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The Father Emir restaurants H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, H H Sheikha Moza launched bint Nasser and H E Sheikh Joaan bin DOHA: The inspectors of the Hamad Al Thani at Health Control Section at Doha Municipality has launched the 93rd edition of inspection campaigns on fast Qatar Prix de l’Arc de food restaurants starting Triomphe Weekend from the first day of Eid Al at Longchamp Adha as part of its action plan Racecourse in Paris to maintain safety and health yesterday. H E Sheikh of consumers, especially chil- Joaan, owner of the dren, owing to congestion on winning horse Treve, fast-food restaurants during receives the trophy these days. on the podium at the The municipality confirmed its Longchamp race- commitment to maintain health track. H H Sheikh and safety of consumers through Abdullah bin Khalifa the provision of a dedicated staff Al Thani is also seen. to ensure that all food products See also page 22 are fit for human consumption. The municipality also announced that it will receive public comments through hotline number 44266666 in addition to the website of the Ministry of Municipality or social network- ing sites (Twitter/ Facebook/ Falling prices spark gold rush Instagram). QNA Prices of yellow metal plunge around 31pc since their peak in 2011, likely to sink further Ebola patient in Dallas critical BY SACHIN KUMAR we are selling around eight to 10 linked to international market, “Gold sale is highly price-sen- demand for gold jewellery in kilogram of gold bars per day,” mainly the London bullion mar- sitive and people keep track of its Qatar is seen around Eid Al Fitr, DALLAS/NEW YORK: The DOHA: Sharp fall in the price said a senior official of major ket. After enjoying bull-run till prices on a daily basis. Whenever Ramadan and during some Indian first person diagnosed with Ebola of gold has created high demand bullion house. 2012, gold prices have started gold prices head down, people festivals such as Diwali, Onam in the United States was fighting for the yellow metal. Gold prices “The demand is strong from falling since mainly driven rush to buy jewellery,” said Dileep and Akhsay Tritya. for his life at a Dallas hospital have fallen around 31 percent both segments — Qataris and expectation of recovery in US Madhavan, Regional Manager, Price of the yellow metal is fur- yesterday and appeared not to be since their peak in 2011. A expatriates,” he added. economy. Atlas — a gold jewellery chain that ther expected to fall, say experts. receiving any of the experimen- gramme of 24-carat gold is cur- After touching peak in the US economy has started has three retail outlets in Qatar US economy is expected to grow tal medicines for the virus, a top rently trading at around QR148, second half of 2011, the price of showing signs of revival which and 60 in the Middle East and which is likely to sap investors’ US medical official said. Thomas significantly lower from its peak 24-carat gold showed some sign is likely to prompt its central India. “In the last two years, sales demand for protective assets such Eric Duncan became ill after days in October 2011 when it of moderation and oscillated bank to raise interest rate. The of jewellery has gone up around as gold. A brighter outlook tends arriving in the Texas city from was around QR210. between QR180 and QR200 in prospects of rising interest rate 30-40 percent,” he said. to spur demand for investments Liberia two weeks ago, height- “Demand of gold bars has gone until September 2012. It went up and strengthen of US dollar has The demand of gold jewellery like stocks and bonds that ben- ening concerns that the worst up significantly due to fall in the to QR210 again in October 2012 dented the demand for gold. is higher during festival sea- efit from an expanding economy. Ebola epidemic on record could prices. We were selling around but started declining trend which Instead of buying gold, global sons while demand of gold bar is Jewellers expect higher sales in spread from West Africa, where two to three kilogrammes of gold is still continuing. investors started investing in higher when prices head lower. coming days due to lower prices. it began in March. REUTERS bars every day in 2011-12. Now Prices of gold in Qatar are US bonds and dollar. According to the jewelers, major THE PENINSULA See also page 10

Eid entertainment at Souq Waqif Biden says sorry to Abu Dhabi Chaos continues at livestock crown prince DUBAI: The United Arab market on second day of Eid Emirates said yesterday that US Vice President Joe Biden had apologised to the Abu Dhabi BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB (sacrifice) about 2,000 animals much in advance before the dawn crown prince for “any implica- daily from individual customers. prayer to ensure they do not have tions” made in a speech indicat- DOHA: Chaos continued at “There is no proper system out to return empty handed. ing that the UAE had supported the livestock market in Abu here. I came yesterday also and “I tried to come early think- Islamist militants in Syria. Hamour on the second day of stood in the sun for an hour. I was ing that I will be among the first Biden angered US allies when Eid Al Adha as well as large sweating so badly that I found it to stand in the queue, but after he suggested in a speech to numbers of people thronged increasingly difficult to continue reaching here I found the main Harvard University students on the place in the hope of getting as flies and foul smell keep com- gate closed and nearly 200 people Thursday that Turkey, Qatar a sheep or goat slaughtered for ing from all around. After see- are already waiting outside,” said and the United Arab Emirates sacrifice. ing the number of people waiting a customer who had come to buy had extended “billions of dollars Serpentine queues were seen for coupons ahead of me, I real- an Australian sheep that were and tens of thousands of tonnes of at the market with many people ised that my turn will not come being sold at QR360 per head. weapons” to Sunni fighters trying complaining that they had been so went back home,” said Hafiz By the time a security staff came to oust the government of Syrian braving the heat and humidity in Mohammed. to open the gate at around 5am, President Bashar Al Assad. the open ground for hours on end Mohammed, who is here for the crowd had swelled to several The UAE Minister of State for and yet with no signs that their more than 15 years, said: “Earlier hundreds. People tried to enter Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash turn would come soon. things were not that difficult. But the facility all at a time pushing demanded an official explanation People were angry and blamed the situation over the last couple each other creating a stampede like for Biden’s remarks, which he poor management and inadequate of years has become unbearable. situation. Some burqa-clad women said had created “a negative and facilities for their suffering. While “Is it possible to wait for four to could also be seen turning up so untrue impression about the role the country’s population has been five hours just to get an animal sac- early, but they preferred to stand at of the UAE”, according to state exploding, abattoir facilities remain rificed in this hot summer, where a safer distance fearing the crowd. news agency WAM. unchanged. “The authorities should even many animals are dying due “If they keep the main gate WAM said yesterday that Biden at least make special arrangements to the harsh conditions,” he said open and put some automatic had telephoned Sheikh Mohammed for slaughter on occasions like Eid looking visibly upset. numbering machine, or a token bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is also Al Adha, which is a festival of sac- He said that the population of system such situations can be eas- the Deputy Supreme Commander rifice,” said a man. the country has increased by many ily avoided,” said another fuming of the UAE Armed Forces, over Many of those standing in the fold over the last 10 years, while the customer at the market. the comments. “In the phone call, long queues for coupons to get sub- facilities have remained unchanged. Meanwhile, Abdur Rahman Sari Biden offered his apology to the sidised Australian sheep for sacri- There should be at least 50 facili- Al Kaabi, a senior official of Qatar UAE for any implications in his fice had come for the second day as ties across the country so that Company for Meat and Livestock recent statements that may have they failed to get one on the first everybody is ensured the service Trading (Widam) admitted that been understood to mean that the day of Eid due to heavy rush. as sacrifice is to be done within four coupons for Australian sheep ran UAE had supported the growth of Stilt walkers wearing elaborate costumes and masks entertain visitors According to some staff at days during Eid Al Adha. out, while the stocks for Syrian and some of the terrorist organisations at Souq Waqif yesterday. See also page 4 the livestock market, the exist- The coupon issuing counters at Jordanian sheep are available. in the region,” WAM said. AFP ing facilities and abattoir have the market open at about 6am but THE PENINSULA See also page 5 the maximum capacity to handle people could be seen flocking in Continued on page 4 MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME MoI Eid events enthral thousands of expats Mega celebrations organised at West End Park and Al Khor Sports Club on the first day of Eid Al Adha

Members of expatriate communities at West End Park and (RIGHT) participants displaying their strength at a tug-of-war competition in Al Khor Stadium.

DOHA: The Public Relations the Indonesian Ambassador Didi Marai Co., Jamal, and President Lt. Salim Al Shammari from Cultural Association, cultural drumming session. and Community Policing Saiful Hadi. of V-Care, Musthafa, were Community Policing and the show and cinematic dance by Traditional, folk and group departments of the Ministry of The Head of Security Media present. Nepalese and Al Khor commu- Skills Development Centre, tra- songs, a costumes show, dance Interior organised mega enter- Section at the Public Relations “It is my pleasure to greet you nity teams. ditional show by Kerala Cultural were among the activities per- tainment events for expat com- Department, Capt. Hadi Al on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. Events at West End Park Association and the Indian com- formed by the Bangladeshi munities on the first day of Eid Hajiri, Community Policing The ministry has organised the attracted a huge crowd, includ- munity were staged. community. The Indonesian com- Al Adha on Saturday at West Officer, Capt. Rashid Al programme for expat communi- ing families and bachelors, and The Nepalese community per- munity team performed Indang, End Park in Industrial Area Khayarin, Second Secretary at ties within the framework of the included dances and perform- formed modern and folk songs, Rantak Besapi, Dolanan, Tortor and Al Khor Sports Club. the Nepalese Embassy, Acting community outreach programme ances by local artistes from the traditional dances, and a cul- Sinanggar Tulo, Jaipong Daun, The events showcased cultural President, ICC, Girish, President under the Public Relations Indian, Nepalese, Sri Lankan, tural show, while activities of Pulus and Rampak Pemudi programmes and performances of NRNA, Maqsood Alam, repre- Department to enhance part- Pakistani, Bangladeshi and the Pakistan community included dances. led by local artistes from Asian sentatives Tharick Qassim (Sri nership with the expat commu- Indonesian communities. modern, Urdu and Pashto songs, Performances by Al Khor communities. Lankan community), Zainul nities,” Lt. Col. Al Kaabi said. Hindi songs, dance perform- cultural performance and tradi- and Nepalese community teams The Assistant Director of Arifieen (Indonesian commu- Activities at Al Khor Sports ances by the ICC team, a dance tional dances. started at Al Khor Stadium at Community Policing Department, nity), Ashraf Siddeequi and Amin Club was inaugurated by Lt. by Gujarati Samaj, folk songs by Sri Lankan artists performed 5pm. Sports events included a Lt. Col. Sultan Muhammed Al Motivala (Pakistani community), Shaheen Rashid Al Atheeque Banghya Parishat, a cultural per- modern and traditional songs, football match and a tug-of-war Kaabi, inaugurated the festival in Country Manager, Malabar Gold, from the Public Relations formance by Ideal Indian School, Sri Lankan Arabic cultural between company teams. West End Park in the presence of Santhosh, and Sales Manager, Al Department in the presence of a traditional show by Kerala dance and Sri Lankan cultural THE PENINSULA Create & Inspire 2014 winners explore Brazil’s colourful culture

The team during their visit to Brazil.

DOHA: Winners of the Create The team travelled on to listening to everyone’s views.” & Inspire 2014 competition from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil’s first Sharjah-based sketchbook art- Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE colonial capital, visited the Candeal ist Nasser Al Zayani said: “For the and the UK travelled to Brazil community, took part in a percus- first time, I felt that my sketch- last month to experience one of sion workshop at Pracatum Music book not only reflected my experi- the most colourful cultures in School, explored Salvador’s historic ences, but those of others through the world, on a creative adven- centre, Pelourinho, and learnt the their interaction with me.” ture of a lifetime. basics of capoeira in the riverside “Partnering with initiatives The competition was organised town of Cachoeira. such as Create & Inspire lies at by the Crossway Foundation in The team returned to Sao Paulo the very heart of what Art Jameel partnership with Art Jameel and and reviewed their two weeks in believes in: Fostering young art- Qatar Museums (QM). Brazil and how their creative proc- ists’ careers; encouraging them to In Brazil, the winning team ess had changed. Over the two develop talents by exposing them explored the vibrant landscape days, the team discussed what they to new experiences; and empow- and creative scene by collabo- had learnt and each winner was ering them to share what they rating with local arts and social asked to present a creative project have learnt to enrich their com- organisations in Sao Paulo, Rio de they had been working on through- munities back home,” said Fady Janeiro, Ouro Preto, Inhotim, Belo out the trip. Jameel, President, Abdul Latif Horizonte, Serra do Cip, Cachoeira The trip resulted in some 7,500 Jameel Community Initiatives and Salvador. photographs documenting loca- International. The team began journey in Sao tions and activities and eight short Safiya Saif Al Hajari, Director, Paulo and Rio de Janeiro where film clips released in ‘real time’ Office of Strategic Cultural they worked with Gui Mohallem, during the journey to Brazil. Relations, QM, said: “The initiative a Brazilian artist of Lebanese ori- A five-minute film outlining supports emerging talent by taking gin, to learn about the basics of the trip will be released, while an the cultural experience beyond the photography without a camera exhibition of artworks produced four walls of a museum. We are and with Brazilian art collective, is planned for November 2015 in pleased to be working in partner- Ambientes Inflaveis, exploring the the Gulf. ship with Crossway Foundation use of inflatable structures in an Ghassan Al Harbi from Saudi for the second consecutive year to urban environment. Arabia said: “Being part of Create act as a cultural instigator for the After Rio de Janeiro, the team & Inspire 2014 was a life-changing creation generation.” travelled to Ouro Preto, a former experience in every sense of the Create & Inspire identifies tal- colonial mining town and a Unesco word. What I found particularly ented young artists in the UK World Heritage Site because of its interesting, as somebody without and the Gulf. The initiative is run outstanding baroque architecture. formal art education, was to see by British charity, the Crossway Then they spent two days explor- first-hand how all artists involved Foundation, Art Jameel and QM, ing Inhotim, a contemporary art in the project see and create differ- and supported by Saudi Aramco, wonderland set amid 5,000 acres ently because of our different artis- British Council and Etihad of botanical gardens. tic practices. It was fascinating Airways. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar ‘pilgrims not hit by any serious illnesses’ DOHA: Amid fears triggered by the Mars “We worked in coordination with tour He said pilgrims from Qatar will start and Ebola outbreaks, Qatar’s Haj mission operators (Muqawils) to ensure the pil- returning tomorrow. has reassured that no pilgrim from Qatar grims get the best services and no accident Dr Khalid Abdul Hadi, Head of the medi- was affected by any serious illnesses dur- worth mentioning was recorded,” Al Faihani cal unit at the mission and senior official of ing the pilgrimage. told reporters accompanying the Qatari Qatar Red Crescent, said the unit had not All performed the rituals smoothly and delegation. received any critical or uncommon cases didn’t meet any untoward incidents, the Asked how the mission would deal with until now. Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported yes- the high temperature during the next Haj “The number of cases reported at the unit terday quoting Ali Mubarak Al Faihani, season, which will fall in the last week of has reached about 200 and all were regular Executive Chairman of the mission. September, Al Faihani said the mission will cases like sore throat and common flu. Most No accident involving pilgrims from meet Muqawils to discuss the issue. patients were discharged in a maximum two Qatar was reported during the pilgrimage, “We will explore all options to provide hours,” said Abdul Hadi. he said, adding Haj this year was a huge suc- a suitable environment for pilgrims from He said the unit will provide services cess in terms of safety and services provided Qatar since the next Haj will fall during the round the clock until all pilgrims from to the pilgrims. summer months,” he said. Qatar return. THE PENINSULA

New public parks in Umm Salal, Al ROTA to raise funds Shahaniya to open www.swiss-belhotel.com Tel after Eid holidays Fax DOHA: The new public for Palestine schools parks in Umm Salal and Al Shahaniya will open to the public after the Eid Al Adha 12 volunteers to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro Tel holidays, a senior official from Fax the Ministry of Municipality DOHA: Twelve young climb- help secure quality education be a future,” said Mohammed and Urban Planning has said. ers have volunteered to try for their brothers and sisters Fakhro, a volunteer. Mohammed Ali Al Khouri, and raise about QR1m for in Palestine. Children suffer- The group is confident that Director, Public Parks schools in Palestine by climb- ing the consequences of pov- alongside their family and Department, said work on both ing Mount Kilimanjaro in erty and conflict deserve our friends, the entire community Tel parks was almost complete and Kenya. assistance, and ROTA will do will support their efforts. Fax authorities were equipping them They are mentored and led everything in its power to help Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani with required facilities, local by the official ambassador of them.” said: “I have dedicated many Arabic daily Al Raya reports. Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), Dr. Thani bin Abdel Rahman climbs to charitable causes, but “The ministry is exerting Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani, Al Kuwari, General Manager, ‘Elevate to Educate’ is the first Tel + 974 44298888 efforts to build more outdoor the first Qatari to scale Mount Al Jaish Club, said: “We always of its kind for me. Not only will venues like public parks for Everest. look forward to supporting I be leading a group of inspi- Fax families and children,” he said. The title sponsor of the Qatari youth in sports, not rational young climbers on the “All new parks are unique with initiative is El Jaish Sports only to ensure their success, but adventure of a lifetime – we improved architecture and facil- Club, with Qatar National also as a humanitarian cause in will also be working with ROTA Tel ities compared to the old ones.” Bank (QNB), Zidane Real their support for their broth- towards a brighter tomorrow Fax He said parks are essential for Estate, Qatar Academy, Qatar ers in Palestine.” He said the for some of the world’s most families who want to take their International School and club’s responsibility is to ensure deprived children. children outside to play in green Al Jazeera Academy as gold education for people, especially “Education is the only reli- areas and develop their sport- sponsors and Qatar Financial in countries suffering from pov- able path to peace and gives Tel ing skills unlike the routine life Centre and Qatar Olympic and erty and turmoil. “Hence, we cause for hope in conflict zones Fax of visiting malls and shopping Sports Museum as platinum decided to support ROTA in its across the world. Despite this, centres. sponsors. battle against poverty and mis- a shockingly small amount of Thirty-eight parks have been ROTA’s ‘Elevate to Educate’ sion to facilitate education for global humanitarian aid is ear- renovated as part of Eid Al Adha challenge began on October 2 children of Gaza.” marked for educational ini- Tel and are receiving thousands of and lasts nine days. The volunteers are tiatives, which is why ROTA’s Fax families celebrating the Eid holi- At over 5,800 metres, Mount Mohammed Fakhro, work is important. I’m proud days, said Al Khouri Kilimanjaro is the highest peak Mohammed Al Naama, Aisha to be part of such an ambitious www.doha.hilton.com Meanwhile, Al Rayan in Africa and the highest free- Ahmed Al Naama, Yacoub Al project and can’t wait to get Municipality has announced standing mountain in the world. Yacoub, Bashaer Al Mulla, started with the team.” Tel 44233333 974+ that it had completed construc- “We are proud of the team Dana Al Anzy, Noor Al Thani, Donations can be made at tion and maintenance of 14 and will support them every Nasser bin Marzooq, Bader Al https://www.justgiving.com/ Fax 44233000 974+ parks, mostly for families and step of the way,” said ROTA’s Madani, Masoud Kalafchi, Raed teams/elevate2educate children aged up to 12. Work is Executive Director, Essa Al Zidan, Asma Al Thani, Shaima Donate QR10 for Gaza and underway to complete four other Mannai. Sherif, and Sultan Al Thani. send E2E to 92678. For details, new parks. “For the next seven days, the “Investing in the education of please check https://www.just- THE PENINSULA volunteers will be training hard children in Palestine is investing giving.com/rota to succeed in the challenge and in hope — hope that there will THE PENINSULA

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Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Director, Community & Public Relations, said, “The Dawli International Calling Cards are popular because of their cost- The Big Bang show is among the major attractions at Katara. effective international calling rates. Tel DOHA: Katara witnessed on the sun, earth and moon in Katara along with laser lights “We understand that flexibil- Fax about 70,000 visitors to its an entertaining blend of fantasy and music. ity with communication plans is shows on the first day of Eid and reality through the use of The Big Bang show and fire- important to our users, which is Al Adha. modern techniques of lighting, works display will continue until why the new card offers lower The events included Eid Al music and dramatic stunts. tomorrow. 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THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Papers invited for sixth Hundreds throng Souq Waqif annual international translation conference for Eid Al Adha festival Circus, games, stilt walkers and Cinderella wow visitors DOHA: Hamad Bin Khalifa translation can contribute to the University’s Translation and creation of connections between Interpreting Institute (TII) the region and many developing will host the sixth annual and developed areas around the international translation con- world. ference on March 23-24, 2015 Extensive efforts, spear- at Qatar National Convention headed by regional governments, Centre. directed at the enhancement of The conference, entitled education, preservation of cul- ‘Translating the Gulf: Beyond tural heritage, and the elevation Fault Lines’ serves to facilitate of media across platforms, ena- conversation about divergent ble the cultivation of discourse, forms of theoretical inquiry which is as critical for develop- and methodological approaches; ment as is economic progress. it conceives of translation as a In light of these trends and critical vehicle in the creation dynamics, TII is calling for of knowledge and the bridging papers on themes that include of chasms between and across but are not limited to trans- cultures. lation and the Knowledge To achieve the objective, Economy, New Directions in the conference departs from Post-Colonial/ South-South metaphorical inquiry into geo- Translation, and Translating graphical fissures of the region and Interpreting in Arab Media. — tectonic fault lines, desert Authors may submit papers expanses, seasonal rivers, in Arabic or English — the two mountains, valleys, and urban conferences languages — and constructs — to arrive at a should provide a 250 to 300-word new formulation of translation abstract, contact details, and networks. information about their insti- The conference is also meant tutional affiliation. Proposals to draw linkages between con- received after October 30, 2014 ceptual divisions, inherent in will not be considered. a wide range of disciplines and Selected attendees will have paradigms. an opportunity to present Considering that transla- their papers in 20 minutes, tion presupposes and enhances and respond to questions from mutual understanding, respect, peers and/or the audience over and sensitivity for cultural-lin- 10 minutes. guistic contrasts and nuances, Those interested in submit- its relevance exceeds the act as ting a proposal are encouraged Cinderella such. to consult the TII website for Visitors at the Village Games in Souq Waqif yesterday. (BELOW) A scene from staged at Al Rayyan Theatre. At a time when economies details through the link http:// continue to expand through- www.tii.qa/conference BY RAYNALD C RIVERA story of Cinderella. The musi- out and beyond the region, THE PENINSULA cal play employs humour and DOHA: Souq Waqif was chock- music consisting of songs since a-block with visitors trooping the 1980s. in as early as 3pm yesterday to Garbed in flamboyant cos- witness shows and attractions tumes, the 15-member cast as part of the annual Souq belted songs such as New Wave WISE releases third Waqif Eid Al Adha festival. hits Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Traffic snarls were a normal You To Me Are Everything and sight on Grand Hamad and Ali She’s Like the Wind and current bin Abdallah streets leading to One Direction hit You Don’t Know book on education the venue with hundreds of vehi- You’re Beautiful appealing to chil- cles seeking parking spaces in dren and adults. DOHA: The World Innovation within them, and how they may the souq and nearby areas. Cinderella shows are staged Summit for Education (WISE), transform to meet tomorrow’s big Seven parking areas have been twice at the theatre, with the a leading international initia- challenges. allotted for the six-day festival, first at 4.30pm and the second tive driving innovation and col- Highlighting the importance two of which are in the souq at 7.30pm. laboration in education, has of the human element in know- and the others near the Sheikhs Tickets priced from QR50 to announced the publication of ing how to make best use of Mosque, Fanar, Al Najada, banks QR200 can be bought at Virgin the third WISE book, Learning advancing technologies, Brown- and mid-city parking. Megastores and online or at the {Re}imagined: How the connected Martin said, “Our mission is to Families thronged Al Ahmad box office at the theatre. performances. Sout Al Rayyan’s There is also a Circus Show society is transforming learning. get under the skin of the debate area for the Village Games where Stilt walkers and street per- music festival also returned which offers two performances Written by Graham Brown- around technology in education children enjoyed a huge play formers roaming around the with nightly concerts in a huge from 5pm to 6.30pm and 7.30pm Martin, Founder of Education to understand and report back on area equipped with inflatable souq’s alley brought smiles to amphitheatre built near Al Koot to 9pm. Design Labs, and illustrated by what is working and what are the games and slides, trampolines, passers-by with their unique Fort. Among the featured acts award-winning photographer obstacles and the triumphs.” mechanical toys, choo-choo train costumes and antics. The festival features 12 of are Flying Trapeze, Russian Newsha Tavakolian, the book Tavakolian said, “Technology and water games, among others. Several folk bands and sing- the best singers in the region swing, magic and illusionist, the explores how the digitally con- has opened up so many opportu- Al Rayyan Theatre also wit- ers enthralled music lovers at enthralling Arabic music lovers Amazing Cycles, Globe of Danger nected society is transforming nities, giving access to a wealth nessed a huge crowd of children three areas in the souq where for six nights with shows start- and Wheel of Death. learning. of information and resources for who watched a new take on the stages were erected for their ing at 9pm. THE PENINSULA Dr. Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, so many. But technology is not Chairman, WISE, said: “The the only thing that has changed WISE books offer unique per- education, and certainly not the spectives from around the world whole story. 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Push for breast cancer awareness Helicopter ambulance rescues DOHA: Qatar University College of role in disease awareness and prevention, as four people hurt in road mishaps Pharmacy (QU-CPH) students held their well as the screening of a video on ‘Muslim fifth annual cancer community outreach Women and Breast Cancer’ that co-related DOHA: The helicopter ambulance of Hamad Medical activity recently in support of Breast breast self-exams and performing wudhu. Corporation (HMC) rescued four people injured in road Cancer Awareness Month. Visitors were also encouraged to leave a pink accidents outside Doha, in the Sealine beach and Umm Bab, It was launched by the newly-elected fingerprint in support of cancer survivors. Al Sharq reported. executive members of Qatar Pharmacy “Today is an opportunity directed at young The ambulance unit at HMC has deployed additional ambu- Undergraduate Society (QPhUS) with first, females to learn more about cancer and its lances in major tourist spots and places where Eid celebrations second and third year students. prevention in a comfortable environment are taking place. Faculty, staff and students visited the where they can ask personal questions to The total number of ambulances have been increased from breast cancer booth to learn about the fellow students. This is also our chance to 64 to 78 and five are serving the Sealine beach, said the daily. disease, its detection and prevention. The encourage students to perform self-exams and The Sealine beach being one of the major tourism attractions programme included the communication of take this learning home to discuss with their in the country, has been attracting a large number of visitors key messages on the latest survival rates, family members,” ,” said QPhUS President, A visitor receiving tips at the breast cancer booth. since the beginning of the Eid holidays. reducing risk factors, and the pharmacist’s Shorouk Abdelkader. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

