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SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 • 8 Jumada II 1436 • Volume 19 Number 6383 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Saudi pounds Houthi camps Europe carriers Operation Storm to have two Resolve: A new Hadi arrives in Egypt for Arab League summit; Saleh calls for ceasefire crew in cockpit

alliance in region DOHA: Saudi Arabia said yes- at all times evel- terday the coalition forces it is D leading will not at any cost allow Emir to attend BERLIN: The European opments weapons or other supplies to be Aviation Safety Agency recom- in Yemen made to Houthi militiamen in Arab summit mended yesterday that at least have taken Yemen. two people be present in the a danger- The spokesman for the forces DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh cockpit of planes at all times, fol- ous turn showed videos of air strikes on Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani lowing the apparently deliberate with the Houthi targets in Yemen yester- will lead Qatar’s delegation crashing of the Germanwings military day at a press briefing in Riyadh to the Arab League Council’s flight this week. interven- Dr Khalid Al Jaber and said the coalition forces had 26th meeting due to be held Prosecutors yesterday said tion, called completely destroyed Al Anad on the summit level under the Germanwings co-pilot who Operation military airport, which the rebel the title “Seventy years of crashed his Airbus into the Storm of Resolve, led by militiamen were using. joint Arab action”. French Alps hid a serious illness Saudi Arabia with the sup- The spokesman, Brigadier The meeting will begin today from the airline, amid reports he port of five GCC states. The Ahmed Asseri, said that defend- in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. was severely depressed. operation was approved by ing the Aden government was the QNA Transport ministries and avia- Arab countries and sup- campaign’s “main objective.” tion authorities in Germany, ported by US and other “I want to confirm that the President Abdrabuh Mansur Austria and Portugal announced Western states. operation itself has as its main Hadi arrived in Egypt for talks earlier in the day that they would Currently, Yemen is experi- objective to protect the govern- with Arab allies. be requiring the adoption of the encing at all levels the status ment in Aden,” Asseri said. A call for a ceasefire was issued so-called “rule of two”, which is of a ‘failed state’. Following “The operation will continue as by former president Ali Abdullah already standard in the US. the coup by Houthis, compar- long as there is a need for it to Saleh, suspected of being allied The regulation would come into isons have been made with continue,” he said. with the rebels. immediate effect for Portugal’s the situations in Syria, Iraq Morocco said it would join the Saleh called for “an immediate national airline, TAP Portugal, and Lebanon. The question coalition against the Houthis. cessation of military operations by Secretary of State for Transport that comes to our minds is Pakistan, named by Saudi Arabia the coalition” and “a simultaneous Sergio Monteiro said. what will be the future of as a partner, said it had made no immediate stop” by the Huthis, as Air France and KLM followed Yemen and its people amid decision on whether to contribute. well as a halt to looting of public suit, saying in a statement that Iranian celebrations over Asseri, an air force pilot, said buildings and army camps. they would implement the recom- their control of four histori- at the briefing that on the second And he proposed a “resumption mendation “as soon as possible”. cal Arab capitals -- Baghdad, day of air strikes on Houthi tar- of dialogue... under the sponsor- Belgian companies — Brussels Damascus, Beirut and Sana’a. gets yesterday, several roads and ship of the United Nations, and Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, Yemen is the backyard of bridges used by the militiamen to its transfer to the United Arab and Jetairfly — also said they the Gulf and the Arabian transport weapons and ballistic Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi (left) welcoming Yemen’s President Emirates or a UN building”. would put in place the two person Peninsula. Along with the missiles to Sana’a and Sada cities Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh yesterday. The rebels have also clashed rule along with Thomas Cook. political, tribal and sectar- were destroyed. with Sunni tribes as they push The moves came after ini- ian components, this brings “We are asking Yemeni people Yemeni airspace and any move- Saudi-Yemeni border areas now,” south. At least 21 were killed yes- tial investigations into the a regional dimension to the to remain away from Houthi mili- ment of Houthi militiamen on the said the brigadier, who showed terday when tribesmen ambushed Germanwings crash indicated conflict. The latest develop- tiamen’s gatherings and caravans ground is being targeted.” videos of how the coalition their vehicles north of Aden. co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have ments show the true colour as the coalition is targeting all Militias in the areas of Yemen forces had launched air strikes Houthi fighters and allied army deliberately crashed the Airbus of Houthis and their rejection those areas,” Asseri said. bordering Saudi Arabia were on Houthi targets yesterday. units gained their first foothold on A320 into a mountain in France of agreements and initiatives The roads and bridges that were attacked by the coalition forces No supplies of weapons or any Yemen’s Arabian Sea coast by seiz- on Tuesday, killing all 150 people meant to achieve political targeted have prevented the move- using Apache helicopters, Qatar other materials will be allowed to ing the port of Shaqra 100km east aboard, after locking the captain transition and bring unity ment of Houthi militiamen from News Agency (QNA) reported. be made to Houthi militiamen, of Aden, residents said. out of the cockpit. and stability to the country. the south to the north of Yemen. “There is no ground move- said Asseri. AGENCIES AGENCIES Continued on page 2 “We have total control over the ment by the militias on the Meanwhile, embattled See also page 9 See also page 10

Fishing to be restricted for two months Some schools start

DOHA: Qatar will restrict fish- at the Ministry of Environment. boat would be able to spend only and the Coast Guard and envi- ing in its territorial waters for Topping the list of fish that 24 days out in the sea for fishing. ronment ministry inspectors will teaching traffic safety two months beginning April breed during this season are The fisheries department said that closely monitor the boats. since that is the fish breeding Sheri and Hamour, which together a boat’s catch — in other words the Besides, an awareness campaign DOHA: Traffic safety has been season. account for almost 40 percent of fishermen’s income — wouldn’t be about the fish breeding season and made a part of the curriculum The fisheries department, how- the total catch in Qatar. adversely affected. the need to cut down on commer- on an experimental basis in five ever, said fish production wouldn’t Fishing boats will be allowed “There are lots of fish to be cial fishing expeditions will be car- Independent Schools, including be affected by the above restriction into the sea for fishing only three caught in this season, so a boat’s ried out. those for girls. since the catch will almost double times a month during the breeding catch wouldn’t be affected,” a local Ensuring restricted fishing in Based on the success of what, in April and May. season and each trip wouldn’t be Arabic daily quoted a source in the the breeding season is aimed at apparently, is a pilot project, all These are good months permitted to last more than four fisheries department as saying. preserving the country’s marine Independent Schools will impart for fishing so the restrictions days. About how the rule will be wealth for sustainable develop- lessons in traffic safety, says the wouldn’t affect production and This means that during the two implemented, the source said each ment and future food security. Department of Traffic. fish prices, said the department months (April and May), a fishing fishing boat will be given a card THE PENINSULA The success of the programme will be gauged by testing the Some streets there have no lighting. knowledge of students about traf- This problem will be solved as fic safety after a number of lessons. an extensive development plan is MotoGP practice The above programme will being introduced to revamp the ensure that students are cautious Industrial Area. Saudi Arabia while playing in the streets in Road accidents declined in their localities and crossing roads. number in 2014 and detailed sta- to send envoy Moreover, when they grow up tistics will figure in the depart- they will become motorists. “So, ment’s annual report for the year. back to Sweden children’s awareness about traffic Overtaking from the right safety is important,” said Brigadier remains the most common viola- CAIRO: Saudi Arabia has Mohamed Saad Al Kharji (pic- tion of traffic rules and parking decided to send its envoy back tured), Director of the Traffic in slots reserved for people with to Sweden, Saudi-owned Al Department. special needs and parking in a way Arabiya television said yester- In an interview published in the that blocks other cars are also day, in a move that will ease a latest edition of the police maga- common violations. diplomatic row over the Arab zine Shurta Ma’ak (The Police However, after the Traffic country’s human rights record. With You), he said: “If we find the Department began seizing cars The channel provided no imme- outcome of the pilot project posi- involved in overtaking from the diate details. tive, we will introduce the concept right, incidents of this violation Saudi Arabia withdrew its in all government schools”. have gone down. envoy earlier this month over Pedestrian safety continues to Lekhwiya (Internal Security Swedish criticism of the mon- be a problem but accidents involv- Force) and Al Fazaa are actively archy’s treatment of women and ing people crossing the roads are coordinating with the Traffic dissidents. on the decline, he said. Department to record traffic In January, Foreign Minister This is because pedestrian violations. Margot Wallstrom tweeted criti- safety awareness campaigns have Al Kharji said that road users cism of Saudi Arabia’s flogging been launched among workers in were annoyed with the Traffic of human rights activist blogger the Industrial Area, which is more Department but that was because Raif Badawi, calling it a “cruel Spanish Moto2 rider Tito Rabat (second left) leads during a free practice session for the Motorcycling Grand prone to such mishaps. of diversions due to infrastruc- attempt to silence modern forms Prix of Qatar at Losail International Circuit yesterday. The 2015 MotoGP World Championship season’s first In the Industrial Area, steps are ture works in several areas of the of expression”. race will be held tomorrow. See also page 22 being taken to ensure pedestrian country. REUTERS safety by creating zebra crossings. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir receives call Qatar’s economic QTA, Aspire Zone to from Saudi King DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday received a telephone call from the Custodian of the growth to be 4pc mark Earth Hour Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi DOHA: Qatar Tourism QTA will produce a short their own bike and night glow Arabia. They discussed fraternal Authority (QTA) will lead film on the activity. It is com- items, in what is shaping up to ties between the two countries hotels and tourist establish- mitted to United Nations World be a unique, eco-friendly exer- and means of boosting them as in 2015-18: S&P ments in the country in cel- Tourism Organisation’s Global cise-driven experience. well as regional developments. ebrating Earth Hour with the Code of Ethics for Tourism Aspire Zone’s commit- DOHA: Standard & Poor’s Rating growth of about 6 percent. rest of the world tonight. which aims to develop the tour- ment to sustainability goes Education Minister Services (S&P) yesterday said Qatar’s high wealth means that its All non-essential lights in ism sector into an effective sup- beyond Earth Hour, by ensur- Qatar’s economic growth will aver- relatively weak per capita economic these establishments will be porter of the national economy. ing that lighting schedules are meets students age around four percent in 2015- growth performance is not an imme- switched off or dimmed from The code stresses the need reviewed regularly to reduce 2018, helped by the government’s diate concern for ratings. 8.30pm to 9.30pm. Hotel guests for tourist establishments unnecessary energy use. It has DOHA: Minister of Education huge investment programme. “However, beyond our two-year will also turn off or dim lights across the world to observe glo- installed automated systems to and Higher Education H E “We project real economic growth outlook horizon, Qatar’s economic in their rooms or apartments. bal environmental standards, reduce the amount of resources Mohammed Abdul Wahed Ali in Qatar to average about four per- risk position could deteriorate rela- About 1.8 billion people in especially that nature and the required to operate lighting, air Al Hammadi yesterday met cent annually in 2015-2018, sus- tive to economies that are expanding over 7,000 cities across the environment are key elements conditions and irrigation. student delegations from a tained by the government’s $220bn more rapidly,” it said. world will mark the event in hotel and tourism projects. Aspire Zone organises events Japanese and a Qatari school investment program,e. According to S&P, medium- to to raise awareness about the Meanwhile, as part of its that promote a healthy lifestyle that participated in an exchange “We are affirming our ‘AA/A-1+’ long-term challenges to Qatar’s importance of protecting the commitment to being environ- and encourage the community programme. Qatari students ratings on Qatar. The outlook is sta- competitive position in the liquefied planet and the environment mentally conscious and green, to be active. spoke about their experiences ble,” said the rating agency. natural gas (LNG) market are likely and preserving them for gener- Aspire Zone will switch off It demonstrated the power in Japan and Japanese stu- “We project slower real GDP to come from new shale production, ations as well as about dangers non-essential lights. It expects humans have to produce energy dents about their impressions growth of about four percent dur- Russia’s gas pipeline to China, and of climate change and the need to save enough energy to power on the eve of National Sport of Qatar. The Minister encour- ing 2015-2018 because the hydro- increased pressure to delink LNG to ration power consumption 230 homes during Earth Hour. Day last year when top Qatari aged them to continue academic carbon sector will likely continue to contracts from the oil price. and minimise carbon emissions. It has also encouraged staff athletes and officials pedalled and cultural interaction. stagnate. The non-oil sector should The agency sees several factors QTA seeks to emphasise the to use energy-saving LED 50 stationary bikes for over 30 remain buoyant, thanks to public that support Qatar’s competitive Qatari tourism sector’s com- bulbs, refuse plastic bags, use minutes and generated power Qatar, Wales investment and supported by the position in the LNG market. mitment to preserve energy re-usable bags and turn off to light up The Torch Hotel, growing population,” it said. First, it expects global demand and the environment. computers before they leave Doha. ties reviewed The hydrocarbons sector creates for natural gas to remain strong, Its social media campaign the office. Earth Hour is the largest about 55 percent of GDP, 90 percent absorbing the new supply. has called on everyone to shoot It will organise ‘Glow-in-the- grassroots event launched by LONDON: First Minister of of government revenues (oil and gas Second, Qatar’s strategy has been a 10-second video to document Dark’ cycling event which is World Wide Fund for Nature in Wales Carwyn Howell Jones taxes and royalties, plus dividends to diversify into all major markets, the moment lights are turned free and open to all. Participants 2007 and has grown to engage met Qatari Ambassador to the from Qatar Petroleum) and 85 per- adjusting the mix of destinations and off or dimmed in institutions should meet at Cycle Hire HQ more than 162 countries and UK Yousef bin Ali Al Khater cent of exports, noted S&P. contract types according to market and hotels and send them to its at 8pm where they will receive territories. and discussed relations between “We view Qatar’s economy as needs. social media accounts. a ‘free hire bicycle’ along with THE PENINSULA Qatar and Wales. QNA undiversified. The stable outlook Moreover, the majority of its reflects our view that Qatar’s high exports are under long-term con- economic wealth and strong exter- tracts, which provide certainty of nal and fiscal positions will balance volume off-take, while built-in diver- its institutional shortcomings and sion clauses in the contracts pro- limited monetary flexibility over the vide additional flexibility to manage next two years”. quantity and price risks. Festival hosts ‘Dinner in the Sky’ In 2013-2014, the oil and gas sec- Third, Qatar will continue to have tor expanded by about 2 percent, a cost advantage over many new and the non-oil sector by 12 percent, projects in other countries. resulting in average annual GDP THE PENINSULA Al Jazeera slams rebel attack on Sana’a bureau

DOHA: Al Jazeera Media Network in Sana’a and other Yemeni prov- has condemned the attack by inces,” said a spokesperson of the Houthi rebels on its bureau in network. Yemeni capital Sana’a. The rebels Al Jazeera said no one can stop destroyed security cameras and free flow of information and news other equipment in the bureau. these days. “It’s tragic to see that in “We condemn these unacceptable times of conflict, news organisations actions. They will, however, not stop continue to be targeted. us from continuing our duty as jour- “Journalists should have the free- nalists in covering events in Yemen. dom to do their work of informing “We are continuing our compre- the public,” added the spokesperson. hensive coverage through our sources THE PENINSULA

US council green building forum partner

DOHA: US Green Building Council global institutions. The US council is has signed up as a partner to next transforming the international build- Some of the participants at the event. month’s Qatar Green Building ing landscape in many ways, with one Conference. of its most recognised green building DOHA: The sixth Qatar experience the feeling of dining to win prizes, including a visit photo of the Turkish corner at Many high-profile local and programmes being LEED, which cer- International Food Festival, on a flying kitchen, with a spec- for two to Qatar and tickets to the festival and uploading it to regional institutions will attend the tifies 1.5 million square feet of build- organised by Qatar Tourism tacular bird’s eye view of Doha attend the ‘Dinner in the Sky’. Instagram. The participant with two-day conference from April 27 at ing space every day in 135 countries. Authority (QTA) and Qatar and its landmarks 60 metres The visit consists of free tickets the best photo will win two tick- Qatar National Convention Centre. Other organisations that have Airways (QA), hosted a del- above the ground, from 5pm to and free five-star hotel accom- ets to Turkey, with a hotel stay. The conference, being organised signed up as partners to the confer- egation from Qatar Society 10pm. From 2pm to 5pm guests modation with breakfast. Participants in both com- by Qatar Green Building Council ence include Middle East Facility for Rehabilitation of Special enjoyed delicious appetisers and Participants posted a group petitions were 18 or over, and (QGBC), a member of Qatar Management Association, Qatar Needs at a ‘Dinner in the Sky’ premium tea. picture of their family while their social media contributions Foundation for Education, Science Society of Engineers, British event. Several social media competi- they prepared delicious recipes included the festival’s hashtag and Community Development (QF), Standards Institution, Chartered QTA was represented by tions have also been launched at home, as the contest aimed to #QIFF2015. Both competitions is committed to achieving Qatar’s Institute of Building, Chartered Hamad Al Khaja and QA by as part of the festival. The con- help them showcase their fami- ended yesterday and results will sustainability and green buildings Institution of Building Services Nabeela Fakhri, Senior Vice- tests have inspired festival visi- lies’ cooking skills and highlight be announced today. aspirations through a collaborative Engineers, Engineers Australia President, HR Employee tors to post thousands of images the spirit of solidarity and team- QTA also hosted ‘Be Part and integrated approach with par- Group Qatar, and Pakistan Engineers Services. ‘Dinner in the Sky’ and messages throughout the work in preparing and cooking of the QIFF Cookbook’ on ticipation from leading national and Forum in Qatar. THE PENINSULA offered mouthwatering dishes five-day event via Instagram together. Instagram, where participants prepared by QA’s celebrity chefs and Twitter. The competi- A second competition enti- shared favourite Qatari recipes with a Business Class taste of tion entitled ‘Take a Picture of tled ‘A Different Side of Turkish or smart cooking tips by posting hospitality. Your Family While They Cook‘ Cooking’ allowed participants in the comments section. Mena region’s interests It gave visitors a chance to offered participants the chance to show creativity by taking a THE PENINSULA lie in political wisdom Continued from page 1 Resolve. It is being implemented Sidra to have epilepsy monitoring unit Furthermore, they rejected even with efficiency and with no support the idea of talks at a conference to from regional or international pow- DOHA: Sidra Medical and patients worldwide. 24/7 by technologists, neuro- be held in Riyadh and Doha under ers except diplomatic and political Research Center backed “Accurate and timely diag- scientists and neuroengineers the sponsorship of GCC countries. coordination. Purple Day which was marked nosis is key to ensuring that trained to record the brain’s Houthis and their allied forces So, is this coalition going to create on Thursday. patients receive effective treat- minute electrical signals and under former president Saleh have a balance and play a positive role The day is a global grass- ment to control seizures,” said long-term monitoring of the refused all political initiatives and in maintaining peace and stabil- roots effort to raise awareness Dr Khaled Zamel (pictured), disease. carried out a coup against a legiti- ity in the Mena region and become about epilepsy, a disorder of the Interim Chief of Paediatric The most advanced technolo- mate government, and then headed a political Sunni axis against the brain that causes seizures due Neurology. gies will be applied to analyse to the south to occupy Aden and Shia political axis led by Iran and to abnormal electrical activity. An epilepsy monitoring unit the signals to reveal any neu- other cities after taking control of described by King Abdullah of Epilepsy can affect people of (EMU) for paediatric patients ronal dysfunction. capital Sana’a. Houthi forces have Jordan as Shia Crescent 10 years all ages though it is more com- will be part of the hospital and In some cases, the patient’s created terror and destruction in ago during his interview with The mon among children and older research centre. The six-bed MRI will be used to create a 3D the areas they controlled and have Washington Post? adults. EMU will enable the team to model of their brain and algo- crossed all red lines. What we need is political wisdom “Sidra is keen to support accurately diagnose epilepsy rithms will be used to pinpoint Now, it seems a new coalition is because the interests of the Mena global healthcare and educa- and monitor patients’ conditions the abnormal electrical activity appearing in the region under the region, and the Gulf in particular, tional initiatives, including to ensure they receive the best to a specific brain region. leadership and coordination of GCC lie not in large-scale military con- those related to disorders like possible treatment and care. whether they could benefit The laboratory will also have states led by Saudi Arabia. frontations with Iran, which are not epilepsy, to help raise aware- “Patients will be assessed to from surgery, which can cure a neuronavigated transcranial The features of this alliance are expected, but in compromises and ness and educate the public. identify the type of epilepsy and the condition in some people,” magnetic stimulation device, clear in the military and diplomatic political understandings as proxy Epilepsy is a complex condi- medicines and therapies right Dr Zamel said. which painlessly stimulates the preparations and management wars have failed in the region. tion and misdiagnosis is com- for each of them. We will also The EMU will have a neuro- brain for mapping and certain and execution of Operation Storm THE PENINSULA mon, occurring in a quarter of screen patients to determine diagnostic laboratory, staffed treatments. THE PENINSULA

