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Israel-Palestine solution to be put at UNSC: Hollande PARIS: A solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be put to the UN Security Council, French President Francois Hollande said yes- terday after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. “We will have a resolution that will say clearly what we expect from the (peace) process and what the solution must be,” Hollande said in a joint news conference with Abbas. He said “there is a perception that there will never be a solution, even though we know the outlines of a possible deal”. Ain Khalid health centre to be ready by 2016

DOHA: Dr Mariam Abdul Malik, Director- General, Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC), said construction of new health centre by Ashghal in Ain Khalid is expected to be completed in 2016. Al Gharrafa and Al Shahaniya health centres will work 24-hour from March next year. The health centre in Abu Nakhla will follow suit later. It will also start service classification to allow patients to consult doctors without prior appointments. Bahrain dialogue parties ‘on common ground’

MANAMA: Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa yesterday said political parties had identified five areas of “common ground”, to address opposition Shia grievances in the Sunni-ruled kingdom. He presented them to H M King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as a framework for dialogue, his court said. They address Shia demands, including re-defining electoral districts to ensure greater represen- tation; measures to enable parliament to ques- tion actions of the prime minister, his deputies and ministers; granting parliament new rights to approve the cabinet; and judicial and secu- rity reforms. See also page 9 Salmond to quit over Scottish vote failure

EDINBURG: Alex Salmond yesterday said he will stand down as Scotland’s First Minister THE ISSUE and Scottish National Party (SNP) leader after failing to secure a majority for inde- pendence in Thursday’s referendum. He said he would not accept SNP’s nomination to be a Qatar has recently put into force ($137,306) for anyone who creates or man- abuse in future and there is the need to candidate for leader at its annual conference in ages a website for a terrorist organisation or raise awareness about the new law. Perth in November. Given the SNP’s majority an extensive cybercrime law spreads its ideology through the Internet or “A lack of clarity about the articles in the Scottish parliament, the new leader will to combat offences committed any other media that assists in communica- related to spreading ‘false news in order become first minister. See also page 10

online, including financial tion among heads and/or members of terror to jeopardise the security of the state and Design: Abraham Augusthy organisations. disturbing peace locally or internationally’ IS captures 60 Kurdish frauds and crimes and offences Article 6 prescribes a punishment of up to and ‘items deemed to have violated any of committed through the Internet. three years in jail or fine of up to QR500,000 the social values and principles’ could lead villages in Syria or both for anyone who creates and manages to confusion and abuse in future, which a website or any other media to publish false means that raising awareness and enhanc- BEIRUT: Islamic State (IS) jihadists have he legislation is a welcome move news with an intention to jeopardise the ing understanding of this law are of utmost seized 60 Kurdish villages near the Turkish as it prescribes severe punish- security of the state or disturb peace locally, importance to DCMF,” the centre said in a border in a two-day campaign, the Syrian ments for several crimes dealing regionally or internationally. statement. Observatory for Human Rights said yester- Twith computers, networks and While Article 7 talks of child pornogra- Article 20 also breaches freedom of day. “In the past 48 hours, they have taken 60 the Internet, prominent among them being phy and severe punishments for the crime, expression and tries to muzzle it as it says if villages, 40 on Friday,” it said, referring to the child pornography. Article 8 stipulates imprisonment up to authorities would insist, one would be legally operation around Ain Al Arab. See also page 8 However, where it has been welcome by three years or a fine of QR100,000 or both obliged to part with information about a society at large as a deterrent against elec- for anyone who violates social values or source or sources of news and would not Light rains in Al Shamal tronic crimes, it has raised fear in some publishes news or photographs or records have the right to withhold such information sections as some provisions of the law are a voice breaching privacy of a family or an on the ground of professional ethics. DOHA: Some areas along Al Shamal Road seen as aiming at suppressing free speech individual even if the content is true, with Article 21 makes it legally binding on witnessed light rains last afternoon, pro- on the Internet. the intention of slander on the Internet or a service provider to retain a subscribed viding relief to people from scorching heat. Criticism is being made by proponents of any other media. online material for a year in case there is Light rains were witnessed in Muasker Al freedom of speech, particularly of Article According to Doha Centre for Media a crime or a case involving the subscribed Shamal, Wadi Dahul and Um Shakhut. The 5 of the law which prescribes up to three Freedom (DCMF), the vagueness of the material or the subscriber. Meteorology Department has forecast clear years of prison and a fine of up to QR500,000 above articles can lead to confusion and Continued on page 2 weather today with slight dust. AGENCIES

Saturday 20 September 2014 • 25 Dhu’l-Qa’da 1435 • Volume 19 • Number 6194 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home Cybercrime law sparks debate Welcomed by society at large as a deterrent against online crimes, though critics see it as aiming at suppressing free speech on the Internet.

Continued from page 1 cybercrime law?” said a critic. Amnesty International’s Middle East rticle 23 says Qatar Then, there are people and groups and North Africa Programme. will cooperate with glo- who promote their religions and Article 23 says Qatar will “It contains broad and vaguely-worded bal agencies to launch religious ideologies using social provisions that fly in the face of interna- investigations against media and their tweet accounts, cooperate with global tional standards. They effectively grant the accused in some especially. “Are we going to treat agencies to launch the government extensive powers to Aalleged cases of cybercrimes or some of them or all of them as ter- punish anyone who posts or shares con- extradite them. ror-related online commentators so investigations against the tent officials consider harmful to Qatar’s This, according to critics, would they could be punished?” asked the accused in some alleged “social values” or interests. put unnecessary pressure on Doha critic. There is a real danger that legitimate, as such requests may keep pouring Another critic said requesting cases of cybercrimes or peaceful expression could be seriously in literally by the day. Qatari citizens anonymity that if there is a debate undermined by this new law which could would, however, not be extradited. on the Islamic State (IS) on some extradite them. facilitate arbitrary crackdown on peace- Article 27, however, confers on social media in the GCC or some ful dissent.” Qatar the right to seek similar help other online platform, are the debat- The controversial articles assume regarding a cybercrime accused ers to be booked on the charges importance as Qatar is among the most from foreign agencies. of promoting or aiding terror or online connected countries in the world Article 40, however, says Qatar spreading terrorist ideology? and its residents keep expressing views will, though, have the right not to Yet another critic, who also didn’t online on everything under the sun. extradite an accused in a cyber- want to be named, said the articles “The GCHR expresses serious concern crime case due to his race, religion, that pertain to trying to defame or at the enactment of the new Cybercrime or political opinion. slander individuals and families or Law and views it as a real and serious “Does this mean that the accused issuing threats to them online, are threat to freedom of expression and would not be extradited on the already crimes punishable under opinion and belief on the Internet and above grounds even if he is charged Qatar’s criminal code. “So why through social media,” it wrote on its with having committed a big finan- they should have been included website. cial or banking fraud in a Western in the cybercrime law in the first Dr Matt J Duffy, a media expert on country?”asked one of the critics. place? They are already crimes GCC who has written a book, ‘Media Meanwhile, prominent law- and whether committed using the Laws of the UAE’, said the cybercrime yer and former member of the Internet or any other means is law is a troubling development for the Central Municipal Council (CMC), immaterial,” said the critic. level of freedom of speech in Qatar. Abdulrahman Al Jefairi, told local He said he had read the full law Duffy said no country that enjoys a Arabic daily Al Raya in remarks and found it strange that it mentions reasonable level of freedom of the press published recently that creating that it was proposed by the Minister and other forms of expression enforces awareness about the legislation of Interior, whereas it should have laws that regulate “false news”. was a must, especially among the been drafted at the behest, and with False defamation is prohibited every- youth since they could indulge in the involvement, of the Ministry of where. But the idea that a government such offences as spreading false Justice and ictQatar (the regulator official can determine what “news” is news on the Internet, cell phone or of IT and telecom sectors) and the false cannot be upheld in a country where social media which can put them local media. a free press is protected. Journalism is in trouble and simultaneously state Also, the bye-laws or execu- based on attributing information, and security at risk. tive regulations to help implement journalists cannot be expected to vouch The youth could also get involved the provisions of the law are to be for the veracity of every source they pub- in sexual blackmail and could cre- framed by the Minister of Interior, lish. False news laws have no impact and ate and/or manage websites for ter- according to the law, and not by prompts self-censorship by journalists ror outfits. He said the new law was others, which shows the cybercrime and others for fear of prosecution. the need of the hour to prevent and law is more a security issue than He also said the fact that these laws fight cybercrimes. an effort to streamline or promote trouble for even making comments websites. restricting freedom of speech target dig- Recently, some terror groups have freedom of speech on the Internet. on social media or sharing remarks Until now online media and peo- ital media shows that the government emerged across the world and have The Northwestern University in of others on local social networking ple are sometimes seen posting is worried about online discussions. been trying to attract the youth Qatar, which claims to champion the websites. critical comments and news. This The mainstream media in Qatar rarely using the Internet in the name of cause of free speech, was contacted Broadly, the new law empowers will now become a thing of the past, engage in debate and criticism. Social jihad. “So it was essential for the by this newspaper for comment but authorities to ban websites they an expatriate said, not wanting his media such as Facebook and Twitter government to come out with a it didn’t respond although a detailed consider threatening to the security name in print. tend to host more open discussions. This cybercrime prevention law,” said Al questionnaire was mailed to it by of the country and punish anyone The articles have also attracted law will surely discourage critical speech Jefairi. our reporters and its officials said who posts or shares online content the attention of international online. Take some group, as an example. they would get back in time. that undermines Qatar’s social val- organisations, including Amnesty “What a wonderfully vague law, For some, it is a terrorist organisa- Critics say that at the time when ues or general order. International and Gulf Centre for designed to silence good critical inves- tion, for the most across the world it smartphones and tablet computers The new law will have two-fold Human Rights (GCHR). Both have tigative journalism and national debate! is an organisation fighting for free- have revolutionised the way people impact. First, the online news por- termed these as a threat to freedom Not unique to Qatar but a sad indict- ing its land from illegal occupation. access information online and react tals will be cautious in their news of expression. ment that little has been learned from “So where do you draw the line to new updates, the above-cited con- and opinion. Secondly, people, espe- “The new cybercrime law is a the entire region going up in flames and how do you define what ter- troversial articles of the new law cially expatriates, will now be careful major setback for the freedom since 2011. Shutting down speech makes rorism is and what action is to be have irked many. in posting, sharing or tweeting their of expression in Qatar,” said Said things worse, not better,” a person wrote taken against one under the Qatari Some say they fear they may be in comments on social networking Boumedouha, Deputy Director, in one of the online news websites. Mohsin Dhiyab Al Suwaidi, a promi- nent Qatari lawyer, however, said the law was necessary because cybercrime is an international issue and all countries have laws to combat it. “This is the first Qatari law that fully addresses all cybercrimes whether related to the publication of false news This is the first Qatari or pornography or electronic fraud,” he law that fully addresses said. Faisal Al Marzouqi, a popular newspa- all cybercrimes per columnist, told this newspaper that whether related to the he had no problem with the law and publication of false that he understands that even with the freedoms of expression and speech there news or pornography or should be some limits imposed by the law electronic fraud. so that these freedoms do not hurt other individuals or the state. He said that he, however, respects all other views and thinks that the best way MOHSIN DIYAB AL SUWAIDI forward for human rights activists or journalists who have some grievances with this law is to put forward their case through the right channels and the gov- ernment legislators are obliged to listen to them also. DCMF said it will facilitate the opening of a channel of communication The best way forward for between journalists and the legal sys- tem to reach a common understanding human rights activists or of the law. journalists who have some “This law is flexible and open to grievances with this law is interpretation which necessitates open discussion and dialogue among all stake- to put forward their case holders to raise awareness and enhance through the right channels understanding of exactly how this legis- and the government lation will be enforced and how to avoid violating it. legislators are obliged to “While it is important to regulate listen to them also. online activity, the centre retains its belief that cybercrimes should be kept FAISAL AL MARZOUQI separate from freedom of expression online,” DCMF said. THE PENINSULA Home SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY Qatar concerned over nuclear proliferation Israel blocking Middle East nuclear-free zone: Envoy VIENNA: Qatar has expressed 40 years the United Nations to accept the IAEA comprehensive deep concern over the grave con- General Assembly has been annu- safeguards system. Accordingly, sequences that threaten peace ally adopting a resolution calling Israel’s joining of the NPT and and security as a result of nuclear for a Middle East nuclear free the subjection of its facilities to proliferation in the Middle East, zone, the IAEA’s adoption of a the IAEA safeguards system will calling on the director-general similar decision about a quarter remove the main obstacle to the of the International Atomic of a century ago, the issuance of establishment of the (nuclear Energy Agency (IAEA) to hold UN Security Council Resolution weapons free) zone. further consultations with 487, which called on Israel to sub- Dr Al Hammadi noted that the regional countries to facilitate ject its nuclear facilities imme- conclusion reached by the director early implementation of IAEA diately to the comprehensive general in his report that he was comprehensive safeguards on all safeguards system of the IAEA unable to achieve progress in the nuclear activities in the region. 33 years ago, and the resolution of implementation of resolution 15 Qatar has also demanded that the 1995 NPT Review Conference of the 57th session of the General all parties, especially those bearing on the Middle East 19 years ago, Conference, was expected in the a special responsibility for main- pointing out that until now none light of the preconditions imposed taining international peace and of these resolutions have been by Israel to block the establish- security, provide all assistance to implemented. ment of the zone. Performers rehearse for the Disney on Ice presents Rockin’ Ever After show. the director-general to facilitate He also noted that the absence The director general’s report creation of a Middle East zone of progress made it incumbent to pointed to the position of the Arab free of nuclear weapons as soon consider the matter seriously due states, which complies with logic, as possible. to concern over the grave conse- international law and relevant In a speech at a meeting of the quences of nuclear activities in resolutions of the United Nations Preparations begin for Disney IAEA Board of Governors, Qatar’s the Middle East not dedicated to and the IAEA, which say that member Dr Ahmed Hassan Al peaceful purposes, and the urgent Israel’s accession to the NPT and Hammadi thanked the direc- need to strengthen the non-pro- implementation of comprehensive tor general for his report on the liferation system, nuclear disar- safeguards on its facilities will pave on Ice show at QNCC application of IAEA safeguards in mament and achievement of the the way to the creation of the zone the Middle East document. The NPT’s global application. and a just and lasting peace in the DOHA: The stars of ‘Disney on behalf of everyone when I say award-winning music, stunning Qatari delegation stressed that it Dr Al Hammadi added that region. on Ice presents Rockin’ Ever we’re looking forward to bring- choreography and beautiful cos- added its voice to the Non-Aligned paragraph (4) of the Director He said the imposition of terms After’ arrived here this week as ing some of the Disney magic to tumes, the show will deliver a Movement’s statement, which was General’s report summarized the supposed to achieve a compre- preparations began for the show, Doha.” lifetime of memories. delivered by the ambassador of main obstacle facing the estab- hensive peace in the region as a to be held at Qatar National Until recently, Disney on Ice “The team is ecstatic to wel- Iran. lishment of the (nuclear weapons precondition for engagement in Convention Center (QNCC) presents Rockin’ Ever After had come the show’s stars, cast and During the speech, the Qatari free) zone by saying “all countries efforts to create the zone was an from September 24 to 27. only toured the United States. crew, and we look forward to an delegation made a number of in the region except Israel are par- indication of lack of political will. It has taken 420 man hours to The show, which takes audi- action-packed, fun-filled couple observations, including that for ties to the NPT, and have pledged QNA create the arena for the show. ences on a breathtaking adven- of weeks in the final lead up to For many of the 100 cast and ture with their favourite Disney the show,” said Ali Haidary, the crew members, who began arriv- characters, began its world tour Founder and CEO of Sport and ing in Doha on September 16, this in Dubai before coming to Doha. Entertainment Solutions. is their first visit to Qatar. Produced by Feld “It is difficult to explain just Performance Director Jackie Entertainment, presented by how much goes into making a QU scholarships benefit 400 students Soames said the cast and crew Qatar Tourism Authority and production of the scale and mag- were looking forward to experi- its Events Diary, OnQatar nitude of Disney On Ice a reality, DOHA: At least 400 students and scholarly achievement, Qatar to the home country for students encing some of Doha’s Arabian and organised by Sport and but we know it will be worth it have benefited from Qatar University also provides other who are not residents of Qatar. culture. Entertainment Solutions in when we see the look of wonder University scholarships to study scholarships that also consider The student pays the penalties “The majority of the cast association with q.media Events, on the face of so many children.” different disciplines for Fall financial need,” the paper noted. due in case he/she drops courses has never been to the Middle the extravaganza will bring Tickets for the show cost 2014, officials have said. Scholarships at the university or withdraws from the semester. East but have heard a lot about together all-time favourite QR175, QR275 and QR475, with Classes at the university started cover the cost of tuition while the Only first-time undergradu- Qatari culture and tradition,” Disney characters from sto- VIP seats costing QR1,000 and on Sunday last week, reported benefits of some scholarships may ate students and students who said Soames. “Many have spo- ries including Disney•Pixar’s Rink-side Royal seats QR2,000. local Arabic daily Al Sharq. also include free accommodation transfer from other universities ken about exploring the city BRAVE, and Disney’s Tangled, Tickets are available at all Virgin “While the vast majority of aca- in university dormitories, trans- to Qatar University are eligible for while others are keen to go on a The Little Mermaid, and Beauty Megastores and online at www. demic scholarships are awarded portation to and from the univer- these scholarships. desert safari. Ultimately, we are and the Beast, in a visually rich virginmegastore.qa. on the basis of academic merit sity and an air ticket every year THE PENINSULA all thrilled to be here and I speak production. Complemented by THE PENINSULA

F-Ring road to open in two QNB holds HR conference for staff Kuwait hails Qatar’s efforts DOHA: QNB convened the top talent in an increasingly com- individual capabilities and skills. months first ever gathering of its inter- petitive environment. The confer- The Ambassador Programme was to promote human rights national HR professionals to a ence discussed this matter in great launched within the framework of DOHA: Construction of special conference held at the detail and HR professionals from Talent Management and Qatari GENEVA: Kuwait yesterday He was quoted by Kuwait News F-Ring road will be completed QNB offices at Al Mathaf Tower across the QNB Group agreed that Leadership Development agenda. commended Qatari efforts in Agency as lauding Qatari insti- on schedule and it will open in Doha recently. As part of its the subject of career development The aim of the programme is promoting, protecting and per- tutions’ adoption of sustainable in two months, officials from commitment to fulfil its vision remained an essential deliverable to expose high-potential Qatari severing human rights, at the measures to deal with UNHRC the Public Works Authority to become a Middle East and for QNB Human Resources. employees to the international United Nations Human Rights recommendations since the deliv- (Ashghal) have said. Africa (MEA) icon by 2017, the Commenting on the success of banking environment so that they Council UNHRC. ery of its report in April 2014. It Companies working on the purpose of the event was to dis- the conference, General Manager- can develop best international Qatar’s efforts are clear from reflects Qatar’s desire to abide by road project have doubled their cuss innovative and relevant Group Human Capital, Yousef Al practice leadership competencies the review of its second periodi- objectives and principles of the efforts in order to complete best practice Human Capital Othman, said: “Given the expand- and skills. cal report on its role in protec- UNHRC, he said. the last phase of the project on solutions across a range of rel- ing International footprint of Programme participants are tion and promotion of human Al Ghoneim also applauded time, reported Arabic daily Al evant subject matters. the QNB Group, it is essential seconded to QNB international rights, the Kuwaiti Permanent Qatar’s acceptance of two Kuwaiti Watan. Attending the two-day confer- that the important subjects of branches for a period of 12-24 Representative to the UN Office recommendations on the need to According to Ashghal, the ence were QNB country human Talent Management and Career months. Upon successful comple- in Geneva, Ambassador Jamal Al continue and strengthen relations road project is being imple- resources managers from 13 coun- Development continue to be at tion of the programme, partici- Ghoneim, said in a speech to the with the UN high commissioner mented at a cost of QR837m. tries and from across a number the forefront of our human capi- pants return to QNB in Qatar and Council. for human rights and to go ahead The 8.7km road will have three of bank subsidiaries such as QNB tal strategy. This conference is an assume leadership positions as per The Qatari report, presented to with its humanitarian actions. to four lanes on each side and AlAhli, QNB Tunisia and CBI in important step in developing a an agreed Executive Development the Council by Assistant Foreign The Council reviews the human will link south Doha to Hamad Dubai. quality and consistent approach to Plan. Minister for International rights situation in all countries International Airport, connect A key component of the con- these matters and we are delighted Through its dedicated Learning Cooperation Affairs Sheikh every four years to determine the Mesaimeer Street and the main ference was discussion of the to have hosted such an important and Development Centre QNB Mohammed bin Abdulrahman extent of improvement and help road leading to Al Wakra. important subject of talent International HR gathering here continues to engage its employ- bin Jassim Al Thani, shows that countries that have not managed The F-ring road infrastruc- management. As both a leading in Doha”. ees in online learning, face-to- there is political will to promote to meet the required standards, ture project includes installing employer of choice and the big- QNB Group provides a range face workshops and varied work and protect human rights, Al he noted. traffic signals at all intersec- gest bank in Qatar, it is important of career development opportu- assessments, in collaboration with Ghoneim added. QNA tions, and putting in place a that QNB has a coordinated and nities, such as the Ambassador global companies specialising in network of rainwater drains, quality performance approach Programme, launched in performance improvement. sewage pipes and three pump- towards retaining and attracting 2011, to improve and evolve THE PENINSULA ing stations, two stations for weighing vehicles, power trans- mission lines, telecommunica- Workshop on wildlife tion facilities, civil defence posts, streetlights and smart transport systems. The contractors are in the photography organised process of constructing drain- age and sewage networks as DOHA: Qatar Photographic photographers and their photo- a new wastewater treatment Society recently organised a graphs. He also touched upon the facility is being built. Standard workshop for women on photo- works of some well-known local and modern gas and oil pipe- graphing wildlife and birds. The photographers. He showed local line protection facilities would workshop was held at the office documentaries and videos and be provided too. of the association located near discussed the problems faced by The F-ring road will link Al Araby Club. Photograhper photographers. other new road projects sched- Mohsin Jafar spoke in detail The association is planning to uled to be started in future, such about the nuances of wildlife organise a workshop for men on as the Al Wakra parallel road, photography. the same subject next week. The which is to be constructed west He delivered a lecture on the association said that people who of Al Wakra city. The 11km- migration of birds, reasons behind wish to attend the next work- long Al Wakra parallel road will it and their coexistence with the shop can register their name in have five lanes on each side and environment. He said that a pho- the Al Hilal branch of the soci- will link to several other roads tographer should take proper ety. It said that many people had connecting the southern and equipment and should properly expressed an interest in attend- northern districts. time his photo shoot. ing the workshop and learning THE PENINSULA He discussed some of the about photography. QNB staff that took part in the conference. internationally acclaimed THE PENINSULA SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Home / ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Mideast Qatar Natural Aspetar laboratory History Group meeting on Oct 1 DOHA: Qatar Natural History gets US accreditation Group (QNHG) will hold its monthly meeting at the Doha English Speaking School on Aspetar now among global group of top labs October 1 at 7 pm. Simon Wilson, Technical DOHA: Aspetar has received reaffirms our commitment to and overall management. Director, Five Oceans, accreditation for its labo- delivering accurate and reliable Dr Sitina Elshafi, Aspetar Environmental Services, Oman ratory from the College of testing results to our clients and Laboratory Director, added: will speak on ‘The Value and American Pathologists (CAP). is a reflective of our focus on “The CAP accreditation rec- Ecological Function of Mangroves This voluntary accredita- being centre of excellence,” said ognises Aspetar laboratory’s in Qatar’ at the meeting. tion programme was created Ibrahim Aldarwish, Aspetar commitment in implement- It will be an introduction to the with the primary objective of Chief Operating Officer. ing a high-quality standard of biology, ecology and value of man- improving the quality of clini- “This signifies the highest clinical laboratory services, we groves in the tropics, which will cal laboratory services and is standards of laboratory prac- have reached one of our goals of be compared with mangroves in only the second such accredi- tice, which is a basic factor of treating our patients at the top the Gulf, specifically Qatar, where tation in Qatar. our organisation. It’s a proud standard levels of care as out- mangroves are at the limit of www.swiss-belhotel.com The announcement was achievement for Aspetar that lined by the CAP clinical guide- their global distribution. made during the closing cer- reflects our hard work, dedica- lines and recommendations”. Simon will also talk about the Tel emony of the Aspetar fourth tion and care for our patients” Aspetar laboratory’s objec- work of Five Oceans on the man- Fax annual United in Quality and During the CAP accredita- tive is to improve lives and grove restoration project for the Patient Safety Week, which was tion process, inspectors exam- transform healthcare, provide new port project in Qatar held recently. ined in detail the laboratory’s excellent teaching, research New members are welcome Aspetar has become part of records and quality control of and quality patient service to to join QNHG at the meeting. Tel an important group of inter- procedures for the preceding meet the health needs of Qatar Membership facilitates participa- Fax nationally recognised laborato- two years. CAP inspectors also sport’s community (Aspire tion in archaeological and geologi- ries that have met the highest reviewed laboratory staff quali- academy, sports clubs, and fed- cal field trips. standards of excellence in qual- fications, as well as the labo- erations), and the region as a Further details of the talk and ity laboratory practices. ratory’s equipment, facilities, whole. a map of the venue can be found “Receiving CAP accreditation safety programme and record, THE PENINSULA in the Monthly Talks section on Tel www.qnhg.org. Fax THE PENINSULA

