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FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 • 25 Dhul-Hijja 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6578 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Emir meets outgoing UK envoy Tenders floated for 12 Family spending Metro station works

DOHA: The tendering committee of Qatar Rail has floated tenders for developing its 12 proposed on healthcare metro stations. The rail company is looking for competent con- sultants and contractors to carry out the project. The company will start accepting tender forms from Sunday until October 25, Al Sharq reports. The lowest in Qatar first phase of the Doha Metro project will see the opening of 37 stations. Another 60 stations would be opened in the second phase. A senior official of the company recently said that Seha expansion a major cause: SCH about 50 percent of the 113km-long tunnelling works for Doha Metro have been completed with the help DOHA: Family and individual by companies increased by 13 per- of 21 tunnel boring machines (TBMs). expenditure on health in Qatar cent between 2012 and 2013. The Doha Metro system construction works are is among the lowest in the world, The third reason is imple- phased over two stages. The first phase sees the thanks to easy access to hugely mentation of National Health construction of three out of the four lines (Red, subsidised government health- Insurance Scheme — Seha — Gold, and Green) — and their opening to the care services, Supreme Council which covered all Qatari females public is expected by late 2019. of Health (SCH) data shows. aged above 12 in 2013 and all The east-west Green Line starts from near Qatar is on a par with Qatari citizens by April 2014. the stadium and runs at ground level before Organisation for Economic The report shows direct health descending into a tunnel below Dukhan Highway, Co-operation and Development expenditure of individuals has Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received outgoing British Ambassador Nicholas which turns into Al Luqta Street as it passes (OECD) countries, including some been going down continuously. Hopton at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. The Emir wished Hopton success in his future tasks Education City. of the most advanced nations in During 2012-2013, Qataris spent and bilateral relations further progress. Hopton praised and thanked the Emir and state THE PENINSULA the world. 2.5 percent of their total expendi- officials for cooperation during his tenure. A report by the SCH reveals ture on health while expatriate that family expenditure on health single workers spent 1.5 percent in Qatar has fallen by 20.2 percent against 0.5 percent by expatriate in one year between 2012 and 2013 families. — from QR1.29bn to QR1.03bn. The low premium of the pub- This is in contrast to a steady lic health insurance system is a Pacquiao eyes Doha bout to end career rise in government expenditure major indicator of easy access to on health from QR9.41bn in 2012 healthcare, as it enables citizens BY RAYNALD C RIVERA is a guest at the 2015 AIBA World to QR12.64bn in 2014, a 34.3 per- and expatriates to avail of services Boxing Championships being held cent increase. The direct health at lower cost, said the daily, citing DOHA: Boxing superstar in Doha. expenditure of individuals fell the report. Manny Pacquiao’s career- “It was a nice surprise to see from QR759 in 2012 to QR515 in Expatriate blue-collar workers ending fight may happen in so many Filipinos here, it kind of 2013, Al Sharq reports, quoting are among the biggest benefici- Doha, the ‘People’s Champ’ said felt like a home away from home. from the report. aries enjoying the lowest health yesterday. It’s also great to see the World The report has attributed expenditure due to access to free “It’s not yet confirmed, but that Championship in this region for the fall to the vast coverage of healthcare and increasing avail- is one of the options that Bob the first time. It’s important to primary healthcare services in ability of clinics at work sites. (Arum) and I are talking about. It’s reach out to new generations and the country. This has led to an The OECD countries have possible to hold it here,” Pacquiao new places, which is why I have increase in the number of peo- implemented measures to cut said yesterday. “It’s not yet con- come to Doha to offer my sup- ple using health cards issued by expenditure but the Qatari health firmed whether it would be here or port,” Pacquiao said. Hamad Medical Corporation strategy is not focused on con- in the US,” Pacquiao added. The 36-year-old, who lost to (HMC) and Primary Healthcare trolling expenditure but provid- ”I would love to have my next Mayweather Jr in the world’s rich- Corporation (PHCC) to avail of ing quality. Funding mechanism fight here in Qatar, and my est boxing fight in May, was received government healthcare services in the coming years will function team is now working towards by Yusuf Ali Kazim, President, at nominal fees. from the position of cost manage- that. Whether it will be against Qatar Boxing Federation (QBF) Another reason is expansion of ment, supported by the power of (Britain’s) Amir Khan or Floyd and Dr Ching-kuo Wu, President, health insurance cover for citizens using advanced healthcare tech- Mayweather, I’ll be ready. AIBA. and expatriates. Data from SCH’s nology, said the daily. “I would love to have a rematch Continued on page 3 Fans taking a selfie with boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao at Ali Bin Hamad National Health Accounts of 2013 against Floyd in Qatar,” he added. Al Attiyah Arena in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATARAMKOT shows that health insurance cover THE PENINSULA The eight-division world champion THE PENINSULA

Coalition denies striking Yemen wedding party Distribution of new amended ID SANA’A: The Arab coalition but we do not bomb these areas the work of the Houthis, and coast from the Bab Al Mandab cards to Qataris from Sunday has denied that its warplanes at all.” The suspected air strike accused them of trying to divert strait and reached 50km south of targeted a wedding in Yemen’s killed at least 28 people and attention from recent reverses by the port of Al Mokha, Asseri said. DOHA: Distribution of new amended ID cards to Qatari citizens Dhamar, the second alleged wounded 38 others at the wed- targeting civilians and blaming it Separately, a prominent judge will begin on Sunday, Al Sharq reported. The IDs will be available strike on a wedding party in the ding party, witnesses said, even as on the Saudi-led forces. and a senior army officer were at the main building of the passport authority of the Ministry of Arabian Peninsula country in UN peace efforts make headway. The Houthi-run Saba news shot dead by unidentified gunmen Interior during morning and evening shifts and the unified govern- just over a week. The new raid hit a house where agency reported that a coalition on motorcycles in two separate ment services centres in the morning hours. The new ID will be “The coalition did not con- dozens of people were celebrat- air raid in Sanban had killed or incidents, security sources said, issued only in case of loss or expiry of an old ID, said the daily. duct any air strikes in that area. ing on Wednesday evening in wounded dozens of people at a adding that Islamist militants Ongoing fighting between the the town of Sanban in Dhamar wedding celebration and that the were suspected of the killings. THE PENINSULA Houthis and other factions have province, 100km south of Sana’a, toll might exceed 30. Abbas Hassan Al Aqrabi, a been going on in that area. residents said. The Arab coalition began its judge at the Special Criminal “Not every time an explosion or The Houthi-affiliated Al air strikes against the Houthis Court which had jailed militants, Belarussian wins Literature Nobel an attack takes place, it is com- Masirah television said on and their allies, forces loyal to was shot on the street in the STOCKHOLM: Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich won the mitted by the coalition. We do not Twitter that the wedding was hit former president Ali Abdullah port of Aden. Colonel Jamal Al Nobel Prize for Literature yesterday for her portrayal of the harsh- target civilian areas,” spokesper- by “aggression warplanes”, refer- Saleh, in late March after a push Suqqaf was shot outside his home ness of life in the erstwhile Soviet Union and in her first public son for the coalition, Ahmad Al ring to the coalition. from their northern stronghold in western Aden. Both men died response denounced Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as an “inva- Asiri said. Coalition spokesman Brigadier towards Aden. immediately, the sources said. sion”. The Swedish Academy said Alexievich’s work, which chroni- “We do know that many weap- General Ahmed Asseri said the Coalition forces yesterday cles the lives of Soviet women during World War II as well as the ons are hidden in civilian areas attack in Dhamar was likely also advanced further up the Red Sea AGENCIES consequences of the 1986 nuclear disaster in Chernobyl and the Soviet military adventure in Afghanistan, was “a monument to suf- fering and courage in our time”. Full report on page 24 Qatar beat China Unrest sparks fears of third Intifada Blatter, Platini suspended JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged firm action against what he called a mostly unorganised “wave of terror” ZURICH: World soccer chief Sepp Blatter and European boss plaguing Israel and the Palestinian territories but warned there was no Michel Platini were suspended yesterday, engulfed by a deepening “magic solution”. The unrest has sparked fears that a third Palestinian scandal as their sport faces criminal investigations in Switzerland uprising, or Intifada, could erupt. “We are in the midst of a wave of ter- and the US. Blatter, the Swiss who has been president of world gov- ror of knives, firebombs, stones and live fire,” he said. Four new stabbings erning body FIFA since 1998, was due to stand down after an elec- wounded Israelis and one of the assailants was killed as the continuing tion to replace him in February. attacks defied attempts by authorities to contain unrest. Report on page 5 Platini, head of European body UEFA, was a frontrunner to replace him. His shrinking election hopes now depend on whether he can 4 Russian ‘cruise missiles crash’ in Iran overturn the 90-day ban imposed by FIFA’s Ethics Committee. FIFA said in a statement: “Joseph S Blatter, for the duration of the WASHINGTON: Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from 90-day ban, is not allowed to represent FIFA in any capacity, act on the a Russian ship in the Caspian Sea crashed in Iran yesterday, US organisation’s behalf, or communicate to media or other stakeholders as officials said yesterday. A US government source said Russia had Qatar’s Sebastian Soria (left) is challenged by a Chinese player during the a FIFA representative.” It said his acting replacement is Issa Hayatou been flying cruise missiles over Iran into Syria in attacks on rebels FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers at Al Sadd Stadium in Doha yesterday. of Cameroon, Head of Confederation of African Football (CAF) and fighting Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. See also page 8 Qatar won 1-0. Report on page 19 BAHER AMIN FIFA’s most senior vice-president. See also page 21 AGENCIES FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

PM meets outgoing Saudi tourism chief British envoy DOHA: Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E praises Katara’s role Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yes- terday met outgoing British Ambassador Nicholas Prince Sultan, UAE official visit Cultural Village Hopton and wished him suc- cess in his future tasks and DOHA: Saudi Commission bilateral relations further for Tourism and National progress. Heritage President and Chairman of the Board Qatar to host GCC Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud vis- meeting ited Katara — the Cultural Village. DOHA: GCC ministers of Prince Sultan, and UAE culture will convene in Doha National Council of Tourism next Thursday for 21st meet- and Antiquities Director- ing under the chairmanship General Mohammed bin Said www.swiss-belhotel.com of Minister of Culture, Arts Al Mahri were welcomed by Dr and Heritage H E Dr Hamad Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, Tel bin Abdulaziz Al Kuwari. General Manager, Katara. Fax It will discuss issues related Prince Sultan also led the to boosting cooperation Saudi delegation to the recent between the GCC states. second session of the GCC Faleh Al Ajlan Al Hajri, Tourism Ministers in Doha. Tel Director, Culture and Arts at Dr Al Sulaiti expressed Fax the ministry, said the meeting delight at the visit and briefed will be preceded by another them on Katara’s future session that brings together projects at the cultural site and members of the GCC cultural main facilities such as Katara committee on Monday and Amphitheatre, Drama Theatre Tel Tuesday. and Katara Opera House. Fax The committee will also dis- Getting a glimpse on facili- cuss upcoming Gulf events and ties and upcoming projects of the cultural strategy in the Katara, Prince Sultan said: region and the outcomes will “Cultural Village is a dis- Tel + 974 44298888 be referred to the ministerial tinctive cultural and touris- meeting. tic edifice aligned to Qatar’s Fax keenness to enrich heritage Qatar-Italy and culture.” He praised Katara officials Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage President and Tel ties reviewed for organising cultural events Board Chairman Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (right) that turned Qatar into the is presented with a commemorative shield by Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Fax ROME: The diplomatic capital of culture in the GCC. Sulaiti, General Manager, Katara, as Qatar Tourism Authority Chairman adviser to the Italian min- Dr Al Sulaiti said, “Katara is Issa bin Mohammed Al Mohannadi looks on. ister of culture yesterday perceived as a tourist destina- Tel met Qatari Ambassador to tion in Qatar and the GCC as festivals. with commemorative shields. Fax Italy Abdul Aziz bin Ahmed it attracts significant number “Visitors find all forms of Prince Sultan was in Doha to Al Maliki Al Juhani. Talks of visitors from the GCC round relaxation, entertainment participate in meetings of the dealt with relations between the year, specifically dur- and knowledge at Katara,” he second session of GCC tourism the two countries and means ing Hala Hal Qatar, Katara added. At the conclusion of the ministers. Tel of enhancing them, especially Traditional Dhow Festival visit, Dr Al Sulaiti presented Fax in the cultural field. and Eid Al Fitr and Al Adha Prince Sultan and Al Mahri THE PENINSULA QNA www.doha.hilton.com

Tel 44233333 974+ Fax 44233000 974+ QU hosts ‘Meet The President’ event DOHA: The President’s Office at Qatar University (QU) organised its annual ‘Meet The President’ for dia- logue with students to discuss matters of concern and inter- est and encourage their par- Tel ticipation in university affairs. A large number of students Fax participated in a discussion ses- sion with Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham. The event was also attended by QU vice-presi- Tel dents, deans of colleges, heads of Fax departments and programmes, faculty and staff. Dr Al Derham highlighted Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, President, Qatar University, interacts with students at the event. the importance of the gather- Tel ing and said it provides stu- Fax dents with a platform to express said: “Since its inception in the private and public sectors and professional attributes and opinions, ideas, concerns and 1973, QU continues to build on by placing students success at abilities.” proposals. “Focus on student a legacy of solid commitment the core of our partnerships. Students asked questions, experience is one of QU’s stra- to graduating students who will “In line with this student- discussed concerns and com- tegic priorities and without contribute to Qatar’s progress centred approach, QU is com- mented on topics, including Tel effective two-way communica- and development. mitted to offering the best academic programmes, student Fax tion, optimising this experience “We will continue to actively possible services and oppor- services, campus resources, is not possible,” he said. engage in initiatives that pro- tunities to optimise student parking facilities, cafeteria Dr Al Derham pointed to the mote our role in the Qatari experience, deepen students’ food, and online courses, among fact that changes have occurred society and strengthen our knowledge, and strengthen others. Tel at QU in the last decade and links with organisations from their personal characteristics THE PENINSULA Fax

Tel QCS breast cancer awareness QU to reduce prices at Fax campaign begins on social media cafeteria on campus DOHA: Qatar University (QU) is taking DOHA: The Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) cancer is of great importance and QCS cam- steps to bring down the prices at the caf- has launched a social media campaign to paign aims to get this message across to the eteria on the campus. create awareness and highlight the impor- community. QU is working on to implement alter- tance of early detection, diagnosis, treat- Women aged 40 or above are advised to natives to overcome the problem of the ment and prevention of breast cancer. do a mammogram test every year to detect proportional increase of prices at the caf- Tel Several awareness messages have been breast cancer. eteria, said Dr Hassan Rashid Al Derham, Fax posted on QCS’s official Facebook page Clinical breast examination is suggested President, QU. to encourage women to do periodical for women between 20 and 30 years every Responding to a question in an open screenings. three years, and annually for those above 40. meeting with students, he said the mat- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Women aged 20 and above are recom- ter had been taken seriously and students Tel Month, which is an annual campaign to mended to do a breast self-exam. would be provided with quality products Fax increase awareness of the disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is at reasonable prices. Students have been While most people are aware of breast conducted upon medical request and generic complaining for a long time that prices at cancer, many forget to take steps to have counselling is done if there is a family his- the cafeteria are higher compared to those www.marriottmarquisdoha.com a plan to detect it in its early stages and tory of cancer. According to reports, breast outside. encourage others to do the same. cancer is one of the most common cancers Dr Al Derham interacted with students Tel + 974 44195000 Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an found in women in Qatar with an incidence and discussed several issues like cafete- Fax + 974 44195100 annual international health campaign ratio of 50/100,000. ria, parking, and curriculum and job mar- organised by major breast cancer chari- World Health Organisation data shows ket after graduation. The meeting will ties to increase awareness of the disease that the incidence of the disease in Qatar strengthen relation between students and and raise funds for research into its causes, approximates that in Kuwait and Bahrain QU to find solutions. QU is trying to provide prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. and is higher than the rates in Saudi Arabia a healthy environment for students so they The campaign also offers information and and Oman. could express views freely to officials directly. support to patients. Early detection and prevention of breast THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Al Attiyah meets Japan official Qatar Airways displays growing connections with Turkey High-Tech Port expo marking Qatar Turkey 2015 Year of Culture concludes

DOHA: Qatar Airways (QA) the airline’s A380 First Class seat between our two countries and Sixty-seven Turkish high showcased its ever-strengthen- was on display. the importance of exhibitions technology companies took part ing network connections with The seat, which features a such as this, which provide ideal in the expo which also featured Turkey as part of High-Tech 90-inch seat pitch that transforms opportunity for businesses to net- Turkey’s first national plane — Port Exhibition — a defence into a fully-flat bed, together with work within the growing technol- TRJet — designed and built by industry fair. an expansive choice of entertain- ogy sector.” Turkish engineers and displayed The three-day expo, under the ment options displayed on an QA operates to Istanbul Sabiha for the first time in the Middle patronage of Emir H H Sheikh individual 26-inch TV screen, Gkçen Airport (double daily), East. TRJets will not only be Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al provided visitors with an oppor- Istanbul Ataturk Airport (10 used to carry passenger but also Thani, ended at Qatar National tunity to sample a taste of QA’s flights a week) and Ankara (six as military transport aircraft, air Convention Centre yesterday. premium on board features. weekly flights) in Turkey. ambulances and VIP planes. More than 50 companies took Akbar Al Baker, Chief At the annual Skytrax 2015 The first flight of TRJet, with a part, enhancing relationships Executive, Qatar Airways Group, World Airline Awards in June, QA seating capacity of 32 passengers, between businesses in Turkey said: “QA’s services to Turkey was awarded World’s Best Airline, is expected by 2019. and their GCC and Qatari coun- have enjoyed exceptional popu- Best Business Class Airline Seat, In the meantime, work will be terparts, while highlighting the larity since their launch, to the and Best Airline in the Middle on progress on the design and H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah (right), Chairman, Abdullah Bin growing demand for high-tech point where we now fly to three East. development of the enlarged Hamad Al Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable equipment in the Middle East. gateways non-stop from our hub QA has seen rapid growth in TRJ628, which will have up to Development, with Toshihiro Nikai, Chairman, General Council of the Dharmender Hunjan, Vice- and home Hamad International 18 years of operation and flies a 70 seats. The fair was organ- ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Japan. Al Attiyah was in Japan to President, Airline Partnerships Airport in Doha. modern fleet of 166 aircraft to 152 ised by Turkey’s Independent attend the Science and Technology in Society Forum in Kyoto. and Alliances, QA, took part in a “The growing demand for key business and leisure destina- Industrialists and Businessmen’s panel discussion on the develop- high connectivity from passen- tions across Europe, the Middle Association. ment of Turkey-Qatar technical gers between Turkey and Qatar East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North partnership in civil aviation, while demonstrates strengthening ties America and South America. THE PENINSULA

Ministry holds Pacquiao to contest Senate poll anti-drugs drive Continued from page 1 at schools Pacquiao also met Qatar Olympic Committee Secretary-General Dr DOHA: The Drug Thani Al Kuwari at QOC head- Prevention Department quarters. Al Kazim and Dr Wu at the Ministry of Interior were present. launched an anti-drugs Dr Khalid Al Ali, Associate Vice-President, Faculty Affairs, QU, and Dr Pacquiao later visited the drive in several Independent Hend Al Muftah, Head, LIA Foundation Committee, speaking at the event. Corniche for a photo-shoot schools. arranged to promote the October Students were educated 6-16 event being held at Ali Bin on dangers of drugs addition. Hamad Al Attiyah Arena. Anti-drugs awareness lec- “It’s my first time in Qatar and tures were delivered at four QU organises Library it has been a good experience with secondary schools for boys the warm welcome of the people — Mesab bin Omair in Wadi here,” he said in a brief session Sail, Nasir bin Abdullah Al with Filipino press people. Atiyya in Khairitiyat, Qatar and Information Pacquiao recently announced he Banking Studies and Business will have one more fight early next Administration in Gharrafa year before he leaves the ring to and Mohammad Bin Abdul Association meeting concentrate on winning a Senate Aziz Al Mana in Muithir. seat. The drive was concluded on Khan is one potential oppo- Thursday, Al Sharq reports. DOHA: Qatar University Ansari, Qatar National Library nent for Pacquiao, with American “Young students and youth (QU) hosted the first meet- Project Director Dr Claudia Lux Terence Crawford among the other are prime target of drug ing of Library and Information and directors of local and regional contenders, a BBC report said Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao with Yusuf Ali Al Kazim, President, Qatar dealers, so the focus of the Association (LIA) on libraries were present. yesterday. Boxing Federation, and Dr Ching-kuo Wu, President, AIBA. SALIM MATRAMKOT drive was on them,” said Wednesday to increase com- The event featured interactive “It took me time to decide on Mohammad Abdullah Al munity awareness about the sessions and workshops on issues running for the Senate because to — including in Qatar — in his sen- standing for the Senate. Khatir, Head, International importance of information related to the library and infor- be a senator I need focus and give ate bid. “I need 100 percent of your “Being a politician and a public Affairs Studies at the depart- sources and the role of librar- mation sector in Qatar and the up some things that could affect support and prayers,” Pacquiao servant is different from boxing. ment. “We organised aware- ians in Qatar. region. my work. To be a senator is no said.wDespite the success he has And now that I am standing for the ness programmes for this age The event was an opportu- Dr Al Ali said: “The event joke as the whole country is your achieved as one of the best fight- Senate, I believe I can help more group. Anti-drugs lectures nity to bring librarians across underlines QU’s commitment to responsibility,” he said. ers of his generation, Pacquiao has people. Especially, the people in and activities will be held Qatar and the region together to promote initiatives of best prac- The Philippine boxing hero, who remained humble, winning the need. this academic year in several exchange ideas and share experi- tice and knowledge-sharing in serves as congressman represent- hearts of Filipinos and fans around The voters can visit my province schools across the country,” ences in the field of information the wider community through ing Sarangani province, declined the world. and see what I have done for my he added. and library research. services, which will contribute to to reveal the party he is joining “I want to thank all Filipinos people,” he added. Students were briefed on It also aimed to present the advancing the information and in the coming senatorial race. “I here. I know that even though I Asked about his top fights, drug materials, their side association before its official library sector in line with the will announce that when I file my wasn’t able to come here in the Pacquiao said: “Ah! I have had effects on users, their families launch and get insight into its Human Development pillar of candidacy,” he said in response to past years, they have always sup- many big fights in my career. and society, symptoms of addi- objectives, vision, mission and Qatar National Vision 2030.” a query. ported me,” he said. Some of these were against Oscar tion and how to detect and plans. Dr Al Muftah said: “LIA is Asked about his priority of Pacquiao said he was ‘satisfied’ De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Juan deal with them. They were QU Associate Vice-President, designed to provide services elected, he said Overseas Filipino with what he has achieved in his Manuel Márquez, Ricky Hatton also told that drug addiction Faculty Affairs, Dr Khalid Al Ali, to librarians, specialists and Workers (OFWs) and farmers. 20-year career. “Yes, of course, I and Floyd Mayweather.” Pacquiao, starts due to bad companions, LIA Foundation Committee Head researchers and optimise usage “One of my priorities would be am very happy with the way my who underwent surgery to repair not using free time for useful Dr Hend Al Muftah, Cultural of libraries and their resources OFWs and giving incentives to career has shaped up over the a torn rotator cuff after the fight activities, lack of plans, use Village Katara General Manager in Qatar which will contribute farmers to prevent rice smuggling,” years. against Mayweather in May, boasts of drugs out of curiosity and Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, to the country’s stated ambi- he said. “I have travelled a lot, meeting a record of 57 wins, six losses and parents’ carelessness, among Ministry of Culture, Arts and tions towards a knowledge-based The devout born-again Christian a lot of people and it has opened two draws. others. Heritage Sciences General economy.” said he will be needing support of a lot of doors for me. I became a Libraries Manager Abdullah Al THE PENINSULA Filipinos back home and abroad congressman and now I would be THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

26,013 abandoned vehicles removed, Marriott Hotel operates the QR11m generated in 30 months Doha Marriott Hotel at Ras Abu Aboud Street

