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Sheikha Moza meets Duke of York Qatar received 76.8mm annual GCC plans to average rainfall DOHA: Qatar received an aver- age 76.8 millimetres of rain every year from 1972 to 2012, unify prices according to the Ministry of Environment. Rainfall in the country saw major fluctuations over this period, the lowest recorded in 2001 at 4.7 millime- of medicines tres and the highest in 1995 at 276.8 millimetres, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported yester- Move will help bring down prices day, quoting the annual booklet on rainfall issued by the Ministry. DOHA: The GCC states are He said the UAE since last The booklet includes a report working on a plan to unify the June reduced the prices of 6,632 on 28 rain measurement stations prices of all medicines. A uni- medicines and a majority of them across Qatar including those in form price list is expected to be were at par with the standard- Rawdat Al Furs in Al Shamal, endorsed by a meeting of the ised prices approved by the GCC Al Aturiyah in central Qatar and Gulf Health Ministers early committee. Abu Samrah in the south. next year. He said the purpose of the The stations provide details of The unified prices, once imple- series of meetings was to have rains for underground reserves mented, may lead to a fall in the unified prices for all medicines in to store water for agricultural prices of medicines in member the GCC countries.. purposes. Qatar like other GCC countries, including Qatar. “The ultimate aim is to pro- H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, in Doha yesterday. Prince Andrew was countries is located on dry land A mechanism to standard- vide medicines all over the GCC here for the inauguration of University College London Qatar (UCL Qatar). They discussed matters of coop- where rainfall fluctuates sharply, ise the prices is currently being countries at same and minimum eration in the fields of health and research. UCL Qatar was inaugurated by Sheikha Moza yesterday. said the booklet. worked out and the complete prices, relying on the GCC lead- (AISHA AL MUSALLAM) THE PENINSULA process of reaching an agree- ers’ decision to make the profit See also page 3 ment on uniform prices may take margins for dealers and the phar- more than four years, according macies not go beyond 44 percent,” to media reports. said Al Ameeri. Currently wide disparities exist Industry sources in Qatar, how- in the prices of medicines in the ever, say that prices of medicines region, with prices remaining in Qatar have not seen any major Threat of US strike against Syria eases high in countries like Qatar. changes over the past one year. This issue is being discussed “No decline in the prices can be WASHINGTON/AMMAN: again bombing rebel positions at the 11th meeting of the joint expected unless the international Syria accepted a Russian pro- in the capital. France wants a GCC committee for medicine companies reduce their prices or posal yesterday to give up chem- GCC says plan won’t work binding UN Security Council prices which began in Dubai yes- profit margins of the local sup- ical weapons and win a reprieve RIYADH: Gulf states said the Gulf Arabs’ first response. resolution that would provide a terday. A senior representative of pliers are cut,” said a pharmacist. from US military strikes, and yesterday that a Russian pro- “It’s all about chemical weap- framework for controlling and the Supreme Council of Health If the GCC countries take a major western powers began posal to place Syria’s chemical ons, but doesn’t stop the spill- eliminating the weapons. (SCH) is attending the meeting. joint decision to make the prices working on a United Nations weapons under international ing of the blood of the Syrian Britain and the United States The move to unify the prices uniform, the international and resolution to create a timeta- control with the aim of avert- people.” said they would work on quickly follows a decision by the GCC regional suppliers will be forced ble and process for ensuring it ing a US strike would not end In an address at the start of formulating a resolution. Health ministries last year to to respond to it positively. happens. the bloodshed in Syria. the meeting, Khalifa called for The UN Security Council import medicines jointly through A decision by the SCH to liber- Syrian Prime Minister Wael The Gulf Cooperation Council “appropriate deterrent meas- initially called a closed door unified tenders. alise imports has led to the entry Al Halki accepted the Russian is a main backer of rebels fight- ures against those who com- meeting asked for by Russia Quoting Dr Ameen Husssain of several new suppliers in the proposal “to spare Syrian blood,” ing Syrian President Bashar Al mitted this crime” and said the to discuss its proposal to place Al Ameeri, undersecretary at the market as well as cheaper medi- state television reported. Assad. chemical attack required “the Syria’s chemical weapons under Ministry of Health of the UAE, cines from new sources in some The United States and its allies “We’ve heard of the initia- United Nations and the inter- international control, but the Qatar News Agency said that Arab countries. This, however, remained sceptical and President tive,” Bahraini Foreign Minister national community, repre- meeting was later cancelled at during the past ten meetings the has not had a major impact on Barack Obama sought to keep the Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed Al sented by the Security Council, Russia’s request. GCC committee managed to pre- the market, he added. pressure on Syria by maintaining Khalifa told a news conference to shoulder its responsibility”. Moscow appeared strongly pare unified prices of three seg- “The market is still dominated his drive for congressional back- after a meeting of the GCC, in REUTERS opposed to the continuation of ments of medicines, which include by the few leading suppliers. Any ing for a possible military strike any military threats to Damascus, those for endocrine disorders, dia- change in the prices would largely while exploring a diplomatic diplomatic activity focused on the neighbourhood on August 21, the as advocated by Washington. betes, cardio- vascular diseases depend on them,” he said. alternative. response to a suspected chemical civil war resumed in earnest, REUTERS and internal diseases. THE PENINSULA Amid the whirlwind of weapons attack on a Damascus President Bashar Al Assad’s jets See also page 7

Turkey unrest Egypt bars Blatter denies saying Qatar not unlicensed right choice for World Cup preachers BUENOS AIRES: FIFA the year was the mistake, not the have to contend with 50 degrees President Sepp Blatter rejected selection of Qatar as hosts. Celsius heat. CAIRO: Egyptian authorities yesterday media reports claim- “I am of the opinion, and this Calls to move the World Cup will bar 55,000 unlicensed cler- ing he thought it may have been will be discussed by the (FIFA) to later in the year, during the ics from preaching in mosques a mistake to choose Qatar as Executive Board, now that to play European winter, have also proved in the latest move against sym- hosts for the 2022 World Cup. in summer time in Qatar is not unpopular as it would disrupt pathisers of deposed Islamist “No, it was not a mistake the right thing to do,” he said. domestic league competitions in President Mohammed Mursi, because by the rotation it was “We can play also in winter countries such as Spain, England, the minister of religious endow- time to go to the Arabic world,” time and this is also a question Italy, Germany and France. ments said yesterday. Blatter told Reuters on the side- of solidarity. If you never play in Also yesterday, European soc- Egyptian authorities have been lines of an International Olympic winter time the World Cup, you cer clubs said they wanted to be cracking down on Mursi’s Muslim Committee meeting in the will be in the situation where all involved in discussions over any Brotherhood since the army top- Argentinian capital. the countries around the equator possible switch of dates. pled him on July 3 following mass “And now here we are in the and southern hemisphere... can The European Clubs protests against his rule. Arab world. It is not a very big never play in the winter. Association (ECA), which has Minister of Endowments country, but it is a very impor- “(Football) is a sport that is more than 200 members, said it Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said tant one. So the decision was played not only in Europe but all wanted to be consulted before any the clerics lack licences to preach absolutely in the context of the around the world.” decision was made. and were considered to be funda- politics of FIFA and especially in Staging the tournament in the Another organisation, repre- mentalist and a threat to Egypt’s the context of the politics of this Middle East has sparked wide- senting the European leagues, security. president.” spread consternation because, if it set out obstacles to the move as The ban will mainly target Blatter said the decision to play is held over its traditional dates in it also urged FIFA not to rush a small unlicensed mosques or the tournament in the middle of the middle of the year, players will decision. REUTERS random praying areas. The idea is to spread a moderate message of Islam and keep Egyptians away from radical ideas. “The deci- sion is only meant to legalise the 4 guilty of Delhi gang rape Bach elected IOC president preaching process during Fridays’ mass prayers and make only those NEW DELHI: A fast-track Delhi Court yester- BUENOS AIRES: Thomas Bach was yesterday authorised to do it, Gomaa told day held guilty four accused in the barbaric gang elected to the most powerful position in sport, Reuters. Authorities moved to Turkish riot police fire tear gas to disperse protesters during an anti- rape of a 23-year-old trainee paramedic, describ- president of the International Olympic Committee. crush the Brotherhood following government rally against the death of activist Ahmet Atakan in Hatay, ing it as “premeditated” and “brutal” act. The The 59-year-old German — the first Olympic gold the overthrow of Mursi, Egypt’s southeastern Turkey, yesterday. Atakan, 22, had died during a protest judgement came nine months after the crime medallist to become president — won in the second first democratically elected leader. with conflicting reports about the cause of his death. Report on page 6 that shook India and triggered a wave of street round of voting by his fellow IOC members to beat REUTERS protests. Full report on page 15 his five male rivals. Full report on page 25 WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 HOME 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

PM receives Prince Andrew FM meets his Dutch counterpart

The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin The Foreign Minister H E Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yes- Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met the Duke of York, Prince terday received his Dutch counterpart Francisco Timmermans. Andrew, and discussed cooperation. Prince Andrew also attended Talks covered Arab and international developments, including the the opening ceremony of London College in Qatar. Syrian crisis.

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Tel QRC drills 22 wells in Lanka at QR365,000 Fax DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent (QRC) has drilled 22 wells in Sri Lanka at a cost of QR365,000 to provide safe drinking water and water for irrigation. The project benefiting about 8,275 people in nine governo- Tel rates and 22 villages in central Fax and eastern Sri Lanka was part of QRC’s sustainable develop- ment programmes covering water, sanitation and food secu- Tel rity in the country. Fax It includes seven artesian wells with pumps and tanks with capacity between 8,000 www.renaissancedoha.com and 12,500 litres and 15 shallow wells, including five with pumps Tel +974 44195000 and storage tanks with a capac- Fax +974 44195100 ity of 2,000 litres. “QRC’s mission is based on mobilisation of communities to face crises and humanitarian People using the water from one of the wells drilled by QRC in a village in Sri Lanka. tragedies and enjoy a safe and dignified life,” said Secretary key areas: Hygiene and public families through the provision to help achieve self-sufficiency,” General Saleh Al Mohannadi. health, by providing potable of irrigation water for the pro- he added. “The project covers two water and food security for duction of fruits and vegetables THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar chairs Arab Court of Human Rights meeting DOHA: The second meeting The court aims to monitor of the high-level committee of implementation by member states legal experts began at the Arab of their obligations arising from League General Secretariat the Arab Charter on Human headquarters in Cairo yester- Rights. It will have seven judges day to prepare a draft protocol from Arab League member states, statute of the Arab Court of who will be elected via secret Human Rights. ballot. The meeting was chaired by Judges will elected for a six- Qatari Ambassador Dr Ahmed year term with the possibil- Al Hammadi, the Director of ity of re-election for only one Legal Affairs at the Ministry of more term, and the court will Foreign Affairs, and attended by elect from among its members Arab League Secretary General a chairman and a vice-chairman Dr Nabil Al Arabi. for two years who may be re- In a statement, Al Arabi elected once. stressed the importance of the The court may at the request H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser with Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums three-day meeting which will dis- of a member state issue opinions Authority, UCL Provost and President, Professor Sir Malcolm Grant, and other officials at the inauguration of University College London Qatar in Education cuss the draft statute of the court, on legal matters related to the City yesterday. being set up at the initiative of the charter and may at any stage of King of Bahrain H M Hamad bin proceedings cooperate with the Isa Al Khalifa. parties to the conflict to reach a It was endorsed by the Arab solution. Summit in Doha last March. The establishment of the court He also highlighted the signifi- is in line with necessary legal Sheikha Moza opens UCL cance of setting up such a court mechanism to support the human which resembles human rights rights system within the frame- courts in Europe, Latin America work of the Arab League. and Africa. QNA University College of London offers postgraduate study of cultural heritage

DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint president, Professor Sir Malcolm archaeology and cultural heritage students will complete their stud- Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Grant, and Sheikh Dr Abdulla bin through their Master’s and short ies and by December 2013, we will Foundation for Education, Ali Al Thani, President of Hamad course programmes. We share the have delivered more than 50 short Science and Community Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) same vision of establishing Qatar courses for professionals working Deal with US centre to Development, formally inau- and Vice-President of Education first of all as a regional and later in the local museum and cultural gurated University College of at QF. as a global leader in cultural her- sector. London, the first UK university Having welcomed its first batch itage, and our partnership work “We are also working closely stop human trafficking to be set up in the Education of 29 Master’s students in August towards this end is extremely with a range of sectors within City, at a ceremony at the Qatar 2012, UCL Qatar has seen fur- productive and enjoyable.” the community, such as schools, DOHA: Qatar National Human Rights Committee (QNHRC) National Convention Centre ther growth with the arrival of Sheikh Abdulla said: “UCL explaining the personal and social signed a cooperation agreement with the American Center for yesterday. another 39 students last month. Qatar has shown itself to be an importance of cultural heritage to International Labor Solidarity in Los Angeles yesterday. Set up in collaboration with In addition, five PhD stu- enthusiastic partner of HBKU everyone. It was inked by the QNHRC Chairman, Dr Ali bin Smaikh Al Marri, Qatar Foundation and Qatar dents from UCL’s Institute of and I look forward to its par- “UCL Qatar’s published and the centre’s Executive Director Huana Bader Palo. Museums Authority (QMA), UCL Archaeology are based at UCL ticipation in our new graduate research is having significant The signing ceremony was held on the sidelines of the General Qatar is a leading centre of excel- Qatar to conduct research into programmes. impact in the region, and we Conference of the American Federation of International Labor lence for the study of cultural heritage issues of relevance to the “UCL has always been a pioneer are working in close partner- Solidarity Association, in which QNHRC is participating with a del- heritage at postgraduate level. Arab and Islamic world. in higher education and I believe ship with HBKU to develop new egation headed by Dr Al Marri. The conference ends today. A partner of Hamad bin Khalifa The Master’s programmes at it has much to contribute to our postgraduate programmes, such As part of the agreement, both sides will work with judicial authori- University, the campus draws UCL Qatar in museum studies, emerging research university. as a Master’s in Library and ties to prevent human trafficking in the country of origin and the host upon UCL’s world-renowned archaeology and conservation “The globally recognised qual- Information Studies that fit spe- country and establish dialogue with the countries concerned through academic expertise, with leading have a significant focus on Qatar ity of its scholarships in many cific needs of the local popula- official visits. academic scholars, teachers and and the wider region, providing areas will enrich our collabora- tion,” he added. The agreement stresses the need to act to improve the conditions of scientists implementing its unique students with practical skills to tive, interdisciplinary model of “UCL Qatar is young, but we workers and building their capacities by providing training and edu- curriculum and research. pursue careers as leaders in the teaching and research.” are committed to fulfilling the cational programmes to be held at the level of ministries and relevant Guests at the event included cultural heritage sector. Professor Michael Worton, educational, research, social and institutions, and the parties concerned will work to educate workers, Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, Sheikha Al Mayassa said: “UCL UCL Vice-Provost, said: “We are ethical visions of UCL and its employers and managers of labour organizations. H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint is a key strategic partner in terms delighted that UCL Qatar has key partners Qatar Foundation, The federation represents more than 12 million workers in the US. Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of of building capacity for QMA’s been formally opened. Later this HBKU and QMA.” QNA QMA, outgoing UCL provost and museums and for our work in year our first cohort of Master’s THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Vodafone unveils favourite global number bonus A distinction in world of research DOHA: Vodafone yesterday launched a new Favourite International Number Bonus. It allows Vodafone Postpaid customers to choose Two WCMC-Q graduates publish clinical investigation of lipids in American journal one international number and enjoy three hours of free calls to the number every month. DOHA: Two graduates of Weill “In addition, WCMC-Q was my Customers can choose their favourite number Cornell Medical College in Qatar road to joining internal medicine resi- from over 100 countries, the company said in a (WCMC-Q) have achieved distinc- dency at Johns Hopkins, followed by statement. tion in the world of research, having cardiology fellowship at the Cleveland “With the Favourite International Number just been published in the prestig- Clinic. Bonus our Postpaid customers will be able to stay ious Journal of the American College “I will always be grateful to Qatar closer to their family and friends abroad. This of Cardiology. Foundation, WCMC-Q and Qatar’s reflects our commitment to provide our Postpaid Dr Mohamed Badreldin Elshazly, leadership for their investment in customers with great value to enjoy through a who graduated in 2010, and Dr research and the human potential. network they can rely on” said Cindy Moussa, Mohammed Al Hijji, of the Class of “I hope I will be able to use my Vodafone’s Director of Marketing. 2011 have, with other researchers, co- research expertise to help advance “Vodafone has exceeded its 1,000,000 custom- authored a major clinical investigation medicine and cardiovascular research ers mark in Qatar, a milestone that reflects our of lipids – which include substances in the Middle East in the near future.” commitment to bring to market products and like fats, oils and certain vitamins. Dr Elshazly is in his first year of a services that are second to none.” The title of the study is ‘Non-HDL cardiology fellowship at the Cleveland All new and existing customers on Vodafone Cholesterol, Guideline Targets, and Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, after com- postpaid gold plans and above are eligible for the Population Percentiles for Secondary pleting his residency at the Osler Favourite International Number Bonus. Prevention in a Clinical Sample of Internal Medicine Residency pro- The bonus can be activated by visiting any 1.3 Million Adults. The Very Large gramme at Johns Hopkins Hospital Vodafone store. Current Postpaid customers can Database of Lipids (VLDL-2 Study)’. in Baltimore, Maryland. call the Vodafone postpaid customer care number Their research could lead to new Dr Al Hijji is completing his final on 122. THE PENINSULA treatments for people with low-den- year of internal medicine residency sity lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. at Johns Hopkins Hospital with plans This kind of cholesterol can build to pursue cardiology fellowship next up on the walls of arteries, leading to year. atherosclerosis and, potentially, heart Both are engaged in several other attacks. studies expected to be published soon. For Dr Elshazly, it was also sig- Dr Javaid Sheikh, Dean of nificant as he was the lead author of WCMC-Q, said it was gratifying to see the paper and he praised WCMC-Q the college’s alumni engaged in such and its faculty for the medical and high-level research and they were tes- research training he received. tament to the quality of teaching at He said: “WCMC-Q had a great WCMC-Q. impact on what I am doing today. Dr Sheikh said: “These two “There were tremendous opportu- young men embody the reasons why nities to do research in medical school WCMC-Q was established. They have such as summer research scholarships taken the knowledge and training to Weill Cornell Medical College in they were given and are now using it New York as well as state-supported for the benefit of others. funds to do research in Qatar such as “They are an inspiration and role Dr Mohammed Al Hijji (left) and Dr Mohamed Badreldin Elshazly (centre) with fellow UREP and QNRF and I participated models for all of our current students.” WCMC-Q graduate Dr Shady Nakhla. in both. THE PENINSULA

One injured in road crash Al Khalij Commercial Bank appoints Qatari executives DOHA: Complying with the Qatarisation drive in line with Qatar’s National Vision 2030, Al Khalij Commercial Bank (al khaliji) yesterday announced to have appointed many Qataris in senior manage- ment positions. Commenting on executive appointments, al khaliji’s Group Chief Executive Officer Robin McCall said in statement: “al khaliji’s growth relies on the extent of our commitment to being the employer of choice, especially for Qataris. We are pleased to see a healthy balance between our external recruitment strategy which brings fresh experience and internal human capital development strategy, both of which will con- tribute to the bank’s overall growth.” The new officials include the Head of Premium Banking and Branches, Rana Al Asaad and Najla Moosa, head of Premium Partnerships and Mortgages. THE PENINSULA

One person was injured when a Nissan pick-up collided with a Daeweoo sedan and turned upside down at Najma Intersection (Toyota signal) yesterday. Police at the site said the injured was taken to hospital. SHAIVAL DALAL

New Qatalum/ Hydro Chair professors at QU DOHA: Qatalum and Hydro yesterday announced to reinforce metallurgical expertise at Qatar University by introducing two promi- nent senior professors who will hold Qatalum/ Hydro Chair positions in tandem for three years, a statement said yesterday. The positions will be held by Professor Hans Roven and Professor Geir Martin Haarberg, based out of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Professor Roven will take charge of the new responsibility this month, and Professor Haarberg will commence from January 2014. In a statement, Roven and Haarberg said: “Our main responsibilities are linked to expanding knowl- edge, research and innova- tion with aluminium alloys and processes in Qatar. We hope to help position Qatar as a core knowledge centre for aluminium technology in the Middle-East”. Qatalum Deputy CEO Khalid Larem said: “The chair exemplifies Qatalum’s commitment to facilitate a knowledge-based economy in line with Qatar’s Vision 2030. THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Mowasalat in global campaign DOHA: Mowasalat will represent Qatar in the Expert urges healthy Grow with Public Transport campaign launched by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). The ‘Grow with Public Transport’ campaign has taken on a global dimension as cities around the school lunch for kids world have come together to call for more and bet- ter public transport to make cities better places to work and live in. The UITP is encouraging its members in 92 A mix of food vital for providing energy during the day countries to join the ‘All Together for Public Transport Growth’ movement. DOHA: A child’s school lunch important to offer children water bottles the night before for To coincide with European Mobility Week box should contain a healthy healthy options in their lunch box, hot summer days and says fruits (September 16-22), cities across the globe will dis- mix of fruits, vegetables and including fresh fruits, crunchy and vegetables should be chopped play the rallying slogan ‘Grow’ on and in public whole grains, says a nutritionist. vegetables and a combination of in small sizes to make them easier transport vehicles, stations, stops, websites and These foods provide children proteins, carbohydrates and dairy to eat. She also recommends dried social media. with the energy required to products. fruits like raisins, dates and apri- THE PENINSULA remain active throughout the Hamous says a healthy lunch cots as a healthier alternative to day and help their concentration box should also include fresh candy. and development, says Haneen fruits like apples and bananas, She says it is important to Hassan Hamous, nutritionist at crunchy vegetables like carrots note that whole grain varieties of Al Wakra Hospital. and celery, protein such as lean breads and cereals are digested “A child’s school lunch should meat slices, hardboiled eggs or slower than more processed be easy to make, delicious and peanut butter, dairy products white varieties, making them a easy to eat. It should also con- such as cheese, milk or yoghurt, good option for keeping children tain a mix of items that can give whole grains such as bread or fuller longer. However, children the child energy to carry them crackers and water or sugar and can have a slice of pizza, or maybe through the day.” preservative-free juice. a pastry, once a week for variety.” According to Hamous, it is She recommends freezing THE PENINSULA

Indian Navy ships arrive for joint drill Qatar slams violation of children’s basic rights

DOHA: Qatar has stressed that wars and armed conflicts have deprived the world’s children of their rights established by the international community through international agreements and conventions. In an address to the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Nour Ibrahim Al Sada, Second Secretary at Qatar’s Permanent delegation to the UN Office, said rights of Palestinian children are being violated and the perpetrators go unpunished. Al Sada was speaking during an interactive dialogue with the special representative of the UN secretary- general on children and armed conflicts. Al Sada highlighted suffering of children in Syria due to the crimes they are daily exposed to and the deprivation of their fundamental rights such as the right to education, healthcare and safe environment. She also expressed Qatar’s condemnation of mas- sacre in East Ghouta, near Damascus, of which the majority of the victims were women and children. She urged the countries that have not yet acceded Indian Navy’s Western Fleet Ships INS Tabar and INS Aditya docked at the Doha port yesterday morning. The to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the ships will be in Qatar until Friday and will take part in joint exercise with Emiri Navy on the last day. Rights of the Child on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflicts, to join the protocol. QNA WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Rowhani talks Man’s death sparks protests in Turkey ANKARA: Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets at thousands of peo- ple who gathered in Istanbul Tuesday to protest the death tough on Iran of a 22-year-old demonstrator in southern Turkey. Between 2,000 and 3,000 peo- ple rallied on the outskirts of Taksim Square, scene of unprec- edented mass anti-government nuclear rights protests in June, and shouted slogans including “Taksim will be the graveyard of fascism”, a journalist witnessed. Jalili loses top post in security body Police prevented the protest- ers from entering the square, TEHRAN: Iran’s new President can, step by step, solve this problem.” before pushing them back using Hassan Rowhani said yesterday Himself a former nuclear negotia- tear gas and plastic bullets. that Tehran will not give up “one tor, Rowhani yesterday did not elabo- The tear gas disrupted a foot- iota” of its nuclear rights, echo- rate on efforts to resolve concerns ball match between the national ing his hardline predecessor, after over Iran’s nuclear programme, on under-21s and their Swedish the UN atomic watchdog urged which all final decisions rest with the counterparts taking place near improved cooperation. country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah the square, the Dogan news The comments come ahead of Ali Khamenei. agency reported. meeting later this month between But he warned pressure would not Ahmet Atakan died in hospi- his Foreign Minister Mohammad make Iran abandon its rights. tal on Monday night after being Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy “The West must understand that it hit in the head by a tear gas chief Catherine Ashton on restarting will not obtain any result by threats canister during clashes between negotiations on the Islamic republic’s and pressure,” he stressed. police and around 150 protest- disputed nuclear ambitions. Rowhani added that after the ers in the southeastern city of Protesters are pushed back by riot police during an anti-government rally to protest the death of an activist, “Our government will not give up Zarif-Ashton meeting in New York, Antakya in Hatay province near one iota of its absolute rights” on nuclear negotiations would “continue the Syrian border, Dogan said. in Istanbul, yesterday. the nuclear issue, said Rowhani, a in another place with the 5+1,” which Local officials disputed that reputed moderate, repeating a man- groups the United States, Russia, account, saying Atakan had trauma” and “cerebral haemor- There were reports of clashes yesterday against police vio- tra frequently used by his predeces- China, France, Britain and Germany. died after falling from a rooftop rhaging”, Dogan reported. between demonstrators and lence in Ankara, where for sev- sor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Under Ahmadinejad, the Supreme where he had been throwing His death is the sixth recorded police in other cities across eral days university students In a live interview on state televi- National Security Council was stones at police. in protests since demonstra- Turkey, and Atakan’s funeral have clashed with police over sion, Rowhani said that the time for directly in charge of the talks, with In a statement, the police also tions against the Islamic-rooted provoked fresh violence in Hatay. a municipal project to build a resolving Iran’s nuclear dispute with its hardline secretary Saeed Jalili said the youngster had died in government of Prime Minister Atakan was part of a pro- road across part of the campus the West was limited, and urged the leading Iranian negotiators in sev- a fall. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seen test against the recent death of of the Middle East Technical world community to seize the oppor- eral rounds of fruitless negotiations. A preliminary autopsy found as increasingly authoritarian, another demonstrator. University. tunity of his election. Jalili was yesterday replaced by Atakan died of “generalised began in June. Protests were also planned AFP “The world must know completely decorated admiral Ali Shamkhani, that this period of time for resolving who served as defence minister under the nuclear issue will not be unlim- reformist president Mohammad ited. We have a specified period of Khatami from 1997 to 2005. time,” he said. While being replaced as SNSC “The world must also use this secretary, Jalili is not expected to Libyan Islamists urge PM to quit Bombs kill at period of time and this opportunity leave the council, as he, along with that our people created in this elec- Rowhani, are both special represent- TRIPOLI: The political arm by oil workers and armed guards since the 2011 war that toppled tion. We will also use this opportu- atives of Khamenei to the council. of Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood that has paralysed the country’s Muammar Gaddafi. least 20 in Iraq nity. God willing, I am hopeful we AFP has called on Prime Minister oil production and led to billions Sawan accused Zeidan of BAGHDAD: Bomb attacks tar- Ali Zeidan to resign, accus- of dollars of lost revenues. squandering state budget funds geting both Shia Muslims and ing him of failing to tackle Sawan said there was growing and failing to fight rampant Sunnis killed at least 20 people corruption or build a united support within the 200-member corruption, saying over 500,000 in Iraq yesterday. Islamic republic gets first woman VP national army in a country assembly for a vote of no confi- Libyans enlisted nominally in In the ethnically mixed prov- riven by tribal rivalries. dence in Zeidan’s government. various competing army, police ince of Diyala, a car bomb tar- TEHRAN: Iranian President Hassan Rowhani added a second woman Mohammad Sawan, who “We have waited months for and security units were on the geted Shias in a marketplace in to his cabinet yesterday, appointing reformist Masoumeh Ebtekar as heads the Islamist Justice and Zeidan’s government,” Sawan state payroll but with a simple the village of Anbakiya, killing five vice president to lead the environmental protection organisation. Construction party (JCP), sec- said in an interview. “Had we policeman not even able to fine people in the third such attack of Ebtekar, an ex-member of Tehran’s city council, already headed the ond biggest in Libya’s legisla- believed there was a chance for drivers on the streets. the past two months, police said. organisation during the presidency of reformist Mohammad Khatami ture, said the party was also success of even 10 percent, we “It’s been over eight months “A white car parked near a bar- from 1997 to 2005. considering withdrawing its five would... (wait). The problem is and there is no army in exist- ber’s shop inside Anbakiya mar- She is the first female vice president of the Islamic republic. ministers in Zeidan’s cabinet, that for Zeidan to stay in power ence in Libya. There have been ket exploded. I got shrapnel in my Ebtekar is perhaps best known for her role as spokesperson for Islamist including the oil minister. will only worsen this failure.” no serious steps taken towards head and my family took me to students who stormed the US embassy in Tehran in 1979 and took its staff Zeidan, a liberal who was Political and security prob- building the army and activating Baquba hospital,” said 24-year-old hostage. elected last October, has seen lems have been worsened by security forces at a time when college student Ali Kadhim. She joins Elham Aminzadeh, who was appointed as vice president for pressure piling on him by serious electricity and water salaries are paid for hundreds of It was not immediately clear legal affairs last month. Islamists and independents dis- shortages that have increased thousands of police and army,” who was behind the attack, but AFP pleased with his handling of an daily hardship for many Libyans he said. Sunni Islamist groups including unprecedented wave of strikes who feel little has changed REUTERS Al Qaeda, which view Shias as non-believers, have been regain- ing momentum in Iraq, galvanised by civil war in neighbouring Syria. Another car bomb targeted a Shia tribal leader, who survived Tunisia’s prisons face ‘terror’ threat while three others were killed, and a blast in Hwaish village, also TUNIS: Tunisian prisons general Olfa Ayar told a news Sharia to release its detained in Diyala province, claimed three and detention centres are conference. members,” Sboui said. more lives. facing the risk of “terrorist” The intelligence services “There is daily coordination A roadside bomb killed five acts, the prison officers union have already thwarted several between the justice and interior people in a coffee shop in a Sunni said yesterday, with several planned attacks targeting pris- ministries to ensure the secu- area of Latifiya, around 40km attacks having reportedly ons and prison staff, she said, rity of the detention centres, from Baghdad, in a volatile area been foiled already. adding guards had received despite the shortcomings” of known as the “triangle of death”. “The Tunisian authori- death threats. those centres, he added. Gunmen killed six people in ties have been notified by the Tunisia’s prison service chief Tunisian prisons are over- a house in Yousufiya, south of international organisation Habib Sboui confirmed her crowded, with some holding Baghdad, where a Sunni family Interpol about the existence of claims. “These threats are illus- three times as many detainees were preparing the body of a man a terrorist threat against the trated by calls from (Al Qaeda- as they were designed for. for burial, police said. prisons,” the union’s secretary linked Salafist group) Ansar Al AFP REUTERS

