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BEIRUT: Outgoing Lebanese President Michel Suleiman yes- terday said that dialogue was haul of expired the only way to overcome deep divisions in the country. Suleiman made his remarks during his farewell speech hours before his six-year term ended cosmetics and two days after parliament failed for the fifth time to choose a successor. With his departure, Lebanon Plan to discipline beauty salons enters a presidential vacancy with no clear sign when it will end. DOHA: Having seized huge such expired and substandard Suleiman’s powers will pass to quantities of expired beauty products on the faces and skin of Prime Minister Tammam Salam’s products from a large number of customers. It is so dangerous to do government. beauty salons across the coun- this,” the CPD said. Suleiman reiterated his call for try, the state consumer rights According to the release, cus- the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah watchdog has drawn up a plan to tomer complaints were galore to pull its fighters out of Syria to discipline the outlets and make and that forced the department preserve national unity. them comply with rules. to mount the large-scale raids on “(Preserving) our national unity The Consumer Protection the parlours in the past week. is the priority and forces us not Department (CPD) of the Ministry Beauty parlours charge custom- to interfere in the issues of the of Economy and Commerce is set- ers so much money and yet many neighbour no matter how dear the ting up a crack team of women of them use substandard, at times neighbour is,” he said. inspectors to keep a vigil on beauty counterfeit and expired, products, Real Madrid’s defender Sergio Ramos heads the ball to score during the UEFA Champions League final against REUTERS salons all over Qatar. said the CPD. Atletico Madrid at Luz stadium in Lisbon last night. Real won 4-1. See also page 28 The CPD said that last week its The violating parlours have inspectors mounted raids on 191 been booked under Article 8 of beauty parlours all over the coun- Law Number 8 of 2008, which try and detected as many as 50 provides for punishing outlets violations. that use expired or counterfeit The inspections were meant to products. check the quality of the services The release said that the econ- Schools can seek fee hike review of these outlets and the products omy ministry had drawn up a DOHA: Private schools that schools that had sought per- been assessed on three major con- specific points to each of the above they use, according to the CPD. plan that included making a list unhappy with the decision of mission for a fee hike can lodge siderations: the cost of education, criteria. “We took samples of beauty of beauty parlours that are found the Supreme Education Council their complaints by May 29 if they ability of the parents to afford the “This is a welcome step and products from suspected outlets repeating violations. (SEC) on their requests for a fee are not satisfied with the SEC’s fee hike and the need to encourage it shows that the SEC is now and sent them all for laboratory The plan also includes provid- hike have been given time until decision. private investment in education. more transparent on the issue of tests. The tests showed that all the ing intensive training to female May 29 to seek a review. The official had said earlier that The SEC’s policy is to help fee increases,” said the principal samples were of expired items,” inspectors so that they keep The SEC held a meeting of pri- the SEC had rejected about 70 schools cover costs while making of a leading Indian school who the economy ministry said in a constant and close vigil on the vate school officials on Thursday percent of the applications seek- sure that the fees are not prohibi- attended the meeting. press statement issued yesterday. parlours. to explain new procedures and ing a fee hike and granted permis- tive, said the official. “What we understand is that It is dangerous to use expired They would be conducting a raid criteria adopted by the SEC for sion to the remaining schools for a The SEC takes feedback from the SEC is now opting for a grad- facial, skin, body and haircare on a beauty parlour as soon as a deciding on fee hike requests. slight hike in their fees — mostly parents, students and teachers to ual increase in the fees, looking products on customers, said the customer complaint is received. In a new initiative, the ranging from 1.5 percent to four assess the quality and perform- into all aspects. Another positive CPD, adding that it had initiated The CPD said people can call and SEC has tied up with percent. ance of the schools before taking thing is that schools are classified legal action against the erring lodge complaints on its dedicated PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Schools that were denied per- a decision on fee hike requests. It on the basis of their curricula and salons. hotline (number 8005000). a leading international company mission or are not happy with the also looks into the financial sta- the communities they are serving. Large stocks of shampoo, “This is the most effective way providing professional services, to permitted amount of increase can tus of each school based on audited For instance, all Indian schools creams and other cosmetic prod- to make sure that these outlets evaluate fee hike applications from now seek a review. However, they financial statements presented by are now being put in one category ucts stocked up by the erring are disciplined. Legal action would private schools. have to provide fresh evidence to the schools. while deciding the fees. Earlier, salons for use on customers were be taken against them,” said the Addressing the meeting, Hamad substantiate their claims, said the In collaboration with PWC, the they were compared with other found to be expired. release. Al Ghali, director of the Private official. SEC has developed a new system private schools,” he added. “Imagine, they were applying THE PENINSULA Schools Office at the SEC, said He said requests for fee hike had to assess fee hike requests, giving THE PENINSULA

Smile, police to get friendly with children Labour Ministry to conduct

DOHA: Community policing raids to detect violations in Qatar is taking a new turn with public security officials and DOHA: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is gearing up to strategists turning their atten- launch raids on companies to check their compliance with provisions tion to children to remove their of the labour law ahead of some key changes in labour rights antici- fear of the police. pated in the country. Police strategists complain that Beginning next month, the Inspection Department of the labour parents often frighten their chil- ministry is expected to mount raids on a massive scale on companies dren by telling them that if they do and their labour lodgings, Al Sharq reported yesterday. something the parents don’t want, The compliance of companies with rules on occupational health and the police would catch them. “This safety, and paying workers’ wages in time, and whether any company is the way parents, at times, make has employed runaway workers, are to be checked. their children obey them,” said Ali Companies must keep ready salary statements (paid to workers) for Battal Hasan Al Naimi, a senior the past three months. The salary sheets must be endorsed by the labour official of Al Fazaa. ministry, the daily said. Labour accommodations will also be checked “We participate in community and companies must ensure that four workers stay in a room of not less programmes to talk to participat- than four by four metres in size. ing children to make them famil- THE PENINSULA iar and remove their fear,” Al Naimi told The Peninsula on the sidelines of a Ministry of Interior (MOI) event. The MOI, in collaboration with McDonald’s, has organised an Sharif to attend Modi swearing-in awareness campaign to educate families and children about safety ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s India but has been under pres- and security, fire prevention and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sure to toughen his stance from traffic rules. has accepted an invitation to hardliners at home, particularly A two-day event was held at the Ministry of Interior officers during an awareness campaign at the Airport branch of McDonald’s. ABDUL BASIT at t en d t he i n au g u r at ion of I n d i a n within the army. The top source Airport branch of McDonald’s last Prime Minister-designate of friction is his aim to boost trade Thursday and Friday, from 6pm and security to the participants about traffic and fire-related figures, Birdie, Hamburglar and Narendra Modi, a first in the with India. Many army officers to 9pm. The MOI security and and introduced the services and issues. Ronald, created some charm- history of the nuclear-armed say India must vacate its part of service departments, including Al security-related measures which Police officials helped the chil- ing moments for the children as rivals, an official said yesterday. the disputed territory of Kashmir Fazaa Police Department, Traffic are initiated by MOI departments. dren learn about the services and the McDonald’s figures delivered “There will be a bilateral meet- before ties can improve. Department, Community Policing Many booklets, brochures and initiatives of each department and safety advice related to traffic and ing on the sidelines between Prime Officials in Pakistan are hopeful of Capital Security Department, other printed material was dis- they were given the opportunity to fire and introduced the emergency Minister Nawaz Sharif and Mr that Modi will seize an opportu- General Directorate of Civil tributed. Films on traffic aware- get a close look at police cars and numbers 999 and the emergency Modi,” Mohyuddin Wani, the joint nity to rebuild ties, because he is Defence and Public Relations ness were also shown. learn about the equipment and number for the deaf and dumb, secretary of the prime minister’s much less vulnerable to charges Department, took part in the The restaurant management systems inside. 992, to be called in emergency office, said. “Mr Sharif will also be of weakness that plagued Prime event. conducted several competitions The MOI awareness figures, situations. calling on the Indian president.” Minister Manmohan Singh. The officials talked of guide- for children and the families that ‘Police are my Friend’, ‘Aman’ Continued on page 5 Sharif came to power last year REUTERS lines and gave advice on safety helped raise public awareness and ‘Salama’, and the McDonald’s THE PENINSULA promising to rebuild relations with See also page 13 SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Minister: Qatar committed to enhancing GCC joint action ‘Made in the GCC’ expo in Sharjah to highlight support for projects

DOHA: The Minister of light on encouraging businesses This year, the exhibition will to display their products, have Economy and Commerce and give prominence to the GCC focus on industry, trade, busi- contacts with GCC businessmen H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim role in supporting small and ness, small and medium projects, and consumers to learn about bin Mohammed Al Thani medium projects. construction and building, the progress the GCC industry yesterday said Qatar’s par- It also aims to highlight transport and aviation, energy, has achieved. ticipation in the 15th GCC encouragement to innovation tourism, information, agricul- It will feature more than 200 Joint Exhibition, which opens and creativity, protection of ture, investment, food security exhibitors from the Gulf. tomorrow in Sharjah is part consumer rights and provision and oil and gas. The exhibition every two of its commitment to enhance of opportunities for GCC trad- Many Qatari companies will years in a GCC state aims to the GCC cooperation march, ers to market and introduce display their products in the fulfil aspirations of young busi- especially on the economic their products and increase the industry, trade, services and ness initiators and owners of and trade level to achieve the volume of trade exchange in other sectors. small and medium projects and www.swiss-belhotel.com aspired integration to realise addition to familiarising with The expo will bring together provides them with the oppor- the interests of GCC peoples. investment and trade oppor- top GCC personalities and busi- tunity to display their products, Tel The exhibition, under the tunities provided by the Gulf nessmen, and investors and introduce their services and Fax theme ‘Made in the GCC’, aims economy to foreign investors industrialists from the region meet businessmen, investors to introduce companies and cor- and marketing e-services per- and the world as it will provide and consumers. porations in the region and shed taining to the business sector. an opportunity for businessmen QNA Tel Fax Capacity building course on National Emir, PM send Tel cables to Eritrea Fax Development Strategy launched DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani DOHA: The Ministry of methodologies for policymak- “We are proud and honoured yesterday a cable of con- Tollfree Development Planning and ing, policy analyses and moni- to be part of the initiative and gratulations to the President Statistics and ExxonMobil toring and contribute to the to be the only private sector of Eritrea, on his country’s Fax Qatar officially launched development and implementa- corporation to support the Independence Day. a capacity building course tion of national labour strate- ministry with this endeavour,” The Prime Minister and on National Development gies to achieve objectives of the said Cahir. Interior Minister H E Sheikh Tel Strategy 2011-2016 yesterday. Human Development Pillar of “The course provides last- Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa The Minister H E Dr Saleh Qatar National Vision 2030. ing knowledge and skills to Al Thani sent a similar cable. Fax Mohamed Salem Al Nabit “The course responds to national labour market experts and Bart Cahir, President and requests from ministries and and supports the development QITCOM 2014 General Manager, ExxonMobil agencies for capacity building of a framework to increase Tel Qatar Inc., attended the open- in best practice techniques to their participation — men and Fax ing and addressed over 25 support labour market analyses women — in technical and opens tomorrow public sector officials who are and policymaking to implement vocational positions, which is DOHA: Under the patron- participating in the week-long the strategy,” the Minister said. critical to successful industry age and in the presence of the workshop, providing insights “It is important that our operations across all sectors Prime Minister and Interior Tel into the importance of evi- colleagues receive first-class of Qatar’s economy. “With a Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah Fax dence-based analyses to sup- training in assessing important Qatarisation head count of 53 bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al port national labour strategies. statistical information to help percent as of January 2014, up 5 Thani, the third edition of www.doha.hilton.com The course will provide accurately describe our econ- percent from 2013, we continu- Qatar ICT Conference and officials from the Ministry of omy and build a labour market ously strive to meet the objec- Exhibition, ‘QITCOM 2014’ Tel +974 44233333 Labour, Supreme Education outlook. I thank ExxonMobil tives of Qatar National Vision open tomorrow. Council and other ministries Qatar for support for the 2030’s Human Development The three-day event will Fax +974 44233000 and agencies with a better course, and look forward to Pillar within our own walls be held at Qatar National understanding of labour con- continuing to work with them by recruiting and developing Convention Centre. cepts and methodologies. on future programmes for the Qataris to handle key industry- The Minister of Information It will teach participants good of Qatar, its citizens and specific responsibilities.” and Communications how to apply the concepts and workforce,” he said. THE PENINSULA Technology H E Dr Hessa Sultan Al Jaber will deliver the opening speech and the Minister of Finance H E Ali Sherif Al Emadi the keynote speech. Organised by the Tel Qanz Card now Ooredoo’s Nojoom partner Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Fax DOHA: Ooredoo yesterday and managed by fischerAppelt, announced Azadea’s Qanz Qatar, the event will focus on Card as the latest redemp- information and communica- tion partner for the Nojoom tions technology (ICT). With Tel rewards programme, as the the mission to inspire people to Fax company is pushing forward ‘Innovate Today for the Future to provide more redemption of Qatar,’ the event will host opportunities this year. local, regional and global experts In a statement, Ooredoo who will share insights into ICT Tel said Nojoom members can now topics. Fax redeem their points for Qanz The third edition is impor- Cards in denominations of tant, as it will also feature an QR100, QR250, QR350 or QR600 exhibition, awards, competitions to use in Azadea’s partnered for entrepreneurs and students, outlets in popular malls across and other offerings to reflect Tel the country. Officials at the event. aspirations and growth poten- Fax New Azadea partnership will tial of the Qatari ICT sector. offer Nojoom members 500 new region, including Qatar, Bahrain, redemption, at one of Azadea’s QITCOM is part of the min- major outlets across eight coun- Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, partnered shops, including istry’s efforts to harness the tries to redeem from. Kuwait, Lebanon and the UAE Pepe Jeans, Virgin Megastores, power of ICT, driving innovation Tel Qanz Cards can be used so customers can enjoy products Singways, IQ and The Butcher into the future, as an advanced at shops such as Zara, Zara and services of Qanz Cards while Shop & Grill, Villaggio, ICT sector is crucial to a diver- Fax Home, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, travelling. Landmark Mall or Lagoona sified economy. ICT supports Pull&Bear, Uterque & Oysho, To redeem, members can visit Mall. Once the validation is all aspects of the development Stradivarius, Boggi, Mango, the Nojoom website or down- complete, customers will receive plan outlined in Qatar National Punt Roma, Gymboree, Virgin, load the Ooredoo Mobile App their Qanz Card. Vision 2030, and is key to real- Tel PAUL, The Butcher Shop & to access their accounts and The partnership is the latest ising the leadership’s vision Fax Grill, and more, giving members redeem their denomination. in redemption additions to the – from sustaining economic a wide range of shopping options. Customers must then vali- programme, which is celebrating prosperity to providing a high Qanz Cards will also work date the SMS voucher they its fifth anniversary this year. standard of living to all people in eight countries across the will receive upon completion of THE PENINSULA in Qatar. Transport Minister Fans enjoy live Champions League final meets officials LEIPZIG: The Minister of Tel Transport H E Jassim Seif Fax Ahmed Al Sulaiti yesterday met separately British Transport Secretary Robert Kwodwyl, German Federal Minister Tel for Transport, Building Fax and Urban Development Peter Ramsauer and French Minister for Transport www.renaissancedoha.com Minister Frederic Cuvillier. The meetings were held on Tel +974 44195000 the sidelines of International Fax +974 44195100 Transport Forum in the city of Leipzig. The meetings dealt with relations between Qatar and these countries, especially in the field of transport and Football fans watching live Champions League final match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid communications. on TV at a restaurant in Souq Waqif yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 QC contest raises QR3.6m for Syrian refugees ‘Competitors’ runs until this month-end DOHA: Qatar Charity’s Al Kuwari, Abdul Aziz Al Zaman, Relations Manager Salem Al ‘Competitors’ contest has raised Ibrahim Khalfan, Mohammed Adhba. He thanked the partici- QR3.6m for Syrian refugees in Hassan Al Gharib, Hassan Al pants in the contest which he said Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Saa’i, Dr Ilham Badr Al Saada, encourages all segments of Qatari Iraq. Mohsen Fahad Al Hajri, Fatima society to take part in humanitar- The second edition of the con- Al Emadi, Adel Hasan Khalaf, ian work and make the most of test was launched via the QC Maha Al Subaie, Nasser Mubarak their potential and abilities. website with the involvement of Al Khulaifi, Salem Hamad Daiya, “The contest is reaching its 28 Qatari celebrities who visited Ibrahim Al Khaja, Hani Hamad QR4.51m target set at the start of Jordan at April-end and were Al Marri, Ahmed Salem Al Bakri, the initiative, with around 80 per- briefed on refugees there. Masha’il Subai’i, Mohammed cent of the amount raised to date, The group also distributed food Ali Al Marri, Mohammed Habs which reflects the overwhelming parcels and hygiene kits as part of Huwail, Nasser Nahar Shammari response, particularly impressive new projects in the areas of shel- and Hanan Al Fayad. due to the fact that the last edi- ter, food, productive families and They competed to col- tion took place during Ramadan,” education costing around QR4.5m lect the largest sum of money Al Adhba said. and visited the Zaatari and other via http://portal.qcharity.net/ He urged the Qatari commu- refugees camps near the Syrian- qc/CompetitorsCompetition/ nity to support the competition Jordanian border. homePage.aspx which serves a noble humanitar- Participants included Talal Al “The money raised will be allo- ian goal. Donations can be made Officials and children at the event. Kuwari, Asmaa Saad Al Kaabi, cated for implementation of spe- at QC branches and designated Mohammed Jaham Kuwari, cial projects for Syrian refugees malls and commercial complexes. cheque, with the payment being code. QC signed an agreement work, invest energies of young Talal Al Tamimi, Ali Ateeq Al in neighbouring countries in the Donations via the website can be entered into the system through with Ooredoo which is the official people and mobilise support Abdullah, Saeed Mohammed areas of housing, education, food made by credit cards, bank trans- smart devices. Donations can also sponsor of the contest. for QC projects. It runs until Al Nabit, Khaled Abu Moza, and development, for the benefit fer or bank deposit. Donations at be made by text message, where The contest aims to engage May-end. Shahira Shahwani, Rashid Majid of 8,000 people,” said QC Public collection points can be made by each participant has a designated Qatari society in humanitarian THE PENINSULA Enterprise Qatar awards QR6m to Al Fikra contest winners

DOHA: Enterprise Qatar (EQ), experts. The Minister said, “The the SME-dedicated company, aim of competition is not merely awarded QR6m to the winners to collect ideas but to ignite the of the third edition of Al Fikra spirit of entrepreneurship and Business Plan Competition in inspire our youth to choose a a ceremony, said a press state- unique career path that reflects ment yesterday. their creativity. Through it, we The money was distributed want our future leaders to acquire among six teams of young entre- skills needed to showcase their preneurs for their innovative innovative ideas and add value to business ideas, selected from our society. The hope is that we 178 proposals. The ceremony can depend on our new generation was held under the patronage to diversify our economy.. of the Minister of Economy and “With this, I address all of our Commerce and EQ Chairman Qatari male and females to say, H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim even though you may not have Al Thani. It marked the end thorough knowledge or access of this year’s competition held to proper finances to bring your Officials and winners at the ceremony. over four months in partnership ideas to life, EQ is here to open with Qatar Business Incubation the doors and help you turn your category included ‘Q Talent’ by Hamed, Noora Al Muhannadi and second; and ‘LifeSpan+’ by Daniel (ICT sector) in third. Centre, Qatar Development dreams into reality. Our hope Maryam Al Subaiey and Maryam Asil Al Bardawil (ICT sector) in Cheweiky and Sultan Al Jaber THE PENINSULA Bank, ExxonMobil, Sasol, Qatar lies in you, our new generation of Al Emadi (ICT sector) in first University and Carnegie Mellon young entrepreneurs and we are place; ‘Al Galayel Simulator University in Qatar. committed to providing you with Game’ by Mohammed Doumir The initiative reinforces EQ’s a vast network of resources and and Mohammed Jassim Ahmed ethos of encouraging the estab- support, including, educational Al Kuwari (ICT sector) in second; lishment of small and medium and training programmes and and ‘LeFreej Café’ by Abdulaziz Al enterprises (SMEs) to foster a consultancy services.” Sulaiti, Eman Al Sulaiti and Issam culture of entrepreneurship in Ali Al Khulaifi, Acting CEO, Alameh (Food and Beverage sec- Qatar. During the competition EQ, said: “The competition saw tor) in third place. applicants underwent business wide participation of people The winners of the student cat- plan development training and seeking to creatively express egory included ‘F8’ by Ali Abbas, were coached in financial state- themselves while serving their Saad Ahmed, Sabih Bin Wasi and ment analyses after which they society. This year, we received 178 Noorul Huda Admaney (ICT sec- submitted business plans which proposals.” tor) in first place; ‘Smart Cart’ were evaluated by a panel of The winners in the professional by Amna Ahmed Mabrouk, Maya SCH workshop to mark three years of National Health Strategy DOHA: To mark the completion of three years of NHS comprises 39 projects, two of which have National Health Strategy 2011-2016 (NHS), the been accomplished, and great progress has been Supreme Council of Health (SCH) will host an made in the remaining 37, with 44 percent of output event for healthcare specialists on June 2 under completed. the theme ‘Enhancing the Patient Journey’. NHS was created to help deliver the objectives of The Minister of Public Health H E Abdullh bin Qatar National Vision 2030 and ensure that all peo- Khalid Al Qahtani will speak on key achievements ple in Qatar have access to one of the best health- of NHS to date and participate in a panel discussion care systems in world. NHS is a partnership of SCH, with healthcare leaders. Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Healthcare The theme reflects the importance of patient- Corporation and over 50 other organisations. centred healthcare in NHS and the commitment The event will include a video showing four of NHS partners to improve patient experience. patients presenting their real life experiences in The annual event aims to promote a greater the healthcare sector in Qatar. understanding of NHS and highlight the positive The video aims to raise awareness of how health- and wide-ranging transformation NHS is bringing care professionals can better ready themselves to to health in Qatar. address patients’ needs. THE PENINSULA Aluminium downstream investment opportunities forum from Tuesday

DOHA: The Aluminium Unveiling rising opportuni- tonnes, which represents about 7 Downstream Investment ties for aluminium downstream percent of the gobal output. Opportunities Conference industries in Qatar, Azem Project Aluminium downstream starts on Tuesday under the Development, in partnership with industries in Qatar have become patronage of the Minister of Frost & Sullivan, is organising the important to meet demand from Energy and Industry H E Dr conference at Intercontinental local and international markets. Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada. Hotel Doha. With high quality and competitive Qatari company Azem Project The accompanying exhibition products, the industry will con- Development is bringing together will showcase latest innovations tribute significantly to achieving top experts from across the globe and techniques in the aluminium industrial diversification in Qatar. to share know-how and experi- downstream industry. Increasing Total investments in alumin- ences in the aluminium down- aluminium smelter capacities will ium downstream projects are stream industry, the company drive the growth of downstream about QR1.2bn, with production said in a statement on Thursday. industries in the GCC and an in- capacity close to 260,000 tonnes The forum will be an opportu- depth session on the subject will per year of products. nity to obtain a full investment be held by Frost & Sullivan. Total demand for products is opportunity profile for each The conference will present more than 2.8m tonnes in the project and interact with regional investment opportunities related Middle East and North Africa and international technology pro- to aluminium downstream with region. viders, investors, entrepreneurs, high returns to the private sector. Azem’s main business line is to banks and financial institutions GCC aluminium production develop small and medium project and businessmen. is estimated at about 3.5 million in the country. QNA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME QA flies to Istanbul Sabiha GkçenJ Airport Water cannon salute greets inaugural flight which marks airline’s 140th destination from Doha

ISTANBUL: Qatar Airways officials and dignitaries, includ- Arabia, Bangkok, the Maldives, has continued its expansion ing. GkhanJ Buday, CEO, Istanbul Bali, Singapore, Melbourne and plans with the launch of direct Sabiha GJkçen International Hong Kong. flights to its third destination in Airport, and Qatari Ambassador Buday said: “The new route is Turkey. Salem Mubarak Al Shafi were expected to further strengthen The airline’s inaugural flight present. Qatar and Turkey’s strong to Istanbul Sabiha GJkçen “QA has reached yet another business and commercial links International Airport touched key milestone in Turkey, with and help meet increasing tour- down on Thursday evening to the launch of four additional ist demand, driven by a recent mark the five-star career’s 140th weekly flights to this fast-grow- upward surge in Turkey’s tour- destination from Doha. ing country,” Koleilat told a press ism industry.” The historic flight signalled conference. Flight schedules between the start of a four-times-weekly “Istanbul is a magical city, rich Istanbul Sabiha GkçenJ Airport service to Istanbul Sabiha Gkçen,J in history and culture so we are and Doha are as follow: extending its reach in Turkey’s thrilled to be providing this new Mondays and Saturdays largest city. scheduled service to Istanbul Depart Doha QR243 at 1355 The route, to operated by Sabiha Gkçen,J an airport that and arrive at Sabiha Airport at an Airbus A320, with 12 seats serves as a vital connecting hub 1810 and depart Sabiha Airport in Business Class and 132 in between Asia and Europe.” QR244 at 1905 and arrive in Economy, is QA’s third route to With the new route, QA will be Doha at 2300. Turkey, in addition to Istanbul serving travellers from the east- Tuesdays and Thursdays Ataturk Airport and Ankara. ern (Asian) side of Istanbul in Depart Doha QR243 at 1320 With the addition of Istanbul addition to Ataturk Airport which and arrive at Sabiha Airport at Sabiha GJkçen, the number of services the population in the 1735 and depart Sabiha Airport flights to Turkey rises from 14 to western (European) side of the QR244 at 1835 and arrive in Doha 18 each week. city separated by the Bosphorus. at 2230 Qatar Airways’ and Turkish officials at the press conference at the Istanbul Sabiha GkçenJ International Airport. A water cannon salute and tra- The Istanbul Sabiha GJkçen QA has seen rapid growth in ditional Turkish folk dance show operation provides a non-stop link 17 years of operation and now it greeted the inaugural flight, which to Doha with excellent onward flies a modern fleet of 134 aircraft Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific with Edinburgh, Scotland (May Fort Worth, US (July 1) and carried QA’s Chief Commercial connections to over 100 destina- to 140 key business and leisure and North and South Americas. 28), Miami, US (June 10), Tokyo Djibouti (July 27). Officer, Marwan Koleilat. Airport tions, including the UAE, Saudi destinations across Europe, the The network will grow further Haneda, Japan (June 18), Dallas/ THE ENINSULA

