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SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 • 3 Ramadan 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6467 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Umrah pilgrims Emir receives well-wishers drop by 40pc this Ramadan Costs, visas major reasons

DOHA: The number of peo- local religious tour operators. ple going to Saudi Arabia for While normally 3,000 to 4,000 Umrah this Ramadan is down people are registered with a by 40 percent compared to pre- Hajj and Umrah operator com- vious years due to high costs pany in Qatar for Umrah during and difficulties in obtaining Ramadan, this year the number of visas for expatriates. registered people with each com- Notwithstanding that this is pany is not more than 500, one Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received more people, including sheikhs and citizens, who conveyed to him Ramadan greetings at Al the holy month of Ramadan, many operator said. Wajba Palace last evening. Deputy Emir H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir’s Personal Representative H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Saudi-based Haj and Umrah tour Ibrahim Al Ibrahim, of Taqwa Al Thani, and sons of Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani were present. operating companies are charg- Company, said his firm was mostly ing exorbitant amounts to provide focusing on Qataris this Ramadan visas for Umrah for expatriates. due to the problem of obtaining Local Arabic daily Al Raya entry visa for expatriates. reported yesterday that while the The daily said soaring costs official rate for an Umrah visa was were also a factor as charges Yemen peace talks collapse in Geneva between 250 and 300 riyals, Saudi by road were between QR1,700 Hajj and Umrah tour operating and QR2,000 for Umrah in the GENEVA: UN-sponsored of “proximity talks” — in which in view of so many lives having progress as we expected ... But it companies were charging between beginning of Ramadan. By air, talks in Geneva on a ceasefire he shuttled between factions who been lost and where a government doesn’t mean that we have failed,” 1,000 and 1,500 riyals. charges were between QR6,500 between Yemen’s civil war par- refused to sit at the same table that is internationally recognised he told reporters. Saudi authorities are issuing and QR9,000. ties ended yesterday without — the two sides agreed in prin- is outside the country. A lot of Hadi’s government has limited number of visas for Umrah Charges by road at the end a deal as Saudi-led warplanes ciple on the need for a ceasefire things didn’t make it easy for us.” demanded that the Houthis, allied this Ramadan due to expansion of Ramadan go up to between staged further strikes on the and withdrawal of forces in keep- He said he would fly to New with Yemeni military units loyal work continuing in the holy city QR2,000 and QR3,000, while by dominant Houthi armed faction ing with UN Security Council York on Sunday to brief the UN to former president Ali Abdullah of Makkah, the daily said. air, rates soar to QR30,000 to and allies, including Republican Resolution 2216. Security Council, where major Saleh, pull out of cities captured Qatari Haj and Umrah oper- QR35,000 per person. Guards. “There is a certain willingness powers also needed to sign off on since last September as a precon- ating companies, as a matter of For people from some Asian More than 2,800 people have from all parties to discuss issues his proposal for a force of civilian dition for a ceasefire. rule, have tie-ups with their Saudi and Arab nationalities it is dif- been killed since an Arab alliance around a ceasefire accompanied observers to monitor any truce Yahya Duwaid of Saleh’s counterparts to help provide stay ficult to obtain Umrah visas, the launched air raids on March 26 by withdrawal... I come out from and withdrawals on the ground. General People’s Congress said: and tour facilities in Saudi Arabia daily said. to try to roll back the Iranian- these few days with a certain Hadi’s foreign minister, Reyad “We had reason to be hopeful and for people they take for Hajj and Al Ibrahim said due to high backed Houthis’ advances across degree of optimism that we can Yassin Abdullah, said talks made optimistic... and we listened to the Umrah from here. costs and lack of visas, there was much of Yemen and reinstate achieve this (in further consulta- no significant headway but there UN proposals today, but what Large number of people go for a huge reduction in the number exiled president Abdrabuh tions) in the coming days,” he told was room for more discussions, they were proposing was not of Umrah during Ramadan but this of people going for Umrah this Mansur Hadi. a press conference in Geneva. although no date had been sched- the standard we were looking for.” year there isn’t much rush, the Ramadan. UN special envoy Ismail Ould “The (opposing) positions that uled for any. “The Houthi delega- AGENCIES daily said, quoting officials from THE PENINSULA Cheikh Ahmed said in five days as you know have been so strong tion did not allow us to reach all See also page 4

Demirel mourned Bin Laden son Obama: Church shooting asked US for shows racism a blight in US death certificate SAN FRANCISCO: In the aftermath of the South Carolina shoot- RIYADH: A son of Al Qaeda ing at a black church, President Barack Obama told US mayors leader Osama bin Laden had yesterday that racism remains a “blight” the US has to “combat asked the US for a death cer- together”. tificate after US Navy SEALS He also reiterated support for gun control legislation, saying trag- killed him, says a letter released edies like the one in South Carolina call for a response beyond grief. by WikiLeaks. Obama voiced confidence that a “shocked and heartbroken” nation The letter is signed by Glen would tighten permissive gun laws, striking a more strident tone after Keiser, US consul general in the Charleston shooting. He said change would come one day, as he Riyadh, and addressed to Abdullah took on detractors who accused him of politicising the deaths of nine bin Laden on September 9, 2011, black worshippers. Describing gun crime as a crisis that “tears at the about four months after a US raid fabric of a community” and “costs this country dearly,” he said: “More killed his father in Pakistan after than 11,000 Americans were killed by gun violence in 2013 alone.” He a decade-long manhunt. “I have accused Congress of failing to act after a mass shooting in Newtown, received your request for a death Connecticut, in 2012 which killed 26 people, including 20 children, at certificate for your father, Osama Sandy Hook elementary school. bin Laden,” Keiser wrote. AFP “We wouldn’t have prevented every act of violence or even most,” See also page 5 Obama said. “We don’t know if it (gun reform) would have prevented what happened in Charleston. No reform can guarantee elimination of violence, but we might still have some more Americans with us. We Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (centre), former president Abdullah Gul (third right), Parliamentary might have stopped one shooter, some families might still be whole. Speaker Cemil Cicek (third left) and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (second left) attend the state funeral You all might have to attend fewer funerals.” AFP of ninth president and former prime minister Suleyman Demirel at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in See also page 9 Ankara yesterday.

RAMADAN Greenhouse to try strawberry, mushroom production TIMING DOHA: A greenhouse that produces others, in commercial quantities. to grow indigenously if Qatar hopes to set in such greenhouses, Al Khalaf replied in vegetables round-the-year will in the Vegetables are grown organically with- up poultry and dairy farms on a large scale. the negative and said the use of water to Todays Iftar: next two months experiment producing out fertilisers so their quality is very high He cited barley and said it can be grown produce grains is excessive. strawberries and mushrooms on a com- and comparable with those imported from in seven days and fed to animals fresh Setting up hydroponics greenhouses 06:27pm mercial scale. Europe. instead of importing dry barley and using like his is an expensive affair but the gov- Tomorrow’s Imsak: The businessman who owns the green- “That is why our produce are expensive it as fodder. ernment support in the form of free or 03:04am house says it is also possible to grow some since they are organic and of very high Al Khalaf’s greenhouse is hydroponic subsidised land, seed, equipment and infra- types of fruits in his high-tech facility. quality,” Al Khalaf said in remarks to this which uses minimal water and no soil. structure, including water and electricity, In Qatar, there are greenhouses that are daily. He said his greenhouse is the first It uses coconut fibre which reduces the he said, adding other GCC states have been seasonal and grow only vegetables. Fruits such high-tech agricultural facility set need for water. Plans are afoot to expand doing this to encourage production. and grains are not grown, so this green- up in Qatar, keeping in mind its typical the greenhouse to 100,000 square feet by He said demand for vegetables in Qatar house will also experiment with fruit pro- weather conditions. 2015-end. is estimated at 600 tonnes daily and can be duction for the first time later. Qatar is different from its GCC peers Benefit of such a greenhouse is that, met locally if the country has 10 hydropon- Ahmed Al Khalaf set up the novel facil- as summer temperatures can soar up to aside from minimal use of water and no ics greenhouses, each with an area of one ity on an area of 60,000 square metres four 50 degrees C and humidity can reach 80 involvement of soil, production can be 10 million square metres. years ago. percent. times more than that in a conventional “But this would require government sup- It produces vegetables like cucumber, His type of greenhouses, Al Khalaf said, farm. port,” Al Khalaf added. tomatoes, capsicum, and green peas, among can also produce fodder, which is necessary Asked if grains can also be cultivated THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Emir sends message to Ban on fight against corruption NEW YORK: UN Secretary- the summit’s goals to highlight against corruption, during a the convention. General Ban Ki-moon has actions taken to tackle the issue meeting with Ban in New York After the Doha conference, received a written mes- and application of UN mecha- yesterday. Ban said the UN Convention sage from Emir H H Sheikh nisms for the purpose. Since 2005, Qatar has been Against Corruption was no Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, This reflects the Emir’s keen- leading global efforts to pro- longer as it had been, as coun- calling for setting up a sepa- ness to support the fight against mote the rule of law and fight tries have become obliged to rate item to fight corruption corruption, support the rule of corruption. abide by the convention and and establish the rule of law law and promote transparency It hosted World Summit of Doha review mechanism. as a goal within the proposed at various levels to contribute to Attorneys General and organ- In collaboration with the UN, New Millennium Goals on the the achievement of sustainable ised the Third Conference Qatar has established the Rule agenda of the UN summit to development goals, including of States Parties to the UN of Law and Anti-Corruption adopt a post-2015 development Millennium Development Goals. Convention on the fight against Centre at regional and interna- plan. The message was handed corruption. The summit adopted tional levels. A similar centre The Emir called for the over by Attorney General Dr Doha mechanism which stipu- was set up in Dakar, Senegal, to fight against corruption to be Ali bin Fetais Al Marri, also lates that states should review support efforts of African coun- an independent goal as part of UN Special Advocate for fight each other in implementation of tries in the area. QNA

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www.swiss-belhotel.com report given to Tel Fax Australia MPs DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Tel Foundation (QF) has part- Fax nered with Parliamentarians for Diabetes Global Network, an advocacy programme of International Diabetes Federation (IDF), to present its Tel One of the two rounds of QSTP’s talk series in progress. diabetes report to parliamen- Fax tarians in Australia and elevate the debate on the disease on the national policy agenda. TECHtalks focus on smart WISH inspires and diffuses Tel + 974 44298888 healthcare innovation and best practice, remaining aligned with Fax QF’s vision and mission to unlock human potential and underscore cities, innovative genomics Qatar’s role as an emerging centre Tel for healthcare innovation. DOHA: Qatar Science and how genetics can be responsible medicine and their impact on The rise in diabetes around the Fax Technology Park (QSTP) for our food choices and prefer- the quality of our daily life and globe is one of the greatest health hosted two rounds of its ences, suggesting that knowl- the healthcare system in the catastrophes. With 382 million TECHtalk series, focussing edge arising from these studies country. people affected by the condition, Tel on ICT, smart cities and the will help fight diseases such as “We explored how advances which causes heart disease, stroke, Fax impact of innovative genom- obesity and diabetes in Qatar. in genome sequencing and blindness and death, it imposes an ics on personalised medicine During a panel discussion, the increasing accessibility of immense burden on health sys- in Qatar. Prof Gasparini was joined by genome-based services are pav- tems and national economies and The healthcare session Prof Hilal Lashuel, Executive ing the way for more person- absorbs 11 percent of global health Tel was held under the theme Director, Qatar Biomedical alised approaches to wellness, spending (about QR2.2trn). Fax ‘New Genes: How Innovative Research Institute (QBRI), prevention and treatments. According to IDF, between 2013 Genetic-Based Services Can and Prof Pasquale Vito, “Ethical and legal challenges and 2035, countries with the high- www.doha.hilton.com Change Our Lives’. Guest Senior Scientist, Anti-Doping associated with implementation est growth in diabetes prevalence Speaker Prof Paolo Gasparini, Laboratory Qatar. of genomic-based services in will be the UAE, Oman and Qatar Tel 44233333 974+ Head, Experimental Genetics Widely-regarded as being Qatar and the region were also and rates in the Middle East and Division, Sidra Medical and at the forefront of innova- debated”. North Africa will increase by 96.2 Fax 44233000 974+ Research Centre, gave insight tive genetic-based services in With global experts at the percent by 2035. into endless possibilities of healthcare in Qatar, the panel- forefront of this industry, lead- The WISH report ‘Rising To applied genetics inside and out- lists contributed to an insight- ing the work being undertaken The Challenge: Preventing and side the laboratory. ful discussion. here, Qatar is taking a role Managing Type 2 Diabetes’ says One of the top 10 geneticists Prof Lashuel said, “QSTP, in the emerging and exciting Type 2 diabetes is to affect an esti- in the world, he talked about through TECHtalk series, field, improving the future of mated 10 percent of the world’s the effect our genes can have provides opportunities for healthcare and treatment in adult population (nearly 600 mil- on our diets and lifestyle. He the exchange of ideas on lat- the country. lion) by 2035 and calls on policy- shared research that showed est advances in science and THE PENINSULA makers to prevent the alarming rise in prevalence rates. Tel The report was distributed to MPs in Australia to raise the pro- Fax Education seminar file of the condition and inspire stakeholders to action. Ken Wyatt, Chair, Parliamentary Diabetes Support Tel Group, said, “Diabetes is fast Fax becoming a worldwide epi- demic and it is our role to raise awareness about its seriousness, promote prevention and early Tel detection and advocate ways to Fax improve care, support and man- agement of diabetes. The WISH report puts a spotlight on this ill- ness and we are delighted to be working with WISH to help stem Tel the tide of diabetes in Australia Fax and beyond.” The report was published by WISH Diabetes Research Forum, chaired by Stephen Colagiuri, Tel Professor of Metabolic Health and Director of Boden Institute, Fax University of Sydney, at the sec- ond WISH summit in February in Qatar. The summit brought A two-day Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) International Seminar ‘Attacks on together over 1,200 healthcare Tel leaders and policymakers from Education: Addressing Data Challenge’ was held at Grand Hyatt in Doha. Representatives from Unicef, 90 countries. THE PENINSULA Fax Global Terrorism Database, and Qatar Red Crescent attended the event organised as part of Education Above All initiative. Ooredoo backs Arab Mobile Challenge again DOHA: Ooredoo has once viable solutions to participate. Living, and The Queen Rania portfolio of youth entrepre- Tel again supported Arab Mobile The approach has been adopted Centre for Entrepreneurship. neurial initiatives as part of Fax Challenge 2015-2016. to engage a larger pool of tal- Finalists will be invited to its strategy to provide oppor- Launched in 2013 as a pilot ent in the region and ensure regional finals in January 2016. tunities for youth in the Arab programme covering five coun- teams are judged as fairly as Winners are eligible for finan- world. tries, the challenge, co-founded possible based on their level of cial prizes or the opportunity Dr Nasser Marafih, Group Tel by Ooredoo, welcomed nearly development. for a fully-paid invitation to CEO, Ooredoo, said: “Ooredoo Fax 700 regional teams from 14 For the MENA region, the compete at Global Mobile supports young talent through Arab countries last year. event will run one-day boot- Challenge in Barcelona, also initiatives like the challenge The challenge enables teams camps in various countries founded by Applied Innovation because we want to enrich www.marriottmarquisdoha.com of up to six under 35 to develop and provide remote accelera- Institute (AII) and hosted by the lives of young people and apps to make an impact on the tion with a toolkit covering the Mobile World Congress. encourage them to reach their Tel + 974 44195000 education, health, entertain- same material for participants Ooredoo’s role has been criti- full potential. Last year’s event Fax + 974 44195100 ment and employability/entre- who cannot attend. By regis- cal for the sustainability of the introduced life-changing apps preneurship sectors. tering on www.arabmobilechal- programme and its continued to the marketplace, with a focus This year, it is introduc- lenge.com, teams can receive outreach, and this year the on traditions and aspirations of ing two tracks — one for ideas latest information on events. company plans to invite young the Arab world. This year will and the other for early stage Partners in the programme people to participate in the deliver new innovations and start-ups to enable people with include IE Business School, challenge from Algeria, Oman, ideas that make a real impact technical skills and with great GSMA, Oasis500, Supcom, Kuwait and Qatar. on communities.” ideas that can translate into Wamda, The Space, Qatar Ooredoo supports a rich THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03 Qatar slams Boko Haram attacks Medication ‘effective if taken on time’ DOHA: Qatar has condemned Boko Haram attack in north- east Niger that killed 38 people, mostly children and women. HGH expert advises patients to consult physician before changing timings when fasting In a statement, the Foreign Ministry confirmed that such DOHA: Patients are advised to dosage is altered from once every an epileptic seizure while fast- symptoms of hypoglycemia, exhaustion. “Like hypoglycemia, criminal acts aimed to destabilise consult their physician before four to six hours to once every ing, they should break their fast including extreme hunger, fatigue, hyperglycemia can lead to coma. security and stability, terrorise changing medication timings 12 hours, the medication will immediately,” Dr Al Noimi added. dizziness, headache, severe sweat- Patients who experience hyperg- and kill innocents in contraven- when fasting. have no medicinal value in the “Hypertensive medications are ing, trembling hand, increased lycemia symptoms are advised to tion of values and principles of Dr Saad Abdul Fattah Al patient’s body and will cause seri- mostly taken once or twice daily, heart rate and the tendency to drink water immediately and seek morality, humanity and divine Noimi, Senior Consultant, ous complications. so patients with hypertension lose consciousness, they should medical care before their condi- laws. The ministry reiterated its Emergency Medicine, Hamad “Altering antibiotics dosages could fast and manage timings break their fast immediately and tion deteriorates,” Dr Al Noimi stance on rejecting and renounc- General Hospital (HGH), said from four times a day to two and dosages of their medication have some juice or any sweetened said. “Some insulin-dependent ing violence and terrorism in the effectiveness of a medication times might cause the antibiotic without problems; however, they drink in addition to a carbohy- patients are under the false all its forms and manifesta- is linked to the time it is taken to lose its medicinal effect and are advised to avoid salty foods drate-rich meal to avoid hypogly- impression that since they eat tions and whatever motives and and chemical and absorbent antibiotic-resistant bacteria may and should drink plenty of water cemic coma,” he cautioned. no food while fasting they would justifications. properties. emerge as a result,” he added. during Iftar and Suhoor,” he “Patients may also experience not need to adhere to medication “Not only would unsupervised He said patients with condi- noted. hyperglycemia (elevated blood schedule. Failure to adhere to Katara Ramadan change of timings render medica- tions like epilepsy should consult Dr Al Noimi said diabetics have sugar) if they do not adhere to medication regimen could lead to tions useless, it could also cause their physician on rescheduling to decide, with their endocrinolo- medication timings and dosages complications such as ketoacido- Festival begins serious complications to patients’ medication timings and their gists, whether they are able to fast or overindulge in consuming sis (ketones build-up in the blood) health. Patients that need to take decision to fast. or not and stressed that patients sweets, sugars or carbohydrates that can lead to diabetic coma,” DOHA: Katara Ramadan medicines constantly are advised “Epilepsy medications are should avoid changing medication during Iftar or Suhoor,” he noted. he said, cautioning against exces- Festival opened yesterday to talk to their doctor in advance usually prescribed once or twice timings arbitrarily to avoid com- Hyperglycemia symptoms sive use of non-prescription pain under the theme: I’jaz wa Injaz about suitable timings during daily as they have long-lasting plications such as hypoglycemia include extreme thirst, frequent medications and antacids without ‘Wonders and Achievements’. Ramadan. effect. They can be taken after or hyperglycemia. urination, dry throat, vomit- consulting a physician. A contest ‘Find Your Treasure’ “If a medication’s prescribed Iftar or Suhoor. If a patient has “If diabetics experience ing, abdominal pain, fatigue and THE PENINSULA for the second consecutive year also began and continues through out the holy month. It offers visitors a chance to win QR5,000 besides prizes. The contest was one of the biggest Food, vegetable ‘prices attractions last Ramadan. To take part, visitors have to be at Katara between 9pm and 11pm every Friday. Participants will get rising during Ramadan’ a map of the cultural valley where prize boxes are hidden at differ- DOHA: Prices of food lanterns but this year citizens ent spots. items and vegetables have are also opting for them. Also, Contestants will have to locate increased sharply during there is huge demand by com- the boxes using the map and the initial days of Ramadan, panies this year. would able to claim prizes. The according to consumers. Safir said prices of lanterns map will change every Friday. Many people told Al Raya had not increased much this Events throughout Ramadan that prices had increased in year and were available in the include workshops from 8pm at Souq Waqif and the Central range of QR50-QR700. Building No. 19. Leading Islamic Market due to high demand. Hussain Ali, who deals preachers will give lectures They complained that trad- in spices, sweets and nuts, throughout the festival. ers were exploiting customers said prices had gone up due to an increase in demand a little compared to last Girls’ forum now for nuts, sweet, dates, vegeta- week because of increase in bles and spices and absence demand. independent centre of monitoring by authorities. Hizam Mohamad Al Marri, Mohamad Talib Almarri, a visitor, said many citizens DOHA: The Ministry of Youth who visited the souq, said he visit Saudi Arabia to buy and Sports has decided that was shocked by steep rise in food items which are cheaper Doha Girls’ Forum, following prices. He discovered that there. A huge crowd of low-income workers at a Ramadan tent put up by a local charity in the Industrial Area yesterday. KAMMUTTY VP Doha Youth Centre, becomes prices of food items had gone Customers said prices of independent within the frame- up by 50 percent compared some vegetables, such as work of the ministry’s plan to to last week and decided to tomato, cucumber and those turn girls’ forums into centres Iftar tent witnesses huge turnout buy his needs at commercial used in salad, jumped around and establish new ones for them complexes where “prices were 5-15 percent on Wednesday. in all areas. DOHA: Large numbers of low-income workers turned stable”. However, prices of other veg- Hamad Salem Mjeghir, up at an Iftar tent put up by a local charity near Al Ahmed Al Amadi, another etables were stable. Director, Youth Affairs Attiyah Market in the Industrial Area yesterday, cre- customer, said prices of non- But traders claimed prices Department at the ministry, ating chaos. However, many people had to return dis- subsidised food items had were normal and had dropped announced the decision during a appointed as the tent, though huge, could take in only increased. He said he bought in case of some vegetables. press conference with Horiyah Al a limited number of hosts. Al Haris (Emirati) for QR120 For example, a foam box Ajami, Executive Director of the Mohamed Aslam, a Pakistani from Sargodha district a kg two week before and now of tomato last month cost centre. He said the decision rep- of Punjab, said he went to the tent in the hope of break- sold at QR170 in the souq. QR30-35 and now QR20-23 resents a new beginning for youth ing his fast but had to return dejected because of the However, there was no price as supply had increased. work and the goal of transform- rush. “I then went to a neighbouring store and bought rise in the case of local Al They said prices of some ing girls’ forums into centres is to a small bottle of water and snacks to break my fast,” Haris. vegetables had increased by make them independent in man- Aslam said. Many people buy dates, five percent because many agement and budget and enable Another worker who refused to give his name said he Al Haris and spices during trucks had stopped coming them to practise activities freely. had to return without getting an Iftar meal packet at the Ramadan. from Syria due to political He stressed the ministry’s tent due to a large crowd. “I went to a nearby mosque, Mohamad Safir, a trader in instability. vision to empower young people had water and broke my fast.” the souq, said sale of lanterns Mohamed Khurshid, a and said the decision will increase Another one who also declined to give his name said A volunteer gives an Iftar meal packet to a motorist at had increased compared to retailer, said authorities are girls’ administrative awareness he was lucky to have an Iftar. The meal pack had meat Midmac Roundabout yesterday. Packets were distributed last year. monitoring the market and and have a positive impact on biryani, juice, dates, laban and water. “It was a sumptu- by Eid Charity. BAHER AMIN Last year, mostly expa- retailers cannot increase them. QNA ous meal,” he said. THE PENINSULA triates were seen buying prices. THE PENINSULA International Boat Show in November

DOHA: The third edition of Qatar International Boat Show (QIBS) will be held under the patronage of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani at Mourjan Marinas-Lusail City from November 10 to 14,. QIBS 2015 has secured a large number of international exhibitors such as Amels, Amer Yachts, Azimut, Benetti, Blohm+Voss, Boston Whaler, Cranchi, Everglades, Gulf Craft, Ferretti, Lagoon, Moody, Prestige, Princess, Sea Ray, Sunseeker and more. The Qatari maritime indus- try is supporting the show with exhibitors such as Alfardan Marine, Al Udeid Boats, Halul Boats, Speed Marine and others. The show is expected to reach full capacity with 85 boats on display in water and on land, Officials at the event. ranging from six metres to 77 in length. work alongside Snowcomms to benefit from facilities and the boating brands, while support- Essa Al Mannai, Chairman, organise the first International sea side promenade.” ing the local market. QIBS has QIBS, said: “As the organisers of Boat Show, and now we are Faysal Mikati, Founder and earned the title of being a ‘UFI Qatar’s international show, our here to celebrate the success CEO, Snowcomms, the organiser Approved Event’, making it aim remains to bring mutual of that event and announce the of QIBS, said: “The boat show the first approved event to be benefits to the marine industry third edition. Lusail Marina and other major events in the held in Qatar as a member of and Qatar.” has been designed to provide country enhance Qatar’s aim to UFI, Global Association of the Mohamed Al Marri, Finance a unique experience for yacht become a leading destination for Exhibition Industry.” Because Director, Lusail City Real and boat owners with access to international events and attract of increasing demand from visi- Estate Development Company, high standard facilities. Since short-term tourists. Boat shows tors, Snowcomms has extended said: “We believe in the impor- its opening in 2011, the Marina are one of the premier events timings as follows: Tuesday, tance of supporting Qatar’s has been attracting yacht own- worldwide, and QIBS will con- Wednesday, Thursday from marine tourism industry. This ers, fans of high-end marine tinue to expand, improve and 2:30pm until 9:30pm and Friday commitment led to our coopera- tourism and several members bring to visitors major yacht and Saturday from 12:30pm to tion with Mourjan Marinas to of the community looking to launches and news by top-notch 9:30pm. THE PENINSULA SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST

