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FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 • 29 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6641 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC backs political solution to Syria crisis Emir takes part in Summit closing session; declaration reiterates GCC support for Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup

DOHA: The 36th session of the GCC Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his facilitate, speed up and simplify customs Supreme Council concluded in Riyadh chairmanship of the 35th session of the points between the GCC countries as a yesterday with the member states Supreme Council and the significant prelude to cancellation proceedings, and declaring their strong support towards steps and achievements. It reiterated its the completion of preferential treatment the restoration of legitimacy in Yemen, support for Qatar in hosting the 2022 for GCC nationals and their families in political solution to the Syrian crisis and World Cup and backing of anything all intra-ports without exception. the fight against terrorism. that would lead to its success, wishing The Council decided to complete steps The Council also agreed on a several Qatar and its people more progress and of implementation of the common mar- joint initiatives to strengthen cooperation prosperity. ket, and to make things easy, it has been among the GCC states. The Council rejected of all forms of agreed on the formation of the judicial Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad terrorism and extremism whatever the authority which has become a pressing Al Thani took part in the closing session, reasons and justifications are and no issue where the GCC leaders are keen on chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy matter the source is. It also reiterated its finishing that up by next year. Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al stance regarding the draining of funding The Council reviewed the recommen- Saud of Saudi Arabia at Al Dir’aiyah Pal- sources for terrorism, its commitment dations and reports of the Ministerial ace in Riyadh. to the fight against deviant thought on Council, the competent ministerial com- At the outset of the session, GCC which terrorist groups are based and fed, mittees and the Secretariat General and Secretary-General Dr Abdullatif bin stressing that tolerance and coexistence approved the following: Unified system Rashid Al Zayani read out the Riyadh between nations and peoples are among (law) for consumer protection in the GCC declaration. the bases of GCC states’ domestic and as mandatory law; Unified rules for acqui- The declaration, carried by Saudi state foreign policies. sitions in the GCC financial markets; news agency SPA, called for holding an The Council condemned the terrorist Executive Regulations for the equality international conference for the recon- attacks that took place by ISIS in the of the citizens of the GCC countries to struction of Yemen after the Yemeni par- US, Tunisia, Egypt, Mali, Beirut, Bagh- benefit from health services in govern- ties reach the sought political solution Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani taking part in the 36th meeting of the GCC dad and others, stressing the GCC’s com- ment clinics and hospitals affiliated to and develop a practical programme for Supreme Council’s closing session at Al Dir’aiyah Palace in Riyadh yesterday. mitment to fight all sorts of terrorism in the ministries of health in each country; the rehabilitation of the Yemeni economy all its manifestations. Strategic inventory procedures manual to facilitate its integration with the Gulf of Syrian opposition conference held in results of Vienna conference of the con- The meeting agreed to complete the of drugs, vaccines and medical supplies economy, Qatar News Agency reported Riyadh on December 8 to 10, 2015 ensur- cerned parties. remaining requirements of the Cus- in cases of emergency. yesterday. ing the unity of Syrian territories and The Council expressed deep appre- toms Union set forth in Article I of the Continued on page 3 The Council expressed its support for independence, in accordance with the ciation and gratitude for the genuine economic agreement between the GCC a political solution in Syria and outcomes principles of Geneva (1), welcoming the and sincere efforts of Emir H H Sheikh countries including decisive actions to THE PENINSULA

PM opens Floating Platforms Project Yemen loyalists Tunisian Nobel laureates call for fight seize strategic against terrorism, Palestine solution Red Sea island OSLO: A Tunisian pro-democ- The quartet of the Tunisian from Houthis racy group accepted the Nobel General Labour Union, the Tuni- Peace Prize yesterday and set the sian Confederation of Industry, RIYADH: Yemeni loyalists, fight against terrorism and help- Trade and Handicrafts, the Tuni- supported by Gulf air and naval ing Palestinians to achieve self- sian Human Rights League and the forces, have captured a strategic determination as global priorities. Tunisian Order of Lawyers was Red Sea island, the Saudi-led coa- The National Dialogue Quar- formed in the summer of 2013. It lition announced yesterday. tet, which won the Peace Prize won the award for the role it played Greater Hanish island was for helping build democracy in in the peaceful transition of power “cleansed in a well-executed oper- the birthplace of the Arab Spring, in Tunisia in a region struggling ation conducted by members of accepted the award at a ceremony with violence and upheaval. the Popular Resistance supported in Oslo held under tight security. With a new constitution, free by the joint coalition forces,” said “Today we are most in need of elections and a compromise From left: Houcine Abassi, Mohamed a statement on the official Saudi making the fight against terror- arrangement between Islamist Fadhel Mahfoudh, Abdessattar Ben Press Agency. ism an absolute priority, which and secular leaders, Tunisia has Moussa and Wided Bouchamaoui The Popular Resistance is an means perseverance on coordi- been held up as a model of how to pose with the Nobel Peace Prize umbrella of Yemeni fighters who nation and cooperation between make the transition to a democ- during a ceremony in Oslo yesterday. have been battling Houthis and all nations to drain its resources,” racy from dictatorship, said Kaci are supported by coalition troops, Hussein Abassi, head of the Tuni- Kullman Five, head of the Norwe- can nation over his shoulders. air and naval forces. sian General Labour Union, one of gian Nobel Committee. “This prize is a powerful message Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Greater Hanish is part of an the quartet honoured, said. Last year Tunisia held suc- against all types of extremism and bin Khalifa Al Thani opened the Floating Platforms Project (Yamal I and archipelago that commands “We need to accelerate the cessful legislative and presiden- terrorism. It is a message that we Yamal II) at Ras Laffan Industrial City yesterday. The Prime Minister access to the Bab Al Mandab elimination of hot spots all over tial elections. “I came here to can all live together,” he said. toured the project during which he was briefed about the capacity of the Strait between the Red Sea and the world, particularly the resolu- share this extraordinary moment In Sweden, the Nobel Prize port and its contribution to increasing the local storage of raw materials. the Gulf of Aden, through which tion of the Palestinian issue and with the whole of Tunisia. I am winners in literature, chemistry, much of the world’s maritime enable the Palestinian people the so proud,” said Haddad Fayssal, physics, medicine and econom- traffic passes. right to self-determination on a 39-year-old Tunisian engineer ics received their prizes from the It had been held by around 400 their land and build their inde- from Paris, draped with the red- King of Sweden. renegade troops loyal to former pendent state,” he said. and-white flag of the North Afri- REUTERS Stakes rise with one day president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who stepped down in 2012 before allying with the Houthis, military left in UN climate talks sources said. QSL: Al Rayyan vs Al Sadd Saudi Arabia’s official Ekhbar- Syria oppn says LE BOURGET: Weary minis- French Foreign Minister and iya television broadcast images ters tasked with rescuing man- conference host Laurent Fabius from the island of a damaged ready for talks but kind from catastrophic climate said he planned to produce a mosque and soldiers finding arms change struggled yesterday to new text, based on the overnight and ammunition. There were also Assad must go overcome a rich-poor divide, with talks, and that it was still pos- images of warships and of heli- little more than 24 hours left to sible to forge the historic accord copters hovering over the island. RIYADH: Syria’s main opposi- reach a deal. by today’s scheduled close. “The operation comes simul- tion groups agreed at unprec- The UN talks in Paris struggled “I hope, I hope that tomorrow taneously with ongoing opera- edented talks here yesterday to after 11 days’ wrangling to agree on we will have finished,” Fabius said. tions by the Popular Resistance negotiate with President Bashar key pillars of a post-2020 climate The Paris accord would rally in the (northern) provinces of Al Assad’s regime but insisted he pact, aimed at sparing future gen- 195 nations in a quest to roll back Hajja and Jawf to liberate them”, step down at the start of a politi- erations from worsening drought, emissions of fossil fuels, which the coalition said. The rebels cal transition. flood, storms and rising seas. warm Earth’s surface and affect seized the Yemeni capital last “The participants are ready to As all-night talks failed to over- its delicate climate system, and year before advancing on other negotiate with representatives come faultlines that have endured channel billions of dollars in aid parts of the country. of the Syrian regime... within a for more than two decades, French to vulnerable countries. Loyalists have since retaken five specific timeframe that would be President Francois Hollande But vast interests are at stake, southern provinces and are trying agreed on with the United Nations,” stepped in yesterday, seeking to and the goal has long been trou- to recapture the strategic Taez participants said in a statement. inject a sense of urgency. bled by disputes. In a sign of the province which extends to Bab But the opposition groups insisted “It is important in this last difficulty and complexity of the Al Mandab, in an offensive they that “Bashar Al Assad and his phase that we remind the negotia- Paris talks, carefully-crafted launched last month. The United aides quit power with the start of tors why they are here,” Hollande timetables yesterday began to slip, Nations says more than 5,700 peo- Qatari Al Sadd club’s Xavi Hernandez vies with Al Rayyan’s Rodrigo the transition period” set out last said. “They are not there simply with the schedule set for deliver- ple have been killed, about half of Tabata (right) during their Qatar Stars League football match in Doha month in Vienna by world powers. in the name of their countries... ing the final negotiating draft them civilians, since fighting inten- See also page 5 yesterday. See also page 24 they are there to sort out the delayed by four hours. sified in March. issue of the future of the planet.” AFP AFP AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Darb El-Saii tent offers free check-ups SCH facility to continue until Dec 20 By Sanaullah Ataullah applies to adult men and women, said Yahya Salim Juma, a Staff DOHA: Some 100 people visit on Nurse at SCH. daily basis to the health tent set up “We received some 100 people by the Supreme Council of Health per day in first two days. Some (SCH) at Darb El-Saii offering 43 people in the morning and 56 Visitors at the SCH tent at Darb El-Saii. free medical check-ups. in the evening on Tuesday and 34 The tent opened on Tuesday people in the morning and 65 peo- more than three minutes so there to Hamad Medical City if the con- to celebrate Qatar’s National Day ple in the evening on Wednesday,” is no rush at the tent,” said Juma. dition is required to do so. So far that falls on December 18. said Juma. More people are coming Visitors are not required any spe- only one case is being considered The tent is working on two in the evening compare to those cific document to avail the serv- for referral after conducting the shifts from 8am to 12noon and visiting in the morning so we have ice. We ask only their full names, tests. We asked a visitor who came from 4pm to 10pm. It will conclude mobilised the staff accordingly. health cards or ID cards and their today to revisit tomorrow. He is on December 20. Only four staffs are working in the mobile number for our records and suffering from chronic blood pres- “We offer medical check-ups morning, however, in the evening to send the result of blood tests. sure. If his case is not improving Wafa Shebil, supervisor at the SCH Food Safety Unit. like blood pressure and blood sugar there are nine staffs. “We are People underwent medical tests we will refer him to the hospital and calculate body mass index expecting more people at week- are being provided results if there tomorrow,” Said Juma. (BMI)”. BMI is a measure of body end so the staffs will be increased is any problem. Powerful microscope to fat based on height and weight that if needed. The tests did not take “We are also referring the cases THE PENINSULA detect contaminated food

DOHA: The Supreme Council of any cut or injuries and cover it Health (SCH) has equipped its with a plastic wrapper. If they 1,400 students benefit from road safety coaching food monitoring unit laboratory did not do so they will be caught with a powerful microscope that because unhealed wound produce even can detect the fungal (bac- an specific type of fungal that DOHA: A total of 1,400 students Ministry of Interior launched in teria) and unhygienic remains in could be detected through micro- in Qatar have benefited from one- 2013 to make our roads safer. We unwashed hands of food handlers scope. The fungal transferred to to-one coaching on road safety at congratulate everyone involved in at eateries, cafeteria and food the foods they are preparing if it their school this year as part of the programme to date, particu- processing units. was not cared properly. ‘Students for Road Safety’ — a larly Maersk Oil Qatar for its long The microscope has been show- The microscope also can programme initiated by Maersk term commitment to meaningful cased at laboratory unit inside the detect several types of fungal Oil Qatar and the Traffic Depart- schemes like Students for Road tent of SCH set up at Darb El-Saii and unhygienic remain on food- ment at the Ministry of Interior. Safety.” to mark National Day. stuffs (cooked meals, fruits and The programme aimed to raise The Students for Road Safety “The microscope is very power- vegetables) that could not be seen awareness and change hazardous programme is an integral part of ful and it can detect contaminated by naked eyes, said Shebil. Fun- behaviours on roads. the Darb Al Saai National Day foods caused by food handlers who gal and bacteria that could be Students for Road Safety tar- celebrations. Sheikh Faisal bin if not properly washed their hands detected by microscope installed gets students aged 12 to 18 with a Fahad Al Thani, Deputy Manag- after using toilets for example,” at the laboratory of SCH are sta- mix of interactive presentations ing Director of Maersk Oil Qatar, said Wafa Shebil, the Supervisor phylococcus, salmonella, penicil- and coaching by advanced train- said: “Students for Road Safety is of Food Safety Unit at SCH. lium and bacillus E.coli. ers in an immersive driving simu- a fantastic, grassroots example of Food handlers are also required lator, designed to imitate Qatar’s Maersk Oil’s commitment to bring to put proper bandage if they have THE PENINSULA roads and local driving behaviours. lasting benefits to Qatar over Students receive a lecture as part of the campaign. many generations. The road safety simulator that is used in schools by It was launched in 2013 by pro- fic Department said: “By work- the programme to encourage posi- gramme owners Maersk Oil Qatar ing together we can improve the tive behaviour is locally made for and the Ministry of Interior as behaviour on Qatar’s roads and local conditions and has benefited part of the national ONE SEC- reduce the number of injuries and many students at schools across OND road safety initiative. deaths. Students for Road Safety Qatar in 2015.” Brig Mohamed Saad Al Kharji, is in keeping with Qatar’s National Director-General of the Traf- Road Safety Strategy which the THE PENINSULA

NU-Q organises weekend workshops DOHA: Northwestern Univer- sity in Qatar (NU-Q) has hosted Weekend Workshops as part of events developed by NU-Q to help high school students in Qatar dis- cover the world of new media and college life. The workshops offered hands- on activities designed to explore the use of storytelling and dig- ital media. Working in groups, 48 attendees chose specific topics and created stories about it using dig- Participants at the weekend workshop. ital media. The three Saturday workshops Haddad (Class of 2015) and cur- the chance to explore and create focused on podcasting and audio, rent student Ralph Martins (Class with the ever-evolving tools and writing short stories and lists, cre- of 2016) led and created the con- platforms available in media.” ating infographics, and using their tent for the workshops. Haddad Since launching the Weekend new skills to produce a Creativist said: “It was an honor to be asked Workshops in 2010,more than 350 page. to deliver these workshops. It was local high school students have Participants, who completed great to see high school students attended the programme. the programme, received official get excited about digital media and certificates. NU-Q alumJaimee storytelling, especially when given THE PENINSULA

Veteran journalist gives career advice to Georgetown students

DOHA: Georgetown University of Events magazine then took in Qatar (GU-Q) recently hosted questions from the audience, who prominent international journal- asked about everything from the ist and editor Magda Abu Fadil rewards of the profession to what for a campus lecture titled “The it takes to be a successful journal- Evolution of a Journalist” where ist. “To me there’s a story every- she shared her professional expe- where. To be a journalist, you have riences, discussed the history of to have endless curiosity,” she journalism through the digital said. In response to a student’s age, and gave career development question about her key advice for advice to an audience of George- future journalists, she repeatedly town students, faculty and staff. expressed the importance of a Magda Abu Fadil addressing the The media expert presented a broad educational background students. photo slide of key figures she has in international affairs and met over the years, and described other social sciences, in order to Politics Program at GU-Q said: her professional trajectory from understand the “context” of any “It is important for our students working as a journalist in the newsworthy event. “You need a to engage with both journalists White House to her stint in reservoir of information and you and media professionals and to academia teaching journalism at need to know how to process it,” develop the ability to reconcile her alma mater, American Uni- she explained. theory and practice.” versity in Washington, D.C. The Mohamed Zayani, who cur- former Washington bureau chief rently directs the Media and THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 GCC Summit: Protect refugees’ rights, prevent hate speeches

Continued from page 1 terrorist groups and unfair Iranian nuclear file, stress- The Council called upon authorities ing the significant role of the the international commu- The Council stressed that IAEA in this respect nity to shoulder its respon- comprehensive, just and last- As for Iraq, the Council sibility to support the ing peace will not be achieved voiced hope that the decision Syrian refugees, lauding the without Israel’s complete of the Iraqi government and efforts and assistance pro- withdrawal from all Arab parliament to take practical vided by the GCC countries lands that were occupied steps to address corruption to alleviate the sufferings in 1967 and establishing an and deteriorating services of the displaced people and independent Palestinian will lead to a correction in refugees. state with East Jerusalem the path of the political proc- The Council expressed its as its capital in line with the ess. deep concern at the increas- Arab Peace Initiative and The Council stressed the ing hostile rhetoric, racist relevant international legiti- political solution in Libya and inhumane against refu- macy resolutions. under the brokerage of the gees generally and Muslims The Council reiterated its United Nations and urged particularly, reiterating firm rejection of Iran’s con- all parties to the conflict to its call for the countries, tinuing occupation of the favour the supreme inter- humanitarian agencies, civil three UAE islands of Greater est of restoring security and society organisations and Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu stability in Libya. The GCC the media to prevent any Musa and rejected the con- leaders also welcomed the racist speech and to con- stant Iranian interference in generous invitation of Bah- tribute to raising awareness domestic affairs of GCC. rain’s King H M Hamad bin and responsibility in order The Council also called Isa Al Khalifa to hold the to provide the necessary on the need to adhere to the GCC Supreme Council’s 37th protection for the displaced agreement signed between session in Bahrain in 2016. and refugees who are flee- Iran with the (5+1) group ing from the flames of the last July 2015 concerning the THE PENINSULA Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attending the closing session of GCC Summit in Riyadh yesterday. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast enthrals Doha audience Show to run until December 19 at QNCC Main Theatre By Raynald C Rivera

DOHA: Qatar witnessed its first ever original Qatar University College of Arts and Sciences (QU-CAS) Dean Dr Eiman Broadway show with the premiere of Disney’s Mustafawi and DIFI Executive Director Noor Al Malki Al Jehani signing the Beauty and the Beast at the Qatar National MoU. Convention Centre (QNCC) last night. The musical spectacular’s Doha stint cel- ebrates the show’s 20th anniversary on stage and is part of a world tour across Asia and CAS and DIFI to jointly the Middle East. The show based on the 1991 Academy Award-winning animated film never failed to address family issues enthrall the audience bringing from screen to stage songs that have become part life of many DOHA: A Memorandum of in the humanities and social sci- a Disney fan around the world. Understanding (MOU) signed ences with a special focus on Briana Rapa is stunning and vibrant as between the Center of Humani- Qatar and the Arab world. “CHSS Belle and Mark Beyer both terrifying and ties and Social Sciences (CHSS) conforms to Qatar University’s charming as the Beast. They capture the audi- at Qatar University College of vision of archiving and conduct- ence’s hearts with their convincing portrayal Arts and Sciences (QU-CAS) and ing “high quality research that of the well-loved Disney characters delivering Doha International Family Insti- addresses contemporary chal- lines from the original film. tute (DIFI) at Qatar Foundation lenges and advances knowledge, Brian Crawford Scott who plays the egotis- for Education, Science and Com- this involves creating awareness tical Gaston and Marq Johnson as the debo- munity Development will provide of research opportunities, guiding nair Lumiere with the whole cast present an a comprehensive framework to faculty and students through the exceptional performance never before seen on facilitate collaboration in areas application process for research a Doha stage. of common interest, specifically grants, and encouraging publi- Gathering the original Broadway creative Disney’s Beauty and the Beast cast members perform during a media preview at the QNCC Main in addressing Arab family issues. cation in prestigious academic team together, the dazzling show does not only Theatre, yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P The agreement was signed journals in order to elevate the stand out for the classic story and beautiful by CAS Dean Dr Eiman Mus- research visibility and the status music but is a visual feast with the eye-catch- tafawi and Noor Al Malki Al of the university and the reputa- ing costumes, props and set combined with of the QNCC to stage world-class shows. enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love Jehani, DIFI Executive Director tion of the humanities and social stunning lighting and special effects. The show is brought to Doha by Disney and be loved, the curse will end and he will be in the presence of CHSS direc- sciences in CAS”, she said. It took a Boeing 777 freight aircraft to Theatrical Productions, Broadway Enter- transformed to his former self. tor Dr Kaltham Al Ghanim, CAS Dr. Mustafawi added: “We are transport 77 tonnes of set, props and costumes tainment Group and NETworks Presenta- Directed by Rob Roth and choreographed Associate Deans, for Academic proud to sign this agreement for the Doha show which involves 40 actors tions in cooperation with Qatar’s Premium by Matt West, the musical boasts music by Affairs Dr Hassan Abdulaziz, for with Doha International Insti- and 30 technical experts. Events with Qatar Tourism Authority as Alan Menken and lyrics by the late Howard Research and Graduate Affairs tute of Family studies, which is It proves why it is one of the highest gross- main sponsor. Ashman. Dr Mohammed Ahmedna, for part of a prestigious foundation ing and longest running Broadway shows Disney’s Beauty and the Beast tells the clas- The show includes 15 performances run- Outreach and Engagement Dr as Qatar Foundation for Edu- entertaining over 35 million theatre lovers sic story of Belle, a young woman in a pro- ning until December 19 at the QNCC Main Khalifa Al Hazaa, DIFI Direc- cation, Science and Community around the world. vincial town, and the Beast, who is really a Theatre. tor of Implementation and Development. We hope that this The musical also reveals the capability young prince trapped in a spell placed by an THE PENINSULA Social Outreach Faisal Al Hitmi, cooperation will be fruitful in DIFI Director of Family Policy, the issues facing the Arab fam- Lara Hussein, DIFI Senior Lead ily through the development and Researcher Dr Anis Brik and spreading leading research to Tunisian PM visits Katara DIFI Senior Programme Special- evaluate and develop relevant istDana Al Khalout. policies”. Qatar participates in Argentina’s The agreement includes Noor Al Malki Al Jehani, DIFI enhancing the knowledge base Executive Director, underlined presidential inauguration of the family and supporting the the importance of the MOU in development, implementation promoting a common under- BUENOS AIRES: Qatar participated in the inauguration ceremony and evaluation of policies and standing to consolidate the insti- of President of the Republic of Argentina Mauricio Macri, which was programs on the family in Qatar tutional cooperation between the held here yesterday. Minister of Development Planning and Statistics through Conducting research and two parties as a means to con- H E Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Nabit represented Qatar in the cer- studies, holding joint seminars tribute to the development priori- emony, held in the presence of several world leaders and heads of state. and workshops and exchanging ties focusing on families and their technical, advisory and training members in Qatar. services. According to Al Malki, DIFI Turkish Ambassador visits Katara Dr Eiman Mustafawi noted believes that family is not only the that The Center for Humanities fundamental group unit of society, DOHA: Katara Director General Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and Social Sciences (CHSS) was but is also the fundamental agent met here yesterday with Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Demirok. Talks established to promote excellence for sustainable social, economic, focused on joint cooperation in the cultural field such as hosting music in interdisciplinary research, and cultural development. band of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Office with nearly advancing knowledge and attract- Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid visiting the Cultural Village 100 musicians to play classical music during the first quarter of 2016. ing international research experts THE PENINSULA Foundation (Katara). The Tunisian Premier and his delegation were welcomed by Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti. QNA Students share expertise to improve health outcomes DOHA: University of Calgary in two universities, enabling Qatar’s with them and their families. of the Primary Care Clerkship at Qatar (UCQ) nursing students future medical and nursing lead- After discussing family assessment WCM-Q, worked with the UCQ and Weill Cornell Medicine — ers to collaborate to establish best methods with Dr Wright, UCQ team, led by Dr Debbie Sheppard Qatar (WCM-Q) medical stu- practice healthcare for the benefit and WCM-Q students practiced LeMoine, Faculty at University of dents collaborated to strengthen of the country’s patients. interviewing patient families in a Calgary in Qatar. UCQ’s team also their clinical interview skills in a Facilitated by University of Cal- clinical simulation room. “Inter- included Julie Hoffart, Director of landmark workshop designed to gary in Canada Professor Emeritus professional education is all about the Clinical Simulation Center, improve health outcomes in Qatar. of Nursing Dr Lorraine Wright, exchanging expertise and perspec- William Kay, Teaching and Learn- The Interprofessional Family the workshop focused on theories tives between health profession- ing Specialist, and Roger DeW- Assessment Workshop laid the and practical skills that nurses and als to improve overall care,” noted eerd, Clinical Simulation Technical foundation for further interpro- doctors can use to better evalu- Dr Wright. Dr Mohamud Verjee, Specialist. Participants with their certificates. fessional education involving the ate patient needs in consultations Associate Professor and Director THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Man is created without any flaws

Allah does not look at the figures of His servants, if they are big or small, healthy or sick, nor at their looks if they are beautiful or not. He does not look at their lineage, whether it is prestigious or not, nor does He look at their wealth, or any of these factors at all. The only connection between Allah and His servants is through Taqwa (righteousness), so whoever has more Taqwa is closer to Him and more honourable in the sight of Allah. So do not be proud of your wealth, your beauty and body, your children, your mansions or cars.