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DOHA: A car was gutted com- Tel pletely on Al Waab road yes- terday afternoon. The car was Fax being driven by an Arab woman and she managed to get out of it shortly before the fire started Tel and was unharmed. Fax Firefighters from the Civil Defence directorate arrived on FROM LEFT: Ibrahim Aldarwish, Aspetar Chief Operating Officer, and Dr Sitina Elshafi, Aspetar Laboratory the scene and managed to put out Director, speaking at the closing ceremony of the Aspetar fourth annual United in Quality and Patient the fire. It was not immediately Tel clear what caused the blaze. Safety Week. Fax THE PENINSULA www.doha.hilton.com

Tel 44233333 974+ Fax 44233000 974+ Qatar Academy holds Back to School Night DOHA: Following the open- on the school’s 21st century grade 6-8 students with support meet their needs now, then the ing of a new school year, Qatar learning initiatives, which are in their particular age group notion is that this translates to Academy Doha held a Back fully integrated in every subject and within the context of the better adjusted students who, to School Night to forge new and the Week Without Walls classes they’re working on right as they exit the Middle Years partnerships and strengthen trips that comprise QA’s expe- now,” said Carson. Programme, are in the posi- established ties within the riential learning programme. “Our main concern is deal- tion to be more successful in community. This meeting, In addition, the gathering ing with the needs of the pre- Diploma Programme”. held each year after the open- highlights the Middle School’s adolescent and adolescent He added that there was real Tel ing of classes, provides par- focus, which is “providing the youngsters and if we can better excitement about being in QA ents with the opportunity to and specifically about getting Fax learn more about their chil- to work with the faculty and dren’s studies. students. The Back to School Qatar Academy’s new Middle Night, in particular, drives home School, in particular, was fully this commitment to work as a Tel prepared to welcome and meet community. Fax the familiar and new faces of the “In a digital world where you community. can hop online and see a video “The core teachers are set or a picture, there’s still room up in classroom and gave five- for face-to-face contact. You Tel minute presentations about can’t replace shaking a parent’s Fax themselves, course objectives hand,” he asserted. and assessment practices,” “The connections that are Middle School Principal Cory created when you have a face- Carson said. to-face meeting are real oppor- “This was followed by ques- tunities for us to make sure Tel tion and answer with parents we’re coming together as a Fax and then general discussion”. community and talk about the The 15-minute time slots gave important things for our chil- the parents ample time to meet dren, their education and their their children’s teachers as well development”. Qatar Academy teachers assisting parents. Tel as receive valuable information THE PENINSULA Fax Sahrawi prisoners Tel ‘Happy’ Iranians get suspended jail Fax TEHRAN: Seven young international fury and criticism a State Department spokesman, on hunger strike Iranians featured danc- in the media and online, with Jeff Rathke. RABAT: Seven Sahrawi men ing to Pharrell Williams’ hit many Iranians expressing shock Washington urged Iran “to who were severely beaten at “Happy” in a video that went and some observers questioning respect human rights that are a Moroccan jail in Western viral on the Internet have whether it was a “crime to be protected by its own constitu- Sahara have gone on hunger been given suspended jail and happy in Iran.” tion as well as its international strike to protest their ill treat- lashing sentences, a lawyer They were subsequently obligations,” he told reporters. ment, Amnesty International said yesterday. tried and convicted of “the ille- Rofougaran said he did not said yesterday. Tel Recorded on a smartphone gal distribution of a film” and know whether his clients wished The men had been handcuffed Fax and uploaded multiple times on “illicit relations,” lawyer Farshid to appeal the sentence, which and severely beaten on Wednesday YouTube, the clip shows three Rofougaran said. was notified to him orally by a in front of other prisoners in unveiled girls dancing and sing- One girl dancer was sen- Tehran court. the courtyard of the prison in ing to the song in a room, on tenced to a year in prison and Human rights groups Laayoune, as well as verbally Tel rooftops and in secluded alleys 91 lashes for posting the foot- denounced the ruling. abused, the rights group quoted Fax with three young men. age online, while the five other “With these sentences, the eyewitnesses as saying. For the youths, the home- dancers and the clip’s director absurd meets the unjust,” Laayoune’s police chief dis- made video now watched more were sentenced to six-month Amnesty International said. missed what he termed “absurd www.marriottmarquisdoha.com than a million times was merely terms and 91 lashes. If confirmed, the sentences allegations.” an “excuse to be happy,” but for All of the sentences were sus- “would be a ludicrous outcome; “The people concerned refused Tel + 974 44195000 the authorities it was “vulgar” pended for three years. these individuals will have been to fall in line with the prison rules. Fax + 974 44195100 breach of the Islamic republic’s The United States said it had convicted and branded crimi- They used pieces of glass to attack values. been following the case closely nals purely for making a music four guards, who were injured,” The seven were arrested in and with “great concern.” video celebrating happiness.” said Yahdih Bouchaab, adding May and released on bail after “The reported punishments The arrest of the seven had that he had video evidence of the appearing on state television are in our view an unaccept- been denounced on Internet incident. and expressing remorse for able response to the exercise social networks, access to which The prison’s director denied appearing in the clip. of freedom of expression by the authorities in Iran try to block. they were on hunger strike. Their arrest sparked participants in the video,” said AFP AFP SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ON SATURDAY

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HE look of defeat on Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s face said it all. His dream of presiding over an independent Scotland had been been broken. And Tthe puffy-faced leader had woken up to a new day which shone the light on the truth — the glare of which was How Islamic State uses Syria’s hard to bear for him, leading to his resignation. The run-up to the historic referendum was noisy and boisterous. The din raised by separatists had been driven by the political ambitions of some Scottish leaders who tried to oil to fuel its advance give the name of nationalism to a perfidious idea. BY SULEIMAN AL KHALIDI The oil wealth of Scotland is immense. The land of Western-backed Syrian rebels and the to local businessmen, smugglers and prof- government in recent months and is iteers and oil traders. bagpipers and kilts presides over huge petroleum reserves — a n an oilfield in northeastern Syria, believed to control hundreds of wells, They resell the mainly light crude to measure of economic strength for any country in times of high trucks line up daily to load crude depriving Assad’s government of a major refiners across rebel held parts of Syria energy demand fuelled by expanding industry and transport. sold cheaply by Islamic State mili- source of income. and have won a variety of customers by States in the 21st century are considered successful if they Itants who have hijacked parts of the Damascus says Syria’s production fell selling it at an average of $18 per barrel. are associative and not extractive, the latter implying an undue country’s energy industry in their bid to to an average of 28,000 barrels per day Some of the crude is sold to fuel smug- build a caliphate. (bpd) in 2013 from 164,000 bpd in 2012. glers that take it into Turkey, but the reliance on natural resources. In fact, excessive reliance on oil Sales at Shadada field, described by Oil sales made up nearly a quarter of amounts are small because of tight bor- reserves could have put Scotland in the league of rentier states an oil trader, are just one example of state revenues before the war. The gov- der controls, Syrian border traders said. if it had ended up with weak supportive political structures how the group, which has seized land in ernment says it has lost $3.8bn in stolen Instead a local market has developed and frail civil society institutions. war-torn Syria and neighbouring Iraq, oil because of the conflict. with a multi-million-dollar refinery busi- Scotland was another country 307 years ago. In a fast- is creating its own economy through a Boosted by arms seized in Iraq, Islamic ness, run on an ad hoc basis. Local inves- paced world, states should not make history a ruse for series of pragmatic trades. State has consolidated its grip on the tors bring in Chinese and Turkish-made It is cutting deals with local traders eastern oil-producing area of Deir Al Zor makeshift refineries via Turkey, some of undoing mistakes, if any, of the past. Instead of looking ahead and buyers, even businessmen who sup- in recent months, coming closer to the which process 500-1,000 bpd. and pressuring London for greater autonomy and powers, port Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, northeast, where the largest oil wells are These then sell to wholesalers and it was wrong for Salmond to exhort Scots to go and vote for and some of its oil has made its way back controlled by Kurdish militias. retailers in oil trading hubs across towns separating from Britain. to government buyers through a series It is estimated to have taken control in rebel-held parts of northwest and The referendum — thought to of middlemen. of hundreds of small wells in Deir Al Zor eastern Syria. Prices for the refined oil embody a strong desire of most “Islamic State that produced around 130,000 bpd of range from $50-$60 per barrel, nearly The ‘bagpipe’ makes not less mostly light crude, according to a senior three times the price of the crude. Scots — was a misplaced exercise in than $2m daily oil engineer now working in Damascus. A litre of gasoline from this locally dream of nationalistic hubris that would be that allows them Half of Syria’s estimated pre-war refined crude sells for around half a dol- splitting frowned upon in mainland Europe. Lack of expertise to pay salaries and production of 380,000 bpd in 2011 was lar, a third of the price of good quality Moreover, it would have isolated maintain their located in Hasaka province, which the gasoline sold in government-held areas, the United Scotland not only from Great Britain in extracting operations,” said Kurds took control of in mid-2012 as according to oil traders in Idlib in west- a former Western Assad’s forces relocated westwards to ern Syria contacted by phone. but also from most European powers. Kingdom and refining oil executive fight Sunni Muslim rebels in Aleppo. Traders with connections on both European integration, a tedious oil means that who worked in a If Hasaka were eventually to fall to sides of the war have sought to make has been exercise in political and social foreign oil firm Islamic State, the group will have control hefty profits by reselling fuel in govern- shattered. reconfiguration, has been hard to most of Islamic operating in Syria of nearly all of the country’s installations. ment areas. achieve. A separate Scotland would State’s revenues before the crisis However, the group has yet to fully There are tacit arrangements between have been a hit to years of European and who is famil- exploit the fields it already holds due to Islamic State and local state officials to come from direct iar with the nas- a lack of technical expertise. The main ensure that basic services such as elec- integration efforts. cent oil market. fields it controls — Shadad, Al Omar, tricity and water are not disrupted or Teething problems apart, a new state in the Western sales to local The United Tenak and Ward — were once mostly destroyed. hemisphere would most likely have to contend with security States, which operated by international oil companies. Oil traders say that since taking issues like the threat of terrorism, and a fledgling intelligence businessmen, has been bomb- But Royal Dutch Shell Total and Petro control of oil wells from rivals, Islamic apparatus will make it vulnerable to militant incursions and smugglers and ing Islamic State Canada have long since abandoned the State has continued the practice of the insidious threat of sleeper cells. positions in Iraq, area, making full use of the fields a for- guarding some pipelines transporting profiteers and oil has said it is pre- midable challenge. crude pumped by Kurds in their fields It is a blessing for Britain and Scotland that they remain pared to extend “Many wells were shut down and for- in northeast Syria to a government-run together. Now it is time to strengthen the relationship that traders. the campaign eign firms withdrew and the equipment refinery in Homs in exchange for protec- was rocked by two years of a separation campaign. into Syria, which was looted by rebels, who emptied ware- tion money. The Scots have given their verdict in favour of British has been racked houses,” said one former oil executive Traders who buy crude from Islamic Prime Minister David Cameron’s yearning to keep the country by civil war for more than three years, with a foreign company. State and known middlemen acting on and has said it will train more than Few people with technical exper- behalf of prominent loyalist business fig- united. It is now time for the three pro-unionist parties — the 5,000 Syrian rebel fighters to counter tise remain in Islamic State areas. In ures have been active buyers in recent Conservatives, Liberals and Liberal Democrats — to keep their the advancing group. Kurdish-held territory many staff have months, according to a Damascus-based promise of more powers to the Scottish parliament. But oil sales mean Islamic State can remained, and some still get their sala- businessman. “This is a lucrative trade Let Scotland look ahead with a strong Westminster beside rely less on foreign donations and attract ries from Damascus’s oil ministry. for some businessmen who are mainly it and a stronger parliament in Glasgow to back it. more recruits and supporters with its A lack of expertise in extracting and war profiteers who can also find buyers newfound wealth. refining oil means that most of Islamic any time at the right price,” he said. Islamic State has taken oilfields from State’s revenues come from direct sales REUTERS The other side Quote of Foreign investments: India’s real work begins now the day

HE reported incursion of being a business-friendly administrator larger investments leading to higher of which are ruled by non-BJP par- hundreds of Chinese troops who gets things done is definitely growth, more jobs, higher incomes ties, for a plethora of clearances. And into Ladakh on Wednesday enthusing foreign and Indian investors. and greater consumption — all of many of these governments have not Thas cast a shadow on This signals a massive change in which will prompt companies to invest reformed ponderous procedures that President Xi Jinping’s visit to India. sentiment from just a few months even more. delay projects while allowing local poli- The meaning of such incursions will be ago when investors were reluctant A caveat is in order here. This ticians and officials to extract rent in For me as leader my debated in the weeks ahead, but the to commit money to India. Sentiment $55-billion commitment from Japan return for approvals. visit has achieved notable economic and confidence, though intangible, and China is just a statement of intent. There is a widespread consensus time is nearly over, outcomes. Mr Xi promised investments play an important role in economic For these commitments to translate that the Centre has started taking of $20 billion in India’s infrastructure development and these commitments into actual spending on the ground, quick decisions and that these are but for Scotland the and manufacturing sectors over the could be the first tangible sign that the the government will have to remove largely based on merit. Now, Mr Modi campaign continues next five years. This comes soon after investment cycle in India — which had several roadblocks that caused the has to ensure that state governments, Japanese companies pledged to collapsed because of policy paralysis, investment cycle to collapse in the including those ruled by Opposition and the dream will invest $35 billion in India. Clearly, Prime environmental concerns, problems first place. And here, investors can- parties, buy into his vision of invest- Minister Narendra Modi’s call to foreign with land acquisition, red tape and not always depend on Mr Modi’s ment-led growth. It may not be an never die. investors to “Make in India” is finding judicial intervention — is finally turning. magic wand to pave the road. They easy battle. Alex Salmond lots of takers. Mr Modi’s image of This can set off a virtuous cycle of have to go to state governments, most Hindustan Times Scottish nationalist SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Scotland: Spirit of referendum must endure