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Flower and vegetable art works Abdul Basit

tunning art works fashioned out of vegetables, fruits, Sice and butter impressed thousands of visitors on the first day of the 28th annual Qafco Flower and Vegetable Show at Al Banush Club in Mesaieed yesterday. Hundreds of professional and amateur carvers competed for top honours at the event organised every year to raise awareness about the need to preserve the environment. Competitions included ice, vegetable and butter- carving and categories of flowers, vegetables, fruits, pot plants, gardens, environment and flower arrangements, among others. SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Very ‘few Qatari 28th Qafco Flower and faculty members in Qatar University Vegetable Show opens DOHA: Despite a relatively large number of nation- 500 contestants and 5,000 exhibits at Al Banush Club in Mesaieed als having PhDs, Qatar University (QU) has very few DOHA: The 28th edition of the local faculty members. Qafco Flower and Vegetable This is because most aca- Show has witnessed nearly 500 demically qualified Qataris are competitors and 5,000 exhibits not keen to pursue teaching as at Al Banush Club in Mesaieed. a career and prefer government This year, the event has been jobs due to easier work and extended for two days and has higher monetary compensation. seen an increase in the number “Teaching calls for more of participants compared to pre- effort and you need to keep vious editions, say organisers. updating your knowledge Competitors include amateurs, regularly. professionals, schools and hotels. “This is the reason why many Minister of Energy and nationals, even though quali- Dr Batool Khalifa from education Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin fied, do not prefer this career,” faculty. Saleh Al Sada opened the show says Professor Abdul Hameed yesterday. Al Ansari from Law Faculty. agile, he should be allowed to Khalifa A Al Sowaidi, Vice- In remarks published in local continue in the job.” Chairman and CEO, Qafco; Arabic daily Al Arab recently, Dr Batool Khalifa, from Dr Hamed Al Marwani, Chief he said university teaching Education Faculty, said even Administration Officer, Qafco, entails a lot of mental and though there are many fellow and Chairman, Organising physical effort and coordina- nationals with a PhD, not eve- Committee; and Dr Saif Ali tion with students. ryone would be able to teach. Al Hajri, Chairman, Board of “And teaching as a career “Plus, not many like teaching Directors, Friends of Environment is a personal choice. Most of as a career. Administrative jobs Centre, along with top executives us who teach here like it. For in the government are easier attended the launch. them money is not a main and entail a single shift, so “The volume of participation consideration. most people prefer them,” she and the popularity of the event “Many of us take personal said. have grown through the 28 years interest in teaching and think There were a lot of fellow since its beginning. From 10 par- it is a national duty.” citizens teaching here but over ticipants in 1987 to more than A university should rely more time they have left and taken 4,500 exhibits last year, all this on local teaching staff as long- up other jobs. “Teaching is a is due to combined efforts of the term dependence on foreigners tough job,” she added. people behind it,” said Al Sowaidi. is not good, so attempts should About expatriate faculty Dr Al Marwani said more vari- be made by QU to attract more members, Dr Nawal Al Sheikh eties are on display this year and Qatari teachers. said university students are the live ice carving competition Minister of Energy and Industry H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, accompanied by officials, tours the exhibition “Pay and perks for teach- less influenced by their culture which showcases art and skills of after inaugurating it. ABDUL BASIT ers at QU are attractive, bet- compared to school students participants is one of the major ter than its peers in the GCC because they are mature. attractions for visitors. he added. people visited the festival, organ- Competitions in other catego- region offer,” said Al Ansari. She said another reason for He said other events have Competitions include catego- ised by Qafco to reinforce its ries were also held. Retirement of QU teachers not many nationals in QU fac- been added to the programme ries of flowers, vegetables, fruits, commitment to the cause of the Today, the show is open to the should be voluntary. ulty could be that English is that encourages more public pot plants, flower arrangements, environment. public from 9.30am to 5.30pm “There shouldn’t be an upper the medium of instruction at participation. vegetable/fruit carving, butter Highlights of yesterday’s pro- and includes flower arrangement age limit. As long as a teacher all levels. “There has been a considerable carving and ice sculpture, among gramme were live competitions competitions for amateurs and is physically fit and mentally THE PENINSULA increase in school participation, others. in vegetable, fruit, ice and butter professionals. particularly of Arabic schools,” On the first day, around 8,000 carving. THE PENINSULA Trio jailed for using fake GCC currencies DOHA: A lower criminal court One shopkeeper discovered things at many outlets. At one has sentenced three Pakistanis, that the notes were forged as he shop she bought commodities including a woman, to five years compared one with a genuine bill worth QR40 but said the local in jail and fined QR5,000 each he had. currency was not enough so she for circulating counterfeit cur- He noted down the number handed out a forged 500 bill of rency notes of some other GCC of the convicts’ car and tipped a GCC currency. The victim countries. off police, local Arabic daily Al returned her QR460. They will be deported after Raya reports. Police traced them Later at another outlet when they serve their term. through the car number. she tried to buy some mobile As per details, one convict The convicts would first pay in recharge vouchers it was discov- “bought” counterfeit notes in the Qatari currency and then pre- ered that the note was forged. his country for Pakistani rupees tend that the local currency was One convict admitted to police 60,000 (QR2,500) and tried to cir- not enough and would then take that he brought the counterfeits culate in Qatar with the help from out forged GCC bills. from Pakistan and gave some to his two accomplices. They went to The woman was in a GCC get- his accomplices to circulate in the supermarkets and bought cheaper up and spoke Arabic, said the local market. foodstuff like juices and sweets as victim. He also guided police to the they wanted to exchange as many Apparently, she was involved to outlets they had visited. fake bills as possible. fool shopkeepers. She purchased THE PENINSULA Visit to psychiatrist still a social stigma DOHA: Seeing a psychiatrist, a psychiatrist even if they know said many people with psychiat- even if one suffers from a seri- there is a problem and the person ric problems rely on religion for ous illness and needs urgent needs psychiatric attention. treatment and turn to doctors medical attention, can be a “It is very rare to see a doctor only when the problem gets out social embarrassment in this referring a patient to a psychia- of hand. part of the world. trist,” said Dr Zara. “What we Mamdooh Al Shammari, A psychiatrist says that due to need is social awareness.” another national, said people the social stigma many people ask Education has nothing to do think if they see a psychiatrist him to see them in private in hos- with such a tendency. In other they would be looked down upon pitals that don’t have psychiatry words, even if a person is highly as ‘mad’ by others. “This is a gen- clinics so no one would suspect. educated, he could ignore a psy- eral social perception. People usu- Dr Adil Zara says many urge chiatric disease and not see a ally don’t consider a psychiatric him to see them in some other psychiatrist. There are two types problem a clinical disease that clinic in a hospital that doesn’t of people: One who are aware of needs treatment.” Many people have a psychiatric clinic. their problem and know that it know they have a serious psychi- In remarks published in local is psychiatric and ignore seeing atric problem and yet they ignore Arabic daily Al Watan recently, a psychiatrist; Two, those who seeing a psychiatrist, he said. Dr Zara said seeing a psychiatrist don’t know they have a psychi- Another citizen identified only is a social taboo in this part of atric illness. There is a strong by his family name Al Kubaisi, the world. “That’s the reason why link between mental diseases and said: “We need to change this per- general practitioners or medical physical disorders, said Dr Zara. ception through social awareness”. specialists don’t refer a patient to A citizen, Abdullah Al Khaleel, THE PENINSULA 279 Indians died in Qatar in 2014 DOHA: Some 279 Indians died The embassy said in a state- week. An embassy team visited in Qatar in 2014, while the death ment after an ‘open house’ yes- the prison and the centre last toll in the community was 241 terday that it registered 3,943 week to enquire their welfare. in the previous year and 237 in complaints by workers last year. R K Singh, Charge d’Affaires, 2012, show figures cited by the There were 3,558 grievances chaired the open forum and heard Indian embassy. in 2013 and 3,385 in 2012. The the woes of distressed Indians. The embassy didn’t give the embassy didn’t shed light on the Arvind Patil, Head, Indian causes of death as to how may nature of complaints. Community Welfare Forum, was were natural and how many due It said the labour and commu- present. Based on requests from to other reasons such as heart nity welfare section has received Qatari authorities, the embassy failure and road accidents. 955 complaints so far this year. said it issued 13 emergency docu- Until March 26 this year, the There were 92 Indians in the ments and 10 air tickets to needy deaths registered with the mis- central prison and 144 at the Indians so far this month. sion totalled 25. deportation centre until last THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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SRAEL has finally decided to transfer Palestinian tax Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate revenues it has been withholding as punishment for the Palestinians’ decision to join the International Criminal ICourt (ICC). Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his government’s decision in ‘humanitarian’ language. “Given the deteriorating situation in the Middle East, Are we sure Germanwings’ one must act responsibly and with due consideration alongside a determined struggle against extremist elements,” he said. Israel collects taxes and customs on behalf of the Palestinians and then transfers the funds to them. Though the taxes thus collected fully belong to Palestinians, Israel often co-pilot was a killer? withholds the payment to punish the Palestinian government for their actions deemed provocative by Tel Aviv. This unilateral BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY drawn. This Airbus video, describing the to look at the full range of options. How action of withdrawal of funds always throws Palestinians into procedures for opening and closing the were the systems operating? As far as deep financial problems, with the government unable to pay EWS reports on accusa- reinforced cockpit door, leaves room for I know, the data recorder has not been salaries, and protests erupting on the streets against Israel. tions that Andreas Lubitz, alternative interpretations of the Flight found, and may not have survived the the Germanwings co-pilot, 9525 audio. The normal re-entry proce- accident. That’s also what Vereinigung It’s always international pressure and the fear of Palestinian purposely brought down dure involves talking to the pilot inside Cockpit, the German pilots’ union, says: government imploding which have forced Israeli governments N Flight 9525 over the French Alps have the cockpit on an internal phone, then The reason for this descent as well as to start releasing the funds again, but this time, experts are rushed to convict him. “Andreas Lubitz pushing the hash button on a keypad, the answer to the question why the First pointing to another interesting reason. The latest release is (27), the Amok Pilot,” ran today’s ban- after which the pilot inside hears a tone Officer did not react later on, remain part of Netanyahu’s attempt to contain the international fallout ner headline in Bild, Germany’s most and hits a switch to let in his colleague. unknown at this time. The question why and criticism from remarks he made ahead of elections earlier popular tabloid. “Killer in the Cockpit,” If that doesn’t happen, the person on the the Captain was unable to return to the screamed London’s Daily Mail. But The outside must enter a code and then has flight deck remains unanswered as well. this month. Those remarks, in which he Independent went it one better: “Mass 30 seconds to open the door. To answer all these questions, it is vital ruled out the creation of a Palestinian Murder from the Cockpit.” Other tab- Consider the possibility that Lubitz to quickly locate and carefully examine Netanyahu’s state and portrayed Arabs in Israel as loids offered more in that vein: “mad- lost consciousness while Captain Patrick the flight data recorder. decision an enemy within only to win hardliners’ man,” “jilted pilot,” Sondenheimer was out, but the captain The pilots union could simply be in votes, have created a huge international “why on earth was and crew somehow had the wrong re- denial, of course, and, yes, it’s possible to release outcry and jeopardized his government’s he allowed to fly?” entry code. that Lubitz did bring down the plane All because Or imagine that Sondenheimer banged intentionally, as the co-pilot of EgyptAir Palestinian relations with the Obama administration Marseilles pros- on the door instead of going through the Flight 990 probably did in 1999. Until tax funds is and the West. It was a pyrrhic victory It’s possible that ecutor Brice required motions, as the purser does in that is established with a higher degree -- Netanyahu won the election by scaring Lubitz did bring Robin saw fit to the Airbus video. The procedure in that of certainty, however, the hail of harsh an attempt to the voters, but his international image announce that the case calls for the pilot inside the cock- accusations is unwarranted. suffered lethal damage. Western nations, down the plane co-pilot “wanted pit to hit the switch to lock the door. If It hurts Lubitz’s family, it inflicts contain the to destroy the that’s what happened, might Lubitz have stress on people who knew him as a which have been sceptical of Netanyahu’s intentionally, as international aircraft.” The panicked, thinking there was a hijacking normal young man, and it doesn’t make commitment to peace, found in his the co-pilot of evidence that led attempt, and tried to land the plane? things easier for the crash victims’ fami- fallout from statement an expression of his true EgyptAir Flight him to that con- All these versions sound implausible, lies. Anger doesn’t mix well with grief. remarks he colours. The Israeli leader later retracted clusion came from of course, but so does the suggestion that In 2004, a Russian man, Vitaly Kaloev, his statement, but that hasn’t helped, and 990 probably the plane’s cockpit Lubitz intentionally killed 150 people he traveled to Switzerland to stab an air made ahead is unlikely to help. audio recorder. did not know because he was depressed traffic controller accused of bringing did in 1999. The story it told, or had problems with his girlfriend. At about a plane crash that killed the man’s The Palestinian government led of elections. Until that is however, is a mat- the Robin press conference, a reporter family. He went to jail unrepentant. by Mahmoud Abbas can heave a sigh ter of interpreta- even asked about the co-pilot’s religion. Apart from everything else, the relent- of relief with the Israeli decision, and established with tion. It seems Robin immediately got the hint, saying, less press coverage following Robin’s pre- Palestinians too are aware that the latest action was meant a higher degree clear that the cap- “He’s not listed as a terrorist, if that’s mature conclusions stigmatizes people tain went to the what you’re implying.” who suffer from depression, as tabloids to help Netanyahu himself than anyone else. But this is only a of certainty, temporary relief. The Palestinian government has reiterated toilet, leaving the The truth is, there’s no way to build report Lubitz did at some point. however, the co-pilot alone in a coherent theory of what happened on Just one day after urging restraint its resolve to punish Israelis for their decision to re-elect the cockpit. Then, Flight 9525 without technical informa- until the investigators finish their work, Netanyahu by proceeding with its UN actions and that will hail of harsh Robin said, the co- tion from the flight data recorder. When German Chancellor Angela Merkel provoke future withholding of funds. accusations is pilot prevented -- or if -- it is recovered, we can find out should not have come out and called what The Palestinian cause has received a boost with the his colleague from how the plane came to change altitude. happened “a crime against all the victims re-election of Netanyahu. Israel is facing international unwarranted. re-entering and As Vanity Fair correspondent William and families involved.” Investigating air- sent the plane into Langewiesche, himself a pilot who has line crashes is not a business that lends isolation, and this will be further deepened in the coming a fast descent. The covered plane crash investigations, said itself to rash conclusions. With so much years. Netanyahu will be forced to pay a heavy price for his captain apparently banged on the door, off the prosecutor’s allegations, still unknown, there’s nothing that I, for land grabbing and hobnobbing with the ultranationalist right- but to no avail -- Lubitz remained silent; That’s a little premature. The profes- one, want to know at this point about the wing parties. Relations with the US have hit an all-time low the recorder caught his even breathing sional investigators, at this stage, are not private life of the late Andreas Lubitz. and there are no signs of recovery as long as Barack Obama over the banging and the screams. unaware of these things and the possibil- Why Flight 9525 lost altitude over those remains in the White House This evidence is insufficient for the ity of these things, but they’re not just mountains is far more relevant. . momentous conclusions Robin has going to be pursuing that. They’re going BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Worries over new international bank under China’s control the day NDICATIONS are that more than 30 desire to build relations with China the AIIB’s management or its yardsticks of the bank’s capital to increase its influ- nations will join a China-proposed through the AIIB, thereby securing for deciding whether to approve loan ence in Asia. Asian Infrastructure Investment more investment opportunities in Asia, requests. There are a considerable number of IBank, with its members hoping to a growth center in the world. Another This has aroused persistent con- cases in which China’s development aid inaugurate the new financial institution factor seems to be that these countries cern that China may be able to exert to Africa or elsewhere has lacked due We wish to have within this year. do not face high hurdles to join the AIIB. excessive control over the new inter- consideration for environmental protec- Initially, 21 Asian and Middle Eastern European nations less frequently expe- national financial institution. Suspicion tion and human rights, according to an agreement countries had said they would partici- rience clashing interests with China in remains that the AIIB may be managed some observers. Prime Minister Shinzo pate in the founding of the AIIB. But the field of security than Japan and the in a manner that benefits China, such Abe had good reason to emphasize the and it is possible, more than 10 other countries revealed United States do. as by demanding Chinese corpora- need to meticulously examine whether plans to join the envisaged bank - However, it should be noted that tions receive orders for AIIB-financed the AIIB will be able to establish “fair there has to including the four Group of Seven China will be the largest contributor projects if borrowers want their loan governance” for its financing manage- industrial nations of Britain, Germany, to the AIIB coffers, with the bank likely requests accepted. ment. Unless anxiety about the AIIB’s be new efforts France and Italy - prior to the deadline to be headquartered in Beijing and its We are concerned that contributions governing structure and operation is from our Iranian set at the end of the month for appli- inaugural governorship expected to be to the AIIB from its member nations eliminated, it will be difficult for Japan Laurent Fabius cations to be founding AIIB members. assumed by a Chinese. Nothing has may be apportioned as China pleases, to enter its name on the bank’s member partners. European nations have an apparent yet been revealed about the makeup of thus allowing that country to use some list. The Yomiuri Shimbun French Foreign Minister SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Instability in Yemen destabilises Gulf With Operation Storm Resolve the GCC states have confirmed that they are a military power and if they are united they can deter anyone who tries to undermine their security.

the country out of the crisis but Houthis militia rejected all ini- tiatives tabled to save Yemen’s unity and stability. Instead they destabilized the country getting support from foreign power and made deal with the former presi- dent of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh who is leading Special Forces with his son Ahmed. Thus the former president Saleh and the Houthis strived to foil the GCC initiative through a military coup, disrespecting all understanding BY JABER AL HARAMI and political process under going in order to implement foreign he coalition forces led agendas to control Yemen. by Saudi Arabia in Houthis controlled all gov- Operation Storm Resolve ernment insinuations and kept Tacted to support the the legitimate president and legitimacy of President Abdrabuh the prime minister under house Mansur Hadi, who request the arrest for long period beddie other Yemeni members of a local armed resistance group, supporting President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, gather in the streets of Dar Saad district at the intervention to stop the advance ministers and they appointed northern entrance to the city of Aden in preparation to face Huthi fighters, yesterday. of Houthis forces, who already new government under different controlled the capital Sana’a, and titles disregarding the interests The initiative taken by Saudi have been occupied by their ene- civil war and become failed state GCC citizens feel today proud key areas of the state, and impose of the Yemeni people. Housthi has Arabia to form Arab coalition mies and there were no actions to which at the end will destabilise of their leaders with hopes these reality on the ground. This oper- tampered with security of Yemen to protect an Arab sister state, protect their sovereignties. But the region. united forces will stand to defend ation has lined up Arabs in one ignoring that Yemen’s security is save its security and maintain Operation Storm Resolve has With Operation Storm Resolve the Arabs rights. Therefore this coalition to take action. If there is security of the Gulf States. The peace and stability for its people came to restore the prestige and the GCC states have confirmed coalition must not end his opera- real volition and conscious lead- instability of Yemen not only is one of the King Saman’s great status of the Arab who began to that they are a military power tion before realizing the aims set ers became aware of the imminent reflects directly on the GCC state achievements and the defense determine their fates. and if they are united they can and save the country from the danger then taking action become but it affects all Arab countries minister who is coordinating and As the attitudes of Houthis deter anyone who tries to affect Houthis and their local and for- reality and this is what Suadi did and the entire region. What the supervising the operation by him- and their alliances have revealed their security and destabilize eign alliances. at this critical situation. Houthis did was not the right self. The step is compatible with their plans and hidden agen- their region. The operation The legitimacy in Yemen They were no alternatives have choice of Yemenis but they are the Arab Joint Work Pact, and das and this made the military proved that these countries not should be restored and state been left for the GCC states who being used as instruments to the GCC defense agreement. very necessary to save the entire only have the ability to protect institutions should be rebuilt and spared no effort during the past implement foreign agendas to Since decades Arab were lost region and the Saudi led forces their sovereignties but also have Houthis should come back to the years to rescue Yemen through make Yemen dagger in the side their way and their lands were were the right decision to save the abilities to save other sister political process and dialogue the GCC initiative aimed to get of the Gulf States. being cuts in pieces, their capitals sister state from sliding into vast countries. they rejected. Putin, Xi are allies of convenience Too early to blame crash

BY WILLIAM JOHNSON together can withstand any alliance against on Germanwings co-pilot China would prefer to them. As long as the Western alliances uch has been written about the are seen seeking to isolate and margin- BY LEONID BERSHIDSKY relationship between China’s Xi maintain its opening alise Russia and China, Russia and China MJinping and Russia’s Vladimir will respond by working together. No other ews reports on accusations that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz Putin, largely making the case that theirs is to the West. Certainly partners could enable them to resist pres- purposely brought down Flight 9525 over the French Alps have rushed a close personal relationship, based on their sure from the West. Nto convict him. similarities. One publication went so far China is wary of Putin, The United States has few options for “Andreas Lubitz (27), the Amok Pilot,” ran yesterday’s banner headline in as to assert that “Xi is China’s Putin.” As keeping Putin from turning to China — Bild, Germany’s most popular tabloid. “Killer in the Cockpit,” screamed London’s much fun as this bromance theory might his last resort as he struggles to keep the Daily Mail. The Independent went one better: “Mass Murder from the Cockpit.” be, it misreads both men, and attributes not just because Putin Russian economy afloat. But China doesn’t All because Marseilles prosecutor Brice Robin saw fit to announce that the to personalities what is better explained need Russia in the same way. In fact, China co-pilot “wanted to destroy the aircraft.” The evidence that led him to that by political realities. is unreliable, but simply would prefer to maintain its opening to the conclusion came from the plane’s cockpit audio recorder. The story it told, Xi and Putin have met on at least 10 West. Certainly China is wary of Putin, not however, is a matter of interpretation. It seems clear that the captain went to occasions since Xi assumed office. Both because he’s Russian, just because Putin is unreliable, but sim- the toilet, leaving the co-pilot alone in the cockpit. Then, Robin said, the co- have waxed effusive about their friendship. ply because he’s Russian, and the Chinese pilot prevented his colleague from re-entering and sent the plane into a fast Putin said that he and Xi shared vodka and and the Chinese are wary are wary of Russians. There is substan- descent. The captain apparently banged on the door, but to no avail — Lubitz sandwiches as they celebrated Putin’s 61st tial opportunity for the United States remained silent; the recorder caught his even breathing over the banging and birthday together. Similarly, Xi has made of Russians. to improve its standing with China, but the screams. remarks reminiscent of George W Bush’s this will require some long overdue policy This evidence is insufficient for the momentous conclusions Robin has drawn. glimpse into Putin’s soul. recent use of Vietnam’s Cam Ranh Bay changes. A video posted on YouTube, Airbus Reinforced Cockpit Door Description and This is largely theatre, and the real airbase to stage aerial-refuelling tankers Step one would be to refrain from med- Procedure, which describes the procedures for opening and closing the rein- reasons underlying their frequent con- for Russia’s long-range bombers compli- dling in the territorial disputes in the forced cockpit door, leaves room for alternative interpretations of the Flight tact and collaboration have far more to do cates US efforts to forge a military part- South China Sea. The United States has no 9525 audio. The normal re-entry procedure involves talking to the pilot inside with sharing a common enemy than with nership with Vietnam. This could derail stake there. Saying the United States needs the cockpit on an internal phone, then pushing the hash button on a keypad, any great linking of kindred spirits. The regional efforts to frustrate China’s ter- to be involved to protect our Philippine after which the pilot inside hears a tone and hits a switch to let in his colleague. fraught history of Sino-Russian relations is ritorial claims in the South China Sea. allies is simply false. That alliance concerns If that doesn’t happen, the person outside must enter a code and then has 30 well-known, and given this history, we need Additionally, Russia’s assertiveness in its mutual defence, not negotiations over bor- seconds to open the door. to ask what has changed so much that the territorial dispute with Japan over the der disputes. Consider the possibility that Lubitz lost consciousness while Captain Patrick two countries are now drawn together in Kuril Islands in the North Pacific adds a The United States should also stop lec- Sondenheimer was out, but the captain and crew somehow had the wrong what Xi has described as the “most stra- new variable to US calculations over aid- turing China over the UN Convention re-entry code. tegic” bilateral relationship. ing Japan in defence of Japan’s Senkaku/ on the Law of the Sea, especially since Or imagine that Sondenheimer banged on the door instead of going through Xi and Putin need each other to deal Diaoyu claims. the United States is not a party to the the required motions, as the purser does in the Airbus video. The procedure with perceived threats from the United These actions also serve notice to the Convention. in that case calls for the pilot inside the cockpit to hit the switch to lock the States and its allies. Since the collapse of United States that China and Russia If the United States ceases meddling, door. If that’s what happened, might Lubitz have panicked, thinking there was the Soviet Union, as the North Atlantic remain unpersuaded by arguments about lecturing and pretending to be the final a hijacking attempt, and tried to land the plane? Treaty Organisation and European Union being responsible stakeholders in the inter- arbiter of maritime routes, it will find that All these versions sound implausible, of course, but so does the suggestion have moved inexorably towards Russia’s national system, or being on the right side China will cool to Russia, and work out its that Lubitz intentionally killed 150 people he did not know because he was doorstep, Putin has railed against the West of history. Their common belief is that border disputes, as it is doing with other depressed or had problems with his girlfriend. for treating Russia as a de facto enemy. they needn’t accept an order not of their countries. The truth is, there’s no way to build a coherent theory of what happened on The pivot to Asia by the US has evoked a making. They feel that China and Russia REUTERS Flight 9525 without technical information from the flight data recorder. If or similar response from China. The pivot is when it is recovered, we can find out how the plane came to change altitude. seen by China as a policy of encirclement As Vanity Fair correspondent William Langewiesche, himself a pilot who has designed to limit China’s rise, while main- covered plane crash investigations, said of the prosecutor’s allegations, “That’s a taining America’s influence in the region. little premature. The professional investigators, at this stage, are not unaware Thus, both Putin and Xi see themselves of these things and the possibility of these things, but they’re not just going to resisting encroachment from a common be pursuing that. They’re going to look at the full range of options. How were adversary. This common, defensive stance the systems operating? As far as I know, the data recorder has not been found, is driving the current relationship forward. and may not have survived the accident.” China’s ability and willingness to provide That’s also what Vereinigung Cockpit, the German pilots’ union, says: “The new outlets for Russia’s fossil fuel products reason for this descent as well as the answer to the question why the First will greatly help Russia to withstand US Officer did not react later on, remain unknown at this time. The question why and EU sanctions stemming from Russia’s the Captain was unable to return to the flight deck remains unanswered as actions in Ukraine. well. To answer all these questions, it is vital to quickly locate and carefully But while some analysis indicates that examine the flight data recorder.” the recent oil and gas deals are in some The pilots union could simply be in denial, and, yes, it’s possible that Lubitz sense a financial bailout in disguise, a did bring down the plane intentionally. Until that is established with a higher better explanation is that China is seek- degree of certainty, however, the hail of harsh accusations is unwarranted. ing to lock in supplies of oil and natural It hurts Lubitz’s family, it inflicts stress on people who knew him as a normal gas in order to meet its growing needs, young man, and it doesn’t make things easier for the crash victims’ families. ensure overland shipments that cannot be Apart from everything else, the relentless press coverage following Robin’s disrupted by the US’s Pacific Fleet, and premature conclusions stigmatizes people who suffer from depression, as tab- facilitate China’s transition from coal to loids report Lubitz did at some point. cleaner fuels as China tries to resolve its Investigating airline crashes is not a business that lends itself to rash con- environmental woes. clusions. With so much still unknown, there’s nothing that I, for one, want to Less reported, but no less important, A file photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during know at this point about the private life of the late Andreas Lubitz. Why Flight are Russian moves in the Pacific, which a meeting in Moscow. 9525 lost altitude over those mountains is far more relevant. complicate the US pivot to Asia. Russia’s WP-BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Al Shabaab fighters kill 7 Israel to release in Somali hotel tax revenue to MOGADISHU: Islamist mili- tants blasted their way into a popular hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu yesterday, killing at least seven people and Palestinians trapping government officials inside, police and witnesses said. Move to rebuild bridges with US Somali special forces broke through the compound wall and JERUSALEM: Israel said the tax transfers accounting for exchanged gunfire with fighters yesterday it would release mil- two-thirds of income, the budget holed up in the main building of lions of dollars of tax income is falling into a deeper hole every the Makkah Al Mukarama hotel, to the Palestinian Authority, month. Unemployment stands said police. three months after freezing the at 25 percent and output is set Al Qaeda-linked group Al payments in protest at unilat- to contract this year, sharply Shabaab, which has also launched eral Palestinian moves towards increasing the threat of instabil- gun and bomb attacks in neigh- statehood. ity and violence. bouring Kenya and other coun- Prime Minister Benjamin Ehab Bseisso, a spokesman tries, said its followers were Netanyahu’s office said the funds for the Palestinian government responsible. would be sent for humanitarian in Ramallah, said it had not “The hotel is now fully under reasons and in line with “Israel’s been informed the money would Security guards look on at the scene of a car bomb attack and armed raid by Al Shebab militants on the Makkah the control of the militants,” interests”. be transferred, but that “the Al Mukarama hotel in Mogadishu yesterday. Major Ismail Olow, a Mogadishu The move may be seen as a Palestinian leadership had made police officer at the scene, said. bid to rebuild bridges, particu- contacts with all parties of the “Al Shabaab fighters are on the cars could be seen at the gates of known as “Gaashaan” (Shield) government forces tried to enter larly with the White House, international community to com- top of the building and inside the the hotel which was surrounded had breached the hotel compound the hotel rooms. They are spo- which criticised hawkish com- pel Israel to release it”. hotel. It is not easy for us to go by police. but were still trying to enter the radically exchanging gunfire,” ments about the Palestinians that Netanyahu’s office said that in.” Officers said a unit of elite building. Captain Ali Hussein, a police Netanyahu made in the build-up “the tax revenues that accrued up The remains of two destroyed US-trained special forces troops “The militants fired as officer, said. REUTERS to his election victory this month. until February will be transferred, Israel stopped the monthly offset by payments for services transfer of $130m of tax and rendered to the Palestinian popu- customs duties that it collects lation, such as electricity, water on behalf of the Palestinian and hospitalization.” Assad welcomes larger Russian naval presence in Syria Authority in January after the The decision, it said, was “based organisation applied to join the on humanitarian concerns and in DAMASCUS: Syria would wel- the eastern Mediterranean and on barracks and warehouses. Set up He also welcomed Russia’s role International Criminal Court. overall consideration of Israel’s come an increased Russian mil- Syrian coasts and ports,” includ- under a 1971 security agreement, in hosting a second round of peace Since then, more than $500 mil- interests at this time.” It did not itary presence at its sea ports, ing the port of Tartus, Assad said. Moscow has called its Tartus talks but said the negotiating par- lion has been withheld, prompting say whether the transfer would President Bashar Al Assad said “For us, the larger this pres- presence “a supply and technical ties must not be influenced by the Palestinian Authority, which be repeated. in an interview with Russian ence in our neighbourhood, the point for the Russian navy”. external players. administers the West Bank, to cut “Given the deteriorating situa- news channels published better it is for stability in this Assad told the reporters of The Western-backed opposition most of its employees’ salaries by tion in the Middle East, one must yesterday. region,” he told journalists. eight news channels that Russian National Coalition which insists 40 percent and resort to an emer- act responsibly and with due con- “I can say with complete confi- Russia operates a naval base military support to Syria “has on Assad’s ouster has announced gency budget. sideration alongside a determined dence that we welcome any wid- in Tartus along Syria’s western continued” throughout the past it will boycott the April 6-9 talks. With a deficit already at struggle against extremist ele- ening of the Russian presence in shores that includes warships, four years of war in his country. AFP around 15 percent of GDP and ments,” it added. REUTERS Iran deal possible but new efforts needed: France