Awsaj Academy SDC holds graduation ceremony honours students DOHA: Awsaj Academy, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, held an honorary awards ceremony to celebrate students for their academic achievements. Held in conjunction with Oryx GTL, the cer- emony was held at the school campus in Doha, attended by representatives from Oryx GTL, acad- emy staff, parents and students. Oryx GTL presented six students with certifi- cates of achievement and gifts for their hard work, dedication and success. Dr Don Francis, Awsaj Academy’s Secondary Khalid Al Ghanim (left) receiving his award from School Principal, said the students demonstrated Abdulhadi Barqan, H R Manager, Oryx GTL at the great literacy in English and Arabic and compas- ceremony. sion. He stressed the importance of the partner- Officials and graduates at the ceremony. ship with Oryx GTL, the programme sponsor, and projects. The awards recognise students in and its value in promoting the academic growth grades 10-12 who have demonstrated proficiency DOHA: The Social Development Center (SDC) country’s youth and their achievements as they proceed of students through funding academy activities in English, maths and science. THE PENINSULA held its second annual joint graduation cere- towards using their experiences to contribute to the mony under the theme ‘Enmaa 2014,’ in collabo- employment sector in Qatar. ration with ExxonMobil Qatar. “We are proud of our graduates and their ambition to A total of 182 students were awarded diplo- contribute to building this great nation and adding to its mas for completing the First Step, Badr.Winta security and social stability. Gadr, and Qatar International Beauty Academy “We are also proud of their awareness of the impor- (Tajmeel) programmes. tance of the fast-paced work environment and their zeal The event was held at Qatar National Convention to work hard to improve the quality of life.” Centre, attended by Muneera Almisned, A documentary on the journey of the students through Chairperson, Qatar Foundation for Social work, the SDC programmes was shown. Amal Al Mannai, Executive Director, SDC, and The Badr programme offers services to help fami- Alistair Routledge, Vice-President, Production, lies and individuals fulfil their projects, ensuring that ExxonMobil Qatar Inc., VIPs, renowned figures in they become self-reliant through programmes, including Qatari society, graduates and their families. financial support systems, training and rehabilitation Al Mannai said, “Today marks the outcome of courses, marketing support, management consultancy, 16 years of experience at SDC. At this time we and incubation services, as well as motivational incentives commemorate the continuing development of our such as nomination for the Reyada Awards for Qatari Entrepreneurs. This year Badr graduated 10 students from the programme. Tajmeel is Qatar’s first educational establishment, providing high quality training and inter- national qualifications in the hair and beauty industry. THE PENINSULA Qnbn to take part in QITCOM 2014 DOHA: Qatar National Broadband Network (Qnbn), the enabler of high-speed broadband communication, is taking part in the third annual edition of the informa- tion and communication technology conference and exhibition, QITCOM 2014, for three days from tomorrow at Qatar National Convention Centre. The event will feature Mohammed Al Mannai, CEO, a conference, exhibition, Qnbn and awards ceremony, and brings together govern- ment officials, businesses, greater opportunities for industry leaders and con- businesses and citizens. sumers through their As such, Qnbn fiber optic shared enthusiasm for ICT broadband infrastructure and the growth potential of is critical to ensuring sus- Qatar’s ICT sector. tainable national growth.” Mohammed Al As part of the Mannai, CEO, Qnbn, Ministry of Information said, “According to the and Communication ‘Networked Readiness Technology pavilion, Qnbn Index’ report com- will share its world-class missioned by World broadband expertise and Economic Forum, Qatar highlight transformational ranks the highest among benefits high-speed broad- Arab nations. This shift band brings to businesses towards a digital knowl- and residential users. edge economy is creating THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Qatar Foundation bags Turkey to bolster Qatar ties Meed Editor’s Award DOHA: Qatar Foundation More human-to-human contacts in all possible fields a priority: Envoy (QF) has received special rec- BY ERIKA WIDEN ognition at this year’s annual institutionalising cultural rela- further consolidate ties at grass- background covering our eco- ‘Meed Quality Awards’ for tions will bear fruits and attain roots level. “Qatar occupies the nomic, social and cultural rela- Projects. DOHA: More human-to- their potential our countries hearts of Turkish people and I can tions. Agreements on economic On behalf of QF, Rasha Al human contacts with Qatar in deserve. The Turkish community see with pleasure the interest of and technical cooperation, air Sulaiti, Project Management all possible fields is a top prior- here in the role of business hold- our Qatari brothers and sisters transportation, encouragement Director, Capital Projects ity of the Turkish ambassador ers, professionals and academi- in Turkey. A greater number of and reciprocal protection of Directorate, accepted the Meed as part of Ankara’s efforts to cians is contributing to Qatar’s Qataris visits Turkey each year. investments, prevention of double Editor’s Award which recog- bolster relations. society and economy. Turkish TV series are very popu- taxation, manpower employment, nises innovation, design and “We celebrated the first “In 2013, about 25,000 Qataris lar here. Besides, Qataris are buy- and cultural cooperation and oth- leadership. Turkish festival in Doha this visited Turkey for touristic and ing homes in Turkey. ers have been signed. The event was held at a cer- April. Through it, we aimed to business purposes. As we observed “It will therefore remain high “Corollary to our expanding emony at the Sofitel Dubai Hotel leave a notable impression by people enjoy combining their busi- on my priorities to strengthen cooperation, I believe we will have on the Palm Jumeirah. displaying a small but effective ness trips to touristic visits. In human-to-human contacts with more agreements to consolidate Engineer Jassim Telefat, part of historical and modern 2013, the number of Qatari visi- Qatar in all possible fields. our relations.” Group Executive Director, QF aspects of the Turkish culture,” tors increased 74.98 percent com- According to him, there are Turkey imports aluminium, Capital Projects and Facilities says Ahmet Demirok. pared to 2012. As bilateral and around 8,000 Turkish citizens in mineral oils, distillation prod- Management, said: “We are “Having known that more than individual commercial relations Qatar, mostly employed in the ucts, plastics, and organic and honoured to receive the award 33,000 people visited the festival, grow, business and touristic visits construction sector and service inorganic chemicals from Qatar, since it reflects and recognises I am glad to see the huge interest from both nations are increasing companies. Some are working as while Qatar mostly imports elec- our commitment to green build- Rasha Al Sulaiti, Project in it and am keen to organise such day by day.” personnel for Turkish construc- tric machinery and equipment, ing design and educate the com- Management Director, Capital cultural and artistic events for Demirok says Turkey and tion firms. Also, there are Turkish machinery and mechanical appli- munity on the importance of Projects Directorate, receiving the the upcoming period. We invite Qatar enjoy excellent ties in engineers working for interna- ances, furniture, iron and steel, sustainability.” award at the ceremony. our Qatari brothers and sisters to every field. “We laid the founda- tional energy or construction stone, ships and boats. “From the beginning, QF’s have similar activities in Turkey.” tions of this strong relationship firms, as restaurant owners and But Demirok believes Turkish Education City has been built He says Ankara would also like almost 500 years ago. I believe chefs, and barbershop owners, to building materials, construction with the goal of minimising the In its fourth year, the award to open a Turkish Cultural Centre the partnership will develop name a few. Most Turkish citizens machineries, aluminium products, environmental impact of con- has attracted substantial inter- in Doha and would be glad to see a into a bright future of coopera- in Doha come from the Antakya jewellery, clothing and food are struction and developing high- est from companies and individu- Qatari Cultural House in Turkey. tion,” he says, adding expanding province and are fluent in Arabic. potential items Qatar can import. performance buildings with als across the GCC construction “I believe our efforts towards political and economic ties will “We have a strong legal THE PENINSULA significantly reduced energy and industry. Through its annual water demand to ensure sustain- award, MEED seeks to recognise ability for future generations.” the finest achievements in the Al Sulaiti said: “It is an honour GCC projects industry, and cel- to receive the award on behalf of ebrate all those who have made QF as it encourages us to con- possible the exceptional design Tougher traffic laws in pipeline tinue our sustainable construc- and delivery of major projects. Gulf Air discounts for tion efforts while adhering to the The QF Male and Female Continued from page 1 highest possible global standards. Student Housing project was also Ayub Hassan Mezfari, Director of Operations, MacDonald’s Qatar, QF remains committed to its commended in the two key award Ahli Bank cardholders expressed pleasure at partnering with the ministry in awareness cam- vision of community development categories — Sustainable Project paigns and said his company was very attentive to ensure the safety while maintaining a sustainable of the Year and the Louis Berger DOHA: Gulf Air, the national of our long-haul product this year. and security of its customers. environment for generations to Building Project of the Year. carrier of Bahrain, has inked We believe that our customers will He added that it was a good opportunity for the company to prove come.” THE PENINSULA an agreement with Ahli Bank benefit from this offer, giving the its social responsibility to initiate awareness campaigns. under which the bank’s debit bank’s cardholders yet another Ghada Kamal, Marketing Manager of the company, said joint events and credit cardholders will reason to choose to fly with Gulf could be very fruitful as families could learn a lot about safety and receive a 10 percent discount Air”. Andrew McKechnie, Deputy security issues. on Economy Class fares and 15 CEO and Head of Retail Banking, She said the awareness campaign would be held at the Dukhan Weather may get hotter today percent discount on Falcon Gold Ahli Bank said: “We are delighted branch on May 29 and Al Sadd branch on June 5-6. Class fares on purchasing tick- to be associated with Gulf Air About daredevil car racing and other such violations, policemen told DOHA: The hot weather experienced in several parts of the coun- ets before December 31, 2014. and our strategic partnership this newspaper that tougher laws were in the pipeline. try yesterday is expected to intensify a little today, according to a Wael Mattar, Gulf Air’s gives the bank an ideal opportu- However, more than the law what is needed is awareness campaigns forecast. Country Manager, Qatar, said: nity to provide customers with a in the community, they added. The maximum temperature reported from several places in the “Our efforts have been to provide great offer during the peak travel Members of a family indulged in daredevil racing a day after losing country was 42 degrees Celsius. It would remain the same today in our passengers with the best pos- period.” THE PENINSULA a near and dear one in such an act. THE PENINSULA Mesaieed and Al Wakra, but in Doha and Al Khor mercury may touch sible product and service whether 43 degrees. There will be a little dust in the air and some clouds, said by operating one of the largest the forecast. networks in the Middle East, The direction of the wind inland would be northwesterly to north- with double daily flights to over easterly, while offshore it would be southeasterly to northwesterly. The 10 cities, or by utilising passen- wind speed inland is forecast to be between five and 15 knots, while at ger feedback to direct our highly sea it will be between six and 18 knots. anticipated A330 fleet retrofit, THE PENINSULA which will see a transformation

QNB to reward Internet banking customers

DOHA: Aiming at pro- Hamad Street. The Bank’s Internet North Africa region. moting the culture of banking offers customers many Through such channels, QNB online banking, Qatar banking services online. allows customers the opportunity National Bank (QNB) By using online banking, cus- to control their finances wherever has announced that it tomers have access to the most they are and whenever they need will be launching its lat- comprehensive online banking to. est campaign to reward experience in the Middle East and THE PENINSULA those customers who use its Internet bank- ing services for bank transfers. In a press statement yesterday, QNB said the campaign will run throughout the summer months and end on July 31. It will be open to all cus- tomers who use Internet banking for international fund transfers during the campaign. This will include all QNB customers mak- ing international trans- fers via SWIFT, Partner Bank transfers (HDFC India and HBTF Jordan) and unit to unit transfers between QNB units in other countries via QNB’s Internet banking. QNB said that in order to be placed in the raffle draw, customers will have to transfer a minimum of QR1,000 to be eligible to win a monthly basic sal- ary as a bonus, a maxi- mum of QR30,000. Each transfer worth more than QR1,000 will get a chance to enter the draw; the more the chances, the more would be the eligibility to win. QNB said this is one way it is facilitating the process of transferring money overseas in an easy and timely manner. Winners will be drawn on a monthly basis from the first week of June. All draws will be held at the QNB Building on Grand SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Bahraini rights Pope calls for activist free after two urgent steps to years in jail

MANAMA: Bahrain released one of the Arab world’s best- end Syria war known activists yesterday after he served a two-year jail sen- tence for his role in pro-democ- racy protests in the US-allied Pope to meet Syrian refugees in Bethany kingdom, his son said and his lawyer said. AMMAN: Pope Francis called Israel and the occupied West Nabeel Rajab, founder of the for urgent steps to end Syria’s Bank, where peace talks broke Bahrain Centre for Human three-year-old civil war as he down two weeks ago and more Rights, was found guilty in August arrived in neighbouring Jordan Palestinian Christians are looking 2012 of organising and participat- yesterday, starting a Middle to leave, accusing Israel of erod- ing in illegal protests to push for East trip aimed at bringing ing their economic prospects and reforms in the Sunni Muslim- hope to the region’s dwindling restricting their movement. ruled kingdom. Christian population. Israel denies discriminating “I have been told by his lawyers Addressing Jordan’s King against its Arab citizens and that my father has been released,” Abdullah on his first visit as pope cites security reasons for curbs his son Adam Rajab said. He said to the Holy Land, Francis praised on Palestinians’ movement in the his father was finishing paper- the kingdom for its efforts “to West Bank. work for the release and would seek lasting peace for the entire Francis, leader of the world’s be home later yesterday. region”. 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, Earlier yesterday protesters “This great goal urgently appealed for mutual tolerance and police clashed at a funeral, requires that a peaceful solution between religions. the Interior Ministry said. It said be found to the crisis in Syria, “Religious freedom is in fact a Pope Francis salutes the crowd as he leaves the stadium following a mass in Amman yesterday. protestors threw Molotov cock- as well as a just solution to the fundamental human right and I tails at police who responded with Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” he cannot fail to express my hope concluded his homily, in which back of an open-topped vehicle. populace is a significant factor tear gas. said, departing from his prepared that it will be upheld throughout he stressed the need to work This morning Francis flies by in Palestinian Christian emigra- There were no details of any text to describe the king as “an the Middle East and the entire together to overcome divisions. helicopter to Bethlehem in the tion. Some Christians acknowl- casualties at the ceremony, which artisan for peace”. world,” he said. “Diversity of ideas and persons Israeli-occupied West Bank, mak- edge occasional friction, but say was being held for a man who died More than 160,000 people have Abdullah said Islam was a reli- should not trigger rejection or ing a six-hour visit to what the the main problem is the enduring from shotgun pellet wounds sus- been killed in Syria’s conflict and gion of harmony, mercy and jus- prove an obstacle,” he said. Vatican’s official programme calls Israeli occupation and the ways tained during clashes with police millions have fled to neighbour- tice, and that Jordan had worked Despite his plea, some “the State of Palestine,” a termi- in which it blights everyday life. two months earlier. He was the ing countries, including Jordan. to reject “the false claims of expressed fears for their future nology Israel rejects. Arab Christians living within first person to be killed in such cir- The refugees are from all faiths, those who spread hatred and sow in a region where Christianity is In 2012, the Vatican angered the boundaries of Israel after its cumstances since February 2013. but Christians feel threatened by division. rooted. Israel by supporting a vote in the foundation in 1948 have fared Rajab rose to prominence after radicals now leading the military “...Let me say, forthrightly, that Thamer Boulus, a 45-year-old United Nations General Assembly much better than brethren in campaigning against a crackdown insurgency against President Arab Christian communities are Iraqi teacher, said he fled the city to grant Palestinians de facto the adjacent occupied territo- on demonstrations. Protesters Bashar Al Assad. an integral part of the Middle of Mosul with his family because statehood recognition. Israel ries — their numbers rising from cast him as a hero but other Francis was due to meet East,” he said. he was receiving death threats as argues such a move should only an initial 34,000 to some 125,000 Bahrainis see him as a threat, some of those Syrian refugees Following his meeting with a Christian. “I want to immigrate come through negotiations. today and their communities ben- fearing that protesters want to in Bethany on the Jordan, the the monarch, Francis celebrated anywhere there is safety for me and Palestinians regard the pope’s efiting as Israel’s open economy bring Shi’ite Islamists to power place where according to tradi- Mass in an Amman stadium my family. Religious extremism is visit, and the fact that he is flying has flourished. in the Gulf Arab state. tion Jesus was baptised, as well as where an enthusiastic crowd of threatening Christians,” he said. in directly from Jordan instead To underscore his convic- others who fled violence in Iraq. around 20,000 endured the heat Playing down the issue of his of going through Israel’s secu- tion that all three great mono- Tight security as Conflict across the Middle to listen to him speak from a plat- own security, the Vatican said rity barrier from Jerusalem, as theistic faiths can live together East, including the Arab revolts form shaded by a canopy in the ahead of the visit that Francis a major morale boost. Jordan, a in the region and help to tackle Shias converge of recent years and the civil war yellow and white colours of the wanted to travel in a normal car majority of whose population is of the political stalemate, Francis in Syria, has accelerated a historic Vatican, and flanked by pictures and would eschew bulletproof Palestinian origin, signed a peace enlisted a rabbi and an Islamic on Baghdad decline in the region’s Christian of the pope and the king. vehicles. He was driven from the accord with Israel 20 years ago. leader to be part of a travelling population. A Muslim call to prayer airport in a modest white car and Israeli officials say that papal delegation for the first time. BAGHDAD: Throngs of Shias The pope will also travel to sounded out nearby as the pope arrived at the stadium on the strife with the growing Muslim REUTERS converged on a shrine in north Baghdad yesterday for annual commemoration rituals under heavy security after a string of deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital. Much of the city was on lock- Egypt will not allow threats to security from Libya: Sisi down for the climax of the rites to mark the death of a revered fig- ure in Shia Islam, with Baghdad’s KUWAIT: Egypt will not allow toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. wobbling Tripoli government to in Egypt tomorrow, told Asharq Al threatens their security. Since the security forces looking to deter armed turmoil in neighbouring Sisi has already called on the hand over power to the country’s Awsat that Libyans wanted a state beginning of terrorist incidents in Sunni militant groups which often Libya to threaten its national United States to help fight jihadi top judges. that could accommodate everyone the Sinai, there has been a cru- target Iraq’s majority community. security, presidential frontrun- terrorism and warned in an inter- Arms from Libya have flown but this was not possible in the cial decision that (Egypt) will not Several major roads were ner Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said in view on May 15 that Libya was freely across the Egyptian bor- presence of armed conflict. allow the return of the situation closed off and a wide variety of an interview with the pan-Arab becoming a major security threat, der since Gaddafi’s ouster, a UN Speaking about threats to secu- to what it was before.” vehicles barred from the streets, daily Asharq Al Awsat published with militants infiltrating across report found last year. It cited rity in general, Sisi said Cairo could Egypt launched a wide-rang- as security forces also relied on yesterday. the 1,115km border. weapons trafficking as a threat to confront any terrorism in Egypt ing campaign against militants aerial cover and sniffer dogs. Libya has descended into fac- In the interview, the former Egyptian security mainly because head-on. He said it was impor- in the Sinai after they stepped Organisers say millions of pil- tional chaos since the Western- army chief said Cairo would “not the arms are ending up in Egypt’s tant to strengthen the hearts and up attacks on police and army grims are expected to visit the backed uprising in 2011 that allow the launching of any terror- volatile Sinai Peninsula where an minds of Egyptians and stop those targets following the overthrow shrine in the Kadhimiyah neigh- ousted Muammar Gaddafi, but ist activities from inside Libya”. Islamist insurgency has taken who abused the discourse of Islam, of elected President Mohamed bourhood of north Baghdad today, Egypt has suffered street strife Libya has seen intense militia wing. an apparent reference to Islamist Mursi, an Islamist, by the mili- when the commemoration rituals and Islamist militant violence fighting in recent days with a Sisi, who is expected to easily win militants in the Sinai. “Egyptians tary last July. are to climax. since its own 2011 revolution that renegade general calling on the a presidential election that starts do not accept what affects or REUTERS AGENCIES UAE to continue Missile strike kills two in Benghazi support to BENGHAZI: At least two people were killed Egypt after poll when missiles fired at a Libyan special forces army base missed their target and struck fam- ily homes in the eastern city of Benghazi, resi- CAIRO: The United Arab dents and officials said yesterday. Emirates will continue its polit- The attacks on Friday night followed a week ical and economic support for of on-and-off clashes in Benghazi and Tripoli Egypt after a presidential elec- between irregular forces loyal to a renegade tion next week that is expected former Libyan general demanding the parlia- to be won by former army chief ment step down, and rival militias opposing his Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, Egypt’s campaign. state news agency reported Libya’s government has been unable to con- yesterday. trol brigades of ex-fighters who helped oust Gulf states including the UAE Muammar Gaddafi in a Nato-backed 2011 upris- showered billions of dollars in ing and have since emerged as heavily armed cash and petroleum products rivals who often challenge the legitimacy of the on Egypt after Sisi ousted the state. democratically elected President It was not clear who fired the rockets at the Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim special forces base in Benghazi. But the city is Brotherhood last July. home to the Islamist militants who have been More such aid will be vital for targeted by forces loyal to retired General any new president as he tries to Khalifa Haftar. rescue the economy battered by Residents and army officials said two fam- three years of political turmoil ily members were killed and their children since the fall of Hosni Mubarak injured when one rocket struck a house and in 2011. another family was injured in a second strike Sisi has said that, if he won the aimed at a special forces base that has sided General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news election, he would rely on foreign with Haftar. conference at Benina air base in Benghazi yesterday. investment and continued Gulf “It is not the first time the special forces base aid to finance mega-projects that and the Benina air base have been targeted since But other powerful militia groups have rejected he has only vaguely outlined dur- General Haftar announced his operation and the Haftar’s campaign, setting up a possible standoff ing his campaign. special forces decided to join him,” said an army between the groups in the North African OPEC The UAE official in charge official. member. of aid to Egypt, State Minister Western governments worry Haftar’s call for Haftar, a former Gaddafi ally who split with Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, said the army units to join his campaign will split the the autocrat in the 1980s, is the latest player UAE regarded the May 26-27 vote nascent military and trigger wider turmoil in the to emerge in Libya’s network of former fighters a “a new starting point”. oil-producing country where brigades of former vying for control over parts of the country. “We will continue to provide rebels are the real powerbrokers. Many Libyans are frustrated with the govern- political and economic support,” Haftar has said government and parliament ment and parliament’s failure to contain Islamist Jaber said in comments published had lost any legitimacy because they were una- fighters and militias and ease the country into by Egyptian state news agency ble to purge the OPEC producer of extremists. democratic transition three years after the war Mena. Several army units and some government officials ousted Gaddafi. REUTERS have backed him. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07

Peacekeeper 30 killed as killed, three wounded in Darfur: Unamid gunmen raid KHARTOUM: A Rwandan peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded in a gun battle after trying to mediate a tribal dispute in Sudan’s Darfur Yemen city region, the African Union-UN mission said yesterday. “As a result of the ensuing fighting, four Rwandan peace- Army posts and banks targeted keepers were injured and, unfor- tunately, one of them died from ADEN: At least 30 people were A local official, who asked not to his wounds,” Unamid said in a killed in an overnight raid by be identified, said 20 attackers and statement. gunmen on a city in southeast- 10 members of the security serv- One of the wounded peace- ern Yemen, residents and a local ices were killed in the fighting. keepers is in a critical condition, official said yesterday, as Al “They wanted to capture the city it said. Qaeda continues its fightback and control it,” the official said. The incident occurred on against a government offensive Residents said the city’s elec- Saturday morning in Kebkabiya, in the country. tricity supply was cut during the about 140km west of El Fasher, Armed with rocket-propelled attack and they heard explosions the North Darfur state capital. grenades, mortars and explosives, and gunfire throughout the night. Somali soldiers take cover during an attack on the parliament in Mogadishu yesterday. After altercations between attackers drove in from the sur- The militants briefly captured non-Arab Fur people from one rounding desert on 15 pickup some buildings before withdraw- village and an Arab militia from trucks into Seyoun after detonat- ing early yesterday. Al Shabaab attack on Somalia another community, a Unamid ing a car bomb at the entrance to Local officials said they sus- team attended a mediation the city in Hadramout province. pected the attack was led by Jalal session in an effort to ease Al Qaeda has carried out many Balaidi, a senior Al Qaeda figure tensions. hit-and-run attacks since the in the region. parliament leaves at least 10 dead “The Arab militia elements, Yemeni army drove it from its Hadramout province stretches nevertheless, became hostile southern strongholds in Abyan from the port of Mukalla in MOGADISHU: Al Shabaab A spokesman for Al Shabaab, fighting is going on inside,” said towards Unamid peacekeepers and Shabwa provinces last month. the south to the Saudi border, militants stormed Somalia’s Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab, said the Al Shabaab spokesman. and started shooting at them, The West is concerned the through arid valleys and empty parliament yesterday, killing the group’s fighters had killed 30 The African Union Mission in at which point the peacekeepers group could use Yemen, which desert, landscape Al Qaeda uses at least 10 security officers in a people. “We killed 30 from the Somalia said in a statement that returned fire,” the mission said. borders major oil producer Saudi to its advantage across the Middle bomb and gun assault that the AU (African Union) and from all the lawmakers who were in “The fighting left an uncon- Arabia, as a base for international East. United States condemned as a the various forces of the so-called parliament before the attack were firmed number of casualties attacks. A regional website, Al Mukalla “heinous act of terrorism.” Somali government,” he said. safely evacuated. among the assailants.” The militants targeted at Al Yawm, said the attackers were The attack — by the Al Qaeda- The Al Shabaab estimate of the The attack on parliament, a Unamid chief Mohamed Ibn least seven locations, includ- wearing Yemeni army uniforms. linked group that killed 67 people death toll was not independently building about 300 metres (yards) Chambas condemned the “hei- ing the main military posts, the It said that dozens of casualties at a Kenyan shopping mall last verifiable. from the president’s palace that nous criminal act in the strong- local police headquarters, bank were taken to local hospitals. year — started with a car bomb Witnesses saw four bodies at is guarded by African Union est possible terms.”He said the branches and the airport. A US ally, with a population at a gate to the heavily fortified the scene and a soldier fall from a peacekeepers and Somali forces, peacekeepers “were trying to Calling the raid a “treacherous of 25 million, Yemen is trying parliament compound, followed by rooftop after being shot. Television showed that the al Qaeda-linked mediate the dispute in good faith terrorist act”, the commander of the to end three years of political a suicide bombing and then a gun pictures showed a large pool of group remained capable of hitting and regrettably their efforts went local military division said the army unrest, which began when mass battle that continued for hours. blood near a blast site, and a man the centre of Mogadishu despite unappreciated.” had regained control of the city. protests erupted in 2011 against “Ten government forces died with his shirt drenched in blood being pushed out of the capital Unamid members have increas- Major General Mohammed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president and 14 others were injured in the running away from the scene. two years ago. ingly become a target of violence Al Somla said a number of peo- of 33 years, who stepped down. attack today. Four lawmakers The fighting continued for “The terrorists have once again which has worsened in Darfur ple had been killed and wounded Apart from the fight against were also injured. Seven of the hours after the initial explo- shown that they are against all over the past 18 months. during the attack on his base and Al Qaeda, the government faces fighters who attacked the house sion, with gunfire and smaller Somalis, by killing our innocent There were 16 fatal attacks other locations. a push by southern separatists were also killed as you see their blasts being heard around the brothers and sisters. These cow- against Unamid last year, result- The army had driven attack- for independence and battles bodies,” Kasim Ahmed Roble, a parliament. ardly, despicable actions are not a ing in “significant loss of vehi- ers out of the city and was using with rebels from the Shia Houthi police spokesman, told reporters “We are behind the suicide demonstration of the true Islamic cles, weapons and ammunition,” warplanes, he said in a state- movement, which is trying to at the scene. bombing, explosions and the fight- faith,” said Prime Minister a February report by UN chief ment on the Defence Ministry extend its control over the north. Roble made no mention of any ing inside the so-called Somali Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed. Ban Ki-moon said. website. REUTERS civilian casualties. parliament house, and still heavy REUTERS AFP SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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he latest reports coming from Syria about the regime’s failure to comply with a promise to relinquish its chemical weapons are worrying. TBasher Al Assad’s government has made no progress Brazilians demand a country in relinquishing a last batch of chemical weapons it says is inaccessible due to fighting, making it increasingly likely it will miss a final deadline to destroy its toxic stockpile. Assad had agreed last year to hand over the country’s entire as good as its soccer chemical weapons stockpile after hundreds of people were killed in a sarin gas attack near Damascus. That agreement BY MAC MARGOLIS with Russia and the United States had averted Western judges with minds of their own. Last in the first three months of this year, year, the Supreme Court defied politi- more than double the number of the military strikes threatened in response to the worst chemical he other day I stopped into cal rainmakers by convicting 25 poli- first quarter of 2013. weapons atrocity in decades, which has been blamed by my neighbourhood bistro ticians, bankers and businessmen in a One of the casualties was Amarildo de Washington on Assad’s government. for a bite. It’s usually a laid- huge political payola scandal. Souza, though not officially so. Last July, If Assad could avert a Western military action with his back place, with a great Forty years of ginning sugarcane into the construction worker was picked promise then, the situation has changed drastically since jazz soundtrack, but when ethanol have made Brazil the bench- up for questioning in Rocinha, a large Ttwo guys in dark suits walked in, the mark for clean-burning fuels. The cheap favela, and never seen again. His dis- then. His forces have been able to wrest control from rebels mood chilled. They were “fiscais” — Rio and simple cash-transfer program, Bolsa appearance (he’s presumed dead) trig- in most areas, the rebels have lost momentum and he is in shorthand for city inspectors — snoop- Familia, which costs a trifling half per- gered a national outpouring, with artists command though the fighting is still going on. At the same ing for irregularities. Proprietors in Rio cent of gross domestic product, is now and soap opera stars turning “Where’s time, the priorities of the West have changed. It’s more de Janeiro dread these sorts of visits: a template for poverty-busting in the Amarildo?” into a street meme. preoccupied with Ukraine where Russia is posing a huge Fiscais always find something. They developing world. Brazil even managed The anger suggests that community threat to its influence and power. Also, the progress made by might be persuaded to look the other to combine economic growth with fall- protection has hit a wall. Yet Rio would way, for a price. Brazilians call it wetting ing inequality, a rarity in the emerging be far worse without pacification, and no Assad in partly crushing the opposition has given birth to a the official hand. markets where booms generally widen one wants to go back to the time when thinking that the solution to the Syrian crisis will be achieved With Brazil in the global headlights, the wealth and income gap. thugs in board shorts and bandoleers on the ground. and 600,000 foreigners expected for next Brazilians, though, are quick to point played cop, judge and jury. While support to the Syrian month’s World Cup, hands are getting out that these gains are halting and par- If you want to turn a cop into a sociol- opposition is floundering, Assad’s wetter. “My blood freezes when I see tial, and they have little patience for ogist, just ask why crime is so high. Still, backers are firmly behind him. them,” whispered the all-boats-rising hype of the official José Mariano Beltrame is worth listen- the bistro manager spin cycle. In a recent poll, 68 percent ing to. A federal policemen turned pub- Syrian regime Russia and China on Thursday as the suits marched of Brazilians said they wanted “deep lic safety commissioner for the state of vetoed a UN Security Council In a recent poll, into the kitchen. changes” in the way the country is run. Rio, he knows that policing the police is is consolidating resolution calling on the 68 percent of “You work hard, That kind of unhappiness drove tens of one of the big challenges of pacification. International Criminal Court to follow the rules and thousands into the streets last year to To keep Rio’s finest in line he installed its gains, while investigate war crimes in Syria. Brazilians said still you get taken rail at everything from shoddy public satellite tracking equipment in patrol advantage of. Makes services to light-fingered bureaucrats. cars, security cameras in police stations Western powers and human they wanted ‘deep opposition you want to join the As discontent flares, the danger is and applied business-management soft- rights group condemned the changes’ in the protests.” that policies that work get tossed out ware to streamline police work. continues to veto. But condemnation was all way the country is Plenty of with the broken. One of the keystones to That’s just a start. “Police are the they could do. But even if the run. That kind of Brazilians have done progress in Brazil’s cities, for instance, is first step,” he said on Brazilian televi- lose ground. just that. Organised pacification. Since 2008, security forces sion last month. It’s no use to send in West succeeds in launching an unhappiness drove ICC probe, that would not deter labour is seething, in Rio have “pacified” 38 of Rio’s most model elite cops, he said, if public serv- tens of thousands with teachers, bus notorious urban slum complexes where ices like schools, health clinics and job Assad from fulfilling his mission drivers, bank tellers gangs made the rules and kept half a training don’t follow. “It’s going to take of eradicating any threat to his into the streets last and police staging million “Cariocas,” as Rio natives call a long time to change the paradigm of regime. The only thing that could year. strikes. Squatters themselves, under the yoke. As Rio goes, violence if these [high-crime] areas of make a difference to him gains by the rebels on the ground, seize empty build- so goes Brazil. That’s why the country Rio are not occupied by the State. That’s or the threat of Western intervention to force him to quit. ings while slum dwellers ignore orders has watched closely as Rio has struggled absolutely necessary.” Both seem highly unlikely in the current situation. The to evacuate neighbourhoods slated for to restore peace. It’s also an agenda for a society on the sports arenas. On any given day, the air Pacification has driven down lethal rise. As Brazilians step up, they can see US can make a difference but President Barack Obama is is thick with smoke from city buses that crime across Rio. Inner city homicides more clearly — enough to know what’s unwilling. There is no need for military intervention if that irate protestors set ablaze. What hap- dropped 38 percent in the first quarter still missing. “What people are com- is what Obama is reluctant about. There are other ways of pened to the sunny country that was of the year compared with the same plaining about isn’t new,” Marcelo Neri, helping rebels. Washington can train and equip the rebels the talk of the emerging markets and period of 2008, though murders have an economist who heads the Brazilian or help patrol a safe zone for them to weaken Assad. The claiming its place on the global stage? jumped in the flatland suburbs. In paci- office of strategic affairs, told reporters Brazilians are sore in part because fied zones, murders also fell 26.5 percent in Rio not long ago. “Maybe they didn’t Obama administration was worried that arming the rebels their country has changed, and mostly in 2013 from the year before. say anything because they never felt would result in weapons falling in terrorists’ hands. That fear — odd as it may sound — for the better. And yet as pacification spreads, the entitled to.” That diffidence is gone. The was justified with Al Qaeda men infiltrating the rebels. But The assets that made Brazil the toast of police have been stretched, and have anger on the Brazilian street is the funk at the same time, that was a lame excuse. Steps could have Latin America and a rising powerhouse themselves become targets: 16 have of entitlement. Football is grand, but the been taken with the help of Arab countries to ensure that the are real. The country is a stable, flawed, been gunned down on duty this year, land that brought the world the beauti- weapons fell in the right hands. But nothing was done• but functioning democracy. It’s got the three in “pacified” areas. But often cops ful game wants a country to match. scrappiest press in the continent, and are the problem. Police killed 85 people WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Polls in birthplace of democracy the day