UAE surprised Kurds battle for key Syria town at Biden’s IS fighters just one kilometre from Kobane; woman suicide bomber hits militants comments ABU DHABI: The United MURSITPINAR, TURKEY: Tear gas was fired to clear Arab Emirates has expressed Kurdish fighters backed by the border zone around the surprise after US Vice US-led air strikes battled the Mursitpinar crossing, the main President Joe Biden sug- Islamic State group for a key vantage point for watching gested the Gulf state had Syrian town yesterday, with one the fighting for reporters and armed and financed jihadists woman defender blowing herself Kurds. in Syria, along with other up using militants’ own tactic. Yesterday’s toll was not known, regional powers. IS fighters seized part of a stra- but the Observatory, which relies Biden’s remarks were tegic hill overlooking the town of on a network of local sources, said “amazing and ignore the role Kobane late on Saturday, a moni- at least 33 IS fighters and 23 of of the Emirates in the fight tor said, but their progress was the town’s Kurdish defenders against extremism and ter- slowed by new strikes from the were killed on Saturday. rorism,” the UAE minister of coalition of Washington and Arab IS began its advance on Kobane state for foreign affairs, Anwar allies. on September 16, seeking to Mohammad Gargash, said in A Kobane local official, Idris cement its grip over a long stretch a statement carried late on Nahsen, said IS fighters were of the Syria-Turkey border. Saturday by the official Wa m just one kilometre (less than a The offensive prompted a mass news agency. mile) from the town and that air exodus from the town and sur- Gargash asked for Biden to strikes alone were not enough to rounding countryside, with some clarify the comments, which stop them. 186,000 fleeing into Turkey. he said had given “a false He complained of a lack of After first launching strikes impression about the role of coordination between the coali- against IS in Iraq in August, the UAE... at a time when it is tion and Kurdish fighters on the Washington has built a coalition actually supporting... efforts to ground. of allies to wage an air campaign overcome” the jihadists. In a sign of the Kurdish against the group. The UAE is one of a hand- defenders’ determination to keep Britain and France have joined ful of Arab allies taking part in the jihadists at bay, the Syrian the strikes in Iraq and five Arab US-led air strikes against the Observatory for Human Rights nations — Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, jihadist Islamic State group in said a woman suicide bomber blew Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Syria. The others are Bahrain, herself up at an IS position east A woman tries to protect her children after a mortar shell exploded in their town of Atmanek close to the Syria- Emirates — have taken part in Jordan, Qatar, and Saudi of Kobane. Turkey border, Suruc District in Turkey yesterday. the Syria raids. Arabia. Biden has already apolo- “The operation caused deaths, Turkey’s parliament last week gised to Turkey over the com- but there is no confirmed night in taking the southern sources said. The source of the fire small border villages were ordered authorised the government to join ments suggesting that it was one number,” Observatory director part of the Mishtenur hill,” Abdel was unclear, but residents of two evacuated as a precaution. the campaign, but so far no plans of the countries in the region Rami Abdel Rahman said. Rahman said. for military action have been that had armed and financed He said it was the first reported He said there were seven new announced. the IS group in Syria. instance of a female Kurdish coalition strikes against IS posi- Two fighters killed in clashes on Turkish media reported “The vice president apolo- fighter employing a tactic often tions late Saturday and that the Sunday that the leader of the gised for any implication used by IS itself. air raids were hindering the main Syrian Kurdish political that Turkey or other allies The border town of Kobane has jihadist advance. Syria-Lebanon border: Hezbollah party — Democratic Union Party and partners in the region become a crucial battleground in In a statement, US Central BAALBEK, LEBANON: Lebanon’s Shia movement Hezbollah (PYD) chief Salih Muslim — was had intentionally supplied or the international fight against IS, Command said the US military said yesterday that at least two of its fighters were killed along in Turkey for secret talks with facilitated the growth of ISIL which sparked further outrage carried out three air strikes in with “dozens” of gunmen in clashes in the Syria-Lebanon border intelligence officials. or other violent extremists in this weekend with the release of Syria on Saturday, while fighter area. A Hezbollah official said the clashes occurred on Syrian ter- Reports said Muslim was told Syria,” Biden’s office said on a video showing the beheading of jets, bombers and helicopters ritory, just over the border from Lebanon. the PYD should distance itself Saturday, using a common Briton Alan Henning. were used in six assaults against But a Hezbollah source on the ground and local residents said the from the Kurdistan Workers acronym for the IS group. The video — the latest in a IS in Iraq yesterday. clashes erupted outside the town of Nabi Sbat, in Lebanese territory, Party (PKK), which waged a It came after Turkish series of on-camera beheadings The sound of shelling echoed after gunmen from Syria attacked Hezbollah posts. deadly insurgency in Turkey for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Western hostages — included from the town — also known “Hezbollah posts in the mountains around Nabi Sbat, east of the past three decades. reacted furiously at com- a threat to another hostage, US as Ain Al Arab — as warplanes Baalbek, were attacked by armed groups who came from Qalamun” Elsewhere, the Observatory ments Biden made at Harvard aid worker Peter Kassig. roared overhead yesterday, a in Syria, the Hezbollah source in the region said. “Hezbollah returned said Syrian rebels on Sunday University on Thursday in which Fighting raged around Kobane reporter just across the border fire, inflicting heavy losses among the attackers.” seized a strategic hilltop in the he criticised allies in Turkey and as the jihadists pressed their in Turkey said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency also reported the clashes southern province of Daraa after the Arab world for supporting nearly three-week siege of the One mortar round hit a house took place in Lebanon, saying they began after an attack launched a two-day battle in which 30 Sunni militant groups in Syria, town, said the Britain-based on Turkish territory just a few by gunmen from Asaal Al Ward in Syria’s Qalamun province. regime forces and 29 rebels were including IS and the Al Qaeda- Observatory. kilometres (miles) from Kobane, AFP killed. linked Al Nusra Front. AFP “IS succeeded on Saturday wounding five people, medical AFP

Sinai militants Extremism must be release video of beheadings eliminated: Saudi King

CAIRO: An Egyptian militant MINA, SAUDI ARABIA: The militants, who have also group released a video yester- Religious extremism is a per- seized territory in Iraq, have day showing the execution of version which must be eradi- carried out a series of atrocities four men, including three being cated, the Custodian of the Two including crucifixions and behead- beheaded, accused of spying for Holy Mosques King Abdullah ings which have been condemned the army and for Israel’s Mossad bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia by Muslims worldwide. Extremism intelligence service. said yesterday, with his air “is a perverse factor which we can It is the second time such grue- force engaged in a US-led cam- only remedy by eradicating”, the some footage has been released by paign against jihadist militants king said in an address delivered Ansar Beit Al Maqdis (Partisans in Syria. by Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul of Jerusalem), the deadliest mili- “Extremism, which has gen- Aziz, who also holds the defence tant group based in Egypt’s insur- erated terrorism, behoves us to portfolio. gency-hit Sinai region. combine our efforts to fight it and “And we are engaged in eradi- A similar video of beheadings defeat it because it has nothing to cating it unwaveringly and with was released by the group on do with Islam,” the king said in determination,” he said to an August 28, showing the decapi- an annual address to leaders of audience which included presi- tation of four men also accused of delegations from Islamic nations dents and other senior officials being “Israeli informants”. which performed the annual hajj of Islamic nations. Ansar Beit Al Maqdis says it pilgrimage, the official SPA news He said young people must be supports the Islamic State (IS) agency reported. protected from extremist ideas. group which has seized swathes Saudi Arabia and four other Saudi authorities have long Saudi officers on duty at the command and control operation centre in Mina near the holy city of Makkah yesterday. of territory in Iraq and Syria, but Arab countries have joined an feared blowback from jihad- Saudi Arabia said that around 2 millions pilgrims are performing this year’s Haj. has not pledged formal allegiance American-led coalition which is ist groups, particularly after Al to it. conducting air strikes against Qaeda attacks in the kingdom took part in the September 11, The royal address occurred in engaged in a ritualised stoning of Yesterday’s video, released Islamic State group rebel posi- from 2003 to 2006. 2001 attacks on the United States Mina, where two million Muslim the devil yesterday, the second-last on Twitter, features parts of a tions in Syria. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers who were from Saudi Arabia. pilgrims from around the world day of the annual Haj. AFP September speech by IS spokes- man Abu Mohamed Al Adnani directed at Sinai jihadists, urg- ing them to kill Egyptian secu- rity personnel. The footage then shows the execution of four men Haj selfies gain popularity, spark controversy after their recorded “confessions”. One was shot dead after say- MINA: Raising his arm, Yousef largest religious gatherings. It pilgrims who take selfies. “When “This is a symbolic place rep- for myself, as well as to show ing he worked with the Egyptian Ali hugs his elderly father in has attracted over two million we went for umra in the mid- resenting history,” Mohammed them to my friends and brothers.” army, while the other three front of one of Islam’s holiest believers this year. 90s, Dad nearly had his camera Ali added, pointing to the three Speaking by telephone, a pro- were beheaded after saying they sites as they grin for a selfie — “As this is my first pilgrimage, confiscated to shouts of ‘haram!’ sites which pilgrims began ston- fessor of Islamic Shariah law in worked for Mossad. a craze that has hit this year’s it is important for me to docu- Now, #hajjselfie is A Thing. What ing on Saturday at the start of the Saudi capital Riyadh said Before being killed, the men Haj. But not everyone is happy ment all the events taking place a world,” wrote one Tweeter. the Eid Al Adha feast of sacrifice, that “if photographs are only for called on other “spies” to repent about young pilgrims from around me,” Ali, 24, said, snapping Another user named Kahwaaa which is celebrated by Muslims personal memory and not for publicly, saying the militants around the world constantly a picture of himself with a green wrote: “It’s a time to connect to worldwide. Two women covered disseminating, then no problem. knew who they were and that snapping “selfies”, photographs sign reading “Big Jamarah”, which allah and purify my soul. #hajj- in traditional black abayas and “But if they were for the purpose they would not be spared. The taken of one’s self, as they carry refers to a wall where Muslims selfies selfies shouldn’t be taken.” veils hurried towards the Big of showing off, then they are pro- footage also shows jihadists man- out the rites of Haj which are ritually stone Satan. But others said the issue was Jamarah wall, but not without hibited, such as the photography ning checkpoints and searching the high point of a Muslim’s “Wherever I go, I take pic- being blown out of proportion. stopping for a quick self portrait that takes place at the (Haj) rites.” for “spies”. spiritual life. tures, especially since nowadays “People creating a huge issue along the way. The scholar requested ano- Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula bor- From Tawaf — circling the holy we have these little cameras... that about #hajjselfies. If photos are “My daughter and I are taking nymity because of the sensitivity dering Israel has seen fighting Ka’aba structure in Makkah — offer a full view of the area,” the allowed during Haj then what is selfies to show our Haj pictures of stating a religious opinion in between militants and security to prayers atop Mount Mercy bearded Kuwaiti, casually dressed wrong with selfies?,” asked Abdul to our family in Paris. It’s also a the kingdom. forces after the army ousted in Arafat, and stoning of the in sweatpants and a pair of trendy Mufeez Shaheed. Nothing at all, nice memento,” said one of the “It is better for Muslims to Islamist president Mohamed “devil” in Mina, the key stages sandals, said with a smile. says Ali’s father Mohammed women, a Saudi pilgrim from avoid them,” he said of selfies. Mursi in July last year. of Haj have all been recorded on The increasingly popular phe- Ali, 65. “A person taking such Jeddah who gave her name only For the teenage pilgrim Wafaa Militants have killed scores cameras and smartphones for nomenon has sparked contro- pictures is documenting a rare as Umm Abdallah, 44. Ahmed, “this is not a convincing of security personnel, saying the posterity, and for instant shar- versy among more conservative event”, a once-in-a-lifetime expe- Her daughter Wafaa Ahmed, view” because taking selfies “has attacks are in retaliation for a ing through social media. Muslims, however, with some rience for many Muslims, he said, 19, said: “I love taking many self- nothing to do with religion”. brutal government crackdown Haj is the one of the world’s taking to Twitter to criticise wearing a traditional white robe. ies wherever I go to keep them AFP since Morsi ‘s ouster. AFP MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST British hostage held in Libya freed Release agreed between local political factions: UK

LONDON: A British friends, and anyone else who hears headteacher who was held hos- this, please can you do something tage by militants in Libya for to let the government understand five months has been released. I need to go home soon. Please, David Bolam (pictured), the please do something to help me.” principal at the now-closed In the video he talked about a International School Benghazi, recent prisoner swap with the US, was abducted while on a shopping believed to be the exchange of five trip in May. Afghan Taliban officials with the He was reunited with his fam- captured American soldier Bowe ily in the UK on Thursday after Bergdahl. local political factions secured It is not known which militant his release. The Foreign Office group was holding Bolam, but the said it was not involved in the video was claimed to have been negotiations. released by a group that called Bolam, 53, from Craven Arms, itself Jeish Al Islam (Army of Shropshire, had elected to stay Islam). However, the SITE intel- in Benghazi despite a wave of militias had grabbed David as ligence firm, which monitors Al Shabab stronghold of Barawe, sitting next to the ocean in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia, 200km attacks on foreigners, including he went out shopping”. groups on the internet, could not southwest of Mogadishu. the murder of the school’s chem- O’Connor Challis said many verify the militants behind the istry teacher Ronnie Smith, an teachers had left the school after video when it was released. American, in December. a “massive gunfight” in November Michael Aron, the UK’s The school announced Bolam’s 2013 and the fatal shooting of ambassador to Libya, tweeted Somali, African troops retake “disappearance in mysterious cir- Smith the following month. after Bolam’s release: “Delighted cumstances” on its Facebook page Bolam, however, decided to stay Benghazi Head Teacher David on May 19, days after national- because he “believed in what he Bolam has been released after key port from Al Shabab ist forces led by retired general was doing”. “He is single-minded over 4 months in captivity”. Khalifa Hiftar began attacks and and stubborn,” O’Connor Challis The Foreign Office said: “We air strikes on Islamist militias. said. “He is a very bright person. are glad that David Bolam is safe MOGADISHU: Somali troops “The terrorists used the port exported charcoal through Since then, the Foreign Office He is an English teacher – one of and well after his ordeal, and backed by African peacekeep- there to import arms as well as Barawe to Gulf countries, earn- asked news organisations, includ- the best I have ever met.” that he has been reunited with ers yesterday recaptured the receive foreign fighters into their ing at least $25m (¤19m) a year ing the Guardian, not to publish On August 28, Bolam appeared his family. We have been support- last major port in Somalia held ranks,” an AMISOM statement from the trade according to UN details of the abduction, fearing in a video published on the inter- ing his family since he was taken. by the Al Shabab, removing a said. estimates. it could harm negotiations for his net pleading for David Cameron to We do not comment on the detail key source of revenue for the “The group also used Barawe “What is very significant is release. secure his release. Bolam looked of hostage cases. The family have Islamist militia. to export charcoal to the Middle that the ‘capital’ of the Shabab Ged O’Connor Challis, who dishevelled with an unkempt grey asked for privacy. The move was another blow East, a lucrative multi-million has fallen,” a specialist on Somalia worked with Bolam at the inter- beard and baggy white T-shirt in “HMG (her Majesty’s govern- for Al Qaeda’s main affiliate in dollar business that served as said, requesting anonymity. national school until December the video, in which he begged the ment) does not pay, facilitate, or Africa and came just a month their main source of funding,” the The specialist said that the 2013, said Bolam was “single- prime minister to agree to a hos- condone ransom payments, nor after the death of their leader statement said. Shabab, who also lost control of minded and stubborn” and had tage swap. make concessions. Our kidnap for Ahmed Abdi Godane in a US air Provincial governor Abdukadir the strategic port of Kismayo in decided to stay in the country He said: “I am a British teacher. ransom policy is clear and long- and drone strike. The African Mohamed Nur said the situation October 2012, now had no major despite growing violence. My health is good at the moment. standing. Ransom payments to Union’s AMISOM force, which was “calm and the militiamen had town in their hands. He told the BBC he had spoken I have been here a very long time. terrorists are illegal. We under- draws 22,000 soldiers from six fled before the forces reached the The Shabab have vowed to to Bolam on the phone on the I ask the British government and stand that David’s release was nations, said Barawe, 200km town”. avenge their leader’s death and morning he was abducted and prime minister David Cameron agreed between local political southwest of Mogadishu, fell “They could not put up resist- continue their fight to topple the had later been told by school … please allow me to go back to factions. HMG was not involved.” without “much resistance from ance and have emptied their country’s internationally-backed staff that “one of the local my family. I ask my family and GUARDIAN NEWS the terrorist group.” positions,” he said. The Shabab government. AFP

Gazans make rare Israel criticises Eid visit to Al Aqsa Swedish plan to recognise state JERUSALEM: Hundreds of to the Gaza border, a correspond- elderly Gazans paid a rare visit ent said. of Palestine to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque Many hadn’t visited the shrine compound yesterday after — the third holiest site in Islam JERUSALEM: Israel has Israel eased tight restrictions — in decades, kissing the ground described a plan by Sweden’s on movement over the Muslim as they entered. new centre-left government to holiday of Eid Al Adha. “I haven’t been here for 35 recognise the state of Palestine It was the first time since years. Everything has changed,” as being ill-considered in the 2007 Muslim worshippers from smiled Umm Dallaleh Fayyad, a absence of Middle East peace Gaza were granted permission woman in a black abaya and a negotiations. to travel to the ancient shrine in vibrant blue headscarf. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Jerusalem’s Old City, an Israeli “It’s like being in paradise.” Lofven’s announced the move rights group said. The move was hailed by Gisha, during his inaugural address to The move to ease access over an Israeli NGO which calls for Stockholm’s parliament on Friday. the Muslim feast of sacrifice was freedom of access and move- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor announced by Israel just over a ment for Palestinians, which had Lieberman yesterday said Lofven month after a ceasefire ended a repeatedly petitioned the courts had “hastened to make decla- 50-day war in Gaza which killed over the matter, without success. rations ... apparently before he almost 2,200 Palestinians and 73 “This hasn’t happened since could delve into the matter and on the Israeli side. 2007. Christians could leave understand it is the Palestinians Under the terms of the deal, (for religious holidays) but not who have constituted the obstacle Israel agreed to ease restrictions Muslims,” said Gisha spokes- to progress” in reaching a peace limiting Palestinians’ freedom of woman Shai Grunberg. accord with Israel. movement. Gazans’ freedom of move- Writing on Facebook, The Israeli army said in a ment has been restricted since Lieberman also said he would statement it had given permits to 2007 when the Islamist move- A Palestinian woman from Gaza takes a selfie during a visit at the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem’s Old City summon the Swedish ambassa- a total of 500 Gaza residents over ment Hamas seized control of yesterday. dor for a “conversation” at Israel’s the age of 60 to visit the plaza the territory, prompting Israel Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. over the course of three days to significantly tighten a block- allow some exports — predomi- Before then, the two mar- West Bank,” Grunberg said. Meanwhile Palestinian until the feast ends on Tuesday. ade imposed a year earlier after nantly fish — to be shipped from kets accounted for 85 percent of But Gisha said it was con- President Mahmoud Abbas said The first group arrived at the militants there seized an Israeli Gaza to the West Bank. Gaza’s export revenues. Today, cerned such moves were being the Swedish announcement was Al Aqsa mosque plaza during the soldier. Agricultural exports to Israel that figure stands at two percent, presented as “a gesture for the “great and honourable” and he morning and were allowed to stay Israel also granted permits to and the West Bank have also Gisha said. Muslim holiday of Eid Al Adha, hoped other countries would fol- there until 3pm (1200 GMT), 500 Gazans to visit relatives in been subjected to an almost total “It’s a good first step to allow rather than a permanent change.” low suit, according to the official after which they were taken back the West Bank and said it would ban since 2007. goods from Gaza to reach the AFP Palestinian news agency Wa fa . Palestinians seek statehood in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, adjacent East Jerusalem and the blockaded Gaza Strip. They have sought to side-step stalled peace UAE urged to reveal whereabouts of Libyans, Emiratis talks by lobbying foreign powers to recognise their sovereignty claim. DUBAI: An international previous cases in which authori- US officials have said the the 1990s, as saying that neither HRW said it had also con- The UN General Assembly human rights group yester- ties had detained Emirati citizens UAE and Egypt bombed posi- man had made any contact with tacted relatives of another three approved the de facto recognition day accused the United Arab associated with a local Islamist tions held by Islamist fight- their families since security forces of the 10 Libyans it says have of the state of Palestine in 2012 Emirates of secretly arrest- group and foreign nationals ers in the Libyan capital of detained them on August 28. been detained in the UAE since but the European Union and most ing 10 Libyan citizens and with alleged ties to the Muslim Tripoli in August. Libyan Prime “The family members said that the last week of August, all of EU countries have yet to give six Emiratis in August and Brotherhood. Minister Abdullah Al Thinni the authorities refuse to acknowl- them businessmen. official recognition. In his speech September and called on “The new disappearances are denied this. edge that the men are in custody During a visit to Abu Dhabi Lofven said the Israeli-Palestinian authorities in Abu Dhabi to evidence of the UAE’s increas- “These individuals have been or divulge their whereabouts,” it last month, Thinni said that the conflict must be solved with a reveal their whereabouts. ingly repressive behavior,” said detained in relation to financing said. UAE had arrested seven Libyan two-state solution, negotiated in The UAE made no official com- Joe Stork, deputy Middle East extremism and terrorism and The pair are brothers of nationals. accordance with international law. ment on the report but a source and North Africa director at facilitating the transfer of fight- Abdulrazag Elaradi, a member The six detained Emiratis were “A two-state solution requires familiar with legal procedures in HRW. ing equipment,” a source familiar of the Muslim Brotherhood- taken into custody on September mutual recognition and a will to the country said the individuals The UAE, a US ally in its with legal proceedings in the UAE affiliated Justice and Construction 22 in the town of Khorfukan in peaceful co-existence. Sweden were being held in connection fight against militants in Syria said. Party in Libya, but their families the Emirate of Sharjah, HRW will therefore recognise the with financing terrorism and and Iraq, has cracked down on He said they were being ques- say they have no political affilia- said, quoting a source close to one state of Palestine,” said Lofven. facilitating arms shipments to Islamists, accusing members of tioned and then would be charged tions, HRW said. of their families. Israel says it wants to resume militants. the local Islah group of plotting and put on trial. HRW said the Libyan ambas- HRW said the detained peace negotiations with Abbas Human Rights Watch (HRW) to seize power and last year jail- HRW quoted relatives of two sador had confirmed the deten- Emiratis included a 17-year-old but that he must dissolve a unity said in a statement the circum- ing 69 of them after a trial that of the detained Libyans, broth- tion of the two and two other youth identified as Omar Ibrahim government formed with Hamas stances surrounding the deten- was condemned by human rights ers Mohamed and Salim Elaradi, brothers, Kamal and Mohamed Mahmood. Islamists who control Gaza. tions appeared consistent with organisations. who have lived in the UAE since Kamal Eldarat. REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Alarm over ‘The Young Ladies’ race long wait for Nobel prize Ageing researchers voice concern

STOCKHOLM: Awarding undermine science’s most vener- Nobels decades after the origi- able institution,” they concluded nal scientific discovery could in the Nature article. lead to the coveted prize becom- The criticism comes as the 2014 ing irrelevant, some observers Nobel prizes in the sciences are say, as ageing researchers miss set to be announced this week. out on their turn to get the Proponents of the current Nobel long-awaited call from Sweden. arrangement say that it is in the That’s what happened in nature of modern complex science 2011 when the Nobel committee for a discovery to be confirmed as announced that half the prize for bona fide only after lengthy testing. medicine and physiology would go The Higgs boson, for instance, to Canadian-born biologist Ralph whose discovery was honoured Steinman. It soon emerged that with the physics prize last year, Steinman had died three days was hypothesised almost half a earlier, but the Nobel commit- century ago. But the elusive suba- tee made an exception to its own tomic particle, which gives other rule that the prize cannot be particles mass, was only finally awarded posthumously, arguing proved in recent years with the that it thought he was alive when help of massive and costly prac- it made the decision. tical research. By then, one of “If we keep going on like this, the three original discoverers of Nearly 12,000 women wearing pink T-shirts participate in ‘The Young Ladies’ race against breast cancer at the Le Mans racetrack, in France yesterday. there will be many more cases of the Higgs boson, the US-Belgian this kind. It’s just a matter of time. physicist Robert Brout, had died. So something has to be done,” said But for Sven Lidin, the chair- Santo Fortunato, a physicist at man of the Nobel Committee for Finland’s Aalto University. Chemistry, the Higgs boson is a Earlier this year, Fortunato and good illustration of why it’s almost several other scientists wrote an impossible to push the process Latvia’s ruling coalition holds power in vote article in the prestigious magazine any quicker. Nature that documented how the Even if the Nobel prize contin- RIGA: Latvia’s centre-right which could rise to 69 with a by most of the country’s Russians Latvia is poised to take over the wait was growing longer. “Before ues to go only to living scientists, ruling coalition scored a fresh fourth party possibly joining in. who account for a quarter of the European Union’s rotating six- 1940, Nobels were awarded more as has been the rule since 1974, victory in weekend elections Harmony actually lost ground, population. month presidency in January. than 20 years after the original the growing time lag means that amid alarm over neighbour- down from the 31 seats it won in “It’s a pattern we’ve had for the “It’s clear we don’t have too discovery for only about 11 percent it will increasingly go to scientists ing Russia’s resurgent power, the 2011 elections. With Europe quarter century” since independ- much time,” Berzins told LTV of physics, 15 percent of chemistry at the end of their careers. though a Kremlin-allied party now in its worst standoff with ence, University of Latvia Professor yesterday. “Soon it will be the first and 24 percent of physiology or To provide younger scientists backed by the ethnic Russian Russia since the Cold War, Daunis Auers said. “There is no of January when we will be very medicine prizes,” they wrote. with proper incentives, alterna- minority nabbed the most seats Saturday’s election was overshad- surprise... the existing coalition has active internationally.” Another “Since 1985, however, such tive awards are needed, argued in parliament. owed by fears that Moscow could good support,” President Andris possibility is Roberts Zile, an lengthy delays have featured in Matthew Wallace, a science pol- Although the leftist Harmony attempt to destabilise the Soviet- Berzins said Sunday. MEP and leader of the National 60 percent, 52 percent and 45 icy researcher at the Institute party, allied with Russian era satellite states of the Baltic. Under the constitution the Alliance junior coalition partner, percent of these awards, respec- for Innovation and Knowledge President Vladimir Putin’s United “People wanted change but they new parliament will open on according to University of Latvia tively.” If the trend continues, Management of the Spanish Russia party, won 24 seats in the started to be afraid in the context November 4. It was not immedi- political scientist Ivars Ijabs. they wrote, by the end of this National Research Council. 100-member parliament, it is set of Ukraine and Russia,” Arnis ately clear whether Berzins would But Harmony party leader century, the prizewinners’ pre- “In order to promote and to stay in opposition as it lacks Kaktins from the SKDS pollsters ask the 63-year-old Straujuma, a Janis Urbanovics insisted Sunday dicted average age for receiving reward innovation and creativity, coalition partners, full official said of the results which largely pragmatic technocrat, to form a that having won the most seats, the award is likely to exceed their it would indeed be more useful to results showed yesterday. mirrored the outgoing parlia- new coalition government. his party should be the president’s projected life expectancy. In other have prizes that reward more jun- Three parties in Prime ment. In it, predominantly eth- Analysts believe he could tap natural first choice for a poten- words, most might be dead by the ior researchers and that reward Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s nic Latvian parties joined forces her Unity party colleague, out- tial coalition even though it lacks time they are in line for getting a more recent discoveries,” he said. centre-right governing coalition to form a bulwark against the going EU development com- obvious partners. Nobel prize. “This lag threatens to AFP secured a sound 61-seat majority, Putin-allied Harmony, favoured missioner Andris Piebalgs, as AFP