State funeral for UN needs $1.6bn for Yemen aid Turkey’s former leader Demirel Ceasefire should come before any new round of talks: UN special envoy ANKARA: Turkey paid GENEVA: The United Nations major powers also need to agree homage yesterday to former said yesterday that $1.6bn was to his plans for a force of civilian president and prime minister now needed to face a “looming observers to monitor any truce Suleyman Demirel, with a state catastrophe” in Yemen where and withdrawal on the ground in funeral for a national political a Saudi-led coalition has been Yemen. giant who died this week aged launching air strikes against “To clarify on the ceasefire, we 90. Houthi fighters in a campaign are definitely hoping to have that Demirel’s coffin was placed in to restore the government in before any next round of ta front of the parliament build- exile. Yemen has been in upheaval ing where dignitaries including “Over 21 million people or 80 since the Houthis surged out of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan percent of the population are now their stronghold Saada province and Prime Minister Ahmet estimated to be in need of some in the north and seized the capital Davutoglu paid their respects. form of humanitarian aid and or Sana’a in September, a move they Escorted by the presidential protection,” UN spokesman Jens said was aimed at forcing Hadi to guard the coffin was then paraded Laerke told a news briefing. bring them into the government. through the streets of Ankara to Stephen O’Brien, UN But the heavily armed Houthis, the Kocatepe mosque for a funeral Under-Secretary-General for from the Zaydi branch of Shi’ite ceremony. Humanitarian Affairs, launched Islam, swiftly pushed into cen- A moderate conservative, but the revised funding appeal, tell- tral and south Yemen including overall a pragmatist, Demirel ing donors that a “looming catas- the major port of Aden, driving served as prime minister on trophe” was in the making across Hadi’s government into exile in repeated occasions in the 1960s Yemen with families struggling to Saudi Arabia. and 1970s and then again one find food, he said. The group denies drawing mili- final time in the 1990s before UN-sponsored talks in Geneva tary support from Shi’ite Iran and serving as head of state from on a ceasefire between Yemen’s says it is fighting against corrup- 1993 to 2000. civil war parties ended without tion and Sunni Muslim al Qaeda His heyday was during one of a deal as Saudi-led warplanes militants who grabbed power in the most chaotic periods of mod- staged further strikes on the parts of the south during a 2011 ern Turkish history when gov- dominant Houthi armed fac- uprising that spread anarchy and ernments changed sometimes tion and allies including elite ousted Saleh. annually under the shadow of Republican Guards. Saudi Arabia, the world’s top the powerful military, and the A ceasefire in Yemen should oil exporter, intervened militarily country was beset by daily street come before any new round of out of concern for what it sees as violence and an economic slump. talks, UN special envoy Ismail a growing Iranian sway in the Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassin (centre) is surrounded by journalists after a meeting during the peace talks In all, he was prime minister Ould Cheikh Ahmed said, after Arabian Peninsula, but air strikes at the United Nations offices in Geneva yesterday. of seven different governments, five days of shuttle diplomacy have yet to significantly reverse serving five separate stints in the with the warring sides ended Houthi territorial gains. with Saleh and the Houthis is Infantry Brigade in the Al Hazm reported that nine civilians were post. without agreement on a truce or In Sana’a, residents reported based. district of Al Jouf province, and killed in air strikes on the Razeh He died on Wednesday of heart withdrawal. Ould Cheikh Ahmed three air strikes early yesterday Another three air strikes were three on Houthi positions on district of Saada province that is failure resulting from a severe said he would leave Geneva for on the Al Sawad camp in a south- reported in the Khawlan region, Aden’s outskirts. the Houthi heartland, bordering respiratory tract infection, the New York tomorrow to brief ern suburb where the command southeast of Sanaa, six on a camp Residents gave no details on Saudi Arabia. official Anatolia news agency said. the UN Security Council, where of the Republican Guards allied housing the Houthi-allied 115th on casualties, but the Houthis AGENCIES AFP Thousands pray at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque

JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands women begged to pilgrims for alms. of Muslim worshippers streamed Men and boys who had decorated through Jerusalem’s Old City to one their stores with gaudy flashing lights of Islam’s most revered sites yester- and blared Quranic recitations out day as Israel eased restrictions for the of CD players sold sweets to pilgrims fasting month of Ramadan. for the breaking of their fast after Police said at least 80,000 people from sundown. east Jerusalem, Israel and the West “This is the holiest place for Muslims Bank had gone to Al Aqsa mosque, in Palestine, and we’re excited as always Islam’s third-holiest site, for Friday to make the journey,” said 64-year-old prayers, the first since this week’s start Ahmed from the West Bank city of of Ramadan. Ramallah, preferring to give only his There were also 500 Palestinians from first name. the Gaza Strip who were allowed rare “It took a while to get through the permission to pray at the site, an Israeli checkpoint at Qalandiya (between official said. Ramallah and Jerusalem) but it was They made their way through the Old worth it.” City’s narrow alleyways and plazas, deco- This year was expected to mark the rated in areas with lights and lanterns. first time since the second Palestinian Sellers hawked prayer mats to passing uprising in the early 2000s that pilgrims. Israeli authorities permitted West Women of all ages and men aged 40 Bank residents to take direct buses and over from the Israeli-occupied West from Palestinian cities to the Al Aqsa Bank were allowed into Jerusalem with- esplanade. out permits, normally required to cross But the direct buses were not in place checkpoints and exit the territory. this Friday, with Major General Yoav According to police, 48,000 Mordechai, head of the defence minis- Palestinians from the West Bank were try unit which manages civilian affairs among Friday’s visitors compared to a in the West Bank, saying it was “due to few thousand on an average Friday. the lack of preparation of the Palestinian Sheikh Azzam Al Khatib, head of the Authority.” Islamic Waqf which runs Al Aqsa, said There was no immediate reaction he estimated 200,000 worshippers were from the Palestinian Authority. in and around the compound. Men under 40 from the West Bank Police and border guards were still needed permits to enter, and deployed in force with riot gear and Palestinian officials say more must be assault rifles. Roads were cordoned off done to allow access for all those who around the Old City and barricades were wished to pray to do so at Al Aqsa, which set up near the entrances to the mosque. Jews call the Temple Mount and con- Palestinians pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayer of the White-robed men walked while sider the holiest site in their religion. holy month of Ramadan. Israel announced it was relaxing restrictions on the movement of Palestinians to and from the West Bank twirling prayer beads, and veiled local AFP and Gaza Strip, ahead of Ramadan. Iran bars women from US match Children raped, thrown into TEHRAN: Iranian authori- access to stadiums have been in In April 2014, Rowhani ties denied women ticket hold- place since Iran’s 1979 revolu- admitted there were “defi- ers entry yesterday’s volleyball tion, officially to protect them ciencies in women’s rights and fires in South Sudan: UN match between Iran and the from obscene behaviour among in gender equality,” urging United States despite their male fans. acknowledgement that “women JUBA: Warring forces in there is no clear toll. At least “Children are also being having the necessary permis- President Hassan Rouhani’s stand alongside men and the South Sudan have carried out 129 children were killed in aggressively recruited into armed sion, the sport’s association government, despite opposition two are equal.” horrific crimes against chil- May in the northern state of groups of both sides on an alarm- said. from religious conservatives, But the government’s moves dren, including castration, Unity, scene of some of heavi- ing scale - an estimated 13,000 The Iranian Volleyball has been trying to relax the toward reform have hit barri- rape and tying them together est fighting in the civil war, children forced to participate in Federation had provided spe- restrictions. ers, highlighting a split between before slitting their throats, Unicef added. a conflict not of their making,” cial accreditation to 200 women Recently, some women conservatives anxious to pre- the UN has said. Civil war began in December Lake added. handpicked to attend the men’s watched a male basketball serve Islamic traditions and “Survivors report that boys 2013 when President Salva Kiir “Imagine the psychological Volleyball World League match match from a cordoned-off sec- others in Iran who want greater have been castrated and left to accused his former deputy Riek and physical effects on these in Tehran. tion of a venue in Tehran. openness. bleed to death... girls as young Machar of planning a coup, set- children — not only of the vio- The tickets were reserved for Mohammad Reza Davarzani, In November, the interna- as eight have been gang raped ting off a cycle of retaliatory lence inflicted on them but also “family members of players, sup- president of Iran’s volleyball tional volleyball federation FIVB and murdered,” UN children’s killings across the country that the violence they are forced to porters of the visiting team and federation, said Friday’s tickets said it would not allow Iran to agency chief Anthony Lake said has split the poverty-stricken, inflict on others.” executive officials,” said Reza were not honoured “because of host international events as in a statement released earlier landlocked country along ethnic A quarter of a million children Hassanikhou, head of security protests,” about which he did not long as women are banned from this week. lines. face starvation , while two-thirds at the sports ministry. elaborate. attending games. “Children have been tied It has been characterised by of the country’s 12 million people But a federation official said “We hope that this will be The announcement followed together before their attack- ethnic massacres, rape and the need aid, with 4.5 million peo- the accreditations had not been resolved in future,” he said. the jailing of British-Iranian ers slit their throats... others use of child soldiers. ple facing severe food insecurity, validated by security services at A photographer at the game, Goncheh Ghavami, who was have been thrown into burning “The violence against children according to the UN. the arena, meaning the women which Iran won 3 sets to 1, some arrested after trying to attend buildings.” in South Sudan has reached a new “In the name of humanity and were barred from entering. women were present inside the a volleyball match last year. Tens of thousands are level of brutality,” Lake added. common decency this violence Rules prohibiting women’s arena, including female referees. AFP believed to have been killed Thousands of children have also against the innocent must stop,” in the 18-month war, although been abducted to fight. he said. AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Rebels set eyes on divided Aleppo City’s fall would be a major blow for Assad

AMMAN/BEIRUT: Syrian insurgents say they have begun a campaign to capture full Putin says willing to control of the divided city of Aleppo, Syria’s most populous city before it become a main ‘push’ Assad on reform battleground in its four-year- old civil war. SAINT PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin Neither side has been able to said yesterday he is ready to “push” his Syrian counterpart control Syria’s main commercial Bashar Al Assad towards introducing reforms in the war-torn hub, 50km from Turkey, since bat- country, while vowing to continue to support his ally. tle erupted there in 2012, turning “We are ready to work with Assad so that he engages in a process its Unesco-listed historic centre of political change,” Putin said at the Saint Petersburg International into a ruin. Economic Forum. The prospect of a rebel offen- “We are ready to push President Assad so that he engages in dis- sive in the city is a stark sign of cussions with the ‘healthy’ opposition with a view towards political the turn of momentum against reforms. It is totally feasible,” he said. President Bashar Al Assad’s gov- Russia hosted talks in April between the regime and members ernment, which has lost swathes of the domestic, Damascus-tolerated opposition, but the absence of territory to fighters in recent of key exiled opposition groups meant there was no progress in months in the northwest, east and resolving the four-year conflict. south of the country. Meanwhile, he vowed Moscow would continue to support the Just four months ago it was Damascus regime, claiming he feared Syria would follow in the the army and its allied militia steps of Libya or Iraq should Assad leave power. that were launching a major bid “We think it is the right decision, and it is hard to expect anything to besiege rebel-held areas of different from us,” Putin said. eastern Aleppo. Now, rebels are he Russian president meanwhile called on the West to make claiming the initiative. “supplementary efforts to fight the absolute evil, which we believe “The big battle of Aleppo you is the Islamic State’s fundamentalism”. can say has started in its prepara- Syria’s war has killed more than 230,000 people, according to tory phases,” said Yasser Abdul a monitoring group, and forced around half the population to flee Rahim, a rebel commander who their homes. directs a joint operations room The conflict began in 2011 as a peaceful movement demanding A refugee woman and her children from the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad spending the day in Akcakale, in set up in April to capture gov- political change, but later morphed into an all-out war with multiple Sanliurfa province, Turkey, yesterday. ernment-held Aleppo. fronts after the regime unleashed a brutal crackdown on dissent. “There is a decisive final blow AFP diplomats see the fall of Aleppo government has lost control of is exhausted. It cannot finish its coming that will expel the regime as a real possibility. One said it nearly all Idlib province to an alli- battles, either with the opposition from Aleppo and to liberate the would “not be a big surprise”. ance of insurgents including the or with Daesh,” the commander city completely,” said Abdul city and to the north of it. level of destruction inflicted on al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. In said, using an Arabic acronym for Rahim, a member of the Nour “They are now trying to mobi- insurgent-held parts of the city. CHANGE IN MOMENTUM the south, an alliance of rebels has Islamic State. al Din Al Zinki rebel group that lise around Aleppo, but until now More than 30 people were killed The United States and its advanced under the banner of the Meanwhile, Assad’s allies, the has been a recipient of foreign they haven’t made big progress,” in an insurgent bombardment Western and Arab allies joined Free Syrian Army. Islamic State Iran-backed Lebanese Shi’ite support. He was speaking to an said Rami Abdulrahman, who this week, the single most lethal Syria’s multi-sided civil war last has also scored gains at Assad’s group Hezbollah, have been opposition-affiliated TV station, runs the Observatory. rebel attack of its type there since year by launching a campaign of expense, capturing the central helping the army drive insur- Halab Today. An alliance of rebels including the war began, according to the air strikes against Islamic State, Syrian city of Palmyra. gents from the border zone with The city’s fall would be a major recipients of Western aid fight- Observatory. the most powerful of the mainly The leader of one rebel group Lebanon — vital to securing blow for Assad, restricting his ing under the name Free Syrian Government officials say they Sunni Islamist groups fighting in the north said large injec- Assad’s western zone of control. control mainly to a belt of ter- Army made a small but notable are still confident. A govern- against Assad. Washington also tions of foreign military support The rebel surge on the battle- ritory stretching north from advance into a government-held ment military source said the opposes Assad’s government, and in the last two months signalled field has ended a long stalemate, Damascus to the Mediterranean part of Aleppo this week. insurgents had in recent months says its strategy rests on “mod- an “international decision” to and Western officials believe the coast. This would deepen Syria’s The army says it beat back the received artillery capable of erate” rebels gaining strength to increase pressure on Assad. The increased pressure on Assad may de facto partition between the foray into the Rashidin district destroying buildings, but still fight Islamic State. foreign aid had benefited insur- open a window for diplomacy at Assad-run west and other areas - the first rebel advance into the lacked the capability “to do some- The top US general said this gent groups including the hard- last. Previous efforts have failed to held by a patchwork of armed heart of Aleppo’s government- thing of strategic importance in week the United States and its line Islamist AhrarAl Sham, open any viable peace process in groups. The UK-based Syrian controlled residential area in Aleppo .... because the army is allies were weighing the possibil- said the commander, who spoke a war that has killed a quarter of Observatory for Human Rights, more than two years. prepared.” ity that Assad would soon narrow on condition he not be identi- a million people and driven eight which tracks the war, said rebels Insurgents have also been bom- But as government forces and his focus to defending more lim- fied because of the political sen- million from their homes. Sources had captured some ground in barding government-held areas the militia fighting alongside ited areas of the country. sitivity of acknowledging covert close to Assad still see no diplo- government-held districts in the previously unaccustomed to the them lose ground elsewhere, Since late March, the international aid. “The regime matic solution. REUTERS Son asked US Druze in Israeli-held Golan fear for Syrian brethren for Laden’s MAJDAL SHAMS, GOLAN be identified. Last week Nusra out in the street. The explosions in concern for their kin. about 20,000, the option of citi- HEIGHTS: Gathered at a hill- Front killed at least 20 Druze and gunfire near Hader this Nabi Halabi, 45, says he is zenship. Most rejected it. death top in the Israeli-held Golan villagers in the northern Syrian week thundered across to Majdal careful about phoning his Hader Druze inside Israel number Heights, a group of Druze province of Idlib, raising concern Shams, a Druze village in the relatives because he is known as about 110,000, some have risen sheikhs look through binoculars for the minority as insurgents, Israeli-held Golan, four kilom- an Assad opponent and fears the high in Israel’s political and mili- certificate at the Syrian village of Hader, including Sunni Islamists, gain eters (2.5 miles) away. president’s forces will punish his tary and have called for interven- surrounded by Islamist fighters. ground against President Bashar Many here have family in family. Instead he relies on social tion as Islamist fighters make RIYADH: A son of Al They fear their brethren are in Al Assad. Hader. Salman, 54, said he has networks for communication. “I gains in Syria, including the Qaeda leader Osama bin imminent danger. Spread between Syria, been speaking with his cousin have been checking Facebook Druze heartland of Sweida, near Laden asked the United Intense battles this week have Lebanon, Israel and Jordan, the there daily. every hour to see what’s happen- Jordan and Israel. States for a death certifi- left Syria’s Al Qaeda branch, the Druze are viewed as heretics by al “We are worried that, God for- ing there,” Halabi said. Israel’s army chief, Gadi cate after US Navy SEALS Nusra Front, in control of hills Qaeda and Islamic State because bid, those fanatical terrorists will “They said they are under siege, Eizenkot, told parliament on killed him, said a letter that encircle the Druze village, of their religion, an offshoot of enter the village and that there not sleeping, frightened and are Tuesday that preparations were released by WikiLeaks. leaving open only a southern gate- Islam incorporating elements of will be a massacre,” said Salman worrying how to bring in food. under way to respond to any The letter, stating it is from way facing the Israeli-held terri- other faiths. Many Syrian Druzes who asked not to give his full They have received calming mes- massing of refugees on the Golan, the US embassy in Riyadh, tory and security fence. have fought for Assad against the name. sages they will not be harmed, but but he did not elaborate. is among about 70,000 docu- “We have come to see what rebels. Majdal Shams is home to about they don’t believe Nusra. They are On the hilltop overlooking ments dubbed “The Saudi Nusra are doing to our relatives, A few dozen of Hader’s houses 10,000 Druze. In the shops and preparing for battle.” Hader one of the sheiks said Cables” the whistleblower they are holed up in their homes, are visible from across the fron- restaurants that line its steep, Israel captured the Golan from Israel should keep out. “We don’t website published. surrounded by terrorists,” said tier and the Syrian flag, a symbol narrow streets people talk about Syria in the 1967 Middle East war care about Israel or anyone else, They are among more one of the five young sheikhs of loyalty to Assad, is painted on Hader. Split between supporters and annexed it in a move not rec- if the Druze there are in danger, than half a million cables in traditional black garb and a a water tower. A handful of peo- of Assad and those who want him ognized internationally. It gave we will tear down the fence and and other documents from white skull cap. He asked not to ple could be seen for a moment gone, villagers say they are united the Druze there, who number go in to help.” REUTERS the Saudi foreign ministry and other institutions in the kingdom which WikiLeaks says it will release over the Pro-Mursi protest coming weeks. The letter is signed by Glen Tunisia shuts consulate Keiser, the US consul general in Riyadh and addressed to Abdullah bin Laden on September 9, 2011, about four of Libya over abductions months after a US raid killed his father in Pakistan after a TUNIS: Tunisia said yesterday it long as protection for our civil servants decade-long manhunt. was shutting its consulate in conflict- is not guaranteed,” he said. “I have received your hit Libya as 10 staffers abducted by “When that protection becomes avail- request for a death certifi- an armed militia in Tripoli returned able, we will rethink” our options, said cate for your father, Usama home after a week in captivity. Baccouche, whose country has a consu- bin Laden,” Keiser wrote. The staff were seized when gunmen late in Tripoli and another in the east. Legal experts in the State burst into the consulate in the Libyan He was speaking at the L’Aouina mili- Department advised that no capital, in the latest attack targeting tary airport in Tunis, where several of such document was issued, foreign citizens and diplomatic missions the ex-hostages arrived yesterday morn- he said. in the lawless nation. ing. Ex-hostage Jamal Saibi related to “This is consistent with Libya descended into chaos after a reporters how a group of armed men regular practice for individ- revolt unseated and killed longtime dic- had stormed the consulate last week, uals killed in the course of tator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. rounding him and his colleagues up. military operations.” It now has rival governments and par- “They took us out of the building, put Instead, Keiser provided liaments, as well as powerful militias us in cars and drove us somewhere along Abdullah bin Laden with US battling for influence and a share of its the airport road,” he said. court records in which offi- oil wealth, including the Fajr Libya mili- Baccouche had earlier announced that cials confirmed his father’s tia alliance that controls Tripoli. the 10 staffers had been released — three death and, as a result, Tunisian Foreign Minister Taieb of them Wednesday and the rest Friday. dropped a criminal case Baccouche said the decision to shut the He said that now all 23 consular work- against him. consulate was taken after the kidnap- ers who were in Libya are back home “I hope that these US gov- ping. “After this serious incident (kid- and safe. Saibi said the staffers were ernment documents are of Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi shout napping), we have decided to close the abducted because the gunmen wanted assistance to you and your slogans against a court decision to sentence Mursi and other leaders to death, at a rally in Al consulate in Tripoli,” Baccouche told to press Tunisian authorities to release family,” Keiser said. AFP Haram street near Giza square, south of Cairo, yesterday. reporters. a jailed Libyan militia chief, Walid Glib. “We will not reopen the consulate as AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE alliance between Hamas and Fatah was Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate a marriage of convenience. It was in a sense forced marriage. The deadlock in peace talks and Tthe problems it had created for both factions, especially increasing Palestinian and Arab anger and their loss of importance, had forced them to come together in a The state asserts itself show of unity. But only marriages of hearts can succeed. And that explains the split between Fatah and Hamas this week that led to the resignation of their unity government. An aide to President Mahmoud Abbas said prime minister Rami Hamdallah handed his resignation to Abbas, in India, China, Russia but confusion reigned over when the government was likely BY PANKAJ MISHRA to dissolve. There was no unity even in the dissolution of at mass ideological indoctrination. and India have had no choice but to par- the government. Hamas rejected any unilateral dissolution Vladimir Putin’s revisionism extends ticipate in a global capitalist economy. of the unity government and said it had not been consulted. ISTORY clearly didn’t end beyond an indulgent view of Josef Stalin The system remains hugely important to “Hamas rejects any one-sided change in the government with the triumph of market and a defense of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet them -- not least because it helps enrich capitalism and democracy. pact, to establishing a Russian sphere of them and their cronies and allies. But without the agreement of all parties,” a spokesman said. Those who seek to disprove influence in his neighborhood by force. as Hegel warned, “membership of the “No one told us anything about any decision to change and H this old dogma often point to the erup- India’s Narendra Modi is utilizing a vari- state” should not turn into “something no one consulted with us about any change in the unity tion of radical Islam and the counter- ety of means -- from promoting yoga to optional.” For wealthy, globally mobile government.” offensive by the launching cross- border raids to punish upper classes in all three countries, Hamas-Fatah relations have been strained for a long West -- two events militants -- to deliver on his own promise citizenship and its responsibilities have time, but the trigger for the latest crisis is said to be which have indeed of a strong, cohesive and proud Hindu become all-too-negotiable. overshadowed the superpower. Now, as inequality rises and slowing Hamas’ consultations with Israel. Hamas has been holding last decade in Their many supporters eagerly project economies intensify a general sense of separate, indirect contacts with Israel about ideas for many countries. an image of personal virility onto their misery and angry disillusion, those who cementing a long-term truce that last August ended a Putin’s much- But history has leaders. Putin’s much-photographed bare hold the levers of state power can’t 50-day war in Gaza. Israeli sources photographed accelerated more torso now faces competition from Modi’s afford to be seen by citizens as part of a The collapse of have confirmed the contacts. “If you bare torso dramatically -- in self-proclaimed 56-inch chest, which privileged, trans-national elite. Selective end up having a different kind of the wrong direc- was invoked in the Twitter hashtag crackdowns on NGOs and corrupt indi- the Palestinian now faces tion -- in three #56inRocks used by a junior minister to viduals won’t help them repackage the status for Gaza, then basically the unity nations that con- tout a military raid into Myanmar ter- compromised state as an impartial and idea of a Palestinian state completely competition tain a much larger ritory in pursuit of separatist militants. just arbiter before disaffected citizens. government is disappears,” a PLO official said. from Modi’s part of the world’s In all three cases, the authority, pres- The leaders of India, China and Russia not surprising The government of technocrats self-proclaimed population. tige and mystique of the state is being now seem to be trying something dan- was formed last year to replace rival In Xi Jinping’s refurbished through personality cults. gerous: consolidating the national sov- China, a proposed For the state remains the oldest modern ereignty diminished by border-crossing because the administrations in the Gaza Strip and 56-inch chest, national security religion in the largest parts of the world capital through cross-border militarism. Fatah-Hamas the West Bank. The collapse of this which was law aims at secur- -- “the march of god in the world,” as While committed to market capi- arrangement government comes at a critical time invoked in the ing “ideological Hegel called it. talism, they realize that their highly was a and will only benefit Israel in its drive security” and “cul- Hegel’s mystical rhetoric about the unequal countries can no longer be held to divide Palestinians. Both sides are Twitter hashtag tural security.” A superiority of the state over civil soci- together by an ideology of individual self- marriage of likely to hold talks on continuation #56inRocks skeptic would see ety may have sounded dangerously anti- interest. The authority of the state has the move as an democratic in the US and UK, where the to be seen as superior to that of an eco- convenience. of their cooperation, but any such used by a junior effort by China’s rights of the individual and the security nomic system that thrives through the alliance will be as tenuous and brittle minister to tout unelected rulers of property were upheld over the power interplay of private interests. Thus, they as previous agreements. Discussions to maintain their of the state. But much of the world fol- promote a nationalist ideology that seeks on forming a new government would include consultations a military raid grip on power, a lowed a very different path in the last to exploit the timeless human willing- with the various factions. There are reports that leaders into Myanmar strategy which two centuries. From Germany to Japan, ness to sacrifice oneself for the family, are exploring the possibility of forming a government with includes exploiting Italy to India, a strong state was seen religious and ethnic community and the territory in hardline national- as the basic prerequisite to creating a state -- with total disregard for personal politicians, not a government of technocrats. ism. But the same sense of nationality, and indeed to mak- profit or pleasure. The peace process is dead, but a more serious problem pursuit of urge to promote ing individual citizens: “We have made This is the same urge for self-tran- facing the Arab world is the acrimony and recriminations separatist ideological and Italy,” Massimo d’Azeglio, a leader of scendence, commonly termed “irration- between Palestinian factions. A divided enemy is what militants. cultural conform- Italian unification, famously remarked, ality,” that Islamic State abuses. But Israel wants, and Fatah and Hamas have been keeping ity also motivates “now we must make Italians.” The state its success seems minor compared to the elected rul- was seen as more than a political or the steady advance of greater Russian, Tel Aviv happy on this count. The time has come for ers of India and juridical entity: It was a moral organ- Chinese and Indian nationalism. It’s now Palestinians to fend for themselves and chart their own Russia. ism whose membership alone could bring becoming clearer that while the world course as the Arab world is in turmoil and disarray. Help In all three countries, a crackdown on true freedom. was preoccupied with radical Islamists, for the Palestinian cause is coming more from its friends nongovernmental organizations -- usu- In the age of global capitalism, the nationalist ideologies backed by the state in the west, where some governments have recognised the ally denounced as handmaidens of the charisma and authority of the state have were achieving their strongest gains in state of Palestine and a boycott movement against Israel is West -- and a greater intolerance of dis- greatly weakened. For more than two three of the world’s most powerful coun- sent have accompanied a fresh attempt decades, ruling classes in China, Russia tries. BLOOMBERG gaining momentum. The other side Quote of Shared responsibility the day

