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DOHA: Stalls selling sea-fresh has gone up and more than 2,100 fish, live chickens from smaller chickens have been sold. local poultry farms are some As for fresh vegetables that of the latest additions to the farm owners from all over the sprawling outdoors fresh vege- country bring to the market for tables and fruits market on the sale, 10 new farms have been outskirts of the city. added, he added. Open throughout the day, three “We now have products com- days a week during the winter ing to us from 56 farms and The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended the graduation ceremony of the ninth batch of cadets of Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military months, the market, Al Mazroua, the number of outlets has been College at the College Field Square yesterday. The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, dignitar- is near Umm Salal and is run by increased to 34 from 24,” he ies, ministers, senior army officers and commanders of military colleges of friendly countries were also present. Report on page 2 the Ministry of Environment. added. The initiative was launched last Al Sulaiti said this year the year with the twin aim of promot- market (that opened early last ing locally produced farm-fresh November) has been vastly vegetables, and making them expanded due to increasing available at cheaper rates. demand. Al Jazeera trial: Rights groups slam Egypt Recently, six outlets have been “We have been able to sell some added to the market that are sell- 9,200 boxes of fresh vegetables CAIRO: Global rights groups the summer, and four foreigners have “hounded journalists sus- “It is just deepening the divi- ing fresh fish supplied directly by this year. This shows how much is have condemned Egypt’s deci- — Australian Peter Greste, two pected of direct or indirect links sions in Egypt’s increasingly fishermen. Each outlet has been the demand for farm-fresh prod- sion to try journalists working Britons and a Dutch woman. with the Brotherhood”. polarised society and is bringing allocated to a fisherman. ucts here.” for Al Jazeera television, which If convicted, the foreigners On July 3, the day Mursi was further discredit to the authori- Open spaces have been cre- Demand for fish is feverish, said Cairo accuses of backing the could face up to seven years in deposed, authorities closed Misr ties in the eyes of the interna- ated with fences to sell livestock, the official. Muslim Brotherhood ousted jail and the Egyptians 15. Officials 25 television, operated by the tional public opinion,” it said. including sheep and goat. “There is huge turnout of buy- from power by the military in say the defendants were operating Freedom and Justice Party, the Washington also criticised And the highlight is that the ers for fresh fish. Catches are July. without official accreditation. Brotherhood’s political arm. It Cairo. “The government’s tar- livestock is locally bred which brought directly from the sea by Doha-based Al Jazeera, which Amnesty International also shut three TV stations sup- geting of journalists and others carry a premium and is in high the six fishermen. And the fish is has angered the new authori- Secretary-General Salil Shetty porting Mursi — Al Hafiz, Al Nas on spurious claims is wrong and demand. not only fresh, but also cheaper,” ties for its coverage of a deadly said the decision to prosecute and Rahma. demonstrates an egregious dis- “We have created 20 enclo- he said. crackdown on the Brotherhood “sends the chilling message that Two months later, Al Jazeera regard for the protection of basic sures for livestock retailing in Four poultry farms are bring- and supporters of ousted Islamist only one narrative is acceptable in Mubasher Misr, the Cairo- rights and freedoms,” said US the sprawling outdoors market,” ing their chickens to the market president Mohammed Mursi, says Egypt today — which is sanctioned based affiliate of Al Jazeera, was State Department spokeswoman said Abdul Rahman Hassan Al for sale, and their demand is also the charges are “silly and not by the Egyptian authorities. declared illegal and forbidden to Jen Psaki. Sulaiti, Supervisor of Markets at too high. based on any reality”. “Journalists cannot operate operate. And since Mursi’s ouster, But Egyptian Foreign Ministry the ministry. “What we are doing here is Prosecutors say they have freely in a climate of fear. The foreign journalists have often spokesman Badr Abdelatty dis- Each enclosure has 15 livestock make sure that for people who referred to trial 20 journalists, latest development is a brazen faced mobs of angry Brotherhood missed that criticism. at a time. Besides, there is an area come here to buy vegetables and accusing them of portraying attempt to stifle independent opponents. It is “unacceptable that a state where live, locally bred chickens fruits, it should be a one-stop shop Egypt as being in a state of “civil reporting in Egypt.” Reporters Without Borders or a foreign party interferes in the are sold. for all fresh food products,” said war” and “airing false news”. Global media watchdog said it was “stunned and appalled” affairs of the Egyptian judiciary Al Sulaiti said since the opening Al Sulaiti. They include 16 Egyptians, two Reporters Without Borders said by the move to try Al Jazeera which is transparent and inde- of the chicken corner, the demand THE PENINSULA of whom have been in jail since since Mursi’s fall, the authorities journalists. pendent”, he said. AFP

Karwa to launch water bus US, UK hit out Kuwait MP seeks five-year over Syria cap on expatriates’ stay weapons delay DUBAI: A Kuwaiti MP has such as specialist doctors, lawyers, WASHINGTON: The US and called for a five-year limit on judges and advisers. Britain have expressed concern expatriates’ stay in the coun- The bill discourages expats over the Syrian government’s try that is home to over 700,000 from establishing themselves in delay in removing chemical Indians. Kuwait and would not allow less weapon materials due to be A draft bill was proposed by qualified foreigners to stay more destroyed under an interna- independent Shia MP Abdullah Al than five years in the country tional disarmament deal. Tameemi to reduce the country’s and the stay period would not Chuck Hagel, US Defence dependence on foreign workers be extended under any circum- Secretary, said he had asked and cut the number of foreign- stances. Those granted the five- his Russian counterpart, Sergei ers to a maximum of 124,000 from year visa would not be allowed to Shoigu, to pressure Damascus to any country, the Kuwait Times bring their family members on a comply with the deal, and urged reported yesterday. visit visa. the government to intensify efforts The MP’s plan targets low and Two-thirds of Kuwait’s popu- to transport chemical arms to medium qualified workers often lation of about four million are Latakia port for destruction. in lowly paid jobs Kuwaitis have expats. More than 90 percent of The UK Foreign Office said it been reluctant to take up. working citizens are employed in was increasingly concerned about The proposal, however, does the public sector. the delays. “Continuing at this not include skilled professionals AFP pace would mean that the removal The state-run transport company, Karwa, is to launch a sea bus service soon as part of its sea transport process could take years,” a state- services. The bus can also ply on the road. ment said. “The time for excuses is over: we now need action.” See also page 8 Knox, Sollecito guilty Qataris’ travel plans hit by unrest in preferred destinations BY SACHIN KUMAR FLORENCE: A Florence court Sayeed, Sales Manager, Al Qayed Travels sector is the first one to get hit,” said a also high due to extreme cold in the US handed down guilty verdicts for and Tours. travel agent. “Mostly family holiday trips to and Europe,” he said. US student Amanda Knox and DOHA: Political and social unrest in “The number of tourists to Thailand, Thailand, Egypt and Turkey were cancelled Travel agents said the majority of travel- her former Italian boyfriend Thailand, Egypt and Turkey — among Egypt and Turkey goes up during as Qataris did not want to risk safety of lers to Thailand, Turkey and Egypt were Raffaele Sollecito yesterday in the most preferred tourist destinations December-January because other spots in their family members.” Qataris (60 percent) while others were a retrial for the 2007 murder of — has disturbed Qataris’ travelling plans. the West have cold weather. Qataris look at Loss of Thailand, Turkey and Egypt has expats as the spending power of citizens Briton Meredith Kercher. Tour and travel operators have seen tourist destinations with warmer weather emerged as a gain for other countries. is far higher. Outbound travel from Qatar The verdict confirms an origi- many Qataris cancelling bookings to the during winter.” “Most clients who cancelled their is on the rise. nal 2009 conviction, and sentences countries in the past couple of months. According to travel agents, Thailand, trips booked tickets for Malaysia, Dubai According to World Tourism Knox to 28 years and six months “Many clients, who had made plans to Egypt and Turkey are popular among tour- and Maldives,” said Osman. “Weather Organization Database, the value of total in jail and Sollecito to 25 years. holiday in Thailand, Egypt and Turkey, ists throughout the year. is also comfortable there during outbound travel from Qatar stood at See also page 9 requested to cancel tickets because of However, “whenever a country faces December-January. around $5.6bn in 2012. AGENCIES political problems there,” said Osman bin social and political unrest, its tourism The flow of tourists to these places is THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receiving the guard of honour during the graduation ceremony of the ninth batch of cadets of Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College at the college field square yesterday. Emir graces military graduation Ninth batch of cadets of Ahmed Bin Mohammed Military College passes out

DOHA: The Emir H College delivered an college and his direc- H Sheikh Tamim bin address in which he tives, constant follow-up Hamad Al Thani has conveyed deep thanks and confidence. graced the ninth batch and gratitude to the The new graduates of the cadets of Ahmed Emir for honouring marched in front of the Bin Mohammed and gracing the gradu- main podium following Military College dur- ation ceremony of the which the Emir hon- ing the graduation 9th batch of the Qatari oured the outstanding ceremony held at the cadets who will join the graduates. college field square armed forces soon. The Emir also yesterday. A batch including received at the field The ceremony was 28 cadets will join the square of Ahmed Bin attended by the Prime Armed Forces, Police, Mohammed Military Minister and Minister the Internal Security College a number of of Interior H E Sheikh Forces (Lakhwiya), The commanders of Gulf, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Emiri Guard and the Arab and friendly mili- Khalifa Al Thani, min- State Security. tary colleges . isters, army officers and Brigadier Hamad The commanders commanders of the mili- Ahmed Al Nuaimi called on the Emir tary colleges of friendly pointed out that the on the occasion of countries. graduates received their visit to Qatar to The ceremoy began bachelor’s degree in attend the graduation with the recitation different disciplines in ceremony. of versues from the addition to the diploma The Prime Minister Holy Quran, then of Military or Police and Minister of Interior Brigadier Hamad Sciences. H E Sheikh Abdullah Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Al Nuaimi conveyed bin Nasser bin Khalifa the Commander his thanks and grati- Al Thani also attend the of the Ahmed Bin tude to the Emir for his meeting. The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani presents certificate to one of the graduates as the Minister of State for Defence Affairs H E Mohammed Military unlimited support to the THE PENINSULA Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah looks on. WCMC-Q showcases Banks told to ease loan terms for citizens pioneering works who subscribed to IPO

DOHA: Banks have been has been allotted to individual DOHA: Research being conducted breast cancer, and diabetes. These asked to offer easier repay- applicants), so they are being at Weill Cornell Medical College in studies are ushering in the era or ment terms to the citizens given back the money they paid Qatar (WCMC-Q) was showcased precision medicine in Qatar.” who took loans to apply for for extra shares. at the university’s Fourth Annual Dr David Clapham, Professor subscription to a now-com- According to banking indus- Research Retreat. of Cardiovascular Research and pleted state-sponsored equity try sources, those subscribers WCMC-Q faculty and students Professor of Neurobiology at Harvard offer. who didn’t take bank loans to gave presentations about the Medical School, then made the key- A large number of nation- apply for the IPO are being research studies being carried out note address, followed by presenta- als, among them women, given the refunds directly as at the university recently in a wide tions from WCMC-Q faculty. relied on bank loans to the money is being credited range of fields, including breast and Among many interesting talks apply for the initial public into their bank accounts. ovarian cancer, inborn genetic dis- and presentations, Dr Karsten offering (IPO) of Mesaieed And as for those who took orders, diabetes and cardiovascular Suhre, Professor of Physiology and Petrochemical Holding loans, refunds for oversub- disease. Biophysics, described the identifi- Company (MPHC). scribed portion of shares are The annual event is a chance for cation of a salivary biomarker for Subscription to the IPO, being made after deducting the WCMC-Q investigators to share diabetes identified in the Qatari that was open only for nation- amount payable for the allotted their findings with their counter- population. als and a select few local insti- portion of shares. parts within the scientific community Dr Lotfi Chouchane, Professor of tutions, ended on January 21 The MPHC IPO was priced in Qatar, and for attendees to learn Genetic Medicine, discussed spe- and allotment of shares were at QR10.20. Of this, QR10 is more about the university’s ongoing cific genomics signatures for breast announced on Wednesday. the face value, while QR0.20 mission to contribute to the burgeon- cancer patients in Qatar and the Banking industry sources is the service fee for subscrip- ing research environment in Qatar, region, while Dr Alice Aleem sum- said that there are directives tion and listing. and to target health issues most marized ongoing studies aimed at with the banks to be flexible The company is expected to relevant to the regional and Qatari identifying the genetic cause of sev- about repayment terms of IPO be listed on the Qatari bourse population. eral monogenetic disorders in Qatari subscription-related loans. (Qatar Exchange) by month- Dr Khaled Machaca, Associate families through genomics studies. Some banks have extended end and analysts hope the list- Dean of Research at WCMC-Q, Furthermore, Dr Shahrad Taheri, repayment tenures up to six ing price of its shares would said: Professor of Medicine, spoke about months after initially fixing be much more than the offer “The significant investments that research gaps in the study of diabetes shorter tenures. price. Qatar Foundation has made in the and obesity. Banks have also begun mak- “We expect that some share WCMC-Q Research Program are The event also featured a total of ing refunds to the successful owners might offload at least beginning to bear fruit as illustrated 92 poster presentations by research IPO subscribers for the over- 50 percent of the stocks on list- by the presentations and papers from specialists, students and postdoc- subscribed portion of shares. ing if the listing price is attrac- our scientists. Significant impact is toral fellows relating the findings of A large number of people tive, to repay loans,” a banking obvious in area of critical importance projects conducted at the university applied for more than 1,633 industry source said. to the health of the Qatari popula- over the past year. Poster presentation at the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar’s shares (the maximum that THE PENINSULA tion such as monogenetic disorders, THE PENINSULA (WCMC-Q) Fourth Annual Research Retreat. FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir receives message from Maldives president IQ expo set to Doha to host bring world of interiors to Qatar Global Art Forum DOHA: A new exhibition is set to bring Qatar the latest and most innovative products and solutions for the interiors and in mid-March hospitality markets. Details of IQ, Organised by dmg events Middle East will be the 40 contributors to attend the event flagship event in Qatar for resi- dential and commercial interior DOHA: Global Art Forum 2014 and its enduring appeal. Through design, hospitality interiors and will kick off in Doha in March, this year’s iteration, we hope to solutions, as well as fit out materi- featuring 40 contributors from achieve world-class conversation als, fixtures and fittings. Designed the worlds of art, architecture, and thought-provocation around to serve Qatar’s burgeoning build- film, literature, history, theatre topics that we think should be on ings, construction and interior fit- and commentary. everyone’s mind.” out markets, IQ will take place The Forum, which is a leading “It’s one of the few established in Doha, Qatar, in February 2015. regional platform for cultural annual meetings with a Middle Explaining the reasons behind debate, will be held on March 15 East focus,” says co-director Ala the launch of the new exhibition and 16 in Doha and from March Younis. “The Global Art Forum Anna Canning, Event Manager, 19 to 21 in Dubai. is a unique event with an amaz- IQ exhibition, said: “Private and This year the Forum creates ing constellation of topics and government investment in Qatar’s an imagined timeline of turning projects devised by artists, intel- construction projects continues to points in history that shifted an lectuals and regional experts.” rise, fuelling the demand for inte- understanding of the world. Meanwhile...History tours rior design across all sectors of Titled Meanwhile…History, through Ibn Khaldun’s medieval the industry. IQ will cater to the the Forum also reflects on the treatise, the Muqaddimah; Soviet demands of all industry players philosophy and fiction of making Orientalism; American Cold War The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a message from Maldives President and provide them with a platform history matter: each interview, paranoia; a hundred years of the Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. Maldives Vice President to network and conduct business”. discussion, presentation or com- art exhibition Documenta; several Mohamed Jameel Ahmed handed the message to the Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah Showcasing products, services missioned project at Global Art millennia of the pearling industry bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani during a meeting. The premier hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the and technologies for the design, Forum 8 is a point on this imag- of the Gulf; the “Short Seventies” Maldives official and his delegation. architecture, hospitality and retail ined timeline. in the UAE and across the world; industries, fittings and materials, The Forum is presented by the as well as cultural experiments in IQ will attract interior designers, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority Kuwait; Iranian art collections in architects and design industry pro- (Dubai Culture), and is held in Dubai; Africa in 1966; and crea- fessionals from both Qatar and the partnership with the Office of tive lapses in storytelling and Nominations for WISE annual surrounding Gulf states. Strategic Cultural Relations Facebook timelines. “IQ will be a combination of at Qatar Museums Authority Free, and open to all, this year’s three existing exhibitions that we through their Years of Culture Global Art Forum will be simul- have been successfully organising annual initiative. The Doha days taneously translated into Arabic/ prize to open in February for many years in Qatar’s neigh- will take place during the Qatar English, and will be live-streamed boring countries: INDEX, The Brazil 2014 Year of Culture at globally and to sites within the DOHA: World Innovation Plenary Session, receives a prize visionary approaches. Hotel Show, workspace @ INDEX Katara Art Center, while in Dubai, fair. Summit for Education (WISE) of $500,000 and a medal. The WISE Prize for Education (Formerly the Office Exhibition),” the Forum will be held next to Art The Global Art Forum’s fellow- will open nominations for its Nominations for the WISE Committee screens the nomina- added Anna Canning. Dubai Modern, at Mina A’Salam, ship programme Forum Fellows annual prize in February. Prize for Education are made tions following which an inter- “We have a well and long-estab- Madinat Jumeirah. returns this year with a focus The nomination period 2014 in the strictest confidence and national Jury of distinguished lished relationship with some of “Meanwhile...History takes on curating, led by writer and WISE Prize for Education will the nominees are not made individuals makes the final selec- the biggest and most important Eric Hobsbawm’s adage, ‘A pro- curator Tirdad Zolghadr. This remain open until March 31. aware of their nominations. Self- tion. The announcement of the regional and international com- test against forgetting,’ as its programme enables exceptional The WISE Prize was estab- nominations are not accepted and Laureate is one of the highlights panies operating in the interior starting point,” says Shumon upcoming curators from the lished in 2011 by H H Sheikha only the Laureate’s name is made of the annual WISE Summit in design and architecture industry Basar, commissioner of the Global Middle East to exchange ideas Moza bint Nasser in order to public. Doha, Qatar. and will be bringing them to IQ. Art Forum. “As our experience and experience. Fellows selected enhance the status of education Nominations are invited from In 2013, the WISE Prize was We secured a top brand 16 months of time accelerates, so does the for the 2014 programme are: by giving it similar prestige to individuals and institutions, awarded to Vicky Colbert from before the show and have also build-up of history. Amnesia is Amanda Abi Khalil (Beirut); Azar other areas for which interna- which have demonstrated com- Colombia, Founder and Director gathered a considerable amount built into this process by default. Mahmoudian (Tehran); Yasmina tional prizes already exist, such mitment to education such as of Fundación Escuela Nueva and of interest from international and This year’s Forum is an occasion Reggad (Algiers); Yara Saqfalhait as literature, peace and econom- schools, colleges, universities, co-creator of the Escuela Nueva regional brands; we are expecting to time-travel to some of history’s (Ramallah), and Ania Szremski ics. It is the first distinction of its teachers’ organizations, research education model. Prior to this, Dr a sell out with over 200 companies blind spots.” (Cairo). kind to recognise an individual or facilities, cultural institutions, Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder and to attend the first edition of the Global Art Forum co-director The Global Art Forum 8 also a team of up to six people for an international organizations and CEO of Pratham (India), and Sir show”, concluded Anna Canning. Omar Berrada adds: “Within its features commissions, including outstanding, world-class contri- private corporations. Eligible Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and IQ will cover 15,000 sq. m of context, the Global Art Forum new projects by the Gulf-based bution to education. nominees will have demonstrated Chairman of BRAC (Bangladesh), the state-of-the-art and environ- is a unique event, for its idi- artists Sarah Abu Abdallah, The WISE Prize Laureate, achievements that have had a received the WISE Prize in 2012 mentally-friendly Qatar National osyncratic format, its eclectic Raja’a Khalid and Hind Mezaina. whose name is announced at lasting impact upon education at and 2011 respectively. Convention Centre (QNCC). approach to art and knowledge, THE PENINSULA the annual Summit’s Opening any level, through inspiring and THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA

Al Asmakh supports Kotabato University Commercial Bank-HEC Paris Youth Leadership Programme from Feb 1 DOHA: Al Asmakh Charity Foundation has signed an agree- DOHA: Commercial Bank said that the second Youth Leadership m e nt w it h A l B a l a g h Fo u n d at i on Acceleration Programme will be held for Qatari nationals aged 16 to for Development and Charitable 20 from February 1 to 3 under the patronage of the Qatar Central Activities of Mindanao district Bank. of Philippines for the expansion The programme is part of a partnership between Commercial Bank of Kotabato Islamic University. and HEC Paris to develop the skills of young Qataris. On behalf of Al Asmakh The Youth Leadership Acceleration Programme offers talented young Charity Foundation, head of Qataris the opportunity to build key leadership skills, identify areas executive committee and plan- for personal development and form a vision of how their growth in ning director Dr Mahmoud Al leadership contributes to the future of Qatar. Samman signed in the agreement Students representing renowned educational institutions will be while the Al Balagh Foundation attending the three-day programme. was represented by Saad Hashim Participants will work on leadership styles, individual leadership Sandatouk, its chairman. and driving change in the context of the Qatar National Vision 2030, According to the agreement, Al as well as address other topics. Asmakh will contribute $64686 “This is the second time Commercial Bank has partnered with for the expansion of the univer- HEC Paris for the Youth Leadership Acceleration Programme, sity in the framework of its sup- due to both the success of last year’s event as well as demand port for the educational activities from parents. The active participation of Commercial Bank in the around the world. Kotabato uni- Programme reflects our commitment to developing the skills of versity established in 2011, was the the next generation in Qatar,” said Abdulla Saleh Al Raisi, CEO, first Islamic university in the city Commercial Bank. and it acquires total land area of “The programmes and research activities of HEC Paris in Qatar 5000 meter square. are fully aligned with Qatar’s National Vision 2030,” said Laoucine The present campus of the Kerbache, CEO and Academic Dean, HEC Paris in Qatar. Kotabato University consists of four buildings such as two story main building with 16 class rooms, Al Asmakh Charity Foundation’s Planning Director Dr Mahmoud Al Samman (right) and Al Balagh Foundation a library, administration building Chairman Saad Hashim Sandatouk after signing the agreement. New benefits for Nojoom and accommodation for 50 stu- dents. In addition to this, there is In addition to sponsor- the operational expense of the university runs three colleges Gold and Privilege members a two story mosque for male and ing the expansion project of University for the amount of US such as Shariah, fiqh and usulud- female which can accommodate the University, Al Asmakh $35000 from December 2012 to deen and education colleges. DOHA: As Ooredoo celebrates fifth anniversary of Nojoom, the around 450 persons. Foundation has also adopted November 2013. At present, the THE PENINSULA company has unveiled new benefits for Nojoom credit card Gold and Privilege members such as valet parking at select locations and priority access for the Ooredoo Call Centre. QNB Ooredoo Nojoom Platinum card holders can also receive complimentary access to 65 airport lounges in 46 cities around Sharp jump in real estate deals in mid-January the world. QNB Ooredoo Nojoom credit cards, in Gold and Platinum tiers, are one of the most popular in Qatar with more than 14,000 DOHA: The total number of the previous week, witnessing an establishing more new projects. to QR280.7m in the previous members. real estate deals inked during the increase of 3.3 percent, accord- Doha Municipality ranked first week, with a significant drop of Every Ooredoo customer with a Qatar ID can sign up for the Nojoom third week of January (between ing to the latest weekly bul- with a total turnover of QR574.6m 57.8 percent, having 11.7 percent Rewards Programme. Members earn points each time they make a 12 and 16) jumped 193 compared letin issued by the Real Estate compared to QR458m in the pre- of the total transactions this week phone call, send an SMS, watch Mozaic TV, surf the Internet, buy a to 108 transactions singed dur- Registration Department at the vious week, with an increase of by implementing 29 deals. smartphone or tablet from an Ooredoo shop. ing the previous week, up by over Ministry of Justice. 25.5 percent. In addition, 39 deals While Al Daayen Municipality Nojoom offers more than 150 partners for redeeming points, includ- 78 percent, according to Ezdan Ezdan Holding’s weekly report were singed compared to 31 in the stood at third position in terms of ing a wide range of leading retail destinations, hotels and spas, and Weekly report. predicted that property trans- previous week, with Doha acquir- transactions value, which reached restaurants throughout Qatar. Nojoom enables members to redeem With the increase in the actions will experience a revival ing over 56 percent of the total at QR93.8m as a result of the points from Harrods department store and Marriot hotels around number of deals, the combine in the coming weeks, especially transactions of the week. implementation of 35 transac- the world. value of real estate transactions in the land sector, noting that Rayyan Municipality ranked tions, recording a rise of 59.2 per- Gold cards provide one point for every QR10 spent, and Platinum during the week crossed QR1bn investors and real estate devel- second in terms of trading value cent compared with the previous cards provide one point for every QR5 spent. mark compared to QR982.2m in opers are heading towards reaching at QR118.5m compared week. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM Hijab: What is it all about?

