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WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 • 3 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6821 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar

Emir receives more Ramadan well-wishers Emir greets Crown Clean-up drive Princes of Saudi and Kuwait

DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim slaps fines bin Hamad Al Thani exchanged with the Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Interior of Saudi Arabia, Moham- mad bin Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as well as the Crown Prince of QR274,875 of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, greetings and blessings on the occasion of Ram- Project, Ministry of Municipality adan, in two phone calls conducted and Environment told this daily on Monday evening. Illegal portacabins, yesterday. abandoned vehicles He said inspectors will put up a warning sticker on abandoned vehi- Emir greets Khaled removed in Industrial cle or equipment in a public place. If Area. the owner does not claim the vehicle Meshaal and King in three days, it will be taken to an open yard facing Street 33 and kept Abdullah of Jordan for another three days. By Sidi Mohamed The owner can take back the DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim The Peninsula vehicle by paying a fine of QR500 bin Hamad Al Thani exchanged along with the expense incurred for with Hamas Political Bureau towing the vehicle to the yard. Chief, Khaled Meshaal, and King If the vehicle still remains Abdullah II of Jordan, greetings DOHA: The Ministry of Municipal- unclaimed, it will be transferred and blessings on the occasion of ity and Environment imposed fines to a permanent facility in Mashaf. Ramadan, in phone calls the Emir totalling QR274,875 on erring facili- The owner can recover the vehicle received, reports QNA. ties and individuals during a massive by paying the fine and the towing Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received more well-wishers at Al Wajba Palace yesterday. clean-up campaign launched last charge. If none claims the vehicle in Emir greets Al Sisi month in the Industrial Area. three months, it will be put to public The reception was attended by H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative The campaign was meant to auction, explained Al Shafi. of the Emir, and a number of Their Excellencies sons of H H Father Emir. → See also page 2 remove illegal portacabins, con- Until now, inspectors have put DOHA: Emir H H Sheikh Tamim struction waste as well as abandoned up 5,142 warning stickers on aban- bin Hamad Al Thani exchanged vehicles and tyres littering pub- doned vehicles and returned about with Egyptian President Abdel Fat- lic places in the crowded industrial 340 vehicles to their owners after tah Al Sisi greetings and blessings district on the outskirts of the city. collecting the fines. Sheikha Moza inducts Ministers & official in QFSW on the occasion of Ramadan, in a The ministry said yesterday that Several government entities have phone call that the Emir conducted the campaign has been a huge suc- come together for the campaign, QNA General of Qatar Development Fund Planning and Statistics H E Dr Saleh on Monday evening, reports QNA. cess, with a total of 3,338 abandoned spearheaded by the Temporary Khalifa bin Jassim Al Kuwari to the bin Mohammed Al Nabet, Hamad bin vehicles, 14,497 abandoned tyres and Committee for Public Cleaning at membership of the Board of Direc- Mohammed Al Fehaid Al Hajeri, HE 6,685 waste removed until now. the ministry, Doha Municipality, DOHA: H H Sheikha Moza bint tors of Qatar Foundation for Social Executive Director of Doha Inter- “The campaign is continuing Lekhwiya, Traffic Department, and Nasser issued yesterday a decision to Work (QFSW). national Family Institute Noor bint RAMADAN during Ramadan and is expected to Al Fazaa. Four teams from Doha add Minister of Administrative Devel- QFSW Board of Directors is Abdullah Al Maliki Al Jehani, H E TIMING end next month. We have achieved Municipality are participating in opment, Labour and Social Affairs chaired by Muneera bint Nasser Chancellor Rabia Karzapi, and Chief about 60 to 70 percent of the tar- the campaign. H E Dr Issa bin Saad Al Jafali, Minis- Al Misned, and includes: H E Dr Executive Officer of QFAW Amal bint Today’s Iftar 6 : 26 pm get until now,” Safar Mubarak Al ter of Public Health H E Dr Hanan bint Kaltham bint Ali Al Ghanim (deputy Abdullatif Al Mannai. Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am Shafi, Director, General Cleanliness → Picture on page 3 Mohammed Al Kuwari and Director chairman), Minister of Development → Continued on page 2

Seven cops, four Nato exercise civilians dead in ‘Legal clinic’ for QU Istanbul attack law students this Fall AFP

The Peninsula and University of Arizona recently had a ISTANBUL: Police have detained discussion in this regard. four suspects over an Istanbul car It was followed by a workshop at Geor- bombing that targeted a police bus DOHA: Qatar University College of Law getown SFS with speakers including LAWC yesterday, killing 11 people in the (LAWC) is preparing to establish a legal dean Dr Mohamed Al Khulaifi and direc- third deadly attack to strike Tur- clinic ‘TradeLab’ at the college in the Fall tor of the Office of the State of Qatar to the key’s biggest city this year. this year. World Trade Organization (WTO) Sheikh The attack in Istanbul’s Beyazit The TradeLab will provide LAWC Ali Al Thani. district, close to major tourist sites, undergraduate students the opportunity to LAWC Assistant Professor Dr Talal Al killed seven police officers and gain hands-on experience on legal projects Emadi said, “This underlines the College’s four civilians, state media said. submitted by clients from private and gov- ongoing efforts to engage its students in Another 36 people were ernment organisations. Students will also learning-by-doing activities beyond the wounded, three of them seri- benefit from working with practising law- classroom that prepare them for employ- ously, Istanbul Governor Vasip yers on solving legal problems for clients. ment as legal professionals. This will enable Sahin said. TradeLab is the result of an NPRP- them to make significant contributions to UN chief Ban Ki-moon led funded research project implemented in the labour market and to the country’s international condemnation of 2014 that was designed to introduce stake- growth, in line with the Human Develop- the bombing, which his spokes- holders to global trade and investment rules ment Pillar of Qatar National Vision 2030.” man called a “despicable terrorist while combining academic research with LAWC Assistant Professor Dr Jon Truby attack”. The blast reduced the bus, novelties in Internet technology and legal said, “By establishing the legal clinic, LAWC which was carrying riot police, to education. Fifteen experts from local and is demonstrating its position as a lead- mangled wreckage. It gutted the international institutions such as QU, Fikra ing partner in contributing to sustainable Polish troops land with parachutes at the military compound near Torun, central Poland, front of a hotel opposite and shat- Research & Policy, Georgetown University solutions to legal questions that impact the yesterday, as part of the Nato Anaconda-16 military exercise. → See also page 16 tered the windows of nearby shops. SFS Qatar, Graduate Institute of Interna- society.” The four suspects were taken tional and Development Studies-Geneva, → Picture on page 3 to police headquarters in Istanbul for interrogation. → See also page 6 Deluge of civilians flees IS stronghold in northern Syria

AFP for the jihadists. The Arab-Kurdish are progressing well,” said Sherfan The SDF is now within five kilo- cars but many carrying their belong- offensive on the town of Manbij is one Darwish, who is leading the offen- metres of Manbij from the north, two ings on foot, the Observatory’s Rami of two major assaults on the route IS sive of the Syrian Democratic Forces kilometres from the south and about Abdel Rahman said, using an Arabic BEIRUT: Thousands of civilians yes- uses to send in more fighters, weapons launched just over a week ago. seven kilometres from the east, said acronym for IS. About 20,000 people terday fled a stronghold of the Islamic and money from the Turkish border to “Every day, we are liberating vil- the Syrian Observatory for Human are still living in Manbij, which had a >PAGE 19 State group in northern Syria almost its main Syrian bastion of Raqa. lages and the only route open to IS Rights. pre-war population of about 120,000 surrounded by US-backed fighters “We have surrounded Man- now is towards Aleppo city” to the “Daesh has begun allowing civil- — mostly Arabs, but about a quarter seeking to cut a key supply lifeline bij from three sides and operations west, Darwish told AFP by phone. ians to flee towards the west,” some in Syrian Kurds. 02 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 HOME

Emir receives Ramadan well-wishers Sheikha Moza issues decision

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Qatar Foundation for Social Work (QFSW) was formed under the directives of H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser in August 2013 as a non-profit development organ- ization that aims at developing civil society organizations working under its umbrella, strengthening their capabilities, and promot- ing their role in the society and in the development of strategies and policies that contribute to the upgrading of these organizations to achieve the desired goals. A number of specialized centres are affiliated to QFSW, including Social Development Centre, Shafallah Centre for Chil- dren with Special Needs, Family Counselling Centre, Orphans Care Centre Qatar (Dhreima), Centre for Care and Empowerment of the Elderly people (IHSAN), Pro- tection and Rehabilitation Centre, Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received more Ramadan well-wishers, including sheikhs and and the “Best Buddies” initiative. citizens, at Al Wajba Palace yesterday. H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Personal Representative of the Emir, and sons of H H Father Emir were present. 16 Qatari imams and khatibs Strong winds complete course likely today QRCS and WFP to provide aid for displaced Iraqis DOHA: Minister of Endowments The Peninsula The Peninsula More than 100,000 people in Al Anbar and will not only provide the targeted people with (Awqaf) and Islamic Affairs H E those living in camps in the surrounding areas necessary assistance, but will also give hope to Dr. Ghaith bin Mubarak Al Kuwari will benefit from the initiative. them by meeting their needs. honoured 16 Qatari imams and “We are working closely with QRCS to ensure As Ramadan has begun, QRCS is also plan- khatibs who graduated from DOHA: The country is expected DOHA: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) and that necessary food continues to be delivered to ning to distribute more than 1,000 food packages the 11th qualifying course dur- to be hit by strong northwesterly the United Nations World Food Programme the most vulnerable displaced Iraqi families in to the displaced Iraqis in Iraqi Kurdistan. ing a ceremony at the Ministry’s winds from today until the end of (WFP) have teamed up to rescue the displaced Iraq’s governorate, Al Anbar,” said Jane Pearce, This assistance will be coordinated with WFP, headquarters. The course was next week. Iraqi families in Al Anbar Governorate amid dete- WFP’s Country Director for Iraq. to avoid duplication. organised from February to May. The turbulence is attributed to riorating humanitarian conditions due to unrest. “Since the crisis began, WFP and QRCS have According to WFP, the emergency operations The lecturers were also honoured. a deepening of Indian seasonal low The initiative aims to provide basic food items extended their helping hands to the displaced require $72.7m until the end of 2016 to meet the Mohammed Hamad Al Kuwari, pressure over the region with the to the families. people in Iraq. needs of the most affected people. Director, Mosques Department, extension of the high-pressure area Baskets containing eight types of foodstuff, “Now, we are coordinating to approach to QRCS is still pursuing its immediate relief in and Head, Dawa and Guidance over the northwest of the Arabian including flour, rice, and edible oil, were distrib- maximum number of people with food and other Fallujah by distributing food aid to 1,500 fami- Department, said the number of Peninsula, the Meteorology Depart- uted to the beneficiaries. Each basket weighed forms of aid, and we look forward to further col- lies, with extra 1,500 food packages as a strategic Qatari imams and khatibs has ment said yesterday. The maximum 70kg. laboration in the future to assist more people in emergency stockpile. reached over 200. temperatures would be at normal Kitchenware was also provided to the dis- need with life-saving assistance,” said Isa M Al Also, five QRCS emergency mobile clinics He said the Ministry has allo- levels during this period, ranging placed families so they can cook food for Ishaq, Head, Human Resources, QRCS. have been dispatched to offer healthcare serv- cated incentives and rewards between 41 and 44 degrees Celsius. themselves. An agreement signed between WFP and QRCS ices for victims across the area. totalling up to QR7,000. HOME WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 03

CMC seeks special lanes Clean-up campaign for trucks and trailers

The Peninsula As part of the same recommendation, said. The recommendation also included a the CMC forwarded a recommendation to request to the Traffic Department to monitor the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to violating trucks and make trucks carrying increase the number of weighing bridges heavy machinery adhere to specific lanes DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) at the entrances and exits of industrial areas. and roads. has called on the Ministry of Transport to The recommendation was based on a The CMC also forwarded a recommen- identify special lanes for trucks and trail- suggestion made by Councillor Jasem Abdul- dation to the Ministry of Municipality and ers in and outside the towns to avoid random lah Al Malki, representative of Constituency Environment, to transfer the central vegeta- movements damaging internal roads and No 1. He said: “It has been observed that ble market from its current populated area highways. many newly established internal roads and to outside the town. The recommendation The CMC in its weekly meeting yester- highways have been affected by trucks and was made upon suggestion by Councillor day made recommendations concerning the trailers carrying loads and heavy machiner- Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Al Khulaifi, rep- central vegetable market and the impact of ies, especially during summer time. resentative of Constituency No. 10. overloaded trucks and trailers on roads. “This issue was raised many times by the He said residents of Abu Hamour were It also asked for reactivation of a rec- council’s members and discussed with con- constantly complaining about insects, ommendation passed last year regarding cerned officials as well as recommendations rodents and unpleasant odour spreading the effect of overloaded trucks and trailers were passed to authorities concerned but the from the market which had made the envi- One of the abandoned car is removed from the Industrial Area as part of a massive on roads in general. problem remains without any solution,” he ronment unhealthy. clean-up campaign. The Ministry of Municipality and Environment began the drive last month and so far has collected QR274,875 in fines.

College of Law gears up for ‘TradeLab’ DFI to host fourth Ajyal Youth Film Festival from November 30

The Peninsula for the fourth year running. Occidental Petro- leum Corporation will serve as ‘Principal Partner’ marking its fourth year of partner- ship with DFI, building on its commitment to DOHA: Doha Film Institute (DFI) will organise the local community by playing an active role the fourth edition of Ajyal Youth Film Festival in nurturing talent and strengthening Qatar’s between November 30 and December 5. cultural landscape. ‘Ajyal’, Arabic for ‘generations’, brings peo- Fatma Al Remaihi, CEO, DFI, and Direc- ple of all ages together through screenings and tor of the festival, said, “We look forward to events that inspire creative interaction and building on the successes of the festival that stimulate cinematic dialogue. proved that films can do more than entertain; Youth participation is at the heart of the fes- it can educate, inspire and bring communities tival and its jury programme which provides together. One of the key initiatives of DFI in young people aged 8-21 with an opportunity developing Arab voices is fostering an under- to watch, analyse and discuss films from all standing and appreciation of positive cinema over the world, developing critical thinking, among children and youth. This is reflected in self-expression and an appreciation of cinema. the Ajyal Jurors — youth from across the world Registration for youth jury opens in — who celebrate world cinema through dia- Participants attend an event as part of preparations to set up a legal clinic ‘TradeLab’ at Qatar University College of September. logue and discussion, challenging their thought Law in Fall 2016. The Cultural Village Foundation-Katara process and helping shape perceptions about continues as the ‘Cultural Partner’ of the festival issues affecting them. 04 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 HOME

Ministry of Over 100 STEM teachers honoured Awqaf opens 10 new mosques at CNA-Q as part of Maersk Oil Qatar’s Skills in School Go Robot programme. Doha: The Department The school teachers Dr Theodore Chiasson, Dean, of Mosques at the Minis- were recognised School of Information Technology, try of Awqaf and Islamic CNA-Q, said: “We are delighted that Affairs has opened 10 for efforts after we’re able to celebrate the commit- new mosques that can completing 30 ment and success of so many teachers. accommodate over 7,000 Our programme of training and pro- worshippers, in different hours of training fessional development has grown in parts of the country. and instruction in the five years we’ve been running it The Ministry said in a the use of robotics and it is great to witness the progress statement that the new of those educators who have com- mosques are in Madinat programming for pleted it. Khalifa North, Al Munta- classroom settings. “Together they play an impor- zah, Al Sudan, Bin Omran, Al tant role in building enthusiasm and Wakra, Umm Sanim, Umm engagement of students with STEM Ghuwailina, New Al Khulai- subjects, encouraging more to pur- fiat and Hazm Al Markhiya The Peninsula sue STEM careers and develop vital and include chapels for technical skills the country depends women and houses for on for the delivery of Qatar National imams. Vision 2030.” DOHA: More than 100 science, tech- The study and use of robotics kits nology, engineering and mathematics by high school students have been QF Radio to air (STEM) teachers from schools across shown to improve problem-solving, Qatar were celebrated at an awards creativity and team working skills The teachers with their awards at the ceremony at College of the North Atlantic-Qatar. Ramadan shows ceremony at College of the North in students. The positive impact of Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q). robotics programming in support- The ceremony recognised efforts ing the delivery of STEM subjects Robotics has been included in the robotics programme, Go Robot, estab- GO ROBOT programme reaches out DOHA: To celebrate Ram- of teachers from around the country has been recognised by the Ministry curriculum of Independent schools, lished in 2012 by Maersk Oil Qatar in to over 10,000 students and 1,000 adan, QF Radio, of Qatar after completing 30 hours of training of Education and Higher Educa- with students required to participate partnership with CNA-Q. teachers in Qatar each year. Foundation for Education and instruction in the use of robotics tion which has backed its use as an in one hour of robotics programming Sponsorship of the programme More than 1,200 robotics kits have will air engaging shows programming for classroom settings. effective and engaging way to teach instruction each week. The training reflects Maersk Oil Qatar’s efforts to been distributed for free to over 250 exploring religious, cultural Each teacher participated in 10 technical and engineering skills to in robotics programming is one of the encourage greater participation in schools across the country as art of and health topics. three-hour training sessions delivered students. core elements of the ‘Skills in Schools’ STEM subjects. The Skills in Schools the development programme. Designed to inform and entertain the public dur- ing the Holy Month, QF Radio’s Ramadan schedule will include something for WISE and EdTechXGlobal launch global index of innovators everyone to engage a wide audience, including Muslims, non-Muslims and children. The Peninsula East and North Africa region (Mena). technology-focused conference The ‘Makers’ are defined as ris- is the first index of its kind to recog- As part of its morning and Asia. EdTechXEurope. ing stars of education technology, nise success across four geographical programming, QF Radio will The 2016 Index honours the lumi- The final list of 50 was selected innovating and pushing boundaries regions, but as the EdTech market discuss religion and health naries who have introduced creative by 15 members of a global advisory for future success and the ‘Shakers’ grows into a global community, we with shows including ‘Spir- DOHA: The World Innovation ways of learning through play, con- committee of industry leaders from are considered established leaders believe it’s important to champion itual Hour’; ‘Ramadan 101’; Summit for Education (WISE) and struction, or interactive design, using the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in their regions, inspiring worldwide innovators and leaders regardless and ‘Children of Adam and EdTechXGlobal have launched the digital technologies and informed by Google for Education, IDEO, IBIS Cap- EdTech change. of location. Eve’. Shows such as ‘Your first comprehensive global listing of the needs of modern labour markets. ital, Kaizen Private Equity, Learn Stavros N Yiannouka, CEO, WISE, “The global EdTech community Health First’ will explore ground-breaking innovators in edu- The initial list of ‘Makers and Capital, LinkedIn, Times Higher Edu- said: “Through this index, WISE is working towards the same goal of the importance of nutri- cation technology. Shakers’ was managed by WISE, cation, and TES Global. seeks to support creative individu- improving education and making it tion, health and physical The ‘Makers and Shakers of Edu- an initiative of Qatar Founda- The panel assessed each pro- als working hard to achieve positive more accessible through technology,” activity during this year’s cation Technology Index’ celebrates tion for Education, Science and posed name against criteria such as socio-economic impact through Cloquet said. celebration. 50 of the most innovative EdTech Community Development (QF), individual vision, disruptive innova- education.” “These thought leaders have dem- Afternoon programmes thought leaders working across and EdTechXGlobal, the organ- tion, and impact and contribution to Benjamin Vedrenne Cloquet, Co- onstrated commitment to achieve this will feature further religious Europe, the Americas, the Middle isers of the leading education education. Founder, EdTechXEurope, said: “This goal,” he added. discussion facilitated by ‘Live QFIS Lectures’ as well as the exploration of prom- inent health topics such as ‘Diabetic Tips’, addressing ‘Katara Mesahar’ brings Asda’a Arab youth survey honoured relevant issues during fast- ing. QF Radio will usher in the evening with an hour The Peninsula Asda’a Burson-Marsteller. in their battles, and encouraging of beautiful music, selected Ramadan traditions alive “The survey has earned a repu- the region’s women to get regular and presented by mem- tation as a unique piece of work that checkups. bers of Qatar Philharmonic adds a new dimension to dialogue in For the 2015 survey, which the Orchestra. There will also The Peninsula Several children and puppets DOHA: Asda’a Burson-Marsteller, and about the Middle East, providing 2016 SABRE EMEA Awards recog- be a weekly round-up of escorted Mesahar as he sang pop- the leading public relations agency valuable insight for policymakers, nised, international polling firm events and happenings ular verses from the old days, such in the Middle East and North Africa, businesses and civil society. Penn Schoen Berland (PSB) con- throughout Ramadan to as ‘Ohh sleeping one, arise, wake up has been awarded the In2 SABRE “It is rewarding to see our hard ducted 3,500 face-to-face interviews keep listeners up to date DOHA: Featuring one of the oldest and be monotheistic to the one God’. EMEA Award for Thought Leader- work and investment in this major with exclusively Arab national men on other exciting events, of Ramadan traditions, the ‘Katara The Cultural Village also echoed ship in PR for its work on the Seventh initiative recognised at the highest and women aged 18-24 in the six including QF’s Ramadan Mesahar’ began prowling the alleys other lyrics and songs by the Mesa- Annual Asda’a Burson-Marsteller level by our peers in the PR indus- GCC countries — the UAE, Saudi Festival and Oxygen Park and streets of the Cultural Village, har praising the advent of the Holy Arab Youth Survey 2015. try,” he added. Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman and activities. Listen in daily to wearing uniform and beating his Month of Ramadan in a peaceful and The agency was recognised at an Asda’a Burson-Marsteller also Bahrain, as well as Iraq, Egypt, QF Radio English on 91.7 FM. drum and chanting verses to alert charming spiritual and traditional awards ceremony in Berlin recently. received a Certificate of Excellence Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Pales- people to have Suhoor (meal eaten atmosphere. The SABRE Awards by The Hol- in the Social Media — Collective tine, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and early morning before beginning the Visitors expressed happiness mes Report are the world’s biggest category for its Warriors in Pink Yemen. The interviews were con- Modi’s visit the fast). over attending true Ramadan — PR industry accolades. campaign for Ford Middle East. ducted from January 20 to February Katara visitors welcomed Al evening activities including the The In2 SABREs recognise Warriors in Pink aims to sup- 12, 2015. beginning of a Mesahar with joy as many remem- Mesahar show — and said that with excellence in various categories port and maintain a long-term breast In-depth results from the eighth bered the old days when Al Mesahar technology taking over modern- of innovation and insight, with an cancer awareness and early detec- and most recent Annual Asda’a Bur- change: Menon used to move around local alleys and day life, the deep-rooted Ramadan emphasis on content creation, as tion programme across the Middle son-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey, neighbourhoods banging his drum tradition is on the decline and that well as PR agency management and East. including survey highlights and a to wake people up as he sang local television, mobiles and alarm clocks marketing. The October 2015 campaign White Paper in Arabic and English, Doha: Expatriate entrepre- spiritual Ramadan songs for nearly are fast replacing the job a Mesahar “Our thought leadership plat- saw breast cancer survivors from are available at www.arabyouthsur- neur and Sun International two hours before dawn. did. Ramadan brings to light sev- form, the Arab Youth Survey, has the region becoming Models of vey.com. Trading and Transports The ‘Katara Mesahar’ arrived eral traditions of Islamic nations. been recognised as a pioneering Courage by taking part in an event The White Paper from the Managing Director Padma at 10pm, under Ramadan Crescent Traditions and religious customs initiative for the PR industry across to showcase the fundraising 2015 SABRE Award-winning 2015 Sur- Shri Dr. Sundar Menon which plated the Cultural Village are plenty in Islam, but the Mesa- Europe, the Middle East and Africa,” Warriors in Pink apparel and acces- vey can also be downloaded from said Indian Prime Minis- districts with its pure silver lights. har will always be special to all. said Sunil John, Founder and CEO, sories range, inspiring other patients the website. ter Narendra Modi’s visit to Qatar will make big changes in relations between both countries. He told the media that Traffic diversion on part of Al Shamal Road from tomorrow India is on the path of steady progression under Modi’s leadership. A really The Peninsula good change is evident in the governance and in the lives of ordinary Indians. Foreign countries are DOHA: The Public Works Authority ready to make huge invest- (Ashghal) will close the north-bound ment in India, Dr. Menon traffic on Al Shamal Road, starting 800 added. metres to the South of Al Kharaitiyat He said he believed that Interchange (N8) extending to 700 Modi had made enough metres to the north of Al Kheesa Inter- plans to further strengthen change (N10). good relationship that Traffic will be diverted to the oppo- has lasted for centuries site side of the road which will become a between India and coun- two-way street. The diversion of about tries in the Middle East. 4km long starts tomorrow and lasts until Dr. Menon said he also October-end. believed that Modi is deter- Two to three lanes will be open for mined to find enough job traffic in each direction on this part of opportunities for youth who the road until works are completed. are ready to work in India Ashghal will install signs advising and that is the main reason motorists of the diversion and has urged he has earned their strong road users to abide by speed limits and backing. follow signs for safety. HOME WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 05 Ooredoo celebrates unity Emiri Corps of Engineers visits metro site with special commercial Qatar Rail holds fire safety The Peninsula musical talent Michel Fadel, lyrist drill and boosts integration Ali Al Khawar and singers Ang- and cooperation with security ham, Rashed Al Majed and Lotfi Bouchnak. Cast also include Rajaa and government entities. DOHA: Ooredoo has launched a Mohammed, an actress who came special commercial for Ramadan, out of retirement to star in the film, which celebrates the spirit of togeth- make-up artist Sondos Alqattan, erness and connection shared during Oman football team captain Ali The Peninsula the Holy Month. Alhabsi and Qatari poet Nasser The short film, Ali Bkheet Al Abhaq. Abhaq marks the first time Oore- Ramadan is one of the most doo’s operations have come together important occasions and encourages DOHA: Qatar Rail received a team of engineers to create an original advertisement, people to appreciate life, spend time from Qatar Armed Forces’ Emiri Corps of Engineers and the collaboration includes Oore- with loved ones and help the needy. at Doha Metro’s Gold Line, Al Waab Station con- doo Group, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman. Ooredoo operations across the struction site. This was part of Qatar Rail’s efforts Qatar Rail officials with teams of Qatar Armed Forces’ Emiri Corps of Engineers, Civil Defence Featuring inspirational people from Middle East an North Africa (Mena) to boost integration and cooperation with secu- Department and Green Line contractor at Doha Metro’s Gold Line, Al Waab Station construction site. all three nations, its theme is the and South East Asia will support rity and government entities. connection everybody feels – with Ramadan celebrations and offers, Similarly, in coordination with the Civil contractor, was held at Doha Metro Switchbox all underground sections. each other and with their religion – which include activities to give Defence Department of the Ministry of Interior underground site near the Green Line’s Al Mas- The next milestone Qatar Rail looks forward during this inspirational time. back to the community. Ooredoo and the Green Line contractor, Qatar Rail also sila Station. to celebrating is completion of tunnelling on Doha Waleed Mohamed Ebrahim has launched the #CloserConnec- organised a fire safety mock drill, said a state- A team from the Civil Defence Department Metro’s longest line, the Red Line. Towards the end Al Sayed, Deputy Chief Execu- tions campaign across its footprint in ment yesterday. supervised the Green Line contractor safety experts of this year, Qatar Rail expects to move from con- tive Officer, Ooredoo Group, said: the GCC to celebrate the Holy Month The Emiri Corps of Engineers, Qatar Rail rep- as they conducted the drill, attempting to extin- struction into systems installation as track, power “Making this film has been a great with customers in each country, and resentatives and Doha Metro Gold Line contractor guish construction materials the contractor will supply and signalling start to be installed. It will experience for the whole team unite them with one core message of were briefed on the project. Following a display temporarily use during the construction phase. also start to work on the architectural finishes of at Ooredoo, as we have worked community. of safety instructions, the team visited the metro The drill aimed to train labourers in safety proce- the stations of Doha Metro. together with colleagues in other In Qatar, Ooredoo is engaging tunnel connecting Al Waab and Al Sudan stations dures and prepare them for emergencies. The first phase of the Doha Metro project is markets to select the talent, develop with the community with hospi- and the site of Al Sadd Station for an examination Qatar Rail recently celebrated completion of expected to be complete in 2020. By 2030, all three the themes and shoot the advert tal visits, Iftar with the elderly, and of the TBM (tunnel boring machine). 100km of tunnelling across the Doha Metro Project, networks — Doha Metro, Lusail Tram and the long- together. In addition to celebrating donations to charities, among others. The fire safety drill, in cooperation with the which means that 90 percent of tunnelling has distance rail, which will link Qatar with the GCC the connections we make during the To bring the spirit of the Holy Civil Defence Department and the Green Line been achieved, with 11km required to complete Rail network — are expected to be completed. Holy Month, the creation of the film Month to life, Ooredoo Qatar’s popu- has brought us closer together as a lar Alrabaa, a group of seven cheeky team.” mascots who embody the country’s The short film features peo- traditions, will make appearances ple from all walks of life, including at several events. 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Erdogan signs Assad vows to bill lifting MPs’ immunity liberate every Agencies

