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Emir sends message to Russian President Labour’s Khan Cluster of health elected first Muslim mayor education of London created at QU Agencies

LONDON: Sadiq Khan, son of a education and inter-disciplinary bus driver, became London’s first health research. Muslim Mayor yesterday, seeing Through high-quality “We want to be the first choice off a Conservative challenger who inter-disciplinary for students and scholars interested attempted to link him to extrem- in these fields and, most importantly, ism and securing a victory for his programmes and to become a catalyst for innovation opposition Labour Party. three member at the national level,” said Dr Toft. New York Mayor Bill de Bla- The synergistic efforts of the sio sent congratulation, and Khan’s colleges, the QU member colleges of the cluster in victory would sooth the wounds cluster will prepare teaching, research and commu- of Labour which suffered losses in nity outreach will serve to advance Thursday’s other local elections. In Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin competent graduates knowledge in the health and medi- Scotland, it came third behind the to shape the future cal fields, address local and regional on relations between the two countries and the latest regional and international developments, Scottish National Party and Brit- of healthcare in the challenges and contribute to popu- particularly the situation in Syria. The verbal message was conveyed by Foreign Minister H E Sheikh ain’s ruling Conservatives, but did lation health and research in Qatar. Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani during a meeting with Putin yesterday. better than expected in England. country. Dr Toft pointed out that relatively Khan, 45, who grew up in pub- small student populations across lic housing in inner city London health and medicine disciplines, was pitted against Conservative low number of Qataris in some of Zac Goldsmith, 41, the son of a bil- By Fazeena Saleem them and high administration/ lionaire financier. The Peninsula student ratio in individual health The Labour lawmaker replaces colleges or departments could drain Cybercafes struggle for survival Conservative Boris Johnson, who resources and negatively impact stu- has run the city of 8.6 million peo- dent experience. ple for eight years. DOHA: Qatar University (QU) has For faculty and researchers, By Sanaullah Ataullah leaving Internet cafes in a challenging services for filling up official forms created a health education cluster close alignment across the cluster The Peninsula situation — how to drive the business and preparing letters but demand for → Continued on page 2 to serve as a pillar of excellence in can help address academic require- before the business drives them out. such services is low.” But he sounded health education and research in ments in a complementary manner, “Only low-income workers in hopeful. “Our cafe has been serving the country, according to a senior streamline faculty collaborations in small numbers now visit our café, customers since 2004. We have some 2 dead in shootings official. research and teaching, and ensure DOHA: Cybercafes in Doha are mostly to use Skype and loyal customers. And we are open 20 The cluster will function as the coordinated and effective interac- reaching the end of the road, with applications to communicate with hours from 7am to 3am.” at US shopping malls national provider of higher educa- tions with external stakeholders. new, more advanced and sophisti- their near and dear ones back home,” A survey by The Peninsula found tion in health and medicine. “The focus on health and close cated smartphones and tablets hitting said an employee of a cybercafé near that most owners of Internet cafés Through high-quality inter-dis- alignment with the sector creates the market. Sana Intersection in Old Ghanim. either closed down permanently as WASHINGTON: Two people ciplinary programmes and three tremendous potential to develop Many Internet cafes have shut- “It might be more expensive the number of patrons dropped or were killed and two wounded in member colleges, it will prepare future health-related colleges and tered and the remaining few are for them to buy a smartphone and opened new businesses. a pair of shootings yesterday in competent graduates capable of programmes to serve the emerg- struggling to remain in business by mobile data than go to an Inter- A decade-old cybercafé in Bin the suburbs of Washington, and shaping the future of healthcare in ing needs of the healthcare sector diversifying services to avoid closure. net café to talk to their families and Mahmoud opposite Gulf Paradise authorities sought a federal law the country, according to Dr Egon in the country. All of this will pro- Yet, they are not witnessing sig- friends. Our services are cheaper. We Hotel is being renovated into a com- enforcement officer. Toft, Vice-President, Medical Edu- vide new opportunities for students, nificant footfalls as an increasing charge only QR5 for an hour. Custom- mercial shop. Another one on the Police put out a bulletin seek- cation, at QU. faculty and healthcare practition- number of customers are shifting ers can opt for half-hour for QR3. If same street has begun serving shisha. ing help in locating Eulalio Tordil, The members are College of ers, and enable the cluster to serve to all-in-one, sleek and affordable they use the service for up to 45 min- A year ago, an old Internet café 62, from the Department of Home- Health Sciences (CHS), College of as the principal supplier of highly- handy devices for communication, utes, they will have to pay QR4,” he at Town Centre in Freej Bin Omran land Security’s Federal Protective Medicine (CMED) and College of qualified healthcare professionals to entertainment and other usage. added. opposite Al Ahli Hospital was turned Service. He is sought in the Thurs- Pharmacy (CPH). the health labour market,” he said. Adding to the woes of Internet Managing overheads and other into a computer and mobile phone day’s shooting death of his wife at “The cluster model by compar- Another benefit of the cluster is cafes, coffee shops of international expenses amid declining demand is repairs shop which also sells acces- a school in Prince George’s County, ison aims to enable an enhanced that it creates an enabling environ- brands are mushrooming throughout another dilemma for the cafe. sories. “People come and ask why , on the eve of the two learning environment and student ment for interdisciplinary research the country, including at shopping “We now provide additional serv- we shut down the cybercafé. We ask incidents in adjacent Montgomery experience through the pooling of which integrates information, data, malls. They also provide free Wi-Fi ices. We have installed coloured and them when was the last time they vis- County. talents, the optimal use of physical techniques, tools, concepts and per- — another attraction for custom- black and white printers and photo- ited an Internet café. Most of them Gunfire broke out at Westfield resources and a holistic approach spectives from several disciplines to ers — crippling the business of the copying machines, so people come cannot remember. The answer is Mall in Bethesda, with one man to medicine and patient care,” Dr solve problems that extend beyond Internet shops. To cap it all, telecom here to print their documents,” said simple — there is no need for them killed and two wounded. A second Toft said. The cluster also aims to the scope of any one discipline. service providers offer competitive the employee. The shop charges QR2 to go to Internet cafes. They have shooting later at a supermarket in be recognised regionally for excel- Internet plans and data promotions, a coloured copy and QR1 a black and smartphones and tablets,” said the nearby Aspen Hill, Maryland, left lence in inter-professional health → Continued on page 2 which have exacerbated the situation, white one. “We also provide typing technician at the computer shop. one woman dead.

Kynard wins men’s at Erdogan warns EU over visa deal

AFP The European Commission rec- Mogherini said Brussels was fol- ommended that Turks enjoy visa-free lowing the developments. “We will travel but Turkey must complete five obviously discuss this, first of all, more benchmarks by the end of next with the Turkish authorities and ISTANBUL: Turkey’s President Recep month to complete the EU’s list of 72 define together how to move for- Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned the criteria. Crucial among these are ward,” she said on a visit to Kosovo. EU that Turkey would not change an changes to anti-terror law and pro- Erdogan has previously warned anti-terror law for a deal on visa-free tection of personal data. Brussels that Ankara would stop travel and migrant flows, throwing up But Erdogan signalled Ankara fulfilling its side of the migrant deal a major potential stumbling block a had no intention of changing its anti- — which has seen the numbers mak- day after his prime minister said he terror legislation to placate Brussels. ing dangerous crossings across the was stepping down. “The EU says: you will change the Aegean fall sharply —if promises like In a speech just 24 hours after anti-terror law for visas,” Erdogan visa-free travel were not kept. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said in a televised speech in Istan- Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Vol- said he would surrender his posi- bul. “Pardon me, but we are going kan Bozkir said earlier that Turkey tions of premier and ruling party our way and you can go yours.” did not “have the luxury” to change chief, Erdogan vowed to put to a ref- German Chancellor Angela Mer- its anti-terror laws for the sake of the erendum his controversial plan of kel expects Turkey to stick to the deal deal while the government was fight- a presidential system in Turkey as having “worked very well until now” ing the outlawed Kurdistan Workers “quickly as possible”. with Davutoglu, German govern- Party (PKK). Davutoglu championed the land- ment spokesman Georg Streiter told In another swipe at Brussels, mark March deal with the European reporters in . Erdogan said: “Why aren’t you chang- Union under which Turkey would “The EU and Germany will con- ing your mindset when you allowed help reduce the flow of migrants to tinue to fulfil their obligations under terrorists who put up tents close to the bloc in exchange for incentives, the agreement and we expect this the EU Parliament?” in apparent Erik Kynard of the US celebrates after winning the men’s high jump final at the Diamond League including the promise of visa-free from the Turkish side as well,” he reference to tents set up by Kurdish athletics competition at the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha yesterday. → See also page 22 travel for Turks to the passport-free added. activists near the EU Council build- Schengen Area. EU foreign policy chief Federica ing in Brussels in March. 02 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 HOME

Education Conference 15 finalist projects for 2016 WISE Awards 2016 today quality education, the teaching of STEM — science, technology, engi- QNA Six winners will be neering, and mathematics — and determined by the entrepreneurial skills. Together, they jury and announced in address issues that represent com- mon global challenges. DOHA: Under the patronage of September, based on This year’s projects are Geekie; Prime Minister and Interior Minis- their most innovative Ideas Box; Sports for Sharing; Smart ter H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Robot Coding School; Glowork; Tara bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Educa- and effective Akshar Literacy Programme; Lights tion Conference 2016 opens this approaches to key for Learning; Partners for Possibility; morning. Little Ripples; Jump Math; Youth for The two-day conference is global education Technology Academy; Sonidos de la organised by the Ministry of Edu- challenges. Tierra; 1Kgbox; Education for Growth cation and Higher Education under and Value Creation in Lebanon; and the theme ‘Learning leadership: From Puppets to Empowerment. Contemporary visions’, at Qatar The finalist projects were National Convention Centre. The Peninsula selected based on criteria requir- The forum will focus on edu- ing them to demonstrate innovative cational issues, including modern thinking and a concrete, positive educational leadership and its impact on their communities, as well The team behind the Genesis Project, one of the 15 finalists for WISE Awards 2016. The project aims to role in quality management, the DOHA: The World Innovation as the potential to be replicated in concept of education centred on Summit for Education (WISE) has other contexts and regions. reduce the devastating impact mines and unexploded ordnance have on children and communities in 21st century skills to enable and revealed the names of the 15 final- The jury will determine the six Bosnia and Herzegovina. develop the role of teachers in the ists for 2016 WISE Awards. winners to be announced in Sep- educational process, proposals The awards identify and promote tember. In addition to publicity and US; Dr Joyce Akumaa Dongotey- WISE Awards Winner from Jordan; Institute, Brazil; Gabriel Sanchez for the application of the current the most innovative and effective networking opportunities, each win- Padi, Executive Director, Mama Professor Sara de Freitas, Pro Vice- Zinny, Founder and CEO, Kuepa, education system, educational approaches to key global education ning project will receive $20,000. Zimbi Foundation and a 2009 WISE Chancellor, Learning and Teaching, US/Argentina; and Dr Florence solutions applicable in the class- challenges and help build a network The pre-jury included Kamel Awards winner from Ghana; Adel Murdoch University, UK; Xueqin Tobo Lobé, Founder and President, room, and special education in of change-makers to inspire others Braham, Programme Leader, Boseli, Head, Incubation Department, Jiang, Deputy Principal, Tsinghua Rubisadt Foundation, Cameroon. terms of reflections and future around the world. World Bank Human Development Qatar Business Incubation Centre; Dr International School, China; Sheetal The WISE was established by visions about the best local and Selected by a pre-jury of interna- Programme for the Maghreb; Dr Rana Dajani, Founder and Director, Mehta, Trustee and Executive Direc- Qatar Foundation in 2009 under the international educational practices tional education experts, the finalists Rajika Bhandari, Director, IIE Cen- We Love Reading, Associate Profes- tor, K C Mahindra Education Trust; guidance of Chairperson H H Sheikha in the development of teaching offer creative solutions in access, tre for Academic Mobility Research, sor, Hashemite University, and 2014 Anna Penido, Director, Inspirare Moza bint Nasser. thinking and care for people with disabilities and the gifted people, among others. It will feature some 104 training programmes, nine lec- tures, 16 working papers and 46 Online economic crimes drop The Youth Company educational practices. On the sidelines, a teaching professional exhibition will provide educational solutions for teachers By Sidi Mohamed He was speaking at an ‘e-Eco- information technology to protect the to go international in the leadership of teaching and The peninsula nomic Crimes’ symposium on national economic in addition to rais- learning processes according to the economy and education at Qatar ing awareness about the risks of the latest teaching trends. National Convention Centre, held Internet. By Raynald C Rivera as mentorship and internship initi- The conference is an also under the patronage of the Ministry Al Qahtani said Internet users The Peninsula atives such as Qatar Internship Fair, opportunity for educators to share DOHA: Qatar has a lower e-eco- of Education and Higher Education should avoid sharing personal infor- he said. knowledge, information, experi- nomic crimes rate compared to other and Qatar Central Bank. mation such as location of their “We are also working on a ences and research presented by countries due to effective prevention To avoid such crimes, the depart- homes, and cancel the ‘option’ to project where we will have events management specialists, aca- measures and the use of new tech- ment trains and qualifies employees find such locations. He also urged the DOHA: The Youth Company (TYC), and activities in , London, New demics, experts and educators in nologies, said a senior official at the to handle such cases, he said. public to activate the latest antivirus a grassroots movement founded in York and Berlin,” Carr said, adding various fields in the Arab world. It Ministry of Interior. Since its launch, the centre has in the computer and use programmes Qatar, is going international with TYC has been involved regionally is an international forum to present First-Lieutenant Madawi Saeed Al succeeded in combating e-economic to protect personnel and family infor- plans to establish presence in other with initiatives in partnership with and discuss challenges, opportu- Qahtani, officer, Cyber Crime Com- crimes such as defamation, electronic mation and monitor people who countries. organisations in Dubai and Leba- nities as and proposed solutions bating Centre, Criminal Investigation piracy, stealing credit card numbers exchange communication with chil- “Our founders are in non, among others. and innovations in the field of Department, said the department and spreading rumours. dren, including banned messages. are right now starting The Youth “We are definitely going to education. has enhanced its role in combating The Ministry of Interior has In case of a threat or violation, Company International. We are branch out but right now our main e-economic crimes and is using the also enhanced its role in combat- the centre can be contacted on hot- branching out to different parts of concentration is making sure stu- latest devices to combat them. ing forgery of credit cards by using line 2347444. the world,” Tim Carr, Chief Market- dents and the community in Qatar Qatar slams Syria ing Officer, TYC, told The Peninsula come together with our projects such on the sidelines of Qatar Internship as 7asanat Olympics during Ram- refugee camp raid Fair which concludes today at The adan,” he said. Gate Mall. The 7asanat Olympics involves DOHA: Qatar condemned Thurs- Since its inception five years about 500 volunteers who go to day’s air raids that targeted Syrian Rail project on track ago, TYC has implemented over hospitals and visit sick children or refugees in Kamouna camp in Idlib 200 projects and involved more than to elderly homes to have Iftar and province in northwest Syria, killing 170,000 youth. provide the elderly with company and injuring many people. “This is our 217th event. Since during the month, he added. The Foreign Ministry described it was established, we have organ- “We also go to intersections the strikes as criminal and contra- ised activities and events of varying and hand out Iftar boxes to motor- dictory to all human principles. scale from the giant ‘Run the World ists to have them relax and not rush In a statement, it said the raids Festival’ where we have anywhere because they have something to eat aimed to terrorise the innocent between 50,000 and 120,000 and drink. Around 500 volunteers and undermined peace efforts. attendees to something smaller like took part last year but we might The ministry called for an inves- this,” said Carr. have more this Ramadan because tigation to identify the aggressors TYC has been focusing on com- we receive a lot of inquiries from in what it was a war crime munity outreach, involving high people who express interest in the and a crime against humanity. school and college students as well activities,” he said. Shipments destroyed Education cluster will address most DOHA: The Agriculture Quar- antine Office at the Ministry of health problems: Dr Toft Municipality and Environment destroyed 370 shipments weigh- ing about 242 tonnes for violating Continued from page 1 the agriculture quarantine law in will benefit considerably from this the past two months. approach,” said Dr Toft. The QU A total of 172 shipments weigh- The Qatar Rail project in progress at Al Khor Intersection to connect Al Khor to West Bay. Qatar Rail “Most health problems can Board of Regents approved the ing 107 tonnes were destroyed in said its tunnelling work was around 90 percent complete and the Doha Metro project was nearing be best addressed through such formation of the health cluster in March and 198 shipments weigh- 40 percent completion. Pic: Baher A / The Peninsula overarching perspectives and January. The cluster is expected to ing 135 tonnes in April. researchers from diverse disciplines become fully functional next month. Taleb Group win 2016 Workers Cup

The Peninsula deputy head of mission of the French Embassy, Workers Cup to date and we look forward to other dignitaries, officials from the football making it bigger and better next year.” community and renowned five-time World Ballan congratulated the winners and said: DOHA: The 2016 Workers Cup drew to a Cup coach Bora Milutinovic, both teams had “QSL is proud to have played such an important spectacular close yesterday evening at a near- chance to win the match in normal time. part in the continued success of the Work- capacity Al Ahli Sports Club Stadium, as Taleb The closely-fought final ended in a stale- ers Cup. I hope the players have enjoyed just Group claimed the fourth annual tournament mate but was entertaining, played in front of a small taste of what our players experience with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Gulf an exuberant crowd, with each side repre- every day. Football is for everyone and this Contracting. sented handsomely. tournament demonstrates the importance of The game finished goalless at the end of In the ensuing penalties, it was Taleb the sport across all communities in Qatar.” regulation time, and it was left to the drama Group that held their nerve. Kenneth Boafo, Captain of the winning of a shoot-out to decide the victor. After the match, Al Thawadi said: “The team, was ecstatic after lifting the trophies into After wild scenes of celebrations among final was an amazing event. The passion of the sky. “This has been an incredible achieve- players and fans, Taleb Group received the the players, fans and the coaches was incred- ment for our team and we’d like to thank the trophy from Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary- ible. This tournament is an example of how organisers for putting on such a fantastic tour- General, Supreme Committee for Delivery & football brings people together. nament. In the penalty shoot-out, I thought we Legacy (SC); and Hani Ballan, CEO, Qatar Stars “It was a privilege to see these players were going to lose it but then to go and lift the League (QSL). enjoy themselves and compete so fiercely and trophy — in our first appearance in this tour- In the presence of ambassadors, heads I hope the experience will live with the win- nament — is something I will never forget. We of missions of Bangladesh, Germany, India, ners and runners-up for a long time. There is will be back next year and look to defend our Nepal, Sri Lanka, the UK and the US, the no question this has been the most successful trophy for sure.” Officials and with the winners at the concluding ceremony. MIDDLE EAST SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 03 Algeria building one of world’s largest mosque

AFP school which will be open to some The Djamaa El Djazair 300 students,” said Madani. Oil-rich Algeria is already home mosque will have to more than 30,000 mosques. The ALGIERS: Algeria is building one of a 265-metre high construction of Djamaa El Djazair — the world’s largest mosques which dubbed “Bouteflika Mosque” by some officials say will crown the legacy of minaret (874 feet) — — was launched in 2012, when oil President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. the world’s tallest — prices were high, said Housing Min- The Djamaa El Djazair mosque ister Abdeladjid Tebboune. Four years is being built facing the picturesque as well as a 20,000 later, Algeria is facing revenue short- bay of Algiers as part of a com- square metres prayer ages due to weaker oil prices and its plex that will include a one-million foreign exchange reserves have fallen. book library, a Quranic school and hall capable of The new mosque complex has a museum of Islamic art and history. accommodating up to a price tag of €1.2bn ($1.4bn), with It will also have a 265-metre high 120,000 worshippers. online critics saying the cost is “mind- minaret (874 feet) -- the world’s tallest boggling”. Experts have bemoaned -- as well as a 20,000 square metres what many have described as an prayer hall capable of accommodat- mulling the idea of building a mega- “unsound” project, and warned that ing up to 120,000 worshippers. The mosque since 1962, the year Algeria the cost of this mammoth construc- complex will be located between a gained its independence from France. tion could further grow if deadlines future tourist hotspot and working “The dream started becoming a real- are not met. “Most of the work is class districts. ity” after the election of Bouteflika, a far from over and it will take a lot The new mosque — due to be com- man known for his piety and devo- of time to finish everything,” said pleted in 2017 — will be “an emblem tion to Muslim art and culture, Madani an architect, referring to technical of moderate Islam in Algeria and a said. The 79-year-old president has installations as well mural decora- shield against all forms of extremism,” been in power since 1999. tions including calligraphy that is still said Ahmed Madani, an adviser to the The new mosque “will not only unfinished. minister of housing responsible for the serve as a house of worship. It will be The mosque will be equipped with construction, which is being carried out a place where links between faith and solar panels and a sophisticated sys- by a Chinese firm. culture will be reinforced thanks to its tem to retain rain water which will An aerial view from a police helicopter above Algiers shows the construction site of the third largest mosque Algerian officials have been ultra-modern library and the Quranic then be recycled for other uses. in the area and the largest in Africa. Outcry over bombing of Syria camp for displaced