The hijab or the Islamic dress is cited by many as an example of the ‘subjugation’ of women under Islamic law. Yet, the truth is that 1400 years ago, Islam recognised women’s rights in a way that grants them the utmost protection and respect, a combination other systems fail to offer. Islam granted them freedom of expression, political participation, business and financial rights, and asked the rest of society to hold them in high esteem and offer them due respect as mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters.

ijab is a duty Allah brothers or their brothers’ sons or Almighty prescribed sisters’ sons, or their women, or their for the Muslim woman, slaves, or male attendants who lack Hand she has to carry vigour, or children who know naught out that duty in compliance with of women’s nakedness. And let them the order of Allah, and showing not stamp their feet so as to reveal her sincere faith in Allah, for He what they hide of their adornment. says: And turn unto Allah together, O And it becometh not a believing believers, in order that ye may suc- man or a believing woman, when ceed. (Annur 24: 31) Allah and His Messenger have Persons mentioned in the decided an affair (for them), that above verse are women’s maha- they should (after that) claim any rim (unmarriageable males), in say in their affair. (Al Ahzab 33: 36) the presence of whom she is per- So, it is clear that Allah mitted to take off her veil since Almighty has obliged Muslim she could not be harassed by them women to wear hijab in order to with lusty motives. preserve them from bedizenment Allah Almighty prohibits which would definitely make them women from even stamping prone to harassment and render their feet to reveal their hidden them an easy prey for depraved adornment: men with lusty motives. This ...and let them not stamp their means that hijab is a means of feet so as to reveal what they hide The meaning of hijab protection for women’s honour of their adornment… (Annur 24: 31) and dignity. Despite all this, some people efore anyone can have a true and It is a personal choice to submit to God Whoever embraces Islam has still consider hijab as a restric- complete understanding of hijab Many people like rather than the fashion of society. It is a to accept its rules even if they tion to woman’s freedom, unaware and its real meaning, one needs to choice to be beautiful to God, rather than to pose restrictions to his freedom of the fact that it greatly protects Btake a step back and start at the to refer to hijab people. And it is a choice to cover and dignify since such rules are set only to her to the extent that had Allah beginning. Allah says in the Quran: the body Allah gave you, rather than give in benefit mankind. Allah Almighty, Almighty not commanded her to Not for (idle) sport did We create the heav- as a ‘personal to a culture that teaches women they are to the Lawgiver, knows our nature wear it, she should have called ens and the earth and all that is between! choice’. Yes, it is a be sex objects who sell their bodies. more than we do. for it. (Al Anbiyaa’ 21:16) However, hijab should not just be seen as Definitely there is no reli- Besides, a woman’s beauty is In this verse Allah makes clear that eve- personal choice. It a cloth one puts on the head. Rather hijab gion without rules binding on its something temporary, which will, rything He created has a purpose. Every is a symbol of our worship and servitude to adherents and followers, so the after some time, start fading away, star in the sky, every fish in the ocean, and is a personal choice God. It is a symbol of modesty, that is not deviation we see nowadays relates with her husband maintaining every leaf on a tree was made for a specific just about our attire; it extends to our whole to man’s following his self-inclina- his youthfulness and vigour, and reason. So too was the human being created to submit to God demeanor. tion; this sometimes drives him to perhaps, nourishing hope of tak- for a specific purpose. And Allah explains rather than the If someone is wearing the hijab of modest worshipping idols or sun or any- ing another wife. Being seduced this purpose clearly in the Quran: clothing but is not modest in their behavior, thing else in his pursuit to lead a by an unveiled woman may turn And I did not create the jinn and mankind fashion of society. they have only shown the external modesty. life where he will not be subject the husband against his wife, thus except to worship Me. (Adhariyat 51:56) But internal modesty is missing. Because to any rules. putting his marital life at stake. It is important to note even the con- It is a choice to be both internal and external modesty is essen- Logically, if a woman finds Beauty is a kind of quality that struction of this statement. Allah did not tial, Allah mentioned the two together in hijab as restricting her liberty the more one sees it the less capti- just say that He created jinn and mankind beautiful to God, the Quran: and, thus, goes about displaying vating and enchanting it becomes; to worship Him. He began with a negation. Say to the believing men that they should her body to seduce men or snatch it is only absence that makes the He said: rather than to lower their gaze and guard their modesty: that another woman’s husband (thus heart grow fonder. Parents may “I did not create the jinn and mankind.” people. And it is a will make for greater purity for them: and Allah ruining a serene and peaceful not notice any development in By saying it in this way, Allah begins by is well acquainted with all that they do. And say marital home), she should not their child due to seeing and hav- clearing the board from any other purpose choice to cover and to the believing women that they should lower be surprised if her son or hus- ing him around all the time, but before He states what our one and only pur- their gaze and guard their modesty; that they band happens to be the victim of on staying away for some time, pose is: to worship Him and Him alone. dignify the body should not display their beauty and ornaments another woman’s foul play. they will definitely notice change Now, it is in that context that one except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; Hence, the wisdom behind pre- in him on seeing again. should begin to understand hijab. Hijab Allah gave you, that they should draw their veils over their bos- scribing hijab as a duty for women A husband may not observe the should properly be seen as simply another rather than give in oms and not display their beauty… is to safeguard and protect the gradual loss of his wife’s beauty as show of devotion to our Creator. Just as we (Al Mu’minun 24:30-31) whole society from temptation he daily sees her; on the contrary, pray and fast because He commanded us to a culture that In this verse of the Quran, Allah does and secure the stability of mari- she will still remain in his eyes the to do so, we should view hijab in the very not just talk about the dress of modesty, but tal lives. beautiful bride whom he married same light. teaches women also the demeanor of modesty. In fact, both In the following verse, Allah many years ago. Yet when he goes Just as praying and fasting sincerely for internal and external modesty is so impor- Almighty prohibits women from out and sees those younger and Allah’s pleasure brings us closer to Him, so they are to be sex tant that the Prophet (peace be upon him) revealing their adornment in the prettier girls exposing their beau- too does wearing hijab — if done with the objects. connected it with faith itself. presence of marriageable males: ties outdoors, this may injure his same sincerity. By obeying Allah’s command- Unfortunately, we live in a society that And tell the believing women to self-esteem as he tries to notice ments, hijab is just another way to worship teaches the exact opposite. In our society lower their gaze and be modest, and variation in beauty (the thing that our Lord. And in so doing, it brings us closer today, modesty is viewed as a sign of weak- to display of their adornment only would not happen had all women to realising our purpose of creation. ness and insecurity, when in fact modesty is that which is apparent, and to draw adhered to the rule of hijab). That purpose can be reflected even in of worship. In the very choice of one piece of a sign of dignity and self-respect. their veils over their bosoms, and not It is so strange that many the clothes that we choose to wear. If when clothing over another, is an act of worship. True modesty means not only being mod- to reveal their adornment save to women are not aware of such a we choose our dress, our intention is to Many people like to refer to hijab as a est in front of people, but also in front of their own husbands or fathers or wisdom behind ordaining hijab. please Allah, that action in itself is an act “personal choice”. Yes. It is a personal choice. Allah. husbands’ fathers, or their sons It is just for their own sake; to or their husbands’ sons, or their safeguard their marital homes. Hijab: A Quranic commandment oly Quran says: believers, in order that ye may suc- “not to display their adornment”, This is quite in conformity with For one thing a woman does of Mother Teresa did not prevent Tell the believing ceed. (24:31) “draw the veils over their bosoms” the Biblical injunction for the not normally wear hijab in her her from social work! And the men to lower their gaze See also verse number 59 of “not to stamp their feet” etc. women to cover their heads. Even own house, so it shouldn’t get in western world honoured her with Hand be modest. That is chapter 33: O Prophet! Tell thy It must be clear to any think- in these degenerate times, people the way when she’s doing house- the Nobel Prize! But the same peo- purer for them. Lo! Allah is Aware wives and thy daughters and the ing person what is meant by all pay more respect to the more mod- work. If she is working in a fac- ple would argue that the hijab is a of what they do. And tell the believ- women of the believers to draw their the above expressions in the Holy estly dressed ladies, than to the tory close to machinery or in a hindrance for a Muslim girl in a ing women to lower their gaze and cloaks close round them when they Quran. Women in the Prophet’s scantily clad ones. Imagine a lady laboratory, for example—she can school or for a Muslim lady work- be modest, and to display of their go abroad. That will be better, that time used to wear a kind of dress prime minister or a queen wearing wear a different style of hijab ing as a cashier in a supermarket! adornment only that which is so they may be recognized and not that covered the head, but not a low-cut blouse or a miniskirt in that doesn’t have dragging ends. This is the kind of hypocrisy or apparent, and to draw their veils annoyed. Allah is ever Forgiving, the bosom properly. So when they an international conference! Can Actually loose trousers and a double standards which paradoxi- over their bosoms, and not to reveal Merciful. are asked to draw their veils over she command as much respect long shirt for instance lets her cally some “sophisticated” people their adornment save to their own The above verses very clearly their bosoms so as not to reveal there as she would get if she were to bend, lift, or climb steps or find fashionable! husbands or fathers or husbands’ show that it is Allah Almighty their beauty, it is clear that the in a more modest attire? ladders more easily, if her work Is hijab an oppression? It could fathers, or their sons or their hus- Himself, Who commands the dress must cover the head as well For the above reasons, the allows that. Such a dress would certainly be so, if someone forces bands’ sons, or their brothers or women to wear hijab, though as the body. And hair is consid- scholars of Islam are unanimous certainly give her more freedom a woman to wear it. But for that their brothers’ sons or sisters’ sons, that word is not used in the above ered by people in most cultures of that the Quranic verses quoted of movement while protecting her matter, semi-nudity also can be or their women, or their slaves, or verses. In fact, the term hijab the world — not only in the Arab above clearly mean that women modesty at the same time. an oppression, if someone forces male attendants who lack vigor, means much more than the cov- culture — as an attractive part of must cover the head and the However, it is interesting to a woman to adopt that style. If or children who know naught of ering of the body; it refers to the a woman’s beauty. whole body except for the face note that the very same people women in the west — or east — women’s nakedness. And let them code of modesty outlined in the Until the end of the 19th cen- and the hands. who find fault with the Islamic have the freedom to dress as they not stamp their feet so as to reveal verses quoted above. tury, ladies in the west used to Does the hijab prevent a woman dress code for women do not find please, why not allow the Muslim what they hide of their adornment. Look at the expressions used: put on some kind of head gear, from performing her day-to-day anything improper in the dress of women to prefer a more modest And turn unto Allah together, O “Lower their gaze”, “be modest”, if not a cover for the whole hair. duties? nuns. It is evident that the “hijab” dress? www.onislam.net FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Iran rejects Iraq: Suicide attack on ministry kills 24 Obama boast More strikes expected in Baghdad on nuclear deal

BAGHDAD: Six suicide bomb- security forces and the last died TEHRAN: Iran yesterday ers burst into an Iraqi minis- shortly after being shot, according dismissed as “unrealistic and try building, took hostages and to security officials. unconstructive” comments by killed at least 24 people includ- “The level of security measures US President Barack Obama ing themselves yesterday before in the building was less than nor- that international sanctions security forces regained control, mal because it is a service building linked to its nuclear programme security officials said. and not a sensitive site,” another had forced Tehran to the negoti- The brazen attack on the build- senior security official said on ating table. ing belonging to the Ministry of condition of anonymity. “The delusion of sanctions hav- Transportation in northeast A further 50 people were ing an effect on Iran’s motivation Baghdad coincided with a month- wounded in the attack. An for nuclear negotiations is based long standoff between the Iraqi Interior Ministry statement gave on a false narration of history,” army and anti-government fight- out a lower death toll — eight, foreign ministry spokeswoman ers in the western province of including the six suicide bombers. Marzieh Afkham was quoted as Anbar. Security officials blamed ISIL saying by state broadcaster IRIB. No group claimed responsibil- for the attack and said they Obama, in his State of the ity but suicide bombings in Iraq expected more in Baghdad in the Union address on Tuesday, said are the trademark of Al Qaeda coming days to distract the secu- US and international pressure linked groups. State buildings are rity forces and reduce pressure on had led to the interim deal struck a target for the Islamic State of their militants in the Anbar cities in November between Iran and Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and of Falluja and eastern Ramadi. six global powers, under which its allies that have been regain- The Sunni Muslim ISIL, backed Tehran agreed to scale back ura- ing momentum in a campaign to by tribal fighters who resent the nium enrichment in return for destabilise the Shia Muslim-led government, seized control of the sanctions relief. government. two cities in the Sunni-dominated “American diplomacy, backed by A senior security source said province of Anbar, bordering pressure, has halted the progress the six militants took a number Syria, on Jan. 1. Iraqi government of Iran’s nuclear programme and of hostages, most of them mem- forces have since surrounded rolled parts of that programme A tribesman fighting alongside Iraqi police forces patrols a street in the city of Ramadi, west of the capital Baghdad, bers of the Facilities Protection Falluja. back,” Obama said. during a military operation against anti-government fighters yesterday. Service, and killed nine of It is the first time Sunni mili- “The sanctions that we put in them inside the building, which tants have exercised such open place helped make this opportu- was used to receive visiting control in Iraqi cities since the Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri neighbouring Syria, where it is their homes, describing it as the nity possible,” he added. delegations. height of the insurgency that fol- al-Maliki has asked for interna- also active. largest displacement in Iraq since Afkham, in comments posted Four bombers detonated lowed the 2003 US-led invasion tional support and arms to help The UN refugee agency said the sectarian slaughter that cli- on the IRIB website, dismissed their explosives vests during the that overthrew Dictator Saddam combat al Qaeda, which has been the standoff in Fallujah has driven maxed in 2006-07. Obama’s comments. assault, a fifth was shot dead by Hussein. invigorated by the civil war in more than 140,000 people from REUTERS “It is a totally wrong interpre- tation of Tehran’s interest to cre- ate an opportunity for Western countries to have another kind of relation with the Iranian nation,” she said. Turkey removes around Afkham also rejected Obama’s Call to probe S Sudan atrocities assertion that diplomacy had opened a window which could JUBA: Human Rights Watch sticks out from beneath the bed and ethnic militia use the violence 800 more police officers forestall any possible nuclear yesterday demanded a full inves- she hid under in one last, futile to loot and settle old scores, with weapons drive by Iran. tigation into atrocities commit- act to save herself,” the report the United Nations and rights ANKARA: The Turkish gov- the heart of the political elite. “America considers prevent- ted in war-torn South Sudan, reads. workers reporting that horrific ernment yesterday fired or Since the graft scandal erupted ing Iran from obtaining a nuclear reporting that in one town “Outside in the church com- atrocities have been committed reassigned some 800 police in mid-December, dozens of pros- weapon to be its biggest achieve- alone scores of both unburied pound, four other women lie dead, by both sides. officers as it pressed on with ecutors, including senior lawyers ment, but it is wrong since Iran bodies and fresh graves. one with an obvious bullet hole in Both sides implemented a a purge of the country’s police involved in the investigations into has never sought to obtain a “Horrendous crimes have been her head.” ceasefire last Friday, but combat force in response to a high-level alleged money laundering, gold nuclear weapon and will never do committed here and across South Thousands are believed to have has only eased, not ended, with graft probe, local media said. smuggling and bribery, have also so in future,” she said. Sudan, including in the capital, been killed in the fighting pitting reports of continuing clashes. The Senior officers were among been sacked. Iran has repeatedly rejected Juba, which saw widespread kill- forces loyal to President Salva crisis has left thousands dead and those removed from their posts Erdogan accuses supporters of suggestions that economic sanc- ing... members of both ethnicities Kiir against a loose coalition of forced almost 800,000 to flee their in the latest wave of sackings in exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah tions had forced it to the negotiat- in several towns have been killed army defectors and ethnic militia homes. the capital Ankara and the west- Gulen, a former ally who wields ing table, although last year then in cold blood,” Human Rights nominally headed by sacked vice Those killed should be carefully ern port of Izmir, the Hurriyet and considerable influence in the judi- president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Watch (HRW) researcher Skye president Riek Machar, a sea- photographed and the informa- Milliyet newspapers said on their ciary and police, of launching the admitted the punitive measures Wheeler described in a report soned guerrilla fighter. tion catalogued, both to help fam- websites. investigation as part of a “coup had caused “problems”. yesterday. “Accountability is crucial for ily members identify the bodies, More than 500 police officers plot” against his government in a The Islamic republic has also Wheeler described some of the South Sudan to move forward but also to help investigators were removed in Ankara and crucial election year. consistently denied its nuclear pro- atrocities she had seen in the dev- and stop the cycle of violence,” reconstruct the events, HRW another 274 in Izmir, they said. But Erdogan’s purges, coupled gramme has a military dimension. astated town of Bor, where bod- HRW added. added. The Turkish media estimate with legislation aimed at increas- Under the deal struck in Geneva ies of women lay across a church “A thorough, impartial inves- “Of course, people need to bury that Prime Minister Recep ing government control on the in November, Washington com- compound, as well “scores of bod- tigation, identifying the perpe- the dead and begin the arduous Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-leaning judiciary and the Internet, have mitted to “refrain from imposing ies and fresh graves”. trators, could help South Sudan process of rebuilding homes and government has now sanctioned raised deep concern at home and new nuclear-related sanctions” Bor swapped hands four times break with the past and begin a lives, but there is essential work some 6,000 police nationwide, abroad about the state of democ- for six months while world powers during the brutal fighting between healing process.” that needs to happen now,” HRW including top officers, in appar- racy in the majority Muslim seek to hammer out a comprehen- government and rebels. The fighting has seen waves of said. ent retaliation for a corruption country. sive settlement with Iran. “The woman’s curled hand brutal revenge attacks, as fighters AFP investigation that has struck at AFP AFP

Four die in Yemen as Abu Qatada Israeli minister slams Abbas threatens terror JERUSALEM: Israel’s intel- US efforts to push peace talks for- witnesses insisted he was unarmed. army, separatists clash ligence minister has said ward, and called on the US and In his doctoral thesis at ADEN: Two soldiers were colonial rule in 1967 and its union trial boycott Palestinian president Mahmoud Israel’s government to condemn Moscow’s Patrice Lumumba among four people killed yes- with the north in 1990. Abbas is the world’s most inflammatory rhetoric against University, Abbas questioned the terday when the army clashed A secession attempt four years AMMAN: Islamist cleric Abu anti-Semitic leader follow- Palestinian leaders. figure of six million Jews killed in with separatists in Daleh in later sparked a brief civil war that Qatada threatened yesterday to ing the departure of Mahmoud “After serial Israeli incitement the Nazi Holocaust, suggesting the south Yemen, sources on both ended with northern forces tak- boycott his retrial in Jordan on Ahmadinejad as Iran’s president against Abbas, with the latest number could have been “fewer sides said. ing over the south. terror charges, demanding that last year. incident being Steinitz’s com- than one million”. “Southern Movement activists “Two fighters with the the court respect a deal that led “Since Ahmadinejad left the ments, Netanyahu’s government, But, he added, “the controversy ambushed an army vehicle at Southern Resistance were killed to his deportation from Britain. political stage, Abu Mazen is the as well as the US administration, over the figure cannot minimise in dawn with automatic fire, killing and three were wounded” in “I asked you at the last hearing number one leader in injecting must take an official stance on this any way the atrocious crime com- two soldiers,” a military source Thursday’s exchange of fire with (January 16) to publicly declare anti-Semitic and anti-Israel poi- attack,” Abu Rudeina said. mitted against the Jews”. said. the soldiers, the activist added. your commitment to the agree- son,” Yuval Steinitz told a Tel Aviv “The Israeli army’s kill- Israel accuses Abbas’s Two attackers were killed and Tensions are high in Daleh ment signed by Jordan. If you security conference on Wednesday, ing of Palestinians, including Palestinian Authority of encourag- seven more wounded in a subse- province since tank fire killed do not do that, I will boycott the using the name by which Abbas is Mohammad Mubarak yesterday ing hostility against Israel through quent firefight, he added. 19 mourners at a funeral tent in trial and I will not deal with the popularly known in Arabic. (Wednesday), is the natural pro- school textbooks and in broadcasts An activist with the Southern the town of the same name on court,” Abu Qatada told judge “Under Abu Mazen the level gression from (Israel’s) policy of on its official television and radio Movement confirmed the clash, December 27, with militants stag- Ahmad Qatarneh, who led a panel of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement through its ministers stations. saying the attackers belonged to ing several attacks. of three civilian judges at the mili- incitement in the (Palestinian) and officials,” he said. In US-sponsored peace talks the militant Southern Resistance Support for renewed independ- tary state security court. Authority has reached new Israeli troops shot dead launched in July, Netanyahu is group. ence in south Yemen runs deep Qatarneh said, without elabo- highs, where the bottom line is 19-year-old Mubarak near the demanding that the Palestinians South Yemen was independ- in Daleh. rating, that “the court is com- the destruction of Israel,” said West Bank city of Ramallah, recognise Israel as the national ent between the end of British AFP mitted to the agreement” with Steinitz, a member of Prime with the army alleging he had state of the Jewish people. Britain. Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opened fire at them although AFP Abu Qatada was condemned to Likud party. death in absentia in 1999 for con- “As someone who denied the spiracy to carry out terror attacks, Holocaust in his youth, he today including on the American school denies the very existence of the Iran VP for heritage resigns in Amman. The sentence was Jewish people and their right immediately commuted to life to their own state,” he told the TEHRAN: Iranian President However, I accept it for the sake imprisonment with hard labour. annual conference of the Institute Hassan Rouhani yesterday of your health.” In 2000, he was sentenced in for National Security Studies, accepted the resignation of the He appointed Najafi as a presi- absentia to 15 years for plotting according to a transcript on the vice president for cultural herit- dential advisor. to attack tourists in Jordan. INSS website. age, Mohammad Ali Najafi, who When moderate Rouhani took Abu Qatada has pleaded not “As long as we do not see suffers heart problems, media office last summer, he named guilty to all charges. substantive change in the reported. Najafi as education minister, but Britain expelled him last sum- (Palestinian) educational system Najafi, who headed the the conservative-controlled parlia- mer after Amman and London and media, a peace agreement is Cultural Heritage, Tourism and ment rejected him for being too ratified a treaty guaranteeing an illusion.” Handicrafts Organisation, had close to the reformist camp. that evidence obtained by torture Abbas’s spokesman hit back at repeatedly sought to resign since Media reported that Najafi will would not be used in his retrial Steinitz yesterday, saying Israel’s his appointment in August. be replaced by Massoud Soltani- and that the proceedings would be own incitement was manifesting In a decree published by state far, Rouhani’s original nominee for transparent. itself in the killing of Palestinians news agency IRNA, Rouhani said the ministry of sports and youth, After his deportation, Abu by the Israeli army. “I had insisted on the continua- who was rejected in August for his Qatada was granted a retrial in In a statement, Nabil Abu Hardline Israeli Jews attend a mass at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s old tion of our cooperation despite “lack of experience” in that field. line with Jordanian law. 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o say that relations between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the US are strained will be a cliché. To say that it has reached a point beyond Trepair will not be an exaggeration. It’s surprising that the leader of one of the most unstable countries in the Why Silicon Valley, Washington world, which is waiting to be devoured by the Taliban, is locked in an acrimonious battle with a country which has been responsible for installing him in power. And this is deeply differs on Snowden a battle which both will lose because it’s coming at a time when both sides should actually be standing united. BY PETER SWIRE According to reports, Hamid Karzai has compiled a list will require countless hours of work cyberattacks by China. The major of dozens of insurgent-style attacks that he believes the to revise; many will not regain their tech companies then bought full-page US government may have been involved in. The Afghan S EDWARD Snowden a whistle- previous effectiveness. newspaper ads to express their seri- president even thinks that the Americans may have blower or a traitor? There is a Even though Snowden rejected all ous concerns. been behind a deadly attack this month on a Lebanese vast cultural divide between the existing options for a whistle- The gap between anger at Snowden restaurant frequented by foreigners in Kabul. This ISilicon Valley and Washington blower — including congressional and anger at the NSA shows the ten- on this issue, and the reasons reveal committees or avenues within the sion between the government and shows the new nadir, emerging from which is a must for much about the broader debates National Security Agency (NSA) much of the tech world. But which Afghanistan to move forward. about what to do in the wake of his — the view from Silicon Valley side is correct? With Washington going ahead with the withdrawal of leaks. and privacy groups is much differ- After wrestling with the issue, I its troops, and a consensus eluding on the future role of US In terms of my own perspective, ent. Last fall, I asked the leader of think that Snowden could have been forces in Afghanistan after 2014, there is more uncertainty I have written about privacy and a Silicon Valley company about the a conscientious objector — but he than certainty about the future of this insurgency-plagued the Internet for two decades, work- whistleblower-vs.-traitor debate. He has thus far failed the test. A cen- ing closely with both civil liberties said that more than 90 percent of tral element of nonviolent dissent is country. Whatever the reasons for the worsening of groups and Internet companies. On his employees would call Snowden a to move society’s conscience by tak- relations between Kabul and Washington, the time has the government side, I first worked whistleblower. ing personal responsibility. Mohandas come for a consensus on a minimum programme failing with intelligence agencies in the Part of that reaction is based on Gandhi and Martin Luther King which Afghanistan stands late 1990s when I chaired White the view that this robust national Jr. went to jail for their beliefs, but to lose its hard-won gains. House task forces on encryption and debate about NSA programs would Snowden ran away. Karzai’s Both have a vital interest in Internet wiretap not be happening had Snowden not Going to jail is, of course, a lot to laws. leaked what he did. ask of a person. But Snowden know- relations with preserving the hard-fought As a mem- The Silicon Valley concern about ingly set himself above the law, claim- gains of the past dozen years ber of President the NSA arises to some extent from ing a higher morality. Full clemency, the US have — from the construction of a Is Edward Barack Obama’s a philosophy of anti-secrecy libertari- without any jail time, would create touched a new minimum democracy to the Snowden a Review Group on anism. A well-known slogan there is a bad precedent in holding others in education of girls. The US is Intelligence and that “information wants to be free.” the intelligence community account- Communications The technology community’s anger able, should they break security rules. free to quit the country without whistleblower or nadir. Technologies, mounted when the media reported Snowden’s fate aside, the culture leaving a single soldier behind, a traitor? There I spoke with that the NSA had undermined at clash holds lessons in how to blend but that would be tantamount is a vast cultural numerous least one international encryption the government and tech perspec- to throwing billions of dollars spent on Afghan mission to people in the standard. The ability to export strong tives. The president has issued a the garbage bin, and virtually handing the country back divide between intelligence encryption was a hot-button issue in directive that foreign policy, eco- to the Taliban. The government of Karzai is free to govern community. the 1990s, when the NSA argued that nomic and privacy considerations Silicon Valley and Not one said use of such encryption would enable must henceforth be included in the country on its own, without any foreign help, but he Washington on that Snowden terrorists and enemies to commu- sensitive decisions about intel- has to think if his troops are equipped to take on the might was a whistle- nicate immune from surveillance. A ligence collection. As shown by a of Taliban. this issue. blower. The level coalition of techies, privacy groups new agreement between the Justice Two days ago, in his State of the Union address, Obama of anger was and Internet companies in 1999 per- Department and technology com- said that the war in Afghanistan is finally coming to palpable. suaded the federal government to panies, there will be greater trans- an end. “Together with our allies,” he told Congress on Part of the anger arises from the permit the export of strong encryp- parency about government access to daily routine of working with clas- tion. Last year’s media reports awoke communications. Tuesday, “we will complete our mission there by the end of sified materials. Merely carrying a dormant fears among techies that the Fundamentally, the traitor-or- this year,” he said. That, of course, is not true. For Afghans, cellphone into a secure facility by NSA was creating a fundamentally whistleblower debate comes down no end to the conflict is in sight. What Obama meant mistake amounts to a security viola- insecure Internet. to different views of what values was just the end of US combat operations in Afghanistan. tion. Thousands of security officers The anger increased when the should be paramount in governing Karzai has refused to sign the bilateral security agreement enforce the rules, and people can and media reported that the NSA had the Internet we all use. The Internet do get fired when they are not scru- tapped into the communications is where surveillance happens to keep he negotiated with the Obama administration. Without pulous with classified materials. lines used by providers of the online our nation safe. It is also where we the agreement, which sets the legal basis for a continued Intelligence officers see Snowden “cloud.” In response, Microsoft coun- engage in e-commerce and express US presence, the United States would be forced into a full as a serial destroyer of classified sel Brad Smith wrote that “gov- ourselves in infinite ways. The goal is withdrawal. secrets. He plotted for months to ernment snooping potentially now to create one communications struc- A continuation of the stalemate will only bring violate the law on a massive scale. constitutes an ‘advanced persistent ture that safeguards diverse, impor- instability. It seems it will take some time for both sides to He has tipped off foreign adversar- threat.’ “ That is a term of art pre- tant values. ies about numerous programs that viously used primarily to describe WP-BLOOMBERG see reason. The other side Quote of Happy Chinese New Year the day