Pro-Mursi protest 44 killed as buses collide in Iran DUBAI: Forty-four peo- ple were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two passenger buses col- lided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire, Iranian media reported yesterday. At 11 pm on Monday, a bus carrying passengers from Isfahan to Tehran suffered a punctured tire, crossed a guardrail and swerved into oncoming traffic, where it hit a sec- ond bus travelling from Tehran to Yazd, highway police chief Mohammad Reza Mehmandar told the Mehr news agency. Both buses erupted in flames after the collision. Statistics compiled by Unicef show that road accidents occur in Iran at a rate 20 times higher than the world average. Supporters of ousted president Mohammed Mursi demonstrate in Cairo for his reinstatement, yesterday. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Yemen sets up Syria opposition slams global apathy $1.2bn fund for Warplanes bomb Damascus suburbs; rebels announce withdrawal from Christian town sacked state WASHINGTON: The chaos in “They are fighting not only Syria will only get worse and Assad but, more important, also employees destabilise the entire region those who oppose Assad.” SANAA: Yemen has launched a if the global community fails Turning to Congress, the two $1.2bn fund to give back tens of to act, key figures of the war- urged US lawmakers to allow thousands of southern Yemenis torn country’s opposition said President Barack Obama to take jobs they lost after the 1994 civil yesterday. action, saying millions of lives war, a minister said yesterday, Only Washington can deter and the safety of the region are part of efforts to revive talks Bashar Al Assad’s use of chemical at stake. aimed at ending long-standing weapons and so the US Congress “Please authorise President political divisions. should give the White House the Obama to act against Assad and International Cooperation go-ahead to target the strongman, to stop him in his deadly tracks,” Minister Mohammed Al Sa’adi they added. they wrote. said the fund, agreed on Sunday, Ahmad Al Jarba, president of “With the death toll well past had persuaded southern sepa- the National Coalition of Syrian 100,000, our struggle to liberate ratists to return to talks they Revolution and Opposition Forces, our country from this murderous boycotted last month in protest and Salim Idriss, chief of the rebel regime and to protect our people against the government’s han- Free Syrian Army, wrote an opin- continues, but only the United dling of their demands. ion piece in the Washington Post. States can deter Assad from using Sa’adi said Qatar would con- The pair warned that “interna- his chemical weapons again.” tribute $350m to the fund, which tional apathy and indecision con- Syrian warplanes bombed rebel will be used to rehire or compen- vinces Assad that he is invincible suburbs of Damascus for the first sate tens of thousands of civil and emboldens him to unleash time in three weeks yesterday, in servants and soldiers sacked after barbaric horrors on a defenseless an offensive that opposition activ- North Yemen won the civil war. population.” ists said showed Assad no longer A source at Qatar’s foreign And if his actions are left feared attack by the United States. ministry declined to confirm if unchecked, the situation is likely Not seen in action around the Qatar had pledged the $350m. to get even worse, they said. capital since before August 21, Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu “For all its horror, the situa- when hundreds of people were Mansour Hadi and the United tion today is minor compared with killed in a poison gas attack that Nations envoy to the country, A fire tender amid heavily damaged buildings in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor, yesterday. what could still happen if Assad is Western powers blame on Assad, Jamal Benomar, had approached not deterred or held accountable government jets mounted attacks Qatar for financial support in for his crimes,” they wrote. on three areas, some in support of by Assad’s minority Alawite sect. of the struggle between the FSA ‘We are from the Al Nusra Front recent months. Declaring the two-and-a-half- assaults on the ground. “The fighting is heavy on that and the regime army,” a rebel and have come to make lives Yemen is expected to ask year conflict an “unprecedented Some of the heaviest fighting front,” Mohammed said. “The spokesman said in a video posted miserable for the Crusaders,” an international donors to cover the humanitarian catastrophe,” they was in Barzeh, just north of cen- streets are narrow and tanks can- online. Islamist term for Christians, said a remaining $850m at a meeting in cautioned that despair would tral Damascus, where residents not be deployed.” The spokesman for the still frightened woman who identi- New York on September 25. breed radicalism. and opposition activists said air To the southwest, some 15km Qalamun Liberation Front, which fied herself as Marie. A Western diplomat said ear- The longer Assad is allowed to strikes and tank fire supported from the centre of the capital, air- groups together a collection of She spoke in Damascus, where lier that the Southern Herak remain “out of control,” the more thrusts by pro-Assad militia. craft also struck Mouadamiya, one anti-regime forces in the Qalamun she was attending the burial separatists had agreed to return extremists will take advantage of The Syrian state news agency of the places where people were area near Damascus, also said the with hundreds of others of three to talks after assurances made the situation and “the less stable said troops “inflicted casualties on killed by poison gas in an incident withdrawal was “conditional”. Christians from Maalula killed in through Benomar that their the entire region will become.” terrorists” in Barzeh and neigh- for which the government has “The army and its shabiha last week’s fighting, the long line demands would be met. “So far, global inaction and bouring Qaboun. blamed rebel forces. (militias) must not enter into the of mourners led by a brass band These demands included set- (Assad’s) allies’ protective actions Opposition activist Salah Rebel fighters announced yes- town,” said the spokesman, whose playing dirges. ting up a 16-member committee, have granted him impunity to ter- Mohammad said jets had staged terday their withdrawal from name was not given in the video. “Maalula is the wound of eight from the north and eight rorise his nation and the region,” three air raids on Barzeh on the historic Christian town of Amid fighting in the ancient Christ,” mourners chanted as from the south, to discuss the they wrote. Tuesday while tanks on the Maalula, two days after they took town, jihadists who overran it last they marched through the nar- future of southern Yemen. “Dithering by the world’s most heights of Qasioun mountain and control of it. week forced at least one person to row streets of the capital’s ancient The committee held its first powerful states empowers not in the government-held city cen- “To ensure no blood is spilt and convert to Islam at gunpoint and Christian quarter, their voices session yesterday, one day after only the vicious Assad regime but tre shelled the area in support of that the properties of the people executed another one, residents nearly drowned out by the rattle national reconciliation talks also the extremist agenda of the attacks by shabbiha militiamen of Maalula are kept safe, the Free said yesterday. of automatic gunfire in honour of resumed following a suspension Al-Qaeda-style terrorists seeping pushing in to Barzeh from Ish Syrian Army announces that the “They arrived in our town at the dead. of more than four weeks. into Syria from the east.” Al Warwar, a district dominated town of Maalula will be kept out dawn on Wednesday and shouted AGENCIES REUTERS

Blast in Benghazi kills police colonel BENGHAZI: A blast killed the result of “an explosive device August gunmen fired at the direc- a police colonel in Benghazi placed on the car or rocket fire”. tor of Libya Al Ahrar television yesterday, a security services The spokesman said Orfi was station, Khadija Al Ammami. spokesman said, the latest in a an officer in the Internal Security The attack on Ammami came string of attacks against police Agency, the body that tracked days after the killing of Azzedine and soldiers in the eastern opponents to the regime of dic- Koussad, a presenter for another Libyan city. tator Muammar Gaddafi, who television channel in the city. “Colonel Salem Al Orfi was was toppled and killed following Libya’s new rulers have strug- killed when his car exploded in a popular revolt in 2011. gled to re-establish order and the Assalam neighbourhood. One Some police and army officers form a professional police force person who was driving was seri- targeted in previous attacks in and army since Gaddafi’s over- ously injured,” spokesman Colonel the city had worked in the secu- throw but they face former rebel Abdullah Al Zayedi said. rity forces during Gaddafi’s reign. fighters who refuse orders to heed Zayedi added that it was still Journalists have also targeted in authorities. unclear whether the blast was eastern Libya in recent months. In AFP

Shebab back on Twitter after suspension NAIROBI: Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents returned to Twitter yesterday after their account last week was shut for a second time this year. The extremists, who are fighting the internation- ally-backed government in Mogadishu, sent an email message confirming that @ HSM_Press was their new English-language account. It welcomed followers by accusing “disbelievers” of wanting to extinguish “Allah’s Light with their mouths”. Their previous account was closed after the group used the site to claim they had ambushed the con- voy of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. “Next time, you won’t be as lucky,” the Islamists tweeted after their attack, which the president escaped unharmed. Twitter warns that accounts can be suspended if users publish “direct, specific threats of violence against others”. The Shebab used its old account to repeatedly boast of the deaths caused by a string of bomb attacks. AFP WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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F BARACK Obama and his team have succeeded in doing anything on Syria, it’s in making a ketch-up. Follow the president’s statements since he first made Ithe threat to punish the Syrian regime if it crossed the Mankind’s lifestyle red line on chemical weapons, until his remarks at a meeting with Democrats and Republicans yesterday in which he expressed his desire to choose the diplomatic option, and what we can say with certainty is that this is a president in the year 2250 who is confused, uncertain, wobbly and timid on Syria. There is no wonder that the president’s latest decision has BY JONATHAN POWER very edge of our universe and to uni- caused huge disappointment among Arabs and Syrians who verses beyond (if they exist as is sus- have been expecting the president to take a firm step and N 1776 Adam Smith published his pected) but still does not find God to “Wealth of Nations” which has settle the debate on belief for all time. As it is today the means and punish Bashar Al Assad for crossing not just the red line on Iguided economists and political In 2250, the great world wars of the future of economic progress chemical weapons, but all lines on everything else. thinkers ever since. It marks the start twentieth century, the holocaust, the rise Obama asked the Senate to delay a vote to authorize of the Industrial Revolution that began and fall of communism, the first black will be a topic of intense the use of force against Bashar Assad’s regime and instead in England and then spread throughout president of the US, the dominance of conversation. The “limits focused his efforts on a diplomatic solution, by choosing most of the world. That was 237 years America, mankind’s early exploration of of growth” will no longer to work on a proposal by Damascus to place its chemical ago. the solar system, the Arab Spring, the It is not that long ago-only 4 life-spans threat of the use of nuclear weapons, the be discussed. Making do weapons arsenal under international supervision. The or so, the time of your great, great, great, early beginnings of body part replace- with less the world will have president has been sending conflicting signals and shifting grandparents. Where will we be 237 ments, the great recessions of today and goalposts in the past few days, and has dithered at every step. years hence? Presumably just as today the century before and the poverty and abundant energy, food and There is nothing wrong with exploring a diplomatic we listen to Mozart, born 257 years ago, underdevelopment in Africa will have minerals and these will be solution, but in the current situation, it’s highly unlikely and watch or read Shakespeare, born 439 become faded memories. available everywhere. that it will work. The surrender years ago- they have survived all chang- Instead, for most, all possible eco- ing tastes and spread well outside their nomic and material needs will be satis- of chemical weapons is a ploy original orbit of fied. People will be satiated by progress vice, that the exaction of usury is a President Obama set by Russia and Syria which European culture on this front. Some people will be liv- misdemeanour and the love of money has been sending Obama has bought. Putin and to countries as ing until they are 200 years old, totally is detestable. We shall once more value Assad have never listened to varied as Japan, bored by prolonged retirement and ends above means and prefer the good conflicting the West on ending the war, Space travel will China, Argentina, wishing they had died a 100 years before. to the useful.” and had spurned their proposal. Tanzania and But there will also be a flowering of the The likes of Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, signals and have made mining South Korea- we arts. Space travel will have made min- Mobutu, Pinochet and Assad will have Assad had used previous shifting goalposts on the moon an can be sure that ing on the moon an everyday practice been thrown into the dustbin of history. diplomatic proposals to sabotage everyday practice generations to and space ships (unmanned), taking 150 People will be too well educated and on Syria. international intervention and buy come will have years to travel so far, will have explored prosperous to allow tyrants to emerge time. Moscow and Damascus are and space ships much the same the distant reaches of our galaxy, beam- and the world will be so cosmopolitan unlikely to agree to western terms (unmanned), taking cultural interests. ing back intimate pictures of far space and inter-cultural marriages so com- 150 years to travel In all likelihood in with tantalising glimpses of black holes. mon that nationalism will have withered on handing over the chemical weapons, and when the West 2250 we will prob- As it is today the means and future on the vine. gets frustrated, the options before them to punish Assad so far, will have ably still enjoy of economic progress will be a topic of Democracy and the observance of for gassing his people will further narrow down. Russia will explored the distant tastes picked up intense conversation. The “limits of human rights will prevail. The Catholic veto any meaningful punishment against Assad if it’s done reaches of our from the late growth” will no longer be discussed. Church, Judaism and Islam will no through the UN Security Council. twentieth and Making do with less the world will longer be theocracies. Atheistic, non- Obviously, his decision has been influenced by the public galaxy, beaming early twenty-first have abundant energy, food and miner- violent, Buddhism will be ever more back intimate centuries- per- als and these will be available every- popular as the source of a universal opposition to action against Syria. According to the latest haps the Beatles, where. “Less”, because science will have moral code and Buddha’s denunciation New York Times/CBS News poll, Americans are emphatically pictures of far space Picasso, some of brought us fusion power feeding on sea of war will make military conflict and opposed to a military strike on Syria, even though most with tantalising the outstand- water, crops that produce unimaginable the abuse of human rights regarded as think Assad’s forces probably used chemical weapons against glimpses of black ing Nigerian and yields and ways of transportation that the practice of inferior human beings. Indian novelists require only small amounts of energy. The words of the American political civilians. holes. Arab countries have been hugely disappointed by the writing today John Maynard Keynes’ thoughts (he thinker, Michael Mandelbaum, who or the pristine wrote in the 1930s) will still dominate wrote in the early twenty first century, latest developments. A Gulf official said the new plan would recordings of the magnificent Chinese the thinking of future economists. His will have been shown to be spot on: not help end the bloodshed in Syria. The Syrian rebels have classical violinists and pianists now ideas on demand management will be “The great chess game of international warned that the Russian proposal would fail and lead to emerging. We won’t have better artists- in vogue and the ideas on austerity to politics is finished.....A pawn is now just more death and destruction of Syrian people. Assad will feel who can ever rival Tchaikovsky, Leonardo balance the books will have been long a pawn, not a sentry standing guard emboldened, and even if he doesn’t use chemical weapons da Vinci, Tolstoy or Shakespeare?- but a declared as null and void. Economic against an attack on the king.” handful who are as good. progress, he wrote, will enable us to Is this my idealism or is it true? As again on his people, he will kill in larger numbers and not Our religions will persist- for be free “to return to some of the most the poet Robert Browning wrote, “Man’s rest until every opponent is decimated. Christians mainly among the less well sure and certain principles of religion reach must exceed his grasp or what’s a The West will continue to fiddle • educated. Astronomy will probe to the and traditional virtue- that avarice is heaven for?” THE PENINSULA The other side Quote of Logical first step: Crackdown on illegal SIMS the day OWARDS the end of its tenure, businesses no longer maintain landlines, criminal offence. Mobile phone users rings has brought the city to its knees. the previous government was and it is unwise of the state to arbitrarily were facilitated in finding out and report- Here especially, a crackdown on unreg- criticised on several occasions cut off access to indispensable devices. ing how many SIMs were registered in istered SIMs is a logical first step that Tfor suspending cellular services That said, Prime Minister Nawaz their names. Nevertheless, it is estimated would bolster the efforts of law-enforce- in different cities even as it cited security Sharif did the right thing on Saturday that there are still about as many SIMs ment authorities. It is worth remembering It is the first threats as the reason for its actions. It when, at a meeting to chalk out a plan to in use across the country which have that a clampdown on public call offices is true that the ability to communicate cleanse Karachi of “anarchic elements”, issues in terms of genuine ownership. and the suspension of cellular services time an Olympic is key to the operations of the criminals he directed the relevant authorities to Given that the mobile phone is used in across the city during the clean-up in and violent extremist groups that hold block illegal and unregistered SIMs. The the perpetration of crimes of all kinds — 1995 did have a discernible impact, and champion has Pakistan hostage. Nevertheless, there suspension of cellular services must not terrorism and kidnappings for ransom efficacy of the tactic in situations of urban is no way of establishing how effective be confused with the SIM-registration amongst them — the need for every conflict is well-established. While cellu- been elected IOC these suspensions were and whether the drive, which is necessary. The exercise SIM to be registered, thereby making lar companies and the telecommunica- president. I will put action was justifiable as it caused severe has been undertaken before. A couple of the owner traceable, is obvious. tions authorities must carry on with their sport in the centre inconvenience to the people. Pakistan years ago cellular companies shut down Sharif’s remarks on Saturday efforts, citizens must also help by utilising Thomas Bach is a country that has over the years over 4.5 million SIMs after a large-scale were made with specific reference to helplines and identifying SIMs that may of all our attention. become heavily dependent on mobile exercise informing citizens that using Karachi, where the unfettered growth of be in the use of the architects of chaos. President of International phones. In fact, a great many people and a SIM in someone else’s name was a uncounted criminal, militant and extortion DAWN Olympic Committee WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why US must act against Syria The longer Assad’s reign continues out of control, the more extremists will exploit the situation and the less stable the entire region will become.

BY AHMAD AL JARBA and orders to kill demonstrators and SALIM IDRIS defected to form the Free Syrian Army — joined gradually by civilians defending f all the popular uprisings their families — Assad’s incredible vio- in recent history, that of lence would have continued unopposed, the Syrian people is the as the repression has elicited general most documented. For 2 1/2 indifference from the international years, the Assad regime’s community. This international apathy Oinhumane military repression has been and indecision convinces Assad that shown to the world through testimonies, he is invincible and emboldens him to photos and video footage captured on unleash barbaric horrors on a defence- the mobile phones of terrified Syrians less population. and, increasingly, through reports from Assad’s deadliest chemicals were respected international journalists. released August 21 in areas of Damascus, It has never been more important to killing more than 400 children and some remember that the first months of the 1,000 adults. This was not the first time revolution resonated with the heartfelt Assad has used chemical weapons on his slogans of “The Syrian people are one” people, and it won’t be the last if he is and “Peaceful.” not stopped. Even when Bashar Al Assad’s secu- Numerous warnings have passed American troops have made their voices known to their representatives, with many saying the US should stay out of the conflict. rity forces upgraded their repression unheeded. In February, the UN High from live fire to air strikes, peaceful Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi accountable for his crimes. It took one So far, global inaction and his allies’ recognised as the legitimate representa- demonstrators continued to chant, Pillay, repeated her call — first made year for the first million Syrians to seek protective actions have granted him tive of the Syrian people by more than armed with banners, flowers and even in December 2011 — for Assad to be refuge in neighbouring countries but impunity to terrorise his nation and 100 countries, including the US. It is in cool water for the very security forces referred to the International Criminal only six months for the second million the region. Dithering by the world’s this capacity that we ask Congress and tasked with crushing them. Court for crimes against humanity. to escape Assad’s brutality; what mass most powerful states empowers not the American people to restrain Assad’s For daring to be one of the leaders Meanwhile, the UN High exodus will follow if he gets away with only the vicious Assad regime but also destructive capacities. Please authorise of such an inspiring, nonviolent civil Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio his chemical massacres? the extremist agenda of the Al Qaeda- President Obama to act against Assad movement, 26-year-old Ghiath Matar Guterres, is pleading with the interna- At least a third of Syria’s population style terrorists seeping into Syria from and to stop him in his deadly tracks. was arrested in Daraya in September tional community: “Syria has become is homeless and destitute; inaction will the east. They are fighting not only With the death toll well past 100,000, 2011, tortured and killed. He became the great tragedy of this century, a dis- augment the scale of this unprecedented Assad but, more important, also those our struggle to liberate our country one of the early symbols of the Syrian graceful humanitarian calamity with humanitarian catastrophe, and despair who oppose Assad. The longer Assad’s from this murderous regime and to revolution. suffering and displacement unparalleled will breed radicalism — especially if reign continues out of control, the more protect our people continues, but only Assad’s calculated, cold-blooded bru- in recent history,” he said last week. more chemical attacks are carried out. extremists will exploit the situation and the US can deter Assad from using his tality pushed Syrians into self-defence For all its horror, the situation today History shows that Assad under- the less stable the entire region will chemical weapons again. The lives of and armed resistance. Had thousands is minor compared with what could still stands only green lights or red lights become. millions of Syrians, and the safety of the of brave soldiers not defied the regime’s happen if Assad is not deterred or held — nothing in between. The Syrian Coalition has been region, are at stake. WP-BLOOMBERG The cause of Tory fury is other Tories Virginia turns away from solitary confinement Once Cameron charmed his critics, but BY PATRICK A HOPE and ADAM P EBBIN wo years ago, we visited Red Onion State Prison, a super- maximum-security penitentiary in southwest Virginia, and now his government came away deeply troubled by the numbers of prisoners being Theld in solitary confinement, or “segregation.” We called for lashes out – enraged the commonwealth to reform the practice. The Post’s editorial page agreed. Prisoners in segregation are confined to an 80-square-foot cell for 23 hours a day, seven days a week. They typically get one hour a by its failure to control day of recreation five times a week, during which they are confined to a 96-square-foot, fenced area that can be described only as a cage. its own political party. They eat alone in their cells and, by design, have little, if any, interac- tion with others. We believe that treating prisoners with serious mental illnesses in BY GABY HINSLIFF this way violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. t must be terribly galling for a prince A great deal has changed in two years, however. Last month, we of the realm when even the hired help returned to Red Onion and saw firsthand the effects of a dramatic doesn’t seem to know who one is. So per- turnaround in philosophy and treatment of prisoners in solitary con- Ihaps it’s no surprise that Prince Andrew finement. The number of prisoners in segregation at Red Onion and reportedly failed to see the funny side when Wallens Ridge — Virginia’s other super-max prison — has been reduced he was stopped and challenged by armed pro- by a remarkable 62 percent, from 468 in 2011 to 179 as of last month. tection officers in the grounds of Buckingham The number of grievances filed by the inmates at those facilities have Palace. also plummeted, from 10,476 in 2011 to just 2,175 through over the first But it shouldn’t be impossible to respond eight months of this year. British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during the debate on Syria strike. graciously to people who are only trying to do Under the leadership of Marla Decker, Virginia’s secretary of pub- their job, when that job is essentially to stop lic safety, and Corrections Department Director Harold Clarke, the a bullet for you. And there’s a lesson here for nail against what are now universally accepted deemed not to be enthusiastically enough on prisons have instituted an innovative “step-down” program that allows Downing Street too. ideas like the minimum wage. Sensible politi- board, then the picture looks distinctly less inmates to work their way out of segregation. Here’s how it works: There’s a curious new aggressiveness rising cians listen to both, knowing that each will healthy. For all their many flaws, these institu- First, prison officials evaluate inmates to identify the best candidates now within the coalition, an intolerance for occasionally stop the bullet of a desperately tions are part of an unofficial system of checks for success. These men are provided with classes and programs cov- anyone and anything getting in its way that bad idea. Yet increasingly this government and balances on parliament. ering areas such as substance abuse, anger management, social skills borders on contempt. Civil servants, charities, behaves as if nothing unions nor the millions And for ministers to complain about over- development and problem-solving. Initially during group discussions, campaigners against fracking and HS2 and they represent could ever say was worth hear- cautious Sir Humphreys holding up their participants are confined adjacently in small cells; as they progress, homebuilding, professional associations and ing. And it doesn’t stop there. whizzy new ideas is rather like the rest of they are handcuffed to desks and finally are permitted to take part now trade unions: the list of those deemed The coalition has moved in three short us complaining about traffic wardens: We without any restraints. Privileges to attend group meals and extended roadblocks at best, left-wing conspiracists at years from romanticising the “big society” to rage about their officiousness without ever recreation periods are earned and serve as motivation. The prison- worst, gets longer by the day. demanding in effect that it get the hell out of acknowledging that hideous car crashes would ers aren’t the only ones receiving training. Correction officers are Hard to remember now that Cameron’s nat- the way. The justice minister Chris Grayling ensue if everyone could park where the hell also receiving continuous training to help them better communicate ural instinct was once to charm his critics, or last week attacked charities who challenge they liked. It’s infuriating, but sometimes nec- with prisoners, identify troubling situations and defuse them without that five years ago he was angling to become policies such as the bedroom tax through the essary, to be saved from oneself. incident. the first Tory leader in 144 years to address a courts, suggesting judicial review had become The puzzling thing is that Cameron used to During our visit to Red Onion, inmates told us that the program TUC conference, when senior Tories are now a “promotional tool for countless left-wing be so good at taking criticism without offence. has been nothing short of life-changing. Approximately 90 percent lining up to shower it with contempt. campaigners” and should be curbed. His naturally laidback, tolerant nature is the of Virginia’s prisoners will one day be released back into the general Boris Johnson peddles the hoary old fantasy Coming on top of a lobbying bill that chari- glue that has long held an awkward coalition public. The step-down training methods have been shown elsewhere that Britain risks “exactly the same madness ties fear will close Whitehall’s doors to them, together. to reduce the rate of recidivism, preventing new crimes involving that brought this country to its knees in the what emerges is a picture of a government Perhaps it’s simply that as time runs out additional victims and saving taxpayers the cost of re-incarceration. 70s”, though days lost to strikes have lately increasingly inclined to steamroller even polite on a parliament that hasn’t delivered change Who would you rather have living in your community: a person who hit record lows. opposition. as fast or as radically as he wanted – and sat stewing year after year in near-total isolation or one who has Cameron routinely dismisses Labour MPs The next head of steam now building on with little real prospect of a second-term Tory spent his time learning new ways to communicate, solve problems and at prime minister’s questions with taunts Tory backbenches is against the BBC, whose majority in which to ram things through – his control his anger? about their supposed union paymasters, con- executives seem hellbent on handing its head patience is finally running out. Reducing the number of prisoners in segregation is also saving veniently ducking the actual questions. over on a plate thanks to this week’s unedify- But one suspects that what’s really driving Virginia resources. It is more costly to house offenders in segregation Even Michael Gove, normally the politest ing squabble over managerial payoffs. this new angry mood is frustration with the than in the general prison population. And the prisons have become man in politics, offers to hold talks with teach- Tory MPs would hardly be human if they enemies of progress whom ministers can’t so safer places to work, improving the morale of corrections officers. The ers threatening strikes only “to point out the didn’t kick their old enemy when it’s down; easily attack. number of reported incidents such as disobedience and rules violations error of their ways”. BBC programme-makers would hardly be It’s not a union movement with a fraction of has fallen by 65 percent. The impression being systematically created human if they didn’t feel under pressure. Only the power it had in Margaret Thatcher’s day More can still be done. More mental health services are desperately is that trade unions have no right to be taken time will tell if that has a chilling effect on that truly keeps Tories awake at night, but needed. Some inmates will not be released from segregation until their seriously; that there’s something inherently the schedules. the reluctance of their own people — from the sentences are complete, and it is vital that they receive mental health dodgy about even listening to what they have None of these things seems much to worry Sussex villagers up in arms against fracking treatment before then. A few inmates will not succeed in the program to say. about on its own, of course. It’s hardly the stuff to the Conservative rebels who voted against and will always remain in segregation. Many of those who complete the It’s true that unions have sometimes found of which dictatorships are made. military action in Syria — to fall in line. program will need continued mental health treatment or risk ending themselves on the wrong side of history, Yet if you add a chastened national broad- It must be terribly galling to discover that up back in segregation. opposing changes that were arguably in the caster to a sidelined civil society, diminished one’s own party doesn’t recognise one’s author- Those details aside, the Corrections Department should be com- public (if not always their members’) interest. legal process, marginalised union movement ity. But it’s no excuse to take it out on the rest mended for its new philosophy and innovative program. Virginia is But so have employers, fighting tooth and and very public trashing of senior civil servants of us. THE GUARDIAN off to a good start towards solving a big problem. WP-BLOOMBERG WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Kenya’s Ruto Gibraltar National Day pleads not guilty at ICC Charges of crimes against humanity