AFP has killed more than 270,000 peo- The United States earlier 70 on both sides, the Syrian Observa- ple and displaced millions. described the raids as “totally in tory for Human Rights said yesterday. Mamun Al Khatib, director of the keeping” with the regime’s past oper- Al Nusra and allied Islamists Aleppo-based pro-rebel Shahba Press ations. A video posted online showed seized Khan Tuman and surround- ALEPPO: Condemnation mounted news agency, accused “regime air- emergency workers dragging a fire ing villages in less than 24 hours, yesterday over deadly air strikes craft” of firing missiles at the camp hose as smoke rose from destroyed according to the Britain-based mon- on a camp for displaced people in in Al-Kammouna village — an accu- tents and their colleagues covered itor which relies on a network of northern Syria as the regime and its sation Damascus denied. “There is charred victims with blankets and sources in Syria. Pro-regime troops Russian ally denied involvement and no truth in the information in some carried them away. The video also had driven the jihadists out of Khan a fragile truce held in Aleppo city. media that the Syrian air force tar- showed dismembered bodies cov- Tuman, about 10km southeast of Women and children were geted the displaced camp in Idlib ered in blood and dirt, including at Aleppo, in December. reported to be among 28 civilians province,” the official SANA news least one child. “The recapture of the area and killed in Thursday’s raids near the agency quoted the military as saying. “There’s absolutely no justifica- surrounding villages means that the Turkish border, which also wounded Russia’s military insisted no tion for attacks on civilians in Syria, regime’s lines of defence south of 50. The strikes in Idlib province, aircraft flew over the camp on Thurs- but especially on what appears to the country’s second city have been Dilek Dundar (left), the wife of editor-in-chief of Turkish newspaper which is controlled by Syria’s Al day, suggesting Al Nusra could have have been a refugee camp,” US State pushed back,” Observatory head Cumhuriyet daily Can Dundar, trying to stop a gunman as Can Dundar Qaeda affiliate Al Nusra Front and shelled it. “There were no flights Department spokesman Mark Toner Rami Abdel Rahman said. (right) is protected by another man, in Istanbul yesterday. rebel allies, came as a 48-hour cease- by Russian or any other aircraft,” said. Syria’s main opposition group, fire took hold in the battleground city spokesman Igor Konashenkov told The European Union called the the High Negotiations Committee, of Aleppo to the east. Russian news agencies. bombardment “unacceptable”, as did called on international organisations Two oppn journalists That truce was in its second “The camp may have been shelled the French foreign ministry. UN rights “to intervene to prevent an imminent day yesterday, allowing residents either on purpose or by mistake by chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the massacre”. some respite from two weeks of multiple rocket launchers which are camp’s tents could clearly be seen As warplanes hit the Idlib camp jailed in Turkey trial fighting that killed more than 280 currently being used very actively in from the air so it was “extremely on Thursday, Syria’s regime cele- civilians, even as clashes raged this area by terrorists from Al Nusra,” unlikely” to have been an accident. “It brated its recapture of the ancient south of the city. The halt in fight- Konashenkov said. The February 27 is far more likely they were deliberate city of Palmyra with a concert in its ing is part of international efforts ceasefire between the regime and and amount to a war crime,” he said. amphitheatre. Before regime troops AFP bravery. “You are (a) traitor. You will to revive a landmark February non-jihadist rebels does not include South of Aleppo city, clashes backed by Russian warplanes retook pay a price,” the attacker shouted at ceasefire and galvanise peace areas where the Islamic State group between regime forces and jihadists Palmyra in late March, the theatre Dundar according to CNN-Turk. NTV talks to end a five-year war that and Al-Nusra are present. and their allies have killed more than was a backdrop for IS executions. television reported that its reporter ISTANBUL: An Istanbul court Yagiz Senkal was lightly injured yesterday jailed two opposition because of the ricocheting bullets. journalists on hugely controversial “I am okay ... The court was charges of revealing state secrets, in a break to deliver a verdict. The Hamas not seeking war media reported, in a trial that has attack occurred after we went out become a lightning rod for con- to wait for the ruling,” Dundar said. cerns about eroding press freedoms “I don’t know who or what it is. I in Turkey. only saw the gun had been pointed with Israel: Haniya Can Dundar, editor-in-chief at me,” he added. of leading opposition daily Special plain clothes police Cumhuriyet, was sentenced to agents turned their weapons on the AFP border, and short distances inside five years 10 months, while his man, ordering him to lie chest down Gaza, for infiltration tunnels lead- Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gul on the ground before detaining him ing into southern Israel. was handed five years in prison, without problem. On Thursday, Zeina Al Amour, television stations said. CNN-Turk television identified GAZA CITY: Hamas’s leader in a 54-year-old Palestinian woman, The two men were acquitted of the attacker as a man named Murat Gaza said yesterday that his Islam- became the first fatality of the flare- espionage but were found guilty of Sahin, born in 1976, who has an ist movement did not seek war with up after Israeli tank fire hit her revealing state secrets over a story unspecified previous criminal his- Israel but would resist incursions home, medics said. accusing the government of seek- tory. He is from the central Anatolian into the Palestinian enclave, follow- On both sides of the border, resi- ing to illicitly deliver arms bound for city of Sivas but lives in Istanbul. ing the worst cross-border violence dents said they were living in fear of Syria. They will not immediately be Dundar and Erdem Gul, his since 2014. a wider conflict. “In the night there placed in detention as the court of Ankara bureau chief, are charged Three days of mortar and tank is the sound of mortars, bombs, appeal has yet to rule on the case. with revealing state secrets over fire between Israel and Palestin- planes,” said Jehan Berman, a resi- “We will continue to do our a story accusing the government ian militants, as well as Israeli air dent of kibbutz Kerem Shalom which job as journalists, despite all these of seeking to illicitly deliver arms strikes, have raised concerns of a is just 40 metres from the border. attempts to silence us,” Dundar told bound for Syria. new war in the Hamas-run territory. “We’re tired. We’re still recovering the press after the verdict. “We have Cumhuriyet’s report on a ship- Ismail Haniya accused Israeli forces from the last war and the next one is to preserve courage in our country.” ment of arms intercepted at the of intruding nearly 200 metres into already at our door,” he said. The sentencing came hours after Syrian border in January 2014 Gazan territory. Kerem Shalom is close to Dundar escaped an apparent attempt sparked a furore when it was pub- “We are not calling for a new where the army has uncovered two on his life by a gunman outside the lished last May, fuelling speculation war, but we will not under any cir- Hamas tunnels, reportedly stretch- Women take part in women’s race in Algiers yesterday. courthouse. about Turkey’s role in the Syrian cumstances accept these incursions,” ing into Israeli territory, in recent Brandishing a pistol, the attacker conflict and its alleged ties to Islam- he said in a Friday prayer sermon in weeks, with the most recent dis- fired several times before being ist groups in the country. the Gaza Strip. covery on Thursday. Destruction of detained by police. Dundar, the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan First women’s run in Algiers Earlier, Israeli aircraft car- such tunnels became one of Isra- editor-in-chief of leading Turkish reacted furiously to the allegations, ried out their fourth air raid on the el’s primary goals during the 2014 opposition daily Cumhuriyet, was personally warning Dundar he enclave since Wednesday, attack- war, with more than 30 eliminated, unharmed. would “pay a heavy price”. Accus- AFP a gold medal at the Sydney Olympic ing sites at Beit Lahiya in northern according to the army. Dundar was outside the court- ing Erdogan and pro-government Games in 2000, took part in the race Gaza and near Khan Yunis in the Since the conflict, Hamas has house during a break as the court media of whipping up a climate of which was open to 13-year-olds and south, witnesses said. There were continued to build what it calls prepared to deliver its verdict in his hatred against him, Dundar said: over. Organisers said the event was no reports of any casualties. “resistance tunnels”. Citing Hamas trial for allegedly revealing state “We know very well who showed ALGIERS: Hundreds of women took aimed at raising awareness of the role The Israeli army confirmed just activities, Israel maintains a tight secrets in a newspaper story. me as a target.” part yesterday in an unprecedented of women in society. one strike, saying aircraft targeted blockade on Gaza in what human The assailant fired twice or three Kemal Kilidaroglu, head of the run through the streets of the Algerian Nabila Nedjar said she travelled “a Hamas terror infrastructure” in rights groups say is collective pun- times in front of the cameras of jour- opposition Republican People’s capital to raise awareness about sports 400km from her hometown in Con- response to cross-border mortar fire. ishment against its more than 1.8 nalists who had crowded outside Party (CHP) tweeted: “Those who in the conservative Muslim country. stantine in eastern Algeria to take Since Wednesday, Hamas and million residents. Istanbul’s main courthouse during make journalists who are doing Wearing sweatpants, T-shirts and, part in the race. “It’s a pleasure to other militant groups have fired at Ali Al Moghrabi, 40, a tailor from the closed door trial. their jobs a target with hate speech in some cases, Muslim headscarves, see a run for women only and open least 12 mortar rounds across the Gaza City’s Al Hanan Zeitun neigh- Television footage showed are responsible for the attack against the women took off from Didouche to everyone,” she said. A 30-year- frontier, and Israeli tanks have fired bourhood which was bombed on Dundar’s wife Dilek holding the Can Dundar.” Mourad street in downtown Algiers old mother who identified herself as repeatedly at what the army said Thursday, said he still had not recov- attacker by his collar and sur- Some 2,000 people, including for a 3km run to the main post office. Suheila said the race gives a positive were Hamas targets. ered from the last conflict. “We do rendering him to the police, with many journalists, are also facing Algerian middle distance run- image of Algerian women, portray- The Palestinian fire targeted not want war, but the occupier bloggers on saluting her charges of insulting Erdogan. ner Nouria Benida-Merah, who won ing them as “dynamic and brave”. Israeli forces searching along the (Israel) never stops,” he said. 04 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 ASIA / Fishermen in Htin Kyaw urges Philippines seek creation of new Suu Kyi ministry strong president Yangon: Myanmar’s pres- ident, Htin Kyaw, has urged the creation of a 124 nautical miles away. But since new ministry for Aung Beijing’s patrol boats moved in, the San Suu Kyi’s state advi- “We want a tougher fishermen of the west coast town of sor position, official media president who would Masinloc said they had been forced to reported yesterday, a do odd jobs ashore, or become motor- move that will deepen her make China leave the cycle taxi drivers. influence and likely rile the Philippine Sea,” said The crews yearn to get back into powerful army. their boats and hope that the Philip- Suu Kyi is barred from the Marvin’s shirtless pine election on May 9 will bring a new the presidency by the captain, Biany Mula, president bold enough to stand up to military-drafted consti- China’s assertiveness in the disputed tution despite having referring to the waters A fishing boat used to fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, in South China Sea is at Masinloc, Zambales waters of the South China Sea. led her pro-democracy by their Philippine It is something they say incum- in the Philippines. party to a landslide vic- name. bent Benigno Aquino was hesitant to tory in November. She do, while the frontrunner to succeed With a relatively small and under- Shoal,” said Alexander Manzano, fixing plant a Philippine flag. For key ally has instead hoovered him, the hard-talking mayor of Davao equipped military, the Philippines a boat moored on a makeshift dock. the United States, a Duterte presidency up a slew of other senior city, Rodrigo Duterte, has indicated he wants no confrontation with China, “I believe someone will be able to brings much uncertainty. A Washing- positions, including for- Reuters may take a tougher line with Beijing. but it has been vocal in asserting its do it. That’s why I’ll vote.” That someone ton-based official closely following eign minister, president’s “We want a tougher president who claims to the Spratly islands and its could be Duterte, who is roaring ahead the election said Duterte’s stance on officer minister, and the would make China leave the Philip- rights to exploit its coastal waters. in opinion polls with talk of employ- the South China Sea appeared “con- specially-devised role of pine Sea,” said the Marvin’s shirtless It has also angered China by indi- ing deadly methods to eradicate crime tradictory”, mixing both bellicose and state counsellor, which MANILA: A 30-foot trawler named captain, Biany Mula, referring to the rectly challenging its claims at the and corruption. His position on the conciliatory messages about dealing gives her vaguely-defined “Marvin” lies beached on a grass bank waters by their Philippine name. Permanent Court of Arbitration in South China Sea is vague, however, in with Beijing. powers to guide parlia- overlooking the South China Sea, idle The sentiment is shared by fisher- the Hague. China has refused to rec- what has largely been a single-issue Murray Hiebert, a Southeast Asia mentary affairs. since China’s coastguard began driv- men from Vietnam and , as ognise the court’s authority or abide campaign. specialist at the Center for Strategic and ing away Philippine fishermen after a China’s fishing fleet and accompany- by the ruling, which is expected soon. When the topic came up in debates, International Studies, said Duterte’s fierce standoff four years ago. ing coastguard armada have expanded Some Filipino fishermen are opti- Duterte promised not to put the Phil- comments did not seem well thought US warship Its 10-man crew once made their within a nine-dash line that denotes mistic a new leader can find a solution. ippine navy in harm’s way, but said out, including pledging to negotiate living off the abundant fish stocks of Beijing’s claims to nine-tenths of the “I’ll vote because somebody will he would personally challenge China with China but only after it agrees the visits Shanghai the disputed Scarborough Shoal some world’s most contested waterway. resolve the issue in the Scarborough by riding a jet-ski to the Spratlys to Spratlys belong to the Philippines. amid tensions SHANGHAI: International criticism of China over the Aquino tells candidates disputed South China Sea will rebound like a coiled spring, a Chinese diplomat said yesterday, as a US to unite against Duterte warship visited Shanghai against a backdrop of ris- ing tension in the region. AFP to back out. China’s increasingly Poe, the adopted daughter of a assertive moves in the dead movie star who owes her pop- waters, including build- ularity to her father, said she would ing artificial islands and air MANILA: Philippine leader Benigno not pull out of the race, seemingly strips, have rattled nerves, Aquino called yesterday on the trail- leaving a Roxas withdrawal the option with the Group of Seven ing presidential candidates to unite for a unity ticket. (G7) advanced econo- against frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, “We can talk anytime. But I will mies warning last month in a sensational finale to one of the say this now... if they are thinking that they opposed provoca- nation’s most divisive election cam- someone among us will withdraw, I tion there. Ouyang Yujing, paigns. won’t withdraw,” Poe told reporters. director-general of Chi- Aquino has repeatedly warned Duterte, 71, has gained support nese Foreign Duterte is a dictator-in-the-making, across all sectors of society by fashion- Ministry’s Department and made the plea after polling showed ing himself as an anti-establishment of Boundary and Ocean the favourite had kept a huge lead politician who can achieve quick fixes Affairs, said China took ahead of Monday’s elections despite to deep-rooted problems, particu- note of the criticism. allegations he has overseen vigilante larly crime. The mayor of the southern death squads and a spate of controver- city of Davao has vowed to end crime sies over vulgar campaign speeches. within six months of his presidency China arrests one Aquino told CNN Philippines in an by ordering security forces to go on exclusive interview that he was try- a killing spree. of telecom fraud Ruling Liberal Party presidential candidates Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas III (left) and vice presidential candidate ing to get the other four presidential He has said he would kill tens of and Congresswoman Maria Leonor ‘Leni’ Robredo (right) being endorsed by President Benigno Aquino candidates to unite to defeat Duterte, thousands of criminals, then par- suspects during a campaign in Naga City, Philippines, yesterday. who he said was likely to get 30 per- don himself if he was found guilty cent of the vote. of mass murder. SHANGHAI: China has “The whole point is to get even Duterte has been accused of run- arrested one of its top 10 two of them to unite... then we have ning vigilante squads in Davao that most-wanted fraud sus- more than 40 percent,” Aquino said. have killed more than 1,000 suspected pects, who is accused Court halts TV ad against Duterte In the Philippines, a president is criminals. At times he has boasted of conspiring with oth- elected simply by who gets the most about his involvement but on other ers to swindle $5.4m in votes. Duterte has 33 percent sup- occasions denied any links to the a telecoms scam, state Reuters people and joking about abuse. “These contest.” “There are still undecided, port, with Senator Grace Poe next at vigilantes. A self-confessed serial news agency Xinhua has advertisements do manifestly oppose so there are still people who can be 22 percent and administration pick adulterer, he also generated out- reported. a candidate and thus the court can- swayed,” Osorio said. Mar Roxas at 20 percent, according rage last month when he joked at a Wen Longjian, 32, is not allow minor children to be used ABS-CBN, the country’s biggest to the latest poll released yesterday campaign rally that he had wanted accused of defrauding MANILA: A court in the Philippines in such black propaganda,” said the broadcaster, said the advertisement by Social Weather Stations. to rape a “beautiful” Australian mis- a corporate account- yesterday ordered a major television ruling by the court in Taguig, south- was “legitimate”. The network has links Aquino said he had talked to sionary who was sexually assaulted ant by impersonating network to stop airing an attack adver- east of Manila. to President Benigno Aquino, who is Roxas, his longtime friend and fellow and murdered in a 1989 Philippine the head of a company tisement that featured small children It was aired just as the final major backing the candidacy of his interior Liberal Party stalwart, and sent a text prison riot. He has faced a barrage on an instant messaging questioning the morals of presidential opinion poll ahead of Monday’s vote minister, Manuel Roxas. message to Poe to try and get them to of last-minute attacks in recent days app last December, Xin- frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte, three was published and showed Duterte, a Aquino’s sister until March had a forge an eleventh-hour partnership. over allegations he hid millions of hua said late on Tuesday, days before an election. maverick southern mayor, widening regular show on the network, while This would mean one of the can- dollars in undisclosed bank accounts. quoting the Ministry of Though negative political adver- his lead, with 33 percent of respondents Roxas’s wife has a weekly programme. didates withdrawing. If one did, they Duterte has also infuriated his Public Security. tisements are common in many in the Social Weather Station survey Two rival networks issued state- would ask Filipinos to instead vote for opponents by warning he is prepared Wen evaded arrest countries, they are a rare in the Phil- backing him. Grace Poe was second ments saying they declined to show the the other, but there are no guarantees to shut down Congress if lawmakers after an earlier police ippines and unseen in a presidential with 22 percent. commercial because it did not meet the public would do so.- Roxas gave a disagree with him, and establish a operation detained 39 election. The 30-second clip on top “On the presidential level this is their requirements. short speech on yesterday night say- revolutionary government that could suspects and froze bank broadcaster ABS-CBN showed children unprecedented,” Bong Osorio an aca- It was paid for by Senator Anto- ing he was ready for talks with Poe. “I rewrite the constitution. accounts containing more questioning Duterte’s suitability as a demic and public relations expert, said nio Trillanes, a candidate for the vice call for unity, I call for decency, I call Upending conventional political than 28 million yuan but president, spliced with video clips of of the commercial. “More than des- presidency. Vice presidents are elected for democracy,” Roxas said, without wisdom, the controversies appeared was caught in Guangxi. him cursing the Pope, vowing to kill peration, this speaks of a very close separately from presidents. saying whether he would be prepared to have fuelled his popularity. Imelda Marcos campaigns for son’s rise two days ahead of elections

AP political motto: “Unity and progress.” occupied for years, she told The Asso- who opposed the dictatorship, was ahead of Monday’s elections despite the Mrs. Marcos was seen in a wheelchair In the latest pre-election survey ciated Press in an interview that her assassinated at the Manila airport in many allegations against the Marcoses, in a church in February and report- by independent pollster Pulse Asia son grew up as a child in the presi- 1983 while returning from U.S. exile, she did not answer categorically but edly had been feeling sick around that and commissioned by ABS-CBN TV dential palace. sparking protests that spread and cul- thanked God and the Filipino people. time. She looked upbeat, however, as MANILA: Imelda Marcos expressed ela- network, administration-endorsed “We were there for more than 20 minated in the 1986 “people power” “At last truth and justice will come,” close family friends greeted and took tion over her son’s strong pre-election candidate Rep. Leni Robredo led with years. Well, it will look familiar,” she revolt that ousted the strongman. she said. “Sometimes the truth and selfies with her at her son’s campaign ratings in the Philippine vice presi- 30 percent while Marcos Jr. trailed said. President Benigno Aquino III and The dictator lived in exile with his justice grinds exceedingly slow but rally late yesterday. dential race, saying “at last, truth and closely with 28 percent of the 4,000 human rights victims during the Marcos wife and children in Hawaii, where he it grinds exceedingly well.” Marcos is “I just came from Ilocos and I’m justice will come.” respondents. Marcos has led in previ- dictatorship have campaigned against died in 1989. His remains were later running for re-election for a seat in the going back again in a few hours,” she The widow of dictator Ferdinand ous surveys. The April 26-29 survey Marcos Jr., citing his refusal to cate- returned to his northern Philippine House of Representatives represent- said, suggesting she was strong enough Marcos helped campaign for her son has a margin of error of 1.5 percent. gorically apologize for rights abuses hometown of Batac, where his glass ing her husband’s northern provincial to travel back and forth from Manila to yesterday night in a rally in suburban When sought for comment on how and economic plunder blamed on the coffin has become a tourist attraction. bailiwick of Ilocos Norte. A daughter is the far northern province. Mrs. Mar- Mandaluyong city where she handed out her son, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has come late leader. Asked if Mrs. Marcos felt vindi- also seeking re-election as Ilocos gov- cos said she still felt strong “because fans to close friends with his picture and close to the seat of power her husband Aquino’s father, a former senator cated with her son’s strong poll ratings ernor. Both are running unopposed. I’m only 86,” letting out a hearty laugh. ASIA / AFRICA SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 05 & to expand military cooperation

Reuters tensions between much of Asia and detained eight Bangladeshi men who the agreement is viewed as a politi- besides the United States. Earlier this China, which has been building military were planning attacks in their home- cal coup for Prime Minister Malcolm week Reuters reported that Singapore Singapore will fund a and civilian facilities on its artificial land. It deported five others who were Turnbull ahead of an anticipated July will soon pick the winner of a $1bn ten- A$2.25bn expansion islands in the disputed South China Sea. arrested by police in Dhaka. federal election. “Under our compre- der for military utility helicopters, as it SINGAPORE: Australia and Singa- “The kind of military relationships Land-scarce Singapore has long hensive strategic partnership, our aim modernises its air force and navy amid pore have agreed to jointly develop of military training that (Singapore) have and types of mil- sent troops to Australia for military is to elevate our relationship to a level rising tensions in the region. military training areas and facilities facilities in Australia itary ties that they are developing and exercises. The new deal would allow similar to the one we enjoy with New The city-state and Australia also in Australia in a sign of how China’s deepening, they don’t have with China,” the Asian nation to increase the number Zealand,” Turnbull told reporters in updated a free trade agreement, which increasingly assertive military presence said Richard Bitzinger, a security expert of troops it has on rotation in Australia Canberra. includes improved access for businesses in the region is encouraging nations to at the S Rajaratnam School of Interna- to 14,000, from 6,000. He said the new partnership will to bid for government procurement con- boost their own defence capabilities. two will strengthen intelligence and tional Studies in Singapore. “I am not Under the agreement, Singapore also generate a construction boom in tracts and allowed for easier movement Singapore will fund a A$2.25bn information sharing, such as in coun- saying that this is being done overtly would fund the cost of expanding the North due to the need for of people between the two markets. expansion of military training facilities ter-terrorism, the city-state’s Ministry to deal with China, but I wouldn’t be Shoalwater Bay Training Area and the roads, accommodation and facilities Singapore is Australia’s fifth largest in Australia, a government sources said. of Foreign Affairs said in a statement surprised if that isn’t a major driver Townsville Field Training Area, both in for the Singaporean Defence forces. trading and investment partner, with Singapore will have enhanced and yesterday. The move to forge closer behind this.” The region is also facing the north of Queensland state. The agreement makes Singapore bilateral trade of S$20.2bn in 2015. The expanded military training access in military ties between Australia and rising risks from Islamic extremists. Both bases lie in electorates criti- the only other foreign country to invest city-state has investments amounting Australia over a period of 25 years. The Singapore comes at a time of rising Earlier this week, Singapore said it had cal to the government. The timing of in military infrastructure in Australia to A$80.2bn in Australia.

6 from Myanmar Kim hails N Korea’s nuclear prowess at party congress dead in Thailand

AFP Kim, who was not even born when fireworks blast the last Workers’ Party Congress was held in 1980, said the party conclave AFP would prove to be a “new milestone” PYONGYANG: Kim Jong-un opened that would lay out the future direction North Korea’s first ruling party con- “of our revolutionary march”. BANGKOK: Six Myanmar citizens gress after 36 years yesterday, with a It is still unclear how many days died in Thailand when homemade defiant defence of the “magnificent” the congress will last, but the speeches fireworks exploded inside a home, strides made in the country’s nuclear and delegate reports will be scrutinised blowing the roof off and leaving the weapons programme. for any sign of a substantive policy area covered in gunpowder, police Hailing the historic test of what shift, especially on the economic front. said yesterday. North Korea claims was a hydrogen Analysts will also be watching The massive blast killed four bomb in January, the isolated state’s for personnel changes as Kim looks women and two men who police young leader said it had shown the to bring in a younger generation of believe were hired to illegally world it would not be cowed by sanc- leaders hand-picked for their loyalty. manufacture fireworks from the tions or outside pressure. Around 130 foreign journalists were farmhouse in central Thailand. Dressed in a western style suit invited to cover the event, but were not “They were killed by giant fire- and tie, Kim’s speech was delivered allowed inside the congress venue on crackers while they were making to thousands of party delegates who Friday, restricted instead to watching them,” said Sayam Suanin, a police had gathered in Pyongyang for the from a spot 200 metres (yards) away in officer from Suphan Buri province’s once-in-a-generation conclave. the light drizzle falling on the capital. U-Thong district. In particular, he praised the coun- There has been widespread specula- He said the group lacked proper try’s scientists for “creating milestone tion about the North preparing another licensing and likely sold the home- miracles with the magnificent and nuclear test to coincide with the con- made explosives to farmers to chase exhilarating sound of the first H-bomb gress, as a defiant gesture of strength away birds. of our republic”. and future intent. Police are working to identify The test, which was followed a The 1980 event was staged to the victims’ charred remains and month later by a successful long-range crown Kim’s father Kim Jong-Il as have sent their bodies to a foren- People walk near the venue of a ruling party congress in Pyongyang, yesterday. rocket launch, “clearly demonstrated heir apparent to his own father, the sic lab. to the whole world our undefeatable North’s founding leader Kim Il-Sung. “Officers could not tell their ages spirit and endless power ... in defiance The 2016 version was held inside as their bodies were all blackened of malicious pressure and sanctions the imposing April 25 Palace, whose confirm Kim Jong-Un’s status as abso- with economic development. Notably China’s official head of state. by the burns,” Sayam said, adding by enemy forces”, he said. stone facade was adorned with huge lute ruler and the legitimate inheritor absent was any Chinese representation Even as the international commu- that police were still investigating Most experts have questioned the portraits of the two late leaders, along of the Kim family’s dynastic rule which -- a possible reflection of the increas- nity responded with tougher sanctions, the exact cause of the explosion. North’s H-bomb claim, saying the with giant red and gold ruling party spans almost seven decades. ingly strained ties between the North he pressed ahead with a single-minded Homemade fireworks and rock- detected yield from the January test banners. While the agenda -- and even It may also enshrine as formal party and its sole major ally. A large Chi- drive for a credible nuclear deterrent ets are widely available in Thailand, was far too low for a full-fledged ther- the duration -- of the congress remains doctrine Kim’s “byungjin” policy of nese delegation had attended the 1980 with additional missile and techni- where they are often used to cele- monuclear device. The 33-year-old unknown, its main objective is clearly to pursuing nuclear weapons in tandem gathering, headed by Li Xiannian, later cal tests. brate traditional holidays.

Businessman shot Australia to compensate aid group dead in Kenya; China ups pressure

AFP in Australia. “We’ve always believed on Nauru. Nine were subsequently opposition sees Nauru is a ticking time bomb and you deported. on Taiwan president can’t leave people stranded on a tiny At the time, the immigration political motive tropical island for three years, remove department cited allegations that Save SYDNEY: Australia said yesterday that all hope and expect that they will be the Children’s staff had “orchestrated Reuters AFP it had offered compensation to Save OK,” the charity’s policy director Mat protest activity, coached and encour- the Children staff after “regretting” Tinkler said. aged self-harm of detainees” to cast relying on allegations the charity had Australia sends asylum-seekers doubt on Australia’s tough immigra- NAIROBI: Kenyan businessman and encouraged asylum-seekers held on arriving by boat to Nauru or Papua tion policy. government critic Jacob Juma was TAIPEI: When Tsai Ing-wen (pic- the Pacific island of Nauru to harm New Guinea’s Manus Island. They are Two independent reviews into the shot dead in his car late on Thursday tured) becomes Taiwan’s president themselves. denied resettlement in Australia even allegations were critical of the govern- in Nairobi, the police said yester- later this month, she will end a period Save the Children welcomed the if they are genuine refugees and are ment’s decision to have the charity’s day, a killing the opposition said of unprecedented rapprochement with confidential financial settlement, but returned to their home countries if staff removed from Nauru. appeared to be politically motivated. rival Beijing -- and China is already said it still had concerns about those they wish. The department yesterday There was no immediate com- ramping up the pressure on her new living on Nauru, where two refugees The compensation relates to an acknowledged that monetary com- ment from the government, but government. set themselves on fire this week. incident in October 2014 when 10 Save pensation would not make up for the officials have repeatedly accused Tsai’s Democratic Progressive One of them died, while the second the Children workers were stopped damage the allegations had made to the the opposition of seeking to stoke Party (DPP) is traditionally pro- was in a critical condition in hospital from working at the detention centre British-founded charity’s reputation. tensions with what they say are independence and refuses to chime trumped up accusations against in with Beijing’s message that self- the government ahead of next ruling Taiwan is part of “one China”. year’s elections. Police spokesman Tsai won the presidency by a in ties -- with some speculating they Charles Owino said the reason for landslide in January as voters wary are being discouraged from heading to Checking taste-buds the shooting late on Thursday was of closer China ties turned their Taiwan. Tsai’s KMT predecessor, out- not clear. “We cannot get a motive backs on the ruling Beijing-friendly going President Ma Ying-jeou, agreed unless we manage to get the kill- Kuomintang. there was “one China”, but with dif- ers,” he said, adding that the case Since then, with a transitional gov- ferent interpretations on each side of was being investigated. ernment in power until Tsai is officially the strait. That earned him a land- Nairobi has a reputation for vio- inaugurated on May 20, Beijing has mark meeting with Chinese President lent crime, often associated with increasingly made life difficult for Xi Jinping and a slew of trade deals. robbery. But when it involves pol- Taiwan in what observers say is an Beijing wants Tsai to do the same. iticians or business executives, the early challenge to Tsai’s presidency. “It’s their bottom line,” said Hu. public often lay the blame on the Taipei was furious in April after However, faced with increasing settling of political scores or com- Taiwanese fraud suspects were voter scepticism over China relations mercial rivalries. Many crimes go deported to China from Kenya and and a staunch pro-independence wing unsolved. Kenyan media reported Malaysia, rather than back to their in her own party, it is a demand she that several shots were fired at home territory. China also recog- is unlikely ever to meet. Taiwan split Juma’s car. They published images nised Taiwan’s former ally Gambia from mainland China in 1949 after online showing the vehicle with in March, ending an unofficial dip- a civil war, but has never formally shattered glass. Juma often wrote lomatic truce between the two sides. declared independence, despite being on Twitter about corruption and Taiwan has haemorrhaged allies a fully-fledged democracy. Beijing accused the government of mishan- in recent decades as they jump ship still considers the island part of its dling public funds. He also voiced to align with a rising China, and is territory awaiting reunification, by support for opposition leader Raila now only recognised by 22 states. force if necessary. China has been Odinga. His Tweets included sug- “Beijing wants to teach Tsai a les- clear about its distaste for Tsai since gestions that some officials wanted son. The incidents are intentional and she won the presidency -- on the day him dead. send a very clear message that it is she was voted in, Beijing warned her “He was a critic of the govern- tightening the screws,” said Francis against making any move towards ment on issues of corruption and Hu, a political scientist at Taiwan’s formal independence. For her part, mismanagement of public funds,” Tunghai University. Some local tour- Tsai has vowed to maintain the “sta- Thousands of employees from a Chinese company participate in an event to taste Korean traditional Odinga’s spokesman Dennis ism operators have reported a decline tus quo” with China and has given ginseng chicken soup at a riverside park in Seoul, yesterday. Onyango said, adding he believed in Chinese visitors since January -- a measured response to the recent there was a political motive. after a boom prompted by the thaw bouts of diplomatic sparring. 06 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 PAKISTAN

Crackdown on beggars US citizens in Pakistan lifts Afghanistan warned of ‘high’ ban on new gas kidnap risk connections AFP KABUL: The United States has warned citizens in Afghanistan and Balochistan the government’s of a “very high” kidnapping risk decision will not have serious impli- after an American citizen nar- Moratorium on new cations but the Punjab consumers rowly escaped abduction in the gas connections was will face the low gas pressure issue heart of Kabul, and an Australian in next winter. aid worker was taken last week. imposed five years Abbasi directed the MDs of Sui- Katherine Jane Wilson, a well- back due to natural Northern Gas Pipelines Limited known Australian NGO worker, (SNGPL) and Sui Southern Gas Com- was kidnapped April 28 in the gas shortage. pany Limited (SSGCL) to force their city of Jalalabad, close to the bor- regional general managers (GMs) to der with Pakistan. ensure better coordination with con- “The US Embassy Kabul sumers and resolve their problems reminds US citizens that the threat Internews at the regional offices. of kidnapping and hostage taking He said it had been noticed Vehicles are seen in a traffic jam on a road in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. City Traffic Police yesterday continues to be very high,” the dip- that the regional GMs were refer- launched an operation against beggars and apprehended at least 140 and registered 82 cases. lomatic mission said in a statement ring gas consumers to head offices, Thursday. ISLAMABAD: With increased gas which not only exposes them to an “The US Embassy continues supply in the system after the import extra financial burden but also loss to take this threat seriously and of LNG, the government of Pakistan of precious time. He also directed advises... US citizens to take appro- has lifted the moratorium on new the authorities of both the utilities priate security precautions and to gas connections, which was imposed to ensure timely release of funds to Afghan special forces raid frees avoid predictable travel patterns some five years back due to natural the families of deceased company within Afghanistan.” gas shortage. employees. The minister said oper- The statement added that an Prime Minister Muhammad ating a petrol station in Pakistan 60 captives from Taliban prison attempted kidnapping last Mon- Nawaz Sharif has approved a sum- without adulteration in different day targeted several expatriates, mary of the Ministry of Petroleum fuels and meter tampering was not including a US citizen. It offered seeking the lifting of ban on new possible. He said the Inland Freight no further details. gas connections, officials said on Equalisation Margin (IFEM) should AFP Taliban’s annual spring offensive, killed during the operation, and Australian Foreign Minister Friday. Minister for Petroleum Sha- be deregulated in order to create an expected to be the bloodiest in 15 many others were wounded and Julie Bishop has said that Canberra hid Khaqan Abbasi told the National environment of competition among years. detained. is working to secure the release of Assembly’s Standing Committee on all the fuel stations. “Afghan Special Forces liberated Afghan forces, backed by US Spe- Wilson, but insisted Australia does Petroleum and Natural Resources The committee decided to sum- KANDAHAR: Afghan special forces over 60 prisoners from an illegally cial Forces, launched a similar raid in not pay ransoms for hostages. that met here with Chaudhry Bilal mon DG Petroleum Concession along backed by helicopter gunships freed run Taliban prison... during the cover Now Zad in December, freeing more Wilson, said to be aged 60, ran Ahmed Virk in the chair. The min- with the information required by the more than 60 people held captive in of darkness via helicopter assault,” than 40 soldiers and police held in a an organisation known as Zard- ister said gas producing provinces committee to its next meeting in a Taliban prison in southern Afghan- Nato said in a statement. makeshift Taliban prison. ozi, which promotes the work were the main force behind the exercise of Rule 227 (1) of the Rules of istan, officials said yesterday, in a “The liberated prisoners were The raids marks a rare success of Afghan artisans, particularly removal of the ban. It is worth men- Procedure and Conduct of Business major raid against the resurgent safely transported to Kandahar for Afghan forces struggling to beat women. The abduction has set off tioning that the PPP government in the National Assembly, 2007. The Islamist group. where they were turned over to... back the stubborn insurgency. alarm bells among foreign resi- had imposed a moratorium on new committee took this decision in view The operation conducted Thurs- Afghan authorities.” The Taliban last month dents in Afghanistan. gas connections in 2011 because of of the failure of DG (PC) to submit the day in Now Zad district in the Nato, which backed the mission announced the start of their annual Aid workers in particular have gas shortage. Answering a ques- information required by the commit- southern opium-rich province of in a “train, advise and assist” role, spring offensive, vowing “large-scale increasingly been casualties of a tion, the minister said in KP, Sindh tee within the stipulated time. Helmand comes in the midst of the added that two insurgents were attacks” across Afghanistan. surge in militant violence in recent years. In April last year the bullet-rid- dled bodies of five Afghan workers for Save the Children were found Rights group slams teen’s brutal murder in NW Pakistan after they were abducted by gun- men in the strife-torn southern province of Uruzgan. Afghan President Ashraf AFP burnt in a Suzuki van on the orders “The criminal actions of the jirga in police custody for two weeks on an “heir” of the victim. Ghani recently threatened diplo- of the Makol village jirga (council) in (village council) must be condemned murder and terrorism charges. But it is left to a judge’s discretion matic reprisals against Pakistan northwest Pakistan on April 29 — her unreservedly by all those who stand Hundreds of women are mur- to decide whether to impose a prison if it refuses to take action against murder a so-called honour killing. for rule of law and the right to life dered by their relatives in Pakistan sentence when other relatives of the insurgent havens on its soil. ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani rights “It is impossible to not be itself.” each year on the pretext of defend- victim forgive the killer — a loophole His unusually strong remarks group yesterday condemned a vil- astounded by the brutality and ruth- Police have arrested 13 members ing family “honour”, but it is rare to which critics say remains exploited. were in response to a Taliban lage council for ordering the brutal lessness of those who ordered and of the jirga who ordered the murder of hear of those who facilitate elope- A Girl in the River: The Price of assault on a security services office murder of a young woman after she oversaw the callous mowing down the girl. The victim’s mother was also ments being killed as well. Forgiveness — a film telling the story in the heart of Kabul, which left helped a friend to elope. of a young person...in order to satisfy arrested, a police officer said, because Pakistan amended its criminal of a rare survivor of an attempted 64 people dead in what appeared The woman, believed to be their notions of cultural proprietary,” she supported the jirga’s decision. code in 2005 to prevent men who honour killing -- won the Academy to be the deadliest attack on the around 16 to 18 years old, was independent Human Rights Commis- A local anti-terrorism court on kill female relatives escaping pun- Award for best documentary short in Afghan capital since 2001. drugged, strangled and her body sion of Pakistan said in a statement. Thursday remanded the 14 suspects ishment by pardoning themselves as February.

