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Al Emadi reveals Call to ensure Qatari efforts to end electricity safety of kids crisis in Gaza QNA

GAZA: Ambassador Mohammed around pools Ismail Al Emadi, Chairman, Qatari Committee for Reconstruction of Gaza Strip, said talks by Qatar continue to Dr. Saifeldeen. “Almost all drowning solve the power crisis in Gaza by pro- incidents in swimming pools hap- viding a 100 MW generator within HMC cautions parents pen when parents are not present seven to eight months. as drowning cases and either one child or a group of Opening the first phase of Father children are left to swim alone by Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa are on the rise. themselves.” Al Thani Residential City and touring Constant supervision is the the reform and rehabilitation centre in key to keeping a child safe around Khan Younis, Al Emadi said the panel By Fazeena Saleem water, stressed Dr. Saifeldeen. has initiated contacts with interna- The Peninsula “You will not be aware that a tional firms to provide the generator. child is in trouble unless you are He said the ending of the first phase of watching him or her. Don’t leave the project is a milestone as the sec- children on their own around or in ond strategic phase was handed over DOHA: With more drowning cases the water, even if they can swim, to Gazans after handing over 1,000 among young children in Qatar even if they’re wearing life jackets. residential units to families whose being reported and an annual “Supervision means you can see Ambassador Mohammed Ismail Al Emadi, Chairman, Qatari Committee for Reconstruction of Gaza Strip, homes were demolished. increase in such incidents, Hamad and hear them and can reach them speaking at the opening of the first phase of Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Residential Medical Corporation (HMC) has very quickly, because drowning can City in Gaza. → Continued on page 2 urged families to ensure children’s take seconds to happen and it often safety around swimming pools, the happens in silence,” he added. sea and other sources of water, as Unintentional access to sources they venture out to swim during of water can be prevented by install- summer. ing a secure gate or other barriers, No risks on investments in Turkey: Qatar envoy In Qatar, drowning is a leading which must be checked regularly cause of death and serious disa- to ensure the barrier is working bility in children and the number properly and serving its purpose Anatolia and, more importantly, will remain memorandum of understanding on of child deaths is rising annually, as a child grows in height and dex- unhindered. December 2 for long-term liquefied according to Dr. Khalid Abdulnoor terity, he suggested. “There is a strategic and strong natural gas (LNG) trade. Saifeldeen, Chairman, Kulluna “Always close the doors to bath- relationship between both coun- Al Shafi said based on their his- Health and Safety Campaign, and rooms and drain paddling pools, ANKARA: Qatar does not see any tries,” Al Shafi added. toric trustworthy relations, bilateral Head, Hamad International Train- baths and buckets immediately economic or political risks against He said Qatar is committed trade can be doubled, which in 2014 ing Centre, HMC. after use. About 70 to 80 percent investing in Turkey, despite the failed to making further investments in was around $1.3bn and around $1bn Ninety percent of cases of of drowning cases happen when July 15 coup attempt, the Qatari Turkey “because we see that our eco- in 2015. drowning involve children aged 10 the child is not supposed to be in ambassador in Ankara said. nomic relations with Turkey is not for Turkey-Qatar High Strategic or under, with 70 percent younger the water,” Dr. Saifeldeen said, Qatar was the first country to the short term but for the long term.” Committee’s first meeting in Doha than four years old. stressing that barriers alone are show its support for Turkey after Qatari and Turkish representa- was held on December 2 where both “Most drowning cases in Qatar not enough and direct supervision the foiled military coup and has con- Salem Mubarak Al Shafi, Qatari tives will hold a meeting to discuss countries signed 15 agreements. occur at home, in private swimming is still essential. He said there are tinued to do so, Qatari Ambassador Ambassador to Turkey. bilateral and regional relations in the Turkish investments in Qatar are pools and bathtubs. Though we don’t schools and clubs in Qatar where Salem Mubarak Al Shafi told Ana- near future. focused mainly in the construction have open lakes and rivers, some children can learn swimming and dolu Agency. “We will soon announce new sector and consultancy services. incidents of drowning occur in the parents can teach their kids under Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin failed coup attempt. investments in Turkey in a few weeks The total value of projects under- sea because families often go to the direct supervision. Hamad Al Thani called Turkey’s He added that relations between in various fields, including finance taken by more than 60 Turkish beach for picnics and leisure activ- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Qatar and Turkey will be stronger, and energy,” Al Shafi said. companies, including leading ones, ities at this time of the year,” said → Continued on page 2 support of the government after the while trade will continue to develop Qatar and Turkey signed a has reached about $13.5bn.

70 dead in Quetta Qatar beat Iraq hospital bombing QTA unveils new corporate AFP brand and domain name

QUETTA: Pakistan’s prime minister called for security forces to “deci- The Peninsula placing the ultimate call to action mate” terrorists after a Taliban suicide at the forefront of all of QTA’s online bomb tore through a hospital yester- interactions. day, killing at least 70 people. QTA has also launched the first The bomber struck a crowd of DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority phase of a new corporate website to some 200 at the Civil Hospital in the (QTA) has launched a new corpo- give more access to the public and Balochistan provincial capital Quetta rate brand and domain name. media to up-to-date information after the fatal shooting of a senior The step aligns QTA’s corporate about the authority’s efforts to plan, lawyer earlier in the day. Over 100 brand with Qatar destination brand of Qatar Destination Brand and regulate, promote and develop a sus- were wounded. launched last November and uni- Qatar Business Events brand late tainable tourism sector in Qatar. The bomber had strapped some fies the authority’s online presence last year, which served to bolster Work is also under way to make 8kg of explosives packed with ball under the single domain name of the consistency of image and voice VisitQatar.qa pages promoting Qatar bearings and shrapnel on his body, visitqatar.qa. across all platforms. as a destination, available in mul- officials said. The crowd, mainly law- The launch of the corporate The new domain name will be tiple languages, including French, yers and journalists, had gone to the brand and subsequent domain reflected in QTA’s email addresses Italian and German, QTA said hospital after Balochistan Bar Associ- change follow on from the unveiling and all websites managed by it, yesterday. ation President Bilal Anwar Kasi was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen as he left his home for work. → See also page 10 23 decisions to raze old buildings in 3 months

The Peninsula municipalities where the buildings after such cases were referred to it by in question are located. the municipalities concerned. MEDAL STANDINGS Nine decisions were issued in The committee will also decide June, 10 in July and 12 this month whether the building is to be demol- Countries G S B T DOHA: The Ministry of Municipal- so far. They include 23 decisions ished fully or partially based on United States 3 5 4 12 ity and Environment has issued 31 on demolition and eight on main- safety requirements set by the min- decisions related to maintenance and tenance, said a statement issued by istry, said the statement. Italy 3 3 2 8 Qatar’s Sebastian Soria battles for the ball with Iraq’s Miran demolition of old buildings over the the ministry yesterday. Since its inception, the com- China 3 2 3 8 Saleem during their international friendly at Jassim Bin Hamad past three months. The committee set up through mittee has issued 296 decisions, Australia 3 0 3 6 Stadium in Doha yesterday. Qatar won 2-1. Qatar, coached by The decisions were taken by the ministerial decision No. 88 of 2006 including 232 decisions on demoli- South Korea 2 2 1 5 Daniel Carreno, are preparing for their 2018 FIFA World Cup Buildings Demolition and Mainte- is responsible for taking decision tion and 64 on maintenance. Hungary 2 0 0 2 qualifying game against Iran on September 1 in Tehran. nance Committee at the ministry on ramshackle buildings and those The panel started work on June based on reports presented by the which require urgent maintenance 19, 2006. 02 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 HOME

Civil Defence Intersection Al Attiyah meets US Commander to open by September-end

uled, the Public Works Authority enhance traffic and reduce conges- (Ashghal) has announced. tion in major areas Final stage of the Reconstruction works comprise Ashghal contributes to achieving conversion of a three-to-four lane expansion of the goals of Qatar National Vision the intersecting routes, including Al 2030 by leading the transformation the Civil Defence Istiqlal Street and Mohammed Bin of infrastructure and public build- Roundabout into a Thani Street, and installing related ings to develop the nation into one utilities and power, sewerage and of the most advanced countries in signal-controlled drainage lines. the world in the field. intersection has To increase road capacity, the It is working on infrastructure begun. Medical City Intersection has been programmes across the country, upgraded by widening the left- including Expressway Programme Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah yesterday met Gen. Joseph bound route to three lanes for those which will deliver some of the Leonard Votel, Commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM). Talks dealt with cooperation, means heading to Hamad Medical City via largest expressways in Qatar, and of enhancing it and regional and international issues of common interest. Chief of Staff of Qatari The Peninsula the Civil Defence Intersection. the Roads and Integrated Infra- Armed Forces Major General (Pilot) Ghanem bin Shaheen Al Ghanem and US Ambassador Dana Shell A third lane has been added to structure Projects for Local Areas Smith were present. the left-bound route for motorists Programme to upgrade infrastruc- coming from the Sports Roundabout ture and develop areas without DOHA: The final stage of the conver- towards the Television Roundabout. infrastructure. sion of the Civil Defence Roundabout The reconfigurations come as Ashghal is also cooperating with into a signal-controlled intersection part of the Development of Inter- authorities on building projects in has begun and it will open to traffic sections and Roundabouts Project the healthcare, educational and gen- CPR useful in drowning cases by the end of September as sched- in several areas in Greater Doha to eral sectors.

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Small children and those inexpe- rienced or weak swimmers should wear life jackets or a personal flota- tion aid when in or near water, even with parents around, he said, noting that these devices are not a substi- tute for adult supervision. Dr. Saifeldeen pointed out that learning CPR could be very useful as the first few minutes following an accident in water are critical. “Keep your training up to date and keep CPR instructions with your first aid kit, and by the pool, if you have one. Kulluna offers free CPR train- ing and anyone interested can send a A girl learning to swim under the supervision of an expert. message through our website www. kulluna.qa.” Kulluna has provided educa- All of them, however, admitted in the pool or beach,” she added. “I tion on CPR and children’s safety that they don’t know how to perform always make sure that the children in engaging and interactive ways in life-saving CPR technique in case of wear floating aids before they get more than 70 schools in Qatar. “We an emergency. “We never let chil- into water when we take them to hope we don’t reach the point where dren swim alone in the pool or in the the pool or the beach,” said Sithhy we need CPR. Unfortunately, even if beach but always accompany them Shafnaz, mother of two. we manage to successfully resusci- and stay at a safe distance so that “The pool within the compound tate a child, children can end up with we can hold the child in case of an is closer to our home and children severe disability,” he said. emergency,” said a mother of three tend to go near the pool when they Several parents The Peninsula children aged between five and 11. are out to play. So we never allow spoke to yesterday said they are “My elder son is going for swim- them go out alone,” she added. Both keen on their children’s safety while ming classes yet when we go out said they don’t know how to perform Work in full progress at the Civil Defence Roundabout. swimming and take precautions. with family we don’t let him be alone CPR.

Qatar takes part in meeting Animal research unit work reviewed $40m projects on refugees’ status in region to be signed next week to QNA benefit Gazans

Continued from page 1 DOHA: The joint committee of experts and representatives of the Minis- tries of Justice and Interior of Arab countries started its first meeting at Arab League general secretariat headquarters in Cairo yesterday. He said contracts for $40m Qatar is taking part in the two-day meeting with a delegation headed projects will be signed next week by Brigadier Salim Saqr Al Muraikhi, Director, Legal Affairs Department, and include projects in the field Ministry of Interior, and Saleh Hamad Al Marri, Legal Specialist, Ministry of infrastructure, roads and res- of Justice. In a statement, Brigadier Al Muraikhi said the meeting will dis- idential houses as part of Qatar’s cuss a proposal to re-examine the Arab Convention on Regulating Status strategy to alleviate the suffer- of Refugees in the Arab Countries and stressed Qatar’s keenness to par- ing of the Gazans. ticipate in the discussion on the agreement adopted by the Arab League Al Emadi earlier stressed in 1994 and has not yet taken effect. Discussions will address reasons that Qatar’s commitment to imple- led some Arab countries not to join the convention and their keenness on mentation of all projects in a modern convention consistent with their observations, he added. Gaza by Palestinian construc- He said it’s an old agreement which doesn’t cope with the developments tion companies and through in the Arab world leading to the migration of millions of people from their recruiting local manpower and countries in the light of the worsening political and security situation. local suppliers. During a meeting with Dr Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani, Assistant Undersecretary for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources officials from the Palestinian Zakat Fund provides QR6.3m aid in July at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, visited the animal research unit in Al Mazroua to private sector, trade unions, review its performance. The centre focuses on developing techniques to increase productivity of the professional associations and DOHA: The Zakat Fund under the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs animals. It also works on research projects to find the best ways of producing fodder and feeding institutions, he said: “We will continues to provide monthly and urgent aid to thousands of eligible families methods to increase meat and milk and conducts research on artificial insemination techniques. not use foreign companies in in Qatar. In its monthly report, the fund said the total assistance distrib- implementation of our projects uted to social groups during July amounted to QR6.3m. The fund stressed in Gaza and we will rely on its commitment to conduct surveys to evaluate the needs of the people and local suppliers to provide these help on documents proving the existence of the needy people. projects and needs through the purchase of local products and More services on Ooredoo Extra website provide jobs for large numbers Dhreima appoints new Executive Director of Gazan in related sectors. Earlier, Al Emadi said Qatar DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Social Action announced the appointment will provide $500 to every deaf of Mariam Ali Al Misnad as Executive Director of the Orphans Care Cen- The Peninsula Popular content on Ooredoo section, customers can preview, buy graduate of Islamic University tre (Dhreima). Al Misnad has worked as acting executive director since the Extra includes the Ooredoo Gaming and gift a tone through the website. in the conclave. beginning of 2016. She also served as regional director of the Department portal which enables Qatar’s smart- The Ooredoo Extra feature was Speaking at the commence- of Communication and awareness campaigns at Education Above All foun- phone users to play games on-the-go developed to bring more ease and ment of a class of deaf students dation. She also worked as director of media and communication at Social DOHA: Ooredoo has encouraged and offers subscribers the ability to convenience to customers by man- at the university, he hoped that Rehabilitation Centre (Al Owain), strategic planning specialist at Supreme customers to visit Ooredoo Extra download and play unlimited games aging their own services without the students will graduate to Council for Family Affairs and acting director of Childhood Cultural Centre. website as the company has released on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. having to go to an Ooredoo shop or make beneficial contribution a host of new services on the site As well as the SmartWoman App calling a customer service agent. to their society. 600,000 visit RAF educational portal since its launch. designed to support and develop Demand for premium services He said Qatar continues its Ooredoo Extra was designed to women with its content in the has risen strongly in 2016, partic- support since the visit of Father DOHA: An updated educational portal launched by Sheikh Thani Bin Abdul- give customers a one-stop-shop for country and provides educational ularly as more customers enjoy the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin lah Foundation for Humanitarian Service (RAF) six months ago has received all of the company’s entertainment, content, social networking and social speed and reliability of Ooredoo’s Khalifa Al Thani to Gaza in over 600,000 visitors from 150 countries. RAF regularly updates the portal add-ons and news-based services, impact information for female Oore- 4G and 4G+ services available on its October 2012. Some $620m was with information about scholarships and study opportunities and replies to and since its launch has grown to doo customers. Supernet. paid, of which $407m as grant, queries from visitors, said a statement yesterday. The portal has provided provide services and features in a The Ooredoo Extra site also Ooredoo Extra is available for $60m as wages, $80m for power visitors with training courses and 26,250 free consultancies. The number host of categories, including music, includes a MyTones page that allows free at http://extra.ooredoo.qa or can generation and $33m to provide of followers on RAF’s Facebook account was 250,000 who received infor- games, news, sports, health & edu- users to customise their calling be accessed through Ooredoo’s main basic needs to Gazans after the mation about available scholarships. cation, Islamic and more. experience. Thanks to the MyTones website under ‘4G+ Mobile’. war. HOME TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 03 Qatar Airways supports NU-Q graduate’s 100 sporting heroes at Rio Steps nominated for Student Oscar

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DOHA: A recent graduate from Northwest- ern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has been nominated for a Student Academy Award. Shahnawaz Zali’s film, 100 Steps, is among the 26 US nominees selected from more than 500 entries to be nominated for an Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the Handball player Abdulrazzaq Murad and Bassem Hassan Mohammed are among the members of Team Qatar. collegiate level. The awards are open to college and university film students who compete for museum, the venue provides a special of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. awards and cash grants, with films judged Garangao night for children, featuring an “Our Team Qatar athletes have been in four categories: Animation, Documen- Facebook contest offers outdoor souq and special exhibitions and working incredibly hard to ensure they are tary, Narrative, and Alternative. one winner the chance to film screenings. QA will host a photo corner in the best shape of their lives and this sup- Past Student Academy Award winners and booth where guests can experience the port will give them a timely boost in the final have gone on to receive 46 Oscar nomi- win a trip of a lifetime to airline’s hospitality. stages of their training. We hope that the nations and won or shared eight awards. travel to Rio and watch A social media campaign promoting whole nation will join QA in getting behind They include John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Team Qatar in action. QOC’s presence is running using the hash- our athletes and celebrate their incredible Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker and Spike Shahnawaz Zali during the making of tag #YallaQatar, and led by QOC President achievements in the true spirit of Olympism.” Lee. the film. H E Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani. Qatar Airways Cargo (QAC) has also sup- “All of us are extremely proud of Zali’s QOC is running the social media cam- ported the Qatar Team, transporting over nomination. Through his participation in sure about the potential for the Pakistani The Peninsula paign so that Qatar residents can post their 12 tonnes of equipment and other special- the student-run organization Studio 20Q to media industry to tell their own stories. encouragement to the athletes and share ised items. his experience studying on Northwestern’s We’re used to seeing Pakistan in a certain their thoughts about the competition. A Facebook contest is offering one win- main campus in the US, he has exhibited light and I wanted to show the world that Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, ner the chance to win a trip of a lifetime to tremendous commitment and talent. there’s more,” Zali said. DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) is cheering on QA, said: “We are so proud to be supporting travel to Rio to watch Team Qatar in action. “His success as a filmmaker is also The film was produced with a grant Team Qatar athletes as the official airline the Qatar national team and to be present Fans are encouraged to like and com- adding an important voice to the story of from Studio 20Q that provides students partner of the largest Qatari Olympic team. in Rio. “As the national airline of Qatar, we ment on Team Qatar video on QOC’s Pakistan,” said Everette E. Dennis, Dean with hands-on filmmaking experience and The men and women are competing in are committed to growth and development Facebook page and insert the hash- and CEO, NU-Q. help create a thriving film culture in Qatar. beach volleyball, equestrian, boxing, swim- and supporting the communities in which tag ?#?YallaQatar for the chance to win a The film is set in Pakistan and follows Zali completed the post-production of ming, athletics, weightlifting, shooting, judo, we serve through initiatives, including sport, round-trip pair of Business Class tickets a young boy who finds that his local reli- the film when he was spending a semes- handball and table tennis. culture, education. The entire airline group from Doha to Brazil flying with QA as well gious school has been a front for a radical ter at the Northwestern’s main campus in QA is also sponsoring Bayt Qatar, a hos- will be cheering for Team Qatar and wishes as hotel accommodation for five nights in a extremists recruitment camp. Evanston, Illinois. pitality house designed to provide a Qatari them well every step of the way.” five-star hotel, two Samsung mobile phones It has won a Miami independent film A Class of 2016 communications major, cultural element to the events. On QOC’s partnership with QA, Dr. Thani with an international data package, tickets festival, a Moving Media film festival in Zali is establishing a production company Bayt Qatar’s venue is designed to “bring Abdulrahman Al Kuwari, Secretary-Gen- to the Rio Olympic Games to cheer on Team Detroit, and an excellence award at the in Lahore, Pakistan, and plans to continue the soul of Qatar to the heart of Rio”, accord- eral, QOC, said: “It is a very exciting time for Qatar and unlimited access to Bayt Qatar. Accolade Global Film Festival. to tell stories about his country and peo- ing to the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC). Olympic sport in Qatar and we are thrilled to The winner of the contest will be selected “I came to NU-Q because I was so ple through film. Located in Casa Daros, a former have such a supportive partner join us ahead at random today. 04 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 HOME GU-Q prepares high school students for university success

academic demands and social environment of university life,” said Jacqui Snell, GU-Q’s Thirty students recognised educational enrichment manager and pro- for accomplishments in gramme organiser. “For many students, this is the first intro- this year’s Georgetown duction to the pending transition in their lives Pre-College Summer and can make a significant difference in how well they do in the next stage of their educa- programme. tional careers. “Dedicating three weeks of summer isn’t easy and we want to make sure that the students are recognised for dedication to The Peninsula education. We also want them to know that after graduating from the programme, they can always consider GU-Q as their resource, whether enrol here or not.” DOHA: Thirty high school students, who took Brendan Hill, Dean of Students, chaired part in this year’s Georgetown Pre-College the award ceremony, which featured Summer programme were recognised for speeches by two participating students. accomplishments in a closing ceremony at The classes included topics in English, the university’s Education City campus. reading, research, note-taking and presen- The programme unique to Georgetown tation skills, with a focus on preparations for University in Qatar (GU-Q), gives local high university applications. Courses in maths school students a head start in the university focused on applying it to economics with application process. an emphasis on algebra, precalculus and Over three weeks, it gave students a com- calculus. petitive advantage and experience developing Students were also given a sneak peek and practicing academic and personal skills into the international affairs majors at GU-Q necessary to meet challenges of university through lectures, seminars and activities life. The schedule included full-time classes in organised by GU-Q staff. Officials with the students at the closing ceremony of the programme. English, college entrance exam preparations “A little taste of each of the majors enables and one-on-one mentoring from Georget- students to determine whether GU-Q is the own’s students and staff. right place for them. It’s a useful exploratory themselves,” said Snell. many students take ACT and SAT tests, so we to reflect the changes,” said Snell. “The programme is incredibly beneficial period for students regardless of whether they For the first time, this year’s programme decided to accommodate both. The stand- Details about this year’s programme and for students in the final years of high school attend Georgetown because we are teaching included preparations for ACT college ardised SAT exam has been changed, so we how to enrol in future classes are available because it offers a chance to experience students how to make the best choices for entrance exam and SAT. “We found that made sure that our curriculum was updated on the GU-Q website.