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed a bill inch of Syria yesterday to lift lawmakers’ immu- nity from prosecution, his office said, a constitutional change likely to end with the removal of some Assad said he would win back pro-Kurdish opposition deputies “every inch” of Syria and said Aleppo from parliament. Syrian President, would be a graveyard for the hopes Erdogan has accused the in a speech to and dreams of Turkish President pro-Kurdish HDP, parliament’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan. third-biggest party, of being the parliament, “Our war against terrorism is political wing of militants who thanked Russia, continuing,” Assad said in a speech have waged a three-decade insur- to parliament broadcast by state TV. gency in Turkey’s largely Kurdish Iran, China and “As we liberated Tadmur (Palmyra) southeast, and wants to see them and before it many areas, we will lib- prosecuted. The constitutional the Lebanese Shia Syrian President Bashar Al Assad addressing the new parliament in Damascus, yesterday. Assad’s last address erate every inch of Syria from their change could also ease Erdog- group Hezbollah for hands. Our only option is victory, to parliament was in June 2012, just after general elections in May of that year. an’s push for greater presidential the support they otherwise Syria will not continue.” powers. had provided. The Syrian army and allied surrounding area at the border with troops so as not to let Aleppo and the had provided. Alluding to suggestions militia, aided by Russian air strikes, Turkey have comprised a major the- surrounding area fall into the hands of divisions in the alliance, particu- recovered control of Palmyra from atre in the war, divided between areas of fighters it called terrorists. larly between Iran and Russia, Assad Iraqi PM sacks Islamic State (IS) insurgents in March. of government and rebel control. Esca- The United States and Russia said people should not listen to reports In addition to the war with IS, Assad is lating fighting there helped ruin the brokered the cessation of hostilities about “differences, struggles and security chief, 6 Reuters fighting rebels who include groups that cessation of hostilities agreement as part of an effort to get UN-backed divisions”. He said the alliance was have received support from his foreign agreed in February. Assad accused peace talks moving earlier this year. stronger than ever. bank executives enemies, Turkey included. Erdogan of recently sending thousands The talks broke down in April when He was speaking at the parlia- The war has greatly diminished of militants to Aleppo. Russia, which has the main opposition alliance withdrew ment that convened this week for the BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister BEIRUT: President Bashar Al Assad Assad’s control of Syria, with IS, an been bombing in support of Assad since over what it described as a worsening first time since it was elected in April. Haider Al Abadi yesterday sacked vowed yesterday to fight on in what array of rebel groups, and a powerful September, said on Saturday more that situation on the ground. The election was held in government- the intelligence director and the he called Syria’s war against terror- Kurdish militia establishing author- 2,000 militants had mobilised in the Assad said there had been no real controlled parts of Syria. Government chief executives of six state-owned ism, showing no sign of compromise ity over wide parts of the country. Aleppo area. Russia said on Monday talks in Geneva. He thanked Russia, supporters said the vote was a sign of banks, all appointed by his pred- in his first major address since peace Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and its air forces would provide “the most Iran, China and the Lebanese Shia support for Assad, while his opponents ecessor. talks broke down in April. pre-war commercial hub, and the active” support to Syrian government group Hezbollah for the support they said it was illegitimate. He gave no reason for the dismissals. But Abadi has been pursuing reforms aimed at improving the economy and weeding out corruption and incompetence in state institu- UN removes Saudi-led coalition from blacklist tions, in part to bolster Baghdad’s campaign against Islamic State insurgents. “New bank directors will be AFP “Pending the conclusions of the President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi damages from time to time” but that said in a statement carried by the appointed to reactivate the bank- joint review, the secretary-general in March 2015 to push back Houthi the coalition had played a “positive official SPA news agency. It said the ing sector and the national strategy removes the listing of the coalition rebels after they seized the capital role” in restoring Yemen’s legitimate repatriation was “coordinated with that aims to create jobs and pro- in the report’s annex,” he added. Sana’a and many parts of the country. government and providing humani- international organisations” includ- vide loans to industrial, housing UNITED NATIONS: The United Saudi Ambassador Abdullah Al The war has left some 6,400 peo- tarian aid. Dujarric earlier defended ing the Red Cross and Unicef. and commercial projects,” said Nations yesterday removed the Saudi- Mouallimi told reporters that the coa- ple dead, with more than 80 percent the report, saying some adjustments Rights groups have repeatedly Abadi’s office in a statement. led coalition fighting in Yemen from a lition felt “vindicated,” declaring that of the population in desperate need would be made even though the list raised concerns about the heavy civil- Sacked intelligence chief blacklist of child rights violators after the removal of the coalition from the of humanitarian aid, according to would remain intact. But just a few ian toll from the campaign. Zuhair Al Gharabawi had been in Riyadh angrily protested the decision. list was “final and unconditional.” the UN. hours later, the spokesman issued a “As this list gives way to political the job for several years. Saudi Arabia had demanded The ambassador had earlier said The report was released on statement announcing that the coa- manipulation, it loses its credibility Abadi also ordered the director that a UN report be “corrected” after he was “deeply disappointed” by the Thursday as the United Nations lition would be removed from the list and taints the secretary-general’s leg- of the state-run Iraqi Media Net- it concluded that the coalition was report, describing the number of child sought progress in talks held in pending the review. acy on human rights,” HRW’s deputy work, Mohammed Shabbut, to be responsible for 60 percent of the 785 deaths blamed on the coalition as Kuwait to try to end the war. Moual- In Riyadh, the coalition said yes- director Philippe Bolopion said. sent into retirement. children killed in Yemen last year. “wildly exaggerated.” limi had warned that adding the terday that it handed over 52 children “It is unprecedented for the UN to Abadi succeeded Nuri al- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- Mouallimi met with UN Deputy coalition to the UN blacklist would be to Yemeni authorities after they were bow to pressure to alter its own pub- Maliki in 2014 after the army moon agreed to a Saudi proposal to Secretary-General Jan Eliasson at UN “counterproductive for the purposes caught fighting with the rebels along lished report on children in armed and security forces failed to review the facts and cases cited in the headquarters to discuss the listing. of the peace negotiations on Yemen.” the borders with the kingdom. conflict,” the head of Amnesty’s halt an advance of Islamic State report jointly with the coalition, his The coalition launched an air The ambassador acknowledged The children were captured while UN office Richard Bennett said in a militants across northern and spokesman Stephan Dujarric said. campaign in support of Yemen’s that “there were some collateral planting landmines, the coalition statement. western Iraq.

Ex-Egypt auditor First suspect arrested put on trial for exposing graft in Jordan attack

CAIRO: Egypt’s former top auditor who exposed massive corruption Agencies will use to thwart all plans that aim in the country has gone on trial to disrupt stability and cohesion,” on charges that include spreading the king said, adding that the coun- “false news.” try would not be weakened by “the Hisham Genena, himself a AMMAN: The first suspect to be terrorist acts of traitors”. former judge, has appeared before arrested in connection with a Mon- Earlier, the authorities imposed a the Cairo Criminal Court but day attack on an office affiliated media blackout on information about reporters were barred from the with the Jordanian intelligence Monday’s attack that killed the five hearings. Charges against him also apparatus was picked up yesterday, security officers, the official Petra include “disturbing” the country’s according to a Jordanian government news agency reported. security. During yesterday’s brief official. It said the sweeping ban covered session, Genena’s lawyers asked In a statement, government not only traditional media such as for an adjournment in order to have spokesman Mohammad Mom- newspapers and broadcasters, but more time to study the case. ani said intelligence officers had also Internet sites and social media Last December, Genena went arrested one individual suspected networks. public, saying that corruption is of involvement in Monday’s “terror- The blackout came just hours costing the country billions of ist” attack in Amman. after the government spokesman dollars. Egyptian President Abdel- Momani’s statement, however, said a suspect had been arrested Municipal workers clean the damages caused to a hotel and the road by a bomb in the Vezneciler district Fattah Al Sissi later dismissed him, did not provide any information following the shooting at the Pales- capping a series of measures critics of Istanbul, yesterday. regarding the identity of the suspect. tinian refugee camp of Baqaa, north say were aimed at sacking the chief On Monday evening, five peo- of Amman. auditor after speaking up against ple were killed in an attack on an The five officers had been start- corruption. Genena was detained office affiliated with the Jordanian ing their shift when a gunman struck for a day earlier in June but released 11 dead in attack on police in Istanbul intelligence apparatus in the Baqaa at their office in the largest of the after his family paid bail. Camp for Palestinian refugees in kingdom’s 10 official Palestinian ref- northern Amman. Three intelligence ugee camps. AFP police headquarters in Istanbul for targeted Turkey’s security forces, but officers and two clerical employees “Investigations are under way Egypt condemns 25 interrogation, state-run Anatolia Islamic State (IS) militants have also were killed in the attack, which was but early indications are that this agency said, without providing fur- staged attacks around the country, swiftly condemned by Saudi Ara- was an isolated and individual act,” to death over clashes ther information. including in Istanbul, in the past year. bia, Qatar, Egypt, Yemen, the Arab government spokesman Mohammed ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained There was no early claim of Reports said the explosion took League and the Organization of Momani said, announcing the arrest CAIRO: An Egyptian court sen- four people in a hunt for the perpe- responsibility, but President Recep place close to Vezneciler metro sta- Islamic Cooperation (OIC). but without identifying the suspect, tenced 25 men to death yesterday trators of a car bombing in central Tayyip Erdogan suggested the out- tion, within walking distance of Meanwhile, Jordan’s King a Jordanian in his 20s. for taking part in tribal clashes two Istanbul yesterday that killed seven lawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party some of the city’s main tourist sites Abdullah II vowed yesterday to Presenting his condolences to years ago that left 28 dead, court policemen and four civilians, state (PKK) was behind the attack. including the Grand Bazaar and act decisively against anyone who intelligence chief Faisal al-Shubaki, officials said. media said. The third deadly attack For the PKK to target major cit- Suleymaniye Mosque. threatens the kingdom’s security, a the king welcomed the swift arrest of Of 164 people on trial, 21 in Turkey’s biggest city in six months ies such as Istanbul “is nothing new,” The blast reduced the police day after a lone gunman shot dead a suspect. There has been no claim of received life sentences, equivalent targeted a bus transporting anti- he said after visiting the injured at an vehicle to mangled wreckage and five intelligence officers. responsibility for the shooting, which to 25 years, over the deadly clashes riot police in Beyazit district, close Istanbul hospital. “We will fight against windows in nearby shops were “Jordan will act with all firmness came on the first day of the Muslim in the southern province of Aswan. to many of the city’s top tourist sites, terrorists relentlessly to the end.” shattered. Reports said that shots and force against anyone seeking to holy fasting month of Ramadan. Tribal vendettas are common Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said In a statement from his office were heard afterwards. The attack undermine its security,” he said on Jordan is a leading member of in Egypt’s poor, rural south, but the on Turkish television. later, Erdogan also vowed the cul- occurred outside the upscale Celal a visit to the headquarters of the the US-led coalition fighting the clashes over two days in early April Thirty-six people were wounded, prits would “pay the price for the Aga Konagi Hotel, a converted Otto- intelligence services, according to Islamic State group in neighbour- 2014 were the deadliest in several three of them seriously, he added. blood they shed.” man mansion that is favoured by a statement from the royal palace. ing Iraq and Syria, and has been the years, according to police. The four suspects were taken to Kurdish militants have repeatedly foreign tourists. “National unity is the weapon we target of jihadist attacks in the past. Ramadan Thoughts

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What the Prophet said

The virtues of Ramadan “Whoever observes fasts dur- ing the month of Ramadan out t is related by Abu Hurairah As for the Apostates, the negli- of sincere faith, and hoping to (May Allah be pleased with him) gent and the heedless who care little attain Allah’s rewards, then all that the Apostle of God Prophet for Divine injunctions and produce no his past sins will be forgiven.” Muhammad (Peace be upon him) change in their daily lives at the advent said: “When the month of Ram- of Ramadan, these tidings do not apply Iadhan comes, the Gates of Heaven to them,. When they have opted out, of In Paradise there is a gate are thrown open and the Gates of Hell their own accord, for the path of error called Al Rayyan, it will be said are shut, and the and omission and taken willingly to devils are put follow Satan and doing his bidding on the Day of Resurrection: behind bars” In there is nothing for them except dis- “Where are those who used to another report, appointment with God as well. the “Gates of It is related by Abu Hurairah that fast? Would you like to enter In this blessed Mercy” are men- the Apostle of Allah (PBUH) said: through Al Rayyan?” whoever tioned in place “When the first night of the month of enters through it will never month the of the “Gates of Ramadan (comes), the devil’s and defi- thirst again. Then when they recompense on Heaven”. ant Jinn are bound in chains and all the (Bukhari and Gates of Hell are closed and none of have entered it will be closed even smaller Muslim) them remains open and all the Gates of behind them, and no one but acts of moral Commenting Heaven are thrown open and none of of this Tradition, them remains closed and the heavenly they will enter through it. goodness is Shah Waliul- herald announces, “O seeker of good- made much lah remarks that ness and virtue! come forward; and O “Allah said: The Fast is for Me as the devout lover of wickedness and evil-doing! greater by God bondsmen apply Halt, and do not come forward” and a and I will give the reward for it, than on other themselves to large number of (sinning) bondsmen as he (the one who observes the days worship and are released from Hell at the command fast) leaves his sexual desire, good-doings of God (i.e., decision of forgiveness and during the month deliverance is taken for them), and all food and drink for My sake. of Ramadan and this takes place on every night of Ram- spend their days Owing to the generation of the such people and the devils are not left adan.” (Tirmizi and Ibnu Maja) “The five daily Salat (prayers), in God- remem- atmosphere worship and virtue in the free to tempt and mislead them. Abdullah bin Abbas narrates that brance and Islamic circles, people who are not It would be clear that all the three the Apostle of God (PBUH) was superior and from one Jumu’ah prayer recitation of the Quran while Fast- wholly disregardful of transcenden- things – the throwing open of the gates to all men in generosity and the doing to the next Jumu’ah prayer, and ing, and a major part of their nights in tal truths develop a fondness for things of Heaven, the shutting up of the gates of good to the people in general, but from Ramadan to Ramadan are Taraweeh and Tahajjud, supplication that are pleasing to God and an aver- of Hell and the binding of the devils in the month of Ramadan his benev- and repentance, under the influence of sion for acts that are repugnant to Him. in chains – are in respect only of the olence knew no bounds. In Ramadan, expiations for the sins commit- their high spirituality and devotional Moreover, in this blessed month the bondsmen who feel disposed towards Gabriel came to him every night and ted in between their intervals; exertions the hearts of the common recompense on even smaller acts of good-doing in the month of Ramadhan, the Prophet (PBUH) recited the Quran provided the major sins are not Muslims, too become more inclined moral goodness is made much greater and out of the keenness to partake of its to him. During Ramadan the Prophet towards prayer and piety and they, on by God than on other days. In conse- blessings engage themselves enthusi- (PBUH) appeared to be faster than the committed”. the whole succeed in abstaining from quence of all this, the gates of Paradise astically in worship and other religious wind in generosity and benevolence. good many sins. are opened and of Hell are closed for duties. (Bukhari and Muslim) 08 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Japan to hold naval exercises Beijing refuses to move on sea row with US & India

Reuters with no movement on the issue. involved and called on Washington The sour ending to the annual The US will continue its “funda- China insists that During a two-day confab in the to “honour its promise of not taking a Strategic and Economic Dialogue mental support for negotiations and a Chinese capital, US Secretary of State position in territorial disputes”. came despite efforts by both sides to peaceful resolution based on the rule TOKYO: A fleet of US, Japanese their position on the John Kerry urged China to settle its The South China Sea has “been smooth out differences that divide the of law”, Kerry said. and Indian warships will hold a case is ‘in line with territorial rows peacefully and based China’s territory since ancient world’s top two economies. Manila accuses China of taking large-scale joint naval exercise on the “rule of law”. times” and China “has every right to Speaking to reporters, the two effective control of the Scarborough over eight days from Friday in the international law. But Beijing’s top diplomat Yang uphold its territorial sovereignty and sides seemed to talk past each other Shoal in 2012 and has brought a case Western Pacific, close to a Japa- Jiechi said the US should butt out of lawful and legitimate maritime enti- on the thorny question of how to set- against Beijing to the Permanent nese island chain, part of which disputes a long way from its shores, tlements”, Yang said. tle a conflict in the region kicked off Court of Arbitration at The Hague. China claims. AFP including an international arbitration China claims nearly all of the by the Chinese construction. China has shunned the proceed- As China pushes its territorial case brought by the Philippines. strategically vital sea despite compet- Both called for peaceful set- ings and says it will not recognise any claims in the neighbouring South China’s stance on the case is “in ing claims by several Southeast Asian tlement of the issue and pledged ruling. China Sea, Tokyo and Washington BEIJING: Beijing will not budge on line with international law”, Yang neighbours, and has rapidly built arti- to support freedom of navigation The meeting was also clouded by worry it will look to extend its influ- its claims of ownership over a vast said, insisting that Beijing’s position ficial islands suitable for military use. through the region’s air and waters, US concerns about an unfavourable ence into the Western Pacific, with tranche of the South China Sea, a top “has not and will not change”. Washington has responded by but their remarks suggested very business climate, steel overcapacity, a growing fleet of submarines and official insisted yesterday, as a key The case, he said, should be set- sending warships close to Chinese- different visions for achieving those and a constricted environment for for- surface vessels to ply distant oceans. annual meeting with the US ended tled directly between the parties claimed reefs, angering Beijing. goals. eign non-governmental organisations. The drill, dubbed Malabar, is an annual event between the US and India, and Japan is joining it this year for the first time since 2007, Japan’s Ministry of Defence said. Aquarium show Duterte advised against Among the Japanese warships, which will practice submarine hunting and anti-aircraft defence, will be the Hyuga, one of the coun- bilateral talks with China try’s three new helicopter carriers. Last year, the drill was held in the Bay of Bengal near India. Reuters “We must await the decision Japan’s southwestern island from (the tribunal) before we start chain, which hosts the biggest con- talking to China because otherwise, centration of US military personnel MANILA: A former Philippine for- the judges are going to think twice in Asia, blocks China’s east coast eign minister and a US security about what it is that we’re doing,” access to the Western Pacific. expert said yesterday that Philip- former foreign minister Albert del Japan’s military is reinforcing pine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte Rosario, who filed the complaint in the islands with radar stations and should not hold unconditional bilat- The Hague in 2013 said. anti-ship missile batteries. eral talks with China to try to resolve Ernest Bower, head of the South- Lying around 220km west of their South China Sea dispute. east Asia programme at the US Taiwan are a group of uninhab- China claims most of the waters, Center for Strategic and Interna- ited isles, known as the Senkaku through which $5 trillion in ship- tional Studies, also cautioned the in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, borne trade passes every year. government against bilateral talks which are controlled by Tokyo and The Philippines has brought a without condition. claimed by Beijing. case at an international tribunal “If the Philippines finds a way The US administered the in The Hague contesting China’s forward with China that includes islands as part of the US Civil claims, a case rejected by China China’s commitment to forego the Administration of the Ryukyu which wants to try solve the issue nine-dash line claim and commit to Islands from 1945 until 1972, when A freediver holds a sign that reads ‘World Ocean Day’ at Resort World Sentosa’s S.E.A Aquarium in bilaterally. a legally binding code of conduct in the islands returned to Japanese Singapore, yesterday. As part of global celebration for World Ocean’s Day, S.E.A Aquarium will launch Duterte has said he will not go the South China Sea, then go ahead,” control under the Okinawa Rever- a 10-day conservation themed activities from June 17 to 26 in raising awareness on protecting oceans. to war against China and may hold he told soldiers and diplomats at the sion Agreement between the US bilateral talks. main army base in Manila. and Japan. Thailand’s 88-year-old king Seoul courts isolate North’s undergoes heart operation Malaysian teen old allies in push for change jailed for Anatolia From Worries’ palace in Hua Hin, 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of insulting royals Bangkok. He was diagnosed with Reuters South Korea said last week that that violated their human rights. an intestinal inflammation in 2011 Ugandan President Yoweri Musev- An official at the Polish embassy Kuala Lumpur: A Malay- BANGKOK: Thailand’s 88-year-old before suffering subdural bleeding eni has pledged to halt security and in Seoul said Poland had not issued sian was sentenced to King Bhumibol Adulyadej has suc- in the front of his brain the follow- SEOUL: South Korea’s foreign minis- military cooperation with North any work visas for North Korean a year in prison yester- cessfully undergone an operation ing year. ter will visit Moscow next week after Korea, following a summit in Kam- citizens this year, in reaction to the day after he admitted 14 to expand the arteries in his heart, Each health alert is cause for touring Cuba, Uganda and Iran as pala with South Korean President North’s nuclear test and rocket launch charges of insulting one of the royal household bureau revealed anxiety among Thai people, the part of a push to enlist North Korea’s Park Geun-hye. at the beginning of the year. the country’s royal fami- yesterday. majority of whom were born under old allies to press for change in the Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se North and South Korea are tech- lies, local media reported. Royal doctors had earlier his reign, which started in 1946 fol- isolated state, Seoul said yesterday. visited Cuba, a first for the country’s nically still at war because their Muhammad Amirul detected irregularities with the car- lowing the mysterious death of his North Korea has come under top diplomat, and held talks with his 1950-53 conflict ended in an armi- Azwan Mohd Shakri, a dio vascular system of the world’s brother, King Ananda, who was growing diplomatic pressure since counterpart, Bruno Rodriguez, at the stice, not a peace treaty. 19-year-old labourer, had longest reigning monarch and found dead with a bullet wound to its January nuclear test and a space weekend. South Korean media said North Korea has 53 embassies posted derogatory com- determined that he was suffering his head in his bedroom. rocket launch in February, which led Yun conveyed Seoul’s hope for estab- and overseas missions, according ments about the royal from reduced blood flow. Yester- In January, the king made a trip to a new UN Security Council reso- lishing diplomatic ties with Havana. to South Korean government data, family in the southern day’s statement said that doctors of several hours to his Bangkok lution in March tightening sanctions In May, Park made the first visit some of which have been notorious state of Johor between inserted a stent to expand the heart palace, his first outing in months. against Pyongyang. to Iran by a South Korean leader in for engaging in business, including March and April on Face- arteries and that the procedure was Adulyadej represents a unifying “The minister’s visit to Russia the hope of broadening political and illicit activities. book, the New Straits satisfactory. figure among the country’s tenu- following Iran, Uganda and Cuba is commercial ties after Iran emerged Much of North Korea’s support Times said. Adulyadej has repeatedly been ous, military-controlled politics, part of diplomatic efforts to enlist the from years of economic sanctions in at the United Nations is from fellow He was charged under placed under medical care since and many Thais worry about the international community to the effort January. members of the Cold War-era Non- the country’s multimedia being hospitalized for flu and pneu- likely succession. Crown Prince to bring about change in North Korea Cho also said Poland had stopped Aligned Movement. It has enjoyed laws. It was not immedi- monia in 2009. The king has spent Vajiralongkorn -- 63, who divorced on all fronts,” South Korean Foreign issuing visas for North Korean work- consistent backing in UN General ately clear what forms the some time outside of the medical his third wife in 2014 -- is much less Ministry spokesman Cho June-hyuck ers amid concern that Pyongyang Assembly votes on human rights from insults took. ward by traveling to his seaside ‘Far popular than his father. said. may be subjecting them to conditions a core group. Malaysia has a unique system in which Islamic sultans serve as the cer- emonial royal rulers of 13 states. Hong Kong culls birds over flu scare Hundreds left homeless Australian storm death Reuters in Sri Lanka depot blast toll rises to 4 HONG KONG: Hong Kong authori- AFP and assess the damage,” Bandara Sydney: The death toll ties culled 4,500 birds at a wholesale told reporters. from a powerful storm market yesterday, two days after a “Our figures show 18,620 people which lashed Australia’s suspension in trade of live poultry COLOMBO: Hundreds of Sri were living within this area and they east coast and left homes following a positive test for the H7N9 Lankans have been left homeless are (currently) now homeless,” Bandara hanging over the edge of virus. after explosions at an ammunition said, adding they will be allowed to the sea rose to four yes- Staff in full-body protective gear depot on the edge of Colombo flat- return to their villages in coming days terday, with three people killed chickens, pigeons and other tened houses and killed a soldier, an to check their homes after the military still missing. birds at a temporary wholesale poul- official said yesterday. declares the area safe. Torrential rains try market by stuffing them into a bin Thousands of residents are yet Residents were in the meantime caused flooding across filled with carbon dioxide. to return to their homes after a huge sheltering at schools and temples in New South Wales over Chicken vendor Chan Shun- fire on Sunday night at the military the area, with disaster officials pro- the weekend, with three kuen said it was too early to estimate store triggered the blasts and forced viding food. people dying after their losses as the government had yet to them to flee. The military is not allowing jour- vehicles were swept away announce when trade will resume, The area’s top official, D.S. nalists inside the sprawling Salawa in rising waters. but she supported the move. Bandara, said surveys of the affected army complex, but aerial photos In Sydney, high winds “Safety comes first,” Chan said. zone estimate 300 homes have been show buildings destroyed and only and huge seas caused “Now we are starting from scratch Workers cull chickens at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale destroyed and another 600 dam- a water tower intact. coastal erosion which and making sure everything is clean Poultry Market in Hong Kong, yesterday. aged after shrapnel and unexploded At least one soldier burnt to washed away beach- and hygienic. I support the govern- bombs fell on villages. death while about 50 people were front lawns and damaged ment’s decision.” “This is the initial estimate we treated for minor injuries in the homes. The first known human case mainland China in March 2013, the The virus spread to Hong Kong nine have, but the numbers could rise as explosions and fire that was only of the H7N9 strain was reported in World Health Organisation says. months later and killed three people. people go back to their properties extinguished on Monday. ASIA / AFRICA WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 09

Angolan rebel More resources sought in leader dies in exile in France probe of S Africa leader Reuters LUANDA: The leader of a rebel movement seeking independence sition parties and other critics allege Zuma, saying they were pawns in a for Angola’s main oil region has The watchdog desires is corrupt. political plot against the president. died in exile in France, the group Speaking to journalists, Madonsela Madonsela has received public said in a statement yesterday. to investigate the said she was looking at “specifically support in South Africa for taking The Front for the Liberation of relationship of the whether or not the government of Zuma to task over the 240 million the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) said South Africa and specifically the pres- rand ($16 million) of state money Nzita Henriques Tiago, 88, would President with ident unlawfully allowed the Gupta spent upgrading his private home. be buried in France on Friday as he wealthy Gupta family. family to choose ministers and other She was vindicated in March only wanted his body taken back occupants of high office.” when the Constitutional Court, the to Cabinda if it was an independ- The unfolding scandal around the highest court in the land, said Zuma ent state. Guptas took a dramatic turn in March had breached the constitution by South African Public Protector Thuli Madonsela waves as she arrives for It did not say exactly when Reuters after deputy finance minister Mce- ignoring her recommendation that a briefing at Reuters offices in Sandton outside Johannesburg, South Tiago, who was president and co- bisi Jonas said in December he was he repay some of funds spent on non- Africa, yesterday. founder of FLEC, died. offered his boss’s job by the family, security upgrades. FLEC fought a low-level insur- JOHANNESBURG: South African an admission that has led to calls for Madonsela was appointed Pub- At the announcement of her Madonsela likens her role gency for four decades in the thin Public Protector Thuli Madonsela Zuma to resign. lic Protector by President Jacob Zuma appointment, Zuma said Madonsela as Public Protector to the Venda enclave sandwiched between said yesterday she wanted additional Zuma denied Jonas’ claims, saying for a non-renewable seven-year term “will need to ensure that this office chief’s paternal aunt known as the Democratic Republic of Congo resources to investigate the wealthy only the president appointed min- commencing on October 19, 2009, continues to be accessible to ordi- makhadzi, a non-political figure who and the Republic of Congo which Gupta family and its relationship with isters as per the constitution. The with unanimous support from the nary citizens and undertakes its work “gives the people a voice while giving accounts for around half of Ango- President Jacob Zuma, which oppo- Guptas has also denied influencing multi-party National Assembly. without fear or favour”. the traditional leader a conscience”. la’s oil output. Residents of Xinjiang must Sri Lanka recognises ‘65,000 missing’ are dead submit DNA for passports AFP their disappearance,” the foreign security forces and pro-government make claims in place of a death cer- ministry said in a statement. vigilante groups on Marxist rebels tificate under the new law, which is AFP public security bureau. Under the current law, fam- between 1987 and 1990. likely to pass through parliament in Many members of the mostly COLOMBO: Sri Lanka yesterday ilies cannot access the property, At that time Sri Lanka was a few months. Muslim Uighur community in Xin- announced a landmark law to rec- bank accounts or inheritances left notorious for burning dozens of uni- The government last month BEIJING: Residents of a border dis- jiang complain of discrimination ognise as dead an estimated 65,000 by missing relatives unless they can dentified corpses on piles of tyres by announced it was setting up an trict in China’s mostly Muslim region -- including denials of passport people still missing seven years after conclusively prove they are dead -- the roadside -- so-called “tyre-pyre” office to try to trace the war miss- of Xinjiang must now provide DNA applications -- as well as controls the end of a bitter civil war, allowing an often impossible task. burnings designed to drive fear into ing in a move to bring closure for samples when applying for pass- on their culture and religion. relatives to claim inheritances. Huge numbers of minority Tamils the rebels. families. ports, according to official local The new policy -- which came Ministers approved a draft bill to went missing during almost four dec- “Sri Lanka has one of the larg- The Office of Missing Persons media. into effect just before the holy month issue “certificates of absence” to the ades of war after being arrested by est caseloads of missing persons in has been tasked with recommend- As of June 1, residents of the Yili of Ramadan starting Monday -- con- families of those who went missing security services, while thousands the world,” the foreign ministry state- ing compensation and clearing the Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture cerns applications for and renewals during a 37-year war with Tamil sep- more died in military bombardments. ment said. way for next of kin to take legal action in China’s far northwest must give of passports, entry permits to Tai- aratists and a Marxist uprising. Several mass graves containing “In fact, since 1994 alone the gov- against anyone responsible for the police DNA samples, fingerprints, wan, and two-way permits to Hong “This measure will help tens of skeletal remains have been found ernment commissions have received disappearance of loved ones. voiceprints and a “three-dimen- Kong and Macau, the paper said. thousands of Sri Lankans whose in the past two decades, but only a over 65,000 complaints of missing Troops crushed separatist Tamil sional image” in order to apply for Those who fail to fulfil require- family members and loved ones handful have ever been identified. persons.” Tiger rebels in a no-holds-barred certain travel documents, the offi- ments will be refused documents, are missing and who are unable to Thousands of people also went Official sources said a “certif- offensive in 2009, killing up to cial Yili Daily said, citing the local it added. address practical issues relating to missing during a crackdown by icate of absence” could be used to 40,000 Tamil civilians.