By Mariam Anwer Allah Who calls Himself: Al Khaliq (The sins like plucking eyebrows, getting tat- Creator) and Al Musawwir (the One Who tooed, or by way of extreme cosmetic e find ourselves living in creates various forms and shapes). He surgeries and the like. Allah says in the an era where physical created us and He is the Bestower of Quran: looks are taken very seri- forms and He does not make any errors. “Allah cursed him (Shaytan). And he Wously. All over the media His creation is as He wills, and He is the Shaytan had said, “I will surely take from we notice commercials for hair, skin, One Who formed and gave shape to all among Your servants a specific portion. And teeth, and nail products; advertisements that exists. I will mislead them, and I will arouse in of make-up for every conceivable fold of Allah says: “It is He who forms you in the them (sinful) desires, and I will command facial skin; and the list goes on and on. wombs however He wills. There is no deity them so they will slit the ears of cattle, and The real question is: “Is it all worth except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.” I will command them so they will change the it?” How much does physical beauty (Quran, 3:6) creation of Allah.” And whoever takes Shay- actually impact our lives, careers, rela- And He also says: “He formed you and tan as an ally instead of Allah has certainly tionships, happiness and peace in both perfected your forms and provided you with sustained a clear loss.” (Quran 4:118-119) the worlds? good things. That is Allah, your Lord; then In Islam physical beauty is not con- Cosmetic surgeries have taken their blessed is Allah, Lord of the worlds.” sidered to be a measure of virtue among toll on the youth like never before. I was ( Quran 40:64) people; rather the standard on which dis- especially shocked recently when I read He has given everything its own form tinctions are made is taqwa (piety, fear of about this young girl in the West who and distinct shape, even though His crea- Allah). We will be judged by our Creator underwent a rib removal surgery and had tion is so great and so varied, He has on what we do to draw closer to Him. The six ribs removed to have a thinner waist favored human beings and made them thing He appreciates about His servants along with a number of other surgeries special and unique. Glorified and Exalted is their effort in improving their faith, to appear more beautiful. But rib removal is He who says: “We have certainly created their characters and their deeds. to look pretty?! man in the best of stature.” (Quran 95:4) The Messenger of Allah (peace be We were created by our Lord in the Along with being created as the most upon him) said, “Allah does not look most perfect of forms. He created each beautiful creature on earth, man has at your figures, nor at your attire but and every one of us beautiful, without any been given the power of reasoning and He looks at your hearts (and deeds).” flaws. We need to understand that beauty insight. This is what differentiates him (Related by Muslim-1356) is more than just appearance; it’s more from all other created beings — the power Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen (may Allah about our personality, our nature and our to choose and make sensible decisions. have mercy on him) says in his explana- dealings with the people around us. And removing parts from our perfectly tion of this Hadith: “This Hadith points to Our beauty lies in our level of confi- created bodies to look beautiful does not what Allah says in the verse: ‘O mankind! dence too, and confidence arises when come under ‘being sensible’...rather it’s surely We have created you of a male and there’s an appropriate amount of self- harming oneself, gaining the anger of our a female, and made you tribes and families love, self-esteem and self-respect. Being Creator and hence, destroying our fate in that you may know each other; verily the content with our appearance and focus- this world and the Hereafter. most honored of you in the sight of Allah is ness), so whoever has more Taqwa of news. And (other) faces, that Day, will have ing on improving our character is the One should know and understand the (he who is) the most righteous of you; surely Allah is closer and more honourable in upon them dust. Blackness will cover them.” key to a happy life. It is true that we live fact that his body is an amanah, a trust Allah is Knowing, Aware (Quran 49:13) the sight of Allah. So do not be proud of (Quran 80:38-41) in a society that portrays a certain type from Allah, and so he is obligated to take Allah does not look at the figures of your wealth, your beauty and body, your So let’s try our best to be content and of beauty as being the ultimate aspect of care of it and honour it as it should be His servants, if they are big or small, children, your mansions or cars. be grateful to Al-Musawwir, Who shaped beauty, but nobody said we have to agree honoured. Appearance and wealth are healthy or sick, nor at their looks if they As believers we have to understand us by His ultimate wisdom. If Shaytan and abide by those illogical concepts. By the criteria by which Shaytan misguides are beautiful or not. He does not look that this worldly life is temporary and tempts us to feel insecure about any of being comfortable with who we are, we man. He leads him astray by making at their lineage, whether it is prestig- there will come a day when physical our facial or body features, let’s remem- will not only enjoy our life more, we will him think he is unworthy in the sight ious or not, nor does He look at their beauty will carry no value to us. We must ber the Day of Judgment when nothing become everything that God has created of everyone hence makes him take steps wealth, or any of these factors at all. The worry over our state in the Hereafter. but our deeds will matter. us to be! toward changing or distorting the crea- only connection between Allah and His Allah says: “(Some) faces, that Day, will Everything that exists is created by tion of Allah. This can either be through servants is through Taqwa (righteous- be bright — Laughing, rejoicing at good www.arabnews.com Sayings of the Prophet Favouritism is harmful to children REPENTANCE By Sheikh Salman Al Oadah Ibn Abbas and Anas bin Malik (May Allah be hildren, whether at home or at school, pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah, need to learn that they have rights Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, that need to be respected and eve- “If a son of Adam were to own a valley full of Cryone else equally has those rights. gold, he would desire to have two. Nothing can fill They need to see consistency and fairness in his mouth except the earth (of the grave). Allah the way their elders and those in authority turns with mercy to him who turns to Him in treat them. This inculcates in our children a sense of justice and a sense of security. repentance”. This was a lesson in childrearing that the (Bukhari and Muslim) great scholar Malik bin Anas taught more than one caliph. PATIENCE When the Caliph Harun Al Rashid visited Madinah, he brought his children with him Abu Sa’id and Abu Hurairah (May Allah be and went to meet Malik. He said: “Read to us some lessons.” pleased with him) reported that the Prophet If the Caliph had expected Malik to be flat- (PBUH) said: “Never a believer is stricken with tered and show his children preferential treat- a discomfort, an illness, an anxiety, a grief or ment, he was gravely mistaken. mental worry or even the pricking of a thorn Malik replied: “By Allah, I haven’t read les- but Allah will expiate his sins on account of his sons to anyone for many years now. Instead, people read before me what they have.” patience”. Then Harun Al Rashid said: “Have the peo- (Bukhari and Muslim) ple leave your assembly so I can read before you.” TRUTHFULNESS Malik replied: “If the general public is to be denied on account of some special people, then Abdullah bin Masud (May Allah be pleased with those special people will not benefit.” Then, to Malik did not receive them. When the two Rahman bin Hurmuz. After them, there were avoid an incident, Malik told Ma’n bin Isa to boys told the Caliph what happened, he went Abu Al Zinad, Rabiah, Yahya bin Sa’ad, and him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “Truth read before the Caliph. to speak to Malik personally. Ibn Shihab. All of them, without exception, leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man He was not the only Caliph who learned this Malik said: “Commander of the Faithful, had their students read to them and not the persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with lesson at Malik’s hand. knowledge is given to those who are ready other way around.” Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to vice and vice When the Caliph Al Mahdi intended to to learn.” In this case, there was no incident The Caliph said: “These people are certainly leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on visit Madinah, he sent ahead a sum of three that Malik needed to defuse. This is because a good example to follow.” He then turned to telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar”. thousand gold coins with the message: “The Al Mahdi was a sensible man and knew that his sons and said: “You two go to him and Commander of the Faithful wishes you to Malik was right. read to him.” accompany him to the City of Peace.” He said: “Malik has spoken the truth.” He They did as their father told them and sat BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS When the Caliph arrived in Madinah then turned to his sons and said: “Go to him along with the other students and read their later that spring, Malik told him: “Prophet properly.” lessons to Malik just like everyone else. Hakim bin Hizam (May Allah be pleased with him) Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: They went forth in a well-behaved manner This Caliph was a sensible man who knew reported that: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: ‘Madinah is better for you, if you only with their tutor, who said to Malik: “Read the value of religious knowledge and under- knew.’ I have not touched the money that to us.” stood what Malik was doing. “Both parties in a business transaction have a right was sent me.” Malik said: “Here in Madinah, the student By having his sons sit with everyone else, he to annul it so long as they have not separated; and This was a bold stance to take with the Cal- reads to the scholar in the same way that chil- was teaching them to respect those who pos- if they tell the truth and make everything clear to iph. Equally bold is where he said: dren read lessons to their tutor. If they make sess knowledge and to value what they learn each other (i.e., the seller and the buyer speak the “I swear by Allah, whenever I met with a mistake, he corrects them.” from them. truth, the seller with regard to what is purchased, one of those kings, Allah removed from my They went back to Al Mahdi, who then This is one reason why Malik always took and the buyer with regard to the money) they will heart any sense of awe for them before I even summoned Malik, whereupon Malik said to care to show impeccable manners, exhibit good reached them.” him: taste, maintain his appearance, and act in a be blessed in their transaction, but if they conceal When the Caliph Al Mahdi arrived in Madi- “This knowledge has come to us from dignified manner that would have been becom- anything and lie, the blessing on their transaction nah, Malik conducted himself in the same other men, O Commander of the Faithful. ing of a king, all the while remaining humble will be eliminated.’’ manner. These men were Sa’ad bin Al Musayyib, Abu and tolerant in his dealings with others. (Bukhari and Muslim) The Caliph sent his two sons Harun and Salamah, Urwah, Al Qasim, Salim, Kharijah Musa, to have Malik read lessons to them. bin Zayd, Sulayman bin Yasir, Nafi, Abd Al http://en.islamtoday.net FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Rebel group leaves Syria opposition talks Conference agrees to set up 32-member secretariat to supervise peace talks; President Assad asked to leave

RIYADH: A powerful Islamist insur- ceasefire much harder to implement. called for Assad to step down after pro- gent group said it pulled out of a Syrian Radical militant groups Islamic State tests broke out against his rule in March opposition meeting in Riyadh yester- and Nusra Front, Al Qaeda’s Syria wing, 2011. day because rebel proposals had been were excluded from the Riyadh talks and Although they all say Assad ultimately ignored, in a move which highlighted would not be part of any ceasefire agree- must go, they have been less specific the enduring divisions among President ment. about the timing of any departures, indi- Bashar Al Assad’s enemies. The meeting called on the United cating that they could accept he stay in The conference of political activists Nations to pressure the Syrian govern- an interim period. and rebel groups in Saudi Arabia set up ment to make a series of confidence- Assad’s fate was one of several ques- a joint body to prepare for proposed peace building moves before peace talks start, tions left unresolved at the Vienna meet- talks with Assad’s government which including suspending death sentences ing last month which was attended by world powers proposed at a meeting in against opponents, releasing prisoners Russia, the United States, European and Vienna last month. and lifting sieges. Middle Eastern countries including Saudi A statement at the end of the two-day The war pits the Syrian army and Arabia and Iran, which back opposing conference said Assad should leave power allied militias including Lebanese Hez- sides in Syria. at the start of a transitional period, and bollah fighters backed by Iran and Rus- Saudi Arabia is a main backer of the called for an all-inclusive, democratic sia, against an array of competing rebel rebels along with Turkey and Western civic state. It also committed to preserv- and jihadi fighters, who include Arabs countries. Iran and Russia support Assad. ing state institutions. and Kurds. Iran has openly criticised the deci- But the Islamist Ahrar Al Sham group Rifts among Assad’s opponents have sion by Saudi Arabia to hold the talks, said it had pulled out of the talks, object- hindered four years of Western efforts to saying they were designed to harm the ing to what it said was a prominent role mobilise a stronger political and military Vienna process. Yesterday, Deputy For- given to the internal political opposition challenge to the president throughout a eign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian group, the National Coordination Body conflict which has killed 250,000 people said some groups linked to the Islamic for Democratic Change (NCB). It said the and driven millions of refugees abroad. Canada’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Michelle Cameron, offers a teddy bear to a Syrian State militant group were involved in the NCB was considered to be a pro-Assad The meeting came amid escalating child at the beginning of an airlift of Syrian refugees to Canada, at the Beirut International Riyadh meeting. organisation, not opposition. conflict in Syria and accelerated diplo- Airport yesterday. Russia launched air strikes in Syria It also said in a statement released on macy to find a political solution to the 10 weeks ago, helping the Syrian army its Twitter account that the Saudi con- war. cal system which “represents all sectors by a wave of deadly attacks across the — backed by Iranian troops, Hezbollah ference had not given “real weight to the Delegates from Islamist insurgent of the Syrian people”, and would not world claimed by the Iraq-and Syria- fighters and allied militia — to contain revolutionary factions” either in terms groups, exiled political opposition figures discriminate on religious or sectarian based Islamic State and by the escalat- rebel advances. of their representation at the talks or in and Damascus-based activists gathered grounds — in a gesture towards minority ing refugee flow which has caused a crisis Russia says it is bombing Islamic State the outcome. to bridge differences which have plagued Alawite, Christian and Kurdish popula- in Europe. militants, who control large areas of east- Several opposition sources later said previous attempts to unite Assad’s oppo- tions. Major powers agreed in Vienna last ern Syria and western Iraq, but Western Ahrar Al Sham returned to the confer- nents around a common strategy. US Secretary of State John Kerry, month to revive diplomatic efforts to end and Arab states which have been carry- ence, but the group did not confirm the Monzer Akbik, a member of the speaking in Paris, said the Riyadh talks the war, calling for peace talks to start by ing out air strikes against Islamic State move. National Coalition opposition group, had made progress “but we have some January and elections within two years. for more than a year say the Russia jets The opposition was willing to enter said the conference agreed to set up a tough issues to get over.” A possible The demands that Assad and his lieu- have mainly hit other rebel forces in the talks with Syrian government repre- 32-member secretariat to oversee and December 18 meeting to advance the tenants should play no part in the tran- west of Syria. sentatives and to accept a UN-supervised supervise peace talks. The statement said Syrian peace talks in New York is “not sition to democracy marked a tougher Moscow’s intervention has not swung ceasefire, the statement said. that body would select the negotiating locked in yet”, he added. stance than several Western countries the war decisively Assad’s way. If Ahrar Al Sham stayed outside the team. International efforts to resolve the which back Assad’s opponents. The deal, its absence would make any such Participants also committed to a politi- conflict have been lent added urgency United States, France and Britain all REUTERS

Kerry to co-chair Libya talks in Islamic State finance chief killed in coalition air strike WASHINGTON: The Islamic describing him as the group’s and Abu Waqman Al Tunis, who expeditionary targeting force to state, it needs steady and renew- Rome on Sunday State group’s finance chief has “finance minister.” Warren said coordinated IS’s make ISIL and its leaders won- able sources of funding, and to been confirmed killed in a coa- Abu Saleh’s real name is transfer of people, weapons and der when they go to bed at night, do that it needs access to the PARIS: US Secretary of State lition air strike last month, US Muwaffaq Mustafa Muhammad information. who’s going to be coming in the international financial system to John Kerry will travel to Rome officials said yesterday. Al Karmush, described in a State Abu Mariam appears on the window,” US Defence Secretary move money and import supplies, this weekend for high-level Abu Saleh was killed in late Department terrorist blacklist as State Department terrorist list as Ashton Carter told a Senate hear- according to Szubin. talks aimed at helping con- November, US military spokes- a 42-year-old Iraqi. Mounir Ben Dhaou Ben Brahim ing on Wednesday. “We are targeting both of these flict-torn Libya form a unified man Colonel Steve Warren said “Killing him and his predeces- Ben Helal, a 32-year-old Tunisian. In London, the US Treasury’s dependencies — ISIL’s ability to government, Washington said in a videoconference from Bagh- sors exhausts the knowledge and The US-led coalition has been acting under secretary for terror- generate revenue, and its ability yesterday. dad, calling him “one of the most talent needed to coordinate fund- targeting IS leaders in Syria ism and financial crimes, Adam to use that revenue,” he said in Kerry will co-chair the talks senior and experienced members” ing within the organisation,” War- and Iraq with air strikes to Szubin, said IS derives most of its a speech to the Chatham House on Sunday with his Italian coun- of the group’s financial network. ren said. try to pick apart its command funding from economic activity in think tank. terpart Paolo Gentiloni, State The US government’s envoy The military spokesmen said structure. the territory it controls. “Most recently, the coalition Department deputy spokesman for the anti-IS fight, Brett two other figures in IS fundraising After the attacks in Paris last It has reaped more than $500m launched a military campaign — Mark Toner said. McGurk, said on Twitter that networks also were killed in coali- month, the United States said it in black market oil sales, looted Tidal Wave 2 — which included The meeting “will demonstrate Abu Saleh was killed along tion air strikes in late November. is deploying a special operations bank vaults captured in Iraq precision strikes against ISIL’s the commitment of the inter- with two associates “as part of They were identified as Abu unit in Iraq that will be able to and Syria, and raised millions key energy assets: oil fields, refin- national community to helping coalition campaign to destroy Mariam, an enforcer and senior mount raids into Syria to capture more through extortion. But to eries, and tanker trucks. Libyans move forward rapidly to ISIL’s financial infrastructure,” leader in IS extortion networks, or kill IS leaders. “We want this run what amounts to a mini- AFP form a unified Libya government, a government of national accord,” he said. Italy, a former colonial power in Yemen fighters Libya, called the conference along Erdogan praises with the United States, which Turkey to legalise Alevi will also include representatives from Russia, Britain, China and Facebook founder France. Gentiloni said last week that prayer houses: PM for pro-Muslim the one-day meeting aims to give “a decisive push for the conclu- ANKARA: Turkey will give the state has never recognised their sion of a deal for a national gov- prayer houses of its Alevi com- faith as an official minority, per- message ernment in Libya”, where the munity a legal status, Prime petuating discrimination. Islamic State group is exploiting Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said In what the Alevi community ISTANBUL: Turkish President the chaos and taking root. yesterday, in the most significant hailed as a historic decision, a Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday Earlier Thursday, Libya’s rival gesture yet made to the country’s Turkish court in August ruled praised Facebook founder Mark parties met in Tunis for talks largest minority faith. that the state should cover all Zuckerberg for emphasising the on a disputed UN-brokered deal Alevis pray in a “Cemevi”, the expenses of cemevis, as it difference between Islam and backed by the international com- meaning House of Gathering, does for mosques, churches and terror, after the billionaire social munity to set up a unity govern- which is a less formal structure synagogues. network tycoon posted a message ment. than a mosque and allows men It followed a ruling by the defending Muslims against dis- AFP and women to mingle freely. European Court of Human Rights crimination. Their registration under a legal (ECHR) which said last year that Erdogan, who once threatened Turkey troops status has been a key demand by Turkey’s failure to exempt ceme- to ban Facebook in his country, Alevis, who comprise an esti- vis from paying their utility bills used his official page on the web- mated quarter of the Sunni- was discriminatory. site to respond to Zuckerberg won’t pull out majority country’s population of Theirs is a Turkish version of both in Turkish and in English. 76 million. Alawism, prominent in neigh- “I highly value Mark Zucker- of Iraq: Erdogan “Cemevis will be given legal bouring Syria. It is sometimes berg’s message for pointing out status throughout the country,” considered an offshoot of Shia the profound difference between ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Davutoglu said as he unveiled Islam. Islam and terrorism since these Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday the government’s “action plan” Prime Minister Davutoglu yes- two concepts are often mentioned said it was “out of the question for 2016 which includes a set of terday called for a new constitu- in the same breath these days,” for the moment” that Turkish reforms he said was aimed at tion that will embrace the whole he wrote. “As I always express troops would withdraw from Iraq, improving democracy. nation “like a mother.” on different platforms, Islam is a after Baghdad accused Ankara Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, Alevis have been a loyal ally of religion of peace. Murderous net- of sending them in without per- supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, Turkey’s secular system, but the AFP works that abuse Islam for their mission. patrol an area near Sirwah, west of Marib city, yesterday. self-serving goals are massacring The row has badly soured innocent people every day, par- relations and saw the Turkish ticularly Muslims.” In a Facebook ambassador to Iraq summoned post on Wednesday, Zuckerberg on Saturday to demand that Tur- said that the Muslim community key immediately withdraw hun- Dubai firm strips project of Trump image, name should not have to fear being dreds of troops deployed in recent “persecuted for the actions of oth- days in northern Iraq, near the ers” following attacks in Paris. “If Islamic State-controlled city of DUBAI: A Dubai real estate Trump triggered an inter- billionaire’s Middle East partners, from a billboard outside the you’re a Muslim in this commu- Mosul. firm building a $6bn golf com- national uproar when he made the Lifestyle chain of department project construction site, along nity, as the leader of Facebook I Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said plex with Donald Trump yester- his comments in response to stores, halted sales of his “Trump with that of his daughter, Ivanka want you to know that you are Turkish forces had entered Iraqi day stripped the property of his last week’s deadly shootings in Home” line on Wednesday in pro- Trump. always welcome here and that we territory without the knowledge name and image amid a backlash California by two Muslims who test at his comments. The AKOYA by DAMAC will fight to protect your rights of Baghdad, which viewed their over the US presidential candi- authorities said were radicalised. A spokesman for DAMAC project will include a Trump- and create a peaceful and safe presence as a “hostile act”. date’s proposal to ban all Mus- DAMAC Properties had ini- Properties, Niall McLoughlin, branded golf course, gated island environment for you,” he said. lims from entering the United tially said it would stand by declined to comment on why community and spa. REUTERS States. Trump, even as another of the Trump’s image had been removed REUTERS AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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S THE Paris climate summit draws to a close, lingering questions and wide rifts keep nations from agreeing on a path to fight a change considered to be Athe most potent threat to the planet. Host France termed it a meeting to decide the future of the planet. French US for status quo in Ukraine President Francois Hollande said so when the meeting opened By Leonid Bershidsky in the French capital, and yesterday underscored the need receives in International Monetary ners don’t see a way to ensure stability for international leaders to come to an agreement on the Fund bailout loans. On the chart’s edges without preserving the status quo. The vexed issue: “They are not there simply in the name of their ice-President Joe Biden’s visits were Ukraine’s oligarchs, such as Rinat vice president’s visit is meant to pre- countries... they are there to sort out the issue of the future of to Ukraine always are keenly Akhmetov, the country’s richest man, serve the ruling coalition.” the planet.” Vanticipated: He is considered the former Governor Igor Kolomoisky, and Although Yatsenyuk’s political party voice of the country’s Western backers, Dmitry Firtash, who is wanted by the is so unpopular that it wouldn’t get into A pact, apparently elusive, would have nations agree on the senior statesman who can resolve US on corruption-related charges. Yat- parliament if an election were held this an effective path to fight climate change that is leading to conflicts within the country’s ruling elite senyuk was at the centre of the chart. week, it’s an important part of the coali- floods, droughts, and storms. From China to Chile, soaring and push it down the path of reform. There were notable absences: busi- tion. And if the prime minister loses his temperatures and rising sea levels are threatening rich This week, however, Biden apparently nessmen close to Poroshenko, who are job, there is likely to be a snap election. biospheres and scuttling the diversity of flora and fauna. With sent conflicting signals to his Ukrain- also accused of using their proximity for The outcome would be hard to predict: ian hosts. enrichment — legislators Igor Konon- Recent local elections empowered both temperature inching up, rapidly melting glaciers threaten the Visiting Kiev on Monday and Tues- enko and Sergei Berezenko, as well as the remnants of the pre-revolutionary survival of island nations like the Maldives, which would go day, Biden made a rousing speech to energy billionaire Konstantin Grigor- regime and some dangerous extreme under water due to rising sea levels. parliament. His voice ringing with deep ishin. Saakashvili is Poroshenko’s loyal nationalists. The US administration Climate change has acquired deep political tones. The emotion, he called on legislators not to ally, and some local commentators sug- clearly doesn’t want such turmoil: It burning of fossil fuels is an issue directly linked to large and waste what could be their “last moment” gested that his accusations, aired right wants the current parliament to pass developing economies like China, India and Brazil. Despite to turn Ukraine into a free, prosperous before the Biden visit, were part of the laws making it possible to hold elections country. The speech, however, followed Odessa governor’s bid for the prime in areas held by pro-Russian rebels. hopes that the 11-day meet would help narrow differences a series of meetings in which the vice- minister’s job. Alexander Golubov wrote Biden assured Ukrainian legislators of between the developed and developed world on climate change, president, Assistant Secretary of State in an article for the Moscow Carnegie continued US support against Russia, nothing substantial seems to have come about. United States, Victoria Nuland and US Ambassador Center that Saakashvili “is hardly even and got a standing ovation, but his real which remains a major polluter Geoffrey Pyatt pushed a cautious line: hiding” his desire to succeed Yatsenyuk. purpose was to convince the Ukrainian by virtue of burning fossil fuels in Keep the much-maligned government in Saakashvili is no stranger to Wash- leaders to stick to the Minsk compro- Aside from place and stick to ington politics, but his friends mostly mise with President Vladimir Putin, end humongous amounts, has again the Minsk agree- are Republicans. The connections date the armed conflict and reintegrate the international failed to relent. US Secretary of ment with Russia to Saakashvili’s tenure as Georgia’s east of the country into Ukraine, even forums, climate State John Kerry’s contention that to end the war president, when George W Bush was in on terms favourable to Russia. not only some, but all countries in the east. The the White House. Senator John McCain In his speech to parliament, Biden change has to be should join hands in fighting the Saakashvili is message: Appar- is an especially close ally. decried the “cancer” of corruption that’s scourge, apparently sounds justified. no stranger to ently, the US Yatsenyuk has close ties to the Obama keeping Ukraine from becoming a suc- fought as part wants Ukraine administration. During Ukraine’s “Rev- cessful democracy. In practical terms, His argument would not stand up Washington to make as little olution of Dignity,” Nuland and Pyatt however, his stability message means of sustainable to scrutiny if the history of climate politics, but his trouble as pos- discussed getting “Yats” into the new the preservation of a corrupt system of domestic policy. change is considered. Post-industrial friends mostly are sible. government in a telephone conversation checks and balances in which cronies of revolution temperature rise has Republicans. The Biden’s visit, his that was intercepted and leaked, per- the president and prime minister divide been substantial with fossil fuels fifth as vice-pres- haps by Russian intelligence (“I didn’t up access to the still-ample opportuni- contributing the most to carbon emissions. The industrial connections date ident, coincides say it was inauthentic,” was how a State ties to milk the hapless country dry. to Saakashvili’s with a key date Department spokesperson described it). “My personal opinion is that with- prowess of the United States has come about after burning on the Ukrainian “I think Yats is the guy who’s got the out a reset of our governance system, unfathomable amounts of fossil fuels. China doesn’t seem to be tenure as Georgia’s political calendar. economic experience, the governing we won’t break through,” the legisla- in mood to hold back its gargantuan manufacturing apparatus president, when On December 11, experience,” Nuland says on the record- tor Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze wrote from spewing toxic fumes. Its southern neighbour India does so George W Bush was Prime Minister ing. To Biden, and even to President after meeting with Biden. Arseniy Yatseny- Barack Obama, Yatsenyuk is as much If the US doesn’t want such a “reset,” on a less extensive scale, probably with a little more inhibition. in the White House. Smog levels have been recently throwing life out of gear uk’s year-long of a negotiating partner as Poroshenko: however, things will go on as before. The immunity from They both have met with him on several current Ukrainian leadership doesn’t in the Chinese capital. Kuala Lumpur was smothered by dismissal will occasions. have to do as Biden says, and it’ll drag smog resulting from burning forests in Indonesia. Amazon expire. That means his enemies, espe- So Biden’s message to Ukrainians its feet on complying with the unpopu- rainforests in South America have been threatened by massive cially those on President Petro Porosh- was, don’t rock the boat. On Monday, lar Minsk accord. But it cannot overtly deforestation — not only threatening wildlife but even tribes so enko’s team, will be able to try to get he met with a group of young legisla- disobey, either, because it’s dependent important for anthropological reasons. rid of him. tors and civic activists, who asked him on US support both financially and in Last weekend, Mikheil Saakashvili, to push for changes to the cabinet and terms of holding back Putin. The necessity of conferences and meetings in battling the the governor of Odessa and former for the dismissal of the Poroshenko- So Ukraine is in for a period of scourge cannot be overstated. However, nations will have to rise president of Georgia, made a sensa- appointed prosecutor general, seen as enforced stability, and that may be the above short term interests in standing up to the common enemy. tional presentation at an anti-corrup- part of the thoroughly corrupt govern- last thing it needs. The fight has to be taken up on a sustained basis and made a tion forum he’d organised. He showed ment system. Leonid Bershidsky, a Bloomberg View leitmotif of domestic policy in polluting nations. Only then will what he said was a chart of corruption Yet the legislator Svitlana Zalishchuk contributor, is a Berlin-based writer. the world gain from the assault on climate change. schemes that cost Ukraine $5bn a year wrote on Facebook after the meeting: — only slightly less than the country “It is obvious that our American part- BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Rescuing Venezuela the day

