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The Repentant wins CMC members Best Narrative Feature Film blast shortage award at DTFF BY RAYNALD C RIVERA

DOHA: Algerian filmmaker of wedding halls Merzak Allouache bagged the coveted Best Narrative Feature Film award for the second time in a row, with his moving High rents cause of delayed marriages film ‘The Repentant’ winning unanimous nod from the jury at DOHA: Some members of the youth prefer to get married to this year’s Doha Tribeca Film Public representative body, foreign women. Festival (DTFF), during the the Central Municipal Council Hamad Lehdan Al Mohannadi, Arab Films Competition awards (CMC), have lambasted the another CMC member, said that ceremony last night at the Al Ministry of Municipality and the worrisomely rising rate of Rayyan Theatre in Souq Waqif. Urban Planning and said it was divorce in the Qatari community Allouache was also declared delaying building affordable could be largely attributed to winner at the DTFF last year for marriage halls for nationals. bank loans a man takes to spend his narrative feature film Normal Soaring costs of weddings, on his marriage. whose $100,000 prize was used to which high-rent marriage halls The loan becomes a vicious trap finance The Repentant. “I want are a major contributor to, are and a newly married man must to dedicate this award to those responsible for delayed mar- forego a major portion of his fighting for freedom and democ- riages of Qatari men, CMC monthly salary to repay it with racy in Algeria,” said Allouche, members said. The CMC had the result that he doesn’t have upon accepting his award for his earlier recommended that the enough to spend at home. “This acclaimed film. The Repentant state must chip in and construct creates problems and hurts the narrates the tale of Rashid, a young low-rent wedding halls to help marriage. It, many a time, leads Director Merzak Allouache receives the award for the Best Narrative Feature Film for ‘The Repentant’ in the Arab jihadist who leaves the mountains citizens cut marriage costs. The to divorce,” Al Mohannadi said. to resume a normal life. Film Competition at Souq Waqif yesterday. SHAIVAL DALAL halls were to be built in different Citizens who say they are above Continued on page 2 parts of the country. 30 and have not yet been able to The Social Rehabilitation get married point out they won- Center (SRC) was assigned to der why there are such huge dif- implement the marriage halls ferences between the rents of project in collaboration with the marriage halls in Qatar and those Ministry of Municipality and in other GCC countries. “The dif- Urban Planning. All legal proce- ferences are enormous,” a citizen 13pc rise in traffic accidents in 2011 dures to launch the project had who gave his name as Abdulaziz been completed but a CMC mem- Al Shammari, said. DOHA: Contrary to claims cent- of casualties involved men “There can be variations in the road accidents. According to UN ber said that some municipalities During the wedding season the being made by the Traffic and 58 per cent of the victims figures depending on the defini- statistics, every year about 1.3mil- have not so far allotted plots of rents of marriage halls go up to Department about a decline in were those aged between 18 and tion of a traffic accident and it is lion people die and another 20 to land on which marriage halls are QR500,000 in Qatar whereas the traffic accidents in Qatar fol- 40 years. The QSA data how- important to specify the number 30million people get injured in to come up. rate is quite low at between equiv- lowing implementation of the ever do not speak about the of major and minor accidents as traffic accidents. Mohammad Faisal Al Shahwani alents of QR7,000 and QR12,000 new traffic law, data released by total number of casualties and well as the casualties. Rise in the “The United Nations has told local Arabic daily Al Raya in neighbouring countries. A ban- the Qatar Statistics Authority is it not clear whether they also population should also be taken underlined that casualties result- that the marriage hall project quet for 500 people can cost up to (QSA) yesterday show a 13 per indicated an upward trend. into consideration while analys- ing from road traffic threaten the would come in handy for Qatari QR250,000 in some marriage halls cent rise in accidents in 2011, Statistics also showed that 4.3 ing such data. According to the achievements attained in eco- youth, especially from low-income in Qatar, said another citizen. compared to 2010. per cent of the casualties were statistics released by the Traffic nomic and human development. categories, who, after employ- A Qatari woman said people in The total number of road acci- fatal in 2011. The total number Department, the number of World losses arising from traffic ment, wait for up to five years so the community mostly spend a lot dents in 2011 was 5,000, up by 13 of Qataris injured in traffic acci- casualties have dropped in 2011, casualties have been estimated to they could save enough to spend on marriage for show-off. “Public per cent compared to the previous dents during the year was 1,122. compared to the previous year,” be US518bn costing countries 1 on marriage. “They marry late as awareness campaigns should be year, the QSA said in a statement Although the report indicates said an expert, who wished not percent to 3per cent of the GDP. a result,” Al Shahwani said. waged to discourage people from issued yesterday in connection with an increase in the number of total be named. Such losses in some low-income Escalating costs of marriage competing with one another just the World Day of Remembrance accidents, experts believe that it According to the QSA report, and middle-income countries and huge dower (up to a million for show-off,” the woman who gave for Road Traffic Victims which does not give a clear picture of the the Civil Defence Department account for more that the total riyals in many cases) a groom her name as Nada said during a takes place on the third Sunday in situation in the absence of com- carried out 356 rescue opera- development assistance received must give away to his bride are group discussion hosted by Al Raya. November every year. parative data about the casualties tions in 2011 and 57 per cent of by them,” said the QSA state- the main reasons why Qatari THE PENINSULA A huge majority- 84 per and fatal accidents. such operations were related to ment. THE PENINSULA Vegan team in Doha on a healthy mission Mursi grants himself BY ISABEL OVALLE loss by 60 percent, reduce climate change mitigation costs 80 per- sweeping powers DOHA: A group of over 50 cent by 2050, and prevent and volunteers from the five con- reverse deforestation”. CAIRO: Egyptian President “These decisions will feed dis- tinents have come to Qatar to “With this visit to Doha, we Mohammed Mursi triggered cord in Egyptian politics and will share the benefits of a plant- want to give locals a chance to controversy yesterday by issuing be far from creating a favourable based diet in the context of learn the benefits of the vegan a decree likely to lead to retrials climate for restoration of eco- the Qatar Sustainability Expo diet and how to cook it. The of Hosni Mubarak and his aides nomic growth,” Mustapha Kamal and UN climate change con- vegan diet prevents cancer, but which was compared to the Al Sayyid, a professor of political ference. Supported by Loving and helps in cases of diabetes ousted leader’s autocratic ways. science at Cairo University, said. Hut, a restaurant chain from or obesity. It also lowers blood As well as ordering retrials for Leading liberal politician the US, they promote vegan- pressure, cholesterol levels, and Mubarak-era officials responsi- Mohamed ElBaradei, writing on ism, which is a vegetarian diet strengthens the immune sys- ble for violence during the upris- his Twitter account, said Mursi without eggs or dairy. tem”, Wang added. ing against his rule, the decree had “usurped all state powers and The volunteers will distribute During the Conference of shielded from legal challenge an appointed himself Egypt’s new free food packets at the Doha the Parties that will take place Islamist-dominated assembly pharaoh”. But Mahmoud Ghozlan, Exhibition Center during the in Qatar from November 26 to writing Egypt’s new constitution. spokesman for the Brotherhood, Qatar Sustainability Expo and December 7, various workshops It gave the same protection to described the move as “revolu- hold workshops to let people will be held about this issue, the upper house of parliament, tionary and popular”. know about the impact of meat two of them led by Gerard dominated by Islamists allied to The decree appeared to remove consumption on climate change. Wedderburn-Bisshop, executive Mursi, and assigned the president any uncertainty still hanging over Some of them work in Loving director of World Preservation new powers that allowed him to the fate of the assembly writing the Hut, while others are just con- Foundation. This expert will talk sack the Mubarak-era prosecutor constitution. The body has faced a sumers of vegan food. They about greenhouse gases and pos- general and appoint a new one. raft of legal challenges from plain- describe themselves as “travel- sible solutions. It stated that all decisions tiffs who dispute its legality. ers” who are confident of the A third workshop will address taken by Mursi until the election Critics say its popular legiti- good that veganism does to the “the most powerful tool to reduce of a new parliament were exempt macy had been further called into environment. deforestation and pollution: from legal challenge. doubt by withdrawals of many of On this basis, they refer to change the global food system”. Presented as a move to “protect its non-Islamist members who studies which conclude that In addition to the workshops, Brenda Wang showing the brochures. SHAIVAL DALAL the revolution”, the decree won had complained their voices were adopting a vegetarian diet for Loving Hut will offer vegan food immediate praise from Mursi’s not being heard. one year reduces more emissions at the Doha Exhibition Center The principles of vegans (Denmark), Cancun (Mexico) allies but stoked fears among The constitution is a crucial than swapping a car to an eco- during the conference, have pro- revolve around compassion and Durban (South Africa). secular-minded Egyptians that element in Egypt’s transition to friendly vehicle. fessional educators and nutri- towards animals, which, they They’ll also take part in the the Muslim Brotherhood and its democracy. New parliamentary Brenda Wang, one of the vol- tional consultants at their booth added, “are not on earth to be Conference of Youth that will allies aim to dominate the new elections will not be held until unteers, told The Peninsula that and science-based presentations eaten”. Members of this group take place before the climate Egypt. It seemed likely to deepen the document is completed and “research has proven that a vegan on veganism and climate change, also participated in previous change conference in Qatar. the divisions that have plagued passed by a popular referendum. diet can reduce global biodiversity among other activities. COPs celebrated in Copenhagen THE PENINSULA the post-Mubarak era. REUTERS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Biotechnology Aspetar discusses athlete’s ankle at annual meet DOHA: Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital held its third annual conference, the Athlete’s main topic at Ankle, on November 17 and 18 as part of its Current Concepts series. The event brought together QU symposium world opinion leaders in the field of Ankle Pathology in a bid to share knowledge and further research through lecture high- Over 200 delegates set to take part lights, case discussions and audi- ence interaction. “Sports related ankle joint inju- DOHA: Qatar University is food security conference and ries are common; in fact, ankle preparing to hold its annual the upcoming COP18 forum. sprains were among the most QU Life Sciences Symposium “Papers will be presented that commonly reported complaints (QULSS) on December 12-13. will fall into any area of the during the last FIFA World Cup In its 6th year, the sympo- issue of food security and cli- and London 2012 Olympics. The sium, which is organised by the mate change,” Dr Jaoua contin- Athlete’s Ankle was a chance for College of Arts and Sciences ued, referencing the presentation leading figures from around the (CAS) Department of Biological of the Qatar Advanced Biofuel world to come together to discuss and Environmental Sciences, will Platform (QABP) by department ankle pathology and to further draw participants from around faculty Prof Malcolm Potts, and develop existing research,” said the world to dialogue on the the paper “Where will the food Dr Khalifa Al Kuwari, Aspetar’s theme “Biotechnology”. come from in a hotter, more Chief Executive Officer. Biotechnology, by official def- crowded world” which will be The topics were divided into inition of the United Nations presented by the keynote speaker five categories, Traumatology, A session at the Aspetar Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital’s third annual conference. Convention on Biological Prof Nina Fedoroff from King Instability, Impingment and Diversity, is “any technological Abdullah University of Science Tendinopathy, and Cartilage. application that uses biologi- and Technology (KAUST). Well-renowned speakers from Spain and Swedish orthopaedic the study of the subject whether related injuries. The first confer- cal systems, living organisms or Speakers and presenters at all over the world such as Dr surgeon, Prof Jon Karlsson, gath- doctors, researchers, coaches or ence, the Athlete’s Knee, was held derivatives thereof, to make or the symposium will include fac- Thomas Bauer from France , Dr ered together with the Aspetar athletes. in October 2010, while the second modify products or processes for ulty and researchers from Qatar, James Calder from UK, Prof Jay Team. The Aspetar Current Concepts edition, the Athlete’s Elbow, was specific use”. Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, The Hertel and Prof John Kennedy The conference sessions were series is dedicated to exploring held in December 2011. In a briefing on November Netherlands, US and UK. Over from USA, Prof Pau Golano from open to all those interested in and researching different sports THE PENINSULA 20, department head, profes- 200 participants from Qatar, the sor of molecular genetics and region and beyond are expected microbiology Dr Samir Jaoua to attend. outlined details of the two-day Dr Hamda noted that QU will programme. be well represented by experts Also participating in the from the department who will China concerned over Gaza raids: Envoy International briefing were members of the share their research studies and organising committee QU findings at the symposium. DOHA: Gao concern over the mili- pay more attention and make cancer clinicians Laboratory Animal Research The programme agenda is Youzhen (pictured), tary operations by Israel more efforts toward that end. Center Director Dr Hamda Al divided into 4 sessions: Sessions Ambassador of the against the Gaza Strip and Relevant influential countries take part in Naemi, professor of environmen- One and Two on the first day will People’s Republic of had condemned the abuse should change their partial stance tal microbiology Dr Nabil Zouari cover Biotechnology for Human China to Qatar yes- of force that leads to civil- and take up responsibilities. and associate professor Dr Health, and Industrial and terday said that the ian casualties, including China supports Arab countries Doha workshop Talaat Ahmed. Biological stud- Environmental Biotechnology Chinese Foreign women and children. just stance on the Palestinian ies Master’s student Al Zahraa while the second day’s ses- Minister Yang Jiechi China has urged all issue, appreciates and supports DOHA: The National Center Omar Attar was also present to sions will cover Agricultural had expressed grave relevant parties, the efforts of regional countries for Cancer Care and Research discuss student participation in and Marine Biotechnology, and concern over the con- Israeli side in particular, including Egypt and the Arab (NCCCR), a member of Hamad the symposium. Transfer of Technology and tinuous large-scale military to exercise maximum restraint League to ease the current ten- Medical Corporation (HMC) “The main objective of this Programme Accreditation. operation by Israel in the Gaza in a bid to avoid further escala- sions. China supports Palestine to hosted an international work- important symposium is the The programme will conclude Strip. tion of tension. Yang had noted be established as a country with shop for cancer clinicians and dissemination of knowledge in with an hour-long General Foreign Minister Yang during that, given the current situation east Jerusalem as its capital and researchers recently. the different domains of bio- Discussion and Recommendations a telephone conversation with his in the region, it has become even possessing full sovereignty and This workshop was an impor- technology,” Dr Jaoua explained, on Biotechnology Development Egyptian counterpart Mohammed more important and urgent to independence, in accordance with tant step in developing closer adding that the event was very and Transfer. Amr on the current situation in solve the Palestinian issue. The borders agreed upon in 1967. cooperation between clinicians timely in the wake of the recent THE PENINSULA Gaza Strip had expressed China’s international community should THE PENINSULA and researchers across clini- cal and academic institutions throughout Qatar and interna- tional organisations. The main topic was tumour immunology with a focus on the top three cancer diagnosis – Breast Ca, colorectal ca and Leukaemia. Many current basic can- cer research projects were presented by both HMC and research teams in Qatar, thus highlighting the local research activity related to tumour immunology. Dr Hanadi El Ayoubi, Medical Director at NCCCR and lead organizer of the workshop, said: “This workshop aimed to highlight many of these efforts and review how we can work together more effectively to bring about better care for our patients. We look forward to arranging similar workshops in the future and invite anyone interested in cancer research to contact us.” Cancer is the third leading cause of death in Qatar, and the top five cancer types here are, breast, colorectal, Leukemia, lymphoma and lung. Director of ‘The Repentant’, Merzak Allouache (left) with actress Adila Bendimerad and actor The National Cancer Strategy Nabil Asli, make their way to the Arab Film Competition Awards Ceremony at Souq Waqif Actor Ahmed Hafiane receives the Best Performance Award for his part in ‘The Professor’ in mandates a comprehensive yesterday. the Arab Film Competition at Souq Waqif yesterday. PICTURES BY SHAIVAL DALAL approach to providing advanced research-based treatment options for patients. A strategic focus for clinicians and researchers is on preven- tion, early detection, timely Award-winning films to be screened today and tomorrow intervention and cure of cancer. THE PENINSULA Continued from page 1 by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. directed by Ehab Tarabieh. Special amazing cinema journey, marked The best feature narrative The film recently won Best Other awardees in the Feature awards were bestowed to Sanctity by several compelling portraits of and documentary received prize Screenplay at the International Narrative category included Nabil by Saudi Arabian filmmaker Ahd how Arab filmmakers react to the money of $100,000 each. Film Festival in Addis Ababa and Ayouch for Best Director for the (Development Award) and A society and world around them. An award of $50,000 was screened at the Cannes Festival film Horses of God and Nadir Day in 1959 (Special Mention) by The thematic intensity of their awarded to the best directors in 2012. Mokneche’s Goodbye Morocco Lebanese director Nadim Tabet. films, their courage to push the both categories. Maharashtra Mandal According to the jury, The which received a Special Mention. Short film Bader by young boundaries and their focus on The Best Performance Award Repentant won “for its powerful Khalil Joreige, co-director of Qatari filmmakers Sara Al Saadi, telling our stories with convic- winner in the Feature Narrative concert today at ICC emotional thrust and for the sub- the film Lebanese Rocket Society Maaria Assami and Latifa Al tion to the rest of the world will competition received $15,000. The tle manner in which it treats the which won Best Documentary Darwish was declared winner in be an inspiration to every emerg- Best Short film received $10,000 DOHA: The Maharashtra complexity of its characters at a Feature Film award dedicated the Made in Qatar section where ing filmmaker. The Competition and a development prize of up to Mandal Qatar is organising a tragic moment in their existence.” the award to the dreamers behind 19 entries competed including is a true reflection of our focus $10,000. concert of the famous Indian Both films touch on an uncer- the Middle East’s first rocket three feature films Lockdown: Red to strengthen the regional film The Made in Qatar develop- singer and composer, Shridhar tain and turbulent period in his launched by Lebanon in the 60s Moon Escape, ‘Angel in June’ and industry by setting solid bench- ment award winner was pre- Sudhir Phadke today. country’s recent history called the marking a historic moment for ‘Lyrics Revolt’, the latter winning marks of excellence.” sented a cash prize of $ 10,000. The concert, which will start at ‘black decade’. the country though was forgotten a Special Mention. With total prize money of The award winning films will 6:00pm, will be held at the Ashoka “For his presence, his sincer- by people in recent times. Abdulaziz Al Khater, Chief over $440,000, the Arab Film be screened at the festival today Hall of the Indian Cultural Centre ity and his truthful portrayal The Best Documentary Executive Officer, Doha Film Competition had its largest selec- and tomorrow. (ICC). of a man torn between his feel- Filmmaker award went to Hanan Institute, said: “We had set strin- tion of 27 films this year, compris- The awards night also featured Maharashtra Mandal is a social ings and his principles,” Tunisian Abdalla for the film In the Shadow gent quality standards for the ing seven documentaries, seven performance by Algerian musi- and cultural Organisation affili- actor Ahmed El Hafiane won the of a Man while Algerian documen- Arab Film Competition this year narrative features and 13 shorts cian Safy Boutella and a montage ated with the ICC under the aegis Best Performance in a narra- tary Fidai by filmmaker Damien – from the short-listing process from 10 Arab countries, includ- of the best films from Algeria in of Indian Embassy. tive film award - the only acting Ounouri won a Special Mention. to evaluation. We congratulate ing first time entries to the com- the last four decades as a tribute Tickets are available at the award given at the festival - for Awardees for the Short Film the winners as well as every film- petition from Qatar and Saudi to Algerian cinema. venue from 3pm to 5pm. the film The Professor directed segment were led by The Forgotten maker who has been part of this Arabia. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 COP18 to go Attiyah reviews COP18 preparations paperless Organisers ready to welcome over 17,000 participants from 194 countries to Doha meet DOHA: With the United DOHA: The Higher Organising at hotels – to answer questions Nations Climate Change Committee of the UN Climate from the public about climate Conference opening in Doha Change Conference - COP18/ change and how they can help next Monday, COP18/CMP8 has CMP8 - met yesterday to make a difference. turned to a paperless system to review the final preparations A fleet of buses has also been provide key information about for the event which begins on provided for those travelling the event in a sustainable way. November 26. to the conference, as a way to To keep the participants and The meeting was chaired cut down on congestion and to residents informed of the many by the Chairman of the reduce the environmental impact events and attractions on offer Administrative Control and of the Sessions. and to provide information Transparency Authority H E The meeting was also attended about travel and accommodation, Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, by the members of the Higher COP18/CMP8 is using its website, the President-elect of COP18/ Organising Committee, includ- www.cop18.qa, and Twitter feeds, CMP8 conference and chair- ing H E Abdulaziz bin Ahmed in English and Arabic, and smart- man of the Higher Organising Al Malki, General Coordinator phone apps. Committee. for COP18/CMP8 and Chairman H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah will take over the of its Executive Organising Al Attiyah, the President- COP presidency – a year-long Committee; H E Fahad bin elect of COP18/CMP8, said: role - when the conference opens Mohammad Al Attiya, Member “Environmental sustainability is at the Qatar National Convention of the Higher Organising one of the four key pillars of our Center. The meeting yesterday Committee and Chairman of 2030 National Vision, and hosting reviewed the final preparations the Organising Sub-Committee, COP18/CMP8 is an opportunity to for the conference, including sev- H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh invest directly in helping to move eral green initiatives being imple- Al Sada, the Minister of Energy things forward.” mented at COP18/CMP8 Doha. and Industry, and member of the Keeping the environment in The organisers have been Higher Organising Committee; The Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah and mind, the conference is attempt- striving to prepare Doha for H E Dr Khalid bin Mohammad the Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada with other officials. ing to cut down on its paper use. the arrival of more than 17,000 Al Attiyah, the Minister of State Much of the key information participants, from 194 nations. for Foreign Affairs and mem- Environment and member of the Sub-Committee for COP18/ Committee by H E Sheikh for participants will be acces- As part of this, a team of vol- ber of the Higher Organising Higher Organising Committee; CMP8 Doha. Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, sible with the use of QR codes. unteers has been placed around Committee; H E Abdullah bin and Khaled bin Fahad Al Khater, Al Attiyah was also briefed the Minister of State for Interior. These two-dimensional “Quick the city – in shopping malls and Mubarak Al Madadi, Minister of a member of the Organising on the work of the Security THE PENINSULA Response” barcodes can be scanned by smartphones to gain access to relevant documents, maps and websites in a quick, simple and paper-free way. Little Suns to illuminate Katara waterfront QR codes will be placed around the QNCC during the confer- DOHA: When the sun sets over As the UN Climate Change flowers) off into infinity and when climate change. Along the floor of volunteers and staff members ence, and at the Doha Exhibition the waterfront at Katara today Conference’s contribution to the they’re illuminated it will look the exhibition’s corridor are foot- who will quiz them on their green Centre (DEC), hotels, airport and and tomorrow, a thousand Doha Film Institute’s Family Day like a field stretching off into the prints that get smaller as children living know-how. the 32 transport hubs where par- “Little Suns” will shine. at Katara, a Little Sun Garden distance,” said Mark Jackson, the pass through. The children will also be given ticipants can use shuttle buses to The Little Suns, designed by has been designed to delight visi- designer of the exhibition. The footprints represent the marker pens so that they can reach the venues. the artist Olafur Eliasson, are tors and impart lessons about cli- “Since it’s an area with a lot “carbon footprint”: the net car- write their pledges for reducing At the Qatar Sustainability elegant hand-held lamps that mate change. of sunshine, there are some nice bon emissions that result from a their carbon footprint on the mir- Expo, which runs alongside the produce an hour of light for every The exhibition consists of a parallels. It works perfectly in this person’s consumption of products rored walls. conference in the DEC, exhibitors hour that they have been charged mirrored corridor illuminated by environment.” and transport. The exhibition is COP18/ will be encouraged to display QR by the sun, for up to five hours. “sunflowers,” green vines crowned The effect should be spectacu- Written inside the footprints CMP8’s contribution to the Doha codes that link to PDF documents The lamps are beautiful and by dozens of the lamps. During lar, but the Little Sun Garden, is are simple ideas for how to reduce Film Institute’s Family Day at instead of handing out literature. functional. the day the lamps store power not just about aesthetics. carbon emissions, such as “take Katara, an annual celebration A Twitter account, @ Today and tomorrow, they will from the Sun, and by night they According to the event’s organ- shorter showers” and “use both that draws thousands of Qatari COPCMP8, will also keep COP18/ light up COP18/CMP8’s interac- light up the corridor and are isers at COP18/CMP8, the exhibi- sides of paper”. and visiting families for culture CMP8 participants and residents tive art exhibition, the “Little Sun reflected by mirrors. tion is designed to teach children Children visiting the Little Sun events and activities. of Doha informed about the event. Garden.” “They reflect (the image of the about how their behaviour affects Garden will meet COP18/CMP8 THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Alumni body of India’s Aligarh University marks Founder’s Day DOHA: Past students of India’s at a hotel with a former registrar registrar of another key Muslim largest Muslim educational of AMU, Syed Mohamed Afzal, as educational centre in India – institution, Aligarh Muslim the chief guest. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. University (AMU), marked the S M Afzal, a senior officer of In his brief address, Afzal rued birth anniversary of the univer- the Indian Police Service (IPS) that AMU was becoming unman- sity’s founding-father, Sir Syed who is currently based in Gwalior, ageable due to its growing size Ahmed Khan, here yesterday. Central India, as Inspector- and said Sir Syed’s message (that The AMU Alumni Association General (IG) of Special Armed Muslims must strive and have held a glitzy event on the occasion Force (SAF), has also been access to modern education) must reach each and every Muslim. Afzal said after he arrived here he was taken by his hosts around Doha for a quick sightseeing early yesterday. “I was amazed to see the progress… Sir Syed must have dreamt of this kind of progress and prosperity for Muslims,” he said, lauding Qatar. The IPS officer was at his humorous best even while tack- ling as serious an issue as Sir Syed’s contribution to Muslim education and this made the audience occasionally burst into laughter. Munawwar Haziq, India’s country manager for Emirates Airline, was also a guest of honour at the event. Local guests included M S Bukhari and Hssan Chowgule, Syed Mohamed Afzal (right) handing over a memento on behalf of the AMU and the chief patron of the AMU Alumni Association to Mohamed Habib Un Nabi on the occasion of Sir Syed Alumni Association, Mohamed Day yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Habib Un Nabi. THE PENINSULA