y the time this goes to press, technically to abstain from voting is ille- will their non-EU rhetoric turn out to be feel like there’s much to celebrate on Greece will be less than 24 gal, though in recent years with voter more hot air? the ground. hours away from the second turnout falling continuously amongst a Secondly, Greece has this year made After initial success, Greek bond Bround of elections on May disillusioned public, the penalty for not its much celebrated return to the inter- yields have started rising again. 25th. Up for grabs are positions in voting is rarely if ever meted out. national bond market. The fact that Antonios Samaras’ New Democracy We will respect Greece’s 325 municipalities in 13 These particular elections are impor- Greek government bonds are once government needs a strong outcome regions. tant for three reasons. First, Greece is again in circulation has been cited by on Sunday in order to maintain the kind the choice of the Elections in Greece are held in two currently holds the EU presidency. The some as proof that the country is well of politically stable image (and it usually rounds. This is to filter out the winner result of this Sunday’s elections will paint on the road to recovery. is just an image) that bond holders love. Ukrainian people by a clean majority of over 50% of the a clearer picture of where the Greek But how much of that is true? When In light of these desperately tiny shows votes. So in the first round, the lead- public’s political loyalties have swayed the economy has shrunk some 23% of economic development, Greece can- and will be working ing two candidates are selected to go – left, right or none of the above. This since the start of the crisis, youth unem- not afford another government bond with the authorities through to the next, where the public in turn will give the rest of Europe much ployment is still sky-high and the small failure which would most likely obliterate must then decide between those two food for thought on what happens next bond holders who lost their entire investor trust once and for all. Greece’s formed on the basis candidates for an overall winner. in the current chapter of Greece’s long life savings during the 70% haircut in junk status credit rating is not exactly This being the birthplace of democ- history. Will the Grexit come to pass if 2012 are committing suicide out of their something to be dancing in the streets of this election. Vladimir Putin racy, voting in elections is obligatory and the left-wing Syriza come out tops, or despair (17 and counting) there doesn’t about. Khaleej Times Russian President SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Mideast peace: Kerry’s problem is Kerry The US Secretary of State cannot scare Israeli and Palestinian leaders into doing things they don’t want to do. BY AARON DAVID MILLER Obama all that seized with the matter, either — and a secretary needs a presi- ohn Kerry’s recent failed effort dent’s total support to succeed. By the to get the Israelis and the spring, the Kerry effort devolved into an Palestinians closer to a peace attempt just to keep the talks going. And agreement shows what happens in the end, he couldn’t do even that. when you see the world the way Kerry’s conviction that this was his Jyou want it to be rather than the way it moment invariably led him to believe too really is. much in his own skills. By all accounts, The good news is that the negotiations he was a one-man show. Having served wouldn’t have started without Kerry. in the Senate and dealt with the Israelis, But that’s the bad news, too. He wanted Arabs and Palestinians for years, Kerry talks far more than the Israelis and the rightly fashioned himself an expert on Palestinians did. The secretary of state these matters. fell into one of the classic traps of negotia- His capacity to listen, according to tion and mediation: He became convinced those who know him well, is legendary. of his own indispensability and centrality But he soon became his own best analyst to the process — and badly exaggerated and policymaker, surrounding himself his ability to achieve a breakthrough. with former Senate staffers and aides I’ve worked for several of his pred- who were not going to challenge their ecessors, and never have I encountered strong-willed boss. US Secretary of State John Kerry (right) and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman arrive to speak to the media prior to meetings at a more self-confident secretary of state. I’ve been told by those familiar with the State Department in Washington, DC on April 9. Wilful, relentless and a true believer in a the recent talks that Kerry had little two-state solution, Kerry miscalculated use for experts and no use for sceptics. serious sacrifices, some who were even And you think that somehow your per- Kerry’s faith and conviction created his role in three ways: He thought it was James Baker would let his advisers argue ready to reach an agreement. sonal ties can move a leader on a specific a last-chance trope that was counter- his time; it wasn’t. with one another; so would Madeleine We don’t know what assurances Kerry issue. So you are tempted to believe that productive. Like the ghost of Christmas He thought he had the persuasive skills Albright. They’d take what was useful received from Netanyahu and Abbas you can deliver something that none of future in Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas to pull it off; he didn’t. And he thought and discard the rest. Kerry dove into on the borders of a Palestinian state, your predecessors have. Quite under- Carol,” Kerry told the world that if there that this was his last chance; it wasn’t the substance with a fervour and cer- whether it would recognise Israel as a standably, you tend to diminish other were no two-state solution, calamity that, either. tainty the peace process hadn’t seen since Jewish state, how to handle Palestinian factors more important to the deal than would follow. Kerry’s timing did seem fortuitous. Jimmy Carter. refugees or whether he was getting the your persuasive skills — namely domestic He warned of a third intifada, an end President Obama, in his second term Too much analysis, he seemed to sides closer to a zone of agreement. Kerry politics and national interest. to Israel as a Jewish state, international and determined to focus on his domes- believe, led to paralysis. The only way managed to keep the leaders publicly I saw this happen to Israeli and boycotts, and even Israel emerging as an tic legacy, had to delegate more of his around this was to ignore the doubters, silent when it came to the substance. Palestinian negotiators during secret apartheid state. foreign policy decisions, not dominate deal directly with the leaders and push I’ve been told two stories by people who talks in Sweden in May 2000, and to Bill The future without a two-state solu- them, as he had with Hillary Rodham them relentlessly on his agenda. were in a position to know: first,that the Clinton after his masterful success with tion is grim, no doubt. But the question Clinton. And there were many interna- With the exception of Henry Kissinger, leaders came far on substance, and con- Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat at the Wye is not whether Kerry believes that; it’s tional headaches that required managing, who had the 1973 war to motivate him, versely, that there wasn’t really much River peace summit in October 1998. whether the two sides do. Kerry cannot including Russia, Iran and Syria, which none of Kerry’s predecessors who worked there. The president emerged from that scare Israeli and Palestinian leaders into became a much bigger crisis in Obama’s this process — George Shultz, James One thing we do know: After nine meeting having impressed the Israelis, doing things they don’t want to do. And second term. Baker, Lawrence Eagleburger, Warren months of intensive effort, the process the Palestinians, himself and the rest this approach is an empty demonstration Yet, while this might have been Kerry’s Christopher, Madeleine Albright, Colin devolved from an attempt to reach a of us with his formidable personal and of American resolve and power, particu- moment, it wasn’t Benjamin Netanyahu’s Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton comprehensive deal on borders, security, negotiating skills. The Palestinians were larly if it’s not backed up by the White nor Mahmoud Abbas’, at least not for — were that willing to plunge ahead and refugees and Jerusalem, to discussions of amazed that he could rattle off the names House. peacemaking. That the first phase of risk their reputations, political capital a more general framework agreement, and affiliations of their prisoners held in Nor is this, as Kerry has maintained, these negotiations, the direct meetings and credibility. to a losing fight over a mere extension Israeli jails. the last chance for Middle East peace. between the two sides, couldn’t get trac- They were quite sceptical and very of the talks. And the Israelis were impressed with That reflects a certain narcissism and tion might have set off alarm bells for a often uncertain about how to proceed, All mediators need to believe in them- his commitment to their security and his lack of perspective. If this really is the less-confident diplomat. and they depended to varying degrees on selves. But it’s possible to lose perspective, willingness to use the CIA to facilitate final chance, then the question for the An Israeli prime minister preoccupied a small circle of advisers for analysis and believe too deeply and think about nego- Israeli-Palestinian security cooperation. president and his talented secretary of with Iran and never imagining himself recommendations. tiations largely in terms of personalities One factor in the decision to convene state is: Why not make this the focus to be the father of Palestinian statehood These reality checks could be con- and personal relationships. And perhaps the Camp David Summit in July 2000 — of your foreign policy and do everything would not or could not make the deci- straining. But they also kept US diplo- with the best of intentions, Kerry got lost this time with a risk-averse Arafat and you can — risk it all — to bring about sions on the core sticking points — such macy grounded. Even Baker, who scored in a “can do” mind-set when the leaders a more risk-ready Israeli Prime Minister an agreement? The answer seems pretty as borders and how to divide Jerusalem a major success with the Madrid Peace and negotiators were saying, “Oh, no you Ehud Barak — was Clinton’s conviction obvious. — required for an agreement. Abbas, Conference in 1991, wouldn’t travel to the won’t.” that he could bring these two together by When the Kerry peace process does trapped in a rigid Palestinian consensus region during his first two years as secre- As a mediator, you spend hundreds of virtue of his persuasive power. resume, as it surely will, the United States on those same questions and profoundly tary because he knew he had no chance hours with these leaders while in nego- We had no real strategy at Camp David needs to get the two sides to own it as mistrustful of Netanyahu, wouldn’t oblige of getting anywhere close to an agree- tiations. They encourage you by seeming other than Clinton as our secret weapon. least as much as Washington does — and Kerry, either. ment between Israelis and Palestinians. willing to consider fixes and compromises Not surprisingly, it was insufficient. And to heed the words of another Frenchman, Without enough urgency to do a deal, And several of these secretaries of state that appear new and potentially historic, so was Kerry’s confidence in his ability to Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the talks became Kerry’s process far had far more to work with than Kerry even on the most sensitive issues. They persuade the Israelis and the Palestinians who cautioned diplomats everywhere: more than one fashioned and owned did: Israelis and Palestinians, Jordanians pledge not to reveal what they’ve heard, to make decisions they didn’t want to Above all, not too much zeal. by Israel and the Palestinians. Nor was and Syrians who were prepared to make through you, from the other side. make. 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Why Thailand’s coup matters more than others Not just policies, Miliband With no exit strategy visible for must win voters’ respect generals, the take-over could easily BY ROBERT PHILPOT esterday’s local and European elections bore all the hallmarks of a dress rehearsal for next year’s general election. So what prove to be an unmitigated disaster. do they tell us about how ready Labour is for opening night in May 2015? BY WILLIAM PESEK Y prime minister’s office in 2011, his Estimates by politics professor John Curtice put the party’s share of sister Yingluck Shinawatra. the vote up three percentage points on 2010 to 30 percent, but down haksin Shinawatra is Even though several Red from 38 percent two years ago. living proof that lead- Shirt leaders have been rounded As he argued this morning: “If a party looks as though it is poten- ers get the popularity up and arrested, their political tially regarded as an alternative government, it should be doing very Tthing all wrong. From machine is already churning into well in local elections – even better than you would expect to do in a Barack Obama to Indonesia’s action. As Thitinan Pongsudhirak general election in 12 months’ time. The truth is, by that test at least, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, they of Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn Labour has not done well enough.” try governing well, articulating a University said: “The opposition Thai activists shout slogans as soldiers look on during a rally against the In the face of the Tories’ ability to outspend it, one of Labour’s vision and inspiring — and their and resistance to the coup will coup, outside a cinema in Bangkok yesterday. great strengths is its volunteer army, which – as it did in 2010, when approval ratings plummet. likely be strong. This time the organisational effort allowed the party to win a 1992 share of the par- Thailand’s Thaksin tried a dif- looming confrontation and clashes at the height of the Thaksin era. easily prove to be an unmiti- liament on a 1983 share of the vote – played a key role in its advances ferent approach. From 2001 to are going to be severe and violent.” The book explores how conserva- gated disaster, even a prelude yesterday. But the elections also underlined three weaknesses that it 2006, the tycoon broke laws, lined Why does Thaksin still inspire tive leaders in the United States to full-blown civil war. The odds must now seek to address. his pockets, neutered courts and such loyalty after all this time? and elsewhere trick lower-mid- of a credible election that heals First, the election campaign saw a positive tsunami of new announce- was even accused of crimes against My take is that rural Thais have dle class citizens to vote against Thailand’s wounds over the next ments from Labour: on increasing the minimum wage, capping rent humanity in a war against drugs, a surreally romanticised view of their economic interests. Sure, few years are in the single digits increases, and giving people the right to see their GP within 48 hours. then fled overseas in 2008 to avoid his populist “Thaksinomics” pro- Thaksin’s cash handouts seemed right now. Yet there is no other Each of these policies is undoubtedly popular. prison. Yet nearly eight years after gram. Thaksin effectively bribed like a godsend. But by making means of establishing a stable Second, the elections highlighted the limit to Labour’s focus on the being ousted as prime minister, he communities around the nation Thailand his own, he singlehand- government that both the inter- cost of living crisis. As wage increases begin to outstrip prices there couldn’t be more popular among with waves of public largess — edly wrecked the nation’s democ- national community and the Red is a question mark over whether this campaign will reach its sell-by his “Red Shirt” supporters from cash, subsidies, moratoriums on racy, competitiveness and global Shirts will accept. The 0.6 percent date before May 2015. the country’s poorer northeast. debt payments and other good- reputation. drop in gross domestic product in Third, some of Nigel Farage’s comments during the campaign – about And that’s what makes this latest ies. Who doesn’t love a leader If Thailand had an effective the three months through March the undesirability of having Romanians as neighbours, for instance – Thai coup arguably more danger- who comes to town tossing treats political opposition, one would is only the beginning of economic reeked of 1960s Powellism. While there were some honourable excep- ous than 12 earlier military takeo- around? But the money just pro- think they’d be able to expose fallout to come. tions, Labour’s leadership appeared strangely unwilling to call out vers in the past eight decades. vided a sugar high and did little to the hollowness of Thaksin’s pro- Asian markets are largely Farage’s racism and tackle head-on the lies about Europe and migration Never mind that no one out- create balanced and sustainable grammes in an election. Instead, ignoring this week’s events in that Ukip has been allowed to peddle for too long. side the army chiefs who grabbed growth — which is what Thaksin’s by intervening yet again, the Bangkok, figuring we’ve seen this Labour not only lags the Tories on economic competence, it also lags power Thursday can explain why followers really need. The hand- Thai military is perceived to be before. They’re being complacent. on leadership. There is still time for Labour to address both. Miliband a coup was even necessary. In outs were a giant smokescreen to doing the bidding of the Bangkok Thursday’s coup demonstrates a has previously indicated his desire to reshape the landscape of British 2008, the Red Shirts who rallied distract supporters while Thaksin elite, the royalist “Yellow Shirts.” debilitating level of political dys- politics in the manner of Margaret Thatcher. around Thaksin were a ragtag weakened governing institutions Rather than puncturing Thaksin’s function that’s gradually pulling Miliband will receive much advice in the light of the results from bunch. Today, they’re organised, in Bangkok to enrich himself and aura, the generals have simply Thailand in the direction of Egypt David Axelrod, who helped steer President Obama to two landslide politically aware, better financed his cronies. burnished it further. If they now and Tunisia, not South Korea. victories in America. But perhaps fictional American political drama and raring for a fight. To me, the best explanation of throw his sister into jail, she’ll Rather than end Thailand’s politi- has something to offer too. “Let Bartlet be Bartlet”, suggests a staffer They’ve spent recent years what the former premier was up become yet another martyr for cal nightmare, this coup could in The West Wing. On immigration and Europe we all know where building political networks and to is found in “What’s the Matter the Red Shirts. drive the country toward whole Miliband’s instincts and values would lead him. Someone needs to tell mobilising supporters — efforts With Kansas?” which historian With no exit strategy visible new levels of chaos. him they may make good politics too. that put a Thaksin avatar in the Thomas Frank published in 2004 for the generals, this coup could WP-BLOOMBERG THE GUARDIAN SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Putin accuses Gunman kills Prince Charles of unroyal 6 in California behaviour

ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin shooting spree accused Britain’s Prince Charles yesterday of unacceptable and unroyal behaviour by compar- ing him with Adolf Hitler over Seven injured, gunman found dead Russia’s stance in Ukraine. Putin said he had not heard the SANTA BARBARA: A gun- did not identify the suspect. comment, made by the prince to man killed six people in a Brown said deputies twice a Jewish woman who fled Poland drive-by shooting in a southern exchanged fire with the sus- during the Second World War, but California college town, spray- pected gunman before his vehicle asked reporters to pass on a mes- ing bullets from his car until crashed and he was found inside, sage to the heir-to-the-British it crashed and he was found dead from a gunshot wound to throne and the country’s Prime dead inside, authorities said the head. Minister David Cameron. yesterday. He could not immediately say “This is not royal behaviour,” Seven other people were whether the man was killed by Putin told journalists at the wounded in what the Santa deputies in the exchange of fire Konstantinovsky Palace, built Barbara County sheriff described or died of a self-inflicted wound. in the 18th and 19th centuries on as a premeditated atrocity. The It is also not known whether he the coast of the Gulf of Finland attack took place late on Friday was a UCSB student. A Ukrainian army soldier stands guard at a checkpoint on the road between Izyum to Slavyansk, during clashes outside St Petersburg, Russia’s in the town of Isla Vista near “It’s obviously the work of a with pro-Russian militants, yesterday. former imperial capital. the campus of the University of madman,” the sheriff said of the “If you are angry, this means you California at Santa Barbara. shooting. “There’s going to be a are wrong. I have not heard this Witnesses reported seeing lot more information that will Ukraine defends poll despite unrest remark. If (it was said), then it is someone driving a black BMW come out that will give a clearer unacceptable. I think he himself through the streets and shooting picture of just how disturbed this realises that. He is a well-brought- at people in Isla Vista, a beachside individual was.” KIEV/DONETSK: Ukraine’s power three months ago when the to the whole world, but above all up person. “I know him and other community where many college He said authorities were inves- interim government promised elected president fled to Russia. to ourselves, that we cannot be members of the royal family per- students live. tigating a video tape posted on a clean presidential election “By all means, we will respect intimidated,” Yatseniuk said in a sonally. But I have got used to all Robert Johnson, a 21-year- YouTube that appeared to be have yesterday that would anchor the choice of the Ukrainian people televised statement. kinds of things over the years.” old UCSB student, said the car been made by the suspect. “It the former Soviet state in the and will be working with authori- He avoided mention of any can- According to a British newspa- drove past him at a busy Isla Vista would appear that is connected,” Western camp and show the ties formed on the basis of this didate — campaigning is banned per, the 65-year-old prince made intersection and that he heard Brown said. world it would not be intimidated election,” Putin told foreign jour- until voting ends. But he said he the comment earlier this week “popping noises” that he origi- The video shows a young man by Russia after weeks of violence. nalists during an international was sure the winner would make during a tour of Canada. nally mistook for firecrackers or complaining of loneliness and Russian President Vladimir economic forum in St Petersburg. a priority of signing up to a closer Charles told the woman, who the car backfiring. rejection by women, and threat- Putin said yesterday he would Polls show almost certain vic- alliance with the European Union lost relatives during the Holocaust “Then the sound came again, ening a mass slaughter of college respect the choice of the tory, possibly outright in the first — a move which Yanukovich and was recounting how she had and by that point it had pulled students and Isla Vista residents. Ukrainian people and would work round, for confectionery magnate rejected in November, triggering fled Poland, that “Putin is doing up in front of a convenience store Santa Barbara Cottage with the new authorities. Moscow Petro Poroshenko, a former gov- months of protests in Kiev that just about the same as Hitler”. deli, and someone in the car was Hospital was not releasing any wanted stability, he said. ernment minister who backed ended when he fled the country. Putin’s response came after firing into a crowd of about eight, details about the conditions of In the eastern region where at the pro-Western Maidan protests Keeping up a war of words with Russia’s foreign ministry had 10 people that were gathered in the wounded. least 20 people have been killed that toppled President Viktor Moscow against a background of criticised Charles for his remarks, front of the store,” he said. The victims’ identities were in the past few days, pro-Moscow Yanukovich in February. Russian and NATO buildups around saying they did not reflect well “Everyone that was being fired being withheld pending notifica- separatists said yesterday they did Former premier Yulia Ukraine’s borders, the Ukrainian on a future British monarch and upon, they all jumped and scram- tion of their families, the sheriff not recognise a vote organised by Tymoshenko, also a supporter of foreign ministry issued a statement were an “unacceptable” attempt bled to run inside the store,” he said. About 10 minutes elapsed authorities in Kiev they say took closer ties to the EU, is a distant sec- on Saturday saying border guards to spread propaganda against said. between the first 911 calls to power in a Western-backed coup ond but is the favourite to contest a had seized armed men in several Russia over Ukraine. The car had darkly tinted emergency services and the sus- and officials said many electoral runoff if Poroshenko — who is 48 and vehicles trying to cross the frontier The Soviet Union lost more windows and the occupant was pected gunman being found dead districts would be out of action. widely known as the “chocolate king” from Russia illegally overnight. than 20 million people in the not visible, Johnson said. Santa in his car, Brown said at the news Electoral officials in the east — fails to pass 50 percent today. “The penetration onto war and the victory over Nazi Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown conference. were setting up polling stations Western-backed Prime Ukrainian territory of armed Germany is celebrated across said a semi-automatic hand- College student Brad Martin but fearful of violence which may Minister Arseny Yatseniuk told terrorist groups, organised by Russia as a national triumph. gun had been recovered from told a UCSB student newspaper keep people at home. Ukrainians they had a responsi- the Russian authorities, is noth- Putin, a former KGB spy, has what he called a “mass murder that his girlfriend was “abso- That could dent what the gov- bility to vote and assured those ing other than the latest act of repeatedly spoken about the situation.” lutely hysterical” after being ernment hopes will be a mas- in the east whose ability to vote aggression against our state and sacrifices of what Russians call “We currently have seven people approached by the gunman with a sive nationwide turnout to give was being hampered by “the war a cynical breach by Russia of the the Great Patriotic War and he confirmed dead. That includes the weapon she initially was not sure a mandate for closer ties with against Ukraine” that they would norms and principles of interna- himself lost a brother in the Nazi suspect and six victims,” he told a was real. the EU and force Moscow to deal soon be free of “bandits”. tional law,” the ministry said. siege of Leningrad. televised news conference. Officials REUTERS with a Kiev leadership that took “Tomorrow we will demonstrate REUTERS REUTERS

