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Emir, Swaziland King hold talks Emiri Diwan President to be Govt seizes 70 in charge in Emir’s absence DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani yesterday issued an Emiri Order No. 1 of 2014 delegating unused plots the Emiri Diwan President H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (pictured) to assume the Emir’s duties during the periods of his absence. The Emiri Order is effective as of the date of its publication in the official gazette. given to SMEs QNA Beneficiaries not serious about projects Egypt court sentences Brotherhood

DOHA: Some 70 plots of land industrial areas were being set leader Badie, 682 others to death that were allotted for SMEs in up to boost SMEs. the Industrial Area have been Currently, some 620 SME MINYA, Egypt: An Egyptian court sentenced 682 alleged taken back by the government projects are at various stages Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to death as the beneficiaries were not of launch in the country and yesterday, a lawyer and prosecutor said, after two brief sessions the found serious about launching their total investment is a huge defence partly boycotted. projects. QR10bn. The same court in the southern province of Minya also reversed 492 These plots are to be given away Of these, 200 projects are of 529 death sentences it passed in March, commuting most of those to serious entrepreneurs: People expected to begin production to life in prison. The court, presided over by Judge Said Youssef Sabry, who are serious about launching soon, said Al Kubaisi. Some had sparked an international outcry with its initial sentencing last small and medium-sized projects, of the remaining 420 projects month amid an extensive crackdown on supporters of ousted president say the authorities. are under construction, while Mohamed Mursi. More such plots (that have many are at the licensing In Cairo, a court banned the April 6 youth movement that spear- been allotted for SMEs) but stage. headed the 2011 revolt, following a complaint accusing it of defaming so far remain unused will be According to Sultan Khalifa The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received King Mswati Egypt and colluding with foreign parties. AFP seized and given away to serious Al Hitmi, director of customer III of Swaziland yesterday. They reviewed bilateral relations. Later, the See also page 7 entrepreneurs. relations at Dhameen at the Emir hosted a luncheon banquet in honour of the Swaziland monarch. The Industrial Area for SMEs state-owned Qatar Development has been divided into nine zones Bank (QDB), the bank will with the idea to create active finance 300 SME projects this production bases for local mar- year. keting of products as well as for Al Dhameen is a programme Al Jazeera demands $150m damages from Egypt exports. exclusively devoted to bolstering “We have until now taken back SMEs, which are crucial to the 70 plots that we had allotted for success of the state’s economic DOHA: The Al Jazeera net- based on a 1999 bilateral invest- Egyptian military, Al Jazeera’s subjected to compulsory liquida- SMEs and we will be withdraw- diversification effort. work has served Egypt with a ment treaty between Egypt journalists and staff have been tion of assets, Al Jazeera said. ing many more from those who The QDB has so far given away $150m compensation claim for and Qatar, which stipulates the subjected to a sustained campaign Four Al Jazeera journalists are not serious entrepreneurs,” financing to the tune of a whop- what it said was damages to mutual promotion and protection of harassment and intimidation, remain in custody, and six have said Hamad Al Kubaisi, head ping QR800m for SMEs. its investments in the country of investments, Al Jazeera said said the network. been tried in absentia. of planning and development As for new SMEs, the QDB inflicted by the military-led yesterday. The interim government’s According to the bilat- section at the Industrial Areas is giving away up to 85 percent interim government since July If there is no settlement within actions have included ransacking eral investment treaty signed Department. of the value of a project, while last year. six months, Al Jazeera said it and closure of Al Jazeera offices, between Doha and Cairo, inves- The Department is part of for existing project the bank Yesterday the network lodged would send the case to interna- confiscation of equipment, jam- tors from both sides should be the Ministry of Energy and provides financing up to 75 a formal “notification of dispute” tional arbitration. ming of transmission and arbi- afforded fair and equitable treat- Industry. percent of the value, said Al with the interim government of In the months following the trary detention of journalists. ment by the governments of both Al Kubaisi said in a press Hitmi. Egypt. overthrow of the government of Its broadcast license has been countries. statement yesterday that more THE PENINSULA The “notification of dispute” is president Mohamed Mursi by the revoked and its Cairo branch was THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Qatar confirms $88m for Darfur development Doha to fund 19 projects across Darfur’s five states

KHARTOUM: Qatar con- asked why the money had not is to move the war-devastated firmed yesterday it will provide come sooner. region away from food hand- $88m to kick-start a strat- “They have already transferred, outs and other emergency aid, egy for lasting development of even before we signed anything, helping people to become more Sudan’s Darfur, which this year $10m to the United Nations self-reliant. has seen its worst violence in a Darfur fund,” providing it with But emergency needs remain decade. its first contribution, Za’tari said high in the territory where, The commitment, signed in from El Fasher. according to UN figures released the North Darfur capital El The grant will be handed yesterday, about 224,000 people Fasher, comes one year after over “once the documentation have been displaced by fighting an international donors’ con- is ready,” likely within a month, since late February. ference in Doha secured $3.6bn he added. Qatar will fund 19 That has added to the aid bur- The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmud (centre), in pledges — mostly from cash- UN-sponsored projects across den in a region where about two chairs a meeting of an international commission monitoring a limited peace deal in Sudan’s Darfur, in Al Fasher, strapped Khartoum — to finance Darfur’s five states. million were already displaced by northern Darfur, yesterday. the six-year Darfur Development Known as “Foundational and 11 years of violence. Strategy. Short-term (FaST) activities, While Darfur’s aid needs have splinter factions. — have worsened. Separately from the tension between groups,” a Qatar said at the conference the Development Strategy had soared, the number of aid workers Numerous aspects of the deal its contribution to the UN fund, humanitarian source said. “On that it would make an immedi- called for them to be essentially has fallen in recent years, as has have not been implemented on Za’tari said Qatar has been sup- the other hand, the time doesn’t ate contribution of $88m, half the completed within 12 months. the amount of funding, according schedule and major rebel groups porting clinics and other projects entirely seem to be ripe for it.” $177m needed for critical short- Among the targeted projects were to the United Nations. have refused to sign it. under its total $500m pledge from The UN-backed Development term activities. “It took some the construction of water hand The Development Strategy At the same time, other forms the conference. “On the one hand, Strategy argues that there will time... We’re glad that it’s on pumps, the building of schools and comes under a July 2011 peace of unrest — including battles it’s good that there will be money likely never be an ideal time for the right track,” the UN chief in upgrading of health facilities. deal which Khartoum signed in between heavily armed tribes, to do more longer-term things, Darfur’s “recovery” to begin. Sudan, Ali Al Za’tari, said when The strategy’s longer-term goal Doha with an alliance of rebel militia violence and criminality which eventually could reduce AFP Silatech, IYF advisers graduate RAMALLAH: Silatech and the assessment that analyses the person- Palestinian Vision Organisation, International Youth Foundation ality, interests and strengths of young YWCA, Leaders, Ta’awon for Conflict (IYF) recently celebrated the grad- people, and then helps align these with Resolution, and Vocational Education uation of a new batch of Tamheed available career paths. and Training Association. Over the advisers. Silatech’s partnership with IYF was past 16 months, advisers have reached Over 40 graduates from 11 part- launched in 2012, and now trained over 2000 young men and women from ner institutions received training as advisers provide career guidance to various parts of the West Bank, where career advisers, qualifying them to Palestinian youth at a variety of insti- the program was well received. conduct individual career counseling tutions. The Tamheed program me is Dr Mohammed Al-Mbaid, Director, sessions aimed at helping youth choose currently operating at four univer- IYF Palestine, thanked the graduates a career. The programme uses the sities and one school in Palestine— for their commitment and dedication Tamheed career guidance product Palestine Polytechnic University, to helping Palestinian youth identify developed jointly by Mindmill and Bethlehem University, Al Najah career paths that align with their Silatech, a Qatar-based social initia- National University, Arab American interests and abilities. He lauded the tive focused on improving employment University and the Ramallah Friends qualitative partnership between IYF and entrepreneurship opportunities School—as well as at NGOs includ- and Silatech, noting that it offers the for young people throughout the Arab ing the Community Development best youth-facing tools available. The new batch of Tamheed advisers at a graduation ceremony held recently in Ramallah, Palestine. world. Tamheed is a psychometric and Continuing Education Institute, THE PENINSULA Ministry names erring eating outlet

DOHA: The Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning has begun naming and shaming eating outlets that are found violating health and safety rules. The Ministry has on its website named a restaurant in Al Wakra where its inspectors found fried items that were not fit for human consumption. The Ministry gave the name of the erring outlet as Manama Bakery located on Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Jassem Street in Al Wakra South. The raid was conducted on April 15 by inspectors of Al Wakra Municipality. The outlet has been ordered by Al Wakra Municipality to be closed for three weeks beginning from last Sunday. A photograph posted on the website of the Ministry of Municipality and This is the first time the Urban Planning of the erring outlet in Al Wakra shows unhygienic handling Ministry has named an erring of eatables. outlet after a new law (Number 4 of 2014) was passed recently Ministries to name and shame and safety rules. authorising it and other outlets found violating health THE PENINSULA

Dar Al Sharq to hold Ooredoo launches 250MB conference on workers’ mobile data scratch card rights on May Day DOHA: Ooredoo yes- customers can use more terday launched its low- than one scratch card DOHA: Under the patronage of the Prime est ever denomination of during the 30-day validity Minister and Interior Minister H E Abdullah the popular Mobile Data period. The data will also bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Dar Al Sharq Scratch Cards, with a work in conjunction with will hold the first conference on ‘Protection of new data Top-up card at Ooredoo’s 4G network. Workers Rights in Qatar’ on May 1, to coincide just QR20 for 250MB. To activate the Mobile with the International Workers’ Day. It aims to cater to cus- Data cards, customers The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs tomers who use their need to simply scratch off H E Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al Khulaifi will mobile devices online the secret panel to reveal deliver the opening speech on behalf of the minimally, or for one off the activation code, and Prime Minister, Al Sharq reported. services such as video follow the instructions on Jaber Al Harami, vice chairman for media calls. The cards come in the back of the card to and publication affairs and editor in chief for Al denominations of 250MB redeem the data. Sharq said: “The patronage of the prime minis- for QR20, 1GB for QR60, Ooredoo Mobile Data ter given the conference a boost and shows the 3GB for QR80 and 6GB for Cards can be purchased importance Qatar is giving for workers’ rights.” QR100. in an Ooredoo Shop or He also said that the conference will be a Ooredoo Mobile Data throughout Qatar with forum for an open discussion on challenges Card’s, which was one Ooredoo authorised deal- faced by the business sector and government of Ooredoo’s top sell- ers. The company said institutions and how to balance the challenge ers in 2013, enable Hala that these cards have by protecting workers rights. and Shahry customers to been designed specifically The Ministry of Interior will be repre- extend their mobile data for the next generation of sented in the conference by Brigadier Nasser limit, without eating into customers that consume Mohammed Al Sayed, director of search hand their existing credit. more data due to their follow up department and Colonel Abdulla Mobile Data Scratch smartphone’s capabilities Sakar Al Mohanadi, director of human rights. Cards will be valid for 30 and smart lifestyle. THE PENINSULA days once activated, and THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Emir, PM send condolences

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has sent a cable of condolence to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of the Saudi Arabia on the death of Princess Mashael bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz who passed away earlier Sunday. The Prime Minister and Minister of Interior H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani also sent a similar cable of condolences. Legal and Legislative Affairs body meets

DOHA: The Advisory Council’s Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee yesterday held reg- Rafael J Consunji (right), Injury Prevention Director, HMC, speaking during the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, in the Industrial Area yesterday. KAMMUTTY V P ular session under the chair- manship of its rapporteur Nasser Serayea Al Kaabi. The committee studied a draft law for amending some provisions of Work-related injuries lower than UK, UAE Law No. 25 of year 2005 on the commercial register . The meeting was attended by H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Awareness programme held in Industrial Area to mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work Mohammed Al Thani, Minister of Economy, Trade and Mohammed BY FAZEENA SALEEM related injuries according to a Consunji. However, HMC has only Hassan Saadi, adviser to the review of serious work related limited information about work Office of the Minister. The min- DOHA: Work place related injuries in Qatar between 2010 related injuries and it is prepar- Workers’ walkathon on Friday ister presented the ministry’s injuries in Qatar every year is and 2012. Fall from heights is ing to have a common register point of view on the draft law 49.3 per 100,000 workers, little common among incidence of work together with Ministry of Labour DOHA: Hundreds of workers will take part in a walkathon and responded to queries from more than USA (45), but signifi- related injuries. and Social Affairs, Ministry of together with officials from varies ministries and institutions members of the Committee . The cantly lower than UK (99) and “We see at least 500 workers interior and Supreme Council Of on Friday in the Industrial area to create awareness about work Committee decided to submit its UAE (136). every year with serious injuries, Health. place safety. report thereon to the Advisory Work-related injuries among like major fractures, bleeding, The registry will have informa- Around 600 workers will begin the near the mosque in Alathia, Council. migrant workers in Qatar are brain injuries, chest injury where tion including number of major Industrial area at 4 pm with officials from the Ministry of Labour comparable to incidence in the they need major surgeries,” said and minor injuries compiled with and Social Affairs and Supreme Council of Health, to coincide USA according to published data, Consunji. how, where and why the worker with the World Day for Safety and Health at Work which was GCC officials meet said Rafael J Consunji, Injury pre- “Fall injury affect around 51 got injured. commemorated. vention Director, Hamad Medical percent of workers and 18 per- “The common register on work “The walk will be for nearly 20 minutes starting from the Al in Kuwait Corporation (HMC), at an aware- cent by falling objects,” he added. related injuries in Qatar will help Athiya Street,” said Dr Mohamed Ali Mohamed Al Hajjaj, speaking ness programme held yesterday Only one third of the patients the country as it will be involved on sidelines of an awareness programme held to mark the World KUWAIT: The GCC interior to mark the World Day for Safety brought to the HMC trauma in construction work for the next Day for Safety and Health at Work yesterday. undersecretaries began their and Health at Work. centre were wearing protective decade,” said Consunji. Then awareness programmes on work site safety will be held at 6th meeting here yesterday. The event was organised by the clothes, and one in 27 died from “Right now we are not com- work places for one week. Staff Major General H E Ministry of Labour and Social their injuries. municating well. I can give data Awareness lectures, workshops, first aid, free medical examina- Saad Bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, Affairs in the Industrial area for “Those who wear the protective on death and injuries, but I can- tions will be held on May 9 at the Medical Commission. Deserving the Director General of Public more than 500 workers. equipment do not need to come not exactly give details on where workers without health cards will be also provided with them at Security leads Qatar’s delegation In a presentation Consunji said to see us and do not get serious and how did they (workers) get the event. to the meeting. QNA that 30 percent of cases seen at injuries. An average worker has injured,” he added. THE PENINSULA the HMC trauma centre are work to stay six days in hospital,” said THE PENINSULA 80pc of firms abide by labour laws

DOHA: About 80 percent of the rules,” said Khalid Al Ghanam, The inspection team makes companies are abiding by the Head of the Work Inspection regular and surprise inspec- Labour law and the Ministry Department at the Ministry of tions to the companies and labor of Labour and Social Affairs Labor and Social Affairs. camps. The erring companies are geared up to make those left He was speaking at an event caught and penalised in a bid to behind comply with the law, a for expatriate workers held here secure the health and safety of the senior ministry official has said. yesterday by the ministry to mark workers. “About 80 percent of the the World Day for Safety and The trained inspectors visit companies abide by the provi- Health at Work. the worksites and facilities of the sions of the labour law and the Most of those companies run- company to ensure the occupa- remaining (20 percent) might ning behind are ready to rectify tional health and safety of the be violating the law because their errors after warnings are works, he added. they are not aware of the issued by the ministry. THE PENINSULA

Personalised video bills for Vodafone customers DOHA: Technical serv- ice-provider Materna Newmedia said that it is providing Vodafone Qatar a special customer service of personalised video bills which helps mobile phone customers to understand elements of their bills. “We are delighted to partner with Materna newmedia to provide our Red Postpaid customers with personalised video bills. Vodafone Qatar prides itself in provid- ing superior customer care and video billing is a very important addition to our range of services,” said Deirdre Hutchinson, Head of Customer Care at Vodafone Qatar. “Building on the suc- cessful experience from the Personalised Video Bill solution which we provide for Vodafone Germany, we are happy to be able to extend our global partner- ship with Vodafone also to Qatar and help delivering superior customer experi- ences through this innova- tive service,” said Gerion Wolff, SVP Marketing and Newmedia at Materna. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

World Stadium Documentaries to focus on autism Congress opens on May 19 DFI to screen a slew of films at MIA and Katara next month DOHA: The third edition of Qatar’s World Stadium DOHA: Doha Film Institute and regimes and risk their lives Congress opens on May 19 fea- (DFI) will showcase a dynamic to build a new society. turing the architects, solutions selection of documentaries next Docs in Focus continues with providers and stadium opera- month, beginning with Hekayat the screening of ‘Bus 174’ as tions consultants behind some Khaleejiya with special focus on part of the Qatar Brazil Cinema of the world’s most inspired autism. Showcase on May 29 and 30 sporting venues. Taking place on May 1 and 2 at in partnership with Qatar ASTAD Project Management’s the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Museums Authority to celebrate Ali Bin Nasser Al Khalifa and Auditorium, Hekayat Khaleejiya the Qatar Brazil 2014 Year of SPOR SANAYI’s Yasar Meral will include short documentary Culture. ‘Bus 174’ is an intimate will open the conference with ‘One in Five’ by Qatari director and shocking documentary keynotes on world-class sporting Jawaher Al Khater and Emirati about one of the most infamous infrastructure. A Khalifa will pro- feature documentary ‘The Brain and tragic crimes in Brazil’s vide a window into FIFA World That Sings’ by Amal Agroobi. recent history, when 21-year- Cup in Qatar in his session titled, ‘One in Five’ tells the story old Sandro do Nascimento took “Delivering world-class infra- of a Qatari mother who tries to several bus passengers hostage structure to support Qatar 2022”. make connection with her young in broad daylight as the entire Al Khalifa said exceptional autistic son while ‘The Brain nation watched the events unfold project management would play a That Sings’ follows the lives of on live television. critical role in delivering a memo- six-year-old Khalifa and eight- The MIA Exhibition Series on rable FIFA World Cup in Qatar. een-year-old Mohammed, two May 8 and 9 features the heart- “Of course we will draw from autistic boys in the United Arab warming documentary, ‘Brooklyn ASTAD’s significant experience Emirates, as they go through Castle,’ that tells the remarkable building sports facilities in Qatar, three months of music therapy. and improbable true story of but it is also important for senior The screenings of the films will I.S. 318, a junior-high school in stakeholders within the industry to be followed by a Q&A with the Brooklyn. share their expertise and knowl- filmmakers. Defying stereotypes, it has the edge so that we may identify solu- From May 15 to 21 Katara DFI highest-ranked junior-high chess tions to common challenges and Cinema screens the winner of the team in the nation. The exhibi- ensure continuous improvement in Sundance Film Festival World tion series features a selection of design and construction,” he said. Cinema Audience Award and films to complement the Museum Tariq Al Abudulla, General Academy Award nominee, ‘The of Islamic Art’s current exhibition Manager of the Qatar Olympic Square’ by Jehane Noujaim. The ‘Kings & Pawns: Board Games Academy and Head of Technical film follows a group of Egyptian from India to Spain.’ Affairs at the Qatar Olympic revolutionaries who battle leaders THE PENINSULA A still from the Emirati feature documentary ‘The Brain That Sings’. Committee, will deliver a keynote address on the second day, laying out the Qatar Olympic Academy’s Sport Venue Management pro- gramme. The keynote speakers will be joined by the industry’s QP holds ‘Mental Health leading minds, who will share their MIA announces ‘Building experiences of venue construction in Brazil, Russia, the UK, Germany, at Work’ programmes Turkey, South Africa, Italy, US, and, now, the Middle East. Among them DOHA: Qatar Petroleum (QP) provide support for colleagues is Jon Sellins, Head of Business was selected for a pilot training experiencing mental health issues. Our Collection’ exhibition Development—Consultancy at programme to raise awareness Three one-day training ses- Wembley Stadium, who will draw among employees about Mental sions were conducted on April 8, DOHA: The Museum of jars for storing apothecary oint- calligraphic compositions reveals from the Champions League Final Health at Work. This train- 10 and 14 and up to 25 QP employ- Islamic Art (MIA) will give its ments and dried herbal drugs, the journey of artistic refinement 2013 to convey best practices in ing program was organized by ees participated in each session. visitors insight into the proc- to dishes featuring royal coats from the Middle East to Asia and hosting and facilitating major the Academic Health System The programme was held at the ess of collecting and display- of arms, which exemplify the Europe across the centuries, and sporting events. (AHS) in conjunction with corporation’s Centre for Health & ing art through “Building Our blending of Muslim and Christian how this part of MIA’s collection Sustainability is the keyword HMC Psychiatry Department Wellness in Doha and the event Collection”, a two-part tem- artistic motifs. Ceramics of al- came into formation. Safavid and at this year’s conference. “It is and The Supreme Council of was attended by staff from QP’s porary exhibition which opens Andalus is curated by Dr Mounia Mughal Albums is curated by Dr important to us that the last- Health. The initiative is in Medical Services Department, tomorrow. Chekhab-Abudaya, MIA Curator Nur Sobers-Khan, MIA Curator ing impact of our stadiums on support of the Qatar National Administration Directorate and Located at MIA’s temporary for North Africa and Iberia. for Turkey. the community is a positive one,” Mental Health Strategy prior- Industrial Cities Directorate. . exhibition galleries on the fourth The second part of the exhi- Through these displays of says Architecture Manager at ity for increasing awareness Ahmad Ali Al Mawlawi, Director floor, the expo explores why MIA bition, Safavid and Mughal Andalusi ceramics and Safavid AECOM, Brazil, Diogo Taddei. about mental health issues in Administration, along with his collects Islamic art and how the Albums, runs from September and Mughal albums, MIA illumi- On the second day of the the workplace. directorate managers have attended museum’s collecting and exhi- 17 to February 21. It showcases nates its philosophy of collecting conference, Taddei will give his One in five people have a men- one of the training sessions. bition practices shape people’s the museum’s collection of mini- and conserving key pieces in the insight on designing and imple- tal health condition, knowing the The training programme understanding of Islamic art cul- atures and calligraphy from history of Islamic art, and the menting the Rio 2016 Olympic signs and symptoms can help was conducted by Sally Coates, ture from China to Spain through Safavid Persia and Mughal India. value of exhibitions and learning Park, and discuss AECOM’s recovery. The main objectives an experienced mental health artistic and cultural connections This display will examine the in museums. approach to stadium design in the of the training program was to practitioner and training facili- between different regions of the influence of elite Asian collecting Entrance to Building Our Middle East. “Given the number provide information about mental tator. Sally was the Education Islamic world. The majority of practices on the British in colo- Collection is free of charge. The of stadiums that are being con- health issues, to educate the par- and Training Manager for the featured objects have never before nial India, and how the tradition exhibition will be supported by templated for the region, it is very ticipants on measures to reduce award-winning beyondblue initia- been on display. of assembling albums was adapted educational material and activi- important to discuss how we can stress at work, and to explain tive, which is the national mental The first part of the exhibition, from the 16th century Safavid ties, including guided public tours, ensure that these venues continue when to seek professional help for health programme of Australia Ceramics of al-Andalus, which is court by the Mughal emperors talks by experts in Islamic art, to benefit the community beyond mental health issues. Attendees and has delivered awareness on view until August 30, focuses of India (16th-19th centuries), and opportunities for teachers the tournaments for which they learned how to identify the signs training to over 50,000 employ- on rare and beautiful ceramics and then finally co-opted by the to explore museums as places of were built,” said Dan Meis, Global and symptoms of mental health ees in over 500 professions and from Islamic Spain, ranging from British elite in India. This selec- learning and inspiration. Director of Sport at Woods Bagot. conditions as well as how to industries. THE PENINSULA lustre albarelli used as medicinal tion of miniature paintings and THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA Georgetown University organises expert talk on Qatari economy DOHA: Dr Khalid Al Khater, the more than 100 audience members who Director of Research and Monetary included students, faculty, development Policy at Qatar Central Bank, was experts, business community members, recently at Georgetown University citizens and residents of Qatar. in Qatar to talk on the Qatari econ- During the question and answer omy and the challenges of conducting session, GU-Q student Mohammed Al macroeconomic policy. Kuwari (Class of 2015) asked: “Since In his presentation, titled ‘The there is an expected inflationary pres- Macroeconomic Management Framework sure on the Qatari economy in the in Qatar and GCC States: A Proposal for future due to the projected increase Reform,’ Dr Al Khater provided a brief in mega projects around the country overview of the Qatari economy and its and, as we know that the peg of the transformation over the last few decades, Qatari Riyal to the American dollar discussed how monetary policy in Qatar is undervaluing the Qatari currency, is conducted, and analysed how recent in the future, are there any plans to changes in the economic environment, change the value of the peg?” both within Qatar but also abroad, call Dr Al Khater replied that Qatar for a re-evaluation of the macroeconomic does not expect a huge inflationary framework in the region. pressure but a gradual increase, which The talk, moderated by Dr Alexis the Central Bank and the authorities Antoniades, an assistant professor of eco- can deal with. Because of that, Qatar nomics at GU-Q, was well-attended, with is not planning to change the value of the peg. Dr Al Khater, through his personal capacity as a scholar with expertise in political economy and monetary policy, has spo- ken at the University annu- ally for the last five years. He was also a Scholar in Residence at GU-Q dur- ing the 2012-13 academic year. His views express his own views and do not rep- resent the official view of the Qatar Central Bank. Dr Khalid Al Khater speaking at the Georgetown University. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