ENEZUELA’S election Unfortunately, that does not look leaders who favored the electoral - and head off a debt default by Vene- on Sunday produced a likely so far. Maduro on Sunday night strategy over street protests and who zuela in the coming months - are obvi- huge victory for those who said he accepted the election out- now propose to prioritize solutions to ous but painful. The government must believe that democracy can come - reportedly under pressure the economic crisis over an attempt reform a wildly distorted exchange- Vprovide a path out of the country’s from the military - but by late Tues- to use the legislature to dismantle rate system and remove capital and profound crisis. Despite deeply unfair day, election authorities had failed to the Chavista regime. As independent price controls, stop charging less than Either Europe stands conditions, an opposition coalition announce final results that opposi- Venezuelan analysts have pointed out, 1 cent per gallon of gasoline, end run- recorded a landslide victory over the tion leaders said give them a crucial an economy-first policy would be the away spending backed by the printing together and acts with regime of President Nicolás Maduro, two-thirds majority in the assembly. most sensible response to voters, who of money and cease persecution of solidarity in times of giving it a commanding majority in the Though he backed away from pre- turned out at the extraordinary rate of the private sector. The regime’s best hardship for hundreds National Assembly. That could open election threats of violence, Maduro 74 percent not because they neces- strategy would be to offer the release the way to political negotiations and blamed the loss on “counter-revolu- sarily wanted to replace the Maduro of political prisoners and a freeing of of thousands, or fences the adoption of desperately needed tion” and an “economic war” while government with the opposition but the media in exchange for the opposi- and barriers will again measures to save a major oil producer promising to “move forward with more because they are desperate for relief tion’s acceptance of co-responsibility from economic collapse - if Maduro revolution.” from endemic consumer-goods short- for the bitter economic medicine. be raised. and other political heirs of the late If sustained, that response would ages and triple-digit inflation. Frank-Walter Steinmeier Hugo Chávez will cooperate. undercut the moderate opposition The steps to ease those afflictions The Washington Post German Foreign Minister FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 If Putin carries through on latest threats, it would only hurt Russia

appears as though Nord Stream-2 is also going south. It now faces severe opposition in Cen- tral and Eastern Europe, and is likely to be While Putin’s military rhetoric may sound vetoed by regulators in Brussels. The end of South Stream as well as the ominous, one Russian warning makes no likely demise of Nord Stream-2 makes Putin’s decision to terminate TurkStream a Russian sense whatsoever: Putin’s threat to cancel “own goal.” While Turkey will lose transit rev- enue, Russia is now back to square one - still major Russian pipeline and energy projects heavily dependent on Ukraine with no alterna- tive transit prospects in the works. in Turkey. If implemented, these sanctions While this may seem like a “loss” for Russia and a “win” for the West, Europe should not would cause far more economic and be too quick to celebrate, as what happens in Ukraine does not necessarily stay in Ukraine. geopolitical harm to Russia than to Turkey The European Union obtains approximately 25 percent of its gas via Ukraine, and six member — which completely defeats the point of states are entirely dependent on Russian gas. This means that when Moscow plays the gas card with Kiev — as it did in 2006 and 2009 introducing sanctions. when it shut off all gas supplies to Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in the dead of winter — Europe also shivers. examine at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, the flight So while Russia loses big from the demise recorder from the Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bomber which was shot down by of TurkStream, South Stream and Nord a Turkish jet on November 24. By Josh Cohen TurkStream is just one pawn in Russia’s Stream-2, Europe takes a hit as well. ongoing game of “pipeline politics,” a long- Moscow’s threat to terminate a huge nuclear operation — including the highly enriched uranium byproduct — Russia S THE crisis over Turkey’s time effort to end its dependence on Ukraine power plant project in Turkey would also hurt prevents Turkey from acquiring fissile materials for a nuclear weapon, downing of a Russian Su-24 jet as a transit country through which to ship Russia far more than Turkey if implemented. and so limits the risks of proliferation by a powerful neighboring state. drags on, the Kremlin contin- Gazprom’s gas to European customers. Given The project dates back to 2010, when the Rus- All of these benefits — plus the $3bn already spent by the local Rosatom ues to threaten Turkey. Presi- the ongoing conflict in the Donbas and the sian nuclear power company Rosatom signed management company — ould go down the drain if Putin cancels the dent Vladimir Putin promised collapse of the relationship between Kiev and a $20bn contract with the Turks to build four project. “significant consequences,” Moscow, Russia’s desire to bypass Ukraine is new nuclear reactors in the country. Turkey, by contrast, will suffer only short-term inconvenience should whileA Putin’s spokesman warned that the not surprising. While Russia can shut off gas This deal provides numerous advantages Putin terminate the project. While it would take some time to arrange, Russian president was “fully mobilised”. Rus- to Ukraine whenever it wants, Kiev has its for Russia. First, it allowed Rosatom to both if Turkey wishes to continue its pursuit of nuclear power, it will find sia even moved advanced S-400 anti-aircraft own trump card: the ability to cut off Russia’s control the planned power plants and sell the many other willing suitors, as companies like France’s Areva, the missiles to Syria, with the clear implication access to core European customers through electricity they would generate — an arrange- United States’ Westinghouse and Japan’s Mitsubishi would surely wel- that they could be used to shoot down Turk- Ukraine’s pipeline network. ment long sought by the Russians. It also offers come the opportunity to enter a fast-growing new market like Turkey. ish planes. So to reach Western Europe directly, Rus- Russia entrée to the fast-growing Turkish Lenin himself said, “spite in general plays the very worst role in While Putin’s military rhetoric may sound sia implemented the so-called Nord Stream economy, the largest in the Middle East. With politics.” Putin’s ill-considered plan for an energy war against Turkey ominous, one Russian warning makes no sense -1 project, an underwater pipeline that ships Turkish electricity demand projected to grow demonstrates this maxim in spades. whatsoever: Putin’s threat to cancel major Russian gas directly to Germany. After the 7 percent per year through 2023, Russia would (Josh Cohen is a former USAID project officer involved in managing eco- Russian pipeline and energy projects in Tur- European Union pushed back on South be leaving a lot of money on the table. nomic reform projects in the former Soviet Union. The opinions expressed key. If implemented, these sanctions would Stream, a complementary pipeline, Russia Finally, because the contract called for Rus- are his own.) cause far more economic and geopolitical harm abandoned the project. It then teamed up with sia to maintain full control over the plants’ REUTERS to Russia than to Turkey — which completely Turkey to develop TurkStream. defeats the point of introducing sanctions. In September, Russia found another way In addition to hurting Russia, the sanctions to bypass Ukraine. Despite ongoing tensions would also force Europe to remain hostage to between Russia and the West, Gazprom and conditions of the Moscow-Kiev relationship. various European energy companies such Moscow’s threat to terminate a huge nuclear power plant Russia uses gas as a weapon to maintain influ- as Shell, Eon and BASF signed an agree- ence over its neighbors, and Europe is also ment for construction of the Nord Stream-2 project in Turkey would also hurt Russia far more than affected by these Kremlin power plays. project. This pipeline, which traverses the To understand the foolishness of Putin’s same route under the Baltic Sea as Nord Turkey if implemented. Turkey, by contrast, will suffer threats, it’s necessary to understand the geo- Stream-1 and doubles Nord Stream-1’s politics involved. As part of its effort to pun- capacity, also bypasses Central and Eastern only short-term inconvenience should Putin terminate ish Turkey, Russia just suspended work on its Europe. The additional volume would allow TurkStream natural gas pipeline, which would Russia to largely free itself from dependence the project. have pumped Russian gas into southeastern on Ukraine’s pipeline network. Europe, via Turkey, bypassing Ukraine. Unfortunately for the Russians though, it Climate talks: Blood, sweat and tears The neighbour at the centre of By Mariëtte Le Roux

EARS flow often — blood has once — a federal terror investigation as climate negotiators from 195 nations By Edward McAllister gather every year in a different corner York Times and CNN, reported He subsequently worked security of the world for a physical and emotional on Wednesday that Marquez told at a local club. Then, up until the endurance race. Nerves are known to N THE days since his high federal investigators in recent time of the shooting, he worked at Tfray as the delegates’ high-stakes mission to save school friend and former days that he and Farook had a Walmart Supercenter in Corona humanity clashes head-on with the intransigence neighbour Syed Riswan planned an attack of their own checking receipts of departing that comes from their other mandate to defend nar- IFarook carried out a deadly in 2012, but abandoned it. customers. At Walmart, fel- row national interests. attack in Southern California, At around that same time, low employee Ashlee Sims, 25, “There’s tears at a lot of these meetings,” said Enrique Marquez has been thrust neighbors report, Marquez described him as somewhat with- observer Alden Meyer — a veteran survivor of the to the center of a massive federal and Farook seemed to become drawn and “awkward”. Outside of talks known for running deep, deep into extra time terror investigation. estranged. One resident who work, friends and acquaintances as negotiators cling onto their bargaining chips as Until then, Marquez, 24, had declined to give her name said say, he wanted to belong. During long as they can. appeared to live a mostly unre- she was surprised to see them a stint at community college, he “Sometimes they’re tears of frustration and anger, markable life, working short both standing on the street one sometimes met with fellow stu- sometimes they’re tears of joy,” the Union of Con- stints at a variety of low-paying day without acknowledging one dents for coffee or dinner, and he cerned Scientists analyst said at the latest round jobs and residing mostly with another. After that, she said, she tried to be entertaining. of talks, in Paris, meant to finally yield a universal his mother and step-father in did not see them together again. And although he may have climate rescue pact. This year marks two decades the suburban Riverside house in At the mosque, Hasan said, become more distant from Farook, since the first Conference of Parties (COP 1 to insid- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) which he grew up. Marquez told him about three he remained in touch with oth- ers) gathered under the UN’s climate convention in attends the World Climate Change Conference 2015 His neighbours there said they years ago “that Islam was not for ers in his friend’s family. In 2014, Berlin in 1995. The annual meetings generally aim to (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, yesterday. were shocked this week when him. He said that he was think- according to state records, Mar- close on a Friday, but often spill over into Saturday, authorities revealed that Mar- ing about becoming a Buddhist.” quez married a Russian woman sometimes even Sunday. plicated at that stage just when people stop getting quez had supplied the guns used Since then, Marquez has moved who was the sister of Farook’s older By this time, bleary-eyed delegates, observers and any sleep and the food begins to run out.” Tasneem by Farook and his wife, Tashfeen frequently from one low-paying brother’s wife. The brother, Syed journalists are to be found wandering the corridors Essop of environment lobby group WWF recalls Malik, in their shooting spree at a job to another, seldom leaving Raheel Farook, was one of the wit- like zombies, desperate for sleep and much in need the 2011 Durban COP — which holds the unenvi- holiday party for San Bernardino much impression on his bosses nesses to the marriage. of a shower, vying for an empty couch or beanbag able distinction of having the longest overrun yet: County employees that left 14 and co-workers. But according to Ramirez, the to catch forty winks. two full nights. dead and 21 injured. “It was hard to make a conclu- relationship was troubled, and “The sleeplessness, it gets to you after two or three By the time the conference held its closing ses- The relationship between Mar- sion about what he was like,” said Marquez wanted more from his nights. You’re sort of operating on fumes, you’re not sion on the Sunday, with negotiators still bickering, quez and Farook dated back to Sid Hashemi, director of opera- wife than she was willing to give. thinking straight, you’ve got a headache, you forget “basically, I had to sleep”. “So we were sleeping... in their teenage days, when they were tions at Power Security Group, a Several neighbors say Marquez what day it is,” said Meyer. The very nature of the the back of the plenary (hall)... lying on the floor. next-door neighbours. Although small firm based in Corona that continued to live at home, and two process is what results in these poker-like standoffs. And then you have the occasional applause and you’ll Farook was four years older, the hired Marquez part time for a said they had never seen him with There is no vote, and decisions are approved with wake up to see if something’s happened, and if some- two boys shared a common inter- few months in 2013 to help with a woman and were surprised to a bang of the gavel on “consensus” — a fuzzy term thing’s not happened, you doze off again.” est in automotive repair, and could the company website. After leav- hear he was married. which itself has caused a lot of conflict, but basically Like many others, Meyer comes prepared. “I often be seen working under the ing Power Security, Marquez was “I saw no sign of him having a wife means no lone voice is loud enough to stop a deal if always have my eyepatch and earplugs and little cir- hoods of cars on their driveways, hired by United Security Services - it was only his mom in the house,” there is overwhelming support. cular pillow.” Copenhagen was the COP that failed friends and neighbours said. in Corona, as an unarmed security said Lori Aguirre, who lives across The late nights and constant bickering can take to deliver the first truly universal pact to stave off In about 2008, as Farook was guard. Things started out well for the street and said she knew Mar- their toll. At COP 13 in Bali, then-UN climate chief worst-case-scenario global warming by curbing reli- becoming more devoted to his Marquez at the firm, according to quez because he sometimes drove Yvo de Boer was reduced to tears in front of thou- ance on greenhouse gas-emitting coal, oil and gas. Muslim faith, Marquez converted the man who hired him, and after her son to and from school. “I only sands of delegates and had to be led off stage as the Paris aims to not repeat history, and the French to Islam and began attending Fri- two months he was put in charge saw him going to work or coming United States sought to block an agreement. presidency of the talks has so far succeeded in hold- day prayers at a Corona mosque. of the work schedule for about home alone. It would be a big sur- Two years later in Copenhagen, Venezuelan nego- ing negotiators to midway deadlines. “It’s quite eery, Marquez never seemed terribly 15 other guards. But Marquez prise if he was married,” she said. tiator Claudia Salerno stole the limelight when she I must tell you,” said Essop. “It never happens.” Bets pious, however, said Azmi Hasan, struggled with the responsibility: Ramirez expressed concern about waved a red-stained palm and claimed that devel- are being placed on just how long this round will manager at the Islamic Society he forgot when other guards were her friend amid numerous media oping countries were reduced to “cutting our hands run, even as one high-level negotiator has divined of Corona-Norco. The young con- on vacation; shifts were missed. reports that he checked himself and drawing blood” to get a speaking turn. that “pigs will fly” before a COP finishes on time. vert attended prayers sporadi- “He couldn’t handle the step into a mental hospital the day after “The final hours of any COP are hellish,” said “What’s tough is trying to predict when it is going cally, sometimes missing them for up,” said the man, an account the attacks. The last communica- Mohamed Adow of Christian Aid, which pushes poor to end,” said Adow. “Making the call whether to go months at a time, and he confided manager at United Security who tion she had from him came in the country interests at the talks. He has attended six home to bed or stay up in case it finishes abruptly to Hasan that he was struggling asked not to be named. “He just form of a cryptic posting to Face- of them. “Emotions run high because we’re dealing in the middle of the night. “As the stakes increase in with Islam. couldn’t take the stress.” Three book at 1:45 a.m. that morning: with decisions which could mean life and death for the last hours and the countries step up their game, He may have been struggling months after starting on July 11, “I’m. Very sorry sguys (sic). It was millions of people. I expect the usual high-octane drama.” with something else as well. 2013, Marquez was gone, company a pleasure.” “Added to that, the negotiations become very com- AFP Media outlets, including the New records show. REUTERS FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Najib vows ‘no surrender’ Malaysian PM abused office to cow whistle-blowers, says ex-premier

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian the next elections, due by 2018, Last Monday, party vice presi- party has dominated multi-cul- Prime Minister Najib Razak yes- with his brand now tainted. dent Muhyiddin Yassin, whom tural Malaysia through coali- terday defiantly rejected calls to It was revealed in July that Najib sacked as deputy prime tion governments for decades, step down over a political fund- Najib received nearly $700m in minister in July for demanding enshrining policies that favour ing scandal as the ruling party what the government has called answers in the scandal, urged the the Malay majority. doubled down on its support for “political donations.” Najib has premier to leave office until inves- But the large ethnic Chinese him in the face of an uncertain resisted calls to explain the mon- tigations are completed. minority and a new generation electoral outlook. ey’s source and purpose. But the anti-Najib grumbling of Malay and urban voters have Najib vowed not to give in to The discovery came just as has failed to gain traction in a increasingly flocked to the opposi- “traitors” seeking his removal, as he was battling separate allega- party detractors say is built on tion in disgust over racial politics he addressed the annual assem- tions that hundreds of millions of patronage and money politics. and persistent accusations of cor- bly of the ruling United Malays dollars were missing from deals “In light of the challenges, no ruption and democratic abuses. National Organisation (UMNO), involving a state firm he launched, matter how big, I will not at all The opposition won a major- the most closely watched in years 1Malaysia Development Berhad surrender,” Najib told the assem- ity of votes cast in 2013 parlia- Blue skies and sunshine yesterday replaced the thick haze that had covered for signs of any revolt against the (1MDB). bly, vowing to “continue to lead mentary elections, but Najib’s Beijing for days. party leader. Najib, 62, made only pass- UMNO towards victory”. coalition retained power thanks “Even though there are trai- ing reference to the affair in his As party president, Najib com- to seat allocations that favour its tors, and no matter how many speech, saying he had briefed mands solid support from UMNO rural strongholds. times we are pushed to the party leaders on the matter. He power-brokers nationwide, and Since the election, scores of ground, there shall be no retreat, offered no new details. party leaders have rallied behind opposition politicians and other Beijing lifts smog alert no surrender,” Najib told the Malaysia’s anti-graft agency him in speeches this week. government critics have been tar- assembly in Kuala Lumpur. said it interviewed Najib last week “We are solidly with the prime geted with accusations of sedition BEIJING: Beijing’s first ever red and “sincere tribute” for resi- “No retreat! No surrender!” he over the allegations, but it also minister. We will continue to and other charges. alert for smog was lifted yester- dents’ contributions to the effort. repeated forcefully, in a speech gave no details. remain steadfast with him,” said Analysts say Najib faces a major day, as blue skies and sunshine The city will “fight well a hard that drew a standing ovation from Both Najib and 1MDB vehe- Jehan Ongkomon, an UMNO del- challenge in the next polls, but replaced the thick haze that cov- battle to prevent and contain air the more than 2,000 delegates mently deny any wrongdoing, egate from a rural constituency. add the ruling coalition retains ered the city for days. pollution”, it said. clad in the party’s red colours. but vocal critics, including former He said the rural, mostly ethnic significant advantages through its The Chinese capital put its air But the struggle is largely out Najib’s troubles have raised new strongman premier Mahathir Malay voters who are UMNO’s control of government machin- pollution emergency plan into of municipal officials’ hands since questions over whether UMNO, Mohamad, say Najib has abused bedrock care more about the ery and fundingdistricts that is action earlier this week, pulling much of its air pollution comes which has ruled since independ- his office to cow whistle-blowers party’s support for their interests expected to bolster its hold on half of all private vehicles off the from neighbouring areas, where ence 58 years ago but faces stead- and hobble investigations, and than about the accusations Najib parliament. streets from Tuesday, ordering pollution levels remained hazard- ily declining support, can survive should face a criminal probe. faces. The Muslim, ethnic Malay AFP many factories to close and rec- ous yesterday, particularly to the ommending that some schools south in Hebei province. allow students to remain home. One traveller on a high-speed The measures were being lifted, train from the capital to the cen- according to a social media post tral province of Hubei posted on by Beijing’s environmental pro- social media: “Every city in north US gives over tection bureau. The red alert, the China that I passed was covered China rebuffs criticism from highest tier of a four-colour warn- by smog and looked like a dead 100 military ing system, came as heavy smog town. flooded the city for the second “Handan was particularly vehicles to time in as many weeks. grave. Smog is absolutely not a UN after torture report The unprecedented move fol- problem only for Beijing but has lowed scathing public criticism truly extended into the land in Philippines BEIJING: China yesterday Ministry spokeswoman Hua detained dissidents and said “seri- aimed at the city’s weak response north and central China. I really rejected a call from a United Chunying said. ous problems persist” in China to last week’s thick haze, which feel pained by that.” MANILA: The Philippines is Nations rights watchdog to halt “We have noticed that the with regard to freedom of opinion. saw pollution skyrocket to lev- The recurrent bad air has receiving 114 armoured vehicles torture of detainees, saying the opinions of the UN commission In a statement, Canada’s els not seen in years. Counts driven Beijing residents to hospi- donated by the United States, group’s recommendations were against torture are based on ambassador to China, Guy Saint- of PM2.5, harmful microscopic tals in growing numbers, accord- officials said yesterday, boosting based on unverified information unverified information,” Hua told Jacques, said he had “witnessed particles that penetrate deep ing to a report on Internet giant the poorly-equipped military’s and that it should “improve its a daily news briefing. a worrisome increase in the into the lungs, reached well over Tencent’s news portal. fight against various insurgent work style”. “We hope they can scrupu- number of Chinese citizens jailed 600 micrograms per cubic metre During the last month’s periods groups in the country. China consistently rejects any lously abide by their mandate, merely for peacefully expressing last week, according to the US of severe pollution, it said, trips to Washington has provided ally criticism of its human rights further improve their work style their views, as well as attempts to embassy, which issues independ- medical facilities using hailing app Manila with military support record, saying it is a country ruled and view China’s honouring of its silence critics outside of China”. ent readings, and were regularly Didi Kuaidi went from 3.4 percent in the past, including a warship by law and that it opposes for- agreements more fully and more In July, President Xi Jinping’s above 300 in recent days. of all journeys to 4.1 percent, an offered last month as part of a eign interference in its domestic objectively.” administration launched an By yesterday afternoon they increase of more than a fifth. $250m aid package to Southeast affairs. Earlier, the US ambassador unprecedented crackdown on were down to as low as 15 at The report also cited online Asian nations. Last Wednesday, the UN Com- to China, Max Baucus, called human rights lawyers, targeting times as moderate winds blew retailer JD.com as saying pol- Seventy-seven M113A2 of the mittee against Torture voiced on China to recognise several hundreds in a nationwide sweep. from the north, below even the lution mask sales soared by as donated armoured personnel deep concern about the deaths detained rights lawyers such as The United Nations said at least World Health Organisation’s rec- much as 400 percent in response carriers (APCs) arrived late on in custody of several high-profile Wang Yu, Li Heping and Zhang 25 of 200 lawyers rounded up ommended maximum exposure to the bad air. Data from Chi- Wednesday and the rest will come political prisoners and over Chi- Kai as “partners, not enemies of since July remain in detention. of 25. nese e-commerce giant Alibaba next month, the US embassy in na’s crackdown on lawyers and the government” on International Baucus also urged China to In a note posted online, the showed searches for air purifi- the Philippines said in a state- activists. Human Rights Day. release Pu Zhiqiang, one of Chi- city wrote that the emergency ers and masks being made more ment. China is “resolute and deter- Baucus’s statement coincides na’s most prominent rights law- measures had “been effec- frequently in several areas hit by The donation boosts the mined on its opposition to the use with one from the German yers. Pu will stand trial in Beijing tive in slowing down the proc- heavy pollution this month than Philippine army’s inventory of of torture” and has made much embassy in Beijing, which also on Monday. ess of smog accumulation”, and elsewhere. armoured vehicles by over a third progress in this regard, Foreign highlighted the cases of several REUTERS expressed its “heartfelt thanks” AFP to 455, said spokesman Colonel Benjamin Hao. The Philippine military still has to install arma- ment and communication equip- ment on the vehicles, but Hao said they would be deployed soon. Philippines, “Our forces are now more pro- Cop who led trafficking probe flees Thailand tected and they will have more Australia vow mobility because they will be in BANGKOK: The police general They were the sites of traffick- There is no sympathy, or mercy, accused pivots on bank transfers a tracked vehicle,” that is more who led Thailand’s probe into ing camps where victims were for me from my bosses,” he said. of hundreds of thousands of dol- suited for rough terrain, he said. human trafficking said yester- held in appalling conditions, many The kingdom’s pivotal role in lars from known traffickers. cooperation He would not specify where day he was in Australia seeking awaiting ransom payments from the trade emerged in May as peo- Paween said that the arrests they would be sent, only that political asylum, after fleeing the relatives for their release. ple-smugglers abandoned thou- were made after his probe had “they will be in areas where they kingdom fearing for his life for “I am asking for asylum because sands of migrants at sea or in found regular payments of up against IS are needed”. The vehicles were implicating senior officials in the living in (Thailand) at this time jungle camps after a Thai crack- to $380,000 to the accounts of a MANILA: Australia agreed offered as part of a US military grim trade. is very dangerous,” Paween said down. Thai officials are accused number of key officials. yesterday to help the Philippines programme of giving away excess Thailand has long been a yesterday after arriving in Mel- of orchestrating smuggling routes Manas is accused of being a improve its surveillance, intelli- equipment, but the Philippines major hub for human traffick- bourne earlier this week on a through the south of their coun- linchpin, using his local influ- gence and forensic investigation paid 67.5m pesos ($1.4m) to cover ing and people smuggling, with tourist visa. try to neighbouring Malaysia, ence to funnel migrants through to prevent Paris-style attacks by transport costs, officials said. rights groups accusing officials of “I feared for my life because of raking in huge sums of money the south, though he denies the Islamist militants in Southeast The Philippine military is turning a blind eye to the multi- the human trafficking cases. Dur- over several years. charges. His alleged involvement Asia. among the most poorly-equipped million dollar industry and even ing my work... I was threatened Dozens of people including is hugely embarrassing to the At least five Islamist militant in the region and has been bat- complicity in it. and it became worse and worse.” Manas Kongpan, a powerful Thai Thai junta, which seized power groups in the southern Philip- tling a communist insurgency as Major General Paween Pongsi- Paween resigned from the army general in the south, and last year declaring themselves pines have pledged allegiance to well as various Muslim outlaw rin headed a police investigation police rather than take up a new other local officials appeared in as the only institution capable of Islamic State, a militant group groups in the undeveloped south into trafficking after dozens of post after allegedly receiving court last month charged with running a graft-free country. that has taken control of swathes for decades. shallow graves were uncovered death threats, he added. trafficking. of Iraq and Syria. Canberra and AFP on the Thai-Malaysia border. “No one can protect me now. The police case against the 88 AFP Manila will step up exchange of information, concentrating on the flow of Southeast Asian militants travelling to and from Syria and Diving Santa Iraq. The increased cooperation were Australian police charge five over discussed by top Philippine police officials with Australian Justice Minister Michael Keenan and Federal Police Commissioner Neil plot to attack govt buildings Gaughan, who are on a tour of Southeast Asia. SYDNEY: Australian police said a police statement said. Three son to undertake a terrorist act”, “We always consider the poten- they had charged a 20-year-old other men, all of them already it said. Australia, a staunch ally tial threat posed by radicalised man and a 15-year-old boy with in custody on terrorism-related of the US in its battle against Filipinos supporting the ISIS,” conspiracy to attack govern- offences, were also charged later Islamist militants in Iraq and said a senior police official, refer- ment buildings after they were yesterday as part of the same Syria, has been on heightened ring to Islamic State, who asked arrested during early-morning operation. alert for attacks by home-grown not to be identified because he raids by counterterrorism police Each of the men had been radicals since last year. In Sep- was not authorised to talk to the in Sydney yesterday. charged with one count of con- tember 2014, police shot dead a press. Police told a news conference spiracy to conduct an act in teenager in the southern city of Counter terrorism officials the potential targets of the plot preparation for a terrorist act, Melbourne after he stabbed two from both countries are worried included the headquarters of the the same charges levelled against counterterrorism officers. Three over the presence of about two Australian Federal Police in Syd- the two seized in the raids earlier, months later, two hostages were million Filipino contract work- ney, Australia’s largest city, as police said. The men arrested killed when police stormed a cen- ers in the Middle East, some of well as randomly chosen civilians. yesterday had been involved in tral Sydney cafe to end a 17-hour whom are in Iraq and Syria and A South Korean diver wearing a Santa Claus costume swims in a tank The arrests yesterday resulted “formulating documents con- siege by a lone gunman, who was who may be inspired by Islamic during an event at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. partly from evidence seized dur- nected with preparations to also killed. State. ing police raids in December 2014, facilitate, assist or engage a per- REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 ASIA / PAKISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Pakistan facing climate ‘calamity’ if warnings go unheeded KARACHI: With its northern The mountain glaciers feed into ing the impact of climate change. regions supplied by meltwater Surplus monsoon water is — driving the price of bread up. glaciers melting and its popula- the Indus River and its tributaries Temperatures in northern from major mountain ranges”. mostly stored in Pakistan’s two Like the Indus, the ominous tion surging — Pakistan’s climate to irrigate the rest of the country. Pakistan have increased by 1.9 In Pakistan, most of the country large reservoirs, the Tarbela and warning signs all culminate change time bomb is ticking. The future of Pakistan, a Mus- degrees Celsius in the past cen- is fed by the lush, fertile plains of the Mangla dams — but, warns around Karachi. In a nation facing Islamist vio- lim giant whose population the tury, authorities say, causing one such region: Punjab. Despite Ghulam Rasul, director general of The city draws almost all of its lence and energy shortage slowing UN predicts will surge past 300 “glof” — glacial lake outburst its growing population, Pakistan Pakistan’s meteorological depart- water from the river and already economic growth, the environ- million people by 2050, can be floods, where the dams of such remains self-sufficient in agricul- ment, the supply would hardly last fails to meet even half of the four ment is a subject little discussed. read in part by the melting of gla- lakes abruptly rupture, sending tural terms, largely thanks to the 30 days. billion litres a day its inhabitants But the warning signs are there, ciers like Passu, at the gateway water cascading down the slopes. rich Punjabi soil. Throughout the rest of the year, require, in part because of its including catastrophic floods to China. Today, thirty glacial lakes But in recent years the region farmers rely on the rivers, prima- inadequate pump network. which displaced millions, and a From its magnificent rocky are under observation in the has seen unprecedented, deadly rily the glacier-fed Indus, to irri- By 2050 the IPCC predicts a deadly heatwave this summer that slopes, the glacial melt is obvious. north. According to the Inter- floods that wipe out millions of gate their land. decrease in the freshwater supply killed 1,200 people. “When we would come here governmental Panel on Climate acres of prime farmland. But if the glaciers were to of South Asia, particularly in large Three of the world’s most spec- 25 years ago, the glacier reached Change (IPCC), such mass The disasters are caused by one day disappear, “we would be river basins such as the Indus. tacular mountain ranges intersect that rock up there,” explains Javed loss of water is “projected to monsoon rains, but are a bell- totally dependent on the monsoon. “In the long term, it is a huge in Pakistan’s north: the Himala- Akhtar, indicating an area some accelerate throughout the 21st wether for the havoc that melt- And already it varies,” says Rasul. challenge,” says Syed Mashkoor yas, the Hindu Khush and the 500m from the tip of the ice. century, reducing water availa- ing glaciers could cause, with any If its wheat production should ul-Hasnain of the Karachi Water Karakoram, forming the largest Akhtar is a villager employed bility, hydropower potential, and variation in water levels threaten- no longer suffice, Pakistan would Company. reservoir of ice outside the poles. by a team of glaciologists measur- changing seasonality of flows in ing farmers’ crops. have to begin importing the grain AFP Death toll rises to 50 in Afghan spy chief quits