Boko Haram kills 28 in three Conservatives drop hostile tone to UKIP after vote losses LONDON: British Prime notching up its largest gains in told a conference of grass-roots Conservatives, stoking fears among sought to woo UKIP voters ahead village attacks Minister David Cameron’s such a vote ever. Conservatives in London. A differ- Cameron and his allies it could split of next year’s national election by Conservative party dropped It took seats from all three ent voting system and an expected the vote in next year’s national elec- telling them a vote for the anti-EU its hostile tone towards the main political parties includ- higher turnout means UKIP will tion making it hard for them to win. party would let Labour win power. MAIDUGURI: Suspected Eurosceptic UKIP party yester- ing the opposition Labour party, struggle to win many seats in a Before the vote, Cameron “There are too many people Boko Haram gunmen rampaged day after it lost over 200 seats in which came first but did not win national election next year. accused UKIP of saying “appall- who share our values but did not through three villages in north- local elections and a survey sug- as emphatically as it had hoped. But its current success and ing” and “deeply unpleasant feel able to vote for us,” he said. ern Nigeria, killing 28 peo- gested it would lose a national “We should show the high- expected strong showing in things” about immigration, “We’re going to do what I ple and burning houses to the vote next year. est respect for those who go out European election results on which he has promised but failed believe the public wants us to do - ground in a pattern of violence The UK Independence Party, and cast their vote and respect Sunday is spooking the estab- to reduce. In 2006, Cameron dis- listen, respond, and deliver. Listen that has become almost a daily which wants Britain to leave the too those who cast their vote lished parties which see UKIP as missed UKIP as a bunch of “fruit- to the legitimate concerns people occurrence, according to police European Union and for immi- for another party. That includes an agent of disruption. cakes, loonies and closet racists”. have about our economy, about and witnesses. gration to be tightly restricted, those who voted for UKIP,” UKIP siphoned some support However, Osborne, one of the immigration and welfare, about All three attacks happened won the fourth biggest number of George Osborne, Britain’s Finance from Labour, polling showed, but party’s chief strategists, struck a our schools and about Europe.” on Thursday in remote parts of seats in Thursday’s local elections, Minister and a top Cameron ally, took most of its votes from the different tone on Saturday as he REUTERS Borno state. One took place right next to Chibok, by the Cameroon bor- der, from where more than 200 Salute to Zuma school girls were abducted last month. 6.4 magnitude quake The most deadly was in the town of Kerenua, near the Niger border. Scores of militants opened fire on residents, killing 20 of strikes off Greek coast them, and burned houses, a police source said. ATHENS/ISTANBUL: An He said one woman — who a Since the girls’ abduction on earthquake of 6.4 magnitude police official said was a British April 14, at least 450 civilians have struck off the coast of north- tourist — was slightly injured at been killed by the group, accord- ern Greece yesterday and was the Aegean island’s airport when ing to a Reuters count. felt as far away as neighbouring part of the ceiling collapsed. A spate of bombings across Turkey and Bulgaria but there “It was very strong — cup- north and central Nigeria has were no reports of serious casu- boards, glasses, coffee cups, they killed hundreds, including two in alties or destruction, police and all broke,” an elderly Lemnos the capital Abuja and one in the fire brigade officials said. resident told Greek radio. The central city of Jos on Tuesday that The US Geological Survey Athens Geodynamic Institute put killed 118 people. (USGS) said the quake occurred the quake at 6.3. The source said some phone some 77km south-southwest Across the Aegean in parts of signals to the militants had been of Alexandroupolis, between western Turkey on Saturday morn- tracked to Niger itself, suggesting the islands of Lemnos and ing, panicked residents rushed they may have been directed from Samothrace, at a depth of 10km. into the streets as a tremor shook there. Dozens had been wounded Greek police said the quake had buildings, local media reported. by bullets, he said. caused minor damage to shops The quake also rattled Turkey’s Another attack occurred in a and houses on the two islands. most populous city, Istanbul, as small village of Kubur Viu, a few The USGS downwardly revised well as the Aegean coastal city of kilometres away from Chibok, its first reading of 7.2. Izmir, according to witnesses, but resident Simeon Yhana said. Greece, at the southeastern end there were no immediate reports The police source concurred of Europe, is often buffeted by of damage. with the attack and toll. earthquakes. Most cause no seri- Hurryiet Daily News said that the “They killed five people. This ous damage but a 5.9 magnitude quake was also felt in the popular place is right next to Chibok. The quake in 1999 killed 143 people. tourism province of Antalya. Thirty military is supposed to be protect- Members of the South African army fire salute shots during the inauguration ceremony of President Jacob “It lasted very long and it was people were reported injured after ing this area but we fear these Zuma at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. Zuma’s African National Congress, which very intense. We haven’t got the jumping out of their apartment win- people (Boko Haram) are coming has ruled the country since the end of apartheid 20 years ago, won the May 7 elections with about 62 percent full picture of the damage caused dows in the western town Canakkale, back,” Yhana said. of the vote. yet,” the mayor of Lemnos, Antonis according to the newspaper. REUTERS Chatzidiamantis, told Mega TV. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Opposition to Thai army coup simmers Leader dissolves Senate, assumes law-making powers BANGKOK: Former Thai More people were summoned this decade-long clash between the Prime Minister Yingluck weekend, including some outspo- Bangkok-based establishment and Shinawatra was in a “safe ken academics. Thaksin Shinawatra, a former place” yesterday, an aide said, A senior officer said Yingluck telecommunications tycoon who after being held by the army could be held for up to a week broke the mould of Thai politics following a coup, as opposition and media reported she had been with pro-poor policies that won to the takeover grew among her taken to an army base in Saraburi him huge support and repeated supporters and pro-democracy province north of Bangkok, but an electoral victories. activists. aide denied that. Thaksin was ousted in a 2006 The army moved on Thursday “Now she’s in a safe place ... coup and left the country after after failing to forge a compro- She has not been detained in any a 2008 graft conviction, but he mise in a power struggle between military camp. That’s all I can say remains Thailand’s most influen- Yingluck’s populist government at this moment,” the aide said, tial politician and was the guiding and the royalist establishment, declining to be identified. hand behind the government of which brought months of some- A source from her Puea Thai Yingluck, his sister. times violent unrest to Bangkok’s Party said Yingluck was not The army said yesterday that A soldier keeps watch over an anti-coup protest at the Victory monument in Bangkok yesterday. streets. absolutely free because soldiers King Bhumibol Adulyadej had Consolidating its grip, the mili- were monitoring her, and several acknowledged the military take- tary dissolved the Senate yester- former ministers from her cabi- over, a significant formality in a devotion as his father, but some “We must have economic, social travel warnings for Thailand. day, the only legislative assembly net were being held in army facili- country where the monarchy is Thaksin supporters have recently and political reforms before elec- The United States swiftly con- still functioning in Thailand. It ties in Saraburi. the most important institution. been making a point of their loy- tions,” Prayuth told civil servants demned the coup and has said it also sacked three top security offi- Army deputy spokesman An undercurrent of the crisis alty to the prince. on Friday in his first comments is reviewing its aid to Thailand. cials who were seen as close to the Winthai Suvaree told a news is anxiety over the issue of royal Despite international calls for on his plans since the coup. “If the The US State Department said ousted government. conference that anyone being held succession. The king, the world’s the restoration of democratic situation is peaceful, we are ready on Friday it had suspended about The military detained Yingluck would not be detained for more longest-reigning monarch, is 86 government, army chief General to return power to the people.” $3.5m in military aid, including a on Friday when she and about 150 than seven days. He did not men- and spent the years from 2009 to Prayuth Chan-ocha has not But reforms could take many portion for training. other people, most of them politi- tion Yingluck. 2013 in hospital. promised a swift return to civil- months and stability could be Human Rights Watch said cal associates, were summoned Thailand’s political woes are Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn ian rule, insisting there must be elusive. rights in Thailand were in “free to an army facility in Bangkok. the latest chapter in a nearly does not command the same broad reforms and stability first. Many countries have issued fall.” REUTERS

Nepal recovers body of missing Red tape delays Tacloban rebuild American films his fall Aussie climber MANILA: Six months after government to “empower the and 7,600 permanent houses -- from Himalayan crevasse KATHMANDU: Early super typhoon Haiyan devas- local government.” plus shelter kits. autopsy results suggest skel- tated Tacloban City, not a sin- “The national government The computation was based etal remains discovered gle permanent housing unit should empower the local, he on an estimated amount for the KATHMANDU: An American All, 44, later told media outlets on a Nepalese mountain- has been built by the national stressed. They have the struc- construction of the housing units researcher has recorded the he thought he was going to die side belong to the missing government. ture, network, man power. We’re -- P200,000 for each permanent life-or-death climb that he made and that there was no way out West Australian man Matt City Mayor Alfred Romualdez still here, but we will have a long houses and P40,000 for each tem- bloodied and one-handed after when he began videotaping the Allpress. said “red tape” is slowing down way to go. Empower the local and porary units. falling 21 metres down an icy ordeal. Friends and family raised the rehabilitation and rebuilding we will get there,” he said. As of May, the national gov- Himalayan mountain crevasse. Over the next four to five the alarm in November after efforts of the government, headed The city government said that ernment said that it already has John All, an associate pro- hours, he said, he moved sideways the 23-year-old failed to arrive by former Senator Panfilo Lacson. a total of 4,853 temporary housing received a pledge P11.076bn in fessor of geography at Western and upwards inch by inch before in Sydney following a solo “There is really red tape and units and 14,433 permanent hous- cash donations. Kentucky University, had been finding an area where he could 10-day trek in the country’s confusion,” Romualdez said, ing units are needed for the city’s Budget Secretary Florencio collecting snow samples on the use an ice axe on the hard snow Annapurna ranges. stressing that the national gov- typhoon-affected population. Abad said Thursday that as of 7,125 metre Mount Himlung, close to pull himself up and out of the The remains were found ernment should already download It said that of the total tempo- May 14, the government has to Mount Everest in Nepal, when crevasse. on 10 May and his parents, to the local government the cash rary houses needed, 1,000 units already released P32.2 billion for he fell into the deep crevasse that He said he knew the entire Margaret and Mark Allpress, donations from international and have been committed by donors. infrastructure rehabilitation and he said had been hidden by heavy time that if he slipped it would travelled to Pokhara police local groups. Of the permanent housing reconstruction in typhoon devas- snow. mean death. station in Nepal where they “If they downloaded the money needed, 1,233 have been commit- tated areas. His body ricocheted between After he managed to climb confirmed that clothing and to us, (projects) should have been ted through memoranda of agree- Meanwhile, Romualdez said the walls of the crevasse, break- his way out of the crevasse, All personal items found nearby completed by now. People need ment and 5,600 units have been that the city government has ing his arm, five ribs, dislocating made his way back to his tent. He belonged to their son. the shelter, people need safety,” pledged by various groups. already submitted a master plan the shoulders and suffering severe sent an alert to other climbers on the mayor added. The city government said a total to Lacson, who was appointed cuts and internal bleeding before Facebook and a helicopter was First US drone Leyte 1st District Rep of P3.35bn would be needed for rehabilitation czar by President he landed on an ice ridge that he called, arriving 17 hours later to Ferdinand Martin Fernandez, the construction of the remaining Aquino. said was about 92 metres from the rescue him. He is recovering from lands in Japan meanwhile, urged the national units -- 3,853 temporary houses THE PHILIPPINE STAR bottom. his injuries. THE GUARDIAN TOKYO: A US Global Hawk surveillance drone arrived ‘Free dolphins’ yesterday morning at the Misawa Air Base in north- eastern Japan in the first China quake deployment of such an air- craft in the country, Kyodo injures five reported. It is one of a pair of Guam- BEIJING: An earth- based Global Hawks to be quake measuring 5.6 mag- deployed at Misawa in Aomori nitude on the Richter scale Prefecture from around May jolted Yingjiang County of to October. The two reconnais- southwest China’s Yunnan sance aircraft will likely start Province early yesterday, operating in the Asia-Pacific slightly injuring five people. region in early June. The epicentre was measured The temporary deployment at 25.0 degrees north and 97.8 in Japan of the unmanned air- degrees east, at a depth of 12 craft is believed to be aimed kilometres. Many residents at avoiding typhoons that rushed out of home when the frequently hit Guam during quake happened. Tiles fell from summer. some roofs and a power black- It is also believed to be aimed out occurred in the epicentre, at monitoring North Korea said Tao Jiqing, Party secre- and China at a time when tary of the county. Civil Affairs Pyongyang’s nuclear and mis- Department has sent 500 tents sile development programmes and 1,000 folding beds to the as well as Beijing’s maritime quake-hit areas. Relief efforts assertiveness have raised secu- Protesters hold up placards outside the Ocean Park during an ‘Empty are underway, Xinhua reported. rity concerns in Japan. The Tanks Worldwide’ event in Hong Kong yesterday. They demanded AGENCIES AGENCIES release of 19 bottlenose dolphins from the park. Xinjiang bombing suspects identified SHANGHAI: Chinese police have iden- extremism, took part in illegal religious separatists for the worsening violence in tified five suspects who carried out a sui- activities, watched and listened to terror- the resource-rich western region border- cide bombing in the deadliest attack in ist violence video and audio materials, the ing central Asia. At least 180 people have the country’s restive Xinjiang region in report said citing the police. been killed in attacks across China over the years, the official Xinhua news agency Thursday’s bombing was the second sui- past year. reported. cide attack in the capital in just over three Exiles and rights groups say the real The report said 39 people were killed weeks. A bomb and knife attack at an Urumqi cause of the unrest in Xinjiang is China’s from the bombing on Thursday morning at train station in April killed a bystander and heavy-handed policies, including curbs on a vegetable market in Urumqi in far west- wounded 79. Islam and the culture of Uighurs, Muslims ern China, home to a large Muslim Uighur China has launched a one-year crack- who speak a Turkic language. minority. down to hunt down and punish terrorists The Uighurs have long complained of Police have identified the suspects as in Xinjiang to “focus on terrorists and reli- official discrimination in favour of the Han Nurahmat Ablipiz, Memet Memtimin, gious extremist groups, gun and explosive people, China’s majority ethnic group. Raghimjan Memet, Memtimin Mahmat manufacturing dens and terrorist training The five suspects of Thursday’s bombing and Ablet Abdukadir, Xinhua said late on camps, state media reported on Friday. formed a five-member terrorist gang at the Friday. They all appear to be Uighur, judging The government had already launched end of 2013 and made explosive devices and by their names. a campaign to strike hard against ter- chose the target for their attack, Xinhua The five, influenced by religious rorism in Xinjiang, blaming Islamists and said. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN One killed as bomb blasts rock Islamabad Explosions follow three days of army raids on rebels

ISLAMABAD: Twin bomb no one hurt. “The bomb disposal from 2000–2010 total $68bn. attacks rocked Pakistan’s capi- squad is examining the site to President Asif Ali Zardari, tal Islamabad early yesterday, ascertain the nature of the sec- along with former president and killing one person and injuring ond blast,” he said. ex-Pakistan Army head Pervez another, officials said. The attacks were the first to Musharraf, have admitted that The first blast took place strike the capital since an explo- terrorist outfits were “deliber- around 2:00am in an upmarket sion tore through a fruit and ately created and nurtured” by shopping area close to the city vegetable market in April, kill- past governments. centre. ing at least 22 people. Yesterday’s incident came “It is not yet clear whether a Terrorism in Pakistan has after three days of air strikes by suicide bomber was involved or become a major and highly the Pakistani military against not... both victims were watch- destructive phenomenon in militant hideouts which killed men,” Chaudhry Hafiz Hussain, recent years. at least 75 people, in appar- a senior police official said. The annual death toll from ent retaliation against insur- Local TV showed broken glass terrorist attacks has risen from gent strikes and against foreign and branches strewn across the 164 in 2003 to 3318 in 2009, with fighters, according to a security pavement. a total of 35,000 Pakistanis killed official. Abdul Majeed, another police between September 11, 2001 and A month-long ceasefire official, said by telephone a May 2011. between Pakistan and the separate bomb had gone off According to the government Taliban, who have waged a in another area of Islamabad of Pakistan, the direct and indi- seven-year insurgency, expired Police officials inspect wreckage of a car after a bomb explosion in Islamabad yesterday. around half an hour later, with rect economic costs of terrorism last month. AFP Drastic cuts in subsidies likely Afghan poll body sacks 3,000 over fraud ahead of run-off ISLAMABAD: The govern- ment of Pakistan has decided KABUL: Afghanistan’s elec- mission, told journalists last week. to drastically reduce subsidies tion commission has said it Political instability clouds growth outlook: IMF “The remedy to that is to make in the new budget and squeeze had fired more than 3,000 staff the election as transparent as out higher amounts of surplus accused of fraud in the first WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund to an estimated 3.6 percent in 2013. Inflation was possible.” from the provinces to meet round of the presidential elec- (IMF) says political instability, regional security 5.6 percent year-on-year in March 2014,” says the More than 900 complaints fiscal deficit limits set under tion, as it sought to quell fears dynamics and slow application of policies cloud report. On 2014 prospects in post-Hamid Karzai classed in the most serious cat- international commitments. that it might fail to deliver a Afghanistan’s growth outlook despite enormous era, the report says, “The outlook should be positive, egory were recorded in the April Pakistan and the legitimate outcome. progress. assuming smooth political and security transitions, 5 vote, more than in the previous International Monetary Fund Afghans voted on April 5 in the In its latest report on the country, IMF says continued reform and donor financing.” election, when over one million (IMF) agreed this month on a first round to pick a successor to growth prospects “remain clouded by considerable Large security and development expenditure votes were thrown out. fiscal deficit target of 4.8 per- President Hamid Karzai, barred downside risk” although the country has moved needs and a limited domestic revenue capacity mean Around 300,000 were excluded cent of the GDP (Rs1.63tr) for by the constitution from standing forward in reconstruction, development and per Afghanistan will remain dependent on donor financ- this time around. next year against 5.7 percent for a third term after more than capita income. ing for an extended period. In addition to donor sup- Ghani said most fraudulently estimated for the current year. a decade in power. The report cites adverse domestic, political insta- port, macro-economic stability, structural reforms, cast votes were included in the The government has decided The winner will take charge bility, inadequate implementation of economic poli- and political and security stability are needed to final tally because of threats from to reduce overall subsidies to at a crucial time, with most for- cies and donor fatigue clouds its prospects. The ensure durable and inclusive growth. Risks to the rival candidates. Rs229bn from Rs338bn this eign troops due to withdraw by uncertainties over the last two years, and the pull- outlook are mostly on the downside, the report said. “Threats of violence, where the year - a reduction of over 32 the end of the year, the Taliban out of international troops and weak institutions On measures Afghanistan needs to take to boost opposing team promised rivers percent. insurgency still raging and a pact continue to constrain Afghanistan’s growth. its economy, the report stresses a fiscal regime for of blood, created a chilling envi- The target for subsidies this with Washington permitting some “These uncertainties reduced confidence and dis- the natural resources sector, enacting VAT Law ronment,” Ghani said in a state- year had been set at Rs270bn US forces to stay hanging in the couraged private investment. Growth slowed from swiftly and reaching domestic revenue targets. ment after the final results were but increasing requirements balance. 14 percent in 2012 (boosted by a bumper harvest) QNA released. “Close to 800,000 votes of the power sector because of Spokesman Noor Mohammad that should have been declared poor recovery of bills compelled Noor said Independent Election say many complaints were ignored Free and Fair Election Foundation reinforcing concern that the loser fraudulent were included in the the government to increase the Commission had blacklisted the in the effort to meet deadlines of Afghanistan. The run-off will on June 14 may reject the run- final count.” amount. fired staff, so that they would not and the decisionmaking process on June 14 and the results will off result. “The worst-case sce- Abdullah, who led first round be hired in the second round. lacked transparency. be announced on July 22. Both nario would be if the election is results by a margin of nearly Govt to receive “Some fraud was reported from “The Complaints Commission frontrunners, former opposition polarising and the results are 14 percentage points, said the those polling stations,” he added, must ensure to look into all leader Abdullah Abdullah and not accepted by one of the can- true scale of fraud had not been $10bn WB loan referring to the sites where the complaints so that the results ex-World Bank economist Ashraf didates and that has the poten- revealed to salvage the process fired staff had worked. are acceptable to all sides,” said Ghani, complain that widespread tial to lead to conflict,” Nicholas and give the electoral bodies a ISLAMABAD: The Nawaz Independent election monitors Jandad Spingar, director of the fraud undermined the first round, Haysom, deputy head of the UN chance to reform. REUTERS Sharif led government of Pakistan will receive the highest-ever foreign inflows in the shape of loans and grants of over $10bn dur- ing 2014-15, it was learnt ‘No tension between govt, military’ yesterday. Following the resumption of the World Bank and Asian ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ago promising to find a peaceful the government and the mili- Development Bank loans, as denied reports about deepen- settlement and has put talks at tary. “Clarifying the situation well as increased foreign loans ing divisions between the civil- the heart of his security policy. the (Interior) Minister said the and grants from bilateral credi- ian government and the army But as round after round of meeting was held in a highly tors, the government is expect- yesterday and said it had yet talks failed, the army started congenial and positive atmos- ing foreign inflows of up to to decide whether to call off to lean towards a military phere in which wide-ranging $10bn against the estimates of attempts to engage Taliban solution in the troubled North issues pertaining to national $5.76bn in the budget 2013-14. insurgents in peace talks. Waziristan region where the security including the situation “The net lending will stand On Friday, government militants are holed up. on our borders was discussed,” at over Rs650bn in the next insider said that during a tense Pakistani media almost never it said. budget as foreign inflows will meeting this week, Pakistan’s report on the often difficult “No decision for a full scale cross the Rs1,000bn mark and powerful army chief told Prime relationship between the civil- military operation in North can touch Rs1,050bn while Minister Nawaz Sharif that the ian government and the army. Waziristan was taken,” the repayment of loans in the time for talks with the Taliban In a statement yesterday, the ministry quoted the minister, shape of amortisation will con- was over. Interior Ministry said there Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, as sume almost Rs400bn,” said Sharif came to power a year was no tension with between saying. REUTERS the official sources. Polio points set Afghan poll campaign up in tribal belt PESHAWAR: Vaccination counters are being set up at all agency headquarters hospi- tals of Pakistan’s northwest- ern Federally Administered Tribal Areas to provide oral polio vaccination certifi- cates to all those travelling abroad from the region to implement the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) rec- ommendation for vaccinat- ing all Pakistanis boarding international flights. The authorities insist they’re hopeful that the Taliban will not hamper vaccination of adults for Haj, Umrah and jobs in parts of Fata, where they had banned the children’s vaccination. “The counters will begin operations in the next few days. Arrangements have been made to fulfil the WHO recommen- dation by providing OPV to all those flying out of the country,” Supporters of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah attend his election rally in Gardez, capital of Fata director Dr Pervez Kamal said. AGENCIES eastern Paktia province, yesterday. Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani will compete in a run-off on June 14. SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

Modi launches Stage set for Modi’s swearing-in membership drive on website More than 6,000 security personnel, air defence to secure Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow NEW DELHI: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: An ‘impregna- air surveillance. Snipers, includ- has launched a membership ble’ air defence system and more ing NSG sharpshooters with tel- drive on his official website ask- than 6,000 security personnel, escopic guns, will be deployed on ing people, in particular the from paramilitary commandos the top of all high-rise buildings youth, to connect with him on to police sharpshooters, on the around the area. his Facebook and Google plus ground will be deployed to guard All roads leading to Raisina accounts. “The people of India heads of state and government Hill will be barricaded, while can take this nation to greater who will be present at Rashtrapati mobile security teams will patrol heights and make it the lead- Bhavan, the Presidential Palace, the area. Paramilitary and Delhi ing nation of the world...the tomorrow evening to attend the Police commandos would also be people, particularly the youth open air oath-taking ceremony deployed to secure the area. Dog should devote their time, skills of Narendra Modi as India’s new squads and bomb disposal squads and energy towards the nation,” prime minister. will sanitise the venue in advance. said the introduction of the President Pranab Mukherjee The dignitaries who would “movement” which aims at cre- will administer the oath of office be present are Pakistani Prime ating “a strong, glorious and and secrecy to Modi. Around Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sri inclusive India”. Each person 3,000 guests including foreign Lankan President Mahinda who signs up is being asked his dignitaries and diplomats will be Rajapaksa, Afghan President area of interest and qualifica- present on the occasion. Hamid Karzai, Bhutanese Prime tions, and a personal acknowl- The 6,000 security person- Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepali edgement is also being issued. nel will cover a 2km periphery Prime Minister Sushil Koirala Modi’s message on the website around the Presidential Palace. and Maldivian President Abdulla narendramodi.in said: “I want They will be drawn from Delhi Yameen Abdul Gayoom. to be an agent of change for Ek Police, paramilitary forces, the Bangladesh will be represented Bharat, Shresht Bharat.” National Security Guard (NSG) by Speaker Shirin Chaudhury and Armed Forces. while Mauritius Prime Minister No need to be The security unit of Delhi Navinchandra Ramgoolam will Police and the prime minister’s also be present. pessimistic: Mani security unit have drawn up a The security agencies are on multi-layered security plan to high alert especially in the wake THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: provide ground-to-air security. of the terror attack on the Indian Artist Harwinder Singh Gill poses with his new creation, an image of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and tea Kerala’s Finance Minister K M Delhi Police will be in charge of Consulate in Afghanistan’s Herat cups ahead of Modi’s swearing-in ceremony tomorrow, in Amritsar yesterday. Mani yesterday said that there the security of the hotels where province on Friday morning. was no need to be pessimistic the dignitaries, including from The electricians were busy rectangular ground is semi-cir- kept in a corner and so were doz- (NDMC) has stationed a couple of over BJP leader Narendra Modi Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will be connecting the wires of dozens cular facing the square shaped ens of wooden boards painted in mini vans to fumigate the whole becoming India’s next prime staying, as well as their travel of white coloured pedestal fans dais, which has a white base and white which had directions writ- premises after regular intervals minister. “A strong centre is routes. and desert coolers while a group maroon coloured borders. The ten in red colour to help those to tackle the threat of dengue. good for states and we in Kerala Delhi Police said a security ring of labourers unloaded rolls of red stage stood at a height of about attending the event. Narendra Modi, who will be need not be pessimistic because will be thrown around Raisina carpets from a waiting tempo one foot and has the magnificent A huge media stand has been sworn-in as India’s 14th prime Modi is becoming the prime Hill on which Rashtrapati Bhavan even as municipality vans criss- edifice of Rashtrapati Bhavan as set up to the right of the stage, minister, will be the third minister,” said Mani, who is also stands. All offices around it will be crossed all of them, busy fumi- a backdrop. covered in a green coloured car- prime minister to take oath the head of the Kerala Congress shut down five hours ahead of the gating the sprawling forecourt of Around 30 white coloured ped- pet. In the lawns behind the fore- in the expansive forecourt of (Mani) and the third biggest swearing-in ceremony, slated for Rashtrapati Bhavan. estal fans and dozens of desert court, several maroon coloured Rashtrapati Bhavan. It is the first ally of the ruling Congress- 6pm tomorrow in the forecourt of Dozens of workers were toil- coolers were placed at equal dis- tents have been put up as this is time in India’s history that lead- led United Democratic Front. Rashtrapati Bhavan. ing tirelessly yesterday to put tance from each other in front where the dignitaries would be ers from neighbouring countries Mani, who has been a legisla- The Indian Air Force (IAF) finishing touches to the venue. of the chairs to provide respite treated to a vegetarian high tea. have been invited to the swearing- tor since 1967, said that the will put in place a defence sys- The seating arrangement in the from the searing heat in the open. Being a high profile event, the in ceremony of an Indian prime state would wait and see. The tem to secure the skies, including middle of the red sand covered Rolls of red coloured carpets were New Delhi Municipal Council minister. IANS Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win any seat in the state in the Nadda front-runner Lok Sabha election. All eyes will be on Modi to see if he appoints for BJP president’s Muslims welcome Modi’s gesture to Pakistan any BJP leader from Kerala in his cabinet. In the outgo- post: Party leader NEW DELHI: Prime Minister-elect start has been made. We now hope that the promotes regional peace,” proffered Kamal ing government, Kerala had a Narendra Modi’s gesture of inviting issues between the two would also be solved in Farooqi, a prominent Muslim voice and former record two cabinet and six state SHIMLA/NEW DELHI: BJP Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the near future,” Maulana Jalaluddin Umari, chairman, Delhi Minorities Commission. ministers. general secretary J P Nadda his swearing-in ceremony has raised hopes president, Jamat-e-Islami Hind, said. The incumbent chairman of the Delhi is among the front-runners of a long-lasting peace between the arch Equally upbeat is SQR Ilyas, a member of Minorities Commission, Safdar H Khan, too Sign language to become the party presi- rivals among Muslims of this country. the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. “It’s sees the development as a welcome change. dent if Rajnath Singh joins the In direct contrast to his election pitch - a very happy start to a new innings. The step “Both countries would benefit if good rela- at ceremony Narendra Modi government, a where he spoke of a toughened stand against is likely to improve relations. It reminds us of tions are maintained. In terms of trade, India party leader said. Pakistan — Narendra Modi, by this single Atal Behari Vajpayee’s era when much head- can export machinery and edibles like tea to NEW DELHI: Around 18 mil- A BJP central leader said gesture, has given a delightfully unexpected way was made in diplomacy with Pakistan,” Pakistan that our neighbour is currently buy- lion deaf Indian citizens will Nadda, Rajya Sabha MP from turn to the diplomatic course in the region. As said Ilyas. “Poor relations with Pakistan are ing from other countries at a very high cost,” be able to follow all details of Himachal Pradesh, is known for much as the gesture stunned the leadership in no one’s interest. Both countries end up Khan said. Narendra Modi’s swearing- his close proximity to Amit Shah, across the border, it has aroused hope among spending more than they normally should on However, amid the euphoria, some people are in ceremony tomorrow with another party general secretary the people in India and Indian Muslims, espe- defence, ruin bilateral trade and ultimately still sceptical about the durability of the dialogue sign language interpretation and a close confidante of Modi, cially, are construing it as a portend of a happy the common man suffers,” Ilyas said. process. “We can only hope that our relations facilities. Three sign language and former party president Nitin turn of events. The invitation has allayed fears, at least for with Pakistan would improve. But in the past interpreters would be at duty Gadkari. “Nadda is emerging as Muslims in India, the nation’s largest minor- the moment, that relations with Pakistan may we have seen that Pakistan does not stand by its to ensure that the oath-taking the best choice as he suits both ity, comprise 14 percent of its 1.2 billion peo- deteriorate under the Modi regime. resolve for too long. So let’s not be too enthusi- and other ceremonies of prime the party top leadership and the ple, and are the world’s third largest Muslim “Only communication can bridge the gap. astic this time around,” said Mahmood Madani minister-designate Modi are RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak population after Indonesia and Pakistan. “It’s The invite is a very good step, whatever the of Jamiat-Ulema-e-Hind. “But yes, the gesture made available to deaf citizens Sangh),” a senior party leader a very good step by Modi. Although we can’t fear mongers may try to portray it as. Now, of extending an invite to the Pakistan prime of India, the Disabled Rights said in Shimla. expect all the festering wounds to heal over- Pakistan should address India’s concerns and minister should be appreciated,” he said. Group (DRG) said. IANS night, but yes let me concede a very positive a healthy relationship should develop that IANS IANS

Demand for bottled water rises Shazia Ilmi and Gopinath quit AAP, hit out at Kejriwal