OLLUTION concerns may spendthrift or frugal, near or far, to hit ahead. The outgoing year may not have hard-landing prophecies, outper- subdue the celebratory bangs the road and brave the crowds. Times been easy and enjoyable for each of us. formed anticipations, and remains in and fancy firework displays. change. Economic conditions differ. But Many of our fellow citizens are still strug- decent shape. Tougher anti-graft, anti- PNews and rumors about the our sentimental attachment to home will gling for subsistence. Even for most of extravagance moves are making officials I’m worried about the H7N9 virus may cook up a worry about not. There is no better way to celebrate us who earned more and found life get- behave themselves. In a further sign of poultry in kitchens. Difficulty in getting the warmth of home than the together- ting better, there is plenty to complain positive change in governance philoso- damage that Snowden a ticket home may leave planned trips ness tonight with loved ones. There are about. phy, President Xi Jinping just declared has done to our security. aborted. no winners, no losers at the family dinner Urban dwellers about haze. Rural res- that safeguarding human rights is the I would encourage the And work may keep some from join- table. For those who gained, it is time idents about arbitrary land acquisitions. basis for preserving stability, and the ing their loved ones for this once-a-year of sharing. For those who suffered, it is Those in between - rural laborers work- essence of preserving stability is safe- newspapers that are moment of togetherness. But nothing time of healing. ing in cities - about the invisible fence guarding human rights. endlessly dallying in should dilute the festive mood of Spring When we bid farewell to the Year of that renders them outsiders in their Changes in policy orientations have this to think before they Festival. the Snake and usher in the Year of the new places of residence. And everyone resulted in tangible improvements in When dusk falls today, most of us Horse, a whole new start will be there about corruption, injustice, income gaps people’s lives and are inspiring higher act because ... we are in will be home, heading home, or with for each and every of us. That is exactly and food safety. hopes. severe danger of making David Cameron our hearts home. Home is sufficient what Spring Festival is about - to leave But still the Year of the Snake was That is also our sincere wish for the ourselves less safe. reason for every Chinese, rich or poor, the bad behind, and embrace the good a hopeful one. The economy defied world at large. China Daily British Prime Minister FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Obama nod to trade leaves tough work Forging stronger trade links with countries on the Pacific Rim is part of the US administration’s move to engage more with Asia, while a tie-up with the European Union seeks to level regulatory differences between the world’s biggest economies.

BY KRISTA HUGHES extension fast-track power, comes partly from consumer groups, environmentalists S President Barack Obama’s and unions, a power base for Obama’s nod to trade in his annual Democrats, many of whom worry about State of the Union address lost jobs and weaker labour and environ- reflects a delicate political mental standards. dance and leaves the hard More than 550 lobby groups have Uwork still ahead in convincing a sceptical written to lawmakers urging them to Congress to get behind free trade deals. vote against a TPA bill introduced in Business lobbyists had hoped Obama the House and Senate and opponents would explicitly urge lawmakers to back released a poll of 816 voters showing 62 a bill giving the White House authority to percent were opposed to fast-track power negotiate free trade pacts and put them for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). before Congress for an up-or-down vote, “Trade agreements are no longer just without amendments. about tariffs and quotas. They are about This so-called “fast-track authority” is the food we eat, the air we breathe, the a litmus test of support for two massive jobs we hold. We cannot abdicate this free trade deals currently under nego- process to nonelected representatives,” tiation which would create a network of said Larry Cohen, president of the trading nations covering roughly two- Communications Workers of America, thirds of global trade. which cosponsored the poll. But in recognition of a tricky political But opposition also comes from some juggling act ahead, Obama stopped short Republicans. of that mark. He did, however, devote Conservative Tea Party groups have four sentences to the need for trade and launched a campaign urging lawmakers US President Barack Obama makes his State of the Union address to a joint session of congress and the American people in the House trade promotion authority (TPA) to to insist on their right to closely scru- Chamber at the US Capitol yesterday. Behind him are Vice-President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker John Boehner. “protect our workers, protect our envi- tinise free trade deals and avoid giving ronment, and open new markets to new more power to the president. goods stamped ‘Made in the USA.’” “I don’t trust his decision-making to keep what they already have and make Froman and his staff have their work especially given 90 new members had “There are all kinds of political land- process and the American people should gains into the other party’s territory. cut out for them. joined the House since the last batch of mines on both sides of the aisle and in not either,” Republican Paul Broun told Winning support for a politically Senate leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, trade deals passed. both houses of Congress that have to be reporters on Tuesday. unpopular bill just ahead of an election urged policymakers on Wednesday to go “It’s imperative now that we go overcome,” said National Association of Business groups, including the US is a tough task for the Obama adminis- slow. “Everyone would be well advised through this education process once Manufacturers President Jay Timmons Chamber of Commerce and the Business tration. The job is made tougher by the just to not push this right now,” he told again with these new members,” he told on Wednesday. Roundtable, are lobbying hard from the reticence of many Republicans to hand a reporters. a lunch organised by the Economic Club “The speech is important to set the other side. Democratic president what may look like In the House, the top Democrat on of Minnesota. “We really need to work tone but action is what is most critical, An analysis of Twitter hashtags used a political victory. the Ways and Means committee, Sander hard to end the myths surrounding TPA.” and we are going to have to see if the about the speech by social media analy- Obama is relying on US Trade Levin, is mulling an alternative TPA As mid-year approaches, US lawmak- words are backed up by concrete action sis firm Crimson Hexagon showed heavy Representative Michael Froman, highly bill, and 151 of the 200-strong House ers will increasingly turn their attention by the administration - my sense is yes.” traffic on trade issues, a sign of how some regarded for his White House connec- Democratic caucus wrote to Obama in to re-election efforts, meaning the win- Forging stronger trade links with groups have mobilised supporters against tions and behind-the-scenes negotiating November to say they would oppose TPA. dow to pass the TPA is very narrow. countries on the Pacific Rim is part of expanding trade deals. skills, to do the heavy lifting to push a A group of 22 House Republicans made If not passed by May or June, the time- the US administration’s move to engage The numbers game to be played out TPA bill through. a similar complaint. line could easily slip into 2015 and fur- more with Asia, while a tie-up with the in Congress is complicated by the likely Froman is on the Hill nearly every The New Democrats, a 53-strong body ther drag on the TPP talks, which involve European Union seeks to level regulatory departure of TPA advocate and Senate day Congress is in session, meeting with which is more aligned with business and nations from Japan to New Zealand and differences between the world’s biggest Finance Committee chair Max Baucus, Democrats and Republicans about the trade than union-backed colleagues from Chile. Countries hope to wrap up a deal economies. nominated as US ambassador to China, TPA and the trade agenda, a USTR the party’s left, could be a more fertile by April, when Obama plans an Asian But Obama has to walk a fine line in as well as looming mid-term elections. spokeswoman said. ground for TPA votes. trip. gauging how much he can publicly lobby Baucus is cosponsoring the bill in “The reality is that the White House The group plans to introduce a bill “We would welcome the passing for fast-track power without mis-step- the Senate with Orrin Hatch, the top needs to bring in Democratic votes in early next week to extend until 2020 a of the TPA as soon as possible,” the ping in Congress which must be per- Republican on the panel. Dave Camp, both chambers of Congress to pass TPA,” programme making it easier for work- Japanese ambassador to the United suaded to cede some power in order for the Republican chairman of the House said Eric Shimp, policy adviser at law ers displaced by trade to get benefits States, Kenichiro Sasae, told a forum on the administration to seal the deals. Ways and Means Committee, which also firm Alston and Bird and a former sen- and retraining. The bill would go hand Wednesday. Trade is deeply divisive in a country has jurisdiction over trade, is doing the ior trade official. in hand with the TPA and could help “Unless the United States has it, people which, although it is the world’s second- honours single-handedly in the House. “Both industry and Congress will now win Democrat support, but at the risk might be worried about what would hap- biggest exporter, has the lowest level of The whole 435-member House is up for wait to see if the White House legislative of alienating Republicans. pen if there is a negotiation result and exports for the size of its economy of re-election in November, along with 36 of affairs shop swings into motion to help Republican Representative Erik lots of proposals and changes take place, any Group of 20 developed and emerg- the 100 Senate seats. Both Democrats, USTR Froman make the pitch for TPA. Paulsen said the bipartisan Free Trade nobody would be seriously negotiating to ing powers, except Brazil. who control the Senate, and Republicans, If he’s flying solo in these coming weeks, Working Group was trying to convince find a landing zone.” Opposition to free trade deals, and by who have the numbers in the House, want we’ll have our answer.” fellow lawmakers of the benefits of trade, REUTERS How protest and violence in Ukraine could give way to unity

so negotiations may now be picking For protesters, it is about wanting up steam.] Yet these practices have found to be treated as dignified citizens in their 21st century nemesis — state violence is being captured on mobile phones and within their own land. minutes is finding its way onto Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. BY KATARYNA WOLCZUK arrogance. Yanukovych’s deci- The parading by Berkut of a cap- and ROMAN WOLCZUK sion to not sign the Association tured protestor, showing signs Agreement with the EU back of a beating and stripped naked iktor Yanukovych may in November caused outrage in in temperatures of -10 degrees just go down in history central and western Ukraine, Celsius, was posted on YouTube as the man who uni- leading to the establishment of triggering global outrage. Vfied Ukraine. Political Euromaidan. It may be that Yanukovych has commentators have long spoken The unprovoked storming of grasped the scale of the unrest about the ethnic, linguistic, reli- the square and the vicious beat- within the country, although gious and political fissures that ing of peaceful protestors by there are many who doubt it. Yet split the country. But as protests ‘Berkut’, the detested security as a political survivor of immense to Yanukovych’s regime have forces, resulted in entrench- resilience, he is unlikely to relin- grown, so has the willingness of ment by the protesters — liter- quish power on a voluntary basis, disparate groups and regions to ally. In December the opposition while the protestors will not settle come together — spontaneously in parliament forced a vote of for anything else. At present there — to rid themselves of him. The no-confidence in the government is simply no constitutional mech- most dramatic example is that (Yanukovych’s appointees) — and Students gather to picket a hostel and a base complex used by Ukrainian riot police and demand an end to anism, such as impeachment, to even in the president’s heart- failed. But Yanukovych ill-judged violence against anti-government protesters, in Kiev yesterday depose the incumbent president. lands, in Eastern Ukraine, pro- decision to impose draconian While the 1996 constitution refers testers have come out in strong laws on January 16 to limit the as — the illegitimate rule of the if they were, they are likely to be operate outside its remits. The to ‘impeachment’, the procedures support of ‘Euromaidan’, the cen- freedoms of Ukrainian citizens to president and his party. overwhelmed by the numbers on courts act as pliable instruments do not exist, because the appro- tral square in Kiev where the pro- protest sent the country into a This development rendered streets. If Yanukovych were to for the decisions of the authori- priate law has never been passed. tests first started. While not yet a frenzy initially on the Euromaidan Yanukovych’s primary ‘negotiat- call a state of emergency, he may ties. Shadowy state-authorised Yanukovych still has a number of pan-Ukrainian phenomenon, the but soon — perhaps predictably — ing’ tool — the ‘Berkut’ security have a civil war on his hands with vigilantes (‘titushki’), who work tools at his disposal, ranging from spread of protests into Eastern spreading to Ukraine’s Western forces — ineffectual: with some all that it entails. hand in hand with the uniformed introducing a state of emergency Ukraine is unprecedented and regions. 3,000-4,000 officers at his disposal Yanukovych’s decision to negoti- units, stalking the streets, in some to calling on Russian support. It until recently inconceivable. What no one expected was the — most deployed in Kiev, where ate more meaningfully than hith- cases, dragging injured protes- is unclear how far he is prepared Discontent has been growing extent to which people would come they had already been stretched erto — and offer the opposition tors out of hospitals waiting for to go to ensure political — and for some time with Yanukovych’s out in many of Ukraine’s Eastern beyond reasonable expectations in positions in government — easily treatment, something the police increasingly personal — survival. rule — the astonishing enrich- and Southern provinces. In effect, freezing temperatures — he lacked comes off as disingenuous given and Berkut initiated. [JT: At the But as time goes on, for the pro- ment of his family and close asso- Russophones and Ukrainophones, the force to attack protestors on political realities and the consti- present moment — after this post testers this is no longer just about ciates has beggared belief across the East and West of the country, all fronts. The 8,000 - 9,000 inte- tutional framework. And even as was written — the BBC is now Yanukovych: it is about wanting the impoverished country. But young and old, ethnic Russians rior troops the authorities can Yanukovych negotiates, the author- reporting that Yanukovych has to be treated as dignified citizens the trigger to recent events has and Ukrainians united against call on may be less willing to face ities, while calling for respect for accepted the resignation of Prime in their own land. been the authorities’ increasing — what they increasingly regard up to demonstrators — and even law by the protesters, themselves Minister Azarov and his cabinet, WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Syria foes focus on ‘terrorism’ Damascus dragging Opposition rejects govt communiqe; food aid enters Yarmuk camp feet on handover of GENEVA: Syria’s warring sides focused on “terrorism” during a sixth day of talks in Geneva yes- chemical arms: US terday, sparring over who was to blame for the violence tearing WASHINGTON/WARSAW: nearly three-year-old civil war. their country apart. The United States yesterday Underscoring the Obama’s For the first time in days, the accused Syria of dragging its administration’s anxiety, the US two sides appeared to have agreed feet on the handover of chemi- defence secretary said he discussed on the topic of discussion, but cal weapons, a delay that puts the issue in a call on Wednesday while they both wanted to talk at risk what President Barack with his Russian counterpart, about “terrorism” their interpre- Obama touted only this week as Defence Minister Sergei Shogun, tations of who was behind the vio- a US diplomatic achievement in and asked him to “do what he lence differed widely. Syria’s civil war. could to influence the Syrian gov- The delegation from President Saying that just four percent of ernment to comply with the agree- Bashar Al Assad’s regime has Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons ment that has been made” for long insisted the talks must first materials had been removed, the destroying the chemical weapons. address “terrorism” by jihadists Obama administration said the “The United States is concerned and armed groups in the opposi- Syrian government’s requests for that the Syrian government is tion, as well as countries like Arab additional equipment were “with- behind in delivering these chemi- monarchies and Turkey which out merit” and demanded action cal weapons precursor materials support them. to get back on schedule to comply on time with the schedule that It points out that halting the with an international disarma- was agreed to,” Chuck Hagel told violence was the first item on ment deal. reporters during a visit to Poland. the Geneva I communique — the “The United States is deeply US Senator Lindsey Graham never-implemented road map to concerned about the failure of the said: “Having the Russians disarm peace adopted in 2012 and the government of Syria to transport Assad is sort of like Mussolini dis- focus on the current talks. to (the port of) Latakia all of the arming Hitler; I’m not so sure it’s The opposition National chemical agent and precursors going to work.” Coalition delegation, however, as mandated,” the United States Echoing Hagel’s comments, the maintains that setting up the told the Organization for the White House said Syrian needs to transitional government called Prohibition of Chemical Weapons intensify its efforts to transport for in Geneva I must come first, (OPCW), the world’s chemicals chemical weapons to the port of and must entail Assad’s depar- weapons watchdog in The Hague. Latakia, from where the material ture, something the regime flatly Residents receive food aid distributed by the UN Relief and Works Agency at the besieged Yarmuk camp, south Syrian President Bashar Al is being shipped out. rejects. of Damascus, yesterday. Assad’s decision in September to “Syria has said that its delay Last morning, the regime del- give up chemical arms helped him in transporting these chemicals egation presented a text it wanted had presented a massive file about the opposition as “collective Committee of the Red Cross have avoid threatened US air strikes in has been caused by ‘security con- the other side to agree on, urging “the regime’s violence against the punishment.” said they are on standby with aid retaliation for a poison gas attack cerns’ and insisted on additional all states to “prevent and stop the people,” he said. The two sides were set to decide but are waiting for approval to near Damascus in August that equipment — armored jackets for funding of terrorist acts.” “The biggest terrorist in Syria on the last day of the talks today move in. killed hundreds of people, many shipping containers, electronic The text also insisted that is Bashar Al Assad,” a source close when they would return to Geneva Elsewhere though, a food of them women and children. countermeasures, and detectors “fighting terrorist organisations to the opposition negotiating team for a second round, likely after a convoy finally gained entry yes- But the internationally backed for improvised explosive devices,” and driving them out of Syria is told AFP. week, Brahimi said. terday to the besieged Yarmuk operation to dispose of Syria’s US representative to the OPCW a common objective and duty for “The regime wants to talk about No progress was apparent Palestinian refugee camp, south chemical arsenal is now six to Robert Mikulak said in the state- every Syrian.” terrorism. Barrel bombs are ter- towards fulfilling the only tangi- of Damascus, where dozens have eight weeks behind schedule and ment to the OPCW’s executive The opposition rejected the rorism. Starving populations ble promise of the Geneva talks so died from shortages of food and it will miss next week’s deadline council. “These demands are communique as “one-sided” to death is terrorism. Torture, far: the regime’s promise to allow medicines. for sending all toxic agents abroad without merit, and display a ‘bar- and “unacceptable,” delegations imprisonment are terrorism,” the women and children safe passage The UN Palestinian refugee for destruction, sources familiar gaining mentality’ rather than a spokesman Louay Safi told report- source said. from besieged rebel-held areas of agency said 600 food parcels had with the matter have said. security mentality,” he added. ers, pointing out that the text A Human Rights Watch report Homs, where an estimated 3,000 been delivered to the camp, where Delays pose a difficult chal- But the administration stopped failed to denounced “the regime’s published yesterday accused people live with near-daily shelling residents have spoken of eating lenge for Obama, who has faced short of threatening action if Syria crimes against humanity.” the regime of razing thousands and the barest of supplies. grass, cats and dogs to stay alive. criticism at home and abroad for failed to comply. The opposition representatives of homes in areas that support UN bodies and the International AFP failing to do more to quell Syria’s REUTERS 11 killed in barrel bomb attacks Mother of British doctor confronts regime BEIRUT: At least 11 people, And the group reported at least Fierce clashes raged overnight GENEVA: Crying with grief Having travelled from Britain to “Let’s get away from here.” including three children, were six regime forces were killed when pitting regime troops backed by and anger, Fatima Khan Switzerland and obtained a visi- Khan was ushered away by UN killed yesterday by explosive- an Islamist rebel brigade blew up pro-regime militants and fighters stormed forward and shouted: tor’s pass to the UN’s European security guards, as reporters from packed barrels dropped from a building in the Karam Al Turab from Lebanon’s Hezbollah and “You killed my son!” offices — where the talks were across Syria’s divide traded barbs. Syrian army helicopters over district, in southeastern Aleppo the jihadist Al Nusra Front and As Syria’s warring sides held a under way behind closed doors — A pro-regime journalist told her the town of Daraya, a monitor- city. Another 10 regime forces Islamist rebels in the area around sixth day of UN-brokered peace Fatima Khan waited for hours for to get lost, sparking an irony-laced ing group said. were killed in a blast targeting a Qusayr, the group said. talks in Geneva, the mother of delegates to emerge and speak to reaction from an anti-regime rival: The Syrian Observatory for second building in a village on the In Lebanon, a security source a British doctor who died in the journalists in the garden. “In Syria you lay down the law, but Human Rights said two women outskirts of the town of Khanaser said two Syrians were wounded custody of President Bashar Al She seized her chance when not here! So the doctor killed him- were also among the dead, and in Aleppo province overnight, the by gunfire from the Syrian side of Assad’s regime confronted his top Assad aide Buthaina Shaaban self? Are you sure you didn’t kill others were injured in the attacks NGO said. the border in the town of Wadi aides yesterday. came out for the cameras. him?” on the town in Damascus province. In central Homs province, the Khaled. Syria says that Abbas Khan, 32, Shaaban appeared caught off Khan was detained in November In northern Aleppo province, Observatory said at least 16 regime The Red Cross and the Lebanese was found hanging in a prison cell guard, asking who the woman was. 2012 just 48 hours after enter- at least eight people were killed troops were killed in an overnight army worked to retrieve the two on December 16, 2013, and that he “The doctor’s mother,” ing Syria from Turkey without in regime air raids on the Aleppo attack on an army checkpoint by men, one of whom died of his committed suicide. responded a man in the crowd. a visa to treat victims of hospital city district of Qadi Askar, the Islamist rebels in an area west of wounds, the source said. His relatives are adamant he Shaaban did not comment on bombings. Observatory said. Homs city. AFP was murdered by his captors. Khan’s charge, simply murmuring: AFP