Ghani appoints Govt providing free medical new Afghan defence and care for ‘solar siblings’

spy chiefs AP are undergoing extensive medical testing in the capital, Islamabad, and samples of their blood have AFP been sent to overseas specialists ISLAMABAD: The two brothers for further examination, he said. have come to be known as the “solar Researchers are also collecting soil kids” and their case has completely and air samples from the family’s KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf mystified Pakistani doctors. home village. Ghani has appointed a new acting Aged nine and 13, the boys are Mohammad Hashim, the father of defence minister to replace Masoom normal active children during the the two brothers, comes from a village Stanekzai, a loyalist ally whom day. But once the sun goes down, near Quetta, the capital of southwest- he has shifted to lead the main they both lapse into a vegetative ern Baluchistan province. He and his intelligence agency, the National state — unable to move or talk. Javed wife are first cousins and two of their Directorate of Security (NDS). Akram, a professor of medicine at six children died at an early age. Their The changes, announced late the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sci- other two children have not displayed Pakistani policemen escort Tariq Mehmood (second right), his younger brother Khalid Mehmood (second on Thursday, underline the uncer- ences, told The Associated Press that any unusual symptoms. left) and an employee (centre) at a court in the Karor Lal Esan area of Punjab province, yesterday. tainty at the top of Afghanistan’s he had no idea what was causing the His simple theory: “I think my security apparatus that has hin- symptoms. sons get from sun.” dered the fight against the Taliban “We took this case as a chal- But doctors have already dis- and other insurgents since Ghani’s lenge. Our doctors are doing medical missed the idea that sunlight plays Shopkeeper confesses to killing National Unity Government came tests to determine why these kids a role, noting that the boys can move to power in 2014. remain active in the day but can- during the day even when kept in Stanekzai, who was well not open their eyes, why they cannot a dark room or during a rainstorm. regarded by NATO commanders talk or eat when sun goes down,” During the day, 13-year old dozens with ‘revenge’ sweets but never confirmed in office by he said, as he visited the pair at his Shoaib Ahmed and his brother Abdul parliament, moves to take over the hospital. Rasheed did indeed seem normally NDS, whose director, Rahmatullah Akram said the government active, energetic and cheerful as AFP “I wanted to teach him a lesson,” Officials had earlier put the toll at 33, Nabil, resigned in December after was providing free medical care they emerged from their hospital police investigator Mohammad Afzal but police confirmed Friday it stood disagreeing with Ghani’s moves to the siblings, who come from an room on Friday and walked to a quoted him as saying, with the state- at 30. Police have told local reporters towards rapprochement with impoverished family. The brothers nearby canteen to have tea. ment confirmed by another senior that 52 people consumed the sweets Pakistan. Stanekzai is replaced MULTAN: A Pakistani sweet shop police official. “I was so angry that in total. Both the Mehmood broth- as caretaker defence minister by owner has confessed to fatally poi- I mixed the pesticides bottle in the ers were arrested along with one of General Abdullah Khan, previously FB pictures help book 3 MPs hunting deer soning at least 30 people by lacing his sweets being baked at that time.” their employees. chief of staff at the ministry. goods with pesticide in an attempt The poisoned batch of sweets Investigators initially suspected Both appointments will have KARACHI: The Sindh province wildlife department has booked two mem- to take revenge on his older brother, were bought by a local man who gave the poisoning was an accident as to be approved by parliament, ber of the national assembly and a member of the provincial assembly for police said yesterday. them to family and friends celebrat- a pesticide shop nearby was being which failed to confirm Stanek- allegedly hunting deer, flouting a ban, thanks to pictures uploaded to Khalid Mehmood confessed in a ing the birth of his grandson. renovated and the owner had zai as defence minister for well Facebook. FIRs were registered against Fakiq Sher Muhammad Bila- court in central Punjab province that The baby’s father, six of his uncles left his products at the bakery for over a year amid wrangling in lani and Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah along with Sardar Nawab Ghaibi Khan he had poisoned the sweets after his and one aunt were among the 30 safe-keeping. the government led by Ghani and Chandio yesterday. elder brother Tariq, who owned the killed. The dead also included five Pakistan has poor food safety Chief Executive Abdullah Abdul- Their two associates Adam Hingorjo and Hashim Hingorjo and a number sweet shop with him, “insulted and children. standards and hygiene laws are lah, the two rivals in a disputed of unknown men were also named in the complaint lodged by game officer abused” him in a business dispute. Four victims are still in hospital. rarely implemented. 2014 election. Ashfaq Memon in Tharparkar. INDIA SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 07

Golden harvest Mumbai court Nepal rejects strikes down beef ban

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MUMBAI: An Indian court yes- terday struck down a tough law build airport that had banned the consump- tion of beef in the western state of Maharashtra, dealing a blow to government -- in the immediate right-wing Hindu groups. aftermath of a U-turn by its Maoist Last year the government Oli, who is perceived ally from their threatened with- of Maharashtra, home to India’s as cold towards drawal of support and forming a commercial centre Mumbai, made national unity government -- is seen the sale or possession of beef an Indian overtures, here as Kathmandu cocking a snook offence punishable by a five-year feels the decision at New Delhi for perceived meddling jail term or a 10,000-rupee ($150) in Nepal’s internal affairs. fine. It was one of the strictest such will rightly convey The threatened withdrawal of laws in India, where several states that all is not well support by the Maoists is believed ban the slaughter of cows, consid- here to have been engineered at New ered sacred by the Hindu majority. between the two Delhi’s instance -- and Oli, who is However the Bombay High Labourers thrash paddy crop in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, yesterday. close neighbours. perceived as cold towards Indian Court, Mumbai’s top court, ruled overtures, feels the Nijgadh decision yesterday that it was no longer ille- will rightly convey that all is not well gal to possess or eat beef, as long between the two close neighbours. as it had been brought into Mahar- IANS The abortive coup against Oli ashtra from outside the state. earlier this week involved Unified But it upheld the part of the Communist Party of Nepal (Mao- Nepal premier’s visit cancelled law, introduced in March 2015, ist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal that had extended a 1976 ban on NEW DELHI: Turning down an aka Prachanda leading a new gov- slaughtering cows to cover bulls Indian offer to build Nepal’s second ernment supported by the main IANS responsible for the cancellation of the to embark on her first official visit to and bullocks, according to the international airport outside capi- opposition -- and the largest group presidential visit which was sched- India next week. ruling published on the court’s tal Kathmandu, the government has in parliament -- Nepali Congress uled to begin on May 9. As per the earlier plan, President website. decided to mobilise resources on its along with Madhes-based parties. Bhesh Raj Adhikari, chief per- Bhandari was scheduled to attend a “The court has struck down own for the long pending project The wily Prachanda backtracked KATHMANDU: Nepal President Bid- sonal assistant to President Bhandari function in New Delhi on May 9 and that provision which says that the slated to come up in the south-cen- from plan thus pouring water on the hya Devi Bhandari’s upcoming visit said that the Cabinet, even after two the following day she was to hold consumption of beef is illegal in tral Nijgadh town. designs of new NC president Sher to India has been cancelled, officials meetings held back approval for the meetings with Mukherjee and the Maharashtra,” Harish Jagtiani, a A meeting of the cabinet, pre- Bahadur Deuba. A cabinet meeting here said yesterday but they did not visit, delegation and agenda. other Indian political leadership. prominent lawyer said. sided over by Prime Minister KP in the evening decided to construct disclose the reason for the abrupt The foreign affairs ministry has On May 11, she was to leave for Harish was one of several peti- Sharma Oli, yesterday decided to ini- the country’s second international cancellation. informed Nepali Ambassador in Simhastha Kumbh Mela in Ujjain, tioners who had asked the court tiate the process of land acquisition airport at Nijgadh town of Bara dis- However, diplomatic sources India, Deep Kumar Uphadhay, about Madhya Pradesh. to overturn the ban on consump- for the project which is estimated to trict, with Nepal mobilising on its said that a recent political fiasco the cancellation. On the invitation She was also scheduled to tion, saying that it infringed upon cost $1.20bn in the first phase. own the resources required for the and Prime Minister KP Sharma of her Indian counterpart Pranab deliver in Ujjain a lecture on wom- their right to privacy as protected Yesterday’s decision by the Oli ambitious project. Oli’s approach towards India were Mukharjee, President Bhandari was en’s empowerment. in India’s constitution. Govt to impose Wrongdoers in chopper case $15m fine for will be punished: Parrikar ‘false’ maps IANS and wondered if it was driven by AFP the results of exit polls, which were going in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party. NEW DELHI: Defence Minister “The field trials of the chopper NEW DELHI: Anyone distribut- Manohor Parrikar yesterday assured were initially opposed by Antony. But ing a map the Indian government the Lok Sabha that the CBI probe into he was later convinced to change his deems to be “wrong” could be lia- the AgustaWestland chopper scam stand,” the minister said. ble for a $15m fine and jail time will be taken to its logical conclusion “Some concessions were given, under a new draft bill published and accountability fixed on wrong- especially to a single vendor. It was this week. Maps are a highly sen- doers. not given to other companies. This sitive issue in India, which has After the government rejected showed the favour,” the defence long-running border disputes with a Congress demand for a Supreme minister said. Parrikar said that several of its neighbours, most Court-monitored probe into the while the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously over the divided Hima- chopper deal, parliamentarians government broadened the Serv- A supporter of India’s main opposition Congress party holds a toy rifle as he takes part in what the party layan region of Kashmir. from the opposition party at a later ices Qualitative Requirements to calls as a “Save Democracy” march to parliament in New Delhi, yesterday. The bill, which is up for pub- stage walked out of the lower house, get more companies in the tender lic consultation, was published including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul process for the VVIP choppers, the on the home ministry’s website Gandhi. successor United Progressive Alli- Oppn stages show of defiance against govt on Wednesday and lists penal- “I can assure you all, I will not ance government made it restrictive ties, including a prison term of up fail. What we could not do in Bofors, only to help AgustaWestland. to seven years and a fine of one we may be able to do in AgustaWe- Amid objections from some Reuters a drought under which 400 million attempt to divert attention from the billion rupees. stland,” Parrikar said. His response opposition members, the minis- Indians are suffering. “The Indian helicopter scandal, know as “Chop- “No person shall depict, dis- came on queries and observations of ter said: “The CBI (Central Bureau National Congress will never bow pergate”, that has dominated news seminate, publish or distribute members, including Bharatiya Janata of Investigation) may not be under down before injustice,” said Sonia headlines for weeks. any wrong or false topographic Party (BJP) parliamentarians Anurag me, but I am monitoring the progress NEW DELHI: India’s opposition Gandhi, 69, who party strategists “The Congress is accusing Modi ji information of India including Thakur and Nishikant Dubey, in the case.” Congress party staged a show of defi- say may soon cede the Congress because we have proof to show that international boundaries through Saugata Roy (Trinamool) and Jyo- While attacking the Congress ance yesterday, with Sonia and Rahul leadership to her son, Rahul. Rahul the Gandhi family was involved in Internet platforms or online serv- tiraditya Scindia (Congress), during government, Parrikar also tried to Gandhi leading a rally and march to said Modi had promised 20 million series of scams,” Shrikant Sharma, ices or in any electronic or physical a discussion on a calling attention show sympathies with Antony and parliament to resist what they called new jobs every year but in reality the BJP national general secretary, form,” the draft Geospatial Infor- motion under Rule 197. dubbed him “bechare (helpless)”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid Indian economy had created only told Reuters. Congress has rejected mation Regulation Bill says. The Bofors controversy erupted “Bechare Antony sahab ke haath to destroy democracy. 130,000. accusations from Modi’s allies that New Delhi already imposes after allegations surfaced regarding baandhe they (a helpless Antony had The opposition party hit back “Modi talked about good days to Congress leaders were either com- tight restrictions on maps but kickbacks from Bofors AB company his limitations),” Parrikar said and after facing a slew of corruption come but today the country is reeling plicit in, or blocked investigations if it becomes law, the bill would of Sweden for winning a bid to sup- added that once an arrest was made accusations levelled by Modi’s ruling under drought and farmers are com- into, corrupt payments linked to an impose specific penalties for the ply 155 mm field howitzer to India. It in 2012 in Italy in the case, “Antony party over a helicopter order made mitting suicide,” said the 45-year-old order of a dozen helicopters from first time. led to the ouster of the Rajiv Gandhi- was virtually in panic”. when Congress was last in power. heir apparent, whose father, grand- Italy. A Milan appeals court recently Last year, the government led Congress government in 1989. “...because Antony wanted to Addressing the Save Democracy mother and great-grandfather all sentenced the former bosses of Fin- took the Al Jazeera news channel Parrikar said the then defence protect his image,” Parrikar said, March, Congress leaders accused served as prime minister. meccanica and its AgustaWestland off air for nearly a week, saying it minister A.K. Antony put on hold adding, “within two-three hours, Modi of trampling on civil rights and Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party unit to jail terms for false accounting had repeatedly shown incorrect the deal only on May 12, 2014, at the Antony moved the file, cleared of failing to alleviate the impact of (BJP) dismissed the rally as an and corruption in the $640m order. maps of Kashmir. fag end of the Lok Sabha elections, papers and ordered a CBI probe”. Domestic workers’ daughters campaign for their rights across country

Reuters cross-legged on the floor and begin - daughters of domestic workers or school and take up a job. Led by the there were 4.35 million labourers up doing odd jobs themselves,” said to narrate the daily threats they face former child maids themselves - National Domestic Workers Move- aged between five and 14 in 2011 Christin Mary, coordinator of the living in India’s slums. who gathered in Chennai this week ment, the campaign aims to help against 12.66 million a decade earlier National Domestic Workers Move- “To enter my home, I have to as part of a nationwide campaign to children of informal sector workers - although activists say the figures are ment, which has over three million CHENNAI: Placing their hands on negotiate drunk men, lewd language, help curb the abuse of children from such as maids, nannies and drivers under-reported. Most work in farm- members. “We are seeing a large the shoulders of the person in front, garbage and filth,” said 17-year-old low income urban homes. Such chil- recognise threats and equip them to ing, toiling in cotton, sugarcane and number of boys working as domes- dozens of teenage girls excitedly form Sayali Mandve, the daughter of a dren often live in densely packed slum better protect themselves. “The initia- rice paddy fields, or in the manufac- tic help now. They are walking the a human train and chug around the domestic worker, from the Jogeshwari areas, say activists, where they are at tive is part of a child rights movement turing sector, making products such as dogs, cleaning the cars and are out sparsely furnished community hall slum area in Mumbai, India’s finan- risk of physical and sexual violence, or taking shape across the country,” said matchsticks, embroidering clothes or of schools just like the girls.” in India’s southern city of Chennai. cial capital. exposure to alcohol, drugs and other Andrew Sesuraj of the Tamil Nadu weaving carpets. Many children also Organisers say the campaign Aged between 12 and 17, the girls “My mother leaves very early for crimes. The meagre income of their Child Rights Observatory, a Chen- work in the services sector—in res- provides a platform for children to - who are drawn from urban slums work and comes back only in the families, who are already teetering nai-based charity. taurants and hotels or middle-class confront sensitive issues ranging from across the country - chatter, laugh evening. I have to negotiate school and on the brink, often means a major “More than 5,000 children in homes where they cook, clean and child labour to sexual abuse and will and sing songs as the gathering gets everything else alone and it is diffi- expense such as medical fees for ill- slums have already been organised even take care of other children. empower them with information on underway. But within minutes a more cult in my neighbourhood.” ness or a sudden debt can compel into a community and more are join- “Children of domestic work- the laws dedicated for their care and sombre tone prevails as they settle Mandve is one of almost 50 girls parents to make their children quit ing everyday.” Census data shows ers often drop out of school and end protection. 08 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 EUROPE / UK

Trump: Britain London elects first Muslim mayor would be better off tone of the race, she said her broth- er’s campaign “did not reflect who I For first time in know him to be — an eco friendly, outside EU decades, Labour independent-minded politician came third in with integrity”. The victory was also Reuters hailed in Tooting, a multi-ethnic area elections for the of south London where Khan lives. devolved government “Sadiq Khan will have a unifying WASHINGTON/LONDON: factor because he is Muslim, an immi- Republican presidential can- in Scotland, behind grant, he is from working class, so he didate Donald Trump said on the Conservatives, understands the working class people Thursday that he thought Britain and he can associate with them,” said would be better off out of the Euro- in a vote won by Shahzad Saddiqui, a local business- pean Union, the opposite stance to the incumbent man. Khan’s party fared less well in that taken by his likely rival Hil- other local and regional elections on lary Clinton and by many political pro-independence Britain’s “Super Thursday”, in which leaders around the world. Scottish National 45 million Britons were eligible to vote. Britons will vote in a refer- Party (SNP). For first time in decades, Labour endum on June 23 on whether came third in elections for the to leave the 28-member EU, a devolved government in Scotland, momentous decision with trade, behind the Conservatives, in a vote investment, defence and politi- won by the incumbent pro-independ- cal ramifications that stretch far AFP ence Scottish National Party (SNP). beyond Britain’s borders. The party retained its grip “I would say that they’re bet- on power in the Welsh assembly, ter off without it personally, but I’m although it lost one seat. But it failed not making that as a recommen- LONDON: London became the first to impress in local elections in Eng- dation - just my feeling,” Trump major Western capital to elect a land. With results in from 115 out of said in an interview with Fox News Muslim mayor yesterday as Labour 124 councils, Labour had control of 57, television, adding that he wanted claimed victory for its candidate Sadiq down one, and 1,265 seats, down 19. Britons to make their own decision. Britain’s Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan (centre) arrives at City Hall in central London. Khan despite setbacks elsewhere in Cameron’s Conservatives had “I think the migration has been Britain for the main national oppo- control of an unchanged 31 councils a horrible thing for Europe. A lot sition party. and 708 seats, down 18. Corbyn, who of that was pushed by the EU,” he Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has faced opposition from centrists in Immigrant son’s rise from London said, without providing any spe- hailed Khan’s win over Conservative his party since being elected last year, cifics. Initial reaction to Trump’s Zac Goldsmith, after a bitter campaign insisted his party had “hung on” and comments, which went further in which Prime Minister David Cam- surpassed expectations. than what he had previously said eron sought to link Khan to Islamic But critics point to the long tradi- housing estate to City Hall on the subject, was muted in Brit- extremists. “Congratulations Sadiq tion of opposition parties benefiting ain where the focus was on the Khan. Can’t wait to work with you to from mid-term elections, and noted incoming results of local and create a London that is fair for all!” Labour had bucked that trend. Mat- AFP fifth child out of seven brothers and and spent three years chairing the regional elections. Corbyn wrote on Twitter ahead of the thew Goodwin, politics professor at one sister. He grew up in public hous- civil liberties campaign group Liberty. Given Trump’s controver- publication of final results. Kent University, said the party was ing in Tooting, an ethnically mixed He represented Louis Farrakhan, sial statements and his negative The race to replace the charismatic in “serious trouble”. residential area in south London, and leader of the Nation of Islam, and Babar image in the eyes of many Euro- Conservative Boris Johnson pitched “The Labour party is now third LONDON: London’s new mayor Sadiq slept in a bunkbed until he was 24. Ahmad, a mosque acquaintance who peans, including Britons, it is not Khan, the son of a bus driver and a in Scotland for the first time since Khan has gone from a public housing His modest background plays well was jailed in the United States after clear whether his endorsement seamstress who emigrated from Paki- 1910 and it has failed to make a seri- estate in the British capital to running in a city that is proud of its diversity and admitting providing support to the Tal- would be good, bad or indiffer- stan in the 1960s, against Goldsmith, ous impression in southern England,” the city, a remarkable rise for the loves a self-made success story. Khan iban regime in Afghanistan. ent for Britain’s “Leave” campaign. whose father was a wealthy tycoon. he said. SNP leader and Scottish First Pakistani immigrant bus driver’s son. regularly recalls how his late father He became a partner in the law A spokesman for the campaign Khan’s victory offered some cheer Minister Nicola Sturgeon will lead the The 45-year-old human rights law- drove London’s famous red buses, and firm but left to become the member of declined to comment. US President for Corbyn after Labour’s perform- separatist party into its third successive yer-turned-politician swept to victory his mother was a seamstress. One of his parliament for Tooting in the 2005. He Barack Obama made a passionate ance in elections across Britain in the government in Edinburgh, although the yesterday, becoming the first Muslim brothers is a motor mechanic. had been a local councillor for Toot- intervention in the EU debate dur- wake of a row over anti-Semitism in party lost its outright majority. mayor of a Western capital in the proc- He is a handy boxer, having learnt ing in the Conservative-dominated ing a visit to London last month, the party failed to dispel questions She announced she would lead a ess. The Labour Party candidate now the sport to defend himself in the Wandsworth local borough since saying EU membership magni- over the veteran socialist’s leadership. minority administration, and played faces the task of bringing London’s streets against those who hurled racist 1994. He still lives in Tooting with fied Britain’s role in the world and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was down talk of a fresh independence ref- diverse communities together to keep abuse at him. Two of his brothers are his lawyer wife Saadiya and their made it more prosperous. among the first to tweet his congratu- erendum to follow the unsuccessful one it on its perch as a top world city. “I’m boxing coaches. He remains sporting two teenage daughters. Obama warned Britons their lations to “fellow affordable housing in 2014. “The SNP will always make our a Londoner, I’m British, I’m of Islamic and ran the 2014 London Marathon. Prime minister Gordon Brown country would find itself “in the advocate, @SadiqKhan. Look forward case with passion, with patience and faith, of course I am a proud Muslim. I’m Khan joined the Labour Party made him the communities minis- back of the queue” for a trade deal to working together!” Paris Mayor with respect but our aim is to persuade of Asian origin, of Pakistani heritage,” aged 15 when Conservative prime ter in 2008 and he later served as with the United States if they voted Anne Hidalgo added on Twitter that not to divide,” Sturgeon said. he told AFP on Wednesday. minister Margaret Thatcher was in transport minister, becoming the to leave the EU. The “Remain” Khan’s “humanity, progressivism will The other big story in Scotland “But the great thing about this city her pomp. At school, he wanted to first Muslim minister to attend cab- camp, led by Prime Minister David benefit Londoners.” was the success of the Scottish Con- is you can be a Londoner of any faith study science and become a den- inet meetings. His London mayoral Cameron, has repeatedly said that There was no immediate reac- servatives, who came second with or none and we don’t simply tolerate tist. But a teacher spotted his gift for election campaign focused on provid- none of Britain’s significant allies tion from Goldsmith, although his 31 seats. The party has been deeply each other: we respect, we embrace verbal sparring and directed him ing affordable homes for Londoners wants it to leave the bloc. sister Jemima, the ex-wife of Paki- unpopular in Scotland since the 1980s and we celebrate each other.” towards law. He gained a law degree and freezing transport fares. On Thursday, Japanese Prime stani cricketer and politician Imran premiership of Margaret Thatcher Khan’s journey to City Hall is like from the University of North London Khan is London’s third mayor Minister Shinzo Abe became the Khan, said Khan’s victory was a “great but its fortunes have turned around a modern fairytale. Born in London and started out as a trainee lawyer in after Labour’s Ken Livingstone (2000- latest foreign leader to say it would example to young Muslims”. under current Scottish leader Ruth in 1970 to parents who had recently 1994 at the Christian Fisher legal firm. 2008) and Conservative Boris Johnson be better for Britain and its allies if In reference to the negative Davidson. arrived from Pakistan, Khan was the He specialised in human rights, (2008-2016). it remained in the European club. Enda Kenny re-elected prime minister by Irish parliament