HE Earth is our common on large swaths of society led by big global warming. He has also made Filipino car owners, for all their fond- home, Pope Francis said, businesses, energy companies, free several admonitions that shouldn’t ness for Pope Francis, will not take his and protecting it is a common market economists, certain scientists, prove too complicated to follow. One advice to take the bus in crowded, pol- Tresponsibility. Nothing short of and shortsighted politicians and media is to wean ourselves from addiction luted Metro Manila until the mass trans- a revolutionary change in lifestyles and professionals. He also slammed indi- to fossil fuels and transition to alter- portation system becomes efficient. The so-called Greek the way the world conducts business vidual indifference to the fact that the native energy sources. Another is to Others may also balk at his admonition can save the planet from the ruinous Earth “is beginning to look more and prepare the planet for future genera- to reduce time spent on your smart- problem is not a consequences of climate change, more like an immense pile of filth.” tions. Some of his pieces of advice phone and avoid “a sort of mental pol- Greek problem, it’s a the pontiff said in a much awaited The encyclical was released several seem simple enough: plant trees, turn lution,” or to build “real relationships” encyclical on the environment that was months ahead of the United Nations off unnecessary lights, segregate and instead of relying on Internet communi- European problem. finally released the other day. Conference on Climate Change in recycle waste, reduce water consump- cation. But his voice may reach “those The problem is not In keeping with his concern for the Paris in November. Skeptics have tion and cook only what you can con- who look only for gain at the expense of world’s poorest, Francis said the poor doubted whether Pope Francis, for sume. Learn what you can do for the the poor and the Earth” – the rich who called Greece, the are the most vulnerable to the impact all his immense popularity, can bring environment. exploit the poor and do not consider problem is called of climate change. He dismissed significant changes in the way people Other pieces of advice require gov- the impact of environmental degrada- doubts on the science behind global treat the planet. But the pontiff has ernment action, including the need to tion on the impoverished. Eurozone. Alexis Tsipras warming, and placed the blame for it certainly sparked a lively debate on give priority to public transportation. The Philippine Star Greek Prime Minister SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 How will the war against Islamic State end? BY PETER APPS Iraq and Syria, but also increas- groups trying to carve out larger ingly in Libya and elsewhere — amounts of territory in the face of ell me how this when it butted up against other strong government opposition is ends,” US Army ethnicities or more functional not a happy one. The Tamil Tigers General David states such as Jordan, Saudi failed last decade. Nigeria’s break- “TPetraeus said in Arabia and Turkey, it struggled. away Biafra failed in the 1960s. 2003, not long after the invasion Islamic State seems unlikely The South didn’t manage it in the of Iraq. What started as a private to take over the entire region — American Civil War. comment to a journalist later as some of the more apocalyptic There are, of course, a hand- became his mantra. analyses suggested last year. The ful of exceptions: Kosovo, Eritrea, It was a bold question, designed challenge, therefore, is to limit its South Sudan. But to be recognised to cut through messy thinking spread in a relatively limited space and established, they required a from other officials as Washington and then push it back. degree of international accept- tried to find its way out of the con- The group has had some high- ance and backing that it is almost flict. The result, of course, was profile recent victories, most nota- impossible to imagine for Islamic much more complex than the US bly Ramadi in Iraq and Palmyra in State. military had hoped. Syria. Unlike the “old” Al Qaeda, The mismatch between a non- The most important answer holding territory is central to the state group and its government to Petraeus’ question is that “it” group’s reason for existing. If it is enormous. The latter can call wasn’t going to end. Rarely do cannot retain its territory, by its on international financial aid, buy wars have firm and tidy endings, own terms it is a failure. Mounting weapons, or rely on intelligence an armistice or a final defeat like hit-and-run attacks, even against support, advice and equipment that of Germany in 1945 or Sri the West, would not be enough. from other governments. Islamic Lanka’s Tamil Tigers in 2009. That’s why the Ramadi and State might be rich in terms of Even if the killing stops, confron- Palmyra victories are so impor- militant groups, but it is already tations continue through politics tant, making up for much larger feeling the squeeze. and elsewhere. territorial losses elsewhere in Iraq. In May, Israeli intelligence told Iraq was always going to be No nation — with the possible foreign reporters that total Islamic messy after the United States’ exception of Iran — has a coher- State revenues had dropped from departure. Some of the Sunni ent strategy against Islamic State. $65m a month in the middle of groups who backed the Petraeus- The United States and the West last year to some $20m now. Oil Iraqi Sunni volunteers from Anbar province who joined Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation force show their skills during led troop “surge” now fight with have one strategy for Iraq, and income in particular had fallen, Islamic State. The attempted slightly less than a strategy for their graduation ceremony at the Habaniyah military base, near Ramadi. even as taxes and ransoms rose — multiethnic Iraqi state began Syria. But that’s not as stupid as both potentially helping alienate unraveling even before the United it sounds. Defeating Islamic State Shia state would be able to protect and Stanley McChrystal — is that Sunni leaders were won over by a the populations now under Islamic States left. in Iraq would destroy the group’s those resources. the Shia-run Iraqi government is combination of promised political State control. The histories of Somalia, India legitimacy, and undermine both Two years ago, some analysts so dependent on Shia militia and reform and their growing frus- Coalition air strikes are also and elsewhere show the departure its appeal to new recruits and its suggested that Syria could unravel. Iranian support that many Sunni tration with foreign Al Qaeda having an effect, as will new weap- of a major imperial-style power is ability to intimidate those in the But today that’s much less likely. now fear the departure of Islamic fighters. Repeating that may be ons deliveries. A lack of anti-tank often followed by a battle for con- region. More probable, diplomats quietly State. They suspect it may simply tough. But that does not make it weapons, experts say, was a major trol between those who remain. Part of Islamic State’s stated say, is a deal whereby someone in be followed by brutal reprisals and impossible. factor in the loss of Ramadi. In the The same is already happening in aim is to dismantle the Iraq-Syria Damascus — probably not Bashar savage ethnic domination. In Syria, Western governments Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, Afghanistan. border and carve out a new ter- Al Assad — remains in control of Changing the narrative, Lamb lack the kind of understanding the combination of the two held Still, fighting the Islamic State ritory across the region. Most a country with the same current believes, ultimately comes down they gradually obtained in Iraq. Islamic State back and denied — both in Iraq and neighboring experts say that letting either borders. Few expect that to be to creating a road map to a future Most Western and other offi- the group a crucial propaganda Syria — will not go on forever. country fall apart is simply so quick. Iraq in which those groups feel cials believe the high-level deal victory. How will it end? What can be messy that almost no one really That means that the question much safer. If Sunni groups see will be done elsewhere, probably Extra US and allied advisers done now? wants it. Iraq’s primary ethnici- of how the Islamic State war ends that as a potential reality, they between Russia and the West and could also make a difference — Earlier this month, ex-National ties — Sunni, Shia and Kurd — is really a question about what a might be persuaded to turn on regional powers. That will prob- although too many might simply Security Council Iraq director may not like each other, but the viable post-war Iraq and Syria Islamic State, just as some did ably mean easing Assad aside be viewed as a renewed foreign Douglas Ollivant said there seem country cannot be redrawn into might look like. against Al Qaeda during the surge. somehow, perhaps with a deal for occupation. to be limits to how far Islamic viable separate entities. Sunnis The problem now, says former But that shift requires a very dif- immunity from prosecution. To be beaten, however, Islamic State can spread. While the group and Kurds both benefit from oil UK Director Special Forces ferent Iraqi political environment To win and preserve its State has to look as though it is has thrived in ethnic Sunni areas revenue from the Shia south — Graeme Lamb — an adviser to than exists today. caliphate, Islamic State faces huge losing. It isn’t there yet. where government was weak — in and it’s not clear that a small US commanders like Petraeus During the 2007-9 “surge,” local problems. The history of non-state REUTERS A child born today may live Compromise a dirty word for Tsipras backers to see humanity’s end BY THEOPHILOS ARGITIS n Brussels and Berlin, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is an isolated radical BY DAVID AUERBACH 0.8C, and even if we were to stop all unwilling to strike the deal needed to keep his country in the euro. Emissions-reduction carbon-dioxide emissions today, it would I That’s not the way his friends and allies in the Syriza party, a motley coalition that umans will be extinct in 100 increase another 0.8C simply due to the ranges from Leninists to Keynesians, see it. years because the planet will frameworks, it is existing carbon dioxide in the atmos- To them, there have already been too many concessions and getting to this point has Hbe uninhabitable, according to phere. That leaves only a 0.4C buffer been a measure of the 40-year-old premier’s pragmatism. They point to an election plat- Australian microbiologist Frank Fenner, before hitting 2C. Even assuming the form that ditched earlier party pledges to renege on government debt and nationalise one of the leaders of the effort to eradi- safe to say, are Paris conference implements everything key areas of the economy as signs that they really want to do business. cate smallpox in the 1970s. He blames that’s promised, we will be on track to “It’s a misunderstanding that Syriza has a hard line,” said Vassilis Fouskas, a professor overcrowding, denuded resources and simply insufficient. use up the remaining “carbon budget” at the University of East London who has been with the party since its inception and climate change. — the amount of carbon we can emit identifies with Syriza’s left. It has “a very moderate right-wing Keynesian programme Fenner’s prediction is not a sure bet, without blowing past the 2C threshold that wanted simply to alleviate some of the conditions that created havoc in Greece.” but he is correct that there is no way By themselves, — within two to three decades, not even That constitutes a rejection of Europe’s strategy for dealing with the financial crisis emissions reductions will be enough to at mid-century. Greece spawned in 2009. The conflict and Syriza’s ideological inheritance — as recently save us from our trend toward doom. they only offer a These emissions-reduction frame- as 2008, Tsipras praised the thinking behind China’s Cultural Revolution — has led to And there doesn’t seem to be any big works, it is safe to say, are simply insuf- an unbridgable gulf. Greece’s economy and euro membership are hanging by a thread, global rush to reduce emissions, anyway. ficient. By themselves, they only offer with the bailout due to expire on June 30. When the G7 called on Monday for all small chance of a small chance of preventing the earth Syriza’s singular mission is reversing the destitution that Greeks across the political countries to reduce carbon emissions to from becoming mostly uninhabitable – spectrum blame on misguided austerity demanded in exchange for bailout loans, according zero in the next 85 years, the scientific preventing the earth for humans at least — over the next few to interviews with five Syriza members including political scientist Michalis Spourdalakis. reaction was unanimous: That’s far too centuries. For the talks to be more than Heading from his University of Athens offices on Wednesday night to a pro-government late. just a placebo, they need to encompass rally in front of the parliament, Spourdalakis related his count of the homeless along the And no possible treaty that emerges from becoming aggressive plans for climate mitigation, route — five in front of the Attica department store, three in front of the luxury Grande from the current United Nations with the assumption that current wish- Bretagne Hotel. Framework Convention on Climate mostly uninhabitable ful targets won’t be met. Syriza wants “an agreement and they even want to make concessions, but they want Change in Bonn, Germany, in prepa- Apart from coordination to cope to be convinced there is going to be a day after for the society,” Spourdalakis said. “The ration for November’s United Nations with climate-driven crises and associ- society cannot take anymore.” climate conference in Paris, will be suf- – for humans at ated instability, climate-change leader- It’s a mindset that unites the unruly group — whose name is an acronym for Coalition ficient. At this point, lowering emissions ship needs to encourage and fund the of the Radical Left — and gives Tsipras what little leverage he has against the 27 other is just half the story — the easy half. least — over the development of technologies to reverse European Union nations, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central The harder half will be an aggressive what we are unable to stop doing to our Bank. effort to find the technologies needed next few centuries. planet. Many of these technologies fall Without a deal that undoes some of the punishing auasterity, “we will assume the to reverse the climate apocalypse that under the rubric of “carbon sequestra- responsibility to say ‘the great no’ to a continuation of the catastrophic policies,” Tsipras has already begun. tion” — safely storing carbon rather told reporters on June 17. For years now, we have heard that we worse, the potential of passing a tipping than emitting it. The right flank of the party includes former officials from the socialist Pasok party such are at a tipping point. Al Gore warned point (frequently set at 6C) that could Riskier strategies, like injecting sul- as Health Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis. While less radical on economic policy than the us in An Inconvenient Truth that imme- render much of the planet uninhabita- fates into the air to reflect more of the communists, it has a populist bent reflected in its opposition to things like pension cuts. diate action was required if we were to ble and wipe out most species. Even the sun’s heat into space and ocean iron While himself a follower of more radical politics in his youth, Tsipras has relied heav- prevent global warming. In 2007, Sir 2C figure predicts more than a metre’s fertilisation to grow algae to suck in ily on this grouping — which has experience in government — to staff the hundreds of David King, former chief scientific advi- rise in sea levels by 2100, enough to dis- carbon, run a high risk of unintended administrative positions required to run the country. sor to the British government, declared, place millions. It is no wonder that the consequences. Better and safer solu- There is a group of moderates and would not be too out of place on the left wing of the “Avoiding dangerous climate change is Pentagon calls climate change a serious tions to reduce CO2 concentrations Democratic Party in the United States. These include Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis impossible — dangerous climate change “threat multiplier” and is considering in the atmosphere don’t yet exist; we and Employment Minister Rania Antonopoulos, a senior scholar at the Levy Economic is already here. The question is, can we its potential disruptive impact across need to discover them and regulate Institute in New York. avoid catastrophic climate change?” In all its planning. them, to avoid the chaos of what econ- A faction known as the Left Platform, with abut 40 seats, is composed of former the years since, emissions have risen, This is where the UN talks fall short omists Gernot Wagner and Martin L. communists and other hardline leftists considered experienced organisers close to the as have global temperatures. Only two — by a mile. The targets proffered by Weitzman term “rogue geoengineering” grassroots of labour unions and local politics. Many of them advocate everything from conclusions can be drawn: Either these the United States (a 26 percent to in their book Climate Shock. unilateral debt default to euro exit and bank nationalisation. This group is led by Energy old warnings were alarmist, or we are 28 percent decrease from 2005 levels None of these approaches are sub- Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. already in far bigger trouble than the by 2025), the European Union (a 40 stitutes for emissions reductions. That’s why, when Tsipras talks about red lines, it’s no bluff, said Fouskas. It’s also why UN claims. Unfortunately, the latter percent decrease from 1990 levels by Achieving a carbon-neutral society is the EU’s rejection of Syriza’s Keynesian proposals, considered quite modest by the party’s seems to be the case. 2030) and China (an unspecified emis- a necessary long-term goal regardless standards, in turn arouses astonishment within the party. Lowering emissions and moving to sions peak by 2030) are nowhere near of other technological fixes. Technology “Tsipras’s options are in a way limited,” Fouskas said by telephone. “If the Germans cleaner energy sources is a necessary enough to keep us under the 2C target. could buy us the time to get there with- don’t back down, then he will ask for a mandate from the Greek people to go back to step to prevent catastrophic temper- In 2012, journalist Bill McKibben, in out our planet burning up. Ultimately, the national currency.” ature rises. The general target is to a feature for Rolling Stone, explained we need a Cold War-level of investment Among all the factions in the party, the most powerful is the group around Tsipras. keep global temperatures from rising much of the math behind the current in research into new technologies to Called the “Presidentials” by insiders, they’re the pragmatists who run the country, man- more than 2 degrees Celsius. Higher thinking on global warming. He con- mitigate the coming effects of global age the party and hold sway over Tsipras’s final decision. increases — like the 5C increase cur- cluded that the United Nations’ fig- warming. Without it, the UN’s work is Their influence will be tested in the days ahead and whether they respond to the plea rently projected by 2100 — run the risk ures were definitely on the rosy side. a nice gesture, but hardly a meaningful from IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. of widespread flooding, famine, drought, In particular, McKibben noted that one. “The key emergency,” she said after talks collapsed last week, “is to secure a dialogue sea-level rise, mass extinction and, the temperature has already increased REUTERS with adults in the room.” WP-BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com EUROPE EU plans military mission to tackle traffickers First phase of military operation by next week; France, central European states oppose quotas in migrant debate

BRUSSELS: EU member humanity seeking to get to Europe senior EU official who asked not capitalised on public concerns a better way of resettling African reached Italy and Greece, many states approved plans yesterday across the Mediterranean. to be named. about a massive influx of refugees and Middle Eastern migrants after perilous boat trips across to launch as early as next week The first phase of intelligence “We are rather optimistic that to make considerable inroads at rather than the imposition of the Mediterranean in which hun- the first phase of a military gathering is meant to be followed in the end there will be a UNSC the expense of established parties. national quotas by Brussels. dreds have died. operation against people smug- by active intervention to board resolution to go on with the other Earlier this week, EU ministers Debate has grown over how Only refugees from states glers in the Mediterranean, and disable smuggler vessels and phases; there is no absolute cer- could not reach agreement on the to deal with a growing influx of deemed by the EU to be known sources said. arrest the traffickers. titude but there is a very good Commission proposals. migrants into the 28-member to be facing the worst strife and “Everything is now in place so A third phase would extend prospect,” the official said. German Foreign Minister European Union and a number conflict will be taken in. that EU foreign ministers meet- these actions into Libyan terri- Some 100,000 migrants have Frank-Walter Steinmeier said of countries have stressed any The plan will be discussed at an ing on Monday can approve the torial waters and possibly inside crossed the Mediterranean so far Wednesday that member states acceptance system should be EU summit on June 25-26. launch of the mission,” one EU the country itself. this year, most of them landing remained “far from consensus” based on a voluntary approach. Italy and Greece, bearing the diplomat said. While some EU states such as in Italy, Greece and Malta which on how to distribute refugees Hollande spoke after joining brunt of the migrant wave, have Other sources said member Britain and France favour mov- all want their EU peers to share between them. a meeting of prime ministers of repeatedly called on fellow EU states have committed to sup- ing promptly to Phase 2 and 3, more of the burden. “These are difficult discus- the Visegrad group of countries states to share the burden. ply enough ships and aircraft to others have serious reservations The European Commission sions we’re having at the moment within the EU — Slovakia, the Slovak Prime Minister Robert allow the first, intelligence-gath- about direct involvement in a cha- has proposed that 40,000 Syrian and all my conversations with Czech Republic, Hungary and Fico, hosting a meeting of the ering, phase of the operation to otic Libya where rival factions and Eritrean asylum-seekers who European colleagues show that we Poland, which jointly oppose Visegrad countries of Slovakia, go ahead. are fighting for control and the have arrived in Europe should be remain far from consensus and quotas. the Czech Republic, Hungary and Stung into action by the loss of internationally-recognised gov- redistributed and that 20,000 that a lot persuasion will still be “We need to address the rea- Poland, said issuing quotas among an estimated 800 migrants when ernment has fled Tripoli to take Syrians living in camps outside necessary,” he said. sons that have led to and that have member states flew against ear- their rickety boat sank off south- up residence in Benghazi. Europe should be resettled across “In our view, the best way caused the migration,” Hollande lier EU decisions. He said the four ern Italy, EU leaders agreed at an To meet these reservations, the 28-nation bloc. is mandatory quotas for the told a news conference held with countries supported a voluntary emergency summit in April to the EU April summit agreed that Many member states are European member states.” the central European leaders in approach. formulate a comprehensive plan Phase 2 and 3 would only go ahead prepared to contribute to the Germany last year took in the Slovak capital Bratislava. “I “We (the Visegrad countries) to tackle the problem at source. if the bloc obtained Libyan con- humanitarian efforts of search 200,000 asylum seekers and do not think (quotas) make any are ready to talk in the European As well as boosting search and sent — a difficult prospect — and and rescue but are less forth- expects as many as 450,000 this sense for migration. I do not think Council about how to help people rescue efforts, they called on EU a UN Security Council resolution. coming when it comes to taking year. it is the right method.” who need help. But it is not possi- foreign affairs head Federica Russia, one of the five UNSC in more migrants or backing the Meanwhile, French President The European Commission ble for the Commission to propose Mogherini to draw up military permanent members, and others military option. Migration is a Francois Hollande said yesterday wants EU governments to agree legal regulations that lay the basis options against the ruthless traf- “want a clear Libyan consent; hugely sensitive issue and far- he thought commitments by indi- to resettle over the next two for mandatory quotas,” he said. fickers exploiting the waves of we are still working on it,” said a right and eurosceptic parties have vidual EU member states offered years 40,000 asylum-seekers who AGENCIES

Waterloo re-enactment Stowaway found alive British support to stay in EU at on flight from S Africa highest level in LONDON: A suspected stow- the company said in a away was found unconscious statement. 24 years: Poll on a flight from Johannesburg “The death is currently being after the plane landed in treated as unexplained but early LONDON: British public sup- London and a second man may indications are that the body may port to remain in the European have died falling out of the be that of an airline stowaway,” Union is at its highest level in same flight, British police said the statement said. 24 years, a poll showed yester- yesterday. Hady Khoshkbary, who runs a day, as Eurosceptic lawmakers The man found alive on printing shop next door, said: “We from three parties formed a Thursday is believed to be 24 were very lucky that the body did new group ready to campaign years old and police said that he not drop on the road. for an EU exit. had been hiding in the undercar- “Already this is a tragedy but The poll by Ipsos MORI showed riage of the British Airways plane that would have been horrific to 66 percent of Britons would at the end of a journey that usu- see this incident,” he added. vote to stay in the bloc and was ally lasts 11 hours. There have been several cases released ahead of an EU summit “His condition is now described of stowaways being found dead in Brussels next week at which as critical,” a police statement clinging to the landing gear of Prime Minister David Cameron said. planes. will set out plans to reshape his Police had found the body of the In 2012, a man from country’s EU ties. dead man on the roof of an office Mozambique fell from the Cameron, who was in Slovakia under the flight path to London undercarriage of a Heathrow- on Friday where he lobbied his Heathrow Airport and were try- bound flight from Angola onto a Czech and Slovak counterparts ing to work out if he could have street under the flight path near on the subject, has pledged to hold fallen out of the plane. Richmond. Re-enactors train in the Allied Bivouac camp in front of the Lion’s Mound of Waterloo before a re-enactment an in-out EU membership refer- A police spokesman said that An inquest found that he may of the Battle of Waterloo, during the bicentennial celebrations for the battle in Waterloo, Belgium, yesterday. endum by the end of 2017 and has the possibility was “one of the have survived freezing tempera- said he is confident of securing lines of inquiry.” tures for most of the flight but concessions that will allow Britain The police were called about was “dead or nearly dead” by the to stay in a reformed EU. the suspected stowaway on the time he hit the ground. Friday’s poll asked respond- 12,875km flight from South Africa “It’s very shocking when it’s so Slovenia lets ex-Kosovo PM to return ents the same question that will at 8:28 am (0728 GMT) and about close to you,” said Reverend Neil be put to voters in the planned the body at 9.35 am (0835 GMT). Summers from the St John the referendum — Should the United The flight takes 11 hours and Divine Church opposite where the PRISTINA: Slovenia yester- Tirana,” the state agency quoted “All the procedures related to Kingdom remain a member of the outside temperatures during body was found on Thursday. day allowed a former prime Kosovo’s ambassador to Ljubljana my detention in Slovenia were European Union?’ the journey would fall as low as “In one sense it’s not totally minister of Kosovo to return Nexhmi Rexhep as saying. concluded today,” he wrote. Ipsos said 66 percent of the minus 60 degrees Celsius (minus surprising as it’s happened home, after he was held there Acquitted by a UN court of The Kosovo government hailed 1,005 adults asked said ‘yes’, 76 Fahrenheit). before,” he said. on an Interpol warrant issued war crimes committed during the Ljubljana’s decision, labelling his 22 percent ‘no’, and 12 percent “We are working with the In April, an Indonesian stowa- by Serbia, his party said. 1990s Kosovo conflict, Haradinaj detention on Serbia’s warrant said they didn’t know. In 1975, Metropolitan Police and the way survived an hour-long flight Ramush Haradinaj was was detained on Wednesday at “unjustified and unfair.” the last time Britain held such authorities in Johannesburg to from Sumatra to Jakarta hidden “expected to arrive in Kosovo Ljubljana airport. The former prime minister a referendum, just over two establish the facts surrounding in the undercarriage of the plane. during the day,” the opposition He was sent before a Slovenian has “proved his innocence before thirds of voters opted to stay in this very rare case,” a British British Airways described it as Alliance for the Future of Kosovo court which seized his passport international justice,” it said in a the then European Economic Airways spokeswoman said. a “very rare case” and said it is (AAK) said. until a final decision was reached statement. Haradinaj was named Community. The body was found on the working with police in London Meanwhile, a court in Kranj in over the warrant. prime minister of Kosovo in 2004 “Support for staying in the roof of the offices of notonthe- and Johannesburg to establish central Slovenia that was han- Currently an MP and head but resigned after only 100 days EU has been growing since well highstreet.com, an online retailer, the facts. dling the case gave Haradinaj of the AAK arty, Haradinaj was as he was indicted by the UN war before the (May) election, and in Richmond, a wealthy part of A Scotland Yard spokeswoman his passport back, the central returning from Germany and crimes tribunal. now stands at a 24-year high, southwest London. said: “Officers and the London European country’s STA news waiting for a flight to Pristina at In 2012, The Hague-based court even if some would also prefer a “Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and agency reported. the Slovenian capital’s airport. cleared him of charges of war less political union,” said Gideon ambulance service attended found the body of a dead man on “Haradinaj will leave Slovenia Haradinaj, 46, confirmed on his crimes against Serb civilians dur- Skinner, head of political research and found the body of a male the roof of a business premises. during the day and will travel to Facebook page that he had his ing the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo. at the pollster. on the roof of the premises,” AGENCIES Pristina making a stop-over in passport back. 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Ukraine combat Cameron urges Muslim communities to do more to tackle extremism

BRATISLAVA: British Prime rule of law share the ideology of radicalisation, so too do communi- Minister David Cameron urged Islamist extremists. ties and families, he said. “We need Muslim communities and fami- “There are people who hold some to have a frank debate about the role lies yesterday to do more to of these views who don’t go as far that everyone has to play,” a source fight extremism, warning some as advocating violence, but do buy in Cameron’s office said. Muslims risk fostering radical- into some of these prejudices giv- In a commentary on Cameron’s ism in young people by quietly ing the extreme Islamist narrative speech, the Muslim Council of condoning extreme views. weight and telling fellow Muslims Britain said it was wrong to sug- Cameron highlighted two cases ‘you are part of this,’” he said. gest Muslim communities had led this week — a 17-year-old from “This paves the way for young young people to extremism. northern England who blew him- people to turn simmering prejudice “It has been suggested that self up in Iraq and three sisters into murderous intent ... Part of the Muslims are not doing enough who abandoned their husbands reason it’s so potent is that it has and somehow condone extrem- and are believed to be in Syria been given this credence,” he added. ism,” said Shuja Shafi, secretary with their nine children — as Cameron warned that a troubled general of the umbrella organi- examples of how people can slide boy or girl will find it less of a leap to sation representing some 500 from prejudice to extremism. go from British teenager to Islamic groups in Britain. “We would He told a security conference State fighter or wife if such beliefs argue that clear evidence should in Bratislava that people who for are “quietly condoned online or be presented and wrongdoing Ukrainian servicemen shoot an SPG-9 antitank grenade launcher during a combat with the pro-Russian example believe democracy is perhaps even in parts of your local challenged, rather than perpetu- separatists near Avdeevka, Donetsk region. wrong, women are inferior and community”. While the govern- ate insinuation persistently.” religious doctrine trumps the ment has a role to play in tackling REUETERS SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Church attack suspect charged with murder Roof wanted to incite race war, say reports

CHARLESTON: A 21-year-old and Ferguson, Missouri, spark- many times do we need to come white man has been charged ing some of the largest race riots together? How many times do we with nine counts of murder in the nation has seen since the civil need to unite?” connection with an attack on a rights movement of the 1960s. Roof confessed to the attack historic black South Carolina From US President Barack and said he intended to set off church, police said yesterday, Obama, who said the attack new racial confrontations, CNN and media reports said he had stirred memories of “a dark past,” reported, citing a law enforce- hoped to incite a race war in the to residents on the streets of ment source. He sat with parish- United States. Charleston, Americans expressed ioners for an hour before opening Residents of Charleston outrage at an act intended to pro- fire and almost did not go through flocked to the nearly-200-year- voke a “race war” in the United with the attack because he had old Emanuel African Methodist States. been welcomed, NBC News Episcopal Church as they strug- “I grew up when racism was reported, citing a law enforce- gled to comprehend how sus- just a way of life,” said Mary ment source. pected shooter Dylann Roof could Meynardie, 90, who is white, as Charleston Police spokes- sit with worshippers for an hour she stopped by the police tape man Charles Francis declined of Bible study before allegedly that still surrounded the church to comment on the reports of a opening fire on Wednesday, killing known as “Mother Emanuel.” confession. nine black people and fleeing into “I wouldn’t have been surprised The alleged shooter is due in the night, triggering a 14-hour if it was somebody 60, 70 years court yesterday for a bail hear- manhunt. old who had that much hate, but ing, where he will be charged with Charleston Mayor Joseph P Riley (centre) before a news conference at the memorial site outside of the Emanuel “This was not merely a mass where does this hate come from?” nine counts of murder as well as a African Methodist Episcopal Church where nine people were murdered, in Charleston, South Carolina, yesterday. shooting, not merely a matter of The latest in a series of mass weapons charge, Charleston police gun violence, this was a racial hate shootings that have rocked the said. at the church, according to the burned down in the late 1820s when wearing a jacket with the flags of crime and must be confronted United States also illustrated In addition to the church’s county coroner. one of its founders drafted plans apartheid-era South Africa and as such,” said Cornell William some of the risks posed by the leader and Democratic state South Carolina Governor Nikki for a slave revolt. Compounding Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. Brooks, president of the NAACP. nation’s liberal gun laws, which Senator Clementa Pinckney, 41, Haley, a Republican, told NBC’s anger over the killings, the South “Some will assert that the The National Association for the gun-rights supporters say are pro- victims included pastors DePayne “Today” show she believed state Carolina capitol continues to fly Confederate flag is merely a sym- Advancement of Colored People tected by the Second Amendment Middleton Doctor, 49; Sharonda prosecutors should pursue a death the Confederate battle flag, the bol of years gone by, a symbol of was founded in 1909 to confront of the US Constitution. Coleman Singleton, 45; and sentence. symbol of the pro-slavery South heritage, not hate,” Brooks said. lynchings in the United States. “The elephant in the room Reverend Daniel Simmons, 74. The AME church was founded during the US Civil War. “But when we see that symbol The attack came in a year that is guns. South Carolina and Also killed were Cynthia Hurd, in the early 19th century by black Brooks, the NAACP leader, lifted up as an emblem for hate has seen waves of protest across the country have gone gun- 54, a public library employee; worshippers who were limited renewed calls for the flag to be ... that symbol has to come down, the United States over police kill- crazy,” said state Representative Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; in how they could practice their taken down. Roof’s car bore the that symbol has to be removed ings of unarmed black men in cit- Wendell Gilliard, a Democrat Tywanza Sanders, 26; and Myra faith at white-dominated churches. Confederate flag and he posed from our state capitol.” ies including New York, Baltimore who represents Charleston. “How Thompson 59, an associate pastor The church was rebuilt after being for a portrait on social media REUTERS