THE HAGUE: Kenya’s Deputy The cases have split public President William Ruto pleaded opinion, and witness testimonies not guilty to crimes against of the violence in 2007-08 that humanity charges at the killed more than a thousand peo- International Criminal Court ple could re-open old wounds. yesterday, while back home They are also a major test for Kenyans feared the case could prosecutors at the decade-old reignite political violence they ICC, who have had a low success have struggled to overcome. rate and face accusations of focus- Ruto and co-defendant Joshua ing on African countries, while arap Sang are charged with avoiding war crimes in other glo- orchestrating a post-election bal hotspots. bloodbath five years ago, working “One day there will need to be with other conspirators to mur- an inquiry ... into how on earth der, deport and persecute sup- it happened that somebody not porters of rival political parties just not guilty but innocent in Kenya’s Rift Valley region. came before the court to answer Ruto’s lawyer accused prosecu- charges that have been shown tors of conducting a flawed and to be patently false,” said Karim prejudicial investigation using Khan, Ruto’s lead counsel. tainted evidence and raised the Earlier, as the parties took Residents celebrate Gibraltar’s National Day on Casemates Square in Gibraltar yesterday. Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain would “never possibility — not yet confirmed by their places in the courtroom, agree to any transfer of sovereignty” of Gibraltar without the consent of its residents. Cameron also insisted that any solution to the recent row judges or prosecutors — that this Ruto had appeared relaxed, laugh- between Spain and Britain over the outpost would be achieved through diplomacy, not rhetoric. week’s hearings would be adjourned ing and smiling with his lawyers, because witnesses for the prosecu- while Sang gave the thumbs-up tion could not attend court. to a reporter. Bensouda looked on Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, impassively as Ruto’s lawyer listed in her opening speech, insisted what he said were shortcomings MIT, Harvard top the charges against the two men in the prosecution’s case. French protest pension reform would stand. “The crimes of which Contrary to the prosecution’s world university list Ruto and Sang are charged were claim that Ruto, a Kalenjin, PARIS: Tens of thousands of streets across the country, the France’s retirement system, but LONDON: The United not just random and spontaneous hated people of the Kikuyu tribe, people took to the streets yes- CGT union said, while police esti- avoids more controversial pro- States comes out on top in acts of brutality,” said Bensouda. his sisters were both married terday in protest against a mated that 155,000 demonstrators posals such as raising the official an authoritative list of inter- “This was a carefully planned to Kikuyus, Khan said. And, he proposed overhaul of France’s turned up in 170 locations. retirement age or slapping a new national university rankings and executed plan of violence ... asked, how likely was it that Ruto debt-ridden pension system, Unions have denounced the tax on French retirees. published yesterday, with Ruto’s ultimate goal was to seize had amassed a cache of guns and but no major disruptions were reform as “anti-youth” because The French parliament is to the Massachusetts Institute political power for himself and his grenades under the eyes of the reported over a reform gener- it will incrementally raise the consider the measures in October. of Technology (MIT) and party in the event he could not do local Kikuyu police chief? ally regarded as moderate. total contribution period from The aim of the unions yesterday Harvard University lead- so via the ballot box.” Khan played videos of inter- Pension overhauls are highly the current 41.5 years to 43 years was not to have the draft bill abol- ing the way. MIT came top It is the first time such a senior views in which Ruto expressed contentious in France — with by 2035, meaning employees will ished, but to have it improved dur- of the QS World University serving politician has appeared support for the ICC’s investiga- previous efforts in 1995 and need to work longer to be eligible ing parliamentary deliberations. Rankings for the second year in court to face international tion and pledged to cooperate 2010 unleashing mass protests for full pensions. The protests’ impact was mini- running, while Harvard dis- justice. Kenya’s President Uhuru with the court despite describing and damaging strikes — but the A full package of reforms mal, with few disruptions reported placed Britain’s Cambridge Kenyatta, Ruto’s former rival and the charges he faced as “some- Socialist government’s latest will be officially put forward on on train services or at the Paris air- Un i v e r s it y t o t a k e s e c o n d s p o t now his political ally, will also face thing only possible in a movie”. reform has not yet met with the September 18 as France, under ports of Orly and Charles de Gaulle. in the 2013 table. US institu- trial on similar charges of crimes Rival members of Kenyatta’s same level of resistance. pressure from the European But Jean-Claude Mailly, head of the tions made up six of the top against humanity, beginning in Kikuyu and Ruto’s Kalenjin tribes, Four hardline unions called for Union, looks to plug holes that FO union warned that there was ten, with the remaining four November. wielding machetes, knives, and protests in 180 locations across the will see the generous state pen- still widespread discontent. “It’s places being filled by British The court’s public gallery was bows and arrows, went on the ram- country, but moderate unions did sion scheme fall more than ¤20bn the image of a volcano—you have universities. According to the packed with dozens of Kenyan page after a disputed 2007 election, not back the call, saying they hoped ($26.5bn) into the red by 2020. a little smoke, the earth doesn’t study, graduates from Oxford lawmakers and members of Ruto’s butchering more than 1,200 people to seek changes in parliament. The reform plan also pro- tremble, but it simmers and at and Cambridge were the family who had travelled to The and driving hundreds of thousands Overall, 360,000 workers, poses increasing employee some point, it has to erupt,” he said. most employable in the world. Hague in a show of solidarity. from their homes. REUTERS youths and retirees took to the and employer contributions to AFP Putin murder plotter jailed for 10 years Forest fire in Argentina MOSCOW: Russia yester- New Yorkers vote day handed down a 10-year sentence to a man who con- to narrow down Dozens of bush fires fessed to plotting to assassi- nate President Vladimir Putin contenders to by blowing up his motorcade, flare in Australia the prosecutor-general’s office replace Bloomberg said. Prosecutors had accused SYDNEY: Dozens of bush fires and at least three vehicles going Ilya Pyanzin of drawing up the NEW YORK: New Yorkers erupted in Australia yesterday up in flames. plot as a member of an armed voted yesterday for a Republican with six firefighters injured “It’s scary... knowing it could group created on the orders of and a Democratic candidate who battling fierce infernos in west- go any minute now is making me Chechnya’s top Islamist rebel will battle it out in November ern Sydney that destroyed two really emotional,” Melinda Millard Doku Umarov. At a closed to replace billionaire Mayor homes and which officials said said as she rushed to a property in hearing, Moscow city court Michael Bloomberg. could signal a difficult summer. the Sydney suburb of Castlereagh sentenced Pyanzin to 10 years The Big Apple has been under Some 60 fires flared in the to help rescue some horses from in a penal colony with a harsh the bold and brash leadership of country’s most populous state one of the biggest blazes. regime, the prosecutor-gener- its richest man for 12 years and, of New South Wales, aided by A cool change late yesterday al’s office said on its website. amid much soul-searching over temperatures above 30 degrees brought some relief, allowing Bloomberg’s legacy, many remain Celsius and gusting winds, with officials to downgrade all but one Britons become less torn over who should succeed him. water-bombing helicopters being of the four emergency warning religious: Survey “I really vacillated until the used to tackle the danger. areas, with a fire at Winmalee at last minute,” said Rosemary “Currently 40 fires burning the base of the Blue Mountains of LONDON: The number of Wakeman, a professor at Fordham in NSW not contained. Fire most concern. Britons who are religious has University, after voting in 55th behaviour very erratic. People But by then one home had declined significantly in the street, Manhattan. need to keep monitoring situa- been destroyed at Winmalee and last 30 years, a survey revealed In the end, Wakeman went tion rapidly changing,” tweeted another at Marsden Park and yesterday. Just 52 percent of with left-leaning Democrat Bill NSW Rural Fire Service Deputy several firefighters injured. people said they belong to a de Blasio, 52, who has firmly led Commissioner Rob Rogers. “Six have suffered smoke inha- religion, down from 68 per- polls since mid-August on an anti- Several blazes on Sydney’s lation. One taken to hospital for cent in 1983, according to the Bloomberg platform, accusing the western fringes prompted emer- observation,” the NSW Rural Fire latest British Social Attitudes mayor of overseeing a widening gency warnings in the early after- Service said. Another firefighter survey. The percentage of peo- gap between rich and poor. A forest fire in Calamuchita Valley region in Argentina yesterday. Around noon with news footage showing was later taken to hospital after ple who class themselves as “I think I became less support- 15,000 hectares have been affected and more than 200 firefighters are black smoke billowing over homes complaining of chest pains. AFP “Church of England/Anglican” ive of Bloomberg’s policies,” said working in the area trying to control the fire, officials said. has fallen from 40 percent in Wakeman outside the polling sta- 1983 to just 20 percent last tion where there were no queues. year. Some 48 percent said New York is known for extremely they had no religion, com- poor voter turnout, but a coordi- pared to 31 percent in 1983. nator said there had been “a good flow” of voters. Solberg sweeps into power in Norwegian polls British deputy The city is overwhelmingly speaker re-arrested Democratic even though it has OSLO: Norway’s opposition to give the private sector more 2005. “We will give this country of wasting a once-in-a-lifetime not elected a mayor from that Conservatives, promising tax breathing room. a new government.” Norway has economic boom. With 76 per- LONDON: A deputy speaker party in two decades. Candidates cuts and better healthcare, Solberg, 52, will become enjoyed rare economic success cent of the vote counted, the in Britain’s lower house of par- will have to secure 40 percent won elections in a landslide on Norway’s second female prime during the past decade, escaping Conservatives, the populist right- liament was re-arrested yes- of the primary vote to avoid an Monday but faced tough coali- minister, as well as its first Europe’s economic crisis with wing Progress Party and two terday on suspicion of indecent October 1 run-off. The mayoral tion talks with a populist party Conservative prime minister little more than a scratch, as its centrist parties that campaigned assault and sexually touching election is on November 1. that wants to spend more of the since 1990. At least the top two booming offshore oil sector lifted together to oust Stoltenberg were two further alleged victims, A Quinnipiac University poll accumulated oil riches and curb cabinet posts — and possibly the per capita GDP to $100,000 and set to collect 96 seats in parlia- police said. Nigel Evans, 55, a said De Blasio would win with immigration. top three — are likely to be filled a huge public sector insulated the ment, 11 more than needed for the lawmaker in Prime Minister 39 percent if the mayoral elec- Led by Erna Solberg, a former by women. economy. majority. David Cameron’s Conservative tion were held now. Former girl scout leader who has over- “Voters have given a histori- But growth is now slowing, Stoltenberg and his allies col- Party, was initially arrested in frontrunner Christine Quinn has come dyslexia, the Conservatives cally strong victory for the cen- competitiveness is stagnating, lected just 72 seats and the prime May on suspicion of rape and presented herself as Bloomberg’s promise to diversify the econ- tre-right,” said a tearful Solberg, and the government’s record on minister announced he would step sexual assault said to have natural successor, vaunting her omy away from oil, privatise nicknamed “Iron Erna” for her critical social services is mixed. down after eight years and two happened between 2009 and accomplishments in office. state firms, and reduce some of tough stances when she served Voters have accused outgoing straight terms in office. March this year. AGENCIES AFP the world’s highest taxes rates in cabinet between 2001 and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 ASIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Lanka poll: Tamils want army in barracks Tamil National Alliance says military continues to engage in civilian activities to influence 714,000 voters

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main Tamil strongholds from voting at the region’s It has denied what the UN calls “cred- many exclusively civilian matters,” the police.” There was no immediate com- party yesterday demanded troops be first ever provincial council election, ible allegations” that up to 40,000 civil- TNA said. TNA leader R Sampanthan in ment from the president’s office, but the confined to barracks after accusing scheduled for September 21. ians were killed during the bloody finale. his letter said election authorities were military denied it was engaged in elec- them of campaigning for the ruling The vote is in line with Colombo’s The TNA said the military contin- unable to stop the military involvement tion propaganda work. party at key elections in the former promise to the international commu- ued to engage in civilian activities and in the region. “It is clear that there can- “These allegations are baseless,” mili- separatist stronghold of Jaffna. nity to share limited power with ethnic were clearly trying to influence the not be a free and fair election if the mili- tary spokesman Ruwan Wanigasooriya The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Tamils through a local council after the 714,000-strong mainly Tamil electorate, tary continues its interfering presence said. “We have been engaging in civil told President Mahinda Rajapakse that military crushed separatist Tamil Tiger and support candidates of Rajapakse’s in the Northern Province,” Sampanthan affairs since the end of the war and have soldiers were campaigning for his United rebels in May, 2009. UPFA. said in his letter to Rajapakse. always worked at the invitation of the People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in The Sinhalese-dominated government “What has been objectionable even “It has thus become imperative for people. “Our involvement continues, but the Jaffna peninsula, where the minority is under international pressure to pro- before the announcement of the polls me to ask you to relegate the army and it is to a lesser extent than what it was party was expected to do well. mote ethnic reconciliation and inves- is not only the presence of the military the other security forces to the barracks in 2010 and 2012. I totally deny that the The TNA said soldiers were also tigate allegations of war crimes by its but the fact that they without invitation immediately and leave the maintenance army is engaged in political activity.” selectively discouraging Tamils in TNA forces in the final stages of the war. engage with the civilian population in of law and order in the hands of the AFP High radiation School bombs kill 2 at Fukushima TOKYO: Japan pledged a renewed push to contain potentially hazardous leaks soldiers in Thailand at Fukushima yesterday after Tepco, the operator of BANGKOK: A twin bomb blast male student and one soldier the crippled plant, reported struck a school in insurgency- were injured,” army spokesman spiking levels of radia- plagued southern Thailand Colonel Pramote Promin said by tion in groundwater. Tepco yesterday, officials said, killing telephone. announced samples taken two soldiers and injuring one “The bomb was hidden under from a well at the site showed student in a new setback to a bench near the security guard the presence of radioactive peace efforts. post inside the school,” he said, substances, including stron- Education workers, and the accusing the Barisan Revolusi tium. Reports said the utility troops who guard them, are a Nasional (BRN) rebel group of believed it “now seems more top target for Muslim militants orchestrating the attack. likely” that leaks from tanks who have waged a nine-year-old The ongoing attacks in the storing polluted water had campaign of violence that has left Muslim-dominated region made their way into subter- thousands of people dead. come despite several rounds of ranean water out to sea. Authorities said that militants peace talks, hosted by Malaysia, behind yesterday’s attack planted between the Thai authorities and Taiwan reports a first bomb to lure soldiers and the BRN. then detonated a second device Thailand has about 60,000 first rabies case Security personnel inspect the site of the bomb attack at a school in Yala province, south of Bangkok, yesterday. after they arrived at the scene. troops stationed in the south. “Two soldiers died and a AFP TAIPEI: Taiwanese health authorities yester- day renewed a call for own- ers to inoculate their pets after confirming a case of rabies in a dog, as the island struggles with its first out- Former China rail official stands trial in bribery case break of the disease in dec- ades. The 45-day old puppy BEIJING: A senior official China Youth Daily said, citing the Liu, were both sacked in 2011. Railway Corporation. The charges linked to the ministry, Ding developed symptoms of from China’s disgraced railways prosecution. Liu had been heralded as against Zhang involve far more Shumiao, also faced charges of rabies on Friday after it was ministry went on trial yester- The now-dismantled railways the “father” of China’s vastly money than the 26.8m yuan fallen illegal activities worth 180bn attacked by a ferret-badger in day for bribery, state-run media ministry was linked with wide- expanded high-speed rail net- political star Bo Xilai was accused yuan. She was said to have given Haituan, a remote township said, the latest to be prose- spread corruption, with former work, now the world’s longest and of accepting or embezzling at his Liu 49m yuan and arranged sexual in the south-eastern Taitung cuted as authorities carry out minister Liu Zhijun given a sus- a flagship development project of trial last month. favours for him, while successfully county. Taiwan is listed as a high-profile anti-corruption pended death sentence in July the ruling Communist Party. Another high-ranking railway pointing him to 23 companies for a rabies-affected area by campaign. for taking 64.6m yuan in bribes The ministry was disbanded in official, Su Shunhu stood trial last more than 50 rail projects. the World Organisation for Former deputy chief engineer to help 11 people secure contracts March, with its administrative week for allegedly taking 24m China’s leaders have vowed to Animal Health. Zhang Shuguang faces charges and promotions. functions handed to the trans- yuan in bribes, the China Daily crack down on rampant official of 13 cases of bribery altogether He and Zhang, whom the port ministry and its commer- reported. corruption. 5.7 earthquake worth 47.55m yuan ($7.8m), the report called a “trusted aide” of cial role given to a new China In recent days a businesswoman AFP hits Indonesia Maritime surveillance vessels JAKARTA: A 5.7-magni- tude earthquake struck off Thailand rubber Indonesia’s Sulawesi island Two Koreas hold talks yesterday morning, the United States Geological farmers accept Survey has said. The quake hit at 0311 IST 135 kilometres government deal on Kaesong reopening north-west of Gorontalo city at a depth of 46 km. Indonesia BANGKOK: A network of SEOUL: North and South left off last time, and focus on sits on the Pacific “Ring of Thai rubber farmers said yes- Korea held a second round of ensuring that our businessmen Fire” where tectonic plates terday that it had accepted a talks yesterday on reopening can engage in their activities in collide, causing frequent seis- government subsidy offer aimed their Kaesong joint industrial a free and comfortable atmos- mic and volcanic activity. at ending recent mass protests zone — five months after it was phere,” South Korean chief that erupted into violence last shut down during soaring mil- delegate Kim Ki-Woong told Ex-dictator’s week. itary tensions. reporters in Seoul before leav- Thailand is the world’s top The newly formed Kaesong ing for the meeting. son to pay fines exporter of natural rubber and joint committee first met last Established in 2004 as a rare anger among the kingdom’s week but was unable to reach symbol of inter-Korean coopera- SEOUL: The family of rubber farmers over their fall- any agreement on the timing tion, Kaesong had come through former South Korean dicta- ing incomes had posed a grow- for resuming operations at the a number of crises on the Korean tor Chun Doo-Hwan prom- ing challenge to Prime Minister complex. peninsula unscathed. ised yesterday to pay millions Yingluck Shinawatra’s two-year- One apparent stumbling block But in April, as tensions esca- of dollars in remaining fines old government. was a South Korean request for lated following the North’s third imposed for bribes the dis- Deputy government spokes- North Korea to provide compen- nuclear test, Pyongyang effec- graced military strongman woman Sunisa Lertpakawat said sation to those companies hurt tively shut down operations by took while in office. Chun’s the cabinet yesterday approved a by the park’s closure. withdrawing the 53,000 North eldest son, Chun Jae-Kook, budget of 21.25bn baht ($660m) to Yesterday’s second round of Korean workers employed at the announced a list of assets the subsidise rubber farmers. talks began at 10:00am (0100 123 South Korean plants. family would put up for sale “Today’s decision comes ahead GMT) in Kaesong, which lies 10 The two Koreas agreed last to pay around 167.2bn won of a mass rally by rubber farm- kilometres (six miles) over the month to work together to ($154m). ers (this weekend) which could border in North Korea. resume operations at the zone. A fleet of four China Maritime Surveillance vessels move near disputed severely affect the economy,” “We will pick up where we AFP islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, in the East China Miss World Sunisa told a news conference. An apparent compromise was Sea yesterday. final in a fix struck yesterday after the gov- ernment agreed to pay farmers JAKARTA: Miss World 2,520 baht ($80) per rai (0.4 acres, organisers said yesterday 0.16 hectares) of rubber planta- Hong Kong doctor operates on eye-gouged boy it would be “impossible” to tion to help with production costs stage the final in Bali, vow- -- double its previous offer. ing to petition authorities to In a statement, a grouping of HONG KONG: A six-year- missing while playing outside. give volume to the eye so you can eventually partially regain his move the event back to Java rubber farmers in 15 provinces old Chinese boy who had his Chinese police suspect his aunt, put the eyeshell on it, otherwise it sight using “bionic eyes” linked after it was switched in the accepted the deal in principle eyes gouged out went into sur- who killed herself days later, was will collapse,” she said. directly to the brain -- but said face of protests. “I think and called off their next protest gery yesterday in the first step responsible. If there is not enough tissue to this technology was at least five people can appreciate how which had been planned for this towards fitting realistic moving Hong Kong-based eye expert support the eyeball doctors will to 10 years away. complex it would be to move weekend. artificial eyes. Dennis Lam offered to treat the use a skin and fat transplant from “We don’t know if this will be everything to Bali,” Nana “I can confirm that there will Doctors hope schoolboy Guo Bin boy for free at his clinic in the the buttocks. The schoolboy will successful in the end, but if there Putra, Executive Director of be no rally on September 14,” one will also soon be able to feel shape southern city of Shenzhen. The have at least a month to recover is this possibility, then why should organiser and broadcaster of the protest leaders, Karjbandid and movement using sensors on rehabilitation will first involve sur- before the shell, or ocular prosthe- we not give a chance to little Bin- MNC Group, said. “Just get- Ramas, said by telephone. his forehead or tongue which gery to give the boy realistic pros- sis, is attached giving the appear- Bin?” he told a press conference. ting the venue and all the The farmers have accused the translate images from a glasses- thetic eyes, and then the fitting ance of a normal eye. The aunt, who state news accommodation is impossible government of ignoring their mounted camera into electronic of sensors to help him “navigate”. The “eyes” will be attached to agency Xinhua named as Zhang with APEC here,” she said, plight. The network urged the pulses. The first step, taken yesterday, tissue and muscle to give normal Huiying, killed herself by jumping referring to the Asia-Pacific government to speed up payments The boy -- known as Bin-Bin was a three to four hour opera- movement. But the “sight”, or into a village well. Economic Cooperation sum- and to send a representative to -- was found covered in blood with tion to fit implants, Inggie Ho, navigation, will rely on the sen- Xinhua said police found the mit at the start of October. southern Thailand to sign a for- his eyes removed near his home a spokeswoman for the C-MER sory devices, a technology already boy’s blood on his aunt’s clothes The final takes place on mal agreement by Friday. in the northern Chinese province Dennis Lam Eye Hospital said. in use in Japan and Europe. following DNA tests. September 28. AGENCIES AFP of Shanxi in August after going “It’s like an artificial eyeball to Lam hopes the boy may AFP WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PHILIPPINES Rebels use human shields in stand-off Houses burned, machine guns fired as MNLF-army battle displaces 1,500 Filipino Muslims from their homes

ZAMBOANGA: Muslim mili- were now surrounded by about Ofana, his father and a brother, tants were using 180 residents 1,500 elite troops backed by a said Zamboanga Mayor Maria as “human shields” yesterday, smaller number of police. But Isabelle Climaco Salazar. Philippine officials said, as they MNLF spokesman Emmanuel MNLF founder Nur Misuari traded gunfire with troops amid Fontanilla told DZMM radio that had declared “independence” for burning houses during a stand- the rebels were prepared to dig in. the Muslim southern regions of off after a deadly attack on a “Our forces will stay where the mainly Catholic Philippines southern city. they are. They are on a defensive on August 12, and called on his Machine gun fire rang out in posture,” he said. followers to besiege government the deserted streets of Zamboanga President Benigno Aquino installations. He could not be as marines targeted fighters from refused to set a deadline for reached yesterday, nor by govern- the Moro National Liberation resolving the crisis. ment negotiators. Front (MNLF) who stormed the “We can’t be giving deadlines A mid-afternoon fire that gut- city Monday intent on derailing when what we want to ensure ted several houses was left to burn peace talks. is that no more civilians are after fire trucks were stopped by Several houses were ablaze but affected, hurt or killed,” he told security forces who warned them rebel sniper fire prevented fire reporters in Manila. about sniper fire, said city fire trucks from nearing the scene. Interior Secretary Mar Roxas marshal Dominador Zabala. “We are scared. We just want told a news conference authorities “We could not go much closer this to end as soon as possible were trying to negotiate with the as there was no go-signal from so we can get on with our lives,” gunmen. the ground forces in the area,” he security technician Ed Laguatan About 180 residents were being said, adding they suspected the said as he cowered inside his used as “human shields” in six rebels of setting the blaze. house amid the barrage of gunfire. districts where the rebels are The fighting has displaced “We can see them (the rebels) holed up surrounded by security about 1,500 residents of the just next door... It looks like they forces, he said. mainly Muslim districts, includ- are ready to die fighting.” The government had described ing women and children who were The fighting began before dawn the people as “hostages” but Roxas forced to spend the night sleeping Monday as rebels stormed the said it appeared most were free to on the floor of crowded gyms after city of one million people from leave if they wished. fleeing the conflict. nearby towns and islands, killing “It appears that what happened Misuari has criticised a prelim- four and injuring 14. is not hostage-taking but more of inary peace deal signed last year Naval commandos also killed them being turned into human by the government and the Moro seven MNLF members at sea on shields by the MNLF forces who Islamic Liberation Front, which Soldiers walk along an armoured personnel carrier to take positions during a stand-off with Muslim gunmen in the same day as they tried to enter entered their communities. People split from the MNLF in 1978. Zamboanga City, in the southern island of Mindanao, yesterday. the city, Philippine Navy spokes- are free to get in and out of there, He said the agreement mar- man Lieutenant-Commander they are not bound, they are not ginalised his group and a peace Gregory Fabic said yesterday. detained,” he said. treaty that it signed in 1996. a 42-year-old rebellion that has hostages and left many more dead, and was kept in police prisons Military spokesman “Whether they are hostages The gunmen launched their claimed 150,000 lives. but were given safe passage out of in Manila until the government Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon or not is still being validated,” attack as the government pre- It was the second such attack the city by freeing their captives. dropped all charges against him Zagala said 180 MNLF gunmen he added. Among them is local pared to resume peace talks on Zamboanga since 2001, when Misuari fled to Malaysia, where in 2008. armed with rifles and mortars Catholic priest Father Michael with the Milf, aimed at ending Misuari’s men also took dozens of he was arrested and deported, AFP

Fireman hurts Govt steps up efforts to Witnesses recall killing girlfriend, kills colleague, self of Taiwanese fisherman BALANGA CITY: Two bring more OFWs from Syria fire officers died after one of MANILA: The three companions of the Taiwanese poacher alleg- them reportedly went on a MANILA: The Department of Syrian government and the the like “as these places are pos- edly shot dead by a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) team in Balintang shooting rampage following Foreign Affairs (DFA) yester- International Organisation for sible targets of attack.” Channel last May testified during yesterday’s preliminary investi- a quarrel with his girlfriend, day said the Philippine govern- Migration (IOM) have assured “We continue to urge our citi- gation at the Department of Justice (DOJ). who was wounded in the inci- ment is “working double time” the Philippines of their continued zens in Syria to immediately con- Accompanied by representatives of the Taipei Economic and Cultural dent on Saturday night in to bring home as many Filipinos assistance in its mandatory repa- tact our embassy in Damascus or Office (TECO), the three fishermen – Taiwanese Hong Yu Zhi and Orani town. as possible in light of the dete- triation efforts. 41 OFW repat- our honorary consul in Aleppo Hong Jie Zhang and Indonesian Imam Buchaeri – submitted their Senior Fireman Charlie riorating situation in Syria. riates are scheduled to arrive for repatriation arrangements,” affidavits detailing how Hung Shih-cheng was killed by the PCG men Mendoza, 52, and Fire Officer DFA spokesman Raul today, bringing to 4,728 the total he said. led by Commander Arnold de la Cruz. 2 Enrico Caraan, 44, of the Hernandez said the Philippine number of Filipinos repatriated “We appeal to the families They subscribed their statements before the DOJ panel chaired by Dinalupihan and Orani Fire embassy in Damascus has inten- from Syria since December 2011. of OFWs in the Philippines to Assistant State Prosecutor Juan Pedro Navera. Protection Station, respec- sified efforts to repatriate the The DFA also advised Filipinos inform the department of the Hong, son of the victim, recalled that their fishing vessel Guang Da tively, died from several gun- remaining overseas Filipino work- in Syria to avoid telecommunica- whereabouts and contact details Xing 28 was returning to Taiwan from Taitung Chengkung New Port shot wounds, according to ers (OFWs) there. tion facilities, defence establish- of the OFWs in Syria,” he added. to catch mahi mahi fish when the attack took place. Inspector Janice Piga, spokes- According to Hernandez, the ments, military installations and THE PHILIPPINE STAR After the attack, the fisherman said they hid in the engine room of man for the Bataan police. the vessel after placing it on auto navigation mode. Reports said Mendoza and “About after an hour of being attacked, my father was shot and I his girlfriend, Arlyn Lopez, Protest against wage hike heard him scream, but we were too busy refilling the hydraulic drive were having drinks at Caraan’s fluid for the auto navigation until we ran out of supply,” he recounted. apartment in Barangay The two other witnesses corroborated Hong’s account. Hong Jie Tugatog when they started added the attack came without warning. The respondents, represented arguing. by lawyer Rodrigo Moreno, asked the DOJ to forward the case to the Office of the Ombudsman, saying Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has Rice smugglers prejudged the case. But the DOJ panel rejected the motion since the charges filed against the PCG men are not within the jurisdiction of face court the Sandiganbayan. The preliminary investigation on the homicide charges will continue on September 16. MANILA: The Department Aside from De la Cruz, other respondents are Petty Officer 2 Richard of Agriculture (DA) is set to Fernandez Corpuz, Seaman 2nd Class Nicky Reynold Aurello, and file charges against rice trad- Seamen 1st Class Edrando Quiapo Aguila, Mhelvin Bendo, Andy Gibb ers and smugglers who have Ronario Golfo, Sunny Galang Masangcay, and Henry Baco Solomon. engaged in activities that The NBI also filed charges for obstruction of justice against De la caused an artificial spike in Cruz and Bendo along with Marvin Ramirez and Martin Bernabe for the price of rice. allegedly submitting tampered evidence to the NBI, including “spliced” Agriculture Secretary video footage. Proceso Alcala told report- According to the NBI, there was a conspiracy among the respond- ers at the Senate that the DA ents. It explained that while it was Aguila who was found to have fired has started investigating the the M14 rifle that killed the Taiwanese, the seven others had admitted source of reports about a sup- discharging their weapons. posed shortage of rice as well Meanwhile, the Taiwanese fisherman allegedly caught poaching as the bogus text messages in the country’s territorial waters in Batanes last week was ordered about free NFA (National Food released from detention yesterday. Police have yet to file formal charges Authority) rice being given against Tsai Po, 54, before the DOJ since his arrest on September 3. away at the Commonwealth Batanes Provincial Prosecutor Alejo Tangaro Jr ordered provincial market in Quezon City and police director Superintendent Eduardo Pamittan to release Tsai, of Rizal market last week. Pintung, Taiwan, to the custody of the Bureau of Immigration (BI). Alcala said he has asked the THE PHILIPPINE STAR DA’s legal team to study the Workers protest against the P10 (22 cents) wage increase at the office of Labour Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz possibility of filing charges of in Manila yesterday. economic sabotage against the perpetrators. Private plane Manila may remove ‘Chinese’ concrete blocks from shoal missing MANILA: Officials are dis- the concrete blocks from the shoal. been under close surveillance the disputed shoal. He said that the diplomatic protest. Hopefully in the MANILA: A private plane cussing the possibility of remov- Alano said the Philippines has since the concrete blocks were blocks appeared to be foundations next few days,” Del Rosario said, was missing in the central ing the concrete blocks believed not lost the Panatag Shoal even sighted. The area is located 124 for buildings. Officials believe the adding that the new case will be Philippines yesterday morn- to have been placed by China in if concrete blocks believed to be nautical miles from the nearest putting of the concrete blocks is a added unto the country’s on-going ing, and authorities are Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, a foundations of a Chinese struc- point in Zambales. prelude to a construction project. arbitration case against China for working to confirm its crash, senior military official said. ture are already in the area. “The situation is still being The blocks are said to be scat- its incursion in Philippine-claimed local media reported. Navy chief Vice Admiral Jose “What the Philippines has done monitored there, but this is now tered in a two-hectare area in coastal territories. It was reported the plane Luis Alano said measures to take is to address this through the under the National Security the northern portion of Panatag China, meanwhile, has denied crashed at a mountain village out the blocks that were discov- international tribunal and this is Council,” Alano added. Shoal, also known locally as Bajo the Philippines’ allegations that in the province of Biliran in ered by authorities this month are now up to the international com- When asked whether the de Masinloc. the concrete structures are ille- central part of the country. being discussed, but he declined munity to discuss the issues,” the Panatag Shoal dispute has been Foreign Affairs Secretary gally put up in the isle, which it The still unidentified aircraft to elaborate. Navy chief said. discussed with the United States, Albert del Rosario earlier said calls Huangyan Island. was seen to have crashed in “As of now, that’s being dis- “We have a very strong position Alano said they are still dealing that the Philippines will file “It is within China’s legitimate the village of Imelda at around cussed. As to how to, I do not on it and this is now being under- with the issue among themselves. another diplomatic protest rights and interests and beyond 7am, a newspaper quoted the like to preempt the decision to be taken by no less the Department Defence Secretary Voltaire against China for sighting of the dispute,” China Foreign Ministry Bilirian information office as made,” Alano told reporters when of Foreign Affairs,” he added. Gazmin revealed that at least 75 construction blocks. spokesperson Hong Lei had said. saying. AGENCIES asked if there are plans to remove Alano said that the area had concrete blocks were spotted near “We are framing an appropriate THE PHILIPPINE STAR WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Ex-Afghan Taliban Coal collectors leader to be freed Pakistan’s decision aims at boosting peace efforts ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will comrades, but it is not clear to improve its troubled relations release former Afghan Taliban whether he would promote peace with Afghanistan, but once again second-in-command, Mullah or war against President Hamid risked angering Kabul by not Abdul Ghani Baradar, as soon Karzai’s Western-backed govern- handing them over directly. as this month to help advance ment after his release. Afghanistan fears that Pakistan peace efforts in neighbouring One of the most ruthless is only pretending to support dia- Afghanistan, Pakistan’s foreign Taliban figures, he was given logue while its intelligence agen- policy chief said yesterday. his nom de guerre of “Baradar”, cies harbour Taliban leaders to Pakistan is under growing pres- or “brother”, by Taliban leader project influence across their sure to free senior Taliban figures, Mullah Mohammed Omar. shared frontier. It is also con- particularly Baradar, to boost rec- Aziz said it was important to cerned the released Taliban would onciliation efforts, as most Nato make sure the released Taliban simply go back to the tribal areas combat troops prepare to pull out prisoners had a chance to estab- and rejoin the insurgency. of Afghanistan by the end of 2014 lish contact with their leadership Aziz said that was not going and anxiety grows over the coun- on the ground to persuade them to happen, adding that allowing try’s security. to be part of peace talks - an idea them to establish contacts with “In principle, we have agreed to he said Karzai has agreed to. their leaders would give more release him. The timing is being “Obviously Karzai wanted him credibility to attempts to revive discussed. It should be very soon to go to Afghanistan, but we feel peace talks. ... I think within this month,” that if they are to play a positive “We monitor their movements Sartaj Aziz, Pakistani Prime role in the reconciliation process and watch where they go,” he said. Minister Nawaz Sharif’s adviser then they must do it according to “We have to allow these released on foreign affairs, said. what their own Shura (Council), detainees to establish contact Baradar’s fate is at the heart of their own leadership, wants them with their Shura and then decide Afghanistan’s efforts to kick start to do,” he said. where to go.” the stalled peace process and push “That they can’t do unless Pakistan is key to the fate of Pakistan to hand over important they are released. ... I think he US and Afghan efforts to bring Taliban captives who could pro- (Karzai) accepted this point that stability to Afghanistan, a chal- vide leverage in the negotiations. they should play a constructive lenge gaining urgency as the end Aziz said, however, that role in the peace process.” of the US combat mission in 2014 Baradar would not be handed Aziz’s remarks followed draws closer. But its long-running over to Afghanistan directly as last month’s trip by Karzai to refusal to hand over Baradar to some in Kabul had hoped, and Pakistan, where he sought the Afghanistan has been one of the would instead be released straight handover of some Afghan insur- biggest obstacles to peace talks, into Pakistan. gents as part of the stalled peace as mutual suspicions continue to The Afghan government process. hamper efforts to tackle militancy believes Baradar is more open On Saturday, Pakistan freed a in one of the world’s most explo- to dialogue than many of his group of Taliban in an attempt sive regions. REUTERS Children carry home coal from a brick factory on the outskirts of Jalalabad yesterday. Some nine million Afghans or 36 percent of the population are living in “absolute poverty” while another 37 percent live barely above the poverty line, according to a UN report.

