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National sports clubs should set up and a vast majority of them were unmarried large sections of our population can make them Abraham Augusthy Qatar field in style branches in the Industrial Area and and full of energy. “So it must be made sure vulnerable to crime. They can be a challenge

that they are engaged socially,” she said. to social security.” Design: other localities where low-income It was important, therefore, to provide them This section of population feels socially mar- foreign workers live, to channelise entertainment and sporting facilities, partic- ginalised, so there is a need to make them their energy to productive avenues ularly during the weekends. “Unfortunately, feel that they are part of the community and what we have in the Industrial Area are only the social mainstream. “They should not be and hunt for sporting talent, says exchange houses and grocery stores. There are allowed to drift away to the social fringes,” Al a prominent Qatari sociologist, hardly any entertainment facilities.” Ghanem said. stressing that this vast section “Where do these workers go in their free Community police, charitable bodies and the Salim Matramkot time? During the weekends their entry to Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs should Pic: of the population should not be public parks, malls and the hypermarkets is come forward and make sure that they include socially marginalised. restricted, so where do you think they could this group in their gamut of activities, she said. go during the weekends?” “If nothing, events can be organised in the National sports clubs should build stadiums areas they live in so as to keep them engaged in f you let them (low-income foreign in areas where low-income workers live, and socially productive activities,” said the sociolo- workers) live on the social fringes, engage them in sporting activities to chan- gist. “They need to feel secure. We must treat the danger is they would take to nelise their energy to productive avenues. them like any other organ of our society.” “Iillegal activities and emerge as a “That would also help us hunt for sporting The government has shifted these workers threat to social security,” said Dr Kulthum talent from among them,” Al Ghanem said. from residential areas to the Industrial Area, Ali Al Ghanem. Unfortunately, low-income workers are so it must also provide the necessary enter- PAGEA sociologist who6 teaches at Qatar not part of the National Strategy for Social tainment and sporting facilities to them, Al University, Al Ghanem told this newspaper Security (2011-16), which is part of Qatar Ghanem added. yesterday that low-income workers were young National Vision 2030, she said. “Isolating these See also page 2

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Lack of entertainment facilities makes life dull for single workers

BY FAZEENA SALEEM & RAYNALD C RIVERA “Many residents in Industrial it opens soon and they have rea- Area work in the construction sec- sonable prices. With a salary of tor,” said Abner, adding that he, QR1,500, I can’t afford to go to hile all eyes are on along with many other Filipinos expensive places,” said Raju Bikash, preparations for living there, had to find ways to who works in the Industrial Area. the 2022 football while away time and fight bore- “We are away from our families. WWorld Cup, with a dom, such as organising basketball After working the whole week, we staggering budget allocation for tournaments. would also like to enjoy our free development of infrastructure and Many of them, he said, had to day,” he added. tourism, single workers, who make save money to buy laptops to com- The complex is strategi- up a large part of the country’s municate with their families back cally located in the east zone of population, are being neglected, home and entertain themselves. Industrial Area. Since it is close with no entertainment facilities “The company does not provide to the main roads leading to Doha, for them. an Internet connection, so we have single workers from other places Making up a third of the coun- to chip in to avail of Wi-fi,” added can easily reach the area. try’s population, single workers are Abner. Within the complex, roads left with nowhere to go on Fridays, Going to Doha to spend their have been paved and lit up, mak- Pics: Qassim Rahmatullah & Salim Matramkot the only days they can relax after day off is a challenge for many sin- ing it pedestrian-friendly. There a week’s work. gle low-income workers living on is ample parking space near the The Industrial Area, where at the outskirts of the city. theatres, stadium and shopping least 100,000 single workers are “Many of the parks are limited centres. housed, and whose population is to families during weekends, so we Cricket being one of the most swelling as more and more labour have nowhere to go,” said Raj, a popular sports among the large camps are relocated there, offers labourer involved in the construc- number of Asian workers here, the no facilities where these workers tion of a big shopping mall, which stadium being built is big enough can spend their day off. he thinks he would never be able to accommodate thousands of The absence of entertain- to enter once it is completed. spectators. ment facilities forces residents of “Malls impose ‘family day’ dur- Once it opens, the facility will Industrial Area to come to Doha ing the weekend, the only day for help reduce the influx of single to spend their weekends, when the us to spend time with our friends,” workers into the city on weekends, city witnesses a huge rush of peo- he said, adding that there should especially after the ban on housing ple; the Al Ghanim bus terminus, be malls, parks or other places single workers in residential areas Grand Hamad Street and places exclusively for single workers. is fully implemented. nearby are swarming with single It is almost a year since a new The project is also expected to workers meeting up with friends. commercial and entertainment boost business in the area. The area also turns into a hub complex for single workers was THE PENINSULA of hawkers selling pirated CDs of said to be near completion in the movies, among other things. While Industrial Area, but it is yet to see the authorities have conducted the light of day. raids in the area, the business The project, the first of its kind thrives, which is not surprising for single workers in the country, since the cheap CDs are a major was designed and planned accord- source of entertainment for low- ing to the needs of this section of Women workers more constrained income workers in the absence of the population. Along with sport- cinemas in the Industrial Area and ing, recreational, entertainment the city’s outskirts. and commercial facilities, the BY AZMAT HAROON social conduct, especially if you were not Ayesha said that although banks A cinema in the Industrial Area complex would house a cricket brought up in the Middle East,” she said. here had always had qualified female closed down many years ago and stadium, it is said. ike their male counterparts, It was during her second year in professionals, in the past they were is now being used as storage facil- When it opens, the complex many young, single women come Qatar that she came to know of some either limited in number or confined ity. Low-income single workers, would have four cinema halls, to Qatar in search of better restaurants and clubs, where she goes to a particular department in a bank. especially Nepalese, conduct pri- space for some 385 commercial Lopportunities. with her friends whenever she can. “I think many banks prefer to hire vate film viewings in small ven- outlets including eateries, and an Whether they are here to pursue “Qatar also has some very beautiful women who are already living in ues, making money out of people’s open air theatre where concerts, their career goals or to support their beaches. I like to go there every once in Qatar,” she said. thirst for movies from back home. cultural shows, gatherings and families, going out to have ‘fun’ is not a while,” she added. Getting employment visas for single “I always look forward to other activities can be hosted. only the least of their concerns, it is also Many teachers living in accommodation women can be difficult for companies. Fridays to come to Doha because “It’s good if they complete it a challenge for some. provided by their school say they do not Ayesha said this depended on the the Industrial Area is a very bor- soon, so we will also have all facili- The parks and beaches of Qatar are have easy access to transportation. At nationality of the woman being hired. ing place. No malls, parks, cin- ties and entertainment like other among the preferred destinations of best, they have to rely on taxis, which can Single women working here as maids emas… nothing. If I don’t come people,” said Mohamed Hasan, a single working women on their days be hard to find. or janitors face their own challenges. here, I just stay in my room, which Sri Lankan worker. off. Many of them say that instead of “We have a curfew for the female They usually get only a day off in a week, makes me feel homesick,” said “We can’t go to malls, parks or going to shopping malls they prefer to be staff living in the hostel,” said a teacher and depending on their sponsor or the Romy, a Filipino who was one of other common places on weekends, outdoors as it helps them relax. working for a community school. family with which they are staying, their the thousands of people at the Al and Friday is the only free day we Almost all of them say that they feel Because of the curfew and the absence opportunities for having ‘fun’ can be Ghanim bus terminus yesterday. have. The Gulf Cinema is closed. safe in Qatar, maybe even safer than of proper transportation facilities, going severely limited. He said he and his compatriot We can’t afford to go to other cin- back home. out in search of entertainment is not a A Filipina maid, who works as a cleaner, Abner, who like him works for emas, so if they have an exclusive Far fewer in number than men, top priority for her, she said. said her friends working as maids had a construction company, some- place for us, we will be happy,” he the single working women here are “I have a family back home that I am practically no social life. times managed to sneak into their said. employed in a variety of sectors, with a supporting. I try to focus on my work. “It’s not that they never go out, but favourite malls, Villaggio and City Gulf Cinema is popular with huge majority working in the education The most fun I have is when I go to sometimes their madams can be very Center, which do now allow single low-income workers because it sector and in the mushrooming malls visit my family,” she added. suspicious. So they prefer to stay indoors. men entry on Fridays. If not, they offers cheap entertainment, with and hypermarkets. The woes of single working women Whenever they’re out with the family, they just strolled around the souqs and ticket prices ranging from QR15 to “I came to Qatar almost three years here are not limited to a life without have to look after the children,” she said. the Corniche, he said. QR25, compared to QR35 to QR45 ago. There are only a few places I go to on family support; many also say that “On my day off, I usually go out with Construction sector workers in malls. Last week it was closed my days off,” said a teacher from Britain they have to deal with a lot of pressure, my friends. Sometimes we have a small comprise a huge part of Qatar’s for maintenance, according to the working in an Independent school. particularly at work, as they are often party in someone’s house,” she added. small population. A survey recently operators, who did not announce The initial challenge for her was dominated by men. Another young woman, who works in a released by Qatar Statistics a date for its reopening. trying to figure out how to dress for “I think it is only now that I am seeing bank, said the Corniche and Aspire Zone Authority says the number of peo- Many Industrial Area residents public places. more and more women vying for good were her favourite places. “Whenever ple working in the construction are looking forward to the opening “I knew we were supposed to dress positions in different organisations,” I’m depressed or tired from the pressure sector has reached nearly 500,000. of the commercial and entertain- modestly. Many of the women I know said Ayesha, who did not want her full at work, I go to the Corniche to relax. With big projects related to the ment complex, but it is not clear have great respect for the local culture. name to appear in print. She has been Just looking at the big blue sky is very 2022 World Cup fuelling a con- when it will open. But at times, it can be very confusing as working in the banking sector for almost relaxing,” she said. struction boom, this number is set “Finally, we are hearing about well as challenging to get used to a new a decade now. THE PENINSULA to grow fast in the coming years. a place exclusively for us. I hope Home FEBRUARY 9, 2013 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 ON SATURDAY A thriving market for illegal vendors Bank Street becomes a place for some low-income workers to sell banned products on Fridays

DOHA: On Fridays, the small grounds on both sides of Grand Hamad Avenue or Bank Street are filled with crowds of low-income workers who converge in the hun- dreds from the Industrial Area and from as far as Al Khor and Al Shamal. The workers are of various nation- alities, such as Nepalese, Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans, with the former far outnumbering the latter two. As low-income workers are barred from visiting public parks, shop- ping malls and hypermarkets that are reserved for families during the weekends, many of them say since they have nowhere else to go, they converge here to meet friends and relatives and exchange pleasantries. Many come here to hand over gifts meant for their near and dear ones back home to those who are going home, while others come with friends just to kill time. A hawker selling pirated DVDs of a popular film. RIGHT: A small scuffle for getting chewing tobacco Taking advantage of the crowds, from a vendor. SALIM MATRMAKOT some low-income workers vend things like bottled mineral water, chewing tobacco products and pirated CDs and DVDs of popular films and songs, mainly Hindi, Nepalese and Bengali. Seeking social security through Worryingly, the most popular items, which sell like hot cakes, are chewing tobacco products, mostly from India. non-formal savings schemes Enquiries by this newspaper revealed that these banned products are brought here by individuals for DOHA: Banks along the back in Nepal or for people money urgently for my moth- vending at lucrative margins. Grand Hamad Street, pop- known closely to the group. er’s operation and I got it,” he A vendor said on condition of ano- ularly known as the Bank A group usually has 10 to 15 said. nymity that a small packet of chewing Street, are closed on Fridays, members but larger groups Members are strictly from tobacco that is available India for `2 but financial transactions of of 30 have also been sighted. one village in Nepal. “We (15 dirhams) sells for as much as QR2 a different type take place Members contribute a fixed began this scheme three to QR3 — 15 to 30 times its original here on this weekly day sum (QR100, in most cases) to months ago, with six to seven retail price. off, as low-income workers a common pool every month. members. Today, the member- The illegal vendors keep their goods from their living quarters And each month a different ship has reached 15,” Buddh hidden in bags so the police cannot in the Industrial Area and member receives money from proudly declared to this news- catch them, and solicit customers elsewhere literally descend the fund collected that month. paper. “We are not doing any- carefully, looking around to see if law- here in hordes, with several Their regular meetings thing criminal or illegal.” enforcement officials are around. groups running traditional ensure that members don’t Account keeping is strict The vendors, who are low-income savings schemes on the sly. default on contributions and if for the common pools and workers, do this to earn some extra The transactions are in one does, one is reprimanded. usually the most educated in income. A chewing tobacco vendor said hundreds of riyals, unlike the A Nepalese worker, who the lot, is entrusted with the he was an electrician and turned into a millions and billions the banks refused to give his name, is a responsibility of maintain- mobile phone hawker on Fridays, and dispense on weekdays. member of a group of 15 com- ing records of cash flows and made no less than QR200 each week. In small open grounds patriots, all of whom come beneficiaries. “That’s extra income for me since my on both sides of the Grand from a single village from Not far away from where salary is low,” he said. Hamad Avenue, low-income the Himalayan Kingdom. He Buddh’s group was collecting The illegal vendors have become workers mainly from Nepal said he was lucky as he was contributions to their monthly wiser over time and operate mostly converge by the hundreds on given the money raised from common pool, another group between 1pm and 3.30pm since, Fridays and many of them can the 14 other members (each with 30 members was busy according to them, law-enforcement be seen sitting in groups and contributing QR100 a month) making collections and keep- officials on patrol duty, like the police writing their versions of books yesterday since his mother ing accounts. or sleuths from the Search and of account. was due for surgical operation Though it was the second Follow-Up Department of the Ministry These groups run conven- for a stomach ailment back at Friday of the month, but since of Interior, aren’t around during that tional savings schemes on home. many members did not receive time. Sources claim that many in the the sly, and the membership “This is not a business that their wages on February 1, the crowds that throng the Grand Hamad is through invitation and gives us a profit. This is to meetings for contributions Avenue and those who frequent areas strictly for those who either help our group members in were held yesterday. in Muesheireb also indulge in gambling. come from the same place an emergency. Like I needed THE PENINSULA Members of a group contributing money to a monthly common pool. THE PENINSULA

Admissions for Fall Coastline development semester at Texas plan in 18 months A&M to remain open

BY ISABEL OVALLE through March 1 the seaboard and find ways to improve its current state, as well DOHA: Texas A&M University DOHA: Over 20 experts from as the directive regarding the at Qatar’s admissions process Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt and Spain coastal area. for the Fall 2013 semester will will design a strategic plan for El Sammak added: “Qatar, like remain open through March 1. the sustainable development of other GCC countries, suffers the Prospective students and appli- the Qatari coastline. The sci- impact of oil pollution, urbanisa- cants interested in applying or entists work for a consortium tion, desalination plants and inva- finding out more about the uni- of four companies which won a sive species.” versity’s engineering-focused pro- public tender of the Ministry of Following the assessment, the grammes may visit the Texas A&M Environment. scientists will identify what has at Qatar Engineering Building at The consortium will kick off to be done from a strategic point the Education City campus and with a time-frame of 18 months. of view. meet officials at the Office of The ultimate goal is to bring to “In addition to the evaluation, Visitors shopping at the Souq Waqif. Admissions to discuss application the government an action plan to we will do a field survey, take requirements and gain insights address the problems of the coun- some remote sense images and and assistance in the admissions try’s 500km coastline, including a spot the areas that need further process from Sunday through schedule of measures to be taken assessment,” he added. Spring Festival at Souq Waqif Thursday, from 8am to 4pm. and their budget. Given that WES received the Texas A&M at Qatar offers The joint proposal by Wataniya notification confirming that the training and advanced accredited Environmental Services (WES), consortium it leads won the bid programmes in chemical, electri- IH Cantabria, Al Jamira and a only last week, its intention is to to attract 25,000 visitors daily cal, mechanical and petroleum company from Egypt, won the start work “soon” on this project engineering. tender called by the ministry and that has a budget of QR9.5m. DOHA: Over 25,000 daily visi- “This year’s festival comprises expecting 20,000 to 25,000 daily Maha Ayyash, Director of the Public Works Authority. Ultimately, the project, called tors are expected at Souq Waqif many new activities and pro- visitors, except on Thursday Admissions, said: “Prospective Founded in 1997, WES is a spe- ‘The Provision of Integrated on the occasion of the Spring grams, with the participation of and Friday when the number is students have become aware of cialised environmental consulting Coastal Zone Management Plan’, Festival which kicked-off on 50 artists from Qatar and other expected to go up to 30,000 or the high demand for professional company. should be compatible with Qatar’s Thursday and continues until Arab countries.” 40,000. engineers worldwide, and they Amr El Sammak, from WES, National Vision 2030 and submit- February 21. Other shows and events include He said that the souq’s admin- are interested in Texas A&M at is also a Professor at the Arabian ted to the ministry. The festival events begin every a Human Canon Ball, Thrilling istration, in coordination with the Qatar because we offer world- Gulf University. The Environmental Hydraulics day at 4pm and continue until Air Drive, Smurf’s Kids Village, Ministry of Interior, will guaran- recognised premier engineer- He told The Peninsula that his Institute ‘IH Cantabria’, from midnight and comprise cultural, Dolphin and Penguin Show, tee security during the festival. ing programmes that develop purpose is to design a programme Spain, also contributed to the artistic, and heritage celebrations Qatar’s Highest Bungee Jump, Sout Al Rayyan radio station exemplary engineers and lead- for the environmentally friendly pitch that won. This centre car- featuring a group of Gulf artists Thrilling Air Drive and a World- will interview traditional artists ers through internationally development of the coastline. ries out research, knowledge and international personalities. class Magic Show. as part of its efforts to promote respected undergraduate and “We do strategic management transfer and training of spe- The celebrations will also include Three theatres will be open: this festival of high artistic value, graduate degree programmes.” to include all prime activities in cialists in the fields of fresh and circus acts and folklore bands Darafel, with space for 2,500 peo- famous for being one of the larg- “The university offers students one integrated plan, including liv- saltwater. At IH Cantabria there which draw in visitors from the ple, Al Rayyan with a capacity of est in the Gulf and Arab region an engineering facility equipped ing and non-living resources as are over 140 researchers and the multi-cultural Qatar audience. 3,000 seats and Al Salafer which as far as the traditional music is with very advanced and sophisti- well as human activities,” he said. centre has over 30 years of expe- Mohammad Al Salim, General houses 1,000 people. concerned. cated lab equipment,” Ayyash said. The first step will be to evaluate rience. THE PENINSULA Manager of Souq Waqif, said: Al Salim added that they are THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Home