AFP usual,” political analyst Johnny Fallon said. “There will be some tweaks around the edges to accommodate the demands of DUBLIN: Ireland’s parliament the independents but these will re-elected Enda Kenny (pic- be relatively minor in the grand tured)as prime minister at the scheme of things.” head of a minority government Welcoming Kenny’s re- yesterday following a deal aimed election, Ireland’s main at a slight easing of austerity business lobby group, Ibec, after more than two months of warned in a statement that impasse. “a minority government will Kenny won the vote by 59 undoubtedly face greater Migrants sit in their boat during a rescue operation by Italian navy ship Grecale off the coast of Sicily, Italy. in favour and 49 against, in Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael party leader, challenges in securing the the fourth attempt to appoint Enda Kenny (centre), is congratulated by necessary support for key a prime minister since an colleagues and party supporters as he leaves initiatives”. Tear down migrant walls: Pope to EU inconclusive general election the Irish parliament in Dublin yesterday. In a two-hour void before in February, thanks to the sup- the vote in parliament as depu- port of independent lawmakers a number of its policies implemented ties waited for the independents and the consent of the main oppo- from the opposition benches. to hammer out a last-minute deal to AFP audience including German Chan- contribution to European unification. sition Fianna Fail party. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin support Kenny, opposition speak- cellor Angela Merkel, who has been Having unexpectedly decided to “This government has much to do. said the deal would remain in place ers took the opportunity to demand at the centre of the EU’s attempts to accept the award, Francis delivered a Our country faces many challenges— at least until the end of 2018. an end to the austerity measures resolve its biggest refugee crisis since typically hard-hitting message to lis- that was the message that the people The draft plan for government deployed by Kenny’s last government. VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said the war ended in 1945. teners that also included the heads of gave during the election and has been includes a commitment to ¤6.75bn Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams yesterday that he dreamed of a And in a rhetorical flourish with the EU’s main institutions, the Coun- repeated by so many of you,” Kenny ($7.71bn) in additional public spend- said the measures outlined in the Europe in which “being a migrant is echoes of Martin Luther-King’s legen- cil, the Commission, the Parliament said in his acceptance speech. ing over the next five years and the draft programme for government not a crime”, as he urged EU leaders dary ‘I have a dream’ speech, the Pope and its central bank. “The new government has lis- suspension of controversial water would fail to alleviate the crises in to “tear down the walls” and build a said he dreamed of a new European “What has happened to you, the tened to that message and we will charges. housing and the health services or to fairer society. humanism that embraced the poor, the Europe of humanism, the champion act on that message.” However, the new government is deliver a blueprint for a fairer Ireland. Invoking the memory of the EU elderly, the young and the sick. of human rights, democracy and free- Kenny’s Fine Gael party last widely viewed as offering more of the “This arrangement is a master- founding fathers’ pursuit of integra- “I dream of a Europe where being dom?” he asked. “What has happened week secured a deal that arch-rivals same when it comes to the economy. class in waffle and bluster; no real tion in the aftermath of World War II, a migrant is not a crime but a sum- to you, Europe, the home of poets, phi- Fianna Fail would abstain on the Fine Gael and Fianna Fail have ambition, no big ideas,” he said. the pontiff said they inspired because mons to greater commitment on losophers, artists, musicians, and men vote, allowing him to form a minor- historic differences but both are “Never was so much negotiated they had “dared to change radically behalf of the dignity of every human and women of letters?” Francis has ity government. essentially centre-right and few com- for so long for so little.” Fine Gael, the models” that had led to war. being,” he said. Francis’s comments regularly railed against the “indif- The agreement between the par- mentators believe the composition which won 50 seats at the election “Today more than ever, their came in a speech as the 79-year- ference” of western societies to their ties means that Fianna Fail will back of the new government will herald a as against 44 for Fianna Fail in the vision inspires us to build bridges and old pontiff was presented with the plight and last month he made a high- Fine Gael and independents on key radical change in direction. 158-seat Dail, or lower house of tear down walls,” he told a Vatican EU’s Charlemagne Prize for his profile visit to Lesbos. confidence votes in return for having “It will be largely business as parliament. AMERICAS SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 09 Airlift for thousands trapped by Canada wildfires

much air evacuation as possible,” the tiny hamlet of Lac La Biche, about More than 1,100 she said. “And we are doing every- 300km south of Fort McMurray, after thing we can to open the highways so making a chaotic escape. “There’s firefighters are we can get fuel up there and then get no guide on how to get out of a for- battling 49 separate those folks moving south as quickly est fire,” evacuee Alan Javierto told as we can.” AFP, recounting a hurried, frightening blazes across the The airlift, carried out with gov- evacuation as homes and businesses province — seven of ernment and petroleum industry were reduced to cinders. aircraft, began after evacuees who The flight from Fort McMurray them totally out of found refuge north of the city risked began in earnest shortly before mid- control. The fires have becoming trapped if shifting winds night on Tuesday after a mandatory were to send the flames spreading evacuation order. Late on Wednesday, engulfed 210,000 toward them. fires forced the evacuation of Saprae acres of forest The government has declared a Creek, a neighbourhood east of the including 12,000 in state of emergency in Alberta, a prov- city’s airport where even firefighters ince the size of France that is home had to pull out. the area surrounding to one of the world’s most prodigious As strong northwesterly winds Fort McMurray, now oil industries. whipped up the flames, three more More than 1,100 firefighters are communities to the south were evac- the epicentre of the battling 49 separate blazes across the uated, including Anzac, with police inferno. province — seven of them totally out going door-to-door to make sure no of control. The fires have engulfed residents were left behind. 210,000 acres of forest including Oil companies crucial to the 12,000 in the area surrounding Fort region such as Suncor, Syncrude and AFP McMurray, now the epicentre of the Shell have pulled out non-essential inferno, where 2,000 homes have employees, and set up emergency been destroyed. shelters in their huge bungalow Television footage from the cen- worker communities. LAC LA BICHE: Canada began air- tre of the disaster zone showed trees All three major firms have slashed lifting to safety up to 25,000 people ablaze on the edge of highways their output — with Suncor shutting from the city of Fort McMurray forced crowded with bumper-to-bumper down its main production site north from their homes by raging forest fires traffic trying to leave as billowing of Fort McMurray, and Shell Can- in Alberta’s oil sands region. black smoke darkened the sky. Bright ada stopping production at its Albian The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta, assisting in the evactuation of Fort McMurray. The authorities ordered the oil orange embers whizzed through the site, with an output of 255,000 bar- city of 100,000 people to be evacu- air and floated down onto cars. rels per day. Alberta has been left ated after firefighters backed by air “The footage we’ve seen, the cars bone-dry after a period of unusually she said through tears.However, their homes and what the future holds Television footage showed the tankers and helicopters failed to pre- racing down highways while fire scant rainfall and unseasonably high Notley said the tens of thousands for themselves and their families,” she smoldering remains of a large motor vent the monster blaze from engulfing rages on all sides, is nothing short of temperatures. evacuated from the city face a long added. home park, and the blackened car- entire neighbourhoods. terrifying,” Prime Minister Justin Tru- Lawmaker Rona Ambrose, who wait to return home. “I must be very, One particularly hard hit area casses of cars consumed by the Some 4,000 people who fled to deau told lawmakers in Ottawa. The represents the affected region, wept as very direct about this,” she said. was the Beacon Hill neighbourhood, flames. the north of the city have been air- Alberta government has sent a tanker she vowed in parliament that it would “It is apparent that the damage to some 5km from Fort McMurray, where Public Security Minister Ralph lifted to Edmonton and Calgary, under guard to help rescue vehicles recover from the disaster. the community in Fort McMurray is 70 percent of homes were in ruins. Goodale called the fire “terrify- Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said, stranded south of Fort McMurray, with “Fort McMurray is a place where extensive, and the city is not safe for Even harder hit was the Waterways ing.” “This kind of disaster will not adding that the hope is to airlift 8,000 three mobile fuel stations set up along Canadians have come from all residents at this time.” neighbourhood, where nine in 10 be solved in a day or two, a week or by the end of the day. “Right now we a 200km stretch of road. across this country. It’s a tough day “I understand that the Albertans homes have been reduced to charred two, or a month or two. We’re all going are working with industry to do as Thousands of evacuees thronged for Albertans but we will persevere” are scared, tired, and worried about remains. to have to be here for the long haul.”

Anti-hunger group Senate panel recommends Rousseff impeachment uses playful campaign to AFP She would be allowed to remain fool and educate in her presidential residence but will lose access to the executive offices and will be on half pay. There are Reuters BRASÍLIA: A Brazilian Senate com- still questions over her exact status, mittee voted yesterday to recommend including whether she will be able to starting an impeachment trial against use Air Force planes for travel. NEW YORK: Full-page adver- President Dilma Rousseff, who now While Rousseff fights for her polit- tisements are popping up in faces being suspended from office in ical survival, both her closest allies major US newspapers offering less than a week. and some of her most bitter enemies to pick up Americans’ dinner The special committee’s decision are being sucked into an ever deep- leftovers and deliver them to was non-binding but marked the last ening corruption scandal centered on the needy, a farcical campaign formal stage before the full Senate state oil company Petrobras. designed to raise awareness of votes on Wednesday on whether to On Thursday, the architect of the hunger, its organisers say. put the leftist leader on trial. impeachment drive, lawmaker Eduardo “Our drivers deliver your lefto- “The case now goes to the full Cunha, was suspended by the Supreme vers to hungry Americans,” the ads federal Senate,” announced oppo- Court from his post as Speaker of the read, directing the curious to the sition Senator Raimundo Lira. With lower house on grounds that he was Scraped Plate website that admits the Senate considered almost certain obstructing a Petrobras-related cor- the offer is in jest. to open the trial next week, Rouss- ruption probe against him. Cunha was But millions of people have eff is preparing to step aside for up one of Brazil’s most powerful politi- taken the bait, visited the website to six months while the 81 senators cal operators and allied to Temer. His and are learning about hunger in decide her fate, plunging Brazil into probable replacement in the Speaker’s the process, said Melanie Kahn, ever deeper political infighting. post is another lawmaker accused of national campaign director with As soon as Rousseff is suspended participating in the Petrobras embez- Share Our Strength, the advo- Vice President Michel Temer, a centre- zlement ring. cacy organisation behind the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during a ceremony to launch a new phase of the state- right politician whose party recently Temer himself is not being probed campaign. broke off its shaky alliance with Rous- funded housing programme, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia yesterday. in the Petrobras affair, the chief pros- “The goal of the campaign was seff’s Workers’ Party, would become ecutor said this week. However, in yet to make people think just a little interim president. At the end of the America’s biggest country in turmoil says the charges are trumped up to policies — and one she claimed would another twist Thursday it emerged bit harder about how much food trial, which could take months, a two ahead of the Rio Olympics this August. turn the impeachment process into a be threatened by her departure. that Temer could be barred from par- they are throwing out on a daily thirds majority would be needed to The impeachment is based on accu- coup d’etat and that she will not give The Senate vote and debate next ticipating in any elections for eight basis,” Kahn told the Thomson remove Rousseff from office. sations that Rousseff made illegal in. “I have the nature of someone who week is expected to take more than 20 years because he has been found Reuters Foundation. The impeachment battle, a crum- accounting maneuvers to mask the resists and I will resist to the last day,” hours, likely stretching into Thursday, guilty of violating campaign finance The US Department of Agri- bling economy, and corruption probes depth of Brazil’s economic troubles she said yesterday at a ceremony where Brazilian media reports said. Rouss- rules. The ban would not affect Tem- culture estimates 14 percent of against dozens of leading politicians during her tight 2014 reelection victory. she handed over housing to the poor, eff’s suspension could take effect on er’s ability to take the presidency next Americans, or more than 17 mil- and business executives have left Latin The country’s first female president one of the Workers’ Party’s signature Friday, according to current estimates. week since no election is involved. lion people, are what is called food insecure, meaning at times of the year, they are uncertain of being able to acquire enough food for their household, according to its website. Low-cost Zika test in the works Ads for Scraped Plate have appeared in USA Today and The New York Times Magazine, elicit- AFP The proof-of-concept demonstra- viruses and a lack of specialised skills or ing some fans. “I think it’s a good tion showed the tool could work in equipment to screen for the virus outside idea being we don’t eat leftovers monkeys, and would cost less than of large urban areas,” said the report. in my house why throw it away,” a dollar per patient, according to the Meanwhile, another study unveiled wrote one visitor on Scraped : Researchers at Harvard Uni- findings published in the journal Cell. details about how the mosquito-borne Plate’s Facebook. versity have devised a test to quickly The tool shows its results “through a Zika virus attacks the brain, killing and But not everyone is amused. and cheaply detect the Zika virus simple ‘colour-change’ assay, which an shrinking cells and resulting in babies One visitor left a comment that in blood or saliva, offering a much- untrained eye can easily use to evaluate born with unusually small heads, a con- the idea was “gross,” and another needed method for remote testing, a whether Zika is present or not in a bio- dition known as microcephaly. asked: “How can you run a FAKE study said yesterday. logical sample,” according to the report. Published in the journal Cell Stem FOOD BANK?” Public health experts have warned The CDC has already approved Cell, the research was led by scien- The campaign encourages that the lack of standardized diag- two tests for diagnosing Zika, known tists at the University of San Diego visitors to ask US presiden- nostic tests for Zika, which can cause as the Zika MAC-ELISA and Trioplex School of Medicine. They found that tial candidates through social birth defects, presents a major prob- Real-Time RT-PCR Assay. However, Zika activates an immune receptor — media what they will do to com- lem for efforts to understand and the tests are complicated and some- called TLR3 -- in the brain. bat hunger. prevent the disease. times confuse Zika with similar “We all have an innate immune Kahn said the purported offer The new test can detect viruses viruses such as West Nile or dengue. system that evolved specifically to to deliver leftovers to the hungry Jaqueline, 25, holds her five-month-old son Lucas as she gives a pacifier “at significantly lower concentra- The new test could be available in the fight off viruses, but here the virus would obviously be untenable. tions than previously possible,” next several months, and would “improve turns that very same defense mech- to her five-month-old daughter Laura at their house in Santos, Sao “It’s not just not feasible to pack said the study by scientists at Har- upon key limitations of currently available anism against us,” said senior author Paulo state, Brazil. Among the mysteries facing doctors battling Zika up in a doggy-bag what I don’t eat vard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically options for Zika detection, such as poten- Tariq Rana, professor of pediatrics virus are cases of women giving birth to twins with only one suffering and deliver it to someone else,” Inspired Engineering. tial cross-reactivity with closely-related at UC San Diego School of Medicine. from microcephaly, a birth defect associated with the disease. she said. 10 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Philippines’ Trump Can aid reform end Ethiopia’s ike Donald Trump in the US, the world is witnessing the rise of another anti-establishment, venom-spewing presidential candidate – in the Philippines. Rodrigo repeated hunger emergencies? Duterte, a 71-year-old self-confessed killer, has been roaring ahead in opinion polls. Duterte has been Lmayor of Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao for two decades, where he earned the nicknames “Duterte Harry” and By Katy Migiro cheaper, helping to prevent the population living below the pov- diversifying the economy away Reuters “The Punisher” with endorsement of the execution of criminals. terrible famines that tarnished erty line falling from 56 to 31 from its heavy dependence on Ethiopia’s international image in percent between 2000 and 2011, farming, said SOAS’s Hammond. He has been compared to Trump for employing populist rhetoric the 1970s and 80s. according to World Bank data. The most popular buzzword to exploit the disappointment and frustration of people with But it has not ended hunger. “Ethiopia is the darling of among aid workers after the 2011 mainstream parties. For example, Duterte started his campaign “Ethiopia is, and has demon- Africa at the moment,” said Lind- drought across the Horn of Africa to become the president of a mainly Catholic country with a VER the years, strated itself to be, very effective at sey Jones, a researcher with the was “resilience”, which means verbal attack on Pope, which was followed by a series of shocking, Ethiopian response,” said Laura Hammond, London-based Overseas Devel- boosting people’s ability to bounce profanity-filled utterances. He told lawmakers he would shut mother-of-three who heads the development stud- opment Institute. “Its economy is back from shocks like a failed har- Hana Mekon- ies department at the University of expanding massively.” vest or a death in the family. down Congress if they did not follow his orders and is promising nen has received London’s School of Oriental and But deeper structural changes, Projects that provide fami- to kill tens of thousands of criminals. Like Trump, he has been all sorts of aid African Studies (SOAS). like urbanisation and industriali- lies with alternative sources of appealing to the baser instincts of the Odesigned to free her from the bitter “But there’s still this level of sation, are needed to end poverty, income, such as livestock, or loans electorate, appealing to their yearning trap of poverty and hunger: goats, vulnerability and poverty that experts say. From the early 1990s, to set up small businesses, can Rodrigo for a strongman who can solve all cash transfers, resettlement and, is persistent and that’s harder to Ethiopia pursued an agriculture- make them less vulnerable when Duterte, a their problems with brute force in the of course, sacks of grain. turn a corner on.” This year, one led development strategy, under disaster hits. “What’s needed is shortest time possible. Like Trump, he None has worked. Hana’s one- in five Ethiopians need food aid, visionary strongman Meles more investment in action before maverick year-old son was diagnosed with with 8 million receiving support Zenawi. droughts strike,” said Michael politician, has only seen his popularity rise with malnutrition in October, usually a from the PSNP and another 10.2 Increased use of fertiliser, Mosselmans, head of human- each provocation and shock. The latest time of plenty in Ethiopia’s moun- million from a $1.4bn humanitar- better seeds and expert advice itarian policy and practice for is roaring opinion poll shows Duterte as the top tainous Amhara region, when the ian appeal. produced sharp increases in Christian Aid. ahead in the choice for 33 percent of respondents, main harvest starts to come in. By 2020, the project — Afri- yields, benefiting the 92 percent Every dollar spent on pre- Philippine 11 points ahead of nearest rival Grace The Horn of Africa nation’s ca’s largest social safety net — will of Ethiopians who, according to paredness saves seven dollars Poe, with the third candidate Manuel worst drought in 50 years has left have cost donors $5.7bn, raising the World Bank, own land. in disaster aftermath, the United presidential her destitute, reduced to arguing questions about its sustainability. As Ethiopia’s population has Nations says, but it is harder to Roxas at 20 percent. And finally, as in race. with neighbours over the alloca- “Ultimately, there does need doubled since the early 1990s, generate enthusiasm for prevent- the US, the prospects of his election tion of aid rations. “Because of the to be a vision for this not being a many people’s farms are often ative projects than tackling visible are causing jitters. Outgoing President drought, we are all poor,” she said, donor-financed safety net,” Greg only half a hectare. crises, like starving children. At Benigno Aquino yesterday urged other seated in her dimly-lit hut with her Collins, director of the Center “There is no means to increase the World Humanitarian Sum- presidential candidates to join forces and stop the maverick mayor child on her lap. for Resilience at the US Agency the landholding size,” said Mitiku mit, Christian Aid is calling for 5 from winning next week’s election. “No one in this village has for International Development Kassa, head of Ethiopia’s National percent of aid to be spent on resil- The support for Duterte only shows the frustration of Filipinos anything to give their children. (USAID), told the Thomson Reu- Disaster Prevention and Prepar- ience and disaster preparedness, We all live on food aid.” ters Foundation. edness Committee. “The only up from the current 0.4 percent. with their leaders, with the latter’s inability to solve the multitudes Development experts say “We more and more need to option is to increase the pro- Ethiopia is not holding its of problems they are facing, including crime and poverty. Filipinos Hana’s chronic poverty is the be investing in creating oppor- ductivity of the land by using breath. The government’s Mitiku are tired of the soaring rates of crimes and Duterte is promising result of traditional farming meth- tunities that allow those who are agricultural technologies.” says efforts to end hunger for a violent crackdown on criminals. He vows to stand up to China’s ods, a soaring population and a able to graduate from the PSNP.” Each ward has three devel- women like Hana must be driven assertiveness in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and as a lack of alternative sources of Initial optimism about a rapid opment agents, graduates in crop by Ethiopia itself. result enjoys the support of those fishermen who were once fishing income. Millions of farmers and shift to self-sufficiency has been and animal sciences, who demon- “Emergencies will continue, in herders across Africa have been replaced with an acceptance that strate to villagers how to increase my view, as long as we are living in the disputed waters, now stopped by China from pursuing their pushed into crisis by drought this some Ethiopians will be depend- their yields, he said. with adverse climate change,” he trade. As an analyst in Manila put it, Duterte has become the symbol year, raising questions about the ent on aid indefinitely. But farmers remain vulnera- said, drawing comparisons with of deep disappointment, maybe even desperation, of those who have ability of aid to break the hunger The busy roads, endless con- ble to poor rains, unlike workers drought-hit . put their trust and hope in the elite in that country. cycle, despite a resolve to do so struction sites and new light in manufacturing and services “They are not appealing (for But the solution to deep-rooted problems doesn’t lie in after famine killed 260,000 peo- railway snaking over Ethiopia’s jobs, which have proven critical funds) because they have the electing a maverick. Politics and governance don’t work through ple in Somalia in 2011. capital are testament to the dou- in reducing poverty in countries capacity to respond. We expect confrontation and strong-arm tactics and economic and social How to make people less vul- ble-digit growth it has enjoyed like Bangladesh and Rwanda. Ethiopia to have such capacity to nerable to natural disasters, and for the last decade. This growth Ethiopia’s recent investment respond by itself... when we reach problems can’t be solved through force and in few months. The improving the aid response when has led to a dramatic drop in pov- in the food processing, textile and lower middle-income (status),” he election is on May 9 and if Duterte finally gets elected, despite they do strike, are key themes of erty rates, with the share of the flower industries is a step towards said, a target it has set for 2025. Aquino’s fervent pleas to defeat him, the Philippine politics will the World Humanitarian Summit enter a new phase. But the pressures and compulsions of power on May 23-24 in Istanbul. are likely to change Duterte. Hana receives cash and food six months a year, in exchange for environmental work, like digging ponds and planting trees. Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), set up in Quote of the day 2005, helps her through the ‘lean season’ between harvests, while also rehabilitating land and build- Some are disturbed by ing roads, health posts and schools me monitoring closely the to tackle some of the underlying developments related to causes of poverty. the party... What can be The scheme, administered by the government and largely more natural than this? funded by international donors, was set up to end the annual scramble for emergency funding to feed hungry Ethiopians, averag- Recep Tayyip Erdogan ing 5 million a year in the decade Turkish President before its launch. It has made the provision of food aid more predictable and A worker carrying sacks of aid.

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HE United States-Russia rela- tionship is already in bad shape, and US diplomats are hurting it further by sending conflicting messages about Ukraine’s future relationship Twith Nato. First, Nato and Kiev signed a letter of intent in February for cooperation between their special operations forces. Two months later American ambassador and current Nato Deputy Secretary-Gen- eral Alexander Vershbow said it was time to bring the Ukrainian military “in line with Nato standards.” Barely one week later, though, the US Ambassador to Nato ruled out Nato expansion for the “next several years”. These muddled messages only cause confusion, provoking Russia while poten- Children play with guns at the Ukrainian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. tially giving false hope to Ukraine. For that reason, it’s time for Washington to make clear that Ukrainian accession to Nato is advanced precision targeting cruise mis- obstacles in defending Ukraine, but also alliance directed against Russia, dismiss- for Kiev on a fast track. not on the table. Here’s why. siles used by the United States, providing faces a significant gap between the Rus- ing Moscow’s feelings on this subject as Furthermore, the West should con- First, Nato possesses almost no abil- yet another weapon Moscow could deploy sian and American stakes in the country. merely “paranoia” is too simplistic. tinue its ongoing non-military support ity to defend Ukraine. Russia has 270,000 against Nato if a war around Ukraine and As Putin’s invasion of Crimea and sub- Proponents of Ukraine’s Nato mem- for Ukraine. Politically, Western sanc- troops and 700 jet fighters positioned on the Black Sea broke out. Finally — and sequent escalation in eastern Ukraine bership argue Russia must not receive a tions on Moscow should remain in place Ukraine’s southern and western bor- perhaps most troublingly — Russia even showed, Kiev’s geopolitical orientation is a veto over Ukraine’s geopolitical orienta- until Russia honors the Minsk II agree- ders. And as Russia demonstrated in 2015 claims the right to deploy nuclear weap- supremely important national interest for tion. Morally this is correct — especially ment by withdrawing its troops from when it sent 150,000 troops to surround ons to Crimea. Russia. By contrast, US President Barack considering the fact that Putin’s annex- the Donbass region and ending military Ukraine, Moscow can quickly mobilize its Given the massive military force Mos- Obama’s unwillingness to supply Ukraine ation of Crimea was a clear violation of support for the separatists. While Crimea military in the event of a conflict. cow can bring to bear around Ukraine, with lethal arms, much less deploy combat international law. Moreover, Ukraine’s almost certainly remains lost to Ukraine, Crimea, meanwhile, became a Russian any American strategist advocating invit- troops to Ukraine, indicates Washington’s decision to officially identify Russia as an the West must not recognise the penin- fortress after its annexation. Moscow has ing Kiev into Nato should answer some interests are peripheral at best. enemy is the right one, and it’s easy to see sula is part of Russia absent a mutually fortified the peninsula with 25,000 troops, difficult military questions: To understand why this is the case, why Kiev would want American assist- satisfactory solution on Crimea directly numerous ships and subs, as well as its lethal 1. Would the United States be will- those who want Ukraine to join Nato ance in its ongoing struggle with Moscow. between Moscow and Kiev. The United S400 air-to-ground missiles — a weapon ing to back up a commitment to defend should go back and read Russian Pres- The United States, though, also States employed the same policy during which could shoot down multiple Nato jets Ukraine by deploying tens of thousands ident Vladimir Putin’s March 18, 2014 receives a vote on Nato expansion, and no the Cold War towards the Soviet Union’s up to 250 miles away. Moreover, as Russia’s of additional troops to Europe — essen- speech announcing the annexation of matter how much the United States may annexation of the Baltic states, meaning recent Syrian campaign demonstrated, its tially recreating a Cold War force posture Crimea. Arguing that Russia was forced admire post-Maidan Ukraine’s willingness precedent for this approach exists. military now possesses the same type of on the continent? to annex Crimea to forestall the possibil- to change its trajectory, before entering The West should also continue to sup- 2. How should Washington respond if ity of Ukraine joining Nato, Putin asserted into any military alliance Washington pol- port Ukraine financially, especially its brave — as is entirely possible — Moscow insti- that the West “had lied to us many times”. icymakers should always ask themselves civil activists determined to break the grip gated further military action in Ukraine This happened with Nato’s expansion to the following question: Will this com- of Kiev’s predatory officials. In addition, after Ukraine received an official invitation the East. “Nato remains a military alliance. mitment increase or decrease the United while President Barack Obama rightly to join Nato, but before a formal agreement I do not want to be welcomed in Sevas- States’ national security? Absent Washing- resists sending billions of dollars of lethal admitting Kiev to the club was signed? topol by Nato sailors.” ton’s willingness to play a game of nuclear arms to Ukraine, Washington should con- Nato possesses almost no ability 3. Is the United States willing to strike Putin’s words are not mere rhetoric. chicken with Moscow, Ukraine’s accession tinue shipping non-lethal aid. Finally, the command and control or military targets The West long underestimated the deep to Nato weakens American national secu- United States and its European allies should to defend Ukraine. Russia has inside Russia proper if militarily required? humiliation felt by Moscow as a result rity rather than enhancing it. significantly increase humanitarian aid to 270,000 troops and 700 jet fighters How would it respond, then, if Moscow of Nato expansion toward Russia’s bor- To be clear, none of this means the Ukraine as Kiev struggles to feed and care retaliates by launching missiles at Alaska ders in the decades after the fall of the United States should provide Russia a for the millions of internal refugees victim- positioned on Ukraine’s southern or Europe, or by invading the Baltics? former Soviet Union, and even the United complete veto over Ukraine’s future, and ized by the war in the Donbass. and western borders. And as Russia 4. And finally, is the US willing to risk States Navy’s top commander in Europe Ukraine must remain free to develop any Located astride a giant neighbour, demonstrated in 2015 when it sent a nuclear exchange to defend Ukraine? admits Russia views Nato as an “existen- economic relationship with the West it Ukraine is a classic victim of Robert Recent war games revealed Nato tial threat” today. To make a historical wishes. Kiev already signed an Associa- Kaplan’s “revenge of geography”. Trying 150,000 troops to surround Ukraine, would lose a war in the Baltics to Rus- analogy, Russia views Nato membership tion Agreement with the European Union, to solve this problem for Kiev by inviting Moscow can quickly mobilise its sia within 36 to 60 hours, and it’s hard for Ukraine similarly to how US president signifying a long-term commitment to it to join Nato is not in American national to envision anything other than a similar John F Kennedy viewed the deployment Ukraine’s economic integration with interests. But while the United States military in the event of a conflict. outcome in Ukraine. In addition, Washing- of Soviet missiles to Cuba in 1962. Given Europe, and Washington should push the should rule out Nato membership for Kiev, ton confronts not only significant military that Nato was — and remains — a military Europeans to place full EU membership it need not abandon Ukraine to its fate. ‘No boots on the ground’ has its limits in Iraq

The clip, purportedly filmed on Islamic State since a US-led coali- that battled alongside the Americans. pointing down a street where flies con- Tuesday during a fierce battle in tion launched a campaign in 2014 to “They were heroic.” verged on the splayed corpses of three which a US Navy SEAL was killed, “degrade and destroy” the group. It was Islamic State’s largest attack militants. Spreading out through Tel records the United States’ deepening US forces then withdrew, accord- in months against Kurdish peshmerga Asqof, the insurgents took up positions involvement in the nearly two-year- ing to Kurdish fighters involved in the forces, who are considered the coali- in houses, firing at the Americans on the old war against the jihadist militants. battle, leaving an armoured Toyota tion’s most trusted and effective ally in outskirts of the village. Loath to become mired in another Landcruiser by the side of the road, Iraq and have cleared large areas in the Craters in the asphalt mark where conflict overseas, the White House its tyres flat. The armour was not north with the help of air strikes. suicide bombers, some driving cars, has insisted there will be no Amer- penetrated, but the outer shell of the Close coordination with the coali- blew themselves up as Kurdish forces Loath to become ican “boots on the ground” in Iraq, vehicle bears the marks of an intense tion means Islamic State is rarely able closed in, eventually routing the mired in another instead deploying hundreds of troops firefight: A hole punched through the to breach peshmerga defences, which militants. Kurdish forces went house- to “advise and assist” local forces. door by a rocket-propelled grenade stretch several hundred kilometres in to-house looking for any hold-outs and conflict overseas, By Isabel Coles But footage of the firefight shown and shattered glass where bullets an arc around the north and east of recovering their weapons and ammu- the White House Reuters to Reuters by the Kurdish forces who hit the windshield. Spent casings Mosul — by far the largest city in the nition. Back at a base, they laid out their filmed it, along with the accounts of were still strewn around the car on militants’ self-proclaimed caliphate. haul, including machine guns, two has insisted there others who took part, show how eas- Wednesday when Reuters visited the On Tuesday, however, the militants explosive belts, four rocket-propelled will be no American ily that distinction can blur. village, 28km north of Mosul. advanced from the village of Batnaya grenades and several Kalashnikovs. “boots on the PICKUP truck races One sequence shows US and A US military spokesman said and blasted through the peshmerga One Kurdish fighter wore a dig- towards a burning village Kurdish forces sprinting through Keating was part of a “quick reac- positions, bringing a portable metal ital watch taken from the wrist of a ground” in Iraq, in northern Iraq, slam- long grass from their initial position tion force” called in after American bridge to cross a defensive trench. dead militant. “It’s a souvenir,” he said. instead deploying ming to a halt behind an behind the vehicles towards a wall advisers got caught up in the firefight. From there they traversed open At a press briefing on April 25, US armoured convoy that on the edge of the town. The exact Kurdish fighters said a small team fields to Tel Asqof in a convoy includ- State Department spokesman John hundreds of troops Aforms the only barrier between US circumstances of Petty Officer First of five or six US advisers had been ing pickup trucks mounted with Kirby said the administration’s prom- to “advise and forces and Islamic State. “We are Class Charles Keating’s death remain stationed in Tel Asqof, often visiting anti-aircraft guns, a bulldozer rein- ises that there would be “no boots on fighting alongside our American unclear. Kurdish officials say he was the front line around 3.5km away and forced with metal plates and at least the ground” in Iraq did not mean US assist” local forces. brothers,” says the Kurdish fighter hit by a sniper and evacuated by hel- assisting with reconnaissance and air two Humvees, the charred remains of soldiers would never be involved in filming the scene, shouting to be heard icopter within the hour, but died of strike coordination. “It is the first time which could be seen inside the village. combat, only that there would be no over the sound of gunfire and explo- his wounds. He is the third US serv- they fight with us on the ground,” said “Daesh (Islamic State) came from “large-scale conventional ground sions on the outskirts of Tel Asqof. iceman killed in direct combat with Wahid Kovali, the head of the force here,” said a fighter named Adel, combat operations”.

