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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Dusty weather to continue Erdogan open to vote Qatar bourse on park development ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said he would con- sider holding a referendum on plans to redevelop shoots up on an Istanbul park that have sparked nationwide protests, in his first major concession in nearly two weeks of anti-government unrest. “We might put it to a referendum.... In democ- racies only the will of the people counts,” said MSCI upgrade Huseyin Celik, a spokesman for Erdogan’s rul- ing Justice and Development Party after talks between Erdogan and protest leaders. “We think Index at highest point since 2008 that after this gesture of goodwill people will decide to go home.” BY SATISH KANADY made by Qatar Exchange over The gesture came as thousands gathered in the past years to meet the MSCI the city’s Taksim Square, next to Gezi Park, for DOHA: Qatar’s stock mar- requirements, in terms of the a 13th evening of demonstrations. The mood was ket jumped to its highest level development of the market infra- subdued and peaceful, in stark contrast to the since September 2008 yesterday structure and the implementation previous night when protesters fought running after an upgrade to emerging of a number of important projects battles with riot police. market status from frontier- and initiatives, which were wel- A campaign to save the park’s trees from being market status by index com- comed by the international finan- razed to make way for a replica of Ottoman-era piler Morgan Stanley Capital cial and investment institutions.” Municipality workers planting saplings on roadsides in Al Hilal area during dusty weather military barracks was met with a heavy-handed International (MSCI). The The UAE too was elevated yesterday. The Meteorology Department has forecast strong winds and low visibility due to police response on May 31. The crackdown sparked upgrade is expected to give to the emerging market status. dust in different parts of the country today, with maximum temperature at 42 degrees Celsius. outpouring of anger against Erdogan. AFP a significant boost to foreign MSCI, whose equity indexes are SALIM MATRAMKOT investment in Qatari shares. tracked by investors with about The much-awaited reclassi- $7 trillion in assets, will promote fication was announced late on both countries from frontier- Tuesday after MSCI’s 2013 Global market status as of May 2014. US eases curbs Market Accessibility Review. MSCI’s decision is an impor- Kuwait supermarkets boycott Iran goods The announcement had an tant step in developing Qatar as a immediate impact on Qatar’s mar- destination for equity investment on Syria rebels KUWAIT CITY: Several One announcement said that 70 percent of the 1.2 million ket as the local bourse’s bench- and helps support the markets. WASHINGTON: The US Kuwaiti supermarket chains the next step in the campaign Kuwaitis, have been angered by mark index surged to 9,517.95 The index compiler said: “MSCI eased restrictions on trade with have begun boycotting products would be to dismiss Iranian the Syrian government onslaught points, adding 163.45 points or welcomes the progress made to Syria’s opposition yesterday, in from Iran for its support of the labourers working at societies and on Sunni rebels and the support 1.75 percent yesterday. Among the date and the further commit- a move to help supply the criti- Syrian regime, while activists cancel their residency permits. Assad has received from Iran and top gainers were Qatar National ment of the Qatari authorities to cal needs of Syrians in “liber- staged a demonstration against Around 50,000 Iranians work Hezbollah. Bank, up 4.02 percent to QR155.40, increase the Foreign Ownership ated areas.” the involvement of the Lebanese in Kuwait, mostly in low-paid Around a dozen top Kuwaiti Industries Qatar, which rose 2.66 Limit (FOL) levels applied by The new waivers to general Hezbollah movement in the jobs. Iranian exports to Kuwait Sunni clerics have launched an percent to QR166.20, Commercial Qatari companies. sanctions on the country allow conflict. are not huge and mainly comprise online campaign to raise funds Bank of Qatar, which gained 1.13 “While the current level of for- companies to supply software, At least nine cooperative con- fish and food products. enough to arm 12,000 fighters and percent to QR71.30 and Qatar eign ownership in Qatari shares technology, reconstruction and sumer societies out of 50 in the Meanwhile, dozens of Islamist send them to Syria. Each fighter Electricity and Water, up by 6.15 is well below the limit, the Qatari power generation equipment, as Gulf state published announce- activists demonstrated outside is estimated to cost $2,500. percent to QR157.10. authorities should actively con- well as farm and food production ments in the local media yester- the Lebanese embassy against The GCC said on Monday that “The decision is a positive tinue to increase them above equipment, to opposition-control- day that they had taken Iranian the military intervention of Shia it will take measures against step towards development of 25 percent in order to mitigate led areas. products off their shelves in pro- Hezbollah fighters on the side Hezbollah members. The meas- Qatar Exchange and in attract- potential issues arising from These items also aim to facili- test against Tehran’s backing of of Syrian regime forces against ures will affect their “residency ing foreign investments,” said increasing foreign capital inflows,” tate reconstruction in liberated President Bashar Al Assad. rebels. permits, and financial and com- Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid it noted. areas and allow companies to buy Cooperative societies control a Protesters burned posters of mercial transactions,” said a GCC Ali Al Mansoori. “It reflects the THE PENINSULA oil from the opposition, the State majority of the retail consumer Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. statement, citing a ministerial recognition of the positive steps See also page 17 Department said. AGENCIES market in Kuwait. Sunnis, who form more than council decision. AFP This summer a heat wave of savings is heading to Nissan showrooms.

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Passengers queuing at the Doha International Airport.

Travellers urged DOHA/TOULOUSE: Ahead materials and construction capital next week with Qatar of the planned 2014 delivery techniques to provide a supe- Airways having a strong pres- of the first Qatar Airways rior traveller experience and ence at the event starting on Airbus A380-800 on order, the fuel efficiency. June 17. airline yesterday released the Qatar Airways has 13 Airbus “The Oryx is a symbol of first image of the aircraft in A380s on order with plans to grace and symbolises Qatar’s partial livery (pictured) from operate them on popular routes, traditions and to see it deco- to check in early the manufacturer’s Toulouse especially in slot-constrained rating the tailfin of one of the assembly line in France. airports. world’s most advanced aircraft With three classes of seating The release of the photo should be a source of pride DIA call to use online facility during summer holidays over two decks of the luxurious comes ahead of the Paris Air for our people and our coun- wide-body aircraft, the A380- Show, one of the world’s biggest try,” said Qatar Airways Chief DOHA: Due to heavy passen- are as follows: Morning: 0700hrs time depending on the airline. 800 is the largest passenger jet aerospace events, taking place Executive Officer Akbar Al ger traffic expected at the Doha – 0930hrs, Afternoon: 1600hrs Check-in can be done at home, in the world using the latest in Le Bourget in the French Baker. THE PENINSULA International Airport (DIA) – 1800hrs, Evening: 1900hrs office or anywhere through their during the forthcoming summer – 2300hrs. mobile devices. Passengers can also holidays, passengers travelling The airport will have additional print their boarding passes before at peak hours have been advised staff in the departures and arrival arriving at the airport to reduce to arrive at the airport at least terminals and open more check- their check-in time upon arrival. four hours before their flight to in counters to reduce queues, There are three airport lounges avoid unnecessary delays. ensuring passengers continue to for passengers to use at DIA. Two With schools starting to close enjoy a pleasant experience at the lounges are for Qatar Airways’ for the summer holidays, the air- airport. Privilege Club frequent flyer port anticipates a very busy turn- To reduce traffic congestion and members and the Oryx lounge is out over the next few weeks. delays for passengers in front of for passengers travelling First or Passengers flying with Qatar the departures and arrival termi- Business Class with any airline. Airways will depart from nals, visitors have been advised to Entrance to the Oryx lounge is Terminal A. park in the short-term car park. also available to Economy Class Those flying with one of over 25 Passengers are also encouraged passengers at a charge of QR140 international airlines will depart to use the online check-in facility per person. from Terminal B. provided by Qatar Airways and DIA catered to more than 21 The peak times for Terminal A most other airlines before depart- million passengers during 2012- are as follows: Morning: 0500hrs ing for the airport. an increase of 16.87 percent com- – 0900 hrs, Afternoon: 1800hrs The Internet check-in service pared to 2011 and the number of – 2030 hrs, Evening: 2230hrs – enables passengers to check-in passengers are expected to grow 0130 hrs between 24 and 48 hours prior to significantly this year. The peak times for Terminal B their scheduled flight departure THE PENINSULA

Kahramaa chief speaks at Arab symposium DOHA: The need for a plan to meet the present and future water and electricity needs of the region was highlighted at the Arab Union of Electricity (AUE) by the President of Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari. Al Kuwari, who is also the chairman of AUE, explained about the need for better planning at their 38th board meeting being held in Sana, Yemen. In his speech, AUE Chairman touched on issues of main interest such as Arab electricity marker, renewable energy and energy efficiency. “Since inception in 1987, AUE has attained various achievements. It is now one of the active and effective bodies on the Arab and international arena. AUE participated in activities aims to serve Arab elec- tricity sector,” said Al Kuwari “We have to anticipate the future by setting plans to develop AUE to meet the current and future requirements” he added. THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Major diversion at Mesaimeer roundabout

DOHA: The Public Works religious complex. The new traf- flyover bridge from F Ring road Authority (Ashghal) has fic signal will be operational from to Al Mamoura area. announced a new traffic signal tomorrow until December 2014. Diverting traffic away from near the Mesaimeer rounda- The alternative roads will be the main construction works will bout as part of the ongoing road available for road users from ensure safety and smooth traffic works at Mesaimeer. Mesaimeer roundabout head- flow to Mesaimeer roundabout The new signal, 200m from the ing to Al Wakrah as per the area. Mesaimeer roundabout towards illustration. The area will be covered by Industrial Area will replace the The new signal has been intro- directional signs showing the alternative road from Mesaimeer duced to ease traffic during the closed roads and the new roads roundabout to Al Wakrah, completion of the remaining to assist commuters in the area. Mesamier compound facing the work and the construction of the THE PENINSULA

A scene from the film Al Muqanaa to be screened at the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival on Saturday. UK festival to screen Industrial Area Road ‘Made in Qatar’ films Britons set to get fascinating glimpse of Qatari culture

DOHA: A s p a r t of t he U K Q at a r intimate portrait of well-known “The ‘Made in Qatar’ film pro- 2013 Year of Culture, the ‘Made and highly recognised Doha resi- gramme provides people with a Parents in Qatar’ film programme will dent Ahmed Al Jaber, the retired fascinating snap shot of Qatari premiere at the Liverpool Arab policeman and self-confessed life and culture. Qatar UK 2013 Arts Festival on Saturday. artist. Year of Culture aims to cultivate invited to Held at the Bluecoat Museum, The film gives a name to the mutual recognition, understand- the programme will feature a moustachioed face that locals ing and appreciation of Qatari and PEC open number of short films by young had known as ‘the man with the British cultures through events Qatari filmmakers which will be crazy cars’ due to his collection like this one that both entertain house today shown continuously from noon to of intricately decorated cars and and educate. The Year also cel- 6pm. motorbikes which are adorned ebrates the strong existing ties DOHA: Pakistan Curated by the Doha Film with various items of Arab bling. between the two countries and Education Centre Institute, the films follow the sto- This short film tells his story, his given Liverpool’s deep relations (PEC) will hold an ries of Qatari nationals and those relationship with the community with the Arab world it makes it open house meeting who call Qatar home, examining and reveals Al Jaber’s creative the perfect location for the UK on its premises today social issues such as relationships vision for the future of Qatar. premier of the showcase.” to discuss the launch with communities, friends and An image from this film has been Other films to be shown at of Cambridge IGCSE partners. provided with this release. the festival are Bader, His Name, classes. A highlight of the showcase is Martin Hope, Director of the Bidoon and Omra with Friends. The event will begin at Al Muqanaa, which provides an British Council in Qatar said, THE PENINSULA 6.30 pm. Parents of stu- dents at PEC have been invited by the school to share their suggestions and feedback on the Sudesh Bhosle to perform at QNCC launch of new stream at the open house. Classes DOHA: Popular Indian singer Sudesh Bhosle “Maharashtra Mandal is a nonprofit organisa- for the new stream of will perform at the Qatar National Convention tion which is why the ticket rates are kept very Cambridge IGCSE are Centre (QNCC) tomorrow in an event organised low,” one of the organizers of the event said. expected to begin at by the Maharashtra Mandal Qatar (MMQ). Tickets for the concert are available at the Swagat PEC from September Ticket prices range from QR50 for one indi- Restaurant, Maharashtra Pride Restaurant, the this year. vidual to QR80, QR125 and VIP tickets are priced Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) and the Bollywood THE PENINSULA at QR200. Masala Restaurant. THE PENINSULA Qatari composer set for Scottish premiere DOHA: Several new works by distin- guished Qatari com- poser Wael Binali (pictured) will have their Scottish pre- miere tomorrow at the Musical Celebration of Qatar UK Year of Culture 2013 show featuring the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). To be held at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall, the concert to be conducted by maestro Paul Goodwin will also premiere a composition by David Heath. The evening’s special guest: The talented British cellist Guy Johnston will be performing the passionate Cello Concerto by Elgar. International pianist Amira Fouad will play David Heath’s exciting new piano concerto El Hedeiya - The Gift with percussionist Gary Kettel, con- ducted by the composer. Artistic Director, Amira Fouad, who was born in Glasgow but lived in Canada, the UK and Qatar for several years, has always enjoyed working with international musicians to foster a cultural exchange. “We are delighted to be able to bring together two prominent composers from Qatar and the UK, Wael Binali and David Heath, in this cultural collaboration exchanging musical ideas with a great spirit of open- ness and mutual understanding. We are very excited to have these two composers’ works showcased by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and we are honoured to per- form with great British artists – cellist Guy Johnston and the distinguished conductor Paul Goodwin,” said Fouad. Wael Binali’s Earth and The Oryx and the Unicorn will have Scottish premieres with the RSNO and several of his works will be arranged and linked together by David Heath. Both composers have expressed a great sense of excitement and honour to be working together dedicat- ing their works to the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture. For Binali “Scotland has a special place in my heart. Apart from it being a stunning country with its wild landscape, it’s where my love for music was really born and developed. I’ve sailed past the Hebrides, climbed the Cairngorms and swam in Loch Ness. As a teenager how can those experiences not invoke feelings where music can then take root and grow from?” Heath says that he has been on an “eight-year long mission to promote friendship and understanding between the religions by honouring faiths other than my own in my music”. The audience will also hear the Choir of St Mary’s Cathedral perform Handel’s majestic Zadok the Priest. THE PENINSULA

THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME When a drop can be a gift of life HMC honours top blood donors

DOHA: Hamad Medical donors were recognised in this Corporation (HMC) having ceremony for their vital contri- the largest voluntary blood bution to the safe supply of blood donations in the region has and blood products in Qatar. registered 22,504 donors by Many major companies and December last year and there community groups in Qatar were 432 voluntary donors of organise regular blood donation platelets. drives and events. The event also Among them the top 300 recognised individual donors who donors were recognised yesterday have helped HMC reach its blood at an event held to mark World donation targets for the third Blood Donor Day. year in a row. HMC’s Department of At the event, 20 female donors Laboratory and Pathology were recognised as well as 225 Medicine and Blood Donor regular donors of platelets and Unit held its annual gala cere- seven being hailed as the most mony to mark the World Blood distinguished donors of blood and Donor day under the patronage platelets. of the Minister of Public Health HMC has the largest voluntary and Secretary General of the blood donations in the region with Supreme Council of Health, H E 100 percent of its supplies being Abdulla bin Khalid Al Qahtani. met through this means and is a More than 300 voluntary blood vital part of HMC’s delivery of

The top seven donors The Minister of Public Health and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Health H E Abdullah bin Khalid Al Qahtani (fourth left) and Managing Director of HMC, Dr Hanan Al Kuwari (third right), are seen with the top seven blood donors during a ceremony yesterday. SALIM MATRAMKOT Mohammed Hassan Al Mohannadi - 258 times Abdul Nasser Saleem Mohammed - 144 times safe, effective and compassionate event included Barwa Real Estate on June 14, countries around the gift of life: Donate blood’, Ali Jassim Al Malki - 135 times care. Company, Qatar Petroleum, the world celebrate World Blood this year’s campaign, the 10th Saed Awni Said Alghoul - 99 times Also 38 organisations including Qatar Petrochemical and Qatar Donor Day. anniversary of World Blood ministries, public organisations Energy. The participation of such The event serves to raise Donor Day, focused on the value Mousa Mohammed Mousa - 85 times and cultural and social and youth prestigious sponsors is recogni- awareness of the need for safe of donated blood to the patient, Zuhair Mohammed H Elgargawi - 63 times groups who organised blood dona- tion of HMC’s continuing and blood and blood products and to not only in saving life, but also tion drives were also recognised fruitful partnerships with some thank voluntary unpaid blood in helping people live longer and Nader Nessim Aziz Saleh - 52 times at the event. of Qatar’s biggest private and donors for their life-saving gifts more productive. Sponsors for the 2013 gala public institutions. Every year, of blood. With the slogan ‘Give THE PENINSULA

Parents involved Swiss NGO selects Georgetown in majority of child violence cases, project to train migrant families says HMC expert DOHA: One of the largest Swiss-based NGOs will use a DOHA: Parents were found financial literacy curriculum to be involved in a majority of for migrant workers designed cases (79 percent) of violence by the Georgetown University against children, said a Child –Qatar, would be used by an Consultant at Hamad Medical international NGO to train pre- Corporation (HMC). migrants and migrant families “Parents were held account- left behind. able for 79 percent of child vio- The Undergraduate Research lence cases, however the relatives Experience Programme (UREP) were blamed seven percent and project, awarded in 2010 by the friends for 10 percent of violence Qatar National Research Fund against children,” said Dr Khalid (QNRF), found that migrant Al Saadi,” Consultant of Children workers can learn to save more at HMC. money after attending a short “In the cases of child violence, financial literacy workshop. 16 percent became victims of The study focused on mar- physical assaults, nine percent ried, male Indian migrant work- sexual abuses, seven percent ers in Doha and their wives who Mowasalat Chairman and Managing Director Jassem Saif Saif Al Sulaiti misbehaviours and seven percent remained back in India. with President of Oman Investment Fund. ignorance,” said Al Saadi. Assistant Professor Ganesh The Child Protection Law will Seshan was the Georgetown be issued soon to cope with the faculty mentor for the six stu- cases of violence against children. dents who worked together to Mowasalat to launch It is very difficult to find clear implement a control trial of the Georgetown alumnus Aakash Jayaprakash interviewing families in Sri Lanka. evidence in the cases of violence migrant workers. against children, the team prob- The UREP team randomly Karwa Motors soon ing the case has to search and rely assigned migrant study partici- a savings-focused workshop sub- and saving.” Rosenberg expects on clues, he added. pants to either a treatment group stantially changed migrant work- that the curriculum can also be DOHA: The bus assembly unit that Mowasalat is planning to He was speaking at a two that had the choice of attending ers’ financial practices. It also led adapted for use and contribute set up in Oman has been named Karwa Motors. -day workshop organised by the a financial literacy workshop, or to more joint financial decision- to the creation of training mate- Mowasalat and Oman Investment Fund (OIF) held a ceremony Qatar Foundation for Combating to a control group that was not making between migrants and rial for use with migrants from here early this week concluding the third phase of the feasibility Human Trafficking in collabora- invited to attend. wives. Nepal, as well. study for the Vehicle Assembly Plant Project. tion with HMC. Georgetown alumnus Aakash “This is one of the most prac- Committed to making A delegation from Mowasalat and its partners, will visit Oman The workshop was held to edu- Jayaprakash was extremely tical and field-oriented training migration safer for work- next week to make the official announcement of the project and cate and train staff of the private happy to see the culmination modules on financial literacy I ers, HELVETAS Swiss its name. sector on how to disclose and deal of their work when he recently have seen,” said Katrin Rosenberg, Intercooperation is a non-profit Mowasalat won the Middle East Leading Projects Award for with child violence cases. learned that one of the largest project manager at HELVETAS organisation that promotes self- the Vehicle Assembly Plant Project in Oman as part of the Grow The cases of child violence exist Swiss-based NGOs would be Swiss Intercooperation in Sri reliant and sustainable devel- with Public Transport International Campaign 2013. in Qatar and it is being disclosed using the curriculum that he and Lanka. opment in 30 countries across Mowasalat Chairman and Managing Director, Jassem Saif Saif by the medical cadres during his UPREP team designed. “This module, together with Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Al Sulaiti, said he considered OIF a partner in this outstanding treatment and some cases are “Our hard work is making a other modules, will serve as a It has been active in Sri Lanka achievement, which is a strong evidence of both countries’ com- being registered by the people, Al real difference in the region,” he basis for the development of our for over 30 years. mitment to improving public transport and helping implement Sharq reported yesterday. said. The recent study found that specific training tool on budgeting THE PENINSULA sustainable mobility in the region and the embodiment of the wise THE PENINSULA leadership of Qatar. THE PENINSULA Two designs of HMC building projects win prestigious regional awards

DOHA: Two Hamad Medical Development Department, Health Corporation (HMC) building Facilities Development — Naeem projects have been recognised Younis, Bernadette Farrell, Amro for excellence in their design Metwalli, and Yahya Taher — at at prestigious regional awards the event. ceremonies. In another recognition of The Positron Emission HMC’s commitment to developing Tomography (PET CT) Center at high quality facilities, HMC also HMC’s National Center for Cancer won an award at the Cityscape Care and Research was awarded Qatar 2013 Exhibition held in ‘Best Designed Hospital Facility in Doha in May. The Community the Middle East’ at the Hospital and Culture Project Award were Build and Infrastructure Middle given to HMC’s Skilled Nursing East Exhibition and Congress in Facility. This is the second year Dubai last week. in a row HMC took home this The award was accepted by award. Al Khalifa said that HMC’s Group Chief of Facilities and Healthcare Facilities Development Workforce Development Hamad Department strives to maintain Al Khalifa, who headed a del- the highest international stand- egation of four engineers from ards in the Corporation’s facilities. Officials of Hamad Medical Corporation with their awards. HMC’s Healthcare Facilities THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 WSA awards: Doha to get Gulf’s largest open-air square DOHA: The regeneration of the historical commercial centre of Doha will feature the Gulf’s largest open-air square, Al ictQatar calls Baraha, according to Msheireb Properties, developer of the Msheireb Downtown Doha project. Al Baraha will be one of the main attractions of the develop- for projects ment where visitors will be able to enjoy al fresco fine and casual dining at over 15 outlets. Deadline for applications June 26 Being built as part of Phase 1B of Downtown Doha, Al Baraha DOHA: The Supreme Council of BEST DIGITAL PRODUCTS is set to be the biggest manmade Information and Communication square in the Gulf, equal in size Technology (ictQatar) is accept- After the national pre- to the famous Piazza San Marco ing project applications for the selection period, a jury in Venice. World Summit Award (WSA) “As one of the key social hubs 2013 in eight different catego- of eminent experts will within the Msheireb Downtown ries of digital content and inno- come together in Tallinn, Doha development, Al Baraha vative ICT applications. Estonia to evaluate the will reintroduce an authentically Reem Al Mansoori, Executive submissions and select Arab social dynamic into our cap- Director, ICT & Society Division, ital and serve as a meeting point ictQATAR, is spearheading the the 40 best products for young and old, and a gateway nomination process for Qatar. from hundreds of into Doha for the many first- “It is important that we rec- national nominations. time visitors to Qatar,” said Chief A computer generated image of Al Baraha at Msheireb Downtown Doha development project. ognise, promote, and encourage Executive Officer at Msheireb the works of people who are the Properties, Abdulla Hassan Al catalysts for this progression. If Mehshadi. streets and buildings are oriented The square will also be bor- architecture firm Mossessian & you or someone you know has in terms of applications. The Al Baraha will comprise state- to ensure natural ventilation by dered by the 19,000sqm-Cultural Partners, Al Baraha will feature created engaging digital con- WSA is a content-focused award of-the-art cooling systems and capturing cool breezes from the Forum, which provides a venue a unique urban majlis, blending tent or an original application, and does not evaluate the com- climate management technologies Gulf, shading most pedestrian for the creative community, with interior design features such as we encourage you to share this mercial success or the organisa- to create a comfortable tempera- routes from the heat. features including two art house chandeliers and banquettes in an information with us so they can be tional implementation and use of ture for visitors, pedestrians and Al Baraha is destined to be the cinemas and a performing arts outdoor setting. nominated for the prestigious 2013 products. diners even in the hot summer symbolic heart of this regenerated theatre. Space will also be avail- The design was recognised at World Summit Award,” Reem Al After the national pre-selection months. district and will host a number able for public art exhibitions and the MIPIM Architectural Awards Mansoori said. period, a jury of eminent experts Inspired by aspects of tradi- of vibrant activities throughout lessons in music and the fine arts. in Cannes, France, earlier last The WSA is an annual global will come together in Tallinn, tional Qatari architecture, the the year. Designed by international year. THE PENINSULA contest supported by national Estonia to evaluate the submis- selections of best practice and sions and select the 40 best prod- a sequence of content-focused ucts from hundreds of national national and international events, nominations. content conferences, and promo- The 40 WSA winners will get Emir sends greetings Emir sends greetings tional exhibitions. the chance to present their prod- The contest is open to any com- ucts at the WSA World Congress pany, organisation or individual in in Sri Lanka. to Filipino president to Russian president the content industry in any UN Applicants are encouraged to member state. submit their entry to ictQatar via There is no limitation regard- email at [email protected] to be con- DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani ing the platforms or channels the sidered for nomination. sent a cable of congratulations to the President of the Republic of has sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Russian projects work with but all entries All suggested nominations must the Philippines, Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, on the occasion of Federation, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, on the occasion of his have to be real products. No be received by June 26, 2013 to his country's National Day yesterday. country’s National Day yesterday. drafts, demonstrations or unfin- be included. For more informa- The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani The Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and ished projects can be submitted. tion and submission criteria visit and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Evaluation is based on the con- http://wsis-award.org/ or ictQatar bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani have also sent similar cables to the Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani have also sent similar cables to the Russian cept of excellence in content and website www.ictQatar.qa. President of the Philippines. president. QNA creativity and includes innovation THE PENINSULA