NEW DELHI/BANGALORE: be spending time with cadres, Ilmi also clarified that her In a double whammy for the candidates, volunteers, critics resignation from the party was Aam Aadmi Party, two of its etc.,” she said. not due to the fact that she was key leaders — Shazia Ilmi and “I am not for jail bharo poli- asked to contest the Lok Sabha G R Gopinath — yesterday quit tics. There is a need to reinvent election from Ghaziabad, from the party and lashed out at its the AAP, go beyond agitations. where she lost. “I deny whisper chief Arvind Kejriwal’s policies Sensationalism may have helped campaigns that my resignation and attitude. us make our point initially, but to has to do with being fielded from “I have decided to give up my continue to use it as a norm defeats Ghaziabad,” Ilmi said. membership of the AAP and the exercise of trust reposed in us AAP leader Yogendra Yadav resign from all positions within by public,” she added. said the party was saddened by the party,” Ilmi said at a press Ilmi said the AAP was being the news and the fact that they conference in Delhi. run by a “crony clique” who took could not convince Ilmi to change “This is a difficult decision for “impulsive decisions”. “We fight her mind. “From the time I came Workers load bottled mineral water on to a truck at a plant in Ahmedabad yesterday. Rising temperatures me but it is triggered by the lack against cronyism but we have a to know she wanted to organise across the country has seen an increase in demand for bottled water. of inner-party democracy, spe- crony clique who run the party a press conference, I spoke to her cially from a party that constantly and take impulsive decisions and asked her to think over the talks of Swaraj,” she added. which we learn about later. We decision. We also told her that Bangalore-based Gopinath, cannot follow the principles of Arvind is in jail and not to take founder of Air Deccan, attacked Swaraj within our own party,” such a decision. We are sad we Kejriwal and questioned his deci- she said. could not convince her,” he said. TRS sets up ‘war room’, draws TDP ire sion to go to jail and not pay the She further said Kejriwal failed “We will surely introspect as bail amount in a defamation case. to follow the concept of Swaraj we also feel the party has made HYDERABAD: Amid a row of local status. TRS legislators Naidu, who will be taking oath He said the head of a party can- personally and accused him of certain mistakes. It is time for the over bifurcation of employ- Swami Goud and Srinivas Goud next month as the chief minis- not indulge in “shoot and scoot shooting the messenger. AAP to learn from its mistakes,” ees between Telangana and said the war room was set up to ter of residuary state of Andhra politics”. “I would like to resign “Arvind has shot the messenger. he added. Another AAP leader, Seemandhra, Telangana fight for the rights of Telangana Pradesh (Seemandhra) has come from the membership of the Aam For the last four years, I fought who is a member of the political Rashtra Samithi (TRS) yester- employees and not to wage a war down heavily on TRS for open- Admi Party with immediate effect like an obedient soldier. However, affairs committee of the party, day set up a “war room” at its against anybody. ing ‘war room’. “We don’t need because of increasing differences now I have been systematically said “these are testing times” for office here, drawing the ire of The development came two days war rooms. We need peace,” said with the party leadership and its marginalised because I offered a the party. Telugu Desam Party (TDP). after TRS chief and Telangana Naidu after meeting Governor E ways,” said Gopinath, who joined voice of dissent and constructive “There are people who come to TRS leaders inaugurated the chief minister designate K S L Narasimhan. the party in January. criticism,” she said. contribute to the party and when war roo’ at Telangana Bhavan, the Chandrasekhara Rao made it clear Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Ilmi said the party needed to She, however, quickly added they feel they have done their party headquarters, to deal with that no employee who is a native will formally come into being reinvent itself and go beyond agi- that she had the “greatest job they leave. These are testing any grievances or receive infor- of Seemandhra will be allowed to as separate states on June 2. tation. “Instead of wasting our respect” for Kejriwal and the times for the party but we will mation about any Seemandhra work in Telangana state. Hyderabad will serve as the joint collective energy in this jail-bail selfless volunteers who were the tide over,” the leader said. employee making a false claim TDP chief N Chandrababu capital for 10 years. IANS imbroglio, Arvind should actually “backbone of the party”. IANS

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Zeliang sworn Learn lessons from rout: Sonia in as Nagaland Congress president re-elected CPP chairperson, partymen urged not to bicker in public chief minister KOHIMA: Senior Naga NEW DELHI: Congress People’s Front (NPF) leader T President Sonia Gandhi, re- R Zeliang was sworn-in as the elected chairperson of Congress 17th chief minister of Nagaland Parliamentary Party (CPP) yes- yesterday, a day after Neiphiu terday, asked party leaders not Rio put in his papers. to indulge in “public acrimony” Governor Ashwani Kumar over the party’s worst Lok administered the oath of office Sabha results for which appro- and secrecy to the 62-year-old priate lessons need to be learnt. leader and 11 other ministers in Addressing a meeting of CPP, a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan in she acknowledged “there was state capital Kohima. widespread anger against us Rio submitted his resignation which we failed to adequately on Friday to Governor Ashwani gauge” and asked party MPs to Kumar after his election to the be “vigilant watchdogs” in their Lok Sabha. The former three- role in the opposition. time chief minister is likely get Party leaders said Gandhi will a ministry in the Narendra Modi soon decide the names of leaders cabinet. of opposition in the two houses of Five NPF leaders — Imkong parliament. Imchen, C M Chang, E E Gandhi’s remarks about the Panteang, S Pangyuh Phom and need for the partymen to stop Meren Toshi Jamir — who were bickering through media comes cabinet ministers in Rio’s govern- against the backdrop of a blame ment have been denied cabinet game in the party over its worst berth this time. electoral defeat — with its tally Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, C Kipili reduced to only 44 seats while it Sangtam, C L John, Benjongliba did not win a single seat in some Aier, Nuklutoshi and P Longon states - with some leaders taking have been given the charge of potshots at “Team Rahul Gandhi”. cabinet ministries. Her son and party vice- Noke Wangnao, a former min- president Rahul Gandhi led ister in Rio’s cabinet and who the Congress campaign in the was also initially a front-runner election. In her speech, Sonia for chief minister’s post, retained Gandhi said she was asked by All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi (centre), with Congress party’s outgoing prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh (left) and his cabinet berth. Former home the Congress Working Committee Congress leader Karan Singh during the party’s parliamentary meeting in New Delhi yesterday. minister G Kaito Aye, Kuzholuzo (CWC) to take all steps necessary Nienu, Kiyanilie Peseyie, to revamp the organisation at all principles of the Congress.” lessons from this unprecedented in the Rajya Sabha and the CPP the BJP-led NDA government Yanthungo Patton also retained levels. At the CPP meeting, Sonia setback,” she said. can function as a formidable accountable to its pledges and their berth in Zeliang’s cabinet. “Your inputs, your experi- Gandhi’s name was proposed by She noted the Congress secured opposition. not allow dilution of policies and However, NPF allies compris- ence and your assessment of our party leader Mallikarjun Kharge 10.69 crore votes compared to 17.16 A resolution adopted at the legislations of UPA government. ing Nationalist Congress Party, strengths and weaknesses, rather and seconded by other leaders crore received by the Bharatiya meeting said the party will demon- Party sources said that names the Bharatiya Janata Party, Janata than public acrimony, will be crit- including Mohsina Kidwai. Janata Party but though getting strate its resilience in no uncertain of senior leaders A KAntony and Dal-United and Independent legis- ical to the exercise,” she said. Becoming Congress president almost 62 percent votes compared terms. It expressed its gratitude to Ghulam Nabi Azad were doing the lators did not find a cabinet berth. In an apparent message to in 1998, she has been successively to that of the BJP, its tally was Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi round in party circles as leader of In the 60-member Nagaland party parliamentarians, includ- heading the parliamentary party. less than 15 percent. The BJP won “for their indefatigable campaigns the house in Rajya Sabha. In Lok assembly, the NPF has 38 mem- ing her own son who was also Outgoing prime minister 282 seats. across the country”. Sabha, the name of senior leader bers, the NCP four, the BJP and present at the meet, Sonia Gandhi Manmohan Singh briefly spoke Hitting out at the BJP and “Electoral setbacks cannot Kamal Nath is doing the rounds the JD-U have two each, while said that being in the opposition at the meeting. some other parties, she said that obscure their contributions and though many party leaders were there are eight Independents. means regular attendance, more Sonia Gandhi congratulated in the outgoing parliament, they the CPP resolves to regroup, keen on Sonia Gandhi herself or The opposition Congress has eight hours inside the house and more the newly-elected Lok Sabha opposed some legislations due to rebuild and revive under their by Rahul Gandhi. There is uncer- legislators. Zeliang has promised study of subjects. members and said that although “cussedness and outright political leadership and regain support tainty over the party getting the that they will continue to uphold “It means asking more ques- victorious, she was pained about opportunism”. of people.” It also recalled “yeo- post in Lok Sabha as its tally does the policies and programmes ini- tions, raising more issues, initiat- the larger defeat of the party. She said the Congress may man’s services” rendered by not constitute one tenth of the tiated under Rio’s leadership and ing more debates, always being the “We have to individually and have a small strength in the Lok Manmohan Singh. house’s strength. also try to follow his footprints. vigilant watchdog and defending collectively draw appropriate Sabha but it was the largest party The party said it will hold IANS IANS SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

PRAYER TIME Winter Sleep Goldsmith beetle wins Cannes top Fajr (Dawn) 3:18 Palme d’Or prize Shorook (Sunrise) 4:45 Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 CANNES: Turkish film Winter Asr (Afternoon) 2:56 Sleep, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, won the top Palme d’Or Maghrib (Sunset) 6:17 award for best film yesterday at Isha (Night) 7:47 the 67th Cannes International Film Festival, the prize jury announced. Ceylan, whose three-hour- WEATHER plus film explores the huge gap between the powerful and power- Weather less in his country, noted that the Today Monday Tuesday Conditions: award came on the 100th anniver- Clear Partly cloudy Clear sary of Turkish film. Hot during He dedicated the award to the day with “those who lost their lives dur- some dust ing the last year”, adding that he High: 43° High: 41° High: 40° was referring to the youth of his Low: 32° Low: 32° Low: 33° and some A goldsmith beetle flies over stone-breaker flowers in a garden outside Moscow. clouds. country. Le Meraviglie (The Wonders) by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher took the second place prize for a DOHA - SUN & SEA coming-of-age story set in the Tuscan countryside as a family SUN TIDE SEA tries to eke out a bohemian life making honey. WIND SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW Twenty-five-year-old Canadian 04:47 18:14 01:15 & 15:30 08:15 & 21:15 05-15 / 18 KT director Xavier Dolan’s film Mommy shared the third-place THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW prize with octogenarian French director Jean-Luc Godard’s HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Adieu au Langage (Goodbye to MUSCAT 41/33 Partly cloudy 42/33 Partly cloudy Language). American director Bennett MAKKAH 36/27 Mostly cloudy 37/26 Mostly cloudy Miller won the best director KUWAIT 44/30 Mostly cloudy 44/27 Mostly cloudy award for Foxcatcher, British BAHRAIN 44/29 Partly cloudy 42/28 Partly cloudy actor Timothy Spall won best SANAA 30/13 Partly cloudy 30/15 Mostly cloudy actor for Mike Leigh’s film Mr RIYADH 42/30 Mostly cloudy 43/31 Mostly cloudy Turner and Julianne Moore was DUBAI 39/30 Clear 40/30 Clear named best actress in David BAGHDAD 38/25 Clear 39/27 Partly cloudy Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars. Leviathan by Russia’s Andrei THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Zvyagintsev took the prize for best screenplay. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER “It was an extremely diverse ATHENS 27/19 Partly cloudy 27/20 Clear ensemble — films that were clas- sical, films that were radical, WASHINGTON 27/17 Clear 31/20 Partly cloudy films that were about the future SYDNEY 25/14 Partly cloudy 25/16 Partly cloudy of cinema,” jury member and LONDON 18/08 Chance of rain 14/11 Rain Danish director Nicolas Winding PARIS 22/15 Mostly cloudy 20/11 Chance of rain Refn said after the awards were ISTANBUL 23/16 Clear 25/16 Clear announced. Hollywood Reporter critic Stuart MANILA 36/26 Partly cloudy 36/27 Chance of storm Kemp said in a text message that DHAKA 32/27 Chance of storm 36/27 Chance of storm the awards showed “no surprises DELHI 38/27 Chance of rain 40/27 Partly cloudy with the awards going to predict- ISLAMABAD 34/22 Partly cloudy 36/21 Partly cloudy able places”. AFP Sunday 25 May 2014 26 Rajab 1435 Volume 19 Number 6076 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 QE to introduce margin trading, short selling Bourse hosts global investment companies in London

DOHA: The Qatari bourse is to buy more stocks than one is welcomed the feedback provided planning to introduce margin able to normally. Margin trad- by those present on how to fur- trading and covered short sell- ing is allowed at almost all stock ther enhance the accessibility to ing in the near future and so exchanges the world over. One the Qatari market. is busy with the regulator to needs to open a margin account Al Mansoori said the Exchange evolve rules and regulations to (different from cash account) has implemented a number of govern the above transactions. with a broker for that purpose. measures to enhance the liquid- The idea is to increase invest- Short selling is borrowing ity of the market. He said, “these ment opportunities on the mar- stocks and selling them in the measures include tick size changes, ket, diversify the market and hope that their prices would be adjusting the trading hours, help enhance liquidity. This was down. Then buying the stocks enhancing the number of broker- disclosed at a dinner meeting in when the prices are down and age firms, assisting in licensing a London by the CEO of the bourse, giving them back to the broker, number of banks as custodians, Qatar Exchange (QE), Rashid Al thus making a profit. It is a highly introducing the concept of liquid- Mansoori. Present at the meet risky transaction. ity provision and securities lend- held recently were sell side bro- Al Mansoori said: “We believe ing and borrowing. Secondly, we kers and institutions in London we have made significant progress have introduced DvP and DMA Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid Al Mansoori (fourth right) and other dignitaries at a meeting in London. who are responsible for interna- at a legislative and technical level, schemes for foreign brokers, the tional flow into the Qatari market. infrastructure and systems, dis- latter through a sponsoring local According to a press state- closure and governance practices, broker. Thirdly, the exchange turnover and the sell side brokers investor base. In this sense, the income risk from an Asian bor- ment issued by QE yesterday, Al awareness-raising and spreading has introduced a number of new are responsible for facilitating development of QE’s trading envi- rower and the second product Mansoori was in London heading the culture of investment; as well investment tools such as bonds and this order traffic into the market ronment (now covering UTP, DvP is likely to be an ETF based on a delegation from the stock mar- as the diversification of invest- treasury bills, as well as launching by ensuring prompt execution and and Scila) reflects best interna- a representative Qatar-country ket to meet with sell side repre- ment tools and services provided various new indices.” best services to the investors.” tional practice providing investors index. We hope to introduce these sentatives in London ahead of the to investors.” Al Mansoori said: “These infra- Al Mansoori said the Exchange with new investment opportuni- ETFs to the market in the next Qatari bourse’s inclusion in the Al Mansoori recognised the role structure changes are of course is keen to implement the world ties backed by the existence of six months. In terms of AUM MSCI Emerging Market Index. played by the sell side institutions market-wide and therefore, best practices in securities trad- efficient and effective systems. these transactions will be larger Buying on margin is borrow- in presenting an efficient and easy benefits the international inves- ing: “The liquidity aspect is our QE is working on two live ETF than anything else currently ing money from a broker to pur- access to the Qatari market for tor base too. Foreign investors top priority given its importance projects. One of these will be an listed in the region,” Al Mansoori chase stocks and this allows one the international investors. He generate 40 percent of the total to the domestic and international ETF based on government fixed concluded. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qatar has second highest inflation rate in the GCC Kuwait highest at 2.96pc; Oman lowest at 0.73pc

DOHA: Inflation rates in the and 0.2 percent in Saudi Arabia. down by 0.8 percent and 3 per- GCC registered increases by However, Oman recorded a 0.06 cent, respectively. between 0.73 percent and 2.96 percent decrease in the same Communication costs in Oman percent by end of March 2014 period, while prices in Bahrain decreased by 4.62 percent in the when compared to March 2013, remained stable, the inflation same period, while miscellaneous a recently released inflation report said. goods and services in Qatar and report said yesterday. As for the main categories Kuwait were respectively down The report issued by the for the consumer price index by 2.2 percent and 2.38 percent. Statistical Centre for the in each GCC member state, fig- Overall pan-GCC figures Cooperation Council for the ures showed an increase over show that costs for education Arab Countries of the Gulf the 12-month period through witnessed the highest growth, (GCC-Stat), reveals that Kuwait March 2014 as follows: educa- increasing by 6.24 percent in recorded the highest rate of tion increased by 4.39 percent in Oman, 5 percent in Bahrain, Abdulaziz Fakhroo, General Manager and CEO of Ooredoo in Kuwait, announcing the transition from Wataniya inflation among the GCC mem- the United Arab Emirates and 4.39 percent in the United Arab to Ooredoo . ber states registering an increase 6.24 percent in Oman, food and Emirates, 4.06 percent in Kuwait of 2.96 percent, followed by 2.6 beverage prices in Bahrain went and 3.7 percent in Saudi Arabia, percent for both Saudi Arabia up by 5.6 percent, while tobacco the inflation report said. and Qatar. prices in Saudi Arabia increased On the contrary, the com- Bahrain followed with 2.3 by 6.4 percent. munications group witnessed a Wataniya becomes Ooredoo percent inflation rate, while Housing and energy costs decrease in prices by March 2014 the rate was 1.85 percent in the recorded highest increases in compared to March 2013 in all DOHA: Wataniya Telecom, Ooredoo has successfully rolled- development enhancing people’s United Arab Emirates. Qatar, growing by 5.7 percent, GCC states except for Bahrain Kuwait’s first privately-owned out the new brand across the daily lives.” Oman registered the lowest while costs for furniture and where it slightly increased by 0.1 telecommunications company, Middle East, North Africa, and Fakhroo added: “We are very rate of inflation with a 0.73 per- household goods in Kuwait grew percent. in which Qatar’s telecom giant Southeast Asia. The transforma- proud to become part of a com- cent increase in the consumer by 4.83 percent. Communications registered a Ooredoo (formerly Qtel) owns tion into Ooredoo has seen these munity-focused global brand that price index. On the other hand, statistics drop in prices of 4.62 percent in a majority stake, yesterday companies do far more than just has a strong sense of responsibil- When compared to February revealed decrease in the medical Oman, 1.28 percent in Kuwait, fully adopted the new Ooredoo change their name — each has ity towards the markets where 2014, the March inflation rates care group prices in the United 0.3 percent in Saudi Arabia, brand, which was globally launched a new wave of serv- our customers live and work. In show a 0.3 percent increase in Arab Emirates by 0.14 percent, 0.08 percent in the United Arab launched early last year at the ices and initiatives designed to Kuwait, we will be known not just Kuwait and Qatar, 0.22 percent while transportation costs in Emirates, the report said. Mobile World Congress held in promote human growth in their by the things we do, but how we in the United Arab Emirates Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were THE PENINSULA Barcelona (Spain). respective countries. do them and a unique customer Ooredoo welcomed the For Ooredoo in Kuwait, this experience that will delivers tan- announcement as the Doha-based will include the launch of a gible results.” international telecom company range of life-enhancing con- Supporting the life-enhanc- is continuing the momentum sumer and business-to-business ing initiatives are Ooredoo in of its global brand rollout. The services, including Kuwait’s first Kuwait’s 3G and 4G LTE net- US wins car import case against China transformation of the brand was e-commerce site for purchasing works, whose performance has announced at a ceremony at the electronics. been ranked as one of the best in company’s new Kuwait City head- Dr Nasser Marafih, Group the world by Omnitele, thanks to WASHINGTON: The United in retaliation for US trade policies. Enclave and Cadillac Escalade. quarters by Abdulaziz Fakhroo, CEO, Ooredoo, said: “Kuwait is a recent $400m network moderni- States has won a trade dispute China, which only joined the WTO Total US auto exports to China General Manager and CEO, a hub for ICT innovation, and sation programme with Huawei with China over duties slapped in 2001, is the second most common totaled $8.6bn. Ooredoo in Kuwait. in a highly-competitive mar- and Ericsson. In addition, as on US exports of large cars and target of US disputes at the trade Although Froman said he was Ooredoo’s operation in Kuwait ket we aim to provide the best a community-based company, sport utility vehicles, the World body after the European Union. pleased China had dropped the is the latest to adopt the new technology and customer experi- Ooredoo in Kuwait is supporting Trade Organisation said. US Trade Representative Michael duties, which ranged up to 21.5 per- brand, joining those in Qatar, ence. Make data access available the Kuwait Blind Association’s China, the second-biggest market Froman said the duties affected cent, he said it was worrying the US Algeria, the Maldives, Myanmar, for all over our leading mobile braille publisher Bayt Abdullah for US auto exports, in 2011 started $5.1bn in US auto exports in 2013, had brought, and won, three WTO and Tunisia. Following the glo- broadband networks will promote and will launch a sports arena levying punitive duties on vehicles including popular models such as cases against China over unfair bal launch at the GSMA Mobile human growth, with initiatives with three indoor soccer fields. with engines of 2.5 liters and above, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, Buick import duties. REUTERS World Congress in February 2013, across e-commerce and social THE PENINSULA

Eurozone recovery is under way, but remains fragile: QNB Tech firms to pay DOHA: The eurozone economic competitiveness in the last few on a positive trend for the third this two-speed economic recov- labor costs between Germany and $325m to settle r e c over y i s slowly u nder w ay, but years by reducing its unit labour consecutive quarter. Growth in ery has resulted in a worse-than- the eurozone periphery became so it remains fragile, says a weekly costs relative to Germany. Unless Ireland has not yet been released, expected eurozone expansion in large that it eventually forced an hiring lawsuit report by Qatar National Bank this internal adjustment process but the consensus estimate is for the first quarter of 2014 of only abrupt outflow of capital as the (QNB) yesterday. continues, the growth perform- a similar growth rate (0.5 per- 0.2 percent, the report said. economy could no longer gener- The report said GDP data ance in the single currency area cent). On the other hand, France The reforms have also helped ate the required returns, “thus NEW YORK: Four major released last week showed that will diverge further, with impor- (0.0 percent) and Italy (-0.1 per- keep labour costs below the unleashing the Eurozone crisis.” Silicon Valley companies have growth in Germany and Spain tant implications for the stability cent) continue to lag behind, eurozone average for 12 years, Since the crisis, Greece and formally agreed to pay $325m was on an upward curve while of the eurozone, the report said. while growth in Greece (-1.1 per- it also led to one of the lowest Spain have been working on low- to settle claims brought by France and Italy continue to lag While Germany grew faster cent) and Portugal (-0.7 percent) unemployment rates in Europe. ering labour costs through reduc- employees who accused them behind. This two-speed growth than expected (0.8 percent quar- remains depressed by the fiscal Other countries like Greece, ing government spending and thus of limiting competition by col- performance is mainly driven by ter-on-quarter), other countries austerity measures contained Portugal and Spain did not fol- repressing domestic demand in luding not to poach each other’s the extent to which each euro- lagged behind. Spain’s growth (0.4 in the ongoing IMF-supported low through with the German order to regain competitiveness. talent. The settlement, between zone country has managed to gain percent) continued to accelerate adjustment programmes. Overall, model. The rising gap in unit THE PENINSULA Apple Inc, Google Inc, Intel Corp, Adobe Systems Inc and roughly 64,000 workers, was Barclays fined £26m for gold fix failings disclosed in papers filed late on Thursday with a federal court in San Jose, California. LONDON: Barclays has been known as the fix. Barclays’ chief US District Judge Lucy Koh fined £26m, and one of its executive, Antony Jenkins, who has been asked to preliminarily former traders banned from was promoted to replace Bob approve the accord at a June 19 working in the City — London’s Diamond in the wake of the Libor hearing, over an objection by one of financial district — for failing rigging scandal, insisted the bank the four named plaintiffs, Michael to prevent manipulation of the was already making changes to Devine, who says the settlement gold price in London. its culture to avoid such problems let the companies off too easily. Almost two years after being happening again. Lawyers for the plaintiffs may seek hit with a £290m fine for rig- The Financial Conduct up to 25 percent of the settlement ging the Libor rate, Barclays is Authority (FCA) said it had fined amount in legal fees. Filed in 2011, now facing the wrath of regula- Daniel James Plunkett £95,600 the lawsuit accused Silicon Valley tors again, this time for almost and banned him from working in companies of conspiring to limit 10 years of inadequate oversight key roles in the City. competition and keep wages down of the setting of the price of gold, THE GUARDIAN for engineers, programmers and other technical staff. REUTERS

Savoy Education Centre gets ISO certification

DOHA: Savoy Education Centre has got the ISO 9001:2008 certi- fication on Quality Management System recently, the company said in a statement. The certification was awarded by JAS-ANZ, the world renowned certification body. This ensures that the centre’s management, operations, delivery of quality education to children, systems and processes of the centre meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 standard. On the occa- sion of the certification, Jerry Babu Basheer, CEO, Savoy Group said, “Quality is our motto. The accreditation we received now reinforces our commitment to quality and with strict adher- ence to the required procedures we will be able to maintain the highest quality standards in deliv- ery of our education and training to children.” THE PENINSULA The Savoy Group officials. SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Rosneft, BP to explore for shale oil in Russia Many western companies lured by business in Moscow amid sanctions

ST PETERSBURG: Rosneft and BP signed an agreement EU should heed yesterday to jointly explore for hard-to-recover oil in Russia, European firms the first major deal for the state-run Russian oil company ST PETERSBURG: The since the West imposed sanc- European Union should tions over Ukraine in March. consider the interests of Rosneft Chief Executive Igor European companies work- Sechin, a close ally of President ing in Russia when decid- Vladimir Putin, has been tar- ing on whether to impose geted by US sanctions along with sanctions on Moscow over some other members of Putin’s its involvement in Ukraine, so-called inner circle following President Vladimir Putin’s Russia’s annexation of Crimea top economic aide said yes- from Ukraine in March. terday. “I hope very much Western energy bosses saved that when making these deci- the St Petersburg International sions ... the dependence and Economic forum from a complete interests of European com- failure by effectively standing by panies that are working in Russia as heads of top banks and Russia (will be considered),” Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) attends a signing of documents many other firms did not show Andrei Belousov told report- between Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei (left), the Minister of Energy up for fear of reprisals over the ers on the sidelines of the of the United Arab Emirates and President and Chairman of the Board of sanctions. St Petersburg International Directors of Mubadala Petroleum Co and Igor Sechin, Chairman of the Gazprom Chief Executive Alexei Miller (left) talks to Lukoil CEO Vagit “Our country has a goal not Economic Forum. REUTERS Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Alekperov during the SPIEF 2014 in St Petersburg. only to sustain and improve posi- Rosneft, at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia. tions of one of the leading energy The SPIEF — or ‘Russia’s Davos’ as the annual confab has been dubbed — suppliers but to become one of the of the joint venture which will pipeline. Dudley, who had bumpy rela- is supposed to be a showcase for President Putin and his country’s huge leaders of starting transformation explore the so-called Domanic The US Energy Information tions with Russia as head of raw materials-based economy. of the global energy,” Putin told formation and BP will hold 49 Administration estimates Russian TNK-BP, now part of Rosneft, the forum yesterday. percent. BP holds an almost 20 recoverable shale oil resources told reporters that BP is not going Russia is the world’s leading oil percent stake in Rosneft. at 75 billion barrels, more than to sell its stake in Rosneft. producer with current output of “We are very pleased to be a the 58 billion barrels held by the “I think it is important to come Russia may speed up around 10.5 million barrels per part of Russian energy complex,” United States, now the leader in and to watch and listen... to where day (bpd) but the bulk of pro- Bob Dudley, chief executive with shale oil production. the things are going... We have duction is coming from depleted BP, told the forum. He was also Rosneft has previously also responsibility to stand with our western Siberian deposits. present at the signing but did not reached agreements with partners in difficult time,” he said. new gas route to China Moscow is hoping to repeat sign it himself. ExxonMobil of the United States Some of Western energy the shale oil boom in the United “President (Putin) has urged and Norway’s Statoil to explore executives, including from US ST PETERSBURG: Russia’s Putin said yesterday. States, which changed the global us today to invest into shale oil... for hard-to-recover oil. ExxonMobil, attended Rosneft President Vladimir Putin said State-run Gazprom has yet to energy landscape as Washington There’s so many natural resources Global energy executives at party outside St Petersburg on yesterday a route to supply gas build a pipeline to carry 38 bil- is gradually cutting oil imports in Russia, the openness and part- the forum included Royal Dutch Friday night, an industry source to China via western Siberia lion cubic metres of gas annu- and preparing to start exports, nerships Russia has with compa- Shell’s Ben van Beurden, Total’s said, with Sechin thanking eve- may be implemented faster than ally to China from 2018 through pushing other producers like nies from all over the world is a Christophe de Margerie, Eni’s ryone for coming and calling to the eastern route, through which East Siberia. Russia and China Russia to forge closer business good thing for energy,” Dudley Claudio Descalzi and ExxonMobil work hard further. Moscow has agreed to ship the have agreed a $25bn prepayment ties with Asia. said on Saturday after meeting Development Company’s Neil “We checked with compliance fuel to its Asian neighbour. under a supply deal, Alexander With Putin attending the cer- Putin in private along with other Duffin. (depaartment) all the nuances Moscow and Beijing clinched a Medvedev, the head of Gazprom’s emony, Sechin and BP Russia energy executives. Most of them kept a low profile regarding Russia. What we can- $400bn gas deal last week after exporting arm, said on Friday. head David Campbell signed an Earlier this week, Russia and or had a short message to deliver not do is to deal with Sechin as years of talks, which will help Gazprom had planned to supply agreement at the St Petersburg China signed a gas contract worth business as usual. “My message an individual but we can deal Russia to diversify gas supplies a further 30 billion cubic metres International Economic Forum $400bn against the background to Russia is simple — business with him as president of Rosneft,” away from Europe, its main export of gas per year to China through to jointly explore for hard-to- of the worst East-West standoff as usual,” said de Margerie who an executive from a western oil market. “The second project, if the western route. recover oil in the Volga-Urals since the Cold War. Moscow is signed a deal with private Russian major said. Chinese partners are positive Putin said yesterday the pos- region of central Russia. already supplying oil to Asia via firm Lukoil to explore for uncon- REUTERS towards it, may be implemented sible amount of gas for this route Rosneft will hold 51 percent the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean ventional oil during the forum. even faster than the eastern one,” has yet to be decided. REUTERS ‘US-EU trade talks challenging’