DOHA: The Public Cleaning Department at the Ministry and wishes to lease a shop space equal to of Municipality and Urban Planning responsible for remov- 29.7 square meters at the lobby entrance of the ing abandoned vehicles has gen- erated over QR11m in revenue. The department removed hotel on a monthly rental basis immediately. 26,013 vehicles in the past more than two years (from March 29, 2013 to October 6, 2015), Mohammad Faraj Al Kubaisi, Assistant Director of the Public Cleaning Project, said in a state- The shop is open for inspection with prior ment posted on the ministry’s website yesterday. Al Kubaisi is also a member of appointment and the queries can be sent to: a committee for supervising the removal of abandoned vehicles. The panel generated [email protected] QR11,421,730 and recycled 20,010 vehicles, Marzouq Mubarak Al An abandoned vehicle is being removed. Misaifir, another member of the committee and Head, Transport parked in outer areas, Al Misaifir The Public Cleaning Project was Section, at the ministry. added. Legal action is taken by launched in 1981 when authorities The committee removed aban- the department concerned at hired an international company doned vehicles, machines and the municipalities under the law to keep the country clean and equipment from highways, down- No. 8 of 1974 before removing beautiful. town interior roads and those abandoned vehicles, he added. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Practise and understand Islam with a smile By Deana Nassar others, one can fall into the trap of lying Islam, the Prophet (PBUH) explained by exaggerating or telling false tales, that if their state of mind remains the NE subject which is cov- however we should remember it is for- same as in his presence and they are ered a lot in the media bidden to lie in Islam. Don’t forget Islam always busy in remembrance of God the and in life in general is instructs us to be truthful even in making angels would be shaking their hands. the non-existence of a people laugh. This indicates that a Muslim is encour- sense of humour among Unlike some modern scholars who aged and a Muslim is endorsed to remain Muslims or the lack choose to not smile while speaking, jovial and at ease with his/her family, Othereof. As a practicing Muslim, I would we have been taught that smiling is a friends and acquaintances when it is like to concur that, in reality, Muslims Sunnah as the Prophet (PBUH) him- appropriate to do so, without going to have everything including a sense of self was constantly seen smiling. He also extremes or saying anything hurtful so humour, just like any other people. taught us that smiling in the face of our long as humour is within the limits of Islam is not only a religion, it’s a way brother is charity. This is a fine exam- Islamic tolerance, and does not go beyond of life which encompasses every aspect of ple of conduct and his joyful nature is the bounds of truth. it including; yes; humour. We just need to reflected again when he raced with his Similarly, a Muslim is discouraged open our hearts and minds to understand wife Aisha and joked about when Aisha when being serious to go to extremes of this great religion’s meaning and culture. won the first time and he won the next harshness and strictness. For sure Islam For certain you will find that Muslims time they raced. is a religion which sanctions reason and like a good joke just as much as the next sensibility in all our actions. person. Islam isn’t a rigid, oppressive THE ETIQUETTE OF HUMOUR It may help to stick to guidelines in force but a way of living and comedy is an effort to remain courteous while jok- part of that. It’s good for the heart and Many scholars oppose the notion that ing. Some pointers to remember include the spirit. Islam prohibits laughter and humour the timing of the joke, the topic and the and in fact have made many lessons person to whom we feel free with while THE SUNNAH OF JOKING enjoyable by adopting a free and easy joking. We also shouldn’t criticise while approach while teaching and advising joking; after all it’s only funny and appro- It’s only natural that we are all drawn us. I personally have downloaded many priate when all present can join in the to people with a good sense of humour lessons both in English and Arabic fun. It is also better not to joke with since it has the power of warming peo- by these teachers and for me their of good practicing Muslims. Nonetheless, someone when you meet for the first ple’s hearts. Like no other human char- approach has been both informative and smiling, joking, relaxing and laughing are time. acteristic, humour, provides a welcome enjoyable to watch and hear. certainly welcome at appropriate times And last but not the least, remember break amidst the pressures of life. Embracing Islam does not require us to It is significant that and places. At times of work though, seri- to demonstrate respect to the person you There is even evidence that humour give up laughing. On the contrary being ousness is called for. Furthermore, the are joking with. The Prophet (PBUH) was and jokes are supported in Islam. We learn able to laugh at yourself and at funny we understand and issues of Islam are more significant than particular with this and one story relays this from several of Prophet Muhammad situations is one of the things that make to be dealt with jokingly. that he told a man he was joking with: (peace be upon him) teachings where it is this life so enjoyable, and we, as Muslims, “In the eyes of Allah you are great.” narrated that Abu Hurairah said to the are not exempt from this feeling. There’s acknowledge the OTHER COMPANIONS A conscientious effort must be made Prophet (PBUH): “O Prophet of Allah, nothing better than having a good laugh, to maintain a careful Muslim code of you are joking with us.” but people erroneously seem to have this difference between While this is important, it is true that behaviour where we should never harm He said: “I only say what is true.” impression that Muslims and comedy companions of the Prophet (PBUH) in another person through humiliation or (At-Tirmidhi, 1990) don’t go together; that somehow we can’t fact saw nothing wrong with joking or insensitivity. This last point is one I try And again, we see that joking in fact reconcile humor with our faith. mocking and joking, having fun, as they saw the Prophet hard to instill in my children, for chil- is encouraged, as when Sufyan ibn Aiyna In fact it is related that Umar (a com- (PBUH), their leader and teacher, often dren being as they are sometimes without was asked: panion) said: “I admire a man who is like and between doing so. The many stories about their meaning to be may become cruel. “Is joking prohibited?” a child with his family, meaning that he sense of humour reflect the easy-going The afore-mentioned stories and He replied: “It is a Sunnah, but the point is playful, and once he leaves them, he is nature of the first Islamic society, and reports are an obvious indication of the is that it must be done appropriately”. more serious.” laughing at someone how far removed it was from the nar- lightheartedness and sense of humour One story relays: It has been reported by Thabit ibn row-mindedness and gloom sometimes that Islam wants us, as its followers, to An old woman came to the Prophet Ubaid (another companion) once said and laughing with depicted today. adopt. No need to assume a morbid and Muhammad (peace be upon him) and that Zayd ibn Thabit was one of the most A narration reflecting the importance depressing temperament, our Prophet said: “O Messenger of God, pray that I humourous men in his home. Outside of someone. of balance in our lives is that of Abu Bakr (PBUH) possessed none of these. This will enter Paradise.” his home, he was as serious as any man. Al Siddiq, who met his friend Hanzala in humour and cheerfulness in fact make He said jokingly: “O Mother of According to the great scholar and the market and confessed to Abu Bakr a person good-natured and likeable, So-and-so, no old women will enter Imam Al Nawawi: “Joking is prohibited protocols of humour. We should not be that he felt like a hypocrite and explained which will enable him/her to win people’s Paradise.” only when it is excessive and consistent. so excessive in our laughter or joking that that when he was with the Prophet hearts. Bear in mind that no other person The old woman went away crying, so the It is explained that if joking becomes inef- we lose sight of reality. Moreover it is sig- (PBUH) he would remember God and needs such characteristics more than the Prophet (PBUH) said: “Tell her that she fective it causes the heart to harden and nificant that we understand and acknowl- the Hereafter; but when he would leave Muslim who seeks to call others to Islam. will not enter Paradise as an old woman will distract a person from both worship edge the difference between mocking and his companionship his wife, children and Remember humour is encouraged in but as a young and pure woman whereas of God and concern with religious issues joking, and between laughing at someone business would occupy his mind. Islam as long as it doesn’t create hatred he cited from the Quran: {We have created and worldly affairs. Understandably, too and laughing with someone. Abu Bakr confessed that he did the and is not blasphemous against any reli- their companions of special creation, and much may cause needless harm, envy and As previously mentioned, joking should same, and the two companions approached gion or is unnecessarily cruel; it has a made them virgin-pure and undefiled.}” disrespect. not deviate from the truth and should not the Prophet (PBUH) and spoke of their place and in fact is welcomed. (Shama’il Muhammadiya, 230) The general rule of thumb is to observe become consistent in a person’s manner, situation. Setting their minds at ease and Sometimes, in our attempts to humour we don’t go overboard and forget the for seriousness at times is also a virtue illustrating the simplicity and beauty of WWW.ONISLAM.NET

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By Idris Tawfiq “We do not impose on any soul a duty except to the extent of its trust in Him OMETIMES life seems ability-- they are the dwellers of just more than we can the Garden [Paradise]; in it they bear. Even for Muslims. shall abide forever.” (Al-A`raf E ALL want good things to happen in our lives, but We all have off-days, of 7:42) Almighty Allah never bur- too often we want it now; not later. When it doesn’t course, when everything dens us with more than we can happen the way we want it to, we are tempted to Sseems to go wrong, when we feel cope with. It is good once in a Wask, “When, God, when?” Without doubt, most of us out of sorts. No matter how regu- while just to think about others need to grow in the area of trusting God instead of focusing on the lar we are with our prayers, those around us in the world. When “when” question. days come to us out of the blue, we compare the little things that If we are missing joy and peace, we are not trusting God. If our perhaps caused by a thoughtless make us moan and complain with mind feels worn out all the time, again we are not trusting God. comment from a friend, or per- the genuine heartbreak and trag- Since childhood, as Muslims we are taught that God gives us hopes haps we just didn’t get enough edy that others face, we should and dreams for certain things to happen in our lives. While all this sleep the night before. really be ashamed of ourselves. is sound and good, the part where He doesn’t always allow us to But there can be times in our We get over even the worst see the exact timing of His plan is what we find difficult to grasp. lives when we really have had times in our lives. Although Although frustrating, not knowing the exact timing is often what enough. Nothing seems to be right. unbearable at the time, they keeps us in the programme; the programme of communicating with We are unhappy. It seems to be a pass and we can look back and God and keeping the faith that may be, just may be. part of the human condition that learn from them. In fact, what I remember years ago questioning my parents what was the point no matter how much we have, we had seemed a disaster can often if we don’t know when and if what we want will actually happen. I want more. No matter how much being shown did not depend upon wealth turn out for the good. remember when I asked for something and they would say ‘In Sha we have achieved, we are not satisfied. No or achievements. It was a genuine respect, Allah does not test us beyond our scope. Allah’ meaning in Arabic “if God wills” and me being impatient matter how lovely our kids are or how perfect just because he was another human being. If we were all to look back at our own lives, asking ok, is that like a yes or a no? our marriage is, we have doubts. Mustapha told him how he felt and that he we would find the finger of Allah pointing us Fast forward, I now understand that there are times when we just wanted to say goodbye before leaving the in a certain direction, and we would feel the might give up if we knew how long it was going to actually take, MUSTAPHA’S STORY job, since he wouldn’t see the man again. gentleness of His hand guiding us through life. but when we accept God’s timing, we can learn to live in hope and Let us take the story of Mustapha, for The man didn’t offer him sympathy, but There is an old song that talks about count- enjoy our lives while God is working on our problems. We know that example. Mustapha was having one of those told him what a fool he was. He had a job, ing blessings instead of sheep. Sometimes, God’s plan for our lives is good, and when we entrust ourselves to days. Working as a waiter in a coffee house hadn’t he? How would he give money to his when we can’t get to sleep at night, we count Him, we can experience total peace and happiness. for very low wages was not usually enough parents without a job? This job was surely bet- sheep jumping over a gate. The routine and But what is this communication mentioned earlier that is neces- to get him down. After all, the coffee house ter than no job at all. He should stay at least the monotony of the image can make us feel sary to keep a relationship strong? had its compensations. Many of the custom- until tomorrow. If he felt the same way tomor- sleepy and it sometimes helps us to doze off. Communication that builds relationships is dialogue and genuine ers were funny. The other waiters he worked row, then he could leave. Imagine, then, that instead of counting prayer has all of the qualities and characteristics of a deeply mean- with always had a joke to tell and a smile on Of course, the next day all seemed fine. To sheep we were to count the many blessings ingful conversation between God and us. their faces. Mustapha, the other waiters seemed funny that Almighty Allah gives us. There are so Think, for instance, how the end results of any intentional and It was a job, after all, and he could take again. The sun was shining and even the own- many that we would be fast asleep before we constructive dialogue can be wonderful. We know this to be true in money home to his parents. That day, however, er’s son didn’t seem all that bad. Life was not could number them all. There are, indeed, our relationships with other people. How often have we had a deep the jokes weren’t enough. He had had enough that bad after all. There were lots of people so many things in our lives to be thankful and heartfelt conversation with another person, and come away of being taken for granted by the owner and worse off than him. for. Life’s ups and downs can teach us many from that experience saying, “I have a much better understanding being treated badly by the owner’s son. Even We have all been in Mustapha’s shoes, things. The real point is that we can become of him and his problems, needs, and concerns.” the customers had been rude to him that day. haven’t we? Events get too much for us. People that much better and that much stronger by We in fact feel ‘wow’ that person I can trust, and we are eager He didn’t have enough money to pay his bills seem not to care about what we want or how how much we learn from them. to meet and speak with him/her again. The same is true when we and, even though it was the weekend, he had we feel. We are taken for granted at work. As Muslims, we should try not to give in to communicate intentionally with God. Islam teaches us that every no money to go out with his friends. This is Even our work seems not to be what we want. those moments of doubt and unhappiness. At one of us can find comfort only by turning to God and tranquility not what he wanted with his life, not why he This is not what we had planned for ourselves. those times, especially, we can turn to Allah that results from this communication is mentioned in many verses. had studied for three years in the Faculty of There are other times, too, when we face a in prayer and pour out our troubles before The Quran says: {Then Allah sent down His Sakinah (calmness and Commerce. Mustapha decided to quit the job real crisis that threatens to crush us. We lose Him. He knows about every leaf falling from tranquility) upon His Messenger and upon the believers.} (9:26) and just walk out. our job without warning. We become sick or every tree, so He knows what is troubling us. Intentional dialogue with God ultimately establishes and deepens However, just as he was about to take off his someone close to us becomes sick. A friend or At the end of each day, we can rejoice that our relationship with Him. The purpose of prayer is that we might apron and leave, one of his regular customers family member dies and leaves us alone for whatever gets us down is not too much for know God better, experience more of His love, and have an abiding walked in and asked for a coffee. He was a kindly the first time in our lives. Faced with tragedy Almighty Allah to solve. As Muslims, we can awareness of His work in our lives. Talking to God doesn’t build rela- middle-aged man and was always very courte- people respond in different ways: falling into rejoice in those beautiful words of our beloved tionship. Communicating with God however does, through speaking ous to Mustapha and the other waiters. Even depression, feeling angry, or even questioning Prophet PBUH): “There is neither strength to Him, through our prayers we learn to trust, we learn to believe. though he wore good clothes and obviously had how Allah could allow this to happen to us. nor power save in Allah.” money, he treated them with respect. “What have we done to deserve this?” we ask. WWW.ONISLAM.NET Mustapha knew that the respect he was We read in the Qur’an what means: WWW.ONISLAM.NET FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 GULF / MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 ‘Wave of terror’ in Israel as attacks spread Four new stabbings wound Israelis; Palestinian shot dead by Israeli security forces

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister and, no less, from the Islamic Later in the day, an Israeli sol- Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Movement in Israel.” dier and three passers-by were Ban on men firm action yesterday against Four new stabbings wounded stabbed and lightly wounded in what he called a mostly unor- Israelis yesterday and one of the Tel Aviv and the attacker killed. aged below 50 ganised “wave of terror” plagu- assailants was killed as the con- The suspect, who used a screw- ing Israel and the Palestinian tinuing attacks defied attempts by driver, was shot dead by another territories but warned there authorities to contain Palestinian soldier, said police, who identified from Al Aqsa was no “magic solution.” unrest. him as Thaer Abu Ghazaleh, in The unrest has sparked fears A Palestinian was also shot his late teens. Friday prayer that a third Palestinian uprising, dead by Israeli security forces In the third incident, a or intifada, could erupt. With a when clashes broke out in east Palestinian stabbed an Israeli JERUSALEM: Israeli police spate of stabbings deeply unnerv- Jerusalem as they went to search near the Jewish settlement of said they would reimpose a ing Israelis and riots rocking east the home of one of the alleged Kiryat Arba in the West Bank, the ban on men under the age of Jerusalem and the West Bank, attackers. military said. The victim was seri- 50 attending Friday prayers at Netanyahu vowed to pursue those Authorities have struggled to ously wounded and the attacker Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque “who stand behind” the attackers. prevent the stabbings, with the fled. An Arab also stabbed and compound after a new wave of “We are in the midst of a wave suspects often young Palestinians wounded a soldier in the northern stabbing attacks. of terror of knives, firebombs, believed to be mainly acting on Israeli town of Afula before being A Molotov cocktail is thrown by Palestinians at an Israeli army jeep during “It has been decided to limit the stones and live fire,” Netanyahu their own. captured, authorities said. clashes near the Jewish settlement of Bet El, near Ramallah, yesterday age of worshippers allowed entry told reporters. In yesterday’s first attack, a The stabbings began on to the Temple Mount to men over “These actions are mostly not Palestinian stabbed a 25-year-old Saturday when a Palestinian 50,” a statement said yesterday, organised, but they are all the Jewish man in Jerusalem, leav- killed two Israelis in Jerusalem’s using the site’s Hebrew name. result of wild and untruthful ing him in serious condition. The Old City, prompting an Israeli Palestinians launch “Entry of women of all ages will incitement from Hamas, from 19-year-old assailant, identified as security crackdown. be allowed.” the Palestinian Authority, from Subhi Abu Khalifah from Shuafat At the same time, violent dem- Meanwhile, Arab Israeli law- several neighbouring countries in east Jerusalem, was arrested. onstrations in east Jerusalem and hashtag intifada makers have vowed to defy Prime the West Bank have seen youths Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s throwing stones and firebombs RAMALLAH: Videos spread on social media showing decision to bar parliament mem- Israel-Palestinian violence face off against Israeli security Palestinians stabbing Israelis and throwing stones at soldiers bers from entering a sensitive A steady rise in street violence has been fueled by confrontations around Jerusalem's forces firing rubber bullets, tear are mustering online youth activists to the frontline after days Jerusalem holy site, pledging to Al Aqsa Mosque complex, Islam's third holiest shrine which Jews also revere as the gas and stun grenades. of violence. A Facebook page set up as clashes and stabbings visit it today. vestige of their two ancient temples. Fresh clashes broke out at the continue to rock Israel and the occupied West Bank declares in Netanyahu has issued the Bet El checkpoint outside the Arabic that “the intifada (uprising) has been launched”. order against lawmakers and OCT. 7 West Bank city of Ramallah, as The page has its own logo of a masked youth throwing stones ministers in a bid to ease ten-

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Tunisia lawmaker escapes ‘attempt Yemen govt dismisses Houthi concessions as ‘manoeuvre’ on life’: Media DUBAI: Yemen’s government of the (UN) resolution without on the battlefield in recent weeks, dismissed as a “manoeuvre” yes- any changes.” giving Hadi little incentive to deal TUNIS: A lawmaker with terday the Houthis’ acceptance of “We are ready to go to any talks with the Houthis. In their letter Tunisia’s main, anti-Islamist a UN-sponsored peace plan and after a clear acceptance of the to UN chief Ban last week, the political party said he escaped demanded that the Iran-backed implementation of the UN reso- Houthis accepted an April UN an assassination bid while driv- group hand back territory it has lution,” Alrahbi said, adding that Security Council resolution call- ing to work yesterday in the seized since last year. the Houthi and Saleh acceptance ing for them to quit Yemeni cities. coastal city of Sousse. The Houthis, who control much had come with conditions. They also urged Ban to convene The popular resort city was the of Yemen along with the party of “We consider this (Houthi talks on a seven-point peace plan site in June of a beachfront mas- ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, acceptance) a manoeuvre, espe- proposed by the United Nations in sacre in which a jihadist gunman said on Wednesday that they had cially after the painful strikes talks in Oman last month. killed 38 foreign tourists. officially informed UN Secretary- they received,” said Alrahbi, Sources close to the Houthis The Islamic State group General Ban Ki-moon of their referring to the advances by the have said that diplomats from the claimed responsibility for the readiness to join talks to end coalition east of the Yemeni capi- European Union helped to draft Sousse massacre and the killing in more than six months of fighting tal Sana’a and the capture of the the Houthi letter to Ban to try March of 21 people at the national in which more than 5,000 people Bab Al Mandab strait in south- to overcome any objections from Tribal fighters loyal to Yemen’s government ride a motorcycle as they pass museum in Tunis. have died. western Yemen. Hadi to resuming the talks. by a destroyed tank on the side of the road at the frontline of fighting against Ridha Charfeddine, who said he Asked about the overture from The Saudi-led coalition and Hadi, in a letter of his own to Houthi militants in the central province of Marib yesterday. was unharmed, told Jawhara FM the Houthi-Salah camp, however, Hadi view the Houthis as prox- Ban dated October 5 and obtained radio he was shot at from another President Abdrabuh Mansur ies for non-Arab Iran and regard by Reuters, said his administra- carried out the coup (Houthis- than 5,000 people have been killed car on the road. “I wasn’t able Hadi’s press secretary, Mokhtar Saleh as a spoiler trying to tion was ready “for a peaceful Saleh) to commit to implement” so far in the Yemeni conflict and to see the shooter sitting in the Alrahbi, said: “The government’s undermine a political accord that solution and to resume political the UN Security Council resolu- has expressed alarm over a recent back seat,” added the legislator position is unchanged. There allowed him to step down follow- consultations”. tion, which he said provided the surge in civilian casualties. with Nidaa Tounes, the party of must be an announcement of will- ing months of protests in 2011. But he said this willingness basis for any political dialogue. President Beji Caid Essebsi. ingness to implement all articles The coalition has made progress “hinged only on the side which The United Nations says more REUTERS “It’s a miracle that I’m still alive,” said Charfeddine, who is president of a first division foot- ball club, Etoile Sportive de Sahel. Earlier this week, the private channel’s executive director, Moez Ben Gharbia, claimed in an online Beirut protest turns violent video that he had “all the infor- mation” about the assassination BEIRUT: Lebanese security forces fired tear decisions since it was formed last year. Lebanon has two years ago of two left-wing gas and water canon to break up an anti-govern- also been without a president for more than a year opposition figures claimed by IS. ment protest in Beirut yesterday, and the coun- in the absence of a deal on who should take the post. Chokri Belaid and Mohamed try’s fractious leaders postponed talks aimed at Lebanon’s parliament Speaker cancelled the last Brahmi were shot dead in front resolving a political crisis that is feeding public day of this week’s session aimed at discussing ways of their homes. Belaid’s family discontent. out of the political crisis after politicians made no has repeatedly demanded the full Anger at Lebanon’s government has fuelled progress on issues including high-level security truth behind his killing. repeated protests in recent months. Discontent with appointments, the National News Agency said. Ben Gharbia’s video, which widely perceived corruption and incompetence came The three-day “national dialogue” called by Nabih local media said he recorded in to a head in July when the government failed to Berri started on Tuesday and was aimed at finding Switzerland, sparked an online agree a solution to a trash disposal crisis and piles solutions to the stalemate. The talks were set to run debate and prompted the authori- of garbage were left to fester in the streets. into yesterday but Berri postponed the next session ties to open a probe into his claims. Protesters threw projectiles including rocks at a until October 26. Saudi Arabia backs the Sunni-led Charfeddine refused to comment line of riot police blocking the way to the Lebanese Future Movement of former prime minister Saad on any possible link between the parliament in Beirut’s commercial district. Live TV Al Hariri. Iran backs the Shia party Hezbollah, a video and the alleged attempt to Lebanese activists from ‘You Stink’ movement clash with anti-riot policemen footage showed at least one injured riot policeman powerful armed group, and its allies. murder him. in Beirut yesterday. on the ground. The Lebanese government group- AFP ing rival factions has struggled to take even basic REUTERS FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE Nobel Prize for Literature to Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich comes at a time when the so-called Russian sphere of influence is criss- Tcrossed by war and suffering due to the machinations of a nation ruled by the ambitions of President Vladimir Putin. Would the real Hillary No wonder, it was greeted quite unenthusiastically by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who said: “Of course, we congratulate her. But I’m sure she does not possess the information to make a positive evaluation of what is happening in Ukraine.” Clinton please stand up? Alexievich, who was born in Ukraine to a Belarusian father and a Ukrainian mother, yesterday called Russia’s military role By Margaret Carlson Ginger Rogers, only backward and in opposite can be glaringly obvious. When in supporting insurgency in eastern Ukraine an invasion. She a pantsuit. Rep Kevin McCarthy, then the leading was rebuffed by pro-Kremlin journalist Dmitry Smirnov, who narrow view of women’s roles The female candidate who came candidate to replace John Boehner as denounced the award saying: “Alas, she was given the prize for seems to be a thing of the closest to authenticity was, wait for it, House speaker, gaffed last month by her hatred towards Russia.” past for most Americans, former Alaska Gov Sarah Palin, the suggesting that the Benghazi inquiry Coincidentally, the award has come at a symbolic time for Aexcept perhaps those on the second woman to run for the second was a successful attempt to lower staff of Hillary Clinton. As they tried highest office in the land. You might not Clinton’s poll numbers, she reacted by Alexievich. Her country, ruled by authoritarian President and to make the Democratic presidential like her, but she came across as herself, saying how “distressed” she was to learn staunch Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko, holds presidential front-runner more likeable and authen- sometimes to a fault. With her unruly that the inquiry was so partisan. It’s a elections on Sunday in which he is likely to secure a fifth tic, the best they could come up with brood, the First Dude away in the oil safe bet that, in fact, she was elated to straight term. Alexievich had in the past been critical of her was to have her flipping pancakes on fields, her life matched her image. She have been handed such a cudgel by the country’s government for which she had to spend 10 years the “Today” show. couldn’t pull off a pose as an intellectual, Republicans. in exile living in Italy, France, Germany and Sweden. She The pancake breakfast is a compul- or as a mom baking cookies and serving And if it’s hard to be yourself when sory figure of the campaign trail that tea, so she didn’t try. flipping pancakes, it’s even harder returned four years ago and has since maintained a low profile. women should endeavour to ignore. Clinton probably wouldn’t look too to do so while flip-flopping on long- The prize’s time is also symbolic as it comes a day after Putin For male candidates, it’s a way to show authentic doing Palin — like stuff such held positions. With the first debate celebrated his 63rd birthday in style — adding another year to they’re affable family guys — a little as skinning bears, shooting moose or of Democratic candidates looming on a political career not known for a inept, game for being domestic, but not catching big fish, but the candidate’s Tuesday, Clinton used this week to The Literature responsible way of governance. accustomed to it. For a woman, how- humour and heart campaign of recent try to disarm two potentially bother- Alexievich has written about the ever, being seen weeks still needs some fine-tuning. She’s some lines of attack from Sen Bernie sweating over danced with Ellen, responded to ques- Sanders, her nomination rival, who Prize this year harshness of life in the Soviet Union, a hot stove is a tions from Donald Trump as played by is drawing crowds, moving up in the honours the the Chernobyl disaster, Soviet loser whether she Jimmy Fallon, and laughed uproari- polls, and even pulling ahead in New invasion of Afghanistan and the The most authentic looks comfortable ously after declaring “I am a real per- Hampshire. On Wednesday, after years mundane but sufferings of women during World or not. son” when asked to describe “the real of ardent support for the Trans-Pacific War Two. By honouring her, the candidate in any The cooking Hillary Clinton” on CBS’s “Face the Partnership, Clinton was suddenly segment didn’t Nation.” (Laughing hard seems to be against it. Yesterday, she planned to significant award recognises the pain suffered cycle is the one do much to fur- way of showing she’s full of humour.) show she can stand up to Wall Street, reality of by depredations of irresponsible who has to fake ther the Clinton In her defence, authenticity is a tall one of her major sources of campaign politics, seeking to raise the faceless staff’s goal of order, at least on the large stage poli- contributions, by proposing a tax on international sufferer to a state of recognition. it the least or is making her seem ticians work on. The only chance the high-frequency traders. Her chronicling of the lives of Soviet the best at faking less “wooden and public has to see candidates being the But her biggest bungle in the authen- politics. women soldiers during the Second overly cautious,” least bit spontaneous is in early nomina- ticity department may have been when, it altogether. The as the New York tion states, where the crowds are small in the “Today” segment preceding the World War published under the title authentic person Times described and the candidate does not have enough pancakes, she attempted a non-apology ‘War’s unwomanly face’ offended authorities and was barred Palin was playing it. Clinton has time to put on a different guise, mov- apology for her handling of her e-mails from publication for a long time. It came out later when Soviet acknowledged ing from talking to a geezer in a hard- as secretary of state. Clinton told NBC’s leader Mikhail Gorbachev launched Perestroika. seemed pretty that she hasn’t ware store hat to bending down to ask Savannah Guthrie that she was “sorry” In her first press conference yesterday, Alexievich came close to the done much driv- a 5-year-old about her school. that she made the “choice” to set up out strongly against authoritarian governance structures. She ing since 1996. Clinton isn’t any better at this than a private server. In the next breath, person she was. She probably Al Gore or Mitt Romney were, but she she blamed the whole brouhaha on berated totalitarianism by saying, “I love the Russian world, hasn’t spent a takes a lot more flak for her seeming Republicans trying to hurt her. but the kind, humane Russian world. I do not love Beria, Stalin, lot of time fix- detachment than they did. Thus the In the end, Clinton’s “realest” Putin... how low they let Russia sink.” ing meals either, as she went from the griddle on “Today.” moment was her most scripted one. As Ukraine suffers because of Putin’s misdaventures and the Governor’s Mansion in Arkansas to the The most authentic candidate in any On “Saturday Night Live” last weekend, Russian sphere of influence is stretched by opposing pulls of White House to travelling hundreds of cycle is the one who has to fake it the she played Val, a server with Joe Six- thousands of miles as secretary of state. least or is the best at faking it altogether. Pack common sense who tells it straight the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the Kremlin, the Candidates do all kinds of things to The authentic person Palin was playing while serving a “Hillary Clinton” played Literature Prize this year has moved from the esoteric world relate to the folks Clinton used to call seemed pretty close to the person she by SNL cast member Kate McKinnon. of highbrow writing to the mundane but significant reality of “ordinary Americans,” but relating is was. It’s much harder for Clinton, whom It would help if she rehearsed more. international politics. Alexievich, the first journalist to win the still harder for a woman than a man. life has carried a long way from her early, Authenticity in politics doesn’t come Prize, embodies a genre that has given shape to the pain of less A female candidate has to be tough but Midwestern idealistic self. naturally. Fake it till you make it. heard-of voices during war and suffering. This makes her the not too tough and do everything a man But if authenticity is hard to convey, does, to paraphrase the quote about and sometimes difficult to detect, its BLOOMBERG ‘Noblest of them all’. The other side Quote of An overdue Syria debate the day ILLARY Clinton has touched he opposed “a unilateral American no-fly support for the “unilateral” invasion of and “half-baked”? It’s worth consider- off an important and overdue zone in Syria.” Iraq. In fact, any initiative to establish ing the recent congressional testimony debate among Democrats We’d like to see a substantive discus- Syrian no-fly zones, where refugees of retired Gen. David Petraeus, who like about US policy in Syria. sion of this question, so we’ll start by try- could gather safely and moderate forces Clinton first advanced his ideas from HClinton told a television interviewer last ing to clear away the chaff tossed up by organize themselves, would necessarily inside the administration. The creation week that she favored the creation of a Obama and Sanders. Clinton can hardly involve extensive US collaboration with of enclaves in Syria “protected by coali- no-fly zone and humanitarian corridors be accused of favoring intervention in Turkey and Jordan, Syria’s neighbors, tion air power,” he said, was not only “to stop the carnage on the ground and Syria for political reasons, since she first as well as those nations already par- feasible but also essential to the political Nato is ready and able from the air,” some of which is now being put forward her proposal three years ago ticipating in the US-led air campaign in solution Obama says he is seeking for inflicted by Russian bombers. That drew as secretary of state; it is, if anything, a the region. The Obama administration Syria. “If there is to be any hope of a to defend all allies, a disdainful response from President politically risky stand for a candidate who several months ago nominally agreed political settlement, a certain military and including Turkey, Obama, who described such proposals must face Democratic primary voters in to Turkey’s proposal for the creation of security context is required - and that as “mumbo jumbo” and hinted that Iowa four months from now. Sanders a small de facto safe zone along its bor- context will not materialize on its own,” against any threats. Clinton’s declaration was mere campaign can more plausibly be accused of elec- der with Syria. But as so often in Syria, Petraeus said. “We and our partners rhetoric. Obama’s view, in turn, was toral pandering. His false suggestion that implementation has been lacking. need to facilitate it.” endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders Clinton was proposing “unilateral” U.S. What of Obama’s claim that propos- Jens Stoltenberg (I-Vt.), who issued a statement saying action was evidently meant to evoke her als like Clinton’s are “mumbo jumbo” The Washington Post Nato Secretary-General FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 OPINION www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Is ‘Tsar Putin’ as secure as he seems?