PM with French official Q-Post to start Qatar Airways electronic money transfer DOHA: The Qatar Postal A380 service Services Company — Q-Post — will soon provide elec- tronic money transfer serv- ice to India, Tunisia, Morocco and Yemen, an official said from June 17 yesterday. Q-Post will soon sign agree- ments with these countries for this purpose, the Qatar New Launch service from HIA to London Agency reported yesterday quot- ing Mohammed Al Jabor Al DOHA: Qatar Airways yester- marks a significant milestone for Nuaimi, director of trade and day announced that its first A380 the airline, whose future home, financial affairs at Q-Post. aircraft will commence London Hamad International Airport He was addressing a workshop Heathrow route operations from (HIA), has been specially designed on electronic money transfer Hamad International Airport to cater to the aircraft, with six which opened here yesterday. (HIA) operations on June 17. contact gates designed specifically Q-Post, which currently pro- “It is a significant moment in for the superjumbo. In addition, vides electronic money transfer our airline’s history to welcome the maintenance hangar at HIA— to Egypt is preparing to enter these aircraft into our rapidly which is the largest in the world the sector in a big way, hinted expanding fleet,” said Akbar Al — is able to accommodate two The Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with Special Envoy the official. Baker, Chief Executive Officer of A380s simultaneously. of the President of France for the Protection of the Planet, Nicolas Hulot. During the meeting they reviewed It has conducted studies on Qatar Airways. Qatar Airways is also cele- similar money transfer services in issues of mutual interest. “Operating on Doha-London brating a year of intensive fleet the local market and has started Heathrow route, these aircraft, growth and recently becoming a work on creating the required with its customised cabins, will member of the oneworld global infrastructure for extending the set a new level of comfort for our alliance network. In addition to service to several Arab and non- passengers, who will also benefit the 13 A380 aircraft the airline Arab countries, he added. The from a smooth and pleasant pas- currently has on order, Qatar Kenyan First Lady visits QF service will be available at all senger experience at the world’s Airways is also set this year to Q-Post branches, he added. newest airport,” he said. welcome the first of 80 A350 air- DOHA: Qatar Foundation Q- Post is expected to use the Featuring a tri-class configura- crafts, the world’s newest aircraft, for Education, Science and International Financial System tion of seating in First, Business as Airbus’ launch customer. Community Development has (IFS) application to compete with and Economy Class, over two This forms part of Qatar hosted the First Lady of Kenya, other service providers. decks, the A380 is the largest pas- Airways plans to significantly Margaret Kenyatta, on a visit IFS uses electronic data senger jet in the world and will expand its fleet with 300 addi- to Education City. interchange (EDI) to send inter- provide a superior traveller expe- tional aircraft on order, worth The First Lady was shown national money order data elec- rience to the airline’s customers. more than US $50bn, including a presentation which outlined tronically, using sophisticated The new First Class A380 seat, the Boeing 787 and 777X. the vision and mission of Qatar data encryption techniques to recently revealed at the world’s Qatar Airways is flying a mod- Foundation. ensure the integrity of the data leading travel show, ITB Berlin, ern fleet of 131 aircraft to 137 key She was also introduced to sent over the postal network. features a 90-inch seat pitch, business and leisure destinations Qatar Foundation’s many edu- Al Shaz Ali Al Mukhtar, transforming into a fully flat across Europe, the Middle East, cational initiatives, community regional coordinator of bed, together with an expansive Africa, Asia Pacific, North America development plans and scien- International Postal Union, said a choice of entertainment options and South America. Over the tific research programmes. The project is underway to implement displayed on individual 26-inch next few months, the network visit included a meeting with electronic money transfer serv- television screens. will grow further with Larnaca, Engineer Saad Al Muhannadi, ices within the Arab and North The first of 13 such aircraft Cyprus (April 29), Al Hofuf, Saudi President of Qatar Foundation. African countries. on order, Qatar Airways is set Arabia (May 15), Istanbul Sabiha President Kenyatta of Kenya The project, which is in its to receive three A380 aircraft in GkçenJ Airport, Turkey (May 22, and the First Lady were on a second phase, will be practically quick succession this summer and 2014), Edinburgh, Scotland (May three-day state visit to Qatar, The First Lady of Kenya Margaret Kenyatta, with Engineer Saad Al implemented in 2016. The Arab the new aircraft will commence 28, 2014), Miami, USA (June 10, during which they met senior Muhannadi, President of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Postal Corporation will lay down operations on the QR003 and 2014), Haneda, Japan (June 18, officials to discuss various coop- Community Development during her visit to the Education City. the infrastructure and make QR004 London-Heathrow route. 2014) and Dallas/Fort Worth, erative measures between the two the required arrangements, he According to the company, the USA (July 1, 2014). countries. to promote close collaboration in fields of research and education. added. arrival of the airline’s first A380 THE PENINSULA Qatar and Kenya are looking a number of areas, including the THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Israel could become an ‘apartheid state’ Kerry issues warning over peace talks stalemate

LONDON: The US Secretary of believed to be the first time a US Kerry has had a sometimes State, John Kerry, has warned in official of Kerry’s standing has strained relationship with some a closed-door meeting that Israel used the contentious term in the senior Israeli officials as the peace risks becoming an “apartheid context of Israel, even if only as talks have become gridlocked. In state” if US-sponsored efforts a warning for the future. January Israel’s defence minister, to reach an Israeli-Palestinian Although the danger to Israel of Moshe Ya’alon, described Kerry as peace settlement fail. a failure to move towards a two- “obsessive and messianic”. In an apparent sign of Kerry’s state solution has been framed In 2008 in an interview dur- deep frustration over the almost by Israeli politicians in similar ing his election campaign, US certain collapse of the current terms, US officials have long been President Barack Obama explic- nine-month round of peace wary of following suit. When the itly rejected “injecting a term talks — due to conclude today former president Jimmy Carter like apartheid” into the discus- — he blamed both sides for the used it for the title of his 2006 sion over Israel and Palestine. lack of progress and said fail- book Palestine: Peace or Apartheid, “It’s emotionally loaded, histori- ure could lead to a resumption it caused controversy. cally inaccurate, and it’s not what of Palestinian violence against Kerry’s comments reflect simi- I believe,” he said. Israeli citizens. lar recent warnings to Israel from Attempting to defuse the The remarks were made western diplomats that the col- row, Jen Psaki, spokesperson on Friday at the Trilateral lapse of the peace talks might for the US state department, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (left) takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers yesterday. Commission, a non-governmen- lead to the country’s increasing said: “Secretary Kerry, like jus- tal organisation of experts and isolation. tice minister Livni and previous officials from the US, western Kerry said: “A two-state solu- Israeli prime ministers Olmert Europe, Russia and Japan. A tion will be clearly underscored and Barak, was reiterating why Bouteflika begins fourth term recording was acquired by the as the only real alternative. there’s no such thing as a one- Daily Beast website. Because a unitary state winds state solution if you believe, as ALGIERS: Algeria’s President if he cannot govern for the entire Can he fulfil his constitutional Kerry also suggested that up either being an apartheid he does, in the principle of a Abdelaziz Bouteflika was sworn term and how that would affect duties? Lots of questions remain a change of either Israeli or state with second-class citizens Jewish state. in for a fourth term yesterday political and economic reforms without answers,” said Lakhdar Palestinian leadership might cre- — or it ends up being a state that “[Kerry] was talking about the after he easily won an election and oil investment in the North Benkhallaf, a representative of an ate more favourable conditions for destroys the capacity of Israel to kind of future Israel wants and opponents dismissed as unfair African country. Islamist party. peace and the final, long-delayed be a Jewish state. the kind of future both Israelis and returned to power for The president must name a Since the stroke that put him in agreement on the shape of a “Once you put that frame in and Palestinians would want to another five years. new government including prime a Paris hospital for three months Palestinian state. your mind, that reality, which is envision. The only way to have State television showed minister and energy minister. The last year, Bouteflika has appeared Kerry’s remarks represent the bottom line, you understand two nations and two peoples living Bouteflika, 77, sitting in a wheel- choices may give an indication of only occasionally in public, usually a significant departure, as sen- how imperative it is to get to the side by side in peace and security chair to take his oath and give his the depth of reform proposals. when greeting foreign dignitar- ior US officials historically have two-state solution, which both is through a two-state solution. first public speech for at least two In the text of his speech, ies such as US Secretary of State avoided the word “apartheid” leaders, even yesterday, said they And without a two-state solution, years. He suffered a stroke last Bouteflika said he would soon start John Kerry just before the vote. relating to Israeli policies. It is remain deeply committed to.” the level of prosperity and secu- year that raised questions about work on “consensual constitutional After his return from Paris, rity the Israeli and Palestinian his ability to govern. revision” and called on representa- sources say, Bouteflika’s allies people deserve isn’t possible.” “I thank the Algerian people tives from civil society and political strengthened his hand by remov- The Emergency Committee for their renewed confidence,” parties to join the process. ing several generals to curb the for Israel, whose chairman is Bouteflika said in a weak, often Many Algerians say their coun- influence of Algeria’s DRS mili- the prominent neo-conservative wavering voice before hundreds of try has been governed behind the tary intelligence service, which William Kristol, said: “On Friday, supporters. “The April 17 election scenes by rival clans of independ- has long played a kingmaker’s role secretary of state John Kerry was a victory for democracy.” ence-era leaders from the ruling in politics. raised the spectre of Israel as an Under Bouteflika, a veteran of Front de Liberation Nationale and Diplomats say that backroom ‘apartheid state’. Even Barack the war that ended with inde- old-guard army generals who see tussling for influence among rival Obama condemned the use of this pendence in 1962, the Opec pro- themselves as guardians of stability. political and military clans has term when running for president ducer has become a partner in Six main opposition parties defined much of Algeria’s post-inde- in 2008. It is no longer enough for Washington’s campaign against joined forces to boycott the April pendence politics. Appointments to the White House to clean up after al Qaeda-linked militancy in the 17 ballot, saying it was biased in the new government will illustrate the messes John Kerry has made. Maghreb and a supplier of about a Bouteflika’s favour and offered how those rivalries are evolving, It is time for John Kerry to step fifth of Europe’s gas imports. little chance of change to the and how likely broader reforms are, An Israeli road protected by a security barrier cuts the West Bank Palestinian down as secretary of state, or for But Bouteflika’s weak health status quo. “Is this a president said Geoff Porter at North Africa town of Beit Jala, near Bethlehem, yesterday. President Obama to fire him.” has left questions about what who can resolve problems and Risk Consulting. THE GUARDIAN happens next, who replaces him meet the people’s aspirations? REUTERS ‘Blood money’ Assad seeks re-election US experts see progress in saved 358 search for MERS treatment DAMASCUS: Syrian President republic,” the document said. must receive the support of 35 from death Bashar Al Assad has registered A posting on the presidency’s MPs to make their run official. WASHINGTON: US scientists according to the scientists. to run in next month’s presi- official Facebook page quoted Electoral rules prevent those say they have made progress “This panel of neutralising dential vote, which is expected Assad as calling on supporters of who have lived outside Syria for toward developing treatments antibodies offers the possibility penalty in Iran to return him to power despite different candidates to express the past decade from competing, for Middle East Respiratory of developing human monoclonal the grinding conflict, the par- themselves through the ballot effectively ruling out participation Syndrome (MERS), after antibody-based immunotherapy, TEHRAN: The payment of liament speaker announced box. “I call on all Syrian citizens by the opposition-in-exile. the death toll from the newly especially for health care work- “blood money” spared 358 yesterday. to refrain from firing in the air in With nearly half the population emerged and often fatal disease ers,” the authors noted. Iranians from execution last The election will be Syria’s joy, whatever the occasion might displaced, inside and outside the topped 100 in Saudi Arabia. The World Health Organisation year, the country’s prosecutor first multi-candidate presiden- be, especially as Syria will be hav- country, it is unclear how many There are currently no vac- announced last week that it had general said yesterday. tial vote, after changes to the ing its first election in modern Syrians will be able to vote. The cines or antiviral treatments offered to send international The practice, made possible constitution. The government history.” head of the electoral commission for MERS, a severe respiratory experts to Saudi Arabia to investi- under the Islamic Shariah law of has not explained how it will hold Assad is expected to sail to vic- also said that Syrians who left the disease with a mortality rate of gate “any evolving risk” associated diya (restitution), allows a con- a vote in a country gripped by a tory against the six other candi- country “illegally” would not be more than 40 percent that was with the transmission pattern of vict to be pardoned by a victim’s brutal war that has killed more dates who have so far announced allowed to vote. first reported in Saudi Arabia in the virus. family if they receive financial than 150,000 people and with their runs, one of them a woman. The main opposition National 2012 and which experts are still The UN agency said the recent recompense. large swathes of territory beyond They are all largely unknown, Coalition has criticised the elec- struggling to understand. cluster of cases among health The 358 cases fell in the last regime control. except for one member of parlia- tions as a “farce”, while the US But now scientists at the Dana- workers was a cause of concern Iranian calendar year, between Speaking at a session of par- ment, and it remains unclear how embassy in Syria — closed since Farber Cancer Institute in Boston as the virus had clearly been con- March 2013 and March 2014, the liament, Speaker Mohamed Al they will angle their campaigns 2012 in protest over the regime’s have identified natural human tracted from a human patient and Fars news agency quoted pros- Lahham read a letter from Assad. against Assad. violations — said on Twitter: antibodies — proteins made by not directly from an animal host. ecutor general Gholam Hossein “I, citizen Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Syria’s parliament has 250 “Staged elections since the 70s - the immune system that recog- Wayne Marasco, who led the Mohseni Ejeie as saying. wish to present my candidacy members, 160 of who belong to the an Assad family legacy.” nise foreign viruses and bacteria research, and his team found the According to the United for the post of president of the ruling Baath party. Candidates AFP — against the virus that causes MERS antibodies using a “library” Nations, more than 170 people MERS. of some 27 billion human antibod- have been executed in Iran since In laboratory studies reported ies they have created and main- the beginning of 2014. in the Proceedings of the National tain in a freezer at Dana-Farber. However, Iranian media have Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a A neutralising antibody is one in recent weeks published details scientific journal, researchers that not only recognises a specific of several capital cases in which found that these “neutralising” virus but also prevents it from blood money spared the killers antibodies prevented a key part of infecting host cells, so eventually from execution. the virus, known as MERS CoV, the infection is “cleared” from the The most high-profile case from attaching to protein recep- individual. Marasco added that involved a blindfolded murderer tors that allow the virus to infect an antibody-based treatment for known only as Balal being pic- human cells. Further experiments MERS would be administered by tured with a hangman’s noose are under way that could lead to injection and could provide pro- around his neck. development of antibody preven- tection for about three weeks. The convict escaped the gallows tives and treatments for MERS, AFP at the last minute when his vic- tim’s mother pardoned him, and only administered a slap on his face as punishment. The blood money in the Balal case had been raised from the 50 mummies found in Egypt proceeds of a film director’s spe- cial screening, amounting to 3bn CAIRO: A vast necropolis with some 50 mummies, including rials ($90,000). pharaonic royalty, has been discovered in Egypt’s famed Valley of After Balal dramatically the Kings near the temple city of Luxor, officials said yesterday. escaped death, media reported “The immense necropolis contains the remains of mummies that several other cases in which the could have been members of the royal family, in particular the sons of victim’s family pardoned the killer the kings Tutmoses III and Tutmoses IV of the 18th dynasty,” which at the very last minute, with one ruled from 1550-1292 BC, the antiquities ministry said. being pardoned even after he was A man operates an excavator at a site hit yesterday by a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to President Bashar Archaeologists found wooden sarcophagi, death masks and canopic hanged for a few minutes. Al Assad in the Al Shaar neighbourhood of Aleppo. jars used to store organs removed during the embalming process. The AFP mummies included newborn babies. AFP TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Brotherhood’s Badie defiant after sentence If they execute me one thousand times I will not retreat from the right path, says Brotherhood General Guide

CAIRO: The leader of Egypt’s that followed the army overthrow Muslim Brotherhood defied a of Mursi, who is also on trial on death sentence handed down an array of charges. against him yesterday, say- The slight, 70-year-old veteri- ing he would keep pursuing his nary professor stood trial in Cairo cause, a son of deposed presi- in a separate case hours after the dent Mohamed Mursi quoted sentence was affirmed. Two secu- him as saying. rity officials said Badie appeared “If they executed me one thou- relaxed and joked, asking other sand times I will not retreat from Brotherhood members to buy the right path,” Brotherhood him the red outfit that prisoners General Guide condemned to death Mohamed Badie wear. (pictured) was As word spread quoted as saying of the death sen- by lawyer Osama tences, relatives Mursi, who attended screamed and cried one of his trials in outside the court in Cairo. The com- the town of Minya. ments were pub- “This is a corrupt lished on Osama government. This is Mursi’s Facebook a failed regime. We page. He is the son have no real police. of Mohamed Mursi. We have no real Reacting to what state,” said Sabah it called the “chill- Hassan, whose son ing” court ruling, was sentenced to the Brotherhood death. Others col- said the world can lapsed on the street no longer afford as soldiers with to stay silent. “The Muslim AK-47 assault rifles standing on Brotherhood reaffirms it will an armoured vehicle looked on. continue to fight relentlessly for Relatives blamed Abdel Fattah Women faint outside the courtroom in Egypt’s southern province of Minya after a court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 682 freedom and democracy in Egypt, Al Sisi, the general who deposed other alleged Islamists to death. RIGHT: The mother of an accused supporter reacts in front of the court. and continue to use all peaceful Mursi. “Sisi is ruling like a means to end military rule and king” and “May God punish you and thousands of members are recommendations in the case not the kind of news to rekindle of the Brotherhood but were achieve justice for the Egyptian for what you did” some people behind bars. The Brotherhood, involving Badie will be passed confidence,” Angus Blair, chair- reported to the police by inform- people,” the group’s London office chanted. believed to have about one mil- on to Egypt’s Mufti, the highest man of business and economic ants acting on personal agendas. said in an emailed statement. Tough measures against the lion supporters in the nation of religious authority. His opinion forecasting think-tank Signet, “There is nothing against me Badie, considered a conserva- Brotherhood suggest the authori- 85 million, has vowed to topple can be ignored by the court. The wrote on on Twitter. – no one has any evidence that I tive hardliner, was charged with ties still see it as a major threat, the government through protests. rulings can be appealed. Many Meanwhile, the court in the was there on that day,” said Hagag crimes including inciting violence even though most of its leaders Death sentence defendants are on the run. southern province of Minya also Saber, a 34-year-old government Mass trials in the biggest Arab reversed 492 of 529 death sen- electrician who was one of the 683 state have reinforced fears among tences it passed in March, com- sentenced to death for the Adwa human rights groups that the gov- muting most of those to life in killing. Currently at large, he ernment and anti-Islamist judges prison. Lawyers and rights cam- claims he was in Cairo the day the April 6 movement banned are using all levers of power to paigners said the sentences in attacks happened. “There is no crush opponents. the two mass trials resulted from justice or integrity, nothing based CAIRO: An Egyptian court yesterday banned a the Muslim Brotherhood. Western governments Sarah Leah Whitson, execu- rushed proceedings that infringed on facts. Everything is based on pro-democracy movement that helped ignite the have expressed concern about the Egyptian govern- tive director for Middle East and basic local and international law. an illegitimate investigation that uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in ment’s repressive policies since he was ousted but North Africa at Human Rights Mohamed Elmessiry, an took hearsay from people in the 2011, tightening a crackdown on dissent a month there has been little sign of meaningful pressure. Watch, said: “The decisions are Amnesty International researcher street,” Saber said. ahead of a presidential election the former army In an official document released after the ruling, possibly the largest possible death who attended the hearings, said: His lawyer, Mohamed Abd-El chief is expected to win. the court did not comment on the specific accusa- sentences in recent world history. “In each trial, the defence were Fatah Ali, showed the Guardian The Cairo court was ruling on a private lawsuit tions made against April 6 by the lawyer, Ashraf While they’re exceptional in scale, not able to present their case, the roughly 6,000 pages of court docu- brought by a lawyer who alleged that the April 6 Saeed. But it said the issues raised represented they’re certainly not exceptional witnesses were not heard, and ments from the case and argued movement had conspired against Egypt to serve “for- a “real danger”. “It is necessary to immunise the in kind. It seems that these sen- many of the accused were not that the judge could not have had eign parties” and staged protests that had “insulted country from this danger,” it said. tences are aimed at striking brought to the courtroom. This time to read them. national security” and damaged the economy. The lawyer had also accused April 6 of seeking fear and terror into the hearts lacks any basic guarantees of a “There’s no human who could April 6 was one of the youth protest movements protection from the United States, using media to of those who oppose the interim fair trial – not only under inter- read this amount of newspaper that harnessed social media to bring people into the cause “anarchy” and attacking security institutions government.” national law, but also Egyptian pages, let alone legal documents streets for the historic January 25, 2011 protests - a reference to the storming of the headquarters In an early reaction from a national law. The trials them- containing testimonies, in order that led to Mubarak’s downfall at the height of the of Egypt’s domestic spying agency in 2011. Western government, Swedish selves are a death sentence to to find the paragraph that relates “Arab Spring” uprisings. In December, three leading members of April 6 - Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wrote any remaining credibility and to this case and these defendants It also took part in protests that led to the army Ahmed Maher, Mohamed Adel and Ahmed Douma on Twitter that the mass trials independence of Egypt’s criminal in the time allowed,” said Ali, overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in - were sentenced to three years in prison on charges were an “outrage”. “The world justice system.” who was fined by the judge and July last year but has since mobilised opposition to including protesting illegally. Their appeals were must and will react!” Many of the defendants in both referred to court himself for boy- the military-backed government, rallying against a rejected. “We will continue our activities and we “In a month, Egypt sentences trials say they were not present cotting an earlier session. “That law that tightly restricts street activism. will state our opinion as we wish,” April 6 said in more people to death than the during the attacks, and some would take three months.” The “Cairo Court for Urgent Matters” that issued a statement. rest of the world combined. It is say they are not even supporters REUTERS/THE GUARDIAN the ruling was the same body that last year banned REUTERS Iraq attacks kill 57 as security forces vote South Sudan peace