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DWARD Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor who has let out much of what the United States was hiding for years, is slowly going the EJulian Assange way. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, Why so many have access to is a fugitive hiding in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, to avoid extradition. Snowden has set of a worldwide storm by spilling details of Washington’s secret surveillance programme under which phone calls and Internet traffic of US citizens was Washington’s top secrets being monitored by the state under the Patriot Act. The former CIA analyst, it seems, had planned his steps ANT to work for the at adapting to new technologies than successor, retired general James well. He moved out of the US to Hong Kong, thousands of sprawling US intel- the cumbersome US government Clapper, is a former company executive. miles away, before telling the world through two newspapers, ligence apparatus? bureaucracy. It is not just Booz. A constellation of what would shock the world. The Guardian and Washington It might make more That holds even for the hyper-techni- private companies provides the intelli- Post came out with reports that showed how Washington sense to send your CV cal NSA. “Contractors are essential to gence community with everything from Wnot to a spy agency, but to one of the NSA’s mission. They provide analysts shipping to security. was snooping on details of telephone calls of Americans — hundreds of for-profit contractors that and technicians. Contractors build cus- William J Black, an NSA veteran, the numbers involved in the calls, their locations and so on. provide the spies with everything from tom technology for the agency’s signals retired from the agency in 1997, joined Washington maintains that the surveillance programme does IT support to logistics to security. You gathering and analysis work,” said Shane SAIC shortly thereafter — and then not involve listening to the calls. This may sound believable, will almost certainly make more money Harris, the author of The Watchers: The returned to the NSA as deputy direc- but going by the air surrounding the whole episode, credibility that way. Rise of America’s Surveillance State. tor in 2000. The only American ever is likely to be the biggest casualty. Internet giants like Google, The case of Edward J Snowden, the “NSA, like a lot of intelligence agen- convicted in connection with the CIA’s whistleblower for the Guardian and the cies, prefers to build custom systems post-9/11 torture programme was not Yahoo, Facebook and Twitter have also come under fire for Washington Post who exposed massive and not buy as much technology off- even a CIA employee but a contrac- letting the US monitor the web traffic of users. surveillance by the US government, has the-shelf. Some contractors are more tor, David Passaro, who beat an Afghan US lawmakers have taken umbrage at Snowden opened a window into how a 29-year- important than others,” said Harris. detainee to death. leaking details of the secretive programme. US House of old IT specialist can access some of the “SAIC, for instance, which used to The reliance on contract personnel Representatives Speaker John most sensitive secrets in US intelligence. have its headquarters in California, has has sometimes alarmed the intelligence The US reaction Boehner called Snowden a traitor. It also shows that as the national historically been so entrenched in the agencies’ congressional overseers. A security appara- agency’s mission that employees jokingly 2007 Senate report found that the spy to its surveillance In a case like this, it is easy tus expands, it called it NSA-West. And NSA techni- community had bolstered its workforces programme being to fall into the ‘national security entrusts an ever cians regularly go to work in the private by 20pc since the September 11 attacks, trap’ as governments cite extensive broader number sector, often on the same projects they a rapid increase that depended on hiring leaked by an terror threats to justify snooping The reliance on of people with worked on as government employees.” contractors. individual shows on electronic communications. The contract personnel secrets that they Neither the NSA nor the Office of the While companies and agencies typi- blanket surveillance by Washington may feel com- Director of National Intelligence would cally outsource functions to save money, its intolerance to has sometimes pelled to leak. respond to the Guardian’s inquiries the Senate intelligence committee found dissidence and cannot be justified by any size alarmed the “There’s been about how many contractors work for that contractors are more expensive or nature of threat. It is like the a tremendous the intelligence community by the time than full-time government employees: underscores its state getting an open licence to do intelligence surge in con- of publication. A Washington Post series “It has been estimated that the aver- security paranoia. whatever it pleases in the name of agencies’ tractor reliance, on outsourced security functions found age annual cost of a United States gov- preventing terror attacks, trampling post-9/11,” said that the homeland security, counter- ernment civilian employee is $126,500,” congressional Steve Aftergood, terrorism and spy agencies do business the committee found, while the average on the rights of innocent citizens. overseers. A 2007 an intelligence with around 1,931 companies in 10,000 annual cost of a ‘fully loaded’ (including The tradeoff between privacy and security is a sensitive one analyst at the locations across the US. overhead) core contractor is $250,000.” and any state is supposed to know this well. Senate report US Federation Snowden has worked for Booz Allen In addition to the contractor support, Snowden is holed up in a secret Hong Kong location and was found that the of American Hamilton for the past three months, there is another lucrative private inter- coming out with many more revelations in an interview to a spy community Scientists. according to a statement on Sunday est deeply involved with the NSA and local English newspaper. He alleged that Washington is bullying “Contractors are from the company, as well as for other the FBI: the telecommunications firms had bolstered its asked to perform contractors, providing IT support and themselves. Hong Kong to extradite him, and accused the US government tasks from intel- even security guard services to the NSA. But the reliance on contractors car- of hacking China and Hong Kong for years. Asking the people workforces by ligence analysis Booz reported $5.86bn in revenue in ries risks for the intelligence commu- of Hong Kong to ‘decide his fate’, the whistleblower said he 20pc since the to prisoner inter- 2011-2012, according to its most recent nity. The more contractors it hires, the ‘dare not contact his family.’ 9/11 attacks. rogation to you financial report, which boasts that 70pc more contractors receive access to sen- Amid speculation over his fate, Snowden has decided to dig name it.” of its 25,000 employees hold a govern- sitive US security information - making in his heels and said he would not flee the semi-autonomous There are ment security clearance, “of which 49pc it harder to keep that classified data out structural reasons for the reliance on were top secret or higher”. Some $1.3bn of the public eye. Chinese territory. The US, with all its might, would show itself contractors — a lucrative business. of its revenue comes from intelligence The strong temptation will be to in a poor light if it kept hounding people like Snowden and But some of it is necessity: despite the contracts, the New York Times reported. compartmentalise more security infor- Assange. It is for Washington to realise that preaching freedom Hollywood image of competent and Symbolising the company’s closeness mation, to limit the ability of any one to the world and not following it on its own soil is doing its tech-savvy spies, much of the hard- with the spy agencies it does business private user to access terabytes of sen- image irreparable damage. Letting Snowden and Assange ware and software employed by the 16 with, the former director of US national sitive data. But that’s hard to do with US intelligence agencies is provided by intelligence John “Mike” McConnell is systems administrators and technical be free people would only add to US’ image as the strongest private firms, which are often swifter now a Booz vice-president. McConnell’s specialists. GUARDIAN NEWS democracy, which it so often claims to be • The other side Quote of Venezuela’s new government gets a boost from Obama administration the day ICOLAS Maduro, the Perhaps most alarming for Maduro, United States. Last week Secretary of as a foil. He expelled two U.S. mili- former bus driver chosen an energized opposition has refused to State John F. Kerry took time to meet tary attaches posted at the embassy by Hugo Chavez to lead accept the election outcome; its capa- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua in Caracas, claiming that they were NVenezuela after his death, ble leader, Henrique Capriles, has been on the sidelines of an Organization trying to destabilise the country; he I am now being has been struggling to consolidate gaining sympathy around the region. of American States meeting, then claimed the CIA was provoking vio- his position since being declared the The president of neighboring Colombia, announced that the Obama adminis- lence in order to justify an invasion; branded by victor in a questionable presidential Juan Manuel Santos, met with Capriles tration would like to “find a new way and he called President Obama “the election in April. With the economy on May 29, prompting paroxysms of forward” with the Maduro administra- big boss of the devils.” A US film- personnel around stalling, inflation spiking and shortages rage from Maduro and his aides. Other tion and “quickly move to the appoint- maker, Timothy Tracy, was arrested spreading, the new president appears Latin American governments, while ment of ambassadors.” Kerry even and charged with plotting against the the country as being at a loss about how to respond, avoiding a confrontation with Caracas, thanked Maduro for “taking steps government — a ludicrous allegation a murderer, that I other than to blame domestic and have made it clear they regard the new toward this encounter” — words that that was backed with no evidence. foreign enemies. Nor has he been leader’s legitimacy as questionable; the the state-run media trumpeted. Though Tracy was put on a plane to am going to have on able to overcome a serious split in regional group Unasur called for an What did Maduro do to earn this Miami on the day of the Kerry-Jaua the Chavista movement between his audit of the election results. assistance from Kerry? Since Chavez’s encounter, Kerry agreed to the meeting my soul the death of own, Cuba-backed clique and another One government, however, has death in March, the Venezuelan leader before that gesture. 20 million babies. Enda Kenny based in the military. chosen to toss Maduro a lifeline: the has repeatedly used the United States WP-Bloomberg Irish Prime Minister THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 QATAR PERSPECTIVE www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Why do we fear an elected council?

this responsibility”. HASSAN ABDEL REHIM AL SAYED Calls for keeping things as they are and distrusting the Qatari people contradict the beliefs of n talking of their fears the work of the government, the Emir. The Emir expressed about the Qatari Shura for example, the Qatari Shura these beliefs in the aforemen- Council, some people cite Council does not have the power tioned speech as well as in several the example of Kuwait’s to question the prime minister. other speeches that we mentioned National Assembly and The council cannot call for non- in an earlier article. the political deadlock cooperation with the prime min- In this regard we can mention Ibetween the legislative and exec- ister either. The Kuwaiti National the Emir’s speech a few days ago utive in Kuwait. They even hold Assembly, on the contrary, can do at the Doha Forum, which was the parliament in Kuwait respon- these things. held under the theme “Enriching sible for slowing down develop- The Qatari Shura Council can- the Middle East’s Economic ment in that country. This is why not raise the issue of questioning Future”, on May 20, 2013. these people vehemently say that a minister without approval from The Emir said, “I am full of Qatar should not follow in the one-third of the members. In confidence that those who oppose footsteps of Kuwait, lest it meet Kuwait, however, any member of reform and change and do not the same fate. the National Assembly can ques- realise the facts of our age, and Although only simple-minded tion a minister (refer to Article the needs of modern societies, people will buy this argument, it 100 of Kuwait’s constitution). will change by the necessities is important to analyze it because In Qatar, members of the Shura of history and the movement of those who cite Kuwait’s example Council cannot have a vote of no time”. It seemed as if the Emir in this regard may be either hav- confidence against any minister was addressing those who want ing vested interests or may not unless two-thirds of the members to keep things as they are. have read Qatar’s constitution. approve of this. This is actually an On the other hand, the fact They would not have read about impossible majority because of the that legislation related to the the formation of this council or presence of appointed members in Shura Council is not complete yet its mandate. This makes it diffi- the council. should not be taken as a reason cult to compare the Qatari Shura This is not the case in Kuwait. for postponing the elections. Local Council with the Kuwaiti National Only a simple majority of the newspapers told us a year ago (on Assembly. elected members is needed for a June 7, 2012) that the Cabinet had The Kuwaiti National Assembly vote of no confidence against a agreed, during a weekly meeting, is made up of 50 elected members. minister to take place. This means to take the necessary measures to Ministers are members of the the votes of appointed National issue a bill on the Shura Council assembly. The percentage of these Assembly members are not election system. The Shura ministers in the assembly does needed to approve such a move Council had already approved this not stand in the way of forming (read Article 101 of the Kuwaiti system four years ago (on May the required majority for passing constitution). This majority is 19, 2008). important legislation or a no con- easy to achieve. not be beholden to the one who power to suggest laws. It can- Kuwait as an excuse for hamper- The Cabinet also approved dur- fidence vote against a minister. For these reasons I say to those appoints them. not review the general budget ing public participation in govern- ing the same meeting, held on The Qatari Shura Council, who refer to the Kuwaiti model The membership of these people in detail. This is why an elected ance by calling for postponement June 6, 2012, a decree deciding the however, is made up of 45 mem- and express fears that an elected in the council will also be limited council will be considerably bet- of Shura Council elections must constituencies and the number of bers: 30 elected and 15 appointed Qatari Shura Council will lead to to four years, which will come to ter than the appointed council. realise that they are harming our members from each constituency. by the Emir. The Emir also has clashes and political tensions that an end upon the holding of elec- It will be a step on the way to credibility. On November 1, 2011, The Cabinet also approved a deci- the authority to ask these mem- they should not panic because the tions that can infuse new blood empowerment of the Shura the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin sion by the Emir to create a com- bers to quit. people who drafted Qatar’s con- into the council. This new blood Council until it enjoys wider par- Khalifa Al Thani delivered his mittee that will be responsible for The appointed members hinder stitution have saved you these will bring new hopes, ideas, and liamentary powers. annual speech at the inauguration voters’ addresses. The decision work in the Shura Council. They worries. visions that better suit their times. Moreover, holding of elections, of the Shura Council session. The defines the mandate and means can even hinder it from effec- But this does not mean we An elected Shura Council will the atmosphere these elections Emir said, “I announce from this of dealing with this committee. tively playing its role because a should not call for an elected be different from the appointed will create, the publicity the ses- podium that we have decided that It also approved a decision by two-thirds majority is needed for Shura Council, despite the limited council where members serve for sions of the Shura Council will the Shura Council elections be the Minster of Interior on vot- the council to take decisions or role it would play. Without doubt indefinite periods during which get and the presence of elected held in the second half of the year ing at Qatari embassies in other pass legislation. an elected council will be better their effectiveness and enthusi- council members will surely have 2013. We realise that these steps countries. The difference between than the current appointed one. asm wane and even vanish. a positive impact on freedom are important for the building of The aforementioned deci- Kuwait’s parliament and Qatar’s The people will elect two-thirds Unlike the elected council, the of speech in our country. These the modern Qatari state and also sions and bills were approved a Shura Council is not limited to of the members of the council. appointed one does not have the things will stir the stagnant the Qatari citizen who is able to year ago. So there is no excuse their strengths, it is wider in their The elected members will get the power to question a minister or waters of supervision and opac- face the challenges of this age and for postponing the elections or respective mandates. power to do their work in the hold a no confidence vote against ity a bit. build his country. We are full of extending the term of the current When it comes to scrutinizing council from the people. They will a minister. It does not have the Those who use the situation in confidence that you will be up to Shura Council.

KHALED AL JABER The Gulf’s route to reform Recall Arab envoys from Russia here must be a deci- innocent humans while the wo scenarios evolved after revolutions erupted in Arab countries. sive resolution to DR RABIA BIN SABAH AL KUWARI whole world watches. The first scenario underlined the fact that no Arab country, includ- put an end to all the The Arab League should ing the Gulf countries, was immune from the effects of these revo- T atrocities and blood- unanimously demand that Tlutions as well as public demands. The internal circumstances in shed that have afflicted our of war that has turned into a Nasrallah, the terrorist, in all member countries with- each of these countries deny them this immunity and lay to rest the ideas brothers in Syria, which is Sunni-Shia conflict as Sheikh the past. “I stood against draw their ambassadors from of “Gulf peculiarity” and “immunity of Arab kingdoms”. undergoing the worst human Yusuf Al Qaradawi put it. Saudi sheikhs, defending him. Russia. Saudi prince Talal bin The second scenario refers to the possible success of Arab kingdoms, tragedy in modern history. “The war (in Syria) is being But it seems they were more Abdel Aziz proposed such a including the Gulf countries, in curbing the effects of the waves of change Mercenaries and terrorists waged deliberately against mature than I was,” he said, move a few days ago. A deci- that were set off with the eruption of what came to be called Arab Spring. are rushing like mad dogs at Sunnis,” Al Qaradawi said. calling on all Muslims trained sion like that would be the This second scenario foresees the winds of change reaching these coun- the Syrian people. He also said: “The leader of to fight to join the rebels in right move to stir stagnant tries, although in a mild manner. It sought to underscore the fact that the It is time to pay back Russia the devil’s party (Hezbollah’s Syria. waters in the Arab-Russian legitimacy of the regimes in these countries is not subject to doubt by large two-fold as it obscenely leader Hassan Nasrallah) “Iran is sending arms and relations instead of absolute proportions of their populations. stands by the Syrian regime is fighting Sunnis. Now the men, so why do we stand with silence with its bad con- Even so, calls for change continue to be made in these countries. These without any mercy or pity for leader of idols is killing Sunni our hands tied,” the sheikh sequences for Arab public calls are being made strongly in four Gulf countries now. Syrians suffering inhuman Muslims. Now we know for wondered. opinion. The Gulf countries differ among themselves on how best they should horrors. sure what Iranians want. Therefore, a courageous deal with these revolutions. Some of All Arab countries should They want bloodshed by kill- decision would reflect a these countries offered direct support make a courageous decision, ing Sunni Muslims.” strong will to stand by the The views expressed in the articles on this to them while others offered indirect The Gulf countries regardless of economic inter- Moreover, Al Qaradawi oppressed Syrian people and page do not reflect the viewpoint of the newspaper. support. A third group of countries, ests, to stand by the Syrian admitted he had made a challenge Russia’s wrongful however, offered their support to what differ among people, who are in the throes mistake when he advocated participation in massacring has come to be called the “counter- revolution”, while a fourth group of themselves on how countries occupied the spectators’ benches. best they should What can the Gulf countries do to best serve their interests and avoid deal with these potential crises in future by imple- menting reform programmes their revolutions. Some It is time to pay people want? There are two important things of these countries back Russia two- that should be done now. The first fold as it obscenely thing to do is for these countries to offered direct support stands by the perk up their critical mass of people. The second is for them to work hard to them while others Syrian regime to create an integrated vision for their without any mercy future, as Abdullah Al Ghilani says. offered indirect The critical mass stands for the sec- or pity for Syrians tion of the public engaged in discourse support. suffering inhuman on reform. horrors. All Arab At the same time, the integrated vision should revolve around effective public participation in executive and countries should legislative matters. This vision also includes guarantees of plurality and take a courageous freedoms, including the freedom of expression, assembly and organisa- decision, tion. Special attention must be given to social justice, which results in fair distribution of wealth and protection of public property. Independence regardless and integrity of the judiciary is also an important part of this vision. The of economic judiciary must be free from any interference by the executive, which will usher in rule of law. interests, to stand Other important components of this vision include equal opportunities for by the Syrian everyone, giving public jobs to honest and qualified people regardless of their people, who are in political affiliations, modernising the state’s administrative apparatus and purging it of all sorts of corruption, liberating the economy and turning it the throes of war. from a tax-dependent consumptive economy to a productive one, and, finally, liberating foreign policy from regional control by turning it into a tool for protecting national security and boosting the gains of the Gulf countries. THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

Saudi smashes Police clear Istanbul horse statues on cleric’s orders RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has smashed sculptures of horses erected on a roundabout in the square after clashes southwest after the kingdom’s top cleric denounced them as sinful, local media reported EU urges Turkey to take democratic approach to protests yesterday. The municipality in the town ISTANBUL: Demonstrators heavily on May 31 on a campaign developed countries in Europe,” of Abu Arish in Jazan province retreated from an Istanbul pro- to save Gezi Park from redevel- he said, adding that he was con- bordering Yemen demolished the test square yesterday after a opment, spiralling into mass dis- fident Turkey would “overcome statues on Tuesday, local online night of running battles with riot plays of anger against Erdogan. the trouble”. news website jizantoday.org police as Turkish Prime Minister Four people, including a police- Police did not intervene in Gezi reported. Recep Tayyip Erdogan clamped man, have died in the unrest Park overnight, where volunteers The decision came after Grand down on mass demos against his and nearly 5,000 demonstra- offered first aid to victims of the Mufti Abdulaziz Al Shaikh sent Islamic-rooted government. tors have been injured, tarnish- clashes, though many protesters a letter to the governor of Jizan By late afternoon, hundreds of ing Turkey’s image as a model of abandoned their tents after clouds demanding that “the sculptures officers armed with riot shields Islamic democracy. Erdogan, seen of acrid smoke drifted in from be removed because they are and backed by water cannon as increasingly authoritarian, has Taksim. While the scene in the a great sin and are prohibited trucks were clustered along the taken a tough line on the demon- park was more subdued than on under Shariah (Islamic law),” eastern side of the square. Just a strators, many of whom are young previous days, when a carnival-like said another news webitse, sabq. stone’s throw away, demonstrators and middle-class. On Tuesday, he atmosphere reigned, law student org. huddled up in Gezi Park but there warned his patience had run out. Fulya Dagli, 21, said the Taksim Statues of people and animals were no fresh confrontations. “We won’t show any more toler- Square crackdown had only made are prohibited under Islam as Office workers, tourists and ance,” he told cheering lawmakers protesters more determined. they represent a form of idolatry. curious passers-by milled around from his Justice and Development “People are learning not to be However, the religion does allow the square in a relaxed mood, some Party (AKP) in a speech broad- scared of the government. That’s artworks depicting plants and posing for pictures with smiling cast live on television. Hours later, something we gained and can’t landscapes. police, after a large clean-up opera- Taksim Square resembled a bat- give up again.” tion cleared the site of stray tear tleground as police fired volleys of In a clear sign that police had gas canisters, anti-Erdogan ban- tear gas to disperse tens of thou- reclaimed Taksim Square, they Ex-Gaddafi PM spent ners and makeshift barricades. sands chanting “Erdogan, resign!” hung two massive Turkish flags The premier, meanwhile, was and “Resistance!” from a nearby building as well as billions to buy support meeting with several protest lead- The capital Ankara also saw a large portrait of Mustafa Kemal TRIPOLI: A Libyan court yes- ers but many demonstrators said renewed clashes overnight as Ataturk, the father of modern terday adjourned until August Tuesday’s unexpected crackdown riot police used gas, pepper spray Turkey, whose image has also the murder and corruption trial on Taksim Square, which had and water cannon against thou- been adopted by the protesters. of Muammar Gaddafi’s last pre- seen no police presence since June sands of protesters near the US As they unfurled the symbols, mier, who allegedly spent bil- 1, had made them lose faith in any embassy. Some threw rocks in some officers chanted: “Our blood lions of dollars trying to buy dialogue. “We don’t accept it,” response. While expectations for this flag”.Confident in his Turkish lawyers march in support of anti-government protests in Ankara, support during the uprising said Gezi Park protester Anessa, were low for a quick resolution enduring popularity, Erdogan, in yesterday. that ousted the dictator. a 29-year-old photographer, com- to the conflict, President Abdullah power since 2002, has urged loy- Al Baghdadi Al Mahmudi, plaining that the government had Gul yesterday said Erdogan’s alists to respond to the demon- European democratic standards Ashton said: “Turkey as a can- dressed in prison blues, appeared cherry-picked the groups invited meeting with demonstrators was strators by voting for the AKP yesterday as Germany and Italy didate country needs to aspire to in the Tripoli court accused of to the meeting. a sign of the country’s “demo- in local polls next year. His AKP warned a violent crackdown on the highest possible democratic “gratuitously killing people” The nationwide unrest first cratic maturity”. “People take to has won three elections in a row protesters could harm Turkey’s bid practices”. Of the 35 so-called pol- and of “misappropriating public erupted after police cracked down the streets here like in the most and took nearly half the vote in for membership of the bloc. icy chapters EU candidates must funds” during the 2011 revolt. 2011, having presided over strong Delivering her first public negotiate, Turkey has opened He was accompanied by fellow economic growth. statement on Turkey’s troubles talks on only 13. The European defendants Al Mabruk Zahmul Serious test for EU membership: Italy The first campaign rallies will in a speech to the European Union must not pull back from and Amer Salah Terfas, both be staged in Ankara and Istanbul Parliament, Ashton said Erdogan’s Turkey despite concerns over former executives of an invest- ROME: Mass anti-government protests are “the first serious this weekend and are expected to response with protesters must be Erdogan’s handling of the pro- ment company run by the late test” for Turkey in its bid to join the European Union, Italian gather tens of thousands of party “engagement not antagonism.” tests, Ashton said. “This is not the dictator’s son, Seif Al Islam. Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said yesterday, describing the faithful. Turkey, a country of 76 “This is an important moment moment to disengage from Turkey They are accused of moving excessive use of force against demonstrators as unacceptable. million at the crossroads of East for Turkey. A chance for it to renew but to engage more closely. And ¤15m ($20m) to private accounts “The Turkish government is in the process of sitting a maturity and West, is a key strategic part- its commitment to European val- for Turkey to engage more closely in neighbouring Tunisia to finance test in the squares and the streets. It is probably the first serious ner in the region for the United ues,” she said. “I am convinced it with the EU too.” Turkey’s efforts logistical support for loyalist test for the endurance of democracy in Turkey and its accession to States and other Western allies. can meet this challenge.” to join the EU formally started forces during the nearly year- Europe,” she told parliament. Many of them have criticised Recalling that EU ministers in 2005 but are snagged due to long war. “Some think that Turkey had passed that test thanks to its Erdogan’s handling of the crisis. are to decide this month whether human rights concerns and the Money was also allegedly sent dynamic economy but much more is needed,” she said, calling for EU foreign policy chief Catherine to open a new chapter for the first row over EU-member Cyprus, to other countries, but details dialogue between government and the protesters. AFP Ashton urged Prime Minister time in several years in Ankara’s whose northern third is occupied were not given. Recep Tayyip Erdogan to abide by stalled bid for membership, by Turkey. AFP In addition, prosecutor Al Seddik Al Sur told a press confer- ence after the hearing that “three to four billion dinars ($2.3bn, Kuwait-Iraq accords $3.1bn) was used by (Mahmudi) during the insurrection to corrupt politicians inside and outside the Egypt Islamists call for country to align themselves with the regime.” ‘million-man march’ Israeli settlers storm

CAIRO: Egyptian Freedom and Justice himself dismissed the call Al Aqsa Mosque Islamist parties, including Party, political arm of the for an early election as RAMALLAH: Several Israeli the president’s, yesterday Muslim Brotherhood, on its “absurd and illegitimate”, settlers yesterday stormed called for a “million-man website. and in violation of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound march” on June 21 to An opposition-backed constitution. from Bab Al Maghariba in counter a planned protest campaign dubbed Tamarrod, His opponents accuse Jerusalem’s Old City, and at the end of the month Arabic for rebellion, has him of governing in the clashed with the palestinians outside the presidential called for an anti-Mursi interests of the Muslim there under the protection of palace. demonstration outside the Brotherhood, on whose Israeli soldiers. “Islamist parties have palace on June 30, the first ticket he stood for presi- They were backed by Israeli decided to organise a ‘mil- anniversary of his election. dent, and of reneging on forces who attacked the lion-man march’ in front of It says it has gathered his promise to rule in the Palestinians using tear gas and Rabaa Al Adawiya mosque millions of signatures interests of all Egyptians. rubber coated steel bullets. Israeli (in a Cairo suburb) on to a petition demanding Mursi’s first year in forces also beat the Palestinian Friday, June 21, under the that Mursi step down to office has been marred by protesters. slogan: ‘Protect the revo- pave the way for an early sometimes deadly clashes A Palestinian source in the Al Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah (back left) and his Iraqi lution. Yes to peace, no to presidential election. In a between his supporters and Aqsa compound told Jordanian counterpart Nouri Al Maliki look on as Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad violence’,” said President newspaper interview pub- opponents that have stoked News Agency Petra in Ramallah Al Sabah (front left) and his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari sign agreements in Baghdad, Mohammed Mursi’s lished last week, Mursi political tensions. AFP yesterday that the Israeli police, yesterday. Both countries inked six agreements and Memorandums of Understanding. stationed at the mosque’s gates, had stepped up inspections of Palestinian students and had withheld their identity cards until Jordan online journalists protest repressive law they left the mosque.