Main Pakistan Afghanistan needs more policewomen: Oxfam parties back KABUL: Women make up only Women who join the police face investigating crimes or carrying “Many women are not inter- Afghan forces are formally Taliban talks one percent of Afghanistan’s huge challenges, both inside and out arrests, it added. “We are ested because it is a difficult task. responsible for security across police force and as a result outside the force, such as violence, not treated the same as the men. We are involved in fighting ter- the country, marking a major ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s women are reluctant to seek sexual harassment and lack of Even when we are at the same rorism from day to day,” Sediqqi milestone as United States-led main political parties are justice for rising levels of vio- equal treatment to their male rank as the men, it is us that the said. combat troops prepare to with- unanimous in their support lence, international aid agency colleagues, it said. commander asks to make tea or “There are some social barri- draw after 12 years of fighting for peace talks with Taliban Oxfam said yesterday. “Policewomen often lack basic do typing,” a female officer was ers there too. The public is still the Taliban. who have welcomed the ini- There is an average of one items, such as uniforms, which quoted as saying. not ready to accept that women Afghanistan’s 350,000-strong tiative. Representatives from female police officer for every male colleagues receive. Many find Interior Ministry spokesman should join the police,” he said. security forces, which include parties on Monday took part 10,000 women in Afghanistan, themselves performing menial Sediq Sediqqi admitted that there He said around 2,200 women around 157,000 police, are suffer- in an All Parties Conference where reports of violence against tasks (such as making tea),” the were problems involving women serve in Afghanistan’s national ing a steep rise in attacks as the and told the federal govern- women rose by 25 percent in report said. in the force, but said that the gov- police force, but that the govern- Nato mission winds down, with ment to “initiate dialogue” 2011-2012, Oxfam said in a Many receive little or no train- ernment was determined to fight ment plans to double the number police and army casualties said to with militants to put an end report, adding the country needs ing and are rarely able to engage them and recruit more female by 2014, before landmark presi- have increased by 15-20 percent to attacks that have killed more policewomen. in core police functions such as officers. dential elections in April. since 2011. AFP thousands of people in the country since 2007. They have reposed confidence in Prime 17 die in van accident Minister Nawaz Sharif to begin talks. More dengue Ghazni bomb kills cases in Lahore ISLAMABAD: Eight more seven civilians dengue viral fever cases have been reported in Lahore, tak- GHAZNI: A roadside bomb killed and 17 wounded,” Assadullah ing the number of patients to ripped through a passenger Safi, deputy provincial police chief, 97. Health officials warned bus, killing seven civilians and said. Baz Mohammad Emat, the of rapid outbreak, especially wounding more than a dozen director of Ghazni central hospi- when the weather changes others in southern Afghanistan tal, said that some of the wounded from hot to cold. They said yesterday, officials said. Three people were in a critical condition. hospitals are ready to cope children and one woman were There was no claim of respon- with the crisis, urging citi- among the dead, police said. sibility for the attack, but the zens to take precautions. The bus was going from the Afghan interior ministry blamed Resurgence of the virus in main southern city of Kandahar the Taliban, Tens of thousands of Punjab region is linked to to capital Kabul when it hit the civilians have been killed both by heavy rainfall and accumula- bomb in Muqur district of Ghazni insurgents and Nato and Afghan tion of water in many areas province, a flashpoint in a 12-year forces since the Taliban launched over the past few weeks. In Taliban insurgency. an insurgency in 2001 after being 2011, around 21,000 dengue “Seven civilians, including three deposed in a US-led invasion. cases were reported, includ- People inspect the wreckage of a passenger van which met with an accident in Chiniot, Pakistan, yesterday. At children and one woman, were AFP ing 300 deaths in Lahore. least 17 passengers were killed when a truck ploughed into the van, police said. Islamabad eyes Malaysia model ADB to invest $245m in Two held over Indian writer’s killing ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to replicate the Malaysian government’s ‘Big Pakistan’s power sector KHOST: Afghan police have other accomplices,” Zadran said. Kabul, and elsewhere. Banerjee, Fast Results’ (BFR) method- detained two insurgents sus- “They said they killed her 49, from Kolkata, moved to ology for the preparation and pected of killing an Indian because she defamed the Taliban Afghanistan in 1989 after marry- implementation of next five- ISLAMABAD: The Asian the distribution system’s perform- author who they accused of in her writing and set up an inter- ing Afghan businessman Jaanbaz year plan (2013-18) and the Development Bank (ADB) and ance. This is critical to increase spying, a provincial police chief net connection in her home to spy Khan. She converted to Islam Perspective Plan 2025. Senator the Government of Pakistan the overall energy efficiency and said yesterday. for India,” Zadran added. and changed her name to Sayed Idris Jala, Minister in the yesterday signed an agreement bridge the widening energy gap Sushmita Banerjee, whose story The Afghan Taliban denied Kamala. She opened a dispensary Malaysian Prime Minister’s to invest $245m in the country’s in Pakistan.” was told in the movie “Escape involvement but Zadran said the providing medicine, but her life Office, arrived in Pakistan power distribution system, a “The success of the programme from Taliban”, was pulled from her two detained men identified them- changed in 1993, when the Taliban yesterday at the invitation of statement said. depends on effective and timely home by gunmen in the eastern selves as members of a militant emerged in southern Afghanistan the Minister for Planning and The agreement was signed completion of the power distribu- province of Paktika on Wednesday faction allied with the Taliban after years of war. Development, Ahsan Iqbal, by Secretary Economic Affairs tion enhancement projects,” said last week and shot dead. called the Haqqani network. Branded a woman of poor mor- to share the BFR methodol- Division Nargis Sethi and Dr Sethi. Paktika provincial police The Haqqanis, an ethnic als, she was forced to close her ogy with government leaders Werner E Liepach, ADB’s country “The project will add trans- chief Dawlat Khan Zadran said Pashtun group with strongholds dispensary and whipped for refus- and planners for economic director for Pakistan. “The invest- former capacity of 1,881 MVA, two insurgents were detained in southeastern Afghanistan and ing to wear a burqa, she said in transformation programme. ment will help upgrade Pakistan’s new transmission lines of 791 km while planting a roadside bomb across the border in Pakistan, her book. She fled to Pakistan The much-acclaimed BFR ageing power distribution infra- and upgrade the existing trans- and their features matched the are seen by the government but was brought back by her methodology is being imple- structure, thus allowing power to mission lines of 399 km, which description of the killers given by and Western force as the most husband’s family and kept under mented in Malaysia under the reach consumers,” said Liepach. will bring stability to the dis- Banerjee’s Afghan husband. experienced militant fighters in house arrest. According to her performance management and “The power projects, to be com- tribution network,” said Adnan “During the interrogation, one Afghanistan. They have been held book, she escaped in 1994 by tun- delivery unit. pleted by June 2016, will augment Tareen, of them confessed to killing the responsible for some of the most nelling a hole through a mud wall. AGENCIES the power network and improve INTERNEWS Indian author but said he had serious attacks in the capital, REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Muzaffarnagar calm; Bird and beast police arrests 975 Death toll from communal riots touches 35

LUCKNOW: No untoward be taken against people who seriously injured from the Prime incident was reported from take law in their hands and try Minister’s National Relief Fund. Muzaffarnagar yesterday as to vitiate the atmosphere in the The Bharatiya Janata Party 975 people were arrested for state. (BJP) yesterday reiterated their “direct or indirect” role Religious leaders from across its demand for imposition of in the communal violence that the country yesterday also President’s rule in the state, has left 35 dead. appealed to the people to main- saying the state government Officials said the situation tain calm and restrain from has failed to provide secu- was tense but under control. getting swayed by feelings of rity to people in the clash-hit Curfew was relaxed for an revenge. Muzaffarnagar district. hour to allow people to shop “We appeal to the people to “People are not feeling safe in for essential items. The district stay calm and restrain from the state. The president must administration cancelled 1,820 getting swayed by feelings of immediately dismiss the state arm licences. revenge. Do not get carried government as it is incapable Meanwhile, motorbike-borne away by rumours,” the leaders of providing security to peo- assailants shot at a fruit ven- led by Art of Living founder ple,” said former BJP president dor in neighbouring Saharanpur. Ravi Shankar said in a state- Nitin Gadkari. His condition was stated to be ment here. Schools continued to be closed stable, an official told IANS. Others who made the appeal for the second consecutive day The National Security Act are Chidanand Saraswati, yesterday. was slapped on five people in spiritual head of Parmarth The state home depart- Baghpat and Saharanpur, Home Niketan ashram at Rishikesh in ment has clamped a ban on all Department officials informed. Uttarakhand, and Umer Ahmed forms of mass gatherings like The state government yes- Ilyasi, chief imam of India. “mahapanchayat” in the entire A one-horned rhino named Baghekhaity stands next to its 10-day-old calf at a zoo in Guwahati, Assam, yesterday. terday removed the station Samajwadi Party supremo state. The calf was born on September 1 under the conservation breeding programme for one-horned rhinos in the state. house officers of Meerapur Mulayam Singh Yadav blamed Violence began when some and Bharkhala for being cal- communal forces for the riots people pelted stones at a bus lous and unable to control the and added it had now taken a carrying people to a “mahapan- rioting. Home secretary Kamal casteist colour. chayat” where elders of two reli- Saxena, however, clarified that “That is the reason it has gious groups were meeting to rioting had not led to any death spread to the rural areas,” sort out the simmering tension GJM suspends agitation for talks in Shamli. He added the killing he said. between them ever since three of a man there Monday was out He expressed satisfaction at youth were killed on August DARJEELING: The GJM- a prerequisite for tripartite talks August 3. The Banerjee government of animosity. the response and the follow-up 27 in an incident of stalking led Gorkhaland Joint Action on the statehood issue. The condi- has adopted a tough posture and The maximum deaths (32) acts of the Akhilesh Yadav gov- of a girl. Committee (GJAC) yesterday tion set is that the talks should be arrested hundreds of GJM support- have occurred in Muzaffarnagar. ernment in the state. “Within Security was beefed up on decided to put on hold its sepa- held by October 20,” said Gurung ers and leaders. The government While 67 persons have been two days, the riots have been trains bound for western Uttar ratist movement in West Bengal’s in a Facebook post. Criticising the earlier accused the central govern- injured there, six have been contained and order restored,” Pradesh and others crossing the Darjeeling hills till October 20. Mamata Banerjee-led state govern- ment of “adding fuel to fire” follow- admitted to hospitals with inju- he said. region after some people hurled Announcing the decision, Gorkha ment for its “hostile and confronta- ing Shinde’s meet with the Gorkha ries in Saharanpur and seven in Prime Minister Manmohan stones at trains in Shamli on Janmukti Morcha chief Bimal tionist attitude”, Gurung however leaders. Baghpat. Singh yesterday announced Monday evening. Gurung said the agitation was sus- said he was expecting coopera- The Gorkha outfit, which has Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh compensation of Rs200,000 to Director General of pended to facilitate tripartite talks tion from the Trinamool Congress been carrying out its agitation Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav the kin of each of those killed in Government Railway Police on the Gorkhaland issue assured by regime for the tripartite dialogue. under different nomenclatures appealed for calm and said law- the communal clashes. He also Rizwan Ahmad said the forces central government. Following a meeting with a GJM following a court declaring the lessness would not be tolerated expressed deep anguish over the were on alert and additional “The GJAC today decided to put delegation earlier this month, shutdown in hills as “illegal”, said under any condition. loss of lives. deployment was being done on on hold our agitation for a separate Shinde had assured convening of it would organise a sit-in demon- Talking to reporters after Apart from relief to the kin trains that pass through the state till Oct 20th. This is in defer- tripartite talks provided the Gorkha stration in Darjeeling, Kalimpong a cabinet meeting, Yadav told of those killed, Rs50,000 has violence-ravaged areas. ence to the appeal by union Home outfit withdrew its agitation which and Kurseong from Septmeber 13 reporters stringent action would been sanctioned to each of the IANS Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as has paralysed life in Darjeeling since in traditional attire. IANS

Khurshid may CBI frames charges meet top Pakistan against Srinivasan foreign official NEW DELHI: External NEW DELHI/ killed in a helicopter crash in 2009. Affairs Minister Salman HYDERABAD: The CBI yes- The CBI filed the chargesheets Khurshid is likely to meet terday charge-sheeted self- in the special court, naming 25 Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime exiled Indian cricket board accused and charging them under Minister Nawaz Sharif’s president Narayanaswamy various sections of Indian Penal foreign policy adviser, in Srinivasan in a corruption case Code. Kyrgyzstan on Friday, said involving YSR Congress party The chargesheets relate to informed sources here. chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy but India Cements, Penna Cements Khurshid is to pay an official he immediately hit back, saying and Bharati Cements, the three visit to the Kyrgyz Republic to this had nothing to do with him companies which allegedly made attend a Shanghai Cooperation as a sports administrator. quid-pro-quo investments in Organization (SCO) Council In the charge-sheet relating Jaganmohan Reddy’s business. of Heads of State Summit on to India Cements, CBI named Srinivasan’s company also owns Friday. During September Srinivasan, its managing direc- successful IPL franchise Chennai 12-15 he will be in Kyrgyzstan tor, as the accused number three. Super Kings whose team princi- and Uzbekistan. “Don’t mix the business pal and his son-in-law Gurunath While informed sources said chargesheet with my cricket,” Meiyappanis is currently out on Khurshid and Aziz would be was Srinivasan’s terse reply when bail in the IPL betting scandal. meeting on the sidelines of the IANS asked whether the develop- Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa SCO in Bishkek on Friday, Indian ment will in any way affect his is popularly known, figures as the External Affairs Ministry spokes- return from self-exile to head the accused number one in all three person Syed Akbaruddin declined Board of Control for Cricket in charge sheets while his financial to confirm it. India (BCCI) and get a third year advisor Vijay Sai Reddy is the The spokesperson said the in office. number two accused. Indian minister would be meet- The CBI, in its charge-sheet The investments by Srinivasan ing several leaders of partici- stated that India Cements alleg- were made into Bharati Cements pating countries of the regional edly invested Rs1.4bn in Jagan’s and Jagati Publications owned by organisation. businesses in return for the ben- Jagan in return for the benefits He said Khurshid would hold efits it received from the then India Cements received in the “informal conversations” with Andhra Pradesh government form of additional water allo- several leaders but there would that was headed by Jagan’s father, cation for its units in Andhra be “no full-fledged dialogue”. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who was Pradesh. IANS IANS

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Devotees carry idols of elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh for immersion at the Dadar Chowpatty beach on the second day of the ten-day long festival of Ganesh Chaturthi, in Mumbai, yesterday. WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Four guilty of Delhi gang rape Chorus for death sentence for culprits NEW DELHI: In a verdict awaited by the whole nation, a fast-track Delhi Court yesterday held guilty four accused in the barbaric gang rape of a 23-year-old trainee paramedic, describ- ing it as “premeditated” and “brutal” act. The judgement came nine months after the crime that shook India and triggered a wave of street protests, which forced the government to come out with a strong anti-rape law. Their sentences will be announced today, but the clamour for death for the accused reached a pitch with women activists and several politicians, including opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushma Swaraj, demanding death for the four men to “set an example for the future”. Delivering the judgment in a small but packed courtroom at District Court, Saket, Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna found the four men guilty under charges of gang rape, murder, attempt to murder the victim’s male friend, unnatu- ral offences, destruction of evidence and Youth demanding the death penalty for convicts outside the Saket Court complex in New dacoity among other offences. Delhi yesterday. The court said the facts made all of them liable for the “cold blooded murder” was committed, were present in the court The manner in which a rod was used of the “defenceless victim”. when the verdict was pronounced. and injury on the body of the victim was “She was gang-raped by six persons After hearing the verdict, Vinay inflicted ruled out the possibility that the one by one and...iron rod and hands were Sharma cried while Mukesh’s parents accused brought the rod “to overpower inserted into the abdominal cavity...(and sobbed inconsolably. the victim”, who died of her grave injuries a) major part of her intestine was pulled The court said the convicts’ act of 13-days after the brutal attack. out from the body. This aspect shows the inserting rods into the body of the vic- “The victim died due to injuries severity of injuries caused to the victim,” tim was done “intentionally” to kill her. inflicted by the accused while committing the judge said. “The act of insertion of rods and pull- various offences with the victim inside He said the injuries on her person, ing out the internal organs after com- the moving bus on December 16, 2012. including “18 injuries” to her internal mitting the gang rape in no manner can Such injuries have been described by the organs, inflicted by the accused were be seen as acts done only to facilitate the doctors as dangerous, extremely bad for “dangerous” and “sufficient...to cause commission of gang rape,” the court said. definite repair, sufficient in the ordinary death”. The victim’s parents and brother The injuries were caused in a “bru- course to cause death,” the court said. also echoed the same sentiments. tal manner” and the death was also not While one of the six original accused “I want death sentence for all of them accidental, the court said in a judgment men was found dead in a cell in Delhi’s and only then will I be at peace,” the vic- which runs into 237 pages. Tihar jail, a juvenile involved in the crime tim’s mother said. Judge Khanna said the nature of the was on August 31 sent by the Juvenile The four accused — Mukesh, Pawan convicts’ acts suggested that none of these Justice Board to a reform home for three People ride past an anti-rape sign on a pavement in New Delhi yesterday. Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay were impulsive but “clearly establishes years after it concluded that he was Thakur — held in jail since the crime the acts as being premeditated”. involved in the rape and murder. IANS Last words of the victim

NEW DELHI: Her cries for Life of Pi from Select City mall my friend. help went unheeded as the six in Saket. We took an auto from “Six of them raped me by turns. people, including a juvenile, there and reached Munirka. While one of them shoved the rod tortured her for an hour, took Here we saw a white coloured inside, another one used his hand turns to rape her, bit her, hit bus. The conductor of the bus to tear my organs out. her with an iron rod, shoved it was announcing that the bus was “The torture continued for one inside her and even used hands going to Palam and Dwarka. As I hour in the moving bus. They took to tear her inner organs out, the had to go to that side, my friend turns driving the bus and rap- gang rape victim said in her last and I boarded the bus. We paid ing me. “From their appearance testimony. Rs20 as the fare. they looked like drivers and their In her four-page statement “When I entered the bus, I helpers. I was losing conscious- in Hindi to the magistrate five saw six to seven people sitting. I ness, but they hit me repeatedly days after the barbaric attack on thought they are all passengers. to wake me up. her, the 23-year-old paramedical I sat in the front seat. The bus “My friend tried to save me. trainee, who was admitted to a had yellow curtains and red seats. But he was also badly beaten up city hospital in a critical condi- The windows were closed and had with the rod. He also lost con- tion, pleaded with the authorities tinted glass panes. I could see sciousness. They then stripped to “burn them alive”. from inside, but no one could see us and believing that we are The statement is available with from outside. dead, threw us out of the mov- IANS and forms part of the 1,000- “After settling in, I looked again ing bus. page charge sheet submitted by at my co-passengers and got little “We were both without clothes the police to the court. suspicious. But by that time, I had on the street. A passer-by called The charge sheet also has a already paid the money and the the police. handwritten statement of the vic- bus had started moving. “They should be hanged so that tim, which has barely 20 words “Five minutes after boarding such an incident does not hap- scrawled by her in her semi-con- the bus, the conductor closed the pen with another woman. They scious state. It was written on gates and switched off the lights. should be burned alive,” the young December 25. The girl mentions One of the persons then came to woman, who died on December the rod used against her in the my friend and started swearing 29 at a hospital in Singapore note. at him. where she was flown by the gov- IANS has reproduced the last “While three-four men held ernment after a national outcry words of the woman who died 13 him, the rest dragged me to the and massive protests, said in the days after her gang rape — minus back seat of the bus. They tore off statement. some of the graphic and numb- my clothes and then took turns to The answer was to the magis- ing details that she revealed to a rape me. They hit me with the rod trate’s question on what punish- A P Singh (centre), defence lawyer for one of the four accused found guilty of the fatal gang-rape of a young woman magistrate of Delhi. and bit me. “Before this, they had ments the accused deserved from woman on a bus in New Delhi, speaks with the media after the verdict in New Delhi yesterday. “I was returning after watching snatched the wallet and mobile of the court. IANS CPM moves governor over leader’s killing Kerala planning to

KOLKATA: The Communist the administration to take con- elected members elected the CPI-M activists staged a dem- Party of India-Marxist yester- trol of the panchyat samiti. This office-bearers. With his killing, onstration, refused to hand over destroy 8,000kg ivory day demanded the intervention is another low in Bengal politics. there is now a tie between the the body to police, put up a block- of West Bengal Governor M K This is no isolated incident. This Trinamool and the CPI-M in the ade and dug roads in the area on KOCHI: The chief wildlife the ‘eighties, when the ban was Narayanan to nab the culprits may happen elsewhere. panchayat samiti. Monday night. warden of Kerala has sought enforced,” he said. responsible for the murder of its “So we asked the governor’s Rubbishing the CPI-M alle- District CPI-M secretary and permission from the state gov- However, even though for tech- leader Jahangir Alam allegedly intervention to prevent any gation, Banerjee said: “Death is former minister Gautam Deb ernment to destroy around nical reasons the ivory has been by Trinamool Congress-backed recurrence,” said CPI-M leader death, whether it be of some- had announced that Alam’s body 8,000 kg of elephant tusks in declared a “zero value product”, in assailants. and former state finance minister one in CPI-M or someone from would be taken to the state secre- possession of the forest depart- the international black market its But Chief Minister Mamata Asim Dasgupta after submitting TMC. But why should the TMC tariat, Writers’ Buildings, but the ment since the 1980s. estimated price runs into millions Banerjee dismissed the allega- the memorandum. be blamed if someone dies in administration refused. V Gopinathan has written a of dollars. tion, pointing fingers at CPI-M’s Alam, president of the an internal fight? That is not The CPI-M yesterday called letter to the state government “Giving you an approximate internal feuds. Hasnabad Panchayat Samiti (the proper.” a 12-hour shutdown at Barasat, for permission. value of the ivory is not permitted Apprehending that the ruling middle tier of the three-rung “Shak diye mach dhaka jai na headquarters of the district, and According to international because it is against the law. As party might indulge in “more panchayat system in the state) (You cannot suppress truth with held a meeting in the heart of and Indian laws and the Wildlife far as we are concerned, we have such killings” to take control of in North 24 Parganas district untruth),” Banerjee said, address- the metropolis condemning the Protection Act, use of ivory sought the government’s permis- panchayat bodies in the state, was shot dead from point blank ing a rally in Barasat of North killing. in whatever form is banned, sion to destroy it.” a CPI-M delegation requested range on Monday night close to 24-Parganas district. “He was murdered by the Gopinathan told IANS. “Maybe, we can hand a bit of Narayanan to take up the matter his home in the district. “The law will run its course,” Trinamool to snatch control of “As far as we are concerned, what we have to the museums, with the administration to pre- A popular leader, Alam had she said, calling upon the opposi- the Panchayat Samiiti and with what we have is a ‘zero value prod- but there is a limit to that and vent recurrence of such incidents. become the aabhadhipati (presi- tion to help in maintaining law an eye on the coming Lok Sabha uct’. A huge amount of resources even after that there will be lot “It is a conspiracy hatched by dent) of Hasnabad panchayat and order. elections,” said Deb. are being used to guard this quan- left,” he said. the Trinamool in collusion with Samiti by one vote when the But angry over the murder, IANS tity that is in our possession since IANS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME First black News in Numbers ICT Penetration African woman and UsageCHART: 1 13 Fajr (Dawn) 4:01 nominated for Shorook (Sunrise) 5:18 Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 Booker Prize Asr (Afternoon) 2:59 LONDON: Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Maghrib (Sunset) 5:44 Bulawayo yesterday became the Isha (Night) 7:14 first black African woman to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for her tale of a 10-year- old girl who escapes poverty at WEATHER home only to find new problems in the United States. Bulawayo was nominated for Today Thursday Weather Friday Conditions: her novel We Need New Names, Clear Clear Clear which follows the girl’s decision to Misty at first places leave a shanty town in Zimbabwe Penetration of Devices among Qatari Youth, becoming hazy. and move to live with an aunt in the US. The author, whose real Compared with Overall Qatari Population High: 38° High: 37° High: 36° name is Elizabeth Zandile Tshele, Low: 31° Low: 30° Low: 30° is also the first Zimbabwean to be shortlisted for the prestig- ious prize. She will be the fourth The majority of young Qataris between the ages of 15 and 24 African winner if she triumphs do not see any barriers to ICT use, and they are particularly DOHA - SUN & SEA on October 15. White South African J M enthusiastic adopters of the most cutting-edge technologies, SUN TIDE SEA Coetzee won in 1983 and 1999, SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND while another South African including smartphones and tablet computers. They are also avid writer, Nadine Gordimer, was 05:21 17:39 09:00 & 20:00 02:00 & 15:15 05-12/15 KT joint winner for her novel The Internet users who employ this variety of devices to log on to surf Conservationist in 1974. Nigerian- THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW born Ben Okri won for his third the web for information, to download music and movies, and also HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER novel The Famished Road in 1991. Irish writer Colm Toibin and to social network which they do far more than all other age groups. MUSCAT 31/26 Clear 30/26 Clear British author Jim Crace were KUWAIT 44/32 Clear 42/29 Clear among the better-known nomi- nees on the six-book shortlist for BAHRAIN 42/27 Clear 40/26 Clear the 2013 prize. Crace, who was also Computers 97% SANAA 27/14 Partly cloudy 27/15 Partly cloudy shortlisted in 1997, hopes to win (all types) 76% RIYADH 43/29 Clear 43/29 Partly cloudy with Harvest, about a village under DUBAI 39/30 Clear 39/31 Clear mortal threat from outsiders. Laptops 88% BAGHDAD 39/23 Clear 39/24 Clear Toibin tells the story of a 68% woman trying to piece together THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW the events that led to the death of Desktop 41% Computers 33% HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER her son in The Testament of Mary. Jhumpa Lahiri is nominated ATHENS 30/25 Clear 31/24 Clear for The Lowland, about two broth- Tablet 44% 20% WASHINGTON 33/26 Partly cloudy 35/19 Partly cloudy ers growing up in Kolkata, while Computers American-Japanese author Ruth SYDNEY 27/10 Mostly cloudy 27/13 Partly cloudy 95% LONDON 18/14 Rain 20/16 Partly cloudy Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being is Smartphones a sweep through the history of a 66% PARIS 19/14 Chance of rain 19/13 Chance of rain Japanese family. Eleanor Catton, ISTANBUL 26/18 Clear 26/20 Clear the youngest nominee at 28, was   MANILA 32/25 T-storm 32/26 Chance of storm chosen for The Luminaries, about Qatari Youth Qatari Total Population DHAKA 31/26 T-storm 33/26 Chance of storm the gold rush in 1860s New Zealand. DELHI 35/27 Partly cloudy 37/28 Partly cloudy AFP Source : Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology ISLAMABAD 32/23 T-storm 33/22 Chance of storm