Suicide bomber Pope urges bishops kills five cops in Chechnya to stop infighting

MOSCOW: A suicide bomber VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis Francis, in the sermon of a sol- killed at least five police officers opened a global Roman Catholic emn Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and wounded 12 others yester- assembly yesterday showing formally opening the synod with day during festivities for a local his apparent irritation with nearly 200 bishops in attend- holiday in Grozny, the capi- Church leaders who have waged ance, alluded to in-fighting that tal of Russia’s troubled North a sometimes bitter public battle preceded the gathering and made Caucasus region of Chechnya, between progressives and con- clear that it did not please him. Russian news agencies reported. servatives on family issues. “Synod assemblies are not meant The site of two separatist The synod is the first since to discuss beautiful and clever wars and a festering Islamic Francis’s election 19 months ago ideas, or to see who is more intel- insurgency, Chechnya has seen with a mandate to turn around ligent,” he said. Comparing the a period of relative calm under an institution hit by declining Church to a vineyard, he said that the strong-arm rule of Moscow- membership in many countries all of it had to be nurtured with backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and scandals including the sexual freedom, creativity and hard work. and suicide bombings have been a abuse of children by priests and Liberals in the Church say that rare occurrence in recent years. irregularities in Vatican finances. conservatives are trying to dictate The attack took place at the It is seen as a test case for the the outcome of the synod, particu- entrance to a concert hall where pontiff’s vision of a Church he larly over the issue of whether the festivities were planned to cel- wants to be closer to the poor Church should modify teachings ebrate Grozny’s city day holiday, and suffering and not obsessed that deny communion to Catholics which is also Kadyrov’s birthday. by issues such as homosexuality, who have divorced and then remar- Bulgarian strongman Boyko Borisov and GERB party leader casts his ballot at a polling station in Sofia. “Police officers who were abortion and contraception. ried in civil services. REUTERS manning metal detectors at the entrance of the concert hall Bulgaria poll fails to produce clear result noticed a suspicious young man. When the police officers decided SOFIA: Bulgaria looked set the four-percent hurdle to enter themselves on fire. The unrest to check the individual, the man yesterday for further political what will be a highly fragmented prompted former bodyguard blew himself up,” a local police Fighting continues in Ukraine instability after snap elections parliament. Borisov to resign as prime min- officer told RIA news agency. towards creating the country’s The new government, assum- ister in February 2013. The sub- There were no reports of civil- DONETSK: Ukrainian forces “Peace is already declared, how third government in less than ing it can be formed, will have sequent technocrat government ian deaths or injuries, RIA said. and pro-Russian rebels marked many times should it be declared two years fell short of produc- its work cut out putting the installed by the Socialists fared Following the Chechen separa- a month since the signing of a to be effective? Two, three times?” ing a clear result. European Union’s poorest coun- little better, and after 14 months of tist wars in 1994-96 and 1999-2000, Kremlin-backed truce yester- said another local, Vitaliy Chura, Exit polls put strongman former try back on track. The average almost constant demonstrations it the insurgency spread across the day by engaging in one of the 29, blaming the separatists for the premier Boyko Borisov’s right- monthly salary in this south- too threw in the towel in July, pav- Muslim North Caucasus, fuelled most heated battles of their six- continued fighting. wing GERB party in first place but eastern European country of 7.4 ing the way for this latest election. by an explosive mixture of reli- month war over the ex-Soviet The agreement — aimed at with only 33.2 percent of the vote million is the equivalent of ¤400 For analyst Vassil Tonchev, gion, and anger over corruption state’s eastern rustbelt. ending almost six months of war and 90 seats in the 240-seat parlia- ($500), and seven years after join- head of the Sova-Harris institute, and alleged rights abuses The artillery blasts that rocked that has claimed over 3,300 lives ment — 31 seats short of a majority. ing the EU every fifth household the “only solution” will be a sort The attack is the first major the frontline city of Donetsk were — included a promise to create In second place were the Socialists lives below the poverty line. of grand coalition involving both act of violence since the death of yet another blow to the 12-point a 30km buffer zone between the with 16.5 percent and 45 seats, fol- Economic growth is sluggish Borisov’s party, the Socialists and insurgent leader Doku Umarov. peace agreement signed on two forces. lowed by the Turkish minority and there are major worries about several others. Kadyrov, who became leader of September 5, and which is offi- Yesterday, military spokesman party MRF on 14.1 percent with Bulgaria’s financial system, with “There are unpopular decisions Chechnya in 2007, has vowed to cially still in force. “There is no Volodymyr Polyovy said rebels 38 seats. Both parties backed the tens of thousands of customers that need to be taken. Public opin- wipe out the militants but has ceasefire. You hear?” 31-year-old had launched two more airport previous technocrat government at the fourth-largest bank una- ion will accept government like faced criticism from human rights resident Yekaterina Manannikova attacks “with support of tanks” that collapsed in July. ble to withdraw funds since June this in the hope that they can sta- groups for the disappearances of said, pointing in the direction of over the past 24 hours, but were Reducing the number of seats because it is under investigation. bilise the situation. It needs to be those suspected of being linked to Donetsk airport, once a glittering repelled. Two soldiers and at least for the big parties and making the Anger at corruption and pov- formed with a clear programme the insurgency and torture. He showcase for the biggest city in three civilians died, putting the formation of a government dif- erty erupted in nationwide pro- and for a limited period of time,” calls the accusations an attempt the east, now the battered scene death toll since the ceasefire at ficult, four other parties cleared tests that saw several people set Tonchev said. AFP to blacken his name. REUTERS of a non-stop firefight. 80, excluding rebel losses. AFP MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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LL MASS protests have to come to an end – some day. What’s not certain is whether the end would be positive or negative for the protesters and that Awould depend on the government they are fighting against. While democratic administrations are known to Scotland, Catalonia are straws in succumb to the demands of people, autocratic and dictatorial ones prefer to use force. Thousands of people massed on the streets in Hong Kong, demanding democracy, are likely to the wind for the whole of Europe face the second possibility. After more than a week of demonstrations, pro-democracy BY PAUL MASON occupiers in the city centre have been given a deadline to supply crisis along the way. The ones fiscal clout over Barcelona. In any case, that do not go bust become ugly, poor the ruling Catalan nationalist party, the vacate the area by the Chinese government, failing which AST week, the Catalan par- and intolerant places. centre-right CiU, has made big spend- Beijing has threatened to use force. Embattled Hong Kong liament outlawed homophobia, There are two strategies that could ing cuts since the 2008 crisis. Catalans leader Leung Chun-ying has said his administration is imposing tough criminal penal- offset this, but big, crisis-ridden coun- call themselves “the Germany of Spain” determined to take all necessary actions to restore social Lties for hate speech and hate tries will find them hard to do. First, and are confident the new country order and allow government staff to resume work by Monday crime against lesbians and gay men. says the OECD and many dispassion- could pay its way. MPs in the regional chamber burst ate macroeconomists, you need mass The second big difference is the morning. into applause – but it was about more inward migration to rebalance the pop- left. Scotland’s radical left made a big There was some confusion about the plans of the than celebration: the cheers were aimed ulation between taxpayers and service impact on the referendum campaign protesters after the threat. Reports circulated of a group of squarely at the conservative politicians users. Second, you need high produc- but its presence in Holyrood consists of students agreeing to leave out of fear that police would use who run the government in Madrid. tivity growth, which probably means just two Green MSPs. The Catalan left tear gas and force to clear them out Sunday night. There It was Barcelona’s latest gesture of a programme of state-directed inno- is much bigger and on a roll. were also reports of student leaders agreeing to remove defiance against Spain’s central gov- vation, which ideally solves the energy In 2012, the Republican Left of ernment, but not the biggest. That problem along the way. Catalonia (ERC) surged in elections to some barricades blocking the government headquarters. will come on Sunday 9 November, Once you pose the long-term prob- the region’s parliament, becoming the However, hundreds of people remained camped in front of the when Catalonia’s government intends lems of capitalism starkly, the eco- second largest party, with 13%. Since government building, showing no intention to budge. to stage an independence referendum. nomic rationale for small-country May, all opinion polls put the party Both the protesters and the Though the Spanish supreme court has separation becomes clearer. It is not at about 23%, on target to win the government in Beijing would agree suspended preparations for the vote, just that big states are unwieldy. Old next election. The ERC actually ruled that the situation in the territory and the Spanish developed countries such as Britain and Catalonia in the run-up to the Spanish Beijing government says Spain have political elites aligned with civil war and – though its policies are is alarming, and the protests have it is illegal, unoffi- economic interests that do not favour basically left-social democratic – it is and the reached a critical stage with plenty cial preparations state-funded innovation, high immigra- pushing hard for a confrontation with of scope for chaos. If the government Barcelona’s have continued tion or sustainable energy. Madrid, by staging the referendum protesters in carries out its threat, there will across Catalonia. In this context, if the population of using the regional civil service, even if be violence and even bloodshed, defiance is As with a small country within a larger entity it is declared unlawful. Hong Kong Scotland, this is suspects it is going to be the perpetual The left has been boosted not just which would further infuriate the just one more now about more loser from a 50-year period of austerity, by the years of economic crisis, but by must avoid a protesters into hardening their example of how than national- it is logical for them to seek independ- a corruption scandal that has hit the confrontation. positions. And if the government ism: small-coun- ence. In both Scotland and Catalonia, CiU. Veteran CiU politician Jordi Pujol doesn’t act, it would be interpreted resistance to try independence I’ve sensed a conviction that, if the admitted keeping a vast fortune in as its weakness and a willingness movements are future does involve inward migration, undeclared offshore accounts. Though to accede to the demands of the the economic being fuelled by they would be happier in their skins he denies it was corruptly earned, the failure of big managing that in a small country with that is the allegation from Madrid protesters. consensus is states to resolve high social cohesion, than a large one and in any case it is still tax evasion. In the current, highly-charged situation, both sides must the economic that is a mess. But in the coming bust- Meanwhile, two of his sons – one who avoid a confrontation. The protesters must realize that breaking out in crisis. Where up between Madrid and Barcelona, has just resigned as a prominent mem- reforms and democracy can’t be achieved in a few days, unpredictable national politics there are crucial differences with ber of the current party leadership – especially when they are fighting against the communist are locked into a Scotland. Unlike Scotland, Catalonia are also facing investigations relating rulers in Beijing. The road to democracy has to pass through ways. tight consensus is a big net contributor of taxes to the to offshore bank accounts. around austerity centre: in an average year, 8% of the Though there are no convictions, and patience, perseverance and non-violence. – and where the region’s GDP flows in taxes to the rest the Pujols claim it is all a fabrication Having already tasted freedom and democracy, it’s natural old socialist parties look directionless of Spain, costing Catalans an estimated staged by Madrid, among the feisty that Hong Kongers will yearn for more. But Beijing believes – it is rational for resistance to flow €2,055 (£1,610) each in 2011 (central masses of Catalonia it has pushed more Hong Kongers have had more than enough, and would detest through channels of separatism and government does not regularly publish secessionists towards the ERC. giving anything more. It will be difficult for both sides to autonomy. the figures). Now, in a move described The referendum – if it happens – will If you take a 50-year view of capital- as “incendiary” in the national press, be non-binding. In addition, there are come to an immediate solution because the ideologies driving ism, as the OECD did in July, there is a Spain’s national budget for 2015 has two questions: do you want to be a state, both are not only different, but enemies of each other. doom scenario for developed countries given Catalonia the lowest settlement and do you want to be independent? So Hong Kong is an economic hub and this status requires that goes like this: their populations for public investment in 17 years. there’s a fair amount of political theatre stability and peace. The demonstrations have already taken grow old, placing massive strain on pub- So if secession became a reality, and going on here. But once you inject a a toll on the economy, and further deterioration would be lic spending; inequality rises, leading to Catalonia ended up using the euro unof- left-right element into a constitutional disastrous for the territory. Avoiding chaos will be in the an erosion of the tax base; ultimately, ficially for a while, neither the ECB or crisis in Spain, the risks of actual social they go bust, probably facing an energy the Spanish treasury would have much conflict rise. THE GUARDIAN interest of both sides. The other side Quote of End of commodity super-cycle the day HE slowdown in the Chinese a Hong Kong investor for a mere $1 companies are abandoning mines in $300 a ton in 2011. Companies economy has resulted in the (the buyer will pay the remaining dollar Canada and other parts of the world bought mines even in remote loca- price of bulk commodities to the other partner). where labour costs and operations tions in Canada’s north, despite the Tsuch as coal and iron ore An international metals and min- are high. About 10,000 mines have high cost of production – spending drop precipitously, hurting international ing giant, which had paid a whopping been abandoned in Canada’s northern $150 to produce a ton of coal was Extremism, which mining giants. $3.7 billion for coal mining assets in region. worthwhile, when the market was will- The woes of the mining industry Mozambique in 2011, disposed it of for International firms invested billions ing to pay double for the end product. has generated can be gauged from the manner in just $50 million in July. And a Russian of dollars over the past decade, acquir- But with metallurgical coal prices terrorism, behoves us which companies are desperately steel-maker which had bought coal ing mines in Canada, Mozambique, having nose-dived to $110 a ton, selling off assets at a fraction of the assets in the US for about $900 mil- Indonesia and Australia, when com- panicky investors are abandoning to combine our efforts price that they paid to acquire some lion in 2008, sold it for just $60 million modity prices had peaked to record the mines. Iron ore prices have also to fight it and defeat of the mines just a few years ago at a few months earlier. highs. China’s appetite for iron ore and plunged to $80 a ton, a sharp fall from it because it has the height of the commodity boom. Investors are abandoning coal coal was enormous and the country a peak of $190 in 2011. Seems like a King Abdullah bin A Japanese trading behemoth, which mining firms on the stock markets – bought everything that was produced super-slump in the making in the min- nothing to do with together with a partner paid $1 bil- top listed American coal companies out of the earth. ing business, which could last for quite Abdulaziz lion for a Canadian miner just three have lost 90 per cent of their market The price of metallurgical coal – some time. Islam. The Custodian of the Two years ago, has decided to sell it off to value over the last three years – and used in steel-making – had topped Khaleej Times Holy Mosques MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Where was WHO during Ebola outbreak? Some aid workers and UN officials blame a lack of WHO leadership in the emergency response, particularly in the early stages when it would have been easier to contain. On several occasions, WHO officials played down the outbreak.

BY DANIEL FLYNN and Stung by the criticism, WHO with the WHO’s exemplary STEPHANIE NEBEHAY officials say the organisation management of the 2003 SARS was over-stretched by a series crisis. During SARS, then N THE first days of the of health care crises. They blame WHO director general Gro Ebola outbreak in West weak health care systems and Harlem Brundtland — a former Africa, as aid workers and uncooperative populations in poor Norwegian prime minister — health authorities bat- African nations still reeling from gave free rein to staff in Geneva tled to contain the deadly civil war in the 1990s for allowing and aggressively pushed China virus, Mariano Lugli the outbreak to explode. to take greater action. Iasked himself a simple question: Senior WHO staff, includ- Brundtland was not re-elected Where was the World Health ing Director General Margaret and Chan, a former director of Organisation? Chan, said the organisation’s health in Hong Kong who orches- Lugli, an Italian nurse, was role was not to run Ebola clinics trated its fight against SARS, has among the first responders from or campaigns but advise states taken a more low key approach in medical charity Medecins Sans how to do so. Yet after a direct dealing with national governments Frontieres (MSF) to reach the appeal from the leaders of Guinea, since she took office in 2007. remote forests of Guinea in March Liberia and Sierra Leone — the “Dr Chan feels that national gov- where the hemorrhagic fever — worst affected countries — for ernments need to take the lead,” one of the most lethal diseases the United Nations to do more said Georgetown’s Gostin. “But if known to man — was detected. on Ebola, Secretary-General Ban you have governments with such When the epidemic spread to Ki-moon stepped in to create a fragile health systems and wide the capital Conakry, Lugli set special UN mission last week, distrust among its own population, up a second Ebola clinic there. effectively stripping WHO of its WHO needs to take the lead.” A man thought to be suffering from the Ebola virus waits to receive attention from medical staff at the Ebola He encountered a foreign medic coordination role. With SARS the WHO could treatment centre at Island hospital in Monrovia yesterday. and a logistician sent by the UN “I hope the Ebola crisis will rely on robust Asian health care health agency but saw no sign of become a turning point for WHO, systems, but when Ebola hit third the size of the CDC budget, took more than three months to the geographic spread of the out- a WHO official in charge of han- a needed wake-up call,” said Liberia it had only 50 doctors, and smaller than that of many US notify the agency of the disease. break made it “unprecedented”. It dling the escalating outbreak. Lawrence Gostin, global health and rural clinics lacked even basic hospitals. The traditional practice of clean- received a strong rebuttal from a “In all the meetings I attended, law professor at Georgetown equipment like latex gloves. ing bodies by hand at funerals WHO spokesman. even in Conakry, I never saw a University. “The WHO’s budget When it became clear health FUNDING WOES spread the virus, which is trans- “A few days or a week after representative of the WHO,” said and capacity to respond are in tat- care systems were buckling under With most of WHO’s funding mitted by body fluids. our statements, there was always Lugli, deputy director of opera- ters, and it has become mostly a the strain in Liberia, Sierra Leone allocated by donors to specific dis- First detected in central Africa, WHO saying ‘no, it’s not true’,” tions for MSF Switzerland. “The technical organisation. The WHO’s and Guinea, the WHO declared eases, such as polio or HIV-AIDS, Ebola had never struck West said MSF’s Lugli. “Except later coordination role that WHO narrow view of its role is in stark Ebola an international public the outbreak and crisis depart- Africa and doctors had no idea they confirmed it.” The key to should be playing, we just didn’t contrast to its constitutional mis- health emergency on August 8. ment had its funding cut by 51 what they were seeing. The out- defeating Ebola is tracing peo- see it. I didn’t see it the first sion as the global health leader.” WHO headquarters took percent. Dealing with haemor- break was initially misdiagnosed ple who have come into contact three weeks and we didn’t see it responsibility for coordination rhagic fevers was increasingly left as cholera. Only on March 13 did with infected people, monitoring afterwards.” POLITICISED away from AFRO, sending experi- to the AFRO bureau. Guinea notify the WHO, which them and quickly isolating new The worst outbreak of Ebola on Insiders say the WHO is enced staff to run country offices. Francis Kasolo, head of a WHO sent a team to the southeast the infections. In this too, the WHO record has killed more than 3,400 amongst the most politicised of Peter Piot, a former WHO offi- regional Ebola response centre set next day. Samples dispatched to and local governments struggled, people in four West African coun- UN agencies, with governments cial who co-discovered the Ebola up in Guinea, said budget cuts a laboratory in France showed partly due to popular resistance. tries and spread to the United holding sway over its regional virus in 1976, said the delay in forced AFRO to cut its epidemic on March 21 what many feared Communities hid their sick States, where the first case was operations. The director of its doing this was a crucial factor in team from 12 to four staff over — Ebola had struck a completely because of mistrust of foreign doc- confirmed in Dallas this week. regional African bureau (AFRO) allowing the epidemic to reach the past two years. A 2011 pro- unprepared region. tors clad in plastic suits that led After a dire warning from based in Brazzaville, Congo, is unprecedented levels. “It took posal by a WHO committee for “It was way too late,” said to attacks on aid workers. Ebola the US Centers for Disease appointed by governments and another five months and 1,000 a $100m task force to tackle epi- AFRO’s Sambo, “Hundreds of clinics were seen as death traps, Prevention and Control (CDC) has access to locally raised funds, deaths before the WHO declared demics that might have prevented unidentified people were already while people resented a ban on that the virus could infect up to allowing autonomy from Geneva. this a public health emergency,” Ebola spinning out of control was infected.” Once alerted to the their traditional burial practices. 1.4 million people, many health “Neither donors nor WHO said Piot, director of the London not approved by member states. outbreak, however, the WHO Local politics also played a role. professionals and politicians are headquarters has a true hold on it,” School of Hygiene and Tropical When Ebola struck, WHO’s appeared to underestimate its In both Guinea and Sierra Leone, asking how the crisis got so badly said one diplomat, familiar with the Medicine. international outbreak team in scale dramatically. At Geneva regions affected by the virus were out of hand. In the past 40 years, workings of WHO management, Some diplomats suggest the Geneva led by Fukuda was already HQ, there was a consensus that home to ethnic groups resistant Ebola had killed just 1,500 people who said relations between Geneva WHO may have hesitated to flag swamped by outbreaks of MERS it was better not to cause panic. to central government and when in sporadic outbreaks in Africa. and AFRO were weak. “There was up the Ebola outbreak after it was and H7N9 in China. Kasolo said health workers tried to trace Some aid workers and UN offi- never anybody from AFRO on the accused of overhyping the 2009 the WHO brought in hundreds of EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE victims in May, they were denied cials blame a lack of WHO leader- coordination calls ... They were H1N1 swine flu epidemic and pan- foreign experts and health work- When drug-maker access. ship in the emergency response, invisible throughout.” dering to pharmaceutical firms. ers, paid for construction of Ebola GlaxoSmithKline told the WHO But Michel Poncin, MSF emer- particularly in the early stages AFRO Director Dr Luis Sambo “Could it have declared ear- clinics and supplied thousands of in March it had an experimental gency coordinator in Guinea, said when it would have been easier denied his bureau was slow to lier? Sure,” said Keiji Fukuda, protective suits but it did not have vaccine, the agency said it was the WHO failed to establish its to contain. On several occasions, react, saying he immediately WHO assistant director-general the skills or personnel to run the focused on containment, only to own network of community con- WHO officials played down the sent an emergency coordinator for health security, who had led centres, as MSF was asking. ask the firm to fast-track clini- tacts, relying instead on govern- outbreak, they say. to Guinea, deployed international the fight against H1N1. “We’re “We’re a public health agency cal trials in August as the out- ment officials. Teams were often MSF International President experts and disbursed money to always having to balance, because not a clinical management break span out of control, a GSK not paid, given vehicles or fuel. Joanne Liu, who warned that help the Guinean government. if you’re perceived as crying wolf agency,” said Kasolo. “We don’t spokeswoman said. “WHO kept saying it’s not her organisation could not cope Despite some differences of opin- it doesn’t help.” run hospitals but we can provide At least three times in April our role to do it, we just advise with the rising number of Ebola ion on conference calls, coordina- WHO insiders say cuts to the the necessary guidance on how and May, new Ebola cases in West the health ministry,” he said. victims, has accused the WHO tion remained strong with Geneva WHO’s budget after the 2008 the hospital should run.” Africa seemed to dry up, creat- “I’ve been really shocked by the of failing its mandate to help from March onwards, Sambo said. financial crisis left it ill-prepared WHO officials say the epidemic ing a false sense that the outbreak WHO’s level of amateurism in member states cope with health However, experts contrasted to fight major epidemics. Its $2bn raced ahead of efforts to control was contained. By contrast, MSF responding to this crisis.” emergencies. the handling of the outbreak annual spending is less than a it from the start because Guinea warned as early as March 31 that REUTERS Hong Kong – betrayed by China and abandoned by the British

BY ANSON CHAN It’s worth reminding the British people but at least his document would have doesn’t say very much for China’s com- that John Major made a pledge before the been an honest one. But he’s clearly in the mitment to the rest of the world. NE of the most profoundly handover that Britain would do every- pockets of Beijing, which put him in place. Also, they ought to realise that the disappointing responses to thing possible to ensure that the terms Leung Chun-ying and his team have little best way of securing Hong Kong’s long- the events in Hong Kong of the joint declaration were adhered to. credibility left and will find it increas- term prosperity and stability is by allow- has been Britain’s silence — At the time of the handover, the then ingly difficult to govern Hong Kong. ing one person, one vote. We should also or its weak words that have foreign secretary, Robin Cook, reiterated I genuinely did not think at the time of remember the positives of the protests. Osometimes been worse than silence. At that Britain would use its clout to defend the joint declaration that it would turn The Hong Kong people everyone has the very least, Britain should act honour- Hong Kong and its freedoms. But where out this way. I thought that the co-signa- seen on the streets have been very rea- ably: it has a moral and legal responsi- are the public comments from the British tories, Britain and China, would honour sonable, peaceful, despite some, at times, bility to Hong Kong. It did after all sign condemning China? I wonder even if all the promises laid down in the treaty terrible provocation. The protests have a treaty, back in 1984, that guaranteed much has been done in private. At heart, and guarantee Hong Kong “one country, also allowed the world to see a different, Hong Kong’s core values and way of life, the protests in Hong Kong are not just two systems”. This included guaranteeing: younger Hong Kong. I call this the egali- including freedom of speech and assem- about democracy. They are about honour- independence of the judiciary, the rule of tarian generation – most people are not bly, until 2047. ing a promise, Beijing’s promise to the law and our rights and freedoms and, in connected with making money. (In truth, The truth is that money talks. Talk people of Hong Kong to give us genuine particular, that we would move steadily this is how outsiders still see Hong Kong, to British business people and their first one person, one vote for the election of towards genuine universal suffrage. understandably perhaps.) instinct is to keep their heads low; they our chief executive in 2017. In all of this, it is too easy to suggest Many of these young people only just want things to carry on as before, Instead, our own government has taken China was always going to behave in this know life after Chinese rule. They are would like the protests to disappear, and Hong Kong through a sham consultation fashion. Chinese leadership is not mono- worried about many of the same things maintain good relations with China. The and we now have a very rigid framework lithic and at the very least one needs to that worry young people in Britain and view from the British government is not handed down by Beijing that in effect says assert one’s own interests. And we can elsewhere. Will they find a good job? Will much different. to the people of Hong Kong: you can have be sensible in what we ask for. From they ever be able to buy a home? In fact, I’ve been surprised at the basic one person, one vote, provided we pre- the Chinese perspective, the leadership For them, the big change in Hong lack of knowledge at the Foreign Office. screen all the candidates so that we are faces such daunting, fantastic challenges. Kong since I was their age is perhaps There doesn’t seem to be anybody there 100 percent in control of the final outcome. Strong economic growth was always going the decline in social mobility. In earlier who knows Hong Kong, who knows what This is in no way acceptable. to be the main justification for maintain- decades, there was great social mobil- makes the place tick. Nor is there any- Hong Kong’s chief executive, Leung ing the legitimacy of one-party rule. ity – if you worked hard, you could move body who can make the argument that Chun-ying, has taken us through a sham If people are fearful of their future, swiftly up the social ladder. There was a the interests of the Hong Kong people consultation. The report he presented to they are more likely to protest. And of certain sense of cohesion. Now within the might also be good for British interests, the Chinese leaderships was dishonest course the Chinese leadership worries territory there is a sense of them and us. indeed the interests of the world at large. and misrepresented the sentiments of about protests spreading. In this light, Those who make money are tempted to Barricades are seen in Central district on On a personal level, I feel very saddened. the Hong Kong people. they might view Hong Kong as an agent stay quiet, to maintain their links, their day seven of the mass pro-democracy civil I was wheeled out at the time of the hando- If he had any courage, he should have of change. So I understand mainland status. The rest, they want what many disobedience campaign Occupy Central, in ver, when everyone was keen to instil con- presented the mainland leadership with Chinese fears. But if they are allowed people want across the world — a good Hong Kong yesterday. fidence, everyone keen to emphasise that the truth. They could still have chosen to to walk away from their commitments education and an open society. it was just about a change of flag. ignore the will of the Hong Kong people, under an international treaty, then it THE GUARDIAN MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL US Navy plans to deploy unmanned ‘drone’ boats 13 patrol boats successfully tested in Virginia

WASHINGTON: The US Navy reporters in a recent briefing. researchers had fail-safe systems says it will soon use armed, “It could be the straits of in place to avoid any mishaps. robotic patrol boats with no Malacca, it could be the straits of If communications with the sailors on board to escort Hormuz.” The demonstration was patrol craft broke off, the vessels and defend warships moving a “breakthrough” that goes far would go “dead in the water,” through sensitive sea lanes. beyond any previous experiment, said program manager Robert The technology, adapted from he said, adding that similar robotic Brizzolara. And if the boats mal- Nasa’s rovers on Mars, will trans- patrol craft likely will be escorting functioned in some way, there form how the American navy US naval ships within a year. were two separate communica- operates and is sure to raise fresh The patrol craft, 11-metre-long tions links that could be used to questions and concerns about the vessels known in the military as halt the vessel. widening role of robots in warfare. rigid hulled inflatable boats, are Unlike drone aircraft, such as The Office of Naval Research usually operated by three or four the famed Predator and Reaper yesterday released the results of sailors. But outfitted with the planes, the robotic boats are more what it called an unprecedented robotic system, a single sailor could autonomous and can carry out demonstration in August involv- oversee up to 20 of the vessels. directions without having to be An unmanned boat operates during an Office of Naval Research demonstration of swarm-boat technology on ing 13 robotic patrol craft escort- There were no shots fired in the operated by a human at every step. Virginia’s James River. ing a ship along the James River demonstration but Klunder said “The excitement about this in Virginia. In a simulated sce- the robotic craft can be outfitted technology is it is autonomous,” The technology, which the navy fiction with fleets of robots wag- protect ships, to protect harbors nario, five of the robotic patrol with non-lethal equipment, such Klunder said. “So we’re not talk- has dubbed CARACaS, or Control ing war, Klunder said the system and ports,” Klunder said. The boats guarded a larger ship, as lights and blaring sound, as ing about people having to drive Architecture for Robotic Agent could eventually be installed on military unveiled the technology while eight others were ordered well as 50-calibre machine guns. with toggle switches.” Command and Sensing, is “very larger naval ships. around the 14th anniversary of to investigate a suspicious vessel. And the vessels could fire on an The boats move in sync with low-cost” and can be installed And the robotic patrol craft the attack on the USS Cole off The unmanned patrol boats enemy ship if ordered to do so by other unmanned vessels, select- easily on the patrol boats or other could be used to transport teams the coast of Yemen. then encircled and swarmed the a sailor. “We have every intention ing the best route while sensing ships, Klunder said. of special operation forces, which The October 2000 attack, in “target,” enabling the mother ship to use those unmanned systems obstacles. The US military sees the “We’re talking thousands (of already use the manned version which a small boat with explosives to move safely through the area. to engage a threat,” the admiral innovation as saving sailors’ lives dollars). We’re not talking mil- of the boats. detonated near the US destroyer, The demonstration, conducted said. “There is always a human in and strengthening the navy’s edge. lions to adapt what we already Other government agencies and killed 17 sailors and wounded 39 over two weeks, was designed to the loop of that designation of the But sceptics have warned of the have—existing craft in our fleet,” private firms are also taking a others. “If we had this capability “replicate a transit through a target and if so, the destruction dangers from the spread of armed he added. “So we’re not going out keen look at the unmanned boats. on that day, I’m sure we would have strait,” naval research chief Rear of the target.” robots — without sufficient rules and buying new patrol craft.” “We’re putting it out there to saved that ship,” Klunder said. Admiral Matthew Klunder told For the demonstration, and debate about their use. Evoking images from science save sailors and marines’ lives, to AFP