AMMAN: Jordanian journal- scrap the unfair law, which vio- Algerian president ists yesterday demonstrated lates international standards.” makes TV appearance near the royal palace in protest Jordan MPs approve extradition deal with UK Last year, amendments to at a “repressive” government the Press and Publications Law ALGIERS: Algeria’s President decision to block 290 unlicensed AMMAN: Jordan’s parliament law. Abu Qatada has been in and since claiming asylum in 1993, is authorised the government to Abdelaziz Bouteflika appeared local news websites. has approved an agreement out of British prisons since 2002 likely to face a retrial if he is regulate “electronic publica- on state television yesterday “We gathered today to tell King with Britain on extraditing as he fights successive government returned to Jordan. tions,” requiring them to obtain for the first time since he was Abdullah II that the government’s suspects wanted by Amman, attempts to deport him to Jordan, On April 24, British Home registration and licensing from rushed to hospital in France on repressive decision violates the including radical cleric Abu where he has been convicted of ter- Secretary Theresa May the PPD. April 27 after a stroke. constitution,” Nasser Lafi, edi- Qatada who has resisted extra- ror charges in his absence. announced that London has signed They also stipulate that Bouteflika, 76, had not been tor of Busala, or compass, news dition for the past decade, an But on May 10, the cleric a legal treaty with Amman giv- website chief editors must be seen in public since. website, said. “This move harms MP said yesterday. vowed to return to Jordan vol- ing guarantees that Abu Qatada members of the Jordan Press The release of the video and Jordan’s reputation.” “Parliament on Tuesday untarily if its parliament ratifies would face a fair trial if deported. Association. a photograph of the same scene Dozens of journalists carried approved a treaty with Britain a treaty barring the use of evi- “The agreement also includes Fayez Shawabkeh, head of appeared aimed at quelling wide- banners that read “no to the to help Jordan extradite sus- dence obtained by torture. a number of fair trial guaran- the PPD, said around 150 news spread speculation about his assassination of the media,” and pects from Britain,” deputy A Spanish judge once branded tees... I believe these guarantees websites are expected to obtain health. “fight the corruption instead of house speaker Khalil Attieh said. Abu Qatada the right-hand man will provide the courts with the licenses by Thursday. The footage showed the presi- blocking news websites,” as they “The agreement does not specifi- in Europe of Osama bin Laden, assurance that Qatada will not “Many of them have changed dent at a meeting on Tuesday demonstrated in an area close cally mention Abu Qatada but it although Abu Qatada denies ever face evidence that might have their registration from news web- with the prime minister and to the royal place in western includes him and others.” having met the late Al Qaeda been obtained by torture in a sites to social or cultural websites, the army chief of staff at the Amman. The accord needs King Abdullah leader. The 52-year-old cleric, retrial in Jordan,” she said. which means that the press law Institution Nationale des On June 3, a government source II’s approval before it becomes a who has been resident in Britain AFP does not apply to them,” he said. Invalides in Paris. said 290 of around 400 local news Human Rights Watch last The official APS news agency websites would be blocked “for Tuesday called on the govern- said the meeting was to discuss failing to obtain necessary licens- Department (PPD) has insisted objective is to organise the work Jomaa Wahsh, editor of Al Mirsad ment to scrap the legislation “that Algeria’s political and security ing,” under a law approved last “the decision does not seek to of these websites.” website, said: “More protests will allows it to encroach on online situation. year. The Press and Publication restrict freedoms,” saying “the One of the demonstrators, follow to push the government to media freedom.” AFP AGENCIES THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Syrian rebels kill 60 Shias, activists say Copter strike prompts Lebanon army warning

BEIRUT: Sunni insurgents to be from the al Qaeda-linked March 2011 following a bloody have killed about 60 Shias in a Nusra Front. Hardline Sunni regime crackdown on Arab rebel-held eastern Syrian town groups often refer to Shi’ites as Spring-inspired democracy where President Bashar Al rejectionists because they deny protests. Assad’s agents had been trying the legitimacy of the Prophet Since then, there have been to recruit and arm fighters for Mohammad’s first successors. several aerial and shelling attacks his cause, according to opposi- “This is a Sunni area, it does of Lebanon by both sides, but tion sources yesterday. not belong to other groups,” one yesterday’s army statement was The attack was another sign fighter shouted in the video pur- the first of its kind in the nearly of how a revolt that began more portedly filmed in the town of 27-month conflict. than two years ago with peaceful Hatla in the eastern province of Lebanon’s poorly equipped protests against four decades of Deir Al Zor. army normally coordinates closely Assad family rule is descending The Syrian Observatory for with the Syrian military. into sectarian bloodshed. Human Rights, a pro-opposi- Damascus dominated Lebanon A video posted online by tion monitoring group that has politically and military for 30 rebels, entitled “The storming reported abuses on both sides of years until 2005, and still exerts Women supporters of Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili hold posters of him during an election campaign and cleansing of Hatla” showed the conflict, put the death toll significant influence through rally in Tehran, yesterday. dozens of gunmen carrying black in Tuesday’s attack at 60, say- its allies in the Mediterranean Islamist flags celebrating and fir- ing most victims were pro-Assad country. ing guns in the streets of a small Shia militiamen. Assad’s minority The conflict in Syria has stoked town as smoke curled above sev- Alawite sect is rooted in Shi’ite Sunni-Shia tensions in the region, Big election turnout will eral buildings. Islam. Most rebels are Sunnis. with Iran and Hezbollah sup- “We have raised the banner The Observatory said many porting Assad, and Sunni-ruled ‘There is no God but God’ above Shia civilians, a minority in the nations such as Turkey, Saudi the houses of the apostate rejec- mixed town of Hatla, had fled Arabia and Qatar backing the frustrate foes: Khamenei tionists, the Shias, and the holy elsewhere in the province. rebels. Sunni militants have also warriors are celebrating,” the poured in to help the rebels. DUBAI: Iran’s supreme leader of the majority of people in the way of real policy differences. voice of the cameraman says. RARE WARNING Dozens of Kuwaitis gathered urged voters to turn out in big elections is because the strong As there are no independent, In the Damascus area, rebels Lebanon’s army warned it will outside the Lebanese Embassy in numbers for a presidential elec- presence of the Iranian nation reliable opinion polls on voting reported that 27 of their comrades hit back against any new attacks Kuwait late on Tuesday to pro- tion tomorrow, saying such a will disappoint the enemy, make intentions in Iran, it is hard to had been killed in an ambush near from Syria after a helicopter test against Hezbollah’s role in show of strength would frus- it reduce pressures and follow gauge who will win. Reformist lead- the town of Al Maraj. gunship struck an eastern town Syria. Protesters burned a pic- trate Tehran’s enemies. another path,” Khamenei said in ers said the last presidential elec- Video uploaded by activists yesterday, ratcheting up tensions ture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a speech yesterday, reported on tion in 2009 was rigged to return showed victims shot in the face ahead of US-British talks on the Nasrallah, a photo published in speaking on the last day of a his web site. Ahmadinejad to office and many or head. The camera scanned over conflict. local media showed. subdued campaign that has not “It is possible that some people, mainly middle-class, more liberal several bloodied and dirt-coated A Syrian helicopter gunship In Hatla, some opposition produced a leading candidate for whatever reason, do not want voters may fail to turn out this time corpses as men called out for help fired two rockets on the centre activists said the attack included from three main hardliners and to support the Islamic Republic in the belief the same thing could washing the bodies. of Arsal, a Lebanese town popu- summary killings and the burning one moderate. The winner will establishment but they do want happen. Iranian authorities say all Musaab Abu Qutada, an oppo- lated mostly by Sunni Muslims, of Shia places of worship. replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to support their country. They polls are open and democratic. sition activist, said the men had wounding one person, Lebanon’s Activist Karam Badran said but inherit an economy strug- should also come to the polls. Moderates and reformists been trying to break through a army said. only 20 people had been confirmed gling with high unemployment Everyone should come to the united on Tuesday behind centrist military blockade to bring sup- In a rare warning against killed in Hatla but that another and inflation, and buckling under polls,” Khamenei said. cleric Hassan Rohani, hoping to plies into rebel strongholds in the regime of Syrian President 20 had been taken hostage by the the weight of international sanc- With 678 people who registered attract the vote of Iranians hop- suburbs of the capital. Bashar Al Assad, it said Lebanese rebels. tions imposed over Iran’s disputed as candidates barred from stand- ing for more freedoms and better Assad’s forces, backed by the troops “took the necessary defen- He said the attackers’ main nuclear programme. ing in the election, the United relations with the West. Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, sive measures to respond imme- motive was not sectarian, but The new president will also States and the Israel — top of Saeed Jalili, Iran’s nuclear won a significant victory by seiz- diately to any similar violations”. what he and the Observatory have little leeway to change major Iran’s list of enemies — have both negotiator has run a strong cam- ing the border town of Qusair last Most residents of Arsal, situ- said were government attempts policies such as Iran’s enrichment criticised the ballot as neither paign, but has been heavily criti- week and are now believed to be ated in the hills only 12km from to recruit militiamen of all faiths of uranium for nuclear fuel or its free nor fair. Voters now have six cised, even by fellow hardliners, preparing offensives on rebel-held the border with Syria, support in an area rebels had held for a support for President Bashar Al candidates remaining to choose for his intransigence in talks with areas near Damascus and Aleppo. the Sunni-led uprising against year. Shias had not previously Assad in the Syrian civil war. from — a slate dominated by con- world powers and failing to stop Many of the fighters involved the Assad regime. been harmed there, he said. Both are decided by Khamenei. servatives who tout their loyalty the imposition of tough interna- in the Hatla attack were said The Syria conflict erupted in AGENCIES “My insistence on the presence to Khamenei and offer little in the tional sanctions. REUTERS Israel-Syria ceasefire in trouble by Golan violence UNITED NATIONS: A spillo- under a 1973 ceasefire formalised in ver of violence from Syria’s civil 1974. UNDOF monitors the area of war into the Israeli-occupied separation, a narrow strip of land Golan Heights is jeopardising a running 45 miles (70km) from decades old ceasefire between Mount Hermon on the Lebanese Israel and Syria, UN Secretary- border to the Yarmouk River fron- General Ban Ki-moon said in tier with Jordan. a report to the UN Security “The ongoing military activities Council yesterday. in the area of separation continue Ban recommended to the to have the potential to escalate 15-member council that self defense tensions between Israel and the capabilities of a UN peacekeep- Syrian Arab Republic and to jeop- ing mission in the area, known as ardize the ceasefire between the UNDOF, be enhanced, “including two countries,” Ban said. increasing the force strength to The 15-member Security Council about 1,250 and improving its self is due later this month to renew the defence equipment.” mandate of UNDOF for six months. UN peacekeeping soldiers from Austria stand near a gate as they Israel captured the Golan Ban recommended that the force, enter Quneitra border crossing on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria in a 1967 war, which has been operating with Heights, yesterday. Austria has begun withdrawing peacekeepers and the countries technically about 900 troops, be boosted to its from the Golan Heights due to spillover of fighting from the Syrian remain at war. Syrian troops are authorized strength of 1,250. civil war, the defence ministry said. not allowed in an area of separation REUTERS

AU urges Egypt, Ethiopia to hold talks on Nile row

ADDIS ABABA: The African Union urged Egypt and Ethiopia yes- terday to come together for talks to solve a bitter dispute over the sharing of Nile river waters trig- gered by an Ethiopian dam project. AU Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma’s appeal came after Egypt angrily warned that “all options are open” over Ethiopia’s diversion of a section of the Blue Nile for the dam. “There should be discus- sions around these issues... aimed at having a win-win situation,” she said. “Both countries need the water.” Ethiopia has pledged to press ahead with construc- tion of the $4.2bn (¤3.2bn) Grand Renaissance Dam, set to become Africa’s big- gest hydroelectric dam when completed, despite Egypt’s fury. AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL Nigerian survives two days under sea in shipwreck air bubble WARRI, NIGERIA: After two eventually rescued him. time adjoining a ship’s officers What Okene didn’t know was a The diving team fitted Okene days trapped in freezing cold “I was there in the water in cabin, as the overturned boat team of divers sent by Chevron and with an oxygen mask, diver’s suit water and breathing from an total darkness just thinking it’s crashed onto the ocean floor. the ship’s owners, West African and helmet and he reached the air bubble in an upturned tug- the end. I kept thinking the water To his amazement he was still Ventures, were searching for crew surface at 19:32, more than 60 boat under the ocean, Harrison was going to fill up the room but breathing. members, assumed by now to be hours after the ship sank, he says. Okene (pictured) was sure he it did not,” Okene said, parts of Okene, wearing only his under- dead. Then in the afternoon of Okene says he spent another 60 was going to die. Then a torch his skin peeling away after days pants, survived around a day in May 28, Okene heard them. hours in a decompression cham- light pierced the darkness. soaking in the salt water. the four foot square toilet, holding “I heard a sound of a hammer ber where his body pressure was Ship’s cook Okene, 29, was on “I was so hungry but mostly onto the overturned washbasin to hitting the vessel. Boom, boom, returned to normal. Had he just board the Jascon-4 tugboat when so, so thirsty. The salt water took keep his head out of the water. boom. I swam down and found been exposed immediately to the it capsized on May 26 due to heavy the skin off my tongue,” he said. He built up the courage to open a water dispenser. I pulled the outside air he would have died. Atlantic ocean swells around 30km Seawater got into his mouth but the door and swim into the offic- water filter and I hammered the The cook describes his extraor- off the coast of Nigeria, while sta- he had nothing to eat or drink er’s bedroom and began pulling side of the vessel hoping someone dinary survival story as a “mira- bilising an oil tanker filling up at a throughout his ordeal. off the wall panelling to use as a would hear me. Then the diver cle” but the memories of his time Chevron platform. At 4:50 am on May 26, Okene in full force. I saw the first one, tiny raft to lift himself out of the must have heard a sound.” in the watery darkness still haunt Of the 12 people on board, says he was in the toilet when he the second one, the third one just freezing water. He sensed he was Divers broke into the ship and him and he is not sure he will divers recovered 10 dead bodies realised the tugboat was begin- washed away. I knew these guys not alone in the darkness. Okene saw light from a head torch return to the sea. while a remaining crew member ning to turn over. As water rushed were dead.” “I was very, very cold and it was of someone swimming along the “When I am at home sometimes has not been found. in and the Jascon-4 flipped, he What he didn’t know was that black. I couldn’t see anything,” passageway past the room. it feels like the bed I am sleeping Somehow Okene survived, forced open the metal door. he would spend the next two-and- says Okene, staring into the mid- “I went into the water and in is sinking. I think I’m still in the breathing inside a four foot high “As I was coming out of the toi- a-half days trapped under the sea dle distance. “But I could perceive tapped him. I was waving my sea again. I jump up and I scream,” bubble of air as it shrunk in the let it was pitch black so we were praying he would be found. the dead bodies of my crew were hands and he was shocked,” Okene said, shaking his head. “I waters slowly rising from the ceil- trying to link our way out to the Turning away from his only nearby. I could smell them. The Okene said, his relief still visible. don’t know what stopped the water ing of the tiny toilet and adjoining water tidal (exit hatch),” Okene exit, Okene was swept along a fish came in and began eating the He thought he was at the bot- from filling that room. I was calling bedroom where he sought refuge, said. “Three guys were in front narrow passageway by surging bodies. I could hear the sound. It tom of the sea, although the com- on God. He did it. It was a miracle.” until two South African divers of me and suddenly water rushed water into another toilet, this was horror.” pany says it was 30 metres below. REUTERS

Mandela getting better Mediators fly to Snowden vows Mali to salvage ceasefire deal to stay in HK, OUAGADOUGOU: Mediators working to hammer out a cease- fire agreement between Mali’s government and Tuareg rebels before July elections flew to reveal more Bamako yesterday to attempt to convince the country’s interim president to sign the deal. Negotiations opened on Saturday Former US spy to fight extradition in Burkina Faso after Mali’s army last week began advancing HONG KONG: Former US May 20 and leaked the NSA’s glo- towards Kidal, the MNLA rebels’ spy Edward Snowden yester- bal eavesdropping operation to last stronghold in the northeast, day vowed to fight any bid to the Guardian and the Washington sparking the first fighting in extradite him from Hong Kong Post. “My intention is to ask the months. Burkina Faso’s Foreign and promised “explosive” new courts and people of Hong Kong Minister Djibril Bassole, a medi- revelations about Washington’s to decide my fate. I have been ator in the talks, said on Monday surveillance targets, the South given no reason to doubt your that the two sides had reached China Morning Post reported. system,” he said. an agreement in principle but “I’m neither traitor nor hero. But, Snowden added, the US had asked for more time so that I’m an American,” Snowden told government was “trying to bully” they could fly to Mali to check it the Hong Kong newspaper in an Hong Kong authorities into expel- with their respective leaderships. exclusive interview, released two ling him before he can reveal The government delegation did days after he checked out of a city alleged NSA snooping of commu- A painting of former South African president Nelson Mandela, which was donated to him, at the Nelson not return for the expected sign- hotel and went to ground. nications inside the financial and Mandela Centre of Memory in Johannesburg yesterday. Mandela is responding better to treatment, South ing on Tuesday, raising concerns Supporters of the former trading hub. He also said: “I have African President Jacob Zuma said as the frail anti-apartheid hero spent a fifth day in hospital. the deal was unravelling. National Security Agency sub- not spoken to any of my family. contractor are feting him as a I am worried about the pressure France gripped by whistle-blower for divulging NSA they are feeling from the FBI.” monitoring of private users’ web The Justice Department has travel chaos traffic and phone records, in a launched a criminal investiga- PARIS: France is braced for worldwide trawl that the White tion, but so far the United States UK to classify e-cigarettes as medicine another day of travel chaos today House says was needed to keep has not filed a formal extradition as striking workers bring the Americans safe from terror. request to Hong Kong. nation’s rail network to its knees The SCMP, in a teaser posted Hong Kong press reports said LONDON: Britain is to regu- But their long-term effects are to sell regulated devices as over- after an air traffic controllers’ online before it publishes the full that Snowden was on the hunt for late electronic cigarettes as non- as yet unproven and some doc- the-counter products in a wide strike that grounded thousands interview, said the 29-year-old representation from prominent prescription medicines from 2016 tors argue their popularity could range of retail outlets from 2016. of flights. The nationwide rail one-time CIA analyst would offer lawyers well-versed in human in an attempt to improve qual- undermine anti-smoking efforts. A growing number of estab- strike got under way yesterday “more explosive details on US rights and asylum cases. ity, though the country’s drugs They could also affect sales of lished tobacco companies are evening and was expected to surveillance targets”. That will He is winning support from watchdog said they would still be regulated nicotine-replacement investing in the e-cigarette result in less than half of normal only stoke the anger of those in the city’s feisty pro-democracy sold in convenience stores. products, such as patches, sold market worldwide, including services operating until tomor- Washington who accuse Snowden movement, with a demonstra- Healthcare authorities around by Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. Lorillard, British American row morning. The stoppage fol- of a rank betrayal. tion in the works for Saturday. the world are grappling with how Under the new British system, Tobacco, Imperial Tobacco, lows two days of disruption in the Snowden would also discuss his Organisers said the protesters, set to deal with the battery-driven manufacturers will have to prove Reynolds American and Altria. skies caused by air controllers fears for his family and his immedi- to include Hong Kong lawmak- devices, which allow users to the quality of their products and They are competing against a protesting over plans to create ate plans, the newspaper said, after ers, would march first to the US inhale nicotine-laced vapour and demonstrate that they deliver plethora of smaller private firms, a single European airspace. Up it interviewed him earlier yester- consulate and then government are increasingly popular as an the correct amount of nicotine. all of which see a growing sales to three-quarters of flights from day at a secret location in the semi- headquarters. apparently less harmful alterna- But they will not need to conduct opportunity. Research indicates Orly and Charles de Gaulle air- autonomous Chinese territory. “We should protect him. We are tive to smoking. clinical trials. that around 1.3 million people cur- ports were cancelled. “People who think I made a calling on the HK government to A few countries have banned The Medicines and Healthcare rently use e-cigarettes in Britain mistake in picking HK as a loca- defend freedom of speech,” Tom them outright — such as Brazil, products Regulatory Agency alone, up from 700,000 a year ago. Merkel for greater tion misunderstand my inten- Grundy, a spokesman for the Norway and Singapore — while (MHRA) said that existing e-cig- Jeremy Mean of the MHRA tions. I am not here to hide from organisers, said. others are opting for varying arettes on the market were not said the government had decided flood protection justice; I am here to reveal crimi- “We don’t know what law he degrees of regulation, in some cases good enough, with contaminants against banning existing poor- BERLIN: Chancellor Angela nality,” it quoted him as saying. may or may not have broken but if including limits on advertising and found in some products and nico- quality e-cigarettes, even though Merkel said yesterday that Snowden pledged to resist any Beijing has a final say, they don’t curbs on their use in public places. tine levels often varying widely. they did not meet desired safety Germany still had much to do extradition attempt by the US have to extradite him if he is a Sales of e-cigarettes have However, manufacturers will and standards, since this could tip in bolstering the country’s flood government, the newspaper said, political dissident,” he said. boomed in recent years, prompted have time to raise their game and some people back into smoking. defences as she toured a north- after he came to Hong Kong on AFP in part by restrictions on smoking. apply for a licence, allowing them REUTERS ern water-logged region bat- tling historic river levels. Merkel made her fourth trip to flooded zones in around a week, visiting Hitzacker in Lower Saxony. The waters in Germany began to sub- Australian attempts Cuba-Florida swim side after leaving 19 dead in cen- US girl in surgery for tral Europe. In Hungary, which HAVANA: Australian Chloe McCardel said she would cover has seen Danube reach perilous McCardel (pictured) yesterday her body in a type of grease to levels, waters continued to recede became the latest swimmer to protect herself from sun and cold lung transplant in Budapest, down to 8.2 metres attempt to cross from Cuba to the and would be fed every 30 min- from nearly 9 metres on Monday. US state of Florida, during which utes with a special liquid nutrition she will have to brave strong cur- drink with vitamins and minerals. WASHINGTON: A 10-year-old government to bend the rules and Thousands march rents, jellyfish and sharks. If she can hold out and make American girl whose dire need allow her to be put on the list for The 29-year-old, who will be the crossing, McCardel will hold a for a lung transplant catapulted an adult lung transplant. in Moscow attempting the feat without a shark new record in unassisted nonstop her into the political spotlight She was at the top of a waiting MOSCOW: Thousands of cage, flippers or wetsuit, plunged distance swimming, breaking the has learned a donor has been list for children under 12, but pae- Russian opposition activ- into the sea at Havana’s Marina record set by fellow Australian found and is going into surgery, diatric donor lungs are far rarer ists marched through Moscow Hemingway at 10am (1400 GMT) Penny Palfrey, who failed in an her mother said yesterday. than those from adults, and experts yesterday as they denounced at the start of a 170km swim. She record and draw attention to attempt last year to swim across “God is great! He moved had given Sarah only a few weeks President Vladimir Putin’s has said she hopes to complete the the decades-long political divide the same strait. the mountain! Sarah got THE to live if doctors did not perform a authoritarian rule and insisted it swim in around 60 hours. between the United States and Many swimmers have tried CALL,” wrote Janet Ruddock transplant. It was unclear whether is time Russia and its leader part “The team is pumped. The communist Cuba. but failed at making the same Murnaghan on her Facebook the donated organs came from an ways. Led by anti-corruption water is flat. The winds are calm. “I would like to encourage great crossing. The most recent was page. The Pennsylvania girl, who adult or a child. crusader Alexei Navalny, 37, and The currents are pushing towards relations between Cuba and the American Diana Nyad, 63, who is critically ill with cystic fibrosis, “Please pray for Sarah’s donor, his youthful wife, the protesters Key West. 10:00 Start. It’s GO US and would like to encour- abandoned her bid earlier this was entering surgery, her mother her HERO, who has given her chanted “Divorce for Russia” and TIME PEOPLE!” organizers age many tourists from around year, plagued by storms, hypo- said. The operation was expected the gift of life. Today their fam- “Lyudmila without Putin. We tweeted. Her team later tweeted the world to come and visit this thermia and jellyfish. Fellow to last several hours. ily has experienced a tremendous should also divorce Putin”. The an hour into the crossing that beautiful country,” McCardel said Aussie Susan Maroney is the first The practice of transplanting loss, may God grant them a peace witty slogans came on the heels “seas are calm, skies are clear”. ahead of the swim. and only person to have swum adult organs into children is rela- that surpasses understanding,” of Putin’s sudden announcement McCardel, who was awarded the She is also raising money for across the Straits. She did so in tively rare. The case drew atten- her mother wrote. “Today is the last week that the 60-year-old Channel Swimming Association’s cancer charities, after her mother 1997, at age 22, but used a shark tion when the child’s family gave start of Sarah’s new beginning leader and his wife Lyudmila of Sotiraki Cup in both 2011 and was diagnosed with breast cancer cage for the mammoth effort. interviews to cable news net- and new life!” 30 years were divorcing. 2012, said she hoped to set a world when the swimmer was 14. AFP works and pleaded with the US AFP AGENCIES THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 ASIA/PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