UNITED NATIONS: A its programme and sets limits the weekend, but the minister said nuclear deal with Iran is pos- on nuclear uses for research and he would only fly to Switzerland if sible but Tehran must make development. there was an immediate prospect “new efforts” to clinch agree- Iranian Foreign Minister of progress. ment, French Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said fol- “I’m going back to London and I Laurent Fabius said yesterday. lowing talks with US Secretary will go to Lausanne as soon as it’s “We wish to have an agreement of State John Kerry in Lausanne appropriate to be there,” he said, and it is possible, but there has that the negotiations were explaining that the talks were in to be new progress,” Fabius told “difficult”. a highly technical phase. reporters at UN headquarters Iranian President Hassan Hammond noted that a previ- ahead of his trip to Lausanne to Rouhani spoke with the French ous round of talks held in Vienna join the talks now in their final foreign minister and other world last November failed, and said he stretch. leaders but his message was “not was now wary of “going and sit- “There has to be new efforts very precise”, Fabius said. ting in a hotel room for two days.” from our Iranian partners.” In the latest sign a nuclear deal “It’s only an hour, an hour- The negotiations in Lausanne between world powers and Iran is and-a-half, flight away,” he said. are aimed at agreeing by Tuesday imminent, British foreign minis- “I will jump on a plane and go to the contours of a deal that world ter Philip Hammond said yester- Lausanne as soon as we sense that powers hope will thwart any day he was ready to join the talks we’re getting to the point where Iranian drive to develop nuclear this weekend. we need to sit down.” Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (left) talks with Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar weapons. Iran has repeatedly Hammond, speaking to report- As to how the eventual deal Salehi after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry and US officials at the Beau Rivage Palace Hotel in denied that it is seeking to develop ers on a visit to Washington, said might be presented, Hammond Lausanne yesterday. nuclear weapons. the deal was close but that it was stressed it would be a political Fabius suggested that the not clear how it would be pre- outline of an agreement that understanding, the political said: “We’ll have to see how we Lausanne. After 18 months of March 31 deadline was not final, sented or whether there would would be finalised in detail over parameters,” he explained. handle that. “The point, I think, is intense negotiations, the fresh saying “the important thing is the be a written accord. the coming months. “We envisage being able to momentum. This will be a politi- round of talks is aimed at reach- content, not the deadline.” “We’re hopeful that we’re going And he was not able to say deliver a narrative. Whether that cal statement, or perhaps politi- ing a deal before a final deadline “There has been some to be making that progress over whether there would be a writ- is written down or not I don’t cal statements from the P5+1 and of March 31. progress,” he added. “There are the next 48 hours, and I’m ready ten statement representing “an think is the crucial issue, but it Iran,” he said. The six negotiating powers — still things that have to be solved.” to go whenever I need to go, over understanding of the shape of the will be in headline form.” Fabius — and Hammond if Britain, China, France, Germany, The foreign minister called the weekend,” he said. deal” and signed by all parties, Asked whether the narrative he decides to fly — will join US Russia and the United States — for a “robust agreement” that Earlier, the foreign ministry in including Tehran. would be delivered in a joint state- Secretary of State John Kerry want Tehran to disable parts of its sets out clear requirements on London had said Hammond would “Conceptually what’s envis- ment agreed between Iran and and his Iranian counterpart nuclear infrastructure and submit Iran to allow transparency of head to the Lausanne talks over aged is a statement of broad the P5+1 world powers, Hammond Mohammad Javad Zarif in to tight inspections. AFP

Iraq paramilitaries pull back from Tikrit UN orders investigation

AWJA, IRAQ: Iraq’s volun- been the prominent foreign part- teer Popular Mobilisation units, ner in Baghdad’s largest opera- into Libya rights abuses which had played a leading role tion against jihadists who swept in the ongoing assault on Tikrit, through Iraq’s Sunni heartland GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council decided yesterday to are freezing their participation nine months ago. send a mission to war-torn Libya to investigate a range of abuses by in offensive operations, com- But the operation was stalling, different sides and help bring perpetrators to justice. manders said yesterday. and the Iraqi government even- The 47-member rights body adopted by consensus a resolution asking The organisation — called tually requested strikes by the the UN rights chief to “urgently” dispatch a team of investigators to Hashed Shaabi in Arabic — had US-led anti-IS coalition to break Libya. The one-year mission would be aimed at investigating violations repeatedly voiced its opposition the deadlock. The Pentagon con- and abuses committed since the beginning of 2014, and to “establish to the involvement of the United ditioned its intervention on an the facts and circumstances... with a view to... ensuring full account- States, which launched its first air enhanced role for regular govern- ability,” the text said. Libya hailed the decision. strikes on Tikrit on Wednesday. ment forces and said on Thursday “There needs to be investigation of violations of human rights to Several commanders from the that paramilitary forces had ensure there is no impunity in this case,” Libyan representative Salwa Badr organisation, a militia whose already started pulling back. El Deghili told the council. Libya has been in turmoil since the 2011 leader Hadi Al Ameri is a senior The move angered some Shiite overthrow of longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in a Nato-backed figure in the Hashed Shaabi, said militias, which have done much of uprising. It has had two parliaments and governments since Tripoli the group was pulling back but not the heavy lifting in recent opera- was seized in August 2014 by the Fajr Libya militia coalition and the out of the operation. “We consider tions and now accuse Washington internationally recognised government fled to the country’s far east. this a break until the coalition issue of “hijacking victory” by sending Adding to the chaos, the Islamic State, which already controls large is resolved,” one commander, who Iraqi government forces hold a position on the western outskirts of Tikrit warplanes more than three weeks swathes of Iraq and Syria, has also been receiving pledges of allegiance from gave his name as Baqir, said in yesterday during a military operation to retake the city from Islamic State into the operation. jihadist groups in Africa and have seized control of Sirte, slain dictator Awja, just south of Tikrit. group. It was not immediately clear Gaddafi’s home town. The resolution also called on the Libyan govern- The Hashed Shaabi account whether all of Iraq’s myriad mili- ment to investigate all abuses and bring those responsible to justice. The for the bulk of the various gov- to dislodge diehard Islamic State confirmed the pullback, which tias were on the same page, but council said UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to provide an ernment and allied forces who militants holed up in the centre of he said was a result of “interna- Badr commanders said the largest oral update of the mission’s progress at its September session and for the have been trying, since March 2, Tikrit. Another Badr commander tional pressure”. Iran had so far were. AFP new team to present a full report at the main annual session. AFP SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Saudi ground troops likely to Port of Aden under threat with enemy at the gates

ADEN: As Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies stage air strikes against face Yemen quagmire: Experts Shi’ite Muslim militiamen threatening to topple Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, the southern port city of Aden shudders from within. Raids risk provoking a backlash among civilian population if death toll rises Hadi’s supporters are fighting street battles with pockets of militia- men and allied army units who have penetrated the city’s northern DUBAI: Saudi-led airstrikes alone are suburbs, with at least 16 dead in total. unlikely to crush Iranian-backed Yemeni Rumours of Houthi sleeper cells abound and a curfew has been rebels but a ground incursion would risk a ordered to stop rampant looting. bloody “quagmire” and escalating tensions As Aden’s security wobbles, the Arabs’ intervention may have come with Tehran, experts say. too late to save their ally Hadi’s last refuge. Saudi Arabia pledged to do “whatever it “The Houthis came at night, entered the camps and caused the army takes” to defend its ally President Abdrabuh to defect,” said Aseel, a Hadi supporter from the Popular Committees, Mansur Hadi after launching aerial raids standing guard at a roundabout in al-Mansoura district. Explosions against the Houthi Shiite fighters and their and gunshots could be heard from time to time. allies. Despite the kingdom’s formidable fire- “When the Saudi strikes began, they fled and dispersed inside Aden, power, analysts say dropping bombs alone is and we are now trying to capture them,” said the 28-year-fighter, who of limited effectiveness. had been selling honey and driving a cab before he volunteered to join “History shows that airstrikes without the Popular Committees, militia groups that are loyal to Hadi. corresponding ground forces do not produce Residents say Aden now harbours dozens of army troops and irregu- a decisive victory,” said Frederic Wehrey lar Houthi fighters, who either infiltrated the city in the last few days of the US-based Carnegie Endowment for or were based in local barracks and found themselves stranded by the International Peace. He said this week’s raids air strikes. appeared to be aimed at fixed, pre-identified Lost in the sprawling city, some have been captured by local resi- targets like airbases and command centres, dents, other have been killed, while many more are still at large, scared rather than mobile Houthi units, urban fight- and lonely on streets patrolled by young men with guns. ers or supply lines. The coalition said that One straggler was beaten badly by an angry crowd, witnesses said, anti-aircraft defence systems, missiles and after he was found lost in northern Aden. artillery positions “were completely destroyed” “What are you doing here? You’re a Houthi!” a man in the crowd on the first day of strikes. shouted at him. The Iran-backed Houthis captured Yemen’s capital But the raids risk provoking a backlash Sanaa in September, causing Hadi to flee to Aden. Yemen’s Sunni among the civilian population if the death toll Gulf Arab neighbours condemned the Houthi takeover as a coup and rises. Officials at the rebel-controlled health backed Hadi, raising fears that the struggle would turn into a regional ministry said Friday that dozens of civilians and sectarian war. had been killed in more than 24 hours of A rapid military dash by the Houthis and their army allies towards Saudi-led raids. Aden last week forced the Gulf Arabs’ hand, and their air strikes hit “If Saudi Arabia relies only on airstrikes People carry ammunition boxes they took from army depots in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden Houthi targets just after Hadi loyalists lost control of Aden’s airport. and civilian casualties start mounting they will yesterday. Flushed with confidence after the intervention, Hadi left Aden to lose support very, very quickly,” said Sultan attend a summit with Arab leaders in Egypt on Thursday, boosting Barakat, research director at the Doha-based said Jon Marks, a Middle East expert at London- a Zaidi who was forced to resign in 2012 fol- his international standing but doing little to secure the streets of his Brookings Institution. Sending in ground based think-tank Chatham House. lowing a year-long uprising. stronghold. troops is seen as a last resort given the risks. Yemen is home to what the United States The wealthy ex-president has remained “It is hard for me to see the Saudis deploy- considers the deadliest branch of Al Qaeda, influential, enjoying the loyalty of command- PALACE BOMBED, LOOTED ing ground forces to eject the Houthis, given which claimed the Islamist attacks in Paris in ers of many army units that he built during Shops were shuttered and families remained indoors, leaving the the likelihood of a quagmire without a clear January and has repeatedly clashed with the his three-decade rule. streets to armed men in plain clothes - Hadi militiamen, citizens who exit,” said Wehrey. A possible exception would Houthis. The rival Islamic State group has Yemen has long been the scene of clashes have taken up arms in self defence, and common criminals. be a buffer zone on the Saudi-Yemeni border, also surfaced in Yemen, claiming responsibility between rival factions and tribes, and experts The Popular Committees ordered a 12-hour curfew from 7 pm on he added. A Saudi spokesman for the Arab for attacks on Houthi mosque that killed 171 agree that the Saudi-led intervention is Friday and the city’s governor urged residents to cooperate with local coalition carrying out operation “Decisive people in one week. unlikely to restore stability. “The prospect security forces to stop looting. Storm” told reporters on the first day of The Houthis, whose influence had long been of Saudi Arabia or other Arab states putting “There are those who are trying to sow sedition between residents strikes Thursday that there were no imme- confined to the mountainous north, belong to regular troops on ground in Yemen will remain and the security police. We call on the Popular Committees to work diate plans to put boots on the ground. the Zaidi sect of Shia — a minority in Yemen remote,” said Britain-based consultancy group with these forces because if state institutions collapse, the city ... will A protracted conflict in Yemen could also where almost 70 percent of the population Verisk Maplecroft. Saudi Arabia “will not want enter into chaos,” Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour said in the statement. empower Sunni extremists in the impoverished is Sunni. In their push towards central and to get bogged down in a conflict which could But those institutions have been compromised, as residents reported and deeply tribal country. “Just crushing the southern regions, the Houthis received sup- morph into a protracted counter-insurgency that arms plundered from military bases - rockets, rocket propelled Houthis will change the factional dynamics, port from powerful military units loyal to — and risk a more direct confrontation with grenades and automatic weapons - were being sold on the streets for which could help ultra-radical Sunni groups,” former strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh, himself Iran,” it said. AFP a fraction of their usual price. Not even Hadi’s palace was spared. After Houthi-allied war planes bombed it on Wednesday and the president moved to a safe place, Tribes kill 21 Shia ordinary citizens poured in and hauled out generators, furniture and whatever else they could lay their hands on. Aden television has been rebels in Yemen running a talk show trying to rally residents to stand together and confront the looters. Some were angry at the absence of anyone who ADEN: At least 21 Yemeni could take charge of the city and reassure citizens. REUTERS Shiite rebels were killed Friday when residents in a tribal south- Battle for Yemen ern region opened fire at their vehicles, a local official and wit- Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies launched air strikes in Yemen for a second nesses said. day to stop the advance of the Iran-allied Houthi militia towards President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi’s southern refuge. The Houthi rebels, who are also facing Saudi-led air strikes, were TERRITORIAL CONTROL Houthi advance Locations targeted by air strikes travelling in three vehicles from Lahj province towards Aden, the 50 miles SAUDI ARABIA southern stronghold of embattled 50 km El-Rahaba airport President Abdrabuh Mansour Al-Dulaimi air base Hadi, when they were ambushed. The attack took place just 15 Munabih Saada Hadramaut kilometres (about nine miles) Shada al-Buqa Al-Jawf north of Aden, where tensions Al-Mahrah Amran YEMEN were high on Friday as the rebels Hajja clashed with the “popular com- mittees” — an anti-Huthi militia al-Mahwit Marib Bayhan controlling parts of the city, secu- Hodeidah Sanaa Shabwa rity officials and residents said. Raymah Dammar At least eight people were killed Red Sea al-Bayda in clashes around Aden airport, Ibb Houthi military al-Dhalea Lodar where the Shia militiamen were Shaqra Abyan Hadi’s forces Taiz deployed on the runway, security Contested al-Mukha Al-Anad air base and medical sources said. Lahj Mar. 26 - Fighters loyal to Hadi Undetermined The popular committees used Aden retook the airport from the Houthis WIth AQAP* presence Lebanese security forces guard the Saudi embassy in Beirut’s Hamra district yesterday. Saudi-led coalition rocks and tree branches to block warplanes bombed rebel camps in Yemen in a second straight day of strikes as embattled President Abdrabuh entrances to some Aden neigh- Source: Reuters. *Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Mansur Hadi arrived in Egypt for talks with Arab allies. bourhoods. AFP C. Inton, 27/03/2015

Museum reopened Clashes displace Kuwait to host third donors’ thousands in Kordofan KHARTOUM: More than 20,000 people have been displaced by fighting between meet for Syrian refugees Sudanese troops and rebels this month in war-torn South Kordofan, the United KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait to host a speeches by the donor countries that Nations quoted the Sudanese govern- donors’ conference on Tuesday for will announce their pledges to support ment as saying yesterday. the Syrian people, calling for helping Syria, and a joint press conference Government forces have been battling refugees to start small business to will be held by Kuwait’s First Deputy the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North guarantee sustainable income. The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (SPLA-N) in the southern Blue Nile and upcoming conference, also known as Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Hamad Al South Kordofan areas since 2011. Kuwait III, is set to feature partici- Sabah and the UN Secretary General. “Between March 9 and March 18, pation of 78 countries and over 40 Ninette Kelley, the UNHCR’s an estimated 23,600 people fled their international organisations. representative in Lebanon said that homes” according to the govern- Amir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Lebanon will ask the conference ment’s Humanitarian Aid Commission, Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah will for $2.1bn to address the refugees’ the UN Office for the Coordination of deliver the inaugural speech during needs, with $1,9bn for humanitarian Humanitarian Affairs said in its weekly the event, followed by a speech by UN response. bulletin. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In a statement Kuwait’s permanent The displaced fled to the government- The conference’s ministerial level representative to the UN Mansour Al controlled “El Abassiya, Abu Jubaiha and inauguration session will include Otaibi said ninety percent of pledges Rashad towns” and surrounding villages speeches by UN Under-Secretary- at Kuwait’s donors conference for east of South Kordofan’s state capital General for Humanitarian Affairs Syrian people, held in January 2014, Kadugli, HAC told the UN. and Emergency Relief Coordinator were honoured. OCHA said it had not been able to verify Valerie Amos, UN High Commissioner Kuwait hosted the first and second the numbers itself because fighting was for Refugees Antonio Guterres donors’ meet in 2013 and 2014, where ongoing in parts of the state. and United Nations Development total pledges amounted to $1.5bn and Tourists visit the reopened National Bardo Museum in Tunis yesterday. Twenty foreign tour- In November, government forces Programme (UNDP) administrator $2.4bn respectively. Kuwait pledged ists and two Tunisians were killed, and several others injured when gunmen opened fire on launched “Decisive Summer 2” at the end Helen Clark. $300m in the first conference and visitors at the Bardo museum on March 18. of Sudan’s rainy season, which renders The second session will include $500m in the second. AGENCIES roads in the area impassable. AFP SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE / AMERICAS Germanwings co-pilot hid illness from airline Lubitz had suffered from depression some years ago

DUESSELDORF: The help for “a bout of serious depres- anything pointing to a “political Germanwings co-pilot who sion” in 2009 and was still getting or religious” motive but added it crashed his Airbus into the assistance from doctors, quoting would take “several days” to evalu- French Alps, killing all 150 documents from Germany’s air ate the rest of what was collected. aboard, hid a serious illness transport regulator. Reiner Kemmler, a psycholo- from the airline, prosecutors The paper also cited security gist who specialises in training said yesterday amid reports he sources as saying that Lubitz and pilots, noted that people “know was severely depressed. his girlfriend were having a “seri- that depression can compromise The black box voice recorder ous crisis in their relationship” their airworthiness and they can indicates that Andreas Lubitz, that left him distraught. hide it”. 27, locked his captain out of the Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr “If someone dissimulates, ie they cockpit on Tuesday and deliber- said that Lubitz had suspended don’t want other people to notice, ately flew Flight 4U 9525 into a his pilot training, which began in it’s very, very difficult,” Kemmler mountainside, French officials 2008, “for a certain period”, before told Deutschlandfunk public radio. say, in what appears to have been restarting and qualifying for the Lubitz locked himself into the a case of suicide and mass murder. Airbus A320 in 2013. cockpit when the captain went out French Prime Minister Manuel According to Bild, those set- to use the toilet, then refused his Valls said that “everything is backs were linked to “depression colleague’s increasingly desper- Leader of the opposition Labour Party Ed Miliband meets supporters and shakes hands with a baby as he prepares pointing towards an act that we and anxiety attacks”. ate attempts to get him to reopen to board the Party Battle Bus after launching their general election campaign in east London yesterday. can’t describe: criminal, crazy, Lubitz lived with his parents in the door, French prosecutor Brice suicidal”. his small home town of Montabaur Robin said. German prosecutors revealed in the Rhineland and kept an According to Bild, the captain that searches of Lubitz’s homes apartment in Duesseldorf, the even tried using an axe to break netted “medical documents that city where his doomed plane was through the armoured door as Labour starts UK poll campaign suggest an existing illness and bound. the plane was sent into its fatal appropriate medical treatment”, Duesseldorf prosecutors said descent by Lubitz. LONDON: Opposition Labour and stopping its privatisation.” strength of the NHS was linked to including “torn-up and current the evidence found in the two This could not be immediately leader Ed Miliband launched Miliband’s appearance fol- the strength of the economy — an sick leave notes, among them one homes “backs up the suspicion” confirmed, but a spokesman for his bid to become Britain’s next lowed a televised election contest area where the Conservatives are covering the day of the crash”. that Lubitz “hid his illness from Germanwings told Bild that an axe prime minister yesterday with on Thursday that Cameron was more trusted than Labour. They did not specify the illness. his employer and his colleagues”. was standard emergency equip- a plan to protect the treasured judged to have won, although not Miliband pledged Labour would But Bild daily earlier reported They said they had not found ment on board the aircraft. but expensive National Health by a big margin, a poll showed. prevent contracts being forced that Lubitz sought psychiatric a suicide note, confession or AFP Service and a swipe at private Labour got a £1m boost to its out to private tender and would businesses that profit from the election coffers yesterday from introduce a 5 percent profit cap state-funded system. Britain’s largest trade union, on all outsourced contracts worth Polls put Labour tied with Unite. The donation drew an more than 500,000 pounds. Prime Minister David Cameron’s immediate reaction from the The promise is aimed at eas- Conservatives ahead of the May Conservatives, who accuse ing fears among some voters that Two missing after NY building collapse 7 vote. It is set to be the tight- Miliband of being in the pocket outsourcing treatment to private est election in decades and the of union barons. firms is a step towards intro- NEW YORK: Two people were the explosion happened, and a bus daybreak yesterday, officials said. outcome could influence whether Polls show centre-left Labour ducing charges for patients. The missing yesterday after an boy. The Red Cross set up an emer- Britain leaves the European is more trusted by voters government says 6 percent of the explosion brought down three In total 22 people were injured, gency site in a school to support Union or Scotland launches a than Cameron’s centre-right NHS budget is currently spent on buildings and damaged a fourth including six uniformed person- those made homeless and a hotel fresh bid for independence. Conservatives on the future of private providers. property in New York’s popular nel and four civilians in a critical also offered three free nights to Voters rank the NHS as a key the NHS. “It’s right to say that when East Village, injuring 22 people, condition, officials said. people living in the immediate election issue, polls show, and The Conservatives deny Labour private sector companies are city officials said. The blast ripped through a vicinity. Miliband kicked off his campaign charges that they are bent on pri- involved, we don’t get excess Preliminary indications suggest commercial and residential build- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio with a tub-thumping speech, vatising the service. Funded from profits, which is draining money the incident, which triggered a ing at 121 Second Avenue, trig- said the initial impact appeared painting his party as its trusted taxation, it is free at the point away from the National Health fire that lingered into a second gering its partial collapse and the to have been caused by plumbing guardian. of treatment, but the system is Service,” Miliband said. day, was gas-related, raising fresh partial collapse and full collapse of and gas work at the site. “We need to rescue our NHS coming under increasing strain Nevertheless, the policy risks concerns about safety in some of two adjoining properties. The East Village is one of the from this government, and we from a range of factors including inflaming latent tension with Manhattan’s older buildings. City hall said that all three most popular areas of New York, will,” Miliband said, speaking a growing population, increased the business community, who Police listed two people as buildings were destroyed, as any home to a large number of stu- at the London 2012 Olympic life expectancy and expensive new fear Miliband’s plans for a more unaccounted for early yesterday. remaining portions would have to dents and wealthy professionals, park. “With a Labour govern- treatments. hands-on approach to regulation Local media identified them as a be knocked down. and stuffed with boutiques, res- ment, there will be a new dou- The Conservatives said in sectors like banking and energy young man on a date at a sushi Fire personnel were still work- taurants, nightclubs and cafes. ble lock to protect our NHS: Miliband’s plans showed he could make Britain less attractive restaurant, in the building where ing to extinguish the fire after AFP guaranteeing proper funding was “incompetent”, saying the to investors. REUTERS