Malabar Gold & Diamonds names raffle winner Aspire Zone’s ‘Splash and Dash’ returns for third season

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DOHA: The third season of ‘Splash and Dash’ programme organised by Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF) has begun, offering members of the local community another opportunity to stay fit and active during the summer months. The programme is open to all swimming and running enthusi- asts aged 9 and above. It is held every Sunday and Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm in the indoor Warm-Up Track and swim- ming arena within Aspire Dome. The new season continues until the end of August. Those interested in taking part can register at the programme’s registration desks in Aspire Dome Aspire Zone Foundation offers well-equipped facilities to community between 6pm and 9pm every Sun- members to practice their favourite sport and physical activities. day and Wednesday. Saiful Islam, winner of the raffle draw for ‘Win up to 10 kilos of gold’ campaign by Malabar Gold & The programme has a capacity it opens its advanced and well- sport and physical activities. With Diamonds receives a prize of 250 grammes of gold from Don Antony, Branch manager, in the presence of 100 participants a day. AZF organ- equipped facilities to all community these events, AZF aims to become a of officials from the outlet at Grand Mall. ises community events and activities members, offering them the oppor- favourite sports destination for the throughout the year, during which tunity to practice their favourite entire community. Rivals face off anew in PIBAQ Aspirants championship

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DOHA: A face-off in the champi- onship round between rivals Jireh Eagle and Pampanga Dragon in last year’s Aspirant’s Division tournament looms anew as both separately thwarted their oppo- nents with wide double digit margins in the semifinal games of Pinoy Basketball of Qatar over the weekend. Jireh Eagles whipped Doha Desert with 22-point advantage, 78-56, to claim the first slot for the championship round while Pam- panga knocked down 3 Stars & A Sun with a 13-point edge, 90-77, in the other game to fill up the remaining slot. Both teams are expected to go all out in their rematch in another nail-biting saga of the championship game. Jireh is seen to be hungrier for the crown after their big sorry loss marred by the pressure in the last 12 seconds Pampanga’s William Quinones looks ahead to glide to the basket as defenders watch in awe. of their game last year. The tandem of Markley Parico In the Seniors Open Division, 75-61, while Ooredoo nailed Vin- by Alicafe. The tournament is and William Quinones of Pam- Doha Cables takes on Ooredoo in tage, 85-63, with a convincing brought by Qatar Basketball Feder- panga who led their team with the championship round after both passion by pulling away with 20 ation and the Philippine Embassy scores of 31 and 20 points, respec- clubs separately thumbed down points lead in the latter part of and co-sponsored by Diana Jew- tively, was the major pain for their their opponents in the semifinal the third quarter. The champi- ellery and Watches, Power Horse depleted opponent. round. Both finalists teams have onship will see action from old Energy Drink, Control-P Seventh Jireh’s Mar Mercado single- to overcome the big scare in the rivals in the hardcourt, former RP Spectrum GO Sports, Philippine handedly dominated the game deciding games after their oppo- Youth standout Jojo Longalong of Airlines and Shuttersbug Photog- for his team with 30 points com- nents managed to eke out a win in Ooredoo and former MVP Ruben raphy. A round trip ticket to Manila plemented by Mac Loremia with their first encounter of the twice- Mendoza of Doha Cables. to Doha will be given away by 13 points to frustrate Doha Desert to-beat advantage semifinal series. The Ooredoo 20th Season Philippine Airlines to a fan during all throughout the game with con- Doha Cables overwhelmed Ambassador’s Cup of Pinoy Basket- the championship game for which sistent 20-point commanding lead. Batang Sanna with a 14-point edge, ball of Qatar (PIBAQ) is presented a raffle draw will be held on Friday. MIDDLE EAST TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 05 Turkey detains Syrian hospital 10 foreigners bombing death toll rises to 13 NEW YORK: Medical over failed coup charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said yes- terday that 13 people deputy premier said. Kurtulmus including children had said at least one wanted foreign died in the bombing of At least four of them national was on the run. a hospital in northwest- had been formally He didn’t provide details on their ern Syria, describing the nationalities, but said the number of weekend attack as an arrested pending foreigners detained could increase “outrage” which violated trial while a fifth as the investigation deepens. international law. Turkey’s government launched a MSF said the air strikes person had been sweeping crackdown targeting fol- had destroyed most of released: Deputy lowers of US-based Muslim cleric the hospital which spe- Prime Minister Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of cialised in children’s behind the coup attempt by rene- medicine and served gade soldiers within the military. some 70,000 people Gulen, who lives in self-imposed in the town of Meles in Ethiopian policemen looking at the demonstration organised by students at a campus of the Addis Ababa AP exile in Pennsylvania, has denied rebel-held Idlib province. involvement. University in Addis Ababa. Tens of thousands of people have been suspended or dismissed US cash payment ANKARA: Turkish authorities have from jobs in the judiciary, media, detained at least 10 foreign nation- education, health care, military and 90 protesters dead in Ethiopia: Oppn not related to als suspected of ties to a US-based local government. cleric whom Turkey accuses of mas- On Sunday, Turkey held a mass N-deal: Iran terminding the July 15 failed coup, a rally in Istanbul to denounce the Reuters farmland surrounding the regional have compiled a list of 33 protesters senior official said yesterday. attempted coup, which two main capital for development. Authori- killed by armed security forces that DUBAI: Iran said yester- At least four of them had been opposition party leaders attended ties scrapped the scheme in January, included police and soldiers but I am day that $1.7bn that the formally arrested pending trial in a show of unity. ADDIS ABABA: More than 90 peo- but protests flared again over the very sure the list will grow,” Mulatu United States sent it in while a fifth person had been Kurtulmus, citing police figures, ple were shot dead by security continued detention of opposition Gemechu, deputy chairman of the January was cash owned released, Deputy Prime Minister said as many as 5 million people forces in protests across Ethiopia’s demonstrators. opposition Oromo Federalist Con- since before the 1979 rev- Numan Kurtulmus told reporters had attended the rally, which he Oromiya and Amhara regions at the At the weekend, protesters gress, said. The deaths were in at olution, confirming the after a Cabinet meeting. described as a strong expression by weekend, residents and opposition chanted anti-government slogans least 10 towns across Oromiya, he White House’s assertion One of the suspects was the Turkish people of their demand officials said yesterday. Unrest flared and waved dissident flags. Some said, including Ambo, Dembi Dolo that it was not related to detained on Saturday after enter- that Gulen be returned to Turkey to in Oromiya for several months until demanded the release of jailed and Nekemt - areas that saw previ- nuclear talks or a pris- ing Turkey illegally from Syria, the face trial. early this year over plans to allocate opposition politicians. “So far, we ous rounds of protest. oner release. US said that the cash paid soon after the implementation of the deal under which Iran agreed to limit its N-pro- Saudi confirms cooperating with Germany to investigate attacks gramme, and following the release of 5 detained Americans, was not Reuters to track Islamist militants behind interior ministry, General Mansour Al State using a Saudi phone number. to try to find the parties to the case,” “ransom” as some Repub- bomb and axe attacks in July. Turki, said Saudi and German secu- Turki said the suspect was in an Turki said. licans had said. Secretary Saudi Arabia maintains, it is rity experts had met and exchanged unspecified “country of conflict,” Spiegel said that traces of the chat of State John Kerry said BERLIN: Saudi Arabia made a rare always ready to work with foreign information over evidence showing but declined to say whether he was indicate that both men were not only that the transfer settled comment on the nature of its secu- countries to combat terrorism, but that one of the attackers in Germany a Saudi citizen. influenced by but also took instruc- a long-standing Iranian rity operations, confirming it was rarely speaks publicly on specific had been in contact through social “The investigation is still ongoing tions from people, as yet unidentified, legal claim. working with German investigators cases. A spokesman for the Saudi media with a member of Islamic between experts in both countries up until the attacks. 06 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 ASIA / AFRICA Boko Haram leader vows to fight on

thousands of deaths since 2009. and Hausa, adding that he would only Islamic State group, to which Boko Al-Barnawi, the man announced Death toll in “I...Abubakar Ash-Shakawy die when his time came. Haram pledged allegiance last year. as the new leader, clearly stated in Cabinda conflict Shekau appeared in a (Shekau), the leader of Jama’atu In the video he is wearing cam- Shekau dismissed Barnawi as an his al-Naba interview that attacks new video vowing to Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, ouflage gear and holding a machine infidel who condoned living in an un- against Muslim civilians, mosques rises to 40 made it a duty for myself (to fight) gun, standing between two Islam- Islamic society without waging jihad. and markets will not be a staple of fight on and shrugged Nigeria and the whole world,” Shekau ist fighters in balaclavas armed with Shekau became leader after Nige- his leadership.” off an apparent said in the video released on Sun- rocket-propelled grenade launchers. rian security forces killed the group’s Sources close to Boko Haram said LUANDA: Ten Angolan split in the hardline day, using the group’s name since it He taunted President Muham- founding chief Mohammed Yusuf in Barnawi, aged in his early twenties, soldiers were killed and declared allegiance to the so-called madu Buhari’s administration and 2009. is none other than Habib Yusuf, the nine wounded in fight- jihadist group blamed Islamic State. Last week, Shekau said condemned Western countries Omar Mahmood, a security ana- eldest son of group founder Yusuf. ing with rebels in the for thousands of in an audio message he was still head including the United States, France, lyst with US-based Foreign Policy They said he was put under Shek- country’s oil-producing of the group despite his purported Germany and “the tyrants of the Research Institute who has spent au’s care following the death of his Cabinda enclave, bring- deaths since 2009. replacement by Sheikh Abu Musab United Nonsense (UN)”. the past five years researching Boko father, but the pair fell out over ide- ing the death toll since Al-Barnawi, a former Boko Haram At the end of his speech -- Haram, said Shekau was removed ological and operational differences. a flare-up in the conflict spokesman. apparently filmed in Boko Haram’s because of his highhandness and Boko Haram has been blamed for to nearly 40, the separa- “We have no desire to fight our stronghold in the Sambisa forest of ruthlessness. some 20,000 deaths and displacing tist guerrilla group said AFP Muslim brethren,” Shekau said in the northeastern Nigeria -- he fired off “One thing that has remained more than 2.6 million people since yesterday. 24-minute video. rounds of ammunition into the air. constant, however, is the focus on it launched a brutal insurgency in The high command Shekau ridiculed suggestions that His absence in recent months had attacks against regional security Nigeria in 2009. of the Front for the Lib- KANO: Boko Haram’s shadowy leader he was dead, and looked more com- sparked speculation about his fate forces, with Muslim civilian deaths Nigerian forces, with the support eration of the Enclave of Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a posed and energetic than in previous and whether he had been deposed still ignored. This aspect seems to be of regional troops, have recaptured Cabinda (FLEC), which new video vowing to fight on, shrug- appearances. as Boko Haram’s chief. a key concern for IS propagandists,” swathes of territory lost to the jihad- wants independence for ging off an apparent split in the “I’m alive by the permission of Barnawi’s appointment was con- Mahmood said. ists since they launched a military a territory that accounts hardline jihadist group blamed for Allah,” he said in his speech in Arabic tained in a magazine issued by the “By contrast, Abu Musab campaign in February 2014. for half of Angola’s oil output, has toughened its stance since the death of its founder Nzita Tiago earlier this year in exile in War veterans boycott Mugabe speech Dozens protest against France. On August 1 the gov- ernment did not respond Reuters to a FLEC claim that sol- Sino-French N-project diers had been killed. HARARE: Leaders of Zimbabwean war veterans on Monday boycotted a AFP station is being built by CNNC All 7 on board speech by President Robert Mugabe nearby. to honour fighters of the country’s “Building a nuclear waste die as helicopter independence war, widening a rift BEIJING: Thousands of people took processing plant in Lianyungang is with Africa’s oldest leader, whom the to the streets of a city in eastern a recipe for disaster for future gen- crashes in Nepal veterans have asked to step down. China to protest against a possible erations, local people have a right to The Zimbabwe National Lib- Sino-French nuclear project, resi- express anger,” a male hotel worker KATHMANDU: A helicop- eration War Veterans Association dents said yesterday, as local police who declined to be named said. ter crashed into a hillside (ZNLWVA) last month denounced denied beating demonstrators. Pictures posted online showed in Nepal yesterday, killing Mugabe, 92, as a divisive dictator, in Residents in Lianyungang, locals massing in a public square all seven people on board a jolting rebuke underlining mount- 480km north of Shanghai, shouted surrounded by hundreds of police. including a baby, an air- ing anger over economic woes. slogans and waved banners outside The city’s police on a verified line official said. The ZNLWVA executive was government offices at the week- social media account yesterday The Fishtail Air heli- absent from National Heroes Day end to complain about the health denied a “rumour” that they had copter carrying six locals celebrations in the capital to hon- impacts of a suggested nuclear beaten protesters resulting in the to Kathmandu lost con- our living and dead fighters of the Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace arrive to waste processing plant. death of one person. tact with air traffic 1970s liberation war against white address a gathering to mark the National Heroes Day celebrations in “There were several thou- The protests highlight local control about 30 min- minority rule. the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, yesterday. sand people,” a hotel worker who opposition to nuclear projects utes after taking off from This is the first time leaders of declined to be named said. Another in China, which is increasing its the western district of the group have failed to attend the boycotted Monday’s event because it they will think of arresting us or local surnamed Xu described nuclear power capacity on a huge Gorkha. celebrations since ZNLWVA was had lost its meaning. other comrades who have not been “clashes between police and scale and encouraging state-run Rescuers have formed in 1990. “We said as an executive we arrested.” protesters”. firms to build plants abroad. reached the crash site The group has anchored have no reason to attend because it Mugabe’s government has French nuclear fuel group Areva Mainland China has 34 nuclear north of the capital Mugabe’s election campaigns since (National Heroes Day) is not intended arrested and charged war veterans’ in 2012 agreed to cooperate with power reactors in operation, 20 where they will retrieve 2000, when the first major opposi- to achieve the true goal to honour leaders in a crackdown against his state-run ChinaNational Nuclear under construction, and work about the bodies. tion to the president emerged with the war veterans,” Matemadanda formed allies. Corp (CNNC) to build a reprocess- to start on more, according to the “There were five the formation in 1999 of the main said recently. In his 50-minute speech, Pres- ing facility in China, without stating World Nuclear Association. adults and one infant opposition party Movement For “We said because we are being ident Mugabe did not mention the the location. Safety fears grew following a on board, as well as the Democratic Change led by Morgan persecuted continuously, there is no war veterans, but instead accused Locals said recently that Lian- series of meltdowns at Japan’s Fuku- pilot,” said Ramesh Shi- Tsvangirai. reason why we should go there. In activist pastor Evan Mawarire of yungang, a port city in Jiangsu shima nuclear power plant in March wakoti of Fishtail Air. ZNLWVA secretary general Vic- fact if you go there, you will never calling for violent anti-government province, is a prime candidate, 2011 that were intensely covered by “There are no survivors.” tor Matemadanda said his group had know what they will think, maybe protests. because a large new nuclear power China’s state-run media.

British national Jack Alexander Wolf Marrian (centre), flanked by police officers, appears in court in Nairobi, yesterday. Nairobi court bails Briton in cocaine haul case

AFP surrender his passport given the against the bail decision on the seriousness of the charge. He could grounds that the investigation is not face a life sentence if convicted. yet complete and they believe Mar- NAIROBI: A young British sugar Dressed in a grey-blue suit and rian is a flight risk. trader facing charges of trafficking patterned tie, Marrian showed little The young businessman’s case cocaine worth $5.8m was bailed yes- emotion during the hearing, except has caused a sensation in his native terday by a Nairobi court, with his to smile once at his parents across Britain, where the aristocratic back- lawyer declaring “the wrong man” the packed courtroom. ground of his mother Lady Emma had been arrested. Defence lawyer Sheetal Kapila Clare Campbell of Cawdor and In a high-profile case, Jack Mar- said he believed the case was driven attendance of top private schools, rian, 31, was charged last Thursday by the authorities’ desire “to stop including the alma mater of Prince after police in the eastern port city Kenya being a transit point” for William’s wife Catherine, have of Mombasa seized a 100kl stash drugs, but in this case, “it’s the wrong caught the eye of the tabloid press. of cocaine in a sugar consignment man who’s been picked up.” His family’s relationship with ordered by British firm ED&F Man. “Unknown people have smug- Kenya dates back decades, his law- Magistrate Derrick Kuto said gled this drug into the consignment,” yer said, as Marrian’s grandfather Marrian, who has lived in East Africa Kapila said. had served as a minister in the since early childhood, had to post Mombasa on Africa’s east coast colonial government just before a bond of $690,600 with two Ken- has long been used as a hub for drugs independence in 1963. His father yan sureties. bound for Asia and Europe. David Marrian said he had spoken Kuto also said Marrian had to The prosecution has appealed with his son daily since his arrest. ASIA / PHILIPPINES TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 07 Philippine lawmaker Marcos ‘unfit for hero’s burial’ AFP

MANILA: Philippine activists and a seeks to ban Trump historical body yesterday criticised President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to give late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Trump has no major business in his speech posted to YouTube. a hero’s burial, saying the ex-leader the Philippines, but developer Cen- “An immigrant from Afghanistan lied about his military record. There is no feasible tury Properties Group Inc is building who later applied for and received Duterte said Sunday he would basis to the a $150m Trump Tower, a high-rise US citizenship, an illegal perma- fulfil his campaign promise to bury residential building under licence nent resident from the Philippines Marcos at the national “Heroes’ wholesale labeling of from the American real estate mogul. were convicted from plotting to join Cemetery”, a contentious issue Filipinos as coming In a bill filed in Manila’s House of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in order to because of widespread corruption from a ‘terrorist Representatives, Congressman Joey kill as many Americans as possible,” and rights abuses under the late Salceda said, “There is no feasible Trump said. People of Philippine dictator. state’: Official basis or reasonable justification to descent living in the United States The National Historical Com- Former lawmaker Satur Ocampo (right), tortured and imprisoned the wholesale labeling of Filipinos as number around 4 million, making mission of the Philippines released during martial law, gestures as he speaks during a peace forum in coming from a ‘terrorist state’ or that up the second largest population a study over the weekend question- Manila, yesterday. they will be a Trojan horse.” of Asian Americans, Salceda said ing Duterte’s stand that Marcos was Reuters Salceda was referring to Trump’s recently, citing data from the US qualified for a hero’s burial because Marcos was toppled in a mili- in 1972, allowing him to rule as a comments at a rally on Thursday in State Department. he was a soldier during World War II. tary-backed popular revolt in 1986 dictator while he, his family and Portland, Maine, in which he took A former reality TV star, Trump “Marcos lied about receiving and died in exile in Hawaii in 1989. allies enriched themselves through another swipe at immigrants. has won support particularly from US medals... (his) military record is But his family has insisted on a massive corruption as his troops MANILA: A Philippine lawmaker “We are letting people come in white blue-collar US workers who fraught with myths, factual incon- hero’s burial even though previous suppressed dissent. is seeking to permanently ban US from terrorist nations. That should feel neglected by the political sistencies,” the agency said. presidents refused this. In the mean- Former lawmaker Satur Ocampo Republican presidential nominee not be allowed because you can’t establishment. “A doubtful record does not serve time, they have kept his preserved said a hero’s burial for Marcos would Donald Trump from visiting the vet them. There’s no way of vetting Along with his proposed ban on as sound, unassailable basis of his- body on display in their home town not bring national closure as Duterte Southeast Asian nation after the them, you have no idea who they are. Muslims, his plans have included torical recognition of any sort, let in the northern province of Ilocos. promised. “Disunity will continue billionaire called it one of the “ter- This could be the great Trojan horse building a wall along the Mexican alone burial in a site intended, as its Marcos was elected president ... Duterte should not aggravate the rorist nations.” of all time,” Trump said in a clip of border to keep out illegal immigrants. name suggests, for heroes.” in 1965 and declared martial law injustice done to martial law victims.” Japan army on alert to destroy N Korea missile

AFP had actually launched two Rodong intermediate-range missiles simul- taneously, but one appeared to have TOKYO: Japan’s newly appointed exploded on take-off. defence minister yesterday ordered The launches followed a North the nation’s military to be ready to Korean threat of “physical action” destroy any missiles fired by North over the planned deployment of a Korea that threaten the country, sophisticated US anti-missile system local media reported. in South Korea, and came just weeks Tomomi Inada issued the order, before the start of large-scale joint public broadcaster NHK said, with- South Korea-US military exercises. Japanese Emperor Akihito addresses a speech at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday. RIGHT: People watch a large screen showing out mentioning any indication that Pyongyang has conducted a Japanese Emperor’s video address. Pyongyang is preparing to launch series of missile tests this year in such a missile. defiance of UN sanctions imposed Last week, Prime Minister after its fourth nuclear test in Shinzo Abe picked Inada, a close January. Emperor Akihito hints at abdication confidante with staunchly nation- After Wednesday’s launch Jap- alist views, as the new defence anese media quoted officials as minister. saying they were surprised and AFP talk to you today (Monday) about whole being as I have done until departure, which currently does not NHK said Inada is expected to voicing concern that North Korea what would be a desirable role of the now,” he said. exist. renew the readiness order every was getting better at concealing its emperor in a time when the emperor, Akihito spoke obliquely -- never Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a three months so that Tokyo can preparations to fire missiles. TOKYO: Emperor Akihito said too, becomes advanced in age,” he mentioning the word abdication and swift response, said the government seamlessly maintain a state of alert. On February 7, 2016, North yesterday his advancing age and said. stressing he is legally prevented from would take his remarks “seriously”. A Japanese defence ministry Korea claimed to have put a satel- weakening health mean he may no Speculation about Akihito’s commenting on the imperial system “Considering the emperor’s spokesman declined to confirm lite into orbit around the Earth. longer be able to carry out his duties, future emerged last month with -- but analysts and media said his duties, as well as his age and the the report. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo setting the stage for Japan to prepare reports he had told confidantes that intention was clear. burden (of the job), we have to firmly Her appointment came Wednes- Abe had warned the North to not for an historic abdication. he would like to step down in a few “His majesty the emperor hints look at what we can do,” he said. day, the same day North Korea, a launch the rocket, and if it did “There are times when I feel years, in what would be the first at abdication”, read a two-page extra Tomitaro Hashimoto, an assist- major security headache for Japan, and the rocket violated Japanese various constraints such as in my abdication from the Chrysanthe- edition by the top-selling Yomiuri ant professor at Reitaku University, fired a ballistic missile that landed territory, it would be shot down. physical fitness,” the 82-year-old mum Throne in two centuries. Shimbun daily. said while the emperor did not use the just 250km off its coast -- hitting Nevertheless, North Korea launched said in a national address. “I am worried that it may become The comments will now allow word abdication, “his message clearly Japanese-controlled waters for the the rocket anyway, claiming the “As we are in the midst of a rap- difficult for me to carry out my duties the government to begin creat- called on the public to concretely con- first time. satellite was purely intended for idly ageing society, I would like to as the symbol of the state with my ing the legal mechanism for a royal sider the way for that in the future”. The US military said the North peaceful, scientific purposes. Govt officials surrender after Former Philippine president Duterte’s speech to ‘rekindle’ ties with China