the farm. He had to get it done. Cameron appeared These are some of the technicalities, but this was a heady day because the to promise a debate has always been about so much more than technicalities. Cameron in his speech talked about the decisive answer on example we have set the world in being able and willing to address a matter as the perennial West important and potentially divisive as secession via democratic, peaceful poli- tics. In parts of the world, as was once the Lothian question case here, this is the stuff of war. It was a heady day because of what with English votes the referendum campaign has done for our politics; the embrace of this intensely political issue, not just by a political class in parliament on but by ordinary people in pubs and clubs, shopping malls and high streets, offices English issues. and classrooms. Heady because of the extraordinary extent to which that interest manifested BY HUGH MUIR itself in voter participation, with turn- out figures as high as 90 percent of the avid Cameron stumbled on electorate in some areas – a UK record. his words towards the end If it was tense towards the end, that of his momentous statement was to be expected – these were mat- on the Scottish no vote yes- ters of history and destiny – but here terday, but the greater sur- was the resurgence of mass interest in priseD was that he was able to read it out politics that we have yearned for across at all. The relief was palpable; the adren- the nation for several decades. aline of near death still surging through The enemy now will be the status quo. his veins. Establishments resist change not by Scots vote against independence in referendum and decide to remain part of the United Kingdom, in Glasgow yesterday. Now the process In the event, the margin of victory was erecting barricades but by smothering to devolve further powers to Scotland begins. a clear 10 points, but as so often his path it slowly under chloroform and a pillow. had been blighted by muddle, uncertainty For all fine words, that was the possible and panic. tax, spending and welfare in Scotland, Several major newspaper titles across the In England, too, there will be turbu- outcome of yesterday’s no vote. He will not go down in history as the with draft legislation ready by January north of England, including the Journal lence. With the speech just over, Nigel That is what must not be allowed prime minister who lost the union; he will 2015. There will be more powers for in Newcastle and the Northern Echo, Farage popped up on Radio 4’s pro- to happen. It may be that we need to go down in history as the prime minis- Wales. Devolved institutions in Northern called for more effective representation gramme presaging the bitter debate reassess how politics engages the pub- ter who avoided ignominy solely because Ireland will be enhanced. in Westminster, but significantly they there will be over the prime minister’s lic. Is the language right? Are the issues he was plucked to safety by his bitterest And the English genie is out of the warned against the creation of more promise to stick by the Barnett formula, framed in such a way as to engage the opponents, most notably Gordon Brown, bottle. Cameron appeared to promise a institutions. “We do not seek another which allocates disproportionately gener- electorate? the prime minister he so acrimoniously decisive answer on the perennial West tier of government. What we do seek ous funding per head to Scotland. But here’s the outstanding opportu- replaced. Cameron’s position is secure, Lothian question with English votes in is a stronger voice in Westminster and Farage sees the formula as unfair. Lord nity, for the notion that there is limited but it is not one reached with any great parliament on English issues. greater control over our own affairs,” Barnett, who gave his name to the cal- appetite for politics, that people can’t aplomb. All this addresses long held grievance their joint declaration says. culation, has condemned it as outdated, or won’t grasp the issues and that the His statement addressed the problems and heralds opportunity. But even now, “The party leaders were shockingly yet Cameron is now obliged to stick to it. torpor can’t be overcome, has been well and opportunities that now lie ahead. A in the can-do aftermath of this momen- complacent over the mood in Scotland. Alex Salmond may have lost, but in and truly exposed by the glorious Scottish new settlement is promised, not just for tous vote, there is the worry that the Now that the votes have been counted matters such as this he won handsomely. referendum process. Scotland but for England, Wales and prime minister is trying to do too much north of the border, there must be no One might argue that this is the point The referendum is over, the spirit of Northern Ireland. Lord Smith of Kelvin, too quickly. There is worry, too, that complacency over the north.” As ever for of a union, to allocate resources to areas the referendum must endure. That is the a former BBC governor, will supervise the process will lead to the establish- the prime minister, the devil resides in that need them most. In any case, it challenge and that is the prize. implementation of more devolution on ment of new and unnecessary structures. the detail. couldn’t be helped. Cameron had to bet THE GUARDIAN Finally, the West takes action on Ebola Iran talks resume, time to play ‘Let’s make a deal’ The true measure of how seriously BY DARYL KIMBALL, KELSEY DAVENPORT and ALI the world takes a ‘crisis’ is not the VA E Z n Thursday, negotiators from the US, Iran and five other world powers begin the final stretch of negotiations on a description but the response. comprehensive nuclear agreement. A deal is within reach. OBut time is short. BY SIMON JENKINS With fewer than three months before the November 24 deadline for The true measure of how seri- an agreement, defining the size and scope of Iran’s uranium-enrichment ously the world takes a “crisis” programme remains the most significant gap. To bridge it, negotiators he language is familiar. is not the description but the must move away from extreme positions toward more realistic ones. “A potential threat of response. This Ebola outbreak There are several ways to square the circle and find a formula that a human catastrophe began last December. America meets the basic requirements of all parties. For Iran, the goal is a Tunparalleled in modern is now slowly coming forward, meaningful uranium-enrichment programme. For the five permanent times.” More than 2,500 have with 17 treatment centres, and member of the United Nations Security Council — the US, Russia, died, and the same number are “training 500 medical staff”. Cuba China, Britain and France — plus Germany, or P5+1,the goal is to limit dying. Incidence of the disease is is sending 165 helpers. China is Iran’s enrichment capacity and to monitor its activities to ensure that said to be doubling, even trebling, sending 60. Britain is “planning a the time it would take Tehran to amass enough weapons-grade nuclear American aid goods are loaded onto a truck after the consignment arrived in some parts of Africa by the clinic”. Nurses are flying to help, material to build a bomb is extended. month. Hundreds of thousands former patients giving blood and by plane, to be used in the fight against the Ebola virus spreading in the Under the interim agreement reached last November, the parties now face death. Barack Obama volunteers queuing in Oxford for city of Monrovia, Liberia. agreed that Tehran could maintain an enrichment programme based declares a menace “spiralling out vaccine trials. on its “practical needs.” Both sides base their positions on technical of control, getting worse … with The lumbering dinosaur intervention by the west in Iraq. one of the gloomiest talks I have assessments of Iran’s needs yet strongly disagree on the amount of profound economic, political and of the drugs industry has at This needed no talk of catastro- heard recently, given at Chatham enriched uranium required to meet them. The problem here is essen- security implications for all of least been galvanised into life. phe and disaster, no trumpets and House by Yves Daccord, director tially political. us”. The window of opportunity GlaxoSmithKline is producing drums from the media. Events in general of the international Red Iran believes its practical needs include future fuel needs for nuclear to contain the outbreak is appar- 10,000 doses of vaccine in case Syria and Iraq were monstrous, Cross. Never, he said, had human- reactors now in the planning stage. Russia supplies fuel for Iran’s sole ently closing. tests show it can work. True, inhuman, cruel and – as we itarian relief work been so com- operating nuclear power plant, Bushehr, and is under contract to do Africa is now six months into as with the experimental cure British say – unacceptable. So a promised as now through being so through 2021. Tehran wants to build up its domestic capacity and the worst Ebola epidemic in mod- ZMapp, the vaccines will go to “threat to national security” is seen as a proxy for one side or reduce its reliance on the international market for enriched uranium ern history. The director general medical workers. But the regula- declared and, bang, in go the air another in a civil conflict. fuel, a concern not unwarranted by Iran’s past experiences. To get to of the World Health Organisation, tors have found they can process strikes. Anyone who protests is Frequently, as in Syria, the Red “yes,” negotiators need to devise some creative trade-offs. For Iran, Margaret Chan, calls the out- the paperwork “in just four work- a wimp. Cross was seen as on the side of this would mean postponing industrial-scale uranium enrichment and break “the largest, most complex ing days”, when it takes months, Every military pundit now the ruling regime; elsewhere it extending its fuel contracts with Russia. For the US and its partners, and most severe we’ve ever seen”. even years, to process other life- warns against doing in Iraq pre- was seen as on the side of rebels. this would mean accepting that Iran’s uranium-enrichment programme The UN remarks that we could saving drugs. We might ask: why cisely what Islamic State (IS) Everywhere its image was tar- could slowly scale up over time and research-and-development activi- “stop the Ebola outbreak in west the difference? wants, which is offer it a powerful nished by association with for- ties could continue under certain restrictions and monitoring. Africa in six to nine months, but This belated activity hardly Christian enemy to rally jihad- eign, especially western, military The International Crisis Group and the Arms Control Association, only if a massive global response measures up to the words ists to its flag. General Martin intervention. The humanitarian working with a number of nuclear experts and diplomats, have devel- is implemented”. As it is, the quoted in my first paragraph. Dempsey, the chairman of the ethic of the Red Cross and the oped a proposal that can lead to this outcome. Iran, in this approach, number of new cases is moving Ebola was first isolated in 1976. joint chiefs of staff in Washington, early UN had become corrupted could retain a meaningful uranium enrichment capacity and continue far faster than the capacity to Central Africa has experienced is deaf to such warnings. He by militarism. Relating the relief research and development on advanced centrifuges. Tehran would also manage them. According to Chan, increasing outbreaks since the says he will be deploying ground of suffering to “national security” receive fuel guarantees for its Bushehr reactor, including predelivery of “there is not one single bed avail- mid-1990s. Yet this spring there troops in rescue missions and – as Obama does, even in the case fuel when the agreement is signed — to guard against supply disrup- able for the treatment of an Ebola were still no drugs available and even “attacks against specific IS of Ebola – is madness. A casualty tions. In the short term, such a trade-off would mean that Iran would patient in the entire country of no sign of the millions of dollars targets”. The Pentagon was plan- of the “anti-terror” wars of the have to reduce its enrichment capacity by roughly half and remove Liberia”. required in associated aid. The ning to widen “the types of targets past 15 years has been the confu- the extra centrifuges from its facilities. The language of crisis is banal. best Washington’s federal drug it hits from the air, focusing on sion of humanitarian with polit- Tehran could also only keep a limited enriched-uranium stockpile Threat, disaster and catastro- administration could do, under Islamic State leaders”. That was, ico/military intervention. It not in the country. This would increase the time it would take Iran to phe lie flat on the page. The the cosh of the pharmaceuti- said Dempsey, a “first step”. And only undermines the ideological produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build one bomb from nine nouns may be awesome, but are cal firms, was warn Africans the step after that? The idea of purity of aid but also endangers to 12 months, a key Western goal. let down by qualifiers: “could”, against fake medicines. Pushing military escalation seems to elec- aid workers. The impartiality of As Iran meets agreed-upon milestones and restores international “may face”, “potential”. We see untested “experimental” ones was trify democratic politicians the the founders of the Red Cross and confidence in its peaceful intentions, it would be able to slightly increase lines of Africans waiting help- unethical, it said. Drug compa- world over. David Cameron dives the UN has been swamped in the its enriched-uranium stockpile and phase in more advanced centrifuges. lessly to die, but we have seen nies had enough trouble before to his bunker. Tabloids scream for rush to war. Humanity loses out But if the uranium-enrichment standoff is not resolved, this progress many of those over the years. The when accused of testing drugs on revenge. to killing. will be lost. We could miss the best opportunity in more than a decade suspicion is always of hyperbole, developing countries. Whatever That said, the most encourag- We have dithered for six to reach a nuclear deal that guards against a nuclear-armed Iran. what Americans call agency log- the crisis, there must be no bad ing news this week was that Al months over Ebola in Africa, yet The costs of failure — an unrestrained Iranian nuclear programme rolling. When Obama speaks of karma for big pharma. Qaeda in Syria had pleaded with in Iraq chase once more that will- and increased sanctions or military strikes — are too high. As with Ebola having “profound security Contrast this hesitant humani- IS not to kill aid workers, since o’-the wisp of political machismo: any negotiation, neither side can get everything it wants. But with a implications” I eyed my nearest tarian intervention with the hys- they were trying to save Muslim the perfect bomb strike. little flexibility and creativity, they can get what they need. defence lobbyist. teria driving the next military lives. This was some antidote to THE GUARDIAN REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East

Bomb kills two Lebanese soldiers French jets launch first strike on IS on Syria border BEIRUT: Two Lebanese sol- US discussed IS threat with Iran diers were killed by a roadside bomb near the Syrian border BAGHDAD/PARIS: French controlled much of Syria’s eastern yesterday, security sources jets struck a suspected Islamic oil and agricultural provinces for said, the first such attack since State target in Iraq for the more than a year, swept through Islamist militants from Syria first time yesterday, expand- mainly Sunni Muslim regions of staged a deadly incursion there ing a US-led military campaign north Iraq in mid-June, seizing last month. against militants who have cities including Mosul and Tikrit Three soldiers were wounded seized a third of the country and halting only a few dozen miles by the bomb that hit a military and also control large parts of north of the capital Baghdad. personnel carrier near the town neighbouring Syria. Iraq’s army and Shia militia of Arsal, where the army battled President Francois Hollande forces have battled the Islamic militants affiliated to Islamic said Rafale jets hit “a logistics State and other Sunni militants, State and other insurgent groups depot of the terrorists” near the but failed to make significant ter- for five days last month. city of Mosul, which has been held ritorial gains. Car bombs, some Following the bombing, sol- by Islamic State for more than of them claimed by Islamic State, diers raided houses in the town three months. It promised more have been a near daily occur- in search of militants, security operations in coming days. rence in the capital. On Friday, sources said. The army later used The United States has dis- two car bombs killed nine people “heavy weapons” to target mili- cussed the threat posed by Islamic in Baghdad and a bomb in the tant positions around Arsal, the State militants with envoys from majority Kurdish city of Kirkuk state news agency reported. its traditional foe Iran on the side- in the north killed eight people, Arsal, a Sunni Muslim town, lines of nuclear talks, the State security sources said. has become a refuge for tens of Department revealed yesterday. Washington launched air thousands of Syrians fleeing the “Discussion on this threat strikes for the first time in country’s civil war. did arise on the margins of the August to halt an IS advance on Since its August incursion, meeting as they have from time the Kurdish autonomous capital Islamic State has beheaded two to time,” spokesman Jeff Rathke Arbil. Since then it has tried to Lebanese soldiers it took cap- told reporters. But he stressed the build an international coalition to tive. Islamic State and the Nusra meetings were “focused primarily destroy the radical Sunni Muslim A French Rafale fighter jet before a mission over Iraq, at the Al Dhafra base in the United Arab Emirates yesterday. Front, al Qaeda’s official affiliate on nuclear issues.” group, saying more than 40 coun- in the Syrian war, are holding at The French military action, tries, including Arab nations, have least 15 more Lebanese soldiers which follows US air strikes in offered assistance. a storage facility containing vehi- them take on Islamic State. The Syrian Observatory for captive. northern Iraq and near the capi- The air strikes have helped cles, arms and fuel, a spokesman Exploiting the security vac- Human Rights, which tracks The Sunni militants are tal Baghdad, appeared to win Kurds claw back lost territory. for Defence Minister Jean-Yves uum in the north of the coun- developments in the civil war, demanding the release of qualified endorsement from Iraq’s This week they retook ground in LeDrian said. Hollande has said try, Islamic State fighters have said on Friday IS had seized three Islamists held in a Lebanese jail. top Shia leader Grand Ayatollah the northern province of Nineveh French military action would be expanded their reach, attacking more villages near Kobani, bring- The August incursion marked Ali Al Sistani. In a Friday sermon, including villages in the Khazer limited to Iraq and no ground mainly Kurdish villages near the ing to 24 the number it has taken. the worst spillover to date of the delivered by one of his aides, the area and several others further troops would be sent. border with Turkey over the last The attack on Kobani prompted Syrian civil war into Lebanon. elderly cleric acknowledged Iraq west around the town of Zummar, In neighbouring Syria, Western two days, driving out a wave of a Kurdish militant call to the Earlier yesterday, Lebanese needed foreign help but said Iraq which remains under IS control. powers are more reluctant to refugees. youth of Turkey’s mainly Kurdish soldiers arrested two Syrians in must not become subservient to Elsewhere in Nineveh, Islamic launch military strikes which Several thousand Syrian Kurds southeast to join the fight against the Bekaa Valley town of Baalbek outside powers. State offered another sign of its could be seen to bolster President began crossing into Turkey on IS and came days after the US who had confessed to belonging “Even if Iraq is in need of help growing authority over Iraqis, Bashar Al Assad after they Friday, fleeing IS fighters who military said the help of Syrian to the Nusra Front, security from its brothers and friends in creating a police force “to imple- repeatedly called for his depar- are besieging the mainly Kurdish Kurds would be needed against sources said. fighting black terrorism, main- ment the orders of the religious ture over his military response to town of Ayn Al Arab, known as the Islamist militants. Security forces also detained taining the sovereignty and inde- judiciary” , according to a well- popular protests in 2011. Kobani in Kurdish. The president of Iraq’s six Syrians in the predominantly pendence of its decisions is of the known militant Islamist website. But US President Barack Turkey is already sheltering Kurdistan region also called for Shi’ite town of Nabatiyeh in highest importance,” Sistani’s French officials said Friday’s Obama said last week he had more than 1.3 million Syrian international action. “I call on southern Lebanon who had con- spokesman Sheikh Abdul Mehdi mission involved two Rafale authorised air strikes in Syria refugees and fears hundreds of the international community to fessed to membership of “ter- Karbala’i said. Sistani speaks for fighter jets, a supply plane and a too and would not hesitate to thousands more, waiting in the use every means as soon as pos- rorist groups”, a security official millions of Iraq’s majority Shias Navy reconnaissance plane. Four take action, although he also mountains on the Syrian side of sible to protect Kobani,” President said. One had been found in pos- and has a worldwide following. air strikes were carried out in the stressed plans to arm “moder- the 900km border, could seek to Masoud Barzani said. session of explosive belts. Islamic State fighters, who have space of half an hour, destroying ate” Syrian rebel fighters to help cross as fighting escalates. AFP REUTERS White House says training Syrian rebels to take months

WASHINGTON: Training to take on the ground offensive and equipping moderate Syrian UN Security against the IS group in Syria. rebels to fight Islamic State Obama has vowed he will not extremists will take months, Council backs Iraq deploy US troops on the ground the White House warned yes- in the fight against the militants, terday a day after Congress in confronting IS either in Iraq or Syria. approved the plan. The plan, however, does not give “We will move out as rapidly UNITED NATIONS: The free rein to Obama — it requires as can be done, in partnership UN Security Council yester- the administration to submit a with the countries that will host day expressed support for progress report every 90 days the training facilities,” said Susan Iraq’s new government as it with the number of rebels trained, Rice, national security adviser to confronts Islamist fighters. which Syrian groups have been President Barack Obama. The 15-member council chosen to participate and how “This will be a process that adopted a statement backing the supplied weapons and equip- takes months,” she said, adding Iraq at a meeting chaired by ment were used. One of the main it will not “happen overnight.” US Secretary of State John groups likely to receive US aid is “This is a serious training pro- Kerry and attended by some the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, gram, and we are serious about 35 countries in a show of soli- a large coalition formed late last vetting those that we will be darity for Baghdad’s anti-ter- year with a secular stance. training and equipping,” Rice rorism stance. AFP It was set up after the estab- emphasised. lishment of the Islamic Front, “It is not something that one Syria’s largest rebel alliance should expect will yield rapid and timeline. The plan adopted by US bringing together various strains immediate fruit,” she said, though Congress envisions equipping and of Islamists. she did not giving a specific training moderate Syrian rebels AFP

Dud Israeli shell kills 3 in Gaza

GAZA CITY: A dud Israeli shell from this summer’s Gaza’s war exploded yesterday, killing three people and leaving two others wounded in the north of the Palestinian enclave, medics said. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra, who said one of three wounded had died in hospi- tal, said the shell exploded in the Shejaiya neighbourhood. The district on the edge of Gaza City was subjected to some of the heaviest Israeli shelling during the July-August conflict. The war ended with a truce on August 26. It killed more than 2,140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and 73 on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers. It caused a vast amount of destruction to homes and infra- structure, leaving more than 100,000 Palestinians homeless in the long term, according to the Palestinian children play amid the rubble of Al Faruq mosque which was UN. AFP destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip recently. SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Middle East www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY Iran moving Cool response to comply with extended to new Bahrain N-deal: IAEA

VIENNA: Iran is taking fur- ther action to comply with the terms of an extended interim dialogue offer agreement with six world pow- ers over its disputed atomic activities, a UN nuclear watch- Royal family retains all powers: Oppn dog report showed. The findings in a monthly DUBAI: A proposal by the announced that the five main update by the International Sunni authorities in the trou- points had been discussed with Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) bled Gulf kingdom of Bahrain various political groups and were — though no major surprise — to relaunch a national dialogue a “framework comprising areas of may be seen as positive by the has been given common ground.” West as negotiations resumed a frosty recep- However, in New York this week on tion by the Shia Sheikh Ali ending the decade-old nuclear opposition. Salman, head of stand-off. The proposal, the main Shia The IAEA document made unveiled on opposition group- clear that Iran is continuing to Thursday, has ing Al Wefaq, said meet its commitments under five core ele- the new proposal the preliminary accord that it ments, including “ignores the legit- reached with the United States, the redefinition imate demands of Bahraini protesters hold placards reading in English and Arabic “Boycott until democratic demands are fulfilled” France, Germany, Britain, China of electoral dis- the people.” during an anti-government demonstration in the village of Jannusan, west of the capital Manama, yesterday. and Russia late last year and that tricts and par- In a statement, took effect in January. liament being he deplored the “The royal family retains all with “representatives of the opposition is demanding a consti- In addition, as agreed when the permitted to authorities’ powers — executive, legislative whole of Bahraini society.” tutional monarchy under which deal was extended by four months question the refusal to create and judicial, in addition to secu- The points in the proposal the premier is designated by par- in July, it is using some of its premier and his an independ- rity, information and wealth,” amounted to “radical reforms,” liament in the Shia-majority but higher-grade enriched uranium ministers. ent electoral Salman said. she said in a statement, adding Sunni-ruled kingdom. in oxide form to produce fuel - a Parliament would also have a commission, the insistence on “The solution would be to give that H M King Hamad bin Isa Al Since a month of protest was step that experts say would make right of approval in the choice keeping an appointed consult- up this monopoly of all power and Khalifa would call legislative elec- forcibly repressed in Bahrain it more difficult to use the mate- of ministers, and the authorities ative Shura Council alongside respect the will of the people.” tions in November. in March 2011, the opposition rial for any bombs. would commit to further judi- the elected parliament and But Information Minister “We hope to launch a new era has taken part in two rounds of The IAEA is tasked with cial reform. The security forces the king’s right to appoint the Samir Rajab insisted the pro- of understanding and we wish national dialogue, but withdrew checking that Iran is living up to would also be bound by new prime minister. posal amounted to “progress on to start with agreement by all saying the authorities were not its part of the temporary agree- codes of conduct. Crown Prince “The official position remains the path of reforms,” following on these common denomina- making enough concessions. ment, which was designed to buy Salman bin Hamad (pictured), rigid,” the opposition chief said. eight months of negotiations tors,” said the minister. Bahrain’s AFP time for the current talks on a comprehensive settlement of the dispute that would dispel fears of a new Middle East war. Iran denies Western allega- tions that it has been work- ing to develop a capability to Arab Bank never backed Hamas, US jury told make atomic bombs, saying it is refining uranium to fuel NEW YORK: Arab Bank Plc between 2001 and 2004. lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the in compliance with counter-ter- to mislead jurors, because the a planned network of nuclear never provided material sup- The bank’s trial lawyer Shand bank’s argument was deceitful rorism laws and never intended plaintiffs do not have to show power plants. port for the Palestinian group Stephens said most people and and called it “the bank of the to support Hamas, which the US that the bank was the sole cause After years of escalating ten- Hamas, a lawyer for the bank organizations that the plaintiffs stars in the world of terrorism.” State Department designated a of the attacks, only that it know- sions between Iran and the West, told jurors yesterday during claim were affiliated with Hamas In a lawsuit filed in 2004, the terrorist organization in 1997. ingly contributed to events that the election in mid-2013 of Hassan closing arguments at the bank’s and who received banking serv- plaintiffs accused the bank of The case comes at a time when led to them. Rouhani, a pragmatist, as Iranian civil trial on charges of financ- ices, were not designated by the violating the US Anti-Terrorism US regulators have increased Turner also reminded jurors president on a platform of ending ing terrorism. US government as terrorists dur- Act, which allows victims of scrutiny of international banks’ that they could infer that Arab Tehran’s international isolation The Jordan-based bank is ing those years. US-designated foreign terrorist cross-border transactions. Bank knowingly provided finan- created new room for diplomacy accused of providing financial Stephens also said it was not organizations to seek compensa- Stephens also told jurors on cial services to designated ter- that ultimately led to last year’s services to Hamas by almost 300 the bank’s job to ascertain which tion. A lawyer for the plaintiffs Thursday that it was not clear rorist organizations because of breakthrough nuclear deal. US citizens who were the victims customers were “criminals.” has said the bank could be liable that Hamas carried out all 24 its failure to produce documents The initial aim was for Iran and or family members of victims of “The government is supposed for millions of dollars. attacks, and that there was no earlier in the case. “You have the the six powers to reach a long- 24 attacks purportedly carried to designate people, and the banks Arab Bank has denied the evidence the bank caused any of unique opportunity to change term agreement by a self-imposed out by the Islamist group in Israel react,” Stephens said in Brooklyn allegations. It contends it pro- them. But Turner and two other the world banking system today,” July 20 deadline. and the Palestinian territories federal court. But Tab Turner, a vided routine banking services lawyers said the bank was trying Turner said. REUTERS REUTERS Airlines halt flights to violence-hit Sana’a