‘Forest boy’ found Honouring Superman Space cadets line up after 16 years in wilderness

MOSCOW: Russian authorities for one-way Mars trip have found a young man living alone in a Siberian forest after WASHINGTON: More than among other countries, it said. have a lasting colony,” said ‘t Hooft having apparently spent most of 200,000 people from 140 coun- By 2015, Mars One expects in New York in April. “This expan- his life living there in a hut with tries have applied to go to Mars put up to 10 four-member teams sion will not be easy. How soon that his parents, officials said. and never return, the group through intensive training, with will be accomplished is anyone’s Locals near the town of behind an ambitious venture the first of those teams reaching guess.” Space agencies including Belokurikha found the man, who to colonize the inhospitable red to Mars in 2023 on a high-risk Nasa have expressed scepticism told the local prosecutor that he planet said on Monday. journey that would take seven about the viability of Lansdorp’s was born in 1993 and had lived Bas Lansdorp, a Dutch engi- months to complete. plan, saying the technology to in the forest since 1997, when his neer and entrepreneur, plans to If they survive the trip, the establish a human colony on Mars family decided to leave society. establish a permanent base on human Martians will have to deal does not exist. But his parents left him alone Mars in a mission he hopes will with minus 55 degrees C (minus Mars One says on its website in the hut in May before he finally take off in 2022 if he can find the 67 F) temperatures in a desert- that the mission is a decade-long went to a nearby village to ask for necessary $6bn. like atmosphere that consists endeavour, with funding intended help when the summer ended, the One in four of the 202,586 mainly of carbon dioxide. to come from the global audience of authorities said. applicants for the one-way trip They’ll also have to consent to an interactive, televised broadcast The local prosecutor’s office, are Americans, said Mars One, being observed back on Earth full- of every aspect of the mission. alarmed that the man may have the non-profit group which initi- time as stars of a reality TV show So far, there have only been to spend the Siberian winter in ated its hunt for “would-be Mars that would help cover expenses. unmanned missions to Mars a forest by himself, appealed in settlers” in April. The project has the support of undertaken by Nasa, which has court to have his identification There are also hopefuls from Gerard ‘t Hooft, the Dutch joint signaled its intent to send astro- documents reestablished so that India (10 percent), China (six winner of the Nobel prize for phys- nauts there within 20 years. he can seek state support, pros- percent) and Brazil (five percent), ics in 1999. “The long term aim is to AFP ecutor Roman Fomin said. He said that the man’s fam- ily went to live in the wild as a The Royal Canadian Mint in Toronto, Ontario, released seven new coins Exhibition conscious decision. The Russian to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the world’s most celebrated media are calling him “forest boy” Super Hero, Superman. The mint said it would be issuing the collector’s or the “Siberian Mowgli,” after items — ranging in face value from 50 cents to $75 — in gold, silver the main character in Rudyard and cupro-nickel. Only 2,000 coins of this type will be up for grabs. Kipling’s The Jungle Book. AFP Superman, who first appeared in 1938, was co-created by Canadian Joe Shuster and US collaborator Jerry Siegel. Lance Armstrong’s lies revealed in film TORONTO: A film about Lance Armstrong’s admitted to Oprah Winfrey in a television interview cycling comeback, shot in 2009 but shelved that he had used performance-enhancing drugs. when his doping denials began to unravel, had It was a devastating and public mea culpa for his its own revival on Monday, offering fresh per- fans and the cycling world, but his confession was spective on his lies. also decried by critics for barely scratching the sur- Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney face of one of the most shocking scandals in sports was granted unprecedented access to Armstrong history. Gibney’s documentary, The Armstrong Lie, and his entourage for an entirely different sort of looks to set that right. “In this film, you see a por- film, prior to the cyclist’s fall from grace. trait of an elaborate lie... and you see the mechanism By the time the planned film was finished in 2010 of it, you see the anatomy of a lie,” he said. it was “no longer relevant”, Gibney said, in a turn “Particularly in film, when someone is lying to of events that may have been fortuitous. you... looking at the faces, looking at the way people Taking a fresh look at the footage late last year, talk, looking at the way all of this was reckoned Gibney and producer Frank Marshall recognised that with, it has a power... and (this film) goes in after they had captured the incredible truth that had been the noise to be able to look at the quieter moments “hiding in plain sight”, he said. “We realised that we to see what we might have missed. had all of this stuff that we didn’t know was so impor- “One of the interesting things about the 2009 tant then, but was now important,” said Marshall. comeback was that Lance’s team and his group in A gallery worker poses with a painted portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani advocate for girls The film, minus Matt Damon who narrated the all of their arrogance figured that there was noth- education who was shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, by Jonathan Yeo at the National Portrait Gallery original film but was cut in the rejig, premiered at ing to be discovered and so they gave me access to in central London yesterday. The portrait will be unveiled to the public alongside a selection of other works by the Toronto film festival. After years of denials, certain people who’d almost not talked to anybody, the artist as part of the “Jonathan Yeo Portraits” exhibition, running from today until January 5, 2014. Armstrong, a cancer survivor who won seven Tour like the famous Dr. Michele Ferrari who became de France titles, finally cracked in January 2013 and known as Lance’s doping doctor,” he added. AFP Wednesday 11 September 2013 5 Dhul-qa’da 1434 Volume 18 Number 5819 Price: QR2

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NEW YORK: Oil prices slid more than $2 a barrel yester- 18pc: QCB day as Syria accepted a Russian proposal to give up its chemi- cal weapons, making investors less nervous about the potential Meed Qatar Banking Summit begins for US military strikes against Damascus. DOHA: The total assets of Central Bank. The laws basically Brent tumbled toward its larg- commercial banks operating in restructured the framework of est two-day drop since June after Qatar increased by 18 percent the work of the financial sector Russia said it was working with to QR875bn in the first half of in the country. Syria on an “effective, clear, con- 2013. The total assets of the The new laws were an impor- crete” plan to put Syria’s chemi- banks were QR400bn at the end tant step towards regulating cal weapons under international of 2008, Qatar Central Bank financial services and enhanc- control. (QCB) Governor H E Sheikh ing financial stability. The law The potential diplomatic Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani also set a framework for coop- breakthrough put the brakes on revealed yesterday. eration between Qatar Central a planned vote in the US Congress Opening the two-day “Meed Bank, Qatar Financial Markets on the authorisation of military Qatar Banking Summit 2013”, the Authority and Qatar Financial The Minister of Energy and Industry, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with the delegates during the LNG force as lawmakers and the Governor noted the deposits have Center Authority. Producer-Consumer Conference in Tokyo. administration sought more time also increased by 41 percent. “The Sheikh Abdullah added that the to assess Russia’s proposal to put total of deposits reached QR535bn, laws were a healthy update on the Syria’s chemical weapons under compared to QR212bn in 2008. regulatory framework that gov- Gas prices to remain regionalised, international control. Simultaneously, credit facility has erned the financial sector in Qatar “The market is in the proc- increased by 15 percent,” he noted. and would elevate the State’s status ess of removing the risk The Governor added that polit- as an international financial hub. premium that Syria attrib- ical and economic stability, as well The regulatory role of Qatar Al Sada tells Tokyo conference uted to it,” said Andy Lebow, as the flexibility of the banking Financial Markets Authority aims Vice-President at Jefferies Bache in sector, help Qatar pursue its goal to protect investors and the sta- DOHA: The Minister of imports jumped 23 percent in thanks to new production facili- New York. “The market’s assessing of developing based on Qatar bility of the market. The author- Energy and Industry, H E Dr 2012, as many utilities across the ties in Australia and North less of a probability of any military 2030 vision and Qatar National ity also regulates the activity of Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, continent shut down their mod- America. However, he said that action, given the diplomacy.” Development Strategy 2011-2016, listed companies through each said “gas prices will remain ern gas-fired plants and began “such additions may not be Brent for October delivery fell despite global economic instabil- company’s disclosure statements. regionalised for the foresee- burning cheaper coal instead. enough to meet the increasing $2.86 to $110.86 per barrel by ity. The GDP in 2012 stood at 12.2 The summit will focus on meet- able future” and added that the This does not reflect very well on appetite of new emerging mar- 1.20pm EDT (1720 GMT) after percent, more than QR700bn. ing the needs of the banking and global gas market will continue Europe’s declared strategic prior- kets including the Middle East sliding more than $3 to a session Qatar brought in two very financial sector in addition to to be divided into three main ities vis-a-vis climate change, and and South America, along with low of $110.59, its weakest level important laws in 2012; the first placing a road map for the sec- regions with persisting dis- the reduction of CO2 and other the expected growth in global since August 26. was law no. 8 of 2012 on Qatar tor, which would help Qatar to crepancies in pricing, market harmful gas emissions,” he said. consumption by recovering tra- US. crude fell $2.66 to $106.86 Financial Markets Authority. put in place the necessary infra- outlook, and structure, despite Dr Al Sada said Asia was the ditional economies.” after also losing more than $3 to The second is Law No. 13 regu- structure for the 2022 World Cup. Asian consumer efforts to driving force behind most of The Minister said producers hit a session low of $106.39. lating the functioning of Qatar THE PENINSULA change the pricing structure. the growth in the global energy and consumers have a shared Investors also were encouraged The Minister was giving a demand. “Thanks to a robust responsibility to foster confi- that oil exports from Lybia may keynote speech at the opening economic growth and increasing dence in the future of LNG, and pick up soon. On Monday, the of the LNG Producer-Consumer populations, Asian economies are to encourage the establishment head of the Libyan government Conference in Tokyo. not just demanding more energy, of an efficient and stable market energy committee said a group Dr Al Sada presented a com- but also cleaner and more flexible environment, an environment tasked with resolving that coun- prehensive overview of the three energy,” he added. where producers can confidently try’s oil paralysis will brief General regions and the developments “In 2012, Asia imported an invest in developing capital inten- National Congress with proposals that have characterised them. additional 15.6 million tonnes of sive resources and where consum- on how to end the confrontation. He noted the American market’s LNG, representing a 10 percent ers can commit to provide a stable The recent slide in oil prices shift from coal to shale gas in increase over 2011. Japan alone and viable demand. has eroded gains made on worries power generation, driving both was responsible for over 50 per- “Japan is Qatar’s largest trad- that a possible US-led military prices and CO2 emissions down. cent of Asian LNG consumption ing partner, with a total trade strike against Syria might disrupt “Ironically, while natural gas growth, but that is mostly due volume exceeding $37bn in 2012. oil supplies from the Middle East. led the US to record the world’s to the shutdown of its nuclear Qatar is Japan’s second larg- Late last month, Brent climbed to largest decline in coal consump- reactors.” est LNG supplier and is Japan’s six-month peaks above $117 and tion, excess American coal pro- Dr Al Sada noted the next third largest crude oil supplier”, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) duction was finding its way five years will see some growth the minister said. hit a 28-month high of $112.24. QCB Governor H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani addressing the summit. across the Atlantic. Europe’s coal in the global LNG supply picture, THE PENINSULA REUTERS

Greece says on track to hit Doha International Oil and Gas Exhibition from October 7 DOHA: Qatar Expo Event local and international sale of EU-IMF targets Management, the organiser crude oil, natural gas and gas liq- of Qatar’s largest oil and gas uids, refined products, synthetic ATHENS: Greece said yester- event, has announced to host fuels, petrochemicals, fuel addi- day its budget was in surplus, not the 8th Doha International Oil tives, fertilizers, liquefied natural counting interest payments, and and Gas Exhibition (DIOGE) gas (LNG), steel and aluminium. that it was on course to hit fiscal from October 7-10. An affiliate of the world’s larg- targets and fulfil conditions to The four-day exhibition will be est publicly traded oil and natural seek additional debt relief from held under the patronage of the gas company, ExxonMobil Qatar its international lenders. Minister of Energy & Industry Inc signed on as a diamond spon- The central government had a and Chairman of Qatar Petroleum sor of the event. primary budget surplus of ¤2.92bn H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al “ExxonMobil is pleased to part- ($3.87bn) between January and Sada at Doha Exhibition Centre. ner with the Doha International August, the finance ministry said. The event is expected to be Oil and Gas Exhibition this It compares with an interim the Gulf’s premier and influen- year,” said Saleh Al Mana, Vice- target for a deficit of ¤2.5bn in tial oil and gas exhibition covering President of Public & Government the period, it said. 10,000sqm space. It will feature Affairs for ExxonMobil Qatar Inc. Reaching a primary surplus participants from 20 countries “This exhibition offers immense this year is the main goal of the including Kenya, Brazil, Canada, opportunities, and our decision to debt-laden country’s government. France, Germany, Indonesia, support it stems from our com- Hitting that target would trigger KSA, UAE, Oman, US, Singapore, mitment to support Qatar across a clause in its international bail- Switzerland and Turkey and various fronts, particularly in F ROM LEFT: David Key of Renaissance Doha City Center Hotel, Stephen Kelly from Oxy Occident Petroleum out allowing Athens to seek addi- anticipating about 10,000 visitors advancing the public’s awareness Qatar, Saleh Al Mana of ExxonMobil Qatar, Abdul Rahman Al Obaidly from Qatar Petroleum, Abdulla Hashim of tional debt relief from its lenders. from local, regional and interna- of the role Qatar has assumed as RasGas and Hadi A Ali, of Qatar Expo, during a press conference yesterday. (ABDUL BASIT) The reading announced on tional oil and gas companies. the largest supplier of liquefied Tuesday, however, provides just Showing their intermina- natural gas.” has once again confirmed their and international media part- Alain Charles, Upstream, Easy an approximate indication of how ble support for DIOGE, Qatar RasGas has corroborated their collaboration for the exhibition ners that plays a significant role Finder, Gasworld, the Edge, Greece’s finances are shaping up. Petroleum (QP) confirmed their support for the 8th DIOGE as a as gold sponsor. in promoting and advertising this Media Network, Petrofinder, It is not directly compara- participation as the host and plat- diamond sponsor. The Renaissance Doha City outstanding event namely, The Petronoticias, Pegasus ble with its bailout targets as it inum sponsor. A subsidiary of NYSE Oxy, Center Hotel will endorse as the Oil & Gas Year, Spie Oil & Gas Consultancy ,TPG Publishing – excludes the budgets of local gov- The principal activities of QP, Occidental Petroleum of Qatar official hotel for DIOGE 2013. Year, Universal Solutions/ Gulf Qatar Magazine and Creative ernment and social security funds. its subsidiaries and joint ventures will support it as a gold and lan- The exhibition has also the Oil and Gas, Oil Gas Directory, Design. REUTERS are the exploration, production, yard sponsor, while, Shell Qatar support of reputable national Upstream, Worldoil, DMS Global, THE PENINSULA WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Indian delegation expects huge Qatar investment Business team meets Ministers

DOHA: Qatar has plans to Affairs, Ministry of Health and make huge investments in Ministry of Finance. India’s promising sectors, Singh said: “They (Qatari including, power, port, road, investors) are waiting for some agriculture, real estate and policy reforms in India which other infrastructure develop- were earlier promised by our ment projects, but due to some finance minister and industry “policy-related hurdles and minister during their recent visits bureaucracy” the decision is to the Gulf state.” temporarily on hold, a senior Singh was here as a member member of an Indian trade mis- of the 14-member multi sectoral sion said here on Monday after trade mission under the leader- meeting with senior govern- ship of K K M Kutty, Chairman, ment officials including repre- CII Gulf Committee, on a two-day sentatives from Qatar Holding visit to enhance bilateral trade company, an investment arm of ties. The delegates represented a Qatar’s sovereign funds. wide-range of sectors including “Our meetings with the Qatari healthcare, IT, infrastructure, businessmen and officials from energy and others. Qatar Holding were very encour- Speaking to The Peninsula Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora; K K M Kutty, Chairman, CII Gulf Committee; Azim Abbas, President, IBPN, along with other delegates and officials aging. Qatar is desperate to make on the sidelines of a dinner during a reception at Sheraton Doha Hotel. (KAMMUTTY VP) big investments in India, partic- hosted by the Indian Business & ularly in the infrastructure sec- Professional Network (IBPN) in company ‘why it should not be and members of the media, Kutty several guests and businessmen. and Qatar… and facilitating busi- tor,” said Gurpal Singh, Principal honour of the delegation, Singh treated as assessee in default said: “We had several meetings The volume of bilateral trade ness collaboration is on top of our Advisor and Head of the Middle candidly noted that after the for not withholding the Indian with senior government officials between Qatar and India has agenda,” added Arora. East and North Africa division ‘controversial Vodafone tax eva- Capital Gain Tax’. In that case from different sectors. And all grown from $1.2bn in 2005 to Arora said that during meet- at the Confederation of Indian sion case’ in India, foreign inves- the Bombay High Court held the meetings were positive. We $16bn in 2013, showing a mas- ings with the Qatari officials, he Industries (CII), one of the largest tors had become a little cautious Vodafone accountable for tax eva- discussed bilateral investment sive jump. However, the trade assured them that there was no and oldest industry bodies. and seeking policy reforms which sion, with a remark “the present opportunities in different sectors balance is in favour of Qatar as need to be panic for the depreciat- The visiting delegation had should be “balanced and more is a case of tax evasion and not including oil and downstream India imports a significant share ing Indian currency against dollar interactions with a host of dig- investment-friendly”. tax avoidance” which was subse- industries.” of its energy from Qatar. and other challenges as the macro nitaries from the Government In 2010, India’s Income-tax quently overruled by the country’s Present at the dinner were “We are trying to substan- economic fundamentals were very of Qatar, including Ministry Department issued a show-cause apex court in January 2012. Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora, tially enhance trade and invest- strong. of Trade, Ministry of Foreign notice to Vodafone asking the While addressing the guests IBPN President Azim Abbas and ment cooperation between India THE PENINSULA

First Gulf Bank Glencore squeezes $2bn out of Xstrata deal of Abu Dhabi LONDON: Glencore will cut But the company’s promise of announced last year — but that that number is, difficult,” Chief Sanford Bernstein said it could spending, shelve dozens of more to come, plus a commitment included only the benefit of chan- Executive Ivan Glasenberg said be as high as another $1bn. to cut 10pc of projects and squeeze more than to capital discipline in a sector nelling more of Xstrata’s output on Tuesday, adding the additional Much of the savings so far came expected from its record-break- that squandered billions during through Glencore’s marketing cuts would come from both trad- from cutting corporate costs - ing purchase of mining group the mining boom was taken posi- machine. ing and operations. Glencore has closed 33 offices in workforce Xstrata, lifting benefits from tively by the market. In its first detailed presentation “We have to get mine manag- three months and slashed almost the deal to at least $2bn in 2014. Glencore’s shares, which have since closing the deal, Glencore ers to understand what Glencore half Xstrata staff in headquarters DUBAI/ABU DHABI: First Commodities trader Glencore underperformed the UK min- said it now planned for synergies needs, and how many people it or divisional offices. Gulf Bank (FGB), the United has been at pains to defend its ing sector by around seven per- to exceed $2bn for 2014, including needs to implement it. By the end But up to $576m of the $2bn Arab Emirates’ third largest $46bn takeover of Xstrata, a cent since the merger completed marketing and financing benefits of this year, we will have that in total — the largest slice of the bank, is cutting about 300 jobs, blockbuster for the mining sector in May, were up 2.4 percent in but also $1.4bn through cost sav- place.” current savings — has already equivalent to nearly 10 percent that came just as the commodities London at 1500 GMT at 329 ings alone, more than many ana- Glencore did not say how much come from the coal division, of its workforce, as part of a cycle turned. pence. lysts had forecast. it expected to squeeze from the where Glencore like other min- restructuring, sources familiar The increase in the deal’s head- The commodities trader had “As we delve deeper into next phase of cost saving and syn- ers is struggling with weak prices with the matter said. line benefits was expected, given forecast $500m of synergies the assets ... I am sure there is ergies, to be outlined in the next and oversupply. FGB, controlled by Abu Dhabi’s Glencore’s conservative targets. when the acquisition was first more to go — to pinpoint what six months, though analysts at REUTERS ruling family, informed employ- ees about the plan last week and the cuts will mainly affect its consumer banking business, the Family Food Centre gets ISO certification sources said. They were speaking on condition of anonymity as the Poland anchors energy matter has not been made public. Abu Dhabi-based FGB is among a number of UAE banks which are seeking to expand their overseas in coal, shale gas: PM operations and lower reliance on their home market, where more WARSAW: Central European industry trade fair in the south- than 50 local and international powerhouse Poland will anchor ern Katowice coal basin. “...we’ve banks compete to win retail, com- its energy strategy in coal decided that renewable energy mercial and investment banking and shale gas, with only lim- sources, which are an important businesses in a country of about ited investment in renewables, complement to Poland’s energy 8 million people. Prime Minister Donald Tusk sector, will be limited as much as “As part of a recent reorgani- said yesterday. EU rules will allow,” he said. sation, the bank has reduced a An EU nation of 38 million peo- The government believes tap- number of roles in its consumer ple, Poland currently relies on its ping its own shale gas deposits banking operation. This reduc- vast coal reserves to produce about could assure strategic energy tion in the workforce underlines 90 percent of the electricity it con- independence from Soviet-era the bank’s commitment to man- sumes. While experts agree it has master Moscow. aging its costs in a prudent and nearly 150-years worth of domestic Warsaw had also planned to sustainable manner,” FGB said in coal deposits, Warsaw has never- invest an estimated ¤9 to ¤12bn an emailed statement yesterday. theless been scrambling to find (in its first two nuclear plants by It did not give any further alternatives to meet EU targets on 2024 to feed the needs of its grow- details of the job cuts. reducing greenhouse gas emissions. ing energy market. As part of the plan, the bank “We want to have renewable But Tusk said in June there will cut nearly 80 jobs at its ban- energy sources, but hard coal and would likely be a delay, as natural cassurance division, a business lignite — and soon shale gas — gas, including shale gas, becomes which mainly involves the sale of The officials of Family Food Centre (FFC), Managing Director, Abdul Rahman Abdullah Al Ansari (third left); will remain our principal energy less costly on global markets third-party insurance products, Founder and Executive Director, P P Hyder Haji (second left); Director, Jabi Abdullah Al Ansari (right); CEO, sources. That’s where the future of and made no mention of nuclear and about 120 jobs at its credit P P Faisal Hyder (second right); and General Manager, P P Jamal Hyder (left), receiving the ISO 9001:2008 the energy sector lies,” Tusk said. power yesterday. card business, one banking source Certificate from the General Manager of GCAS Quality Certification, Dubai, Ravi Narasimhan (fourth left); at He spoke at the opening of a coal AFP familiar with the plan said. a function held at the Wyndham Grand Regency Hotel in Doha yesterday. (SALIM MATRAMKOT) In June, FGB bought Dubai First, the credit card busi- ness of troubled investment firm Dubai Group, for $164m through a bidding process. It is not clear whether some of this Indian exports jump as investors turn optimistic month’s job cuts are related to the acquisition. NEW DELHI: Indian exports according to commerce ministry capacity to fund a record current high inflation and borrowing costs points, to 19,998.64 points. A second banking source said climbed by nearly 13 percent in figures. account deficit — the broadest as well as weak business confidence. Separately, India’s car industry the job cuts were part of a broader August on a 12-month basis in a Merchandise exports climbed measure of trade. India’s currency jumped 1.5 sales rebounded by 15 percent in restructuring in which FGB was sign the falling rupee is starting by 12.97 percent in August to But the currency began rallying percent yesterday from the previ- August on an annual basis, but streamlining operations and to help Asia’s third-largest econ- $26.14bn from a year earlier while last week after the appointment ous trading day to Rs64.28 to the the industry said the reprieve removing excess staff in certain omy, data showed yesterday. imports fell by 0.68 percent year- of a new central bank gover- dollar and is now down around 15 was temporary and that the sec- departments. In other positive news, shares on-year to $37.05bn. “Exports are nor, Raghuram Rajan, a former percent this calendar year. tor was expected to contract for “There is a restructuring exer- climbed by nearly four percent on a firm, positive terrain now. I International Monetary Fund The rupee has also been a second straight year. cise going on and the manage- and the currency continued to remain optimistic about exports chief economist. lifted by weak US jobs data that Carmakers sold 133,486 cars in ment feels they have deployed gain in value against the dollar being in positive territory,” Trade Rajan sought to reassure mar- has eased worries that the US India in August, up 15.4 percent excess resources in certain areas. after hitting a string of record Minister Anand Sharma said as kets, saying India faced tough Federal Reserve may start roll- from the same month in 2012, snap- They are refocusing efforts and lows in recent months. he released the figures. challenges but its economy was ing back economic stimulus that ping a record nine months of declin- you see them hiring more on the The trade deficit in August The rupee slid to a lifetime low “fundamentally sound” despite has fuelled investor fund flows to ing sales, according to the Society of investment banking side,” the fell to $10.9bn from $14.17bn in of 68.85 against the dollar last growing at five percent last year— emerging markets. Shares leapt Indian Automobile Manufacturers. source said. the same month a year earlier, month on concern about India’s its slowest pace in a decade due to nearly four percent, or 728.58 AFP REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Beijing air show Norway’s new Qatar Exchange govt to reshape world’s largest index jumps wealth fund OSLO: Norway’s incoming cen- tre-right government plans to revamp and possibly break up 4.86 percent the country’s $750bn oil fund, changing how one of the world’s biggest investors spends its money. Dubai index surges by 8.5pc The Conservatives and the populist Progress Party, who DOHA: Qatar stocks jumped Top gainer from the banking are likely to share power after a huge 4.86 percent yesterday sector was Qatar National Bank Monday’s poll, are considering recording its largest single day which was substantially up by splitting it into two or more, pos- gain in the recent past. Market 6.14 percent to QR 169.40. Doha sibly competing, funds. capitalization rose to QR525bn Bank was up by 4.31 percent to They may also allow foreign from Monday’s QR503bn. QR 53.20. Qatar Islamic Bank was private equity and infrastruc- The benchmark index gained a up 2.87 percent to QR 68.00. ture investment to create a more substantial 444.98 point to close Industries Qatar gained 6 diversified, and hopefully profit- at 9,596.26 due to a strong buying percent to QR153.70, United able, portfolio. These would be after an ease in Syrian tension. Development Company gained A cabin attendant waiting for visitors as manufacturers from around the world show their latest aircraft to big changes for the world’s big- “The market performance 9.33 percent to QR21.57 and potential customers at the 2013 Beijing International Business Aviation Show at Capital Airport in Beijing, gest sovereign wealth fund, which reminds the replay of a 2010 Masraf Al Rayan up by 4.69 per- yesterday. owns over one percent of all global scenario when market saw a 10 cent to QR29.00. shares and invests in some 7,500 percent jump. Today’s rally is defi- Meanwhile, bourses in the foreign companies. nitely on the hope that the pos- United Arab Emirates made their Progress, the most radical sible US strike on Syria would be biggest one-day gains in nearly among the four possible incom- averted after the Russian inter- four years. Dubai’s index surged ing ruling parties, also wants the vention”, an analyst told The 8.5 percent, though it is still down Oil market well supplied: Opec government to withhold more Peninsula. 8.2 percent from its five-year peak of the oil money from the fund, Two factors pushed the stocks hit on August 25; Abu Dhabi’s LONDON: Opec said the world the historical norm and provides from outside the 12-member using it to develop domestic up yesterday-those who sold their benchmark jumped 5.5 percent. oil market was well supplied confirmation that the market at group. infrastructure. stocks tried to get back to the “The market was taking the despite a plunge in Libya’s out- present remains well supplied.” Demand for Opec crude in “The current organisation has market to restore the loss; also worst-case scenario before and put and forecast a further drop The comment is Opec’s first 2014 will average 29.61 million served the fund well through the some big funds reached the mar- now it’s taking the best-case in its oil market share in 2014 collective word on the oil mar- bpd, down 320,000 bpd from 2013, start-up period, but it is now time ket, said another local analyst. scenario - it’s hard to make any- due to rising supply from the ket impact of the Libyan unrest, the report forecast. Last month’s to review whether the fund should The QE benchmark index thing out of this,” said Fadi Al United States and other coun- which has taken global supply report estimated a 260,000 bpd stay within the current framework,” rebounded from Monday’s three- Said, head of investments at ING tries outside the group. outages to more than three mil- year-on-year decline in the Jan Tore Sanner, the Conservatives’ month low and recorded its larg- Investment Management. The virtual shutdown of Libyan lion barrels per day (bpd) — some demand for Opec oil. finance spokesman said. est one-day gain in 45 months. Saudi Arabia’s bourse rose at oil output for the second time in 3.5 percent of global demand. Opec left estimated growth in The current fund can only buy in The market hit a near five-year a more measured pace, up 2.9 two years and the prospect of The International Energy world demand next year at 1.04 foreign stocks, bonds and property. peak on August 22 before geopo- percent to 7,865 points. It is still US military action against Syria Agency, which during the 2011 million bpd, while increasing the It is not allowed to invest at home litical tensions sparked a sell-off down more than four percent pushed Brent crude to a six- Libyan civil war ordered a rare non-Opec supply forecast to 1.22 as successive governments felt the , Reuters reported. from last month’s peaks. month high above $117 a barrel release of oil from strategic million bpd. The US, undergoing public sector was already large and The gains were mainly driven Sectors reliant on domestic in late August. reserves it controls, has a similar a shale energy boom, is expected more spending risked crowding out by the industrials, banking sectors demand that promise stronger In a monthly report, the view to Opec this time, saying on to be a major contributor to next the private sector, causing inflation and real estate sectors. While earnings growth led gains — the Organisation of the Petroleum August 29 the market was “ade- year’s supply growth. and reducing competitiveness. the Industrials gained a whop- agricultural and food sector index Exporting Countries said although quately supplied.” Opec is still pumping more than The centre-right Conservatives, ping 4.67 percent, the banking rose 5.0 percent and the retail “some supply outages” had put Brent fell to around $112 yes- the demand for its crude, despite who promised that their win sector jumped 4.77 percent. The index climbed 4.1 percent. upward pressure on prices, oil terday as expectations ebbed of an Libya. In August, Opec supply fell would bring no revolution, are real estate index rose a staggering Technically, the Saudi mar- stocks in developed OECD coun- imminent strike on Syria. by 124,000 bpd to 30.23 million considering dividing the money 5.66 percent. ket faces minor resistance at tries still equalled almost two Opec, which pumps a third bpd as extra oil from Saudi Arabia into two competing funds. They The volume of the traded 8,004 points, its high early this months of future demand. of the world’s oil, in the report helped offset losses, according to would also allow investments in shares jumped to 19m from 6m month, before strong resistance “OECD inventories stand at a also forecast a further erosion secondary sources cited by the private equity and infrastructure and the value of shares was up to at the August peak of 8,223. comfortable level of 58.5 days,” the of its share of the world market report. abroad for the first time. QR 690mfrom QR 260m. THE PENINSULA/REUTERS report said. “This figure is above in 2014 due to rising supplies REUTERS REUTERS Alcoa, HP, Bank of America bumped CIMB Islamic eyes from Dow index moderate growth NEW YORK CITY: Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s on customer segmentation. We America are losing their offi- CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd, part want to focus on our current busi- cial blue-chip status: all three of Southeast Asia’s fifth-largest ness activities through organic are being dropped from the lender by assets, expects mod- growth.” Dow Jones Industrial Average, erate levels of domestic growth CIMB Islamic held 50.9bn ring- the index owner announced as it plans to focus on core mar- git ($15.3bn) in assets and has an yesterday. kets to maintain profitability, overseas presence that includes Their status as leaders of their its chief executive said. Bahrain, Brunei, Indonesia and respective industries diminished, The modest growth expec- Singapore. the three are to be replaced by tations at CIMB Islamic, part Its consumer banking busi- investment bank Goldman Sachs, of CIMB Group Holdings Bhd ness is focused on Malaysia and credit card issuer Visa and ath- and one of the most established Indonesia, with Indonesia in letic wear giant Nike, S&P Dow names in Islamic finance, high- particular expected to help buoy Jones Indices said. lights the broader trend in an the bank’s growth if its economy The changes, to take place on industry that is grappling with expands in line with forecasts. September 23, “were prompted by global economic conditions that “In Malaysia you will not see a the low stock price of the three are dampening growth prospects high growth rate like the 20 per- companies slated for removal and and profitability. cent, but overall we will still be the Index Committee’s desire to The Islamic lender saw gross over 20 percent,” he said. diversify the sector and industry financing assets increase by 13.2 CIMB Islamic now represents group representation of the Index,” percent year-on-year compared 15 percent of the group’s balance S&P Dow Jones Indices said. to 23.8 percent for the same sheet and 30 percent of domestic Comprised of 30 top US com- period last year, according to June operations. It now offers a wide panies, the Dow Jones Industrial financials. range of banking services, hav- Average has been one of the lead- “This year we see our growth ing started as a unit focused on ing measures of the health of US moderating even further, not just investment banking. stocks and somewhat of a proxy because we have a bigger base “Islamic business across the indicator for the US economy but it’s a different market alto- group is still predominantly since it was created in 1896. gether,” Chief Executive Badlisyah Malaysia-centric. Our overseas It is a quotient of the cumulative Abdul Ghani said in an interview contribution for Islamic business price of all the shares in the index, at the bank’s Kuala Lumpur is less than 10 percent and has and thus can be heavily shaped buy headquarters. been that for the last 11 years, and the companies whose prices soar “Our focus is to deepen our we do not foresee that increasing and sink out of line with the rest. penetration in the existing mar- substantially.” AFP ket, making sure that we focus REUTERS EU plans telecoms shake-up