Mexico fears 43 UKIP on cusp of winning first parliament seat in Britain missing students CLACTON, ENGLAND: As he hence. “They have come in and Douglas Carswell’s decision in hold on to it. One put support for constituency where around 1,000 walks through the southeastern done nothing ... we have been August to switch allegiance to UKIP at 64 percent and the other members of the public attended in mass grave English seaside town of Clacton lied to in the past,” said Drew of UKIP and seek re-election to at 56 percent, versus just 20 and a UKIP meeting last month, has with a large banner for the anti- Cameron’s party. “We have got to validate the move. 24 percent for the Conservatives. been ranked by the government IGUALA DE LA INDEPEN- EU UK Independence Party get the country out of this mess. It has since been followed While that is in part due to his as one of the most deprived areas DENCIA: More bodies were under his arm, there is no doubt The youngsters can’t get jobs, the by the defection of another personal popularity locally, one in the country. being pulled out of a mass grave who 47-year-old builder Phil immigrants ... send all the money Conservative lawmaker, a former of the polls by Survation showed In terms of its demograph- in southern Mexico yesterday Drew will vote for in an election back home. We have got to look deputy London Mayor and a major nearly 57 percent of respondents ics, Clacton is the most UKIP- as authorities worked to deter- this week. after our own first.” Conservative donor, changes planned to vote for him because friendly constituency in the mine if 43 students who van- A former supporter of Prime Disenchanted, he voted for UKIP which overshadowed the govern- they liked UKIP. country, according to analysis by ished after a police shooting Minister David Cameron’s in the European elections in May. ing party’s final annual conference Like many British seaside academics Matthew Goodwin and were among the dead. Conservatives, Drew likes UKIP’s UKIP topped those polls in Britain, ahead of the 2015 election. resorts, Clacton has struggled Robert Ford. “It’s very white, very At least 15 bodies have so far promise to curb immigration, he winning 24 of the country’s 73 seats Carswell, 43, said he was to reverse a decline in visitor old, very working class, lots of eco- been dug out of pits discovered on likes its plan to pull Britain out in the European Parliament. resigning because he had lost numbers as increasingly afford- nomic deprivation and ... there is a Saturday on a hill outside the town of the European Union, and he Cameron, whose party trails faith in Cameron’s promises to try able overseas travel has shifted heightened anxiety over migration of Iguala, 200km south of Mexico believes the established political opposition Labour in most opinion to renegotiate Britain’s EU ties if Britons’ holiday tastes. A large and Europe,” Goodwin said. City, two police officers said. parties are out of touch. polls, is scrambling to stop voters re-elected. Cameron has pledged proportion of its residents are UKIP, whose prominent The grim find came a week He is not the only one. UKIP and even some of his lawmakers to hold a referendum in 2017 on retired and the amusement Clacton office is on the same road after the students disappeared appears set to win its first elected deserting him for UKIP ahead of whether to stay in the EU after arcades on its 140-year-old pier as that of the Conservatives, is when a protest turned deadly. seat in Britain’s parliament here next year’s national vote, a trend the planned renegotiation. lie largely deserted, while its fair- throwing all its efforts into win- Witnesses in Iguala say municipal on October 9, a blow to Cameron which could split the centre-right Opinion polls have shown ground rides only open on week- ning the seat with campaign- police officers whisked several of which highlights the threat posed vote and gift victory to Labour. Carswell, who won the seat for ends and during school holidays. ers coming from as far afield as the students away. to his chances of victory in a The Clacton vote was trig- the Conservatives in 2010 with a The nearby village of Jaywick, Scotland to drum up support. Inaky Blanco, chief prosecutor national election seven months gered by Conservative lawmaker majority of more than 12,000, will part of the parliamentary REUTERS for the violence-plagued state of Guerrero, declined to say how many bodies were buried in the pits. The site was cordoned off and guarded by scores of troops and police. The graves were found Ebola patient in Dallas after some of the 30 suspects detained in the case told authori- ties about their location, Blanco said. The detainees include 22 ‘fighting for his life’ police officers and gang members. If the bodies are confirmed to DALLAS: The first person where Ebola presents an enor- be those of the students, it would to develop Ebola in the United mous challenge, he added. “But be one of the worst slaughters States was struggling to survive it’s going to take time,” Frieden that Mexico has witnessed since at a Dallas hospital yesterday said. “The virus is spreading so the drug war intensified in 2006, after his condition worsened to fast that it’s hard to keep up.” leaving 80,000 people dead to date. critical, the director of the US In Dallas, a spokesman for AFP Centers for Disease Control said. Texas Health Presbyterian Thomas Eric Duncan became Hospital, Wendell Watson, said ill after arriving in Dallas from Duncan remained critical. Briton goes on Liberia two weeks ago — height- In Nebraska, another hospital ening concerns that the worst is preparing for the arrival of an trial today over Ebola epidemic on record could Ebola patient who contracted the spread from West Africa, where disease in Liberia, a spokesman wife’s murder it began in March and has killed said yesterday. Nebraska Medical more than 3,400 people. Center spokesman Taylor Wilson JOHANNESBURG: A British “The man in Dallas, who is would only identify the patient millionaire businessman goes fighting for his life, is the only as a male US citizen expected to on trial today accused of mas- patient to develop Ebola in the arrive today. terminding the murder of his United States,” CDC Director Dr. Fox TV in Boston identified Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gives his thumbs up after voting at a school in Sao Bernardo wife during their honeymoon in Thomas Frieden said on CNN’s the Nebraska patient as Ashoka do Campo, 25km south of Sao Paulo, yesterday. South Africa four years ago. “State of the Union”. Mukpo, a freelance NBC cam- Shrien Dewani’s case has finally Duncan’s case has highlighted eraman working for NBC who reached trial after he lost a three- problems that American public contracted Ebola in Liberia. It Rousseff expects run-off as Brazil votes year extradition fight in Britain and health officials are trying furi- said he was expected back in the was ruled mentally fit to stand trial. ously to address: The Dallas hos- United States soon. The Nebraska He was sent back to South Africa pital that admitted him initially hospital last month also treated, RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilians Silva, a former environment min- of extreme poverty over the past in April to answer charges for the did not recognize the deadly dis- and released, Dr. Rick Sacra, an voted yesterday, with President ister, has vowed to be Brazil’s first decade. The reforms were imple- murder of his Swedish-born bride ease and sent him home, only for American missionary who also Dilma Rousseff likely to win the “poor, black president.” mented by Rousseff’s predecessor Anni (née Hindocha), who was shot him to return two days later in contracted Ebola in Liberia. first round but expecting a run- But opinion polls showed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose dead on November 13, 2010. an ambulance. Sacra was admitted to a off as voters weighed her party’s Rousseff with a double-digit first- enduring popularity and backing Dewani, 34, is accused of “The issue of the missed diag- Massachusetts hospital on social gains against rival prom- round lead, then defeating either for the incumbent looked set to orchestrating the hit by hiring nosis initially is concerning,” Saturday for a likely respiratory ises to revive the economy. of her rivals by around five per- keep her in office. three South Africans to kill the Frieden said, adding that public infection that is not believed to be The telenovela-like drama of centage points in a second round But the candidates disagree on 28-year-old in Cape Town. health officials had redoubled a recurrence of the disease, hos- the race — a candidate’s death in on October 26. Surveys gave Silva, how to kickstart Brazil’s recession- He denies the charge, claiming their efforts to raise awareness pital officials there said. a fiery plane crash, a poor maid’s a one-time maid who grew up in hit economy, which, along with the pair were hijacked at gunpoint of the disease. The CDC has identified 10 peo- rise to the cusp of the presidency, a poor rubber-tapping family in corruption scandals, has dragged during their honeymoon as they “We’re seeing more people call- ple who had direct contact with a seedy oil scandal — continued the Amazon, between 21 percent down Rousseff’s standing during a drove through Cape Town’s poor ing us, considering the possibility Duncan as being at greatest risk down to the wire. and 24 percent of the vote, trail- tenure marked by sluggish growth. Gugulethu township in a taxi. of Ebola — that’s what we want to of infection. Another 40 were Socialist Party candidate Marina ing Neves (24-27 percent) and After casting her vote in the Dewani escaped unharmed, but see,” he said on CNN. “We don’t being monitored as potential con- Silva, a well-known environmen- Rousseff (41-46 percent). southern city of Porto Alegre, his wife’s body was found in the want people not to be diagnosed.” tacts, out of a group of 114 people talist whose meteoric rise looked All the main candidates have Rousseff said she expected a abandoned car the next day. Frieden said he was confident initially evaluated for exposure unstoppable a month ago, slipped vowed to protect the popular runoff. “I have been working on The three South Africans have the disease would not spread risks, though none from either to third place in the final opinion social welfare programmes imple- the hypothesis of there being two been tried and convicted and are widely within the United States. group has shown symptoms, polls behind business-world favorite mented by Rousseff’s Workers’ rounds right from the start of the serving jail sentences of between US officials are also scaling up Frieden said. Aecio Neves from the powerful Party (PT), which have lifted elections,” she said. 18 years and life for their role in their response in West Africa, REUTERS Social Democratic Party (PSDB). some 40 million Brazilians out AFP Anni Dewani’s death. AFP MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 HK protesters face crackdown threat Democracy protesters divided as deadline looms to clear streets

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy point near government offices protesters remained in a tense across the harbour, and would also stalemate with the Hong Kong allow access to a blockaded road government yesterday after near the downtown headquarters authorities warned they were in the Admiralty district. determined to get the Asian But their announcement was financial hub back to work after not backed up by defiant student more than a week of unrest. groups, which kicked off the Some protesters left the Mong week-long demonstrations earlier Kok area of the city, pulling back than the older activists of Occupy from the scene of recent clashes Central had planned. with those who back the pro- Scholarism, led by 17-year- Beijing government. But many old activist Joshua Wong, and hundreds more remained, disput- the Hong Kong Federation of ing reports on social media that Students both issued statements their leaders had called for them saying they had not told support- to leave. ers to relocate to the main site. “We’re afraid there may be a In a minor breakthrough, stu- police crackdown, so we came dent leader Lester Shum met here to support. The more people Sunday with mid-ranking officials we have, the harder it is for the with the aim of setting conditions police to clear,” said Lester Leung, for a meeting with Leung’s deputy 25, who said he was ready to stay Carrie Lam. on the streets all night. University staff made an impas- Fearing a crackdown as city sioned plea earlier in the day for leaders have called for the streets students to head home after to be cleared so businesses, Leung said the government was schools and civil servants could determined to clear the streets. resume today, other protesters “The most pressing task for the who have paralysed parts of the government is to reopen access to former British colony with mass the CGO (Central Government sit-ins also pulled back from out- Offices) on Monday so that some side Hong Kong Chief Executive 3,000 CGO staff can return to Leung Chun-ying’s office. their workplace and continue to Demonstrators stood divided provide services to the public,” he yesterday over whether to with- said late Saturday. draw from protest sites across Secondary schools in the Hong Kong, hours before a gov- affected areas would also reopen, ernment deadline to clear key the Education Bureau said, as the roads they have blockaded for the city administration pushed for Some protesters install a statue with a yellow umbrella as others block the main street to the financial Central district outside of the government last week. Hong Kong to get back to normal. headquarters building in Hong Kong yesterday. Embattled Chief Executive Leung, who was voted into Leung Chun-ying has said his office by 689 people on a pro-Bei- continued to stream into Mong at protesters. “We don’t have a that has seen numbers ten times government have both said they administration was determined jing committee numbering just Kok on the Kowloon peninsula by clear leader here.” higher in the last week. were willing to enter talks aimed to “take all necessary actions to 1,200 two years ago, issued an 11:00 pm (1500 GMT), where pro- A sign reading the “Hong Kong “I’m worried about the threat at ending the impasse but stressed restore social order” and pave ominous warning if the protests testers have faced off with police Federation of Students does not from CY (Leung Chun-ying), but certain conditions. the way for government staff to are not ended. and anti-democracy agitators represent me” was erected, in fur- I’m not going to leave because we The government said “the door resume work by today morning. “The situation may probably from the city’s triad mobs over ther evidence of divisions among are fighting for our values and to dialogue is always open, if the The protesters are demanding evolve into a state beyond con- the weekend. the demonstrators. Yesterday genuine universal suffrage,” Nixon (main student union) HKFS the right to nominate who can trol, and will have serious conse- A reporter said the number of marked exactly a week since Leung, a 22-year-old masters is willing”, calling on them to run as the international financial quences to public safety and social plain clothes and uniformed police police fired tear gas on protest- student said. Ivan Ha, a psychol- help clear protesters from areas hub’s next leader in 2017 elections, order,” he said. was also increasing in the area. ers in an effort to disperse them, ogy student, said: “I saw police around Admiralty. as China insists only pre-approved While drawing many sympa- “I am staying here to protect but only adding sympathy to their transporting bags of supplies that HKFS, the Hong Kong candidates like Leung can stand. thisers, the protest campaign has this area, I think that we have to cause and boosting numbers. looked like riot gear into govern- Federation of Students, said alle- Protest group Occupy Central also caused wide-scale disruption do something,” said Bosco Leung, Meanwhile in Admiralty, ment headquarters. But despite gations that police had failed to said demonstrators would leave a and taken a heavy toll on local a 21-year-old student who said the main protest site, a cou- that, I’m going to stay until real protect them from violence must secondary Mong Kok site yester- businesses. he was angry at perceived police ple of thousand demonstrators dialogue happens.” be investigated before agreeing to day to reinforce the main rallying More than 1,000 people inaction against violence directed remained barricaded in an area Student leaders and the talks. AFP

Illegal gold mine Malaysia urged not to deport Uighur migrants Philippines, US collapse kills 18 marines conduct KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian rights group attacks on civilians, which China four Uighurs suspected of being in Indonesia Malaysian human rights group Suaram said there was concern blames on “terrorists”. linked to the Islamic State. JAKARTA: Eighteen people called on the government yes- that deporting the Uighurs A Malaysian immigration Suaram said any detained exercises near were killed after an illegal gold terday not to forcibly deport “might put their life at risk, department official yesterdayP Uighurs should have their cases mine collapsed in remote cen- 155 Chinese ethnic Uighurs especially since there are 76 declined comment. adjudicated by Malaysian courts, China-held reef tral Indonesia, a search and reported to be in the country children involved.” Malaysia is a major trans- and urged the government to work rescue official said yesterday. illegally, amid concerns for their Malaysia is not a signatory shipment point on regional with the UN High Commissioner SAN ANTONIO: Over 6,000 The collapse occurred before fate in China. to the UN’s key refugee treaty, refugee and people-smuggling for Refugees (UNHCR) on the Philippine and US marines car- noon Saturday in west Borneo, Malaysian media reported on but the government is bound by routes. matter. ried out a military exercise on in a hilly area where illegal gold Friday that the Uighurs, includ- international principles against Authorities in Muslim-majority A UNHCR spokeswoman said a Philippine beach yesterday mining is rampant, the official ing 76 children, were found in a deporting “persons to places Malaysia have expressed growing the agency was still seeking infor- near a disputed reef occupied by said. pair of cramped apartments in where they may face persecution,” alarm over reports that scores of mation from authorities on the Chinese ships which has become “We conducted a search oper- the capital Kuala Lumpur in a Suaram said. its citizens had gone to Syria to report of the 155 Uighurs and a potential regional flashpoint. ation last night, but we have raid two days earlier by immigra- Uighurs are a Turkic- take part in its civil war, prompt- declined comment. The American and Filipino stopped the operation now as tion authorities. speaking and predominantly ing fears they could join the Malaysia deported six Uighurs troops, aboard five US amphibi- we have found all of the bodies The Malaysian government, Muslim minority in China’s radical Islamic State group and in December 2012 while the ous, armoured assault vehicles reported to be missing,” local which has sought closer trade ties remote northwestern Xinjiang import extremist ideas on their UNHCR was processing their ref- landed on the deserted beach rescue official Leonardus Sabar with Beijing, came under criti- region. Many allege decades of return home. ugee claims, sparking an outcry. facing the South China Sea in Umbara said. Sixteen victims cism 18 months ago from inter- political and religious repression Similar fears have been It deported an earlier batch of the latest in a series of com- were male, including a 17-year- national human rights groups and by China. expressed in neighbouring 11 Uighurs in 2011, saying they bat exercises that began on old, while two others were female, the UN refugee agency for send- Xinjiang tensions have soared Indonesia. were involved in a human-smug- September 29. Umbara added. ing six Uighurs back to China in amid a wave of violence over Indonesian police said in mid- gling syndicate. With the USS Germantown AFP an earlier case. the past year, including deadly September that they had arrested AFP amphibious dock landing ship overseeing events from the sea, the Filipino and American troops rushed from their vehicles and Eid greetings took up combat positions. “The US has always been a good Philippines evacuates farm ally of the Filipinos and if they need our assistance, we will be here for them and we think this animals as volcano simmers exercise really reinforces that,” said Lieutenant Colonel Robert MANILA: After evacuating about 55,000 centres don’t frequently return to the dan- Rice, an officer of the US train- people, Philippine authorities said yester- ger zone to take care of them. ing staff. day they were labouring to move thousands The 2,640-metre (8,070-foot) Mayon, However, he declined to link of farm animals from areas threatened by located about 330km southwest of Manila, the exercise to China’s growing the country’s most active volcano. is a draw for local and foreign tourists but restiveness in the region, saying About 3,000 animals, mostly water buf- an enduring danger for anyone getting too such talk was “speculation”. faloes, cows and goats, are still in the six- close. The volcano has been simmering for His Filipino counterpart, kilometre (3.8-mile) “danger zone” around months, indicating an eruption could take Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Mayon volcano which is showing signs of place, said the resident volcanologist for Hernandez said the exercises possibly erupting, said provincial governor Mayon, Ed Laguerta. He said that if rain- were intended to boost the capa- Joey Salceda. “We have been doing this for water gets trapped in the volcano’s edifice, bilities of a marine amphibious two weeks so there may be about 3,000 ani- this could cause a steam explosion which brigade, based in the island of mals left that we have to chase after,” he in turn could trigger an outflow of magma. Palawan, the closest outpost to said on radio station DZMM. Residents living in the danger zone have the South China Sea. He said about 6,000 pet dogs and other since been moved to makeshift evacua- The exercise took place near “animal companions” and 10,000 farm ani- tion centres, usually schools and other a naval outpost on Zambales on mals had already been moved to safety. government buildings. Four foreign tour- Luzon island, 220km east of the The pigs owned by people in the danger ists and their local tour guide were killed disputed Scarborough Shoal on zone had already been slaughtered or sold, when Mayon last erupted, in May 2013. In the South China Sea. he added. Regional civil defence director December 2006, 1,000 people died as a strong The shoal, a traditionally-rich Bernardo Alejandro said that the animals typhoon hit near Mayon, unleashing an ava- fishing ground, has been effec- were being taken to government agricul- lanche of volcanic mud from an eruption four tively taken over by China fol- tural centres until the danger had passed. months earlier. In 1814, more than 1,200 lowing a tense year-long standoff Thai Muslims greet each other after Eid prayers at a mosque in the southern province of He said that moving the animals was people were killed when lava flows buried with the Philippines in 2012. Narathiwat, yesterday. crucial so that farmers in evacuation the town of Cagsawa. AFP AFP MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Kabul lifts ban on expelled US scribe We respect freedom of press: President Ghani

KABUL: A New York Times as well, but was later identi- reporter expelled from fied as Gen Abdul Salem Ismat, Afghanistan and accused of who works in General Sadat’s having links to spy agencies will directorate. be allowed to return, newly- After the unidentified higher inaugurated President Ashraf official consented, Rosenberg was Ghani said yesterday, vowing to allowed to leave on the condition defend press freedom. that he return with a lawyer the Matthew Rosenberg (pic- next day. No mention of the travel tured), was ordered to leave the ban was made at the time. country in August after writing Later, however, a spokesman an article saying ministers and for the attorney general’s office, officials were threatening to seize Baseer Azizi, confirmed that a power in Kabul to end a deadlock travel ban was in effect “until this over the fraud-tainted presiden- issue over this article is resolved.” tial election result. He also said the attorney general Rosenberg, 40, a three-year would demand that Rosenberg veteran of The Times’s Kabul divulge his sources for the article. bureau, was summoned to the The travel ban was first attorney general’s office for what reported by Tolo TV, the leading was billed as an “informal chat” private network here. about the article published in the During the interrogation, newspaper. General Sadat was unable to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressing journalists while former president Hamid Karzai and Chief Executive The attorney general said name any criminal offense that Abdullah Abdullah look on after offering Eid Al Adha prayers at Presidential Palace in Kabul. the article was “contrary to the article, which he declined to do. was under investigation, or cite national interests, security and Rosenberg objected to General any laws that had been broken. Afghanistan). We respect the allegations”. of “chief executive”. stability of Afghanistan” and Sadat’s insistence that he sign “Right now, there’s no case, no freedom of press,” Ghani said on Rosenberg’s article said that Ghani, who was sworn in ordered Rosenberg to leave the a statement without a lawyer legal charges, there’s nothing,” his official Twitter feed. senior officials were discussing last Monday, has also reversed country within 24 hours. present. Rosenberg then asked he said. But he did not rule out Rosenberg’s expulsion was forming an “interim government” another official decision since “It appears that he has links to leave the interrogation room the possibility of charges in the the first of a journalist since the to end the election stand-off — coming to power by signing a with intelligence and spy agen- and was initially refused permis- future. Taliban regime was ousted in a move that would have rocked long-delayed deal to allow 10,000 cies,” the expulsion order said. sion to do so, until the prosecutors But Ghani, who eventually 2001, raising fears for press free- UN-led attempts to foster democ- US troops to stay in Afghanistan The senior prosecutor who conferred with a higher-ranking emerged as new president after dom in Afghanistan after 13 years racy in Afghanistan. into next year. summoned Rosenberg, Gen Sayed official. a three-month political crisis, said of international aid funding and The election crisis was finally All media were severely Noorullah Sadat, whose title is They declined to name that the ban had been reversed. development. solved when Ghani was declared restricted under the Taliban’s general director of crimes against official. “It’s a confidential source,” “As promised, I’ve asked our The United States embassy the winner and he agreed to 1996-2001 rule, but newspapers, external and internal security, said another general who was Attorney General to end the issued a sharp criticism of the power-sharing deal with his TV stations and websites have asked him to identify anonymous present at the interrogation. He ban on US journalist and grant expulsion, describing it as “unjus- former poll rival Abdullah proliferated in the last decade. government sources quoted in the declined to give his own name him permission to (return to tified and based on unfounded Abdullah, who took the new role AGENCIES

Seven Taliban US drone kills senior Uzbek militants killed commander in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN: A suspected US drone in Pakistan strike killed five militants in Pakistan’s tribal north-west yes- KARACHI: Pakistan police terday including a senior ethnic Uzbek commander, intelli- yesterday killed seven Taliban gence sources said. The attack took place in the tribal South insurgents during a raid in the Waziristan region and was the first US drone strike in Pakistan port city of Karachi, police since late September. said. Air strikes by unmanned US aircraft, which are deeply unpopu- The encounter took place in the lar in Pakistan, have become increasingly rare, particularly outside Sohrab Goth area on the outskirts the North Waziristan region where the Pakistani army is fighting of the city after police received to flush out Islamist militants. intelligence information about the Intelligence sources said the latest strike killed five Uzbeks presence of Tehreek-e-Taliban and wounded at least three people in the Shawal area of South Pakistan (TTP) insurgents in a Waziristan. The sources did not specify whether the three wounded compound there. people were also militants. Ethnic Uzbeks and other foreign mili- “There were up to 16 TTP mili- tants fight alongside the Pakistani Taliban but their exact number tants present in the house when in Waziristan is not known. we raided it,” senior local police Drones, which are operated remotely, are key to the U.S. pol- official Rao Anwar said. icy of targeting militants holed up in inaccessible corners on the He said the raid triggered a Pakistani-Afghan border. The then leader of the Pakistani Taliban gunfight, killing seven insur- was killed in one such attack in late 2013. gents, adding that three of them were involved in the assassination People and relatives attend the funeral ceremony of those who were killed in a suicide bomb attack, in Quetta, Imran supporters clash over gifts of a senior Karachi police official Balochistan province, Pakistan, yesterday. Chaudhry Aslam in January this ISLAMABAD: Clashes erupted among protesting activ- year. vests,” Anwar said. after a senior police official Karachi, a city of 18 million ists of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in “These three militants, who Police were trying to identify Farooq Awan, who has been a people which contributes 42 per- Islamabad over distribution of Eid gifts, Geo News reported. had fled to Saudi Arabia after the four others who were killed. key player in the police’s fight cent of Pakistan’s GDP, has been Chairs and club-sticks were used to attack each other as some Aslam’s murder but returned At least seven militants fled dur- against terrorist groups in the plagued by sectarian, ethnic and women party workers started distributing gifts at Islamabad’s home just recently, were experts ing the gunfight, he said. city since 2001, survived a car political violence for years. D-Chowk, the protest site where cricketer-turned-politician Imran of making bombs and suicide The raid came two weeks bomb attack in Karachi. AFP Khan has been staging a sit-in protest along with his supporters for over a month against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, demanding his resignation over alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections. PTI activists also misbehaved with media persons and attacked them to prevent their coverage, the report added. War relics bear witness to 13 years of agony Kidnapped Pakistani leader found

LONDON/KABUL: It is argu- of them had such vests, but their made in one of the workshops a 2006 Taliban rocket attack ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party leader Arbab Abdul ably the most chilling exhibit target remains unclear. which Britain helped to fund ... on Sangin: Zahir Kasi, kidnapped by militants last year, was found in collected by a UK museum in Louise Skidmore, a museum to provide future employment “The fellow to my right lost Peshawar yesterday, Pakistani media reported. It was yet not recent times. A suicide bomb- curator who heads the skills to some of the prisoners, some of his fingers, another had- clear whether Kasi’s family paid ransom to his captors or he er’s vest, primed with explosives Afghanistan project, said: “When many of whom will have been wounds to his pelvis. Three lads was rescued by security forces, Dawn online reported. but seized by police last year, you see the hand-stitching, you political prisoners or former ... just behind me were killed; Militants had asked for a huge amount of ransom from his family is among hundreds of objects think ‘what was someone think- Taliban ... one of them was an interpreter. which his son Nawabzada Omar Kasi had refused to pay. that have been acquired in ing when they did that?’... We “This lamp is quite stunning, I got blown clear across the Zahir was kidnapped from Quetta on October 23, last year. Afghanistan by the Imperial needed to try to tell the whole really unique. It’s a little gaudy, roof, but I didn’t have any inju- War Museums — the first time story. It is the ‘signature weapon’ over the top. But the Afghan ries, just bits of shrapnel that I since the first world war that of this conflict.” soldiers love to decorate every- pulled out of my webbing, day Four robbers killed in Karachi its curators have visited an She was among three mem- thing. They decorate guns with sack and kit.” active theatre of conflict. bers of staff who took part in flowers and coloured threads. Many expressed their opti- ISLAMABAD: Four alleged robbers were killed in Pakistan’s The museum’s latest mission three collecting expeditions to Some of the confiscated weap- mism for Afghanistan. Martin port city of Karachi, Geo News reported yesterday. — amassing a collection that tells Afghanistan between 2012 and ons from the Taliban are very Farquhar, senior prison adviser Two alleged robbers were killed in a shootout with the police on the story of Britain’s participa- 2014. They returned home with decorated.” seconded from the UK prison Super Highway while two others were beaten to death by mem- tion in the Afghanistan conflict objects that reveal something Photographs, film and video service, described improved con- bers of the public who caught them red-handed at a milk shop in —has involved putting together of the human beings caught interviews will be exhibited in a ditions at Lashkar Gah prison - Korangi, a neighbourhood in Landhi town. Police said weapons more than 1,100 objects as well up in the conflict - from teddy year-long small exhibition, called transformed from “a field with a were also found in the possession of the two robbers killed in the as thousands of films, videos and bears kept by soldiers as good War Story: Afghanistan 2014. It fence round it ... open sewers, no shootout. The other two robbers were nabbed by public while photographs. luck charms to a makeshift sofa will focus on the current role of sanitation, no clean water” to “the looting people at the shop. They succumbed to their injuries at a From these, they have chosen which one regiment constructed British forces, from their men- best prison in Afghanistan ... with hospital, police said. exhibits for display in a forthcom- as a homely reminder in the toring and training of the Afghan vocational training, education ing exhibition marking this year’s harsh environment. National Security Forces to the ...purposeful activity, healthcare”. withdrawal by British and inter- “You’re in the middle of the legacy of the war. British servicemen and women Pakistani Haj pilgrims injured national troops from Afghanistan desert,” Skidmore said. “There’s More than 1,800 soldiers and have been particularly keen to after 13 years of conflict. nothing to sit on ... The guys are family members have registered participate in the project because ISLAMABAD: Twelve Pakistani Haj pilgrims were injured The suicide bomber’s vest, ingenious when it comes to mak- to share their stories in com- they do not believe that televi- during the ritual stoning of the devil in Mina. Saudi officials which had been made even more ing life a little more comfortable.” ing years. About 70 interviews sion and films show “the personal were quoted as saying that while three of them were discharged, lethal by attaching packs of ball- Other acquisitions include an have been recorded so far. aspect”, Skidmore said. “They nine others were still under treatment. More than two million bearings, was worn by one of four elaborate beaded lamp made by They include Sergeant James want the public to understand a pilgrims ritually stoned the devil on Saturday. terrorists who were captured by Afghan prisoners. “We call it the Shimmins, 3rd Battalion, the bit of what they’ve gone through.” AGENCIES the Afghan national police. Three ‘Taliban lamp’,” she said. “It was Parachute Regiment, recalling GUARDIAN NEWS MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Yamuna banks filthy after immersions Sight seen as a blow to ‘clean India’ campaign