KABUL: The head of Afghani- Kandahar airport siege stan’s main intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Secu- rity, resigned yesterday over disa- Ten soldiers, two cops and 38 civilians killed in attack greements with President Ashraf Ghani, laying bare divisions that KANDAHAR: The death toll positions in the area and (some country had seen worse in recent have hindered efforts to fight the from a 27-hour Taliban siege of of them) detonated their suicide years. growing Taliban insurgency. Kandahar airport has jumped to vests among civilians.” “It seems that the insurgents Relations between Ghani and at least 50, officials said yester- Witnesses said the militants failed to get inside the base itself, the NDS had been strained since day, after a conference in Paki- had taken families hostage, so it’s not a security breach on the at least the fall of Kunduz, which stan shored up international using them as “human shields” scale of the Camp Bastion attack an inquiry last month blamed on support for reviving peace talks. and slowing down the military’s in 2012,” the official said. poor leadership. Later, Ghani dis- Eleven suicide attackers last clearance operation. The United In September 2012, Taliban missed some NDS officials, includ- A Pakistani Christian arranges Christmas items for sale on a wall in a slum Tuesday breached the high-secu- Nations Assistance Mission in militants breached Camp Bas- ing the provincial chief of the neighbourhood in Islamabad yesterday. rity complex which also houses a Afghanistan, which put the death tion, a heavily fortified airfield in agency, who he said had neglected joint Nato-Afghan base, taking toll at 54, said the insurgents southern Helmand province, kill- their duty to defend Kunduz. families hostage and triggering opened fire in the bazaar, killing ing two US marines and destroy- In the letter, Nabil spoke of “a pitched firefights with soldiers. and injuring several civilian shop- ing millions of dollars’ worth lack of agreement on some policy The raid, which saw mili- keepers and their customers. of aircraft. An Afghan military matters” and said the president Outcry as Islamabad tants blowing themselves up Some 27 hours after the siege commander said radio intercepts had imposed unacceptable condi- among civilians before the area began, soldiers last Wednesday showed some of the Kandahar tions on his ability to do his job. was secured, is the most serious killed the last insurgent who was assailants were speaking Urdu, a He said Ghani’s “repeated verbal officials target attack on the largest military holed up inside a building and language more common in neigh- summons” had put him under installation in the south of the doggedly resisted security forces bouring Pakistan, the Taliban’s impossible pressure and forced country during 14 years of war. until the very end. historic backer. his resignation. The development “Fifty of our innocent coun- The Taliban posted a picture The raid coincided with Afghan comes a day after Nabil posted a illegal slums trymen, including 10 soldiers, on their website of the militants President Ghani’s high-profile Facebook post criticising Ghani’s two policemen and 38 civilians, it said were involved in the attack. visit to Islamabad last Wednesday visit to Pakistan on Wednesday ISLAMABAD: Human rights the “discriminatory” stance. were martyred in the attack,” the It shows 10 young men sporting for the Heart of Asia conference for a regional conference. “Our activists slammed Islamabad Ammar Rashid of the AWP defence ministry said in a state- trimmed beards, Kalashnikovs aimed at promoting regional ties. innocent countrymen were being authorities yesterday after court said the move was “old-fashioned ment. and identical military uniforms. Ghani and Pakistani Prime martyred and beheaded in Kan- documents showed the Pakistani bigotry against minorities and The fatalities included women The face of one of them is Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed dahar airfield... at the moment capital’s development body had working classes”. and children and at least 37 oth- obscured with blue ink for commitment to the peace proc- when (Pakistan) Prime Minister cracked down on illegal slums “The administrative body has ers were wounded, it added. unknown reasons. ess, with the United States and Nawaz Sharif once again called because it feared their grow- no right to be making decisions “A group of 11 terrorists Despite the severity of the China also offering support. Afghanistan as Pakistan’s enemy,” ing Christian population would about the religious demography attacked a bazaar and a school attack and its high death toll, he wrote. threaten the city’s Muslim major- of Islamabad,” he said. in the airport complex, took up a Western official said that the AFP AGENCIES ity. “Action should be taken against In 2014 the Capital Develop- whoever drafted the report,” Far- ment Authority declared a war zana Bari, a human rights activist, against illegal slums in leafy, afflu- said. ent Islamabad, saying the areas Most Christians in the city are — known as “katchi abadies” in sanitary workers, she said -- a job Bangladesh lifts ban Urdu and largely populated by considered unsuitable for Mus- Christians and Afghan refugees lims. — are illegal and havens for mili- “These poor Christians that the tants. CDA is so scared of are their own on Facebook The drive rendered hundreds employees who work very hard to homeless and stirred anger with keep the city clean,” she said. DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday continue for “security reasons”. demonstrations held to try to stop “It seems the Christians would lifted a ban on Facebook, three “As per recommendation from the bulldozers. now require passports to live weeks after it was imposed for the home ministry, we have given The left-wing Awami Workers in the capital,” Shamoon Gill, a security reasons in the tense directives to all the telecom serv- Party (AWP) launched a Supreme Christian activist said. country, but mobile messaging ice providers to unblock Facebook Court bid against the drive, with Designed by Greek architect apps remained barred, the tel- immediately,” Halim told report- the court ordering written jus- Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, ecoms minister said. ers in Dhaka. tification from the CDA for its Islamabad was founded in 1960 as The government ordered Bangladesh temporarily barred actions. a purpose-built capital. Facebook, WhatsApp and Viber messaging services Tango and In the reply submitted this Its wide boulevards and grid blocked last month after two Viber in January after they week — which has also been criti- design set it apart from most opposition leaders lost their became a popular way of mobilis- cised for its poor English — the South Asian cities, but also mean appeals against the death penalty ing large numbers of activists for CDA states: “It seems this pace it offers little accommodation for for war crimes committed during anti-government protests. of occupation of land by Chris- the lower-classes who work as A group of Nepalese human rights activists shout slogans against a border the 1971 independence conflict. The minister thanked Internet tian community may increase... labourers or domestic workers. blockade by India, during a protest rally in front of the Indian Embassy in The pair were hanged days users for “keeping patience” dur- removal of katchi abadies is very The katchi abadis — often Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday. later, hiking fears of opposition ing the current ban. urgent to provide better envi- euphemistically called “colonies” unrest in a country already reel- A court last month rejected ronment to the citizen of Islama- — are tucked into corners of the ing from deadly attacks by sus- appeals by Salahuddin Quader bad and to protect the beauty of grid and house tens of thousands pected Islamist militants. Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muja- Islam”. of people unable to afford the Nepal police detain Telecoms minister Tarana hid, who were found guilty of The report sparked a swift city’s high rents in flimsy dwell- Halim said although Facebook atrocities carried out during the backlash, with rights activ- ings of concrete, bricks and sack- could now be accessed, bans on war with Pakistan. ists holding a rally in the capi- ing. activists over protest WhatsApp and Viber would AFP tal against what they call AFP

KATHMANDU: More than 40 Pahadi. The Himalayan nation rights activists and lawyers were has been facing protests for detained yesterday after they almost four months by Madhesi protested in front of the Indian political parties and indigenous Trump call to ‘ban Muslims’ sparks anger in Asia embassy here over the alleged groups at major entry points on blockade of essential goods sup- the Nepal-India border demand- DHAKA: Religious leaders in spreading statement, Donald servative commentators praised against Muslims,” Maulana plies by India. ing revision of the Constitution Asia yesterday condemned Don- Trump has committed a crime the call. In Indonesia, the world’s Sami-ul-Haq, who was nomi- Rights activist Krishna Pahadi and setting up of federally-admin- ald Trump’s inflammatory com- by indirectly helping the cause most populous Muslim nation, nated by the Pakistani Taliban as was among the activists arrested istered provinces. ments on Muslims, warning that of so-called global Islamist mili- Zuhairi Misrawi, an Islamic a negotiator in government peace by Nepal Police during a sit-in The ongoing agitation in the US presidential hopeful was tants such as Islamic State,” the scholar from Muslim organisa- talks last year, said. In Kashmir, protest organised as part of a Nepal’s southern plains has led to helping the Islamic State group’s chairman of the Jamiatul Ulama tion Nahdlatul Ulama, said the top separatist leader Syed Ali 10-day campaign to mark the 67th severe shortage of fuel, essential cause and diminishing America’s Bangladesh, an Islamic scholars call was “a step backwards for Geelani described Trump’s call International Human Rights Day. goods and drugs in the landlocked global stature. council, said. American democracy”. as indicative of an “imperialistic The activists outside the Himalayan nation. In Bangladesh, Indonesia and The Republican frontrunner’s The controversial candidate’s and sick mindset”. embassy, located at Lainchaur in Many of Nepal’s political par- Pakistan, together home to more remarks came after an appar- latest outburst came two weeks Trump’s presidential bid has the Nepali capital, carried plac- ties, besides media and civil than a third of the world’s 1.5 bil- ently radicalised Muslim couple after he proposed creating a data- met with widespread ridicule, ards with slogans saying “India society lay the blame at India’s lion followers of Islam, anger at shot dead 14 people at a workplace base system in the US to track with the mainstream media blockade is violation of human doorstep for the blockade. New the bouffant billionaire’s incen- party in the Californian town of Muslims. Amid fears his com- struggling to take the former rights”, “Modi ji: End blockade, Delhi, however, has dismissed the diary proposal to ban Muslims San Bernardino this month. ments would fuel extremist vio- reality TV star seriously, despite respect Nepal’s sovereignty” and charge and maintains that the from entering the United States Trump’s demand for a mora- lence, the leader of a Pakistani his popularity in the polls. “India: blockade is crime against blockade was an internal mat- ran high. Leading Bangladeshi torium on Muslims entering the seminary attended by Taliban While reaction on the streets humanity”. ter of Nepal, where an ongoing cleric Fariduddin Masud said United States until politicians militants decried the comments as remained muted, outrage at his “The embargo imposed by India political agitation had led to ces- the remarks fed IS propaganda “can figure out what was going emblematic of Western “aggres- comments continued to rever- has created a humanitarian crisis sation of cross-border transport. that sought to depict a grand war on” was roundly condemned, sion” towards Islam. berate among Asian Muslims on in Nepal and is against the human between Islam and the West. although fellow Republican con- “Trump’s statement is part Facebook and Twitter. rights of the Nepali people,” said IANS “By uttering such a hate- tender Ted Cruz and some con- of a strong hatred and grudge AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA

Odisha assembly Cong, govt spar over disrupted over ‘starvation death’ BHUBANESWAR: The Odi- National Herald case sha assembly yesterday wit- nessed repeated adjournments over alleged starvation death of Walkout in Lok Sabha, adjournments in Rajya Sabha a 55-year-old tribal woman in the state’s Balangir district. NEW DELHI: The continuing ing in parliament,” Modi said. members for disorderly conduct. The opposition Congress raised confrontation between the Con- In a Facebook post, Jaitley took The list included the names the issue and sought the govern- gress and the government yes- potshots at the Congress and said of E M Sudarsana Natchiappan, ment’s statement. terday saw the main opposition “India has never accepted the dik- Ashwani Kumar, Ambika Soni, “We demand a statement from party forcing repeated adjourn- tat that the queen is not answer- Kumari Selja, Renuka Chowdhury the revenue and disaster manage- ments in the Rajya Sabha over able to the law”. and a number of other Congress ment minister on the starvation the National Herald case and “Why should the Congress and leaders. death of a woman in drought-hit a walkout in the Lok Sabha to its leaders not contest the notice Congress members trooped Actor Salman Khan leaves the Bombay High Court in Mumbai yesterday Balangir,” Leader of Opposition demand a BJP member’s sus- before the court? The government near the chairman’s podium after being acquitted of all charges in an accident case. Narsingh Mishra said during Zero pension over his “objectionable cannot help them in the matter, shouting slogans soon after the Hour. With Speaker Niranjan remarks”. nor can the parliament. Why then house met for the day and the Pujari refusing to give a ruling The verbal sparring between disturb parliament and prevent house saw several adjournments. on the matter, Congress members the two sides continued for the the legislative activity from con- Minister of State for Parlia- Salman acquitted in rushed to the well of the house third day outside parliament as tinuing?” he said. mentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas and shouted slogans against the well. Congress vice president Rahul Naqvi said members who were government that led to many Finance Minister Arun Jait- Gandhi along with his mother and creating ruckus should be sent adjournments. ley said the “answer to the Con- Congress president Sonia Gandhi out of the house. Mumbai accident case Mishra alleged that Sua Dei of gress leadership landing up in will appear in a trial court here on “I have a request. Those who do Gutupalli village in the district a ‘chakravyuh’ (in the National December 19 in connection with not want to let the house func- MUMBAI: Bollywood megastar In a guarded reaction to the died of starvation on November Herald case) is to fight their bat- BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s tion should be allowed to take Salman Khan was acquitted of outcome, Chief Minister Deven- 8. He said the woman was alone tle legally and not disrupt par- complaint in the National Herald rest; let them sit outside for some all charges in the September 28, dra Fadnavis said in Nagpur that at her house as other members of liament”, while Congress leader case. days,” Naqvi said, to which Kurien 2002, accident case by the Bom- the Maharashtra government will the family had migrated to other Ashwani Kumar told the media While Congress staged a walk- responded, “I agree.” bay High Court here yesterday. decide on further course of action states in search of work due to that the government was indulg- out for the day in the Lok Sabha In the Lok Sabha, Congress Delivering the much-awaited after examining the Bombay High an acute drought condition in the ing in a “politics of intimidation” and was joined by Trimanool leader in the house Mallikarjun verdict, Justice A R Joshi said that Court verdict. district. Stating that he got the and “assault on liberal values”. Congress, the Rajya Sabha saw Kharge sought an apology from the actor “cannot be convicted” Virtually dismissing the pros- information through the media, With the passage of crucial repeated adjournments for the BJP member Virendra Singh for on the basis of the evidences pro- ecution case, Justice Joshi said the Congress leader, who hails Goods and Services Tax bill look- third successive day yesterday making remarks last Wednesday duced by the prosecution in the the “prosecution failed to estab- from the district, said the woman ing increasingly uncertain amid over the National Herald case against former prime ministers 13-year-old case and trial. lish the charges on all counts” and died due to lack of food. He said the stand-off, Prime Minister with the Congress members rais- Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gan- Accordingly, Salman’s convic- that “it had failed to prove that even though the deceased woman Narendra Modi said at a func- ing slogans. dhi and Rajiv Gandhi apart from tion and five-year jail term in the Salman was drunk or driving” at had lifted rice from a public dis- tion here that there were several Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya case on charges of “culpable homi- the time of the accident tribution system outlet as per the measures for the poor, other than P J Kurien tried to take up the Scindia. cide not amounting to murder”, Demolishing the police investi- records, but no grain was found the crucial GST bill, pending in whistle-blowers’ protection bill, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan did have been set aside by the high gations completely, Justice Joshi’s in her home. He also alleged that parliament. but could not amid the din. not allow an adjournment motion court. judgment came on Khan’s appeal her body was buried without con- “People only talk about the The Rajya Sabha Bulletin, by Congress members and said “After 13-long years, the verdict challenging his conviction and ducting post-mortem which could GST and parliament, but there which informs members about the remarks have since been is a big relief for Salman Khan,” five-year sentence by the Ses- have proved that she died of star- are several other measures also the proceedings and other expunged. his counsel Amit Desai told media sions Court. vation. for the poor that are pend- important issues, named 46 IANS persons shortly afterwards. IANS IANS

India-US defence ties Tribals protest Ranchi Gujarat HC grounds PM’s pet masterplan Shanghai-like project RANCHI: Hundreds of tribal people yesterday took out a pro- AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat held ultra vires to the Constitu- action followed a petition by res- test march in the Jharkhand High Court yesterday grounded tion. idents of the 22 villages under capital against the government’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s The state government pro- four umbrella organisations who 2037 masterplan for the state much-publicised Special Invest- poses to develop the Dholera prayed to the court to declare capital. Under the banner of the ment Region (SIR) project of SIR, spread over 920 square km, the SIR Act as unconstitutional Adivasi Adhikar Manch, the tri- Dholera, directing the state as one of the key business desti- on the ground that the power bals displayed banners that said government against summarily nations under the Delhi-Mumbai given to gram panchayats cannot “Withdraw Ranchi 2037 master acquiring land in 22 villages fall- Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and be taken away by a government plan”. ing under the proposed region. Smart City, six times the size of notification with regard to acqui- They said they were unhappy Granting a suspension of land Shanghai, by acquiring 50 percent sition and use of land. Advocate as tribal organisations were not acquisition order, a division bench of land from farmers of 22 villages Krishnakant Vakhariya requested consulted before finalising the of Acting Chief Justice Jayant of Ahmedabad district. the court to quash all notifications masterplan. Patel and Justice V M Pancholi It recently decided to hand of the revenue department of the “We were not consulted before issued notice to the Gujarat over 28,503 hectares of land state government with regard to finalising the masterplan of government to explain why the to the special purpose vehicle acquisition of land for the pro- Ranchi. The tribals’ land will be US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter (left) hosts a honour cordon Gujarat Special Investment (SPV) for developing a Smart posed SIR. taken, and we will be displaced to welcome Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (second left) to the Region Act, 2009, should not be City in the SIR. The high court IANS again,” said Manju Munda, a Pentagon, in Washington yesterday. tribal woman protestor. Jharkhand’s urban develop- ment department came out with the masterplan, considering the rising population and traffic David Headley bargains for pardon No court-monitored probe issues in Ranchi. The masterp- lan talks about road, electricity, housing, traffic development and other important issues. in 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks for Himachal CM, says HC “Tribals constitute 27 percent of the total population and we MUMBAI: Pakistani-American during the hearing. Special Pub- charges,” he told the Mumbai NEW DELHI: The Delhi High made assessment and reassess- should be consulted while decid- Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David lic Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam, who court. He added he had accepted Court yesterday disposed of a ment of his income, nothing more ing key issues like masterplans. Coleman Headley, currently conducted the 26/11 trial earlier, the responsibility for his role in plea that sought a court-mon- is required to be decided by the We are not against development imprisoned in the US, informed a sought time to consult the investi- the offences in the US and also itored probe into the dispro- court. but we should not be displaced in court here late last night that he gating officers for which the court to make himself as witness in the portionate assets case against The PIL was originally filed by the name of development,” said was prepared to turn an approver was adjourned for half an hour. Mumbai court. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister NGO Common Cause through Manki Oraon, another protestor. and depose in the 26/11 Mumbai Headley confirmed he had “I am here ready to answer Virbhadra Singh. advocate Prashant Bhushan seek- terror attacks case in return for received the charge sheet filed questions, if I receive a pardon A division bench of Justice B ing a probe into Virbhadra Singh’s IANS a pardon. against him in the Mumbai court- from this court,” pleaded Headley D Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev disproportionate assets. The case Headley, who appeared before a for which he was also charged in who is currently serving a 35-year Sachdeva closed the matter say- was later converted into the one court through a video-conferenc- the US. sentence in a US jail for his role in ing that since CBI has registered taken up by the court itself. ing from an unidentified location “I had pleaded guilty to the the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes. a regular case against Virbhadra in the US, expressed his willing- charges in the US and I admit- Singh and tax authorities have IANS Woman delivers ness to Sessions Judge G A Sanap ted I was a participant in these IANS child in Delhi taxi Kashmir protest NEW DELHI: A Delhi woman in her early 20s yesterday gave Three found guilty in Kolkata gang rape birth to a child in a taxi on her way to a hospital, hospital KOLKATA: Nearly nine months Khan, Naser Khan and Sumit ing disparaging comments and authorities said. According to after her death, the Anglo-Indian Bajaj guilty of gang rape. The initial reluctance of Park Street them, the woman, a resident of woman gang-raped on Kolkata’s quantum of punishment will be police station personnel, West south Delhi’s Deoli area, started Park Street in 2012 finally got pronounced today. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata suffering from labour pain in the justice yesterday with a court The accused were found guilty Banerjee called it a “cooked up afternoon. However, instead of pronouncing guilty all three of gang rape, criminal conspiracy, case” and alleged that the woman an ambulance, her family mem- accused who were on trial in the voluntarily causing hurt, criminal was trying to malign the state bers called a taxi. sensational case. intimidation and common inten- government. “Though the woman along The woman, then 40 years old, tion, under relevant sections of Banerjee’s remarks were widely with two of her family members a divorcee and mother of two, the Indian Penal Code. However, flayed by the civil society and the was in the texi, her labour wors- was beaten up and gang-raped at main accused Kader Khan and a public, but that was no end to the ened, following which the driver gun-point inside a moving car and co-accused Ali are still abscond- raped woman’s ordeal. Trinamool had to stop the cab. The woman then thrown off the vehicle near ing. The courageous and gutsy MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar called delivered her child in the back a city intersection on the night of Anglo-Indian woman, who came the entire episode “a sex deal seat of taxi only,” said an official February 5, 2012, after she had forward and revealed her iden- gone wrong”, while then minis- of Safdarjung Hospital, where come out of a night club on the tity and even urged the world to ter Madan Mitra questioned what the mother and her child were fashionable Park Street. call her a “rape survivor” and not she was doing at a night club so later admitted. According to the Passing the judgment during as the “Park Street rape victim”, late in the night and dubbed the Supporters of Engineer Rashid shout slogans after police stopped hospital authorities, both the in-camera proceedings, Addi- grittily fought her case for three rape allegation a “fabricated com- their march during a protest to mark International Human Rights Day in child and the mother are healthy. tional Sessions Judge Chiranjib years against heavy odds. plaint meant to extort money”. Srinagar yesterday. The protesters were demonstrating against alleged Bhattacharya of the City Ses- Days after she filed the com- human rights violations in Kashmir. IANS sions Court pronounced Ruman plaint on February 9, 2012, ignor- IANS FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 EUROPE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Berlin under fire for chaotic handling of refugee influx BERLIN: As Germany faces a record courtyard, some of them for weeks, wait- powerless, helpless and as if trapped in a health senator Mario Czaja, alleging the no medical treatment and continue to influx of one million asylum-seekers this ing for a number and an initial interview nightmare”. Roth said that in her south- institutional neglect was “causing bodily play with others.” In late November, ten- year, its capital Berlin has come under with a frazzled bureaucrat inside. ern German home state of Bavaria— harm”. “In no other state are politicians sions escalated at Tempelhof and groups attack for allowing chaos to reign in Security guards have contained the where conservative politicians have railed and administrators failing as systemati- attacked each other, some armed with overwhelmed refugee offices and shelters. crowds, sometimes backed by police the loudest against the influx — the on- cally as here,” charged lawyer Christina metal rods and knives. Families sleeping outside in sub-zero when scuffles have broken out, while the-ground aid efforts had nonetheless Clemm, claiming the result was injuries, Berlin, faced with a chronic housing temperatures and brawls in overcrowded neighbourhood volunteers have averted been far more professional. illnesses, hunger and homelessness. shortage, plans to expand the Tempelhof dormitories have cast a harsh spotlight disaster by handing out warm drinks, This was despite the fact Bavaria is Another Berlin flashpoint has been a site and accommodate up to 8,000 people on Berlin. “Capital of failure” was the food and clothes. Despite the citizens’ taking in 15 percent of refugees coming to vast refuge shelter set up, months after in tents inside its hangars. withering assessment by news site Spiegel best efforts, the situation is “shocking Germany, against five percent for Berlin. the idea was first floated, in the mas- The Berliner Zeitung daily said the chal- Online of how the chronically broke city- and unworthy of a democratic society,” Highlighting the chaos has been the sive Nazi-era Tempelhof airport, which lenge was to build a functioning refugee state of 3.5 million has dealt with some charged the Green Party’s parliamentary tragic case of four-year-old Bosnian during the Cold War served as a crucial facility “akin to a small town”. “The experi- 70,000 refugee arrivals this year. vice president Claudia Roth. boy who was kidnapped from the crowd western military air hub. ment at the airport, which once stood for The head of Berlin’s main asylum In an open letter to Berlin mayor and killed by a serial offender. Mueller The mood inside has been described as the defence of freedom, must succeed,” it seeker registration centre, Franz Allert, Martin Mueller, she said she saw people defended his city’s efforts, pointing to the tense, in part because 2,200 inhabitants said. “Otherwise there is a danger that was forced to resign late Wednesday over “endure the queues, sometimes in the “special situation” and ongoing efforts to in bunk beds have to use outside portable Tempelhof will be mentioned in the same the chaos plaguing the office, which is mud, rain and storm, often tightly packed expand staffing and services, adding that toilets and a bus shuttle service to take breath as the infamous Lageso. It would struggling to process a record number into closed-off ares, tents or buildings, “the topic of housing refugees should not showers in nearby public swimming pools. be proof yet again of the government’s of newcomers. with no guarantee that their suffering be used for political games”. “These are inhumane housing con- failure,” added the daily, referring to the Since June, hundreds have queued and will be worth it”. Meanwhile, over 40 lawyers have filed ditions,” a volunteer said. “There are registration centre. jostled almost daily in its unsheltered dirt Many of the refugees, Roth wrote, “feel a criminal complaint against the city’s children who have scabies but receive AFP