3,695 violators Manila marks Independence Day of gun ban held MANILA: A total of 3,695 violators of the Commission Aquino calls for unity amid threats on Elections’ gun ban have been arrested, police said MANILA: With the country Armed Forces,” Aquino said. yesterday. The ban started embroiled in territorial disputes He did not specify potential on January 23 and yester- with neighbours, President threats to the country’s sover- day was its last day. Among Aquino called on Filipinos yes- eignty but he was likely refer- the violators were 23 soldiers, terday to unite and defend the ring to China, whose forces have 52 policemen, a fireman, nation’s freedom and sover- established presence in Philippine 42 officials, 154 guards and eignty, saying “we have no other waters. four militia men. Police also desire than to take care of what “Together with all these, we arrested 3,590 low and high- is rightfully ours.” must also think of the lives of the powered firearms, 163 gun Aquino made the call during millions of Filipinos that may be replicas, 1,082 bladed weap- a celebration marking the 115th affected by the decisions we make ons, 242 grenades, 515 explo- anniversary of the Declaration of as leaders,” Aquino said. sive devices Independence, at the Liwasang “We have never trampled upon Bonifacio here. the rights of others. We have not Four Vietnam Independence Day activities claimed or demanded territory were also held in Rizal Park in that clearly belongs to another. smugglers jailed Manila and at the Barasoain We have neither condescended Church in Bulacan. upon nor oppressed others,” he HANOI: Vietnam has sen- Vice President Jejomar Binay said. tenced four people to up led the Rizal Park ceremonies, “Harming others or sowing to four years in prison while Executive Secretary Paquito discord with other countries is for attempting to traf- Ochoa Jr presided over events at not in our history. Similarly, it fic migrants to Australia Barasoain Church. has never been the policy of the by boat, a court official said “Aggression does not run in our Philippines to take advantage of yesterday. The Vietnamese veins, but neither will we back other countries. If there has been arranged for 33 people to down from any challenge. And disagreement, the whole world embark on the journey in while we will protect our rights has witnessed our willingness to May 2012, but failed to reach and continue to build consensus sit down and conduct dialogues in the destination, Judge Ta with all parties to promote calm a peaceful manner,” the President Quoc Viet said in the south- and understanding, we must also said. Filipino soldiers raise the national flag during a ceremony to mark the Independence Day in front of a post office ern province of Ba Ria Vung increase the capabilities of our THE PHILIPPINE STAR in Manila yesterday. Tau. “They were stuck in a storm, arrested and deported to Vietnam by Indonesian authorities.” After the unsuc- cessful attempt, the men started to arrange another China court talks tough voyage for 28 migrants but Powers for Thailand rebels police took them into custody. BANGKOK: After nearly a Paradorn Pattanatabut, head of end their violent campaign. Briton abducted on safety of workers decade of conflict that has left the National Security Council, Moreover, concerns among the thousands dead, Thailand is said. Thai elite, political and military, in Indonesia BEIJING: China’s Supreme The high court described sev- considering handing over lim- “They have their own identity mean it is far from certain that Court yesterday ordered that eral “particularly vile” scenarios, ited powers to its Muslim- (in the south) so local adminis- Yingluck will press ahead with a BANDA ACEH: Gunmen people who neglect workplace including “discovering safety majority south in an effort to tration might be suitable to rec- potentially divisive policy. kidnapped a British man safety should be “severely” pun- risks but not eliminating them, persuade rebels to lay down ognise that identity, culture and Some in the south, where both working for an energy com- ished, state media said, after not guaranteeing basic work their arms. religion,” he said, but added that Buddhist and Muslim civilians pany in the restive Indonesian the country’s deadliest blaze in safety, not proactively rescuing Thai officials will meet with the the idea would not be on the table have borne the brunt of the con- province of Aceh, officials said over a decade killed 120 people workers after accidents happen”. two main insurgent groups today at this week’s talks. His com- flict, see Paradorn’s proposal as a yesterday. Malcolm Primrose at a factory. It also urged appropriate pun- in Kuala Lumpur for a third ments revived an idea previously distraction from the wider issues was being driven to work on Last week’s fire at the ishment for bosses who order round of talks that have so far raised by the government but of alleged abuses by Thai security Tuesday when he was stopped Baoyuanfeng poultry plant in staff to work in risky conditions failed to end near-daily violence later shelved. forces and the perceived denigra- by a group at around 11am in the northeastern province of Jilin or pay bribes to avoid regulation. in the region bordering Malaysia. Bangkok and the tourist tion of Malay Muslim culture. Lubuk Pempeng village, East renewed concern over workplace Fatal accidents are reported To find a breakthrough in a war hotspot of Pattaya already have a At the same time there is a Aceh district. The British safety. Local reports said only one regularly at Chinese mines and largely forgotten by the outside form of locally-elected adminis- growing realism among some of embassy in Jakarta said in a door remained unlocked, imped- factories, with critics blaming lax world, despite more than 5,500 tration able to make bylaws, levy the south’s wider population that statement: “We can confirm a ing employees’ escape. enforcement of rules. deaths since 2004, Thai authori- taxes and manage their budget. limited local power would repre- British national was involved “The Supreme Court issued While laws may allow for strict ties have floated the idea of hand- Full autonomy for the south sent progress of sorts. in an incident in Aceh yes- a notice on June 12 request- standards or punishments, the ing some local decision-making to remains taboo as the constitu- Some experts warn that the terday. We are in touch with ing courts at all levels to deal lack of an independent judici- three southern provinces domi- tion insists the Buddhist-majority fragile peace process could col- the local authorities and his severely with crimes that jeop- ary can mean court decisions nated by Malay-Muslims. kingdom must not be divided. lapse altogether in the absence of family. An embassy team has ardise manufacturing safety,” become subject to political or “We’re not talking about auton- While that over-arching prin- an impartial mediator empowered deployed to the area.” the official Xinhua news agency other considerations. omy but about local administra- ciple is in place, some experts to help draw up a roadmap out of reported. AFP tion,” Bangkok’s lead negotiator doubt whether the insurgents will the conflict. AFP Singapore fights dengue SINGAPORE: Singapore is fighting back against a worsening dengue epidemic Myanmar monks to meet over religious unrest by distributing insect repel- lants to every household and YANGON: Buddhist monks at a monastery outside Yangon government solve the problem,” campaign to shun shops owned by left about 200 people dead and recruiting hundreds of dis- from across Myanmar will to explore ways to ease tensions, he said. Wirathu, a monk from Muslims and only to visit stores 140,000 displaced, mainly Rohingya ease control officers, officials gather today for talks about according to Dhammapiya, a monk Mandalay whose anti-Muslim run by Buddhists. Muslims. said. Two Singaporeans have the religious violence that has acting as a spokesman for the remarks have come under recent Dhammapiya denied that the Muslim leaders welcomed the died from the virus so far shaken the country, after some of event. “Foreigners think that the scrutiny, is among those due to campaign known as “969” was monks’ planned talks, saying they this year and weekly cases them were implicated in attacks violence in Myanmar is being led attend, he said. responsible for several episodes of hoped the clerics would help to hit an all-time high of 820 on Muslims. by Buddhist monks,” he said yes- In central Myanmar, where doz- violence around the country this change Buddhists’ perceptions of in the period ending June 8, Deadly unrest -- mostly target- terday, adding that while several ens of people were killed in March year, most recently in the eastern them. the National Environment ing Muslims -- has laid bare deep monks had taken part in attacks, and thousands of homes set blaze, state of Shan in May. “It’s much better if Buddhist Agency said. More than 9,300 divides in the Buddhist-majority many more were mistaken for per- some people in monk robes wield- A Muslim man was sentenced monks tell people that their views people were infected this year country and clouded major political petrators as they tried to intervene ing sticks and knives during the to 26 years in prison on Tuesday of Muslims are wrong, rather as of Tuesday, nearing the reforms since military rule ended to halt the mob violence. unrest. for an attack on a Buddhist woman than us trying to explain,” Aye 13,984 infections in 2005, the two years ago. “Monks collectively will dis- Monks -- once at the forefront of that triggered the clashes in Shan. Lwin, chief convener of the Islamic worst year on record. Around 200 Buddhist clerics cuss how to stop people commit- the country’s pro-democracy move- Communal unrest last year Centre of Myanmar said. have been invited to the meeting ting violence and how to help the ment -- have also spearheaded a in the western state of Rakhine AFP World’s oldest man dies at 116 Indonesia-Myanmar Diplomacy TOKYO: Jiroemon Kimura, the world’s oldest man, has died, aged 116. Kimura, born S Korea rejects blame for on April 19, 1897, when Queen Victoria was on the British throne, died of natural causes, the Japanese media said. The Kyoto prefecture scrapped talks with North resident became the oldest man in December 2012 at SEOUL: South Korea rejected commensurate with the official The association representing the age of 115 years and 253 any blame yesterday for the col- named by Pyongyang. the 123 South Korean firms based days, following the death of lapse of planned talks with the Asked in parliament why Seoul in Kaesong appealed to both Seoul Dina Manfredini, an Italian- North, as businessmen from a had not acceded to Pyongyang’s and Pyongyang to find a way back American who lived in Iowa. closed joint industrial zone com- request to send a minister in to the dialogue table as soon as Kimura He had been receiv- plained they were being ruined order to save the talks, Prime possible. “We are deeply disap- ing treatment for pneumonia by politics. Minister Chung Hong-Won sug- pointed that the talks failed to for one month. North Korea, meanwhile, gested times had changed. take place,” association spokes- offered no comment at all on the “In the past, we have made infi- man Yu Chang-Geun said. Japan diplomat last-minute cancellation of the nite concessions to the North, but In the meantime, engineers and dialogue, and refused to answer the time has come to hold talks technicians “must be allowed to shouts ‘shut up’ routine calls from South on a where both sides are represented enter Kaesong to carry out main- newly-restored inter-government by officials of the same level,” tenance work on the production TOKYO: Japan’s human hotline. Chung said. facilities,” Yu said. rights envoy to the UN yes- The two Koreas had initially “I think the national pride of Company owners warn that terday was facing calls to quit agreed to hold their first high- the Republic of Korea should also their plants will fall into perma- over a video which showed level talks for six years in Seoul be considered,” he added. nent disrepair if they stay moth- him shouting at fellow dip- yesterday and today, but the On the proposed talks agenda balled for much longer. lomats to “shut up”. YouTube meeting was called off on Tuesday was the resumption of two sus- South Korea did attempt to footage of the incident at the evening because of an apparent pended commercial projects, contact the North yesterday, UN torture committee meet- Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa (right) with his Myanmar rift over protocol. including the Kaesong joint indus- using a hotline which Pyongyang ing in Geneva has provoked North Korea told the South its trial complex which the North restored last week when the two criticism on the Internet, counterpart U Wunna Maung Lwin before talks in Nusa Dua, in preparation nomination of a vice minister as shut down in April as military sides began organising the high- with demands that Hideaki for East Asia-Latin America Corporation 6th Foreign Ministers Meeting its chief delegate was an insult, tensions on the Korean peninsula level talks. Ueda be recalled. AGENCIES in Bali, Indonesia. while Seoul insisted his rank was flared. AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Baluchistan CM vows to end insurgency Malik urges security forces to stop the ‘kill-and-dump’ campaign as a first step to starting talks with separatists

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has a systematic campaign of “kill- the natural gas, feeding Pakistan’s the leader of the Baluchistan forces. “I cannot do this alone,” pledged to rein in human rights and-dump.” “We have to create lifeline textile industry in east- Liberation Front, Brahamdagh Malik said. “We will all together, abuses by security forces in an environment in which we are ern Punjab province, and is home Bugti, the Swiss-based chief of Nawaz Sharif and I, tell the secu- the resource-rich Baluchistan in a position to invite insurgents to a deepwater port at Gwadar. the Baluch Republican Party, and rity establishment that these province as a first step towards for talks. Before I go to them, we But the chronic instability in the Harbiyar Marri, an exiled nation- things have to end.” starting talks to end a long- have to take measures to prove province, which has experienced alist who leads the Baluchistan Hundreds of bodies bearing running insurgency waged by that we want change.” waves of revolt by Baluch nation- Liberation Army. gunshot wounds have been found rebels seeking an independent But many Baluch doubt he can alists since being incorporated But Malik is regarded as a across the province in recent years. homeland. deliver. A low turnout in many into Pakistan in 1948, has served traitor by many separatists, who The military denies committing The new chief minister of the areas and widespread alleged as a reminder of the broader fra- say he welcomed Imam Bheel, a abuses. Separatist fighters have province bordering Afghanistan irregularities in the province dur- gility of the state. Baluch businessmen designated also been accused of killing civil- and Iran urged security forces, ing the May 11 general election A 40-year veteran of Baluch by the US government as a heroin ians, including teachers. who deny wrongdoing, to end a underscored the depths of aliena- politics and an ex-senator, Malik trafficker, into his National Party They have also killed several campaign of forced disappear- tion from the state. is the first chief minister to at a public meeting in 2010. senior members of Malik’s party ances to support his hopes of Conflicts between separatist emerge from the province’s edu- Most believe there is little and tried to kill him twice dur- kindling dialogue. fighters and forces in Baluchistan cated middle-class rather than Chief minister Abdul Malik chance of change in Baluchistan ing the muted poll campaign in On Sunday, when Abdul Malik receive scant attention within the ranks of tribal overlords the unless Prime Minister Nawaz Baluchistan. “I may succeed, I took oath, five bullet-riddled Pakistan, though they have impli- army has traditionally co-opted Sharif, who has a history of may fail,” Malik said. “But this bodies were found in the prov- cations for the rest of the country to maintain control. military to return missing per- clashes with the army, can is the first time that Pakistan’s ince. The discoveries were inter- and the region. He pledged to introduce “confi- sons believed to be held by forces. become the first civilian leader to public at large is thinking that, preted by many as a signal that Rich but largely unexploited dence-building measures” during The main separatist lead- wrest control of the Baluchistan maybe, Baluchistan might just be forces were intent on continuing reserves of copper and gold, the first 100 days of his govern- ers Malik plans to approach for policy from the security establish- fixed.” what rights groups have dubbed Baluchistan also supplies much of ment, including persuading the talks include Allah Nazar Baloch, ment and curb rights violations by REUTERS Concerns over illegal expats KARACHI: After the Eight killed in Nato supply convoy attack arrival of illegal expatri- ates from 13 more countries, KABUL: Taliban militants authorities in southern Helmand Pakistan is housing illegals attacked a Nato supplies con- province of Afghanistan. from 201 countries, includ- voy in Kabul-Kandahar high- Provincial governor spokes- ing France, Switzerland, way, killing at least eight man Omar Zwak confirming the Egypt, Palestine, Saudi people, including Afghan secu- report said the incident took place Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, rity forces, local authorities in a market place in Sangin dis- West Indies and Germany. in eastern Ghazni province of trict yesterday. National Aliens Registration Afghanistan said. He said two Afghan civilians Authority (Nara) Director Ghazni provincial security and an Afghan national army General Aftab Alam says chief Asadullah Insafi confirm- officer were killed, and 9 civil- unregistered expatriates are ing the report said at least four ians were injured following the a threat to national security Taliban militants, two drivers explosion. No group has so far and the government will not and two Afghan national police claimed responsibility behind the tolerate the black sheep in officers were killed in the incident incident. Nara. According to officials, Tuesday, Afghan (Khaama Press) Local officials blame Taliban secret agencies have checked reported yesterday. group for the incident as the their records many times to Reports also suggest two vehi- Taliban fighters frequently use catch illegal expats involved cles carrying supplies for the Nato roadside bombs as the weapon in terror activities. Many of troops were also torched during of their choice to target Afghan them are living in Pakistan the clashes. and coalition security forces with their families. No group has so far claimed which normally lead to civilian responsibility behind the inci- casualties. Gates offers dent. Militants frequently carry This comes as UN special envoy out attacks on Nato logistic con- for Afghanistan, Jan Kubis on help on health voys and oil containers in differ- Tuesday said at least 3.092 civil- ent parts of the country. ians were killed or injured due ISLAMABAD: Microsoft The wave of insurgency has to the armed conflict between 1 co-founder Bill Gates has been rampant since the Taliban January and 6 June this year. offered financial and tech- group announced its summer The statistics by UN shows nical assistance to the new offensive in April this year. an increase of 24 percent in the government of Pakistan in Meanwhile, at least 3 people number of civilians killed and the health sector. Special were killed and 9 others were wounded compared to the same Representative of Bill Gates injured following a roadside period of 2012. Military vehicles donated by Nato forces to Afghan security forces in Jalalabad yesterday. and Melinda Foundation for bomb explosion, according to local AGENCIES Afghanistan and Pakistan, Dr Waqar Ajmal, called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and delivered a letter from Gates, congratulating him on his election, officials said yesterday. Gates expressed Rail engine deals with Taliban closed many schools: UN confidence that the new government would focus on KABUL: The Taliban forced doz- intimidation, coercion, extortion, fled to other parts of Afghanistan immunisation and eradica- China firms on hold ens of primary schools in south- abuse and targeted killings,” the because of violence has risen more tion of fatal diseases, includ- ern Afghanistan to close for two Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin said, than half a million for the first time. ing polio. ISLAMABAD: New Railways Minister Saad Rafique has months when provincial officials echoing earlier warnings from the The closure of primary schools in put all deals for engines with China firms on hold and a banned motorbikes — the insur- International Committee of the Zabul province, about 300km from Talks with major US supplier pulled out of a $540 million deal for 150 gents’ favoured form of transport, Red Cross about a fragmenting Kabul, was described as a particu- engines to allow the new government to buy engines in a according to the United Nations. insurgency. larly extreme case of intimidation rebels ‘vital’ transparent manner without losing time. The government caved in after “Some of the intimidations are that led many internal refugees to Rafique claimed on Geo TV yesterday that railways was watching children go without school directly linked to the conflict, others abandon their homes. LONDON: The Commander suffering losses of over Rs40bn this year, has to repay foreign and their families sometimes with- are triggered by historical underly- “A district school principal was of International Forces loans of Rs35bn and has taken overdraft of Rs40bn from the out food, because the schools were ing tensions such as local rivalries, threatened by the armed opposition in Afghanistan General State Bank of Pakistan. During the Capital Talk, he said he had used as aid distribution centres. power play and tribal feuds,” the UN who demanded temporary closure Joseph Dunford said that put all purchases of Chinese engines on hold as the engines The closure of schools were added. of the schools in the district,” the talks with the Taliban were were trash. “We were given 69 engines by China (in 2001) but detailed in a report warning that The number of civilians admitted report said. essential. Speaking to the they were all ‘Number 2’ quality and the PPP government the conflict in Afghanistan is get- to hospitals for war-related injuries “After authorities caved in to BBC, he said that without ordered to purchase 50 more of the same. I have put all of this ting more complex, and the civilian rose sharply this year compared with insurgent demands and lifted con- continued foreign support on hold and a probe has started,” the minister said. death toll is rising. 2012, and conflict-related admissions trols on bikes, there was no further to the Afghan Army, citi- The PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was also on It was published the day after nearly doubled in Helmand province, violence reported against principals zens’ basic rights were in no the Hamid Mir show, supported the railways minister and a suicide bomber killed 17 people where Britain has focused most of its or teachers in the area.” way guaranteed. Dunford is demanded that those who had made money on these shady as they boarded commuter buses troops and aid money. Negotiations secured an agree- the last commander of the deals must be exposed and punished. The railways minister near the supreme court, the deadli- “This not only indicates a spike ment to reopen the schools when the Nato International Security agreed. The US engines supplier Electro-Motive Diesel had est attack on civilians in Kabul for in violence and the human suffer- summer term begins, but the area Assistance Force and is been awarded a tender of 150 new engines by the Pakistan nearly a year. ing caused but also places additional must be watched closely to check expected to remain in the People’s Party government in October 2012 at a cost of $540m. “A growing number of local burden on health facilities in inse- that the Taliban stick to their side post until the end of next But the company said it had pulled out of the deal. militia and other armed groups cure areas,” the report said. of the deal, the UN cautioned. year, when combat troops are INTERNEWS are targeting civilians through The number of people who have THE GUARDIAN scheduled to leave. AGENCIES Sentence goes on for foreign prisoners of ‘Afghan Guantanamo’ FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN: They were exempted from the brother says. But he and friend In 2005 the family received a detainees “enemy combatants” Ali’s transfer to Bagram and The US handed over control of US handover in March of more Yunus Rahmatullah were arrested letter from Ali. Four years later and they do not enjoy legal rights detention are illegal but he is still Afghanistan’s Bagram jail to than 3,000 Bagram prisoners by UK troops as suspected mili- he spoke to his family for the first that would be accorded to a crimi- inside. Kabul three months ago. But to authorities. Their situation tants and handed over to the time by phone. “I asked him, ‘Do nal suspect in a US civilian court. “With the drawdown happen- nothing has changed for dozens has prompted comparisons with Americans. you have any problems in jail?’” He declined to say if the detain- ing and the US pulling out of of foreign inmates inside “the detainees at the US prison at Many fighters ended up being said Razzaq. “He replied, ‘Jail is ees have access to a lawyer, and Afghanistan it’s creating an even Afghan Guantanamo”. Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. sent to Guantanamo. But because in itself the problem’.” acknowledged they will remain bigger question of what are you In what has been described as In a miserable hamlet with the Ali and Rahmatullah spoke Urdu, Now every few months Razzaq behind bars as long as US forces going to do with these guys,” said a “prison within a prison”, the soulless name “Village 105”, lost in not Arabic, they were taken to travels about 450km from his stay in Afghanistan. Sarah Belal, a lawyer defending US continues to operate within the vast Punjab wheatfields out- Afghanistan where US forces had village to Islamabad to see and The US is preparing to with- Bagram detainees she has never Bagram’s walls. side the town of Faisalabad, Abdul translators to interrogate them. talk to Ali on Skype at the draw the bulk of its remaining met. “There is a prison within a After years of imprisonment, Razzaq keeps treasured photos of “His wife contacted us and said International Committee of the 65,000 troops by the end of next prison controlled by the US forces some 60 non-Afghan detainees, his brother Amanatullah Ali. she had had no news from him for Red Cross offices. The line is cut year, and Razzaq hopes this will because they are holding these 60 mostly Pakistanis but also Saudis It has been nearly 10 years six or seven months, then they by the Americans when they move mean an end to Ali’s ordeal. detainees, so this is what we mean and Kuwaitis, are denied face-to- since they saw each other. After searched for him but found no onto topics deemed too sensitive. But his release process will by legal black hole: These people face access to lawyers and have the fall of Saddam Hussein, Ali trace and we feared he had been A US defence official said be long and complex. Britain’s have no recourse to any courts or not been charged with any crime. went to Iraq for pilgrimage, his kidnapped or killed,” Razzaq said. Washington considered the Supreme Court has ruled that any rights.” AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

Child exploitation Haryana IAS officer Forced to name dies in fall GURGAON: A Haryana IAS officer yesterday died under mysterious circumstances after Kundra in cricket allegedly falling from the stair- case of his apartment building here, police said. The 1981 batch officer, betting: Friend Harbaksh Singh, 56, was financial commissioner and additional chief secretary, Renewable Energy Department of Haryana. His body I was tortured by police: Goenka was found near the staircase of his flat on the first floor of Park NEW DELHI: Umesh Goenka, of his June 5 statement made View Apartments here in Sector a friend of IPL’s Rajasthan before a magistrate in which he 15 early morning. He apparently Royals team owner Raj Kundra, had named Kundra in the cricket fell down the staircase and sus- yesterday told a court here that betting case. tained head injuries. IANS he was forced to name Kundra Additional Sessions Judge in the cricket betting case to Vinay Kumar Khanna, after Sreesanth gets save himself from torture by hearing brief arguments, directed Delhi Police. police to file a response on the rousing welcome Goenka, business partner of application by June 14. Kundra, whose statement has Filing a detailed application, KOCHI: Former India pacer been recorded as a witness in the Goenka narrated the alleged tor- S Sreesanth, arrested for his case, claimed in the court that he ture at the hands of police. It was role in alleged spot fixing in was forced to name Kundra on also added in the application that the IPL and released from jail instructions from investigators he was now disclosing the truth A Kashmiri child works in a workshop in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, yesterday, which on Tuesday, arrived here to a who had traumatised him and after the court, while giving bail was marked as World Day Against Child Labour. According to experts, the child labour situation in India is tumultuous welcome from hun- physically abused him in illegal to the accused in the spot-fixing getting worse due to poor regulatory framework. dreds of fans waiting at the custody for five days. case, pulled up police for invok- Kochi airport since early yes- “Due to threats, torture and ing the stringent Maharashtra terday. A battery of journalists, extreme fear of consequences on Control of Organised Crime Act photographers and TV camera- refusing to comply with the dic- (MCOCA). “During the investi- men were seen jostling for space tates of police, I made the state- gation, police abducted me from as soon as Sreesanth arrived ment before the magistrate. It my house in Ahmedabad on June JD-U set to sever ties with BJP in the airport’s lobby around was not made voluntarily and was 2, illegally detained me and put 9.15am. IANS given under duress on directions pressure on me to make a state- NEW DELHI/KOLKATA/ Kumar and Odisha Chief Minister leaders before a formal decision is of police,” he told the court. ment under section 164 CrPC as PATNA: The political drama Biju Patnaik. While Nitish Kumar made public. Abortion report of Goenka said that when dur- per their narration/instruction,” around the rise of Gujarat Chief virtually controls the JD-U, JD-U leader and Bihar minister ing interrogation, he reiterated Goenka’s application said. Minister Narendra Modi yes- Patnaik heads Biju Janata Dal. Shayam Razak told IANS that his dead actor released his stand about his and Kundra’s He said he was forcibly taken terday threatened to impact Both are regional outfits. party was discussing the issue in non-involvement in betting, police to a hotel by two officials of Delhi Bihar, with the state’s rul- In Patna, a JD-U leader indi- view of developments at the BJP MUMBAI: The medical reports personnel slapped him, removed Police and then flown to Delhi and ing JD-U expected to snap its cated that the alliance with the conclave in Goa and later in Delhi. of actress Jiah Khan’s abortion his clothes and tortured him brought to the police’s Special Cell 17-year-old alliance with the BJP could be over soon. He was referring to the promi- have been received from a hos- physically delivering fists and office in Lodhi Colony in south BJP and the impending devel- “Only a formal announcement nent role given to Modi for the pital were the procedure was blows and slapped his face so hard Delhi where he was asked to dis- opment triggering talk of a is to be made for snapping ties 2014 polls and Advani’s decision conducted, police said here yes- that his right ear-drum ruptured. close his and Kundra’s involve- third front ahead of next year’s with the BJP,” said the leader, first to resign from all party posts, terday. “There have been no new The remarks of Goenka came ment in the cricket match betting. Lok Sabha polls. considered close to Nitish Kumar. and later to stay on, bowing to developments so far. We have on an application for retraction IANS Even while veteran BJP leader “Till late yesterday (Tuesday) pressure from the party. received the medical reports L K Advani is learnt to have night, a number of party leaders, Bihar Agriculture Minister from the hospital where the foe- launched a firefight by talking to including ministers, held discus- Narendra Singh categorically said tus was aborted,” a police officer Janata Dal-United (JD-U) stal- sions with Nitish Kumar at his Modi was not acceptable to his told IANS. A lawyer of arrested Assam heat wave claims six lives warts, the saffron party said it official residence. It was decided party as the NDA’s prime minis- suspect Sooraj Pancholi, son of was prepared to sit in the oppo- to formally announce the end of terial candidate. actor Aditya Pancholi, said they GUWAHATI: Sweltering in weather conditions in the sition in Bihar. ties with the BJP in next two to “We are against being part of will be able to give out more heat has claimed at least six next 48 hours. According to In Kolkata, days after giving three days,” said the leader, who the NDA under his leadership,” information later. “We will be lives in different locations of the RMC, Assam’s maximum a call for a non-Congress, non- did not want to be named. said Singh. able to give out more informa- Assam in the last 24 hours, and temperature of 38.5 degrees BJP federal front of regional par- Another party leader said He said Modi was tainted by his tion tomorrow,” said Zameer the Regional Meteorological Celsius yesterday was the ties, West Bengal Chief Minister JD-U president Sharad Yadav will involvement in 2002 Gujarat riots, Khan, who appeared for Sooraj Centre has forecast no change highest in 33 years. 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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Austrian firm MSCI upgrade a shot in the arm for QE: Experts Porr to sign DOHA: Morgan Stanley Capital ( DVP) mechanism, liquidity Ali Al Mansoori. “The decision initiatives that have helped vari- experience and international International’s (MSCI) decision provider activity and securities clearly reflects the recognition of ous types of investors to enter the best practices that have led to to upgrade Qatar will render lending and borrowing activity the positive steps made by Qatar market and invest in a more eas- this milestone for the Qatari €1.89bn Qatar significant impetus to Qatar’s to support the inclusion of Qatari Exchange over the past years to ily efficient and orderly manner. capital markets. financial market. Welcoming capital market in the MSCI meet the MSCI requirements, in On the new emerging market Nick Wilson, Chairman of metro deal the index compiler’s decision to emerging market index using the terms of the development of the status of Qatar, Abdul Hakeem London-listed Qatar Investment elevate Qatar from Frontier to best international practices and market infrastructure and the Mostafawi, CEO of HSBC in Fund said: “The upgrade reflects VIENNA: Austrian construc- Emerging Market status, regu- standards.” implementation of a number of Qatar said: “This is testament of Qatar’s powerful economic, regu- tion firm Porr announced yes- lators and market leaders said Al Shaibi added that QFMA important projects and initia- international investors’ views on latory and financial progress in terday it was to sign a ¤1.89bn the upgrading would help Qatar in corporation with the QE and tives, which were welcomed by Qatar’s strategic story and the recent years. It also confirms that ($2.5bn) contract to build one of attract huge fund flows to the the concerned parties will con- the international financial and realisation of the 2030 Vision. business conditions and the reg- Doha’s new metro lines, as part market. tinue to develop the legislations to investment institutions. This will further encourage for- ulatory environment is increas- of a consortium with two Qatari On the market reclassifica- conform with the capital markets QE, which has a market cap eign investment flows as well as ingly investor friendly in Qatar partners, SBG and HBK. tion Nasser Ahmad Al Shaibi, developments according to inter- of over QR512bn or more than private sector participation in the and UAE…… These markets offer This was the second such con- the CEO of Qatar Financial national best practices and in line $140bn is one of the leading stock capital markets, and will support an attractive combination of a tract for European firms in three Markets Authority (QFMA), said with the needs and privacy of the exchanges in the GCC and Mena an increase in the number of stable economy, strong earnings days. The “Green Line” deal was the regulatory body, in coopera- local market. regions. The bourse has made listings”. growth, low valuations and high to be signed in mid-June with tion with Qatar Exchange (QE) The decision is a positive step great strides in the development As the leading interna- dividend yield, providing a com- construction on the 16.6km metro issued several legislations and towards development of QE of infrastructure, diversification tional bank in Qatar we were pelling investment opportunity to line — one of four planned in the operational procedures such and attracting foreign invest- of investment tools available for fortunate to play an impor- global investors. wealthy Gulf state — and six sta- as Delivery-Versus-Payment ments, said QE CEO Rashid trading, and launching of many tant part in bringing the THE PENINSULA tions due to take five years, Porr said in a statement. Newspaper reports had said last week that Qatar Rail had awarded four contracts worth a total $8.2bn in the first phase of construction for the Doha Metro, including to Porr. But they gave no breakdown Tasweeq, Pearl on the value of each contract. Yesterday, Porr said it would be responsible for 50 percent of the “Green Line” project, worth ¤945m. It added this was the big- load first GTL gest contract in its history. “Our team on site has worked closely together with the Executive Board in order jet fuel cargo to achieve this milestone in our company’s history thanks to their extensive experience and in-depth market knowledge,” CEO Karl- Export of light aviation fuel begins Heinz Strauss praised. The Doha metro project is part of Qatar’s DOHA: Qatar International Sawan said: “This is a proud “National Development Plan for Petroleum Marketing Company moment in our partnership with 2030” and also comes as the Gulf Ltd (Tasweeq) and Pearl GTL Qatar Petroleum as it further state prepares to host the FIFA witnessed yesterday the loading cements Qatar’s position as the World Cup in 2022. of its first export cargo of GTL- GTL capital of the world. The blended jet fuel from Ras Laffan, export of GTL-blended jet fuel BP cuts global gas produced from the world’s larg- from Pearl GTL demonstrates est gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant. the international market’s appe- reserves estimate Chief Executive Officer of tite for the new product. GTL- Representatives from Tasweeq, Qatar Shell and Qatar Petroleum celebrate the loading of first GTL-blended jet Tasweeq, Saad Al Kuwari said: blended jet fuel can be safely used fuel cargo. LONDON: Oil major BP cut its “The State of Qatar has entrusted for commercial aviation across estimates of global gas reserves Tasweeq with the export of GTL all legacy aircraft as well as the airlines and airport authorities 50 percent blended with conven- in Qatar or for export. Exports steeply yesterday, revising naphtha and jet fuel. In 2011, we latest models of airframes and keen to improve local air quality tional jet fuel. As an alternative to will be managed via Tasweeq, the Russia’s still classified reserves have sold the first cargo of GTL- engines on the drawing boards at busy airports by reducing local conventional crude oil-derived jet marketing company established by down sharply and putting Iran at naphtha. We are also so proud of today.” emissions. fuel, it can help diversify the avia- Qatar for the sales & marketing of the top of the world league table. adding yet another GTL product GTL-blended jet fuel is a blend GTL-kerosene also has a tion fuel supply chain and offers a regulated products. In its benchmark annual sta- to Tasweeq portfolio. I am sure of GTL-kerosene and conven- lower density than conventional number of attractive benefits for This first export cargo of tistical review for 2012, BP put GTL-blended jet fuel produced tional crude oil-derived standard oil-based kerosene. This has the airlines and airports. GTL-blended jet fuel consisted global proven gas reserves at 187.3 in Qatar will also enjoy a sound jet fuel. GTL-kerosene burns with potential to reduce the required The Pearl GTL plant in Qatar of 40,000 metric tonnes of a 25 trillion cubic metres as of the end reputation as a quality product virtually zero sulphur dioxide fuel payload and aircraft may be (jointly developed by Qatar percent GTL-kerosene contain- of 2012, enough for about 56 years in key international markets and produces lower particulate able to carry less weight of fuel Petroleum and Shell) started first ing blend and was loaded by worth of global production at cur- around the world. We are keen emissions (very fine soot parti- to cover the same distance and production of GTL-kerosene in RLTO, the Ras Laffan Terminal rent rates. BP’s last report for to be introducing GTL-blended cles) than conventional crude oil- its cleaner burning characteris- 2012 third quarter. This is blended Operator. Representatives from 2011 estimated global gas reserves jet fuel to global customers in the derived jet fuel. This means that tics may result in lower engine with conventional Jet A-1 pro- Tasweeq, Qatar Shell and Qatar at 208.4 trillion. The cut of 21 tril- aviation industry.” once blended with conventional maintenance. duced at the nearby Ras Laffan Petroleum celebrated this mile- lion equals roughly to seven years Managing Director and jet fuel to create GTL-blended It is fully approved for civil avi- Condensate Refinery to produce stone together. of global gas consumption. Chairman of Qatar Shell, Wael jet fuel, it can be attractive to ation use at concentrations up to GTL-blended jet-fuel for use either THE PENINSULA AGENCIES