NEW DELHI: Broken earthen for at least a few days before the for cleaning the Geeta Ghat and pots, rotting flowers, tattered ghats are cleaned,” Jamna Singh, a Kalindi Kunj before and after the pieces of cloth and sodden col- 17-year-old boatman at the Kalindi immersions. oured paper littered the banks Kunj river bank, one of the six And it’s the unorganised puja of the Yamuna yesterday, a spots where the authorities had committees that are to be blamed day after hundreds of idols of permitted idol immersion, said. for the pollution. Goddess Durga were immersed “It’s the same story every year “All the registered puja com- into the already polluted river and people continue to immerse mittees use eco-friendly paints to mark the end of Durga Puja plastic and other non-toxic and materials in their idols. We in the capital. materials along with the idols in too make sure to clean the ghats The sight seemed to mock at the river,” added Singh’s friend before and after the idols are Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Devendra. immersed,” Banerjee said. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan that As per estimates, at least “We have to get clearances aims to create a “clean India” 200 idols of goddess Durga are from the fire department, police, in the next five years and was immersed in the Yamuna every and MCD but the unorganised launched on October 2 with much year at Kalindi Kunj and at the committees are popping all over fanfare all over the country. other five spots — Shyam Ghat, the city every year and there’s no A visit to one of the ghats Hathi Ghat, Geeta Ghat and ghats check on them. They are the ones revealed the utter disregard to near Geeta Colony, Mayur Vihar, who actually pollute the river the the appeals made by the prime where at least 760 registered idols most,” he added. minister as part of the Clean are immersed. Environment health researcher India campaign as piles of gar- The Yamuna meets nearly 70 Gopal Krishna agreed with bage covered the banks of the percent of Delhi’s water needs. Banerjee’s suggestion of stream- river. A large quantity of insoluble Over the past two decades, nearly lining the unorganised puja com- waste like wood, plastic, and toxic `15bn was spent on cleaning it up. mittees but added that political material floated in the river while Despite that, however, the river will was needed to strictly enforce empty packets of chips, biscuits continues to run polluted. laws to protect the environment Boys search for clothes and other reusable materials on the bank of the Ganga river following the immersion of and plastic bottles were strewn According to Samrat Banerjee that are already in place. idols in Allahabad on Saturday. around the bank. There was of Durgotsab, GK-II, all the “The rivers should not be foul stench in the while hordes organised puja committees in used to immerse idols and reli- religious sentiments don’t enforce “We need strong political will photo-op for leaders without any of stray dogs sniffed the garbage Delhi are registered with the gious material even if they are such guidelines that are already in if we want to save our rivers,” he substantive gains for society or piles for sweets and food. two Joint Procession Committees non-toxic and eco-friendly. But place,” Krishna, who works with added. Otherwise, the Clean India country. “The filth will remain here (JPC) who in turn are responsible governments, afraid of hurting Toxic Watch said. campaign would merely remain a IANS

Kerala police Left, BJP point fingers at Trinamool for explosion file case against KOLKATA: The opposi- office, Left Front chairman custody. The police have also “Under this regime, Bengal Rubbishing all the charges, tion Left Front and the BJP Biman Bose accused the state detained another person in this is increasingly becoming a safe Trinamool national general sec- MP Joice George yesterday pointed fingers at police of destroying evidences and connection. haven for jihadis and anti- retary Mukul Roy accused the the Trinamool Congress over hindering investigations. He said: “According to media nationals. IM operatives and BJP as well as the Left Front of IDUKKI, Kerala: Kerala the October 2 blast in West Bose told the media: “The signs reports, literature about banned Bangladeshi infiltrators were liv- spreading canards against Chief Police yesterday regis- Bengal in which two suspected are ominous. Not only the house outfits has been found from the ing in that house which is owned Minister Mamata Banerjee and tered a case against Idukki militants were killed and one where the explosion occurred had house but the police have destroyed by a Trinamool leader and also her government. MP Joice George for alleg- injured. a Trinamool party office but those those and are trying to hinder and had a Trinamool office,” Singh He said: “The comments made edly attacking Forests Rubbishing the charges, the involved in the incident, including cover up the probe. The state gov- said in New Delhi. by Singh and Bose are irrespon- Minister Thiruvanchoor Trinamool in turn accused the the house owner and those who ernment must, therefore, come out “This incident has put question sible and aimed at bringing disre- Radhakrishnan. Left and the BJP of maliciously rented it, are close to the ruling clean on the issue.” marks on the Mamata (Banerjee) pute to the chief minister and the The incident occurred om spreading canards against the party.” Speaking in the same vein, BJP government,” he said, accusing state government. While this gov- Saturday when Radhakrishnan state government. He also accused the police of national secretary and party’s the police of destroying impor- ernment has been tirelessly work- arrived at Neriamangalam vil- Claiming that the building in destroying evidences and cover- observer for the state Siddharth tant evidences and criticising ing for the welfare of the people, lage to sort out issues between the Burdwan district’s Khagragarh ing up the probe into the incident Nath Singh described Bengal as them for not promptly informing the Left and the BJP have been forest department and the public area, where the explosion in which two women have been a “safe haven” for “jihadis” and the National Investigating Agency spreading canards.” works department over some sec- occurred, housed a Trinamool arrested and remanded in police anti-nationals. (NIA). IANS tions of roads. When Radhakrishnan arrived, George with his supporters jumped in front of his vehicle. King’s visit The minister was later pushed and heckled. AAP protests against George did not behave in a manner a people’s repre- sentative should have behaved, ‘tainted’ candidates Radhakrishnan yesterday told reporters. “He acted with a lot of animos- GURGAON: The Aam Aadmi Ramkishan Fauji and Sumita Singh ity against me as I took a stand Party (AAP), which has (both Congress). against him in an issue involv- announced it will not be contesting Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party ing ownership of his property,” the October 15 Haryana assembly chief Arvind Kejriwal will address Radhakrishnan said, adding that polls, yesterday organised a pro- a rally of e-rickshaw drivers here George is trying to field the tribal test in the Civil Lines area here Wednesday to demand that rules people against him. against “tainted” candidates. allowing the plying of battery- The case against George and 25 AAP activists exhorted the powered vehicles in Delhi be others has been registered at the electorate to not vote for outgo- simplified. Adimali police station. ing Haryana youth and sports The former chief minister of George said this was part of minister Sukhbir Kataria and Delhi will meet the the drivers at a conspiracy hatched by some Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Jantar Mantar on Wednesday and vested interests in the forest Umesh Aggarwal. also demand the removal of the department. Both Kataria and Aggarwal are “exorbitant fees” for the registra- Youth Congress activists yes- contesting from Gurgaon assem- tion of e-rickshaws. terday staged protests against bly constituency, with Kataria as “Though the notification will the incident at several places in an independent. allow the e-rickshaws to ply legally Idukki. Senior AAP leader Yogendra on Delhi roads, it is still incom- Yadav had on Wednesday released plete and does not fully address a list of 11 such candidates in the concerns of e-rickshaw driv- Pakistan violates Haryana, including Gopal Kanda of ers,” the Aam Aadmi Party said in the Haryana Lokhit Party, INLD’s a statement here Sunday. ceasefire in Abhay Chautala, Congress leaders Last week, the government noti- Rao Narender Singh, Naresh Selval, fied a separate category of battery- Kashmir: Official Vinod Bhayana and Ramniwas operated vehicles — e-rickshaw Ghorela, Sombir Sangwan (BJP), and e-cart — allowing them to ply JAMMU: The Pakistan Army Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema emerge from arch-shaped pas- and Ved Pal Tanwar (HJC) besides in the city. AGENCIES fired at Indian positions along sages as they visit the Rock Garden in Chandigarh yesterday. the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir yester- day, violating a 2003 ceasefire, a defence official said. “Pakistan army violated cease- Jodhpur festival aims to showcase traditional music fire in Mendhar sector of the LoC in Poonch district. Firing lasted for 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 8.30 NEW DELHI: Over the years, rustic The annual musical pilgrimage for music is an interesting entry point into the Indian The Jodhpur RIFF is a partnership a.m.,” defence spokesman Col. folk music has often found space within lovers will begin October 8 at the majestic musical scene,” he added. involving the Mehrangarh Museum Trust Manish Mehta said. Bollywood space, but the organisers of 450-year-old Mehrangarh Fort, whose open Last year, Paris-born Manu Chao had (MMT) and Jaipur’s Virasat Foundation The “unprovoked firing started Jodhpur’s Rajasthan International Folk spaces become the stage for performers and wooed the audience with his French and (JVF). The onus for scouting talent is on by Pakistan Army was effectively Festival (RIFF) aim to go a step beyond cobbled floors roll out the red carpet for Spanish numbers. Though hardly anyone Bhatia, who, in past, has helmed important and appropriately responded” to, by nurturing a platform that creates a the audience, which lazily lies on the floor could interpret what he was singing, the positions in the Mumbai theatre scene and he said, adding that the Pakistani demand for bucolic music by retaining to listen to the music against the backdrop beats and energetic performance kept the has also acted in movies like “Delhi Belly”. troops used automatic weapons traditional ethos and flavours. of sunsets and sunrises. audience swaying till the last song. While he focuses on international and and mortars. “There is no demand for folk music in The festival ends on October 12. This year too, the festival is bring- folk collaborations that create magical No casualties were reported, the cities compared to Bollywood and elec- “We would like it to be a discreet music ing Yemen Blues, whose new sound brings jugalbandis (duets), he sees this invest- the spokesman added. tronic music. So, we have to create demand festival and not one for the elite,” said together Yemenite, West African and Jazz ment as a long-term gain in which the folk On Saturday, Pakistan Rangers by giving values and beliefs to the people Bhatia who plays a pivotal role in hand- influences to RIFF. Its members hail from as artistes get an opportunity to perform at used mortars to target Indian about the folk music by retaining its origi- picking artists from India and around the far as New York and Tel Aviv, as also Uruguay. international platforms and the Indian ver- positions on the international nal flavour,” RIFF director Divya Bhatia globe for the event. Then, there are performers from Rajasthan’s sion of Coke Studio. border in R S Pura sector of said in an interview during a recent visit It is his vision that the festival, in its traditional Sikar Gharana - a family playing “When music composer Ram Sampat Jammu district. to the national capital. eight years, has become attractive for the compositions of their forefathers. came to RIFF in 2010, I had never thought Pakistan has been violating the “Folk aspires to become urban to reach international artists who see it as the gate- “It is a big challenge to see how the mix he would get popular Rajasthani singer truce on both the LoC and the out to a larger audience, but this is not what way to Indian audiences. is going to be. My mantra is to develop a Bhanwari Devi in his episode of Coke international border in Kashmir, we want to build. We are giving these folk “Our growth is making artists from all taste. This is why I try to introduce new Studio 2014. He contacted me to feature the northern third of which is artistes a safe space and environment where around the globe to come to the festival. artistes each year and focus on the aesthet- her,” Bhatia pointed out. controlled by Islamabad. they can play undiluted music,” he added. Many international artistes feel the festival ics and ethos of their music,” Bhatia said. IANS AGENCIES MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

No criticism of Ancient monument Sena in respect of Thackeray: PM Modi blasts Congress, NCP in poll rally

SANGLI/KOLHAPUR, during (Pawar’s) tenure as agri- Maharashtra: Prime Minister culture minister, there were 3,700 Narendra Modi hit out at the farmers suicides in the state. Congress-NCP yesterday as he “If he had taken the right steps stormed their bastions in pros- then, the farmers would not have perous western Maharashtra suffered so much,” Modi declared, while campaigning for the Oct urging the people to give a full 15 assembly elections, but said mandate to his Bharatiya Janata he would not criticise former Party. ally Shiv Sena to respect the Modi said when he had cam- memory of its late founder Bal paigned in Sangli during the Lok Thackeray. Sabha elections, the voters had Addressing election rallies in trusted him by giving him more the two cities here yesterday than what he sought, especially afternoon, Modi said he was since BJP had never won the accused of not criticizing the Shiv Sangli Lok Sabha seat. Sena in the ongoing campaign. “I thank you for your sup- “These are first (state) elec- port then. This election is to tions to take place in the absence give Maharashtra stability and of the late Balasaheb Thackerayji. progress. BJP promises you full He was the man who always stood accountability. Give us a majority,” for the rights of the people, I will he urged. not disrespect his memory. Travelling to neighbouring “I have decided not to say a sin- Kolhapur, Modi said he was over- gle word against Shiv Sena. It is awed by the public response at the my way of respecting Balasaheb rally. Men sit near the Lahori Darwaza (Lahore Gate) of the Sarai Amanat Khan heritage site in the village of Sarai Amanat Khan, some 30km from Amritsar, Thackeray’s memory. Our bond “I have come to Kolhapur yesterday. Sarai Amanat Khan is one of the four remaining inns, dating back to the Mughal period. It was built by calligrapher Amanat Khan who was with Shiv Sena goes beyond poli- before, but had never such a huge responsible for the calligraphy work at the Taj Mahal in Agra. Built in 1640, Sarai Amanat Khan was declared a monument of national importance tics,” Modi said, attempting to response. The Congress-NCP are under the Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act in 1958. mollify the Sena with which the criticizing my Maharashtra tour. state BJP snapped its 25-year-old They are not worried about Modi, alliance last month. but the crowds present here,” he Training guns on the Congress said. and Nationalist Congress Party, He urged for such a majority Ex-Jharkhand who also parted ways, he accused for the BJP that after the assem- Delhi Police seeks spiritual help them of misusing the name of bly elections, a magnifying glass minister held Chhatrapati Shivaji. would be needed to search for the NEW DELHI: When human whenever they host a religious around the marriage venues. “I ask them, who named Congress-NCP in Maharashtra. devices fail, why not seek spir- function that is attended by hun- The police station head of a for Maoist links the Mumbai Airport after The PM accused Congress- itual direction? dreds of followers, sources said. south Delhi neighbourhood that has Chhatrapati Shivaji? It was the NCP of pushing back the state Delhi Police, gearing up to meet “The deras deploy numer- around 100 country villas said that NEW DELHI/RANCHI: Atal Behari Vajpayee government by 15 years. the maddening traffic challenges ous volunteers all around the during the peak wedding season Former Jharkhand minis- at the Centre,” he said. “Is there anything left? They during the wedding season, is seek- premises and on the main roads “not less than 15,000 cars can be ter and Congress legislator He charged Congress-NCP have looted everything. Do you ing traffic and crowd management whenever they host a function seen parked all around the area and Yogendra Sao has been arrested of rampant corruption dur- want them to loot Maharashtra tips from the Radha Soami sect, and you hardly ever witness a spilling on to main roads as well”. in New Delhi for alleged links ing their 15-year-long reign in again? The Congress has even which organises three huge con- traffic jam. It’s remarkable,” a Some owners of country villas with Maoist guerrillas, police Maharashtra and alleged that forgotten Mahatma Gandhi, gregations here every year with police officer, who did not wish to acknowledged the headache this said yesterday. they did not even spare homes they only want the (currency) minimal disruption for the public. be named, said. “The volunteers causes but expressed their inabil- “Sao was arrested by a CID meant for Kargil widows, in a notes with Gandhi on them,” he In a letter to owners of coun- ensure that the cars are parked ity to follow the police’s sugges- team with the help of Delhi reference to the Adarsh Society quipped. try villas — euphemistically called at the right spot and that no one tions. Arguing that “adequate” Police from a house in Subhash scam in Mumbai. This was Modi’s second day farm houses — in the city, the strays into the opposite lane while security guards are deployed dur- Nagar on Saturday night. He will Targetting NCP president of whistle-stop election tours in preferred venue for marriages, waiting,” the officer added. ing functions, the owners said the be brought to Ranchi on tran- Sharad Pawar, who has criticized Maharashtra and he is expected Delhi Police Commissioner B S The owners have also been proposition of hiring hundreds of sit remand,” police spokesman him for abandoning the PM’s to address 20 rallies in nine days Bassi has asked them to closely asked to give inputs on additional people just to manage traffic was Anurag Gupta told reporters in work to campaign in the state, around the state. monitor how the Radha Soami measures that the police can “not financially viable”. Delhi. Modi said it was surprising that IANS deras (ashrams) manage traffic take to better manage the traffic IANS Gupta said a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team was camping in New Delhi. A Hazaribagh court last month Fashion show issued an arrest warrant against Sao over his alleged links with the Telangana and Andhra rebels. Sao, 50, resigned from the cabi- net over the issue last month. He allegedly raised two criminal CMs hug each other organisations — Jharkhand Tiger, a group linked to the Maoists, and HYDERABAD: Chief minis- states, also attended the pro- Jharkhand Bachao Andolan. ters of Telangana and Andhra gramme. The governor, who A police official said that till Pradesh, who usually miss no brought the two chief ministers now, 11 members of these organ- opportunity to target each for their first formal meeting isations have been arrested for other, yesterday displayed bon- last month to sort out various their involvement in several hei- homie on coming face to face issues, stressed the need for cor- nous cases in Jharkhand. and hugged each other. dial relations between the two Police last month arrested Telangana Chief Minister K Telugu states. He said the two five members of Jharkhand Chandrasekhar Rao and his states can develop and prosper Tiger group in Hazaribagh. Andhra Pradesh counterpart N with mutual cooperation. Police sources said those Chandrababu Naidu came face The Telangana chief minister nabbed have admitted that the to face at “Allai Ballai” or a get- praised Dattatreya for organizing groups were raised with Sao’s together organised by senior the annual event, which brings support. Bharatiya Janata Party leader together leaders of political par- They also revealed that Sao Bandaru Dattatreya here. ties on one platform and depicts was providing arms, ammuni- KCR, as Rao is popularly the rich culture of Telangana. tion and vehicles for commit- known, was leaving the venue Chandrababu Naidu, in his ting murders besides carrying after his speech when he bumped speech, said despite the bifurca- out extortions and kidnappings into his bate noire. At Dattatreya’s tion of the state, Telugu people for ransom. request, the two chief ministers will always remain united. He Sao is involved in 13 cases of hugged each other thrice in a tra- expressed his best wishes for the murder, attempt to murder, riot- ditional manner. prosperity of people of both the ing, criminal intimidation and E S L Narasimhan, who is states. extortion in the state. A model showcases a creation by Bollywood actress and designer Mandira Bedi during the Myntra Fashion serving as governor of the two IANS IANS Weekend 2014 in Mumbai yesterday. My daughters far more intelligent than me, says Mahesh Bhatt

NEW DELHI: Mahesh Bhatt has Bhatt (original name Lorraine Bright). are under 25. Alia is undoubtedly one Having contributed to Bollywood for “To say that all the movies are respon- been one of the best filmmakers of his Later he married actress Soni Razdan of the tallest icon in that space,” added around four decades, the moviemaker sible for the objectification of women is an time and inspired generations with his and they have two daughters — Shaheen Bhatt who also has son Rahul. co-owns Vishesh Films with his brother exaggeration. I feel that women have the movie-making skills, but the director, and Alia — together. If he is a proud father, he is a doting Mukesh and they have together churned right to dress up in a particular way and who now produces films with new tal- Sharing his joy of being a proud father dad too. out bold and successful films like Murder, if you call it objectification then what’s ent, says his three daughters — Pooja, of three successful girl children, he says “We belong to that strata of the soci- Jism and Raaz. wrong? Shaheen and Alia — are far more intel- that all of them have achieved something ety where attack from unknown people These films raised eyebrows for their “She has the right to choose what she ligent and practical than him. in their lives and that too without any won’t happen. But yes, my eldest daugh- sensual portrayal of women. wears and if that doesn’t go according “I have got three daughters and all help. ter Pooja had a relationship with a person Tell him that films objectify women; to your culture and mindset, it doesn’t three of them make me very proud. I “Pooja is an example of how a girl child who under the influence of alcohol did Bhatt dismisses it saying that “objectifi- mean that you should fight under the have no problem in telling them that can sparkle and be completely self suf- abuse her and that became a very painful cation of women is also there in our cul- garbage by calling it an objectification. they are far more intelligent than I am ficient. Shaheen is a brilliant writer and chapter of our family. ture and patriarchal mindset governs our To blame a woman saying that she and I also take instructions from them,” unique child,” he said. “So, if a strong self-sufficient woman society”. dresses up provocatively and invites Bhatt said. “Alia is a star and she has added to my like her can be subjected to domestic vio- “Women are born slaves to a tradi- rape and other injustice is an heart- The filmmaker, known for craft- ageing stardom. I have been a star and lence, then it makes me shiver when I tions, which compels them to be sub- breaking argument, which has no ing meaningful cinemas such as Arth, man of public figure of a kind, but India is visualise about all those vulnerable girls missive, weak, docile, put up with the place in our social discourse,” said the Saraansh, Naam, Kaash and Daddy, has a young country and most of the Indians, who do not have the economic clout or do injustice and sufferings to achieve great filmmaker. daughter Pooja with his first wife Kiran who consume entertainment products, not have the shield of stardom,” he said. virtue. IANS MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Growth versus austerity fights

the liquidity gap by printing more await IMF meet money. Japan still The Bank of Japan meets tomor- row and is expected to keep mone- tary settings unchanged ahead of a neutral on Policymakers gather in US this week rate review on October 31 that will produce quarterly long-term eco- tax hike but LONDON: World policymak- quantitative easing so far. nomic forecasts which are likely ers gather in Washington later Its most effective card may be to be downgraded. this week to ponder how to sus- euro weakness, the flipside of dol- For the ECB, money-printing recovery weak tain economic recovery at a time lar strength. The euro is down quantitative easing (QE) is any- when the United States is about almost 10 percent from a peak thing but certain given the philo- TOKYO: Japanese Prime to turn off its money taps. against the dollar in May. With US sophical and political difficulties it Minister Shinzo Abe remains Given the same G20 finance money printing about to end and throws up in Germany and else- “completely neutral” on whether ministers and central bankers speculation about the timing of a where despite the bloc flirting with to raise the national sales met in Australia only two weeks first interest rate rise, there are deflation. tax, Economy Minister Akira ago it is not hard to guess how the good reasons to think this trend “The market is very much tak- Amari said yesterday even as debate will go: most of the west- could continue. ing for granted that quantitative he expressed concern about the ern world will urge the eurozone The strong US jobs report on easing through a government bond strength of the country’s eco- to do more to foster growth and Friday did little to change the purchase program is coming and I nomic recovery. Germany will warn against letting picture. “I don’t think it changes think there are many, many obsta- Abe faces a tough decision by up on austerity. the Fed dynamics. I still think the cles to that,” Scott Thiel, head of year’s end on whether to raise the That debate has circled within first rate hike is maybe mid-year,” European and global bonds at tax for a second time — doubling the G20 for three years and is fizz- said Kim Rupert, managing direc- Blackrock, who oversees assets the tax rate over 18 months — in ing now in Europe with France, tor at Action Economics in San worth around $100bn, said. The a bid to curb Japan’s runaway gov- Italy and others pressing for a Francisco. “We are trying to gauge Bank of England also meets in ernment debt. loosening of fiscal strait-jackets to whether it’s March or June.” the week to come. Nobody expects The risks to his “Abenomics” allow time for economic reforms in If the euro keeps falling, it it to raise interest rates from a strategy to reflate the long-mor- defiance of Berlin’s wishes. would push the prices of imports record low 0.5 percent yet because ibund economy are increasing, “Existing flexibility within the up while making it easier for euro of a near absence of wage growth whether Abe decides to go ahead rules should allow governments zone countries to sell abroad which despite robust economic growth. with the tax or not. Raising the to address the budgetary costs should have an upward impact on The consensus in the latest tax as the recovery falters could of major structural reforms, to both growth and inflation. The poll of economists is for a first send the economy into a tailspin, support demand and to achieve impact won’t be immediate though, move upwards, something two of while delaying the move could a more growth-friendly composi- as last week’s inflation reading of the Bank’s nine rate-setters have shake investors’ confidence in tion of fiscal policies,” European just 0.3 percent demonstrated. already voted for, in the first quar- Japan’s ability to repair its tat- Central Bank President Mario As with Japan last year, ter of next year, which should put tered finances. “I think he is com- Draghi said on Thursday after a G20 policymakers gathered in it a little ahead of the Fed. pletely neutral” on the decision, monthly policy meeting. Washington for the annual meet- The Reserve Bank of Australia Amari told a talk show on public IMF chief Christine Lagarde delivers a speech on the global economy ahead The Federal Reserve will end its ing of the International Monetary is expected to keep rates at 2.5 broadcaster NHK. programme of bond-buying with Fund and World Bank are in a of the fall meetings of the IMF and World Bank at Georgetown University percent as it has for the previous “The prime minister is carefully new money later this month, a poor position to complain about in Washington. 12 meetings. In Europe, Poland is searching to find the most effective prospect that has already driven competitive devaluation having expected to cut. combination to achieve economic the dollar higher and created jit- demanded stronger European aim for a better path where bold on concrete measures, largely Whatever else happens, inves- recovery, stability for the social- ters about a reversal of money growth for so long. policies would accelerate growth, due to resistance from Germany, tors are going to have to get used security system and fiscal reform.” flows out of emerging markets The IMF will release its latest increase employment, and achieve Europe’s largest economy. to a world of divergent monetary Abe raised the tax to 8 percent back into the United States. World Economic Outlook before a ‘new momentum’,” IMF chief One reason the Fed’s change of policies. “There are significant and in April from 5 percent. He says he The eurozone in the guise of the meeting starts. “The global Christine Lagarde said as she gear has not caused more ructions increasing differences in the mon- will decide in December whether the ECB has been doing its best economy is at an inflection point: looked ahead to the annual meet. in financial markets so far may be etary policy cycle between major to proceed with a plan to raise to come up with new stimulus, it can muddle along with sub-par Last month’s G20 meeting an assumption that the Bank of advanced economies,” Draghi said. it to 10 percent in October 2015. though it has shied away from full growth, a ‘new mediocre’; or it can again failed to secure agreement Japan and ECB will eventually fill REUTERS Economists generally expect he will raise the tax. The premier said on Friday he will scrutinise various data, including the effect of bad summer weather and rising fuel costs on consumption, in deciding whether ECB plan to buy rebundled debt draws German criticism the world’s third-biggest economy is strong enough to endure a fur- BERLIN: The European magazine Focus yesterday that Those who derive benefit from Federal Reserve is winding down devaluation of the euro, “the ther tax increase. Central Bank’s plans to buy there was a danger the ECB would something should bear the loss if its asset-purchasing program has fact the ECB is giving in to this Hit by the April tax hike, the rebundled packages of debt have buy “low-quality loan securitisa- there are negative developments,” been driving the euro lower. and justifying measures with a economy shrank by a worse- drawn sharp criticism from offi- tions” at inflated prices as part he was quoted as saying. Former ECB chief economist targeted weakening of the euro than-expected annualised rate of cials in Germany, including the of its program to buy so-called Weidmann added that the glo- Juergen Stark, a German who shows the extent to which it is on 7.1 percent in the second quarter head of the Bundesbank, the asset-backed securities (ABS). bal financial crisis had shown how resigned in 2011 in protest over the wrong track now. There are from the previous three months, ECB’s former chief economist ABS are created by banks pool- dangerous it could be to abandon the ECB’s intervention in the no taboos there anymore”. the deepest fall since January- and allies of Chancellor Angela ing mortgages and corporate, auto this principle. government bond markets, said Stark said the ECB would put March 2009, when the global Merkel. or credit card loans and selling He also warned against devalu- in an interview with Focus that “incalculable risks” on its balance financial crisis hit Japan’s exports On Thursday, the ECB laid out them to insurers, pension funds ing the euro: “A policy which tries the ECB’s unconventional meas- sheet with its ABS program and and factory output. plans to buy reparcelled debt and or now the ECB. “Then the credit to deliberately weaken the cur- ures were “an act of desperation”. euro zone taxpayers would be GDP is expected to claw back covered bonds, secured on solid risks taken by private banks rency would also provoke counter Stark, a former ECB execu- liable for these in case of losses. 3.6 percent in the July-September assets such as property. It will would be transferred to the cen- reactions. There can ultimately tive board member, said the ECB “That could lead to significant quarter, a poll found last month, include buying debt with a “junk” tral bank and therefore taxpayers only be losers in such competitive was giving in to financial market redistributive effects between before another run of bleak data credit rating from Greece and without them getting anything in devaluation,” he said. expectations and political pres- member states. The ECB has no was released. “The recovery trend Cyprus as long as such countries return,” said Weidmann, who is ECB President Mario Draghi sure from France and Italy rather democratic legitimation for this,” is certain,” Amari said. “The July- are under a formal international also an ECB policymaker. said last week the ECB did not than showing leadership. he said, adding that the plan to September numbers should show financial programme. “But that goes against the basic have a target exchange rate for He said while he was not sur- purchase ABS to revive this mar- a robust recovery. But I’m a little Bundesbank chief Jens principle of liability that is fun- the euro but policy loosening by prised that politicians in Paris ket had “nothing to do with mon- concerned that this robustness is Weidmann warned in German damental to a market economy: the ECB at a time when the U.S. and Rome were calling for a etary policy”. REUTERS a bit weak.” REUTERS