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INALLY, European Union leaders have agreed a historic budget deal after a marathon 25-hour negotiation which has been likened to a ‘bazaar’. The risk of war in Asia FThat they have come to an agreement is in itself a major achievement because the debate which preceded BY JOHN POMFRET the deal was marked by acrimony, tension and even worries that its fighter jets would fire tracer bul- about the impact it would have on the future of the EU. lets near Chinese aircraft if they strayed HE tension in the East China too near the rocks. A retired but influ- The success of the bloc and its ability to carry out projects Sea between China and Japan ential Chinese army general responded In China, there is an would depend on the budget at its disposal and the deal can is America’s problem. Sure, that such an act would constitute a have consequences which would spill into outside the region Tthere are all sorts of reasons “first shot.” element of bread and because of the seminal role the EU plays in global affairs. war will “never” break out — from “it The new chief of China’s Communist circuses going on. The The most important feature of the deal is that the bloc just wouldn’t make sense” to “everybody Party, Xi Jinping, has even taken to has decided to cut back its budget for the first time in six is making too much money to fight.” But urging the People’s Liberation Army Communist Party is given the history of the region and the to “prepare for war.” The last time I decades. A draft worked out overnight set 2014-20 actual lack of rules for handling such crises, the heard an official Chinese outlet use that ginning up nationalist spending or payments at 908.4bn euros ($1.2trn), with an reality is that one stupid mistake could expression was 1980, when I was sleep- absolute ceiling of 960bn euros for spending “commitments” start a war. Since the United States is ing in my dormitory room at Nanjing resentment against to the budget. That is just one percent of the bloc’s gross obligated by treaty to defend Japan if University. A speaker just outside our Japan and its ally, the domestic product. Originally, the European Commission it is attacked, it falls to Washington to window would erupt at 6 each morning make sure a conflict does not erupt. with a tinny call to “increase vigilance, United States, as a way had wanted a five percent increase in commitments to 1.04 Over the past several months, Tokyo protect the motherland and prepare trillion euros ($1.4trn) -- just over one percent of the EU’s and Beijing have played a game of for war!” (The enemy then alternated to deflect attention total GDP. chicken, in the streets, on the seas, in between the Soviet Union and the This is definitely an austerity budget and shows that a the air and through the airwaves over United States.) Xi’s call was echoed from China’s significant compromise will not completely a cluster of three uninhabited islands Jan. 15 by the army’s official daily. “Bad social challenges. heal divisions. British Prime and two big rocks called the Senkakus habits” occur in the military, one article The deal is in by the Japanese and the Diaoyu Islands said, when “there is a lengthy period Minister David Cameron, who by the Chinese. without war.” in January, he said the United States itself a major had demanded a cut or at least a Japan seized them In China, there is an element of bread wanted to see “cooler heads prevail” — freeze in the near €1trn budget, in January 1895, and circuses going on. The Communist a clear reference to both Washington’s achievement can claim victory. At the same during its first Party is ginning up nationalist resent- ally and China. Abe did dispatch an time, France, along with Italy, Tokyo and Beijing modern war with ment against Japan and its ally, the envoy to Beijing for informal talks and because the Spain and a few others had have played a China (which United States, as a way to deflect has said he is willing to hold a summit Japan won). attention from China’s significant with China’s leaders, but it is unclear debate which fought to protect spending it game of chicken, Tensions began social challenges. While many people whether the Communist Party wants preceded it saw as essential to boost growth in the streets, on escalating last here are justifiably proud of their coun- to lower the heat. and jobs at a time of record the seas, in the year and have try’s economic rise, they are not happy The problem with this crisis is that was marked unemployment. grown from anti- about a slew of issues, including endemic it seems insoluble. Japan won’t give the One concern is that the cuts air and through Japanese protests corruption, polluted air, lack of press islands back to China, and China can’t in Chinese cities freedom, an opaque legal system and back down. by acrimony, will affect foreign aid. Developing the airwaves over to a war of words sketchy food safety. What’s equally troubling is that the tension and countries have expressed concerns a cluster of three to the present Diverting the people’s gaze toward United States does not have a stel- at the prospect of aid cuts. The uninhabited islands situation, in a hated neighbor is an easy, if short- lar record of avoiding war in Asia. worries. chief of the group of African, which an increas- term, fix. Chinese tactics toward Japan, In the beginning of the 20th century, Caribbean and Pacific states and two big rocks. ing number of dispatching planes and ships to the Washington helped facilitate the rise of said that cuts would mean poor Chinese and Senkakus, also mirror Beijing’s behav- Japan and then sat by as that country Japanese ships ior toward the Philippines and Vietnam took chunks of China, ignoring decades countries falling far short of achieving the internationally and planes are frequenting a very small in recent months — actions designed to of bad behavior until it was too late agreed 2015 Millennium Development Goal of halving the area in the East China Sea. The Japanese humiliate and to make the point that and Pearl Harbor was attacked. Today, number of people in absolute poverty. It’s said that aid hasn’t government announced Tuesday that the disputed territories are not really Washington faces a similarly nettle- been cut, but it will not put the EU on track to meet the UN twice in the past three weeks Chinese under the control of any single country. some challenge — only this time the target of 0.7 percent of gross national income (GNI). warships have upped the ante even fur- Still, Japan is not blameless. The roles are reversed. China is resurgent The leaders’ agreement is only part of the battle as ther by “painting” a Japanese warship Democratic Party of Japan fell from and Japan is relatively frail. The United and helicopter with the same type of power late last year partly because States needs to find a way to support there is another important hurdle to clear: the European radar used to aim missiles. of its inability to manage the crisis its friend without alienating Beijing, a Parliament must approve it where lawmakers are not in In a region devoid of rules like those (although its botching of the country’s tough balancing act, especially when favour of austerity. The heads of the four largest groups in that existed between the United States economy was more important). The there is an assumption in China that the Parliament, which is to vote on the budget in July, said they and the Soviet Union when their ships new Liberal Democratic Party govern- black hand of America benefits from bad would not accept the budget “in its current state” as it would and planes crossed paths, the possibility ment of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has blood between the two neighbors. That of a deadly accident is high. In addition made the situation no better with its is not the case, but if a conflict erupts not help boost the struggling EU economy. But a final deal is to the radar scares, the two sides have tough talk. When Assistant Secretary in the East China Sea, truth will be the likely to be almost the same as that has been agreed. exchanged threats, with Japan stating of State Kurt Campbell visited Tokyo first casualty. WP-BLOOMBERG The other side Quote of Setting a proactive agenda the day

T WAS almost inevitable that the by the brutal regime in Syria.” secretary-general for the last eight years, which is simply that the OIC too often Cairo meeting of the 56-member Though Iranian President Mahmoud made clear in an interview with this news- finds itself reacting to events, rather than Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ahmadinejad has been attending the paper in the run-up to the Cairo sum- setting an agenda that it can use to drive There has been Iwould focus on the seemingly endless Cairo meeting, Syria’s only ally in the mit, it still lacks the strong infrastructure and form developments. Given the OIC’s tragedy unfolding in Syria. The robust Muslim world was not able to mount any that would give it weight and respect on need to strengthen its infrastructure, so important progress in call for international intervention made convincing defense of the Assad regime. the world stage. This lack stems in large as to provide an Islamic voice that will be by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques There was however real concern at degree from the failure of all member heard and respected around the world, Tunisia’s transition, King Abdullah early in proceedings of the Israel’s open meddling in the Syrian con- states to give a full commitment to the it seems that forming this clear agenda yet, much remains opening day on Wednesday, set the tone flict, with its warplane attack on targets organization and to its work on behalf of is still a challenge. for other addresses. inside the country. Such blatant interfer- the Ummah. Ihsanoglu hoped that the Thus, however valuable may be the to be done in terms The king’s words, which were read out ence caused many OIC members to join summit would allow a clear examination organization’s analysis and proposals in of the constitutional on his behalf by Crown Prince Salman, together in unequivocal condemnation of of emerging challenges facing the Muslim terms of the Israel-manufactured tragedy deputy premier and minister of defense, the Israeli action. nation and the expanding opportunities of Palestine, and its profound concern at process and the urged the Muslim world to break its The pity of it is however that the OIC within its grasp. This, he said, was par- the savagery and blood-letting in Syria, social and economic silence on the “ongoing carnage in Syria has yet to discover its real power as a ticularly true of the Palestinian cause and a more profound and longer-term view where the situation is worsening by the unified voice for the Muslim world. As the troubling issue of Israeli settlements. of Islam’s place in the world is called for. demands of the Ban Ki-moon day due to heinous crimes perpetrated Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, its dynamic There is however a clear danger here, ARAB NEWS Tunisian people. UN Secretary-General FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Views www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 ON SATURDAY Kerry should learn from past mistakes Israel’s election, the next government that’s precisely why he should slow it His real challenge in Jerusalem is likely to contain more down. A big early start with nothing centrist elements than its predecessor. in his pocket doesn’t make any sense. now really doesn’t That means it may well tone down the Indeed, reports that he wanted to visit settlements push, and certainly will avoid Israel as part of a regional tour — per- radioactive projects like building in the haps even before the Israeli elections — involve the E-1 area near Jerusalem. made no sense. Settlements will remain a problem, but What’s the point? Kerry should wait Palestinians and Kerry is wise enough to understand that until the next Israeli coalition govern- fighting the big fight on this issue is the ment is formed, and then see what terms key to an empty room. The issue needs will be necessary to get it back to the Israelis at all, it’s to be part of a broader deal. I suspect the negotiating table. Don’t crowd anyone or White House knows this now too. anybody now — how many exploratory, trying to figure out fact-finding trips can a secretary of state MAKE A FRIEND OUT OF BIBI make before Israelis and Palestinians Given the dysfunctional state of start seeing him as an empty suit, part what he’s going the relationship between Obama and of the furniture? Netanyahu, Kerry has an opportunity Unless Kerry is carrying something to do about an to do two things. First, if he’s the admin- special — maybe a message from the istration’s point man on the peace proc- president inviting the parties to conduct imploding Syria, a ess, he needs to build a relationship with bilateral discussions in Washington, or Bibi. He can’t move anywhere without plans for a presidential visit to Israel, one. he should take a deep breath, relax and nuclear Iran, and And second, Kerry can serve as some- play the long game. There will be plenty thing of a buffer to ease the neuralgia of trips to Israel before the end of his an increasingly between the two. As former US ambas- tenure. sador to Israel Sam Lewis said the other I’m pretty confident Kerry won’t make day in a session at the Wilson Center, the same mistakes his boss did in 2009 unstable Egypt. during the talks that led up to the Camp and 2010. His real challenge now really US Secretary of State John Kerry greets employees in the C Street Lobby during his first David Accords, then secretary of state doesn’t involve the Palestinians and BY AARON DAVID MILLER day at the State Department in Washington, DC. Cyrus Vance played a critical role in Israelis at all. It’s trying to figure out courting Menachem Begin, even while what he’s going to do about an imploding he good thing about being NO SPECIAL ENVOY needed, and of course positions him to Jimmy Carter and the prime minister Syria, a nuclear Iran, and an increasingly a US secretary of state in a Beavers build dams, teenagers talk on close the deal at the crucial moment. never did all that much business together unstable Egypt. president’s second term is the phone and text, and consequential If the White House lets him, that will before the summit. That tie between Oh, and one more thing. If Kerry wants that you have a chance to secretaries of state take on the Arab- be Kerry’s responsibility. It shouldn’t be Vance and Begin — together with the to do anything on the Israeli-Palestinian learn from the mistakes of Israeli issue. They don’t subcontract it delegated to an envoy. secretary’s relationship with then for- issue, he’ll first need to persuade Obama Tthe first. And on the Israeli-Palestinian out to former presidents, or would-be eign minister Moshe Dayan — really to let him really own it. That doesn’t issue, Barack Obama made some doozies. secretaries of state. (Bill Clinton, George NO PUBLIC FIGHT ON A paved the way for the peace deal. There mean being the Lone Ranger of the peace Let’s be clear. The president is not Mitchell.) SETTLEMENTS FREEZE will be plenty of time for Kerry to fight process, but it does mean that he and his the reason Israelis and Palestinians did Special envoys sow bureaucratic con- Obama made three mistakes on set- with Netanyahu if he can’t find a way to team will need to shape and sell their not join hands for peace at a triumphant fusion and dilute the secretary’s author- tlements: He pushed for a freeze that cooperate. approach to the president, and not just Camp David summit. The dysfunctional ity. And in the case of Mitchell, whom he could never deliver, failed to tie con- implement a strategy designed by some- local actors have to answer the mail on Obama appointed as his special envoy for cessions from Israel to a serious strat- DON’T BE BREATHLESS body else. that one. But the president commit- Middle East peace and then never truly egy, and then backed down when Prime Perhaps for understandable reasons, And who better to do this than Kerry? ted four stumble bumbles that made an empowered, they confuse the Arabs and Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fought Obama came charging out of the gate If Obama buys into his approach, he can already bad situation worse. Israelis, providing opportunities for all back, thereby undermining US credibility with no strategy and no coherent set of be the envoy that works the issue, deploys I’m betting that Secretary of State kinds of mischief. with both sides. tactics, equipped only with big ideas and the president as necessary, and in the John Kerry — reportedly very keen on In the end, it’s the secretary of state Kerry is smarter than that. He soaring rhetoric. Middle East envoy, chal- end brings him in for the guts-and-glory the peace process — won’t make the same who sets up the deal — and that person understands how harmful settlements lenge on settlements, new sheriff in town, phase. Whether the strategy is to manage mistakes. He may indeed make others, will become the natural repository of the are, but won’t push the Israelis into a and so forth. The lackluster results were the conflict or conclusively resolve it, it’s but steering clear of these will at least confidence, anger, and trust of the Israelis corner or wage a public fight. He also predictable. a Kerry strategy. And that’s what serious give him a better start than his boss had and Palestinians. The secretary deploys stands to be luckier than Obama in his Kerry has signalled his interest in secretaries of state are supposed to do. last time round. the president when a breakthrough is first term because, given the result of moving the peace process forward — and WP-BLOOMBERG China’s divorce case exposes violence Next Gary McKinnon BY LIJIA ZHANG Kim Lee’s victory over celebrity husband Li Yang may suffer under ast Sunday morning, braving the freezing weather, I joined a dozen is in stark contrast to the treatment handed out extradition proposals activists outside Beijing’s Chaoyang BY DUNCAN CAMPBELL district court for Kim Lee’s final cases such as McKinnon’s should divorce hearing. Lee, an American to many women. go back to the secretary of Lcitizen married to Chinese multimillionaire t’s only a few weeks since state for further consideration Li Yang, filed for divorce after having had or friends. Yan might have over-reacted when American — and because of her determination the home secretary, Theresa on human rights grounds. It is enough of her husband’s iron fists. When the trying to defend herself as her husband flew and intelligence. More ordinary cases have to May, made the decision that understandable that May does news came that Lee had won her case, includ- into yet another fit of rage, an airgun in his meet evidential standards before a court can IGary McKinnon should not want to be making such deci- ing custody of their three children and 12m hand. But she absolutely doesn’t deserve to die. even consider accepting it. When the case does not be extradited to stand trial sions on a regular basis. She was yuan (£1.2m) in compensation, the half-frozen If the Chinese authorities are half as serious go forward, punishment for the abuser tends in the US for hacking into the accused by former home secre- crowd cheered wildly. about combating domestic violence as they to be light. computers of the Pentagon and tary Alan Johnson of “taking the The victory served as a morale boost to claim to be, how could they so cruelly punish A few years back, I interviewed Sun Nasa. Her decision followed a easy way out” and not “putting women’s rights advocates who had been dis- a woman who was let down by a system sup- Xueqing, from Hangzhou. Her husband Mo lengthy campaign, spearheaded by justice before popularity” when mayed by the fate of Li Yan, a Sichuan woman posedly in place to protect her? Wenhui received a six-month jail sentence for McKinnon’s indomitable mother, she stayed the McKinnon extradi- convicted of killing her husband after he had These two cases are part of an epidemic. throwing her from a balcony. Her spine was Janis Sharp, which enjoyed wide- tion. Certainly she received plau- subjected her to months of violent abuse. She Traditional wisdom in China is to deal with broken. Her lawyer said: “My guess is that the spread public support. But will dits from all sides of the political is facing the death penalty, with her execution domestic violence as something “best kept court saw it as a family dispute. He wouldn’t such campaigns, aimed at influ- spectrum, from the Daily Mail to likely to happen soon. More than 100 lawyers inside the house”. In September 2011, when have gotten away with it so easily if he had encing politicians after legal the Guardian, but in fact she was and scholars have petitioned to commute her Lee first broke the silence by posting the pic- thrown a woman other than his wife from the channels have been exhausted, administering the most obvious death sentence. tures of her battered face on the Internet, second floor.” now become history? form of justice, which just hap- Even though she had repeatedly sought her husband and like-minded male observers The lack of comprehensive legislation is The home secretary has just pened on this occasion to be help, turning to the neighbourhood branches accused her of “airing the dirty laundry”. part of the problem. Plenty of laws, such as announced amendments to the popular. of All China Women’s Federation, her com- He also argued that it was “no big deal,” criminal law and marriage law, deal with crime and courts bill, which will While it is good news that such plaints were brushed aside as “private family and that domestic abuse was part of Chinese domestic violence — but none tackles it spe- transfer to the high court her a forum bar is being introduced, matters” — a common reaction in China. culture. But now Lee has become an unlikely cifically, which often results in irregularities. current powers as home secretary there are serious concerns as to When Yan turned to the police with pic- hero for having the courage to speak out. The National People’s Congress, the top legis- to consider late representations, how it would operate. The way it tures of her injuries and sustained cigarette Lee’s victory is hard-won. There were lator, has included an anti-domestic violence on human rights grounds, against is being explained at the moment burns, she was told this was not sufficient, four hearings before Sunday, but her case law in the panel’s preliminary revisions, but being sent abroad to stand trial. seems to indicate that McKinnon because the pictures had been taken by family was undoubtedly helped by the fact she is an no timetable as been scheduled yet. The amendments would introduce may well have been extradited According to the official statistics released a “forum bar”, which would allow under the new proposals. this January, one in four women claimed to British courts to block an extradi- One body with much expe- have experienced domestic violence, although tion request if they believed that rience of the vagaries of the the charity, Anti-Domestic Violence Network it was in the interests of justice extradition laws is Fair Trials recently put it at one in three. for the accused to stand trial in International (FTI), whose chief The abuse is usually more serious in the the United Kingdom rather than executive, Jago Russell, sug- countryside, where women’s position in society abroad. gests quite rightly that parlia- is usually lower than men’s. Wife-bashing isn’t It should be reiterated that ment will have its work cut out regarded as wrong, and is sometimes encour- May made the correct decision in to turn the proposals into the aged. But feudal male chauvinism is nonethe- declining the McKinnon extra- meaningful reforms so urgently less still deeply ingrained across all classes, dition request. Previous Labour needed. The FTI hopes that any which explains why a well-educated man such home secretaries could have changes would recognise such as Li Yang would feel free to beat up his wife. stepped in to do so but seemed cases as Andrew Symeou and Some argue that domestic violence appears to be mesmerised by specious Edmond Arapi, which have been to be on the rise in China only because more American claims as to the impor- highlighted in the Guardian, who women are speaking out against it. Wu tance of the case: this was never have either spent years awaiting Changzhen from China University, professor of an issue of national security, only trial abroad or faced extradition political science and law and a leading expert of national embarrassment. The for an offence they could not pos- on women’s issues, believes otherwise. American justice system has gone sibly have committed. She argues that the increasing economic rogue when it comes to dealing It took nearly a decade to halt pressure put on Chinese citizens, and the proportionately with cases of the extradition of McKinnon. We loosening of family ties, leave women more hacking and leaking; earlier this should not now rush into minor vulnerable to their husband’s violent impulses. year, a young American hacker, changes which, while they might In the meantime, stronger legislation is Aaron Swartz, who was also take the heat off home secretar- vital. Only then can men be made aware that being pursued relentlessly, killed ies, would not solve the problems beating a woman behind closed doors is against himself. thrown up by his case. There is the law, and that there are consequences of May’s move comes following little indication that the forum such abuse. Lee’s case successfully sent such recommendations by Sir Scott bar will be a much better place a message to all Chinese husbands. Executing Baker, who said in his official to hang out than the Westminster Yan, on the other hand, would be a disastrous review of extradition law that it last-chance saloon. A Kim Lee supporter demonstrating in front of the Beijing district court. step in the wrong direction. THE GUARDIAN was doubtful parliament intended THE GUARDIAN FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Middle East