Myanmar-Singapore ties

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (left) and Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw, review a guard of honour during a welcome ceremony in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, yesterday. Malawi police failed to protect Albino community: Amnesty

Reuters the mercy of criminal gangs who hunt Patricia Kaliati dismissed the claims them down for their body parts. by Amnesty. The report says at least 18 peo- “We are doing everything within LILONGWE: Amnesty International ple with albinism have been killed in the law to stop this carnage,” Kali- accused Malawian police yester- Malawi since November of 2014 while ati said. day of failing to protect people with at least five others are known to have Malawi Police spokesman Albinism who are targeted for their been abducted and remain missing. Nikolasi Gondwa said gangs in neigh- body parts which are used in magi- Four were murdered in April bouring Tanzania and Mozambique cal potions and other ritual practices. 2016, including a baby. were fuelling the trade. Police said they were doing all “Their bones are believed to be Albinism is a congenital disorder in their power to end the surge in sold to practitioners of traditional characterised by the complete or par- the killing of Albinos in the south- medicine in Malawi and Mozam- tial absence of pigment in the skin, ern African country.Albinos have also bique for use in charms and magical hair and eyes due to absence or defect been targeted in Malawi’s neighbour potions in the belief that they bring of tyrosinase, a copper-containing Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa. wealth and good luck,” Amnesty said. enzyme involved in the production Deprose Muchena, Amnesty “The macabre trade is also of melanin. International’s Director for South- fuelled by a belief that bones of peo- Albinism is affecting about 1 in ern Africa, said in a statement that ple with Albinism contain gold.” 20,000 people worldwide. Malawian authorities had failed to Malawi government spokes- It is more common in sub-Saha- protect the Albinos, leaving them at person and Minister of Information ran Africa. 10 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Worthy president Muhammad Ali sparked an

erman President Joachim Gauck’s decision not to Africanist revivalist movement stand for a second term sets a normative benchmark for politicians in the country and abroad. Politics Ghas its rewards and challenges. The urge to exercise he clinched three world boxing gone and forgotten but the man who power and the lure of ambition dictates what championships. His Muslim remained steadfast to his principle politicians do. It is not only hard but nigh impossible to find a Government authorities also felt identify never is admired the world over. “Today figure in position of power relinquish it so easily. By deciding not his stings as a civil rights activist. the world stopped when the news to take office once again after his first term ends, Gauck has lived In 1967 Ali refused to be drafted to overshadowed of Ali’s death was announced” he the United States (US) Army Draft. his contributions ended. up to the expectations and dignity of the high office. He was placed under arrest for this Finally Ali’s reversion to Islam Despite holding a largely ceremonial position, the German political posture and spent almost nor did it alienate and subsequently change of his president is constitutionally endowed to be a moral compass four years of his life trying to stay people of other name, also sparked a global Afri- of the nation. By showing that he is not eager to continue, the out of prison. During this time he faiths from drawing can revivalist movement. He argued also spent a substantial amount at the time that European names 76-year-old leader has set a new example in politics that puts his wisdom. It was values above ambition. of money fighting for his freedom were slave names given to Africans By Thembisa Fakude for which many people including by slave masters. Many black peo- There is no dearth of heads of state and government doing not surprising many black people harshly criti- ple in the US and across the world everything within their means and without it to stick to power. cized him. He was also stripped of therefore that his started insisting on the new African Even democratically elected presidents his world heavyweight title. Not- wish is to have a identities. British civil right activ- without much real power have been uch has been said about withstanding all the criticisms, his multi-faith funeral ist Linton Kwesi Johnson echoed Muhamad Ali follow- stance made him one of the most similar sentiments during an inter- When known to twist rules to be in office even proceeding. He was after the end of their constitutional term. ing his death on June 4. principled and respected civil view with the BBC on the life of Ali. desperate Russian President Vladimir Putin However most of what right activists in the US and indeed a great ambassador The fight between Ali and Ernie Mhave been said in the media felt the world. He became an instant Terrell on 06 February 1967 bet- leaders cling of his faith and he was the prime minister of the country in short of truly describing Ali’s con- international civil rights hero sub- ter described how he felt about his to power, the throes of a battle of oneupmanship tribution in altering the image and sequently inspiring an international will certainly be new identity. Terrell insisted before the German with the West since the collapse of the identity of black people around the black civil rights movement. He also remembered as the fight on calling Ali by his old Soviet Union. The ambition of the former world. The black image and iden- added a momentum to the Anti – one of the wittiest name. Ali tormented Terrell in the President’s KGB spy got the better of him when he tity have gone through interesting War movement and became a true ring for refusing to call him by his decision not had more powers transferred to the metamorphosis since the begin- national symbol, drawing a large sportsman of all new name, insisting to be called ning of the civil rights movement support from people of all walks of Ali as he was stinging a barrage presidency as part of a long-term plan times. to continue in the US. Furthermore the globali- life. The civil rights struggle at the of punches. What still remains into the to occupy the chair. He contested the zation of Hollywood and satellite time in the US took advantage of remarkable is how he amplified presidential election and has since kept sports channels amongst others Ali’s stance and publicity thereof. It commonplace, it was an acknowl- and managed to unite all people second term himself entrenched in the new position continues to alter the perception was a beginning of a global move- edgement of black beauty. of all faiths towards a cause. His is laudable. of power. and the treatment of black peo- ment which will later even inspire Ali maintained faith and prin- Muslim identify never overshad- Turkish President Recep Tayyip ple. Simply put, if you are black, the Black Consciousness Movement ciple amidst all odds to paraphrase owed his contributions nor did it Erdogan has been working towards look and sound the part you are in South Africa a country which Pastor Al Sharpton’s speech at one alienate people of other faiths from assumed African American until had similar political challenges at of the commemoration events cel- drawing his wisdom. It was not sur- letting the parliament devolve more powers to the presidency. proven otherwise. This perception the time. Ali’s promotional posters ebrating Ali’s life. During the time prising therefore that his wish is to Turkey’s parliamentary form of government is in a virtual provides black people with privi- depicting him as a handsome black when all was going well for him he have a multi-faith funeral proceed- transition to a presidential one as Erdogan tries to assert leges and accesses that they never man using an Afro comb were seen remained steadfast in his beliefs, not ing. He was a great ambassador of authority. had before and indeed invites a cer- around the world. Furthermore, his even the US Army and the boxing his faith and he will certainly be Relinquishing office is a far cry, the mere mention of the tain type of treatment and attitude. repeated statements about his good authorities at the time could dis- remembered as one of the witti- subject in many authoritarian regimes is considered political Much of this new emerging reality looks changed most media stereo- courage him. Pastor Al Sharpton est sportsman of all times. for black people must be attrib- types about black people. Popular continued by saying that all those blasphemy. Regimes such as Zimbabwe President Robert uted to the likes of Muhammad Ali. political slogans like “Black is Beau- who were involved in the suspen- The writer is a Researcher at Direc- Mugabe’s engage in torture and persecution of the opposition to How does anyone beginning to tiful” and images of black people sion and subsequent stripping of his torate Studies Centre, Aljazeera keep power. describe a well-accomplished man adorning Afro hairstyle became title after he refused the draft are Network. Many leaders in the Middle East were known to cling to power like Muhammad Ali in few words? for decades, before the Arab Spring revolutions made history by He was a not only a consummate throwing out Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, athlete, he was civil rights activ- and Tunisia’s Zine Abidine Ben Ali. The three leaders had trampled ist and a humanitarian. Perhaps best few words that could describe the opposition and jailed dissidents to keep ruling. are what he repeatedly said about Even by Europe’s standards of liberal democracies, Gauck himself “floating like a butterfly deserves praise for deciding to end his presidential career after and stinging like a bee”. Inside the the first term. History will certainly judge him in glowing terms. ring he confused all his opponents by bouncing from place to place before stinging them with some of the most memorable combination of punches in boxing history. His boyish looks, humor and boxing skills somehow managed to even Quote of the day camouflaged the violence associ- ated with boxing. It is now the EU’s turn to fulfil He became the face of box- its responsibilities. I believe it ing, inspiring young men and women alike throughout the world will act in line with the deal as to take on the sport. Ali used his Turkey has done so much for it. sharp tongue and wit to intimidate Cancellation of the deal is not his opponents before his boxing matches. He loved television and on our agenda. the limelight that it brought to him and his career. He was known for Numan Kurtulmus turning most of his pre fight media Turkish Deputy Prime Minister conferences into a comedy show prompting good reviews including promotion of his fights. Ali went to An Iranian woman walks past a pop-up memorial honouring the late American boxer Muhammad reach the pinnacle of his career Ali in the capital Tehran, yesterday.

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By Leonid Bershidsky Bloomberg

he recent rise in oil prices -- almost 80 percent from their mid-Janu- ary low -- is a sudden gift to the Russian economy and govern- Tment. Yet officials act as if the country is as squeezed financially as it was ear- lier this year: There’s no sign of expanded social spending, despite approaching par- liamentary elections and worrying poll results. The Kremlin has other plans for any extra money. In early April, the Economy Ministry issued a forecast for the year based on an average oil price of $40 per barrel. That seemed optimistic at the time, when the year-to-date average price hovered around $35. At the beginning of June, the average has almost reached $40, and it could rise because the current price is $50 and the rally shows no signs of letting up. Rus- sia added $20 billion to its international reserves between January and April. Infla- tion has been stable at 7.3 percent (on a year-on-year basis) for three consecutive months -- the slowest price growth since -- since last November, the parliament wouldn’t renege on its social obligations. have been growing. Illarionov has a better Stolypin Club’s called for quantitative eas- 2014, creating conditions for an interest has not had majority approval. The gov- Some economists, including Sergei explanation of why the Russian govern- ing. Yet neither called for cuts to military rate cut, perhaps even this week. ernment’s approval is at its lowest since Guriev, a Russian emigre who is taking ment has lacked the money to continue and security spending: These are Putin’s Things are clearly looking up on the before the annexation of Crimea. Even Pres- over as chief economist of the European buying the support of poor and govern- sacred cows, and the drafters of plans to macro-economy front. The government’s ident Vladimir Putin’s support is at a mere Bank for Reconstruction and Develop- ment-dependent Russians by increasing revive growth know that. recent $1.75 billion bond sale proved that 80 percent, the lowest since March 2014. ment in the fall, agree that the government social benefits when it was politically help- Putin is even willing to risk the ratings it can borrow overseas if needed, though Yet late last month, when retirees doesn’t have much money. Guriev says ful, as it did throughout the Putin years. of his closest political allies (his own can investors with Russian roots apparently in Crimea complained to Prime Minis- that the country’s Reserve Fund, which The funds have been spent on security stand losing a few points) to keep funding bought most of the issue. ter Dmitry Medvedev that their pensions is specifically intended for covering the and defence at unprecedented levels. From military adventures like the one in Syria. At the same time, Russia will hold par- were too low and asked when they might budget deficit, has shrunk by $31 billion January through April, Russia’s defence He appears to believe that the post-Crimea liamentary elections in September, and be indexed to inflation -- as the govern- this year. The remaining $45 billion would expenditure was 15 percent higher than explosion of patriotism and anti-West- polls show that only 42 percent of voters ment is supposed to do every year -- he be slightly more than enough to cover this for 2015. In constant prices, it increased 75 ern hysteria is still strong enough that he approve of the current legislators’ work gave a reply that has since turned into a year’s estimated shortfall. That, according percent compared with 2010, while Rus- doesn’t need not to change these priorities. meme on the social networks and forced to Guriev, makes a countercyclical policy sia’s economic output only grew 5.4 percent That probably isn’t too risky in the Putin to half-apologize: all but impossible. “The Russian govern- in the same period. Russia is spending 4.6 short run, polls show, but the growing “We just don’t have the money. If we ment cannot sharply increase spending,” percent of its GDP on defence this year -- militarization is sucking resources out of find money, we’ll do an indexation. You he wrote in a blog post. “Increasing the the highest in Putin’s entire tenure: private business, whose ability to borrow The government could easily restart hang on in there. All the best, don’t be sad, deficit by 2 percent of GDP would lead to “The promised 8-percent pension is impacted by Western attempts to iso- stay healthy.” the Reserve Fund’s being exhausted before indexing costs half a trillion rubles,” Illar- late Russia’s regime. Russian companies’ growth by reducing military spending This sounded openly mocking -- the end of 2016.” ionov wrote, “about as much as this year’s debt levels are already the lowest since to the levels that prevailed five years especially in Crimea, where the desire to Formally, Guriev is right: The budget actual growth in military spending.” 2010, and they are constantly squeezed ago and easing the tax burden. That, qualify for relatively high Russian pen- deficit is meant to be covered from the Putin recently showed an interest in for more taxes. sions was one of the main drivers of the Reserve Fund if other sources are not avail- plans to get Russia out of recession. Two The government could easily restart however, is not likely in the near high pro-Russia vote in the March 2014 ref- able. Yet Andrei Illarionov, a former Putin teams -- one led by former Finance Minister growth by reducing military spending to future: Fortress Russia puts weapons erendum that formalized the peninsula’s economic adviser and now a Cato Insti- Alexei Kudrin, the other from the Stolypin the levels that prevailed five years ago and secession from Ukraine. Putin sensed it: tute fellow who has criticized the Russian Club, backed by Russia’s medium-sized easing the tax burden. That, however, is not first and economic development He said a few days later that Medvedev’s president, points out that the entirety of business lobby -- recently presented pro- likely in the near future: Fortress Russia second. phrase must have been taken out of con- Russia’s financial reserves could be used posals. Kudrin’s centered on fiscal tightening puts weapons first and economic devel- text -- it wasn’t -- and that the government to offset the deficit, and that these reserves and improving the business climate. The opment second. The science of salt consumption is quite reassuring

which is roughly the amount in a Rutgers University professor of recommendations came out of an York Times saying that going below teaspoon and a half of salt. (Salt and medicine Brian Strom, who headed exclusive focus on blood pressure. But 3,000 milligrams is “dangerous”. sodium intake are proportional, since the panel, has told me in several pre- a surprise came when researchers Strom, who headed the Institute salt is the primary source of dietary vious interviews that the basis of the started to look instead at overall car- of Medicine panel, doesn’t buy this. sodium.) Heart Association’s recommendation diovascular health. A 2014 study that He has pointed out that in the study Salt is not a rising health scourge. is “not entirely rational.” tried to link salt consumption directly showing a higher death rate among US salt consumption has been holding What it is, in effect, is a zero-tol- to death from heart disease and those eating the least salt, it may steady for decades, and is about the erance policy. That’s because 1,500 stroke, for example, showed that the not have been the lack of salt that same as the global average. milligrams is the minimum amount lowest death rate occurred for people caused the deaths. Instead, people The paradox has a solution, which of sodium it’s possible to consume who consumed between 3,000 and in that group may be eating very-low- is that salt is safe within a range. It’s while eating enough food to sustain 6,000 milligrams a day. That would sodium diets because they have been reasonable to predict that lowering yourself. That is, if you eat nothing put the average American’s consump- diagnosed with health problems, or the average recommended intake with added salt, you’ll still get about tion pattern in a safe range. Nobody simply eating less food altogether By Faye Flam will pull many people at the high 1,500 milligrams from the sodium should change their behavior based because they are sick. He told me Bloomberg end into a healthier range. And so that occurs naturally in edible plants on a single study, but other studies that he consumes about 2,300 mil- lives may indeed be saved thanks to and animals. have also found the lowest death rate ligrams because he’s lucky enough to Salt is not a rising the US Food and Drug Administra- Zero tolerance of salt comes from in a similar middle range. have a spouse who cooks. tion’s new guidelines, released last a counterproductive level of caution. Given the dangers of high blood It’s perfectly reasonable that health scourge. US n the one hand you have Tho- week and aimed mainly at reducing It starts with a real scientific obser- pressure, it seems surprising that there’s some leeway in the healthy salt consumption mas Frieden, director of the sodium in packaged foods and res- vation that eating a lot of salt raises people didn’t start dying until they range - that evolution would have has been holding OUS Centers for Disease Con- taurant meals. blood pressure and poses a danger got up to the high intake of 6,000 made it possible for people to thrive trol declaring in the Journal of the What’s not yet established is to people with hypertension. Then it milligrams a day. Professor Michael without being perfect. There may also steady for decades, American Medical Association that whether everybody else needs to cut takes a leap of logic by assuming that Alderman of the Albert Einstein be substantial individual differences and is about the reducing salt consumption will save back, or how much. The FDA’s new if less sodium is good for those folks, College of Medicine has pointed out in that safe range. hundreds of thousands of lives, and recommended maximum is 2,300 then the less the better for everyone. that other factors, including genes, The good news is that FDA’s same as the global warning that 90 percent of Ameri- milligrams per day. The American But salt isn’t a dietary evil. The stress and obesity can contribute to guidelines are unlikely to cause any average. cans eat too much of it. Heart Association recommends an need for salt is embedded deep in a breakdown in the body’s ability harm to consumers. The proposal But then there are the epidemi- even lower amount, 1,500 milligrams, human biochemistry. Salt in the to maintain normal blood pressure. would encourage the food industry ologists whose research appears to though that position is becoming bloodstream separates into charged Salty food may exacerbate the prob- to tone down those heavily salted point in the other direction. They increasingly untenable. ions - the basis of cellular energy lem without having been the primary soups, chips, baked goods, salads track the connection between salt A few years ago, the Institute storage and the drivers of the com- cause. and the like. That change won’t put and deaths from heart attacks and of Medicine put together a panel plex circuitry of the nervous system. He also questions the assump- anyone in danger of salt deficiency. strokes, and their studies indicate to assess the available evidence. It With salt playing such an important tion that no possible harm can come Whether such changes will reduce the that while heavy salt eaters did die found none in favor of recommend- role, it makes sense that too little or from a very-low-salt diet. Some stud- pleasure of eating is a matter of taste. sooner, there is little evident dan- ing consumption of less than 2,300 too much will kill us. ies have hinted that such diets might Some people think salty processed ger from the average American’s milligrams a day. There were even The question is where that raise triglyceride - a risk factor for and fast food is delicious. I’d argue intake. That’s usually expressed as hints in the data that eating less might healthy range lies. The med- heart disease. Nutrition researcher that homemade food is delicious -- 3,400 milligrams of sodium per day, be harmful. ical community’s traditional David McCarron is quoted in the New unless someone adds too much salt.

All thoughts and views expressed in these columns are those of the writers, not of the newspaper. All correspondence regarding Views and Opinion pages should be mailed to the Editor-in-Chief. 12 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 PAKISTAN

Sweet spiral Upgrade of govt Government plans employees’ to regularise pay scales to cost $38.34m undeclared assets Internews

ISLAMABAD: The upgrade of the companies that featured in the Pan- federal government employees’ ama Papers were incorporated long pay scales in the budget will cost The package, to be before that period. “There is only Pakistan government $38.34m per announced in August, one offshore company which may annum to the exchequer. fall within the purview of the exist- Under the decision, the scale will be finalised and ing income tax law,” the official said. of lower division clerk (LDC) had implemented by the He said the government was been raised to BS-9 from BS-7, hoping to get membership of the upper division clerk (UDC) to BS-11 Federal Board of Organisation of Economic Coop- from BS-9, assistant to BS-16 from Revenue, Securities eration and Development to enable BS-14 and assistant in charge to tax officials to get information about BS-16 from BS-15. and Exchange investment of Pakistanis in foreign The government has also Commission of countries. The OECD has 34 mem- upgraded the posts of Khateebs ber countries, including the US and in Auqaf Directorate of Islama- Pakistan and State Britain. bad Capital Territory from BS-12 Bank of Pakistan. The tax official said an FBR del- to BS-15, Moazzin and Muddaris Bakers prepare Iftar food on the first day of fasting month of Ramadan, at a market in Islamabad, egation would leave for Germany on to BS-7 from BS-5 and Khadim to yesterday. June 23 to negotiate with the OECD BS-6 from BS-5. authorities. “We fulfil most of the The relief measures Internews conditions to become an OECD announced in the budget for the member.”He said the proposed pack- government employees envisage age included introduction of two a substantial raise for them. This laws for declaration of foreign assets is believed to be one of pre-elec- ISLAMABAD: The government of and control of foreign exchange. One Eid-related sales yet below tion decisions ahead of the next Pakistan is working on a package to law will provide legal cover to the polls. All these measures will cost regularise undeclared assets in off- people who have not declared their around Rs60bn. shore companies, tax officials said overseas income and assets. The ad hoc increases in sal- yesterday. He said opposition parties would Karachi traders’ expectations ary announced in 2013 and 2014 The package, to be announced be taken on board before finalising will be merged into the pay scales in August, will be finalised and the proposed scheme. and a 10pc ad hoc relief allowance implemented by the Federal Board At present, there is no law which Internews adding that most people were turn- shopping spree this year as only those on running basic pay has been of Revenue, Securities and Exchange binds a person to declare his / her ing up to buy necessary items related shoppers were coming who needed allowed to all federal government Commission of Pakistan (SECP) and foreign assets.The Tax Reforms Com- to Eid. He said another reason for the items most urgently. employees with effect from July 1. State Bank of Pakistan. mission has proposed 15 per cent tax improving sales is the start of new The president of Allah Wala Mar- A compensatory allowance of “We have been asked to come with no penalty to allow whitening KARACHI: Eid-related sales of gar- month (June) in which many people ket at MA Jinnah Road, Mohammad Rs300 per month will be paid to up with a plan to regularise offshore of undeclared foreign assets. ments, unstitched clothes and shoes have received their salaries. Asif, said that though sales were brisk personnel of the civil armed forces and undeclared holdings of potential Under the proposed law, assets of have somewhat recovered in the past Mir stressed that current sales in the last four days, they could not posted in border areas instead of taxpayers,” a tax official said. equivalent value in Pakistan would few days, but traders still believe were still lower than the last year’s be compared with the booming the earlier Rs50-210. The Tax Reforms Commission be forfeited if assets held outside the buying remains subdued as com- level, especially of readymade gar- sales witnessed last year ahead of Moreover, a Rs1000 per month had been developing the plan much country were not declared in addi- pared to last year. ments, unstitched clothes and shoes, the holy month. Meanwhile, buyers special conveyance allowance before the Panama Papers leaks hit tion to other severe penalties. “Sales have recovered by 10-15 despite impressive discounts being are thronging the markets to pile up for disabled employees has been the headlines. The statutory period The other law proposes an per cent in the last few days after offered by various brands. stocks of basin, white gram and black announced. The integrated allow- under the income tax law will only amendment to the Foreign Exchange remaining depressed by 80-90 per Asif Hassan, a boutique owner at gram (kala chana), ghee and cook- ance for Qasids, Naib Qasids and extend to five to six years back. Regulation Act (Fera) to get hold of cent last week of May,” All-Karachi the Gulf Shopping Centre in Clifton, ing oil, sugar, etc, pushing up sales of Daftries has been increased from Nearly all Pakistan-linked black money kept abroad. TajirIttehad Chairman Atiq Mir said, said there was no extraordinary these items than normal days. Rs300 to Rs450 per month.