Jury sentences Global terror death toll soared in 2014: White House Marine convicted WASHINGTON: Islamic been spreading terror in the attacks, which had led to the high the Gaza Strip. “Iran contin- to activity in Iraq, Afghanistan, jihadists fuelled a major spike north. There, some 7,512 people death toll. ued to sponsor terrorist groups and Nigeria.” of Iraq murder to in terror attacks last year, with were killed in 662 attacks. Kidnappings also rose by a around the world,” Kaidanow said, In total 32,727 people were the global death toll soaring The report also highlighted third, with more than 9,400 peo- although she would not be drawn killed compared to 17,800 in 2013, time served 81 percent in more than 1,100 a rise in “lone offender violent ple taken hostage, three times on whether Tehran had expanded according to the figures prepared assaults a month, the United extremists in the West” such as many as in 2013. Ransoms such activities. by the National Consortium for CAMP PENDLETON, States said yesterday. as the Charlie Hebdo attacks in have been used by both IS and The report tracks events coin- the Study of Terrorism and California: A US Marine con- There were 13,463 attacks in 95 January in Paris. Al-Qaeda as an effective way to ciding with the march of the Responses to Terrorism. victed of the 2006 murder of countries in 2014 — up by a third “The terrorism challenges that raise money. Islamic State group, recognising A further 34,700 people were a former Iraqi police officer from 9,700 the year before — with we face continue to evolve at a But Kaidanow said the num- its “unprecedented seizure” of a injured in attacks in some 95 was sentenced to time he had Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan rapid pace and we cannot predict bers did not tell the whole story, swathe of territory across Iraq countries. “Terrorist groups already served in confinement, bearing the brunt of extremist with precision what the landscape saying the US has been effective and Syria last year. employed more aggressive tactics in a decision by a m ilitar y jur y at violence, the State Department will look like one decade or even over the past year in building up “Despite the fragmentation of in their attacks,” the report says. Camp Pendleton in California. said in a report. really a year from now,” acknowl- a coalition to help fight militant Al Qaeda and its affiliates, weak Islamic State militants “have The jury also gave Marine Most of the attacks were car- edged top US counterterrorism groups, choke off funding and or failed governance continued to brutally repressed communities Sergeant Lawrence Hutchins III ried out by Islamic State (IS) envoy Tina Kaidanow, unveiling stem the flow of foreign fighters. provide an enabling environment under its control,” said Kaidanow, a bad-conduct discharge from militants, who unleashed 1,083 the 2014 Country Reports on “This is a not a battle that the for the emergence of extremist highlighting its “ruthless methods the Marine Corps. He had served assaults last year as part of a Terrorism. United States can undertake radicalism and violence, notably of violence such as beheadings and about seven years in confinement deadly march across Iraq and “We must do more to address alone,” she insisted. in Yemen, Syria, Libya, Nigeria, crucifixions intended to terrify and had faced a possible sentence Syria. The Taliban were the the cycle of violent extremism and Despite talks aimed at curtail- and Iraq,” the report says. opponents.” of four more years. next most lethal group, with 894 transform the very environment ing Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the In a stark assessment, the “The ongoing civil war in Syria After the killing in Iraq came attacks. from which these terrorist move- Islamic republic has also failed report said the number of global was a significant factor in driv- to light, then-US Navy Secretary There was also a sharp rise in ments emerge,” she said. to halt its backing for militant attacks was up 35 percent and ing worldwide terrorism events Ray Mabus called it a “cold- violence in Nigeria, where Boko And she denounced the “sav- groups such as the Lebanon- “total fatalities increased 81 per- in 2014,” the report said. blooded murder”. Haram’s Islamist militants have agery” seen in some of last year’s based Hezbollah, and Hamas in cent compared to 2013, largely due AFP On Wednesday, the military jury at the Southern California base found Hutchins guilty of murder, conspiracy and larceny Cubans getting connected but acquitted him of a charge of making false statements. Canadian industry Defence attorney Christopher Oprison said Hutchins’ fam- ily welcomed the sentence. “I think they’re ecstatic right now,” minister quits politics Oprison said. Hutchins was initially con- OTTAWA: Canadian Irwin Cotler said the string victed in 2007 and sentenced to Industry Minister James of departures will hurt the 11 years in military confinement, Moore announced yesterday Conservatives, in part because which including the seven years that he would leave politics, they lose key campaigners so close he served pending appeal which the third surprise departure to an election. had left open the possibility of a from Prime Minister Stephen “These are not only senior four-year sentence. Harper’s Cabinet as the rul- ministers, but they played impor- A military court overturned his ing Conservatives head for an tant roles in political campaigns. conviction in 2010, finding a state- October election trailing in the They’re respected people. And so ment he gave in custody should polls. I think this will have negative fall- have been ruled inadmissible. Citing personal reasons, includ- out for the Conservative Party,” ing the health of his disabled Cotler told reporters. Obama to visit son, Moore said he would not A spokesman for Harper had no run for re-election but believed immediate comment on Moore’s Ethiopia, African Harper and his nine-year-old announcement, but Conservative Conservative government would House Leader Peter Van Loan Union in July A Cuban man uses his mobile phone in a street of Havana, yesterday. Cuban state-owned telecommunica- prevail. said the departures were typical tions company Etecsa announced that it will open 35 public Wi-Fi areas in July and that it will lower the rate “I have every confidence that of a political cycle. WASHINGTON: US President of connections to half the price. Prime Minister Harper and our “I think it is a normal turnover. Barack Obama will in late Conservative government will I think you’ve seen that, but we’ve July become the first sit- be re-elected, and I wish I could also seen a tremendous bench ting American leader to visit be part of the next Conservative strength in this Conservative Ethiopia and the headquarters government,” Moore said in a Party, a lot of very good tal- of the African Union, the White 60 political prisoners in Cuba: Activists Facebook posting. ent that we have that contin- House said yesterday. He added: “With health chal- ues to come up,” Van Loan told Obama’s trip to Addis Ababa lenges in my family, I have con- reporters. will come directly after an already HAVANA: Cuba’s leading bars, another 11 former political a century of animosity. Those and cluded it is impossible for me to Moore favoured increased announced trip to Kenya, his first human rights commission yes- prisoners are out on parole and other releases helped reduce the seek another term in office.” energy development in his home as president to his father’s home- terday accused the government unable to leave the country. commission’s number of political Polls show Harper’s govern- province of British Columbia, land, press secretary Josh Earnest of having 60 political prisoners, The report by the Cuban prisoners from 103 a year ago, and ment has slipped behind the left- but in 2012 fiercely criticized the announced. Obama will meet with a number the group acknowl- Commission of Human Rights and Amnesty International does not leaning New Democratic Party in environmental record of Enbridge both the Ethiopian government edges includes armed insur- National Reconciliation was the currently recognize any prisoners a tight three-way race just four Inc, which is seeking to build an and AU leaders, for talks on how rectionists, hijackers and spies first since Cuba released 53 people of conscience in Cuba. months until the national vote, oil pipeline from the province of to “accelerate economic growth, as well as peaceful political in connection with secret negotia- The 60 prisoners include seven and the departure of Moore, 39, Alberta’s oil sands to the Pacific strengthen democratic institu- activists. tions with the United States that armed anti-government infiltra- prompted tweets about rats leav- Coast. tions, and improve security.” Cuba’s Communist govern- led to last December’s detente. tors, about a dozen who hijacked ing a sinking ship. As minister of industry, Moore The election of the United ment has said it has no political The Americans considered or attempted to hijack a plane or Foreign Affairs Minister John had led the government’s cam- States’ first black president — and prisoners, and that opponents those 53 as political prisoners boats to leave the country, five Baird resigned unexpectedly in paign to increase competition in the first with an African parent mistakenly consider armed coun- and their release was crucial to a armed soldiers who attempted February, while Justice Minister the wireless sector, in part by set- — raised high hopes on the conti- ter-revolutionaries and common larger deal in which the two long- to desert, and others accused of Peter MacKay, 49, announced his ting aside valuable spectrum for nent, but Obama has been a cau- criminals as political cases. time nemeses agreed to restore violence or spying. resignation in May. newcomers in the market. tious friend. In addition to the 60 behind diplomatic relations and end half REUTERS Liberal Member of Parliament REUTERS AGENCIES SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA Japan arrests Toyota official on drug charges US citizen Julie Hamp, the first female executive of the company, faces 10 years in jail if found guilty

TOKYO: Japanese investiga- a crime that “is subject to one to said, adding that police suspect break the law,” Akio Toyoda told in the US was arrested in Japan tors were yesterday question- 10 years in prison,” he said. there had been an attempt to hide reporters. “My immediate subor- after receiving the prescription ing Toyota’s most senior female Hamp, 55, “said she did not the drug. Oxycodone is designated dinates and other employees are drug Adderall by mail from her executive after finding control- believe she had imported narcot- as a narcotic in Japan but can be like children to me — it is a par- mother, who is a doctor, reports led drugs sent to her from the ics when she was arrested,” the prescribed by a doctor for use as ent’s duty to protect my child... said. United States, police said, as official said. People arrested in a pain reliever. Ms Hamp is a dear colleague She was released three weeks the automaker’s chief vowed to Japan can be held for up to three Japanese law allows individuals whom I trust.” later following interventions from support his “dear colleague”. weeks without charge. to bring the drug from abroad if Hamp’s promotion to head members of Congress and diplo- Julie Hamp (pictured), a US By midday Friday, she had they have a legitimate prescrip- of communications for the auto mats in Tokyo. citizen recently appointed to been sent to the prosecutors’ tion, but they cannot be sent by giant made her the company’s The US embassy in Japan cau- head global public relations at office, another police official said, mail. most senior female executive after tions citizens to careful of falling the world’s biggest automaker, as the scandal made headlines Yesterday, Toyota’s chief exec- previously working at Toyota’s foul of the country’s strict drug was arrested at a Tokyo hotel in Japan. utive apologised and pledged his North American division. laws. where she was staying, on sus- The parcel was sent to Hamp support for Hamp, who in April Japan’s strict drug laws ban “Japanese customs officials picion of violating the country’s on June 8 from the US and arrived was the company’s first non-Jap- some medications available in or police can detain travellers drug control law, a police spokes- at Tokyo’s Narita airport on June anese executive posted to work other countries, while jail time importing prohibited items. man said. 11 where it was intercepted, he permanently in Toyota’s home for possession of illegal narcotics Japanese customs officials do not She is being held for allegedly added. The package, labelled market. He declined to discuss such as cocaine or methampheta- make on-the-spot ‘humanitarian’ importing oxycodone — an opioid “necklaces”, contained several details of the case. mine is not uncommon. exceptions for medicines that are used to relieve pain — without small boxes, each holding acces- “We believe it will become clear Earlier this year, a 26-year- prohibited in Japan,” the embassy permission from the authorities, sories and several tablets, reports that Ms Hamp did not intend to old woman teacher from Oregon warned on its website. AFP

Omani MERS patient’s Island-building ecologically relatives tested for benign: China BEIJING: China’s construction virus in Thailand on disputed reefs in the South China Sea will not destroy ocean ecology, the country’s maritime BANGKOK: Thai authorities Thai authorities are monitor- regulator said, in the face of yesterday said two relatives of ing a further 85 people who have complaints from the Philippines an Omani man found to have been in contact with the Omani, that the work is damaging coral MERS were being tested for the including those on board his flight in the area. deadly virus in the kingdom. to Bangkok, at hospital or in their Beijing’s rapid reclamation Thailand, a booming medical homes, a health ministry spokes- around seven reefs in the Spratly tourism hub popular with Middle man said. archipelago has alarmed other Eastern patients, Thursday con- Authorities are also still trying claimants such as the Philippines firmed the Omani, 75, had MERS, to locate one of the 21 “high risk” and Vietnam and prompted days after he arrived at a Bangkok people identified on that flight — growing criticism from the U.S. hospital for treatment for a heart a person from the northeastern government. condition. Thai province of Buriram. Manila in April said China’s Yesterday, the Omani patient In a bid to contain the deadly construction had destroyed about was “getting a bit better”, said virus Thai officials have installed 300 acres of coral reef and caused Thailand’s Public Health Minister thermoscans at airports to detect estimated annual losses of $100m Rajata Rajatanavin at a press passengers with fever and are to coastal nations. conference on the outskirts of also handing out information “The Nansha expansion project Bangkok. pamphlets about MERS in Thai, highly emphasises environmen- But two of his male family Arabic and English. tal protection,” China’s State members, among three rela- Rajata also said that Oceanic Administration said in Protesters from the Socialista National Confederation of Labour activist group display placards during a rally over tives with whom he travelled to Thailand has informed airlines a statement on its website late the South China Sea disputes, outside the Chinese Consulate in Makati City, Manila, yesterday. Thailand on Monday, were being about the transit passengers on Thursday, which was covered tested for MERS after one was and crew who are no longer in widely in Chinese media yester- found to have a cough and the the country but deemed at risk day. China refers to the Spratlys Filipinos fear ‘armed conflict’ other a fever. after sharing the flight with the as the Nansha islands. “We have taken their sam- Omani man. Numerous protection meas- ples for laboratory testing,” Earlier government spokes- ures, including the use of a “new Rajata told reporters, adding the man Sunsern Kaewkumnerd type” of dredging technique, had with China over sea row: Poll results should be available Friday said authorities were confident been implemented during planning evening. that Thailand’s measures to and construction and had achieved MANILA: Eight in 10 Filipinos About half were “worried a means to resolving the dispute.” The relatives are in quarantine contain the virus were “under good results, the administration are worried a festering South great deal” while more than a The Scarborough Shoal stand- at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious control”. said. “Impact on coral reef ecol- China Sea territorial dispute third were “somewhat worried”. off ended with Beijing taking Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi According to World Health ogy is localised, temporary, con- could lead to “armed conflict” The same poll has been con- control of the fishing area, which province outside the Thai capital Organization data MERS cases trollable and restorable,” it said. with the world’s most populous ducted every year since 2012, and lies 220km off the main Philippine where the Omani patient is also have been reported in four Asian China claims most of the poten- nation, an independent polling in each of the surveys at least 80 island of Luzon. being treated. countries before Thailand since tially energy-rich South China Sea, outfit said. percent of respondents have been The shoal lies 650 kilometres Middle East Respiratory the virus first surfaced in Saudi through which $5 trillion in ship- Manila-based Social Weather concerned that the sea dispute from Hainan island, the nearest Syndrome (MERS) has spread Arabia in 2012. borne trade passes every year. The Stations said this sentiment had could escalate into a full-blown major Chinese land mass. at a rapid pace in South Korea Malaysia and the Philippines Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, weighed on people’s minds since conflict with the Philippines’ pow- China and the Philippines are since the first case was diagnosed reported cases before the South Brunei and Taiwan also have over- the Philippines backed down from erful Asian neighbour. also in dispute over other islands on May 20, infecting 166 people Korean outbreak in May, while lapping claims. a tense standoff with China over “It is natural for us to worry and reefs in the South China Sea, in what is the largest outbreak China reported a person with China stepped up its creation control of rich fishing grounds about armed conflict as it is a fact with the Philippines seeking arbi- outside Saudi Arabia. MERS who had travelled to the of artificial islands last year, and around Scarborough Shoal in that it does not benefit anyone,” tration from a United Nations- The MERS case was the first country after recent exposure there have been recent tensions 2012. presidential spokeswoman Abigail backed body. recorded in Thailand and also the in South Korea, according to a between the Chinese navy and the The study showed 84 percent of Valte said, reacting to the survey China has refused to partici- first in Southeast Asia since the WHO statement. US military around the Spratlys. 1,200 respondents were “worried” results. “This is precisely why our pate in the proceedings. South Korean outbreak. AFP REUTERS about armed conflict with China. government has pursued peaceful AFP

Ramadan Friday prayer Vietnam waives At least 70 killed in visas for five European nations Burundi violence

HANOI: Vietnam yesterday BUJUMBURA: At least 70 people have been killed, 500 said it will waive visas for trav- wounded and over 1,000 jailed in weeks of political vio- ellers from five more European lence in Burundi, a rights groups said. countries including Britain and The troubled central African nation has been in crisis France as authorities move to since late April over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s con- boost the country’s declining troversial bid to stand for a third consecutive five-year tourism industry. term, a move branded by opponents as unconstitutional Travellers from Britain, France, and a violation of a 2006 peace deal that ended 13 years Germany, Italy and Spain will no of civil war. longer need a visa to enter the Parliamentary elections are planned for June 29, ahead communist nation from July 1 for of the presidential vote on July 15. stays of up to 15 days, according to “We have identified 70 people killed, mostly by bul- a statement posted on the govern- lets but also grenades... the majority are civilians, ment’s official website. as well as police and soldiers,” said Pierre-Claver Nepalese Muslims offer the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu yesterday. The visa waiver will apply Mbonimpa, who heads Burundi’s influential rights to tourists and those travelling group Aprodeh. for business, said the statement “There were also some 500 wounded by bullets, grenades signed off by the Vietnamese pre- and stones, including fifty remain hospitalised.” Rescued migrants returned to Dhaka mier Thursday, in a scheme in More than 100,000 people have fled the violence to neigh- place for one year after which it bouring countries. may be extended. A United Nations source said they had counted at DHAKA: Thirty-seven officer of Border Guard Bangladesh Myanmar navy said it rescued from a According to the Vietnam least 50 people killed directly during protests, but that Bangladeshi migrants rescued at the port of Cox’s Bazar. boat in the Bay of Bengal on May 21. National Administration of toll does not include victims of other violence, notably from a boat at sea by Myanmar Thousands of people, many of them Myanmar announced at the time Tourism, international arrivals to those killed or wounded in a string of grenade blasts. authorities were handed over to Bangladeshi or Muslim Rohingya that nearly all the people found the country in May were down by A local official from Nkurunziza’s ruling CNDD-FDD Bangladesh authorities yesterday. from Myanmar, have taken to the aboard were Bangladeshis seeking 14.4 percent compared to the same was shot dead in a bar overnight Wednesday, police said “Bangladesh verified 37 sea in recent months in dangerously better economic prospects, rather month last year. Friday, the latest in a string of killings. Bangladeshi citizens and confirmed crowded boats run by people-traf- than Rohingya, a group who com- The declining visitor numbers A group of seven men entered the bar in the southern that they are the Bangladeshi nation- fickers, heading south towards other plain of severe discrimination and have triggered increasing concern Gitanga region, shooting the local party chairman Leonidas als,” said Lieutenant Colonel Saiful southeast Asian countries. The 37 mistreatment in Myanmar. in the Southeast Asian nation. Ndikumagenge dead at close range. Alam Khandakar, the commanding were among 208 migrants whom the REUTERS AFP AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Pakistanis abroad Parties gear up for Islamabad polls asked to get machine-readable Mainstream political parties face run for their money as local groups pose challenge passports

ISLAMABAD: The upcom- NA-48 constituency. For example, candidates sup- if elections are indeed held on a ‘unknown’ in Islamabad politics. ISLAMABAD: Eight million ing local government elections Even though all four major ported by both the Pakistan non-party basis. Consisting of left-aligned and Pakistanis living abroad have in Pakistan’s federal capital of parties have a good track record Peoples Party and the proscribed “We will field candidates in all secular-minded individuals, the been urged to immediately Islamabad may see a new breed in Islamabad, none of them have Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) UCs and hope to get our coun- Awami Workers Party (AWP) will acquire machine-readable pass- of political player step into the formally launched their campaign will be contesting elections under cillors elected through local seat be contesting these elections with ports as hand-written passports ring as smaller parties are gear- for the LG polls. the banner of the ‘Awam Dost’ adjustments,” ASWJ’s Farooqi a focus on the many katchi abadis were being phased out. ing up to give the mainstream The fact that these polls may group. said. within the city. The government has rushed ones a run for their money. yet be held on a non-party basis “Awam Dost is a term that has Despite being less visible in the “We have been working spe- equipment and staff to Pakistani Even though the main con- also poses problems for the bigger been used by the PPP since the urban areas, the JUI-F is also a cifically in these areas and this is missions across the world to tests are expected to be between parties, as they won’t be able to first elections were held on non- force to be reckoned with in the our strength - our candidates will enable citizens to change their representatives of major parties, overtly campaign for candidates party basis during the Zia regime rural parts of the city. “We have come from these localities,” said passports. such as the PML-N, PPP, PTI from their party platform. in 1985,” said PPP Islamabad a strong followings in many parts Asim Sajjad Akhtar, an academic On Wednesday, Ambassador and Jamaat-i-Islami, but smaller, Even though religious elements President Syed Sibtul Hassan. of Islamabad and mosques will be and AWP leader. Jalil Abbas Jilani inaugurated the more local groups may be able to hold considerably sway in certain However, ASWJ Islamabad our main centres of canvassing,” AWP will probably field candi- facility at the Pakistan Embassy challenge their dominance in a parts of the capital, it is likely Spokesperson Hafiz Uneeb said JUI-F Islamabad Secretary dates in the seven UCs which have in Washington. number of ways. that the conservative vote bank Farooqi also laid claim to the General Mufti Abdullah. a high proportion of katchi abadis. Besides the embassy, Pakistani Some hopefuls have already may be split, given the number of ‘Awam Dost’ name, saying that If local seat adjustments are “There are around 2,500 votes consulates in New York, Los started campaigning. groups and parties that are look- this had been used by the party not solemnised, the JUI-F could in France Colony, whereas there Angeles, Chicago and Huston “There could soon be a short- ing to contest the elections. in the past and they had already pose a serious threat to both the are about 8,000 registered votes in are now also issuing machine- age of space to hang banners One of the main factors in this launched an election campaign Rahe Haq group and the tradi- UC-40 (Sector F-7),” he said, add- readable passports. About one as key spots have already been election will be the overwhelm- under this banner. tional right-wing powerhouse, the ing, “We anticipate that upper- million Pakistanis living in the occupied, either by independents ing number of candidates from Simultaneously, their coun- Jamaat-i-Islami, by dividing the class residents of this area won’t United States will benefit from or religious party candidates,” each union council. These num- terparts from the Deobandi sect religious vote bank. turn out to vote in as great num- this facility. said Ashraf Gujjar, who heads bers could cause confusion among are also fielding candidates under But one of the key challengers bers, so it is up to us to success- After November 24, 2015, the PML-N campaign in the voters, which may end up helping the banner of ‘Rahe Haq’ or as in the urban constituencies may fully mobilise our supporters.” foreign governments will stop LG union councils falling in the the smaller parties. part of the ‘Awam Dost Group’, be a party that is considered an INTERNEWS accepting hand-written passports. “The world is moving from manual to computerised sys- tems and the purpose is to facili- Iftar distribution tate safe travel of the people across their borders,” said Sajid Bilal, Minister in-charge of the Changes to LG Bill Counsellor section. 20 militants killed proposed by panel in air strikes

ISLAMABAD: A subcom- body” which will exert direct con- ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mittee of the Senate Standing trol over functions of the local airstrikes on Friday killed Committee on Interior has pro- governments. “The constitution of 20 militants in the country’s posed changes to 49 clauses of this commission must be taken as lawless tribal area bordering the ICT Local Government Bill a practical joke,” the report said. Afghanistan, the military said, 2015 in a bid to curb the federal Similarly, clause 98 of the bill part of a massive ongoing oper- government’s direct authority says there would be a local gov- ation against the Taliban. over the local body. ernment board consisting of a The strikes took place in In its report, the subcommit- chairman and not more than Khyber tribal district where the tee has termed many provisions five members who would be military began its latest offensive of the law a “perpetual bureau- directly appointed by the federal in October 2014 carrying out air- cratic dictatorship” and in viola- government. strikes and using artillery, mor- tion of “concept and philosophy of The board is proposed to be a tars and ground troops. devolution”. corporate body with powers to “Twenty terrorists including It has been suggested that such acquire, hold, and transfer prop- some of their important com- clauses either be scrapped com- erty by its name. manders were killed in precise pletely or made balanced through “[Formation of this] proposed aerial strikes in remote areas of the concept of equal representa- board is another attempt to cir- Khyber today,” the military said tion rather than a body of officers cumvent the independence of the in a statement. It added there directly appointed by the federal local government and thus this were reports of about 18 militants government. clause must be deleted.” injured in the strikes. Clause 95 of the bill provides Likewise, clause 63(3) of the AGENCIES for formation of a local govern- bill, which relates to executive A Pakistani worker distributes Iftar food to Muslims before breaking their fast in Rawalpindi yesterday. ment commission comprising a authority and conduct of busi- chairman, two members of the ness of local government, says the National Assembly, two techno- federal government can delegate crats, and two representatives of any function of a mayor [In case the Islamabad Capital Territory of Metropolitan Corporation] or Pakistan halts executions during Ramadan (ICT) Administration. a chairman [in case of a union All these members would council] to a deputy mayor directly be appointed by the or vice-chairman, while sub- LAHORE: As many as 180 of terrorism and 25 were tried policy and Pakistan risked los- As many as 8,000 prisoners federal government, except one clause (5) says appointment of convicts in Pakistan have under the Anti-Terrorism Act for ing the Generalised System of have been languishing in various member of the NA who would be a chief officer of Metropolitan been executed during the last heinous crimes including multi- Preferences (GSP) Plus status. prisons of the country waiting a nominee of the Leader of the Corporation will be made by the six months. The Ministry ple murders, murder-robbery and “Our criminal justice system for black warrants to be issued - Opposition in lower house of the federal government. of Interior Affairs has now gang rape. is marred by police torture, poor many of them have been in jails parliament. The subcommittee said these announced a moratorium on The remaining 132 convicts legal representation, and unfair since the ‘90s. The proposed commission suggestions provided blanket executions till Eid Al Fitr out were executed on orders passed trials these are some of the rea- As many as 5,472 death row will conduct annual and special powers to the federal government of respect for Ramazan. by additional district and sessions sons behind the barrage of criti- prisoners, including 47 women, inspections of the local govern- without any checks and balances In a notification issued on June courts for crimes including rob- cism against death penalty.” are incarcerated in the 25 ments and submit reports to the and thus were against the purpose 13, the ministry imposed the mor- bery, kidnap for ransom, rape, and Makhdoom said there were also Punjab prisons. Of these, 44 have government. and objective of the legislation. atorium and requested all provin- murder to settle personal scores. cases which failed to meet inter- exhausted all avenues of appeals. It would have powers to initi- The committee suggested that cial governments to comply with Tipu Salman Makhdoom, an national standards for fair trial Their fate lies in the hands of jail ate an inquiry by itself or through this clause either be deleted or the the order. advocate of the Supreme Court, these include cases in which the authorities who will decide when any agency about any matter con- powers to exercise delegation be Punjab has been leading in said Pakistan had alienated itself police adds Section 7 of the ATA to obtain black warrants for them cerning a local government. All made subject to consultation and the number of executions car- in the comity of nations by lift- to FIRsthat have nothing to do from the respective trial courts. decisions of the commission shall approval of the local government. ried out so far, 153, followed by ing the moratorium on death with terrorism. The appeals for clemency of be binding on elected representa- Other suggestions and observa- Sindh, 15, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sentence. Yet the courts do not question 392 convicts are pending with tives, according to the bill. tions related to vague terms used 5, Balochistan, 5, and Mirpur He said several interna- this practice, said Makhdoom. the president while one appeal is In its report, the subcommittee in the bill. Central Jail (AJK), 2. tional human rights organi- “Frequently, confessions are pending with the GHQ. dubbed this commission a “supra INTERNEWS Of these, 23 were convicted sations had condemned the obtained through torture.” INTERNEWS