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Election may turn US presidency out to be an un-popularity not a ‘reality contest: Poll Reuters

NEW YORK: The US presidential show’: Obama election may turn out to be one of the world’s biggest un-popularity contests. Nearly half of American voters who At a rally in West Virginia, the support either Democrat Hillary Clin- US President called billionaire businessman criticised ton or Republican Donald Trump for the Clinton for the vast sums of money White House said they will mainly be for Donald Trump’s that she and her husband, former trying to block the other side from win- White House bid — President Bill Clinton, accepted for the ning, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll Clinton Foundation, which he called a released on Thursday. and his past record — “scam”. The Clintons have dismissed The results reflect a deepen- to be held up to close criticisms of the charitable organisa- ing ideological divide in the United tion as politically motivated. States, where people are becoming scrutiny. Trump also linked her to some increasingly fearful of the opposing of her husband’s decisions when he party, a feeling worsened by the likely was president in the 1990s, such as the matchup between the New York real Nafta agreement that opened up trade estate tycoon and the former first lady, Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump scream at the media prior to the rally at AFP & Reuters among the United States, Mexico and said Larry Sabato, director of the Uni- Canada. Trump has vowed to rewrite the Charleston Civic Centre in Charleston, West Virginia. versity of Virginia’s Centre for Politics. trade deals if elected on November 8. “This phenomenon is called nega- “We have to win the general election,” tive partisanship,” Sabato said. “If we WASHINGTON: President Barack he said. “We cannot take Hillary Clin- were trying to maximise the effect, we Obama called yesterday for Donald ton anymore. NAFTA was given to us Anti-Trump Republicans seek to couldn’t have found better nominees Trump’s White House bid — and his by Clinton. We can’t take any more than Trump and Clinton.” past record — to be held up to close of the Clintons.” Trump has won passionate sup- scrutiny as he warned the US presi- He put on a hard hat presented to porters and vitriolic detractors for dency was not a “reality show.” him by the state’s coal miners’ asso- recruit third-party candidate his blunt talk and hardline proposals, “We are in serious times and ciation and blasted Clinton for saying including his call for a ban on Muslims this is a really serious job. This is not recently she would impose clean- entering the United States, his vow to entertainment,” Obama told reporters energy policies that would put coal Reuters candidacy are immense. No inde- One outcome, though rare, may force Mexico to pay for a border wall, when asked about the presumptive miners out of business. pendent candidate has ever won a be that no candidate crosses the nec- and his promise to renegotiate inter- Republican nominee, and long-time Yesterday, Trump took aim at presidential election, although some essary threshold of 270 votes in the national trade deals. star of the TV show “The Apprentice”. Clinton over her use of a private email have played spoilers. But the efforts by US Electoral College. In that case, the Former Secretary of State Clinton’s “This is not a reality show,” Obama server while US secretary of state. WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Donald the Republican groups underscore the vote for the next president would pass appeal to voters seeking continuity said. Clinton has said she did not send or Trump’s emergence as the last man unusual divisiveness of Trump’s candi- to the US House of Representatives, with President Barack Obama’s poli- “This is a contest for the presi- receive information marked as classi- standing in the Republican presi- dacy within Republican ranks ahead of currently controlled by Republicans. cies, has won her a decisive lead in the dency of the United States. And what fied. The FBI is investigating whether dential race has prompted his critics a likely general election fight with Dem- Deborah DeMoss Fonseca, who race for the Democratic presidential that means is that every candidate, laws were broken. “The email scandal inside the party to intensify their ocratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. recruited donors for former Repub- nomination, but finds strong oppo- every nominee needs to be subject to should take her down but I don’t think search for a candidate they could back Trump’s opposition to free trade lican presidential candidate Jeb Bush nents among those disillusioned by exacting standards and genuine scru- it’s going to because I think she’s being as a serious third-party alternative. is at odds with the views of many and is working with Conservatives what they see as lack of progress dur- tiny. It means that you’ve got to make protected by the Democrats,” Trump Political operatives are courting Republicans, especially in the par- Against Trump, said her group was ing Obama’s tenure. sure that their budgets add up.” said on “Fox & Friends”. donors, calling potential candidates ty’s business wing. Many of Trump’s trying to find a candidate who would The poll asked likely voters about Trump has raised howls of protest Still, Trump faces an uphill climb and developing legal contingency critics also find his rhetoric offensive, be high-profile enough to compete the primary motivation driving their even within his party with his harsh, to bring the party together. House of plans for overcoming onerous ballot including his call to temporarily bar with Trump and Clinton. But finding support of either Trump or Clinton free-wheeling style of speech and pro- Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan, qualification laws. Muslims from entering the country a candidate of that caliber who would heading into the general election posals ranging from banning Muslims the top elected Republican in the “This is as much as anything and his comment describing Mexi- be willing to run is no easy feat. on November 8. About 47 percent of from entering the United States to build- United States, said on Thursday that a battle for the future of Ameri- can immigrants to the United States One of the biggest hurdles to a Trump supporters said they backed ing a wall to keep out Mexican migrants he was not ready to support Trump, a can party politics,” said Republican as rapists and drug dealers. third-party run is simply getting on him primarily because they don’t to slashing US funding for Nato so allies sign of lingering establishment con- strategist Joel Searby, who is working Some Republicans say they worry the ballot in enough states to mount a want Clinton to win. Another 43 per- have to pay more. cern about the New Yorker’s position with conservative writer Bill Kristol, that any third-party candidate would viable campaign. Texas requires more cent said their primary motivation “He has a long record that needs on immigration and trade. among others, on an effort to iden- only siphon votes away from Trump than 79,000 signatures from voters was a liking for Trump’s political posi- to be examined, and I think it’s But in a sign some Republicans tify a third-party candidate to run in and help Clinton win the election. who did not participate in either pri- tions, while 6 percent said they liked important for us to take seriously are rallying around Trump, Nebraska the November 8 presidential election. Ralph Nader’s independent presi- mary. Its deadline is Monday. Among him personally. the statements he’s made in the past,” Governor Pete Ricketts, whose fam- A separate group, Conservatives dential run has been blamed by some other states, North Carolina’s dead- Similar responses prevailed Obama said. ily has helped bankroll an anti-Trump Against Trump, which includes blog- Democrats for the razor-thin defeat line is the end of May, and Illinois among Clinton supporters. About 46 Meanwhile, Trump is testing out group, is set to endorse him. Former ger Erick Erickson, has been holding of Democratic nominee Al Gore in and in mid-July. “A third- percent said they would vote for her themes to use against Democrat Hil- Texas Governor Rick Perry, who last calls and meetings to discuss third- the 2000 election. Ross Perot’s inde- party candidate is a pipe dream,” mostly because they don’t want to see lary Clinton as the presumptive US year described Trump as a “ on party candidates as well as other pendent candidacy in 1992 was seen said Republican strategist Tony Fratto, a Trump presidency, while 40 percent Republican presidential nominee tries conservatism” while running against options to stop the New York billion- by some Republicans as contributing who strongly opposes Trump. “What’s said they agreed with her political to persuade disgruntled party loyalists him for the Republican nomination, aire from winning the White House. to President George H.W. Bush’s loss going to happen is Hillary Clinton is positions, and 11 percent said they to get behind his campaign. supported him as well. The hurdles to a third-party to Democrat Bill Clinton. going to win big. It won’t be close.” liked her personally.

Guatemala trial Americans split on allowing guns on university campus

AFP others leaving the choice up to educational institutions, and the remainder allowing the carrying of guns under certain conditions, WASHINGTON: Should university including being permit holders. The students and professors be allowed last group includes Colorado, Idaho to bring guns on campus? Americans and Kansas. are divided on the issue with no end In Tennessee and Arkansas, car- in sight to the deadly shootings that rying a fireman on campus is limited regularly rock the nation. to staff and faculty. And the new Ten- The United States — where gun nessee law, which takes effect July violence kills some 90 people a day taking his own life. More recently, a 1, still bans guns from disciplinary — has been hit by rampages at insti- shooter killed nine people at the meetings or public events at gyms, for Guatemala’s former president Otto Perez Molina arrives to a court hearing to face charges of conspiracy, tutions of higher learning in recent Umpqua Community College in example. In Mississippi, a student or years. But opinions differ on how to Oregon in 2015. And in 2012, a man teacher can go to class armed after customs fraud and bribery, at the Supreme Court building in Guatemala City, Guatemala, yesterday. prevent such massacres, with some methodically gunned down seven he or she has gone through training arguing that arming up is key, while people at Oikos University in Oak- on handling the weapon with a cer- others are pushing for tougher gun land, California. tified instructor. control. The all-powerful National Rifle The biggest recent pro-gun vic- This week, Tennessee became the Association (NRA) claims that such tory was in Texas, where, as of August latest state to allow concealed fire- shooting tolls would never be reached 1, concealed handgun license hold- LA jury convicts ‘Grim Sleeper’ killer arms on its publicly funded college if students had the right to carry ers will be allowed to bring their and university campuses. weapons to protect themselves. weapons onto the campuses of pub- On the other end of the spec- Under the leadership of the gun lic universities — including into trum, the governor of Georgia vetoed lobby, at least 19 states introduced dorms and gyms. The date the law Reuters stretched over more than 11 weeks. 1985 and September 1988, and three a similar bill just days ago after it was legislation to allow the concealed will take effect was not chosen at Franklin, who could face the others between March 2002 and Jan- easily approved by local lawmakers. carrying of guns on campus in 2013, random—it coincides with the 50th death penalty, also was convicted of uary 2007. “From the early days of our nation and at least 14 states introduced sim- anniversary of a mass shooting by a attempted murder for an attack on an The gap of more than 13 years and state, colleges have been treated ilar legislation in 2014, according to gunman perched on the clock tower : A former sanitation 11th victim who survived being shot, between the two spates of murders as sanctuaries of learning where fire- the National Conference of State Leg- at the University of Texas at Austin. worker accused of being the “Grim raped, pushed out of a car and left for earned the killer the “Grim Sleeper” arms have not been allowed,” Governor islatures (NCSL). But only a couple of Daniel Hamermesh, an eco- Sleeper” was found guilty dead in 1988. moniker. Since his March 2011 indict- Nathan Deal, a Republican, said in those bills were passed and enacted, nomics professor emeritus at the of murder on Thursday for the slay- Judge Kathleen Kennedy ment, police said they had gathered announcing his veto. it said. In contrast, according to the university, caused a stir when he ings of nine women and a teenage girl instructed jurors to return to the evidence linking Franklin to at least “To depart from such time hon- NCSL, shootings pushed lawmakers said he was leaving because of the in a Los Angeles crime spree dating courtroom on May 12 for the start of six more slayings, some of which took ored protections should require in five states to introduce legislation law. “With a huge group of students, back 30 years. the trial’s penalty phase. place during the previously presumed overwhelming justification.” to prohibit concealed carry weapons my perception is that the risk that The Superior Court jury reached Franklin, whose attorney sought lapse in killings. The debate comes in the wake on campus in 2013 — but none of the a disgruntled student might bring its verdict on all 10 counts of murder to raise questions about DNA evi- Franklin, who sat impassively in of several deadly campus shoot- measures passed. a gun into the classroom and start against the defendant, Lonnie David dence presented during the trial, was court as the verdicts were read on ings in recent years, most notably at The result is a complicated shooting at me has been substantially Franklin Jr., 63, after deliberating convicted of fatally shooting or stran- Thursday, has been in custody since Virginia Tech in 2007, where a stu- mosaic, with some 20 states ban- enhanced by the concealed-carry just over a day, capping a trial that gling seven victims between August his arrest in July 2010. dent gunman killed 32 people before ning arms on campus, some 20 law,” he wrote in an open letter. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 14 PAGE | 15 QE 9,748.78 -106.07 PTS India and Iran agree DOW 17,726.08 +65.37 PTS ArcelorMittal cuts to clear $6.4bn in oil FTSE100 6,125.70 +8.45 PTS losses; eyes better payments BRENT $45.33 +$0.25 times ahead

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GCC govts to raise $255bn-$390bn via bonds by 2020

By Satish Kanady of funding avenue. Lack of clarity ratio are unique features of bond mar- raised $5bn from the sale of five and amid the decline in energy prices The Peninsula Between 2015 regarding debt management policies kets in GCC. Pegged currency helps to 10 year securities. Qatar carries the and a slowing economy, according to a has caused widespread speculation. avoid currency risk, Marmore analysts third-highest investment grade rat- May note from the ratings firm. Banks’ and 2016, the With Brent crude dropping by said. Bloomberg reported on Wednes- ing from Standard & Poor’s. lending books will be pressured by GCC countries are 70 percent since the high reached in day that Qatar will seek to raise up Governments in the six-nation increasing credit losses and weaken- DOHA: The GCC governments are June 2014, Qatar announced its first to $5bn from a planned bond sale as Gulf Cooperation Council, which ing earnings generation, it said. expected to raise between $255bn- expected to post deficit budget in 15 years. Saudi Ara- early as this month. includes the two biggest Arab econ- “The sharp fall in oil prices over $390bn cumulatively through 2020 a fiscal deficit of bia declared $99bn deficit for 2015, HSBC Holdings Plc, Deutsche omies of Saudi Arabia and the United the past year and a half has dented by issuance of local and interna- followed by an estimated $88bn in Bank AG, Barclays Plc, Bank of Arab Emirates, are turning to public Qatar’s economic growth prospects tional debts/bonds. A flurry of activity $318bn. 2016. This is in addition to the mas- America Corp. and Bank of Tokyo Mit- markets to raise funds after a more as well as its wealth levels,” S&P Glo- in fixed income space is expected to sive spending cut announced across subishi UFJ are among lenders that than halving of oil prices led to higher bal said. present investors with widespread the GCC. will help arrange the sale. The issue budget deficits. Qatar expects to post The yield on the Qatar govern- opportunities in the region going to post a fiscal deficit of $318bn, Mena However, Qatar, the UAE and will probably be in multiple tranches, a budget deficit of QR 46.5bn ($13bn) ment’s 2022 bond climbed the most in forward. market Intelligence Marmore said in Kuwait have substantial reserves to the report said quoting anonymous this year and will probably bridge the 10 days, rising 2 basis points to 2.498 Persisting low oil prices has its latest “GCC Sovereign Debt Fore- tide over the problem. Three-month sources. shortfall by selling local and interna- percent on Wednesday at 2:52 p.m. exerted tremendous pressure on gov- cast” Webinar. interbank rates have risen sharply in The Qatari sale would be its tional debt. in Doha, according to data compiled ernment finances. Between 2015 and The GCC banks, though well capi- recent months. Higher growth, cap- first since 2011 and follows neigh- S&P Global changed its outlook by Bloomberg. The yield on its 2030 2016, the GCC countries are expected talized, may not act as the sole source ital protection and low debt to GDP bouring Abu Dhabi, which last week on three Qatari banks to negative security was up 1 basis point.

US probes cost Yamal LNG plant to be launched in 2017 Gold jumps and shares of Southern’s $6.7bn clean slide after US jobs data coal plant Reuters “Currently prices are falling even with only few bearish funda- Bloomberg mentals,” said Frank Klumpp, oil analyst at Stuttgart-based Landes- LONDON: Gold jumped one percent bank Baden-Wuerttemberg. NEW YORK: Federal regulators yesterday after US non-farm payrolls Brent futures were down 48 are investigating the estimated data for April came in weaker than cents at $44.53 a barrel at 1234 GMT. costs and schedule of Southern expected, boosting expectations the WTI futures traded at $43.90, down Co.’s long-delayed, $6.7bn Kemper Federal Reserve will delay further 42 cents day on day. clean-coal plant under construc- interest rate increases. Stock markets slid sharply and the tion in Mississippi. Spot gold hit a high of $1,293.65 dollar fell after the numbers came in Southern said in a filing an ounce after the data and was up well short of forecasts, adding to Thursday it believes the Securi- 0.6 percent at $1,285.70 an ounce at concerns over the pace of economic ties and Exchange Commission 1338 GMT. US gold futures for June growth that have weakened investors’ inquiry is focused primarily on delivery were up $14.80 at $1,287.10. appetite for risk globally. “accounting matters, disclosure Spot prices have risen nearly 21 Wall Street opened lower, while controls and procedures, and percent this year on expectations the the dollar extended its earlier losses internal controls over financial Fed will slow the pace of rate hikes. versus a basket of currencies as news reporting.” Shares dropped by as US short-term interest rate futures of lower-than-forecast US hiring in much as 3.4 percent yesterday, the contracts rose after the data, suggest- April reinforced the view of slowing most on an intraday basis since ing traders see a better chance the Fed economic growth. November, and were at $49.06 as The icebreaker Tor (right) at the port of Sabetta in the Kara Sea shore line on the Yamal Peninsula in will wait longer before raising rates. The Fed raised rates for the first of 9:50am in New York. the Arctic circle. Yamal LNG, which is set to be launched in 2017, is a liquefied natural gas plant with “Anybody who was thinking there was time in a decade in December but “Although an SEC investiga- a planned capacity of 16.5 million tonnes per year and is valued at $27bn. going to be a June rate hike is probably has since held back from increases. tion is almost never a positive, it’s going to be disappointed,” Citi analyst Gold is highly exposed to rising rates, hard to say what the ultimate sig- David Wilson said. which lift the opportunity cost of nificance of it is, given the limited Meanwhile, oil prices fell yes- holding non-yielding bullion. information in the disclosure,” said terday as investors cashed in on a “The report falls into the camp Paul Patterson, a New York-based 20-percent rise over the past month, of the US monetary policy doves analyst for Glenrock Associates. South African Airways will never outweighing the impact of crude who do not want to see the Federal “Kemper has been a troubled production cuts in Canada where a Reserve raise interest rates any time project for some time.” huge wildfire has disrupted oil sands soon,” Kitco Metals Inc said in a note. Southern has spent the past be privatised: President Zuma operations. Investor sentiment toward six years working to build the first Oil prices were down around gold had shown signs of optimism, large-scale power plant in the US one percent by 1234 GMT, with glo- with assets of SPDR Gold Trust, to gasify coal and capture car- bal benchmark Brent prices set for the world’s largest gold-backed bon before it is released into the Reuters Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan their biggest weekly loss in nearly exchange-traded fund, rising to atmosphere. has said the government was consid- four months. 829.44 tonnes on Thursday. The US Department of Energy ering selling a minority stake in SAA. provided $245m in a grants for the The carrier is in the middle of a project, which the coal industry JOHANNESBURG: South African turnaround strategy led by Gord- had been banking on as a potential President Jacob Zuma (pictured) han that will include appointing a way toward developing cleaner- ruled out privatising South African new board and chief executive and burning technologies as pollution Airways (SAA) yesterday, saying the cutting costs and cancelling loss- limits take hold. government would never sell the making routes. Southern doesn’t “expect the money-losing national flag carrier. Last year, it cancelled unprofit- investigation to have a mate- Many of South Africa’s 300-odd able routes to Beijing and Mumbai rial impact on the financial state-owned companies, including but Zuma told cheering and clapping statements of either Southern SAA, are a drain on the government’s this year. Some opposition lawmak- SAA staff on Friday that the airline’s Company or Mississippi Power,” purse and a team commissioned by ers have called for the airline to be board should be thinking about add- spokesman Tim Leljedal said in a Zuma to review them has recom- privatised. ing routes rather cancelling them. statement. The company said last mended that some companies should “The government is very clear, we “Once I see a flag at the tail of year it would have to return about be sold. will never sell this company, no mat- an SAA (plane), I always have the $234m in US tax credits if it failed SAA has been surviving on state- ter what other people say,” Zuma said feeling that: ‘Man, we are here, we to start Kemper by April 19. The guaranteed loans and asked the at SAA’s offices in Kempton Park, near have arrived’” he said. “Therefore, company missed that deadline. It Treasury to extend more guarantees Johannesburg. “I believe we can turn I wouldn’t understand any notion has taken $1.5bn in charges related after it used up more than 85 percent it around. This in one of the prides that will say this company must to cost overruns as of March 31, of the 14.4 billion rand ($965.50m) in of the country, we cannot allow it to be reduced or its capacity must be Traders work at their desks in front of the German share price index, according to a Thursday filing. loans already guaranteed by January wobble.” reduced. It must be expanded.” DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, yesterday. 14 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 BUSINESS India and Iran agree to clear $6.4bn in oil payments

on Iran in 2011 over its nuclear He did not elaborate further, say- Indian refiners will remit funds to Iran hopes the programme. With the end of those ing the finance ministry was dealing Iran through state-owned UCO Bank. sanctions in January, after an agree- with the issue. UCO Bank’s chairman did not money will revive its ment to curb the programme, Iran Also because of the previous respond to calls from Reuters to his moribund economy is finally gaining needed access to sanctions, Indian refiners have been mobile phone. the funds. depositing 45 percent of their oil pay- Reserve Bank of India Governor and raise Iranian Iran hopes the money will revive ments to Iran in rupees with India’s Raghuram Rajan said on April 5 India living standards. its moribund economy and raise Ira- UCO Bank. will make payments to Iran in a stag- nian living standards as well as help Tehran has been using the funds, gered manner. to integrate the country into the glo- currently about Rs 130bn ($1.95bn) to “Oil companies are working out bal economic system. import non-sanctioned goods from the banking arrangements in coor- AFP Indian refiners have been hold- India. dination with Iranian counterparts ing 55 percent of its oil payments to Indian government sources said and payments will be made by them Iran after a route to make payments during Pradhan’s visit to Tehran presumably over time with minimal through Turkey’s Halkbank was last month Iran had asked India to impact on the market,” an RBI spokes- NEW DELHI: The central banks stopped in 2013, although payment consider clearing the oil payments person said on Thursday. of India and Iran have reached an of some of those funds was allowed through Europaeisch-Iranische Despite the sanctions, India con- arrangement to use European banks after an initial temporary deal to lift Handelsbank (EIH) of Germany, Cen- tinued its engagement with Iran and to process pending oil payments to the sanctions. tral Bank of Italy and Halkbank of was among a handful of countries that Tehran, India’s Oil Minister Dharmen- “There is an agreement between Turkey. sourced oil from Tehran. India’s Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks during an interview dra Pradhan said, unlocking $6.4bn (India and Iran’s) central banks. One of the sources said the Iran was India’s second-biggest oil in New Delhi. in stalled funds. European banks will be the clearing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has supplier before the sanctions ham- Buyers of Iranian oil were pre- agent. They will be dealing with Ira- ruled out channelling funds through carried out since 2004 ... Halkbank No immediate comment was pered its trade relations. The country vented from using global banking nian banks and we have to pay those Halkbank. will continue its operations in accord- available from EIH and Central Bank is set to import at least 400,000 bar- channels to clear their transac- European banks,” Pradhan said in an “Halkbank’s Iran-related foreign ance with international law,” a senior of Italy. rels per day of Iranian oil in the year tions after sanctions were imposed interview. trade activities with Iran have been Halkbank official said. The government sources said from April 1. US names Panama family as big money launderers Rio okays $5.3bn Mongolia copper mine expansion AFP the Treasury said help the Waked country’s chief banking superin- developed a new $350m luxury shop- group set up shell companies. tendent said that his office had seized ping, residential and hotel complex, Panama Attorney General Kenia control of Balboa Bank “in our over- Soho Panama, in downtown Panama Bloomberg to produce 175,000 tons to 195,000 Porcell Diaz said Thursday that the riding interest in protecting the best City, which was to include a Ritz Carl- tons of copper in concentrate in 2016. WASHINGTON: The United States government was cooperating with US interest of depositors.” ton Hotel. A rising number of middle-class named Panama’s prominent Waked authorities in the action. The Waked family is well-known The group also controls the news- consumers in emerging markets will family, who run a large luxury “We will ensure justice is served for its La Riviera chain of duty free papers El Siglo and La Estrella. ULAN BATOR: Rio Tinto Group boost copper demand as they add goods, duty-free shop and real estate by the people of Panama. This investi- shops and retail makeup and per- According to an interview with and its partners approved a $5.3bn appliances containing the metal, Gavin business, as a major drug money- gation further strengthens our efforts fume stores stretching from Mexico Waked Fares in Travel Markets expansion to more than double out- Wendt, Sydney-based founding direc- laundering organization on Thursday. and resolve to vigorously attack crim- to Uruguay. It also operates bou- Insider magazine last year, the group put at the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold tor at MineLife, said by phone before The move placed top members of inal activity in Panama so that the tiques for top European brands like employs more than 5,500 people in mine in Mongolia as producers race the announcement. China will need the Lebanese-origin family and their rule of law prevails,” he said. The Mango, Burberry and YSL, and has the region. to meet a forecast global deficit by an extra 15 million tons by 2025 just businesses, including the Grupo Wisa the end of the decade. for wiring in its expanded power grid, and La Riviera luxury goods groups, Work on the project will begin Rio said last year. the Balboa Bank and Trust, and two from the middle of this year and A shortfall of the metal should top newspapers, on the US sanctions first production from the under- emerge later this decade, according to blacklist. The move locks them out of ground mine is expected in 2020, Rio’s Jacques, while Freeport-McMo- doing business with Americans and London-based Rio, the world’s-sec- Ran, the largest publicly traded copper freezes their US assets. ond biggest mining company, said producer, sees the market in deficit The Waked group “uses trade- yesterday in a statement. When the as soon as next year. Jacques, who based money-laundering schemes, underground is fully ramped up in won promotion after negotiating the such as false commercial invoic- 2027, Oyu Tolgoi is expected to pro- financing of the Oyu Tolgoi upgrade ing; bulk cash smuggling; and other duce more than 500,000 metric tons with a group of 20 lenders, sees the money laundering methods, to of copper a year. metal as central to Rio’s growth. “We launder drug proceeds on behalf of Shares of Turquoise Hill will see a new metals age, with cop- multiple international drug traffick- Resources Ltd., which owns 66 per at the center,” he told a Bloomberg ers and their organizations,” the US percent of the deposit, jumped 8.7 event in London in October. Treasury Department said. percent to C$3.74 at 11:46 a.m. in BHP is studying a $2.2bn option The Treasury named Abdul Toronto, after earlier climbing as to expand its Spence operation in Mohamed Waked Fares, 66, and Nidal much as 13 percent, the biggest intra- Chile to extend its life by about 50 Ahmed Waked Hatum, 36, as co-lead- day increase since February. Rio years, while the -based ers of the “Waked Money Laundering Tinto controls Turquoise Hill through producer and Rio are progressing the Organization”. a 51 percent equity stake, accord- approvals process for their Resolu- Waked Fares is a national of Pan- ing to data compiled by Bloomberg. tion joint copper venture in Arizona. ama, Colombia and Lebanon, and As the big miners look to a BHP CEO Andrew Mackenzie sees Waked Hatum is a national of Spain, rebound in commodities, Rio and “significant upside” in copper as Colombia and Panama. rival BHP Billiton have identified demand outpaces declining supply. Six others named for participating copper as a key focus for growth, Rio’s expansion in Mongolia, in the money-laundering operations flagging the metal as a priority by together with growth at operations included three brothers of Waked examining potential deals and allo- including the Grasberg joint ven- Hatum and a son of Waked Fares. cating project spending. Yesterday, ture in Indonesia, will double the A general view of the Soho Mall, property of the Waked family, in Panama City. Two others were attorneys that OZ Minerals Ltd. unveiled a revised producer’s total annual copper out- A$975m ($718m) plan to begin output put to about 1.1 million tons over the from Australia’s biggest undeveloped next decade, according to Deutsche copper deposit by 2019. Bank. Rio, the world’s seventh-larg- “Long-term copper fundamen- est copper producer in 2015, got 11 S&P upgrades Turkey outlook despite political woes tals remain strong,” Jean-Sebastien percent of earnings from the metal Jacques, Rio’s deputy chief execu- last year, compared with almost 60 tive officer, said in the statement. percent from iron ore. “Production from the Oyu Tolgoi Progress on Oyu Tolgoi’s under- AFP The end to the negative outlook growth prospects will remain resil- of the lira. Standard and Poor’s said underground will commence at ground extension, where about 80 on the BB+ foreign currency rating, ient to external shocks and domestic it expects Turkey’s economy to grow a time when copper markets are percent of the deposit’s mineral one rung below an investment grade, political risks,” Standard and Poor’s by 3.4 percent this year, down from expected to face a structural defi- wealth is located, stalled in mid- came a day after President Recep said in a statement. 4.0 percent in 2015. cit.” Jacques will become CEO in July, 2013 amid disagreements over taxes PARIS: Standard and Poor’s upgraded Tayyip Erdogan’s plans to consolidate It noted the Turkish economy has It raised the rating outlook despite replacing Sam Walsh. and cost overruns that were resolved its outlook for Turkey’s credit rating power advanced with the resigna- weathered several challenges includ- acknowledging it expects “heightened Oyu Tolgoi, about 80km north last May. A $4.4bn financing package yesterday, judging the prospects for tion of Ahmet Davutoglu as prime ing increased domestic violence after political uncertainty in 2015 to spill of the Chinese border, will rank with lenders including the Export- the nation’s economy to be stable minister. the collapse of the peace process with over into 2016, and this could also as the third-largest in the world at Import Bank of the United States, despite political instability that may “The stable outlook reflects our Kurdish militants, two general elec- dampen economic growth prospects full production, according to Wood BNP Paribas SA and Standard Char- dampen growth and reform plans. expectation that Turkey’s economic tions and a sharp drop in the value this year.” Mackenzie Ltd. The site is forecast tered Plc was finalized in December. Dior struggles to find the right fit in its search for a designer