SMS service Cooling off Sindh province passes 118 launched of 174 bills in three years for fresh

Internews passed and six were withdrawn, currency notes while one was granted/ introduced, three were under process to obtain Internews government consent, 12 were money KARACHI: The Sindh Provincial bills and 10 others were referred to Assembly passed 118 bills of the the committee concerned, he said. KARACHI: The State Bank of 174 bills that it received during the Responding to a question, Pakistan has announced to re- past three years, said Speaker Agha Durrani expressed his satisfaction launch its mobile SMS service to SirajDurrani while presenting three- over the role played by opposition provide fresh currency notes to year performance of the assembly benches. general public between 2nd of yesterday. He said leader of the opposition Ramazan and 28th of Ramazan. From May 29, 2013 to May 28, in the parliamentary democratic The notes will be available at 2016, the assembly received 174 bills set-up had an important role to 500 nominated commercial bank - 130 government bills and 44 private highlight the lapses and lopsided branches called “e-branches” in bills and passed 118 bills including 12 policies of government. 116 cities and at the 16 offices private bills, said Durrani sitting in He said sometimes despite of SBP BSC. Necessary stock of the assembly auditorium. his keen desire to take up the banknotes has been placed with Afghan youth cool off in a river during the second day of the Holy Month of Ramadan, in Herat, Seated with leader of the adjournment motion for discussion, the designated e-branches. The yesterday. opposition KhwajaIzharul Hasan, he could not help if the motion was charges for these services are Rs2 deputy speaker SyedaShehla Raza not tabled according to the rules. plus tax, per SMS. and others, Durrani said the purpose He said if the members had taken Under the service, a person of issuing the performance report care of the rules before bringing any will send SMS message to short about the three parliamentary motion in the house, it would not be code 8877 comprising his/her 13 years was to provide an opportunity easy to rule it out of order. digit CNIC/Smart Card number, ADB happy with 356 hydel stations in KP to lawmaker to make up for In reply to a question asked by along with the desired e-branch deficiencies and improve their reporters , leader of the opposition ID which is available on sbp.org.pk. working. KhwajaIzharul Hasan said that In return, the person will Internews mini-micro hydel stations in under- Development Organisation Chief Giving details of the 130 Speaker Agha SirajDurrani, being the receive an SMS containing his or developed areas where people are Executive Officer Akbar Ayub Khan government bills, the speaker said custodian of the house, performed her redemption code, e-branch deprived of electricity. to discuss the expansion of mini- that 106 of them were passed, though his duties in a transparent manner address and redemption code The bank has also started a micro hydel stations in the province. three passed bills were returned except some time when he came validity date. The redemption code PESHAWAR: The Asian Develop- plan to increase mini-micro hydel Ayub told the ADB delegation the with governor’s message, seven under pressure. will be valid for two working days. ment Bank (ADB) has expressed stations from 1,000 to 1,500 in incumbent government intended to were referred to the committees Sindh Assembly secretary G.M. Customer should then satisfaction over the efforts of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. build 356 mini-micro hydel stations concerned for consideration and Umar Farooq, special secretary approach the concerned e-branch provincial government of Pakistan’s This was stated by a delegation of in 12 districts of the province under report, six were withdrawn and eight MakhdoomShafi and additional along with his/her original CNIC/ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province led the bank, led by ADB official Adnan the energy action plan on a fast track were under consideration. secretary Syed Mohammad Abbas Smart Card, its photocopy and the by Imran Khan’s PTI to construct 356 Tareen. He met Pakhtunkhwa Energy basis. Of the 44 private bills, 12 were were also present. redemption code received from 8877 to obtain fresh notes. The quota of fresh notes, to be issued to each person, com- prises two packets of Rs10 and An unwanted competition triggers among Karachi’s beggars one packet of Rs20. A person may also avail one packet each of Rs50 and Rs100 as per availability of stock with the Internews “The people of Karachi are so gen- whatever I earn here I take it for my months’ salary.” According to social Habib. “Karachi is a place where no concerned e-branch. Each CNIC/ erous. They always come for the help family.” Except for one thing The activist Rana Asif Habib, there are 973 one can die of hunger, especially in Smart card number and mobile of the poor. influx of “seasonal” beggars during signals in Karachi where people beg Ramazan when everyone is willing phone number can only be used Since I have been here I have Ramazan. “They aren’t professional for a living. “In Ramazan, more than to give money and alms to the poor. I once. KARACHI: For Abu Bakr, the Holy never slept hungry,” said Abu Bakr, beggars!” claims Abu Bakr, whose Rs10 million are disbursed to beggars have no objection to the people who No transaction code will be Month of Ramadan is indeed the a professional beggar who seems own family lives in Jacobabad and as charity. here to beg but I will put up a fight issued to the sender in case he/ month of blessings. His earnings content with his line of work. “Cantt he visits them once a month. There are also many families who if they encroach on my spot. I want she sends the same CNIC/Smart increase tenfold during the Holy station is heaven for us. We leave in “They are mostly daily wage distribute monthly groceries to the to stand at the place where I earn card number from different mobile Month when people are more gener- the morning and come back at night labourers who beg during Ramazan poor and homeless, many of whom throughout the year,” he said. numbers or sends different CNIC/ ous than usual to the poor and also to to sleep. to boost their earnings. They leave include beggars, and for those who Habib’s research states that there Smart card numbers from same those who beg for a living. There are charpoys available their families in villages where they live on charity there can be nothing are about 100,000 professional beg- mobile number during the service. For the past 20 years, Abu Bakr for less than Rs40 a night. Once in already have work and cut our share better.” A septuagenarian Sadiq, who gars in Karachi while 400,000 arrive This will, however, result in addi- has been begging at the Cantt Station a month I go to Jacobabad for a day of profits. They beg for a month and begs outside a popular biryani res- just before Ramazan to benefit from tional cost to the sender. while his family lives in Jacobabad. or two either by bus or train, and earn more than they do as several taurant on Burnes Road, agrees with the charity of others. INDIA WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 13 Kejriwal writes to Rajnath; takes on Modi

IANS states. “You have sought to know the was taking so much interest in the seeking details from the Delhi gov- to contain the situation.” He asked number of IAS posts now held by other affairs of the New Delhi government. ernment about officers on deputation. Rajnath Singh to dedicate at least an Kejriwal also asked officers. As per my knowledge, there “The prime minister spends much Kejriwal also asked Rajnath Singh hour every day on issues related to Rajnath Singh to won’t be more than two or three such of his time abroad. But when he is in to detail the steps taken by the central law and order in Delhi -- till such time NEW DELHI: In a fresh salvo against officers. India, much of his time is consumed government to contain what he said Delhi Police was made accountable to detail the steps taken Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Delhi “I am confident that the central on matters related to the Delhi gov- was the deteriorating law and order the elected government. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yes- government would have also asked for ernment.” Kejriwal then sought situation in New Delhi. Earlier in the day, AAP leader by the central govt to terday urged Home Minister Rajnath this information from N Chandrababu information about the number of con- He said he was “worried” over ris- Sanjay Singh accused Lt. Governor contain what he said Singh to name consultants hired by Naidu, Vasundhara Raje, Devendra sultants hired by the Modi government ing incidents of crime in the capital. Najeeb Jung of “spying for the PMO” the Modi government since 2014. Fadnavis and Shivraj Singh Chouhan in the last two years.He asked Rajnath “Day-by-day, incidents of rape and alleged that the Bharatiya Janata was the deteriorating In a hard-hitting response after as well,” Kejriwal wrote in a letter. Singh to tell him how many officers are increasing. The law and order Party (BJP) wanted to destabilize the law and order the home ministry sought information The AAP leader said legal experts not from the IAS held posts meant for situation has been badly hit... There Delhi government. Kejriwal also about officials and consultants with had told him the central government IAS officers in Uttar Pradesh when he is jungle raj... As Chief Minister, I am reiterated the claims made by San- situation in New the Delhi government, the Aam Aadmi had no authority to seek this infor- (Rajnath Singh) was its chief minister. worried. “I request you to tell me what jay Singh. Delhi. Party (AAP) leader hoped similar facts mation from him. Kejriwal remarked Kejriwal’s letter came in response steps have been taken by the central “Shocking! LG snooping on CM were also being sought from other sarcastically that he was happy Modi to a home ministry letter of May government and the Lt. Governor (and) Ministers,” Kejriwal tweeted.

Uma Bharti threatens Rajasthani man Universal message hunger strike over who buried ailing wife in Ken-Betwa project delay toilet pit held

IANS dream, it is a reality. I don’t agree IANS that I am not in favour of tigers and vultures. I am a very environ- ment-friendly person. An ecological MUMBAI: A Rajasthani business- NEW DELHI: Union Water balance has to be maintained for the man who allegedly buried his Resources Minister Uma Bharti yes- sustenance of all. ailing wife in a toilet pit dug in his terday threatened to go on hunger “About 70 lakh people will get home in Majeragaon village, Rajas- strike if the Ken-Betwa river linking benefit from this dam. There are mandh district, has been nabbed project is further delayed and termed just 7,000 affected people. Even and will face the law, a police offi- the attempt to delay the project by the affected people are welcoming cial said here, yesterday. environmentalists as a “national this, then who are they (referring to “On a request from Rajas- crime.” the environmentalists) to stop this,” than Police, we have caught the “The environment clearance for Bharti added. accused who was hiding in the the project is delayed since Decem- Bharti was also firm on not Ashok Nagar locality in our juris- ber. I feel that delaying this project reducing the height of the dam, diction, and sent him to Rajasthan. is a national crime. which is now proposed to be 77 They will take the case further,” “If the project is delayed further metres. Samata Nagar Police Senior Police in the next expert committee meet- “I will save the tigers, the vul- Inspector Dilip Yadav told IANS. ing, I will go on hunger strike. It is a tures, the deer, and the affected Claiming to join the Swach- matter of 70 lakh people. We will not people, please give us environmen- cha Bharat initiative, the accused sit in front of the environment min- tal clearance. But, I will not consider Chandmal Jain, 45, had hired some Men put up a board as part of World Environment Day observation to raise global awareness to take ister as he is with us,” said Bharti. reducing the height of the dam. I will labourers to dig a toilet in his vil- “I don’t want to blame the envi- fight to take this project forward. lage home sometime in April. positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth in Hyderabad. ronment ministry for this. There is With this dam the drought-hit areas After the toilet pit was ready, no dispute between me and Prakash of Bundelkhand and Marathwada he carried his ailing bedridden Javdekar. The committee is an inde- will be benefitted,” she said. wife Sarita to the pit and buried pendent body under environment S. Masood Husain, director her alive in the dead of the night. ministry. There is no political per- general, National Water Develop- The following day, he dis- son in that body,” she added. ment Agency (NWDA) said: “There missed the labourers claiming he Rahul praises Congress-Left A green panel, Experts Appraisal are three clearances, environment, didn’t have sufficient money to go Committee, has said that the Rs wildlife and forest for any project. ahead with constructing the toilet 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa river inter- The clearance are given by three in his home. struggle against communalism linking project will impact “very different committees following envi- For weeks later, Jain man- significantly” the Panna Tiger ronmental procedures. aged to ward off any suspicion Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, sub- “The environment committee by spreading a mat on the ‘grave’ merging an area of 9,000 hectares has maintained from the beginning of his wife and sleeping peace- IANS opposition forces to put up a united together. Then only we can win the of the reserve. that first we should get clearance fully on it. A few weeks later, his fight in view of the continuing post- people’s confidence,” said Mannan. The linking of the two rivers -- from the wildlife committee. We relatives and neighbours started poll violence in the state. Refering to the Congress-Left’s Ken in Madhya Pradesh and Betwa have had four rounds of meetings enquiring about Sarita but he dis- “The way the BJP government at poor performance in the assembly in Uttar Pradesh -- is aimed at giving with them and we gave them com- missed their concerns claiming she NEW DELHI: Congress Vice-Pres- the centre is increasing prices and polls, Mannan said there was a delay relief to drought-hit areas of Bun- prehensive reply. They just told us to had run away from home to her ident Rahul Gandhi yesterday hiking diesel rates, besides collud- in forming the alliance. mHowever, delkhand. The project also envisages get the wildlife clearance, only after parents’ house. On June 1, he also appreciated the Left Front-Con- ing with the secessionist forces to he exuded hope that the movement a dam on the Ken river near Daud- that will they give the environment lodged a complaint with the local gress’ joint struggle in West Bengal dismember the country, the way the launched in the state by the Left-Con- han village in Chhattarpur district clearance,” he added. Kelwara Police and accused Sarita against communalism and price hike communal forces are rearing their gress against the Bharatiya Janata of Madhya Pradesh. Husain further said: “In princi- of having disappeared two weeks and said the two parties should work heads, to stop them the secular par- Party-led government at the centre The project, which was expected ple, wildlife clearance was given in ago with his savings of Rs.5,000. together to gain people’s confidence, ties have to fight unitedly. and the Trinamool Congress regime to take off in December last year, the last meeting on May 10. In the After detailed investigations, a senior Congress leader said. “He (Gandhi) agreed. He said in the state would earn them the peo- got delayed for want of wildlife next meeting, the issue with regard the Kelwara Police finally man- The leader of the opposition in (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi has ple’s trust. The Left-Congress alliance clearances. to height of the dam will be sorted, aged to zero in on the crime and the state assembly, Abdul Mannan, remained silent on the issues of com- finished with a tally of 77 seats in the The minister further said: “If only then we’ll get full clearance. dug up Sarita’s badly decom- who met Gandhi to “seek his advice munalism and price rise.“He (Gandhi) 294-member Bengal assembly, while one linking project starts then we The DPR of this project was ready posed body from the toilet pit of on running the legislative party”, appreciated our fight and said the the Trinamool retained power with a can show that river linking is not a in 2010.” his home. said there was a need for the secular Left and the Congress should fight whopping 211 seats.

Prohibitory orders Buyers’ scrum in MP district to Blast in Haryana bus; regulate water use two people injured IANS

BETUL: Prohibitory orders have IANS Akil said the explosive device was been imposed in this water scar- placed in a black bag. city-hit district of Madhya Pradesh “Preliminary examination has to regulate the use of water from revealed use of sulphur-like sub- public sources, an official said. CHANDIGARH: Two persons were stance, commonly used in crackers,” Prohibitory orders under Sec- injured in an explosion in a private Akil said. tion 144 of the Criminal Procedure bus in Haryana’s Fatehabad district This is the fourth incident of Code (CrPC) have been imposed yesterday, police said. explosion in Haryana this year. until June 25 to ensure that water In the incident, Bhagirath, 45, Two of the incidents happened is used sparingly, Sub-Divisional and his wife, Rajbala, 40, suffered in Panipat district on January 16 and Officer (Revenue) Sanjiv Pande told minor burn injuries. May 13 and one in Pipli in Kurukshe- reporters here on Monday. No con- “The two are out of danger and tra district on May 26. struction activity will be allowed are being treated in Civil Hospital, The Pipli blast took place in a till that day, he added. “If it rains by Fatehabad,” the Hisar range Inspec- moving Haryana Roadways bus, then, we will remove prohibitory tor General (IG) O.P. Singh said in his leaving eight people injured. IED orders,” he said. The provision is report to the state government. technology was used to trigger the usually invoked to prevent or quell Senior police officers along with blast which remained a low-inten- incidents of violence and unrest. a bomb disposal squad and crime sity one. Asked if it would not be a blow scene team reached the spot and Following the latest incident, to workers engaged in construc- were investigating the incident, O.P. Haryana Transport Minister Krishan tion, Pande said there is nothing Singh said. Lal Panwar said CCTV cameras will that can replace whatever little The bus was plying on the be installed in all Haryana Roadways water is available in the district Bhuna-Fatehabad Road while on buses and directions have also been and so it must be used for the most its way from Jakhal to Fatehabad. issued to private bus operators to pressing human needs. The water The incident took place about 20 install such cameras. supply in Betul town has been cut km from Fatehabad. The minister directed drivers to one-fourth of 13 lakh litre that Residents gather to buy fish at a harbour in Chennai, yesterday. Additional Director General of and conductors of state roadways it was in normal times. Police (Law and Order) Muhammad and private buses to remain alert. 14 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 INDIA

Iftar in Hyderabad President to visit India set to Namibia, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire join missile IANS NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee will visit the Republic of Namibia from June 15 to 17 at the invitation of its President Hage control group Gottfried Geingob, an announce- ment from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said here yesterday. he was looking forward to India’s The visit by an Indian Presi- “imminent entry” into the MTCR dent to Namibia will be the first A deadline for when the two leaders address the at the highest level in over two members of the press after their seventh bilateral decades, the ministry said in a meeting, sources aware of its agenda statement, adding that the visit, 34-nation group said. Admission to the MTCR would apart from consolidating bilat- to object to India’s open the way for India to buy high- eral interaction, will carry forward end missile technology, also making the momentum generated in India- admission had more realistic its aspiration to buy Africa ties post Third India-Africa expired on Monday state-of-the-art surveillance drones Forum Summit (IAFS-III). such as the U.S. Predator, made by The visit is part of a three- without any of them General Atomics. nation tour by the President, raising objections. India also makes a supersonic beginning with Ghana followed cruise missile, the Brahmos, in a joint by Cote d’Ivoire and Namibia. venture with Russia that both coun- The President will be accom- Devotees break their fast on the second day of the Holy Month of Ramadan at Makkah Masjid in tries hope to sell to third countries panied by a Minister of State, four Hyderabad, yesterday. Reuters - a development that would make Members of Parliament, sen- India a significant arms exporter for ior officials, business and media the first time. delegations. Membership of the MTCR would During the visit, discus- NEW DELHI: The members of the require India to comply with rules - sions will be held on bilateral, Missile Technology Control Regime, such as a maximum missile range regional and multilateral issues a key anti-proliferation group- of 300 km (186 miles) - that seek to of mutual interest. The President ing, have agreed to admit India, prevent arms races from developing. Kidney racket: Three donors held will also address a joint session of diplomats said, in a win for Prime Italy had earlier objected to Parliament of Namibia, an India- Minister Narendra Modi as he meets admitting India but, after an unre- Namibia Business Event, and President Barack Obama in Wash- lated bilateral dispute was resolved, IANS of Police Mandeep Singh Randhawa The three arrested touts are Namibian University of Science ington yesterday. did not object this time within a said. The police busted the kidney Aseem Sikdar, 37, Satya Prakash, 30, and Technology, the statement Diplomats with direct knowl- 10-day deadline after the group’s racket on June 2 with the arrest of and Devashish Moulik, 30. Investi- said. “India and Namibia enjoy edge of the matter said a deadline chair, the Netherlands, wrote to two Indraprastha Apollo hospital gators said that the members of long-standing, excellent and time- for members of the 34-nation group members suggesting India be wel- NEW DELHI: Police has arrested employees and three touts on the the gang persuaded economically tested ties that predate Namibia’s to object to India’s admission had comed. An Italian marine, held for three kidney donors, including two charge of persuading economically needy people from various parts of independence. The MEA also expired on Monday without any of four years at the country’s embassy women, in its ongoing probe into needy people to sell their kidneys. the country to donate their kidney announced that President will them raising objections. Under this in New Delhi over the killing of two organ trafficking at Indraprastha A case was then registered at Sar- in exchange for money. “They also pay an official visit to the Repub- so-called ‘silent procedure’, India’s Indian fishermen in an anti-piracy Apollo hospital here, said officials ita Vihar police station here. prepared forged papers including the lic of Cote d’Ivoire on June 14-15 at admission follows automatically, operation in 2012, was recently yesterday. The police had said that Shailesh identity proofs to establish the rela- the invitation of its President Alas- diplomats from four MTCR member allowed to return home. “We have arrested two women Saxena, 31, and Aditya Singh, 24, who tionship between the donors and sane Ouattara. MEA said President nations told Reuters on condition of No formal meeting is required kidney donors from Kanpur (Uttar work as personal secretaries to two the recipients.” The recipients were will be paying a state visit to the anonymity. for India to complete its entry into Pradesh) and one person from Siliguri Apollo hospital doctors, were held for charged large sums while the donors Republic of Ghana from June 12 to Obama was expected to say the missile control group. (West Bengal),” Deputy Commissioner organising kidney trade. were fobbed off with paltry amounts. 14 at the invitation of its President.

SIT begins Caught amid vermicelli Six Congress MLAs in probe in Bihar exam scam Tripura join Trinamool

IANS IANS The Congress is left with only three legislators in the 60-member PATNA: A Special Investigation assembly, its lowest in the Left- Team (SIT) yesterday formally ruled state since Tripura became a begun its probe into a scam involv- AGARTALA: Six Congress legislators full-fledged state in 1972 -- except ing the toppers in the 12th Board yesterday joined the Trinamool Con- once in 1978. In 1978, when the Left examination in Bihar. A case has gress in Tripura, pushing the until Front led by the Communist Party of been registered against these stu- now main opposition party in the India-Marxist (CPI-M) first came to dents, police said. state assembly to the third spot. power in Tripura, the Congress had “An SIT team has interrogated Assembly Speaker Ramendra no legislator while a tribal party -- Bihar School Examination Board Chandra Debnath said he was given Tripura Upajati Juba Samity -- an (BSEB) chairman Lalkeshwar a letter by Congress legislator Sudip erstwhile ally of the Congress had Prasad, and seized some com- Roy Barman on behalf of all the six. four legislators. puters and hard disks,” police said. Barman was accompanied by three Sudip Roy Barman recently “Experts will examine the of his colleagues. “The letter is signed resigned as Congress Legislative computers and the hard disks to by six Congress MLAs, informing me Party leader to protest against the collect more information on the A boy hangs strands of vermicelli to dry at a factory in Allahabad, yesterday. they have joined the Trinamool Con- Congress-Left alliance in West Ben- results of Class 12 Science and Arts gress,” Debnath told the media. gal. Barman was the opposition examinations,” an official said. “I will call the six MLAs for indi- leader in the Tripura assembly. According to a senior police vidual hearing and verification of In the 60-seat house, the CPI-M official, preliminary investigation signature. And after consulting the has 49 members. The Communist by the SIT suggested irregularities rules and experts, I will take a final Party of India (CPI) has one member. in the results of the toppers in the decision in a day or two.” If the Speaker recognises the six Science and Arts examinations. Panel to probe Mathura violence Besides Roy Barman, other Con- Congress lawmakers as TMC mem- “Their original answer sheets have gress MLAs who are said to have bers, the West Bengal-based party been changed with separate pages signed the letter include Ashish will open its account in the Tripura pasted containing answers,” the IANS been set up following the decision, to the violence in which 29 people, Saha, Biswabandhu Sen, Diba Chan- assembly. Trinamool Congress Vice official said. an official spokesman said. including two police officers, died. dra Hrangkhawl, Pranjit Singha Roy President Mukul Roy visited the state The case against the students With the judicial probe, the The panel will also look into the and Dilip Sarkar. on Tuesday, his second visit to the was registered on Tuesday after ongoing investigation by the Aligarh role of police and administrative offi- Pranjit Singha Roy is out of Left-ruled state in five days. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar LUCKNOW: Facing flak for the inept District Commissioner into the Math- cials and intelligence-gathering prior Tripura while an ailing Dilip Sarkar Another Congress legisla- ordered that an FIR be lodged and handling of an anti-encroachment ura violence has been scrapped. to the eviction of members of Swad- was not present when Roy Barman tor, Jitendra Sarkar, resigned from the matter be investigated. drive in Mathura by civil and police The judicial commission, which heen Bharat Vidhik Satyagrahi from handed over the letter to the Speaker. the Tripura assembly and said he Confirming the development, officials, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister will have its headquarters at Luc- the public park in Mathura. Meanwhile, Tripura Congress would rejoin the ruling CPI-M. A Kotwali police station in-charge Akhilesh Yadav yesterday ordered a know, has been asked to complete The Supreme Court refused to president Birajit Sinha urged the former two-term Tripura assembly Ramsh Prasad Singh said: “Edu- judicial probe into the Jawaharbagh the probe vis-a-vis six broad points entertain a plea for a CBI probe into Speaker to act against the six legis- Speaker, Sarkar joined the Congress cation department official Rajeev violence in the town. within two months and submit its the Mathura violence. The com- lators under the anti-defection law. in 2010. AICC secretary Bhupen Bora, Ranjan Prasad Singh has lodged a A one-man commission headed findings to the state government. mission has also been tasked with Sinha, in consultation with the who was sent by the Congress lead- case in the Kotwali police station by the Allahabad High Court’s retired The commission will probe the suggesting ways to ensure such inci- Congress central leadership, sus- ership on Tuesday to deal with the in this connection.” Justice Mirza Imtiaz Murtaza has reasons and circumstances leading dents are not repeated in future. pended Biswabandhu Sen for six latest crisis, held a series of meet- years for “anti-party activities”. ings with the state leaders. President withheld assent to three anti-migrant bills a month ago

IANS says that the President has remarked: to protect the indigenous people of 2015.In view of the opposition from legislations -- were killed and a few of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on the “I withhold assent from the bills.” the state. The Speaker of the Manipur the tribal groups in the state, the gov- hundred others were injured in police issue. The delegates of the politi- No reason was furnished for Legislative Assembly Thokchom ernor did not give his assent to the crackdowns. cal parties from Manipur also held a the decision. This implies that the Lokeswor sent the bills to Governor bills but sent them to the President on Normal life has been thrown out meeting with Rajnath Singh on Tues- IMPHAL: Indian President Pranab Chief Minister of Manipur and other Sayeed Ahmed on August 31, 2015, the September 16, 2015 with the remark: of gear as a result of the continuous day during which a memorandum was Mukherjee withheld his assent on political leaders were keeping this day they were passed in the Assembly. “I reserve the bills for consideration agitations. The nine dead bodies of the submitted. After the meeting, the del- May 11 -- nearly a month ago -- to information as a closely guarded The contentious bills are the of the President.” tribals have been lying in the morgue egates held a protracted meeting in three anti-migrant bills passed by the secret from the people who were Manipur Land Reforms and Land While the bills were pending in in Churachandpur district all these Manipur House, in Delhi. Manipur Assembly which are aimed in blissful ignorance as they took Revenue (7th Amendment) Bill, 2015, the office of the President there were months. It is understood that Rajnath Singh at regulating the entry and stay of out demonstrations in the streets the Manipur Shops and Establishment various forms of agitation in Manipur. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has conveyed the impossibility of act- migrants in the state. An official doc- to demand implementation of the (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2015 and the At least 10 persons -- one support- state leaders called on Union Home ing on the bills now that the President ument, a copy of which is with IANS, Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Manipur, Manipur Protection of Peoples Bill, ing the bills and nine opposing the Minister Rajnath Singh and Minister has withheld his assent. EUROPE / UK WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 15

Cameron accuses rivals Royal gaze of lying in EU campaign

Cameron cited recent warnings It is irresponsible. on the economic impact of an EU exit made by Federal Reserve chair Janet It is wrong. It is Yellen, Hitachi’s chief executive and time that the Leave the head of the WTO. His last-minute decision to hold campaign was the news conference signalled a called out on the break from what has so far been a nonsense that they carefully choreographed campaign. That shift prompted claims from are peddling, said some parts of the media and the the British Prime Leave campaign that Cameron has been rattled by the narrowing polls. Minister. to move the focus away from immi- “The In campaign is in a blind gration, his opponents’ most potent panic,” said Vote Leave spokesman line of attack which dominated the Douglas Carswell, a lawmaker from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip attend the opening session of the National Assembly at debate last week. the anti-EU UK Independence Party. the Senedd in Cardiff, yesterday. Reuters He stressed the strong backing his Asked by a reporter whether he side has received from a wide range was worried he was losing, Cameron of bodies like the International Mon- said: “Not at all. What I’m worried etary Fund, the Bank of England and about, what I’m concerned about, is LONDON: Prime Minister David the World Trade Organisation, and that people are being told things that Cameron (pictured) yesterday accused Leave campaigners of tell- aren’t correct.” Five dead & two injured in Paris fire accused those campaigning for ing multiple “untruths”. Cameron had previously held Britain to leave the European Union “It is irresponsible. It is wrong. back from criticising the main fig- of lying, saying he had been struck It is time that the Leave campaign ures in the official Leave campaign, AFP Firefighters at the scene were staircase is still weakened,” the fire while watching the news on TV by was called out on the nonsense that many of whom are senior members unable to identify the victims found service spokesman added. their incorrect claims. they are peddling,” said Cameron, of his Conservative Party, including in the rubble because of the severity The blaze was reported on late Britons vote in a referendum on appearing on a rooftop terrace with former London mayor Boris Johnson of the blaze, the spokesman added. Monday night and had been brought June 23 on whether to remain in the sweeping views of the London sky- and Justice Secretary Michael Gove. SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE: At least five Two of the injured had jumped under control within an hour, the fire 28-member bloc. line and the Houses of Parliament. But on Tuesday, he cited several people were killed and two others out of the four-storey building to service spokesman said. A recent spate of polls has sug- “I was watching the news last arguments made by Johnson, Gove seriously injured in a building fire in a escape the fire but they were not “We don’t know where the fire gested that the “Leave” campaign night and it just came over to me so and others and dismissed them. suburb of Paris, the fire service said, in a critical condition, a statement began,” deputy mayor for housing may be gaining momentum. clearly that there is such a contrast “It’s so important to say to peo- yesterday. published by the Paris fire service Stephane Peu told reporters after Cameron, who is leading the between the weight of independ- ple: ‘don’t take a decision to leave the A further nine people had less and the Seine-Saint-Denis prefec- visiting the scene. “Remain” campaign, convened an ent expert opinion ... and a series of EU and damage our economy on the serious injuries following the blaze ture said. The building was in the centre of unexpected news conference at assertions from the Leave campaign basis of clearly false information that in Saint-Denis, to the north of the “The fourth floor of the build- Saint-Denis and had not been flagged short notice during which he tried that just simply aren’t right.” you’re being given,’” he said. French capital, a spokesman said. ing collapsed onto the third and the as unsafe, he said.