Seven killed in accident Afghan warlord’s anger at being sidelined by president HERAT, AFGHANISTAN: in the government and it (has) Hamid Karzai and was disap- Ismail Khan played a major created distrust among the pointed at not being allowed to role in Afghanistan’s strug- people and led to insecurity in continue when Ghani took over. gle against Soviet occupation, Afghanistan,” he said. To add to his frustration, the but the powerful warlord now For Khan and some of the other new interior minister Noor ul- accuses his country’s govern- big hitters of the anti-Soviet fight, Haq Ulumi is a former military ment of sidelining him just as it a power-sharing deal agreed fol- commander in the former Afghan faces up to the Taliban’s obsti- lowing bitterly-disputed presiden- communist regime that the nate insurgency. tial polls in 2014 has left them out Soviets propped up — the sworn Khan was once one of the most in the cold. enemy of the mujadhideen. important commanders of the They include influential When the Soviets pulled out in “mujahideen” fighters who bat- Islamist leader Abdul Rasul 1989, the mujahideen descended tled to expel the Soviets from Sayyaf, the powerful governor into bloody factional fighting, Afghanistan in the 1980s. of Balkh province and north- beginning a bloody civil war that The 68-year-old is still a force ern strongman Mohammad opened the way for the emergence to be reckoned with in western Atta Noor, former vice-presi- of the Taliban, who seized power Afghanistan, and in an interview dent Yunus Qanooni and former in 1996. with AFP in his stronghold in the Nangarhar provincial governor During a ceremony last month city of Herat, he railed against Gul Agha Sherzai. to mark the defeat of the Soviets, the administration of President Instead Ghani has passed more Ghani referred to the internecine Ashraf Ghani. power on to a new generation, bloodshed of the 1990s, lamenting Sat in a huge armchair in with a few exceptions—such as the that Afghanistan has not man- his reception room, the white- redoutable and indefatigable old aged to stay unified and peaceful. Security officials gather around the wreckage of a passenger bus that plunged into a ditch in Rawalakot, bearded commander said sidelin- Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum, In the same speech Ghani said Pakistani administered Kashmir, yesterday. According to local reports at least seven passengers were killed ing the leaders of the anti-Soviet now the first vice-president under he wanted to listen to the advice and 11 injured in the incident. Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed resistance had created unneces- Ghani. of old commanders, but Khan is on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving. sary divisions in the country. Khan was water and energy unconvinced. “The jihadi leaders are not minister under previous president AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA After Sushma, BJP Pranab with Tanzanian counterpart backs Vasundhara Government under pressure over Lalit Modi controversy

NEW DELHI: The BJP yes- terday came out in support of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is fac- ing allegations of testifying in favour of former IPL chief Lalit Modi’s British immigration application in 2011, even as the Congress kept up pressure for her resignation and its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Bharatiya Janata Party, after a meeting between Narendra Modi and party presi- dent Amit Shah on Thursday evening, decided to staunchly sup- President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete (left) during a meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee at the port Vasundharar Raje and reject Presidential Palace in New Delhi yesterday. Jakaya Kikwete is on a state visit to boost bilateral and busi- demands for her resignation. ness ties. The party has already shot Sushma Swaraj Vasundhara Raje down demands from the Congress for resignation of External Affairs the “facts” provided to him by government’s rule did Lalit Modi’s Sushma Swaraj, who had helped Raje and it was decided to back corruption come to light. Lalit Modi to procure British Raje in the same way as the Rejecting Congress demand for India remains a target of travel documents on “humani- party and governments defended Raje’s resignation, he said that tarian grounds” after his Indian Sushma Swaraj. there is no truth in the charges passport was revoked. Lalit Modi Raje, who was scheduled to go against her. “Is there any substan- is facing cases of alleged tax to Anandpur Sahib for an event to tive evidence? Is there any cor- terrorist attacks: US report evasion. mark the 350th anniversary cel- ruption?” Trivedi added. The Congress, on its part, kept ebrations of the foundation of the Asked about allegations con- WASHINGTON: The US yes- establishment of a new branch and Kashmir and against Indian up its offensive, with former union Sikh panth yesterday, cancelled cerning business dealings between terday acknowledged that India in the Indian subcontinent, the facilities in Afghanistan, to tran- minister Jairam Ramesh alleging her visit, citing health reasons. Vasundhara’s son Dushyant Singh, remains one of the most per- Congressionally mandated report snational terrorist groups, such “an unholy nexus between Chhota She was to share the dias with a BJP legislator in Rajasthan, and sistently targeted countries by released by Tina Kaidanow, the as Lashkar e-Taeba (LeT), which Modi (Lalit Modi) and Bada Modi Shah and union Home Minister Lalit Modi, he said that all these insurgents and transnational State Department’s coordinator the report acknowledged “con- (the prime minister)”. Rajnath Singh. She called off her facts had been given in Income and domestic terrorist groups, for counterterrorism, noted. tinued to operate, train, rally, “The third protagonist in this Ananbdpur Sahib visit after a call Tax returns and election affidavit even as New Delhi blames India had deepened counter- propagandise, and fundraise in nexus is Gautam Adani... when from Amit Shah’s office. are already in public domain. Pakistan for supporting terror- terrorism cooperation with the Pakistan”. Modi became Gujarat Cricket Addressing press conferences in On Sushma Swaraj, he said: ists in Jammu and Kashmir. US, highlighted by a September At their September 30 sum- Association president, he was New Delhi and Jaipur respectively, “Our president has already said Approximately 400 people were 30 summit between President mit, the report noted, Obama part of it,” Ramesh said at a press BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu on the issue, which is the stand of killed in 2014 in terrorist attacks, Barack Obama and Prime and Modi stressed “the need conference here. Trivedi and Rajasthan unit chief the party. Union ministers Arun including operations launched by Minister Narendra Modi where for joint and concerted efforts “We expect the prime minister Ashok Parnami defended Raje. jaitley and Rajnath Singh has also Maoist insurgents, according to both sides pledged greater cooper- against networks such as Al to speak after the Yoga Diwas — “Vasundharaji has never denied clarified the stand.” the State Department’s annual ation in countering terrorist net- Qaeda, LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammed, he is now sitting in a ‘Lalit Asana her close family relations with In Jaipur, Parnami accused the Country Reports on Terrorism works and in information sharing, and the Haqqani Network, and where his ears, mouth and eyes Lalit Modi and the validity of opposition of “unnecessarily try- 2014. the report noted. reiterated their call to bring the are closed,” Ramesh said. those documents which were ing” to tarnish the image of Raje “The level of terrorist vio- “Even though only a small perpetrators of the November He said the central government produced are yet to be verified,” and Dushyant. lence in India was substantially number of Indian nationals are 2008 terrorist attacks in is caught in a trap of its own mak- Trivedi said. “It is not corruption “Why these things are being unchanged from 2013, demon- believed to have joined the Islamic Mumbai to justice”. ing and the only way it can save either technically or legally... The raised before Bihar elections?” he strating that India remains one State in Iraq and the Levant Modi also joined President itself is by getting both Sushma opposition is not able to debate asked. Rajasthan Health Minister of the most persistently targeted (ISIL), the Indian government Obama in reaffirming “deep con- Swaraj and Raje to resign. with government on positive Rajendra Rathore, who also countries by insurgents and tran- closely monitored the domes- cern over the continued threat BJP sources said that in their issues, so they are blowing this attended the press conference, snational and domestic terrorist tic threat it and other terrorist posed by terrorism, most recently meeting, Modi and Shah chalked out of proportion,” he claimed. said all the legislators and some groups,” it said. organisations posed,” it said. highlighted by the dangers pre- out the strategy to counter the Hitting back at the Congress, Independents are fully supporting On September 3 last year, India continued to attribute sented by ISIL”. opposition after Shah presented he sought to know under which Raje. IANS Al Qaeda announced the attacks and fatalities in Jammu IANS

Iftar time India-Bangladesh Ex-law minister’s custody rail project to be ready by 2017 extended till tomorrow NEW DELHI: A court here for the past 10 days after he was AGARTALA: NITI Aayog has yesterday extended the police arrested on June 9. The police decided to commission the pro- custody of former Delhi law min- have slapped a case of cheating, posed 15km India-Bangladesh ister Jitender Singh Tomar for forgery and conspiracy against railway project along Tripura two days in the fake degree case, him. Public Prosecutor Atul Kumar by 2017, a top state official said though the Aam Aadmi Party Shrivastava told magistrate the yesterday. leader later moved a bail plea. former law minister was required Prime Minister Narendra Modi Delhi Police sought Tomar’s to be confronted with Chauhan who and Bangladesh Premier Sheikh custody to confront him with allegedly provided the B.Sc. degree Hasina discussed during the Madan Pratap Chauhan, a man to Tomar. Chauhan is already being former’s visit to Dhaka on June being interrogated in the case and interrogated and both of them were 6-7 the Rs575-crore ($90m) rail- some officials of the law college needed to be confronted with each way project. from where he claimed to have other, he said. It was finalised in January obtained his law degree. Tomar’s counsel Rajiv Khosla 2010 during Hasina’s meeting Police told court that Tomar opposed the police plea, saying with the then Indian prime min- was yet to reply to various ques- police were fabricating evidence ister Manmohan Singh in New tions put to him regarding the against his client. He requested Delhi. case. Metropolitan Magistrate the court to direct the probe “NITI (National Institution Navjeet Budhiraja extended agency to get call detail record of for Transforming India) Aayog Tomar’s police custody and Chauhan and alleged he has nexus on Thursday decided in a meeting allowed Delhi Police to quiz him with ex-legislator Nand Kishore in Delhi to put in place the vital till June 21, but directed police not Garg, and the two were running railway project between India and Muslims wait to break fast near Jama Mosque in New Delhi yesterday. to seek his further custody. a racket in providing fabricated Bangladesh by December 2017,” Tomar was in police custody documents. IANS Tripura transport secretary Samarjit Bhowmik said. Bhowmik, who returned here on Friday after attending the Apex court gives Sahara 18 months to pay up Rs360bn NITI Aayog meeting, said: “The alignment and other technicali- ties of laying the track to link NEW DELHI: The Supreme investors money. The court yes- encashable “in the event of fail- country without prior permission for encashing the bank guarantee. Agartala railway station with Court yesterday gave 18 months terday also approved the format ure” of Sahara to “deposit the full of this court.” He said that they will be arrang- Bangladesh’s Akhaura railway to Sahara to repay Rs360bn of the bank guarantee given to it amount outstanding against them It further said that Roy and ing a fresh bank guarantee, for station would be changed. A final of the investors money which by Sahara, saying that in view of within a period of 18 months com- two directors “shall keep police which efforts are on. report on the new alignment will its two companies, SIRECL the total liability, Sahara “shall mencing from the date of their station Tilak Marg, New Delhi As Sibal sought clarification be submitted to the centre by and SHFCL, had collected in deposit the balance outstand- release”. informed and updated about their as to when Roy and two other June 30 for sanction of funds.” 2007-08. ing amount within a period of 18 In another stringent condi- whereabouts every fortnight”. directors would be released, the NITI Aayog’s advisor Animesh The bench of Justice T S months commencing from the tion, the court in its directions The court said that it had court said that they would be able Singh presided over the Delhi Thakur, Justice Anil R Dave and date of their release from custody said that in case Sahara “fails to released some of the Sahara prop- to walk out of the jail only after meeting, where officials of min- Justice A K Sikri however reiter- in nine instalments”. deposit three installments (not erties to facilitate it to raise the complying with the conditions of istries of railway, development of ated the court’s March 26, 2014 “First eight installments shall necessarily consecutive)”, Roy money to return to investors and the March 26, 2014 order, adding northeastern eegion (DoNER) order saying that Sahara chief be of Rs.3,000 crore payable and two other directors “shall allowed Sahara to apply for “per- it had made this position clear and external affairs and the Subrata Roy and two directors every two months from the date surrender back to custody and in mission to sell any further prop- many times in the past. Tripura government participated. will only be released from Tihar of their release from custody and case they fail to do so, they shall erty within 15 days from their At this, Sibal did not press the The NITI Aayog meeting was jail, where they are in judicial last installment shall be of the be taken into custody and com- release in order to enable them plea for their release on parole for held to remove the roadblocks on custody, after Rs50bn cash and remaining amount,” the court said mitted to jail”. to raise funds for deposit of the six weeks. the Agartala-Akhaura rail project a bank guarantee of like amount in its order. Noting that “a large amount required amount”. He also urged the court that along Tripura capital Agartala. is deposited. Pronouncing the judgment, remains to be deposited” by However, the possibility of Roy the amount that has already been Of the 15 km, 5 km fall in the The apex court had March 4 Justice Sikri said: “In the event the Sahara, the court said: “We coming out of jail immediately has paid should be adjusted against Indian territory and the remain- last year sent Roy and group’s two of the default in payment of two direct the contemnors (Roy and diminished as Kapil Sibal, appear- the principal amount as it would ing in Bangladesh. directors Ravi Shankar Dubey instalments (not necessarily con- two directors) to deposit their ing for him, informed the court have a reduced bearing on inter- “On the Indian side, some por- and Ashok Roy Choudhary to secutive) the bank guarantee shall passports in this court within 15 that the foreign bank that was est liability. The court asked Sibal tion of the track is likely to be custody for not complying with be encashed by SEBI.” days from the date of this order standing as guarantor has with- to make an application to that elevated,” the official said. its orders of August 31, 2012 and The court further said that or before their release, whichever drawn following media reports on affect. IANS other subsequent orders to return the bank guarantee would be is earlier. They shall not leave the SEBI insisting on a trigger point IANS SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13

A driver tries to retrieve parts from his taxi which was damaged by a fallen tree due to heavy rains in Mumbai yesterday. RIGHT: A man walks with his children as they negotiate a waterlogged street. Heavy monsoon showers lashed India’s financial capital resulting in waterlogging in low lying areas of the city disrupting normal life. Heavy rains paralyse Mumbai Two killed as torrential rains hit coastal regions of Maharashtra; flights delayed MUMBAI: Barely a week into Mumbai. The National Disaster BMC Disaster Cell said. deployed 176 pumping stations Borivali, Dahisar, Jogeshwari and recorded around 283 mm and the monsoon, Mumbai and sur- Relief Management, the Indian However, services continued to flush out rainwaters into the other areas preventing movement suburbs averaged around 209 mm roundings were paralysed as Navy, Mumbai police, fire brigade, on the mainland beyond Thane, Arabian Sea and most pressing of road traffic. rainfall since Thursday. heavy rains lashed these areas home guards and other agen- Karjat-Kasara and Panvel sec- problems were addressed even as All incoming and outgoing There were reports of tree since Thursday evening killing cies were prepared to tackle any tions of Central Railway and the government was prepared to domestic as well as international crashes, road cave-ins, vehicles two persons, while torrential emergencies that may arise due beyond Vasai on Western Railway. tackle any eventuality. flights at Chhatrapati Shivaji submerged in rainwaters, power rains slowed down other parts to the continuous rains lashing Chief Minister Devendra The civic body has advised International Airport suffered failures, traffic snarls on the of Maharashtra, officials said the state. Fadnavis visited the state and people not to send their children delays of minimum 15 minutes Western and Eastern Express here. The rains hit hard the lifelines Brihanmumbai municipal corpo- to schools and Mumbaikars told and above, an official spokesper- Highways, waterlogging at both The Indian Meteorological of Mumbai — the suburban rail- ration (BMC) Disaster Cells to to venture out only if necessary, son said. ends of several flyovers and the Department (IMD) has warned of way network — with waterlogging take stock of the situation and while the Bombay High Court Several incoming flights of var- Eastern Freeway. heavy rainfall in Mumbai, coastal on railway tracks, preventing discussed precautionary and relief remained closed for the day in ious airlines from different cen- Coastal regions of the state Konkan and other parts over the office-goers from commuting measures with top officials. view of the heavy rains expected tres to Mumbai were diverted to including Thane, Palghar, Raigad, next two-three days accompanied to and from their homes and “Almost four metres high tide to lash the city over the next two dry stations like Ahmedabad or Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg expe- by strong winds touching 60 knots workplaces. expected around 2.00 p.m. today ... days. Baroda. rienced torrential rains, hitting and very rough seas. While the Central Railway Appealing everyone to avoid going Meanwhile, heavy water logging Around 250 special buses normal life with flooding in sev- “A high tide, around 4.5 metres (CR) and Harbour Line, and near the sea. Please avoid going and flooding has been reported at have been deployed in the city to eral towns and villages. high, is expected today (around Western Railway (WR) man- out of homes... Be safe!” Fadnavis various locations around the city ferry commuters who have been Heavy downpour was reported 2.30 pm. If there is heavy rains, aged to start a few services for tweeted soon after, terming it including Dadar, Parel, Byculla, stranded in different parts of the from Pune, Satara, Kolhapur, it could create further prob- the day in the early hours, they as a major challenge before the Mazagaon, Mahim, Santacruz, city as the suburban train services Aurangabad, Nashik and other lems,” said V K Rajeev, the direc- were delayed and later suspended authorities. Juhu, Vile Parle, Worli, Sion, have collapsed. cities slowing down normal life. tor of weather forecast at IMD, in the city, rail officials and the He added that the BMC has Chunabhatti, Andheri, Kurla, Meanwhile, Mumbai city AFP

Left Front alone Toxic bootleg can’t defeat Trinamool: CPM KOLKATA: Stating that the liquor kills 53 Left Front was not in a position to defeat the ruling Trinamool MUMBAI: Fifty-three peo- while discharging their duty” for Congress in next year’s West ple have died in Mumbai and failing to stop production and sale Bengal assembly polls, a senior 28 others are being treated in of the liquor on their beat. Bootleg CPI-M leader yesterday indi- hospital after drinking toxic liquor is widely consumed across cated that the Left could forge home-made liquor, police said India where it is sometimes sold an “understanding” with the yesterday, in the latest incident for less than a dollar for a 25cl Congress to remove chief min- of alcohol poisoning in India. bottle, with deaths frequently ister Mamata Banerjee from Dhananjay Kulkarni, Mumbai reported. power. police deputy commissioner, said It is rare however for such inci- “We need to go the extra mile the victims had started to fall ill dents to occur in a major city like to defeat Mamata Banerjee in on Wednesday morning after con- Mumbai, with most cases taking West Bengal. There is no reason suming the illicit moonshine. place in poor, rural villages. to believe that the Left can reg- “The number of dead has risen Kulkarni said it was the worst ister victory over the Trinamool to 53,” the commissioner said case of its kind to be recorded in on its own strength,” Communist late yesterday, up from an earlier the western Indian city in more Party of India-Marxist state death toll of 41. than a decade. secretariat member and former “Twenty-eight others are “Such a tragedy happened in minister Gautam Deb said at a receiving treatment after con- 2004 when more than 100 deaths Relatives of people who died of consumption of poisonous liquor mourn at Bhagwati Municipal General Hospital media conference and during an suming the spurious liquor. Crime took place,” he explained, refer- in Mumbai yesterday. interaction with a local televi- branch is investigating and three ring to the “Vikhroli hooch trag- sion channel. suspects are being held in custody,” edy”, named after the suburb Maharashtra state of which home-brew. And police arrested after drinking moonshine. Kulkarni added. The three men, where the victims lived. Mumbai is the capital, ordered 12 people in October 2013 after Methanol, a highly toxic form aged 30, 47, and 50, were arrested The victims of the latest inci- an immediate inquiry. more than three dozen villag- of alcohol used as an anti-freeze on Thursday night, he said. dent were residents of a slum In January, more than 31 peo- ers died from toxic liquor also in or fuel, is often added to bootleg Journalist shot The commissioner also said in the suburb of Malad West, in ple died near Lucknow in the Uttar Pradesh. liquor in India as a cheap and eight police officers have been sus- the north of the city. Devendra northern state of Uttar Pradesh In 2011 nearly 170 people died in quick method of upping the alco- at in Assam pended for a “negligent approach Fadnavis, chief minister of after drinking a lethal batch of the eastern state of West Bengal hol content. AFP GUWAHATI: A journalist working with a language daily in Assam was shot at by a group of militants in Assam’s Udalguri district, police said yesterday. Prashanta Kumar, 35, was Solar scam again raises political heat in Kerala picked up by some armed men from Khairabari area of the dis- KOCHI: The opposition CPI-M a cheating case and fined Rs12m revelations against Chandy, hearing of the new footage. chief minister said that the trict on Thursday evening and yesterday again demanded Chief by a court in Pathanamthitta. his cabinet colleague Revenue Nothing of this sort has ever court’s verdict on Thursday shot at. The militants, who picked Minister Oommen Chandy’s Yesterday, a TV channel aired Minister Adoor Prakash, happened. After Thursday’s was “a victory for the Congress up the journalist with ‘Asomiya resignation after a TV channel footage shot on a spycam in which and former Congress legisla- court verdict, some people are government”. Pratidin’, were identified as mem- broadcast footage of a lawyer for Nair’s counsel Feny Balakrishnan tor Thampanoor Ravi — who unhappy and hence new things He said that the instant case bers of the National Democratic the solar scam accused making is allegedly seen and heard saying according to the advocate has have started to come out,” Chief had surfaced during the rule of Front of Bodoland faction opposed a statement on Chandy and a that Chandy, a few of his cabi- been an intermediary in hand- Minister Oommen Chandy said. earlier Left government. to any peace talks, police said. few of his cabinet colleagues. net colleagues and other senior ing money to Nair — a fresh case “All along, the media had been “They never did anything and Kumar, who received bullet The latest development comes Congress leaders had given money should be registered and Chandy saying that the accused used a dismissed the case as insignifi- injury on his left shoulder, was a day after the two main accused to Nair to settle her cases. should quit,” said Balakrishnan, letter written by me; but the cant. But our government took stated to be out of danger. in the infamous solar scam — CPI-M state secretary Kodiyeri ahead of the Aruvikara assembly court has said it was a forged it to its logical conclusion and “The militants must have Saritha Nair and her live-in part- Balakrishnan told reporters that segment byelection due on June letter. But many in the media the accused have now been sen- assumed him to be dead and ner Biju Radhakrishnan — were Chandy should quit. 27. ignored this point. Is this ethi- tenced,” said Chandy. abandoned him,” police said. sentenced to three years in jail in “In the wake of the fresh “This is the first time I am cal journalism,” he asked. The IANS IANS SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS ECB boosts funding for

Greek banks Switzerland may tighten anti-money Crisis, terror scenarios wrong: Tsipras laundering rules ATHENS/LUXEMBOURG: review the limit again on Monday ZURICH: Switzerland may The European Central Bank night after euro zone government tighten its anti-money launder- expanded emergency funding leaders try to break the deadlock ing laws after a report by a gov- for Greek banks as savers pulled with Athens at an emergency ernment-appointed group found out ¤1.2bn in a single day yes- summit in Brussels. the country was still subject to terday, bankers said, but Prime Greece is on course to default on financial crime. Minister Alexis Tsipras insisted a 1.6 billion euro debt repayment A report from Switzerland’s the nation’s future in the euro it must make to the International interdepartmental group on com- was secure. Monetary Fund on June 30 unless bating money laundering and ter- With the country edging closer the creditors resume funding. rorism financing (CGMT) comes to default at the end of this Tsipras nevertheless exuded amid a corruption scandal sur- month, the leftist leader assured confidence and calm, going ahead rounding Zurich-based FIFA, Greeks that prophets of “crisis with a planned meeting with world soccer’s governing body. and terror” would be confounded, Russian President Vladimir Putin “(The report) shows that and his government would strike on the sidelines of an economic Switzerland is not immune to a deal with European Union and conference in Saint Petersburg. financial crime and is still an IMF creditors. “All those who are betting on attractive location for laun- However, EU officials said euro- crisis and terror scenarios will dering the proceeds of crime zone finance ministers would dis- be proven wrong,” Tsipras said mostly committed abroad,” cuss on Monday how to handle a in a statement issued by his Switzerland’s government said Greek default unless Athens made office while he was in Russia. in a statement. new proposals on reform and aus- “There will be a solution based on Money laundering tied to terity to persuade the creditors to respecting EU rules and democ- sporting organisations was not unlock aid blocked since August. racy which would allow Greece part of the report. European Council President to return to growth in the euro.” Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras prior to a plenary session during Although CGMT found exist- Donald Tusk said no one should Neither he nor Putin made any the St Petersburg International Economic Forum yesterday. ing legislation to be an adequate assume that an emergency sum- mention of the Greek debt cri- response to current risks, it still mit of eurozone leaders he will sis at a joint photo opportunity. recommended eight measures to chair on Monday evening would A Kremlin statement said they Russia, Greece agree on pipeline improve the existing anti-money find a “magic solution”. had discussed “trade and eco- laundering infrastructure. “The game of chicken needs to nomic cooperation between the These include pushing for more end, and so does the blame game. two sides” but gave no details. SAINT PETERSBURG: In the run-up to the forum, countries will jointly own the ven- dialogue between the public and Because this is not a game and Germany, the biggest contribu- Russia and Greece agreed yes- Putin’s aides refused to say ture, ministry spokeswoman Olga private sectors as well as devel- there is no time for any games,” tor to the European bailout loans, terday to sign a preliminary whether Russia would consider Golant said. Russia had previously oping and systemising statistics. Tusk said. held out hope on the chance of a Russianagreement President to build Vladimir a gas Putin pipe- (right) withbailing Greek out Prime Greece, Minister which Alexis has Tsipras proposed (centre) priorfooting to athe plenary bill for session build- After reviewing the report, Bankers said that after Friday’s deal at Monday’s summit. “It’s duringline, thewith St Petersburgthe two Internationalcountries Economicpublicly criticised Forum yesterday. Western sanc- ing a Greek pipeline extension of Switzerland’s government will accelerated outflows, about ¤4.2bn not too late for this and of course coming together amid a rag- tions against Russia over the the Russia-Turkish TurkStream make its recommendations to had flooded out of Greek accounts we hope that such an agreement ing debt crisis in Athens and Ukraine crisis. project, which aims to deliver gas parliament. this week despite central bank is possible,” government spokes- new Western actions against In a sign of increased coopera- to Europe while bypassing Ukraine. Last month, Switzerland efforts to restore calm. “Today man Steffen Seibert said in Berlin. Moscow. tion between the two countries, Moscow announced the crea- announced a criminal investi- was a more difficult day compared But Finance Minister Wolfgang President Vladimir Putin was meanwhile, Russia and Greece tion of the TurkStream pro- gation and seized computers at to yesterday,” one of the bankers Schaeuble, who has taken a hard set to meet Greek Prime Minister earlier Friday signed a prelimi- gramme last year after it FIFA headquarters on the same said. “Monday will likely be tough line with Athens, was less opti- Alexis Tsipras later Friday on the nary deal to set up a joint ven- cancelled its South Stream gas day that the United States shook as well.” mistic. “I’m not sure I’ll be able to sidelines of an investment forum ture building a pipeline through pipeline to southeastern Europe— the sport with the announcement Earlier, a banking source said announce anything sensational or overshadowed by Russia’s eco- Greece. “This is the start of a which was already under con- of indictments of 14 soccer offi- ECB policymakers had raised the new on Monday,” he told reporters. nomic crisis and standoff with large investment project in Greece struction—as relations with the cials and businessmen. limit on Emergency Liquidity The Greek central bank — the West. that is beneficial to the country’s European Union reached a nadir Commenting on the FIFA Assistance — the lifeline keeping which has warned that the coun- Tsipras is among the few guests economy,” Russian energy minis- over Russia’s role in Ukraine. investigation on Wednesday, Greek banks afloat as deposits try’s future in the euro and even of honour at the Saint Petersburg ter Alexander Novak said at the Instead Moscow announced the Switzerland’s attorney gen- dive — for the second time in a in the EU is at risk unless the International Economic Forum, signing ceremony. pipeline to Turkey, which should eral said his team had obtained week. There were contradictory government strikes a deal with and the two leaders are sched- He estimated the cost of build- be operational in December 2016, evidence on 104 relationships reports about the scale of the its creditors — tried to assure uled to discuss the debt crisis in ing the Greek link at around two and told European nations they between banks and clients, each increase, which the ECB never savers that the banking system Greece, which could default on billion euros, adding that the total would need to build their own of which represents several announces. remained stable. looming loan payments and pos- volume of gas pumped will be 47 links to access the gas. accounts. Officials said the ECB would REUTERS sibly leave the eurozone. billion cubic metres. The two AFP REUTERS