SANA’A: International airlines decided to suspend flights to the gap between the two parties Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi to name suspended flights to Yemen as a Sana’a for 24 hours. In northern and we’ve agreed on a number a new prime minister and reduce decade-old rebellion encroached Sana’a, Yemeni warplanes bombed of points that can serve as the a controversial fuel price rise, two on the capital and a UN envoy two rebel positions, witnesses basis of an accord,” Benomar told of their core demands. The wave scrambled to thrash out an elusive said. The state television broad- reporters. of violence intensified Thursday peace deal after a spike in violence. caster was briefly forced off the A member of the rebel leader’s with the advance of rebels on the Pro-government forces are bat- air, blaming “incessant fire” from delegation said “98 percent of the suburb of Shamlan north of the tling to prevent the capital Sana’a the rebels, a day after dozens were problems have been resolved”. capital, and through the night on falling into the hands of rebels killed in clashes between rebels The rebels, who have been Thalathin Street linking the area who have swept from their strong- and pro-government fighters. camped north of Sana’a for weeks, to Imam University, which is run hold in the rugged northwestern A member of the Yemeni nego- belong to the Zaidi Shiite com- by Sunni fundamentalists. mountains to the doorstep of the tiating team in the UN-sponsored munity, a minority in the mainly Fighting then spread to the city. Yemen has been gripped by peace efforts said the rebels were Sunni nation who are believed to offices of Yemen’s state television, unrest since an uprising that led close to signing an agreement to be trying to establish themselves which was hit by mortar fire, and to the ouster of autocratic presi- stop fighting. UN envoy Jamal as the main political force in the the three channels were off the dent Ali Abdullah Saleh two years Benomar was more cautious but region. Also known as Houthis or air yesterday. The authorities said ago, with Al Qaeda attacks on the said that the two sides were mak- Ansarullah, they have battled the the rebels managed to advance security forces adding to pressure ing progress, after he held three government for years from their and “take control of positions of A worker jumps out of a damaged window of a school cafe at an area where on the government. days of talks with rebel chief heartland of Saada, complaining of the security forces and the army fighting is going on between government forces and Shia Houthi rebels in The Civil Aviation Authority Abdelmalek Al Houthi in the marginalisation. This week, they at Shamlan” and along Thalathin Sana’a yesterday. said international carriers had north. “I have tried to narrow rejected an offer from President Street. AFP Cairo accused of using detention to silence opponents ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT: Egypt’s first freely-elected pres- uprising that ousted longtime “authorising unlimited preven- In his white prison uniform, ident, the Islamist Mohamed autocrat Hosni Mubarak. tive detention,” said Eid. Sherif Farag (pictured), was Mursi. For Farag, preventive A symbol of that uprising “Detentions of those arrested forced to present his thesis detention has been used as a was Alaa Abdel Fattah, who now get extended without any behind bars where he spent form of “punishment” since law demanded the scrapping of the time limit under the pretext of months without trial, a pro- amendments in September 2013 protest law used to crush “any ongoing investigations,” he said, cedure Egypt’s government is allowed the authorities to extend opposition against the current adding that the “state replaced accused of using to silence its custody indefinitely. Prosecutors regime” after his release this the state of emergency with pre- opponents. alleged Farag took part in clashes week following months in deten- ventive detention”. Despite his Farag, a lecturer’s assistant at in August 2013 between security tion. Lawyers say the procedure freedom, Farag said he is still Alexandria University, had been forces and Islamist protesters used against Farag has been concerned he could be rearrested accused of inciting violence that outraged by a crackdown on repeated in many cases, although for being outspoken about issues led to the deaths of 34 people, Mursi supporters that killed on Wednesday the prosecution concerning Alexandria. and of belonging to the banned hundreds. said it had released 116 students “Preventive detention has been Muslim Brotherhood. “The only connection I had from preventive detention. “The turned into a punishment in The fate of detainees like with these events was watching previous version of the law itself against the opposition,” said him has raised concerns about them on television,” Farag said. restricted preventive detention Ramy Said, a researcher at the human rights abuses in Egypt, an “The state turned me into a to a maximum of six months, Egyptian Initiative for Personal issue US Secretary of State John criminal and murderer on paper, extended despite documents seen over 15,000 arrested, many after which a suspect was either Rights who is also Farag’s lawyer. Kerry said he had “frank” talks without any evidence,” he said. proving he had “no connection” of them held for breaking another released or referred to trial,” said Prosecutors had alternatives, about in Cairo at the weekend. “It’s oppressing and humiliating with the violence, was finally new law prohibiting all but police- rights lawyer Gamal Eid. like the imposition of travel bans, Scores have been arrested as to be locked up for eight months cleared of all charges on July 29. sanctioned demonstrations. But two months after Mursi’s but they refrain from using them part of a crackdown waged since for no reason.” The ongoing crackdown has Among them are secular activ- ouster, then interim president in order to “crush the opposi- July 2013 when the army deposed Farag, whose detention was left at least 1,400 people dead and ists who led the 2011 popular Adly Mansour amended the law tion,” he added. AFP SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com International

Queen urges Scottish vote ‘reunites kingdom’ unity after ‘No’ secures 55.30 percent; Salmond urges ‘Yes’ campaigners to take heart referendum LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II EDINBURGH: Scotland “No” campaigners across Scottish National Party (SNP) Catalonia in Spain to Quebec in their issues of tax, spending and urged her subjects in the United rejected independence yester- Scotland cheered and hugged as leader told cheering supporters Canada. welfare, so too England, as well Kingdom yesterday to come day in a referendum that left the the results came in and British in Edinburgh. But while the UK survived, it as Wales and Northern Ireland, together “in a spirit of mutual centuries-old United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron The result reassured those could soon look very different. should be able to vote on these respect and support” after intact but paved the way for a said he was “delighted”, adding: worried about the economic risks The British government must issues,” he said. Scots voted against independ- major transfer of powers away “It would have broken my heart of a break-up. now deliver on promises made in In what would be a radical ence following a divisive and from London. to see our United Kingdom come The president of the European the heat of the campaign to give shake-up of the constitutional heated campaign. Despite a surge in nationalist to an end.” Parliament, Martin Schulz, was more powers over tax, spending order, he said these new pow- The monarch, who is currently support in the final fortnight of Many “Yes” activists watched the first to react abroad, saying and welfare to the devolved gov- ers would be delivered “at the staying at her Scottish estate the campaign, the “No” secured dejected and in tears, although he was “relieved” and adding: “I ernment in Edinburgh. same pace as the settlement for of Balmoral, broke her official 55.30 percent of the vote against First Minister Alex Salmond like a United Kingdom in a united And in a televised address Scotland”, suggesting legislation silence on a vote that had threat- 44.70 percent for the pro-inde- urged them take heart from the Europe.” from Downing Street, Cameron would be drawn up as soon as ened to tear apart the 300-year- pendence “Yes” camp. huge numbers — 1.6 million — who A “Yes” vote would have said he would go further and January. old union over which she reigns. After a campaign that fired up backed independence. brought to an abrupt end a union offer all parts of the United Some 97 percent of eligible “Knowing the people of separatist movements around the “I don’t think any of us, when- with England stretching back to Kingdom some form of devolved Scots had registered to vote — a Scotland as I do, I have no doubt world, turnout was 84.6 percent, ever we entered politics, would 1707 and has been closely watched control over their affairs. “Just sign of how the historic decision that Scots, like others through- officials said — the highest ever have thought such a thing to be around the world, giving heart to as Scotland will vote separately gripped the nation. out the United Kingdom, are able for an election in Britain. either credible or possible,” the independence supporters from in the Scottish Parliament on AFP to express strongly held opinions before coming together again in a spirit of mutual respect and Prime minister vows to support,” she said in a statement issued by Buckingham Palace. The 88-year-old acknowledged there were “strong feelings and devolve more powers contrasting emotions” after Thursday’s vote, which ended in a LONDON: Scotland’s “No” to It will be difficult for him to decisive defeat for the separatists. independence may have saved renege. “The genie of a more “That, of course, is the nature British Prime Minister David devolved UK can’t be put back of the robust democratic tradition Cameron his job, but sweep- in the bottle,” a senior source in we enjoy in this country. But I have ing pledges of a constitutional the Liberal Democrats, Cameron’s no doubt that these emotions will shake-up could undermine his coalition partner, said after be tempered by an understanding re-election drive and trigger Cameron set out his plans. “The of the feelings of others,” she said. more political instability. world has changed.” The queen said that Britons had Responding to what he called a With Scotland being given in common “an enduring love of “clear” rejection of Scottish inde- more say over its own affairs, Scotland” that would help unite pendence yesterday, Cameron, who Cameron says lawmakers from them, and urged everyone to “work is up for re-election in May 2015, England — which comprises 83 constructively for the future of promised to begin a process that percent of the British population Scotland and indeed all parts of this would see Scotland granted further — should also have a way to decide country”. “My family and I will do powers. He also said he wanted to issues for themselves. all we can to help and support you see more powers devolved to Wales That might mean setting up a in this important task,” she said. and Northern Ireland, as well as system to keep Scottish members The queen is known for keeping changes for England, starting with of the British parliament from her views private and had made new voting arrangements in the voting on UK policies that do not no official comment on the refer- British parliament. apply to self-ruling Scots. endum, except to reportedly tell a Some, including in his own It is hard to see a quick con- well-wisher last weekend that she party, feel he promised too much. sensus emerging within months hoped people would “think very “This result presents both among major parties about a Pro-Union supporters celebrate as Scottish referendum polling results are announced at the Royal Highland carefully about the future”. opportunities and challenges for reform that could cost a future Centre in Edinburgh yesterday. AFP Cameron,” said Matthew Ashton, Labour government the power a politics lecturer at Nottingham to pass laws through an English Trent University. caucus potentially controlled by Brown emerges as unlikely saviour of United Kingdom “On the one hand he can make the Conservatives. claim to the title of ‘the man who Labour leader Ed Miliband said saved the union’. On the other, he’ll plans for change needed to be put LONDON: The man cred- Tony Blair. Twitter cartoons have and said his campaigning was Brown made a particularly now have to deliver on his extraor- to members of the public through ited with swinging Scotland’s even appeared likening him to the “stupendous”, adding: “Cometh poignant appeal to wartime dinary ambitious promises of a a constitutional convention, rather independence referendum and superhero Flash Gordon with the the moment... cometh the man.” patriotism in that speech and new constitutional settlement.” than be “fixed solely by politicians or saving Prime Minister David slogan: “Gordon’s alive!” The jowly Scot’s barnstorm- portrayed the “No” vote as posi- In the closing phase of the ref- prime ministers trying to shore up Cameron’s job is ironically his Brown “will be celebrated as ing speech on the final day of tive—something the unionist cam- erendum campaign, Cameron and their position in their own party”. predecessor, Gordon Brown, the union’s saviour,” read a blog by campaigning on Wednesday was paign had failed to do. other party leaders made detailed Labour proposed the constitu- who was defeated by Cameron The Economist, while the Financial widely shared on social media and “We fought two world wars promises to Scotland, about future tional convention for autumn 2015 in the 2010 general election. Times said: “Scotland these past was quickly praised as his most together. There’s not a cemetery funding and new tax and spending — after the next general election Tributes flooded in yesterday few weeks has been watching a impassioned ever. in Europe that doesn’t have a powers — a move some of his own — which Cameron’s Conservatives for the former Labour leader from politician reborn.” “Gordon Brown came into his Scot, a Welshman, an Irish and lawmakers described as a “panicky” said amounted to kicking the issue the same conservative commenta- The Daily Mail, no friend of own,” said Sean Lang, a sen- an Englishman side by side,” he response to opinion polls which sug- “into the long grass”. tors who once mocked his clumsy Brown when he was in office, ior lecturer in history at Anglia said. gested the vote was too close to call. REUTERS style and simmering rivalry with hailed him as a “street fighter” Ruskin University. AFP Catalonia calls independence vote

BARCELONA: The leader Mariano Rajoy and Socialist oppo- independence had galvanised sup- of Spain’s Catalonia region sition leader Pedro Sanchez, hailed porters of secession for Catalonia, said yesterday he would defy the Scottish “no” vote and said the and many expressed disappoint- Madrid to hold a non-binding outcome demonstrated the value ment that Scots had ultimately independence vote in less than of unity for Spain. held back. two months, saying his peo- The government opened the “As a Catalan, I would have ple deserved the same right to door on Friday to revising how liked to have seen a ‘yes’ for inde- determine their future as Scots Spanish regions are financed but pendence, because it would have who voted to stay in Britain. said any such move would not be been a boost for us,” said Jordi With its own language and linked to the Catalan independ- Prosa, a 54-year-old business culture, and a long-standing ence movement. administrator in Barcelona. pro-independence movement Catalan leader Arturo Mas Nevertheless, others seized on that has gathered momentum in denied that the Scottish rejec- the enthusiastic Scottish vote as recent years of economic hard- tion of independence had hurt the proof that whatever the outcome, ship, Catalonia has sought a ref- Catalan secessionist cause. “What regions should be permitted to erendum on independence similar happened in Scotland is not a choose their own future. to the one held in Scotland on setback for us, because what we “What is clear here is that peo- Thursday. really want in Catalonia is to have ple want to vote,” said Josep Roda, Unlike London, which allowed the chance to vote,” Mas said. a 55-year-old lawyer. “Scotland is the Scottish vote, Madrid says The Catalan regional govern- a good example of allowing people even a non-binding referendum ment was due to pass a bill later to express their opinion.” would violate the Spanish consti- yesterday giving Mas the power Madrid’s refusal to grant a tution and has pledged to block it to call a non-binding referendum. referendum has angered many in the courts. Mas said he would sign it and Catalans, even some who favour Spanish political leaders, includ- would hold the vote on November 9. continued union with Spain. Dejected ‘Yes’ supporters at the Royal Highland centre following their loss to the ‘No’ campaign in Edinburgh. ing centre-right Prime Minister A late surge in polls for Scottish REUTERS

Egyptian pleads guilty in US embassy bombing case Man kills daughter, six grandchildren in Florida murder-suicide NEW YORK: An Egyptian saying he had concerns that Bary should accept the deal. If he were Buckley said prosecutors from man pleaded guilty in New York had previously faced hundreds of to reject it, Bary would be per- the office of Manhattan US TAMPA: A 51-year-old Florida man shot dead his daughter and yesterday to charges stemming charges, some of which carried a mitted to withdraw his guilty plea Attorney Preet Bharara felt the six grandchildren in his home before killing himself on Thursday, from the deadly 1998 bombings mandatory life sentence. and would proceed to trial. charges “were appropriate with authorities said. Don Spirit, identified by authorities as the suspect, of US embassies in Kenya and Under the plea deal, Bary faces Assistant US Attorney Sean regard to this defendant and the called the 911 emergency line and killed himself after a sheriff’s Tanzania that killed 224 people. a maximum sentence of 25 years Buckley told Kaplan that Bary role he played in a much larger deputy arrived at the scene, Gilchrist County Sheriff Robert Schultz Wiping tears from his eyes and in prison. If he is given credit for was not alleged to have engaged conspiracy.” Bary’s guilty plea said. Everyone in the house was killed, Schultz said. The youngest frequently shaking his head, Adel more than a decade he spent in in any overt acts leading to the came less than two months before child was less than three months old and the oldest was 11 years old, Abdul Bary, 54, pleaded guilty to custody in the United Kingdom murders themselves. Instead, he was set to face trial in New he added. three counts, including threaten- while fighting extradition, his Bary was largely accused of dis- York alongside two co-defendants, “We’re all family here. What can you say?” Schultz said. “There ing to kill, injure or destroy prop- sentence would be significantly seminating claims of responsi- Libyan Abu Anas Al Liby and are certain things in life that you can explain, there are certain things erty by means of an explosive and shorter, Kaplan said. “You can bility while serving as a conduit Saudi Khalid Al Fawwaz, both of that you can’t. This is not one that I can explain.” conspiring to murder US citizens well appreciate why I have ques- between media outlets and senior whom have pleaded not guilty. The incident occurred near Bell, a town of about 500 located roughly abroad. tions in my mind,” Kaplan said. Al Qaeda figures, including the Al Liby, an alleged senior al 56km west of Gainesville. However, US District Judge The judge gave the government group’s deceased leader Osama Qaeda member, was seized by US “We have no indication what caused this man to do what he did,” Lewis Kaplan did not immedi- and Bary’s lawyers one week to bin Laden and his successor, forces in Libya in October. said Schultz. “We may never know.” ately accept the plea agreement, submit letters explaining why he Ayman Al Zawahiri. REUTERS REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Asia / Philippines www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week

BEIJING: China’s trial of a Muslim Uighur ethnic group, had Tohti’s release after a nine-month opposed separatism and violence. Li said the students had been Tuesday,” Li said. Uighur scholar on separatism promoted independence for the detention widely seen as part of “They heard him, but whether held in solitary jail cells with their China’s ruling Communist charges completed its two days region on a website he managed a government crackdown on dis- they will consider it is hard to legs shackled and that Tohti had Party tightly controls courts and of evidence on Thursday, and called Uighurbiz.net. sent in Xinjiang, where tension know,” Li said by telephone from expressed understanding for their guilty verdicts in such cases are his lawyer said a verdict in a The charge carries a maximum between Uighurs and majority Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi where predicament and testimony. typically a foregone conclusion. case that has drawn interna- penalty of death in extreme cases, Han Chinese has led to violence. the trial was held. “It’s difficult to say what the The government blames a tional criticism would come though Tohti’s lawyers say he Tohti was able to speak in his Tohti rejected the prosecution’s upcoming verdict will be. But the series of violent attacks in which next week. faces the prospect of a lengthy defence, his lawyer, Li Fangping, evidence and said statements prosecutors were comparatively hundreds have died on Islamist Prosecutors in China’s west- prison sentence. said, telling the court that he against him by student volunteers harsh, and they called for a more militants who it says want to ern Xinjiang region said eco- The United States, the established the website to promote who had worked on the website serious verdict,” Li said. establish an independent state in nomics professor Ilham Tohti, European Union and human dialogue between Uighur and Han were made under pressure from “We’ve been informed verbally Xinjiang called East Turkestan. an advocate for the rights of the rights groups have called for scholars and that he had publicly authorities, Li said earlier. that it [the verdict] will come on REUTERS

US man ‘confesses’ to Bali suitcase killing Heavy rains flood Manila; DENPASAR, INDONESIA: their involvement in the case dur- An American man has con- ing questioning. fessed to killing his girlfriend’s “Both suspects have confessed,” mother at a luxury resort on he said, adding that Schaefer, 21, markets, schools closed the Indonesian island of Bali, had admitted to carrying out the while the girlfriend has admit- killing after an argument with ted helping stuff the body into the victim. The daughter, 19, Four die, nearly 500,000 hit as tropical storm Fung-Wong makes landfall a suitcase, police said yesterday. claimed she watched Schaefer kill The battered body of Sheila von her mother and helped to stuff MANILA: Heavy rains in the Wiese Mack, 62, was found in the the body into the suitcase, said Philippine capital Manila and boot of a taxi in front of an exclu- Utomo. northern provinces caused sive hotel in the upscale Nusa Dua “The interrogation is continu- flooding in many areas yes- resort area on August 12. ing to get the full account,” he terday, shutting schools, gov- Her teenage daughter, Heather added. Mack, who is pregnant, ernment offices and financial Mack, and daughter’s boyfriend, had previously refused to talk markets as a tropical storm Tommy Schaefer, had been stay- to police without American legal made landfall to the north. ing with her at St Regis hotel representation present, and this At least four people were killed but fled to another part of the week her lawyer from the US and tens of thousands of people island after the killing. They were arrived to assist her locally-hired fled their homes, officials said. caught the following day. lawyers. Nearly half a million people They are in custody in Bali The pair are yet to be charged were affected, including more while police investigate and could with any crime, as under the than 40,000 staying in emergency face the death penalty if found Indonesian legal system suspects shelters in schools, churches or guilty of premeditated murder. are not formally charged until they public gymnasiums, the Office of Indonesian authorities previ- appear in court at the start of a Civil Defence said. ously claimed they had strong trial. A trial will begin once police Thousands of residents in evidence against the pair and have completed investigations and low-lying areas were moved to yesterday Djoko Heru Utomo, passed the evidence to prosecutors. higher ground, officials said, as police chief in the Balinese capital The victim hailed from Chicago, so flood waters rose quickly after Denpasar, said they had admitted do the suspects. AFP the equivalent of half a month’s usual rains fell in six hours. The Philippine Stock Exchange suspended trade after the govern- ment cancelled work and classes Japan vows to keep on whaling in the capital. Trading at the elec- tronic foreign exchange platform Rescue helpers conduct an operation at a flood-hit village in Marikina city, east of Manila, the Philippines, yesterday. TOKYO: Japan vowed yesterday to resume whaling programme in Philippine Dealing System was the Antarctic despite passage of a resolution opposing its hunt by also suspended, with clearing and an international body, terming the negative vote regrettable. settlement cancelled for the day. expected to leave land by late were stranded after services were The rains were so heavy, so fast, The International Whaling Commission on Thursday adopted a Fung-Wong, with maximum yesterday, Aurelio said. cancelled and the coastguard some were not able to evacuate,” resolution saying Japan should abide by a ruling by International Court winds of 85kph and gusts of up Civil aviation authorities said stopped fishing boats from going De Guzman told GMA TV, add- of Justice (ICJ) earlier this year that its decades-old and disputed “sci- to 100 kph, made landfall at 40 domestic flights were cancelled to sea. More than 27,000 people ing the government was sending entific whaling” programme was illegal and should stop. Participants at about noon in the northern rice- and six international flights from were evacuated in Marikina City amphibious vehicles and boats IWC’s biennial meeting in Slovenia passed the non-binding resolution producing region of Cagayan, Singapore, Thailand and China in the eastern part of the capital to help get people out. Disaster by a 35-20 majority, a move Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide said weather forecaster Aldczar to Manila were diverted to other where a river burst its banks, said agency officials said two other Suga said was “extremely regrettable.” “We are carrying out prepara- Aurelio. It was moving west Philippine airports. Some flights Del De Guzman, city mayor. Manila districts were flooded tions for new plan for scientific whaling to resume in 2015-2016, a plan northwest at 22kph towards were delayed. “We are on sweeping operations and they were monitoring a dam, that takes ICJ ruling into account,” he said. REUTERS the South China Sea and was Thousands of ferry passengers for those trapped by the floods. which was nearly full. AGENCIES