Pardons in Different ball game Britain warning adds to Macedonia wiretap scandal Euro 2016 security fears

revoked AFP other locations”. But France has made no official comment on the arrest and anti-terrorist prosecu- Reuters tors have not been assigned to the PARIS: Britain warned yesterday case, suggesting French authorities that stadiums could be targeted do not believe there was any immi- SKOPJE: President Gjorge Ivanov during Euro 2016, adding to security nent threat to Euro 2016. revoked pardons he had granted to fears for the football extravaganza Grytsak said the suspect 34 officials implicated in a wire- in France. “expressed negative views about tapping scandal that has thrown The warning was issued a day his government’s approach to the Macedonia into political turmoil, after Ukraine announced the arrest immigration of foreigners into meeting demands from the oppo- of a suspected far-right French France, the spread of Islam and sition, the European Union and extremist with a massive weapons globalisation”. the United States. In an EU-bro- cache who was allegedly planning He was arrested on May 21 while kered deal last year, Macedonia’s to attack the tournament. trying to cross from Ukraine into political parties agreed to hold an The Foreign Office said there Poland, in a van containing a mas- early election and that a special was a “high threat from terrorism” sive weapons stash that included 125 prosecutor should investigate alle- The Madame Tussaud’s wax likeness of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is prepared with a soccer during the month-long football kg of TNT and grenade launchers. gations that former prime minister t-shirt, a German flag and a soccer ball by press spokesperson Nina Zerbe, in Berlin, yesterday. championship opening on Friday. Video released by the Ukrain- Nikola Gruevski and his close allies “During Euro 2016, stadiums, fan ian authorities showed a man whose authorised eavesdropping on more zones, venues broadcasting the tour- face was blurred out loading a large than 20,000 people. nament and transport hubs and links number of guns into the back of a Ivanov’s decision in April to represent potential targets for ter- vehicle. pardon 56 officials prosecuted rorist attacks,” it said. Neighbours in the village of over their involvement in scan- Hungary gives govt right to extra powers With the threat of a jihadist Nant-le-Petit, where the man reg- dal drew nationwide protests that attack already hanging over Euro ularly stayed with his grandfather, led to cancellation of an election 2016, the arrest of a Frenchman with expressed astonishment at his arrest, set for June 5. Under international Reuters misused by Prime Minister Viktor of time in case there is a terror attack an arsenal of weapons in Ukraine saying he had never expressed polit- pressure, the EU-candidate coun- Orban, who has been under attack for or a clear and present danger of a ter- has raised new security fears. ical views. try’s parliament passed legislation weakening checks and balances in ror attack,” the amendment says. Ukraine’s security service SBU France has mobilised 90,000 that enabled Ivanov to revoke the constitution, to seize more power. With such mandate the govern- said on Monday the 25-year-old security personnel to guard Euro his decision to pardon 22 politi- BUDAPEST: Hungary’s parliament Under a constitutional amend- ment would be allowed to suspend man, identified in France as Gre- 2016, which is expected to attract cians on May 27. It was unclear yesterday gave the government the ment approved by parliament, the existing laws. goire Moutaux, was planning to two million foreign visitors to the whether Gruevski, leader of the right to call for temporary extra powers government will have the right to These extra powers include attack a string of locations in his country. ruling party, or Zoran Zaev, the to combat a possible terrorist attack, invoke an extraordinary status quo increased surveillance of state facili- home country. The country is still under a state most prominent opposition fig- including greater public surveillance called “terror threat situation” if it ties and the use of the military within SBU chief Vasyl Grytsak said the of emergency following November’s ure, were among that group. and wider use of the army, sparking sees a threat of attack. national borders — which is normally suspect intended to blow up “a Mus- suicide bombings and shootings in But yesterday Ivanov said he protests from the opposition. “At the Government’s initiative not allowed —if police or national lim mosque, a Jewish synagogue, tax Paris that left 130 people dead and had cancelled the pardons of the Opposition parties said the Parliament may declare a terror security agencies were deemed una- collection organisations, transpor- were claimed by the Islamic State other 34 people. sweeping new powers could be threat situation for a limited period ble to respond to the threat. tation checkpoints and numerous group.

Study on new blood test points to Mural magic personalised depression treatment

Reuters antidepressants, possibly including available medications designed to help. combining two medications, before Marjorie Wallace, chief execu- they get worse. tive of mental health charity SANE, “This study moves us a step closer said being able to target those people LONDON: Scientists have developed to providing personalised antidepres- with depression who don’t respond to a blood test that can predict whether sant treatment at the earliest signs of medication would be “one of the most people with depression will respond depression,” said Annamaria Cattaneo, exciting steps forward in the treat- to common antidepressants, a dis- who led the work at King’s College ment of mental illness for decades”. covery that could bring in a new era London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psy- “A simple blood test that could of personalised treatment for people chology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) select this group...and offer them with the debilitating mental illness. Treatment usually involves either more tailored treatment, including Guided by this test, the research- medication, some form of psycho- more intensive talking therapies, ers said, doctors should in future be therapy, or a combination of both. But could prevent months, even years, able to direct depressed patients around half of all people treated for of frustration and suffering,” she with a certain level of inflammation depression fail to get better with first- said, and lead to a future where Reception class school children show their drawings of a mural, attributed to graffiti artist Banksy, in their blood towards earlier treat- line antidepressants, and around a medication matched to a patient’s painted outside a class room at the Bridge Farm Primary School in Bristol, Britain, yesterday. ment with a more potent course of third of patients are resistant to all biochemistry becomes the norm. 16 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 EUROPE

Illegal migrants Nato irks Russia with massive war games cannot be

its 2014 annexation of Crimea from jailed: EU court Ukraine. Moscow fiercely opposes The exercises, staged the Nato moves, billed by the US-led against the backdrop alliance as part of its “deterrence and AFP dialogue” strategy. of a military and And the Kremlin reacted angrily diplomatic standoff to the start of the manoeuvres, NATO’s LUXEMBOURG: EU countries biggest since the Trident drills last cannot jail illegal migrants just for between Russia year involving 36,000 troops in Italy, crossing borders inside the pass- and the West—have Spain and Portugal. port-free Schengen area, the bloc’s rattled the Kremlin. “The exercises... do not contribute top court ruled yesterday, in a new to an atmosphere of trust and secu- blow to efforts to tackle the migra- rity,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov. tion crisis. “Unfortunately we are still wit- The European Court of Justice nessing a deficit in mutual trust.” (ECJ) said European Union rules AFP Anaconda involves troops from 24 prevent imprisonment of non- states, including 14,000 from the US, EU migrants who have illegally as well as ex-Soviet “Partnership for crossed a frontier if they have not Peace” states like Ukraine. already been subject to deporta- TORUN, POLAND: US, British and US generals in Torun, central tion procedures. Polish soldiers parachuted to the Poland, said it took just 24 hours for The ruling came in case of ground in Poland yesterday in a mass 500 rapid “Global Response” para- Ghanaian national Selina Affum show of force as Nato launched its troopers to deploy 7,200 km from the who was caught by French police biggest war games in eastern Europe world’s largest military base in Fort at the Channel Tunnel while trav- since the Cold War. Bragg, North Carolina. elling by bus from Belgium to The exercises—staged against Russia has long protested at Nato’s Britain using someone else’s pass- the backdrop of a military and dip- expansion in its Soviet-era backyard port. French police placed her in lomatic standoff between Russia and and in 1997 NATO formally agreed not custody for illegal entry to France, the West—have rattled the Kremlin. to install permanent bases in former and then asked Belgium to read- Nato says the 10-day Anaconda Warsaw Pact states. mit her. manoeuvres involving 31,000 troops Since the Ukraine conflict erupted Affum appealed against her are intended to shore up security on in 2014 however, Nato has established Polish British paratroopers jump from a C-130 Hercules plane during Nato allies’ Anakonda 16 exercise near detention, arguing that it was the alliance’s eastern flank, where a high-speed “spearhead” response Torun, Poland, central Poland, yesterday. unlawful, and France’s highest member states have been spooked by force, complete with forward com- appeals court referred the ques- Russia’s increasingly assertive actions. mand and logistic centres in eastern want it to stay that way,” Nato chief by “rogue” states in the Middle East. how long will it really take to mobi- tion to the ECJ. “There’s no reason to be nervous,” states. The Pentagon said in March it Jens Stoltenberg said last week. Moscow has significantly stepped lise at break-neck speed troops in the The EU court ruled yesterday Ben Hodges, Commanding General, would deploy an additional armoured But last month Moscow and up its presence in the Baltic Sea area possibility of a threat of an attack?” that imprisoning illegal migrants US Army Europe, told reporters, brigade of about 4,200 troops in Washington accused each other of and its jets regularly violate the air- Carnegie Europe analyst Judy Demp- was against EU’s “return direc- insisting the exercises were purely eastern Europe from early 2017 on a mounting an aggressive military space of smaller ex-Soviet Nato sey said. tive”—its laws on deporting “defensive”. rotational basis. presence in Europe as the US broke allies like Estonia. In April, they even “Russian exercises are sophisti- migrants. They are being held a month While Nato cut all practical coop- ground on a missile shield in Poland buzzed a US naval destroyer. cated, they’re big, they’re intimidating “The return directive prevents ahead of a Nato summit in Warsaw eration with Moscow over the Ukraine and Romania. Some analysts question whether and look what they’re doing in a national of a non-EU country set to seal its largest revamp since crisis, the alliance plans formal talks Russia has vowed to “end Nato’s current strategy—using Kaliningrad,” she said, referring to who has not yet been subject to the Cold War by deploying more with the Russians before the July 8-9 threats” posed by the missile sys- rotational rather than permanent Moscow’s manoeuvres in the Russian the return procedure being impris- troop rotations to eastern European summit. tem, despite US assurances it is forces—can secure its eastern flank. enclave sandwiched between Poland oned solely because he or she has members deeply wary of Russia after “The Cold War is history and we intended to ward of potential attacks “When push comes to shove, and Lithuania. entered the territory of a Member State illegally across an internal border of the Schengen area,” it said. As Britain is not part of Schen- WHO expert panel gen area, the ruling also applied France rail boss hopes strike ends before Euro 2016 when a migrant “who is merely in on Zika to meet transit on the territory of the mem- ber state concerned, is intercepted Reuters turnout has fallen to about half what “There’s no reason whatsoever in other industries but has flatly when leaving the Schengen area”. next week; review it was a week ago. now to continue the strike,” said Pepy, refused to withdraw labour law plans. France has a law saying that Workers from other industries who said the strike had so far cost Renewing his calls for an end to non-EU nationals can be jailed for Olympics guidance have staged protests over last few the SNCF more than €300m ($340m). the rail strike, Hollande told news- a year if they enter French terri- PARIS: The head of French state rail- weeks to challenge broader govern- He sees the strike ending possi- paper, La Voix du Nord: “Nobody is tory illegally, but the ECJ said EU way said yesterday that he hoped the ment plans to make hiring and firing bly today or tomorrow. going to understand why a strike law “precludes any legislation of a Reuters powerful CGT union would endorse a easier as President Francois Hollande Despite positive responses from should continue to impinge on a state Member State which lays down a new deal on working conditions and tries to trim a jobless rate stuck stub- more moderate unions, Sud Rail said enterprise’s finances, the smooth sentence of imprisonment for an end a strike before the Euro 2016 soc- bornly at 10 percent. it was not happy, leaving the outcome running of the Euros and, above all, illegal stay”. GENEVA: The World Health cer tournament, hosted by France, While Air France pilots are dependent on the CGT, which techni- people’s daily commute to work.” The passport-free of 26 Euro- Organisation’s Emergency Com- starts on Friday. threatening to strike from Saturday, cally has about a week to say where The SNCF flagged “significant pean countries has come under mittee on Zika will meet early next The end to a week of stoppages SNCF chief executive Guillaume Pepy it stands. improvement” in services yesterday severe pressure from the con- week to consider new evidence hinges on France’s biggest union after sounded optimistic after a marathon Hollande’s government has as fewer SNCF staff stayed away from tinent’s biggest migration crisis and review its recommenda- the smaller Sud Rail rejected govern- overnight meeting that tackled issues offered significant concessions to work. Public support for the CGT’s since World War II as people flee tions, including regarding the Rio ment’s modified proposals. Strike such as night shifts and rest periods. defuse the rail strike and grievances stance has also weakened. war in Syria and elsewhere. Olympics, a WHO spokesman said yesterday. The group of independent experts, who declared an inter- national emergency on February Bullish weather Finnish minister may be 1 and last convened on March 8, will “look at evidence around the Olympics and most likely review the travel guidance around that,” ousted as head of party WHO spokesman Christian Lind- meier said. The WHO has rejected a call Reuters coalition government in last year’s by more than 100 scientists for the election, both for his party’s poor Rio Games to be moved or post- showing in polls and for compro- poned due to the threat from the mises made in the three-party Zika outbreak. HELSINKI: Finland’s National Coa- government. A polyglot, social “The role of Emergency Com- lition Party may replace Alexander media-savvy sportsman, he has also mittee is to review all new science Stubb as its leader at a party con- come under fire for his image and and all new evidence which has gress on Saturday, a move that would leadership style. come in over the past months probably also oust him as finance “He is too self-centric, he doesn’t and to review their own rec- minister, a poll showed yesterday. listen to others too much. And his ommendations, to make new In the survey by a Finnish broad- appearance does not support the recommendations or give out caster MTV, 59 percent of party image required from the finance new guidance,” Lindmeier told a representatives polled said they minister,” said Eero Lehti, a member news briefing, adding that the date would vote for Petteri Orpo, the of parliament. “He is internationally would be announced shortly. interior minister, and 33 percent oriented, but role of a party leader is A source close to Emergency for Stubb. The rest were undecided 95 percent about domestic policy.” Committee said the meeting was or favoured a third candidate, Elina In addition, the Finnish econ- planned for June 14. Tourists use umbrellas to cover themselves from the sun as they walk past statue of a bull outside a Lepomaki. omy has been struggling, prompting Zika virus is linked to micro- bullring during a hot summer day in Ronda, southern Spain yesterday. Stubb has faced growing criti- a warning from European Union over cephaly, a rare birth defect cism since gaining a seat in a new growing public debt. characterised by an unusually small head size and potentially severe developmental problems. Dr. David Heymann, chair of the Health Protection Agency in Britain and leader of the WHO Croatia’s ruling party seeks PM no-confidence vote panel, told Reuters last week that postponing the Rio Olympics due to fears that the event could speed AFP since coming to power in January. deputies, Karamarko and Bozo Petrov, Political risk consultancy Eura- 2013, and its economy remains one of the spread of the virus would Oreskovic, a former pharmaceuti- who leads the coalition’s junior party. sia Group said it was downgrading the worst performers in the 28-nation create a false sense of security, cal executive and technocrat premier, Karamarko faces his own no- Croatia’s short-term trajectory to bloc. because travellers are constantly was chosen to lead the coalition after confidence vote by June 18 over an negative because the government Last week Croatia suspended going in and out of Brazil. ZAGREB: The main party in Croatia’s the November election failed to pro- alleged conflict of interest, and Petrov was likely to collapse in coming the issuing of its eurobonds, with the Scientists are telling the WHO fragile ruling coalition announced duce an outright winner. has said he should resign. weeks, leading to a new election in finance ministry citing “domestic that risk of global spread of virus is yesterday it would call for a no-con- “The government is dysfunc- Following the HDZ’s announce- September. political uncertainties” as the reason. “not significantly higher” as a con- fidence vote against Prime Minister tional,” said HDZ chief Tomislav ment yesterday, the premier hit back “Early elections are unlikely to The HDZ, which has 49 MPs in the sequence of the Games that start Tihomir Oreskovic, in a move likely Karamarko, who is also the power- by describing Karamarko as a “huge deliver a clear majority to any one 151-seat assembly, needs the back- on Aug. 5, Lindmeier said. to lead to snap elections. ful deputy prime minister. burden” for both the government and party, making 2016 an entirely lost ing of only 30 deputies to formally “Of course there is a lot of The decision by the conservative “Disputes and bad relations his own party. year for much-needed fiscal reforms,” launch the procedure for a no-con- international concern out there, HDZ party comes after weeks of polit- should stop,” he told reporters. Oreskovic said he had already the note from Eurasia Group said. fidence vote against the premier. there is a lot of personal concern ical wrangling in the country, where Oreskovic on Friday called for won confidence of parliament, add- Croatia is the European Union’s Once the motion is launched the out there because it’s a new dis- the government has barely functioned resignation of his two quarrelling ing: “I’m not afraid to seek it again.” newest member, having joined in vote has to take place within 30 days. ease,” he said. AMERICAS WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 17 India to work for implementing Paris climate pact

early as possible,” the statement from honour guard greeted Modi as he the two countries said. arrived at the entrance to the West “We discussed how “The United States reaffirms its Wing for talks. we can, as quickly as commitment to join the agreement This is Modi’s fourth visit to the as soon as possible this year. India US since he took office two years ago, possible, bring the similarly has begun its processes to and his seventh meeting with Obama. Paris Agreement into work toward this shared objective.” Today, the Indian leader addresses a The agreement, forged last year, joint meeting of Congress. force,” US President will take effect when at least 55 His visit began on Monday, when Obama said. countries representing 55 percent of he placed a wreath at the Tomb of global emissions ratify it. As of late the Unknowns at Arlington National last month 17 small countries had rat- Cemetery. He also met Attorney ified the pact, according to the United General Loretta Lynch during a cer- Agencies Nations, and many others including emony marking the repatriation of the United States and China have more than 200 artifacts to the Indian pledged to ratify it in 2016. government. WASHINGTON: India has agreed Environmental groups had hoped Modi and Obama seem to have to work toward joining the Paris Modi would say that India was ready forged a bond. When Obama visited Agreement on climate change this to ratify the agreement during his India last year, Modi pulled the pres- year, India and the United States said Washington trip to cross that 55 per- ident into a bear hug as he stepped yesterday, giving momentum to the cent threshold. off Air Force One, and the two lead- international fight to curb global Brian Deese, senior adviser to ers have publicly praised each other. warming. Obama, said the joint statement Modi “transcends the ancient and President Barack Obama met should inspire other countries to the modern,” Obama wrote in Time Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi follow suit. magazine. “Barack and I have formed at the White House yesterday. “This statement should provide a bond, a friendship,” Modi said. “We discussed how we can, as significant additional momentum,” But Indian political analysts see quickly as possible, bring the Paris he told reporters. “We are better the Indian leader carefully shaping Agreement into force,” Obama told positioned than we ever have been the country’s political narrative by reporters during talks in the Oval to reach the goal.” putting himself at the centre of any Office. The two countries welcomed the diplomatic achievement. Both countries participated in the start of work to build six Westing- India has long felt slighted by the talks that led to the historic climate house AP 1000 reactors in India, the global powers, seeing itself as a pow- pact in France. The United States culmination of 10 years of working to erful, highly educated country that is intends to ratify the agreement this resolve civil nuclear issues. all-too-often dismissed for its pov- year, and the two countries said in a India and the US Export-Import erty, dirty streets and the lingering joint statement that India would aim Bank are working to complete a power of its caste system. US President Barack Obama shakes hands with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting in to do the same. financing package for the project. The respect is particularly sweet India is the world’s third largest The Nuclear Power Corporation in Washington. Modi was denied a the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, yesterday. greenhouse gas emitter after China of India Ltd, and Westinghouse con- visa to visit the US in 2005, three and the United States. firmed engineering and site design years after religious riots killed more suspicions that he was involved in the also taken him to Switzerland, Afghani- Obama has much to gain from “India and the United States rec- work will begin immediately and than 1,000 Muslims in the western rioting or did not do enough to stop stan and Qatar. After the US, he will visit good relations with Modi, from ognise the urgency of climate change contractual arrangements will be state of Gujarat, where he was then them, until he became prime minister Mexico. In Washington, he’ll also meet increased US-India trade to closer ties and share the goal of enabling entry completed by June 2017. the Chief Miister. American officials in the 2014 landslide elections congressional leaders and top busi- to another country worried about the into force of the Paris Agreement as Earlier, a flag-bearing military largely avoided contact with him over Modi is on a five-nation tour that has ness officials. rise of China.

Seasonal bonanza Venezuelan woman shot dead Brazilian prosecutor during looting targets Senate leaders

SAN CRISTOBAL, VENEZUELA: A Venezuelan woman died after Reuters A string of recent scandals has being shot in the face when looters weakened the interim president raided state food warehouses, her as he seeks to build support in the family said, in the latest unrest in Senate to convict and definitively the crisis-hit OPEC nation. BRASILIA: Brazil’s top prosecutor remove Rousseff for breaking budget Relatives of Jenny Ortiz, 42, is seeking the arrests of the Sen- laws. Rousseff has described her said she died in hospital after ate leader and other senior ruling suspension and possible removal being shot during the melee in party politicians for allegedly try- from office as a coup. San Cristobal, a town near the ing to obstruct a corruption probe, The obstruction of justice border of Colombia, where loot- threatening to undermine President obstruction against the PMDB fig- ing and antigovernment protests Michel Temer’s interim government, ures should add weight to Rousseff’s have occurred in recent months. O Globo reported yesterday. argument that corrupt politicians Family including her mother- Those targeted are Senate Pres- conspired to remove her from office in-law Carmen Rosa, 58, who said ident Renan Calheiros, Senator to stop prosecutors from taking she saw the incident, alleged that a Romero Jucá, president of ruling action against them. policeman shot Ortiz. Authorities PMDB, former Brazilian president Jucá, who briefly was Temer’s did not comment on that accu- José Sarney and suspended speaker planning minister, and the interim Orlando Holguin sits next to tropical fruits called “Mamones” at his street stall in La Fria, Venezuela, sation, though police said armed of lower house of Congress, Eduardo president’s first pick for anti-cor- yesterday. criminals had fired on police and Cunha, the newspaper said. ruption minister were forced to step an investigation was under way. Prosecutor General Rodrigo down after leaked recordings stoked Janot accuses them of seeking to accusations they were conspiring to block a sprawling two-year-old stymie the Petrobras probe. investigation into political kick- Their departures, along with Colombian known backs on contracts with state-run policy reversals and second-guess- Call to provide potable water in Canada oil company Petrobras , according ing in Temer’s Cabinet, have added for shipping drugs to the report. to concerns that the political crisis The four men, powerful will continue to simmer for months, AFP contamination from nearby farming irony of these circumstances in coun- members of Brazil’s political estab- paralyzing policy amid the nation’s in food arrested or resource extraction affects dozens try with one-fifth of the world’s fresh lishment and the centrist PMDB, the worst recession in decades. of communities across the country, water. The group pointed to a lack of country’s largest party, have denied Brazil’s benchmark Bovespa leading to hygiene and health prob- regulations or enforcement, as well as the accusations. stock index has fallen 5 percent since AFP OTTAWA: Thousands living in Cana- lems, Human Rights Watch said in a insufficent stable funding for safe water The Supreme Court must author- Temer took office. dian indigenous communities have 92-page report. and sanitation in these communities. ize their arrests. Calheiros and Jucá issued public had no access to potable water, some Of more than 600 indigenous The report looked at water sys- Their arrests would be a severe statements yesterday denying they BOGOTA: A suspected drug traf- for decades, and Human Rights communities in Canada, 89 are under tems in 137 communities and cited blow to Temer, who is struggling to obstructed the Petrobras investiga- ficker known for his skills in hiding Watch yesterday pressed Ottawa to orders to boil tap water before con- negative health consequences from establish his government’s legit- tion. Calheiros called the request for cocaine and heroin in food ship- finally deal with this “water crisis.” suming it. Some have been doing it exposure to contaminants that imacy less than a month after he his arrest “unreasonable, dispropor- ments has been arrested in Chronic water woes linked for the past 20 years. ranged from serious gastrointestinal replaced now suspended leftist Pres- tionate and abusive.” Juca and Cunha Colombia, police said yesterday. to defective treatment plants or Human Rights Watch noted tragic disorders to increased risk of cancer. ident Dilma Rousseff. called it “absurd.” Wilmar Valencia was picked up after disembarking from a flight at Cali international airport. Valencia was known as “the specialist” for his skills conceal- Cop facing death charges Anxious wait ing drugs in food products like rice and honey, and was believed to lead an organisation shipping chooses bench trial drugs from South America to Europe, Africa and Asia. Valencia is accused of having Reuters Legal experts say that offic- concealed drugs in “packaged rice ers normally opt for a bench trial in a special programme to feed because they think judges are more poor families.” Argentinian police likely to acquit or impose a lighter intercepted that shipment last Sep- BALTIMORE: A Baltimore police sentence for a conviction. tember, enabling the arrests of 12 officer charged with murder in Defence lawyers have repeat- members of his criminal organ- death of black detainee Freddie Gray edly tried to have the trials of the ization, which led to Valencia’s waived a jury trial and will be tried six officers charged in Gray’s death eventual capture. by a Maryland judge instead. moved from Baltimore. They con- The trafficker belonged to a Officer Caesar Goodson Jr, 46, is tend that media coverage and the group called Los Triana Pena, third officer to face trial for Gray’s unrest have made it impossible to which is connected to Colombia’s death from a broken neck suffered in find an impartial jury in Baltimore, leading drug trafficking paramil- a police van. His death in April 2015 which is majority African-American. itary group, the Usuga Clan. triggered rioting and fueled a debate Gray, 25, was arrested when he Interpol had published a “red on police treatment of minorities. fled officers unprovoked in a high- notice”—the highest international Prosecutors are still looking for a crime area. He was bundled into a A man rubs his eyes as he waits in a line of jobseekers, to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. career request for arrest or extradition— conviction in the case, with two trials police transport van while shackled fair held by the New York State department of Labour in New York. seeking Valencia’s location. ending in a mistrial and an acquittal. and was not seat-belted. 18 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS

Water dispute: Hillary secures Bolivia to counter-sue delegates before Chile for rights last primaries AFP

LA PAZ: Bolivian President Evo But Clinton has continued to Morales said yesterday his gov- edge out Sanders, particularly ernment will counter-sue Chile for Hillary Clinton among older voters with longer ties rights to disputed Silala river, in an would be the first to the Democratic Party. Her less escalating row over water before lofty promises focus on improv- the International Court of Justice. woman to ever be ing upon the policies of her fellow Morales, who claims Silala is the presidential Democrat and former boss, Presi- a spring, hit back a day after Chile dent Barack Obama. announced it had filed suit against candidate of a major Yesterday morning, Clinton Bolivia at the ICJ over its waters, political party in the secured the endorsement of House which cross the border between country’s history. of Representatives Democratic the two South American countries. leader Nancy Pelosi of California, “Bolivia is going to counter- who noted Clinton’s career devoted sue. Why counter-sue? Because to children and working families. they illegally take our water. In “In this campaign, we have seen common terms, they steal our Reuters her vision, her knowledge, her abil- water and then they sue us. What ity, indeed her stamina, to get the kind of neighbor is that?” he said job done for the American people,” at a press conference. Pelosi said in a statement. The battle over Silala is part Hillary Clinton speaking to supporters at a campaign event, in Lynwood, California. LOS ANGELES: Hillary Clinton has After the Associated Press of a larger dispute between land- captured enough delegates to secure and NBC reported early yester- locked Bolivia, which wants access the Democratic presidential nomi- day that Clinton had clinched the Philadelphia convention. convention is to convince those super- provided a pillar of support for her to Pacific Ocean, and Chile, which nation, according to tallies by two the number of delegates needed But that has not deterred the news delegates that Bernie is by far the during the nominating process. has nearly 4,700km of coastline. US media outlets, as she and rival to win her party’s nomination, a media. The AP and NBC reported that strongest candidate against Donald She spent the day in Southern Cal- Bolivia lost its access to the Bernie Sanders faced off yesterday Sanders campaign spokesman Clinton reached the 2,383 delegates Trump,” he said. ifornia, first in the heavily Latino city sea to Chile in the War of Pacific in contests in six states. castigated what he said was the needed to become the presumptive California, New Jersey, Montana, of Lynwood, then later in central Los in 19th century, and has stepped A former US secretary of state, media’s “rush to judgment.” Democratic nominee with a decisive North Dakota, South Dakota and New Angeles, speaking before throngs of up efforts to get it back under Clinton would be the first woman to Under Democratic National weekend victory in Puerto Rico, a US Mexico went to the nominating con- black supporters. Morales—including with a sepa- ever be the presidential candidate of Committee rules, most delegates to territory, and a burst of last-minute tests yesterday. Sanders, meanwhile, campaigned rate, pending case before the ICJ. a major political party in the coun- the party’s July 25-28 convention are support from superdelegates. The outcome in California, the last in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Bolivian leader has sought try’s history. awarded by popular votes in state- “According to the news, we are on and largest state to vote, could affect Sanders’ supporters have become to use Silala as a bargaining chip, Sanders has vowed to keep up by-state elections. the brink of a historic, historic, unprec- Clinton’s efforts to unify the party increasingly resistant to Clinton in threatening to reduce flow of its the fight in what has been a long and But the delegate count also edented moment,” Clinton told a rally behind her. recent months, with fewer than half water into Chile’s parched Ata- increasingly antagonistic Demo- includes “superdelegates” — party in Long Beach, California, shortly after If Sanders, who was trailing in saying they would vote for her if she cama desert and impose fees for cratic primary race. leaders and elected senators, mem- the media report. polls in California until recently, roars becomes the party’s nominee. its use. He says Silala, which origi- The US senator from Vermont, bers of Congress and governors “But we still have work to do, don’t back to take the state, he may have lit- Last month, 41 percent of Sand- nates in Bolivia, crosses the border who calls himself a democratic —who can change their mind at we? We have six elections and we’re tle incentive to exit the race despite ers’ supporters said they would vote only because it has been diverted socialist, has commanded huge any time. going to fight hard for every single vote, increasing pressure from party lumi- for the former secretary of state if she from its natural course. crowds spilling out of parks and For that reason, the DNC has especially right here in California.” naries to stand down. runs against Trump in the November 8 Chile asked the Hague-based stadiums, galvanizing younger echoed the Sanders campaign, say- Michael Briggs, Sanders’ spokes- Clinton spent working to turn out general election. That was down from court to declare the Silala an voters with his promises to ing the superdelegates should not be man, dismissed the AP and NBC tallies. Hispanic and African-American vot- 50 percent in April, and 52 percent in “international river” and affirm address economic inequality. counted until they actually vote at “Our job from now until the ers - demographic groups that have March. its right to its waters.