Oil down 2pc on Greek woes, weaker market Tax growth pushes UK

NEW YORK: Crude oil fell at 1pm Eastern time (1700 GMT) denominated in the greenback energy-trading desk at Herbert about two percent yesterday, the to decide on further direction. costlier for users of currencies J Sims & Co in Fairfield, borrowing to 8-year low first decline after three days of Brent crude was down $1.40, or like the euro. Connecticut. gains, as worries over the Greek 2.2 percent, at $62.86 a barrel by “Oil markets are not pricing “The gasoline crack is still very LONDON: Strong income tax at Capital Economics said. fiscal crisis, weaker oil products 15:35 GMT. US crude fell $1.12, or much in terms of Greek risk but high,” Morton said, referring to receipts pushed British govern- Friday’s borrowing data offers prices and pre-weekend profit 1.9 percent, to $59.33. most of the European oil demand the profit margin refiners obtain ment borrowing to its lowest the Conservatives some reassur- taking undercut the market. For the week, Brent was nearly growth this year is coming from for “cracking” the motor fuel out May reading since 2007, adding ance that after five years when Petrol and diesel’s proxy, heat- two percent lower, while US the southern countries,” said of crude. to signs that revenue growth spending cuts drove reductions ing oil, led the oil complex lower, crude slipped about one percent. Olivier Jakob of Petromatrix in “There is still a large specu- could play a major role in debt- in the budget deficit, higher tax sliding about three percent as Traders pinned the decline Zug, Switzerland. lator position in my opinion in reduction plans being drafted revenues will play a greater role concerns about their high refin- mostly to fears about Greece as “Therefore, if there was a gasoline.” by finance minister George in future years. ing margins over crude prompted it teetered on the edge of default. Greek default and a contagion of The gasoline crack stood at Osborne. Income tax revenue rose more those who had been bullish on Euro zone leaders will hold an a risk premium to other southern $27 a barrel yesterday, off from The budget deficit fell to than five percent to its highest such products to close out some emergency summit on Monday to European countries, it could have Wednesday’s 3-month high above £10.1bn ($16.05bn) from £12.4bn since May 2011, and combined positions. try and throw a lifeline to Athens. a negative impact on European oil $30 . For heating oil, or diesel, a year earlier, a smaller gap than income tax and social security Market participants will be While the crisis has affected demand.” the crack was above $19, a level economists had forecast. receipts are at a record high. looking out for oil services firm equity and treasury markets Profit-taking in oil products broadly sustained since the end After an unexpected outright Record employment levels and Baker Hughes’ latest weekly more than oil, the dollar’s result- also weighed on crude, said of May. election victory last month for rising wages should ensure fur- reading on the US oil rig count ant rise has made commodities Donald Morton, who runs an REUTERS the Conservative party to which ther growth. Osborne belongs, he has said he Osborne failed in his original will use a budget statement on goal of almost eliminating a 10 July 8 to set out plans to com- percent budget deficit during the Call for new truck rules mit future governments to run 2010-15 parliament, as growth Total, Impex get budget surpluses during normal and tax revenue proved much economic times. weaker than forecast. In March 30pc stake in That is something with little he pledged to run surpluses from precedent in post-war Britain, the 2018/19 tax year. Indonesia gas block and it could help reduce public Even if tax revenues improve, debt faster after it to reach a big cuts in spending on welfare JAKARTA: Indonesia record £1.5 trillion in May, more and government services are still announced yesterday it will than 80 percent of gross domestic to come. Revised statistics office grant a 30 percent stake of the product. figures showed the deficit stood at Mahakam gas block to be shared Osborne says debt needs to fall 4.9 percent of GDP in the year to between French Total and substantially as a share of GDP March, higher than most devel- Japanese Inpex, while giving the before another financial crisis hits oped countries. majority stake to state-owned Britain, though economists at the Osborne has asked government oil firm Pertamina in 2018. International Monetary Fund and departments to find extra spend- Total, along with Inpex, has OECD have questioned how fast ing cuts for the current tax year, been running Mahakam, a huge this should be done. and many economists expect him natural gas block offshore of East Either way, it may not be to use July’s budget statement to Kalimantan province, since 1967. enough to save Britain’s last smooth the path of cuts set out Total has expressed it wanted to con- remaining triple-A sovereign rat- in March. tinue operating the block when the ing, which Standard & Poor’s put “Instead of sticking to the contract expires at the end of 2017. on a negative outlook last week March budget profile over the However, the government because the Conservatives’ plan next three years, the chancel- wanted Pertamina to take over to hold a referendum by the end lor could ‘ease the squeeze’ on the block. “The consideration of 2017 on whether to stay in the expenditure by averaging out the for the stake allocation is that European Union risked damaging next four years’ figures,” Investec Pertamina should really play the the economy. economist Philip Shaw said. role of an operator which con- “With a long way to go in order This would reduce annual cuts trolled the majority of interest,” Trucks line up at the Port of Long Beach, in Long Beach, California. US environmental regulators are set to to restore the public finances to to departments’ spending to 1.8 energy minister Sudirman Said propose rules to make trucks more fuel efficient as part of the Obama administration’s effort to curb green- better health, a major reintensifi- percent rather than 3.7 percent, told reporters. house gas emissions. cation of the fiscal squeeze is loom- Shaw said. AFP ing,” analyst Paul Hollingsworth REUTERS SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 Saudi crude Odebrecht CEO oil exports slip in April arrested in AL KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia’s April crude exports fell by 161,000 barrels per day (bpd) as domestic refiners processed more cr ude, officia l data showe d. Petrobras probe Exports fell to 7.737 million bpd from 7.898 million in March when they hit their highest levels in almost a decade. Executives accused of running cartel Domestic refiners processed 2.224 million bpd, up 315,000 bpd SAO PAULO: Brazilian police Andrade Gutierrez said it was from 1.909 million bpd in March, yesterday arrested Marcelo also cooperating with the investi- figures supplied by Riyadh to Odebrecht, the head of Latin gation, but had no connection to the Joint Organisations Data America’s largest engineer- the so-called “Lava Jato” opera- Initiative (JODI) showed. ing and construction company tion at Petrobras. JODI compiles data supplied Odebrecht SA, ensnaring the Neither Azevedo nor Odebrecht from oil-producing members of most high-profile executive to have been formally charged and global organisations including date in the corruption inves- it was not clear how long they the International Energy Agency tigation at state-run oil firm would be detained. Arrests of (IEA) and the Organization of the Petrobras. other top Brazilian executives Petroleum Exporting Countries In morning raids that net- resulted in months-long pre-trial (Opec). ted 12 arrests in four states, incarceration. Saudi Arabia has traditionally police also apprehended Otavio The “Lava Jato” probe, cen- been the world’s biggest exporter Marques Azevedo, head of tered on Petroleo Brasileiro SA, of crude and the kingdom’s rapid Andrade Gutierrez, the second- as the oil major is formally known, transition into one of the largest largest Brazilian construction has led to the indictments of more A pilot and mechanics of “The Patrouille de France” at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget yesterday. oil refiners adds an extra dimen- firm Andrade Gutierrez. than 100 people and implicated sion to global oil markets. A lead prosecutor, Carlos dozens of politicians, most of them The growth puts its national oil Fernando dos Santos Limas, said from President Dilma Rousseff’s Robots to take over immigration jobs company Saudi Aramco’s owned he had “no doubt” Odebrecht and Workers’ Party. or equity stakes in refining at 5.4 Andrade Gutierrez led what he Since March, the country’s million bpd, at least 40 percent called a “cartel” that overcharged comptroller general has been inves- LE BOURGET, France: New person’s identity without the need data on more than 100 million above a decade ago. Petrobras for work and passed on tigating the alleged cartel of two airport technologies unveiled for human border staff. passengers from up to 230 airlines Aramco itself markets more the excess funds to executives and dozen construction firms thought at the Paris Air Show this “You would only need one agent per year. than 3 million bpd of that, tying politicians. to have moved $2.1bn in bribes. week promise robots replacing for every four or five machines,” It sifts through the records, it with Shell as the world’s fourth- While the arrests were some- The scandal has blocked the immigration officers and much said Pascal Zenoni, a Thales man- checking against over 300 behav- largest oil refiner. what expected, they nevertheless construction firms, including faster identification of criminals ager presenting the equipment at ioural “warning signs”—signals In April, the kingdom’s oil out- raised hopes among Brazilians Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez, through their biometric data. the air show. the company is loathe to discuss put inched up to its highest rate that the investigation would not from doing business with Petrobras French electrical systems com- “These systems can free up in detail. on record at 10.308 million bpd spare some of the most power- since December 2014 and econo- pany Thales premiered its new staff for the police and create It also checks it against Interpol from 10.294 million bpd in March, ful people in a country where mists say the subsequent paraly- equipment designed to speed up more space in the airport,” he and other police records, search- according to JODI. the wealthy have enjoyed relative sis in projects has contributed to passage through airports. added. ing primarily for terrorists and An executive from Saudi impunity. Brazil’s descent into recession. In their vision of the future, The passenger’s face is also organised criminals. Aramco said last week his country “The objective of the operation Rousseff, who was chairwoman passengers will no longer deal printed in encrypted form on the Morpho is a world leader in is ready to increase output in the is to bring a clear message that of the Petrobras board during the with check-in desks — an inno- boarding pass so that it can be criminal identification, running coming months to a new record the law applies to everyone, no presidency of Luiz Inacio Lula de vation already making inroads in scanned by staff at the gate for a biometric systems for the FBI and to meet a rise in global demand, matter the size of the company, Silva, has denied knowledge of the many airports. final identity check. other clients. despite increased domestic use. its place in society or its economic corruption scandal and urged a To take that even further, Thales hopes to build on its Although similar systems The kingdom burns more crude power,” federal police agent Igor thorough investigation. She has Thales has designed a machine expertise as the maker of biomet- already exist at airports in the to generate power for air-condi- Romario de Paula said at a news not been implicated. that not only scans passports and ric passports and ID cards for 25 United States, Safran says cur- tioning heading into summer. conference alongside prosecutors The 46-year-old Odebrecht is prints boarding passes, but also countries, including France. rent competitors throw up too in Curitiba, where the investiga- the third generation leader of the records an image of the passen- Meanwhile, in another air show many errant warnings, and can IMF reviews Somali tion is based. privately held company and wields ger’s face and iris, which are then stand, competitors Safran dis- take months to alter. Odebrecht, which has 200,000 considerable influence with lead- shared with computers around cussed their new systems for cop- “Our priority has always been economy for first workers and a presence in 21 ers throughout Latin America. the airport. ing with the giant amount of data to reduce the number of false countries and big contracts Last month federal prosecutors The images are already in being collected on passengers. alarms,” said Samuel Fringant, time in 25 years throughout the Americas and opened a separate investigation into the system when the passen- Their new analytical system from Morpho’s Security Division. Africa, said the arrests were whether Lula improperly used his ger arrives at the immigration from subsidiary Morpho, which “Our system adapts constantly NAIROBI: The International “unnecessary” because it was col- connections to benefit Odebrecht. desk, allowing a tall, white robot begins live testing in France in from the information it receives.” Monetary Fund has completed laborating with investigators. REUTERS to automatically confirm the September, is expected to gather AFP its first economic consultation on Somalia in more than 25 years, saying the economy of the nation that is rebuilding after decades of conflict grew by 3.7 percent in 2014. Ukraine to make Russian debt payment despite default threat Somalia’s growth may lag oth- ers in the region but the govern- ment will be encouraged by the KIEV: Ukraine’s finance min- The coupon covers a $3bn it matures in December. Cash- the principal’s value slashed and Ukraine’s economic growth fore- mere fact that an annual IMF ister said yesterday that Kiev loan Moscow extended to former strapped Ukraine is urgently try- the coupons’ payments reduced cast turned worse, today Ukraine Article IV consultation has taken would make the next interest Ukrainian president Viktor ing to find a way to save $15.3bn and delayed. is sending the (private) creditors’ place, marking a step to rehabili- payment on a disputed Russian Yanukovych in the wake of his over the coming four years. Earlier reports said the committee a revised debt restruc- tation, even if the team held dis- loan it had threatened to stop shock December 2013 decision to The potential savings form a restructuring package being pro- turing offer,” Jaresko said. cussions in Nairobi. servicing. ditch a landmark EU alliance and part of a $40bn global rescue pack- posed by Kiev would see the US “The updated proposal includes “Economic activity is estimated “Two days ago, we paid $39m preserve closer ties with Russia. age that also includes IMF lending funds get back about 60 cents on a considerable reduction of the to have expanded by 3.7 percent in for (Western-held) Eurobonds, The pro-Western leadership and is meant to keep the strategic the dollar. principal, an extension of the debt 2014, driven by growth in agricul- and we will also pay $75m to cover that emerged after three months former Soviet country from going The group of four holds about servicing terms, and changes to the ture, construction and telecom- the so-called Russian bonds,” of protests over that decision has bankrupt and into default. two-thirds of the debt Ukraine is interest payment,” the US-born munications,” the IMF said in a Natalie Jaresko said. denounced the loan as little more Jaresko said tough rounds trying to delay repaying and has Ukrainian finance minister said. statement at the end of its June Russia had warned it would ask than a Kremlin bribe and recently of separate negotiations with firmly rejected the proposed deal. The so-called Ad-hoc 8-18 mission. the International Court of Justice tried to delay its repayment. Ukraine’s private Western lend- Yet Jaresko argued that Committee of Bondholders to “With modest progress on the in The Hague to declare Ukraine But Moscow — already accused ers will continue next week. Ukraine — its already dire 2015 Ukraine said in a letter pub- security front and an absence of in default if it failed to make a by Kiev and the West of orches- But she stressed that Ukraine economic outlook slashed earlier lished in the Financial Times on drought, medium-term annual scheduled $75m interest payment trating and supporting the pro- still expected those creditors — this month by the Fund to a con- Wednesday that “a haircut sends growth should be about 5 percent. today. Russian uprising in Ukraine’s comprised of four US financial traction of 9.0 percent —f aced no the wrong signal to global capital Nevertheless, growth will remain Jaresko said the money would separatist east — has refused to titans who include the likes of alternative but to insist on the markets when Ukraine can least inadequate to redress poverty and be delivered on Monday because negotiate and still expects the Franklin Templeton — to take a tough debt restructuring terms. afford to be shunned.” gender disparities,” it said. Saturday was a bank holiday. bond’s principal returned when so-called “haircut” that will see “Considering that recently AFP AGENCIES

Salt production in Senegal Peugeot factory in Morocco will have BoJ to stand pat on 90,000 vehicles asset buying scheme capacity TOKYO: The Bank of Japan short-lived surge in the currency. PARIS: PSA Peugeot Citroen’s held fire on more stimulus yes- He later backtracked on those proposed new plant in Morocco terday as it pointed to a pick-up comments. will have an initial annual pro- in the economy, despite flat- While the yen’s sharp decline duction capacity of 90,000 vehi- lining inflation that has defied has been good news for Japanese cles and engines, which may a two-year-old monetary easing exporters, it has pushed up the eventually be doubled, a union programme. cost of imports and eroded con- representative at the French In a widely expected decision, sumers’ purchasing power. carmaker said. the central bank said it would In Friday forex trading, the Peugeot was expected to stand pat on a record 80 tril- dollar bought 122.99 yen, little announce plans for the new fac- lion yen ($650bn) annual asset- changed from before yester- tory, to be set up near the city of buying scheme that is aimed at day’s statement and slightly Kenitra, later yesterday. A source jacking up prices and kickstarting stronger than 122.93 yen in close to Peugeot said last month growth. New York. that the carmaker could unveil The bank also said it would “Japan’s economy has continued plans for a factory as early as June move to improve its communi- to recover moderately,” the BoJ as it responds to a boom in demand cation by issuing more frequent said Friday following its two-day in Africa and the Middle East. and detailed reports on its out- meeting. The site would produce models look for the economy and prices, Policymakers pointed to an the size of the Peugeot 208 compact while cutting the number of policy improvement in exports, factory and 308 hatchback cars. Peugeot’s meetings to eight from the cur- output and capital spending, as move comes three years after rent 14 a year. Tokyo pushes companies to hike Renault set up a low-cost assembly A Senegalese worker puts salt in a cart with a shovel at the Ndieumou salt fields, near Fatick, western Traders are now waiting for a wages in a bid to stimulate con- plant in Tangiers to build vehicles Senegal. Salt harvesting, despite harsh working conditions, is carried out by men and women operating in a regular news briefing from BoJ sumer spending, after a sales tax for export to the Mediterranean challenging environment for their skin and eyes. Senegal is the largest salt producer in West Africa, and its chief Haruhiko Kuroda, whose rise last year pushed Japan into basin and Europe. production is regulated and controlled for the iodine levels. comments last week about the a brief recession. REUTERS weakness of the yen sparked a AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS VIEWS Malaysian leader gets a Health stocks face boot needed dose of real talk BY WILLIAM PESEK

sia-based journalists have missed Mahathir Mohamad since after Russell rebalance he left office in 2003. The former Malaysian prime minis- ter’s mercurial governing style and fiery rhetoric made for A BY CHUCK MIKOLAJCZAK great copy. I was in a Hong Kong ballroom in 1997 when Mahathir as low as $177m will be added to the of America Merrill Lynch said, based on the — the man credited with turning the agricultural backwater Kuala Russell 2000 index, forcing the index- preliminary announcement. Lumpur, which literally means “muddy river,” into one of Asia’s he Russell 2000 index of small mimicking managers to buy the shares. “Healthcare stocks have been really strong most impressive skylines — responded to his country’s crashing company stocks will lose some Those companies include Advaxis Inc, performers and their market cap is going to economy by castigating hedge fund managers. He singled out heavy hitters from the health- Neogenomics Inc, Aduro Bioech Inc and be above the $4.3bn or so cut off point” for George Soros as a “moron.” care sector when FTSE Russell XBiotech Inc. the Russell 2000 index, said Steve DeSanctis, Mahathir now has a new target — Najib Razak, Malaysia’s cur- rebalances its indexes at the end Through the close on June 18, the Russell small cap strategist at Bank of America rent prime minister. The daily squabbling between Najib and his Tof the month, depriving the index of com- 2000 had risen 7.92 percent on a total Merrill Lynch in New York. Basically, the predecessor has unsettled Malaysian markets, with the ringgit panies that provided much of its growth return basis, with 4.76 percentage points, index “is getting rid of a few big ones and falling to its lowest value in a decade. But Najib has nobody to this year. or about 60 percent of the total advance in getting a bunch of smaller ones being added.” blame but himself for the attacks, given the country’s underlying Rebalancing the Russell 2000 and the the index, coming from healthcare com- Funds following the Russell 2000 index economic distress. Malaysia’s prolonged slow growth, which has Russell 1000 happens once a year, mainly panies, according to ETF.com data since will sell those health care companies as Fitch now threatening a downgrade of the country’s credit ratings, on the basis of changes in market capitaliza- the rebalance in the prior year by Russell soon as the final rebalancing is announced traces back to Najib’s refusal, or inability, to make good on his tion. As companies move from one index to on June 27. at the end of June; some active managers pledges to dismantle race-based policies that strangle innovation, another, managers of index-following funds About $45 billion in index fund assets have already made trades in advance of the feed cronyism and repel multinational companies. You don’t have are forced to buy or sell shares so as the track the Russell 2000 index, slightly more Russell announcement. to take Mahathir’s word for it — Malaysia’s most successful entre- mimic the performance of the index. That than double the $22.1 billion invested in Healthcare companies have seen $260 bil- preneurs say the same thing. Just ask Tony Fernandes of AirAsia. means they’ll have to sell some healthcare Russell 1000-tracking index funds, accord- lion in merger and acquisition activity over The man often referred to Asia’s Richard Branson has been shares, just as those shares hover near their ing to Morningstar. the last year, the second biggest M&A sec- waging his own battle with the government on Twitter. Fernandes peaks. The automatic selling of healthcare tor behind energy at $265bn, according to has been decrying, 140 characters at a time, the Malaysian gov- Anywhere between 25 to 40 stocks have shares could protect investors in Russell Thomson Reuters data. Should that activity ernment’s misguided priorities and its utter lack of accountability. become too big for the Russell 2000, and will 2000-tracking funds by locking in some begin to slow, it could signal a component “Government and opposition spend so much time on race and reli- move to the large cap Russell 1000 , ana- of their profits while the sector is riding behind the fast growth of small cap health- gion. Will there ever be a truly Malaysian party that puts people lysts said. About ten of those will be from high, though it could also force them to care names is starting to dwindle just as first?” he tweeted recently. Another message reads: “Good educa- the healthcare industry, the largest shift leave some future earnings on the table. they move out of the Russell 2000. tion, good hospitals, fair distribution of wealth, an economy that of any sector. As a result of the strength among biotechs Investors in the larger cap funds could see creates jobs, honest clean government. Transparent leadership.” Stocks in the sector that are expected within healthcare, Bank of America Merrill their weighting of healthcare stocks inch up My favourite was Fernandes’s take on the kind of national cul- to be promoted to the larger cap index Lynch has recommended investors be selec- from 14.6 percent to 14.8 percent, according ture the government should be cultivating: “Where all Malaysians include Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc, up about tive in the group as gains may be harder to to BofA/Merrill. respect each other’s culture, religion but work together to benefit 86 percent since the last rebalance; Puma come by. “Those forty names coming into the all. If you need an example look at AirAsia.” Biotechnology Inc, up more than 105 per- Healthcare stocks constituted 16.4 per- Russell 2000, those are the ones that are This last point deserves closer attention. AirAsia has admit- cent over the same time frame; Intrexon cent of the Russell 2000 on June 12, just more likely to show the dynamic growth tedly had a rocky six months, beginning in December with its Corp, up 101.3 percent; and Bluebird Bio before Russell announced a preliminary - or the dynamic failure,” said Chad Dale, first crash (killing all 155 on board) and culminating in today’s Inc , up 334 percent. list of additions and deletions. After the Director of Index Research at ITG in share-price plunge (its accounting practices are being questioned At the same time, about 40 other reweighting at the end of the month, health- Toronto. by GMT Research). But Fernandes has earned his status as a healthcare companies with market caps care will be 15.5 percent of the index, Bank REUTERS major player — and Malaysia’s most recognizable face — on the global stage. With his Bransonesque daring and social-media savvy, the billionaire Formula One team owner personifies the heights to which the Malaysian economy might climb if the country’s dysfunctional politics didn’t stand in the way. Indeed, AirAsia might never have gotten off the ground if Najib had been in office at the time of its inception, rather than Mahathir. Fernandes had three big strikes against him when he started out 14 years ago: He’s not Malay (the majority ethnicity coddled by Malaysia’s affirmative-action policies); he was intent on challenging the flagship Malaysian Airlines; and he was starting an airline just as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US was sending the industry into the throes of an existential crisis. Nonetheless, Mahathir’s government gave Fernandes the green light to create the company. In the interim, AirAsia has literally changed the world. Although the company’s “Now Everyone Can Fly” slogan seemed somewhat trite at the time of its founding, it has gone on to inspire myriad developing-world copycats. Malaysia needs more homegrown success stories that raise liv- ing standards and the country’s global status. Sadly, when Malaysia makes headlines these days, they’re often about the government’s dysfunction — whether the never-ending effort to jail opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges, legal tussles over who exactly is permitted to utter the word “Allah,” or clueless casti- gations of foreign tourists (a group of whom allegedly caused an earthquake by taking nude photos atop Mount Kinabalu). Since becoming prime minister in 2009, Najib should have worked to level Malaysia’s playing field for would-be entrepre- neurs. Instead, he has protected race-based quotas and deepened the economy’s reliance on oil and gas production. Najib seems to be more concerned about retaining power for his ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, which has been in power for almost six decades, than attending to the aspirations of Malaysia’s 30 million people. Meanwhile, some of his supposed reforms are dragging down the economy. A case in point is 1Malaysia Development, the state investment company Najib created, and which Mahathir claims is missing “huge sums of money” and buckling under debt. The scan- dal has contributed to the plunging of Malaysia’s currency some 13 percent over the past 12 months. The ringgit’s fluctuations are a decent summary of the country’s wayward course in recent years. It’s now close to 3.80 to the dollar, the level where Mahathir pegged it during the 1997-1998 Asian crisis. Mahathir now says it may be time to peg the currency anew to stabilize it. That speaks to how little progress Najib has made internationalizing the economy -- and how urgent new political leadership (or a return to old political leadership, as it were) would be for entrepreneurs like Fernandes. WP-BLOOMBERG Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate Jokowi’s economic teething problems seen in dentist’s chair BY CHRIS BRUMMITT, “The squeeze is being felt,” plans to boost infrastructure about 10 times as many as in the Even if Jokowi does manage to Producers Association, says it’s HARRY SUHARTONO and said Gundy Cahyadi, an econo- spending,” the report said. United States. That makes new inject capital into the economy, worse than during the global HERDARU PURNOMO mist at DBS Group Holdings in Loan applications from state bike sales a weather vane for the the nation is still heavily reliant financial crisis. Singapore. If everyone thinks the building companies will show economy. on a global recovery in resources. “We saw volumes drop in 2008, economy is going to keep sliding, whether the work is beginning, “Sales are dropping,” said Palm oil, metals and fossil fuels but it was not as bad as it is now,” ince the economic “nobody will spend, no one will said Wisnu Wardana, an econo- Hazurli, 35, a salesman at a accounted for about half the said Lukman, whose group counts downturn in Indonesia invest.” mist at Bank CIMB Niaga in Honda showroom in the city country’s exports in 2013. PT Unilever Indonesia and the began to take its toll, With monetary policy ham- Jakarta. of Palembang on the island of During the boom years, local unit of Coca-Cola Co among patients waiting to strung by Asia’s highest inflation Monthly import data are Sumatra. A year ago, the shop Indonesia’s economy was clock- its 410 members. see dentist Deasy and no sign of an export recovery, another indication. Imports fell was selling at least 20 bikes a ing growth of more than 6 per- A rise in consumer confidence SKusdiandi increasingly have one it’s up to President Joko Widodo 21 percent in May from a year month. “Now if we sell 10 units cent a year. The World Bank last month from its lowest level thing in common: pain. to jump-start a recovery by fulfill- earlier, partly hit by the seven we’re very happy.” forecasts growth will drop to 4.7 since September 2013 indicates “They’re coming only if they ing his promises to spend more percent slump this year in the Instead, folks are heading percent this year, crimped partly consumption may pick up later need to,” said Kusdiandi, 38, than $400bn on infrastructure rupiah. That should reverse by down the street to Muhammad by lower earnings from mines and in the year, Bank Indonesia said whose 14-year-old practice in cen- projects. the fourth quarter if the presi- Hasyim’s second-hand dealer- plantations. on Thursday. tral Jakarta has seen a 50 percent Gauging whether he’s suc- dent, known as Jokowi, spends ship, where sales have gone from “We work hard but end up In the meantime, shops are drop in patients in the past two ceeding in overcoming the red his budget soon and people start one or two units a month to five. getting very little,” said rubber pinning their hopes for a tempo- months as people cancel routine tape and land disputes that have buying more foreign goods again, “People say used motorcycles planter Masna in South Sumatra, rary boost on the Muslim month work like checkups, whitening held up some of those projects said Cahyadi at DBS. are cheaper and not much dif- who sells melons and apples from of Ramadan, which started on and polishing. “Lately, the reason for years, will revolve around Food inflation, the rupiah’s ferent from new ones. I’m very a market stall to help feed his Thursday. Employers are man- they come is for toothache.” key data sets over the next six depreciation and fuel-subsidy cuts happy.” three children after earnings dated to give workers a double Clinics, motorbike sellers, food months, according to banks and have skewed retail sales figures as Motorbike sales fell in May to from his rubber trees fell to a salary, and the nation’s 205 mil- companies and department stores economists. an indicator of consumer behavior their lowest since August 2012. quarter of what he used to get a lion Muslims buy clothes and gifts are grappling with a decline One is the monthly government over the past two years, econo- “We are now almost entering few years ago. “I don’t know what and prepare nightly feasts. in private consumption, which construction contracts awarded to mists say. a recession,” said Herwidayatmo, to do.” “This is the moment for us to accounts for more than half of the state-owned companies, accord- If sustained spending does chief executive of PT Bank Pan As farmers and miners tighten recover some of the losses,” said economy. The nation’s 250 mil- ing to a report by Jakarta-based pick up, one place that will show Indonesia, who expects profit to their purse strings, retailers suf- Tutum Rahanta, vice chairman of lion people are caught between brokerage Danareksa Sekuritas. it is the motorbike showroom. be flat this year because of slower fer, especially in the regions away the Indonesian Retail Merchants soaring food prices and a slump Figures between now and August Indonesia is still largely a nation business from individuals and from the capital Jakarta on Java Association. “If it doesn’t, then we in earnings from plantations and “will potentially provide the first of two wheels, with nearly 90 companies. “The most important island. Adhi Lukman, chairman really are in trouble.” mines. indication of the government’s million bikes on the road, or thing for us is to keep surviving.” of the Indonesia Food & Beverage WP-BLOOMBERG SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 CLASSIFIEDS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 17