Migrant crisis Scotland shuns Trump risks Britain leaving EU, after Muslim remarks says Cameron LONDON: The migrant crisis University revokes Trump’s honorary degree sweeping Europe could lead to Britain voting to leave the Euro- LONDON: The Scottish gov- ible with the ethos and values of on Robert Gordon University to pean Union in an upcoming ref- ernment sacked US presidential the university”. Remarks by the revoke Trump’s honorary degree. erendum, Prime Minister David hopeful Donald Trump as a busi- property billionaire that police Over 75,000 people signed her Cameron warned in an interview ness ambassador and a university feared for their lives in parts of petition demanding that the uni- published yesterday. revoked his honorary degree late London due to radicalisation also versity take action because of Cameron is currently touring on Wednesday after he called for caused a social media outcry and “Trump’s unrepentant, persistent Europe in an attempt to secure a ban on Muslims entering the drew the ire of the capital’s mayor, verbal attacks on various groups reforms to the 28-member bloc, United States. Boris Johnson. of people based on nationality, reli- before campaigning to stay in A petition to bar the Repub- “When Donald Trump says gion, race and physical abilities”. Socialist party candidate for the regional election Claude Bartolone (centre) the EU ahead of the referendum lican frontrunner from Britain there are parts of London that are Finance minister George and EELV president Emmanuelle Cosse install ribbons while visiting the 104 promised before the end of 2017. reached more than 358,000 sig- no-go areas, I think he is betraying Osborne told parliament that exhibition centre yesterday in Paris, ahead of the upcoming second round However, he said voters could natures amid an outcry over com- a quite stupefying ignorance that Trump’s comments were “non- of the French regional elections. be influenced by the influx of ments by the tycoon, who owns makes him frankly unfit to hold the sense” but added that debate was migrants on the continent, flee- golf courses in Scotland and has office of the president of the United “the best way to deal with Don- ing war in the Middle East and family links to the country. States,” Johnson told ITV News. ald Trump and his views rather France’s Le Pen and niece north Africa. “Mr Trump’s recent remarks Web users mocked the blus- than trying to ban presidential “With... the migration crisis, have shown that he is no longer tering tycoon with the ironic candidates”. Twenty-four law- the short-term impact is for fit to be a business ambassador hashtag #trumpfacts. One tweet makers have put their names to face election defeat: Polls people to think, ‘Oh Christ, push for Scotland,” a spokesman for carried an image of Queen Eliza- two House of Commons motions Europe away from me, it’s bring- the regional government said as beth II wearing a headscarf with condemning Trump’s remarks. PARIS: Despite record results in France’s first round of regional elec- ing me problems’,” he told Brit- he was dropped as a “GlobalS- the inscription: “Even the Brit- One calls on the government tions, opinion polls yesterday showed the key figures of the far-right ain’s Spectator magazine. cot” ambassador, a position he ish monarch is now forced to “to refuse a visa allowing Donald National Front (FN) were on track for defeat. The two-stage election “I get the temptation for peo- took up in 2006. wear a hijab”. Trump to visit the UK until Mr system in France has often worked against the anti-immigration FN, as ple to say: look, it’s just one thing Trump had called for a “total The petition to bar Trump Trump withdraws his comments”. traditional parties team up for the second round to keep it out of power. after another; surely we’d be bet- and complete shutdown of Mus- from entering Britain will be con- British police issued a rare That could play out again on Sunday, with voter surveys showing that ter off separating ourselves from lims entering the United States sidered for a debate in parliament, rebuke after comments by Trump FN leader Marine Le Pen and her 26-year-old niece Marion Marechal- this organisation? But I think until our country’s representa- like all petitions that reach over to US network MSNBC claiming Le Pen are likely to lose in their respective regions despite dominating that’s the wrong conclusion to tives can figure out what is going 100,000 signatures. there were places in London “that the first round. Both Marine in the economically depressed Nord-Pas- draw.” on” following a shooting last “The UK has banned entry to are so radicalised that the police de-Calais-Picardie in the north, and Marion in the southern Provence- The prime minister suggested week that left 14 people dead in many individuals for hate speech. are afraid for their own lives”. Alpes-Cote-d’Azur took over 40 percent of the vote last Sunday. that longer-term, voters may con- California. The same principles should apply A spokeswoman for Scotland Marine Le Pen was in thundering campaign mode yesterday, telling clude it would better to remain Robert Gordon University in to everyone who wishes to enter Yard said Trump “could not be supporters in Calais that, if elected, “I will make the government’s life close to European policy-making Aberdeen announced it would the UK,” the petition read. more wrong” and invited all US a misery, do you hear me? Every day, every week.” But a poll by the in order to deal with the crisis, revoke an honorary doctorate of The appeal was launched by presidential candidates for a brief- TNS-Sofres institute and the LCI TV channel showed her being beaten hinting that he may not call an business administration it awarded Scottish resident Suzanne Kelly, a ing “on the reality of policing by Xavier Bertrand of the centre-right Republicans in the north, by early referendum. to Trump in 2010 because of state- long-time critic of the 69-year-old London”. 53 percent to 47 percent. Cameron met with Poland ments “that are wholly incompat- who was also behind the pressure AFP AFP Prime Minister Beata Szydlo yes- terday, where he is trying to win support for reforms to welfare payments for migrants within the EU. Poland is opposed to the reforms, but Cameron said the pair had “agreed to work together N Ireland to get first female leader to find a solution.” “I want Britain to stay in a BELFAST: Northern Ireland Foster told Reuters in an inter- as First Minister on January 11. reformed European Union, and Finance Minister Arlene Foster view last month that her relations “I am very humbled about the the prime minister has made is set to become the first female with McGuinness’ Sinn Fein party amount of support I have received clear that Poland wants Britain leader of the British province in were “workmanlike”. Northern from colleagues in the party in to remain in the EU,” he said. the New Year after she was left Ireland’s parties share power in a recent days,” Foster told BBC However, the Polish prime min- unchallenged on Wednesday as compulsory coalition under a 1998 Radio Ulster. “I do realise that this ister told reporters she did not the nominee to head the region’s peace deal that ended three dec- is a huge challenge in front of me, I “see eye to eye” with Cameron largest party. ades of sectarian violence. Over am up for that challenge.” over welfare and benefits. Foster becomes the third leader 3,600 died in a conflict in which A lawyer and close confidant Britain has agreed to take in of the Democratic Unionist Party Catholic Irish militants seeking of Robinson, Foster twice briefly 20,000 refugees from camps in (DUP) founded by the firebrand to unite the province with the assumed the role of First Minis- countries bordering Syria, but is preacher Ian Paisley in 1971 at Republic of Ireland fought the ter when he stood aside for per- not part of the official programme the height of sectarian violence British Army and Protestant pro- sonal reasons in 2010 and during a to relocate those arriving inde- A digger excavates the Ulls Water to improve its drainage after it flooded in Northern Ireland. She will British paramilitaries. political crisis in September. pendently in Europe. Britain’s the village following a period of heavy rainfall in Glenridding, northwest serve alongside Martin McGuin- First Minister Peter Robinson Foster was briefly a member Electoral Commission announced England, yesterday. ness, Northern Ireland’s Deputy said Foster was the only nominee of the more liberal Ulster Union- that the result of the EU referen- First Minister and a former com- to replace him as DUP leader and ist Party when she was elected to dum will be declared in Manches- mander of the Irish Republican that she would be confirmed as the Northern Ireland Assembly ter, north west England, rather More floods deluge Britain Army, which shot but failed to kill party chief in a vote on December in 2003. than London. her father when she was 8. 17. Foster would then replace him REUTERS AFP LONDON: Heavy overnight members of the public not to walk rain piled further misery yes- or travel through any flood water.” terday on parts of northwest More than 350 military person- England still reeling from Storm nel were deployed Sunday in the Desmond, which left two people town of Carlisle to help evacuate dead, with police warning the people to reception places as the Climate deal must ensure rights respect: UN situation remained “extremely water reached waist height in dangerous”. places. One death was reported Britain deployed army person- in London after an elderly man PARIS: From Pacific islanders losing their Environment Programme said the far-reach- the presence of human rights in the climate nel, lifeboats and a military heli- was blown into the path of a bus, homelands to encroaching seas, to indigenous ing environmental impacts of climate change deal. They worry a binding provision could copter to rescue people trapped police said on Saturday. A body people forced from their forests in the name of pose a threat to human rights, including the lead to more litigation and constrain some by floods that deluged parts of was also found in a search of the conservation, human rights are already being rights to health, food, water and adequate options for reducing climate-changing emis- the country at the weekend, with River Kent in Cumbria, police violated by both climate change impacts and housing. The effects are already being felt by sions, such as forest protection schemes and the northwest bearing the brunt. said, after reports that an elderly solutions, UN rights experts said. millions of people around the world, said Zeid big hydro-electric dams, observers say. The river in the village of Glen- man had fallen into the water. At climate talks in Paris, tasked with ham- Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UNHigh Commissioner “There is a relationship between human ridding, northwest of the city of The Met Office said a new Brit- mering out a new deal to tackle global warm- for Human Rights, in a statement. rights and climate change - Paris can’t do any- Manchester, once again burst its ish record had been set for rain- ing by the end of this week, the experts called An outcome in Paris that would protect thing about pretending that relationship doesn’t banks Thursday, sending fast- fall over a 48-hour period, with for strong language on respecting human human rights should include a binding obliga- exist,” said John Knox, the UN Special Rappor- flowing water through the streets. 405 millimetres falling in 38 hours rights and the rights of indigenous people to tion to respect human rights in climate action, teur on Human Rights and the Environment. “Cumbria Police would like to at Thirlmere in Cumbria. be included in the agreement. a commitment to keep global temperature rise “What it can do is recognise that the relation- urge the people of Glenridding Following criticism, the Envi- “The climate crisis is a human rights crisis,” to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, and delivery of ship does exist and do something about it.” to stay inside their properties to ronment Agency said £45m had said Craig Mokhiber of the Office of the High $100bn a year in funding to help developing All 195 states at the negotiations belong to keep themselves and their fami- been spent on the defences in the Commissioner for Human Rights. “It needs states deal with the effects of climate change, at least one human rights treaty, he noted, and lies safe,” Cumbria police said. last decade, and described the to be addressed as such, and it needs to start the experts told journalists in Paris. those treaties require them to take steps to pro- “Although the flood water is start- rainfall as “beyond the forecasts right here in Paris.” There has been concern that some states tect rights from harm due to environmental ing to recede, it is still extremely and beyond the models”. In a report released yesterday, which is — including Saudi Arabia, Norway and the degradation and climate change. dangerous and would ask any AFP International Human Rights Day, the UN United States — have been trying to weaken REUTERS FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com AMERICAS California killers radicalised before they met: FBI chief WASHINGTON: The Muslim husband driving force behind the attacks. friend and neighbour, Enrique Marquez, by marriage, according to the paper, allows terror suspects to “go dark” using and wife who killed 14 people in an attack The 29-year-old Pakistani is believed suspected of purchasing two assault rifles which said Marquez last year married a easily available encrypted services includ- on a year-end party in San Bernardino, to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic used by the couple in their murderous woman named Mariya Chernykh, sister ing telephone messaging apps and gaming California were radicalised at least two State in a Facebook post made under rampage. According to US Senator James to Farook’s sister-in-law. consoles. His comments follow up on an years ago, before they met online, FBI another name, around the time of the Risch, Enrique told investigators that Farook and Malik travelled together appeal from President Barack Obama for Director James Comey said. shooting, according to reports. Farook and he plotted an attack three to the United States in July 2014, Farook high-tech leaders to help make it harder The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s The assailants shot dead 14 people years ago but aborted the plan after a with his US passport and Malik with her for extremists to escape from the law probe has determined that US-born Syed and wounded another 21 at a party full wave of US counterterrorism arrests. fiancee visa inside her Pakistani passport. using technology. Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a Pakistani of Farook’s co-workers, before dying in a “He has admitted that in 2012 they had Comey said authorities were trying to Comey pointed to an attack in Garland, national, were inspired by foreign terror shootout with police hours later. something in mind and they didn’t do it determine if their union was a marriage Texas in May that was thwarted by fast- groups and discussed “jihad and martyr- Authorities said the couple, who had a because there had been some immedi- arranged by extremist operatives, in order acting police before shooters could kill dom” as early as 2013, Comey said. six-month-old baby, had amassed a huge ate arrests by the counterterrorism peo- for Malik to gain access to the country. anyone. He said one of the assailants had The investigation “indicates that they arsenal in their California home including ple,” Risch, who sits on the Senate Select “It would be a very, very important thing exchanged 109 messages with a known were actually radicalised before they thousands of rounds of ammunition, 12 Committee on Intelligence, told CNN. to know,” he said. Comey’s revelations overseas terrorist shortly before the started courting or dating each other pipe bombs, and bomb-making material. “And as a result of that they got cold were part of broader testimony about FBI shooting, which targeted a contest involv- online,” he told the Senate Judiciary Comey said it was believed they were feet.” The precise nature or target of the oversight and what he called “a staggering ing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Committee during a hearing. “inspired by foreign terror organisations” plot was unclear, Risch said. Marquez, a array of threats” facing the country. But seven months after that attack, “And online, as early as the end of and the FBI was seeking to determine convert to Islam whose home was raided He said the FBI was focused intently in which the two gunmen were shot 2013, they were talking to each other whether anyone assisted, supported or at the weekend, is currently being treated on the threat of “the radicalisation in dead by police, “we have no idea what about jihad and martyrdom before they equipped them. “And we’re working very, in a psychiatric ward. He has yet to be place” of people who become inspired, was said because those messages were became engaged and then married and very hard to understand, did they have charged in the probe and could potentially influenced or directed by a terrorist encrypted,” Comey told the panel. “That lived together in the United States.” other plans.” As of now, he said, authori- be offered a plea bargain if he cooperates. group or extremists. But finding such is a big problem.” Even when devices are The revelations by Comey appear to ties have not found any IS “cells or net- He and Farook were neighbours in homegrown violent extremists is a “very recovered from suspects, the data within counter an earlier theory studied by works” in the country. the Californian town of Riverside for hard thing,” Comey said. can remain encrypted and unreadable to investigators that Malik may have radi- However investigators have been look- around a decade, according to The New Comey addressed what he called the law enforcement, he warned. calised her husband, appearing as the ing into Farook’s ties with a longtime York Times. They were also loosely related growing problem of encryption, which AFP

Michelle Obama Republicans struggle makes rap video for college with Trump’s fallout campaign WASHINGTON: Striding out of the White House in slow motion, sporting oversized sunglasses, Party leaders in dilemma over next move Michelle Obama lays down a rap track aimed at raising the star WASHINGTON: Republicans which begin in Iowa in just under power of math majors and engi- struggled to deal with the fallout two months. neering students. from Donald Trump’s (pictured) I “still believe that the majority of “If you wanna fly jets, you widely condemned remarks on GOP, which nominated Romney 4 should go to college. Reach high Muslims late on Wednesday, yrs ago, will not nominate Trump,” and cash checks? Fill your head worrying the controversial mogul Tweeted Katie Packer Gage, a key with knowledge,” Obama rhymes could torpedo their 2016 White figure in former governor Mitt Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri (centre) and Vice president-elect as comedian Jay Pharoah, known House hopes. Romney’s election campaign, which Marta Gabriela Michetti hold hands during their inauguration ceremony at for his Saturday Night Live The party — which hopes to saw him win the nomination but the Congress in Buenos Aires yesterday. impression of her husband Presi- end eight years of Democratic lose to Barack Obama. dent Barack Obama, makes a White House rule — faces a stark But Republicans are increas- stack of bills rain onto the floor choice between turning on their ingly wondering whether stand- of the White House. presidential frontrunner and ing behind Trump could also spell Macri sworn in as The video is a funny and affec- tethering a 161-year-old brand to political oblivion. With the United tionate send-up of the celebrity the whims of a billionaire many he may launch a third party cam- States demographically shifting culture that Obama has said Americans see as a bigot. Trump paign if they move against him. to become less white, Republicans Argentina president she wants to turn on its head to caused international outrage on That could all but kill Repub- can scarcely risk further alien- try to get more American kids Monday, when he demanded a lican chances of beating Hillary ating minority voters, who vote thinking about higher education. ban on Muslims travelling to the Clinton, if she is indeed the even- Democratic in droves. BUENOS AIRES: Business- “untiringly for those who need To view it, click: https://youtu. United States. tual Democratic nominee. Trump’s comments already in friendly conservative Mauricio it most,” a nod to his campaign be/_1yAOK0nSb0 He currently leads Republi- “A new poll indicates that 68 the cycle — and the harsh tone on Macri was sworn in as Argen- pledges to keep the Kirchners’ Obama’s “Better Make Room” can polls by double digit margins percent of my supporters would immigration sounded by others tina’s new president yesterday, popular social programs. campaign, targeting students over his nearest rivals. His fellow vote for me if I departed the GOP such as Cruz — may leave the party turning the page on 12 years Macri, 56, won a November 22 aged 14 to 19, encourages them Republican candidates were among (Republicans) and ran as an inde- more dependent than ever on just under left-wing power couple run-off election against Kirchner’s to go to college by giving them a those to condemn that plan, but pendent,” Trump said in a Face- the white, conservative and evan- Nestor and Cristina Kirchner. chosen successor, Daniel Scioli. The brush with fame on social media senior party figures have refused book post on Tuesday. gelical voters who back Trump. The oath of office was adminis- son of a wealthy businessman, he with help from celebrities like to throw Trump under the bus, or According to a USA Today/Suf- “The Republicans are in a ter- tered by incoming Senate Speaker rose to fame as the president of Pharoah and basketball great even rule out voting for him. folk survey published on Tuesday, rible dilemma,” said Larry Sabato, Federico Pinedo, who had served Argentina’s most popular football LeBron James. The campaign “I like and respect Donald he is supported by 27 percent of director of the Centre for Politics as provisional president since club, Boca Juniors, during a storied is part of a larger White House Trump,” said Senator Ted Cruz, Republican likely voters, a level at the University of Virginia. midnight after a court ruled string of trophy wins. effort to address slipping US col- who is a favourite of conserva- of support that has been fixed “How are they going to bring Kirchner’s term officially ended The mayor of Buenos Aires since lege graduation rates. tive Republicans. “I continue to through months of controversy. the energised anti-establishment on Wednesday. 2007, he won election at the head Obama, who grew up in a work- like and respect Donald Trump. His nearest rival, Cruz, stands on Trump wing together with the Kirchner, irate over the spat, of a coalition called “Let’s Change”. ing-class family in the South Side While other candidates in this 17 percent, with Senator Marco establishment part of the party?” boycotted the inauguration along He has vowed to reboot Latin of Chicago, often speaks to stu- race have gone out of their way Rubio on 16. Trump’s campaign “I don’t see the obvious way, with her allies in Congress. “This America’s third-largest economy dents about how she worked hard to throw rocks at him, to insult has thrived on free television and other than hatred of Hillary Clin- government will know how to by ending protectionist import to get good grades and degrees him, I have consistently declined social media exposure garnered ton and Barack Obama, that’s the defend freedom, which is essen- restrictions, cutting heavy taxes on from Princeton and Harvard. to do so and I have no intention by ever-more outlandish remarks. only thing that can bring them tial for democracy,” Macri vowed agricultural exports and scrapping “I want to honour and empower of changing that now.” Party elders have long taken together. “It might be enough. But in an inaugural address that laid the official exchange rate puffing young people who are working But sensing trouble, Trump a long view, stressing he has yet it might not be.” out a sweeping agenda for change. up the Argentine peso. hard in school and pursuing their very bluntly warned Republicans to win any nominating elections, AFP He also promised to fight AFP dreams - and I want to do it in a fresh and fun way,” she said in a statement. Obama and Pharoah had help on the video from viral video mak- ers The Gregory Brothers, and it Carol leads Golden Globes nominations was produced by IAC/InterActive’s Kentucky boy, 6, CollegeHumor, which makes viral LOS ANGELES: Carol, a behind with four nominations for ble cast and best lead actor for comedy videos. “I think the country romance set in 1950s New York the Globes, which will be handed Bryan Cranston. will join me in saying, ‘Mrs Obama, starring Cate Blanchett, topped out in Beverly Hills on January In the category for best actress we think you should cut an album,’” gets ‘bionic’ hand nominations for the Golden Globe 10. Apart from Carol, the other in a drama, apart from Blan- said Sam Reich, CollegeHumor’s yesterday, as Hollywood’s awards best motion picture drama nomi- chett and Mara, Brie Larson was head of video, in a statement. season revs into high gear ahead nees are Mad Max: Fury Road, The nominated for her portrayal of LOUISVILLE: A 6-year-old makes them look like a Trans- of the all-important Oscars. Revenant, harrowing kidnap tale a mother held captive with her REUTERS Kentucky boy born with a mal- former, she added, saying: “Eve- The film — starring Blanchett Room and Spotlight. In the race for young son in Room, and Alicia formed right hand because of a ryone wants to show off their as a housewife who falls for a store best comedy or musical film are Vikander earned a nod for her US administration rare disorder has received what hardware.” clerk played by Rooney Mara — The Big Short, Joy, The Martian, role alongside Eddie Redmayne he called his best Christmas gift The students received assist- earned five nominations, includ- Spy and Trainwreck. in The Danish Girl. Also nomi- backs bill tightening ever - a “bionic” prosthetic made ance from e-NABLE, a global ing for best motion picture drama The Globes nominations were nated in that category was Sao- from 3-D printing technology. volunteer group that designs and film and its two star actresses. announced a day after the Screen irse Ronan for Brooklyn, a 1950s visa-free travel Lucas Abraham, who has prints prosthetics. Financial crisis film The Big Actors Guild award contenders. tale about immigration. wanted a working right hand Three hands composed of plas- Short, thriller The Revenant and Trumbo topped that list with For best actor in a drama, the WASHINGTON: The US since he was 2 years old, showed tic, leather and wire were made biopic Steve Jobs followed close three nods, including best ensem- nominees are Cranston, Red- administration backs a bill that off the new prosthetic made by to fit Lucas. He will keep two and mayne, Leonardo DiCaprio for would make it harder for visitors University of Louisville bioengi- the university will retain the third The Revenant, Michael Fass- to Iraq, Syria and countries listed neering students. for accreditation purposes, the bender for Steve Jobs and Will as supporting terrorism to travel “It’s better than every gift that school said. Smith for Concussion, a story visa-free to the United States, the I’ve ever had before,” Lucas told a Within minutes of receiving his about a pathologist who diag- State Department said. news conference at the university new hand last week, Lucas was nosed degenerative brain disease The House of Representatives on Wednesday. able to grasp a ball. He wore the in American football players. voted 407 to 19 on Tuesday in sup- Gina Bertocci, a University of hand to school and was able to In the best foreign movie cat- port of the Visa Waiver Program Louisville bioengineering profes- shake hands and give his class- egory, four European films and Improvement Act of 2015, a meas- sor, said Lucas’ hand was the first mates high fives. It also will let one from Latin America made the ure the White House supports on created by the school for a child him crash cymbals together in cut — The Brand New Testament the heels of deadly attacks in Paris and that more could be produced. music class, Lucas said. (Belgium/France/Luxembourg), that were conducted by extrem- The university described it as Lucas’ grandmother Julie The Club (Chile), The Fencer (Fin- ists who could have travelled to the “bionic.” Abraham said he had shown land/Germany/Estonia), Mustang United States without a visa. The printer technology greatly more confidence in himself since (France) and Son of Saul (Hun- The bill, which still requires reduces the manufacturing cost receiving the hand. Abraham gary). On the television front, no Senate and White House review, and the plastics used are similar had written to the university series stood out on its own, with would bar people who travelled to those in Lego blocks, allow- in August asking if it could do six earning three Globes nomi- after March 1, 2011 to Iraq and ing the devices to be produced in something for him. “It’s a pretty nations each — American Crime, Syria, as well as Iran and Sudan, various colours, the bioengineer- good Christmas gift,” she said. Actresses America Ferrera (left) and Chloe Grace Moretz attend the 73rd Fargo, Mr. Robot, Outlander, Trans- from participating in the visa-free ing professor said. Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations in Beverly Hills yesterday. parent, and Wolf Hall. programme. Children like it because it REUTERS AFP AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Changes in oil prices to dominate global economy Euromoney conference concludes