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MANILA: Dozens of Philippine MANILA: Ex-Philippine presi- government and police officials dent Fidel Ramos left for Hong turned themselves in yesterday, Kong yesterday to “rekindle” ties a day after President Rodrigo with Beijing that have soured Duterte linked them to the drugs over a territorial dispute in the trade, stepping up a war on nar- South China Sea. cotics that has killed hundreds Ramos, 88, whom President since he took office in June. Rodrigo Duterte named as his More than 400 suspected envoy for talks with Beijing, drug dealers have been killed stressed that he was not going as by police across the Philippines a negotiator, but that he hoped since Duterte took over, officials to reopen dialogue between the say. Broadcaster ABS-CBN put the two countries. number at over 800, though this “I am just the icebreaker, to includes executions by anony- rekindle, to warm up again our mous vigilantes. good, friendly relations with Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos reacts as he arrives Yesterday, 27 mayors and 31 China,” Ramos said. at Hong Kong International Airport, China, yesterday. police officers, including a colonel, Ties between Manila and went to the national police office Beijing have cooled especially bilateral talks would only take for future diplomatic talks,” in the capital, Manila, to clear since a UN-backed tribunal place after this trip, but hinted Abella said without elaborat- their names, fearing the presi- handed the Philippines a sweep- that he may travel on from Hong ing recently. dent’s order to hunt them down ing victory last month when it Kong to mainland China for fur- Last month, Manila rejected if they failed to surrender within ruled that China’s claims over ther informal talks. Beijing’s demand that it “dis- 24 hours. most of the South China Sea Asked if he would bring up regard” the tribunal’s ruling Several local officials reported were invalid. the decision of the UN-linked before the two countries could to regional police offices to beat China has refused to recog- Permanent Court of Arbitra- negotiate on the issue. the deadline set by Duterte, who nise the tribunal’s decision. tion, Ramos said “it is not up to Philippine-Chinese ties won the elections in May on a sin- A longtime advocate of me to bring it up because that is have frayed in recent years due gle platform of fighting crime and closer Philippine-Chinese ties, not my mission”. to growing tensions over con- drugs. Ramos said he would be gone Duterte’s spokesman Ernie flicting claims in the South On Sunday, he identified about for four to five days to meet with Abella also confirmed Ram- China Sea. 160 officials in a name-and- old Chinese contacts, former os’s trip to Hong Kong, saying Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan shame campaign. government officials who are he would “meet with old friends and Vietnam also have claims “I want to change,” a Cebu- now working in the private and possibly (play) a few rounds to the sea, a major sea lane that based businessman tagged as a sector. of golf”. is believed to hold vast mineral top-level drug trafficker said. He added that formal “This may also pave the way resources. 08 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Turkey’s political unity Paying ransom for hostages fter the failed coup attempt on June 15 that left 246 people dead and thousands injured, Turkish people are more united now leaving their political isn’t always bad differences behind for the sake of the nation. The unity rally held on Sunday in Istanbul, said to be the Abiggest in Turkey’s history, has brought together the country’s president, prime minister and two main opposition leaders for do what it wants. In this way, a hostages, but as President Jimmy the first time in many years. The ‘Democracy and Martyr’s Rally’, hostage-taking country is not It sounds tough to Carter’s failed attempt should so different from a brigand in an remind us, it’s hard to execute. the culmination of daily anti-coup night rallies, was designed unpoliced area who takes hos- say that we don’t Other forms of force may kill to uphold the unity of the country and President Recep Tayyip tages as a moneymaking venture. pay ransom. But we innocent bystanders or other- Erdogan, the main drive force behind the event, had asked The kidnapper is exploiting two wise strengthen anti-American people to bring the Turkish flag, instead of party banners. Main vulnerabilities. do; we have; and sentiment. opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Killicdaroglu First, the kidnapper can get we will — so long In contrast, paying ransom is even said that the failed coup had opened a new door of hold of a person who is unpro- the simplest and most direct way tected, and can’t easily be caught as we care about to get back hostages, presuming compromise in Turkey’s politics. without the hostage being harmed. our citizens, and so you want them returned. The gravity of the attempted coup is so wide that the latest By Noah Feldman Second, the hostage wants to live But what about the incentive figure indicates that more than 60,000 people have been sacked Bloomberg freely — and the hostage’s friends long as humans are it creates for more hostage-tak- or suspended from government institutions, while about 11,000 and family want the same thing willing to use other ing? My Bloomberg View colleague have been arrested and 19,000 detained for investigation for for him or her. humans as leverage Eli Lake points out that “when it There are really only two comes to Iran, ransom payments potential links to the presumed perpetrator Fethullah Gulen to accomplish their and his Hizmet network. Twenty-four ways to eliminate hostage-tak- are standard operating procedure” he entire cash-on-a-pallet ing, and they correspond to the — a statement that is 100 percent days have passed since the failed coup goals. Turkey’s debate about the $400m two vulnerabilities. true. And he adds that the Iranians attempt and till this day no high-level payment the US made to One is not to get grabbed in the have learned that hostage-taking move to craft European Union (EU)official, except Iran in January rests on first place. That isn’t very realis- works — which is also perfectly Ta single assumption — that pay- tic for all Americans, who travel accurate. a strategic the Secretary-General of the Council of alliance with Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, has visited ing ransom for hostages is a bad freely around the globe and some- But Iran didn’t need the US Turkey. When France was attacked by thing. But it isn’t, at least not always. times make themselves vulnerable The upshot is that American to teach it that hostage-taking is Russia is the All negotiations and transac- to capture. hostages will inevitably be taken, effective. The incentive to take terrorists more than once, Europe and new turning tions depend on leverage. Hostages The other is not to care about and Americans, including some hostages is immediately obvious West showed unparalleled solidarity are a form of leverage, and so is the hostage being taken at all. At in the government, will inevita- to anyone trying to gain leverage point in the towards the nation. But in Turkey, where money. So is military force. Fre- the personal level, that requires bly want to get them back. over a more powerful actor. There’s aftermath of some generals attempted to overthrow quently, paying ransom is the least both hostages and their friends and The question, then, is whether a reason hostage-taking is as old post-coup a democratically-elected government expensive and most effective way family to be prepared to accept it’s a sensible principle for the US as recorded history. scenario. that is on the negotiation table with to achieve the goal of recovering indefinite or even permanent never to pay ransom to do so. And that’s why it’s a bit absurd the EU, those self-styled champions hostages. detention. Understandably, that’s Here the answer is an unequiv- to think that the US should never And on close reflection, ransom extremely rare. ocal no. The alternative to paying pay ransom — because refusing of democracy ran away from their payments don’t really create new At the national level, not ransom is to use economic sanc- to pay ransom will make it much responsibilities. It is interesting to mention that EU Foreign Affairs incentives for bad actors to take caring would require a broadly tions or to threaten force. Those harder to get back hostages with- chief Catherine Ashton had visited President Abdel Fattah Al hostages -- because those incen- shared political value that accepts are both good tools of foreign pol- out eliminating the incentive to Sissi, who toppled Egypt’s first democratically-elected president tives already exist, and can’t be the detention or death of Ameri- icy, but both are blunt instruments take them in the first place. Mohammed Mursi, on the 15th day after the bloody coup. eliminated by insisting that pay- cans as the price we all pay for our rather than scalpels. It sounds tough to say that we Turkey has expressed annoyance with what it regards as a ing ransom is something the US freedom to travel and our nation’s Economic sanctions harm an don’t pay ransom. But we do; we will never do. global power. entire country or industry, and have; and we will — so long as we lack of solidarity from friendly states including Nato ally the US. Why does a country like Iran Such a Spartan view isn’t real- are also often costly to those who care about our citizens, and so long Washington has not responded positively to Ankara’s request for take hostages in the first place? istic in our democracy, and I’m not impose them. as humans are willing to use other the extradition of Gulen, whom Turkey blames as perpetrator Simply put, it’s trying to get vastly sure it would be ethically desira- Force could be directed spe- humans as leverage to accomplish behind the attempted coup. Turkey’s move to craft a strategic stronger actors, like the US, to ble even if it were. cifically at recovering particular their goals. alliance with Russia, which has already normalised relations after Erdogan’s apology for the downed jet, is the new turning point in the aftermath of post-coup scenario. In the meeting in St Petersburg today between Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, though mainly deal with energy and business, scope for wide political tie-up cannot be ruled out, especially when Erdogan made it bluntly clear he felt let down by the US and the European Union after the coup.

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n Thailand’s rural heartland, support- ers of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra say they will focus on winning an election next year, even Ithough they would have to govern on mil- itary terms if they win. Thais handed the junta of Prime Min- ister Prayuth Chan-ocha a convincing victory in Sunday’s referendum on a mili- tary-backed constitution, rejected by both major political parties because it would restrict future democracy. Despite a military ban on campaigning ahead of the referendum and the deten- tion of dozens of activists and students who opposed the charter, the opposition appeared to accept the electoral verdict. “There will be no protest movement,” said Sabina Shah, a former local leader of “red-shirt” Shinawatra supporters in the northeastern city of Khon Kaen. “We’ll wait for the election. It will inev- itably be the Puea Thai Party, or whatever they become, winning,” she said, referring to the political party that carried Yingluck Shinawatra to power in a landslide in 2011. The anti-junta opposition has laid low since Prayuth toppled Yingluck’s gov- ernment in a 2014 coup, confident in its ability to win back power at the ballot box and keen to avoid a confrontation with a Soldiers take pictures in front of King Rama V statue and Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall the day after the controversial constitutional referendum in Bangkok junta that has quashed any sign of dissent. on Sunday. The red shirts are supporters of Yingluck and her billionaire brother, But even if Shinawatra allies win election in 2017, ensure clean politics and have convinced some voters to vote in law against campaigning made him reluc- Thaksin, who was ousted in a previous the 2017 election, they will find it diffi- end Thailand’s caustic political divide. favour of the charter, despite reservations, tant to say too much. coup in 2006. cult to scrap the new charter or reverse Critics say the charter is the military’s said Cherdchai Tontisirin, a former Puea “It was uncomfortable,” he said. “They Thaksin and his allies have won every the military’s power over future elected attempt to make good on its failure to ban- Thai member of parliament for Khon Kaen. wouldn’t let us say much because if we election since 2001, but have been removed governments. ish Thaksin from Thai politics after the “I do not take this result with a heavy did, we might be breaking the law or mis- from power either by the courts or in coups “We are not going to oppose this con- coup in 2006. heart,” said Cherdchai, who in the past leading people.” during a decade of political turmoil pitting stitution but we are certain it will lead to “If these laws become permanent, then helped mobilise red shirts from Khon Thaksin called the constitution a “folly” the Shinawatras against the military-roy- trouble,” Thanawut Wichaidit, spokesman it will be impossible for the Shinawatras Kaen to participate in the street protests in the run-up to the referendum and said alist establishment. for the red-shirt United Front of Democracy to come back,” said Chaloem Butrphu, a that have punctuated the past decade in it would perpetuate the power of the junta Against Dictatorship group told Reuters. farmer who voted against the referendum, Bangkok. and make Thailand ungovernable. “It will be difficult to undo this char- speaking in a village among verdant rice “The people of the northeast did Yingluck said on Monday that she Thais handed the junta of Prime ter even if a government we want comes paddy fields near Khon Khaen. not approve the referendum, and some accepted the result but that the charter to power.” Thailand’s northeastern Isan is its accepted this draft because they wanted was undemocratic. Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha a Interviews with officers, including two poorest and most populous region—and to see an election happen soon.” “I’m not surprised at the result of the convincing victory in Sunday’s generals, showed the military’s ambition a stronghold of Shinawatra support. The ban on campaigning and the lim- referendum because there was no chance referendum on a military-backed was to make future coups unnecessary by But even there, opposition seems to ited debate on the constitution meant many to show opinions or debate the consti- using clauses in the new constitution to have weakened. Preliminary results show voters lacked a full understanding of what tution fully,” Yingluck said in a Twitter constitution, rejected by both major weaken political parties and oblige future 51 percent in the region voted against the it contained, said Chuchat Loasuwan, a post on Monday. “I am sad and disap- political parties because it would governments to follow a 20-year national charter, compared with over 60 percent member of the local election commission pointed for a country that is going to development plan set by the army. there who voted “no” in the last charter outside Khon Kaen. step backward by using a constitution restrict future democracy. The ruling military council has said referendum in 2007. Chuchat was tasked with explaining that looks democratic but in fact is not the charter will pave the way for a general The desire to see a quick election may the referendum to villagers, but said the real democracy.” Venezuela’s death spiral is getting worse

$110 to $40 like they did the last first, the regime was just spending profitable for unsubsidized busi- print even more money. And round two years. That’s because it doesn’t more than it had, but eventually, after nesses to stock their shelves, and isn’t and round it goes. have an economy so much as an oil oil’s vertiginous drop, this became profitable enough for subsidized ones Now, there are two things you exporting business that subsidizes more than it could borrow either. So to do so either. Why is that? Because need to remember about Venezuela. everything by making up 95 percent it did what every bankrupt govern- companies can sell the cheap dol- The first is that if it can get worse, it of the country’s total trade revenue. ment does: it printed the money it lars they get from the government will get worse. And the second is that Even then, though, the oil crash has needed. Which is why inflation went for more than can resell the imports it can always get worse. In this case, hurt it much more than any other from 19 percent in 2012 to, the IMF they’re supposed to buy with those that means that it might not be long petrostate. To take one example, the estimates, 720 percent this year, and dollars. until we look back at all of this as the International Monetary Fund thinks a projected 2,200 percent the next. That’s why Venezuela has had good old days. that Russia’s economy will “only” 2. Price controls. Venezuela, for shortages of everything from food How in the name of five-hour By Matt O’Brien shrink 1.8 percent this year compared is part, has resorted to a tried-and- to beer to medical supplies and even long grocery lines is that possible? There are two The Washington Post to 10 percent for Venezuela. That’s the untrue strategy for dealing with all toilet paper. About the only thing it is Well, Venezuela’s government might things you need to difference between a run-of-the-mill these price increases. That’s pre- well-supplied with are lines, to the be reaching the point where it can’t recession and a complete collapse. tending they haven’t happened. point that it’s had to limit how many coerce people economically, but remember about And it’s entirely man-made. The The government tells businesses of them people are allowed to join. only physically. After all, it barely Venezuela. The enezuela is stuck in a doom easiest way to think about this is what they’re allowed to charge, and But those are still long enough that as has enough money to even be able to first is that if it can loop that’s become a death as a four-stage cycle of doom that then given a select few of them dol- many as 85,000 Venezuelans poured print money anymore. So it can’t buy Vspiral. begins with inflation, continues to lars at deeply-discounted rates so into Colombia to go grocery shopping people off anymore. It has to bully get worse, it will Its stores are empty, its people price controls, then shortages, and they can afford to buy what they when the Chavista regime opened them instead. Indeed, the army has are starving, and its government is finally nationalizations. Here’s how need overseas and still sell at these the border for 12 hours last month. started forcing butchers to sell food get worse. And the to blame. It’s tried to repeal the law it works, or rather doesn’t. deeply-discounted prices. In effect, 4. Nationalizations. So what at a 90 percent loss, and the govern- second is that it can of supply and demand, and, in the 1. Inflation. Even when oil prices the Chavista regime is trying to spend do you do when businesses refuse ment has said it can force anyone to, always get worse. process, eliminated any incentive were in the triple digits, Venezue- the inflation away. It hasn’t worked. to sell things at a loss? Easy. You um, take a break from their job and for businesses to actually sell things. la’s government was in the red. The 3. Shortages. Something Ven- blame them, and then do so your- work for at least two months growing In this case, that The result is that the country with the problem was that its state-owned oil ezuela’s government hasn’t quite self. That, at least, is what Venezuela’s food instead. Amnesty International means that it might largest oil reserves in the world now company stopped producing as much managed to figure out, though, is that government did when it took over has said this is tantamount to “forced has to resort to forced labor just to try after then-leader Hugo Chavez took trying to force companies to sell at a toilet paper factories in 2013, and labor,” which is just a polite way of not be long until we to feed itself. money that should have gone into loss means they won’t sell anything at what it’s threatened to do with the describing what’s very close to mod- look back at all of It gives new meaning to the rev- maintaining its fields and put it into all. It’s better to make nothing than to country’s top food and beer brew- ern-day slavery. olution devouring its own. social spending instead. This was the lose something. And that’s even been ing company today. But, of course, It brings to mind the old joke: this as the good old How has it come to this? Well, economic equivalent of eating your the case when the government has this means losing even more money under capitalism, man exploits man, days. Venezuela was always going to have seed corn when it would have grown tried to cover some of their costs. that Venezuela’s government doesn’t and under Bolivarian socialism, it’s a tough time when oil prices fell from you more than ever before. Now, at The problem, you see, is that it isn’t have - which, in turn, means it has to just the opposite.

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shattered glass as shocked survivors bearings and shrapnel on his body,” Jamaat-ul-Ahrar cried and comforted one another. bomb disposal unit chief Abdul Raz- Many of the victims were clad in zaq said. spokesman vows the black suits and ties traditionally A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, more attacks ‘until worn by Pakistani lawyers. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsi- A journalist was about 20 metres bility for the blast, with a spokesman the imposition of away when the bomb went off. vowing more attacks “until the an Islamic system in “There were huge black clouds imposition of an Islamic system in and dirt,” he said. Pakistan”. Pakistan’. “I ran back to the place and saw Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has also said it dead bodies scattered everywhere was behind the deadliest attack in and many injured people crying. Pakistan so far this year, a bombing AFP There were pools and pools of blood in a crowded Lahore park that killed around and pieces of human bodies 75 people on Easter Sunday. and flesh.” “The death toll has risen to 70 QUETTA: A Taliban suicide bomb Nurses and lawyers wept as med- and there are 112 injured,” the head packed with ball bearings tore ics from inside the hospital rushed of the provincial health department, through a Pakistani hospital yes- out to help dozens of injured, he said. Dr Masood Nausherwani said. Pakistani journalists hold candles during a rally to pay tribute of their colleagues who were killed in a suicide terday and killed at least 70 people, “People were beating their heads, Officials said mobile phone jam- bombing in Quetta, yesterday. as witnesses described tearful staff crying and mourning. They were in mers had been activated around rushing towards the smoking blast shock and grief.” hospitals in the area -- a regular pre- Pakistan is grimly accustomed Jamaat-ul-Ahrar has also claimed Muslims and a separatist insurgency. site to help the wounded. Pervez Masi, who was injured by caution after an attack -- making it to atrocities after a nearly decade- responsibility for other suicide blasts, Sharif condemned the attack The bomber struck a crowd of pieces of flying glass, said the blast hard to contact officers on the ground long insurgency. attacks on teams carrying out polio and ordered authorities to tighten some 200 people gathered at the Civil was so powerful that “we didn’t know to get updated information. A military operation targeting vaccinations, and called for jihad in security. Hospital in the Balochistan provincial what had happened”. The crowd, mainly lawyers and insurgents was stepped up in 2015 Myanmar. The European Union also con- capital Quetta after the fatal shoot- “So many friends were mar- journalists, had gone to the hospi- and saw the death toll from militant The faction taunted Prime Min- demned it, saying in a statement that ing of a senior local lawyer earlier tyred,” he said. “Whoever is doing tal after the death of the president of attacks fall to its lowest since the ister Nawaz Sharif over Twitter after there was “no justification for such in the day. this is not human, he is a beast and the Balochistan Bar Association in a umbrella Tehreek-e-Taliban Paki- the Easter blast. acts of terrorism”, and Facebook acti- More than 100 were wounded, has no humanity.” shooting earlier yesterday, said pro- stan (TTP), of which Jamaat-ul-Ahrar Balochistan, which borders vated its safety check for Quetta. officials said. Police confirmed the attack was vincial home secretary Akbar Harifal. is a part, was formed in 2007. Iran and Afghanistan, has major oil Pakistani hospitals have been Video footage showed bodies a suicide blast. Bilal Anwar Kasi was targeted by But analysts have warned the and gas resources but is afflicted targeted by militants before, with a strewn on the ground, some still “The bomber had strapped some two unidentified gunmen as he left group is still able to carry out major by Islamist militancy, sectarian bomb killing 13 at a Karachi hospi- smoking, among pools of blood and 8kg of explosives packed with ball his home for work. attacks. violence between Sunni and Shia tal in 2010. Interior ministry wants to directly weigh in Punjab govt may on visit visa issuance amend criminal

procedure code Internews top ministry officials to ascertain whether Barrett had gained entry LAHORE: The Punjab gov- into Pakistan because of negligence ernment intends to have ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry of officials or if there were other the Code of Criminal Pro- of Pakistan wants to directly weigh factors involved. cedure (CrPC), 1898, in on granting or withholding visas The interior ministry officials, amended so as to change to foreigners following the arrest of who were given just 24 hours to the procedure of registra- a blacklisted US citizen who man- complete their inquiry, presented tion of criminal cases and aged to clear immigration at the their report to Nisar during the submission of challans in Islamabad airport. meeting yesterday. courts for trial. “Pakistan’s embassies abroad The report identified a visa Chief Minister Shah- will be asked to first seek the [inte- official at Pakistan’s consulate in baz Sharif has reportedly rior] ministry’s consent before a visa Houston as responsible for the inci- approved the amend- can be issued to a foreigner,” a min- dent, stating that the official issue ments in a meeting held istry spokesman said yesterday. Barrett a visa within 24 hours with- here a few days ago, offi- He said an understanding out checking his record. Barrett was cial sources confirmed had been reached in a high-level issued a four-year visa. An Afghan policeman inspects a car at a checkpoint near the site of kidnapping in Kabul, yesterday. yesterday. meeting chaired by Interior Min- The inquiry report also found It is the federal gov- ister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and FIA officials manning the Immigra- ernment that has the attended by top officials of the inte- tion Desk at the Islamabad airport constitutional right to Foreign professors abducted in Kabul rior ministry, police and the Federal guilty of negligence while clearing amend the CrPC. Sources Investigation Agency. Barrett for entry. said, the required changes The meeting took place after US According to the ministry in the CrPC could not AFP responsibility for the abductions, held for questioning, another secu- national Matthew Barrett - who was spokesman, Nisar has directed FIA legally and constitutionally which come three days after a group rity official said. blacklisted and deported from Paki- to devise a new policy framework affect cases already regis- of foreign tourists were ambushed by Four gunmen wearing police stan in 2011 - managed to clear the for immigration to prevent such tered or being tried by the KABUL: Gunmen wearing police the Taliban in western Herat prov- uniforms were involved in the immigration process at Islamabad’s incidents in future. The minister, courts of law. uniforms kidnapped an American ince, underscoring the growing abduction, according to a Western Benazir Bhutto International Airport. meanwhile, announced a reward This would prevent and an Australian in the heart of insecurity in Afghanistan. official in Kabul. Although he managed to leave of Rs100,000 for Integrated Man- prosecuting cases not fit Kabul, officials said yesterday, the “Two foreign professors, one The Afghan capital is infested the airport after clearing immigra- agement System In-Charge Fahad for trial, saving time and latest in a series of abductions of for- American and the other Australian, with organised criminal gangs who tion, FIA officials arrested him from Qayyum, who blew the whistle on money. eigners in the conflict-torn country. were abducted at gunpoint from stage kidnappings for ransom, often a guesthouse in the federal capital Barrett’s illegal entry into Pakistan. The two professors at the Amer- Dar-ul-Aman road in the centre of targeting foreigners and wealthy a few hours later. They registered The interior ministry spokes- ican University of Afghanistan were Kabul city,” interior ministry spokes- Afghans, and sometimes handing a case against him for violating man said it is inappropriate and too PTI wants accounts seized from their vehicle on Sunday man Sediq Sediqqi said. them over to insurgent groups. Pakistani immigration laws and early to declare Barrett a spy, clari- evening, as the kidnappers smashed “Indications are that they were The US State Department said it obtained his three-day remand fying that there was no mention of committee meet the passenger window and hauled kidnapped by a criminal group.” was aware of reports of the kidnap- from a magistrate. espionage among the charges under them away at gunpoint. The driver and a guard inside the ping of an American but declined to In the aftermath of the episode, which the US citizen was deported on Panama Papers No group has so far claimed vehicle, both unharmed, have been comment further. Interior Minister Nisar ordered from Pakistan in 2011.