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[email protected] SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 British track and field star denies taking drugs

LONDON: Britain’s double 18-month period (now reduced to never any suggestion that these and said he would seek assurances Olympic champion Mo Farah 12) would almost certainly have were anything more than simple from Salazar, with whom he has has denied ever taking per- resulted in a ban that would have mistakes.” worked since 2011. formance-enhancing drugs and probably ruled him out of the American Salazar, who has “He reassured me that the British said rumours and speculation London 2012 Olympic Games, worked as a consultant for claims are false and that he will double over his career after the revela- where he won gold in the 5,000 British Athletics since 2013, has soon be providing evidence to tion that he missed two drugs and 10,000 metres. denied the allegations, saying the make that clear. Until then I will Olympic tests “are completely false”. “I have never taken perform- BBC and US website ProPublica not be commenting further on the champion The 32-year-old has been under ance-enhancing drugs in my life had engaged in “inaccurate and allegations.” Mo Farah the spotlight since his coach and I never will,” Farah said in unfounded journalism”. UK Athletics are currently speaking Alberto Salazar was accused of a statement published on his Farah, who was not accused conducting a formal review into at a press violating anti-doping rules in a Facebook page yesterday. of any wrongdoing in the BBC the relationship between Salazar conference BBC documentary earlier this “Over the course of my career documentary, withdrew from and Farah, which is expected to in Doha, in month. I have taken hundreds of drugs a Diamond League meeting in be completed by the first week in this May This week Britain’s Daily Mail tests and every single one has Birmingham earlier this month August. 14, 2015 file reported that Farah had missed been negative. after expressing anger over the Farah announced on photo. two out-of-competition doping “I’ve fully explained the only allegations made about his con- Wednesday he will return to tests in 2010 and 2011. two tests in my career that I have sultant Salazar. competitive action at the Monaco At the time, the rules meant ever missed, which the authori- Farah was upset his name had Diamond League meeting on July that a third missed test within an ties understood, and there was “been dragged through the mud” 17. REUTERS

Lemieux vows Johnson, Stenson excel at to ‘destroy’ N’Dam in IBF title clash

US Open, Woods cards 80 MONTREAL: David Lemieux and Hassan N’Dam clash today for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) mid- World No.1 McIlroy cards four bogeys en route to 72 in first round dleweight world title, both eye- ing elite status in one of boxing’s WASHINGTON: Dustin told reporters. “It’s firm but you hottest divisions. Johnson and Henrik Stenson could control your golf ball, for Canada’s Lemieux is an explo- set the first-round pace at the sure. Today I controlled my ball sive puncher who hopes a title US Open on Thursday on a very well. The confidence is def- will put him in line for potentially day of remarkable highs and initely there. I feel really good lucrative bouts with the likes lows as Tiger Woods shot an about where I’m at and going into of unbeaten Kazakh Gennady 80, his fourth-worst score as a tomorrow.” Golovkin – holder of the World professional. Stenson joined Johnson at the Boxing Association belt – and the American Johnson and Swede top after draining a 20-foot birdie devastating Miguel Cotto. Stenson fired matching five- putt on the 18th for a homeward Puerto Rican star Cotto will under-par 65s on a firm and nine of four-under 31. defend his World Boxing Council fast-running Chambers Bay lay- “It was a good day,” said the title against Saul “Canelo” Alvarez out while Phil Mickelson made an Swedish world number six. “I was later this year. encouraging start with a 69. striking it nicely, which led to a “It’s extremely important,” The long-hitting Johnson piled lot of birdie opportunities for me. Lemieux said of the title tilt up six birdies and a lone bogey “I felt like I was really keep- against Cameroon-born French to finish level with Stenson, who ing my patience and a level head former world champion N’Dam. birdied four of his last five holes out there. I hit some beautiful “Of course, every fight is at the British Open-style venue putts and managed to slip a few extremely important, but espe- in the year’s second major, being in there. It was a good way to fin- cially this one,” he said. played for the first time in the ish the day.” “I’ve been waiting for a long Pacific Northwest. Mickelson, who is yearning to time to be able to become a world They were one stroke ahead complete a career Grand Slam of champion. It is my time,” added of American Patrick Reed, the four majors by winning his the 26-year-old, who has won while Americans Matt Kuchar, first US Open, was “very pleased” eight straight fights since endur- Ben Martin and amateur Brian after a round that included four ing back-to-back defeats in 2011. Campbell trailed by two. birdies and three bogeys. With 31 of his 33 career victo- “I hit the ball really well ... had “I hit a lot of good shots today,” ries coming by knockout, Lemieux a lot of good looks at birdie all Mickelson, a runner-up at the US believes he has the warrior men- day,” Johnson, who like Stenson Open a record six times, said. “I tality that fight fans crave – and is seeking a first major title, shot under par the first day of the that makes him a worthy oppo- US Open. nent for the division’s best. “The first round was the round “I want to destroy people and US Open First I was going to be most nervous at, win the fight. That’s what people getting started. You don’t want to want to see,” he said. “They want Round Scores have to fight to come back all the to feel that rush, and that’s the 65 Dustin Johnson (USA), Henrik Stenson time. You want to get off to a solid way I fight.” (SWE) start around par. I’m very pleased The 33-2 Lemieux and N’Dam 66 Patrick Reed (USA) with the way the round went.” Henrik Stenson of Sweden waits on the fifth green during the first round of the 115th US Open Championship – 31-1 with 18 knockouts – will 67 Matt Kuchar (USA), Ben Martin (USA), It was an average morning for at Chambers Bay on Thursday in University Place, Washington. INSET: Tiger Woods of the United States reacts be fighting for the title stripped Brian Campbell (USA) Northern Ireland’s world number on the 18th green during the first round. in February from Jermain Taylor, 68 Cody Gribble (USA), Jason Dufner (USA), one Rory McIlroy. Seeking his who is contesting assault charges Jordan Spieth (USA), Joost Luiten (NED), fifth major victory, he birdied his in Arkansas. Francesco Molinari (ITA), Marc Warren second hole but never got into top difficult conditions of the after- of his 14 major titles at the 2008 “Not very happy, that’s for While Lemieux is promising an (SCO), Jason Day (AUS) gear as he struggled on the greens noon as the course firmed up, was US Open, endured a nightmare sure,” Woods said after racking up “eye-opening” fight in Montreal, 69 Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Miguel Ángel Jiménez to return a 72. delighted to open with a 68. day at Chambers Bay. eight bogeys, a triple at the par- the 31-year-old N’Dam says (ESP), Branden Grace (RSA), Colin “I need to find a rhythm in my “It was a good solid day,” said Wayward off the tee, the former four 14th and a solitary birdie. he’s not concerned about the Montgomerie (SCO), Shane Lowry (IRL), stroke over the next three days, the 21-year-old Texan. “To shoot world number one toiled away in “It was a tough day. Got off to a Canadian’s power. Phil Mickelson (USA), Kevin Chappell work a bit on the putting green,” two under at the US Open, I bunkers and thick fescue rough bad start ... and then just couldn’t “I have fought better punchers (USA), Brian Harman (USA), Brandt said McIlroy. “Hopefully it will be would have signed for that before before ending his round with a quite get it turned around today. than him and I have the ability to Snedeker (USA), Charlie Beljan (USA), better tomorrow.” I started.” bogey at the par-five 18th where “For some reason I just can’t fight any kind of style and I will Tony Finau (USA), Ollie Schniederjans Masters champion Jordan Woods, who has been struggling he cold-topped a three-wood from get the consistency that I’d like adapt to his style and beat him at (USA) Spieth, who played in the more for form and won the most recent the middle of the fairway. to have out there.” REUTERS his own game,” the former World Boxing Organization champ said. The build-up to the fight has been marked by complaints from N’Dam’s camp over the appoint- ment of a Canadian referee and one Canadian judge, as well as a Two million fans cheer Chicago at parade, rally purse division that N’Dam’s han- dlers say leaves their man short- changed. AFP CHICAGO: The streets and 2010 and 2013 because it followed Internet disappeared within min- sidewalks of downtown Chicago a tougher road through the regu- utes on Wednesday. were a sea of red on Thursday lar season and play-offs. “The fact Kaitlyn Biesiada of Chicago was Baseball Results as two million fans streamed that it wasn’t as easy as the last unable to get a ticket herself but in for a parade and rally to cel- two, it made it even more special,” got one from a friend. Philadelphia 2 Baltimore 1 ebrate the Chicago Blackhawks’ said Greg Halac, 27, of McHenry, “Being only 19 and going to Minnesota 2 St Louis 1 Stanley Cup championship Illinois, north of Chicago, wearing two Stanley Cup rallies - that’s a title, the third for the National a jersey honoring retired defence- pretty awesome experience,” she Houston 8 Colorado 4 Hockey League (NHL) team in man Chris Chelios. said, snapping cell phone pic- San Diego 3 Oakland 1 six seasons. Fans were also thrilled the tures with her girlfriends wear- Revelers bunched up behind team clinched the Cup on home ing Blackhawks T-shirts on the LA Angels 7 Arizona 1 metal barricades, screaming: “Go ice for the first time since 1938. region’s rapid transit system. Hawks,” blowing horns and hold- The official crowd count for Chicago is known as a big NY Yankees 9 Miami 4 ing up miniature versions of the the rally and parade was 2 mil- sports town but championships Tampa Bay 5 Washington 3 silver cup to greet Hawks players lion, the same as in 2013, said city can be rare. The White Sox passing on double-decker buses. spokeswoman Melissa Stratton. baseball team last won it all in Toronto 7 NY Mets 1 Fans in the country’s third-larg- This year’s rally was at Soldier 2005, the Bulls basketball team Boston 5 Atlanta 2 est city said they were not weary Field, home of the National in 1998 and the Bears in 1985. No of celebrating yet another cham- Football League’s Chicago Bears. one beats the dismal record of Cleveland 4 Chicago Cubs 3 pionship and came out despite the Previous celebrations had been baseball’s Cubs, who last won the threat of thunderstorms. held in downtown Grant Park, but World Series in 1908. Kansas City 3 Milwaukee 2 Some said this year’s cham- recent heavy rains led officials to With that history, the success Pittsburgh 3 C White Sox 2 pionship, capped by a six-game switch the venue to protect the of the Blackhawks is that much Duncan Keith lifts the trophy as he rides with other members of the victory over the Tampa Bay public park’s grass. sweeter, fans said. “At least we Chicago Blackhawks in a parade through downtown to celebrate their San Francisco 7 Seattle 0 Lightning in the Stanley Cup The more than 61,000 free tick- have one good team,” said Roy winning of the Stanley Cup on Thursday in Chicago, Illinois. LA Dodgers 1 Texas 0 Final, was even better than in ets at Soldier Field offered on the Peterson, 27. REUTERS SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT ICC fines Dhoni SL gain upper hand over and Mustafizur for physical contact

DHAKA: India captain Pakistan after Silva’s 125 Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman were fined Galle Test: Tourists reel at 118-5 in reply to hosts’ 300 on third day yesterday for “deliberate physi- cal contact” during the first One Day International between the GALLE, Sri Lanka: Sri in the sixth over, had Azhar Ali sides, the International Cricket Lanka’s bowlers ripped through leg-before in his third over of the England call Council (ICC) said in a state- Pakistan’s top order in dra- match. ment yesterday. matic fashion to leave the tour- Veterans Younis Khan (47) Bairstow as The two players were found to ists struggling on the scheduled and skipper Misbah-ul Haq (20) have breached the ICC code of third day of the first Test in attempted to rebuild with a conduct relating to “inappropri- Galle yesterday. 51-run stand for the fourth wicket Sri Lanka’s cover for Buttler ate and deliberate physical con- After opener Kaushal Silva hit before both were dismissed in the Kaushal tact between players” during the CHESTER-LE-STREET: 125 to lift Sri Lanka to 300 in the space of 10 runs in the last session Silva (right) Thursday’s match in Mirpur. first innings, Pakistan collapsed as the tourists struggled. gestures Jonny Bairstow was called into The ICC said a hearing was to 35-3 in reply before a partial Younis was bowled as he England’s squad ahead of today’s held yesterday morning by match after recovery saw them to 118-5 by stepped out to drive off-spinner deciding One Day International referee Andy Pycroft in which scoring a stumps. Dilruwan Perera, and Misbah fell against New Zealand in Durham television footage was used. Asad Shafiq was unbeaten on to a brilliant one-handed diving century as after wicket-keeper Jos Buttler Bangladesh beat India by 79 14 and Sarfraz Ahmed was on 15 catch at first slip by 37-year-old team-mate suffered a hand injury in train- runs in the day-night game to when rain forced play to end early Kumar Sangakkara off Nuwan Kithuruwan ing yesterday. take 1-0 lead in the three-match with the tourists trailing by 182 Pradeep. Vithanage Lancashire glovesman Buttler series. runs with five wickets in hand. Sri Lanka’s innings were built looks on split the webbing between thumb The incident occurred in the Seamer Dhammika Prasad around Silva’s painstaking effort during and forefinger on his left hand as 25th over of the match when removed both openers by the that was marked by solid defence the third England trained on the outfield at Dhoni made physical contact third over, paving the way for even as wickets tumbled regularly day of the Chester-le-Street. with debutant Mustafizur while the bowlers to take control of at the other end. opening England already had Kent running between the wicket for the innings on what remained The diminutive right-hander Test match wicket-keeper Sam Billings, who a single. an easy-paced pitch at the Galle lit up the rain-hit Test with a against has played the first four matches The left-arm fast bowler had International Stadium. stubborn 125, his second Test Pakistan of this series as a batsman only, to temporarily leave the field Prasad had Mohammad Hafeez century after making 139 against in Galle, in their squad. after the incident, leaving Nasir caught at third slip off his sixth Bangladesh in Dhaka in January yesterday. But they opted to bring in Hossain to complete his over. delivery and then trapped Ahmed last year. extra keeping cover in Yorkshire’s He later returned to complete Shehzad leg-before in his next Silva, however, failed to carry Bairstow, with the five-match his five-wicket haul, winning over to reduce Pakistan to 11 for his bat through the innings when series all square at 2-2. Man-of-the-Match award. two. he was ninth out from the 300th “Jonny Bairstow has been “My assessment was that It became 35-3 when sea- delivery he faced, caught behind added to the squad as cover for Dhoni deliberately pushed and soned left-arm spinner Rangana off left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Jos Buttler who has split the skin shouldered Mustafizur, which was Herath, brought in to the attack Babar. at the base of his thumb on his inappropriate,” Pycroft said in an left hand,” said England Cricket ICC statement. Silva, who began the day on 80, handed the second new ball which on Twitter. The Zimbabwean match ref- Scoreboard had reached his century 30 min- was claimed after 80 overs. England, however, are not eree said he had fined Dhoni 75 Sri Lanka (I innings): 3-74-3 (nb-4, w-1); Z Babar 27-8-64-3; Y utes before lunch when he drove Kithuruwan Vithanage was the expected to announce a decision per cent of his match fee because D Karunaratne c S Ahmed b Riaz ...... 21 Shah 30.3-6-79-2; M Hafeez 10-0-40-2. Babar through the covers for his third batsman to be dismissed in on whether Buttler is in their side “cricket is a non-contact sport K Silva c S Ahmed b Babar ...... 125 Pakistan (I innings): 15th boundary. the morning session when, on 18, until today’s toss. and the players are expected K Sangakkara c Y Khan b Riaz ...... 50 M Hafeez c Karunaratne b Prasad ...... 2 Bad weather had washed out he gave Hafeez an easy return The 24-year-old Buttler holds to avoid physical contact at all L Thirimanne c Babar b Hafeez ...... 8 A Shehzad lbw Prasad ...... 9 the entire first day’s play on catch. the record for England’s two times.” A Mathews b Riaz ...... 19 A Ali lbw Herath ...... 8 Wednesday and just 64 overs were Babar removed Prasad and fastest one-day hundreds, with He said Mustafizur had ini- D Chandimal b Babar ...... 23 Y Khan b D Perera ...... 47 bowled on the second day due to Silva in successive overs before his 66-ball effort in the team’s tially pleaded not guilty but later K Vithanage c&b Hafeez ...... 18 Misbah-ul-Haq c Sangakkara b Pradeep .... 20 a wet outfield. Yasir Shah held a skier off his 210-run win in the series opener changed his plea and accepted the D Perera c S Ahmed b Shah ...... 15 A Shafiq (batting) ...... 14 Sri Lanka added 11 runs to own bowling to dismiss last man at Edgbaston second only to his sanction. D Prasad lbw Babar ...... 0 S Ahmed (batting) ...... 15 their overnight score of 178-3 Nuwan Pradeep. 61-ball century against Sri Lanka “Mustafizur was fined 50 per R Herath (not out) ...... 6 Extras (NB-3) ...... 3 when they lost the wicket of Wahab and Babar finished with at Lord’s last year. cent of his match fee after he N Pradeep c&b Shah ...... 4 Total (for 5 wkts) ...... 118 skipper Angelo Mathews, who three wickets each, while Hafeez “Jos Buttler will be assessed in admitted that his actions in not Extras (LB-5, NB-4, W-2) ...... 11 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-11, 3-35, 4-86, 5-96. was bowled by left-arm seamer and Shah took two each in the the morning,” added ECB. getting out of the batsman’s way Total (all out) ...... 300 To bat: W Riaz, J Khan, Y Shah, Z Babar Wahab Riaz for 19. first innings. Buttler is also England’s first- were inappropriate and he should Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-142, 3-154, 4-189, Bowling: D Prasad 9-2-24-2; N Pradeep 9-1- Dinesh Chandimal contributed The three-Test series will choice Test keeper and his injury have done more to avoid the con- 5-226, 6-261, 7-277, 8-288, 9-291, 10-300. 36-1 (nb-2); R Herath 12.4-3-33-1; D Perera 23 in a fifth-wicket stand of 37 be followed by five One Day comes with the Ashes opener tact,” Pycroft said. Bowling: J Khan 16-5-38-0 (w-1); W Riaz 26- 9-2-23-1; A Mathews 2-1-2-0 (nb-1). with Silva before being bowled Internationals and two Twenty20 against Australia in Cardiff on The remaining two ODIs will by Babar, who was surprisingly matches. AFP July 8 just weeks away. AFP be held at the same ground in Mirpur on June 21 and 24. Meanwhile Bangladesh skipper England, New Zealand gear up for decisive ODI Mashrafe Mortaza said he was not surprised with the teenage bowler’s performance. New Zealand’s Ross Taylor (right) “Mustafizur was not a surprise and skipper Brendon McCullum for us. We know he can destroy during nets on the eve of the fifth any batsman,” said Mortaza, who and final ODI against England in also praised his own side’s “bril- Chester-le-Street, yesterday. RIGHT: liant” start in the first innings. England captain Eoin Morgan kicks Dhoni praised Bangladesh for a ball as his team-mates look on their win but voiced disappoint- during a training session, yesterday. ment with his side’s batting and A pulsating ODI series is currently fast bowling. tied 2-2 and Chester-le-Street in “Bangladesh played some really good cricket as a team,” he said. Durham will play host to the decider “Right from the first ball they where an England side enthused took our bowlers on.” with aggressive intent will come “It looked like they would score up against this year’s World Cup more than 330 but we restricted runners-up New Zealand. them to 300, but the batting didn’t turn up the way we wanted it to. AFP