Reuters Adding to its woes, Dior’s sales growth has at Lanvin, sources close to the designer said. There is no set formula when hiring a Quitting Dior, Simons said he wanted to stalled in recent months, reflecting a fall in There was also Hedi Slimane, who was new creative director, fashion executives focus on his own label and his personal life, tourism to Europe after the Paris and Brus- creative director at Yves Saint Laurent until and head-hunters say. The requirements and but some in the industry say his intellectual sels attacks and weaker demand in some key last month. Slimane’s track record of seeking expectations vary greatly depending on the and minimalist style did not sit comfortably PARIS: Christian Dior, one of the world’s Asian markets. to gradually increase his control over every brand’s size, history and whether it is looking with the brand’s flamboyant image. In one biggest and most famous fashion brands, is Main shareholder Bernard Arnault, facet of a brand, as he did at YSL, meant Dior for continuity or a creative reboot. famous ad campaign, a gold-lame-clad Char- struggling to find a creative director more than France’s richest man, wants a proven quantity could not strike a deal with him either, fash- Dior’s desire for someone charismatic and lize Theron struts through Versailles Palace to six months after the abrupt departure of Raf to steer the label famous for its cinch-waisted ion sources said. current, with a strong vision but who will be promote J’adore perfume, one of the world’s Simons. People familiar with the discussions Bar jacket, head-hunters and fashion exec- To replace Simons, several people pointed happy to be confined to a relatively narrow best-sellers. say part of the reason his seat is still vacant utives say, but the talent pool of potential to Maria Grazia Chiuri who currently designs role, could be a tall order, several fashion “The problem is that when you are a brand is the limited control offered by the 70-year- replacements is small. alongside Pierpaolo Piccioli at Valentino, one industry sources said, speaking on condition the size of Dior, you have its heritage on the old label compared with similar roles at rivals A further problem is that most designers of the luxury industry’s fastest growing brands. of anonymity. one hand, the designer’s world on the other, such as Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci and Coach. are prevented by their contracts from work- A move would make her the first woman The Dior job entails designing collections and then you also have all these many differ- “Often when a creative director leaves, it ing for a rival for up to a year. to design womenswear for Dior but compli- and some accessories, producing six fashion ent types of women you want to seduce with is because he did not get enough control,” said Candidates who have been seriously con- cate Valentino’s plans to float in 2017. shows a year, giving interviews and repre- the help of celebrity adverts,” said a fash- one fashion communications guru who has sidered include Alber Elbaz, credited with One source close to Dior confirmed Chiuri senting the brand at events. ion manager at one of the industry’s biggest worked for big brands including Givenchy, and resuscitating the Lanvin brand but sacked was a potential candidate but stressed her It does not extend into revamping bou- groups. who declined to be named. in October after trying to bring in external name was on a list that also included internal tiques, many of which are designed by Peter In the past decade, the role of artistic Simons is expected to get much more lee- investors. applicants. The source said the hiring proc- Marino, major changes to the Lady Dior hand- director has evolved from sketching dresses way at Calvin Klein part of PVH Corp, where But Elbaz was put off in part by the limited ess was likely to take some time, possibly a bag or meddling with Dior’s advertising for to creating a brand universe that extends he should start working in a few months, fash- scope of the Dior job, having been in charge few more weeks. perfume and beauty products, which generate into marketing strategies and the shopping ion industry sources have said. of everything from collections to advertising Valentino and Dior declined to comment. the bulk of its $5.67bn in annual sales. experience. BUSINESS SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 15 US employment gains hit seven-month low

because people dropped out of the the labor market, saying that condi- New economic data labor force. tions had “improved further.” The Fed “For those who had thought a raised its benchmark overnight inter- casts doubts on June rate hike was in play, this was est rate in December for the first time whether the Federal a nail in the coffin. This raises ques- in nearly a decade. tions about a September rate hike. I Fed officials have forecast two Reserve will raise would like to think the economy is in more rate hikes for this year. rates before the end a better place at the end of the year,” Market-based measures of Fed said Phil Orlando, chief equity mar- policy expectations have virtually of the year. ket strategist at Federated Investors priced out an interest rate increase at in New York. the Fed’s June 14-15 meeting, accord- The stepdown in job gains could ing to CME Group’s FedWatch. They Reuters temper expectations of a strong see a less than 40 percent probabil- rebound in economic activity in the ity of rate hikes in September and second quarter after growth nearly November, with a 48 percent chance stalled in the first three months of at the December meeting. WASHINGTON: The US economy the year. Economists polled by Reu- The labor force participation rate, added the fewest number of jobs in ters had forecast payrolls rising or the share of working-age Amer- seven months in April and Ameri- 202,000 last month and the jobless icans who are employed or at least cans dropped out of the labour force rate unchanged at 5 percent. looking for a job, fell 0.2 percentage in droves, signs of weakness that The dollar dropped to session lows point to 62.8 percent. It had increased cast doubts on whether the Federal against the euro and the yen after the 0.6 percentage point since dipping to Reserve will raise interest rates before report. Prices for US government debt 62.4 percent in September. the end of the year. rose, while US stock index futures fell The labor force fell by 362,000 Nonfarm payrolls increased by marginally. as people dropped out in April. The Workers dig to clear cement and soil to rebuild a footpath at the Times Square in New York. An increase in 160,000 jobs last month as construc- Average hourly earnings were the employment-to-population ratio fell tion employment barely rose and the only bright spot in the employment to 59.7 percent from a seven-year high layoffs pushed US claims for unemployment insurance higher last week. retail sector shed jobs, the Labour report, rising eight cents or 0.3 per- of 59.9 percent. Department said yesterday. That was cent last month. A broad measure of unemploy- dominated employment gains in April, data. Manufacturing added 4,000 jobs Mining employment has decreased the smallest gain since September and That took the year-on-year ment that includes people who want adding 174,000 jobs. Retail payrolls last month after shedding 29,000 in by 191,000 jobs since peaking in Sep- below the first-quarter average job increase to 2.5 percent from 2.3 per- to work but have given up search- fell 3,100 after hefty gains in the first March, the biggest loss for the sector tember 2014, with 75 percent of the growth of 200,000. cent in March, still below the 3.0 ing and those working part-time quarter, despite sluggish sales. since December 2009. losses in support activities. Adding to the report’s weak tone, percent advance that economists say because they cannot find full-time While information employment There were further job losses in Gains in construction employ- employers added 19,000 fewer jobs in is needed for inflation to rise to the employment slipped one-tenth of a was unchanged last month, a Labour mining as the energy sector adjusts ment slowed sharply, with the sector February and March than previously Fed’s 2.0 percent target. percentage point to 9.7 percent last Department official said there was to weak profits from a recent pro- adding 1,000 jobs in April, after home reported. While the unemployment The US central bank last month month. no sign that a strike by about 40,000 longed plunge in oil prices. Mining building showed some signs of fatigue rate held at 5.0 percent that was offered a fairly upbeat assessment of The vast private services sector Verizon workers had impacted the payrolls fell 8,000 last month. last month.

Hungary should cut spending to Evonik to buy chemical units from Air Products for $3.8bn make sure debt Bloomberg Tax benefits amount to $500m, discipline Evonik showed in 2015 for the taxes resulting from a straight remainder in Europe. declines: OECD the Essen, Germany-based com- will extend in 2016. sale. The US industrial gas company’s pany said in a statement yesterday. “The strategic fit is really good, The earnings multiple Evonik is electronics-materials business isn’t AFP The price implies a multiple of about in that respect it is a super deal,” said paying resembles the ratio paid by part of the deal. NEW YORK: Evonik Industries 15.2 times earnings, not including Markus Mayer, an analyst at Baader Solvay SA for aerospace composites A straight sale of that business agreed to acquire materials and savings. Bank. Mayer spoke before the release, maker Cytec Industries. could be easier than a spinoff at a additives units from Air Products & Chief Executive Officer Klaus but after Bloomberg reported a deal Both companies have sought to time when markets are volatile and BUDAPEST: Hungary needs to cut Chemicals Inc. in a deal valued at Engel is making the company’s biggest was imminent. exit commodity chemicals and move economic growth is uneven. A sale its budget deficit below current $3.8bn that increases its exposure acquisition, relying on cost savings to Evonik shares rose 1.4 percent to into higher-margin markets where would add to Air Products’s cash levels and reduce public spending to the US market with high-margin make it work. 28.35 euros as of 1:32 p.m. in Frank- demand is more resilient to economic reserves. to eliminate more of its public debt, chemicals used in insulation, house- It’s targeting $80m in synergies furt trading. cycles. The CEO, who orchestrated the the Organisation for Economic Co- hold detergents and auto parts. from folding the acquired units into The acquisition comes with an Apollo Global Management LLC breakup of Rockwood Holdings, will operation and Development said The performance materials its own cost base. added financial burden. The oper- bought Belgian amines-maker Tam- be strengthening the balance sheet yesterday. business includes polyurethane Amid a heated mergers and ations are part of Air Products’s inco Group for about 11 to 12 times at a time when there are few obvi- The OECD said in its report on additives, epoxy curing agents and acquisitions market in chemicals, Material Technologies division, which earnings in 2011. ous large industrial gas players left Hungary that economic growth high-margin amines generating Engel this week sought to reas- CEO Seifi Ghasemi renamed Versum The units will add about $1 billion to acquire after recent consolidation. was expected to slow this year to about $250m in earnings before sure investors that the company with a view to spinning it off to share- to Evonik’s turnover, half of which is Air Liquide of France is in the proc- 2.5 percent from 2.9 last year, as the interest, taxes, depreciation and won’t overpay for assets, saying on holders on a tax-free basis. The price generated in North America, with 26 ess of buying its US rival Airgas Inc. European Union makes less fund- amortization. an analyst call that the financial tag agreed with Evonik compensates percent generated in Asia and the for $13bn. ing available for public investment. Gross domestic product is likely to rise around 3 percent next year, the report said. Hungary’s current account and interna- Sweden’s Volvo Cars gets junk rating ArcelorMittal cuts losses; tional investment position have both improved, it said, and the budget deficit declined to 2 per- AFP market for the first time in its 89-year no secret of its ambition to com- eyes better times ahead cent of GDP last year. history, Volvo will begin presenta- pete head-on with leading global The OECD projects the deficit tions for investors on Monday, a high-end brands Audi, BMW, Mer- will come in at 1.9 percent this year process known as “roadshow”. cedes-Benz and Jaguar, is aiming AFP but rise to 2.5 percent next year, STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s Volvo Cars Truck manufacturer Volvo in 2016 to break last year’s record before the 2018 parliamentary said yesterday it received a junk Group in 1999 sold Volvo Cars to 503,000 cars sold. elections. The government tar- credit rating from the Standard and Ford, which then sold on the Swed- The company, one of Sweden’s gets a deficit of 2.4 percent. Poor’s agency as it seeks to sell $571m ish carmaker to China’s Geely biggest by sales and staff numbers, PARIS: Top global steelmaker “The government’s commit- of bonds to investors. S&P gave the in 2010. Volvo Cars this week is banking on a majo investment plan ArcelorMittal said yesterday it had ment to gradually reduce the company a “BB” rating, the highest reported a net profit of 2.07bn kro- in new models and plants to secure narrowed its first-quarter losses debt-GDP ratio is ... welcome, but note in the “speculative” category, but ner (&255m) for the first quarter on a firm foothold in a premium mar- and saw a more upbeat period ensuring it will, in the medium added a positive outlook. sales of 41.8bn kroner. ket where it has struggled to make a ahead but warned the market term, require a lower deficit than Tapping the corporate bond The company, which makes mark for some years. remained “fragile” due to excess today,” the OECD said. capacity in China. It added that Hungary had The company, which like other made less progress in reduc- steelmakers has been hit by falling ing non-performing loans in the iron ore prices and cheap Chinese country’s banks and ensuring the New York Times business recipe steel imports, said it was still hop- sustainability of economic growth. ing to reach its full-year target for “Particular concerns in these core profit. expected core profits, as meas- areas are the high level of non-per- Lakshmi Mittal (pictured), ured by EBITDA (earnings before forming loans, which rose sharply in ArcelorMittal chairman and chief interest, taxes, depreciation and the wake of the global crisis, and low executive, said the results for Janu- amortisation), for 2016 to exceed productivity,” the OECD said. ary to March “reflect the very tough $4.5bn. Banks have improved their operating conditions in the second Shares in ArcelorMittal slumped capital adequacy ratio to more half of 2015”. more than four percent on the Paris than 20 percent and the loan-to- “Since that time we have seen stock exchange in mid-morning deposit ratio has dropped. But the a recovery in spreads in our core trading. ratio of non-performing loans still markets to more sustainable lev- The drop, said Xavier de Ville- represents “a significant risk to the els, which is expected to result in pion of HPC, was due to poor financial system,” the OECD said. improved results in the coming visibility of developments on the Household non-perform- quarters. steel market “considering Chinese ing loans stood at 18.4 percent, “This is a welcome develop- overcapacities”, as well as some according to an August 2015 cen- ment, although given the levels of proit-taking. tral bank report. excess capacity in China the market Since January 1, shares in the The OECD also warned that remains fragile and we must con- company have increased just over Hungary’s productivity growth tinue to be vigilant and active against 49 percent. has decelerated. Faster growth the threat of unfair trade,” he said in First-quarter EBITDA fell, as requires more investment in busi- a statement. expected, to $927m compared to the ness and better-trained workers, European steelmakers have last three months of 2015 “primarily it said. long been battling overcapac- reflecting the lagged effect of weak Foreign direct investment is ity and cheap prices from Chinese steel pricing, offset in part by higher concentrated in a few sectors, rivals, spurring a number of national steel shipments”. especially in building cars, the governments to press Brussels to Sales in the quarter dropped OECD said. To increase invest- erect barriers against Chinese steel nearly 22 percent from a year ear- ment, Hungary needs to improve People walking past the south entrance of the New York Times building at 620 Eighth Ave in New imports. lier, to $13.4bn, it said. policy stability the report said. York. The New York Times has cooked up a new business idea, delivering meal kits that are linked The company reduced its net Steel shipments reached 21.5 It also said the underdeveloped to its interactive recipe website and mobile application. The big US daily announced a tie-up on losses in the first quarter to $416m million tonnes in the first quarter Hungarian capital market did not Thursday with online meal preparer Chef’d that will allow Times readers to get home delivery of compared to $728m in the same of this year, an 8.8-percent increase provide financing to complement recipes featured by the newspaper. period a year earlier, it said. compared to the previous quarter bank lending. However, it confirmed that it of 2015. 16 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Tesla joins Takata Shift in Saudi oil thinking airbag recall mess that will test supplies deepens Opec split

By Jeff Plungis NHTSA says it doesn’t know Bloomberg yet how many vehicles for each manufacturer are involved. The expanded recalls will take place in stages between now and HE expanded recall of the end of 2019 and will be based Takata Corp airbags adds on prioritisation of risk, which is more cars and more auto- determined by age and exposure to makers and will strain its humidity and temperatures, Rose- ability to deliver replace- kind said. Takata said it wasn’t Tment parts, adding uncertainty to aware of any ruptures involving the largest and most complex auto- the newly recalled population of air safety campaign in US history. bags. The Tokyo-based company With the National Highway agreed to act on NHTSA’s request Traffic Safety Administration’s because of “shared interest towards announcement on Wednesday that future safety and restoring public 35 million to 40 million inflators confidence,” it said. will be added to the recalls, the “This agreement with NHTSA is total number of parts to be replaced consistent with our desire to work could reach 69 million. with regulators and our automaker “Takata has been in close con- customers to develop long-term, sultation with NHTSA regarding orderly solutions to these impor- the severe challenges it will face tant safety issues,” Shigehisa A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 160km from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. in supplying replacement parts for Takada, Takata’s Chairman and the expanded recalls,” the company Chief Executive Officer, said. “We said. “Takata will continue to offer will continue to dedicate signifi- By Dmitry Zhdannikov and according to sources familiar with its views. $40. Later Riyadh again made known its its best effort and cooperation.” cant resources to maximize recall Rania El Gamal Opec is already split over how to respond price preference on a few occasions but The recall now stretches to 17 completion rates.” Reuters to cheap oil. Last month tensions between in recent years it has effectively stopped different manufacturers, includ- NHTSA believes the Takata Saudi Arabia and Iran ruined the first deal sending any signals. ing the just-added Tesla Motors airbag issue is an industry-wide in 15 years to freeze crude output and help This follows the fundamental changes Inc. The agency is trying to coor- responsibility, and it will rely on to lift global prices. on oil markets. In the past five years, the dinate with all of the carmakers, other airbag suppliers and the auto- S Opec officials gathered this These resurfaced at the long-term strat- development of unconventional oil pro- plus three air-bag suppliers in addi- makers themselves to address parts week to formulate a long- egy meeting of the Opec governors, officials duction from US shale deposits and other tion to Takata, directing parts first supply and ensure that the faulty term strategy, few in the room who report to their countries’ oil ministers. sources such as Canadian oil sands has to cars that pose the greatest risk. inflators are replaced as soon as expected the discussions would According to the sources, it was a delegate from made redundant the idea that crude is a The recall was announced possible, Rosekind said. end without a clash. But even the a non-Gulf Arab country who pronounced scarce and finite resource. Russia, which Wednesday after weeks of discus- In February, researchers hired by most jaded delegates got more Opec dead in remarks directed at the Saudi is not an Opec member, has also contrib- sions with Takata. The action will a coalition of carmakers found that Athan they had bargained with. representative as they argued over whether uted to the ample global supply. include all airbag inflators that don’t moisture was a key factor in the air- “Opec is dead,” declared one frustrated the group should keep targeting prices. Dispensing with price targets repre- have a desiccant to reduce mois- bag ruptures that can spray shrapnel official, according to two sources who were Iran, represented by its governor Hossein sents a massive change in Saudi thinking. ture, a factor thought to contribute toward drivers and front-seat pas- present or briefed about the Vienna meeting. Kazempour Ardebili, has been arguing that This is now being driven largely by 31-year- to misfires that spray bits of metal sengers in affected cars. Cars with This was far from the first time that Opec’s this is precisely what Opec was created for old Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin into the passenger compartment. a particular Takata air-bag design demise has been proclaimed in its 56-year and hence “effective production manage- Salman, who took over as the ultimate deci- At least 10 deaths have been susceptible to water intrusion and history, and the oil exporters’ group itself may ment” should be one of its top long-term goals. sion maker of the country’s energy and linked to the devices. Two addi- with prolonged exposure to a high- yet enjoy a long life in the era of cheap crude. But Saudi Governor Mohammed Al Madi economic policies last year. tional fatalities in Malaysia may humidity climate are at the highest Saudi Arabia, Opec’s said he believed the world has changed so When oil was viewed as scarce, the be related to Takata airbag explo- risk, the panel found. most powerful mem- much in the past few years that it has become kingdom thought it had to maximise its long- sions, said Mark Rosekind, NHTSA’s NHTSA concluded that even ber, still maintains that a futile exercise to try to do so, sources say. term revenues even if that meant pumping administrator. “This issue is urgent,” in the highest-humidity states, collective action by all “Opec should recognise the fact that the fewer barrels and yielding market share to Rosekind said. “The science clearly cars have to be at least six years producers is the best solu- market has gone through a structural change, rival producers. With the importance of oil shows these inflators can become old before the inflator chemicals tion for an oil market that as is evident by the market becoming more declining, Riyadh has decided it is wiser more dangerous over time.” begin to become unstable. In the has dived since mid-2014. competitive rather than monopolistic,” Al to prioritise market share, the sources say The move is in addition to next highest-risk states, ones with But events at Monday’s Madi told his counterparts inside the meeting. On top of this, Riyadh has pressing short- the 28.8 million inflators Takata moderately high humidity, it will meeting of Opec gover- “The market has evolved since the 2010- term needs including tackling a budget had previously recalled in the US, take 10 to 15 years for the propel- nors suggest that if Saudi 2014 period of high prices and the challenge deficit which hit SR367bn ($97.9bn) or 15 affecting vehicles made by 12 dif- lants to become unstable. In the Arabia gets its way, then for Opec now, as well as for non-Opec (pro- percent of gross domestic product in 2015. ferent manufacturers including coldest states, it’s 15 to 20 years. Saudi Arabia, Opec’s one of the group’s central ducers), is to come to grips with recent market In the past, low oil prices used to push Honda Motor Co, Toyota Motor NHTSA has zeroed in on the most powerful strategies — of managing developments,” Al Madi said. global demand much higher but today’s Corp and Fiat Chrysler Automo- role that moisture plays in mak- member, still global oil prices by regu- For decades Saudi Arabia had a preferred rising efficiency of motor vehicles, new biles ZV. With the new recalls, as ing the Takata air bags unstable. lating supply — will indeed oil price target and if it didn’t like the prevail- technology and environmental policies many as 69 million inflators will The agency has said there’s no maintains that go to the grave. ing market level, it would try to orchestrate a have put a lid on growth. Despite record be recalled. Seventeen manufac- evidence that air bags that have collective action by In a major shift in production cut or increase in Opec. It would low prices in the past year, demand is not turers are now covered, including a desiccant are defective. Under its thinking, Riyadh now contribute the lion’s share of the adjustment expected to grow by more than 1 million Daimler AG, and Volkswagen AG, legal agreement with the regula- all producers is the believes that targetting and forgive smaller and poorer members if they barrels per day in 2016, just one percent Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc tor, Takata has until 2019 to prove best solution for an oil prices has become point- failed to comply with the group’s agreement. of global demand. and Fisker Automotive Inc. that those air bags are safe. less as the weak global When the Saudis orchestrated the last One thing is guaranteed: The kingdom market that has dived market reflects struc- output cut in 2008 — to support prices dur- will not go back to the old pattern of cutting since mid-2014. tural changes rather ing the global economic crisis — oil jumped output any time soon to support prices for the than any temporary trend, fairly quickly back above $100 from below benefit of all producers, Saudi sources say. Tech IPOs dry up because previous ones poisoned well

By Shira Ovide change, for every IPO winner like Facebook seems like a lasting company whose shares special-effects technology company, public Bloomberg (triple its 2012 IPO price) or ServiceNow (nearly have nearly tripled since its 2014 IPO. in 2011, and it climbed to a peak market value four times its IPO price from the same year), For other companies, it seemed simply say- of $400m. Less than a year after the IPO, the there is on average one loser such as GoPro (cut ing a few magic words — “cloud,” for example company was struggling with a series of costly in half from its first stock sale two years ago) — could make them eligible for listing on the expansions, and it filed for bankruptcy pro- HE technology industry is in an IPO and Twitter (43 percent below its 2013 IPO). Nasdaq or the Big Board. Software firm — oops, tection and was sold for $15m. Shareholders desert. A lone tech company, a Dell Yes, IPOs are always risky. Of US tech com- cloud software firm — Castlight Health became were wiped out. spinoff called SecureWorks, has gone panies that went public from 1980 to 2010 and something of a symbol for questionable IPO This week, oPower agreed to sell itself to public in the US so far in 2016. Mean- were still active five years after their market candidates when it went public in March 2014 Oracle for $10.30 a share, about two years after Twhile, 162 “unicorns” — startups valued at debuts, about 60 percent were moored below with less than $13m in revenue the previous year the maker of software for the utility industry $1bn or more — are waiting, waiting, waiting their IPO share price, according to data from and a loss of $62m. Castlight Health soared on held its IPO. The company first sold stock at to maybe go public and give investors a shot University of Florida finance professor Jay Ritter. its first day of trading, to a peak market cap of $19 in April 2014, and shares traded as high Of the nearly 200 tech at getting their money back. But this isn’t the immature IPO market of $3.4bn, according to Bloomberg data. It’s been as $26 in the first few months after the IPO. companies that have And no wonder we’re in this dry spell. The the 1980s nor the dot-com flameout period downhill ever since, and the company’s mar- Now, plaintiffs’ attorneys are circling oPower performance of tech companies that went public post-1999. The recent dismal performance by ket value now stands at $328m. stockholders looking for those unhappy with a held IPOs on US stock since 2010 — when the IPO market reopened tech IPOs came in the midst of a go-go period Not only did the majority of tech IPOs since sale at 40 cents on the peak dollar share price. exchanges since the start after a financial crisis blockade — should give for equity markets. No one should blame bad 2010 perform poorly on the stock market, nearly There are a multitude of reasons for the of 2010 and are still alive investors pause. Young public tech firms have market conditions. We can blame, in part, too one in five of the original class has been sold dearth of tech IPOs lately. Richly valued start- been at best a coin-toss bet, both on their own many unworthy companies that went public. or gone belly up. Of the more than 40 of those ups are flush with money from private investors and independent, more and as acquisition fodder. In 2014, the recent peak year for tech IPOs, firms that were sold or have announced take- and are in no hurry to go public — especially than half are trading Of the nearly 200 tech companies that have just 17 percent of the newly listed companies overs, more than half did so at prices below if those cruel public company investors will held IPOs on US stock exchanges since the start had been profitable in the prior 12 months, their initial public stock sale, an analysis of mash down their valuations. below the price at which of 2010 and are still alive and independent, according to Ritter’s research. That was the Bloomberg data shows. But the awful track record of the last few the company first sold more than half are trading below the price at smallest share of profitable market debutantes The swing from post-IPO glow to distressed years should only make investors extra wary which the company first sold shares to the pub- since 2000. sale doesn’t take long, in some cases. James of tech companies that go public. The garbage shares to the public. lic, according to an analysis of Bloomberg data. Some of those unprofitable firms were like Cameron, the director of “Titanic” and “Ava- tech IPOs of the last few years have soured the That means over the last six years and Zendesk, which continues to lose money but tar,” took Digital Domain Media Group, his market for everyone. CLASSIFIEDS SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 17