power given Russia’s economic problems. The rouble has halved in value against the US dollar since 2012, the year Putin Friends and enemies have cast Putin as a was elected for a third term. “In these situations, you see nothing leader attempting to unite modern Russia and then all of a sudden it goes,” the dip- lomat said. with its Soviet superpower past and the An influential Russian businessman, speaking on condition of anonymity mystical traditions of pre-revolutionary because of a Russian taboo on discuss- ing Putin’s future, said: “The economy Orthodox Tsars. is very bad.” “These situations are impossible to predict but they can change very fast. By Guy Faulconbridge partial one. When it happens it goes very fast,” the and Stephen Grey The descriptions may offer rare first- Russian said. He used the Russian word hand views of Putin’s court and some for ‘brittle’ to describe the current eco- clues about a question that has preoccu- nomic and political situation. ladimir Putin turned 63 this pied oligarchs, Western governments and Pugachev said Putin’s shift towards week with his now traditional even Putin’s advisers: How long will Putin confrontation with the West over Ukraine display of sporting prowess, and remain as Russia’s paramount leader? flowed from his reliance on the guidance Van announcement that Russian For Pugachev, the keys to the puzzle of hardliners inside the Kremlin. naval vessels had launched a wave of mis- are Putin’s perceptions of his own per- “He trusted the hawks and he has had siles against Islamic State in Syria. sonal safety, finding a successor and the a lack of success. He is not a leader of The Russian leader has never appeared clan battles over the spoils of a former the hawks himself but over the 15 years more confident and his grip on power superpower. he has migrated between the different never more secure. In the past two “Until he finds a path to an arrange- Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a gala game, opening a new season of the circles,” he said. years he has outmanoeuvred the West ment which secures his safety, he will Night Ice Hockey League in Sochi, Russia. Another Russian businessman with in Crimea, eastern Ukraine and Syria. remain in power,” Pugachev said. knowledge of the Kremlin cast Putin as Western sanctions have apparently failed “He no longer has confidence in his pre-revolutionary Orthodox Tsars. For Pugachev, the cruder interpreta- an isolated leader who understood he to blunt his ambition. closest circle and if I were in his place I The Kremlin has shown Putin grap- tions of Putin’s power miss the under- could never leave power. But some of Putin’s former allies, those would not trust them either: What they pling with a Siberian tiger while support- lying instability of post-Soviet Russia: “No one tells him the truth,” said the who have fallen from grace during his 15 say to his face and what they say when ers this year unveiled a bust in his home Putin must navigate the chaotic clan Russian who spoke on condition of ano- years in power, paint a different picture: he is not there is completely different.” town showing him as a modern Caesar. battle for wealth with care. nymity. “He cannot leave. He knows that. Putin’s position as Russian leader may be When asked about Pugachev’s com- The New York Review of Books has writ- “These people, it is the way they are, He believes in plots.” far less assured, they say. ments, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov ten of “The Emperor Vladimir”. will serve anyone who defends their venal One Russian emigre, however, cau- “Putin is a hostage of his entourage,” said: “We see them as the words of a citi- But Pugachev’s description of a less interests,” Pugachev, 52, said of the clans tioned against overestimating internal Sergei Pugachev, who once counted the zen who is on a wanted list.” secure leader chimes with the views of around Putin. opposition. Kremlin chief as a close family friend, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia’s “These people are hostages to their “Yes, Vladimir Putin has to take into told Reuters in an interview in Paris. TSAR PUTIN? richest man, who was arrested in 2003 crimes — basically the whole establish- account interests of various stakehold- The animosity between Pugachev Since Putin was appointed acting pres- before his YUKOS business empire ment — and they need someone who will ers,” said Sergei Guriev, an economist and the Russian government is well ident by Boris Yeltsin on December 31, was ripped apart and its main produc- at minimum represent their interests. If who fled Russia in 2013 for France. documented. Pugachev says his $15bn 1999, he has been cast, variously, as Tsar, tion units taken over by Gazprom and the situation changes and they consider “However, in the current system — business empire spanning shipbuilding, reformer, secret policeman and Russia’s Rosneft. Putin is not sufficiently defending their certainly, since the Yukos affair — nobody coal and real estate was expropriated richest man. “No matter what the PR machine interests then I think anything could within the Russian elite could come by Kremlin rivals. He is suing Russia In diplomatic cables published by and propaganda of the Kremlin might happen.” even close to him in terms of power and for $12bn. Russia, meanwhile, is seek- WikiLeaks in 2010, US diplomats say, President Putin is no superman,” Behind the patriotic swagger of wealthy authority. If he personally decides to do ing Pugachev’s arrest for embezzlement depicted Putin as Russia’s “alpha-dog” Khodorkovsky, who was freed in 2013 Muscovites, according to this analysis, X, no clans or elite groups will be able and misappropriation of assets, charges autocrat who ruled by allowing corrupt after a decade in Russian jails, told an there lies a danger for Putin: The fall to stop it.” Pugachev denies. officials and spies to steal. The Kremlin audience in London in February. in the oil price and Western sanctions So will Putin stay in power for life? Given the secrecy of Putin’s Kremlin, called that idea ridiculous. “The Russian business and ruling for his war in Ukraine have reduced the “It is difficult for me to say how it all it was impossible to confirm Pugachev’s Friends and enemies have cast Putin elite is becoming increasingly anxious in profits of this moneyed class. ends,” Pugachev said. “I think that stag- account. But interviews with other as a leader attempting to unite mod- response to Putin’s political course; even A Western diplomatic source said nation is probably here to stay for a long Russian businessmen and foreign diplo- ern Russia with its Soviet superpower those who are loyal to him. It is obvious Putin was poorly informed and it was time.” mats painted a similar picture, albeit a past and the mystical traditions of that autumn has arrived for Putin.” unclear how long he would remain in REUTERS North Korea to fete all-powerful party Digital amnesia

By Anna Fifield “the only guiding idea of the party.” is here to stay Yeah, Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism. That’s his Saturday is party day in North a thing in North Korea, revolving around the By Caitlin Dewey is called “transactive memory,” Korea. Well, actually, Party party day. “revolutionary thought of the great leader, and it basically means that we T Kim Jong Un’s regime celebrates Kim Il Sung” and his “Juche ideology.” uartz flagged an interest- store information not just in our tomorrow the 70th anniversary of the foun- Juche — usually translated as “self reliance” ing report with an omi- brains — but in the objects and dation of the Korean Workers’ Party, the — is a peculiarly North Korean philosophy, Qnous name yesterday: people around us. Communist organisation that remains the which doesn’t really extend beyond the idea of According to research by the linchpin of his authoritarian state. not relying on the outside world. This is deeply cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Human-computer symbiosis There will be a huge parade through Kim Il ironic for a country that owes its existence to Lab, “digital amnesia” is gradu- Second, “remembering” isn’t Sung square in Pyongyang, home of the party the largesse of the Soviet Union and now to ally blotting out our brains. an inherently good thing, and headquarters, complete with goose-stepping aid from China. The report surveyed 6,000 forgetting isn’t inherently bad. soldiers, dancing children, tanks and missiles Indeed, the idea is so thin that Brian Myers, adults in six Western European It doubtlessly doesn’t seem that mounted on carriers. an expert on North Korean literature, likes to countries, as well as 1,000 people way when you’re punching in It’s shaping up to take on a much larger point out that the entry in the North Korean in the United States, about things repeated wrong PIN numbers at scale than previous parades. And it’s all about North Korean leader Kim Jong un (centre) visits encyclopedia for the Juche tower, an obelisk- such as the phone numbers they the ATM. But generally speaking, making Kim Jong un look good. the newly built Paekhak-dong village in Sonbong shaped Pyongyang monument to the idea, is memorise and what they do when your brain has only so much space “For Kim Jong un, it’s another way to empha- District. twice as long as the entry for the Juche phi- they need to remember a fact. to store memories — rather like sise his connection with his grandfather and losophy itself. Among Americans, half said they your phone. At some point, you to increase his power,” says Andrei Lankov, a But North Korea operates as a police state would try to look up an answer have to delete all those old photos historian who teaches at Kookmin University removing them entirely or shunting them and continues to exist because the populace is online before trying to remember and apps to take new ones. in Seoul. The third-generation leader in the aside to secondary posts. For the first time, indoctrinated into this philosophy and denied it, and 29 percent said they would This brings us back to the world’s only Confucian Communist dynasty, he had no peers.” information to the fact that there are other probably forget it again right spectre of “digital amnesia”: the Kim has something of a legitimacy problem. The party’s power is all encompassing. The forms of thought. From a young age, children after. Europeans weren’t quite so idea that our computers some- For one, he’s young — probably 32 or 33 — in North Korean constitution states that the are made to join the Socialist Youth League, bad, but pretty similar: 36 percent how hurt our memory. But when a society that reveres age. Plus, he’s got none of country “shall conduct all activities under and the elite become party members. said they Google first and think you remember that we’ve always the mythology that surrounded his grandfather the leadership of the Korean Workers’ Party.” For that reason, Kim Jong un needs to later; 24 percent admitted they stored memories in outside peo- Kim Il Sung, an anti-imperialist revolutionary While Kim Il Sung was very much a party present the party as unshakeable. would forget the Googled thing as ple and things, and that we don’t fighter, or his father Kim Jong Il, born on the man, Kim Jong Il elevated the military dur- The official news outlets have been full of soon as they closed their browser. have the capacity to remember spiritually important Mount Paekdu under a ing his 17-year-reign, promoting a “military reports about visitors from places including everything, the phenomenon bright star, or at least that’s how North Korean first” policy that emphasised the army above Spain, Iceland and the Philippines — many of Phone contains ‘everything’ looks less like amnesia and more legend tells it. (In reality, he was born in a camp all else and ordering the country’s first long them from “friendship associations” of social- Across the board, everybody’s like prudent outsourcing. in the Russian Far East.) range missile and nuclear tests. ist sympathisers — arriving in Pyongyang for obsessed with their smartphones: That was the conclusion of No, Kim the Third went to a fancy Swiss But since he took over at the end of 2011, the anniversary celebrations. More than 40 percent say their three psychologists who stud- school and never served in the military, as Kim Jong un — officially first secretary of the There’s a delegation of the Japanese National phone contains “everything they ied the “Google effect” in 2011: required of every other citizen. Korean Workers’ Party and chairman of the Liaison Council of Societies for the Study of need to know.” Granted, you Although their results were As a result, he’s be fashioning himself as party’s Central Military Commission — has Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, and the secretary probably don’t need a laboratory widely interpreted as evidence something of reincarnation of his grandfather, been reverting to his grandfather’s approach general of the African Regional Committee for study or a large-scale survey to that Google makes us forget, the a man who founded North Korea and presided and has been assiduously resurrecting the the Study of the Juche Idea has arrived. confirm a phenomenon you’ve researchers themselves were far over it during relatively good times, meaning party’s power. Also in town: Liu Yunshan, number five in observed yourself. How many more optimistic. “We are becom- he is remembered fondly even by many people Kim Jong un and his cronies have dem- China’s Communist Party. This is a big deal people memorise phone numbers ing symbiotic with our computer who have escaped to South Korea. Rumour has onstrated a commitment to “revitalising the given that relations between the neighbours anymore? How many get around tools,” they wrote, “growing into it that the youngest Kim has even had plastic party as an important instrument of govern- have been frosty since Kim took over four without consulting Google Maps? interconnected systems that surgery to look more like his granddad. ance” during the transition from the second years ago and that Kim didn’t attend China’s But while it’s undeniably true remember less by knowing infor- Kim Il Sung founded the Korean Workers’ to third generation, Ken Gause, an expert on big parade last month. that we rely on technology as a mation than by knowing where Party after the Korean peninsula was divided North Korea’s leadership, wrote in a chapter There has been speculation about whether sort of memory aid, the jury is still the information can be found.” in the wake of World War II, amalgamating on the party in North Korea in Transition: North Korea will mark the anniversary with very much out as to whether that’s The technologist and Columbia two leftist groups, getting rid of his rivals, and Politics, Economy, and Society. more than fireworks: it has warned it will launch a positive or negative thing. After law professor Tim Wu has writ- installing himself as unquestionable leader. Analysts suspect that this is part of his a satellite, widely seen as cover for its long-range all, the issue can be framed in two ten what is perhaps the clearest Author Bradley Martin wrote about the effort to claim legitimacy by modelling him- ballistic missile programme. That would enable different ways: Either the Internet defence of this development: If formation of the Workers’ Party after World self on his grandfather. the regime to crow about its military might. is replacing our natural mental a time traveller from the early War II in his book on Kim Il Sung, “Under the “Kim Jong un always wanted to position But analysts at 38 North, a website run by capacity, or it’s augmenting it. 1900s encountered a modern- Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader.” himself as a successor to his grandfather, Kim the US-Korea Institute at SAIS in Washington, That may seem counterin- day person with a smartphone “Although North Korea quickly had put Il Sung, the founding father of the state and the have been scouring satellite imagery and see tuitive, but consider two oft-for- and spoke to her through a cur- into place the apparatus of the police state, party,” says Lankov, who grew up in the Soviet no signs of any preparations for a launch this gotten facts about how memory tain, what would he think? He’d Kim’s personal power was still far from abso- Union then studied at Kim Il Sung University week. The fact that Liu will be in attendance works. First off, memory isn’t a be amazed by her ability to solve lute,” Martin writes, describing how Kim Il in Pyongyang so knows a thing or two about makes a launch even less likely, says Lankov. solo endeavour, constrained to complex equations, to answer Sung merged two leftist parties to create the communism. “Actually the party was the brain- “It would be a major embarrassment for the your head. Research suggests obscure trivia questions, to quote Workers’ Party, with himself as leader. child of the Soviet colonels, but it’s presented in Chinese if this happened, so the Chinese will that we’ve always relied heav- things in foreign languages. To “Kim himself said the new party needed North Korea as the creation of Kim Il Sung.” be making sure that nothing improper takes ily on other people, as well as on him, the smartphone user would unity and iron discipline, which required a At a Workers’ Party conference in 2011, shortly place.” Still, this is North Korea. So nobody is tools like diaries and Post-its, seem like some kind of genius. ‘merciless struggle against all with opposing before Kim Jong Il’s death and after Kim really sure what’s going to happen. to remember all kinds of bio- inclinations’,” Martin writes. “By the fall of Jong Un had been anointed as heir apparent, graphical and general facts. This THE WASHINGTON POST 1948, he had methodically undercut his rivals, Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism was proclaimed as THE WASHINGTON POST FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GULF / MIDDLE EAST No US decision Turkey urges Nato to yet on Syria no-fly zone

WASHINGTON: Obama up Patriot defences administration officials said the longstanding issue of a no-fly zone in war-torn Syria has been Nato in bid to avoid escalation of Syria conflict discussed but no decision made. Turkey has argued for months in BRUSSELS: Turkey urged its said Berlin would also go ahead but no decision has been taken, favor of a no-fly “safe zone” in north- Nato allies yesterday to keep up with plans to switch off its Patriot people familiar with the discus- ern Syria. Spokesmen for the State missile defences along its Syrian batteries in Turkey next week and sion say. Department and the White House border, after Germany and the withdraw most of the soldiers Officials at the US-led alliance fielded reporters’ questions about United States said they would operating them before Christmas. are still smarting from Russia’s a CNN report that said Secretary press on with plans to withdraw All soldiers and material are weekend incursions into Turkey’s John Kerry had asked his staff “to Patriot batteries despite wor- due to be withdrawn by the end air space near northern Syria. further develop the idea”. ries about Russian actions in of January. “This decision (to In public comments, Nato chief The possibility of a no-fly zone the area. withdraw the Patriots) is right,” Jens Stoltenberg says the alli- Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left), US Defence Secretary in Syria has come up intermit- Nato is still waiting for allies Ursula von der Leyen said as she ance’s support of its 28 allies was Ashton Carter (second left), Britain’s Defence Secretary Michael Fallon tently since 2012, but never has to fill the gap left by the US and arrived for the meeting. unwavering. and Turkish Defence Minister Mehmet Vecdi Gonul (right) during a family been embraced by the administra- German pull-out — and the lack “The question is what danger “Nato is ready and able to photo at the Nato headquarters during a Defence Ministers meeting in tion of President Barack Obama. of replacements has raised ques- can be warded off in which way,” defend all allies, including Turkey Brussels yesterday. tions about the alliance’s strategy she said. The comments appeared against any threats,” he said. AFP along the frontier, especially after to suggest that the Turkish air “Nato has already responded by Russian jets violated Turkey’s air force was capable of intercepting increasing our capacity, our abil- space over the weekend. fighter jets. ity, our preparedness to deploy Nato’s secretary-general said forces including to the south, US defence chief warns of yesterday that he was prepared INCURSIONS including in Turkey,” he said, not- to send forces to defend Turkey. The incursions of two Russian ing that Russia’s air and cruise But Washington and Berlin’s fighters in Turkish air space on missile strikes were “reasons for withdrawal of missiles has left Saturday and Sunday has brought concern”. Russian casualties in Syria only Spain with Patriots there, the Syria conflict over Nato’s bor- While the United States has and Madrid made it clear it did ders, testing the alliance’s abil- ruled out military cooperation BRUSSELS: US Defence reckless in its military commit- overlooks the strategic Sahl Al not want to act alone. ity to deter a newly assertive with Russia in Syria, Nato defence Secretary Ashton Carter yes- ment, risking clashes with US Ghab plain to the east and Assad’s Nato first deployed its Patriot Russia without seeking direct ministers will discuss how to terday predicted Russia would and other planes targeting Islamic coastal stronghold of Latakia to missiles along the border in confrontation. encourage Russia to help resolve soon begin suffering casualties State (IS) jihadists in Syria as the west, the source said. January 2013, to shoot down any As Russian and US planes fly the crisis, betting that Moscow in Syria, as Moscow dramati- part of a 60-plus member coali- The plain has been the focus missiles from Syria’s conflict fired combat missions over the same also wants to avoid being bogged cally ramps up its military cam- tion. “They have shot cruise mis- of a months-long offensive by a into Turkish territory. country for the first time since down in a long conflict. paign in the devastated nation. siles from a ship in the Caspian rebel alliance including Al Qaeda’s Ankara’s Nato envoy appealed World War Two, Nato is eager to For 40 years, Nato’s central Russia began bombing in Syria Sea without warning; they have Syrian affiliate, Al Nusra Front. to the US-led alliance yesterday avoid any international escalation task was deterring Russia in the last week, radically changing the come within just a few miles (kil- Moscow says it is striking the to maintain that defence system, of the Syrian conflict that has east during the Cold War, but course of the four-and-a-half-year ometres) of one of our unmanned Islamic State (IS) jihadist organi- according to two people briefed unexpectedly turned the alliance’s now, after a decade-long involve- conflict and providing a massive aerial vehicles,” Carter said. sation and “other terrorists”. But on closed-door talks in Brussels. attention away from Ukraine ment in Afghanistan, the alliance boost to the regime of President Washington has accused Russia Asked during a break in that following Russia’s annexation of is facing a reality-check close to Bashar Al Assad. But the military ‘VAST OFFENSIVE’ of targeting groups other than meeting whether it was the right Crimea last year. home, with multiple threats near campaign “will have consequences Meanwhile, regime troops IS or Al Nusra in more than 90 time to withdraw the missiles, US Spain still has batteries in place, its borders. France and Britain, for Russia itself, which is rightly backed by Lebanon’s Hezbollah percent of its raids. In Moscow, Defence Minister Ashton Carter but insisted it would not be left Nato’s two main European pow- fearful of attacks,” Carter said. and Russian air raids advanced in the defence ministry said Russia’s said it was a decision taken “many alone to cover such a wide area. ers, are understood to be willing “In the coming days, the western Syria in a “vast offensive” air force hit 27 “terrorist” targets months ago”. “What we are not going to do is be to see the alliance use its new Russians will begin to suffer from against rebels. in central and northern Syria on “It has a purpose, which is to the only battery, as that would stop 5,000-strong rapid reaction force casualties.” In a major develop- A Syrian military source said Wednesday night. bring the unit back where it is being effective. Everyone under- beyond Nato borders, potentially ment, Russia fired cruise mis- that the army, backed by Russian Regime troops have retaken going to be modernised. That is a stands that,” said Spain’s Defence helping stabilise post-conflict gov- siles from the Caspian Sea on raids and Hezbollah, had advanced around a dozen villages in Hama long-standing issue,” Carter told Minister Pedro Morenes. ernments in Libya or Syria. Wednesday as cover for a Syrian in a key mountain range. “They province, according to the Syrian reporters. France and Italy are under- army ground offensive. have seized most of the hilly daily Al Watan. Germany’s defence minister stood to be willing to join Spain, REUTERS Carter said Moscow has been region of Jeb Al Ahmar” which AFP Turkey premier says ‘only two’ Russia strikes aimed at IS

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Turkey and the United States, claiming border were harassed and put on radar open, but he said Turkey must be ready said. Davutoglu also confirmed the meet- Ahmet Davutoglu said only two Russian that the figures were based on military lock by unidentified MIG-29 planes in for anything. “We would never want to be... ing with the Russian ambassador, saying air strikes in Syria had targeted Islamic intelligence Ankara had received. recent days. “We will not make any con- part of a war but it is our duty to take the it came after divergences in informa- State jihadists and warned that Ankara “If there’s going to be a fight against cessions in the context of our border and necessary steps in a situation that concerns tion provided by the Russian authorities would not make any concessions on the Daesh, let’s do it together,” he said, using air space security,” Davutoglu said. us,” he told Star TV. “We need to be ready and intelligence on the ground over the security of its borders. another acronym for the militant group. Emphasising that Turkey’s airspace for every scenario for our country’s future incursions. Stressing that Moscow was making a Davutoglu warned against any opera- was Nato airspace, Davutoglu urged and our people’s peace.” The foreign ministry however denied “big mistake” by escalating the Syrian tion targeting Syrian civilians and the major trade partner Russia to respect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also reports from Russia the two sides had conflict, Davutoglu added that it was opposition which he said could lead to a his country’s border security. warned Russia on Tuesday against losing discussed creating a working group to hard to predict what might happen if new refugee influx. Russian aircraft vio- “We do not want any tensions with Turkey’s friendship, saying that Turkey prevent repeat incidents. Russia’s defence Russian warplanes violated Turkish air- lated Turkish airspace on Saturday and Russia but as I say, it is our most natural cannot “remain patient” in the face of ministry on Wednesday said it was con- space again. on Sunday, prompting Ankara to sum- right to expect Russia to be careful about violations. tinuing talks with Turkey over setting up In televised comments the premier said mon the Russian envoy three times to Turkey’s airspace, borders and Turkey’s Ankara said it was ready to meet with a “mechanism” aimed at avoiding inci- only two out of 57 Russian bombardments protest the breach. interests in Syria,” he said. Russian military authorities to listen to dents in the airspace along the Syrian- had targeted IS fighters while the others Also, Turkish F-16 jets carrying out Davutoglu dismissed fears of a war “for what sort of measures would be taken to Turkish border. had targeted moderate rebels backed by reconnaissance flights on the Syrian now”, as dialogue with Russia remains prevent further violations, the ministry AFP