Hoping for justice Mexico minister rues ‘intolerance’ in US; urges more integration

Reuters North American Free Trade Agree- Moreover, an estimated 35 million ment between Mexico, Canada and people in the United States are Mex- the United States to protect US jobs. ican or of Mexican background. Many Mexicans feel their govern- Underlining economic integra- WASHINGTON: Mexico’s foreign ment has not done enough to counter tion, Ruiz Massieu said about 40 minister mounted a robust defence Trump’s arguments, particularly in percent of the content of Mexican of her nation’s economic importance the United States, and Ruiz Massieu’s export goods is of U.S. origin, and to the United States early yesterday speech to the American Jewish Com- that Mexican outward investment in and condemned anti-migrant rhet- mittee in Washington was an appeal the U.S. had jumped 35 percent in the oric and a “climate of intolerance” to both solidarity and self-interest. last five years to reach $17.6bn. in its neighbour—a thinly-veiled cri- “We live in a world in which no “So we’re definitely not part of the tique of Donald Trump. country can face the big economic problem, we’re part of the solution,” Without naming the presump- challenges of the 21st century alone,” she added. tive Republican presidential nominee, she said according to the Spanish text Ruiz Massieu said Mexico “did not Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia of the speech. steal jobs” from US companies and Ruiz Massieu rebutted many of his “This is why we believe one of decried the “climate of intolerance” arguments in a detailed explanation the best ways for the United States to in the United States that was sending of how integration of the US and Mex- maintain and increase its global com- out a message of “Mexicans go home”. ican economies has benefited both petitiveness is by consolidating and “Those who attempt to make nations. expanding trade, investment, cooper- political gains by stigmatising these Trump has raised hackles in ation and its integrated value chains people, be they Mexicans, Jews, Mus- Mexico with a string of proposals, with Mexico,” she added. lims, (or) Asians, are wrong,” she said. Relatives of victims of crimes hold signs of their relatives during at a programme on crimes against including threats to build a border US-Mexico trade is worth some Trump has floated the idea of a humanity in Mexico by representatives of Open Society Justice Initiative and other human rights wall to keep out migrants, blocking $500bn every year and the US Cham- temporary ban on Muslims entering organizations, at the Museum of Memory and Tolerance in Mexico City, Mexico, yesterday. remittances sent home by Mexican ber of Commerce says roughly 6 the United States and also attacked workers, and unpicking the 1994 million American jobs depend on it. China over trade. El Salvador arrests Cincinnati zoo reopens gorilla enclosure former-head of prison for gang truce Reuters the one place in Cincinnati we’ve Tuesday the remodeled habitat always come to spend time with essentially proved the faulty nature our kids.” of the previous enclosure. Reuters The zoo reopened the gorilla “It is entirely possible that if CINCINNATI: Visitors flocked to enclosure yesterday with a new this barrier had been in place by the Cincinnati Zoo yesterday, the barrier that is 15.24 cm higher at Saturday, May 28, Harambe might day after prosecutors declined to 3-1/2 feet. It switched materials to be alive today,” Michael Bud- SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador charge the mother of a 3-year-old a solid wood beam on top and knot- kie, co-founder of Stop Animal arrested former head of national boy who fell into a gorilla enclo- ted rope netting on the bottom from Exploitation Now (SAEN), said in prisons system on suspicion of sure, causing zookeepers to kill a stainless steel railing with hori- a statement. corruption during the implemen- the endangered animal to protect zontal cables. The zoo also added On Monday, Budkie’s group, tation of an infamous gang truce, the child. three surveillance cameras. which has been critical of the zoo the country’s police said. Hundreds of people got their Harambe was shot by zoo staff since the gorilla shooting, filed Nelson Rauda, who had been first look at the remodeled enclo- in the minutes after the boy fell. The a second complaint with the US on the run since May, was wanted sure, which the zoo changed to animal’s death touched off a storm Department of Agriculture, charg- on graft and criminal enterprise prevent a repeat of the May 28 inci- of criticism aimed at both the zoo ing the zoo is violating federal law charges allegedly committed dur- dent that led to the shooting of the and the boy’s mother, 32-year-old by mistreating other animals. ing his time in charge of the jails 17-year-old endangered western preschool administrator Michelle USDA spokeswoman Tanya between 2012 and 2013. lowland silverback gorilla Hara- Gregg, who local prosecutors on Espinosa said the agency, already Rauda was caught during a mbe to prevent harm to the child. Monday declined to criminally investigating the zoo after the pre- police operation 70km northwest Emily Butler, from Florence, charge, saying she did not place vious complaint, had received the of San Salvador, the capital, the Kentucky, who was visiting with her son in danger. new complaint and would look police said. her sons and other family, called Some critics had called for into it. The gang truce started in Harambe’s death “sad all the way Gregg to be charged with reckless SAEN last month filed a 2012 and lasted until 2014. It around,” but said they were excited endangerment. The boy suffered a complaint accusing the zoo of neg- won approval from former leftist to be at the habitat’s reopening. concussion and some scrapes but ligence in maintaining the gorilla President Mauricio Funes and the “I was concerned they might escaped serious injury. habitat and seeking the maximum Organisation of American States. close the exhibit altogether. This is One animal rights group said penalty of $10,000. A family at Cincinnati Zoo’s Gorilla World exhibit after it reopened yesterday.

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Kieran Gibbs: Why the Arsenal LONDON: What is it about the sight of a 3 Left-Back Should Move to baby that makes almost everyone crack Liverpool a smile? New research has found that cuteness of babies is designed to appeal to all our senses to trigger our care-giv- TWEET OF THE DAY ing behaviours, which is vital for them to survive and thrive. “Infants attract us through all our senses, which helps make cuteness one of the most basic and powerful forces shaping our behaviour,” said one of the researchers, Morten Kringelbach, from the University of Oxford. Reviewing the emerging literature on how cute infants and animals affect the Zoo performers are seen next to crocodiles during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha Tiger brain, the research team found that cute- Zoo, in Chonburi province, Thailand, yesterday. ness supports key parental capacities by igniting fast privileged neural activity fol- lowed by slower processing in large brain networks also involved in play, empathy, and perhaps even higher-order moral emotions. Fish can recognise human faces The data showed that definitions of cuteness should not be limited just to vis- ual features but include positive infant sounds and smells. From an evolution- AFP monitor outside their aquarium. The fish were first intro- ary standpoint, cuteness is a very potent duced to two faces, and taught to spit at one of them in protective mechanism that ensures sur- Follow us on exchange for a food reward. vival for otherwise completely dependent The researchers then tested whether the fish would infants. Snapchat PARIS: A tropical fish can tell one human face from recognise, and spit at, the face they had learned from “This is the first evidence of its kind to another despite lacking a part of the brain that animals among 44 new ones. And they were right more than 80 show that cuteness helps infants to sur- Open Snapchat and considered much smarter use for this task, scientists said percent of the time, the team found. vive by eliciting caregiving, which cannot yesterday. As we all have two eyes above a nose and mouth, doing be reduced to simple, instinctual behav- scan the Snapcode This unsuspected ability was demonstrated in exper- so depends on identifying sometimes subtle differences. iours,” Kringelbach said. to add The Peninsula iments with archerfish, a tropical species best known for “It has been hypothesised that this task is so difficult that The study, published in the journal account. spitting jets of water to shoot prey out of the air. Instead it can only be accomplished by primates, which have a Trends in Cognitive Sciences, shows that of aiming at bugs, the sharpshooter fish were taught to large and complex brain,” said Newport, whose study was cuteness affects both men and women, spit at pictures of human faces displayed on a computer published in the journal Scientific Reports. even those without children. Story of Sydney Opera London art gallery showcases House to hit the big screen Calais migrant stories

AFP architect and the story of how he The controversies that dogged Reuters Calais or in other camps - to have was the way I could help,” McAlpine created the Sydney Opera is both fas- him and the project for years saw their voices heard,” McAlpine told said. cinating and scary. This story has to him quit in 1966. He never returned the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Most of the people I spoke to be told,” said executive producer Ole to see his revolutionary concept as a Known as the “jungle”, the really wanted to tell their story and SYDNEY: The story behind the Syd- Sondberg in a statement late Monday. finished building, which was opened LONDON: When British art curator squalid, unsanitary camp hosts they said, ‘We want our voices heard, ney Opera House and its Danish Sondberg is best known for pro- in 1973 by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth Sue McAlpine first visited makeshift around 4,000 migrants from poor please tell people in the UK what it’s architect Jorn Utzon is to be made ducing “The Girl with the Dragon II, and he died in 2008. A year before migrant camps in Calais on Frances’s and strife-torn regions in Africa like.’” into a movie, with the Swedish pro- Tattoo” and the “Millennium-trilogy” his death, the harbourside building northern coast, the sight of families and the Middle East, most of whom Organised by the Migration ducer behind “The Girl with the based on Stieg Larsson’s novels. He was added to the World Heritage List, living in muddy tents and children hope to reach Britain where a greater Museum Project and showcased in Dragon Tattoo” on board. was also behind the popular “Wal- with the committee saying the struc- wearing flip-flops in the middle of number of job opportunities and the an east London gallery, McAlpine’s The Danish/Swedish/Australian lander” television series. ture “stands by itself as one of the winter saddened and horrified her. more familiar English language are exhibition, ‘Call me by my name: sto- production will tell the story of how Utzon arrived in Sydney as a indisputable masterpieces of human McAlpine visited the camps in big draws. ries from Calais and beyond’, features Utzon upset the conservative Aus- celebrity in 1957 but his ambitious creativity, not only in the 20th cen- February to see if she could com- McAlpine said sharing tea with discarded lifejackets used by refu- tralian architectural establishment by design, with the building’s distinctive tury but in the history of humankind.” mission art and collect stories from migrant families inside their tents gees who arrived in Greece by boat, winning an international competition white sails drawn from his childhood “We have a world wonder. We have its migrants living in Calais for an exhi- and hearing their stories cemented as well as professional paintings and to design the building and his bat- in the Aalborg shipyards, was hit by creator who wasn’t allowed to see his bition in London - an idea she had her decision to put together the Lon- amateur photos by migrants in Calais. tles to push through his radical ideas. domestic politics, petty jealousies and dream fulfilled,” said Swedish-Aus- while watching and reading media don exhibition. Still, she said she was In recent months, hundreds more “Utzon was a great Danish budget constraints. tralian producer Jan Marnell. reports about the situation there. initially embarrassed by the idea, as migrants have made their way to Cal- “I was just so horrified by some of it seemed frivolous compared to the ais despite the bulldozing of part of the reporting in the news that I felt it humanitarian help that aid workers their “jungle” camp in March, and was really important for people who offered. despite extra port security aimed at are refugees or migrants - either in “But at the same time, I felt this stopping them from reaching Britain. Sounds from oldest stars captured

IANS The researchers reported the pulses in brightness, and are caused detection of resonant acoustic oscil- by sound trapped inside the stars. lations of stars in ‘M4’, one of the By measuring the tones in this ‘stel- oldest known clusters of stars in the lar music’, it is possible to determine LONDON: Astrophysicists from galaxy, some 13 billion years old. the mass and age of individual stars. the University of Birmingham have “The stars we have studied really The findings published in the captured the sounds of some of the are living fossils from the time of the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal oldest stars in our Milky Way galaxy, formation of our Galaxy, and we now Astronomical Society open the door a study says. The findings could help hope be able to unlock the secrets of to using asteroseismology to study researchers understand how our gal- how spiral galaxies, like our own, the very early history of our galaxy. axy formed and evolved. formed and evolved,” Miglio noted. “Just as archaeologists can reveal “We were thrilled to be able The team studied the resonant the past by excavating the earth, so to listen to some of the stellar rel- oscillations of stars using a technique we can use sound inside the stars to ics of the early universe,” said lead called asteroseismology. These oscil- perform Galactic archaeology,” Pro- Tourists walk down the front stairs of the Sydney Opera House, yesterday. researcher Andrea Miglio. lations lead to miniscule changes or fessor Bill Chaplin said. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 QE 9,857.95 +219.00 PTS PAGE | 22 DOW 17,993.95 +73.62 PTS China gives FTSE100 6,284.53 +11.33 PTS India’s central US $38bn bank keeps BRENT $50.37 +$0.68 investment quota interest rates

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Oil hits 2016 high Focus on jobs at heart of Saudi reforms

Reuters entrepreneurs will cost 35 million riy- on falling supply als, the plan said. Previous labour reform efforts have stumbled on social obstacles, JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia plans to spend such as the comparatively high ben- billions of riyals on technical train- efits, wages, job security and social and weak dollar ing and other initiatives to boost the status associated with state employ- number of its citizens in private sec- ment and the lower cost to companies tor jobs, an economic reform plan of hiring expatriates. released on Monday showed. In the NTP, the Labour and “Last year, there was also a The world’s top oil exporter has Social Affairs Ministry has a target Analysts say the rally rally into June and that came to an been pushing labour reforms for of reducing the cost of hiring a Saudi end when the US rig count started years aimed at reducing the burden compared to a foreigner from being may entice some to increase ... if we have another of employment on the state, but Mon- four times more expensive to only 2.8 shale production back increase this week and another next day’s plans spelled out new details of times more expensive. Recent reforms online, damaging the week, then it will be harder to sus- how this might be achieved in a range have imposed some fees on compa- tain the rally because there will be of economic sectors. nies that hire expatriates. prospects for a more a perception that we’re back to pro- The National Transformation It will also aim for half of all Sau- sustained price rise. duction economics,” he said. Plan (NTP), announced by govern- dis to want a private sector job by Market watchers are bracing for ment ministers late on Monday, is part 2020, but it provided no details on signs of a pick-up in US oil produc- of the Vision 2030 reform scheme how this might be achieved. Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Interior, Prince Mohammed bin tion after weekly data from Baker launched in April by Deputy Crown Meanwhile, proposed reforms in Reuters Nayef (left), and Deputy Crown Prince and Minister of Defence, Prince Hughes showed US drillers added Prince Mohammed bin Salman to other sectors aimed at boosting the rigs for only the second time this prepare for a future with lower oil Mohammed bin Salman, attending a cabinet meeting in Jeddah. private sector are also intended to cre- year, analysts said. revenue. ate jobs for Saudis. New opportunities LONDON: Oil prices hit their highest Helping to reinforce Tuesday’s It aimed to increase the number James Reeve, deputy chief economist SR1.7bn on technical training facili- in mining are supposed to lead to an in eight months yesterday, buoyed by price rise was preliminary work to of private-sector jobs by 450,000 at Samba Financial Group in London. ties in schools and says it will target extra 25,000 jobs, while investment in the dollar nearing one-month lows restart three of Total’s French oil by 2020 and to reduce public-sec- Previous labour reforms have improvements in maths and science tourism is aimed at raising hiring by and by falling Nigerian oil output refineries, stopped as part of nation- tor salaries as a proportion of the focused on pushing companies to exam grades by 2020. 400,000 people in the private sector. after a spate of attackson infra- wide strikes. state budget to 40 percent from 45 hire more Saudis instead of expatri- At the same time, the Civil Serv- The government will also spend structure. “With Brent staying above $50, percent by the same date. Unemploy- ates, with some effort also devoted to ice Ministry has targets to decrease SR117m on training more nurses and Brent crude futures were up 36 oil is on an upward momentum with ment among Saudis is targeted to fall technical training schemes and other its payroll and spending on employee SR720m on training doctors and other cents on the day at $50.91 a barrel the restart of French refineries that to 9 percent from 11.6 percent in the social tools to prompt young people to benefits by 20 percent by 2020, and to health practitioners to move more by 1339 GMT, having hit an intra- were shut on strikes and pipeline next five years. look for non-government jobs. ensure that only 1 percent of new jobs Saudis into public sector jobs now day peak of $51.30 earlier in the day, attacks in Nigeria,” said Kaname “The average public sector The new reforms aim to increase by that date are in government serv- dominated by foreigners. their highest since October. Gokon at brokerage Okato Shoji in employee is paid about 70 percent enrolment in technical and vocational ice instead of 5 percent now. The reforms aim to increase the US crude oil futures gained 32 Tokyo. more than the private sector average. training colleges to 950,000 students Those reforms also carry a price number of women as a proportion of cents to trade at $50.01 a barrel, Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude out- This wage gap is one of the highest a year from 104,000 now, spending tag. Restructuring civil service jobs the work force to 28 percent from 23 having touched a fresh 2016 peak put is down by an estimated 170,000 in the world and goes a long way to SR1.5bn (about $400m) to increase will cost SR52m by 2020 and a pro- percent, and to quadruple the number of $50.37, their highest since Octo- barrels per day (bpd) following explaining why so few Saudis are capacity, the NTP document showed. gramme to encourage government of women in senior civil service roles ber last year. attacks on pipeline infrastructure, employed in the private sector,” said The government will also spend employees to become private sector to 5 percent, the plan said. The price of oil has nearly dou- according to one source. bled since January, when it hit its Oil, along with the rest of the lowest since late 2003, boosted commodities complex, has also been largely by a spate of unplanned supported by a weaker dollar. Fed- outages that have eroded produc- eral Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has Brazil central bank expected to keep rate at 14.25% tion in Canada, Venezuela, Libya and indicated the US central bank will Nigeria, along with a steady decline raise interest rates, but has not given in higher-cost US shale output. a sense of when. AFP and political instability. -- the latest consensus of 100 econo- percent target for 2016 and 2017. Yet analysts say the rally may US commercial crude oil inven- The bank, which makes rate deci- mists and analysts in a weekly survey This month, the bank is also entice some shale production back tories likely fell by 3.5 million barrels sions eight times a year, has held its by the Central Bank’s Focus magazine expected to want to wait for confir- online, potentially damaging the pros- last week, marking a third straight BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s central bank was key Selic rate steady since the last of is for no change. The steady-as-she- mation of its new chief, Ilan Goldfajn, pects for a more sustained price rise. weekly drop, a preliminary Reuters expected to maintain its benchmark seven consecutive hikes in July 2015. goes policy has been dictated mostly who was appointed by interim pres- “I think that is a bit of a risk right poll showed. The data by the Amer- interest rate at 14.25 percent Wednes- Despite the flailing economy -- by fears of stoking inflation, which hit ident Michel Temer after suspension now,” Petromatrix analyst Olivier ican Petroleum Institute is due out day for a seventh consecutive time, with a 3.8 percent shrink in GDP last 9.28 percent year-on-year in April, of president Dilma Rousseff for an Jakob said. at 2030 GMT. amid the worst recession in decades year forecast to persist through 2016 more than double the average 4.5 impeachment trial.

Gulf Drilling QFCA stresses social message honours its through TV commercial Qatari staff The Peninsula The Peninsula by example. He said: “At the QFC, we believe in equal opportunities for everyone. This is why we are DOHA: The Gulf Drilling Interna- DOHA: The Qatar Financial Cen- proud to announce that we will soon tional Limited (GDI) has honoured tre Authority (QFCA) has revealed be launching a tailored internship a number of its Qatari staff work- its latest television commercial programme for young professionals ing in both Onshore and Offshore (TVC), featuring a remarkable com- with hearing-impairment across all operations, in appreciation for municator and one of the region’s our entities. We are also excited to their efforts and commitment at youngest sign language interpret- be working with the Qatar Finance work. ers, Njoud Al Kubaisi. The TVC which and Business Academy (QFBA) to Mubarak Awaida Al Hajri, Chief also features her father, Mohammed develop a higher diploma course Executive Officer and Managing Al Kubaisi, is part of the QFC wider using sign language to teach busi- Director, presented the awards corporate social responsibility (CSR) ness and finance, which I hope to during a ceremony held at the GDI campaign aimed at raising aware- update you on in the near future.” headquarters and during a field ness on the challenges faced by the At only 13 years, Njoud is already visit to Dukhan in the presence of a hearing-impaired and encouraging an honorary ambassador of the number of concerned department companies to integrate them within Qatar Cancer Society (QCS) and is managers. Al Hajri thanked the their workforce. the daughter of hearing-impaired staff for their efforts and encour- Yousef Fakhroo, Chief parents. Through her large following aged them all to continue aiming Marketing and Corporate Communi- on social media (@_Njoudalkubaisi) Mubarak Awaida Al Hajri, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of GDI, with officials of the company for continuous success in their car- cations Officer at the QFC Authority, she aspires to share the sounds of life rier progression. at the ceremony. explained how the QFC were leading with everyone. 22 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS China gives US $38bn investment quota

Dialogue talks in Beijing, without Ivan Shi, head of research at Chinese officials say providing further details such as a Shanghai-based fund consultancy timeframe. “We believe the US mar- Z-Ben Advisors, said the move also no need for sustained ket is very important, so we granted increased the chances that global weakening of the 250bn yuan in RQFII quotas to the investment index compiler MSCI will United States,” he said. include Chinese shares in its index, a yuan currency. The Renminbi Qualified Foreign decision that could come next week, Institutional Investor programme as it broadens foreign access to Chi- allows financial institutions to use na’s stock market. offshore yuan to buy securities in “But its implementation depends mainland China, including stocks, on how widely the yuan is used in the Reuters bonds and money market investments. US and how much interest US inves- China and the United States will tors have toward Chinese stocks and also each pick a qualified bank to bonds,” he added. BEIJING: China said it will give the conduct yuan clearing business in Chinese regulators have been United States a 250bn yuan ($38bn) the United States, Vice Premier Wang pushing to expand foreign investors’ investment quota for the first time to Yang said on Tuesday. access to domestic financial markets buy Chinese stocks, bonds and other The moves will allow Beijing to to make its markets broader and US Secretary of Treasury Jacob Lew (left), Secretary of State John Kerry (second left), Chinese Vice-Premier assets, deepening financial ties and pursue its ambition of making the attract more capital inflows. interdependence between the world’s yuan a more widely used global But foreign interest has waned Wang Yang (second right) and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi participate in the closing statements of two largest economies. currency, while giving US investors after a near meltdown in China’s the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday. Chinese officials also repeat- greater access to China’s domestic equity markets last year and sub- edly pledged in two days of talks markets. sequent heavy-handed official China’s central bank said in Febru- committed to continuing “market- internationalisation of the yuan, China with their US counterparts that they The new quota will significantly intervention to shore them up. Chi- ary it would allow all kinds of financial oriented exchange rate reform that and the United States also agreed to saw no need for sustained weak- expand the RQFII programme, under na’s cooling economy, growing debt institutions that are registered outside allows for two-way flexibility” of its push forward reforms at the Interna- ening of the yuan currency, which which 501.77bn yuan had been allo- levels and anxiety over its currency the country to buy bonds in the inter- yuan currency. tional Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase many investors fear could shock the cated as of May. policy have also kept investors at bay. bank market and would scrap quotas US financial services firms will quotas for emerging economies, which already sluggish US and global econ- The quota is the first granted to Some analysts said the quota for medium- and long-term investors. have increased access to China and determine their voting powers in the omies and roil financial markets as the United States under the scheme move appeared to be largely sym- Yi said yesterday that internation- legal, corporate and financial regu- organisation and access to financing. happened in January. and is the largest given to a single bolic, as many others channels for alisation of the yuan currency would latory reforms will increase investors’ “Both sides reiterated the alloca- A central bank vice governor, Yi jurisdiction after Hong Kong. Under investing in Chinese assets have be market-oriented. participation in China’s financial mar- tion of IMF quotas should be shifted Gang, announced the quota at the the system, US financial institutions opened up since the RQFII pro- US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew kets, Lew also said. towards emerging markets and devel- bilateral Strategic and Economic would apply to use part of the quota. gramme was launched in 2011. said during the talks that China was Aside from discussions about the oping countries,” he said. India’s central bank keeps interest rates German industrial

AFP but the stance of monetary policy output rebounds remains accommodative,” his state- ment added. The RBI kept its gross domestic MUMBAI: India’s central bank yes- product (GDP) projection for 2017-17 AFP fall for March to 1.1 percent from terday held its key interest rate at at 7.6 percent. the 1.3 percent decline it reported a five-year low, citing inflationary Official figures last month showed earlier. fears in the world’s fastest-growing India’s economy grew 7.6 percent The German economy grew 0.7 major economy ahead of the immi- in 2015-16, retaining its place as BERLIN: German industrial produc- percent in the first quarter, but the nent monsoon rains. the world’s fastest-growing major tion rose in April, pushed up by the pace will slow in the second quar- In a widely expected move, the economy. EU export power’s manufacturing ter, according to economists. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it India’s media is abuzz with spec- and energy sectors, after two months The German government expects would keep the benchmark repo rate, ulation about whether Rajan will be of decline, federal statistics office GDP growth of 1.7 percent for the the level at which it lends to commer- given a second three-year term as Destatis said yesterday. year as a whole and 1.5 percent for cial banks, at 6.5 percent. governor when his current contract Output was up a seasonally 2017. All 44 economists in a Bloomberg expires in September. adjusted 0.8 percent on March, Unicredit said the latest data “con- News survey predicted that the bank All eyes were on a post-rate deci- slightly above the 0.6 percent rise firm that German export-dependent would hold rates after it cut them by sion press conference on Tuesday to that had been forecast by financial manufacturing companies have been 25 basis points in April to their low- see if he would give any hint about services provider Factset. on a solid footing”. est level since early 2011. continuing or not. “The mood in manufacturing- “The decline in construction In the same month, inflation Rajan has widely been cred- sector companies has brightened activity is exclusively a story about quickened more than expected as ited with bringing stability to India’s somewhat in recent months,” said weather-related technicalities which consumer prices rose 5.4 percent Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan attends a news economy but has clashed with Prime the economy ministry in a separate have been clouding extremely bright from a year earlier, driven up by conference after their bimonthly monetary policy review in Mumbai, Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu statement. fundamentals.” higher food prices, catching many yesterday. nationalist government, which “The industrial sector is likely to Unicredit added that it is sticking economists by surprise. wanted him to cut rates further. continue its moderate recovery after to its own German GDP growth fore- “The inflation surprise in the April inflation to 5 percent by March 2017. outcome of the monsoon was known. In 2015 the RBI lopped 125 basis a period of slight weakness related cast of 1.8 percent for 2016. reading makes the future trajectory of The monsoon, expected to hit “A strong monsoon, continued points off borrowing rates in four sep- to foreign trade in the second half However, Capital Economics said inflation somewhat more uncertain,” later in June, is a key factor in food astute food management, as well as arate cuts, before slashing again in of 2015.” April’s industrial production rise RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said in price inflation because of its huge steady expansion in supply capac- April. Production in Europe’s biggest “only partially reversed the previ- a statement following the monetary impact on India’s farmers, whose ity, especially in services, could help But the rate is still much higher economy rebounded in manufactur- ous month’s fall and suggests that policy review meeting in Mumbai. crops are highly dependent on the offset these upward (inflationary) than that of other major economies ing and energy, rising by 1.1 percent the strong growth of industrial and Rajan, who has made taming annual rains. pressures,” Rajan said. such as the United States or Japan, in both sectors, but fell by 1.7 percent overall economic activity in the first India’s once-runaway prices a priority Rajan said the RBI would only act “Given the uncertainties, the where benchmark rates are still hov- in construction in April. quarter will not be repeated in the of his tenure, has set a goal of limiting again on rates once the inflationary Reserve Bank will stay on hold, ering close to or below zero. Destatis revised its production second quarter”. Australian dollar jumps 1% after shift in central bank policy