BRUSSELS: The EU presents a issue, insisting the Commission suspected of abusing their posi- radical telecoms industry shake- package would serve the “general tions in Internet services, includ- up tomorrow, aiming to create a interest” and that the reforms ing Orange, Deutsche Telekom single, fully connected European had been worked on for years in and Telefonica. market and remove unpopular Brussels. An EU source said the The headline proposal in the mobile phone roaming charges it delay was largely due to the com- telecoms shake-up is to end roam- claims are unjustified. plexity of the issues involved in an ing charges, the hugely unpopular The plans are controver- “ambitious package.” extra costs incurred when cus- sial, however, and last-minute The source cited in particular tomers use their mobile phones wrangling over the details led ‘net neutrality’ — the principle or portable devices while abroad. the European Commission yes- that the Internet should be an EU Digital Agenda terday to reschedule a planned open system — with companies Commissioner Nellie Kroes has announcement today. barred from deals, for example on managed to reduce the levies “Everything is postponed to higher data transmission speeds, but her plans to abolish them Thursday,” Commission spokes- which could in practice restrict altogether from 2014 have been man Olivier Bailly said. access by their rivals. knocked back, with 2016 now the Bailly did not give a reason for In July, EU anti-trust officials Commission’s target date. the delay and downplayed the launched probes of several firms AFP WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

BMW accused Jaguar eyes of spying on Paris electric mass market car scheme

PARIS: The group that runs Paris car-sharing scheme Autolib’ said yesterday it had SUVs, sedans filed a criminal complaint accusing German carmaker BMW of using spies to gather Direct competition with BMW, Mercedes information on its electric cars. The Bollore group said it had LONDON: Luxury carmaker Rover said August sales rose 28 filed the industrial espionage Jaguar said it would invest percent from a year earlier to complaint after two employees of $2.4bn in a new range of light- 27,852 vehicles. a firm employed by BMW were weight aluminium sports sedans Carmakers around the world spotted three times tampering and crossover SUVs aimed at are expanding into so-called pre- with charging points and Autolib’ the mass market, creating 1,700 mium “crossover” vehicles, seek- vehicles parked in Paris. jobs to a British economy show- ing to tap demand for models BMW denied any wrongdoing. ing signs of resilience. that combine the functionality of “We do not know for now what The spending is part of a move sport utility vehicles (SUVs) with information they have been able to launch more affordable models the comfort and performance of to gather or the technologies that from 2015 to emulate the success luxury cars. they have used,” Autolib’ spokes- of lower cost luxury vehicles made Nearly one in every four premium man Jules Varin said. by its sister company Land Rover, vehicles sold last year in Europe was “All we can say is that Bollore and will better position it to com- a crossover or SUV, and the cat- is ahead in several technologies pete with its larger German rivals. egory continues to grow, despite Journalists look at the Ford S-MAX Concept at the Ford exhibition booth during the press day of the Frankfurt in which we have invested a lot of Jaguar, part of the Jaguar concerns about size and fuel con- Motor Show IAA in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. money, including the battery and Land Rover (JLR) group owned sumption, according to UK-based the geo-location system,” he said. by India’s Tata Motors, said the consultancy LMC Automotive. A judicial source confirmed investment could create a further Jaguar’s new models will com- that Autolib’ had taken legal 24,000 in supply chain jobs. pete directly with the likes of Europe’s carmakers warn of action. “The creation of 1,700 new jobs Germany’s BMW and Daimler’s BMW says the two workers, and £1.5bn investment by Jaguar Mercedes-Benz which dominate employed by engineering firm Land Rover is a great vote of the market for entry-level luxury more cuts in weak recovery P3 to prepare the launch for the confidence in the UK economy,” vehicles. Jaguar said cash would upcoming “i3” electric model, British Prime Minister David be spent to design systems to help were “conducting routine tests Cameron said on Twitter. it introduce new one-piece “alu- FRANKFURT: European Winterkorn said the European Unions reacted with surprise. carried out across Europe to British car sales rose by 11 per- minium vehicle architecture”. carmakers need to close more industry could do with closing “Downsizing has already hap- check the compatibility of charg- cent in August, the 18th consecu- The new models will be built on factories and cut more jobs, around 10 factories, although he pened as far as I’m concerned, so ing points on public roads.” tive month of growth, in contrast production lines previously used executives at the Frankfurt car stressed the German carmaker I’m astonished that it’s coming The two men aroused sus- to Germany, France, Italy and to make Land Rover vehicles at show said yesterday, warning itself did not need to make cuts up again,” said Franck Don, an picions when they were found Spain, which all suffered sales JLR’s plant in Solihull, central any recovery in demand was thanks to strong growth in the official with the moderate CFTC tampering with a Bollore Bluecar declines. Britain’s finance min- England, where some 1,700 new likely to be long and slow as United States, China and Russia. union. — as the electric model is called — ister, George Osborne, said on jobs will be created. unemployment remained high “Europe still has to be viewed Despite signs of improvement on August 21 in a charging point Monday that the UK had turned A Jaguar sports sedan, due to be and bank lending weak. with scepticism,” he said, adding in the eurozone economy, car in the city’s 9th district. the corner and that an accelerat- launched in 2015, will be the first The bosses of automak- sales across the region were down sales fell in Germany, France, When questioned by Autolib’ ing economy vindicated his aus- to feature the new technology. It ers including Volkswagen, PSA about 3-3.5 million since 2007. Italy and Spain in August, cast- staff, they replied in halting terity programme. will also be the first car to use Peugeot Citroen, and Ford “Basically, it’s 10 factories that ing doubt over consumers’ will- French that they worked for a JLR has roared to health in engines from JLR’s new engine Europe said on the opening day could be closed ... Thank God ingness to spend amid record high German carmaker. They gave no the four years since Tata Motors plant in nearby Wolverhampton. of the biennial event that sales in there are other areas we have unemployment. name but were driving a BMW bought the group from Ford for Next up will be Jaguar’s first Europe appeared to be stabilising growth,” he added. Varin said Peugeot’s orders had car registered in Germany. $2.3 billion. ever sports crossover vehicle, after five years of decline. Peugeot, which lost ¤5bn last stabilised so far this month and The next day they were spotted It has escaped the cycle of plant called the C-X17, also featuring an But recovery was not assured year and clung to life with a predicted Europe would return to at another charging point but the shutdowns and falling production aluminium frame, which is being and likely to take years with share issue and French bailout, “slightly positive growth” in 2014. Autolib’ maintainance staff could at many European automakers by showcased at the Frankfurt car the industry still needing to cut is more exposed to weaker south- That helped to drive Peugeot’s not apprehend them. They were tapping into growing demand for show this week. capacity to staunch losses at some ern European markets than many shares more than four percent finally caught on September 5 in luxury cars in emerging markets. “The inherent flexibility of this manufacturers and ease price rivals, and also has less of a pres- higher, as traders scrambled to the city’s 7th district and arrested. Despite falling sales at home all-new technology will enable pressures on all, they added. ence in the more robust luxury unwind their bets against the The duo were questioned by amid a sluggish Indian economy, the Jaguar Land Rover business Peugeot, which incurred the car segment. company. police but released the following shares in Tata Motors surged as to not only enter but aggres- wrath of French ministers and Its CEO, Philippe Varin, said Shares in VW, Europe’s big- day. BMW said they had ordered much as 10 percent to a record sively compete in exciting new workers last year by scrapping a shutting down more production gest carmaker, and German rival the tests to be carried out in the high on Tuesday, outperforming segments, creating new markets major factory and 8,000 jobs, said lines were “exactly the discus- BMW also rose, as they pointed first two cases the duo was spot- a broader market that was up for both brands,” JLR’s Chief it would seek more plant cutbacks sion we are having”, but added he to robust demand elsewhere in ted but not on the last day when more than 3 percent. Executive Ralf Speth said. from unions. would present cutbacks to unions the world. they were arrested. Also yesterday, Jaguar Land REUTERS Volkswagen (VW) chief Martin before announcing details. REUTERS AFP

QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Unilever CFO stands by India investment Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 102.63 0.55 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 103.38 2.08 % Aa2 AA LONDON: Unilever will keep Global Consumer and Retail view on Unilever’s move in July to synergies which usually support Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 118.38 2.95 % Aa2 AA investing in emerging markets Summit yesterday. raise its stake in Hindustan Unilever the premium ... so it really is a bet Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 110.25 3.44 % Aa2 AA like India even though growth is “We continue to invest.” to 67.3 percent from 52.5 percent. on the long-term.” Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 104.25 3.90 % Aa2 AA slowing, Chief Financial Officer Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch Even with a record weakening In India, Huet said the collapse Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 152.75 5.05 % Aa2 AA Jean-Marc Huet said, pointing maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise, in the Indian rupee last month, of the rupee had dented business Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 111.25 5.58 % Aa2 AA to the group’s increased stake in Lipton tea and Dove soap, gener- the investment is still sound, self-confidence. “I’m not talking Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 103.50 5.50 % Aa2 AA Hindustan Unilever as a long- ates about 57 percent of its ¤51bn Huet said of the deal, valued at about Unilever, but just overall ... term bet. of annual sales from developing Rs191.74bn, or ¤2.49bn at the time. you just feel as if India has gotten Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 1.32 % Aa2 AA “Yes there is a slowdown in and emerging markets, a fact “Financially it’s absolutely a hit to its confidence,” he said. Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 107.75 3.71 % Aa2 AA emerging markets, but if you’re that has weighed on its shares as intact, but the real reason why “Confidence being the driver of Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.25 1.36 % A1 A- in the consumer business, you growth has slowed in India and we’re doing it is long term,” he everything at the end of the day, Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 102.63 2.60 % A1 A- should be where people are, and other markets such as Indonesia. said. “That was not a very value- that’s an area that doesn’t feel as QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.25 1.76 % NR NR this is where aspiring consumers But Huet said there was abso- creating exercise, because you buy good as 12 months ago.” QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 1.66 % Aa3 A+ are,” Huet said at the Reuters lutely no change whatsoever in his a stake without taking costs out, REUTERS QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.00 2.46 % Aa3 A+ Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.00 2.60 % A2 A- Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 103.88 2.07 % A2 A Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 120.00 3.95 % A2 A Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 103.25 4.24 % A2 A Polish LNG Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 98.50 5.17 % A2 A Turkish economy picks up in Q2 Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 104.25 1.40 % Aa3 A terminal faces Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.50 3.57 % Aa3 A ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy exports and analysts calculated of much tighter global liquidity expanded more than expected in the negative balance knocked conditions.” Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 106.00 4.30 % Aa3 A 6-month delay the second quarter, with strong three percentage points off sec- GDP expanded 2.1 percent SOVEREIGNS WARSAW: Poland’s proposed domestic demand offsetting a ond quarter growth. from the previous quarter when Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P liquefied natural gas (LNG) huge trade shortfall, but minis- “The bad news is that the data adjusted for seasonal and calen- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 102.88 0.44 % Aa2 AA terminal will be delayed by six ters said 2013 growth would be does not show much evidence dar effects, the Turkish Statistics Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 119.75 2.89 % Aa2 AA months because of financial below the government’s official of rebalancing,” said Timothy Institute said. First-quarter problems plaguing its build- four percent target. Ash, head of emerging market growth was revised to 2.9 percent Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.75 2.82 % NR NR ers and is now expected to be The country of 75 million which research at Standard Bank. “Net from an initial three percent. Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.25 3.64 % NR NR completed by the end of 2014, straddles Asia and Europe is exports were ... heavily negative, The government is officially Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 113.13 5.48 % NR NR the treasury ministry said struggling along with other major and suggest a continued vulner- expecting growth of four percent Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 104.50 5.78 % NR NR yesterday. emerging economies with the ability via the current account/ this year and five percent next, Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.88 1.12 % Aa2 AA Poland hopes that LNG financial effects of the prospec- external financing channel.” but ministers have talked down Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 110.00 4.12 % NR BBB together with shale gas will help tive withdrawal of US monetary As the US Federal Reserve the outlook for 2013. Economy Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 98.00 5.87 % NR BBB the nation become less depend- stimulus. gets closer to a first reduction in Minister Zafer Caglayan said 2013 ent on gas imports from Russia, Tuesday’s figures showed on the bond-buying that has flooded growth would be slightly below 4 Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 87.50 8.23 % Caa1 CCC+ where the former Soviet satellite growth alone it is doing better developing economies with invest- percent but above 3.5 percent. Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 100.50 4.42 % NR BBB- state receives most of its supplies. than most, notably neighbour ment since 2008, the current “Foreign economic develop- *Periodic Distribution Amount IMPORTANT NOTE: “The key reason for the delays Russia, and is still expanding account gap has made Turkey’s ments will begin to affect our Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which to date has been the crisis in the twice as fast as last year. Output lira one of the most high-profile growth in the third quarter. We is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services construction services market in grew 4.4 percent year-on-year sufferers, down 13 percent since do not expect their impact to be Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary 2012,” the treasury ministry said in the second quarter beating early May. very deep but we will be affected data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising in a statement. a Reuters poll forecast of 3.5 In a complicated policy mix, the by them in the second half of 2013 out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds Treasury Minister Wlodzimierz percent. central bank is hoping to support and maybe at the start of 2014,” can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Karpinski said sticking to an unre- But the structure of the expan- a return to the higher growth he said in a statement. liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not alistic schedule would be more sion continues to worry econo- rates Turkey achieved in 2010-11, The lira weakened to 2.0348 a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and costly and riskier than accepting mists and policymakers, with an ruling out for now further inter- from 2.0280 on Monday and the consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. a delay. The treasury minister is almost $60bn current account gap est rate rises to defend the cur- 10-year benchmark bond yield overseeing the project. “This will due to huge fuel imports making rency and fend off the resulting rose to 9.92 percent from 9.82 enable us to take care in time of Turkey exposed to swings in glo- inflation. percent on Monday. The num- all issues related to the invest- bal money flows and oil prices. “Monetary policy is too loose bers appeared to support Istanbul ment,” he said in the statement. Imports grew almost 12 percent in my mind still,” Ash said. shares, which rose 1.5 percent. REUTERS compared to a 1.2 percent rise in “Especially against a backdrop REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

One more reason The fuzzy credit figures BY FELIX SALMON rates might be lower than the yield on mortgage rates to borrowers — which means agency bonds. But Levine failed to ask the that if borrowers are becoming less credit- att Levine, newly arrived at most obvious question: Are jumbo mort- worthy for whatever reason, the rise in con- it’s crap to be a Bloomberg View, has a very gage rates, in actual fact, lower than the forming rates might not really be comparing smart response to my post rates on conforming mortgages? It certainly apples with apples. For a borrower of given about those weird jumbo looks that way, in the WSJ article. But then creditworthiness, mortgage rates won’t have mortgage rates. Levine I got a very interesting email from Keith risen as much as the WSJ chart shows. Mcomes up with two reasons why jumbo Gumbinger, of mortgage-rate information All of which is symptomatic of a broader waiter in America rates might be lower than the rates on loans service HSH.com. truth: the minute you start seeing head- which can be sold to Frannie, and both of The WSJ’s Nick Timiraos cites some data lines about some yield trading through some BY HEATHER LONG them are entirely plausible. about the spread between the two rates other yield, be suspicious. Fixed-income The first is that credit risk on conform- from HSH, but his chart uses information instruments, be they bonds or loans, tend to merica’s waiters and waitresses can’t seem to get a ing mortgages doesn’t simply disappear just from the Mortgage Bankers Association. be extremely illiquid, and although a chart break. Not only do they make a mere $2 to $5 an hour by dint of those mortgages being sold to And what Timiraos never says is that if can make it seem as though they’re priced base salary in most places, now the tax man wants to Frannie. The agencies need to charge a fee he just stuck to HSH data throughout, the and traded to the nearest basis point, in Amake their lives more miserable. to cover the credit risk on the mortgages spread would never have turned negative. reality their pricing is much fuzzier than Yes, the IRS is worried that people who typically make about that they’re buying, and that fee is going Part of the problem is that there’s no that. $20,000 a year aren’t paying enough in taxes. Why go after to find its way, one way or another, into such thing as a simple, commodity mortgage. Outside Treasury bonds and the primary millionaires and billionaires when you can squeeze more out the yield on conforming mortgages. Since These things are all pretty complex beasts, market, it just doesn’t make sense to talk of servers? it stands to reason that the credit risk on and most of them include the borrower about “the yield” on a certain credit, or “the In a new rule set to take effect in January, restaurants that conforming mortgages is greater than the paying “points” up front, which need to be price” of a certain bond: when there are charge an “automatic tip” have to treat that amount like a wage, credit risk on jumbo mortgages then it simi- converted into percentage points using a generally dozens of different instruments not a tip. larly makes sense that the all-in yield on rule of thumb like four “points” = 1 percent- outstanding, none of which trade very much, This might sound like technical mumbo jumbo that only conforming mortgages might be higher too. age point. According to HSH’s data, jumbo the price and the yield are pretty much accountants and tax lawyers care about, but it’s a big deal for Levine’s second hypothesis is related to mortgage rates were actually closer to 4.86 whatever you want them to be. American waiters, especially the ones who tend to work at low- the fact that bonds in general, and agency percent last week, a full 15 basis points more You might be able to get a vague idea end and mid-tier restaurants like Olive Garden, Texas Roadhouse bonds in particular, are instruments which than the WSJ’s 4.71 percent figure. of the range in which they’ve been trad- and Applebee’s. are marked to market daily. If a bank buys On top of that, according to HSH, the ing, but we’re not talking about things like It’s become a fairly standard practice for US chain restaurants mortgage bonds, notes Levine, then it is MBA figures used by the WSJ show con- stocks, here, where the price at any given to add a gratuity (typically 15 to 18 percent) to the bills of parties obliged to mark them down, taking a hit to forming mortgage rates about 12-15bp point in the day can be nailed down to the over six or eight. Think about the last time you went out with a its P&L, if and when mortgage rates rise. higher than the figures coming out of both nearest cent. A more realistic chart, then, big group of friends, relatives or work colleagues. When it comes Actual mortgages, on the other hand, not HSH and Freddie Mac. from the WSJ, would have shown a wide time to pay the bill, there are always a few people who are “bad being marked to market, never need to suf- In other words, use a different dataset, and fuzzy green line, and a wide and fuzzy at math”. The tendency is for people to stiff the waiter on the fer such markdowns. And that makes them and you don’t see the crossover phenom- blue line, and those two lines coming closer tip – sometimes unintentionally – because they forget to add in more attractive. enon at all. Gumbinger has a few ideas about to overlapping a little bit. In fact, all charts that extra amount for tax and tip or they believe someone else is Conforming mortgages will always end why the MBA’s data might be such an out- of secondary-market credit spreads should going to take care of it. When everyone puts a dollar or two less up being priced off the market, and during lier; one reason, he says, is that the MBA look like that. In a ZIRP world, it’s easy to in then they should, it can turn into a really day for the waiter. times when banks expect interest rates to counts all mortgages of more than $417,000 get excited about a couple of basis points Just ask Chelsea Welch, the former Applebee’s waitress who rise, the market might well be quite expen- as jumbo mortgages, even when they’re in here or there. But before you do, remember made headlines in February when one woman in a large group she sive, compared to loans which are designed markets like New York and Los Angeles the error bars. Because yields on any credit was serving left $0 tip and a note that said “I give God 10 percent. to be held to maturity. where mortgages can be conforming when product are ultimately Heisenbergian: the Why do you get 18?” It was a bizarre incident that quickly went Both of Levine’s ideas are pretty good ex they’re as large as $625,500. Additionally, he closer you look, the harder they are to nail viral when Chelsea posted the bill on Reddit to make a point: post explanations for why jumbo mortgage says, the MBA rates reflect actual quoted down. REUTERS “tips are not optional. They are how waiters get paid in America.” Sure, it would be great if America had a system more akin to Europe where servers are paid a better base salary and are less reliant on the whims of their customers for tips. But that’s not the system the US has. While there’s a perception that waiters just pocket tips black market style, the reality is they have to report them to the IRS on a monthly basis and tally them up at the end of the year. Tips are taxed just like any other salary or income. Yes, sometimes tips, especially cash ones, aren’t reported fully, but the IRS has cracked down on that in recent years. So from the IRS’ perspective, all tips are going to be taxed anyway. What difference does it make if automatic gratuities are taxed right away (like base wages) or later (like tips)? According to a spokesman, the IRS is doing this rule change because “addi- tional clarification in this area would be in the best interest of tax administration”. The problem is the IRS doesn’t understand the real world, especially the world of low and middle income America. The reason servers in the US love tips is because they know at the end of each day how much they got. They get to take that money home that night. Yes, they will have to report it and pay some tax on it later on, but they get that cash in hand right away. If restaurants have to start treating automatic gratuities as wages, then the waiter doesn’t get that money that same night. It would come as part of a formal paycheck – often handed out every two weeks – and taxes would already be taken out. To put it another way: it would take longer to get the money and it would be less up front. That’s not good for a college student or parent trying to earn extra for day-to-day life. Restaurants are already threatening to end automatic gratuities because it would be an administrative nightmare to do what the IRS now wants. Several chains told the Wall Street Journal they would switch to putting “suggested tip amounts” of 15 percent 18 percent and 20 percent on bottom of the bill. Hopefully diners will be generous and it will work out better for waiters, but hav- ing watched large parties leave waiters closer to 10 or 12 percent before, I’m not so certain. This issue might seem like “small potatoes”, but when some of the country’s largest corporations get away with paying next to nothing in taxes, you have to wonder why garnering a few extra dollars from waiters is a big priority. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Puerto Rico’s population drops as economy sways