BAGHDAD: Attacks includ- ing a spate of suicide bomb- ings killed 57 people yesterday dialogue resumes as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq’s first par- ADDIS ABABA: Peace talks is on the brink of famine. liamentary election since US between South Sudan’s govern- The war has left thousands troops withdrew. ment and rebels aimed at end- and possibly tens of thousands of The bombings in Baghdad and ing a four-month-old civil war people dead, and forced over one the north and west raise seri- resumed in the Ethiopian capi- million to flee their homes. More ous concerns about the security tal yesterday, amid mounting than 78,000 civilians are currently forces’ ability to protect ordinary global outrage over a wave of crammed into eight UN bases voters on polling day tomorrow, atrocities. in the country, while thousands when more than 20 million are The long-awaited resumption have fled to neighbouring states, eligible to take part. They come of the talks, which have been on mainly Uganda and Ethiopia. amid a protracted surge in vio- hold for several weeks against a The capital Juba was also lence and fears the country is backdrop of heavy fighting, came hosting a visit by the UN’s High edging towards all-out conflict. as top UN human rights officials Commissioner for Human Rights, Nine attackers wearing suicide Iraqi nationals residing in the UAE wait in line to cast their ballot for Iraq’s parliamentary elections outside a polling arrived in the country to probe Navi Pillay, and special envoy belts mostly targeted polling sta- massacres and other war crimes. for the prevention of genocide, station in Dubai yesterday. tions in Baghdad and cities north “The South Sudan peace talks Adama Dieng. of the capital, while roadside that focus on a political dialogue The two are expected to remain bombs struck military convoys suicide bomber at a polling sta- public frustration over poor basic overseas voters. for national reconciliation and in the country until Wednesday and targeted journalists covering tion in the city’s north. services, rampant corruption and Attacks on candidates and healing resumed in Addis Ababa and hold meetings with Kiir. They the election.The deadliest attack Attacks elsewhere in the coun- high unemployment, as well as the their campaign staff and rallies today following the arrival of all are due to tour massacre sites “if struck northeast of Baghdad in the try killed 15 members of the secu- persistent violence. have cast a shadow over the elec- parties,” a statement from the security conditions allow”, UN mostly-Kurdish town of Khanaqin, rity forces, officials said. Overall, tion, and parts of Iraq that have IGAD regional bloc said. Mission in South Sudan spokes- near Iraq’s border with Iran. more than 120 people were CHANGE SOUGHT been out of government control It added that both sides “shared man Joe Contreras said. A suicide bomber killed 30 wounded in the bloodshed. The month-long campaign has for months will not see any voting. concern over the recent escala- Earlier this month, the rebels people who had gathered to cel- In Mosul, six Iraqi journalists seen Baghdad and other cities Authorities announced a week- tion of the conflict and expressed were blamed for the killings of ebrate the release of a video pur- were wounded as a bomb exploded plastered with posters and decked long public holiday to try to bolster their renewed commitment to hundreds of people in the oil hub porting to show ailing President while they were in a military out in bunting, as candidates have security for the election. Although the mediation process.” The stop- of Bentiu, and a pro-government Jalal Talabani casting his vote in vehicle to cover the vote. taken to the streets, staged loud voters have a long list of grievances, start talks began shortly after the mob killed dozens of civilians in Germany, where he is receiving The blasts shattered an early rallies and challenged each other in addition to the near-daily vio- conflict broke out on December 15 an attack on a UN base in Bor. treatment for a stroke. morning calm as soldiers and in angry debates. “All Iraqis have lence, the election has centred on between supporters of President More details on the Bentiu At least 50 others were wounded policemen queued outside poll- a desire for change,” said Jawad Maliki’s efforts to stay in power. Salva Kiir and ex-vice president atrocities emerged on Monday, in the attack, which struck near ing stations amid tight security, Kadhim, a police sergeant. His opponents, who span the Riek Machar. A ceasefire was with the international aid agency the offices of Talabani’s Patriotic before leaving with the traditional “There should be a change from communal spectrum, accuse him signed in late January but was Doctors Without Borders (known Union of Kurdistan in the town. purple ink-stained finger indicat- the previous government which of shoring up his power base, and quickly violated. by its French acronym MSF) Two suicide bombers also ing they had voted. has failed in all senses of the Sunni Arabs in particular say the With the UN Security Council releasing fresh eyewitness testi- struck the capital. At one poll- No group claimed responsibility word. The parliament did not do 63-year-old incumbent discrimi- last week threatening sanctions mony of the carnage. ing station in west Baghdad for the bloodshed. anything.” Along with more than nates against them. against leaders on both sides, it “What I saw in Bentiu — bod- where a militant armed with an Prime Minister Nouri Al 800,000 members of the security Maliki contends that foreign is hoped the new round of talks ies of civilians strewn through the explosives-rigged vest killed seven Maliki, who hails from Iraq’s Shia forces eligible to vote at upwards interference is behind deterio- will have more success in ending streets in grisly states of damage policemen, ambulances ferried off Arab majority and is accused by of 500 polling stations nation- rating security and complains of the conflict in the world’s young- and decay, being eaten by dogs and the wounded as soldiers cordoned critics of monopolising power and wide, hospital and prison staff, being saddled with a unity gov- est nation, which won independ- birds — was an affront to human- off the street, witnesses reported. targeting minority groups, is seek- patients and inmates also voted ernment of groups that snipe at ence from Khartoum in 2011 but ity,” said Raphael Gorgeu, MSF’s Five members of the security ing a third term in tomorrow’s yesterday. Polls officially closed him in public and block his efforts has collapsed into all-out war head of mission in the country. forces were killed by another election. But there is widespread at 6pm for special balloting and to pass legislation. AFP and, according to aid workers, AFP TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HESE are times of tectonic shifts. Policies once deemed unassailable are being assailed, bilateral relations considered carved in rocks and therefore Timmune to change are undergoing a shocking transformation, and borders between friends and foes are A Nato wake-up call blurring in a way that makes it difficult to assess who are friends and foes. In this sense, the statement of US Secretary of State John Kerry that ‘Israel risks becoming an apartheid BY JACKSON DIEHL Like Ukraine, Estonia and Latvia have state if it does not make peace with the Palestinians soon’ large Russian-speaking populations, con- should be seen as part of the cataclysmic changes happening OR years leaders of this Baltic centrated in areas close to the Russian in our region. At the same time, that shouldn’t undermine the state were an irritant at Nato border. Both countries have been accused In 2009 and again last meetings, insisting to eye-roll- by Moscow of mistreating this minority. significance of his statement either. A US secretary of state Fing ambassadors from Western In 2007, Estonia’s removal of a Soviet year, Russia staged major using the word ‘apartheid’ in reference to Israel was widely Europe that Vladimir Putin’s Russia was monument led first to rioting by Russian exercises simulating an dubbed as a first by the international media yesterday, and can a revanchist power bent on destabilizing speakers and then to what appeared have a huge impact. and dominating its neighbors. Now they to be a massive, Moscow-sponsored invasion of the Baltic Kerry allegedly made the remarks to a group of senior voice grim satisfaction that what was cyberattack. once dismissed as paranoia has become In theory, the Baltics should be invul- states by more than international officials at a closed-door meeting of the influential the West’s conventional wisdom. nerable to the unconventional, quasi- 20,000 troops. That’s Trilateral Commission on Friday, The Daily Beast news website But the satisfaction has its limits. “The covert war Russia has launched against reported. “A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as thing about being a Cassandra, being Ukraine because they are members more than the combined the only real alternative. Because a unitary state winds up right is not necessarily great,” President of Nato. But pessimists here worry armies of the three either being an apartheid state with second class citizens -- or Toomas Ilves told a security conference that alliance membership might also countries, which also it ends up being a state that destroys the capacity of Israel to here over the weekend. “Because if you make the Baltics a tempting target for have read your ‘Illiad,’ you know she Putin, should he succeed in dismantling possess no tanks or be a Jewish state,” Kerry said. dies.” Ukraine. Were the “little green men” The provocation for the statement was Kerry’s frustration Estonia and the two other Baltic of Russian special forces to appear, say, fighter planes. over the almost certain collapse of the current nine-month republics swallowed by the Soviet in Narva — a town close to the border round of peace talks. He blamed Union in 1940 are a good place to see where less than half of the population both sides for the collapse of the how the Ukraine crisis is transform- of 65,000 holds Estonian citizenship — Russian-speaking. talks, but was especially angry ing what for two might Nato struggle, as it does now, to Then there is the threat of troops on US Secretary of decades has been agree on a response? the border. In 2009 and again last year, State’s criticism with the Israeli officials whose the “post-Cold “Nato cannot afford the Crimea or Russia staged major exercises simulating intransigence caused this collapse. War order” in east Ukraine scenario in any town or any an invasion of the Baltic states by more of Israel Kerry has every right to vent his Europe. Suddenly border of any member state,” Estonian than 20,000 troops. That’s more than the anger – he has invested so much of Pessimists worry the Baltic coun- Prime Minister Taavi Roivas told me. combined armies of the three countries, indicates that his time and energy for peace that tries are not “That would be the end of Nato.” It’s which also possess no tanks or fighter that Nato alliance tiny backwaters, probable that Putin has had the same planes. Said Terras: “I am absolutely Washington’s he would expect at least a quarter membership but “frontline thought. sure that we need heavy armor capa- support for of his seriousness from the partners states” on a con- How to stop this very 21st-century bility. Russia understands heavy metal involved. might make tinent once again model of aggression, with its mix of and power. Power is not cyber. Power Tel Aviv can’t In the same way as US relations the Baltics a dominated by a propaganda, cyberattacks, special forces is tanks.” with its allies in our region are standoff between and troops massed on the border? The The chances that Estonia will get be taken for fraying due to a slew of unexpected tempting target Moscow and the Estonians say they’ve learned some les- that deterrent, either on its own or by a democratic West. sons from Ukraine and from their own Nato deployment, don’t look particularly granted. factors, Washington’s relations with for Putin, should A company of history. The first is: Don’t hesitate to good. In Brussels, Germany, France and Israel too are undergoing minor he succeed US 173rd Airborne fight back. Italy are among the governments lined shifts. Kerry’s bold statement is Brigade soldiers is “If the first green man appears in up against a permanent Nato deploy- proof of this shift, which was considered unthinkable until in dismantling flying into Tallinn Narva, the government knows exactly ment in the Baltics; a frustrated Eastern recently. As expected, Israelis reacted furiously. “Kerry, shame Ukraine. Monday, part of how to respond,” Maj. Gen. Riho Terras European ambassador dubbed them the on you. There are some words you cannot use,” Transport a deployment of told the Lennart Meri security confer- “white-flag coalition.” The Obama admin- 600 US troops in ence. “You have to shoot the first green istration deployed the paratroopers as a Minister Israel Katz, a member of Prime Minister Benjamin Poland and the man, and the second will not come.” non-Nato operation, and said they will Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party, wrote on his Facebook page. Baltic states. F-16s from Denmark are Actually it is not that simple, as Terras stay through 2014. But US ambassador to The unusual remark could only have a positive impact due Wednesday at an airfield newly des- himself quickly acknowledged. There is Nato Douglas Lute said here that it was on Washington’s peace efforts. One of the biggest hurdles to ignated as a Nato facility. In Brussels, the problem of fending off the cyber- “too soon to tell” whether a longer-term peace has been Washington’s unswerving support for Israeli Nato is debating whether to make the attacks that might accompany distur- deployment would be needed. deployment of troops and planes to bances in a Russian-populated area, as As usual, the Estonians find them- aggressions. That support still continues, and is unlikely to the region permanent, thereby scrap- well as the concentrated propaganda on selves well ahead of their allies. “The change in the near future, but criticism of Israel by US officials ping a 1997 pledge to Russia not to sta- Russian television channels. Estonia has events in Ukraine were a powerful gives the hope that Washington will not be a silent spectator. tion forces in the central and Eastern made itself Nato’s cyberdefense maven wakeup call for part of the international The Obama administration is resetting its relations with some European countries that joined the alli- since 2007, but neither it nor Latvia has community,” said Defense Minister Sven Middle East countries, and in this policy upheaval, there is no ance after the Soviet Union’s collapse. a local, Russian-language TV channel, Mikser. “But the Baltic countries didn’t reason for Israel to remain unaffected A threat that once was dismissed as even though a quarter of the popula- need any waking up.” . imaginary now looks all too real here. tion in Estonia and a third in Latvia are WP-BLOOMBERG Letters Quote of Signboards obstruct drivers’ view, Bad roads in Abu Hamour the day pose risk to pedestrians would like to draw the atten- A little bit of care and vigi- tion of the authorities to the lance by those responsible at he photo on right, taken near ‘Crazy Iissue of potholes and the the time of building roads can Signal’, on B Ring Road, is of one among dilapidated condition of inner save commuters a lot of has- Tmany such signboards in Qatar. The roads in Abu Hamour (Zone 56), sle, and the country time, effort I thank the signboard directing people to a private firm especially Swaidat Al Warag and money. has been put up in the middle of a footpath Street (Street No. 520), where Sewerage lines were recently Algerian people and poses a danger to pedestrians, including the road has sunk around a laid in this area and all these children, as it is made of metal and has sharp manhole in the middle of the manholes were built, and soon for their renewed edges. road and poses a serious risk to after the sinking of the road Similar signboards put up at many places, commuters. started, which shows the bad confidence. The either by private firms or public authorities, Sinking of the road and une- quality of road construction. need to be monitored and alternative arrange- ven surface around manholes Since your newspaper is April 17 election ments should be made where necessary. I urge the road transport authorities to is a common sight in the inner widely read, I am sure the was a victory for Signboards at some intersections and on remove such dangerous boards from footpaths lanes of this area, which shows authorities will definitely read it footpaths obstruct the view of drivers, result- to prevent accidents and harm to pedestrians. the carelessness of the workers and take the necessary action. democracy. Abdelaziz Bouteflika ing in accidents. Mashood Thiruthiyad, Doha when building the roads. Shariq Badar, Doha Algeria’s President TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Russia’s propaganda war is a danger for Jews Despite what Putin says about anti- semitism in the new Kiev govt, Ukraine’s Jews are committed to independence. BY TIMOTHY SNYDER This was one of his many mistakes. Ukrainian Jews, especially those iolence is a distraction from from the major communities of Kiev the simple facts, and prop- and Dnipropetrovsk, made clear to me aganda turns distraction that they had no desire to be protected into abstraction, people into by Russia. Jews in Ukraine understand symbols – and all the more Russia far better than anyone in the west nowV as Russian intervention in Ukraine Jewish or otherwise.. grows ever more extensive and threat- But this is not just a matter of a more ening. Consider the threat made by the accurate sense of threat from the outside. Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, It is also a sense of being inside. Many and that it would “respond” if Russian citi- probably most Jews have moved towards zens in Ukraine are harmed. Yet who are a distinct identity of their own over the these citizens? 25 years of Ukrainian independence, a There are speakers of Russian in trend that has accelerated dramatically Ukraine, but they are not Russian in recent months. citizens any more than I, a speaker of The Jews of Kiev generally sided with English, am a British subject. There are the protesters of the Maidan, and indeed people who identify as Russian – about a were present in the protests from begin- seventh of the population – but they are ning to end. When the Viktor Yanukovich no more Russian citizens than Quebecois regime tried to install a dictatorship in are citizens of France. January, Jews were among those who Dual citizenship in Ukraine is not per- resisted violence with violence. There mitted. So the answer to the riddle is: was even a Jewish fighting unit, or sot- the Russian citizens in Ukraine are the nia. Ukrainian Jews returned from Israel A Jewish man attends the Morning Prayer at a synagogue in Donetsk, Ukraine. soldiers of the Russian special forces who and applied their Israeli Defence Forces are already there. training. To push the logic a little further, one Ukrainian Jews in Israel sent messages offering a bounty for captured “little in Ukraine defy every day our reflexive Jews in the parts of Donetsk and could say that Lavrov has finally admit- of support by social media, and challenged green men” – who, thus far anyway, seem assumption that Jewish minorities in Luhansk, where Russia is in control, can ted that the soldiers without insignia, one-sided coverage of the protests in the to be steering clear of his territory. eastern Europe are nothing more than no longer count on the predictability of whom the Ukrainians call “little green Israeli press. Yet the greater point is not that all tomorrow’s headlines, the future victims the rule of law. The immediate conse- men,” are Russian soldiers, since he had When the Yanukovich regime, under Jews supported the Ukrainian revolu- of some greater power. quence of the Russian intervention has raised the possibility that they could be Russian pressure, carried out a sniper tion. Mykhailo Dobkin, perhaps the Jews can be victims, of course, and if been gangsterism. harmed. massacre of the protesters in February, most prominent pro-Russian politician in the Russian invasion continues they likely The intervention in Ukraine distracted In the information war no one is hurt one of the people shot was a Ukrainian Ukraine, is Jewish. But he, like his politi- will be, along with the Roma and the us from a good many important things. more than the Jews, since mobilising the Jew. On the Maidan itself, a Ukrainian cal opposite Kolomoisky, is an active and Crimean Tatars who are already suffering One is the reality of the revolution: a global memory of the Holocaust has real artist of Jewish origin created an extraor- powerful figure in civil life, no victim and where Russian troops control Ukrainian mass movement pursuing classical revo- costs for actual people. From the very dinary sculpture called the Wall. no symbol. territory, along with Ukrainians and eve- lutionary goals that actually succeeded in beginning of the revolution, they were Today, in the tentative new order, Jews When presidential elections take ryone else. dethroning a cleptocrat. Another is the an object of Russian propaganda. The are present in Ukrainian public life. One place next month, it is unlikely many The pamphlet released last week in disaster of a Russian foreign policy which, current Ukrainian government, we were is a deputy prime minister, another, Jews will vote for the Jewish candidate. an area under Russian control, asking in pressuring the former Ukrainian told, was composed of anti-semites, fas- Ihor Kolomoisky, is governor of the The commitment of the vast majority of all Jews to register with the separa- regime to do more and more, got an out- cists, and Nazis. Russian intervention was Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian Jews to Ukrainian independ- tist authorities – although later widely come that was exactly the opposite of required, went the argument, to rescue He returned from a perfectly secure ence is a matter of civic, rather than eth- described as a provocation – understand- what Russian leaders wanted: pluralism the Jews of Ukraine. life in Switzerland to take responsibility nic, identification. ably raised fears. and elections. This version was peddled to the west, for an east Ukrainian territory at the Reducing Jews to their ethnicity is The history of the Holocaust demon- But above all, what we have missed is where it had some effect, but interest- edge of Russian aggression. He clearly the first step towards making them a strates that few things are more risky the way in which the experience of revo- ingly it failed entirely in Ukraine itself. relishes the challenge, deliberately adopt- collective symbol in a propaganda story, for Jews than the destruction of state lution and counter-revolution has allowed Putin seems to have believed that Jewish ing symbols of Ukrainian nationalism in a situation where those who use the institutions and the rule of law, which is people to reconsider their identity. Jews people in Ukraine would identify with as his own, deriding Vladimir Putin as most violence get to tell the story first. openly the goal and the consequence of of Ukraine have become Ukrainian Jews. Russia, especially in times of threat. a “schizophrenic of short stature,” and Whichever side they are taking, Jews Russian policy. THE GUARDIAN Here’s why a strong FOI act matters Obama’s fading dream of Transparent operation of a foreign policy legacy government isn’t a fringe issue, BY ALBERT R HUNT resident Barack Obama envisioned building a foreign-policy legacy in his second term: a nuclear deal with sanction-strapped Iran, an and Australians should know end to US involvement in conflicts overseas, and a successful pivot Pto Asia, including a trans-Pacific trade pact. that Tony Abbott and his party Fifteen months after his second inaugural, those goals look more prob- lematic, and Syria’s Bashar Assad and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have created new crises. Dashed foreign-policy dreams aren’t unique to this second-term are smothering the release of president: Dwight D Eisenhower had to contend with the downing of a spy plane by the Soviet Union, the Iran-contra scandal bedevilled Ronald Reagan, information to the public. and the Iraq War turned into a nightmare in George W Bush’s second term. Obama’s woes are complicated by a sense — denied by the White House — of American disengagement. “The perception of American withdrawal is BY JOE LUDWIG followed Tony Abbott’s election palpable,” says Stephen Hadley, the national security adviser to George W is sadly unsurprising. And in Bush. “The Europeans and the Gulf states think that we’re leaving,” says ike a cancer hacking three areas already, we’ve seen Bill Cohen, who served as defence secretary under President Bill Clinton. at our democracy, the it mirroring the secrecy of the “The Asian countries think we’re not coming.” Abbott government’s Howard years. Moreover, the president is caught in a contradictory, and unfair, squeeze. Lpolitical agenda has sys- First, they shut down reason- On issues such as Syria and Russia, he’s depicted as insufficiently aggressive tematically shut down open gov- able scrutiny and questioning or tough. At the same time, the American public, turned off by the Iraq and ernment in the last few months. of key areas of public policy. In Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot Afghanistan wars, wants no part of more aggressive foreign entanglements. They’ve clamped down hard on 2006, it was the Iraqi oil for food Even some Republicans are taking cues from Senator Rand Paul’s quasi- freedom of information requests, scandal. In 2014, it has become isolationists stance. refused to answer simple ques- Operation Sovereign Borders. Ian Macdonald, said of his own embarrassing material. Labour Some of the specifics seem bleak and intractable. The Syrian civil war is tions in the parliament, and are In 2006, public servants faced party and government late last assigned them to bin. Recently, deteriorating, affecting the entire region, and the dictator, Assad, is getting smothering the release of infor- senate estimates committees year: “the prime minister’s office Scott Morrison’s department stronger, even as the administration says he must leave power. Despite the mation to the public. with an edict from prime min- … seem to almost have an almost has tried to revive this process valiant efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israeli-Palestinian peace As technical as it can sound, ister Howard not to answer any obsessive centralised control in another way. process is barely on life support. the open and transparent opera- question relating to the Cole phobia over this and every other The documents that Morrison US officials acknowledge they lack a good read on Putin’s intentions. There tion of government isn’t a fringe inquiry into AWB, no matter aspect of parliament.” refused to say if he’d read were is a good case to be made that Obama’s policies toward Russia are smart issue. It goes to the very heart of how tenuous the link. Jump for- This disease has spread to banned outright from release, in the long run. Yet like every president since Harry Truman, there’s little what politicians do, and it speaks ward eight years, and “on-water the upper echelons of the public purely because he said so. No Obama can do to stop Russian aggressiveness in the short term. volumes about the respect and matters” is the new catchword. service, taking the cues of their explanation, no justification, no Even the two big areas where major successes are possible this year, trust a government has for the The farce reached its height political masters. The secretary appeal, just blocked. an Iranian nuclear deal and sweeping trade agreements, are fraught with public. when minister Morrison of the attorney-general’s depart- It was an obnoxious decision, political complications. Seven years ago, I wrote that wouldn’t even confirm if he’d ment was asked why incoming and I’ve written to the informa- Both sides want a nuclear agreement, Obama for security and legacy rea- under the Howard govern- read the documents he was government briefs were released tion commissioner to urgently sons, the Iranians for economic and political ones. Important details remain, ment, “the FOI act has become blocking from public release under Labour, but not under the review it to report back to informed sources say, but the negotiators have made progress, and there’s sclerotic; its objects ignored in about Operation Sovereign Liberal party. parliament. even some hope of an accord before an interim agreement expires July 20. favour of narrower interpreta- Borders. Even the document’s His pithy response from the A strong FOI act matters If that happens, there will be two critical questions: Although Prime tions by government and the titles were censored. Hansard record is worth repeat- because, to lift a phrase, it keeps Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t be pleased, and his government will courts, and its exemptions, Second, the reversal of a ing in full: “the last two times the (bad public officials) hon- express strong reservations, will the Israelis go all out to persuade Congress charges and procedures argu- pro-disclosure culture has been we played softball and now we est. Ministers and departments to sabotage the deal? Then, will two top Democrats — Senate Foreign ably abused.” The same words driven from the top. Public serv- are playing hardball. Seriously.” should reflect every time they Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez and New York Senator now ring true about the current ants are well-meaning but they This was from the head of the pick up a pen, write an email Charles Schumer — join Republicans in trying to thwart a deal? Liberal government. follow the lead of their minis- department responsible for the or make a decision which will At that point, would Obama be willing to expend enormous political capital In 2007, Labour promised to ter and the cabinet of the day. FOI act and for the information impact the public. by telling the country, as well Congress, that failure to accept the deal means change the culture of govern- It means a minister that sees commissioner. I’ve always held the view that a nuclear-armed Iran or war? ment, to drive a genuine shift value in the political discourse Last, conclusive certificates it’s the cover up that kills you The other conceivable victory would be obtaining so-called fast-track nego- to a pro-disclosure culture. Our can bring a positive culture to are being used beyond worst in politics. tiating authority for trade agreements, followed by the signing of the Trans- policy was to restore trust and policy making. excesses of the Howard years. If the facts aren’t made avail- Pacific Partnership, which would be the biggest trade deal in US history. integrity in the government and Under one who doesn’t, that is These certificates were blunt able, then the truth just finds Obama’s problem is his own party. A majority of House Democrats oppose in the public’s right to know. We all wiped away – and the prime tools that a minister could use another way to get out – but for the pacts under consideration, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has weren’t always perfect in that minister, his office and his min- to block any document that the the time being, it is obvious the signalled little interest in bringing any agreements to a vote this year. The goal, but we had the ship pointed isters treat accountability like public would have had a right to sort of government Abbott has White House, already worried about the prospect of Republican control of in the right direction. a joke. know otherwise; they were used decided to create. the Senate in Obama’s final two years, has difficult calculations to weigh. The quick U-turn that As a Liberal party Senator, to stop the release of politically THE GUARDIAN WP-BLOOMBERG TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL US, EU slap more sanctions on Russia Pro-Moscow mayor shot; gun-toting militants seize town hall of Kostyantynivka; bank attacked in Donetsk

KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE: held by pro-Russian insurgents who The United States and Europe yester- were supposed to have disarmed under day whacked Russia with fresh sanc- the Geneva deal. Several people were tions for failing to stop soaring tensions wounded in Donetsk when pro-Russian in Ukraine, where a pro-Moscow mayor militants wielding baseball bats and iron was shot and badly wounded and pro- bars attacked a rally supporting the Moscow militants seized another town Western-backed authorities in Kiev, an and attacked a rally. AFP reporter on the scene said. As Western powers stepped up the Earlier in Donetsk, some 300 masked pressure on Moscow over the worst men also using bats attacked a bank East-West crisis since the Cold War, owned by a billionaire oligarch and the White House imposed sanctions on regional governor who has clashed with seven Russian officials and 17 firms close Putin. to President Vladimir Putin. The pro-Moscow mayor shot in the The European Union said it was adding back, Gennady Kernes, from the town of 15 names to its own list. Kharkiv, remained in critical condition The Kremlin hit back almost imme- after surgery. diately, vowing a “painful” response for The identity and motive of the gunman Washington. who targeted him while he was riding his Russian Deputy Foreign Minister bicycle were unknown. Sergei Ryabkov told the Interfax news Meanwhile, negotiations were still agency that Moscow was “disgusted” under way to secure the release of a by the US action, which he said showed team of international observers from the Washington had “completely lost touch OSCE, whose capture by rebels on Friday with reality”. sparked global fury. The US said it was prepared to “impose The pan-European security organi- still greater costs” on Russia for what it sation held an emergency meeting in called its “illegal intervention and pro- Vienna to discuss the rising threat in vocative actions” in Ukraine. Ukraine to monitors overseeing the fal- Among those targeted was close Putin tering Geneva accord. ally Igor Sechin, president and chairman The current head of the Organisation of the board at Rosneft, Russia’s top for Security and Cooperation in Europe, petroleum company and one of the world’s Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, told largest publicly traded oil companies. AFP: “We don’t want to stop, but it is Washington is also tightening licens- our responsibility to assess the situation ing requirements for certain high-tech steadily.... If there is a change, then we exports to Russia that could have a mili- will act.” tary use. The OSCE envoy from Russia, which The Western sanctions are a response blames Kiev for the detentions, said it to Russia’s perceived failure to implement was “extremely irresponsible” to send an April 17 a deal struck in Geneva to them to Slavyansk. A wounded pro-Ukrainian supporter in Donetsk yesterday. RIGHT: Pro-Russian men attack a pro-Ukrainian supporter during a pro- defuse the crisis. On Sunday, the rebels presented the Washington has threatened to target OSCE captives — four Germans, a Pole, Ukrainian rally in Donetsk. specific sectors of the Russian economy a Dane, a Czech and a Swede — to the if the tens of thousands of troops the cameras for a news conference slammed had given the OSCE negotiators a list of and urged all sides to treat captives Washington.” Kremlin has ordered to the border actu- as “repugnant” by Germany. names of detained pro-Russian militants “humanely”. Moscow warned the new After a brief period of optimism ally invade Ukraine. The Swede, who suffers from diabe- they would accept as part of a prisoner sanctions — announced by President prompted by the Geneva accord, the As the sanctions lashed Russia, ten- tes, was released later Sunday on medical swap. Barack Obama during a tour of Asia — crisis has lurched into increasingly dan- sions on the ground in eastern Ukraine grounds. A spokeswoman for the rebels Chief among these was Pavel Gubarev, would lead “toward an escalation of the gerous ground, with Ukraine’s prime showed little sign of easing. said all seven remaining detained inspec- self-proclaimed leader of the “people’s crisis”. minister warning that Moscow wanted Kalashnikov-toting militants seized tors were “alive and in good health”. governor” of Donetsk. The International “We will, of course, respond,” Ryabkov to trigger a “third world war” with its the town hall of Kostyantynivka — The self-styled mayor of Slavyansk, Committee of the Red Cross told AFP it said, adding: “We are certain that this military manoeuvres near the border. the latest of more than a dozen towns Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, said the rebels was trying to gain access to the detainees response will have a painful effect on AFP US tornadoes kill 16, devastate towns Macedonia ruling

VILONIA: A ferocious storm system threatened tens of mil- party wins vote lions of people across the US Southeast yesterday, a day after it spawned a series of tornadoes SKOPJE: Macedonia’s con- The SDSM said it was “keeping that killed 16 people, injured servative ruling party has won all options open and would decide more than 100 and tossed cars parliamentary and presiden- in the next few days”. Nearly all around like toys in Arkansas tial elections that European the ballots have been counted. and Oklahoma. monitors said were “efficient The ruling party dismissed the Rescue workers, volunteers and and orderly” despite opposition allegations as an attempt by the victims have been sifting through threats not to recognise it over opposition to manipulate public the rubble in the hardest-hit state alleged flaws. opinion. of Arkansas, looking for survi- Prime Minister Nikola The Organisation for Security vors in central Faulkner County Gruevski’s VMRO-DPMNE party and Cooperation in Europe said where a tornado reduced homes campaigned on a pledge to achieve the elections were “efficient to splinters, snapped power lines stronger economic growth and and orderly” but campaigning and mangled countless trees. improving living standards in one beforehand did not create a level The National Weather Service of the poorest European countries playing field for all. The opposi- said there was a tornado risk for The electoral commission said tion made no comment after the Mississippi, Alabama and western yesterday it won 61 seats and its OSCE report. Opposition parties Georgia as the storm system that ethnic Albanian coalition partner, have often accused Gruevski of produced the twisters headed east DUI, secured 19 seats, giving them creeping authoritarianism and toward the Mid-Atlantic states. a comfortable majority in the 123- corruption. Foreign diplomats Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe seat parliament. The centre-left in Skopje say there are concerns said at least 14 people died in the opposition SDSM will have 34 about media freedom and political state in the storm authorities deputies. pressure on journalists. said produced the first fatalities It confirmed Gjorge Ivanov had Gruevski has said any com- of this year’s US tornado season. beaten his Social Democrat rival plaints of authoritarianism come He previously told a news con- to win another term in the largely from opposition parties that lack ference 16 had been killed but Destroyed cars after a tornado hit the town of Vilonia, Arkansas, yesterday. ceremonial role. a concrete political programme to later said there was a mistake in “This is a big, huge and strong unseat him. He has dismissed as calculation. victory. The people have clearly false the corruption charges and Nine of the victims came from erased from the landscape. While his home survived, The to the family that had sent the expressed their will,” Gruevski, has threatened lawsuits against the same street in the town of “Everything is just leveled to Valley Church where he serves two boys home after they fin- 43, who has ruled the former SDSM’s Zaev. Vilonia, with a population of about the ground,” Vilonia resident as pastor, was flattened. ished their meal as the storm Yugoslav republic since 2006 in Macedonia, with a popula- 4,100. A new intermediate school Matt Rothacher said. “It cut a Two elementary school-aged approached. coalition with the DUI, told a tion of 2 million, remains one set to open in August was heav- zig-zag right through town.” boys died in their home after The home that the boys left cheering crowd early yesterday. of Europe’s poorest countries. ily damaged by a tractor trailer Rothacher was at home with having a pizza dinner at a friend’s survived the tornado. The home However, SDSM said it would Unemployment is above 28 per- blown into its roof. A steel farm his wife and four children when home, said Rothacher, who was the boys returned to did not, not recognise the result of either cent, but Gruevski’s government shop anchored to concrete was the tornado passed through. helping provide grief counseling Rothacher said. REUTERS election. has achieved solid economic Its leader, Zoran Zaev, told growth, low public debt and a rise reporters there were “threats and in foreign investment, unlike most blackmail and massive buying of other Balkan countries. voters”, accusing Gruevski and his Diplomats have also praised party of “abusing the entire state Gruevski for keeping in check Mayor held in Mexico for drug cartel links system”. It was not immediately tensions between Macedonia’s clear what concrete steps the Slav majority and its large ethnic opposition would take once the Albanian minority. MORELIA: The mayor of a town that where Oseguera was mayor, is home to about The federal government had tolerated the results are officially confirmed. REUTERS serves as one of Mexico’s key drug traffick- 180,000 people. expansion of the vigilante militias, but recently ing ports was detained yesterday for alleged It was placed under military control last has been calling for them to disarm and join a ties to the Knights Templar drug cartel. November as authorities investigated charges Rural Defense Corps. Authorities arrested Arquimides Oseguera of official corruption and to stop the import Since earlier this year, Mexico has deployed for his “alleged relationship with the leader from Asia of chemicals used by the Knights a vast military and police operation to pacify Teacher stabbed to death in UK of the criminal organisation, and his probable Templar to make methamphetamine. the restive state of Michoacan and to fight the LONDON: British police multiple stab wounds in the participation in crimes like kidnapping and The arrest coincided with the start of a gun Knights Templar. arrested a 15-year-old male incident which was witnessed extortion,” said Michoacan federal commis- registration programme aimed at demobilising Three of the cartel’s four top leaders have pupil after a female teacher by other children at Corpus sioner Alfredo Castillo. Michoacan’s vigilante militias. been killed or captured since the operation was stabbed to death at a Christi Catholic College in Oseguera is the third Michoacan official The civilian “self-defence” groups sprang began. Catholic school yesterday in Leeds, northern England. arrested this month for alleged links to the up starting a year ago to fight the Knights Former school teacher Servando “La Tuta” a rare attack on educational Prime Minister David Knights Templar, which has terrorised the Templar, accusing local police of being unwill- Gomez, a top leader who has spoken in videos staff. Anne Maguire, a 61-year- Cameron was among those region for years. ing or unable to stop the gang’s extortion rack- produced by the cartel, remains at large. old Spanish teacher, suffered offering their condolences. AFP The Pacific coast town of Lazaro Cardenas, ets and kidnappings. AFP TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

Sri Lanka police Philippines, US sign security pact form religious hate crimes unit Aquino agrees with Obama on peaceful territorial dispute settlement after attacks MANILA: US President Barack an important shipping route that Obama said a new military pact is believed to be rich in energy COLOMBO: Sri Lanka police signed with the Philippines yes- resources. yesterday announced a new terday granting a larger presence The Philippines is the last stop unit to investigate religious hate for US forces would bolster the on a week-long tour of Asia partly crimes after attacks by Buddhist Southeast Asian country’s mari- aimed at reassuring US allies monks on churches and mosques time security, but was not aimed that Washington remains com- last year raised concerns about at countering China’s growing mitted to its strategic “pivot” to religious freedom. military might. the region. Police Inspector-General N The agreement, which will Obama said all four countries K Illangakoon said the new have an initial 10-year term, he has visited, including Japan, unit would swiftly investigate was touted as the highlight which has its own dispute with any complaint relating to “reli- of Obama’s first visit to the China over tiny islands in the gious matters” on the majority Philippines, the United States’ East China Sea, were committed Buddhist island amid rising ten- oldest ally in the region. to seeking a peaceful resolution of sions over the attacks. “This unit It sets the framework for a territorial issues. will cover the entire country and beefed-up rotation of US troops, China claims about 90 percent deal with complaints relating to ships and warplanes through the of the South China Sea, a claim religious matters,” Illangakoon Philippines, part of a rebalanc- that overlaps with those of the told reporters here. ing of US resources towards fast- Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, The move follows a series of growing Asia and the Pacific. Vietnam and Taiwan. attacks since early last year on But China interprets the China has rejected interna- mosques, churches and Muslim- move as an attempt to contain tional arbitration, preferring a owned businesses by nationalist its increasing military capabil- bilateral route to solving the juris- Buddhist groups who accuse reli- ity and embolden Manila in a dictional disputes. gious minorities of undue influ- decades-long territorial dispute Rising regional tensions were ence on the island. with Beijing. highlighted by a commentary Videos shared on YouTube have “The goal for this agreement from China’s state news agency shown mobs led by Buddhist monks is to build Philippine capacity to Xinhua criticising the pact. throwing stones and smashing a engage in training, engage in coor- “Given that the Philippines is Christian prayer centre in south- dination, not simply to deal with at a bitter territorial row with ern Sri Lanka in January this year issues of maritime security, but China, the move is particularly while police looked on. also to enhance our capabilities so disturbing as it may embolden US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Philippine President Benigno Aquino after a joint news conference Senior Buddhist monks have that if there is a natural disaster Manila in dealing with Beijing,” at the Malacanang Palace in Manila yesterday. also been caught on video threat- that takes place we can respond the commentary said. ening violence against their mod- quickly,” Obama told a joint news “A more assertive or even reck- said, adding his country had old military bases or construct the Philippine Senate ordered erate colleagues who advocate conference in Manila after talks less Manila would stoke regional “legitimate needs” to protect its new ones under the agreement, US troops to leave in 1991. Eight religious tolerance. with President Benigno Aquino. tensions and in turn upset 36,000km coastline. said Obama, who was greeted years later, the Senate approved Religious affairs ministry “Our goal is not to counter Obama’s policy of rebalancing.” “Both President Obama and I with a 21-gun salute upon his an agreement providing for tem- secretary M K B Dissanayake China, our goal is not to contain Aquino said China “shouldn’t share the conviction that territo- arrival at the presidential palace porary visits by US forces, allow- said the new unit was expected, China. Our goal is to make sure be concerned” about the new rial and maritime disputes in the in the former US colony. ing the staging of joint military through swift investigations, to that international rules and norms agreement, which is aimed at Asia Pacific region should be set- Dozens of anti-US protest- exercises. ensure that isolated incidents did are respected, and that includes increasing joint military train- tled peacefully based on interna- ers shouted slogans and waved Officials said the new security not escalate out of control. the area of maritime disputes.” ing, especially for disaster relief tional law,” Aquino said at a joint banners to protest against his accord did not specify the number Seventy percent of Sri Lanka’s He reiterated Washington’s operations. news conference. “We affirm that visit outside the palace. US had of US troops and equipment to 20 million people are Sinhalese support for Manila’s move to “We are not a threat militarily arbitration is an open, friendly maintained two military bases be deployed in the country, with Buddhists, while Muslims are seek international arbitra- to any country, we don’t even have and peaceful approach to seek- northwest of Manila, including those details to be discussed sepa- the second-largest religious group tion over conflicting territorial ... presently a single fighter air- ing a just and durable solution.” Subic Bay, which was once its rately by the two governments. making up just under 10 percent. claims in the South China Sea, craft in our inventory,” Aquino US was not seeking to rebuild biggest overseas naval base, until REUTERS AFP Search for missing plane enters new phase

SYDNEY: The chance of find- far failed to turn up any trace of be found of the jetliner. “We will the grieving families by finding ing floating debris from a miss- wreckage from the plane. Given the do everything we humanly can, wreckage to determine defini- ing Malaysia Airlines jetliner amount of time that has elapsed, everything we reasonably can, to tively what happened to the has become highly unlikely, and Abbott said that efforts would now solve this mystery,” he said. aircraft. a new phase of the search will shift away from the visual searches Malaysia, China, Japan, New Abbott said that the new search focus on a far larger area of the conducted by planes and ships and Zealand, South Korea, Britain area, which spans 700km by 80km Indian Ocean floor, Australian towards underwater equipment and the United States are assist- (435 miles by 40 miles), could take Prime Minister Tony Abbott capable of scouring the ocean floor ing Australia in conducting the between 6-8 months to completely said yesterday. with sophisticated sensors. most expensive search in avia- examine, at a cost to Australia of The search effort for Malaysia He admitted, however, that it tion history. Malaysia is under as much as A$60m ($55.69m). Airlines Flight MH370 has so was possible nothing would ever pressure to bring closure to REUTERS Thai oppn leader meets military head over crisis