Maersk, QP desert challenge raises $100,000

DOHA: Maersk Oil Qatar and a keen participant in the performance over four demand- (MOQ) and Qatar Petroleum competition. ing stages. hosted Qatar’s first corporate Set in the spectacular Zekreet Overall victory was claimed by challenge event on November peninsula, teams combined men- the Maersk Oil team; ‘Walk in the 17 and 18 in the desert environ- tal agility with strong physical Park’. THE PENINSULA ment of the Zekreet peninsula. Over 105 participants from 21 teams representing 18 different local companies and organisations competed over two exhilarating days – pitting their leadership skills and physical fitness against each another. The hotly contested competition not only raised awareness of diabetes, but it also raised $100,000 for the Maersk Oil initiated ‘Action on Diabetes’ partnership. “The Maersk Oil & QP chal- lenge event was a great success” said Lewis Affleck, Managing The winners of the Maersk Oil and QP desert challenge with their awards. Director of Maersk Oil Qatar FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Hamas emerges stronger after ceasefire deal Truce deal forces Israel to ease the blockade and to end the kind of targeted assassinations

GAZA: It might not look like was under a lot of criticism,” said victory. Dozens of dead chil- Abusader. “But that criticism has dren among nearly 100 civilians been silenced for now, and there killed. Hundreds more injured, was open support in the West Bank some condemned to a life of - where the Palestinian leadership struggle from terrible wounds. there is often seen as weak for its Houses flattened. Bridges, offices emphasis on negotiation - for Hamas and stadiums blown to bits. for fighting back against Israel. But as life returns to what Hamas political gains are at the passes for normality on the streets expense of Mahmoud Abbas, pres- of Gaza - once again clogged with ident of the Palestinian Authority people and traffic even as the and leader of Hamas’ rival, Fatah. Israeli drones continue to buzz He was all but irrelevant in the overhead - many Palestinians recent crisis, with Hamas cen- regard the ceasefire that put an tre stage in the Arab world. end to more than a week of inces- Yesterday, Abbas was forced into sant bombing and shelling as an a humiliating call to Haniyah to Israeli surrender document. congratulate him on his “victory”. The victor, they say, is Hamas, The past week has been a which faced down Israeli aggres- severe blow to Abbas’ strategy to sion and has emerged from years bring about a Palestinian state. of diplomatic isolation to be He has renounced violence and embraced, if tentatively, by the committed to a negotiated peace leaders of a new Arab world. The with Israel. He has followed the lesson learned is that standing obstacle course laid out by the US up to Israel delivers results that and Europeans, and supervised by years of concessions under US Tony Blair, of “institution-build- peace plans and drawn-out nego- Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah sits next to the mother of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari (pictured in poster, R), who was killed by an Israeli ing” and security co-operation tiations have not. air strike, in Gaza City, yesterday. RIGHT: Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire in Gaza City. with Israel, with the promise of a Western leaders from Barack Palestinian state dangling at some Obama to David Cameron rushed undefined point in the future. to blame the bloody upsurge of he was deterred by the scale of scepticism that Israel will deliver children, and saying he stood in advantage. Its external leader- The result, as many Palestinians violence in Gaza on Hamas and resistance by Hamas and other or that the truce will last, but the “solidarity with the Palestinian ship, led by Khaled Meshaal, has see it, is that Netanyahu has other armed groups firing hun- armed groups, even in the face of crisis has shifted the diplomatic nation’s suffering”, were read in embraced the Arab spring as an ignored and humiliated Abbas and dreds of rockets into Israel, but much larger Israeli retaliation, ground by breaking the interna- Gaza as evidence that they were opportunity for Gaza to declare continued Israel’s expansionism Palestinians have a different take. which surprised Palestinians. tional isolation of Hamas imposed no longer on their own. autonomy. Hamas leaders in Gaza, with yet more Jewish settlement The common view in Gaza is that “Palestinians were very happy by the US and Europeans. led by the prime minister, Ismail construction and measures to the conflict was a war of choice to see rockets landing on Tel Aviv Change was in the offing, driven ADMIRATION Haniyah, remain allied with Iran reaffirm Israeli control over all by the Israeli prime minister, and Jerusalem for the first time. by the Arab spring, not least in Talal Okal was for many years and Syria, with an eye on extend- of Jerusalem and great chunks of Binyamin Netanyahu. It may be crazy but there’s admi- Egypt where there is a new gov- among the leaders in Gaza of the ing power to the West Bank. the West Bank. The lesson many Mkhaimer Abusader, a politi- ration that Hamas was able to ernment more openly critical of Popular Front for the Liberation Okal said that from his conver- in the occupied territories have cal scientist at Gaza’s Azhar manufacture long-range missiles Israel than its US-allied predeces- of Palestinian, a secular leftwing sations with Haniyah, he thought taken away from the past week is University, said there was a and deter Israel,” said Abusader. sor. Israel has alienated its only organisation, decidedly different there was growing confidence in that standing up to Israel brings widespread belief that Netanyahu “Palestinians believe the Israelis real friend in the region, Turkey, to Hamas. “I am anti-Hamas. I Hamas that it could widen its results. “The model that the US, ordered the killing last week of were begging for a ceasefire. The over the Israeli military’s attack on am democratic. I am secular. But support among Palestinians. “I Europe and Israel promote of the Hamas military chief, Ahmad conclusion Palestinians reach the Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza I admire what Hamas has done used to think Hamas is going to giving the Palestinian Authority Al Jaabari, to provoke a confron- is that the way to get results is in which eight Turks were killed. because they showed they were have a state in the Gaza Strip. financial support to build institu- tation and launch a military resistance, is to make the occupa- It was no coincidence that the working underground secretly to But now I think Hamas is headed tions hasn’t worked. What you see operation in order to make him- tion costly to the Israelis.” first stream of regional politi- challenge the Israelis,” he said. towards reuniting the Palestinian is more Israeli settlement expan- self look strong in the runup to The ceasefire deal may not have cal heavyweights to visit Gaza “Now we are facing Israel from a establishment pushed by the hope sion, more measures to make a elections in January. got Hamas all that it wanted but in more than a decade was led better position. We don’t have a it will be in control of Gaza and two-state solution more difficult,” Opinion polls showed many there is a commitment by Israel by the Egyptian prime minister balance of power with Israel. But the West Bank,” he said. said Abusader. The latest crisis Israelis favoured an invasion of to ease the blockade that was and the Tunisian and Turkish now, because of Hamas, we have That may be wishful thinking puts pressure on Abbas over Gaza to follow the air and sea imposed to break the Islamist foreign ministers. Scenes of the influence in the region and that given the growing disillusionment his plan to ask the UN general bombardment. That Netanyahu group, and to end the kind of Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet makes a better situation.” among many people in Gaza with assembly to effectively recognise ultimately did not order one is “targeted assassinations” that Davutoglu, shedding tears in a But Okal said Hamas was Hamas before the latest fighting. Palestinian statehood next week. regarded in Gaza as evidence that killed Jaabari. There is plenty of Gaza City hospital over dead still divided over how to take “Before the war erupted, Hamas GUARDIAN NEWS

Sudan arrests ex-spy chief after Ceasefire takes hold but mistrust runs deep CAIRO/GAZA: A cease- deal prevented, at least for the Benjamin Netanyahu said he had Tel Aviv and Jerusalem for the of this battle with our heads up sabotage attempt fire between Israel and Gaza’s moment, an Israeli ground inva- agreed to “exhaust this opportu- first time. “Allahu akbar, (God is high,” he said, adding that Israel Hamas rulers took hold yester- sion of the Palestinian enclave nity for an extended truce”, but greatest), dear people of Gaza you had been defeated and failed in its KHARTOUM: Sudan day after eight days of conflict, following bombing and rocket told his people a tougher approach won,” blared mosque loudspeakers “adventure”. arrested its former spy chief although deep mistrust on both fire which killed five Israelis might be required in the future. in Gaza as the truce took effect. Some Israelis staged protests and other senior military and sides cast doubt on how long the and 162 Gazans, including 37 Both sides quickly began offer- “You have broken the arrogance against the deal, notably in the security officers yesterday Egyptian-sponsored deal can children. ing differing interpretations of the of the Jews.” southern town of Kiryat Malachi, after foiling what officials said last. But trust was in short sup- ceasefire, brokered by Egypt’s new Fifteen minutes later, wild cel- where three people were killed by was a plot to incite chaos and Even after the ceasefire came ply. The exiled leader of Hamas, Islamist government and backed ebratory gunfire echoed across a Gaza rocket during the conflict, target leaders in this oil-pro- into force late on Wednesday, a Khaled Meshaal, said his Islamist by the United States, highlight- the darkened streets, which army radio said. ducing African state. dozen rockets from the Gaza Strip movement would respect the ing the many actual or potential gradually filled with crowds wav- Netanyahu said he was willing Witnesses said they saw army landed in Israel, all in open areas, truce if Israel did, but would areas of discord. ing Palestinian flags. Ululating to give the truce a chance but held tanks and armoured vehicles a police spokesman said. respond to any violations. “If If it holds, the truce will give women leaned out of windows and open the possibility of reopening moving down a main street in In Gaza, witnesses reported an Israel complies, we are compliant. 1.7 million Gazans respite from fireworks lit up the sky. the conflict. “I know there are the centre of Khartoum around explosion shortly after the truce If it does not comply, our hands days of ferocious air strikes and Meshaal thanked Egypt for citizens expecting a more severe midnight, but life in the city took effect at 9pm (1900 GMT), are on the trigger,” he told a news halt rocket salvoes from militants mediating and praised Iran for military action, and perhaps we was normal during the day with but there were no casualties conference in Cairo. that unnerved a million people providing Gazans with financing shall need to do so,” he said. shops in the centre bustling with and the cause was unclear. The Israeli Prime Minister in southern Israel and reached and arms. “We have come out REUTERS customers. Sudan’s President Omar Hassan Al Bashir has kept up a 23-year hold on power, even as a series of uprisings troubled the country’s poor border areas, including the conflict-torn region of Darfur. But Sudan has Syrian rebels capture army been stuck in economic crisis since the south - the source of most of its known oil-reserves - declared independence last year base in eastern oil region under the terms of a peace deal. High prices for food have added to widespread public anger AMMAN: Syrian rebels cap- the Iraqi border and along the Britain formally recognised a over losing the south and have tured an army base in an east- Euphrates to the city of Deir newly formed opposition coalition emboldened opposition activists ern oil province yesterday, Al Zor, is now under rebel con- as the sole representative of the to call for protests. Analysts say further weakening President trol,” he said. Another opposition Syrians this month. the crisis has also exacerbated Bashar Al Assad’s control in the source in contact with rebels con- Russia, which along with China divisions in the government. strategic region bordering Iraq. firmed the base, 42km south-east has blocked three resolutions The capture of the artillery base of Deir Al Zor, had fallen. which could have led to UN sanc- on the outskirts of Mayadeen, a Video posted online showed tions against Assad, criticised on Kuwait frees on town on the Euphrates river near rebels on motorcycles and trucks Thursday proposals for Nato to some of Syria’s main oilfields, fol- apparently inside the base waving deploy Patriot missiles in Turkey bail 3 tweeters lowed rebel takeovers of military victory signs as smoke rose from near the Syrian border. “This installations in the north and cen- two buildings. Artillery pieces would not foster stability in the KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwaiti tre of the country this week. could be seen on the ground and region,” Foreign Ministry spokes- court yesterday freed three Recent rebel momentum a tank transporter stood aban- man Alexander Lukashevich said. Free Syrian Army fighters stand near a tank after they said they fought Twitter users on bail after shows the increasing potency of doned. Severe restrictions on The capture of the Mayadeen and defeated government troops at a military base at the town of Atareb detaining them for nine days the mainly Sunni Muslim fight- non-state media make it impos- base leaves Assad in control of just near Aleppo. for allegedly insulting the ers trying to topple Assad, who sible to verify opposition reports three major army bases in Deir Al ruler, a rights activist said. belongs to the Alawite minority independently. Zor province, said Sheikh Nawaf suburbs of Damascus. metres from the highway. A fourth tweeter, however, linked to Shia. But insurgents Activists say 38,000 people have Al Bashir, a local tribal leader. In another setback for Assad, Near Damascus, opposition remained in detention as his have often had to retreat quickly been killed in the 20-month upris- He said rebels now held the main his forces pulled back on Thursday campaigners said fighting con- case will be heard by a court after making advances to avoid ing which threatens to draw in road to Iraq, from the outskirts from three positions south of the tinued around the south-west- yesterday, the director of the strikes by the president’s air regional Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim of Deir Al Zor city to the border town of Maarat Al Numan, on ern suburb of Daraya and the Kuwait Society for Human force. powers. Hundreds of thousands crossing of Albu Kamal. the highway linking Damascus army kept up heavy bombard- Rights, Mohammad Al Humaidi, “The Mayadeen military base have fled the country and 2.5 mil- The rebel move follows the cap- to Aleppo, according to the oppo- ment of the town, where Free said on his Twitter account. One fell at 8.30am (0630 GMT),” Abu lion are displaced, aid groups say. ture last week of a military air- sition Syrian Observatory for Syrian Army fighters appeared of tweeters was freed on bail of Laila, an official in the Military Western states, anxious to port on the Iraqi border southeast Human Rights. to be entrenched. To the east, $3,550 and the other two on Revolutionary Council in the avoid another costly Middle of Mayadeen. In the last five days The area has seen heavy fight- clashes were also reported in $17,700 each, Humaidi said. province, said. He said 44 rebel East conflict and wary of back- rebels have also stormed a special ing between rebel forces, which the Damascus neighbourhood of Their trial is set for December. fighters had been killed in the ing rebels who include Islamist forces base near Aleppo, Syria’s have held the town for several Jobar, which is adjacent to the AGENCIES operation to capture the base. militants, have stayed on the commercial hub, and an air weeks, and soldiers camped in main Abbasid Square. “The whole countryside, from sidelines, although France and defence position in the southern a nearby military base, just 500 REUTERS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 ISLAM www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 An Islamic thanksgiving

BY DR MUZAMMIL SIDDIQI gratitude to our Lord and Creator. In Islam thanksgiving is not only a particular religious Furthermore we should remind our- Then do ye remember Me; I will remem- selves that we are constantly under ber you. Be grateful to Me and reject not act or service; it is the whole life. The whole life should be Allah’s favors and blessings. Faith. (Quran 2:152) There are many special prayers that And remember! Your Lord caused to be lived in obedience to our Ultimate Benefactor, Allah. God the Prophet taught us to keep us on the declared (publicly): “If ye are grateful, I will path of gratitude and thankfulness. add more (favors) unto you; but if ye show has been good to us and so in our thankfulness we should When we eat, he told us that we should ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible say: When the Prophet (PBUH) used to indeed.” (Quran 14:7) worship Him, obey His commands and orders. Daily prayers, eat or drink, he used to say, “Thanks be We bestowed Wisdom on Luqman: “Show to Allah Who gave us food and drink and (thy) gratitude to Allah.” Any who is (so) fasting during Ramadan, Zakat and Haj are all our acts of made us Muslims.” (Tirmidhi 3379) grateful does so to the profit of his own soul; Whenever the Prophet put on any new but if any is ungrateful, verily Allah is free thanksgiving. We should do them not only as duties that must dress, he would say its name ‘Amamah of all wants, worthy of all praise. (Quran or shirt or shawl, then he would say, “O 31:12) be performed but as our gratitude to our Lord and Creator. Allah, Thanks be to You, You gave me this he National Day of Thanksgiving to wear. I ask You to give me the good of this in America is a beautiful holi- dress and the good for which it is made and day. It contains a good spirit I ask You to protect me from the evil of this Tand noble message. It is not a dress and from the evil of that for which it holiday of any particular religion. It is is made.” (Tirmidhi 1689) not a Christian or Jewish holiday but it has many deeply religious and spiritual When the Prophet used to mount his meanings. America at thanksgiving is camel going on a journey he used to say America at its best. It is unfortunate Allah Akbar (God is the greatest) three that like many other moral and spir- times and then he would say, “Glory to itual things this holiday is also turned Him Who has subjected these to our (use), nowadays into too much indulgence and for we could never have accomplished this commercialism. It is important that we (by ourselves). And to our Lord, surely, must remember and remind others about the we turn back!” (Quran 43:13) spirit of thanksgiving. O Allah, we ask you this journey right- The Quranic word for thanks is Shukr. eousness and piety and the deeds that are It is mentioned in the Quran many times. pleasing to you. O Allah, make this jour- It is the quality of human beings and it ney easy for us and shorten its distance. O is also the quality of Allah. According to Allah, You are the Companion in journey scholars Shukr means: “It is the consid- and You are the Guardian for the family eration of the favour and its acknowledg- (left behind). O Allah, We ask you to protect ment. Shukr from the human means the us from the exhaustion of journey, from bad recognition of the favor. Shukr from Allah scenes and from bad return to our property means the reward and appreciation.” and family.” When he used to return he used Shukr is a very important principle in to say, “Returning, repenting, worshiping Islam. It is a quality of the believers and and praising our Lord.” (Muslim 2392) it is a source of all goodness. Shukr is Islam does not only teach us to thank used in the Quran sometimes as equiva- Allah, but we are also told to thank our lent to faith. The faithful are thankful parents, our spouses, our friends, neigh- people and the unfaithful are ungrateful bors and all those who do any good to people. Allah has described His Prophets us. The Prophet said: “Those who do not and Messengers among those who were thank people, they do not thank Allah.” thankful people. Prophet Noah was a (peace be upon him): Nay, but worship desire a reward in the Hereafter, We shall Allah. God has been good to us and so in (Tirmidhi 1878) grateful servant of Allah (Quran 17:3). Allah, and be of those who give thanks. give it to him. And swiftly shall We reward our thankfulness we should worship Him, www.islamcity.com Prophet Abraham used to thank Allah for (Quran 39:66) those that who are thankful. (Quran 3:145) obey His commands and orders. Our daily His many blessings (Quran 16:121). Allah also promised: Nor can a soul die In Islam thanksgiving is not only a par- prayers, our fasting during Ramadan, our Dr Muzammil H. Siddiqi, vice chair of the Fiqh Prophet David and his family were told to except by Allah’s leave, the term being fixed ticular religious act or service; it is the Zakat and Haj are all our acts of thanks- Council of North America and member of ISNA be grateful to Allah (Quran 34:13). as by writing. If any do desire a reward in whole life. The whole life should be lived giving. We should do them not only as Shura Council, is director of The Islamic Society of Allah told His Prophet Muhammad this life, We shall give it to him; and if any do in obedience to our Ultimate Benefactor, duties that must be performed but as our Orange County, Garden Grove, California. Ashura and human brotherhood

BY DR WAEL SHIHAB on the day of Ashura. However, In a hadith we are is one—Eve. Islam, in fact, empha- communities in order to promote maintaining noble beliefs and val- when fasting in Ramadan became sises the significance of human goodness and encounter vices and ues, saying, Say: O People of the very year, Muslims all obligatory, the Prophet made fast- told that fasting brotherhood, irrespective of peo- evils. Allah says in the Quran: Scripture. Come to an agreement over the world observe ing on Ashura an optional, though the day of Ashura ple’s cultures, faiths, races, or “Help you one another unto good- between us and you: that we shall the day of Ashura’ on the recommended, act of worship. gender. Fasting Ashura, which is ness and righteousness. Help not worship none but Allah, and that we E10th day of Muharram. (Muslim) expiates the sins highly recommended by Prophet one another unto sin and transgres- shall ascribe no partners unto Him, The day of Ashura is not only For Muslims, fasting on the of the previous Muhammad (PBUH), is one of sion”. (Quran 5: 2) and that none of us shall take others observed by Muslims, but other day of Ashura is so virtuous and the examples that proves Islam’s The Quran calls on all faith for lords beside Allah.” (Quran 3: 64) faith communities, Jews for exam- blessed. Ibn Abbas said: “I never year as the promotion of the values of human communities to cooperate in www.onislam.net ple, used to celebrate this day saw Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) so Prophet (PBUH) brotherhood and sisterhood. too. Also, Prophet Muhammad’s keen to fast any day and give it pri- Moreover, fasting on the (Peace be upon him) tribe ority over any other than this day, said: “Fasting the day of Ashura—throughout Quraysh used to fast on the day of the day of Ashura, and this month, centuries since the time of Ashura in the pre-Islamic period, meaning Ramadan.” (Al Bukhari) day of Ashura is Prophet Musa (peace be and so Allah’s Messenger too used In another hadith we are told of great merits upon him) until our time to fast on this day. (Bukhari and that fasting the day of Ashura expi- by people of different faiths Muslim) ates the sins of the previous year as and I hope that and cultures—gathers peo- When the Messenger of Allah the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fasting Allah will accept ple under the umbrella of (PBUH) migrated to Madinah he the day of Ashura is of great merits human brotherhood. It is found the Jews observing fast on and I hope that Allah will accept it as an expiation a common duty, therefore, the day of Ashura. The Messenger it as an expiation for (the sins for (the sins on all people, individuals asked them, “What is the signifi- committed in the previous year” and communities, to pre- cance of this day that you observe (Muslim). committed in the serve and promote ties and fast on it?” They said, “It is the Muslims are required to believe values of brotherhood and day of great significance when in all prophets of God as well as previous year” sisterhood. Allah delivered Prophet Musa in all Divine books. A Muslim’s (Muslim) Human brothers and and his people, and drowned the faith will not be accepted if sisters share noble values Pharaoh and his people, and Musa he or she disbelieves in other Moreover, Prophet Muhammad and morals such as faith- observed fast out of gratitude and God’s Prophets and Books. The (PBUH) made it clear that all fulness, justice, freedom, we also observe it.” Upon this the Quran unequivocally states: The Prophets of God are brothers, security, equality, honour, Prophet (PBUH) said: “We have Messenger believes in that which saying, “Prophets are brothers in and respect. All, therefore, more right, and we have a closer has been revealed unto him from faith, having different mothers. shoulder common responsi- connection with Musa than you his Lord and (so do) the believers. Their religion is, however, one...” bilities to maintain and pro- have”. So, he observed fast on Each one believes in Allah and His (Muslim) mote these shared values. the day of Ashura, and gave angels and His scriptures and His Observing the day of Ashura’ All members of the human orders that it should be observed. messengers; We make no distinc- per se by Muslims and other com- family should work for the (Muslim) tion between any of His messengers munities promotes the concept common interest of human- Before the obligation of fasting and they say: “We hear, and we obey. and values of human brotherhood ity. Every individual and the month of Ramadan, Prophet (Grant us) Your forgiveness, our and sisterhood. Humans are real community should defend Muhammad (PBUH) had declared Lord. Unto You is the final return. brothers and sisters; their father justice, freedom, security, it obligatory on Muslims to fast (Al Baqarah 2: 285) is one—Adam—and their mother etc. No member is allowed to deny others their legiti- mate human rights. The whole world will Fasting on the 9th and fast, they said, “O Messenger of Allah, this is a day live in peace and security that is venerated by the Jews and Christians.” The when values of human Prophet of Allah (PBUH) said: “Next year, if Allah brotherhood and sister- 10th of Muharram wills, we will fast on the ninth day.” But by the time the hood prevail. Brothers and asting the 9th and the 10th of Muharram following year came, the Prophet (PBUH) had passed sisters could peacefully live is a Prophetic Sunnah. The Prophet (peace away. (Reported by Muslim) together and lead a happy, Fand blessings be upon him) said: “Fasting Al Shafi’i and his companions, Ahmad, Ishaq, secure life. This common the day of `Ashura’, I hope that Allah will accept it as and others said: It is recommended to fast both objective is attainable and expiation for the previous year.” (Reported by Muslim) the 9th and the 10th because the Prophet (PBUH) should be achieved for the Ibn Abbas also quotes the Prophet (PBUH) as fasted the 10th and intended to fast the 9th. public interest of all people saying, “If I live next year, I shall also fast on the Based on this, there are different ways of fasting of the world. 9th day.” (Reported by Ahmad) Ashura, the least of which is to fast the 10th only, People with various cul- Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with but it is better to fast the 9th as well. The more tures and faiths should him) said: When the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) one fasts in Muharram, the better. cooperate in goodness. fasted on the day of `Ashura’ and told the people to www.islam-qa.com Muslims are Islamically asked to cooperate with all FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI Transient truce EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED E-MAIL: [email protected] Ceasefire may work but lasting solution ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD E-MAIL: [email protected] to the Palestinian crisis is indispensable. EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. T THE stroke of 1900 GMT, armaments on both sides of the ratchet up hostilities once the vote winds down and a clearer picture Israel-Gaza divide fell silent as the much-awaited ceasefire of the Jewish state’s polity emerges. Any Israeli government has to E-MAIL: [email protected] Abetween the warring sides took effect. Gazans, psychologically address the Palestinian crisis with the interests of its constituency at ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 bruised by the flare-up that saw a large number of casualties, cel- the top of the agenda. Before the November 21 truce was announced, ebrated by coming out in the streets and jubilantly cheering news of the Washington underscored its influence in the region by dispatching the CLASSIFIED: 44557857 E-MAIL: [email protected] truce. Cars formed long tailbacks and blared their horns in celebration highest official of the Obama administration. US Secretary of State of what Hamas claimed was a battle won against the enemy. Eight days Hillary Clinton met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY of Israeli aggression had killed 163 Palestinians and injured some 1,200. Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority office bearers in West Bank and TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 A number of children lost their lives in air raids conducted by Tel Aviv officials in Cairo, in an attempt to defuse the crisis. E-MAIL: [email protected] that is often seen to harbour a proclivity to decimate Palestinians. The Amid the hurly-burly of the war and aggressive declarations by both Israeli Interior Minister said during the eight-day aggression that his sides, what was probably underplayed was the death of so many people. SUBSCRIPTION RATES government wanted to bomb Gaza to the Middle Ages. Such state- While Palestinians lost 163 lives including that of Hamas military chief ANNUAL QR 675 ments may be dismissed as the renderings of an unscrupulous mind, Ahmed Al Jaabari, the Israelis lost five persons in missile strikes. These 6 MONTHS QR 340 but cannot be outrightly ignored, going by the history of the animosity are not the first casualties in the area that is always charged up over between Palestinians and Israelis. a long-standing conflict. What is today more important is not the The eight-day conflict took a disproportionately high toll on children. ceasefire but a long-lasting vision for permanent peace in the region. According to the Geneva-based UN committee on children’s rights, at The derailed Oslo accord needs to be revived for a permanent solution least 26 Palestinian children had been killed and about 400 injured by to the crisis. Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas is going to demand “non- the Israeli strikes on Gaza. Israel has been condemned by the commit- member observer state” status for Palestine in the United Nations soon. tee for air and naval strikes on densely-populated areas of Gaza with If approved, it would be a major victory for the territory and can enable PUBLICATION a significant presence of children. The UN body also said that Hamas Palestinians to drag Israel to the International Criminal Court over rockets had injured 14 children in southern Israel. war crimes. It is important that Mahmoud Abbas’ approach to ending The ceasefire is there but the hope vested in the truce may not be that the crisis, often termed the Abu Mazen way, is taken into consideration long-lived. Israel holds elections on January 12 next year and it may for lasting peace in the region.