BY MICHAEL CONNOR Economy think tank, who added is preparing to leave her job as economist at Advantage Business including construction, housing, territory to reverse its economic that Puerto Rico’s economy has an organisational development Consulting. “The migration is school enrolments and retail sales, decline and pay off debts of about or generations, Puerto shrunk by nearly 14 percent since trainer and join a brother and up and down the socioeconomic according to economists and gov- $70bn, which are far higher on a Ricans have been migrat- 2006, and its labour force partici- sister settled in Minneapolis. scales, from neurosurgeons to ernment data. per capita basis than any main- ing to the mainland pation is among the lowest in the “The public safety issue is a big house maids. The constant is that Government officials last land state government. FUnited States in search world. Some economists estimate factor. I always have to look over the migrants tend to be younger.” month reported that sales-and- It is a situation that echoes the of a better life. But the Caribbean the outward flow has reduced the my shoulder,” she said. “There are Puerto Rico’s 1,500 public use taxes, generated largely by economic troubles that caused island’s long recession has turned island’s gross domestic product, better educational opportunities schools expect 415,000 to 420,000 consumers, shrank to $553m in the financial crises of Detroit a steady flow into a torrent, strip- now at $101bn a year, by some $3bn than I can afford here.” children to enroll this school year, fiscal 2013, down from $797m five and Stockton, California, though, ping the territory of its young and in the last decade, in part because The island’s murder rate runs down from 441,000 students last years earlier. unlike those jurisdictions, Puerto educated population and pushing of an increase in skilled Puerto six times that of the mainland, year and more than 500,000 a Sales of gasoline, electricity and Rico is ineligible for Chapter 9 its economy into a deeper rut. Ricans leaving the island. according to Michigan State decade ago, in part because birth cement dropped in July from a year municipal bankruptcy protection The effects are evident in the Its unemployment rate is worse University. Much of the violence rates are declining. earlier, according to government because any debt overhaul would capital city of San Juan, where than any US state at 13.5 percent, is tied to illegal drug-trafficking, The family later said the move data released August 30. Non-farm have to be treated as a foreign vacant offices dot its Golden Mile US Department of Labour data and Police Superintendent Hector is not permanent because the payroll employment that month obligation, analysts say. banking strip and blocks of empty shows, and it’s been stuck at 10 Pesquera has said that the level father, an engineer, has a tem- dropped 3.7 percent to 889,400 Still, the outflow has stirred condominiums have become eye- percent or higher for at least a of violence in Puerto Rico would porary employment contract in from a year earlier, the federal fears in the US municipal bond sores marring its tropical beach decade. spark an emergency declara- Florida and keeps his home on the Bureau of Labour Statistics said. market that a smaller, more impov- front. As US citizens, Puerto “And you have all these other tion if it occurred elsewhere in island. The migratory wave shows To be sure, funds sent home by erished population will have to Ricans are free to move to the problems like crime,” Lamba- the United States. Statistics few signs of letting up, with the more emigrants might help sup- repay Puerto Rico’s massive debt. mainland without legal restric- Nieves said, “you are bound to see suggest young professionals are US Census Bureau projecting the port the Puerto Rico’s wobbly Reflecting the perceived risk, the tions, an option that tens of thou- people looking for opportunities leaving the island in droves. The population will drop to 2.3 million economy. But data on remittances island pays interest rates far higher sands of people are now choosing. elsewhere.” number of doctors and teachers in 2050, compared with 3.7 million by Puerto Ricans is not made avail- than any state government. Yields In 2011 alone, the island lost a Maria Luisa Monserrate can’t getting on planes quadrupled in at present. able by the World Bank, which pro- of some Puerto Rico bonds spiked net 54,000 people, or nearly 1.5 put her finger on a single reason 2011, according a study entitled The 4.9 million Puerto Ricans vides numbers for other countries. above 10 percent on Monday. percent of its population, as the for her decision to leave the island “Profile of the Migrant” by Puerto living in the continental United Local studies, however, have shown “We are seeing occur what economy weathered a sixth year of for a new life on the mainland Rico’s Institute of Statistics. At States as of 2011 outnumbered Puerto Ricans tend to send rela- occurred in Detroit. But it is a recession that only ended in 2012. with her teenage son and toddler the same time, the median age of those on the island by more than tively low remittances back home, not as severe a case as Detroit,” “This is a worrisome picture daughter. returnees is steadily rising. 1 million, according to the US compared with emigrants from said Dan Heckman, fixed income for Puerto Rico,” said Deepak “Long term, I know the job “The graying of society occurs Census Bureau. other countries in the region. strategist at US Bank Wealth Lamba-Nieves, Research Director market is pretty hard,” said the at an alarming rate in Puerto The effects are showing up Regardless, depopulation has Management. at San Juan’s Center for the New 35-year-old single mother, who Rico,” said Vincente Feliciano, an in a wide range of statistics, made it more difficult for the REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic believes Rafa Nadal may soon dis- place him as world number one and has plenty of time to break Roger Federer’s benchmark 17 major titles after the Spaniard roared to the US Open title at Flushing Meadows on Monday. Djokovic was beaten 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 by Nadal, who claimed the 13th singles Slam of his career to move ahead of Australia’s Roy Emerson (12) on the all-time list. Only Pete Sampras (14) and Roger Federer (17) are above the 27-year-old Nadal on the pecking order of major champions. Rafa Nadal of Spain celebrates his victory as Novak “Thirteen grand slams for a guy who is 27-years-old is incredible,” Djokovic ( in red) of Serbia walks to the net after their final Djokovic said. “I mean, whatever he has achieved so far in his career match at the 2013 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King is something that everybody should respect. No question about it. National Tennis Center at the Flushing neighbourhood “I was saying before, he’s definitely one of the best tennis players ever to play the game. Looking at his achievements and his age, at of the Queens borough of New York City on Monday. this moment - he still has a lot of years to play. That’s all I can say.” Nadal’s win was the 13th Slam title, moving him ahead of Nadal seems certain to overtake Djokovic as world number one by Australia’s Roy Emerson (12) on the all-time list. the end of the year. He missed the last half of 2012, and the 2013 Australian Open, because of a knee injury, which means he has no rankings points to defend. Following his second major triumph this year, adding the New York crown to the French Open, only another injury or inconceivable loss of form will keep him at number two. Nadal crowns his ‘most “What can I say?” Djokovic said. “He won so much this year. I’m still number one of the world in the rankings. But year to year he’s far, far ahead. He has much more chances to end up as number one. “Look, there is still tournaments to go. So we’ll see.” Nadal’s triumph gave him a 22-15 winning record against Djokovic and it was his sixth victory in their last seven meetings. The Serb emotional season’ ever conceded he had to find the key to reversing the trend in arguably the biggest rivalry in the men’s game. “I have to,” Djokovic said. “It’s part of my life. Many times you fall ‘I felt that I did everything right to have my chance here’ as an athlete. You have to learn the lesson and keep on going, keep on fighting, keep on improving. “That’s what we are here for. I’m still 26, and I believe the best time NEW YORK: Engulfed in a sometimes with no signs of imme- for my career is about to come. As long as I believe it, the fire and the mixture of relief and utter joy, diate progress. love towards the game is inside of me, as long as that’s present ... I’m Rafa Nadal fell on his back and So when he thanked his staff going to play this sport with all my heart as I did in the last 10 years.” covered his face with his hands and those close to him, it was The Nadal-Djokovic rivalry is typified by marathon rallies that after beating Novak Djokovic in not the usual courtesy but an stretch both players to their physical limits. four sets to win the US Open, acknowledgement that the painful They conjured a 54-stroke rally in the second set that left a capacity the 13th Grand Slam title of his road back would have been much crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium screaming for more. Djokovic raised career. tougher without the support of his arms at having succeeded in the mini-battle, but Nadal won the war. A year ago, Nadal was sat at his team and family. “I have played against Rafa, on different surfaces and different occa- home watching on television as “What really produced for me sions, points like this where you just feel that there is the last drop of Andy Murray defeated Djokovic, these emotional moments was energy that you need to use in order to win the point,” Djokovic said. dealing with the knee injuries working hard in tough moments, Nadal celebrates “Sometimes I was winning those points, sometimes him. which had raised questions over trying to be positive,” he added. after defeating “It’s what we do when we play against each other, always pushing his longevity in the sport. “A lot of people were with me Djokovic on Monday. each other to the limit. That’s the beauty of our matches and our But after returning to the game during this period of time and Nadal has won all 22 rivalry, in the end.” from a seven-month absence, they were not easy moments. hard-court matches For the second straight year, Djokovic started the season by winning Nadal’s remarkable year has A lot of days I was able to keep he has played the Australian Open before falling short at the other three majors. included two Grand Slam wins as working because of them. this season. The He lost a five-set heartbreaker to Nadal in the semi-finals of the he marches his way towards the “When you go to the gym every French Open and was beaten by Britain’s Andy Murray in the cham- Spaniard has won number one ranking again. day and you don’t see a positive pionship match at Wimbledon. 10 tournaments of a “For a few things this season result, then you lose a little bit “I wish I won at least one title more, considering the fact I played is probably the most emotional your energy. Having those people possible 12 in 2013. two finals,” he said. “All the matches I lost, even the French Open, I one in my career,” Nadal told around me during this period of had that match. I lost it again in the semis. reporters after his 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, time was decisive. “Overall, it was again a very successful grand slam year for me. That’s 6-1 victory. “They kept me working hard, where I want to play my best in. As I said, I wish there was another “I felt that I did everything they give me that positive energy. title, but it is what it is. right to have my chance here. Without them it would be impos- “It was obvious that in the important moments Rafa played better “You play a match against one sible for me to have the chance to tennis, and that’s why he deserved to win. I congratulate him, and I of the best players of the history be here today.” move on. I didn’t deserve to win in the end.” REUTERS like this, Novak, number one in Once he got back on court in the world, probably on his favour- February, Nadal says his doubts ite surface, as I said the other day, and fears eased. I would have to be almost perfect “When I came back to Chile for to win. the first tournament I said, ‘well, “It means a lot for me have this the most important thing is to be Flushing Meadows, going 60-3 in Nadal is now just four short trophy. It is just amazing,” he said. healthy.’ I am sure that I will not the year so far - is another thing of Roger Federer’s 17 Slam titles Nadal gives no quarter on the forget how to play tennis in seven all together. and while his old rival is looking court and he is similar when months,” Nadal said. “I felt confident that if I am a fading force at the moment, Nadal (right) is asked to talk about his fears, “The most important thing healthy I will keep having chances Monday’s triumph suggested the congratulated by avoiding the temptation to tell and the most difficult thing is be to compete for the tournaments. Spaniard, if the knees play their Djokovic. During the the easy storylines. healthy. If you are healthy, if you But winning two Grand Slams in part, can go on to become the match, the top two Did he fear he might never play have been in the top positions for the year is something that I never most successful of all. players played a again? nine years already or eight years thought. The 27-year-old not only looks 54-shot rally that was “I am a positive guy, so I never and you stop for seven months, “Did I think if I am healthy hungry and motivated but, as he won by Nadal in the thought about that,” he replied why will you not have the chance would I compete well again? Yes. acknowledged, has added an extra second set. with his disarming smile. to be back there?” But not as early as I did. I never edge of aggression to an already But he acknowledged that the But coming back and being thought to have that. combative game. emotions he showed on court did competitive is one thing - winning “But after three or four, five “It is true that I am playing a indeed relate back to his inju- Masters Series events at Indian months of competition, I felt con- little bit more aggressive than ries and to the difficult days in Wells, Madrid, Rome, Montreal fident that I will have the chance before, more inside the court, the gym, when he had to endure and Cincinnati and those tri- to be back playing at the good closer to the baseline, going more the daily grind of rehab work, umphs at Roland Garros and level,” he said. for the points.” REUTERS Murray seals ATP Tour Finals Nadal (left) Taxman cometh for US speaks with spot; Federer Queen Sofia of Spain struggling after winning Open champions the men’s LONDON: Britain’s Andy final on NEW YORK: Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams more money out of the champion’s pockets in taxes. Murray joined world number Monday. each took home a record $3.6m in prize money “At the end, it’s a lot of money anyway, but that’s one Novak Djokovic and newly- for winning US Open titles, but both champions not the real prize money,” Nadal said. “You have to crowned US Open champion lamented that much of their prize was going to pay the tax, and in Spain today it is 56 (percent), Rafa Nadal as definite qualifiers be taken in taxes. I think. for the ATP World Tour finals Spanish second seed Nadal defeated Serbian “Anyway, a lot of money. Is more than half. Is yesterday but Roger Federer world number one Novak Djokovic 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, more than half less and then is Euros.” faces a battle to make the eight- Kevin Spacey (right) and 6-1 to capture the men’s crown on Monday, a day That conversion factor will shrink the Euro fig- man field. after Williams outlasted second-ranked Victoria ure for Nadal even more, which at least is not a David Beckham watch Despite falling at the quarter- Azarenka of Belarus 7-5, 6-7 (6/8), 6-1. factor for Williams, who surpassed $9m for the the men’s singles final. final stage in his defence of the US Both US star Williams and Nadal captured the season, a women’s prize money record, and $50m Spacey’s films such as Open last week, Murray is third Seven Superman Returns top prize of $2.6m for winning the year’s final Grand for her career. in the race to London and guar- , and Slam title on the New York hardcourts plus a $1m Williams, a 17-time Grand Slam winner and five- LA Confidential anteed a spot. has earned bonus for having the most successful run in pre-US time US Open champion, faces a hefty bite from Federer has been an ever- him several Emmy and Open tournaments. “Uncle Sam”, the mythical US representation of present at the Tour finals since Golden Globe nominations. “The prize money is great for the sport,” Nadal the government often used in reference for taking 2002, is at risk of missing out this Beckham, who retired from said. “The sport is bigger and bigger. Is a lot of taxes from paychecks. time. football in May, was twice money, is true. The only thing that we can say is “Someone told me today I passed 50 (million), The Swiss is seventh on the runner-up for FIFA World thanks to the US Open for that improvement on but half of that goes to my Uncle Sam. I love him. Race to London rankings, just Player of the Year, and our sport.” I’m always giving him half my money.” 130 points ahead of compa- became the first Briton to The US Tennis Association increased the prize “I never in my life have picked up a check,” she triot Stanislas Wawrinka and play 100 Champions League money to record levels and the victory boosted said. “I don’t play tennis for the money. I love Grand Frenchman Richard Gasquet also matches. Nadal’s career total above $60m, but it also means Slams. AFP closing in. REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT McQuaid Ferrari chief stays quiet confident of quick win in election BUENOS AIRES: Cycling on Raikkonen rumours chief Pat McQuaid said he is confident that now he has been cleared to be a candidate, he will Brazilian driver Massa confirms he will leave Ferrari at end of the season be re-elected easily as President of the International Cycling Union (UCI) later this month. LONDON: Ferrari chair- Felipe Massa announced his The 64-year-old Irishman - man Luca di Montezemolo departure from the Ferrari who has been president for eight shunned questions about Kimi Formula One team at the end of Lotus F1 years - has faced a vitriolic assault Raikkonen yesterday amid the season. Formula One on him since the other candi- mounting speculation that the “From 2014 I will no longer be driver Kimi date Englishman Brian Cookson 2007 Formula One champion driving for Ferrari,” the driver entered the race in early June. Raikkonen could be back at Maranello next said in a post on Instagram and McQuaid has been attacked for of Finland is season. Twitter. “I would like to thank many things including his han- “We won’t talk about Formula the team for all the victories and pictured during dling of the Lance Armstrong One today,” the Italian told report- incredible moments experienced the third practice doping scandal, which eventually ers at the Frankfurt motor show. together. session of the saw the UCI strip the American “I am trying to convince a driver “For next year, I want to find Italian F1 Grand of his seven Tour de France titles. to come back and am speaking to a team that can give me a com- Prix at the However, he has fought back in Schumacher tomorrow,” he joked. petitive car to win many more Monza Circuit a battle with Cookson -- whom he Seven-times champion Michael races and challenge for the on Sunday. once thought of as an ally having Schumacher, now 44 and fully Championship...,” he added. Recent media brought him into the UCI -- that retired after his comeback with Massa’s departure opens the reports suggest has become increasingly personal. Mercedes ended last year, is most way for Raikkonen, who has that the driver After first the Irish and then definitely not in the running. been widely tipped to return to could be driving the Swiss withdrew their nomi- Raikkonen, the 33-year-old with the team with which he won the for Ferrari next nations, it was not even sure at the glacial gaze and ‘Iceman’ tat- 2007 world championship before season. one point if McQuaid, a former tooed on his forearm, certainly is. making way for Fernando Alonso professional cyclist, would be able Paddock whispers after last at the end of the 2009 season. to present himself for re-election. weekend’s Italian Grand Prix In the 1950s, team founder Finally the Moroccan at Monza spoke of a done deal, Enzo Ferrari had Italian champi- Federation stepped in to nomi- although Lotus were still hop- ons Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe the other. The German notched “Between the improbable con- When the Finn left Ferrari in nate him, allowing him to make ing to keep their man and Farina racing in his cars together up five of his seven titles with firmation of Massa and the prob- 2009 to make way for Fernando his run for another term. Ferrari team principal Stefano but Montezemolo has spoken out Ferrari, taking all but 19 of his 91 able arrival of Raikkonen, it’s not Alonso, he went without burning The UCI Executive Board Domenicali said no decision had in the past against having “two wins with the Italian team in the difficult to imagine what Alonso any bridges. cleared his nomination and been taken. roosters in the same henhouse”. decade between 1996 and 2006. would prefer,” said yesterday’s Alonso, who endured a fiery McQuaid, present in Buenos Raikkonen has plenty of sup- Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell Britain’s Eddie Irvine and Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. 2007 season with Lewis Hamilton, Aires for the International porters among the passionate were there together in 1990 but Brazilians Rubens Barrichello Raikkonen is a man who refuses would undoubtedly prefer a more Olympic Committee Session, said Ferrari ‘tifosi’ as the team’s first the Briton would have to wait and Massa managed just 15 wins to be anything other than himself, subservient partner. he couldn’t wait for the vote. champion of the post-Schu- until 1992 with Williams before between them as his team-mates an often taciturn soul who would “I have a lot of respect for “I am confident once I get to macher era, and last to date, and he became a champion. over that period. happily skip most media engage- Felipe. We’ve been working very Florence I will win it quickly,” he his return would a break with Since the arrival of Michael Massa has not won since 2008, ments and likes to let his driving hard and close for four years said. Ferrari tradition as much as a Schumacher in 1996, Ferrari has when he was overall runner-up, do the talking. Not much fazes to give Ferrari the maximum,” “I have globalised the sport over blast from the past. preferred to be a team with one and been on the podium just once him, least of all paddock mind Alonso said in a response to fans the past eight years, taken it to Later yesterday, Brazilian driver clearly ranked ahead of this year. games. on Twitter. AGENCIES Asia and South America. The presidents of the federations on those continents know me, I know them and they acknowledge what I have done. Pakistanis “Why have the opposition being Stage set for Schools Olympic Program trying to derail me? Because threaten they wanted a coronation not an election.” protest over DOHA: Plans are under way as McQuaid, from a family of pro- the Qatar Olympic Committee fessional cyclists, with his father, (QOC) and the Supreme uncle and six brothers having hockey slump Education Counci (SEC) pre- competed in the sport, said he pare to launch the seventh could not be faulted over his atti- KARACHI: Retired Pakistani edition of the Schools Olympic Students run tude to tackling doping. stars yesterday threatened to Program (SOP) under the “Over the eight years I’ve been during the burn their medals and protest theme ‘Sport and Integrity’ on in charge I have developed the Qatar Olympic publicly unless the government Wednesday, September 25. most advanced anti-doping pol- steps in to reverse a spectacu- SOP is a pioneer idea that came Committee’s icy,” he said. lar decline in the national game, in response to the prestigious ini- Schools “I have introduced biological field hockey. tiative of the Emir H H Sheikh Olympic passports, and have spent 7.5m Pakistan, four-times world Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who Program (SOP) Swiss Francs ($8m, 6m euros) a champions with three Olympic is also the President of QOC, in an in this file year on tackling doping.” golds, failed to win the Asia Cup attempt to link sports activities photo. The McQuaid, who is a qualified earlier this month and so failed to with others, besides encouraging seventh edition school teacher, said there was qualify for next year’s World Cup school students to practise sport of SOP will no way he could have swept the to be held in The Netherlands in as an integral part of their daily be under the Armstrong doping scandal under Europe. life. theme ‘Sport the carpet. The failure sparked a nation- SOP is a pioneering sport and Integrity’. “First of all I had nothing to do wide protest by fans and a group program inspired and staged by with the Armstrong case as all his of Olympians demanded that the Qatar since six years ago, which Tour de France wins were before prime minister remove incum- has received an overwhelming I took over,” said McQuaid. bent officials at the Pakistan response from all entities of the McQuaid still confesses to Hockey Federation (PHF). country and has now become an being stunned at the revelations “Prime minister Nawaz Sharif annual sport event supervised by about Armstrong. is the patron of the PHF and QOC along with other permanent “I read his book and the way he must take some time out of partners. productive role of ICCS in pro- to see the news dominated by the in sport. In the same way that he described his cancer and how his busy schedule to address the In a detailed article published tecting youth and new generation. selfish and inexcusable behaviour youngsters are educated about he had looked death in the eyes. serious and fatal slump in our in ‘Qatar Sport Magazine’ Al Shahwani said: “Speaking as of the minority of athletes that so drugs and alcohol in relation to I couldn’t believe a guy who had national sport,” former captain recently, Mohammed Hajaj Al a fellow sports industry profes- many aspiring athletes look up to their sporting career, the same experienced that would after- and coach Islahuddin Siddiqui Shahwani, the Deputy-Chairman sional, an avid fan and a passion- as role models.” should be true for integrity.” wards put poisons in his body,” told a news conference. of International Centre for ate advocate of the positive values He added: “At the ICSS, we “But whilst many organisa- he said. AFP “The current federation has Sport Security (ICSS), outlined that sport can instil in young peo- believe that early education is tions now provide integrity failed to produce results in the the valuable objectives and the ple, it saddens me when I continue crucial in ensuring integrity programmes for professional ath- last five years and we now have letes, the same cannot be said for Froome and nothing left in our hockey, this young athletes on the pathway to federation must go or else we will emulating their sporting heroes. Wiggins named protest,” demanded Islah. Australian swimming official At present, the lack of integrity Another Olympian, Ayaz education for youth is a gaping in British squad Mahmood, threatened to burn black-hole in sport globally. his medals. “Rarely do you hear of ath- for worlds “For us hockey is our pride, life hails Aspire Zone facilities letes having the awareness, and and everything and if nothing is confidence, to report instances done to improve our hockey, I will DOHA: Aspire Zone of doping and approaches by LONDON: Tour de France burn my Olympic gold medal,” Foundation (AZF) facilities fixers. This is an area in which champion Chris Froome and said Mahmood, a member of was hailed by an Australian many organisations in sport must Bradley Wiggins, the man he Pakistan’s last Olympic gold win- swimming official, after the improve. They must educate their deposed this year, have both ning team in 1984. the Georgina Hope Swimmers young athletes to recognise, resist been named in Britain’s provi- Pakistan’s nose-dive slump saw Foundation Australian Junior and report an awkward or dis- sional squad for the road world them finish last in the 2010 World team emerged victorious at tressing experience surrounding championships in Italy. Cup in India. the recent FINA Junior World Performance Enhancing Drugs Sky team mates Froome and They finished seventh in the Swimming Championships in (PEDs) or an approach by a Wiggins are expected to be part of London Olympic Games in 2012, Dubai, following four days of potential match fixer,” he said. a strong British contingent in the and eighth in Beijing four years intensive training at Aspire Al Shahwani added: “This is men’s elite road race with sprint earlier, which was their worst Zone. An Australian swimmer takes part in a training session at Aspire Zone why the ICSS, in partnership with king Mark Cavendish and Geraint ever placing. The team excelled at the inter- in Doha. The Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Junior the QOC, have created ‘Save the Thomas also named yesterday The current PHF chairman is national tournament, beating team used the facilities to prepare for the FINA Junior World Swimming Dream’, a new initiative that aims ahead of the championships later Qasim Zia, an Olympian and a off stiff competition from the Championships in Dubai. to educate young people about this month. member of the Pakistan People’s Russian and American teams to sporting integrity and promote Olympic champion Wiggins is Party tipped to be sacked after top the gold medal count, taking Scott said: “Aspire was able beneficial for our preparation positive messages around sport expected to support Froome’s title his party lost May elections home an impressive 18 medals to provide the high standard ahead of Dubai. It allowed the and its character- building val- attempt while going for individual to Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim overall. of facilities we required for our management to easily adjust ues. It is my hope that ‘Save the gold in the men’s elite time trial. League-N. Michael Scott, Swimming team to train in a professional training times when necessary Dream’ will become a powerful Lizzie Armitstead, a silver med- Hundreds of fans also staged Australia’s High Performance environment.” while giving the swimmers maxi- instrument to protect the next allist in London, will lead Britain’s protests in Karachi, Faisalabad Manager, praised the role played He added: “Staying in such mum recovery time during the generation of athletes and sports women in the road race with 2010 and Rawalpindi last week, by AZF in the lead up to the close proximity to the world- day.” stars around the world for years world champion Emma Pooley set demanding a change of guard at Championships. class facilities was extremely THE PENINSULA to come.” to ride in the time trial. the PHF. AFP THE PENINSULA REUTERS WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Bach replaces Rogge as IOC boss The International Olympic Committee chooses new president at Buenos Aires meet

BUENOS AIRES: Thomas Bach achieved a long-held dream yesterday as he was elected to the most power- F E ful position in sport, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The 59-year-old German -- the first Olympic gold medallist to become president -- won in the second round of voting by his fellow IOC members to beat his five male rivals bidding to succeed Jacques Rogge, who stepped down after 12 years in charge. Bach polled 49 votes in the sec- ond round to achieve the majority, with only Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion getting into dou- ble figures with a respectable 29. Athletics legend Sergey Bubka was humiliated as he garnered just four votes -- although he made the second round which was not the case for Taiwan’s Wu Ching-Kuo who was eliminated. Bach, gold medallist with the West German team in the team foil event in the 1976 Olympics, D had been the frontrunner A: Outgoing International throughout the campaign and had Triumphant Tokyo delegation for years been seen as the man Olympic Committee most likely to replace Rogge. returns to roll up sleeves (IOC) president “I know what the enormous Jacques Rogge responsibilities are of being IOC TOKYO: A triumphant Tokyo governor Naoki Inose returned home president but I am very happy,” to the cheers of thousands gathered in a plaza yesterday, thanking holds up the name he said after the announcement, everyone for the support that brought the 2020 Olympic Games to of Thomas Bach of which saw him break into a broad Japan and vowing to get down to work to make them successful. smile. “Thank you from the bot- Tokyo stocks rallied for a second straight day on optimism that Germany after he was tom of my heart. Japan’s decisive victory at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) elected the ninth pres- “You my friends and colleagues meeting in Buenos Aires over rivals Madrid and Istanbul will bolster have placed in me an overwhelm- the chances of a lasting economic recovery to erase two decades of ident of the IOC during ing sign of trust. I also have stagnation. a vote in Buenos Aires enormous respect for my fellow Welcomed back by a brass band and a crowd gathered in front of yesterday. candidates and I will work with the futuristic Tokyo Metropolitan Government building lit up in the you. I will put into practise what Olympic colours as dusk fell, Inose said Tokyo’s success in its bid to B: Newly-elected IOC my motto was during the cam- host the Games for a second time was due to the enthusiasm at home. President Bach is paign: ‘unity in diversity’.” “The voices and yells of support from Japan were heard in Buenos Bach said that being in Buenos Aires and that’s what led to our getting the Games,” he said. applauded while Aires brought memories flood- But later he told a news conference that now the city would have to Rogge makes the ing back from when he was an get down to work to prepare for the world’s greatest sports extrava- announcement. athlete. ganza only seven years in the future. “I came here with the team a “We need to make the 2020 Games the best ever,” he said. “So every C: Rogge asks Bach year after winning Olympic gold,” Tokyo citizen needs to join together, with each person doing what they to address the IOC he said. can according to their abilities.” “Then it was a cold winter but The city touted a $4.5bn war chest in the bank and its ability to tap family following the all I take from it is the warmth into the vast markets of Asia, as well as its reputation for getting things announcement. C of the relations we enjoyed with done, appeals that helped win over an IOC worried about delays for the D: Back honours his our rivals even in a dramatic 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro and difficulties with the 2014 final where we came back from Winter Games in Sochi. But even as Japan savoured its success and predecessor Rogge nowhere to win. anticipated still further economic benefits, questions remained about with an IOC memento. “So I take those same warm the nuclear reactor at Fukushima, where the world’s worst nuclear feelings from the win today.” crisis in 25 years was set off by a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami E: The German joins IOC Bach, a lawyer by profession, is and the crippled reactor continues to leak water. members in saying the ultimate insider having been Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised at the IOC meeting that the a member since 1991 and has situation was “under control,” though surveys at the weekend found ‘goodbye’ to Rogge. been vice-president three times that 72 percent of Japanese thought the government’s response was F: Bach reflects on his while also heading up the Judicial too late and 95 percent said it was a serious problem. victory at the IOC Commission. The plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, has recently been He has also been one of the forced to reverse denials and admit that hundreds of tonnes of radio- presidential elec- leaders in fighting doping, calling active water are pouring into the Pacific Ocean each day. Radiation tions in Buenos Aires for athletes to be suspended for levels near tanks that leaked highly radioactive water have spiked, and four years instead of the two-year the operator of the plant has voiced concerns that contamination may yesterday. ban in place at the moment. reach groundwater. REUTERS B It had not been all plain sail- ing for Bach during the campaign with German media in particular A posing questions about his ability to be president. Leaving behind Bach, who has fond memories of Buenos Aires as he and his team-mates came from 7-1 down to win the world foil title in 1975, looked to be in the eye of the a lasting legacy storm in August. An academic report -- com- BUENOS AIRES: Jacques Tribune on his election that his missioned by him -- was released Rogge stepped down as presi- love of a particular type of art alleging that, like their then dent of the International resembled his character. East German neighbours, West Olympic Committee (IOC) “I categorize things. My medi- Germany too had indulged in sys- eysterday having firmly imposed cal skills are like that. Abstract tematic doping of their athletes. his ‘Mr Normal’ image on the art is all about shapes and sizes Bach dismissed the claims that movement and to great effect. you can categorize. It’s like being he should have known more about Unassuming and humble to a pilot with a checklist. I am what was going on and then set the end, he leaves the role as the abstract, but not romantic,” said -- jokes at his own expense never at the opening ceremony of the The IOC presidents up an inquiry headed by a retired most powerful man in sport hav- Rogge. far from his lips. While he might London Games to mark the 40th judge. ing restored the lustre and hon- Rogge did add he adored Cubist of been the master of world sports anniversary of the murder of 11 BUENOS AIRES: List of International Olympic He said in August that even our to the image of the IOC and art but abstract was more within it was far from being the case at Israelis by the Black September Committee (IOC) presidents in his time as an athlete he had in strong financial health. his financial capabilities and since home as he learnt at an early age. terror group at the 1972 Olympics. after Thomas Bach was elected never witnessed doping firsthand. The 71-year-old Belgian has then his presidency has reflected “I was a ringside doctor for Instead Rogge -- who had been in Buenos Aires yesterday: “You heard things and read adopted the same precision he that, a tightly-run ship - appro- five years,” he said in 2009. “I competing on that day against an some stories in the newspapers, learnt when he qualified as an priate for a three-time Olympic was young, my shirt would often Israeli yachtsman -- paid his own 1894-1896: Demetrius Vikeelas (GRE) that something was going on in orthopaedic surgeon in removing sailor. His brain child the Youth be spattered with blood as I was homage of a minute’s silence, a different sports,” he said. the extravagances of the previous Olympic Games has been born, closest to the bout. I would come few days before the opening, in 1896-1925: Baron Pierre de An unflattering documentary era under Spaniard Juan Antonio rugby and golf have been voted home with my shirt spattered in front of the Olympic Truce Wall Coubertin (FRA) (he stepped on German television failed to Samaranch, who he replaced back into the Games (2016) and blood and my wife would say to in the Athletes Village. down from 1916-19 after joining turn up anything that could seri- when the former Franco-era dip- women’s boxing was one of the me ‘you clean it’.” Under his own presidency French Army in World War I) ously damage him, while his rela- lomat stepped down in 2001. standout successes at what was Never one for soundbites death has struck the Games. 1916-1919: Baron Godefroy de tions with increasingly influential While there is nothing flam- also considered one of the best -- sometimes his remarks or Georgian luger Nodar Blonay (SUI) (caretaker while Kuwaiti IOC member Sheikh boyant about the bookish, quietly- Games of all time in London last answers could come across as Kumaritashvili died in a practice de Coubertin was on army duty) Ahmed Al Sabah also seemed to spoken and cultivated Belgian, he year. too technocratic delivered behind run prior to the 2010 Vancouver 1925-1942: Henri de Baillet- leave him unharmed. was the natural choice to replace “Have I enjoyed it? Not always. his poker-faced expression -- Games and it produced a rare Latour (BEL) The front page of one Samaranch at the election in Was it exciting? Definitely, and thoughts of the legacy he leaves moment of public emotion as he 1942-1952: Sigfrid Edstrom Argentinian newspaper last week Moscow in 2001. it was a privilege of course to do not matter a jot. brushed aside tears in giving his (SWE) had a cartoon of Sabah, wearing Coming in the wake of the Salt be president,” said Rogge when “Normally with regards to tribute to the young athlete. 1952-1972: Avery Brundage a T-shirt with Bach’s face on Lake City ‘votes for gifts’ scan- asked in Buenos Aires how would legacy you only speak about that “That was the worst moment (USA) it, grinning and with his thumb dal which had rocked the move- he summarise his spell in charge. when people die,” he said last year. and one that I will never forget,” 1972-1980: Lord Michael raised, while rival Denis Oswald ment and seen several members “You have good and bad “I didn’t take the mandate up he said as he looked back on his Killanin (IRL) went public and slammed him for expelled, the IOC was in desper- moments but the fact is the big- to leave a legacy and historians career in Buenos Aires. 1980-2001: Juan Antonio his business links with Kuwait. ate need of a pair of safe and clean gest reward for me was the ath- can write about that in 20 years True to the last, though, Rogge Samaranch (ESP) However, it made little impact hands. letes’ welfare and in that I was time if they so wish.” remained impassive as the mem- and Oswald, like his fellow can- “A heavyweight has been successful.” Last year in London he held his bers heaped praise on him, fight- 2001-2013: Jacques Rogge didates, were no match for the elected,” opined Samaranch at His outwardly severe looking nerve when he refused emotional ing it off with his self-deprecatory (BEL) machine behind Bach. AFP the time. Rogge told the Chicago manner hid a warm personality calls to hold a minute’s silence wit. AFP 2013: Thomas Bach (GER) WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT No rush on Cup switch: Clubs 2022 World Cup in Qatar: European clubs want to be part of winter rescheduling talks