BANGKOK: Thai opposition that problems must be solved leader Abhisit Vejjajiva met through political means.” the head of the armed forces Prime Minister Yingluck A handout image released by the South Korean Coast Guard yesterday, to discuss ways to avert a Shinawatra has faced months taken from cellphone video footage by an officer on April 16 shows Lee showdown between rival of anti-government pro- Joon-seok (right), the captain of the Sewol, fleeing from the sinking ferry. political factions next month tests aimed at removing her that threatens more blood- and ridding the country of shed and economic damage. the influence of her brother, Video shows ferry captain Former Prime Minister former premier Thaksin Abhisit, who met Armed Shinawatra. Forces Supreme Commander The protests are the lat- escaping sinking ship General Thanasak est phase of nearly a decade Patimaprakorn, has asked for of confrontation between SEOUL: South Korea’s coast- Prosecutors yesterday carried two weeks to try to resolve the Thaksin and the Bangkok- guard yesterday released a video out a series of raids, including crisis peacefully. based royalist establishment showing the trouserless captain on a coastguard office, as part of “He supports what I want, who see Thaksin, a populist of a sinking ferry scrambling their widening investigation into which is to bring all sides former telecoms tycoon, as a to safety as hundreds remained the disaster that left 300 dead or together to find a way out threat to their interests. trapped inside — a move expected missing. Divers trying to search for the country,” Abhisit told The protesters accuse to intensify criticism of the crew the wreck of the upturned Sewol, reporters after a two-hour Thaksin of corruption and over the disaster. which capsized with 476 people on meeting with Thanasak. nepotism, which he denies. The 10-minute video — taken board, were frustrated for a third “The commander stressed REUTERS by rescue officials and aired on straight day by atrocious weather the YTN news channel — shows and dangerous conditions. 69-year-old captain Lee Joon- Despite more than 60 hours of seok, wearing a sweater and operations since Friday by divers underpants, hastily escaping trying to penetrate the flooded from the bridge of the tilting ship interior, only two more bodies 16 dead in Bangla storm before it sank on April 16. have been recovered and 113 are All 15 of the surviving crew still unaccounted for. The con- DHAKA: A severe storm has killed 16 people and destroyed responsible for sailing the huge firmed death toll from one of the 1,000 homes in northern Bangladesh, police and government ferry are in custody, facing country’s worst ever maritime officials said yesterday. The storm tore through scores of vil- charges including negligence and disasters stood yesterday at 189. lages overnight on Sunday, uprooting trees and electricity abandoning passengers. Victims’ Most of the missing and dead poles and derailing a train in an incident that injured dozens families have bitterly criticised were high school students. of passengers, they said. the official response to the disas- Strong currents have also wors- Nine people were killed in the worst-hit district of ter, saying delays in accessing the ened fears that bodies could drift Netrokona, six died in neighbouring Sunamganj, and one per- submerged ship may have robbed free and be scattered. Nets have son died after being struck by lightning in nearby Naogaon, any survivors of their last chance been thrown up in seas around police in all three districts said. Among the nine killed in to make it out alive. the ferry, but no finds have yet Netrokona was a pregnant woman and her three children, The video attracted caustic been reported. district police official Rashel Miah said. online comment. “Look at the cap- South Korea remains in a state About 1,000 homes mostly made of mud and tin were flat- tain running out of the ship with- of national mourning, as furious tened, said government administrator Abul Kalam Azad. The out his pants on. How pathetic. relatives and the public at large storm also derailed a train at Tangail district while it was Can’t believe he didn’t think about cast around for someone to blame travelling across a bridge over a river. Storms known locally all the children trapped there while for one of the country’s worst as Kalboishakhi often hit Bangladesh during the early summer he rushed so quickly to save his maritime accidents. months in the lead-up to the monsoon that generally begins own life,” said one user. AFP in the first week of June. AFP TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Blast kills three in Karachi Three generations Young victims were attending seminary when boy brought in a grenade of Pakistani family

KARACHI: Three boys aged between 10 and 12 were killed at a religious seminary in Karachi killed in UK fire yesterday when one of them brought a grenade from the LONDON: Five people span- ago the whole family was lead- street and it exploded. ning three generations of ing their normal life,” said The blast, initially thought an ethnic Pakistani family, Hussain Kayani. “Just in a mat- to be an attack, occurred in the including a nine-week-old ter of minutes the whole family impoverished western district baby girl and two other chil- has been destroyed. The whole of Orangi, which has a militant dren, were killed yesterday in family has gone.” presence and a history of sectar- a house fire in Britain. He told Sheffield newspa- ian violence. Shabbina Begum, 54, and her per The Star that relatives in Senior Pakistani local police 20-year-old daughter Anum Pakistan had been desperately official Javed Alam Odho said the Parwaiz Kayani, were named telephoning for news. explosion at a religious seminary as the two adults killed in the Local councillor Qubran of Sunni Muslims killed at least blaze in Sheffield, northern Hussain, who knew the family, three male students and wounded England. said people in the street broke six. Police say a grenade went off “It’s a tragedy beyond windows to try to get into the while students were attending a description,” said Begum’s property. Quran class. cousin Ishfaq Hussain Kayani. “The grandmother came out. Another senior police official, He said an infant girl was But then she found all the chil- Irfan Baluch, said that one of the among those who had died, as dren were inside so she went students, aged 12, had picked up well as nine-year-old Adhyan back in and she’s also died,” he a hand grenade in the street and Parwaiz Kayani and seven- said. taken it into the classroom, where year-old Amaan Parwaiz The local fire service said it exploded. Kayani. they believed the five fatalities A senior doctor at the Abbasi He said Shabbina Begum, the were two adult females and Shaheed hospital, Parshotum children’s grandmother, had three young children. Rathore, confirmed the deaths got out of the house but went The service confirmed there and said the dead were aged back in to try to rescue them. was a smoke detector in the between 10 and 12. The children’s mother sur- terraced house. He put the number of injured at vived the blaze, while their “An investigation has com- more than 12 and said the condition father, plus Begum’s hus- menced, involving police and fire of four of those hurt was critical. Pakistani forensic experts collect evidence at a religious seminary in Karachi after a grenade blast yesterday. band, were out at work as taxi officers, to establish the cause of AFP drivers. the fire,” the service said. “It’s so sad. A couple of hours AFP Two Nato troops killed Balochistan tenure of civil US ran a ‘Cuban Twitter’ in Pakistan KABUL: The interna- WASHINGTON: The United An announcement distrib- used it to reach readers. People tional military coalition in servants may be extended States ran a ‘Cuban Twitter’- uted after the launch identified used it to connect and share infor- Afghanistan says two of its like programme in Pakistan ‘Hamari Awaz’ as “a service you mation such as cricket scores,” service members died in an ISLAMABAD: The Most officials were not willing to too, but it closed down when can use on your cellphone to dis- the Times reported. attack in the country’s east. Establishment Division, which serve in the province because of the project failed to generate tribute news stories, to invite State Department officials The Nato force said the two oversees matters related to the the poor law and order situation enough funds to run itself, US people to an event, to share your enlisted the Pakistani government died yesterday, but gave no higher bureaucracy in Pakistan, there. media has reported. thoughts and opinions, to report to promote the social media pro- other details. has sought extension of the The decision was changed by The reports identify the pro- problems that you see, to call for gramme, which officials thought Coalition policy is for home mandatory tenure of senior offi- the caretaker government when gramme as ‘Hamari Awaz’, actions to solve those problems.” at the time might ease mounting countries to identify their mil- cials in Balochistan from two to the tenure for federal govern- launched in Lahore by former US State Department officials told tensions between the two coun- itary dead. three years, sources say. ment officials in Balochistan was Secretary of State Hillary Clinton The New York Times that at its tries. US officials contacted by The deaths come two days The move is said to have left reduced to two years. in 2009. While launching the pro- peak the programme cost about the Times would not say when the after five British service mem- government officers, especially When contacted, the prime gramme, she announced that the $1m and connected more than Pakistani programme ended or bers died in a helicopter crash those belonging to the Police minister’s spokesman, Mohiuddin US would fund the first 24 million a million people who sent more what it ultimately accomplished. in the southern province of Service of Pakistan group, Wani, said he was not aware of messages and then it would have than 350 million messages. Users Between 2009 and 2010, the Kandahar. unhappy because they often find it any decision on the summary, to generate its own funds. of the service could sign up using United States launched similar difficult to get themselves trans- but the mandatory period stood The US State Department their personal information or programmes in dozens of countries Kashmore blast ferred to other provinces even at two years now. ran the programme out of the remain anonymous. in Asia, Africa and Latin America. after completing the mandatory “The government is paying no office of Richard C Holbrooke, The service was used by a Last week, the Associated Press kills one period in restive Balochistan. heed to the miseries of police offi- President Obama’s special envoy diverse segment of Pakistani soci- released an exposé on one of these In September 2012, the then cials from Punjab who are being to Afghanistan and Pakistan, who ety, according to people who ran programmes called ZunZuneo, ISLAMABAD: One per- PPP government made it man- attacked in Balochistan,” a senior died in 2010. Pakistani telecom- the programme. which aimed to stir political son was killed in a landmine datory for officers to serve at police officer said. munications companies provided “Farmers used it to share mar- unrest in Cuba. explosion near Karampur in least three years in Balochistan. INTERNEWS the network. ket prices. News organisations INTERNEWS Pakistan’s Kashmore district yesterday, Pakistan’s Geo News reported. Police said that the incident Mujahideen Day occurred at Goth Ali Nawaz Jaffery near Karampur early Pakistan police funding in the morning. The body has been moved to a hospital. themselves illegally Following the incident, a bomb disposal unit was called ISLAMABAD: Submitting payment of salaries to 9,677 per- and the police have started to the Pakistani interior min- sonnel from the inspector general investigations. istry’s demand, the police in of police to constable level. the federal capital recently The sources said that after Lawmakers returned 30 percent of the surrendering the amount to Rs5.1bn annual budget, leaving the finance ministry, the police want more them with no option but to rely department was relying on “wel- on funds generated through dif- fare funds” that it had gener- ISLAMABAD: A parliamen- ferent sources, which, according ated through different “means” tary committee plans to dis- to law, are illegal. to meet their expenses. cuss an increase in the travel The cut came after Prime They maintained that the allowances of lawmakers. Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered all security wing raised Rs2m per The National Assembly’s government departments to sur- month through security passes Standing Committee on render some amount from their they issued for the Diplomatic Parliamentary Affairs will annual budget in the last quarter Enclave after charging Rs1,000 meet today “to consider of this fiscal year. per pass. Besides, they raise thou- increasing per kilometre Though the Central Police sands of rupees by offering addi- charges of the parliamentar- Office (CPO) tried to convince tional police forces to embassies ians” and “the possibility of the interior ministry in March to for security, the sources said. issuance of traveller cards review its decision as it was dif- Similarly, they raise thousands instead of tickets.” ficult for them to return Rs987m, of rupees for issuing clearance The committee will also their request was turned down. certificates to the contractor and seek “permission to utilise air Sources at the CPO said staff of the shuttle service to the tickets during visits abroad for the interior ministry was also enclave and other people work- the members of parliament, reminded that 90 percent of the ing there. their families and staff.” allocated amount was utilised on INTERNEWS Afghan soldiers stand in front of field guns during the 22nd anniversary of the victory of Afghan Mujahideen, in Herat yesterday. On April 28, 1992, the then Communist-backed government of Najibullah Ahmadzai fell to Rockets land Afghan Mujahideen, and the day is commemorated as Mujhaiddeen Day, a national holiday in Afghanistan. near airport ISLAMABAD: Unknown men fired two rockets Captors of former premier’s son don’t want ransom towards Peshawar Airport, however, no loss of life LAHORE: Former Pakistani to secure the release of my son, My family and I could not sleep ransom amount to Rs500m. government and the TTP that has been reported in the prime minister Yousuf Raza or of Shahbaz Taseer and other the whole night when we learnt He also says that he will be the government was releasing attack, Pakistan’s Geo News Gilani has said that he has been innocent captives in return,” about the disturbing content of killed if the payment is not made Taliban prisoners and getting reported. in contact with the kidnappers Gilani said yesterday. the video,” he said. in a month and deplores that nothing in return. One rocket fell near the run- of his son Ali Haider over the Criticising Interior Minister Ali said that the government his family is not doing enough Earlier, the Gilani family way while the other fell outside past year but they have never Nisar Ali for sharing a video of had received a video showing for his release. Haider was kid- had received Haider’s recorded the boundary of the airport. demanded ransom because they his son with the media, Gilani Haider in chains and saying napped by gunmen in Multan two voice message, in which he The Airport Security Force are interested only in securing said: “It is regrettable that the that he was in the captivity of a days before the May 11 general had appealed to the govern- said no one was hurt in the the release of some prisoners. minister shared the video with group which was not under the elections. ment, security forces and peo- rocket fire. “They want the release of cer- the media without bringing it to control of the outlawed Tehreek- “How could the interior minis- ple to accept the demands of his Officials said the rockets tain prisoners from Adiyala Jail my knowledge. I did not expect i-Taliban Pakistan. ter give a clean chit to the TTP, kidnappers. were fired from an unknown in Rawalpindi and, according to such irresponsible behaviour Haider says in the video that that my son is not in their cus- Some medicines and a letter direction. the information, a few of them from Nisar, who is a friend. the kidnappers were initially tody,” Gilani said. from Haider’s mother were sent AGENCIES have been recently freed by the After receiving the video, he demanding Rs2bn for his release, He said that it was against to him in Miranshah. government. But this has failed should have contacted me first. but now they have reduced the the spirit of talks between the INTERNEWS TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Jaitley blasts Priyanka over comment She has lowered quality of public discourse: BJP NEW DELHI/RAE BARELI: Campaigning ends for vote BJP leader Arun Jaitley yester- day accused Priyanka Gandhi of lowering quality of political debate by her remarks about in seven states tomorrow “panic-stricken rats” for his party after it accused her hus- NEW DELHI: Campaigning band of corruption but she dis- ended yesterday for the April missed the charge as a “gift she 30 Lok Sabha polls in seven chose to reject”. states and two union territo- Jaitley’s response came a day ries where nearly 139 million after Gandhi reacted strongly in voters will decide the electoral response to a video launched by fate of over 1,200 candidates the Bharatiya Janata Party alleg- who are in the fray for 89 Lok ing her husband Robert Vadra Sabha seats. made a “Rs3bn empire” out of This is the eighth round of the “fraudalent” land deals. staggered 10-phase general elec- “(Priyanka Gandhi) Vadra has tion that began on April 7 and compared the BJP to ‘the panic- ends on May 12. The votes will stricken rats’... She has lowered be counted on May 16. the quality of political discourse Simultaneous assembly polls by her comments,” Jaitley said in are scheduled to be held for 119 a blog post published yesterday. seats in the Telangana region “The Vadras are right that of Andhra Pradesh. Besides, they need not be scared of any- by-polls are being held in Bihar one. They should only be scared (one), Gujarat (seven), Uttar of the law. Be the Vadras be ever Pradesh (two) and one in West Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministeral candidate Narendra Modi A supporter of Kashmir’s ruling National Conference (NC) party, wearing so high, the law is above them,” Bengal. is offered a garland of flowers by supporters during an election rally near a vest with images of ploughs, shouts slogans during an election he said. Balloting will take place Ahmedabad yesterday. campaign rally being addressed by Farooq Abdullah, the president Gandhi termed the opposition’s tomorrow for 17 Lok Sabha and a candidate of NC, in Kangan, east of Srinagar, yesterday. criticism a “gift” that she chose “hawala kingpin”, whose house seats in Andhra Pradesh, seven to reject. and office in Surat were searched in Bihar, 26 in Gujarat, one in union territory of Daman and Also in contention is veteran “Buddha said you can choose by the Enforcement Directorate Jammu and Kashmir, 13 in Diu has the least number of can- BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, the gift you want to receive. If last month. Congress party Punjab, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, 9 in didates at a bare four. who, having been eased out of they choose to give me those gifts, spokesman Randeep Surjewala West Bengal, and one each in the In Uttar Pradesh, a keenly Varanasi by prime ministerial I can choose to reject. If I reject alleged that the “hawala kingpin” union territories of Dadra and watched contest is in Rae candidate Narendra Modi, will them, it’s theirs, not mine,” she was a “well-known BJP supporter Nagar Haveli as well as Daman Bareli where Congress presi- face the electorate in Kanpur. told TV channel Times Now yes- and protege” of Modi. and Diu. dent Sonia Gandhi is seeking Gujarat will witness BJP’s terday while doing a road show The ED on March 22 raided the Electors in Gujarat and Punjab her third consecutive term. She prime ministerial candidate in Rae Bareli for her mother and house and office of the said “king- will be voting for the Lok Sabha is pitted against Ajay Agarwal Narendra Modi fight it out Congress president Sonia Gandhi. pin”, reportedly a diamond trader seats from the respective states of the BJP, Pravesh Singh of against Congress candidate BJP spokesperson Nirmala by profession, and claimed to have in a single-phase poll. the Bahujan Samaj Party and Madhusudan Mistri in Vadodara. Sitharaman meanwhile ques- unearthed a hawala racket worth The eligible voters will cast Archana Srivastava of the Aam Modi is also contesting from tioned Sonia Gandhi and Arun Jaitley, Priyanka Gandhi approximately Rs7bn. their ballot at 152,673 polling Aadmi Party (AAP). Varanasi which will vote on May Congress vice president Rahul The Congress initiative is being booths across the 89 parliamen- Her Bharatiya Janata Party 12. Gandhi’s silence over the allega- silent on the issue,” she said. seen as a counter to the BJP’s tary constituencies where polling (BJP) counterpart Rajnath Singh BJP stalwart Lal Krishna tions against Robert Vadra. On the other hand, the video launch on Sunday. The BJP will begin at 7am. is contesting from Lucknow, a Advani is contesting the “Vadra land deals happened Congress too stepped up attack on had also released a six-page book- Gujarat has a maximum of 334 seat that has been represented in Gandhinagar parliamentary in Congress-ruled Haryana and the BJP accusing its prime min- let — “Damad shree the Vadra candidates contesting for its 26 the past by former prime minis- seat. Rajasthan. Why is the Congress isterial candidate Narendra Modi ‘get-rich-quick’ model”. parliamentary seats, while the ter Atal Bihari Vajpayee. IANS president and vice-president of giving “protection” to alleged IANS Farooq Abdullah responsible for exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: Modi

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Taking “I want to tell Farooq Sunday, Abdullah, a former accord of 1974. Modi said: “It is due to least take a dip in the Dal Lake,” he said. on National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah (that) secularism Jammu and Kashmir chief your politics and the politics of your BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman Abdullah (pictured) who said those is not only in our constitu- minister himself, said son that Kashmir is the only land from asked why the National Conference did voting for Narendra Modi should “jump tion but also in our veins,” Kashmir wouldn’t be part of where Pandits were removed solely for not want secularism in the constitution into the sea”, the BJP prime ministerial Modi said in a video posted an India that is “communal” their religion. The land of Sufism and of Jammu and Kashmir. candidate hit back, blaming Abdullah on his official website, with an and that those who “vote for harmony has been made communal due “Dr Abdullah must answer why in and his family for the exodus of Pandits English translation. Modi should jump into the to your politics.” Jammu and Kashmir, the constitutional from the Kashmir Valley. The Bharatiya Janata Party sea”. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, mean- amendment making India into a secular Jumping into the fray, Abdullah’s son (BJP) leader slammed the National Conference while, suggested the senior Abdullah republic, is not acceptable to him there,” and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Abdullahs for the exodus of patron Farooq Abdullah’s should take a dip in Dal Lake to repent she said. The word “secular” was added to Omar Abdullah defended his father say- the Kashmiri Pandits. son is the party president for not being able to bring back Kashmiri the preamble of the Indian constitution ing his family did not need a lesson in “In our culture of thousands and chief minister of Jammu Pandits. “India will vote Narendra Modi by an amendment in 1976. secularism from Modi. of years, the biggest harm on and Kashmir, while his father as the Prime Minister. Nobody needs to “If that is not done, I think he should Asserting his secularism, Modi asked secular fabric done anywhere (in India) Sheikh Abdullah was the ‘prime minis- jump into the sea because of that,” Jaitley refrain from talking about communal- Abdullah to reflect on how politics was is done in Jammu and Kashmir and it is ter’ of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir said in a blog. “But if Farooq Sahib and ism. They have not even taken a step communalised in Jammu and Kashmir done due to politics of your father, your- after its accession to India in 1947. He his party are silent spectators, when the to take back the Kashmiri Pandits, who by the National Conference, headed by self and your son,” said Modi. later became the chief minister of the Kashmiri Pandits cannot go back home, have been cleansed out of the valley, back three generations of his family. In the war of words that started on state in 1975, following Sheikh-Indira he should, as a gesture of repentance, at into the valley,” she said. IANS

That’s cool Four hospitals exempted from free care for poor NEW DELHI: In a setback to poor patients, the Delhi High Court yesterday exempted city’s four big private hospitals from the “mandatory obligation” to pro- vide free treatment to certain percentage of poor patients. Saying such mandatory requirement was “not provided in their lease deed”, a division bench of Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice R V Easwar allowed the pleas of the hos- pitals challenging the federal government’s order of incorporating a condition inserted in its lease deed for free treatment to the poor. The government had made it man- datory for private hospitals, built on land allocated by the government on concessional rates, to provide 10pc treatment to poor peo- ple in the in-patient department (IPD) and 25pc in the out-patient department (OPD). IANS Children cool off from a leaking water supply pipeline on a hot afternoon on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar yesterday. SC stays execution of Red Fort attack convict

NEW DELHI: The Supreme carrying out the death sentence Referring the matter, a bench covered under pronouncement Court yesterday stayed the of Arif after he has already of Chief Justice R M Lodha, of the court that inordinate, execution of December 2000 completed 13 years, four month Justice Madan B Lokur and unexplained, and unjustified Red Fort terror shootout con- imprisonment would be vio- Justice Kurian Joseph said that delay in deciding the mercy vict Mohamed Arif’s death lative of Article 20 (1) of the the matter be heard early. petitions was a ground for seek- sentence on a plea that he has constitution. As Chief Justice Lodha said ing commutation of death sen- already undergone life sen- Ray told the court that under that by an earlier pronounce- tence into life imprisonment. tence of nearly 14 years and the provision, a convict could ment of the apex court, the Arif was arrested on could not be punished twice not be subjected to a punish- law on delay in execution has December 25, 2000. He was and referred the matter to a ment that is greater than which already been laid, Ray told the convicted by the trial court on constitution bench. might have been inflicted under court that Arif has not filed any October 24, 2005 and awarded Counsel Tripurari Ray, the law in force at the time of mercy petition. death sentence on October 31, appearing for Arif, said that the commission of the offence. So his case, Ray said, was not 2005. IANS TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA Modi remark on Mamata stokes fury Trinamool seeks apology