DOHA: A new wave of disruptive “The challenge for organisa- technology and on-going instabil- tions looking to promote digital ity in energy markets are likely money processes is that you’re to be two of the dominant trends trying to replicate the immedi- affecting the global economy in acy of payment and full value that 2016, according to experts speak- cash offers,” explained Lazaro ing at The Euromoney Qatar Campos, Co-Founder, FinTech- Conference, which finished in Stage. Doha yesterday. “The move towards a cashless The two-key issues were exam- society is taking place, and we ined in panel discussions during will need central banks, financial the second day of the event. services companies and technol- On the “Technology and ogy leaders to work together in Finance” panel, senior executives order to stay ahead of the pace from Hive Technology, FinTech- of change.” Stage, Qatar National Bank and Duncan Fairley, Head of Group Visa outlined some of the inno- Operational Risk, Qatar National vations that are impacting the Bank, highlighted some of the financial sector, as well as the challenges that disruptive tech- challenges preventing institutions nologies are creating: “Technol- from fully realising the benefits of ogy risk is very prevalent today. these technologies. Organisations need to recognise One area that is likely to gener- that new technologies can provide ate significant disruption is the tools to mitigate risks – by identi- move towards mobile and online fying fraud attempts and verifying Financial experts take part in discussions on the concluding day of The Euromoney Qatar Conference, yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT payments, and the wider social identities more accurately – and shift to a “cashless society”. In also that these technologies them- the GCC region, where 90 per- selves can generate new risks. of next year, senior executives less than half the 2014 level of nations look to phase out coal and tives and also stimulating vital cent of retail transactions are still The next generation of cyber- from leading asset managers and 1,920. Given the current dip on other “dirty” fossil fuels. discussions on key topics affect- conducted in cash, the adoption of threats — which include iden- energy companies agreed that the the supply-side, several analysts As a result, the longer term ing the world economy. Today’s more cashless payment channels tity theft, ‘spoofing’ and theft of disruption of the last 15 months expect demand will outstrip sup- picture is positive for nations like sessions on disruptive technolo- is likely to have a transformative assets online — will require a new is likely to continue. ply as early as April 2016, leading Qatar and other energy produc- gies – and the first day’s focus effect. “At Visa, we have a vision skillset and operational model by However, the panel also noted to a recovery in oil prices. ers in the GCC, given their long- on Qatar’s strategy in the wider for a cashless society, enabling a banks and financial institutions.” that oil supply is continuing to The gas market is also likely term investments in the sector global economy – have helped to connected world where you can In the Energy Strategy ses- fall, as less economically-viable to begin to recover in 2016, as and their status as low-cost pro- clarify the opportunities and chal- make a payment wherever you sion, speakers focused on falling projects are postponed and can- nations around the world look ducers. lenges that we will all face in the are,” said HadiRaad, Head of demand from industrial power- celled. For example, the US rig to reduce emissions and intro- Victoria Behn, Mena direc- coming year.” Emerging Products and Innova- houses around the world, such as count (the number of rigs search- duce cleaner energy sources. Gas tor for Euromoney Conferences, The Euromoney Qatar Con- tions, CEMA, Visa. “We see sig- China and the BRICs, which has ing for oil and gas) declined to demand globally has grown at commented: “The Euromoney ference will return to Qatar in nificant benefits for consumers driven oil prices down in 2015. the lowest level since 1999 in a better rate than oil in recent Qatar Conference 2015 has been December 2016. and for organisations in making With global demand expected December, with 737 rigs engaged years — averaging 2.5 percent — a significant success, attracting this shift.” to remain weak in the first half in exploration and production– and is likely to increase as more a high volume of senior execu- THE PENINSULA

Aviation emissions deal Facebook QIA owns 10.5pc of AccorHotels service aimed DOHA: Qatar Investment the next phase of growth in our enable the Group to consolidate its expected next year Authority (QIA) announced it real estate and hospitality invest- shareholder base, with the arrival at professionals has signed an agreement with ments. QIA has confidence in of two high-profile investors that GENEVA: A deal on limiting car- market-based system to enable air- AccorHotels Group, Kingdom AccorHotels and looks forward both have extensive expertise in bon dioxide emissions from aviation lines to reduce emissions by buying Holding Company (KHC) of Saudi to becoming a significant share- the hospitality industry.” to launch soon will likely be reached next year, no carbon offsets or allowances, plus a Arabia and Oxford Properties, an holder.” “This major acquisition dem- NEW YORK: Facebook at Work, matter the outcome of this week’s global CO2 emissions standard for Ontario Municipal Employees For his part, AccorHotels onstrates the Group’s agility in a Facebook Inc’s professional ver- climate change talks in Paris, a aircraft. The organisation hopes to Retirement System (OMERS) Chairman and CEO Sebastien fast-changing industry and will sion of its social network, is senior official from the Interna- unveil the market-based system at company for the acquisition of Bazin said “This is an outstanding allow us to more effectively sup- expected to launch in the coming tional Air Transport Association a meeting next September. FRHI Holdings Ltd (FRHI), par- opportunity to add three prestig- port our guests, clients and hotel months, after spending a year in (IATA) said yesterday. “There is genuine momentum ent company of Fairmont, Raffles, ious brands — Fairmont, Raffles owners. Through it, we are posi- tests, a company executive said. The aviation industry is not cov- building behind the ICAO process and Swissotel hotels. and Swissotel — to our portfo- tioning ourselves as a key player The new service, geared ered by the United Nations climate and we’re confident there will be a The transaction will leave QIA lio, and a great step forward for in the current industry consoli- towards workplace collaboration, talks in Paris because it is organ- successful outcome at ICAO Assem- and KHC respective stakes of 10.5 AccorHotels. It offers us robust dation process while maintaining is nearly identical to its ubiqui- ised under a separate UN body, the bly,” Michael Gill, Director Aviation percent and 5.8 percent in Accor’s and global leadership in luxury substantial leeway to implement tous social network, with a scroll- International Civil Aviation Organi- Environment at IATA, told journal- share capital. hotels, a key segment in terms of our transformation plan,” he ing news “feed”, “likes” and a chat sation (ICAO). ists in Geneva. In a QIA statement, CEO of geographic reach, growth poten- added. service. “I would say 95 percent of The latest draft of the climate Gill said among the main stick- Qatar Investment Authority H E tial and profitability, for long term FRHI includes three of the what we developed for Facebook change pact, released on Wednes- ing points were how airlines would Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed value creation.” most prestigious global luxury is also adopted for Facebook at day, dropped any mention of avia- measure and report their emissions, bin Saud Al Thani said: “Since “In addition, the deal allows us hotel brands: Raffles, Fairmont Work,” Julien Codorniou, director tion or shipping, although officials and how the scheme would take into making our investment, Fairmont to strengthen our human capital and Swissotel. It has 155 hotels of global platform partnerships at from Europe said they were working account the different rates of eco- Raffles Hotels International has with FRHI’s widely respected and and resorts, of which 40 are under Facebook, said. hard for a paragraph encouraging nomic development both of coun- become a leading luxury hotel talented global workforce which development and more than However, Facebook at Work nations to curb the carbon output of tries and their airlines. company with an expanded inter- has a proven track record in 56,000 rooms, of which 13,000 are users will maintain special pro- these two industries to be put back national presence. This deal gen- operating and marketing luxury under development. files that are distinct from their in. ICAO is working on options for a REUTERS erates the scale needed to drive hotels. The transaction will also QNA existing Facebook profiles. The company is also developing exclusive products for Facebook at Work, including security tools, Codorniou said. Facebook started beta-testing the service in January and has Qatargas discusses key kept it as a free, “invite-only” service for companies so far. The service will be open to all companies once launched and industry topics at IPTC Facebook plans to charge “a few dollars per month per user” for premium services such as analyt- DOHA: Qatargas delegates pre- It was built safely, spending over gas produced. ics and customer support, a com- sented papers on a wide range of 22 million man-hours with no lost Qatargas has completed several pany spokeswoman said. topics at the 9th International time incidents. More than 2,500 projects related to flare optimisa- The online career market, Petroleum Technology Confer- people from Qatargas, its contrac- tion initiatives such as the Purge which includes LinkedIn Corp ence (IPTC). tors, subcontractors and vendors Reduction Project. With the and Monster Worldwide Inc, is Presenting a paper on “Qatar- worked in Ras Laffan City port development of improved operat- worth about $6bn a year, market gas Environmental Projects: Past area. The project has resulted in ing procedures, the company has research firm IDC had said in and Present” during a panel ses- a 90 percent reduction in flaring reduced flaring by more than 50 August. More than 300 companies, sion Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla at the six LNG loading berths at percent and is currently progress- including Heineken, Royal Bank Al Thani, Qatargas Chief Operat- Ras Laffan Port, saving 0.63 mil- ing several other flare reduction of Scotland and jewelry company ing Officer – Engineering & Ven- lion tonnes per year of LNG. initiatives to realise the target Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Thani, Qatargas Chief Operating Officer – Stella and Dot, are using Facebook tures, shared insights into some of This amount of gas is capable reduction to below 6,000 mmscf Engineering & Ventures, speaks at a panel session at IPTC 2015. at Work and Club Mediterranee the major projects Qatargas has of powering over 300,000 homes (million standard cubic feet) per SA is set to be the latest adopter. recently completed and that are per year and represents a saving year by 2017. The French resort company currently under development in of almost one trillion cubic feet of He also highlighted the waste turbine generators into a cogen- titled ‘A Premier Qatargas Proc- will offer the service to all its the context of improving energy gas for the State of Qatar over a water reduction projects of Qatar- eration plant thereby having a ess to Optimise and Integrate 13,000 employees through summer efficiency and minimising envi- period of 30 years — a significant gas noting that this is another positive impact on the CO2 and Gas Production from North Field 2016, Anne Browaeys-Level, Club ronmental impact in alignment reduction in the Country’s carbon focus area for the Company and NOx emissions by improving the Reservoir’ discussed the need for Mediterranee’s chief marketing with the goals set by the Qatar footprint. by which, it is aiming to achieve overall fuel utilisation efficiency. a structured approach to create & digital officer, said. Facebook’s National Vision 2030. Sheikh Khalid bin Abdulla Zero Liquid Discharge to the Sea. The bulk of other Qatargas optimised planning and refin- Codorniou said almost everything He noted that these projects listed Qatargas’ flare reduction To improve Energy efficiency, presentations in the conference ing the processes and tools with on Facebook at Work is the same included a world class Jetty Boil- projects, an area the company he said, one of the key ongoing were about the technical innova- expert stakeholder inputs to opti- as the regular Facebook social net- off Gas (JBOG) Recovery Facility, invests in heavily with the objec- projects is the QG1 Waste Heat tions and challenges related to mise and integrate gas produc- work, with some minor exceptions. which was completed in October tive of achieving a flaring target of Recovery Project which envis- offshore gas reservoir and pro- tion. 2014 and is now fully operational. less than 0.3 per cent of the sweet ages conversion of the existing gas duction. Among them, a paper THE PENINSULA REUTERS FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Opec forecasts New law: Ministry holds familiarisation meet DOHA: The Ministry of Econ- cial Companies Law and conveyed omy and Commerce organised the required legal actions to be a session this week to familiar- taken by limited liability compa- ise representatives from limited nies so as to adjust their positions larger output liability companies in Qatar with in accordance with the new law. the new Commercial Companies The session provided partici- Law No 11 of 2015. pants with a definition of limited Sees major drop in non-Opec supply This is the sixth out of a series liability companies: a limited lia- of sessions that are being held bility company is a business struc- LONDON: Opec forecast yes- forecast by 280,000 bpd, citing by the Ministry in its efforts to ture that involves 1 to 50 partners; terday that oil supply from non- upward revisions to output from shed light on the new law. The where the liability of its share- member countries will fall more the United States, Brazil, Russia session brought together officials holders is directly in proportion sharply next year, a development and the UK, among other coun- from the Ministry of Economy to their shareholding influence that would suggest its strategy tries. As a result of the report’s and Commerce, Qatar Univer- according to the issued capital of reaffirmed last week of defend- changes to 2016 and 2015 non- sity, Qatar Central Bank, as well the company. ing market share not prices is Opec supply forecasts, demand for as representatives from limited Furthermore, the session working. Opec crude next year is expected liability companies. revealedthe provisions of the new The Organisation of the Petro- to average 30.84 million bpd — The session highlighted the new law with regard to sole proprietor- Ministry officials at the familiarisation session. leum Exporting Countries (Opec) just 20,000 bpd more than Opec law’s role in reinforcing Qatar’s ship companies. in a monthly report also said its expected previously. Opec pro- economic competitiveness and The new law makes no dis- in terms of simplifying business line incorporation procedures for members pumped more oil in duction, which has surged since boosting investments. Limited tinction between limited liability practices in Qatar, stating that companies in a bid to bolster the November and forecast little the policy shift of November 2014 liability company reps exchanged companies and sole proprietor- the new law addresses a number private sector’s contribution to increase in global demand for led by Saudi Arabia and Iraq, is views with officials from the Min- ship companies and considers of challenges that existed under sustainable development in Qatar. its crude next year, pointing to a far higher than forecast demand. istry of Economy and Commerce, them one and the same. The new the previous law. The law incorporates inter- larger supply glut. Opec’s report Supply rose by 230,000 bpd in who in turn responded to their law eliminates minimum capital They added that the law national standards applied to follows an acrimonious Opec November to 31.70 million bpd. queries. The session addressed the requirements for the establish- takes into account technological determine the ranking of coun- meeting on December 4, where The figures do not yet include improvements and benefits that ment of limited liability compa- advancements and encourages tries in terms of the ease of it rolled over a policy of pumping Indonesia, which rejoined Opec will come into effect as a result of nies, hence partners are freeto public private partnerships, prais- doing business and aims to sup- crude to safeguard market share, last week, boosting its member- applying the new law with regard determine their own capital, thus ing the Ministry of Economy and port investors by establishing a despite oil prices that have more ship to 13 countries. With extra to limited liability companies; a encouraging small and medium Commerce for initiating dialogue business-friendly environment.It than halved to $40 a barrel in 18 barrels coming from Opec and business structure that is favored scale enterprises. with the private sector. addresses a number of challenges months due to excess supply. no sizeable increase in demand among Qatari businessmen. Representatives from limited The new law is part of a com- that existed under the previous A year ago, Saudi Arabia pushed for Opec crude, the report points Moreover, the session touched liability companies said the new prehensive plan by the Ministry law. though an Opec decision to defend to a 860,000-bpd supply surplus on provisions of the new Commer- law signifies a major leap forward to reform legislation and stream- THE PENINSULA market share instead of cutting next year if the group keeps output to support prices, hoping pumping at November’s rate, to slow growth in rival supplies up from 560,000 bpd indicated such as US shale oil. “US tight in last month’s report. Opec left oil production, the main driver of its 2016 oil demand growth fore- non-Opec supply growth, has been cast unchanged, predicting global Turkish growth delights with strong Q3 declining since April,” Opec said demand would rise by 1.25 million in the report. “This downward bpd, marking a slowdown from trend should accelerate in com- 1.53 million bpd in 2015. ISTANBUL: Turkey’s economy for reforms to help boost long 1.3 percent from the second quar- percent than 3 percent. ing months given various factors, Meanwhile, US crude fell to a grew 4.0 percent in the third term growth. The better than ter 2015, it added. The headline The strong reading will also mainly low oil prices and lower near seven-year low yesterday. quarter of 2015 from the same expected third quarter figures growth figure was “staggering”, reduce the political pressure on drilling activities.” West Texas Intermediate (WTI) period last year, statistics showed mean that the economy grew 3.4 said William Jackson at London- the nominally independent cen- Supply outside Opec is expe US crude futures were down 45 on Thursday, beating expecta- percent in the first nine months based Capital Economics in a note tral bank from President Recep cted to decline by 380,000 barrels cents at $36.71 per barrel, hav- tions and showing the economy of 2015, the statistics office said to clients, adding it was the fast- Tayyip Erdogan for a rate cut per day (bpd) in 2016, the report ing touched a low of $36.52, a in much better shape than previ- in a statement. In all of 2014, the est annual growth rate since the to boost growth. With inflation said, as output falls in regions trough since February 2009. ously assumed. growth rate was 2.9 percent. second quarter of 2011. coming in at a high 8.1 percent such as the United States and Brent futures were 24 cents lower The announcement came as Adjusted for seasonal and cal- He said the figure means that in November, the data “reinforces former Soviet Union. Last month, $39.87 per barrel at 1340 GMT, Prime Minister Ahmet Davu- endar factors, gross domestic full year GDP growth for 2015 our view” the bank will begin to Opec predicted a drop of 130,000 having traded as high as $40.70. toglu, fresh from his ruling party’s product (GDP) grew 5.4 percent would likely be to “stronger than raise interest rates at its next bpd. But Opec also increased its victory in snap November 1 elec- in the third quarter from the we had previously anticipated”, meeting on December 22. 2015 non-Opec supply growth REUTERS tions, announced an action plan same period the year earlier and predicting a figure closer to 3.5 AFP QE launches Inditex’s nine-month profit Samsung forays into margin trading jumps 20pc on higher sales self-driving car parts DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) MADRID: Spanish global cloth- SEOUL: Share prices of Sam- home appliances including wash- yesterday announced the intro- ing giant Inditex, owner of the sung Electronics and some of its ing machines and TVs. duction of margin trading at the Zara brand, posted a 20-per- key affiliates rose yesterday after The firm has been trying to bourse. It has started the applica- cent surge in nine-month net the company unveiled a plan to shore up sagging profits in the tion process to allow QE members profits thanks to higher sales as develop components for self-driv- saturated handset market by get licensed as margin lenders, a the economy in its home market ing cars, entering a market eyed strengthening chip production statement issued yesterday noted. Spain improves. by rivals including Apple. and expanding into new busi- Once a brokerage firm is The group said in a statement The new automotive compo- nesses including healthcare. licensed as a margin lender, it will that net profit rose to €2bn nent team will “focus on building The announcement marked be able to perform margin trading between February and October. its competencies in infotainment the firm’s first foray into the activity at Qatar Exchange. The results are in line with and autonomous driving vehicles”, car business since 1995 when it Margin trading will allow expectations from analysts polled the South Korean electronics established Samsung Motors. investors to purchase securities by Factset who forecast the com- giant said in its annual business The unit was sold to French car- that are partially financed by a pany would post profits of €2.01bn. reorganisation plan announced maker Renault in 1999 as Sam- loan or credit facility made availa- Expansion efforts had weighed Wednesday. sung struggled in the wake of the ble by a margin lender, a member down last year’s results, but prof- The new unit will be headed by 1997-98 Asian currency crisis. licensed to provide margin trad- its rose this year by a greater the firm’s executive vice president Other global electronics firms ing services. The QE said that as margin than the healthy 16.6-per- Park Jong-Hwan who formerly such as LG, Apple and Panasonic part of its efforts to raise aware- cent rise in sales to €14.7bn. supervised motor and compressor are also eyeing the lucrative mar- ness among investors and market “This is the fastest rate of sales production for Samsung’s home ket for next-generation vehicles participants, it will hold a seminar growth in three years,” said Victo- appliances. Park will coordinate mounted with electronic sensors, to explain the process. ria Torre, an analyst at Self Bank participation by affiliates such displays and Internet connection. Meanwhile, Qatar Exchange in Madrid. as battery maker Samsung SDI Apple reportedly aims to have index dropped 4.02 points, or In constant currency terms and software services provider an electric car on the road in 2019 0.04 percent, when it closed sales were up by 15 percent dur- Samsung SDS. The share price while Google and several major at 10,014.82 points yesterday. ing the period and continued to of Samsung Electro-Mechanics, carmakers have also been pursu- The daily turnover decreased rise at that rate in the start of which produces camera modules ing autonomous vehicle technol- to QR256.23m with a volume of the final quarter in the lead up People look at clothes at a Zara store in central Madrid, Spain. and other components for cars, ogy. “It appears that Samsung 7,039,401 shares from 4,125 deals to the crucial Christmas shopping rose more than five percent in has established a long-term plan compared with QR391.11m with a season. its first full-year growth since expansion by opening 230 stores mid-morning trade. Samsung SDI to expand into smart car mar- volume of 8,901,363 shares from Investment bank Jefferies said 2008 when a decade-long prop- in 48 markets and adding 13,079 also gained 1.6 percent. kets eyed by Google and Apple,” 5,178 deals on Wednesday. The the company benefited from the erty bubble burst, throwing mil- jobs in the first nine months of Samsung Electronics — the said Lee Ka-Keun, analyst for KB market capitalisation increased success of its fall-winter collection lions of people out of work. Spain its 2015 fiscal year. Inditex also South’s largest firm by value — Securities. The Internet-enabled, to QR528.78 from QR128.457 despite “the impact of an unusu- accounts for about a fifth of its stepped up its online presence to was up more than two percent. next-generation cars are expected registered, while Indices of four ally mild winter in Europe.” revenue. The company, which Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, Samsung — the world’s top to use a wide range of semiconduc- sectors ended in green and three Inditex also benefited from competes with Sweden’s H&M with Internet shopping sites now maker of smartphones as well as tor components, allowing Samsung ended in red. growing demand in its home mar- as the world’s top ready-to-wear available in 28 countries. mobile phones — is also produc- room for growth. THE PENINSULA ket Spain, which in 2014 posted clothing retailer, continued its AFP ing semiconductors, displays and AFP Volkswagen says pollution cheating dates back to 2005

WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen said suggest that supervisory board VW, once seen as the paragon 62-year-old executive said. 15 years as a result of the billions devices into its diesel cars in yesterday the roots of the global members or management board of German industry, is facing still “The sales figures are very of euros it set aside to cover the order to meet the rigorous emis- pollution-cheating scandal it is members are implicated,” Poet- incalculable costs, not only to its mixed with regards to the vari- costs of the scandal. sion standards in the US. currently engulfed in date back sch said. reputation and global sales and ous markets and brands. Overall, Supervisory board chief Poet- Defeat devices are sophisti- to 2005, and while the current VW was plunged into its deep- profits, but also potential billions the situation is not dramatic, but, sch said the scam was “not attrib- cated software designed to turn situation was difficult, it would est-ever scandal in September, in possible fines and legal costs. as was to be expected, it’s tense,” utable to a one-off error, but an on pollution controls when the not break the company. when it was forced to admit it had CEO Mueller, brought in to said Mueller. “Although the cur- unbroken chain of errors,” dating car is undergoing testing, and off In a news conference detail- installed emission-cheating soft- resolve the crisis, said VW was rent situation is serious, this com- back to 2005, when VW launched when it is back on the road, allow- ing the latest developments in ware into 11 million diesel engines “currently doing everything it pany will not be broken by it,” he a massive new campaign to sell ing it to spew out harmful levels the investigation into the affair, worldwide. can to limit the effect the current insisted. diesel engine vehicles in the of nitrogen oxide. VW supervisory board chief Hans The revelations sent shock- situation has on its business per- It was effectively Mueller’s United States. US authorities had been alerted Dieter Poetsch and chief executive waves through the auto sec- formance.” The group’s operating first news conference in person VW, which had looked set to VW’s cheating practices by a Matthias Mueller said evidence tor around the world and some business “is meeting expectations, as CEO, aside from a telephone to overtake Toyota this year as non-profit group called the Inter- suggested the scam was the work observers suggested there could and the 2015 annual forecast, conference at the end of October, the world’s biggest carmaker in national Council on Clean Trans- of just a small group of engineers. even be fallout for the wider Ger- which was updated at the end of where he revealed that VW had terms of sales, confessed to sys- portation. There was “no evidence to man economy. October, remains unchanged,” the run up its first quarterly loss in tematically fitting so-called defeat AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

QE Indices Summary QE Index 10,014.82 0.04 % WORLD STOCK INDICES GOLD & SILVER EXCHANGE QE Total Return Index 15,566.6 0.04 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,694.44 0.05 % RATE QE All Share Index 2,670.67 0.03 % INDEX Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low QE All Share Banks & Financial 2,720.64 0.87 % GOLD Services Buying Selling QE All Share Industrials 3,002.13 0.06 % All Ordinaries 5087.495 -42.367 -0.83 5963.5 4936.3 QR126.1879 US$ ...... QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 QE All Share Transportation 2,419.71 1.80 % Cac 40 Index/D 4637.49 0.04 0 5283.71 4076.16 QE All Share Real Estate 2,225.73 1.79 % SILVER UK ...... QR 5.4948 QR 5.5718 QE All Share Insurance 4,003.49 1.73 % Dj Indu Average 17492.3 -75.7 -0.43 18351.4 15370.3 QR 1.6675 Euro ...... QR 3.9646 QR 4.0209 QE All Share Telecoms 909.97 1.96 % CA$ ...... QR 2.6622 QR 2.7147 QE All Share Consumer Goods & 5,812.56 0.44 % Hang Seng Inde/D 21704.61 -99.15 -0.45 28588.52 20368.12 Services Swiss Fr ...... QR 3.6655 QR 3.7172 QE Market Summary Comparison Iseq Overall/D 6728.99 15.03 0.22 6921.44 5072.7 Yen ...... QR 0.0297 QR 0.0303 Aus$ ...... QR 2.6331 QR 2.6857 Today Previous day Karachi 100 In/D 33211.92 191.66 0.58 36471.59 28648.23 CRUDE OIL 10-12-2015 09-12-2015 Ind Re ...... QR 0.0541 QR 0.0552 Index 10,014.82 10,018.84 Nikkei 225 Index 19046.55 -254.52 -1.32 20952.71 16592.57 Pak Re ...... QR 0.0347 QR 0.0354 Change 4.02 77.67 BRENT Peso ...... QR 0.0764 QR 0.0780 S&P 500 Index/D 2047.62 -15.97 -0.77 2134.72 1867.01 % 0.04 0.77 $ 40.50 SL Re ...... QR 0.0252 QR 0.0257 YTD% 18.48 18.45 Straits Times/D 2895.81 27.07 0.94 3549.85 2808.31 Taka ...... QR 0.0461 QR 0.0471 Volume 7,039,401 8,901,363 DUBAI Nep Re ...... QR 0.0340 QR 0.0346 Value (QAR) 256,232,636.42 391,107,666.55 Straits Times/D 3324.09 0.44 0.01 3387.84 2953.01 SA Rand ...... QR 0.2389 QR 0.2437 Trades 4,125 5,016 $ 35.50 Up 20 | Down 16 | Unchanged 04 Straits Times/D 3274.06 -8.82 -0.27 3291.83 2953.01