ISLAMABAD: In an effort to galvanise government agencies into action on the Panamagate scandal, US lawmakers likely to visit Pakistan’s restive tribal region Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) fleshed out plans to get the Public Accounts Internews dangerous consequences. understanding on border manage- The Pakistanis claim that they Committee (PAC) chair- But last week, the US Depart- ment that could have prevented the suggested the SOP for border man- man into convening a ment of Defence stopped $300m Haqqani network and other militants agement because they believed it was special meeting so it ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans to bring of military assistance to Pakistan from conducting such attacks. necessary for the success of anti-ter- could quiz the revelations. another congressional delegation to for its alleged failure to prevent the But a century-old dispute over rorist operations that both Pakistan “I will requisition the North Waziristan to prove its claim Haqqani network from using its ter- the Durand Line prevented the two and Afghanistan carry out on their meeting of the PAC,” Dr that it has eliminated all militant ritory for cross-border attacks in countries from finalising a standard sides of the border. Arif Alvi from the PTI said. bases and ammunition dumps from Afghanistan. operating procedure (SOP) for border Pakistani diplomatic sources Alvi said he had sub- the tribal area, diplomatic sources Diplomatic sources in Wash- management. in Washington say that initially, mitted an application on said. ingtonne, however, said that The other two major factors that Kabul showed “keen interest” in July 15 to PAC head Khur- Congressman Chris Stewart Washingtonne acted in haste as thwarted efforts to end cross-bor- the proposal but later backed out sheed Shah of PPP. But (pictured) of the House Intelligence Pakistan was seriously engaged in der attacks were lack of intelligence when “elements within the Afghan even after the passage of Committee will head this delega- clearing its territory from terror- cooperation between Pakistan and government argued that it would two weeks the he has not tion, which will include senior policy ists. They argued that “a positive Afghanistan and Islamabad’s plan to weaken their stance on the Durand convened the meeting. advisers. They are expected to reach engagement” repatriate Afghan refugees. Line”. Responding to a ques- Islamabad in next few days. would work better in encourag- The 2,430km Durand Line is the According to these sources, tion, Alvi, who is also This would be the second con- ing Pakistan to do more and that such international border between Paki- the two countries also came close a member of the PAC, gressional visit to the area since punitive actions might have a nega- stan and Afghanistan. Although to an agreement on intelligence said he is confident that Pakistan launched Operation Zarb- Committee, visited North Waziristan tive impact. established in 1893 by the then cooperation “but similar political he would manage to i-Azb two years ago to eliminate last month and appreciated Paki- The sources also underlined Afghan emir, Abdur Rahman Khan, considerations in Kabul failed this get the signatures of militant hideouts from Fata (Feder- stan’s efforts in statements he issued the measures Pakistan had so far and a British civil servant, Sir Mor- effort too”. other members for the ally Administered Tribal Areas). after the trip. taken to end cross-border attacks. timer Durand, Another Pakistani proposal requisitioning. Senator John McCain, chair- He urged Washington not to iso- They pointed out that Pakistan Kabul continues to view it as a unacceptable to Kabul is the repa- man of the Senate Armed Services late Pakistan, as doing so would have and Afghanistan came close to an dispute that needs to be settled. triation of Afghan refugees. INDIA TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 11 Parliament passes GST

and Twenty-Second Amendment) “retrograde in nature”. “We were the Bill, 2014 and amendments were first creators of the GST. We were the first The new tax law will declared approved by a two-thirds to bring the GST. We support it. Those be an important step majority with 443 members of the who are passing the GST now, why lower house voting in its favour in were they opposing it when they towards getting the the final vote and none against. were in the opposition? country rid of “tax AIADMK, which had staged a “Had they agreed to our condi- walk out in the Rajya Sabha, did so tions on the GST earlier, the delay terrorism” and also in the Lok Sabha also. wouldn’t have happened. We were make “consumers the The government had moved never against the GST. We always king: Modi amendments in the Rajya Sabha to wanted to pass it. It is wrong to say the bill, which was passed by the that we blocked the GST Bill,” he Lok Sabha in 2015, to accommodate said. Following the passage by par- concerns of opposition, notably the liament, at least 50 percent of the IANS Congress. The new regime -- the idea states will have to ratify it for it to for which was mooted some 13 years become law. This apart, while the ago -- seeks to subsume all central centre will have to take Parliament’s indirect levies like excise duty, coun- nod again for its version of the GST, NEW DELHI: India yesterday took a tervailing duty and service tax, as states too will need to do the same, major step towards a unified goods also state taxes such as value added which may not be a quick process. and services tax regime across the tax, entry tax and luxury tax, to cre- To reach a compromise, the gov- country, with parliament passing the ate a single, pan-India market. ernment had to concede to two main A policeman checks the identification cards of a family on a curfew day in Srinagar, yesterday. relevant constitution amendment Some items, notably potable liq- demands of the Congress -- scrap- bill in what is seen as the most rad- uor and petroleum products, will be ping the proposal to levy a 1 per ical indirect tax reform in over six outside its purview for now. cent additional duty so that states decades. The Lok Sabha yesterday Replying to the debate, Finance get compensated for at least two passed the amendments to the bill Minister Arun Jaitley said that years and make the dispute res- Three more dead in Kashmir clashes adopted by Rajya Sabha during its demand for reducing the indirect olution mechanism stronger and passage last week. taxes and hiking direct taxes is not empowered. Even though the idea Prime Minister Narendra Modi practical, adding corporate tax in of a pan-India GST was first mooted IANS unrest, the worst since 2010, and Security Advisor Ajit Doval and was present in the Lok Sabha when India was kept “competitive” on in 2003, it was seven years later that nearly 5,000 protesters and bystand- Rajnath Singh. Opposition members, the bill was passed. purpose, in comparison with other a formal bill was first introduced. But ers have been injured. including Congress leader Ghulam Intervening during the nearly countries. this lapsed when the United Pro- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Min- Nabi Azad, called for an all-party six hour debate on the bill, he said Jaitley hit out at the Congress, gressive Alliance (UPA) was voted SRINAGAR: Two border guards and ister Mehbooba Mufti yesterday met meeting on the situation in the val- Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill saying the 18 per cent cap on GST out and the Modi government took a suspected rebel were killed yester- Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh ley which has been on the boil for the will go a long way in helping states, rate was suggested by the party over. In 2014, a recast bill was intro- day in a gunbattle in Kashmir, the to discuss the situation in Kashmir past month -- since the July 8 kill- support small entrepreneurs and when the bill was passed in the Lok duced in the Lok Sabha on December Indian army said. The shootout took while the opposition has demanded ing of militant commander Burhan also curb the menace of corruption. Sabha and later tabled in the Rajya 19, and was passed by it five months place near the border with Pakistan, a discussion in parliament on the Wani. Earlier yesterday, opposition He said that the new tax law will Sabha. Leader of the Congress in later on May 6, 2015. The bill was although it was not immediately ongoing unrest in the valley. parties also condemned the “silence” be an important step towards getting the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge then referred to a Select Committee clear whether the dead fighter The Chief Minister arrived in of the central government on the sit- the country rid of “tax terrorism” took a dig at Prime Minister Modi, of the Rajya Sabha for examination had crossed into India from there. Delhi a day after Prime Minis- uation in Kashmir. The government, and also make “consumers the king”. saying he had opposed the bill as which submitted its Report on July At least 55 civilians and two ter Narendra Modi discussed the in response, said that it was ready to The Constitution (One Hundred Gujarat Chief Minister by calling it 22, 2015. police have been killed in the latest Kashmir situation with National discuss the issue.

Musical touch Saudi King issues directives to address woes of workers River ropeway IANS the issues. He also directed the Min- to boost istry of Information to highlight the efforts taken to ease the sufferings tourism in Goa of the workers, especially Indians JEDDAH: In a ray of hope for hun- and Filipinos. PANAJI: 1.24km long dreds of distressed Indians and King Salman also announced to ropeway, linking Panaji workers of other nationalities ren- increase the number of labour com- to the picturesque Reis dered jobless, the Custodian of plaint dispute tribunals to 30 in the Magos village and home Two Holy Mosques King Salman country. to one of the most popu- bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi The King directed the Passport lar Portuguese-era fort, is Arabia has issued a series of direc- department to facilitate exit visa being planned over Man- tives to address their problems, and and other procedures for distressed dovi river, Goa Tourism also earmarked Saudi Riyal 100m workers, and in this direction Saudi Minister Dilip Parulekar ($26m) for the workers. authorities are joining hands with said yesterday. According to a statement issued Indian officials in Jeddah to “The length of the by Saudi labour ministry, Saudi facilitate possible employment stretch (one-way) Riyal 100m ($26m) has been ear- opportunities for Indian workers. between Panaji to Reis marked to address the concerns of The statement also emphasised Magos is 1,240 metres. workers and end their sufferings. that “one particular case of Saudi The ropeway would be King Salman instructed the Oger is not reflecting the general mono cable detacha- labour minister to meet with repre- phenomenon of Saudi Arabia”. ble gondala system with A worker applies a mixture of iron particles and gum on top of a tabla, a percussion instrument, at a sentatives of the affected countries Construction giant Saudi Oger shut installed capacity of 800 workshop in Kolkata yesterday. to brief them about the measures down, laying off hundreds of work- persons per hour,” Parule- initiated by Saudi Arabia to address ers from India. kar said. Probe against school banning Noisy scenes in Assam Congress to go alone in UP polls national anthem Assembly over migrants IANS government in the state, the former The Congress chief ministerial LUCKNOW: The manager Delhi chief minister told the media candidate said only her party can of a school in Allahabad here. To a pointed query on whether usher in an era of good governance has been arrested and IANS counter-insurgency operations in she will contest the polls, she said a and development in Uttar Pradesh. slapped with a sedi- the Indo-Bhutan international bor- LUCKNOW: Senior Congress leader decision was yet to be taken on this “We will seek people’s support tion case for banning the der area,” Congress legislators said. Sheila Dikshit yesterday said her issue. on development plank,” she said. recital of the national Meanwhile, former Assam Chief party will contest the 2017 Uttar Claiming that the people of Uttar Lashing out at the Akhilesh anthem at the school GUWAHATI: The Assam assembly Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Pradesh assembly elections alone Pradesh were fed up with the poli- Yadav government, the Congress function on August 15, witnessed noisy scenes yesterday also raised the issue of illegal for- and not align with any other polit- tics of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the leader said the state was in the the state police said on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi eigners, particularly the issue of ical party. Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan throes of lawlessness and commu- yesterday. migrants and the recent terror Hindu Bengalis from Bangladesh. The results of the assembly Samaj Party (BSP), Dikshit said the nal riots and blamed the Samajwadi The issue came to attack in Kokrajhar district that Mahanta wanted to know the stand elections will surprise everyone people were now looking towards Party for what she said were power light after the school prin- left 14 civilians dead and 20 injured. of the state government in view of and the Congress will form the next the Congress with great hope. and water shortage in the state. cipal, along with seven Soon after question hour, the Centre’s reported move to grant other teachers quit in pro- opposition members demanded a citizenship to religious minorities in test against the diktat, discussion on the Kokrajhar vio- Bangladesh who enter Assam and prompting the police to lence. Congress legislators pointed other parts of India. take action against the MA out that the last Assembly elec- Replying to Mahanta, Parlia- Busy fishing Convent School located in tions were held peacefully in the mentary Affairs Minister Chandra Boghara locality. Bodoland Territorial Area District Mohan Patowary said that the AGP The district admin- region as the previous Congress leader was trying to ask a question istration has also government had taken up adequate without understanding the issue. constituted a three-mem- security measures. “There is no question of grant- ber team to probe the The Congress legislators said ing citizenship to the minorities incident. that a visit by the Assam Pradesh from Bangladesh. So far the Cen- The school was not Congress Committee (APCC) and tre has not issued any instruction recognised by the state Assam Congress Legislature Party to us in this regard. So there is no education department (ACLP) to Kokrajhar after the terror question of discussing the matter and was apparently attack has exposed various faults now. If there is any such move by being run illegally. Teach- of the present BJP-led government the Centre, we will discuss it,” Pato- ers, who had quit their in Assam. wary said. jobs alleged that school “There used to be a security Mahanta, however, pointed out manager Zia-ul-Haq had post in the Balajan Tiniali area that if the Centre goes for amend- stopped the singing of where the violence took place on ing the Citizenship Act to grant the national anthem “Jana Friday. Unfortunately, the secu- citizenship status to these migrant Gana Mana...” calling it an rity was withdrawn after the BJP minorities from Bangladesh, states Fishing trawlers are seen in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, yesterday. “act against Islam”. government took over. The secu- like Assam and West Bengal have to rity in the area was reduced due to bear the burden. 12 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 EUROPE

Five-day strike Recreating the past Firefighters battle disrupts London forest blazes in Portugal commuter trains LISBON: Around 3,000 firefighters are trying to put out hundreds of for- est blazes of varying sizes responsibility for opening and clos- across Portugal, authori- ing the carriage doors. The RMT union ties said yesterday. The strike has been says Southern wants to extend use of The National Civil Pro- launched in a safety driver-only operated trains and so tection Authority said on row over who opens reduce safety role the conductors play. its website that 1,060 Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), vehicles and 16 water- and closes the doors. Britain’s largest train operator which dumping aircraft are owns Southern, says the changes deployed at 515 wildfires, would lead to fewer train cancel- some of which have been lations as services would no longer burning for days. Reuters require both drivers and conductors. It classified five wild- “Our fight is with the com- A man looks at a scale model of the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel in Minimundus theme park in Klagenfurt, fires in the north of the pany and the government who Austria, yesterday. Some 150 models from more than 40 countries are on display in the Carinthia country as major blazes have dragged this franchise into province theme park, using the same materials as the original buildings, such as basalt, lava, tuff, that are out of control. LONDON: Hundreds of thousands total meltdown,” said RMT General marble or sandstone. The fires spread of train commuters in London and Secretary Mick Cash. “We share the quickly through mostly southern England were facing mis- anger and frustration of passengers pine and eucalyptus for- ery yesterday as rail staff began a and we cannot sit back while jobs ests that are tinder-dry five-day strike in a safety row over and safety are compromised on these after weeks without sig- who opens and closes the doors. dangerously overcrowded trains.” nificant rain. Southern, which runs trains During mediation talks last New members can vote in Labour race from destinations such as Brighton week, the union said it had offered and Gatwick Airport, has said only to call off the strike if GTR prom- Cyprus cop 60 percent of its services would ised there would be a second staff AFP embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn and Financial Times newspaper. operate during the week-long stop- member on trains while negotia- challenger Owen Smith. Labour is in deep crisis with Cor- mistakenly page, the longest British rail walkout tions continued. The High Court said the NEC’s byn popular among party’s grassroots, for almost 50 years, and no trains However, the talks failed as decision amounted to a breach of but sharply at odds with an over- calls ‘hitman’ would operate at all on some routes. GTR said in times of disruption, LONDON: Five new members of contract, in a ruling that increases whelming majority of Labour MPs. The strike adds to problems there might be occasions when Britain’s crisis-hit main opposi- the voter base by around a quarter. They believe he is an incapable NICOSIA: Cyprus police of passengers who have suffered they would let trains run with just tion Labour Party won a court case The five new party members leader driving them towards a third are investigating how an months of cancellations and delays a driver. yesterday allowing them to vote in claimed they had been “frozen out” straight general election defeat. officer mistakenly tele- because of high levels of staff sick- Company’s Chief Executive its leadership contest—a decision of the leadership contest. The Labour Party could take the phoned a Serbian who ness, while in July Southern axed Charles Horton said their planned affecting 125,000 people. The High Court verdict was being High Court ruling to the Court of was suspected of being 341 trains, about 15 percent, to pro- changes would improve services The party’s governing National interpreted as a victory for Corbyn, Appeal and if it does, a hearing could the ringleader in a mafia- vide what it said would be a more for passengers and had provided Executive Committee had decided already runaway favourite the book- take place later this week. Corbyn’s linked assassination plot. regular service. guarantees about the future role of people who had been members for makers to win the contest. campaign manager John McDonnell Police spokesman The dispute centres on role of conductors but the RMT had refused less than six months up to July 12 “Corbyn is boosted by the appealed to the party not to appeal, Andreas Angelides said conductors, staff who currently have to negotiate. could not vote in the contest between new members’ ruling,” said the calling the prospect “appalling”. yesterday the officer intended to call his coun- terpart at Interpol’s office in Serbia in March this year, but errone- New spyware detected targeting Facebook denies reports ously called the suspect instead. An investigation found it was a genu- firms in Russia and China ine mistake and not of reluctance over data corruption-related. The second probe will Reuters Remsec spyware lives within an Remsec spyware as “ProjectSauron”. determine if the officer organisation’s network rather than The newly discovered group’s sharing in criminal probes will face any disciplinary being installed on individual com- targets include four organisations measures. puters, giving attackers complete and individuals located in Russia, an Cyprus police say the FRANKFURT: A previously unknown control over infected machines, airline in China, an organisation in Reuters Germany’s spy chief yesterday error happened after they hacking group variously dubbed researchers said. It enables key- Sweden and an embassy in Belgium, called for a more intensive exchange were informed by Bel- “Strider” or “ProjectSauron” has stroke logging and the theft of files Symantec said. of information between social net- grade about a planned carried out cyber-espionage attacks and other data. Kasperksy said it had found 30 works and security agencies in the assassination attempt. against select targets in Russia, China, Its code also contains refer- organisations hit so far in Russia, BERLIN: Facebook yesterday fight against terrorism. Iran, Sweden, Belgium and Rwanda, ences to Sauron, the all-seeing title Iran and Rwanda, and possibly addi- rejected claims made by Germany’s “Social networks are an impor- security researchers said yesterday. character in The Lord of the Rings, tional victims in Italian-speaking state authorities that it was reluctant tant communication method for Bogus cruise ship The group, which has been active Symantec said. Strider is the nick- countries. Remsec targets included to co-operate with them on crimi- jihadists. Therefore closer co-oper- since 2011 and could have links to a name of the fantasy trilogy’s widely government agencies, scientific nal investigations, saying many of the ation between the security agencies doctor gets 3 national intelligence agency, uses travelled main character Aragorn. research centres, military entities, requests it received for user data were and the operators of social networks Remsec, an advanced piece of hidden Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab telecoms providers and financial insti- incorrectly formulated. is necessary,” Hans-Georg Maassen, years jail malware, Symantec researchers said. has labelled the same group using the tutions, Kasperksy said. Several regional interior minis- the head of the BfV domestic intel- ters have complained that the social ligence agency, told the Rheinische BERLIN: A German court media group is hesitant to respond Post newspaper. has sentenced a man to requests for data and have called Facebook produced data for who falsely claimed to on the Federal Justice Ministry to 42 percent of requests in Germany be a doctor and treated Show of strength introduce new laws. relating to criminal cases in the sec- patients on a cruise ship But Facebook said it had pro- ond half of 2015, compared with 54 to three years in prison. vided “round the clock assistance” percent in France and 82 percent in Berlin state court yes- to authorities in Bavaria following Britain. It said it rejected requests terday convicted the a spate of violent attacks in Munich, that were overly broad or vague. qualified nurse of bod- Wuerzburg and Ansbach last month. The company said it worked ily harm, fraud, abuse of A spokeswoman for the Jus- with law enforcement officials to titles and deprivation of tice Ministry said it was examining help them use their systems, but said liberty. The latter charge whether there was a need to change there were still a large number of referred to the fact that the law or whether there was a officers that didn’t know how to he put 41 patients under problem with its implementation. make a successful request. anesthetic. A recent spate of attacks in “Along with our points of con- The court found the Germany has highlighted the tact in Law Enforcement we work 41-year-old claimed importance security agencies give tirelessly to raise awareness of the to be a doctor using a to working with social networks to correct procedures,” a Facebook forged medical licence, uncover possible links to militant spokeswoman said. to enhance his status and groups. A spokesman for the Interior because doctors earn Police said the Ansbach bomber Ministry said co-operation between more money. had six Facebook accounts includ- Facebook and the BKA federal He worked for 10 ing one held under a false identity. police agency and the BfV was good. months on a cruise ship. Traces of an online messaging con- “Conversations are constructive The court found that no versation found on his phone also and co-operation is also fruitful as patients were hurt but he Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadiya Savchenko (left) and relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war take part suggest he was influenced by an far as we can see,” he said, adding wouldn’t have been able in a rally near the presidential administration to urge the authorities to speed up their release in Kiev, unknown person up until the time they were not in a position to judge to handle any medical Ukraine, yesterday. of the attack, Bavaria’s interior min- how well Facebook worked with the complications. ister said. state authorities. Italy’s political referendum gets court’s go ahead

Reuters constitutional changes he hopes will Any protracted political uncer- from 315, and stripping it of powers the lower house, the changes should some Italians might use the referen- end Italy’s notoriously shaky political tainty could further sour investor over budget and its ability to bring finally make Italy a governable coun- dum to make a protest vote against system that has prevented any gov- sentiment towards the euro zone’s down a government. Instead, it would try, Renzi says. Renzi, mean it is far from certain that ernment completing a full term since third largest, and highly indebted, have oversight of local, rather than Opposition parties, such as the the changes to Italy’s 1948 republi- ROME: Italy’s highest court gave the World War II. economy and towards its banks, national, issues. anti-immigrant Northern League, can constitution will get the legally green light yesterday to a referendum Now that the Court of Cassation which are themselves saddled with It would increase the powers say that will strip away democratic required popular consent. that Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says has validated the more than 500,000 €360bn of problematic loans. of the central government, diluting checks put in place after the war to The referendum is likely to be will guarantee political stability and signatures needed for the referendum The reform, which both houses those of Italy’s 20 regions on issues prevent the rise of another political held after parliament approves the on which he has staked his future. to be held, the government has 60 days of parliament approved in April, such as the environment, trans- strongman like Fascist dictator Ben- 2017 budget, a draft of which must be Renzi has said he will resign to set a referendum date, likely to be would shrink the upper house, cut- port and energy. Twinned with a ito Mussolini. presented by October 20. Approval by if voters do not approve the between October and December. ting the number of senators to 100 new, two-round voting system for Such concerns, plus the fact that both houses would take about a month. AMERICAS TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 13 Thousands stranded after outrage hits Delta flights