Gulf currency shifts likely: QCB governor Oil rises on supply concerns,

DUBAI: A statement on for- international trade, services, and So far, Gulf policy makers out- exports are dominated by oil, demand outlook caps gains eign exchange policy by Qatar’s asset markets, a higher degree side Qatar have not echoed Sheikh then there will be strong reasons Central Bank governor has of exchange rate flexibility may Abdullah, and GCC countries will for sticking to the current pegs,” NEW YORK/LONDON: Crude oil prices were marginally higher struck a nerve in financial mar- become more desirable to ensure not abandon their currency pegs said Simon Evenett, professor of yesterday, supported by worry over global supply disruptions but kets across the Gulf, remind- external stability and interna- lightly. The arrangements have economics at the University of St capped by an unexpected jump in oil inventories in the United ing investors that decades of tional competitiveness of our mostly worked well for them over Gallen in Switzerland. States and a cut in estimates for oil demand growth. currency stability will not last exports,” Sheikh Abdullah said. the decades, providing a source of But the pegs also have major Brent crude oil futures were trading 81 cents higher at $103.77 per forever. It was believed to be the first predictability in one of the world’s disadvantages. Gulf countries have barrel at 1.38pm EDT (1738 GMT), after trading as high as $104.10. Five of the six oil exporters time in years that a top Gulf policy most volatile regions. little room to conduct their own The July Brent contract expires today. in the Gulf Cooperation Council maker had publicly hinted at the The pegs have helped to pre- interest rate policy; to avoid exces- US crude oil futures were trading 87 cents higher to $96.25. (GCC) — Saudi Arabia, the possibility of a country removing vent any runs on Gulf currencies sive flows of money into and out The International Energy Agency (IEA) said modest economic United Arab Emirates, Qatar, its peg and letting its exchange during crises such as the Iraq of the dollar, they mostly need to growth was limiting oil demand worldwide and some developed econo- Oman and Bahrain — fix their rate fluctuate more freely in wars and tensions over Iran’s dis- keep their interest rates close to mies would see absolute declines in oil consumption in 2013. currencies against the US dollar response to market forces. puted nuclear programme. Also, US levels, even if the condition of At the same time, production by the Organisation of the Petroleum under arrangements dating back In reaction, prices of 12-month Gulf economies depend heavily their economies is very different. Exporting Countries (Opec) was rising, outstripping demand for its as far as the 1970s. foreign exchange forward con- on oil exports and oil is interna- And Gulf economies can find oil, with big increases recently in output from Saudi Arabia, Iran and But late last month, Qatar tracts for Qatar’s riyal, Saudi tionally traded in dollars, making themselves at the mercy of sharp other Middle East Gulf producers. Central Bank chief H E Sheikh Arabia’s riyal and the United export earnings more reliable. swings in the global value of the “The IEA report seems fairly bearish overall,” said Carsten Fritsch, Abdullah bin Saud Al Thani sug- Arab Emirates dirham — agree- The currency pegs limit bal- dollar. For example, the onset of senior oil analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. “It will do little to gested economic trends might ments to trade them versus the ance sheet risks since much of the global credit crisis caused the end the gloomy picture. Opec production is rising and running above eventually push Qatar into allow- dollar a year from now — all fell the Gulf’s external assets are dollar to plunge in 2007 and 2008, its target, while demand for its oil is falling... The growth in global oil ing its currency to fluctuate. slightly. held in dollars, while Gulf mon- helping push inflation up sharply demand will continue to fall short of the increase in non-Opec supply.” In comments to Reuters, he Investors were assuming that etary policies remain predictable, in the Gulf states. The IEA report follows similar assessments this week by Opec and said the country might one day since those countries ran big widely understood and easy to This fuelled speculation in the by the US government’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). need a more flexible currency, trade surpluses, any greater administer, said Farouk Soussa, currency forwards market, which Both cut their global oil demand growth forecasts on Tuesday, while though it was not at present con- exchange rate freedom would, Citigroup’s chief economist for ultimately proved incorrect, that signalling ample supplies in most markets. Crude oil prices were draw- sidering any change to the riyal’s initially at least, cause their cur- the region. they might have to abandon their ing some strength from continued worries over supply disruptions in peg. rencies to appreciate against the “So long as oil remains priced pegs. Libya and Sudan, among other oil producing nations, traders said. “With increasing integration in dollar, traders said. in US dollars and the region’s REUTERS REUTERS THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS British banks EU-China steel tussle announce Libor reforms Move to avoid rate-rigging charges

LONDON: The British meanwhile shortly expected to Bankers’ Association yesterday present proposals to tighten up announced changes to Libor oversight of key financial market interest-rate transparency in benchmarks, especially of interest a bid to avoid a repeat of last rates, officials said last week. year’s rate-rigging scandal. A source close to the issue said The BBA said publication of a key element could involve mov- banks’ individual submissions of ing Libor, or London Interbank the Libor interbank lending rate Offered Rate, from London to would be embargoed for three Paris where it would be super- months in a move aimed at avoid- vised by the European Securities ing renewed manipulation of the and Markets Authority. borrowing cost as occurred in the Libor is calculated daily, using past. estimates from banks of their It added in a statement that own interbank rates. However, the change, which follows recom- the system has been found to be mendations of a review initiated open to abuse, with some trad- by the British government, would ers lying about borrowing costs take effect from July 1. to boost trading positions or make The Wheatley Review, pub- their bank seem more secure. lished last September, had stated The BBA yesterday added that that the “BBA should publish as part of the reforms, publication individual Libor submissions of same-day Libor rates for loans after three months to reduce priced in euros lasting one week A worker loads steel bars for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, yesterday. The European Union plans to lodge a complaint with the the potential for submitters to and one month will cease from World Trade Organisation against Chinese duties on steel tubes used in power plants, EU sources said. attempt manipulation, and to July 31. reduce any potential interpreta- The Libor scandal erupted last tion of submissions as a signal of year when Barclays bank was creditworthiness”. fined £290 million ($470 million, The BBA yesterday agreed with 363 million euros) by British Doha Bank launches Al Hayer GCC, Mena Fund the recommendation, adding how- and US regulators for attempted ever that individual bank submis- manipulation of Libor and sions would “remain available in Euribor interbank rates between DOHA: Doha Bank, has sound management, good earnings Al Hayer Fund is unique in that diversification benefits covering real-time to the Libor benchmark 2005 and 2009. launched “Al Hayer GCC growth with attractive valuations. it invests in the GCC and Mena multiple countries and sectors, administrators for the purposes of Royal Bank of Scotland and & Mena Fund” for Qatari Al Hayer Fund offers share- markets and aims to deliver above coupled with ease of investment calculating the rate and for moni- Swiss lender UBS have since Individuals, Corporates and holders the flexibility of the sums average returns with below aver- through a simple application and toring and surveillance”. also received heavy fines over Institutions. It is an open-ended they would like to subscribe to. age risk through investing in a subscription process, followed by BBA chief executive Anthony alleged rigging of Libor — a flag- fund that seeks medium to The initial offer period for Al diversified and carefully selected monthly Net Asset Value (NAV) Browne said: “Restoring confi- ship instrument used all over long term capital appreciation Hayer Fund is open until July 11, portfolio of companies across updates for all investors to help dence in Libor as a reliable bench- the world, affecting what banks, by investing in a portfolio of 2013. major market sectors.” them keep track of fund perform- mark is an absolute priority for businesses and individuals pay companies listed on major stock Doha Bank Group CEO, R Al Hayer Fund is an open- ance during the investment period. the BBA and we have been work- to borrow money. Euribor is the markets across the Middle East Seetharaman said in a Qatar ended fund which opens up excit- The combined local presence ing hard with regulatory authori- eurozone equivalent. region. Exchange filing: “Al Hayer,GCC ing investment opportunities to and regional expertise of Doha ties and the government to put in The fallout meanwhile risks The Fund aims to consistently and Mena Fund is designed to benefit from the potential growth Bank adds significant value to place the necessary reforms ahead becoming much wider, with ana- outperform markets in a disci- invest in blue-chip high perform- across the GCC and Mena region. this process as regional capital of it transferring to a new owner.” lysts claiming that lenders could plined and risk-controlled man- ing equities in the region to reflect Doha Bank is the sponsor of the Al markets are less mature than The BBA is to lose its role of face massive lawsuits, since mort- ner and will invest for medium to the positive growth seen in the Hayer Fund which will be managed counterparts in the West and Libor rate-setter in the wake of gage rates passed onto customers long-term performance in care- overall market recently. While by ING Investment Management the region’s companies are inad- the rigging crisis. were influenced by Libor. fully selected companies that dem- most funds available in Qatar (Middle East) Limited. equately covered by analysts. The European Commission was AFP onstrate strong business models, invest in Qatar-based equities, Al Hayer Fund offers investors THE PENINSULA India posts weak industrial output Qatar’s annual inflation NEW DELHI: India’s indus- for Prime Minister Manmohan in the last financial year to March time with the drop in the rupee,” rate hits 3.5 percent trial output grew by a weaker- Singh’s beleaguered Congress 2013 from 5.7 percent the previ- Ajay Bodke, investment strategy than-expected two percent government, battling charges of ous year. head at Mumbai investment house DOHA: Qatar’s inflation, based on consumer price index (CPI), rose in April but the grim data economic mismanagement and It said the revision also was Prabhudas Lilladher, said. 3.5 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) and the index was slightly up by 0.1 Wednesday was offset by glo- corruption, Fitch revised India’s a recognition of “albeit limited” The rupee, which has been percent month-on-month (m-o-m) in May 2013, figures released by bal ratings agency Fitch raising sovereign rating to stable from progress in tackling hurdles to weighed down by India’s weak the Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) revealed. its investment rating outlook to negative. growth, such as delays in gov- public finances and speculation The y-o-y inflation was mainly driven by ‘entertainment, recreation stable from negative. The revision “reflects the meas- ernment approvals of projects to that the United States may roll and culture’ group, 7.0 percent and ‘rent, fuel and energy’, 6.5 percent. The two percent year-on-year ures taken by the government to upgrade dilapidated highways and back monetary stimulus, was The CPI data issued for the month of May recorded increase in all the output growth at the factories, contain the budget deficit”, Fitch other infrastructure. trading at 57.79 to the dollar in groups except ‘miscellaneous goods & services, where prices declined mines and utilities of Asia’s third said in a late afternoon statement. Fitch’s announcement, which late trade Wednesday . by 1.3 percent. While ‘transport and communications grew 2.7 percent largest economy undershot mar- The move was a reversal of came after the stock market Planning Commission dep- the ‘medical care and medical services’ became costlier by 2.5 percent ket expectations of a 2.4 percent the negative investment outlook closed, could boost investor con- uty chairman Montek Singh than a year ago. The food, beverages and tobacco grew by 2.4 percent. rise and was down from a 3.4 per- Fitch assigned to India in June fidence and give a lift to India’s Ahluwalia told reporters that a The CPI data recorded a month-on-month increase in two major cent jump the previous month. 2012 and came after rival rat- currency, which clawed its way slew of government economy- groups. The ‘food, beverages and tobacco grew by 0.2 percent. ‘Garments The production num- ing agency Standard and Poor’s higher from a lifetime low of opening steps initiated last and footwear became costlier by 0.2 percent. On the other hand, prices bers dismayed business, with upheld its negative outlook last 58.98 rupees to the dollar that it September to spur growth and declined by 1.3 percent in ‘miscellaneous goods and services’, by 0.1 the Associated Chambers of month. hit Tuesday. improve domestic investment percent in ‘furniture, textiles and home appliances’. Commerce and Industry of India Fitch noted the government “I believe the Fitch announcement confidence should result in a more A CPI exclusive of ‘rent, fuel and energy’ group calculation showed branding them “pathetic”. trimmed the fiscal deficit to 4.9 will improve investor sentiment and “stable” rupee. that after the elimination of the rent effect, the overall index reached But in a rare piece of good news percent of gross domestic product it has come at a most opportune AFP 125.5 demonstrating a little decrease of 0.1 percent compared to the CPI of April 2013 and an increase of 2.6 percent when compared to CPI of May 2012. Hong Kong cruise terminal Sri Lanka allows Boss of bailed-out Royal foreigners to Bank of Scotland to quit take out capital LONDON: Britain’s state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland said COLOMBO: Sri Lanka yes- Wednesday that chief executive Stephen Hester has decided to terday announced the easing step down after five years at the helm, during which he has over- of foreign exchange controls to seen a vast restructuring in readiness for the group’s eventual allow foreigners to repatriate privatisation. capital as well as profits from The government still owns 81 percent of RBS after it was bailed out real estate transactions. in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis with £45.5bn of taxpayer cash. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka The Edinburgh-based lender was ravaged by its badly-timed con- said it was making it easier for sortium takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro at the top of the market both foreigners and locals to take in 2007, just before the crisis struck. money in and out of the coun- Under Hester’s watch, RBS has axed close to 40,000 jobs and sold try as part of measures to spur off non-core assets in an attempt to transform the bank’s fortunes. greater economic activity. “The board of directors of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc Sri Lanka’s economic growth (RBS) today announced that Stephen Hester will be stepping down as slowed to 6.4 percent in calendar the group’s chief executive later this year,” RBS said in a statement. year 2012, from 8.2 percent the “The board believes that an orderly succession process will give a new previous year. CEO time to prepare the privatisation process and to lead the bank in The exchange controls were the years that follow. “Stephen was unable to make that open-ended eased because “the domes- commitment following five years in the job already.” tic financial sector has become Hester said that the group was now ready for a return to the private stronger and more resilient”, the sector and therefore needed a new boss. “It has been nearly five years Bank said in a statement. since I joined RBS after the bank was rescued by the government,” It said Sri Lankan commercial Hester said. “In that time we have reduced the bank’s balance sheet banks will also be allowed to lend M embers of the media visiting Hong Kong’s new cruise terminal. Hong Kong yesterday opened the new by nearly a trillion pounds, repaid hundreds of billions of taxpayer in foreign currency for the first terminal on the site of its former Kai Tak Airport, capable of accommodating the world’s largest cruise ships support, and removed the imminent threat that this bank’s size and time to locals who earn abroad. in the hopes of transforming the city into Asia’s cruise hub. complexity posed to the UK economy.” AFP THE PENINSULA/AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Oman needs to cut down on spending: IMF Slashing fuel subsidy necessary

DUBAI: Oman needs to con- year compared to last year’s plan, tain state spending and raise to RO12.9bn ($33.5bn), partly to non-oil revenue in the medium help keep social peace after street term to keep its fiscal balance protests demanding jobs and sustainable, the International action against corruption in 2011. Monetary Fund said yesterday. Steep rises in government hir- “Spending restraint and non- ing and a rise in the minimum oil revenue enhancing measures wages of Omani citizens in the are needed to support a sustain- private sector have reduced the able fiscal policy in the medium government’s room to respond to term,” the IMF said following economic shocks, the IMF said. annual consultations with Oman. The oil price which Oman “The mission recommends an needs to balance its budget rose initial adjustment of one per- to $80 per barrel in 2012 from $62 cent of GDP (gross domestic in 2008. It is expected to climb product) in 2013 by rationalising further to $120 per barrel by 2018, the planned increase in work- exceeding currently projected oil force, and restraining goods and prices, the IMF said. Brent crude services spending,” it said on its oil is currently around $103. website. The IMF said a projected Greece’s public TV employees broadcast a Web-TV signal in a control room at the ERT headquarters in Athens yesterday, a day after a shock decision The sultanate needs to adjust decline in oil prices would bring by the government to shut down the state broadcaster’s operations. its fiscal balance by around 10 a turnaround in fiscal and current percent of GDP in total over the account surpluses after 2015 and medium term as its budget health 2016 respectively. Greece back in crisis mode on TV shutdown is becoming a significant chal- “The accumulated fiscal buffers lenge, the IMF added. would provide initial cushion but Oman finance ministry officials would erode quickly,” it said. “The ATHENS: Greece’s govern- above 10 percent after Athens the shutdown was announced in broadcasted over the Internet, could not immediately be reached increasing wage bill and current ment faced an internal revolt failed to sell state gas firm DEPA what the government said was a showing sombre newscasters for comment. The finance minis- spending, if not contained, could and public outrage yesterday on Monday, putting it at risk of temporary measure to staunch an deploring the shutdown and ter hinted in April that budget endanger the government’s longer over the sudden closure of state missing bailout targets. “incredible waste” of taxpayers’ replaying images of thousands policy would become more term fiscal sustainability.” broadcaster ERT, hours after The stock market traded at money prior to its relaunch as a gathered outside to protest. conservative. The IMF also said it would the humiliation of seeing its two-month lows after Greece slimmed-down station. ERT’s reporters from as far The IMF painted a bleak out- be difficult for Oman to put its bourse downgraded to emerging became the first developed nation Labour unions called a 24-hour away as Australia appeared on air look for Oman’s public finances in state finances on a sustainable market status. ever to be lowered to emerging national work stoppage for to describe the outrage of local April, predicting the budget could footing without changing subsi- The twin setbacks, coupled market status by equity index Thursday and journalists went on Greek communities. “It is our slip into a deficit of 3.8 percent dies, mainly on fuel, adding that with the derailing of a trou- provider MSCI. an open-ended strike, forcing a only link with our homeland,” said of GDP as soon as 2015, with the domestic fuel prices should be bled privatisation programme, Samaras’s government declined news blackout on privately owned Odysseas Mandeakis, president of gap widening to as much as 13.3 raised gradually. reversed a rise in investor confi- comment on the market reclassifica- television and newspapers. the Greek community in Zambia. percent in 2018. On Wednesday, The government of H M Sultan dence that had prompted Prime tion as it tried to fend off a growing “The strike will only end when In Athens, the ERT crisis over- it predicted a 2015 shortfall of 0.9 Qaboos bin Said, who has ruled Minister Antonis Samaras backlash against ERT’s dramatic the government takes back this shadowed MSCI’s reclassification percent, widening to 6.8 percent the country since 1970, created to say the risk of a “Grexit” closure that prompted outrage coup d’etat which gags informa- of the country, whose bourse it in 2018. 100,000 new jobs in the civil and from the euro was dead and a from journalists, unions and leaders tion,” the ESIEA union said. said had not met the developed The small non-Opec oil defence sectors in 2011-13, the “Greekovery” was under way. across the political spectrum. Some ERT journalists occupied market criteria for size for two exporter raised its planned budget IMF said. Yields on Greece’s 10-year The public broadcaster was the broadcaster’s building in defi- years. spending by nearly 20 percent this REUTERS benchmark bond crept back yanked off air just hours after ance of government orders and REUTERS IKEA Doha receives 500,000 visitors in three months

DOHA: Swedish home furnish- IKEA’s trademark inspirational split of about 30% being of Qatari ing ginat IKEA’s newly-opened ‘room settings’, most of which background, followed by a close store in Qatar witnessed over were specially adapted to appeal 25 percent of expatriate Arabs. 500,000 visitors in just three to local tastes. Among the product ranges, bed- months, a press statement said John Kersten, Managing room and living room have proven yesterday. Director, IKEA UAE, Qatar, most popular followed closely by The store opened on March 11 Egypt and Oman said: “We bed textiles, children and storage to customers in the presence of a have been very pleased with the and organisation. host of VIP guests including Omar response received in Qatar. Our The store also features IKEA’s Al Futtaim, Vice-Chairman, Al brand, concept and inspirational trademark Smaland children’s play Futtaim Group, His Excellency, solutions have been very well area – making shopping at IKEA Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al embraced by our customers and easy and peaceful for parents while Thani, The Chairman, Chamber in just 3 months we are recording offering fun activities to keep of Commerce and Industry, above 6,000 visitors per day. The children entertained. Across the Qatar, Max Bjuhr, the Swedish IKEA website in Qatar launched three months of operation, IKEA’s Ambassador to the UAE, Qatar the same day as the store open- trademark 550-seater restaurant & Bahrain, a delegation of Al ing has had over 280,000 visi- has served over 65,000 customers. Futtaim group executives, guests tors so far who have viewed over The dish in demand at the restau- and media. 3,500,000 products.” rant has been the Salmon, with The store offers over 7,500 The local adaptation of the over 7,600 portions sold while ice products and measures an IKEA store concept is evident cream and hot dogs have proven impressive 32,000 square metres in the customer breakdown wit- popular at the exit bistro. and is designed in the form of nessed so far – with the largest THE PENINSULA

BAE Systems names new Kuwait invites bids for chairman solar energy project LONDON: British arms maker BAE Systems appointed yes- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait renewable energy sources to terday business veteran Roger invited bids yesterday to build a contribute up to 15 percent of Carr as its new Chairman, solar farm to produce 70 mega- Kuwait’s total power production replacing Dick Olver who came watts of electricity by 2016, the by 2030. under pressure to step aside first phase of a plan to generate At present, the Opec member after the collapse last year of 2,000 megawatts from renewa- pumps 3.0 million barrels of crude the company’s proposed mega- bles in 2030, the project super- oil daily. It uses 126 million barrels merger with European aero- visor said. of oil equivalent for electricity pro- space group EADS. Thirty-seven consortia out duction, which currently stands Carr, 66, is presently chairman of 107 prequalified to bid, said at around 14,000MW, with sum- of British energy group Centrica Salem Al Hajraf, head of energy mer consumption approaching the and recently stepped down as research at the Kuwait Institute total at peak hours, Hajraf said. president of the CBI, Britain’s for Scientific Research. The official gave no details on main business lobbying group. The second and third phases the cost of the project but said the “BAE Systems plc is pleased will produce 930MW and first phase will be financed by the to announce that Sir Roger 1,000MW, respectively, when the government. The second and third Carr...will succeed Dick Olver project is completed in 2030, he phases will be offered to inves- as chairman in the first quar- said. Fifty megawatts will be pro- tors on Build-Operate-Transfer ter 2014, following a transition duced from solar thermal sources (BOT) basis for 25 years, during period,” the defence group said and 10 each from photovoltaic and which the government pledges to in a statement. wind sources. buy all output. Olver, who will leave after nine The pioneer project will be built When complete, the project will years in the role, had faced pres- on a 100sqkm area in Shagaya, a be enough to supply electricity to sure to resign from BAE’s biggest desert zone 100km west of Kuwait 100,000 homes and save about 12.5 shareholders after last October’s City, near the borders with Iraq million barrels of oil equivalent merger collapse. and Saudi Arabia. per year, Hajraf said. AFP Hajraf said the target is for AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS MSCI stirs fears Flying bicycle about Egypt, Greece markets Index provider redesignates Athens