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Wilder to defend Feng takes halfway heavyweight crown vs Szpilka lead at Dubai Masters NEW YORK: Unbeaten Ameri- can Deontay Wilder will defend his share of boxing’s fractured British 52-year-old legend Davies in second place heavyweight crown next month in New York against Poland’s Artur DUBAI: LPGA Tour star and Dubai Ladies Masters not bad. I was leaving the balls a Szpilka, promoters announced on defending champion Shanshan Dubai: Leading second-round scores in little bit shorter after I saw the Wednesday. Feng of China lived up to her the 500,000 euros Dubai Ladies Masters physio. But I wasn’t far away off Wilder owns the World Box- billing as the pre-tournament oyesterday at the par-72 Majlis Course of the green. So I could still make ing Council title and was look- favourite as she took a two-shot Emirates Golf Club: the two putts. ing at a fight against Ukraine’s lead at the halfway stage of the 134 Shanshan Feng (CHN) 67-67 “Made just a couple of birdies unbeaten Vyacheslav Glazkov, Dubai Ladies Masters yester- 136 Laura Davies (ENG) 68-68 on the par 5s but I think this is but when Britain’s undefeated day. 139 Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-68, just a course for birdies. So we’re Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir The highest ranked player in Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 71-68, not really thinking about bogeys.” Klitschko by unanimous deci- the field, world number six Feng 140 Ariane Provot (FRA) 73-67, Jade After a round that included five sion last month, the landscape added a second successive bogey- Schaeffer (FRA) 69-71, birdies and a bogey, Davies said changed and a deal with Szpilka free round of five-under par 67 141 Melissa Reid (ENG) 75-66, Thidapa her torn tendon could have played was made. to move to 10-under par after 36 Suwannapura (THA) 69-72, Liz Young a positive role in her doing well so “I wish him luck. He’s going to holes. (ENG) 66-75, far in the tournament. need it,” Wilder said of Szpilka. She has already won the tour- 142 Sarah Kemp (RSA) 73-69, Gwladys The World Golf Hall of Famer “I look forward to winning over nament twice - in 2012 and 2014 Nocera (FRA) 71-71, Emma Cabrera- said: “It’s only with the driver that the Polish fans after I beat him. - and is bidding to become the Bello (ESP) 71-71, Malene Jorgensen I feel it. The irons, it doesn’t mat- I know he’s a southpaw and he first three-time winner in the (DEN) 70-72, ter. Sometimes with a 2-iron as tends to give up when things get season-ending championship of 143 Valentine Derrey (FRA) 76-67, well. If I’m trying to hit a 2-iron tough in the ring. He doesn’t have the Ladies European Tour. Alexandra Villate (FRA) 73-70, Onnarin I still have to load up on that left heart when it gets tough.” Two shots behind Feng and Sattayabanphot (THA) 73-70, Isabella side but it’s just the driver. Fury plans to fight a big- in solo second place was British Ramsay (SWE) 71-72, Camilla Lennarth “I’m not 100 percent hitting money rematch with Ukraine star (SWE) 70-73, Louise Stahle (SWE) 69- 52-year-old legend Laura Davies, it with the driver, but like I say, Klitschko for the World Boxing 74, Carmen Alonso (ESP) 66-77, Nanna who shot a second straight round Koerstz Madsen (DEN) 70-73 maybe that’s a good thing because Association title and two lesser- of 68 despite playing through pain I’m driving it quite straight and regarded crowns. with a torn tendon in her left picked up three shots coming in. perhaps not lashing it as I hope- But because he will not next ankle. But the Chinese star revealed fully will do again when this is fight Glazkov, the International Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum she was battling a strain in her fixed. Boxing Federation’s manda- (68), the 2013 champion, was tied neck, one which was serious “It was good round today. tory challenger, the IBF has third at five-under par along with enough to call for medical help Probably a better round than stripped him of its title and Sweden’s Caroline Hedwall (68), on the 17th hole, her eighth. yesterday because of the wind. will award the vacant crown to Feng, who started on the rel- “It was a little problem with It was really tricky. I hit a lot of the winner of a planned bought atively easier back nine of the the neck and the upper back. So I long irons into the par 4s because between Glazkov (21-0 with one Majlis course, could not get her called for the physio. She came on a lot of them were into the wind drawn and 13 knockouts) and first birdie in the first five holes the 17th hole, worked on it a little today. So, very pleased, and also US southpaw Charles Martin that included two par-5s. But she bit and it did not really bother the 31 putts today, which is pretty Shanshan Feng of China poses with her trophy after winning the Dubai (22-0 with one drawn and 20 made back-to-back birdies on swing,” Feng said. good.” Masters in this December 14, 2014 file picture. knockouts). the 15th and 16th holes, and then “I think my ball-striking was AFP Shrugging off the chaos in favor of climbing into the ring next will be Wilder, 35-0 with 34 knockouts. His lone fight to go the distance was last January when he took a Flawless Donaldson opens up three-shot lead lopsided unanimous decision from Bermane Stiverne for the WBC CHONBURI, THAILAND: Matthew Fitzpatrick were among “That was a wonderful back but said it did not bother him. Thailand Golf title. It was Wilder’s first fight to Ryder Cup star Jamie Donald- a group of five players on 68. nine,” said Garcia, fresh from Kaymer said he just missed out last beyond the fourth round. son from Wales fired a stunning “I couldn’t do anything wrong winning the Ho Tran Open in on winning the tournament last Championship Since then, Wilder knocked out nine-under par 63 to take a three- today,” said Donaldson, who Vietnam last week. year and was determined to put Chonburi, Thailand: Leading first round compatriot Eric Molina in the stroke lead in the opening round opened up with four straight bird- “Actually, I played okay on the on a good display this time. scores at the Thailand Golf Championship ninth round last June and stopped of the Thailand Golf Champion- ies and sunk another five on the front nine but the putts just didn’t “That’s why I came back -- to on Thursday at the par-72 Amata Spring Frenchman Johann Duhaupas in ship at the Amata Spring Country back nine. “I never missed any go in,” he said. “I’m feeling good win. Four-under par is a decent course: the 11th round last September. Club yesterday. fairways.” and playing steady shots. I’m in a start and I fancy my chances,” he 63 Jamie Donaldson (WAL) Now comes Szpilka, 20-1 with Donaldson, who secured the However, he said he would not good position going in to the next said. 66 Chanat Sakulpolphaisan (THA), Sergio 15 knockouts. The 26-year-old winning point for Europe at the get carried away. “I’ll take it day day.” It was a good showing by One of the star attractions, Garcia (ESP), Chinnarat Phadungsil southpaw was stopped in the 10th 2014 Ryder Cup, enjoyed a fault- by day and see what happens,” he the young Thai players. Chanat big-hitting Bubba Watson, could (THA). round by American Bryant Jen- less round playing exquisite golf said. “I just need to continue this Sakulpolphaisan, 25, a native of not reproduce his Bahamas form 67 Natipong Srithong (THA), Brett Munson nings last year but has won four in perfect conditions with little form.” Chonburi where the course is where he won last week. He expe- (USA) fights since, including a matchup wind. He was particularly pleased as located, hit seven birdies and just rienced a mixed round with five 68 Yusaku Miyazato (JPN), Matthew with Polish veteran Tomasz His nearest challengers on 66 it was his first competitive round the one bogey. He said he was sur- birdies and four bogeys to finish Fitzpatrick (ENG), Martin Kaymer Adamek at Krakow. were Spain’s Sergio Garcia and on the Amata Spring course. prised at his score as he had to on 71. Local stars Kiradech Aphib- (GER), Jbe Kruger (RSA), Phachara two Thais, Chanat Sakulpolphai- “It’s a great course and the qualify to play in the event. arnrat and Thongchai Jaidee, had Khongwatmai (THA) san and Chinnarat Phadungsil. A weather was great too,” he said. Law student Natipong Sri- mixed fortunes. Aphibarnrat was 69 An-Byeong-hun (KOR), Matthew shot further behind was another Garcia surged up the leader- thong, 22, who only turned profes- going well but was derailed by a Giles (AUS), Soomin Lee (KOR), NBA: Celtics use Thai, Natipong Srithong, and board with a spectacular back sional in September, has enjoyed double-bogey at the 16th, to fin- Gaganjeet Bhullar (IND), Sam Cyr American Brett Munson. nine. After reaching the turn a great start to his career, having ish with a 69. Jaidee had to settle (USA), Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA), balanced attack Another Ryder Cup star, Mar- one-under, he went on to sink six already won the Manila Masters for a disappointing 73 along with Chikkarangappa S. (IND), Joost Linten tin Kaymer of Germany, and the birdies on the back nine, with just last month. He had to take a Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn. (NED), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA), to beat Bulls exciting young English prospect one bogey. university law exam on Monday AFP Darren Clarke (NIR)

LOS ANGELES: The Boston Celtics warmed up for their crit- ical game against the streaking US Grand Prix Golden State Warriors tonight Button pondered leaving by holding on to beat the Chicago Bulls 105-100 on Wednesday at will happen, the Boston Garden. Forward David Lee scored six says Ecclestone F1 after bad season points and guard Evan Turner had two points and three assists LONDON: Jenson Button con- in the two months when I was during a 10-0 run early in the LONDON: Formula One supremo sidered leaving Formula One this trying to decide what to do next fourth quarter for the Celtics who Bernie Ecclestone expects next year as McLaren endured their year than I have in my whole time turned a 77-77 tie into an 87-77 year’s US Grand Prix in Austin to worst season but said he decided at McLaren,” said Button. lead with 6:55 left on the clock. go ahead, despite lingering doubts to continue after talks with boss “So that got me excited, that “That was a good win because about state funding, but is less Ron Dennis and other key people got me pumped for next year both teams were playing at a certain about the sport finding at the team. knowing that there are big pretty high level throughout the new owners in the near future. “Last year I wasn’t sure If I’d be improvements on the horizon, and course of the game,” Boston coach “It will be (on), for sure, they racing and it wasn’t my choice,” we need them.” Brad Stevens said. will sort their finances out,” the the 35-year-old Briton told Sky Alonso has two more years Boston, coming off a 3-2 road 85-year-old said in a wide-ranging Sports television. on his contract but Dennis told trip that included a stop in Mex- post-season interview with Sky “This year it was totally my reporters last month that a possi- ico City, improved to 13-9. Sports television. choice and there was a moment ble sabbatical had been discussed The Celtics have a date with The October 23 race in Texas, where I thought ‘I am not sure I if the car remained uncompeti- NBA history today at home the only round in the United Formula One Driver Lewis Hamilton (centre) watches an NBA game want to do this anymore and be tive. The Spaniard subsequently when they will attempt to snap States and important for teams where we are’. Obviously if we are ruled that out. the Warriors’ 23-game season- between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Toronto Raptors at the Air and sponsors, is on the 2016 cal- where we are right now next year Meanwhile, a Mercedes engi- opening winning streak. Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on December 7. endar with an asterisk against it it is not going to be that enjoy- neer who has been accused by the Turner and Lee came off the as subject to agreement with the able.” Formula One world champions bench to finish with 13 and 12 commercial rights holder. tom line is simple: in the end, the Hamilton who recently signed a McLaren, the second most suc- of data theft will not be joining points, respectively for Boston. Ecclestone expressed concern major shareholder really doesn’t new three-year deal. cessful team after Ferrari in For- Ferrari and never had a contract Lee grabbed six rebounds and last month after media reports want to sell. That’s really the “He’s got a contract so he can mula One in terms of race wins, with them, the Italian team said Turner had seven assists in the that Texas state subsidies were truth of things,” he said. hardly be set aside. And I can’t finished ninth of 10 this season. on Wednesday. win. Forward Kelly Olynyk scored being reduced by more than 20 “People keep tempting him. imagine a team would want to get They have not won a race since “There were talks but nothing 15 points. The Bulls closed within percent to around $19.5m. Bad And one day maybe...at the rid of one of their best assets,” he 2012, with 2009 champion Button led to a formal contract. He’s not three with three minutes left, weather this year also hit rev- moment, there’s people that may said. Commenting on Red Bull’s the last to do so, and their new even going to join us in the fore- but five straight points by Celtics enues significantly. be doing a little more than in the problems with securing an engine partnership with Honda has been seeable future,” a spokesman said. guard Isaiah Thomas brought the On Formula One’s future own- past. But I think it will be difficult for 2016, and Renault’s delibera- plagued by unreliability and a lack “It’s not true that he was on lead back to eight. The closest the ership, Ecclestone indicated a to get him to say yes.” tions about their future, Eccle- of performance that has seen the the verge of joining us. What he Bulls got again was four points. change might not be as imminent Asked whether he might seek stone was relieved both had Briton and Spanish team mate did concerns only him and the as some expected. to increase his own five percent decided to stay. Fernando Alonso languishing company he was working for,” he NBA Results There has been takeover talk stake, Ecclestone did not rule it “If I’d have been (Red Bull near the back. added. Boston 105 Chicago 100 for months and he was quoted out. owner Dietrich) Mateschitz, I’d There was considerable spec- “We are not involved in this.” Charlotte 99 Miami 81 recently by German daily Han- He was also asked about com- have stopped. And I’m pleased ulation earlier in the year that Mercedes, the dominant team Houston 109 Washington 103 delsblatt as saying controlling ments made by Mercedes motor- that he didn’t,” he said. Button would announce his in Formula One for the past two Memphis 93 Detroit 92 shareholders CVC Capital part- sport head Toto Wolff suggesting Renault, he added, were “more retirement but instead the most seasons, confirmed on Tuesday Toronto 97 San Antonio 94 ners were likely to decide by the dominant team could change or less on the edge of leaving” experienced driver on the starting that they were taking action March. However he told Sky their driver line-up if the rela- before announcing this month grid, who made his debut in 2000, against a senior engineer who LA Clippers 109 Milwaukee 95 that CVC, whose co-chairman tionship between triple champion that they were buying Lotus and signed up for another season. had taken confidential technical Minnesota 123 La Lakers 122 Donald Mackenzie has been a Lewis Hamilton and Germany’s returning as a full constructor. “I spent a lot of time with the information from them. Phoenix 107 Orlando 104 regular presence at races, would Nico Rosberg deteriorated fur- engineers and the aerodynami- Utah 106 NY Knicks 85 take some persuading. “The bot- ther. Ecclestone saw no threat to REUTERS cists and I spoke more with Ron AGENCIES Atlanta 98 Dallas 95 FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Algeria, Nigeria Arsenal, Chelsea reach last 16 stage qualify for Rio Roma, Dynamo Kiev and Gent also secure places in knockout phase of Champions League Olympics