Rival bands of Popularity of Putin Turkey wary over EU’s traffickers extort sky high in Iraq migrants in Libya BAGHDAD: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bullish entry ROME: Rival bands of traf- into the Syrian conflict has worked wonders for his popularity in migrant plan offer fickers are fighting over the neighbouring Iraq, where some await “Hajji Putin” like a saviour. lucrative migrant business in Sitting at his easel in his central Baghdad workshop, painter ANKARA: Turkey is giving a The Turkish foreign ministry Libya and even intercept boats Mohammed Karim Nihaya touches up a portrait of Putin he copied European Union plan to assist emphasised in a statement the to extort the passengers, the from the Internet. “I have been waiting for Russia to get involved the country in hosting over two draft plan was not yet formally head of an EU operation against in the fight against Daesh,” he says, referring to the Islamic State million Syrian refugees only a approved and that Ankara and the smugglers said yesterday. group that last year declared a “caliphate” straddling Iraq and Syria. lukewarm reception, indicating EU agreed to establish a “working “There is a certain rivalry” “They get results. The United States and its allies on the other funding needs to be drastically group” for further negotiations. EU between different networks hand have been bombing for a year and achieved nothing,” the increased and lamenting short- officials were due to visit Turkey with people trying to cross the bespectacled artist says. The US-led coalition has had some suc- falls in help over previous years. this week in an attempt to finalise Mediterranean by boat caught in cesses in helping Iraqi forces reconquer territory lost to IS in 2014 The EU hopes that helping the proposals laid down in the plan. the middle, Enrico Credendino, but overall the campaign has also suffered setbacks. refugees inside Turkey will dis- Migration Commissioner Dimitris head of the “Sophia” military Russian warplanes began bombing targets in Syria on September courage Syrians from taking per- Avramopoulos is due to visit next operation told a parliamentary 30. Many in Iraq, especially among the Shia majority, would welcome ilous sea and land routes to seek week. commission. “There are attacks a bit of Russia’s firepower on home soil as a much-awaited game- new lives within the bloc after an Metin Corabatir, president by rival bands against (boat) changer. Only a fraction of Russian air strikes in Syria may have unprecedented influx in the last of the Ankara-based Research migrants, who have been forced to been destined for IS but Mohammed, a young jobless man outside month. Center on Asylum and Migration return to land (after setting out the painter’s shop, does not let statistics cloud his enthusiasm. But the European Union is (IGAM), said the EU was mis- for Europe) and have more money “We don’t want the international coalition, we want only Russia also proposing to formally reset- Ankara had already fulfilled guided if it believed giving money demanded from them,” he said. and we will slaughter a sheep to welcome them,” he says. tle more refugees on EU territory, the EU’s additional demands of to Turkey to set up more refugee The attacks have forced traf- Putin’s patented leadership brand of bare-chested antics and cold if Ankara establishes new camps Turkey during the Syria conflict. camps would resolve the issue. fickers to “change their tac- determination is a also hit in Iraq, where the cult of the strong leader and boosts its coastguard to slow “The funding for Turkey needs The Brussels plan would tics”, escorting “their” groups of is alive and well 12 years after Saddam Hussein’s ouster. the flow of people to Europe. to be increased,” the official said, also involve the EU supporting migrants into the open sea. On social media, many have already made him an honorary citizen, European Commission chief insisting “some other elements” Ankara’s efforts to combat people “That’s where we intervene,” with one widely circulated joke even detecting phonetic evidence of Jean-Claude Juncker pre- also needed to be in the draft. smuggling, notably reinforcing the Italian admiral Credendino said, Iraqi antecedents in the Russian president’s name. sented the “draft action plan” to Erdogan said this week that Turkish coastguard patrolling and a day after the EU military opera- It goes like this: Putin’s father was an Iraqi grocer from the Shia Turkish President Recep Tayyip Turkey is currently hosting close to surveillance capacities. tion entered its second phase, south, near Nasiriyah, who introduced figs (“tin” in Arabic) to local Erdogan (pictured) during talks 2.5 million refugees -- 2.2 million of It would also suggest the open- which will see European warships markets and thus became known as “Abu Tin”. on Monday. Brussels has also them Syrians fleeing the four-and- ing of six new “refugee reception track down and arrest traffickers After World War II, he moved to the Soviet Union, married “a renewed promises to mobilise up a-half year conflict in their country centres” co-funded by the EU. and confiscate their vessels. blonde Russian girl” and named their son Abdulamir. That proved to ¤1bn ($1.1bn) to help Turkey and also 300,000 Iraqis. “The EU will also ask Turkey The Sophia operation, formally a bit of a mouthful for locals who Russianised it into Vladimir. cope with its refugees. Turkey bitterly complains it to police the shameful human known as EUNAVFOR MED and The apocryphal nature of the story appears lost on some Facebook But Turkish officials, so far, are has so far spent $7.8bn on host- traffickers who operate in broad now named after a girl born after users, who have embraced “Putin the Shia” and even replaced their not rushing to embrace the plan. ing the refugees and accuses the daylight along the country’s her mother was saved from a rick- profile pictures with a portrait of the Russian strongman. “The EU is in a hurry but we are EU of failing to share the burden. southwest coast,” wrote Marc ety boat in the Mediterranean, “We should give Putin Iraqi and Syrian citizenship because he not,” a Turkish official, said. “We did not leave them to the dead. Pierini, scholar at Brussels-based can from Wednesday use force to loves us more than our own politicians,” says Mohammed Al Bahadli, “We’ve already been doing for Let me say it proudly, Turkey has think tank Carnegie Europe. capture traffickers. a student walking on a street in Najaf. four years what’s written there,” shouldered this burden on its own,” AFP the official added, insisting Erdogan said in Brussels. AFP AFP FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Indonesia seeks outside US ships may challenge help to put off fires China’s territorial claims WASHINGTON: The United States is considering sailing Jakarta needs larger capacity planes to douse flames warships close to China’s arti- ficial islands in the South China JAKARTA: Indonesia yester- Indonesia was hoping for at spokesman Armanatha Nasir. Sea to signal it does not recog- day asked several countries, least three aircraft from “We have been using all our nize Chinese territorial claims including China, Singapore, Singapore and Russia to help resources but what we see is over the area, a US defence offi- Russia and Japan, for help to douse the fires that often smoul- our progress is not quick cial said yesterday. put out fires that have sent der underground for weeks in enough,” Nasir said, adding that The Financial Times newspa- choking smoke drifting across peat deposits. Indonesia was exploring what per cited a senior US official as the region for weeks. “What we need now are planes roles the countries could play saying US ships would sail within Indonesia had repeatedly that can carry 12-15 tonnes of and what equipment they could 12-nautical-mile zones, that China declined offers of outside help to water, not like the 2-3 tonnes we provide. claims as territory around islands tackle the smoke, which is mostly have now,” Widodo said. They aimed to finalise details it has built in the Spratly chain, caused by companies using fire to “We hope this will speed up the “as soon as possible”, he said. within the next two weeks. clear land for palm oil and pulp process because fires on peat land Indonesian officials did not The Navy Times quoted US wood plantations on Sumatra is different from regular forest elaborate on why the govern- officials as saying the action island and its part of Borneo fires.” ment had now decided to seek could take place “within days,” island. Indonesia was also in talks foreign help. It had faced criti- but awaited final approval from “We have asked for help,” with Australia and Malaysia cism for turning down offers the Obama administration. President Joko Widodo said about how they might from Singapore. A US defence official declined in a statement, adding that help, said foreign ministry The smoke has pushed up to confirm that any decision US and Philippine Marines on board rigid hull inflatable boats manoeuvre pollution to dangerous lev- had been made, but referred to during a Philippine-US naval training exercise near disputed waters in the els across parts of Indonesia, remarks in congressional testi- South China Sea yesterday. Malaysia, Singapore and south- mony last month by US Assistant Thai tourist islands hit by haze ern Thailand, disrupted flights Defence Secretary David Shear, was aboard the US aircraft. extremely clear about China’s rel- BANGKOK: Popular Thai Trakul Thotham, director of and closed schools on bad days. that “all options are on the table.” Chinese Foreign Ministry evant principled stance,” she said. holiday islands were engulfed the Department of Disaster Tourism operators are fret- “We are looking at this,” the spokeswoman Hua Chunying “We hope the US side can objec- with haze from Indonesian Prevention and Mitigation on ting and health authorities across official said, on condition of told a news briefing yesterday tively and fairly view the current forest fires yesterday, forcing Phuket, said, but said it was the region have warned people to anonymity. that China was paying attention situation in the South China Sea, several planes packed with “getting better” yesterday. avoid exercise when the smoke In May, the Chinese navy to the reports of impending US and with China, genuinely play a beach-bound tourists to turn Of the seven affected south- is heavy. Indonesia routinely issued eight warnings to the crew naval action, and that it and the constructive role in safeguarding back, further stoking regional ern Thai provinces Phuket has brushes off complaints while of a US P8-A Poseidon surveil- United States have maintained peace and stability in the South tensions. The travel disrup- been worst-hit with unhealthy vowing to act to stop the burning. lance aircraft when it conducted “extremely thorough communica- China Sea.” tions came as Indonesia finally levels of particulates in the air, But year after year, the problem flights near China’s artificial tion” on the South China Sea issue. agreed to accept international according to the department. flares in the dry season. islands, according to CNN, which “I believe the US side is REUTERS help to douse the massive fires Some Thais wore protective It has been exacerbated this that have been started delib- masks to combat the pollution, year by the El Nino weather erately to clear agricultural Wipa Emem, a reservation phenomenon which has brought land. clerk at the Holiday Inn Resort unusually dry conditions. Five flights bound for the on the island said, but tourists Indonesia’s national disaster resort islands of Phuket and were mostly “still on the beach”. management agency said last China probes ex-oil chief for graft Samui turned back to Bangkok In Malaysia, religious author- week it was hoping for rain to yesterday morning due to poor ities called on Muslims to hold help douse the fires by early BEIJING: China’s ruling He is the second highest ranked faction” of influential politicians visibility, according to the special prayers for an end to November, when the northeast Communist party said it is official in the eastern province of who have ties with China’s pow- Aeronautical Radio of Thailand, the haze problem, following the monsoon usually starts. investigating the former boss of Fujian and the former chief of oil erful and lucrative petroleum which controls air traffic across usual Friday afternoon prayers. Foreign Minister Retno state-run energy giant Sinopec giant Sinopec, second on Fortune industry. the country. “Our country is facing a con- Marsudi is expected to meet her for alleged corruption — the lat- magazine’s Global 500 company He was jailed for life in June, A further two airlines flying tinuing haze phenomena. It has Malaysian counterpart on Friday est figure in the oil sector to be list. Sinopec’s parent company and dozens of others in the sector to Phuket from Singapore were created fear and concern among to discuss the problem. probed. CNPC was a power base for have been placed under investiga- forced to circle the airport for the people due to its health Singapore’s foreign minister, Su Shulin is suspected of China’s former domestic security tion. Wang Tianpu was found to up to an hour before landing, impact,” Othman Mustapha, Vivian Balakrishnan, said on his “serious disciplinary violations” chief Zhou Yongkang, the high- have taken bribes, offered benefits it said, as haze blocked out the head of the Department of Facebook page the city-state had — normally a euphemism for est level victim of an anti-corrup- in exchange for his own promo- sun to the disappointment of Islamic Development, a govern- offered personnel, aircraft, and corruption — party anti-graft tion campaign touted by China’s tion, and embezzled public assets, visitors. ment agency, said in a Facebook satellite imaging. body the Central Commission for President Xi Jinping. the party said. “It is the worst haze (on posting. Discipline Inspection said on its Zhou was a central figure in the island) in many years,” AFP REUTERS website last Wednesday. what analysts termed the “oil AFP Philippine gunmen seize Italian ex-priest Cops kill armed man MANILA: Gunmen have of the main southern island of seized an Italian restaurant Mindanao, an unusually wide arc in hostage drama owner and former priest in the for their raids for recent years. southern Philippines, authori- Jolo is the main base of Al MANILA: Philippine police city mayor Joseph Estrada said. ties said yesterday, expressing Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf, shot and killed a man who took “There were no negotiations,” fears he was taken to the island which has been blamed for the a fellow bus passenger hostage he added. “They deceived the lair of the extremist Abu Sayyaf Philippine’s deadliest terror in central Manila yesterday, hostage-taker and waited for an group. attacks, beheadings and kid- authorities said. Police closed opportunity to get at him.” Six suspects, four posing as nappings of foreign tourists and down a normally clogged avenue In 2010 a hostage crisis also customers, kidnapped Rolando Christian missionaries. and surrounded the bus where ended in gunfire at a park just del Torchio in a swift raid that The rag-tag Abu Sayyaf has the unidentified assailant held one kilometre (0.6 miles) away shocked the dinnertime crowd engaged in frequent kidnappings up a fellow passenger with a from yesterday’s incident, after a at his pizzeria in the sleepy port of locals as well foreigners in knife. disgraced ex-Manila police officer city of Dipolog on Wednesday, a often successful efforts to extort “The hostage was able to escape held a bus with Hong Kong tour- regional military spokesman said. ransoms. and that was when the police shot ists on board hostage after being The group bundled the 56-year- A Filipino village chief who was and wounded him (the assailant). fired. old into a waiting van then sped seized from the same southwest- No other people in the bus were Day-long negotiations to off to Manukan town some 50kms ern peninsula in May was found hurt,” Manila police spokeswoman release those trapped on the bus away, where they transferred to a beheaded on a Jolo highway three Chief Inspector Kim Gonzales failed and, with the drama being motorboat, Captain Roy Vincent months later after the govern- said. broadcast live around the world, Trinidad said. ment refused to pay. “He has already passed away. security forces bungled a rescue Navy ships have been alerted to Philippine police investigators collect evidence from a vehicle believed to Two other coastguard men who We don’t know who he is or why attempt. They shot the hijacker intercept the bandits after intel- have been used by kidnappers of Rolando del Torchio yesterday. were abducted with the village he did it.” dead but eight of the Hong Kong ligence indicated the boat had official were also brought to Jolo Local press reports said the bus tourists died and seven others navigated along the Zamboanga Sayyaf is not only regaining its old for Peace Violence and Terrorism but eventually escaped amid a hail passengers fled when the driver were injured, triggering a diplo- peninsula coastline towards the shape and form, it is also reach- Research, said. of gunfire as the military pounded stopped the vehicle after noticing matic firestorm that took nearly southwestern island of Jolo, some ing a new level of sophistication,” Mendoza noted how in the the bandits’ lair. the incident. four years to resolve. 400kms away, he added. Rodolfo Mendoza, a senior ana- most recent kidnappings, the Abu “We congratulate our police- “This shows that the Abu lyst at the Philippine Institute Sayyaf struck on opposite ends AFP men for doing a good job,” Manila AFP

Single Net gateway proposed Court clears way for Koreas exchange final Kagame’s third term list for family reunion KIGALI: Rwanda’s Supreme his popularity as a nation-builder SEOUL: North and South own relatives from the North Court ruled yesterday that after a 1994 genocide. Korea yesterday exchanged the from October 24 to 26. President Paul Kagame could “All depends on the opinions of final list of people who will take The oldest participants are two run for a third seven-year the people,” the Supreme Court part in a rare reunion for fami- 98-year-old South Korean men term, rejecting an attempt by said in its ruling. lies separated for decades by the who have a daughter and a son the main opposition party to The opposition Democratic 1950-53 Korean War. each in the North. block changes to the country’s Green Party, which brought the Red Cross officials from both The reunion was agreed in constitution. case before the Supreme Court, sides exchanged the list of 97 August during talks between the In the latest instance of an said it would continue to push North Koreans and 90 South two Koreas to defuse military African leader seeking to extend for protection of existing consti- Koreans who will meet long-lost tension on the border. But there his days in power, the Kagame- tutional term limits, a hot topic relatives, said Seoul’s unification are concerns that Pyongyang may controlled parliament backed in Africa after similar moves by ministry in charge of cross-border still cancel at the last minute, as a motion in July to let him regional leaders. affairs. The reunion, second in the it has done in the past. The North run again as leader of the east “We are not happy but we’ve last five years, is scheduled in the has a track record of manipulat- African state. The constitutional not given up. We are going to North’s Mount Kumgang resort ing the divided families issue for changes must pass a referendum appeal to the president,” Green from October 20 to 26. political purposes, refusing pro- although there is little chance party leader Frank Habineza said The group of North Koreans posals for regular reunions and A man works in network room at a company in Bangkok, Thailand, of them failing due to Kagame’s after the decision. will meet South Korean relatives cancelling scheduled events over yesterday. The junta has proposed a single Internet gateway to allow control over the media and many from October 20 to 22, before the perceived slight. authorities to monitor content. aspects of public life, as well as REUTERS chosen southerners meet their AFP FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / PAKISTAN

Nepal plane Quake victims remembered with two on Violence feared after board missing KATHMANDU: An ultralight aircraft with two people on arrest of MQM leader board went missing in western Nepal yesterday during a morn- ing flight to see the country’s Detention of civilians sparks row between military, police snow-capped peaks, an official said. KARACHI: Paramilitary person, please inform the police Karachi by weakening political The plane, with a Russian pilot troops in Pakistan’s biggest city station,” the advertisements parties, just as, they say, it is and a South African passenger, arrested a prominent politi- read. “The identity of whoever doing on a national level, though took off mid-morning on an cian yesterday, fuelling jitters provides information will be kept less forcefully. hour-long sightseeing tour from about a showdown between the confidential.” The MQM, which controls Pokhara, the tourist town’s air- powerful Muttahida Qaumi The Rangers denounced the Karachi, says Rangers have extra- port chief Deepak Baral said. Movement (MQM) party and advertisements as “absolutely judicially executed more than 50 “When the flight didn’t return the military-run Rangers. based on lies” and aimed at of its members. The Rangers to Pokhara airport, we started to Months of action by the para- degrading their “superb perform- deny the accusations. In turn, make enquiries and realised it was military force against the party ance” in the eyes of the public. many law enforcement agencies missing,” Baral said. Depending on that runs Karachi has raised “Its purpose is to undermine and Karachi residents accuse the amount of fuel on board, such fears of bloodshed in the city of the Karachi operation,” the the MQM of racketeering and planes can stay in the air for up to 20 million people. The campaign Rangers said in a statement. abduction, torture and murder. four hours, according to Baral. has also sparked a row between Police said they placed the The party denies the accusations. Pokhara, about 150 km west the police and the military over advertisements in response to the It is not just the MQM that of Kathmandu and flanked by civilian detentions. order of a court looking into cases is complaining. Its rival, the the majestic Annapurna range, Relatives offer prayers at the grave of an earthquake victim on the 10th The MQM, which has con- of missing people. Pakistan People’s Party, which attracts thousands of visitors anniversary of the quake that struck Pakistan-administered Kashmir, trolled the southern city for Most Pakistani politicians are heads the provincial government, annually. in Muzaffarabad yesterday. The 7.6-magnitude quake killed more than decades, said Rangers arrested wary of the military, which has says the army is usurping govern- AFP 73,000 people and left around 3.5 million homeless, and a decade on, a senior party member at his ruled the nuclear-armed nation of ment powers after Rangers raided house in an early morning raid. 190 million people for about half government offices and arrested the region has yet to recover. He is the fourth member of the its history. politicians for corruption. party’s steering committee to be Many worry that the mili- detained. tary is expanding its powers in REUTERS “The MQM is being pushed up against the wall,” said party MSF: 33 staff, patients still spokesman Farooq Sattar. ‘Militant’ with celeb hit list held Political parties and activists KARACHI: Police in the groups such as the Taliban, who have accused Rangers of abduct- Pakistani city of Karachi have more generally target political ing and killing party members arrested a suspected militant leaders and activists or mem- and residents during a crackdown who was carrying a hit list of bers of religious minorities. Show missing after US air strike on crime. The Rangers deny the celebrities, models and fashion business figures have not come accusations and say they are act- designers, a senior official said under attack in the past. KABUL: Thirty-three people country representative for 10 patients, prompting the charity ing to preserve law and order. yesterday. Officials have previously said are still missing five days after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to close the trauma centre, seen as Their campaign has led to a The list was discovered while they believe a new breed of a catastrophic US air strike on in Afghanistan. a lifeline in a war-battered region row between the police and the the suspect was being interro- middle-class, educated militants a hospital in the Afghan city "We are still in shock," Molinie with scant medical care. Rangers in a country where gated by police earlier this week. is emerging in Pakistan seek- of Kunduz that has prompted told a press conference in Kabul. A New York Times report rivalry often simmers between It named several television ing greater ties to Islamic State international outrage, medi- "We lost many colleagues and at this week said the top US and the powerful military and the hosts, designers, fashion models, group, however. The killing of cal charity Doctors Without the moment it's clear that we Nato commander in Afghanistan police, invariably mirroring fric- singers, actors, and other show Sabeen Mahmud, a prominent Borders said yesterday. don't want to take the risk for any thought American forces had bro- tion between the military and business figures as targets. rights activist who was gunned Of the missing, nine are of our staff." ken their own rules of engagement civilian governments. Police would not say which down earlier this year, was offi- patients and 24 are staff, The strike in the early hours of in carrying out the strike. Last Tuesday, Karachi police militant group the suspect is cially blamed on Saad Aziz, a self- according to Guilhem Molinie, October 3 killed 12 MSF staff and US President Barack Obama placed newspaper advertisements believed to belong to, with sen- radicalised university graduate on Wednesday apologised to MSF asking for information about ior official Jamil Ahmed describ- who intelligence officials believe head Joanne Liu, admitting the missing people they said were ing him only as a “rigid-minded is an example of this emerging strike was a mistake. Three sepa- detained by “unknown Rangers”. radical”. group. rate probes — by the US military, “If anyone has information But the list is not typical for AFP Nato and Afghan officials — are about the whereabouts of this under way. Molinie said yesterday MSF had not received any assur- ances that would give them the "confidence" to return to Kunduz. "MSF will be reviewing the Kyrgyzstan jails security conditions of all its oper- Bangla farmer named ations in Afghanistan," general director Christopher Stokes told Imam for alleged the press conference. "The overwhelmingly shock- support to IS rat-killing champion ing nature of the event forces us to take stock of our work in BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan has DHAKA: Bangladesh has animals to the regional agricul- Afghanistan generally and to care- sentenced a leading Imam to crowned a new national cham- ture office to count them. fully weigh the safety and security five years in prison on extrem- pion rat killer after his team “I’ve been killing rats since of our staff and patients," Stokes ism charges and for alleged sup- eradicated more than 160,000 1996. I love killing them. said. "Our future ability to work port to the Islamic State group. rodents in the past 12 months, They are the enemy of the in Afghanistan will now be based Imam Rashot Kamalov, who officials said yesterday. country and people. They on our ability to obtain a clear is from the country's volatile Farmer Abdul Khaleq Mirbohor devour grains, groundnuts and Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) General Director Christopher Stokes (right) reaffirmation of the respect for south, was sentenced on charges won 20,000 Bangladeshi taka spread diseases,” the 55-year-old and country representative in Afghanistan, Guilhem Molinie, speak at a humanitarian law," he said. of inciting religious hatred and ($250) at a ceremony in Dhaka farmer said. press conference at the MSF office in Kabul yesterday. distributing extremist material, on Wednesday for eliminating Government official Borhan AGENCIES the regional court in the town of 161,220 rats in a year as part Uddin said the farmer was Kara-Suu confirmed yesterday. of a nationwide campaign to “obsessed” with killing rats. Kamalov's supporters say he is stop grain being devoured “Fellow villagers called him innocent and has been targeted by rodents. “Mr Mirbohor is a mad. He is like a Pied Piper of Nato should stay longer: Germany due to sermons which are often passionate rat killer. During the Hamelin,” he said. critical of the government. ceremony, he told the digni- Rodents destroy 1.5 million BRUSSELS: Nato troops may Afghan forces were ready to go it “I will appeal today that we His lawyers argue that his ref- taries that nothing gives him to two million tonnes of food need to stay in Afghanistan for alone now most foreign combat don’t organise the withdrawal erence to a "caliphate" in a ser- pleasure (more) than kill- in Bangladesh annually, the a longer period and any decision troops have left. from Afghanistan according to a mon last year was taken out of ing grain-eating rodents,” Ministry of Agriculture esti- should be based on the situa- “We’ll need to look at how rigid timetable, but that we ana- context by the prosecution, which Abul Kalam Azad, head of the mates. Farmers in the predomi- tion on the ground, Germany’s we go forward and whether we lyse the situation there and coor- claimed it as an endorsement of government’s plant protection nantly agricultural nation have defence minister said yesterday should stay longer,” Ursula von dinate the withdrawal accordingly the IS. Kamalov's legal team will unit, said. killed nearly 13 million rodents in an implicit criticism of US der Leyen said as she arrived for step by step,” von der Leyen said. appeal Wednesday's sentence. Mirbohor hired mostly women in the last 12 months, saving food withdrawal plans. a meeting of Nato defence min- “This means that we put the Hundreds of citizens from volunteers to kill the rats in worth $25m, officials said. Despite the recapture of the isters in Brussels. “The develop- responsibility into the Afghans’ Central Asian Kyrgyzstan are paddy and wheat fields, then sub- strategic northern city of Kunduz ments in Kunduz show that the hands in a way that they are actu- thought to be fighting for the IS, mitted the tails of the deceased AFP from Taliban militants, the way that we have walked together ally capable to keep their country mainly in Syria. intense fighting has raised ques- with the Afghans ... that we have stable.” tions over whether Nato-trained to walk on.” REUTERS AFP Waiting for fuel Pakistan farmers test less thirsty way to grow rice ISLAMABAD: Erratic mon- flooded fields. About a third more monsoon rainfall and reduces International Development soon rains have made it increas- water is required through the groundwater, experts say. (USAID) and the International ingly hard for rice farmer growing cycle, and the crop takes Planting rice directly in fields Rice Research Institute. The $30m Sardar Muhammad to bring in 15 to 20 days longer to mature. may be one way to keep up food project aims to help Pakistan’s a good harvest. On average in Pakistan, some production and help reduce the farmers boost their profits while But learning how to plant seed 3,000 litres of water are used to migration already happening as coping with climate change risks directly in his fields — rather than produce 1 kilogramme of rice, hard-hit, small-scale farmers to the sustainability of water and transplanting seedlings, as farm- which is the main staple food. But give up on their fields and trek to agriculture, said John Groarke, ers have for centuries in parched as the country’s already scarce towns and cities in search of other head of USAID in Pakistan. Punjab province — is helping him water resources dwindle, there is work. Muhammad, who grows Besides its work on rice, the manage scarce water better and increasing pressure to find more rice on his family’s 15 hectares in programme has introduced heat- get a decent crop. water-efficient growing methods. Sheikhupura district, said switch- tolerant maize and higher-yield- Growing rice this way “requires A recent report from the ing to the new planting method ing wheat varieties, he added. less labour, less irrigation”, he said. Planning Commission of Pakistan had cut the amount of irrigation Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal, The rice seed is sown straight into shows that, in 1951, per-capita needed in his rice fields by around chairman of Agri Forum Pakistan, moist soil and does not require water availability was 5,650 cubic 40 percent, a crucial change as a farmers’ rights organisation, continuous submergence. metres. By 2010, that figure had groundwater levels drop. said traditional rice cultivation So far 30 farmers have applied plunged to 1,000 cubic metres and “This is really no small benefit,” was time-consuming and labo- the improved, water-saving rice is projected to fall to 800 cubic he said, smiling. “This is helping rious, as farmers spend long cultivation technique on a total metres by 2025, when the popula- us adapt to water shortages.” hours bent over in fields. It has of 48 hectares in Punjab province. tion is expected to hit 221 million. Muhammad learned the new also become less viable as river Motorcyclists outside a gas station as fuel rations are implemented in With the traditional method, in Finding ways to grow more technique under a four-year agri- flows decrease and groundwater Kathmandu, yesterday. Nepal issued a notice, calling for suppliers to contrast, rice seedlings are first food with less water will be cru- cultural innovation programme, declines, he added. fly in fuel and ease a nationwide shortage due to a border blockade by cultivated in nurseries for several cial in Pakistan as climate change launched in 2013 by partners protesters angry over a new constitution. weeks before being transferred to alters weather patterns, affects including the US Agency for REUTERS FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 ASIA / INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Women to be inducted as fighter pilots: IAF chief