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Six hours in Burma the day Mahmoud Ahmadinejad S US President Obama flew to Southeast Asia late last week, Iranian President one of his advisers was quoted as saying that a renewed focus Aon Asia will be “a critical part of the president’s second term and ultimately his foreign policy legacy.” The focus on Asia is understandable, but the discussion of legacy seems a bit premature — and helps explain why human rights activists were nervous that Mr. Obama might proclaim a premature victory in the Southeast Asian nation of Burma, also known as Myanmar. Burma, for decades one of the world’s most repressive dictatorships, has taken encouraging steps toward political reform. But power remains in the hands of its generals and former generals, and it won’t be a democracy until at least 2015, when parliamentary elections are scheduled. In the event, Mr. Obama struck a balance between acknowledging the progress made so far and encouraging the further steps that are essential. His goal, he said after meeting democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, is to “sustain the momentum” toward democratization. In a speech at Yangon University, Mr. Obama said that “this remarkable journey has just begun, and has much further to go.” “The flickers of progress that we have seen must not be extinguished — they must be strengthened,” the president said. Mr. Obama stressed the importance of embedding the progress in a constitution. He emphasized the connection between political reform and economic progress, noting that farmers need to feel secure in their ownership of land. In a primarily Buddhist nation where Muslims have been the victims of communal violence, and where fighting continues between the army and other ethnic minorities, Mr. Obama urged the nation to find strength in its diversity. He noted that “there are prison- ers of conscience who still await release.” The government responded by conditionally freeing more than 40 political prisoners, including several leading activists. It promised to set up a process to review the cases of remaining prisoners and to invite the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights to open an office in the capital of Yangon, formerly known as Rangoon. Ahead of Mr. Obama’s visit, human rights activists worried that he was bestowing the prize of his prestige too soon and would be left with too little leverage. The administration is betting that it can encourage more progress with continued engagement than by making demands from afar. That strikes us as a defensible bet, as long as it remains tempered with the caution Mr. Obama expressed in his brief visit Monday. Aung San Suu Kyi, who hosted Mr. Obama in the lakeside home where she was kept under house arrest for the better part of two decades, stressed that difficult years remain ahead. THE WASHINGTON POST Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Pivoting to Asia: Contradictions of US policy in region

BY CLYDE PRESTOWITZ following the meeting, Clinton of China and Southeast Asia to a policy of containment of and for an annual rotation through But it also never felt the need to called Australia an “indispen- Australia’s future and called for a opposition to the rise of China. Australia and was also to provide do a “pivot” and to establish fur- vastly under-reported sable ally” and said: “these past dramatic shift of Australian eco- Indeed, in his own press for expanded use of military air ther bases and troop rotations in drama in Australia this three days have reinforced for nomic, educational, commercial, statements, Australian Foreign bases in northern Australia and of Australia, or to station 60 percent Apast week both sounded me the indispensability of the diplomatic, and strategic policies Minister Bob Carr was at pains naval bases in Western Australia. of its naval ships in the western a new departure in the old US-Australian partnership. We away from their traditional US to explain that there was noth- Yet, so far the only thing that has Pacific, or to become involved with US-Australian alliance and high- are cooperating everywhere orientation and toward Asia. In ing about containment of China in happened is the rotation not of the claims of various Asian nations lighted the central contradiction together — in business, in ship- particular, it called for a closer any of the Australian-US commu- 2,500, but of only 250, US marines. over uninhabited rocks in the sea of the US policy of “pivoting building, from the mountains of relationship with Indonesia and niqués and insisted that Australia Sheridan says this is because the until China began to emerge as the to Asia.” Afghanistan, to the atolls of the for Australian membership in has not surrendered its foreign Australian government has gotten second major power in the world. At the annual Australia-US Pacific, to the thriving cities of the Association of Southeast policy to the United States. cold feet in the wake of Chinese Australia, like all of America’s Ministerial meeting in Perth, Asia.” This, of course, follows the Asian Nations (Asean). A speech In her own response in warnings that Australia should other allies, quasi-allies, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, agreement last year to deploy US by former Prime Minister Paul Adelaide, Clinton said “the Pacific not partner with America in sup- friends in the Asia-Pacific region Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, troops to Australia for the first Keating not only called for closer is big enough for all of us” and pressing China’s rise. is benefiting enormously from and their Australian counterparts time since the end of the Second alignment with Indonesia and claimed that those who argue that What’s going on here? Well doing business with China and launched discussions on grant- World War. The plan is eventually Asean, but also called for a degree Australia needs to choose between for starters, it clearly is all about understandably wants to con- ing the United States further to have 2,500 marines at bases in of separation from the United America and China are present- containing China. The United tinue doing that business and access to air bases in Northern Darwin. However, so far, only 250 States, saying that Asia sees ing a false choice. “That kind of States has been the major power even expand it. At the same Australia and to several naval have arrived there. Australia as a toady of America zero sum thinking only leads to in the Asia-Pacific region for the time, however, it doesn’t want to ports, including one on the Indian The announcements and the and too ready to do its bidding. negative results,” she explained. 67 years since World War II. The be pulled into too close an orbit Ocean just south of Perth. They secretary’s speech coincided Other commentators raised the On Saturday, however, The Seventh Fleet has been there and by the Chinese tractor beam, nor also announced that the Pentagon with two major statements by issue of whether Australia is Weekend Australian foreign edi- US troops have been stationed does it want to have to defend would establish a powerful radar Australians on the future of unnecessarily and unwisely (in tor Greg Sheridan pointed to in Korea and Japan for all that itself against terrorist threats and and space telescope in Australia Australia. A white paper by a view of Australia’s growing eco- important hidden realities. The time. Contrary to the popular those lusting for its vast mineral to monitor Asian airspace. government appointed commis- nomic dependence on China) agreement from last year was sup- meme that America was some- resources all by itself. In a speech in Adelaide sion emphasised the centrality abetting the United States in posed to bring 2,500 US marines how neglecting Asia, it never left. WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Relief at Gaza ceasefire can’t mask its frailty

Hamas has emerged “But there is a chance that it could hold for a significant period of time, if all out of the conflict with goes well,” Herzog told reporters. its reputation in the JUBILATION Israel and Hamas have been here Arab world significantly before. In 2009, they pulled apart after a 22-day conflict and it took many months enhanced and its standing before Gaza militants felt strong enough to start firing rockets again out of their at home embellished tiny, impoverished enclave. At the time, ordinary Gazans resented Hamas, accusing it of instigating a devas- BY CRISPIAN BALMER tating war and invasion that killed 1,400 Palestinians. Three years on, the mood riumphal Hamas celebrated was different and thousands took to the a “victory” in their Gaza streets to celebrate the ceasefire. stronghold on Wednesday After years of isolation, a succession of after a truce was declared Arab VIPs rushed to the enclave to show with Israel, where a sober their solidarity as Israeli warplanes were Treckoning of how the next round may striking their targets, and the leaders of go underscored the total lack of trust Hamas were treated with careful respect between the two foes. by Egypt - unthinkable in the days of the Palestinians and Israelis alike were ousted president, Hosni Mubarak. relieved that their eight-day conflict had “Hamas is in a stronger position than come to an end without a bloody inva- ever,” said Gaza political analyst Talal sion of the Gaza Strip. But on both sides Okal, adding that he too did not expect there was a foreboding that their cease- the truce to become a permanent fixture. fire might not last very long. “The Palestinians must not stop prepar- “We are sceptical,” said a senior ing themselves for another round,” he Israeli government official, who declined added. to be named. “But the Egyptians and Hamas refuses to recognise Israel’s Americans have backed this deal, so if it right to exist and has scorned Palestinian falls apart they know that we would have President Mahmoud Abbas for seeking a Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyah hugs the brother of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari, who was killed by an Israeli air strike, during a legitimate reason to go in hard.” diplomatic solution. a rally in Gaza City yesterday. On the face of it, both Israel and the The Western-backed Abbas, who holds Islamist group Hamas, which rules Gaza, sway in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, can draw positive conclusions at the end of cut a lonely figure during the crisis, see- Today (Egyptian President Mohamed) can be proud of,” said Giora Eiland, a sits on the parliament’s foreign affairs a brutal clash that killed 162 Palestinians, ing Hamas’s credibility rise in the Arab Mursi, with US backing, forced Israel to former National Security Adviser. “But and defence committee. including 37 children, and five Israelis. world at his own expense. a ceasefire,” he told Channel 1 television. the situation was managed in the right “But on the offensive side, the more we Although Hamas lost its top military In contrast with wild jubilation in Netanyahu will put a very different way and it was clear that Israel enjoyed are surgical and cautious then the harder commander and suffered serious hits to Gaza, a few hundred residents in south- spin on it. certain international support.” it is to achieve the goals of long-term its infrastructure and weaponry, it has ern Israel took to the streets to denounce He showed he could work with the calm. The more we limit ourselves, the nonetheless emerged with its reputation the deal, fearing that after a brief pause Islamist Mursi, thereby shoring up IRON DOME less of a price Hamas has to pay,” he said . in the Arab world significantly enhanced they would once more be the target of Israel’s sagging relations with Cairo. He Perhaps Israel’s biggest winner was Although Hamas certainly suffered and its standing at home embellished. regular rocket attacks. also re-invigorated ties with US President the Iron Dome interceptor that had a 84 significant losses, it also had much to Israel can take comfort from the fact With a general election just two Barack Obama, who gave him constant percent success rate against incoming boast about to its own people - particu- it dealt painful blows to its enemy, found months away, the political consensus of public support despite their famously bad missiles, according to the military, almost larly the fact that it managed for the first a way to work with the Islamist leader- the last week immediately evaporated relations. certainly saving many lives and reducing time to send missiles flying towards both ship of Egypt, and showed that it can and opposition figures swiftly laid into Moreover, he will point out that he set the pressure for any escalation. Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. defend itself from a barrage of incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for limited goals when he launched the air Politicians and military experts are “Israel won’t think of challenging us missiles with its high-tech Iron Dome not using the mighty army he had posi- offensive last week. He never vowed to likely to take a much tougher look at the like this ever again,” said Mohammed Al interceptor. tioned on the Gaza borders. topple Hamas, but rather promised to role of the air force, with criticism already Ghazaleh, firing a deafening burst from “No one is under the illusion that this “I think the goals of the operation cripple its infrastructure. surfacing that it was over cautious in its his Kalashnikov rifle to celebrate the is going to be an everlasting ceasefire. It weren’t achieved,” said Shaul Mofaz, head Although the Israeli military has targeting for fear of repeating the mass truce in Gaza city. is clear to everyone it will only be tem- of the centrist Kadima party. declared its mission accomplished, the casualties seen in the 2008-2009 war. But such thinking is almost certainly porary,” said Michael Herzog, a former “Israeli citizens expected something public might be hard to convince. “The Iron Dome has proved itself to be a miscalculation that already sows the chief of staff at the Israeli ministry of else. They expected a reality in which “There was no decisive victory here, a game changer,” said Yohanan Plesner, seeds for the next confrontation. defence. the Israeli army forced a truce on Hamas. there is nothing so dramatic that Israel an Israeli and Kadima politician who REUTERS Populism takes spotlight in Romania polls With Spain, Catalonia

BY SAM CAGE is doomed to failure AND LUIZA ILIE BY PILAR RAHOLA peoples, but one people imposing n a sunny Whoever ends up in charge has a long to-do list. itself on others. Which is why no October day, Dan hould Catalonia be an one wants to stop being Swiss, Diaconescu arrived independent state? The whereas many of us Catalans at Romania’s econ- Romania is the second-poorest and one of the most answer to the question and Basques want to stop being omy ministry with Swhy brings us back to Spanish. Our conflict-ridden rela- Oseven bags stuffed with €3m in corrupt EU states, with an average wage of less the other question: why not? In tions with Spain started in 1714 cash to pay workers’ overdue other words, is there a single state with a dire military defeat, the wages at a chemical plant. that wants to stop being a state? destruction of our institutions The government turned than €350 – about half of candidate Croatia’s and Naturally, we live in a world of and brutal repression, which down the money but the stunt shared sovereignties and Europe prompted the first great wave served its purpose for the media barely a quarter of France’s minimum. is a big laboratory. But even with of exile. Before then we were a tycoon, raising his electoral this necessary interdependency, sovereign people; ever since then, profile along with nightly self- being interdependent while sit- we have been a people in bondage. promoting appearances on his ting in your own seat is not the And over these 300 years we have own television channel, call- Both main parties - Ponta’s the violent revolution of 1989 PRIVILEGED same thing as being so in your suffered oppression, exile, two dic- ing himself “Romania’s next Social Liberal Union (USL) and and execution of communist While commuters in neighbour’s seat. tatorships and a state of constant president”. the Basescu-allied Romania dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, it Bucharest struggle to work For some time now Catalonia friction with hardly a respite. We Promising steep tax cuts, Right Alliance (ARD) - have still trails far behind other new in clogged streets and packed hasn’t had a seat of its own in the have lived longer under repression his populist party may hold committed to work with EU members Poland, the Czech trams, politicians - many of community of nations, in Spain, than under freedom. And when the balance of power after a international lenders, but Republic and Hungary. them in politics since the 1989 or in Catalonia itself. In spite of we demanded our rights back December parliamentary elec- Diaconescu’s policies will alarm Agriculture is the backbone fall of communism - have gen- the fact that Spain is a decentral- after Franco, the result was a tion. That would set up weeks of the IMF, which leads a 5 billion of the economy but produces erous expense accounts and are ised state, the Catalan people do one-size-fits-all approach which, horse trading which could raise euro deal that shores up inves- nothing like its potential and swept through the city in police not have the sovereignty to imple- far from respecting our national questions over an International tor trust. swathes of the economy remain motorcades. ment their own policies to fight character, relegated us to a mere Monetary Fund deal and under- Diaconescu is proposing to in inefficient state hands. In the last seven years, 23 unemployment, to have their own administrative entity. And since mine Romanian markets. raise salaries and pensions, cut Business and investors complain lawmakers have been sent to tax model, or to tackle the knotty then, the state has been unremit- “Once in power we will make sales tax to 10 percent and pay of outdated infrastructure and trial for corruption. issue of immigration itself – none tingly recentralising. things right. We will have bread, budding entrepreneurs €20,000 energy production, mind-numb- “Politicians would like to keep of the above. And that with the Catalonia’s collective memory glass and brick factories like in for starting a new business, ing bureaucracy and corruption. their privileges and influence at aggravating circumstance that is a dark quagmire that doesn’t the old days,” Diaconescu told though demands would be tem- The economy is barely grow- the expense of a credible judi- we are an economy with a large offer up many reasons to want voters in the impoverished min- pered in a coalition. ing after a credit bubble burst ciary that would generate ben- network of small- and medium- to be Spanish. If we add to that ing town of Targu Jiu, where he Wealthy and with designs on in 2009 and forced the country efits for citizens through the sized businesses requiring specific the Catalan language and culture, is standing for parliament. power, the tall, slim and sharply to the IMF. level of foreign investment to economic policies. Our present the suppression of which has been Romania joined the EU in dressed Diaconescu is standing “I don’t think, when we look Romania,” Horia Georgescu, and future are at the mercy of unremitting, including periods in 2007 but its chaotic politics have in Ponta’s constituency. He will back for 20 years, that there head of the National Integrity decisions that run counter to our which they were banned from brought into question whether almost certainly lose but gain a was any big difference from one Agency corruption watchdog, main interests. the public sphere, the bad memo- it is fit to be part of the block. It seat under proportional party government to another,” said said. So the answer to the question ries just get worse. Even in this remains a second-tier member - lists - and taking on the prime Steven van Groningen, head of Should the USL secure a of why we want a state is simple: democracy, we are still subjected excluded from the passport-free minister brings publicity. Raiffeisen Bank’s local unit and majority, it will take Diaconescu because we want same sovereignty to linguistic harassment in the Schengen zone and its justice “Diaconescu is luring people the foreign investors’ council. out of the equation but investors as every other people. In other form of all sorts of discriminatory subject to monitoring. with a vigilante image,” said Society is split with a small will remain on edge because it words, we are not aspiring to be laws. This disrespect is so flagrant Its leftist government, led Sergiu Miscoiu, an analyst with number of very rich people will have to work with Basescu, more independent than England, that the highest representative of by Victor Ponta, is favourite to the CESPRI political think but many millions living from a blunt former sea captain who for example, but we don’t want to the state, the king, speaks superb win the election and may well tank. subsistence farming or mini- makes enemies easily. The USL be less independent either. English but doesn’t even know secure an outright majority. But mal wages. About 40 percent could try to impeach him again. The reasons why not are legion how to mumble in Catalan. its credibility is damaged abroad PLENTY IN THE IN-TRAY of residences have no running The previous attempt and deeply bound up in our his- But even if our memories are after a failed attempt to unseat water and some areas do not at impeachment last sum- tory, culture and economics. In dismal and our identity is bat- President Traian Basescu, who Whoever ends up in charge have mains electricity. mer drew criticism from the our hearts, in our stomachs and tered, it is the strain on the is deeply unpopular due to his has a long to-do list. Romania “It doesn’t matter who will European Union and the United in our pocketbooks there are Catalan pocketbook that has links to austerity and percep- is the second-poorest and one end up in parliament after the States, sent the leu currency to many reasons why the road we’ve exhausted our patience. Thanks to tions of cronyism. of the most corrupt EU states, December election, nothing record lows and raised borrow- shared with Spain has not been its economic dynamism and solid If parliament is split then with an average wage of less will improve,” said Laura Jipa, ing costs. a road of roses. We don’t wish to network of businesses, Catalonia Diaconescu, whose party has than 350 euros - about half of 42, who sells newspapers near “I have to explain to lots of abandon that road, but to make a has been able to generate wealth. poll ratings of about 14 percent candidate Croatia’s and barely the government headquarters. foreign investors what is hap- fork in it, because it isn’t leading But it is suffering under the yoke and turns 45 on the December 9 a quarter of France’s minimum. “They are all trying to make pening in Romania - that’s not us anywhere. of fiscal deficit that bleeds us of election day, becomes the likely While the country of 19 mil- things better for them and their easy,” van Groningen said. Unlike Switzerland, Spain is not €16bn per annum. kingmaker. lion has made great strides since families.” REUTERS a state born of a treaty between THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Editors in UK brace for ethics inquiry report Leveson to unveil press standards

LONDON: The Leveson During 10 months of televised inquiry into press standards in public hearings, the former judge Britain, set up after the phone- heard from politicians includ- hacking scandal at the News of ing Cameron himself, newspaper the World tabloid, will publish barons including Murdoch, police its findings on November 29, it chiefs, journalists, hacking victims was announced yesterday. and celebrities. Former senior judge Brian Leveson has previously indi- Leveson will unveil his hotly cated that he wants any new anticipated proposals for regula- regulatory body to be independ- tion of the newspaper industry, ent of the establishment and the whose reputation has been hit press and to be able to provide hard in the past year by revela- redress for those wronged and a tions of hacking and allegations swift resolution of privacy and of bribery. libel disputes. Prime Minister David Cameron Cameron will see the report will respond immediately to the before it is published, but he has report with a statement to parlia- already said that he is minded to ment, but he has already said that implement its recommendations. maintaining the current system “We don’t want heavy-handed of self-regulation of the press “is state intervention. We’ve got to Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake, 26km west of Goma, following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday. not an option”. have a free press: they’ve got to Newspaper editors are braced be free to uncover wrongdoing, for strong criticism after receiv- to follow the evidence, to do the ing letters from the inquiry this job in our democracy they need to Congo army fights back as rebels hold Goma summer giving them an indica- do,” he said last month. tion of the inquiry’s findings. “But, on the other hand, it’s Chris Blackhurst, the editor quite clear people have been SAKE/GOMA, Democratic hold their ground until President a tinderbox of ethnic and politi- anti-government protests in of the Independent, said they abused, people’s families and Republic of Congo: Congolese Joseph Kabila opens direct talks cal conflict, fuelled by mineral Kinshasa and other parts of the amounted to “basically a point-by- lives have been torn up by press troops were fighting back yes- with them. “We’ll stay in Goma deposits. country. Opposition figures yes- point demolition of the industry”. intrusion -- the status quo is not terday against rebels who waiting for negotiations,” Runiga On Wednesday, foreign minis- terday seized on it to criticise Cameron set up the inquiry in an option... we all want to put rejected calls from African told Reuters in the city. “They’re ters from the states of the Great Kabila’s rule. July 2011 following the revelation in place a sensible regulatory leaders to quit the eastern city going to attack us and we’re going Lakes region demanded the “Kabila is responsible for that the Rupert Murdoch-owned system.” of Goma, captured earlier this to defend ourselves and keep on rebels leave Goma and halt their the suffering of the Congolese News of the World had engaged Newspaper editors have also week. advancing.” advance, and Kabila - in a conces- in Goma and in North Kivu. in widespread phone hacking, been given advance warning Thousands of people fled the Rebel fighters seized the sion to the rebels that fell short of His leadership is weak,” Bruno including targeting a missing of the areas in which they will area of clashes around the town sprawling lakeside city of a mil- opening talks - promised to look Mavungu, Secretary General of teenage girl who was later found come under fire. “There’s no of Sake, as M23 rebel fighters lion people on Tuesday after gov- into their grievances. the UDPS party led by top opposi- murdered. doubt that some of the criticisms rushed from Goma to reinforce ernment soldiers retreated and “I’m not confident, because I’ve tion politician Etienne Tshisekedi, Murdoch responded to public are justified,” Independent editor their positions there against an UN peacekeepers gave up trying already waited for three months who says he is the rightful winner outrage by dramatically closing Blackhurst said in a radio inter- army counter-offensive. to defend it. in Kampala for talks,” Runiga said of a 2011 poll that handed Kabila the 168-year-old tabloid, but his view in August after receiving a The rebel movement, widely The next day the rebels moved of a recent spell in the capital of a second term. media empire has continued to be private letter from the inquiry. believed to be backed by Rwanda, unopposed into Sake, a strategic Uganda, which has tried to medi- Thousands of residents fled hit by a wave of arrests over hack- But he complained many of has vowed to “liberate” all of the town about 25km west along the ate in the Democratic Republic of Sake yesterday as gunbattles con- ing and bribery, and the prospect them did not apply to his news- vast, resource-rich country after main road. It was there that gov- Congo (DRC). tinued. “It’s no problem, it’s just of two high-profile trials. paper, a ‘quality’ daily, while the taking Goma, a provincial capital ernment troops and allied militia He said M23 wanted aid groups war,” Vianney Kazarama, an M23 Leveson will look into the hack- inquiry appeared to ignore all the on the Rwandan border, ramping were hitting back in fighting that to return to Goma, after they spokesman, said by telephone, ing scandal after the police inves- good work done by the British up tensions in a fragile region. flared up late on Wednesday. evacuated during the fighting. adding that the clashes had begun tigations are complete, but his first press. “Story after story, scandal The head of M23’s political Regional and international Reuters correspondents saw some late on Wednesday. task was to examine the culture, after scandal has been broken by arm, Jean-Marie Runiga, said the leaders have been scrambling to aid workers driving on Thursday Several truckloads of M23 practices and ethics of the press, newspapers, not by anybody else. rebels would not retreat despite halt the fresh conflagration in the in the city, which is the capital of fighters sped toward Sake from specifically its relationship with And that simply is not reflected the call to do so from governments Great Lakes, a region of many North Kivu province. Goma as the fighting raged last the public, police and politicians. in this document,” he said. AFP in central Africa, preferring to colonial-era frontiers and long The rebellion has triggered afternoon. REUTERS