Libyans to elect statute Lebanon: Man admits transporting bombs

BEIRUT: A man arrested last of the powerful Shiite movement The Islamic State of Iraq and though it is unclear if the organi- commission on Feb 20 week has confessed to trans- Hezbollah, which has drawn the the Levant and the Abdullah sation is officially linked to the porting suicide bombers and ire of Sunni extremist groups in Azzam Brigades have both claimed group of the same name in Syria. TRIPOLI: Libyans will go to with the High National Election car bombs between Syria and part because of its role fighting responsibility for deadly bombings The army said Atrash had also the polls on February 20 to Commission, decided to fixed the Lebanon, including to Beirut, the alongside the regime in Syria. in Lebanon. admitted to transporting four choose a commission to draft elections to the commission of Lebanese army said yesterday. Though the group appears to A group calling itself the Al rockets from Syria that were fired a new constitution, the presi- 60 for February 20,” Nuri Abu Omar Ibrahim Al Atrash, who be the target of the attacks, those Nusra Front in Lebanon has at Israel from southern Lebanon dent of the General National Sahmein said. was detained on January 22, killed in the bombings have largely also claimed responsibility for in August. Congress said yesterday. Libyans living abroad will be admitted ties to three wanted been civilians. two bomb attacks in the country, AFP Following the ouster of long- able to vote from February 15 to individuals, as well as to the Al time dictator Muammar Gaddafi, 17, he added. Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Libya held its first free vote ever The commission is to be made Brigades, the Islamic State of in July 2012 to choose the GNC, up of 60 members, with equal Iraq and the Levant and Al Nusra the country’s highest political representation for Libya’s three Front, a statement said. authority. regions. But the Amazigh minor- The Abdullah Azzam Brigades The GNC was given an ity has said it will boycott the is a Lebanon-based group that has 18-month mandate to steer the polls in protest at its alleged mar- claimed responsibility for bomb- country towards general elections ginalisation in the process. ings and rocket fire there, and the after drafting a new constitution. The election commission said others are jihadist groups fighting But political bickering has pre- only 436,000 Libyans out of an in Syria. vented moving toward electing eligible 3.4 million had signed up Atrash “admitted to transport- the body that will draft the new to vote ahead of a December 21 ing car bombs to Beirut” after charter. deadline. receiving them from a Syrian, “The GNC, in coordination AFP as well as “transporting suicide bombers of different Arab nation- alities into Syria and handing them over to the Nusra Front,” Clashes in Benghazi after kidnapping the statement said. He also admitted transporting BENGHAZI: Clashes in Libya’s second city Benghazi killed at two suicide bombers who were least one soldier after the son of the army’s special forces com- killed in the southern Lebanese mander there was kidnapped yesterday. city of Sidon in a gunfight with sol- Medical sources said at least one member of the special forces diers in December, the statement was killed and two of his colleagues were wounded. said, giving no further details. The clashes broke out as heavily armed special forces troops The army said two of the car backed by helicopters tracked the abductors of student Ali Abu bombs transported by Atrash had Khamada, son of their commander Wanis Abu Khamada, after he blown up, but it did not specify was “kidnapped by unknown persons near Gar Younes university”, where. a military source said. Lebanon has been rocked by a Fighting broke out in the Gwarsha, Gar Younes and Al Hawari string of bomb attacks in recent A woman walks past sandbags piled up in front of a jewellery shop in a stronghold of Shia group Hezbollah in districts where several military facilities are in the hands of militias. months, with three in January the southern suburbs of Beirut yesterday. A wave of car bombings in Shia neighbourhoods has prompted local AFP alone. shopkeepers to step up security against further attacks. Many have targeted strongholds FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Ukraine leader Summit to pull Central Africa from ‘abyss’ ADDIS ABABA: Conflict in the Central African Republic and South Sudan dominated the agenda as Africa’s leaders met in on sick leave; Ethiopia yesterday for a two-day summit. The African Union meeting, opened by outgoing chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister slams oppn Hailemariam Desalegn, are offi- cially focussed on agriculture and food security. But the 54-member continental Passing of amnesty law criticised bloc has spent much of the time bogged down yet again trying to KIEV: President Viktor He said the opposition was resolve conflict in member states. Yanukovych yesterday savaged making “ill-considered and irre- “Our hearts go to the people of the opposition for inflaming ten- sponsible announcements, think- the Central African Republic and sions in Ukraine’s crisis after ing about their own ratings more South Sudan who face devastat- he unexpectedly went on sick than the life and health of people.” ing conflicts in their countries and leave with no end in sight to the But in a rare show of contri- especially to women and children turmoil. tion, Yanukovych also admitted he who’ve become the victims,” AU Yanukovych turned on the needed to take more account of commission chief Nkosazana- “irresponsible” opposition which the country’s mood. Dlamini Zuma said in her open- has refused to abandon more than “From my side, I will show more ing remarks. two months of protests despite a understanding for the demands “We have to work together string of concessions, including an and ambitions of people, taking to ensure that we build lasting amnesty for jailed demonstrators. into account the mistakes that peace,” she told the meeting at the The street rallies first erupted authorities always make.” gleaming Chinese-built AU head- when the president backed out of Yanukovych has already granted quarters in Addis Ababa. French soldiers of the Sangaris operation patrol yesterday in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, where a pact with the European Union in several concessions to the protest- Ethiopia’s Hailemariam called unrest continues despite efforts of African and French peacekeepers. November in favour of closer ties ers, including accepting the resig- for “urgent solutions to rescue with Moscow, but the unrest has nations of Prime Minister Mykola these two sisterly countries from since spiralled into an uprising for Azarov and the entire cabinet, as falling into the abyss”, as he gave and Western diplomats will hold a was a priority, while on neighbour- Peace talks led by the the president’s removal. well as allowing the annulment of his final speech as AU chair. pledging conference to raise cash ing South Sudan, he said he was regional East African bloc the Yanukovych’s office yesterday tough anti-protest laws. “Failure to do so will have seri- for the AU-led MISCA mission “deeply concerned” and urged the Intergovernmental Authority on announced the leader had fallen Ukraine’s parliament, with ous implications for peace and in CAR. warring sides to stick to their Development adjourned after last ill with an “acute respiratory backing from the ruling Regions security in the region,” he added. “What we hope is strong sup- ceasefire deal. week’s ceasefire deal, with media- infection”. Party, late on Wednesday passed The unfolding humanitar- port for MISCA, to enable it to The government and rebels tors calling for the AU to play a The president’s sick leave came a bill that would offer an amnesty ian disaster in CAR, where a implement its mandate more in South Sudan signed a fragile greater role in the peace process. after a fraught parliament session to arrested protesters. 5,300-strong AU force is deployed effectively,” the director of the ceasefire last week, but clashes Leaders also focused on “Agenda on Wednesday night where he had But the opposition defiantly alongside 1,600 French soldiers, is AU peace and security council, continue, with thousands killed 2063”, a 50-year road map for the to personally intervene to prevent refused to take part in the vote a key talking point for the leaders. El-Ghassim Wane, said. and more than 800,000 forced AU that has been a major preoc- a possibly decisive schism in his because the amnesty is conditional CAR descended into chaos 10 US Deputy Secretary of State from their homes in bloodshed cupation for Dlamini-Zuma. ruling Regions Party. on protesters leaving occupied months ago after rebels overthrew William Burns said CAR was that has now lasted six weeks. The one-year rotating chair of Thousands of protesters were streets and buildings 15 days after the government, sparking violence “a growing challenge”, while “Both protagonists should the AU also passed from Ethiopia still occupying much of Kiev’s city it comes into force. between the Christian majority European Union Development know that the problem cannot be to Mauritania’s Mohamed Ould centre, including radical activists According to prosecutors, four and Muslim minority that has Commissioner Andris Piebalgs resolved through the barrel of the Abdel Aziz, who became the north in balaclavas who patrolled the people have died and 234 people uprooted a million people out of a said “more financing is needed”. gun,” Hailemariam said. African country’s president in barricades carrying crowbars. have been arrested across Ukraine population of 4.6 million. United Nations Deputy “Therefore they should be fully 2009 after leading two coups in Clashes between protesters and in the protests. The amnesty Tomorrow, after the official Secretary General Jan Eliasson prepared to sit at the negotiation four years. security forces last week left three would apply to all those detained summit closes, African leaders said supporting the MISCA force table without any preconditions.” AFP activists shot dead and turned save those accused of grave crimes. parts of the capital into a battle- Facing a rebellion within the field, in the country’s worst unrest Regions Party where some 40 MPs since its independence in 1991. had threatened to side with the French President Francois opposition, Yanukovych had vis- Hollande yesterday called for vig- ited parliament late Wednesday in Italian court re-convicts Knox for murder ilance, saying there was a great a bid to bring them back into line. risk of “a confrontation, violence” But the three main party lead- FLORENCE: A court in in the United States, where she Nencini ordered that Sollecito’s Knox, Sollecito and a third per- in the coming days if dialogue did ers — Svoboda (Freedom) party Florence yesterday sentenced has lived since a previous acquit- passport be withdrawn to stop him son, drug dealer Rudy Guede, were not get back on track. leader Oleg Tyagnybok, UDAR American student Amanda tal in 2011. leaving the country. initially convicted for the crime, Hours after his sick leave was (Punch) party leader and world Knox to 28 years and six months “It was a real blow,” said her “This conviction was based which prosecutors said was the announced, Yanukovych issued a boxing champion Vitali Klitschko in prison for the murder of her lawyer, Luciano Ghirga. on nothing. It’s absurd. Raffaele result of a sex game turned violent defiant statement accusing the as well as Fatherland party leader British housemate in 2007. Experts say it is extremely Sollecito is innocent,” Sollecito’s due to tensions between Kercher opposition of behaving irrespon- Arseniy Yatsenyuk — condemned The court, after 12 hours of unlikely Knox could be extradited lawyer, Luca Maori, told reporters and Knox. sibly by not calling off the protests. his move as violating the consti- deliberations, also found Knox’s even if the sentence is upheld by after the verdict. Guede is now the only one of the “The opposition is continuing to tution. “Through blackmail and former Italian boyfriend Raffaele the supreme court, although her Maori said he would appeal to three still in prison after exhaust- inflame the situation and is calling intimidation, he compelled his Sollecito guilty for killing Meredith freedom of movement outside the the supreme court. ing his appeals but investigators on people to stand in the freez- party, which is on the verge of Kercher in the university town of United States could be curtailed. Leeds University exchange stu- say that multiple stab wounds on ing cold due to the political ambi- splitting, to return to the cham- Perugia and sentenced him to 25 Sollecito was also not in court for dent Kercher was found dead in the body from two different knives tions of several leaders,” he said ber and adopt the law despite not years. the verdict, although he attended a the house she shared with Knox indicate he could not have acted in a statement on the presidential having enough votes,” they said. Knox was following the proceed- hearing earlier yesterday. on November 2, 2007 in mediaeval alone. website. AFP ings from her hometown of Seattle Presiding judge Alessandro Perugia in central Italy. AFP

Coalition partner quits Danish govt Head of Spain Europe seeks better Cuba ties COPENHAGEN: One of the three members of Denmark’s left- ist coalition quit the government yesterday over the controver- newspaper BRUSSELS/MADRID: The said one person involved in the meeting of Latin American and sial sale of a stake in state-controlled energy group DONG to US European Union will agree talks who declined to be named Caribbean leaders in Havana. investment bank Goldman Sachs. dismissed next month to deepen relations because of the sensitivity of the At the summit, 33 countries The party is likely to continue to support Prime Minister Helle with Cuba in its most signifi- issue. “This cooperation could from the region on Wednesday Thorning-Schmidt’s government in parliament, although it may MADRID: Spain’s leading cen- cant overture to the communist serve as a prelude to much more.” backed the right of their neigh- have to seek support from the opposition on some issues. tre-right newspaper El Mundo nation since diplomatic sanc- Two other people with knowl- bours to choose their own politi- At a press conference, Thorning-Schmidt said there was no need said yesterday it was dismissing tions were lifted in 2008, people edge of the negotiations told cal systems, a victory for Cuba as to call a new election and that her minority government would its director Pedro J. Ramirez, close to the matter said. Reuters that a consensus had the only one-party state in the “shortly introduce a new cabinet”. under whose leadership the Foreign ministers from the been reached in Brussels to give Western Hemisphere. daily broke a series of political EU’s 28 countries will give the go- momentum to the market-ori- Taken together, the steps by the Nigerian senators defect corruption stories. ahead on February 10 to launch ented reforms introduced under EU and Latin American nations Ramirez’s scoops included a talks with Havana on a special Cuban President Raul Castro and highlight warming ties with Cuba ABUJA: Eleven Nigerian senators have defected to the main report last year of alleged secret cooperation accord to increase to position European companies — in sharp contrast to the United opposition coalition, in a largely expected move but one which payments to members of Spain’s trade, investment and dialogue for any transition to a more capi- States, which has imposed an further weakens President Goodluck Jonathan’s ruling party ruling party, which forced Prime on human rights. The pact could talist economy in the longer term. economic embargo on Cuba since ahead of elections next year. Minister Mariano Rajoy to fight be agreed upon by the end of 2015. The opening with Europe 1962 after severing diplomatic ties Last year, five powerful state governors and 37 members of the off calls to resign. “Cuba wants capital, and the comes after Cuba this week won the year before. House of Representatives moved across to the All Progressive The paper has vigorously pur- European Union wants influence,” a diplomatic victory at a summit REUTERS Congress, building the greatest threat to Jonathan’s People’s sued stories of corruption on the Democratic Party since it swept to power in 1999 at the end of right and left, including allega- military rule. But the power of incumbency is strong in Nigeria and tions of fraud involving former Jonathan is still clear favourite to win, if he chooses to run. officials in the Socialist-run Feeding birds southern region of Andalusia. Russia names suicide bombers El Mundo’s owner, Unidad Editorial, said in a statement MOSCOW: Russian security services yesterday published the that the 61-year-old Ramirez, names of the alleged suicide bombers who carried out two deadly widely known in Spain as Pedro blasts last month and said they had also arrested two suspected J., was leaving as part of a “new organisers. stage in the newspaper’s editorial The National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) released the management”. names in a statement just a week before the Winter Olympic Games “I understand the decision, but are set to open in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. It named the bomb- if it had been up to me I would ers who killed 34 people in the southern city of Volgograd in twin have continued as director of El blasts on December 29 and 30 as Asker Samedov and Suleiman Mundo my whole life,” it quoted Magomedov. The statement also said that, “Brothers Magomednabi Ramirez as saying. and Tagir Batirov, who were involved in transporting the suicide The company praised his “bril- bombers to Volgograd, have been detained.” liant career”. Ramirez jointly founded El Romania ex-minister sent to prison Mundo in 1989 and helped to build it into the second biggest-selling BUCHAREST: Romania’s supreme court yesterday upheld a daily in Spain, after the centre- five-year jail sentence against former Transport Minister Relu left El Pais. Fenechiu, the third former minister to be sent to prison on cor- But the publisher said it was ruption charges in less than a month. He was expected to begin now seeking “to restore eco- his sentence within hours. nomic and financial stability” to Fenechiu, 48, was found guilty of selling second-hand electrical the title, which like the Spanish equipment to a state company at the price of new equipment between media in general is suffering fall- A couple of titmouses eat seeds from winter bird feeders made of plastic bottles in Kosciuszko Park in 2002 and 2005. Prosecutors said the state lost €1.7m in the deal. ing revenues. Katowice, Poland, yesterday. Local residents feed wild birds in the park during snowy and frosty weather. AGENCIES AFP FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

UK wields far Call for action more influence in EU than on data breach thought: Group

LONDON: Britain enjoys far greater influence inside the disclosure European Union than its largely eurosceptic public believes, a pro-EU campaign group said yesterday, warning that any US spy chiefs seek stricter rules decision to leave the bloc would be a “suicidal indulgence”. WASHINGTON: US spy of local rules requiring businesses Presenting what it said agency chiefs called on Congress to report breaches of consumer would be an annual scorecard to draft stricter requirements data to authorities and the pub- of Britain’s progress in Europe, for how retailers and other pri- lic, there are no similar federal British Influence said London was vate businesses should inform requirements. on track to meet nine out of 10 government agencies and cus- Congress has been wrestling for of its EU policy goals and was a tomers about big breaches of years with proposals for legisla- force to be reckoned with in the personal and financial data. tion on data security, but has been 28-nation bloc. The intervention by intelli- unable to reach agreement. There “As our report today shows gence chiefs came as Attorney is no national standard to govern Britain often leads in Europe and General Eric Holder confirmed how and when businesses that could do so more often. Leaving that the Justice Department was suffer consumer data breaches seems like a suicidal indulgence,” investigating the massive hack- must advise their customers said Peter Wilding, director of ing of consumer data from No. 3 and agencies like the US Secret the group, which wants Britain US retailer Target Corp during Service and FBI. to stay in a reformed EU. the holiday shopping season late Holder, testifying at a Senate Abandoned vehicles line the Cumberland Boulevard exit ramp along I-75 North in Atlanta, Georgia, yesterday. The “People could be proud to be part last year. Judiciary Committee hearing, said roads have thawed after the winter storm and owners are beginning to recover their cars. of Britain as a leader in Europe Also, several congressional the Justice Department would seek but, as far as they are concerned, committees signalled growing the perpetrators of the Target Britain is a loser. This lack of clear interest in recent data breaches, breach as well as “any individuals leadership from the political elite with the powerful House and groups who exploit that data Icebound US South gets relief and the lack of any balance from Oversight Committee scheduling via credit card fraud.” the media leave a sad picture.” a telephone briefing with Target “While we generally do not ATLANTA: Politicians faced found themselves stuck in night- State Patrol. But a challenger The scorecard, an attempt to representatives. discuss specific matters under a barrage of criticism for mis- marish commutes as schools, for the Republican nomination influence Britain’s debate on its Separately, at Wednesday’s investigation, I can confirm the handling a rare ice storm that businesses and government offices for governor criticised Deal’s membership of the EU, comes as threat hearing before the Senate department is investigating the swept across the US South, kill- sent everyone home around the leadership. Prime Minister David Cameron Intelligence Committee, Barbara breach involving the U.S. retailer, ing at least nine people and par- same time. Schools and government offices struggles to unite his ruling Mikulski of Maryland, where Target,” Holder said. alysing roads in Atlanta, where Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, remained closed yesterdayin Conservative party on the issue the National Security Agency Target has said a breach of its warmer weather was expected a Republican running for re- Atlanta. Early yesterda, it was and as polls show the anti-EU is headquartered, asked intel- networks resulted in the theft of to bring some relief. election this year, angered many an unseasonably cold at -9 C. But UK Independence Party (UKIP) ligence chiefs if media leaks by about 40 million credit and debit Atlanta commuters stranded — including local meteorologists temperatures were expected to is set to do well in elections to former NSA contractor Edward card records and 70 million other on slick highways for up to 24 — when he described the storm climb to 2 to 4 Celsius in Georgia the European Parliament in May. Snowden had affected US cyber- records with customer informa- hours and parents of children late Tuesday as “unexpected.” and would get gradually warmer Cameron has promised to try security efforts. “Is the impact tion such as addresses and tel- trapped in schools overnight criti- Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, a into the weekend, said National to renegotiate Britain’s EU ties if of the Snowden affair slowing ephone numbers. cised elected leaders for allowing Democrat who easily won a sec- Weather Service meteorologist re-elected next year and then to us down in our work to be more The Secret Service has taken 5cm of snow to bring city roads ond term last fall, was mocked for Stephen Corfidi. Other parts of give Britons an in/out EU mem- aggressive in the cybersecurity the lead investigating the recently to a standstill. his Tweet on Tuesday that said: the storm-affected Southeast are bership referendum before the area?” Mikulski asked. revealed data breaches at Target “I am a disappointed parent and “Atlanta, we are ready for the also expected to warm up. end of 2017. Many polls show a FBI Director James Comey said and other retailers, including taxpayer,” said Stacy Shipman, 43, snow.” In interviews yesterday, “Certainly, the worst is over,” slim majority of Britons would, political uproar over surveillance Neiman Marcus and Michaels a corporate trainer in Atlanta. Reed said government and school Corfidi said. The deadly storm if given the chance, vote to leave and Snowden’s leaks had compli- Companies Inc, the largest US “Someone should have prepared leaders shared responsibility for stretched from Texas, through because they are fed up with what cated discussions about how to arts and crafts retailer. the city for what a mass exodus of the errors, but pointed out that Georgia and into the Carolinas. At they see as the EU’s overbearing fight consumer data breaches. Reuters reported on January 1.2 million people would do to our roads within Atlanta city limits least five fatalities in Alabama, two influence. Britain’s other main “There is the threat of fraud 23 that the FBI also warned US travels.” Officials in both political were quickly cleaned up. in Georgia, one in Mississippi and political parties are not promising and theft because we’ve con- retailers to prepare for more cyber parties faced pointed questions “The streets in the city of two in North Carolina were blamed to hold such a referendum. nected our lives to the Internet,” attacks after discovering about 20 about poor planning in the metro- Atlanta are clear,” he told NBC’s on the weather. Emergency offi- British Influence said its score- Comey said. “We need to make hacking cases over the past year politan area that is home to more “Today” show, adding that Atlanta cials responded to hundreds of card, based on a cross-party analy- sure that the private sector knows that involved the same kind of than 5 million people and heavily officials did not have jurisdiction traffic accidents across the region, sis of Britain’s progress across a the rules of the road and how we malicious software used against reliant on car travel to reach its over state highways in the area. and thousands of US flights were range of EU policies in 2013, showed share that information with the Target during the holiday shop- crowded suburbs. The governor also focused on cancelled or delayed. London had been successful in 20 government.” ping season. Numerous congres- As the storm on Tuesday rolled progress, saying all of Atlanta’s In Alabama, the weather forced areas and failed in only four. In a fur- Some US officials with respon- sional committees are accelerating over a region of about 60 million school children had been safely some 11,300 students to spend the ther 20 areas, the group said Britain sibility for cyber security have efforts to gather more information people unaccustomed to driving returned to their families by night at their schools on Tuesday, had partially succeeded but that its complained privately that, while about the data breaches. in ice and snow, traffic froze for Wednesday evening, with help a state education department gains could not be guaranteed. states have created a “patchwork” REUTERS miles. Thousands of motorists from the National Guard and spokesman said. REUTERS REUTERS Bieber charged with assault Ireland PM TORONTO: Canadian police charged pop star Justin Bieber with the December assault of a limousine driver, shortly after the 19-year-old had turned himself in. The young heartthrob will apologises go before court on March 10, Toronto police said in a statement that came out just over two hours after he had handed him- self in, amid chaotic scenes. The charges are the latest run-in in schoolgirl with the law for the teen star after his Los Angeles home was searched because he allegedly hurled eggs at a neighbour’s house, and his arrest in Miami Beach on January 23 for drag racing abuse case and impaired driving. “On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, Justin Bieber, 19, of Calabasas, California, surrendered to police at 52 DUBLIN: Ireland’s Prime Division,” the Toronto police statement said, adding the trou- Minister Enda Kenny apolo- bled star will go before court at Toronto’s Old City Hall. Bieber gised yesterday to a woman is accused of hitting a limousine driver “several times” over the who suffered sexual abuse by a back of the head. teacher while at a Catholic-run school in 1973, after a European Mother, 8 kids killed in house fire court ruled the state had failed to protect her. CHICAGO: A mother and eight children were killed when fire The European Court of Human swept through their rural home in the US state of Kentucky Rights this week ordered Ireland early yesterday, officials said. Only two members of the family to pay compensation to Louise — the father and an 11-year-old child — managed to escape and O’Keeffe, ruling the state had they were being treated for serious burns. The fire broke out The Royal Caribbean cruise ship “Explorer of the Sea” returns to port in Bayonne, New Jersey. not met its obligation to protect in the early hours in a wooden frame house outside the town of children, even though it must Greenville, Kentucky. “When first responders arrived the resi- have been aware by then of sexual dence was totally engulfed in flame,” Kentucky State Trooper Passengers recall nightmare cruise trip abuse of children by adults. Stu Recke told WDRB news. “At the present time, it does not “I would like to say to Louise look to be suspicious so foul play is not suspected at all,” he said. BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY: said the ship’s hallways smelled We’ve never been to many of these O’Keeffe that I apologise for what “But so far as what actually caused the fire it’s too early to tell Passengers staggered off a of diarrhoea and vomit. ports, so to pay all this money and happened to her...and for the whole right now.” Fire crews had recovered the bodies of five of the Royal Caribbean ship reeking of “Another passenger we not get to the ports is very disap- horrendous experience that she victims and were searching the charred rubble for the remain- vomit and diarrhoea at its home became friends with said he pointing,” she said. had to go through,” Kenny said. ing four, he added. The children ranged in age from four to 15, port here after their cruise was went into the men’s room and “We aren’t cruisers like some The authority of the Catholic Muhlenberg County Coroner Tony Armour told CNN. cut short by an apparent stom- someone had gotten sick right people. We should have gotten a church in Ireland and its reputa- ach bug that felled nearly 700 in the floor and he stepped in it. full refund,” she said. tion worldwide have been rocked Convicted murderer executed in US vacationers and crew. It was bad,” Kern said. Other passengers, includ- by investigations into clerical sex Cheers erupted from the Altogether, 630 passengers and ing Rogutski and her husband, abuse and state-abetted cover-ups WASHINGTON: A convicted murder was executed by lethal Explorer of the Seas as the vessel 54 crew fell ill aboard the ship that Leonard Rogutski, felt Royal at Catholic-run schools and insti- injection on Wednesday night in the US state of Missouri, his law- pulled into Bayonne, New Jersey, departed Bayonne on January 21, Caribbean responded well to the tutions, labelled places of fear and yers said. Herbert Smulls, 56, was put to death after a reprieve in New York Harbor. Llelwyn Grant, spokesman for the crisis and said they would take a neglect in a 2009 official report. granted by US Supreme Court Judge Samuel Alito late Tuesday Passengers disembarking soon US Centres for Disease Control cruise again someday. The assaults by a lay teacher was lifted by the court. Smulls had challenging the use of the drugs afterward recalled the night- and Prevention, said. Illness “Though it was a bad situation against O’Keeffe when she was that were to be used to execute him. After the reprieve was lifted, mare of falling ill during the struck about 20 percent of the all around, and it was very bad, nine took place at a public school, and before the man was executed, three other appeals were filed. Caribbean cruise, being quaran- 3,071 passengers and roughly 5 Royal Caribbean bent over back- albeit owned by the Catholic The last was still pending when he was put to death, his legal team tined in their rooms, and putting percent of the 1,166 crew aboard wards to provide everything we Diocese of Cork and Ross and said. Smulls was on death row for the 1991 killing of a jeweller dur- everything they touched into the ship, he said. needed,” Leonard Rogutski said. managed by a priest. ing an armed robbery. The governor of Missouri rejected his peti- biohazard bags. Its planned 10-day cruise was The CDC said that the cause Ireland has started to address tion for a stay of execution. The challenge he lodged was over the “I had three days of sick- cut short by two days when it of the sickness was still under abuse in church-run institutions use of the chemical pentobarbital, manufactured by a compounding ness and quarantine,” recalled returned to its home port on investigation and that stool sam- and has apologised for several pre- pharmacy whose identity has not been revealed. Alito is the justice Susan Rogutski of Catawissa, Wednesday. Kern’s wife, Fran ples collected from sick passen- vious cases. “Sadly it’s one that’s assigned to cases from the region of the United States that includes Pennsylvania, who came down Kern, was among the unhappy gers were being taken off the ship indicative of the long litany of cases Missouri. He is expected to rule soon on a similar petition from with gastrointestinal symptoms passengers who said the com- and rushed to CDC labs for study. in Ireland,” Kenny said. “That’s Louisiana inmate Christopher Sepulvado, due to be put to death so severe the first day of the trip pensation being offered by Royal “We’re basically citing this as a why in the past we have had to deal next week. Sepulvado is scheduled to die for fatally beating and that she had to be physically Caribbean, including 50 percent gastro infection until we have the with some exceptionally sensitive scalding his six-year-old stepson in 1992. dragged to the sick bay. Carl Kern off a next trip, was inadequate. test results,” Grant said. cases that scar our memory.” AGENCIES of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, “We were really disappointed. REUTERS REUTERS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Thailand braces for chaotic Sunday polls Election seen as a crucial test for fragile democracy