NEW DELHI: Breaking another He, however, added: “Women pilots will take time for the training. It will glass ceiling, the Indian Air Force may have problems in term of physical take at least three years to make it oper- chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, fitness but it can be overcome.” ational,” he said. said yesterday that women would soon Interestingly, on May 12, 2014, ACM The Indian armed forces have so be inducted as fighter pilots, making Raha had said that women were not far shied away from inducting women the IAF the first of three services to suited for flyin fighters. in combat roles. Neighbour Pakistan have women in a combat role. “As far as flying fighter planes is already has at least five woman fighter “We have women pilots flying trans- concerned, it’s a very challenging job. pilots. port aircrafts and helicopters, we are Women are by nature not physically ACM Raha, however, said women now planning to induct them into the suited for flying fighters for long hours, fighter pilots might not necessarily be fighter stream to meet the aspirations of especially when they are pregnant or sent on cross-border combat missions young women of India,” Raha said at the have other health problems,” he had told in case of hostilities. 83rd Air Force Day parade at Hindon air reporters in Kanpur. “Women fighter pilots need not nec- base on the outskirs of the national capi- Earlier this year, Defence Minister essarily get involved in combat across tal. The air force chief said it will take at Manohar Parrikar also ruled out combat border. There are many tasks within the least one year to start the process, and role for women. country,” said the air chief, adding, “If around three years before women would Perhaps because of this, ACM came up the need arises, they maybe sent.” be flying fighters. with a rider on Thursday, saying talks The IAF chief said that presently “The air force has the largest number were on with the government on the there are over 1,300 women officers, of women in the three services. We have issue and presently the proposal is with and 110 women pilots who fly transport more than 1,300 women officers,” said defence ministry. aircraft and helicopters. ACM Raha, adding, “The air force has a “We want it to happen as soon as pos- ACM Raha’s announcement comes Air Force personnel march during Air Force Day parade at Air Force Station Hindon in different environment. We operate from sible. We are talking with defence min- after repeated denial by many of his Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of New Delh, yesterday. bases, so women can have good opportu- istry and presently the case is with the predecessors as well as the political lead- nity to fly fighters.” ministry. I am sure it will be approved,” ership against assigning women combat the highest number at 1,350 followed by Turkish air forces, among others permit “This is a progressive step. We want to he said. roles in the armed forces. the army with 1,300 and the navy with women in combat roles. progress... Many air forces have women “I hope in one year we can see women Women form a very minor section in 350 women officers, according to offi- fighter pilots,” he said. being inducted as fighter pilots, but it the armed forces, with the IAF having cial information. The US, Russian and IANS Nitish tipped to win in Bihar AAP invites Ghulam Recent survey predicts CM's triumph while another warns of hung assembly Ali to perform, slams NEW DELHI: The Grand to bag eight seats and the RLSP main election issue. Other issues covered 9,916 interviews cover- Shiv Sena’s threat Alliance led by Bihar Chief of Upendra Kushwaha three seats. are inflation and “bijli-paani- ing all 243 segments. Minister Nitish Kumar is The JD-U led by Nitish Kumar sadak”, ranking second with 13 In 2010, the then BJP-JD-U NEW DELHI: Delhi’s ruling countries. He spreads the message tipped to win a simple majority was expected to win 69 seats, percent each. alliance won 206 seats, while the AAP yesterday invited noted of peaceful co-existence - ‘Diwali in the assembly polls starting followed by Lalu Prasad’s RJD As many as 45 percent of the RJD-led alliance with Ram Vilas Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam mein Ali aur Ramzan mein Ram’,” on Monday, a pre-election sur- (48 seats) and the Congress (20 respondents felt the Nitish gov- Paswan got only 25 seats. In the Ali to perform here after he it added. vey said yesterday. seats). ernment had performed as per 2014 Lok Sabha battle, the NDA cancelled his Mumbai concert The party said “disturbing ele- Another survey warned of a The survey, conducted between expectations while 17 percent said won in 174 assembly segments. following threats from the Shiv ments are flourishing as they have hung assembly, with the Bharatiya September 3 and October 4, it exceeded their expectations. Asked which was the biggest Sena. It condemned the Shiv the protection and support of the Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA involved over 24,000 respondents With reference to areas of fail- issue for the voters, 17.9 percent Sena for threatening to disrupt BJP government”. securing 119 seats, to the Grand and covered all the 38 districts ure, 45 percent said there was no said unemployment, 12.7 percent the concert. Fadnavis also expressed disap- Alliance’s 116 in the 243-member and 243 constituencies of Bihar. control over corruption during said power cuts, while 25 percent Delhi’s Tourism Minister pointment over the cancellation. assembly. The half-way mark in Fifty percent of the respond- Nitish Kumar’s rule. respondents said “can’t say”. Kapil Mishra tweeted, “Sad that He said his government was ready the house is 122 seats. ents were in the 18-35 age group, Nitish Kumar’s development Asked which party can solve Ghulam Ali is not being allowed in to provide proper security to Ali A CNN IBN/IBN7-Axis survey 32 percent in the 36-50 age group model got a thumbs-up from 52 these problems better, 44.7 per- Mumbai. I invite him to come to for the concert. said the Grand Alliance of the and the remaining fell in the percent of the respondents. In cent opted for the NDA while 38.6 Delhi and do the concert. Music However, the Shiv Sena Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the 50-plus age group. contrast, the development model percent favoured the RJD-JD-U- has no boundaries.” defended its stand and said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and In a paradox of sorts, 33 per- of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Congress alliance. The 75-year-old singer was people cannot have fun especially the Congress was expected to win cent of Yadavs and 28 percent of in the central government got 48 In the caste-wise social group- scheduled to perform in Mumbai when innocents were being killed 137 seats. Muslims seemed to be deserting percent support. ings, 44 percent Dalits, 41 per- and Pune this week as part of on the India-Pakistan border. The BJP-led coalition was the RJD and the JD-U in favour The India TV-CVoter pre-poll cent Mahadalits, 50 percent the death anniversary tribute “We have encounters going on poised to win 95 seats, garner- of the NDA or others. survey said the BJP-led NDA MBC (most backward castes), 29 to singer Jagjit Singh. But the everywhere, so many ceasefire ing a 38 percent vote share. The At the same time, the Grand could win 119 seats, three short percent OBC and a whopping 70 show in Mumbai was called off violations. When this is happen- Grand Alliance was tipped to get Alliance was likely to get more of the magic mark of 122 in the percent upper castes favoured the on Wednesday after the Shiv Sena ing, we can’t be having fun here,” 46 percent vote share. votes from the youth (18-35 age Bihar assembly, and the Grand NDA. Another 28 percent Dalits, threat. Sena leader Aditya Thackeray The NDA’s main constituent, group) than the NDA alliance. Alliance 116. Eight seats may go 33 percent Mahadalits, 31 per- Ghulam Ali told a news chan- told reporters in Mumbai. the BJP, was projected to win 82 Just over 40 percent feel Nitish to ‘Others’. cent MBC, a whopping 59 percent nel that he was “disappointed as Meanwhile Asserting that seats. Its ally the LJP of Ram Kumar will benefit electorally The NDA has been projected to OBC and 15 percent upper caste people who were interested in music has no boundaries, West Vilas Paswan may get only two because of the alliance with Lalu get 43 percent vote share, com- respondents favoured the Grand the concert were disappointed” Bengal Chief minister Mamata seats. Former chief minister Jitan Prasad. pared to 41 percent for the Grand Alliance. and also because it was a tribute Banerjee yesterday offered Ram Manjhi’s HAM is expected Development would be the Alliance. The C-Voter survey IANS to Jagjit Singh, who was like a Kolkata as a venue for a con- brother to him. cert by Pakistani ghazal maes- “This should not be seen as an tro Ghulam Ali whose concert in India-Pakistan issue. Rather it is Mumbai was cancelled following a symbol of love and affection,” threats from the Shiv Sena. he said. “Music has no boundaries. Militants kill The Aam Aadmi Party con- Music is the rhythm of the Why fresh tests on Maggi, demned the Shiv Sena for issu- heart. Ghulam Ali Ji’s concert top anti-terror ing threats and said it was “an can be held in Kolkata. We will unspeakable shame” that the make all arrangements,” tweeted Kashmir officer state government was promoting Banerjee, also the chief of the Nestle India asks high court elements of hate. Trinamool Congress. The singer SRINAGAR: Militants have “AAP believes that this act was scheduled to perform in killed one of Kashmir’s most NEW DELHI: Nestle India hearing a class action suit filed government-recommended labo- of Shiv Sena has shown that Mumbai and Pune this week as senior police officers, credited yesterday asked the apex con- against Nestle India. ratories as it was ordered by the Maharashtra Chief Minister part of a death anniversary trib- with hundreds of successful sumer court why fresh food The case pertains to high levels high court. As such what is the Devendra Fadnavis is incapable ute to late singer Jagjit Singh. But anti-insurgency operations in safety tests were being ordered of lead found in samples of the need of parallel tests,” Nestle’s of leading a state,” the party said the show in Mumbai was called the restive region, police said on Maggi noodles when a simi- company’s marquee brand Maggi. attorney asked about the suit filed in a statement. off on Wednesday after Shiv Sena yesterday. lar exercise had already been It said the commission would by the consumer affairs ministry. “Why did the organisers of threatened to disrupt his live Gunmen opened fire on sub- conducted as per the directions hear the application again on In what it says amounts to judi- the show visit (Shiv Sena chief) concert. Earlier in the day, Delhi inspector Mohammad Altaf dur- of the Bombay High Court. October 15 with regard to fresh cial indiscipline, Nestle argued Uddhav Thackeray? Who is the Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra ing a covert operation against a The matter came up before tests on Maggi samples. Nestle, that the Maggi issue was cov- chief minister of the state — invited the renowned singer to top rebel in Kashmir’s northern the National Consumer Disputes however, took an aggressive stand ered under the Food Safety and Fadnavis or Thackeray?” the perform in Delhi. While the Bandipore area on Wednesday Redressal Commission (NCDRC), and said the NCDRC had no juris- Standards Act and that in itself party asked. cancellation of the concert has and he later died in hospital, offic- which heard it for nearly three diction to hear the government’s was wide in scope for providing “The Pakistani singer is an attracted widespread criticism, ers said. hours. class action suit. for adjudication of disputes. emblem of all that is good in India Ali too has expressed his disap- Altaf was attempting to find The bench of Justice V K “We are waiting for the and Pakistan. He stands for the pointment. a top commander from the Jain and Justice B C Gupta was results of the samples from three IANS harmony that exists in our two IANS Lashkar-e-Taiba group, who carries a bounty of two million Indian rupees ($31,000), when the shooting occurred, according to a World Sight Day marked police officer. Altaf, a decorated officer with 15 years of service, Court grants bail to controversial was known for using communica- tions surveillance to track mili- tants operating in the region. K Rajendra Kumar, the direc- woman in dowry abetment case tor general of Kashmir’s police, described Altaf’s death as an MUMBAI: The Bombay High a case against Radhe Maa on members were disciples of the “irreparable loss”. Court yesterday granted antici- August 5 for allegedly instigating godwoman who wielded complete “Today we lost one of our most patory bail to controversial self- the in-laws of a Mumbai house- control over them and also insti- outstanding officers in counter- styled guru Sukhwinder Kaur wife in a dowry harassment mat- gated them to demand dowry from insurgency... My salute to the alias Radhe Maa in an alleged ter. The police case followed an the victim.yesterday , Radhe Maa’s martyr,” he said in a statement. dowry abetment case. order by the Borivali Court to counsel Abad Ponda argued that Another top police officer paid Granting bail, Justice Revati probe the matter following the all six accused in the dowry case, tribute to his comrade, describ- Mohite-Dere directed Radhe Maa complaint filed by the housewife. except Radhe Maa, were granted ing him as “the best among us, to be present before the Kandivali In her plea, Radhe Maa denied protection by the trial court. a hero”. Police as and when required. all allegations levelled by the Ponda further contended that Hizbul Mujahideen is the largest On August 14, the high court housewife-complainant, claim- the allegations against Radhe of several rebel groups that have had granted Radhe Maa interim ing she had never instigated the Maa were an “afterthought” been battling hundreds of thou- protection from arrest for two victim’s family and she was being which was never made during sands ofIndian forces deployed in weeks after hearing her plea. dragged into the family matter as the proceedings before the Family the region for decades, fighting for Apprehending arrest, she had her (the complainant) relatives Court filed two years ago. Radhe the territory to be given independ- moved the high court after the were her (Radhe Maa’s) devotees. Maa claimed that the allegations ence or made part of Pakistan. Blind and visually impaired students conduct an awareness campaign Sessions Court rejected her antic- The complainant’s lawyer Girish were levelled to get a favourable on World Sight Day in Kolkata yesterday. ipatory bail plea on August 13. Kulkarni has contended before the order. AFP The Kandivali Police lodged court that Radhe Maa’s family IANS FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / INDIA Modi appeals for unity Apex court bench to Under pressure to defuse communal row, PM breaks silence on lynching hear Aadhaar card

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister people to ignore political lead- Narendra Modi appealed for ers who have jumped on the petitions next week religious unity yesterday after issue in recent days to win votes days of growing tensions over a along religious lines ahead of the NEW DELHI: The Supreme "very difficult" to constitute a Muslim man’s murder by a mob election. Court yesterday said a con- larger bench for an early hearing. for supposedly eating beef in Several of Modi’s own ministers stitution bench will hear on Chief Justice Dattu said it was Hindu-majority India. have stopped short of condemn- October 14 a batch of appli- difficult to spare nine judges to The Hindu nationalist premier ing the attack outside New Delhi, cations, including one by the hear the plea as it would adversely has been under growing pres- fuelling concerns among religious central government seeking affect the working of other courts. sure to break his silence over the minorities of an erosion of rights clarification/modification" of its The Attorney General men- incident and defuse a row raging in the world’s biggest democ- August 11 order to permit the tioned the matter after the bench over a feared rising intolerance racy, and emboldening Hindu use of Aadhaar card for avail- of Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice towards Muslims and other reli- hardliners. ing benefits under social wel- S A Bobde and Justice C Nagappan gious minorities. Cows are considered sacred by fare schemes, and as a proof of on Wednesday referred a batch of Mohammad Akhlaq, 50, was most Hindus in officially secular identity. The apex court, in a applications, by the government dragged from his home outside India whose millions of Muslims brief notice issued last evening, and other agencies, seeking use of the Indian capital last week and and other minorities eat beef as said the constitution bench will Aadhaar card on a voluntary basis, beaten to death after rumours a source of protein. take up the petitions challenging to a larger bench as it refused to spread that he had eaten beef. President Pranab Mukherjee on the validity of the Aadhaar card relax its August 11 interim order. His 22-year-old son was severely Wednesday called for India’s tra- scheme on the grounds that it The apex court had restricted injured in the attack. dition of tolerance to be upheld, violated the right to privacy. the use of Aadhaar card for dis- Without referring specifically in what was seen as an attempt to The notice issued by the apex tribution of foodgrain under PDS to the attack, Modi said the calm raging anger over the issue. Opposition member Abdul Rashid is thrashed by BJP legislators in the court said: "Take notice that the and supply of kerosene oil and nation will only prosper “when Modi’s comments come just Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in Srinagar yesterday. Rashid had hosted matter above mentioned (Justice LPG. By its August 11 order, the Hindus and Muslims unite and hours after legislators from his a beef party at his official residence on Wednesday evening. K S Puttaswamy (retd) and oth- court referred to a larger bench fight” against poverty instead of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party ers) will be listed on 14.10.2015 the question whether right to pri- against each other. (BJP) punched and shoved an “No amount of condemnation his life. Footage showed legislators at 2 p.m. before the constitution vacy was a fundamental right -- “The country has to stand opposition Muslim member in a can be enough for what happened rounding on Rashid, trying to hit bench." Earlier in the day, the cen- an issue rooted in the conflicting united. Harmony, brotherhood state parliament over eating beef. today,” opposition leader Omar him as others held them back. tral government urged the apex judgments of the apex court. and peace will lead us to devel- Television footage showed Abdullah told reporters outside Modi’s party, which came to court to constitute a constitution The order referring the mat- opment,” Modi said at an elec- several BJP legislators attacked the assembly in the northern power in May 2014, wants a bench to hear its plea to allow ter to a larger bench had come on tion rally for the upcoming polls Abdul Rashid, in the Jammu and region’s main city of Srinagar. nationwide ban on the slaugh- the use of Aadhaar card for the a batch of petitions, including by in Bihar state in eastern India. Kashmir state assembly, for hold- “Trying to beat up a member, ter of cows, which is prohibited disbursal of benefits under vari- former judge of Karnataka High The premier also implored ing a provocative “beef party”. this is the first time I have ever in some, but not all states. India ous social welfare schemes and Court Justice K S Puttaswamy, seen something like this in any is the world’s biggest exporter of also in banking and financial who contended that the biomet- house,” said Abdullah, whose buffalo meat, an industry mainly transactions. ric data and iris scan being col- ‘Follow Pranab’s advice on values’ party walked out of the chamber run by Muslims. Modi’s BJP col- As Attorney General Mukul lected for the issuance of the card over the attack. leagues have came under fire for Rohatgi asked the bench headed violated the fundamental right to PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked to peo- “Do I assault everyone who eats appearing to trivialise Akhlaq’s by Chief Justice H L Dattu to privacy of citizens as personal ple to follow President Pranab Mukherjee’s message on uphold- pork or alcohol?” murder. “If somebody says it was constitute a larger bench to data was not protected, and vul- ing core civilisational values of diversity, tolerance and plurality. Rashid served beef kebabs at pre-planned, I don’t agree. It was hear their plea for "clarifica- nerable to exposure and misuse. His appeal, at an election rally in Bihar’s Nawada district, came the “party” this week in protest an accident and investigations tion/modification" of the August 10 days after a man was lynched in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri by a mob against a ban on killing and eat- should happen,” Modi’s culture 11 order, the court said it was IANS over rumours that he ate beef. Modi, however, did not mention the ing cows in only Muslim-majority minister Mahesh Sharma said incident. Speaking in Hindi, he said various “chote mote log (small- state. The issue ignited in the during a visit to the victim’s fam- time people)” make all kinds of comments for political benefit but region after a top court last ily last week. Commentators have urged people not to pay them any heed, or for that matter, even month ordered the long-standing also warned of an emboldening him, but just follow what the president had said. “Follow President but little enforced prohibition be of Hindu hardliners since Modi Pranab Mukherjee’s message on core civilisational values of diversity, strictly implemented. came to power, with vigilante Ambanis lead Indian families tolerance and plurality,” he said, referring to the president’s speech Rashid said that about 10 to gangs increasingly campaigning in New Delhi on Wednesday. 14 BJP members “just pounced against Muslims. IANS on me as soon as I entered the in Forbes Asian rich list house”, saying he had feared for AFP SINGAPORE: Seventeen who've gone separate ways in busi- Indian families, led by the ness or are entirely estranged," the Ambanis, figure in the maiden report said. Cops will not prevent beef fests, says Kerala minister Forbes list of 50 richest Asian It added: "For example, India's families — the highest for any Ambani family combines the THIRUVANANTHA state last week when the CPI-M’s have been holding beef festivals to a function, and as he was leav- country in this part of the world. wealth of brothers Mukesh and PURAM: Police don’t have a students’ wing SFI organised an across college campuses, even as ing, angry students confronted Ranked third, the Ambanis' net Anil, who inherited most of their mandate to prevent the holding event at the Sree Kerala Varma the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi him and demanded that he change worth, which combines the wealth father's fortune on his death in of ‘beef festivals’, and will inter- College in Thrissur. Parishad (ABVP) has been oppos- his stand. When he refused, the of both the brothers, Mukesh and 2002 but opted to do business vene only if they turn violent As ABVP activists opposed the ing all such events. yesterday, students smashed the windscreen Anil, has been estimated at $21.5bn separately." and become a law and order event, the college authorities sus- students at Baselious College in of his car. Eashweran later filed a followed by Premjis, ranked sev- Mukesh's twins, son Akash issue, Kerala Home Minister pended six students from the SFI Kottayam served beef to fellow police complaint. enth on the list with $17bn. and daughter Isha, occupy board Ramesh Chennithala said for conducting the festival. students and passers-by outside Meanwhile, Leader of Not far behind are the Hinduja, seats at telecom arm Reliance Jio yesterday. Deepa Nisanth, a woman pro- the main gate, but police were Opposition V S Achuthanandan Mistry and Godrej families, Infocomm and Reliance Retail. “Police do not have a mandate fessor at Sree Kerala Varma deployed to ensure that things said “fascists” were on the prowl ranked ninth, 10th and 15th, with Anil's son Jai Anmol works at to intervene in stopping such College, took to the social media do not go out of hand. because of the support they were net worths of $15bn, $14.9bn and Reliance Capital, it said. events as they have no mandate to express her displeasure over In another college, angry stu- getting from the central govern- $11.4bn, respectively. The Burman family has brought on food habits, but police will the way the college handled dents yesterday heckled a TV ment. “These fascist forces are Among the 17 Indian families, in professional managers to ensure intervene if it becomes a law and the situation. The SFI and the personality who had taken a trying to influence the young gen- some are no longer Indian citizens. the continuity of the family-owned order issue,” Chennithala told Kerala Students Union, the state stand against beef festivals while eration,” he said. "While most on our list have Dabur company. reporters here. branch of the Congress-affiliated participating in TV debates. kept their flock together over gen- Beef festivals started in the National Students Union of India, Rahul Eashweran was invited IANS erations, the 50 also includes those IANS

Risky business Jharkhand govt Kerala Tourism to take Govt calls on orders probe into Nepal to put its police firing part in London event house in order THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: products including performing RANCHI: The Jharkhand gov- Kerala Tourism will take part arts and culture, cuisine, natural NEW DELHI: India yester- ernment yesterday ordered a in the Mayor of London Event, beauty, ayurveda and backwaters,” day expressed concern over probe into violence and subse- a cultural extravaganza on said Anil Kumar. increasing “anti-India senti- quent police firing at a ‘ghost October 11 on the banks of the ‘Visit Kerala 2015’ was launched ments” in Nepal and called fair’ organised on the banks of river Thames, state Tourism in April this year to showcase upon Kathmandu to “put its Jhariwa river in Palamau dis- Minister A P Anil Kumar said Kerala’s unique tourism products house in order” over protests trict of the state. yesterday. and by now has taken the state by a section of the Himalayan A ‘ghost fair’ in Palamau dis- Its participation would be part to a different league in the glo- nation’s population over the new trict, held last Wednesday despite of Visit Kerala — a joint initiative bal tourist map by offering excit- constitution. prohibitory orders by the district of Kerala Tourism and the state’s ing deals, offers and new travel External affairs ministry administration, saw a mob pelting tourism industry, he said. experiences. Kerala’s delegation spokesperson Vikas Swarup told a police team with stones when it “We consider this opportunity will be led by Chief Secretary Jiji reporters here that there was no went there to arrest a sorcerer. as an ideal platform to market Thomson. official or unofficial blockade by Customers buy essential items from a shop on a flooded street after One person was killed and five our state by exhibiting our unique IANS India and all border points remain a heavy downpour in Dimapur, in the northeastern state of Nagaland, others were injured in the police open. action. Several policemen too suf- yesterday. He said obstructions at entry fered injuries in the mob-violence. points was only due to demon- Meanwhile, the Jharkhand strations on the Nepali territory. Women’s Commission said it “We do recognise a growth in was serious about tackling such Building code suggested for mountain states anti-India sentiments in Nepal. issues and wished to stop tor- It is something we are concerned ture of women in the name of ITANAGAR: Legislators of different forums including state discuss issues related to the sus- examine all the issues and come about. But who is responsible? superstition. India’s mountain states yester- legislative assemblies and parlia- tainable development of mountain back in the next SMDS with con- Who stoked these anti-India The ‘ghost fair’ and other simi- day called for the creation of ment,” said the resolution, which states during the winter session crete and implementable poli- sentiments and why have these lar fairs are linked to the tradi- a building code separate from comes against the backdrop of of parliament. cies, programmes and solutions peaked? (It is) because of what is tions of the state’s people. Use of that of the rest of the country. the mega-earthquake in Nepal It was also resolved that MPs to take the mantle of climate happening on the Nepali side of locally brewed liquor at such fairs “The legislators asserted that and the disastrous cloudbursts in from mountain states will meet change adaptation and mitigation the border,” he said. makes people unwilling to hear the building code applicable to the Uttarakahand and Ladakh. before the meeting with Javadekar forward. Noting that 41 districts Swarup said the blame for the any logic. Neither the state gov- whole of the nation is not ideal The legislators’ meet was to deliberate and decide upon the across 11 mountain states were anti-India sentiments lies with ernment not we can pass orders for buildings in the mountain held as part of the fourth issues to be raised by them for yet to formulate district disaster the Nepali leadership. to stop such fairs. states,” said a resolution adopted edition of the Sustainable the betterment of all mountain management plans, the resolution He said the Constitution- “We are concerned about wom- at the end of the GLOBE (Global Mountain Development Summit states in a sustainable manner stated that the districts would be making process was seen as en’s issues and we will take up Learning and Observations to (SMDS-IV) being held in the and the issues to be raised during identified in a fast-track manner unfair by certain sections of the with the government how such Benefit the Environment) India Arunachal Pradesh capital. the Conference of Parties (COP) and a disaster management plan Nepali population and hence they fairs could be banned or torture Legislators Meet. The resolution also wel- 21 climate summit to be held in would be formulated for each of protested. Due to such protests, of women stopped,” Commission “It was decided that legislators comed the decision of union Paris later this year. the districts within the next one some goods from India were not chairperson Mahua Manjhi said. from mountain states will raise Environment Minister Prakash The resolution also said that year. able to get through, he added. the issue of forming a separate Javadekar to meet legislators the legislators, in groups and in IANS building code for mountains at from the Himalayan states to their own states, would seriously IANS IANS FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 EU to speed up deportations to tackle migrant crisis

LUXEMBOURG: European to come to the continent in the Avramopoulos said, in what his But it is also raising fears Avramopoulos told Thursday’s They will also be on hand today Union nations agreed yesterday first place. staff said already marks an that if Europe cannot protect its press conference that “almost when the first refugees are moved to speed up the deportation of “Those who do not require increase as Europe gets tougher. external borders then its cher- everybody” agreed on the need from country to country under a failed asylum seekers as they international protection must The ministers suggested they ished passport-free Schengen on for “shared responsibility” for new relocation scheme for 160,000 took a harder line toward tack- return to their countries of ori- would use European develop- zone may crumble, as member securing the external borders. people, which EU ministers forced ling the worst migration crisis gin,” Luxembourg minister Jean ment funds as leverage to ensure states restore controls at the old Key to efforts to deport through last month in the face of since World War II. Asselborn, whose country holds that countries of origin — mainly internal borders to stop migrants. migrants and admit genuine Eastern European opposition. The Interior ministers from the the EU presidency, told reporters those in Africa — will take back A plan for a pan-EU border refugees is a proposal by the first batch consists of around 20 28-nation bloc endorsed a dedi- after the talks. economic migrants after they guard corps with a special empha- European Commission, the execu- Eritreans who are due to be relo- cated programme to send back Only around 40 percent of are deported. “A fine balance of sis on helping overstretched tive of the 28-nation EU, to set up cated to Sweden from Italy today. those they described as economic people ordered to leave after incentives and pressure should be frontline states like Greece and “hotspots,” or reception centres in The interior ministers will migrants — who are largely from their asylum applications failed used to enhance the cooperation Italy was formally proposed by Greece and Italy where officials later join EU foreign ministers poor African nations — and currently actually leave or are of third countries on readmission France at the talks, sources said. separate the two categories. as well as their counterparts not refugees from conflict-torn deported from Europe, he said. and return,” the conclusions of The idea will now be discussed However Austrian Chancellor from the neighbouring Balkan Middle East countries. “We need to crack down on peo- the talks said. by EU leaders at a summit next Werner Faymann said the countries of Albania, Bosnia, After months of tensions over ple abusing our asylum system,” The migration crisis is causing week but analysts suspect some “hotspots” are far from ready, after Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia the wave of nearly 600,000 peo- British Home Secretary Theresa political problems in many EU frontline states will object on the he visited one such site in Greece. and Kosovo, together with offi- ple who have flooded into Europe May said as she arrived at the countries where anti-immigration grounds of sovereignty and the Avramopoulos and Asselborn will cials from Turkey, Lebanon and this year, the EU is now taking talks. and eurosceptic parties are on the right to guard their own exter- travel to Lampedusa today to mark Jordan, which host the majority a tougher stance by focusing on Ten return flights from Europe rise amid economic difficulties, nal borders. the opening of the first of the hand- of Syrian and Iraqi refugees. tightening border controls and will now take place this month, as well as divisions between EU In a sign that some had ful of hotspots planned for Greece reducing the incentive for people Migration Commissioner Dimitris nations. reservations, commissioner and Italy. AFP

Republican US France train attack hero House Speaker favourite abruptly stabbed in California quits race