Obama hails ‘all Judges grill Sarkozy over campaign funds More delays to Americans’ on German high-speed BORDEAUX: French judges funding from Bettencourt. to Sarkozy’s campaign treasurer, facing a slew of legal inquiries. grilled ex-president Nicolas Judicial sources have said Sarkozy Eric Woerth. As well as the Bettencourt case, rail link to London Thanksgiving Sarkozy yesterday about accu- could be formally indicted on a Maistre withdrew a total he is facing probes into contracts FRANKFURT: European sations his 2007 election cam- charge of taking advantage of of ¤4m ($5.2m) in cash from for opinion polls, an illegal police travellers will have to wait WASHINGTON: US President paign was financed with funds someone in a position of weak- Bettencourt’s Swiss bank account investigation into journalists and longer than expected for direct Barack Obama yesterday secured illegally from France’s ness, although the magistrate in seven instalments between alleged kickbacks on a Pakistani train connections from London wished Americans a happy richest woman. also has the option of interro- 2007 and 2009. arms deal used to finance the to Frankfurt, German rail Thanksgiving and urged the In a case that could wreck the gating him as a witness under Investigators suspect some or right in 1995, when Sarkozy was operator Deutsche Bahn said, nation to move forward as one 57-year-old’s hopes of a political caution. all of the money could have found budget minister. citing delays to the delivery of while remembering people in comeback, Sarkozy is suspected Bettencourt is now 90 and has its way to Sarkozy or his party. Sarkozy has not ruled out new high-speed trains. need of help. of taking financial advantage of been in poor health since 2006. Claude Gueant, a close ally of another tilt at the presidency in The state-owned rail operator With families across the coun- elderly L’Oreal heiress Liliane The allegation against Sarkozy Sarkozy who served as his inte- 2017. Efforts to find a replace- said yesterday its three-times try set to enjoy the traditional Bettencourt when she was too is two-fold: that the money rior minister, said the courts ment for him within his party daily service, which promises turkey dinners that mark the frail to fully understand what she obtained from her took his cam- needed to show why his question- have descended into chaos, with to bring passengers the 640km annual public holiday -- first was doing. Sarkozy’s appearance paign financing over legal lim- ing was necessary. ex-prime minister Francois from London to Frankfurt in celebrated by pilgrims who fled comes with his right-wing UMP its and that it had been secured “I would like to be absolutely Fillon contesting the result of about five hours, would not be in religious persecution in England party in turmoil after the battle without her full knowledge or convinced that this hearing is a bitter leadership election won place before 2016. It had originally -- Obama said not everyone was to replace him degenerated into consent. essential,” he told RTL radio, by party secretary general Jean- hoped to start running trains on so fortunate. mud-slinging and both contend- This latter claim was made by insisting there was no chance Francois Cope. the route for 2013. “As we prepare to gather ers claiming victory. Bettencourt’s former account- of illegal campaign financing Sarkozy has denied any wrong- Deutsche Bahn was initially around our dinner tables, there Examining magistrate Jean- ant, Claire Thibout, in 2010. She because of “extremely rigorous” doing in the raft of probes, but due to receive 16 ICE trains worth are families in the northeast who Michel Gentil and two other told police that she had handed controls. the conviction last year of his a total of about ¤500m ($641m) don’t have that luxury,” he said, judges were expected to spend envelopes stuffed with cash to Sarkozy, who lost his immunity predecessor Jacques Chirac has and made by German engineering referring to tens of thousands of most of the day quizzing Sarkozy, Bettencourt’s right-hand man, from prosecution after losing the shown that French courts are group Siemens in late 2011. citizens in New York and New who flew into Bordeaux on a pri- Patrice de Maistre, on the under- presidential election to Socialist willing to go after former leaders. But technical problems have Jersey reeling from superstorm vate plane, about how he obtained standing it was to be passed on Francois Hollande in May, is AFP led to delays, and Siemens said Sandy. on Wednesday it was now push- “Many of them have lost eve- ing back the delivery date beyond rything... homes, possessions, early December. Eurostar, the even loved ones. And it will be a operator of the Channel Tunnel long time before life goes back to passenger train service, is mean- normal,” he said of Sandy, which Russia refuses to probe claims of ‘tortured’ activist while also planning to start direct crashed into the US last month, service from London to Frankfurt killing 43 people in New York City and Cologne in the coming years, alone, causing widespread dam- MOSCOW: Russia yesterday Russia and tortured him until he Investigators also said they once it receives its own order of age and leaving thousands with- refused to launch a probe into confessed. He later retracted his had questioned a number of wit- trains from Siemens. out power. claims of an activist who says he confession. nesses who confirmed the activ- In addition to holding up plans In his weekly message, brought was abducted by security forces The Investigative Committee ist’s claims were “unreliable,” for international expansion, the forward by 48 hours on account from neighbouring Ukraine and yesterday said it had conducted adding he had voluntarily crossed delay could cause disruptions to of the holiday season, Obama also tortured into confessing to a an “exhaustive probe” into the the border back into Russia on service in Germany during this sought a semblance of political plot against President Vladimir activist’s claims, adding that the October 19. year’s busy Christmas travel sea- unity after a rancorous and bit- Putin. facts could not be confirmed. At the same time, the son, Deutsche Bahn said. terly divisive election campaign Leonid Razvozzhayev, a “In this connection the inves- Investigative Committee added, “Our customers feel abandoned that saw him win a second White 39-year-old aide to an oppo- tigative bodies decided not to Razvozzhayev confirmed that he by Siemens. We had fully expected House term. sition lawmaker, is currently open a criminal case,” it said in had illegally crossed the border to have the trains up our sleeve “Thanksgiving is a chance to under arrest and awaiting trial a statement. into Ukraine on October 16 by when there are cancellations due put it all in perspective -- to on charges that he incited mass “Apart from his report, using his brother’s passport. to extreme weather conditions,” remember that, despite our dif- unrest against Putin together Razvozzhayev himself was una- The General Prosecutor’s Office Berthold Huber, chief of Deutsche ferences, we are and always will with other leftist activists. ble to provide investigators with has tasked the investigators with Bahn’s long-distance rail business, be Americans first and foremost,” His case has caused an inter- any documented or material looking into the incident, the said in a statement. said Obama. national outcry over his claim evidence of the crime commit- statement added. “You have to remember that the The president, a Democrat, that last month masked men ted against him. Razvozzhayev The activist’s lawyer, Dmitry Russian President Vladimir Putin trains were ordered in December also heaped praise on US armed kidnapped him from Ukraine, rejected an offer to have his tes- Agranovsky, said the refusal to chairs a meeting in the Kremlin in 2008 and were initially promised forces personnel serving around where he was applying for UN timony confirmed with the help look into his client’s claims was Moscow, yesterday. for December of last year,” he the world. AFP refugee status, smuggled him into of a polygraph.” not surprising. AFP added. REUTERS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Milf hesitant of MNLF’s Students mark massacre role in framework deal Pact violates Tripoli and Jeddah Accord, says Misuari

MANILA: The Moro Islamic (Government of the Philippines) The Milf broke away from the Liberation Front (Milf) has to oversee the implementation of MNLF due to policy differences reservations on a resolution these two agreements.” but agreed to talk peace with the of the Organisation of Islamic The luwaran.com statement government. Cooperation (OIC) seeking to said the Milf Central Committee Last month, the government form a mechanism that would source had described the mecha- and the Milf signed a framework involve the Moro National nism as “unnecessary” since “it agreement that aims to cre- Liberation Front (MNLF) in will only complicate the gains ate a Bangsamoro region that overseeing the Bangsamoro of the GPH- Milf Framework would replace the ARMM, which framework agreement. Agreement.” President Aquino called “a failed An Milf statement quoted a The statement said the source experiment.” source from the Milf Central had requested anonymity “for The new region will cover Committee as saying that the lack of formal authority to speak Isabela City in Basilan, Cotabato group has “strong reservation” on on the matter.” City, six towns in Lanao del Norte, Resolution 10, which was issued “He (Milf Central Committee and some areas in North Cotabato, after the 39th session of the OIC source) explained that while the in addition to the ARMM prov- Council of Foreign Ministers I Milf welcomes the inputs coming inces Basilan, Maguindanao, Djibouti. The statement was posted from the MNLF but this should Lanao del Sur, Sulu and Tawi- on the Milf website luwaran.com, be done through the Bangsamoro Tawi. The details of the agree- which contains the official state- Coordination Forum, which the ment are being threshed out. ments of the group on different OIC also sponsors,” the Milf state- MNLF founder Nur Misuari, issues. Resolution 10 calls upon the ment read. however, said the framework OIC Secretary-General to hold a The Milf noted that it has fully agreement could lead to a war session to contain any impact that agreed to the creation of the and it violates various agreements may result from the Bangsamoro forum but the MNLF has not like the Tripoli Agreement of framework agreement between the approved of it yet. The MNLF is a 1976, the Jeddah Accord and the Milf and the government and link group that sought to establish an 1996 final peace agreement. it with the 1996 peace deal with the Islamic state in the south. It has He claimed that he has tens of MNLF. signed a peace agreement with thousands of followers, includ- The same resolution calls the government in 1996 that led ing some 17,000 Milf fighters on the OIC Secretary-General to the creation of the Autonomous who bolted the group to join the to “develop a mechanism Region in Muslim Mindanao MNLF. between MNLF, Milf and GPH (ARMM). THE PHILIPPINE STAR Students from the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) release paper planes during a rally marking the eve of the mass killings of journalists, outside the gates leading to the Malacanang presidential palace, Manila, yesterday. Illegal gold mine explosion Aquino picks Chief peace negotiator Troops seize traps workers in flooded pit rebel camp in Leonen as Supreme Court justice Agusan del Norte MANILA: At least three peo- but Jasareno said they were not ple are trapped and believed optimistic. MANILA: President Aquino Confirming the appointment, independent, and reformist AGUSAN DEL NORTE: Elite dead after an explosion ripped “The prospects are dim, con- appointed yesterday and imme- Leonen said the President’s choice judiciary. Dean Leonen had Army troops have seized a through an illegal coastal gold sidering the vertical openings are diately swore in government was consistent with his “desire for contributed significantly to the camp abandoned by members of mine in the Philippines, the flooded. The underground work- chief peace negotiator Marvic a judiciary imbued with the high- cause of a just, dignified, and the New People’s Army (NPA) government said yesterday. ing area is full of water,” he said. Leonen as Supreme Court (SC) est standards of independence, lasting peace with our Muslim in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte. Dynamite used to extract ore Regional civil defence chief associate justice, a decision that probity and integrity.” brothers and sisters while keep- Capt Joselito Ante Jr, civil- damaged a mine shaft in the gold- Rafael Alejandro said local Malacañang said would be one A former dean of the University ing with the spirit and letter military operations officer of the rush town of Paracale on Tuesday authorities were unsure how of the administration’s “lasting of the Philippines College of Law, of the Constitution,” presiden- 402nd brigade, said the camp was causing seawater to pour in to many people were still inside. legacies.” Leonen earned praise for leading tial spokesman Edwin Lacierda discovered last Monday by mem- the pit, said Leo Jasareno, head “They (the local government) Leonen, at 49 one of the the government panel that ham- said. bers of the 3rd Special Forces of the government’s Mines and initially reported three trapped youngest SC justices ever, is mered out a framework agree- “A revitalised Supreme Court, Battalion. Geosciences Bureau. victims but we are now hear- expected to serve for 21 years, ment with the Moro Islamic with the renewed confidence The rebel camp was discovered Investigators said at least three ing different numbers,” he said, or until he reaches the man- Liberation Front (Milf), which and public trust of our people, is after three recent clashes in the miners are trapped in the under- declining to elaborate. datory retirement age of 70. could pave the way for last- essential to the fulfillment of the area in the last two weeks. ground tunnels in the town, which Jasareno estimated 20,000 He took his oath at 4:20pm at ing peace and development in President’s social contract with “The NPA encampment can lies 190kms (118 miles) east of people are involved in prospect- Malacañang. Mindanao. the Filipino people: a truly impar- house an estimated 50 persons,” the capital Manila, and there are ing in Paracale, which is one of While his appointment was He received his Bachelor of tial judicial system that delivers Ante said. fears that more may be missing. the estimated 300,000 small- expected because he had worked Laws from UP and Master of equal justice to rich and poor,” he “This is believed to be a satel- “There is a report by a miner scale, illegal mines operating in with Aquino, the President said Laws from Columbia University said. lite camp of the NPA that was who claimed to be a survivor. He the country that ignore rules on he interviewed all the nominees in New York. Before heading the peace panel located a few kilometres away said he had 11 companions still permits, safety and environmental for the position to give everyone He fills the seat vacated by in 2011, Leonen served as dean of from the training camp that was underground,” Jasareno said. standards. “They have no permits, a fair chance. Maria Lourdes Sereno, who was the UP College of Law from 2008 previously discovered after the The mining board, the local they are not bound by rules, they Leonen’s appointment immedi- appointed chief justice. to 2011 but offered to resign in encounter last Friday,” he added. government, police and a large just throw their waste anywhere,” ately broke in social media as his “President Aquino views his December 2010 due to a plagia- Empty bottles of dextrose and mining company operating nearby Jasareno said. friends and well-wishers started appointment as a contribution rism issue. other medical paraphernalia were are taking part in a rescue effort, AFP congratulating him. to his vision of an empowered, THE PHILIPPINE STAR recovered from the abandoned camp. Lt Col Potenciano Camba, com- Averting flood mander of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion, said they are ready to provide medical assistance to the RH bill urgency claim wounded rebels. “The conduct of the pursuit oper- ations by the military is to ensure the populace in the area that the a big lie, says official NPA can no longer sow terror to the community,” Camba said. MANILA: Pangasinan just accept things as they are. If Representative Kimi Cojuangco this means that I should not be alleged on Twitter yesterday member of the (House), okay lang Cops begin hunt that Congress had been mis- sa’kin (it’s okay for me). I would leading Reproductive Health rather not be a representative for suspect in UPLB (RH) bill advocates in saying than be there and be part of a big the controversial measure will LIE!” Cojuanco tweeted. student’s murder be taken up before plenary ses- The RH bill has not moved in BIÑAN CITY: Police have sions close this November. the House of Representatives launched a regional manhunt for Cojuangco said in several since August 6, when con- the 19-year-old primary suspect social media posts that Majority gressmen voted to close floor in the robbery-slay of University Floor Leader Neptali Gonzales II debates and start the period of of the Philippines-Los Baños revealed to her “the truth” that amendments. student Maria Victoria Reyes Filipino volunteers collect rubbish in a district creek during a clean-up drive to clear waterways of clogging that the RH bill will be delayed con- At the Senate, the RH bill was here last Monday. trary to reports of it being an taken up during Monday’s ses- Chief Superintendent James causes floods in Quezon City, east of Manila yesterday. urgent measure. The lawmaker sion but the proposed measure’s Melad, Calabarzon police direc- also claimed that Gonzales, who opposition presented a long list tor, said they have formed three is in charge of plenary agenda, of modifications, blocking the teams to track down the suspect, tried to deceive RH bill authors, proponents’ intention to end the Benigno Nayle Jr, across the Two Filipinos win international award Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr period of amendments and pass region, particularly in Laguna. and Albay Rep Edcel Lagman who it on second reading. Deputy Nayle was a former resident TAIPEI: For making a dif- TOYP award is given to individuals with just a simple dream – to see vowed to tackle the bill once the Presidential Spokesperson Abigail of Don Pablo Subdivision in ference in the lives of their below 41 years old. some of the smallest entrepre- 2013 budget is approved. Valte had said that they have yet Barangay San Vicente this city. countrymen and bringing JCI president Bertoit Daems neurs get the extra help, the extra “Why are you leading Manong to hear from President Aquino on Melad quoted two eyewit- positive change in their soci- said that after the formal, three- push to bring them to sustainabil- Edcel along? Why are you saying whether the RH bill will be certi- nesses as saying that Nayle was ety, two Filipinos were hon- hour long ceremonies that the ity and comfort for their families,” something different in front of fied as urgent. alone when he robbed and killed oured here among the 2012 Ten TOYP winners were chosen Aquino, who will run as a sena- Speaker Belmonte? I can’t accept Lawmakers, who are publicly UPLB BS Agriculture student Outstanding Young Persons of because “they seek excellence and tor in the midterm elections next this! So this is what enraged me against the RH bill, were recently Maria Victoria Reyes in her the World (TOYP). become examples for the world to year, said when he accepted his and I kept this to myself for a few blamed for delaying debates in home at Ferlins Subdivision, also Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino follow.” He said this year, 115 indi- TOYP award for the category of days,” Cojuangco added, refer- Congress on the controversial in Barangay San Vicente. IV and Dr Edsel Maurice Salvana viduals from 37 countries made it business, economic and/or entre- ring to her conversation with measure’s amendments while He said police investigators joined eight other recipients of the to the final screening but only 10 preneurial accomplishment. Gonzales. Gonzales maintained that he sup- are ready to file charges of rob- TOYP award when members of the were chosen for the award. Hapinoy continues to help more Within a two-hour duration, ports the disputed measure. bery with homicide against Nayle JCI convened for its yearly world Aquino, Daems said, was rec- than 10,000 local shops succeed Cojuangco confessed that she Gonzales answered Cojuangco’s before the Biñan prosecutor’s congress at the auditorium of the ognised for his “extraordinary in their communities, allowing preferred to reveal the informa- tweets on Wednesday accusing office yesterday. Dr Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park. work in social enterprise for the the underprivileged women who tion rather than become a law- him of deliberately holding up Melad assured Reyes’ fam- The JCI is an international non- underprivileged in his country run them to create better lives maker involved in such “blatant the bill and giving in to Catholic ily that the police would never profit membership organization of with his Hapinoy programme for themselves, their families and politicking.” bishops adamantly against the stop the manhunt until Nayle is 200,000 individuals aged 18 to 40 for the Filipinos.” “Six years ago, their communities. “I can’t live with myself if I just proposed measure. arrested. from more than 100 countries. The we started the Hapinoy program THE PHILIPPINE STAR become one of the many that will THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA New China passports Diplomatic meet show disputed islands Beijing angers neighbours with new map

BEIJING: China’s new pass- various islands as Chinese terri- Some social media users in ports show a map including its tory, including the Paracels and China said the maps had delayed claim to almost all the South Spratlys. them at Vietnamese immigration. China Sea -- provoking protests But the Senkaku/Diaoyu “I got into Vietnam after lots of by the Philippines yesterday islands are absent, Tokyo said. twists and turns,” said one user of and Vietnam -- but leaving out Manila claims part of the China’s hugely popular microblog- islands bitterly disputed with Spratlys and Philippine Foreign ging site Sina Weibo, saying an Japan. Secretary Albert del Rosario sent entry stamp was initially refused Beijing has been engaged in a Beijing a formal protest letter “because of the printed map of simmering row with its south- yesterday, calling the maps “an China’s sea boundaries -- which ern neighbours over its claim to excessive declaration of maritime Vietnam does not recognise”. vast swathes of the South China space in violation of international Vietnamese foreign ministry Sea, with Chinese maps having a law”. spokesman Luong Thanh Nghi Singapore’s Foreign Minister K Shanmugam (left) is greeted by his East Timorese counterpart Jose Luis “nine-dash line” that runs almost “The Philippines strongly pro- told reporters yesterday that the Guterres during a meeting in Dili, East Timor, yesterday. Shanmungam is on a three-day visit to East Timor. to the Philippine and Malaysian tests the inclusion of the nine- Chinese documents amounted coasts. dash lines in the e-Passport as to a violation of Hanoi’s sover- The row saw a maritime stand- such image covers an area that eignty and it had protested to the off with Manila earlier this year is clearly part of the Philippines’ embassy. and took centre stage at the East territory and maritime domain,” Officials handed Chinese rep- Japan appoints new ambassador to China Asia Summit, attended by US Del Rosario said. resentatives “a diplomatic note President Barack Obama, earlier Foreign ministry spokesman opposing the move, asking China TOKYO: Japan yesterday Japan initially picked Shinichi violent anti-Japanese demonstra- this week. Raul Hernandez added: “If we to abolish the wrongful contents appointed a new ambassador Nishimiya, another career diplo- tions across China that targeted China and Japan have also allow that, then that would mean printed in these electronic pass- to China, months after the last mat, for the post but before he Japanese businesses. engaged in furious exchanges over acquiescence to their claim of the ports”, he said. nominee died before he could could take up the role he fell ill A subsequent consumer boycott East China Sea islands adminis- whole of the South China Sea.” Other claimants to parts of take up his post and as tensions in a Tokyo street in September of Japanese produce has dented tered by Tokyo, which calls them The South China Sea is strate- the South China Sea are Brunei, simmer between Tokyo and and was taken to hospital, dying the huge trade ties between the Senkaku, and claimed by Beijing gically significant, home to some Malaysia and Taiwan. Beijing over disputed territory. a few days later. two countries, notably in the as Diaoyu. China saw mass pro- of the world’s most important Beijing attempted to downplay Career diplomat Masato Kitera is set to become Tokyo’s automobile and home electronics. tests over them nationwide in shipping lanes and believed to be the diplomatic fallout from the Kitera’s appointment will be point man in the ongoing dispute Niwa raised hackles at home September. rich in resources. recently introduced passports, effective on Monday, the foreign over an island chain in the East when he accurately predicted a The latest front in the South The Paracel islands lie within it with a foreign ministry spokes- ministry said, while local media China Sea, which Tokyo controls plan by Tokyo’s nationalist gover- China Sea dispute is travel docu- and have been held by China since woman saying the maps were reported that the 60-year-old under the name Senkaku Islands nor to buy the islands could cause ments issued by Beijing, with it forced out South Vietnamese “not made to target any specific will be dispatched to Beijing but Beijing claims as Diaoyu. a crisis between China and Japan, its new computer-chipped pass- troops in 1974, but they are still country”. next month to formally succeed Their nationalisation in jeopardising economic ties. port, or e-Passport, showing claimed by Hanoi. AFP Uichiro Niwa. September provoked sometimes AFP

South Korean Thailand steps up security minister warns N Korea threatens to repeat attack YEONPYEONG: North Korea second Yeonpyeong Island disas- Northern Limit Line -- is not for Bangkok political rally against Japan’s has threatened to repeat its ter,” the spokesman said. recognised by Pyongyang, which 2010 artillery attack on a bor- The November 23, 2010 shell- argues it was unilaterally drawn BANGKOK: Thailand yester- protests in recent years, although shift to right der island, as South Korea pre- ing of the island killed two South by the US-led United Nations day invoked a special security an uneasy calm has returned SEOUL: South Korean Foreign pares to mark today the second Korean marines and two civilians forces after the war. law to cope with a political rally after national elections last year. Minister Kim Sung-Hwan anniversary of the shelling that in one of the most serious bor- The North Korean spokesman this weekend in Bangkok, the Two months of mass opposition warned yesterday of signs of a left four dead. der incidents since the 1950-1953 said that the South’s plans to scene of several outbreaks of protests in 2010 by “Red Shirt” rightward shift in Japanese pol- The South plans to hold sev- Korean War. commemorate the anniversary violent unrest in recent years. supporters of ousted premier itics, including an increasingly eral commemorative events over The North said the attack was of the shelling were a “ridiculous Police expect tens of thousands Thaksin Shinawatra sparked a aggressive stance on territorial the next few days on Yeonpyeong in response to a live-fire drill by farce” that invited derision and of people to attend Saturday’s deadly military crackdown that issues. island near the disputed Yellow the South, which, it claimed, had censure. rally at the Royal Plaza. The demo left about 90 people dead and Kim’s remarks followed last Sea border and will conduct a resulted in shells falling on its side The only regret on the North’s is organised by the royalist group nearly 1,900 wounded. week’s decision by Japanese Prime military drill in the area today. of the sea border. side, he said, was that the military Pitak Siam, which opposes Prime The unrest happened under a Minister Yoshihiko Noda to dis- North Korea heaped scorn on South Korean troops responded had not seized the opportunity Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s previous establishment-backed solve parliament and call a gen- the memorial activities, with the with cannon fire and the govern- two years ago “to send the whole government. government that was swept eral election next month. official Korean Central News ment met in an underground war of Yeonpyeong Island to the bot- The Internal Security Act from power last year by allies of “Overall, the political situa- Agency yesterday quoting a mili- room, fuelling fears that the situ- tom of the sea. (ISA) will be enforced in three Thaksin, whose sister Yingluck is tion in Japan is showing signs of tary spokesman who warned of ation could escalate into a full- Since the Yeonpyeong shelling, districts of the capital’s historic now prime minister. a rightward shift and some say another attack on the island. scale conflict. South has upgraded its defences quarter for nine days, officials The organisers said they Japan is increasingly becom- “The commemoration... on The de facto maritime bound- on frontline islands in the area. said after the cabinet approved expected at least 500,000 pro- ing nationalistic,” Yonhap news Yeonpyeong Island will lead to the ary between the two Koreas -- the AFP the measure. testers to attend, although the agency quoted the minister as “Based on our intelligence, the authorities estimate about 40,000- telling a business forum in Seoul. rally will be intense with a huge 50,000 will turn out. “We are closely watching the sit- turnout of protesters,” National “This government ignores uation and will be prepared to cope Security Council chief Paradorn widespread disrespect of the with it,” Kim said. “Japan is becom- Pattanatabut told reporters. monarchy and even supports the ing more conservative and aggres- The security law enables the perpetrators. It is a puppet of sive over territorial matters and government to prevent the use of Thaksin,” said Pitak Siam spokes- (we) need to watch out for that.” certain routes or vehicles, impose man Vachara Riddhagni. Early polls suggest Japan’s main a curfew, ban gatherings, carry Thaksin, who made billions as opposition Liberal Democratic out searches of buildings and cen- a telecoms tycoon, is adored by Party (LDP), headed by former sor the media. many poor Thais for his popu- premier Shinzo Abe, will emerge Nearly 17,000 police will be list policies while in power, but as the single biggest party in the deployed for the demo, according reviled by many in elite, military December 16 election. to officials. and palace circles who see him as On Wednesday the LDP It will be the first major authoritarian and a threat to the unveiled a series of policy pri- street protest against Yingluck’s monarchy. orities, including pledges to con- 16-month-old government. Observers say prosecutions sider establishing a permanent “Security agencies report that for insulting the monarchy have presence on uninhabited Tokyo- violence might erupt which would surged since royalist generals top- controlled islands at the centre result in damage to lives and prop- pled Thaksin in a coup in 2006. of a dispute with China. erty,” said Varathep Rattanakorn, Many of those targeted are linked It also promised a review of minister to the prime minister’s to the Red Shirt movement. the self-imposed ban on defend- office. Earlier this year, Yingluck ing allies, raising the possibility Politically turbulent Thailand reshuffled her cabinet to increase of Japanese troops returning fire South Korean soldiers take part in a live-fire drill on Yeonpyeong island near the disputed Yellow Sea border. has been rocked by a series of loyalty to the head of government. if US forces come under attack. sometimes violent rival street AFP South Korea is locked in its own territorial dispute with Japan. “Again, I would like to make it clear that we will not compromise with Japan with regard to territo- rial and history-related issues,” Indonesian workers demand Vietnam officials to face yearly confidence vote Kim said. The prospect of Abe being HANOI: Communist Vietnam symbolic gesture as real political at state-run giants such as ship- handed another term as prime wage hikes, free health care has passed a new law requiring and decision-making power rests builder Vinashin. minister is viewed with some top elected officials including with the Communist Party and The growing pressure comes alarm in South Korea, where bit- JAKARTA: Thousands of mass strikes blocked major toll the prime minister to win the not parliament. as Vietnam grapples with slow- ter memories linger of Japanese Indonesian workers protested roads and crippled production support of parliament in annual The new resolution comes ing economic growth, resurgent colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. in the capital Jakarta yester- at large international brand votes for the first time, state a week after Prime Minister inflation, falling foreign direct Seoul reacted angrily last day demanding better wages factories. media said yesterday. Nguyen Tan Dung faced down an investment and rising fears about month when Abe visited a Tokyo nationwide and free health care Indonesian workers are From 2013 top officials, from unprecedented call from a law- toxic debts in the fragile banking shrine that honours 2.5m war as the economy in Southeast increasingly demanding higher the president to Supreme Court maker to resign. system. dead, including 14 leading war Asia’s biggest nation booms. wages and better conditions as judges, will have to face an annual Dung told parliament last week Dung, whose second five-year criminals from World War II. More than 10,000 workers Indonesia’s economy rapidly confidence vote at the 500-mem- he would stay in his position as term was approved by the com- As prime minister in 2007, he rallied outside the presidential grows, expanding 6.5 percent last ber communist-dominated long as the Communist Party munist-controlled parliament in angered South Koreans by deny- palace and parliament as some year and forecast to stay above six National Assembly, the official asked him to. July 2011, is said to have become ing the Japanese military’s direct 23,000 police and military person- percent for the next two years. Vietnam News Agency reported The 62-year-old former central the country’s most powerful involvement in forcing women, nel secured the city and Jakarta’s Workers in Jakarta this week yesterday. bank governor escaped punish- prime minister ever. many from the Korean peninsula, industrial outskirts, police said. won a 44 percent minimum wage Officials who do not win more ment at a key party meeting last The National Assembly -- into sexual slavery during the war. “If the government doesn’t increase to 2.2m rupiah ($228) a than 50 percent of the vote for month over a string of scandals where 90 percent of deputies are At a press briefing, Foreign listen to our requests, there will month, which comes into effect two consecutive years will be that have tainted the country’s communist party members -- has Ministry spokesman Cho Tai- likely be another long strike,” next year, up from last year’s asked to step down from their leadership. also gradually become more out- Young stressed Seoul’s desire for Indonesian Workers Union annual hike to 1.53m rupiah. positions, the report said, adding But in an attempt to deflect spoken. In 2010 a lawmaker called good relations with Tokyo but Confederation chief Said Iqbal But protestors in the capital that results from the annual vote increasing criticism, the party in vain for Dung to face a confi- echoed Kim’s concerns about shouted to thousands rallying at demanded similar hikes across will be made public. issued a rare self-rebuke and dence vote after the near-collapse Japan’s future direction. the capital’s central roundabout. the archipelago. But experts say the confidence Dung apologised for corruption, of Vinashin. AFP Earlier this year, days-long AFP vote is unlikely to be more than a inefficiencies and major losses AFP FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Pakistan attacks kill 36 as D8 summit convenes Islamabad in lockdown to safeguard Developing Eight meeting; thousands of extra police deployed

