre- services that Aspire Zone Foun- went to Russia’s former Olympic on a Friday – a weekend in Qatar sented an overview of the history dation and its member organisa- and World Champion Aleksander – serving the best interest of the of Aspetar and the significant tions offer. He also praised their Lebziak, while Britain’s Nicola organisers to allow more fans to developments it has achieved in role in promoting a sports culture Adams was crowned Women witness the top men’s beach vol- the fields of sports medicine and in Qatar and beyond, whether Boxer of the Year. Adams had leyball players in the world. research. through Aspetar’s strides in another memorable year in the The pre-Olympic 2015 season Khan also expressed an interest sports medicine or Aspire Acad- ring, winning gold at the Euro- includes five FIVB Grand Slams, in collaborating with Aspetar in emy’s role in preparing the sports pean Games in Baku to go with a new FIVB Swatch Beach Volley- the future by conducting a train- leaders of tomorrow. her Olympic gold in 2012. The last ball Major Series, a special FIVB ing camp there to benefit from its He concluded: “This is the first day of competition is today at 7pm Swatch Beach Volleyball World advanced services, which would time I visit Doha, but it certainly Two-time former world boxing champion and current WBC Silver at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Tour season Final in the United help him maximize his competi- will not be the last”. Welterweight belt holder Amir Khan during a visit to Aspire Zone Arena in Al Sadd, Doha. States and six FIVB Opens. tive potential in the face of the yesterday. rapidly developing world of box- THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Thursday 15 October 2015 2 Muharram 1437 Volume 20 Number 6584 Price: QR2

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DOHA: Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah, with English co-driver Marshall the regional rally star, will be the TIMETABLE OF EVENTS TODAY Clarke. A podium finish would centre of attention at the vibrant 14.00 Start of entertainment programme catapult the Qatari into second Amman residential district of 14:30 Pre-Rally Q&A session, start area, Abdoun Circle position in the championship at Abdoun where the opening stage 15:00 Live Entertainment and DJ the expense of Abu Dhabi’s Khalid of the 2015 Jordan Rally, round 15:30 First Car on Ramp Al Qassimi. six of the FIA Middle East Rally LEFT: Nasser 16:30 Jordan Rally Super Special Stage, Abdoun Corridor “As always, the stages are nice Championship (MERC), will kick Saleh Al 20:00 DJ and entertainment at the Dead Sea Rally Service Park and they will be challenging,” said off today. Attiyah is the Qatari. “There is no damage The podium area today will be just one win 2015 MIDDLE EAST RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP – DRIVERS’ POSITIONS AFTER ROUND 5: to them after the recent rain and venue of the ceremonial start away from 1. Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah (QAT) ...... 100 pts we are looking forward to what is at 3.30pm, before some of the another FIA 2. Khalid Al Qassimi (ARE) ...... 51 pts sure to be a good battle between region’s leading drivers head into Middle East 3. Abdulaziz Al Kuwari (QAT) ...... 48 pts us, Nasser and Yazeed.” a nearby timed super special stage Championship 4. Khalid Al Suwaidi (QAT) ...... 32 pts Qatar’s Khaled Al Suwaidi at 4.30pm. title. 5. Khalifa Al Attiyah (QAT) ...... 26 pts drives a fourth Ford at the top Al Attiyah is the most success- 5. Salah bin Eidan (KWT) ...... 26 pts of the entry list and the 2012 ful Arab driver in history and the 7. Roger Feghali (LBN) ...... 25 pts Kuwait Rally winner could also Qatari needs just one point from 8. Nicolas Amiouni (LBN) ...... 18 pts move ahead of Al Qassimi with this three-day rally to secure an outright victory in Jordan. 9. Rashid Al Naimi (QAT) ...... 16 pts 11th regional title in 13 years. Al Attiyah, Al Rajhi, Al Kuwari 10. Yazeed Al Rajhi (SAU) ...... 15 pts He starts as the favourite to and Al Qassimi are all on the win the event for a ninth time entry list for next week’s penul- as well and that success would never easy and you always have to thieu Baumel will need to concen- albeit some way behind Ronan only has a fifth outright MERC timate round of the FIA World also be his 59th in the MERC concentrate hard on these roads. trate at all times. The pair has Morgan (40 wins), Giovanni Ber- win on his mind. Ulster co-driver Rally Championship in Spain. and put him within one victory Another title is within my grasp just clinched the FIA World Cup nacchini (25), Chris Patterson Michael Orr will also be chasing Leading Jordanian driver of Mohammed Bin Sulayem’s 60 and that is the priority, but I also for Cross-Country Rallies and is (24) and John Spiller (19). a fifth personal success at this Husam Salem tops the Group successes. want to win the rally, of course.” on course for WRC2 success in Leading Saudi driver Yazeed Al level. N contingent in his Mitsubishi “I always enjoys competing in A challenging route, compris- the WRC. Rajhi will be hoping to push the Abdulaziz Al Kuwari is a former Lancer Evolution IX. this rally,” Al Attiyah said from ing the timed super special and Baumel, for his part, has won Qatari to the limit. Both rivals winner of his home Qatar Rally Rivals include Qatar’s Rashid Amman, Jordan, yesterday. 