WASHINGTON: The Repub- Stone sustains multiple stab wounds in upper torso lican frontrunner to be the new Speaker of the US House LOS ANGELES: One of three several of those in Stone’s group of Representatives, Kevin Americans who recently helped were drunk but it was unclear if McCarthy, abruptly dropped thwart a terror attack on a he himself was inebriated. out of the race yesterday, amid Paris-bound train was stabbed Sacramento police tweeted that a revolt by the party’s hard-line in his home state of California the assault was “not related to a conservatives. — apparently after coming to a terrorist act,” seemingly ruling out McCarthy, currently the party’s woman’s rescue, authorities said a revenge attack over the train number two in the House behind yesterday. incident. Just weeks ago, the town A man holds a cardboard cut-out of Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino reading “I outgoing speaker John Boehner, The US Air Force confirmed of Sacramento staged a parade in destroyed Rome” during a protest in front of Rome’s city hall, “Campidoglio” had appeared to have support that 23-year-old Airman Spencer honor of the trio of friends whose (the Capitoline hill), yesterday. from most of the chamber’s Stone (pictured) was stabbed in actions stopped a massacre. Republican lawmakers for the top Sacramento and taken to a local Stone suffered deep slash job in Congress until his surprise hospital. “He is in stable condi- wounds as he helped to overpower withdrawal from consideration. tion,” spokesman Lieutenant a heavily-armed gunman, 25-year- Rome mayor resigns House leadership announced Colonel Chris Karns said. old Moroccan Ayoub El Khazzani, a postponement of the party Officer Traci Trapani, a spokes- in the train attack on August 21. ROME: Rome’s embattled mayor resigned yesterday over an expenses election for Speaker — the woman for the Sacramento police Armed with a pistol, an assault row after months of attacks by opponents determined to make him a person immediately behind the department, said police received a rifle and 270 rounds of ammuni- scapegoat for the sorry state of the Italian capital. vice president in the line of call at 12:46am yesterday about a tion, Khazzani is accused of seek- Ignazio Marino, 60, has been under intense pressure for months presidential succession — until person who had been stabbed out- ing to massacre passengers on the against a backdrop of mounting public anger over the litter-strewn and a later date. side a club in the city’s downtown Amsterdam-Paris train. pot-holed state of the city’s ancient streets, a failing public transport “We probably need a fresh face. area. “The victim had sustained two Asian males in connection Stone was awarded the Legion system and organised crime’s infiltration of the municipal authority. I’ll stay on as majority leader. But multiple stab wounds in his upper with the attack, he said. of Honor, France’s highest deco- “I have made my decision: I am handing in my resignation,” Marino the one thing I found in talking torso or upper body but he is in A source close to the investiga- ration, along with Army National said in a statement addressed to the citizens of Rome. Under Italian to everybody — if we are going stable condition and is expected tion said that Stone was appar- Guard Specialist Alek Skarlatos law, Marino’s resignation will take effect in 20 days. to unite and be strong, we need to survive,” Trapani said, add- ently trying to defend a woman and Anthony Sadler, a civilian, for In a Facebook post, Marino wrote he had agreed to pay back ¤20,000 a new face to help do that,” ing that the suspect had fled the being harassed by a group of their role in thwarting the attack. of restaurant bills settled with a city hall credit card over the course McCarthy told reporters after a scene. She said alcohol was a fac- men outside the bar when he The trio were also invited to the of his two years and four months in office. He said all the money had party conference meeting. tor in the fight. got stabbed. It was unclear if the White House by US President been spent legitimately on official entertainment but that he would Ahead of his shock withdrawal, Speaking at a news conference woman was with Stone. Barack Obama and Stone received cover the cost as a personal gift to Italy’s financially-strapped capital. a group of about 40 hard-line con- in Sacramento, Deputy Chief Ken “A woman was being harassed a Purple Heart and Airman’s “With this gesture I want to draw a line under the pointless and servatives had pledged to vote Bernard said Stone was out on and he got involved,” the source, Medal from the Pentagon. surreal polemics of recent days, which do Rome no good,” the centre- against McCarthy, raising the the town with a male friend and who spoke on condition of ano- left mayor wrote. specter of him being forced to three women. Police were seeking nymity, said. The source said AFP AFP offer them major concessions. “He said he didn’t think he is the right man to be the face of the party,” congressman Walter Jones told reporters as he left the party conference meeting, where UN launches Rise in referrals to UK deradicalisation scheme Republicans were expected to nominate McCarthy. LONDON: Almost 800 people in Britain into terrorism”. Security Minister John Hayes Channel goes on to receive support from the The announcement appeared to audit of funds were referred over three months to an anti- said authorities had a duty to challenge “the scheme, with police estimating that only one throw the House into chaos, with terrorism “deradicalisation” programme, twisted narrative that has corrupted some of in five cases requires such intervention. conservatives and moderates alike linked to graft many of them minors, figures published our vulnerable young people”. “Since Channel was rolled out nationally in unsure of the next moves and yesterday revealed. There were more referrals between June and April 2012, there have been over 4,000 refer- whether McCarthy’s exit would UNITED NATIONS: The Between June and August this year, 796 August than in the whole of 2012-13 when the rals and hundreds of people at risk of being spark a leadership crisis in the United Nations yesterday people were reported to the government’s Channel scheme was first introduced across drawn into terrorism have been provided with chamber. launched an audit to shed light “Channel” programme, which aims to pre- England and Wales. The programme came support,” Hayes said. Haras Rafiq, manag- Boehner announced his res- on the relationship between a vent people deemed “at risk” from being drawn under the spotlight last week when it emerged ing director at Quilliam, said referrals were ignation last month, effective at Chinese real estate developer into violent extremism. Of those, 312 were that a Muslim boy arrested aged 14 and con- increasingly coming from parents and families. the end of October. “I don’t think and a foundation run by his aged under 18, according to figures from the victed for plotting a terror attack in Australia Participants can receive mentoring, sup- the outcome is clear at all at this associate who are accused of National Police Chiefs Council obtained after from his bedroom in northern England, had port in life skills and leisure activities, cog- point,” conservative congressman paying bribes to UN diplomats. Britain introduced new laws requiring public previously been referred to the scheme. nitive behavioural therapy or employment Trent Franks told reporters. Former General Assembly bodies to help combat radicalisation. The initiative seeks to reduce the risk of guidance as part of the scheme. Full details Asked if a caretaker speaker president John Ashe was arrested The rate of referrals rose when the leg- violence from extremism of all kinds, includ- are not made public however, and its imple- could take the reins once on Tuesday for taking $1.3m in islation came into force in July stating that ing religious, political, racial, and referrals can mentation has led to claims of prejudice Boehner leaves, he said “that is bribes from developer Ng Lap authorities must “have due regard to the come from relatives as well as the authorities. against Muslims. a possibility.” Seng to promote his plan to build need to prevent people from being drawn In addition, not everyone referred to AFP AFP a UN conference center in Macau. Ashe, a former UN ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda, also sought to advance the Chinese Ecuador volcano spews ash businessman’s interests in his Caribbean home country. Declaring Muslim men in France 4 times less likely that there will be “no tolerance for corruption at the United Nations”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to get job interview than Catholics: Study asked the UN internal oversight office to carry out the audit. PARIS: A practising Muslim but not as pronounced, with a The results were overwhelm- The review will look at man is four times less likely to get 15.8-percent chance of landing ing: “the results reveal a strong “the interaction between the a job interview in France than a an interview. discrimination against Muslims United Nations and the Global Catholic counterpart, according The study was carried out and Jews in France”, the study Sustainability Foundation and to a study published yesterday. by Marie-Anne Valfort, a concluded. the Sun Kian Ip Group” owned by The research was carried out senior lecturer at Sorbonne In the case of Muslims, it is Ng, spokesman Stephane Dujarric by the Montaigne Institute think University in Paris, who sent even worse than the discrimina- said. It will examine “the use of tank which sent out thousands 6,231 responses to job adverts tion faced by African-Americans any funds received from these of responses to job adverts using between 2013 and 2014. compared with whites in the entities,” he said. fictional characters. The study All of her “candidates” were United States. The Global Sustainability found that men who identified Lebanese, born in Beirut in 1988 Valfort said the study only Foundation headed by Sheri Yan, as practising Muslims had a 4.7 with the last name Haddad. caught a small portion of the one of six people charged in the percent of being asked for a job But they had different first discrimination faced by job appli- scandal along with Ashe, gave interview, compared to 17.9 per- names depending on the religion cants since it did not continue to at least $1.5m to the UN office cent of practising Catholics. they represented: Dov and Esther the interview stage. for South-South Cooperation. The overall figure for men and for Jews, Michel and Nathalie for “It probably under-estimates But Dujarric said the funds were A picture taken from Quito, Ecuador, of the Cotopaxi volcano spew- women showed Catholics were Catholics, and Mohammed and the level of discrimination: All used to organise conferences in ing ash yesterday. The volcanic activity, which began on August 14 twice as likely as Muslims to get Samira for Muslims. studies show that discrimination Bangladesh and in Macau earlier after 138 years of silence, continued with “steam emissions and a a callback for a job interview. They were also listed as having is present at each step of recruit- this year. moderate load of ash” the Security Ministry said. The job application discrimina- attended faith schools and scout ment,” she said. AFP tion against Jews was apparent groups linked to their religion. AFP FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS IMF sees tough policy trade-offs Oil countries can absorb shocks ‘Qatar-group’ tells IMF they are well positioned to cope with oil woes

By Satish Kanady shock, given the available large frictions dissipate, Al Tayer said. as soon as feasible, the UAE fiscal and foreign exchange buff- For most oil importers in the Minister said. DOHA: ‘The Qatar-group’ ers, which have them to main- group, average growth is projected A number of oil importing and countries yesterday stated at tain public spending to support to rise in 2016 on the back of exporting countries in the group the IMF meet the oil-exporting growth in the non-oil sector. confidence gains, higher demand have seized the opportunity of countries in the group are well- Nevertheless, in these countries from trading partners, and struc- lower oil prices to set up energy placed to cope with the current as well as in oil exporters with tural reforms that are nurtur- subsidy reforms and improve tar- oil shock. limited buffers, policy-makers ing competitiveness and foreign geting. Subsidy reforms were ini- IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (left) and World Bank President Making a statement on are looking for ways to limit the direct investment. Countries tiated in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Jim Yong Kim participate in a discussion during the 2015 Annual Meetings behalf of 13 countries, including growth in current spending to are enhancing revenue collec- Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait preserve fiscal sustainability while tion efforts and taking measures Qatar and Yemen. In Jordan, the of the IMF and the World Bank in Lima, Peru. and Oman at the 32-nd meet- diversifying their economies, rais- to broaden the tax base with a authorities removed petroleum ing of International Monetary ing productivity, and promoting view to creating space for expand- subsidies and adopted an auto- LIMA: International second downgrade this year and Finance Committee of IMF the employment of nations in the ing social safety nets and infra- matic fuel pricing mechanism in Monetary Fund Managing even after central banks in in Lima, Peru, Obaid Al Tayer, private sector.” structure spending. Promoting 2013 and have been increasing Director Christine Lagarde major industrial economies have Minister of State for Financial Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, private sector investment and electricity tariffs to achieve cost urged global policymakers yes- cut rates to near zero and spent Affairs, UAE said the gulf oil- Libya, Maldives, Syria and Yemen in particular small and medium recovery. The UAE also deregu- terday to support economic around $7 trillion in quantitative exporting countries have managed are other countries in the group. enterprise development, is a high lated its petrol and diesel prices in growth while also tackling easing programs in the seven the recent windfall better than in For some of the non-GCC oil priority. For countries experienc- August. Egypt has improved the financial risks stemming from years since the global financial previous cycles, having adopted producing countries in the group, ing domestic strife, IMF should targeting of subsidy provision and the provision of easy money crisis. Despite these measures, prudent fiscal policies and saving domestic strife has adversely stand ready to upscale technical reduced leakages in the delivery amid a “rapidly changing and investment, growth and produc- large share of windfall revenues. affected both oil and non-oil pro- support on policy priorities, once mechanism. uncertain world.” tivity are stuck below pre-crisis “These countries are well- duction, but activity is expected domestic stability is restored and Lagarde, presenting a Global levels and there is a lack of con- placed to cope with the current to rebound in 2016 if domestic to support reconstruction efforts THE PENINSULA Policy Agenda at the fund’s sumer demand. “An extended annual meeting in Peru, said a period of monetary accommo- recovery in the United States dation in advanced economies was broadly on track and a rise in has led to pockets of financial US interest rates “is approach- vulnerabilities,” Lagarde said, K&L Gates ing” and would tighten global adding: “Safeguarding financial funding conditions. But she said stability while promoting real Oil prices rise on Opec remarks the slowing of economic activ- investment remains a major advises UDC ity in China and recent market policy challenge.” LONDON: The oil market analyst Carsten Fritsch. “The world oil demand to grow by 1.3 volatility were having larger- Despite the risks associated on QR738m drifted higher yesterday as optimistic remarks made about million barrels per day.” than-expected spillovers across with central banks’ provision investors digested an upbeat oil demand by Opec Secretary Prices had tumbled on the global economy. Emerging of cheap money, Lagarde said demand forecast from the head General El-Badri still appear to Wednesday after a US economies, which have contrib- economic slack and low infla- financing of the Opec crude producers’ be having after-effects,” he added. Department of Energy report uted the bulk of world growth, tion justified the continuation of DOHA: A team of lawyers cartel. Traders were mulling remarks showed commercial crude stock- have been hit hard by a slump such monetary policies in major from the Doha office of glo- Brent North Sea crude for by Abdalla Salem El-Badri, sec- piles rose more than expected in commodity prices. advanced economies, specifically bal law firm K&L Gates delivery in November added seven retary-general of the Opec, who in the week ending October 2, “Policymakers are increasingly in the eurozone and Japan. LLP has advised United cents to stand at $51.40 per barrel stated that demand will rise more indicating softer demand in the grappling with difficult policy The IMF has urged to Fed to Development Company just after midday in London. than projected this year. world’s top oil consuming nation. trade-offs,” Lagarde said, call- wait for more signs of recov- QSC (UDC) on a QR738m US benchmark West Texas “World oil demand is estimated Stockpiles rose by 3.1 million ing for a careful mix of policies to ery before hiking. “Fiscal policy ($203m) financing from Intermediate for delivery in to increase by 1.5 million barrels barrels, more than the market support economic demand, while needs to be more supportive Qatar National Bank and November won eight cents to per day in 2015, higher than the estimate of 2.25 million barrels. also tackling risks and reforming where conditions allow,” she Commercial Bank. $47.89 per barrel compared with initial projection,” El-Badri said in That brought inventories to 461 economies to deliver growth. added, pointing to Germany and The funds will be used in Wednesday’s close. a statement to the International million barrels, more than 27 per- The IMF cut its global growth the Netherlands. connection with the Medina “Oil prices are... recouping Monetary Fund (IMF). “In 2016, cent higher than a year ago. forecast to 3.1 percent this year Centrale, a unique blend of some of the losses they suffered improvement in global economic and 3.6 percent in 2016, the REUTERS residential, shopping, and yesterday,” said Commerzbank activities is anticipated to support AFP leisure developments dubbed as the ‘Town Center’ of The Pearl-Qatar. Doha partner Amjad Hussain led the K&L Gates team and was assisted by associates Jaime Oon and Jobless claims in US fall to near 42-year low Mohammed Tartir. Hussain said: “K&L Gates is delighted to have advised WASHINGTON: The number interest rates by the end of this below the 300,000 threshold, dropped 3,000 to 267,500. about 200,000 new jobs added UDC on this transaction and of Americans filing new appli- year. Initial claims for state unem- which is usually associated with a US Treasury yields were little every month. proud to have contributed to cations for jobless benefits fell ployment benefits dropped 13,000 strengthening labor market. The changed following publication of The slowdown in hiring has a successful outcome. This more than expected to near a to a seasonally adjusted 263,000 Labour Department said there the data, and US stock futures boosted expectations the Fed will is the latest in a number of 42-year low last week, point- for the week ended October 3, the were no special factors impact- continued their declines. wait until early next year to raise strategic matters where we ing to ongoing tightening in Labour Department said. That ing last week’s claims. Claims for While businesses appear to interest rates for the first time have acted as UDC’s legal the labour market despite the was the lowest since mid-July the prior week were revised lower have little reason to let workers in a decade. The claims report counsel and we look forward recent slowdown in hiring. when the number of claims was by 1,000. Economists polled had go these days, in recent months showed the number of people to continuing to work closely The data released yesterday at its lowest since 1973. Hitting forecast a more modest decline they have not shown much gusto still receiving benefits after an together in the future in con- provides an upbeat check on the such a historical low is remarka- in claims to 274,000 last week. in adding new hires. US employ- initial week of aid rose by 9,000 nection with the highly pres- health of the labor market after ble considering the US workforce The four-week moving average of ers added just 142,000 jobs to their to 2.20 million in the week ended tigious Pearl-Qatar project.” last week’s monthly employ- has grown since the 1970s. claims, considered a better meas- payrolls in September and 136,000 September 26. ment report increased doubts It was also the 31st straight ure of labor market trends as it in August, which was well below THE PENINSULA the Federal Reserve would raise week that claims remained irons out week-to-week volatility, the averages in prior months of REUTERS Facebook’s ‘Like’ button German prosecutors raid VW offices BERLIN: German prosecutors raided set to get more emotive Volkswagen’s headquarters and other offices yesterday as part of their investiga- US VW chief aware tion into the carmaker’s rigging of diesel NEW YORK: Like it or not, the “Like” button is long-pressed. emissions tests. of problem in 2014 Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) trade- The company said it would start Prosecutors from Braunschweig, close to the mark “Like” button is set to get the pilot in Ireland and Spain on German company’s home town of Wolfsburg, WASHINGTON: Volkswagen’s US chief more expressive. iOS, Android and desktops. said they were targeting documents and data revealed he knew more than a year ago The social network said yes- The feedback from the pilot storage devices that might help with their that the group’s cars possibly breached pol- terday it is launching a pilot test test will be used to improve the inquiries. Volkswagen said it was supporting lution rules. In testimony released ahead of of “Reactions”, which will allow feature and the company hopes the investigation and had handed over a “com- his hearing before a congressional commit- users to express a range of emo- “to roll it out to everyone soon,” prehensive” range of documents. tee yesterday, Michael Horn offered a “sin- tions including love, happiness, Cox wrote in the post, which Almost three weeks after it confessed pub- cere apology” over Volkswagen’s use of a anger and sadness. was “liked” by nearly 3,400 users licly to rigging US emissions tests, Europe’s software designed to cheat pollution tests. “Dislike” is not one of them within an hour. largest carmaker is under huge pressure to Horn said he learnt in early 2014 of “a though. Cox clarified that the button identify those responsible, fix affected vehicles possible emissions non-compliance”, after Facebook CEO Mark was not a “dislike” button. “As you and clarify exactly how and where the cheat- researchers at the University of West Zuckerberg said last month the can see, it’s not a “dislike” but- ing happened. Virginia found that VW cars it had tested social network was working on ton, though we hope it addresses Volkswagen has suspended more than 10 were releasing up to 40 times as much nitro- adding a button other than “Like” the spirit of this request more senior managers, including three top engi- gen oxide as was legally permissible. to express empathy on posts broadly.” neers, as part of an internal investigation. He said he was told by his staff that US where a “Like” would not be the Zuckerberg’s comments last German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel authorities could conduct tests for defeat appropriate response. month prompted contrasting yesterday urged Volkswagen to be pro-active Volkswagen North America CEO Michael Horn devices, and was subsequently informed Users immediately took to the opinions over the potential “dis- in addressing its problems, but also said critics arrives to testify before the House Energy later that year that technical teams had a social media site, speculating that like” button. should not overstep the mark. and Commerce Committee on Capitol Hill in plan to bring the vehicles into compliance the company was working on a While some said they would use “There should not be a debate about the and were working with the authorities on Washington yesterday. “dislike” button. Facebook more if a dislike but- automotive industry or about diesel technol- the process. He said that the company had In a video accompanying a ton were introduced, others said ogy,” Gabriel said after attending a meeting of “broken the trust of our customers, dealer- Facebook post by Chief Product it would lead to cyberbullying and Volkswagen’s world workers council. latest sign that slowing emerging markets are ships, and employees, as well as the public Officer Chris Cox yesterday, the more negativity on the site. Data yesterday showed German exports hurting Europe’s largest economy. and regulators.” six new buttons appear as ani- plunged in August by the largest amount since AFP mated emoticons and pop up when REUTERS the height of the global financial crisis in the REUTERS FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 QE rights issue norms to protect shareholders Qatar Exchange comes up with rules for selling rights issue Qatari stocks gain 2.63 DOHA: Shareholders not equal to the number of shares in same brokerage firm. the end of the selling session. The intending to subscribe a listed the capital increase to be issued The Market Operations and new calculated price will be the company’s rights issue will by the company to its existing Control Department of QE will RRP for the following day’s selling percent in past week have protection and flexibility, shareholders through the sub- cancel any rights selling orders session regardless of the actual a Qatar Exchange (QE) mar- scription process.” or trades that are entered or closing price. Pricing equation will ket notice on rights issue selling On the process of selling rights executed in violation of the pro- be as follows: (RRP = Stock’s clos- DOHA: Qatari stocks slipped yesterday to end a four-day bull norms says. This is one of QE’s issue, “The selling of the rights hibition instructions mentioned ing price minus the subscription run. The benchmark index edged down 0.29 percent to finish the six points on the Selling Rights issues shall be done independently above. Cancellations of trades price). week at 11,754, reversing the winning streak. Issue Rules pursuant to Qatar from the original share. Unless will be reported to QFMA and The sixth and last point covers The traded volume amounted to 7.65 million shares, exchanged in Financial Markets Authority provided for otherwise in the the violating party shall compen- calculating the daily price limits 3,950 transactions at turnover reaching QR447.9m. The consumer (QFMA) Board decision number QFMA Rules, rights issues sell- sate the aggrieved party where for the rights according to the goods sector lost 0.67 percent, while the industrials edged0.55 per- 3 for year 2014. ing is subject to the same trading deemed necessary. following equation:- Daily Right’s cent. Banking sector lost0.52 percent. Out of the 41 traded com- A shareholder not intend- provisions applied to shares. The A shareholder will lose his price limits = {(Right’s reference panies, 14 advanced and 26 declined. Ezdan was the value leader. ing to buy a listed company’s rights selling period: shall be 10 rights of subscription if his own- price at closing plus or minus The weekly trading data provided by the local bourse shows the rights share will have the option working days.” ership of shares exceeds the limit the allowed change in the stock’s benchmark index added 2.63 percent, with the real estate gaining of either subscribing or sell the The norm prohibits selling of stated in the company’s AoS after price value) / (Right’s reference the most by 5.41 percent. Market capitalisation rose by 2.19 percent rights — fully or partially in the bought rights. “Buying investors subscribing to rights shares. price at closing) – 1} multiplied to reach QR616bn. The real estate sector led the trading value in market as per QFMA regulations, are not allowed to sell the pur- The notice explains in detail by 100 percent. the past week, accounting for 26.44 percent of the total. The volume the QE notice says. chased rights during the selling the formula of a stock’s reference Price limits are calculated on was also led by the real estate sector. Ezdan was the value leader Defining Right Issues, the period.” price calculation (ex-rights price). a daily basis after the closing of of the week, accounting for 13.01 percent of the total trading value, notice says, “Rights issues are QE-registered brokerage com- It is calculated as:- Stock’s refer- the selling session, to update the followed by QNB and the Gulf International. securities that entitle its holders panies are not allowed to accept ence price (ex-rights) = {(exist- trading system before the start of Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia’s index, which had jumped 1.9 percent on the right to subscribe in the capi- selling orders of their clients for ing shares * closing ‘cum rights’ the selling session of the following Wednesday in response to a leap in oil prices, was flat after Brent tal increase issued by the com- the purchased rights during the price) (new shares * subscription day, noting that the lowest per- oil dropped back to about $51.80 a barrel from $52.90. pany and dedicated to its existing same session or during the selling price)} /(total number of shares centage of the right’s price limit The Cairo stock index climbed 1.9 percent. Financial and invest- shareholders. period in general. The members after increase). shall be 1 percent up or down, the ment firms in general were strong on the news of interest in the “Rights issues can be listed and have to adjust their systems so as The fifth point covers the QE notice said. financial sector, with EFG Hermes gaining 4.8 percent and Qalaa sold at the stock exchange. The to prohibit the clients from selling Right’s Reference Price that will Holdings surging 7.7 percent, according to Reuters. number of rights issues will be the purchased rights through the be calculated on a daily basis after QNA THE PENINSULA BoE quizzing UK banks over Countess of Wessex, Qatari commodities businesswomen meet