ISLAMABAD: Muslim lead- on Wednesday that killed two ers attended a rare summit in people near a Shia mosque in Pakistan yesterday after mili- Karachi, and attacks targeting tant attacks killed 36 people security forces in the north- across the country in some of west which officials said left five the deadliest violence claimed police dead. by the Taliban for months. In two other attacks for which The string of attacks on Shias no one claimed responsibility, and police and troops underscored militants attacked a police post the immense security challenge in yesterday on the outskirts of the a country where Taliban and Al northwestern city of Peshawar, Qaeda linked extremists bitterly killing one police official and oppose the US-allied government. abducting another. Twenty-three people were In the southwestern city of killed and 62 wounded overnight Quetta on Wednesday an army in Rawalpindi, the twin city of D8 vehicle escorting children home summit venue Islamabad, where from school was targeted, killing Iranian President Mahmoud four soldiers and a woman. Ahmadinejad and Turkish Prime Pakistani Taliban spokesman Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Ehsanullah Ehsan, referring to were among the guests. the suicide bombing, said that Police said a suicide bomber Shias are “defiling the Prophet”. struck a procession of Shias who The Taliban has been fighting were commemorating the holy an insurgency against security month of Muharram, which is forces since 2007, one of the chief frequently targeted by sectarian reasons why Pakistan so rarely extremists in Pakistan. hosts international events. Police used lamps and torches “It seems the new breed of reli- Leaders of D-8 countries—Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Turkish Prime to work through the night and gious zealots wanted to tell the D8 Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pose for a photograph confirmed the final death toll dignitaries all about the mess the after conclusion of the eighth D-8 summit in Islamabad. after daybreak. Eight children Islamic Republic of Pakistan has were among the wounded. been turned into,” said the coun- than three hours late with an safeguard the event. Thousands Pakistani militant Mohammed and Hamas -- bowed out of the It was the deadliest bombing try’s independent human rights address from Nigerian President of extra police and paramilitaries Kasab for his role in the 2008 talks as his office said he would in Pakistan since 29 people were commission in a statement. Goodluck Jonathan intended to deployed and schools were closed, Mumbai attacks. now stay home to monitor the killed in the northwestern dis- But Pakistan has been deter- hand over chairmanship of the D8 Yesterday it was declared a partial Aside from the unrest in truce. trict of Khyber on June 16 and mined that yesterday’s Developing to Pakistan. public holiday and motorcycles Pakistan, eight days of violence Among nations in the D8, the worst attack on Shias since Eight (D8) summit will present a Islamabad has said it wants the were banned close to government between Israel and the Palestinian which was founded in Istanbul February 17, when a suicide different image of the country as summit to strengthen its interna- installations. movement Hamas will loom large in 1997, Nigeria is the only mem- bomber killed 31 people in north- it gathers together Bangladesh, tional standing and help “remove India yesterday also asked over the D8 proceedings. ber which is not majority-Mus- western Kurram. Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Nigeria, misconceptions (about the coun- Pakistan to increase security at Egyptian President Mohamed lim. Its population is roughly The Pakistani Taliban claimed Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan to try) created in a section of inter- its embassy in Islamabad, fear- Morsi -- who was thanked by divided between Muslims and responsibility for the attack. promote trade. national media”. ing possible demonstrations or the United States for helping to Christians. It also claimed an explosion The summit opened more The capital was in lockdown to reprisals over its execution of broker a ceasefire between Israel AFP

Pakistani customs Pakistani Taliban vows to avenge Kasab’s execution officials foil attempt to smuggle wild animals NEW DELHI: The Pakistani “We will take revenge of responsibility and been blamed demand had been made as “there rival nations appeared unaf- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s cus- Taliban vowed yesterday Kasab’s martyrdom,” Ehsan said. for hundreds of suicide and was a need for extra security” fected by the hanging of Kasab, toms officials thwarted an illegal to avenge the execution of “We strongly demand that his gun attacks in Pakistan since because of the situation. though the Indian media said the attempt to ship animals, includ- Mohammed Kasab, the sole body be returned to Pakistan. If beginning an insurgency in “State governments in India Pakistani masterminds behind ing falcons, houbara bustards surviving gunman from the the body is not handed over (to 2007 against the US-allied have also been told to be on high the Mumbai attacks were still and Sindh ibexes, in a char- 2008 Mumbai attacks, as India the family) our reaction will be government. alert and we have upgraded our at large and must be brought to tered plane from the airport in called for extra security for its more severe.” India notified Pakistan shortly security measures in the border justice. Hyderabad on Wednesday. Islamabad embassy. Indian officials said efforts ahead of Kasab’s execution and regions,” a separate government “Kasab was only a pawn in At about 12:45 pm, a small Kasab, a 25-year-old Pakistani, had been made to contact asked for higher security for its official said. the greater game of proxy terror chartered plane landed at the was hanged in western India on Kasab’s family in Pakistan embassy in Islamabad due to the Kasab, who had his final appeal that Pakistan has been playing,” airport, where around a dozen Wednesday after being convicted before his death and added that risk of demonstrations or possible for clemency from the president the Hindustan Times said in an vehicles including jeeps, cars and of “waging war on India” for his no request for his body had been reprisals. turned down on November 5, was editorial. “The shadowy handlers three trucks loaded with animals role in the three-day assault on received from his relatives or the “We did ask for precautionary buried in grounds of the prison who controlled the whole grisly were waiting. India’s commercial capital in government. measures in terms of protect- in Pune where he was executed operation from Pakistan are still The airport does not have which 166 people were killed. A former labourer and small- ing our diplomats in Pakistan. the other day. around.” much traffic about three planes The Pakistani Taliban said it time criminal, Kasab admitted to We sent a missive to that effect,” His death prompted little offi- Pakistan charged seven men in land there each week. The trucks wanted Kasab’s body returned being a member of Pakistan-based Indian Foreign Minister Salman cial reaction from the Pakistan 2009 over the Mumbai attacks, reportedly contained live animals to Pakistan otherwise it would militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, Khurshid told foreign journalists government, which issued only but insists it needs to gather more that had been caught from dif- unleash reprisals, spokesman but had no known links to the late Wednesday. a short statement condemning evidence in India before proceed- ferent parts of rural Sindh and Ehsanullah Ehsan said from an Pakistani Taliban. An Indian foreign ministry terrorism. ing further. the mountainous areas along the undisclosed location. The organisation has claimed spokesman confirmed that the Relations between the two AFP Hyderabad-Karachi highway. But the media and Customs officials got wind of this and Thanksgiving meal rushed to the airport. As the plane’s cargo hatch opened and men began offloading the cages, Islamadab moves against journalists with cameras started taking pictures. Amjad Aman, the assistant col- ‘vulgar’ late-night calls lector from the customs depart- ment, said that the intelligence wing conducted a raid. He added ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has backed the ban. that the officials searched the ordered mobile phone compa- “There is no doubt that these plane which he claimed was from nies to ban cheap, late-night cheap night call rates packages the United Arab Emirates - and calling rates. are promoting vulgarity. We will found a number of cages inside it. Officials said that cheap late make the PTA implement this The head of the anti-smuggling night call allegedly promote vul- decision,” he said. squad in Hyderabad, Ghulam garity among young men and Pakistan is no stranger to Rasool Memom, said that the raid women, officials said. clamping down on phone and had been conducted by the direc- The Pakistan Internet services. tor of intelligence, Irfan Ahmed. Telecommunication Authority Mobile networks have been The plane took off at around (PTA) said it asked companies shut down to prevent militant 1:40pm - without the haul that it to suspend attractive night-time attacks and Pakistan has since had come for. rates in keeping with government mid-September blocked access policy. to YouTube to protest against Police chief opposes “We have issued the directive to the American film “Innocence of all the mobile telephone compa- Muslims”. Karachi operation nies to shelve night call packages. In November 2011, the PTA also ISLAMABAD: The provin- The step was taken after lengthy tried to ban nearly 1,700 “obscene” cial chief of Pakistan’s Sindh discussions,” PTA spokeswoman words from text messages, but the police Fayyaz Leghari said an Malahat Rab said. move was met with uproar -- both army operation should not be “These directives are issued in at the attempted censorship and conducted in Karachi, adding the light of the government deci- the inclusion of innocuous terms that the capacity of the already sions and this decision has also such as “lotion”, “athlete’s foot” present paramilitary forces in been taken by the government,” and “idiot”. the city should be increased. she said. In 2010, Pakistan shut down US soldiers queue to take food during a Thanksgiving meal in Kabul yesterday. Addressing a press conference Members of parliament also Facebook for nearly two weeks in in Hyderabad, IG Sindh Leghari demanded action. a storm of controversy about blas- said that the army will not be “We strongly object to the phemy and continues to restrict called in during Muharram and night phone packages and rec- hundreds of online links. they have only been asked to ommended that the PTA either Mobile phone companies chal- ISI blamed for spending billions on ghost project remain on standby. fix a time limit for this facility lenged the latest PTA order in While talking about the law or ban it,” said Kalsoom Perveen, court. ISLAMABAD: Already in the had handed over Rs2.1bn to the presented before the PAC, the and order situation in Karachi, who heads the committee in “We received the directive the eye of the storm for its politi- ISI in 2005-06 for setting up an project had to be completed dur- Leghari said it was not sectar- the upper house of parliament day before yesterday and have cal role, the Inter-Services automated fingerprints identifica- ing 2005-06. However, no progress ian problems but a third element of Islamabad that made the challenged it in the Islamabad Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan tion system and a police record was reported in 2006-07. that was involved in making the recommendation. High Court.” came under criticism at a Public and office management system. NPB Director General Aleena city unstable. IG Sindh Leghari “These packages are not right “We can’t comment on it Accounts Committee meeting The project also included the Saeed Iqbal said she had repeat- further claimed that 165 target for our youth,” she said. because it is a judicial matter for having spent over Rs4bn on a setting up of a national integrated edly sought from the ISI informa- killers and 12,000 terrorists have Shafqat Hayayt Khan, an oppo- now,” said Aamir Pasha, a spokes- project which never materialised. trunk radio system for police. tion about the status of the project been arrested till now, adding that sition lawmaker who sits on the man for leading mobile phone The PAC of the National Later, the amount was increased and details of the accounts, but no members of political wings information technology com- company Ufone. Assembly was informed that the to Rs4.1bn. there had been no response. were among those arrested. mittee in the lower house, also AFP National Police Bureau (NPB) According to an audit report INTERNEWS INTERNEWS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Uproar marks Indira Gandhi Prize first day of House session Govt wins no-confidence motion

NEW DELHI: India’s parlia- and pensions markets will need ment adjourned in uproar yes- parliamentary approval. terday on the first day of what “The government has not even promises to be a stormy new made an effort to create accept- session for the weakened gov- ance (of foreign investment),” ernment and its pro-market Sushma Swaraj, leader of the reform drive. main opposition Bharatiya Janata Unruly protests and shouting Party, told parliament above the led the speaker of the lower house din of jeers and shouting. to adjourn proceedings twice Singh’s push for pro-market before she called a premature end reforms comes as the government to the sitting of the increasingly faces a slowing economy, a gap- dysfunctional legislature around ing fiscal deficit and high infla- mid-afternoon. tion which has built pressure on Amid the bedlam, Prime the left-leaning alliance led by the Minister Manmohan Singh’s Congress party. coalition, facing parliament for Gross domestic product the first time since losing its expanded at its slowest pace in majority, avoided a no-confidence three years in the second quar- motion, which flopped after ter and data for July-September, being proposed by former ally expected at the end of the month, Trinamool Congress. will likely underline the extent of Singh had called on all par- the downturn. ties to let parliament function Analysts say the fractious oppo- after the last session was almost sition has not decided whether Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) receives the Indira Gandhi Prize from President Pranab Mukherjee during a cer- entirely lost due to protests, to unite to try to bring down the emony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday. Silva was awarded the 2010 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and which have added to a growing vulnerable government and force Development. national sense of political and eco- early elections before their sched- nomic malaise. uled date in 2014. “We all have an obligation — To survive, Singh’s coalition in opposition as well as in gov- will have to depend on outside ernment — to work together to parties, particularly the regional enable our parliamentary democ- Samajwadi Party from the state of Court acquits two death row convicts racy,” the 80-year-old leader said Uttar Pradesh, which has pledged in a statement. support but is also hostile to for- NEW DELHI: Slamming the The court upheld the life sen- Naushad is thus sentenced to the occasion for the state, in sev- “Our parliament has a very eign investors. lax probe, the Delhi High Court tence of fourth convict, Javed undergo imprisonment for life eral cases, to complain that the heavy legislative agenda during According to the New Delhi- yesterday acquitted two con- Ahmed Khan, who was held for the offence punishable under courts insist on an impossible the winter session. I seek coop- based think-tank PRS, 102 bills victs given death penalty in guilty of murder, conspiracy and Section 120B (conspiracy) read standard of proof, and that the eration from my colleagues in the are pending in parliament cov- the 1996 Lajpat Nagar Market attempt to murder. with Section 302 (murder) IPC,” law has to be interpreted realisti- house.” ering issues like land acquisition, bomb blasts here which killed “In matters of liberty, the weak- said the bench in the order. cally or pragmatically”, said the The ruling coalition lost its access to food, affirmative action 13 people. Another convict’s ness of the state surely cannot be “The death sentences imposed bench in the order.” majority in September when for women and a host of anti- death sentence was reduced to an excuse for lowering time tested on three accused Naushad, “It needs to be emphasised that Trinamool Congress withdrew its corruption initiatives. life term. standards, especially in serious Hussain and Bhatt are conse- the flaw is not in the law, or the 19 MPs to protest against the gov- Since re-election in 2009, A division bench of Justice crimes, where the accused stand quently not confirmed,” added standard of proof, which has, and ernment’s decisions to raise fuel Singh’s government has been S Ravindra Bhat and Justice G P to forfeit their life, or at best, the the court. will remain proof ‘beyond reason- prices and increase foreign direct rocked by a string of graft accu- Mittal pulled up Delhi Police and most part of it,” the court said. The judgment, running into able doubt’; but in its understand- investment in the retail sector. sations, including charges that said they had “shown casualness” The court observed that the more than 200 pages, said: “Police ing and implementation by the Opponents have billed the officials pocketed millions of and handled the case with “grave prosecution failed to establish have not maintained minimum police force.” The order came on measures as anti-poor, saying dollars when awarding tenders lapses” and failed to maintain the that Naushad himself planted standard of probe in the case, the appeals of the four convicts, they pander to large foreign cor- for telecoms and coal-mining “minimum standard of probe”. or participated in the actual test identification parade (TIP) of whom three were on death row. porations, and have demanded ventures. The court acquitted Mohd Ali explosion but he was proved as a was not conducted, statements of Police said all suspects were mem- they be submitted to parliament “Our country is ailing while Bhatt and Mirza Nissar Hussain, conspirator to have aided in the vital witnesses were not recorded. bers of the militant outfit Jammu for discussion. political institutions look increas- who were given death penalty by conspiracy. There was also absence of (police) and Kashmir Islamic Front. The The decision to allow foreign ingly corruption-ridden, oppor- the trial court in 2010. “In the circumstances, in our daily diary entry in the case.” trial court, in its verdict, termed supermarkets into the retail sec- tunistic and effete in meeting The judges also converted the view the case would not fall in the “In this case, unfortunately, the crime as a “dastardly act” tor did not require a vote and national challenges,” said The death penalty given to the third category of rarest of rare cases the police has shown casualness. that fell under the “rarest of rare” has become law, but proposals to Times of India in an editorial yes- convict, Mohd Naushad, into life and the award of extreme pen- More often than not, it is such category and awarded death pen- open up the gigantic insurance terday. AFP imprisonment. alty of death cannot be confirmed. weaknesses and lapses which are alty to the three convicts. IANS

Ashura in Kashmir Mamata lacks Commandos left high political savvy: Dissident MP and dry, says Kejriwal

KOLKATA: Dissident NEW DELHI: Activist- for them,” Kejriwal said. Trinamool Congress MP Kabir politician Arvind Kejriwal He said the government was Suman, who stayed away from yesterday took up cudgels on misleading the nation about the the Lok Sabha when the party behalf of NSG commandos, say- compensation offered to NSG tried to table a no-confidence ing some of those who fought guards injured in action. motion against the UPA, yes- Pakistani terrorists in Mumbai “A total of Rs3.1m was given to terday accused party chief were now without work and the 11 injured. Of this, Surinder Mamata Banerjee of failing to denied compensation. Singh got just Rs250,000,” show political astuteness. “Ajmal Kasab was hanged on Kejriwal said. “I must say she has failed to Wednesday but those NSG com- Surinder Singh, a former display political astuteness. And mandos who fought these ter- commando who was at the press because of this, she has to digest rorists are still fighting for their conference, said: “The donation political slaps like this,” said rights,” Kejriwal said at a press came from Govind Ballabh Trust. Suman, a balladeer-turned-poli- conference here. Rs250,000 was to be disbursed to tician who does not see eye-to-eye Kejriwal claimed that some each commando. They (army) with Banerjee. of the commandos were sacked only forwarded the names of four Suman, who stayed put in without pension and some were commandos for the compensation. Kolkata, opposed Banerjee’s deci- denied medical benefits. A few “When I asked why I was not sion to move the no-confidence former NSG commandos were at included, they told me that only motion. the press conference. those who sustained severe inju- “I could not accept this. She Kashmiri women watch a Muharram procession in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, yesterday. “Some were thrown out of their ries were eligible. I was not only (Banerjee) says she wants to alle- Ashura is observed by Shia Muslims during Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. It com- job with no pension, and they foot severely injured, I also lost my job. viate poverty. She says she is with memorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), in the Iraqi their own medical bills. No honors IANS the impoverished masses. If she is city of Karbala in the seventh century. true to her words, then how can she take a step, which, if success- ful, would have resulted in mid- term polls which would have cost the nation an enormous amount Fired minorities official in glare over farmhouse shootout of money?” he said. Suman also said the Trinamool Congress should not go to such NEW DELHI: Sacked official said. Ponty and Hardeep, Namdhari is missing after Namdhari’s last communication have to corroborate this. We don’t extremes publicly against its Uttarakhand Minorities the brothers who had dispute over being questioned at Mehrauli with the police. He only said that have evidence against him so far,” former alliance partner. Commission chief Sukhdev properties, were killed on the police station, where he went the police were in touch with him. Gogia said. “We had won the Lok Sabha Singh Namdhari’s role is under afternoon of November 17. day after the shootout to lodge a He said that Namdhari’s role The official also refused to polls (in 2009) by aligning with the scanner over the gun bat- Namdhari was present at the complaint against Hardeep. Police behind the shootout could not be answer whether the statements the Congress. We were their alli- tle at a farmhouse here lead- spot with his men along with suspect that he might be with- ruled out. of Narender, Ponty’s manager ance partners. So I don’t think we ing to the death of businessman Ponty’s aides when the incident holding facts about the drama. Namdhari’s role is under suspi- who was injured in the shootout, should express our bitter opposi- Ponty Chadha and his brother took place. Gogia did not give a direct reply cion but police don’t have enough matched with the versions given tion so publicly,” said Suman. Hardeep, police said yesterday. “Some people have given us when asked about reports that evidence to book him for trespass by Namdhari and others. Suman also attacked Banerjee As Namdhari’s men reportedly statements that Namdhari’s men Namdhari was absconding. as of now, he said. Mystery still remains over for not taking electoral ally helped the Chadha aides in taking were also part of the group that “We would like to talk to him. “Namdhari had gone to meet the number of bullets shot and SUCI-C into confidence before control of the Chhattarpur farm- trespassed into the Chhattarpur He is not with us. Whenever Ponty and was present at the time guns used in the firing at the moving the no-confidence house No.42 in south Delhi before farmhouse. We are verifying there is a need, we will talk to of the incident. But it is a mat- Chhattarpur farmhouse as police motion. the shootout, his role of trespass- that,” said Joint Commissioner of him,” Gogia said. ter of investigation whether he await the ballistic report. IANS ing was under investigation, an Police Vivek Gogia. Gogia also did not clarify about was involved in trespassing. We IANS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

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DUBAI: Gulf firms and state- Data from the Arab Investment $25bn, is in the advanced stages of according to Islamic sharia,” said trading hub linking several major Gulf investors bought nearly 60 backed investors, flush with and Export Credit Guarantee negotiations to buy the Egyptian Jamal Abdelmalek, chairman of groups of emerging markets made percent of Turkey’s first issue of petrodollars and facing limited Corp show the start of the trend. arm of Societe Generale. Libya’s Bank of Commerce and it logical for the bank to consider a sovereign Islamic bond, which growth options at home, are Foreign direct investment out- State-owned Qatar Telecom Development. investment in those markets. totalled $1.5bn in size. stepping into emerging markets flows from Arab countries, the agreed in June to double its Countries such as Sudan, “Our longer-term strategy is This was seen as a sign that in Africa and Asia to get a foot- vast majority from the Gulf, rose stake in Iraq’s No. 2 mobile tel- plagued by wars, poverty and a to use Dubai’s growing influence Gulf funds were willing to leave hold in key sectors such as ba n k- 24 percent to $24.6bn last year; ephone operator Asiacell to 60 decade-long conflict with South in terms of location to facilitate their comfort zone, and could be ing and telecommunications. FDI outflows from all nations in percent for $1.47bn. It may bid Sudan, are forbidding to Western trade and capital flows between followed by Gulf investment in Investors from the Gulf have the world climbed 17 percent, to for a stake in Maroc Telecom, investors but look more accessible Africa, the Middle East and bond issues planned by North for years put their oil wealth into $1.69 trillion. after France’s Vivendi’s said from the Gulf because of cultural Asia... We think that Dubai is African states seeking to repair developed markets in the United The rise in Arab FDI was strik- last month it had received four and political ties. ideally positioned to link those their state finances after the States, Europe and Japan. The ing because it occurred during expressions of interest for the Investors in Bank of Khartoum, flows together.” Arab Spring. consistent focus on less developed the Middle East’s Arab Spring potential sale of its 53-percent mostly owned by Gulf banks Gulf firms have been slower to “Gulf investors are already countries is new, and may have uprisings, which might have stake in the Moroccan firm. including Dubai Islamic Bank, move into Asia than Africa, but looking at North African oppor- big implications for the economies been expected to stifle outflows The other motive is more posi- Sharjah Islamic Bank and Abu many bankers think an Asian tunities, with existing relation- receiving the money. by making most firms risk-averse. tive: Gulf companies think their Dhabi Islamic Bank, plan to boost push is inevitable and may begin ships strengthened further by Emirates NBD, Dubai’s larg- Two major motives are behind skills and backgrounds give them its capital, Bank of Khartoum’s soon. In February last year, QNB the funding that is being pro- est bank, is one example of the the Gulf’s investment push into a competitive advantage in pur- General Manager Fadi Faqih said. completed the acquisition of a vided by Gulf sovereigns to trend; it is looking at potential emerging markets. One is the fact suing some emerging market He told the Reuters Summit majority stake in Indonesia-based their neighbours post-Arab acquisitions in areas including that Gulf companies are outgrow- opportunities. One area which that capital would rise within Bank Kesawan. Spring,” said Dilawer Farazi, Africa, Chief Executive Rick ing their home markets and are they plan to dominate is Islamic two years to 1bn Sudanese With oil prices high, the Gulf has portfolio manager at Invest AD Pudner told the Reuters Middle being forced to go abroad to con- banking, which is expected to pounds ($225m according to more money to invest abroad than in Abu Dhabi. East Investment Summit. “If you tinue expanding. Qatar, for exam- take off in North Africa after last the official exchange rate) from it can spend on corporate acqui- Morocco is considering a possi- can find something that isn’t ple, has nearly 20 banks catering year’s overthrow of authoritarian 300m pounds, allowing the bank sitions and investments, so some ble dollar-denominated bond issue betting the bank on but is a good to a population of only around 1 regimes there. to expand its financing of agri- of its cash is starting to move into in coming days and plans to launch opportunity to take advantage million. “We’re seeing great interest cultural and mineral projects in emerging market bonds. its investor meetings in Abu Dhabi of weaker asset prices in the Qatar National Bank (QNB), from Gulf and regional banks the country. Traditionally, the Gulf’s bond this week. “It’s where the money region, then you need to look at the Gulf state’s flagship lender wanting to enter the Libyan Pudner at Emirates NBD said investors have focused on their is,” a regional banker said. it,” Pudner said. with a market value of over market, mainly those operating Dubai’s position as a financial and own region. But in September, REUTERS