Top Senate Democrat Reid retiring Civilian killed in Ukraine KIEV: Fighting close to the the Crimea, which relies heavily WASHINGTON: US Senate departure will have on Democrats’ loss of control of the Senate in con- strategic eastern Ukraine port on Ukraine for water and elec- Democratic Leader Harry Reid ability to hold the seat. gressional elections last November. of Mariupol, the last major city tricity despite its annexation by said yesterday he will retire The Democrats hold 44 seats in A former amateur boxer who in the conflict zone controlled Moscow. next year and swiftly threw his the Senate. Republicans hold 54 represented Nevada in the Senate by Kiev, claimed one civilian Military spokesman Andriy weight behind New York Senator seats and independents two. and the House of Representatives, life overnight, police loyal to the Lysenko told reporters yesterday Chuck Schumer to replace him Reid, who is 75, said Schumer, Reid vowed to keep fighting for his government said yesterday. that one Ukrainian soldier had as leader. now the No. 3 Senate Democrat, party in his remaining 22 months “A male inhabitant of also been wounded overnight “I think Schumer should be able would probably win the caucus’ top in office. Shyrokyne village died after suf- Thursday. to succeed me,” Reid said in an post without opposition. He said In January, Reid suffered bro- fering injuries in shelling” by pro- “The situation is gradually sta- interview with The Washington the other likely contender, Illinois ken ribs and facial bones when Russian separatists, Viktoriya bilising,” he said. Post, referring to the selection Senator Dick Durbin, would prob- exercise equipment broke as he Guts, a spokeswoman for Donetsk However, he added that rebels Nobel literature of the next head of the Senate ably defer to Schumer, according was using it. Yesterday, he said the regional police, said. had used mortars and grenade Democratic caucus, a post that to the newspaper report. Durbin “down time” caused by the mis- Shyrokyne, about 10 kilometres launchers near the rebel strong- laureate Tomas will be filled after November 2016 has the caucus’ No. 2 spot now. hap had given him time to ponder east of the key port of Mariupol, hold of Lugansk. elections. There was no immediate com- Democrats’ future. has been the scene of daily skir- Despite the new ceasefire com- Transtroemer dies Reid’s decision muddies the out- ment from either Schumer or Known as a prodigious fund- mishes despite a ceasefire being ing into force on February 15, look for the Democratic Party as Durbin’s office on the Post report. raiser, Reid added that re-election in place. daily clashes have taken place in STOCKHOLM: Swedish poet it seeks to retake control of the Reid said earlier in a video mes- resources can now be used to help Separatists claim to control eastern Ukraine. Tomas Transtroemer, who Senate in 2016. He had a tough re- sage his decision not to seek re- other Senate Democrats instead around 30 percent of the village, The Organisation for Security won the 2011 Nobel Prize for election fight in Nevada in 2010 election was not due to a recent of himself. with many Ukrainians fearing and Co-operation in Europe noted Literature, has died at the and it is unclear what impact his exercising accident or his party’s REUTERS Mariupol could become the focus in its latest report on Thursday age of 83, his publishing house of any new offensive in a conflict that “fighting continued around Bonniers said yesterday. that has already claimed more Donetsk airport”, which fell to the Transtroemer, who suffered a than 6,000 lives in 11 months. rebels in January after months of stroke in 1990 which affected his Power outage The port’s fall would create a fierce fighting. ability to speak, wrote poems full land bridge between Russia and AFP of imagery that addressed nature, history and death. He has been called a master of mysticism, who often presented a dream-like consciousness in which time slows to allow for Venezuela protests US sanctions dissection of the relationship between the inner self and the CARACAS: Venezuela said yesterday it has sent a letter of protest surrounding world. to the United States over Washington’s new sanctions on officials “Most of Transtroemer’s poetry accused of an opposition crackdown. collections are characterised by Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said Venezuela had sent an economy, concreteness and poign- “emphatic note of protest” against President Barack Obama’s March ant metaphors. In his latest col- 9 executive order, which imposed an asset freeze and US travel ban on lections... Transtroemer has seven senior Venezuelan officials. shifted towards an even smaller Obama’s order declared Venezuela a “threat to the national security format and a higher degree of of the United States” — language that US officials said was a formality concentration,” the Nobel jury for imposing sanctions, but to which Venezuela has strongly objected. said when it honoured him. The order “interferes in Venezuela’s internal affairs by labelling Born on April 15, 1931 in (the country) an unusual and extraordinary threat,” Rodriguez told Stockholm, Transtroemer was journalists. raised alone by his mother after Venezuela did not release the contents of the letter, which the foreign his father left them. He graduated minister said was delivered to the US embassy in Caracas. in psychology in 1956 and later Relations between the two countries have been on a downward spiral worked in an institution for juve- since Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused Washington in nile offenders. February of sponsoring a coup attempt against him. In his parallel careers as psy- His government arrested several people in the aftermath of the chologist and poet, he also worked allegation, including the opposition mayor of Caracas. with the disabled, convicts and Passengers wait during a power outage at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam region suffered Obama signed the new sanctions in response, drawing a furious drug addicts while, at the same a blackout of more than five hours yesterday that hit a million households, forced flights to divert from Schiphol reaction from Maduro, who ordered 10 days of military exercises to time, producing a large body of airport and disrupted public transport networks. The outage was caused by a technical fault at a substation. counter the “imperialist threat.” poetic work. AFP AFP SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 ASIA / AFRICA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Forge peace today or count body bags: Aquino Philippine leader calls for passing Bangsamoro law

MANILA: On the first anni- Summit participants would dis- Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr, versary of the peace deal under sect the proposed law “in a calm the only son of the late dictator, his watch, President Aquino and reasonable manner that will is opposed to the current version renewed his call yesterday for not incite anger and hopeless- of the BBL. the passage of the Bangsamoro ness,” he said. Aquino said he would not be Basic Law (BBL), warning that “This way, the BBL can be coerced into resorting to all-out failure to forge peace would improved. They will write a war just to please some sectors. mean counting “body bags.” report that will be made public, “Is it not clear that their Malacanang is organising a so that everyone may be informed, approach was wrong? What were “peace summit” to improve the and so that more of our country- the results? Did the conflict end? BBL, with “citizen leaders” like men may understand the matter. Didn’t such an approach lead to Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio In this manner, we will be able to the deaths of hundreds of thou- Cardinal Tagle and tycoon Jaime advance a reasonable decision as sands of Filipinos?” Augusto Zobel de Ayala being regards BBL,” he said. Aquino said the violence has eyed as “independent convenors.” Aquino wants the BBL passed wasted two generations and that In a speech at Malacanang, before June or a month before he he would not allow the succeed- Aquino said he has invited peace delivers his sixth and last State ing generation to suffer the same Mourners pay their respects to Singapore’s late former prime minister Lee Kuan Yew at Parliament House in advocates who would help him of the Nation Address on July 27. fate. Singapore yesterday. persuade Filipinos that peace is Contrary to perception, Aquino At the House of Representatives, the only way to go. said he is “fully aware” that the Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr “This is the crossroads we face: January 25 Mamasapano inci- said President Aquino’s latest Mourners overwhelm Singapore we take pains to forge peace today, dent had adversely affected the pitch for the BBL would boost the or we count body bags tomorrow,” chances of BBL getting passed by measure’s chances in Congress. Aquino said. “To those who have Congress. While admitting that the SINGAPORE: Tens of thou- The round-the-clock queue parliament’s lobby had been put called for all-out war as the solu- “It saddens me to see that, Mamasapano incident has greatly sands of Singaporeans braved outside parliament starts at the up on YouTube. tion, do you think we’ll be able to after only one year, we have seem- diminished support for the BBL waits of up to 10 hours outside Padang — a large grassy field Lee has been lying in state talk peace after the shooting has ingly forgotten the hope that we in the chamber, Belmonte said parliament yesterday to pay used for parades and concerts as since Wednesday and the public started, when the wounds, and felt back then. Instead, we have lawmakers were beginning to their last respects to founding well as football, cricket and other has until 8pm (1200 GMT) today the failure of the talks, would be replaced it with distrust, unwar- realize that the issues should be leader Lee Kuan Yew, despite sports. to pay their respects. raw?” ranted suspicion and anger,” he treated differently. appeals from overwhelmed offi- Mourners are now being given “The government can advise us He denied that he merely lamented. He agreed with Aquino’s asser- cials to honour him elsewhere. only a few seconds to file past the not to queue all they want, and wanted to be able to tout the “The BBL is one of the most tion that the peace process must The city-state, famous for its former leader’s brown wooden I understand this puts a strain BBL as his legacy at the end of important proposed bills of our succeed before radical elements in clockwork handling of major casket draped with the red-and- on resources like volunteers and his term. administration. It answers the the MILF become frustrated and events like the night-time white Singapore flag in the parlia- space, but that’s not going to stop Yesterday was the first anni- two most pressing problems of return to arms. Singapore Grand Prix, seemed ment lobby. us from coming down,” mourner versary of the signing of the our countrymen: poverty and Belmonte also said the crea- unprepared for the scale of the More than 250,000 mourners Pek Tee Ann, 51, said. Comprehensive Agreement on violence. This bill is the product tion of a private body composed outpouring of grief since their had paid their respects by mid- The turnout is massive by the Bangsamoro. of 17 years of extensive study and of eminent personalities to fine- 91-year-old first prime minister afternoon yesterday, according to Singapore standards but the Also being eyed as independent negotiations,” Aquino reiterated. tune the BBL would greatly help died on Monday. an official count, up from about crowd was disciplined and morale convenors aside from Tagle and He also blamed the late dic- drum up support for the measure. “Members of the public are 150,000 at midnight Thursday. appeared to be high. “I feel the Zobel were former chief justice tator Ferdinand Marcos for the Cagayan de Oro Representative strongly advised not to join the “I am deeply moved by the Singapore spirit around me, peo- Hilario Davide Jr, Howard Dee birth of the secessionist move- Rufus Rodriguez, chairman of the queue at the Padang now,” said overwhelming response of people ple are courteous and everyone and Rohaniza Sumndad-Usman. ment in Mindanao. ad hoc committee deliberating on a government advisory which wanting to visit my father’s Lying is here for a common purpose, to Aquino said the five were “Let us remember: The con- the BBL, said the citizens’ com- urged mourners to go instead to in State at Parliament House,” honour our leader,” said 17-year- known for their “wisdom and flict in Mindanao began during mission should work swiftly so it 18 community sites to pay homage Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong old student Shruti Ram. integrity” in their own fields. the dictatorship because of land- could submit its recommenda- to Lee, who is revered for trans- said on Facebook. The city-state has a population Tagle confirmed receiving an grabbing. The law was used to tions to the panel before it votes forming Singapore from a British He announced that a live of 5.5 million but only 3.34 million invitation to serve as independ- exploit the uneducated, and deny on the BBL in May. colonial outpost into one of Asia’s video feed of the flow of mourn- are citizens. ent convenor. them of their land,” he said. THE PHILIPPINE STAR richest societies. ers viewing the casket inside the AFP

Nigeria claims key success over Boko Haram on eve of polls Stampede in

ABUJA: Nigeria yesterday and accusing it of not cooperat- hostage by the group since last in Gwoza before they retreated. talked of the “final onslaught” Bangladesh announced the recapture of ing with coalition partners from April with their families. “They gathered the women who against the militants. Boko Haram’s headquarters, neighbouring countries in the Reports have suggested that were in large number and opened Deby indicated in an interview kills at least on the eve of a knife-edge vote fight against Boko Haram. the teenagers, whose abduction fire on them,” said Usman Ali, a with French magazine Le Point at which President Goodluck Boko Haram has dominated from the remote town of Chibok 35-year-old farmer who later that the insurgency should have Jonathan is eyeing re-elec- the election campaign, with in Borno state caused global out- managed to escape, in an account been crushed sooner and claimed 10 pilgrims tion against a stiff opposition Jonathan’s record on security rage, were being held in Gwoza. supported by another local man. there had been no direct with the challenge. repeatedly attacked by the APC But two locals said that there The account mirrors simi- Nigerians for two months. DHAKA: At least 10 Hindu The military hailed the claimed candidate, former military ruler was no sign of the girls in the lar testimony from the town of “The whole world is asking pilgrims were killed and dozens victory in Gwoza as a crushing Muhammadu Buhari. town, which Boko Haram declared Bama, which was recaptured ear- why the Nigerian Army, which is more were injured in a stam- defeat for the rebels, whose six- Buhari said as campaigning part of a caliphate last August lier this month. Nigeria’s defence a big army... is not in a position to pede outside the Bangladeshi year insurgency has left more wrapped up on Thursday that he and renamed “Darul Hikma” spokesman Chris Olukolade said stand up to untrained kids armed capital Dhaka yesterday, police than 13,000 dead and which would make rebuilding the army in Arabic, meaning “House of a number of dead bodies had been with Kalashnikovs,” he said. Fears and witnesses said. Jonathan had seemingly been and security agencies a “top pri- Wisdom”. found in a deep well in Gwoza but about security persist with Boko The stampede occurred on the unable to stop. ority” of his administration. One man who was forcibly con- did not elaborate. Haram suspected of preparing banks of the Brahmaputra river, Chad’s President Idriss Deby “I will ensure that never again scripted into the militant ranks The recapture of Gwoza leaves suicide and bomb attacks against where hundreds of thousands of meanwhile launched an out- will terrorists find a safe haven claimed that Boko Haram leader just a handful of places in the polling stations after Shekau pilgrims had converged for ritual spoken attack on the Nigerian in Nigeria,” he added, vowing also Abubakar Shekau personally northeast under rebel control, vowed to disrupt the election. bathing during an annual Hindu Army, slamming its past failures to reunite the 219 schoolgirls held ordered his fighters to kill women according to Abuja, which has AFP festival. Police inspector Nasir Ahmed said seven women and three men Nepal chariot festival had been confirmed dead. “We are investigating what triggered the stampede, but it Maldives jails former seems that the tragedy was due to an unusually high number of pilgrims,” Ahmed said. “The stampede involved a huge minister for 11 years number of people as thousands of shoes could still be seen on the COLOMBO: The Maldives’ President Yameen sacked road an hour after it happened,” former defence minister has Nazim in January shortly after he added. been found guilty of attempting police raided his flat in the capi- Witnesses said at least 50 peo- a coup and jailed for 11 years, his tal Male and seized documents as ple were injured in the stampede family and officials said, weeks well as a pistol and ammunition. at the annual Astami Snan festi- after the conviction of former He was also accused of engi- val, which attracts pilgrims from president Mohamed Nasheed neering a fire at the main desali- around Bangladesh as well as sparked international concern. nation plant serving the island Nepal and neighbouring India. The controversial criminal capital Male that triggered a They said most of the victims court found Mohamed Nazim water crisis in December. were elderly and blamed the trag- guilty of smuggling danger- Nazim, a retired colonel from edy on the lack of guards on the ous weapons into the upmarket the Maldivian National Defence banks of the river in Langalbandh, tourist destination with the aim Force, was minister of defence around 25km south of Dhaka of toppling President Abdulla and national security. where the pilgrims gather at Yameen. He was a key figure behind the dawn to bathe. Nepalese devotees pull a chariot during the Seto (White) Machindranath chariot festival in Kathmandu yes- Nazim’s family said he had not downfall of Nasheed, who was “There were no policemen terday. Hindu and Buddhist devotees from the ethnic Newar community of Kathmandu valley celebrate the received a fair trial following the forced to quit the presidency in maintaining security,” said one festival by pulling wooden chariots across the city. verdict, which came out over- February 2012 after a mutiny by witness, Laxmi Rana Saha, 45. night Thursday and is likely to police and troops that followed “All of a sudden, I heard cries intensify fears of growing politi- weeks of protests over then-crim- and saw people getting trampled. cal repression in the honeymoon inal court chief judge Abdullah I lost my nephew in the chaos. island nation. Mohamed’s arrest. I survived by running to higher Thailand keeps suspected Uighurs in custody The verdict came less than two Nasheed’s jailing has sparked ground,” she said by phone from weeks after the court convicted street protests in the Maldives the scene. BANGKOK: A family of 17 sus- for hundreds of other suspected The group plans to appeal opposition leader Nasheed under and widespread international The annual rituals normally pected Uighur Muslims at the Uighur detainees and to where they against the decision, their lawyer anti-terror laws for ordering the criticism including from the UN attract around a million pilgrims centre of a diplomatic tug-of- should be repatriated. The group Worasit Piriyawiboon said. arrest of a chief judge in 2012 Human Rights Council. to Langalbandh on the banks of war between Turkey and China has been in detention for a year. “I don’t agree with the court when he was president and sen- His Maldivian Democratic Party the Brahmaputra, which Hindus will remain in custody after a The court ruled that Thai decision and I’m ready to fight,” tenced him to 13 years in jail. has said the criminal court judges consider holy. But district admin- Thai court yesterday rejected immigration had the right to Worasit told reporters on Friday. “This is a verdict that neither were biased, a charge the govern- istrator Anisur Rahman said their argument that their pro- detain the group but made no Thai police detained the group, us nor any Maldivian accepts,” ment has denied. Nasheed’s law- the number was higher this longed detention was illegal. ruling on their nationality. Under all from the same family, in March Nazim’s family said in a statement yers said this week the authorities year because the festival fell Turkey and China both claim Thai law, court approval must be 2014 after they illegally entered that was copied to diplomats in had prevented them from filing an during public holidays to mark the detainees as nationals in a dis- sought for detention periods of Thailand overland from Cambodia. Colombo. “We ask your for help appeal by a Sunday deadline. Bangladesh’s national day. pute with potential implications more than seven days. REUTERS in getting justice.” AFP AFP SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Pakistan to defend Saudi in Yemen fight Ready to defend ‘territorial integrity’ but no decision yet on joining coalition against Houthis: Defence minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is Tehran has slammed the inter- ready to defend Saudi Arabia’s vention as “a dangerous step”. “territorial integrity” but has The White House has voiced not yet decided to join Riyadh’s concerns about reports of Iranian coalition fighting Yemen rebels, arms flowing into Yemen and Islamabad’s defence minister there are fears of the conflict said yesterday. turning into a proxy war between Saudi Arabia began air strikes Iran and Saudi Arabia. in Yemen on Thursday to defend Like Saudi, Pakistan has a the government of President majority Sunni Muslim popula- Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi from tion, but around 20 percent of advancing Shia Huthi rebels. its citizens are Shiite, the world’s Pakistan is a longstanding ally second-largest such population of Saudi Arabia with close mili- after Iran. tary ties, but Islamabad has not Sectarian violence, mostly car- yet committed to the operation, ried out by Sunni hardline mili- which has drawn strong criticism tants targeting Shiites, has risen from its neighbour Iran, the major sharply in Pakistan in recent Shiite Muslim power. years. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif A suicide bomber last month said the country would defend killed 61 people at a Shiite Saudi sovereignty “at any cost,” mosque in the southern district but appeared to rule out any of Shikarpur, and at least 1,000 immediate Pakistani participa- Shiites have been killed in the tion in the fighting, which has so country over the past two years. far been confined to Yemen itself. Defence Minister Asif said “We don’t want to be part of Pakistan’s recent experience any proliferation, we will try to showed the danger of sectarian contain it,” Asif told parliament, strife. adding that there was concern it “We are not and will not fan could fan sectarian tensions in any conflict that will divide the Pakistan and the Muslim world. Muslim world on sectarian lines,” The Saudi ambassador in he said. Washington said Thursday that “We will not be part of (such a) Pakistan was among 10 countries conflict, especially when the fault ready to join a coalition to protect lines are present in Pakistan and the Yemeni government. we do not want to disturb those But Asif said Pakistan’s “only fault lines.” pledge is for the territorial integ- Saudi-Pakistan military ties go rity of the Kingdom of Saudi back decades. Pakistani demonstrators chant slogans in support of Saudi Arabia at a rally in Karachi yesterday. Arabia” which he said would be Pakistan helped Riyadh build defended “at any cost”. up its air force in the 1960s and the US, funnelled millions of clan- one of $1.5bn last year. in 1999. But any enthusiasm in “doesn’t have the luxury of refus- He said a delegation would be supplied pilots to fly sorties destine dollars through Pakistan Pakistani Prime Minister Pakistan for helping such a close ing” Riyadh’s request definitively. sent to Saudi Arabia following a against a South Yemeni incur- to fund the Afghan mujahideen’s Nawaz Sharif has close personal ally will be tempered by fear of “They owe too much to the two-day Arab League summit this sion into the kingdom in 1969, fight against Soviet occupation. ties with the Saudi royal family alienating Iran and of fanning Saudis and they also think that weekend. US security expert and former Cooperation and financial and was hosted by the kingdom sectarian divisions at home. Saudi is an extremely important Saudi Arabia has said it is CIA officer Bruce Riedel wrote assistance has continued to when he went into exile follow- Pakistani security analyst and country in the present context,” ready to do “whatever it takes” in a Brookings Institution article. flow from Riyadh in the form ing a military coup that abruptly retired general Talat Masood said, he said. to protect Hadi’s government but In the 1980s Riyadh, along with of cheap oil and loans, including ended his last term in power however, that Islamabad probably AFP