BANGKOK: As opposition another victory by Yingluck’s party Thaugsuban, an opposition heav- protesters threaten to lay siege but reinforcing questions about yweight, has urged supporters to to polling stations, tens of thou- whether the new parliament will do their utmost to prevent the sands of police will be deployed have enough members to sit. polls taking place, raising fears across Thailand tomorrow for an Protesters, who have occupied of further violence. election seen as a crucial test of key intersections of Bangkok, are His bold threat comes despite the kingdom’s fragile democracy . demanding Yingluck’s elected gov- a 60-day state of emergency Experts warn the vote is ernment step down to make way imposed in the capital and sur- unlikely to end a long-running for an unelected “people’s council” rounding areas that gives authori- cycle of political violence or mol- that would oversee loosely defined ties extra security powers. lify opponents of Prime Minister reforms to tackle corruption and Even if voters manage to cast Yingluck Shinawatra who fear the alleged vote-buying. their ballots, election officials polls will only prolong her billion- Yingluck’s opponents say she warn that the poll result may not aire family’s hold on power. is a puppet for her elder brother be known for months because of At least 10 people have been Thaksin Shinawatra, a contro- problems caused by the protests. killed and hundreds injured in versial former prime minister Disruption by demonstrators Anti-government protesters wave national flags as they march during a rally in downtown Bangkok yesterday. clashes, grenade attacks and who was ousted by the military to candidate registrations means drive-by shootings since mass in 2006 and lives in Dubai to avoid that if Yingluck wins she will opposition rallies against her gov- a prison term for graft. remain in a caretaker role with be no elected government.” is a years-long political strug- “You have in Thailand an elite ernment began three months ago. The protests were initially trig- limited power over government Advance voting in parts of the gle pitting the kingdom’s roy- clash of interests,” said Paul “Thailand seems to be in a gered by a failed amnesty bill that policy until by-elections are held country, including Bangkok, on alist establishment -- backed Chambers, director of research at perpetual state of conflict right could have allowed Thaksin to to ensure there are enough MPs January 26 was marred by block- by the courts and the military the Institute of Southeast Asian now and I don’t see any end in return without going to jail. to convene parliament. ades by opposition protesters who -- against Thaksin, a billionaire Affairs at Chiang Mai University sight,” said Sunai Phasuk, a senior Fifty-three parties are tak- Thailand faces a “legal and stopped hundreds of thousands of tycoon-turned-politician. in northern Thailand. researcher with New York-based ing part in tomorrow’s election, political limbo that never hap- people from casting ballots. The dispute comes at a time of Thaksin and his allies rely on Human Rights Watch. hoping to fill the void left by the pened before”, warned Sunai. Tomorrow, 129,000 police will national anxiety about the health support among the rural poor to The elite-backed opposition Democrats, although there has “It’s no longer necessary to be deployed to protect ballot boxes of 86-year-old King Bhumibol win elections, he said. Democrat Party -- which has not been little sign of campaigning have tanks on the street to and guard more than 93,500 polling Adulyadej, and about who will be “On the other hand the royalists won an elected majority in around in the capital apart from a few remove one side of the political stations, said deputy national police running the country when the have the military and the judici- two decades -- is boycotting the defaced election posters. divide from the scene,” he said. spokesman Anucha Romyanan. revered but ailing monarch’s more ary. It’s a never-ending struggle,” vote, tilting the odds toward Protest leader Suthep “Without a parliament there can The backdrop to the protests than six-decade reign ends. Chambers said. AFP Malaysian PM appeals for unity China, Japan spar at UN over Abe’s visit to Yasukuni shrine KUALA LUMPUR:

Malaysia’s prime minister UNITED NATIONS: China “destabilise regional peace and Kazuyoshi Umemoto. in the blood of the people in the “Tensions are escalating more has appealed for unity and an and Japan accused each pose a serious challenge to the Other countries see Yasukuni countries they invaded,” said the than ever before due to the dis- end to “the politics of hate” other of threatening stabil- peaceful course of mankind,” Liu as a symbol of Japan’s refusal to Chinese envoy. trust among states in Northeast amid soaring racial and reli- ity Wednesday as a diplomatic said. come to terms with its wartime “Abe’s homage to those fascist Asia,” Ah told the council debate. gious tensions in the Muslim- battle over Japanese Prime South Korea also condemned past. But Japan is also involved war criminals is nothing less than “And this mainly stems from majority country. Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Abe’s December 26 visit to the in a tense territorial dispute with a challenge to the victorious out- the fact that the Japanese lead- Prime Minister Najib Razak, a contested war shrine reached shrine that honours 2.5 million China over islands in the East come of the war against fascism.” ership has a distorted view of weakened by an election set- the UN Security Council. war dead, including 14 war crimi- China Sea. “Abe is trying to reverse the what happened during the time back last May, is seen as widely China’s UN ambassador, Liu nals from World War II. China has repeatedly con- verdict on the war and defend of imperialism.” under pressure from conserva- Jieyi, seized upon a debate on the But Japan rebuffed the attacks. demned Abe for the shrine visit war criminals,” he added. He said Japanese leaders had tives in his ruling party intent lessons of conflict to slam Abe “Japan does not believe that while tensions over the islands South Korea’s UN ambassador, “shown an attitude of historical on rolling back his reforms and for going to the Yasukuni Shrine, such actions are helpful in low- have mounted. Ah Joon, highlighted the plight of revisionism” by going to Yasukuni pledges of greater civil liberties. which honours war criminals ering tensions and enhancing the Abe “paid homage to those Korean Comfort Women forced to and making “irresponsible” Najib said in a statement among the country’s war dead. stability in the region,” said the who launched a war of aggres- act as slaves for immoral acts for remarks over the militarist past. late on Wednesday his govern- Attempts to change history country’s deputy UN ambassador, sion and were up to their elbows Japanese troops in the war. AFP ment aimed to develop an envi- ronment “which is conducive to and will help promote national Dragon dance reconciliation.” “We must all commit to avoid spreading lies and slan- der, finally putting to rest the Philippines stands politics of hate,” he said. Conservative Muslims have raised pressure in recent weeks firm in row with HK for minority Malay-speaking Christians to stop using the word “Allah”, souring relations MANILA: The Philippines be “effective” in securing an apol- between the two groups. insisted yesterday it would not ogy over the hostage-taking. The conservatives insist the apologise for a 2010 hostage cri- After negotiations broke down, Arabic word is exclusive to sis in which Hong Kong tourists eight people from Hong Kong Islam, but the Catholic church died, saying its response to the were killed and seven wounded is challenging this in court, tragedy had been generous and in a bungled rescue effort by saying their Malay-language compassionate. Philippine security forces. bibles contain the word and The statement came after the Philippine President Benigno that they have used it for hun- Hong Kong government announced Aquino has consistently rejected dreds of years. on Wednesday it would impose Hong Kong’s demands for an Malaysian politics has diplomatic sanctions against the apology, saying the tragedy was become increasingly bitter Philippines because of its “unac- caused by the hostage-taker. People take part in a dragon dance parade a day before the Lunar new year of the horse in Bali, Indonesia yesterday. as the 57-year-old Malay- ceptable” failure to apologise. The Philippines has already dominated authoritarian gov- “The Philippine Government provided undisclosed financial ernment has lost ground in regrets the Hong Kong SAR compensation, with the money parliament to a multi-racial Government’s implementation of donated by private individuals. opposition. The electoral shift sanctions against the Philippines,” Without specifically refer- N Korea expands site for bigger missiles has whetted demand for more foreign affairs spokesman Raul ring to money, Hernandez said reform. Hernandez said in a statement. the Philippines had responded to WASHINGTON: North the institute’s blog, 38 North. satellite into orbit in December However he said the Philippines appeals for “compassion” from Korea appears to be expanding This expansion could involve 2012. Filipinos again “is not prepared to consider” an Hong Kong “without equivocation its main launch site to permit “larger space launch vehicles and The construction means that apology. and in a most generous manner” more advanced missiles which road-mobile ballistic missiles able North Korea is unlikely to be able bolt prison Rather, the Philippines would and that more compensation was may eventually be able to reach to attack targets in Northeast to carry out any new launches reiterate its “deepest regret and on its way. the United States, a think tank Asia and the United States.” until March or April, it said. PALO, PHILIPPINES: condolences,” while providing Hernandez indicated that the said Wednesday. Researchers have repeatedly In January 2011, then defence Almost 200 inmates of a more compensation to the sur- Philippines had believed that Analyzing satellite images of said North Korea is expanding its secretary Robert Gates said Philippine jail damaged vivors and the victims’ relatives. recent pledges of more compensa- the Sohae launch site over the nuclear weapons and missile pro- North Korea could develop inter- by Super Typhoon Haiyan Hong Kong Chief Executive tion, and their imminent delivery, past two months, Johns Hopkins grammes, amid questions about continental missiles capable of bolted the prison yesterday, Leung Chun-ying said on had resolved the issue. University’s US-Korea Institute the regime’s internal stability hitting the US Pacific coast within the second mass jailbreak Wednesday that the current visa- “We have been made to under- said North Korea apparently after young leader Kim Jong-Un five years. since the storm, the warden free arrangement for visiting stand that the victims and their tested a rocket engine needed for executed his uncle and former Diplomacy has been at a stand- said. Police rounded up 147 Philippine diplomats and officials families have agreed to this offer,” its road-mobile KN-08 intercon- mentor. still, with the United States of the 185 who escaped in would be suspended from Feb 5. he said, while holding firm that tinental ballistic missile. The 38 North blog said North insisting that North Korea show the storm-ravaged island of Leung described the move as the compensation package and The evidence indicates that Korea appears to be modifying the a willingness to wind down its Leyte but 38 remain at large, the “first phase of sanctions” and another expression of regret were North Korea may be preparing Sohae site to allow rockets up to nuclear weapons programme said Merly Vertulfo. said the government may take the Philippines’ final position. “for a more robust rocket test 25 percent longer than the Unha- before any talks. The inmates used a sharp- more action if it thought it could AFP programme in the future,” said 3, which successfully put a small AFP ened iron bar to force a guard to let them out, said Vertulfo. He said the recaptured inmates justified their escape, saying they were not getting enough food or shelter after Bangla Islamist leader among 14 sentenced to death for arms smuggling Haiyan struck in November and ripped off much of the jail’s CHITTAGONG: A Bangladesh the racket involving 10 truckloads was industries minister at the offences over the cache thought to the United Liberation Front of roof. “They are also insisting court sentenced yesterday the of arms seized by police a decade time, helped unload the weapons be the largest haul in Bangladesh Asom, was also handed the death their cases are over because leader of the largest Islamist ago at a port. at the port that included 4,930 history. penalty in absentia over the weap- the hall of judicial records was party and 13 others to death “We’re satisfied with the ver- firearms and 27,020 grenades des- Among the 14 was ex-home ons which were meant to help his washed out,” he added. Soon over a 2004 arms smuggling dict. This is an unprecedented tined for a rebel group across the minister Lotfuzzaman Babar, group’s decades-long separatist after the typhoon hit, nearly racket, sparking fears of new case and all those accused have border in northeast India. former chiefs of the two main struggle. He has long been on the 600 detainees escaped but half political unrest. got due justice,” prosecutor Kamal Nizami, who has led Jamaat for intelligence agencies and other run. “The verdict is given to make of them later returned, say- Motiur Rahman Nizami, 70, Uddin Ahmed said from the more than a decade, was among officials in the then government. someone happy. I’ll get justice in ing they had fled to help their leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party, southern port city of Chittagong. 50 people charged with smug- One of India’s most wanted the after world,” Babar yelled to families. AGENCIES was convicted and sentenced over Prosecutors said Nizami, who gling, arms possession and other men, Paresh Baruah, leader of the court. AFP FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Hagel warns against Protest delay on Afghan deal Karzai urged to sign pact on US troops’ post-2014 stay

WARSAW: The United States be forced to pull all soldiers out training and supporting Afghan and its allies cannot continue to by the end of the year, leaving forces and conducting counter- put off decisions about a post- Afghanistan vulnerable to Taliban terrorism activities. 2014 mission in Afghanistan, resurgence or even civil war. Administration officials say no US Defence Secretary Chuck Karzai, meanwhile, has decisions have yet been made. It Hagel said, urging Afghan demanded an end to US military is unclear whether the Obama President Hamid Karzai to sign operations on Afghan homes and administration would be willing a pact allowing US troops to a step forward in hoped-for peace to wait until after Afghanistan stay beyond this year. talks with the Taliban before he elects a new leader in April to “You can’t just keep deferring will sign the deal. finalize the deal, or whether it and deferring, because at some Hagel said President Barack will call off plans for a post-2014 point the realities of planning and Obama was personally examin- presence before then. budgeting and all that is required ing what a possible post-2014 US Hagel said his counterparts collides,” Hagel said, aboard a mil- force in Afghanistan might look from Nato nations were likewise itary aircraft en route to Poland. like, should the security pact be concerned about the delay in final- The Obama administration has finalized this year. The US military izing their plans for Afghanistan been pressing Karzai to sign the has advocated keeping a modest- beyond this year. “They have par- agreement, which was concluded sized force of around 10,000 soldiers liaments, they have budgets, they last year, for months, warning in Afghanistan to anchor a post- have their citizens,” he said. that US and Nato nations could 2014 mission that would focus on REUTERS Relatives of alleged victims of forced disappearances protest in Multan. Pakistani human rights activists claim that hundreds of people have been arrested under the pretext of fighting terrorism.

Ex-Canada US cancels funds for opinion polls in Afghanistan general held in KABUL: The United States opinion polls as Afghanistan pre- terms and is not running again, election in 2009,” said Aimal to Afghanistan’s efforts to build has cancelled funding for pares for the April 5 election. have been troubled for months. Faizi. “It puts the US role behind stability, months before most for- Afghanistan opinion polls in the run-up to “There were a few agen- Karzai has long suspected the such funding under question. eign forces are due to withdraw, Afghanistan’s presidential elec- cies that were responsible for United States of having interfered Why would the US fund sur- leaving Afghan forces to battle a OTTAWA: A former tion, a US-funded group said, conducting the polls but all of in the last presidential election veys on Afghan presidential resilient Taliban insurgency. Canadian brigadier-general after a first poll in December them have been cancelled at in 2009 and has warned against candidates?” The United States has threat- and head of Canadian forces triggered accusations of US the moment,” Mohammad Atta, further meddling. The United States is ened to pull out all of its troops in Afghanistan is being attempts to manipulate the programme officer with the Former US defence secretary Afghanistan’s biggest aid donor unless Karzai signs the security detained in Afghanistan for outcome. Democracy International group, Robert Gates recently published despite the difficult relationship deal promptly. alleged gun smuggling, media The cut in funding comes as said yesterday. a memoir appearing to confirm with Karzai but it is committing Presidential elections will be said yesterday. relations between the United His group had planned three Karzai’s suspicion, saying the then about 15 percent less for the 2014 held on April 5, 2014. Incumbent Daniel Menard resigned States and Afghanistan have been rounds of opinion polls and top US envoy for Afghanistan election fund than it did in 2009, president Hamid Karzai will not from the military after plead- severely strained over President published its first results in and Pakistan had been “doing his pledging $55m. be eligible to run due to term ing guilty in 2011 to having an Hamid Karzai’s refusal to sign a December. But its findings pro- best to bring about the defeat of Democracy International’s first limits. A total of 27 candidates affair with a female corporal bilateral security pact that would voked a public outcry and accusa- Karzai”. poll showed the front-runners to were confirmed to be running for under his command on active enable US troops to stay beyond tions of interference. Karzai’s spokesman said that be West-leaning intellectual and office. However, on October 22, duty. this year. The US embassy declined to Washington may try to use poll- former finance minister Ashraf 2013 Afghanistan’s Independent He works for security firm An official at a US-funded comment immediately on why ing as a means to influence the Ghani and former foreign minis- Election Commission disqualified Garda World, whose spokes- group that promotes democracy the polls had been cancelled, but outcome of the elections this year. ter Abdullah Abdullah, Karzai’s 16 of the candidates, leaving only man Joe Gavaghan told the said it and other such organisa- ties between the United States “It is now crystal clear that main challenger in 2009. 11 in the race. Toronto Star newspaper tions had planned to carry out and Karzai, who has served two there was interference in the The election is seen as crucial REUTERS Menard was picked up by Afghan authorities on or about January 12. “He was leaving a meeting at the ministry and officials approached him. They said, ‘We’ve got a problem with something and we’d like you Pro-Taliban cleric to come with us to clear it up.’ He went and the next thing he knew he was going to be shot dead in Quetta detained until they cleared it up,” said Gavaghan. He said his detention relates QUETTA: An influential cleric Omar. The source also blamed to an “administrative misun- who supported the Afghan Afghan intelligence for the derstanding” over the private Taliban in their war against murder. security firm’s licensing to US-led forces has been shot Abdul Sattar Chishti, a leader operate in the country. dead in the southwestern of the pro-Taliban Jamiat Ulema- “It’s been cleared up and we Pakistani city of Quetta, offi- e-Islam Nazariati political party, believe that he is going to be cials said yesterday. said Zakiri was a strong propo- released shortly,” he added. “Two unknown gunmen on a nent of fighting foreign forces in The daily Globe and Mail motorcycle shot dead Maulana Afghanistan. cited Kabul police chief Abdullah Zakiri” as he was on his “We believe that Afghan intel- General Zaher Zaher as say- way to a mosque on Wednesday ligence is behind the murder of ing Menard was being held for night, senior police official Abdul Maulana Zakiri as they have been “gun smuggling.” Razzaq said. killing Afghan religious scholars The Canadian government Razzaq said Zakiri had been in the past also,” Chishti said. said, “Consular services are living in Quetta for a long time Zakiri was also the chief of being provided to a Canadian and had no known disputes with Ittehad-e-Ulema Afghanistan, an citizen who has been detained anyone, though his family have alliance of Afghan clerics. in Afghanistan.” However, it accused Afghan intelligence of his Afghan affairs expert would not confirm his identity murder. Rahimullah Yusufzai said Zakiri’s nor the circumstances sur- Provincial home secretary killing had caused great anxiety rounding his detention. Asad Gilani confirmed the killing. among the Afghan Taliban. Menard was relieved of his Quetta is the capital of Zakiri hailed from Kandahar, command of Canadian troops Baluchistan province, which bor- the Taliban’s spiritual birthplace, responsible for Kandahar ders Iran and Afghanistan and is but did not join their government region in May 2010 due to the rife with separatist and Islamist which ruled Afghanistan from affair with the female master militants and plagued by sectar- 1996 - 2001, Yusufzai said. corporal. Canada ended its ian bloodshed. But he became a fervent sup- combat mission in Afghanistan According to an Afghan porter of jihad against US-led in 2011, closing the curtain Taliban source, Zakiri, 80, was Nato troops after 2001, issuing after nine years and the deaths a teacher and a close aide to fatwas against them. of 157 soldiers. AFP Taliban spiritual leader Mullah AFP Evening prayers

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Mumbai Monorail Jayalalithaa Telangana bill rejected to face trial for not filing in Andhra legislature IT returns: SC