WASHINGTON: US and EU last week on labour, environ- extrajudicial mechanism to settle trade representatives ended ment and sustainable develop- investor-state disputes. another “challenging” round of ment issues. The latter has met growing talks and hard work still lies The US-EU talks on the opposition from European civic ahead, the chief US negotiator Transatlantic Trade and groups and the German govern- Dan Mullaney said. Bringing Investment Partnership aim to ment. Garcia-Bercero sought to together the world’s largest free grow what is already the world’s reassure that the EU “in no way” trade agreement “will require biggest trade relationship by dis- intended to “weaken financial a lot of creativity and a lot of mantling regulatory barriers that services regulations or inter- persistence,” Mullaney told force companies to produce dif- fere with work being done.” US reporters. ferent products for the US and financial officials have repeat- His EU counterpart, Ignacio EU markets. edly pushed the EU to tighten its Garcia-Bercero, underlined that The toughest areas of dis- banking regulations, in light of the goal was “highly ambitious” pute are financial regulation, the rolling bailouts that under- but that progress had been made which the US does not want to mined economic growth across through “intensive” discussions include in the deal, and a special Europe in recent years. QNA

Yakult factory in US Uber taxi app seeks capital at $12bn value

NEW YORK: Uber, the star- tup app that connects people with taxis and drivers, is seek- ing to raise fresh capital that would give it a $12bn value, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The Journal said Uber, which has already raised significant venture capital, is seeking $500m from various investor groups. The company did not respond to a query on the report. San Francisco-based Uber, launched in 2009, offers a mobile app connecting passengers and taxis along with a “black car” service. Uber is the most prominent of the apps that are shaking up the traditional taxi landscape in cities around the world. The company has faced signifi- cant resistance from regulators. In New York, for example, Uber’s rates run afoul of fares set by the city’s taxi commission. Uber has also faced regulatory issues in Europe and protests from taxi operators who claim the service is unfair competition and fails to live up to standards set for such services. Uber operates in 36 countries in the Americas, Europe, the Workers at Yakult assembly line of the first Yakult probiotic drink Middle East, Africa and Asia and factory opened in the United States in California. in Australia. AFP SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

Travel agency protest in Venezuela HP shares rise Takeover shores on raised job cut target up lobbying giant NEW YORK: Hewlett-Packard Co’s shares rose as much as 7 percent on Friday, a day after the personal computer maker said Patton Boggs it would cut as many as 16,000 more jobs and forecast strong free cash flow for the year. At least four brokerages raised Squire Sanders acquires Patton Boggs their price targets on the com- pany’s stock, which was one of WASHINGTON: Troubled US lob- January, and the firm hired restruc- the most traded on the New York bying giant Patton Boggs avoided turing advisers. The firm also strug- Stock Exchange. a financial cliff on Friday when a gled under an outdated pay structure CEO Meg Whitman said that larger law firm agreed to acquire and a stagnant demand for lobbyists HP’s turnaround plan remained many of its partners and its name, amid political gridlock, lawyers inside on track and the raised target on which for decades was synonymous and outside Patton Boggs said. job cuts reflected how the com- with influence in Washington, DC. With 1,300 lawyers from Sydney pany continued to find areas to The acquisition of Patton Boggs by to Bratislava but few in Washington, streamline operations across its Squire Sanders, a firm with roots in DC, Squire Sanders now stands to broad portfolio. The company Ohio, followed furious talks that a day gain a stronger presence there. It is had set a job cuts target of 27,000 earlier appeared on the verge of col- best known for its practices in bank- when it started its restructuring lapse. Late on Friday, the two firms ruptcy, business litigation, tax, labor in 2012, but increased it to 34,000 announced they had reached a deal, and employment and mergers and A travel agency worker takes part in a protest demanding the government pay airlines in front of tour- last year and then to 50,000. concluding negotiations that had acquisitions. The combined firm will ism ministry building in Caracas. Venezuela owes airlines some $4bn, according to the International HP had 317,500 employees as of stretched back at least to February. consist of roughly 1,600 lawyers span- Air Transport Association, because the airlines have to sell tickets in the local bolivar currency but October 31, 2013. REUTERS They said they would begin operating ning 45 offices in 21 countries around cannot get approval to repatriate the revenue. under the name Squire Patton Boggs the world, with 280 of the lawyers in effective June 1. Washington, DC. Financial terms of the deal were As of Tuesday, the acquisition not disclosed, but the combined appeared to be headed for approval, entity would rank 23rd among US with Patton Boggs partners casting Oil-dependent Gabon to diversify economy law firms with more than $1bn in their votes on the combination and revenue, according to financial fig- remarking to colleagues they would ures in the American Lawyer and a be shocked if it were turned down. LIBREVILLE: Gabon wants to lure manufacturing,” Bongo said in a rare inter- by strategic consulting firm Richard Attias Patton Boggs memo. At Squire Sanders, insiders also investors into its mining, manufacturing view. “Gabon is open for business and there & Associates. Bongo noted that security Patton Boggs was viewed by many expected smooth sailing. and tourism sectors as it tries to reduce are many opportunities especially now that needed to improve to further regional in the legal industry, including On Thursday, however, the deal ran its dependence on oil exports and court we want to start processing from forestry, integration and said he would discuss the former partners, as being in need into a snag. Squire Sanders halted capital from countries other than former mining and industrial projects.” issue with US President Barack Obama at of a rescue, despite a storied his- its partnership vote after a motion colonial master France. Under Bongo, a new policy was intro- a meeting in August. tory of representing US presidential was filed by a group of Ecuadorean The Central African country relies heav- duced that outlaws exports of raw timber. Bongo also said he hoped to attract tour- campaigns, major corporations and villagers urging a New York federal ily on oil exports but President Ali Bongo At the same time, a second refinery to proc- ists to Gabon’s dense rainforests which are governments around the world. Its judge to revisit a May 7 settlement says the economy cannot remain reliant on ess 50,000 barrels a day and convert a por- home to gorillas, chimpanzees and one of revenues were slipping and its head- resolving claims that Patton Boggs petroleum if it wants to achieve its goal of tion of the country’s oil to finished products Africa’s largest elephant populations. count had shrunk by about half since tried to enforce a fraudulent judg- becoming an emerging economic power by should be completed by 2016. Gabon, which While French companies are still wel- 2011, down to 300 lawyers. ment against the oil giant on behalf 2025. In the humid capital Libreville, a clean the government expects to grow by 7.8 per- come in the country, he said they would The firm’s problems included of the Ecuadoreans. The motion was palm-lined coastal road runs parallel to a cent in 2014 compared with 6.1 percent in receive no special treatment. “We have an becoming entangled in a complex filed by Steven Donziger, a lawyer for busy Atlantic shipping lane. Unlike most 2013, also hopes that it will be an investment old relationship with the French. Now it’s case in which Ecuadorean villagers the villagers, who has been an out- African capitals, stray animals and beggars hub for the region and is investing in road equal treatment for all investors. The laws sought to enforce an $18bn pollution spoken critic of the firm, claiming are almost entirely absent. Local cafes sell infrastructure to expand links to neighbour- are the same,” he said. judgment against Chevron Corp. it abandoned its duty to its clients. baguettes and French patisseries in a testa- ing countries such as Cameroon and Congo Bongo was elected president in 2009 after Once seen by the firm as a poten- The merger between Patton Boggs ment to the lasting French influence. Republic. “From Gabon you can reach out the death of his father Omar Bongo, who tial source of lucrative legal fees, the and Squire Sanders was conditional The country is sub-Saharan Africa’s in the region. You have access to all differ- became president in 1967 and ruled for 41 case became a liability and Patton on the resolution of the case between fifth largest oil producer and pumps ent markets. We are not talking about just years. Asked about his priorities until 2016 Boggs agreed this month to pay the Chevron and Patton Boggs, and the around 250,000 barrels per day, accounting Gabon but about 100 million people that you when his mandate ends he said that he oil company a $15m settlement after late motion caused Squire Sanders to for around 80 percent of exports. Others have access to from Gabon,” he said on the would like to accelerate projects focused on a court found the judgment had been worry the case was not truly resolved, include timber and manganese. sidelines of The New York Forum. finishing projects to extend road infrastruc- obtained fraudulently. according to one source close to the “If we want to have a chance of reach- The forum is an investment conference ture and to honour a pledge to create 5,000 Its problems also stemmed from deal. Fear was spreading that the ing that goal we have to go through hosted by the government and organised new housing units a year. REUTERS the drying up of one major case, delayed voting process would mean defending New York City against Patton Boggs partners would become health-related claims by firefight- impatient and jump ship, disrupting ers and emergency workers who the deal, according to three former responded to the September 11, 2001, Patton Boggs partners and another attacks on the World Trade Center, source close to the deal. A handful of BoJ chief voices EBay believed data safe after attack several former Patton Boggs part- Patton Boggs partners already had ners said. informed their colleagues that they impatience with BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO: EBay Inc ini- user database. Hackers accessed email addresses Its revenue dropped by 12 percent planned to leave, according to two tially believed that its customers’ data was safe and encrypted passwords belonging to all eBay from 2012 to 2013, to $278m, accord- former Patton Boggs partners. as forensic investigators reviewed a network users. “Millions” of users have since reset their ing to figures in an internal memo in REUTERS Abe’s policy blitz security breach discovered in early May and passwords and the company had begun notifying made public this week, an executive said. users, though it would take some time to com- TOKYO: Japan’s central bank EBay has come under fire over its handling plete that task, Wenig said. “You would imagine chief has forecast victory in his of the cyberattack, in which hackers accessed that anyone who has ever touched eBay is a large battle against stubborn defla- personal data of all 145 million users, ranking number,” he said. “So we’re going to send all of tion that has sapped growth for it among the biggest such attacks launched on a them an email, but sending that number all at years, but expressed impatience corporation to date. once is not operationally possible.” over the pace of Premier Shinzo “For a very long period of time we did not At least three US states are investigating the Abe’s policy blitz aimed at believe that there was any eBay customer data company’s security practices. Customers have jump-starting the long-laggard compromised,” global marketplaces chief Devin complained on social media about delayed notifi- economy. Wenig said, in the first comments by a top eBay cation emails. And New York’s attorney general Bank of Japan Governor executive since the e-commerce company dis- called on eBay to provide free credit monitoring Haruhiko Kuroda said stimulus closed the breach on Wednesday. services to users. But the Internet retail giant measures had boosted economic EBay moved “swiftly to disclose” the breach has no plans to compensate customers or offer activity and produced durable after it realised customer data was involved, he free credit monitoring for now because it had inflation. But he warned that said. Wenig would not say when the company detected no financial fraud, Wenig said. Wenig Abe’s government needed to first realised that the cyberattackers accessed declined comment when asked if he thought eBay step up its campaign for deeper, customer data, nor how long it took to prepare had good security prior to the breach. He said the structural reforms that go beyond Wednesday’s announcement. He said hackers company would now bolster its security systems, monetary policy to achieve more got in using the credentials of three corporate and has mobilised senior executives in a subse- sustainable longer-term success. employees, eventually making their way to the quent investigation of the attack. REUTERS Unless Abe acts swiftly, “the real growth rate may be disap- pointing”, Kuroda said in an interview published in The Wall Job loss in Canada Street Journal yesterday. “That is not good for the economy, not good for the society. Implementation is key, and implementation should be swift,” Kuroda said. Kuroda projected confidence that Japan was on track to hit his target of two percent inflation by next year, putting an end to years of deflation depressing the world’s third largest economy. The bank’s stimulus, similar to the US Federal Reserve’s asset- buying plan known as quantita- tive easing, aims to inject massive sums of money into the financial system to spur growth and reach a 2 percent inflation target by next year. This easing is a cornerstone of Abe’s policy blitz dubbed Abenomics which called for big government spending, looser monetary policy and deregula- tion as the prescription for jump- starting growth. Critics, however, say Abe has yet to follow through on struc- tural reforms to the economy, including shaking up labour mar- Motorised mannequins hold signs that read Hire Me in Toronto. Canada’s economy unexpectedly shed kets, signing free-trade deals and 28,900 jobs in April, mainly due to steep declines in full-time employment and in the private sector, bringing more women into the Statistics Canada data indicated earlier this month. workforce. AFP SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Internet giants wooed 3 Ms for re-education us, but now it’s over BY HUGH MUIR in economics today magine this scenario. One day, out of the blue, there’s a knock BY EDWARD HADAS on the door. It is a salesman. He says he can provide you with are rational and that market forces almost on trust is a remarkable accomplishment. lots of fun stuff, hook you up with your neighbours, tell you exclusively shape the economies. However, money cannot offer an absolute Ilots about the world. And all you have to do is to tell him any economics students are The demand to study intellectual history value in an economic world that will always everything – and I mean everything – about yourself. Once you unhappy with what they are and other social sciences is more promising. be shifted. A less idealised and more flex- have done so, he will control that information. And he might use it being taught. A network of Add in philosophy, and a new curriculum ible approach to the value of money would to make himself a few bob; might pass some information, without 62 groups from around the could lead the next generation of economists lead to a more realistic and less crisis-prone your knowledge or permission, to people who want to know things world has drawn up a peti- to undertake a profound re-evaluation of financial system. With less time in the uni- about you. And he’s a careless type, so be ready for the possibility Mtion calling for more “pluralism” in instruc- some basic concepts. versity curriculum dedicated to markets that he might leave behind some of the stuff he knows about you tion. The malcontents find the dominant The role of markets is a good place to and money, there would be more space for on the 8.42pm train to Dartford. This is hardly the deal of the neoclassical model too narrow and want to start. Economists generally refer to “mar- another M-word: morality. Economists do century is it? But it is the deal of our 21st century. know why so few experts predicted the 2008 ket economies”, but they are not talking sometimes talk about practical ethics, but This is the pact we have entered into with the giant Internet financial crisis. They also want less abstract about supermarkets. They are referring they almost never concern themselves with companies. They provide us with connectivity: access to fun, to theory and more study of actual economies. to a theoretical model of economic activ- the ultimate subject of morality: the good. stuff, to information, to all those other human beings with whom The reproaches are just, but the students’ ity. What they call perfect markets are a Economists usually assume that this good, we had long ceased sharing real-time conversation. This is a boon, reform agenda is insufficiently radical. sort of eternal war of all against all with no also partly captured by the notion of qual- without doubt. They underestimate the scale of the intel- durable winners. Most professionals assume ity of life, can be measured by something But what of the price we pay? How do you feel about the fact lectual scandal. The profession’s ignoble that such markets are the best form of eco- like GDP. Producing ever more goods and that eBay was hacked – possibly the biggest hack we have known tradition started in the 19th century, when nomic organisation: the closer to market services therefore counts as progress. Such – and the details you handed over on that virtual doorstep now most political economists, as they were then perfection, the better. Money is another eco- an objective might suit a machine, but it reside with someone else whose intentions we cannot know? How known, failed to notice that industry was nomic fetish in need of demythologisation. demeans people, who have complicated and do you feel about the fact that it happened not this week, but leading to massive improvements in the Of course, money is far more real than a sometimes contradictory desires, including months ago, and that eBay did not notify its users immediately? standard of living. Today’s practitioners theoretically perfect market, but economists to be virtuous and happy, and to lead fulfill- That the message to all subscribers to change their pass- know much more, but they still struggle to treat money as if it is, or can be made into, ing lives in just and peaceful societies. words has only belatedly appeared? Do you get the sense that explain the most basic phenomena – prices, an objective measure of value. It is not obvious how economic activi- the power relationship between you and those who control your wages, money, credit, unemployment and The exaltation of what is ironically known ties – labour, production, consumption and data has swung too far in their malign direction? That seems to development. as the real gross domestic product is a prime distribution – can help or hinder people in be the mood in parts of the US. On Thursday we learned that Pluralism, the study of alternative schools example of this fallacy. There is nothing real their search for a good life. The explora- Connecticut, Florida and Illinois will jointly investigate eBay’s of economic thought, would help, but not about numbers constructed in large part tion of that great moral question, not just security practices . much. With the partial exception of the from estimates and arbitrary judgements. the largely empty mathematics of markets What about Facebook? It has bowed to pressure from users still underdeveloped study of institutional Money plays an important role in modern and money, should be part of the foundation and finally tightened up privacy controls so that posts from new economics, the available alternatives to the societies, mostly as a very useful tool for of the economics curriculum. That would users are set to only be visible to friends. neoclassical synthesis largely rely on the organising a complex economy. The ability make the subject far more interesting and Critics have for some time complained that the Facebook pri- same erroneous assumptions that humans to create a monetary system based entirely useful. REUTERS vacy controls are too complex. This fits the trend; the onus is on you to maximise the advan- tages of your Internet life but mitigate the costs in terms of loss of control and privacy. You do the heavy lifting, they make the money. This division of labour hasn’t happened by accident. The web behemoths have been smart. The face they show is funky and engaging. The contours soft, the music soothing, the colours wel- comingly pastel. The process has been a million miles away from the draining experience of handing the details of your life to Barclays bank or Sun Alliance or the joyless, faceless types at HM Revenue and Customs. It’s been much more a case of confiding in a clued-up new friend. It is precisely because that friend seems so new, young, fresh and perhaps flighty that you don’t mind so much when it makes a hash of things and loses your precious data. You can be sure the reaction would be a deal more ferocious if the same lack of care was shown by Barclays, HMRC or Sun Alliance. What to do? According to Internet security experts our salva- tion lies in passwords. Years after Bill Gates predicted password security would become obsolete, those passwords are still our most effective means of personal protection. So how does that work? You have 20 different accounts – and that is not excessive – so you must have 20 passwords. They should be long, a combination of letters, numbers and symbols, and engineered to be as com- plicated as possible. You need to remember them all or store them in a safe place and hope your hiding place is never compromised because then you risk losing everything. How is that a good deal? It certainly isn’t the sort of deal that would have been offered or accepted had the salesman appeared on your doorstep. You might have shooed him away. You might have thought the deal was interesting, with life-improving benefits, but then you would have interrogated thoroughly before reward- ing him with your signature. Remember how strange it felt the first time you tapped a credit card number on to a web page. Maybe we need to rediscover reti- cence again. For we have been seduced. We have been lured by soft music and friendly adverts into a relationship that is anything but equal, and threatens to turn abusive. The web corporations are just corporations. They do as little as they must to make as much as they can and, hopefully, turn a profit. We fell in love with them too soon. Married in haste, repent at leisure. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Russia-China gas deal creates benchmark for global market

BY HENNING GLOYSTEIN exporter and second largest natu- on pollution”, aimed at reducing completed, will catapult it from for Gazprom to become a bigger In the East Mediterranean, ral gas producer. Fitch Ratings its reliance on coal which contrib- a relatively small LNG importer player in the booming Asian LNG where Israel and Cyprus have dis- he keenly priced gas deal said the deal “sets a new bench- utes to the harmful smog shroud- into the world’s biggest consumer market, a sector it has so far not covered large offshore gas fields, signed this week between mark for what China is willing to ing its big cities. after Japan. been involved in on a major scale. Australia’s Woodside Petroleum Russia and China will pay for natural gas over longer Gazprom is planning to build this week pulled out of an agree- Tcreate a new price bench- term contracts”. NEW BENCHMARK BUYERS MARKET up LNG export terminals on the ment to take a stake worth up mark for global markets that puts The deal also opens up a huge The deal between the world’s The deal could cause trouble Russian Pacific coast, on Sakhalin to $2.7bn in Israel’s flagship cost pressure on other producers new market for Gazprom, which biggest energy exporter and the for other gas exporters, as it is island and near Vladivostok, but Leviathan gas project. Woodside because consumers have a grow- so far generates around 80 per- top importer will have impli- likely to pull down LNG prices so far lacks the infrastructure is a specialist LNG developer, ing number of supply sources to cent of its revenues from Europe, cations far beyond Russia and and put developers of new gas to supply these projects with the and the company was targeting choose from. where demand is stagnating and China, as it effectively creates a fields under pressure to cut gas necessary to meet demand in sales in Asia with its involvement China and Russia signed a long- profits are falling. new price benchmark. costs or cancel some projects. Asia. The pipeline to China would in Israel. “After many months of awaited $400bn gas supply deal this “With European gas demand “With a pipeline deal of this Several new producers are hop- change this, positioning Gazprom negotiations it is time to acknowl- week, providing energy-hungry growth uncertain and the scale, Russia has thrown down ing to begin selling gas to Asia close to the leading LNG buyers edge we will not get there under China with a major source of fuel Ukraine crisis leading to calls for the gauntlet to LNG producers soon, including those in Australia, of Japan and South Korea as well the current proposal,” said and opening up a new market for Europe to reduce its reliance on courting Chinese buyers,” said North America, East Africa and as the rising market on China’s Woodside CEO Peter Coleman. Moscow as it risks losing European Russian gas, Gazprom now needs David Stokes of Timera Energy. the East Mediterranean, but eastern coast, and putting it at In North America, several LNG customers over the Ukraine crisis. a ‘new Europe’- enter China,” “Russian pipeline exports, with Russia entering this market a geographical advantage over export terminals are also begin- Russia’s state-controlled said Stephen O’Rourke of energy which look to be competitively in around 2018 at a competitive exporters in Africa, Australia and ning to have trouble attracting Gazprom has so far declined to research and consultancy firm priced versus LNG, are set to price, some may struggle. North America. buyers, and several Australian say at what price the deal was Wood Mackenzie. have a material impact in eroding “China now has a powerful In Africa, major gas finds off projects have also been down sized struck, but industry sources say A Russian government deci- Chinese LNG demand. There is stick with which to beat down the coasts of Mozambique and or delayed due to excessive cost. it is between $350-$380 per thou- sion last year to end Gazprom’s likely to be an important knock- LNG prices,” said energy ana- Tanzania have triggered hopes Uncertainty over future pricing sand cubic metres. That would be sole right to export gas has also on impact on the global LNG sup- lyst Thierry Bros of French bank that LNG exports will earn bil- of LNG has led Asian consumers similar to what most European spurred it to lock in the deal with ply and demand balance, given the Societe Generale. lions of dollars for the impover- to hold off signing 20-year deals utilities pay under discounted China, dropping its price closer to central role China plays in growth “They can tell their LNG ished region, but analysts now say amid expectations that prices will long-term contracts signed in the levels favoured by Beijing. projections,” he added. suppliers ‘either you bring your there may be too many sellers for soon enter a period of decline. last two years, and several sources For China, the price of the China has a close economic price below Russian piped costs too few buyers. As a result, final investment said it is as low as Gazprom could Russian deal is crucially below the and military relationship with or we will install a second line “There will be more gas than decisions on new projects have have gone before making a loss. cost of importing liquefied natural Russia, and the two states often from Russia and cut you out’,” he needed, so those who get to the come to a virtual standstill, while Despite higher energy prices, gas (LNG) from Asia, a fuel on vote in unison in the UN Security added. market first and cheapest will cost blowouts in Australia are oil and gas only contribute to 5.7 which it increasingly depends. Council. Beyond supplying China with win,” said Ebbie Haan, managing further deterring investors from percent of Russia’s GDP. Russia Increased gas imports will also China plans to build 15 new gas via a pipeline, this week’s director of South Africa’s Sasol signing up. is the world’s leading natural gas help Beijing in its declared “war import terminals which, once deal also opens up an opportunity Petroleum International. REUTERS SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com GECM & TENDERS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS MAP (GECM) Every Sunday China’s trade surplus in British annual inflation molding machines grows accelerates to 1.8pc: four-fold in 2013 Japan trade deficit shrinks as Official data BEIJING: China’s trade surplus in import growth slows LONDON: Britain’s 12-month inflation injection molding machines increased US unemployment rate reaches TOKYO: Japan’s trade deficit accelerated in April for the first substantially in 2013 — topping lowest point since 2008 shrank last month as imports time for 10 months, lifted by the Spain sells €3.5bn of bonds as $200 million, a four-fold jump from rose the least in 16 months after WASHINGTON: Employers went on a later timing of Easter, official data yields hit record low 2012 — mainly because of a sizable hiring binge in April, adding 288,000 drop in imports. The country exported the first sales tax increase in showed on Tuesday. The British MADRID: The Treasury sold €3.53 jobs and dropping unemployment 17 years, on April 1, crimped Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation billion of five- and 10-year bonds, $951 million worth of injection molding consumer spending. Inbound to the lowest rate since September measure ticked up to 1.8 percent, slightly above the top end of the target machines in 2013, while imports were shipments rose 3.4 per cent 2008. Unemployment fell from 6.7pc after striking a four-year low of 1.6 range though demand was lower than $735 million, for a surplus of $216 from a year earlier, the Ministry in March to 6.3pc in April, according percent in March, the Office for a previous auction of the two bills just million, according to figures from the of Finance said. to a US Bureau of Labor Statistics National Statistics (ONS) said in a a month earlier. Beijing-based China Plastics Machinery (BLS) report released earlier this statement. Industry Association. month. The unemployment rate was fluctuating from 6.6pc to 6.7pc the first three months of this year.

Inflation rises slightly more Indian rupee hits 11-month Argentina’s trade surplus than expected in April, Stats high before RBI steps in Australia’s inflation narrows 7pc in April SA figures show MUMBAI: The Indian rupee expectations rise in May retreated from an 11-month high to BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s JOHANNESBURG: The inflation SYDNEY: Australia’s inflation fall on Friday as the central bank expectations rose to 4.4 trade surplus narrowed 7pc increased slightly more than stepped in to temper gains being percent in May from 4.2 on the year to $926 million expected last month, mainly due sparked by continued expectations percent in April, survey data in April, amid a steep decline to higher food, fuel, and insurance in exports of farm products of robust foreign inflows and a rally from the Melbourne Institute and personal care costs, Statistics showed Thursday. Viet and manufactured goods, the in domestic shares. South Africa figures showed on Nguyen, a Research Fellow government said Wednesday. Wednesday. The consumer price at the Melbourne Institute Unable to borrow money index (CPI), which measures said about 72.8 percent of abroad, Argentine President inflation, increased by 6.1pc in April respondents expected the Cristina Kirchner’s government 2014 compared to April 2013 after inflation rate to fall within depends on US dollars from increasing by 6pc year on year in the 0-5 percent range in May, trade to pay creditors and March. up from 68.4 percent in April. support the Argentine peso.