Uniform prayer Private sector imports first LNG consignment timings likely ISLAMABAD: The LNG of LNG of which 50 per cent will 1, 2015. The minister claimed that study shows that in the last sales tax has been reduced to five import mystery got resolved be used by the CNG sector and among the current contracts for three and half years, UFG vol- percent from 17 per cent on the yesterday when it became the other 50 percent by the Pak- LNG between suppliers and buy- ume at CNG stations in Punjab import of the commodity to be in Islamabad known that the private sector, Arab Fertilizer Company. ers, the Nawaz government will has been identified as most of the used by the CNG sector. and not the federal govern- Federal Minister Shahid be able to ink flexibility of the CNG stations are installed at gas This will help the availability ISLAMABAD: Pakistan gov- ment of Pakistan, had imported Khaqan Abbasi said that the said contract. distribution system. However the of CNG in Pakistan at 30 percent ernment informed the National the first LNG consignment of two companies had imported the It will not be wise to discuss UFG stands at 0.5 per cent at all parity with petrol. The minister Assembly yesterday that it was 147,800 cubic metres. first consignment of LNG in the the contents of the LNG deal with business houses, which are installed said that at present IPPs are hesi- consulting religious scholars The private sector has thus vessel that has floating storage Qatar when talks are still under at transmission lines. So they will tant to ink agreement for using from all sects to introduce uni- saved the government from huge and re-gasification facility and way. However, the minister claimed have to pay against said volume of LNG and in case they refused to form prayer timings in the fed- embarrassment as the latter ETPL had hired the FRSU vessel that the government would be able UFG to Sui Northern in the case use the LNG as fuel in power gen- eral capital. failed to meet the deadline of for 15 years. “FRSU has already to strike the best deal. of using the LNG. eration, then the governm ent will “We are making efforts to importing LNG by end-March. berthed at Port Qasim.” The private sector has imported The minister said that RLNG use the imported LNG in KAPCO introduce uniform timings The Universal Gas Distribution The minister said that the gov- the LNG at $8 per MMBTU. Sui that will be used by CNG would and will get the benefit of $300m for Azaan (call for prayer) in Company Private Limited and ernment will be able to import Northern will charge 11.5 percent be competitive as there will be no per year and the more RLNG will Islamabad and a decision is likely Pak-Arab Fertilizer are the two LNG by April 15 and hoped that UFG (unaccounted for gas) from GIDC (gas infrastructure devel- be diverted to the Jamshoro power to come through in a week, over private sector companies that the final meeting on the LNG deal the CNG sector. opment cess) on LNG to be used plant for power generation. which the nation would be happy,” have imported the 60,000 tonnes with Qatar will be held on April The minister said that the by CNG and on top of that general INTERNEWS Minister of State for Religious Affairs Pir Aminul Hasnat said. Responding to a question, Hasnat said a meeting in this regard had taken place on Wednesday with scholars from all the sects and an agreement Bill paves way for was reached over timings of four prayers. As per details, the govern- party-less LG polls ment has decided to implement a uniform system in the federal capital under which Azaan (call ISLAMABAD: Reflecting elections held by General Zia in of prayers) timings will be fixed what it had wished for Punjab, 1980s, which were followed by non- while Salat (prayers) would be the government yesterday party elections to the National also offered at one particular time pushed through the National and provincial assemblies. throughout the capital. Assembly a bill providing for “After all such (party-less) “Once an agreement is reached, party-less local government elections were held under Zia-ul- after consultation with the schol- (LG) elections in Islamabad in Haq,” he said, provoking protests ars we will bring it to the National the face of opposition ridicule. from PPP benches. Assembly,” Hasnat added. But the fate of the bill envisag- Even then he went on advanc- However, the state minister ing creation of a metropolitan cor- ing what was described by many said that there were some forces poration for the Islamabad Capital lawmakers as an apparently that wanted to sabotage the effort Territory, to be elected by members hollow argument that allowing by propagating a negative impres- of new union councils, seems uncer- political parties to field candi- sion in the media. tain as opposition parties dominate dates would deprive residents of Referring to media reports that the Senate and can block its adop- a Mohalla, locality or a village “the move was aimed at bringing tion there in the present shape. of their “fundamental right” to the Saudi system” the minister The government accepted choose an independent candi- said it was not the factual position. several amendments proposed date of their choice rather than “After the success over uniform by the opposition PPP to the be restrained by parties. timings in Islamabad, we will rep- Islamabad Capital Territory Local That logic was rejected by PPP licate it in other cities,” he added. Newly born lion cubs nuzzle their mother in their enclosure at a specially built mini-zoo in the grounds of wealthy Government Bill, such as specify- lawmaker Nafisa Shah who said Addressing the concern of landowner Mahi’s residence in Multan. ing the minimum representation that it was actually the govern- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz on the metropolitan corporation ment which sought to restrict the MNA Major (retd) Tahir Iqbal for women (33 percent), peasants/ people’s right of choice by barring regarding rumours in his constit- Pet lion gives birth to five cubs workers, non-Muslims and youth them from choosing between an uency Chakwal that loud speakers (5pc each) and technocrats (2pc). independent and a party candidate. for Azaan will be banned, Hasnat But it rejected two key amend- Leader of Opposition in the said, “There is no such proposal MULTAN: An animal enthu- live in a specially built mini-zoo in The new cubs are still romping ments that would have provided National Assembly, Khursheed under discussion.” siast in Pakistan is celebrating the grounds of Mahi’s residence. around their pen fuelled by mum’s for party-nominated candidates, Ahmed Shah said that the PML-N’s Further, regarding registration a roaring success after his pet Wealthy landowner Mahi said milk, but feeding the rest of the prompting opposition allegations rejection of two amendments pro- of seminaries, the minister added, lioness Rani gave birth to five he acquired Rani, or “Queen”, as pride is no picnic — the hungry that the ruling PML-N was devi- posed by the PPP, its previous move “Registration of Madrassas is not healthy cubs. a one-year-old in 2011 to join Raja, felines chomp their way through ating from the famous charter of to hold party-less LG elections in something new as it has been in The new arrivals plus another or “King”, whom he bought from around 20kg of meat a day. democracy it had signed with the Punjab, which it ruled, while the practice since 2005.” two cubs born nine months ago a friend a few years earlier. Lions appeared all over PPP in 2006 and retaining the three other provinces had opted for However, he said that the rep- mean Fazal Abbas Mahi has a “I am fond of animals and birds Pakistan in early 2013 — at least legacy of three military dictators, party-based polls and the recent resentatives of seminaries have total of nine lions at his home in since my childhood and I also have in toy form, as the election symbol including General Zia-ul-Haq. abortive attempt to amend the con- suggested there should be one the central city of Multan. But if horses, ponies and peacocks. I also of the Pakistan Muslim League-N Strangely, Minister of State stitution to provide for Senate elec- consolidated form about informa- the thought of so many big cats have vintage cars,” he said, adding party that won power for Prime for Parliamentary Affairs Sheikh tions by show of hands showed that tion the authorities need, instead roaming round a house gives paws that he has a permit for the lions Minister Nawaz Sharif. Aftab Ahmed seemed to take the party lacked confidence in itself. of many. for thought, worry not, the lions from the wildlife department. AFP credit for imitating non-party LG INTERNEWS INTERNEWS SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Bharat Ratna IAEA urges conferred on Vajpayee India to tighten NEW DELHI: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was yesterday conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, by nuclear safety President Pranab Mukherjee in a brief ceremony at his home here attended by the country’s Director to visit Rajastan plant leadership. The president, in a break from VIENNA: The International pursuing the improvements sug- protocol, arrived at Vajpayee’s 6, Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gested by the mission towards fur- Krishna Menon Marg residence urged India yesterday to fur- ther strengthening the regulatory here to confer the top honour ther tighten its nuclear safety framework,” the IAEA quoted the on the nonagenarian Bharatiya regulations by assuring the chairman of the AERB, S S Bajaj, Janata Party leader who has been legal independence of its atomic as saying. Both India and Pakistan keeping poor health. watchdog and allowing more tested nuclear weapons in 1998, The ceremony was attended by outside inspections. setting off an arms race between Vice President Hamid Ansari and India, which has tested nuclear the neighbouring rivals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi weapons but is a non-signatory Some countries view the fact as well as former prime minister of the Non-Proliferation Treaty that India is a non-signatory to Manmohan Singh and senior BJP (NPT), announced a major deal the NPT, which was set up to leader L K Advani, among others. in January designed to open prevent states from acquiring Prime Minister Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee conferring the Bharat Ratna on the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, at India’s nuclear power sector to nuclear weapons, as a stumbling addressing the media out- his residence in New Delhi yesterday. US investment. The deal came block to it joining the Nuclear side, expressed his gratitude to after Prime Minister Narendra Suppliers Group (NSG). President Mukherjee for coming lived for the country... His every inspiration and will remain so. of the award to the media throng, Modi agreed last year to tighter Membership in the NSG, a to Vajpayee’s home to personally moment was for the country. His life will continue to inspire which was not allowed to enter checks of India’s civilian nuclear trade body established to ensure hand over the award. There are crores of karyakar- and guide future generations”. the house or cover the actual con- programme by the IAEA. that civilian nuclear trade is not He said Vajpayee’s life was tas (BJP workers) like me, for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ferment ceremony. After a 12-day visit to India, diverted for military aims, could “dedicated to the nation... He whom Vajpayee-ji has been an later announced the conferment IANS the agency recommended that boost India’s international stand- India and its Atomic Energy ing as a responsible atomic power Regulatory Board (AERB) take and also give it greater influence further action to assure safety in on issues related to global nuclear its nuclear industry. trade. A review conference of the “The government should embed NPT will start in April. the AERB’s regulatory independ- Meanwhile, IAEA director Make India energy-sufficient, cut imports: PM ence in law, separated from other general Yukiya Amano is visiting entities having responsibilities or India and is expected to make NEW DELHI: Stressing upon are well-off to surrender their 2022, and lower it further to 50 the conference. Infrastructure interests that could unduly influ- a tour of the Rajasthan Atomic energy security, Prime Minister fuel subsidy entitlement. percent by 2030. development and the creation of ence its decision making,” the Power Plant (RAPS) here. Narendra Modi yesterday said “People who don’t need LPG “We will be celebrating 75th smart cities will all add to eco- IAEA said in a statement. Amano, the chief of the world’s India will have to be independ- (cooking gas) subsidy and those year of our independence in 2022. nomic activity and will increase “The AERB should consider nuclear watchdog agency, will ent in this area and seek new who are capable of managing Today, we import 77 percent of the need for oil, gas and power, increasing the frequency of rou- hold talks with the officials of the avenues to replenish existing without it should give it up. I ask our oil and gas. Can’t we target he said. tine on-site inspections at NPPs Ministry of External Affairs and sources in a bid to serve the you to join this movement. Give lowering of imports at least by 10 According to Modi, energy to allow for additional independ- Department of Atomic Energy growing appetite of the people. up gas subsidy. Create a record. percent by 2022 to pay tribute to corridors need to be developed ent verification and more effective and is expected to review the The view was echoed by Finance The subsidy that you will give up those who sacrificed their life for between India and the Middle regulatory oversight,” it added, progress made on the Indo-US Minister Arun Jaitley. will go a long way in benefitting our freedom,” Modi said. East, Central Asia, and South referring to nuclear power plants nuclear deal. “We need to be independent the poor people.” Jaitley said the government Asia. (NPP). The nuclear “break- Incidentally, India had last when it comes to providing our People are already giving up required to pay attention to oil The international energy through understanding” between year ratified IAEA’s Additional people with energy,” Modi said, their subsidy, Modi said and exploration to reduce the coun- conference “Urja Sangam 2015: US President Barack Obama Protocol and also brought 22 while inaugurating the “Urja added that “over 2.8 lakh con- try’s energy imports. Shaping India’s Energy Security” and Modi seeks to allay US con- nuclear facilities, including 14 Sangam - 2015” international sumers have surrendered LPG “Need to look at our oil explo- is being attended by cabinet min- cerns about industry liability and atomic power reactors, under the conference on energy security at subsidy, resulting in a saving of ration programme, acquisition of isters, policy makers, global chief unlock billions of dollars in invest- agency’s safeguards, enabling it to the Vigyan Bhavan conference Rs.100 crore to the exchequer”. assets overseas to cut depend- executives (CEOs) of energy firms ments into Indian power projects. have greater role in inspection of complex here. He called for bringing down oil ence on energy imports,” Jaitley and academia. “AERB is committed to these units. AGENCIES He also pitched for people who and gas imports to 67 percent by said at the valedictory session of IANS

Passing out parade Sonia: Land bill Nun gang rape: Accused sent unacceptable to 14 days police custody NEW DELHI: Congress presi- dent Sonia Gandhi yester- KOLKATA: A court in West Bengal’s Nadia district yesterday day lashed out at the “myopic” sent a Bangladeshi national, arrested in connection with the Narendra Modi government gang rape of a nun inside a convent in Ranaghat, to 14 days police over the land bill which she custody. said was an “unabashed dis- Gopal Sarkar, who was arrested by the Criminal investigation play of half truths”. Accusing Department of the state police from Habra in North 24 Parganas dis- the government of “bending trict on Thursday for allegedly harbouring the assailants who looted over backwards” to favour select the Convent of Jesus and Mary and brutalised the 71-year-old nun, industrialists, Gandhi said her was produced in the court of the additional chief judicial magistrate, party would never support any Ranaghat, during the day. law that harms farmers. “In our submission we told the court that Sarkar had sheltered “Regrettable that anyone those who committed the heinous act before and after the incident. championing the voice of the dis- He helped them in committing the crime. He had material gains from tressed farmer and needy farm the incident,” said the prosecution counsel. labourer is being branded ‘anti- “We collected material evidence and produced them before the court. national’ by a myopic (Narendra) After hearing the arguments, the learned court allowed our prayer for Modi government bending over 14 days CID custody,” he said. backwards to favour select indus- The CID presented before the court two mobile phones seized from trialists,” Gandhi said in a letter Sarkar and claimed the call records showed that he was in constant to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. communication with the gang of Bangladeshi criminals who had raided She was responding to the convent. Gadkari’s letter seeking the oppo- sition’s support for the land acqui- New recruits of the Jammu Kashmir Light Infantry Regiment (JKLIR) march during a passing out parade at sition bill. IANS an army base on the outskirts of Srinagar yesterday. The 183 recruits were formally inducted into the Indian 2 bodies recovered after plane crash Army’s unit after the training. MUMBAI: Indian authorities have found the bodies of two navy pilots whose plane crashed into the sea on Tuesday. A navy statement said the body of a male officer was recovered from the plane’s fuselage yesterday, a day after that of a female officer was found. Media reports said she was the first woman in India’s military to AAP heads for major showdown die in active service, although this could not immediately be confirmed. A lone survivor from the crew of three was rescued early on Wednesday after the Dornier aircraft plunged into the sea 25 nauti- NEW DELHI: In clear signs were trying to weaken it and The main grouse of Bhushan to the National Executive which cal miles off the holiday state of Goa. that no more rapprochement malign its image,” he told report- and Yadav was that Kejriwal too vetoed the idea. The crash was the latest in a series of deadly disasters to hit the was possible in the AAP, dissi- ers. “They tried to aid the forma- acted in an autocratic manner Yadav, a political pundit, said navy, and comes just months after a naval ship sank off the southeast- dent leaders Prashant Bhushan tion of a BJP government.” and refused to pay heed to dis- he and Bhushan were fighting to ern coast of India, leaving one worker dead and four others missing. and Yogendra Yadav yesterday- Yesterday’s war of words senting voices in a party that was “save the soul of the struggle” that A fire aboard a nuclear submarine killed two officers off the Mumbai launched a tirade against Delhi appeared to mark an end to what- born in 2012 to give a new kind of gave birth to the AAP. coast in February 2014 which led to the immediate resignation of the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ever possibilities may have existed politics to India. “It is not an ordinary party, it navy chief. Eighteen sailors were also killed in August 2013 when INS whose supporters accused them for the two camps to overcome “We have warned and alerted was born out of a revolution to Sindhurakshak burst into flames in Mumbai harbour. of being virtual BJP agents. their differences and shake hands. Kejriwal against ill-advised and clean the system, end corruption A day before the Aam Aadmi Bhushan and Yadav said earlier hasty moves and questioned him. and give power to the common Party’s National Executive meets that they were ready to give up all Is that a crime for a party built on people,” Yadav said. Railways’ freight business to grow here, Bhushan and Yadav branded party posts if Kejriwal met their the principles of Swaraj?” asked “People have high hopes from Kejriwal an autocrat surrounded five demands — including trans- Yadav. this party. But the developments NEW DELHI: The government said yesterday the Indian Railways’ by “yes men” and accused him of parency within and autonomy to A Supreme Court advocate, in the last one month have disap- freight business is expected to rise between 9 to 15 percent during deviating from the party’s ideals. state units. Bhushan alleged that Kejriwal pointed many.” the next four years from the average growth of around four percent The AAP hit back, accusing the They addressed the media after wanted to form a government Yadav said he and Bhushan had recorded during the last four years. two men of having tried to sabo- Kejriwal supporters hit out at in Delhi with Congress support five demands — transparency in The freight potential was revealed in a report on traffic optimisa- tage the party in the run up to the two overnight, claiming they last year though the latter had the AAP, autonomy for local units, tion which was presented to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu here. the Delhi polls last month which had resigned from the National been decisively rejected in the Lok a Lokpal probe into corruption According to the report, the railways will be able to meet its growth it won handsomely. Executive. Both denied this. Sabha election. charges against members, AAP forecast if progress on completion of last-mile projects, doubling of traf- “They made efforts so that “We have never made any He said five of the nine mem- should come within the ambit of fic facility, signalling and electrification works is made at a fast pace. party loses... they told workers attempt to dislodge Kejriwal bers of the party’s Political Affairs RTI, and an end to secret ballot “The great leap forward would be achieved only with completion of ‘Let the party lose, it will be easy from his position in the party. The Committee (PAC), the highest during election to key posts. dedicated freight corridor,” the report said. to remove Arvind’,” AAP member allegations ... are all feeble and decision making body, opposed If Kejriwal accepted these The report observed that in the ensuing period various other capac- Ashish Khetan said. baseless,” said Yadav, a founder the idea. demands, he and Bhushan would ity-augmentation measures will have to be completed such as improve- “When the party was fighting member of AAP like Kejriwal and But when Kejriwal insisted he resign from all party posts, he ments in the rolling stock, utilisation of alternate routes, higher wagon an existential war, two leaders Bhushan. would go ahead, the matter went said. IANS capacity and setting up of private freight terminals. AGENCIES SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Oil down, US crude in for best week in four years

NEW YORK: Oil fell yesterday sanctions that have restricted its as fears about the disruption of crude exports to just one million Middle East crude shipments barrels per day from 2.5 million from Yemen’s conflict eased, bpd in 2012. and focus turned to the likeli- British Foreign Secretary hood of an Iranian nuclear deal Philip Hammond said on Friday by next week that could put parties at the nuclear talks in more supply on the market. Lausanne, Switzerland were Greece submits new reforms list But prices were still headed for “better than halfway” in terms a second straight week of gains, of areas where they were close to with US crude on track to its agreement. Athens pledges to produce budget surplus; Brussels group to examine list best week since 2011, reflecting France’s Foreign Minister the ground made by market bulls Laurent Fabius concurred there ATHENS: Greece has sent its sector reforms, which failed to sensitive measures that would be France’s Finance Minister from six-year lows hit earlier this had been progress but said the creditors a long-awaited list of impress lenders. viewed as cutting pension payouts Michel Sapin earlier urged Greece month. focus was on getting the content reforms with a pledge to pro- The new list includes measures for austerity-hit Greeks. on Friday to present detailed Benchmark Brent oil and US for the deal right, rather than duce a small budget surplus to boost state revenues by ¤3bn It is also expected to include reform proposals to allow for a crude were down more than two meeting the deadline. this year in the hope that it this year, but will not include any labour reform aimed at fight- deal with its euro zone peers. percent in New York’s morning “Both sides have a lot of skin will unlock badly needed cash, “recessionary measures” like wage ing the increase in unregistered The reforms list submission trade after reduced threats to the in the game in terms of the pres- Greek government officials said or pension cuts, a government workers, and also include com- came as Greece’s government region’s oil facilities and traffic sure to deliver something, so yesterday. official said. mitments to allow privatisations denied a report in Germany’s from the Saudi-led air strikes in we’re probably going to hear noise The European Union and IMF The list estimates a primary to proceed. Bild newspaper that its outspoken Yemen. that they have a deal or are close lenders, informally called the budget surplus of 1.5 percent for The government has rowed finance minister Yanis Varoufakis Brent was down $1.30 at $57.89 enough but will have to postpone Brussels Group, were to start dis- 2015 — below the three percent back on pledges made in its early was considering resigning. a barrel by 11.45am EDT (1545 to another deadline,” said John cussing the list later yesterday, a target included in the country’s days to roll back asset sales, but it A prominent figure in the GMT). US crude slid $1.40 to Kilduff, partner at New York eurozone official said, although a existing EU/IMF bailout — and still wants to retain management Greek government who has $50.03. energy hedge fund Again Capital. Greek official said the examina- growth of 1.4 percent, the official control after selling off stakes. won fans and angered interlocu- For the week, Brent was up Oil had jumped around 5 per- tion would begin on today. Their said. Athens needs to show its tors with sharp-tongued attacks more than four percent and US cent on Thursday on fear the approval, followed by the bless- Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s creditors it is committed to against austerity, Varoufakis has crude nine percent higher, after conflict in Yemen could disrupt ing of euro zone finance minis- left-wing government has previ- structural reforms and that kept a markedly lower profile in gains from earlier sessions when cargoes on the neighboring Bab El ters, will be needed for Athens to ously said the list will include the measures will not derail its recent days with fewer interviews the dollar was weaker. Mandeb Strait, where 3.8 million unfreeze further aid and stave off measures to improve investor budget. Though Athens remains and public appearances. Western nations brokering a bpd of crude and oil products flow. bankruptcy. sentiment, boost tax revenues, at risk of bankruptcy without But he took to Twitter to deny nuclear deal for Iran indicated But influential Wall Street Athens has not indicated and judicial reform. fresh aid, publicly the mood in the reports, saying: “Every time they may achieve before the end bank Goldman Sachs said Yemen whether the latest list will con- The government is also talks between Greece and its the negotiations heat up, some of March some sort of agreement was only a small crude exporter, tain a more far-reaching reform expected to address some form lenders has improved in recent new rumour of my resignation, that Tehran hopes will lift sanc- and oil tankers could avoid pass- programme than a previous list of pension reform, though it has days after weeks of acrimony demise etc. springs up. Somewhat tions curbing its oil exports. ing its waters to reach their ports of seven reforms on broad issues already excluded any attempt to that had raised the risk of a amusing...” Tehran is keen to recover mar- of destination. ranging from tax evasion to public raise the retirement age or other Greek euro zone exit. REUTERS ket share lost under the US-led REUTERS