QInvest, Qatari investors Middle East to be top aluminium partner with Citadel supplier for world to import LNG in Egypt needs: Experts

DOHA: Citadel Capital, a lead- DOHA: With the increasing ing private equity firm in the use of aluminium in automotive Middle East and Africa with industry (140 kg/car in 2011), over $9.5bn in investments under 16mt of new aluminium capac- control, has set up a joint ven- ity is expected to hit the market ture with Qatari investors led by 2015. And after China, the by QInvest to import liquefied Middle East will be the leading natural gas into Egypt starting supplier for the growing world from middle of next year. metal needs, experts speaking on The Citadel said yesterday it the third day of “ARABAL 2012” has signed a project development said yesterday. and shareholders’ agreement for The peculiar economics of the establishment of the JV, which China’s aluminium industry, and would construct and own the facili- its effect on the global cost curve ties required to position a floating were stand outs of the morn- LNG storage and regasification ing session of the final day of unit (FSRU) to deliver natural Arab International Aluminium gas to high-volume end-users in Conference, which the increased the North African country. Ahmed Heikal prevalence of aluminium in the The joint venture will import auto industry, while sustainabil- LNG, regasify it at the FSRU, “We are delighted to partner ity and safety dominated the rest transmit it through the Egyptian with QInvest on this project, of the day. national natural gas grid and mar- which will stand as an impor- Senior executives from ket the natural gas to local high- tant pillar of Egypt’s energy Qatalum, Ma’aden, Soahr Senior executives from aluminium firms discussing the future of GCC aluminium industry on the third day on volume end-users. It expects to security at a key moment in Aluminium, Dubal, Emal, Hydro, ARABAL 2012 in Doha yesterday. enter into the Egyptian market the nation’s development,” said and other firms took part in pursuant to the licensing process Citadel Capital Chairman and panels, workshops and presenta- on earth do the Chinese persist carried into the next session; East as the leading provider for for import of natural gas recently Founder Ahmed Heikal. tions – making the future of GCC with making aluminium?” he with a presentation by Jorge growing world metal needs ahead announced by the Egyptian Natural “We believe that Egypt is in aluminium the main focus of the asked rhetorically. Vazquez, Managing Director of and Americas/Europe/South Gas Holding Company (EGAS). strong need of additional natural conference, through its relation- “As Westerners and as analysts Harbor Aluminium Intelligence, East Asia as increasing import QInvest is Qatar’s leading gas to feed the power generation ship with the rest of the global and corporates, we focus on the who spoke to delegates on who is players”. investment bank with business sector and supply Egypt’s indus- industry and the macro economy. markets, the industry, equities, winning and losing in the global The next panel discussion was lines including investment bank- trial base with a reliable, clean In the first session of the P&L, capital flows, ROI, etc. But by aluminium industry and supply on Automobile Industry outlook ing, investment management, source of energy. Citadel Capital day, entitled ‘What will the doing so, we can miss the key point: chain today. in economic slowdown. David brokerage and wealth manage- has very strong technical skills in Aluminium Industry Policy in for the Chinese Communist Party, “Who is getting the value?” he Cutting, Director of J D Power ment. QInvest is owned by Qatar this sector and unrivalled knowl- China be for 2012-2013?’ Paul aluminium is an important conduit asked. “It is not the producer for Automotive Forecasting, spoke Islamic Bank, as well as other edge of the current and planned Adkins, Director of AZ China for the development, urbanization sure”. Today, consumers are get- about the Global Light Vehicle institutional investors and promi- large consumers of natural gas, Limited and Eric Zhang, Analyst and modernization of China”, he ting great value ever, with a graph Market – heavily dependent on nent high net worth individuals thereby putting us in a unique at SMM presented on the pecu- said, reminding the audience that of real LME aluminium prices at aluminium – saying it has come from across the Middle East and position to market imported liarities of the Chinese industry, China’s aluminium industry has a cycle bottom below $2,000/mt, a Long Way. has an authorized capital of $ 1bn. natural gas in Egypt.” which persists with enormous been privatized – if such a term is compared to historical average of Shambhu Prasad, Senior The Qatari investment group This marks Citadel Capital’s production despite heavily subsi- accurate in such a Statist country $2,650, and a high of about $4,700. Expert at Gulf Organization for will hold a 51 percent interest in second large project in Egypt’s dised losses – in certain provinces – only one generation. He finished by forecasting Industrial Consulting, noted that the planned joint venture, with energy sector with Qatari inves- in particular. Eric Zhang forecast that two main sources of growth in Aluminium usage has increased Citadel Capital holding the balance. tors, following this year’s suc- As Adkins noted, China Sits domestic aluminium prices will next five years: Emerging Asia to 140 kg/car in 2011 - predomi- The planned location of the FSRU cessful financial close of the $ in the top quartile of the global face many uncertainties in 2013 – including the Gulf – and the nantly in drivetrain, chassis and facility and the expected invest- 3.7bn financing package for the cost curve, and its industry con- and are subject to LME alumin- Americas. Over 16mt of new alu- suspension and body. The auto- ment cost of the project were not Egyptian Refining Company sumes scarce energy resources, is ium prices to a large extent. SMM minium capacity should hit the motive industry is the largest announced. The planned joint ven- (ERC) project, in which Qatar forced to import raw materials, expects domestic aluminium market by 2015, two thirds of market for aluminium castings, ture has secured the technical and Petroleum International (QPI) is and jeopardizes environmental prices to fluctuate between RMB this in China for domestic con- and these account for more than commercial cooperation of global a key shareholder. integrity, yet 10mt of new capac- 15,000-17,500/mt in 2013. sumption. The Middle East too 50 percent of aluminium used in industry leaders in the field. THE PENINSULA ity are still to come online. “Why The role of China was a theme is well placed. “We see the Middle cars. THE PENINSULA

Qatari bourse market capitalisation rises to QR460.72bn Oil prices ease LONDON: Oil prices eased yes- terday in subdued trade owing to DOHA: Qatar Exchange’s main index The market capitalisation rose by 0.10 the industrial sector (23.03 percent), the followed by the industrial sector (19.76 the US Thanksgiving holiday, and dropped 38.64 points (0.46 percent) percent to reach QR460.72bn last week consumer goods and services sector (10.49 percent), the consumer goods and services after a ceasefire ended a week of last week when the bourse closed at as compared to QR460.26bn at the end of percent) and the real estate sector (6.69 sector (12.68 percent) and the real estate violence in between Israel and 8,409.85 points yesterday. The trading previous week. Of the 42 listed companies, percent). The banking and financial serv- sector (10.84 percent). Palestinian militants that killed value was QR 621,363,350.92 last week, 13 ended higher while 26 fell and three ices sector led the trading volume last week For the day, Qatar Exchange added at least 160 people. Brent North a decrease by 12.40 percent, compared to remained unchanged. Qatar National Bank accounting for 49.74 percent of the total 2.32 points (or 0.03 percent) to advance Sea crude for delivery in January QR709,347,690.95 the previous week. led the traded value last week, account- followed by the real estate sector (14.65 to 8,409.85 points from 8,407.53 points on slid 60 cents to $110.26 a barrel The trading volume decreased by 6.81 ing for 15.7 percent of the total , followed percent), the industrial sector (12.06 per- Wednesday. International Islamic was up in London late afternoon deals. percent to reach 13,943,348 shares, as by Industries Qatar (14.57 percent) and cent) and the consumer goods and services 0.77 percent to QR52.50, Vodafone Qatar New York’s main contract, light against 14,961,659 shares, while the number Masraf Al Rayan (10.33 percent). sector (8.38 percent). rose 1.05 percent to QR8.69, National sweet crude for January or West of transactions fell by 18.40 percent last The banking and financial services sector The banking and financial services sec- Leasing gained 0.44 percent to QR45.90 Texas Intermediate, eased 29 week to reach 9,912 compared to 12,147 led the trading value last week accounting tor led the number of transactions traded and Qatar General Insurance was up by cents lower to stand at $87.09 per transactions the previous week. for 51.21 percent of the total, followed by last week with 42.63 percent of the total 0.86 percent to QR46.90. QNA barrel in electronic deals. AFP FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

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LONDON: European stock mar- economy is beginning to pick up kets and the euro rose yester- after several months of slowdown. day as traders welcomed strong HSBC’s purchasing managers’ Chinese manufacturing data index (PMI) stood at 50.4 this and an Israel-Gaza truce, while month, compared with 49.5 in a Greek bailout deal was put on October. Anything above 50 points hold ahead of an EU summit. to growth and anything below indi- Investors shrugged off news that cates contraction. It was the first Cyprus, which currently holds the reading above 50 since October 2011 A convoy of more than 130 Ferrari cars from all over China parade on a road in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, during the rotating EU presidency, will prob- and added to a slew of upbeat trade, Guangzhou Auto Show yesterday. The event was staged by the manufacturer in an attempt to convey the popularity of the Italian marque in China. ably need ¤17bn ($22bn) in inter- investment and sales figures that national aid to rescue its struggling have fuelled market optimism. economy, hit by recession and the “A 13-month high for HSBC’s Greek debt crisis. Chinese Flash PMI is always going The benchmark FTSE 100 to give a leg up to London’s resource- index climbed 0.68 percent to heavy (stock) market, and helps us close at 5,791.03 points in London, overlook continuing weakness in S&P assigns ‘AA’ ratings on Qatar Frankfurt’s DAX 30 gained 0.84 equivalent eurozone numbers,” IG percent to 7,244.99 points and the trader Will Hedden commented. DOHA: Global ratings agency Standard The government’s 2012-13 budget includes rail links, Doha Port, reservoirs and water Paris CAC 40 advanced by 0.60 per- In Brussels meanwhile, European & Poor’s (S&P) has assigned ‘AA/ an increase in its conservative oil price treatment plants, industrial zones, and new cent to 3,498.22. The euro jumped Union leaders braced for what could Stable/A-1+’ sovereign credit ratings assumption to $65 from $55 per barrel in stadiums and other facilities related to the to $1.2875 from $1.2826 late in New be a gruelling summit on a trillion- on Qatar. The ratings on Qatar reflect the previous budget. “We expect the surplus 2022 FIFA World Cup. York on Wednesday. euro EU budget that has bitterly S&P’s view of is high levels of economic target-QR24bn or 4 percent of GDP- to be Relative to peers, Qatar’s real GDP per On the London Bullion Market, divided a 27-nation bloc already wealth and strong fiscal and external overshot as in previous years; we forecast the capital growth has been strong in recent gold prices rose to $1,731 an ounce mired in economic crisis. balance sheets with modest levels of debt surplus at double the government’s estimate”. years. The ratings agency projects population from $1,724 on Wednesday. US mar- On the eve of the summit, euro- and large external liquidity. Qatari banks are profitable and well regu- growth to average around 6 percent per year kets were shut for the Thanksgiving zone finance chiefs failed to strike Qatar is one of the wealthiest economies lated. The banking sector is well capitalized, until 2015 and as a result real GDP per cap- holiday, resulting in quieter activ- a deal to unlock the latest bailout we rate, with GDP per capita estimated at and has been even more so since the govern- ita is likely to be largely flat over 2012-2015. ity. “European markets have been payment for indebted Greece, caus- $104,000 in 2012. Relative to peers, real GDP ment, through Qatar Investment Authority Economic growth could accelerate again inspired by the uplifting PMI data ing them to meet again on Monday. per capita growth has been strong in recent (QIA), undertook three tranches of equity from 2015 when the government’s morato- from China,” said Gekko Global In Nicosia, Cyprus Finance years, but we have anticipated a contraction injections in domestic banks, beginning 2008. rium on the development of new hydrocar- Markets trader Anita Paluch. Minister Vassos Shiarly told media from 2012 onward as the large investment The ratings agency view Qatar banking bon projects is expected to end. Rabobank foreign exchange ana- the country needs ¤17bn in aid to progamme to boost liquid natural gas pro- system’s increasing reliance on external Qatar is believed to be in a strong net lyst Jane Foley added that “bet- cover a four-year period through duction capacity to approximately 77m tons funding, largely to meet demand for credit to external creditor position, including FDI, ter Chinese PMI data, a ceasefire 2016, while President Demetris per year tails off, S&P noted. fund public sector infrastructure projects, as estimated at 72 percent of CARs in 2012 and between Hamas and Israel and com- Christofias said it was close to “Qatar’s ratings is supported by its very increasing external risks. In 2012, S&P esti- expected to increase toward 140 percent in ments from (German) Chancellor agreement on a bailout with inter- wealthy economy, and strong external and mates that the banking system’s net external 2015. At the same time, external liquidity is (Angela) Merkel suggesting that an national lenders. fiscal balance sheets. We believe the ratings asset position to continue to grow over 100 relatively good with gross external financing agreement that will release bailout On the corporate front, shares in are constrained, along with those of the peer percent of current account receipts (CARs). needs expected to average around 90 percent funds to Greece could still be bro- British brewer SABMiller rallied group”,it said. The government is expected to continue to of CARs and usable reserves in 2012-2015. kered on Monday are all supporting 6.38 percent to 2,801 pence after S&P expects Qatar to maintain a com- accumulate external assets with fiscal sur- S&P expects the trade surplus to remain a modest ‘risk on’ tone.” the maker of Grolsch and Miller fortable budget surplus of about 6 percent pluses invested abroad through QIA. strong in 2012 because of oil prices. Qatar’s The HSBC bank said China’s Lite reported a 15-percent rise in of GDP on average between 2012 and 2015. Qatar’s growth is expected to be increas- non-merchandise outflows to remain large manufacturing activity grew for the half-year profits to $1.59bn. Reckitt This is lower than previous years: the surplus ingly driven by spending on $100bn-$150bn in the next three years. S&P also anticipate first time in more than a year in Benckiser gained 0.36 percent to averaged about 10 percent of GDP over the of infrastructure projects over 2015-16. The that profit repatriation by foreign companies November, reinforcing recent views 3,859 pence. five years to 2011 due to high hydrocarbon projects include finishing the New Doha will continue. that the world’s second biggest AFP production and prices. International Airport, GCC and internal THE PENINSULA

QATARI MARKET Qatar Cement signs Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P QInvest appoints new CEO consultancy services Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 106.06 0.69 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 106.06 1.61 % Aa2 AA deal to set up plant 5 Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 126.13 2.15 % Aa2 AA DOHA: QInvest has appointed and structures. We are very excited Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 119.88 2.23 % Aa2 AA Tamim Hamad Al Kuwari about the continuing growth of DOHA: Qatar National Cement Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 115.00 2.65 % Aa2 AA (pictured) as its new Chief Sharia’a finance both in the region Company announced signing a Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 180.75 3.54 % Aa2 AA Executive Officer. and abroad. Now, we hope to final- consultancy services’ contract The Board of Directors of ise the strategic alliance with EFG with Basse Sambre of Belgium Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 140.00 3.98 % Aa2 AA QInvest LLC announced yes- Hermes businesses and to grow the to set up cement plant No. 5. Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 129.44 4.03 % Aa2 AA terday that Shahzad Shahbaz new joint venture as a model for The contract involves the prepa- Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 105.25 1.48 % Aa2 AA has resigned as the Company’s success in Qatar, Egypt, the region ration of global tender documents Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 117.25 2.51 % Aa2 AA Chief Executive Officer, effective and beyond.” for the establishment of a plant with Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 106.25 1.79 % A1 A- immediately. He will remain with The new joint venture repre- a capacity of 5,000 or 7,500 tonnes the firm for a period of time to sents an ideal platform to expand of clinker per day on turn-key basis Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.31 2.34 % A1 A- facilitate a smooth transition. The the client lists of both QInvest parallel to the cement production QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.75 2.14 % NR NR Board appointed Tamim Hamad and EFG Hermes by providing a lines (2, 3 and 4) at Umm-Bab. QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.75 1.83 % Aa3 A+ Al-Kawari as the new CEO. comprehensive suite of brokerage, Last June, Qatar National QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.94 2.15 % Aa3 A+ Al Kawari previously served asset management and invest- Cement Co decided to set up Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.88 2.54 % A2 A- as QInvest’s Deputy CEO. Prior ment banking services. The JV a cement plant with a capac- to joining QInvest, Tamim was with EFG Hermes which is pend- plans on maximising the full spec- ity of not less than 5,000 tonnes Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.75 2.10 % A2 A Goldman Sachs Managing Director ing regulatory approval. trum of opportunities available in of clinker per day, in a way to Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 130.25 2.79 % A2 A and Country Head for Qatar. Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Doha through Qatar’s continuing increase its production capacity Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 112.63 3.01 % A2 A Under Shahbaz’s leadership, bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, economic growth and contribut- of clinker and cement to meet the Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 114.00 3.63 % A2 A the Bank expanded its global foot- Chairman of QInvest, said: “We ing to the initiatives in the Qatar needs of the market in the future. Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 108.38 0.90 % Aa3 A print from the United Kingdom would like to thank Shahzad for National Vision 2030. Combined The company is now producing to India with strategic invest- his four and half years of service with EFG Hermes’ expertise in the 14,000 tonnes of cement per day and Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 110.50 2.93 % Aa3 A ments in Panmure Gordon and to QInvest. During his term as region, the joint venture will offer meet the needs of the market, but Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 113.38 3.35 % Aa3 A Ambit Holdings. It also expanded CEO, he laid the foundations for an established, well capitalised and it works to intensify its production SOVEREIGNS with the opening of new offices a world class investment bank scalable platform from which we during the coming period in light of in Riyadh and Istanbul. In 2012, operating under the principals of can serve our clients. the increased demand for cement. Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P QInvest announced a joint venture Sharia’a compliant investments THE PENINSULA QNA Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 106.94 0.39 % Aa2 AA Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 128.13 2.03 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.75 2.77 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 106.13 3.40 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 122.13 4.39 % NR NR Saudis study Fannie Mae-style plan for housing Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 112.13 4.83 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 106.06 1.13 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 112.38 3.94 % NR BBB RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is studying draft new sources of funds. Fannie Mae was estab- concern for lenders who fear Shariah courts and Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 106.75 4.41 % NR BBB regulations that could see the creation of a lished by the US government in the 1930s to Saudi police will not evict people who fail to pay real estate refinancing company similar to finance such a market. loans, have not yet been published. Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 104.50 5.02 % B2 B U.S. firm Fannie Mae, according to propos- The new corporation, with a minimum reg- Some lenders already offer mortgage-like Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 99.75 4.54 % NR BBB- als published by the central bank this week. istered capital of SR2bn ($535m), would have products, but the lack of a clear legal frame- *Periodic Distribution Amount The regulations are part of long-awaited gov- to stay majority state-owned but real estate work has restricted the market to compara- IMPORTANT NOTE: ernment efforts to develop a housing mortgage financing companies would be allowed to acquire tively wealthy Saudis in high-paying jobs, Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which sector in the conservative kingdom where the stakes up to a combined total of 30 percent. whose payments can be deducted by the bank is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services restrictions of Islamic sharia law have made it The corporation might also offer shares from their salaries. “The problem was how do Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary difficult to secure lending against property. to the public. It could provide the secondary you get that person to repay if they cannot data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising The world’s top oil exporter faces a hous- mortgage market with access to both local and be kicked out of their house,” said Nicholas out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds ing shortage, particularly among lower and foreign financing instruments, the draft said. Diacos of The Law Firm of Saleh Al Hejailan. can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant middle-income people, as land prices rise rap- Local financial firm Arqaam Capital has “In terms of making competitively priced liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not idly. In July, the government passed laws to said the introduction of a legal framework for financing in this market, it was a nightmare a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and regulate mortgage and lease lending. mortgages will see the amount of lending to because the financiers were pricing the risk consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. The regulations proposed this week fle- purchase housing in Saudi Arabia eventually into their finance.” While lower-income bor- shed out the laws, principally by saying the double to 12 percent of gross domestic product. rowers can rely on a government housing fund, government may establish Saudi Real Estate The country’s GDP is about $650bn. the lack of a range of financing options has Refinancing Corp to develop a secondary mar- However, the full framework is some way contributed to the home shortage because ket in home mortgages. A secondary mortgage from being established. Implementing regu- developers tend to focus on the top end of the market allows lenders to spread risk and tap lations on how defaults will be handled, a big market where profit is higher. REUTERS FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

QE Indices Summary QE Index 8,409.85 2.32 WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 11,381.56 3.13 QE All Share Index 2,029.13 2.98 RATE INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 1,995.05 0.92 GOLD Buying Selling QE All Share Industrials 2,594.3 9.43 All Ordinaries 4432.42 41.697 0.95 4602.5 4033.4 QR203.0914 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Transportation 1,339.89 0.92 Cac 40 Index/D 3489.06 11.7 0.34 3600.48 2922.26 QE All Share Real Estate 1,602.25 8.87 SILVER UK ...... QR 5.7728 QR 5.8533 QE All Share Insurance 1,898.83 3.53 Dj Indu Average 12836.89 48.38 0.38 13661.87 11231.56 QR 3.9152 Euro ...... QR 4.6557 QR 4.7211 QE All Share Telecoms 1,074.94 5.20 CA$ ...... QR 3.6198 QR 3.6922 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 4,781.68 24.61 Egypt Cma Gn Idx 1026.29 32.57 3.28 999.95 312.38 Services Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.8650 QR 3.9197 Hang Seng Inde/D 21743.2 218.84 1.02 22149.7 18056.4 Yen ...... QR 0.0437 QR 0.0445 QE Market Summary Comparison Aus$ ...... QR 3.7425 QR 3.8169 Iseq Overall/D 3252.68 9.68 0.3 3382.77 2882.71 CRUDE OIL Today Previous day Ind Re ...... QR 0.0654 QR 0.0666 22-11-2012 21-11-2012 Karachi 100 In/D 16251 -5.97 -0.04 16339.16 10771.13 Index 8,409.85 8,407.53 BRENT Pak Re ...... QR 0.0376 QR 0.0384 Change 2.32 11.48 Nikkei 225 Index 9366.8 144.28 1.56 10255.15 8238.96 Peso ...... QR 0.0878 QR 0.0896 % 0.03 0.14 $ 110.26 SL Re ...... QR 0.0277 QR 0.0283 YTD% 4.21 4.23 S&P 500 Index/D 1391.03 3.22 0.23 1474.51 1158.66 DUBAI Taka ...... QR 0.0445 QR 0.0454 Volume 2,202,155 2,560,632 Straits Times/D 2986.63 26.33 0.89 3110.86 2657.77 Nep Re ...... QR 0.0412 QR 0.0420 Value (QAR) 104,705,566.79 102,401,839.77 $ 108.12 Trades 1,557 1,700 SA Rand ...... QR 0.4054 QR 0.4135 Straits Times/D 2989.31 24.69 0.83 3035.78 2657.77 Up 20 | Down 15| Unchanged 04

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APOLLO FURNITURE COMPUTER TRAINING CENTRE Salwa Road. Tel: 44689522 (3 Lines) FAMILY COMPUTER CENTRE www.apollofurnitureonline.com Al Rayyan Complex, Rayyan Road. Tel: 44435361/44370779 Fax: 44449130 ARTIFACTS OF ARABIA Solid Wood Furniture, Antiques, Art & Decor. COMPUTERS & NETWORKING Call David: 55614573 www.artifactsofarabia.com

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HELPLINE GROUP OF COMPANIES APOLLO ENTERPRISES Certificate attestation from India, UK, USA, Australia, Gulf Countries and Crystal Bond Glass Coating Against The Sun’s Harmful Rays, Canada. We have 15 years experience & approved Agency. Heat Resistance. Salwa Road. Tel: 44426664 GSM: 77711129 Tel: 44351974/44919213 - www.helplinegroups.com GSM: 55830870/33599574 E-mail: [email protected]

EXPAND DOCUMENT CLEARANCE Affordable Rate. Certicate Attestation in 7 Indian Working Days. Attestation from GIFTS India/UK/USA/Australia & GCC. Tracking Facility. Free Pick-Up & Delivery. MEDICAL SERVICES GSM: 55540420/3009244 Tel: 44430824 - www.attestation.qa ARTIFACTS OF ARABIA Arabian Style Gifts and Souvenirs See. Also Corporate DR. AJU ABRAHAM, MBBS Contracts and Tenders. www.artifactsofarabia.com MRCPsych (UK), CCST (UK), Dip. CBT (UK) Consultant A/C MAINTENANCE & GSM: 55614573 - David SERVICES NATIONAL COMPUTER CENTER Psychiatrist. Tel: 44365051 - www.drajusclinic.com Desktops, Laptops, Printers, Scanners, UPS, Softwares, ERP, Accessories, Networking & Cabling Tel: 44351200 Fax: 44315058 - [email protected] HOME CONTROL SYSTEM METAL REPAIRS