Reuters trading not far from four-week lows “In the space of a week we have against a basket of currencies, after moved from a strong momentum Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen for a June interest rate increase to walked a fine line and did not spec- Yellen hitting the final nail into the LONDON: The Australian dollar ify whether the Fed will raise rates coffin with her speech yesterday,” gained more than one percent against over the summer months. said Simon Smith, chief economist its US counterpart yesterday after the The dollar index was a tad soft at at FxPro. Reserve Bank of Australia kept inter- 93.832, within sight of Monday’s low “The Fed has had a poor record est rates on hold and appeared to raise of 93.745, its weakest since May 11. It over the past two years in trying to the bar on further monetary easing. had come under pressure since the guide markets and that’s putting it The Aussie climbed to $0.7454, its US nonfarm payrolls report on Fri- mildly.” highest since May 6, and rose 1 per- dayshowed the slowest job growth in Even before Yellen spoke, US cent against the yen and the euro. The more than five years in May, quash- interest rates futures implied trad- Gulf Air officials at the event to mark 30 years of the airline’s Istanbul service. RBA kept the cash rate at a record ing expectations for a near-term rate ers had all but priced out any chance low 1.75 percent at its monthly review, hikes. the Fed will raise rates at its policy after cutting last month for the first While Yellen remained rela- meeting next week. And according time in a year. tively optimistic about the overall to CME Group’s Fedwatch, there was Gulf Air marks 30 years of Istanbul service While that was expected, many US outlook and said the Fed would only a 26 percent chance of a rate traders were disappointed that the hike rates, she gave no fresh hints hike in July. statement did not give an explicit about the timing of its next move Against the yen, the dollar was THe Peninsula a celebratory dinner held at CVK Park “We are delighted to celebrate the easing bias, resulting in unfavoura- and called last month’s US jobs data slightly higher at 107.70 yen, pulling Bosphorus Hotel. 30th anniversary of Gulf Air’s direct ble bets being unwound and the spot “disappointing.” away from Monday’s low of 106.35, The dinner was hosted by Gulf service between Turkey and Bahrain. rate being squeezed higher. She also echoed other Fed its weakest in a month. MANAMA: Gulf Air, Bahrain’s national Air’s newly-appointed Country Man- Istanbul is a key destination for our “The RBA doesn’t appear to be officials in saying that the UK refer- The euro edged up 0.1 percent carrier, recently celebrated the 30th ager Shadi Raweh, who welcomed customers travelling for either busi- in a rush to cut rates further, leading endum this month on whether to stay to $1.1370, moving back towards anniversary of its direct operations to/ the guests, sharing information ness or leisure and our upcoming to a short squeeze in the Australian in the European Union would be a Monday’s nearly one-month high of from the city of Istanbul in the Repub- about Gulf Air’s latest developments summer schedule will see an increase dollar” said Niels Christensen, FX factor in the Fed’s decision making. $1.1393, with a revision in first-quar- lic of Turkey. Marking the occasion, the and thanking them for their loyalty of our operations to and from Istan- strategist at Nordea. She said a vote for Brexit could have ter growth for the euro zone helping airline invited leading Turkish trade and continued support of the airline. bul to daily flights to meet passenger The US dollar was subdued, a significant economic impact. at the margins, traders said. partners and media representatives to Speaking at the dinner Raweh said: demand for this popular destination.” BUSINESS WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 23

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 9,857.95 2.27 % QE Total Return Index 15,949.51 2.27 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,828.74 2.09 % QE All Share Index 2,751.59 2.05 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,676.96 2.07 % QE All Share Industrials 3,040.85 1.13 % QE All Share Transportation 2,457.94 0.38 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,465.01 4.60 % QE All Share Insurance 4,078.84 0.50 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,088.15 2.72 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,440.24 0.55 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 07-06-2016 Today 06-06-2016 Previous day Index 9,857.95 9,638.95 Change 219.00 68.23 % 2.27 0.71 YTD% 5.48 7.58 Volume 8,202,972 3,056,177 Value (QAR) 320,129,100.04 142,403,626.48 Trades 4,288 2,178 Up 35 | Down 02 | Unchanged 04

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5441.021 10.016 0.18 5489.8 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4479.07 55.69 1.26 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 17920.33 113.27 0.64 18188.8 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 21328.24 298.02 1.42 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 6457.02 54.47 0.85 6791.68 5611.89 Karachi 100 In/D 37392.29 40.02 0.11 37481.11 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16675.45 95.42 0.58 18951.12 14865.77 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2132.82 1810.1

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Next/D 5476.5908 120 338837 prices and Yellen Chowgule St-T/D 16.45 0.1 1990 Indian Card-B/D 229 6.4 7792 Orchid Pharm-B/D 35.95 -0.2 23806 Pearson/D 854 1.5 516242 Cimmco-B/D 68 0 2648 Indian Hotel-A/D 123.55 0.45 54222 Orient Hotel-T/D 24.7 0.7 4701 Prudential/D 1341 -4.5 1190334 DOHA: European shares touched a one-week high yes- Cipla-A/D 468.75 1.1 109603 Indo-Tcount-T/D 916.95 35.85 30809 Orient.Carb.-T/D 454 3.95 6177 Rank Group/D 252 1.7 49759 terday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen pushed City Union Bk-/D 104.4 -0.8 20381 Indusind-A/D 1108.95 -9.75 117691 Orient.Carb.-T/D 454 3.95 6177 Rentokil Initi/D 183.9364 0.4 575283 back expectations for a rate increase without raising Colgate-A/D 854.95 0.05 16570 J.B.Chemical-B/D 244.65 0.4 5760 Oudh Sugar-B/D 99.15 1.65 115131 Rolls Royce Pl/D 617 4.5 1747888 concerns over the strength of the world’s largest econ- Container Cor-/D 1349.95 13.65 3723 Jagatjit Ind-X/D 68.9 3.25 1491 Patspin India-/D 8.4 -0.47 10340 Rsa Insrance 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She called the jobs report “disappointing”, Dr. Reddy-A/D 3151 -0.85 37561 Jenson&Nich.-B/D 7.27 -0.04 12151 Ruchi Soya-B/D 20.65 -0.15 72296 Smiths Group/D 1140 12 572512 but said “one should not attach too much significance E I H-B/D 107.4 1.3 5024 Jindal Drill-B/D 191.25 26.45 158238 S Bk Bikaner-B/D 490.4 10.5 6523 Standrd Chart /D 545.7 7.4 2122696 to a single report”. E.I.D Parry-A/D 249.65 2.2 55805 Jktyre&Ind-A/D 87.35 1.4 149681 Saur.Cem-B/D 64.35 -0.05 24696 Tate & Lyle/D 635.5 -0.5 644626 Firmer oil prices also helped sentiment. Eicher Motor-A/D 18889.95 -65.4 1737 Jmc Projects-T/D 272.5 2.55 2016 Savita Oil-B/D 586.5 1.4 3913 Tesco/D 159.4 0.2 10075832 “Investors continue to see the glass half-full,” JCI Electrosteel-B/D 17.45 0.15 36508 Kabra Extr-B/D 105.55 -2.65 7041 Tanfac Indust-/D 32.3 0.2 1100 Unilever/D 3245.5 17 645459 portfolio manager Alessandro Balsotti said. “A good Emco-B/D 24.65 -0.55 8986 Kajaria Cer-A/D 1173.8 3.5 2259 Tanfac Indust-/D 32.3 0.2 1100 United Util Gr/D 967 1.5 418997 day for oil prices and a balanced speech by Yellen have Escorts Fin-B/D 4.5 0.1 33547 Kakatiya Cem-B/D 533.3 17.55 34283 Thirumalai-B/D 279.65 -0.55 73305 Vodafone Group/D 230.6 -1.1 13608944 allowed indexes to shrug off concerns of a slowdown in Escorts-A/D 172.15 -0.3 85472 Kalpat Power-B/D 263.95 9.7 50168 Til Ltd.-T/D 269.95 4.95 4758 Whitbread/D 4196 51 111891 the US economic cycle.” In spite of the upbeat mood, investors said volatil- ity could increase in the near term as Britain prepares for what looks like a close vote on June 23 over whether to leave the European Union. Saudi up after reform announcement; rest of region strong “Managing short-term volatility by de-risking is going to be an important consideration for investors ... Global diversification will remain important for UK- based investors,” said Rick Lacaille, Global CIO of State kets lifted bourses elsewhere in main stock index closed 0.9 per- highs and Brent crude oil held telecommunications company Street Global Advisors. the Middle East. cent higher, in the highest trading above $50 a barrel, encouraging Etisalat, a constituent of the MSCI The pan-European STOXX Europe 600 and the In Doha, blue chips A 110-page Saudi reform doc- volume for two weeks. investors to accumulate shares emerging markets index, gained FTSEurofirst 300 indexes rose 1.2 percent and 1.1 per- pulled the index ument released on Monday night “The absence of a direct corpo- in other Gulf markets. Dubai’s 1.6 percent. cent respectively, extending the previous session’s slight contained hundreds of policies and rate tax and a tax on dividends are stock index jumped 1.5 percent in In Doha, blue chips pulled the gains and ending at their highest close since May 31. up 2.3 percent, its targets, including major austerity both positive catalysts for the Saudi the highest volume in two weeks. index up 2.3 percent, its largest sin- Germany’s DAX outperformed, rising 1.7 percent largest single-day measures. The government aims equity market in the short term,” Dubai Parks and Resorts, which gle-day jump since March 7. Ezdan after data showed that industrial output in Germany to reduce public salaries and wages said Mohamed el-Jamal, manag- accounted for almost a third of Holding surged 5.1 percent. rose more than expected in April. That suggested the jump since March as a proportion of the state budget ing director of capital markets at the market’s total turnover, jumped Egypt’s main index added 1.0 motor of Europe’s largest economy was humming along 7. Ezdan Holding to 40 percent from 45 percent by Abu Dhabi’s Waha Capital. 2.8 percent to 1.45 dirhams. Last percent to 7,717 points, triggering at the start of the second quarter. 2020, and cut water and electric- “Sectors that are expected to week HSBC initiated coverage of a minor bullish triangle formed by Among sectoral gainers, commodities-related stocks surged 5.1 percent. ity subsidies by 200 billion riyals benefit from the plan are ones the company with a “buy” rating the highs and lows since early May were in demand. The energy index advanced 2.6 percent ($53bn). linked to religious tourism, pri- and a target price of 1.80 dirhams. and pointing up to the April peak as oil prices hit their highest in eight months, buoyed by Investment firm EFG Hermes vate education, mining; whereas Union Properties climbed 2.9 of 7,994 points. the dollar nearing one-month lows and by falling Nige- commented: “Our first reading sectors like petchems and materi- percent after the company secured Investment firm EFG Hermes rian production after attacks on infrastructure. Reuters reaffirms our view that Saudi Ara- als will see their subsidies phased a loan to finance development of gained 2.8 percent, continuing to Royal Dutch Shell was up 3.2 percent, also helped bian companies and consumers out over the next few years.” a mid-to-upscale gated commu- rise after it announced on Sun- by news it would sell up to 10 percent of its oil and gas face a period of relative austerity Saudi Arabian Mining Co nity in Dubai’s MotorCity. Other rel day that its sale of a 40 percent production, withdrawing from up to 10 countries to cut over the next few years, and we (Ma’aden) rose 1.8 percent. The estate developers also advanced stake in Credit Libanais had been costs following its $54 billion acquisition of BG Group. DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s stock stay underweight on Saudi equi- energy minister said the kingdom with Emaar Properties adding 2.8 approved by the central bank of Shares in shipping and energy group AP Moller- market rose yesterday after the ties.” But the austerity steps were planned to issue new licences cov- percent. Lebanon. Shares in the company Maersk rose 4.7 percent, making it the second biggest government announced details of largely expected—the market had ering exploration for minerals and The main Abu Dhabi index rose have been in an uptrend since mid- gainer on the FTSEurofirst, following an upbeat note its economic reform plans, while been falling in previous weeks to build more industrial cities. 0.8 percent as Abu Dhabi National May and are now up 38 percent from Danske Bank. an improved mood in global mar- on those expectations—and the Asian stocks hit five-week Energy jumped 5.3 percent and year-to-date. 24 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

China’s shadow Brexit would leave EU less banks pose a systemic risk liberal and less Atlanticist

By Christopher Balding as Bloomberg Gadfly’s Andy Bloomberg Mukherjee pointed out recently. According to Autonomous Research, as much as 85 percent of those products may have been f all the topics sure to be resold to other shadow banks, come up in Sino-US eco- creating a web of cross-owner- Onomic talks this week ship with disturbing parallels to -- from the problem of excess the US mortgage securities mar- capacity to currency controls ket just before the 2008 crash. In -- the health of China’s finan- total, the big four state-owned cial sector will no doubt feature banks hold more than $2 trillion high on the list. Especially wor- in what’s classified as “finan- rying are the multiplying links cial investment,” much of it in between the country’s commer- trusts and wealth-management cial and “shadow” banks -- the products. name given to a broad range Some smaller banks even of non-bank financial institu- seem to have adopted the risk- tions from peer-to-peer lending taking approach of shadow platforms to trusts and wealth bankers. Although banks are management companies. All no longer required to lend only told, the latter now hold assets at official (and artificially low) that exceed 80 percent of China’s rates, they tend to do so anyway. gross domestic product, accord- Some buy wealth-management ing to Moody’s -- much of them products instead to achieve higher linked to the commercial bank- rates of return. As a bonus, they ing sector in one way or another. can record the risk weighting of That poses a systemic threat, and these “loans” to financial insti- A sticker with a logo encouraging people to leave the EU is seen on a car, in Llandudno, Wales. needs to be treated as such. tutions at pretty much whatever There’s nothing inherently they want, rather than the 100 wrong with shadow banks, of percent weighting assigned to course. Largely owned by the traditional loans. European Union without Britain common sense and financial and legal know- Perhaps with their successors,” Goulard government, China’s commer- The potential for disaster is would be financially poorer, less how,” said Sylvie Goulard, a French member said. cial banks focus primarily on significant. In a country with no economically liberal and free- of the European Parliament from the centrist Unpopular French President Fran- directing capital from savers to credit reporting bureau and many trading, less Atlanticist and less liberal ALDE group. cois Hollande is in the last year of his term, state-owned enterprises, leaving doubts about the enforceability of open to further enlargement. Supporters of a more deeply integrated while German Chancellor Angela Merkel Chinese households and smaller contracts, wealth-management AA British vote to leave the 28-nation EU in political union centred on the 19-nation euro is constrained by domestic resistance to private enterprises starved for products aren’t for the faint of a referendum on June 23 would not only deal currency area would have no cause for rejoic- an influx of refugees and to any more risk- funds. Shadow banks have grown heart. Online peer-to-peer lend- a severe blow to the union’s self-confidence ing, since eurosceptics elsewhere would be sharing with southern euro zone countries. to meet the demand. At their best, ing platforms give little thought and international standing, amputating it of emboldened to press for their own renego- The power dynamics of European they allocate capital more effi- to the creditworthiness of bor- its second biggest economy and one of its tiations and referendums. leadership would change if Britain quit. ciently than state-owned lenders rowers; several have collapsed two main military powers. “The real risk is not (Britain) remain- Germany would lose a counterweight to and keep afloat businesses that in the past year. The sector has It would also blow ing in the EU, it is a leave vote, which could French economic dirigisme. France would create jobs and growth. earned such a bad reputation that a hole in the EU’s com- perpetuate the disintegration of the entire lose its main partner in supporting EU mil- The line between good one platform felt it necessary to mon budget and tilt European Union,” said former Belgian Prime itary missions in Africa and elsewhere. shadow banks and dodgy ones employ the motto, “Honestly, we the balance away from Minister Guy Verhofstadt. A keen federalist, Europe might be less inclined to stand is increasingly fuzzy, however, won’t run away.” the open, competitive he represented the European Parliament in up to Russia, or to work as closely with the as is the divide between shadow Given that most shadow economy favoured by negotiations between Prime Minister David United States. and commercial banking. Tra- lending is short-term in nature, the Netherlands, Swe- Cameron and other EU leaders in February The EU would remain divided into a ditional banks often assign their typically under three months, den, Ireland and central that led to a deal exempting Britain from the majority of countries which share the euro, sales teams to sell shadow prod- there’s a risk that a small-scale European states, towards EU’s treaty goal of “ever closer union”. and a minority that have not yet joined or ucts. This gives an unwarranted panic could rapidly turn into a A British vote to leave protectionism and heav- “Brexit would make the narrative of the have voted to stay out. But those non-euro sheen of legitimacy to schemes liquidity crisis that sweeps the the 28-nation EU in a ier regulation. EU about disintegration, not integration,” countries - Sweden, Denmark, Poland, the that are inherently risky. Buyers industry. And liquidity crunches referendum on June Even committed researchers at the London-based Centre for Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Roma- trust that the established bank are the drivers of financial cri- European federalists European Reform said in a report entitled: nia and Croatia - would have less clout will make them whole if their ses. The increasing ties between 23 would not only deal acknowledge that Britain “Europe after Brexit: unleashed or undone?” without Britain’s presence as the main investment goes south. shadow and commercial lenders a severe blow to the has made major contri- For one thing, much of the EU’s time and financial centre outside the single cur- Shadow banks are also sell- raise the risk of spillover into the butions in opening up energy would be consumed for the next two rency area. ing more and more products larger financial sector. union’s self-confidence the community’s inter- years or longer by wrangling over the terms Guntram Wolff, a German econo- directly to commercial banks. The government appreciates and international nal market, promoting of withdrawal and the UK’s future relations mist who heads the Bruegel economic Wealth management products the threat and has taken some standing, amputating an outward-looking for- with the bloc. think-tank in Brussels, said the Berlin held as receivables now account initial steps to rein in risks, forc- eign policy and sharing Aside from that, the EU’s historic Franco- establishment was in a funk, fearing that for approximately 3 trillion yuan ing banks and asset managers to it of its second biggest a pragmatic, empirical German axis seems too weak to agree on any “we are left alone with all those Mediterra- of interbank holdings, or around recognize their loans and risky economy and one of administrative culture. major strengthening of the euro zone, at least nean spending countries with a preference $500 billion -- a number that’s capital differently. its two main military “We would lose the until after elections in both countries in 2017. for redistribution and we are going to grown sixfold in three years, intrinsic value of Great “I don’t think Europe can transform itself pay for them and drift away from a lib- powers. Britain - its global geo- and make a bold leap forward in integration eral, pro-market, TTIP Europe. That’s the political vision, economic with the current cast of political characters. big angst.” The Federal Reserve risks helping Donald Trump

by Noah Smith Macroeconomists, as well as the general make the difference in a very close election. because of the small sample involved. But it’s Bloomberg public, have widely interpreted this as clear It isn’t a likely scenario, but it’s possible. an unsettling reminder that the Fed has the evidence that rising rates can have a damp- In fact, there are allegations that the Fed ability to affect politics. ing effect on economic activity. This episode has tipped the scales for Republicans in the It seems highly unlikely that the Fed was key to the development of New Keyne- past. Political scientists William Clark and would be in the tank for Trump. But it’s also iven Donald Trump’s rather inconsist- sian models of monetary policy, which are Vincent Arel-Bundock wrote a paper in 2013 true that Trump has tried to publicly bully ent and worrying statements about his now used by most central banks. claiming exactly this. From their abstract: the Fed, as he bullies many others. Last fall, Gplans for the Federal Reserve, it would Volcker’s rate hikes were enormous -- “We show evidence from the United he accused Yellen of keeping interest rates be ironic if the central bank provided the about 10 percentage points. The Fed’s current States that interest rates (a) decline as elec- low as a favor to President Barack Obama -- The Fed is poised to raise impetus that carries him over the finish line plans, which envision a few percentage points tions approach when Republicans control the essentially the opposite of what Clark and interest rates again, after in this November’s presidential election. But at most, might seem like small potatoes in White House, but rise when Democrats do; Arel-Bundock allege. So Trump knows what’s there is a small chance that might happen. comparison. But it isn’t just rates themselves and (b) are sensitive to the inflation rate (out- at stake, and the pressure is on. raising them in December The Fed is poised to raise interest rates that matter for the economy -- it’s people’s put gap) when Democrats (Republicans) are in The Fed should do what it thinks is best for the first time in more again, after raising them in December for expectations of future rate increases. If people the White House. Thus, the Federal Reserve for the economy without regard to whether the first time in more than nine years. Janet see a Fed hike as a policy regime shift -- the is a conditional inflation hawk. Since the Fed it helps or hurts any presidential candidate than nine years. Janet Yellen, the Fed chair, said last month that if the first in a long cycle of tightening -- it could became operationally independent in 1951, or political party. But my personal opinion is Yellen, the Fed chair, economy continues to do reasonably well, the have the same effect as if all the tightening the Republicans have exhibited a decided that rate hikes just don’t look that necessary said last month that if central bank will hike interest rates this sum- was done in a single day. In other words, the electoral advantage in presidential politics.” right now. The labor market doesn’t seem to mer or fall. Some non-hawkish Fed governors perception of a turning point might be a big The authors show how rates generally be doing well. As Bloomberg View columnist the economy continues have echoed her statement. Markets seem to event for markets and for the economy. rose throughout the Kennedy, Johnson and Narayana Kocherlakota mentioned in a recent to do reasonably well, believe that the Fed is now serious about this. If growth did take a hit, it probably would Carter administrations, reaching their peak article, inflation is still very subdued. Core Why might this help Trump’s presidential be a windfall for Trump. Economic condi- about the time Jimmy Carter was defeated inflation is comfortably below the Fed’s 2 the central bank will hike bid? Because rate increases have the capac- tions don’t necessarily determine the results by Ronald Reagan. But rates fell dramatically percent target. Economic indicators look sta- interest rates this summer ity to hurt the economy. When Paul Volcker, of presidential elections, but they do appear to and steadily during the Reagan and George ble, but they certainly don’t indicate a takeoff Fed chairman at the time, raised rates sharply matter. If higher rates caused the perception H.W. Bush administrations, and even more in growth or anything like the kind of over- or fall. in the early 1980s to wring inflation out of of a policy regime shift, and that made growth during the administration of George W. Bush. heating that would put the economy in danger the economy, two sharp recessions followed. decline in the coming months, that could I’m skeptical of drawing hard conclusions, of a spike in inflation. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Federer to face Tearful Di Maria fearlessfe teen Fritz inspires in Stuttgart Argentina at Copaa

WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 • 3 RAMADAN 1437 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar ‘Easy draw’ causes nerves for fancied hosts

draw is when you have won the Dimitri Payet and Anthony Martial in matches, that is all!” he told French attack means the loss of Benzema may France looking for a newspaper La Depeche. scarcely be felt. hat-trick of major “I suppose you are going to tell That attack will look to prove me that we could have got more itself immediately against Romania, titles on home renowned opponents. Romania are whose defensive strength carried territory at Euro 2016 not flashy, is that it? But they didn’t them through qualifying. qualify by accident, and neither did Under veteran coach Anghel Ior- Albania nor Switzerland.” danescu, in his third spell at the helm, Having won nine of 10 friendly Romania are a team of few stars apart AFP games since September, France are from exciting attacking midfielder in good form. And they have one of Nicolae Stanciu. the most potent attacks on the conti- “Everything is based on unity of nent, making them one of the overall the group, tactical discipline and will- PARIS: France are going for a hat- favourites. ingness to perform,” said Iordanescu, trick of major titles on home territory “We will be ready. We have been who took Romania to the last 16 of the at Euro 2016 and have a kind draw but preparing for two years,” said Des- 1998 World Cup. coach Didier Deschamps is seeking to champs after France beat Scotland There will be few more intrigu- douse national expectations. 3-0 in their final warm-up game in ing contests in the group stage than Les Bleus will face Switzerland, Metz on Saturday. Switzerland’s meeting with Albania Romania and an Albania side appear- France are without Real Madrid in Lens on Saturday. A woman walks past a sign announcing the UEFA Euro 2106 tournament in Nice, France yesterday. The ing at their first major finals in Group star Karim Benzema, sidelined due to That game will see Swiss mid- 15th edition of the Championship, the quadrennial international men’s football championship of Europe A as they look to add to their 1984 his involvement in the Mathieu Val- fielder Granit Xhaka, recently signed organised by UEFA, starts on Friday. European Championship and the 1998 buena sextape blackmail scandal. by Arsenal, come up against his elder World Cup titles. The loss of Mamadou Sakho, not brother Taulant playing for Albania. But as anticipation builds ahead of picked after a positive doping test, The siblings were born in Basel to are multiple. Half a dozen members a Swiss passport. Now with Nantes, to the knockout stages, at least as one their opening game against Romania and injuries to Raphael Varane, Las- Kosovar-Albanian parents and both of the Albanian squad were born in he also considers France his “second of the best third-placed teams. on Friday, Deschamps -- who lifted sana Diarra and others leave question represented Switzerland at youth Switzerland, including Xhaka and home” and will lead the Balkan nation But the Swiss, whose star player the World Cup as a player 18 years ago marks in defence and midfield. level. They would be the first brothers striker Shkelzen Gashi, formerly of on the field as they prepare for their going forward is the Kosovar-born -- knows that his team still have to do But N’Golo Kante has emerged to meet in a European Championship Basel. first major tournament appearance. Xherdan Shaqiri of Stoke City, are on the business on the park. in the middle and the presence of finals game. Skipper Lorik Cana spent a dec- Coached by the Italian Gianni De paper Group A’s strongest side behind “What is an easy draw? An easy players such as Antoine Griezmann, The links between the countries ade in Switzerland as a child and has Biasi, Albania are hoping to progress the hosts. 26 WEDNESDAY JUNE 8 2016 SPORT

Federer to face fearless Serena Williams teen Fritz in Stuttgart

I heard the name of Federer or saw Swiss legend to play him on TV. But it’s amazing to play him in the next round. his first match in “I grew up in the generation when nearly a month after he was just dominating everyone. It’s crazy to be stepping onto the court recovering from back with him, I never thought that would pain and skipping the happen.” Serena tops Sharapova as Unseeded Argentine wildcard Del French Open Potro posted a victory over Grigor Dimitrov, with the 6-4, 6-2 result highest paid sportswoman marking the fourth straight first- round loss for the one-time Bulgarian AFP phenomenon. “I’m surprised with my level,” said AFP Del Potro, who is working his way back after a wrist injury and sealed STUTTGART, Germany: Teenager the win with an ace. Taylor Fritz earned the chance to “I didn’t expect to play that well. LOS ANGELES: Two days after her stunning loss to Garbine Muguruza in face his hero Roger Federer after Now I have another chance to get a the French Open final, Serena Williams scored a different win on Monday, the American defeated an unranked few more matches. I’m just glad to be when Forbes Magazine reported she has overtaken Maria Sharapova as the French qualifier yesterday to reach playing tennis again. world’s highest-paid sportswoman. the second round in Stuttgart. “I have the chance to make a Williams earned $28.9m over the past 12 months, the financial maga- Federer will be playing his first start in the grass court season for zine reported in an article posted on its website. match in nearly a month after recov- the first time in a long time. My body Russian tennis star Sharapova had held the title for the past 11 years. ering from back pain and skipping responded well to this match.” Williams, 34, has dominated her sport for more than a decade. She won the French Open, as he ramps up his The former world number four her second Grand Slam in 2002 before going on to win 19 more since then. preparations for Wimbledon. next plays Australian John Millman, After falling at Roland Garros on Saturday, she vowed to keep trying to Number 65 Fritz has had time who beat French eighth seed Lukas equal Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam titles. on court with the Swiss legend – a Pouille 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 6-4. Williams’s career prize money of $77.6m amounts to more than twice Wimbledon training session a year Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek, as much as any other sportswoman’s. Switzerland’s Roger Federer plays a forehand return during his match ago – but booked his place into the still going strong at age 37, booked However, Sharapova dominated in endorsement profits before compa- match of his life with a 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), against Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov on day three of the Australian into the second round as he beat nies including Nike, American Express, Porsche and TAG Heuer distanced 6-1 win over Fabrice Martin on the Open in Melbourne, in this January 2016 file photo. Denis Istomin 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Viktor themselves after she tested positive for the recently banned drug meldonium grass at the Weissenhof Club. Troicki became the first seed to exit, earlier this year. Sharapova earned $21.9m over the past 12 months, down Fritz, 18, said he will not worry to German Florian Mayer 6-4, 7-6 almost $8m from the previous year, Forbes said. American mixed martial with nerves when he faces one of the and admired Federer as a boy aged 11. teaming with (Juan Martin) Del Potro (7/4). arts star Ronda Rousey was third on the list with $14m, just ahead of NAS- best players on the planet. “I never thought then that I’d in doubles (this week). American Denis Kudla beat CAR stock car driver Danica Patrick, who earned $13.9m. The teenager said he had watched be playing Federer in singles and “I cannot remember the first time Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-0, 6-2. I’m a better coach than Stallions win cricket tourney LCSC announces Ramadan timings player, says Becker

DOHA: Losail Circuit Sports Club (LCSC) announced a change in AFP Laver back in 1969. That is some- schedule during the holy month thing even his eternal rivals Roger of Ramadan for its outdoor Kart- Federer and Rafael Nadal have failed ing and Mini Moto track, which to achieve. started last May and will continue BERLIN: German tennis legend Asked about the possibility of until July 1. Boris Becker has said he considers Djokovic achieving a calendar Grand Karting and Mini Moto are himself a better coach than player Slam which has only been achieved popular outdoor activities among after overseeing Novak Djokovic’s three times -- by Don Budge in 1938 youth particularly in the lively victory in the French Open. and Laver in 1962 and 1969, Becker nights of Ramadan attracting a “I have to admit that I am now told Bild newspaper: “We will con- daily average of 120 people in each better as a coach than a player,” said tinue to fight. weekend. The track will be open the 48-year-old Becker, who won six “I’ve already reserved my seat from 20:30 to 23:30 with registra- Grand Slams (2 Australian Opens, for Wimbledon. We are aware of this tion closes at 23:00. 1 US Open and 3 Wimbledon titles) historical opportunity. For the karting, the minimum during his playing career. “The Olympic Games are also a age is 15 years old and any par- The 29-year-old Djokovic, who big focus for Novak, it’s clear, and ticipant under the age of 18 needs took Becker on as a coach for the that’s why I’ll also be in Rio to sup- permission signed by a legal 2014 season, captured his first port him.” guardian. For the Mini Moto track, French Open on Sunday to become Becker said his coaching prow- Stallions Academy players pose for a group photo after defeating Qatar Foundation in the final of any participant should bring their only the eighth man to complete a ess came to the fore in his ability to U-16 Cricket Tournament which was organised by Qatar Foundation recently. Stallions Sports Services own bike and safety equipment. career Grand Slam. “analyse opponents and matches” is a leading academy in Doha currently providing coaching in cricket, basketball and badminton for Opening days during Ramadan More impressively, he is just the and also put himself in the position the juniors from the age of 6 to 18 years through a well-qualified and experienced team of coaches. are June 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 31 and third man to hold all four majors at of a player to help broach different ends July 1. the same time and the first since Rod scenarios. DeChambeau claims US Open Al Naimi completes CMAE programme spot, Donald in play-off