Presidential visit US growth slows in Q4; Gold falls on dollar snapping corporate profits fall 7-day rally WASHINGTON: US economic and hiring. For all of 2014, profits LONDON: Gold fell yester- growth cooled in the fourth fell 8.3 percent, the largest annual day, snapping a seven-day rally quarter as previously reported drop since 2008. as the dollar rebounded after and after-tax corporate prof- Economists polled by Reuters Federal Reserve officials sig- its recorded their biggest drop had expected fourth-quarter GDP nalled they remained on track since early 2011, as a strong dol- growth would be revised up to a to raise rates this year, but the lar dented the earnings of mul- 2.4 percent rate. metal still looked set to post its tinational corporations. US Treasury yields fell after second straight weekly gain. Gross domestic product the data, while the dollar pared At separate events on Thursday, expanded at a 2.2 percent annual gains against the euro and hit a the presidents of the St Louis Fed rate last quarter, the Commerce session low against the yen. US and Atlanta Fed said an adjust- Department said yesterday in its stock index futures were trading ment away from ultra-loose mone- third estimate of GDP. That was slightly weaker. tary policy might be needed in light unrevised from the forecast last Slower economic growth of the US economy’s improvement month. together with benign infla- since the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Businesses throttled back on tion could prompt the Federal “US growth and the outlook for inventory and equipment invest- Reserve to delay raising interest interest rates ... for us are the main ment, but robust consumer rates until later this year. The US drivers and we’ll see further incre- spending limited the slowdown in central bank has kept its short- mental declines in the gold price,” the pace of activity in the fourth term lending rate near zero since Julius Baer’s head of commodity quarter. The economy grew at a 5 December 2008. French President Francois Hollande (second right), PSA Peugeot Citroen Chief Executive Officer Carlos research Norbert Ruecker said. percent rate in the third quarter. Fed officials last week lowered Tavares (right) and French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron (left) listen to Laurent Vergely, Director of Spot gold eased 0.3 percent to After-tax corporate profits their individual growth estimates the PSA Tremery factory, during a visit to Peugeot Citroen engine factory in Tremery near Metz yesterday. $1,20.80 an ounce by 1251 GMT. declined $57.1bn, the biggest fall for this year through 2017. The metal jumped two percent since the first quarter 2011, after The moderate pace of the US on Thursday to its highest since rising $52.4bn in the third quar- economic expansion appears to March 2 at $1,219.40 in reaction ter. Corporate profits from out- have persisted through the first to tensions in the Middle East. side the United States decreased quarter. US gold futures for April deliv- $36.1 billion after increasing $16.5 The sturdy dollar, lingering ANA orders three Dreamliners ery fell $4.90 to $1,199.80 an ounce. billion in the previous quarter. weakness in Europe and Asia, Saudi Arabia and its allies Multinationals such as tech- harsh winter weather in the NEW YORK: Japan’s All “We are honoured to play such Dreamliners, built with light- launched air strikes in Yemen on nology giant IBM, semiconductor United States and a now-settled Nippon Airways has ordered an important role in ANA’s contin- weight composite components Wednesday, rattling wider mar- maker Intel Corp, industrial con- labour dispute at busy US West three 787-10 Dreamliners, ued success as they look to expand that helped to lower fuel con- kets and supporting gold, usually glomerate Honeywell and Procter Coast ports dampened activity in becoming the first airline in their fleet to include the entire sumption. The largest Japanese seen as an insurance against risk. & Gamble, the world’s largest first two months of the year. Asia to operate all three ver- family of 787 Dreamliners,” said airline was the launch customer “Geopolitics has never been household products maker, have With temperatures rising, sions of the high-tech jetliner, Ray Conner, Boeing Commercial for the Dreamliner, which entered something that could set a trend warned that the dollar will hurt there are signs of some pick-up in Boeing said yesterday. Airplanes president and chief service in October 2011. in gold prices, it only causes a profits this year. activity. But the dollar will likely The new 787-10 is the largest executive, in a statement. The According to Boeing, the 787- short-term deviation from the The dollar gained 7.8 percent provide a challenge for domestic of the Dreamliner family, capable ANA order is valued at roughly 10 will be 25 to 30 percent more existing trend,” Ruecker said. against the currencies of the main manufacturers. of carrying 323 passengers up to $900m at list prices. The airline efficient than the airplanes it The dollar rose 0.2 percent US trading partners between First-quarter growth estimates 13,000km, a distance that repre- had announced its commitment to replaces. Boeing has a net orders versus a basket of currencies, June and December. range between a 0.9 percent and sents more than 90 percent of the buy the aircraft in January. total of four 787s, according to a supported by strong US jobs and Weak profits could undermine 1.4 percent rate. world’s twin-aisle routes, accord- ANA currently operates the company update this week. service sector data. business spending on equipment REUTERS ing to the US aerospace giant. world’s largest 787 fleet with 34 AFP REUTERS

UBP buys Coutts’ unit S Korea sees gains from joining AIIB

SEOUL: South Korea hopes its a founding member, the latest US China’s growing financial clout infrastructure companies will ally to do so despite Washington’s and assertiveness. benefit from the country join- misgivings. China is South Korea’s “What is important is not the ing the China-backed Asian biggest trading partner and the date but whether we can see what Infrastructure Investment two countries are set to sign a we have been asking (China) Bank (AIIB), the finance minis- free trade agreement in the first guaranteed,” Finance Minister try said yesterday. half of this year. Taro Aso told reporters after a Shares in some South Korean China has set March 31 as the cabinet meeting yesterday. iron and steel products makers deadline for joining the bank as Aso reiterated Japan’s concerns rose sharply, partly on hopes for a founder member, which will be relating to fair governance at the new orders when the AIIB is oper- capitalized at an initial $50bn to AIIB, establishment of the board ational and funding infrastructure provide project loans to develop- of directors, debt sustainability projects, which is likely next year. ing nations. and respect for social and envi- Histeel Co rose 14.8 percent and China’s finance ministry said ronmental issues. “Unless (China) Hanil Iron & Steel was up about 6 on Friday that Luxembourg has clarifies these matters, which are percent by the afternoon. been accepted as a founding mem- not clear at all, Japan remains “(The government) expects our ber, taking the number to 28. cautious,” he said. companies to win many orders According to Seoul, applications Song at the South Korean in areas such as communica- from six countries are pending - finance ministry said some of tions, energy and transportation, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the concerns among prospec- where they have strength,” Song Switzerland and South Korea. tive members had recently been In-chang, head of the finance The AIIB has been seen as resolved, such as giving the board The logo of British bank Coutts at the entrance of an office building in Zurich yesterday. Switzerland’s Union ministry’s international finance a significant and possibly his- of directors the power to decide Bancaire Privee (UBP) is buying the international business of 300-year-old British wealth manager Coutts, bureau, told reporters. toric setback to US efforts on investment projects, instead of the latest deal by a Swiss private bank aimed at branching out from its struggling home market. Seoul announced on Thursday to extend its influence in the the management. it would seek to join the AIIB as Asia-Pacific region to balance REUTERS SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Visa to miss Brazil stagnates in 2014, recession looms deadline for Hosting World Cup and Olympics next year fails to reverse rising inflation new Russia

RIO DE JANEIRO: The in 2010, the last year in office of would surpass Brazil this year as Brazil’s central bank is fore- Petrobras board during much of the payment system Brazilian economy, the world’s her charismatic predecessor and the world’s seventh economy. casting annual inflation of 7.9 period under investigation, has not seventh-largest, posted near- mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Of the BRICS group of emerg- percent for 2015, well above its been implicated in the graft. But MOSCOW: Visa still needs stagnant growth in 2014, The central bank is expect- ing economies — Brazil, Russia, target of 4.5 percent. It has raised the scandal has become a major one or two months to transfer expanding just 0.1 percent, and ing an even worse year in 2015, India, China and South Africa — the key interest rate to 12.75 per- crisis just months into her second processing of transactions made will likely enter recession this forecasting a contraction of 0.5 Brazil posted the lowest growth cent in a bid to rein in prices, but term, which began on January 1. on its credit cards in Russia to year, officials said yesterday. percent. for 2014. that also weighs down economic Rousseff’s approval rating has a local payment system, but Hosting the World Cup in “Looking forward, the ques- Russia’s economy grew 0.6 activity and investment. plunged to 13 percent, and more Mastercard will make an oblig- June and July and gearing up for tions are how deep will the reces- percent, China’s 7.4 percent and Other drags on the economy than 1.5 million Brazilians took to atory April 1 deadline, the head the Olympics next year failed to sion be in 2015, when will Brazil South Africa’s 1.4 percent. include a current account deficit the streets this month to protest of the payment system said. reverse the drag of rising infla- start to recover and how fast,” Brazil, the largest economy in of $6.9bn, a trade deficit of $2.8bn her government. Russian authorities ordered tion, a ballooning deficit and a said Robert Wood, Brazil analyst Latin America, also had the poor- and a weak currency. There is broad consensus that foreign card companies to move $4bn kickbacks scandal at state at the Economist Intelligence est GDP growth in the region out- Even unemployment, long the the government must get its processing of their transactions oil giant Petrobras that has tar- Unit. side crisis-hit Venezuela. indicator Rousseff’s left-wing books in order, but Rousseff’s new in Russia to a newly created local nished Brazil’s largest company Analyst Alex Agostini, chief Despite the slowdown, Brazil’s government could point to as a finance minister, Joaquim Levy, payment system by April 1 or put and President Dilma Rousseff’s economist at Brazilian firm economy grew more than fore- measure of success, has crept up faces an uphill battle to convince down a hefty security deposit. party. Austin Rating, predicted mod- cast: analysts had predicted the since the start of the year, reach- Congress to raise taxes and cut The new rules were intro- It was the fourth year of lack- est growth of around one to two figure would come in at zero, and ing 5.9 percent in February. spending, especially amid the duced after Visa and Mastercard luster growth for the South percent in 2016 before a return the central bank had predicted a The scandal at Petrobras has slowdown. stopped providing services for American giant, whose economy to stronger growth of about 2.5 0.1-percent contraction. also dented confidence. But he did score a victory some Russian banks that were expanded 2.7 percent in 2013, 1.8 percent in 2017. In the fourth quarter of 2014, Some of the country’s largest this week by convincing ratings sanctioned over Moscow’s role in percent in 2012 and 3.9 percent “There’s been a breakdown in the economy contracted 0.2 construction firms stand accused agency Standard & Poor’s that the Ukraine crisis. in 2011, under a revised calcula- recent years from the inflationary, percent, said national statistics of colluding with Petrobras exec- the government is serious about “With Mastercard the project tion system that took effect this fiscal and exchange-rate stand- institute IBGE. Industry, the utives to massively inflate con- economic reforms. After long is completed, all the banks are month. point,” he said. hardest-hit sector, contracted by tracts, passing much of the dirty meetings with Levy, S&P decided signed up. With Visa there is a Rousseff has never managed Agostini predicted India, whose 1.2 percent in 2014. Agrobusiness cash to politicians from Rousseff’s to keep Brazil’s rating at BBB- fully fledged project, which has to match the blistering 7.6-per- economy is growing at an annual expanded by 0.4 percent and serv- party and its allies in Congress. instead of downgrading it to junk. been agreed. Signing up and cer- cent GDP growth Brazil posted rate of more than seven percent, ices by 0.7 percent. Rousseff, who chaired the AFP tifying the banks is under way,” Vladimir Komlev told journalists in comments agreed for publica- tion yesterday. Printemps celebrates 150th anniversary “There is an understanding of the time frame (for Visa) to com- Dijsselbloem plete the project, around one to two months.” puts ABN Amro Foreign card companies whose local transactions aren’t proc- sale on ice essed in Russia must from April 1 deposit collateral related to the average daily turnover on their over pay hikes cards with the central bank to ensure Russian customers don’t THE HAGUE: Dutch Finance suffer if they halt services in the Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem country. said yesterday he was delaying Komlev declined to comment a decision to sell state-owned on whether Visa would have to bank ABN Amro following pay the security deposit, and Visa much-criticised reports about refused comment on the issue. huge pay raises for the bank’s Yesterday, Visa said its cards top management. would continue to function nor- “As you are aware, Cabinet mally until it completely moved aimed to decide on ABN Amro’s processing of transactions made sale in the first quarter of 2015,” on its cards in Russia to the Dijsselbloem, who is also the local system. Russia’s top lender Eurogroup chairman, said in a Sberbank said transactions made letter to the Dutch parliament. on Mastercard cards it had issued “This week I received a report would from Monday be processed from the (parliament’s) Finance by Russia’s National Payment Committee on questions over pay Card System, which is owned by hikes at ABN Amro. In light of the central bank. this, I am postponing the decision Rostislav Yanykin, head of on its sale,” Dijsselbloem said in Sberbank’s bank cards depart- the letter, published on the parlia- ment, said he did not know of ment’s website. any banks that had managed to The Dutch government last transfer processing of Visa cards week slammed huge pay raises to the local payment system. for senior bankers to offset a REUTERS 2012 law curbing bonuses, with Cars drive past the Printemps department store in central Paris decorated with flowers and lights to celebrate the store’s 150th anniversary. Dijsselbloem himself calling it “the wrong signal” while ordi- nary citizens are still hit by austerity. “For me and many others it sticks in the throat,” he said after EU to grow more reliant on gas import, Russia supply seen flat reports that the country’s larg- est banks including ABN Amro BRUSSELS: Europe’s reliance Union would meet a provisional The dependency of Europe on fastest-growing fossil fuel, at who was a member of the Bank and ING have given top managers on imports of natural gas is policy goal of increasing the imports of gas will increase over 1.9 percent per year, overtaking of England’s Financial Policy huge pay hikes. likely to rise from half to three amount of energy it gets from the next 20 years from around coal, which emits around twice as Committee before joining BP last ING, the Netherlands’ largest quarters over the next two dec- renewable sources, such as wind half to three quarters,” Dale said much carbon dioxide as gas. year. bank said last week its execu- ades and Russia will continue to and solar, to at least 27 percent in an interview. Still, carbon emissions will Higher carbon prices could for tive director would earn ¤1.63m supply around 30 percent of EU by 2030 versus 20 percent in 2020. The decline in output from rise above the rate scientists say instance help to make carbon ($1.7m), up from ¤1.27m a year needs, BP’s chief economist said That would maintain its posi- mature European gas fields would would avoid the worst effects of capture and storage of emissions ago, while other top ING employ- yesterday. tion as world leader in renewable be offset by imports from Iran climate change, BP says. from fossil fuel a reality, a tech- ees have seen similar rises. The figures are troubling for energy — which accounts for and Iraq and a strong increase It sees carbon prices at $40 nology Dale predicted would still ABN Amro, which hoped to European Union policymakers around 3 percent of the world- in liquefied natural gas, helping per tonne by 2035 compared with be insignificant in 2035. float later this year after being striving to reduce dependency on wide mix, rising to eight per- to diversify sources, but Dale roughly ¤7 ($8) per tonne now EU regulators are seeking to nationalised following the 2008 Russia, which is in conflict with cent by 2035 — but would not be said Russia’s share would remain on the EU Emissions Trading remove a glut of pollution permits banking crisis, raised its direc- Ukraine, the main transit route enough to reduce the need for gas. steady at 30 percent. System (ETS). that has weighed on the ETS, but tors’ salaries by 17 percent, to for Gazprom’s gas to the EU. “Europe is leading the world in While globally renewables grow “That ($40) is not enough, the proposed reform has divided ¤707,500. BP Chief Economist Spencer terms of renewables and by 2030, the fastest at 6.3 percent per year but we don’t say what is enough. member states. AFP Dale predicted the European they still provide less than a third. from a low base, gas will be the That’s for public policy,” said Dale, REUTERS

Oil slump hits Texas Daughter bests father in feud at Japan shareholders’ meeting

TOKYO: A rare family feud birth.” Kumiko’s mother also gave public after Kumiko began imple- erupted in a Japanese share- a rambling speech criticising the menting her strategy to deal with holders meeting yesterday, when CEO, until another shareholder competition from the likes of the chief executive of Otsuka yelled at her to stop. Sweden’s Ikea AB and domestic Kagu Ltd defeated her father’s The Otsuka family showdown discount chain Nitori Holdings attempt to oust her, vowing to — virtually unheard of in Japan’s Co. push ahead with her plan to highly scripted shareholders’ The former banker, who suc- take the furniture retailer more meetings — is Japan’s first major ceeded her father as CEO in 2009, mass-market. proxy battle since the country sought to ease Otsuka Kagu’s “I am sorry that things have adopted corporate governance expensive policy of appointing come to this,” Kumiko Otsuka, guidelines in time for this year’s sales staff for each customer, 47, coolly told shareholders in the annual general meetings. They while reducing mailed advertise- meeting, in which she instructed require institutional investors to ments. She also opened small her father, company founder and reveal how they vote. shops specialising in Scandinavian chairman Katsuhisa Otsuka, and The feud, which has gripped the furniture and aimed for more her mother to identify themselves public — one broadcaster carried cheaper offerings. by name and shareholder number. parts of a Kumiko Otsuka news “In order to build on the The daughter overcame the conference live during a gossipy strengths of the past 40 years as chairman’s challenge by an undis- talk show — also highlights the a business, we need to implement closed majority vote. risk of failed succession planning some reforms to keep up with “I had five children,” the father at Japanese companies with high today’s consumers,” said Kumiko, Trucks serving the oil industry pass through the town of Cuero, Texas in Cuero, Texas. Texas, which in just said from the audience as he family ownership. who was backed by proxy advisory the last five years has tripled its oil production and delivered hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy, pleaded with shareholders to back Infighting at the company, firms Institutional Shareholder is looking at what could be a sustained downturn in prices. his return as CEO. “Kumiko was which the 71-year-old Katsuhisa Services and Glass Lewis. the first and she was a difficult Otsuka founded in 1969, became REUTERS SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS

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DBQJUBMDMFBOJOH!HNBJMDPN SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com CLASSIFIEDS Miami Open Ducks down Results Women’s second round Bruins 3-2; Gavrilova fulfills dream Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x7) bt Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 6-4, 7-5 Irina Begu (ROM x31) bt Tereza Smitkova Rangers pip (CZE) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 Alize Cornet (FRA x22) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-4, 6-1 Senators by shocking Sharapova Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x12) bt Stephanie Voegele (SUI) 6-3, 6-1 Venus Williams (USA x16) bt Urszula NEW YORK: The Anaheim Radwanska (POL) 6-3, 6-2 Ducks tied the game with a Miami Open: Venus, Wozniacki march into third round Samantha Stosur (AUS x23) bt Pauline deflected goal in the last minute Parmentier (FRA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 of regulation before captain Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Ryan Getzlaf scored with 1:51 MIAMI: Second seed Maria Varvara Lepchenko (USA x28) 6-2, 6-4 left in overtime to give his team Sharapova suffered a shock 7-6 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x4) bt Madison a 3-2 victory over the slumping (4), 6-3 defeat to compatriot and Brengle (USA) 6-0, 6-1 Boston Bruins. wildcard Daria Gavrilova in The loss was the sixth straight Ekaterina Makarova (RUS x8) bt the second round of the Miami Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-1, 6-3 (0-3-3) for the Bruins, who at Open on Thursday. least collected a point to match Elina Svitolina (UKR x26) bt Bojana Sharapova trailed 3-0 in the Jovanovski (SRB) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) the Ottawa Senators with 85 second set but battled back to 4-3 points in the race for the eighth Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) bt Barbora down before her serve was bro- Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x19) 7-5, 6-2 and final Eastern Conference ken again by the 21-year-old who play-off spot. Andrea Petkovic (GER x9) bt Christina broke into the top-100 this week. McHale (USA) 6-2, 6-2 Rangers 5, Senators 1 The pair had never met before The New York Rangers cooled Karolina Pliskova (CZE x14) bt Annika Beck and Gavrilova, who is based in off the red-hot Ottawa Senators (GER) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 Australia, was playing in her first with a 5-1 victory and became the Paula Badosa Gibert (ESP) bt Zheng Saisai Miami Open. first team to clinch a playoff spot. (CHN) 6-1, 7-5 “I have been dreaming about Winger Chris Kreider scored Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Caroline Garcia (FRA beating Maria since I was prob- two goals as the Rangers posted x25) 6-3, 7-6 (11/9) ably 12 when I saw her win their eighth win in their last 10 Daria Gavrilova (RUS) bt Maria Sharapova Wimbledon, when she beat games and stopped Ottawa’s win- (RUS x2) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 Serena,” said Gavrilova who ning streak at seven. Men’s first round expects to receive her Australian Panthers 4, Maple Leafs 1 citizenship later this year. Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) The Florida Panthers kept 6-3, 6-4 “I was probably visualising their playoff hopes alive with a beating her since I was 12 but Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 4-1 win over the lowly Toronto 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 this was a bit harder than that. I Maple Leafs. thought I was very composed and Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) bt Lleyton Hewitt Brandon Pirri scored two goals just did my best. I was believing.” (AUS) 7-5, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4 for Florida (34-26-14), who moved Daria Gavrilova celebrates after defeating Maria Sharapova (not pictured) on day three of the Miami Open at Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Ricardas Sharapova said she had lacked Crandon Park Tennis Center. Gavrilova won 7-6 (4), 6-3. three points back of Ottawa and patience at times and attempted Berankis (LTU) 6-4, 6-1 Boston. too many winners but she was Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Steve Johnson Kings 3, Islanders 2 philosophical about her loss. She puts so many balls in play. was to take on Czech wildcard was broken when serving at 5-4 (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 Anze Kopitar scored the winner “It’s sport, and I happened to And it was a little windy today Nicole Vaidisova. up and then double faulted on set Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Michael Berrer with 4:23 left in the third period, lose the match,” she said. “Of - I just had to keep my feet mov- Meanwhile, Argentine Juan point in the tie-break. (GER) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-4 and the Los Angeles Kings (37- course it’s a bit of a surprise. I’m ing and pray my balls were going Martin del Potro’s latest come- Del Potro enjoyed his usual pas- Federico Del Bonis (ARG) bt Jirí Vesely 23-14) moved into playoff posi- expected to win.” in,” said Williams, who will face back from injury ended in defeat sionate support from Argentine (CZE) 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 7-5 tion in the Western Conference Venus Williams eased into the Australian Sam Stosur in the next to Canadian Vasek Pospisil at the fans at Key Biscayne but said he Alexander Zverev (GER) bt Sam Groth (AUS) with a 3-2 win over the New York third round with a comfortable round after she defeated French Miami Open on Thursday. was not too downhearted by his 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 Islanders. 6-3, 6-2 win over Poland’s Urszula qualifier Pauline Parmentier 6-1, Del Potro, the former world loss. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Andrey Golubev With their third consecutive Radwanska while Caroline 3-6, 6-0. number four and US Open win- “I don’t feel frustrated. No. I (KAZ) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win, the defending Stanley Cup Wozniacki also progressed. Fourth seed Wozniacki had no ner in 2009, has fallen to 616th in have to take the positive things Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Marcos Baghdatis champions moved a point ahead Williams has been away from trouble in dealing with American the world rankings after a wrist on my comeback,” he said. “I only (CYP) 6-2, 6-2 of the idle Calgary Flames for competition for almost a month Madison Brengle 6-0, 6-1 to set injury wrecked his 2014 season. played one other official match Borna Coric (CRO) bt Andreas Haider- third place in this season’s Pacific but she needed just 66 minutes up a meeting with Estonian Kaia The South American played after one year, so this is a good Maurer (AUT) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) Division. to beat the younger sister of Kanepi. just four tournaments in 2014 signal for the future. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) bt Edouard Roger- Capitals 3, Devils 2 (OT) 2012 Miami winner Agnieszka Agnieszka Radwanska had a before undergoing surgery to his “It doesn’t matter the score for Vasselin (FRA) 6-4, 6-2 Goaltender Braden Holtby Radwanska. tougher battle, surviving a strong left wrist last March and after now. Obviously when I was down Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Juan Martin del stopped 29 of 31 shots, and the Williams was not at her best, test in the second set to earn a returning to action in Sydney there on court I wanted to win the Potro (ARG) 6-4, 7-6 (9/7) Washington Capitals needed an she made 24 unforced errors 6-4, 7-5 win over Slovakia’s Anna in January he withdrew from match but I couldn’t close the set Andrey Rublev (RUS) bt overtime goal by defenseman but produced 22 winners to Schmiedlova. the Australian Open and said he because I made simple mistakes. Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 Matt Niskanen to earn a 3-2 vic- Radwanska’s four and her pas- Top seed Serena Williams was needed more surgery. “I didn’t serve well in the spe- Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt tory over the New Jersey Devils. sage to the next round was never scheduled to meet Romanian Pospisil won 6-4, 7-6(7) cial moments, which is tough for Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 Devils right winger Steve in doubt. Monica Niculescu late yesterday, although Del Potro had his me with all of these things. But Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Pablo Andujar Bernier scored with 29.2 seconds “She’s definitely a tricky player. while third seed Simona Halep chances in the second when he now I’m okay.” REUTERS (ESP) 0-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3 remaining in regulation to force overtime, where the Capitals (40- 24-10) prevailed to match their point total from last season, when they missed the playoffs. Predators 3, Lightning 2 Mi-Rim Lee The Nashville Predators killed Hoffman leads at Texas Open, off a power play in the final five of South minutes and beat the Tampa Bay Korea looks Lightning 3-2. on with The Predators (46-21-8) scored her caddie Mickelson tied for fourth spot twice in the opening five min- during utes, and then got what proved Round One SAN ANTONIO: Charley to be the winner from Michael of the LPGA Hoffman fired five birdies in a Santarelli in the second period as KIA Classic five-under par 67 on Thursday the Lightning’s four-game win- at the to take the lead by one shot after ning streak ended. Aviara Golf the wind-whipped first round of Charley Hurricanes 5, Penguins 2 Club on the US PGA Tour Texas Open. Hoffman The Carolina Hurricanes dis- Australia’s Aaron Baddeley also played rare offensive execution in Thursday in tees off on had five birdies with one bogey a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Carlsbad, the eighth California. in a four-under 68 at TPC San Penguins. AGENCIES Antonio. hole during He was one stroke in front of round American Max Homa, who closed one of NHL Results with back-to-back birdies to grab the Valero Anaheim 3 Boston 2 Flawless Lee secures sole possession of third place on a Texas Open Arizona 4 Buffalo 3 three-under par 69. at TPC San Los Angeles 3 NY Islanders 2 Five-time major winner Phil Antonio Mickelson was tied for fourth AT&T Oaks Washington 3 New Jersey 2 LPGA Kia Classic lead with 70, despite an equipment Course on Carolina 5 Pittsburgh 2 malfunction that saw the head of Thursday Florida 4 Toronto 1 CARLSBAD, US: South Australian Open and the New his eight-iron break off on a shot in San NY Rangers 5 Ottawa 1 Korea’s Lee Mi-Rim had seven Zealand Open in back-to-back from a fairway bunker. Antonio, birdies without a bogey in a weeks. He was joined at two-under by Texas. San Jose 6 Detroit 4 seven-under par 65 on Thursday She has 10 straight top-10 fin- fellow American Ryan Palmer, Nashville 3 Tampa Bay 2 to take a one-shot lead in the ishes and has broken par in her whose round included an eagle Winnipeg 5 Montreal 2 LPGA Kia Classic. last 25 LPGA Tour rounds, and and a double-bogey. Lee, who missed the course is warming up this week for a Only 12 golfers broke par as the Colorado 4 Vancouver 1 record at Aviara Golf Club by one bid for a first major title at next gusty winds pushed scores up. stroke, birdied all four of the par- week’s ANA Inspiration, formerly “It was really challenging, five holes, taking the lead with an the Kraft Nabisco Championship, really difficult,” said American and as he started walking he Ilyasova spurs eight-foot birdie putt at her 14th in Rancho Mirage. AFP Matt Kuchar, who was happy to heard the gallery roar -- his third Texas Open Scores hole of the day -- the par-five fifth get off the course after an even shot had gone in for a birdie three San Antonio: Leading first-round scores on Bucks to win and adding one more birdie at the Kia Classic Scores par 72 -- more than six strokes from 336 yards. Thursday in the US PGA Tour $6.2m Texas eighth. better than the morning scoring Mickelson birdied three of Open Carlsbad, US: Leading first-round scores on “My long game didn’t feel good, average of 78.61. his final five holes, but the most over Pacers Thursday in the LPGA Tour Kia Classic (USA 67 Charley Hoffman my swing didn’t feel good, but I US Open champion Martin attention-getting moment of his 68 Aaron Baddeley (AUS) made a lot of putts,” said Lee, unless noted, par-72) Kaymer of Germany had two tri- round came at the par-four 12th, NEW YORK: Ersan Ilyasova winner of two LPGA titles last 65 Lee Mi-Rim (KOR) ple bogeys in an 82, while defend- where the head of his eight-iron 69 Max Homa set a career high with 34 points year who had a one-stroke lead 66 Tseng Ya-ni (TPE) ing champion Steven Bowditch of came off as he hit out of a fair- 70 Phil Mickelson, Ryan Palmer as the Milwaukee Bucks won over former world number one 67 Cristie Kerr, Karrie Webb (AUS), Lin Australia opened with an 80. way bunker, leaving him holding 71 Cameron Beckman, Daniel consecutive games for the first Tseng Ya-ni of Taiwan. Xiyu (CHN), Lydia Ko (NZL) Hoffman’s bogey-free effort the shaft. Summerhays, Jordan Spieth, Jimmy time in more than a month Current world number one 68 Laura Diaz, Karine Icher (FRA), looked even more impres- “It was just a weird thing,” Walker, Chris Kirk, Zach Johnson, with a 111-107 victory over the Lydia Ko, the New Zealand sive under the circumstances, Mickelson said. ‘I’m just curi- Indiana Pacers in the only game Park In-Bee (KOR), Brittany Lang, Chesson Hadley 17-year-old who caused a sensa- Stacy Lewis, Lexi Thompson, Jackie although he did benefit from play- ous at what point on the down- on the NBA schedule. tion when she reached the sum- ing later in calmer winds. swing it came off, if it was right 72 Cameron Percy (AUS), Matt Kuchar, Ilyasova, who connected with Stoelting, Austin Ernst, Kim Hyo-Joo mit of the rankings in February, He hit eight of 14 fairways in before impact or right at impact, Park Sung-Joon (KOR), Kevin Na, Billy five three-pointers, made 12 of 14 (KOR), Chun In-Gee (KOR) was among a group of four players regulation and needed just 24 because the shot didn’t come off Horschel, John Merrick, Scott Piercy, shots from the field and also had 69 Pak Se-Ri (KOR), Jenny Rosales sharing third on five-under 67. putts. very well.” Jason Kokrak, William McGirt, Fabian six rebounds, two assists and two (PHI), Michelle Wie, Paula Creamer, She was joined by Australian Baddeley’s round included an With the Masters just a fort- Gomez (ARG) steals. Hall of Famer Karrie Webb, Alena Sharp (CAN), Jane Rah, unlikely birdie at the par-four night away, Northern Ireland’s The result consolidated Bucks 73 Brian Davis (ENG), Jerry Kelly, Kevin American Cristie Kerr and Sakura Yokomine (JPN), Thidapa 17th, where he hit his tee shot Graeme McDowell opted to play (36-36) in sixth place in Eastern China’s Lin Xiyu. Suwannapura (THA), Beatriz Recari into the woods, took an unplay- it safe and withdrew after nine Chappell, Brendon Todd, Michael Conference, and dropped the Ko has two victories worldwide (ESP), Moriya Jutanugarn (THA), able lie and went back to the tee. holes because of a nagging ankle Thompson, Bryce Molder, John Huh, Pacers (31-40) half a game behind this year, winning the Women’s Alison Lee, Brooke Pancake His second effort went straight, injury. AFP Scott Pinckney, Thomas Birdsey 8-placed Boston. AGENCIES SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Hamilton fastest Brazil’s Neymar shoots to score a goal against France despite car woes during the international friendly Rosberg third at Malaysian GP practice against France at the Stade SEPANG, Malaysia: World de France in champion Lewis Hamilton was Saint-Denis, unbeatable even in a misfiring near Paris, car as he topped practice at the France on Malaysian Grand Prix despite Thursday. mechanical problems yesterday. The Mercedes man spent much of his time in the garage and departed first practice on a moped, but he still managed to set the day’s quickest time by nearly four-tenths of a second. The performance at a sun- Brazil come from behind to drenched Sepang underlined the superiority Hamilton showed in winning the season-opener in Australia as he sets out to secure down France in friendly a third world title. “It was an amazing job by the guys to get me back out this PARIS: A fine finish from cap- afternoon – particularly here in tain Neymar helped secure a such tough conditions, so I’m very come-from-behind 3-1 win for grateful to them,” he said Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during practice ahead of Malaysian Brazil over France in a friendly Hamilton managed just four Grand Prix 2015 at the Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, in Paris on Thursday as they laps of the 90-minute first prac- Malaysia, yesterday BELOW: Hamilton signs autographs for fans maintained their perfect record tice before he was told to halt his ahead of practice yesterday since the return as coach of Mercedes W06 and hitched a lift Dunga. back to the pits on the back of a Real Madrid defender Raphael moped. Varane had headed the hosts in His problems continued in the front on a cold night at a packed second session as he sat out the Stade de France, only for Oscar first 40 minutes and then quickly to equalise late in the first half. had to return to the garage when Barcelona forward Neymar his team could not see his telem- then controlled a Willian pass and etry data. lashed the ball high into the roof Hamilton then re-emerged to of the net from the left edge of the set a field-scorching lap of 1min six-yard box in the 57th minute 39.790sec – before returning to to put the visitors in front, and base shortly afterwards complain- a Luiz Gustavo header secured France’s forward Karim Benzema reacts after missing a goal opportunity ing of gear problems. the victory midway through the during the friendly against Brazil, on Thursday. “It’s not an easy track and the second period. temperatures also make it dif- Brazil have now won seven con- ficult with the tyres, so it never secutive friendly matches under due to injury, had themselves not before stabbing a shot low under helps to lose such a big chunk of Dunga following the heavy defeats been beaten since exiting last Mandanda from just inside the a session,” Hamilton said. to Germany and the Netherlands year’s World Cup at the quarter- area. “But fortunately I got a few laps that saw their World Cup cam- final stage to Germany and had Buoyed by that, Dunga’s men in at the end on a longer stint.” paign on home soil last year end not lost a friendly since a 3-0 started the second period strongly Behind him, Ferrari’s Kimi have to adapt to that which is a off at Turn 11 before continuing, in such catastrophic fashion. defeat in Brazil in June 2013. and Mandanda beat away a Luiz Raikkonen was the best of the big challenge.” while Fernando Alonso also had And this latest success against They started the game well and Gustavo shot before they took rest, 0.373sec behind, followed by Daniil Kvyat was fourth-fastest some excursions off the track in an accomplished France side will only a remarkable save by goal- the lead thanks to Neymar’s 43rd Hamilton’s Mercedes rival Nico in his Red Bull followed by the his McLaren Alonso, who have been particularly pleasing to keeper Jefferson prevented Karim international goal. Rosberg, who had timed quickest Williams drivers, Valtteri Bottas missed the Australian Grand Dunga, back where he captained Benzema – wearing the captain’s Benzema blazed over from a in the opening session. and Felipe Massa, and Ferrari’s Prix after a crash in testing, was the Selecao in a painful 3-0 World armband in the absence of Lloris Valbuena cross and Jefferson “In general it was a difficult four-time world champion 16th quickest, one place better Cup final defeat to the French in – from opening the scoring from tipped over a speculative day for the team as we had reli- Sebastian Vettel. than team-mate Jenson Button in 1998. point-blank range early on. long-range strike by Antoine ability issues on Lewis’s car and Pastor Maldonado had a trun- another torrid day for McLaren. In the opposite dugout this time That chance had come from a Griezmann but it was Brazil who which meant he missed a session,” cated second session after body- Manor’s Will Stevens and was Didier Deschamps, the cur- corner and it was from another struck again on 69 minutes. Rosberg said work came loose on his Lotus, Mehri propped up the timesheets rent France coach who skippered corner that the hosts got the Patrice Evra had gone down “The conditions are really crazy and Roberto Mehri spun into the but it was nevertheless a posi- Les Bleus on that glorious night breakthrough in the 21st minute, injured during a France attack out there It’s so hot, the gravel on his first day of action tive day for the new team, who 17 years ago Seeing them lock Varane rising to meet a Mathieu but Brazil played on and Oscar temperatures are really unbeliev- for Manor. failed to get out of their garage horns once again added extra Valbuena delivery from the left saw a shot turned around the post able So us drivers and the cars Ferrari’s Vettel followed Mehri in Melbourne. AFP intrigue to an occasion which and heading home. by Mandanda. was also notable for the French It was a second goal in as many The corner that followed Malaysian GP Football Federation’s decision to international outings for the cen- was delivered from the right by Embattled Renault Practice Results honour those who have won more tral defender, who also scored Willian and Wolfsburg midfielder than 100 caps for France. with his head in the 1-0 friendly Luiz Gustavo – the only starter FP2 World Cup winners Marcel defeat of Sweden in November. on the night along with Oscar 1 Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) Desailly, Patrick Vieira, Thierry Neymar had forced a good low who also started in that infamous threatens to quit F1 1:39.790 (16 laps) (average speed: Henry and Zinedine Zidane were save out of Steve Mandanda in the 7-1 loss to Germany last year – 199.968 km/h) all received by President Francois French goal just before that, and headed powerfully home. SEPANG: Engine-maker to work together, but they also 2 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:40.163 (29) Hollande inside the stadium and Brazil slowly grew into the game, That put the final outcome Renault said it was considering traded some testy barbs as ten- 3 Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) then presented to the adoring threatening through Robert beyond doubt, although France quitting Formula One yester- sion crackled between them at a 1:40.218 (26) crowd before the game. Firmino before Oscar levelled five substitute Nabil Fekir, making day after its previously success- regular F1 press conference. 4 Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull-Renault) The French, without goal- minutes prior to the break. his international debut, curled a ful partnership with Red Bull “It’s getting better – so Cyril 1:40.346 (17) keeper Hugo Lloris and midfield The little Chelsea midfielder shot just wide from a Benzema descending into mud-slinging. keeps telling us,” said Horner, in 5 Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams- duo Yohan Cabaye and Paul Pogba exchanged passes with Firmino pass late on. AFP Managing Director Cyril response to a question about the Mercedes) 1:40.450 (31) Abiteboul said it was weighing Red Bulls’ straight-line speed. 6 Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams- up several options, including And Abiteboul shot back: “I’m Mercedes) 1:40.560 (27) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers buying a team and walking away, not sure that Christian will con- 7 Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) a move which could have severe firm that there’s a lot of Red 1:40.652 (29) repercussions. Bull in the engine that was in 8 Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso- Renault is one of only four Melbourne.” Renault) 1:41.220 (30) engine suppliers in F1, and Red The Frenchman added that 9 Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber-Ferrari) Bull warned it could also be forced there wasn’t “a lot of enthusiasm 1:41.261 (30) out of the sport if the French from the corporate offices” at 10 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull- manufacturer leaves. Renault after the Melbourne flop. Renault) 1:41.799 (8) “I can confirm that we’re look- But he said Renault could also 11 Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus- ing at a lot of options, including decide to invest further in F1, Mercedes) 1:41.877 (15) heading out of Formula One,” including buying a team, if it 12 Felipe Nasr (BRA/Sauber-Ferrari) Abiteboul told journalists at the decides it wants to continue as a 1:41.988 (30) Malaysian Grand Prix. “credible player” in the sport. 13 Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India- “Honestly, if Formula One is Toro Rosso, which also has Mercedes) 1:42.242 (24) that bad for Renault’s reputation, Renault engines, is openly court- 14 Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso- if we see that we struggle with the ing an offer from the French Renault) 1:42.291 (31) current formula, if Formula One company with team boss Franz 15 Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Force India- is not delivering the value that it Tost calling it a “fantastic Mercedes) 1:42.330 (28) costs to Renault. opportunity”. FP1 “Bearing in mind that when you Red Bull and Renault domi- 1 Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) are an engine supplier you have nated F1 between 2010 and 2013, 1:40.124 (20 laps) (average speed no financial incentive to develop winning the drivers’ and con- 199.3 km/h) and to fund engine development.” structors’ titles four years in a 2 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) 1:40.497 (17) Red Bull also threatened to quit row, before Mercedes hit the front 3 Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) F1 after this month’s disappoint- last season Abiteboul admit- 1:40.985 (13) ing season-opener in Australia, ted Renault had been guilty of when Daniel Ricciardo placed some complacency as Mercedes 4 Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus- Mercedes) 1:41.543 (14) sixth and Daniil Kvyat failed to took the lead with F1’s new, start Frustrated Renault and hybrid engines and left the com- 5 Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso- UAE and Bahrain players fight for Renault) 1:41.596 (26) Red Bull traded insults after the petition standing. ball possession during their fifth 6 Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull- race, with Abiteboul reportedly Horner said: “As with any com- place play-off at the FIFA Beach Renault) 1:41.787 (15) calling the team’s chief designer pany Red Bull reviews its return Soccer World Cup Qualifiers in a liar over comments about the on investment – is Formula 7 Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso- Renault) 1:41.803 (23) Doha, yesterday. UAE won the French engine Abiteboul tried One delivering for Red Bull as match 2-1. RIGHT: Spectators to play down the row, claiming he a brand? And there are some 8 Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams- turned out in good numbers to was misquoted worrying signs when we see Mercedes) 1:41.882 (23) watch yesterday’s proceedings. “What goes on tour stays on races like we see in Melbourne 9 Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Red Bull-Renault) tour It’s not what I said, let’s Hopefully that’s one chapter in 1:42.055 (18) leave that behind,” he said. a long story, and there’s a long 10 Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber-Ferrari) Abiteboul and Horner pledged season ahead of us.” AFP 1:42.064 (16) SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Rivalry between New Zealand and Form meets pedigree in Australia The trans-Tasman rivalry between New Zealand and Australia is most clearly displayed in the sporting arena, though there are other reasons why the neighbours have a fierce competitive relationship. trans-Tasman Cup final CRICKET: Australia had little to do with New Zealand after thrashing them in their first Test in 1946, not playing the longest form of the Australia, New Zealand begin countdown to summit clash at MCG game again until 1973. Competitive one-day matches in the early-1980s reignited the rivalry, at least in New Zealand, as the side SYDNEY: There’s been no showed they could compete. The ‘underarm place like home for Australia Australian and New Zealand on their incident’ in 1981, Greg Dyer’s claiming respective paths to the World captain of a non-catch in 1987 and Brad Haddin Cup final but just one of the co- Michael knocking the bails off in 2009 have infuriated hosts will enjoy that particular Clarke New Zealand fans, who view the incidents advantage when they meet in reacts as examples of Australia’s win-at-all-costs Sunday’s title decider. during mentality. After 48 one-day internationals his side’s played out over six weeks between World Cup RUGBY: New Zealand regularly treated teams from five continents, the semi-final Australia as second-tier opponents until 11th version of cricket’s show- match 1979 when the Wallabies won the Bledisloe piece tournament comes down against Cup and took the trophy on a lap of honour to a trans-Tasman tussle at India around the Sydney Cricket Ground, an act the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the that stung the All Blacks. (MCG). Sydney Australians still harbour ill-feelings over Australia, playing in their sev- Cricket Colin Meads inflicting a career-ending enth final, have all the cricketing Ground on leg injury on scrumhalf Ken Catchpole in pedigree and their four previous Thursday. 1968. The Wallabies have also beaten New titles make them by far the most Zealand twice in World Cup semi-finals, successful nation in World Cup history. New Zealand benefited in the Australia have a potent bowling though the All Blacks’ recent domination — New Zealand have indisputably one-wicket victory at Eden Park attack of their own in the ram- they have won 19 of the past 24 Tests with been the form team of the tourna- — the only defeat for Michael pant Mitchell Starc and Mitchell two draws — has diminished the rivalry ment, their eight-match unbeaten Clarke’s side. Johnson, with the older Johnson a little. romp to their first World Cup “I think the fact that the condi- looking close to his best with YACHTING: While not technically a rivalry final including a victory over the tions are different will certainly two key Indian wickets in the between the two countries, Australian Australians in Auckland. help us, and we’ve played a fair bit semi-final. Now, though, they have left of cricket throughout the summer It has largely been a World Cup skipper Jimmy Spithill’s goading of Team New Zealand for the first time in at the MCG as well,” Clarke said more notable for batting, though, New Zealand at the last America’s Cup the tournament to play their first after the semi-final win in Sydney and both sides have quality all in 2013 briefly made him public enemy one-dayer at the MCG in six years on Thursday. their way through their line-ups. number one. Spithill then turned Team in front of a hostile crowd of up “Conditions are a lot different The fearless aggression shown Oracle USA’s performances around and to 100,000. to what New Zealand have been by New Zealand openers Brendon roared back from an seemingly unwinnable In their last 12 one-dayers at playing in in New Zealand. But in McCullum and Martin Guptill has position to retain sport’s oldest trophy. the MCG going back five years, saying that, I think we’re going been a sight to behold for cricket Australia have won all but two and to have to play our best cricket, lovers everywhere. PHAR LAP: Foaled just out of Timaru in they are unbeaten at the ground there’s no doubt about it.” And if there was any doubt New Zealand’s South Island, the gelding in their last six encounters. Southee, though, thinks New about New Zealand’s ability to became the most famous racehorse in Crucial to New Zealand’s Zealand’s bowlers have shown deal with pressure, they can point the world in the late 1920s and whose chances of lifting a first World they can prosper even when they to two tight victories won with name is still muttered with reverence Cup is, perhaps, how their potent do not get much movement. sixes — first Kane Williamson across both sides of the Tasman Sea. The New Zealand’s new ball attack of Trent Boult and “It hasn’t swung for us in against Australia and then Grant horse, however, was trained and raced in captain Brendon Tim Southee handle the change of every game but we’ve found ways Elliott in the semi-final against Australia, which many point to as the sole McCullum plays a conditions on the drop-in wicket. to take wickets so I think that’s South Africa. defining fact in determining where he was shot in the nets during Consensus has it they will get the beauty of our attack,” he told For Australia, Steve Smith has from. a training session less of the swing they have used to reporters in Melbourne on Friday. been calmly racking up runs all at the Melbourne such devastating effect back home “I think we’ve got variety to it season and in the likes of David Cricket Ground (MCG) and will have to adjust the length and if it does swing, obviously we Warner and Glenn Maxwell they Kiwi fans hit yesterday. of their deliveries. do become a bit more dangerous. also have the power hitters to Australia expect that to play But we have found ways to take inflate a batting total in a few to their advantage the same way wickets when it’s not swinging.” short overs. REUTERS back at Hayden MCG jibe ICC wary of expansion but Mature fans accept SYDNEY: New Zealand fans poked fun on Friday at Matthew Hayden after the former Australian batsman suggested keen on cracking US frontier India’s Cup exit the Black Caps would be over- awed by the huge dimensions of SYDNEY: International spread ourselves our too thin, sports have long contemplated the MUMBAI: India’s notori- the Melbourne Cricket Ground Cricket Council (ICC) chief we’ve got Full Member (Test) prospect of gaining a foothold in ously volatile fans showed rare in the World Cup final. executive David Richardson has countries, Zimbabwe being one, the lucrative US market, where maturity in accepting the end New Zealand go into the cham- warned of the dangers of the West Indies maybe, where we’ve the indigenous sports of baseball, of their team’s reign as world pionship match on a run of eight game “spreading itself too thin” got to be careful that they don’t basketball and American foot- champions after Thursday’s wins in eight games at the tour- but said officials were still keen fall off the ship. ball, as well as ice hockey and the semi-final defeat against co- nament but all of their matches for the sport to fully establish “I think the focus is on trying respective college versions of the hosts Australia in Sydney. have been played on their own, itself in the United States. to consolidate.” four sports still hold sway. The defending champions much smaller, grounds. The 2019 World Cup in England However, the former South Cricket’s oldest international struggled during their build- “There were a number of times is set to feature 10 teams, four Africa wicket-keeper’s words contest took place between the up, losing a four-Test series 2-0 in the semi-final where the New fewer than are taking part in the drew an angry response from United States and Canada in against Australia and then fail- Zealand batsmen appeared to be ongoing edition. Ireland batsman Ed Joyce, whose 1844 — more than 30 years before ing to win a single match in the hitting big balls, but they’d be get- This has led to complaints from Associate nation side beat both Australia and England played the following tri-series, also involv- ting caught three quarters of the non-Test or Associate members the West Indies and Zimbabwe first-ever Test, at the Melbourne ing England. way to the fence at the MCG,” of the ICC that they risk being — two of cricket’s 10 elite Test Cricket Ground. But expectations soared An Indian fan reacts during the Hayden wrote in his column for frozen out from the sport’s show- teams — in the pool phase of this But after its mid 19th century after they won all their six pool World Cup semi-final match at www.news.com.au. piece tournament, with poten- World Cup. boom, cricket’s popularity in the matches and easily defeated the Sydney Cricket Ground on “Let’s be honest, the size of tially damaging consequences “’Let’s not spread ourselves USA declined sharply. Bangladesh in their quarter- Thursday. Eden Park (in Auckland) is ridic- for the future of cricket in their too thinly’!!!!! That’s the attitude However, the presence now final, taking all 70 opposition ulous. It shouldn’t be a cricket countries if they don’t have a that’ll make cricket a truly glo- in the country of many immi- wickets in the process. present at the SCG. But it was ground. If you can half throw it realistic chance of appearing at bal game. Blood is boiling @ICC”, grants from cricket-playing coun- The Hindustan Times news- soon over-ridden by people, from the long off boundary to the a World Cup. Joyce posted on Twitter. tries has led to talk of a revival, paper summed up the mood including former India captain opposite end it’s too small.” But Richardson, speaking dur- However, Richardson — who although US cricket has been of the nation with their front Sourav Ganguly, slamming those Hayden’s comments led to ing Australia’s semi-final win said the number of teams tak- rocked by a series of administra- page headline which read taking digs at the duo and blam- an outburst of tongue-in-cheek over defending champions India ing part at the 2019 World Cup tive rows in recent years. “Heartbreak, but young team ing them for the defeat. One responses from Kiwi fans, with at the Sydney Cricket Ground on in England had yet been set in “USA as an example, is a coun- does India proud”. national television channel flayed the hashtag #mcgsobig trending Thursday, said: “I think there’s a stone — defended the ICC’s plans try that has enormous potential,” “Overall, quite happy with the team for their efforts in the on Twitter. AFP slight change in strategy amongst for cricket’s global future by say- said Richardson. where we were,” said India cap- semi-final but was criticised on our board in that we’ve been ing: “We might have a pool of 10 “There are more players play- tain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, social media for sensationalism. through a phase of trying to grow teams that are reasonably com- ing cricket in the USA than while addressing reporters at the Fans were, however, in uni- Some of the wittiest the game from 44 members play- petitive at the moment, so we are Zimbabwe, and I think very close Sydney Cricket Ground after the son in agreeing that India’s included: ing to 106 members. trying to grow that pool.” to the number playing in New 95-run loss. juggernaut screeched to a halt “Now we realise, let’s not Administrators in various Zealand.” AFP “At the start of the tourna- against a superior team in the “The MCG is so big captains issue GPS co- ment, a lot of people didn’t really form of Australia. The Times of ordinates when making fielding changes. think we’ll come so far.” India mentioned “India meet #MCGsobig.” Sri Lanka blames fitness for World Cup flop “He tried” ran the main head- their match” and that view was “#MCGsobig those aren’t lights but large line on the front page of the seconded by most columnists in suns from a neighbouring galaxy.” FOM LEFT: Sri Lankan coach Indian Express newspaper with various newspapers. “#MCGsobig streakers need a drinks break Marvan Atapattu, chief cricket a picture of the Indian captain Former captain Rahul Dravid at half way.” selector Sanath Jayasuriya and walking back with his head had no qualms in accepting that captain Angelo Mathews attend bowed after being run out for 65. the best two teams have reached “#MCGsobig that the Great Southern Stand a press conference in Colombo While security was beefed up the final while Ganguly felt India is still technically claimed by the Dutch.” at Dhoni’s residence in Ranchi, were “outplayed”. yesterday. The Sri Lankan “#MCGsobig David Boon could drink 52 there was no incident of stone “India were outplayed by a authorities blamed a lack of beers walking from one side of it to the pelting like in 2007 when India much better team,” said Ganguly, fitness and the poor form of the other.” side’s top order batsmen for bowed out of the tournament in who captained India in the 2003 “#MCGsobig The state of Texas can fit in failing to progress beyond the the group stage after a humiliat- World Cup final loss to Australia. it, twice.” quarter-finals of the World Cup ing loss to Bangladesh. “First it was a good toss to The disappointment, though, win for Australian captain in Australia and New Zealand. “#MCGsobig @The_Proclaimers wrote led to fans taking to social net- Michael Clarke. Second, it was Jayasuriya said officials would #500Miles about walking to the changing working sites initially, venting the pressure of the target of room.” draw up new standards to their anger against star bats- 329, the pressure of chasing a ensure better fitness and take man Virat Kohli, who made one big total that did India in. Third, “#MCGsobig many believe the lost “hard decisions” about players off 13 balls, and his Bollywood Australia had a better bowling city of Atlantis is somewhere in the who were below par. actress girlfriend, who was attack.” REUTERS outfield between fine leg and 3rd man #CWC15#BacktheBlackCaps.” SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Podium winners of horizontal bar contest pose for a group photo along with the officials on the final day of 8th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup at the Aspire Zone yesterday. RIGHT: Balance beam podium winners pose for a photograph. PICTURES: KAMMUTTY VP