KOLKATA: The Didi (Banerjee). We will Trinamool Congress bring out facts to prove yesterday sought an how Modi is mislead- apology from BJP’s ing the nation with his prime ministerial baseless claims of devel- candidate Narendra opment,” said Mitra. Modi, threatening to He also raised ques- file a defamation suit tions about alleged over his raising ques- underselling of the tions about Mamata government-owned Banerjee’s (pictured) BALCO and a scam painting allegedly involving the Unit being sold for Rs18m. Trust of India (UTI) when the The Bharatiya Janata Party hit BJP-led National Democratic back, saying Trinamool’s attack Alliance (NDA) was in power. on Modi was indicative of its “He should apologise in public “political bankruptcy”. or we will file a defamation suit Trinamool’s national general because his charges are patently secretary Mukul Roy said Modi’s false,” said Mitra. charge against their chairperson He claimed that the sale pro- was a “blatant lie” and shot off a ceeds of Banerjee’s paintings were letter to the Election Commission. donated to a relief fund and used “Yesterday (Sunday), he for funding the election. claimed that one of Banerjee’s The state BJP strongly con- Policemen search a car at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab yesterday. Security has been strengthened in the northwestern state in paintings was sold for Rs18m. demned the Trinamool’s attack the run-up to parliamentary elections. Either he should prove it or take on Modi. his words back ... we seek an “Unable to counter the allega- unconditional apology,” Roy said. tions politically, Trinamool lead- He said it was a violation of ers have stooped to a new low, the model code of conduct, and making offensive comments, and FIR against Ramdev in Rajasthan was “tantamount to character trying to belittle the political dis- assassination”. course. The comments reflect the “We strongly oppose it,” Roy Trinamool has become politically JAIPUR/PATNA: Troubles humiliating Dalits,” Food and Civil of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice told reporters here. bankrupt,” the BJP said in a press seem to be mounting for Baba Supply Minister Shyam Razak D C Chaudhary said the orders Addressing a party rally in statement. Ramdev (pictured) for his told reporters in Patna. passed by the Karnataka High Sreerampore in Hooghly dis- State BJP president Rahul remarks on Dalits and Congress He said he has demanded jail Court and the Gujarat High Court trict on Sunday, Modi attacked Sinha too condemned the attack leader Rahul Gandhi with term for the yoga guru. were of no help to the petitioner the state government over the and asserted that the “sale of a the yoga guru being booked in “The right place for Ramdev is as these were passed prior to reg- Saradha chit fund scam and painting at exorbitant prices was Rajasthan and a court case filed in jail. He has hurt the Dalits by istration of a first information raised questions about Banerjee’s a well known fact and did not against him in Bihar. saying that Rahul Gandhi goes to report (FIR) against Ramdev. painting being sold at an exorbi- need to be proved”. Ramdev’s comment on Rahul Dalits’ houses to celebrate honey- The petitioner trust contended tant price. The man at the centre of the Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for moon,” the minister said. that the respondents violated its “You (Banerjee) are a good chit fund controversy, Saradha his “honeymoon” has sparked out- The Janata Dal-United leader right to hold camps on the pre- painter. I have heard earlier promoter Sudipta Sen, who the rage. He apologised Saturday and demanded the central govern- text of guidelines issued by the your paintings used to be sold for opposition parties allege is the said he was misinterpreted. ment should lodge a case against Election Commission. Rs400,000, Rs800,000, Rs1.5m. buyer of the paintings, has denied In Jaipur, a First Information angry protesters tarred a poster of Ramdev under the Scheduled The court, however, observed But what is the reason behind having purchased Banerjee’s art- Report (FIR) was lodged against Ramdev, shouting slogans against Castes and Scheduled Tribes that no prima facie case was made your painting once being sold for work. Sen, now behind bars for him. “Some people showing news- him and demanding his immediate (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. to stay the orders of the Election Rs18m,” Modi asked at the rally. the scam, during one of his court paper cuttings, lodged a complaint arrest for insulting the community. The Congress has accused Commission. Describing Modi as “arrogant appearances told media persons against Ramdev on Sunday in Ramdev said in Lucknow on Ramdev of insulting Dalits and The plea contended that the and a snob”, Trinamool spokes- that the painting was not bought Jyoti Nagar police station here. Friday: “He (Rahul Gandhi) goes women. model code of conduct has no legal person and state Finance Minister for any money, only to subse- They said that their sentiments to Dalits’ houses for honeymoon validity and Ramdev was not a Amit Mitra threatened to file a quently claim that he did not have been hurt by Ramdev’s and picnic. Had he married a Court says no yoga camps political person. defamation suit and accused the make any such purchase. remarks and demanded action Dalit girl, his luck could have Meanwhile, the Himachal It contended that the model BJP leader of misleading the “The painting was not bought against him,” a police officer told clicked and he would have become Pradesh High Court yesterday code was applicable to political nation with his “baseless claims for any money,” said Sen and IANS in Jaipur yesterday. the prime minister.” rejected a plea of yoga guru Baba people only. Advocate General of development”. “Someone, then went on to add “I don’t Earlier, people belonging to In Bihar, a minister yesterday Ramdev’s Swabhiman Trust to Sharvan Dogra contended that whose hands are stained with know about any such purchase of the Dalit community protested filed a case against the yoga guru. permit it to hold “yog shivirs” the only motive to organise a yoga the blood of riots in Gujarat, is painting, I did not purchase any against the yoga guru in the “I have filed a case in the court (yoga camps) in Kangra and camp was to convince the follow- making personal attacks against painting”. IANS Rajasthan capital. Some of the against Ramdev for insulting and Chamba towns. A division bench ers of a particular party. IANS

Army honours two soldiers No electricity yet in who died in Paswan’s village KHAGARIA basic infrastructure like J&K gunfight (BIHAR): Believe electricity to us,” says it or not, there is no Shayamnandan Sada, who NEW DELHI: The Indian electricity in Lok belongs to the Mushhar Army on Sunday honoured two Janshakti Party chief community, a Mahadalit, soldiers who died fighting guer- Ram Vilas Paswan’s the poorest among Dalits. rillas in Jammu and Kashmir native village. Paswan’s younger brother on April 25. Although Paswan Pasupati Kumar Paras A statement from the (pictured) is rubbing has represented Alauli Udhampur-based headquar- shoulders with BJP’s in the state assembly for ters of the Northern Command prime ministerial hope- over two decades. He was said Northern Command chief ful Narendra Modi, his native defeated in 2010 assembly polls. Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra, the colo- village Shaharbanni in Khagaria “Alauli did not see much of nel of the Rajput Regiment, paid district is still in the lantern development during Paras’s ten- tributes to the soldiers “on behalf age. This is in sharp contrast ure as a legislator,” said Sada, a of the country” at a ceremony in to development in Bihar Chief schoolteacher. New Delhi. Minister Nitish Kumar’s native It is not only Alauli, but peo- It said that in a gun bat- village Kalyanbigha in Nalanda ple of nearly 50 of 129 panchay- tle on April 25, troops of the district and Rashtriya Janata Dal ats in Khagaria are living without Rashtriya Rifles and Jammu and chief Lalu Prasad’s Phulwaria in electricity. Kashmir Police “eliminated three Gopalganj district. Jainarain Yadav, a resident of dreaded terrorists of the Hizbul Paswan has often reminded Alauli, said people have become Mujahideen” at Qazipathri village people during campaigning that used to living without power. in Shopian district of Jammu and he is a “son of the soil”, but the A district official told IANS Kashmir. “However, it came at an fact is that he last visited his vil- that there are dozens of villages invaluable cost wherein two brave lage in 2007 when his mother Siya in Khagaria where people await soldiers of the Indian Army laid Devi passed away. Interestingly, electricity connections. down their lives.” Victims of a slum fire in a relief camp in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi yesterday. his first wife Raj Kumari Devi, Nitish Kumar, while cam- It said the terrorists were whom he claims to have divorced paigning in support of his JD-U “intimidating” the locals to dis- in 1981, still lives in his native candidate and sitting MP from suade them from voting in the village, though outsiders are not Khagaria, Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Lok Sabha polls and were respon- Shanties gutted in New Delhi fire allowed to meet her. had taunted Lalu Prasad for try- sible for an attack on polling offic- There is no electricity in 44 ing to tackle darkness with his ers. Major Mukund Vardarajan revenue villages of 21 panchayats lantern (RJD’s election symbol), of the 44 Rashtriya Rifles, and NEW DELHI: At least 50 on Sunday. “We received a call Supreme Court blaze in Alauli block, more than four while noting the availability of who hailed from Tamil Nadu, shanties were gutted in a fire around 10 pm, following which Meanwhile, a fire broke out on and half decades after Paswan power in the state has gone up and Sepoy Vikram Singh from that broke out in a slum in a 16 fire turcks were rushed to the Sunday inside the Supreme Court was elected as a legislator from from 700 MW in 2005 to 2,400 Haryana’s Rewari were killed in New Delhi area, an official said spot and the blaze was doused in premises here, authorities said. the Alauli assembly seat, now part MW in 2014. the gunfight. A wreath-laying cer- yesterday. an hour,” said an official of Delhi The Delhi Fire Service said the of the flood-prone Khagaria par- Janata Dal-United leaders hope emony was also held in the honour The blaze was apparently Fire Service. fire was reported from the law- liamentary seat. that the construction of a new of the armymen at the Badami sparked by an electrical short No one was injured in the inci- yers’ chamber block. Eight fire “It is a curse to live with- power grid at Haripur in Alauli Bagh cantonment in Srinagar. circuit in a hut in a slum in dent. Chanakyapuri is the diplo- tenders doused the fire in half an out electricity. Politicians have will help them garner votes in the IANS the Chanakyapuri area late matic enclave. hour, an official said. IANS hardly shown interest to provide election season. IANS

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PRAYER TIME X Factor guru News in Numbers QATAR TRADING suffers pratfall ECONOMICS CHART: 6 Fajr (Dawn) 3:38 Shorook (Sunrise) 5:00 at London’s Zuhr (Noon) 11:31 West End Asr (Afternoon) 3:00 Maghrib (Sunset) 6:04 LONDON: X Factor guru Isha (Night) 7:34 Simon Cowell has become the latest big name in showbusiness to suffer an expensive pratfall in London’s West End with the WEATHER announcement yesterday that the musical I Can’t Sing! which he co-produced will close after Today Wednesday Thursday Weather Conditions: a six-week run. Clear Clear Clear The demise of the musical Hot during the parody of the TV talent con- CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) day with some test, which reportedly cost £6m Pic by Kammutty VP clouds. ($10m) to produce, comes hard on High: 40° High: 39° High: 36° the heels of the closures of musi- Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Qatar increased to 116.90 Index Points in March Low: 28° Low: 29° Low: 29° cals by long-time West End and of 2014 from 116.50 Index Points in February of 2014. Consumer Price Index Broadway hotshots Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. (CPI) in Qatar is reported by the Qatar Statistics Authority. Consumer Price Index It also follows the expensive (CPI) in Qatar averaged 110.54 Index Points from 2009 until 2014, reaching an fiasco in 2012 of a musical based all time high of 116.90 Index Points in March of 2014 and a record low of 106.60 DOHA - SUN & SEA on the Spice Girls pop band. SUN TIDE SEA The closure of I Can’t Sing!, Index Points in July of 2010. In Qatar, the Consumer Price Index or CPI measures which featured a talking dog and WIND changes in the prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services. This SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW portrayed Cowell as a megaloma- 05:00 18:04 04:15 & 17:30 10:30 & 23:30 03-12/15 KT niac, was announced on the show’s page provides - Qatar Consumer Price Index (CPI) - actual values, historical data, website and was also tweeted to forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW its followers. “Stage Entertainment and Syco HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ACTUAL PREVIOUS HIGHEST LOWEST FORECAST DATES UNIT FREQUENCY Entertainment, the producers MUSCAT 43/30 Mostly cloudy 46/31 Mostly cloudy of ‘I Can’t Sing!’ at the London 116.90 116.50 116.90 106.60 116.99 | 2014/04 2009 - 2014 INDEX POINTS MONTHLY MAKKAH 38/24 Clear 37/25 Clear Palladium, have announced the closure of the production on KUWAIT 37/27 Mostly cloudy 38/28 Partly cloudy Saturday 10th May 2014,” the BAHRAIN 37/25 Mostly cloudy 37/25 Mostly cloudy  statement on the website said. SANAA 28/13 Thunderstorm 27/13 Chance of storm “The show received a series of RIYADH 38/26 Mostly cloudy 38/25 Partly cloudy rave reviews and standing ova-  DUBAI 36/28 Partly cloudy 38/29 Partly cloudy tions from thousands of theatre- BAGHDAD 35/22 Clear 36/22 Clear goers following its opening earlier

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113.9 114.5 113.4 111.1 112.4 113.3 113.9 114.5 114.5 112.3 110.1 110.7 111.8 109.9 this year.” 112.46 THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Despite reviews praising the HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER show’s irreverence, it struggled to fill one of the West End’s larg- ATHENS 25/15 Partly cloudy 23/15 Clear est theatres, and on some nights WASHINGTON 15/12 Rain 24/13 Chance of rain a hoarding outside advertised the SYDNEY 23/13 Chance of rain 22/11 Mostly cloudy availability of choice seats for only LONDON 19/10 Chance of rain 18/11 Chance of rain 20 pounds just before curtain time.  PARIS 17/12 Chance of rain 19/13 Mostly cloudy “The West End can be an ISTANBUL 19/13 Rain 20/13 Chance of rain unpredictable place as the clo- MANILA 34/24 Clear 34/25 Partly cloudy sure of a number of high-profile       DHAKA 40/27 Clear 39/27 Thunderstorm productions recently has shown,” DELHI 41/26 Partly cloudy 41/27 Clear said Rebecca Quigley, the CEO of ISLAMABAD 38/23 Partly cloudy 38/23 Partly cloudy Stage Entertainment. Source : http://www.tradingeconomics.com REUTERS Driving forward on autonomous Cloned embryos yield stem cells for diabetes NEW YORK: And now there cells for people with diabetes, embryonic stem cell research Called somatic cell nuclear trans- cloning, said Dr. Robert Lanza, car, says Google are three: in the wake of Parkinson’s disease, heart failure began last May. Scientists, led by fer (SCNT), the recipe calls for chief scientific officer of Advanced announcements from laborato- and other devastating conditions. Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon removing the nuclear DNA from Cell Technology and co-author of SAN FRANCISCO: Google ries in Oregon and California But it also suggested that what Health & Science University, an ovum, fusing it with a cell from the CHA paper. said yesterday it has made that they had created human the Catholic Church and other reported they had created healthy, a living person, and stimulating In the latest study, published progress on its self-driving embryos by cloning cells of liv- right-to-life advocates have long early-stage human embryos — each ovum to begin dividing and online in Nature, scientists led car and was “more optimistic” ing people, a lab in New York warned of — scientists creating hollow balls of about 150 cells — by multiplying. The resulting embryo by Dieter Egli of the privately- about its goal of developing a announced yesterday that it human embryos to order — could fusing ova with cells from a fetus, includes stem cells that can differ- funded New York Stem Cell vehicle that can operate “with- had done that and more. be imminent. in one experiment, and an infant entiate into any human cell type. Foundation Research Institute out human intervention.” In addition to cloning the cells The trio of successes “increases in another. While that sounds simple derived insulin-making “beta In a blog post, Google said that of a woman with diabetes, produc- the likelihood that human Earlier this month, scientists enough, immense technical hur- cells” from the embryos they since its last update in August ing embryos and stem cells that embryos will be produced to at the CHA Stem Cell Institute dles kept scientists from achiev- cloned from a 32-year-old with 2012, “we’ve logged thousands are her perfect genetic matches, generate therapy for a specific in Seoul, South Korea, announced ing human SCNT over more than type-1 diabetes, an autoimmune of miles on the streets of our scientists got the stem cells to dif- individual,” said bioethicist Insoo they had managed the same feat a decade of attempts. Now that disease in which the immune sys- hometown of Mountain View, ferentiate into cells able to secrete Hyun of Case Western Reserve with skin cells from two adult they have a reliable recipe, includ- tem attacks beta cells. Beta cells California” to refine the software insulin. University School of Medicine in men. ing the right nutrients to sustain do not function in that incurable needed for autonomous vehicles. That raised hopes for realis- Cleveland. And “the creation of In each case, scientists used a the eggs and the right timing form of diabetes, often known as Google, which has been testing ing a long-held dream of stem more human embryos for scien- version of the technique that cre- to start it dividing, they have “a juvenile diabetes, which is treated self-driving cars since 2010, said it cell research, namely, creating tific experiments is certain.” ated the sheep Dolly in 1996, the reproducible, reliable way to cre- with insulin. has overcome some of the obsta- patient-specific replacement The accelerating progress in first clone of an adult mammal. ate patient-specific stem cells” via REUTERS cles in urban driving. “A mile of city driving is much more complex than a mile of free- way driving, with hundreds of dif- ferent objects moving according to different rules of the road in a small area,” said the post from Scientists launch radar hunt Chris Urmson, head of Google’s self-driving car project. “We’ve improved our software so it can detect hundreds of dis- for remains of Cervantes tinct objects simultaneously — pedestrians, buses, a stop sign MADRID: Scientists launched a his debt. And because we have the the same area as Cervantes and held up by a crossing guard, or radar-assisted hunt in a Madrid opportunity and the technology any bones that are found may a cyclist making gestures that convent yesterday for the remains capable of finding those remains, have been mixed up. indicate a possible turn. A self- of Spanish writer Miguel de removing them from an anony- Cervantes has no living driving vehicle can pay atten- Cervantes, author of Don Quixote. mous grave and covering them descendants so researchers will tion to all of these things in a Two technicians in grey vests with a memorial stone,” said rely on the author’s specific physi- way that a human physically paced around a church altar in Fernando de Pardo, the historian cal characteristics as documented can’t — and it never gets tired central Madrid’s red-brick Convent in charge of the project. in portraits or his own stories to or distracted.” of Trinitarians, sweeping with a “He has given us so much, we identify his remains. Google posted a video on ground-penetrating radar in search are going to try at least to do Cervantes lost the use of his its blog which illustrated how of the body of the greatest writer something by putting his name left hand to a gunshot wound the autonomous car navigates of the Spanish Golden Age. on a stone to differentiate it from received in the 1571 naval conflict, through construction zones, Under the gaze of photogra- a nameless tomb.” the Battle of Lepanto, in which detects pedestrians and cyclists, phers and television reporters, The electromagnetic waves the Holy League defeated the and handles railroad crossings, the radar revealed images of what reflected back to the radar Ottoman fleet. for example. lies beneath the floor, the start of machine can detect any distur- Forensic anthropologist “As it turns out, what looks the first significant search for the bance in the ground, such as from Francisco Etxeberria, who par- chaotic and random on a city remains of a writer who died in a burial, De Pardo explained. ticipated in the autopsy that con- street to the human eye is actu- poverty on April 22, 1616, despite In the first phase of the project, firmed the suicide of the former ally fairly predictable to a compu- creating one of the landmarks of the scientists will sweep the tar- Chilean president Salvador ter,” Urmson said. Western literature. get area — two rooms adjoining Allende, will be tasked with AFP Cervantes is recorded as hav- the church, the former cloister, identifying any remains that are ing been buried a day after his which covers up to 220 square found. death in the church of the con- metres — over a period of three He said ahead of the search vent, which has expanded over days, he said. that the radar could reveal a the centuries. The results will be analysed burial but not the identity of The whereabouts of the writ- over the following two to three the corpse, which would be the er’s remains, however, have been weeks before a report is submit- challenge for archaeologists and forgotten. ted to Madrid’s city hall that will forensic scientists. “Why search for the remains be used to decide whether or not De Pardo has put the esti- Specialists use ground-penetrating radar to peer into the sub-soil beneath of Miguel de Cervantes? Because to start archaeological excava- mated cost of the project at about Trinitarian convent in a quest to find the remains of Spanish novelist Miguel he is a figure of worldwide impor- tions, the historian said. At least ¤100,000 ($138,000) overall. de Cervantes, in central Madrid, yesterday. tance. Because all humanity is in two other people were buried in AFP Tuesday 29 April 2014 29 Jumadal II 1435 Volume 19 Number 6050 Price: QR2

www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 44557741 | Advertising: 44557837 / 44557780 GIS 2014 profit MSCI to cut weights of some Qatar, UAE stocks DUBAI: International equity market from frontier market sta- might run out of room to buy stocks if those companies raised index compiler MSCI will cut the tus at the end of May 2014. On shares in these companies because their foreign ownership ceilings weightings of eight major Qatar May 14, it is to announce the final of low ceilings for foreign owner- before mid-May. and United Arab Emirates list of constituents of its revised ship of them. Some Qatari firms Simon Kitchen, director for to top QR900m stocks when it upgrades those emerging market index. have been lifting their ceilings but regional strategy and research countries to emerging market This is expected to attract for Industries Qatar and QNB at investment bank EFG Hermes status, according to a document. fresh foreign money to the two they are still low at 12 percent, in Dubai, estimated that Qatar’s The document, sent by MSCI to countries; some analysts have MSCI said. weight in MSCI’s emerging mar- after buyout financial firms at the end of last estimated each country could Investors have not said the kets index would drop to 0.47 per- week, said the weightings of those draw over $2billion. Significant UAE is as problematic as Qatar cent because of the adjustment stocks — four in Qatar and four amounts of new money have for ownership ceilings, MSCI said. from 0.61 percent otherwise. in the UAE — would be reduced already started arriving. But it will apply the same adjust- The UAE’s weight would drop GDI to contribute QR150m of profit “as they may pose accessibility But in its document, MSCI said ment factor to Arabtec, Dana to 0.59 percent from 0.76 per- issues to international institu- it would “apply an adjustment Gas, Dubai Islamic Bank and cent, he said in a report, adding DOHA: With the Gulf Drilling made possible by the successful tional investors”. factor of 0.5” to the weightings of Emaar Properties as foreigners that even if companies in Qatar International (GDI) becom- joint venture with JDC,” he said. Repeated calls to MSCI’s Industries Qatar, Qatar National could have trouble buying their decided to raise their foreign own- ing the wholly-owned sub- With GIS’ share of GDI’s results London offices for comment were Bank (QNB), Commercial Bank shares in future. ership limits further, increases sidiary of Gulf International increasing from 70 percent to a not answered yesterday. and Doha Bank. MSCI added that it might above 25 percent tended to take Services (GIS), after completing 100 percent, Ebrahim Al Mannai, MSCI decided last year to lift It said that as foreign money reconsider its decision to apply a lot of time. the acquisition of the 30 per- Chief Coordinator, GIS, said Qatar and the UAE to emerging entered Qatar, overseas investors the adjustment factor to the eight REUTERS cent stake previously held by the future earnings of GIS are Japan Drilling Company (JDC), expected to grow exponentially the GIS’ future earnings are and the company’s shareholders expected to grow exponentially. are expected to gain from the Dr Al Sada meets Japan’s minister Consolidated revenue and profit transaction. for the GIS group in 2014 is now The consideration paid for JDC’s QE index projected to exceed QR3.5bn and 30 percent stake was derived pur- QR900m respectively, while GDI suant to terms set forth in the is expected to contribute an incre- joint venture agreement and is down 1.28pc mental QR1.4bn of revenue and based on 30 percent of GDI’s net QR150m of net profit on account book value as of April 30, 2014. The DOHA: Qatar Exchange ended of the acquisition. fair market value of this interest is in the red area yesterday when GIS, the largest service group in estimated to be significantly above trading closed at 12,696.24 Qatar that announced the comple- its net book value, with GDI’s fleet points, down 164.10 points, or tion of the acquisition, yesterday being fully utilised under favour- 1.28 percent, from the previous noted the expected final cost to the able multiyear contracts. closing of 12,860.34 points. group is around $160m, subject to The transaction is being The volume of shares was the final audit of the accounts. financed by an eight-year bilateral up to 37,103,559 from Sunday’s With this, it will be the ending of loan agreement secured through 28,781,716 and the value of shares the joint venture between the two local banks on competitive terms, increased to QR1,347,452,326.19 companies that began 10 years ago, and repayable on a semi-annual from QR1,062,769,738.64. from April 30, 2014. basis starting from 2015. Among the top losers were H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Now established as a world Industries Qatar whose share Sada, the Minister of Energy and class drilling contractor, GDI was down 2.98 percent to QR179, Industry and the Chairman and is a dynamic company that has Doha Bank lost 2.71 percent to Managing Director of GIS, said world-class drilling contractor QR64.70, Doha Insurance fell 7.25 that the JDC buyout was a well capabilities while diversifying into percent to QR24.30 and Mazaya timed investment that is expected complimentary lines of business Qatar decreased by 4.12 percent to yield significant results for the that include jack-up accommoda- to QR19.09. Most markets in the largest services group based in tion and lift-boat operations. As a Gulf also declined yesterday as Qatar. “The fundamentals of this result, substantial growth has been retail investors booked profits investment are particularly strong achieved in a short period of time after strong gains lifted those considering the substantial value with the size of GDI’s fleet set to bourses to multi-year peaks ear- received for the consideration paid, double from nine to eighteen in lier this month. Dubai’s bourse and with GDI’s ambitious growth just three years with the arrival slid 0.8 percent. In Abu Dhabi, plans starting to take hold, GIS is of 3 more units later this year. the index slipped 1.2 percent. well positioned to reap the benefits THE PENINSULA H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al Sada, the Minister of Energy and Industry, holding discussion with Kazuyoshi QNA & REUTERS Akaba, the State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, yesterday in Doha. SME ventures pick up, good turnout at QNB meet Commercial Bank posts