Shutdown observed in 13 districts of Seemandhra NEW DELHI: In a setback to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J HYDERABAD: Both houses reason and consensus and in utter a reality,” he said. Telangana Jayalalithaa, the Supreme Court of the Andhra Pradesh legisla- disregard to linguistic and cul- Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K yesterday said that she will ture, by a voice vote yesterday, tural homogeneity and economic Chandrasekhara Rao exuded con- face trial for not filing income rejected the Andhra Pradesh and administrative viability of fidence that separate Telangana tax returns for 1993-94 in her Reorganisation Bill 2013 on both the regions. state will come into existence in capacity as the joint owner of creating a separate Telangana “Almost all the members have 15 days. Sashi Enterprises along with state but this may not deter expressed their views in writing Finance Minister Anam her aide N Sasikala. the central government from which will form part of official Ramnarayan Reddy, who is from Sasikala too will face trial for tabling the bill in parliament records. Proposals for amend- Seemandhra, said since Telangana not filing tax returns for the same next month. ments and expression of views in legislators opposed division in year. The two will also face trial Congress general secretary writing by the members on the both the houses, the official reso- for Sashi Enterprises not filing Digvijaya Singh said the reso- clauses numbering 9,072 received lutions were adopted by voice the tax return for the years 1991- lution would have no impact from members will also form part vote. “The bill has been rejected 1992 and 1992-93, even though on the process for formation of of official records,” Manohar said in tune with the aspirations of the both Jayalalitha and Sasikala had Telangana state as the bill was amid slogans by members from people,” he said. “belatedly” filed their individual sent to the state legislature only both Telangana and Seemandhra. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) tax returns for these years. Both for its views. He declared that the official leader P Keshav hailed the pass- had filed their returns for 1991-92 Digvijaya Singh, who is records would be submitted to ing of resolutions rejecting the and 1992-93 as individual asses- incharge of Congress party President as views of the house. bill. He termed it as a historic see on November 20, 1994 and affairs in Andhra Pradesh, told Chakrapani made a similar development. February 23, 1994 respectively. reporters in New Delhi that the announcement in the council. The President had referred Having held that Jayalalithaa, union cabinet would meet and However, no voting on the bill the bill to the state legislature on Sasikala and their jointly-held incorporate in the bill any good was conducted as was demanded December 12 for its opinion under company would face prosecution, suggestions made by the state leg- many a times by the chief min- Article 3 of the Constitution. The the apex court bench of Justice K islature before tabling the bill in ister and other legislators from bill was tabled on December 16 but S Radhakrishnan and Justice A parliament. Seemandhra. could not be taken up for debate K Sikri said: “We, therefore, find Amid protests by legislators Interestingly, leaders of both for several days due to protests no reason to interfere with the from Telangana, the presiding Telangana and Seemandhra by lawmakers from Seemandhra, order passed by the high vourt. officers in the legislative assembly interpreted yesterday’s develop- opposing the state’s bifurcation. The appeals, therefore, lack mer- and the council announced that ments as their victory. The President had originally its and the same are dismissed official resolution for rejecting the While Telangana leaders given time till January 23 for the and the criminal court is directed bill were carried and adjourned claimed that with the comple- legislature to give its opinion. The to complete the trial within four the houses sine die. tion of the debate on the bill, a state government had sought four months from the date of receipt Speaker N Manohar announced major milestone was achieved in more weeks to complete the debate of this judgement.” passing of a resolution moved by the process for formation of new but the president gave one week. Though Jayalalithaa and Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar state, their counterparts from Meanwhile, a shutdown was Sasikala belatedly filed their Reddy. In the council, Chairman Seemandhra said with the passing observed in all 13 districts of individual tax returns but on A Chakrapani declared that a of resolutions, the legislature has Seemandhra on a call given by behalf of Sashi Enterprises, it resolution moved by Endowments unanimously rejected the state’s the TDP to oppose state’s bifur- The Mumbai Monorail train makes its way through the city’s eastern was contended that its return Minister C Ramachandraiah is bifurcation. cation. The shutdown hit the suburbs during a run between Wadala and Chembur. Starting February has not been filed as its accounts carried. Deputy Chief Minister normal life. Shops and business 2, Mumbai will become the first city in India to use a monorail when have not been finalised. But the The chief minister, in his Damodar Rajanarasimha said establishments were closed while Apex Court refused to accept the the first phase — an 8.93km long section — will be open to the public resolution, has urged President with the bill being sent back to buses of state owned Andhra argument. following inauguration on February 1. Construction of the 20km-long Pranab Mukherjee not to refer the President, their goal was Pradesh State Road Transport “We are also of the view that the bill to parliament as it seeks achieved. “The dream of the peo- Corporation were off the roads. project began in 2009. The four-coach monorail train with a capacity the declaration or statement to bifurcate the state without any ple of Telangana will soon become IANS to carry over 560 passengers will run at an average speed set at 65km made in the individual returns per hour, with a top speed of 80km. by partners that the accounts of the firm are not finalized, hence no return has been filed by the firm, will not absolve the firm in filing the statutory return under Congress MLA heckles Kejriwal; AAP denies promising Batla probe section 139(1) of the Act” it said. “The firm is independently required to file the return and NEW DELHI: Congress leg- into the incident as the court had Sanjay Singh said there was no a Special Investigation Team into Congress legislator, one of the merely because there has been a islator Asif Muhammad Khan given its verdict and the case was mention of the Batla House inci- the 2008 Batla House shooting. only eight Congress candidates best judgment assessment under yesterday disrupted a press con- closed. Condemning Khan for his dent in the party’s manifesto for He said Kejriwal had earlier to win the elections in the city, Section 144 would not nullify the ference of Delhi Chief Minister “nefarious attempt”, the AAP election to the Delhi state assembly. promised an SIT probe, similar said. He said Kejriwal was now liability of the firm to file the Arvind Kejriwal, demanding lambasted the legislator for his “A plea was filed in the case by to the one the chief minister now backtracking and “has betrayed return as per Section 139(1) of the an SIT probe into the Batla “highly objectionable behaviour, Prashant Bhushan, but the court wants into the 1984 killings of the people of Okhla”. Act”, the court underlined. House shooting, and vowed to which is totally unbecoming of an rejected it, stating there would be Sikhs, but was refusing to do so. The controversial shooting Speaking for the bench, Justice vote against his government. elected representative”. no other plea in the case,” Singh Demanding an investigation, between a Delhi Police team and sus- Radhakrishnan said: “Appellants’ The AAP questioned Khan’s “Asif needs to answer the said. “We should respect the deci- Khan called Kejriwal the director pected Indian Mujahideen members (Jayalalithaa and Sasikala) con- affiliation to the Congress party question as to why he joined the sion of the Supreme Court in the of “Radio Jhootistaan” and thun- broke out in Batla House in Jamia tention that since they had in which had justified the shooting. Congress which had termed the matter,” he added. dered that he would no longer Nagar, Okhla, in September 2008 their individual returns indicated A furious Khan also asked the shooting as genuine and opposed The drama began when Khan, support the AAP government that left a police officer and two that the firm’s accounts had not Congress to withdraw its critical any attempt to get it probed. He Congress legislator from Okhla, even if the Congress expelled him. alleged militants dead. been finalized, hence no returns legislative support to the month- should spell out the stand of the entered the first-floor room of the “I will also request the Congress The AAP, which has 28 seats in were filed, would mean that fail- old Aam Aadmi Party minority party to which he belongs, on this Delhi Secretariat where the chief to withdraw its support to the the Delhi assembly, is in office on ure to file return was not willful, government for what he said was issue,” the AAP said in a statement. minister and his cabinet colleague AAP,” he added. “He (Kejriwal) the strength of support given by cannot be accepted.” a “betrayal” of a promise made by “He is seeking answers from Manish Sisodia were briefing the had promised the people of Okhla eight members of the Congress. The complaints in the case Kejriwal to Muslims in his area. a government which believes in media. that he will probe the Batla House It is also propped up by an were filed on August 21, 1997, by Kejriwal said at the press con- justice for all and discrimination Khan started shouting slogans case, and had even distributed Independent and a Janata Dal- the assistant commissioner of ference there would be no probe against none,” it added. AAP leader after Kejriwal denied a probe by handbills to this effect,” the United legislator. IANS income tax, Chennai. IANS

Martyrs’ Day Central list of OBCs amended Diplomat row should never

NEW DELHI: The central government gave its approval to have happened, says envoy the amendment of the central list of Other Backwards Classes to ensure reservation benefits to WASHINGTON: Saying Asserting that “the grand “To realise India’s four key around 60 castes/communities. “this should never have hap- strategy underwriting our ties is priorities — energising the econ- The approval was given by the pened”, Indian ambassador S fundamentally sound,” the envoy omy, raising our technology and union cabinet based on the rec- Jaishankar said talks are on to said: “It needs maintenance and management capabilities, secur- ommendations of the National repair the damage done by the from time to time, an upgrade. ing the homeland, and ensuring Commission for Backward Classes Khobragade affair to India-US That puts the emphasis on detail- a favourable balance of power for making amendments in the ties which both sides consider ing and problem solving. — the US is the indispensable central list of OBCs with respect to “indispensable”. “Building ties requires a degree partner.” 60 castes in 13 states. The amend- “For those of us who have of give and take that can test offi- Secondly, “these big Indian ments will notify 115 changes rec- devoted time and energy to cialdoms,” he said. “Appreciating goals are not at odds with the ommended by the NCBC. building Indo-US ties, the last each other’s interests can be interests of the US. In fact, these The states where these castes few weeks have been truly dis- more difficult than we generally could even be complementary”. and communities belong to are tressing,” he told a Washington assume.” Noting that “economy is now Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, audience on Wednesday, allud- Jaishankar suggested that the so central to our ties,” Jaishankar Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, ing to the worst diplomatic spat “US has to overcome its incli- said: “I would also like to make Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, between the two countries over nation to view ties through the it very clear that India’s inter- Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, the December 12 arrest of an lens of alliance practices” while ests warrant supporting an early Uttarakhand and West Bengal, Indian diplomat. “Indians perhaps have to indulge American recovery.” and three Union Territories of “What I have encountered themselves less in compulsive Not enough credit has been Chandigarh, Delhi and Puducherry. since my arrival is the sense ambiguity”. given to the investments Indian “The proposed changes will that this situation should never “Ironically, American com- companies have made in the US enable people belonging to these have happened,” said Jaishankar plaints on that score usually come since 2008, he said, pointing to a castes/communities to avail ben- in his first public comments when it too is considering hedg- recent study of 68 Indian com- efits of reservation in government on US-India relations at the ing,” he said, reminding his audi- panies which revealed that their services and posts as well as in Carnegie Endowment, a leading ence that “contrary to what many collective investments in the US central educational institutions US think tank. seem to believe here, domestic exceed $17b. according to existing policy. “But since it did, we will now politics is not just the preroga- “A fair dialogue should also They will also become eligible Social workers shout slogans after placing garlands on a statue of have to work through this prob- tive of the US”. take into account Indian priori- for benefits under various welfare Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs’ Day in Amritsar yesterday, the 66th anni- lem. That is part of the conver- However, despite the dif- ties and concerns. “A worrying schemes and scholarships, being versary of Gandhi’s assassination. Gandhi was on the way to a prayer sations underway,” he said. “But ferences, Jaishankar, echo- sign is the tendency by some to administered by the central gov- what the issue does highlight is ing President Barack Obama, demonise the business climate in meeting in the capital when he was shot three times in the chest and ernment, which are at present the need for greater sensitivity, described the US as “the indis- India. This tactic could well end head on January 30, 1948. available to persons belonging to for better understanding and for pensable partner” to realise up being counter-productive.” the OBCs,” a release said. IANS stronger oversight of our ties.” India’s key priorities. IANS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Ooredoo, Telenor Correction pushes Qatari stocks down hail Myanmar DOHA: A correction pushed yesterday’s index loss as indica- as against QR2.3bn the previous trading value and volumes, while Qatari stocks down yesterday, tive of a correction. Stock prices week. Industries Qatar (IQ) emerged on telecom licence with stock analysts suggesting have been high in recent weeks But volumes suffered as they top, accounting for nearly a third that the successful completion so investors booked profits, said declined 12 percent in the week of total transactions in the week. deal as milestone of the equity offer of Mesaieed Al Kahlout. He said he sees the to 42.64 million, as against 48.34 Meanwhile, the CEO of Qatar Petrochemical Holding corrective spell to continue until million shares the previous week. Exchange, Rashid Al Mansouri, YANGON: Norway’s Telenor Company (MPHC) a day earlier the index has shed more than 400 The number of deals concluded attributed the surge of the Qatari and Qatari firm Ooredoo yes- also acted as a dampener. points, sliding below the 11,000- on the bourse (Qatar Exchange) stocks in the previous weeks and terday hailed a “milestone” for Trading wasn’t as upbeat the mark, to 10,700. also fell. The fall was by 5.6 per- the index zooming past 11,000 Myanmar after finalising tel- entire past trading week that Not many deals were concluded cent, with the total being a little points, to the IPO of MPHC. ecoms licences expected to dra- way as in the previous weeks, as on the exchange yesterday as more than 24,000 as compared to “The bourse is all set to list matically increase mobile phone Qatar’s main index shed some 183 in the previous days, he added, 25,500 the previous week. the shares of the company,” Al use in the long-isolated nation. points in the week — 88 of those hinting that the completion of The market capitalization that Mansouri was quoted as saying by Telenor, which aims to provide in yesterday’s trading itself. MPHC’s initial public offering almost touched a record QR600bn Al Sharq. The MPHC will be the network coverage to 90 percent of The index loss worked out to (IPO) on Wednesday was also a the previous week (QR598.49bn, 43rd company to be listed on the the population within five years, 1.61 in percentage terms. The factor behind the index loss. to be exact) slid slightly (by Qatari bourse and the new listing said the country “represents a index closed at 11,155.73 points at The trading value in the week 1.53 percent) to QR589.35bn on comes after three years. “The list- strong business opportunity”, the end of trading yesterday. that ended yesterday, in fact, Thursday. ing will have an immensely positive Rashid Al Mansouri, CEO of Qatar while Ooredoo said it had already Prominent stock analyst, showed a marginal 0.76 percent Banking and financial serv- impact on the bourse,” he said. Exchange. started building its 3G network. Bashir Al Kahlout, described gain, to a little over QR2.32bn, ices sector led both in terms of THE PENINSULA “Today is an exciting day for Ooredoo as we move closer to bringing world-class mobile serv- ices to the people of Myanmar, helping empower communities and people with affordable and easy to access mobile telecom- munications,” Ooredoo Myanmar Mideast funds to raise boss Ross Cormack said. Mobile phones are still a luxury in impoverished Myanmar, with ordinary SIM cards retailing for $200. Authorities began selling weightings in Qatar cheap SIMs for less than $2 each through a lottery system last year, but the scheme is relatively small Qatar tops positive change among 6 major markets: Survey in scale and many people still rely on manned roadside stalls where DUBAI: Middle East-based growth prospects than any other the ratio predicting a decrease they can use conventional tel- investment funds have become regional market. The govern- also rose, to 13 percent from zero. ephones to keep in touch. much more bullish on Qatar’s ment has a significant budget for “With the dividend season in Telenor and Ooredoo were last stock market, citing heavy gov- infrastructure spending which we GCC markets, and with dividend June named as winners of the tel- ernment spending and attrac- expect will be largely spent over yields of 3 percent-plus in most of ecoms tender process, which saw tive valuations, the latest the next three to five years,” said them, it will attract more liquid- some 90 firms compete for a slice monthly Reuters survey of the Afa Boran, head of asset manage- ity into the markets, especially if of one of the world’s last untapped region shows. ment at Amwal Qatar. emerging markets continue to be mobile markets. Fifty-six percent of 16 leading He estimated both the Qatar volatile at the same time,” said A new telecommunications law investment managers said they and Saudi markets were trading Mohammed Ali Yasin, managing was passed last year and the deals expected to raise allocations at about 12 times estimated corpo- director of Abu Dhabi’s NBAD were finally agreed this week fol- to Qatari equities in the next rate earnings for 2014, with Qatar Securities. lowing months of negotiation. three months, while only 6 per- having better near-term earnings Because of their big current The licences, valid for 15 years, cent expected to cut them. That prospects. Earnings growth in account and state budget sur- are the first to be awarded by was the biggest positive change Saudi Arabia is currently being pluses, Gulf Cooperation Council Myanmar, and will see the two among the six major markets in dampened by a crackdown on ille- economies look much better foreign firms enter a market once the survey, and compared with 20 gal foreign labour that has raised placed than many emerging mar- monopolised by a pair of state percent saying they would raise companies’ costs, analysts say. kets elsewhere in the world to companies. Telenor, which said allocations to Qatari stocks in The United Arab Emirates ride out a reduction of US mon- the licence fee was $500m, said December’s survey. markets are much more expen- etary stimulus this year. it expects to break even in three Qatar’s government spending sive at about 15 times 2014 earn- The survey showed that among years. The firm said it would now is expected to rise 11.6 percent in ings, Boran said. Qatar’s main the major Gulf stock markets, start building a mobile network, 2014 from the 2013 plan as the stock market index is up 35 per- funds were least bullish about although it acknowledged that the government boosts infrastructure cent since the end of 2012, while Kuwait, with only 19 percent process of reaching Myanmar’s construction, partly in prepara- Dubai has soared 134 percent. The expecting to raise allocations and scattered rural communities tion to host the 2022 soccer World survey was conducted by Trading 13 percent expecting to reduce would likely present hurdles. Cup, the Ministry of Development Middle East, a Reuters forum for them. Continued political tensions Ooredoo, formerly known as Planning and Statistics said last market profesionals. between the cabinet and parlia- Qatar Telecom, said the licence was month. The survey showed manag- ment in Kuwait are slowing big an “important milestone”, adding it This comes at a time when ers remained bullish on Middle state investment projects and mak- expects services to be available in several other Gulf governments, Eastern equities in general, with ing economic reforms difficult. most bearish country in the sur- stabilised the lira, showed 6 per- six months in most major cities including Saudi Arabia, are slow- the proportion expecting to Because of a high-level cor- vey over the past five months. cent of fund managers expected to before rolling out to more remote ing their state spending growth in increase their allocations over ruption scandal destabilising its The latest survey, taken just raise their Turkish stock alloca- areas. The firm has previously order to rationalise their finances. the next three months rising to 44 politics and a sliding currency, before a massive interest rate tions while a quarter expected to said it would pump $15bn into the “Qatar has better near-term percent from 33 percent, though Turkey has consistently been the hike on Tuesday that may have cut them. REUTERS country. REUTERS Shell cancels oil exploration plan off Alaska US growth data brings

LONDON: Anglo-Dutch oil improve Shell’s capital efficiency”, company Royal Dutch Shell van Beurden said. reprieve to markets plans to sell assets, cut spend- The $15bn of disposals targeted ing and freeze a controversial for this year and next would be LONDON: Strong US growth the tech-rich Nasdaq jumped Arctic drilling programme to equivalent to around 6.5 percent figures brought a reprieve to 1.85 percent to 4,126.46 points improve returns after a major of Shell’s current $228bn mar- the markets yesterday after as shares in Facebook soared 16 profit warning. ket capitalisation and compared a further stimulus cut by the percent higher after earnings Just a month into his new job to proceeds from divestments of Federal Reserve rattled emerg- rose eight-fold due to a big jump as chief executive of the world’s $1.7bn in 2013. ing market currencies despite in advertising revenue. The euro No.3 investor-owned oil company, RBC’s Hutton said that on a rate rises by India, South Africa was down to $1.3549 from $1.366. Ben van Beurden set out plans to return on average capital employed and Turkey. Battered emerging market cur- make the group much leaner. basis, Shell was in line with its Asian shares fell heavily after rencies also saw some relief. The The planned changes follow a peers at about 11 to 12 percent. But the US central bank further Turkish lira perked up to 2.2474. profit warning for the quarter to the company had more opportunity reduced its quantitative easing South Africa’s rand currency the end of December, detailing than others to improve that metric, stimulus overnight, following losses edged up to 11.1798 against the across-the-board problems that he added, given that a high propor- on Wall Street on Wednesday. dollar. Meanwhile the ruble also partly reflect how the industry is tion of its capital was employed in European stocks also initially picked up from a new low against grappling with flat oil prices, the projects yet to come onstream or retreated on the Fed’s announce- the dollar and euro due to mount- need to control costs and replace in US shale gas. ment it would reduce its bond- ing speculation that Russia’s cen- oil reserves that are being used A file picture of a Shell petrol station in central London. Weak gas prices in the US buying programme by $10bn tral bank may delay a planned up in production. prompted Shell to say that it was to $65bn per month. But data 2015 free-float of the currency “Our overall strategy remains of assets in 2014-15. The company saying the right things, more considering asset sales in its US released yesterday showing the because of its rapid decline. robust, but 2014 will be a year said it would also take tough deci- loudly and more quantified than shale business and it warned that US economy grew at a stronger- And in India, the government where we are changing emphasis, sions on projects, cancelling this we had expected,” Royal Bank impairment charges were pos- than-expected annual rate of 3.2 vowed that it would take whatever to improve our returns and cash year’s planned controversial and of Canada analyst Peter Hutton sible. The company is currently percent in the fourth quarter, steps necessary to ensure stability flow performance,” van Beurden costly hunt for oil in Alaska’s said, adding that the increase in valued below its peers, with a shifted markets into forward gear. in its financial markets. India has said in a statement. Arctic seas, in a U-turn of plans the dividend was “confident” and forward looking price to earnings Frankfurt’s DAX 30 added 0.39 lifted rates a modest quarter-point Other big oil companies are made as recently as December. ahead of his expectations. ratio of 9.8 times, compared with percent to 9,373.48 points and the to slow inflation, but the move has also struggling for profit growth. To sweeten investors, it plans Shell had spent around its European peers which are on CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.55 per- had only a brief impact on the Shell’s warning, two weeks after to raise its first quarter dividend $4.5bn searching for oil off the 11.6 times. cent to 4,180.02 points, although rupee, which closed near a two- van Beurden replaced former boss by 4 percent compared with the coast of Alaska since 2005 but Van Beurden also said Shell London’s benchmark FTSE 100 month low hit on Monday. Peter Voser, followed one earlier same period last year to $0.47 per was forced to cancel last year’s would abandon its previously-set index ended 0.09 percent lower And Argentina said its official in January by Chevron Corp, the share, in a move which it said Arctic offshore drill season after cash flow and spending targets. at 6,538.45 points. foreign reserves fell by $2.1bn to second-largest US oil company. reflected confidence in its ability the grounding of a drillship in a The company had set a cash US stocks advanced, with the $28.5bn in January as the central Shell’s capital spending will fall to boost free cash flow. Shares in storm in 2012 and against a back- flow target of achieving between Dow Jones Industrial Average bank struggled against strong to $37bn this year from $46bn in Shell gained 2.2 percent to 2,173 drop of significant environmental $175bn to $200bn between 2012 gaining 0.86 percent to 15,874.56 downward pressure on the peso, 2013, it said, while it will also pence, making it one of the top opposition. and 2015, at an oil price of points in midday trade. The which has lost 18 percent of its increase its rate of asset disposals, risers on Britain’s bluechip index. “We are making hard choices between $80 to $100. broad-based S&P 500 advanced value against the US dollar this with a target to sell $15bn worth “This is a good start, they’re in our world-wide portfolio to AFP 1.29 percent to 1,797.10, while month. AFP FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Iraq hires law Turkey rules out capital controls firm to target buyers of ‘illegal’ Country battles to defend the lira, tame inflation; Erdogan committed to maintaining growth Kurdish crude oil ANKARA: Turkey ruled out economic progress. “We want it to broader revival in appetite for into an all-out feud between comments on Wednesday may LONDON: The Iraqi govern- capital controls yesterday as it be something out of the ordinary. battered emerging markets. Erdogan and influential US-based have been little more than an ment has hired a law firm to battles to defend the lira and Globally there are practices,” he But the rout resumed yes- Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a attempt to reassert himself in the target any buyer of what it tame inflation, leaving investors said of the plans, without elabo- terday, with the US Federal former ally whom the prime min- eyes of voters, showing himself as considers illegally exported guessing as to what an “out of rating, according to the pro-gov- Reserve’s decision to withdraw ister’s supporters view as orches- in control of an increasingly frag- Kurdish crude oil, a Baghdad the ordinary” economic pack- ernment Yeni Safak newspaper. more of its monetary stimulus trating the investigation as a plot ile economy, after a rate hike he official said, toughening its tac- age touted by Prime Minister Yigit Bulut, a former TV com- and weak Chinese data restoring to unseat him. had vocally opposed. tics in a struggle to halt the Tayyip Erdogan might involve. mentator appointed by Erdogan the risk-averse mood. The saga has damaged the rep- “I think there’s a political moti- northern region’s drive for eco- Finance Minister Mehmet as his economic adviser last July The lira was trading slightly utation of both, with Erdogan’s vation behind his comments ... nomic independence. Simsek said there was no ques- and best known in Turkey for weaker at 2.2560 by 1400 GMT approval ratings at their lowest in and they were a message to his For the past year, the Kurdish tion of restrictions on capital suggesting the prime minister’s from 2.2471 late on Wednesday. years, though his Islamist-rooted grassroots,” said Umit Ozlale, an Regional Government (KRG) has movements after an emergency enemies were seeking to kill him Turkey’s central bank said AK Party would still win an elec- economics professor at Istanbul’s trucked about 60,000 barrels per interest rate hike late on Tuesday by telekinesis, sought to reassure it had tried to “front-load” its tion if one were called this week- Ozyegin University who advised day (b/d) of crude to Turkish ports, failed to lift the lira currency sub- investors. monetary tightening with this end, a survey showed on Thursday. the central bank for almost 10 avoiding the Baghdad-run Iraqi stantially off record lows. “If a prime minister who has week’s rate hike but said it may Erdogan has overseen strong years. pipeline system as it tries to gain Erdogan, battling a corruption produced the brightest economic tighten liquidity further if needed, economic growth since coming Erdogan repeated his belief on more control over oil revenues. investigation shaking his govern- developments in the history of according to the minutes from to power in 2002, transforming Wednesday that higher inter- The central government ment months ahead of elections, the republic says ‘I’m conducting Tuesday’s meeting, published on Turkey’s reputation after a series est rates lead to higher infla- threatened to sue over the ship- was quoted late on Wednesday work, there are examples globally’ its website. of unstable coalition governments tion, a logic dismissed by most ments in a long-running dispute as saying work on “a Plan B or it is indisputable that this is very Turks appear to be betting in the 1990s ran into repeated bal- economists. “When inflation that talks between Baghdad and a Plan C” for the economy may positive work for markets,” he against it. Foreign portfolio out- ance of payments problems and comes out higher than targeted Arbil have so far failed to settle, be announced in the coming days said on Twitter. flows have remained relatively economic crises. at year-end despite the interest but it took no legal action. or weeks. The central bank raised all its steady in recent weeks, suggesting A sharp downturn would tar- rate hikes, he will turn and say However, Baghdad is now pre- He is committed to maintain- key interest rates by around 500 much of the strong dollar demand nish the reputation for strong ‘look I told you rate hikes create paring to act because it says the ing growth as Turks prepare to basis points on Tuesday, ignor- is coming from Turkish firms and financial management on which inflation’,” Ozlale said. “Otherwise Kurds have raised the stakes by vote and has railed against what ing opposition from Erdogan and households, stocking up on hard much of his popular support is there is no economic rationale for building a new pipeline linking he describes as an “interest rate stunning investors with the scale currency as a potentially turbu- built and could further damage such a statement in the current their semi-autonomous land- lobby” of speculators seeking to of the move, initially sending the lent election period approaches. him at the polls. circumstances.” locked region to Turkey. push up rates and stifle Turkey’s lira up sharply and triggering a A corruption scandal has blown Some analysts suggested his REUTERS Iraq’s oil ministry instructed legal firm Vinson and Elkins about two months ago to pursue anyone who buys oil pumped down Tablet sales jump the pipeline to the Turkish city of Ceyhan, near the Mediterranean, MasterCard suffers setback a senior Iraqi oil official said. “This is not a game. Anyone who LUXEMBOURG: MasterCard’s five-year battle to keep multi-bil- buys this oil is doing something lion-euro cross-border card fees was dealt a blow yesterday when an illegal,” said the official. “We will adviser to Europe’s top court backed efforts to reduce such charges. target the companies because they The legal opinion follows a European Commission ruling that said are the ones who will monetise and MasterCard’s cross-border “interchange” fees — levied on retailers’ pay for the Kurdish oil. How else credit and debit card transactions — broke antitrust rules and had to can it get onto the market?” be changed. Mastercard challenged this but the court adviser’s recom- Vinson and Elkins, which has mendation now means it is likely to fail. represented the Iraqi government The EU antitrust regulator says such fees cost businesses across in the past, declined to comment. Europe ¤10bn ($13.64bn) a year. Many consumer rights campaigners Baghdad turned a blind eye argue these hidden costs, charged when banks process payments by, to small trading companies that for example, a German visiting London, are passed on to the consumer. have bought barrels via regular “I propose that the court should dismiss the main appeal (by tenders and trucked them across MasterCard) and the cross-appeals,” Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi the border. Those tenders are still at the EU Court of Justice said in his opinion. The court, which will taking place. issue its judgement in the coming months, follows such advice in the But while the trucked amounts majority of cases. are relatively modest, Baghdad The opinion represents a setback to the world’s second-largest credit realised the Kurds were serious and debit-card company after Visa. Mastercard says such interfer- about independent exports when ence would actually lead to higher costs for consumers and encourage they sent test shipments down the black economy. The advice may also bolster support for proposed the pipeline in early December. European Union rules to cap charges on card payments that have yet “You can’t compare general truck- to be approved by EU countries and the bloc’s parliament. ing of 60,000 barrels or less to sig- REUTERS nificant exports through a pipeline system,” the senior Iraqi official said. “We have a bilateral, international QATARI MARKET agreement with Turkey — ratified Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P by parliament — that does not allow the Iraq-Turkey pipeline to be used Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 101.00 (0.38 %) Aa2 AA A file picture shows Apple’s new iPad Air (left) and iPad Mini tablets in San Francisco. Global sales of tablet by a third party without the consent Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.13 1.36 % Aa2 AA computers surged 50.6 percent last year, with Apple clinging to the top vendor spot amid strong gains by rivals, a survey showed. International Data Corp said worldwide tablet shipments totalled 217.1 million, up of the Iraqi government.” Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 119.50 2.52 % Aa2 AA REUTERS from 144.2 million in 2012. Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 112.75 2.91 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 107.13 3.47 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 153.75 4.93 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 115.88 5.27 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 106.88 5.28 % Aa2 AA Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 104.00 0.77 % Aa2 AA IMF warns against property bubble in UAE Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 109.88 3.29 % Aa2 AA DUBAI: The International increased rapidly in selected the IMF also said. “If not imple- Finger later told Reuters in a Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 103.25 0.86 % A1 A- Monetary Fund has raised its areas,” said Harald Finger, the mented prudently, these projects phone interview. Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.75 2.15 % A1 A- 2014 economic growth forecast IMF’s mission chief, following a could exacerbate the risk of a real Dubai and Abu Dhabi are also QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.13 1.37 % NR NR for the United Arab Emirates staff visit. estate bubble,” Finger said, echo- still discussing whether to repay QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.63 1.08 % Aa3 A+ to 4.5 percent but warned of In October, the Washington- ing the Fund’s warnings from last or roll over $20bn worth of Dubai QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.00 2.02 % Aa3 A+ a potential property bubble if based lender forecast that the November and June. government bonds subscribed to authorities were not careful. world’s No. 3 oil exporter would “Moreover, these projects may by the UAE central bank and Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.88 2.21 % A2 A- The UAE’s real gross domestic see inflation-adjusted GDP create additional financial risks banks in Abu Dhabi in 2009 under Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 105.00 1.48 % A2 A product growth will remain firm expand 3.9 percent in 2014 and for Dubai’s government-related a programme that matures this Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 123.75 3.04 % A2 A and at the same level as now esti- 4.0 percent in 2013. entities (GREs) and the banking year. “The authorities indicated Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 105.88 3.79 % A2 A mated for 2013, driven by ongo- Analysts polled by Reuters this system in light of the still con- to us that discussions are under Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 100.88 4.90 % A2 A ing momentum in non-oil activity. month forecast stable 4.3 percent siderable debt overhang from the way to deal with the coming Oil-fuelled growth could be lim- growth in the UAE in 2013-2015. 2009 crisis.” maturities of the Dubai Financial Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 103.13 0.71 % Aa3 A ited due to an ample global supply, Growth should be aided by Dubai, whose property mar- Support Fund that are due this Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.88 3.12 % Aa3 A the IMF said yesterday. a number of mega projects, ket crashed in 2008-2010, and its year,” Finger said. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 107.75 3.96 % Aa3 A “The real estate sector in par- although their total cost, pace of GREs have an estimated $78bn “It’s possible that Dubai will SOVEREIGNS ticular has seen a steep recovery, execution and financing remain worth of debt maturing in 2014- issue (a bond) again this year with prices in the Dubai residen- uncertain, and Dubai’s host- 2017, which is a large number based on the market situation and Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid Price Yield Moodys S&P tial real estate market having ing of the Expo 2020 exhibition, that needs to be closely watched, rollover needs.” REUTERS Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 101.13 (0.80 %) Aa2 AA Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 121.63 2.30 % Aa2 AA Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.13 1.74 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.25 2.56 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 120.63 4.18 % NR NR ExxonMobil profits fall Saudi, Abu Dhabi bourses rise Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 112.50 4.61 % NR NR NEW YORK: US oil giant ExxonMobil Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 103.38 0.48 % Aa2 AA yesterday reported a drop in quarterly DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi payout by 20 percent and posted record quar- Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 113.88 3.14 % NR BBB earnings due to lower oil and gas produc- bourses bucked a downbeat Gulf trend as terly results that beat estimates. The bank tion and much weaker results in refining, earnings and dividend disclosures lured also recommended to the board a 30 percent Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 106.38 4.31 % NR BBB especially outside the US. buyers, while other markets tracked a sell- bonus share payout for 2013. Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 99.50 5.84 % Caa1 B- ExxonMobil, the biggest US oil company, off across global equities. FGB closed below the all-time intraday high Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 103.00 3.98 % NR BBB- said fourth-quarter earnings came in at $8.4bn Saudi banking shares rallied, moving the of Dh20.55. It was the main support on the