Student activist Philippines pulls out Golan Dhaka police nab Islamist group head convicted DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh aides early yesterday.” but had been relatively quiet since peacekeepers over security said yesterday they had arrested The Islamic State group is the then government launched of sedition the head of a banned Islamist widely regarded as the most vio- a crackdown on the group and MANILA: The Philippines has security situation,” Zagala said. group suspected of planning lent and powerful organisation in prosecuted more than 1,000 of its KUALA LUMPUR: A pulled its peacekeepers from Some of these troops had attacks in the country, and that modern jihad and has captured members. Malaysian court convicted a the Golan Heights ahead of traded fire last month with Al he had made contact with the large swathes of territory in Iraq In 2007 an army-backed gov- prominent student activist of schedule amid worsening secu- Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels who Islamic State organisation. and Syria. ernment hanged six JMB mem- sedition yesterday and sen- rity there, a military spokes- wanted them to surrender their A police spokesman said Islam said police had recov- bers, including its founder and tenced him to a year in prison man said yesterday. weapons. the leader of the Jamayetul ered bomb-making materials in leader Shaikh Abdur Rahman in a ruling swiftly denounced by A total of 244 of the 344 The gunmen also disarmed and Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) the raid, and that the detainees and his deputy. rights groups as part of a “sus- Filipino soldiers and staff will abducted 45 Fijian peacekeepers group, Abdullah Al Tasnim, and had confessed they were planning But the organisation is since tained assault” by the govern- arrive back in Manila later yes- who were later freed unharmed. six others were arrested early attacks. believed to have regrouped. In ment on free expression. terday, with the rest flying in the The UN Disengagement yesterday in raids in Dhaka. The JMB was highly active February attackers ambushed Adam Adli was charged with next week or so, military spokes- Observer Force withdrew hun- “Tasnim has established com- around 2005 when it set off a prison van in northern sedition in May 2013 after urging man Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon dreds of members of the peace- munication with the Middle hundreds of bombs nationwide Mymensingh district and protests against election results Zagala said. keeping force from the Syrian side East’s ISIS Islamic militants,” between August and December. snatched three convicted JMB that reaffirmed the longtime gov- “Troops are being repatri- to the Israeli-occupied sector of the Monirul Islam said. It was also involved in spate of militants after killing a police off ernment’s grip on power. ated because of the deteriorating area on Monday. AFP “We have arrested him and his bombings on judges and courts, icer. AFP “Guilty,” Adam tweeted yes- terday as the ruling was read out inside a Kuala Lumpur Haze blankets Sumatra courtroom. “Having different opinion is apparently a crime now according S Korea navy fires warning to our dearest prosecutor.” The ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) shots at North’s patrol boat has sparked growing outrage over its use of the 1940s British colo- SEOUL: The South Korean gave a verbal warning by nial-era Sedition Act. navy fired warning shots loudspeaker and then fired six Prime Minister Najib Razak yesterday to end a brief warning rounds,” the spokes- had promised in 2011 to repeal incursion by a North Korean man said. the law -- calling it a relic of a patrol boat across the sensi- The North Korean ship “bygone era” -- hoping to placate tive maritime border, Seoul’s returned across the border mounting public pressure for an defence ministry said. minutes later, he added. end to authoritarian abuses. It was the first such bound- The maritime boundary, But the law has been used ary violation in four months, which was unilaterally drawn repeatedly since last year’s elec- and came ahead of yester- by the US-led United Nations tions, accelerating in recent day’s opening ceremony of forces after the 1950-53 weeks with several government the Asian Games in the South Korean War, was the scene of opponents charged for comments Korean port city of Incheon, brief but bloody naval clashes widely deemed by leaders in the in which North Korea is in 1999, 2002 and 2009. legal community as innocuous. participating. Yonhap quoted an uniden- More than a dozen people are The patrol boat came 0.5 tified military official as say- known to have been charged with nautical miles inside the South ing the North Korean patrol sedition since the May 2013 elec- side of the disputed Yellow Sea boat had crossed the bor- tions. Most of those cases are still border shortly after midday, a der to secure an apparently pending. defence ministry spokesman unmanned barge that had Convictions, however, are rela- Water bombings and artificial rain have reduced bush fires in Indonesia, an official said yesterday, as haze from the said. drifted into South Korean wat tively rare. AFP fires blanketed much of Sumatra and the Indonesian part of Borneo and Sulawesi islands this week. “One of our naval vessels ers. AFP SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan Pakistan separatists Memorial ceremony want Scots-style vote ‘I stand for a free and fair referendum under UN’

QUETTA: Baluch separatist Resource-rich Baluchistan strife and Islamist violence in leaders yesterday called on is the largest of Pakistan’s four its northern Pashtun belt, with Pakistan to follow in Britain’s provinces, but its roughly seven middle-class Baluch increasingly footsteps by holding a referen- million inhabitants have long viewing independence as their dum similar to Scotland’s on complained they do not receive a only hope for a more liberal and granting independence to the fair share of its gas and mineral secular state. insurgency-wracked province. wealth. Pakistan accuses neighbouring Scots rejected independence in Rebels began their fifth insur- India of funding and arming the a vote that left the centuries-old gency against the state in 2004, rebels -- a charge analysts believe United Kingdom intact despite a with hundreds of soldiers and is true and payback for Pakistan’s surge in nationalist support in the militants killed in the fighting. interference in Kashmir. final fortnight of the campaign. The current insurgency gained The Baluch separatist group Dr Bashir Azeem, secretary in intensity after the 2006 kill- was founded by Jumma Khan general of the outlawed Baluch ing of 79-year-old Baluch leader Marri in 1964 in Damascus, Republican Party said that: “The Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, a and played an important role Baluch have been struggling revered figure for many rebels. in the 1968-1980 insurgency against the excesses and tyranny Azeem’s son Jamil Akbar Bugti in Pakistani Baluchistan and of Punjab-dominated establish- said: “I stand for a free and fair Iranian Baluchistan. Mir Hazar ment of Pakistan for decades,” referendum in Baluchistan under Ramkhani, the father of Jumma referring to the country’s largest the United Nations.” Khan Marri, took over the group and most powerful province. “Let Baluch people who are in the 1980s. “If a fair referendum is con- struggling for their independence The Baluchistan Liberation ducted after creating an atmos- decide their future whether they Army is a Baluch nationalist mili- phere for it, providing the want to stay with (the) federation tant secessionist organisation. In opportunity to Baluch population of Pakistan or break away.” 2006, the BLA was declared to for deciding their future, it is wel- The desperately poor prov- be a terrorist organisation by the Afghan families hold images of war victims during a memorial ceremony in front of the destroyed palace of Darul comed,” he added. ince is also riven by sectarian Pakistani government. AFP Aman in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. The war victims association, civil society and family members of the victims paid tributes to those killed in the last three decades of war in the country. Police interrogate colleagues over liberal professor’s murder

KARACHI: Pakistani her faith and to pray while wear- controversy,” Pir Mohammad blasphemer of the Prophet and more than any other country in prelude to vigilantism and rioting. police yesterday interrogated ing lipstick and nail polish. Shah, a senior police officer in Koran, Dr Shakil, curses be upon the world. It listed 14 people on Calls for change in the blas- University of Karachi faculty in He was shot dead while driv- charge of the case said. him, deserves only one punish- death row and 19 others serving phemy laws have been strongly connection with the murder of ing to an Iranian cultural centre The suspects were named as ment -- beheading.” life sentences for insulting Islam. resisted by Islamic parties. a professor of Islam known for where he was invited as a guest Abdul Rasheed -- the depart- At the time he opened the case The Pakistan Penal Code pro- Prominent figures like Salman his liberal views who had been of honour on Thursday, while a ment’s previous dean, along with in 2012, the late professor told hibits blasphemy against any Taseer and Shahbaz Bhatti (the labelled a ‘blasphemer’ in a text junior colleague travelling with Auj’s colleagues Naseer Ahmed police: “It has endangered my life recognized religion, providing Federal Minister for Minorities) message campaign. him received a bullet wound to Akhtar and Ubaid Ahmed and on the basis of the propa- penalties ranging from a fine to have been assassinated for their Mohammad Shakil Auj, the her arm. Khan. Another suspect named ganda I could be murdered.” death. opposition to the blasphemy laws. 54-year-old dean of Islamic Auj, a recipient of a presiden- Mohammad Samiuz Zaman was Blasphemy is a hugely sensi- Some cases have also been By its constitution, the official Studies at the university, was tial medal of distinction, had been a secretary at the nearby NED tive subject in Pakistan, where registered under the blasphemy name of Pakistan is the ‘Islamic called an apostate in the widely- fighting a case against the origi- Engineering University. the majority of the 180 million laws as a result of attacks on non- Republic of Pakistan.’ More than circulated message that said nators of the text message cam- “They all were involved in the population are devoutly Muslim. Muslim faiths. 96 percent of Pakistan’s 167 mil- he should be beheaded after he paign which began two years ago. SMS controversy for which the Even unproven allegations can An accusation of blasphemy lion citizens (2008) are Muslims. issued controversial religious “We are currently interrogat- late Dr Auj had registered the provoke a violent public response. commonly subjects the accused, Among countries with a decrees. ing at least three professors, who case two years back fearing risks A recent report from a US police, lawyers, and judges to har- Muslim majority, Pakistan has They included allowing a were the former colleagues of Dr to his life,” Shah said. government advisory panel said assment, threats, and attacks. the strictest anti-blasphemy laws. Muslim woman to marry out of Auj and were blamed for the SMS The SMS read: “The Pakistan used blasphemy laws An accusation is sometimes the AFP Pakistan bins Govt adopts ‘wait and see’ option for sit-ins 2 graft cases remain united in the Parliament parliamentary parties and regular on the issue and let the ‘anti- presence in the parliament, are against PM democratic elements sitting out- not for nothing. ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani side’ wear themselves out. Many of his allies in the fight accountability court yesterday Others reminded the govern- looked askance at the move to dismissed two long-standing ment that ‘attack is the best pass a resolution in the ongoing corruption cases against Prime defence’. However, only a few joint session of the parliament Minister Nawaz Sharif and his wanted the government to opt approving use of police or army family, calling them politically for ‘guerilla warfare’ by way of against the so-called “political motivated and without merit. arresting and harassing the PTI circus” outside. The decision comes at a time and PAT workers. “Yes, ideally speaking, the when Sharif is under pressure That tactic had already been government will love to have a from a protest movement led by in evidence with no encouraging unanimous resolution on the use opposition leader Imran Khan results because of judiciary’s deci- of police or military to bring back and a populist cleric who have sions in the wake of mass arrests. normality in the capital city, but accused the government of mas- So what decision the multi- I don’t see that happening,” said sive corruption in addition to party huddle reached? a PML-N office-bearer with close election rigging. A senior PML-N cabinet min- ties to the top party leadership. The cases related to the build- ister said that there were quite a Right now best option avail- ing Sharif’s palatial Lahore home few proponents of using force to able to the government is ‘wait from allegedly unknown sources ‘clear out the D-Chowk’ but said and see’. of money, and laundering charges it was now too late to take that “Yes, the arrests of PAT and through his Hudabiya paper mill course. PTI workers reignited their cool- company. It is also fraught with the dan- ing fire but the campfires at the They were brought to court by ger that such action fuels the fire dharnas in the D-Chowk would the government of former mili- lit by the PAT-PTI agitation than no more be burning as brightly tary ruler Pervez Musharraf in douse it. At the same time, the as before,” said the PML-N 2000, a year after he deposed government is under increasing office-bearer. Sharif in a bloodless coup. pressure from inside and outside Imran Khan will be leaving Officials said that the National the parliament to take ‘some the main front, even if to take Accountability Bureau, the state action’ against the protesting duo. the battle to other places in the watchdog for graft requested the “In the event of use of force country and Dr Qadri’s ranks are court yesterday to allow it to rein- there are chances of casualties visibly thinning out. vestigate the graft cases against which the government can ill According to some political Sharif. afford. But, at the same time, we analysts, the prime minister has But Judge Anwar Ahmed Khan Pakistani supporters of Canada-based preacher Tahir-ul-Qadri offer Friday prayers at an anti-government protest can’t let them keep on challeng- done the best he could do in the observed that these cases were site in front of parliament in Islamabad yesterday. ing the writ of the government developing situation - start run- pending for more than a decade and embarrassing us all over the ning the government in routine. and asked the prosecutor why no world,” said the minister. His decision to go ahead with progress had been made, before ISLAMABAD: Regardless of Allies Mehmood Khan Achakzai defences of the democratic sys- Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif his trip to New York later this dismissing them. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami tem against the irksome political looks stuck with the dilemma as month to attend the UN General “The court dismissed the brave words that ‘it is no hard Party (PkMAP) and Maulana agitation, appeared a man caught his government missed the oppor- Assembly indicates that clearly. request by NAB and has acquit- task’, his government looks in Fazalur Rehman of the Jamiat- between the proverbial devil and tunity to use force when the anti- Sit-ins were an integral part ted all the persons nominated in two minds whether to clear i-Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) are the deep sea at the meeting. government protestors stormed of the nonviolent strategy of civil the cases,” an accountability offi- the D-Chowk of Imran Khan’s said to have asked the prime And the mood in the meeting the Red Zone - its inner sanctum. disobedience and mass protests cial said. ‘tigers’ and Dr Tahirul Qadri’s minister to give marching orders was akin to army generals thrash- Despite their public statements that eventually led to passage Ahmed Junaid, lawyer for devotees by force or by political to the police but the Leader ing out their strategy and moves to stand by the prime minister in of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Sharif said that the court will means. of Opposition in the National in a war room. defence of the democratic system, which ended legally-sanctioned hear another graft case related This Hobson’s choice was put Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah Only the enemy was the can he be sure the parliamentary racial segregation in the US and to Sharif’s Ittefaq steel mills on before the chiefs of the parliamen- of the PPP cautioned the gov- PTI and PAT rabble-rousers parties would defend whichever also passage of the Voting Rights October 2. tary parties, called to a huddle ernment against taking any rash entrenched at the gates of the option and whatever strategy his Act of 1965 that struck down Sharif’s brother Shahbaz, who on Wednesday afternoon, when decision. seat of power, said the insider government adopts to bring an many racially-motivated barri- is the chief minister of Punjab the prime minister returned to According to an insider, Prime who participated in the political end to protest movement? ers used to deny voting rights to province, was also implicated in Islamabad from Attock where he Minister Nawaz Sharif, who has strategy planning. Prime Minister Sharif’s fre- nonwhites. the graft cases. AFP spoke the brave words. been laboriously building up the Some participants suggested to quent meetings with the heads of INTERNEWS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY

TV newsreader China troops fired over ‘Eleven Jinping’ blunder

NEW DELHI: Pronouncing withdraw as foreign leaders’ names is a headache for newsreaders the world over but yester- day it proved the downfall of one Indian newscaster, who mistook the visiting Chinese Xi visit ends president’s name for the Roman numeral XI, calling him “Eleven Jinping” on air. Leaders call for peace on border areas The blunder occurred late Thursday night in a NEW DELHI: Chinese troops said the troops had begun pulling report by public broadcaster have begun pulling back from back, confirming a report by the Doordarshan on President the disputed border with India, Press Trust of India news agency. Xi Jinping’s high-profile first sources said yesterday, as “The Chinese troops have state visit to India. After President Xi Jinping wrapped started going back,” the lawmaker hours of unconfirmed reports, up a rare visit to New Delhi said, on condition of anonymity. Doordarshan announced last overshadowed by the stand-off “The Indian soldiers are also afternoon on its official Twitter at the remote frontier. retreating, but they will continue handle that the anchor in The row over an alleged incur- their vigil.” question had been sacked but sion by hundreds of Chinese A source in the Indian paramil- declined to name them. “Please troops into territory claimed by itary forces said the situation has Take Note: DD (Doordarshan) India has dominated Xi’s visit, “de-escalated” in Chumar sector News Anchor who mispro- intended to reset ties between although some Chinese soldiers nounced Chinese President’s Asia’s two superpowers after the were still present in Demchok name has been disengaged,” the election of a new Indian govern- area of southern Ladakh. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) with Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi yesterday. public broadcaster wrote on the ment this year. “The army will hold a flag- microblogging site. The two countries have long meeting likely this evening to tranquility in the border areas,” Xi pledged greater investment has soared to more than $40 bil- Doordarshan chief execu- been embroiled in a bitter dis- defuse the overall situation,” he they said. Chinese foreign min- from China, already India’s big- lion from just $1bn in 2001-02. tive Jawahar Sircar said that pute over their border, with both said. China and India fought a istry spokesman Hong Lei said gest trading partner, with annual Modi is eager to secure Chinese steps had been taken to avoid a sides regularly accusing soldiers brief but bloody war in 1962 over the two leaders had “reached an two-way commerce of more than funding to fulfil his election pledge repeat of such an incident. of crossing over into the other’s the Indian state of Arunachal important consensus on properly $65bn. He said China, which built to overhaul his country’s crum- “We’ve taken action plus (we territory. Pradesh in the eastern Himalayas. handling border issues”. the world’s largest high-speed rail bling infrastructure, which has are) upgrading systems,” Sircar As Xi arrived in India on Small incursions are common “President Xi said that on bor- system from scratch in less than held back economic growth in the tweeted. Doordarshan, once Wednesday, reports said 1,000 across the Line of Actual Control der issues, the two sides should a decade, would look to develop country of 1.2 billion people. the only choice for television Chinese soldiers had entered a (LAC), the de-facto border that continue with friendly coop- faster train lines in India and Xi, the first Chinese presi- viewers in India, has suffered a disputed area in the mountainous runs 4,000km (2,500 miles) across eration and the pursuit of an build industrial parks in Gujarat dent to visit India in eight years, steep decline in influence since northern Ladakh region, sparking Ladakh. equitable solution in a fair way and Maharashtra states. wrapped up his India visit by private television channels a stand-off with Indian troops. In a joint statement yesterday, acceptable by both countries,” “This developmental partner- meeting the parliamentary began airing in the early 1990s. Analysts said the reported the two leaders reiterated their Hong said in Beijing. ship is conducive not only to the speaker and Sonia Gandhi, head The blunder is an embar- incursions were likely timed to fire commitment to seek a “fair, rea- “Before the final settlement, common interests of both sides, of the former ruling Congress rassment for the government a shot across the bows of India’s sonable and mutually acceptable the two sides should control and but also to stability and prosperity Party. Around 10 Tibetan protest- of India’s new Prime Minister new Prime Minister Narendra solution” to the festering bound- manage the disputes and main- of the region and the world,” the ers shouted slogans outside the Narendra Modi, who rolled out Modi, who has signaled he will ary issue. “Pending a final resolu- tain peace and tranquility in the statement read. Taj Palace hotel in Delhi, where the red carpet for Xi, spending take a harder line on what he tion of the boundary question, the border area, so that it doesn’t India has been pushing for the meetings were held, before his 64th birthday hosting a din- termed Chinese “expansionism”. two sides would continue to make influence the development of more investment to narrow the being taken away by police. ner for the Chinese president Yesterday, a local lawmaker joint efforts to maintain peace and bilateral ties.” During his visit trade deficit with China, which AFP in a luxury riverside tent in his home city Ahmedabad. AFP

Child dies after doctor operated 25 years of BJP-Sena ties on verge of collapse with kitchen knife MUMBAI: The 25-year-old said early yesterday. Similarly, projecting Shiv Sena chief Uddhav gave indications in his public ral- issue of seat-sharing between alliance between the BJP and a senior Shiv Sena functionary Thackeray as the next chief min- lies in the state on Thursday that them. PATNA: A child died after the Shiv Sena was on the verge hinted that the alliance “is over”, isterial candidate. the “BJP will form the next gov- The sharp tussle between the an unqualified doctor oper- of collapse yesterday with both but the party has decided to wait The BJP is demanding both ernment” without mentioning its allies has suddenly changed the ated on her with a kitchen parties adopting a tough stance for further developments before parties contest 135 seats each allies, the party reportedly served political scenario with optimism knife in Bihar’s Purnea dis- on the issue of seat-sharing for declaring its stand. with the remaining 18 in the a 24-hour ‘ultimatum’, which Shiv brewing in the ruling Congress- trict, police said yesterday. “We the October 15 state assembly However, a ray of hope emerged house of 288 being allotted to Sena dismissed late on Thursday Nationalist Congress Party camps have detained the accused doc- elections, party officials said. last morning for the feuding part- other smaller alliance partners. night. over their prospects in next tor after the victim’s relatives Both the warring partners ners with union Minister Nitin The Shiv Sena’s latest offer is The Shiv Sena also resolved month’s elections. protested against his negligence are holding a series of crucial Gadkari meeting Prime Minister 119 seats to the BJP, including after an emergency meeting that As the BJP-Shiv Sena remained and beaten him,” a district police meetings during the day to take Narendra Modi in New Delhi over the share of the other smaller any final decision on the issue - to at daggers drawn, smaller part- official said. a final call on continuing the the issue. partners, which the BJP rejected snap ties or to continue the alli- ners like the Republican Party Victim’s father Prakash Pundit, alliance. Gadkari is expected to arrive outright. ance — would be left to Uddhav of India (A) and Swabhimani resident of Dagarua in Purnea, “It’s on the verge of break- in Mumbai with a compromise There has also been no commit- Thackeray’s discretion. Sanghatana squirmed with appre- about 350km from Patna, said ing — Only a formal announce- formula intended to save the ment from the BJP on who the Both parties were fully pre- hensions over their fate and future that he took his one-year daugh- ment is awaited,” a senior state alliance. next chief ministerial candidate pared to start filing nominations if the matter remained unresolved ter to a doctor in a nearby village Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) The crux of the issue is pri- will be or from which party. of candidates from Saturday or the alliance collapsed. following stomach pain. leader, requesting anonymity, marily seat-sharing, besides After BJP president Amit Shah without finalising the contentious IANS “The doctor told us that she should be operated soon for appendicitis. He operated her by a knife used for cutting veg- Aftermath of floods etables. During operation, he cut her intestine and her condition Muslims will live and deteriorated following excessive bleeding,” the father said. The doctor then told us to take her to a private clinic. But the die for India: Modi clinic refused to admit her and referred her to a sadar hospital. NEWS DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said “When we reached the hospi- that Indian Muslims will not respond to Al Qaeda’s exhortations, tal, doctors declared her dead,” he and will live and die for the country. said. Police officials said they have In an interview to CNN, Modi said: “If anyone thinks Indian Muslims begun investigation. will dance to their (Al Qaeda) tune, they are delusional. Indian Muslims will live for India, they will die for India — they will not want anything bad for India.” Mandolin Srinivas When asked why the Indian Muslims have remained immune to Al Qaeda’s exhortations, Modi said he was not an authority on “psycho- passes away logical and religious” analysis on this. In his interview, Modi spoke about a host of issues concerning CHENNAI: A musician par India-US relations. He admitted that there has been many ups and excellence, Uppalapu Srinivas, downs in bilateral relations over the centuries. who struck the right note with He, however, expressed confidence that India-US ties will deepen the mandolin, died here yester- further. “I have a one word answer, and with great confidence I say — day leaving his fans emotionally yes. Let me explain — there are many similarities between the US and shaken and a void in the music India. If you look at the last few centuries, two things come to light — world. He was 45. America has absorbed people from around the world, and there is an The musician was admitted Indian in every part of the world. This characterises both the societies. to Apollo Hospital here some Meanwhile, the prime minister emphasised the need for creating a days back due to liver problem Debris lying in the street as a woman walks on the muddy road in a flood-affected area in Srinagar yesterday. legal architecture to institutionalise “Mission Swachh Bharat” at all and breathed his last yesterday Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said 277 people died when the worst floods in a century hit the state while levels from the village upward, a statement from the Prime Minister’s around 9.30, hospital officials said. Office said. Kashmir Center for Social and Development Studies has put the loses and damage at `1 trillion. The last rites will be performed Chairing a high-level meeting to review preparations for the launch tomorrow. His sudden demise has of “Mission Swachh Bharat”, Modi said that the initiative should shocked his fans across the world become the agenda of the entire country, in the form of a mass move- and mourning the loss, Prime ment to be launched on October 2, the birth anniversary of father of Minister Narendra Modi Friday Gang rape: Five jailed for 20 years nation Mahatma Gandhi. expressed grief. “PM recalled the He asked the ministry of rural development to explore the possibil- mandolin maestro’s dedication ity of giving incentives to best performing villages. He also called for and long-standing contribution KOLKATA: A West Bengal district. The gang violated her a each and in default, would have standards of cleanliness to be established for government offices. towards music and added that he court yesterday sentenced five second time a few days later after to undergo an additional year in Mission Swachh Bharat aims at creating a clean India by 2019, when will always be remembered,” the people convicted of gang raping a her family filed a police complaint. rigorous imprisonment. the country celebrates 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Prime Minister’s Office said in a girl twice in North 24-Parganas The court of additional district The girl later set herself ablaze who laid great emphasis on cleanliness. tweet. “The death of Mandolin district of the state to 20 years’ judge (Barasat) Shantanu Jha on December 23 and subsequently Modi further said the activities on October 2 should not be limited Srinivas has left a void and the rigorous imprisonment. pronounced the sentence after died of her injuries on December to official functions in the national capital. Carnatic music world has lost The 16-year-old victim, daugh- the five accused were convicted 31. The victim’s family had met “Activities related to cleanliness should be undertaken in each and a mandolin genius,” said Tamil ter of a taxi driver from Bihar, on Thursday of kidnapping, gang President Pranab Mukherjee every village across the country, he said, highlighting the need for work- Nadu Governor K Rosaiah said. was raped by a gang on October rape and criminal conspiracy. seeking death penalty for the ing together with state governments to make this mission a success. IANS 25, 2013, in Madhyamgram of the They were also fined `5,000 perpetrators. IANS AGENCIES SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business Relief, not euphoria for UK markets after vote