airline’s power outage. He said no incorrectly showed flights on time. other customers lost power. “Not only are their flights The airlines said that A Delta spokesman said he had delayed, but in the case of Delta only 800 of nearly no information on the report. the website and other places are all Many passengers were frustrated saying that the flights are on time 6,000 scheduled that they received no notice of a glo- because the airline has been so crip- flights were bal disruption, discovering they were pled from a technical standpoint,” operational. stranded only after making it through said Daniel Baker, CEO of tracking security and seeing other passengers service FlightAware.com. sleeping on the floor. Delta issued an apology to It was unclear if the airline was customers and said teams were AP able to communicate due to its tech- attempting to fix the problem as nical issues, and Delta said there may quickly as possible. be a lag issuing accurate flight sta- Many passengers, like Bryan tus on company website because of Kopsick, 20, from Richmond, were LONDON, DALLAS: Delta Air Lines the outage. Flights that were already shocked that computer glitches could cancelled around 300 flights yester- in the air when the outage occurred cause such turmoil. day after its computer systems crashed continued to their destinations, but “It does feel like the old days,” worldwide, stranding thousands of flights on the ground remained there. Kopsick said. “Maybe they will let us passengers on a busy travel day. Airlines depend on huge, over- smoke on the plane, and give us five- One of the world’s largest airlines lapping and complicated technology star meals in-flight too!” said that only 800 of nearly 6,000 systems to operate flights, schedule In Las Vegas, stranded passengers scheduled flights were operational. crew and run ticketing, boarding, were sleeping on the floor, covered in The flight tracking site Flight- airport kiosks, websites and mobile red blankets. When boarding finally Stats Inc. said that there were delays phone apps. Even brief outages can began for a Minneapolis flight — the on more than 1,000 Delta flights snarl traffic and cause long delays. first to take off — a Delta worker before noon. About six hours into That has afflicted airlines in the urged people to find other travellers outage, limited flights had resumed US and abroad. Yesterday in Rich- who had wandered away from the but widespread delays and cancella- mond, Virginia, Delta gate agents gate area, or who might be sleeping tions were ongoing. A power outage were writing out boarding passes by off the delays. Travellers wait in line at the Delta check-in counter at LaGuardia Airport , in the Queens borough of New at an Atlanta facility at around 2:30 hand. In Tokyo, a dot-matrix printer Word of the extensive breakdown York City, yesterday. am local time initiated a cascading was resurrected to keep track of pas- began to spread after the airline used meltdown, according to the airline, sengers on a flight to Shanghai. a Twitter account to notify custom- company intern from Beaverton, Ore- Bodeen said that passengers be entitled to a refund if the flight is which is also based in Atlanta. Technology that appeared to ers that its IT systems were down gon, left home at 4 am to catch a flight were taking the matter in stride. cancelled or significantly delayed. A spokesman for Georgia Power be working sometimes issued bad “everywhere.” Technological issues from Minneapolis and learned about “It doesn’t seem really hostile yet,” Travellers on some routes can also said the company believes the fail- information. Flight-status sys- extended even to company’s website. the delays only when she reached the she said. make a one-time change to the ticket ure of Delta equipment caused the tems, including airport screens, Tanzie Bodeen, 22, a software airport and saw media trucks. The company said travellers will free of charge. Family of teen arrested for Toddler among five dead in murder-suicide homemade clock files suit AP they found all five dead of gunshot The district attorney’s office said anxiety over her daughter’s condi- wounds and a handgun near one of the married couple had been hav- tion had left her with post-traumatic the adults, but they didn’t say which ing “domestic issues.” In an April 13 stress disorder. She said she suffered AP The Mohamed family ques- one or say who was the shooter. post on Philly at Heart , Megan Short from “anxiety and nightmares” trig- tioned whether the boy was SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA: “This is an apparent tragic wrote of her emotional struggles over gered by smells, hallways or even mistreated due to his religion but A couple featured in news stories domestic incident,” Adams said early her child’s condition. beeping sound of a phone. She also the district has denied the claim. about their difficulties getting medi- yesterday. “ When only days old, Willow had said she experienced “survivor’s guilt” DALLAS: The family of a boy who While in Texas, Ahmed said, he cation for a daughter who had a heart Police went to home to check on a heart transplant for a congenital when children with similar problems was arrested after bringing a home- has to wear a hat, sunglasses and a transplant were found shot to death the welfare of the family after receiv- defect. Her family was featured in from other families passed away. made clock to school filed a federal hoody. “I can’t walk out of the house in their home along with their three ing a call from a relative concerned articles in The Reading Eagle in 2014 “I don’t think PTSD ever truly lawsuit yesterday against Texas without being covered up because children in apparent murder-suicide, that the woman had not shown up and in The New York Times last year goes away but, with therapy, medi- school officials and others, saying I might get shot because that hap- authorities said. for a lunch date. Mark Short Sr., 40; about her condition and the Shorts’ cation, and the right support, I have the incident violated the 14-year-old pens here,” he said. District Attorney John Adams Megan Short, 33; and their children — difficulties obtaining anti-rejection begun to loosen its grip on me,” she boy’s civil rights, prompted death Among the claims made in the said a handwritten note that 8-year-old Lianna, 5-year-old Mark medication for her. said. “As I work on my own mental threats and forced them to leave the suit, which was brought by the teen’s “appeared to be a ‘murder-suicide’ Jr., and 2-year-old Willow — were In the post on website devoted healing, I wanted to share my expe- United States. father, is that the boy’s right to equal note” was found in the family’s found dead in the living room, Adams to families dealing with congeni- rience so that other heart parents The lawsuit was filed on behalf protection under the law was vio- Sinking Spring home. Police said said. A dog also was found dead. tal heart issues, Megan Short said know they are not alone.” of Ahmed Mohamed, who was lated and that officers arrested him arrested at his suburban Dallas high without probable cause. school in September and charged Ahmed was a victim of sys- with having a hoax bomb. He says temic discrimination by the he brought the homemade digital school district and state Board Floral decor US to auction clock to school to show it to his Eng- of Education that has marginal- lish teacher. ised Muslims and other minority $16m worth of Ahmed showed off the clock, groups, the suit claims. made out of a plastic pencil box “History tells us that when we and electrical wire and other have stood tall and proud for equal- bitcoin from hardware salvaged from his par- ity and freedom, we have grown as ents’ garage, yesterday during a a nation,” the suit says. “When we various cases news conference with his parents have given in to fear and hate, we and attorneys. flounder.” Irving police later dropped the The suit adds, “In the case of Reuters charge, but he was still suspended Ahmed Mohamed, we have the for three days. He never returned to opportunity to take a stand for the school; his family opted to have equality and for justice, two things NEW YORK: The US government him take classes elsewhere. that should prevail above all else.” said yesterday it plans to auc- The lawsuit names Irving Inde- The Irving school district is tion over 2,700 bitcoin that were pendent School District, the city of also under investigation by the forfeited during several cases, Irving and the school’s principal, US Department of Justice over an including the prosecution of the and asks a jury to determine the alleged pattern of discrimination creator of the online black mar- damages. In November, the fam- against minority students. ket known as Silk Road. ily asked the district and city to The district in February sued the The US Marshals Service said pay $15m or else face a suit. Dis- Texas Attorney General to keep the that the online auction would trict spokeswoman Lesley Weaver justice department’s investigation be held on August 22, and that said in a statement yesterday that private. potential bidders must register attorneys for the district will Ahmed’s story brought an out- by August 18. review the suit and determine a pouring of support from President The bitcoin are worth nearly course of action. Barack Obama, other political lead- $16.1m, according to the Bitstamp “Irving ISD continues to deny ers, corporate executives and Nasa exchange. violating the student’s rights and scientists. The auction is the latest by will respond to claims in accordance “When I went to the new school, the Marshals Service of the dig- with court rules,” she said, adding they asked me, ‘are you that clock Flower growers known as “silleteros” stand near floral arrangements at the annual flower parade in ital currency. It completed four that school officials for now will kid?’ I told them yeah, I was. My Medellin, Colombia. prior auctions from June 2014 to have no further comment. identity was stripped,” Ahmed said. November 2015 of bitcoin seized during the prosecution of Ross Ulbricht, who authorities say ran Silk Road. His case is one of nine crimi- nal, civil or administrative matters Couple has religious wedding in Mexico after decades wait from which the Marshals Service said the 2,719 bitcoins had been forfeited and are subject to the lat- AP tending goats in the fields outside ceremony. They couldn’t marry in So last year, with the help of the “It was beautiful, everything I est auction. Santa Ana in the southern state of a Roman Catholic church because Rev. Domingo Garcia Martinez, the hoped for,” she said. “Now we are Ulbricht, 32, was sen- Oaxaca. Soon, Ibarra asked San- Ibarra had divorced his first wife couple’s annulment case was taken together with the blessing of God.” tenced in May 2015 to life in tiago to marry him, but with a catch. before he went to Mexico City. All four to a bishop in Oaxaca. The prelate There was chicken with a dark prison after being convicted SANTA ANA, MEXICO: In a small He wanted her to accompany him to of the children from that first mar- determined Ibarra’s first marriage Oaxacan mole sauce made from for orchestrating a scheme that town tucked into a valley, songs Mexico City for three years while he riage died at a young age from illness. was null because he had not lived spices and chilies scooped up with enabled more than $200m of from a local band heralded a reli- worked as a security guard at con- In 46 years of marriage, Ibarra with his former wife for more than fresh tortillas. Servers weaved anonymous online drug sales gious wedding that had remained struction sites around the capital. and Santiago have had eight children 40 years and she didn’t present her- between tables. through Silk Road using bitcoin. out of reach for decades. Santiago, who was 16 at the time, and several grandchildren. But until self to petition the annulment. Fireworks screamed through He is appealing. The band, whose name translates said she turned down his offer “out of Pope Francis’ reforms to the church’s On July 23, Garcia performed the air. And the The Forever Young The Marshals Service said to The Forever Young Friendly Band, respect” for her widowed mother. Her annulment process went into effect Ibarra and Santiago’s wedding in Friendly Band played on as family bitcoins in the auction also came was aptly named to play for 75-year- father died when she was 8 and she on December 8, 2015, they didn’t front of about 250 family members and friends encircled the dancing from the case of Carl Force, a old Pablo Ibarra and 65-year-old felt obligated to help put food on the think they could be married in a reli- and friends. couple. former US Drug Enforcement Francisca Santiago, who finally mar- table to support her mom and three gious ceremony. After receiving the sacrament, “It felt like the first time I saw Administration agent who was ried in the church after nearly a half siblings until she became an adult. The reforms streamlined a pre- Santiago pulled in the priest for a big her,” Ibarra said. “But now it finally sentenced in October to 78 months century together. When Ibarra returned in 1970, viously complicated process for hug while a nose-wrinkling smile lit feels right. With her, God has blessed in prison for stealing bitcoins dur- The couple first met in 1967 while Santiago married him in a civil divorces. up her face. my life so much.” ing the Silk Road investigation. 14 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 AMERICAS

Officials probe Mexico landslide toll rises to 40 death of boy at Kansas amount of rain that normally falls in a month came pouring down in just water park Hardest-hit was 24 hours, the Puebla government said the central state yesterday. A rain-soaked hill crum- bled and came sweeping down on AP of Puebla, where an adjacent village, killing 11 people 29 people died as including eight minors, it said. landslides buried Several highways in Puebla were KANSAS CITY: The 10-year-old ripped up, two bridges collapsed and son of a Kansas state lawmaker several homes. power was knocked out in several died while riding a waterslide towns. Governor Rafael Moreno Valle that’s billed as the world’s larg- pledged to rebuild damaged struc- est, according to officials and the tures and posted on Twitter photos of boy’s family. AFP himself walking in mud and residents Few details have been released helping in clean-up efforts. about the death on Verruckt, a Valle warned the death toll could 168-feet-tall waterslide that is one rise. “We’re still in a search mode of the main attractions at Schlitter- PUEBLA, MEXICO: Landslides and we already have canine teams... bahn Waterpark in Kansas City. The triggered by Tropical Storm Earl’s searching for missing people,” he said. park was closed yesterday. remnants taken the death toll to 40 Puebla officials did not say how Verruckt, which means in Mexico, officials said early yester- many people were missing, but they “insane” in German, was certi- day, as a new storm threatened the did say the landslides and flooding fied as world’s tallest waterslide country’s Pacific coast. left some 200 people homeless. by Guinness World Records. Riders Hardest-hit was the central In Veracruz, 11 people were killed go down the slide in multi-person state of Puebla, where 29 people due to landslides and flooding, Gov- A view of the community of Tlaola, Puebla in eastern Mexico, where landslides have buried several houses. rafts and have to be at last 54 inches died, including at least 15 minors, as ernor Javier Duarte wrote on Twitter. tall, according to park’s website. landslides buried several homes in The dead included an elderly man approaching Tropical Storm Javier Miami-based National Hurricane of the Baja California peninsula,” the The ride will be closed pending the the state’s northern mountains, the who was swept away in his home by that was sparking new warnings. Center said Javier was about 405 km centre said. investigation, park spokeswoman local government said. a rain-swollen river, officials said. Javier, which could strengthen southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The storm was packing max- Winter Prosapio said. Another 11 died in similar cir- Some 1,200 people were moved to hurricane status, was expected to “On the forecast track, the cen- imum sustained winds of 85 km Kansas City police spokesman cumstances in the eastern state of to shelters across Veracruz due to bring heavy rains and high winds to tre of tropical cyclone should pass per hour with higher gusts and was Officer Cameron Morgan said he Veracruz, its governor said. effects of the storm, officials said. southwestern Mexico in the coming near or over southwest coast of Mex- expected to dump four to 10 to 15 cm didn’t have any information, and In the town of Huauchinango, the Yesterday however, it was days, US weather forecasters said. ico, and approach southern portion of rain in western Mexico, it said. Prosapio said more details would be released later. Messages seek- ing updates yesterday morning weren’t immediately returned by police or the park. Roaring flames Colombians to reject “We honestly don’t know what’s happened,” she said at a news conference. “That’s why ... peace deal: Poll a full investigation is necessary. We have to understand what’s happened.” AFP referendum in the coming months. Authorities have not identified But many Colombians are wary the child, but state Representa- of a deal that would see FARC fight- tive Scott Schwab and his wife ers reintegrated into society without released a statement saying it was BOGOTA: A poll published yes- being tried over the bloodshed. their son, Caleb Thomas Schwab. terday indicated that Colombians Former president Alvaro Uribe “Since the day he was born, would reject a peace deal to end the has been campaigning fiercely for he brought abundant joy to our country’s half-century civil war in a “No” vote against the peace deal. family and all those he came in a planned referendum. A similar poll last month had contact with,” said the statement. Just 39 percent of respond- shown a majority in favour of a Authorities initially said the vic- ents backed the peace deal and deal, but that trend appeared to tim was 12 years old, but Clint 50 percent opposed it, in the study have reversed. Sprague, a pastor who is acting as by polling firm Ipsos published by President Juan Manuel San- a spokesman for the family, said Colombian media. tos and his government have been Caleb was 10. The government wants citi- negotiating for an accord since 2012. Scott Schwab is a Republican zens to endorse its accord with the But his approval rating has from Olathe. He and his wife, country’s biggest rebel force, the dropped sharply—it stood at 25 per- Michele, have four sons, Sprague Revolutionary Armed Forces of cent in the latest poll. said. Colombia (FARC). Many voters said they did not House Speaker Ray Mer- The two sides laid the ground- want former FARC leaders to go into rick told the Kansas City Star work for a full peace deal when they politics under the accord and said Schwab’s family was “the centre signed a definitive ceasefire in June. they must go to jail for their crimes. of his world.” Trees burn as they are engulfed by flames during the Pilot Fire near Silverwood Lake in San Bernardino They hope that deal will soon Around 260,000 people have Prosapio said the boy’s fam- county near Hesperia, California. be followed by a full peace accord if been killed in the territorial conflict ily had been at the park with him such an agreement is approved in a in Colombia that started in 1964. when the incident took place. Florida governor Youth shot while playing Pokemon Go Trump unveils economic flays govt for AP friend were playing the hit mobile spokesman Lynn Cullivan said inves- lagging in game when he was shot. tigators believe there are witnesses plan to ‘jump-start’ US “From what we know there was to attack because it happened in the Zika fight no confrontation. There was noth- bustling Fisherman’s Wharf area. SAN FRANCISCO: A 20-year-old ing said back and forth. It was just Sergeant Robert Jansing, a detec- AFP The highest income tax rate youth was shot to death while playing senseless, just came up and shot in tive with US Park Police, said the would be 33 percent, compared Reuters “Pokemon Go” at a tourist attraction the back and ran away for nothing,” gunman did not take any of Riley’s with today’s top rate of 39.6 percent. along San Francisco’s waterfront, John Kirby said. belongings or try to rob him. Trump said he wants to “cut reg- authorities and a family friend said. Kirby said Riley and his friend It’s unclear whether the attack WASHINGTON: Republican Donald ulations massively,” a move he said FLORIDA: Florida Republican Calvin Riley was shot by an had noticed someone watching them had anything to do with “Pokemon Trump said yesterday he will slash would lift the “anchor” weighing Governor Rick Scott accused the unknown assailant at Aquatic Park from top of a hill that overlooks the Go,” which has become a national taxes, block onerous financial reg- down small businesses, something federal government of lagging in near Ghiradelli Square, the US Park park, but it was dark and they were sensation as legions of fans visit ulations and unleash energy sector Republicans have sought for years providing assistance to combat Police said. mostly looking at their cellphones. real-world landmarks to find and as he pledged to “jump-start Amer- during Obama’s tenure. the spread of the Zika virus in a A family friend said Riley and a National Park Service trap cartoon creatures. ica” with a new economic plan if he Calling for such a moratorium Miami-area neighbourhood, the is elected president. could help the New York real estate site of the first US transmission He unveiled his plan during a tycoon win support from small busi- of the virus. speech in economically depressed ness owners who have argued they Scott was speaking on NBC’s Detroit as he resets his campaign have been over-regulated under “Meet the Press” about the neigh- ‘Model’ protest and focuses on policies that draw a Obama’s presidency. bourhood of Wynwood, where sharp contrast with his Democratic Trump also proposed repealing crew began aerial spraying on White House rival Hillary Clinton. the estate tax, the controversial levy Thursday to kill virus-carry- “We are in a competition with on the estates of the deceased val- ing mosquitoes. Zika can cause the world, and I want America to ued at above $5.45m. microcephaly, a rare but devas- win,” Trump told the Detroit Eco- “American workers have paid tating birth defect. nomic Club, as he highlighted taxes their whole lives, and they The governor said state health “disastrous” policies he said have should not be taxed again at death— authorities had identified 16 cases snuffed out US jobs in nearly eight it’s just plain wrong,” Trump said. of Zika that were spread by local years of Barack Obama’s presidency. He also announced a plan to mosquitoes and criticised the “I want to jump-start America. allow parents to “fully deduct” federal government for failing to It can be done, and it won’t even be childcare costs from their taxes. get more involved in battling the that hard,” he said to applause. The speech was interrupted virus. Trump laid out a series of poli- more than a dozen times by pro- Scott said he asked US Cent- cies he said are aimed at revitalising testers, who were escorted out by ers for Disease Control and a limping economic engine, includ- security. Prevention (CDC) Director Tho- ing a sharp reduction of corporate “There will be no change under mas Frieden earlier this week for tax to 15 percent from 35 percent, Hillary Clinton—only four more 10,000 additional Zika prepared- something he floated back in Sep- years of Obama,” he warned. “But ness kits. tember as a way to lure back US we are going to look boldly into the “We still need the federal corporations that relocated abroad. future.” government to show up. The He would also set a 10 percent Clinton, he said, offers more of President and Congress have to tax on the “trillions of dollars from the same: “more taxes, more reg- work together. This is a national, American businesses that is now ulations, more bureaucrats, more international issue. It’s not just a parked overseas” and gets repatri- restrictions on American energy.” Florida issue,” Scott said. ated into the United States. The Clinton camp, in an effort to A representative for the CDC Members of Colombian community protest at the Luis G Urbina Park in Mexico City against the recent Personal taxes would drop too, get out ahead of Trump’s economic could not be immediately reached murder of Colombian model Stephanie Magon. with seven tax brackets compressed plan, released a video savaging “the for the comment. to just three. dangers of Trumponomics.” BREAK TIME TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 1517

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ONLINE CHART BUST Philippine Ambassador takes charge as ACD chairman www.thepeninsulaqatar.com By Raynald C Rivera The Peninsula MOST READ

‘Bring us home,’ plead Filipino DOHA: Bolstering public awareness 1 migrants stranded in Saudi Arabia of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and promoting trade Computer outage grounds and cooperation between Asean mem- 2 departing Delta Airlines flights bers and Qatar are the key areas the Asean Committee and Doha (ACD) will Oil market on path to rebalancing, work on. 3 OPEC monitoring situation: Qatar This was emphasised at the Asean Day flag-raising ceremony held yester- day at Singapore Embassy here which marked the 49th Asean founding anni- TWEET OF THE DAY versary and saw the handover of ACD chairmanship from Singapore Ambas- sador Wong Kwok Pun to Philippine Ambassador Wilfredo C Santos. While congratulating Wong’s able leadership as ACD chairman, Santos vowed to continue building on the out- going chairman’s innovative initiatives. “Aside from the usual activi- ties that fostered sportsmanship and camaraderie among Asean embas- sies, Ambassador Wong’s stewardship FROM LEFT: Haji Nordin Bin Haji Ahmad, Brunei Ambassador to Qatar; Muhammed Basri Sidehabi, Indonesia saw the group pursue activities such as Ambassador to Qatar; Dato’ Ahmad Jazri Mohamed Johar, Malaysian Ambassador to Qatar; Wong Kwok Pun, the Joint Asean-Qatar Chamber Busi- Singapore Ambassador to Qatar; Wilfredo C Santos, Philippine Ambassador to Qatar; Soonthorn Chaiyindeepum, ness Forum that complemented each Thailand Ambassador to Qatar; and Nguyen Hong, Vietnam Ambassador to Qatar; during Asean Day flag-raising embassy’s bilateral economic initia- ceremony held at Singapore Embassy, yesterday. Pic by: Baher Amin / The Peninsula tives, as well as invited speakers that jump started lively discussions on some comprises Indonesia, Malaysia, the provides the legal foundation and existential challenges in the region that interesting topics,” said Santos. Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, institutional framework for the build- threatens the organisation’s unity and He revealed other initiatives he Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and ing of the Asean Community, and the solidarity. It is therefore imperative wanted to pursue during his one-year Cambodia. Asean 2025: Forging Ahead Together that we strengthen the commonali- term including initiating discussions Wong underscored the achieve- document, setting out the work for ties that bind us, while also celebrating with the academe to achieve greater ments of Asean’s establishment: “Foes the next 10 years in building an Asean diversity and respecting each other’s appreciation of Asean and active have become friends and partners in Community. differences,” stressed Santos. engagement with Qatar and GCC development. We share a common As his term will coincide with the All the ambassadors of Asean Follow us on towards enhancing trade relations desire for peace, security, stability and Philippines’ Asean chairmanship next member countries in Doha were Snapchat among other areas stressing Asean as prosperity. People-to-people linkages year, Santos said he was instructed by present at the gathering including a big market. have increased, bringing the region the Philippines’ Department of For- Brunei Ambassador Haji Nordin Bin Open Snapchat and “Asean today is the 7th largest closer together. More importantly, eign Affairs to organise activities that Haji Ahmad, Malaysian Ambassador economy in the world with a com- regional stability and rapid economic promote Asean awareness in Qatar as Dato Ahmad Jazri Mohd Johar, Viet- scan the Snapcode bined GDP of US$2.6 trillion. It is the progress in Asean has improved the well as highlight each country’s role namese Ambassador Nguyen Hoang, to add The Peninsula 3rd largest market with a population lives of its peoples and attracted world- in Asean and its community-build- Indonesian Ambassador Muhammad account. of 622 million. In 2014, it attracted wide attention and investors.” ing efforts. Basri Sidehabi and Thai Ambassador US$136bn of foreign direct invest- Other milestones Wong men- “Such community-building objec- Soonthorn Chaiyindeepum in addi- ment,” said Wong. tioned were the Asean Charter which tive has become more crucial as tion to prominent community leaders. Formed on August 8, 1967, Asean is a legally binding document that the Asean faces extraordinary and

Pikachu parade Bug fear looms in 900 million Android smartphones: Report

IANS vulnerabilities currently being used the good guys or the bad,” Shaulov in attacks by cyber thieves. added. “I am pretty sure you will see In response, Qualcomm is these vulnerabilities being used believed to have created patches for LONDON: Researchers have report- in the next three to four months,” the bugs and started to use the fixed edly found major security flaws in Michael Shaulov, head of mobility versions in its factories. chips being used in nearly 900 mil- product management at Checkpoint, As a security measure, Android lion Android smartphones globally was quoted as saying. owners should download apps only that could give cyber criminals com- The flaws, which were found in from the official Google Play store. plete access to the data. software that handles graphics and According to Check Point, According to the team from in code that controls communication affected devices include: Black- Israel-based software and hardware between different processes running Berry Priv and Dtek50, Blackphone giant Check Point, the bugs were inside a phone, were revealed after 1 and Blackphone 2, Google Nexus uncovered at the software running six months of work to reverse engi- 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P, HTC One, on chipsets made by US firm Qual- neer Qualcomm’s code. HTC M9 and HTC 10, LG G4, LG G5 comm, BBC reported on Monday. The attackers can exploit the and LG V10, New Moto X by Motorola, Qualcomm processors are bugs to gradually take control over OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus found in about 900 million Android a device and gain access to data. 3, US versions of the Samsung Galaxy Performers wearing Pokemon’s character Pikachu take part in a parade in Yokohama, Japan, yesterday. phones, Check Point said, add- “It is always a race as to who S7 and Samsung S7 Edge and Sony ing that there is no evidence of the finds the bug first, whether it is Xperia Z Ultra. One new drug for three deadly tropical diseases