*Periodic Distribution Amount on revenues of $110.9bn, down 16.1 percent sector’s index up 2.6 percent after Riyad Bank emirate’s index, which climbed 0.3 percent IMPORTANT NOTE: from the year-ago level of $10bn on $114.7bn. proposed to double its capital to SR30bn to a new five-year high. A negative global Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which The results translated into per-share earnings ($8bn) through bonus shares issued. Shares in backdrop triggered profit-taking on Dubai’s is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services of $1.91, a penny shy of analyst expectations. Riyad Bank surged 9.2 percent to their highest benchmark, which shed 0.6 percent but rose Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary Results were hit by a 1.8 percent decline in since June 2008. 11.9 percent in January. data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising oil and gas production. Refining earnings fell “Overall you have certain good stories in the “Things were bad before and now they’re out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not sharply, with profits outside the US tumbling banking sector but if there’s a move in U.S. mar- worse - with the global environment seeming take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant to $319m from $1.1bn. “ExxonMobil deliv- kets beyond the expected tapering story - you’ll shaky, local investors are wary of putting more liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not ered strong business results in 2013 while see a reflection of the same happening in Saudi money in markets that have had among the a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and remaining focused on improving profitability Arabia,” said John Sfakianakis, chief investment best worldwide performance year-to-date,” consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. and long-term shareholder value,” said chief strategist at Saudi investment firm MASIC. said Sebastien Henin, portfolio manager at executive Rex Tillerson. Saudi Arabia’s index climbed 0.7 percent, The National Investor. “Over the next two years, ExxonMobil will recovering almost all of the week’s losses; just Selling is mostly driven by retail investors, start up numerous major projects delivering short of last week’s five-year high. despite there being little local vulnerability profitable new supplies of oil and natural gas Abu Dhabi’s heavyweight First Gulf Bank to emerging market jitters since Gulf fiscal while strengthening our refining and chemi- jumped 3.1 percent to 20 dirhams per share surpluses are independently strong. cals businesses.” AFP after the lender increased its 2013 dividend REUTERS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS

The machines have Emerging markets pray turned Britain into a for Wall Street tumble BY JAMES SAFT nation of shoplifters expansion of quantitative easing was good correlations have rushed towards the for them: it tightens the global supply of dreaded 100 percent,” Benoit Anne, emerg- hat struggling emerging money seeking a better return, and sharp- ing market strategist at Societe Generale in BY RHIANNON LUCY COSSLETT markets need right about ens investors’ focus on creditworthiness. London, wrote in a note to clients. now is a big sell-off – in That makes it harder for countries like That probably holds a lesson for investors emember when, in 17somethingorother, Napoleon the US. South Africa, Turkey and India to attract in developed markets. The provision of mas- described England as a nation of shopkeepers? Without a substantial the money they need. sive amounts of liquidity by global central Of course you don’t, you didn’t exist, and it any case Wdowndraft on Wall Street, the Federal All that leaves for emerging markets is banks, especially the Federal Reserve, was Rhe nicked the phrase from Adam Smith’s 1776 magnum Reserve is highly likely to carry on trim- the wan hope that the Fed will acknowledge, done precisely to make investors become opus The Wealth of Nations, but the point is that the man was ming the amount of bonds it buys every somehow, that tough times for emerging less discriminating about risks. wrong. month, continuing at its meeting ending markets figure into their thinking. That allowed emerging markets, particu- Unsurprising when you consider that Napoleon was wrong on Wednesday by taking it down another “The Fed has stressed its view that what larly the weakest, enough time, or rope if about lots of things, such as being really tall, invading Russia $10bn to $65bn. is good for the US is good for the world, you prefer, to restructure and reform. Some and speaking clearly on his deathbed so that those in the vicinity That tapering will accentuate pressure on but that convinces no one abroad and few did, notably, but many did not. could make an accurate note of his comments for posterity, but emerging markets, which have suffered sub- domestically, so the only issue is whether What happens in emerging markets is in this case he was dreadfully, spectacularly wrong. stantial losses on currencies and securities the Fed can find wording that simultane- probably small enough not to drive global Here’s the hard truth: we are not a nation of shopkeepers, but with investors increasingly less interested ously expresses serious concerns on spillover growth, but it is very likely similar to what a nation of shoplifters. in discriminating between the weak and the risk and remains noncommittal,” Steven will happen in developed markets as the Fed A survey conducted by discount vouchers peddlers more stable. Englander, a foreign exchange strategist at continues to remove stimulus. VoucherCodesPro has revealed that one in five people admit to Weakness in emerging markets, and Citigroup in New York, wrote in a note to There is plenty of evidence of excess in stealing items at supermarket self-service checkouts, adding up mixed US economic data, have driven US clients. The Fed does have a track record developed country credit markets and, as to £1.6bn worth of items every year, so frustrated are they with stocks down a somewhat paltry 4 percent on this in one respect -tough trading in the taper continues, those companies and the ineptitude of their surrogate machine slaves. or so from recent highs. While that leaves emerging markets over the summer partly sectors, like housing, will come under stress. This has, naturally, been picked up by the press and featured Wall Street lower than it was when the Fed drove a Wall Street fall that directly led to The key here is to watch US interest rates. in newspaper reports that pleasingly contain such archaic terms commenced its quantitative easing rollback the September surprise in which tapering When they rise, all manner of companies as pilfering (say it with me, folks: pilfering, isn’t it nice?) but in December, there is little reason to believe was delayed. and investments, from highly leveraged bor- then again, we’re threatening to prosecute people for “vagrancy” it will prompt the US central bank to stage Though much has been made in recent rowers to single-family rental homes, will now, so why restrict our pre-industrial revolution nostalgia to an abrupt about-face, especially at Ben years about the positive developments look less sustainable. language? Bernanke’s farewell rate-setting meeting. within emerging markets, a buildup of We saw a bit of that sell-off over the sum- We might as well go full-on medieval and chop these thieves’ While that would immediately ease fund- foreign currency reserves as a buffer and mer in the US, and that is probably what hands off. After all, £1.6bn does add up to a lot of unexpected ing and market conditions for emerging the development of new sources of funding, caused the Fed to pause. If a risky asset sell- items in a lot of bagging areas. markets, it would cost the Fed much in this emerging market sell-off is playing out off, a sizable one, starts in the US in coming credibility, especially after it twice surprised pretty much like they used to in the old days. months, it too, like emerging markets today, A SAY IN THE SUPERMARKET BIZ investors in September and December about First the weakest wobble, but shortly the will prompt an indiscriminate tumble. That I should, by rights, have produced a 300-word listicle contain- the timing of the taper. entire asset class is under pressure. could cause the Fed to pause or reverse the ing trite, observational humour about self-service checkouts, but Tapering is bad for emerging markets “Right now we are in full-blown finan- taper, but not in time to be much help to disappointingly, Buzzfeed got there first. assets in exactly the opposite way the cial contagion mode, and that means emerging markets. REUTERS So instead I thought I’d theorise ponderously – as one Daily Mail commenter did yesterday – about capitalism’s relentless ambition to “remove human endeavour from the labour process” (I have to say that the increased global visibility and access of their website is doing wonders for their comment threads). As my colleague Stuart Heritage pointed out beautifully last weekend, we face a future wherein all technological objects will be connected in “an Internet of things”, and it is a connectivity that will lead to them all, eventually, conspiring to murder us. In the words of the late great Frank Zappa: “The future is scary … you think of the future. And secretly you piddle your pants.” But supermarket self- checkouts are so inefficient that they wouldn’t ever succeed in doing that. They’d aim for murder, of course, but they’d have to settle for temporary incandescence, enraging us as they do beyond all pro- portion for a mere five minutes (“leave it mate, he’s not worth it”) as we try to cackhandedly scan our Marks and Spencer gastro fish pies like the chimps that we are, before giving ourselves a five-finger discount and going home. See? I can do observational too. Well, ish.

ENGINEERED CRIME Despite coming from a long line of pillaging sheep stealers, I’ve never actually nicked something from a supermarket self-service checkout. I know, what a goody two shoes. I do know someone who used to do it as an impoverished student, though actually, on reflection, I’m not sure to what extent money came into it. This is someone who once stole a three-bedroom house’s worth of furniture from Ikea by bypassing the checkouts but still arranged to have it all delivered by them, personally, to her door. Then again, my innocence in respect of this particular crime probably has more to do with the fact that I rarely use self-service checkouts any more because when I do, I inevitably live to regret it. When the Sainsbury’s queue fascist approaches with the inten- tion of chivvying me into the robot pen, I simply say, politely, “No thank you”, and stay put. You should all try it sometime. It not only prevents you from stealing things out of frustration, but might even save you from the gallows one day. And, if you’re lucky, they might just pop you on an island some- where and leave you to die, quietly. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Federal Reserves’ Bernanke deserves 6 out of 10 BY HUGO DIXON encouraged banks and investors the global financial system down without being smothered by dollars of bonds. By driving up inflate new asset bubbles. to run up excessive risks with the plughole with it, there was no zombie banks. the bonds’ prices, their yields Emerging markets have been ow should the world borrowed money. plan B. If only the euro zone, which plummeted. particularly exposed because outside America view By the time Bernanke took After that, Bernanke swung has delayed a similar stress test Investors were thereby encour- hot money from America poured Ben Bernanke’s legacy? over in February 2006, the global into action with many impor- to this year, had done the same. aged to shift their assets into into them in search of higher HShould it lambast the credit bubble – and, in particular, tant innovations – working Bernanke’s next gift to America riskier investments. returns as a consequence of US Federal Reserve chairman, the US subprime housing bubble closely with Hank Paulson, then was extremely loose monetary The combination of QE and yields at home being artificially who retires later this week after – was already well inflated. Treasury secretary, and Tim policy. forward guidance undoubtedly depressed. an eight-year stint, for failing to There was no way of avoiding Geithner, first president of the By the end of 2008, the Fed’s helped America recover from the predict the financial crisis and trouble. However, the new Fed New York Federal Reserve and interest rates were already effec- Great Recession. Loose monetary FED TAPERING being slow to react when it hit? chairman could have mitigated later Treasury secretary. tively zero. But the Fed boss, an policy was especially important Now that Bernanke’s Fed has Or should it laud him for pull- the damage if he had had more eminent student of the Great given that US fiscal policy has started “tapering” its QE – a ing out the stops to save the finan- foresight – say, by pushing for SOFT MINIONS Depression, knew he had other been contractionary in the past process that is expected to con- cial system and pep up the US tighter regulation of the financial Their fire-fighting skills were tools in his kit bag. three years. tinue this week – money is flow- economy after Lehman Brothers system. not perfect. The United States may not ing out of emerging markets. went bust in 2008? The bigger criticism, though, In particular, they were too soft HELICOPTER BEN be growing as fast as it did after This is one factor behind the Or should non-Americans is that once the subprime bubble on banks’ investors and employees Indeed, he had been nicknamed other recessions. sharp falls in emerging market be worried that the process of burst in mid-2007, Bernanke was when bailing them out. “Helicopter Ben” before he ran But the economy is roughly 6 exchange rates from Argentina unwinding Bernanke’s unprece- slow to appreciate the severity of But they were right on the big the Fed for agreeing with Milton percent above its pre-crisis peak. to Turkey last week. dented money-printing policy will the situation. call, which was to provide plenti- Friedman, the founder of mon- That’s a lot better than the euro But it’s not the only factor. deliver a bad case of whiplash? True, he did cut interest rates. ful liquidity to banks, brokers and etarism, that dropping dollar zone, which has not engaged in Many emerging markets are vul- The answers to the last three But he didn’t realise how losses money market funds as well as bills from helicopters would be QE and whose economy is still 3 nerable because they lived beyond questions are “yes, yes and yes.” were going to cascade through the dollar lifelines to central banks an effective method of combating percent below its pre-crisis peak. their means and are guilty of poor Bernanke’s culpability for the global financial system, nor did around the world. This stopped deflation. Bernanke’s loose money hasn’t governance. global financial crisis is not nearly he push hard enough for financial the crisis turning into a total Helicopter Ben first used just helped America; it has also They are not innocent. What as great as that of his predecessor, institutions to increase their capi- disaster. “forward guidance” to indicate helped the rest of the world. Just the Fed’s policy has done is give Alan Greenspan. tal and liquidity buffers. The US bank stress test of that interest rates would stay at think how desperate the global them plenty of rope with which to It was, after all, Greenspan who What’s more, Bernanke’s Fed 2009, which was accompanied record low levels for the foresee- situation, and especially Europe’s, hang themselves. ignored the dangers of financial did little contingency planning with recapitalisation of weak able future. would be if the US economy So Bernanke’s legacy has defi- deregulation, while being ever- to prepare for a big US financial institutions, was another impor- Then he launched an aggressive hadn’t grown. nite minuses as well as pluses. too-ready to respond to any sign institution failing. tant step in stabilising the sys- campaign of “quantitative easing” That said, QE has risks as well That said, on balance, he has been of market trouble by dropping As a result, when Lehman went tem. It meant America could (QE). This involved going into the as advantages. a small net positive. interest rates – a policy that bust, threatening to drag much of embark on an economic recovery market and buying up trillions of The main one is that it can REUTERS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

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Sebastian Soria of Lekhwiya (in red) tackles the ball against Al Khor during their Qatar Stars League (QSL) match on Tuesday. QSL points leaders Lekhwiya won 3-1. Lekhwiya play Muaither today. Lekhwiya prepare for Muaither test Win for Lekhwiya will boost title chances

DOHA: Former champion QSL fixtures QSL Standings Lekhwiya take on football min- Today nows Muaither today, know- P W D L G GA P ing a win can help Eric Gerets’ 4:30pm: Lekhwiya vs Muaither at Al Lekhwiya 18 11 4 3 39 20 37 side inch towards clinching the Gharafa Stadium Eljaish 18 9 3 6 23 19 30 Qatar Stars League (QSL) title 4:30pm Al Wakra vs Eljaish at Al Wakra Al Ahli 17 8 4 5 35 28 28 for the third time. Stadium Al Sadd 17 7 6 4 32 20 27 Lekhwiya, two-time winners in 7:00pm Al Gharafa vs Al Rayyan at Al Al-Sailiya 17 7 5 5 30 27 26 the last three years, have accumu- Gharafa Stadium Qatar SC 17 7 5 5 21 23 26 lated 37 points in 18 matches and 7:00pm Al Khor vs Al Arabi at Al Khor another win will help the boys in Stadium Al Arabi 17 7 3 7 28 28 24 red put a gap between them and Tomorrow Al Gharafa 17 5 6 6 29 28 21 second-placed Eljaish, who have a Al Wakra 17 5 6 6 26 28 21 tally of 30 points. 4:30pm Al Ahli vs Umm Salal at Qatar SC Al Kharaitiyat 17 5 5 7 24 24 20 Eljaish will also be seen in Stadium action today when they take on Al 4:30pm Al Sailiyah vs Al Kharaitiyat at Al Al Khor 17 3 11 3 16 18 20 Wakra in a 4:30pm kick-off game. Khor Stadium Umm Salal 17 5 5 7 22 26 20 Struggling Al Rayyan - a notch 7:00pm Qatar SC vs Al Sadd at Qatar SC Al Rayyan 17 3 5 9 17 28 14 above bottom-placed Muaither - Stadium Muaither 17 3 2 12 19 44 1 play Al Gharafa who will be with- out their Brazilian coach Zico who left at the end of the Leopards’ last game on Tuesday. Al Khor have a date against Al Arabi in the fourth match today. Tomorrow, defending champi- ons Al Sadd will visit Qatar SC in hopes of adding to their tally of 27 points from 18 matches. In other games tomorrow, Al Sailiyah will play Al Kharaitiyat while Al Ahli - the surprise pack- age this season - take on Umm Salal. Al Ahli are in third spot with 28 points from 18 matches. Lekhwiya coach Eric Gerets Muaither coach Ladislas Lozano THE PENINSULA Ferrari intrigued by McLaren suspension