LONDON: MSCI, the most opposed to just two that are in widely used equity index pro- the developed index. vider, prompted market fears “We would at the time of about both Greece and Egypt change, which would be November, yesterday, after demoting the apply the new threshold for inclu- former and then raising con- sion.. It will become a broader, cerns about getting money out more representative index,” MSCI of the latter. managing director Remy Briand MSCI redesignated Greece an told reporters. emerging market late on Tuesday, “Whether it benefits the equity 12 years after its promotion from market or not...it’s hard to gauge the category, assigning it a tiny whether there will be more inter- 0.3 percent weighting — far less est,” he said. than it had when last in the Greece at present has a tiny emerging index. 0.01 percent weight in the $29 In a follow-up conference call trillion market cap developed yesterday, an MSCI official then index but the relatively small size triggered worries about Egypt assigned to it effectively dash any when he said the firm had had hopes the country would benefit reports of investors having diffi- from being a big fish in a small culties with currency when repat- pond. riating money out of Egypt. Earlier this year Russell Greek stocks fell sharply and Indexes which is tracked by $3.9 the bond yield curve inverted fur- trillion, also downgraded Greece. ther, meaning longer term debt A third major provider, FTSE, has A man takes pictures of a flying bicycle carrying a dummy during a public presentation at Letnany’s fair hall in Prague, yesterday. The flying bicycle, returned less than shorter term, a it on review for switch to emerg- which was created by Czech designers, is kept aloft by six electrically-powered propellers. sign of investor fear about Athens’ ing markets. ability to pay. The Athens stock market fell Egypt’s stock market fell more 1 percent on the day and 10-year than 2.5 percent. Greek bond prices fell more than The Greek move, which means the 30-year issue, continuing a Sainsbury pension funds and more cautious recent sell off. Asian markets slip on BoJ move investors will have to move out “There are some pension funds of the Athens stock index, left whose mandates are to invest in HONG KONG: Asian mar- Trade was limited, however, Uno, strategist at Sumitomo outshines Greece with less weight in MSCI’s developed markets only. They will kets fell in holiday-reduced with Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei Mitsui Banking Corp. emerging market index than the be forced sellers. That will more trade yesterday, as the Bank and Manila all closed for public “What the BoJ announced was Tesco in first 0.4 percent index weight assigned than offset buyers because there of Japan’s refusal to unveil any holidays. not really new, nor dramatic, to Qatar and the United Arab is so much more money tracking fresh stimulus measures raised The BoJ said on Tuesday the and largely applied to the bond Emirates. the developed index,” said Patrick concerns about central banks’ Japanese economy was “picking market, but stocks are inextri- quarter sales Those two are former frontier Armstrong, a fund manager at role in supporting the world’s up”, but while it warned of pos- cably tied to currency market markets that MSCI will include in Distinction Asset Management economies. sible headwinds caused by weak- movements.” LONDON: J Sainsbury, the emerging markets index from in London. The dollar managed to claw ness in key export markets it He added: “The case can be Britain’s No. 3 supermarket mid-2014. MSCI’s Briand said his firm back some ground in forex busi- chose not to add to April’s giant made that the dollar is in line for chain, met forecasts for under- It is also far smaller than the was being told by clients about ness but remains stuck around six bond-buying splurge. a retracement after running up lying sales growth in its first 5 percent share Greece had held problems with currency when percent below its peaks seen at The decision reignited fears from below 80 yen to well over 100 quarter, outperforming major before its 2001 promotion, making repatriating money out of Egypt, the end of last month. about other central banks’ stim- yen in the last several months.” rivals with an outcome driven it one of the smallest constituents where political turmoil has Tokyo fell 0.21 percent, or 28.30 ulus plans, with the US Federal On forex markets yesterday, by growth online and in conven- of the emerging markets index deterred foreign investors. points, to 13,289.32 following a 1.45 Reserve signalling it wanted to the dollar bought 96.76 yen in ience stores. MSCI, whose indices are “We have no proposal to change percent loss on Tuesday, although draw up a plan to wind down its Tokyo, compared with 96.01 late “We are well positioned to con- tracked by $7 trillion world- anything in the index but we have it pared most of the earlier losses own huge $85 billion-a-month in New York, but still well down tinue to outperform the market,” wide and $1.3 trillion in emerg- investors giving us (this) feed- thanks to a pick-up in the dollar stimulus scheme. from 98.11 yen in Tokyo earlier the firm said yesterday, though ing markets alone, nonetheless back,” he said. “We have high- through the day. “Stock market rises globally Tuesday. It had hit a high of it cautioned it expected a tough said less stringent entry criteria lighted that the situation in Egypt Sydney fell 0.69 percent, or have been fuelled for so long in almost 104 yen in May. economic environment to persist for the emerging index meant regarding the currency is being 32.6 points, to 4,724.5, while Seoul one way or another by govern- The euro traded at 128.69 through 2013. that a number of Greek compa- monitored very carefully.” skidded 0.56 percent, or 10.77 ment monetary easing pro- yen, from 127.81 late on Tuesday, The group, which trails mar- nies would be eligible to join, as REUTERS points, to 1,909.91 and Wellington grammes that any talk of their while it was also at $1.3303, from ket leader Tesco and No. 2 player dipped 0.48 percent, giving up termination seems to result in $1.3311. Wal-Mart’s Asda by annual reve- 21.45 points to close at 4,442.12. knee-jerk reactions,” said Daisuke AFP nue, said sales at stores open over QATARI MARKET a year rose 0.8 percent, excluding Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P fuel, in the 12 weeks to June 8. th Qatar Govt 5.15% 4/9/2014 USD 103.56 0.74 % Aa2 AA That was a 34 consecu- CP All to take over Siam Makro tive quarter of underlying sales Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 104.19 1.92 % Aa2 AA growth and compared to analysts’ Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 121.13 2.61 % Aa2 AA forecasts of a rise of 0.6 to two Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.38 2.85 % Aa2 AA percent. Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 109.13 3.27 % Aa2 AA Sainsbury’s performance com- Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 157.50 4.77 % Aa2 AA pared to a first-quarter like-for- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 122.00 4.91 % Aa2 AA like sales fall of one percent at Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 112.50 4.93 % Aa2 AA Tesco, a 1.8 percent decline at No. 4 grocer Wm Morrison, and a 1.3 Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.88 1.62 % Aa2 AA percent rise at Asda, albeit for Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 111.00 3.25 % Aa2 AA different trading periods. Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 104.50 1.77 % A1 A- However, it did represent a Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 103.50 2.41 % A1 A- slowdown from growth of 3.6 per- QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.38 1.92 % NR NR cent in the fourth quarter of the QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.13 1.80 % Aa3 A+ 2012-13 year. QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 103.75 2.31 % Aa3 A+ That slowdown mainly reflected comparisons with an extra bank Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 103.50 2.52 % A2 A- holiday last year to celebrate the Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.50 1.98 % A2 A /*- Queen’s diamond jubilee. Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.50 3.33 % A2 A /*- Britain’s supermarkets, despite Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 106.75 3.73 % A2 A /*- their focus on essential goods, Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 104.88 4.48 % A2 A /*- have not been immune to the eco- Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 105.00 1.56 % Aa3 A nomic downturn and are battling Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.50 3.72 % Aa3 A intensely for market share. Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.38 3.96 % Aa3 A Online and smaller local con- venience stores are the two fast- SOVEREIGNS est growing areas in the industry Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P as shopping habits change. Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 4/8/2014 USD 103.63 0.98 % Aa2 AA Consumers are increasingly using Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 124.38 2.26 % Aa2 AA the internet to shop and high fuel prices are discouraging trips to Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 108.50 2.85 % NR NR Shoppers queue at a checkout counter at one of Makro stores in Bangkok yesterday. A majority of CP All Pcl shareholders approved yesterday a planned $6.6bn acquisition of cash-and-carry wholesaler Siam Makro town centres and out-of-town Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 104.75 3.58 % NR NR Pcl which is expected to be completed by the third-quarter of this year. malls. Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 119.13 4.63 % NR NR REUTERS Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 110.63 4.96 % NR NR Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 104.19 1.33 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 114.25 3.38 % NR BBB India’s Apollo buys US tyre Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 105.50 4.55 % NR BBB Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 86.00 8.47 % Caa1 CCC+ maker Cooper Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 105.00 3.71 % NR BBB- *Periodic Distribution Amount • Bullion - Mumbai NEW YORK: India’s Apollo Tyres will take over US-based Cooper IMPORTANT NOTE: Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 27700 Tire & Rubber in a $2.5bn all-cash deal, creating the world’s sev- Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which Silver (1 kg) Rs. 44733 is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services enth-largest tire maker, the two firms announced yesterday. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 15.80 Commission. 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The US farm bill: A Investing in ties while corporate victory & a slap to Americans tax rates are rising BY FELIX SALMON try to buy and hold individual bonds, you’ll is not a particularly auspicious time to sell; BY HEIDI MOORE rapidly discover that keeping track of them doing so just locks in losses. But if your bond ames Stewart is worried about the all is a lot of work. As a result, just about the funds are falling while your stock funds are he cost of providing poor Americans with food stamps bond market, which has plunged in only bonds that individuals buy are munis; rising, then at some point you might start has doubled in the past four years, reflecting the fact recent weeks: Jonathan Beinner is at least those don’t come with massive tax thinking about rebalancing. That’s going to that a record 47.8 million people are struggling to feed the Chief Investment Officer for glo- headaches. be a very hard decision to make. Generally Tthemselves and their families. bal fixed income at Goldman Sachs The result is that when people invest in speaking, second-guessing rebalancing deci- The US Congress has an answer to the growth in poverty: force JAsset Management. And it’s not common bonds, what they actually do, most of the sions is a bad idea: the whole point is to set more people to struggle. to hear bond investors tell you that if you time, is invest in bond funds. And bond up rules in advance, and then stick to them This glib response to a national crisis will be tested in the give them your money, your expected return funds, like most funds, tend to do well in in a disciplined manner. But when interest farm bill that passed the US Senate on Monday and will be up will be negative. good times, while underperforming in bad rates are rising and bond funds are losing for debate in the House soon. The weird thing is that “the millions of times. Theoretically, no one ever needs to value, pouring even more money into them Even though it’s called “the farm bill,” it’s actually the legisla- Americans scraping by on paltry interest lose money on any Treasury bond bought at feels very much like throwing good money tion that primarily funds the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance payments”, as Stewart characterises them, a positive yield. But if you buy a Treasury after bad — especially when it’s money you Programme — better known as food stamps. probably want interest rates to go up. It’s bond fund, you can lose a lot of money in can’t afford to lose. The Senate version would cut food stamps by $400m a year, the quandary of the millionaire: if you spend a very short amount of time: 6.8 percent And to make matters even harder, there adding up to $4bn over the decade covered by the bill. a pretty modest amount each year, you’ll in May alone, according to Morningstar. will certainly be a select group of bond The House version, up for bitter debate starting next week, run through your savings far too quickly, As Stewart says, that’s “years of interest investors out there which makes the right promises to cut even more: $20bn, mostly as a sop to conserva- thanks to record-low interest rates. If payments”. decisions rather than the wrong ones, and tive lawmakers who killed the bill last year because of what they those interest rates were higher, then your The real problem with today’s low inter- which manages to make good returns even considered a measly $16bn in cuts. At the current size, the House income would be higher too. est rate environment, then, is not that in a rising interest-rate environment. It’s bill would deny 2 million people with low incomes access to food And it’s not just individuals with savings interest rates are bound to go up sooner not easy, but it can be done. The problem, stamps, Reuters said. who are looking for higher rates. According or later. That’s a good sign: it’s what hap- of course, is that it’s impossible to know ex By cutting the food stamp programme, lawmakers are trying to Jamie Dimon, if rates go up by 3 per- pens when an economy goes back to normal. ante who’s going to be the new bond star. to make room or trade political points for what they really have centage points, JP Morgan would make an Rather, it’s how we get there from here: My gut feeling is that it’s going to be some- to do, which is cut wasteful and ineffective subsidies to wealthy extra $5bn per year. Stephen Gandel isn’t As Goldman COO Gary Cohn told Stewart, one who remembers 1994, the last time that farmers that favour factory farming and disadvantage small farm- convinced. “we have an entire generation of investors we had a bear market in bonds. ers who make less than $250,000 a year. So, should we all be freaking out about who have never experienced a rising rate I might be wrong about picking an old- By the way, some of those wealthy farmers benefitting from the carnage of falling bond prices? Or environment.” Most of those investors are timer. But what I do know, for people who subsidies in the farm bill are, very conveniently, also members should we welcome a normalised world of looking after the money of individuals who have put a substantial part of their life sav- of Congress. higher interest rates? And given that nearly consider bond funds to be low-risk invest- ings into bond funds without paying atten- And before you start believing this is an issue just concerning all investors have some kind of fixed-income ments, and a lot of them are going to end tion to exactly who’s managing those funds “the poor,” remember that poverty has increasingly affected the exposure, what are they meant to do? up doing very stupid things as interest rates or what they’re investing in, is that the risk middle class, too. The problem here is that bonds don’t start to rise, losing a lot of their investors’ of doing nothing is substantial. The problem, Food stamps were initially created to help feed working families. behave like stocks: you can’t hold them in money. as ever, is that it’s far from clear that doing Even now, a man or woman working full-time at minimum wage perpetuity, because they mature. And if you If you’re invested in a bond fund, then now something is better. REUTERS is making only $15,000 a year — a salary so low that it is eligible for food stamps. Not only do 14 percent of Americans live in poverty, but in some suburbs, food stamp use has doubled or even tripled. CNN Money told the story of one New Jersey suburb, Morris County, where food stamp use had grown by 240 percent by 2012. Then, there is the unemployment crisis as 12 million Americans remain unemployed, about 40 percent of them for long-term periods longer than 6 months. It should be clear to members of Congress that improving the financial lot of Americans is more important than any other task at hand, as well as a task they have consistently failed to accomplish. Yet legislators keep blowing their chances to do anything con- structive, leading even Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to chide fussbudget lawmakers for their counterproductive waste of time on cutting pie-in-the-sky estimates of deficits. So, in response to this very real, very pressing, very immediate crisis, Congress is creating a particularly grotesque imitation of economic stimulus. Congress is not providing any alternatives to struggling families as it cuts the food stamp programme, it is just slashing the cost and hoping that poverty — and its siblings, unemployment and crime and homelessness — fix themselves. Good plan. This bill, like almost everything else in Congress, will prove a testing ground for what America values more: partisan power and petty bickering, or some progress, however meagre, on our ongoing economic crisis. The economic recovery is not real. The farm bill is an economic disaster as well as a public health disaster. There is one thing that can change this: any kind of response from Americans. Unfortunately, too many have been silent on the subject of the farm bill. That will leave Congress, over the next few weeks of debate, to listen selectively to the voices that are loudest: their donors in big agricultural companies and among wealthy farmers. In one year — 2009 to 2010 — those groups poured $8.5m into the fundraising coffers of members of the House Agriculture Committee. Needless to say, corporate sponsors don’t much care what hap- pens to food stamps. Let’s see if they carry the day. THE GUARDIAN Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate How to reinvigorate the centre-left? Predistribution BY JACOB HACKER public goods that benefit all. And suffers more from this crisis than in fact, since we still need to boost middle class and those striving to groups to new political move- they are terrible at ensuring the moderate left. demand). enter it. ments to represent the segments t should be the best of times market actors pursue positive Finally, mopping up after Getting the macroeconomy Providing quality pre-nursery of the future middle class that are for the left. Instead, discred- social ends (think skills devel- markets places government in right also means effectively har- education, for example, makes most voiceless today — young citi- ited austerity policies still opment) or avoid negative out- a politically untenable position. nessing financial markets. inequality matter less today and zens who need support for edu- Ireign, and it’s the far left and comes (think carbon emissions) Redistribution itself is never Finance was at the heart of the makes it matter less in the future. cation and skills development, or the far right that are making the that don’t factor into profit popular. crisis and is at the heart of ris- Finally, predistribution requires workers displaced and in need of most of the crisis. margins. Citizens want a job and oppor- ing inequality, and policies should discovering a new set of coun- retraining or help starting their Centre-left progressives seem The power of labour once tunities for upward mobility more be retooled to foster long-term tervailing powers in the market. own enterprise. to have lost their ability to pro- ensured that some social ends than a public cheque. investments in entrepreneurship Encouraging worker empower- Predistribution may not be a vide a clear alternative to either were part of the market equation. Meanwhile, the super-wealthy and innovation, not quick prof- ment must always be part of the catchy slogan, but the left does current conservative nostrums, But labour is losing ground, as loudly resent the increased tax its based on volume, leverage, or progressive agenda, but labour not need more slogans. or the “third way” many of them the industries it once dominated bite they face — and have enor- insider knowledge. unions may not always be the best It needs to take a cold, hard staked out before the fall. wither under global fire and mous political influence to back The second key to a predistri- strategy. look at the concessions made to The only way out is a new national leaders follow strategies up their complaints. bution agenda is quality public We must ensure that all work- the rhetorical and political tri- governing approach – one that I of benign or malign neglect. Taxation and redistribution are services, most notably, those that ers, not just the unionised, have umphs of the right. have infelicitously called “predis- Second, the third way took for cornerstones of progressive gov- invest in the skills and opportuni- certain basic protections – to a Yes, inequality is a global trend. tribution”, but which can be more granted that one could maintain ernance, but they cannot do the ties of the young and ensure good minimum wage, the right to know Yes, globalisation places real lim- simply summed up as “making the state’s role in providing public work on their own. health over the lifetime at a rea- what their co-workers earn, the its on economic strategies. markets work again for the mid- goods while also glorifying mar- A predistribution formula sonable cost. right to request flexible schedules, Yes, labour is weaker, and must dle class”. kets — especially, at least until the starts, of course, with getting the Public services open to all, and access to paid leave for family be retooled and supplemented. Third way jujitsu rested on two crash, financial markets. macroeconomy right. The UK and thus not seen as handouts or care, and yes, the ability to form And yes, the state cannot do maxims: let markets be markets, Then, of course, governments of US have followed an experiment transfers, counter inequality in or join unions or other worker everything. and use redistribution to clean up all stripes bailed out those mar- of sorts. three respects. groups. But there is a vital place for afterward. kets when things went sour. Since the UK austerity meas- They ensure certain vital goods Ultimately, however, counter- active governance in the 21st For the left, this has proved Throughout, virtually no ures have started to bite, the don’t depend on one’s income — vailing power will have to come century economy, and not just fatal for three reasons. investment was made in fostering economy has suffered and, per- in a sense, they make inequality through new organisations out- in softening the sharp edges of First, letting markets be mar- a positive conception of the state’s versely, the deficit has worsened. matter less. side the workplace as well. capitalism. kets simply doesn’t work. role in making market work, American stimulus measures, They also validate a positive Investor collectives could better Now more than ever, gov- Markets are wonderful at which is actually more vital than while too small and stopped too role for the state, which is vital police executive pay, while non- ernments need to step in with aggregating information and ever in a complex global economy. soon, have allowed us to recover to the left’s long-term viability. profit activists could shift their boldness and optimism to make distributing the vast majority The result is a crisis of legiti- more quickly, and our deficit right And they are essential to gaze from targeted interventions markets work for the middle class. of goods. But they won’t provide macy, and no political force now is falling quickly (too quickly, restoring the opportunity of the to help specific disadvantaged THE GUARDIAN THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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TOKYO: After months of Miami coach Spoelstra bemoans his team’s performance in Texas denial and an inexplicably huge surge in home runs, Japan’s baseball chiefs have admit- SAN ANTONIO, Texas: Gary in the NBA finals series that are ted they secretly switched the Neal scored a play-off career- split 1-1 has gone on to win the design of the ball to make the high 24 points and Danny Green title 12 of the last 13 times. game more exciting. had a game-high 27 points as Game four is tomorrow night Players and fans had repeat- the San Antonio Spurs stunned in San Antonio. edly quizzed Nippon Professional the Miami Heat 113-77 in game Once again James struggled on Baseball (NPB) bosses after three of the NBA finals. offence but this time he didn’t get seeing a 40 percent rise in the The Spurs never trailed in the much help from his supporting number of balls that were slugged contest, seizing a 2-1 lead in the cast. James scored just four points out of the park so far this season. best-of-seven series as they gave in the first half and finished with In April NPB said the specifica- the Heat a taste of their own 15 points and 11 rebounds. tions of their ball each of which medicine after Miami blew out Dwyane Wade had 16 points bears the signature of its commis- San Antonio 103-84 in game two. and Mike Miller came off the sioner Ryozo Kato “have not been “It shouldn’t be a surprise bench to score 15 points for the changed”, a statement that was if these are the last two teams Heat, who have not lost back-to- repeated several times since. standing this season in the back games since early January. But NPB came clean, saying NBA finals,” Spurs coach Gregg “We didn’t do anything right they had asked manufacturer Popovich said. “I don’t think tonight,” James said. Mizuno to “adjust” the ball to either one of them is going to go “We can’t play like that on give it greater bounce off the bat down because they have a bad either side of the floor if we want and demanded the company keep night.” to win,” added the Miami Heat quiet about the switch. Kawhi Leonard finished with star. “Our understanding was that it 14 points, 12 rebounds and four “At the end of the day it is just would be a matter of fine-tuning,” steals as San Antonio’s support- one win for them. We have to NPB secretary general Kunio ing cast bounced back with venge- come out Thursday and do better.” Shimoda said. ance to rout the Heat in front of Neal drained a 25-foot three “We thought it would cause a crowd of 18,581 at AT&T Center pointer at the buzzer for the last confusion if we let it be known.” arena yesterday. of his 14 points in the first half for Commissioner Kato a former Green went seven-of-nine from the Spurs who took a six-point Japanese ambassador to three-point range for the Spurs, lead, 50-44, into the locker room. Washington originally ordered a who went on two monster runs Duncan made a nice pass up change in the make-up of the ball in the second half -- a 23-8 surge the floor to Neal who got the shot back in 2011, to bring it into line to start the third quarter and a off just in time. with the model used in the US. 13-0 run to begin the fourth. They Duncan had opened the scoring The cork core of the ball was outscored Miami 63-33 in the sec- in the first with a running jump wrapped with a low resilience rub- ond half. shot as the Spurs came out with ber and its seams were widened. “Those guys shot incredibly,” more energy and determination The organisation also made Spurs star Tim Duncan said of than in game two. Manu Ginobili (20) of the Mizuno the sole ball supplier. Green and Neal. James had just four points San Antonio Spurs dunks AFP He added after the match: in the first half as he missed a the ball in the third quarter “They gave us some breathing 12-foot jump shot with five sec- while taking on the Miami room when we needed it.” onds left in the second. James was Heat during game three Baseball Results Baltimore 3 LA Angels 2 Duncan finished with 12 points just two-of-eight from the field of the 2013 NBA finals at and 14 rebounds and Manu in the first half and for the third the AT&T Center in San Pittsburgh 8 San Francisco 2 Ginobili had six assists for the straight game he scored a 2013 Antonio, Texas, yesterday. St Louis 9 NY Mets 2 Spurs, who are trying to win their post-season low in points. RIGHT: Miami Heat’s power Miami 5 Milwaukee 4 fifth NBA title and first since “We got what we deserved forward Chris Andersen Tampa Bay 8 Boston 3 2007 when they knocked out a tonight,” said Heat coach Erik (in red) dunks the ball as Cleveland 5 Texas 2 young Cleveland Cavaliers team Spoelstra. led by LeBron James -- now star- “We know we have to improve San Antonio Spurs’ power Cincinnati 12 Chicago Cubs 2 ring with the Heat. over the next 48 hours.” forward Tim Duncan (left) Toronto 7 Chicago White Sox 5 Spurs also lost Tony Parker as Wade had his best game of the looks on during the first half. Detroit 3 Kansas City 2 he went to the dressing room in series, but it wasn’t good enough. Minnesota 3 Philadelphia 2 the third quarter with a ham- Wade had a hand in Miami’s first Colorado 8 Washington 3 string injury in the second half. five field goals by making three Oakland 6 NY Yankees 4 He will have it examined by team baskets and getting two assists. Seattle 4 Houston 0 doctors soon. He scored six of the Heat’s first History is on the side of the 12 points and finished the first LA Dodgers 5 Arizona 3 Spurs as the game three winner half with a dozen points. AFP San Diego 3 Atlanta 2

Football: GCC Under-17s draw

FROM LEFT: Mirza Ahmed Ali, Assistant General Secretary, Organising Committee of the Football Organising Committee of Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council; Hamad Al Mannai, Head of Technical Committee and Ali Al Muftah, Assistant Manager, GCC Under-17s tournament. RIGHT: Two officials conduct the GCC Under-17s football draw. The GCC Under-17s tournament will be held in Bahrain from September 3 to 12, 2013. Six countries will take part in the tournament. Qatar have been drawn with Kuwait and Oman in Group A, while Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain are in Group B. PICTURES BY: SALIM MATRAMKOT AlBalooshi moves up to career-best fifth in standings

BRISTOL, Tennessee: Qatar Al-Anabi appearance and did the same at the season’s McCulloch) gets a little bit better. If we keep Racing Top Fuel team driver Khalid fifth race in Houston. winning rounds, a race win will come. We alBalooshi has climbed to fifth place in Then earlier this month in Englishtown, just need to keep running like we are run- the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point New Jersey, alBalooshi advanced to his ning and find our luck. And then we can standings - his career best points position first final round of the season and the sec- win the race – as always, I thank Sheikh in Top Fuel. ond of his career. Unfortunately for the Khalid for giving me this opportunity.” The Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel Dubai driver, he then raced his team-mate With his win over alBalooshi in the New team, the two-time World Championship Langdon who claimed a narrow victory. Jersey final round, Langdon moved up to team owned by Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad With the second-place finish, alBalooshi first in the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Al Thani, is the hottest Top Fuel team in moved up to fifth place in points, the highest point standings for the first time since the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel Drag Racing ranking in his brief Top Fuel career. first race of the season in February. with both drivers (alBalooshi and Shawn “Our team had a very good race in Langdon’s New Jersey victory was his sec- Langdon) ranked in the top five in points. Englishtown,” alBalooshi said. ond-consecutive win, his third of the season This weekend’s 14th annual Ford NHRA He added: “We were very close to win- and the fourth of his career. Thunder Valley Nationals is the 10th of 24 ning the race, but Shawn beat us in the He leads the Top Fuel point standings by races making up the United States’ 2013 final round. We were happy for him, but four points. NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series we wanted to win the race. Our Al-Anabi “The last couple of races have been really season. team is running well, and our team is doing good for the Al-Anabi team because we won Qualifying will take place tomorrow and a very good job. Everybody on our team is at Topeka and Englishtown,” Langdon said. Saturday with eliminations set for Sunday. doing his job perfectly, and I am happy that He added: “But really, both Al-Anabi cars After a rookie season in which he finished we are No. 5 in points. That is good, but we have been running well for a while now. 11th in the final point standings, alBalooshi’s can do better.” We’ve been winning rounds each weekend performance has steadily improved. He pointed out: “With every race, we get and getting to semi-finals and finals.” He opened the season with a semi-final a little bit better, and my crew chief (Jason THE PENINSULA THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Merion can resist, says McIlroy