Car bombs kill Violence mars funeral of Tunisian leader 29, wounds 70 Clashes erupt near cemetery as police fire tear gas at demonstrators; cars set ablaze across Iraq TUNIS: Police and mourn- continue the struggle,” mourners BAGHDAD: A spate of car ers clashed at the mass funeral chanted, holding portraits of the bombs in Shia areas of Iraq, yesterday of secular opposition politician killed near his home on including two blasts minutes leader Chokri Belaid, whose Wednesday by a gunman who fled apart at a popular bird market, assassination has plunged on a motorcycle. killed at least 29 people yester- Tunisia deeper into political Some demonstrators denounced day, the latest in a spike in vio- crisis. Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the lence amid a political crisis. Braving chilly rain, at least ruling Islamist Ennahda party. The attacks, which left nearly 50,000 people turned out to hon- “Ghannouchi, assassin, criminal,” 70 others wounded, primarily our Belaid in his home district they chanted. “Tunisia is free, targeted marketplaces that are of Jebel Al Jaloud in the capital, terrorism out.” often crowded on Fridays, the chanting anti-Islamist and anti- Police fired teargas to disperse weekly holiday in Iraq, and took government slogans. anti-government protesters the death toll from a week of vio- It was Tunisia’s biggest throwing stones and petrol bombs lence to more than 100. funeral since the death of Habib in the southern mining town of Twin explosions that struck Bourguiba, independence leader Gafsa, a stronghold of support for at a bird market in the north and first president, in 2000. Belaid, witnesses said. Baghdad neighbourhood of Violence erupted near the cem- Crowds there had chanted Kadhimiyah, site of the shrine etery as police fired tear gas at “The people want the fall of of a revered figure in Shia, killed demonstrators who threw stones the regime”, a slogan first used at least 16 people and wounded and set cars ablaze. Police also against Ben Ali. 43 others, security and medical used tear gas against protesters In Sidi Bouzid, the southern officials said. near the Interior Ministry, a fre- town where the revolt against The two car bombs were set quent flashpoint for clashes in the the ousted strongman began, off just after 9am in the market, Tunisian capital. about 10,000 marched to mourn which is typically packed with Tunisia, cradle of the Arab Belaid and shout slogans against people yesterday. uprisings, is riven by tensions Ennahda and the government. Militants have targeted between dominant Islamists and Banks, factories and some Baghdad’s crowded bird markets their secular opponents, and by shops were closed in Tunis and in the past. frustration at the lack of social other cities in response to a On February 1, 2008 — also a and economic progress since strike called by unions in protest Friday — 100 people were killed by President Zine Al Abidine Ben at Belaid’s killing, but buses were two explosions in such markets in Ali was ousted in January 2011. running normally. central and east Baghdad. Belaid’s assassination has Tunis Air suspended all its Tunisian protesters run away from tear gas fired by police during protests against the killing of opposition politician The explosives were strapped to shocked a country which had flights because of the strikes, a Chokri Belaid, at the Avenue Habib Bourguiba, in Tunis, yesterday. two mentally impaired women and hitherto experienced a relatively spokesman for the national air- then triggered by remote control peaceful political transition. line said. Airport sources in Cairo complained they had not been cities in the past two days. criticism of Ennahda policies in coordinated blasts, a top Iraqi “The people want a new rev- said EgyptAir had cancelled two consulted, casting doubt over “Hope still exists in Tunisia,” spoke for many Tunisians who security official said at the time. olution,” shouted mourners in flights to Tunisia after staff at the status of the government Fatma Saidan, a noted Tunisian fear religious radicals are bent And in the predominantly-Shia Tunis, who also sang the national Tunis airport joined the general and compounding political actor, told Reuters at Belaid’s on snuffing out freedoms won in Iraqi province of Babil yesterday, anthem. strike. uncertainty. funeral. “We will continue to the first of the revolts that rippled two car bombs in the town of Crowds surged around an open After Belaid’s assassination, No one has claimed responsibil- struggle against extremism and through the Arab world. Shomali, south of Baghdad, killed army truck carrying Belaid’s cof- Prime Minister Hamdi Jebali, an ity for the killing of Belaid, a law- political violence.” Secular groups have accused 13 people and wounded 26 others, fin, draped in a red and white Islamist, said he would dissolve yer and secular opposition figure. She called for national unity, the Islamist-led government of a according to security and medical Tunisian flag, from a cultural cen- the government and form a cabi- His family have blamed saying: “We are ready to accept lax response to attacks by ultra- officials. tre in Jebel Al Jaloud towards the net of technocrats to rule until Ennahda but the party has denied Islamists, but they don’t accept orthodox Salafi Islamists on cin- The first explosion went off on leafy Jallaz cemetery, as a security elections could be held. any hand in the shooting. Crowds us.” emas, theatres and bars in recent the town’s outskirts, while the sec- forces helicopter flew overhead. But his own Ennahda party have attacked several Ennahda While Belaid had only a months. ond was detonated in a market. “Belaid, rest in peace, we will and its secular coalition partners party offices in Tunis and other modest political following, his REUTERS Among the casualties were women and children, the medics said. Sunni militants, including Al Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, often target Shia neighbourhoods with deadly attacks in a bid to push Thousands of Egyptians take to streets against president the country back to the sectarian bloodshed that blighted it from 2005 to 2008. CAIRO: Thousands took to the demonstrators marched from In Tahrir, several thousand Muslim Brotherhood movement prayers in several of Egypt’s 27 The violence is the latest in a streets across Egypt after oppo- several locations in the capital to protesters carried aloft a huge from which Mursi hails. provinces. spike in unrest in Iraq, which has sition groups called for “Friday Tahrir Square and the presiden- Egyptian flag as they listened to The protests come after sev- In the Nile Delta city of Kafr been struck by waves of car bombs of dignity” rallies demanding tial palace. speeches and music from the stage. eral incidents of police violence El Sheikh, police fired tear gas to and suicide attacks in recent President Mohammed Mursi “The people want the down- Several hundred protesters also last week that caused pub- disperse a crowd outside a govern- weeks amid a political crisis and fulfil the goals of the revolt that fall of the regime,” the protesters gathered outside the presidential lic outrage and sparked angry ment building, as protesters hurled weeks of rallies in Sunni-majority brought him to power. chanted while others slammed palace chanting “Freedom, where demonstrations. stones at the security forces, the areas calling for the ouster of Shia Banging on drums, waving interior ministry officials as are you? Brotherhood rule stands Protests against the president official Mena news agency reported. prime minister Nouri Al Maliki. flags and clapping in unison, “thugs”. between us,” in reference to the also took place after the Friday AFP AFP Palestinian groups meet in Egypt in Rebel belts in Damascus shelled unity quest BEIRUT: Syrian forces yesterday shelled rebel and southern districts, the Observatory said. belts on the eastern and southern outskirts of The Zamalka neighbourhood, also in the east, CAIRO: Palestinian President Damascus where street battles also erupted, a meanwhile was bombed by government jets as Mahmoud Abbas convened a watchdog said, as an army offensive raged into clashes between loyalists and rebels erupted. conference of all Palestinian a third straight day. The army on Tuesday launched a major offen- organisations in the Egyptian The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights sive against rebel zones surrounding Damascus capital later yesterday, in a new said the Jubar district in the east and nearby as it sought to break the military stalemate in effort to reconcile his Fatah Qaboon were heavily shelled, as were the Hajar Syria’s almost 23-month conflict, which began as movement with the rival Hamas. Al Aswad, Qadam and Assali neighbourhoods a popular uprising against Assad. The meeting was of the pro- in the south. Pro-regime newspaper Al Watan said this week visional governing body of the Fighting between rebels and President Bashar that the army was “determined to crush terror- Palestine Liberation Organisation, Al Assad’s forces erupted at dawn around the ism around the capital and big cities.” which is charged with bringing Yarmuk camp for Palestinian refugees to the Loyalists troops made ground in the coun- non-members Hamas and Islamic south of the capital, the Britain-based watchdog try’s north, retaking Karnaz on the strategic Jihad into the PLO. said. Damascus-Aleppo highway on Wednesday after Fatah and Hamas, which It added that six rebels were killed in shelling a 16-day onslaught, said Rami Abdel Rahman, respectively govern the autono- at dawn of the city of Mudamiyeh, just south of head of the Observatory. mous areas of the West Bank and the capital, while another rebel bastion, Daraya The outgunned rebel “fighters withdrew from the Gaza Strip, signed an Egypt- also in the south, was likewise hit by the regime’s Karnaz, which they seized in December last year, mediated reconciliation agree- artillery. after heavy fighting and regular forces regained ment on April 27, 2011 in Cairo. Clashes erupted at several places along the control,” he said. But most of its clauses went highway running through the capital’s eastern AFP unheeded and deadlines were constantly postponed. Yesterday’s conference was to deal with implementing some of the key terms of the agreement, particularly organising long- Bahrain dialogue to resume tomorrow awaited elections and the forma- tion of a transitional non-partisan DUBAI: Bahrain’s national dialogue is set to Bahrain. The opposition denies the allegation. government to oversee parliamen- resume tomorrow in an atmosphere of mutual Six opposition groups led by Al Wefaq had said tary and presidential polls. mistrust between government and the opposi- they wanted clarifications on the mechanisms of tion ahead of the second anniversary of a Shia- the talks, asking for an agenda, timeframe and a Gunmen blow up led uprising that shook the kingdom. high level of government representation. The opposition said on Wednesday that an The opposition has repeatedly said it is ready Yemen oil pipeline agreement on the mechanism of its planned talks for meaningful talks, but has stuck to its demands with around 27 representatives of pro-regime for a real constitutional monarchy with an elected SANAA: Gunmen in Yemen groups should be agreed in advance. premier. yesterday blew up a key oil The dialogue, aimed at ending the kingdom’s Al Wefaq, Bahrain’s major Shia opposition bloc pipeline that repeatedly comes political deadlock, comes amid daily opposition which withdrew from a similar round of talks under attack in the country’s protests for the anniversary of the uprising on in July 2011, said in December it was ready for eastern Marib province, an Al February 14, 2011. “The opposition groups are the new dialogue. “We are ready for serious talks that Qaeda stronghold, a security only ones which have not yet submitted a list of could take the country out of its crisis, but not a official and witnesses said. their representatives,” government spokeswoman dialogue that would only waste time,” said Khalil “Subversive elements in Wadi Samira Rajab said. Marzooq, a leading Al Wefaq figure. Abida blew up” the 320km pipe- She accused the opposition of being “linked to He accused the government of trying to embar- line that carries oil from the Safer foreign agendas” and of “stalling” the talks, insist- rass the opposition by claiming it rejects talks. oil fields in Marib to an export ing that the government had responded “very “We want a specific agenda and new mecha- terminal on the Red Sea, the offi- clearly” to their concerns. nisms different from those which have led to the cial said. The government accuses Shia-dominated failure of talks in the past,” said Marzooq. AGENCIES Iran of backing the opposition in Shia-majority AFP FEBRUARY 9, 2013 International www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 ON SATURDAY

Malala leaves Malian soldiers hospital after skull surgery

fight mutinous LONDON: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, has been dis- paratroops charged from hospital in Britain following successful surgery, her doctors said yesterday. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Suicide bomber attacks checkpoint in the central English city of Birmingham said the 15 year old BAMAKO, MALI: Malian staying together as a regiment has been making “a good recov- government soldiers fought and resisted the military police, ery” following surgery last week- mutinous paratroops in the cap- Malian officers said. end to fix a titanium plate to ital Bamako yesetrday in a clash The shooting between forces cover a missing piece of her skull. that threatened to undermine loyal to Mali’s current rulers “Her medical team decided a French-led offensive against and the Toure partisans revealed she was well enough to be dis- Islamist rebels which has moved splits in the armed forces still charged as an inpatient yesterday up close to the Algerian border. lingering after a military coup in (February 7),” the hospital said in In the southern capital, March that plunged the previ- a statement. local residents fled in panic as ously stable West African state “She will now continue her heavy gunfire echoed from the into chaos. rehabilitation at her family’s tem- Djikoroni-Para paratrooper base Last year’s coup resulted in porary home in Birmingham and on the Niger River and army Tuareg rebels seizing the north in will visit the hospital occasionally units with armoured vehicles sur- a revolt later hijacked by Islamist for outpatient appointments.” rounded the camp. At least one radicals. Mali, a former French Malians look at the charred motorcycle used by the suicide bomber before he blew himself up near a group of Malala was shot at point-blank person was killed, state media colony, is Africa’s third-largest Malian soldiers in the northern city of Gao, yesterday. range by a Taliban gunman as reported. gold producer. her school bus travelled through Smoke rose from the base, The Bamako fighting pointed ... Malian soldiers, instead of going French special forces para- bombing since the French-led Pakistan’s Swat Valley on October where mutinous members of the to serious weaknesses in the to fight at the front, are fighting chuted in to seize the desert town military operation launched on 9, in an attack that drew world- ‘red beret’ paratroop unit loyal Malian state which could set back over a stupid quarrel,” said one and airfield of Tessalit on Friday, Jan. 11 expelled the Islamist rebels wide condemnation. to deposed Malian President the rapid military gains made by west Bamako resident, Assa. about 50km as the crow flies from from their desert strongholds of She has since become a glo- Amadou Toumani Toure, who was France’s four-week-old military “This is a real shame. I feeling the Algerian frontier. This was Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal. bal symbol of the campaign for toppled in a coup last year, started intervention in north Mali, which like dropping my Malian national- the northernmost town reached At least two landmine explo- girls’ right to an education and firing with their weapons to pro- has driven Islamist insurgents ity,” she added. so far by the French. sions on a main route to Gao since has been nominated for this year’s test attempts to redeploy them. from major urban areas. After driving the Islamists But in a sign the rebels could its recapture have killed several Nobel Peace Prize. After several hours of firing, Residents of the capital, who into the mountainous northeast, fight back with guerrilla tactics, a Malian soldiers. During five hours of surgery calm returned at the camp. had been celebrating the French French troops joined by Chadian suicide bomber on a motorbike blew Malian and other troops from a last Saturday, the schoolgirl had The paratroopers had been battlefield successes, expressed soldiers have been trying to flush himself up on Friday at a check- UN-backed African force expected a custom-made piece of tita- ordered to join other units at the their frustration. “I don’t under- the retreating rebels from their point north of Gao, recently retaken to number 8,000 are still being nium fitted to her skull and sur- front in the ongoing French-led stand how at a moment when remote Saharan hideouts, where from the Islamists. A soldier was deployed and are due to provide geons also inserted an electronic campaign against Al Qaeda-allied French and African forces are they are believed to be holding injured, a Malian officer said. security behind the French. implant to help restore hearing insurgents. But they insisted on here to fight our war in our place French hostages. It was the first reported suicide REUTERS to her left ear. Malala released a video mes- sage on Monday in which she thanked supporters for their prayers and vowed to continue with her campaign. Hillary Clinton “Today you can see that I am Britain condemns criminal horsemeat scandal alive. I can speak, I can see you, I most popular can see everyone and I am getting LONDON: Britain said yester- appeared to widen further with clearly there’s been some law bro- that horsemeat was present in a better day by day,” she said. US politician, day crime lay behind some cases the news that horsemeat had been ken there,” the spokeswoman said. number of samples and this infor- “God has given me this new of horsemeat finding its way found in Findus’ beef lasagne, In a statement Findus said it mation was shared with the Food life — a second life. And I want to into “beef” products on super- prompting the government to call knew there was a possible prob- Standards Agency.” serve. I want to serve the people. survey finds market shelves, amid a grow- it “very distasteful”, and forcing lem with its ready meals two days Supermarket chains Aldi, Lidl, I want every girl, every child, to ing scandal in a country where the firm to apologise to customers. before the products were with- Iceland and the Co-operative Group be educated.” WASHINGTON: Former many regard the idea of eating “At the moment we’re look- drawn from the shelves of British have also been sold beef products She spoke clearly in English, Secretary of State Hillary horse with horror. ing at two incidents that have supermarkets. found to contain horse DNA. but displayed a lack of movement Clinton is the most popular US Investigations into suppliers come to light, which at the heart “We understand those con- Britain’s Food Standards on the left side of her face. She politician, surpassing fellow have been launched in recent are acts of criminality,” British cerns, we are sorry that we have Agency put the horsemeat con- also recorded a message in Urdu. Democrats President Barack weeks after the revelation that Prime Minister David Cameron’s let people down and we want to tent at Findus at more than 60 Surgeons in Pakistan saved Obama and Vice-President beef products sold to companies spokeswoman said yesterday. outline the facts,” it said. percent while one Tesco burger Malala’s life after the attack with Joe Biden as well as leading including Britain’s biggest grocer “If you are a company buying a “Findus UK had extensive DNA contained about 29 percent horse- an operation to relieve the pres- Republicans, a national poll Tesco and fast-food chain Burger particular meat and you are led testing completed by leading inde- meat, making those the two most sure on her brain before she was found. King contained horsemeat. to believe it is what you asked for, pendent experts. On Wednesday serious incidents to date. airlifted to Britain. Sixty-one percent of American On Thursday the scandal but then you find it’s not, then 6th February these tests confirmed REUTERS AFP voters approve of Clinton, a pos- sible US presidential candidate for 2016, while 34 percent said they had an unfavourable opin- Huge blizzard aims at US Northeast ion, according to the survey by Quinnipiac University released yesterday. NEW YORK: A possibly “historic” storm where schools were ordered closed, was due to The poll comes one week bore down on the northeastern United States be buried under as much as two feet, with far after Clinton left her post as the yesterday, with heavy snow, blizzard condi- more in the drifts. nation’s top diplomat. Clinton, 65, tions and freezing temperatures forecast from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said has said she does not see herself New York through Maine as well as densely city schools would remain open, but the famous going back to politics but left open populated inland areas. Staten Island ferry would operate on a reduced the possibility of such a return. The National Weather Service predicted a schedule, and residents were advised to prepare In comparison, 51 percent said “major winter storm” for yesterday into today for worse. they held a “favourable” opinion and said New York City was in the mix for bliz- “Due to potential power outages and trans- of Obama while 46 percent had an zard conditions, which will combine sustained portation difficulties, New Yorkers are advised to unfavourable opinion. For Biden, 70, strong winds and snowfall. stock up on potential supplies, including medi- another potential 2016 contender, “Two weather systems from the polar and cine,” Bloomberg said. 46 percent gave him good marks subtropical jet streams will combine to produce Roughly 900 flights were canceled and thou- compared to 41 percent who did not. a major and potentially historic winter storm,” sands more were delayed even though the worst Peter Brown, assistant director the NWS said. The storm was expected to pound weather was not expected until yesterday. of the Quinnipiac University Polling Boston particularly hard, but forecasters said the In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino ordered Institute, said the results show that system should blow through later Saturday, with non-essential city employees to stay home and after a positive burst for Obama fol- milder temperatures to follow. put into effect a parking ban. lowing his re-election in November, “The storm should reach its peak intensity “This is going to be a very serious storm,” the the United States is quickly return- early Saturday morning just east of Cape Cod,” mayor said in a statement. “Safety is our No. 1 ing to partisan politics. the weather service said, forecasting between priority.” The Friday commute and air travel in “The lower approval num- one and two feet (30 to 60 centimeters) of snow the region were expected to see snarl-ups, while bers for the president could be across the region. wet, freezing snow on power lines was likely to because once the election after- Strong winds of 25-35 miles per hour, with knock out electricity in some areas. glow is gone, governing inevita- hurricane-strength gusts of up to 75 miles per “Many people could be caught off guard Friday bly requires decisions that make hour, were expected, creating deep drifts. evening,” commercial weather service AccuWeather some voters unhappy,” he said. Forecasters said New York would see accumu- said, warning of “potentially dangerous” conditions. REUTERS lations of more than a foot of snow, while Boston, AFP

Ex-cop hunted over California vendetta killing

BIG BEAR LAKE, California: A mas- for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s warfare to those in LAPD (Los Angeles sive manhunt was under way in Californian Department, told reporters at the Big Bear Police Department) uniform whether on mountains for a sacked policeman accused Lake resort late on Thursday. or off duty,” he wrote. of three murders who declared war on law Police used search dogs and helicopters Dorner first came to public attention on enforcement officers and their families in equipped with infrared equipment to track Wednesday when he was named as a suspect a rambling Internet manifesto. down the former naval reservist who they in the weekend killings of a university secu- Officers combed hillsides around a believed had at least one assault rifle. rity officer and his fiancee, Monica Quan, 28, California ski area overnight for Christopher A message left on Facebook suggested the in Irvine, about 64km south of Los Angeles. Dorner, saying he was thought to be heavily 33-year-old had a bigger arsenal. “Do not Quan was the daughter of a retired Los armed and had effectively drawn up a hit deploy airships or gunships. SA-7 Manpads Angeles police captain who represented Dorner list of other potential victims. Dorner has will be waiting,” Dorner wrote, in a refer- in disciplinary action that led to his firing in had military training. ence to a Russian-made shoulder-launched 2008. Dorner was sacked on the grounds that “We don’t know what he’s going to do. We missile system. he made false statements accusing another know what he’s capable of doing and we need “The violence of action will be high... I officer of using excessive force, said police. to find him,” Cindy Bachman, a spokeswoman will bring unconventional and asymmetrical REUTERS FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Philippines Abu Sayyaf splits into smaller groups MNLF official says the group’s tactical manoeuvre is part of a plan to escalate hostilities and be less visible