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Frankfurt are 16th They can finish no lower they also face Borussia Dort- tination of this season’s title has brave. in the table, a point from safety than seventh and are assured Agencies mund in the German Cup final not been decided so late in the “For our fans, and the last with two games left, while Dort- of a European place next season in Berlin on May 21. season since 2009/10. Bayern home game of the season, we’ll mund are the only side unbeaten -- at least the Europa League BERLIN: Pep Guardiola’s Bay- “We still have two major could have had the title con- give it all we have.” in the top flight in 2016. -- for the first time since 2009. TORONTO: With All-Star guards ern Munich will try to heal their aims this season and I hope firmed last Saturday with a win This will be Guardiola’s final Dortmund have won all four Darmstadt are only two Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan Champions League hurt with a that we win the remaining three over Borussia Moenchenglad- away game in the Bundesliga of their matches since losing points from the relegation zone continuing to struggle, the Toronto win at Ingolstadt today which games and can celebrate the bach, but were held at home to before coaching Manchester 4-3 to Liverpool in the Europa with big-name clubs Werder Raptors are forced to find other ways would confirm a record fourth German title and the German a 1-1 draw. City next season. League quarter-finals -- their Bremen, Frankfurt and VfB to win. straight German league title. Cup,” said Bayern striker Rob- Ingolstadt is 60 kilometres Ingolstadt’s defence has only defeat this year. Stuttgart all desperate to avoid On Thursday night, it was for- Atletico Madrid advanced to ert Lewandowski. from Munich and the hosts, who conceded just 37 goals this Borussia have scored a the dreaded drop. ward DeMarre Carroll stepping up the Champions League final on “We’re still not champions are currently ninth, are relishing season -- only Bayern, Dort- league-high 80 goals this sea- Just a point separates with a game-high 21 points as the away goals at Bayern’s expense yet, though, but I hope we will facing their illustrious neigh- mund and Bayer Leverkusen son, five more than Bayern, and Bremen, who are safe in 15th, Raptors defeated the Miami Heat on Tuesday despite losing the be in Ingolstadt.” bours in their last home game have leaked fewer. are one short of the club record from Stuttgart, who are sec- 96-92 in overtime. second leg of their semi-final With 27 league goals this this season. But a 21st clean sheet for of 81, set in the 2012/13 season. ond from bottom in 17th with The Raptors evened the best-of- 2-1 in Munich having triumphed season, Lewandowski is the “I can imagine that a few Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Hertha Berlin are winless Frankfurt in 16th. seven Eastern Conference semi-final 1-0 in Spain last week. league’s top scorer, two clear fans only bought season tickets Neuer would give the Germany in their last six games and have Bremen, who have won two series at one game apiece. The series It was Bayern’s third con- of nearest rival, Borussia just so they could come to this shot-stopper a new Bundesliga lost all of their last four as they of their last four games, are at moves to Miami’s AmericanAirlines secutive Champions League exit Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick game,” said Ingolstadt’s assist- record. prepare to host Darmstadt in mid-table Cologne, but only Arena for Game 3 today. at the semi-final stage. Aubameyang. ant coach Michael Henke. Second-placed Borussia their bid to climb back into the escaped the bottom three with DeRozan and Lowry combined With their dreams of win- Bayern have won the league “When you play an oppo- Dortmund are away to rele- top four. The slide has seen the a 6-2 thrashing of VfB Stuttgart to go 16-for-46 from the field. DeRo- ning the treble now gone, Bayern in each of the last three seasons nent like that, you only have gation-threatened Eintracht Berliners drop from third to fifth. on Monday. zan, who had his right thumb taped up after jamming it in Game 1, shot an uncharacteristically low 2-for-8 from the foul line. He finished with 20 points and eight rebounds. Chelsea turn attention Lowry chipped in 18 points and six assists. He shot 7-for-22 from the Leicester set for Premier floor, 1-for-7 from 3-point range to lowly Sunderland and 3-for-6 on free throws. Goran Dragic topped Miami with 20 points, while Dwyane Wade and AFP Joe Johnson had 17 points each in the loss. Hassan Whiteside con- League title party tributed 13 points and 13 rebounds. SUNDERLAND: After ending Tottenham Hotspur’s Pre- Toronto centre Jonas Valanciu- mier League title challenge on Monday, Chelsea can have nas had nine fourth-quarter points a major influence on events at the other end of the table to help erase what was once a seven- when they visit Sunderland today. point Heat lead. Lowry then scored There was no doubting the motivation of Guus Hid- King Power back-to-back Raptors baskets, sand- dink’s side in Monday’s 2-2 draw against Tottenham, wiching a Wade 3-pointer, to give when they were clearly driven to prevent their London Stadium to stage Toronto an 86-83 lead, but Dragic rivals becoming champions and in the process gift- Leicester City’s hit a 3-pointer with 10.5 seconds wrapped the title for Leicester City. remaining to force overtime. The explosive clash twice spilled over into mass coronation as EPL Lowry fired an airball on a long confrontations between the two teams and both clubs champs receive 3-point attempt at the regulation were subsequently charged by the Football Association buzzer. for failing to control their players. trophy today Miami outscored Toronto 24-15 Now Newcastle United and Norwich City -- Sun- in the third quarter, closing on a derland’s rivals in the fight to avoid relegation -- will 13-2 run to take a 65-63 lead into hope Chelsea maintain that level of desire when they the fourth. The Heat shot 11-for-16 visit the Stadium of Light. AFP from the field in the third, while the Chelsea have only pride to play for after a disastrous Raptors hit just six of 20. title defence and underwhelming Champions League campaign. But with Antonio Conte waiting in the wings to take LONDON: The King Power Sta- NBA PLAYOFF charge after he has taken Italy to Euro 2016, a number of dium will stage Leicester City’s RESULTS players will be concerned they need to make an impres- coronation as Premier League sion on the incoming coach before the transfer window champions today when Claudio Eastern Conference opens. Ranieri’s miracle team receive at Toronto the trophy after their final home Toronto 96 Miami 92 game against Everton. (Series tied 1-1) Tottenham Hotspur’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday, which con- firmed Leicester’s extraordinary BASEBALL RESULTS 5,000-1 success, sparked jubila- tion in the streets of Leicester and St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0 a party at the home of star striker Cleveland 9 Detroit 4 Jamie Vardy, where the players Baltimore 1 NY Yankees 0 had gathered to watch the match. The festivities have continued Toronto 12 Texas 2 across the week, with the squad Miami 4 Arizona 0 dining out at a city-centre restau- Leicester city football fans celebrate outside the King Power Stadium in Leicester, central Cincinnati 9 Milwaukee 5 Brighton manager Chris Hughton rant on Tuesday, but Saturday’s game presents an opportunity for England on Tuesday, after the team won the English Premier League title on May 2. Thousands Chicago Cubs 5 Washington 2 players, staff and supporters to celebrated and millions around the world watched in wonder as 5,000-1 underdogs Leicester 7 C White Sox 3 City completed arguably the greatest fairytale in sporting history by becoming English Premier unite in communal celebration Seattle 6 Houston 3 Brighton confident of a feat that has captivated fans League champions. around the world. San Diego 5 NY Mets 3 Ranieri has admitted that he sponsors Barclays. He is dedicating moment. On the pitch, Leices- committed at Old Trafford, the lat- Colorado 17 San Francisco 7 ahead of £170m is torn between urging his team to the experience to his 97-year-old ter will welcome back 22-goal ter having received a three-game power over the line and wanting grandmother, Gladys Knight, who top scorer Vardy after he was ban for elbowing Marouane Fel- to enjoy the moment, saying on had to forfeit her season ticket this suspended for the 4-0 win over laini, ending his season. Middlesbrough Thursday: “Inside me there are season due to ill health. Swansea City and last weekend’s Andy King and Marcin two people. The 25kg trophy, topped by a 1-1 draw at Manchester United, Wasilewski are expected to dep- The renowned Italian tenor golden crown, will be decorated which took Ranieri’s men to the utise and Ranieri may use the Fisher goal showdown Andrea Bocelli will set the tone with ribbons of blue, for Leices- brink of glory. opportunity to give game-time with pre-match renditions of ter, and yellow, representing the While there is nothing riding to other players who have played ‘Nessun Dorma’ and ‘Time to royal house of Thailand, which is on the game for either side, Vardy supporting roles in the campaign. downs AFP Say Goodbye’, honouring a the country of club owners King has an opportunity to close the Everton’s season was ended recent promise to his country- Power. three-goal gap separating him by their 2-1 loss to Manchester man Ranieri. Morgan will become the from Tottenham’s Harry Kane in United in the FA Cup semi-finals LONDON: Brighton manager Chris Hughton says his After the match, the trophy first Leicester skipper to hoist a the race for the Premier League and their last three matches rep- Sharks side have nothing to fear as they prepare to face Mid- will be presented to Leicester major trophy since Matt Elliott Golden Boot. resent something of a gauntlet for dlesbrough in a Premier League promotion shoot-out captain Wes Morgan by lifelong lifted the League Cup 16 years ago Midfielder Danny Drinkwa- manager Roberto Martinez, who Agencies worth at least £170 million ($246 million) today. supporter Steve Worthy, who won and the 32-year-old centre-back ter and centre-back Robert Huth has faced open revolt from his Hughton’s team are bidding to return to the top flight a competition organised by league has already been picturing the are both suspended over offences own supporters in recent games. after a 33-year absence and the rewards are bigger than NASHVILLE: Mike Fisher ended ever due to the lucrative new Premier League television the longest game in Nashville Pred- deals that start next season. ators history with a rebound goal Financial analysts at Deloitte’s Sports Business Group at 11:12 of the third overtime early report that teams promoted from the Championship on Friday morning, giving them a this term stand to make £170 million, with a potential 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks to £290 million on offer if they survive their first season FIFA bans two ex-officials for life tie the Western Conference sem- in the Premier League. ifinal at 2-2. The odds are against Brighton cashing in on that Fisher pounced on a shot by Mat- jaw-dropping prize as Hughton’s third placed team trail AFP detained as part of an unprece- The guilty plea sealed Jadue’s tias Ekholm for his second goal of the FORMER CONMEBOL second placed Middlesbrough on goal difference head- dented scandal that has spurred downfall after a career that saw nearly five-hour game as Nashville OFFICIALS FOUND GULTY ing into the final weekend. a massive reform drive within him rise from the front office of withstood a fierce San Jose attack That means Middlesbrough just need to draw in front FIFA. a humble local club to the vice during the overtime periods. of their home fans at the Riverside Stadium to secure GENEVA: A FIFA tribunal yester- confederation CONMEBOL, “for Both Jadue and Bedoya presidency of CONMEBOL. promotion, while Brighton will only go up if they win. day issued lifetime bans against life from all football-related “asked for and received bribes Bedoya, once known as the NHL PLAYOFF But with Brighton on a 13-match unbeaten run, two South American football activities”, said a FIFA statement. from sports marketing compa- “tsar” of Colombian football, is Hughton, who led Newcastle to promotion from officials who had already FIFA’s in-house court nies in relation to the awarding a former clothing salesman who RESULTS the second tier in 2010, is convinced his team have pleaded guilty to corruption launched a probe into both men of marketing rights” for major reportedly bought a dozen lux- Western Conference enough fire-power to triumph in the winner-takes- offences in US court. on December 4, the day after South American football tourna- ury properties during the nine all showdown. The ethics committee adju- the pair admitted in a New York ments, the FIFA statement said. years he led the Colombian Foot- At St Louis If Brighton are promoted, it will be their first time dicatory chamber barred Sergio court that they had committed As part of his plea deal, Jadue ball Federation. Dallas 3 St Louis 2 among the elite since 1982-83 -- a campaign that Jadue of Chile and Luis Bedoya racketeering and wire fraud. agreed to collaborate with US His plea deal with US pros- (Series tied 2-2) ended with relegation and defeat in the club’s only FA of Colombia, both former sen- They are among dozens of investigators and was escorted ecutors included a pledge to At Nashville Cup final appearance when they came within a Gordon ior FIFA officials as well as vice officials and sport marketing out of Chile late last year under forfeit assets held in a Swiss Nashville 4 San Jose 3 Smith miskick of defeating Manchester United before presidents of the South American executives within world football police escort. bank account. (Series tied 2-2) losing in a replay. SPORT SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 21

Paralympians Verstappen still face says he and tattoo ban, main Star act Al Attiyah takes Red Bull a Games less strict ‘perfect match’ Reuters control at Jordan Rally Reuters BERLIN: Olympic athletes with tattoos are unlikely to be barred from the Rio Games, the Inter- LONDON: Dutch teenager Max national Olympic Committee The two-time Verstappen believes he and Red said yesterday after a Paralym- Bull Racing can be a “perfect pic swimmer with his team logo Dakar Rally champ match” in Formula One and sees inked onto his chest was banned produces great no reason to entertain any other from a race. offers after his sudden promotion British gold medallist Josef session of driving from sister team Toro Rosso. Craig was disqualified from a race along with reliable Speaking in a Red Bull video at last week’s IPC European Cham- after visiting the Milton Key- pionships after failing to cover up French co-driver nes factory for a seat fitting, the the tattoo: the team’s lion’s head Matthieu Baumel 18-year-old said he could not wait design above the Olympic rings. to get started at next week’s Span- The International Paralympic ish Grand Prix and felt no extra Committee said he had breached a pressure. rule stating “body advertisements The Peninsula The former world champions are not allowed in any way what- announced yesterday that Verstap- soever (this includes tattoos and pen was replacing Daniil Kvyat for symbols).” the remaining 17 races, with the It said Craig was displaying a DEAD SEA, JORDAN: Nasser Saleh Russian returning to Toro Rosso. logo of an event he was not com- Al Attiyah was at his clinical and “I was always very happy at peting in. The Paralympic Games devastating best on the second day Red Bull. So I never saw reason are governed by a completely sep- of the Jordan Rally. The Qatari, who to change and of course with this arate organisation from the IOC had begun the day with a lead of 9.5 opportunity there is no reason to and have their own logo. seconds, won all 10 special stages change,” said Verstappen. Many champion athletes, in the Dead Sea and Jordan Val- “I wouldn’t say (there’s) more including record gold medallists ley areas to take a convincing lead pressure,” added the youngster, Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin of 11min 16.4sec into the final eight who made his debut last season and Ryan Lochte (pictured below), timed tests today. and is already talked of as a future Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel in action in their Skoda Fabia R5 on have Olympic tattoos, and the IPC’s His partnership with French co- champion. ruling, three months before Rio, driver Matthieu Baumel in a Skoda day two of the Jordan Rally yesterday. “Of course you’re driving for raised fears of potential bans. Fabia R5 goes from strength-to- a top team now but at the end you But while any tattoos that strength and the Doha-based driver pace to preserve championship points Ihab Al Shorafa. “I saw cars all over points. Now we have two cars from always try to do your best....so I advertise a product will need to remains firmly on course for a 10th and the Qatari held third in MERC 2 the place.” Jordan in front of us. They are not don’t feel more pressure.” be covered up - with blank tape Jordan win. and fourth overall at the end of the The short Syagha special of going for the whole championship, The Dutchman, who lives in or patches - in Rio, athletes at the “To be honest, I pushed hard on day. 9.6km was next up and the leading so I must make sure that I finish.” the same Monaco apartment block main Games will be allowed to the super special on Thursday night Kuwait’s Meshari Al Thefiri duo began to pull clear of the chasing Juma held a comfortable MERC 2 as new Australian team mate Dan- show others, an IOC spokesman to make a show for the spectators, overcame early morning delays and pack. Al Attiyah extended his lead to lead over Salem after the latter’s cat- iel Ricciardo, expected to feel at said. but then I managed to control the climbed to fifth place. Ihab Al Shorafa 21.5 seconds and then added a further alogue of problems: “In the first stage home. “The president is always rally and my pace,” said the Qatari. was sixth, Lebanon’s Rodolphe Asmar 5.8 to that advantage in Rama. A ter- this morning I locked the brake and “I know what they (Red excited to see athletes with the “I know from experience that these and Jordan’s Asem Aref rounded off rific tussle was developing between lost some time and I was very cau- Bull) have done in the history Olympic Rings,” an IOC spokesman stages need to be respected and I was the eight survivors, but local girl Juma and Salem for MERC 2 spoils tious. No brakes at the end of that of Formula One. They are very said. “Standing alone, the Olym- able to drive quickly without making Lina Hadadi lost her seventh posi- and 2.7 seconds separated the duo stage and I was worried about los- competitive and I am a very com- pic Rings are a great expression of mistakes.” tion after stopping in the last stage after SS4. ing them completely,” said Salem. “I petitive person so hopefully it’s appreciation of the Olympic Games The eagerly anticipated battle for of what developed into a gruelling day Al Attiyah safely negotiated hit a rock in the next one and I broke a perfect match. I will just take and of the Olympic values.” MERC 2 honours developed into a duel at the Dead Sea. Bahath and Suwayma and reached the skid pan under the car, so I drove it quite relaxed and see where it “We take a common sense between the Jordanian duo of Khaled Al Attiyah had stunned his rivals the midday service at the Dead Sea carefully. I drove slowly in the water goes. It’s a great honour, a top team approach to tattoos whatever they Juma and Husam Salem, after Khal- with the pace and finesse he had with a lead over Al Kuwari of 41.1 splash. The last five stages were the where every driver wants to drive.” are,” he said. ifa Al Attiyah rolled out of contention shown in the tricky little Abdali super seconds. Delays for Salem meant worst ones in my life.” Verstappen, whose father Jos That would mean personal on the first stage of the morning and special on Thursday afternoon. that Juma reached the mid point in The five specials were repeated in raced in Formula One with a rep- tattoos such as the butterfly-cov- Rashid Al Nuami crashed and lost a Not even the Qatari had expected fourth with an MERC 2 lead of 1min the heat of the afternoon and Al-Atti- utation as a tough competitor, was ered back of Russian synchronised wheel. to take a 9.5-second lead into the 12.9sec. yah extended his lead to 53.4 seconds Rookie of the Year last season. He swimmer Anastasia Davydova at Juma, the defending local national opening gravel stage of 16.85km. He “I wasn’t really pushing in there. through SS7 and to 1min 00.8sec in also won awards for the FIA’s Per- the 2012 London Games would be champion, took advantage of ongo- set the target of 12min 03.3sec and No problems, but I guess I was doing Syagha. Al-Suwaidi dropped three sonality of the Year, across all the allowed. ing brake issues and caution by his duly extended that overnight lead a bit of road sweeping and losing a bit minutes through the opener and governing body’s championships, For Paralympians though, the local rival to reach the night halt with over Al Kuwari to 19.4 seconds. of time,” confessed Al Attiyah. “This then failed to reach the start of SS8, and Action of the Year. rules are tougher and Craig will a lead of 1min 23.4sec and a fine sec- But the drama was unfolding afternoon the stage surfaces will be as Juma extended his lead over Salem His potential, with two fourth have to cover his tattoo. ond overall. Salem was a solid third behind the leading duo: Rashid Al cleaner and we can maybe push a lit- to 1min 15.8sec and Al-Rashed picked place finishes in 2015 and a sixth “The same rule would apply at to give the host nation two places on Nuami broke a wheel and damaged tle bit more.” up three minutes of time penalties for already in Bahrain this year, has the Paralympics in Rio. He would the provisional podium. the bodywork, Meshari Al Thefiri Abdulaziz Al Kuwari said: “The leaving service late. put the youngster on the radar of have to cover it up as Craig did for A somewhat resigned Abdulaziz lost over five minutes after hitting a gap is a lot, honestly. We lost 10 sec- Al Attiyah was relentless over the rival teams such as Ferrari, who the remainder of the competition Al Kuwari and his Irish navigator Kil- rock, which broke the gear stick and onds yesterday, but 31 today is still a closing stages and reached the end of have Kimi Raikkonen out of con- last week.” IPC spokesman Craig lian Duffy held second in their Skoda forced him to incur additional pen- lot in five stages. The super special the leg with a massive lead of 11min tract at the end of the year. Spence said. Fabia R5 until the 10th stage, when alties. Khalifa Al Attiyah then rolled was not a stage to drive. I know the 16.4sec, after Al Kuwari launched his Kvyat’s demotion followed a One athlete who will be forced the Qatari launched his car off the his Subaru, although neither mem- gaps are not really big – two seconds Skoda Fabia off the track in Bahath nightmare home race in Russia to cover up if he qualifies for the track and into retirement. Al Attiyah ber of the crew was injured. and then five seconds on each stage. and it came to a halt a long way from last weekend, and Red Bull mot- Olympics is American middle dis- and Al Kuwari had been the class of The carnage didn’t end there But, I was not risking. I will try my the track on its wheels. Juma main- orsport consultant Helmut Marko tance runner Nick Symmonds, the field. A three-minute delay in either: local hero Husam Salem lost best. It is not easy.” tained his composure to control the said it would take the pressure off who sells space on his skin for SS7 pushed Khalid AlSuwaidi fur- valuable time with brake issues and “No problem. I finish the first battle for MERC 2 honours. the Russian and also ease tensions advertising. ther behind the leading duo and the Rodolphe Asmar rolled, managed stage leading Group N,” said sixth- Today, the event timetable con- within Toro Rosso. “There has been The two-time Olympian, who Qatari failed to start of the eighth to get his car on to its wheels and placed Abdullah Al Kuwari. “When sists of a further eight special stages, considerable unrest at Toro Rosso covered up his tattoos during the stage and retired. reached the stage finish with the loss I see that the two cars I am fighting consisting of two runs through the between Verstappen and (Spaniard 2012 Olympics, sold nine inches Once Khalifa Al Attiyah and of nearly 20 minutes. \ with in the Middle East went down (Al Rawda, Shuna, Karamah and Bap- Carlos) Sainz, so we have solved on his arm for $21,800 on Friday Al Nuami hit trouble, Abdullah Al “This stage was not ‘Panorama’ Nuami and Al Attiyah), I slowed down tism Site specials, split by a midday several internal problems,” he told to the head of T-Mobile US, a rival Kuwari took the decision to ease his it was paranoia,” joked local driver because I need to finish and get the service and regroup at the Dead Sea. motorsport-total.com. of AT&T, an official sponsor of the US Olympic and Paralympic teams. Symmonds said the US Olym- pic Committee’s and the IOC’s rules banning advertising in venues and promotion by athletes during the Rossi, Marquez wary of weather at Le Mans Games was “antiquated”. “AT&T spends millions to be an official USOC sponsor. T-Mobile spends $21,800 for better expo- AFP competitive in the race.” Like Rossi, Marquez 10, would not be replaced on the calendar. “We sure. Your ancient model is broken has one eye on the barometer needle. looked at a number of alternative options as a USOC!,” Symmonds tweeted. “You never know what it will do there,” said replacement but were not able to find a viable T-Mobile CEO John Legere LE MANS, FRANCE: Valentino Rossi arrives at the two-time world champion who was only four solution on that specific date,” said chief exec- said he had not yet decided what Le Mans for this weekend’s French MotoGP tar- when Rossi won his first world championship utive Alejandro Agag. to inscribe on the runner’s arm. geting back-to-back wins after his masterful ride in the 125cc category in 1997. “We explored all possibilities including “Now that I’ve purchased a in Jerez and with a watchful eye on the weather. “Last year the temperature rose significantly returning to Monaco but regrettably could not spot on 2x Olympian, @NickSym- The man from Urbino shut out his title rivals on Sunday and we suffered a lot with front grip organise the change of venue on such short monds’ arm, help me decide what with a dominant pillar to post success in Spain to in the race. Rain also isn’t unusual.” notice.” the tattoo should be of! GO!,” he inject fresh life into his bid for a tenth world title. Lorenzo, who is leaving Yamaha for Ducati The cancellation leaves three races, Berlin asked followers on Twitter. He moved to within 24 points of Marc Mar- next season, has fond memories of last year’s on May 21 and a double header in London on quez and seven adrift of his Yamaha teammate visit when he notched up his fourth French July 2/3. The series has already visited China, Jorge Lorenzo. Grand Prix success, but like his title rivals is Malaysia, Uruguay, Argentina, Mexico, Califor- In Jerez, the 37-year-old Rossi prevented also wondering whether he’ll need an umbrella. nia and France. Marquez from claiming his third successive suc- “France is often tricky because of the The London races also have a question mark cess after wins in Argentina and Austin. weather, so we need to be prepared in case it over them, however, with locals up in arms over Rossi, a three-time MotoGP winner at the rains,” said the 29-year-old. the use of Battersea Park as the venue. famous Le Mans circuit in the Loire region, took Marquez’s Honda teammate Dani Ped- Campaigners, who have set up a website second to Lorenzo last season when he missed rosa came in fourth in Jerez after grip issues savebatterseapark.com, are contesting the legal- out on the title in the last Grand Prix. and occupies the same position in the riders’ ity of the local council’s agreement for the use of “Last year I had a good race but I was not standings. the park on the south bank of the River Thames. able to beat Jorge -- I’ll try again this year.” “In the last race I couldn’t go full-throttle They have raised £20,680 ($29,884) through Italian rider If he succeeds this will be the first time the on the straights because the rear tyre was spin- crowd funding to finance the push for a judi- Valentino Rossi exuberant Italian known as ‘il dottore’ has won ning too much, and I think that also in Le Mans cial review. competes on his two races in a row since 2009. a lot will depend on how the tyre will get grip “For a so-called green event it has perhaps Movistar Yamaha But he’s concerned about conditions. “The from the track.” the biggest carbon footprint of any event in Lon- bike during a free negative thing about Le Mans is the weather, it Meanwhile, a Formula E race scheduled for don this year,” the website says. “Car-racing in practice session, is always very uncertain. It can rain, it is often Moscow on June 4 has been cancelled due to London should take place in an appropriate ahead of the cold and so there are many factors that you must “unforeseen circumstances” relating to road place, and not in a green public park.” French Grand be careful of. closures, the electric motor racing series said Formula E organisers say their series, now Prix, in Le Mans, “First we will start the weekend in the same yesterday. in its second season, represents “a vision for yesterday. way as we did in Jerez. There we found a good Formula E said in a statement that the race, the future of the motor industry” and promotes set-up on Friday and this has helped us to be round nine of a championship now reduced to sustainability. 22 SATURDAY 7 MAY 2016 SPORT