LONDON: British financial mar- and investors to protect themselves kets rose and a collective sigh of against sharp swings in exchange relief echoed across the invest- rates. Volatility had risen before ment and business community Thursday’s referendum to levels not yesterday after a Scottish vote seen since the collapse of Lehman against independence averted Brothers in 2008 and the unusu- the deep uncertainty a United ally uncertain UK general election Kingdom break-up would have of 2010. Alibaba up 40pc in trading debut unleashed. The cost of insuring against Bank shares drove the rally in sterling volatility over the next equities, sterling hit a two-year week more than halved to 5.4 per- More than 100 million shares change hands in 10 minutes of trading high against the euro, and cur- cent from a close on Thursday of rency market volatility —which 11.8 percent. Overnight volatility NEW YORK: Alibaba Group had reached historically high plunged to 5.5 percent from 23 per- Holding Ltd’s shares surged by levels ahead of Thursday’s vote cent, right back to average levels more than 40 percent in their — collapsed. traded for most of this year. first day of trading yesterday as Royal Bank of Scotland said it Sterling itself strengthened, investors jumped in to buy what had scrapped contingency plans to recovering ground lost since the looks likely to be the largest relocate to England. The cost of start of the month after one poll IPO in history. insuring against RBS defaulting on put the “Yes” campaign for inde- More than two hours after its debt dropped to its lowest since pendence in the lead for the first trading began at the New York May 2008. time in over a year. Stock Exchange, the stock opened Scotland’s rejection of independ- The pound hit a two-year high at $92.70 and rose from there, ence ended a fraught few weeks for against the euro, with the single hitting a high of $99.70 in active markets that had seen the value of currency trading as low as 78.10 trading, during which more than sterling fall sharply after some polls pence, and rose above $1.65 against 100 million shares change hands suggested the 307-year old union the dollar. in composite trading in the first was on the brink of splitting. The FTSEurofirst 300 index 10 minutes of trading. The vote not only keeps Britain touched its highest level in more Cheers went out among traders intact but also reduces the likeli- than six years yesterday after on the NYSE floor at Wall and hood of it leaving the European Scotland voted against independ- Broad Streets as the stock started Union, potentially a much greater ence, but trimmed gains in late to trade shortly before noon ET risk for markets and something trading on profit taking and on (1600 GMT). Scottish independence might well speculation about a downgrade of “This is by far the biggest IPO have precipitated. France. event-extravanganza that we’ve “The imminent threat of change But those gains gradually evapo- had,” said Peter Costa, floor to the union and the ramifications rated and the pound fell back below trader at Empire Executions Inc. to both equities and currencies is $1.64. Major political risks, from the The pricing on Thursday ini- dulled, but ultimately constitutional fallout of this vote to next May’s tially raised $21.8bn for the changes will come, and that in itself general election, still lie ahead for Chinese e-commerce company. Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma smiles after ringing a ceremonial bell at the New York Stock Exchange to will bring a fresh set of challenges,” the pound and other UK assets, Scott Cutler, head of the New celebrate the company’s initial public offering (IPO) under the ticker “BABA” in New York yesterday. said Alastair McCaig, analyst at IG analysts said. York Stock Exchange’s global in London. Market-based UK interest rates listing business, told CNBC that Jack Ma, a former English and we are getting an allocation, Ltd’s $22.1 billion listing in 2010. The FTSE 100 index of leading rose, as investors bet there will now underwriters would exercise their teacher, founded Alibaba in 1999 though not the full allocation Alibaba Group’s orange ban- shares was up 0.6 percent. RBS rose be less impediment to the Bank option for an additional 48 million in his apartment. His personal we put in for. We probably got ners were festooned around three percent, Lloyds up gained as of England (BoE) raising rates as shares, to bring the IPO’s size to fortune is more than $14bn on about 10 percent of that,” said the exchange, with its logo on much as two percent and insurance planned, perhaps as early as next year. about $25bn, making it the largest paper, vaulting him into the Michael Matousek, head trader NYSE computer screens. Ma giant Standard Life was 1 percent The yield on 2-year gilts rose IPO in history. ranks of such tech billionaires at US Global Investors Inc in San was on hand at the trading floor higher. to its highest in over two months Alibaba is nearly unknown to as Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The Antonio. to watch several long-time cus- Shares of companies with sig- at 0.926 percent and the yield on most Americans but is ubiquitous deal is also expected to make Demand was intense among the tomers ring the opening bell at nificant exposure to the North 10-year gilts rose to a six-week high in China, where it is responsible millionaires out of a substantial retail investor crowd as well. JJ the exchange. “I don’t want dis- Sea oil industry also got a boost. of 2.603 percent before falling back. for 80 percent of online sales. The chunk of the company’s man- Kinahan, chief market strategist appointed shareholders, I want Glasgow-based oil and gas services “One consequence of a ‘Yes’ vote company earned $3.7bn in the 12 agers, software engineers and at retail brokerage TD Ameritrade to make sure they make money,” firm Weir Group was up 1.9 per- was that the BoE was expected to months ended March 31, 2014, other staff. Holding Corp, said the company Ma said of the pricing, on CNBC, cent and North Sea rig operator go slowly tightening UK rates,” up about $2bn from the prior The rise in the stock exceeds received customer orders amount- adding that he worries most Petrofac was 3.3 percent higher at said Alan Wilde, global head of 12-month period. the average gain by new IPOs ing to about 70 percent of what it when customers are happy. one point. fixed income at Baring Asset The sale values the company on US exchanges of late. In the saw for Facebook, and about three NYSE held extensive tests to Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell Management. at about $168bn, more than second quarter, the average first- times the customer orders it had ensure it would be able to han- said the rejection of independence “This outcome may now lead American icons such as Walt day gain was 9.2 percent, accord- for Twitter’s IPO. dle heavy trading volume and “reduces the operating uncertainty markets to focus back on growth Disney Co and Coca-Cola Co. ing to Renaissance Capital IPO With underwriters electing to kept a call going on Friday with for businesses based in Scotland.” and conclude that the UK economy Should the stock close at $98 on Intelligence. Underwriters usu- sell more shares, the company’s periodic updates to note the indi- Some of the most dramatic needs some modest restraint and its first day, it would be worth ally aim for a gain of 10 percent initial public offering becomes cated price range and to say that market moves were in the foreign that the BoE will be ahead of the about $241bn, nearly the value of to 15 percent on the first day. the largest in history, surpass- systems were working properly. exchange market, particularly in US raising rates,” he said. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. “We did put in for the IPO ing Agricultural Bank of China REUTERS options, which are used by traders AGENCIES

Pound rallies against major currencies, dollar surges in Asia US crude falls on worries TOKYO: The pound rallied pounds in Tokyo, its lowest level yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, up “The brisk performance of increasing divergence between against major currencies yes- since July 2012, while sterling ral- from 108.68 yen in New York and Asian stocks and the ‘No’ side’s tightening US monetary policy terday as Scotland rejected lied to $1.6525 and a six-year high breaching the 109 yen mark for dominant position triggered and expectations for further eas- about glut, independence from the United of 180.71 yen. “Scotland has voted the first time since August 2008. strengthening in risk-taking sen- ing by the Bank of Japan and Kingdom, while the dollar against independence overnight The greenback is riding high timent,” said Osao Iizuka, head of European Central Bank. Brent flat closed in on the 110 yen level for in a move that has removed a after the Federal Reserve sug- spot forex trading at Sumitomo But Charlie Chan, head of the first time in more than six great weight from the shoulders gested interest rates could rise Mitsui Trust Bank. macro hedge fund Splendid Asia NEW YORK: US crude oil fell years. of sterling,” said economist Simon more than initially forecast when Strong market sentiment could in Singapore, told Dow Jones yesterday, on track for its fourth Sterling jumped to a two-year Smith at trading group FxPro. they are eventually hiked, possibly push the dollar to 110 yen, said Newswires: “I don’t think it goes daily decline on continued con- euro high in morning Asian trade However, despite confirmation from mid-2015. Shigetake Nakayama, senior beyond 110 — it’s moved quite a cerns about ample supply at a with early results indicating a win of the “No” win, later in the day A disappointing night for manager of the foreign exchange long way (already).” In other trad- time of weak global economic for the Scottish “No” camp, while the euro stood at £0.7840, while Scotland’s “Yes” camp sparked trading department at the Bank ing, the euro briefly soared to 141.22 data and fragile demand. it also tacked on gains against the the pound pulled back to $1.6450 buy-backs of the pound, while of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ. yen, its highest since May and up Analysts and traders also cited dollar and yen as recent fears and 179.42 yen. investors dumped the yen, which The dollar spent much of the from 140.43 yen in New York, while some liquidation of long positions about the UK economy subsided. The news also helped the dol- is seen as a safe-haven currency year in a 101-104 yen range with it slipped to $1.2902 from $1.2921. ahead of Monday’s expiration of The euro tumbled to 0.7810 lar, which changed hands at 109.14 in times of turmoil or uncertainty. its recent surge also driven by the AFP the front-month light-crude contract. Brent crude hovered around $98 a barrel, as talk of possible Indonesia motor show Opec production cuts kept the benchmark up from the 26-month Cadillac to introduce lows reached at the start of the week. Renewed strength in the US dollar against major curren- high-end sedan in ’15 cies also pressured oil. The dol- lar index hit its highest in more DETROIT: A s it s tr ive s t o ener- added that the car, which is in than four years, underpinned by gise its Cadillac brand that once development, will be rear wheel an improved US job market. The led the US luxury auto market, drive-oriented, using “completely Euro also reached a 14-month low General Motors Co said yester- new, custom-designed materials vs the US dollar. day it will begin production of a on a unique vehicle architecture.” “What we’re seeing is a situ- new “top-end, high-technology De Nysschen came to GM this ation where everybody is con- car” by the end of 2015. year and is charged with reposi- cerned about the demand side The as-yet unnamed flagship tioning the 112-year-old Cadillac of the equation and oversupply. sedan will be positioned “above brand to truly compete with lux- Let’s face it, the market is very today’s CTS and XTS product ury leaders BMW and Daimler’s heavy right now,” said Phil Flynn, lines,” and “will add to rather than Mercedes-Benz. an analyst at Price Futures Group replace any model in the portfo- The sedan’s public debut will be in Chicago. lio,” GM said in a statement. in the first half of 2015. It will be The stronger dollar has put a First sales in the United States built at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck drag on oil markets as it makes are likely by the end of 2015, and plant, where the plug-in electric commodities denominated in the sales in China about the same Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera US currency more expensive for time, said Cadillac spokesman and the Cadillac ELR are made, holders of other currencies. David Caldwell. If there is a lag as well as the Chevy Malibu and US crude was down $1.11 at between introduction in the Impala. GM did not say whether $91.96 a barrel at 11.11am EDT United States and China, it will it would add to the plant’s 1,600 (1511 GMT) while Brent was be a short one, he said. workers to make the new Cadillac. down 6 cents at $97.64 a barrel. The new model will be in “the Cadillac sales through the end Both contracts saw their biggest elite class of top-level luxury cars,” of August were 172,000 worldwide, drop in more than two weeks on Visitors view cars on display at the Indonesian International Motor Show in Jakarta yesterday. said Cadillac President Johan de up 10 percent from a year ago. Thursday. Nysschen in the statement. He REUTERS REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

Lew urges Japan, German exports eurozone to do more on growth Economy still underperforming: US official

CAIRNS: US Treasury more government spending or tax Secretary Jack Lew yester- cuts. day called on the eurozone and US and other G20 officials have Japan to do more to spur grow th previously flagged concerns about as the global economy continues Europe’s tepid economic growth to disappoint, highlighting what and want Germany to do more to is sure to be a bone of conten- help its neighbours by spending tion as Group of 20 ministers and importing more. gather in Australia. The OECD slashed its growth While lauding the strength of forecasts for major developed the US economy, Lew said more economies on Monday, urging work was needed to achieve faster Europe to do more to ward off and more balanced economic the risk of deflation. growth and to boost demand. Lew also told Japanese Finance “The United States contin- Minister Taro Aso that Tokyo ues to be a source of strength in must remain committed to cali- the global economy,” Lew said brating all three “arrows” of its in remarks with his Australian economic policy to sustain healthy counterpart Joe Hockey. domestic growth, according to “But overall, the global economy a US Treasury official at the continues to underperform. This meeting. is particularly true in the Euro The comment came amid fears Containers are loaded onto a ship at a shipping terminal in the harbour in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday. Area and Japan, while a number that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s of emerging market economies plan to generate a revival through are also slowing,” Lew said at the the three arrows of massive mon- start of a G20 meeting of finance etary easing, spending and reform ministers and central bankers in looked to be faltering in the face Russia may use $7.8bn from fund to help oil firms the northern Australian city of of sluggish consumer demand and Cairns. poor exports. But Aso contested His call is likely to get a cool the view that Japan, like the euro MOSCOW: Russia may prop up “We are considering the pro- The National Wealth Fund was 0.5 percent this year. Rosneft, reception from the Europeans. zone, was seen as a potential drag energy companies Rosneft and posals ... I think that in this year set up to support the pension sys- led by Igor Sechin, a long-time Speaking during a stopover in on global growth. Novatek with up to $3.9bn each we will be able to take such deci- tem, which will be stretched in the ally of Putin, has grown rap- Hong Kong, German Finance “We agreed that with the from its National Wealth Fund, sions,” he said, adding that the future as the population ages and idly since it took over most of Minister Wolfgang Schauble said European economy stagnat- a reserve of oil proceeds set up proposals were for investment of the working population shrinks. the assets from Yukos in the his country’s economy was robust ing, it’s extremely important for to buoy the country’s pension up to 150 billion roubles in each Using these funds has raised con- mid-2000s, and acquired rival and that it was important for Japan and the United States to system. company, Tass reported. cerns that Russia is robbing the TNK-BP last year, amassing Europe to stick with the tough achieve sustainable growth,” Aso Russia’s government has prom- But Economy Minister Alexei future to pay for today. large debts. path of fiscal reform. told reporters after his meeting ised to support those companies Ulyukayev was quoted as saying Russian officials are increas- It will need to repay $26.2bn “We are in the global economy with Lew. which, under EU and US sanc- by Interfax news agency that the ingly split over how to boost between July this year and and in Europe in a situation, in Bank of Japan Governor tions over Ukraine, are unable to two companies had yet to make companies and an economy that December 2015, with peak repay- which we seem to have too much Haruhiko Kuroda has vowed to stick access Western markets. Rosneft formal requests, meaning it would is teetering on the brink of reces- ments of $9.4bnn in the fourth liquidity and too much public with the easing part of the plan as and Novatek, both run by allies be difficult for them to receive the sion due to the sanctions imposed quarter this year and $11.8bn debt,” Schauble told reporters. long as necessary, but is under pres- of President Vladimir Putin, have help by the end of the year. on its leading state companies and in the first quarter next year, “That means the room to stim- sure to ease policy yet further. signalled they will need help, with The government has so far banks over Moscow’s role in the Moody’s rating agency said in a ulate growth from the demand As he arrived at Cairns, Kuroda Rosneft asking for $40bn. avoided pushing the country into Ukraine crisis. July note. side and the monetary-policy side said he saw no problem with the Finance Minister Anton debt, instead planning on using The budget for 2015 to 2017 Novatek, co-owned by Gennady is — with regional differences — latest slide in the yen, which hit Siluanov was quoted by Itar-Tass reserves — including those set relies on high oil prices to cover Timchenko, another Putin ally, small,” the German minister said. a six-year trough against the US news agency as saying the gov- aside for Russia’s 40 million pen- social spending promises and has good liquidity, with only a Berlin has been under intense dollar yesterday, as it reflected ernment was considering a pro- sioners — to support what Putin offers little to those who want $350m syndicated loan matur- pressure to allow the euro zone to growing expectations of higher posal by the two companies for calls the country’s “national cham- to see investment in compa- ing within the next 18 months, ease back on fiscal austerity and interest rates in the United States. the wealth fund to invest 80 to pions”, pillars of the economy in nies to try to kick-start an according to Moody’s. to stimulate its economy through REUTERS 150 billion roubles in their bonds. sectors such as energy and defence. economy expected to grow only REUTERS

Exxon still China hands GSK record $489m fine for paying bribes drilling in SHANGHAI/LONDON: deported, a source with direct and people,” Xinhua said in a com- the Chinese people,” GSK said in investigation into the commercial China fined GlaxoSmithKline knowledge of the case said. mentary. Xinhua closely reflects a written apology. practices of GlaxoSmithKline Plc Russian Arctic, Plc a record 3bn yuan ($489m) The verdict, handed out behind China’s official government view. Future commitments include and its subsidiaries continues,” a yesterday for paying bribes to closed doors in a single-day trial, The fine, equivalent to around investment in Chinese science spokeswoman at Britain’s Serious doctors to use its drugs, under- highlights how Chinese regulators 4 percent of GSK’s 2013 operating and improved access to medi- Fraud Office said in an email. says Minister lining the risks of doing busi- are increasingly cracking down on profits, was less than some inves- cines across the country through In the United States, GSK ness there while also ending corporate malpractice. tors had feared. GSK will take a greater expansion of production is being investigated under the MOSCOW: ExxonMobil is still a damaging chapter for the However, it also offers GSK charge in the third quarter and and flexible pricing, it said. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, drilling in the Russian Arctic, British drugmaker. a potential way forward in the pay the penalty from existing cash Roche Chief Executive Severin which prohibits bribery of public a Russian minister said yester- A court in the southern city fast-growing Chinese pharmaceu- resources. Schwan said in an interview this officials. day, in move that if confirmed of Changsha handed suspended tical market, a magnet for for- GSK said it remained com- week: “I remain very bullish about In addition to the high-pro- will anger Washington after jail sentences to Mark Reilly, the eign firms who are attracted by mitted to China and promised to China, even though currently the file Chinese case, GSK has been the US administration slapped former head of GSK in China, a healthcare bill that McKinsey become a “model for reform in market has slowed down and pric- accused of corrupt practices, on sanctions on Moscow to suspend and four other GSK executives & Co estimates will hit $1 trillion China’s healthcare industry”. ing pressure has increased.” GSK a smaller scale, in Poland, Syria, such operations by Western oil of between two and four years, by 2020. “GSK Plc has reflected deeply also faces investigations into its Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon. majors. according to state news agency “If GSK China can learn a and learned from its mistakes, has overseas practices by US and GSK said the activities by the The joint drilling project in Xinhua. profound lesson and carry out its taken steps to comprehensively British authorities. Those investi- firm’s China unit were a “clear the Kara Sea between Exxon Briton Reilly, shown on state business according to the rule of rectify the issues identified at the gations continue and could result breach” of GSK’s governance and and the Kremlin’s state oil firm television wearing a suit and look- law, then it can once again win operations of GSKCI, and must in further penalties for the group. compliance procedures. Rosneft has become one of the ing tired during the trial, will be the trust of China’s government work hard to regain the trust of “The SFO criminal REUTERS most watched projects by the oil industry after the West ratcheted up sanctions on Moscow for its incursion in Ukraine. Black burger Two previous waves of sanctions have failed to stop Exxon from SAP to buy software sending an oil drilling rig from Norway to the Russian waters in August in the hope to confirm bil- lions of barrels of new oil reserves. maker Concur Last week, the United States imposed sanctions banning joint BERLIN: German business McDermott. “We are making a exploration activities in the software giant SAP has agreed bold move to innovate the future Russian Arctic, shale and deep to buy Concur Technologies, of business within and between water resources and giving com- which makes a corporate travel companies.” panies 14 days to suspend projects, and expense management sys- Concur’s open platform con- including those under way. tem, for $8.3bn, both companies nects the “corporate travel eco- “Exxon is continuing explora- said. system”, such as airlines, hotels tion drilling in the Kara Sea,” In SAP’s largest ever deal, its and car rental companies, in the Russian Natural Resources subsidiary SAP America has computing cloud. Minister Sergei Donskoi said. He agreed to acquire Concur in the The company based in the city declined to provide details. fourth quarter of this year or the of Bellevue in the US state of Rosneft declined to comment, first quarter of 2015, subject to Washington has 4,200 employees, Exxon was not available for Concur stockholder approval and more than 23,000 customers and immediate comment. Bloomberg clearances by regulatory authori- 25 million active users in over 150 reported on Thursday that Exxon ties, they said. countries. had halted drilling The Concur board of directors With Concur, SAP’s business Sources close to the project has unanimously approved the network will handle transactions have said Exxon has no US per- transaction. worth more than $600 billion a sonnel on the rig. The company An employee of Burger King Japan and the creator of its black burgers Kana Ienaga poses with the KURO “The acquisition of Concur is year and deliver commerce across might also argue that an abrupt Diamond burger in Tokyo yesterday. Burger King Japan has launched black burgers again, naming the burg- consistent with our relentless more than 25 different industries, stoppage could increase opera- ers “KURO Diamond” (black diamond) and “KURO Pearl” (black pearl). focus on the business network,” the companies said. tional and ecological risks. said SAP chief executive Bill AFP REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Classifieds ON SATURDAY 16