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The groups to escalate the hostility who identified himself as spokes- certain Fontanilla as spokesman MNLF overran a camp of the on February 1, 2012 in Tawi- Abu Sayyaf has split into smaller and to be less visible against the man for the MNLF, reportedly for the MNLF. Abu Sayyaf. Tawi; Rodwell was seized from his groups as a tactical manoeuvre bigger MNLF. announced over a Manila-based Armed Forces of the Philippines He said soldiers are in the area house in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay against the bigger forces of the MNLF forces under Habier radio station that they rescued Chief General Emmanuel Bautista on a mission to implement meas- on December 5, 2011; Atyani and Moro National Liberation Front Malik have grouped in Barangay three foreigners from the Abu also denied the reports. ures to prevent a spillover of the his two Filipino companions were (MNLF), which is preparing a Buhanginan, Patikul town near Sayyaf. Bautista also belied reports conflict. snatched in June 2012; and Toshio, major assault, a ranking MNLF the jungle lair of Abu Sayyaf Fontanilla also claimed fatali- that more fighting occurred after “We are also helping the who is considered to be the long- official said yesterday. leader Radullan Sahiron since ties in the conflict have risen to last Sunday’s clash. evacuees together with the est foreigner held captive by the Habib Muadjahab Hashim, one Tuesday after fighting halted and 31, consisting of eight MNLF “We have not received such Department of Social Welfare Abu Sayyaf, was taken in July of the MNLF senior leaders of left more than 30 dead on both members and 23 Abu Sayyaf mil- report. We just came from Jolo and Development and the local 2010. the central committee and chair- sides. itants. He also revealed that at and the fighting happened there government,” Bautista said. Atyani’s companions Rolando man of the Islamic Command Hashim said hundreds of least nine Abu Sayyaf bandits and Sunday morning. No fighting Authorities said there are five Letrero and Ramelito Vela were Council, said villagers in the area MNLF forces under Malik are seven MNLF fighters have been occurred after that,” Bautista told foreigners still held in Sulu: Elwold freed by the Abu Sayyaf last of Patikul, Sulu have refused to gearing up for “a final assault” wounded in the latest clashes. radio dzRH. Horn from Holland, Lorenzo Saturday but the MNLF failed return home for fear of getting against the Abu Sayyaf. “Hopefully it was true but there Bautista said he does not know Vinceguerre of Switzerland, to secure the freedom of Atyani. caught in the clashes between the At the same time, Hashim is no such report of rescued for- who this Fontanilla is. “This is the Australian Warren Richard Hashim said the MNLF forces MNLF and Abu Sayyaf. denied reports that they rescued eign captives by the MNLF forces first time I heard that name,” he Rodwell, Jordanian Baker Abdulla under Malik are still in the area Hashim said there are fears three foreign hostages from the under Ustadz Habier Malik,” said. Atyani, and Japanese Toshio Ito. preparing to lay siege on the Abu among the villagers that the Abu Abu Sayyaf during the clashes. Hashim said. Bautista also denied Horn and Vinceguerre, both Sayyaf to free Atyani. Sayyaf is splitting into smaller A certain Emmanuel Fontanilla, Hashim also denied having a Fontanilla’s statement that the wild bird watchers, were taken THE PHILIPPINE STAR Chinese new year in Manila Poll sabotage case against ex-president Arroyo delayed MANILA: The trial of the the first witness was supposed to Bedol’s lawyer Reynaldo electoral sabotage case against continue yesterday. Princesa urged Mupas during the former president and now Susan Cabanban, former elec- November 15 pre-trial hearing Pampanga Representative tion officer of SK Pendatun, to dismiss the case since there is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was Maguindanao was the first wit- continuing delay in the proceed- delayed again yesterday after ness in the trial of Arroyo and her ings, saying it “violated the rights the prosecutor filed an ex parte co-accused former Maguindanao of the accused for a speedy trial.” motion to postpone the hear- governor Andal Ampatuan Sr and The lawyer made the motion ings due to the election duties former Maguindanao poll officer after Comelec lead prosecutor of Commission on Elections Lintang Bedol. Esmeralda Ladra said that gov- (Comelec) lawyers. Arroyo and the other accused ernment lawyers would be busy Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay were charged with electoral with preparations for the May 13 Regional Trial Court Branch 112 sabotage in connection with the elections that would affect their granted the motion after Senior alleged rigging of the 2007 sena- court appearances. Assistant State Prosecutor torial elections in Maguindanao. She said they recognised the Orlando Mariano told the court The Comelec had asked the right of the accused to a speedy he would undergo the mandatory court last November to suspend trial but they would also be continuing legal education and the hearings before the May 13 attending to their election duties no Comelec lawyer is available to elections because all the lawyers and witnesses would be deployed replace him. of the poll body would be perform- in the provinces to oversee the Mupas granted the motion but ing election duties. But defence election. “The right of suffrage directed the prosecution to check lawyers opposed the motion, say- of the people must be considered, their schedule to avoid delaying ing that postponement of the trial not only the right of one person,” the next hearings set on March would violate the rights of the Ladra said. 7 and 14. The direct testimony of accused to a speedy trial. THE PHILIPPINE STAR A woman sells Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake ornaments in China Town in Manila yesterday. The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake will be celebrated tomorrow. Baby and his nanny found Drug ring leader Fears over killing of witnesses killed, 3 aides abandoned by kidnappers MANILA: Senator Teofisto alleged misuse of the Malampaya the life of Rodolfo “Bumar” Edrad Guingona III and Puerto fund, which was the subject of Jr, former close-in bodyguard of nabbed in Sulu ZAMBOANGA CITY: A The victims were immediately Princesa Governor Edward Ortega’s expose before his murder. former Marinduque governor Jose Filipino-Canadian baby and his brought to the police headquar- Hagedorn have joined the fam- Guingona also challenged the Antonio Carreon, who allegedly ZAMBOANGA CITY: nanny abducted in Pagadian ters and they were reunited with ily of slain radio commentator courts to speed up resolution of arranged the mobilisation of peo- Narcotics agent and combat City were rescued in Ozamis his mother and father. Gerry Ortega in expressing con- the case. “This is a case of primary ple to kill Ortega. Edrad reportedly police forces killed a top drug City yesterday afternoon, a Remetre was taking her ward cern over what seemed to be a importance. Just like the case bought the gun used in the killing. ring leader in Sulu and cap- police official announced. for a stroll at Rosario Homes pattern of silencing witnesses in of the Maguindanao-Ampatuan Guingona and Hagedorn also tured three of his members Chief superintendent Juanito Subdivision in Dao district the two-year-old murder case. massacre, this is a case about a noted loopholes in the Witness pre-dawn yesterday during an Vaño, Police Regional Office 9 Pagadian City when they were Guingona and Hagedorn grave injustice done to one man, Protection Program, which failed arrest operation in their hide- Director, said pursuing police- seized by unidentified men at past expressed concern that other wit- Doc Gerry who spoke the truth,” to protect the witnesses in the out in Patikul town, Sulu, an men recovered the baby and 6am on Thursday. nesses in the murder case might Guingona said. Ortega murder case. official said. his 17-year-old nanny Caroline Vaño immediately alerted his suffer the same fate as Dennis “I challenge the justices of the “I fear for the life of the main Philippine Drug Enforcement Remetre at around 3pm. forces and ordered the pursuit Aranas and Percival Lecias, who Court of Appeals to make the witness, Bumar, who is now being Agency (PDEA) regional direc- Vaño said that the baby and operations extended to Region ended up dead under mysterious proper discernment in upholding accused in a case in Lucena and he tor Adzhar Albani identified the his nanny were abandoned by 10 after failing to immediately circumstances. the law and dispensing justice for is being booted out of the Witness killed suspect as Sadjari Amiril the captors in a mall in Ozamis recover the victims. Guingona said he would con- everyone,” he added. Protection Program. That’s scary.” alias Salip Amiril, leader of City. THE PHILIPPINE STAR tinue the Senate probe on the Hagedorn expressed fear for THE PHILIPPINE STAR the Amiril Drug Group. Those arrested were identified as Isnira Saihuddin, Amiril’s 39-year-old wife, Ajan Akdam, both residents of Godinez, Patikul town; and 34-year-old Dadang Sainuddin, a resident of Panamao town. Aquino tells people not to believe in fantasies The PDEA agents backed by the combat police unit of the Special Action Force 5th Battalion, and MANILA: President Aquino The President sought support for than three years that he would marines armed with warrant of yesterday took a swipe at politi- the candidates of the Liberal Party still be in office. arrest issued by the Regional cal chameleons and the Revillas (LP) who would run against the “In the straight path, we are Trial Court (RTC) branch 14 in Cavite when he went there to well-entrenched Remulla-Revilla not racing (against each other), of the 9th Judicial Region and launch a programme for basic clans. Incumbent Governor Jonvic pushing or pulling (each other branch 68 of the RTC of Pasig for services, saying the public must Remulla is running for re-election, down). We are true allies of violation of dangerous drug act, not believe in fantasies. and his running mate is Revilla’s the people and you need really were serving the order to arrest “Just a reminder: Expect peo- son Jolo. Aquino endorsed LP’s straight public servants,” he said. the drug ring leader at Barangay ple to pretend, and there are candidate for governor, incumbent Senator Francis “Chiz” Godinez. those riding on our crusade, 3rd District Representative Erineo Escudero and Grace Poe- However, Amiril resisted the there are those who wear yellow “Ayong” Maliksi, who was the gov- Llamanzares have confirmed their arrest and aimed his 45 calibre but we don’t really know what’s ernor of the province from 2001 to attendance in the opening rally of pistol at the approaching law inside,” Aquino said in Filipino 2010. the administration Team P-Noy enforcement authorities prompt- while launching a development Jolo is running against Senator senatorial ticket at the Plaza ing the lawmen to shoot him. project, “Alay sa Mamamayan” Panfilo Lacson’s son, Jay, under the Miranda in Manila on Tuesday. Albani said the suspect was for Caviteños to address press- administration ticket. Joining the “Yes, they have already given seriously wounded and brought ing concerns such as poverty, food President were administration sen- their word. Chiz and Grace will be to the hospital for treatment but security, education, health, liveli- atorial candidates Bam Aquino and there, along with other members was pronounced dead on arrival. hood and other basic concerns of Risa Hontiveros, as well as LP stal- of Team PNoy,” a congressman- The arresting team recovered the people in the province. warts Interior Secretary Manuel source in the ruling LP said. from the possession of the killed “Let us not rely on chance, or President Benigno Aquino addresses the 2013 Philippines Development Roxas II and Transportation He said the ruling party has not suspect a M16A1 rifle attached amulets or charms. Let us learn Forum at the Grand Ballroom, Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City. Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya. received a similar commitment with short steel magazine and to assess the next leaders of the Aquino thanked the Caviteños from Senator Loren Legarda. grenade launcher with 11 live nation to ensure that we will for the warm welcome and said “What we have is her previ- ammunition and 21 long steel rev up for the fulfillment of our ruled Cavite for a long time. like his character in the movies, the government was focused on ous statement that she would magazines loaded with ammuni- dreams and no longer go astray,” Revilla, a popular actor, is being Pepeng Agimat. programs that would make peo- be attending the birthday party tion, .45 calibre paraordinance the President said. eyed as Lakas-CMD’s presiden- Responding to Aquino’s state- ple’s lives better. of her father on Tuesday. So she hi-cap, with two magazine loaded Aquino was apparently refer- tial candidate in 2016. His father ment, Senator Revilla greeted He appealed to the people to would not be in our rally, nor with ammunition, four M14 steel ring to the clan of Senator Ramon Ramon Sr is reputed to have the President, an advance happy give him allies who would help would she be in Cebu,” he said. magazines and ammunition. Revilla Jr whose members have his own agimat or amulet, just birthday. him lead the country in the more THE PHILIPPINE STAR THE PHILIPPINE STAR FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Asia www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 ON SATURDAY

Nepal Maoists Ferry sinks in end first convention Bangladesh after revolution KATHMANDU: The head of Nepal’s ruling Maoists yester- day pledged that the country killing two was headed towards elections after he cemented his position as leader at the end of the par- ty’s biggest post-revolutionary Scores of passengers missing meeting. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, bet- DHAKA: Two people were on board was uncertain as pas- ter known as Prachanda, was confirmed dead and scores senger lists are often not main- returned as party chairman at the more were missing after a boat tained properly in Bangladesh Maoists general convention which carrying around 100 passen- and many travellers buy tickets was designed to reaffirm their gers sank following a collision on board. commitment towards democracy on a river in Bangladesh yes- Local police chief Jahangir after successfully toppling the terday, the latest in a series of Hossain said that “so far we have monarchy in 2008. disasters blamed on lax safety gathered that the ferry was car- “We have successfully concluded standards. rying around 100 people. Some 40 our convention. Now, the country The small vessel was ferrying people are feared missing.” will head towards elections for passengers on the Meghna river, Munshiganj’s district adminis- parliament,” Prachanda told del- close to the town of Gazaria in trator Saifuddin Badal said the egates gathered in the southern the central Munshiganj district, boat, named MV Sarosh, was car- industrial town of Hetauda. at around 8am (0200 GMT) rying passengers from the capital “As chairman of our party, I when it collided with a barge Dhaka to the southeastern dis- will use all my strength to steer laden with sand to be used for trict of Chandpur. the party and the country in a construction. “We heard around 25 people new direction,” he added. While some passengers man- have swum ashore,” he told AFP. The Maoists waged a 10-year aged to swim to safety as the Hundreds of distraught rela- A Bangladeshi man mourns the loss of his relative after the ferry accident in Munshiganj, yesterday. civil war which ended in 2006 wooden boat went down rapidly, tives gathered on both sides of the before they then came to power many others remain unaccounted river, anxiously waiting to know Bangladesh has a history of outskirts of Dhaka. However many of the vessels two years later in elections for an for, according to officials involved the fate of their loved ones. boat disasters as a result of poor In December 2009, 46 people, that plough the 230 or so riv- interim assembly. in the rescue effort. Nasir Hossain, who partici- safety standards and frequent mostly women and children, ers that traverse the country However in-fighting, including “Two bodies of a woman and pated in the rescue operation overloading of vessels. drowned in the Daira river in date back to before independ- a split in the party last year, has a child have been recovered by using his own boat, said that he Last March 147 people were the northeastern district of ence in 1971 and overcrowding is confounded efforts to draw up a our divers as the boat has been and others helped pull 13 people killed when a passenger vessel Kishorganj after a ferry capsized frequent. post-war constitution spelling located,” local fire service offi- out of the water. sank in the Meghna river after and sank. Naval officials have said more out how Nepal should be run as a cial Abdus Shahid said by phone “I heard a bang as a sand-laden colliding with a cargo ship. Ferries are the main form of than 95 percent of Bangladesh’s modern, democratic republic. from the scene, adding efforts barge hit the boat in the middle of At least 149 people were killed transport in Bangladesh, a low- hundreds of thousands of small The interim assembly was dis- were being made to retrieve the the river and saw the overcrowded in the worst boat tragedy in lying country that is subject to and medium-sized boats do not solved in May last year and elec- vessel. boat sink quickly,” Hossain told February 2005 when a ferry sank frequent flooding and where the meet minimum safety regulations. tions promised for November The exact number of people local Somoy TV Channel. in the Buriganga river on the road network is rudimentary. AFP were shelved amid quarrelling among the main parties over who should lead a national unity gov- ernment into the vote. The Maoists now lead Nepal as the major partner in a fragile care- taker coalition that is carrying out Malaysia charges duo with terrorism in test case the most essential tasks of govern- ment but has no popular mandate to KUALA LUMPUR: A recruitment of Malaysians “for capital Kuala Lumpur. The offence provide access within 48 hours,” authorities too much power to make fundamental policy decisions. Malaysian court charged two the purpose of terror activities”. carries a maximum 30-year jail he said. hold people on broad grounds for During the convention, people yesterday with incit- Those charged include Yazid sentence. Previously Yazid, a London-based global rights up to 28 days without charge. Prachanda proposed that the ing terrorism in Syria after Sufaat, a suspected member of US-trained biochemist, had also group Amnesty International had “This first arrest under chief justice be appointed prime Amnesty International urged Al Qaeda-linked group Jemaah been accused of links to one of said earlier yesterday the suspects Sosma shows that the Malaysian minister at the end of another authorities to try or release Islamiyah, who was already held the suspects in the September 11 were being detained “arbitrarily authorities have just replaced one interim administration that could them instead of detaining them from 2001 to 2008 under the attacks. He is wanted in the US. under a deeply flawed law that oppressive regime with another,” then lead the country towards under a new security law. Internal Security Act, which Amer Hamzah Arshad, lawyer is not in line with international Amnesty’s deputy Asia-Pacific fresh elections in a bid to end However, another man remains preceded Sosma and allowed for for the accused, said a woman, human rights standards.” director Isabelle Arradon said in Nepal’s political deadlock. under remand after the trio on indefinite detention without trial. Halimah Hussein, 52, was charged Prime Minister Najib Razak’s a statement. In the inaugural session last Thursday became the first to According to the charge sheet, with abetting him, but a third government introduced Sosma “The Malaysian authorities Saturday, Prachanda said his be arrested under the Security the 49-year-old is accused of suspect, Hilmi Hasim, remains last year to replace the much- should not compromise human party would never again take up Offences (Special Measures) Act, “inciting terrorist acts... intended under police detention. criticised, colonial-era Internal rights in the name of security. arms in a bid to assuage opposi- or Sosma, lawyers said. to threaten the Syrian public” “My colleagues are trying to Security Act, or ISA. They should immediately revise tion critics who are sceptical of Police said the three were sus- between August to October last gain access to him but under But the new act has also or repeal the new security law.” the Maoists’ intentions. pected of masterminding the year at his home near Malaysia’s Sosma, the police only have to come under scrutiny for giving AFP AFP Sri Lanka prisoner caught by ring tone Abe demands apology from China from his rear-end TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Ambassador Cheng Yonghua the response was Abe yesterday demanded Beijing apologise “totally unacceptable”. COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan and admit that a Chinese frigate got a radar Tokyo says the radar lock, a procedure known prisoner who tried to hide his lock on a Japanese destroyer in international as “painting” that is necessary to fire modern mobile phone during a search waters, a report said. weapons systems, occurred last month. of his cell was caught out when His demand came after Beijing flatly denied Beijing for its part has accused Tokyo of hyping guards heard ring tones from Tokyo’s accusation, in the latest flare-up of a row the “China threat” in a bid to manipulate world his rear-end, a hospital official between China and Japan over disputed islands public opinion against its giant neighbour. said yesterday. in the East China Sea. The radar incident marked the first time the The 58-year-old convict had to “We wish China to acknowledge it (the radar two nations’ navies have locked horns in the be admitted to the national hospi- lock), apologise for it and make efforts to prevent spat over the Tokyo-controlled Senkakus, which tal in Colombo where doctors later it from recurring,” Abe told the BS Fuji TV sta- China claims as the Diaoyus. retrieved the handset from his rec- tion, Jiji Press news agency reported. Tokyo also charges a Chinese frigate ‘painted’ tum. “The man had concealed the “We have confirmed visually and by photo- one of its helicopters in the middle of last month. phone inside his person,” the offi- graphs and other means such details as whether On both January 19 and January 30, China’s cial said, asking not to be named. the radar was directed this way,” the premier was defence ministry said in a statement faxed to “Unfortunately for him, the quoted as saying. AFP, the Chinese ship-board radar maintained phone rang at the wrong time Tokyo summoned China’s envoy earlier yes- normal operations and “fire-control radar was and guards knew he had a phone terday for the third time this year after Beijing’s not used”. “The Japanese side’s remarks were at the wrong end.” flat denial. against the facts,” it said. He said the man was in hos- Vice-Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai told AFP pital for two days but was dis- charged and sent back to prison Friday after the mobile phone was taken out. The prisoner is serving North Korea watch a 10-year term for theft at the high security Welikada jail in the capital. Customs discovers 2,600 live snakes in Hong Kong

HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs authorities investigat- ing a shipment from Thailand marked as fruit were shocked to discover the consignment instead contained 2,600 live snakes, officials said yesterday. Customs intercepted the air cargo shipment of 2,400 common rat snakes and 200 cobras on Tuesday and returned them on Thursday, a government spokes- woman said, just days before the North Korean soldiers stand guard beside the Yalu River in ````````````````1Sinuiju, close to the Chinese city start of the Year of the Snake in of Dandong, yesterday. US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that North Korea’s expected nuclear the Chinese horoscope. tests only increase the risk of conflict. AGENCIES FEBRUARY 9, 2013 FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Pakistan / Afghanistan India www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 ON SATURDAY Sharif seeks Blast near mosque kills 16 in Pakistan EU signals relaxing PARACHINAR: A bomb blast The blast took place near a shop a military offensive in the nearby the militants have carried out sev- killed 16 people and injured 23 in Kalaya, the capital of the semi- South Waziristan region on the eral bomb and gun attacks in the in Pakistan yesterday, in an area autonomous Orakzai region in Afghan border. Orakzai was pre- area. that the government said it had the ethnic Pashtun belt that runs viously seen as a stronghold of Clearing out militant sanctuaries Taliban talks cleared of Taliban fighters. through northwestern mountains Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah near the Afghan border is seen as boycott of Modi “Most of the dead and injured along the Afghan border. No group Mehsud. crucial to US efforts to bring stabil- were returning from Friday prayers claimed responsibility. The military says several hundred ity to Afghanistan, particularly in at a mosque,” said Mehmood Aslam, Security forces launched a major Taliban fighters have been killed in the run-up to the end of the US-led Tells govt to consider rebels’ offer the top government official in the operation in Orakzai in March Orakzai since 2010 and the area is combat mission in 2014. Diplomats hold talks with Gujarat chief minister area. 2010 to push out militants fleeing under control. But despite losses, REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s yesterday and confirmed NEW DELHI: Signalling the EU Ambassador to India “The BJP’s unhappiness has main opposition leader by his party’s spokesman, European Union’s (EU) change Joao Cravinho told a newspaper been conveyed to the EU ambas- Nawaz Sharif has Siddiqul Farooq. Karachi strike of policy towards Gujarat Chief recently that Modi had lunch sador. The BJP has objected to demanded immediate “I ask the government to Minister Narendra Modi over with the EU envoys in January his statement. It tantamounts to talks with the Taliban and initiate result-oriented peace the 2002 riots in the state, to discuss what happened in 2002, interference in internal affairs called on the government talks with the Taliban with- Nato flayed for children’s deaths Germany’s envoy yesterday the judicial process, accountability of India. We disapprove of the to take seriously a condi- out any delay,” added Sharif. said they trust India’s judicial for the riots, development process provocative, suggestive and tional peace offer from the He refused to be a guar- KABUL: The Geneva-based UN USFOR-A said that in each case in system. in Gujarat and his election vic- accusatory remarks by the EU’s insurgents. antor on the basis of the Committee on the Rights of the which civilians are killed “army offic- “India is a democracy. We tory. He also said that justice in ambassador to India,” Jolly said. The umbrella Tehreek-e- government’s “credibility Child (CRC) has expressed “alarm” ers make every effort to meet the respect the democratic institu- India may be slow but it produces Modi was re-elected the chief Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fac- record”. over reports that hundreds of chil- families of those we have harmed and tions. We respect election results results. minister for a third successive tion has stepped up attacks In December, TTP leader dren have been killed by US forces to express our condolences”. in India and we have full trust Sources said the meeting came term December last. in recent months, leading to Hakimullah Mehsud, who in Afghanistan in the past five The report follows a five-yearly in its judicial system. Because amid the rise in Modi’s political Information and Broadcasting fears that violence could mar has a $5 million US bounty years. review of US compliance with an of this respect and trust, we are stature within the BJP follow- Minister Manish Tewari yester- general elections scheduled on his head, said he was open But US forces in Afghanistan international treaty on the involve- now in a new phase,” German ing his third successive victory day asked Modi to take responsi- to take place by mid-May. to peace talks but refused to (USFOR-A) leading the Nato fight ment of children in armed conflict. Ambassador Michael Steiner in the state assembly polls and bility for the 2002 riots. He added In a video message handed disarm. against Taliban dismissed the con- “The US can and should do more said in a statement about Modi’s talks in party circles that he that foreign diplomats subjected out to journalists last Sunday, Critics have accused the cerns as “categorically unfounded”. to protect children affected by armed meeting with envoys of European could emerge as its prime min- India to “homilies over the riots” The Russian Airforce aerobatic display team, Russian Knights, arrives in formation in their Sukhoi Su-27s on the TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Pakistan government of CRC said the deaths were “due conflict,” said Jo Becker, children’s countries. isterial candidate. that took place when he was the third day of the Aero India 2013 at Yelahanka Air Force station in Bangalore, yesterday. Ehsan proposed talks with appeasement in trying to notably to reported lack of precau- rights advocacy director at Human Modi met Steiner and other They said that convictions chief minister. Islamabad provided that broker peace with the TTP in tionary measures and indiscriminate Rights Watch, , a watchdog based in envoys of the EU on January 7 in 2002 riots cases, including Responding to queries about certain opposition politi- the past, charging that such use of force”. It gave no statistics. New York. She called on the US to in New Delhi. The meeting was that of former Gujarat minister Modi’s meeting with EU envoys India to get new aircraft navigation system cians, including Sharif, act deals give the militants time Nato forces reduced civilian casual- heed the committee’s recommenda- the first that European envoys Maya Kodnani, had also helped and reports that he faced some as guarantors. to regroup before launching ties by 49 percent in 2012 compared tions, which include taking “concrete had with Modi since the riots, strengthen the impression that tough questions, Tewari said: BANGALORE: US group president Raytheon Asia, said on to turn a profit and running up Sharif welcomed the peace further attacks. with 2011 and the number of chil- and firm precautionary measures and sources said. It came after British the cases were going to their logi- “I wonder why the chief minis- Raytheon will roll out a new the sidelines of the Aero India large debts. talks offer but refused to be Elections on time would dren killed or wounded in air strikes prevent indiscriminate use of force” High Commissioner Sir James cal conclusion in the state. ter of Gujarat does not stand up satellite-based aircraft naviga- 2013 an airshow in Bangalore, India contracted the US a guarantor. mark the first democratic dropped by nearly 40 percent in the to ensure that no more civilians and Bevan met Modi in Gandhinagar Meanwhile, BJP overseas and take responsibility.” He added tion system in India this year, a yesterday. defence and aerospace company “There is a need to take transition of power in same period, USFOR-A said. children are killed. in October last year, ending a affairs convener Vijay Jolly yes- that the 2002 riots had taken move that could save airlines up High fuel costs and taxes have in 2009 to build an air traffic the Taliban’s offer seri- Pakistani history. Local Youths stop commuters during a strike in Karachi, yesterday. Schools A CRC report also expressed con- USFOR-A said that insurgents 10-year boycott. terday objected to Cravinho’s place “under his (Modi’s) watch”. to 20 percent in fuel costs. battered India’s airline indus- control system allowing point- ously because the people of media has recently tipped and businesses remained closed in Pakistan’s financial capital as the cern that troops responsible for the killed or injured nearly 3,500 civilians Sources said EU ambassadors reported remarks about account- “I think there is certain igno- “To get 20 percent on fuel burn try in recent years, with carri- to-point flights instead of aircraft Pakistan want peace,” Sharif Sharif the most likely victor top court accused the government of failing to prevent record levels killings had not always been held in 2012, 84 percent of the total, while had resolved to break diplomatic ability for Gujarat riots in relation miny attached to it (the homi- is an enormous opportunity for ers in what was seen as one of having to fly close to land-based said in a statement pub- in the polls. of unrest. accountable and that family griev- Nato forces were responsible for about contacts with the Modi govern- to Modi’s meeting with the EU’s lies),” Tewari added. airlines. It makes or breaks their the world’s most promising avia- control towers. lished by local newspapers AFP ances had not been redressed. eight percent. AGENCIES ment following the 2002 riots. envoys. IANS business model,” William Blair, tion growth markets struggling REUTERS

Boy axes father Protests intensify over fifth wedding Mursi arrives next month against Kurien MUMBAI: A teenage boy NEW DELHI: Egyptian visiting in the third week of continent’s GDP and can prove KOCHI: Riot police fired water axed his father to death Prsident Mohamed Mursi, March. However, details of the a strong economic partner for cannon yesterday at hundreds after learning that he was the country’s first democrati- visit have not yet been worked India with its reserves of bydro- of protesters in Kerala demand- to marry for a fifth time, cally elected president, is to out or the number of days he carbons and metals and also ing the resignation of a law- reports said yesterday. visit India in the third week would be staying, an external for tourism, said envoys of the maker over allegations he raped The 62-year-old was of March. affairs ministry official said. region here yesterday. a schoolgirl 17 years ago. attacked by his 15-year-old This was revealed by Pinak The visit by Mursi comes at Rajiv Bhatia, director gen- P J Kurien, 72, the Deputy son on Tuesday at his home Ranjan Chakravarty, Secretary a time Egypt has again been eral, Indian Council of World Speaker of the Upper House of in Palghar town, about of Economic Relations at the rocked by clashes and mas- Affairs, said there has been Parliament, was acquitted of 120km north of Mumbai, External Affairs Ministry, at a sive street protests. Dozens of a “certain sense of neglect of rape in a trial in 2005 but he has PTI agency said. conference here yesterday. people have been killed, leading Maghreb by India” and hoped come under new pressure after The boy was angered “India has actively engaged Mursi to impose state of emer- the conference would be a first his accuser demanded a fresh that his father — who with the new governments gency in three provinces. step in the exercise of connect- probe in the wake of the storm has been divorced three in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The opposition accuses Mursi ing with the region. over a deadly gang rape in Delhi times and widowed once President Mursi will be visiting of betraying the revolution He also stressed on the need in December. — planned to tie the knot India in March,” Chakravarty that toppled Hosni Mubarak for India and the Maghreb The resurrection of the allega- again soon, threatening said while addressing a con- two years ago and for distort- Arab Union to forge new links, tions have embarrassed the ruling the youngster’s inheritance ference on ‘The Maghreb and ing the constitution, but Mursi including in the exchange of Congress party, which promised prospects, police said. The India” organised by the Society has reassured the opposition scholars. The Maghreb has an to get tough on sex attackers in boy, who cannot be named for Policy Studies, a think tank, that there was no going back area of over six million sq km. the wake of the Delhi gangrape. for legal reasons, is being and the India International on “freedom and democracy. Strategically located, the region Demonstrators have been held on remand after being Centre here. The Maghreb region in provides a valuable transit to camping outside the state charged with murder. AFP Mursi, who is backed by the northwest Africa contrib- southern Europe and the EU assembly for the last five days to Muslim Brotherhood, will be utes 20 percent of the African market. IANS demand Kurien’s resignation, and managed to stall proceedings by preventing local lawmakers from entering the building. “It’s a disgrace for India and the women of this country that Protests as Rajapaksa prays for peace Kurien can chair a debate on laws to protect women,” V S TIRUPATI, ANDHRA more people were imposed in Achuthanandan, Kerala’s veteran PRADESH: Sri Lankan the Andhra Pradesh town. A Communist party leader, said. President Mahinda Rajapaksa large number of security per- The alleged victim’s mother arrived here yesterday after sonnel have been deployed has written to Congress leader praying at Buddhism’s holi- along the route from the air- Sonia Gandhi to urge her to sack est shrine at Bodh Gaya amid port to Tirumala. Kurien, who has been a lawmaker protests against his two-day The president will take part in Kerala for the last 19 years. Indian pilgrimage. in the ‘Suprabhatha Seva’ at 3 Kurien says the accusations are The president’s brief trip am at the Balaji temple. part of a politically-driven media — he flies back today after In New Delhi, MDMK gen- smear campaign. spending a night in Tirupati eral secretary Vaiko, a strong “I’ve been exonerated by the — triggered protests in Tamil supporter of the now van- Supreme Court and acquitted Nadu as well as in Tirupati, quished Tamil Tigers, led a after three police investigations,” New Delhi and Hosur in noisy protest. Kurien said. Karnataka over allegations Holding placards demand- Meanwhile in the capital New that he was denying Tamils in ing “Strict Action Against Delhi, a judge yesterday sum- his country equal rights. Rajapaksa” and shouting slo- moned a federal lawmaker over Rajapaksa and his delega- gans against him, Vaiko and allegations that he ordered the tion spent about an hour at his supporters gathered on abduction of a minor who was the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi Parliament Street in the heart later raped. temple, about 100km from the of Delhi. Bihar capital Patna, under They denounced Rajapaksa tight security, a police officer for ruling out autonomy for Six policemen held for said. Security personnel did Tamil areas. About 130 people not let journalists talk to the were detained and let off after looting in Dhule riots president, who is avoiding three hours. MUMBAI: Six Maharashtra New Delhi despite Sri Lankan In Chennai, Tamil Nadu Police personnel and four civil- concerns over how India will Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ians were arrested yesterday vote on a US-sponsored reso- blamed Prime Minister for looting and vandalism dur- lution against Colombo at the Manmohan Singh for the ing the January 6 communal UNHRC meet in Geneva. watered down US resolution riots in the state’s Dhule town According to a police offi- pulling up Sri Lanka at the UN which left five dead and scores cial, over a dozen workers of Human Rights Council meet injured, a police official said. the Communist Party of India- last year. “Four State Reserve Police Marxist Leninist protested The chief minister urged the Force personnel and two near the temple minutes before Indian government to table Maharashtra Police officials have his visit. They were detained. Activists from Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) a resolution on violation of been arrested, besides four civil- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish burn an effigy of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa against human rights in Sri Lanka at ians, for their involvement in the Kumar earlier received the his visit during a protest in New Delhi, yesterday. the UN. riots,” a police official said. president at the Gaya interna- Also in Chennai, DMK presi- They have been charged with tional airport where Rajapaksa Balaji temple. Several Tamil hundreds of protesters may dent M Karunanidhi accused vandalising property, looting, flew in from Colombo along activists from Tamil Nadu have sneaked into Tirupati, Rajapaksa of not only trying to among other things during the with his wife and senior aides. entered Tirupati in a bid to about 50km from the Tamil obliterate Tamils in the island riots in which around 110 police From Bodh Gaya, Rajapaksa stall Rajapaksa’s visit. Nadu border and 135km from but also their culture, tradition personnel and over a hundred flew to Tirupati in Andhra Police arrested over 100 Chennai. Prohibitory orders and the Tamil language itself. civilians were injured. Pradesh to pray at the revered protesters. Police sources said banning assembly of five or IANS IANS FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Business EU agrees historic budget deal Budget ceiling of €960bn set for 2014-2020 spending

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders reached agreement on the first ever cut in their com- mon budget yesterday after 24 hours of intense negotiations, seeking to placate millions at No plan for Peugeot stake, home struggling through gov- ernment cutbacks and recession. The expected deal met the says French premier demands of northern European countries such as Britain and the GRENOBLE: France’s Socialist the organisation is not working Netherlands that wanted belt- government said it would do on any plan to invest in Peugeot. tightening, while maintaining whatever it took to keep ailing Peugeot declined comment. spending on farm subsidies and carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen Although the writedown was infrastructure to satisfy the likes afloat though the prime minis- a non-cash accounting item that of France and Poland. ter said the state had no current does not affect Peugeot’s liquidity It is the first net reduction to plan to buy a stake. or solvency, it reflected Europe’s the EU’s long-term budget in The comments came a day after worsening market outlook and the bloc’s history, representing Peugeot, suffering falling sales in prompted speculation the state a decrease of around 3 percent a depressed European car mar- might intervene. on the last budget and shaving ket, highlighted the scale of its Earlier, Budget Minister spending in areas such as infra- woes by taking a ¤4.1bn ($5.5bn) Jerome Cahuzac said in a TV structure, bureaucracy and scien- writedown on its plants and other interview that France might tific research. automotive assets. consider investing in Peugeot. Last-minute haggling over pre- The future of Peugeot — maker “It’s possible,” Cahuzac told BFM cisely how to divide up the ¤960bn of everything from the presiden- Television. “This company must ($1.3 trillion) to be spent between tial limousine to the white vans not and cannot disappear and 2014 and 2020 dragged out the proc- favoured by small businesses — we must do what it takes for this ess, before Herman Van Rompuy, is sensitive given its status as company to survive.” the President of the European a flagship of French industry, Yet a source in the finance Council and Chairman of the sum- accounting for two-thirds of car ministry played down Cahuzac’s mit, announced that a definitive deal production at a time when the comments, saying the priority for had been struck among the leaders. British Prime Minister David Cameron (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel addressing a press conference jobless rate is at a multiyear high. Peugeot was to pursue its recov- “Deal done!” he said in a message at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, yesterday. “Regarding the purchase of a ery plan and strengthen its alli- posted on Twitter. stake in this company, it is not on ance with General Motors. At a news conference shortly Northern European countries seven years, satisfying France, reject the spending plan. In recent the agenda because PSA is not ask- “The writedowns reflect afterwards, battling to stay alert were adamant that as they shrink Italy and Spain. weeks, Van Rompuy has been in ing for it,” Prime Minister Ayrault Peugeot’s difficulties, namely after nearly 36 hours awake, spending at home and grapple Even with a deal, around 40 touch with every EU leader to told reporters in Grenoble, south- that it concentrated too much Van Rompuy said the agreement with the aftermath of the glo- percent of the spending will still assess where the contours of an east France, where he was giving a on growing in Europe and ended was a budget of moderation that bal financial crisis, the European be dedicated to farming, some- agreement may lie. speech on pension reforms. up missing out on international reflected straightened times. Union had to do the same by cut- thing that frustrates many north- But reaching a deal was never “We do have a tool, the FSI growth and alliances,” said Harry “We simply could not ignore the ting headline spending. ern European states, which want going to be a simple since it also (France’s sovereign-wealth fund), Wolhandler, chief executive of extremely difficult economic real- Around ¤12bn was cut from a more dynamic budget. involves delicate negotiations over which can if necessary take a Amilton Asset Management. ities across Europe, so it had to be the last budget proposal, made At the same time, officials said rebates — amounts countries get stake. But today this question is “We’re staying away from the a leaner budget,” he said. “For the at a summit in November, bring- money had been set aside for reimbursed after they have made not being looked at,” Ayrault said. stock for now.” first time ever, there is a real cut ing the total reduction from the measures to stimulate economic contributions. Denmark won a A spokesman for the FSI said REUTERS compared to the last multi-annual European Commission’s original growth, for research and for refund of around ¤130m a year, financial framework.” blueprint to ¤85bn. European structural funds to flow to coun- but other rebates were trimmed or The deal must now be approved Commission President Jose Manuel tries worst hit by the economic modified. The Czech Republic was by the European Parliament, Barroso said he was disappointed, crisis, including Greece, Ireland, among a small group of countries where leading legislators have but understood the logic. Portugal and Spain. that fought for final extra distri- already expressed opposition. While vast as a headline fig- There were also stipulations for butions, mostly for funds to build Oil rises to nine-month high Securing parliamentary approval ure, in annual terms the budget green investment and ¤6bn for a infrastructure. is likely to take several months amounts to just 1 percent of total fund to combat youth unemploy- The EU calculates two budget NEW YORK: Brent crude oil rebound in the world’s second big- and is far from guaranteed. EU economic output. ment via apprenticeships in hard- numbers: a headline ‘commit- futures rose to a nine-month gest oil consumer. After negotiating through the The cuts agreed fell mainly on hit countries. ments’ figure that sets a ceiling on high close to $119 a barrel Brent rose as high as $118.92, night, leaders broke for a brief spending for cross-border trans- The deal still faces further hur- how much can be paid out, and a yesterday after the release of the highest since May, and at rest, allowing German Chancellor port, energy and telecoms projects, dles, not least at the bloc’s parlia- lower ‘payments’ figure that indi- strong Chinese economic and 1602 GMT was up $1.56 to Angela Merkel to swap her green which were reduced by more than ment. “The European Parliament cates what will actually be spent. oil import data, and Brent’s $118.80, on course for a fourth jacket for a lilac one, and returned ¤11bn. Pay and perks for EU offi- will not accept this deficit budget The baseline payments figure in premium over US crude oil consecutive week of gains. US to address a list of questions, cials — a top target for Britain — if it is adopted in this way. That the framework agreed yesterday increased. crude added 38 cents to $96.21. including how to satisfy smaller were lowered by around ¤1bn. is certain,” the parliament’s presi- was ¤908bon, a figure low enough Chinese crude oil imports rose Brent’s premium over US crude countries such as Romania and Spending on agriculture was dent Martin Schulz said. to convince Britain, which focuses to the third highest daily rate on rose to $22.59, extending its Bulgaria among the 28 states cov- spared further cuts, and there Van Rompuy urged the par- on payments rather than commit- record, and overall exports and recent rise to the highest since ered by the budget. was an increase of about ¤1.5bn liament to be responsible and to ments, that it was getting a satis- imports were much stronger than December. Mindful of their restive voters, on rural development over the reflect carefully before deciding to factory deal. REUTERS expected, accelerating signs of a REUTERS