AFP from parasites sharing a similar and co-author of the study. Before The most deadly of the trio -- but the researchers made a break- against the other two diseases as genetic profile. The scientists iden- proceeding with human trials, trypanosomiasis, commonly known through in experiments with mice. well. There are about two million tified an enzyme common to these researchers need to test the com- as sleeping sickness -- is fatal if left The first step was to infect the cases of leishmaniasis every year pathogens, and then developed a pounds for toxicity, he said in a untreated. Transmitted by the tsetse rodents with parasites genetically in nearly 90 countries worldwide. PARIS: Scientists unveiled findings chemical that targets the enzyme and statement. fly, it is widespread in sub-Saharan modified to emit light. The most severe form -- known as yesterday that could lead to a single prevents it from functioning. In experiments, mice tolerated Africa. “We were able to detect the par- visceral leishmaniasis -- attacks treatment for a trio of deadly mal- They reported their results in the the drug well. To find the poten- Early symptoms include head- asite in the brain using an imaging internal organs, while the more com- adies found mostly in the world’s peer-reviewed journal Nature. tial silver bullet, scientists tested ache, anaemia and joint pains, while system,” explained co-author Elmarie mon variant causes face ulcers and poorest countries. “It’s a breakthrough in our under- three million compounds -- part of later infection produces severe neu- Myburgh, also of the University of disfiguring scars. More than 120 mil- Collectively, these so-called standing of the parasites that cause a chemical library held by drug giant rological and hormonal problems. York. “We then tested the chemi- lion people are at risk from Chagas “neglected tropical diseases” affect the three diseases, potentially allow- Novartis -- on live parasites. As the parasite invades the cal developed by Novartis using our disease, with 300,000 new cases tens of millions of people and claim ing them to be cured,” said Jeremy Using synthetic chemistry, they central nervous system, mental dete- imaging method, which showed that every year. The disease, caused by the more than 50,000 lives each year. Mottram, a professor at the Centre then tweaked the most promising rioration sets in, leading to coma and it can get into the brain and kill the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, results Chagas, sleeping sickness and for Immunology and Infection at molecules to find the one most effec- death. Finding a drug that can target parasite.” in high fever and swollen glands to leishmaniasis are caused by infection the University of York in England, tive against all three diseases. the disease in the brain is difficult, The compound proved effective start, especially in young children. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 18 QE 10,920.29 +130.86 PTS PAGE | 19 DOW 18,520.01 -23.52 PTS Tourism and Powell cites infrastructure to FTSE100 6,809.13 +15.66 PTS growth risks support Thailand BRENT $43.26 +$1.46 to US economy

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Oil market on the path to rebalancing: Al Sada

half of 2016, while the global supply of The Minister said, the economies said an informal meeting of Opec mem- petroleum would weaken. of major oil consuming countries are ber countries is scheduled to take place Informal meeting of “Expectation of higher crude oil expected to improve which in turn would on the sidelines of the 15th International Opec member countries demand in third and fourth quarters of augment oil demand in the coming quar- Energy Forum which will take place in to take place on the 2016, coupled with decrease in availabil- ters, especially in preparation for the Algeria from September 26 to 28. ity, is leading the analysts to conclude that approaching winter season in the North- Meanwhile, crude-oil futures rallied sidelines of the 15th the current bear market is only temporary ern Hemisphere. yesterday, after reports that several mem- International Energy and oil price would increase during later He reminded that investment is bers of the Opec are pushing for a deal to part of 2016,” Dr. Al Sada said in a state- needed not only to meet the growth in freeze production to boost prices. Light, Forum in September. ment issued from Vienna. demand but also to stem the natural sweet crude for September delivery rose The oil price had experienced a steady decline of oil production from operating 59 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $42.39 a bar- improvement since February this year, wells. He alluded to the expected decline rel, while October Brent on London’s ICE following a decline in crude oil produc- in the oil supply vis-à-vis the demand and Futures exchange gained 55 cents, or 1.2 tion, supply outages and a decrease in oil tightening of the markets in the period percent, to $44.82 a barrel. By Satish Kanady inventories, while the global demand for ahead, due to the unprecedented drop The Wall Street Journal reported last The Peninsula oil improved in that period. in capital expenditure in the oil and gas week that several Opec members want to Dr. Al Sada said that the recent decline projects across the globe during 2015 and revive the idea of setting new limits on oil observed in oil prices and the current 2016 leading to curtailment of investments production this fall. Futures have wavered market volatility is only temporary. which were scheduled to be undertaken for the last several sessions around the DOHA: Sounding a positive note about the These are more of an outcome resulting over the next four years. low $40-a-barrel mark after last week’s crude-oil market, Minister of Energy and from weaker refinery margins, inven- Opec continues to monitor devel- rebound from bear-market lows. The recent Industry H E Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al tory overhang — particularly of product opments closely, and is in constant slump in prices have revived concerns over Sada (pictured) , who is also the president stocks, timing of Brexit and its impact on deliberations with all member states on a supply glut in the market, fueling worries of Opec, said yesterday the oil demand the financial futures markets, including ways and means to help restore stability among some Opec countries that the price was expected to be strong in the second that of crude oil. and order to the oil market. Dr. Al Sada is becoming too low again. Turkey seeks more Qatari investments

By M.V.A. Kumar trade partner from among the The Peninsula Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries. The ambassador and other top Turkish diplomats said this, while DOHA: Turkey urged Qatari inves- addressing a reception hosted by the tors to support it with investments, Turkish Businessmen Association – setting aside all doubts, if any, about Qatar at Shangri-la Hotel on Sunday. the ground situation in the country They indicated that though the stock following the failed attempt to desta- market and the Turkish lira took a bilise the country’s freedom and huge hit in the days following the democracy last month. coup attempt, both were now stead- Ahmet Demirok, Turkey’s ily on the path of recovery. ambassador to Qatar, reassured the Burak Guresci, Commercial Qatari business community in the Counsellor of Turkey in Qatar, said presence of Muhammed bin Ahmed that contracting is a major source of Ahmet Demirok, Turkey’s ambassador to Qatar, and Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari, Vice Chairman of Qatar Chamber, with members bin Towar Al Kuwari, Vice Chairman revenue for the Turkish economy and of Turkish Businessmen Association and Qatar Chamber, during the reception in Doha on Sunday. Pic: Abdul B/The Peninsula of Qatar Chamber, that the elected that between 2005 and 2015, Turkish government of his country was fully companies had bagged 120 contracts in control and in a position to ensure in Qatar worth nearly $27bn. Banking, he said, was one of the machinery and equipment, motor Turkish investments in Qatar are a serious threat to tourism, a major that trade and business could be car- He said a number of Turkish main areas of bilateral co-operation vehicles and parts, home textile focused mainly in the construction revenue earner for his country. He ried on as normal. companies were involved in Qatar and it had great potential for invest- products, furniture and food are the sector and consultancy services. said the country had managed to While assuring Qatar of Turkey’s Rail projects and in this context he ments by Qatari businessmen. other exports. On the impact of recent political normalise relations with Russia and support during a time of slow eco- hoped Qatar’s LNG exports would According to official data, one of Turkey’s main imports from imbroglio on Turkey’s tourism sec- relations with the Gulf Co-operation nomic growth, he underscored the do well ensuring strong economic the country’s main exports to Qatar Qatar are natural gas, plastics, plastic tor, the Turkish ambassador said Council countries are also becom- importance of Qatar as an important growth for the country. is iron and steel products. Electrical products and chemical derivatives. terrorism, among other factors, was ing stronger. Soccerex to highlight World Cup business opportunities in Qatar

The Peninsula 2022 FIFA World CupTM. With more than 30 Soccerex shares the Supreme Committee’s heavily in sports science and player perform- an enhanced physical presence in this rare- large scale infrastructure and stadia related commitment to football’s global development. ance with the state of the art Aspire Centre fied business environment at the HQ Hotel, tenders currently open ahead of this ground- Kindly join us in welcoming this opportu- leading the way in athlete development and the Grand Hyatt Doha. breaking tournament, the Asian Forum will nity for Qatar to further develop its growing Aspetar, sport hospital that is a FIFA cen- Commenting on the announcement, DOHA: Soccerex, the global football busi- allow delegates to hear from, and connect reputation as a premier host of football and tre of medical excellence. Utilising this local Soccerex CEO Duncan Revie said: “I am abso- ness event provider, will be staging a new two with, the decision makers directly respon- sport-related events” expertise, the subjects of player development lutely thrilled to be bringing the Soccerex day Forum in Qatar on 5-6 December 2016, sible for their fulfilment. The first World Cup to be staged in the and sports medicine will feature as part of experience to Qatar, with the support of the with the support of the Supreme Committee Nasser Al Khater, Assistant Secretary Middle East is undoubtedly the pinnacle a diverse and thought leading programme Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, for Delivery & Legacy, that will showcase the General, Tournament Affairs for the Supreme of Qatar’s commitment to football, and to offering expert insight into the key football at this crucial stage of preparations ahead of huge business potential of the region. Committee for Delivery and Legacy com- sport in general; a commitment that has business streams affecting the region. the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The Asian Forum The Soccerex Asian Forum 2016 will take mented: “During Qatar’s bid to host the 2022 extended to significant investment in Euro- In addition to the conference programme, will showcase the passion and commitment place at the magnificent 5 star Grand Hyatt FIFA World CupTM and on many occasions pean Football through the ownership of Paris the Forum will offer a variety of structured of this extraordinary country towards the Doha Hotel and will provide the global foot- since we won hosting rights, Soccerex has St Germain and Qatar Airways sponsorship and informal networking opportunities, growth of the beautiful game and will provide ball industry with unique insight, and access, provided us with a crucial platform to dis- of FC Barcelona. conducted around an exhibition that will an important staging post for the interna- to the key development projects ahead of the seminate our key messages. Furthermore In recent years, Qatar has also invested allow a select group of companies to have tional market ahead of the tournament.” 18 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS Qatar Airways Investcorp to sell Tyrrells to Amplify for £300m The Peninsula Mohammed Mahfoodh Alardhi, Executive Chairman, said: “The sale of Tyrrells comes at a time when Investcorp is experiencing an excep- in ‘100 Global DOHA: Investcorp, a global provider tionally active period having just and manager of alternative invest- recently seen Mubadala Develop- ment products, which has extensive ment Company acquire a 20 percent operations in the GCC region, includ- interest in the Firm. The success of ing Qatar, yesterday announced that Investcorp’s on-going activities is Challengers’ it has agreed to the sale of Crisps testament to our ability to create Topco Limited (Tyrrells) to the US- global leaders across a multitude based Amplify Snack Brands, Inc of industries, launch companies (Amplify) for an enterprise value of onto significant growth trajectories From 2009-2014, the 2016 glo- £300m (nearly QR1.42bn). and deliver undisputed value to our bal challengers from the Middle East Founded at Tyrrells Court Farm, stakeholders.” Other four firms from have grown about 1.5 times in rev- Herefordshire, in 2002, Tyrrells is “Tyrrells is a great British success the GCC which have enue size — and some companies a premium manufacturer of hand- story, which we have been delighted featured in the BCG such as Emirates Global Aluminum cooked potato and vegetable crisps, to play a part in. Three years ago we and Qatar Airways have even dra- popcorn and other savory snacks. saw the opportunity to export a fan- list include Emirates matically doubled in size. Tyrrells has successfully built on in the UK. International markets now Germany, further expanding its bet- tastic domestic brand and that has Global Aluminum, Overall, global challengers the brand strength of its core prod- account for close to 40 percent of ter-for-you snacking portfolio into been our focus, through two trans- from the region have witnessed uct offering to diversify into other sales compared to 20 percent three organic and gluten-free products, formative acquisitions and by driving Etihad Airways, their revenues rise from approxi- premium snack categories, including years ago. creating a truly diversified pre- growth in the UK and many interna- Etisalat, and SABIC. mately $80bn to $133bn — which popcorn, tortilla chips and vegeta- Investcorp Group has offices in mium snacks player. Investcorp’s tional markets,” he said. constitutes nearly 6 percent of ble crisps. Bahrain, London, New York, Saudi knowledge and expertise in bring- David Milner, Chief Executive of the Middle East’s $2.2 trillion GDP Investcorp acquired Tyrrells Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Doha and ing together family run businesses Tyrrells, said: “From the outset when (2014). Moreover, they have man- in August 2013 for £100m and has has business operations three areas proved instrumental in the acqui- Tyrrells was acquired by Investcorp aged to maintain higher gross overseen an extensive transforma- which include corporate investment, sitions, further expanding Tyrrells’ we projected ambitious growth strat- By Mohammad Shoeb margins and revenue CAGRs than tion of the Company in which sales real estate investment and alterna- global reach. Investcorp also oversaw egies and that’s exactly what we have The Peninsula many emerging markets such as and EBITDA more than doubled and tive investment solutions. significant investments in Tyrrells’ delivered. It has been a hugely suc- Latin America and Africa. employee numbers grew by over 70 Under Investcorp’s ownership, manufacturing capacity and brand. cessful partnership resulting in a “Challengers from the Middle percent globally, 30 percent of which Tyrrells has grown organically and Completion of the sale is subject to business which is in great shape for East have been particularly suc- were new employee positions created through acquisitions in Australia and competition clearance. further international expansion.” DOHA: Qatar Airways is among five cessful in delivering growth and GCC companies in the list of ‘100 profitability — and most have also Global Challengers’ from emerg- managed to create exceptional ing markets which are expanding shareholder value, especially Ericsson Middle their business operations very rap- compared to their local and global idly and have started influencing the peers,” added Mirko Rubeis, Part- Tourism and infrastructure to East appoints global market hitherto dominated ner and Managing Director in BCG’s by major players from advanced Dubai office. “In fact, in terms of network and countries. profits, between 2005 and 2014, support Thailand’s economy According to a new study by global challengers from the region The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) achieved a growth rate approxi- technology leaders these 100 companies from emerg- mately 1.5 times greater than S&P ing markets have stood the test of 500 companies and global peers.” Reuters to monitor the secondary impacts time, moved into the global spot- In that very time frame, Mid- of Brexit. Certain sectors of our The Peninsula light, and reshaped the landscape dle East challengers generated an economy have been hit by China’s of their industries — and of key geo- earnings before interest and taxes transition. But we expect to see bet- graphic markets. (EBIT) margin of 16 percent; in par- BANGKOK: Thailand’s record tourist ter government disbursement for DOHA: Ericsson Middle East has The report titled ‘Global Lead- allel, S&P 500 companies and global arrivals and public works spending large projects in the second half of announced new appointments to ers, Challengers, and Champions: peers, achieved a margin of 12 per- are expected to offset weak domestic the year.” its leadership team bringing net- The Engines of Emerging Market’ cent and 11 percent, respectively. demand and global economic drag, The central bank has predicted work and technology leaders to marks the 10th anniversary of the In addition, challengers from keeping Southeast Asia’s second- economic growth of 3.1 percent this serve its customers in the region. first publication of BCG’s list of glo- the region have also effectively kept largest economy on course for 3.1 year, with exports contracting 2.5 Isil Yalcin, Chafic Traboulsi bal challengers. pace with local stock indices. percent growth this year, the central percent. and Teemu Salmi have assumed Remarkably, the 2016 edition Among the Middle East chal- bank Governor said in an interview. The economy expanded 2.8 per- their offices with effect from July has the highest number of compa- lengers identified by BCG over years, The trade-dependent economy cent last year, picking up from 0.8 1. Isil Yalcin is appointed Head nies from the Middle East ever. The 12 percent are graduates, 59 percent has been hit hard by the deteriorat- percent growth in 2014 when polit- of Network Products for Erics- other four firms from the GCC which remain global challengers and 28 ing global economic environment ical turmoil brought the country to son, Region Middle East. Chafic have featured in the list include percent continue to be successful and the slowdown in demand for the verge of recession. Traboulsi is appointed Head of Emirates Global Aluminum, Eti- (they were either acquired or have exports, which the Bank of Thai- In the first quarter, the Thai Network Services for Ericsson, had Airways, Etisalat, and SABIC, gone local). In short, none of them land (BOT) expects to decline for economy grew 0.9 percent on the Region Middle East. Teemu Salmi a Riyadh-based diversified manu- declined in size. the fourth consecutive year in 2016. previous quarter and 3.2 percent is appointed Head of IT & Cloud- facturing company. Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways and Tourism has been one of the on the year. for Ericsson, Region Middle East. “The global challengers are Qatar Airways, two of the fastest- few bright spots in the Thai econ- The military government has Commenting on the the leading edge of a much larger growing airlines in the Middle East omy, and government spending on talked up plans for big infrastruc- announcement, Rafiah Ibrahim, group of companies from emerg- made both the 2013 and 2014 lists. big ticket infrastructure should give ture projects since seizing power President of Ericsson Region Mid- ing markets that, despite economic In recent years, both airlines have a jolt to the sluggish economy later in a May 2014 coup, but has spent dle East and Africa said:“These uncertainty, are powering ahead succeeded in leveraging the region’s in the year, BOT Governor Veerathai little. That should change now big appointments will enable us to with confidence and ambition,” said favorable geostrategic location as a Santiprabhob (pictured) said. projects have gone to auction, Veer- continue adding value to our Cristiano Rizzi, Partner and Manag- transportation hub at the crossroads “We are on track,” Veerathai athai said, adding spending would customers and drive their trans- ing Director in BCG’s Dubai office. of Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Africa. said in an interview. “We’ll have increase again in 2017. formation agenda.” “I look forward to drive this exciting part of the business. Our key focus is innovation to con- tinuously introduce the most Doha Bank bags Qatar Domestic Trade Finance Bank of the Year award advanced technology solutions to our customers” said Yalcin. “I am excited to assume this The Peninsula financial industry, recognized the Dr. R Seetharaman, CEO of in helping clients tap into trade and he added. Doha Bank’s pioneer- position with the ambition of best-performing banks from 22 Doha Bank, said: “This award is a infrastructure opportunities.” ing role in trade finance services exceeding our customers’ expec- countries across a number of cate- recognition of our strong, unwaver- “Adequate trade finance has an has earned regional and interna- tations by offering them the best gories. ing commitment to supporting the important role to play in boosting tional repute for over 33 years. With Network Services in the midst of DOHA: Doha Bank, one of the lead- Among the panel of judges were financing needs of business enter- exports, improving SME competi- its centralised approach to manag- a transforming telecommunica- ing private commercial banks in industry leaders and experts com- prises in Qatar. Our trade finance tiveness and accelerating national ing key operations and its ability to tions era,”said Traboulsi. Qatar, has been recognized as ‘Qatar prising senior members of Deloitte, operations boast decades of expe- economic growth. Doha Bank rec- make swift adjustments in response “I look forward to work on Domestic Trade Finance Bank of the Association of Southeast Asian rience in handling transactions in ognizes this fact and we have been to changing market demands, the achieving our company’s strategy Year’ at the ‘Asian Banking & Finance Nations (Asean), Ernst & Young, the local, Middle East and interna- diligent in ensuring that our resolve Bank supports international trade to enable the Networked Society Awards 2016’ held recently in Sin- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Asia tional markets, and our vast network, to support trade finance remains through its representative offices in where everything that can benefit gapore. The annual awards, among Pacific Network of Science & Tech- combined with the proven efficacy of undimmed even during volatile and London, Frankfurt, Singapore, Syd- from connectivity will be con- the most prestigious in the Asian nology Centres (ASPAC), and KPMG. our services, have been instrumental challenging market conditions,” ney, Toronto, and Hong Kong. nected,” said Salmi. Disappointing China July imports suggest cooling domestic demand

Reuters Government efforts to cut over- Capital Economics’ China economist capacity could produce an even Julian Evans-Pritchard said in a note. bigger hit to demand in the next few “The country’s export growth is likely quarters, Ma added. to remain subdued for some time.” BEIJING: China’s exports and Exports fell 4.4 percent on-year, Economists polled had expected imports fell more than expected in the General Administration of Cus- trade to remain weak but show some July in a rocky start to the third quar- toms said on Monday, while adding signs of moderating as factories gear ter, pointing to further weakness in that it expects pressure on shipments up for orders heading into the peak global demand in the aftermath of likely will start to ease in October. year-end shopping season. Britain’s decision to leave the Euro- That resulted in a trade surplus July exports had been expected pean Union. of $52.31bn in July, the biggest since to fall 3.0 percent, compared with Imports fell 12.5 percent from a January, versus June’s $48.11bn. a 4.8 percent decline in June, while year earlier, the biggest decline since China’s imports have now imports were seen falling 7.0 percent, February and suggesting China’s declined for 21 straight months, following June’s drop of 8.4 percent. domestic demand may be faltering while exports have fallen for 12 of 13 China’s exports underwhelmed despite a flurry of measures to stim- months, helping to drag economic despite still-strong shipments of steel ulate economic growth. growth to its slowest in a quarter of and oil products, with the latter hit- “I think (the drop in imports) is a century. “Signs of stronger man- ting a record. China has come under mainly from the demand side,” said ufacturing activity among many of fire from trading partners accusing Ma Xiaoping, an economist at HSBC China’s key trading partners has it of dumping its excess industrial in Beijing. so far failed to lift export growth,” capacity in global markets. A truck transports containers at a port in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong province, yesterday. BUSINESS TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 19

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 10,920.29 1.21 % QE Total Return Index 17,668.31 1.21 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 4,187.1 1.19 % QE All Share Index 3,008 1.05 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,981.09 1.84 % QE All Share Industrials 3,279.85 0.53 % QE All Share Transportation 2,588.57 0.16 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,738.46 0.93 % QE All Share Insurance 4,327.58 0.05 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,207.43 1.01 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,587.49 0.21 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 08-08-2016 Today 07-08-2016 Previous day Index 10,920.29 10,789.43 Change 130.86 108.35 % 1.21 1.01 YTD% 4.71 3.45 Volume 11,656,216 6,713,404 Value (QAR) 509,599,546.26 274,049,322.92 Trades 5,411 4,283 Up 27 | Down 13 | Unchanged 02

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5551.351 -70.796 -1.26 5691.8 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4310.35 -17.64 -0.41 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 18313.77 -90.74 -0.49 18622 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 21739.12 -390.02 -1.76 22300.51 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 5746.79 24.11 0.42 6791.68 5286.65 Karachi 100 In/D 39615.76 -171.17 -0.43 39917.13 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16083.11 -308.34 -1.88 18951.12 14864.01 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2178.29 1810.1

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130.86 points, to close at 10,920.29 Bank dropping 0.6 percent. Riyadh’s main index rose 0.5 accumulated shares, bourse data Meanwhile, most equity markets points, a nine-month high. Vodafone Dubai’s index ended the ses- percent to 6,319 points with the pet- showed. rose worldwide yesterday as bright Egypt at 13-month Qatar jumped 6.0 percent in unusu- sion flat at 3,511 points in thin trade rochemical sector gaining for a third Telecom Egypt rose 0.8 percent US jobs data generally eclipsed the high as local and ally heavy trade and the largest listed with just under half of traded shares session in a row as Brent oil traded after Egypt’s landline monopoly said impact of poor Chinese trade num- foreign funds buy. stock, Qatar National Bank, added 2.3 declining and a little over a fifth gain- above $44 a barrel, recovering from a on Sunday that its board gave final bers and the oil price climbed, dealers percent. ing. Builder Arabtec, which climbed four-month low of $41.51 hit on Aug. 2. approval of plans to buy a fourth- said. From the 44 companies listed on 3.4 percent yesterday, retreated 1.3 Industry bellwether Saudi Basic generation mobile phone licence, Frankfurt and Paris both QE, shares of 42 saw trading. From percent. Industries added 0.3 percent and an although the price was not dis- advanced, while London was little these 27 gained, 13 closed lower and Kuwait’s Agility climbed as affiliate of SABIC, Saudi Kayan Petro- closed, according to a senior source changed after losing initial gains. Agencies two remained unchanged. Indices of much as 1.0 percent but ultimately chemical , jumped 4.5 percent. at the company. This would allow the Wall Street stocks opened slightly six sectors ended in the green and one closed flat after the logistics com- Some domestic demand-driven company to be a direct player in the higher, adding to records as oil prices in the red. pany reported an 11 percent rise in companies also advanced with mobile phone market. rose and Wal-Mart shares edged up Abu Dhabi’s index reversed an second-quarter net profit to KD15m retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair Orascom Telecom, the most heav- on news of its acquisition of online DUBAI: Stock markets in Qatar and early decline to add 0.1 percent to ($50m), ahead of SICO Bahrain’s fore- climbing 5.0 percent. ily traded stock on the exchange, retailer Jet.com. Egypt closed at multi-month highs 4,549 points as some mid-cap shares cast of KD13.7m. In Egypt, the main index edged jumped 5.3 percent but Global Tele- Oil prices advanced as the Organ- yesterday on the back of firm global advanced. Abu Dhabi National Energy Kuwait’s main index advanced 0.5 up 0.6 percent to a 13-month closing com Holding fell 1.5 percent. isation of Petroleum Exporting bourses, while Saudi Arabia’s stock Co surged 8.0 percent. percent to 5,516 points, supported by high of 8,273 points. Trading vol- The Oman index edged up 0.2 Countries said it would hold infor- market was supported by a recovery First Gulf Bank rose 0.4 percent banking shares. Boubyan Bank rose umes almost doubled from Sunday percent to 5,887 points, while the mal talks next month, potentially in oil prices. but most other large-cap lenders 1.3 percent and Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait to its highest level since mid-April Bahrain index slipped 0.2 percent to signaling tougher action in response Qatar’s index rose 1.21 percent, lagged, with Abu Dhabi Commercial added 1.6 percent. as both local and foreign institutions 1,155 points. to weak oil prices. 20 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Britain’s fintech Monte dei Paschi woes sector seeks light at end of Brexit tunnel add up to large fees