French ministers at auto show Social networks make push as shopping destinations

WASHINGTON: They’re Andy Stevens, head of strategy participate. But he noted that not just for sharing any more: and research for Share This, a concerns holding back social com- Facebook and Twitter are now company which produces a shar- merce include “security around looking to play a bigger role in ing button for websites and analy- financial data, privacy, and a shopping. ses social media trends. seamless buying process.” Both major social networks A study by Share This found The survey found 42 percent have unveiled plans to start using that among “Millennials” born in were likely to make a purchase “buy” buttons on their sites, which the 1980s or 1990s, 55 percent will on social media if they knew their could start having an impact on click on content shared by their credit information was secure. “social shopping” in the coming peers, and often use these social Until recently, social media holiday season. media recommendations to decide marketing has been mainly about The idea of using social net- what to buy. “softer” strategies such as brand works such as Facebook to pro- “People are waking up to the awareness, which are difficult to mote e-commerce has been possibility that regular customers measure. around for some time, but so are using social networks as part Greg Sterling, an analyst at far has failed to deliver much. of the decision-making process,” Opus Research, said moving Facebook had some short-lived Stevens said. toward social commerce is “a programmes for “digital gifts” A Harris survey released last smart thing” for networks like and another programmes selling month by the marketing firm Facebook and Twitter because of virtual goods via Facebook games. DigitasLBi found just five percent the sheer volume of users online, “Social commerce,” stemming of Americans have made a pur- but that marketers need a well- from reviews or referrals from chase on a social media site, but defined strategy. “Just putting a social networks, is expected to hit that 20 percent would consider ‘buy’ button out there is not going $15bn by 2015, according to the doing so. “Our study reveals tre- to be effective,” he said, unless it research firm Invesp. mendous untapped potential for is targeted in the right way. “The Some analysts see a natural growth in social commerce, espe- challenge is building enough con- connection between social net- cially among younger consumers,” text around that ‘buy’ button.” French Economy and Industry Minister Emmanuel Macron (right) and Ecology, Sustainable Development works and shopping, since users says DigitasLBi chief executive Sterling said a buy button may and Energy Minister Segolene Royal sit in a “SMART” electric car displayed at the 2014 Paris Auto Show in often discuss products and brands Tony Weisman. be best combined with research Paris. More than a million visitors are expected to flock to the 16-day mecca for car enthusiasts that started in the messages. “Sharing is a Weisman said that the amount on users’ browsing habits — an on Saturday at a giant exhibition hall in the French capital where more than 70 auto manufacturers will be fairly reliable indicator of what spent on social shopping could hit effective if controversial tool. showcasing their latest offerings. people are going to buy,” says $56bn if 20 percent of Americans AFP MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Greece sees China vows to maintain credit growth 2015 budget Central bank plans to use various monetary measures to maintain adequate liquidity surplus close to

BEIJING: China’s central bank growth target of around 7.5 per- said yesterday it will use vari- cent. China’s services sector grew bailout target ous monetary tools to maintain at its slowest pace in eight months adequate liquidity and reason- in September after new orders ATHENS: Greece will aim to able growth in credit and social shrank for the first time since the achieve a primary budget sur- financing. 2008 global financial crisis, expos- plus of 2.9 percent of output next In a statement to summarise ing more weakness in the world’s year, just shy of the 3 percent the third-quarter monetary policy second-largest economy. target set out under its bailout committee meeting, the People’s The official non-manufac- deal, its deputy finance minister Bank of China also said it would turing Purchasing Managers’ said in an interview. continue to implement a prudent Index (PMI) edged down to The target is part of a 2015 monetary policy, while pushing 54.0 in September from 54.4 in draft budget that Athens will ahead with interest rate and yuan August, the National Bureau of submit to parliament today amid exchange rate reforms. Statistics said, but still well above a bailout review by the “troika” of It also noted that China’s eco- the 50-point mark demarcating inspectors from its international nomic growth remained within a growth on the month from a lenders, the European Union and reasonable range. contraction. International Monetary Fund. The statement comes after The central bank has often A finance ministry official had policymakers have rolled out a reiterated its “prudent” mone- said that Athens would lower the series of stimulus measures this tary policy stance this year - the 2015 primary surplus target only year as economic growth momen- catch word used since late 2010 marginally, sticking “close to” the tum falters. Many analysts believe to encapsulate at first modest 3 percent figure. In an interview more measures may be needed in policy tightening and then mod- A residential area in Shanghai. Economists warned in September that a slowdown in China’s key property sector, with the weekly To Vima news- coming months if the government est loosening following the global where new home prices have fallen for four straight months, was an ongoing risk to growth in the country’s economy. paper, Deputy Finance Minister wants to meet its 2014 economic financial crisis. REUTERS Christos Staikouras also said that a “solidarity tax” introduced at the height of Greece’s debt crisis will be cut by 30 percent next year. Athens said last month that Bio-Oil unveils unpopular taxes, including the Challenge awaits bond star Gross at Janus solidarity tax and a heating oil consumption tax, will be lowered new product to show that four years of auster- BOSTON/NEW YORK: people familiar with the matter. his name. Now he’s moving to a like with El-Erian, that’s not good,” ity is nearing an end. DOHA: A perfect synthesis Investors hope the Bond King But Janus already has a bond different firm and he’s not neces- Cuggino said. Staikouras also said that Athens of science and nature, Bio-Oil can remake himself as a team leader in Gibson Smith, who has sarily going to be the same person Gross has been famously short- was expected to beat this year’s is a dry oil that uses a break- player. less star power than Gross but as he was,” Mahn said. tempered at work, slamming desk primary budget surplus target of through ingredient — PurCellin Bill Gross last week abruptly left has quietly delivered better per- Michael Cuggino, president of drawers and discouraging socialis- 1.5 percent of GDP. “Based on cur- Oil along with natural plant oils Newport Beach, California-based formance in recent years. He is the $7.5bn Permanent Portfolio ing. He once fumed at an employee rent data, the primary surplus (of of calendula, rosemary, lavender Pimco, the firm he built into a bond said to work well with Janus CEO Family of Funds in San Francisco, for attending an industry confer- 2014) is estimated at around 2 per- and chamomile to provide an giant, to join Janus Capital Group, Weil, and has emphasised a team which owns Janus shares, said ence: “I don’t want you to attend cent of GDP, considerably higher oil-based product that contains a small Denver firm that touts on approach, which could be a con- Weil and the rest of Janus’ man- the conference, I want you to be a than the target,” he said. no water and hence the entire its website how its friendly, team- trast with the autocratic style that agement will be judged in part on speaker at the conference.” The budget surplus has been product is ‘active’ and is readily oriented culture creates “strong Gross showed at Pimco. how smoothly Gross transitions to Janus will report third-quarter viewed as an indicator of Greece’s absorbed by the skin. collaborators.” Kevin Mahn, who helps manage their firm. Key will be for Gross results on October 23. progress in putting its finances in Nature provided the inspira- While investors are certainly $2bn as chief investment officer at to show he can work well with Weil had been Pimco’s chief order during an economic crisis tion for Bio-Oil’s Purcellin Oil excited about the move — Janus Hennion & Walsh, a Parsippany, others and for Janus to avoid the operating officer for 10 years before that wiped out almost a quarter incorporating well known natural shares are up 30 percent since the New Jersey-based wealth manage- bad publicity that marred Gross’s joining Janus in 2010. Weil and of its GDP and sent unemploy- oils along with Vitamins A and E announcement — some wonder ment firm, questions if Gross can last months at Pimco, including Gross “were never soul mates the ment to record highs of nearly that offer a myriad of benefits and just how much easily the outspo- co-exist with Smith and how much his falling-out with his one-time way he was with Mohamed,” said 27 percent. Greece topped its fis- have been used for centuries to ken, 70-year-old Gross will fit in oversight Gross may face. successor Mohamed El-Erian, who John Brynjolfsson, chief investment cal targets and achieved a budget maintain healthy skin. Bio-Oil is at the firm led by Pimco veteran “It’s setting the stage for a cul- left earlier this year. officer of hedge fund Armored Wolf surplus in 2013, a year ahead of sold across 129 locations in Qatar Richard Weil. Weil hired Gross at ture clash,” Mahn said. “Here’s a “If they bring in Gross and it’s in Irvine, California, and a former schedule, paving the way for some including leading pharmacies and the urging of former Pimco CEO guy who was at rock-star status, a disaster and all over the front managing director at Pimco from form of additional debt relief from drug stores. THE PENINSULA Bill Thompson, according to two and Pimco was synonymous with pages because they didn’t get along, 1989 to 2008. REUTERS its eurozone lenders. REUTERS GE launches Mapping the Future of Work in MENAT at WEF meet

DOHA: GE unveiled a road- map that defines the ‘Future of Work’ to unlock the true growth potential of the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region. At the Special Meeting of the World Economic Forum on ‘Unlocking Resources for Regional Development’ being held in Istanbul, GE highlighted the macroeconomic impact of its ‘Future of Work’ outlook in rede- fining economies of scale, creating new jobs for youth, reshaping sup- ply chains, promoting small and medium enterprises and acceler- ating the pace of innovation. “Mapping the Future of Work in MENAT”, co-authored by Rania Rostom, GE’s Chief Innovation Officer, GE MENAT, and Marco Participants at the special meeting of the GE. Annunziata, GE’s Chief Economist, highlights the enormous oppor- “The Future of Work is a organizations, ultimately trans- tunities of the region to leverage unique opportunity for the region, forming economies.” the power of innovation through where GE has a presence for over Rania Rostom said that the three fundamental forces — the 80 years,” said Nabil Habayeb, transformational change stem- Industrial Internet, Advanced President & CEO, GE MENAT. ming from The Future of Work Manufacturing and the Global “By drawing on our experience, approach will positively impact Brain. The interplay of these three expertise and partnerships in design and manufacturing proc- elements can contribute to a tech- the region, The Future of Work esses, supply chains and distribu- nological transformation that GE sets a roadmap to increase tion networks. calls ‘The Future of Work.’ productivity and efficiency of THE PENINSULA

Lincoln MKC makes regional debut

DOHA: Automotive luxury East Marketing director for understand the essence of bespoke brand, Lincoln is showcasing its Ford and Lincoln. “This part- and the importance of craftsman- first introduction into the pre- nership naturally resonates with ship quality. Design trends and mium compact utility segment Lincoln, especially as the brand colour themes cross industry this week, with the all-new 2015 enters its next chapter of luxury boundaries and are reflected in Lincoln MKC, which makes its with the first Lincoln MKC pre- both the automobiles and ward- regional debut at Fashion Week mium utility, a product that was robes of yesterday, today and the Middle East (FWME). inspired inside out by the essence future.” The all-new Lincoln MKC, of bespoke and the importance of As the first vehicle designed combining sleek elegance with craftsmanship, both important from the ground up in a dedi- power and poise, will support the pillars in the fashion industry. cated Lincoln Design Studio, the region’s inaugural fashion trade “Cars and fashion taste are two Lincoln MKC strikes a sporty yet show, boasting innovative design of the most revealing elements elegant pose. and unique technologies at the about a person,” said Chelsea Its sleek, sculpted body, high show taking place at the Dubai Lau, Chief Designer, Strategic beltline and low shoulders cre- International Financial City Gate. Concepts Group at Ford Motor ate a sturdy, athletic presence, “Lincoln is proud to be the Company, who visited Dubai to enhanced by a low center of grav- Platinum sponsor of the first help launch the all-new Lincoln ity for responsive handling and edition of Fashion Week Middle MKC. “This is especially true in cornering stability. East,” said Paul Anderson, Middle the Middle East, where customers THE PENINSULA MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17 Iran boosts steel production; exports surge Foreign firms line up to tap sector as exports help counter sanctions Qatar Steel: Long-steel prices to LONDON/MOSCOW: Iran The bulk of Iran’s steel exports be worth some $6.3bn, based on country well short of its plan to is increasing steel exports and go to the Middle East and north current prices. boost steel output to 55 million remain suppressed in short term courting foreign investors in an Africa, and can involve barter But Javad Ardalan, director tonnes a year by 2025, of which ambitious bid to quadruple steel deals or funds deposited in non- of Iran Trade and Investment, 10 million tonnes would be ear- DOHA: Long-steel product prices in the GCC region are likely output in a decade and replace Western banks to circumvent a London-based consultancy marked for export. to remain under pressure in the short term, with production at least a small part of the sanctions. Iran was never barred with offices in Tehran, said the “That plan is going under stra- outstripping demand, Abdulaziz Abdul Razaq Hashim of Qatar massive revenue it loses due to from selling steel under sanctions additional revenue is important, tegic review and will probably Steel said at the IREPAS conference. sanctions on its oil sales. imposed by the United States and as it insulates the steel sector have to be adjusted, because of Addressing the just-concluded IREPAS (International Rebar A developing economy heav- the European Union over its dis- from sanctions by making it marketing, infrastructure and Exporters and Producers Association) meet in Berlin, Hashim also ily reliant on construction, the puted nuclear programme. But self-sufficient. many other aspects involved,” said alluded to lower priced Chinese steel and stronger exports, given Islamic Republic exported an financial restrictions banning “Steel and iron ore is a strate- ISPA’s Ahramian. weak iron ore prices, as a depressing factor, Arab business portal average of 1.35 million tonnes of banks from processing dollar pay- gic industry for Iran. If there isn’t Attempts to contact Iranian Mubasher reported. The Ukrainian crisis, which has to some extent steel in 2011 and 2012, according ments for Iran deals have made enough steel in the country the authorities were unsuccessful. affected billet supply, and uncertainty over scrap prices also are to a presentation by Iran’s top trade difficult. construction industry will grind Industry experts say the 55 mil- clouding the market outlook, he added. steelmaker, Mobarakeh Steel. Tehran says its nuclear pro- to a halt and another 50 or so lion tonne target is vulnerable if Longer term GCC longs consumption is likely to rise by more By contrast it exported 1.26 gramme is peaceful and has related industries will be hurt. It Tehran’s negotiations with global than three times the global average, given the region’s 3 percent million tonnes of steel during decried western sanctions widely will cause huge unemployment,” powers to end the standoff over population growth, the area’s increased exposure as a travel desti- the first seven months of this blamed for weakening its cur- said Ardalan. its nuclear programme fail and nation and healthy government spending, he said. year, data from the Iran Steel rency and shrinking its economy. Iran produced 10.64 million the country’s economy remains Future projects, such as Expo 2020 and the FIFA world cup 2022, Producers Association (ISPA) Iran’s steel sector pales in com- tonnes of crude steel in the first crippled by sanctions. are driving steel demand, he said. showed. “Due to the fast expan- parison to oil, one of the main eight months of this year, up 6.9 Still they concede that even in Imports are expected to fall on infrastructure investment related sion of the local production in parts of its economy targetted by percent on the same period last this worst-case scenario, Iran’s to these projects. The market share of Turkish billet imported into recent years, Iran has a surplus sanctions. The value of crude oil year and nearly triple the 2.4 steel industry will continue to the region for re-rolling has fallen sharply since 2013, with China of rebars, billets, IPE (I-beams) sales Iran loses each month from percent average global growth grow, with its exports adding to expected to control 95 percent of this marketplace this year. This and other similar sections,” said sanctions is estimated at nearly rate, data from the World Steel the global glut of steel, and help- has been a depressing factor for Turkish mills, given that the region Bahador Ahramian, a member of $4bn. By contrast, Iran’s steel Association shows. ing further depress prices. is one of their primary export markets. THE PENINSULA the ISPA’s board. exports to July this year would That increase still leaves the REUTERS

Facebook Ceasefire offers hope to factory owned by Poroshenko wins EU nod LIPETSK: Now that their then chocolate-covered waffles boss, Ukraine’s President Petro and other sweets. It was privatised Poroshenko, has finally shaken after the fall of the Soviet Union for $19bn hands with Russia’s Vladimir and Poroshenko bought it in 2001, Putin, the staff running the lone making it the Russian outpost of WhatsApp bid Russian factory in Poroshenko’s Roshen, the candy empire which chocolate empire can finally see made him a billionaire and which BRUSSELS: Facebook, the better days ahead. is named for the two middle sylla- world’s most popular social Since March, when Russia bles of his surname. Until last year, network, gained European annexed Ukraine’s Crimea penin- its Ukrainian ownership mattered Union clearance on Friday sula and pro-Russian rebels rose little to those who worked in the for its proposed $19bn take- up in eastern Ukraine, the Lipetsk factory in the bright red building over of mobile messaging Confectionary Factory has been in Lipetsk, much less those who startup WhatsApp in a deal raided by armed police, boycotted ate its chocolates. The factory’s setting it against the tel- and accused by Russian politicians director Taisiya Voronina, who has ecoms industry. of supporting extremism. worked there for 45 years, said she The landmark deal is the Its accounts were frozen, has never even met Poroshenko largest in Facebook’s 10-year its books combed over by the and was not at all interested in pol- history and will give it a strong tax authorities and its direc- itics. But when Poroshenko, once a foothold in the fast-growing tors repeatedly interrogated and cabinet minister in the Kiev gov- mobile messaging market. threatened with jail for conspir- ernment of pro-Russian President WhatsApp is poised to ing to profit off chocolate illegally Viktor Yanukovich, threw his sup- become a potentially power- named for a songbird. port behind a pro-European pro- ful rival to companies such as Now, with a ceasefire in place in test movement in Ukraine, candy Deutsche Telekom, Orange Ukraine, the mood has finally lifted became political and the Lipetsk and Telecom Italia with its at the factory, a big local employer factory became publicly associ- plan to add free voice-call which found itself an unexpected ated with Russia’s new-found ene- services for its 450 million victim of Russia’s war fever. The mies. Yanukovich was toppled in customers later this year. The factory has settled one of two court February. Poroshenko was elected European Commission said cases, has few accounts left for to succeed him and took office in the Facebook-WhatsApp deal the tax authorities to check and June. An employee works at a Roshen Confectionery Corporation plant in Lipetsk. would not hurt competition. expects a criminal case against its Moscow and its largely obedient “We have carefully reviewed directors to unravel. Its accounts media have labelled the new gov- songbird which Russian consumers Investigation Department to factory took it to court over the this proposed acquisition and are still frozen and sales have been ernment that replaced Yanukovich know fondly as the name for a type Moscow,” Voronina said, calling use of the word “Songstress” on come to the conclusion that cut in half, but bosses hope they “extremists” and “neo-fascists”. of fondant chocolates. the case “fabricated”. the same sweets. it would not hamper com- can keep 1,500 of the 2,000 staff Russian Internet users accused the The next day, officials in plain The Investigative Committee The Lipetsk factory is also petition in this dynamic and employed next year. Lipetsk factory of sending profits clothes arrived, backed by armed in Moscow did not respond to a dealing with what its directors growing market. Consumers “The two Ps shook hands once to Ukraine to help Kiev’s troops. police, and took armfuls of docu- request for comment on the case. call “intrusive checks” by the tax will continue to have a wide already, Putin and Poroshenko,” Politicians called for a boycott of ments. The factory’s accounts were The Kremlin has long denied there authorities, although so far it has choice of consumer commu- said Oleg Kazakov, the factory’s sweets that sponsored “violence frozen and workers were told to is any political connection. passed inspection. nications apps,” European deputy director. “Yes, there was a and extremism” against Russian leave. Voronina was questioned for The directors have now paid The two directors deny any Competition Commissioner time when everyone kicked us, but speakers in Ukraine. most of the night on suspicion of 211m roubles ($5m) to a Russian wrongdoing, although Kazakov said Joaquin Almunia said. now people have shaken hands and As so often happens in Russia, a criminal conspiracy to use the company for using the trademark using the “Swallow Songstress” WhatsApp and its rivals that means they may shake hands political disfavour brought swift trademark to “extract additional “Swallow” on their “Swallow label was probably a mistake. such as KakaoTalk, China’s again.” legal trouble. On March 18, a court profits”. The case is still rumbling Songstress” sweets, finding the “We have enough money here for WeChat and Viber have in The factory was founded in the ruled against the Lipetsk factory in on. money from a deposit that had the time being,” Kazakov said, con- recent years won over telecoms 1960s in Lipetsk, a provincial city a four year battle over the use of a “We are occasionally invited for yet to clear when their accounts fident the factory could settle the operators’ customers with a which now has half a million people, Soviet-era trademark: “lastochka” interrogation ... on Friday Kazakov were frozen. But soon after that demands on it without being forced free text messaging option, first making bread, then cookies, — the swallow, a beloved summer was summoned by Moscow’s was settled, another Russian candy into bankruptcy. REUTERS posing a serious threat to the sector’s revenues from this business, which totalled about $120 billion last year, according Business leaders meet to market researcher Ovum. REUTERS Surging dollar poses threat Google set to launch own to profits of US companies NEW YORK: The suddenly Carmine Grigoli, chief investment how much that currency effect mobile chat app unstoppable US dollar is posing strategist at Mizuho Securities in is going to be, your guidance is a triple threat to American com- New York. Moreover, that weak- probably going to come down for NEW DELHI: Software panies’ profits: driving up the ness, especially in Europe, “is going a good slug of the multinationals giant Google Inc plans to costs of doing business overseas, to be critical here,” he said. “It’s on the S&P,” said Art Hogan, chief launch a mobile messaging suppressing the value of non-US an important component of (US) market strategist at Wunderlich app it is likely to test in India sales and, perhaps most worry- earnings going forward.” Securities in New York. and other emerging markets, ingly, signaling weak interna- And while investors and ana- While the dollar’s strength is a the Economic Times newspa- tional demand. lysts have begun to figure in the sign of better economic prospects per reported on Friday, cit- The dollar has been on a tear, negative effects of a fast-strength- in the United States compared ing sources. with an index tracking it against ening dollar with regard to the with the eurozone and other parts The daily said Google was six other major currencies notch- approaching third-quarter report- of the world, it makes US goods in the early stages of develop- ing roughly an 8 percent gain since ing period, the risk to the fourth and services more costly overseas. ment of the app, which will the end of June. Few analysts see quarter and 2015 remains largely Grigoli said third-quarter profit not make it mandatory to use its breakout performance stalling unaccounted for. estimates for US companies with a Google login. out anytime soon since the US For instance, third-quarter the most overseas sales have fallen If launched, the mobile app economy stands on much firmer profit-growth expectations for more than estimates for the entire will compete in the mobile footing than most others around S&P 500 companies have fallen S&P 500 and also compared with chat space with the likes of the world, Europe’s in particular. back to 6.4 percent from about 11 companies with almost no overseas WhatsApp, Line and Hike. For companies in the bench- percent two months ago. sales. The Mountain View, mark S&P 500, that’s a big By contrast, the fourth-quar- Mizuho data shows a 1.5 per- California-based company is headwind because so many are ter growth forecast is down just centage point decline in estimates also looking at localisation, by multinationals, and as a group slightly, to 11.1 percent from a from July 31 to September 29 for adding Indian language sup- they derive almost half of their July 1 forecast of 12.0 percent. companies that derive 60 per- port and voice-to-text messag- Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia, delivers a speech at the revenue from international mar- And profit-growth estimates for cent or more of their sales from ing, the newspaper said. Institute of Directors Convention at the Royal Albert Hall, Central kets. “You will get some companies 2015 have actually increased in overseas compared with a 1 point A Google spokeswoman said London. The annual convention brings together business leaders that have failed to meet expecta- that time from 11.5 percent to 12.4 decline in estimates for the S&P the company did not comment and politicians to discuss the business strategy and the world tions based on the weakness we’re percent. 500 and a 0.4 point decline for on speculation. REUTERS economy. seeing overseas, so it is going to be “If you try and extrapolate companies with almost no overseas a source of disappointment,” said out to the fourth quarter and sales exposure. REUTERS MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Mistakes were mine: Giants edge Nationals in US captain Watson