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George cleared to play after Superb Kershaw shines in concussion

INDIANAPOLIS: Indiana forward Paul George has been cleared to play in the Pacers’ NBA play-off clash at Miami Dodgers’ win over Phillies yesterday after suffering a con- cussion last week. George completed the post- Giants, Angels also mark convincing victories at Major League Baseball concussion protocol mandated by the league, remaining symp- tom-free after increasing levels NEW YORK: Clayton Kershaw Hendriks (1-0) allowed three of exertion, the Pacers said in a pitched six innings of shutout Baseball Results hits, three walks and one run - statement. ball, while his offense scored a home run by A’s first baseman “The Pacers staff consulted Baltimore 8 Cleveland 4 two early runs to give the Los Brandon Moss in the fourth - in 5 with Dr. Jeffrey Kutcher, the Angeles Dodgers a win over the LA Dodgers 2 Philadelphia 0 2/3 innings as the Blue Jays (27- NBA’s Director of Concussion Philadelphia Phillies. Pittsburgh 4 Washington 3 22) won their fourth game in a Management, throughout Kershaw tied a season high Toronto 3 Oakland 2 row. George’s progress through the with nine strikeouts, and impres- Detroit 7 Texas 2 Anibal Sanchez pitched seven protocol and today cleared him sively escaped two jams by twice Cincinnati 5 St Louis 3 innings and Austin Jackson hit to return to normal basketball retiring the heart of the Phillies’ Milwaukee 9 Miami 5 a two-run homer to help the activity,” the team said. order with two men aboard and Detroit Tigers end a four-game “George will participate in Tampa Bay 1 Boston 0 none out. slide. shootaround and barring any In doing so, the Dodgers’ lefty Atlanta 3 Colorado 2 Second baseman Ian Kinsler unforeseen complications, he will picked up his third victory in Chicago White Sox 6 NY Yankees 5 doubled three times and Detroit play in game at the Miami Heat.” five starts this season and helped LA Angels 6 Kansas City 1 (28-16) first baseman Miguel George was hurt in game two Los Angeles (26-23) win its Seattle 6 Houston 1 Cabrera drove in his 42nd run of of the best-of-seven Eastern NL-leading 17th road game. San Diego 11 Chicago Cubs 1 the season to tie for the Major Conference finals series on Philadelphia has lost three San Francisco 6 Minnesota 2 League lead. Tuesday, when he took a knee to straight to tie its season low of Atlanta Braves catcher Gerald the head in a collision with Heat five games below .500 (20-25). Trout, who finished 2-for-4, Laird had the tie-breaking hit star Dwyane Wade going for a Pablo Sandoval belted a three- missed Wednesday night’s game with two outs in the eighth inning, loose ball in the fourth quarter run home run in the first inning with a tight left hamstring. It was and Craig Kimbrel struck out the of Miami’s 87-83 triumph. to give the San Francisco Giants the first time all season that the side in the ninth to record his George returned to the contest, a lead they never relinquished American League’s 2012 Rookie 13th save as the Braves handed telling team medical staff he felt in a victory over the Minnesota of the Year did not play. the Rockies a costly loss. no dizziness, nausea or vision Twins. Mark Reynolds slugged a pair Rockies (26-22) third baseman problems, but he said after the Second baseman Brandon of two-run homers to lead the Nolan Arenado, who won a Gold game he had “blacked out” briefly Hicks drove in two runs with Milwaukee Brewers to a win over Glove as a rookie last year, frac- The Eastern Conference finals a homer and a sacrifice fly, and the Miami Marlins. tured the middle finger on his left series is tied 1-1. center fielder Angel Pagan had a Reynolds has 11 homers this hand during a head-first slide in Meanwhile, the Oklahoma double and a triple as the Giants season for the National League the second inning and is expected City Thunder are holding out (30-18) became the second team Central-leading Brewers (29-20). to be sidelined for a considerable hope that injured Serge Ibaka in baseball to reach the 30-win The Marlins (25-24) suffered length of time. will be able to return during the mark. a rare home loss. They are 19-7 In other games, Adam Dunn Western Conference finals against Mike Trout returned from a at home. slammed a walk-off home run the San Antonio Spurs. Ibaka, one-day absence to hit a home Right-hander Liam Hendriks in the bottom of the ninth to lift who sustained the injury during run and throw out a runner in pitched into the sixth inning and the Chicago White Sox to a vic- the second-round series clincher a double play as the Los Angeles Steve Tolleson homered as the tory over the New York Yankees Braves’ starting pitcher Gavin Floyd delivers to Colorado Rockies during over the Los Angeles Clippers last Angels defeated the Kansas City Toronto Blue Jays defeated the while Pirates overcame Nationals their MLB baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia yesterday. week, was expected to miss the Royals. Oakland Athletics. to earn win. REUTERS series with a calf injury. AFP Colts’ owner charged NHL: Rangers’ Stepan breaks jaw, with impaired driving

NEW YORL: Indianapolis quarterback Johnny Manziel Prust banned for two games Colts’ owner Jim Irsay was responded to a sexual harassment charged yesterday with two mis- lawsuit against Manziel by calling MONTREAL: The New York “He broke his jaw yesterday, demeanor counts of impaired it “1000000% fake.” Rangers were dealt a blow so we’ll have an idea of the time driving in connection with his A court clerk said that the yesterday with news that for- frame tomorrow. That incident, March arrest. claim was likely made by a “fre- ward Derek Stepan broke his four referees missed the call. Each misdemeanor charge quent filer,” according to NFL jaw after a blindside hit that Stepan is injured.” carries a maximum penalty of 60 Media. resulted in a suspension for Stepan, 23, had X-rays on days in jail and a $500 fine. The clerk said that the name Montreal Canadiens winger Thursday that proved negative An initial hearing for Irsay’s on the filing, Samantha Schacher, Brandon Prust. and he returned to the game, case is scheduled for June 19. could be an alias. Stepan, who is second on the which the Rangers lost 3-2 in The Seattle Seahawks waived This prompted Manziel’s Rangers with 11 points in 17 play- overtime. rookie offensive tackle Garrett agent Erik Burkhardt to write off games this year, suffered the However, Stepan was still suf- Scott, a sixth-round draft choice, on Twitter: “This joke ‘lawsuit’ injury early in the first period of fering pain after the game and after he failed his physical due to is obviously 1000000% fake and/ Thursday’s Game Three of the on Friday morning further tests a rare heart condition. or frivolous. Embarrassing I even Eastern Conference finals in New revealed the jaw was broken. “After undergoing an extensive have say this after reading the York. He will require surgery, and Vigneault said Stepan’s playing physical with our medical staff nonsense.” a timeframe for his return is not status for the rest of the Stanley last week, Garrett’s examination Denver Broncos safety T.J. yet known. Cup playoffs would be determined revealed a rare heart condition Ward appeared in court on mis- Prust, who was not penalised at after surgery. that will prevent him from any demeanor assault and disturbing the time, had a hearing with the Meanwhile, the Montreal on-field participation in the near the peace charges. National Hockey League’s depart- Canadiens came away with a vic- future,” general manager John Ward, 27, was accused of ment of player safety and was tory in Game 3 of the Eastern Schneider said in a statement. throwing a glass mug at a bar- subsequently banned two games Conference Finals that gave them The San Francisco 49ers tender at a Denver strip club on for interference, the league said new life but also cost them for- signed third-round pick Brandon May 10 after he was told he could in a statement. ward Brandon Prust yesterday.. Thomas, a guard from Clemson, not bring in a drink. “(Stepan) right now, at this The Tampa Bay Lightning re- to a four-year deal. Seahawks wide receiver Doug time, is probably getting oper- signed center Tyler Johnson to Thomas (6-foot-3, 317 pounds) Baldwin told radio station ated on,” Rangers head coach a three-year contract, the team was the third of three third- KJR-AM that he and the team New York Rangers’ Derek Stepan (left) is seen in action against Alain Vigneault, whose team lead announced. round draft picks (100th overall) are working on a long-term con- Washington Capitals’ Alexander Semin during previous season’s NHL the best-of-seven series 2-1, told Johnson was scheduled to by the 49ers in this year’s draft. tract. Eastern Conference semifinals, in this file photo. reporters at New York’s Madison become a restricted free agent. The agent for Cleveland Browns AGENCIES Square Garden. REUTERS Al Anabi start well in Kansas

TOPEKA, KANSAS: Both to be a bit conservative on the “So if we get another run in, we teams that comprise the Qatar first run to be sure the car went hope to move up a couple of spots Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel team, down the race track without to improve our position for race the three-time and defending smoking the tires. day on Sunday,” he added. NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Shortly after the first qualify- Khalid alBalooshi also made World Champions owned by H ing run, heavy rain began falling an excellent run yesterday as his E, Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad at Heartland Park Topeka, and 3.821-second run at nearly 320 Al Thani, made impressive the evening’s second qualifying mph put him in the fifth position runs during qualifying for the run was cancelled. after the first day of qualifying. NHRA Kansas Nationals, the Additional rain is forecast Crew chief Jason McCulloch eighth of 24 events that make up yesterday. and the rest of the gold Al-Anabi the United States’ 2014 NHRA “Today’s run was good start for team made a somewhat conserv- Mello Yello Drag Racing Series the Al-Anabi team,” Langdon said. ative run to be sure alBalooshi’s season. “With the threat of bad weather dragster made a successful run Reigning NHRA Mello Yello tonight and possibly tomorrow, and claimed a good qualifying Top Fuel World Champion too, it was important to get both position. Shawn Langdon, the defending Al-Anabi cars down the track to “Our team was very smart champion of the NHRA Kansas be sure we had solid qualifying today,” alBalooshi said. Nationals, made a very strong positions. We are solid at fourth “We have a very good hot rod qualifying attempt and is fourth and fifth (Khalid alBalooshi) for that could have been at the top of with a 3.802-second run at more now. Depending on weather, if the show, but with bad weather, than 317 mph. The Al-Anabi car we’re able to make a run, we’ll Jason wanted to be sure we quali- was certainly capable of running definitely attack the track a bit fied. We made a conservative run, quicker and faster, but the threat more because it was really good,” and we are fifth,” he stated after Qatar’s Al Anabi Racing Top Fuel team did well during qualifying for the NHRA Kansas Nationals. of bad weather made it imperative he commented. the stage. THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

‘Steely-eyed Unheralded Garnett leads as Blixt has got what it takes’

VIRGINIA WATER, ENGLAND: Rookie trio Jonas Scott falls six shots behind Blixt, Victor Dubuisson and Joost Luiten will be welcome additions if they manage to PGA: World No. 1 Aussie hopes to make a comeback at Colonial qualify for Europe’s Ryder Cup team later this year, accord- ing to four-times skipper Tony FORT WORTH, TEXAS: Garnett was barely noticed as he Jacklin. Little-known Brice Garnett took control of the tournament by US PGA Tour The 69-year-old Englishman, took control of the Crowne firing a 66 in the morning to head however, is less complimen- Plaza Invitational in Texas yes- fellow Americans Chris Stroud Colonial tary about Scotland’s Stephen terday as world number one (64) and Robert Streb (68) by Gallacher who is another player Adam Scott ended a frustrating one stroke. Invitational Scores on the fringes of selection for day on the greens with a long The FedExCup points leader the side that will defend the tro- Scores from the US PGA Tour birdie putt at the last to finish Jimmy Walker (68) was two shots phy against the United States at Colonial Invitational at the six shots off the pace. off the pace after almost collect- Gleneagles in September. par-70 course yesterday in Fort Scott, who replaced Tiger ing a birdie of the feathered vari- Florida-based Swede Blixt fol- Worth, Texas. The cut was set Woods as golf’s leading player, was ety at the 17th hole, where his ball lowed up his fourth place at the at 141. in danger of missing the cut after appeared to brush a bird high in 2013 U.S. PGA Championship an unimpressive front nine but the sky just after the apex of his 133 Brice Garnett (US) 67 66 by finishing joint second behind found his game in time to avoid tee shot. 134 Chris Stroud (US) 70 64; Robert Streb Bubba Watson in last month’s an embarrassing early exit from First round leader Dustin (US) 66 68 U.S. Masters at Augusta on his Colonial Country Club in Fort Johnson (70) was also two strokes 135 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 68 67; Bo first appearance at the opening Worth. back. Van Pelt (US) 67 68; Dustin Johnson major of the season. “I’ve got to have a low 60 tomor- “I haven’t hit the ball great this (US) 65 70; Brian Davis (Britain) 68 “There is no doubt Europe have row and try and get myself in with year but typically the strength of 67; Chad Campbell (US) 69 66; Jimmy some quality players,” Jacklin told a realistic shout on Sunday,” the my game is hitting fairways and Walker (US) 67 68; Tim Clark (South Reuters. top Australian golfer Scott told greens,” said Garnett. Africa) 67 68 “This guy Blixt impresses me, Golf Channel after shooting a The golfer added: “I’m just 136 Brandt Snedeker (US) 70 66; Harris I must say. He is a determined two-under-par 68 for a one-under trying to hit as many greens as English (US) 66 70; Jason Dufner individual, he’s mentally tough 139 halfway total. possible and I’ve had the putter (US) 67 69; Jordan Spieth (US) 67 69; and I loved the way he contained “I was a little shaky of the working so far.” David Hearn (Canada) 67 69; Brian himself at Augusta. tee on the front side (but) I just Garnett, 30, is having a decent Harman (US) 69 67 “I always look out for the deter- started hitting some good shots first season on the U.S. circuit 137 Nicholas Thompson (US) 69 68; Marc mination and mental toughness on the back nine.” and occupies 101st place in the Leishman (Australia) 69 68; Chris Kirk of today’s players and Blixt to The 33-year-old picked up FedExCup standings. (US) 73 64; Hunter Mahan (US) 66 me looked totally engaged in the shots from close range at the 12th “Each and every week the 71; Matt Jones (Australia) 70 67; Tim job at hand last month,” added and 13th holes and his closing rookies feel more comfortable,” Wilkinson (New Zealand) 66 71 Europe’s most successful Ryder birdie, from 20 feet after hitting he said. 138 Ben Martin (US) 70 68; Heath Slocum Cup captain. a nice approach shot from a divot, “I know I have. You may not get (US) 69 69; Brendon De Jonge “There was no suggestion of certainly boosted his spirits as he into some tournaments you’d like (Zimbabwe) 70 68; Jim Furyk (US) 69 him backing off, he looked as extended the PGA Tour’s longest but it’s been fun and I’m learning 69; Robert Allenby (Australia) 68 70; tough as” ... and Jacklin’s voice cut streak to 34. each and every day.” Bill Haas (US) 70 68; Charley Hoffman suddenly trailed off as he banged “I felt really good coming in,” Just eight strokes separate the (US) 70 68; Brendon Todd (US) 69 his palm on a wooden table. Scott said before terming teh next 75 players who made the cut. 69; Ryan Palmer (US) 69 69; Fredrik The former 1969 British Open day crucial. World number four Matt Jacobson (Sweden) 67 71; David and 1970 US Open winner added “Hopefully it was a sign of Kuchar, who could have gone to Toms (US) 72 66; Billy Hurley III (US) he liked Frenchman Dubuisson, what’s to come on the weekend. top spot with a victory this week, 71 67; Sean O’Hair (US) 69 69 who claimed his first European Tomorrow is an important day for instead bowed out early, only his win when he eclipsed the likes 139 Bud Cauley (US) 70 69; William McGirt me now.” second missed cut since the PGA of Tiger Woods and Justin Rose (US) 72 67; Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) Bud Cauley plays his shot out of the bunker on the fifth hole during Round While Scott attracted a large Championship in August, 2012. at last year’s Turkish Open, and 69 70; Michael Thompson (US) 73 66; Three of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial yesterday. afternoon gallery, the unheralded REUTERS Dutchman Luiten. REUTERS

3x3 Juniors Basketball Tournament Rio 2016 chief determined Games will be ready on time

ATHENS: Brazil will prove behind schedule. Attending an Amid problems with stadium the doubters wrong and deliver Olympic forum in Sydney, Coates construction, labour unrest and the 2016 Olympics on time and told delegates construction had security in other parts of the within budget, Carlos Arthur not started on some venues, country, thousands of troops Nuzman, president of the infrastructure was significantly were deployed to Rio’s slums in 2016 Rio Games Organising delayed and water quality was February to wrest them back Committee, has said. also a major concern two years from the control of drug gangs In a rare interview given to out from the Games, although he and criminals. international media, Nuzman con- later said he was certain the city Turning to the finances behind ceded that delays had slowed the would be able to host a “great” the Games, Nuzman said the work down, with the final venue event. role of his organising commit- master plan having not been com- Nuzman responded by saying tee should be distinguished from pleted until last September, but that “working as a team is the that of the three levels of govern- he insisted everything would be best and only way to make this ment - the central administra- ready. progress, but we need construc- tion and regional and municipal “We know don’t have time to tive criticism which can help us authorities. lose and we are not standing still,” improve”. “Transparency is a key theme Nuzman, who is also the head of The first Games on the South in our project and we have worked the Brazilian Olympic Committee, American continent have been very hard together with our told Saturday’s edition of Greek plagued by delays, rising costs government partners to deliver newspaper Kathimerini. and bad communication between robust and transparent budgets,” “Bringing the Games to Brazil different levels of the Brazilian he said. was an ambition I held for a very government and organisers, “It is important to draw the dis- long time and we are determined prompting criticism from inter- tinction between the Organising that we will deliver a Games to be national sports federations. Committee budget, which comes proud of, within the agreed sched- The IOC announced a series of entirely from private resources, ules and budgets.” unprecedented measures in April and the government infrastruc- Idrees Shashani, (left) senior official of Public Domain, and Phillip Johan Templar, (right) Director of Venues and Last month International to kick-start lagging prepara- ture, legacy and venue budg- Events, Aspire pose with the winners of Doha Jam 3x3 Basketball Championship, Over 15 category at the Aspire Olympic Committee (IOC) vice tions, including setting up a spe- ets which are for the long-term Dome yesterday. The event saw a total of 12 Junior teams from across the country vied in an attempt to claim president John Coates labelled cial task force, employing extra improvement of the city to benefit the highly coveted first place position as well as the ultimate bragging rights. PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP Brazil’s preparations the worst monitors and sending project its residents and involve private he had ever seen and critically managers and teams of experts. and public money.” REUTERS

FINA World Swimming Championship preparations right on track: Al Jabir

DOHA: In preparations for the organisational aspectsand the 2014 Organising Committee Chief 12th FINA World Swimming exceptional preparations being Executive Officer said, “This week Championships (25m), the Doha made by the organising com- an important step has been taken 2014 Organising Committee mittee. In providing detailed towards the successful hosting of hosted a successful two-day plans and completing an official the 12th FINA World Swimming Partners Workshop for the tour of the facilities, the organ- Championships and we remain Official FINA Partners to show- ising committee assured the right on track with the support case the latest preparations Partners that as the countdown of our partners and sponsors to ahead of the Championships. continues, Qatar is undertaking deliver an exceptional champion- During the workshop, the all measures to ensure that an ship. “We are committed to FINA, attendees were introduced to outstanding world class event is a governing body that is known Qatar’s state-of the art swim- delivered. for world-class standards of it’s ming facilities at the Hamad Speaking at the successful events as well as the prestigious Aquatic Centre, in Doha’s Sport conclusion of the workshops, global partners that will support The Doha 2014 Organising Committee hosted a successful two-day Partners Workshop for the Official FINA City as well as being provided Khaleel Al Jabir, Qatar Swimming the World Championships in Partners to showcase the latest preparations ahead of the championships. with a detailed update on all Association President and Doha Doha.” THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Nedobity on pole for Qatar Challenge

DOHA: Pavel Nedobity clinched the pole position yesterday in the sixth round of Qatar Challenge at Losail International Circuit. The Czech Lotus driver was very happy after the qualifying session as in the previous round he had problems with his car and couldn’t get any point. “I am very happy that I am back in the track as I had some issues last round and finally all is sorted out as it seems. Quite surprisingly I managed to come in front of the two Honda with was definitely some- thing I was not expecting but of course I am really happy. I have lots of hopes for the race tomorrow but one thing is one lap and the other is the race fighting with more powerful cars and that is going to be challenging,” Nedobity said. Nedobity is third in the standings with 77 points. Mark Holroyd in a Honda car took the second place in the qualifying. “It was little bit of surprise, Pavel went a little bit quicker than me and there were three of us very close, for sure tomorrow there is going to be a really good fight,” Holroyd said after the qualifying session. Peter De Vido registered the third best time in the last lap of the qualifying session. “It is going to be very interesting on race day. It was a very good qualifying lap. In the last race I was very disappointed with my per- formance and the car, unfortunately my championship hopes were slipping away but fortunately with Quanto Bello Qatar Racing team, we sorted out the problems with the car on time and now it is handling fantastic and everything is coming nicely. Tomorrow it should be a very People hold umbrellas as they attend an exhibition match on the eve of the start of the 2014 French Open at the Roland Garros in Paris, yesterday. interesting race,” De Vido said after the session. Meanwhile, Nasser Al Malki got the pole position in the sixth round of the Qatar SuperBike Championship at Losail International Circuit. The BMW rider clocked the time in 2.02.047, with only a gap of 0.027 to the leader of the championship, Alex Cudlin who made 2.02.074. “In the qualifying session it was really good. Before, in the free prac- tice we tried to find a good tyre pressure as the temperature is very Nadal still the man to hot, the weather is not good. At the end, we found the good pressure and we changed it for the Qualifying session. My lap timing was very good in the last session and for tomorrow I start in pole and I hope to finish in first place and win both races’ Al Malki said Cudlin clinched the second place on the grid. The defending champion and leader of the championship expects a beat at the French Open tought battle between him and Nasser. “For the race, for sure that there will be a fight between me and Nasser as we are very close with the times. Unfortunately the qualifying Spaniard hopes of winning ninth title at Roland Garros session was not very good for me, when we changed the rear tyre, one of the sensor broke and everything was flashing on the dash for me to stop, so at the end I had to make a lap with this electrical problem PARIS: If this season’s records and I missed the pole by a really small margin. I know for sure that are supposed to provide an indi- French Open if we didn’t had this problem I could take pole but anyway, it is a long cation to the man who will be race and let see what happen tomorrow in both races,” Cudlin said. crowned ‘king of Roland Garros’, Order of Play The third place in the starting grid will be taken by Mishal Al Naimi, Rafa Nadal’s hopes of winning a who set a time of 2.02.615. record-extending ninth French Today “I am happy with the lap time. When I started from free practice I Open title could be in jeopardy. PARIS: Order of play for felt good but I had some problems with the rear suspension, a little bit For the first time in a decade, the first day of the French soft but in the free practice two, I fixed the problem a bit better, but the world number one lost three Open today (all matches first finally in the qualifying I made the final adjustment and it is working matches on red dirt in the build- round): perfect so I made a good lap time with used tires and hope tomorrow up to the claycourt major and I can do good races’ Mishal said after the final session of the day. Court Philippe Chatrier (0900 GMT/5 the Spaniard could have to beat AM ET) Nina Prinz and Saeed Al Sulaiti finished in fourth and fifth place all three conquerors - Nicolas respectively. Almagro, David Ferrer and Novak 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) vs Zhang Cudlin is leading the championship with 230 points and Nasser is Djokovic - if he is to successfully Shuai (China) second with 184 points. The third place is for Mishal with 159 points. defend his title on June 8. Lukas Lacko (Slovakia) vs 4-Roger Federer THE PENINSULA Nadal also admitted to suffer- (Switzerland) ing jitters following his quarter- 1-Serena Williams (United States) vs Alize final exits at the Monte Carlo Lim (France) Masters and the Barcelona Open, Rafael Nadal of Spain practises during a training session. 13-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) vs Edouard by Ferrer and Almagro respec- Roger Vasselin (France) tively, and those results proved that Nadal was no longer the against.” Djokovic, who beat feeling better after a patchy start Court Suzanne Lenglen (0900 GMT/5 indestructible force that he once Nadal in the Rome Masters final to the claycourt season. AM ET) was on clay. While the results in three sets last week, believes a “The dynamic is positive, it’s 8-Milos Raonic (Canada) vs Nick Kyrgios have offered hope to his oppo- grand slam is a special occasion. true, so that’s always important (Australia) nents, they are also aware that “It’s obviously different from for the confidence. I felt that in Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) vs 29-Venus Roland Garros is another story the Rome tournament. It’s a Rome I was able to play without Williams (United States) for Nadal. grand slam, a two-week long that anxiety that I played with Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) vs 10-John The muscular left-hander car- event, best-of-five (sets). Almost in the first two tournaments and Isner (United States) ries a spine-chilling 59-1 record all of the players who are par- some moments in Madrid, too,” into this year’s tournament, hav- ticipating in the event have an Nadal explained. Katarzyna Piter (Poland) vs 8-Angelique ing lost his only match on the extra motivation to perform well Former world number one Kerber (Germany) Parisian clay in 2009. compared to the other events,” Roger Federer, who won the last Court One (0900 GMT/5 AM ET) “I’m far behind Rafa and the Serbian second seed, who has of his record 17 grand slam titles 31-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) vs Jovana Novak. They are really above the never won the French Open, said. at Wimbledon in 2012, believes he Jaksic (Serbia) other players,” Swiss third seed Besides Djokovic, whom he is in top shape. 6-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) vs Peter and Australian Open champion could meet in the final, Nadal “I feel very strong. That’s how I Polansky (Canada) Stan Wawrinka, who won the has a possible semi-final match feel. It’s been really solid in prac- Amandine Hesse (France) vs Yvonne Monte Carlo title, told a news against Wawrinka, the man who tice; no setbacks in matches; I Meusburger (Austria) Nasser Al Malki in action at the Qatar SuperBike Championship at Losail conference. defeated him in the Australian have been able to back them up International Circuit (LIC) in this file picture. Nasser got the pole position Jeremy Chardy (France) vs Daniel Gimeno- “When they are really on the Open final. Everyone has been time and time again,” the Swiss for the sixth round of the Qatar SuperBike Championship at LIC. courts they are difficult to fight warned, however, that Nadal is fourth seed said. REUTERS Traver (Spain) Rugby: Qatar go down fighting to Malaysia

DOHA: Qatar’s impressive first try and Beard unrelenting run in (ARFU) Asian5Nations with his kicking ability. Division II rugby tournament With a deficit of two points, it came to halt last Friday night, was Malaysia who stormed over after losing to Malaysia in a in the final minutes to clinch their spectacular final 31-22 at Al first ever Division II title. The Arabi Stadium. final score 31-22. The two teams had never met Meanwhile, in the 3rd and before but were equally excit- 4th place play-off Iran man- ing in both attack and defense. aged to hold off a late revival The Malaysians who were more from Thailand beating them in a experienced and having had two thriller 26-23. consecutive failures at Division Iran dominated the match I promotions were adamant to through their lineouts and upset the host nation. scrums. They played with a dif- Qatar who went into the match ferent flare and took more risky as favorites trailed at first and it opportunities out wide that paid was not until the 23rd minute off. The Iranians appeared to lose that Paul Beard helped his home focus late in the second half, when side to register their first points they veered away from their game courtesy of his inform boot, land- plan allowing a depleted and tired ing two goals one brilliant drop Thailand to narrow the margin. goal to give his side the lead The Thai team who had earlier advantage. This however, was encountered visa entry problems short lived and Qatar went into for some players had the stadium the break trailing 14-9. on the edge of their seats as they The second half proved to be as marched to a possible come back. The captain of Malaysia team, winners at the (ARFU) Asian5Nations Division II rugby fast and furious as the first with In the end it was Iranians power tournament, receiving the trophy at Al Arabi Stadium on Friday. Malaysia defeated Qatar Qatar reducing the lead 24-22. and strength that kept them at 31-22 in the final. RIGHT: Action from the match between Qatar and Malaysia. Aaron Palmer continued his good bay. The final score 26-23. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT form by crossing over for Qatar’s THE PENINSULA SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Battaglin wins Giro stage as F1: Rosberg rides luck for Uran suffers