DOHA: QNB, in partnership Industry booth explained in detail of chemicals, rubber and plastics. Al Dhameen programme, which with the Qatar Development the critical role being played by Basic metal industries, manufac- is based on covering a portion of QR548m net profit in Q1 Bank (QDB), has helped launch the Ministry’s Department of ture of non-metallic products, the risk of the funding in case something between 72 to 100 Industrial Estates (DIE) in plan- machinery and equipment are the guaranteed project has failed DOHA: Commercial Bank of performance, Hussain Al Fardan, startups during the first half of ning, developing and managing among industries operating in in repaying the whole amount or Qatar yesterday announced its Vice Chairman and Managing 2013. The numbers are expected the country’s first Small and the SMSIA. part of it. financial results for the first Director of Commercial Bank, to go up during this year, a Medium Scale Industrial Area In support of the SME seg- The programme encourages quarter ended March 31, 2014 added: “The momentum of the top QNB executive told The (SMSIA) in Doha. ment, QNB recently signed a banks to finance SMEs that posting a net profit of QR548m fourth quarter of 2013 has car- Peninsula. The Industries allowed in financing deal with Al Naqeeb show components of success and up by about 8.5 percent com- ried through to the first quarter Speaking on the sidelines SMSIA include manufacture of Plastic Factory and QDB for a cannot provide the required col- pared to QR506m for the cor- of 2014 and the bank has delivered of “QNB Small and Medium food, beverages, textile, weaving new factory that will be located laterals or accounting documents responding period last year. good financial results.” Enterprises Open Day” here yes- apparel and leather industries, in the industrial area in Doha. that prove their eligibility to The operating income increased Net interest income was terday, Wisam Matouk, Acting manufacture of wooden products QNB has already in tie-up receive finance. to QR936m during the first quar- QR620.8m for the quarter ended Head of Sales & Relationship and paper products, manufacture with QDB to support the latter’s THE PENINSULA ter of 2014, up 24.3 percent against March 31 2014, 36.8 percent Management-SME, said: young QR752.5m in Q1 2013, while the higher than for the same period in entrepreneurs are increasingly total assets of the bank soared to 2013, reflecting strong growth in looking for ventures in various QR114bn, up 33 percent compared lending activities. ABank contrib- sectors, including manufactur- to same period in 2013. ABank uted QR139.9m, 22.5 percent of ing, health sector, contracting and (Alternatifbank) delivered net the total net interest income. Net food processing . Of late, there has operating income of QR183.5m interest margin remained stable been a huge rise in the number of for the current quarter. compared to the fourth quarter enquiries, he said. Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin of 2013 at 2.6 percent. Wisam said funding is not a Jabor Al Thani, Chairman of the Non-interest income was up problem for the potential entre- Board of Directors of Commercial 5.4 percent to QR315m for the preneurs. “We, together with the Bank, said, “Qatar’s infrastruc- quarter ended March 31, 2014 QDB, offer all sorts of supports to ture investment requirement to compared with QR298.7m for the the startups. QNB is one of the support its rapidly diversifying same period in 2013 with ABank main supporters of QDB,” he said. economy under the leadership of contributing QR43.6m. The The opening day of QNB’s the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin overall increase in non-interest “SMEs Open Day” saw good Hamad Al Thani, Qatar is pro- income was due to higher fee and response from young entre- ducing positive market conditions commission income and was par- preneurs. The bank’s premium for Commercial Bank’s products tially offset by lower income from partners attended the event and services. investments securities. included QDB, Enterprise Qatar “The bank’s wider group strat- Total operating expenses were (EQ), Bedaya, the Ministry of egy is also benefiting from the up 66.8 percent to QR 406.9m Information and Communications momentum in public and private compared with QR 244m for the Technology, Qatar Chamber, the sector investment in the UAE, same period in 2013. Excluding Ministry of Energy and Industry Oman and Turkey driven by pos- ABank, expenses increased by 10 and many other partners such as itive economic conditions. The percent for the current quarter Qatar Building Company (QBC), bank’s encouraging performance compared to the same period in Mannai Trading and Qatar in the first quarter bodes well for 2013 as Commercial Bank con- Insurance Company (QIC). the rest of the year.” tinued to invest in its people and The Ministry of Energy and Young entrepreneurs at the opening day of QNB’s SMEs Open Day yesterday. QASSIM RAHMATULAH Commenting on the financial infrastructure. THE PENINSULA

TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Pak-Qatar QFMA issues Takaful Group posts strong five new 2013 results DOHA: Pak-Qatar Takaful Group recorded a strong growth with a combined turno- ver of Rs5.5bn ($54m) for the legislations year ended December 31, 2013. The Group made a profit of Rs74m ($0.7m) during the year. Rules to strengthen capital market Pak-Qatar Takaful Group, which comprises of Family DOHA: H E Sheikh Abdullah suggestions of the relevant parties Takaful and General Takaful, bin Saoud Al Thani, the on these legislations before final reviewed and approved the finan- Governor of Qatar Central Bank issuance. cial statements of Pak-Qatar and Chairman of the Board of Capital Adequacy Standards Family Takaful and Pak-Qatar Sheikh Ali Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman, Pak-Qatar Takaful Group (third left), Abdul Basit Al Shaibei (second left) Directors of the Qatar Financial shall be applied on financial serv- General Takaful for the year and other members at the board meeting. Markets Authority (QFMA) ices companies licensed by the during the group’s board meet- yesterday issued five new legisla- authority to ensure that these ing held recently in Doha at tions related to capital adequacy, companies retain permanently International Islamic. Secretary. Sheikh Ali appreci- and sponsored by some of the Ltd offers a comprehensive prod- acquisition and mergers, rules of capital adequacy ratios that ena- The meeting was chaired by ated the Group’s performance strongest financial institutions ucts’ portfolio for the national licensing and regulating deposi- ble them to perform their busi- Sheikh Ali Abdullah Al Thani, during the year 2013. form Qatar. Takaful market. The company’s tary and corporate governance ness and use their assets on the the Chairman of the Pak- Pak-Qatar Family Takaful Ltd, The company’s paid-up capital paid-up capital is in excess of code. best way. Qatar Takaful Group. Board of the pioneers of Family Takaful, is in excess of Rs710m, with credit Rs407m, with credit rating of ‘A-’ This issuance came after the The Rules of Licensing and Directors present in the meet- is a progressive and a technol- rating of ‘A’ (Stable Outlook) by (Stable Outlook) by the JCR-VIS Board’s approval on these leg- Regulating Depositary contain ing included Said Gul, Managing ogy-driven Shari’ah-compliant JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co Ltd. Credit Rating Company Ltd. The islations that strengthen the requirements and controls to Director for the Group, Abdul company providing innovative Pak-Qatar Family is recipient of company is the recipient of sev- regulatory and supervisory role licensing the Depositary and reg- Basit Al Shaibei, Zahid H Awan, Takaful solutions in Pakistan. several domestic and interna- eral domestic and international of the QFMA on the Qatari ulate its work in accordance with M Owais Ansari and M Kamran The company is chaired by tional awards and nominations. awards. capital market. The legislations law and regulations. Saleem, CFO & Company Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani Pak-Qatar General Takaful THE PENINSULA which were Capital Adequacy The provisions of Merger and Standards for Financial Services Acquisition Rules shall apply to all Companies, Rules of Licensing and acquisitions or mergers in which Regulating Depositary, Acquisition one of the parties is a listed com- and Merger Rules, Amend some pany or a subsidiary. articles in Corporate Governance Some articles were amended in Pfizer chases AstraZeneca with $100bn Insurance sector carries Code in the Main market and the Corporate Governance Code Corporate Governance Code in for Companies Listed on the Main LONDON: US drugmaker Pfizer Inc is Under British takeover rules, Pfizer has ‘intermediate risk’: S&P Venture Market. Market especially which need reg- working on its next move in a potential until May 26 to announce a firm intention Nasser Ahmed Al Shaibi, CEO ulating in applying governance. $100bn battle for Britain’s AstraZeneca to make an offer or back away. The renewed DOHA: The Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services of the QFMA said that the issu- Corporate Governance Code Plc after having two bids rejected, a chase approach comes amid a wave of mergers in its latest insurance industry and country ance of such legislations comes in Venture Market provides a welcomed by investors in both compa- and acquisitions in the sector, pushing the risk assessment (IICRA) has assessed Qatar as a part of the authority’s ongo- comprehensive framework for nies as deal making grips the healthcare value of deals to $153bn so far this year, as as ‘intermediate’. “Our assessment reflects the ing effort to follow up the capital corporate governance of listed industry. the industry restructures amid healthcare risks typically faced by (property/casualty) markets developments and moni- companies in the secondary mar- Pfizer said yesterday it made a £58.8bn spending cuts and competition from cheap insurers operating in Qatar and is derived from tor the market needs as well as ket, It also addresses the formation ($98.9bn) bid approach to AstraZeneca in generics. our view of intermediate country risk and inter- modernise the legal infrastructure of Board of Directors, its struc- January and had contacted its British rival “Society wants products faster, they want mediate industry risk for the P/C insurance sec- with further services and proce- ture, duties, responsibilities and again on April 26, seeking to further discuss more products and they want value,” Pfizer tor”, the ratings agency noted yesterday. dures that ensure diversity in the appointment of its Secretary. a takeover. Buying AstraZeneca would boost Chief Executive Ian Read told reporters. It expects the country’s growth prospects will financial services with updating It also includes the main princi- Pfizer’s pipeline of cancer drugs and create “Industry is responding to society’s request remain favourable for the sector. The market the regulatory tools. ples for the protection of the rights significant cost and tax savings. for increased efficiencies and productivity.” is highly competitive, particularly in commodi- He added that for the pur- of shareholders, and focuses prin- AstraZeneca shares were up 13 percent Read said AstraZeneca had declined to tised lines such as motor and medical insur- pose of applying the principle of ciples in order to strengthen the on news of the latest approach, which would engage in talks and the U.S. group was now ance, although product risk in these lines is low. participation and supporting the internal control systems in the be the biggest foreign acquisition of a British considering its options, but he remained Nevertheless, the S&P expects profitability and development of capital market, the company, and how to activate and firm and one of the largest pharmaceutical convinced that combining the two compa- growth prospects to remain favorable, particularly QFMA had made a public consul- apply the requirements contained deals. Pfizer rose 4 percent on the New York nies made strategic sense and would benefit in commercial lines as the level of insurable activity tation to consider the opinions and therein. THE PENINSULA Stock Exchange. AstraZeneca investors. REUTERS in Qatar increases. THE PENINSULA QAFAC hosts author Stephen Covey DOHA: The ability of estab- both the public and private sector to real-time issues that affect lishing and restoring trust with that are trusted and are enjoying their immediate and long-term stakeholders is the most criti- significant success. High-trust performance. cal leadership competency of organisations return three times His presentation advocated the the new global economy, said the total return to shareholders return of trust in organisations, Stephen M R Covey, the best- than organisations with low trust. extending beyond the dialogue on selling author (The New York And, high-trust schools are four trust as a soft, social virtue. He Times and Wall Street Journal) times more likely to raise test gave attendees a greater vision of of ‘THE SPEED OF TRUST: scores than low-trust schools. trust as a measurable, strategic The One Thing That Changes Trusted organisations will con- advantage as well as share the Everything’, during an event tinue to have a strong competi- behaviours and tools common to hosted by Qatar Fuel Additives tive edge, a growing market share, all high-trust leaders around the Company (QAFAC). and the continued loyalty of world. He taught how to extend Covey’s groundbreaking book their employees, customers, and “Smart Trust”, even in environ- challenges our age-old assump- constituents.” ments where risk exists. tion that trust is merely a soft, He advocated that nothing is Covey is a sought-after advi- social virtue and instead demon- as fast as the speed of trust and sor and keynote speaker on trust, strates that trust is a hard-edged, that the ability to establish, grow, leadership, ethics, and high per- economic driver — a learnable extend, and restore trust with all formance and has presented at and measurable skill that makes stakeholders is the critical leader- leading conferences in 40 coun- organisations more profitable, ship competency of the new global tries, receiving high marks for people more promotable, and economy. He passionately delivers his style, substance, and the rel- relationships more energising. that message and is dedicated to evance of his insights on trust. “Trusting people in this type of enabling individuals and organi- He is the former CEO of Covey environment is indeed risky,” said sations to reap the dividends of Leadership Centre, which, under Covey. “But even in a historically high trust. Audiences and organ- his stewardship, became the largest low-trust marketplace, there are isations alike resonate with his leadership-development company still people and organisations in informed, practical approach in the world. THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS France meets Alstom New way of marketing bidders to protect jobs President meets GE chief, also to meet Siemens CEO

PARIS: France said it would German rival Siemens proposed a it considered unsuitable. But defend jobs and its national swap of power and rail assets to the minister — who has threat- interest as it met suitors eyeing counter a potential Alstom-GE ened in the past to nationalise a breakup of engineering group energy tie-up. Montebourg said assets belonging to steelmaker Alstom yesterday and suggested the Siemens plan would cre- ArcelorMittal — stopped short it preferred Germany’s Siemens ate “two European and global of suggesting the state would do over US giant General Electric. champions.” the same for Alstom. President Francois Hollande Berlin weighed in yesterday “It’s too early to raise that held talks with GE boss Jeff morning, saying an Alstom- question,” he said. Immelt yesterday morning and Siemens deal could offer “great Hollande is due to meet was due to sit down later with opportunities” for Franco- Siemens’ Kaeser and then hold Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser to dis- German cooperation. talks with Martin Bouygues, the cuss the fate of Alstom, the maker Siemens also re-confirmed its billionaire chairman of family of the country’s prestigious TGV interest in an Alstom deal. conglomerate Bouygues that is high-speed trains and turbines for After GE CEO Immelt emerged Alstom’s largest shareholder with power plants. from talks at the presidential pal- a 29.4 percent stake. “We won’t let Alstom sell ace, the company issued a state- Immelt arrived in Paris during this national champion behind ment saying: “The dialogue was the weekend, aiming to hammer People dressed as currency notes walk along a street as part of a marketing campaign in Moscow yesterday. the back of its shareholders, its open, friendly and productive.” out a $13bn deal to buy Alstom’s employees and the French gov- It added: “It was important power turbines business. News ernment,” Economy Minister to hear in person President of talks between the two sur- Arnaud Montebourg wrote on Hollande’s perspective and to dis- faced last week and sources with his official Twitter account before cuss our plans... We understand knowledge of them say they have BG boss resigns, warns on output the meetings started, accusing and value his perspective, and we been going on for months and are Alstom’s CEO Patrick Kron of “a are committed to work together.” very advanced. However Siemens LONDON: Loss-making it said in a statement yester- shareholders, while delivering breach of national ethics”. Hollande and Montebourg have may also be working on refining British energy firm BG Group day. Non-Cxecutive Chairman the group’s business plans. “The Alstom, which is suffering from said their concerns are related its proposal, a second source with said yesterday that Chief Andrew Gould will take over board felt that it was in the best big debts and falling demand, was to jobs, the nation’s energy inde- knowledge of the talks said. Executive Chris Finlayson has as interim executive chairman interests of the group to accept bailed out by the French govern- pendence, and the location of “It is clear that Siemens wants resigned for personal reasons, until a permanent replacement Chris’ resignation and seek fresh ment in 2004 but now needs help activities both in power and rail. to remain in the race. They could and also warned over annual is appointed. leadership to deliver both of these again. Smaller than its rivals, it A source familiar with the dis- come back with a more bind- output citing problems in Egypt. “The board of directors is fully priorities.” was hit the hardest by a slump cussions said GE had offered ing offer or with another, more “BG Group today announces committed to the group’s strategy, BG Group, which unveils first- in orders for power equipment some solutions to these concerns detailed letter addressing some the board has accepted Chris which is built upon a portfolio of quarter results on Thursday, also since the 2008 economic down- but that there was still a lot of of the issues pointed out in the Finlayson’s resignation as chief high-quality assets,” BG said. warned over its annual output turn depressed electricity prices. work to do. Montebourg said press, such as antitrust and jobs.” executive and as an executive “The company must acceler- forecast of 590,000-630,000 bar- Monday’s meetings follow a before the meeting with GE that Analysts see sense in an director of the board with imme- ate the creation and delivery of rels of oil equivalent per day. weekend of drama when Alstom’s France would oppose any deal Alstom-GE tie-up. REUTERS diate effect, for personal reasons,” the longer-term value for our AFP

Comcast offers to divest customers to win TWC approval Etisalat gets

NEW YORK: Comcast Corp Comcast shareholders. The deal cable or satellite TV market it could get in front of regulators Charter and Comcast said in an €3.15bn loan offered to sell 1.4 million pay would make Charter — whose after the deal, the company said at the Justice Department and investor presentation. TV subscribers to Charter own bid for Time Warner Cable in a statement. The agreement the FCC at the same time as the The divestments, mostly in Communications Inc for $7.3bn was thwarted by Comcast’s higher is contingent on Comcast’s Time Time Warner Cable deal,” a source the US Midwest, would deliver for Maroc as part of a transaction aimed offer — the second-biggest US Warner Cable deal being approved familiar with the matter said. about $19.5bn in value to Comcast at winning regulatory approval pay TV company with 5.7 mil- by the Justice Department and The source said there was a shareholders, the companies said. Telecom buy for its proposed $45bn takeover lion customers, overtaking Cox the US Federal Communications standstill agreement with Charter “For Charter, this deal is a of Time Warner Cable. Communications Inc. Commission, a process that could stipulating that it cannot gain full transformative event and sets Comcast also said it would Charter’s shares rose as much take many months. control of SpinCo for four years. them up over time to consolidate DUBAI: Etisalat has signed divest another 2.5 million sub- as 10 percent to $142.70 in early Analysts said the deal was a Comcast will have no ownership the balance of the rest of the cable a €3.15bn ($4.36bn) facility to scribers into a new publicly trading yesterday. Comcast shares pre-emptive move by Comcast in SpinCo. industry,” Pivotal Research Group fund its purchase of Maroc traded company, dubbed SpinCo were up 1.4 percent at $51.70. ahead of a review of the deal by SpinCo would have an esti- analyst Jeff Wlodarczak said, add- Telecom, opting to borrow for now, to be one-third owned Comcast would have less than regulators. “Comcast wanted to mated enterprise value of $14.3bn ing that the deal was good for rather than use cash to exploit by Charter and two-thirds by 30 percent of the US residential do this deal now with Charter so and an equity value of $5.8bn, both parties. REUTERS low interest rates and maintain dividend levels, its CFO said. The Gulf’s No. 2 telecom oper- QATARI MARKET ator by market value expects to Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P conclude its first major acquisi- Qatar Govt 3.125% 1/20/2017 USD 105.50 1.07% Aa2 AA tion of the decade by the end of May, having agreed to pay €4.2bn Qatar Govt 6.55% 4/9/2019 USD 120.63 2.13% Aa2 AA HUL sees demand staying subdued for Paris-listed Vivendi’s 53 per- Qatar Govt 5.25% 1/20/2020 USD 114.13 2.58% Aa2 AA cent stake in Maroc Telecom. Qatar Govt 4.5% 1/20/2022 USD 108.88 3.19% Aa2 AA MUMBAI: Sales growth at consumer wallets,” R Sridhar, typically should because it’s two Etisalat opted to borrow to Qatar Govt 9.75% 6/15/2030 USD 157.75 4.63% Aa2 AA Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) chief financial officer said on a years in a row with no recovery fund the acquisition despite hav- Qatar Govt 6.4% 1/20/2040 USD 119.75 5.02% Aa2 AA stayed muted for the eighth conference call. in sight, said G Chokkalingam, ing a net cash balance of Dh13.3bn Qatar Govt 5.75% 1/20/2042 USD 110.88 5.02% Aa2 AA straight quarter, hurt by a “It will be difficult to say when founder of research and fund ($3.62bn) as of the end of March. Qatari Diar 3.5% 7/21/2015 USD 103.44 0.67% Aa2 AA sluggish economy, and India’s will there be an improvement in advisory company Equinomics. “The cost of debt is very low so largest consumer goods maker consumer sentiment but we are HUL, which manufactures we thought it would be wise for Qatari Diar 5% 7/21/2020 USD 112.00 2.88% Aa2 AA said it did not expect a demand hoping it is going to be sooner Fair & Lovely fairness cream and Etisalat to leverage the balance Comqat 5% 11/18/2014 USD 102.38 0.64% A1 A- recovery in the near-term. rather than later,” he said. Sunsilk shampoo, said net profit sheet to optimise the capital struc- Comqat 3.375% 4/11/2017 USD 104.50 1.80% A1 A- The company’s results came A normal monsoon, key to for the quarter grew 11 percent ture,” Serkan Okandan, Etisalat’s after parent Anglo-Dutch con- rural demand, and pre-election to Rs8.7bn ($143.4m). Net sales Chief Financial Officer, said. QIB 3.856% 10/7/2015 USD 104.00 1.04% NR NR sumer group Unilever Plc , which spending on consumer goods to rose 8.9 percent year-on-year to He said such borrowing would QNB 3.125% 11/16/2015 USD 103.25 1.00% Aa3 A+ generates more than half of its woo voters in Asia’s third-largest Rs69.4bn. Analysts on an average also enable Etisalat, which posted QNB 3.375% 2/22/2017 USD 104.50 1.73% Aa3 A+ revenue in developing markets, economy, failed to lift consumer estimated a net profit of Rs8.5bn an 11 percent rise in first-quar- said emerging markets sales rose spending as surging commod- on sales of Rs70bn. Overall sales ter profit on Sunday, to maintain Doha Bank 3.5% 3/14/2017 USD 104.25 1.97% A2 A- 6.6 percent, slower than the 8.4 ity prices and meagre salary volumes in the quarter grew 3 dividends around current levels. Qtel 3.375% 10/14/2016 USD 104.75 1.40% A2 A- percent growth in the fourth increases weighed on incomes. percent, below market estimates It paid Dh0.35 per share for the Qtel 7.875% 6/10/2019 USD 124.50 2.71% A2 A- quarter. “The pace of growth in “The performance is dete- of 5 percent growth and lower second half of 2013. Qtel 4.75% 2/16/2021 USD 107.50 3.50% A2 A- the market is slow and there is riorating every quarter and it than the 6 percent growth logged The new facility consists of Qtel 5% 10/19/2025 USD 104.38 4.51% A2 A- a high level of inflation hurting is causing more worry than it a year ago. REUTERS a €2.1bn one-year bridge loan, Rasgas 5.5% 9/30/2014 USD 102.13 0.36% Aa3 A priced at Euribor plus 45 basis Rasgas 5.832% 9/30/2016 USD 106.63 2.97% Aa3 A points for the first six months. This then increases by 15 bps Rasgas 5.298% 9/30/2020 USD 108.75 3.75% Aa3 A Panasonic back in black after three years in each of the following three SOVEREIGNS months, it said in a bourse state- Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P ment yesterday. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 4/8/2019 USD 122.00 2.04% Aa2 AA The second part is a €1.05bn Dubai Govt 6.7% 10/5/2015 USD 107.63 1.29% NR NR three-year loan priced at 87 basis points above Euribor. Dubai Govt 4.9% 5/2/2017 USD 108.00 2.14% NR NR Although Etisalat priced the Dubai Govt 7.75% 10/5/2020 USD 125.50 3.31% NR NR loans in euros, they can also be Dubai Govt 6.45% 5/2/2022 USD 118.88 3.70% NR NR utilised in dollars, the statement Qatar Govt 4% 1/20/2015 USD 102.63 0.34% Aa2 AA said, adding 17 local, regional and Bahrain Govt 6.273% 11/22/2018 USD 115.00 2.75% NR BBB international banks were financ- Bahrain Govt 5.5% 3/31/2020 USD 108.50 3.88% NR BBB ing the facility. On Sunday, it was reported Egypt Govt 5.75% 4/29/2020 USD 102.50 5.26% Caa1 B- that an Abu Dhabi state-owned Morocco Govt 4.5% 10/5/2020 EUR 106.38 3.38% NR BBB- fund would finance a quarter of Etisalat’s purchase of the Maroc