Davtyan, Steingruber rock Doha World Challenge Cup: Aremenian grabs vault gold, Swiss star wins in floor exercises

DOHA: Armenian gymnast showed clean exercises on the Artur Davtyan yesterday beam to pocket gold with a score rocked the men’s vault compe- of 14.250. Steingruber finished tition with a sublime routine, with the silver medal (14.125) taking the gold with a score of while Romania’s Diana Bulimar 15.025 on the final day of the got the bronze with 14.025. 8th FIG Artistic Gymnastics There were no surprises in the Challenge Cup. parallel bar final as Azerbaijan’s Regaling more than 3000 fans Oleg Stepko topped the field with at Aspire Academy, Dalton beat 15.750. Nicolas arch-rival Brazil’s Diego Hypolito Columbia’s Jossimar Calvo fin- Cordoba of (14.662) and Latvia’s Vitalijs ished in second spot with 15.725. Argentina Kardasovs (15.200). But the big surprise was Also yesterday, Swiss star Romania’s Andre Muntean who performs Giulia Steingruber continued jumped from the fifth place in during the with her fine form, winning the qualifications to third to pocket horizontal women’s floor exercises with a the bronze with 15.550. bar contest. score of 14.550. Ivan Bravo, Director General Cordoba The scores were very close of Aspire Academy, praised the claimed between the second and the third gymnasts for their performances. gold medal placed Romania’s Laura Jurca “As you can see, we got to watch in the (13.800) and Switzerland’s Ilaria some spectacular performances event after Kaeslin (13.750). from the world-class gymnasts,” scoring “I am pleased with my efforts. Bravo said. “We were privileged to 15.250 But I could have done better,” see such high class performances,” points. Steingruber said. he added. “I made few mistakes in beam, “I am sure this venue will wel- which cost me gold. Otherwise come back these athletes and new I had a good outing here,” she ones in the coming years. added. “This venue will host the 2018 “Now I need to get back to World Championships and I pre- training and practice more as the dict a spectacular event then,” European championship is com- Bravo added. ing up in April. The event, hosted by Qatar “I am the defending champion Gymnastics Federation (QGF), there, so there will be lot of expec- witnessed a huge crowd at the tations from me,” Steingruber venue yesterday. and infrastructure to host any Iraq, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, said. Organisers said more than world class event,” Al Hitmi said. Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Mongolia, Also to shine with a gold win- 3,000 fans had turned up to see “We have qualified manpower Netherlands, Norway, New ning performance was Argentina’s the gymnasts in action. The total working professionally. This Zealand, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Nicolas Cordoba who scored number of participating gymnasts makes us ambitious to go for big- Qatar, Romania, Singapore, 15.250 points in the men’s hori- was 128, including 84 males and ger events and we are gearing up Slovenia, Switzerland, Taipei, zontal bar. 44 females, QGF President Ali Al to host 2018 Artistic Gymnastics Turkey, USA, Uzbekistan, Japan’s Kazuyuki Takeda Himti said. World Championships,” the QGF Venezuela and Vietnam featured (14.900) was second Danell Leyva Qatar was represented by President said. in the event. of the US had to settle for the Farah Mahmoud, Ahmed Al “In fact, this was a test event for Doha was the second stop on bronze with 13.975. Dayani and Mahmoud Al Saadi the 2018 World Championships. the 2015 World Challenge Cup Cordoba said: “I am very happy. who featured in the qualifying We will welcome back these gym- series. The first event was held Swiss star Giulia Steingruber in action during the balance beam I am glad I managed to win rounds. nasts next year also,” he said. in Cottbus, Germany. competition on the final day of the 8th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge against such a tough field.” Al Himti was a pleased man Gymnasts representing Gymnasts who featured in Cup at the Aspire Zone yesterday. Steingruber stole limelight with a win The Argentine added: “I have after the event - that offered Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Doha will now head to Ljubljana in women’s floor exercises. BELOW: Lausa Jurca of Romania who won to say I am happy but tired at the more than $50,000 in prize money Belarus, Brazil Bulgaria, China, for the third leg of the World second spot in the event in action on the final day. same time. It was very satisfying.” - concluded to loud cheers. “We Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Challenge Cup to be held from Vietnam’s Thi Ha Thanh Phan have the best possible facilities Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, April 2 to 5. THE PENINSULA

Fans watch proceedings on the final day of the 8th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup, yesterday in Doha. According to the organisers over 3000 spectators turned out on the last day of the mega event. Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY SPORT Published every Thursday 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] MotoGP to continue in Qatar ‘for many years’ BY RIZWAN REHMAT Al Attiyah said. “They have been with us for many years. We DOHA: The MotoGP specta- would like our sponsors to evalu- cle is set to continue in Qatar ate what value they have in their “for many years to come”, hands when they are with us.” Dorna chief executive Carmelo Ezpeleta said Qatar held the Ezpeleta said yesterday. bragging rights for staging the The Qatar Motor and MotoGP festival in the region. Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) “It was clearly stated in the joined hands with Dorna, the agreement that we had with exclusive commercial and televi- Qatar when we started that we sion rights holder for MotoGP, wanted to develop a culture (of to stage the first ever race in the motorcycling) within the Middle region in 2004. East,” Ezpeleta said. In 2008, Qatar’s iconic Losail “Qatar does not only stage International Circuit switched on MotoGP or Superbike events, the artificial lights to stage the Qatar is our representative in first ever MotoGP night race. the Middle East. Anything in the A year later in 2009, QMMF Middle East will be with agree- picked up the “Best Circuit ment of Qatar. Award” handed out by the “But for us the most important International Road Racing thing is to develop the sport in Teams Association (IRTA) at an the Middle East. And we are in FIM gathering in Valencia. the best hands with QMMF and It was the first time since 1998 the Losail International Circuit. that a non-European circuit had “And if there is any approach won the prestigious award. from any other country, then “For us this is the New Year. this is something we will discuss We (the MotoGP family) start with Qatar and Qatar will look the season here,” Ezpeleta said at the best way to consolidate the ahead of this week’s opening motorcycling culture,” the Italian MotoGP race in 2015. said. “Qatar is becoming the tra- Colin MacDonald, the Deputy ditional starting place of the CEO of Commercial Bank of MotoGP,” Ezpeleta said. “We can The Chief Operating Officer for Alfardan Group Automotive Operations, Mohammed Kandeel, Dorna chief executive Carmelo Ezpeleta, QMMF President Qatar, said: “We are delighted to say that MotoGP will continue in Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah and Commercial Bank Deputy CEO Colin Macdonald shake hands at a press conference at Losail International Circuit be associated with an event that Qatar for many more years.” in Doha yesterday. PICTURES: BAHER AMIN has global appeal. We have been “The commitment shown by with QMMF for 10 years. The them (QMMF) towards develop- so I say ‘thank you’ for making Khalifa Al Attiyah said Dorna’s “We have designed the track in the number of fans is amazing. QMMF has been great friends ing the sport of motorcycling in this one of the biggest races of expertise in staging the MotoGP and the area around the circuit We are proud to keep Qatar in of ours.” Qatar is incredible. It has consoli- the year,” the Italian said. races was well received in Qatar. through Mr Ezpeleta’s advice. It the picture. Sure we will continue “We sponsor many events but dated its reputation. Everybody When asked about renewing “The tools of support we get was really a lot of discussions as to do all that with our sponsors,” this is very special. We started knows that MotoGP starts in the existing contract, Ezpeleta from Dorna are huge. It is no to how we can develop motorcy- Al Attiyah, who is also a Vice- in 2006 and this is our 10th year Qatar,” he said. said: “Our contract is until 2016. ordinary support,” Al Attiyah cling,” Al Attiyah said. president at both the FIM and of support. This Grand Prix “It is the 12th year in Qatar. There are no discussions. We are said yesterday at the Losail “The audience of MotoGP is FIA, said. has grown over the years and I must praise all the people who very happy to continue. We will International Circuit. huge. What we (MotoGP) are “Commercial Bank of Qatar Commercial Bank believes it make this possible, the title and renew the contract. There are “The guidelines they have been achieving in terms of popularity and Al Fardan Automobiles has should support events that have other sponsors. We have achieved just small details.” giving are something we have is more than Formula One. We been with us in adding glamour massive appeal.” the goal of making this possible QMMF President Nasser bin been learning over the years. have seen the stats. The increase to our events as our sponsors,” THE PENINSULA QMMF’s West, Simon start Marquez stays on strong at home

DOHA: QMMF Racing Team’s Anthony West and Julian Simon made a good start to the 2015 top of time sheets Moto2 season at the Losail International Circuit here on Thursday night. Crutchlow second in combined standings Under floodlights of the fast and sweeping 5.38km circuit of Losail, the QMMF’s home circuit, DOHA: MotoGP world cham- both riders broke into the top 10 pion Marc Marquez of Repsol in the first practice session. Honda yesterday finished on Only small set-up problems top of the combined time sheets and a few raindrops towards the after a frantic end to Free end of the second session stopped Practice (FP) 3 with Britain’s West and Simon from going faster Cal Crutchlow claiming a sen- in the second session. sational second place under the Eventually, they settled for 15th lights of the Losail International and 16th place in the combined Circuit here. standings of day one but were With the combined times from confident of improving on Friday. all three Free Practice sessions “In the first practice session, I deciding who would qualify auto- had quite a good feeling with the matically for Q2, with the top 10 bike. We still had a little bit of QMMF Racing Team’s Moto2 rider Anthony West reacts in the pits at the riders all making it through, it problems with the suspension set- Losail International Circuit on Thursday. was once again Spain’s Marquez up, which we tried to fix it for the who ended on top of the time second session,” West said. bit, put a new tyre on and then the last minutes of the session sheets. “Unfortunately, we didn’t fix it we should be back in the top ten and I couldn’t push for a better The satellite CWM LCR Honda very well and we lost some grip again,” West added. lap time any more.” of Crutchlow (+0.096s) put in a in the rear. The conditions in the His team-mate Julian Simon “But all in all we had a good sensational lap to end the three second session were not so good said: “I am very happy with our day, because I managed to take sessions in second place. either and almost everybody was start into the new season. My another step forward with the Italy’s Andrea Iannone a little bit slower. Apart from feeling with the bike was good, settings and with my feeling (+0.170s) finished third after los- that, I am happy with what we especially in the first session. In for the bike. Tomorrow, I will ing the front at turn two ended achieved so far. We don’t have to the second session I broke a gear try a new fairing and I hope to any chance he had of improving change too much for tomorrow, and I lost about 15 minutes in the improve,” Simon added. on his time set early on in FP3. just fine-tune the bike a little box. Then it started to drizzle in THE PENINSULA Spain’s Aleix Espargaro (+0.172s) put the Team Suzuki Cudlin wins first race Ecstar GSX-RR into fourth, with the Movistar Yamahas of Jorge Repsol Honda’s Spanish MotoGP rider Marc Marquez in action during a free Lorenzo (+0.286s) and Valentino practice session at the Losail International Circuit, near Doha, yesterday. Britain’s Alex Rossi (+0.370s) just making it Cudlin (centre) through to Q2 in eighth and ninth mark, exchanging lap record after The intense on-track action won the first Qatar respectively. lap record before Lowes put in showcased just how close the SuperBike (QSBK) Hector Barbera (+0.574s) was an incredible 1’59.541 at the end championship will be this year as race at Losail the leading Open class rider in of the session. Zarco (+0.136s) less than two-tenths split the top International 11th, with Scott Redding (12th, couldn’t quite respond and fin- five with under a second separat- Circuit on +0.625s), Maverick Vinales (13th, ished in second spot. Reigning ing the top 13. Thursday night. +0.854s) and Bradley Smith (16th, Moto2 world champion Tito There was a dramatic end to German rider Nina +0.919s) on the Monster Tech 3 Rabat (+0.452s) once again com- the session as riders put on fresh Prinz (left) came Yamaha being some of the big pleted the race distance of 20 laps tyres in the last 10 minutes to set second. Qatar’s names who will have to battle it during the session, leaving it until a flying lap with the lead changing Saeed Al Sulaiti out in Q1. Loris Baz also crashed his final lap to get under the two- hands a number of times between stood third. In at turn two and was taken to the minute barrier and finish third. Oliveira and Kent, before the Medical Centre for an X-ray on a Moto3 British rider posted the fastest the Supersport suspected broken finger. Earlier in Moto3, it was a time of the weekend, a 2’06.413. category, Fahid Moto2 Leopard Racing 1-2 as Danny THE PENINSULA Al Sowaidi from In Moto2, Sam Lowes managed Kent finished fastest ahead of Qatar came to beat Johann Zarco into second his team-mate Hiroki Ono after Today’s Running Order first followed by in FP3 yesterday after the two an intense battle with Miguel Moto3 QP: 6pm-6.40pm compatriot Ali Al riders put on an incredible dis- Oliveira. Moto2 QP: 6.55pm-7.40pm Shammari and play of riding during the session. The final Free Practice session MotoGP FP4: 7.55pm-8.25pm Mahmoud Tannir The two riders were a cut above for Moto3 saw the riders take to MotoGP Q1: 8.35pm-8.50pm from Lebanon. the rest of the field as they both the track in their last chance to managed to break the two-minute impress before qualifying today. MotoGP Q2: 9pm-9.15pm SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Kashmiris walk along the blossoming almond orchards, a sign of the arrival of spring after a long spell of winter, at Badamwari in old downtown MUSCAT 34/24 Partly cloudy 33/24 Clear Srinagar yesterday. MAKKAH 41/26 Clear 42/26 Clear KUWAIT 31/17 Sunny 33/22 Partly cloudy BAHRAIN 26/17 Mostly sunny 28/21 Sunny SANAA 27/11 Sunny 27/11 Sunny Bacteria can create ‘natural battery’ RIYADH 28/17 Sunny 33/21 Sunny DUBAI 30/18 Partly cloudy 32/20 Partly cloudy LONDON: Bacteria can use be considered to be redox-active said study leader James Byrne phototrophic iron-oxidising bac- BAGHDAD 29/17 Partly cloudy 28/18 Rain tiny magnetic particles to effec- opens up the possibility of bac- from the University of Tubingen, teria removed electrons from the tively create a “natural battery”, teria being able to exist or sur- Germany. magnetite, thereby discharging it. THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW a new research shows. vive in environments where other Researchers from the During night-time conditions, HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER The bacteria can load elec- redox-active compounds are in University of Tubingen, University the iron-reducing bacteria took trons onto and discharge elec- short supply in comparison to of Manchester, and the Pacific over and were able to dump elec- ATHENS 17/12 Scattered Showers 16/11 Scattered Showers trons from microscopic particles magnetite. Northwest National Laboratory, trons back onto the magnetite WASHINGTON 07/-4 Cloudy 11/03 Clear of magnetite. “In our study we only looked at in the US, incubated the soil and and recharge it for the follow- This discovery holds the poten- iron-metabolising bacteria but we water dwelling purple bacteria ing cycle, said the study that SYDNEY 24/14 Clear 26/16 Mostly sunny tial of using this mechanism to speculate that it might be possible with magnetite and controlled appeared in the journal Science. LONDON 12/07 Partly cloudy 14/10 Showers help clean up environmental pol- for other non-iron-metabolising the amount of light the cultures This oxidation/reduction mech- PARIS 17/12 Showers 14/11 Showers lution and other bioengineering organisms to use magnetite as a were exposed to. anism was repeated over several ISTANBUL 16/09 Partly cloudy 14/08 Showers applications. battery as well — or if they can be Using magnetic, chemical and cycles, meaning that the battery MANILA 33/23 Partly cloudy 33/23 Partly cloudy The flow of electrons is criti- made to use it — through genetic mineralogical analytical methods, was used over repeated day-night DHAKA 31/23 Scattered T-storms 32/24 Scattered T-storms cal to the existence of all life engineering. But this is some- the team showed that in light con- cycles. DELHI 35/22 Sunny 34/22 Mostly cloudy and the fact that magnetite can thing that we do not know yet,” ditions which replicated day-time, IANS ISLAMABAD 28/16 Partly cloudy 23/15 T-storm

Singer for space mission Italian Ice around Antarctica olive tree shrank by 20 percent disease WASHINGTON: The ice floating around Antarctica has thinned by nearly 20 percent, according to research published yesterday, depleting the bulwark that prevents the permanent collapse of gla- stumps EU ciers covering the southern continent. The study, based on satellite measurements between 1994 and 2012 BRUSSELS: EU member by the European Space Agency, sheds new light on how Antarctic ice states are divided on how to responds to climate change. stop the spread of a disease The report was published in the online version of the journal Science. affecting olive trees in Italy Ice barriers have an average thickness of between 400 to 500 meters that could result in around a (1,300 to 1,600 feet) and can extend hundreds of kilometers off the million being cut down, offi- coast of Antarctica. If the ice becomes too thin it would allow the cials said yesterday. permanent glaciers to slip into the ocean and start melting, sharply Experts from the 28 increasing the rise of ocean levels. Researchers found that the total European Union nations gath- volume of Antarctic ice changed little between 1994 and 2003, but after ered in Brussels this week to that point melting markedly accelerated. discuss steps to stop the out- Ice in western Antarctica declined throughout the study period. A break of the xylella fastidiosa slight increase in ice thickness was observed in eastern Antarctica bacteria, but “no decision was before 2003 when rapid melting began, leading to an 18 percent reduc- taken” due to a lack of con- tion of thickness compared to 1994. sensus, one official said. “Eighteen percent over the course of 18 years is really a substan- Italy is the second biggest tial change,” said Fernando Paolo, a researcher at the University of producer of olive oil in the EU California, San Diego. “Overall, we show not only the total ice shelf after Spain. volume is decreasing, but we see an acceleration in the last decade.” “Negotiations and reflection If the rate of thinning continues, the ice shelves could lose half of British singer Sarah Brightman attends a farewell ceremony of the Expedition 43 crew in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and discussion are needed” their volume over the next 200 years, the researchers calculated. before reaching a common For Professor Andrew Shepherd, director of the Centre for Polar yesterday. Sarah is soon to embark on her space training in Russia’s Star City in preparation for her flight to position, the official told Observation and Modelling at the University of Leeds, the melting the International Space Station, in September. journalists on condition of trend is “a real concern, because such high rates of thinning cannot anonymity. be sustained for much longer.” France and Spain want a A study published in December of 2014 showed that the rate of hard line, fearing for their glacier melting had tripled in the Antarctic region that saw the most own olive groves as well as ice thinning over the last decade. Beware! High-fat diet vines and citrus trees, which Glaciers in the Amundsen Sea of west Antarctica are losing ice faster can also be infected by the than anywhere else on the continent and are the largest contributors insect-transmitted bacteria, to the rise of sea levels, researchers said. officials said. Two other studies published in 2014 concluded that the melting of But Italy is less willing large glaciers in western Antarctica, which have enough water to raise can alter your behaviour to take drastic measures as sea levels at least one meter, will accelerate with global warming and growers mount increasing the melting is likely irreversible. AFP NEW YORK: High-fat diet the microorganisms that occupy and cognition. resistance to the destruction can affect brain health and pro- our gastrointestinal tracks,” com- The animals who received the of age-old olive groves. mote changes in your behaviour, mented John Krystal, editor of microbiota shaped by a high-fat “Italy alone cannot block including increased anxiety, Biological Psychiatry. diet showed multiple disruptions the way forward” as voting impaired memory, and repeti- The human microbiome con- in behaviour, including increased is by majority, the official tive behaviour, warns a new sists of trillions of microorgan- anxiety, impaired memory, and said. study. isms, many of which reside in the repetitive behaviours. Italy has marked off an The findings published in the intestinal tract. Further, they showed many emergency area of 241,000 journal Biological Psychiatry sug- The researchers at the detrimental effects in the body, hectares (593,000 acres) in gest that even those who are not Louisiana State University in the including increased intestinal the southern Puglia region obese should avoid fatty foods to US tested whether an obesity- permeability and markers of that is affected by the dis- stave of diet-induced psychiatric related microbiome alters behav- inflammation. ease, which causes the trees disorders. iour and cognition even in the Signs of inflammation in the to wither away and for which High-fat diet produces changes absence of obesity. brain were also evident and may there is so far no remedy. in health and behaviour, in part, Non-obese adult mice were have contributed to the behav- The EU says studies showed by changing the mix of bacteria conventionally housed and ioural changes, the researchers at least 10 percent of some in the gut, also known as the maintained on a normal diet, noted. 11 million olive trees in the gut microbiome, the researchers but received a transplant of gut These findings provide evidence worst-affected Lecce area of noted. microbiota from donor mice that that diet-induced changes to the Puglia had the bacteria. “This paper suggests that high- had been fed either a high-fat diet gut microbiome are sufficient to A new EU meeting is fat diets impair brain health, in or control diet. alter brain function even in the planned for April. part, by disrupting the symbiotic The recipient mice were then absence of obesity. AFP NASA’s DC-8 flies over the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica in2010 October, relationship between humans and evaluated for changes in behaviour IANS in this photo.