exposure DOHA: Alexjandra develop skills for life and amongst young people.” LONDON: The Bank of Hopton, wife of the work. Natra Saeed, Board England has asked British British Ambassador to Alexjandra Hopton said: Member of the Qatari banks to report their expo- Qatar, hosted a tea for “I was delighted to host Businesswomen Association sure to commodities and The Countess of Wessex, such a vibrant and inter- thanked Hopton for host- ensure they are mitigating and a number of Qatar’s esting afternoon that gave ing the tea and said: “It’s risks effectively, a source leading businesswomen. The Countess of Wessex an honour and pleasure to familiar with the situation The Countess of Wessex the opportunity to meet welcome the Countess of said yesterday. was in Doha as part of a with such a range of inspir- Wessex to Qatar, we, women Prices for oil and other com- four day visit to Qatar, in ing Qatari women and of Qatar in general and the modities have fallen sharply in support of her work with to celebrate the achieve- Qatari Businesswomen recent months, and yesterday blindness prevention char- ments of the Qatari Association in particu- the Financial Times reported ity Orbis UK. Businesswomen lar are keen to build and the BoE move had been trig- The Countess is also Association. The Countess maintain bridges with the gered by the sharp fall in the the Global Ambassador of of Wessex discussed a international community shares of commodities and the Duke of Edinburgh’s number of topics, including as we believe this generates mining company Glencore. International Award. how to increase the number opportunities for us and for “This is something being This charity works with of women in business in the future generations”. done in the course of normal over 300,000 young people Qatar, and how to promote The Countess of Wessex with members of Qatari Businesswomen Association at the function. supervision,” the source said, every year, helping them to a culture of volunteering THE PENINSULA adding that the request had been made by the Prudential Regulation Authority, the arm of the BoE in charge of day- to-day bank regulation. “It Carlyle, Pictet is not asking (banks) to take any particular action and it S&P hails GCC insurance market move has not been prompted by launch fine any particular concern about the commodity sector. The DOHA: Standard & Poor’s Standard & Poor’s credit analyst following international best prac- According to S&P, the effec- art finance PRA is making sure the firms Ratings Services has welcomed Emir Mujkic. tices by moving toward risk-based tiveness of the new regulations understand the risks they are the recent steps to enhance reg- “However, in the short term, we solvency capital regimes. “We see will be determined primarily by exposed to and mitigating ulation in the insurance mar- anticipate that the cost of regula- the key, and long overdue, changes the determination of regulators services them accordingly.” kets in the GCC countries. tory compliance to rise, as insur- as: the calculation of solvency and to ensure adoption by the market Shares in Glencore dropped In a report published yester- ers will need to add expertise and minimum capital requirements, and consequently enforcement by NEW YORK: Investment by 30 percent on September day, “GCC Insurance Regulation: improve their systems to meet the compulsory independent supervisers. houses The Carlyle Group 28, before recovering in sub- Companies And Regulators Will the new regulatory demands. We review of solvency and technical “Furthermore, we expect the and Pictet Group announced sequent days after the firm Both Have To Up Their Game”, believe that smaller and less well- reserves, more focus on active full effect of the new regulations a new unit yesterday that mooted sales of some of its the ratings agency noted Qatar capitalised insurers will find the risk management, as well as the will take some time to play out, will offer loans against bor- units to reduce its $30bn and the UAE are introducing new regulations particularly chal- introduction of more structured given grace periods for insurers rowers’ fine art works as debt pile. Two of its rivals, more comprehensive regulations lenging, while larger companies investment portfolios with maxi- to implement new regulation, collateral. the privately-held Vitol and in their insurance sector. should be able to cope with the mum asset exposure limits,” said which can be up to three years for The US and Swiss compa- Trafigura, earlier this week Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman additional demands.” the report. certain rules, such as the imple- nies said their new Athena Art raised over $10bn in finance, are currently focusing on specific Regulatory changes have been The ratings services agency mentation of more structured Finance Corp will begin offer- which they said showed bank- aspects, such as an increase in the talk of insurance markets view the developments as positive investment portfolios,” said the ing loans against works of art ers understood the sector capital requirements, as well as in most countries of the Gulf for the credit characteristics of report. in the upcoming auction and better than bond or equity improvements in asset quality and Cooperation Council (GCC) over the market, and for policyholder “We have determined, based art-fair season. dealers. Copper, iron ore and reporting requirements for both the past year. Insurance regula- protection. However, despite solely on the developments Athena will begin with crude oil prices have tumbled conventional and Islamic (taka- tors have introduced or are intro- increasing economic collaboration described herein, that no rating $280m in equity capital — by 16 to 25 percent in 2015. ful) insurers. ducing new regulation varying and policy coordination within actions are currently warranted. just under the record price for Meanwhile, BoE showed “These changes are likely to from specific to comprehensive. the GCC, insurance regulations Only a rating committee may one painting, $300m report- no sign it was close to raising provide more cushion to the Local regulators in the Gulf, and supervisors are still at dif- determine a rating action and, edly paid for a work by Paul interest rates as it voted once financial soundness of the indus- which have a mixed track record ferent stages of maturity within as these developments were not Gauguin earlier this year. again to keep them at a record try in the long run, leading to bet- in enforcing regulations, will need the region. viewed as material to the ratings, Athena will offer six-month low and said the outlook for ter protection for policyholders to step up their game in order It sees little evidence of regional neither they nor this report were to seven-year loans of at least inflation in coming months and improved credit profiles for to take on the additional and collaboration, and thus a lack of reviewed by a rating committee,” $1m and worth up to 50 per- looked weaker than it previ- insurers, resulting from better more sophisticated supervisory standardisation and ambition in said the report yesterday. cent of the lowest estimated ously thought. capital management and opti- requirements. the approach to regulation of the value of artworks or collec- mised operational controls,” said Gulf insurance regulators are insurance industry. THE PENINSULA tions that have “a deep and REUTERS liquid market resulting in demonstrated value,” the com- panies said. “The $3 trillion-plus global art market is one of the least developed and least financially Samsung’s Lee tops Asia’s richest families list sophisticated markets of sub- stantial size in the world,” said Olivier Sarkozy, a Carlyle SINGAPORE: South Korea’s and shipbuilding. Forbes Asia Henderson Development and three generations were included Kwek/Quek from Singapore, Group managing director. Lee family, which controls the said Samsung, the biggest of the boasts a fortune of $24.1bn. in the survey, the Forbes Asia Malaysia (Hong Leong) with “Athena’s substantial formidable Samsung conglom- “chaebol” or family-run conglom- The third richest are the magazine said. $18.9bn stands at the sixth resources and relevant exper- erate, topped an inaugural list erates dominating South Korea’s Ambanis of India’s Reliance The family of Hong Kong tycoon position. tise bring a professionalised of Asia’s 50 richest families pub- economy, accounted for 22 per- Group with a combined net Li Ka-shing, who has a current Premji from India of Wipro financial services approach lished yesterday by Forbes Asia cent of the country’s gross domes- worth of $21.5bn, followed by net worth of $25bn based on a with $17bn is at the seventh posi- to this underserved market,” magazine. tic product in 2014. Thailand’s Chearavanont fam- Forbes global list, was excluded tion. At the eighth position is Tsai Sarkozy added. The family had a net worth of “Nearly half of the richest ily with $19.9bn, generated from because he has no grandchildren from Taiwan of Cathay Financial The art finance business has $26.6bn as of late September, with families in Asia are of Chinese the agriculture-based Charoen who have taken serious roles in with $15.1bn. grown with the soaring value second- and third-generation descent, yet none of the inaugural Pokphand group. the family business, it said. Hinduja from India, Britain of fine works of art. members now running more than 50 is based in the mainland, where Rounding out the top five is The estimates of family for- of Hinduja Group with $15bn is The finance unit of auction 50 businesses, the magazine said. conglomerates are young, run by the Kwok family, which controls tunes were based on stock prices on the ninth position and Mistry house Sotheby’s has made The Samsung empire, founded the first generation,” it said in a Hong Kong’s Sun Hung Kai prop- and exchange rates at the close of from India of Shapoorji Pallonji more than $4bn in loans in 1938 by wealthy landowner’s report. erty empire, with a combined net markets on September 25. Group with $14.9bn is at the tenth against fine art. son Lee Byung-Chull, has diver- The second richest is the wealth of $19.5bn. The top 10 richest families in position. sified interests ranging from Hong Kong Chinese family, also Only families with business Asia on the Forbes Asia list with AFP mobile phones to construction surnamed Lee, which controls involvement extending to at least their main businesses: AFP FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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DOHA: Karim Boudiaf’s first- half goal was enough to see Jordan stun Qatar maintain their 100 per- cent record in Group C of the Australia with 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers as the convincing 2-0 reigning Gulf champions edged China 1-0 yesterday. The France-born Lekhwiya home victory midfielder scored the only goal of the game 22 minutes into the AMMAN: Hamza Al Daradreh Match Day 4 clash at the Jassim earned a successfully converted bin Hamad Stadium as Qatar penalty before scoring a late chalked up their fourth win in as winner as Jordan stunned Asian many matches. champions Australia with a The defeat not only sees China 2-0 victory yesterday that saw remain level with Hong Kong the Hashemite Kingdom go top on seven points in the Group C of Group B of the 2018 FIFA standings, five behind the leaders, World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup it also continues their poor record joint-qualifiers. against Qatar in FIFA World Cup After a goalless first-half domi- qualification. nated by Australia, Jordan took Prior to yesterday’s Match the lead from the penalty spot Day 4 meeting China had won just two minutes after the restart just once in seven FIFA World when Hassan Abdel-Fattah Cup qualifiers against Qatar - a struck his fourth goal of the quali- 3-0 home win in the campaign to fiers, after Matthew Sprianovic reach Asia’s first hosting of the China’s Mei Fang tries to stop a scoring attempt by Qatar’s Sebastian - a 2014 AFC Champions League tournament in 2002 - having also Soria during their 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint- winner with Western Sydney not tasted victory in Doha, with qualifiers in Doha yesterday. BAHER AMIN Wanderers before his move to the 1-0 loss following 1-1 draws China’s Hangzhou Greentown in the qualifiers for France 98 - had pulled down Al Daradreh and Japan/Korea 2002 before a then doubled his tally 10 minutes their first win of the qualifiers. inside the area. The Socceroos goalless stalemate on the road to later to give Ricki Herbert-led Meanwhile in Hanoi, a Younus pressed hard for the equaliser South Africa 2010. Maldives a 3-0 advantage at the Mahmood penalty deep into sec- with resolute football but it was In another Group C encounter break. ond-half stoppage time helped the home side that found the net in Thimphu yesterday, skipper Ashfaq, who plays his club foot- Iraq draw 1-1 with hosts Vietnam. with Al Daradreh sealing the win Ali Ashfaq scored a hat-trick to ball for Malaysian Super League Le Cong Vinh drew first blood with six minutes remaining. help the Maldives beat Bhutan 4-3 side PDRM FA, duly clinched his with the three-time Vietnamese It was Jordan’s second win over at the Changlimithang Stadium triple with a penalty seven min- Player of Year’s 27th minute Australia in FIFA World Cup yesterday. The 2008 South Asian utes after the interval before the strike delighting the majority of qualifying following their historic champions had a healthy 3-0 lead hosts’ scored three times in the the 10,000-strong crowd at the 2-1 win in September 2012 when at the break but the hosts almost final five minutes to come close to My Dinh Stadium. the two sides met for the first earned a share of the spoils after denying the Indian Ocean island- Cong Vinh’s first-half goal time in international football. a brave second-half fightback. ers their first Group C victory. looked to have secured Vietnam’s Jordan’s win lifted the Ahmed Nasheed opened the Tshering Dorji reduced the second Group F win until veteran Nashama to top of the standings scoring after 11 minutes before deficit on the 85th minute mark skipper Mahmood held his nerve with 10 points, one more than Maldives skipper Ali Ashfaq, before Bhutan scored again to successfully convert from the former leaders Australia while who was yellow carded just three through Chencho Gyeltshen just spot seven minutes into additional Kyrgyzstan remain third follow- minutes into the game, opened his three minutes later. time to earn a share of the spoils ing their 2-2 draw with Tajikistan qualifying campaign scoring book Biren Basnet struck one minute for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in yesterday’s other Group B in the 23rd minute to double the into stoppage time but Norio winners. fixture. Qatar’s Boualem Khoukhi charges ahead with the ball as China’s Zheng lead. Tsukitate’s side ran out of time Zhi gives chase at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha yesterday. The 30-year-old veteran striker as the Maldives hung on to claim AGENCIES AGENCIES We achieved our target, says coach Carreno DOHA: Bagging three points in their feisty clash against visi- tors China yesterday delighted Qatar football coach Daniel Carreno. Karim Boudiaf was the hero yesterday as hosts Qatar main- tained their 100 percent record in Group C of the 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian Cup joint-qualifiers with a 1-0 win over China. “We are delighted to win this win,” Carreno said after the match yesterday. “We achieved our target from this difficult match. We wanted three points and we got them,” the experienced Uruguayan coach added. “I think both sides fought well from the very first minute,” Carreno said. “We were facing a strong opponent and three points are impor- tant at this stage,” he insisted. “We played well to get the first goal as it was a different story in the second half,” he explained. “We had opportunities in the second half but could not convert the chances,” the Qatar coach pointed out. “Our fighting spirit has delighted me,” he added. “I am not the guy who would celebrate a lot as we have more matches to play. We need to focus on the next match,” he added. Also yesterday, Qatar captain Hassan Al Haydos said his team’s 1-0 win over China was a ‘hard-fought’ effort at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium. “It was a good win for us but I have to say it was a hard-fought effort from our players,” Al Haydos said after the match. “We played to a plan and once we got the lead, we remained positive in the match,” the 2014 Gulf Cup hero added. “I want to thank our fans who turned out in large numbers at Qatar’s team coach Jose Daniel the stadium,” he added. Carreno gestures during a 2018 World Qatar host the Maldives on October 13 in Doha. Cup qualifying match against China in Doha yesterday. THE PENINSULA World Cup Asian qualifying zone standings Doha: World Cup Asian qualifying zone standings after yesterday’s early matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points)

Group B Group E Jordan 4 3 1 0 9 1 10 Japan 4 3 1 0 12 0 10 Australia 4 3 0 1 10 3 9 Syria 4 3 0 1 13 3 9 Kyrgyzstan 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 Singapore 4 2 1 1 5 1 7 Tajikistan 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 Afghanistan 4 1 0 3 1 13 3 Bangladesh 4 0 1 3 2 13 1 Cambodia 4 0 0 4 0 14 0 Group C Group G Qatar 4 4 0 0 20 2 12 South Korea 4 4 0 0 14 0 12 Hong Kong 4 2 1 1 11 3 7 Kuwait 4 3 0 1 12 1 9 China 4 2 1 1 9 1 7 Lebanon 4 2 0 2 4 4 6 Maldives 4 1 0 3 4 9 3 Laos 4 0 1 3 2 14 1 Myanmar 4 0 1 3 2 15 1 Bhutan 4 0 0 4 3 32 0 Group H Group D North Korea 4 3 1 0 6 2 10 Iran 4 2 2 0 11 2 8 Uzbekistan 4 3 0 1 12 5 9 Oman 4 2 2 0 6 3 8 Philippines 4 2 1 1 5 6 7 Guam 4 2 1 1 3 7 7 Bahrain 4 1 0 3 5 7 3 Yemen 4 0 0 4 0 8 0 Turkmenistan 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 Note: Eight group winners and four best runners-up qualify for the next India 4 0 0 4 3 9 0 round of qualifiers. FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Pacquiao inspires Ladon to surprise win Filipino light flyweight stuns Mexican Velazquez, prospect of Qatar potentially hosting Pacquiao fight discussed

DOHA: Boxing superstar Al Attiyah Arena till October 15. Boxing when the sport is being Manny Pacquiao whistle stop Dr Thani Abdulrahman Al showcased so positively to our visit to Qatar inspired light- Kuwari, Secretary General of community in the a magnificent Amir Khan likely flyweight Rogen Ladon to a the Qatar Olympic Committee, setting as the state-of-the-art Ali surprise win over Mexican Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, President Bin Hamed Al Attiyah Arena. to visit Doha number one Joselito Velazquez of the International Boxing “Everyone is excited to have on the third day of competi- Association (AIBA) and President Manny come to Qatar including by Armstrong Vas tion at the AIBA World Boxing of the Qatar Boxing Federation all his fellow countrymen and he Championships. and Executive Director Local has an open invitation to return. DOHA: Boxing fans in Watched in the stands by Organizing Committee (LOG), As an ambitious sporting nation Qatar will have yet another Pacquiao, young Ladon swarmed Yousuf Ali Al Kazim gave we want Manny to consider Qatar opportunity to be up and favourite J Velazquez with light- Pacquiao a special warm welcome when he gets in the ring against close to yet another super- ening-fast combinations from the to the legendary Filipino boxer’s his next opponent as we have the star from the ring within opening bell. first ever visit to the Middle East. perfect ingredients from world- the next two days. Velazquez steadied midway On arrival Pacquiao held an in class venues and passionate fans After Manny Pacquiao through the first round, but found depth meeting with Dr Al Kuwari, to make it a global success. I’m whistle stop visit to Doha himself overaught, crashing out Dr Wu and Al Kazim. quite sure it would feel like he is 2015 yesterday, the Doha fans 3:0 to the delight of the crowd. The group discussed the boxing in front of home fans with are in for more. British pugil- “I felt I shined in the ring. Our intriguing prospect of Qatar the support he would have from ist Amir Khan is next in line legend Manny Pacquiao was in potentially hosting Pacquiao the all the people of Qatar. He will see to visit Qatar during the ten- the venue and I felt his support. next time the star gets into the this for himself when he attends day championship which ends I thank God I beat my Mexican ring for his next bout, news which the boxing arena,” added Dr Al Hakan Erseker of Qatar celebrates his win over Boe Warawara of on October 15. rival and needs only one step to get would delight all sports fans in Kuwari. Vanuatu during the Men’s Bantamweight at the Doha 2015 AIBA World The 28 year-old is likely a medal in the Doha 2015 AIBA Doha and the region. Pacquiao said he will visit Boxing Championships at the state-of-the-art Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah to be the second high profile World Boxing Championships. After meeting with Pacquiao, Qatar again. Arena in Doha yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT active boxer to be invited as Still can’t believe it,” said Ladon Dr Thani said: “Manny Pacquiao “It’s amazing to be here in a special guest for the ongoing following his remarkable victory. is a legend who unites sports fans Qatar for the World Boxing Championships. Pacquiao is in Qatar to enjoy worldwide and the perfect role Championships. This is my first It’s also great to see the World Thapa looked to be on the back Khan will touch Doha the Championships, world box- model. We are extremely proud time in the Middle East, and Championship in this region for foot after two rounds against either today evening or ing’s signature event, which is to welcome him to our nation although I’m here just for a the first time. It’s important to Morocco’s WSB boxer Mohamed tomorrow afternoon, and currently taking place at the especially on this unique occasion quick visit, I really want to come reach out to new generations and Hamout, but he steadied himself would be involved in a promo- state-of-the-art Ali Bin Hamad for the Doha 2015 AIBA World back and spend more time here. new places, which is why I have enough to deliver a lethal left tional event with fans, a key The People are really warm and come to Doha to offer my support, hook knock out and win their official said here yesterday. friendly. It seems like the coun- he added. Bantamweight class bout. So far no official confir- try is investing in sports, which is Al Kazim was delighted by Current light welterweight mation has emerged of his something I really admire as peo- the crowd response during the EUBC European Champion impending visit. The British- ple get to chase their dreams of Pacquaio visit. Vitaliy Dunaytsev turned his Pakistani professional fighter becoming professional athletes.It “It’s amazing to see the uni- contest against Britain’s Pat carries a 31-3 pro record and is was great to learn about Qatar’s versal appeal of Manny Pacquaio McCormack around after look- unbeaten in his last five fights. 2030 Vision, which I think all and the effect he has. We wanted ing sluggish early on. The Russian He has recently expressed his countries can learn from,” the to set a new benchmark for the southpaw booked his place in the desire to fight Pacquiao at a boxing superstar said. World Boxing Championships and last 16 with a comfortable points Middle East venue. “I would love to have my next having Manny with has given fans win. WSB Team Champion and And Doha could be the fight here in Qatar, and my team a once in a lifetime opportunity London 2012 bronze medal- most likely venue with is now working towards that. to meet and see one of the great- list Yasnier Toledo was the first Pacquiao saying yesterday Whether it will be against Amir est boxers of all time. That type Cuban boxer in action in Doha. that he wanted his next fight Kahn or Floyd Mayweather, I’ll of experience is priceless. We Leading from the front, he won in Qatar. be ready. might have more stars to drop all his rounds against Morocco’s “The contracts are being I would love to have a rematch into the event in coming days so Abdelhak Aatakni and looked a negotiated and, if everything against Floyd in Qatar! It was fans should get their tickets early strong contender for the light is agreed, Manny Pacquiao Legendary Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao speaking to reporters at a nice surprise to see so many to enjoy more moments like this welterweight title. will be my next opponent,” Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena. Filipinos here, it kind of felt one.” Meanwhile, India’s former Khan recently said. like a home away from home. ASBC Asian Champion Shiva THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

India-South South Africa’s captain Faf du Africa third Plessis (left) Wales look to end Aussie poses with the trophy T20 abandoned and team- mates after the KOLKATA: The third and abandonment hoodoo for easier path final Twenty20 international of the third between India and South Africa T20 and final LONDON: Wales must beat was abandoned without a ball match of the Australia for the first time in being bowled due to a wet out- series at the 11 matches to secure the easier field at the Eden Gardens in Eden Gardens path in the knockout stages of Kolkata yesterday. Stadium the Rugby World Cup when The match held only academic in Kolkata, Twickenham hosts a Pool A interest with the tourists having yesterday. showdown for the third week in already clinched a decisive 2-0 a row on Saturday. lead in the series. Wales and Australia wins over A spell of heavy afternoon rain England in the first two matches water-logged the outfield, which helped both into the quarter- the ground staff failed to dry Pakistan wary of Ali finals but the losers of the third under cloudy skies. seismic clash must take on South The Proteas had won the first Africa with a potential semi-final match in Dharamsala by seven against New Zealand to follow. wickets and the second in Cuttack ahead of Test series The winners of the match-up by six wickets. between the losing semi-finalists India and South Africa will ABU DHABI: Pakistan cap- from Pakistan’s 3-0 whitewash of from four years ago will top Pool now contest five one-day inter- tain Misbah-ul-Haq yesterday England in the UAE in 2012, com- A and embark on a gentler route, nationals starting on Sunday identified England all-rounder plimented Shoaib Malik, who has probably starting with Scotland. before a four-Test series opens Moeen Ali as a major danger earned a late Pakistan recall after A draw would send Australia on November 5. to his team’s hopes of winning excelling in this month’s one-day through as pool winners because Meanwhile, New Zealand the three-test series starting series in Zimbabwe. of their superior points differen- wicketkeeper BJ Watling has next week in the United Arab Malik, 33, was unbeaten in two tial but all such timid calculations responded enthusiastically to his Emirates. of three innings in Africa, scoring do not sit well with the confident first workout with the revolution- Ali is vying with Alex Hales 161 runs, while he has averaged Wallabies coach. ary pink ball that will be used in to open England’s batting along- 100 in 11 one-day internationals “We want to win every game, a historic day-night Test against side skipper Alastair Cook, but this year. His last test appearance no team ever won the World Cup Australia next month. it has been with the ball that the was in 2010. losing a game,” Michael Cheika Watling said the pink sometime off-spinner has shone “It’s pretty clear he’s really told reporters yesterday. Kookaburra looked “very bright” in warm-up matches. been playing well,” said Misbah, “I don’t subscribe to the theory under lights at Hamilton’s Seddon “We know we have to give adding Malik’s bowling was also that if you win your group, you Oval but it was too early to tell respect and do our basics right decisive in his recall. are going to get an easier run. how it would play during match and deal with him,” Misbah, 41, “England have four or five left- That is disrespecting the opposi- conditions at Adelaide Oval on told a news conference at Abu handers in their line-up (so) we tion and that is not what we are November 27. It was very bright, Dhabi’s Zayed Cricket Stadium, thought about another option of about. you could see the ball quite easily,” which will stage the first test off-spin... In this heat you need “It is going to be a big game New Zealand’s number 8 Kieran Read catches the ball during the captain’s he told reporters after the New from October 13. another bowler.” for us. It is going to be a massive run training session at Saint James’ Park Stadium in Newcastle-upon- Zealanders completed their first Ali scored 22 runs in opening More than half of Pakistan’s battle and pretty painful.” Tyne, northeast England on the eve of their Rugby World Cup 2015 pool training session with the ball late against Pakistan A in Sharjah test squad, along with the Australia have won their last 10 C match against Tonga yesterday. Wednesday. earlier this week, but then bowled coaching staff, only arrived in matches against Wales but all but “It felt pretty similar to what a 3-41 as the match was drawn. the UAE on Wednesday from three have been by seven points or for one week for a shoulder barge highlights of the Lions series, white ball does in a black sky, you In a repeat encounter begin- Zimbabwe. less and the Welsh, not to men- in the 33-13 victory over England. moves in from the wing to cen- sort of lose a bit of depth percep- ning yesterday, Ali was again The team will play a two-day tion their coach Warren Gatland, An injury to Rob Horne gives tre, Liam Williams replaces him tion, especially at night.” The pink handy with the ball, returning practice match starting Friday, were pivotal in the British and winger Drew Mitchell the oppor- out wide and Gareth Anscombe, ball was developed to be more vis- 1-44 in 17 overs as Pakistan A Pakistan’s sole warm-up game. Irish Lions triumph Down Under tunity to add to his tally of 12 usually a flyhalf, makes his first ible to players under lights than reached 192-9. Their last test was a 10-wicket two years ago. World Cup tries in an experienced start for Wales at fullback. the traditional red one, allowing “Ali is really doing well for win in Sri Lanka in mid-July to A battle at the breakdown for backline boasting 421 caps. “They are favourites. They Test matches to be played late England; for the last year and a clinch that series 2-1. the ages can be expected with Gatland, whose job has been played extremely well against into the night for the first time. half he’s really been performing,” “It’s not ideal,” added Misbah. both sides fielding two specialist made harder by a succession of England, the best a team has Cricket Australia has pushed said Misbah. “We’ve got time and can really openside flankers -- David Pocock injuries to key players, made six played alongside the All Blacks,” the concept, believing the first Unlike England counterpart prepare ourselves in the next and Sean McMahon for Australia changes to his side from the team Warburton said of the Wallabies. day-night match in Test cricket’s Cook, Misbah said he already three to four days.” with Sam Warburton and Justin that beat Fiji last week and has “It doesn’t really bother me. It’s 138-year history will boost tel- knew his first test line-up, The other two tests take place Tipuric lining up for Wales. gambled on playing three backs anyone’s game. Favourites, under- evision audiences and usher in a although he offered few clues as to in Dubai (October 22-26) and McMahon gets his chance to out of their regular positions. dogs and odds are irrelevant.” lucrative new era for the five-day which of the 16-man squad would Sharjah (November 1-5). show why he is so highly regarded George North, whose battles game. be in the side. after Michael Hooper was banned with Israel Folau were one of the AFP AGENCIES Misbah, one of six survivors AFP FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 FIFA ethics body suspends Blatter, Platini in new move The world of football in turmoil as top officials shown the ‘red’ card

ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics watch- dog yesterday suspended the Cameroon’s two most powerful men in foot- ball, Sepp Blatter and Michel Hayatou to Platini, for 90 days in a sensa- tional new blow to the sport’s scandal-tainted governing body. stand in for Secretary-General Jerome Valcke was also suspended for 90 suspended days while South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-Joon, a candidate Blatter for the FIFA presidency along with Platini, was banned outright ZURICH: Cameroon’s Issa for six years. Hayatou (pictured) will take While FIFA said the suspen- over as interim FIFA presi- sions were “provisional”, the dent following the provisional action almost certainly signals the suspension of Sepp Blatter in end of the reign of FIFA president a corruption scandal, soccer’s Blatter and deals a major blow to world governing body said UEFA leader Platini’s hopes of yesterday. taking over. Spain’s Angel Issa Hayatou head of the Maria Villar was Confederation of African Football, in line to take a Blatter ally, was put in charge over at European of the multi-billion dollar body. governing body A combination made yesterday shows four pictures (from left) FIFA FIFA said Blatter, who has been UEFA after its A cameraman shoots video in front of FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, President Sepp Blatter, UEFA leader Michel Platini, South Korean its president since 1998, had been president Michel Switzerland yesterday. FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his possible FIFA Honorary Vice President Chung Mong-Joon and FIFA Secretary “relieved of all his duties” dur- Platini was also successor, UEFA chief Michel Platini, have been provisionally suspended General Jerome Valcke. FIFA’s ethics watchdog yesterday suspended ing the 90 days. Blatter is under for 90 days by the global soccer body’s ethics committee. handed a pro- investigation by Swiss prosecutors visional 90-day Blatter and Platini for 90 days after they were named in a Swiss for criminal mismanagement. ban by FIFA’s corruption case. The independent ethics committee also banned The four football powerbro- Wolfgang Niersbach said Blatter week that he was determined Ethics Committee. Mong-Joon, like Platini a candidate for the FIFA presidency, for kers “are banned from all football should resign definitively and to stay until February 26. “I am FIFA’s statutes say that the six years. Valcke, already ordered to leave by FIFA over a separate activities on a national and inter- Platini must consider whether convinced that evil will come into most senior vice-president will ticketing scandal, was suspended for 90 days last month. national level. The bans come into he “can maintain” his candidacy the light and good will triumph,” stand-in for the president of force immediately”, a statement for FIFA. he said. the organisation. That position said. The suspensions can be Platini and Chung have said is currently held by Hayatou, Lawyers for Blatter said he renewed for another 45 days when they are victims of a campaign, who has been president of the FIFA corruption scandal timeline was “disappointed” the ethics they run out in January, which which they suspect comes from Confederation African Football watchdog had failed to follow its would take the exclusion until within FIFA, to derail their bids (CAF) since 1988 and a member ZURICH: Key dates in the world football corruption scandal own rules by not letting him give just before the FIFA election to to become FIFA president. of FIFA’s executive committee after FIFA suspended its president Sepp Blatter and UEFA evidence. be held on February 26. Media across Europe had pre- since 1990. Hayatou, 69, said in leader Michel Platini for 90 days: “President Blatter looks for- Chung, who was also fined dicted that the 90-day suspen- a statement published by FIFA 2010 ward to the opportunity to 100,000 Swiss francs ($100,000) sions would be made. Platini that he had taken over “amid + December 2: FIFA awards 2018 World Cup to Russia and 2022 present evidence that will dem- would be automatically ruled out called it an “insidious” leak that extraordinary circumstances.” tournament to Qatar. Six FIFA executive committee members were onstrate that he did not engage of the presidential race. appeared to come from an official “I pledge that I will dedicate suspended before the ballot after Britain’s Sunday Times reported in any misconduct, criminal or The scion of the Hyundai fam- FIFA source. my best efforts to the organisa- they offered to sell their votes for cash. otherwise,” said a statement ily was found to have contravened He said it “is essentially an tion, the member associations, 2011 by Zurich lawyers Lorenz Erni, rules while lobbying for South attempt to damage my reputa- our employees, our valued part- + June 1: Blatter returns for fourth term as FIFA president and Erni Brun Forrer and US-based Korea’s bid for the 2022 World tion” and that FIFA has “flouted” ners, and football fans every- vows a reform agenda. FIFA had launched an inquiry into alleged Richard Cullen. Cup which was awarded to Qatar. its own rules. Platini said he had where,” he said. illegal payments a month before his election. Blatter and French football leg- Chung has threatened to take still registered his official papers The Cameroonian will have to 2013 end Platini have faced mounting legal action over the ban. to be a candidate in the FIFA race steer the organisation towards + April 30: FIFA’s ethics committee says former president Joao pressure since Swiss prosecutors FIFA’s crisis has been mounting yesterday. The deadline is October an election next February to Havelange and former executive committee members Ricardo started their investigation on since May when US authorities 26. Chung said on Monday at a replace Blatter, while Swiss and Teixeira and Nicolas Leoz accepted illegal payments from collapsed September 25. issued charges against 14 FIFA London sports convention that he US authorities continue their sports marketing company ISL. Platini, who has run UEFA, officials and sports marketing was the victim of a “smear” cam- investigations into corruption at + May 6: FIFA’s ethics committee suspends Chuck Blazer, former has been named in the investiga- executives over more than $150m paign by Blatter who he described the highest levels of the sport. general secretary of CONCACAF, representing north and central tion because of a $2m payment he in bribes given for broadcasting as “a hypocrite and a liar”. “FIFA remains committed to America and the Caribbean. Blazer had by then been working under- received in 2011. and marketing contracts. He threatened legal action the reform process, which is crit- cover for US anti-corruption investigators for two years. The Frenchman has denied Seven FIFA officials were against Blatter for “embezzle- ical to reclaiming public trust. 2014 any wrongdoing and demanded detained at a Zurich hotel two ment” by not declaring his salary We will also continue to coop- + December 17: Former US attorney Michael Garcia resigns as an inquiry into the circumstances days before Blatter was reelected and also in case he was stopped erate fully with authorities and head of FIFA’s investigatory body after the release of what he called of the investigation against him. for a fifth term on May 30. from running in the election. follow the internal investigation an “incomplete and erroneous” summary of his report into corruption. Platini registered his candidacy As the storm grew, Blatter Prince Ali bin al Hussein, wherever it leads,” Hayatou said. 2015 yesterday for the February 26 vote announced that he would stand a former FIFA vice president “Football has never enjoyed + May 27: Police raid a Zurich hotel on eve of FIFA congress and to find a successor to Blatter. But down, but only when the election from Jordan, and Zico, a former greater support throughout the arrest seven officials, including two FIFA vice presidents. They are it will be up to an electoral com- is held. Rivals have accused him Brazilian footballer and sports world, and that is something among 14 wanted by US prosecutors over $150m bribery allegations, mission to decide now whether he since of seeking to cling to power. minister, are also in the election. everyone associated with FIFA including claims of buying and selling votes for South Africa to get can stand, officials said. Blatter said in an interview should be proud of.” the 2010 World Cup. German Football Federation with a German magazine this REUTERS In 2011, Hayatou was repri- + May 29: The 79-year-old Blatter is re-elected for a fifth term manded by the International as FIFA president, beating Prince Ali bin Al Hussein by 133 votes Olympics Committee’s ethics to 77 in the second round of voting. commission after he confirmed + June 2: With the corruption storm still raging, Blatter says Consider external candidate to them that he was paid by he will organise a new election to choose a new president. “I don’t FIFA’s former marketing agency feel I have a mandate from the entire world of football,” he says. International Sport and Leisure + Sept 17: FIFA suspends Secretary General Jerome Valcke, in 1995. The IOC said such an Blatter’s right-hand man, over claims about selling World Cup to succeed Blatter: Bach action constituted a conflict of tickets at inflated prices. interest. Hayatou denied any + Sept 25: Switzerland opens criminal proceedings against Blatter BERLIN: International personal gain or wrongdoing. on suspicion he misappropriated funds and violated his duties to Olympic Committee President Spanish Football Federation FIFA by making a “disloyal payment” to UEFA head Michel Platini. Thomas Bach has waded into president Villar is positioned to Platini, who wants to succeed Blatter at FIFA, says the money was the FIFA crisis, suggesting the take over from Platini at UEFA, legitimate payment and he has done nothing wrong. body to look outside football A TV as he is the European govern- + Oct 2: Major FIFA sponsors Coca-Cola, Visa and McDonald’s for an “external candidate” to cameraman ing body’s highest-ranking vice- call for Blatter to step down immediately. He vows to stay on until succeed the suspended Sepp is seen president. Villar has been widely the election to choose his successor in February 2016. Blatter. In a strongly worded, in front reported to be facing a FIFA eth- + Oct 8: FIFA’s ethics watchdog suspends Blatter and Platini for rare intervention into the FIFA of FIFA’s ics investigation himself related 90 days over the Swiss case and bans South Korean tycoon Chung affair, Bach placed pressure on headquarters to Spain’s joint bid with Portugal Mong-Joon, another FIFA presidency candidate, for six years. Valcke the troubled football organisa- in Zurich, for the 2018 World Cup. is hit with a 90-day ban. tion saying change was long Switzerland overdue. yesterday. REUTERS AFP “They must do two things imme- diately: they must accelerate and deepen the reform process in order to comply with accountability, German soccer head Niersbach transparency and all the principles of good governance,” he said. “They when the next president is to be should also be open for a credible elected. Nominations for the post FIFA’s rules say that external presidential candidate of close on Oct. 26. calls for emergency FIFA meeting high integrity, to accomplish the Bach said, however, that FIFA to be a candidate necessary reforms and bring back need to do much more than just DUBLIN: The head of the within FIFA were needed to deal key backers of UEFA presi- stability and credibility to FIFA.” elect a new president. German Football Federation with the crisis. dent Michel Platini in his bid to for president an FIFA’s rules say that to be a “Enough is enough. We hope (DFB) called yesterday for an “We need as soon as possible replace Blatter in an election next candidate for president an indi- that now, finally, everyone at FIFA emergency meeting of FIFA’s an extraordinary meeting of the February. individual must have vidual must have been involved in has at last understood that they executive committee after FIFA Executive Committee,” But after Platini also received a the game actively for two of the cannot continue to remain passive. President Sepp Blatter was sus- Niersbach told reporters in 90-day ban from FIFA yesterday, been involved in the past five years, as well as pre- They must act swiftly to regain pended for 90 days by the gov- Dublin, where the national team Niersbach said it was now unclear senting nominations from five credibility because you cannot for- erning body’s Ethics Committee. is playing a Euro 2016 qualifier. whether Platini could sustain his game actively for two national associations. ever dissociate the credibility of FIFA’s next executive commit- He repeated his call for Blatter candidacy. FIFA said Blatter, who Those rules severely limit the FIFA from the credibility of foot- tee is not until December and the to resign. has been its president since 1998, of the past five years, opportunities for a candidate ball,” he said. “FIFA must realise organisation is currently being “The future can only be con- had been “relieved of all his duties” from outside of the existing foot- that this is now about more than headed by interim president Issa structed without the current during the 90 days. Lawyers for as well as presenting ball organisations. just a list of candidates. This is Hayatou of Cameroon as Swiss president, without Sepp Blatter. Blatter said he was “disappointed” The only way those rules could also a structural problem and will and US pursue their investiga- That would be a sign of a new the ethics watchdog had failed to nominations from five be changed is through reform of not be solved simply by the elec- tions into alleged corruption in start and would be a mark for follow its own rules by not letting FIFA’s statutes, which can only be tion of a new president. the sport. everyone that cleanliness was him give evidence. national associations. done at a FIFA congress. DFB President Wolfgang returning to football.” The next congress is on Feb. 26, REUTERS Niersbach said urgent meetings Niersbach was one of the REUTERS 22 FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Djokovic has Qatari delegation headed by Dahlan Al Hamad is seen at the 6th CISM Nadal record World Games being held in Mungyeong, Korea, yesterday. The Games end on October 11. Around in his sights 8,700 athletes representing 110 BEIJING: Novak Djokovic countries are (pictured) churned towards featuring in 24 Rafael Nadal’s all-time record events. for unbeaten starts to a tour- nament as he demolished Chinese number one Zhang Ze in less than an hour in Beijing yesterday. The world number one showed no mercy to Zhang, ranked 219, Al Attiyah’s in front of his home fans as he ended local hopes 6-2, 6-1 in 55 Rosberg remains chance to seal minutes to reach his sixth China Open quarter-final. MEC glory at Djokovic, unbeaten in five appearances, now equals Jimmy Connors with 26 wins at a tour- Jordan Rally nament before suffering a single defiant in title bid defeat, in sight of Nadal’s record AMMAN, JORDAN: While of 31 at the French Open. most of the headlines building “I guess as I keep coming back Drivers prepare for this week’s Grand Prix of Russia up to next week’s Jordan Rally each year with that positive will no doubt focus on Nasser record, obviously gives me more like I said before, to try to finish SOCHI, RUSSIA: Nico Saleh Al Attiyah’s (pictured) confidence knowing that I played good. It’s great to be qualified. But Rosberg is heading into this bid to win the FIA Middle East so well in the past on this court,” tomorrow I have another match,” weekend’s Russian Grand Prix Rally Championship, there are he said. said the Spaniard, who was pre- determined to keep alive his a number of female participants “I just keep on going. That’s sented with a cake on court after bid for the drivers’ world title hoping to make some news of all. There is no particular reason. the win. by beating defending two-time their own. There’s a few things that play in The day’s most historic achieve- champion and Mercedes team- The Qatari needs just two my favour.” ment came from Karlovic, who mate Lewis Hamilton on a track points to clinch his 11th regional Zhang, 25, could only applaud broke Goran Ivanisevic’s record that may throw up tyre prob- crown in 13 years, but away from after he was outclassed in all fac- for career aces as he went down lems for most teams. the chase at the top are four ets by the Serbian 10-time Grand to Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas. The 30-year-old German, who ladies hoping to prove a point that Slam-winner, who has only ever The 6ft 11ins (2.11m) Karlovic is 48 points adrift of the Briton rallying is a sport for all. dropped three sets at the China hammered 26 aces in his 7-6 (7/5), after winning three races, to Drivers Lina Hadidi and Edith Open. 7-6 (9/7) defeat, reaching a total Hamilton’s eight, this season Weiss and co-drivers Nancy Al “As for his level of play, his of 10,247 and surpassing compa- said he feels he has enough posi- Majali and Marina Habaybeh are game, I think there’s no loopholes triot Ivanisevic’s 10,237 along the tive feelings to draw on to justify among a strong field of competi- or shortcomings. Actually, I pre- way. his optimism as he prepares for a tors who will take in the three- pared very well in order to play The record was consolation for keenly-anticipated contest. day event, which gets underway my game. But he won three major Karlovic after his loss to 37th- “Once I got back from Japan, from 2.30pm in Abdoun Circle on titles (this year),” said Zhang. ranked Cuevas, who is enjoying a I was able to focus on the posi- Thursday, October 15. “His performance is amazing. dream run in Beijing after he beat tive elements from my weekend in Spanish Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of McLaren Honda (right) For Lina, she has been receiv- He is really good.” world number five Tomas Berdych Suzuka,” Rosberg explained. and German F1 driver Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG GP are seen ing some strong advice from her Earlier Ivo Karlovic bludgeoned in the first round. “Pole position, the on-track during a press conference at the Sochi Autodrom Circuit, in Sochi, mother who is a well-known face his way into the record books Last month’s US Open final- pass on (Valtteri) Bottas and Russia, yesterday. The 2015 Grand Prix of Russia will take place on on the Middle East motorsport for career aces, and Garbine ists both also suffered upsets with then having the speed to undercut Sunday. circuit. Muguruza had an eventful 22nd New York winner Flavia Pennetta, (Sebastian) Vettel’s Ferrari at the “My mother, Abir Batikhi birthday as she smashed a rac- who is set to retire at the end of second pit-stop... (former driver), has been a strong quet, reached the WTA Finals the season, going out 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 “I’m not backing down in my team bounced back to form at (in Japan),” he said. “And as for supporter for me,” said Lina, who and then celebrated with cake. to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. fight for the championship and the Japanese Grand Prix after things deteriorating, that is sim- is a medical student. Muguruza was frustrated by Pennetta’s defeat came after gaining those positions back fair a curiously off-target perform- ply not true to be honest. At every “She has really encouraged Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni fellow Italian Roberta Vinci was and square showed that. We have ance in Singapore where Ferrari, level of the McLaren-Honda me and helped me to prepare but she gathered herself for a 1-6, beaten 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 by Bethanie five races to go and, although the and four-time champion German organisation, in engineering, tech- for my first Middle East Rally 6-2, 6-1 win which qualified her Mattek-Sands, in yet another championship gap to Lewis is Sebastian Vettel, capitalized on nically, there is an absolute, one- Championship event. I also have for the glitzy, eight-player season surprise at the unpredictable quite big, in my mind it’s defi- their difficulties. team cohesion. a very experienced co-driver in finale in Singapore. Beijing tournament. nitely not over yet. Vettel secured his third win of “At management level, there is Barkev Shadian, so I hope to do “I’m just really motivated, REUTERS “The way the whole team has his maiden season with Ferrari the same, albeit the pressure is well and make an impact at the performed this year - from the and now has 218 points, only 11 higher because we need to deliver. Jordan Rally.” Tennis Results factories to the garage - has been fewer than Rosberg on 229, while Obviously for both McLaren and Meanwhile, Marina will be co- Beijing: Results from the ATP/WTA China Open in Beijing yesterday (x denotes seeding): just incredible and I have the car Hamilton leads the way with 277. Honda we can’t stay where we driving for her father Raed to I need to get back to the top step.” And Ferrari’s resurgence could are, we can’t cope with this level provide a strong family flavour Men’s singles - 2nd round Rosberg’s bright approach make them a threat again in of performance, but while there in Group S. Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt David Goffin (BEL x7) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 may need to be considered care- Russia as they bid to ensure they is pressure, there are no cracks.” “My father has built the car Pablo Cuevas (URU) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (9/7) fully against the possibility, as retain second in the constructors’ While Boullier was robust in and we have prepared ourselves Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Zhang Ze (CHN) 6-2, 6-1 expressed by Mercedes executive championship behind Mercedes, his comments, the Force India well,” she said. “I started co-driv- director Paddy Lowe, that unex- but ahead of Williams. team chief Bob Fernley this ing for him last year and we have Women’s singles - 3rd round pected behavior by the team’s The pace of Ferrari and week expressed serious concerns done a few events now. Doing a Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x15) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 tyres could cause problems in Williams has left Red Bull strug- about the future at a time when Middle East rally though is a big Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA x3) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Sunday’s second race on the gling in fourth ahead of Force commercial ring-master Bernie step up for me in my career, but I Garbine Muguruza (ESP x5) bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 hybrid semi-street circuit built India as Formula One endures a Ecclestone has admitted that the am looking forward to it.” Tokyo: Results from the Japan Open men’s tennis tournament in Tokyo yesterday (x denotes seeding): in the Olympic Park created for torrid period of insecurity amid sport may be sold to new own- Also co-driving, the experi- the 2014 Winter Games. rumours and speculation about ers before the end of this year. enced Nancy Al Majali will be Men’s singles - Second round “This was a tricky weekend last its rocky future ahead and many Fernley said F1 was heading into reading the notes for Jordan Marin Cilic (CRO x6) bt Steve Johnson (USA) 6-3, 6-3 season, with a new circuit to learn teams struggling to survive. another winter of turmoil. favourite Hussam Salem for the Nick Kyrgios (AUS) bt Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 6-4, 6-2 and fresh tarmac which produced Much of this has focused on “The one thing we were most fourth time at the Jordan Rally. Austin Krajicek (USA) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 slightly unusual behaviour from the struggling McLaren-Honda concerned about last year is Nancy made a name for her- Benoit Paire (FRA) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 the tyres,” said Lowe. outfit who have limped through beginning to unfold again,” he self, initially as a driver after her “This year we have moved one an embarrassing season for driv- said. “We have got poor Lotus debut in 2000, but is content to be step softer on the compounds to ers two-time champion Spaniard under huge financial pressures -- playing a support role to Hussam. Major League Baseball playoff schedule bring the soft and supersoft into Fernando Alonso and 2009 cham- and hopefully that gets resolved “This will be my 14th Jordan Washington: Schedule for the quarter-final round of the Major League Baseball playoffs (all series play - perhaps influenced by Nico pion Briton Jenson Button, who - but it is really symptomatic of Rally as a whole and Hussam is best-of-5, games four and five if needed): Chicago 4 beat Pittsburgh 0 on Wednesday. running almost the entire race last week re-signed with the team the agreements that we have that also experienced so we are hoping AMERICAN LEAGUE last year on a single set of tyres. for next year despite their diffi- teams like Lotus, and Force India for a good result,” she said. “We “One year on, the track surface culties. Team boss Eric Boullier and Williams, are not getting the finished sixth overall last year and Houston vs Kansas City will have weathered differently, so this week dismissed talk of a cri- funding coming through with the second Jordanian but we continue Thursday Houston at Kansas City we must ensure we have all even- sis and was vehement in express- distribution of income.” to push for better results.” Friday Houston at Kansas City tualities covered...” ing confidence for the future. Sunday Kansas City at Houston “Lowe and the Mercedes “There was no crisis meeting REUTERS THE PENINSULA Monday. *Kansas City at Houston 14th *Houston at Kansas City Texas vs Toronto Thursday Texas at Toronto Title race ‘100 percent open’: Rossi Friday Texas at Toronto Saturday Toronto at Texas MOTEGI, JAPAN: Valentino open.” Lorenzo is full of confi- said. “Tomorrow, I will feel better.” Reigning world champion Marc Sunday. *Toronto at Texas Rossi (pictured) said yesterday dence after his stunning victory However, even the slight- Marquez on Honda trails the 14th *Texas at Toronto he expects a “difficult” Japanese in Aragon two weeks ago. est injuries are likely to affect a Yamaha duo a distant third after NATIONAL LEAGUE Grand Prix this weekend with The Spaniard has a rider’s performances on suffering a string of crashes and Chicago vs St. Louis rain forecast and Yamaha team- history of outperforming the challenging Motegi injuries, including a broken bone Friday. Chicago vs St. Louis mate Jorge Lorenzo closing in his rivals at Japan’s Twin track, known for its stop- in his left hand that forced him to on his championship lead. Ring Motegi circuit, and-go layout with hard undergo surgery last week. Saturday. Chicago at St. Louis The Italian, who has a slender where he won in 2014, acceleration and braking Although his hopes of success- Monday. St. Louis at Chicago 14-point advantage over Lorenzo, 2013 and 2009 and fin- points. fully defending the championship Tuesday. *St. Louis at Chicago admitted the season was reaching ished second in 2012 and The addition of rain are fast evaporating, Marquez 15th *Chicago at St. Louis its critical point with four races 2011. Lorenzo sustained showers would likely pledged to finish the season on New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers remaining. a left-arm injury during infuse an extra layer of a positive note. “Now we need to Friday. New York at Los Angeles “This championship is very a recent practice session complexity into the race. manage well and try to finish the Saturday. New York at Los Angeles tough,” said Rossi, seven times and arrived in Japan with his arm “This track I think is most last four races... and try to finish Monday. Los Angeles at New York world champion in motorcycling’s in sling but denied it would be a demanding for braking,” Rossi the season in a good way,” he said. top division, chasing a first title factor. said. “But it also has some good Tuesday. *Los Angeles at New York since 2009. “It is still 100 percent “Today, I feel very good,” he corners. The grip is very good.” REUTERS 15th *New York at Los Angeles FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 EASY SUDOKU CROSSWORD 12345 6789 10111213 PLAY AST IR L I TUP

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STOCKHOLM: Belarussian freedom of expression in Belarus continued use of the death penalty. writer Svetlana Alexievich and Russia. She has also weighed into the won the 2015 Nobel Literature “I think my voice will carry debate over the crisis in Ukraine Prize yesterday for her work more weight now... It won’t be so by praising protestors who ousted chronicling the horrors of war easy for those in power to dismiss Kremlin-backed leader Viktor and life under the repressive me with a wave of the hand any- Yanukovych in February 2014 for Soviet regime. more. They will have to listen to trying to shatter the links with The Swedish Academy hailed me,” she said. the country’s Soviet history. the 67-year-old for writings that But she tore into Russia under The author has however angered were “a monument to suffering President Vladimir Putin. “I love the literary and intellectual elite in and courage in our time” — tab- the Russian world, but the kind, Belarus by writing in Russian, not leaux of World War II, Chernobyl humane Russian world,” she said. in the Belarussian language, amid and the war in Afghanistan, “I do not love Beria, Stalin, a strong drive to revive national crafted through thousands of Putin... how low they let Russia culture and language. interviews. sink,” she said, referring to the Belarus goes to the polls on “By means of her extraordi- former Soviet leader and his head Sunday, with Lukashenko— nary method — a carefully com- of the secret police. Europe’s longest serving leader, posed collage of human voices Alexievich, only the 14th famously dubbed “Europe’s last — Alexievich deepens our com- woman to win the prize since it dictator” — on course to win a prehension of an entire era,” the was first awarded in 1901, had Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich speaks during a news conference in Minsk, Belarus, yesterday. RIGHT: A fifth consecutive term. academy said. been the top choice among liter- customer holds a copy of a book by Alexievich at a bookstore in Berlin. Alexander Lukashuk, the The author dedicated the prize ary observers and bookies. director of Radio Svaboda, the to her native Belarus. “It’s not an The last woman to win was Alexander Lukashenko, amid technique of first-person testimo- France’s prestigious Prix Medicis Belarussian service of the Prague- award for me but for our culture, Canada’s Alice Munro in 2013. The what the author has described as nies to document the despair of essai in 2013. based Radio Free Europe/Radio for our small country, which has Academy’s permanent secretary “a creeping censorship”. mothers who lost their sons in the Since Lukashenko came to Liberty, said Alexeivich’s Nobel been caught in a grinder through- Sara Danius hailed Alexievich as She began tape-recording Soviet invasion of Afghanistan — power in 1994, Alexievich’s had stolen the spotlight from out history,” she told reporters in “an extraordinary writer”. accounts of female soldiers who in Zinky Boys. books have not been published Lukashenko. Minsk. “She has invented a new liter- took part in World War II while And in 1998, she published in Belarus and she has lived “All of a sudden it stole all History showed there was no ary genre where she transcends she was working as a local news- Voices From Chernobyl, a collection most of her life on writers’ the limelight from Sunday and place for compromise when faced journalism. Others have been paper reporter in the 1970s. of horrifying accounts from people scholarships in Italy, Germany, pushed it on somebody differ- with oppression, Alexievich added. there too but she expanded it,” The resulting book, Wa r’s who had worked on the nuclear France and Sweden. ent, and somebody who maybe “In our time, it is difficult to Danius said. She has seen her Unwomanly Face, was long clean-up of the 1986 disaster. The For winning the prize how- is not (in) direct opposition to be an honest person,” she said. works translated into numerous barred from publication because fall-out affected Belarus more ever, Alexievich takes home Lukashenko but of course she “There is no need to give in to languages and has scooped several it focused on personal tragedies than any other country. 8m Swedish kronor (around professes very different values, the compromise that totalitarian international awards. and did not emphasise the role Her most recent book Second- $950,000). freedom of speech, freedom of regimes always count on.” But her books, controversially of the Communist Party. It was Hand Time — a non-fiction work She has openly criticised expression, democracy, support In separate comments to daily written in Russian, are not pub- finally published in 1985 under the examining the legacy of the Soviet Lukashenko’s tight control of for the Belarussian culture,” he Svenska Dagbladet, she said the lished in her home country, long perestroika reforms. mentality over 20 years after the Belarus under a Soviet-style eco- said. prize would help the fight for ruled by authoritarian President Alexievich later used the same collapse of Communism — scooped nomic system and the country’s AFP Janet Jackson, Los Lobos Digital brain project get first Hall of Fame nods shows first results MIAMI: An ambitious Mathematical modeling project led by researchers in helped simulate how the cells NEW YORK: Pop superstar years, “Unbreakable,” which is a from American roots music; The Switzerland to digitally map act, with the goal of digitally Janet Jackson (pictured) and favorite to debut at number one. Cars, who helped define the 1980s the brain released yesterday imitating how the brain wiring trailblazing Mexican American Los Lobos, which means “the New Wave by bringing synthesiz- its first results, showing a operates. Powerful supercom- rockers Los Lobos received wolves” in Spanish, emerged in ers into classically structured pop complex view of how the brain puters helped investigators sim- their first nominations yester- East Los Angeles in the 1970s as tunes; and, in perhaps the least is wired. ulate the behavior of neurons day to enter the Rock and Roll one of the original Latin crosso- expected nomination, The J.B.’s, This so-called “first draft” of under different conditions. Hall of Fame. ver acts, bringing “nortenos” and originally the back-up band for the computerized reconstruc- Scientists were able to simu- They will face a field that other Mexican styles to US rock funk legend James Brown, who tion of a young rat’s neocortex late slow, synchronous waves of includes previous nominees and roll. was inducted on his own in 1986. contains over 31,000 neurons, neuronal activity, akin to what such as The Smiths, the 1980s Best known for a 1987 cover of To be eligible for the Rock and be patted on the back with a 55 layers of cells and 207 differ- has been observed in the brain Manchester band whose moody Ritchie Valens’ “La Bamba”, Los Roll Hall of Fame, an artist needs meaningless Grammy bought for ent neuron subtypes, according during sleep. Researchers found romanticism helped create the Lobos released a new album last to have released a recording at me by a major label.” to the study published in the that changing the level of cal- indie rock scene, and gangsta month that reflects on the US least 25 years ago, which would Another second-time nominee journal Cell. cium ions — which play a role rap pioneers N.W.A., recently the immigrant experience and their mean 1990. is Nine Inch Nails, the rage-filled The project is part of a glo- in neurotransmission — was key focus of a Hollywood blockbuster own aging. The new inductees will be industrial rock band that was first bal initiative involving 82 study to producing changes in brain biopic. Other first-time nominees determined by a ballot of more eligible last year. authors from 12 countries called activity. An unspecified number of include two classic bands from than 800 historians, musicians or It is the fourth nomination the Blue Brain Project, hosted “An analogy would be a com- winners will be announced in the Midwestern state of Illinois: industry players, with an online for rappers N.W.A., who shocked at the Ecole Polytechnique puter processer that can recon- December and inducted in April Chicago, who built off the jazz vote by fans accounting for one much of white America with Federale de Lausanne (EPFL). figure to focus on certain tasks,” at a ceremony in New York, tradition of their namesake city ballot. their brazen denunciations of The digital slice of the neo- said Henry Markram, director although the museum is based in to become soft-rock sensations, The nomination is the sec- police brutality. The group, which cortex has shed light on the of the Blue Brain Project. Cleveland. and Cheap Trick, the power rock- ond for The Smiths, who in the spawned the solo careers of Ice brain’s nearly 40 million syn- The team believes that neural Jackson, the sister of late “King ers who packed arenas and won a band’s brief five years built a pas- Cube and Dr. Dre, is back in the apses and 2,000 connections circuits may be able to switch of Pop” Michael Jackson, became particular following in Japan with sionate fan base drawn to singer spotlight with the biopic “Straight between each brain cell type. into different “states” that a superstar in her own right with anthems such as “Surrender.” Morrissey’s brooding but irony- Outta Compton.” “We have a complicated sys- could underlie important behav- her 1986 album “Control” that Another Chicago native, Chaka rich verse and Johnny Marr’s jan- Other repeat nominees tem (in the brain) that we iors, including aggression. brought the edginess of the then- Khan, was nominated for the first gly yet intricate guitar. include English metal pioneers want to understand,” said Idan “The experiments suggest emerging genre of hip-hop to her time. The 62-year-old “Queen of The outspoken Morrissey, Deep Purple, cinematic English Segev, director of the depart- the existence of a spectrum of R&B roots. Funk” has been eclectic through- who has gone on to a successful progressive rockers Yes, R&B ment of neurobiology at Hebrew states, so this raises new types Jackson, whose elaborate dance out her career, branching into solo career, has won few main- singers The Spinners and disco University in Jerusalem. of questions, such as ‘what routines and social consciousness rock, hip-hop, jazz and soul. stream awards and is known for titans Chic, who have been nomi- “And in my view the way if you’re stuck in the wrong strongly influenced younger art- Also receiving their first nods his denunciations of the system, nated a record 10 times without to understand a complicated state?’” ists such as Beyonce, last week are Steve Miller, who developed a recently quipping, “I do not make winning. system is to build it step by Markram also acknowledged released her first album in seven psychedelic blues style that took music with the hope that I might AFP step, and each step of build- that far more work lies ahead ing is a step of understanding.” before scientists can gain a Through the project, research- more precise understanding of ers identified different cell types how the brain works. Mirren at Trumbo premiere with their own individual firing Heart attack test can reduce patterns. AFP hospital admission: Study King cobra captured after PARIS: A simple blood test been sent home instead of being can reduce unneccessary hos- admitted to hospital, the research terrorising US town pital admissions by pinpointing team wrote in The Lancet medical people seeking medical help for journal. MIAMI: A dangerous king cobra that panicked a Florida commu- chest pain caused by something “Implementation of this nity has been recaptured, found under a household dryer more than other than a heart attack, a approach would reduce avoid- a month after escaping, authorities said yesterday. study said yesterday. able hospital admission and have The venomous snake, named Elvis, escaped from its owner on Researchers said they had major benefits for both patients September 1 in Ocoee, Florida, prompting a frantic search and calls identified the optimal level of a and health-care providers,” the for people to exercise extreme caution. protein called troponin in the researchers wrote. Three animal services officers struggled to capture the 10-foot blood below which a heart attack But they underlined the (three-meter) snake Wednesday, after a concerned resident reported can be all but ruled out as the approach should not be applied hissing sounds from beneath a dryer in her garage, Orange County cause of chest pain. without consulting a patient’s Animal Services said in a statement. In a trial of about 6,300 people medical history and profile. “I attempted to put the snake in my snake box but it was too large who went to the emergency room Chest pain is one of the most to fit,” said Billy Ledford, a county animal services officer. with chest pain at four hospitals common causes of hospitalisation Valerie Kennedy, the wife of the cobra’s owner, confirmed that the in Scotland and the United States, worldwide. The vast majority do snake was indeed Elvis. the test correctly identified about not have a heart attack. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission scanned the two-thirds of those who were not “Until now there were no quick king cobra for microchip identification and approved it for return home. having a heart attack — all had ways to rule out heart attack Owner Mike Kennedy pleaded not guilty this week to a misdemeanor a troponin level under five nano- within the emergency depart- British actress/cast member Helen Mirren arrives for the premiere of charge for not immediately reporting the disappearance of the danger- grammes (billionths of a gram) ment,” lead author Anoop Shah ‘Trumbo’ at the 59th BFI London Film Festival, in London yesterday. ous snake, according to the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. per decilitre (a tenth of a litre). from the University of Edinburgh His wife tweeted that the snake was “weak but alive,” and welcomed The festival runs until October 18. This meant everyone under said. the fact that there was “no harm to anyone.” this threshold could probably have AFP AFP