Boeing notifies Wheat traders challenge Syrian European airlines officials’ reserves estimate of 787 delays AMMAN: International traders challenged In the northern western Syrian city of Deir LONDON: Boeing told two Syrian officials’ estimates that the government Al Zor, rebels ransacked silos and a major silo in European airlines yesterday that has enough wheat stored to last a year despite the town of Al Bab was bombarded by air to pre- their deliveries of 787 Dreamliner the raging 22-month revolt against President vent rebels emptying its 43,000 tonnes of locally jets would be delayed, as investi- Bashar Al Assad’s rule. produced wheat stocks, traders and officials said. gations into the problems behind Wheat and other foods are excluded from “Some wheat quantities have been stolen but the grounded aircraft continue. Western trade sanctions imposed on Assad’s gov- the major silos where wheat is available are still Thomson Airways, owned by ernment but dealers say difficulties in financing in our hands and well maintained,” said the senior Britain’s TUI Travel, said that grain purchases because of banking sanctions grain official in Damascus. delivery of its first Dreamliner, have deterred international trading firms from Official estimates that the quantities of wheat originally scheduled for the end participating in Syrian grain tenders. that were either damaged or stolen from state of February, had been “moved out But Syrian officials said this week that wheat warehouses since the crisis erupted in March of the month” and it had not been reserves stood at about three million tonnes, 2011 stood at about 200,000 tonnes. given a new delivery date. roughly one year’s supply, boosted by last year’s har- Across government controlled areas, private Norwegian Air Shuttle, mean- vest of about 2.3 million tonnes and about 700,000 and state milling flour capacity in January was while, said it had been notified by tonnes of mainly Ukrainian and Black Sea origin about 8,000 tonnes daily after dropping by almost Boeing that its delivery schedule wheat bought in the 12 months to January. half at the outset of the troubles in Aleppo last was at risk because of an inves- Some Middle Eastern traders say barter deals July, officials said. At least 2,000 tonnes of flour tigation by the US National with Ukrainian state agencies and Iran have helped per day is now processed by private mills supplied Transportation Safety Board into Syria maintain purchases during the last year. with wheat by the authorities. the aircraft and the extent of the “The silos that are spread across all governates Idle private mills in areas across the country’s possible delay was not yet known. have enough stocks for at least a year,” said a sen- major cities still in government hands from cen- Authorities around the world ior official from the country’s state-run General tral Damascus, Idlib, Deraa to Hama, have been grounded the technologically Establishment for Cereal Processing and Trade forced to step up operations to boost produc- advanced 787 on January 16 after (Haboob) who said the quantities were “secure”. tion, a major Damascus based grain commodities a battery fire in Boston and a sec- Syria traditionally kept wheat stocks of about trader in touch with the authorities said. ond incident involving a battery on 3 million tonnes, before the revolt against Assad, This has eased shortages combined with a a flight in Japan. The groundings and as much as double that after bumper har- crackdown on profiteering traders, boosting pri- have cost airlines tens of millions vests. “They have used a lot of their strategic vate bakeries production and rushing imports of dollars. Thomson launched an stocks and while they are doing their utmost by land of at least 100,000 tonnes of flour from advertising campaign in Britain to buy as much as they can, they are unable to Lebanon and a 40,000 shipment from Ukraine. in April last year for its new fleet purchase bigger volumes as the country is still of Dreamliners, which it said rep- under embargo,” said a Middle East-based trader. PRICES SOAR resented the “future of long-haul Officials say only two major silos in northern Syrian wheat purchases in the Middle East travel”. It planned to start using Syria were under rebel control, and were dam- and Asia have been at higher prices than paid by the planes in May. aged, out of a total of 32 major concrete and metal other regional buyers and in smaller quantities, Both airlines said that they silos with a capacity of 3.5m tonnes that remain dealers said. Earlier this week Syria issued a new were making backup plans, with under government control. tender to purchase 100,000 tonnes of soft milling the Nordic carrier saying that it Rebels gained territory last July in and around wheat with a March 4 deadline. would lease aircraft if the 787 was the northern city of Aleppo, the country’s eco- “Grain shipments are reaching Syria and their not delivered in time for its long- nomic hub and largest city, capturing at least 20 cargo ports are operating, but the cargo sizes haul service. British Airways, state mills, they said. are much smaller and usually they are parcel- owned by International Airlines Private mills and imports from Lebanon and sized consignments,” a second Middle East-based Group , said it was in discussions the Ukraine were compensating for state mills trader said. A kilo of bread now sells closer to with Boeing but that the first of lost in Aleppo, which had supplied at least 60 per- market prices at about 100 Syrian pounds ($1.4), its 787 planes were still scheduled cent of the country’s total national flour milling four times its fixed price, residents in several to be delivered in May. needs, according to traders and officials. areas across Syria said. REUTERS REUTERS FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Business www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 ON SATURDAY

US trade deficit shrinks sharply in December Exports rise 2.1pc to $186.4bn

WASHINGTON: The US Analysts were divided over trade deficit shrank sharply in whether the December data indi- December, official data showed cated that US economic growth in yesterday, raising speculation that the fourth quarter might prove bet- fourth-quarter economic growth ter than the first official estimate of was better than estimated. an 0.1 percent contraction. The Commerce Department “It now looks likely that net reported the trade gap narrowed 21 trade provided a modest boost percent to $38.5bn, its lowest level to Q4 GDP growth, having ini- since January 2010, from a revised tially been estimated to have been $48.6bn in November. a drag,” Barclays analyst Peter The $10bn plunge — the biggest Newland said. month-on-month decline in nearly IHS Global Insight economist four years — was largely due to a analyst Gregory Daco said that drop in oil imports, helped by falling although underlying details of the oil prices. Imports fell 2.7 percent report were mixed, overall the to $224.9bn. Petroleum imports reading “will most likely erase the plunged 13 percent to $22.1bn. fourth quarter decline in real GDP.” In December, exports rose 2.1 Daco predicted fourth-quarter percent to $186.4bn, boosted by a GDP would be revised up to about Customers look at the racing car Nissan Deltawing for the Le Mans series at the showroom of Nissan Motor in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, yesterday. 9.5 percent jump in industrial goods 0.5 percent. But Robert Brusca, exports. US oil exports contributed chief economist of FAO Economics, significantly to the rise in exports, warned in a research note: “The surging 8.7 percent from November real take away here is not that GDP Nissan profit falls on China, Europe woes as the country gears up domestic oil will/might be revised up.” production. “The trade figures are endors- TOKYO: Nissan’s heavy exposure to China most exposed to the China market among similar comments from the firm’s competi- The US is forecast to overtake ing the fact that GDP is very, very, and recession-hit Europe slammed its earn- top domestic rivals Toyota and Honda, with tors. Japanese carmakers have also been hit Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest weak,” he said, noting the weakness ings with the Japanese carmaker saying yes- its quarterly unit sales in the country down by slumping demand in Europe, with Nissan’s oil supplier by 2020. in imports, which are tightly bound terday that its net profit in the three months 15.6 percent. unit sales falling 16.2 percent on the continent “Imports ex-petroleum are still to economic output. to December plunged 34.6 percent. Nissan’s rivals reported a jump in earn- in the quarter. However, Toyota and Honda up 2.4 percent year-over-year, sug- The closely watched trade gap But the company, part-owned by France’s ings last week, as the country’s carmak- have said sales in the key North American gesting a big part of the weakness with China, the country’s second- Renault, added that a weakening yen, cost ers cemented a recovery from Japan’s 2011 market were improving, while Nissan’s fell in imports is due to the substitution largest trade partner, shrank 15.5 cutting and a planned slate of new models quake-tsunami disaster, although they have 6.6 percent in the quarter. of domestic petroleum production percent in December to $24.4bn as helped it keep its previous full-year earnings also been hurt by a Tokyo-Beijing diplo- Nissan said it earned 54.1bn yen ($582m) for foreign oil production,” said Mei imports of Chinese goods fell. forecast unchanged. matic spat. The long-standing feud flared in between October and December, down 34.6 Li of FTN Financial. But for all of 2012 the China Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn criti- September when Tokyo nationalised some percent from a year earlier, on sales of 2.21 The December trade gap reading trade gap topped $300bn for the cised his company’s quarterly results, saying of a tiny East China Sea archipelago that trillion yen, down 5.3 percent. Net income snapped three months of widening first time, soaring to a record they fell below expectations as the carmaker is also claimed by Beijing, setting off huge in the nine months to December was 232.4bn deficits and came in well below the $315.1bn. The US trade deficit also also reported that nine-month profit was demonstrations across China and a consumer yen, from 266.1bn yen a year earlier. average analyst estimate of $45.4bn. narrowed significantly with the down about 12 percent year-on-year. boycott of Japanese brands. However, Nissan expects a net profit of “The administration’s efforts to European Union in December, fall- The firm’s global vehicle sales slipped 3.8 Japanese factories and businesses across 320bn yen in the fiscal year to March. The promote US exports are paying ing 28.4 percent to $8.7bn. percent in the quarter to 1.16 million units, China temporarily closed or scaled back forecast is down 20 percent from an earlier off, with export levels reaching a “Renewed optimism in Europe hit by slumping demand in Europe and tough operations over fears of being targeted by estimate last year. “We anticipate further yen record $2.2 trillion in 2012,” Deputy is causing the euro to appreciate conditions in China, the world’s biggest vehicle angry mobs. Ghosn had previously warned correction... And we remain confident that we Commerce Secretary Rebecca against the US dollar, thus benefit- market. “Nissan’s performance in the third that Nissan would think twice about making will meet our full-year outlook,” Nissan said, Blank said. ing the US and harming the euro- quarter did not meet our expectations,” Ghosn new investments in China due to the row. adding that the company has “taken action to President Barack Obama has zone,” said Michael Wolf of Moody’s said. “This was primarily the result of difficult It has several production plants there with reignite our sales momentum and growth”. targeted doubling exports by 2015 Analytics. Compared with December operating conditions in Europe for the entire a new factory in the northeastern city of Japanese firms have struggled with a to promote jobs and economic 2011, exports were up 4.9 percent and auto industry, in China for Japanese carmak- Dalian planned for 2014. strong yen as it made their products less growth amid a tepid recovery from imports fell 2.0 percent. ers, and in the US for Nissan.” A Nissan official said yesterday that the competitive overseas and diluted the value the Great Recession. Exports as a For the full year, the US trade Japan’s second-biggest carmaker is the China market was “normalising”, echoing of repatriated foreign income. AFP share of economic output in 2012 deficit fell 3.5 percent to $540.4bn, were 13.9 percent in 2012, tying the with exports up 4.4 percent and 2011 record. imports rising 2.7 percent. AFP QATARI MARKET Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 104.88 0.90 % Aa2 AA European stocks rise Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.56 1.66 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 124.38 2.29 % Aa2 AA LONDON: European stock markets rose yesterday but Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 117.75 2.46 % Aa2 AA the euro slipped against the dollar as investors took heart Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 113.31 2.81 % Aa2 AA from upbeat Chinese and US economic data and EU leaders Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 175.00 3.80 % Aa2 AA agreed on a seven-year budget for the 27-member union. 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Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 106.63 1.38 % Aa3 A On sovereign debt markets, pressure eased on Italian and Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 108.25 3.40 % Aa3 A Spanish borrowing costs, with Italian 10-year debt trading Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 112.13 3.48 % Aa3 A at 4.555 percent, compared with 4.584 percent on Thursday. SOVEREIGNS Spanish 10-year bonds changed hands at 5.365 percent, down Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P from 5.418 percent on Thursday. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 106.00 0.28 % Aa2 AA Asian stock markets rose, but Tokyo was hit by a stronger yen and data that showed Japan had suffered its lowest cur- Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 127.38 2.01 % Aa2 AA rent account surplus in nearly 30 years. AFP Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 110.50 2.59 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 107.38 3.03 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.50 3.87 % NR NR Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 118.31 4.05 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 105.13 1.33 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 114.94 3.41 % NR BBB China’s trade surplus up Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 109.88 3.90 % NR BBB Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 95.50 6.54 % B2 /*- B- BEIJING: China’s trade surplus rose and inflation eased Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 104.13 3.87 % NR BBB- in January, official data showed yesterday, adding to recent evidence the world’s number two economy is emerging from *Periodic Distribution Amount a drawn-out downtrend. IMPORTANT NOTE: The economy expanded last year at its lowest annual rate Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services since 1999, in the face of weakness at home and in key overseas Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary data markets. But an uptick in the final three months of 2012 snapped and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of seven straight quarters of slowing growth. And conditions con- the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not take into tinued to improve in January, according to the government. account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds can and The trade surplus rose 7.7 percent year-on-year to $29.2bn does fluctuate. 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Results From Sixth and Final Stage 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 2:24:31 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Ag2R La Mondiale 3 Barry Markus (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 5 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 6 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 9 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 10 Guillaume Boivin (Can) Cannondale Pro Cycling General Classification The Tour of Qatar pack is seen on the Doha Corniche with the city skyline in the background during the sixth stage held between Sealine Beach Resort and Corniche yesterday. PICTURES: SYED OMAR AND AGENCIES 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 15:55:20 2 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:25 3 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:26 ‘Sprint King’ conquers 4 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 0:00:30 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 0:00:32 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team Qatar field in fine style 7 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:35 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling 0:00:39 I am over the moon. This has been a fantastic week: Cavendish 9 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:40 BY RIZWAN REHMAT 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky throughout the stage but popped Procycling up with purpose near the end. DOHA: British cycling star The Briton, who has won 23 Mark Cavendish yesterday won stages at the Tour de France, the British The Tweets the Tour of Qatar by clinching fourth on the all-time list, edged rider Mark @MarkCavendish the sixth and final stage in glo- Yauheni Hutarovich of Belarus Cavendish of Tempting fate with my previ- rious winter sunshine at Doha and Dutchman Barry Markus the Omega ous tweet, I both crashed hard Corniche. in the sprint that concluded the Pharma Quick- & won today! Stage & overall of The 27-year-old, who produced 116km stage. Step team #tourofqatar with my amazing yet another fast sprint to the fin- On the sixth and final stage celebrates on @opqscyclingteam boys ish line, won his fourth successive of the event, the Brit first wit- the podium @brentbookwalter stage in a time of 2hrs 24mins and nessed a big fright when he hit after winning NOT a straight forward day. Hit 31secs. the ground after just a few kilo- the sixth and the ground hard early in stage, Cavendish, who played second metres. Unhurt, he later powered final stage at but bounced back into it w help fiddle to BMC Racing Team’s to glory when he out-sprinted the Tour of of team. Really proud of what American rider Brent Bookwalter Hutarovich and Markus to the Qatar cycling WE did here in the first two stages, completely finish. race between dominated the next four to win Bookwalter, who wore the yel- Sealine Beach his first major trophy in the low jersey on the first two days, The Roll of Honour Middle East. was behind by 25 seconds in the Resort and Yellow jersey: “I am over the moon. This has general classification. Doha Corniche Mark Cavendish been a fantastic week for me and Adam Blythe, another British yesterday. 15hrs 55mins 20secs my team,” the Omega Pharma rider, finished fourth, 30 seconds It was Silver jersey: Mark Cavendish Quick-Step rider said after pick- behind the winner. Cavendish’s 70 points ing two jerseys at the presenta- Yesterday’s stage win was first title win in White pearl jersey: Taylor tion ceremony. Cavendish’s fifth this year. Qatar. Phinney 15hrs 55mins 46secs Starting the sixth leg from The Briton picked up a stage Team classification: Sealine Beach Resort, Cavendish win at the Tour of San Luis in BMC remained with the bunch Argentina last month and then Racing Team 47hrs 15mins 31secs

followed it with four more this So I am really happy to have done week. that,” Cavendish said. “It was like Al Khor actually,” The Brit didn’t experience Cavendish said when asked to a smooth ride yesterday as he recall the sprint in the last 400m was to suffer a fall as soon as yesterday. km 8 when he hit the ground. “I won there in 2009 and this Bookwalter also hit the road in week also. The guys were just the fall. going, going and going. The other It was a big fright without teams jumped ahead with four big consequences as Cavendish laps to go. was able to hop back on his bike “I wasn’t too bothered as I kept unhurt and returned to the pack. my pace. And I kind of go alone Despite several attempts, the because there were guys to my pack remained bunched all the right and left. I tried to leave it way to the first intermediate late. The leadout was in the last sprint (at Al Wakra, km 38.5) few hundred meters. won by Mark Phinney (BMC) “I had a crash this morning. ahead of Bernhard Eisel (SKY) A section of the crowd during the prize distribution ceremony held at I had treatment. None of the and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck the end of the Tour of Qatar yesterday. (affected) teams knew what hap- (OPQ). pened,” the Briton added. At the 40km-mark, the first “But that’s bike racing for you. real breakaway occurred as five Quick-Step remained in the front of his team-mates Blythe and I was away soon. men took off: Yaroslav Popovych positions of the pack, prevent- Phinney. The stage was to end “I am so delighted. I came here (RLT), David Boucher (FDJ), ing any kind of attack. Once on with a bunched sprint. Well led and struck bonus points with Michel Kreder (‘VCD), Vladimir the final circuit, the pack stayed out by his team-mates, Cavendish nothing guaranteed overall. My Isaichev (KAT) and Matthias bunched during the remaining 10 claimed his fourth consecutive guys were incredible here. They Friedemann. But despite having laps. win, beating Hutarovich and rode so well here. a 20sec lead, they were gobbled The second bonus sprint at Markus to the line. The Brit now “I am proud of them. This team up by the pack just two kilome- the fourth crossing of the line has eight stage victories in Qatar has won titles in Qatar previously tres later. (km 74.5) was claimed by attack- under his belt, compared to Tom but I didn’t have any wins here. Team Omega Pharma ing Van Avermaet (BMC) ahead Boonen’s 20. THE PENINSULA

This combo of five pictures shows Mark Cavendish taking a tumble during the sixth and final stage of the Tour of Qatar. Cavendish won the stage and the Tour before meeting Eddy Merckx (far right). FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 ON SATURDAY

Shooting: Bartekova wins Skeet category ACBD

(A). Skeet winner Danka Bartekova (centre) of Slovakia, runner-up Thailand’s Sutiya Jiewchaloemmit (second left) and third-place Elivira Akchurina (second right) of Kazakhstan, along with officials pose for a picture at Doha Shooting Complex yesterday. The Qatar Open in Shotgun 2013 competition is a nine-day event and will end on February 12. (B). A participant in action during yesterday’s play. (C). A shooter prepares to shoot during her round yesterday. (D). A shooter practises before her round. PICTURES BY: EBRAHIM KUTTY US firm sues Australia cruise to Armstrong over bonus win over Windies money