APOLLO ENTERPRISES CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE Belzona Polymerics - Tel: 44426664 GSM: 55871914/55524897 E-mail: [email protected] AL MUTWASSIT CLEANING & PEST CONTROL [email protected] Kharaba Street, Behind White Mosque, Tel: 44367555 Fax: 44367999 GSM: 55875920/55860432 MOVERS CAPITAL CLEANING COMPANY W.L.L. Complete General Cleaning Services for Old and New Villas PARAGON SHIPPING & LOGISTIC W.L.L. Tel: 44582257/44582546 Fax: 44582529 Mobile: 33189899/ For International/Local Relocation. Doha - Qatar. 55565328 E-mail: [email protected] Mobile: 55803404 Tel: 44299555 CITYSCAPES AIRCONDITIONING PRESTIGE GENERAL SERVICES CEYLON CONSOLIDATORS UNITED LOGISTICS W.L.L. Installation, Maintenance and Servicing of all kinds of Split, Logistics Partner in the Modern World. Door to Door Cargo All Window and Package of Type A/C. GSM: 33709599/ General Cleaning for Villas, Flats, Sofa, Carpets, Floor Tiles, Marble Polish. Daily, Over The World. Tel: 44670532/44662305/44410402/44310 55175012/ 33414781 E-mail: [email protected] Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Contracts. GSM: 66752291 Tel: 44323040 Fax: 44131012 E-mail: [email protected] - www.prestigegeneralservices.com 504 Fax: 44416068 E-mail: [email protected] INVEST IN QATAR BURHA TRADING E2E GLOBAL PACKERS & MOVERS W.L.L. All kinds of A/C Maintenance & Services FIDELITY SERVICES COMPANY A/C Tech. from Philippines. Waranty after maintenance Part-Time Maid Service. Reliable maids for cleaning and LEADER MIDDLE EAST W.L.L. Professional’s in Int’l & Domestic Relocations & Removals Something different at moderate prices. Tel: 33202138 / 77619899 generalhousekeeping duties. Flexible packages at low rates For fast & reliable BUSINESS SET-UP, LOCAL SPONSORS, Trade Office Shifting & Industrial Packing. E: [email protected] For booking : 66144629, 44186738 Licences, Joint Ventures, Public Relations, Visas & Real Estate Services. Tel: 4451 6688, Mobile: 5599 0644, Fax: 4468 8631 Tel: +974 55745147/55201189 E-mail: [email protected] FIDELITY SERVICES COMPANY AL SADEQ TRAD. & MAINTENANCE CO. A/C. Maintenance, Cleaning, Relocation, Repair for all types of HELPLINE GROUP OF COMPANIES AC’s 7/7 - Office: 44186738, GSM: 66144629 General Cleaning for Villa, Flat, Building, Carpet Shampooing, Sofa Sets, Marble Polish, Manpower Supply & MONEY EXCHANGE Pest Control - Daily, Weekly, Monthly & Yearly Contracts (24 Hours Service). GSM: 33020107/33020108 We provide A to Z support for the Company Formation, Commercial Tel: 4436068 Fax: 44353336 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Registration, PRO Services & Real Estate Services. Call Now: QATAR-UAE EXCHANGE 77711129/44351974/44919213 - www.helplinegroups.com Service is our Currency. Al Sadd Street. Tel: 44445558 City Center. Tel: 44115959 CURTAIN & UPHOLSTERY Clock Roundabout (Near Gold Souq). Tel: 44368222 IT SOLUTION CASA BLU COMPANY MASSAGE Tel: 44694020/90 Fax: 44694010 Software Lab Qatar [email protected] - www.casabluinteriors.com P.O. Box : 31400, Doha, Qatar THAI LADY MASSAGE & BEAUTY SALON

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DUBAI: All it took was 18 holes very comfortable out there. Nice for the cream to rise to the top to pick up from where I left off Golf: DP World Tour as world No.2 Luke Donald took last week in Japan,” said Donald. Championship scores a one-shot lead over world No.1 “You always feel different the Rory McIlroy after the open- week after winning. You just feel Leading first-round scores in the European ing round of the $8m DP World like you have that little extra pep Tour's $8m DP World Tour Championship Tour Championship yesterday. in your step and there is a bit yesterday at the par-72 Earth Course of At the Earth course of Jumeirah more confidence flowing. Jumeirah Golf Estates: Golf Estates, England’s Donald “That middle section of the 65 Luke Donald (ENG) shot a bogey-free round of seven- course from about 5 to 14, I really under par 65, while McIlroy could swung my clubs well and made a 66 Rory McIlroy (NIR), Marc Warren have joined him on the top but lot of nice putts.” (SCO), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano had to be satisfied with a par on Donald, who lost his crown of (ESP) the par-5 final hole after hitting being the No.1 player in the world his tee shot into the water. and on the US PGA and European 67 Fredrik Andersson-Hed (SWE), Padraig That left McIlroy, who has Tours to McIlroy this year, said it Harrington (IRL), Martin Kaymer (GER), already won the European Tour’s definitely felt different this year Richie Ramsay (SCO), Lee Westwood Race to Dubai crown by taking without feeling the pressure of (ENG), Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) an unassailable lead on top of the trying to win the Race to Dubai, Money List, at six-under par 66 although his goals were the same 68 Scott Jamieson (SCO), Peter Lawrie and tied for second with Spain’s as last year. (IRL), Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL), Henrik Stenson (SWE), Stephen Gallacher Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and “Definitely, the feeling was a (SCO), Thongchai Jaidee (THA), Charl Scotland’s Marc Warren. different one today on the first Schwartzel (RSA), Jamie Donaldson Meanwhile, world No.4 and tee. There was a lot at stake for (WAL), Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN), Justin No.6, Lee Westwood of England me last year, so obviously, I felt Rose (ENG) and Louis Oosthuizen of South the pressure,” said Donald, who Africa, were another shot behind had shot successive rounds of 66 69 Joost Luiten (NED), Simon Dyson and tied fourth at five-under par over the weekend to finish third (ENG), Rafael Jacquelin (FRA), Anders 67 in a group that also included here in 2011. Hansen (DEN), Marcus Fraser (AUS), major champions Padraig “I think the goal was the same, Branden Grace (RSA), Peter Hanson Harrington and Martin Kaymer. just to come here and try to win (SWE) World No.7 Justin Rose was in the tournament. This year, it Luke Donald (right) of England watches his shot from the second tee with Francesco Molinari of Italy during the a group of 10 players tied at 11th feels like I am just playing for the first round of the DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, yesterday. 70 Romain Wattel (FRA), Michael Hoey place at four-under par 68. tournament.” (NIR), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP), Donald, who won last week’s McIlroy, who made the turn Thomas Aiken (RSA), Pablo Larrazabal Dunlop Phoenix Open on Japan at one-under and then made five and it would be great to emu- today, but the way I am playing, winner was taken to hospital yes- (ESP), Alexander Noren (SWE) Golf Tour, was delighted to carry birdies in the next seven holes, late what Lee (Westwood) did a I feel might have a chance to do terday and put on drips for some on his form from there. After said: “I got off to a little slow start few years ago and won both the that during the weekend.” time before being released. 71 David Drysdale (SCO), Victor making an eight-footer on the even though I thought I was hit- trophies. Meanwhile, the tournament The tournament is the sea- Dubuisson (FRA), Jeev Milkha Singh first and a 15-footer on the fourth ting the ball well enough give “I really wanted to make a lost its fourth player in Ireland’s son-ending championship on (IND), George Coetzee (RSA), Chris Wood (ENG), Miguel Angel Jimenez to save pars, he unleashed seven myself opportunities for birdies. birdie on the last hole and play Shane Lowry, who pulled out in the European Tour and only the (ESP), Danny Willett (ENG), Paul birdies in a stretch of 10 holes. “There’s a lot of golf left to be with Luke in the final group the morning after picking up top-60 players in the Money List Lawrie (SCO) “It is a nice start and I felt played but I am off to a good start tomorrow. Wasn’t able to do that a virus. The Portugal Masters qualify for it. AFP Tennis: Nadal headlines NHL owners Durant, Westbrook mull latest propel Thunder to win 2013 Qatar Open line-up offer to end OKLAHOMA: Kevin Durant game having won six straight to lockout and Russell Westbrook stepped shoot to the top of the conference, DOHA: Rafael Nadal and up in over- but they were David Ferrer will be among the time to lead playing catch- star names to play at the 2013 NEW YORK: National Hockey the Oklahoma NBA results up for most of Qatar ExxonMobil Open, the League owners were reviewing City Thunder Charlotte 98 Toronto 97 the game in Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) the latest offer from the play- to a 117-111 win Orlando 90 Detroit 74 Oklahoma City announced yesterday. ers’ union yesterday, but both over the Los Cleveland 92 Philadelphia 83 and could not Nadal has not played compe- sides remain far apart as they Angeles Clippers Indiana 115 New Orleans 107 extend their titevly since his shock second- attempt to end the two month yesterday. streak. San Antonio 112 Boston 100 round defeat against Lukas Rasol long lockout. After the Blake Griffin at Wimbledon in June, and will be The NHL Players Association Clippers went on Atlanta 101 Washington 100 paced the eager to gain match fitness ahead made the new offer Wednesday a fourth-quarter Miami 113 Milwaukee 106 Clippers with of the Australian Open, which morning as the two sides met in run to force over- Oklahoma City 117 LA Clippers 111 23 points and starts on January 14, 2013. New York. The owners said they time, Durant and Houston 93 Chicago 89 Jamal Crawford World number five, Ferrer, who would review it. Westbrook com- Denver 101 Minnesota 94 had 20 points was part of the Davis Cup final Despite two meetings this bined to score all Chris Paul Dallas 114 NY Knicks 111 team, had a strong 2012 season, week, there was little progress as 15 Thunder points made just two Phoenix 114 Portland 87 winning seven titles including the the negotiating teams head into in the extra ses- of 14 shots but ATP 2012 World Tour Masters in the US Thanksgiving holiday. sion to keep their Sacramento 113 LA Lakers 97 the feisty point Paris. “We’re still far apart,” NHL team on top. Golden State 102 Brooklyn 93 guard helped The Spaniard also reached the commissioner Gary Bettman said Durant finished Los Angeles semi-finals of the French Open yesterday. with a game-high 35 points and outscore Oklahoma City 33-26 and US Open. “But hopefully there’s some Westbrook tallied 23 and nine in the fourth quarter to force Apart from the Spaniards, momentum so we can bring this assists for the Thunder (9-3). over-time. Richard Gasquet and former Rafael Nadal of Spain in action against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany process to a successful conclu- “It was like a play-off game in “Regardless of what anyone runner-up Gael Monfils, who lost during their second round match at the 2012 Qatar ExxonMobil ATP Open sion,” he added to reporters November,” Thunder coach Scott says it’s gonna be tough for us to to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Roger Tennis tournament at Khalifa Tennis and Squash Complex in this file photo. yesterday. Brooks said. “Everybody laid it all win a game when I play that bad,” Federer in 2012 and 2006 respec- Nadal will be among the star names to compete in the 2013 competition. Bettman said that the league on the line tonight. We did a really Paul said. tively have also been confirmed business is losing between $18 good job defensively and that’s not “It’s tough because you work for the six-day event. million to $20m per day, while an easy thing to do against them,” so hard but there’s just gonna be QTF Tournament Director, players are losing between $8m he said yesterday. nights like that,” he added. Karim Alami said: “We are incred- 2013 Qatar ExxonMobil Open Line-up to $10m per day. AFP Los Angeles (8-3) entered the REUTERS ibly honored to have another year Name Country Ranking Albert Ramos Spain 51 with players of the highest caliber Rafael Nadal Spain 4 Grega Zemlja Slovenia 55 Qatar Hockey League coming to the Qatar ExxonMobil David Ferrer Spain 5 Xavier Malisse Belgium 62 Open. The week in Doha kicks off Richard Gasquet France 10 Paolo Lorenzi Italy 63 the ATP World Tour season and Phillipp Kohlschreiber Germany 20 Victor Hanescu Romania 64 these players are looking to hit the courts fresh from their end Mikhail Youzhny Russia 25 Benjamin Becker Germany 65 of season break.” Jeremy Chardy France 32 Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spain 71 He added: “Nadal is returning Victor Troicki Serbia 38 Ivan Dodig Croatia 73 to competitive tennis since his Felicanio Lopez Spain 40 Lukas Rosol Czech Republic 74 knee injury at Wimbledon so eve- Pablo Andujar Spain 42 Lukasz Kubot Poland 75 ryone is looking forward to seeing Nikolay Davydenko Russia 44 Bjorn Phau Germany 76 what he brings. Ferrer has had an amazing year with the number Fabio Fognini Italy 45 G Garcia-Lopez Spain 77 of titles he has had and winning Lukas Lacko Slovakia 50 Gael Monfils France 78 his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Paris.” Doha regulars Nikolay the Khalifa International Tennis He pointed out: “Gael Monfils Davydenko, who is a former world and Squash Complex. is always a fan favorite and it number three, Spain’s Feliciano Meanwhile, world number six is wonderful to have Richard Lopez, Germany’s Philipp Tomas Berdych of the Czech Gasquet return to the event after Kohlschreiber and Mikhail Republic and number nine Janko a long absence.” Youzhny, who reached the quar- Tipsarevic of Serbia head a strong Nadal, 26, had hoped to return ter-finals in Wimbledon last sea- field for the next edition of the for the ATP World Tour Finals son will also compete. ATP Chennai Open, organisers event in London earlier this Jeremy Chardy of France and said yesterday. month, but failed to recover in Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko, who are The 15th-ranked Marin Cilic of time. He also missed the Davis both rising stars in the game, will Croatia and number 17 Stanislas Cup final against Czech Republic also be among the 32 players in Wawrinka of Switzerland are the last week. action. other top-20 players taking part Three-time Qatar Hockey League (QHL) champions Wanderers Hockey Club Qatar pose for a picture before Nadal who has never won the Rasol, who is ranked 71st in from December 31. the start of their QHL match against Messaid Industrial City at Al Rayyan Stadium. Wanderers won 6-2. In Doha title, is set to play an exhibi- the world, will also be compet- Berdych, ended the previous other QHL action, Doha Hockey Club (1) beat Al Khor Malaysians 5-2, and United Hockey Qatar beat Doha tion match in December against ing in the event that starts on season by winning his open- Hockey Club (2) 4-0. Three matches take place today: Gateway Hockey Club vs Al Khor Malaysians at 3:00pm, either Britain’s and reigning US December 31. ing singles and doubles tie with Wanderers Hockey Club Qatar vs Doha Hockey Club (2) at 5:00pm, and Messaid Industrial City vs Doha Open champion Andy Murray or Tickets for the ATP event will Radek Stepanek the 3-2 win over Hockey Club (1) at 7:00pm. Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic in Abu go on sale from November 29. Spain in the Davis Cup final. Dhabi. The tournament will be held at THE PENINSULA/AGENCIES FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Australian run glut in Adelaide Hosts score 482 runs on first day of Test match; Clarke hits double ton against SA ADELAIDE, Australia: possible,” Clarke reported. “The mood after lunch, smashing spin- Michael Clarke posted a succes- said. Scoreboard Australian ners Tahir and Faf du Plessis and sive double century and David “It’s a really batsmen put racing to his third Test century Warner and Michael Hussey positive day for Australia (I innings) us under pres- off 93 balls. He reached his hun- unleashed whirlwind hun- the batting group D Warner c Smith b Morkel ...... 119 sure on a good dred with a six and a four off suc- dreds as Australia pummelled a but we’ve got a lot E Cowan c and b Kallis ...... 10 wicket and cessive Tahir deliveries. demoralised South Africa in the of work to do over R Quiney c Smith b Morkel ...... 0 created some But Warner perished on 119 second Test yesterday. the next four days R Ponting b Kallis ...... 4 momentum -- when he attempted to glide Morne Clarke backed up his unbeaten to have a crack at M Clarke (batting) ...... 224 some very fast Morkel through the slips, only to double century from last week’s winning this Test M Hussey b Steyn ...... 103 momentum,” edge to Graeme Smith at first slip. drawn Brisbane series-opener match, that’s for Extras (LB10, W1, NB11) ...... 22 said Proteas He had crashed four sixes and 16 with another overpowering sure.” Total (5 wkts, 86.5 overs) ...... 482 coach Gary boundaries, putting on 155 runs innings, becoming the first person South Africa Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-44, 3-55, 4-210, Kirsten. with Clarke in 24.2 overs. in the history of Test cricket to looked far from the 5-482 “Sometimes It was a rousing fightback by post four 200s in a calendar year. world’s best team To bat: Matthew Wade, Peter Siddle, Nathan in that situa- Australia after they lost three Warner and Hussey com- as their bowlers Lyon, James Pattinson, Ben Hilfenhaus. tion it’s very wickets in the morning session pounded the misery for the were hammered, Bowling: Steyn 17.1-1-62-1, Morkel 22-5- difficult to pull as South Africa suffered two Proteas with quickfire tons as after having the 128-2, Kallis 3.3-1-19-2, Kleinveldt 16.1-2- it back. injuries. Australia romped to 482 for five home side in trou- 70-0 (6nb, 1w), Tahir 21-0-159-0 (5nb), Du “I don’t think Ed Cowan was caught and on the opening day at Adelaide. ble at 55 for three Plessis 7-0-34-0 we bowled bowled for 10 off Kallis’s third It was just the fifth time in all in the morning South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Alviro well enough ball, an attempted yorker which Tests that Australia have scored session. Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de throughout the struck him on the boot and more than 400 runs in a day’s Warner wrested Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Faf du Plessis, day to really spooned up off the bat for a dolly play. back control with Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Rory put enough return catch. Unchallengeable Clarke has yet a belligerent 119 Kleinveldt pressure on the Rob Quiney, who kept his to be dismissed in this series and off 112 balls and batsmen at any place when Shane Watson failed has amassed 483 runs. He is also Clarke and Hussey carried on the time.” Clarke survived a referral to recover from a calf injury, this year’s highest-scoring Test run plunder. on 73 and made the Proteas pay went for an eight-ball duck when batsman with 1,265 runs at 140.55. It was a thoroughly miserable dearly with another command- Morkel enticed him to edge to At the close he was uncon- day for the Proteas with three ing knock. He is averaging over Smith at first slip. quered on 224. Hussey was bowled of their leading bowlers hav- 70 with the bat since he became Ricky Ponting’s woes continued by Dale Steyn in the final over for ing injury concerns -- Vernon captain last year. when he was bowled third ball for 103 after raising his 18th century Philander withdrawing before In one Morkel over the sublime just four, playing inside Kallis. with a six off dispirited legspinner the match with a back problem Clarke hit five boundaries to raise The former Test skipper Imran Tahir, who finished the day and Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn his 150 and earn a standing ova- was out for a five-ball duck in wicketless for 159 off 21 overs. leaving the ground during the day tion from the home crowd. Brisbane for his third duck in four “It’s always the plan when you with hamstring trouble. The home side had seized con- Test innings against the Proteas. get on top to stay on top. When Kallis will not bowl again in trol with a blistering 178 runs off He fared little better in Adelaide, Australia’s captain Michael Clarke (right) congratulates team-mate Mike you grab momentum you’ve got the match but will be able to bat, just 26 overs in the middle session. stumbling and losing his footing. Hussey on reaching his century during the second Test match against South to hang onto it for as long as the Australian Associated Press Warner was in a punishing AFP Africa at the Adelaide cricket ground, yesterday. Ashes 2013: Samuels, Bravo CA announces India look to maintain series itinerary lift West Indies SYDNEY: England will again momentum in Mumbai play four tour matches in addi- KHULNA, Bangladesh: innings total of 387. Samuels, a tion to the five Tests on the MUMBAI: Even if the ball “We are looking at a 2-2 com- to see a special innings from their Marlon Samuels hit a fighting star in West Indies’s World 2013-14 Ashes tour of Australia, “doesn’t spin from ball one”, bination. You don’t know exactly hometown hero Sachin Tendulkar, century to help the West Indies Twenty20 triumph in Sri Lanka Cricket Australia (CA) said India are expected to overcome whether you are bowling first or who has not breached the three- reach 241-2 at the close on the last month, drove spinner Shakib in announcing the dates of the the challenge from England in batting. Which means if the spin- digit figure since January 2011. second day of the second and Al Hasan towards cover for his series yesterday. the second Test, beginning at ners are bowling and there is not India: Mahendra Singh final Test against Bangladesh 11th boundary to complete his Cricket’s oldest and fierc- the Wankhede Stadium here much turn for them and the ball Dhoni (captain), Gautam yesterday. fifth Test hundred -- and his third est international rivalry will be today. is not stopping, it may be difficult Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, The 31-year-old Jamaican this year. renewed twice next year with India captain Mahendra Singh for them to restrict the batsmen,” Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, scored 109 not out and added By the end of play he had hit 13 Australia’s tour of England being Dhoni has courted a controversy he added. Yuvraj Singh, Cheteshwar 198 runs for the unfinished third boundaries and a six during his followed by the return visit Down by saying he wants to see the Umesh Yadav, who impressed Pujara, Ravichandran Ashwin, wicket stand with Darren Bravo 231-ball resistance-filled knock. Under to avoid the series running pitch turning from the word go on a slow flat wicket at Motera, Umesh Yadav, Pragyan Ojha, (85 not out) to help the tourists Bravo, who hit seven bounda- into the limited overs World Cup and even though his team won Ahmedabad, is doubtful for the Zaheer Khan, Ajinkya Rahane, recover from the early loss of the ries during his sedate 197-ball in 2015. the first Test by nine wickets, he match and Ashok Dinda has been Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, openers at Sheikh Abu Naser knock, helped Samuels set a new England won the Ashes in 2009 “would not like to see another kept as standby. Murali Vijay, Ashok Dinda. Stadium. record for third wicket against and retained them on their last surface” like the one used in Any other change in the side England: Alastair Cook (cap- The tourists, who lead the Bangladesh, beating the 179-run trip after a convincing 3-1 series Ahmedabad. from the one that played in the tain), James Anderson, Tim series 1-0 after winning the first stand between Brian Lara and triumph in Australia - their first Irrespective of the conditions, first game is unlikely. Bresnan, Nick Compton, Samit Test in Dhaka by 77 runs, are Ramnaresh Sarwan at Kingston in a quarter of a century. England in the second innings The focus will, however, be Patel, Kevin Pietersen, Matt now 146 behind Bangladesh’s first in 2004. AFP The Tests will again take place of the opening game have shown on devastating opener Virender Prior, Graeme Swann, Jonathan at the Gabba in Brisbane, Adelaide they are capable of adjusting to Sehwag, who is set to become the Trott, Stuart Broad, Joe Root, Oval, WACA in Perth, Melbourne alien surroundings through their ninth Indian to feature in 100 Jonny Bairstow, Graham Onions, Scoreboard Cricket Ground (MCG) and spirited effort. Tests. Eoin Morgan, Monty Panesar and Bangladesh (I innings) 6-185, 7-193, 8-193, 9-377, 10-387 Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The Mumbai track has tradi- The crowd will also be hoping Stuart Meaker. IANS Tamim Iqbal b Sammy ...... 32 Bowling: Edwards 18.1-2-90-6 (1nb), Best REUTERS tionally favoured the spinners, Nazimuddin c Powell b Edwards ...... 4 10-3-31-0, Sammy 23-4-74-3, Narine 19-0- though the curator has been Indian players with hundred or more Test matches Shahriar Nafees c Ramdin b Sammy ....26 91-0, Permaul 19-2-79-1, Samuels 2-0-15-0 Tour schedule tight-lipped on its nature. It Indian players who have played 100 or more Test matches would not have been a bad idea Naeem Islam b Edwards ...... 16 West Indies (I innings) Oct 31-Nov 2 Western Australia XI Perth Player Span Mat Runs HS Ave 100 Wkts Bowling Ave Shakib Al Hasan c Ramdin b Edwards ...17 C. Gayle c Rahim b Gazi ...... 25 to include Harbhajan Singh in SR Tendulkar 1989-2012 191 15546 248* 54.93 51 45 54.64 Nov 6-9 Australia A Hobart the side. Mushfiqur Rahim c Ramdin b Edwards .38 K. Powell c Shakib b Hossain ...... 13 R Dravid 1996-2012 163 13265 270 52.63 36 1 39.00 Nov 13-16 New South Wales XI Sydney But Dhoni on the eve of the Nasir Hossain c Edwards b Permaul .....52 D. Bravo (batting) ...... 85 VVS Laxman 1996-2012 134 8781 281 45.97 17 2 63.00 M Mahmudullah c and b Sammy ...... 76 M. Samuels (batting) ...... 109 Nov 21-25 First Test Brisbane match said they would go in with two spinners and two fast bowlers. A Kumble 1990-2008 132 2506 110* 17.77 1 619 29.65 Sohag Gazi lbw b Edwards ...... 0 Extras: (LB3, NB5, W1) ...... 9 Nov 29-30 Chairman’s XI Canberra “Harbhajan has to wait as N Kapil Dev 1978-1994 131 5248 163 31.05 8 434 29.64 Abul Hasan c Sammy b Edwards ...... 113 Total: (2 wkts; 82 overs) ...... 241 Dec 5-9 Second Test Adelaide Rubel Hossain not out ...... 5 Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-43 (Ravichandran) Ashwin and SM Gavaskar 1971-1987 125 10122 236* 51.12 34 1 206.00 Extras (B4, LB3, NB1) ...... 8 Bowling: Gazi 20-3-67-1, Hasan 14-0-56-0 Dec 13-17 Third Test Perth (Pragyan) Ojha are bowling DB Vengsarkar 1976-1992 116 6868 166 42.13 17 0 - Total (all out; 91.1 overs) ...... 387 (3nb, 1w), Hossain 14-5-31-1 (2nb), Islam 1-0- Dec 26-30 Fourth Test Melbourne well,” said Dhoni in his pre- SC Ganguly 1996-2008 113 7212 239 42.17 16 32 52.53 match media interaction with Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-64, 3-77, 4-93, 5-98, 3-0, Shakib 26-8-56-0, Mahmudullah 7-0-25-0 Jan 3-7 Fifth Test Sydney V Sehwag 2001-2012 99 8448 319 51.00 23 40 47.35 media persons. Dahash wins Challenge Cup at Al Rayyan race track