PARIS: Olivier Giroud was Arse- JOHANNESBURG: Algeria nal’s hero as the Gunners and Teams qualified for and Nigeria secured places on Chelsea succeeded on Wednesday Wednesday at the 2016 Rio Olym- where Manchester United failed a Champions League pic Games football tournament, day earlier to advance to the draw last 16 leaving South Africa and Senegal for the last 16 of the Champions to fight for the third and final Group winners League. qualifying place this weekend. The London clubs celebrated Real Madrid (ESP) An opportunist early Oussama on the final night of group stage VfL Wolfsburg (GER) Darfalou goal set up Algeria for a action as Roma, Dynamo Kiev Atletico Madrid (ESP) convincing 2-0 victory over South and the Belgian underdogs Gent Manchester City (ENG) Africa and a first appearance at also secured their places in the the Games since the 1980 Moscow Barcelona (ESP) knockout phase. Olympics. Arsenal had needed to overturn Bayern Munich (GER) Oghenekaro Etebo calmly a 3-2 defeat at home to Olympia- Chelsea (ENG) converted a second-half penalty kos earlier in the season when Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) kick to give Nigeria, the 1996 gold they faced the Greek champions Runners-up medalists and 2008 silver medal- away in a Group F showdown. ists, a 1-0 win over Senegal in Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) Arsene Wenger’s side had lost the first half of a Dakar double- in Piraeus on three separate PSV Eindhoven (NED) header. occasions in recent seasons but Benfica (POR) Senegal, who beat South Africa France striker Giroud gave them Juventus (ITA) in the opening match of the eight- a first-half lead and crucially dou- Roma (ITA) nation African qualifying compe- bled their advantage shortly after Arsenal (ENG) tition, must do so again Saturday the restart following superb play Maccabi’s forward Tal Ben Chaim (second left) eyes the ball next to Dynamo’s midfielder Denys Harmash (left) in the third-place play-off to Dynamo Kiev (UKR) by Joel Campbell. during the UEFA Champions League Group G football match at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev on Wednesday night. achieve back-to-back Olympics Giroud then netted a penalty in Gent (BEL) appearances. the 69th minute to seal Arsenal’s South Africa qualified for the place in the last 16 for the 16th that had put the Gunners in a to the Europa League,” Mourinho Borisov in the Italian capital. eliminated Lyon a consolation 2000 Games. season in a row, although finish- perilous position. said, as his team avoided the fate That was because Bayer win, although it was all academic Senegal started as slight ing second in their group exposes “Nine times out of 10 you are of United, forced to settle for the Leverkusen could only draw 1-1 for Valencia anyway as Gent’s favourites against Nigeria because them to the possibility of being out (after such a poor start). We consolation of dropping into the at home to group winners and 2-1 victory at home to Zenit St of more impressive group form drawn against Real Madrid or needed something special to come secondary continental competi- defending European champions Petersburg took them through. and greater familiarity with the Barcelona in the next round. back like we did and tonight we tion after defeat at Wolfsburg on Barcelona in Germany, unable “It’s disappointing. Obviously 30 degree-plus (85 fahrenheit) Group winners Bayern Munich needed a complete team perform- Tuesday. to find the winner they needed we wanted to win the game, but heat finished with a 2-0 victory at ance.” Porto started the day on top of after the in-form Javier Hernan- we have no complaints,” said Nev- But the Teranga Cubs spurned Dinamo Zagreb thanks to a sec- Enduring a difficult season the group but finished by tum- dez cancelled out Lionel Messi’s ille. Laurent Depoitre and Danijel a great chance to break the dead- ond-half Robert Lewandowski domestically, Chelsea progressed bling into the Europa League opener. Leverkusen go into the Milicevic netted for Gent either lock in first-half stoppage-time brace as Thomas Mueller missed to the last 16 as Group G win- themselves after being overtaken Europa League, and that is the side of a strike by the prolific when a timidly struck Ibrahima a late penalty and coach Pep ners with a 2-0 win at home to by Dynamo Kiev as the Ukrainian consolation that Valencia have to Artem Dzyuba as the Buffalos Sory Keita penalty was blocked Guardiola claimed his 100th win Jose Mourinho’s old side Porto as champions beat Maccabi Tel Aviv settle for after they were beaten became the first Belgian club to by Emmanuel Daniel. in charge. Ivan Marcano’s early own goal put 1-0 through a Denys Garmash 2-0 at home by Lyon in Group H reach the knockout stages of the The Dream Team VI goal- “I told you before that it would them ahead and Willian scored in goal to reach the last 16 for the in former England defender Gary Champions League. The draw keeper, who conceded two goals be the greatest escape,” Wenger the second half. first time since 1999/2000. Neville’s first match as head coach for the last 16 will take place at twice in the three-matchday told BT Sport, referring to suc- “The players were really com- Elsewhere, Roma advanced as of the Spaniards. UEFA’s headquarters in Switzer- mini-league phase, made several cessive defeats to Dinamo and mitted to get a result, as much for runners-up in Group E despite a Maxwel Cornet and Alexandre land on Monday. other excellent saves to thwart Olympiakos to start the group their pride. They didn’t want to go dreary 0-0 draw at home to BATE Lacazette scored to give already AFP the more penetrative Senegalese. Senegal paid for their waste- fulness when Ousseynou Thioune Barca’s Enrique handled and Etebo stroked the Platini appeal decision ball into the left corner on 77 minutes while goalkeeper and left fretting over captain Pape Seydou Ndiaye dived in the opposite direction. Neymar injury to be announced today The last thing skilful but erratic South Africa could afford LAUSANNE:The Court of the Panel’s decision at around was to concede an early goal LEVERKUSEN, GERMANY: Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will 10.00am on Friday.” against well-organised Algeria, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is announce a decision on whether Blatter, 79, and Platini, 60, will who threatened regularly with concerned Neymar may be set for Michel Platini’s suspension from appear next week before FIFA’s their slick counter-attacking. a lengthy lay-off after the Bra- football should be lifted today at adjudicatory chamber which must But the losers’ defence were zilian superstar injured his groin about 0900 GMT, the tribunal decide whether they should face a asleep on nine minutes as Dar- before their final Champions said. definitive punishment. falou sped unopposed on to a League group match. The FIFA vice president Blatter’s case will be heard on hopeful long pass from captain The defending champions appeared before CAS judges on December 17 and Platini the fol- Riyad Keniche and lobbed the ball were already through to the Wednesday with his lawyers lowing day. over out-of-position goalkeeper Champions League’s last 16 for to plead the case for him to be The FIFA court has not said Jody February. the 12th year in succession and allowed to return so that he can when a decision will be announced. Mohamed Benkhemassa almost ended their group campaign on take part in FIFA’s election cam- Meanwhile, The French Football doubled the lead soon after with Wednesday with a 1-1 draw at paign for a new president. Federation (FFF) on Thurs- February doing well to parry a Bayer Leverkusen. Platini has been named in a day indefinitely suspended star stinging shot from a tight angle. Enrique named a mainly sec- Swiss criminal investigation into striker Karim Benzema because When South Africa got a rare ond-string team at the BayArena FIFA leader Sepp Blatter. Platini of criminal charges of involve- chance to level at Stade Leopold by including only four first-choice received a two million Swiss franc ment in a sex-tape blackmail Sedar Senghor, Gift Motupa players in Marc-Andre ter Ste- ($2 million) payment from FIFA attempt against teammate Math- fluffed it through poor ball con- gen, Ivan Rakitic, Jordi Alba and which is under investigation. ieu Valbuena. trol. captain Lionel Messi. The two acknowledge there was Federation president Noel Le Algeria knew a second goal An early Messi goal was can- no contract for the fee, but insist Graet said the suspension would would kill off the game and it celled out by Javier Hernandez’s that their “oral contract” is valid include the 2016 European Cham- arrived five minutes after half- equaliser, but despite the result, under Swiss law and deny any pionship to be held in France -- time when Benkhemassa rifled a the Germans were eliminated. wrongdoing. which get underway in exactly weak clearance into the corner. With Roma drawing 0-0 Platini’s lawyers say FIFA’s eth- six months -- unless the case was Both Saturday matches will be at home to BATE Borisov, ics watchdog wants him banned settled. ‘repeats’ as Algeria and Nigeria Leverkusen had to beat Barcelona for life. “Karim Benzema will not drew 0-0 in Group B and Senegal to progress but the Germans blew A CAS statement said that yes- be selected until the situation beat South Africa 3-1 in Group A. their chance and instead will find terday “the CAS Panel in charge changes, until there is something Olympic qualifiers are themselves in the Europa League Ronaldinho participates in an agreement signing ceremony with local of the arbitration heard the par- new in the case. It is a decision I restricted to footballers born on next February. football club Tampines Rovers in Singapore yesterday. Brazilian legend ties’ arguments regarding the took as president of the federa- or after January 1 1993 with each Enrique’s main concern was Ronaldinho yesterday signed an agreement to establish a football acad- temporary lifting of Mr Platini’s tion,” Le Graet told a press con- team allowed three over-age stars Neymar’s adductor injury in the emy in soccer-mad Singapore, the local club that he partnered with said. provisional 90-day suspension. ference in Paris. at the finals. final training session in Germany The CAS intends to announce AFP AFP on Tuesday. The 23-year-old has been in sensational form this season, scoring 16 goals in 18 appearances and crowned La Liga’s player of Hiroshima dump Auckland out of Club World Cup the month for November on the day of his injury. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN: Japa- Moriyasu. “But the timing of our perfect game for them. it enabled “It’s of course, the bad news nese champions Sanfrecce Hiro- first goal was key and it allowed them to sit deep and look to hit us from this fixture. It’s an unpleas- shima beat Auckland City 2-0 us to play to our strengths. We on the counter-attack which they ant situation and we have to wait yesterday in the opening game of controlled the game and I think used to good effect in the second to see what the team doctor the Club World Cup to book their we deserved to win.” half.” says,” said Enrique on Neymar’s place in the quarter-finals. European champions Barcelona Mazembe, once known as Eng- injury. Yusuke Minagawa and Tsu- and Argentina’s River Plate, the lebert, will provide a stiffer chal- “We don’t know how bad the kasa Shiotani found the net in South American Libertadores lenge for Hiroshima on Sunday injury is and we have to hope he each half as Auckland’s assort- Cup holders, join the seven-team following the first quarter-final recovers quickly in the next few ment of semi-professionals -- who tournament at the semi-final between Mexico’s Club Amer- days. remarkably finished third at last stage next week. The final takes ica and Luiz Felipe Scolari’s “It’s always unpleasant to lose a year’s tournament in Morocco -- place in Yokohama on December Guangzhou Evergrande, the Asian player through an injury, possibly were dispatched with relative ease 20. Hiroshima, who beat Auck- champions. Spanish giants Bar- long term, and we have to hope in drizzly Yokohama. land 1-0 at the same stage of the celona, who have won the Cham- it’s not as bad as feared.” Minagawa pounced from competition in 2012, should have pions League, La Liga, the Copa Enrique said he had a “posi- close range in the ninth minute added to their tally in a game des- del Rey and European Super Cup tive feeling” from the way his after Auckland goalkeeper Jacob perately short on quality. this year, are red-hot favourites to experimental side coped with a Spoonley had fumbled a shot from If Spoonley -- a lawyer by trade capture the world title for a third torrent of Leverkusen chances as Gakuto Notsuda that fizzed up off -- was guilty of carelessness for time under the current FIFA for- the Germans peppered the Barca the wet turf. Shiotani squeezed Hiroshima’s goals, he partially mat, launched in 2000. goal with 25 shots compared to home a second from an acute redeemed himself with smart Barca boast a mesmerising the Spaniards’ six. angle on 70 minutes following stops from Minagawa and Bra- front line of Lionel Messi, Ney- Barcelona have a busy spell another Spoonley error as Hiro- zilian striker Douglas to keep the mar and Luis Suarez, although coming up and the Catalans play shima, who clinched their third scoreline respectable for the Oce- Brazilian Neymar could be a their Club World Cup semi-final J-League title last week, advanced ania federation champions. slight doubt after pulling up with in Japan on December 17. to face Congolese side Mazembe in “We never stopped trying,” said a muscle strain in Wednesday’s Joao Moreira (right) of New Zealand’s Auckland City and Hiroki “I felt positive about our per- Osaka this weekend. Auckland coach Ramon Tribuli- Champions League clash with Mizumoto of Japan’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima fight for the ball during their formance,” said Enrique. “We expected a tougher game,” etx. “But the early goal made it Bayer Leverkusen. Club World Cup match in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. AFP said Hiroshima coach Hajime difficult for us and set up the AFP FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Pakistan include Opening day misery for West Indies Amir among Voges, Marsh drive Australia to 438-3 in the first Test, unbeaten partnership worth 317 Super League HOBART, AUSTRALIA: Adam Scoreboard Voges reached his Test century players Voges and Shaun Marsh pounded on the penultimate ball before tea, KARACHI: tons in a triple-century unbroken Australia (I innings): scampering through for two with Pakistan announced stand to crush the dispirited West J Burns b Gabriel ...... 33 Marsh taking the risk running to a total of 308 top foreign and Indies and put Australia in imme- D Warner c Ramdin b Warrican ...... 64 the danger end. local players for drafting in its diate command of the first Test in S Smith c Blackwood b Warrican ...... 10 The West Indies did not help Twenty20 league yesterday, with Hobart yesterday. A Voges (batting) ...... 174 their cause with a painfully slow tainted but cleared Mohammad In a grim foreboding of what S Marsh (batting) ...... 139 over rate. Amir and exiled former England lies ahead for the Caribbean tour- Extras (B-4 LB-2 NB-11 W-1) ...... 18 They bowled only 50 overs in batsman Kevin Pietersen among ists in the three-Test series, Aus- Total (for 3 wkts) ...... 438 the first two sessions of play and them. tralia cruised to 438 for three at Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-104, 3-121. needed to call on part-time spin- Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stumps on the opening day with To bat: M Marsh, P Nevill, P Siddle, J Pattin- ners to get to 89 of the regulation will stage the first edition of the the West Australian pair taking son, J Hazlewood, N Lyon 90 overs under the threat of dis- Pakistan Super League (PSL) the game away from the Windies. Bowling: J Taylor 12 - 0 - 76 - 0(nb-1 w-1); ciplinary action from the match between February 4-23 after the It was the most runs scored K Roach 11 - 1 - 64 - 0 (nb-3); S Gabriel 10 - referee Chris Broad. sale of five teams for $93m last by Australia on an opening day 1 - 59 - 1(nb-4); J Holder 15 - 1 - 45 - 0(nb- Australia lost three wickets in week. of a Test in 85 years against the 3); J Warrican 22 - 1 - 111 - 2; K Brathwaite a breezy first session of play, after PCB said 171 foreign and 137 West Indies. At the close, Voges 13 - 0 - 52 - 0; J Blackwood 6 - 0 - 25 - 0 openers Warner and Joe Burns domestic players will be available was unbeaten on 174 with Marsh set about helping themselves to for drafting by teams. not out 139 in a unbeaten fourth- “I worked really hard over the the West Indian bowling attack. “Having successfully finalised wicket partnership of 317. last couple of days on my prepa- Warner, who was dropped on the sale of commercial rights for Voges slammed the fastest ration and I felt really confident four, was out nearing lunch for 64 franchises, broadcast, and title century for Australia in Hobart, coming into the game,” he said. off 61 balls to a leg-side catch by sponsorship, PSL is now enter- his ton coming off 100 balls and “I definitely feel comfortable wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin off ing the phase that many fans have eclipsing another West Australian at this level. I just have to keep left-arm spinner Warrican. long been waiting for,” said a PCB Adam Gilchrist’s hundred off 110 working on my consistency.” It was a big relief for Ramdin, release. balls against Pakistan in 1999. The West Indies had got them- who had dropped Warner in the “At the player draft event, the “It’s been a great day,” Voges selves into a reasonable position second over from a tough chance five franchise owners will gather said. “To be able to bat with Shaun to have Australia at 121 for three off Kemar Roach, diving across to select their playing squads. for as long as I have and to put on at lunch with key batsmen David first slip with his outstretched By opting for a draft system in over 300, it’s been terrific. Warner (64) and skipper Steve left glove. place of a player auction, PSL “We’re obviously good mates as Smith (10) back in the dressing The tourists had two other will ensure a level-playing field well as team-mates so to spend a room. successes in the morning session as each team will have to choose lot of time out there together was But Voges and Marsh batted with muscular paceman Shannon a certain number of players from tremendous.” through the remaining two ses- Gabriel bowling Burns on the top each category,” said the PCB. It was Voges’s third Test cen- sions without difficulty to leave of middle stump for 33 in the 11th These players have been divided tury and second against the West the West Indies in despair. over. into five different categories - Indies after scoring an unbeaten “I thought it wasn’t disciplined Warrican, picked as the West Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver, 130 on his Test debut in Dominica enough -- there were too many Indies’ spin option ahead of wrist- and Emerging, the PCB added. last June. boundary balls and we just let the spinner Devendra Bishoo, then Mohammad Amir, whose five- Marsh, in scoring his third game get away from us,” Windies had Smith caught by Jermaine year ban following a spot-fixing Test century and first at home spinner Jomel Warrican said. Blackwood at first slip for 10. scandal tied to Pakistan’s tour of also posed a dilemma for selec- “That Voges and Marsh part- Gabriel left the field with England in 2010 was lifted in Sep- tors about whether he will make nership was very key as well. I ankle trouble and will be fur- tember this year, is in the Gold way for the imminent return of think they batted very well. But I ther assessed overnight, a team Australian batsman Shaun Marsh celebrates scoring his century against category after showing good form Usman Khawaja from a ham- also think we didn’t bowl as good spokesman said. the West Indies on the first day of the first Test match in Hobart yesterday. in Pakistan’s domestic season and string injury. as we can.” AFP in the ongoing Bangladesh Pre- mier League. The list also includes former England batsman Pieterson, Guptill breaks ton drought as New Zealand take charge Australian Shane Watson, big hitting West Indian Chris Gayle and Pakistan’s own Shahid Afridi. DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND: this year’s World Cup. Guptill got He was eventually undone six The list also includes the name Martin Guptill smashed 156 yes- Scoreboard off the mark with an off-drive to overs from stumps when captain of express Australian paceman terday as he bounced back from the boundary and in an elegant Angelo Mathews swung the ball Brett Lee who retired in 2012 in New Zealand (I innings): a horror series in Australia to innings, he used the same front- away and the batsman feathered the Platinum class. M Guptill c Chandimal b Mathews ...... 156 put New Zealand in the driving foot stroke to bring up his 100 a catch to wicketkeeper Dinesh “Each team will be required to T Latham c & b Lakmal ...... 22 seat on day one of the first Test when he drove Suranga Lakmal Chandimal. Williamson fell on pick three players per category K Williamson c Karunaratne b Pradeep ....88 against Sri Lanka. to the boundary. the last ball before tea, lashing out from each of the top three catego- R Taylor lbw Pradeep ...... 8 On a Dunedin pitch said to be “I was trying to go out and be at a rough delivery from Nuwan ries (Platinum, Diamond, Gold),” B McCullum c Vithanage b Siriwardana ...75 ripe for seam bowlers, Sri Lanka as positive as I could be,” Guptill Pradeep to be caught in the slips said the PCB. M Santner c Chandimal b Chameera ...... 12 were left to rue putting New Zea- said, as he repaid the faith shown by Dimuth Karunaratne reaching Teams are required to draft B Watling c Vithanage b Chameera ...... 5 land in to bat as the Black Caps in him by the New Zealand selec- high above his head. He left the two emerging players as part of D Bracewell (batting) ...... 32 amassed 409 for eight by stumps. tors. ground requiring only eight more PCB’s plans to groom their play- T Southee c Siriwardana b Lakmal ...... 2 Opener Guptill fell just before “I didn’t have a lot to lose so I runs to become the fifth player ers. N Wagner (batting) ...... 0 the close, after hitting just his just tried to go out and be as posi- to reach 1,000 runs this calendar PCB said all five teams will be Extras: (B4, LB3, W1, NB1) ...... 9 third Test century and his first in tive as I could and have some fun.” year. McCullum, who like Gup- finalising their coaching panels Total (for 8 wkts) ...... 409 four years, coming 33 runs short “They (selectors) have been till failed to fire in Australia, also next week. Fall of wicket: 1-56, 2-229, 3-245, 4-334, of his highest score of 189 against good to me and given me a good found the Sri Lankan attack more Sharjah and Dubai will host 5-359, 6-365, 7-394, 8-399 Bangladesh in 2010. run in the Test side and I thank to his liking. PSL matches, designed along the To bat: T Boult Meanwhile the ever-reliable them very much for that and He was at his belligerent best lines of lucrative leagues in India Bowling: Lakmal 16-1-69-2, Pradeep 20-2- Kane Williamson made 88 and today capped off a lot of hard as he raced from 35 to 50 with and Australia. 101-2, Mathews 9-2-28-1, Chameera 17-1- Brendon McCullum 75 as New work over the last 18 months,” a six, two fours and a single in Former Pakistan captain 101-2 (w1), Herath 19-1-46-0, Jayasundera Zealand exposed the raw Sri Guptill added. successive deliveries from Dush- Ramiz Raja said PSL will change 5-0-33-0 (nb1), Siriwardana 4-0-24-1 Lankan attack. Guptill had a few chances -- mantha Chameera. the fortunes of country’s cricket. New Zealand were cruising 229 two shaky edges and a near run- McCullum reached 75 in 57 “We want to make this league for two at tea before Sri Lanka Australia, and said he “didn’t have out early in the innings, and two balls and belted 13 fours and a as one of the best in Asia and it fought back in the final session a lot to lose” as he took to the Sri lbw shouts on 78. six before Mathews turned to will help players financially,” Raja, when they took six wickets, albeit Lankan attack. Had Sri Lanka appealed the Milinda Siriwardana, his seventh also an ambassador for the PSL, for an expensive 180 runs. His third Test century came 41 second one, replays showed the bowler for the day. told media in Lahore. There were only seven maiden innings and four years after he not out decision may have been With his third delivery in his Raja, however, opposed Amir’s Martin Guptill of New Zealand overs bowled and New Zealand last posted three figures against overturned. But with luck going third Test, Siriwardana bowled inclusion. celebrates his century during cracked 57 fours, of which Guptill Zimbabwe. Inconsistent form saw his way, Guptill shared a 173-run full on the leg side and McCul- “If I was in power I would not day one of the first Test match contributed 21. him out of the Test side for two partnership with Williamson, a lum sent a top edge to Kithuru- have included Amir,” said Raja. against Sri Lanka in Dunedin at The opener’s position in the years before the short-form of New Zealand record for the sec- wan Vithanage at deep square leg. “He stained (the) country’s University Oval yesterday. side was precarious after he aver- the game resurrected his career ond wicket against Sri Lanka, image.” aged just 13 in the recent tour of when he played a starring role at then added 89 with McCullum. AFP AFP England seek answers on South Africa tour Starc set to miss World JOHANNESBURG: England’s TEST SQUADS ing been dropped after the Paki- tour in nine years. cricketers arrive in Johannesburg stan series, the number three England will be buoyed by T20 after ankle surgery today, with just over two weeks England: Alastair Cook (capt), Moeen Ali, position also needs to be filled, their results on recent tours of to prepare for a four-Test series James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow (wkt), with Gary Ballance seeking a South Africa. Michael Vaughan HOBART, AUSTRALIA: Aus- his ankle impingement now while against South Africa. Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler recall after being dropped during led them to a 2-1 series win in tralia pace spearhead Mitchell he is currently laid off with the Two three-day warm-up games (wkt), Nick Compton, Mark Footitt, Alex England’s victorious Ashes series 2004/05, while Andrew Strauss’ Starc (pictured) will have ankle stress fracture in his foot,” CA will help the tourists to decide on Hales, Chris Jordan, Samit Patel, Joe Root, against Australia this year. team shared the 2009/10 series. surgery and is “unlikely” to play in physiotherapist David Beakley the make-up of their best eleven Ben Stokes, James Taylor, Chris Woakes Other decisions include All 16 members of the touring the World Twenty20 tournament said in a statement. for a series in which both teams South Africa: Hashim Amla (captain), AB whether Jos Buttler or Jonny party will be able to play in the in India next year, Cricket Aus- “His return to play time frames will seek to return to winning de Villiers (vice-captain, wkt), Kyle Abbott, Bairstow should keep wicket opening match in Potchefstroom, tralia said yesterday. will be clearer once ways. Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, and the composition of a bowling which is not a first-class fixture. Starc, who has the surgery is The first Test starts in Durban Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel, Dane Piedt, attack in which James Anderson, The opposition will consist mainly had trouble with his complete but it is on December 26. Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Stuart Broad and all-rounder Ben of young players from South Afri- right ankle stemming unlikely that he will England will have two three- Stiaan van Zyl . Stokes are the only established ca’s second-tier, semi-professional back to the Ashes be available for the day warm-up matches against FIXTURES players. provincial competition. series in England ICC World T20.” South African Invitation teams, December: 15-17: SA Invitation XI, South Africa had their lead on Meanwhile, AB de Villiers will this year, suffered Left-armer Starc, in Potchefstroom from next Tues- Potchefstroom; 20-22: SA Invitation XI, the International Cricket Coun- keep wicket in South Africa’s a stress fracture of 25, is Australia’s day and in Pietermaritzburg from Pietermaritzburg; 26-30: First Test, Durban cil’s rankings cut to just four first two Tests against England. the same foot in the leading strike bowler December 20. Janaury: 2-6: Second Test, Cape Town; points when they were mauled He was named yesterday as the day-night third Test and has taken 91 One of the key questions for the 14-18: Third Test, Johannesburg; 22-26: 3-0 in a four-Test series in India only wicketkeeper in a 13-man against New Zealand wickets in 25 Tests tour selectors will be to decide on Fourth Test, Centurion which ended on Monday, while squad for the matches starting in Adelaide late last at 30.58. an opening partner for captain Note: Test series will be followed by five England languish in fifth place in Durban on December 26 and month. He also bowled Alastair Cook. one-day internationals and two Twenty20 after being beaten 2-0 by Paki- Cape Town on January 2. It has now been the fastest-recorded Moeen Ali opened with Cook internationals stan in a three-match series in Fast bowler Dale Steyn was decided he needs Test delivery of 160.4 in a losing series against Paki- October and November. named in the squad after miss- ankle surgery mean- kilometres per hour stan in the United Arab Emir- centuries in nine Tests before Both teams will hope those ing the final three Tests against ing Starc will miss the remainder (99.7mph) during the drawn sec- ates recently but is expected to being discarded after a series recent losses in foreign conditions India recently because of a groin of the Australian season. ond Perth Test. bat lower in the order against against New Zealand in May 2013, were an aberration. injury. Fellow fast bowler Vernon “After discussions with spe- A date for surgery is yet to be South Africa. and Alex Hales, whose only Eng- Before their setback against Philander is not in the squad after cialists, and in consultation with confirmed. The World T20 takes Other opening batsmen in the land appearances so far have been Pakistan, England defeated Aus- suffering an ankle injury in India. Mitchell, we believe the best place in India in March-April tour party are South Africa-born in limited overs games. tralia, while South Africa’s loss to course of action would be for 2016. Nick Compton, who made two With long-serving Ian Bell hav- India was their first on an away AGENCIES Mitchell to have the surgery for AFP

24 Sport FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com QSL: Al Sadd end Al Rayyan’s winning streak The Wolves defeat Al Rayyan in Classico, goals from Senhadji and Muriqui secure victory for Ferreira’s side

DOHA: Al Rayyan’s record- an end after 11 matches. Despite were numerous chances at both left-footed finish past Omar Bari. breaking run of Qatar Stars the defeat, the Lions are nine ends, but it was the league leaders Al Sadd almost doubled their League (QSL) wins has finally points clear at the top and will who looked the more dangerous lead just three minutes later. been halted after Al Sadd claimed remain confident of claiming a side in the early stages. Ibrahim collected the ball in the a pulsating victory in the Qatar first QSL title since 1995. Soria had the game’s first clear- penalty area from Hassadalla Classico. Al Sadd are now up to second cut chance but headed straight but couldn’t prevent his lob from The Wolves won 2-1 at Jassim place, with 24 points from 12 at Saad Al Sheeb in the Al Sadd landing on top of the net. Bin Hamad Stadium after a fre- matches. goal. Sadd’s first opportunity Al Rayyan equalised in the netic match in front of two pas- Al Rayyan dominated posses- came in the 10th minute. 23rd minute through Garcia’s sionate sets of fans. sion for long periods and created Captain Xavi Hernandez and seventh goal of the season. The Goals from Hamza Senhadji numerous chances throughout the Muriqui were involved in creating Spanish forward headed home and Muriqui secured victory for 90 minutes. a chance for Khalfan Ibrahim, but after a slick move involving Soria, Al Sadd, who went into the game But their front three of Sebas- the Qatari international dragged Tabata and Mohammed Gumaa. on the back of two defeats. tian Soria, Sergio Garcia and his shot wide. Soon after Garcia had a chance It was also a first win for new Rodrigo Tabata at times struggled It wasn’t long before the Wolves to give Al Rayyan the lead, but Al Sadd coach Jesualdo Ferreira to break down Al Sadd’s resolute went in front though. In the 16th his left-footed strike from inside – and it came at the perfect back line. minute, Ali Assadalla hit a deli- the area was straight at Al Sheeb. moment for Wolves fans. The teams produced a breath- cious through-ball to put Senhadji Jorge Fossati’s men continued The result means Al Rayyan’s less, end-to-end first half which through on goal, and the forward to create chances as the game run of consecutive wins comes to was full of thrills and spills. There made no mistake with a composed approached half-time. Soria tested Al Sheeb with a powerful drive in the 32nd minute, while Tabata hit a low show straight at the goalkeeper just before the break. Garcia also warmed Al Sheeb’s palms on the stroke of half-time. Despite Al Rayyan’s domi- nance towards the end of the first half, it was Sadd who went in front at the break. Senhadji grabbed the assist this time with an inviting cross which Muriqui bundled into the goal from just a few yards out. Qatar Al Sadd club’s Khalfan Ibrahim (right) vies with Al Rayyan’s Hamed The pace of the game reduced Ismail during their Qatar Stars League match in Doha yesterday. Al in the second half, with Al Sadd won 2-1. Rayyan throwing everything at the Sadd defence as they searched for an equaliser. it crashed off the post. Al Sadd in the final throes, but Sadd held The Wolves held firm, however, had a chance to finish the game in firm to record a famous win. and the closest Al Rayyan came the 87th minute with a free-kick Wolves fans will be hoping the was through a long-distance free- from just outside the penalty area. result reignites their season and kick. Tabata opted to shoot from Xavi hit the dead ball sweetly but paves the way for a title tilt. Al Sadd club’s Hamza Al Sanhaji (centre) scores a goal past Al Rayyan’s goalkeeper Oumar Barry. 35 yards, and his dipping, swerv- Bari palmed the ball clear. ing effort had Al Sheeb flailing as Al Rayyan continued to press THE PENINSULA QSL CEO attends AFC doubles prize World Leagues Lekhwiya, Saudi giants Al Forum in Paris money for ACL finalists Nasr in same group for ACL KUALA LUMPUR: Asia’s football body yesterday said it was doubling DOHA: Qatar Stars League prize money for the AFC Champions League finalists next year, with DOHA: Qatar Stars League AFC Champions from the play-off game between (CEO) Hani Ballan has held wide- the eventual winners taking home $3m. (QSL) champions Lekhwiya yes- Al Ittihad (KSA) versus Al Wah- ranging follow-up discussions The runners-up in Asia’s club showpiece will win $1.5m, while the terday were drawn with Saudi League draw dat (Jordan). with his team after attending the winners of the second-tier AFC Cup will get $1m, up from the cur- giants Al Nasr and Iranian side Group A: Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan (IRI), Group C comprises of Pakhta- World Leagues Forum staged in rent $350,000. Zobahan in the AFC Champions Al Nasr (UAE), Lokomotiv (UZB), Al Ittihad kor (Uzbekistan), Al Hilal (KSA), Paris. “The increases in prize money in both the AFC Champions League League draw for the 2016 season. (KSA)/Al Wehdat (JOR) Tractor Tebriz (Iran) and the Ballan, who was accompa- and AFC Cup will further increase the appeal of these competitions,” The fourth side in Group B Group B: Al Nassr (KSA), Zobahan (IRI), winner from the play-off match nied by Mushtaq Al Waeli, Act- Asian Football Confederation general secretary Windsor John said in will be decided from the play- Lekhwiya (QAT), Bunyodkor (UZB)/Al between Al Sadd (Qatar) versus ing Executive Director for the a statement. off match between Bunyodkor Shabab (UAE) Al Gazira (UAE). Josoor Institute, met with scores “This is a significant boost and investment in the future of club (Uzbekistan) against Al Shabab Group C: Pakhtakor (UZB), Al Hilal (KSA), Finally Group D has Al Ain of international football delegates football in Asia and will make competition for both continental titles (UAE). Tractorsazi Tabriz (IRI), Al Jazira (UAE)/Al (UAE), Nasaf (Uzbekistan), Al who attended the Paris meeting. even fiercer than before.” Asian title-holders Guangzhou Sadd (QAT) Ahli (KSA) and the winner from Club presidents, chief executives The AFC added that clubs in the Champions League stand to gain Evergrande were bracketed with Group D: Al Ain (UAE)/Nasaf (UZB)/Al Ahli the play-off game between El and general secretaries from 23 more than $3.5m in performance bonuses. Sydney FC in what looks like a (KSA)/Naft Tehran (IRN) or El Jaish (QAT) Jaish (Qatar) against Naft Tehran professional top-flight football China’s Guangzhou Evergrande, managed by World Cup-winning kind draw for their AFC Cham- Group E: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (KOR), (Iran). leagues, representing more than coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, won this year’s Champions League while pions League title defence next Jiangsu Sainty (CHN), Becamex Binh Duong AFC officials said Group stage 1,100 clubs and nearly 20,000 play- Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim clinched the AFC Cup. year. (VIE), Winner Playoff 2 fixtures will kick-off on February ers, attended the gathering in the AFP The A-League grand finalists Group F: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN), FC 23 and 24. Two teams from each French capital. are the only known quantity for Seoul (KOR), Buriram United (THA), Winner group qualify to Round of 16. Qatar, home to one of the best Luiz Felipe Scolari’s well-heeled Playoff 3 Round of 16 fixtures will be professional football leagues in Chinese champions, who will start Group G: Melbourne Victory (AUS), Japan’s played on home and away sys- Asia, continues to develop the Volleyball: Al Rayyan win as favourites as they seek a third second club, Suwon Samsung Bluewings tem, with the first leg on May 17 game in the country preparing Asian title in four years. (KOR), Winner Playoff 4 and 18, while the second leg on to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In Group H, Evergrande and Group H: Guangzhou Evergrande (CHN), May 24 and 25, AFC officials said Ballan’s visit was part of QSL Sydney will face whoever is desig- Sydney FC (AUS), Japan’s third club, Winner yesterday. Teams that qualify to attempts to promote the brand nated Japan’s third team after the Playoff East 1 the quarter-final round will play of QSL around the world and to Emperor’s Cup final in Tokyo on on the September 13 and 15 and bring home the best professional January 1, along with the winner torsazi Tabriz of Iran. the second leg on the September practices in developing the league of a play-off. The group stage runs from Feb- 20 and 21. and safeguarding the interests of A-League champions Mel- ruary to March with the West The semi-final round first leg the players employed by the clubs. bourne Victory were drawn with and East Asian teams kept apart will be played on October 18 and During the well-attended Japan’s second club and Suwon until the final in November. 19 while the second leg on October forum, the leagues discussed Samsung Bluewings in Group G, Next year’s finalists will take 25 and 26. The AFC Champions issues of common concern as while former winners Jeonbuk home double this season’s prize League 2016 final match will be well as the current situation at Hyundai Motors were in Group E. money, with the winners getting played on the November 19 for the the FIFA level. Among the West Asia groups, $3m and the runners-up $1.5m. first leg and on November 26 for Four of the five FIFA Presiden- Saudi giants Al Hilal were Group A consists of Foolaz the second leg. tial candidates - Prince Ali Bin drawn in Group C along with (Iran), Al Nasr (UAE), Lokomo- Al Hussein of Jordan, Shaikh Sal- Uzbekistan’s Pakhtakor and Trac- tive (Uzbekistan) and the winner THE PENINSULA man Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale - presented their views on the role of professional Onslaught Racing Dragons soars high in Doha football leagues and their member clubs in the future governance of FIFA. During one of the discussions, the leagues agreed to pursue an integrated approach by creating a permanent association to for- mally work with FIFA on issues that impact professional football. A working group of five leagues has been established to develop the formal structure for this new association. This group, chaired by Frederic Thiriez, President of the French League, has been entrusted with Team members of the Onslaught Racing team, winners of the 200 metres Open Minor finals and silver in the finalizing the details for struc- Action from the Qatar Volleyball League match between Al Rayyan and Premier category at the 2nd Doha Dragon Boat Festival, pose for a picture. The festival was held at Grand turing the association by Janu- Al Gharafa at Qatar Volleyball Association hall at Al Arabi Stadium on Hyatt Hotel with more than 400 paddlers including one team from Abu Dhabi competing in the Premier and ary 2016. Wednesday. Al Rayyan won 25-19, 25-13 and 25-17. 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