USA’s Lashawn Merit (second left) winning the men’s 400 metres event of the IAAF Diamond League Meet in Doha yesterday. Pictures by Kammutty VP / The Peninsula Webb, Bowie shine at glitzy Diamond League season opener in Doha

line-up including Qatari sensation DIAMOND LEAGUE DOHA RESULTS Femi Ogunode to win the men’s 200m MEN’S EVENTS Schippers, Barshim title with a time of 19.85. tumble in Qatari Ogunode (20.10) was behind 1: 200Metres: Ameer Webb (USA) 19.85, Alonso Edward (Panama) 20.06, Femi Alonso Edward of Panama (20.06) Ogunode (Qatar) 20.10. capital as USA who took second position. 2: 400M: Lashawn Merit (USA) 44.41, Machel Cedenio (Trinidad &Tobago) 44.68., showcase dominance “I just wanted to execute my race Haroun Abdalleleh 44.81. today,” said the American sprinter. “It’s 3: 1,500M: Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:32.15, Motonei Elijah (Kenya) 3:33.67, Kiplagat gonna be tough in Eugene at the Olym- Silas (Kenya) 3:33.86. pics but I won’t hurry up.” By Fawad Hussain Femi who was tipped to win the 4: 3,000M steeplechase: Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 8:05.13, Birech Jairus Kip- The Peninsula contest wasn’t dejected after his fail- choge (Kenya) 8:08.28, Abraham Kibiwott (Kenya) 8:09.25. ure to win the race. 5: 110m Hurdles: Omar McLeod (Jamaica) 13.05, Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) “This is my first 200m race of 13.10, Orlando Ortega 13.12. the season and I can’t say I’m disap- 6: High Jump: Erik Kynard (USA) 2.33m, Zhang Guowei (China) 2.31m, Marco Fassi- DOHA: Sprinters Tori Bowie and pointed. I made a mistake at the turn notti (Italy) 2.29m. Ameer Webb produced convincing and that’s what cost me a better fin- wins at the season-opening meet- ish,” said Ogunode. 7: Triple Jump: Christain Taylor (USA) 17.23m, Bin Dong (China) 17.07m, Alexis ing which saw mixed fortunes for the With home fans also expecting Copello (Cuba) 16.98m. favourites at a packed Qatar Sports a top finish from Haroun Abdalleleh 8: Discus Throw: Piotr Malachowski (Poland) 68.03, Philip Milanov (Belgium) 67.26, USA’s Tori Bowie (right) is congratulated by Dafne Schippers of Club Stadium yesterday. in the men’s 400m, the Qatari teen- Victor Hogan (South Africa) 65.59. American sprinter Bowie stunned age sprint prodigy failed to live up to Netherlands after she won the 100m women’s event at the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha 9: 4x400 Relay: (First position only) Bostwana: Baboloki, Nijel Amos, Kamberuka favourites Dafne Schippers and Camp- expectations and could only finish the Zacharia, Leaname Maotoanong 3:02.29). bell Brown Veronoca to win the race in third position with a time of yesterday. 10: 800M (regional): Haydar Abubaker Abdalla (Qatar) 1:45.28, Kiplangat Nicholas women’s 100m race while her compa- 44.81. triot Webb led the men’s 200m track to America’s Lashawn Merit (44.41) (Kenya) 1:45.56, Yacine Hathat (Algeria) 1:46.06. steal limelight in the opening meeting claimed the title with Machel Cedenio “This being an Olympic year, I am The Kenyans dominated the 1500 WOMEN’S EVENTS as around 15,000 fans watched from of Trinidad &Tobago (44.68) finishing taking things slow. Last year, I peaked men’s race with Asbel Kiprop (3:32.15), 1: 100M: Tori Bowie (USA) 18.80, Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) 10.83, Campbell the stands. second. early and by July, I was practically Motonei Elijah (3:33.67) and Kiplagat Brown Veronoca (Jamaica) 19.91. Tori displayed a stunning perform- The 19-year old Qatari who won dead. I am not going to repeat that Silas (3:33.86) securing the top three 2: 800M: Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1:58.26, Habitam Alemu (Ethiopia) 1:59.14, ance in one of the featured races in silver medal in the World Indoor Ath- mistake. I thanks the fans for cheer- spots. Jepkoech Eunice (Kenya) 1:59.74. women events, shocking Schippers of letics Championship in Portland in ing on me. I promise not to disappoint The Kenyan men also dominated the Netherlands and Jamaican sprinter March, however, was satisfied with them in Rio,” said the 2012 Olympics the 3000m steeplechase as Conses- 3: 3,000M: Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 8:23.11, Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 8:26.36, Gelete Veronoca in a huge upset. his performance. bronze medallist. lus Kipruto won the race followed by Burka (Ethiopia) 8:28.49. The 25-year old Tori finished the “It was not a bad race. I tried to In the men’s 800m regional race Birech Jairus Kipchoge (Kenya) and 4: 400M Hurdles: Eilidh Doyle (Britain) 54.53, Kemi Adekoya (Bahrain) 54.87, Ka- race in 18.80, the best time in the com- chase LaShawn, but he went out fast. (non-scoring race), Qatar’s Haydar Abraham Kibiwott. liese Spencer (Jamaica) 55.02. petition this year so far. Dafne (18.83) Next stop for me will be the Eugene Abubaker Abdalla gave home fans In men’s 110m hurdles, Omar 5: Pole Vault: Sandi Morres (USA) 4.83m, Nicole Buchler (Switzerland) 4.78m, Kat- claimed second spot while Veronica Diamond League,” he commented. cheer by topping the race. His win McLeod of Jamaica reigned supreme erina Stefanidi (Greece) 4.73m. (10.91) ended the race in second The American 400m specialist was with a 1:45.28 run, his personal best followed by his compatriot Hansle position. delighted on the win. in the competition earned him a ticket Parchment and Orlando Ortega. 6: Triple Jump: Caterine Ibarguen (Colombia) 15.04m, Rojas Yulimar (Venezuela) “I gave the race in Doha my every- “I feel good, I executed the race as I to Rio. In the most anticipated event of 19.92m, Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) 14.61m. thing and the win was mine,” said Tori wanted to, all I do is train, building my “I am so happy because I qualified women’s competitions, world cham- 7: Shot Put: Tia Brooks (USA) 19.48m, Anita Martin (Hungary) 19.22m, Emel Dereli after her memorable triumph. confidence and will keep on working for the Rio Olympics Games with a new pion Almaz Ayana of Ethiopia won (Turkey) 18.57m. “This being an Olympic year, I’m hard,” said the 29-year old. personal best,” said the Qatari runner. the 3,000m race after clocking 8: Javelin: Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 65.14m, Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) eagerly looking ahead at the outdoor Meanwhile, Qatar’s star high “From the beginning, my only 8:23.11 with Kenya’s Mercy Cher- 63.25m, Lu Huihui (China) 62.42m. season. I feel I’m a much better run- jumper Mutaz Barshim had a cautious objective was to win. I am thrilled that ono finishing second with a time of ner than I was last season.” start to his Diamond League season I put up such a strong show in front of 8:26.36. Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) took Both Dafne and Veronica blamed taking just one attempt (2.29) and leap- home fans. I’ll try my best to improve third position. poor starts to their failure, but they ing 2.26m for seventh position. my times.” “It was a very good race for me, the looked satisfied with their overall America’s Erik Kynard (2.33m) won Kenya’s Kiplangat Nicholas track is good and it really helps,” said Coe under pressure show. the contest while China’s Zhang Guo- (1:45.56) and Algeria’s Yacine Hathat the Ethiopian star. “It was my first race. I executed wei (2.31) and Marco Fassinotti (2.29) (1:46:06) claimed the next two posi- In women’s 400m hurdles, Eilidh well, but I could have been better in of Italy took third position. tions respectively. Doyle was the winner after her run in the start,” said Veronica. Barshim said his limited participa- In men’s triple jump, as expected 54.53, the best time in the ongoing sea- to get Russia to Rio: “It was very close to my personal tion in the event for part of his plans Olympic champion, Christain Tay- son. Bahrain’s Kemi Adekoya (54.87), best, but my start was bad. I am happy for Olympics. lor reigned supreme with the 17.23m Kaliese Spencer (55.02) finished in sec- with my race and I am feeling OK,” “I am not at all disappointed with show overcoming his Chinese coun- ond and third places respectively. said Dafne. my performance. It’s all part of the terpart Bin Dong (17.7m) Alexis Copello America’s Tia Brooks won the former WADA chief Webb, overcame a star-studded plan,” said Barshim. (16.98) of Cuba. women’s shot put with a throw of 19.48m with Hungary’s Anita Martin (19.22m) and Emel Dereli of Turkey (18.57) securing the next two posi- Reuters Russia was simply “changing tions respectively. With her compatriot deck chairs on the Titanic” still Michelle Carter who was favourite to has seen little movement towards win the event finishing fifth with a compliance. throw of 17.83m, Brooks was delighted TORONTO: Former World Anti- “They are talking but they are after her win. Doping Agency president Dick Pound not actually moving,” Pound told The women’s triple jump event saw believes chief Sebas- Reuters. “WADA has a role, my guess Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen bag- tian Coe is under mounting pressure is they will not be in position to say ging the title after leaping 15.04m, the to find a way for suspended Russian that RUSADA is compliant so all the world’s best show in the current year. track and field athletes to compete pressure is going to get onto Seb Coe Rojas Yulimar of Venezuela (19.92m) at the Rio Olympics. and the IAAF. and Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova Pound, who headed the inde- Russian athletics must prove (14.61m) came in third position. pendent commission that unearthed it has made enough progress in America’s Sandi Morres stole lime- evidence of state-sponsored doping reforming its anti-doping opera- light in the women’s pole vault when in Russian athletics, thinks that time tion to be re-instated to the sport she equaled the Diamond League is running out for Russia to get its in time to take part in the Rio record to win the competition. anti-doping house in order ahead of Olympics. The 24-year old cleared the dis- the Aug. 5-21 Rio Olympics. The IAAF will hear from its task tance of 4.83, accurately that of A WADA task force has been force headed by Norwegian Rune Jamaica’s Omar McLeod clears the final Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou’s (Greece) per- put in place to overhaul the Andersen at Council meetings on hurdle on his way to win the men’s 110m formance in Paris last July. Swiss Nicole suspended Russian Anti-Dop- June 17 in Vienna and is expected to hurdles event. Buchler (4.78) and Katerina Stefanidi of ing Agency but Pound, who two make a decision on Russian partic- Greece occupied the next two places. months ago said it appeared ipation in Rio. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 20 PAGE | 22 BriBrightong confident Spectacular startrt ahead of £170m to IAAF Diamondnd showdown League season

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Crolla ‘living Pakistan appoint Mickey the dream’ Arthur as new coach after brutal AFP lowest-ever world ranking of ninth in one-day cricket. But the PCB expressed faith in attack their new coach, saying he has an KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday outstanding record and led South AP appointed South African Mickey Africa to world number one rank- Arthur as head coach of their national ings across all formats. cricket team, replacing Waqar Younis Under him South Africa won MANCHESTER: He will be intro- who resigned after a disastrous World 13 consecutive one-day matches, duced as Anthony “Million Dollar” Twenty20 last month. equalling Australia’s world record, Crolla when he enters the ring for Arthur “has confirmed his the body said. Arthur’s tenure in his the first defence of his WBA light- acceptance of the post of Head Coach home country was good -- winning weight title today. The British boxer of the Pakistan National Cricket 22 of the 45 Tests and lifting South has another label: “The man that team” after a “detailed and trans- Africa to series wins in England in cheated death,” he says with a gen- parent process”, the PCB said in a 2008 (the first in 40 years) and Aus- tle laugh. Boxer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez from Mexico (left) and England’s statement. tralia the same year, while his team The scar at the top of Crollla’s (right) face off during their final press conference at the MGM Grand in Arthur, who turns 48 later this remained unbeaten in away series forehead is a reminder of that night Las Vegas, on Wednesday. The boxers will fight for the WBC month, successfully coached his between 2006 to the end of his stint. in December 2014 when he almost Welterweight title today at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. native South Africa from 2005-2010 But his record as Australia’s first lost his boxing career, and more. before migrating to Australia, where foreign coach left his CV dented as Crolla had returned to his home he remained coach for 19 months. they lost to South Africa at home in Oldham, when he heard his But he found his job in danger and were routed 4-0 in India before neighbors’ burglar alarm going off. after Australia lost a Test series in a win-less Champions Trophy in After spotting two fleeing intruders, India followed by a poor showing at England in 2013. He was uncere- he chased them and cornered them the Champions Trophy in England, moniously sacked two weeks before in a driveway. As they attempted Khan hoping to ‘do a and was sacked just before the 2013 the Ashes series started in England in to vault a wall, one of them dis- Ashes. June 2013, with two years to run on lodged a concrete slab and the other Arthur’s first task will be to pre- his contract, and replaced by Darren hit Crolla over the head with it. He pare his team for their upcoming tour Lehmann. He later sued Cricket Aus- sustained a fractured skull and a of England, where Pakistan plays four tralia for up to Aus$4 million (US3.7 broken ankle. Doctors told him he Tests, a Twenty20 and five one-day million), claiming there had been a was lucky to survive. Leicester’ on Alvarez internationals. deliberate campaign against him, “If the concrete slab had hit me He is faced with the difficult before reaching a confidential agree- two inches either side, it could have task of lifting his players from their ment with the governing body. killed me. But some things in life destructive puncher who has com- Virgil Hunter, was sceptical about the happen. Although it wasn’t a nice piled an impressive 46-1 record with wisdom of choosing to fight Alvarez. time, I wouldn’t change it. It’s made British star eyes 32 knockouts. “Initially I didn’t like the fight. But me who I am today,” Crolla said. world title in The world title showdown is I hadn’t seen Amir. So when he came At the time of the incident, showdown which billed as a classic contrast of styles, to camp I was surprised to see how Crolla was five weeks away pitting the elusiveness and speed of much he had grown,” Hunter said. In-form Dhawan from the biggest fight of his life, is billed as a classic Khan (31-3, 19 knockouts) against the “Middleweights can knock out against Richar Abril for the WBA contrast of styles brute strength of the naturally big- heavyweights. I don’t think the weight lightweight belt. The fight was ger Alvarez. will be that much of a factor. I think cancelled, but he was cleared to But in a week when the exploits the weight might be a bit exaggerated guides Sunrisers resume boxing after passing tests. of 5,000-1 shots Leicester have cap- in terms of Canelo’s effectiveness.” In November last year, he delivered tivated the sporting world, Khan Khan’s corner will hope the Brit- AFP one of the feel-good stories in Brit- believes he is able to write another on’s mesmerizing hand speed will to easy win ish sport by winning the title in a fairytale win. give him the advantage against Alva- rematch against Darleys Perez of “I’m seen as the underdog in this rez, whose only defeat came against Colombia. fight against Canelo but I feel this is another fighter with similar skills, Crolla (30-4-3, with 12 KOs) will LOS ANGELES: Amir Khan is tak- the year of the underdog,” Khan said the now retired Floyd Mayweather, The Peninsula being put into bat. Mustafizur Rahman defend the title for the first time ing inspiration from Leicester City’s after arriving in Las Vegas this week. in 2013. The fight could hinge on (2/17) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/28) against unbeaten Ismael Barroso of remarkable Premier League title tri- “What Leicester City achieved is whether Khan will be able to stick impressed with the ball to restrict the Venezuela at the Manchester Arena. umph as he prepares for a daunting absolutely amazing. You would have and move for 12 rounds while simul- Lions to a modest total while Barinder “Each time I walk to the ring, battle with World Boxing Coun- been called crazy if you thought that taneously avoiding Alvarez’s heaviest HYDERABAD: Dashing opener Sran and Moises Henriques took a I’m grateful. That’s one of the things. cil middleweight champion Saul Leicester would win the title at the body blows. Shikhar Dhawan struck an unbeaten wicket apiece as the Sunrisers bowlers It (the attack) has made me men- “Canelo” Alvarez in Las Vegas today. start of the season -- it’s such an Alvarez is confident he will be 47 to guide Sunrisers Hyderabad to a bowled a disciplined line and length. tally stronger. I’ve got nothing to The 29-year-old Khan will inspiring story. able to hunt down an opponent who convincing five-wickets win in their Senior pacer Ashish Nehra (0/23) fear now. I feared the end of my start as a massive underdog when “I’m definitely going to use that to continues to face questions about his IPL match against Gujarat Lions at the and Bhuvneshwar bowled a maiden career and even worse. I feel like he climbs into the ring to face the help me. I’m ready to shock the world chin after more than a decade as a Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in over each as the Lions took 14 balls I’m living the dream now,” Crolla hard-hitting Alvarez at the gambling and beat Canelo. I know I’m ready for professional. Hyderabad last evening. to score their first run, the most in said. haven’s sparkling new 20,000-seat this fight and want to get in the ring “I’m very happy with the work Chasing 127 for a win, opener IPL history. David Warner (24) also Barroso landed a shot at Crolla T-Mobile Arena. right now.” that I’ve done -- he’s a very fast, elu- Dhawan dropped anchor as he car- involved in pushing Sunrisers for- by beating Kevin Mitchell in London Khan, who normally fights at Yet the bullishness of the chal- sive, tricky fighter. I know the work I’ve ried his bat through the innings as the ward, giving the much needed start as in December, which extended his welterweight, is stepping up by lenger cannot mask the fact that even done and I’m confident I can go in there Sunrisers surpassed the target with he took 16 runs from the second over unbeaten record to 19 fights. two divisions to face Alvarez, a his trainer, the San Francisco-based and break him down,” Alvarez said. six balls to spare. Dhawan hit six fours bowled by Pradeep Sangwan, hitting in his solid 40-ball unbeaten innings, the bowler for two sixes. But Warner including the winning shot which did not last long as he was out in the was also a boundary as the Sunrisers fourth over off the bowling of Dhawal reached 129 for 5 in 19 overs. Kulkarni. Warner mistimed his hit and Murray and Nadal to meet Earlier, Sunrisers’ bowlers pro- Praveen Kumar took an easy catch at duced a clinical display to restrict mid-on. The Sunrisers captain hit one the Lions to a meagre 126 for 6 after four and two sixes in his 17-ball knock.

in Madrid Open semi-finals SCOREBOARD GUJARAT LIONS SUNRISERS HYDERABAD AP The roof was open when Nadal started, D R Smith c M Rahman b Kumar 1 D A Warner c Kumar b Kulkarni 24 but it had to be closed in the second set. The B B McCullum c Warner b Henriques 7 S Dhawan (not out) 47 interval didn’t help the Spaniard, who cruised S K Raina c&b Kumar 20 K S Williamson c Smith b Kumar 6 in the first set but saw the 35th-ranked Por- K D Karthik c Williamson b M Rahman 0 M C Henriques c Karthik b Bravo 14 MADRID: Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal will tuguese rally back in the second. A J Finch (not out) 51 Yuvraj Singh c Sangwan b Kulkarni 5 meet again in the semifinals of the Madrid Seeking his third title of the season, as Open today, a rematch of last year’s final won many as he won in 2015, Nadal picked up D J Bravo c (sub) b Sran 18 D J Hooda c Karthik b Bravo 18 by the British player. the pace again in the final set to close out the R A Jadeja c Kumar b M Rahman 18 N V Ojha (not out) 9 The second-ranked Murray defeated match in just over two hours. P Kumar (not out) 6 Extras (LB-3, W-3) 6 Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2 yesterday to make Nadal has won four of the last five matches Extras (W-5) 5 Total (for 5 wkts in 19 overs) 129 Spain’s Rafael Nadal hits the last four for the second consecutive Mas- against Murray. Total (for 6 wkts in 20 overs) 126 Did not bat: B Kumar, B B Sran, A Nehra, a returns to Joao Sousa ters tournament on clay, while Nadal had to Also through to the semis was sixth- Mustafizur Rahman. during the quarter-finals fight hard to get past Joao Sousa of Portugal ranked Kei Nishikori, who edged Nick Kyrgios Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-24, 3-25, 4-34, 5-79, of the Madrid Open at 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 6-3 in a thriller that lasted 2 6-106. Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-33, 3-55, 4-81, 5-108. the Caja Magica sports Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, celebrat- hours, 38 minutes. Bowling: B Kumar 4-1-28-2; A Nehra 4-1-23- Bowling: P Kumar 4-0-28-1 (1w); P J Sang- complex in Madrid ing her 27th birthday, reached the women’s Coming off a semifinal loss to Nadal in 0; Mustafizur Rahman 4-0-17-2; B B Sran 3-0- wan 2-0-28-0 (1w); D S Kulkarni 4-1-17-2; S yesterday. Rafael Nadal final by beating American qualifier Louisa , Nishikori overcame 18 aces by Kyr- 21-1 (2w); M C Henriques 3-0-24-1 (2w); Yuvraj Kaushik 4-0-25-0 (1w); R A Jadeja 2-0-14-0; D won 6-0, 4-6, 6-3. Chirico 6-1, 6-1 in less than an hour. She will gios, getting his lone break to go up 3-1 in the Singh 2-0-13-0 (1w). J Bravo 3-0-14-2. play either Simona Halep or Samantha Stosur. decisive set.

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South Sudan facing unsteady LONDON: Giving birth in water is becom- 1 future after civil war ing more popular, particularly among women seeking an alternative to a med- 42% in Qatar read news online while icated or hospital birth experience. But 2 smartphone penetration on the rise: Survey a new review finds little evidence on whether this option is good for babies. Katara begins pearl-diving Researchers analyzed data from 29 3 contest for kids previously published studies and found no significant differences between water births and other delivery methods in terms of complications, infant mortality or TWEET OF THE DAY admissions to intensive care. Most of these studies were small, however, and didn’t show any advantages of water births, either. “The notion that it is safe to have the baby under water has not been shown as safe or unsafe in our review,” said senior study author Dr. Alastair Sutcliffe, a pedi- atrics researcher at University College of London Hospitals in the UK. “Whilst it is a good plan to try labor in water, my advice is to wait until there People interact with a 12-metre inflatable giant named Fantastic Planet during Spotlight Festival in is more convincing evidence of safety Bucharest, yesterday. before having the actual delivery in water,” Sutcliffe added by email. For mothers, laboring in a pool of warm water can help ease pain, lower the need for anesthesia and potentially speed up the early stages of labor before the cervix is fully dilated and Facebook faces lawsuit over photo tag the baby is ready to emerge. Once it’s time to push, however, the benefits are unclear. About 9 percent of babies in the U.K. OF THE DAY AFP “The court accepts as true plaintiffs’ qualify as biometric data and that were delivered under water last year, Sut- allegations that Facebook’s face rec- the Illinois law did not apply. The cliffe and colleagues note in the Archives Bowie Tori (right) ognition technology involves a scan leading social network had modi- of Disease in Childhood – Fetal and Neo- from USA finishing of face geometry that was done with- fied its terms of service to state that natal Edition. In the U.S., however, the first for100m Women SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge on out plaintiffs’ consent,” he said in the California law applies, but timing and American College of Obstetricians and and Schippers Dafne Thursday rejected a request by Face- ruling. circumstances permit the applica- Gynecologists and the American Acad- from NED finished book to toss out a civil suit accusing it It appeared that legislators in tion of the Illinois act in the suit, the emy of Pediatrics recommend against second after the win- of violating privacy with face-recog- Illinois passed the act to address 24-page ruling said. The suit accuses underwater deliveries due to potential ning of the IAAF nition software to help “tag” people emerging biometric technology such Facebook of unlawfully collecting complications for babies such as infec- Diamond League at in pictures. A lawsuit filed by three as Facebook face-recognition soft- and storing biometric data taken tions, breathing difficulties and drowning Qatar SC yesterday. Illinois residents under the auspices ware at issue in the case, according from faces in pictures “secretly and (bit.ly/1TptcZq). To assess the risks and Photo by Kammutty of the state’s Biometric Information to the judge. Facebook had argued without consent” for a feature that benefits for babies, Sutcliffe and col- VP Privacy Act can proceed, US Dis- in a motion to dismiss that analyz- lets people “tag” friends by name at leagues looked at data from studies that, trict Court Judge James Donato said. ing uploaded photographs did not the social network. combined, included about 39,000 births. Blogger faces legal action over lie

AFP magazine last year that she made up of her cookbook to charity as prom- the diagnosis. Consumer Affairs Vic- ised and friends started to question toria said it was taking legal action her diagnosis via the media. Gibson relating to “false claims by Ms Gib- told Women’s Weekly SYDNEY: A disgraced Austral- son and her company concerning her the following month that after years ian blogger who lied about having diagnosis with terminal brain cancer, of lies, confronting the truth was brain cancer and said she cured her rejection of conventional cancer “very scary, to be honest”. herself of the disease through nat- treatments in favour of natural rem- “No. None of it is true,” she con- ural therapy is facing legal action edies and the donation of proceeds fessed in the interview. “I just think by a consumer watchdog over “false to various charities”. (speaking out) was the responsible claims”, the body said yesterday. “The Whole Pantry” was a cook- thing to do. Above anything else, Belle Gibson launched a cookbook book with 80 mostly plant-based I want people to say ‘okay, she’s and smartphone app in 2013 follow- recipes that drew inspiration from human’.” Penguin publishers stopped ing claims she overcame the disease Gibson’s purported battle against selling “The Whole Pantry” in 2014 through alternative therapies such as cancer. Gibson’s lie began unravelling after her lie was uncovered, and Ayurvedic medicine and with a diet when it emerged in March 2015 that Consumer Affairs said the Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping poses next to the model of his sculpture “Empires” which was said to be free of gluten and refined sugar. she failed to donate Aus$300,000 publisher would make a Aus$30,000 exhibited at the Grand Palais, at his studio on March 29, 2016 in Ivry-sur-Seine. She admitted to an Australian (US$22,120) in profits from the sales donation to the Victorian Consumer. Huang’s artistic power on display Get rid of bad memories Legend on display

AFP philosophy too,” he insisted, saying fanged head menacing Napoleon’s IANS that he also wanted it to have a wow bicorne hat, an exact, scaled-up rep- factor for “the general public”. lica of the one he wore at the Battle Curator Jean de Loisy said it is of Eylau in 1807 when he was at the NEW YORK: It is possible for us to intention- PARIS: Monumental modern art one of the most spectacular works peak of his power. ally forget past experiences by changing how we doesn’t come much more spectac- ever shown in France’s annual The five-metre-high hat faces Les think about the context of those memories, says ular than this. The finishing touches Monumenta show, when an artist Invalides where the general is bur- a study. The researchers showed participants were being put yesterday to a breath- is given free rein of the vast domed ied, and also lines up with the seat of images of outdoor scenes, such as forests, moun- taking installation about power by Grand Palais in Paris. “This show French presidential power, the Elysee tains and beaches, as they studied two lists of Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping has an ambition that you will not palace. “The snake with its aggres- random words. The study’s participants were told which has a 133-ton snake threat- see in many places in the world,” sive head is the power of industry on to either forget or remember the random words ening a triumphal arch made from said De Loisy, who runs the Palais the march, of geo-economic forces... presented to them interspersed between scene shipping containers topped with a de Tokyo modern art museum in the China has made the choice of global images. Right after they were told to forget, it giant Napoleon hat. French capital. He said the show con- economic power while America has showed that they “flushed out” the scene-related It is easy to see “Empires” -- fronted people with the enormity of made the choice of military might,” activity from their brains. which opens to the public on Monday the forces shaping our world. “The De Loisy said. “It’s like intentionally pushing thoughts of -- as a metaphor for China’s massive moment you walk in you are faced He said Huang makes no “moral your grandmother’s cooking out of your mind if economic muscle dethroning the old by a huge cliff of containers, stacked judgements” about the system which you don’t want to think about your grandmother great powers of the West. But the art- seven high, which shows how small sees “containers making the great at that moment,” Manning said. But when the ist best known for putting scorpions, we are in relation to global industrial fortunes of the world but also pro- researchers told participants to remember the tarantulas and other creepie crawlies power,” the curator said. viding a hiding place for the most studied list rather than forget it, this flushing A bust of German philosopher, economist and in a glass case and letting them fight He said Huang had created a unfortunate, the migrants who are out of scene-related thoughts did not occur. The it out in his controversial “Theatre “complete symbolic landscape” with smuggled in them. Huang left China amount that people flushed out scene-related revolutionary socialist Karl Marx (1818-1883) is on of the World”, said “there are several the giant skeleton of a 254-metre- for France at the time of the Tianan- thoughts predicted how many of the studied display at the Karl-Marx-Haus in Trier, Germany, levels” to his enormous new show. long (833-feet) snake wrapping men protests in 1989. “Empires” runs words they would later remember, which shows yesterday. “It is about history, art and itself around the containers, with its until June 18. the process is effective at facilitating forgetting.