ARDMORE, Pennsylvania: Two years ago Rory McIlory tore apart rain-softened Congressional Golf Club when it staged the US Open, but he said not to expect a repeat of that feat this week at Merion Golf Club. The Ulsterman won his first major at the Washington course, posting a US Open record The golf bag belonging to Rory 16-under par total in the process McIlroy of Northern Ireland is and winning by eight strokes. seen during a practice round. Heavy rain in the Philadelphia area over the last few days have raised concerns that Merion, the 24-year-old going into a US could experience a similar fate. Open is that he is short of form. But McIlroy believes the layout Two years ago before does have its defences. Congressional he had endured an “I didn’t really enjoy the agonizing last round meltdown at Olympic Club last year,” he said. the Masters. This year, McIlroy “I much prefer this sort of golf, is winless and has lost his world when you hit a shot and it doesn’t number one ranking as he grap- bounce one way or the other, ples to fully get to grips with his when you hit it and it stays where new Nike clubs. you think it’s going to stay. Asked what had been the big- “But there’s still not going to be gest difficulties he had faced this that many birdies out here. You’ve year, McIlroy replied: “I guess still got to hit it on the fairway, managing the expectations, prob- it’s still a pretty tight golf course. ably, of myself and of other people. “So when you do get it in the “Coming off the back of a great rough, you’re not going to make year last year, and I guess expect- birdies out of there. So you’re ing myself to emulate that or even going to have chances, but you’re try and do better and it hasn’t Tiger Woods of the US walks to the 18th green during a practice round for the 2013 US Open golf championship at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, going to have some holes where really happened so far. Pennsylvania, yesterday. The 113th edition of the tournament begins today. Webb Simpson of the US is the defending champion. it’s going to be very difficult. “I feel like it’s close. I’ve been “I expect the scores to be a little seeing a lot of positive signs in lower than what they would be if my game the last few weeks. But the course was a little firmer and that’s been the most difficult. You dryer, but I don’t think you’ll see always want to go out and play scores like the scores that were well and you want to contend and shot at Congressional a couple of win tournaments and I haven’t Woods, rivals struggle years ago.” done enough of that this year.” What is strangely familiar for AFP to solve soggy Merion Garcia leaves Heavy rain causes problems for golfers ahead of US Open locker room ARDMORE, Pennsylvania: Tiger Woods tries to follow in the iconic footsteps of Bobby Jones and Ben Hogan this week with a historic victory at Merion note for Tiger despite heavy rains that have drenched the 113th US Open. ARDMORE, Pennsylvania: chicken,” Garcia said. The ref- The year’s second major cham- FROM LEFT: Rory McIlroy The Tiger Woods/Sergia erence to fried chicken, seen as pionship begins today on the old of Northern Ireland, Tiger Garcia “fried chicken” spat an insult to African-Americans, 6,996-yard course with the red Woods, and Billy Horschel rumbled on at the US Open sparked a racism furore much wicker baskets atop its flagsticks, of the United States wait yesterday after the two men the same way that Fuzzy Zoeller one of many oddities that makes on a tee box during a failed to have a clear-the- had in 1997 when he suggested Merion a strong test of shotmak- practice round prior to air talk over comments the Woods serve fried chicken at a ing and patience even when soggy. the start of the 113th US Spaniard made last month. Masters champions dinner. “I don’t think we have an exact Open, yesterday. The two old rivals did shake The feud between the two feel for it yet, what we’re going to hands on the practice range at had started at the Players have to do and what we’re going Merion Golf Club on Monday Championship last month, with to have to shoot -- the condi- between the downpours that Garcia incensed when distracted tions keep changing,” Woods said have soaked the layout outside by crowd noise he felt had been yesterday. of Philadelphia. generated by playing partner “We haven’t dealt with teeing But both men said they had Woods. it up in a tournament yet with not had the time to have a mean- Garcia later apologized in a it raining and drying out for a ingful discussion and Garcia was statement for his “fried chicken” couple of days and the mud balls Open crown after triumphs in life those last five holes,” 2010 US Australia, in the same group for unable to make the face-to-face comments and said that he appearing. That’s going to be 2000, 2002 and 2008 to match Open winner Graeme McDowell the first two rounds. apology he had pledged to make wanted to do so in person to interesting, especially the longer the all-time record shared by said. “I can’t think of a tougher McIlroy, who won the 2011 over the controversial comments 14-time major champion Woods holes.” Nicklaus, Hogan, Jones and Willie finish that I’ve seen at a US US Open at rain-soaked he uttered about Woods three when they next played in the World number one Woods, a Anderson. Open.” Congressional and also took last weeks ago. same tournament - at the US 14-time major champion chas- “I would like to obviously put Logistics will offer other chal- year’s PGA Championship, likes In the end, the Spaniard left a Open. ing the all-time record of 18 my name there at the end of the lenges, including rounds that will his chances this week after strug- note in Woods’ locker, purport- “You can’t like everybody. majors won by Jack Nicklaus, week,” Woods said. “But I’ve got to start on the first or 11th holes and gling for much of this season. edly saying he was wrong to have There are people you connect has not won a major title since do my work and put myself there.” a shuttle ride to get from the driv- “My game is in much better said what he said. with and people that you don’t the 2008 US Open but he has won With two par-5s in the first ing range area to the tees that shape than it was last year,” he “Obviously we saw each other -- it is as simple as that. four times this year and is again four holes, Merion is a tale of two could mean they have a 30-minute said. “My game’s actually in good yesterday on the range,” Garcia “He doesn’t need me in his life among the favourites. courses, the one that offers short wait before teeing off. shape. I feel coming in this year said. and I don’t need him in mine so “I’ve played Opens under both but tricky oppotunities early and “It’s going to be different,” I’ve got a way better chance than “I was hoping to meet him let’s move on and keep doing conditions where it’s dry and soft. the final five holes where play- Woods said. “A lot of the guys are I did last year.” after the round, but he was gone what we are doing.” I’ve won on both conditions, which ers will struggle to avoid making talking about how early we have The rain, McIlroy said, will after the round. The weather Woods was in the press tent is nice,” Woods said. bogeys. Or worse. to leave to get to the tee. You don’t prompt him to take a few more obviously didn’t help. earlier yesterday and said that “Execution doesn’t change. “You’ll see guys off to a good want to leave too late but you also chances than he might have “And this morning I was here he had received no formal apol- You’ve still got to hit good shots, start. You’ve got easier holes don’t want to get there too early, otherwise. early. I didn’t see him around. ogy from Garcia during their especially now with the rough through the turn, but once you you cool off a little bit.” “You can be aggressive on the Obviously he got here later on. practice range encounter on being wet. It’s imperative to get get to 14 on in it’s going to be And a rain-saturated course holes you feel comfortable on,” But I did leave him a note. A Monday. the ball in play so we can get after tough to make birdies, especially will offer dense rough but fewer McIlroy said. “Sometimes you’ve handwritten note. And hopefully “No, we didn’t discuss any- some of these flags and make as if they put the tees back at 17, 18,” dangerous angles as balls plop got to be a little more conserva- he can take a look at it. thing. Just came up and said hi, many birdies as we can.” Woods said. when they land, hopefully in the tive on the holes that the tee shot “I understand that it’s difficult and that was it,” he said. Woods seeks a fourth US “You have to hang on for dear fairway for players. might not quite fit your eye or to meet up and stuff. So hope- Had there been any apology “Fairways are going to be more whatever it is.” fully we’ll be able to do it. If not, forthcoming from the Spaniard? key now,” McDowell said. “The Meanwhile, Australia’s David at least he has read the note and “No, we haven’t had time for rough is going to be thicker than Graham and US golf legend Lee he’s happy with that.” that. intended. And fairways are going Trevino, the two most recent Asked by journalists at his “It’s already done. We’ve to play wider, but it’s still a tough US Open winners at iconic tournament news conference to already gone through it all. It’s driving golf course.” Merion, hosted the first US Open comment on what he had writ- time for the US Open and we tee Two-time US Open champion Champions Dinner yesterday and ten in the note, Garcia declined. it up in two days.” Ernie Els predicted a birdie-fest pondered more history. “I mean the note is for him, so There had been concerns that but McDowell expects Merion will “I think it’s great that you have if he wants to show you, then he Garcia could get a rough recep- hold her own even weakened by a Tiger Woods walking the same can,” Garcia said. “I don’t have tion from Philadelphia golf fans the rain. fairways that a Hogan walked 70 any problems with that. But I am who will head out to Merion. “It takes a slight intimidation years ago,” Graham said. not going to be the one showing But the Spaniard said that factor out I guess, but the rough is “Here you’ve got the greatest you. Sorry.” he had so far been delighted going to be intimidating enough. I player in modern day golf playing A simmering dispute between with the warm welcome he had think it’s going to keep everybody a golf course that Hogan played,” the two players nosedived at received. honest,” he said. he added. a dinner ahead of the BMW “The people have made me feel “I don’t think it’s going to be a He said: “I think that’s fantas- PGA Championship event at very good out there, the last cou- low scoring US Open. I think the tic. I think that’s great for the Wentworth last month when ple of days, so hopefully that will course has enough defense.” game and it’s great that we as Garcia attempted a joke about continue throughout the week There are plenty of title con- players have the ability to watch what he might serve Woods and the only thing I can do is tenders as well, with Woods, how they play today compared to should they have dinner together. give my best effort and hopefully After several days of rain, a large fan is used to attempt to dry the sixth world number two Rory McIlroy the way we used to play. And I “We will have him round that would give me a chance,” he green as Woods and Lee Westwood practise. and third-ranked Adam Scott, the think that makes the game very every night. We will serve fried said. AFP reigning Masters champion from exciting.” AGENCIES THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 South Africa make two Bolt vows to bounce back changes for Jamaican unfazed by Rome loss, ready to run under 20secs in 200m Scotland

OSLO: Jamaican sprint star Fredericks, clocked at 19.82sec Blanka Vlasic continues her condition, master emotions and JOHANNESBURG: South Usain Bolt is aiming to become way back in 1996. comeback from a nine-month prepare for the fight in Moscow!” Africa yesterday made two the first male athlete to dip “It’s all about execution and injury lay-off against current Organisers have also assembled enforced changes for a four- under 20 seconds for the 200m getting it right. As long as I exe- world and Olympic champion what they dubbed the best men’s nation tournament Test against this season when he takes to the cute right, I think I’ll get a fast Anna Chicherova of Russia. steeple field ever, based around a Scotland in Nelspruit this track in today’s Bislett Games. time.” “I get very emotional before solid Kenyan contingent. weekend. After being beaten last week The Jamaican said he had every competition, very nerv- Former Olympic and world Flank Marcell Coetzee replaces at the Rome leg of the 14-meet not overly dwelled on his Rome ous. But I’m still very excited. It champion Brimin Kipruto, unavailable Francois Louw and Diamond League, Bolt is keen to outing. feels like the start of my career,” former world youth champion scrum-half Ruan Pienaar comes bounce back with a victory before “I watched it once. My coach said Vlasic, chasing a fifth victory Abel Mutai and London Olympics in for injured Jano Vermaak for heading home for his national (Glen Mills) is back at home and in her ninth appearance at the bronze medallist and world leader Saturday’s match. trials ahead of the August 10-18 he analysed it. I called him and he Bislett Games. Conseslus Kipruto will lead the Louw from English World Athletics Championships. said the start was good and I was “It (the heel) is getting better. charge for a time under the magi- Premiership club Bath is get- The surprise defeat in the over-striding a little bit,” he said. It should be okay (for the worlds). cal 8min mark. One major absen- ting married Sunday and was Italian capital by American Justin “We’ll analyse it more and “In training the most impor- tee from the meet will be Britain’s given time off to prepare for his Gatlin was a mere blip that meant when I get home we’ll sit and talk tant thing was to do 20-25 jumps heptathlon Olympic champion special day. nothing in the long term, Bolt about it and discuss about what per session. There was no focus Jessica Ennis-Hill, who failed to There are three changes said, referring to similar rare we need to worry about.” on the heights. recover fully from an Achilles among the replacements with losses he suffered before clinch- Bolt faces considerably less “After eight or nine months injury. The 27-year-old also sat hooker Bismarck du Plessis ing three gold medals at both the classy competition in the 200m with no jumping, I really need out a meeting in Edinburgh back 10 months after sus- Beijing and London Olympics. than in the Rome 100m, with those jump attempts at bigger the week before, something she taining a knee injury against “Running a sub-20sec is defi- Dutchman Churandy Martina heights, to get the technique in acknowledges is not good just two Argentina. nitely on my mind. My training’s (19.85sec), Norwegian Jaysuma balance.” months out of the outdoor world Piet van Zyl, a late call-up been pretty good. I’m feeling won- Saidy Ndure (19.89) and Chicherova said she was moti- championships in Moscow. after a scrum-half injury crisis, derful,” said Bolt, who had com- American Curtis Mitchell (19.99) vated by the thought of battling “I am so frustrated as I want will also be on the bench for the plained of a tightened hamstring the only other three competitors for world gold on home soil. to get out there and start my Sprint champion Usain Bolt Test at the 40,000-seat Mbombela in Rome. to have dipped under 20sec in “It is something inspiring, to season, but am being advised to of Jamaica smiles during Stadium. Bolt holds the record of the their careers. make you want to be at your best,” look longer term and focus on a news conference in Oslo The third change sees the fastest 100m in Oslo (9.79sec in Other top draws at the Bislett she said. a plan that enables me to be in yesterday. Bolt is in Oslo to elevation of loose forward Siya 2012) but the quickest 200m on Stadium includes a stellar field “Up until the world champion- the best shape for the World attend the Diamond League Kolisi to a place among the eight record at the Bislett Stadium in the women’s high jump, where ships, Oslo and the other meets Championships in Moscow in Championship. reserves. belongs to Namibia’s Frankie two-time former world champion are opportunities to improve your August,” she said. AFP South Africa have won 17 Tests and lost five against Scotland in a 107-year rivalry, including vic- tories in all five previous home matches. Cool Walcott targets more glory at worlds Scotland delayed by 48 hours today their team announcement OSLO: Keshorn Walcott was argu- victory in the 1976 men’s 100m. But “It felt great to win the Olympics aged that’s one of the good things that has hap- due to an injury crisis after a ably the biggest surprise of the London Walcott’s form going into London was 19, at my first Olympic Games, it was a pened after the Olympics.” 27-17 defeat by Samoa in Durban Olympics, the now 20-year-old Trinidad good, having won the world junior gold tremendous feeling.” He is the sole thrower from Trinidad and last Saturday. and Tobago native shocking the field to in Barcelona the same year, although Walcott said that his victory had helped Tobago to be at international standard, but Captain and flank Kelly Brown, become the youngest-ever gold medallist he insists his gold medal showing in the change perceptions of him in his island there are “others coming up”, said Walcott, hooker Pat MacArthur and prop in the men’s javelin. British capital was a surprise. state which has a rich history of producing who only took up the javelin in 2009 and is Geoff Cross have been forced to Walcott threw a national record of “Actually it was,” he said ahead of world-class sprinters such as Ato Boldon, now coached by Cuban Ismael Mastrapa. return home and there are sev- 84.58m to win his country’s first Olympic Thursday’s Bislett Games, the sixth leg of Richard Thompson and Marc Burns. Soft-spoken and humble, Walcott kept eral doubts for the Springbok athletics medal outside the sprints, at the the 14-meet Diamond League circuit. “There’s been a lot of attention drawn his goals for the season in good check. Test. same time becoming the first non-Euro- “First of all I wasn’t expecting that dis- to me back home in the media and press,” “Hopefully, I’ll make it to the world Northeastern city Nelspruit is pean since American Cy Young at the 1952 tance to win so that was the biggest sur- he said. championships. I’ve been having some staging Test rugby for the first Helsinki Games to top the javelin podium. prise. I wasn’t expected to win, my main “Things have got better in terms of problems with injuries, so hopefully I’ll time with a Italy-Samoa curtain- It was also only Trinidad and Tobago’s goal was to go in there for the experience training, the accessibility of everything, make it there healthy and take it step by raiser before South Africa tackle second gold medal after Hasely Crawford’s and maybe get to the final. they pay more attention to team events, step.” AFP Scotland. AFP

Aspire Academy graduation ceremony

Aspire Academy’s student-athletes pose for a group picture during a graduation ceremony at Aspire Academy. On Tuesday, 33 student-athletes graduated from one of the world’s elite sporting and academic institutions. Of the 33 student-athletes who graduated on Tuesday, 23 are football players, 7 athletes, one gymnast, two fencers, and one squash player. A total of 186 student-athletes in different sports have now graduated from Aspire since 2008. Protests will not affect Istanbul Games bid: Team