The Peninsula Strategy & Leadership, Risk Man- Reuters agement and Facilities Management. Dubai Golf’s Chief Executive Christo- pher May CCM commented: “We are DOHA: Qatar International Golf delighted to see the huge interest in NEW YORK: Rookie Bryson Club’s (QIGC) Deputy General Man- the first CMAE Management Devel- DeChambeau earned a spot at the ager, Mohamed Al Naimi, was among opment Programme to be held in the US Open on Monday after coming four GCC nationals who completed Middle East. It is the largest MDP 1 through the final stage of qualifying the Club Managers Association of course held anywhere to date, with but former world number one Luke Europe’s (CMAE) Management Devel- delegates from Europe,” Donald (pictured) will have to return opment Programme Part 1, recently. Mike Braidwood, Director of Edu- early for a play-off. The course was attended by 34 cation, CMAE, added: “CMAE started The final 55 spots for the June delegates from across the GCC, Asia the Management development pro- 16 to 19 US Open at Oakmont Coun- and Europe, all embarking on the gramme in Europe in 2011. To bring try Club, just outside of Pittsburgh, Club Management education path the programme to Dubai has been a were up for grabs at 10 sectional sites DeChambeau (70-63) finished which aims to help club managers long term plan of the Association and across the country. joint second in the Ohio sectional, better secure the continued success the response has been phenomenal Donald finished in a six-way tie one shot behind Carlos Ortiz (66-66). of their clubs. with 34 delegates signing up - this for ninth after rounds of 68 and 69, 2014 US Open runner-up Erik After completing the course, Al is a record for CMAE and just shows and will compete for one of five spots Compton, Aaron Baddeley and Naimi, Deputy General Manager, the appetite amongst the club indus- available in a sudden-death playoff Camilo Villegas were among those QIGC said: “It has been an extremely try in the Middle East for high level on Tuesday in Powell, Ohio. who failed to qualify. KJ Choi with- valuable learning experience to take education.” Most of the 103 players at the drew after an opening 71, as did part in a programme that is recog- QIGC is a landmark project for Wedgewood and Kinsale courses Stuart Appleby after a 74. nised globally for enhancing and Qatar and the world of golf, offering consisted of PGA Tour players, who Former PGA Championship win- developing the professionalism of Delegates pose for a group photo after completing CMAE Management a revolutionary and holistic approach competed at the nearby Memo- ner David Toms (66-69) was one of club management. At Qatar Interna- Development Programme Part 1 in Dubai recently. to growing the game of golf. The inno- rial last week. There were 13 spots 10 qualifiers in Memphis, Tennessee. tional Golf Club we strive to provide vative facility, which will be located available. Houston Open winner Jim Her- the highest level of quality, starting in Qatar Education City, has been The 22-year-old DeChambeau man posted rounds 67 and 70 for a with the internal management and to take part in the programme,” he Koenigsfeld educating and informing designed to support every mem- had gained a US Open exemption nine-under total to tie 36-year-old staff which will in turn filter down added. delegates on standardising best prac- ber of society regardless of age or when he won last year’s US Ama- American professional Rob Oppen- through the golf club and provide a The week long programme tices in golf clubs across the world, ability – from complete beginners teur but forfeited that spot when he heim, also with scores of 67 and 70, world-class facility for our members. which took place from May 29 to including the 10 core competencies to the world’s leading professionals turned professional a week after the and finish top of the sectional qual- “It has been even more rewarding June 2, 2016 saw spokespersons Mike of a modern club manager such as – and focuses on accessibility and 2016 Masters. ifying in Summit, New Jersey. to be one of the first Qatari members Braidwood, Darshan Singh and Jason Club Governance: enjoyment. SPORT WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016 27 Tearful Di Maria inspires Argentina at Copa

Martino said. “He didn’t tell me any- into the bottom corner as the Chile Former Chelsea Striker Perez powers thing, he was feeling well to play.” goalkeeper struggled to get his body Di Maria’s virtuoso display into position. doctor settles case Panama to victory secured a deserved three points for Eight minutes later it was 2-0, Di over Bolivia Argentina, who will now fancy their Maria turning creator this time with chances of topping Group D with a deft pass to Banega whose low shot against Mourinho games against Panama and Bolivia took a slight deflection off Mauricio to come. Isla to deceive Bravo. AFP Chile substitute Jose Fuenzalida The game continued to have AFP scored an injury time consolation for an edge with Di Maria and Gary the holders. Medel both receiving yellow cards Injured Argentina captain Messi for an off-the-ball scuffle shortly LONDON: Former Chelsea doctor SANTA CLARA, United States: A watched from the substitutes’ bench afterwards. Eva Carneiro yesterday agreed a grieving Angel Di Maria was the at Levi’s Stadium after failing to In injury time Fuenzalida deal to settle a case against Man- inspiration as Argentina shrugged recover in time from a sore back suf- grabbed a late consolation with a chester United manager Jose off the absence of Lionel Messi to fered in a friendly win over Honduras headed goal from a free-kick but it Mourinho for alleged discrimi- defeat holders Chile 2-1 in their open- last month. was too little too late. nation for an undisclosed sum, ing Copa America Centenario game But the Barcelona superstar’s Chile’s Argentina-born coach Chelsea said. here on Monday. absence was barely noticeable, with Juan Antonio Pizzi bemoaned mis- “The parties agreed to the Paris Saint-Germain star Di Nicolas Gaitan slotting into Argen- takes which cost his team goals. settlement of this dispute on con- Maria -- reeling from the death of tina’s attack and making an instant Twice Chile ceded possession fidential terms,” a representative of his grandmother only hours earlier impression, hitting the woodwork cheaply in midfield, leading to Argen- the club said at the start of a brief -- scored one goal and set up another with a header after only two minutes. tina’s two goals. hearing at a London employment as the two-time world champions Argentina dominated the early “The mistakes were crucial,” Pizzi tribunal. avenged their defeat to Chile in last exchanges before Chile, fielding said. “They cost us two goals.” Carneiro said she was year’s Copa America final. the core of their victorious Copa It was Chile’s third straight defeat “relieved” to have concluded Di Maria opened the scoring on America side, gradually grew into -- but Pizzi was bullish about his the tribunal case, calling it an 51 minutes and emotionally held a the game. team’s chances of coming back. “extremely difficult and distress- T-shirt up to the sky emblazoned with Chile came closest to breaking “We believe we’re going to get ing time for me and my family,” the message: “Grandma, I will miss the first half deadlock in the 30th into the next round,” he said. in a statement issued after the you so much.” minute, when Alexis Sanchez burst “I know we have difficult games announcement. Moments later Di Maria then onto a layoff from Arturo Vidal to go ahead of us, but we’re going to con- The club said it was “pleased” set up Argentina’s second for Ever in on goal. tinue working hard and we have that an agreement had been Banega, to complete a man-of-the- The Arsenal forward picked belief to move to the next round.” reached. match performance. his spot and shot low but Argentine Also in Group D, veteran striker “The club regrets the circum- “I had to play, I wanted to play, keeper Sergio Romero was equal to Blas Perez scored twice as Panama stances which led to Dr Carneiro my grandmother was so proud that the challenge, saving brilliantly to beat Bolivia. leaving the club and apologises I played for the national team,” Di deny Chile. Perez scored his first after 10 unreservedly to her and her fam- Maria said during a post-match tel- Sanchez drew another save from minutes when he slid in to push home ily for the distress caused,” said a evision interview before breaking Romero in a bright Chilean start to a cross from 10 yards out before Juan club statement. down in tears. the second half but it was Argentina Carlos Arce tied the score eight min- Mourinho made an unexpected Argentina coach Gerardo Mar- who opened the scoring six minutes utes into the second half. appearance alongside Chelsea tino revealed afterwards Di Maria after the break. Perez grabbed the winner three chairman Bruce Buck at the Lon- Argentina midfielder Angel Di Maria (7) celebrates after scoring a goal had kept his loss a secret from him. A swift counter-attack saw minutes from time. don South Employment Tribunal “I just learned that five minutes Banega release Di Maria, whose quick Panama next play Argentina on against Chile during the second half during the group play stage of the in suburban Croydon on Tuesday, ago that his grandmother died,” low shot flew past Claudio Bravo and Friday while Chile face Bolivia. 2016 Copa America Centenario at Levi’s Stadium on Monday. shortly before the announcement of the settlement. The tribunal was examining a claim of constructive dismissal Italy edge Finland, against Chelsea and a connected, personal legal action against Poland held in Bundesliga eyes TV cash to bolster league Portuguese boss Mourinho, who left the Blues in December, for alleged victimisation and sexual Euro warm-ups AFP Bayern Munich or Dortmund -- are But those are paltry sums com- lucrative contracts offered by major discrimination. up for grabs. pared to the English Premier League’s Premier League sides, the Bundesliga Carneiro alleges Mourinho Pay-television channel Sky cur- 2.3 billion euros a season deal. is hoping to obtain at least 1 to 1.5bn shouted “filha da puta” at her -- AFP rently has a monopoly, but this has The UK agreement is worth a euros in TV rights revenues. Portuguese for daughter of a whore BERLIN: Germany’s Bundesliga is been smashed by the German anti- total of £5.14bn, and is only for three Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz -- after she ran on the pitch dur- expected to award tomorrow the cartel office’s decision in April years and domestic screenings. Add Rummenigge noted that “transfer fees ing a match. PARIS: Italy, runners up at the broadcasting rights for four seasons dictating a “no single buyer rule”. international broadcasts to the mix will continue to rise, but most of all, An extract from a statement by 2012 European championships, as it looks to multiple buyers to bulk Besides Sky, bidders for the TV and the deal is worth just over £8bn the salaries, and that will be a bigger Mourinho was read out on Monday. tuned up for Euro 2016 with a up its coffers in the battle against packages could include Eurosport, pounds. problem for the Bundesliga”. In it he claimed he was known 2-0 friendly win over Finland in other top-flight European leagues. ARD or Sport1, while those for mobile As the TV bonanza is shared out “The players know today exactly for regularly using the term “filho Verona on Monday. On the eve of the European cham- and online platforms are expected to among clubs, English sides are rak- how much they can make in Spain, in da puta”, meaning son of a whore, Antonio Candreva’s first half pionships, the German league will include Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone ing it in, and players are voting with Italy and, above all, in England,” he and had done so throughout the penalty with Daniel De Ros- announce which media outlets it has and Amazon, according to German their feet. told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zei- match in question last August. si’s contribution after the break picked to screen live the first and sec- media. Several Bundesliga stars have left tung in an interview. A skeleton argument submitted gave the Azzurri a useful confi- ond division matches for the 2017-18 If a single bidder secures the TV for the Premier League over the past Reiterating his backing for the to the tribunal on behalf of Chel- dence booster ahead of their tough to 2020-21 seasons. rights, then the rights to web and year. sharing out of TV revenues, Rum- sea and Mourinho said Carneiro Group E opener against Belgium “The aim is to continue to make mobile broadcasts will have to go Kevin de Bruyne’s record transfer menigge said he hoped that “the had been “made an open offer of next Monday. the Bundesliga stronger -- sports- to another competitor, the Bundes- to Manchester City earned Wolfsburg total revenue intake would rise, as £1.2m ($1.73 million, 1.52 million Lazio winger Candreva scored wise and economically speaking, liga said. a reported 79.8m euros (last August. that would help the entire league”. euros) to settle her claims”. from the spot in the 27th minute with a view on the fans in the stadia Having more than one buyer sim- Son Heung-Min joined Tottenham Noting the 18 points gap between Mourinho dropped Carneiro as after earning the penalty himself. and the millions of viewers in front of ply means that the DFL stands a better Hotspur for £22m from Leverkusen Bundesliga runner-up Dortmund and Chelsea’s first team doctor after the He then turned provider to set the TV screens,” said Christian Seifert, chance of bolstering its coffers. in the same month after Liverpool third placed Leverkusen, he said he Blues’ opening match of last sea- up Roma midfielder De Rossi in chief of the DFL or Deutsche Fuss- Under the contract awarded in paid Hoffenheim £29m for Roberto hoped more clubs would make it a son in the English Premier League, the 71st minute, this pair advanc- ball Liga. 2012, TV revenues for the coming Firmino last June and Germany cap- closer fight for the leaders. “That a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea on ing their claims for a start in future Eight packages for live screen- season were expected to reach 673 tain Bastian Schweinsteiger signed would make it more exciting and help August 8. Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s start- ing rights, which besides the matches million euros for domestic screen- for Manchester United for £14 million the entire league in the international Mourinho angrily berated her ing line-up in Lyon next week. also include press conferences of the ings, and 162 million for the foreign from Bayern Munich in July. business arena.” after she and physio Jon Fearn The 1968 continental champi- league’s biggest clubs -- including marketing. To stand a chance against the went on the pitch to treat mid- ons, who got the better of Scotland fielder Eden Hazard, obliging him last week, arrive in Montpellier, to leave the field of play before their base in France, on Thursday. being readmitted. The Italians, trounced by Spain Spain hungry for in the final four years ago in Kiev, limped out of the 2014 World Cup 3rd straight Euro at the first round. After their Euro Cannavaro to 2016 curtain-raiser against the Belgians they face Sweden on victory: Fabregas June 17 in Toulouse followed by coach Tianjin the Republic of Ireland in Lille four days later. In other Euro warm-up Reuters Quanjian action on Monday Poland, missing star striker Robert Lewandowski, were held 0-0 by Lithuania in AFP Krakow. The Poles are drawn MADRID: Reigning champions Spain in Group C in France. They face are hungry to hold onto their title at Northern Ireland on Sunday, fol- the European Championship that BEIJING: Fabio Cannavaro will lowed by Germany on June 16 kicks off this week, midfielder Cesc return to China to coach Tianjin and Ukraine on June 21. In Mon- Fabregas said, but admitted there Quanjian FC, the official Xinhua day’s other game, Iceland, pitted was no clear favourite. news agency said yesterday on its against Austria, Hungary and Por- Two years on from their early Twitter account. tugal in Group F, easily accounted exit at the World Cup, Spain have a The former Italy defender, who for Liechtenstein 4-0. chance in France to regain their rep- captained his country to World utation as the best in Europe if they Cup victory in 2006, has already can repeat the winning performance got Chinese experience under his PRE-EURO 2016 Spain’s forward Nolito (left) speaks next to Spain’s midfielder Cesc Fabregas during a press conference at of the last two Euros. belt following a one-year stint as INTERNATIONAL “There’s a good feeling in the Ciudad del Futbol (Soccer City) in Las Rozas, near Madrid on Sunday. coach of Guangzhou Evergrande FRIENDLY RESULTS camp,” the Chelsea midfielder said that ended last summer. He went on the Spanish Football Federation they crashed out in the first round. games with the maximum serious- the World Cup, the Netherlands beat on to manage Saudi Arabian club At Krakow website. They are among the favourites ness because everyone wants to beat them 5-1 in their opener. Al-Nassr in Riyadh, but was sacked Poland 0 Lithuania 0 “I see everyone with a lot of hun- this time, with bookmaker William Spain. We have to give our best.” “It’s important to play a good from his role in February for “bad At Verona ger and will to do something big. Hill offering odds of 5-1, behind Ger- Spain launch their title defence on (first) game and win in order for results” just four months after Italy 2 (Candreva 27-pen, De Rossi Between all of us, we need to take a many at 4-1 and the top tip France June 13 in Toulouse against the Czech the group to build confidence,” the taking charge. Cannavaro, who 71) Finland 0 step forward and bring the Cup where at 3-1. Republic. 29-year-old midfielder said. won the Ballon d’Or 10 years ago, it belongs for a third straight time.” “I don’t see a clear favourite but I They also have Group D games Even so, Spain showed in 2010 a had signed a deal to keep him in At Reykjavik Spain are eager to use Euro 2016 don’t give importance to that,” Fab- against Turkey and Croatia. team can bounce back from an early the Saudi capital until the end of Iceland 4 (Sigthorsson 10, Sævar- to distance themselves from their regas said. Fabregas, who has earned 105 setback. the season, but he left the side 18 sson 20, Finnbogason 42, abysmal showing in Brazil in 2014 “It doesn’t matter if we are caps for Spain since his debut in 2006, They lost their first game to Swit- points off the top spot and with Gudjohnsen 82) Liechtenstein 0 where as defending world champions favourites. We have to face the believes a good start is imperative. At zerland 1-0 but still won the title. their title defence in tatters. 28 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE 2016

Brazil sports minister plays down Zika fears for Rio Games

Reuters Olympics, adding that the country event. More than 150 health experts, lead to severe developmental problems “We had 4,300 cases in April, you do not have to worry, Rio and Bra- is prepared for the Games, despite in a public letter, have also called for in babies. However, Picciani, who was which fell to 700 in May and there zil have prepared for this moment.” health concerns and political insta- the August Games to be postponed. appointed by interim President Michel will be another significant reduction Golfer Jason Day became the latest bility. U.S. health officials have concluded Temer, said the situation had signifi- in June or July, and in August it will be athlete to cast doubt over his participa- RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Sports The World Health Organization’s that infections by the mosquito-borne cantly improved. very close to zero. All the mechanism tion in Rio, after U.S. cyclist Tejay Van Minister Leonardo Picciani expects Emergency Committee on Zika will Zika virus in pregnant women can “We hosted 43 test events in Rio of prevention and protection are guar- Garderen withdrew from the Games there to be almost no cases of the Zika meet in the coming weeks to eval- cause microcephaly, a birth defect with 7,000 athletes and we have not had anteed. I would say to any athlete, to over concerns that the outbreak could virus during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro uate the risks associated with the marked by small head size that can any case of Zika or dengue,” he told BBC. any visitor planning on coming to Rio, present risks for his pregnant wife.

England have no Cavaliers animosity towards ‘Like punching a mountain’, desperate to Amir, says Broad make stand Indian recalls Ali bouts at home

Reuters In this photograph taken on Former Indian Monday, former Indian amateur Reuters boxer Haroon Khan leafs though a LONDON: Pakistan amateur boxer photo album of his bouts with his fast bowler Mohammad Haroon Khan idol and boxing legend Muhammad CLAVELAND: The old adage Amir can expect no speaks about his Ali during an interview. Khan that a play-off series does not animosity from Eng- bubbles with excitement and begin until a home team loses land when he comes does not apply to the Cavaliers, bouts against bravado as he recalls his two up against the hosts who know a defeat in Game bouts with his hero, the late boxing in the four-test series ‘The legend’ Three could all but finish their starting next month, legend Muhammad Ali, three NBA Finals chances against the seamer Stuart Broad decades ago. Golden State Warriors. (pictured) has said. With LeBron James and the Amir, who spent AFP Cavs trailing 2-0, the best-of- time in jail and served seven championship series a five-year ban for shifts to Cleveland today. spot-fixing, admitted After two emphatic home he had deliberately MUMBAI: Former Indian ama- successes, the all-conquer- bowled a no-ball in the teur boxer Haroon Khan bubbles ing Warriors would seize a fourth test against England at Lord’s in 2010. with excitement and bravado as 3-0 lead with a road victory The 24-year-old was cleared to return to the sport he recalls his two bouts with that would extend their win in September and could make his first test appearance his hero, the late boxing legend streak against the Cavs to since his suspension after being named in Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali, three decades eight including the last three 17-man squad on Sunday. ago. games of their NBA Finals tri- “I don’t think any ill-feeling or negativity from the Khan, now 72, went along umph last season. players will have carried through. The crowd might be to a charity fight night in India’s No National Basketball a different story,” Broad told British media. Mumbai in January 1980 hoping Association team has ever “I don’t think any feelings will be dragged into this merely to catch a glimpse of ‘The come back from 3-0 down to test match from that test match - I think only three Greatest’ in action. win the championship. or four players are playing in the England team now Instead, he got closer to his However, Cavaliers who were then and they (Pakistan) have had a huge idol than he could ever have - photographs and newspaper felt like I was hitting a mountain.” Khan’s album shows him smiling, coach Tyronn Lue remained change-over.” imagined, going blow for blow reports documenting that first “Nothing happened. He didn’t standing over Ali after the fall. optimistic. Pakistan will play four tests, five one-dayers and with ex-heavyweight champion bout with Ali. move at all. He just kept grinning. “At the end he held my arm “The guys are not discour- a Twenty20 International in England between July 14 Ali in the ring for three rounds of “When I put my hand up Ali I wondered what sort of man is up and praised me to the crowd. aged,” Lue said after Sunday’s and September 7. three minutes each. kept saying, ‘You want to box this? How much power does he ‘I like this boy, I like his guts,’ he crushing 110-77 defeat in “Beforehand my dad and with me? You want to box with have to take these punches?” said. He was a gentlemen boxer. Game Two at the Oracle I were just joking but he said, me? Aren’t you scared of me?, Ali, a three-time heavy- I felt so lucky, happy and proud Center. ‘If you get the chance then box Aren’t you scared of me?” Khan weight world champion, was to have boxed him.” “They did what they were him,’” Khan said, his eyes wide explains. past his prime by 1980 but was Two years later Khan saw a supposed to do, they won two Records tumble in and grinning at the memory. “I said, ‘No, I’m scared of still a year away from retirement. newspaper advert saying that games at home. We’ve got to “Then during the event Ali Allah but I’m not scared of you. He went easy on Khan during Ali would be the star guest at get home and do the same.” shouted out to the audience and I’m Haroon Khan, I’m from India. the first round of their exhibition an exhibition fight in the United Logical enough, but English county game said, ‘Is there anybody who will You’re a boxer, I’m a boxer, so let’s bout, but the Indian boxer soon Arab Emirates so he went along against Golden State, the NBA’s box with me in India?’ box.” experienced the full force of Ali’s seeking a second bout. best ever regular season team Reuters “Nobody was standing up. So “Ali was fooling with me. He powers. Khan said he approached with 73 wins, it is a tall order. I stood up, put my hand in the air asked, ‘What do you box, oranges “After the first round people Ali at a press conference and he James acknowledged as and said, ‘I will accept the chal- or bananas? I replied that I box started shouting at him saying, agreed to another three-round much. “We’ve got to be better NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: The record books were lenge, I will box you.’” boxers and I’m ready to box you.” ‘You’re not boxing. We want to fight. at all facets of the game, both rewritten twice in an astonishing run spree at Not- Khan, a national bantam- Khan, who now coaches see a fight. In the second round “I was better prepared this offensively and defensively, tinghamshire’s Trent Bridge ground on Monday which weight champion in 1964, had youngsters and keeps fit with a he started to get serious. He was time. I knew how he boxed. I kept both physically and mentally,” saw a record English one-day partnership and the most always been a massive fan of Ali, punchbag in his home, remem- so fast. He started jabbing me guard, I covered myself,” Khan the four-time league MVP aggregate runs scored in a List A match. who died on Friday aged 74 after bers thinking that because he and within a minute-and-a- proudly recalls, adding that told reporters. The Cavaliers’ By the close in the Royal London One-Day Cup game health problems complicated by was an amateur and Ali was a half a whole side of my face was the two of them went for din- leader, appearing in his sixth between Notts and Northamptonshire, statisticians were a long battle with Parkinson’s professional he must be on his swelling,” explains Khan, mim- ner the next day. Khan says he NBA Finals in a row, placed a checking to see if there had ever been a day like it any- disease. game. icking Ali’s moves. was heartbroken when his son lot of the blame on himself. where in the world. In his tiny south Mum- “I felt I couldn’t just joke In the third round Ali dis- called him on Saturday to say Ali “I turned the ball over way The big hitting began from the start with Notting- bai flat, Khan removes a photo around so I fought a serious fight. played some of his famously had died. too much,” said James, who hamshire’s Riki Wessels and Michael Lumb sharing a album from a plastic bag that Ali was surprised by how good I quick footwork, but slipped and “Tears just started to stream committed eight turnovers. record one-day partnership in England of 342 from he says holds his “treasure” was but when I punched him it fell at one point. A photograph in down my face.” “I’ve got to be better. I’ve got 39.2 overs. Wessels eventually departed for a career- to be better with the ball. best 146, from 97 balls, while Lumb went on to make “I can’t be careless with 184, also his best and a record for the county, as Not- the ball, especially in the paint tinghamshire posted 445 for 8, the second highest score where a lot of reaching and for a List A match in the world. things of that nature happen.” The runs continued to flow when Northamptonshire German TV to air ‘proof’ of The Warriors, noted for chased down what would have been another record for the explosive long-range a team batting second. But they fell short despite 128 shooting of ‘Splash Broth- from Rory Kleinveldt. Their total of 425 gave Notting- Russia’s hand in doping ers’ guards Stephen Curry hamshire victory by 20 runs in a game which saw an and Klay Thompson, have unprecedented 870 runs scored in the day, three more played a swarming, oppor- than Surrey and Glamorgan managed in 2002. tunistic defense anchored The Nottinghamshire stand beat the previous record AFP government of being “directly by the shot-blocking down in England of 318 by Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid involved in the cover-up of the low by big Australian centre for India against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 World state-controlled doping”. Andrew Bogut. Golden State Cup. Lumb and Wessels’ English record is the third-high- The new documentary called has shown impressive versa- est partnership in List A games, behind the 372 which BERLIN: German public broad- “The Secret World of Doping: tility, relying on their bench Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels took off Zimbabwe in caster ARD, which first brought Showdown for Russia” is due to to do the lion’s share in Game the 2015 World Cup. the Russian doping storm to light, be broadcast late Wednesday, just One, while leaning on rugged said Tuesday it would air new foot- nine days before the IAAF is set Draymond Green to lead the ENGLISH CRICKET SCORES age implicating Russia’s sports to rule on whether to whether to scoring parade with 28 points minister in what it described as reinstate the Russian athletics fed- in the Game Two rout. “state-controlled doping”. eration ahead of the August 5-21 “The way they’re playing One-Day Cup (50 overs) The explosive allegations in Rio Olympics. defense against our guards, Group A: At Trent Bridge ARD’s December 2014 documen- ARD said its show would Draymond’s going to be open Nottinghamshire 445-8 (M Lumb 184, M Wessels 146) v Northamp- tary “Secret Doping Dossier: How present documents showing that all day,” said Warriors coach tonshire 425 (R Kleinveldt 128, A Rossington 97) Russia produces its Winners” have “(Sports Minister Vitaly) Mutko Steve Kerr. Nottinghamshire (2pts) beat Northamptonshire (0pts) by 20 runs touched off investigations that led prevented the publication of the Kerr added that he was to a raft of Russian athletes being doping offence of a footballer from attuned to his bench play- Group B : At The SWALEC Stadium stripped of their Olympic medals. Russia’s top league”. ers, having been a reserve Glamorgan 289 (W Bragg 75, J Rudolph 53) v Gloucestershire 237 (B World athletics’ governing Footage would also show for much of his NBA playing Howell 77, M Klinger 52) body, the International Associ- that coaches found guilty of dop- career. Glamorgan (2pts) beat Gloucestershire (0pts) by 52 runs ation of Athletics Federations ing offences were still training top “I have a lot of empa- (IAAF), also imposed a ban on athletes, the broadcaster said. Habiba Ghribi of Tunisia poses with her gold medals thy for bench players having Russian athletes from competing It added that it had submitted for the Olympic 2012 and World 2011 3,000-metre been one myself,” Kerr said. At Hove in international track and field the material to the IAAF taskforce steeplechase in Tunis, Tunisia on Saturday. Ghribi “It’s a hard job to stay ready Sussex 271 (E Joyce 73, L Taylor 50, L Wright 50, M Quinn 4-71) v Essex events over claims of state-spon- investigating the doping allega- received the medals on Saturday after the medals and sometimes not play. We 275-5 (J Ryder 100) sored doping. tions, which had responded in a were stripped from Russia’s Yuliya Zaripova due to have a group of real pros on Essex (2pts) beat Sussex (0pts) by 5 wkts But ARD said it would air more letter, saying it was a “very serious doping. the bench.” evidence that accuses the Russian matter” and of “grave concern”.