GENEVA: European soccer interests of football. “We have to saying it was not responsible to Professional Football Leagues clubs want to be involved in dis- be very sensible to find the best play in Qatar in the summer, even (EPFL) said FIFA should con- cussions over a possible winter solution which will be accepted though technology exists to cool sult widely before making any World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and by all stakeholders in the foot- venues. change to the regular schedule have urged FIFA not to rush ball family, because it affects our European nations, in par- of playing the World Cup in June a decision, saying there is “no business,” added the former West ticular England, have cried and July. hurry”. Germany, Bayern Munich and foul at the idea of holding the “Such an important decision Football’s governing body FIFA Inter Milan forward, who is also globe’s most-watched sporting cannot be rushed with artificial will meet next month to discuss Bayern Munich chairman. FIFA event in January and February, deadlines,” the EPFL said in a a proposal from President Sepp “If there is a change, the clubs, President however. statement. Blatter to shift the finals to the the leagues, the associations and Sepp Blatter They underline that Qatar bid As well as disrupting club com- northern-hemisphere winter the players have the right to be attends to host the tournament during petitions, the EPFL said a date because of the searing heat in heard and to discuss the best the 125th Europe’s June-July close season, change would have an impact on Qatar in the summer. solution with FIFA concerning a International and that a change would disrupt player contracts and the trans- The European Clubs change for the World Cup.” Olympic their domestic leagues. fer system which is based on a Association (ECA), which has He said the clubs would discuss Committee Rummenigge said heat was European season running from more than 200 members, said the matter with European soc- (IOC) ses- part and parcel of football, recall- August to May. yesterday that it wanted to be cer’s governing body UEFA before sion, in ing the stifling weather when he It also noted a potentially consulted before any decision was their executive committee meet- Buenos played in the 1986 World Cup final damaging clash with the 2022 made. ing in Croatia next week. Aires, in Mexico. Winter Olympics, another major Another organisation, repre- Rummenigge said he was sur- Northern hemisphere summer attraction for sponsors and Argentina, senting the European leagues, prised by Blatter’s comment in dates have been stuck to in the broadcasters. on Saturday. set out obstacles to the move as an interview on Monday that it past even when the World Cup The EPFL called for a medi- it also urged FIFA not to rush a might have been a mistake to was staged in the southern hemi- cal assessment of the impact of a decision. award the tournament to the tiny sphere -- the weather at the 2010 summer World Cup on the health “I personally believe there is Gulf state. edition in South Africa was often of players and fans before any no hurry and I don’t understand “I don’t know why he did that chilly, for example. decision was made. why FIFA would like to make because they already decided in But Blatter argues that June English Premier League chief an early decision at the next favour of Qatar and that’s it,” he and July are never set in stone, executive Richard Scudamore has executive committee meeting in said. and that rescheduling would argued that a winter World Cup October,” ECA president Karl- “I don’t believe it was a mis- accepts it and it’s not nice for makes sense for 2022. Summer reflect football’s global appeal by could disrupt the European soccer Heinz Rummenigge told a news take, it was a political decision the people in Qatar to always hear temperatures in the Gulf can hit a showing that anyone can host the calendar for up to three seasons conference. in favour of Qatar to bring the these kinds of comments.” blistering 50 degrees Celsius (122 World Cup. because of the knock-on effects of “I think that nine years is more World Cup to an Arabian country, Blatter has insisted that shift- degrees Fahrenheit), but cool to The 2022 edition will be the having to stop and start a cam- than enough to do this very sen- and that’s it. ing the World Cup from its tra- the mid-20s in the winter. This first in the Arab world. paign. AGENCIES sibly and prudently, in the best “We accept it and everyone ditional months of June and July week, Blatter upped the ante by Earlier, the European Messi tax Rummenigge hails case delayed

MADRID: The case involv- ing Barcelona star Lionel Messi Bale’s success story and his father on tax evasion charges has been delayed until GENEVA: Real Madrid’s jaw- advance through the Champions September 27, a court state- dropping transfer fee for Gareth League and Europa League. ment confirmed yesterday. Bale is a market issue not a mat- Spanish club Malaga -- quar- Messi was due to appear in ter of morals, and respects rules ter-finalists in last season’s court in the coastal town of Gava on football financing, European Champions League -- were the near Barcelona on September 17, Club Association boss Karl- first to fall foul of the system, the day before Barcelona start Heinz Rummenigge (pictured) ending up banned for one season their Champions League cam- said yesterday. from this year due to outstanding paign against Ajax. The Welshman signed debt payments. However, the Argentine’s law- from Tottenham Hotspur on Rather than playing the role yers had asked for that date to September 1 on a six-year con- of accounts watchdog, UEFA has be changed due to commitments tract for a fee of some 94m euros insisted that independent bodies Egypt’s Hossam Ghaly (left) controls the ball to score as Guinea’s Salim on another case on the same day. (£80m, $124m), and critics have should decide whether big-spend- Cisse looks on during their 2014 World Cup qualifying match at El-Gouna Messi and his father Jorge questioned the symbolism of that ing, foreign-owned clubs such as Stadium in Hurghada, about 464km from the capital Cairo, yesterday. Horacio Messi are accused of try- astronomical sum as Spain wal- French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint- ing to deceive the Spanish taxman lows in economic crisis. Germain and Monaco are toeing to the tune of 4m euros ($5m, “The pricing of a player always the line. £3.4m) by ceding the player’s depends on the market. And this Rummenigge said Financial image rights to companies based player was very requested on the Fair Play was good for the game, Trika stars for Egypt in tax havens such as Belize and market, and at the end he had and that while it was not an issue Uruguay. that of course incredibly high in the Bale case, it could rein in They are alleged to have price,” Rummenigge told report- the market in the future. drawn up deals in Britain and ers as the 214-club ECA wrapped own club Bayern Munich won “I believe it will make football on his special day Switzerland to ensure that the up its general assembly in Geneva. last season’s Champions League, more rational,” he said. income passed straight into “Coming then to a moral dis- said he understood that thirst for “We want to help the football JOHANNESBURG: Egypt finish by the seven-time African the tax havens without passing cussion is not easy. Real is looking glory -- notably from Real, who family in Europe to come back to midfielder Mohamed Abou champions. through Spain. for fantastic players to be success- have nine European titles under Earth.” Trika celebrated his 100th cap Fears of crowd trouble in politi- However, Messi’s lawyers have ful on the pitch. I have the clear their belt, but have gone empty Meanwhile, Iraq’s football asso- by scoring one goal and creating cally turbulent and security sensi- claimed the 26-year-old has scru- impression that they are on line handed since 2002. ciation fired the national team’s three in a 4-2 World Cup quali- tive Egypt meant the game was pulously complied with Spanish with Financial Fair Play rules, Financial Fair Play, in force Serbian head coach yesterday, fying win over 10-man Guinea staged in El-Gouna -- far from legislation and will pay any and that is the only thing we have since 2011, is a policy introduced blaming a string of “bad results”, yesterday. popular football venues Cairo and amount he is found to owe. to regard,” the former Germany by European football’s governing after the squad failed to qualify The result of the Group H Alexandria. Last week a judge’s ruling con- star added. body UEFA with the agreement for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. dead rubber maintained the 100 It was the first time the firmed that Jorge Horacio Messi Real, a global brand in their of clubs. “The association unanimously percent record of the ‘Pharaohs’ Pharaohs have played at the Red paid 5.02 million euros to the tax own right, are leading financial The aim is to defuse potential decided to relieve the coach of as they chase a first World Cup Sea watersports resort, 450 kilo- authorities as a corrective pay- players in the world of foot- debt bombs and stop clubs spend- his duties and to appoint Hakeem appearance since the 1990 finals metres north-east of capital city ment in August for the four mil- ball thanks to revenue streams ing more than they earn in order Shakir as the national team in Italy. Cairo. The rudimentary 12,000- lion euros due in tax plus interest. including TV rights and sponsor- to buy success. coach,” Iraqi Football Association Abou Trika is the ninth seat stadium has also been used The fraud charges have come ship, and judicious working of the UEFA says the rules have Vice President Abdulkhaliq Egyptian footballer to reach the recently for African club fixtures as a huge blow to Messi’s previ- transfer market. already driven down clubs’ pay- Massud said. 100-cap milestone and retired by Cairo powerhouses Al-Ahly ously squeaky clean reputation Bale is just the latest in a string ment arrears by 40 percent Vladimir Petrovic lasted just compatriot Ahmed Hassan holds and Zamalek. having avoided adverse headlines of “galactico” signings, Real presi- between 2011 and 2012. five months in the job, and will the world record with 184 national Egypt made a disastrous start, throughout his career for both his dent Florentino Perez has made The sanctions for non-com- be replaced by the national youth team appearances. falling behind after only four performances on the field and his during two spells in charge of the pliance include exclusion from team’s head coach. Egypt finished with 18 points, minutes when Adam El Abd behaviour off it. The four-time club, in a drive to boost their com- European competition, which hits Petrovic had signed a one-year Guinea 10, Mozambique three from English second-tier outfit World Player of the Year is one mercial revenue and success on clubs in their pockets by denying contract for $800,000 when he and Zimbabwe two in a mini- Brighton conceded an own goal. of the most marketable sports- the pitch. Rummenigge, whose them the bonuses paid out as they was hired. AGENCIES league dominated from start to AFP men in the world. AFP Jordan win marathon shoot-out in Asian play-off World Cup TASHKENT: Jordan endured qualifiers -- currently Uruguay minutes. And just two minutes Sergeev. Jordan appeared content game and, with little attacking a floodlights failure and won -- for their first ever World Cup later, Saeed Murjan levelled the to play for extra-time and there threat from either side, there qualifying results a marathon penalty shoot-out spot. tie when he ran onto to a loose was no surprise when the game was no surprise when it went to European Zone 9-8 against Uzbekistan to reach But the result meant further clearance and rammed a scorch- went to an additional 30 minutes, a penalties. Group F an intercontinental play-off for heartbreak for Uzbekistan, who ing half-volley past Murotjon with penalties looming. Uzbekistan missed their first At St Petersburg, Russia next year’s World Cup in dra- also went out after a chaotic Zukhurov in the Uzbek goal. A Djeparov free-kick felled two spot-kicks before hauling Russia 3 (V. Berezutsky 49, Kokorin 52, matic fashion yesterday. game in Tashkent when they last With the stakes sky-high, the Jordan’s Adnan Suleiman when themselves back into the shoot- Glushakov 74) Israel 1 (Zahavi 90+3) The nerveless visitors came reached this stage eight years ago. game remained surprisingly open it caught him in the face and out. But as the teams traded Group G back after conceding an early The evening had started prom- and both sides threw on attacking Uzbekistan’s Ivan Nagaev was successful kicks Ismailov, scorer At Marijampole, Lithuania goal, leaving the scores at 1-1 isingly for the hosts when they players in the early stages of the booked for diving when he tum- of Uzbekistan’s goal in normal at full-time, and then held firm took full advantage of a free-kick second half. bled in the box. play, turned fall guy as his failed Lithuania 2 (Matulevicius 18, Kijanskas 40) despite an 18-minute delay when for an infringement on the edge Uzbek substitute Sanjar But there were farcical scenes attempt put Jordan through. Liechtenstein 0 the lights went at Pakhtakor of the box on just five minutes. Tursunov needed only to choose when, 10 minutes into the first Uzbekistan also suffered a bit- Africa Zone Result Stadium. Two-time Asian player of the his spot when he was picked out extra period, the floodlights failed ter defeat in the Asian play-offs in Group G And in a gripping shoot-out year Server Djeparov’s curling by Jasur Khasanov near the hour- at the venerable venue, prompting 2005, when they had a successful At El-Gouna they were able to celebrate a delivery was parried into the mark, but he blazed over waste- loud jeers and a delay of 18 min- penalty against Bahrain chalked Egypt 4 (Ghaly 38, Abou Trika 51-pen, Salah 83, scarcely believable triumph when path of Ismailov, who buried the fully from inside the box. utes. Both teams were forced to off for encroachment. Zaki 87) Guinea 2 (El Abd 4-og, Soumah 57) Anzur Ismailov failed to convert rebound on the far post. Djeparov, his crewcut embel- leave the field for an interruption Their eventual 1-0 win in Asian Zone Play-off the decisive spot-kick. The White Wolves were in the lished with lightning-shaped that was so long that players and Tashkent was then surprisingly Second leg In Tashkent Jordan, who were held 1-1 at ascendancy for most of the first tramlines, remained a handful officials were seen doing warm- annulled over the refereeing error, Uzbekistan 1 Jordan 1 home in last week’s first leg, now half but Jordan fired a warning and Uzbekistan nearly struck up stretches before the game and Bahrain drew the replay 1-1 Jordan win 9-8 on penalties after 2-2 go into a two-legged tie against when Ahmed Saleh grazed the again when one of his free-kicks restarted. The incident sucked edging the tie on away goals. aggregate draw after extra time. the South America’s fifth placed netting with a snap shot on 40 found the head of debutant Igor any remaining urgency from the AFP WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Pakistan strike late in Harare Zimbabwe reach 237 for eight; Masakadza and Taylor hit half centuries for hosts

HARARE: Hamilton Scoreboard Taylor, by contrast, looked Masakadza and Brendan Taylor out of touch early in his innings Smith back shared a century partnership Zimbabwe (I innings): and was given a torrid time by before Zimbabwe suffered a Tina Mawoyo c A Akmal b J Khan ...... 0 left-arm pace bowler Junaid. He collapse on the first day of the Vusi Sibanda b R Ali ...... 14 scored only seven runs as the for Pakistan second Test against Pakistan at H Masakadza c Mohd Hafeez b S Ajmal ....75 partnership became worth 50 but Harare Sports Club yesterday. B Taylor lbw A Rehman ...... 51 he played with more fluency to series in UAE Zimbabwe were 237 for eight at M Waller c A Akmal b J Khan ...... 23 contribute 32 of the next 50. He the close of play. E Chigumbura b A Rehman ...... 15 faced 128 balls and hit six fours. Masakadza (75) and Taylor (51) R Mutumbami c A Akmal b J Khan ...... 8 Junaid was the pick of the JOHANNESBURG: South put on 110 for the third wicket but P Utseya (batting)...... 14 Pakistan bowlers and was unlucky Africa captain Graeme Smith the rest of the batting crumbled T Panyangara b R Ali ...... 24 not to have a better return than was named yesterday for a two- on a pitch which had cracks that T Chatara (batting) ...... 0 his three for 55. Fellow left-arm Test October series against caused several deliveries to keep Extras (B-4, LB-8, W-1) ...... 13 opening bowler Rahat Ali took Pakistan in the United Arab low. Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 237 two for 48 and left-arm spinner Emirates after recovering from Masakadza’s dismissal, caught Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-31, 3-141, 4-172, Abdur Rehman two for 37. foot surgery. at slip off a Saeed Ajmal ‘doosra’, 5-176, 6-187, 7-203, 8-234. One of Rehman’s victims was Smith has not played since was the first of six wickets that Bowling: Junaid Khan 25-10-55-3 (1w); Elton Chigumbura, who was he was diagnosed with a stress fell for 94 runs before the close Rahat Ali 19-7-48-2; Younis Khan 3-0-7-0; bowled by a delivery which barely fracture which ruled him out of of play. Saeed Ajmal 20-5-71-1; Abdur Rehman 21- rose off the turf after hitting a the ICC Champions Trophy in Masakadza and Taylor came 6-37-2; Mohammad Hafeez 2-0-7-0. crack. England and Wales last June. together after Zimbabwe lost Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez, Khurram Pakistan won the first Test by Smith was also named in South their first two wickets for 31 runs. Manzoor, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali, Misbah-ul- 221 runs. With the second and Africa’s one-day international Tina Mawoyo was caught Haq (capt), Asad Shafiq, Adnan Akmal (wkt), final match of the series being squad for five ODIs which will behind off Junaid Khan without Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, played at the same venue as follow the Tests -- but selection scoring off the second ball of the Rahat Ali. part of a cost-cutting exercise convener Andrew Hudson indi- match after Taylor won the toss by Zimbabwe Cricket, there was cated that there were still doubts and decided to bat. concern that pitch preparation about his full fitness. Vusi Sibanda battled to 14 withdrew because of the birth of might have been affected. “We should have a definite pic- off 44 balls before dragging an his first child, batted solidly as There were only two non- ture on the status of Graeme’s attempted pull against Rahat Ali he reached a half-century off 98 playing days between Tests, and recovery from surgery within the onto his stumps. balls, taking advantage of any Taylor said at the toss that he did Zimbabwe’s Hamilton Masakadza bats during the first day of the sec- next two weeks,” said Hudson. Masakadza, who captained the loose deliveries to hit eight fours not want to bat last after having ond Test against Pakistan at the Harare Sports Club, yesterday. “We will obviously be monitor- team in the first Test when Taylor and a six. had a look at the pitch. AFP ing Graeme’s condition very care- fully and do not want to overload him too much during the early stages of his return.” Leg-spinner Imran Tahir, Sehwag and Gambhir to play Windies A dropped after taking some heavy punishment in a Test series in MUMBAI: Virender Sehwag, Khan, Ishwar Pandey, Mohammed Australia last year, was brought Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Shami, Mohammad Kaif back, joining Robin Peterson as Khan have been picked to rep- India A squad for the three a front-line spinner for what resent India A in two four-day 50-over games and one T20: are likely to be spin-friendly games against West Indies A Yuvraj Singh (captain), Unmukt conditions. later this month. Chand, Robin Uthappa, B Fast bowler Vernon Philander, Gambhir and Zaheer were Aparajith, Kedar Jadhav, Naman who has become a key member of dropped from the Test side late Ojha, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, the Test side, was named in the last year, and Sehwag last played Jaydev Unadkat, Praveen Kumar, one-day squad. Jacques Kallis was a Test in March. Sumit Narwal, Shahbaz Nadeem, not included in the one-day squad. All three were ignored for sub- Mandeep Singh, Rahul Sharma Squads: sequent A squads, but this call-up India Red squad for the Tests: Graeme Smith (captain), - coming just before the start of a Challenger Trophy: Irfan Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP fresh season - will give them hope FROM LEFT: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan and Mohammad Kaif. Pathan (captain), Robin Uthappa, Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean for a national comeback. Abhinav Mukund, Saurabh Tiwary, Elgar, Imran Tahir, Jacques Also back in the fold was the the Champions League T20. one-day champions, and are Paliwal, Harshad Khadiwale, Parvez Gurkeerat Mann, Kedar Jadhav, Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne 32-year-old Mohammad Kaif, who Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped expected to pick their team and Rasool, Bhargav Bhatt, Ishwar Smit Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Shahbaz Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin last played a Test in 2006. for the Champions Trophy and coach soon. Pandey, Mohammed Shami, Ashok Nadeem, Abhimanyu Mithun, Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale These matches clash with the the tri-series in the West Indies, Zaheer and Yuvraj have spent Dinda, Rohit Motwani, Dhawal Umesh Yadav, Suraj Yadav Steyn, Thami Tsolekile. Champions League T20, which was chosen to lead the one-day the time outside international Kulkarni, Paras Dogra India Blue squad for the ODI: AB de Villiers (captain), could have played a part in some side against West Indies A, and cricket working on their fitness India A squad for the sec- Challenger Trophy: Yuv r aj Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, or all of these selections. Missing also India Blue in the Challenger in France. Not picked for the A ond and third four-day games: Singh (captain), Akshath Reddy, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran from the India A four-day side Trophy, the domestic season sides, Gambhir represented Essex Cheteshwar Pujara (captain), Naman Ojha, Mandeep Singh, Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David that toured South Africa last opener. in county cricket. Gautam Gambhir, Virender Ankit Bawane, Abhishek Nayar, Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne month are M Vijay, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan was picked to lead India A squad for the first Sehwag, Sheldon Jackson, Manish Pandey, Piyush Chawla, Parnell, Robin Peterson, Vernon Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, India Red. Delhi are the third side four-day game: Cheteshwar Abhishek Nayar, Paras Dogra, Ankit Rajpoot, Vinay Kumar, Philander, Graeme Smith, Dale Shikhar Dhawan and Wriddhiman in the tournament by the virtue Pujara (captain), Jiwanjot Singh, Uday Kaul, Parvez Rasool, Bhargav Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Iresh Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe. Saha, who will all be playing in of being defending Ranji Trophy KL Rahul, Manpreet Juneja, Rajat Bhatt, Dhawal Kulkarni, Zaheer Saxena. AGENCIES AFP Pool: Manalo, Reyes reach round-of-64 in Qatar

DOHA: Marlon Manalo and Efren Reyes, both of the World 9-Ball Pool Championship Philippines, advanced to the round-of-64 stage of the World Winners through to final 64, losers are out 9-Ball Pool Championship at Group 1 Al Arabi Indoor Stadium here yesterday. Ivo Aarts (NED) bt So Shaw (GBR) 9-5; Efren Reyes (PHL) bt Jeong Young H (KOR) 9-4. Both qualified from the los- Group 2 ers bracket after losing one Marlon Manalo (PHL) bt Sniegocki Mateusz (POL) 9-4; Dominic Jentsch (GER) bt Hunter Lombardo(USA) match in the group stage of the 9-3. tournament. Group 3 Manalo defeated Sniegocki Imran Majid (GBR) bt Bader Al Awadi (KUW) 9-4; Huidji See(NED) bt Waleed Majed (QAT) 9-5. Mateusz of Poland 9–4, while Reyes, a former world champion, Group 4 got past Jeong Young H of Korea John Morra (CAN) bt Henrikas Stolis (LTU) 9-4; Mark Antony (PHL) bt Marc Claramunt (ESP) 9-7. by an identical score. Group 5 But another former world Mark Gray (GBR) bt Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 9-8; Cheng Yu Hsuan (TPE) bt Hanni Al Howri (UAE) 9-6. champion Francisco Bustamante Group 6 of the Philippines was not so lucky. Bustamante, winner here in Chris Melling (GBR) bt Kuo Po Cheng (TPE) 9-3; Carlo Biado (PHL) bt Jasson Klatt (CAN) 9-7. 2010, lost to Thorsten Hohmann Marlon Manalo of the Philippines speaks to reporters after his 9-4 win over Sniegocki Mateusz of Poland in Group 7 of Germany 9-6. the Stage 2 of the World 9-Ball Pool Championship at Al Arabi Indoor Stadium in Doha, yesterday. Manalo Dimitri Jungo (SUI) bt Hijikata Hayato (JPN) 9-7; Nguyen Anh Tuan (VIE) bt Liu Hai Tao (CHN) 9-0. has qualified for the round-of-64 which will begin today. The 37-year-old, a local elected politican for the last On Monday, 32 players booked Group 8 their spots into the round-of-64, three years, made it to the main draw after booking a place in the qualifying rounds of the 12-day tourna- Jeffery De Luna (PHL) bt Philip Reilly (AUS) 9-5; Ramil Gallego (PHL) bt Radoslaw Babica (POL) 9-6. which will begin today. ment. Manalo is returning to the pool world after a hiatus of three years. RIGHT: A player tries to pot a ball. The 128 player field that began Group 9 here on Saturday was already con- Mohamed Zulfikri (INA) bt Ali Maghsoud (IRI) 9-2; Karl Boyes (GBR) bt Nico Erasmus (RSA) 9-5. sidered by many to be the strong- Group 10 est ever gathered for this event. Alex Pagulayan (CAN) bt Han Hao Xiang (CHN) 9-3; Phil Burford (GBR) bt Abdullah Al Yousef (KUW) 9-5. The round-of-64 to the final will Efren Reyes of Group 11 follow the single elimination with the Philippines race to 11, while the final will be Thorsten Hohmann (GER) bt Francisco Bustamante (PHL) 9-6; Alexander Kazakis (GRE) bt Mario race to 13. The winner of the in action during Morra (CAN) 9-3. 2013 World 9-ball Championship his match against Group 12 receives $36,000. The runner up Jeong Young H of Corey Duel (USA) bt Aloysius Yapp (SIN) 9-8; Raymund Faraon (PHL) bt Li Hewen (CHN) 9-7. Korea. Reyes won will pocket $18,000. Group 13 The losing semi-finalists will 9-4. Lee Van Corteza (PHL) bt Salah Al Rimawi (KUW) 9-4; Mohd Ali Berjawi (LEB) bt Mohanna Al Obaidly each get $10,000, while fifth to (QAT) 9-5. eight place winners will $6,000 PICTURES BY: each. The total prize money for Group 14 KAMMUTTY VP the entire tournament is $250,000. Oliver Ortmann (GER) bt Bashar Hussain (QAT) 9-2; Nguyen K. Hoang (VIE) bt Fu Che Wei (TPE) 9-5. World No.1 Darren Appleton Group 15 is the reigning champion. The Kong Bu Hong (HKG) bt Robb Saez (USA) 9-6; Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) bt Kawabata Satoshi Englishman pulled off a thrilling (JPN) 9-8. 13-12 victory over China’s Lee He Group 16 Wen in last year’s final. THE PENINSULA Chao Fong Pang (TPE) bt Tomasz Kaplan (POL) 9-7; Ryu Seung Woo (KOR) bt Petri Makkonen (FIN) 9-6. Wednesday 11 September 2013 5 Dhul-qa’da 1434 Volume 18 Number 5819 Sport Price: QR2

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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Awesome Nadal Holland and Italy qualify for 2014 World Cup wins US Open title PARIS: Forward Robin van The four-time champions now Persie scored twice as Holland have 20 points from eight games European World qualified for the 2014 World Cup played in qualifying Group B, Cup Qualifying The in-form player claims 13th Slam crown finals in Brazil with a 2-0 away seven more than Bulgaria with win over Andorra in Group D two qualifiers remaining. yesterday. Meanwhile, England inched Results NEW YORK: Rafa Nadal Van Persie’s stinging shot closer to qualifying for next Lithuania 2 Liechenstein 0 crowned his brilliant year by More on page 23 from outside the area in the 49th year’s World Cup after surviv- Armenia 0 Denmark 1 defeating world number one minute opened the scoring for ing a number of scares to record Kazakhstan 0 Sweden 1 Novak Djokovic to win the the Dutch - the first team from a potentially crucial 0-0 draw Georgia 0 Finland 1 US Open title at Arthur Ashe Europe to book a place at next against Ukraine in Kiev. Norway 0 Switzerland 2 Stadium on Monday and earn year’s finals - and four minutes Ukraine had an early penalty his 13th Grand Slam singles later he scored with a tap-in after appeal waved away and gave the Malta 1 Bulgaria 2 crown. a defensive blunder. visitors several nervous moments Romania 0 Turkey 2 The Spaniard earned his sec- The win in Andorra-la-Velle on a tense night at the Olympic Luxembourg 3 N. Ireland 2 ond major championship this against a defensive home side put Stadium, but Roy Hodgson’s men Slovakia 1 Bosnia-H 2 season following his French Open Holland on 22 points and beyond held on to move a point clear in triumph, sealing the 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, the reach of their group rivals European qualifying Group H. Andorra 0 Holland 2 6-1 win when Djokovic dumped after Romania earlier lost 2-0 at Victories over Montenegro Cyprus 0 Slovenia 2 a forehand into the net, sending home to Turkey. and Poland in their final two Hungary 5 Estonia 1 Nadal down onto his back before It is the 10th time Holland home games next month will give Macedonia 1 Scotland 2 rolling face down and sobbing in have qualified for the World Cup England a place in Brazil, but they Faroe Islands 0 Germany 3 joy. finals. They were runners-up in will hope for improved perform- Nadal’s career total of 13 Grand 1974, 1978 and at the last tourna- ances after a muddled display in Greece 1 Latvia 0 Slam wins moves him one ahead ment in South Africa in 2010. the Ukrainian capital. Italy 2 Czech Rep 1 of Australian Roy Emerson and Meanwhile, Italy secured quali- The point means Ukraine San Marino 1 Poland 5 into third on the all-time list fication for the 2014 World Cup remain within a point of England Ukraine 0 England 0 behind Roger Federer (17) and with two games to spare after a although they are now in second Wales 0 Serbia 3 Pete Sampras (14). patchy but dominant 2-1 win over place, behind Montenegro on goal Nadal, who won the 2010 US the Czech Republic. difference. AGENCIES Belarus 2 France 4 Open in a final against Djokovic and then lost their finals rematch in 2011, improved his hard court record to a spotless 22-0 this year Rafa Nadal of Spain bites the trophy as he celebrates winning the US and his overall match record to a Open final against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the USTA Billie Jean sensational 60-3. King National Tennis Center in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens “I never thought something borough of New York City on Monday. like this could happen,” said the 27-year-old, who watched last year’s US Open on television haul of women’s winner Serena bring the set back on serve at 4-3. at home during a seven-month Williams. Djokovic again showed his absence from the Tour due to a “He was too good,” said determination by seizing the knee injury. Australian Open champion advantage in the next game, He added: “I feel very lucky Djokovic. “He definitely deserved breaking Nadal with a sizzling about what happened since I came to win this match and this trophy.” backhand crosscourt winner and back.” The quality of tennis rose then ending the set on serve in The left-hander from Mallorca throughout Monday’s match, the next game with a backhand collected prize money of $2.6m. translating into long rallies, winner down the line. Nadal also pocketed an extra brilliant defense and booming Djokovic made it three breaks $1m for having topped the stand- winners that had the centre in a row against the formidable ings in the US Open run-up series court on their feet roaring their Nadal in the opening game of the of events, matching the $3.6m appreciation. third set, setting the Spaniard Nadal rewarded his fans with a down at love. meticulous opening set, winning Nadal leveled the set in the All-time Slam with relative ease with a pair of sixth game, foiling the Serb’s service breaks. serve to make it 3-3. wins The Spaniard, dashing around The match might have turned All-time list of men’s Grand the court with speed and ease, three games later. Slam winners after Rafael Nadal handled the windy conditions Facing triple break point at won the US Open on Monday: easily, making just four unforced 0-40, the Spaniard fought back errors to 14 by Djokovic in the ferociously, scrambling for every 17 Roger Federer (SUI) first set. ball to thwart Djokovic, snuffing 14 Pete Sampras (USA) Djokovic turned up the inten- out the third break point with his 13 Rafael Nadal (ESP) sity and outslugged Nadal to win first ace of the match on a 125- 12 Roy Emerson (AUS) the second set. The top-seeded mph bullet and held after the 11 Bjorn Borg (SWE), Rod Laver (AUS) Serb claimed a rare service break second deuce. off Nadal in the sixth game, tak- That seemed to take some of 10 Bill Tilden (USA) ing a 4-2 lead by winning an the fight out of the Serb, who was exhausting 54-stroke rally when broken in the next game when Stats he handcuffed Nadal with a back- Nadal blasted a forehand winner Nadal has now won all 22 hard-court matches hand to his feet. up the line to move one set from he has played in 2013 The Spaniard had held serve victory. He has won 10 titles this year, from 12 finals in 81 of 82 games on his way to The Spaniard broke the Serb the final. with a booming forehand to take He has lost only three of 63 matches all year But that feeling of exultation a 2-0 lead, and broke him again He had won 88 consecutive service games until for Djokovic was short-lived as to make it 5-1 before serving out Gasquet broke him in the semi-final the Spaniard broke right back to the victory. REUTERS

US Open Champion Nadal poses with the trophy in front of the media, following his victory. The Spaniard has only lost three of 63 matches this year.