DOHA: Mohammed Al Sulaiti’s 4th race: Tameh (Mark Dahash continued his good form Lawson) 1, Zahi 2, Samhan 3, with a thrilling victory in the Shael De Faust 4. Won by: 1, 1 Challenge Cup at the Al Rayyan ¼, ½. Time: 1:20.78. Trained by: race track yesterday. Ibrahim al-Malki. Owned by: Results: Saeed Ibrahim Saeed al-Malki 1st race: Thunder Bullet 5th race: Roman Myst (Darren Williams) 1, Ashjan (Stephen Ladjadj) 1, Madhmoonah Adhba 2, Mushakasah 3, Ghaya 2, Elmazeer 3, Ghostwriting 4. 4. Won by: 1, Shd, Hd. Time: Won by: ½, 2 ½, 1 ¾. Time: 1:25.16. 1:46.75. Trained by: Abdulaziz al- Trained by: Ahmed Kobeissi. Qaithri. Owned by: Abdulaziz Ali Owned by: Mohammed Kazim Al al-Qaithri Ansari and Sons 2nd race: Marcus Augustus 6th race: Raqiyah (Pier (Stephen Ladjadj) 1, Al Rumaila Convertino) 1, Amour N’ Al 2, Onebytheknows 3, Amphora 4. Maury 2, Jelmud 3, Jusoor 4. Won Won by: 5, 1 ½, Shd. Time: 1:14.01. by: 1 ½, Shd, Shd. Time: 2:15.27. Trained by: Debbie Mountain. Trained by: Alban de Mieulle. Owned by: Mohammed Hassan Owned by: Umm Qarn Abdulmalik 7th race: Dahash (Marco 3rd race: Halik (Pier Monteriso) 1, Al Mujahaz 2, Nasir Convertino) 1, Majd Al Shajaa 2, Al Naif 3, Al Adaid 4. Won by: Safonic Sound 3, Inside 4. Won by: Nk, 10, 7. Time: 1:32.17. Trained 1, ½, Nk. Time: 1:26.81. Trained by: Mohammed al-Sulaiti. Owned by: Alban de Mieulle. Owned by: by: Essa Mohammed al-Sulaiti The podium winners at the Challenge Cup pose for a group picture at the Al Rayyan race track, yesterday. Mohammed Al Sulaiti’s Dahash continued his Umm Qarn THE PENINSULA good form with a thrilling victory in the Challenge Cup. RIGHT: Action from one of the race. PICTURES BY: JUHAIM FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Football Fixtures (All times in GMT) English Premier League Real, PSG qualify Tomorrow Sunderland vs West Bromwich Albion (1245) Everton vs Norwich City (1500) Man United vs Queens Park Rangers (1500) Stoke City vs Fulham (1500) as City crash out Wigan Athletic vs Reading (1500) Aston Villa vs Arsenal (1730) Sunday Swansea City vs Liverpool (1330) Arsenal beat Montpellier to reach last 16 Southampton vs Newcastle United (1500) Chelsea vs Manchester City (1600) BERNE: Real Madrid and a match to spare as the competi- Madrid, who suffered the set- Tottenham Hotspur vs AC Milan led a procession of tion continued on its predictable back of a defeat at Dortmund on West Ham United (1600) six teams into the Champions course. the way, went through with a 1-1 League last 16 on Wednesday It was the 13th consecutive draw at City who were eliminated Scottish Premier League night while big-spending occasion that Arsenal manager at the group stage for the second Tomorrow Manchester City failed again Arsene Wenger has led his side time in a row. Motherwell vs Hearts (1245) on the European stage to fur- into the last 16. Karim Benzema gave Jose Celtic vs Inverness ther dent English football’s Seven other sides - Malaga, Mourinho’s team the lead as they Caledonian Thistle (1500) standing. Barcelona, Porto, Manchester dominated the early stages and Hibernian vs Aberdeen (1500) Milan qualified with a 3-1 win United, Valencia, Bayern Munich Sergio Aguero’s 74th minute pen- at Anderlecht, their goals includ- and Shakhtar Donetsk - are alty was too late to save the hosts Kilmarnock vs St. Johnstone (1500) ing a spectacular overhead kick already through, turning the final in Group D, even after Alvaro Ross County vs Dundee United (1500) by Philippe Mexes which was round of matches on December Arbeloa was sent off. St Mirren vs Dundee (1500) a near carbon copy of Zlatan 4/5 into a damp squib with only City manager Roberto Mancini Ligue 1 Ibrahimovic’s extraordinary effort three places up for grabs. said that winning the Champions Today for Sweden against England last The group stage, where half League was not something that week. the 32 teams progress, is often could be achieved overnight. St Etienne vs Valenciennes (1945) Paris St Germain, Arsenal criticised as being a foregone con- Bundesliga champions Tomorrow and Bundesliga pair Borussia clusion for the top sides and this Dortmund gave the evening’s Paris St Germain vs ES Troyes AC (1600) Dortmund and Schalke 04 were season’s contest has gone pretty most impressive display as they AS Nancy vs Ajaccio (1900) the other teams to qualify with much to form. trounced four-times European Sochaux vs Nice (1900) None of the 13 qualifiers can champions Ajax Amsterdam 4-1 Champions League be described as a major surprise away in the same group despite Stade Rennes vs Evian Thonon Gaillard FC although Shakhtar’s progress in a allowing their opponents much of (1900) results group containing holders Chelsea the possession. Milan’s Philippe Mexes (centre) celebrates with team-mates after scoring Bastia vs FC Lorient (1900) Collated European Champions League and Juventus may have raised Mario Goetze scored one goal a goal during the UEFA Champions League Group C match against RSC Stade de Reims vs Stade Brest (1900) Anderlecht, at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, in Brussels, Belgium, results on Wednesday night: some eyebrows. and was involved in two oth- Sunday Chelsea, who sacked Roberto ers scored by Marco Reus and on Wednesday night. Group A Montpellier HSC vs Girondins Bordeaux Di Matteo on Wednesday and Roberto Lewandowski as Juergen At Porto (1300) replaced him temporarily with Klopp’s ruthlessly efficient side group stage for the third season qualified from the group, guar- FC Porto 3 Dinamo Zagreb 0 Rafa Benitez, lost 3-0 at Juve on raced to a 3-0 halftime lead in in a row. anteed top spot with a 2-2 draw at Toulouse vs Olympique Lyon (1600) At Kiev Tuesday to stand on the brink of Amsterdam. Seven-time champions AC Zenit St Petersburg, joining Porto Olympique Marseille vs Lille (2000) Dynamo Kiev 0 Paris Saint Germain 2 following Premier League cham- Lewandowski added the Milan put their Serie A prob- who were already though. La Liga Group B pions City through the trap- fourth before Daniel Hoesen lems behind them as Stephan El Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Today door as English riches prove not pulled one back as once mighty Shaarawy, Mexes and Alexandre Montpellier and Schalke’s 1-0 At London Real Sociedad vs Osasuna (2030) Arsenal 2 Montpellier 0 enough to dominate Europe this Ajax, no longer able to compete Pato scored in the second half at defeat of Olympiakos Piraeus time. with the financial clout of clubs Anderlecht in Group C. meant both sides progressed from Tomorrow At Gelsenkirchen, Germany Nine-time champions Real from bigger leagues, fell at the Malaga, who had already Group B. AFP Rayo Vallecano vs Real Mallorca (1500) Schalke 04 1 Olympiakos 0 Real Valladolid vs Granada CF (1700) Group C Malaga vs Valencia (1900) At Saint Petersburg FIFA turn down Real Betis vs Real Madrid (2100) Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 2 Malaga (ESP) 2 New coach Benitez focused on Sunday At Brussels Drogba loan Anderlecht 1 AC Milan 3 Espanyol vs Getafe (1100) Group D request short-term role at Chelsea Athletic Bilbao vs Deportivo Coruna (1600) At Manchester Atletico Madrid vs Sevilla (1800) Manchester City 1 Real Madrid 1 PARIS: FIFA have turned LONDON: Rafael Benitez “I will fight from day one, and Levante vs Barcelona (2000) At Amsterdam down a request from Ivorian said he was focused on the job we will see what happens.” Monday Ajax 1 Dortmund 4 striker Didier Drogba to be in hand, rather than worrying Guardiola’s appeal to Real Zaragoza vs Celta Vigo (2000) Played Tuesday allowed to leave Chinese club about being a stop-gap appoint- Abramovich is said to stem from Serie A Shanghai Shenhua on loan to ment, after being presented the passing philosophy he helped Group E Tomorrow a European club ahead of the to the media as Chelsea’s new instil at Barcelona, but Benitez At Copenhagen transfer window. interim manager yesterday. rejected suggestions he will be Palermo vs Catania (1945) Nordsjaelland (DEN) 2 Sh Donetsk (UKR) 5 Drogba, who has been linked The former Liverpool coach, judged on the quality of football Sunday At Turin, Italy with a short-term move back to 52, is under contract until the that Chelsea produce. Atalanta Bergamo vs Genoa (1400) Juventus (ITA) 3 Chelsea (ENG) 0 former club Chelsea before the end of the current season and “I’m not sure what he Chievo Verona vs Siena (1400) start of the Chinese league in a replaces Roberto Di Matteo, who (Abramovich) is looking for in Group F Pescara vs AS Roma (1400) At Borisov, Belarus bid to build fitness for the African was sacked on Wednesday after terms of Barcelona-style passing Nations Cup in January, had put Chelsea lost 3-0 at Juventus in the and playing good football,” said Sampdoria vs Bologna (1400) BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 Lille (FRA) 2 in a request to the world govern- Champions League. Chelsea’s new interim coach Rafael Benitez, who admitted he was yet Torino vs Fiorentina (1400) At Valencia, Spain ing body. Chelsea owner Roman Benitez speaks during a press to meet the club’s owner. AC Milan vs Juventus (1945) Valencia (ESP) 1 Bayern Munich (GER) 1 conference of the English Premier FIFA said in a statement: Abramovich, who has fired seven “My thinking is that he’ll be Monday Group G “We can confirm that the player managers during his nine-year League club in London, Britain, happy with the team winning and Cagliari vs Napoli (1800) At Moscow Didier Drogba submitted a tenure, has reportedly made yesterday. playing well. I don’t think there’s Parma vs Inter Milan (2000) Spartak Moscow (RUS) 0 Barcelona (ESP) 3 request for authorisation to be repeated overtures to former only one way to play -- whether Bundesliga At Lisbon registered outside an open reg- Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, future, you never know. We have it’s a passing game, or looking for istration period for a club on a but Benitez said the speculation a massive game at the weekend a long pass.” Today Benfica (POR) 2 Celtic (SCO) 1 loan basis. would not distract him. (against Manchester City) and Benitez is expected to help Fortuna Duesseldorf vs Hamburg SV (1930) Group H “FIFA has informed him about “I have a very good relationship five trophies to fight for. Fernando Torres rediscover his Tomorrow At Istanbul the relevant regulations... that with Guardiola. He’s a great man- “When you analyse why you best form, having overseen the Galatasaray (TUR) 1 Man United (ENG) 0 players may only be registered ager,” said Benitez, who had been want to go to a top side, it’s to Spaniard’s development into one Bayern Munich vs Hanover 96 (1430) At Cluj, Romania during one of the two annual out of work since leaving Inter win trophies. For one and a half of the game’s most feared and Mainz vs Borussia Dortmund (1430) Cluj (ROM) 3 Braga (POR) 1 registration periods fixed by the Milan in December 2010. years, two years, I was waiting for prolific strikers during their time Greuther Fuerth vs Nuremberg (1430) relevant association.” AFP “What will happen in the the right opportunity. together at Liverpool. AFP Schalke 04 vs Eintracht Frankfurt (1430) VfL Wolfsburg vs Werder Bremen (1430) Sunday Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart (1430) QSL: Al Sadd look to extend unbeaten run FC Augsburg vs Borussia Moenchengladbach (1630) DOHA: Table toppers Al Hoffenheim vs Bayer Leverkusen (1630) Sadd will look to extend their unbeaten run in the Qatar Stars Dutch championship League when they face ninth- Today placed Al Khor, in the eighth NAC Breda vs ADO Den Haag (1900) week, at the Jassim bin Hamad Tomorrow Stadium today. NEC Nijmegen vs Utrecht (1745) The Khor boys would hope for a miracle to happen in the match RKC Waalwijk vs Groningen (1845) starting at 4pm against the league VVV-Venlo vs Heerenveen (1845) leaders who are in such dazzling Willem II Tilburg vs Heracles Almelo (1945) form this season that they have Sunday increased their lead to eight Roda JC Kerkrade vs points from second-placed Al Ajax Amsterdam (1130) Rayyan who have 13 from seven games, the same as Lekhwiya. AZ Alkmaar vs Feyenoord (1330) Al Sadd have hammered 22 PSV Eindhoven vs Vitesse Arnhem (1330) goals and conceded seven from Twente Enschede vs PEC Zwolle (1530) seven consecutive victories to race ahead with 21 points. Qatar Stars League fixtures Al Rayyan have won four and lost two matches and drawn one, Today's matches the same as Lekhwiya, who have El Jaish vs Al Wakrah, 4:00pm scored 10 goals and conceded Qatar SC Stadium seven. Both teams have the same Al Sadd vs Al Khor, 4.00pm, Al Sadd goal difference of three each. Stadium Rayyan have scored 14 goals and conceded 11. Al Rayyan vs Al Gharafa, 6:30pm Fourth-placed Eljaish (12 Al Rayyan Stadium points) will face Al Wakrah on Tomorrow Friday at 4pm at the Suhaim bin Al Sailiya vs Qatar SC, 4:00pm Hamad Stadium and the third Al Rayyan Stadium match of the day will be con- Al Kharaitiyat vs Lekhwiya, 4:00pm tested between Al Rayyan and Al Eljaish coach Razvan Lucescu (right) and Al Wakra coach Mohammad Bazadarevic are seeen chatting, on the eve of their Qatar Stars League (QSL) Al Khor Stadium Gharafa at 6.30pm at the Ahmed match, at the QSL headquarters at West Bay, yesterday. TOP RIGHT: Al Rayyan coach Diego Aguirre. BOTTOM RIGHT: Al Khor Coach Lazio Boloni. bin Ali Stadium. QNA PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT Umm Salal vs Al Arabi, 6:30pm Al Arabi Stadium FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

PETRONAS ARRC Round 6 Schedule TODAY 3.30pm - 4.10pm Underbone 115CC Free Practice three (40 min) Malaysia’s Azlan sets 4.20pm - 5.00pm SuperSports 600CC Free Practice three (40 min) 5.10pm - 5.50pm Asia Dream Cup Free Practice two (40 min) 6.00pm - 6.30pm Pillion Ride 7.10pm - 7.50pm Underbone 115CC Qualifying Practice (40 min) 8.00pm - 8.40pm SuperSports 600CC Qualifying Practice (40 min) 8.50pm - 9.30pm Asia Dream Cup Qualifying Practice (40 min) early pace at Losail TOMORROW 1.30pm - 1.45pm Asia Dream Cup Warm-Up (15 min) 1.55pm - 2.10pm Underbone 115CC Warm-Up (15 min) Fujiwara records third fastest time in SuperSports 600cc 2.20pm - 2.35 SuperSports 600CC Warm-Up (15 min)

DOHA: MUSASHi Boon 2.45pm - 2.50pm Pit lane open/close Asia Dream Cup Race 1 Siew Honda rider Azlan Shah 2.50pm - 3.00pm Grid Kamaruzaman was the fast- 3.05pm Asia Dream Cup Race 1 (7 laps) est in the SuperSports 600cc practice session with a time 3.45pm - 3.50pm Pit lane open/close Underbone 115CC Race 1 of 2mins, 07.633secs at the 3.50pm - 4.00pm Grid 2012 PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship at Losail 16.05pm Underbone 115CC Race 1 (7 laps) International Circuit, yesterday. The Malaysian rider was the 4.45pm - 4.50pm Pit lane open/close Supersport 600CC Race 1 first rider to come to grips with 4.50pm - 5.00pm Grid the new tyre ruling that came 5.05pm SuperSports 600CC Race 1 (15 laps) into place. Azlan said: “I like the new compound because it allows me 5.50pm - 6.20pm Pillion Ride to brake deeper into the corners Ryuichi Kiyonari takes a bend during the practice sessions in the SuperSports 600cc category in the final and hold the brakes while in the round of the 2012 PETRONAS Asia Road Racing Championship (ARRC) at Losail International Circuit in Doha, 6.30pm - 6.35 Pit lane open/close Asia Dream Cup Race 2 corner. I really like this new chal- yesterday. RIGHT: Qatar’s Nasser Al Malki in action. Al Malki recorded the 11th fastest time. Qualifying practice 6.35pm - 6.45pm Grid lenge so far.” sessions take place today. 6.50pm Asia Dream Cup Race 2 (7 laps) PETRONAS Hong Leong Yamaha Malaysia’s Zamri Baba was second fastest. give a sure answer just yet. It slipstream and to add to that, the Results: 1. Azlan Shah 7.30pm - 7.35pm Pit lane open/close Asia Dream Cup Race 2 The teams and riders were tak- is a bit difficult for me to com- track surface is very sandy this Kamaruzaman (MAS) 2:07.633s; 7.35pm - 7.45pm Grid ing a systematic approach on the pare because by the time we put year,” said defending champion 2. Mohd Zamri Baba (MAS), 7.50pm Underbone 115CC Race 2 (7 laps) new ruling that now allows them the new tyre in, the rear was Kasuaski Fujiwara who was third 2:07.743s; 3. Katsuaki Fujiwara to choose between two different already worn out. I think it may fastest with 2mins, 08.162secs. (JPN), 2:08.162s; 4. M. Fadli 8.30pm - 8.35pm Pit lane open/close Supersport 600CC Race 2 types of compounds. be difficult this year for every- Qatar’s Nasser Al Malki was Immammudin (INA), 2:08.282s; 8.35pm - 8.45pm Grid “The new soft compound front one to break the 2011 lap record. 11th fastest. 5. Yuki Ito (JPN), 2:08.392s. was good but at this point, I can’t That time was set while in the SuperSports 600cc Practice THE PENINSULA 8.50pm SuperSports 600CC Race 2 (15 laps) Hamilton will Vettel hits be missed, I have nothing to lose: Alonso back at top SAO PAULO: Fernando Alonso says McLaren insists he has nothing to lose in this weekend’s Brazilian Grand car critics Prix title showdown in which he director Lowe seeks to wreck defending cham- SAO PAULO: World champion pion Sebastian Vettel’s bid for a Sebastian Vettel hit back at SAO PAULO: Former world third title and take the crown his critics yesterday saying he champion Lewis Hamilton will himself for a third time. felt it was unfair for people to be missed at McLaren next The 31-year-old Spaniard trails claim he had gained his success season, according to the team’s the 25-year-old German Red Bull because of the dominant speed technical director Paddy Lowe. driver by 13 points ahead of the of his Red Bull car. Speaking on the eve of this Interlagos race, but he remains Speaking to reporters on the weekend’s Brazilian Grand hopeful that he can deliver an eve of this weekend’s title show- Prix title showdown, Lowe said unexpected triumph. down Brazilian Grand Prix at Hamilton’s speed, spectacular “It would be good to be on the Interlagos, where he is seeking to racing and presence in the team podium to score a minimum of 15 become Formula One’s youngest will be sorely felt when he joins points and when we cross the line triple champion, he said he had the Mercedes team for the 2013 we will see where Seb is and we proved his talent throughout his season. will try and do the numbers after career. Hamilton of Great Britain will that,” said the Ferrari driver. Asked if he felt his reputa- be making his final appearance in “The first priority is to be on tion would be higher if he did not McLaren colours before his trans- the podium, which gives us a have such an often-dominant car, fer in this weekend’s race which possibility to score more than 13 he said he had done his time in he has said he badly wants to points and then we need to wait ‘smaller’ teams and added that no win as a farewell gift to the team for the result from Red Bull. champions achieved their results where he grew up and entered “It is not in our hands, we have in midfield machinery. Formula One. not much to lose -- the only pos- “I think if you look back I don’t “Of course, we are going to miss sibility is to win something. If he know how far, as far as I can look Lewis a great deal,” said Lowe. wins, fine. We try again next year. back, there were never people “He is a fantastic driver and a “There is always pressure but FROM LEFT: Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastien Vettel, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and really, really successful in a really fantastic guy and we have been we have less than other occasions Bruno Senna pose after a press conference at the Interlagos Circuit in Sao Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. The bad car,” said the German. through lot of history together. and less than leading the champi- Brazilian Grand Prix will take place on Sunday. “It is a natural thing to happen: “Personally I have worked with onship. We have nothing to lose. one day you have a strong driver him since 2007, but that’s been six “We are arriving in second in a strong team so you end up years of fantastic racing and great position and have been qualify- those positions should be normal “We were never dominant, track. Alonso backed that deci- with a strong combination and successes -- and some tough times ing seventh in the last few grands but hopefully we can do a better but even with problems we were sion which allowed him to jump that is difficult to beat. as well. He is the most fantastic prix so to recover 13 points is job.” fighting two times, so I am sure in from seventh to fourth by the first “It’s natural to be in a weaker driver. We will all miss him. quite difficult. If something nor- Alonso, fighting Vettel to next four or five years there will corner. car. We have all been in that sit- “We wish him the best for the mal happens we finish second. become the youngest triple cham- be other opportunities.” “I am proud of my team for the uation. Michael (Schumacher) future and we will look forward “If something special happens pion in history, is convinced he He added that he was proud strategy decision to start on the started in a Jordan, which was after Brazil to next year. Things then we win. It is not in our hands will have more chances to fight of his Ferrari team’s decision clean side with both cars,” said not competitive, but had some change in the world, that’s how really so the pressure is much for the title. to incur a deliberate penalty for Alonso. “It worked quite well and highlights, Fernando started in a life is but we look forward to a less.” “I hope so. I am 31 and I still team-mate Felipe Massa during perhaps because it worked well Minardi and set some highlights. great season next year when The Ferrari driver conceded his feel I will have some more pos- the United States Grand Prix. maybe that is why (rivals) are not “I started at BMW replacing Sergio (Perez) arrives and there’s car is unlikely to be closer to the sibilities. I am at Ferrari for the The Italian squad decided to happy. Robert Kubica for one race, which great promise there,” he added Red Bulls in Brazil than he was next four to five years minimum, break a seal in the gearbox of “I am proud of my team because was a great chance, and then yesterday. in America last weekend. so that always gives you the pos- Massa’s car at Austin in order for they told the truth. Not every afterwards got the seat in Toro Mexican Perez of Sauber has “There is no magic that you sibility to fight for championships. the Brazilian to get a five-place team has told the truth when they Rosso, which at the time was not failed to score a single point for can put in the car in five days. “In three years at Ferrari, twice grid penalty that moved Alonso have made strategic decisions,” he a competitive car, but we did a his Swiss team since agreeing to We were seventh in Abu Dhabi I have arrived in the last race up to seventh and, more impor- added yesterday, ahead of the final good job and even won a race,” he leave for McLaren. AFP (qualifying), ninth in Austin, so fighting for the championship. tantly, to the clean side of the practice sessions. AFP said yesterday. AFP ‘Macho’ Camacho brain dead after shooting incident

SAN JUAN: Former three- 50-year-old Camacho was shot like Oscar De La Hoya, Julio time world boxing champion while in a car in San Juan by Cesar Chavez, Sugar Ray Hector “Macho” Camacho is people in another vehicle out- Leonard, Felix Trinidad, Ray Former Puerto brain dead after being shot in side a liquor store. Mancini and Greg Haugen. Rican welterweight the neck in Puerto Rico, his Comacho’s driver, Alberto Earlier this year, US police boxing champion doctor said yesterday. Mojica Moreno, 49, was killed charged Camacho with child Hector “Macho” Doctors were still performing in the shooting. abuse for allegedly slamming tests before meeting with his It was unclear if they were his son into a floor at his ex- Camacho poses family, said Ernesto Torres, the targeted or simply caught in a wife’s home in Florida. He was for photographers director of the Centro Medico random act of violence. accused of hitting and stomp- during the filming hospital in Rio Piedras, Puerto Torres had said earlier the ing on his son, police documents of the Upfront pro- Rico where Camacho was taken bullet “damaged three arteries say. gram of Univision after Tuesday’s shooting. that run through the neck and The incident took place on TV in Guaynabo, “Clinically, Hector ‘Macho’ as a result blood is not flowing March 22, 2011, allegedly over October 14, 2010. Camacho is brain dead,” the well” to Camacho’s brain. money Camacho apparently Camacho is brain doctor said, adding that it will Camacho, originally from believed was missing at his dead after being be up to the family to decide Puerto Rico, was one of the ex-wife’s home, the documents shot in the neck whether to disconnect the most colorful boxers of the show. in Puerto Rico, respirator keeping the boxer 1980s. In recent years, he has made his doctor said alive, he added at the press He has a career record of appearances on two reality tel- yesterday. conference. 79-6-3 with 38 knockouts, and evision programs: “Mira Quien The announcement came over his career he took on all Baila” (“Look Who is Dancing”) around 30 hours after comers, including big names and “Es Macho Time. AFP FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2012 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 CINEMA LISTINGS TV LISTINGS

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