PARIS: The nationwide unrest tarnishing Turkey’s image abroad. building work begins on the ven- that has swept Turkey with Opponents accuse Erdogan of ues,” said one. the focal point in Istanbul will curbing freedoms and of pushing “Similar protests would not not have any bearing on the conservative Islamic values on the be very good for the image of city’s attempt to host the 2020 mainly Muslim but constitution- the IOC and could also drag us Olympic Games, the bid team ally secular nation. into endless delays over the con- said yesterday. Erdogan -- who remains the struction of the venues and the The statement came after two country’s most popular politician infrastructure.” International Olympic Committee and has won three successive The Istanbul bid has run an (IOC) members said under condi- elections garnering nearly half effective campaign, based on tion of anonymity they were no the vote in 2011 -- said yester- strong government support both longer certain to vote for Istanbul, day that four people, including a financially and politically, the who are competing for the Games policeman, had died in the unrest. relatively strong economy and against Madrid and Tokyo. Nearly 5,000 demonstrators, the allure of it being a city that Their doubts have grown many of them young and middle- embraces Christians and Muslims. since police cracked down heav- class, have been injured. The bid team maintained that all ily on May 31 on a campaign to The two IOC members ech- their building projects enjoy wide- save Gezi Park, near Istanbul’s oed the same concerns at the spread support. historic Taksim Square, from level of anger expressed over the “This situation will have no redevelopment. redevelopment. bearing on our ability to deliver The trouble spiralled into “If this is an indication of peo- our Games concept, which was mass displays of anger against ple’s disquiet over a shopping designed after extensive consul- Turkish Prime Minister Recep centre being built then one fears tation with environmental groups Tayyip Erdogan, who is seen for what the protests might be and NGOs,” the statement read. as increasingly authoritarian, if Istanbul win the Games and AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Spain down Ibra steers Sweden to win Ireland 2-0 in friendly PSG striker nets a brace against Faroe Islands; Armenia stun Denmark NEW YORK: World Cup and European champions Spain PARIS: Zlatan Ibrahimovic third place in qualifying Group C. defeated Ireland 2-0 on Tuesday scored both goals as Sweden With 11 points from six games, night in a friendly football beat the Faroe Islands 2-0 to the Swedes are five points behind match at Yankee Stadium that earn three crucial points in leaders Germany but level on served as Spain’s last tune-up their quest to qualify for the points with second-placed Austria for the Confederations Cup. 2014 World Cup on Tuesday and the Republic of Ireland in Roberto Soldado in the 69th night, but their Scandinavian fourth. Their next game is away minute and Juan Mata in the 88th neighbours Denmark suffered to Ireland in September. scored for Spain, while goalkeeper a crushing 4-0 home defeat to Meanwhile, Denmark’s chances Iker Casillas contributed two stel- Armenia. of qualifying for a third consecu- lar saves in the second half. Paris Saint-Germain striker tive major tournament finals Although Spain controlled Ibrahimovic stabbed home the received a hammer blow as they the contest, played before 39,368 opener from close range 10 min- went down 4-0 to Armenia in at the home of Major League utes before the interval at the Copenhagen. Baseball’s New York Yankees, Friends Arena in the Stockholm The forward Yura Movsisyan, they had nothing to show for it suburb of Solna, and then added a who once had a spell in the Danish until the 69th minute. penalty eight minutes from time. league but now plays for Spartak A poor clearance by Darren Sweden were ultimately com- Moscow, scored twice for the O’Dea was picked up by Alvaro fortable winners despite the former Soviet republic with Aris Arbeloa and substitute Soldado sending-off of Andreas Granqvist Ozbiliz and Shakhtar Donetsk fired it past David Forde. towards the end, and Erik star Henrikh Mkhitaryan also A dogged Ireland had chances Hamren’s side climb back into on target. The scoreline equalled to equalize, most impressively Armenia’s biggest ever victory, in the 81st minute when James World Cup 2014 while for Denmark it was a heavi- McClean got through on the left est defeat in a competitive match and fired off a shot that Casillas qualifier results since going down 5-1 to Spain at deflected. Sean St. Ledger found PARIS: Collated results from 2014 World the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. the net, but teammate Simon Cox Cup European Zone qualifiers played on Their chances of reaching the was adjudged offside. Tuesday night: 2014 finals now appear slim. With Mata sealed the victory in the Group B four games remaining in Group 88th, collecting a pass from Santi B, Morten Olsen’s team are eight Cazorla toward the left post and At Copenhagen points behind leaders Italy and sliding a shot past substitute goal- Denmark 0 Armenia 4 (Movsisyan 1, 59, four adrift of Bulgaria in second. keeper Darren Randolph. Ozbiliz 19, Mkhitaryan 82) Armenia, meanwhile, move Spain, who beat Haiti 2-1 in a Group C level on points with the Danes friendly in Miami on Saturday, At Solna, Sweden with the two teams due to meet now heads to Brazil for the Sweden 2 (Ibrahimovic 36, 82-pen) Faroe again in September. Confederations Cup. Islands 0 Elsewhere, in Group I, They play Uruguay Sunday in Group I Finland’s chances of finishing sec- their first match of the competi- At Minsk ond received a blow as they only tion in Recife. Belarus 1 (Verkhovtsov 85) managed a 1-1 draw in Belarus, a Sweden’s forward and team captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic celebrates after scoring a penalty shot during the FIFA “We achieved what we came Finland 1 (Pukki 24) result that leaves the Finns four World Cup 2014 qualifying match against Faroe Islands in Solna near Stockholm, on Tuesday. Sweden won 2-0. to do,” said Spanish manager points behind France. AFP Vicente Del Bosque. AFP US win to take World Cup qualifying results CONCACAF lead MONTEVIDEO: Results from World Cup 2014 qualifying matches on Tuesday night: Ecuador hold Argentina; South American Zone SEATTLE, Washington: Jozy In Barranquilla, Colombia: Colombia 2 (Falcao 13-pen, Gutierrez 45) Peru 0 Altidore scored his third goal in three matches on Tuesday night In Quito: Ecuador 1 (Castillo 17) Argentina 1 (Aguero 4-pen) Colombia win over Peru to help the United States to a In Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela: Venezuela 0 Uruguay 1 (Cavani 28) 2-0 victory over Panama and into the lead in 2014 World Cup In Santiago: Chile 3 (Vargas 16, Sanchez 18, Vidal 90+2) Bolivia 1 (Martins 32) BUENOS AIRES: Strikers year, on goal difference with four than one goal from an endless qualifying in North America. CONCACAF Zone Falcao, Alexis Sanchez and matches remaining. string of corners and free kicks Altidore gave the hosts a 1-0 Edinson Cavani all scored as “We were aware that it could in a 1-1 draw with an Argentina lead in the 36th minute, and Results on Tuesday night in CONCACAF final-round qualifying for the 2014 Brazil World Cup: Colombia ate into Argentina’s have all been over for us today,” side missing Lionel Messi for an Eddie Johnson, who plays for lead, Chile notched a second Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez, hour and struggling in the thin In Mexico City: Mexico 0 Costa Rica 0 the hometown Seattle Sounders, successive win and Uruguay deprived of top scorer Luis Suarez air in Quito. made it 2-0 in the 53rd as Jurgen In Tegucigalpa: Honduras 2 (Garcia 10, Rojas 88) Jamaica 0 revived their hopes in South through suspension, said. In two qualifiers this month, Klinsmann’s men moved to the American World Cup qualifying “We can’t say the situation has Ecuador have picked up only one top of the standings on 10 points In Seattle: United States 2 (Altidore 36, Johnson 53) Panama 0 on Tuesday night. got comfortable but it’s an impor- point and slipped in the standings in the six-nation final qualifying Falcao’s early penalty, taking tant step.” while Chile, equal on 21 points, round for next year’s World Cup in the 88th got the job done for a concussion in Kingston. Geoff his tally to seven in the competi- Venezuela remain confident of are breathing down their necks in Brazil. Honduras. Cameron and Fabian Johnson tion, put Colombia on the road to qualifying, despite the setback and Uruguay and Venezuela pose The United States are two Jamaica, who remain without a got the call and both made their a 2-0 home win over Peru that “We still have chances and I’m a latent threat. points clear of Costa Rica and victory in the final round of quali- marks. leaves them three points behind not going to surrender,” coach Ecuador’s run of six home vic- Mexico, who played to a goalless fying, were reduced to 10 men in Michael Bradley worked the leaders Argentina with a game Cesar Farias said. tories in as many matches was draw at Azteca stadium in Mexico the 76th minute when Adrian ball out wide to Fabian Johnson, in hand. “We dominated the whole halted by Argentina, who took an City. Mariappa was sent off. who sent a perfectly timed cross to “Falcao was essential in the match but it’s not about who early lead with a Sergio Aguero It was another uninspiring The top three teams from the Altidore, who was open at the far first half as Peru were unable deserves the win, it’s about who penalty, and they now have only performance from Mexico, long region will advance directly to post and fired past Panamanian to deal with his movement. He scores the goals,” captain Juan one fixture at high altitude, a regional powerhouse in North the World Cup in Brazil, while goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. makes fantastic runs (off the Arango added. Uruguay in October, out of their and Central America and the the fourth-placed team will play Cameron contributed to Eddie ball)... the ‘Tiger’ is phenomenal,” Chile benefited from the four remaining qualifiers. Caribbean. New Zealand for a berth. Johnson’s second-half strike, Colombia coach Jose Pekerman revived goal instincts of Sanchez Argentina, who have drawn They have just one victory Altidore, who endured a floating a high pass toward the told reporters. and the return after eight years their last three matches albeit in the final round of qualifying two-year international scoring Seattle Sounders player who con- Cavani struck a fine goal as of 33-year-old midfielder David two at high altitude, have a bye and five draws -- four of them drought, has now scored in three trolled the ball and slotted a left- Uruguay beat Venezuela 1-0 away Pizarro in a 3-1 home win over in the next round on Sept. 6 when scoreless. straight matches for the United footed shot home. for their first win in seven quali- Bolivia that consolidated fourth Colombia can catch them at the Although their eight points are States -- starting with a friendly Panama had few chances, fiers, lifting the 2010 World Cup place behind Ecuador on goal top if they beat Ecuador at home. the same as Costa Rica’s, they against Germany and in the 2-1 Alberto Quintero’s shot at the semi-finalists up to fifth in the difference. The top four teams at the end have played one more match. qualifying win at Jamaica on end of the first half sailing over nine-nation group, which would “David gave us a lot of clarity, of the qualifiers in October will Honduras vaulted over Panama Friday. the crossbar. earn them a playoff should they the possibility of many assists and go through to the Brazil finals. and into fourth place on seven Klinsmann had to make a cou- In Mexico City, Costa Rica set maintain the position. depth. I’m very pleased with his The fifth-placed team, at present points with a 2-0 victory over ple of changes to the side that the tone early, displaying disci- Uruguay leapfrogged Venezuela, performance,” Chile coach Jorge Uruguay on 16 points, will enter a Jamaica in Tegucigalpa. beat Jamaica, with Graham Zusi plined defense and creating much a well-drilled outfit looking to Sampaoli said. playoff against an Asian qualifier Goals from Oscar Garcia in suspended and fellow midfielder the better chances in the first take their country to the finals Ecuador will rue their poor fin- in November for another spot. the 10th minute and Roger Rojas Jermaine Jones out after suffering half. AFP for the first time in Brazil next ishing after failing to take more AFP Scottish leagues Haiti pull off shock draw to merge: Report against Italy GLASGOW: Scottish Football dissolution of the SFL but felt League (SFL) clubs voted yes- that it was inevitable. RIO DE JANEIRO:Four-time terday to join an expanded “We have always embraced world champions Italy were held Scottish Premier League sys- the big principles but once you to a surprise 2-2 draw against tem, Britain’s domestic Press go behind the big principles like unfancied Haiti on Tuesday Association said. governance, distribution and one night as the Caribbean islanders The vote, which was passed by league body, there were areas of struck twice in the last 10 min- 23 votes for and just six against -- major concerns,” he said. utes in a friendly played at Rio Rangers were ineligible to vote as “But nevertheless a lot of them de Janeiro. they are only an associate mem- have seen it for the good of the The European giants are in the ber -- brings to an end 123 years game and we all accept that midst of final preparations for of the SFL. The proposals include Scottish football is better gov- the Confederations Cup which a structure with 12 top flight erned under one roof. begins on Saturday but Azzurri teams and 10 in each of the next “On the 27th June there will coach Cesare Prandelli paid the three divisions, as well as a new be a formalised completion of the price for fielding a weakened financial redistribution model. process and the first board meet- line-up, as Haiti pulled off one Reconstruction proposals ing of the new organisation -- the most unexpected results in needed a minimum of 22 “yes” the SPFL (Scottish Professional their modest history. Haiti came votes to push them through but Football League) -- will take place into the match ranked 63 in the it was not a smooth process, par- that day and at that point a board world but are certain to climb the ticularly with threats of a breaka- will be appointed. FIFA standings after Tuesday’s way by first division clubs hanging “I would imagine that other result which follows a narrow 2-1 over the process. processes will take place to Argentine Lionel Messi (centre) is challenged by Ecuadorean Segundo Castillo during their FIFA World Cup defeat against reigning world and SFL chief executive David design the new organisation and Brazil 2014 South American qualifier match in Quito, yesterday. European champions Spain last Longmuir said he was sad at the resource it.” AFP weekend. AFP THURSDAY 13 JUNE 2013 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 India pacer Australia drop batsman Sreesanth hopeful of comeback Warner after bar incident NEW DELHI: Indian Test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth still hopes to repre- Opener axed after physical altercation with England’s Joe Root sent his country again despite his arrest over a spot-fixing scandal, a report said yesterday. LONDON: Australia bats- Australia,” the ECB said in a come into the England cricket Sreesanth and two of his man David Warner has been statement. team.” Rajasthan Royals teammates dropped from the team’s “Warner has admitted behav- The manager of the were arrested last month over Champions Trophy match ing inappropriately and has since “Walkabout” bar where the inci- accusations they deliberately against New Zealand following apologised to the player involved dent took place said England and bowled badly during Indian an alleged physical altercation who has accepted the apology. Australia players had been in the Premier League matches in Australia’s with an England player, Cricket Following a full investigation VIP area between 0130 and 0230 exchange for tens of thousands David Australia (CA) said yesterday. the England team management on Sunday. of dollars. Warner The flamboyant left-hander, set has concluded that the England “None of the group seemed to But Sreesanth, who was carries to open the batting for Australia player was in no way responsible have been drinking to excess and granted bail at a court appear- water onto in back-to-back Ashes series for nor retaliated to the attack.” were just having a good time,” ance in New Delhi on Tuesday, is the pitch against England starting in July, England captain Alastair Cook John Creighton told Sky Sports. not only insisting that he is inno- for his has been reported for breaching said he had no issue with his play- “There was a small altercation cent but is vowing to regain his team-mates the code of behaviour. ers being out in a bar in the early between Warner and Root. This place in the national side. during the “Warner...was allegedly hours. was dealt with very amicably and “I have not been stopped from 2013 ICC involved in (an incident) with “You don’t often get to win quickly by the rest of the group training so I want to ensure that Champions an England player in the early international games and when and both were calmly chatting I stay fit and give myself the best Trophy hours of Sunday morning follow- the schedule allows you, as long to each other immediately after- possible chance to represent the One Day ing the ICC Champions Trophy as it’s within certain parameters wards. They all left a short while country again,” the Indian Express International match between the teams in which we set as a team...,” Cook later and a small bar tab was quoted Sreesanth as saying after (ODI) cricket Birmingham,” the governing body told a news conference ahead picked up by David Warner.” he was bailed. match said in a statement. of England’s match against Sri Creighton said Warner was a “I will start training from against New “Team management have stood Lanka today. regular visitor to his bar. tomorrow itself after I get the down Warner pending the out- “We didn’t have training for a “Our bar staff are quite familiar blessings of my parents. I want Zealand at come of the hearing, meaning he couple of days,” he added. “Clearly with David’s face and he’s never to play in the 2015 World Cup. I Edgbaston will miss Australia’s match against if it was a back-to-back game it’s caused us any problems,” he said. really hope and pray that there in New Zealand in Birmingham a very different issue. The 26-year-old Warner was are no more hindrances.” Birmingham, tonight (Wednesday).” “It’s very important they do fined A$5,750 ($5,400) last month Police said the three Rajasthan central CA said it would make no fur- sometimes let their hair down by CA for a Twitter outburst Royals players were acting under England ther comment until the hearing, because celebrating wins also against two journalists. orders from international crime yesterday. the time and date for which had builds team spirit.” Australia were already without syndicates to give away a specific Australia yet to be confirmed. Cook said Root had not suf- regular captain Michael Clarke, number of runs in certain overs won the The England player involved in fered any injury. who has not recovered from a during the Twenty20 tournament toss and the incident was young batsman “He seems fine,” he said. “No back injury, for Wednesday’s which wrapped up last month. elected to Joe Root. physical injury or anything like group match against their trans- The players have all denied bat first. “The England and Wales that. He’s trained very well and Tasman rivals which they need to wrongdoing. Cricket Board confirms that he just wants to get the matter win to retain a chance of reaching As well as their court case, David Warner initiated an buried. the semi-finals. the trio face possible discipli- unprovoked physical attack on “He’s here to play cricket,” Australia play Sri Lanka in nary action from Indian cricket a member of the England team Cook added. their final Group A game at The authorities who have commis- in a Birmingham bar following “He’s an excellent young man Oval in London on Monday. sioned a report on the allegations England’s 48-run victory over and he’s been excellent since he’s REUTERS by its anti-corruption unit. “If I can, one day I want to make a movie on what I went through over the past month,” said the 30-year-old Sreesanth, who only India’s Dhawan making up for lost time recently resumed playing after suffering injury problems. LONDON: India’s fearless successive international century, shadow of his Delhi team-mates “All I want to do is play cricket,” opening batsman Shikhar having made a spectacular 187 Sehwag and Gambhir, until luck he said. Dhawan is doing the unthink- off 174 balls against Australia finally smiled on him in March. “I totally believe in India’s judi- able at the Champions Trophy on his Test debut in Mohali in With both the senior pros cial system. I played the game -- making fans forget Sachin March. dropped due to form, the selec- with heart and soul.” Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag “This boy is such an amazing tors brought in Dhawan for Sreesanth has represented and Gautam Gambhir. batsman, I am sure he is here to the third Test against the India in 27 Tests, 53 one-dayers Those three were the pillars stay,” India’s former World Cup- Australians in Mohali to part- and 10 Twenty20 matches since of Indian batting till the recent winning captain Kapil Dev said. ner Murali Vijay at the top of making his international debut past with Tendulkar the world’s “No one here in England is the order. in 2005. The allegations about leading scorer and century- talking about the past... no one Dhawan seized the oppor- spot-fixing have shaken Indian maker in both Tests and one- has so far asked about Sachin, tunity by smashing the fastest cricket to the core. N Srinivasan, day cricket. Sehwag or Gambhir. Everyone Test century by a debutant -- the president of the national Only Tendulkar among them is just talking about Shikhar his 100 coming off just 85 balls board, stepped aside earlier this has retired from one-day and Dhawan and his batting. -- and went on to hit 33 bound- month while a probe is held into Twenty20 cricket but fans are “That is a good sign for Indian aries and two sixes. claims of illegal betting involving already toasting the next gen- cricket. Many young players Unfortunately, he fractured his son-in-law. eration of Indian cricketers led are already taking over from his left hand while fielding in Indian law bans gambling on all by Dhawan, Virat Kohli and the seniors. The change is going that match and missed the next sports except horse-racing. AFP Ravindra Jadeja. smoothly.” Test on his home ground in Dhawan, the 27-year-old left- Even rival players have been Delhi which India won to com- hander from Delhi, has been the impressed. South African cap- plete a 4-0 whitewash. Duminy agrees star of the eight-nation tourna- tain AB de Villiers, who has Dhawan said his first-class ment with back-to-back centu- watched Dhawan closely in the experience -- 5,866 runs in 82 short-term deal ries that eased the World Cup Indian Premier League, said he matches with 17 centuries -- champions into the semi-finals. was not surprised at his success. stood him in good stead. with English The moustache-twirling “He has got the whole pack- “I spent so many years in opener smashed 114 off 94 balls, age and I am sure he’ll get bet- domestic cricket that I felt con- with 12 boundaries and a six, ter as his career goes along,” fident on my Test debut,” he county Surrey in the opening match against a said de Villiers. “He is a good said. “And words of enourage- South African attack admittedly player.” ment from Sehwag, who asked CAPE TOWN: South Africa missing the world’s premier fast Dhawan’s talent was evi- me to stick to my strengths, batsman JP Duminy will get bowler Dale Steyn. dent way back in 2004 during helped a great deal.” a first taste of English county Dhawan then plundered the under-19 World Cup in Asked by a reporter recently cricket after the 29-year-old an unbeaten 102 off 107 balls Bangladesh when he was named how he managed to remain India’s Shikhar Dhawan leaves the field with West Indies’ Kieron Pollard agreed to join Surrey on a two- against the West Indies in the player of the tournament cheerful at the crease, Dhawan (right) as the rain falls during their ICC Champions Trophy Group B match month contract starting from gloomy weather at the Oval on after scoring 505 runs with said: “Enjoy watching my part- August, the club confirmed at The Oval cricket ground in London on Tuesday. After play resumed, Tuesday, reaching three-figures three centuries. ner’s batting. Enjoy running yesterday. Dhawan completed his second successive century in the tournament with a six off Dwayne Bravo Dhawan played first-class between the wickets. Enjoy tak- The part-time off-spinner will over third man. It was his third cricket for nine years under the ing the pressure.” AFP as Indian won by eight wickets. replace Australia’s Ricky Ponting as the county’s overseas player and will be available for six cham- Steyn bowls at full speed in nets pionship matches, as well as the culmination of the 40-over com- to boost South Africa Asif loses court appeal petition and the knockout phase of the Twenty20 tournament LONDON: South Africa paceman Dale Steyn bowled at full inten- LONDON: Three Court of Former The spot-fixing plot, which was should Surrey reach that stage. sity in the nets yesterday, raising hopes he will be fit for the crunch Appeal judges in London yes- captain uncovered by the now-defunct Duminy was identified very Champions Trophy game against West Indies tomorrow. terday rejected an appeal by Salman Butt News of the World newspaper, was early on as a potential interna- Steyn missed the Proteas’ opening two matches of the tournament Pakistan cricketer Mohammad was jailed for one of the biggest scandals to hit tional player, but having made his with a side strain, but came through the side’s net session in which Asif (pictured at right) against 30 months, cricket in years and also led to ODI debut in 2004, it was another he bowled at full pace. his conviction for spot-fixing. while prom- the conviction of their London- three years before he cemented a “Dale is progressing quite well, he came through his net session today In their ruling, the judges said ising young based agent. regular place in the team. without any discomfort but the challenge is to watch him overnight they were “not persuaded that bowler The Court of Appeal rejected Partly that was down to South to see if he wakes up with any stiffness,” team manager Mohammed there are any grounds, arguable Mohammad challenges by Butt and Aamer Africa’s strong battling line-up Moosajee said in a Cricket South Africa statement. or otherwise, for attacking the Aamer was against their sentences in and partly down to his own incon- “If he comes through tomorrow’s (Thursday) net practice he should safety of the convictions of this detained for November 2011. sistency, failing to live up to high be available for selection.” applicant (Asif)”. six months in In his ruling Lord Chief Justice expectations. They need to beat West Indies in Cardiff to reach the semi-finals. “The renewed applications a young offenders’ institution. Igor Judge, the head of the judici- However, when his Test chance If Steyn is fit, South Africa will have something of a selection are accordingly dismissed,” they The International Cricket ary in England and Wales, said came, he launched his career in a dilemma. added. Council (ICC) governing body also the players had “betrayed the manner bettered by few players. Their three seamers - Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Chris Morris and Ryan Fast bowler Asif, 30, was banned the trio from cricket for country which they had the hon- On debut he helped guide South McLaren - performed admirably against Pakistan. If the team man- released from jail in May last year five years. our to represent and betrayed Africa to a successful chase of agement’s hand was forced, Morris would probably be culled purely after serving half of a 12-month Asif and Butt both challenged the sport that had given them 414 in Perth with an unbeaten because of his inexperience. sentence for his part in a plot to the ICC bans at the Court of their distinction -- and of course 50, then he followed that with a South Africa lost their Group B opener to India by 26 runs, but bowl deliberate no-balls in a Test Arbitration for Sport (CAS) but betrayed all the very many follow- serene 166 in Melbourne to rescue bounced back with a 67-run win over Pakistan on Monday. match against England at Lord’s the Lausanne-based body in April ers of the game throughout the to his team from the prospect of AGENCIES in 2010. rejected their appeals. world”. REUTERS a huge deficit. 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www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 Tennis: Hewitt Football: Rain adds to Australia too slick for Messi, father Dimitrov at deny tax Queen’s Club accusations misery in Birmingham LONDON: Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt gave MADRID: Barcelona super- Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov a star Lionel Messi denied grasscourt masterclass in a sec- yesterday stunning allega- No result as rain hits Australia-New Zealand match ond-round victory at the Aegon tions that he and his father Championships at Queen’s Club engaged in tax fraud worth yesterday. more than four million euros BIRMINGHAM: Rain pro- Scoreboard The 32-year-old Australian ($5m), expressing shock at vided further frustration for SL seek revival in needed little more than an hour to the accusations. Australia, on a day when they AUSTRALIA win 6-4, 6-3 as 10th seed Dimitrov The 25-year-old Argentina dropped David Warner for a S Watson c Ronchi b McClenaghan ...... 5 struggled to cope with his formi- international and four-time bar-room attack on England’s M Wade lbw N McCullum ...... 29 dable grasscourt skills. World Player of the Year said Joe Root, as their Champions make-or-break game Second seed Tomas Berdych, he had just learned through the P Hughes (run out-Guptill) ...... 0 Trophy match against New G Bailey b N McCullum ...... 55 playing his first match since a media of the allegations filed by Zealand ended in a no result. A Voges c B McCullum b McClenaghan ....71 LONDON: Sri Lanka will look for a vastly improved batting per- first-round defeat at the French the Spanish tax authorities. Yesterday’s wash-out at M Marsh c Ronchi b McClenaghan ...... 22 formance against hosts England today as they try to stay afloat in Open, eased past Dutchman “We are surprised about this Edgbaston left defending champi- G Maxwell (not out) ...... 29 the Champions Trophy. Thiemo de Bakker 6-1 6-4 in a news, because we have never ons Australia facing a tough bat- J Faulkner c McClenaghan b Williamson .....6 Angelo Mathews’ (pictured right) team were match interrupted by rain. committed any infringement,” tle to qualify for the semi-finals. M Johnson c B McCullum b McClenaghan ..8 shot out for 138 against New Zealand in Cardiff Meanwhile, Andy Murray he said in an English-language New Zealand, chasing 244 to C McKay (not out) ...... 2 on Sunday, and only a hostile four-wicket spell endured a frustrating return from statement released on his win, were on 51 for two off 15 Extras (B-1, LB-7, W-4, NB-4) ...... 16 from sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga injury as rain ruined his second Facebook account. overs when rain stopped play Total (for 8 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 243 helped them save face in the narrow one-wicket round match against France’s “We have always fulfilled all in the Group A clash at 3.40pm Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-10, 3-74, 4-151, defeat. Nicolas Mahut. our tax obligations, following local time. Under the Duckworth/ 5-193, 6-196, 7-210, 8-219. Sri Lanka, World Cup finalists in 2007 This was the world number the advice of our tax consult- Lewis system for rain-affected Bowling: Mills 6-1-19-0; McClenaghan 10- and 2011, must now defeat both England and two’s first competitive action since ants who will take care of clari- matches, a minimum of 20 overs 0-65-4 (4nb, 3w); Vettori 10-1-23-0; South- Australia in day-night matches at the Oval to May and he showed few signs of fying this situation,” he said. had to be bowled in the sec- ee 4-1-26-0; N McCullum 10-0-46-2 (1w); keep their semi-final hopes alive from group A. rust as he took the first set 6-3. Spanish financial crime ond innings for either side to Williamson 10-0-56-1. “I think the whole batting unit has to take But the dark clouds hanging prosecutors filed the complaint win this fixture. But at 6.25pm NEW ZEALAND responsibility,” Sri Lankan captain Angelo over the west London venue soon accusing Messi earlier in the (1725GMT), the umpires decided L Ronchi c Watson b McKay ...... 14 Mathews said yesterday. “We can’t really expect the bowlers to do the gave way to persistent showers day, a judicial source said. no further play was possible. M Guptill c Maxwell b McKay ...... 8 job for us everytime.” and Murray was forced off court The filing reportedly included The first no result of the tour- K Williamson (not out) ...... 18 Mathews said the morale was high despite the opening setback and three times at the start of the the player’s father, Jorge nament saw both sides take R Taylor (not out) ...... 9 added he expected his team to come back strongly in the next two second set. Horacio Messi. a point apiece. That left New Extras (LB-1, W-1) ...... 2 matches. When the third downpour trig- The court in Catalonia, Zealand with three points after Total (for 2 wkts in 15 overs) ...... 51 “Defending 138, the guys responded to that brilliantly,” he said. “The gered, the score was level at 2-2 where Messi is resident, could their one-wicket win over Sri Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-26. equation is simple. We have got two games and we have to win both to in the second set. AGENCIES yet refuse to let the complaint Lanka and gave Australia their Bowling: Johnson 4-0-18-0; McKay 4-0- stay alive in the tournament. proceed, the source said. first point of this event after a 10-2 (1w); Watson 3-1-11-0; Faulkner 3-0- “We have to stay positive and take England on. We should not put But if it were to go ahead, it 48-run loss to hosts England at 7-0; Doherty 1-0-4-0. too much pressure on ourselves. We have to go out there, enjoy the Queen’s Club would represent a huge blow to Edgbaston last week. Result: No result, rain. game and do the best we can. the prestige of Messi, who has Australia, already without “The result will take care of itself.” Results long been seen as a more hum- captain Michael Clarke because Mathews said England had one of the best seam attacks in the game ble figure than most top-class of a recurrence of his longstand- George Bailey, Australia’s stand- and admitted the first task for his team was to play out the full 50 overs. Second Round: Lleyton Hewitt footballers and particularly his ing back problem, suffered a in captain, making 55 after win- Sri Lanka lasted just 37.5 overs against New Zealand, mainly due (AUS) bt Grigor Dimitrov Real Madrid rival Cristiano fresh blow before play started ning the toss. to Kumar Sangakkara’s defiant 68 as seven batsmen failed to reach (BUL x10) 6-4, 6-3; Alexandr Ronaldo. when opening batsman Warner New Zealand conclude their double figures on a slow Cardiff pitch. Dolgopolov (UKR x7) bt Messi’s achievements on the was dropped as a disciplinary group programme against England, meanwhile, bounced back from a 2-1 one-day series loss Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, field have made him one of the measure. England in Cardiff on Sunday, against New Zealand ahead of the tournament to brush aside old foes 4-6, 6-4; Daniel Evans (GBR) most marketable sportsmen in Adam Voges’ top-scored with with Australia facing Sri Lanka Australia by 48 runs in their first match. bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN the world, however. 71 in a total of 243 for eight with at The Oval on Monday. AFP Alastair Cook’s home team go into the match with their prepara- x13) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-4; Tomas Indeed, the 25-year-old was tions overshadowed by an incident at a bar in Birmingham between Berdych (CZE x2) bt Thiemo De ranked 10th amongst Forbes’ Australia’s David Warner and young England player Joe Root over Bakker (NED) 6-1, 6-4; Grega list of sports star’s incomes this the weekend. Zemlja (SLO x16) bt Sergiy month with an annual $21m Australia stood down Warner for yesterday’s match against New Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5, 6-4; from endorsements alone. FC Zealand for what the England and Wales Cricket Board said was an Kenny De Schepper (FRA) bt Barcelona declined to comment. “unprovoked physical attack on a member of the England team.” Rohan Bopanna (IND) 6-4, 6-3; The player and his father Cook, who confirmed that the England player involved was 22-year- Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Ivan are accused of three crimes of old Root, insisted the team wanted to get over the incident to concen- Dodig (CRO) 6-3, 6-4; Benjamin defrauding the state of taxes trate on what was an important game for the hosts. Becker (GER) bt Lukas Rosol related to income from the use “We are clearly disappointed that the incident happened, but after (CZE x12) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5. of his image in 2006, 2007, 2008 investigating it from our side, we don’t believe we have done anything and 2009, Spanish media said, wrong,” said Cook. Halle ATP Results citing a written copy of the fil- “Joe just wants to get the matter buried and play cricket. He’s an ing. The striker and his father Second Round: Roger Federer excellent young man. It’s unfortunate this has happened, but he wants allegedly avoided taxes by pre- to put it behind him.” (SUI x1) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe tending to cede their image Cook said Malinga would be the danger man for his side, mainly (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Mischa Zverev rights to companies based in because of his unusual bowling action. (GER) bt Mirza Basic (BIH) 7-6 tax havens such as Belize and “Malinga is a mighty fine bowler,” the England captain said. “He has (7/5), 6-3; Gael Monfils (FRA) Uruguay. Ground staff mop up rainwater during the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy got a very different technique and bowling action. Some of the lads bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-2, 6-3; Messi and his father acted cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at Edgbaston in have faced him before. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Kei with “total opaqueness” towards Birmingham, central England, yesterday. The match was later abandoned. “So if we can play him well as a batting unit, it will really put Sri Nishikori (JPN x4) 6-1, 6-7 the Spanish authorities, the fil- Lanka under pressure.” REUTERS (4/7), 6-3. ing said. The complaint lodged with the court in Gava, near Barcelona, accused them of defrauding the state of 1.06m euros in 2007, 1.57m euros in 2008, and 1.53m euros in 2009. The father is accused of being Real Madrid Campus Experience in Qatar the brains behind the scheme, allegedly setting it up in 2005 DOHA: World famous football club Real in Qatar – we believe that we can work and concepts, QSports also has the support time Real Madrid Foundation to Qatar and before his son turned 18 on June Madrid has confirmed a pioneering new with Real Madrid and Sports Forward to and endorsement of the Qatar Olympic support QSports in the youth sport devel- 24 of that year, Spanish media partnership with QSports to bring the deliver a once in a lifetime experience for Committee (QOC), Qatar Stars League opment of the country.” said. unique Real Madrid Campus Experience the participants.” (QCL) and several other sporting federa- Manuel Parreno, Real Madrid Foundation The prosecutor alleged that to Qatar. The Campus is scheduled to take place tions of Qatar. Director from Campus and Academies, Messi later agreed with his The Real Madrid Football Campus is from October 19 to November 30 this year Baptista, who has over 30 years of expe- said: “The Real Madrid Foundation is father’s tactics so that he would an innovative initiative for children (aged and is open to the first 250 children who rience in sports coaching, management and satisfied with the sports facilities and we avoid any taxes on income from between 7 and 17) to experience the magic sign-up for registration. education confirmed that QSports will be will work with QSports and SportForward the use of his image rights of the ‘Madridista’ football lifestyle and The programme will be delivered in the official rights holder from the Real to organise the first football campus of the between 2006 and 2009. coaching in the Middle East. world class facilities ensuring a healthy and Madrid Foundation to offer the campus in Foundation in Qatar” The income related to his The unique two-week programme, devel- safe environment for young soccer enthu- Qatar and build on the success of similar A inter-school tournament is also image rights included contracts oped by Real Madrid, offers participants siasts in Qatar. events held in places such as Singapore and planned by QSports for September 2013 with Barcelona, Banco Sabadell, a comprehensive and structured sports QSports is a Qatari Sports Management Puerto Rico. whereby the champion team will get the Danone, Adidas, Pepsi-Cola, training programme and the opportunity Company. Established in 2011, the company QSports will work in partnership with chance to attend the Real Madrid Football Telefonica and Kuwait Food to be coached and trained in methods used already has a 6000 strong membership base Sport Forward – an international sports Camp for Free. Company, media said. Messi’s by the world’s best football players. of active sports enthusiasts with members consultancy firm to fully develop and real- The cost for participants will be QR net income from image rights QSports Senior Programme Director able to participate in a variety of sporting ize the vision for the Real Madrid Football 2,250 per player. reportedly amounted to 2.56m and Real Madrid Football Campus Qatar leagues and activities. Campus. QSports also have plans in place to facili- euros in 2007, 3.82m euros in Coordinator – Francisco Baptista said: With experience in Kids Sports The Sports Forward General Director - tate a full Real Madrid Talent Academy 2008 and 3.80m euros in 2009. “With our extensive knowledge and Academies and having organized several Joaquin Martinez said: “We are proud to in Qatar – staffed by official Real Madrid REUTERS understanding of the sports market here national and international sporting events partner with QSports to bring for the first Coaches. THE PENINSULA