JEREZ, SPAIN: An innovative rear suspension on McLaren’s new Formula One car, first seen in testing this week, has intrigued rivals amid talk of the team having a potential ‘secret weapon’. “I haven’t seen it in the flesh but I’d like to see a bit more of it because it does look interest- ing,” Ferrari technical director James Allison told reporters after McLaren’s Jenson Button topped the second day timesheets. “But I’ve just seen some blurry pictures on websites at the moment.” Photographs of the MP4-29 car showed aerodynamically-profiled ‘blockers’ seemingly shrouding the rear suspension. Former Formula One designer Gary Anderson, writing a tech- Ferrari mechanics stand on a tow truck as Formula One racing driver nical analysis on the Autosport Fernando Alonso of Spain has his F14 T car towed away, after it stopped, website, said the concept should during pre-season testing at the Jerez racetrack in southern Spain. give more downforce at low speed and also reduce drag at high speed Formula One is going through in the constructors’ champion- and appeared perfectly legal. major change this year, with a ship. Since then, former principal “This makes it a double new V6 turbo power unit and Ron Dennis has regained over- whammy, giving you more down- complex energy recovery systems. all control and is carrying out a force under braking and in slower At the same time, changes restructuring of senior manage- corners and less drag at high have been introduced that limit ment with former Lotus principal speed,” he wrote. aerodynamic downforce with Eric Boullier recruited as racing “This could be McLaren’s lower noses and smaller rear director. secret weapon because, if it does wings and tighter controls on Button is partnered this year by work, it is not something that can exhaust exits. Danish hotshot Kevin Magnussen, be copied in five minutes as it is McLaren had a miserable 2013 son of former racer Jan, who won dependent on a number of design season, failing to secure a podium the Formula Renault 3.5 series parameters at the rear of the car.” finish and ending up fifth overall last year. REUTERS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Cricket body Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh set to go back to the Visitors post an innings victory on the fourth day of first Test in Dhaka future DHAKA: Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera picked up five wickets Scoreboard LONDON: For much of its his- as Sri Lanka thumped fragile tory the International Cricket Bangladesh by an innings and Bangladesh (I innings) ...... 232 Council (ICC) was unable to do 248 runs in the first Test in Sri Lanka (I innings) ...... 730-6 decl. anything without the approval Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh (II innings) of England and Australia, the Bangladesh, trailing by a huge Tamim Iqbal c Perera b Herath ...... 11 two original Test nations. 498-run margin on first innings, So the announcement from the were bowled out for 250 in their S Rahman c Chandimal b Eranga ...... 9 ICC’s headquarters in Dubai on second knock after lunch on the Marshall Ayub c Silva b Lakmal ...... 18 Wednesday that it had agreed in fourth day at the Sher-e-Bangla Mominul Haque lbw b Perera ...... 50 principle to be effectively run by Stadium. Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Perera ...... 25 India, England and Australia had Perera, a 31-year-old playing Mushfiqur Rahim b Perera ...... 14 a familiar ring to it. in his second Test, finished with Plans to bolster the position of Nasir Hossain c Herath b Perera ...... 29 five for 109 while seamer Suranga the ‘Big Three’ within the ICC Lakmal took three as the hosts Sohag Gazi lbw b Lakmal ...... 23 include the formation of a new were dismissed in 51.5 overs with Robiul Islam lbw b Lakmal ...... 1 five-man executive committee, a day to spare. Rubel Hossain c Silva b Perera ...... 17 with three seats reserved for the Bangladesh, who resumed the Al-Amin Hossain (not out) ...... 32 Board of Control for Cricket in day at 35-1, failed to cope with Sri Extras: (B9, LB10, NB2) ...... 21 India (BCCI), the England and Lanka’s pace and spin assault and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Total (all out, 51.5 overs) ...... 250 lost their last nine wickets for 215 Cricket Australia (CA). runs despite the even-paced pitch. Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-35, 3-50, 4-102, The BCCI now generates 80 The hosts were reduced to 5-133, 6-150, 7-183, 8-197, 9-197, 10- percent of world cricket’s wealth 197-9 before the last-wicket pair 250. and the only way most other of Rubel Hossain and Al-Amin Bowling: Lakmal 14-4-39-3 (nb2), Eran- boards remain financially afloat is Hossain boosted the total with ga 6-1-26-1, Herath 9-3-47-1, D. Perera from the colossal television rights lusty hitting during an entertain- they receive from a tour by India. ing partnership of 53 runs off 38 Sri Lankan cricketers leave the field after their victory over Bangladesh on the fourth day of the first Test match 19.5-0-109-5, Mathews 3-0-10-0 Given that, greater BCCI influ- balls. at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka yesterday. Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and ence in the running of the ICC Rubel made 17, while Al Amin and 248 runs with a day to spare in the first Test in Dhaka to take 1-0 lead in the two-match series. 248 runs. was all but inevitable. returned unbeaten on a quickfire Almost as understandable was 32 off 18 balls that contained four the BCCI’s decision to form links sixes and one boundary. I got a big one,” the 36-year-old guys did well. We applied our- than unfancied Zimbabwe -- to come back from there. “The with CA and the ECB, the only Bangladesh, who made 232 former captain said. “I thought it selves and made sure we did not have lost 68 of their 82 Tests boys just did not show the fight other major boards to consistently in their first innings, conceded was a great game by the team as lose wickets up front.” since gaining full status in 2000. in the middle. Hopefully we will turn a profit. their highest Test total of 730-6 everyone put their hands up and Sri Lanka have now won 14 of They have won four Tests, two come back strongly in the next Prior to this week’s two-day declared. Three Sri Lankans performed. their 15 Tests against Bangladesh, each against Zimbabwe and the Test. We need to work on our bat- ICC board meeting in Dubai, a hit centuries including Mahela “I think the wicket played really eight of them by an innings mar- West Indies. Bangladesh captain ting. It is important that someone leaked ‘position paper’ from the Jayawardene, who scored an well, and even today there was a gin, and drawn the other. Mushfiqur Rahim rued the lack from the top plays a big innings.” ‘Big Three’ suggested they be unbeaten double-ton. little bit of pace for our quicks, On their previous tour in 2008- of runs in the first innings that The second Test starts in spared relegation in any new Jayawardene, who was named and for the spinners it was turn- 09, Sri Lanka had won the first set his team back. the port city of Chittagong on two-division Test set-up because Man-of-the-Match, said he was ing, but the important thing was Test by 107 runs and the second “It was a good wicket to bat on, February 4. It will be followed by of their commercial importance. happy to contribute to what was the bounce which really helped us. by 465 runs. Bangladesh, who lan- but we did not play well from day two Twenty20 matches and three But come a statement released a “great game” by the team. “Test cricket is all about han- guish at the bottom of the Test one and that put us on the back one-day internationals. after the first day of talks on “It has been some time since dling situations, that is where our rankings at number 10 -- lower foot,” he said. “It is very difficult REUTERS Tuesday, there was no mention of promotion and relegation, with the ICC declaring there would be “participation based on meritoc- racy; no immunity to any coun- Scotland and UAE grab try, and no change to membership status”. That promotion and relegation was conceded by the ‘Big Three’ suggests it was always something final World Cup berths to be given away in return for acceptance of more fundamental DUBAI: Scotland pipped Kenya it was Taylor’s late assault that who trusted us and believed in points. to secure their third World Cup earned them a thrilling three- us,” he said. That appears to be what appearance yesterday while wicket victory and their first Having decided to bat first, has happened with strugglers United Arab Emirates (UAE) World Cup appearance since 2007. none of the UAE batsmen could Bangladesh, whose Test status also booked their ticket for next “It is absolutely awesome, we reach fifty but they still put up has been repeatedly called into year’s marquee 50-over tour- have worked really hard to get to 263 before folding in the final over. question on the back of a string nament in Australia and New this position and to actually get Amjad Javed (3-35) was the of defeats. Zealand. over the line is unbelievable. The pick of the UAE bowlers who first With major constitutional On the final day of the Super feeling is immense,” Mommsen denied Namibia a flying start and changes to the running of the ICC Sixes in Christchurch, Rob Taylor said. claimed wickets at crucial times requiring a three-fourths major- shrugged off his poor form and, At Rangiora, UAE beat Namibia to restrict their opponents to 227 ity -- ie eight of the 10 leading batting at number eight, blasted by 36 runs to secure their second for nine. nations -- it now seems the ‘Big 46 unbeaten runs off 37 balls to World Cup appearance, first since Scotland and UAE will now Three’ are one vote away from help Scotland reach the 261-run 1996. play the tournament final at Bert getting support for their revamp victory target with three balls to “You can’t describe in words the Sutcliffe Oval tomorrow. plan. spare. feeling,” UAE captain Khurram The winner of the contest West Indies, who forecast they Opting to bat first, Kenya rode Khan said. “I’ve been playing will join England, Australia, Sri would receive a hundred percent Alex Obanda’s 89 off 101 balls for UAE since 2001 and it is an Lanka, Bangladesh, New Zealand increase in revenue as a result of to post a competitive 260 before amazing feeling to help my team and Afghanistan in Group A. the changes, and New Zealand, being all out on the last ball of the to qualify. The loser tomorrow will be Australian cricket team captain Michael Clarke poses with a fan upon both appear to be onside. 50th over. “It’s been very, very hard to clubbed in Group B alongwith arrival at Johannesburg Airport on Wednesday. Australia will play three That leaves the ‘Big Three’ Matty Cross (55) and captain make it this far. Most of us are South Africa, India, Pakistan, Tests and as many T20 matches against hosts South Africa. The first needing to win over just one of Preston Mommsen (78) shone part-time cricketers - we are not West Indies, Zimbabwe and Test starts on February 12 at SuperSport Park, Centurion. South Africa, Pakistan and Sri with the bat for Scotland but professionals. This is for everyone Ireland. REUTERS Lanka, the three most vocal oppo- nents of the leaked plan, when the ICC reconvenes for another meet- Departing Bangladesh captain Hughes replaces injured ing next month. Mushfiqur Rahim On Tuesday, the ICC trum- coach Rixon walks off the peted “unanimous support” for field following his Marsh in Australia squad the principles behind the revamp, slams Cricket dismissal by Sri only for a Sri Lankan source to Lankan cricketer SYDNEY: Australia replaced injured batsman Shaun Marsh with say: “As far as Sri Lanka is con- Dilruwan Perera Phillip Hughes yesterday while clearing fit-again paceman Jackson cerned, there was no unanimity Australia during the fourth Bird to join the team in South Africa for the three-test series start- on this.” day of the first ing on February 12. The end of the Future Tours SYDNEY: Departing national Test at the Sher- Though named in the 15-man squad, both Marsh and Bird stayed programme announced on assistant coach Steve Rixon e-Bangla National put in Australia battling fitness issues. Tuesday and a return to ‘bilat- yesterday lashed out at Cricket Cricket Stadium in “As Shaun Marsh’s calf injury has not improved as much as required eral tours’ has raised concerns Australia, saying he had little over the past four days he has been withdrawn from the Test squad that weaker nations could suffer Dhaka yesterday. respect for the organisation, for the tour of South Africa,” national selector John Inverarity said from a lack of competitive cricket. Off-spinner Dilruwan which he accused of unneces- in a statement. “Phillip Hughes had been placed on standby and now But New Zealand Cricket’s sary interference. Perera picked up five comes into the Test Squad as a replacement for Shaun. Phillip will Martin Snedden told the coun- The tenure of Rixon, a former wickets as Sri Lanka head to South Africa as soon as possible.” try’s Radio LiveSport: “There coach of New Zealand, came to an thumped fragile Marsh injured his calf during Australia’s one-day series against was a lot of speculation that we abrupt end of Wednesday when Bangladesh by an England and was undergoing treatment at Perth. would get some crumbs from the Australian head coach Darren innings and 248 runs Bird, who injured his back in a Big Bash match last week, was cleared big guys and just end up playing Lehmann said he no longer fitted in the first Test. by the medical team after the 27-year-old paceman underwent bowl- mainly the small guys. That’s not into his plans. ing sessions at Hobart under coach Darren Lehmann’s observation. going to happen.” The 59-year-old, a former He, along with team-mate Moises Henriques, will fly to South Africa He added: “We’ve locked in good wicketkeeper who played 13 Tests They interfere with a lot of the and captain Michael Clarke were today. After the first Test in Centurion, Port Elizabeth will host the commitments from Australia, for Australia, said he was due to cricket decisions over the period well-placed to run their own ship second from February 20 while Cape Town is the venue for the third England and India through that leave in April anyway and he had of time and I don’t necessarily and ignore any internal or exter- and final Test from March 1. 10-year period (to 2023).” no issues with Lehmann but CA agree with that. nal pressure. On Tuesday saw current ICC was another matter. “It’s none of my business at the “With Michael now being very chief executive David Richardson “I have no problems with the end of the day. I do what I do -- content with where he is, Boof’s Veteran Hodge earns T20 recall proclaimed: “I am looking forward coaching staff, I have no prob- I go out and do it to the best I obviously come in with a stronger SYDNEY: Veteran batsman Brad Hodge was yesterday recalled to to bringing to fruition some of the lems with Boof (Lehmann). I know how. But it’s probably just approach to that,” he said. Australia’s Twenty20 squad, boosting his chances of playing in the principles that have been pro- can’t quite say that about Cricket draining.” “That’s why I think cricket’s in World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in March-April. posed and accepted”. Australia,” he told Sky Sports His scorn appeared to be a very good shape with Australia. The 39-year-old, who has been in outstanding form for the Melbourne That brought a mocking Radio. largely directed at CA’s high- We’re starting to get all those bits Stars in the domestic Big Bash League, was called up to replace all- response from former England Asked what the issues were, performance chief Pat Howard, a and pieces (together). rounder Moises Henriques, who is heading to South Africa to join up captain Michael Atherton who, he replied: “I’m not getting into a former international rugby player. “Darren will eventually get a with the Test team, Cricket Australia said. Hodge played six Tests writing in The Times, declared slanging match. I have very little Asked if Howard was the inter- team around him that he’s very, and 25 one-day international for Australia between 2005 and 2008 the former South Africa wicket- respect for the organisation so I fering staffer he was referring to, very comfortable with and that’s but has been overlooked since. He will join the squad for the final two keeper a “chief executive without think we best just leave it there.” Rixon said: “Let me say, I hope he fine. That’s the way life is, that’s Twenty20s against England, in Melbourne today and Sydney on Sunday. a shred of executive power, and When pressed, he added: “I was a good rugby player.” the way it is with coaching.” Australia won the opening match in Hobart on Wednesday by 13 runs. chief executive of a body with no don’t like a lot of things they do. However, Rixon said Lehmann REUTERS AGENCIES function”. REUTERS FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Football Fixtures All times in GMT Ligue 1 Today Federer joins Swiss camp Paris St Germain v Girondins Bordeaux (1930) Tomorrow FC Lorient v Monaco (1530) Davis Cup: Grand Slam star teams up with Australian Open champion Evian Thonon Gaillard FC v Ajaccio (1900) Sochaux v Nantes (1900) St Etienne v Valenciennes (1900) NOVI SAD, SERBIA: Bastia v En Avant Guingamp (1900) Switzerland’s former world Davis Cup World Group Switzerland’s Stade de Reims v Montpellier HSC (1900) number one Roger Federer will fixtures Stanislas join Australian Open cham- Sunday, February 2 PARIS: Davis Cup World Group first round Wawrinka Nice v Lille (1300) pion Stanislas Wawrinka in (left) and their Davis Cup first-round tie ties from today to Sunday: Stade Rennes v Olympique Lyon (1600) Roger Federer against Serbia next weekend. At Ostrava - hard (indoors) Olympique Marseille v Toulouse (2000) are pictured “I can confirm that Roger is in Czech Republic vs Netherlands English Premier League during a Serbia and will play in the Davis At Tokyo - hard (indoors) Tomorrow Cup,” Swiss Tennis Federation training Newcastle United v Sunderland (1245) Japan vs Canada spokeswoman Sandra Perez said session prior West Ham United v Swansea City (1245) At Frankfurt - hard (indoors) by email late on Wednesday. to the Davis Cardiff City v Norwich City (1500) With Federer renewing his Germany vs Spain Cup World Everton v Aston Villa (1500) Davis Cup partnership with At La Roche sur Yon - clay (indoors) Group first Fulham v Southampton (1500) Wawrinka, the Swiss will start France vs Australia round match Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur (1500) as strong favourites against 2010 between At San Diego - clay (outdoor) Stoke City v Manchester United (1500) winners and 2013 runners-up Serbia and Sunday, February 2 (GMT) Serbia, who are missing their USA vs Great Britain Switzerland West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool (1330) top three players including world At Mar del Plato - clay (outdoor) at the Spens Arsenal v Crystal Palace (1600) number two Novak Djokovic. Argentina vs Italy Sport Center Monday, February 3 (GMT) Federer, the winner of 17 Grand At Astana - hard (indoor) in Novi Sad, Manchester City v Chelsea (2000) Slam titles on the men’s ATP Kazakhstan vs Belgium Serbia, on La Liga Tour, has never won the Davis Wednesday. Cup and renewing his partnership At Novi Sad - hard (indoor) Today with Wawrinka should present Serbia vs Switzerland Granada CF v Celta Vigo (2000) him with a good chance of adding Tomorrow to his jam-packed trophy cabinet. That is, unless world number injured Janko Tipsarevic, who has exhaustion is Serbia’s best chance stage. We will do everything we Barcelona v Valencia (1500) The 32-year-old Swiss maes- two Novak Djokovic follows in been sidelined with a heel prob- of springing what would have been can to win. Players like Wawrinka Levante v Rayo Vallecano (1700) tro last played for his country in Federer’s footsteps and makes a lem since October, and suspended upset even with Federer absent. always find a way to dig deep into Getafe v Real Valladolid (1900) the 2012 World Group play-off last minute U-Turn, having ear- Viktor Troicki who is serving a “It’s a predicament not hav- their resources but despite being Malaga v Sevilla (2100) win over the Netherlands and lier pulled out of the tie to focus 12-month doping ban for missing ing our best players available but up against it, our goal remains to Sunday, February 2 (GMT) his best result in the competition on the ATP Tour and his bid to a blood test in April. it’s also an opportunity to inject win three points in the tie and Elche v Almeria (1100) was reaching the 2003 semi-finals. wrestle the top ranking spot back The Serbians are relying on some fresh blood into the squad,” advance to the next round.” Real Betis v Espanyol (1600) Although Wawrinka is likely from Nadal. the unheralded duo of world Obradovic told a news conference With Federer now ready to Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad (1800) to be exhausted after his celebra- If there is to be another twist, number 102 Dusan Lajovic and in the SPENS Arena prior to support Wawrinka, who will also Athletic Club v Real Madrid (2000) tions and a long-haul flight from Djokovic would have to cut short Filip Krajinovic (280) as the breaking news that Federer was be pumped up after winning his Monday, February 3 (GMT) Melbourne following his win over his skiing holiday in the Serbian likely singles starters, with Nenad on his way to Serbia. first Grand Slam and rocketing to Villarreal v Osasuna (2100) Spain’s world number one Rafa resort of Mount Kopaonik, where Zimonjic expected to join forces “The atmosphere is great and a career-best world number three, Nadal in Sunday’s final, the Swiss he has been photographed by local with Ilija Bozoljac in the doubles. what we need now is a big fan a Serbia win would amount to one Turkish championship Today should be too strong for a deci- media with friends and family. Their coach Bogdan Obradovic turnout so that these young lads of the biggest shocks in Davis Cup mated Serbian side. Serbia will certainly miss the thinks Wawrinka’s probable get the proper support on the big history. REUTERS Besiktas v Erciyesspor (1800) Saturday, February 1 (GMT) Kayserispor v Kasimpasa (1300) Antalyaspor v Gaziantepspor (1700) Last round of Eskisehirspor v Fenerbahce (1700) aquabike event Sunday, February 2 (GMT) Karabukspor v Elazigspor (1130) DOHA: The last round of the Golf: McIlroy sizzles in Dubai Akhisar Belediyespor v Genclerbirligi (1400) Qatar International Aquabike Konyaspor v Sivasspor (1400) Open Race Championship will be Dubai Desert Classic D UBAI: Rory McIlroy hit a sizzling nine-under McIlroy has fond memories of Dubai, claiming his Galatasaray v Bursaspor (1700) held tomorrow on the Corniche, 63 to lead the first round of the $2.5m Dubai first European tour victory at this event in 2009 and Monday, February 3 (GMT) Qatar Marine Sports Federation Scores Desert Classic by two strokes yesterday, bolster- also winning 2012’s DP World Tour Championship Rizespor v Trabzonspor (1800) informed here yesterday. ing his hopes of claiming a first European tour win to become only the second golfer to top the money Portuguese championship The race will be held in the Ski DUBAI: Leading scores yesterday in the first since 2012. list in both Europe and United States in the same round of the $2.5m Dubai Desert Classic, Today F1, Runabout Stock, Runabout Playing the back nine holes first, the Northern season. Estoril v Arouca (2000) Stock (Beginner class) and the part of the European PGA Tour:- Majlis Irishman was unperturbed by a 0405 GMT tee-off These achievements helped McIlroy become world Tomorrow Runabout Super Stock (Runabout Course, par-72 time, reaching the turn at five-under after sinking number one, but he endured a tough 2013, rarely Maritimo v Porto (1715) F1) categories. 63 Rory McIlroy (NIR) a quintet of birdies from the 12th to the 18th. troubling the leaderboard as he sunk to sixth in the Vitoria Setubal v Rio Ave (1800) THE PENINSULA 65 Edoardo Molinari (ITA) He rattled in an eagle at the par-five third hole rankings. with a 25-foot putt and picked up two further shots The twice major winner has begun to find his form Gil Vicente v Benfica (1915) Schedule tomorrow: 66 Stephen Gallacher (SCO), Julien in a blemish-free round on the Majlis course. again, winning the Australian Open in December and Sunday, February 2 Quesne (FRA), Richard Sterne (RSA), Playing partner Tiger Woods kept pace initially to finishing joint-second at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Belenenses v Braga (1615) 08:00am-08:40am: Registration Damien McGrane (IRL), Matthew be four-under after nine holes, but then sunk nine Championship earlier this month, with four top-10 Sporting v Academica (1815) 09:00am-09:30am Pilots Briefing Baldwin (ENG) successive pars to finish on 68, five behind his rival. finishes in his past five events on the European Tour. Monday, February 3 (GMT) (Mandatory for the pilot) 67 Robert Rock (ENG), Soren Hansen Italy’s Edoardo Molinari carded 65 to be two shots “Getting back to world No. 1, it’s a by-product of Vitoria Guimaraes v 09:45am-10:45am: Technical Inspections (DEN) off the pace, with defending champion Stephen playing well, giving yourself chances to win tourna- Nacional Madeira (2000) Official Practice: 11:00am - 11:20am Gallacher among five players to shoot 66. ments. If I finish second in every tournament from Serie A 68 Tiger Woods (USA), Paul Lawrie (SCO), “Sometimes you have an early start, it maybe takes now to the end of the year, I would be world No. 1, I Tomorrow Ski (Ski Division F1) :11:25am - 11:55am Soren Kjledsen (DEN), Ottie Hennie you a few holes to get going,” McIlroy told reporters, won’t be happy: I wouldn’t have won,” added McIlroy. Saturday, February 1 (GMT) (RSA), Romain Wattel (FRA), Jorge 12:00pm - 12:20pm: Runabout Stock when asked about his scintillating beginning. “These scores may look somewhat routine out Bologna v Udinese (1700) (Beginner class) Campillo (ESP), Thongchai Jaidee “But whenever you have people on the tee box there but there’s a lot of hard work that goes on Cagliari v Fiorentina (1700) (THA), 12:25pm - 12:55pm: Runabout Super Stock and cameras clicking, it sort of makes you more behind the scenes to actually be able to go out and AC Milan v Torino (1945) (Runabout F1) 69 Brooks Koepka (USA), Roope Kakko alert at that time of the morning when sometimes shoot scores like this.” Sunday, February 2 (GMT) 01:30pm-01:50pm: Ski (Ski Division F1) (15 (FIN), Alvaro Quiros (ESP), Mikko you’re half asleep.” World number one Woods said he was relieved Genoa v Sampdoria (1130) Min + 1 Lap) Ilonen (FIN), David Horsey (ENG), It could have been even better for the 24-year-old, to sink a birdie on his opening hole in Dubai, his AS Roma v Parma (1400) 01:55pm-02:15pm: Runabout Stock (15 Jamie Donaldson (WAL), Tommy who missed a six-foot putt on the opening hole and first competitive golf since last week’s dire 79 at Atalanta Bergamo v Napoli (1400) Fleetwood (ENG), Darren Fichardt Min + 1 Lap) lipped out another birdie attempt on the fifth hole. California’s Torrey Pines, the second-worst round Catania v Livorno (1400) (RSA), Magnus Carlsson (SWE), Simon 02:20pm-02:40pm: Runabout Stock Had those gone he could have equalled the course of his professional career. Chievo Verona v Lazio (1400) Dyson (ENG), Noh Seung-Yul (KOR), record of 61. The 38-year-old found the sand with alarming (Beginner class) (15 Min + 1 Lap) Sassuolo v Verona (1400) Marco Crespi (ITA), Justin Walters “I drove it well and I can really take advantage of regularity but was still able to pick up further shots 02:45pm-03:05pm: Runabout Super Stock (RSA), Francesco Molinari (ITA), Brett Juventus v Inter Milan (1945) (Runabout F1) (20 Min + 1 Lap) hitting it long and straight here,” McIlroy added. “I at 13, 15 and 18. He found it harder going as overcast Rumford (AUS), Raphael Jacquelin got a lot of wedges into greens. If I can keep doing skies gave way to piercing desert sunshine, missing a Bundesliga 04:30pm: Prize giving ceremony (FRA), Alexander Levi (FRA), Scott that, hopefully scores like this will become more 10-foot birdie chance at the second in a barren last Today Venue: Corniche near Sheraton Hotel Hend (AUS) regular.” nine holes. REUTERS Eintracht Braunschweig v Borussia Dortmund (1930) Tomorrow Bayer Leverkusen v VfB Stuttgart (1430) FC Augsburg v Werder Bremen (1430) Mainz v Freiburg (1430) Hoffenheim v Hamburg SV (1430) Schalke 04 v VfL Wolfsburg (1430) Hanover 96 v Borussia Moenchengladbach (1730) Sunday, February 2 (GMT) Hertha Berlin v Nuremberg (1430) Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt (1630) NHL Results NY Rangers 2 NY Islanders 1 Edmonton 3 San Jose 0 Chicago 5 Vancouver 2

NBA Results Oklahoma City 112 Miami 95 Toronto 98 Orlando 83 Philadelphia 95 Boston 94 Phoenix 126 Milwaukee 117 Minnesota 88 New Orleans 77 Houston 117 Dallas 115 Charlotte 101 Denver 98 Mohammed Sabri Ali (centre), winner in the 10m Air Rifle at the shooting Heir Apparent Cup, poses for a picture along with Hamad Muflih Abu Tuaimeh (left), silver medal and Vitally Dovgun, Chicago 96 San Antonio 86 bronze medal winner, at Losail Shooting Range. The Heir Apparent Cup, hosted by Qatar Shooting and Archery Association, ends on February 8. Around 200 shooters and archers are taking Memphis 99 Sacramento 89 part in the event. In the 10m Air Pistol event, Ahmad Zaid Al Shammary took the top honours followed by Oleg Engachev (left). Obana Abdel Naser Al Shaiba clinched the bronze medal. LA Clippers 110 Washington 103 FRIDAY 31 JANUARY 2014 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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