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WUHAN, China: China’s Li Na announced her retirement at the age of 32 over persistent knee injuries yesterday, prompt- ing a wave of adulation for Asia’s greatest and most influential tennis player. Li, the first Asian national to win a Grand Slam singles title, said “my body is begging me to stop the pounding” as she ended a career that brought her nine titles and introduced tennis to the masses in China. “As a professional tennis player, it is the best decision for me to leave the field,” Li posted on her Sina Weibo microblog, add- ing that injuries have “for a long time prevented me playing as I had before”. “I’ve achieved far more than I’d China’s Li Na poses with the trophy after her victory against Slovakia’s dreamed for, and it is my biggest Dominika Cibulkova in Australian Open final in Melbourne, in this January pride to have won glory for the country,” she wrote. 25, 2014 file photo. The announcement comes just seven months after Li lifted the rocky relationship with domestic Australian Open title, one of her press. Reactions to career highlights following her “After four knee surgeries and historic French Open win of 2011. hundreds of shots injected into my Retirement That heady night in Melbourne knee weekly to alleviate swelling Two-time Australian Open winner proved the last time Li would win and pain, my body is begging me Victoria Azarenka (Instagram) a trophy as she fell victim to her to stop the pounding,” she wrote, %“Landing in China to the news of miss knee injuries and was sidelined noting that whereas she has Li Na retiring :( what a great player,hilarious since losing in Wimbledon’s third bounced back from surgery in the girl and an inspiration to many! U have done round in June. past, “this time, it felt different”. so much for our sport worldwide! I will always Li was also hit by a heavy blow Li began her journey to star- have a great memories of all our tough battles :) wishing you the best for a new chapter in when her inspirational coach dom as a seven-year-old when as your life xoxo” Carlos Rodriguez, former men- a young badminton player she was tor of Justine Henin, ended their introduced to coach Xia Xiyao, Former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki (Instagram) partnership in July. who convinced her to switch to % “Li Na, one of the funniest and nicest Li’s success put her on the tennis. players on tour! A great competitor and a cover of Time magazine and saw “I could see in her eyes she role model both on and off the court! You will her placed second, behind Russia’s was eager. She had a very clever be missed!! An exciting new chapter starts Maria Sharapova, on a Forbes appearance. She was very keen,” today!” list of the highest paid female said. Former French Open champion Ana athletes. Li thanked Xia in her retire- Ivanovic (Instagram) She was also positioned front ment statement, along with Yu % “What an amazing person and cham- and centre of a push by women’s Liqiao, a former head of the pion!!! You will be missed on tour but amazing tennis into Asia, with several Chinese national tennis team, new chapter ahead of you! Wishing you all new tournaments including next who now coaches youngsters in the best” week’s WTA Wuhan Open in her Wuhan. “I also want to thank her Australian Open commentator Rennae home city. for contributing greatly to tennis Stubbs (Twitter) In a lengthy English-language in China,” said told AFP. %“I am going to miss watching, interview- statement posted on her Facebook In the Hankou district of the ing & seeing Li Na around! #fun #friend above page, Li said she hoped to open sprawling metropolis of 10 mil- all she’s just cool #champ” a tennis academy and called her lion people is a statue of Li at a Former World No.1 Martina Hingis accomplishments on behalf of local park adjacent to the Yangtze % “It’s a sad day for Chinese tennis and China “one of my most proud River. for the global sport in general. I have good achievements”. “We are very proud of sister memories playing her” Li famously opted out of China’s Li, so we respect her decision,” Maria Sharapova (Facebook) state sports system and has pre- said 20-year-old Li Lin, using a %“A truly respected athlete and person, viously been accused of a lack of commonly used term in China to wishing Li Na much happiness and health in patriotism during a sometimes describe the tennis star. AFP her next chapters of life” Kerber, Wozniacki roar into Pan Pacific semis

TOKYO: Top two seeds Angelique Kerber of Germany Caroline and Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki Wozniacki reached the semi- of Denmark finals of the WTA Pan Pacific celebrates a point Open in Tokyo yesterday. against Carla Top-seeded Kerber out- Suarez Navarro of played sixth-seeded Slovakian Spain during their Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal of the and Wozniacki, a former world Toray Pan Pacific number one, overcame Spain’s Open tennis Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. tournament in Kerber, 26, ranked eighth in the Tokyo yesterday. world, needed just 61 minutes to stop the 13th-ranked Slovakian. Wozniacki, seeded second chess out there, really,” said the Black and Mirza, the defend- and reeling from her loss to 24-year-old Wozniacki, the world ing champions, ranked seventh top-ranked American Serena number nine, who reigned at the in the world, will face Garbine Williams in the US Open final two top of women’s tennis in 2010 and Muguruza and Carla Suarez weeks ago, outlasted the Spaniard 2011. Navarro in the final. in a bout of long rallies. The two players broke each The fourth-seeded Spanish Kerber will meet third-seeded other’s serve seven times in the pair defeated second-seeded Ana Ivanovic in the round of first set. Americans Raquel Kops-Jones four on Saturday. The Serbian After 2-2 in the second set, and Abigail Spears 6-4, 6-3 in world number 10 beat Czech the Dane broke the 26-year-old another semi-final. AFP Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-2 in a Suarez Navarro in the fifth and quarter-final. seventh games before the world Wozniacki’s semi-final oppo- number 19 spaniard pulled one Pan Pacific Results nent is another Spaniard -- back. Singles Quarter-finals: Garbine Muguruza Garbine Muguruza, who outlasted In the ninth game, Wozniacki (ESP) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), Australian Casey Dellacqua 3-6, yielded no point as Suarez 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) bt Carla 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. Navarro smashed wide from the Suarez Navarro (ESP x8) 6-3, 6-3; Angelique “Dominika is a good player and net, double-faulted and hit a fore- Kerber (GER x1) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK I knew I needed to be 100 percent. hand long to end the match in x6) 6-3, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x3) bt Lucie Everything went good and I’m nearly 100 minutes. Safarova (CZE x7) 6-3, 6-2. happy to be in the semis again,” In the doubles semi-finals, the Doubles Semi-finals: Cara Black/Sania said Kerber, who finished runner- top-seeded pair of Cara Black Mirza (ZIM/IND x1) bt Jelena Jankovic/Arantxa up to Czech Petra Kvitova in last of Zimbabwe and Indian Sania Parra Santonja (SRB/ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Garbine year’s Pan Pacific Open. Mirza defeated Serbia’s Jelena Muguruza/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP/ESP x4) “We had long rallies and at the Jankovic and Arantxa Parra of bt Raquel Kops-Jones/Abigail Spears (USA/USA end it was all about trying to play Spain 6-3, 6-2. x2) 6-4, 6-3. SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 ON SATURDAY Five countries in fray for London’s Wembley Stadium Nations Cup hosting right

ADDIS ABABA: The hosts to host climax of Euro 2020 of the 2019 and 2021 African Nations Cup finals will be decided today with Algeria, 90,000 capacity venue to host semi-finals and final of coveted event Cameroon, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Zambia all competing to stage the biennial tournament. LONDON: UEFA President a welcome tonic for the Football The executive committee of the Michel Platini’s vision of a Association after its failed bids Confederation of African Football European Championship spread to host the 2006 and 2018 World (CAF), who have been meeting across the continent came to Cup finals but FA chairman Greg Greg Dyke, in the Ethiopian capital Addis fruition yesterday as London’s Dyke denied any deal had been Chairman of Ababa this week, will vote on the Wembley Stadium was chosen done with their German counter- the Football locations for the 32nd and the to host the climax of Euro 2020 parts, the DFB. Association (FA) 33rd editions of the continental with 12 other cities joining the “There is no deal,” Dyke told poses with the championship. party. reporters at the ceremony in UEFA European Yet African soccer’s governing The 90,000-seater Wembley, Geneva. “Other than we will not Championship body could spring a surprise and rebuilt from 2003 to 2007 and bid (to stage) Euro 2024 because it trophy after also name the hosts of the 2017 venue of the 2011 and 2013 would be a waste of time because the UEFA Euro finals, following last month’s deci- Champions League finals, will we wouldn’t get it.” 2020 Hosts sion by Libya to withdraw from stage both semi-finals and the Dyke, however, hinted that Announcement holding the tournament. final of the 60th anniversary England would support a German The bidding process for the Ceremony at tournament dubbed a “Euro for bid to host the 2024 tournament. 2019 and 2021 finals - includ- the Espace Europe”. DFB president Wolfgang ing inspection visits - had been It will be the first time in the Niersbach, whose federation are Hippomene completed by the time of Libya’s competition’s history when a believed to have pulled out from in Geneva, withdrawal. tournament will be hosted by trying to host final and semi-final Switzerland, This prompted CAF to invite more than two countries. games with an eye on a 2024 bid, yesterday. other candidates to step in, but Wembley got the nod over said: “I am very satisfied and only on condition that the pro- Munich’s Allianz Arena, the other happy that we could convince spective hosts already had the stadium initially bidding for semi- UEFA with our bid and have in facilities needed to stage the finals and final hosting rights. 2020, after 32 years, European tournament. Munich had to make do with championship games again in idea to play a tournament across at our home stadium will pro- UEFA announcement that Milan’s An end-of-September deadline being one of 12 cities awarded one Germany.” all those, so congratulations to vide a major boost for Irish foot- San Siro would be the venue for was set for the new 2017 bidders of the standard packages, com- England has hosted only one UEFA.” ball and the country as a whole,” the 2016 Champions League final. and Algeria are among those who prising three group matches and major tournament since the 1966 “This bidding process was open FAI chief John Delaney said in a Football Federation president have expressed an interest. a knockout round tie. World Cup, the much-praised to more than 50 UEFA countries statement. Carlo Tavecchio said it showed the Should they be handed the The home of Bayern Munich Euro 96, the final of which so for Wembley to be ultimately There was relief too for Russia, country is making strides after 2017 finals, it would leave four will host a quarter-final, along between Germany and the Czech recognised in this way is testa- given the current conflict near its years battling problems with bidders for the 2019 and 2021 with the Baku Olympic Stadium Republic was played at the former ment to a lot of hard work behind border with Ukraine. hooliganism and the crumbling tournaments. in Azerbaijan, Rome’s Olympic Wembley. the scenes,” Dyke added on the “I want to congratulate all stadia. CAF continue to insist on hold- Stadium and the Zenit Arena in “It’s nice to win one,” Dyke said. FA website. supporters of Russian Football,” “From a sporting perspective ing the Nations Cup every two St Petersburg, Russia. “Wembley is a great stadium and “It will be a great honour to Russian Minister for Sport Vitaly our intention is to consolidate the years, having recently changed it Last 16 ties will take place we are delighted to be hosting be part of what will surely be a Mutko said. international dimension of Italian from every even to odd year. in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, the finals of this tournament. superb celebration of 60 years of “Of course, there was a chance football, contribute to the renewal It believes the tournament Bucharest, Dublin, Bilbao, Wembley has been completely the European Championship.” that because of the current politi- of our stadiums and support the offers much-needed competition Budapest, Brussels and Glasgow. rebuilt since 96 and it’s now a Dublin’s inclusion in the cal situation, the powers would growth of the football movement, to many of its poorer members, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium beautiful stadium. tournament coincides with the refuse to let us host matches at in particular at grass roots level,” strapped for cash, but are able to along with bids from Stockholm, “I would also like to say what Football Association of Ireland’s Euro 2020.” he said. solicit funds from government cof- Skopje, Jerusalem, Sofia and a good idea this is when you sit 100th anniversary. The choice of Rome’s Olympic No French cities will be used fers to keep their national teams Minsk were all rejected. and watch all these capital cit- “This one off opportunity to Stadium for a quarter-final although France is hosting the active because they are engaged The vote for Wembley comes as ies across Europe, what a good host part of the European finals match, follows on from Thursday’s next finals in 2016. REUTERS in competition. REUTERS Van Gaal keen on Ronaldo return Real Madrid’s Portuguese MANCHESTER: forward Manchester gave Ronaldo a new five-year con- behind Robin van Persie and to return from a groin problem at Cristiano United manger Louis van Gaal tract 12 months ago, would be Wayne Rooney, with Angel di Leicester on Sunday as van Gaal (pictured) Ronaldo said yesterday he unlikely to allow him to leave the Maria in a deeper midfield role. looks to build on United’s first win would like to bring Cristiano Bernabeu. Van Gaal was adamant Friday of the season. celebrates Ronaldo back to Old Trafford Asked about the speculation, that Falcao and van Persie were Van Gaal claims the addition after scoring but accepts that Real Madrid the Dutchman said: “Yes but it’s not simply in a straight fight of di Maria and Falcao make it their third would be reluctant to sell the always a discussion in for one of the for- a more suitable formation but goal during Portuguese winger the papers and I don’t ward berths alongside insists he can still adapt to any the UEFA There has been renewed spec- think the media shall Wayne Rooney. situation. Champions ulation that United could make buy Ronaldo. He added: “”I don’t He said: “The result was very League a move for the 29-year-old, who “When it is possible, think that Falcao good I think. Four-nil is a big football match left Old Trafford for the Spanish what I said with Falcao, interferes with van result but also the way we have against FC capital in an £80m move ($131m, players like Ronaldo Persie or van Persie played I think the fans shall enjoy Basel 1893 at 102m euros) in 2009. give a lot extra to interferes with Falaco. it. the Santiago Former Real Madrid president selection or to a team “Falcao is a very “I said in the beginning then Bernabeu Ramon Calderon has claimed but I don’t think Real good striker but I said I started with another system Stadium in Ronaldo is disillusioned with life Madrid shall sell him.” in the first press con- because of the quality of the Madrid, in this at the Bernabeu due to the club’s Colombia striker Falcao came ference I like van Persie also. He’s players and now we have bought September 16 transfer policy. off the bench for his debut in the also a very good striker and we a quality of players in and then file photo. Van Gaal likened Ronaldo to 4-0 Premier League win over also have Wayne Rooney, Adnan you have to look at these qualities Radamel Falcao, who has joined QPR last weekend -- United’s Januzaj and James Wilson. and then you want to perform the United on loan from Monaco, as first competitive victory under “We have five players for the philosophy that we have and then a top player that United would van Gaal. two striker positions and I have you are coming out in the system. always be keen to sign. The United boss started that to choose.” “But it can change also. It’s not But he concedes that Real, who game with Juan Mata playing Defender Chris Smalling is set a fixed solution. AFP Brandao pays price for Ozil should not be made headbutting PSG’s Motta a scapegoat: Wenger

PARIS: Bastia’s Brazilian criminal court handed him a five- LONDON: Record signing captain Michael Ballack among striker Brandao has been hit month suspended jail term, a five- Mesut Ozil must not become the critics. “What’s happened with a six-month ban for head- month stadium ban and a 10,000 a ‘scapegoat’ for Arsenal’s with him? I don’t know,” the mid- butting Paris Saint-Germain’s euros ($13,000 dollars) fine. unconvincing early season per- fielder told Sky Sports television. Thiago Motta, ruling him out Brandao refused to comment Arsenal’s formances and defeat in their “There must be something for 24 games with the Ligue 1 after his two-hour hearing, leav- opening Champions League behind (the scenes) because his German side. ing his lawyer Olivier Martin to group game, manager Arsene head is mostly down, the body midfielder Sebastien Deneux, who chaired speak for him. Wenger said yesterday. language is not improving even the French football league’s dis- “Today we explained the rea- Mesut Ozil “Why should he be a scape- with the world champion (medal) ciplinary commission hearing, sons why he committed this act, (front) vies goat?” the Frenchman asked in his pocket. described the incident as “an inex- the provocations he faced from for the ball reporters ahead of the Gunners’ “I don’t really know what’s hap- cusable and unjustified assault”. the player and even the crowd, the during the Premier League trip to Aston pened over the last year since he Brandao had been provisionally psychological conditions involved first leg UEFA Villa today. “For what? We’ve lost moved from Madrid to Arsenal.” suspended on August 21, five days when he came off the pitch,” said Champions one game since April 1. Let’s be Wenger said the individual crit- after the clash, but is now ruled Martin. League match realistic.” icism was “a bit unfair” because out until February 21, meaning he “We explained and showed to in Dortmund, The World Cup-winning play- the team as a whole put in a below will miss at least 24 games. the commission that there was in this maker has come under criticism par performance. The 34-year-old will also no premeditation in this gesture, September 16 for lukewarm performances since The manager urged fans to get appear in court on November 3 that it was a reflex response to file photo. he returned from Brazil with behind the player and support to face criminal charges of pre- the stress and frustration he Germany’s triumphant team. him back to his best. “I under- meditated assault in a sporting faced.” Martin suggested that in The former Real Madrid player stand that you want your best arena. If found guilty, he could be the absence of a sick-note from joined Arsenal last year for 42m players always to make the differ- jailed and fined. Motta, current rules technically pounds ($68.78m) but even in that ence in every single game and we Images captured on CCTV restrict any ban in such cases to first season came under fire for all go through periods when we cameras in a corridor of the PSG eight matches. his frequent ‘vanishing acts’ dur- are a bit less good,” he explained. Stadium show Brandao coolly PSG President Nasser Al ing key games. Arsenal are unbeaten this sea- awaiting Motta, also Brazilian, Khelaifi called for a life ban on the He was largely anonymous son in the Premier League after before the assault. night of the incident, and there is again on Tuesday when Arsenal four games, but have only won one In a similar case in 2011 Lens speculation in the French press lost 2-0 to Borussia Dortmund and are seventh in the standings player Gabriel Cichero was sus- that Brandao’s employers may in the Champions League, with with six points. Villa are second pended for ten months, before a terminate his contract. AFP compatriot and former national on 10. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport

Fireworks Indonesia to explode over the Incheon host 2018 Asiad Main Stadium Asiad , says during the opening ceremony OCA of the INCHEON: The Olympic 17th Asian Council of Asia (OCA) execu- Games tive board yesterday approved yesterday. Indonesia as hosts for the 2018 The Asian Games which faces a Games will growing battle to find venues showcase because of the cost. elite Asian The continent’s sports leaders talent in 36 had to find a quick replacement sports, with after Vietnam said in April that the first of it could no longer afford to stage 439 gold the next Asian Games. medals to “Today it has been approved by be awarded the EB (executive board) that in in the 2018 will be the next Asian Games women’s in Jakarta in Indonesia,” said 10 metre council president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah. air pistol The body’s general assembly team event should rubber stamp the decision today. today. But Sheikh Amad stressed that an earlier special assembly had given him “the authority to decide and find the replacement to Vietnam.” Ade Lukman, an Indonesian Olympic Committee official, said the country was delighted. “Being selected to host the Asian Games Diversity, sporting power is an honour for the Indonesian people,” he said. The OCA executive met in Incheon just hours ahead of the opening of the 17th Asian Games yesterday. The world’s biggest multi- on show at Asiad opening sport event after the Olympics will this year feature 13,000 ath- letes, coaches and officials from 45 nations across 36 sports. Mubarak Ali Al Muraikhi carries the Qatari flag at dazzling ceremony Vietnam had originally been picked to host the 18th Games in 2019, but withdrew blaming INCHEON: The 17th Asian fallout from an economic crisis. Games opened in a multi-col- Indonesia immediately became oured blaze of fireworks and Qatar’s favourites to take on the show- carefully crafted K-Pop routines flagbearer piece event with no other serious yesterday, as athletes from the Mubarak Ali Al candidate. world’s most populous region Muraikhi leads The OCA initially scheduled came together in pursuit of gold their delegation the event for 2019 to avoid any and glory in South Korea. parade during clash with the Olympics. The 2018 An array of Olympians and the opening Winter Olympics are in South regional sports stars will com- ceremony of Korea and the 2020 Olympics are pete over 15 days of competi- the 2014 Asian in Tokyo. tion in Incheon where South Games at the But Jakarta told the OCA that Korean President Park Geun- if they were to host the Asiad, it Incheon Asiad hye and Olympic chief Thomas would have to be a year earlier, in Main Stadium Bach were among the powerful 2018, because presidential elec- figures watching a vivid opening in Incheon tions are scheduled for 2019. ceremony. yesterday. In its original bid for the Athletes dressed in colourful The Qatari event, Indonesia put forward national garb, sharp suits and contingent the country’s second-biggest city, comfortable tracksuits waved to displayed Surabaya, as the host. a crowd of 60,000, who offered tremendous However officials have now enthusiastic welcomes to delega- enthusiasm decided to make the capital tions from 45 countries including as they smiled Jakarta the main host city, with the South’s belligerent neighbour, and waved events also planned for other North Korea. their flags, with cities, including Palembang and South Korean culture, known Qatar Olympic Bandung. as the ‘Korean Wave’ or Hallyu, Committee Indonesia last staged the Asian has swept through Asia in recent (QOC) Games in 1962 in Jakarta. years generating billions of dollars Secretary- “These cities already have in revenue from drama and pop General Sheikh international-standard stadiums music and yesterday’s ceremony and facilities.... they are well- Saoud bin drew heavily on its influence. equipped,” said Lukman, adding Abdulrahman Actress and model Lee there were also plans for new Young-ae, the face of countless Al Thani facilities. commercials across the region, cheering Indonesia staged the 2011 lit the Asian Games cauldron them on in the Southeast Asian Games but ran and ‘Gangnam Style’ singer Psy stands. into problems, with some venues delivered a rousing finale. not ready on time and the death The ceremony, dubbed: ‘Dream of two people in a stampede at the of 4.5 billion people, One Asia,’ football final. also featured traditional Korean will showcase elite Asian talent China’s vast delegation includes North Korean and Japanese ath- tarnished when a member of the But Lukman insisted: “We are performances of song, dance and in 36 sports, with the first of 439 badminton great Lin Dan and letes showed no signs of tension Iranian delegation was thrown better prepared and we are con- poetry as athletes stood shoulder gold medals to be awarded in the London Olympic gold medallist Yi as they filed into the stadium one out of the Games after being fident we won’t have the same to shoulder behind the flags of 45 women’s 10 metre air pistol team Shiwen while Japan expect great after another, the Korean alpha- charged with sexual harassment problems we saw during the countries at the Incheon Asian event today. things from a swim team that bet putting the delegations beside of a female volunteer at a soc- Southeast Asian Games.” Main Stadium. Much of the attention will took seven golds at the recent Pan each other. cer stadium. A Palestine soccer Indonesian boxing star Chris Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad be focused on the pool where Pacific Championships. The North Korean flag was also player was also charged with the John, who retired last year after Al Sabah, the president of the Olympic champions Sun Yang of Olympic champions Yang Hak- flying at the stadium, a week after same offence and Sheikh Ahmad being dethroned as the world Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), China and South Korea’s home- seon and Lee Yong-dae will spear- complaints from ultra-conserva- said that he was sorry the inci- featherweight champion, said it told the athletes: “We are grown hero Park Tae-hwan will head South Korea’s campaign for tive South Korean groups forced dents had marred the start of the was “great news” Indonesia would delighted to welcome you and meet in a series of freestyle duels. 90 golds on home soil in a Games organisers to take them down Games. host the event. are looking forward to seeing China has topped the med- that will also put Korea’s financial from the streets in the host city Sheikh Ahmad said that “I think it will help raise you compete and perform based als table at the last eight Asian muscle and logistical capabilities and other venues. Indonesia was poised to be named Indonesia’s profile around the on fair play and respect. You are Games and is expected to do so to the test once again. Tensions between North and the host of the next Asian Games world, and I’m sure it will give our the heart and soul of the Games.” again, while the hosts’ target is After hosting the Asian South Korea are high and the following Vietnam’s decision to home team more confidence when From weightlifting to wushu, finishing second, above fierce Games in 1986 and 2002, and the two states are still technically pull out due to financial woes. they compete,” he said. rowing to rugby sevens and swim- rivals Japan, for the fifth straight Olympics in 1988, South Korea at war after the 1950-53 Korean Wherever the Games land, Sheikh Ahmad said no decision ming to sepaktakraw, the Games Asiad. will stage the winter Olympics War ended in a truce, not a peace the hosts will struggle to match has been taken on whether the for the first time in Pyeongchang treaty. Incheon’s vibrant curtainrasier, 19th Games would revert to it’s in four years’ time. The Saudi athletic contingent which blended popular Korean original slot of 2023 or come a A successful Incheon Games marched into the stadium wav- culture with some of the coun- year earlier in 2022 following the would go a long way to allaying ing and smiling like all the other try’s leading sports personalities. Indonesia switch. South Korean any concerns that South Korea delegations but with one major Actors Hyun Bin, Jang Dong- Surabaya was in November tennis player will struggle to be ready. difference - Saudi Arabia is the gun and Kim Soo-hyun, soprano 2012 pipped by Hanoi to be the Lee Hyung- A gold-medal laden perform- only country not to send female Jo Su-mi, and Korean pop groups host of the next Asian Games taik carries ance would also be well received athletes to the Games, which EXO and JYJ featured in a cer- after Dubai pulled out just before the torch in South Korea, where the mood are running under the slogan: emony that took spectators the vote. during the has been one of grief and despair “Diversity Shines Here”. through snapshots of Asian his- The victory sparked celebra- Opening following the Sewol ferry disaster Their decision has drawn criti- tory, its rich culture, traditions tions among Vietnamese offi- Ceremony in April. cism from Human Rights Watch and development. cials, who said the decision would Of the 476 passengers and crew but Saudi officials have defended Korean sporting heroes also unlock millions of dollars in infra- of the 17th on board, 339 were children and their stance, saying their female had their place in the spotlight, structure investment. Asian Games teachers from the same school. athletes were not ‘competitive’ with golf major winners Pak Se-ri But with its economy in cri- in Incheon Only 172 people were rescued and enough for the Asian Games, a and Park In-bee appearing with sis, a decaying sports infrastruc- yesterday. the remainder are all presumed to multi-sports event held every four Olympic weightlifting champion ture and an uninspiring athletics have drowned. years. Jang Mi-ran and speedskater Lee record, public sentiment never While relations remain strained The lead-up to yesterday’s Kyou-hyuk, who appeared at six swung behind the official cam- between Tokyo and Pyongyang, opening ceremony was also winter Games. REUTERS paign. AFP SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY Incheon welcomes Asia

Flag-bearer Mubarak Ali Al Muraikhi leads the Qatar contingent into the Opening Ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon yesterday. Qatar is being represented by 260 athletes that also includes world famous Mutaz Barshim, the high jump star. Qatar has also named 55 female athletes in its contingent. Qatar bagged 15 medals at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye applauds during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon yesterday. The South Korea delegation waves flags during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon yesterday. At the 2010 Asian Games, Korea won an overall tally 232 medals that included 76 gold, 65, silver and 91 bronze.

LEFT: China’s SSheng Lei leads the team into the Opening Ceremony of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon. China topped the medals ttable at the last AAsian Games in GuangzhouG with a tally of 199 golds. RIGHT: Japanese athletes wave their national flagfl at the same ceremony.ce Japan finishedfi behind ChinaC and Korea at the 2010 Asian Games.

India’s Pakistan’s Sardar flag-bearer Singh Muhammad carries his Imran national leads their flag as he contingent leads their at the Asian delegation Games parade opening during the ceremony opening in Incheon ceremony yesterday. of the Imran is the 2014 Asian captain of the Games at Pakistan’s the Incheon hockey yesterday. team. Overall India won Pakistan won 65 medals 8 medals at at the the 2010 Asian 2010 Asian Games. Games. SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Lekhwiya edge out El Jaish as Al Arabi rout Al Shamal Jens Voigt Hernandez stars in 4-0 victory for Al Arabi, Al Khor lose to Al Sailiya Voigt sets

DOHA: Defending champions Al Arabi’s Imoh Ezekiel (left) in action against Al Shamal’s Lekhwiya continued their bril- Marcone Amaral Junior during their QSL match at Al Arabi new hour liant start to the new season Stadium yesterday.BOTTOM: Lekhwiya’s goalkeeper yesterday when they edged out Lecoumet Kloud Amin making a save from El Jaish’s Lucas record El Jaish 1-0 in the Qatar Stars Michel Mende’s (left) header at the Lekhwiya Stadium League (QSL) derby on home yesterday. PICS: ABDUL BASIT/KAMMUTTY VP soil at the Lekhwiya Stadium, LONDON: German rider Jens thanks to a Luis Martin’s goal Voigt has beaten the hour and some fine goal-keeping record at the velodrome in display. Grenchen, Switzerland, cover- The captain struck the all- ing a distance of 51.115 km in an important goal in the 84th hour, cycling’s governing body minute that gave coach Michael the UCI said on Thursday. Laudrup’s team their fourth suc- The Trek Factory Racing rider, cessive win of the season. 43, is now set to retire after beat- But the Brazilian-born was ing the previous record of 49.700 not the only star of the match km set by Czech rider Andrej as Laudrup’s 90th minute sub- Sosenka in 2005. stitution goalkeeper Ivanildo Voigt’s record follows a revi- Rodriguesdos Santos stole lime- sion by the UCI of the rules, light by saving penalty, just a introduced in 2000, governing minute before the final whistle equipment used in the celebrated to help Lekhwiya continue their competition. winning run. The UCI said in May the record However, El Jaish, the last sea- could be beaten on a bike that son’s runner-up team made the complies with current rules for champions a run for their money machines used in endurance track with a good display both in attack events. and in defence. Voigt joins a prestigious list of But Lekhwiya’s goalkeeper score in the 30th minute but Boualem Khoukhi (24), Imoh record holders for the event rang- Lecoumet Kloud Amin - who goalie Amin blocked a brilliant Ezekiel (43) were the other ing from the first officially estab- guarded goal for 90 minutes - header by Romario Ricardo. scorers. lished in 1893 by Henri Desgrange stood firm and made perfect After the win, the Laudrup’s The other match of the day to Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, saves to deny El Jaish any goal. side sits on top of the table with between saw Al Sailiya scoring Eddy Merckx and Francesco The army’s had their best shot in 12 points from four wins in as one goal each in both sessions to Moser. the 75th minute, but Lee Keun try many matches. defeat Al Khor 2-0. Fawzi Ayeshs “I am extremely proud to be for a certain goal was blocked by Meanwhile, Al Arabi yesterday scored goal in the second minute joining all the iconic riders that Amin clinically. registered a commanding victory penalty while Issam Jomaa was have beaten this record before Earlier, Lekhwiya could have when they rout Al Shamal 4-0 the other scorer with a goal in me,” said Voigt. scored in the 50th minute but victory over Al Shamal with Pablo 65th minute. THE PENINSULA “The crowd was amazing, sup- Vladmir Weiss wasted an easy Hernandez firing a brace in the porting me all the way.” opportunity, missing the target. final session. QSL Results The likes of Bradley Wiggins The first half also saw an Hernandez showed his class and Fabian Cancellara are Lekhwiya bt El Jaish 1-0 exchange of attacks from both scoring goals in 70 and 86 min- interested in taking on one of the sides. utes to help his side in recording Al Arabi bt Al Shamal 4-0 cycling’s most famous challenges. El Jaish also came close to a resounding victory. Al Sailiya bt Al Khor 2-0 REUTERS

German Formula Hamilton tops practice, engine One driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing failure limits Vettel in Singapore before the first practice session SINGAPORE: Lewis Hamilton for the laid down an early marker that Singapore he will be the man to beat in Grand Prix the Singapore Grand Prix this night race in weekend when he set the fastest Singapore, time in the second free practice yesterday. session at the floodlit Marina Bay Street Circuit yesterday. The Briton, who trails Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by 22 points with six rounds remaining, FIA delays radio ban to clocked one minute 47.490 seconds to edge out the resurgent Ferrari of Fernando Alonso by just 0.133 seconds around the 23-turn, ensure ‘fairness’ for all 5.065km track. Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo SINGAPORE: Formula One know-how or their ability to crossed the line in a time of has back-tracked on a planned react in the short term, but also 1:47.790 to claim the third fastest clampdown on radio and pit- in hardware choices that were time of the day, with the second board messages for reasons of made a year ago. Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen edg- fairness but remains deter- “The two types of dashboards ing out quadruple world champion mined to end driver ‘coaching’ that are available to the teams, during races, the world govern- one will simply show a great deal Singapore GP Free Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives during the first practice session of the Formula One Singapore ing body said yesterday. more than the other,” he added. Grand Prix night race yesterday. Teams will be allowed to send “So in the interest of fairness messages relating to car perform- we felt with the benefit of hind- Practice Session ance in tomorrow’s Singapore sight it would be better to intro- Results of the second free prac- Sebastian Vettel to round out the marker to his speed and form resignation of long-time chair- Grand Prix but from next season duce it in two stages and that is tice session from the Formula top five. ahead of the weekend. man Luca di Montezemolo shortly they will follow those concern- what we have done.” One Singapore Grand Prix Vettel, who has dominated this Hamilton will be happy to have after their home race at Monza. ing driver performance onto the Asked why the FIA had not at Marina Bay Street Circuit race for the last three years, had carried the momentum from his However, double world cham- banned list. simply waited for the final six yesterday. his track time compromised after victory in the last round at Monza pion Alonso roared to a best time After a meeting at the Italian races of the 2014 campaign to 1. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 1:47.490 an engine failure at the end of forward to Singapore, but Alonso of one minute and 49.056 sec- Grand Prix two weeks ago, pass before implementing the 2. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:47.623 first free practice restricted the had reason to feel delighted after onds around a circuit where the the International Automobile new rules, the top FIA official- 3. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault German to just eight minutes of a productive day helped to lift the Spaniard has won twice before - Federation (FIA) opted to ban Whiting said the organisation 1:47.790 action at the end of the second gloom around his struggling team. in 2008 and 2010. messages on both topics but couldn’t stand by if rules were 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:48.031 session. The Spaniard started the day Alonso is looking to help decided after speaking with team clearly being broken. Championship leader Rosberg on a positive note by clocking the Ferrari back to third place in the 5. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault managers in Singapore that more “If you see or hear something 1:48.041 was unable to set a quick time in fastest time in first free practice constructors’ championship after time was required. that you are uncomfortable with, the second session after Pastor when all the drivers used the soft he suffered a first retirement of 6. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark) McLaren “When one looks into it in with regards to conforming to the Maldonado crashed his Lotus into ‘prime’ tyres, which were around the season in Italy and saw the 1:48.358 more detail it became quite clear rules, you have to do something the Turn 10 wall, forcing a brief one-and-a-half seconds a lap team slip to fourth behind the that some teams would be at a about it and that’s our job.” 7. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 1:48.435 halt to proceedings just as the slower than the supersoft ‘option’ resurgent Williams team. serious disadvantage compared to Formula One supremo Bernie 8. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes German was about to embark on tyres used in the later session. There was a more relaxed mood others,” FIA race director Charlie Ecclestone told reporters on 1:48.653 his flying lap. The Italian giants have endured in the paddock after Formula One Whiting told reporters at the Thursday he had been behind the 9. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - He eventually finished down in a miserable campaign to date earlier announced a softening of a Marina Bay Street Circuit after original decision to ban messages Mercedes 1:48.751 13th but will look back at his third and are without a win since last planned clampdown on radio race first practice. and he wanted less talk on the 10. Daniil Kvyat (Russia) Toro Rosso - Renault place in the first 90-minute ses- year, having changed principal assistance due to be brought in for “Not just in their new radio during races. REUTERS 1:48.770 sion of the day as a more reliable mid-season and witnessed the this race. REUTERS SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 Break Time www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

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MUSCAT 31/28 Clear 31/28 Clear MAKKAH 42/26 Clear 41/26 Clear KUWAIT 42/26 Clear 43/25 Clear Three “Miss Chinese” contestants prepare to feed the giant panda triplets at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, BAHRAIN 40/27 Celar 41/28 Clear yesterday. SANAA 27/13 Partly cloudy 27/14 Partly cloudy RIYADH 38/24 Partly cloudy 39/25 Clear DUBAI 38/30 Clear 38/30 Clear BAGHDAD 41/23 Clear 39/21 Clear Miracle panda triplets open eyes in China zoo THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW HONG KONG: HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER A set of panda white and black fur squealing grams, the statement said. The gender of the cubs cannot triplets, known as the world’s and moving about with their eyes “Each one is starting to show its be determined until they grow ATHENS 28/22 Clear 32/23 Clear only surviving trio, have opened open. “The panda triplets have all own individuality. For example, the older. The mother panda, named WASHINGTON 27/17 Partly cloudy 29/17 Chance of storm their eyes for the first time opened their eyes and are in good, third one is the most lively,” it said, Juxiao, meaning “chrysanthemum more than a month after their healthy condition,” Guangzhou’s adding that the cubs are now liv- smile”, delivered the triplets at SYDNEY 19/11 Partly cloudy 19/11 Partly cloudy birth in a Chinese zoo. Chimelong Safari Park said in a ing in wooden boxes. The cubs’ next Guangzhou’s Chimelong Safari LONDON 23/13 Chance of showers 18/08 Partly cloudy The trio’s births at the end of statement on Thursday. The sec- stage in development will be to start Park in the early hours of July 29. PARIS 28/19 Chance of storm 22/14 Partly cloudy July were hailed as a “miracle” ond panda to be born was the first walking, the statement continued. A video showed Juxiao sitting in ISTANBUL 22/17 Chance of rain 23/19 Partly cloudy given the animal’s famously low to open their eyes, followed by the The zoo also has said that a the corner of a room as she delivered MANILA 29/25 Light rain 30/24 Chance of storm reproductive rate. lastborn and then the firstborn. naming competition is already her cubs for four gruelling hours and DHAKA 28/26 Thunderstorm 39/26 Thunderstorm A video from the zoo showed The cubs, the size of a small underway and will end in licking them after they were born. DELHI 35/25 Partly cloudy 34/25 Clear the three cubs now covered with dog, weighed from 2,678 to 2,886 mid-October. AFP ISLAMABAD 33/22 Clear 33/22 Clear

Egyptian Leonard Cohen celebrates 80th birthday with new album breaks world’s NEW YORK: Releasing a On the latest album, Cohen anybody says in public any- bluegrass on “Did I Ever Love retirement nest. new album near his 80th birth- invokes Hurricane Katrina more nourishes or resonates You,” providing light interludes But Cohen, who struggled for deepest scuba day, Leonard Cohen cheekily in “Samson in New Orleans,” with any authentic sense that in a severe song that features the years with depression, said that addresses his age in the very lamenting the destruction of jazz’s you have about things,” Cohen verse, “The lemon trees blossom / he has benefited from the itiner- first song, intoning, “It’s not birthplace: “You said you loved explained. The almond trees wither / Was I ant life of touring. dive record because I’m old ... I always liked her secrets / And her freedoms “So, same way about Syria or ever someone who could love you “Getting back on the road has it slow.” hid away / She was better than the general catastrophe that con- forever?” improved my mood considerably CAIRO: Egyptian frogman The legendary poet and song- America / That’s what I heard fronts us now. So that voice comes Cohen co-wrote most songs on because I was never very good at Ahmed Gamal Gabr has broken writer nonetheless glides confi- you say.” out of that unrepresented major- “Popular Problems” with Patrick civilian life,” he said at the New the world record for the deepest dently through a gamut of themes In one of the more striking ity of people,” he said. Leonard, who is best known for York club. scuba dive with a plunge into and styles on the album “Popular musical passages, Cohen brings Cohen, who declined to speak producing smash hit albums for Asked about his plans as an the Red Sea, Guinness World Problems,” ruminating in his in plaintive Arabic snippets of a further on world affairs, has long Madonna including “True Blue” octogenarian, Cohen said, per- Records said yesterday. husky and undiminished voice female singer in “Nevermind,” in mourned bloodshed in songs such and “Like a Prayer.” haps tongue-in-cheek, that he had Gabr, a member of the spe- on war, loss and his own spiritual which he bemoans the anonymity as the Vietnam War-era “Story of While his creative energies long intended to resume smoking cial forces, reached the depth of odyssey. of war victims with verses such Isaac.” He has pleaded for peace remain intense, Cohen in the past at age 80, divulging his craving 332.35 metres in 12 minutes but The Canadian-born talent as, “The story’s told with facts and in the Middle East but has also has not denied that his motivation for a strong Greek or Turkish took almost 15 hours to return turns 80 tomorrow, two days lies / I had a name / But never defied calls to boycott Israel. for recording new albums and a cigarette. to the surface in order to avoid before the release of “Popular mind.” Elsewhere on the new album, series of global tours since 2008 “I’m looking forward to that injury or illness. Problems.” But Cohen said that Cohen, previewing the album Cohen alludes to war and geno- has been partly financial. first smoke,” he said. The record was achieved on the timing of his 13th studio album at a New York nightclub, said the cide — and, incongruously, “all my In 2004, he accused his long- “I’ve been thinking about it for Thursday at the popular Red Sea — his first since 2012 that comes woman’s voice represented “the bad reviews” — and says of them time manager of stealing $5m about 30 years. It’s one of the few diving resort of Dahab, surpass- decades after classic songs such oppressed” who are absent from with dark irony, “Lord, it’s almost from him when he was living in consistent strains of thought that ing the previous mark of 318.25 as “Hallelujah” and “So Long, public discourse. like the blues.” seclusion at a California monas- I’ve been able to locate.” metres set there in 2005 by South Marianne” — was coincidental. “Generally speaking, nothing The album even veers into tery, leaving him with little in his AFP Africa’s Nuno Gomez. “I would like to confirm that the record for the deepest scuba dive (male) in Dahab, Egypt was Family tour successful and was achieved by Ahmed Gabr,” Talal Omar, a Just Dance game goes Guinness World Records judge, said in an email. A team of hyperbaric doctors as well as French and Egyptian mobile on Thursday diving specialists aided Gabr in his feat by creating custom-made SAN FRANCISCO: moves in game video streamed decompression tables and using Smartphone lovers will get to to Web browsers in computers, more than 60 different diving show off moves almost any- tablets, or smart televisions. tanks of several gases to keep him where with the September 25 “Just Dance Now” is even being alive on his way back. release of a free “Just Dance synched to smartwatches with The team trained him for four Now” game tuned for mobile an aim of letting the wrist-ware years as the risks were enor- Internet lifestyles. track dance moves. mous for the 41-year-old lieuten- The game crafted by Ubisoft’s Free “Just Dance Now” appli- ant colonel who had planned to Massive Entertainment studio cations have been tailored for descend 350 metres, organisers in Sweden can be played wher- Apple or Android-powered said. ever there are smartphones and smartphones. At that depth water pressure Internet-connected screens, let- An ad-supported mode lets peo- reaches 35 kilos per square centi- ting unlimited numbers of play- ple play without charge, accessing metre amid risks such as nitrogen ers vie for top marks matching a limited library of music. narcosis and high pressure neuro- choreography set to trendy Players can buy subscriptions logical syndrome (HPNS), which tunes. or “time-passes” to an ad-free killed former world record holder “The goal is to have global version of the game that provides American Sheck Exley. reach,” Massive technical direc- a full catalogue of songs. French diver Pascal Bernabe tor Bjorn Tornqvist said during Ubisoft introduced “Just Dance also claims to have reached 330 a demonstration of the game at Now” in June during an E3 video meters deep off the coast of France-based Ubisoft’s offices in game show briefing where danc- Corsica in 2005. His record has San Francisco. “It is pretty much ers spread about a theater audi- not been certified by Guinness a case of using technology you ence jumped to their feet to see World Records, but is generally Ostriches crossing a road at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya yesterday. The park is located just 7km away already have to play.” who could best match moves set recognised by clubs and experts from the city centre of Nairobi. Smartphones act as controllers to a Lady Gaga song. of sport diving in the world. tracking how well players copy AFP AFP