NEW YORK: Tom Watson, in the singles matches before heavily criticised for his alleg- running out of steam against an 18-inning marathon edly detached approach in cap- inspired Europe. taining the United States in its “Our team certainly showed Ryder Cup defeat last month, guts when it took it to the other San Francisco win longest game in MLB play-off history has written an open letter in team early in Sunday’s singles which he takes “full responsibil- matches,” said Watson, at 65 the ity” for any mistakes made. oldest ever Ryder Cup captain. WASHINGTON: The San Watson, whose strategy was “We were indeed tied with them Francisco Giants left the implicitly slammed by Cup vet- as the scoreboard turned wonder- Washington Nationals frus- eran Phil Mickelson after the fully ‘red’. trated, exhausted and on the Americans had slipped to their “Our players started fast as I brink of elimination after they eighth loss to Europe in 10 meet- had asked them to in my com- claimed an 18-inning marathon ings, also praised his team for the ments the night before. I asked with a 2-1 win in the longest “guts” they displayed in the last- them to really concentrate on game in Major League Baseball day singles. holes two to five, as the Europeans (MLB) play-off history. Though Watson did not address had won too many early battles on Brandon Belt blasted a solo what had happened in a report- these particular holes. home run in the 18th to snap a edly “ugly” US team room on “But in the end, the facts long 1-1 tie and the Giants seized the eve of the concluding singles are that the other team played a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five matches, he said that any mis- better.” National League Division Series. communication was entirely his Shortly after the Ryder Cup, The wild contest lasted six fault. Mickelson told a news confer- hours and 23 minutes, surpassing “First, I take complete and full ence that Watson had not engaged the previous longest post-season responsibility for my communica- with the US players and should game of five hours and 50 minutes tion, and I regret that my words have stuck with the system that played by Atlanta and Houston may have made the players feel worked so successfully in 2008. in 2005. that I didn’t appreciate their Six years ago, the Americans In Saturday’s thriller, a total of commitment and dedication to won the trophy at Valhalla where 39 players and 16 pitchers were winning the Ryder Cup,” Watson their captain, Paul Azinger, imple- used on both sides. wrote. mented a four-man ‘pod’ system, “The way this game was going “My intentions throughout an idea he got from the Navy it could have went another five my term as captain were both to SEALS, whereby the players innings,” Belt told reporters. inspire and to be honest. spent a lot of time together on “We’re just happy to get out of “Secondly, the guys gave eve- and off the course. here. It was nice to see that ball rything. They played their hearts “As for Phil’s comments, I com- go over the fence.” San Francisco Giants’ first baseman Brandon Belt (9) hits the game’s winning home run against the Washington out. I was proud to get to know pletely understand his reaction in The Nationals were one out Nationals in the 18th inning of game 2 of the National League Division Series at Nationals Park in Washington, each and every one of them. I the moment,” said Watson. away from a victory in the ninth D.C. on Saturday. know they are all going to win “Earlier this week I had an inning before San Francisco ral- tournaments, be on future Ryder open and candid conversation lied with an RBI double from and gave up a pair of hits, includ- umpires. Each team got strong Cup teams and have wonderful with him (Mickelson) and it Pablo Sandoval, leading to their ing the tying one. starting pitching efforts as San careers.” ended with a better understand- 10th straight play-off win. “I never disagree with (Matt Francisco’s Tim Hudson went 7 MLB Play-off ESPN reported on Friday ing of each other’s perspectives. Washington manager Matt Williams). He’s the man- 1/3 innings and struck out eight. that, according to four unidenti- “Phil’s heart and intentions for Williams and catcher Asdrubal ager, he makes the decisions,” Zimmermann lasted the 8 2/3 Results fied team sources, Watson took our team’s success have always Cabrera were both ejected in the Zimmermann said. “I’d like to innings in his first start since no responsibility for any short- been in the right place. Phil is a 10th inning for arguing balls and stay out there but Drew has been tossing a no-hitter against Miami National League comings by the Americans at great player, has great passion strikes. lights out all year. It just didn’t in the regular season finale on At Washington Gleneagles and had panned the and I admire what he’s done for The critical ninth featured a work out that time.” September 28. poor play by the US in the final golf.” questionable decision by Williams, San Francisco’s Buster Posey The Giants can complete the San Francisco 2 Washington 1 foursomes matches. Watson ended his letter with who removed starting pitcher tried to score the go-ahead run sweep and advance to their third (San Francisco lead series 2-0) Though the US ultimately suf- yet another admission that what- Jordan Zimmermann after the from first base on the Sandoval National League Championship At Los Angeles fered a crushing loss by 16-1/2 ever went wrong had been due to right-hander issued a two-out hit but was thrown out at home Series in five years with a Game points to 11-1/2 in the 40th edition his leadership. “The bottom line is walk with no one on base. plate on a marginal play that Three win in San Francisco on Los Angeles 3 St Louis 2 of the biennial competition, the this, I was their captain,” he said. Reliever Drew Storen came on was reviewed and upheld by the Monday. REUTERS (Series tied 1-1) Americans started out strongly REUTERS

NFL to begin Pumas beat Wallabies for first Championship victory testing for HGH MENDOZA, Argentina: first over Australia since 1997 and from a penalty on the stroke of Argentina fought back from a their fifth over the Wallabies in halftime to narrow Australia’s today: Reports 14-0 deficit to edge Australia 23 meetings. lead to 14-8 at the interval. 21-17 in Mendoza and seal their Hooper’s yellow card was the Argentina gained a numerical NEW YORK: The National maiden victory in the Rugby third of three handed out to the advantage early in the second half Football League (NFL) will Championship on Saturday. Wallabies in the second half, with when Phipps was sent off for a begin testing for human growth Both sides scored two tries scrumhalf Nick Phipps spending scrum infringement and Sanchez hormone (HGH) today, nearly apiece with the difference com- time in the bin shortly after the slotted his second penalty to edge three weeks after the league and ing from the boot of Pumas fly- break. the Pumas closer. its players agreed to a revised half Nicolas Sanchez as Argentina Referee Nigel Owens later However, the flyhalf knocked drug policy, the NFL’s website won a controversy-tinged contest over-ruled his own decision to on minutes later deep in Pumas said. in the southern hemisphere tour- send off fullback Israel Folau for territory and though Australia NFL Players Association nament at the 18th attempt. tackling a player in flight after were denied a possible try in the (NFLPA) president Eric Winston With the visitors trailing reviewing a video replay. right corner after a lengthy video outlined the plans in a letter to 18-17 with 10 minutes to spare, Argentina had the lion’s share review, Foley converted the pen- the players. He also reiterated Wallabies flyhalf Bernard Foley of territory and possession in alty to give his side a six-point their right “to challenge any had a chance to pull his team in the first half yet found them- buffer. aspect of the science” behind the front with a penalty kick from selves 14-0 down after 13 min- That was erased when winger testing, NFL Media reported. close range but he hit the post utes after tries by centre Tevita Juan Imhoff crossed over for the “Testing for HGH will begin on after having a laser trained on Kuridrani and number eight Scott Pumas’ second try and Sanchez’s Monday, October 6th,” Winston his face from the crowd. Higginbotham. conversion put the hosts ahead for wrote. “Each week of the season, Minutes later, a harsh yel- The Pumas pushed the the first time in the 53rd minute. five players on eight teams will low card saw Wallabies captain Wallabies back deep into their The match became attritional be tested. No testing will occur Michael Hooper sin-binned for a half but they had to wait until as the tiring Wallabies doggedly on game days. dangerous challenge on Sanchez the 35th minute for their reward tried to fend off Argentina’s “We negotiated to ensure that and the flyhalf duly made sure of when they finally edged past some charge but the tourists’ resolve the methodology of testing be Argentina’s Los Pumas celebrate after defeating Australia’s Wallabies in the win with a penalty goal five impressive defence with a try by buckled after the loss of Hooper conducted in the most profes- the Rugby Championship match at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium in minutes from time. number eight Leonardo Senatore. and Sanchez coolly sealed the win sional and safest manner for Mendoza, west of Buenos Aires, on Saturday. The win in the final round of Sanchez failed with the con- to end three years of frustration players. the tournament was Argentina’s version but slotted his first point for the Pumas. REUTERS “Importantly, after three years of negotiating, players won the right to challenge any aspect of the science behind the HGH iso- Springboks put end to All Blacks’ unbeaten run forms test in an appeal of a posi- tive test.” JOHANNESBURG: They may have cause for com- defenders to score and convert. The revised drug policy Replacement flyhalf Pat plaint, and perhaps another rea- New Zealand brought themselves between the NFL and the NFLPA Lambie landed a 52m penalty son to gripe at English referee back to within one as Fekitoa dot- was formally announced on Sept. with a minute to go as South Wayne Barnes, as Lambie’s win- ted down between the uprights. 17, nearly a week after the play- Africa ended New Zealand’s ning kick was only awarded after Pollard got his second score as ers’ union agreed to terms for a 22-game unbeaten run with big screens at the venue showed his eel-like running again eluded new policy on a vote by player a 27-25 victory in their final replay of an incident in back-play. defenders from a five-metre representatives. Rugby Championship clash on As everybody paused for scrum and South Africa led 21-13 A first violation of the policy, Saturday. breath, the replay showed All at the break. Pollard extended including HGH, will result in Lambie was on for the 20-year- Black flank Liam Messam not that lead by another three with a a suspension without pay of up old rookie flyhalf Handre Pollard using his arms in a high hit on penalty, but the All Blacks turned to six games depending on the who had earlier crossed for two Schalk Burger and, after some up the pressure in the final half- nature of the violation. tries, and added three conver- persuasion, Barnes consulted the hour and Smith crossed the A positive test for diuretics sions and a penalty at Ellis Park TMO who awarded the penalty in tryline out wide with 15 minutes or masking agents will result in as the Boks became the first team South Africa’s own half. remaining, Barrett’s conversion a two-game ban while a positive to defeat the world champion All Lambie kept his cool to easily cutting the lead to four. test for a steroid, stimulant or Blacks since England in late 2012. find the distance, and the accu- New Zealand hit the front on HGH will result in a four-game Scrumhalf Francois Hougaard racy, to edge the Boks into two- 70 minutes as the Boks lost a ban. scored the home side’s other try point lead. line-out in their own 22 and after A second violation of the ster- as their desire to play a more After Barrett had kicked an extended pressure replacement oid policy will result in a sus- expansive game with ball in hand early penalty for All Blacks, the hooker Coles scored in the cor- pension without pay of 10 games paid dividends. Boks scored a try from their own ner. This time Barrett missed the while a third violation will result New Zealand, who had already 22 as they ran the ball out, centre conversion and the world cham- in banishment for a minimum of won the title, scored tries from Jean de Villiers provided a grub- pions led by one. That was until two years. Players who test posi- centre Malakai Fekitoa, wing Ben ber for wing Cornal Hendricks to South African pressure led to the tive for banned stimulants in the Smith and hooker Dane Coles, run onto and Hougaard finished mistake from Messam that, even- South African players tackle New Zealand’s Jerome Kaino (centre) during offseason no longer will be sus- with flyhalf Beauden Barrett add- under the posts. The lead was tually, allowed Lambie to put the the Rugby Championship match at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg pended but will be referred to the ing a further 10 points with the extended to 14-6 as Pollard got his home side into a lead they would on Saturday. substance abuse program. boot. first try as he slipped between two not relinquish. REUTERS REUTERS MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Qatar’s Carella storms to pole Djokovic, Sharapova reign position in Liuzhou GP

LIUZHOU, CHINA: The supreme at China Open Qatar Team’s Alex Carella and Shaun Torrente will line up in pole and ninth positions for today’s Grand Prix of China on World number one defeats Berdych, Sharapova overcomes Kvitova Liuzhou’s Liu River. Carella, the defending UIM BEIJING: World number F1 H20 World Champion, was one Novak Djokovic crushed the class of the field in qualify- Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-2 yes- ing on Sunday and a single stun- terday to win the China Open ning lap of 44.60sec in his delayed and maintain a remarkable 100 Q3 shoot-out was enough to beat percent record in the Beijing Novak Djokovic Finland’s Sami Selio to pole posi- tournament. of Serbia lifts tion. Kuwait’s Yousef Al-Rubayan Meanwhile, French Open his trophy after qualified in third place. champion Maria Sharapova was defeating Tomas Torrente blotted his copybook forced to battle hard to overcome Berdych of the at the start of Q2 and a driv- Petra Kvitova 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the Czech Republic ing error cost him the chance of women’s final -- a victory which in the men’s taking pole position. “I usually moves her into second place in the singles final know where I make a mistake, rankings. match at the but I wasn’t sure this time and Serb Djokovic was 5-0 ahead China Open at it (the boat) just went round on in the second set, one game from the National me. I’m disappointed and angry serving up an incredible “dou- Tennis Center in with myself,” said Torrente, who ble bagel” as he tore through his Beijing, China, finished in ninth place. Czech opponent with a brilliant yesterday. “I knew it was going to be serving display. between me and Alex. Now the RIGHT: Maria As he was staring at an embar- guys have to stay up all night Sharapova of rassing defeat, a stunned Berdych to fix the boat and I’m annoyed laughed as he pretended to hand Russia poses about that.” his racket to a ball-girl, suggest- with her trophy “Alex was our hero today. ing that she may be able to take after winning her He is such a good driver,” said on his opponent. women’s sin- Khalid bin Arhama Al-Kuwari, But the world number six ral- gles final match head of formula racing at the lied briefly to take Djokovic’s against Petra Qatar Marine Sports Federation serve and then take the scores to Kvitova of the (QMSF), which runs under the a more respectable 5-2, before the Czech Republic. presidency of Sheikh Hassan bin reigning champion sealed his fifth Jabor Al Thani. title in Beijing, an event he has “It was disappointing for won the five times he has entered. Shaun to have a spin, but he is “Beijing is definitely my lucky a fighter and I am sure he will place, I enjoy coming here,” pass some drivers at the start of Djokovic said to the crowd after the race and move back up the his stunning victory over the field. The impressive thing for me third seed. was the speed of Alex in Q3. To In the women’s final, it was a Nishikori tames Raonic to win Japan Open beat Sami Selio, a former World gritty performance from current Champion, by 1.39 seconds was world number four Sharapova, very impressive!” who handed Kvitova her first loss TOKYO: Kei Nishikori won the “I hope to get to London. I am The local crowd-pleaser finally time I have won a title two weeks The Qatar Team’s Mohamad in nine games. The fourth seed Japan Open title for the second getting close, but there are two came though with his concluding in a row. After the US Open, it Al-Obaidly and Khalid Abdullah Russian appeared to have carried time in three years yesterday, more Masters 1000s and 500s break to earn the title. The match was hard to maintain my moti- Al-Kuwari finished sixth and into the match the determination collapsing in joy on the court left,” said Nishikori. “These next was played under the closed roof vation. I had to stay strong and seventh overall in the first of the she showed in her powerful 6-0, as he defeated Milos Raonic 7-6 few weeks will be really important of the Ariake Colosseum as rains focused, especially this week when Liuzhou F-4S races. Germany’s 6-4 semi-final defeat of Serbian (7/5), 4-6, 6-4. for me. from an approaching typhoon fell. I wasn’t feeling 100 per cent.” Mike Szymura claimed pole posi- world number nine Ana Ivanovic. The surprise US Open final- “Michael has raised my level. Nishikori has now beaten The title came in front on tion and went on to win the race “After exchanging breaks in the ist, who also claimed the Kuala We have practised more on the Raonic in three of four meetings Nishikori’s home public during and take a comfortable champi- first set, I was happy. I felt like Lumpur trophy a week ago, was in court and also physical work. this season, including at the US a 10,000-strong sellout and left onship lead. Australian rookie I stepped it up,” Sharapova said. tears as he hugged his tennis star- Beating a few Top 10 guys over Open. The runner-up fired 22 Raonic wondering what he might Rigby Briney was second for “I started returning quite well, turned-coach Michael Chang. the past year has helped my aces and lost serve only once, in have to do to win in the Japanese Team Sweden. reading her serve a little bit. The victory in just over two confidence.” the final game of a long afternoon. capital. Eighteen drivers commenced She became the more aggressive hours sends Nishikori to fifth in Nishikori won the opening set Nishikori added a fourth title The Canadian has now lost the the first of the three qualifying player in the second set. I think the points race for November’s in three-quarters of an hour and to his 2014 honours list after also last three finals in the capital, sessions on the six-pin course on I took a few too many steps back ATP season final in London while was broken in the seventh game winning Memphis and Barcelona going down to Juan Martin del the Liu River and the six slow- and let her be that way, let her Canadian Raonic holds onto the of the second set as Raonic lev- before Kuala Lumpur. He stands Potro a year ago and to Nishikori est would be eliminated in Q1. play that way.” AFP eighth and final spot. elled a set each. 49-10 this season. “It’s the first in 2012. AFP Phillipe Chiappe set the early target lap of 46.89sec, but that was soon eclipsed by a Torrente lap of 46.70sec and a Carella tour of 46.50sec, as the Qatar Team duo hit the front and returned to Local sailors dominate at Sail Qatar 2014 the pits to wait for Q2. Team Abu Dhabi’s Ahmed Al-Hameli won the session with a lap of 46.42sec. DOHA: Qatar’s Bouchema Ivan Brigada failed to start and Kheirddine emerged on top in Sail Qatar 2014 was automatically eliminated and the Optimist class of the Sail Final Results the Italian was joined by Tomas Qatar 2014, the international Cermak, Xiong Ziwei, Marit Optimist regatta organised by Qatar Stromoy, Jesper Forss and Bartek Sailing and Rowing Federation. Rank Name Nett Marszalek after Q1. Yesterday, Kheirddine over- 1st Bouchema Kheirddine (QAT) 12.0 Six further boats would be came the challenge of Kuwait’s 2nd Ali Al Failkawi (KUW) 19.0 eliminated in Q2 and there was Ali Al Failkawi to finish with the 3rd Abdulrhman Al Nasr (QAT) 25.0 disappointment for Torrente, who least number of penalty points at Laser 4.7 spun out of the session on turn the end of the ten-race contest. 1st Abdulrahman Ajinah (QAT) 8.0 four and forced a yellow flag to be Abdulrhman Al Nasr of Qatar raised while his boat was removed 2nd Suad Alassaf (KUW) 15.0 came third. from the course. Another Qatari Abdulrahman 3rd Ameena Shah (KUW) 19.0 Qualifying resumed and Carella Ajinah won the Laser 4.7 beat- Laser RDL was able to post a quickest lap of ing off competition from Suad 1st Ali Bohamoud (KUW) 9.0 48.16sec before an incident involv- Alassaf and Ameena Shah, both 2nd Mohammod Al Kandari (KUW) 11.00 ing Filip Roms forced a second of Kuwait. The local sailors had 3rd Ali Al Muftah (QAT) 21.00 yellow flag and Ahmed Al-Hameli more success with the Qatari pair was also eliminated. Laser STD of Hassan Al Baker and Mohamed No driver was able to match Ismail winning Hobie 16 race. 1st Haakon Haakonsen (NOR) 9.0 Carella’s time and the Qatar driver In Laser RDL, Qatar’s Ali Al 2nd Jan Wind (NED) 13.0 sailed into Q3. Chiappe, Erik Muftah finished third behind 3rd Andrew Stigter (AUS) 23.0 Stark and Thani Al-Qamzi joined two Kuwaitis, Ali Bohamoud and Hobie – 16 Roms, Torrente and Al-Hameli Mohammod Al Kandari. 1st Hassan/Ismail (QAT) 13.0 on the list of eliminations. Norway’s Haakon Haakonsen 2nd Keith/ Liza(IND/BEL) 14.0 Former World Champion Sami won the Laser STD, while the Selio was the first of the six racers 3rd Alexander/Asma (GER/ GBR) 19.0 Portugal-Pakistan pair of Duarte on the course in the Q3 shoot-out Monteiro and Adeel Khan topped 470 and the Finn posted an opening in 470. Sailors from 23 countries 1st Duarte/Adeel (POR/PAK) 7.0 lap of 45.99sec to set the target took part in the championship. 2nd Kim/Ben (GBR/AUS) 17.0 time. Portugal’s Duarte Benavente THE PENINSULA 3rd Robert/Yasemin (TUR) 28.0 was unable to match the Finn on his only lap of 47.89sec and that left the door open for Sweden’s Jonas Andersson – the pole win- ner at the opening race in Qatar – to challenge Selio’s time. The Qatar Team was back into The podium winners in the winning ways from the outset on Optimist team category pose Sunday, despite the near seven- for a picture along with Khalifa month lay-off from competitive Mohd Al Sewaidi, President action. of Qatar Sailing and Rowing Torrente was the class of the Federation, during the medal field in the first practice session, ceremony in Doha yesterday. the American posting a quickest lap of 45.42sec to beat Carella by The podium winners at Sail Qatar 2014, the international regatta organised by just 0.25sec. Chiappe was third Qatar Sailing and Rowing Federation, pose for a group picture. TOP: The win- quickest with a time of 46.30sec. ners in Hobie 16. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT Racing reaches a conclusion tomorrow today. THE PENINSULA MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Japanese Grand Prix Results Hamilton wins Japanese GP SUZUKA, Japan: Results from yesterday’s Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka: 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 3. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull marred by Bianchi crash 4. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull 5. Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams Frenchman has severe head injury, Marussia collided with recovery tractor 7. Felipe Massa (BRA) Williams 8. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Force India 9. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso SUZUKA, Japan: Championship leader Lewis 10. Sergio Perez (MEX) Force India Hamilton won a wet Japanese 11. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) Toro Rosso Grand Prix from Mercedes 12. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari team-mate Nico Rosberg yes- 13. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX) Sauber terday in a chaotic finish, but 14. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) McLaren his victory was overshadowed 15. Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus by a serious crash involving Drivers standings Frenchman Jules Bianchi. 1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 266 pts Bianchi was rushed to hospital unconscious after a shunt which 2. Nico Rosberg (GER) 256 brought the rain-hit race to pre- 3. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) 193 mature halt to undergo emer- 4. Sebastian Vettel (GER) 139 gency surgery for a serious head 5. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 133 injury. 6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) 130 “Jules is seriously injured,” 7. Jenson Button (GBR) 82 Bianchi’s father Philippe told 8. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 76 France 3 television. “He is under- going surgery for a head injury 9. Felipe Massa (BRA) 71 and we will need to wait 24 10. Sergio Perez (MEX) 46 hours to know any more on his 11. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) 45 condition.” 12. Kevin Magnussen (DEN) 39 Formula One’s governing FIA 13. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) 21 said in a statement that Bianchi 14. Romain Grosjean (FRA) 8 had “suffered a severe head 15. Daniil Kvyat (RUS) 8 injury” and would be monitored from the intensive care unit fol- Constructors standings lowing his operation. British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton (left) of Mercedes AMG GP holds his trophy on the podium after winning the Japanese Formula One Grand 1. Mercedes 522 pts Hamilton ducked superbly Prix at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, yesterday. RIGHT: Journalists watch screens in the media centre showing the 2. Red Bull 332 inside fierce rival Rosberg on the recovery operation of Sauber driver Adrian Sutil of Germany after he crashed during the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, yesterday. 3. Williams 201 29th lap and stormed away to win Frenchman Jules Bianchi was rushed to hospital by ambulance still unconscious after crashing in treacherous conditions at the Japanese Grand Prix 4. Ferrari 178 at Suzuka for the first time and after the 25-year-old’s Marussia collided with a recovery vehicle after Sutil had skidded into a wall on lap 43 at Suzuka. 5. Force India 122 increase his advantage over the 6. McLaren 121 German to 10 points with four rounds left this season. Reigning differently. Obviously it didn’t fin- Sutil smashed his Sauber into corner,” he said. “The rain got victory of his career. 7. Toro Rosso 29 world champion Sebastian Vettel ish the way I would have hoped a wall -- and the race was sus- worse and worse, the visibility got “All in all, Lewis did a better 8. Lotus 8 finished third for Red Bull. and my prayers are with Jules and pended two laps later with the less and less. One lap later, Jules job today and deserves to win,” 9. Marussia 2 “I had a lot more pace that Nico his family.” rain getting heavier and the light came around and had the same said Rosberg, who struggled with and it’s not a very easy circuit to Typhoon rains had been fore- rapidly deteriorating. spin there, and that was it. It was over-steer throughout the race. all the best.” Vettel, the four- follow on,” Hamilton told report- cast for Sunday’s race and it Celebrations were muted on the more or less the same crash, but “Second place is damage limita- time defending title holder, who ers. “But fortunately I was able began behind the safety car, only podium with news having filtered the outcome was different.” tion for me. Taking everything announced on Saturday he will to get quite close, particularly in for the drivers to be called back through of Bianchi’s crash, none Hamilton, the 2008 world into consideration -- tricky con- leave Red Bull at the end of the the last corner. I was confident to the pits minutes later. of the top three indulging in the champion, produced one of the ditions, seven points lost to Lewis, season, made the podium for the with the balance of the car and The safety car came out again traditional champagne spraying. overtaking moves of the season there is worse than that. second race in a row -- but only stuck it out. after 44 laps following Bianchi’s Sutil witnessed Bianchi’s crash when he daringly passed Rosberg “My thoughts at the moment his fourth of the year -- ahead “After that I was attacking, accident -- the Frenchman’s at close quarters after sliding out on the outside of turn one and are with our colleagues Jules, of Australian team-mate Daniel attacking and then I could take Marussia colliding with a recov- at the same bend. stormed away to claim his eighth because it seems quite serious,” Ricciardo. different lines and manage it ery vehicle after German Adrian “I had aquaplaning at that victory of 2014 and the 30th he added. “I really wish him AFP

Lacazette stars Mourinho and Wenger clash in Lyon win as Chelsea beat Arsenal over Lille

LONDON: Chelsea went five suspected concussion following PARIS: Lyon cruised to a 3-0 points clear of reigning champi- English Premier an earlier collision with Sanchez. Ligue 1 victory over Lille at their ons Manchester City at the top Wenger, whose side were Stade Gerland yesterday thanks to of the Premier League after a thrashed 6-0 on their last visit to a hat-trick from France interna-