WASHINGTON: Lance Pollard’s ton not enough for the visitors Armstrong could be forced to testify under oath about his doping after a US insurance SYDNEY: Australia main- firm filed a lawsuit yesterday tained their dominance over demanding the disgraced US the West Indies cruising to a cyclist return $12m in bonus five-wicket victory to lead their money payments. one-day international series 4-0 Texas-based SCA Promotions at the Sydney Cricket Ground paid the now admitted dope yesterday. cheat bonus money for his Tour Only a belligerent unbeaten Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation President Nasser bin Khalifa de France triumphs after insur- century from man-of-the-match Australia’s Phil Al Attiyah waves the Qatari flag during the Qatar International Enduro ing his victories and wants him to Kieron Pollard gave the West Hughes (left) yesterday. repay it because he was stripped Indies a respectable score of 220 congratulates West of his record seven Tour titles last after they were 55 for six at one Indies’ Kieron Pollard year. stage. on his century during “It is time now for Mr But it was easily run down by the fourth One Day Armstrong to face the con- the Australians, who secured vic- International match Al Shatti among sequences of his actions. This tory with 31 balls to spare and will includes returning all of the funds at the Sydney Cricket now go after a series clean sweep paid to him by SCA, which totals Ground, Sydney, in Melbourne on Sunday. more than $12m,” the lawsuit said. yesterday. If not for Pollard’s 109 off the winners as first “Mr Armstrong has no legal 136 balls it would have been an right to retain any prize money even more emphatic victory for paid to him by SCA because he is Michael Clarke’s team who always not the official winner of any Tour had control of the run chase Enduro draws end de France titles.” under lights. The 35-page state court filing Shane Watson followed up his in Dallas would deliver a financial 122 in Wednesday’s 39-run series- DOHA: Kuwaiti Honda rider with a Honda quad. The UAE blow as well as put Armstrong clinching win in Canberra with Abdulla Al Shatti won both rider got 207 points, winning under oath about the doping 76 off 84 balls and skipper Clarke of his races yesterday to be both races in the quads cate- scandal that ruined his cancer- hit 37 off 65 balls before he was crowned the championship gory. Mohammed Al Shamsi and comeback story and tainted his out gloving down the leg-side to Scoreboard winner in the E1 category as Abdulla Nasser finished in second Livestrong Foundation charity express bowler Tino Best with the WEST INDIES AUSTRALIA the first Qatar International and third positions respectively. work. scores level. K Powell c Maxwell b Johnson ...... 9 S Watson c Thomas b Best ...... 76 Enduro drew to a close. In this last round, a total of 31 “Lance Armstrong perpetuated Glen Maxwell came in and hit J Charles b Johnson ...... 0 A Finch lbw Narine ...... 25 Al Shatti accumulated a riders from different nationalities what may well be the most outra- the winning run with Matthew D M Bravo c Finch b Johnson ...... 4 P Hughes c D.J Bravo b Narine ...... 23 score of 234 points in the event joined this event, which included geous, cold-hearted and elaborate Wade not out 13. D J Bravo lbw Maxwell ...... 3 M Clarke c Thomas b Best ...... 37 organised by Qatar Motor and participants were from Australia, lie in the history of sports,” the Yet despite Australia’s domi- K Pollard (not out) ...... 109 A Voges c Sammy b Russell ...... 28 Motorcycle Federation at Sealine. France, Great Britain, Germany, lawsuit said. nance the towering Pollard was N Deonarine c Finch b Cutting ...... 10 M Wade (not out) ...... 13 Moaz Al Ansari finished sec- Kuwait, UAE and Qatar. Armstrong was banned for named man-of-the-match for D Thomas c Finch b Cutting ...... 7 G Maxwell (not out) ...... 1 ond, with 210 points and Mubarak As in the previous rounds, the life when the US Anti-Doping preventing his team’s innings D Sammy c Clarke b Cutting ...... 25 Extras (LB-8, W-8, NB-2) ...... 18 Al Ali from UAE riding a KTM layout of the track was different, Agency found overwhelming evi- from falling apart after it had tot- A Russell c Maxwell b Faulkner ...... 18 Total (for 5 wkts in 44.5 overs) ...... 221 ended in third position with 192 making the championship more dence that he was at the heart tered at 55 for six before a series S Narine c Wade b McKay ...... 23 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-115, 3-145, 4-198, points. challenging and exciting for all of a sophisticated doping scheme. of late partnerships gave his side T Best (run out-Finch/Faulkner) ...... 1 5-220. French rider Yannic Le the participants. “Even Lance could not cycle up something to defend. Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-9) ...... 11 Bowling: Best 9.5-0-38-2 (3w); Russell 6-0- Gourvenec, won the E2 In this fourth round, the length the mountain of evidence gath- It was Pollard’s third ODI Total (all out in 49.4 overs) ...... 220 40-1 (2nb; 1w); Sammy 2-0-16-0 (1w); Narine championship. was 6.1km track with several up- ered by USADA,” the lawsuit said. century and his second against Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-17, 3-17, 4-22, 5-45, 10-1-34-2; D.J Bravo 4-0-25-0 (1w); Deonar- The 212 points he got through- hills anddown hills. After years of what the law- Australia and he had to curb his 6-55, 7-98, 8-133, 9-197, 10-220. ine 8-0-38-0; Pollard 5-0-22-0 (2w). out the season were enough to Nasser bin Khalifa Al Attiyah, suit called a “wall of deceit”, usual aggressive batting style as Bowling: McKay 10-2-41-1; Johnson 10-1- Result: Australia won by 5 wickets beat the UAE rider Mohammed QMMF President thanked Armstrong confessed last month the West Indies threatened to 36-3 (4w); Maxwell 10-0-34-1 (1w); Cutting Series: Australia lead series 4-0 Al Balooshi, who ended with 180 Omar Alfardan for his support to US talk show host Oprah repeat their total of 70 in the first 10-1-45-3 (1w); Faulkner 9.4-1-62-1 (3w). Man-of-the-Match: Kieron Pollard (WIS). points. in this first Qatar International Winfrey that he had taken per- ODI of the series in Perth. AFP Al Balooshi, riding a KTM bike, Enduro Championship. Alfardan formance-enhancing drugs in crossed the checkered flag in first Motorcycles collaborated in the sweeping Tour titles from 1999 position in both races, being the prize ceremony and gave technical to 2005. fastest rider of the day. support to KTM riders. Armstrong had previously Banned cricketer Butt has The third place went to Saeed Today, the new season for sued SCA and won after the firm Al Shenati from UAE. Qatar International Enduro will delayed his 2005 bonus payment In the E3 category, Khalid start at the same place at Sealine, because of reports the American Kamis, Saif Al Kumiti and Anwar together with the new champion- had used performance-enhancing high hopes after CAS appeal Al Nuami were the top three rid- ship, QMMF T3 Challenge. drugs. ers in their category. The first race is scheduled to “We think there are several LAUSANNE: Disgraced former Pakistan cap- for deliberately contriving no balls to order in that Meanwhile, in the quads cat- begin at 10.00am. avenues for us to seek recovery on tain Salman Butt yesterday said he hoped the match. egory, Obaid Al Kitbe triumphed THE PENINSULA this,” SCA attorney Jeff Dorough Court of Arbitration for Sport would overturn his In November 2011, the trio were also jailed by a said. ban imposed for spot-fixing and let him return to British court over the scandal, which was linked to “Armstrong and his lawyers the game he loves. an illegal betting ring. said flat out at that time that if “I am grateful to the CAS that they have allowed All three were released last year after completing he was ever stripped of the titles, me this opportunity to appeal this sentence,” Butt half of their sentences. they would pay the money back,” said in a statement released after a day-long hearing The case marked one of cricket’s biggest scandals Dorough said. “We’re just seeking at the Swiss-based court. in years. to hold them to their promises.” “Since September 2010, until now, I have not been Butt, now 28, was banned from the game for 10 Armstrong attorney Mark able to play any meaningful game of cricket: to coach years, with the possibility of five suspended. Fabiani cited details of a 2006 set- or to even be involved in the administration of the He has argued though that the suspension was a tlement agreement between SCA game,” he said. career-ending punishment. Asif, now 30, was banned and Armstrong in saying that the “I love cricket: it is something that runs through for seven years, with two suspended, and the then firm had no recourse to reclaim me in my veins and my blood. I await the decision of teenager Aamer for five years. the money. the CAS. It means so much to me. I truly pray that Aamer, now 20, decided not to pursue his appeal “We are going to let the settle- they can change it for me by reducing the sentence,” at the CAS, after pleading guilty to the charges in ment agreement speak for itself. he added. Britain. It is very clear on this point,” Butt’s appearance comes a day after Pakistan “We are certain that the Panel will consider our Fabiani said. “The language of the fast bowler Mohammad Asif appeared before the legal submissions and the material facts of this case agreement clearly bars SCA from court, in what he described as a “quite busy” day carefully when reaching their verdict,” Butt’s lawyers wriggling out of the agreement.” of hearings about the infamous Lord’s Test against said in a statement. The settlement, in which SCA England in 2010. “There is only one outcome that can be positive for Abdullah Al Shatti of Kuwait is seen in action during the Qatar International agrees to pay Armstrong $7.5m, A verdict is expected in the next three weeks. Salman and us -- he must be allowed to play cricket Enduro at Sealine yesterday. Al Shatti was among the winners in the says in part that “no party may Butt, Asif and fellow paceman Mohammad Aamer now. We can then say that justice has truly been championship, having clinched the E1 category with a total points score challenge, appeal or attempt to were banned by the International Cricket Council served,” they added to reporters after the hearing of 234. set aside the arbitration award.” (ICC) in 2011 after being found guilty of corruption yesterday. AFP AFP FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Sport Long jumper Kotova David, Zimmerman win suspended for doping Oryx Cup heats in Doha MOSCOW: Russian long jumper Tatyana Kotova has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test at Nine drivers in action during the first day of the 2013 championship the Helsinki 2005 world cham- pionships, the Russian anti- doping agency (RUSADA) said DOHA: U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto’s a scintillating spectacle in the yesterday. Steve David and U-9 Jones setting sun on Doha Bay, but “The athletics world govern- Racing’s Jon Zimmerman Zimmerman held on in U-9 Jones ing body IAAF (International snatched victories in the first Racing to take the 400 points Association of Athletics pair of heats at the 2013 Oryx and Kelly inherited second when Federations) has started the Cup UIM World Championship Brown was forced to run a pen- investigation after being informed in Doha Bay yesterday. alty lap for cutting the final turn by the anti-doping laboratory in Nine of the fastest drivers on in front of Kelly. Lausanne that Kotova tested pos- the planet used day one of the “I’ve got a very talented crew itive for a prohibitive substance Oryx Cup for testing and quali- and they have worked really hard at the 2005 world championships fying before the first pair of rac- to get us into this position,” said in Helsinki,” RUSADA said on its ing heats took place in perfect a delighted Zimmerman. “I made website (www.rusada.ru). weather conditions in front of a good start, worked well and got “In January 2013, the IAAF a healthy number of spectators, the result we wanted.” handed this case to RUSADA.” who enjoyed the excellent on- David had set the fastest lap Kotova, 36, won a third con- site facilities and the high-speed in the early afternoon qualifying FROM LEFT: QMSF’s secutive world silver medal in action. session, in which the U-1 Oh Boy! Sami Abu Shaikha, Helinski and also won Olympic David, the defending National Oberto driver claimed 100 qualify- Sheikh Nawaf bin bronze medals in the 2000 Sydney High Points champion, fended off ing points ahead of runner-up Kip Hassan Al Thani, Games and again in Athens four a fierce challenge from January’s Brown and third-placed Jimmy Sheikh Jassim bin years later. Oryx Cup winner Jimmy Shane Shane. Jabor bin Yousef Al She did not qualify for the in U-5 Graham Trucking to take Brown had been the first driver Thani and Heat 1B Russian Olympic team for laat victory in heat 1A. out on the water in U-95 Spirit of winner Jon Zimmerman year’s London Olympics after “That was a fantastic start for Qatar and ran superbly well on finishing sixth at the national pose for a picture us,” said David, yesterday. his team debut, his times peak- championships. in Doha yesterday. “We had about 4.8 per cent ing with a second of three laps in Kotova’s case has been the lat- more power than we had in the excess of 142mph. PICTURE BY: BILL OSBORNE est in a series of recent doping Oryx Cup final. That doesn’t Zimmerman was forced to run offences by Russian athletes. sound a lot but it makes a differ- a second set of laps at the end of European indoor 3,000 metres ence with these turbine boats. The the session after a fuel violation silver medallist Olesya Syreva fuel flow was perfect and legal. We and a lost propeller cost him his was banned for two years last had a lot more time to get the initial opportunity to qualify U-9 week for infringing anti-doping perfect set-up. It’s a long weekend Jones Racing. regulations. ahead, but I am delighted with the The Oryx Cup UIM World In December, 2012 Olympic start we have made,” he added. Championship is being organ- discus silver medallist Darya Jon Zimmerman held off ised by the Qatar Marine Sports Pishchalnikova and Russian ham- a fierce challenge from U-95 Federation (QMSF) in conjunc- mer champion Kirill Ikonnikov, Spirit of Qatar’s Kip Brown and tion with H1 Unlimited. were temporarily suspended while J. Michael Kelly in U-37 Miss The QMSF runs under the Olympic 2004 hammer champion Beacon Plumbing to secure the presidency of Sheikh Hassan bin Olga Kuzenkova was placed under win in heat 1B. Jabor Al Thani. investigation by the IAAF for fail- The three drivers produced THE PENINSULA ing drugs tests. REUTERS

Chelsea without QBL: Al Rayyan and Al Sadd injured Terry for English football is beat rivals, to meet in final Wigan clash 100 per cent clean, BY DANOTZKI SANTOS LONDON: Chelsea will be without captain John Terry for DOHA: Al Rayyan beat today’s Premier League match says Arsene Wenger Eljaish while Al Sadd battled at home to relegation-threat- past Al Arabi yesterday at the ened Wigan Athletic with the LONDON: English soccer is not a perfect world but I don’t Al Gharafa Indoor Arena, to centre back suffering from an “100 percent clean” with no cor- think cheating or match-fixing is arrange a do-or-die showdown inflamed knee, manager Rafael rupt referees, Arsenal manager a problem. for the Qatar Basketball League Benitez said. Arsene Wenger said yesterday “It happened in Europe before, title which will take place next “It’s a setback, but not serious,” as he expressed his surprise at that is my belief, where referees Friday. Benitez told reporters yesterday. the extent of the global match- were not always fair, especially in The defending champions The former England skip- fixing scandal that has cast a some countries. But you always tripped Army, 62-58, who despite per has been dogged by a knee shadow over the game. have to be cautious, have your missing the services of starting problem this season, returning European police said on own beliefs, prove it, and that point Fadi Abilmona played hard to action in January after two Monday that about 680 suspi- becomes more difficult.” and relentless all night. months out. cious matches, including qualifiers Wenger said it was time to With their ace playmaker Benitez said their Czech for the World Cup and European tackle the problem “in a serious and top gun out with injury and Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech championship and the Champions way” because “sport is full of leg- back-up playmaker Narwan Salah and Senegal striker Demba Ba League, had been identified in a ends who in fact are cheats”. unable to deliver, Eljaish found were both available after pulling match-fixing inquiry. Referring to the findings of their offence in disarray in the out of midweek internationals Wenger said he doubted the the European police match-fixing early stages of the second match through injury. problem extended to sport in inquiry he added: “It was abso- in their best-of-three series for a Ba suffered a broken nose in England. lutely a surprise... the number of final’s berth. the 3-2 league defeat at his former “I personally feel English games that have been fixed. They led 11-15 and 28-37 to the club Newcastle United last week- football is clean of cheating 100 “I can’t accept it and I always powerhouse of Al Rayyan at the end and has been training in a percent,” the Frenchman told was a believer that there’s a lot of end of the first two quarters. protective mask. REUTERS reporters in his pre-match brief- cheating going on in our game and The white shirts would how- ing on the eve of Arsenal’s visit to that we are not strong enough ever wake up in the third period, Sunderland in the Premier legue with what happens, nor with the clamping down their rivals on Action from the Qatar Basketball League at Al Gharafa Indoor Hall yesterday. Midday kick-off on Saturday. “I don’t think ref- doping, nor with the corruption of defense and getting more aggres- Al Rayyan and Al Sadd will clash for the title next Friday. erees are corrupt. the referees, nor with the match sive on the offensive end to push not a problem “In sport in general, I don’t fixing. themselves to a 47-44 advantage seconds left in the game, Khalid changes before settling down to think at all it’s a problem in the “It’s time that we tackle this entering the final period. Salman scored on an isolation a 63-all deadlock after a buzzer- for Barcelona English game,” he added. “That’s problem in a very serious way Al Rayyan, starring Harold play to tie the count. beating trey by Jalloh. why it’s maybe a shock for us and that people who cheat are Boney Watson, then rolled out a Thomas Ibrahim converted the Arabi strung up points in suc- because we are convinced we live punished in a very severe way as 10-3 early run to wrest the upper first of two gift shots off a foul cession to take a 70-67 advantage MADRID: Barcelona full-back in a world in England where it’s well.” REUTERS hand, 54-50, as the game reached called in the last 2 seconds of the 4 minutes into the final period. Jordi Alba doesn’t believe the the halfway point of the fourth. game to push Al Sadd to their Saad Abdulrahman fired a long combination of Spain’s long Army refused to fold up, tight- second straight win in their best- bomber to give Al Sadd the upper journey to and from Qatar in A handout image ening up even more on defence in of-three series and earn the right hand, 72-70 before Elhadary midweek and an early kick-off released by the the homestretch and equalising at to face Al Rayyan in the finals. brought the match to another against Getafe tomorrow should British Royal Mail 56-all, with 1 min 30 seconds left Al Arabi trooped back to the Al deadlock at 72-all with a twinner. unduly affect the Catalans. showing a British in the game. Gharafa Arena looking to redeem Jalloh then punctured the bas- Tomorrow’s fixture will be the first class stamp The black shirts broke the log- themselves from their first game ket with another trey to push Al first time Barca have played at bearing the image jam and moved up by a basket at debacle in the hands of Al Sadd Arabi ahead 75-72. But Khalid the 12 o’clock (1100 GMT) kick- of former England 58-56. But Eljaish countered with last Wednesday. Suleiman countered with his own off time since it was introduced player Bobby a couple of conversions from the The Heir Apparent champions bomb on the other end to make by the league at the beginning of Charlton. Reports charity lane to peg another dead- came out blazing at the onset and it 75-all. last season. state that the lock at 58-all, with 30 seconds left. took command at the end of the Down 78-75, Southal scored But Alba doesn’t believe that Royal Mail are The defending champions first two periods, 25-21 and 43-42. twice inside to give Al Sadd back should be used as any excuse marking the FA’s would then seal the win as they Abdulai Jalloh, William Byrd the lead, 79-78 but left the game should the league leaders fail to 150th anniver- cashed in on last second trips to and Alvin Mofunanya com- in the ensuing play after fouling extend their nine-point lead over sary by issuing the foul lane for the final score. bined early for 32 points and 20 Mofunanya who tied the count Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, Al Sadd got the rebounds and limited Al Sadd’s on a split from the charity lane, “Getafe are a very difficult a special set of breaks in the homestretch and Benjamin Southal to a single bas- with 45 seconds remaining in the opponent. They are aggressive, commemorative once more escaped with an 82-81 ket in the first half. game. have quality players and play good stamps featuring squeaker at the expense of a Both squads pounded the hoops Jalloh gave Al Arabi an 81-79 football. They will make things 11 of the British determined Al Arabi earlier in with torrid shooting amidst solid cushion before won it at the end difficult for us, but the fact we games most the first game. team defence in the third quarter for a 82-21 victory. are playing at 12 shouldn’t be any revered players. With the score 79-81 with six and battled through several lead THE PENINSULA excuse,” he said. AFP FEBRUARY 9, 2013 Sport www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23 ON SATURDAY