20 further gravel special stages in seven MERC events and is tied drive Ford Fiesta RRCs, but and scored maximum champion- Al Naimi and Jordanians, Khaled “The stages are challenging and the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley with Jordan’s very own Khalid Al Rajhi has missed a couple of ship points on a Cyprus round of Juma, Ihab Al Shorafa and Lina of a high standard. I have won areas, will ensure that the Qatari Zakaria as the fifth most success- rounds of the series this season, the series. He too will be aiming Hadidi. here eight times before, but it is and his French co-driver Mat- ful navigator in regional history, is not in series contention and for victory in a third Ford Fiesta THE PENINSULA Qatar Masters dates announced by QGA

DOHA: Organisers of the Com- mercial Bank Qatar Masters have confirmed that the 19th edition of the popular European Tour golf event will be held at Doha Golf Club from 27 – 30 January 2016. Branden The highly anticipated event is Grace in organised by the Qatar Golf Asso- action ciation (QGA), the Qatar Olym- during pic Committee (QOC), Doha Golf the 2015 Club and long-term title sponsor, edition of Commercial Bank. the Qatar The tournament is considered Masters Qatar’s annual ‘must-attend’ at Doha sporting and social event, first Golf Club held in 1998 and widely known for in January bringing together the world’s best this year. golf talent; the likes of Branden The 2016 Grace, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson have all com- edition peted for the $2.5m prize purse in will be past years. held next Sitting at the heart of The January. European Tour’s Middle East swing, the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters was attended by over 26,000 spectators in 2015 and broadcast to a global TV audience of over 400 million viewers. For the 19th edition of the Qatar’s sporting calendar. Since something for everyone – players, event, all eyes will be on Doha as its inception, the event has com- golf fans and families.” the biggest names in the sport vie plemented the growth of golf in He added: “Golf fans can watch for the Mother of Pearl Trophy the country. The tournament the world’s best golfers in action on one of the most challenging also continues to contribute to and families can enjoy a weekend courses on The Tour. encouraging young Qataris to outdoors socialising in the fam- “The Commercial Bank Qatar take up the sport and learn from ily zone, public village and shop- Masters is a leading fixture on The European Tour stars,” Has- ping boulevard. The event is also san Al Nuaimi, President of QGA, a huge opportunity for some of PAST CHAMPIONS said in a statement released yes- Qatar’s promising young golfers 2015: Branden Grace terday. to play alongside the best play- 2014: Sergio Garcia “Preparations for the next ers in the world. We are proud to 2013: Chris Wood tournament are well underway, be working with the QGA, QOC 2012: Paul Lawrie together with our partners who and Doha Golf Club again for the 2011: Thomas Bjorn have played a vital role in enhanc- 11th year in a row, to stage one of ing the event experience for both the leading golfing events in the 2010: Robert Karlsson players and spectators each year,” region.” 2009: Alvaro Quiros Al Nuaimi added. Single-day and season tickets 2008: Adam Scott “We look forward to welcoming for the 2016 Commercial Bank 2007: Retief Goosen the players, spectators and our Qatar Masters will be available 2006: Henrik Stenson valued partners to Doha Golf Club from October 2015. 2005: Ernie Els for another edition of world-class For those looking for an extra- 2004: Joakim Haeggmann golf in January 2016,” Al Nuaimi special experience, a range of 2003: Darren Fichardt said. popular corporate hospitality 2002: Adam Scott Abdulla Saleh Al Raisi, CEO packages are available to pur- 2001: Tony Johnstone of Commercial Bank, said: “The chase now. For more information 2000: Rolf Muntz Commercial Bank Qatar Masters fans can visit qatar-masters.com/ 1999: Paul Lawrie is one of Qatar’s most popular hospitality. 1998: Andrew Coltart annual sporting events and offers THE PENINSULA