By Jemima Kelly investors and avoid a cash flow and Huw Jones crunch from delayed payments. Reuters “Following the result of the UK referendum, many might perceive investing in fintech as a risk,” said Sylwester Janik, ix weeks after Britain’s a senior partner at MCI Cap- vote to leave the European ital, a Polish venture capital Union threw London’s firm that has invested £7.2m in future as a leading global MarketInvoice. Sfintech hub into doubt, there are “We see an economic slow- tentative signs the country’s rep- down and a distracted banking utation for innovation in financial sector as a potential opportunity services will survive. to fuel growth of the platform.” From high in a skyscraper Santander InnoVentures, the in Canary Wharf to Victorian Spanish bank’s London-based warehouses around “Silicon fintech venture capital fund, said Roundabout”, some of the start- last month it was doubling in size, ups Britain has fostered to make to $200m. Mariano Belinky, a its vital finance sector more effi- managing partner, said the idea cient are less anxious than they of fintech firms leaving London were about the decision. in the aftermath of Brexit was “The first week was sad, peo- “not reality”. The headquarters of the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank situated in Siena, in the Italian region of Tuscany. ple were confused and did not Lawrence Wintermeyer, understand the reality of it all,” CEO of fintech trade body Inno- said 28-year-old Daumantas vate Finance, agreed. “While By Pamela Barbaglia call. In 2014, it spent more than any other pre-underwriting agreement which by def- Dvilinskas, who heads one of people were in shock on (June) and Anjuli Davies company in Europe on investment bank- inition is not a hard underwriting and is not dozens of fintech firms crammed 24th, most fintechs are actually Reuters ing fees, paying advisers nearly $304m for a commitment.” The lack of commitment into three floors of the Wharf’s focused on the opportunity now,” its €5bn capital hike, according to a data. means the plan can still fall apart. One Canada Square tower. he said. By contrast Deutsche Bank paid about Any failure of the world’s oldest bank The start-ups in the “Level 39” He said it would be difficult €119m in 2014 to underwriters for its €8bn would damage the entire Italian banking Canary Wharf hub worried the to know whether funding had taly’s troubled lenders are offering capital hike, according to the prospectus system and could spark contagion across surprise June 23 vote to leave the slowed down for the next cou- lucrative opportunities for invest- for its rights issue. Europe so Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s EU would cost Britain access to ple of quarters but that he had ment banks, with Monte dei Paschi If successful, the bank’s rescue plan government has pressured Italian and Europe’s single market, shrink- heard of pre-referendum funding di Siena set to pay some of the high- will see even higher fees as it involves the international investment banks to make ing their talent pool, putting off agreements with break clauses est fees in Europe this year to arrange creation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) the rescue work, sources said. foreign investors and damaging added in the case of a Brexit vote. Iits high stakes rescue plan. to hoover up Monte dei Paschi’s bad loans. A spokesman for the Italian government, the country’s fintech status. On the face of it, Dvilinskas’ The emergency deal, orchestrated by That part of the plan could net banks up however, said he was not aware of any pres- Access to the single mar- firm’s business model has been Mediobanca and JPMorgan, to save the to €300m, sources said, pointing to the sure on banks. The government does not ket remains key, and uncertain, rocked by the EU vote, but he has 544-year-old bank, will incur about €250m need for a €6bn syndicated bridge loan to want to mount its own rescue because since the government has yet to no plans to leave. in underwriting fees for a proposed €5bn provide financing to the special purpose European rules say this would mean impos- clarify what sort of agreement it His company, transferGo, capital hike, according to three sources vehicle to begin buying up the debt. ing losses on bondholders and depositors will seek with the EU in talks that offers a cheap way for Eastern involved in the deal. That comes on top of A bridge loan — which Monte dei Paschi above €100,000. The absence of financial could take years. That has put European workers in Britain nearly €400m the bank has paid in the past said in its turnaround plan is a possibil- support from the government also pushes many businesses into a holding to send money home via web two years for other capital hikes. ity — is seen by sources as inevitable since up the size of the fees. Freeman consult- pattern and made some, includ- browsers or smartphones; both There is no certainty the proposed res- the timetable to split the Tuscan lender into ing estimates the fees will be between 2.5 ing in fintech, consider leaving immigration into Britain and its cue plan will proceed, but if it is carried a good and bad bank and simultaneously and 4 percent of the overall equity raised Britain. But a series of startups free access to other EU mem- out successfully, investment banks working raise cash is too tight. compared to 0.5 to 1 percent if the govern- in fintech, which owes much of bers financial markets are now with Monte dei Paschi will have generated a Monte dei Paschi and its global coordi- ment were to intervene. its success to the global financial in doubt. Dvilinskas, who built payday of close to €1bn over the past three nators JPMorgan and Mediobanca aim to Adding to the overall uncertainty in crisis of 2008-09, when peo- his start-up from a single rented years, though the bank’s market value cur- carry out the cash call by the end of the year, Italy is a referendum on constitutional ple lost faith in banks and other desk chair to a 15-person office rently stands at €747m. “The scale of fees most likely in November, the sources said. reform that Renzi called for October. He financial institutions and sought in four years, said the loss of so that potentially are there in the Italian The large bill reflects the risk that the has said he will stand down if he loses sup- alternatives, are already showing called passporting rights for UK- banking market — from restructurings and deal will not happen because investors are port — a gamble that could revive market their adaptive mettle. based financial services to sell consolidation — are substantial,” said Peter reluctant to sign up to the capital increase turbulence in Italy just before the planned Fintech, or financial tech- across Europe would be a “deal- Hahn, professor of banking at the London due to Monte dei Paschi’s history of failed November cash call. nology, aims to “disrupt” breaker”, but is planning for a Institute of Banking & Finance. turnaround plans, uncertain market condi- For large investment banks Monte dei mainstream banking and pay- future here. Monte dei Paschi tions and fear of increased exposure to the Paschi is seen as a portal to other lucrative ments by offering cheaper “We have less risk tolerance emerged as the worst eurozone’s third largest economy. “It is way deals including the upcoming capital hike and easier-to-use Internet or and we are building up a contin- performer in Euro- more expensive than any other equity cap- for UniCredit. “Industries that restructure smartphone based services like gency budget,” he said. pean stress tests on July ital markets (ECM) deal in Europe because and reconfigure create lots of fees and it’s payment Apps and peer-to-peer Innovate Finance reckons 29 and Italy’s largest of the risk profile of the transaction,” said important to be there,” said Hahn. lending platforms or digital cur- 30 percent of the sector’s 61,000 lender, UniCredit , was a London-based analyst who stressed the Until June, UBS and Citigroup had acted rencies like bitcoin. workers are from overseas, with also among the banks “country risk” adds to the operational com- as Monte dei Paschi’s main advisors. For Several firms have closed most from the European Union. which fared badly. plexity of the transaction. the past two years they have tried to find funding rounds since the ref- But it found in a post-Brexit Monte dei Paschi’s The bank has said it would plug capital the bank a merger partner without success. erendum, including online survey that access to for- Any failure of the poor showing in the shortfalls and restore its health by splitting The Swiss bank, under its charismatic peer-to-peer lending plat- eign investment was the area world’s oldest bank tests — which predicted into a good and bad bank. The plan envis- investment bank president Andrea Orcel, form MarketInvoice, based just start-ups see as most critical its capital would be ages the sale of €9.2bn in bad loans and a also acted as global coordinator for Monte off a traffic circle in London’s to Britain’s fintech status, with would damage the wiped out if there was a €5bn capital increase. dei Paschi’s previous capital hikes in 2014 Shoreditch district dubbed “Sili- passporting seen as less vital for entire Italian banking severe economic down- But none of the dozens of banks con- and 2015. However JPMorgan, whose lend- con Roundabout” in a downbeat fintech than for bigger institu- turn — came despite it tacted by the troubled lender in recent ing, trading and investing activities in Italy British nod to California’s “Sili- tions like banks. system and could tapping investors for weeks to form an underwriting consortium amounted to $6.8bn in 2015, won govern- con Valley”. Britain’s fintech sector gener- spark contagion across cash twice since 2014. have made firm commitments to guarantee ment’s support for its rescue plan in July, The company allows small ated £6.6bn in revenue last year, Last year the bank its proposed €5bn cap hike, sources said. along with Mediobanca, after its chief exec- firms to sell their invoices to EY said in a report. Europe. paid €130m to a pool of Mediobanca Chief Executive utive Jamie Dimon met Renzi in Rome, banks for a €3bn cash Alberto Nagel said on Friday “this is a sources said. Hedge fund short covering probably accounts for oil rally

By John Kemp same period. Longs were cut from 743 mil- barrels set in September 2014. anticipated a bout of short covering, which Reuters lion barrels to as little as 691 million but have Hedge funds’ ultra-bearishness towards is probably why many clung on to long posi- recently been boosted back to 714 million. oil extends well beyond the crude market. tions and did not liquidate them despite the The past nine weeks have seen the fourth Hedge funds have also added nearly 16 mil- drop in prices. hedge fund short-selling cycle in WTI since lion barrels of short positions in NYMEX In fact, hedge funds have boosted their enchmark crude prices have risen the start of 2015 and a corresponding decline gasoline futures since the end of May. combined long positions in NYMEX and ICE almost 8 percent since early last in WTI prices. But the price drop has been Hedge funds have established an WTI in each of the last five weeks by a total week in what has all the hallmarks smaller than during previous short-selling extremely rare net short position in NYMEX of 20 million barrels, apparently anticipat- of a short-covering rally. Brent cycles, given a similar accumulation of short gasoline, amounting to 4 million barrels, for ing a reversal. Long positions in Brent crude Bfutures for October have risen by more than positions, which is probably due to the per- only the fifth time since 2006. have also risen in each of the last two weeks $3 per barrel from a low of $41.80 on August sistence of long positions. Hedge fund short positions in gasoline by a total of almost 10 million barrels. 2 to over $45 in trading earlier yesterday. Hedge funds with a more bullish out- amount to 42 million barrels, the largest The rally has no doubt been fuelled by WTI futures for October delivery have look on oil prices have chosen to maintain or number of shorts since January, and only 9 the forthcoming informal meeting of minis- Hedge funds and other risen by $3 per barrel over the same period even add to their long positions in WTI rather million barrels below the record of 52 mil- ters from the Organisation of the Petroleum money managers from $40.30 to $43.30. than liquidate them, limiting the price slide. lion set in November 2015. Exporting Countries in September and the Hedge funds and other money managers The concentration of hedge fund short By August 2, hedge fund short positions possibility of another attempt to coordinate accumulated a substantial accumulated a substantial number of short positions has left prices vulnerable to a sharp across the crude and products complex were output cuts. There are good reasons to treat number of short positions positions in crude oil and petrol over the nine reversal in the event that prices stop sliding beginning to look over-extended. discussions about the meeting with extreme weeks since the end of May. or hedge funds try to lock in some of their Anything that caused prices to rise, or caution. The ratio of Opec meetings to Opec in crude oil and petrol Hedge funds had amassed short positions profits. Hedge funds have added an extra 178 just break the momentum behind the price output cuts is very high. So far ministers have over the nine weeks since in Brent and WTI equivalent to 374 million million barrels of shorts in WTI since the end falls, was likely to trigger a fierce short cov- repeated bromides about monitoring mar- barrels by August 2, the highest number since of May. The total short position of 248 million ering rally. Data on how hedge fund positions ket developments and given no indication a the end of May. the middle of January. The number of short barrels is only 13 million barrels below the changed in the second half of last week will serious effort to reach an output agreement positions in the three major Brent and WTI record of 261 million set in November 2015. not be published until this coming Friday. is underway. contracts has more than tripled since the end In Brent, hedge fund short positions have But it seems likely they will show a But given how extended hedge funds had of May when it stood as low as 104 million increased by 90 million barrels to 125 mil- reduction in short positions and/or increase become on the short side, the prospect of a barrels. There has been comparatively little lion barrels, which is only 32 million barrels in longs coinciding with the sharp price rally would have risen sharply even without change in hedge fund long positions over the below the record short position of 157 million increase. Some hedge funds seem to have chatter from Opec. TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 21

England name South Africa bans four over match fixing unchanged squad for fourth Test AFP evidence to suggest that an actual formerly contracted to the Lions, is have conducted myself in a man- banned for 20 years after admitting fix in any match was carried out, said to have received a payment or ner that amounts to a contravention charges of “contriving or attempt- these players all participated in incentive to fix a match. of the ethical code of conduct of ing to fix matches” in South Africa’s AFP material discussions about match He was given a 10-year ban, and Cricket South Africa,” said Symes. domestic Twenty20 competition. JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South fixing,” said Cricket South Africa so was Mbhalati, a bowler formerly The bans came into effect on Bodi acted as an intermediary Africa said yesterday they had chief executive Haroon Lorgat. contracted to the Titans. August 1. The International Cricket for international betting syndicates banned four players following a Tsolekile, who received a Symes was handed a seven- Council (ICC) praised the sanctions in approaching players involved in BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KING- match fixing probe of the 2015 12-year-ban, is said to have failed year ban for failing to disclose to the as “rightly strong”, adding that the the tournament. DOM: James Vince was passed fit domestic Twenty20 competition. to disclose to the authorities “details authorities a payment given to him. players won’t be allowed to com- Tony Irish, chief executive of to play after England named an The banned players were named of an approach to engage in corrupt “Our attitude towards any form pete in any league anywhere in the both the South African Cricketers’ unchanged 13-man squad for next as Jean Symes, Pumelela Mat- conduct” in the 2015 competition. of corruption is clear and hence why world. Association and the international week’s fourth Test against Paki- shikwe, Ethy Mbhalati and Thami Tsolekile, 35, toured England we have imposed the firm sanc- “What is particularly satisfying players’ representative body, said stan at The Oval. Tsolekile, the former South African as South Africa’s back-up wicket- tions,” said Lorgat. to note is that it appears that any it was a sad day for cricket but took Vince suffered an injury to Test wicketkeeper. keeper in 2003 and played in three Lorgat said investigations were intended wrongdoing was disrupted heart from the fact that there had the fourth or ring finger of his left “The banning of these four play- Test matches, two against India and still ongoing and declined to com- before it happened, meaning the been a thorough investigation. hand while fielding in the slips on ers follows a lengthy investigation,” one against England, in 2004. ment on the possibility of other domestic games in question went “Cricket has got these problems Sunday as England completed a said the organisation in a statement. He remained on the fringes of players being involved. ahead without any act of corruption worldwide,” said Irish. 141-run win in the third Test to go The players have been banned the team and toured England and All the banned players have being committed,” said Richardson “The positive is that our system 2-1 up with one to play in the four- from the sport for between seven to Australia in 2012 and the United expressed regret for their offences. in a statement. has detected them and there has match series. 12 years following the probe of the Arab Emirates for a series against “I deeply regret that at the end The bans came more than six been a successful prosecution as a Hampshire captain Vince domestic Twenty20 competition. Pakistan in 2013 without winning of my career, a career that I have months after Gulam Bodi, another result of clean players coming for- was taken to hospital for a “Whilst there has been no further caps. Matshikwe, a bowler devoted to the sport of cricket...I former international player, was ward,” he added. scan to assess the extent of his injury. But an England spokesman said there was no fracture or break in the finger, merely slight bruising, with Vince free to join the squad at The Oval. “It was dislocated but it’s all fine (now),” the spokesman added. Ervine sparks Zimbabwe fightback “It was relocated (put back).” In addition to the XI that won at Edgbaston, England also kept Nottinghamshire paceman Jake to see Zimbabwe close in on the vis- SCOREBOARD Ball and Yorkshire leg-spinner Maiden Test ton from itors’ first-innings score of 582 for Adil Rashid in a 13-man squad for four declared. New Zealand (I innings): 582/4 decl the series climax in south London. the middle-order Ervine took advantage of the Zimbabwe (I innings): The fourth Test starts on batsman helps hosts conditions to crash an unbeaten T Mawoyo b Southee ...... 26 Thursday. 115 after forming a 148-run sixth C Chibhabha c Williamson b Santner60 Mweanwhile, England cap- reach 305 for six wicket partnership with debutant tain Alastair Cook praised his Peter Moor (71). S Raza c Williamson b Wagner ...... 3 side’s resilience as they came Zimbabwe started the day on 55 C Ervine (batting)...... 115 from behind to beat Pakistan in Reuters without loss and it took until the end P Masvaure b Santner...... 2 the third Test at Edgbaston.

of the 36th over of their innings for S Williams lbw Sodhi ...... 16 Cook’s men were 103 runs in the tourists to make a breakthrough P Moor c Guptill b Sodhi ...... 71 arrears on first innings yet won as Tim Southee bowled opener Tino by 141 runs on Sunday’s last day to BULAWAYO: Craig Ervine scored a Mawoyo (26) off the inside edge. G Cremer (batting) ...... 2 go 2-1 up in the four-match series maiden Test century to help Zimba- It brought to an end the fifth- Extras (B-8, LB-2) ...... 10 ahead of next week’s finale at The bwe hold up New Zealand’s victory longest opening stand in terms of Total (for 6 wkts) ...... 305 Oval. charge on day three of the sec- overs bowled in Zimbabwe’s Test Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-83, 3-107, 4-115, Pakistan, set a target of 343 in ond Test and steer the home side to history. Sikandar Raza (three) 5-147, 6-295. 84 overs, were dismissed for 201 305 for six in their first innings by steered Neil Wagner to Kane Wil- Bowling: T Southee 24-12-64-1; T Boult inside the last hour after a dra- stumps yesterday. liamson at gully, before the latter matic collapse against England’s 21-10-37-0; M Santner 31-5-102-2; N The featherbed pitch at the dived full stretch at short cover to pacemen before tea saw them Zimbabwe’s batsman Craig Ervine (left) celebrates his century during the Wagner 25-7-51-1; I Sodhi 18-8-41-2; M Queens Sports Club is a batsman’s dismiss Chamu Chibhabha (60) with lose four wickets for one run in paradise with just 10 wickets fail- a stunning catch off spinner Mitch- third day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Queens Sports Guptill 1-1-0-0. 23 balls. ing in 270 overs in the game so far ell Santner. Club in Bulawayo, yesterday. “I think it could be right up there,” said Cook when asked how he rated this victory at the post- match presentation ceremony. England squad for fourth Test against Pakistan: Lyon admits Aussies outclassed by Sri Lanka in Test series Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), James Vince AFP solation win. Despite the world’s and faced criticism from his coach Lyon admitted he and fellow slow “There’s a lot of room for (Hampshire), Gary Ballance (York- top-ranked side hiring the legendary Darren Lehmann and skipper Steve bowler Jon Holland had not asked improvement, especially from myself shire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Mura- Smith. enough questions of the Sri Lankan I dare say,” Lyon said. “It’s now up to wkt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), litharan as a consultant for the tour, Sri Lanka’s spinners took 18 of batsmen and had to improve in the us to say no excuses, full stop, and Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), GALLE, SRI LANKA: Underfire Aus- Australia’s spinners have struggled to the 20 Australian wickets to fall in final Test which starts on Saturday go out there and get better and put Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), tralia spinner Nathan Lyon admits adapt as their side lost the first two the second Test in Galle. By con- in Colombo. in a good performance come the Steven Finn (Middlesex), James his side have been totally outplayed Tests of the three-match series. trast Australia’s leading bowler was “You’ve got to give credit where third Test,” added Lyon, who is the Anderson (Lancashire), Jake Ball in their series defeat to Sri Lanka The 28-year-old Lyon has man- pace spearhead Mitchell Starc with credit’s due. They’ve totally outplayed only Australian off-spinner to have (Nottinghamshire), Adil Rashid and must learn fast to secure a con- aged just nine wickets in four innings 11 wickets. us,” said Lyon. taken 200 Test wickets. (Yorkshire)

UCI Doha 2016 and Q-Auto ink agreement Toscanini wins Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club Phoenix Sprint

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DOHA: The Godolphin-owned horse Toscanini imposed himself in the Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club Phoenix Sprint (Gr3) on Sunday at the Cur- ragh, Ireland. The horse showed real improvement since his last race. Within the race, there were a few inter- esting names like Air Force Blue. Lord of The Land came down the home straight attacking the future winner. The pair dueled at the two-furlong pole, but it was Toscanini who finally showed his best in front of Eastern Impact, who came second, and Lord of The Land, who was third. Whereas Air Force Blue was under pressure and The Chairman of UCI Road World Championships Doha 2016 Organising Committee (UCI Doha 2016), disappointed, finishing last. Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Thani (second left) and Acting General Manager of Q-Auto, Ahmed Shariefi “He always had ability but only now has he (third left), shaking hands after they signed a contract agreement for Q-Auto as the official transport fully grown up”, said winning trainer, Michael partner for the championship at a function held at the InterContinental Doha. Others seen (from left) Halford,. are, Ahmed Al Hemaidi, Executive Director of the Championship and Mohammed Farid, Public Relation Abdulla Rashid Al Kuabais, QREC Racing Man- Abdulla Rashid Al Kuabais, QREC Racing Manager, Manager, Q-Auto. Picture by: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula. ager, was present and presented the trophies to the winners. presenting the trophies to the winners and runners-up. 22 TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 SPORT

Chinese Del Potro stuns Djokovic, fury over flawed shock for Williams sisters flags in Rio AFP