Joburg Scores 128 Trevor Fisher 66-62, Richard Sterne 63-65 131 George Coetzee 67-64 Knox, Mahan tied at top 133 Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 67-66, Keith Horne 67-66, Charl Schwartzel 68-65 134 Tommy Fleetwood (ENG) 68-66, Jose Mahan birdies five of his first seven holes to share lead in California Manuel Lara (ESP) 69-65, Peter Uihlein (USA) 65-69, Jaco van Zyl 66-68 135 Dean Burmester 67-68, MJ Daffue PEBBLE BEACH, California: Tour start of the year, was also 65-70, David Drysdale (SCO) 68-67, Bryce Easton 65-70, Richard Finch Hunter Mahan, who has long in a buoyant mood after firing a (ENG) 67-68, Lorenzo Gagli (ITA) 67-68, relished playing golf on the pic- 68 on the hosting Pebble Beach Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 63-72, Tyrone turesque Monterey Peninsula, Golf Links in the company of his Mordt 65-70, Ricardo Santos (POR) birdied five of his first seven father. 70-65 holes on the way to a share “There’s a long way to go but I’m Note: Competitors play one of the first-round lead in the off to a nice start, a 68, and I don’t round each over the west and Pebble Beach National Pro-Am think that does you any damage Hunter Mahan lines east courses and the final two yesterday. on any of these golf courses,” the up a putt on the rounds over the east course The 30-year-old American 39-year-old Englishman said after 14th green during fired a sparkling six-under-par 66 carding five birdies and one bogey. the first round of the Pebble Beach in mainly sunny conditions on the Asked how much he enjoyed AT&T Pebble Beach Scores hosting Pebble Beach Golf Links, playing with his father on one of National Pro-Am one of three venues being used for the game’s most iconic layouts at Pebble Beach Leading first-round scores in this week’s PGA Tour event. in the pro-am celebrity event, the $6.5m Pebble Beach National Golf Links in Pebble In pursuit of his sixth title on Westwood replied: “It’s the big- Pro-Am yesterday on the par- Beach, California, the US circuit, Mahan mixed gest thrill. This is going to be one 72 Pebble Beach Golf Links, par-70 Monterey Peninsula seven birdies with a lone bogey of the great weeks of the year for yesterday. Country Club, par-72 Spyglass to end the day level with little- me.” Hill Country Club (USA unless known Briton Russell Knox, Westwood’s father, a former noted): who carded a six-under 64 on mathematics teacher who intro- 6-under the Shore Course at Monterey duced his son to the game shortly 64 Russell Knox (SCO) Peninsula Country Club. before he turned 13, applauded 66 Hunter Mahan South Korean Noh Seung-yul his partner’s form in the opening 5-under and Japan’s Ryuji Imada were round. 67 Matt Every among a group of six players knot- “He played pretty well today,” 67 Seung-Yul Noh (KOR) ted at five under while defending Westwood senior said before 67 Ted Potter champion Phil Mickelson opened adding with a grin: “You can see with a one-under 69 at Monterey where he got his swing from, Fisher dazzles to share lead 65 Greg Owen (ENG) Peninsula. though, when you look at me. He 65 Ryuji Imada (JPN) Mahan, who finished second copies everything I do.” JOHANNESBURG: Trevor player in the tournament, burst 65 Scott Langley behind compatriot D.A. Points at American left-hander Fisher Jnr, chasing his first through the field with a 65 as he 4-under the 2011 Pebble Beach National Mickelson, who clinched his 41st European Tour win, shot a scin- grabbed a share of fourth posi- 68 Lee Westwood (ENG) Pro-Am, was delighted with his PGA Tour title by four shots at tillating nine-under 62 to earn tion on 133 with Chile’s Felipe 68 Kevin Na start in near-perfect conditions. last week’s Phoenix Open, was a share of the lead with fellow Aguilar (66) and South African 68 Patrick Reed “I hit a lot of good putts today disappointed with his putting South African Richard Sterne Keith Horne (66). 66 Lee Williams and they were just kind of right after finishing with two bogeys after the Joburg Open second “It won’t be easy over the week- 68 John Merrick on the edge or lipped out today,” in his last five holes. round yesterday. end,” said the 31-year-old Sterne. 66 Patrick Cantlay the Californian told Golf Channel. “It’s a lot more challenging The 33-year-old Fisher strung “The players who are five or six 66 Brandt Snedeker “I made a lot of good swings and to make a lot of putts up here together seven birdies and an back can catch us. 68 Luke Guthrie had a lot of good opportunities. than it is in Phoenix,” the world eagle on the less challenging West “Charl’s there, George is due a 68 Alistair Presnell (AUS) “I am happy to get in with what number 10 said after totalling 30 Course at the Royal Johannesburg win, so it’s a long way from being 3-under I did. The weather is so beauti- putts. “Hopefully I’ll get a good and Kensington Golf Club to fin- over.” 69 Kevin Stadler ful and the course is very doable run tomorrow and try to shoot ish on 15-under 128 alongside Former US Masters champion 69 Bob Estes right now. It’s nice to shoot a myself up into contention. joint overnight leader Sterne (65). Schwartzel is making his first 69 Jeff Gove round when it’s there for you.” “One of the things I’ve learned “It was a great day,” Fisher told appearance after injury had kept 67 Jeff Maggert Asked how he would tackle the over the years here is you need to reporters. him out for seven weeks. 67 Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) Monterey Peninsula layout yes- be patient,” added the four-times “Everything just happened for “I had five and a half weeks of 69 Ben Kohles terday’s second round, Mahan Pebble Beach National Pro-Am me and I sank the putts I needed doing nothing and then I started 69 Matt Jones (AUS) replied: “That’s the challenge, just champion. “If I play just a good, to sink. practising a bit,” he said after his 69 Heath Slocum to adjust to the greens and maybe solid 18 holes, I should hopefully “I was patient ... I walked slowly round yesterday. 69 Charlie Beljan the way the courses are actually be able to shoot something in the and did everything slowly.” “My ball-striking is good 67 Camilo Villegas (COL) playing compared to here or to mid-60s.” Fisher and Sterne were three enough but I’m not putting as 67 Neal Lancaster Monterey or Spyglass. Triple major winner Padraig shots ahead of third-placed South well. Those short ones are the 69 Kevin Streelman “It’s a challenge but that’s Harrington of Ireland opened Phil Mickelson hits a putt during African George Coetzee (64) who ones you have to make to win 69 Doug LaBelle why we are pros. The great ones with a level-par 72 at Spyglass the first round of the AT&T Pebble is also looking for his maiden tournaments.” 69 Dicky Pride adjust and they go on to win this Hill while US Open champion Beach National Pro-Am at the European Tour victory after a The players will now use the 69 Arjun Atwal (IND) tournament.” Webb Simpson returned a one- Monterey Peninsula Country Club in string of near misses. more difficult East Course for the 69 Brian Stuard Former world number one Lee over 71 at Monterey Peninsula. Pebble Beach, California, yesterday. World number 18 Charl last two rounds of the competi- Westwood, making his first PGA REUTERS Schwartzel, the highest-ranked tion. REUTERS 69 Aaron Baddeley (AUS)

NHL: Penguins Squash: Qatar’s Al Boston Celtics thrash LA extend winning Tamimi tops World Lakers as Howard fouls out streak to five BOSTON, Massachusetts: PITTSBURGH: The Somewhere between Jason Pittsburgh Penguins unleashed Junior Rankings Terry’s 25-foot three pointer a five-goal blitz in the sec- in the first half and Dwight ond period to overhaul the LONDON: Qatar’s Abdulla country’s Junior Open in April Howard fouling out in the Washington Capitals 5-2 Mohammed Al Tamimi (pic- before making the final of the fourth quarter, Los Angeles yesterday. tured) head the latest World Hong Kong Junior Open in July. realised this wasn’t going to be The Penguins trailed 1-0 at the Squash Federation (WSF) Seventeen-year-old Fallows their evening. first break after Mike Ribeiro put World Junior Circuit Rankings clinched both the Nordic Junior The short-handed Boston away a rebounding puck early in Jodie Meeks according to the new February Open and Swiss Junior Open tro- Celtics steamrolled the Lakers the match for Washington but (20) of the Los list published yesterday by the phies late last year. 116-95 yesterday behind a potent came alive in the second to win WSF. Fellow Englishman Ollie offence, including Paul Pierce’s Angeles Lakers their fifth straight game. Al Tamimi retains the top Holland has moved up to fourth 24 points, seven rebounds and goes up for Evgeni Malkin, Pascal Dupuis, position he first achieved in place. six assists. a layup over James Neal, Matt Cooke and November. Meanwhile, Macclesfield-born Jeff Green scored 19 points off Fab Melo (13) Sidney Crosby all found the back After winning the Emily Whitlock of England, tops the bench, while Terry and Kevin of the Boston of the net as the Penguins (8-3-0) Liechtenstein Junior Open last the rankings for the women’s Garnett added 15 apiece for the Celtics during took control on top of the Eastern year, the 18-year- category. Celtics who shot 53 percent from the NBA game Conference Atlantic division. old went on to Whitlock the field and led by as many as 32 on at TD Garden Marquee player Alex Ovechkin win the Dutch rounded off her points in the second half. in Boston, nailed a power play goal for Junior Open in illustrious junior “I like our drive, I like our Massachusetts, Washington in the final third but Amsterdam. career in style in spirit,” said Celtic coach Doc yesterday. it was merely consolation, as the In July 2012, Al January by winning Rivers. “We’re playing selfless Capitals remained the worst team Tamimi took part the women’s British and free.” in the NHL, now dropping to a at the World Junior Junior Open title The Celtics won again despite 2-8-1 record. Championships, for the first time - missing all-star Rajon Rondo, Meanwhile, the Boston Bruins which came to a not only becoming who is out with a torn anterior traded suspended Vezina Trophy- disappointing end the only home win- cruciate ligament. Boston has won winning goalie Tim Thomas to the when he was forced ner, but also adding all six games since guard Rondo New York Islanders for a condi- to concede his to the U17 crown went down with the knee injury. tional second round draft pick. match, when blood she won two years They are also without rookie Thomas, elected to take the from an injury before. starter Jared Sullinger, whose current season off and was sus- from Al Tamimi dripped onto The Colwyn Bay-based first season ended with back 25,000 career points. He is only the Lakers dropped to 3-2 on pended by Boston. REUTERS the court, making the surface 18-year-old also won the surgery. the 16th player in history to hit their seven-game road trip. It unplayable. European Junior Championship “During the six game streak that plateau. marked just the third time this The Qatari also competed at last year - and is already estab- we’ve had a lot of lessons,” Rivers It marked the worst loss of season Bryant did not record an NHL Results the PSA World Championship lishing herself on the WSA Tour, said. “You don’t sit on a lead with the season for the Lakers, who assist. Buffalo 5 Montreal 4 in December at the Khalifa with six titles to her credit. offence. You sit on a lead with fell behind 103-71 with 8:16 left The Lakers got more bad news New Jersey 4 Tampa Bay 2 International Tennis and Squash India’s Anaka Alankamony defence.” in the fourth and looked listless just prior to the opening tip off as NY Rangers 4 NY Islanders 1 Complex after receiving a wild- has moved to second place, The contest was hyped as a bat- despite getting centre Dwight they learned forward Pau Gasol card. Al Tamimi went out in boosted by title success in both tle between two of the most sto- Howard back. The Lakers came suffered a tear of the plantar fas- Florida 3 Philadelphia 2 the first round but not without the Indian Junior Open and the ried franchises in the NBA but it into the contest having won all cia -- on the bottom of his right Pittsburgh 5 Washington 2 a battle, losing to India’s Saurav Asian Junior Championships. ended up being a mismatch. three games Howard missed with foot -- and will be out for a mini- Calgary 4 Columbus 3 Ghosal in three sets. Karla Urrutia, the 18-year- Garnett reached a milestone a shoulder injury. mum six to eight weeks. Carolina 3 Ottawa 2 Jordan’s Ahmad Al-Saraj and old from Mexico is in third against the Lakers by reaching Howard was a non-factor Metta World Peace returned Toronto 3 Winnipeg 2 Englishman Richie Fallows are place after winning both the against the Celtics, fouling out yesterday from a one-game sus- Detroit 5 St Louis 1 in second and third positions, PanAm Junior Championship with just over five minutes left in pension but he looked out of sorts NBA Results Nashville 3 Los Angeles 0 respectively. and the Canadian Junior Open. the fourth. He finished with just early and finished with just five Al-Saraj won his own AGENCIES Boston 116 LA Lakers 95 nine points and nine rebounds. points on two-of-13 shooting from Vancouver 4 Minnesota 1 Denver 128 Chicago 96 Kobe Bryant had 27 points as the field in the loss. AFP Chicago 6 Phoenix 2 FEBRUARY 9, 2013 ON SATURDAY 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Morning Break

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This Nasa graphic obtained yesterday depicts the Earth flyby of asteroid 2012 DA 14. DOHA - SUN & SEA SUN TIDE SEA Near impact: Asteroid to narrowly miss Earth SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 06:13 17:24 04:30 16:00 & 11:30 21:45 3-10 KT WASHINGTON: Hold on to your hats: An over the Indian Ocean off Sumatra. It will be of forest in Tunguska, Siberia, on June 30, asteroid will zoom within spitting distance visible, with a little help from a telescope, in 1908,” Mark Bailey, director of the Armagh THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW of Earth next week, in what Nasa said is eastern Europe, Australia and Asia, astrono- Observatory in Northern Ireland, said. the closest flyby ever predicted for an object mers said. Astronomers have detected some 9,500 HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER this large. “What you would see through a small celestial bodies of various sizes that pass near MUSCAT 26/18 Mostly sunny 26/19 Mostly sunny The 2012 DA 14, discovered by chance by telescope would be something like a star, a Earth, but they estimate that’s only a tenth of MAKKAH 31/22 Mostly sunny 31/21 Mostly sunny astronomers after passing nearby last February, small point of light... that moved against a what’s out there. KUWAIT 23/17 Mostly sunny 24/17 Clear will be just around 17,200 miles (27,700 kilome- background of stars,” said Tim Spahr, of the Even 2012 DA 14 was almost missed last BAHRAIN 22/17 Clear 22/17 Clear tres) above Earth’s surface when it speeds by, Harvard-Smithsonian’s Minor Planet Centre. year, because of how quickly it passed through SANAA 23/06 Mostly sunny 24/06 Clear the US Space Agency said. That’s outside the The asteroid measures about 150 feet the observable sky, said Jaime Nomen, one of Earth’s atmosphere, but closer than the orbit (45km) in diameter. That makes it relatively the astronomers who spotted it from the La RIYADH 26/12 Mostly sunny 27/12 Clear of most weather and communications satel- small by celestial standards. “The object that Sagra observatory in southern Spain. DUBAI 23/15 Mostly sunny 26/17 Clear lites. However, despite the close shave, Nasa ... took out the dinosaurs was about 10km,” “It was an elusive target, and it could have BAGHDAD 21/12 Clear 21/10 Mostly sunny said there was nothing to fear. said Yeomans. been undetected,” he said. But Nasa empha- “This asteroid’s orbit is so well known that Nevertheless, if it were to hit the Earth, sised that it was keeping a careful watch on the TODAY TOMORROW THE WORLD we can say with confidence that even con- the impact would be roughly equivalent to skies, including telescopes that make nightly sidering it’s orbital uncertainties, it can pass a 2.4 megaton bomb — enough to flatten a sweeps, with ever improving technology. HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER no closer than 17,100 miles from the Earth’s large area but not globally catastrophic, he “We’ve found about 95 percent of those surface. So no Earth impact is possible,” said explained. Nasa estimates an smallish asteroid larger asteroids that come close to the Earth,” ATHENS 16/12 Mostly sunny 16/12 Chance of rain Donald Yeomans of Nasa’s Jet Propulsion like 2012 DA 14 flies close to the Earth every said Lindley Johnson, a top official in the space WASHINGTON 03/-3 Mostly sunny 06/03 Mostly sunny Laboratory. “At the same time, it will pass 40 years, on average, but only hits the Earth agency’s Near-Earth Object Observations SYDNEY 28/19 Mostly sunny 23/18 Mostly sunny 5,000 miles inside the ring” of satellites, once every 1,200 years. Programme. Smaller objects, like 2012 DA 14, LONDON 04/02 Chance of snow 05/03 Chance of rain Yeomans told reporters, saying the asteroid’s Statistically-speaking, that means we’re are more numerous and harder to spot, he PARIS 05/00 Chance of rain 06/05 Chance of rain path puts it right in the “sweet spot” to avoid probably safe for quite a while, since a similar said, but Nasa has found “lots” of them. ISTANBUL 14/08 Chance of rain 14/07 Mostly sunny having any damaging impact. asteroid hit just over 100 years ago. “With an And based on the agency’s observations and MANILA 31/24 Chance of rain 31/23 Mostly sunny The asteroid is predicted to come closest to estimated size of the order of 50 meters, (2012 analysis, this is the nearest brush for an seri- DHAKA 29/15 Mostly sunny 29/16 Mostly sunny Earth on February 15, at around 1924 GMT, DA 14) is comparable in dimensions to the object ous asteroid impact for the foreseeable future. DELHI 21/08 Clear 20/10 Mostly sunny plus or minus a minute or two, and will pass that destroyed over 2,000 square kilometres AFP ISLAMABAD 20/04 Clear 20/06 Clear

US professor finds Is it a bird? Is it a plane? longest prime number with No, it’s a squid 17,425,170 digits

TOKYO: A species of oceanic KANSAS CITY: After run- squid can fly more than 30 ning 1,000 computers non-stop metres (100 feet) through the for 39 days to uncover the air at speeds faster than Usain world’s largest prime number Bolt if it wants to escape preda- yet, a Missouri college professor tors, Japanese researchers said said this week he is starting all yesterday. over to top his own record. The Neon Flying Squid propels “It’s a never-ending job,” said itself out of the ocean by shoot- Curtis Cooper, a computer sci- Promised Land ing a jet of water at high pres- ence professor at the University of US actor Matt Damon arrives for the premiere of during the sure, before opening its fins to Central Missouri in Warrensburg. 63rd annual Berlin International Film Festival, in Berlin, yesterday. glide at up to 11.2 metres per sec- The computers are still running, ond, Jun Yamamoto of Hokkaido although finding a higher prime University said. number is estimated to take five Damon backs anti-fracking Olympic Gold medallist Bolt to seven more years. Thousands averaged 10.31 metres a second of other computers in the United when he won at the London Games States are making the same film that ‘bombed’ last year. “There were always wit- search. “This is my first love,” nesses and rumours that said squid Cooper, 60, said. “It’s pure math- BERLIN: Matt Damon seeking to unlock natural gas from were seen flying, but no one had ematics. It’s kind of an art form.” defended his new anti-fracking shale rock formations through a clarified how they actually do it. Cooper said he has received feature, Berlin film festival con- process known as hydraulic frac- We have proved that it really is calls and emails from around tender Promised Land yesterday turing or “fracking”. true,” Yamamoto said. the world after Wednesday’s against poor reviews and ticket He promises down-on-their- Researchers say is the first announcement that he had identi- sales and said it was getting luck Kentucky farmers mil- time anyone has ever described fied the prime number — which is harder to make “issue movies”. lions in exchange for their land the mechanism the flying mol- a number that can only be divided Damon, who co-wrote the rights, pitting their immedi- lusc employs. Yamamoto and by itself and 1. For example, 4 is script and stars in the picture ate economic survival against his team were tracking a shoal not a prime number because it directed by Gus Van Sant, said safety and pollution risks. of around 100 squid, part of the can be divided by itself, 1 and 2. he was bewildered by critics Damon, a longtime environ- Japanese Flying Squid family, Prime numbers include 2, 3, 5, who found the story of a natu- mental advocate, said the issues in the northwest Pacific, 600km 7 and on up to the giant figure ral gas executive wrestling with were close to his heart “because east of Tokyo, in July 2011. Cooper and his computers discov- his conscience implausible and the stakes are just so incredibly As their boat approached, the ered, which has 17,425,170 digits. incoherent. high and the debate is really 20cm creatures launched them- The oceanic squid flying in the air in the northwest Pacific Ocean, 600km The new number is 2 multiplied “It didn’t get the reception that raging right now everywhere all selves into the air with a powerful east of Tokyo. by itself 57,885,161 times, minus I would have hoped for but that over the world.” jet of water that shot out from 1. A single campus computer, happens sometimes,” he said. “I’ve The actor lamented that pull- their funnel-like stems. squid are in the air for about in its natural habitat, deep in the labeled #22, found the number on had movies bomb worse than this ing together financing for mov- “Once they finish shooting out three seconds and travel upwards Pacific ocean. Jan. 25, but it had to be verified by one and then make their money ies not targeted at “13-year-old the water, they glide by spread- of 30 metres, said Yamamoto, in Japan’s National Science the prime number locator project back later.” kids” was much tougher than ing out their fins and arms,” what he believed was a defence Museum succeeded in filming the known as GIMPS — the Great Damon said he was trying just five years ago. “It’s getting Yamamoto’s team said in a report. strategy to escape being eaten. huge creature at a depth of more Internet Mersenne Prime Search. nevertheless to take the knocks harder and harder to make mov- “The fins and the web between But, he added, being out of the than half a kilometre (a third of The term “Mersenne” refers to seriously, warning that having the ies about things,” he said, add- the arms create aerodynamic lift ocean opened a new front, leav- a mile) after teaming up with the rarest prime numbers, only 48 major major Hollywood clout that ing that many of his favourite and keep the squid stable on its ing the cephalopods vulnerable Japanese public broadcaster NHK in all, that have ever been discov- he enjoys could be blinding. collaborators were seeking ref- flight arc. “As they land back in the to other predators. “This finding and the US Discovery Channel. ered. GIMPS has discovered the “I’m leery of becoming one of uge in television which is less water, the fins are all folded back means that we should no longer Footage of the giant squid last 14 of them. Working with the those people who lives so much in expensive to produce and seeing into place to minimise the impact.” consider squid as things that live — Architeuthis to scientists — GIMPS system, Cooper and Central a bubble, who thinks that every- a creative renaissance in the US. A picture researchers snapped only in the water. It is highly pos- provided final proof of the quasi- Missouri chemistry professor Steven thing I do is great,” he said after Fracking has become one of shows more than 20 of the crea- sible that they are also a source mythical ocean-dwelling beast Boone discovered two earlier record a press screening of the film that the most divisive environmental tures in full flight above the water, of food for sea birds.” The study reported by sailors for centuries. prime numbers, in 2005 and 2006. drew polite applause. issues in the energy sector, par- droplets of water from their pro- was published by German science Researchers say Architeuthis Their newest prime number is “But with this one I just really ticularly in the United States. pulsion jet clearly visible. magazine Marine Biology last week. eats other types of squid and gren- the largest discovered since 2008, love it and a big part of my heart Promised Land is one of 19 con- “We have discovered that squid News of the finding comes after adier, a species of fish that lives in at the University of California-Los is in it... and I don’t understand tenders for the 63rd Berlinale’s do not just jump out of water but other Japanese scientists last the deep ocean. They say it can Angeles. It beat the UCLA number what I’m hearing back.” Golden Bear top prize, to be have a highly developed flying month unveiled the world’s first grow to be longer than 10 metres. by some 5 million digits. Damon plays a top sales exec- awarded on February 16. posture,” the report said. The pictures of the elusive giant squid AFP REUTERS utive working for a company AFP