2-0 win at home to Arsenal in a League Results Stamford Bridge in March, sug- tional striker Alexandre Lacazette. fiery all-London clash yesterday. Chelsea 2 (Hazard 27-penalty, Costa 78) gested Arsenal had been unlucky. The beaten visitors however Eden Hazard gave Chelsea a Arsenal 0 “We had more shots and missed held on to third place ahead of 27th-minute lead with a coolly- Manchester United 2 (Di Maria 27, Falcao 62) opportunities to take more,” he the late clash between Paris taken penalty after he had Everton 1 (Naismith 55) said. Saint-Germain and Monaco at been brought down in the box Tottenham 1 (Eriksen 40) Southampton 0 The defeat, Arsenal’s first in the Parc des Princes. Marseille by Gunners defender Laurent the Premier League this season, beat Caen 2-1 away Saturday and West Ham 2 (Onuoha 5-og, Sakho 59) QPR 0 Koscielny. left the Gunners nine points off are runaway leaders on 22 points, Diego Costa’s ninth goal in top spot and meant Wenger had Bordeaux second on 17, while Lille seven Premier League games press the referee to give a red failed to beat a Chelsea side man- Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (right) and Arsenal’s and Nantes both have 15 and after an excellent lofted through- card to an opponent is not fair.” aged by Mourinho in 12 attempts. French manager Arsene Wenger are separated by the fourth official defending champions PSG are on ball from former Arsenal favour- “I don’t think that is the image Earlier, Radamel Falcao’s during an English Premier League match at Stamford Bridge in London 14. Lille had to play without eight ite Cesc Fabregas sealed Chelsea’s of Arsene Wenger as an advocate first goal for Manchester United yesterday. first choice players and also had victory 12 minutes from time. of fair play,” the Chelsea coach secured a 2-1 victory over their coach Rene Girard sent off Kick-off at Stamford Bridge said. Everton. for the second time this season. was delayed by 15 minutes as offi- “It was an important match for Colombia striker Falcao — a penalty but United goalkeeper moved up into fourth place, had They have now lost twice and cials slowed the entry of Arsenal both teams and these conditions signed on loan for a reported David de Gea saved Leighton their first back-to-back suc- drawn one of their last three fans into the away end after a make for a game of emotions,” he $13.1m on transfer deadline day Baines’s spot-kick — the first of cesses under Dutch manager league games.For Lyon, former flare was set off. said. — marked his fourth United several fine stops. Louis van Gaal following last France player of the year Yoann There was a flare-up of a dif- Wenger said he was responding appearance by scoring from inside However, Baines recovered his week’s 2-1 victory at home to Gourcuff finally got a place in the ferent kind when Arsenal man- to a bad tackle, adding: “I went the box after deflecting Angel di composure to whip in a superb West Ham. starting line-up as his form comes ager Arsene Wenger clashed with out of my technical area because Maria’s long-range shot in the cross from which Gary Naismith Everton’s defeat, which left back and he set up the first goal Jose Mourinho after the Gunners’ I wasn’t happy with the chal- 62nd minute. headed Everton level 10 minutes them hovering above the relega- for Lacazette in the 39th minute. Alexis Sanchez was fouled by lenge and I wanted to see what Argentina midfielder di Maria after the break. tion zone, was compounded by AFP Gary Cahill. happened. had given United a 27th-minute Stoppage-time saw de Gea John Stones being carried off “There are two technical areas “Someone stood in front of me lead when he curled in a shot preserve United’s lead with two on a stretcher late on — with not one,” said Mourinho. “He and that was it. I say absolutely from just inside the penalty impressive saves to deny Everton the defender now set to miss German Bundesliga (Wenger) was coming to my nothing else on that.” area. substitutes Leon Osman and England’s Euro 2016 qualifiers space. If it was to give an instruc- Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Everton could have equalised on Bryan Oviedo. against San Marino and Estonia Results tion to a player I say OK, but to Courtois then went off due to the stroke of half-time following The result meant United, who next week. AGENCIES BERLIN: German Bundesliga results yesterday: VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Naldo 58) Augsburg 0; Bonucci gives Juve 3-2 win over Roma in fiery clash Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 (Kruse 15) Mainz 05 1 (Hofmann 31-pen) MILAN: Leonardo Bonucci’s minute, then Juventus substi- Unbeaten Samp have been late penalty when Alejandro Played on Saturday spectacular late goal gave tute Alvaro Morata and Roma’s one of the surprise packages Rodriguez was felled from behind Italian Serie A Bayern Munich 4 (Lewandowski 6, 38, Juventus a 3-2 win over AS Konstantinos Manolas were sent of the season and had winger by defender Silivan Widmer. Robben 13, 79) Hanover 96 0; Borussia Roma in a stormy top-of-the- off after clashing. Roma’s coach Manolo Gabbiadini to thank for The northerners sit in fourth Results Dortmund 0 Hamburg 1 (Lasogga 35); Bayer table Serie A clash which pro- Rudi Garcia was also dismissed a 35th minute winner at the place, now two points off the pace Leverkusen 2 (L. Bender 42, Bellarabi 90) MILAN: Results from Italy’ duced three first-half penalties, in the first half. Luigi Ferraris Stadium after he but two ahead of Milan, who had Paderborn 2 (Koc 20, Stompelkamp 87); Serie A yesterday: two red cards, several scuf- Leaders Juventus, with 18 beat Marco Sportiello from close Sulley Muntari and Keisuke Hoffenheim 2 (Elyounoussi 13, Szalai 29) fles and heaps of controversy points from six games, main- range. The Genoese side moved Honda to thank for the goals in Empoli 3 (Maccarone 4, Tonelli 33, Pucciarelli Schalke 04 1 (Huntelaar 83); Werder Bremen yesterday. tained their 100 percent league up to third place. a precious 2-0 win over Chievo 63) Palermo 0; Lazio 3 (Mauri 9, Djordjevic 1 (di Santo 31) Freiburg 1 (Darida 8-pen); Carlos Tevez fired Juventus record after six games this season Fellow high-flyers Udinese on Saturday. Lazio, meanwhile, 25, Candreva 35) Sassuolo 2 (Berardi 26, Eintracht Frankfurt 3 (Meier 44, 54, Horn ahead with a 27th minute pen- and second-placed Roma dropped spurned the chance to go third made it two wins on the trot for 50-pen); Parma 1 (Coda 66) Genoa 2 (Perotti 79-og) Cologne 2 (Risse 16, Hector 65). alty, 38-year-old Francesco Totti points for the first time. when Emmanuel Cascione lev- the first time this season with a 53, Matri 90+3); Sampdoria 1 (Gabbiadini 35) replied five minutes later with Meanwhile, Sampdoria contin- elled from the spot for visitors 3-2 win at the Olympic Stadium Atalanta 0; Udinese 1 (Fernandes 62) Cesena another spot kick, Juan Iturbe put ued their solid start to Serie A Cesena in the second minute of over basement side Sassuolo. Both 1 (Cascione 90+2-pen); Juventus 3 (Tevez French League Results Roma ahead one minute before with a 1-0 win over Atalanta that added-on time to grab a share of sides finished with 10 men, Lorik 27-pen, 45+3-pen, Bonucci 86) Roma 2 (Totti PARIS, France: French 32-pen, Iturbe 44). halftime before Tevez levelled sent Sinisa Mihajlovic’s men third the spoils at the Friuli Stadium. Cana seeing red shortly after the Ligue 1 results yesterday: again with a third penalty. while Lazio finally kick started Hosts Udinese had taken a restart and Federico Peluso fol- Played on Saturday Saint-Etienne 0 Toulouse 1 (Ben Yedder 22) Bonucci crashed home a their season with a hard-fought 62nd-minute lead through Bruno lowing the Albanian down the Verona 1 (Tachtsidis 89) Cagliari 0; Milan 2 Guingamp 0 Nantes 1 (Nkoudou 33) 20-metre volley in the 86th 3-2 win over Sassuolo. Fernandes, but Cesena won a tunnel on 61 minutes. AGENCIES (Muntari 55, Honda 78) Chievo 0 Lyon 3 (Lacazette 39, 45, 84) Lille 0 MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Australia Lara, Jayasuriya promise beat Pakistan in lone T20

DUBAI: Australia beat Pakistan by six wickets to win the one-off Twenty20 interna- thrilling Twenty20 action tional in Dubai yesterday. Pakistan were restricted to their fifth lowest Twenty20 inter- World XI, Asia XI teams to clash today with aim to lift cricket in Qatar national total of 96-9 in 20 overs. Australia knocked off the tar- get for the loss of four wickets in DOHA: Cricket frenzy will hit and 10405 runs to his name in the 14 overs with David Warner hit- Doha today when the World XI, ODIs promised an exciting game ting 39-ball 53 not out. AFP led by legendary Brian Lara will of cricket. clash with Asia XI, captained “We are up against the Asian Scoreboard by iconic Sanath Jayasuriya in side which will enjoy a good sup- a Twenty20 fixture at the West port here. But we have played in PAKISTAN End Park Stadium under the the Middle East a lot and we are Ahmed Shahzad c Finch b Boyce ...... 10 flood lights. used to this situation. Awais Zia c Richardson b Maxwell ...... 3 Renowned cricketers from “My team comprises of good Umar Amin st Haddin b Maxwell ...... 0 Australia, West Indies, England, players and we will play to win. Sohaib Maqsood b Maxwell ...... 0 Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, We are looking forward to an Saad Nasim b Starc ...... 25 Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and the exciting game,” said the legendary Umar Akmal c Warner b Richardson ...... 1 Netherlands are taking part in player about his team which will Shahid Afridi lbw Abbott ...... 2 the match being organised to have the likes of Herschelle Gibbs Anwar Ali c Richardson b Boyce ...... 5 mark Eid Al Adha. (South Africa), Damien Martyn Wahab Riaz c Starc b Faulkner ...... 16 The West End Park which has and Jason Gillespie (Australia). Raza Hasan (not out) ...... 13 hosted major cricket events in the Meanwhile Lara’s counterpart Mohammad Irfan (not out) ...... 1 past is organising the match in Jayasuriya was equally thrilled Extras (LB-7, W-13) ...... 20 association with the Ministry of ahead of the game, hoping for a Total (for 9 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 96 Youth and Sports. win in the historic tie. Fomer West Indies captain Brian Lara speaks at a press conference on the eve of T20 match between World XI Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-13, 3-23, 4-33, 5-36, 6-46, 7-57, 8-71, 9-86. The fixture has been dubbed “We are looking forward to a and Asia XI teams. Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya (extreme left), West End Park Chairman Mana Ibrahim Al Bowling: Maxwell 3-0-13-3 (6w); Starc 4-0- as historic as this is the first competitive cricket,” said the Sri Mana (second left) and Michael Scallon Head of Sport, West End Park are also present. PICTURES: SALIM MATRAMKOT time that cricketers of Lara and Lankan legend. 17-1 (5w); Boyce 4-0-10-2; Richardson 3-0- Jayasuriya’s caliber will be seen in “Both the teams are good and 13-1; Abbott 3-0-17-1 (2w); Smith 1-0-4-0; action in Doha. my players are ready for a good Chairman, Mana Ibrahim Al Faulkner 2-0-15-1. “This is the first time that I will show. A good game is guaranteed,” Mana said there were high Lara Factbox Jayasuriya Factbox AUSTRALIA play cricket in Qatar and I am said the swashbuckling cricketer demands for tickets from enthu- Name: Brian Charles Lara D Warner (not out)...... 53 Name: Sanath Teran Jayasuriya very excited about it,” Lara told of the past. siasts, hoping that the match will Born: May 2, 1969, Cantaro, Santa Cruz, A Finch c Irfan b Hasan ...... 5 reporters at a pre-match press Jayasuriya added he was be a huge success. Trinidad Born: June 30, 1969, Matara G Maxwell lbw Afridi ...... 17 S Smith c Riaz b Hasan ...... 3 conference yesterday, soon after expecting a good support from Al Mana thanked the Ministry Age 45 years 97 days Age: 45 years P Hughes c Maqsood b Riaz ...... 6 his arrival. the Asian cricket fans. of Youth and Sports for its sup- Major Teams: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Asia XI, Major Teams: West Indies, ICC World XI, J Faulkner (not out) ...... 7 “I always look forward to “The Middle East is very pas- port in holding the match. Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Colombo Marylebone Cricket Club, Mumbai Champs, Extras (LB-4, W-1, NB-1) ...... 6 playing in countries which have sionate about cricket as we have “We are looking forward for Cricket Club, Dolphins, MCC, Mumbai Indians. Northern Transvaal, Southern Rocks, Trinidad Total (for 4 wkts in 14 overs) ...... 97 started focusing on cricket. Qatar played a lot in the UAE. I am more such events and we are also & Tobago, Warwickshire Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-38, 3-42, 4-56. is home to big sporting events and expecting a similar atmosphere in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg Tests 110 188 14 6973 340 40.07 Bowling: Hasan 4-0-17-2; Irfan 2-0-20-0; I am delighted that they have here.” Board to hold their matches in Tests 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 ODIs 445 433 18 13430 189 32.36 Afridi 4-0-17-1 (1w); Riaz 2-0-15-1; Nasim started focusing on cricket.” Also present at the press the future.” The match will start 1-0-12-0; Maqsood 1-0-12-0 (1nb). Lara who has 11953 Test runs conference, West End Park at 6pm. THE PENINSULA ODIs 299 289 32 10405 169 40.48 T20Is 31 30 3 629 88 23.29 Australia, SA to have edge at World Cup: Lara

BY FAWAD HUSSAIN same team. But I believe any team guys are still around. You can’t can win a World Cup. You have to, really write off a few teams. DOHA: Batting legend Brian maybe, give the edge to Australia Q: Coming to ICC’s action Lara, who left international and South Africa teams which on chucking, recently Pakistan cricket with a record Test score can play in most conditions. So I coach has questioned the timing of 400, loves the longest format would say those teams have good of crackdown on bowlers with of the game despite the advent chances. suspect action. How do you see of lucrative T20 events around Q: You spoke about Pakistan. ICC’s initiatives in this regard? the world. Their key bowler Saeed Ajmal A: I am not going to comment The 45-year-old - holds the is doubtful because of the ICC on these because I am not too record of scoring the highest suspension and they are also much into these rules. But ICC first-class score of 501 - yester- struggling in batting. Would has got a job to do, keep the integ- day said: “The game - in the last you still consider the side as the rity of the game and that’s impor- seven-eight years with the advent potential one? tant. We just have got to accept of T20 cricket - has developed A: They are always the dark those facts. tremendously. It’s crazy in terms horses. They are team before the Q: You seem distanced with of fan following. Players love the events you wouldn’t have them cricket and much more inter- game. I am one not against T20 as one of the favourites but they ested in golf. What are your but I enjoyed playing Test cricket, seem to pull out something every current roles? I wouldn’t give it up for anything.” single time and you must give A: I am an ambassador for my The Trinidad-born star bats- credit to them. Yes, they are with- country, sports and tourism. So man is in Doha for a T20 fixture out Ajmal as of now, I don’t know I travel promoting my country, in which he is leading the World if he is out of the World Cup and which is a job and I don’t always XI side against an Asia XI side. that’s a big blow. But if you are play golf. But that’s my job, get The Peninsula yesterday inter- talking about a country, (then) people to travel Trinidad and viewed the batting legend in you can never write any side off. Tobago, and I make lots of appear- which he spoke about the forth- Q: India will be defending ances. But I do play golf as leisure coming ICC World Cup to be held their title and they are enjoy- as I do love the sport. in Australia in five months, the ing a good ODI form. How do Q: What reasons do you think ruling body’s crackdown against you see their chances? why the West Indies not clicking West Indies captain Brian Lara acknowledges the crowd as he leaves the pitch after his dismissal during their chuckers, his interests and the A: India will always up for the as a unit? World Cup cricket Super Eights match against England in Bridgetown in this April 21, 2007 file photo. management problems back in conditions. Their players are get- A: First of all, the environment the West Indies. ting little bit more equipped to when the players play for West Excerpts from the interview handle any conditions around Indies is different to when they don’t blame them. Yes they are there are more people taking up they are all top class bowlers. conducted at West End Park the world. So again it’s a team play for other teams. The profes- professionals and you expect them basketball and athletics. But that You speak to anybody in 70s, Stadium in Doha. you can’t write off. They are the sionalism when they play at IPL to play at certain level but I think is not true. Yes, there are more they think they had very good Q: The World Cup is not very defending champions and Dhoni teams or in England, you can see they are sold on to certain level. opportunities. Yes there are lot fast bowlers, Dennis Lille and far. Which teams you see as and his boys are not going to they play better cricket. Back And it’s West Indian environ- of less people playing cricket. But Thompson. And then in the 90s, favourites for next year’s edi- give up easily. It’s going to be a in the Caribbean you can see it ment and it not landing them to that’s just the way life evolved in there were best spinners. To each tion Down Under? competitive World Cup. Any of has not clicked because I don’t success. Caribbean. We still have young its own. And I believe the cricket A: (When) the last World Cup the handful teams can win. I am believe the (right) infrastruc- Q: Is there any solutions to talented cricketers, but we are is still very very competitive and was played in Australia, Pakistan from the West Indies and I believe ture is there. We may have best the problem being faced by the not improving their talent. still on high standards. won. Pakistan will be without Dwayne Bravo and his boys can or the most sought after players West Indies cricketers? Q: Have you thought about Q: Many former cricketers the likes of Wasim Akram and also pull off. The likes of Chris in the World, but when they come Yes. We got to go back and do taking as the West Indies coach? have raised concerns on future Imran Khan - they are not the Gayle, Kieron Pollard all these as one it hasn’t clicked. I really some homework and hopefully we A: Being a coach is one thing of Tests because of popularity of can get the result in 5 to 10 years’ but it’s the system. I don’t believe Twenty20. How do you see the time. You seeing a team which is I want to work under the same balance between Test, ODI and inconsistent and you wonder why system that I had problems with T20 cricket? because there is so much talented when I was as a player. And if this A: The game - in the last seven- players. But as I said the infra- system continues, and that’s not eight years with the advent of structure is not always target. We going to change, then it defeats T20cricket - has developed tre- are not breeding that professional the purpose. Until I see there is a mendously. It’s crazy in terms cricketers. We always have talent significant effort in trying to do of fan following. Players love the in the West Indies, the best talent things differently, I don’t want to game. I am one not against T20 Brian Lara in the world. But it’s what they do be up against something when I but I enjoyed playing Test cricket, (right) sharing with that talent, the cricket board was as a player. There is no need I wouldn’t give it up for anything. a light moment and people who are in charge of to be a coach if it’s the same way But the game as evolved not that with Sanath cricket in the Caribbean. Until of doing things. I worked with the there is T20. It’s a three-hour ver- Jayasuriya at that is done, we just got back other countries in Zimbabwe and sion of the game, that’s great and the West End these players. The likes of India, other organisations where its lot lovely. We see there are sponsors Park Stadium Australia and South Africa, who more comfortable and people are who are only interested in T20. So have done all the homework are trying to evolve. be it. There are not many sports in Doha able to hone the skills of their Q: In your playing days you which has three different versions yesterday. players and make them play as faced top quality quick bowl- like cricket has. That is my only a team. Back in the West Indies ers like Wasim Akram, Waqar problem. we are still dependent on the fact Younis or Glen McGrath. But Q: Last, would you like to be a that we got good star players. it seems that the quality of fast part of a T20 League in Qatar? But then why aren’t we winning? bowlers is going down. What is A: I will love that and I think Because winning doesn’t come your take on it? Qatar and the UAE could hold a from star players, there needs to A: I think the level of cricket major cricket event or Twenty20 be some mechanism for us to win is still good. There is (James) league because of the fan following as a team. I keep hearing that Anderson and (Dale) Steyn in the ME. 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French rider Thierry Jarnet on horse Treve crosses the finish line to win the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race at the Longchamp Racecourse near Paris yesterday. RIGHT: Treve’s French rider Thierry Jarnet (third from left) and trainer Criquette Head-Maarek (second from right) celebrate with their trophies after winning the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race yesterday. Outstanding Treve emulates Alleged with second Arc victory Sheikh Joaan’s horse emerges as runaway winner of Europe’s most prestigious race

PARIS: Treve became the first 65-year-old. “I couldn’t believe It is my best day,” she added. Her Dettori in early September greatest in the world once again horse since Alleged in 1977/78 the gap that opened for her on father Alec bred Treve and tried despite the Italian being his was dashed as both Harp Star and Prix de l’Arc de to win Europe’s most pres- the rails and then her burst of to sell her as a yearling only to fail retained jockey, said it had been Gold Ship were left with far too tigious race, the Prix de l’Arc acceleration was extraordinary. to find a buyer at 22,000 euros. a joy to watch. much to do and their late runs de Triomphe, in successive “This has been the most com- Sheikh Joaan bought her before “We have proved people wrong, yielded little. Tiomphe Results years as she stormed home at plicated preparation I have ever the Arc last year for a reported what a racehorse. Now she can Just A Way was prominent in Result of Europe’s most pres- Longchamp yesterday. had for this race,” added Head- 10m euros. retire to the farm!” he said. the straight but failed to stay the tigious race, the Prix de l’Arc de Treve — giving jockey Thierry Maarek, who also won her war But Alec Head had one Head-Maarek said that she 1 1/2miles (2400m) and faded Triomphe run, at Longchamp Jarnet his fourth win in the race of words with Dettori as he had reproach for his daughter. would never forget Sheikh Joaan’s from the fray as proven stayers yesterday — came home ahead of Flintshire said Treve was gone mentally — “She should not have run decision. Taghrooda and Flintshire came Prize money: 5m euros, 2.8m euros to the while English filly Taghrooda was something she had hotly denied. at Ascot in June but I was not “He listened and he agreed to through, with the latter getting winner third. Head-Maarek, whose grand- around to advise her. However, I give in to my argument to have the better of the filly to take 1. Treve (age: 4, owner: H E Sheikh Joaan bin Treve, owned by H E Sheikh father William Head and father knew on Tuesday she would win Thierry on board and I am eter- second for seven-time winning Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, jockey: Thierry Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Alec trained two and four Arc here and I rang a great friend nally thankful for that,” she said. trainer Andre Fabre. Jarnet, trainer: Criquette Head-Maarek) Al Thani of Qatar, had failed to winners respectively, while of mine (racing commentating Jarnet was in tears as he was Angus Gold, the racing man- 2. Flintshire (age: 4, owner: Prince Khalid win all season casting doubts brother Freddie won three as a great) Peter O’Sullevan and told led back to the winners enclosure. ager to Taghrooda’s owner Sheikh Abdullah, jockey: Maxime Guyon, trainer: Andre on her ability to win, but her jockey, said it was without doubt him ring your bookmaker!” he “This is magic, magic. What a Hamdan Al Maktoum, said there Fabre) trainer Criquette Head-Maarek, the greatest training performance said. filly. This is what you get up for was nothing to be ashamed of in 3. Taghrooda (age: 3, owner: Sheikh Hamdan Al who controversially took jockey of her career. Treve is only the sixth horse to early in the mornings and ride defeat. Maktoum, jockey: Paul Hanagan, trainer: John Frankie Dettori off the filly, “It is the best race I have ever win successive Arcs and first filly the champions on the gallops to “She looked like she was going Gosden) insisted she could still win. won with all the problems with since Corrida in 1937 to achieve have days like these,” said the to win coming into the straight 4. Kingston Hill (age: 3, owner: Paul Smith, “This is a great personal sat- her back and hoof and criticism the feat. 37-year-old. but she has been beaten by a great jockey: Andrea Atzeni, trainer: Roger Varian) isfaction for me, this is truly aimed at her. This is brilliant, I’m Sheikh Joaan, who had backed The Japanese dream of win- horse. We leave with our heads wonderful,” said the tearful not yet back down to earth yet! Head-Maarek’s decision to replace ning the race they regard as the held high,” said Gold. AFP

Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club (QREC) Chairman Sheikh Mohamed bin Faleh Al Thani (left) and H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (centre) pose with the trophy after Olympic Glory won the Qatar Prix de la Foret at Longchamp yesterday.

Children wave Qatari flags at the Longchamp Racecourse near Paris Jockeys make their yesterday. LEFT: Horses way towards the track being led towards the at the Longchamp track. Racecourse near Paris yesterday. MONDAY 6 OCTOBER 2014 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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TOKYO: A quarter of a century This means that more musical after the Walkman made music detail is captured, resulting in a portable and turned Sony into far richer sound -- provided the California tries giant water a household name around the player is able to handle the higher world, the company is hoping to quality, which most smartphones set the agenda again with “high- today cannot. coolers to save baby salmon res” audio. “It’s closer to the original The Japanese tech giant, which recording and technically superior Sony’s portable digital audio player “Walkman A series” which is designed to SAN FRANCISCO: State giant coolers to bring down water recently warned it was expecting to a CD,” said Masanori Sugiyama, and federal wildlife officials temperatures for the hatchery’s a $2.14bn annual loss this year, a Sony audio developer. play the quality of compact disc (CD) audio, so called “High-Resolution Audio”. are resorting to installing young salmon and trout, hatchery is betting that music of superior High-res audio products may giant water chillers in some of manager Gary Novak said. quality to compact discs is about to have only been available in Japan up hard-disk space or bandwidth. cards. California’s fish hatcheries, as Certain endangered species of leave the niche world of audiophiles for one year, but they already Colby Leider, director of music Indeed, the growing mainstream drought, over-allocation of water trout at that fishery “don’t really and go mainstream. account for over a fifth of Sony’s engineering at the University of popularity of higher quality head- and climate change all combine tolerate the heat too well,” Novak “It’s exactly one year since we audio sales in Japan, the company Miami’s Frost School of Music, phones points to a potential mar- this year to make temperatures said. Smaller coolers in tanks are put the first high-resolution audio says. dismissed the hype about high- ket — a third of headphones sold by too warm for some baby salmon cooling various other fish res- players on the market and they Now it is aiming to increase this resolution sounds as “snob appeal”. Sony in Japan now cost more than and other fish to survive. cued by wildlife officials after have been very popular,” Sony’s figure to 30 percent by next spring. “Some people can tell the differ- 10,000 yen ($91). Workers installed the coolers California’s drought dried up head of audio Ichiro Takagi told Sony’s worldwide audio and ence... But if it’s a great song, you Taku Kurosawa, who works at the Livingston Stone National their home stretch of rivers and journalists last week. video sales totalled around 400bn are still going to love it even if it’s for Japanese high-res audio Fish Hatchery at the foot of streams entirely. Now the firm wants to “push the yen ($3.9bn) last year. It is aiming not HD, and if it’s a bad song, it download site e-Onkyo, said that northern California’s Shasta Dam The fish refrigerators are the accelerator on the high-res prod- for 20 percent of global audio sales doesn’t matter,” he said. when the service was launched this summer when water tem- latest unusual measure taken by uct line”, he said. to come from high-res products “in Sony might be the biggest nearly 10 years ago there was peratures hit the mid-60s — too fish and wildlife managers to pro- Audio purists have long com- a few years”, it said. company to take the high-res only a small market for top- tepid for the half-million winter- tect fish and California’s $1.4bn plained that digitised music has to And the company believes there plunge, but they’re not the first, quality audio. run baby salmon growing there, commercial and recreational be compressed so much to fit into is no shortage in Japan of custom- with websites such as HDtracks. Yet in the past two years, as said Scott Hamelberg, a federal fishing industry while most of the standard mp3 file format that ers prepared to shell out 75,000 com and smaller, specialist high- Sony and other companies have hatchery manager. the state remains in the most it sounds far removed from how yen ($700) for a top-of-the-range res audio makers like Astell and started preaching the superior- The winter-run salmon are severe category of drought. In the musician or studio engineer NW-ZX1 Walkman. Kern already catering to discern- ity of high-res audio, business has endangered, and the coolers lower June, state wildlife officials used intended. ing music fans. picked up. the water temperature to a more tanker trucks to evacuate 2 mil- A lot of data is lost in the com- Only for audio snobs? Some buyers are waiting for a “I think (order numbers) will livable 60 degrees, he said. lion fish from hatcheries deemed pression, especially when com- Sceptics say that the future device being developed by musi- continue to rise. In the future The big water coolers are a first dangerously warm. pared with analogue formats like success of high-res audio faces a cian Neil Young, who is expected to high-res audio will become stand- for the federal hatchery, neces- Officials also are considering the vinyl record — which is enjoy- number of problems, from the huge release his own high-res portable ard,” he said. sitated by warmer-than-normal California’s first-time try at even ing a revival despite the ubiquity size of the files — typically 10 or player called Pono later this year. For now e-Onkyo only operates water in California’s third year of more intervention in the spawn- of music on smartphones. 15 times bigger than mp3s — to Sony’s Sugiyama insisted that in Japan, but it plans to go global drought. At the American River ing season — removing fish eggs In contrast, high-res digital the lack of an industry-standard high-resolution technology is ready by the end of the year. hatchery east of Sacramento, the en masse to hold them in the cool music has a sampling frequency — format. to break through the niche barrier, Kurosawa said: “Once you lis- US Bureau of Reclamation and water of hatcheries, then releasing the amount of times every second Some argue that for most listen- due to the widespread availability ten to high-res audio, you won’t go the California Department of Fish the eggs to hatch in rivers later this that the data is encoded — around ers, the mp3 provides more than of faster Internet connections and back to CDs.” and Wildlife also are installing year when the water cools. AP four times that of a CD. enough quality, without gobbling affordable hard drives and memory AFP

Chicago pedicabs run into rough headwinds CHICAGO: T C O’Rourke has making the city more bike-friendly. pushing the city council to amend Kevin Monahan, 37, a Chicagoan encountered plenty of nasty Supporters of the new law, which the law. But a representative for who doesn’t own a car, said he likes weather in his years as a Chicago also requires licenses for operators Alderman Tom Tunney, who pedicabs as a sunny day alternative pedicab operator — rain, snow and vehicles, cited safety concerns, backed the law, said that while the to a regular cab. and steamy summer heat. including operators going down alderman is open to taking another “They make all the sense in the But he has never pedaled into a streets the wrong way and riding look at it, he sees no “major tweaks” world,” Monahan said. “The air headwind as rough as this year’s on sidewalks. until next year. quality in the city is a challenge blast from City Hall, which has “I think it has had a pretty dras- “It’s one of the key businesses in with all the automobile exhaust.” imposed some of the toughest rules tic impact,” said O’Rourke, a board the city that was not licensed. We But he said many trips are no in the nation against the foot-pow- member for the Chicago Pedicab were the Wild West of pedicabs,” longer possible. A trip to the train ered tricycle taxis. Association. “There are jobs lost said Bennett Lawson, chief of staff station, for example, could violate A city ordinance that passed and in this kind of economy where for Tunney, whose ward includes the rush-hour ban. in June, just at the start of pedi- youth unemployment is at all time the Boystown district, with its Some 200 to 250 pedicabs oper- T C O’Rourke drives his pedicab in Wrigleyville, Chicago. cabs’ busiest season, bans them highs, I don’t understand why you’d many restaurants, and the famed ate in Chicago. Some operators from downtown Chicago during do anything to squelch it.” Wrigley Field baseball stadium. work just for tips, while many rush hour, and from Michigan and O’Rourke, who said he secured Tony Rivera, president of the charge $1 a block per person. Yet of the business because they cannot ordinance can be amended to “find State streets, which are home to the city’s first pedicab chauffeur’s National Pedicab Association, said so far, the city has issued licenses make enough money to make the a happy medium somewhere,” dozens of stores and restaurants, license, said he is not anti-regula- Chicago has the harshest big-city for 15 vehicles, with 21 more ready $400 annual licensing costs worth- “It’s green,” Reboyras said. at all times. tion. But he thinks the geographic measure on the rickshaw-like vehi- to issue after a fee payment, and while, not to mention the cost of “There’s no engines running, there’s The crackdown came just as and time restrictions, as well as cles. “They can no longer operate 53 pending. insurance. no smog in the air and it’s jobs. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s admin- severe fines, are killing business. where people want to be,” Rivera O’Rourke sees the low numbers Alderman Ariel Reboyras, a You’re killing an industry that’s istration touts its progress on The Pedicab Association is said. as proof that people are getting out bike enthusiast, said he hopes the worth fighting for.” REUTERS