Austrian Grand Prix Second Free Vettel fastest at Austrian GP practice Practice Results SPIELBERG, Austria: Ferrari “We had an issue with the gear- team chief Maurizio Arrivabene box this afternoon, some of the Second Free Practice Session did not know if he should sensors switched into alert mode from the Formula One GP laugh or cry yesterday when he and we slowed down. We will have Austria at Red Bull Ring escaped unscathed from a near- German Formula a close look. We don’t know yet yesterday. miss in the pit lane, and then One driver what’s the problem, but it seems 1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari 1:09.600; saw Sebastian Vettel top the Sebastian Vettel unrelated from this morning.” 2. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:09.611; times in second practice at the of Scuderia Few drivers found a rhythm 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:09.860; 4. Austrian Grand Prix. Ferrari in action with most finding it difficult Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Mercedes On an incident-filled day, the during the second to ‘warm up’ their tyres in the 1:09.914; 5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes four-time champion had been cool temperatures in the Styrian 1:10.137; 6. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force practice session slowest and last in the morn- for the Formula Alps and Hamilton delivered an India - Mercedes 1:10.160; 7. Romain Grosjean ing due to gearbox problems, but untypical series of ragged laps. One Grand Prix (France) Lotus - Mercedes 1:10.267; 8. Max bounced back in the afternoon “It has been okay,” he said with of Austria in Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro Rosso - Renault with the fastest lap, before stop- a grin. “Not the best of days, but 1:10.356; 9. Felipe Nasr (Brazil) Sauber - Ferrari ping again. Spielberg, Austria, the car has been great. It’s just 1:10.495; 10. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force Arrivabene, regarded as one of yesterday. the track – there is not a lot of India - Mercedes 1:10.585; 11. Carlos Sainz the paddock’s coolest characters, grip here.” Jr (Spain) Toro Rosso - Renault 1:10.631; 12. could only shrug. It had been one Arrivabene was fortunate he Daniil Kvyat (Russia) RedBull - Renault 1:10.686; of those days for him, Ferrari and found enough grip to avoid an 13. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden) Sauber - Ferrari Vettel. accident after stepping in front of 1:10.744; 14. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams- The German’s lap was enough an oncoming car – without turn- Mercedes 1:10.746; 15. Felipe Massa (Brazil) for him to wind up 0.011 sec- Ferrari. Rosberg, who won last struggled to fifth. “We are always the gap so much, but let’s see. It ing to look – during first session. Williams-Mercedes 1:11.011; 16. Fernando onds quicker than nearest rival year’s race to stimulate a mid- worried about them as they are is always difficult to say. Usually, Luckily, for him, his friend Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:11.517; 17. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes on a season surge of good form, con- our closest rival,” said Rosberg. they are always able to make a Felipe Massa saw him and swiftly Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault cool, cloudy and unpredictable ceded that Ferrari’s speed was a Vettel was quick to play down step overnight, but hopefully we hit the brakes on his Williams, 1:11.676; 18. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren afternoon at the Red Bull Ring threat to champions Mercedes’ any hopes of glory for Ferrari, can stick with them and put pres- stopping just a metre from the 1:11.919; 19. Will Stevens (Britain) Marussia as Ferrari upstaged their rivals, continued supremacy. saying: sure on them tomorrow.” bearded Italian as he strode into - Ferrari 1:12.522; 20. Roberto Merhi (Spain) Marussia - Ferrari 1:13.094. Kimi Raikkonen clocking the Team-mate and defend- “It is too early to say anything Vettel said his gearbox prob- the road. A rueful grin and a third-best time in the second ing champion Lewis Hamilton and I don’t think we have closed lems were not related. thumbs up followed. AFP SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Copa America – Group C Results Messi prepares for 100th LA SERENA: Results and standings from the Copa America Group C matches on Thursday Thursday, June 18 Peru 1 Venezuela 0 Wednesday, June 17 match but still no titles Brazil 0 Colombia 1 P W D L F A Pts 1 Brazil 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 I am very happy to reach this record, says the formidable striker 2 Peru 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 3 Venezuela 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 LA SERENA, CHILE: Lionel Hungary and a minute later was 4 Colombia 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 Messi will play his 100th match marching off again after getting for Argentina today against a red card for elbowing opposing Fixtures Jamaica in the Copa America defender Vilmos Vanczak. Today, June 20 (GMT) but it will be a century marked Team-mates went into the Argentina’s Uruguay vs Paraguay (1900) by too many tears and no titles. dressing room at the end and forward Argentina vs Jamaica (2130) Silverware envy has followed found Messi crying in a corner, Lionel Messi Group Stage - Group C the little genius wherever he Argetinian media reported at the gestures Sunday, June 21 (GMT) goes at the tournament in Chile time. during a Colombia ss Peru (1900) where he will also celebrate his Since then, his 99 games for training 28th birthday next week. Argentina have produced 46 session in Brazil vs Venezuela (2130) “I’m very happy to reach this goals. It is an impressive return, La Serena, record. Hopefully I can celebrate but pales in comparison to his Coquimbo, Peru beat 10-man another victory and once and record of 412 goals in 482 games Chile ahead for all lift a cup,” the Barcelona for Barcelona. of the Copa Venezuela, Group C striker said in an interview pub- Nevertheless, Messi seems America Chile lished on Thursday by Argentinian certain to eventually go on and 2015 group B all square daily La Nacion. beat Javer Zanetti’s record of 145 Messi, Sergio Aguero, Carlos caps for Argentina and Gabriel match against VALPARAISO, Chile: Peru Tevez and the rest of the Batistuta’s record of 56 goals. Jamaica, to beat 10-man Venezuela 1-0 at Argentina squad have been sent Messi won the under-20 World be held in Vina the Copa America on Thursday across the Andes on a mission to Cup in 2005 and an Olympics del Mar. to leave all four Group C teams end 22 years without a major title football gold at the 2008 Beijing level on points with one more since the country won the Copa Games. He is now estimated to first-round match left to play. America in 1993. earn more than $70m a year but Peru captain Claudio Pizarro His extraordinary debut there is no Copa America and no scored the winner after 72 min- against Hungary on August 17, World Cup to his name. utes, slamming a powerful shot 2005 set the scene for an interna- Messi was in the Argentinian World Cup debut in a 6-0 demo- Last year, Messi scored four the most brilliant player, waltz into the net off the underside of tional career in total contrast to team beaten by Brazil in the 2007 lition of Serbia and Montenegro. goals as Argentina pushed around countless defenders, but the crossbar. his success as a Barcelona player Copa America final in Venezuela But Argentina were beaten by through to the World Cup final he will not overtake Maradona Venezuela played most of the which has seen him win four FIFA and by Uruguay in the quarter- Germany on penalties in the in Rio de Janeiro’s Marcana as the legend of the Argentinian match with 10 men after defender Player of the Year awards, four finals of the 2011 tournament on quarter-finals. Stadium. But with one foot in the game until he get his hand on a Fernando Amorebieta was sent Champions League titles, seven home soil. In 12 games at the Copa In 2010, with Diego Maradona gates of glory, Messi saw Mario trophy with his country. off in the 29th minute for stamp- Spanish league titles and three he has scored just three goals. as coach, Argentina were among Goetze score a 113th-minute win- The 99 games for Argentina ing on Paolo Guerrero, leaving Copas del Rey. There has been more heart- the favourites but lost again in the ner and Germany again ruined his have been “an amazing experi- the Peruvian striker with bleed- The 18-year-old Messi came on break in the World Cup. quarter-finals, again to Germany. day. ence” but “unfortunately without ing stud marks on his left thigh. as a second-half substitute against In 2006, he scored on his There were more tears for Messi. Messi knows that he can be a title,” he said. REUTERS REUTERS Pen-pix of Last 16 teams at the Women’s World Cup VA NCOU V ER: Profiles of the 16 teams who Best World Cup finish: Fourth in 2003 advanced to the knockout rounds of the Women’s Honours: CONCACAF champions 1998, 2010, Bronze medal 2012 Knockout rounds begin World Cup in Canada: Olympics Germany Head coach: John Herdman 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group B FIFA Ranking: 8 Qualification: Winners of UEFA qualifying Group 1 Australia at Women’s World Cup Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group D Best World Cup finish: Winners 2003 and 2007; runners-up 1995; Qualification: Asian Cup runners-up 2014 quarter-finals 1999 and 2011 VA NCOU V ER: It’s down to winners, counted on veterans “We didn’t lose (in the group), Previous appearances: 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Honours: World Cup champions 2003 and 2007; European champions: business at the Women’s World Megan Rapinoe, Abby Wambach and we scored four goals but Best World Cup finish: Quarter-finals 2007 and 2011 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 Cup as the knockout rounds and Hope Solo to keep them on we didn’t do enough to win the Honours: Olympic quarter-finals 2004; Asian champions 2010, runners-up Head coach: Silvia Neid get under way today with top- track with two wins and a draw group or even be runnersup,” 2014; Oceania champions 1995, 1998, 2003 FIFA Ranking: 1 ranked Germany and former against Sweden and next clash said 55-year-old Sundhage, who Head coach: Alen Stajcic United States runners-up China both in with Colombia, who shocked coached the US to two Olympic FIFA Ranking: 10 action. France 2-0 in their second group golds and silver at the last World 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group D Norway Germany, winners in 2003 and game, next in their sights in Cup. Qualification: CONCACAF champions 2014 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group B 2007, take on Sweden in the open- Edmonton on Monday. But Australia coach Alen Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Qualification: Winners of UEFA qualifying Group 5 ing last 16 clash in Ottawa with France, ranked third, next Stajcic believes all of the ‘Group Best World Cup finish: Champions 1991, 1999; runners-up 2011; 3rd China next up against ambitious play South Korea, who got past of death’ survivors are now place 1995, 2003, 2007 Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Best World Cup finish: Champions in 1995; runners-up in 1991; quarter- African newcomers Cameroon in the group stage for the first time, contenders. Honours: World Cup winners 1991, 1999, Olympic champions 1996, Edmonton. tomorrow in Montreal. “These three teams have been 2004, 2008, 2012; CONCACAF champions 1991, 1993, 1994, 2000, finals in 2003 Previous results are all forgot- Hosts Canada qualified top battle hardened, it just toughens 2002, 2006, 2014 Honours: World Cup champions in 1995; Olympic champions in 2000, ten now, including Germany’s of their Group A and continue you up for the biggest matches Head coach: Jillian Ellis 3rd place in 1996; European champions: 1987, 1993 10-0 hammering of Ivory Coast, their bid for a first title against where any slipup and you’re out,” FIFA Ranking: 2 Head coach: Even Pellerud or Sweden’s struggles to advance, Switzerland in Vancouver he said. France FIFA Ranking: 11 in a one-off free for all. tomorrow. “Whoever gets out of our group 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group F Netherlands “What has happened before “The games only get tougher can make the semi-finals as a Qualification: Winners of UEFA qualifying Group 7 2015 World Cup: 3rd in Group A doesn’t really matter now because now,” said Canada coach John minimum,” Stajcic predicted. Previous appearances: 2003, 2011 Qualification: Winners of play-off against Italy this is where it really starts,” said Herdman. And Neid is not taking the Best World Cup finish: Fourth in 2011 Previous appearances: 0 Germany coach Silvia Neid. Germany topped Group B with demoralised Swedes lightly. Honours: European championships quarter-finalists in 2013 and 2009; Honours: 3rd at the 2009 European Championship “You won’t be given 10 oppor- two wins and a draw, as the fifth- “Sweden have a lot of quality fourth at 2012 Olympics Head coach: Roger Reijners tunities, you have to seize the two ranked Swedes backed into the on their team. The games we have Head coach: Philippe Bergeroo FIFA Ranking: 12 or three you get. You have to con- last 16 as one of the best four played against them have always centrate and be cool in the last 16 third-placed finishers following been competitive and close- FIFA Ranking: 3 China or go home.” three draws. fought,” she said. Japan 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group A 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group C Reigning champions Japan kept European champions Germany “As of now, we have to show Qualification: Third at Asian Cup 2014 their defence on track by winning have demonstrated an impres- passion and give everything. Qualification: Asian Cup winners 2014 Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007 all three of their group matches sive forward line with 15 goals in “The team in better form on Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Best World Cup finish: Runners-up in 1999; quarter-finals in 1991, with only Brazil, the 2007 run- three games including four from the day will go through to the Best World Cup finish: Champions 2011; quarter-finals 1995 2003, 2007 ners-up, posting a better record, Anja Mittag and three from Celia quarter-finals.” Honours: World Cup champions 2011; Asian champions 2014, runners-up Honours: Asian Cup champions 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, as both took maximum points. Sasic. China’s young side, who fin- 1986, 1991, 1995, 2001; Olympic silver medal 2012 1999, 2006; Silver medal 1996 Olympics Brazil face a tougher test in the Sweden, runners-up in 2003 ished second in Group A behind Head coach: Norio Sasaki Head coach: Hao Wei last 16 clash against Australia in and third in 2011, emerged batter Canada, face a challenge from FIFA Ranking: 4 FIFA Ranking: 16 Moncton tomorrow than in their and bruised from Group D, the debutants Cameroon, just the Sweden South Korea group games against South Korea, so-called ‘Group of Death’, where second African nation to reach 2015 World Cup: 3rd in Group D 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group E Costa Rica and Spain. the United States took top spot the knockout rounds. Qualification: Japan also face a tricky tie ahead of Australia. Chinese coach Hao Wei was Winners of UEFA qualifying Group 4 Qualification: Fourth at Asian Cup 2014 Previous appearances: against a young Dutch side, who Coach Pia Sundhage was banished from the sideline as 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Previous appearances: 2003 Best World Cup finish: advanced as third in their Group deflated after her side managed tempers flared during their Runners-up 2003; third in 1991 and 2011 Best World Cup finish: Did not advance past group stage Honours: A, in Vancouver on Tuesday. just three points from three crucial final game against New European champions 1984; Olympic Games quarter-finals Honours: Asian Cup third in 2003 2008, 2012 The United States, two-time draws. Zealand. REUTERS Head coach: Yoon Deok-yeo Head coach: Pia Sundhage FIFA Ranking: 18 FIFA Ranking: 5 Switzerland England Brazil’s 2015 World Cup: 3rd in Group C 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group F Leo Pereira Qualification: Winners of UEFA qualifying Group 3 Qualification: Winner of UEFA qualifying Group 6 celebrates Previous appearances: 0 Previous appearances: 1995, 2007, 2011 with fans Honours: 0 Best World Cup finish: Quarter-finalists in 1995, 2007, 2011 after the FIFA Head coach: Martina Voss-Tecklenburg Honours: European championships runners-up in 1984 and 2009 Under-20 FIFA Ranking: 19 Head coach: Mark Sampson World Cup Colombia 2015 semi- FIFA Ranking: 6 2015 World Cup: 3rd in Group F final match Brazil Qualification: South American runners-up 2014 against 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group E Previous appearances: 2011 Senegal at Qualification: South American champions 2014 Best World Cup finish: Did not advance past group stage Christchurch Previous appearances: 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 Honours: South American runners-up in 2010 and 2014 Stadium, Best World Cup finish: Runners-up in 2007, 3rd in 1999, quarter- finalists 2003, 2011 Head coach: Fabian Taborda New Zealand, in this June Honours: Olympic silver medallists 2004 and 2008; South American FIFA Ranking: 28 champions 1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014 Cameroon 17, 2015, file Head coach: Oswaldo Fumeiro Alvarez (Vadao) 2015 World Cup: 2nd in Group C photo. Brazil FIFA Ranking: 7 Qualification: African Women’s Championship runners-up 2014 won 5-0 and Canada Previous appearances: 0 now play 2015 World Cup: 1st in Group A Honours: African Women’s Championship runners-up in 1991, 2004, 2014 Serbia in the Qualification: Hosts Head coach: Enow Ngachu final today. Previous appearances: 1995, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2011 FIFA Ranking: 53 Most Popular Bangladeshi Newspaper

SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2015 PROTHOM ALO WEEKLY SPORT Published every Thursday 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Available in all leading stores in Qatar       Tel: 4465 0600 Email: [email protected] Belmadi is new Lekhwiya coach The Algerian replaces Michael Laudrup as Lekhwiya prepare for new QSL season

DOHA: Djamel Belmadi has in good health following Laudrup’s yesterday, Laudrup could be agreed to take charge of Qarari highly successful season in charge. set for a dramatic return to champions Lekhwiya for a sec- The Dane, a gifted former Barcelona after being unveiled ond time following the depar- player with Real Madrid, as the Spanish giants’ potential ture of Danish head coach Barcelona, Juventus and Ajax new sporting director. Michael Laudrup. Amsterdam, won a double and Laudrup will take up that Contract negotiations with steered the club through to an position if Jordi Majo wins the Laudrup officially ended on August quarter-final meeting presidential election and takes Thursday and Lekhwiya moved with Saudis Al Hilal in the AFC over at the Nou Camp, a report swiftly to appoint the Algerian, Champions League. on southwales-eveningpost.co.uk who led them to the Qatar Stars “The coach made great efforts claimed yesterday. League title in 2011 and 2012. in the last season, as he won the The report said his agent Lekhwiya’a media official Saleh Qatar Stars League title and the Bayram Tutumlu has confirmed Moussa said of Belmadi in a state- Qatar Cup title, he also reached the former Barca playmaker has ment on Thursday “... the club the quarter-finals of the AFC signed an agreement to take con- management saw he was the best Champions League,” Lekhwiya trol of all aspects of football at the option to be with the team (for) General Secretary Adnan Al Ali club from the academy to the first the next period.” said in a statement. team. Belmadi led the Qatar National “Certainly we wish him success After leading Swansea to a B team to the West Asian Football in his next coaching job.” Capital One Cup final victory in Federation Championships and Laudrup, who has managed 2013, Laudrup was sacked a year then the full men’s team to the Brondby, Getafe, Real Mallorca, later as his side threatened to get Gulf Cup of Nations title in 2014 Swansea City and Spartak sucked in a relegation battle. but was dismissed following three Moscow, is one of the favour- He joined Lekhwiya and led losses and a group stage exit at ites to succeed Morten Olsen as them to the title last term, but Lekhwiya players celebrate their Qatar Stars League (QSL) title win by tossing up then coach Djamel Belmadi in the Asian Cup which followed Denmark national team coach has been regularly linked with a the air in this March 2012 file photo taken at Grand Hamad Stadium in Doha. It was announced yesterday that shortly after in January. when he steps down in 2016. move back to the Premier League. Belmadi has joined Lekhwiya again and will manage the QSL outfit in the new season. He takes over a Lekhwiya side According to a news report AGENCIES Horse racing: Moore breaks Federer set to Royal Ascot winners record take on ace

ASCOT, UK: Ryan Moore broke the post-war record for winners at Royal Ascot when king Karlovic Aloft gave him a ninth winner of the week in the concluding Queen’s Vase. HALLE, GERMANY: Seven- But the crack English jockey time champion Roger Federer was on the receiving end of a yesterday reached the Halle master-class from Christophe semi-finals where he will face Soumillon in the feature race on Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic who day four. fired a record-breaking 45 aces Riding Ervedya for the Aga in his last-eight clash. Khan, Soumillion threaded his World number two and top way through traffic to deliver the seed Federer defeated Germany’s French-trained filly with perfect Florian Mayer 6-0, 7-6 (7/1) as timing in the £375,000 Coronation he continues his build-up to an Stakes for fillies over 1600m. assault on an eighth Wimbledon Soumillon pounced just as title. Moore was entertaining thoughts Federer required just 19 min- of victory aboard Found, who utes to take the first set against went to the front 300 metres from Mayer before going on to conclude home. the tie in a little over an hour. Yet having reeled the leader in, Karlovic battered his way into Soumillion had to contend with the semi-finals by smashing 45 the even later flourish of Kevin aces past a bewildered Tomas Manning aboard Lucida. Berdych en route to a 7-5, 6-7 It was a pulsating finish to (8/10), 6-3 victory. a championship race that saw Maybe that’s why we won. If I had The 36-year-old Karlovic, who Ervedya prevail by a neck from challenged down the outside she stands 2.11m (6ft 11in) tall, won Switzerland’s Roger Federer ABOVE: Aloft ridden Found, with Lucida a half-length might have found the (race) dis- the match with the last of his celebrates after the ATP Gerry by Ryan Moore wins back in third place. tance a bit too far for her.” aces and now has 94 on the Halle Weber Open quarter-final against Miss Temple City, the US chal- The winning trainer, Jean- the 17:35 Queen’s grass courts from three rounds Germany’s Florian Mayer in Halle, lenger, acquitted herself with Claude Rouget, was equally Vase in the feature of tennis. western Germany. BELOW: Great credit in taking fourth place. ecstatic. race on day four Britain’s Andy Murray celebrates Soumillon has long been among “It has been a deep dream of at Royal Ascot Murray reaches winning his quarter-final match the finest jockeys in Europe but mine to win a Group 1 race here,” week. LEFT: Dane win over Gilles Muller. this was just his second Royal he reflected. O’Neill celebrates Queen’s semis Ascot winner -- and his first at At least Found ran up to her riding Muhaarar to Ascot itself. best under Moore, who had high victory in the 15.40 LONDON: Andy Murray His previous victory aboard hopes of winning the newly-inau- Commonwealth overcame a first-set wobble to Valixir -- also in the Aga Khan’s gurated £375,000 Commonwealth Cup. keep alive his hopes of a fourth silks -- was gained at York in Cup aboard Hootenanny. Queen’s Club title with a 3-6 2006, when Ascot racecourse was But the American speedball 7-6 (2) 6-4 quarter-final vic- being redeveloped. failed to fire over the 1200-metre tory over Luxembourg giant- “I was lucky to find a gap journey. to win by 3 3/4 lengths. “It was similar misfortune when his Capal killer Gilles Muller at the Aegon through them,” an elated The race was won by an all very easy and a bit surreal,” Path, owned by Her Majesty the Championships yesterday. Soumillon said. emerging star in Muhaarar, O’Neill related. Queen of England, was injured in “I started to read the serve a “I knew Found was the horse to who exploded under jockey Dane Owned by Sheikh Hamdan Al a race on Thursday. little bit better in that tiebreak at beat and so I stayed behind her. O’Neill to scorch clear of Limato Maktoum, Muhaarar is trained by Having stayed overnight at a the end of the second set and that Charlie Hills, who saddled Dutch local veterinary clinic, Capel Path is when the match changed,” said Connection to win the Jersey was moved to Newmarket yester- Murray in a courtside interview. Stakes on Wednesday. day for further examination. “It’s always tough when you are Racing legend “This is probably the best horse But Stoute’s misfortunes were behind and I wasn’t getting many Frankie Dettori I have trained,” said Hills, who later compounded when Yarrow, chances on his serve so it was a walks back also saddled the fourth-placed his runner in the last race, was bit frustrating. In the second set after his horse finisher, Salt Island. “He did it in quickly eased out of the contest I was holding my service games great style.” by jockey Pat Smullen. well but wasn’t able to get the Stravagante On another warm day at the Although Richard Hughes break through.” AGENCIES stopped royal racecourse, two jockeys had ridden some fancied horses running during to whom Royal Ascot had been throughout the week, the jockey the 15.05 King unkind this year experienced bet- had yet to visit the winner’s enclo- ATP Halle Open Results Edward VII ter fortunes. sure at his last Royal Ascot before Quarter-finals Stakes. On Jamie Spencer, so unfortunate his retirement. Wednesday, to be denied victory on The Grey That changed when Hughes Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-0, 7-6 (7/1). Dettori got Gatsby in the Prince Of Wales’s rode two winners. Appropriately, Ivo Karlovic (CRO x8) bt T Berdych (CZE x3) 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3. in on the act Stakes on Wednesday, found con- the first of them came in the Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-1, 1-0 - retired. by winning solation aboard Balios in the King Albany Stakes aboard Illuminate, Kei Nishikori (JPN x2) bt Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. his 50th race Edward VII Stakes. who is trained by Richard Hannon. at when he Spencer brought the David It was with the support of ATP Queen’s Results topped the Simcock-trained horse through Hannon’s father, also Richard, field in the from last place to collar Mr Singh that Hughes rose to the top of Quarter-finals Sandringham after the favourite, Stravagante, his profession. Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Gilles Muller (LUX) 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4. had injured himself during the “He is going to leave a big hole,” Handicap. Gilles Simon (FRA x7) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x3) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. race. an emotional Hannon said of Stravagante is trained by Sir Hughes, who is also his brother- K Anderson (RSA) bt Guillermo García-Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (9/7), 7-5. Michael Stoute, who suffered in-law. REUTERS V Troicki bt J Isner 7-6 (7-5), 6-3. SCREEN 1 ABCD 2 & 12:30am & 12:15am

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Most kangaroos are Air show left-handed: Study

WASHINGTON: Kangaroos favor their left hand for some tend to be lefties, according to tasks — like those involving fine a study that sheds new light motor skills — and their right on the capacity for mammals, for others that used more phys- particularly those that walk ical strength. upright, to prefer one paw “According to a special- over the other. assessment scale of handedness The study was published in adopted for primates, kanga- the journal Current Biology. roos pulled down the highest Lead researcher Yegor grades,” said Malashichev. Malashichev of Saint “We observed a remarkable Petersburg State University consistency in responses across in Russia studied kangaroos bipedal species in that they all for the first time, after previ- prefer to use the left, not the ously focusing on handedness right, hand.” in jumping frogs, walking frogs A key reason why research- and gray short-tailed opossums. ers were surprised at the find- Wild kangaroos in Australia ing was that kangaroo brains and Tasmania showed “a natu- lack the same neural circuit ral preference for their left that bridges the left and right hands when performing par- hemispheres of the brain seen ticular actions — grooming the in other mammals. nose, picking a leaf, or bending “What we observed in real- a tree branch, for example,” said ity we did not initially expect,” the study. Malashichev said. “Left-handedness was par- “But the more we observed, ticularly apparent in eastern the more it became obvious that grey and red kangaroos.” there is something really new When it came to red-necked and interesting in the wild.” wallabies, they appeared to AFP Jets of the “The Patrouille de France” perform during the first public day at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget yesterday.

Schwarzenegger returning as Ego drove NBC anchorman Terminator Williams to exaggerations PARIS: Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke yester- WASHINGTON: Fallen best-known journalists and an untrue story on air about the day about being “back” as the anchorman Brian Williams frequent guest on talk shows helicopter, Williams said, “No. It Terminator in a new sequel to said yesterday he was not try- because of his geniality and sense came from a bad place. It came the sci-fi film series that made ing to mislead people by exag- of humour. from a sloppy choice of words. I him famous — and about how gerating stories about his work Williams came under scrutiny told stories that were not true he’s still an action star at age 67. but that his ego drove him to in January because he had told over the years. Looking back, it In a promotional media con- make the mistakes that cost increasingly harrowing stories is very clear I never intended to. ference in Paris for Terminator him his job on NBC’s “Nightly about coming under fire during It got mixed up. It got turned Genisys, Schwarzenegger, News.” a helicopter ride while covering around in my mind.” revealed some secrets from the Williams, who will end a six- the Iraq war in 2003. Williams was suspended movie, which will hit the screens month NBC-imposed suspension Williams, who took the without pay for six months next week in Scandinavia, in August, appeared on the net- “Nightly News” anchor chair in February as the network Greece, Turkey and Singapore, work’s “Today” show and said he in 2004, described his suspen- reviewed 10 years of his work, and the rest of the world in early was sorry for the inaccuracies. sion as “torture” but “absolutely as well as his public appear- July. “I got it wrong,” Williams said. necessary.” ances. The investigation revealed Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a selfie with the Terminator animatronics First up, he told reporters that Terminator Genisys, “I own this and I own up to this.” “Looking back, it had to have Williams “made a number of “I got the phone call a month robot during a photo call for the film in Paris, yesterday. NBC said on Thursday that been ego that made me think inaccurate statements about his after I’d finished my governor- Williams, 56, will not return to I had to be sharper, funnier, own role and experiences cover- ship” — his seven-year stint run- version of Schwarzenegger in Schwarzenegger also spoke his prestigious anchor job but will quicker than anybody else, put ing events in the field,” NBC said. ning California, which ended in the fight and then spent a year about how movie magic was mak- join the network’s cable channel myself closer to the action,” he “I would like to say what has January 2011 — to return as the using computer graphic overlays ing it possible for him to keep MSNBC as anchor of break- said. happened in the past has been killer robot. to make him look like the first going in other action roles at an ing news and special reports in “I told the story correctly for identified and torn apart by me He then explained that a key Terminator. age that many men are enjoying mid-August. years before I told it incorrectly. I and has been fixed, has been dealt scene in the movie sees him fight- “When I saw the movie for retirement golf. Before his suspension, “Nightly was not trying to mislead people. with,” Williams said, “and going ing a younger version of himself. the first time three weeks ago I He said, for instance, that he News” was the nation’s most- That to me is a huge difference forward there are going to be dif- In it, he is an older Terminator was literally blown away, to see is reprising his title role from watched evening newscast and here.” ferent rules of the road.” battling the one he played back myself fighting me and to see “Conan”, the first feature movie Williams one of television’s Asked if he knew he was telling REUTERS in 1984, when the original exactly the way I looked in 1984,” he made 35 years ago, for an Terminator came out, a struggle Schwarzenegger said. upcoming sequel. made possible by the time travel He said his young face had “All of this is very unusual, conceit of the series — and mod- to be recreated. Not “one single because normally when you ern special effects. frame” was taken from the first watch movies such as ‘James The Empire strikes back His appearance as a Terminator movie, because it is Bond’ or ‘Batman’, they switch Johnny Depp Terminator visibly three decades owned by a different production out the actors every five, six or older was explained in a “very company, he explained. 10 years.” puts estate on at secret London location well-written” way, he said. “It was really extraordinary But, the former bodybuilder The production hired a body- to watch that. I didn’t actu- grinned, “when you have a studly market for €23m LONDON: Hooded jawas aliens and well-known char- builder with “a Mr Universe ally know when I saw the fight body, you shouldn’t be surprised”. search for treasures and acters in a narrative that physique” to play the younger who I should root for,” he said. AFP PARIS: Pirates of the Caribbean stormtroopers patrol the begins with Star Wars: A New star Johnny Depp has put his streets on the lookout for Hope. sprawling southern France com- suspicious activity. Nearby, “I think that audiences are pound, including two pools and R2-D2 trundles alongside looking for experiences that Pie fight a chapel, up for sale for about C-3PO while Chewbacca go beyond the traditional €23m ($26m), Sotheby’s Realty makes his way past huts theatre, traditional concert, announced yesterday. and tents. traditional gallery, traditional Located about 25 kilometres from A galaxy, far, far away has restaurant,” Secret Cinema the French Riviera resort of Saint arrived at a secret location in founder and director Fabien Tropez, the property is in the vil- London for a Star Wars film Riggall said. lage of Plan de la Tour and has 1,000 screening with a difference. “People are looking for a square metres of living space spread Secret Cinema, which spe- new way to experience cul- across the 15-hectare property. cialises in immersive film ture and I think what Secret “Johnny has decided to sell the events, is bringing back to Cinema has untapped is that Plan de la Tour property to close life one of the most popular desire is increasing with every this chapter of his life and move on,” film franchises of all time in technology that comes out.” Alexander Kraft, head of Sotheby’s a summer screening of The Organisers said that up to International Realty France, wrote Empire Strikes Back. 1,500 attendees are expected in a description of the estate. As the name suggests, lit- at each event with shows run- The Hollywood star’s compound tle is revealed of what the ning until September 27. comprises over 12 bedrooms and 12 evening entails and attend- Last year, Secret Cinema bathrooms in the collection of struc- ees are asked not to unveil transformed a London site tures that includes the main home, details. into Hill Valley for its Back to several guest houses, a hunter’s The secrecy begins as soon the Future screenings. cabin, a workshop as well as a bar as the £78 ($124) ticket is Everyone from food-stall and restaurant. bought — a price some say is sellers to security staff are “He decorated everything, paying too steep compared to past in costume and character, attention to the smallest detail, in events but organisers justify making it easy for revellers a ‘Bohemian’ or ‘artistic’ style and by the scale of the sprawling to join in. the property is being sold with all its production. “I was learning a little contents, books, DVDs, furniture and Buyers are given codes and bit about the intergalactic some works of art,” Kraft said. identities as they join the spice trade,” explorer “Disco “This type of thing is very rare for “Rebel Alliance” against the Reen” said. When asked what a property that belongs to a star of Empire. that involved, he replied: “I his calibre.” Upon arrival, they are shouldn’t say too much — it’s People pose after a pie fight in Berlin, Germany, yesterday. The event was organised by a movie theatre as Depp, 52, carried out extensive transported into the space not legal on this planet.” part of the opening ceremony of a 10-day retrospective of the comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. renovations on the house. fantasy mingling among REUTERS AFP