Tomas Berdych Murray, Nadal and BEIJING: Most of the five stars on the Chinese flags being used Germany’s Kerber at medal ceremonies at the Berdych ropes register contrasting Rio Olympics are misaligned, wins to advance to officials said, prompting a dip- in Ivanisevic as lomatic protest and online fury. second rounds Chinese internet users were quick to detect a “plot” coach against the world’s most pop- ulous country, which came AFP second in the medals table at AFP London 2012, and branded the Brazilian organisers the “worst ever”. PRAGUE: World number eight The Chinese flag features Tomas Berdych said yesterday RIO DE JANEIRO: Juan Martin one large star – representing he had hired former Wimbledon del Potro stunned a tearful Novak the Communist Party – half champion Goran Ivanisevic as his Djokovic in an emotional Olym- surrounded by four smaller coach. pics triumph on Sunday as Venus stars tilted to point toward the “In order to further improve Williams pondered the end of her centre of the bigger one. I have decided to add Goran four-gold Games odyssey. But the small stars on the Ivanisevic to the team,” said the Del Potro, the 2009 US Open Rio flags, including the one 30-year-old Berdych, who is skip- champion who was pushed to the lifted by Chinese fencer Lei ping the Rio Olympics over Zika brink of retirement by a series of Sheng at the opening ceremony virus concerns. wrist injuries, downed the top seed on Friday, all point upwards. “I feel that Goran, with his 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2). The official design is playing and coaching experience The giant Argentine had also intended to symbolises the as well as with his energy, is a per- defeated the 12-time major winner four classes -- workers, farm- fect addition to the team,” Berdych in the bronze medal match at the Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro reacts after scoring a point during his men’s first round match against ers, urban petty bourgeoisie, said in a Facebook post. London Olympics in 2012. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on and national bourgeoisie, as Berdych, this year’s Wim- Both players embraced at the net Sunday. INSET: Djokovic leaves the court in tears after losing the match. defined by Mao Zedong in a bledon semi-finalist who is still and wept at the end of their centre 1949 book -- supporting the waiting for his first Grand Slam court duel played out in front of a Communist leadership. title, parted ways with Venezue- raucous Argentine and Serb crowd. big-hitting stride as he set up a sec- in 2008 and London four years ago. for a fifth Games gold medal overall, China’s consulate-general lan coach Daniel Vallverdu in May. Del Potro, now ranked at 145 in ond-round clash with Portugal’s Joao The 6-3, 6-4 loss to Czech pair defeating Australia’s Daria Gavrilova in Rio de Janeiro said in a social He hired the 44-year-old the world after being number four Sousa. Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-2. media posting yesterday that it Croatian legend Ivanisevic, the in 2010, said Sunday’s win was more “Delpo was the better player and came just a day after Venus had been Williams, sporting a patriotic had made a formal complaint 2001 Wimbledon champion, after special than his victory in 2012. he deserved to win. That’s sport,” said knocked out of the singles in what Stars and Stripes hairband on cen- to the Brazilian organising working with another Croat Luka He had his first surgery in 2010 world number one Djokovic, whose was her first opening round Olym- tre court, will next face Alize Cornet, committee. The organisers Kutanjac for two months. but more followed in 2014 and 2015 Olympic singles record is stalled at a pics loss. the Frenchwoman who defeated apologised for the mistake and The left-handed, big-serving when he played just six events. bronze from Beijing in 2008. Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam her three times in 2014, including at will contact the manufacturer Ivanisevic split with 14th-ranked “This victory is bigger than last “It’s very sad and disappointing title winner and the 2000 Olympic Wimbledon. to correct it, it added, denying Marin Cilic last month, after lead- time because I know how tough it to go out of the tournament this early champion, said she and Serena will London 2012 winner Andy Mur- reports that the flag maker was ing his compatriot to the US Open was to come back from three sur- but I am glad that a good friend of now focus on the US Open later this ray and 2008 Olympic champion a Chinese firm. title in 2014. geries,” said the 27-year-old who mine, who has struggled with inju- month. Rafael Nadal breezed through in the “As a 20-year old who’s unleashed more than 40 winners. ries, has won.” “It was not our best day,” said men’s singles. watched three Olympic games, “Tonight I played one of the best Meanwhile, four-time gold med- Venus who will be 40 when the Wimbledon champion Murray, this is really the worst one. matches of my career.” allist Venus Williams was staring at next Olympics rolls around in 2020 the second seed, clinched an eighth They are the least dedicated Del Potro started the day by the end of her 16-year, five-Olym- in Tokyo. Serena, 34, was more win in eight meetings against Ser- and hold evident hostility” to getting stuck in an elevator for 40 pics journey. damning. bia’s Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 6-2. China, said a poster on China’s minutes at the athletes village where Williams, 36, and sister Ser- “We played terrible and that basi- Murray, playing for the first time Twitter-like Weibo. he had to be rescued by the Argen- ena suffered their first ever defeat cally showed,” she said. since securing his second career All M e a n w h i l e , C h i n a ’ s s w i m tina handball team. in women’s doubles, a record which At least, Serena is still alive in England Club title, next faces Argen- team wants an apology from But that inconvenience did boasted 15 successive match wins the singles as the defending cham- tina’s Juan Monaco, one of his closest Australian Mack Horton for not shake the Argentine out of his and golds in Sydney in 2000, Beijing pion had the perfect start in her quest friends on tour. launching a “malicious per- Philipp Kohlschreiber There was one blot on the day sonal attack” on rival Sun Yang for Murray as he and brother Jamie at the Olympics, Chinese media Kohlschreiber out were knocked out of the men’s dou- reported Sunday. bles by Brazil’s Andre Sa and Thomaz Horton dethroned the Bellucci. hulking Chinese swimmer as with foot fracture Nadal, playing his first match in Olympic champion in the Sat- two months, made the second round urday’s 400 metres freestyle Reuters with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over after taking a dig at Sun’s dop- Federico Delbonis of Argentina. ing record. The 30-year-old Spaniard, side- “I used the word ‘drugs RIO DE JANEIRO: Germany’s lined by a left wrist injury since the cheat’ because he tested posi- Philipp Kohlschreiber has pulled French Open, set up a clash with tive,” replied Horton. out of the Rio Olympics due to a Italian veteran Andreas Seppi who “We have been notic- foot fracture, the German tennis he has beaten eight times in nine ing what has been said in the federation (DTB) said yesterday. meetings. past two days by Horton, who The 32-year-old Kohlsch- German second seed and Aus- launched a malicious personal reiber, seeded 13th, had beaten tralian Open champion Angelique attack (on Chinese swimmers),” Guido Pella of Argentina in three Kerber hit back from 2-5 down in the team manager Xu Qi told Chi- sets in the first round of the Olym- second set to defeat Mariana Duque- na’s state-run Xinhua news pic tournament and was due to Marino of Colombia 6-3, 7-5. agency. “We think his inap- meet Slovakia’s Andrej Martin French Open champion Gar- propriate words greatly hurt later on Monday. bine Muguruza displayed a fine the feelings between Chinese “Stress fracture in the foot show to romp to a 6-2, 6-2 victory and Australian swimmers. It is -- Philipp Kohlschreiber cannot over Romanian counterpart Andreea proof of a lack of good manners Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova (right) and Czech Republic’s Barbora Strycova react after scoring a point play his second-round match at Mutu who was a late replacement for and upbringing. We strongly the Olympics,” the DTB said on during their women’s first round doubles match against USA’s Serena Williams and USA’s Venus Williams Jelena Jankovic who withdrew with demand an apology.” Twitter. in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. a shoulder injury.

Gymnastics: Biles lives up to star billing at Games Simone Biles of the US competes at Rio Games on AFP Gabby Douglas, 20, but the two- 62.366 points after the four rota- Kocian led the way to (15.866). The world champion’s third Sunday. per-country rule meant Douglas tions with Raisman on 60.607, She started on floor with a rotation – uneven bars – was will not be able to defend her title and Douglas just behind on routine of mesmerising high- solid and she finished off in style on Thursday. 60.131. speed acrobatics and tumbling again on the beam. RIO DE JANEIRO: Simone Biles “It’s super nerve-racking, but Biles, the reigning three- including her signature move Douglas had been bidding to lived up to her star billing with a since we got it (qualifying) out of time all-around world champion, - the Biles - tumbling a layout become the first woman since record haul of five Olympic gold the way, we’re ready for the team scored highest on vault (16.050), full-out. 1968 to win back-to-back all- medals in sight as the United final,” said ten-time world cham- beam (15.633) and floor (15.733), She followed on the vault around gold. States women’s gymnastics team pion Biles of her first Olympics. where she finished ahead of with her first effort a soaring But she will compete in the crushed their rivals in Rio Olym- “We didn’t let the pressure of London Olympics gold medal- Amanar – a back handspring team and uneven bars finals, pics qualifying on Sunday. the Olympics get to us, today we list Raisman (15.275). with a layout with two-and-half along with Kocian who led the The 19-year-old led a US made everyone proud,” added The only final she will not twists -- to lead North Korea’s way on the apparatus ahead of 1-2-3 in the all-around ahead of the teenager. compete in is the uneven bars Hong Un Jong, the 2008 Olym- London Games gold medallist teammates Aly Raisman, 22, and The dynamic Texan scored where team-mate Madison pic champion. Aliya Mustafina of Russia. SPORT TUESDAY 9 AUGUST 2016 23

Campriani hits target as big More records sink in the pool names miss out

AFP as Phelps collects 19th gold RIO DE JANEIRO: Italian Nic- colo Campriani, silver medallist in London 2012, went one better yesterday when claiming gold in the men’s 10m air rifle at the Rio Ledecky triumphs by Olympics. Campriani got the better of almost five seconds Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish, with as Britain’s Peaty sets Vladimir Maslennikov of Russia in bronze at the Deodoro shoot- another world record; ing range. Sjostrom becomes Italy’s third gold of the Games put them level with powerhouses first Swedish woman the United States, China and to swim gold Australia at the top of the early medals table. The shaven-headed Cam- priani’s luck was finally in at the Reuters third attempt in the Olympic 10m air rifle after his second in London and 12th in Beijing. The 2012 world shooter of the RIO DE JANEIRO: Michael Phelps year began slowly, leaping into the picked up his 19th gold medal on a lead with five shots of the indoor second night of world records in the final remaining. Olympic pool, with Katie Ledecky He nailed the title by 1.5 points cruising to women’s 400 metres with a 10.7 score, only a pencil dot freestyle victory and Britain’s Adam off a perfect hit. Peaty running away with the men’s USA’s Katie Ledecky (centre) poses on the podium with silver medallist Britain’s Jazz Carlin (right) and bronze medallist USA’s Leah Smith after The 28-year-old Flor- 100 breaststroke. she won the women’s 400m Freestyle final during the swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio ence-born winner unites for a Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom de Janeiro on Sunday. RIGHT: USA’s Michael Phelps kisses his gold medal on the podium of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay final. formidable double act with his extended Saturday’s record spree girlfriend Petra Zublasing, the in winning the 100 metres butterfly, couple bagging mixed team 10m and Peaty and Ledecky followed suit relay. Six swimming world records medals each. Phelps, the most dec- 16-year-old Penny Oleksiak taking air rifle gold at last year’s inau- in the next two finals before the US have now fallen in two days of com- orated Olympian of all time, now has silver. American Dana Vollmer, the gural European Games in Baku. men’s team, with Phelps swimming petition, and the United States moved 19 golds, two silvers and two bronzes. SWIMMING WRAP 2012 champion, clinched bronze. Abhinav Bindra, who cap- second, took the 4x100 freestyle level with Australia on two gold For his relay team-mates Caeleb “The feeling is totally crazy. I tured India’s first and so far only Dressel and Ryan Held, it was their didn’t realise it was a world record,” individual Olympic gold medal first Olympic medal. Sjostrom said. in the event in Beijing in 2008, London Olympics 100 freestyle the race from start to finish. Britain’s “I knew I was the big favourite. I just missed out on a podium fin- champion Nathan Adrian swam the Peaty set his second world record was under pressure, so I tried to focus ish in fourth. Among those who final leg for the Americans, touching in consecutive days, and seemed on no disasters. Before the start I said failed to match Campriani’s pin- first ahead of France and Australia. surprised by the margin of his vic- to myself: ‘It’s just a pool. It’s nothing. point accuracy and steady hand Sweden’s Sarah “On the block I thought my heart tory - 1.56 seconds - over defending I know what to do,” added the Swed- in Deodoro were Hungary’s world Sjostrom poses on was going to explode, I was so hyped, champion Cameron van der Burgh ish swimmer. record holder Peter Sidi, who fin- the podium with so excited,” said Phelps, competing in of South Africa. In a reminder of the doping con- ished fifth. her gold medal. his fifth Olympics. “I touched the wall and looked troversies that dogged the build-up to There were two star acts miss- Ledecky, the rising US swim- around and thought ‘where is eve- the Olympics, there were loud boos ing from the eight-shooter final, ming sensation, shaved 1.91 seconds rybody?’ Peaty told reporters. for Russian breaststroker Yulia Efi- London 2012 champion Alin off her own world record on the way The last British man to win an mova and the men’s relay team. George Moldoveanu and Cao Yifei. to the 400m gold, the first stage of Olympic swimming gold was Adrian Efimova, who has served two Moldoveanu misfired badly a rare treble she hopes to complete Moorhouse in the same event in 1988, doping suspensions, succeeded in in qualifying, Romania’s deposed along with the 200m and 800m. “It’s six years before Peaty was born. On an appeal last week against being Olympic titleholder crashing out pure happiness,” the 19-year-old told a big night for the British team, Jazz banned from Rio. of contention when trailing in reporters. Carlin won a silver medal behind She was one of a number of Rus- 19th. And China’s Cao, the world “I wanted the first 200 to hurt as Ledecky. sians who argued successfully that champion, had his hopes dashed little as possible and I really felt like I In the butterfly, Sjostrom became excluding them from the Olympics with a wayward final shot which could build into it and really explode the first Swedish woman to win an would be punishing them again for left him slipping out of the short that last 50,” she added after leading Olympic gold medal, with Canada’s the same offence. list to ninth.

HIGHLIGHTS: DAY THREE IN RIO Hosts Brazil held scoreless again, 1526 ITALY’S CAMPRIANI WINS 10M AIR RIFLE GOLD Niccolo Campriani of Italy claimed the gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle finals with a score of 206.1. Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish won the silver with 204.6, while Vladimir Maslennikov of Russia scored 184.2 to take the bronze. South Korea draw with Germany IRELAND’S BARNES CRASHES OUT OF RIO Two-time Olympic bronze medallist Patrick Barnes of Ireland lost by a split decision to Samuel Carmona Heredia in the light flyweight category. LAUREN CRANDALL OF THE US REFLECTS ON THE 2-1 VICTORY AGAINST Reuters through Hwang Hee-chan in the 25th AUSTRALIA IN THE WOMEN’S HOCKEY POOL B GAME minute before the Germans equal- “It’s definitely a step in the right direction for us. It’s something we’ve learned, ised through Serge Gnabry eight you’ve got to learn how to put games away. I think we’re taking some good steps.” minutes later. NAMIBIAN BOXER ARRESTED RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s hopes The Germans went ahead when Namibian boxer, Jonas Junius, has been arrested by the Brazilian police on suspi- of winning Olympic gold on home Davie Selke scored 10 minutes after cion of attempting to sexually assault a room maid in the Olympics village, a police soil looked more distant than ever the break, but that lead lasted only statement said on Monday. on Sunday after they were held a minute as Son Heung-min scored 0-0 by Iraq, while South Korea and a lovely solo goal after bamboozling SERBIA’S FILIP FILIPOVIC ON THE TEAM’S LACKLUSTRE START IN THE WATER POLO COMPETITION Germany shared the spoils after an German defenders with some nifty entertaining 3-3 draw. footwork. “We need a better start. Having two morning games has been quite difficult for us. The host nation, who also drew Suk Hyun-jun looked like he had We didn’t prepare well but I feel like this morning (against Greece) we deserved a 0-0 with South Africa on Thursday, given South Korea victory with three much better result. We were the better team, especially in the second half.” were roundly booed by the 65,000 minutes to go when he fired home ARGILAGOS PROGRESSES INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS crowd in Brasilia as they failed to from close range but the Germans Cuban world champion Joahnys Argilagos won in a split decision against Galal Yafai break down a stubborn Iraq side. grabbed the equaliser deep in stop- of Britain to move into the quarter-finals of the men’s boxing light-flyweight division. Neymar almost scored direct page time when Gnabry’s free kick SERBIA HELD BY GREECE IN WATER POLO from a corner and Renato Augusto was deflected into the net. Favourites Serbia were held to a 9-9 draw by Greece in the men’s water polo Group hit the bar with a dipping drive but South Korea, who beat Fiji 8-0 in A match on Monday. Serbia drew 13-13 with Hungary in their opening game. Brazil could not turn their pressure their opener, lead the group on goal into goals. difference from Mexico, with both 1345 AMERICAN ARCHER BRADY ELLISON ON THE RECENT COMPARISONS Ibrahim Ahmed (left) of Iraq defends against a player from Brazil They now face Group A leaders teams on four points. Germany have MADE BETWEEN HIM AND ACTOR LEONARDO DICAPRIO during their Rio Olympics match at Mane Garrincha Stadium in Brasilia Denmark in their last match tomor- two but face the Fijians in their final “I’ve had it told to me before, even when I was younger. I personally don’t see a row needing at least a draw to have game. on Sunday. huge resemblance, maybe besides the facial hair. He is a good looking dude so I any chance of progressing. Fiji, who have never made the guess it’s a compliment.” The Danes beat South Africa 1-0 World Cup finals and are playing CAO FAILS TO QUALIFY FOR 10M AIR RIFLE FINALS on Sunday thanks to Roberto Skov’s at their first Olympics, took a shock minute. Gutierrez then got his fourth Honduras got a perfect start World number one Yifei Cao of China finished with a score of 625.5 to place ninth goal. lead against defending champions goal five minutes later with a delight- against Portugal when Alberth Elis and miss out on a final berth in the 10m air rifle final. While Brazil have struggled to hit Mexico through Roy Krishna after ful chip over the goalkeeper. put them ahead in the first minute London 2012 gold medallist Alin George Moldoveanu also failed to qualify for the the target, South Korea and Germany 11 minutes. In Group B, Umar Sadiq’s goal but Tobias Figueiredo levelled and finals, finishing 19th. served up a six-goal thriller in Sal- However, Erick Gutierrez gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Sweden, Paciencia got the winner for the SWIMMER RAMI ANIS, COMPETING FOR THE REFUGEE TEAM, IS EAGER TO vador in Group C. grabbed three goals in the first 13 and Japan drew 2-2 with Colombia. Europeans. MEET MICHAEL PHELPS The Koreans, making a record minutes of the second half to give Jonathan Calleri got Argentina’s Portugal have six points from two eighth consecutive appearance in Mexico the upper hand before Car- winning goal in a 2-1 victory over games with Argentina and Honduras “I hope he (Phelps) has read all the stories. Maybe this time next week he will be the Olympics, took a deserved lead los Salcedo added a fourth in the 67th Algeria in Group D. both on three. asking for a selfie with me.” www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Del Potro stuns More records sink Djokovic, shock for in the pool as Phelps Williams sisters collects 19th gold

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Qatar rally to down Spain in beach volleyball

hopes Agatha Bednarczuk and Bar- 11-9) in a match which lasted for 52 Asian Continental bara Seixas crushed Argentina in minutes. straight sets to qualify for the final Elsewhere, Qatar’s Morad Cup qualifiers down 16, drawing on a lethal serve and Zemouri lost to Dirk Van Tichelt of Gavira and Herrera the rapturous home crowd to seal Belgium in the preliminary rounds of an easy win. the men’s 73 kg elimination rounds. in two sets to one in A huge spike from Seixas sent the In today’s action, Qatar will look the Pool F match sand swirling on the first point and to register their second successive in set the tone for a 21-11, 21-17 victory handball. in just 40 minutes. The 2015 World Championship Argentina’s Ana Gallay and Geor- runners-up will look to avenge their The Peninsula gina Klug fought hard in the second defeat to France in the final event in set, taking the lead early on. But a Doha. thunderous serve from Seixas to level The Al Anabi have been in con- at 9-9 shifted the momentum back in sistent form and the crowning RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: Asian favour of the Brazilians. moment came last year when they Continental Cup qualifiers Jefferson Seixas followed up with a stunned the world by reaching the Santos Pereira and Cherif Younousse sequence of aces that brought the final of World Handball Champion- of Qatar had the energy to recover crowd to their feet. ‘’I am Brazil- ship, only losing to France in the final. from a first set setback here yesterday ian, with much pride and much The Frenchmen are the only ones in to upset FIVB World Tour veterans love,’’ they sang in full voice, with history who have won back-to-back Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera many waving the green and yellow gold medals in Olympics with Lon- of Spain in a Pool F Beach Volley- national flag. don Olympics gold. ball match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Another strong serve by Seixas Qatar’s recent success has made Games. finished the match. The Brazilian them favourites to secure a medal Playing in a group that also pair then waved kisses to the crowd at least as many medal projections includes pairs from Austria and the before embracing fans in the front reveal and this exactly is what the United States, Jefferson and Cherif row and posing for selfies. team is targeting. scored a 2-1 (13-21, 21-18, 15-12) win ‘’We came into this game calmer... Qatar began their Rio 2016 cam- Qatar’s Jefferson Santos Pereira (left) celebrates with Qatar’s Cherif Younousse Samba after winning the in 55 minutes over the Spaniards Barbara and I have played together paign with a 30-23 win over Croatia. in the second international match men’s beach volleyball qualifying match between Spain and Qatar at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de for six years, there’s great chemis- Markovic emerged the top scorer between the two teams. Three Janeiro at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, yesterday. try between us and we always know for Qatar with 10 goals, followed by months ago in Sochi, Russia, Gavira where the other is,’’ Bednarczuk said Rafael with six. and Herrera defeated the Qatar pair 14s, 15s, 16s and 17s. A quick three- victory. Jefferson and Cherif, who Wednesday against Austrians Alex- after the match. ‘’We didn’t want to Qatar, coached by Valero Rivera in three sets. point run highlighted a 4-1 stretch for dropped their opening Rio match ander Huber and Robin Seidl. Gavira give them a chance.’’ from Spain, are part of Group A which After being dominated by the Qatar to end the set. In the decider, Saturday in two sets to Jake Gibb and Herrera, who defeated Huber and Meanwhile in table tennis, Qatar’s consists of Tunisia, France, Denmark, Spaniards in the first set, Jefferson Jefferson and Cherif broke from a 5-5 and Casey Patterson of the United Seidl in three sets Saturday, will play Li Ping went down fighting to third Croatia and Argentina. and Cherif recovered from a 10-6 tie to start controlling the final set States, are now tied with the Span- the Americans Wednesday. seed Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany The match begins at 3.30pm second set deficit to tie the set at 13s, and held a 13-9 lead enroute to the iards in Pool F and finish group play Meanwhile, Brazilian gold medal 4-3 ( 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, Qatar time.

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United States 3 5 4 12 Italy 3 3 2 8 China 3 2 3 8 Australia 3 0 3 6 Republic of Korea 2 2 1 5 Hungary 2 0 0 2 Russian Federation 1 2 3 6 Great Britain 1 1 0 2 Sweden 1 1 0 2 Japan 1 0 6 7 Thailand 1 0 1 2 Taipei 1 0 1 2 Argentina 1 0 0 1 Belgium 1 0 0 1 Kosovo 1 0 0 1 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 Vietnam 1 0 0 1 Qatar’s Li Ping hits a shot in his men’s singles qualification round table Morad Zemouri (right) of Qatar and Dirk Van Tichelt of Belgium compete in the preliminary rounds of the Canada 0 1 1 2 tennis match at the Riocentro venue during the Rio 2016 Olympic men’s 73 kg elimination Rounds s at the Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. Kazakhstan 0 1 1 2 Games in Rio de Janeiro, yesterday. Brazil 0 1 0 1 Denmark 0 1 0 1 France 0 1 0 1 Indonesia 0 1 0 1 Empty Rio seats persist as Brazil waits for first gold New Zealand 0 1 0 1 Philippines 0 1 0 1 Dpr Korea 0 1 0 1 South Africa 0 1 0 1 Reuters host Brazil looks for its elusive first weightlifting attracted only a half- little better and even the road cycling “We have a lot of double headers gold medal. Spectators at morning full stadium, while women’s rugby races in the past two days saw only (double sessions),” he said. “Maybe Ukraine 0 1 0 1 sessions of less popular events have sevens yesterday morning had only a few thousand fans lining up along spectators arrive for the first session Uzbekistan 0 0 2 2 RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio Olympics been particularly sparse, even though a crowd of a few thousand with the the inner-city course. Games ticket- or just the second session.” Spain 0 0 1 1 organisers are struggling to fill up organisers said 82 percent of all tick- vast majority of seats at the Deodoro ing chief Donovan Ferreti said many Organisers have not been helped Greece 0 0 1 1 venues, with large chunks of seat- ets have been sold. stadium empty. of the cases of empty seats took place by the host nation winning just one Poland 0 0 1 1 ing left empty across many sports as Yesterday’s evening session at The kayaking competition fared at events with more than one session. medal so far.