OROPA, Italy: Enrico Battaglin won the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia yesterday while overall leader Rigoberto Uran had a pole as Hamilton fumes tough day in the mountains. Battaglin pipped fellow Italian Dario Cataldo at the end of a 164- km hilly trek from Aglie after Stewards clear German of any offence; Hamilton qualifies second being initially dropped by his breakaway companions. “I am not used to winning that MONACO: Germany’s Nico him on the track - was on his final kind of stages. At the beginning Rosberg took a controversial quick lap. I did not think our breakaway pole position at the Monaco Hamilton, winner of the last could go all the way,” Battaglin Grand Prix yesterday after an four races but never before on told BeIN Sport. incident that denied unhappy pole in the principality, had been Four kilometres from the fin- Mercedes team-mate and cham- faster through the first sector but ish, in the final category-one pionship leader Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second place on ascent, Italian climber Domenico the chance to beat him. the grid for the season’s showcase Pozzovivo attacked and among the Formula One stewards sum- race. top contenders, only Colombian moned Mercedes to a hearing “I’m happy it worked out. Pole Nairo Quintana could follow. afterwards but, after reviewing at home is fantastic - it couldn’t Pozzovivo, however, struggled to video evidence, decided no offence be better,” a smiling Rosberg, maintain the pace and only gained had been committed. last year’s winner from pole and less than 30 seconds on Uran, The German had locked-up on Hamilton’s closest title rival, told second-placed Cadel Evans and the way into Mirabeau during the reporters. third-placed Rafal Majka. key final seconds of qualifying and “I’m sorry for what happened Uran, who cracked in the final skidded down the escape road, to Lewis. I didn’t know where metres, leads Evans by 32 seconds bringing out yellow warning flags exactly he was. But once I was and Majka by 1:35, while Pozzovivo that forced other drivers to slow. reversing I didn’t see who was sits 2:11 off the pace. The excursion, with Rosberg coming up. Of course it’s not “It was a very tough day. There then putting the car into reverse, great, but that’s the way it is.” are a lot of other mountain stages came just as Hamilton - behind Hamilton, a forced smile on his and the only standings that will face at the post-qualifying news matter are the final standings,” conference, said it was ‘ironic’ for Mercedes’ German driver Nico Rosberg drives at the Monaco Street Circuit during the qualifying session of said Uran. Monaco Grand his rival to secure pole in such a the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, yesterday. BOTTOM: Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Quintana, who with Pozzovivo fashion. Hamilton (left) and Rosberg pose in the parc ferme of the Monaco Street Circuit. looks the strongest in the moun- Prix Grid Speaking later to the BBC, tains, is 3:04 behind Uran and in MONTE-CARLO, Monaco: the Briton went further. Asked sixth place with five stages in the The starting grid for today’s whether he felt Rosberg had three-point lead after five races, mountains left. Monaco Grand Prix following done it on purpose, he replied: all won by Mercedes who have Today’s 15th stage takes the final qualifying sessions on ‘potentially’. also started all from pole. the peloton over 225 km Saturday: However, Mercedes motorsport With Mercedes so dominant, from Valdengo and Plan Di director Toto Wolff rejected that: the driver pairing is the talk of Montecampione. 1st row “I don’t think anybody does that Formula One with all eyes watch- Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes); Lewis deliberately in modern Formula ing for signs of their intense Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) One,” he told reporters. rivalry shifting up a gear into Giro d’Italia Stage 2nd row “He (Rosberg) missed his brak- open feuding. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull); Sebastian ing, which was in order to beat his Comparisons have been made 14 Results Vettel (GER/Red Bull) team mate, and he took the exit. with the highly combustible Results from Giro d’Italia (Aglie - Oropa, 164 km) yesterday 3rd row That’s it. There is nothing to add. 1988/89 McLaren pairing of 1. Enrico Battaglin (Italy / Bardiani Valvole) Fernando Alonso (ESP/Ferrari); Kimi “That moment is very intense Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) when you lose out in qualifying to who clashed infamously on the 4:34:41” your team mate, but give it half track while fighting for the title. 4th row 2. Dario Cataldo (Italy / Team Sky) ST an hour and he will have calmed Hamilton, a boyhood fan of 3. Jarlinson Pantano (Colombia / Colombia) +7” Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA/Toro Rosso); Kevin down.” Senna, recalled that famous 4. Jan Polanc (Slovenia / Lampre) +17” Magnussen (DEN/McLaren) The incident nonetheless feud when asked whether he and 5th row revived memories of Michael Rosberg needed to sort things out. 5. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Tinkoff - Saxo) +22” Daniil Kvyat (RUS/Toro Rosso); Sergio Perez Schumacher’s infamous 2006 pole “I don’t know if Senna and Prost 6. Albert Timmer (Netherlands / Giant) +26” (MEX/Force India) lap when the seven-times world talked about it, but I quite liked 7. Emanuele Sella (Italy / Androni Giocattoli) +28” 6th row champion blocked the Rascasse the way Senna dealt with that so 8. Mattia Cattaneo (Italy / Lampre) +33” corner and prevented Renault’s I’ll take a page out of his book,” he Nico Hülkenberg (GER/Force India); Jenson 9. Tim Wellens (Belgium / Lotto) +39” Fernando Alonso from going said, without elaboration. Button (GBR/McLaren) 10. Ivan Santaromita (Italy / Orica) +54” 7th row faster. Australian Daniel Ricciardo On that occasion, Ferrari’s will start in third place, the 11. M Keizer (Netherlands / Belkin) +1:17” Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams); Romain German driver was sent to the clean side of the track, for Red Felipe Massa was furious Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat, 12. Yonathan Monsalve (Venezuela / Neri Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) back of the grid for an ‘incorrect Bull with quadruple world cham- when Caterham’s Swedish rookie who qualified an impressive Sottoli) +1:46” 8th row action’. pion team mate Sebastian Vettel Marcus Ericsson rammed his ninth for Toro Rosso despite 13. R Hesjedal (Canada / Garmin) +2:22” Pastor Maldonado (VEN/Lotus); Felipe Rosberg, who has said he knew alongside. Williams at Mirabeau in an inci- skidding into the barriers at the 14. P Rolland (France / Europcar) +2:26” Massa (BRA/Williams) he had a ‘banker’ lap from earlier “I think all three of us don’t dent that meant he missed the tunnel exit in the first phase of 9th row in the session and had just pushed seem to be too pleased with our- second phase and qualified 16th. qualifying, was reprimanded for 15. Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) +2:39” Esteban Gutierrez (MEX/Sauber); Adrian a little too hard. selves,” observed Ricciardo, sit- “I gave him the space and he impeding the Lotus of Venezuelan Sutil (GER/Sauber) “I just locked up the outside ting alongside Hamilton and went over my car. I don’t know Pastor Maldonado. 16. Fabio Aru (Italy / Astana) +2:43” 10th row front I think it was, or the inside, Rosberg at a post-qualifying news what more there is to say. The Danish rookie Kevin 17. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R) and that put me off line. I was still conference. race tomorrow will be very tough. Magnussen qualified eighth on his Jules Bianchi (FRA/Marussia); Max Chilton 18. Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands / Belkin) trying to make it but then in the The Ferrari pairing of Alonso I feel disappointed,” said the Monaco F1 debut but 2009 world (GBR/Marussia) +2:47” last moment I had to turn out.” and Kimi Raikkonen filled the Brazilian. champion team mate Jenson 11th row 19. Rafal Majka (Poland / Tinkoff - Saxo) Hamilton, who said only days third row. Ericsson was ordered to start Button, a former winner, was only Kamui Kobayashi (JPN/Caterham); Marcus ago he was hungrier than his The stewards were given more from the pit lane and handed two 12th for McLaren. 20. Wout Poels (Netherlands / Omega Ericsson (SWE/Caterham) team mate for the title, has a work on an eventful afternoon. penalty points. REUTERS Pharma - Quick-Step) +2:59” De Villiers out of training camp

Japan end China’s Thomas Cup reign CAPE TOWN: Captain Jean de Villiers has withdrawn from NEW DELHI: Japan enjoyed 21-18, 21-14 after an hour and 25 Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan South Africa’s training camp one of their best days in badmin- minutes. 21-19, 8-21, 23-21. after a knee problem forced him ton history on Friday night as World champion Lin Dan, who With the cushion of a 2-0 out of Saturday’s Super Rugby the men sensationally knocked was due to play the fifth match, lead, Chong Wei Feng ensured match between the Stormers out powerhouse China 3-0 in was left stranded as the Japanese Malaysia’s entry into the final by and Cheetahs, the South African the Thomas Cup and the women celebrated a famous win even as beating Dionysius Rumbaka 21-10, Rugby Union said. entered the Uber Cup final. the Chinese stormed out of the 21-17 in the third match. De Villiers will undergo a scan to The men will take on Malaysia stadium in a huff without speak- The Indian women, cheered by determine the extent of the injury. -- 3-0 victors over Indonesia in ing to the media. some 2,000 boisterous home fans, “Jean plays a very important the second semi-final-- in their “This is an unexpected result took a 2-0 lead through their two role in our team and we decided maiden Cup final at the Siri Fort for sure,” said Japan’s Korean top singles players, Saina Nehwal he should get proper treatment complex in the Indian capital. coach Park Joo-Bong, a former and PV Sindhu. as soon as possible, which will The women fought back world and Olympic doubles But the Japanese drew level hopefully ensure he returns to the Japan’s Minatsu gallantly from 0-2 to defeat champion. after Misaki Matsutomo and squad sooner rather than later,” Mitani returns a hosts India 3-2 and qualify for “But what surprised us even Ayaka Takahashi won the doubles Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer shot to China’s Saturday’s final against China, more was Momota’s win in the and Eriko Hirose beat P. Thulasi said in a statement. Li Xuerui during who prevented further embar- third match that gave us the tie. in the third singles. “At this stage, we’re not sure their women’s rassment by routing South Korea A loss there could have made it a India fielded the scratch com- how long Jean will be out but we singles final 3-0. bit tough for us. bination of Nehwal and Sindhu will ensure he gets the best medi- match in the China, the overwhelming “If China had won the next for the decider, but the move cal treatment so that he can play Uber Cup bad- favourites seeking a record sixth doubles, there was Lin Dan wait- backfired as Miyuki Maeda and as soon as possible.” He has been consecutive Thomas Cup title, ing in the last game. And very few Reika Kakiiwa raced to a 21-14, replaced at the three-day train- minton champi- never recovered after Chen Long people beat him these days. 21-11 win. The Chinese women, ing camp in Durban by uncapped onship in New lost to Kenichi Tago in the open- “We will go into the final with whose 12 Uber Cup titles include Sharks lock Stephan Lewies. Delhi yesterday. ing singles. a lot of confidence. Hopefully we seven in the last eight editions, “We’ve got good depth in the World number two Chen lasted can go on to win the Thomas Cup toyed with South Korea, the team midfield but due to injury con- just 43 minutes against the for the first time.” they beat in the 2012 final. cerns at lock, we’ve decided to aggressive fourth-ranked Tago Malaysia made it to their first World number one Li Xuerui invite Stephan to our camp,” to go down 21-13, 21-11. final since 2002 by cruising past dominated the fifth-ranked Sung Meyer explained. Japan made it 2-0 through the 13-time champions Indonesia Ji-Hyun 21-11, 21-19 in the open- Thirty six players will par- doubles pair of Kenichi Hayakawa in a disappointing one-sided ing singles, before Bao Yixin and ticipate in the training camp and Hiroyuki Endo, who beat Chai semi-final. Tang Jinhua won the doubles beginning on Sunday as Meyer Biao and Hong Wei 22-20, 21-19. After world number one Lee against Jang Ye-Na and Kim fine-tunes plans for tests next It was left to 19-year-old Chong Wei had outclassed fifth- So-Young 21-11, 21-12. month against Scotland and Wales Kento Momota to seal the tie for ranked Tommy Sugiarto in World number two Wang and the Rugby Championship the 2012 semi-finalists by com- straight games, Tan Boon Heong Shixian completed the easy win by against Argentina, Australia ing from behind to upset world and Hoon Thien How upset world beating Bae Yeon-Ju 21-13, 16-21, and New Zealand in August, number six Du Pengyu 23-25, doubles champions Mohammad 21-10 in the third match. AFP September and October. SUNDAY 25 MAY 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27

Hosts Brazil ready to quell Legendary Ronaldo hopes likely protest

BRASILIA: Brazil has stocked up on riot gear and is ready to deploy police and military for Brazil’s home triumph forces to contain anti-govern- ment protests expected dur- ing the 32-nation World Cup Brazilian is unhappy on arrangements, says hosts will get it right on pitch soccer championship starting next month, authorities said yesteday. SAO PAULO: Embarrassed “It’s a shame. I am embar- Brazilian officials believe the about his country’s inability to rassed, this is my country and I protests will be smaller than the complete the promised infra- love it and we shouldn’t be trans- massive demonstrations that structure ahead of next month’s mitting this image abroad,” he unexpectedly erupted in June of World Cup, Brazil great added. last year during a warm-up event Ronaldo believes the hosts will “But we mustn’t forget that for the World Cup. get it right on the pitch and win Brazil wasn’t perfect before the The protests by Brazilians the tournament for a record World Cup. It was the same or angered by the excessive cost of sixth time. worse.” The former Barcelona, building the World Cup stadiums Brazil will stage the World Cup Real Madrid and Inter Milan in a developing country with defi- in June and July for the first time striker is betting on Brazil to win cient public services have con- since 1950 and are favourites to the competition, with Germany tinued this year, but they have lift the trophy at the Maracana his second favourites, followed become less spontaneous and stadium on July 13. closely by Argentina and Spain. more violent. The hosts have struggled to Brazil are on a rich run of World soccer body FIFA is build stadiums on time and many form and have won 13 of their worried that a resurgence of the of the promised infrastructure last 14 encounters, including the demonstrations could disrupt the projects such as airports, bus five games that won them the games. lanes, and metro lines have been Confederations Cup last year. The tournament will be played either cancelled or scaled down. Ronaldo, 37, said the players in 12 Brazilian cities between June Ronaldo, who as a member of were experienced enough for the 12 to July 13 and watched by bil- the Local Organising Committee big occasion and will be well pre- lions of TV viewers around the is one of the most visible backers pared by Scolari - the man who globe. Some 600,000 foreign fans of soccer’s world governing body led Brazil to their last title tri- are expected to travel to Brazil to FIFA and the Brazilian govern- umph in 2002, with the help of see their teams play. ment, said Brazil has always faced two goals from Ronaldo in the “According to the information problems of “corruption, embez- final. The first match against we have, our feeling is that they zlement, overcharging” and he Croatia on June 12 could set the will be smaller than what hap- lamented the late delivery of sta- tone for the tournament, he said. pened last June,” Justice Minister diums, three of which are still not “The first game in the World José Eduardo Cardozo said. ready. Cup, in Brazil, the first match for Cardozo said Brazil will not “In 2007 when they decided many players, it is going to be very ban democratic protests, but if that the World Cup would be important and it could determine they threaten the soccer games, in Brazil, President Lula signed the team’s future,” he said. authorities are more prepared everything and agreed to every- “We see players that are 20 this time to deal with them. The thing and then they get here and years old who’ve played with big government is spending 1.9bn there’s this bureaucracy, total clubs or with the national team LEFT: Ronaldo, former Brazilian football player poses before an interview with Reuters in Sao Paulo yesterday. reais ($856m) on security for confusion and lateness,” Ronaldo for a year or two so I don’t think RIGHT: Brazil’s forward Neymar (right) in action during Brazil’s match against Mexicoat FIFA Confederations the World Cup, and will deploy told Reuters in an interview in the lack of experience will deter- Cup Brazil, in this file photo. Ronaldo feels Brazil’s youngsters are not short of experience. 100,000 police and 57,000 troops Sao Paulo. mine the final result.” REUTERS at different places. REUTERS Chelsea agree record deal to sell Luiz to PSG

LONDON: David Luiz is on the deal will be completed on June Luiz, who joined the west the verge of joining Paris St 10 to ensure Luiz can concentrate Londoners from Benfica for £21.3 Chelsea’s Brazilian defender David Germain after Chelsea yester- on the forthcoming World Cup. million in January 2011, made only Luiz heading the ball during the UEFA day revealed they have agreed a A statement on the PSG web- 19 appearances in the Premier Champions League quarter-final first deal to sell the Brazil defender site read: League this season, although he leg football match Paris Saint-Germain to the French champions. “Paris St Germain, Chelsea did help Chelsea eliminate PSG (PSG) vs Chelsea, in this file photo. Luiz Luiz’s move is reported to be FC and David Luiz would like from the Champions League is on the verge of joining the L1 PSG worth a world record fee for a to confirm that they reached an quarter-finals. team after Chelsea revealed they have defender of £50m ($84m, 61m agreement regarding the terms The 27-year-old’s fee will beat agreed a deal to sell the Brazil defender euros) and the transfer will be of an upcoming transfer of the the two previous highest fees for to the French champions. rubber-stamped once he has Brazilian defender that would a defender, both paid by PSG for agreed personal terms and passed occur during the next transfer Marquinhos, who cost £30.1m, a medical. window which is to start on 10 and Thiago Silva, who arrived “Chelsea Football Club and June 2014. from AC Milan for £35.3m. Paris Saint-Germain have “In accordance with the player’s Meanwhile, the previous best agreed terms for the transfer of wish to prepare for and play in deal received by an English David Luiz to the French club,” the World Cup in his home coun- club for a defender was when a statement on Chelsea’s website try in the best possible conditions, Rio Ferdinand left Leeds for announced. both clubs and David Luiz wished Manchester United for £30m 12 “The move is now subject to to reach an agreement as soon as years ago. David Luiz agreeing personal possible between, on the one hand, The healthy profit Chelsea have terms with PSG and passing a Paris St Germain and Chelsea made on Luiz’s sale is likely to medical examination.” FC, and on the other, between be reinvested in the squad, with PSG representatives are the Parisian club and the player, Atletico Madrid striker Diego believed to have flown out to in order to formalise the transfer Costa reportedly Mourinho’s Brazil to complete Luiz’s medical as soon as the transfer window number one target. at the World Cup hosts’ training opens.” With Luiz on the way out after base on Friday. The hefty price convinced 143 appearances for Chelsea, The French club’s willingness to Chelsea to off-load Luiz, who was Mourinho is likely to give more shatter the record for a defender primarily used in a defensive mid- opportunities to highly-rated was motivated by their desire to field role by Blues manager Jose young defender Tomas Kalas, who seal a deal before Barcelona or Mourinho after being unable to impressed in the team’s 2-0 win Bayern Munich could swoop for break up the central defensive at Liverpool towards the end of the centre-back. partnership of John Terry and the season. PSG claim the formalities of Gary Cahill. AFP Katsouranis rejects talk Reus, Goetze itching for Cup action of rifts in Greece camp BERLIN: Germany’s versatile carved out a starting spot since attacking midfielders Marco then. “How often do you get to ATHENS: Greece vice-captain who has been in the squad since Reus and Mario Goetze are play in a World Cup? It is some- Kostas Katsouranis stressed Euro 2004, I think I have a large hoping their time to shine in the thing special and we have set our- there were no rifts in the squad responsibility, I was in the wrong national team will come at the selves big aims,” said Goetze, who ahead of the World Cup after and I have explained this to World Cup in Brazil next month won the domestic league and Cup publicly apologising to team Giannis many times.” after both players endured a double with Bayern this season. mate Giannis Maniatis for a It is the first time Katsouranis, disappointing maiden tourna- Just like Goetze, Reus had also public bust-up while playing for who has made 109 appearances ment at Euro 2012. limited playing time two years their clubs. for his country, has spoken pub- The 24-year-old Reus and ago, featuring only in two games. The pair, two of coach Fernando licly about the incident and he Goetze, 21, are considered the “I hope to be playing at this Santos’ most senior players said there were no hard feelings. best players of their generation tournament because it is as big among his 23-man squad, almost “We need to stick together. in Germany but they have yet to as it gets,” said Reus, who almost came to blows in controversial Sometimes you lose control and leave their mark in a major tour- single-handedly led Dortmund to circumstances in a tense Greek I think that since making my nament for their country. a second-place finish in the league Cup semi-final last month. national team debut in 2003 “We both want to play, that’s with a superb second half to the PAOK midfielder Katsouranis, I’ve never had such an issue. In for sure,” Goetze, sitting next campaign where he either scored 34, was sent-off in the April football these things can happen to Reus, told a news conference or set up the vast majority of his 16 match against Maniatis’ but we will continue as we were at their northern Italian train- team’s goals. Olympiakos, and both players before,” he said. ing camp. “At Euro 2012 I did It is difficult to imagine a had to be separated after the final Greece striker Fanis Gekas also not have any rhythm. I had been starting Germany without both whistle as scuffles broke out. sought to allay the notion that the injured prior to that so it was a players. “We have talked about it a lot episode exposed an unhealthy different situation.” “The Euro is two years ago and and I think it was a mistake from atmosphere in the squad on the The Bayern Munich midfielder I think I have developed even fur- all aspects,” Katsouranis told eve of their departure for Brazil. hade made only a 10-minute ther,” said Reus. “Now I have the reporters. quality, experience and character Mario Goetze leaves a news conference in St. Martin, northern Italy substitute appearance at their rhythm I need. I am in a good “As vice captain of the team to at least qualify from the group yesterday. Euro 2012 quarter-final win over position but it is not in my hands and one of the most senior players stage.” REUTERS Greece but he seems to have it is up to the coach.” REUTERS Sunday 25 May 2014 Sport 18 DAYS TO GO

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Scoreboard Yusuf Pathan SUNRISERS HYDERABAD D A Warner b Morkel ...... 4 fires Kolkata to S Dhawan (run out-Pandey/Uthappa)...... 29 N V Ojha c&b ten Doeschate ...... 26 incredible win Y Venugopal Rao (run out) ...... 27 D J G Sammy c S Al Hasan b Vinay Kumar29 KOLKATA: S Anirudha st Uthappa b S Al Hasan ...... 3 A Yusuf Pathan (pictured) J O Holder (run out-) ...... 16 blitzkrieg of 22-ball K V Sharma (not out) ...... 5 72 powered Kolkata Knight Parvez Rasool (not out) ...... 0 Riders to the first quali- Extras (LB-13, W-8) ...... 21 fier of the Indian Premier Total (for 7 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 160 League (IPL) as they humbled Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-69, 3-89, 4-121, Sunrisers Hyderabad by four 5-127, 6-155, 7-155. wickets at the Eden Gardens Bowling: M Morkel 4-1-32-1 (2w); R Vinay here yesterday. Kumar 4-0-32-1 (1w); S P Narine 4-0-19-0; Needing to wrap up the game U T Yadav 3-0-32-0 (1w); R N ten Doeschate in 15.2 overs to finish second in 1-0-7-1; Shakib Al Hasan 4-1-25-1. the league stage over Chennai KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS Super Kings after Sunrisers R V Uthappa c Holder b Sharma ...... 41 posted a challenging 160/7, Pathan G Gambhir b Holder ...... 28 hit the Challengers like a rag- M K Pandey c Steyn b Sharma ...... 2 ing bull, taking away the game Y K Pathan c Dhawan b Sharma ...... 72 single-handedly. R N ten Doeschate (run out-Sammy/Ojha) 0 He plundered seven massive Shakib Al Hasan c Holder b Sharma ...... 1 sixes and five fours as the home Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas (centre) and team-mates celebrate with the trophy at the end of the UEFA Champions League final against Atletico S A Yadav (not out) ...... 12 side raced to a winning 161/6 in Madrid at Luz Stadium in Lisbon, yesterday. Real Madrid won 4-1. RIGHT: Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos (right) celebrates his 1-1 goal with Casillas. R Vinay Kumar (not out) ...... 0 only 14.2 overs, and would now Extras (LB-1, W-2, NB-2) ...... 5 play the qualifier at the same Total (for 6 wkts in 14.2 overs) ...... 161 ground May 27. Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-55, 3-77, 4-78, Pathan was out in the 14th over 5-116, 6-153. caught in the deep but not before Bowling: B Kumar 2.2-0-22-0 (1w); D W making the difficult job seem Steyn 4-0-43-0 (1w); J O Holder 3-0-35-1 like a walk in the park. He broke Real Madrid rally to beat the record for the fastest 50 in (2nb); K V Sharma 4-0-38-4; Parvez Rasool 1-0-22-0. the IPL, previously set by Adam Gilchrist. For the visitors, leggie Karn Sharma ended up figures of 4/38. The Knights’ openers Gautam Atletico 4-1 in extra time Gambhir and Robin Uthappa started off cautiously. With just 26 runs on the board after the Ramos nets dramatic stoppage-time equaliser for winners fourth over, Gambhir (28; 18b 4x4 1x6) showed his aggressive intent hoiking Jason Holder for a mas- LISBON: Real Madrid secured great opportunity to put his side sive six and a four but perished a 10th European Cup when they ahead when he picked up the ball in the same over by dragging the snatched a stoppage-time equal- in midfield after Tiago gave pos- ball on to his stumps. iser before extra-time goals Real Madrid session away cheaply. Meanwhile, orange cap holder by Gareth Bale, Marcelo and a defender Welshman Bale surged forward, Uthappa continued his dream Cristiano Ronaldo penalty gave Marcelo powering his way deep into the run, picking up some crisp bound- them a 4-1 win over Atletico (right) and Atletico penalty area, but waited aries, but Manish Pandey (2) yet Madrid in the Champions team-mate too long to shoot and when he did again failed with the bat and was League final yesterday. Sergio he fired wide of Thibaut Courtois’ next to go out caught off leggie Atletico, who won the Spanish Ramos cel- goal. That started a surge of Real Sharma. league title a week ago, looked set ebrate after pressure that finally paid off when Uthappa hit two towering sixes to complete a double after Diego Marcelo’s Ramos headed the equaliser to and a four, but the boisterous Godin’s 36th-minute header, force extra time. capacity Eden crowd was stunned goal. helped by a blunder from Real The first period of that ended into silence when he holed out in keeper Iker Casillas, put them without another goal, but Real the deep, trying to hit another in control of the first European finally took control of the game biggie of Sharma. The dashing final between teams from the in the last 15 minutes when Bale opener scored a 30 ball 41 stud- same city. the Portugal captain playing in his no man’s land as Godin beat him headed them in front in the 110th ded with four boundaries and two Real attacked relentlessly own capital city, scored the fourth to the ball and headed towards minute before Marcelo fired home sixes. IANS in the second half at Lisbon’s from the penalty spot to clinch goal. The keeper rushed back and the third and Ronaldo scored Stadium of Light but had to wait an astonishing turnaround and a attempted to scoop the ball out from the spot. Ronaldo’s goal until the third minute of stoppage double of Champions League and but it had already crossed the was his 17th of the campaign, an time for an equaliser when Sergio King’s Cup after Real could only line. It was a notable double for all-time record for the competi- Easy eight-wicket Ramos headed in powerfully from finish third in La Liga. Godin who headed the goal in last tion, and meant Carlo Ancelotti a corner. Atletico looked a spent Atletico took the lead when week’s 1-1 draw at Barcelona that became only the second man after force in extra time and Real com- their city rivals failed to clear a secured Atletico’s first league title Bob Paisley of Liverpool to win victory for Chennai pleted the comeback win when corner and they hooked the ball since 1996. three European Cups as a coach Bale headed them into the lead in back into the box. The opener came five minutes after the Italian’s earlier suc- the 110th minute before Marcelo Casillas, who came rushing out after Real’s world record sign- cesses with AC Milan in 2003 and BANGALORE: Chennai six with more than two overs to slammed in a late third. Ronaldo, of his goal, was left stranded in ing Gareth Bale had spurned a 2007. REUTERS Super Kings returned to win- spare. ning ways with a convincing Chennai scored 160 for two in eight-wicket win over Royal 17.4 overs and the win took them Challengers Bangalore in their to 18 points, two behind league Basaketball: Qatar’s Al Rayyan win 3x3 GCC Club Championship Indian Premier League (IPL) leaders Kings XI Punjab. match at the M. Chinnaswamy West Indies’ Dwayne Smith Stadium here yesterday. started the carnage smashing 34 Coming into the match, Super runs off just 17 balls. Smith and Kings were on a three-match los- du Plessis shared a 57-run open- ing streak. ing partnership off 26 balls to set However, an unbeaten 75-run Chennai on their way. partnership between captain Suresh Raina (18) played well Mahendra Singh Dhoni (49 not but was coaxed into playing an out) and Faf du Plessis (54 not ambitious shot off the bowling of out) helped Super Kings overhaul India team-mate Yuvraj Singh. Royal Challengers score of 154 for IANS Scoreboard

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE 3-0-16-1; S K Raina 4-0-27-0 (1w); R A Jadeja R R Rossouw b Nehra ...... 1 2-0-14-1 (2w). Y V Takawale lbw Ashwin ...... 19 CHENNAI SUPER KINGS V H Zol b Sharma ...... 13 D R Smith c Kohli b Rampaul ...... 34 V Kohli b Nehra ...... 73 F du Plessis (not out) ...... 54 Yuvraj Singh c Raina b Jadeja ...... 25 S K Raina st Takawale b Yuvraj Singh ...... 18 A B de Villiers b Nehra ...... 10 M S Dhoni (not out) ...... 49 S Rana (not out) ...... 5 Extras (B-4, W-1) ...... 5 M A Starc (not out) ...... 2 Total (for 2 wkts in 17.4 overs) ...... 160 Extras (LB-2, W-4) ...... 6 Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-85. Total (for 6 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 154 Bowling: S B Jakati 3.4-0-41-0; R Rampaul Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-31, 3-33, 4-88, 5-130, 2-0-21-1; M A Starc 3-0-33-0 (1w); Y S Chahal Qatar’s Al Rayyan, winners of the 3 x 3 GCC Club basketball championship, pose with the trophy in Bahrain yesterday. In the all-Qatar final, Al Rayyan 6-150. 4-0-24-0; S Rana 1-0-7-0; Yuvraj Singh 4-0- defeated Al Sadd 22-16. Twelve clubs from the six GCC nations, including hosts Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Bowling: A Nehra 4-0-33-3 (1w); S Badree 30-1. Oman took part in the championship. 3-0-29-0; R Ashwin 4-0-33-1; M M Sharma Player-of-the-Match: M S Dhoni (CSK).