*Periodic Distribution Amount Telecom stake, thereby reducing IMPORTANT NOTE: Etisalat’s contribution to €3.15bn. Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which “We cannot comment for the is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services moment,” said Okandan when Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary asked to confirm the role of the data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not Abu Dhabi fund. take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds Morocco’s takeover rules require can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Etisalat to make a buyout offer for liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not Maroc Telecom’s minority share- a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. holders - the government owns 30 percent, with the remaining A man looks at Panasonic Corp’s Viera televisions displayed at a store in Tokyo yesterday. Japanese elec- 17 percent of the company openly tronics giant booked its first annual net profit in three years. The company said net profit hit 120.44bn yen traded on the stock exchange. The ($1.17bn) in its fiscal year to March, after suffering a loss of 754.25bn yen a year earlier, while revenue ticked price per share could be different up to 7.74 trillion yen from 7.30 trillion yen. to that agreed with Vivendi, ana- lysts have said. REUTERS TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 BUSINESS VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

Real estate weakness Mortgage lenders to pry drives China rebalancing

BY JAMES SAFT into your personal life?

hina’s economy is rebalancing. Unfortunately it is chang- BY MERRYN SOMERSET WEBB And if you want an interest-only mort- with medical problems, a tradition of taking ing a lot like the US’s did in 2006 and 2007, with a sudden gage the bank will have to make sure you foreign holidays and elderly parents who slowdown in real estate. hinking of taking out a mortgage? have a “credible plan to repay the capital at forgot to save into their pensions. C That was perhaps inevitable, but raises some familiar If you have a lot of secrets you the end of the loan”. So why wouldn’t you demand three hours risks a chain reaction of real estate losses, debt defaults and a might want to think again. Applications are now likely to prompt of effort from your would-be borrowers sudden slowdown in growth. New mortgage rules laid questions on everything from your child- and why wouldn’t you ask them detailed The costs for the rest of the world could be high, particularly in down by the United Kingdom’s care expenditure to your weekly food bill questions? places like Brazil and Australia which have prospered by feeding TFinancial Conduct Authority have just come and how many times a month you buy Banks have responsibilities to their share- China’s formerly insatiable appetite for raw materials. into force. scratchcards. holders (who want dividends), to their China’s GDP is expected to slow to growth of 7.3 percent this So when you wander into a bank from This, it is said, will discriminate against depositors (who want their money back) year, down from last year and the smallest expansion in 24 years, this week and ask to borrow a couple of families in favour of the single and the and to the taxpayer (who has to foot the according to a new Reuters poll. hundred thousand quid to buy an identikit childless. bill when things go wrong). On the surface, that’s in line with a government goal of transi- shoebox, they won’t just ask you how much It will be unnecessarily intrusive. It will This is not the financial system that I tioning from an economy dependent on investment, to one more you earn and then call your boss to check take too much time. And of course it is yet would choose (I’d go for one where the tax- like that of more developed countries with a higher consumption – oh no. another interference into private businesses payer is not in the equation and as a result share. Under the new legislation they will be by an overbearing state obsessed with finan- the state isn’t either). But while consumption is growing as a share of China’s economy, obliged to make sure that you really can cial meddling. But as long as we are stuck with it and as it is doing so in significant part because investment, particularly afford to make the repayments on your loan. But when the dust settles I suspect we long as the banks don’t take their respon- in real estate, is falling in importance. Property investment fell How they judge that is their business, but will all realise that the really extraordi- sibilities to the rest of us seriously, the new in the first quarter to 12 percent of GDP, down from 15 percent you can be pretty sure it will involve look- nary thing is that banks ever allowed any- rules are entirely necessary and entirely last year. That compares to about 5.0 percent in the US. ing at your spending and savings patterns one to borrow money without asking these sensible. The value of new homes sold fell 7.7 percent in the and new very carefully. questions. And for all the broker breast-beating they home starts fell by more than 25 percent. Borrowers are already reporting having You only have to look back to 2007 to aren’t even particularly draconian – other That in turn very likely was driven by a tightening of financing to both produce six months’ worth of bank see what happens when banks lend money countries have gone for a much less vague conditions, with overall the widest measure of lending down more statements and to answer what they con- out almost regardless of repayment capa- approach and insisted on set salary mul- than 9.0 percent compared to a year ago. sider to be intrusive questions about their bility. Do that and you will wonder why tiples, loan-to-value ratios and mortgage And overall debt in China is very high, with some evidence lifestyles. any bank would want to lend someone lengths. that absent a continued flow of new borrowing bad debts will There’s more. The banks also have to earning £30,000 four times their income In some senses that is rather a shame: have to be faced. stress test the loan. without having them in for a chat about house prices are driven by the supply of “Burgeoning debt was not an unlucky accident,” according to So they don’t just have to be sure you can their personal circumstances and spend- credit, and if that were to be a little more Michael Pettis, a finance professor at Peking University. afford it now; they have to be sure that you ing patterns. restricted in the mortgage department and “It is fundamental to the way the growth model works, and we will still be able to afford it when interest It is entirely obvious that it makes sense a little more free-flowing in the small busi- have arrived at the stage, probably described most imaginatively rates rise to what we might consider nor- to offer a higher loan to high-earning sin- ness department we might find we had less by Hyman Minsky in his work on balance sheets, in which the mal levels (the long-term average for the gletons, with cheap indoor hobbies and rich house price growth and more real economic system requires an acceleration in credit growth simply to main- base rate in the UK is not 0.5 percent but property-owning parents, than a family growth. tain existing levels of economic activity.” 5 percent). with a similar income but who own a dog THE GUARDIAN Pettis argues that China’s debt problems have become so large than they can’t be “managed” by imposing discipline on borrowers or reforming banking. “Without a massive transfer of wealth from the state sector to the household sector it will be impossible, I would argue, for GDP growth rates of anything above 3-4 percent – and perhaps even less – to occur without an unsustainable increase in debt, whether that occurs inside or outside the formal banking system Japanese retail sales surge and whether or not discipline has been imposed on borrowers,” Japan’s retail sales grew at the fastest pace in 17 years in March as consumers rushed he wrote. to make purchases ahead of a national sales tax hike that took effect on April 1. A Minsky moment, the sudden collapse of asset values when debt fuelled speculation comes to a sudden halt, would be, like everything else, different in China. China’s economy has pulled off an economic miracle, but done so RETAIL SALES — YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGE, PERCENT by relying heavily on investment, and with an increasing propor- tion of that investment funded by debt. So far, so Minsky. 25 While it is true that the quality of investment has fallen, theo- retically reducing borrowers’ ability to repay debt, the story is 20 not as simple as it would be in the US. In China, not only is everything a political question, the state’s March 1997 15 12.44 March 2013 apparatus has far more power to manage how political questions, 11.02 ie everything, are resolved. So while the government has a stake in a transition away from 10 low-quality investment, many bet that they won’t allow credit to tighten so badly that real estate crashes. 5 As individual borrowers tend to be less leveraged than in the US, that makes the job of managing a credit slowdown a bit easier. 0 It doesn’t make a real estate crash impossible however. Animal spirits works the same way in China they do in Orlando, and with about ten years of overbuilding to work through, it’s not hard to -5 see the possibility of a cascade of weakness through the economy. Ultimately, bad debts in China will need to be recognised and -10 February 2013 absorbed by some sector. Pressing them on to households goes 3.65 against the goal of increasing consumption, while company balance -15 sheets seem unlikely to be able to handle the sheer size. That leaves the government, which may be China bulls’ best 1980 19851990 1995 2000 2005 2010 hope. It won’t end at China’s borders. Managed or out of control, the Source: Thomson Reuters Eikon transition to lower investment is at hand, and for those who’ve Staff, 28/04/2014 done well out of it – think resource-heavy countries - the most they can hope for is enough time to absorb the blow. REUTERS Can Thomas Piketty rewrite the American dream?

BY HEIDI MOORE after the release of Capital, and everyone else doesn’t have the economic lottery to improve but on fortunes themselves, on tried it the first way, and paved intellectuals are still salivating, much of a shot of being wealthy their lot in life, while the wealthy the money that is invested and the road with populism. hen the movie is even calling Piketty the new de unless they marry into or inherit have a sure thing. reinvested and compounded and Thomas Piketty is going made about the Tocqueville. money. It’s Jane Austen all over This is clearly fraught – and to grown. for the second way. He has fall of Western This is quite a burst of star- again, and we’ve just fooled some, like the New York Times You can see the problem. roiled the pundit classes – as Wcapitalism, dom for a man who, despite his ourselves that the complicated columnist David Brooks, it sounds Whereas many progressives Brookings economist Justin Thomas Piketty will be played by understated Gallic charm, is very financial system has changed a like class war (he calls it “angry believe Piketty is the economic Wolfers observed, Piketty’s big- Colin Firth. Piketty, whom the much the bearer of bad news. thing. progressivism”). Messiah they’ve been waiting for, gest readers are in New York Financial Times called a “rock- Piketty’s sublimely nerdy book, This is a deep point. Many Piketty’s purpose is not to point many on the right loathe where and Washington DC. star economist”, isn’t a household packed with graphs, statistics American households, if they are out that inequality exists, or that this is going. And, yes, Piketty is already name – but he should be, and he and history, is all evidence for lucky, will grow their wealth at it’s growing – both of which have They’ve successfully fought tax talking to the White House. has a better shot than any other an immensely depressing theory: the same rate as the economy. been established ad nauseum by hikes for years, especially on the That’s a limited scope, though, economist. that the meritocracy of capitalism But, because the wealthy are everyone from President Obama estates of the wealthy (Grover and Piketty isn’t looking for He is the author and researcher is a big, fat lie. growing their fortunes at a much to Pope Francis. Piketty’s point Norquist built his career on it). endorsements. behind a 700-page economic man- Piketty’s research, which is faster rate, no one else can ever is that we are actually doomed to One struggles to sympathise: He’s looking for action. This ifesto, titled Capital in the 21st immaculate, reaches back hun- catch up. inequality. the wealthy, like corporations, is why it’s important that the Century, that details the path of dreds of years to establish a sim- Let’s repeat that: no one else It’s hard to argue with this, rarely pay the full burden of tax conversation about him extends income inequality over several ple thesis: the American dream can ever catch up. really – Piketty’s research is too anyway. beyond the sniping of pundits hundred years. – and more broadly, the egali- good, too sprawling, too complete. The biggest barrier they face is wrapped up in their own agendas This sublime nerdishness is, tarian promise of Western-style PIKETTY’S INEQUALITY It’s as good as fact. that good accountants are hard and their own speaking fees. somehow, a huge hit. It is now No capitalism – does not, and maybe This is where Piketty adds It codifies what many sus- to find. Piketty has to do what no one 1 on Amazon’s best-seller list and cannot, deliver on its promises. more nuance: it’s not just ine- pected. Piketty’s point is accepted All of this must seem familiar, else has yet: win over regular sold out in many bookstores. That, he writes, is because quality of wealth and income wisdom in most of Europe, where, and that’s a good thing. Piketty’s citizens, who have long heard When Piketty spoke on a economic growth will always be that we’re struggling with, but in France and Germany, the book, and his charismatic sweep patronising speeches about ine- panel this month at New York’s smaller than the profits from any inequality of opportunity. morality of capitalism is regularly through the pundit classes, are quality but seen very little politi- CUNY with three other econo- money that is invested. That’s of far more concern. In questioned. crystallising a conversation that cal action. mists – two of them Nobel-prize Economic growth is what we essence, he is saying, we’re lying But there remains a lot of con- America should have already had, Piketty’s goal is as ambitious as winners, Joseph Stiglitz and Paul all benefit from, but profits from to ourselves if we believe that troversy anyway. seriously, a long time time ago. his research – to change the way Krugman – the Frenchman was invested money accrue only to the hard work will lead to wealth. Why? Because Piketty wants wealth is distributed. the headliner. rich. Mainly, wealth reliably leads to to change the lever on income TIME’S A CHANGING So far, it’s a message that a lot The event was so packed that The consequences of this wealth. inequality by putting a tax on There are two ways to change of people like to talk about, but the organisers had to create are clear: those who have fam- Everything else is chancy. wealth – not on income, which a society: from the bottom, and very few want to hear. three overflow rooms. Weeks ily fortunes are the winners, The middle class is playing is the stuff of the middle class, from the top. Occupy Wall Street THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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Baseball Results Toronto 7 Boston 1 NY Mets 4 Miami 0 NBA: Batum lifts Portland Kansas City 9 Baltimore 3 Atlanta 1 Cincinnati 0 San Diego 4 Washington 2 Chicago W Sox 9 Tampa Bay 2 Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 0 Houston 5 Oakland 1 past Rockets in extra time St Louis 7 Pittsburgh 0 San Francisco 4 Cleveland 1 Seattle 6 Texas 5 ‘We talked about coming out strong and trying to be more physical’ Colorado 6 LA Dodgers 1 Philadelphia 2 Arizona 0 NY Yankees 3 LA Angels 2 PORTLAND: Nicolas Batum scored five of his 25 points in extra time to lead the Portland Baseball: Trail Blazers to a 123-120 over- time win over Houston in game four of their NBA play-off series. New York Batum’s extra-time points came during a 7-0 surge that gave the Trail Blazers the lead for good Yankees rally in front of a crowd of 20,246 yes- terday at the Moda Center arena. for 3-2 win “We talked about coming out strong and trying to be more NEW YORK: A wild pitch physical,” said Trail Blazer for- from reliever Nick Maronde ward LaMarcus Aldridge. “It is allowed Jacoby Ellsbury to getting fun now.” score the tiebreaking run in Portland seized a solid 3-1 lead the eighth inning, and the New over the Rockets in the best-of- York Yankees came back from seven series heading into game two one-run deficits to defeat five in Texas tomorrow. the Los Angeles Angels 3-2. Dwight Howard’s dunk with Mark Teixeira hit a home run three seconds remaining regula- in the seventh to tie the game 2-2 tion sent the game to overtime. and New York (15-10) won the Three of the four games final two games of the three-game between Portland and the Rockets series with the Angels (11-13). have gone into overtime. New York right-hander Aldridge tallied a game-high Masahiro Tanaka gave up two 29 points for Portland, who have runs on five hits and four walks never lost a play-off series in in 6 1/3 innings of a no-decision. which they have won the first He struck out 11, giving him 46 two games. strikeouts over 35 2/3 innings in “I was just trying to turn it up,” five starts. Aldridge said. “In the first half I Braves 1, Reds 0 (10 innings) was passive so in third quarter I Freddie Freeman delivered a was trying to make up for it.” Portland Trail Blazers’ forward LaMarcus Aldridge (left) drives past Houston Rockets’ walk-off hit with two outs in the The Rockets are trying to centre Dwight Howard in second half of their Conference Quarterfinal NBA game at 10th inning as Atlanta prevailed become just the fourth team in the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, USA, yesterday. The winner of the best-of- in a pitcher’s duel between Braves league history to win a series seven series will go on to face either the San Antonio Spurs or the Dallas Mavericks starter Julio Teheran and Johnny after losing the first two games in the Conference Semi-finals. RIGHT: Nicolas Batum (88) of the Portland Trail Cueto. Both pitchers allowed just at home. Blazers celebrates with Earl Watson (17) after hitting a shot in the second half of three hits and eight scoreless In 44 minutes of playing time, innings while Cueto struck out 11. Game Four. Aldridge also had 10 rebounds, The Braves, however, rallied four blocks and two steals. Guard against Cincinnati’s bullpen for Damian Lillard scored 23 points Game Five is scheduled for lead after the first quarter and Jimmy Butler during the fourth their fourth successive win. and Wesley Matthews tallied 21 today in Los Angeles though it is never looked back. Andre Iguodala quarter of the third game. NBA Results White Sox 9, Rays 2 in the victory. unsure whether Clippers owner added 22 for the Warriors. The Wizards can clinch the Rookie Jose Abreu hit his major EASTERN CONFERENCE Howard finished with 25 points Donald Sterling will attend the Also yesterday, Trevor Ariza series with a win in Game Five league-leading 10th home run and and 14 rebounds for the Rockets game. scored a play-off-high 30 points today in Chicago. At Washington helped make right-hander Scott who had three players with 25 He was asked not to show up in with six three-pointers and guard Taj Gibson set a career-play- Washington 98 Chicago 89 Carroll a winner in his big league points or more. Oakland on Sunday after racial Bradley Beal had 18 points as the off high with 32 points for the (Washington leads series 3-1) debut as the Chicago White Sox The Trail Blazers have not remarks attributed to him went Washington Wizards defeated the Bulls. The reserve forward made beat the Tampa Bay Rays. At New York won a play-off series since 2000, public and were so powerful that Chicago Bulls to take a 3-1 series his first nine attempts from the The 29-year-old Carroll, called the longest active drought of any even President Obama felt com- lead. field and finished 13-of-16 while Toronto 87 Brooklyn 79 up late on Saturday from Triple-A team in the league. pelled to respond during a trip to Marcin Gortat added 17 points his teammates went 22-of-62. (Series tied 2-2) by the White Sox, worked 7-1/3 Elsewhere, All-Star guard Malaysia. and guard John Wall had 15 for Led by guard DeMar DeRozan’s WESTERN CONFERENCE innings and allowed one earned Stephen Curry scored 17 of his Clippers players made a silent the Wizards, who scored the game-high 24 points, the Toronto run. game-high 33 points in the first protest during Sunday’s pre-game game’s first 14 points, led 55-40 at Raptors defeated the Brooklyn At Oakland Mariners 6, Rangers 5 quarter as the Golden State warmups when they circled mid halftime and by 23 in the fourth Nets to even their Eastern Golden State 118 LA Clippers 97 Seattle Mariners third base- Warriors added on-court misery court, threw their jackets on the quarter. Conference first-round series. (Series level 2-2) man Kyle Seager hit two home to the Los Angeles Clippers’ off- ground which exposed T-shirts Washington played without Kyle Lowry had 22 points and At Portland runs almost single-handedly the-court issues, thumping them that were turned inside-out to power forward Nene after the Amir Johnson added 17 points for spoiled the return of Texas starter to even the Western Conference hide any reference to the team. NBA suspended him for one game the Raptors, who tied the series Portland 123 Houston 120 Matt Harrison. first-round series at 2-2. Golden State built a 15-point following a tussle with the Bulls’ at 2-2. AGENCIES (Portland leads series 3-1) Seager hit home runs in the seventh and eighth innings to take his tally to five in four games and helped the Mariners rally back from an early 5-0 deficit. Boxing champ Harrison was playing in his first game since back surgery Wladimir Anaheim Ducks advance with a year ago and was looking for his first Major League win since Klitschko eyes September 2012. Rockies 6, Dodgers 1 Josh Rutledge hit a three-run Olympic return late rally to beat Dallas Stars homer and the Colorado Rockies rolled to a victory over the Los KIEV: Undisputed world heav- DALLAS: The Anaheim Ducks contest. The Stars appeared to be Angeles Dodgers. yweight champion Wladimir advanced to the second round cruising to a victory with just over The Rockies (14-12) took two Klitschko (pictured) of Ukraine of the National Hockey League two minutes left when the Ducks’ of three in the series with the has said he wants to com- play-offs for the first time in offence struck, scoring twice in Dodgers (14-12) and pulled into pete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro five years, using a furious third the final 2:10 of regulation. a second-place tie again in the Olympic Games, the Interfax- period rally to beat Dallas 5-4 in Bonino scooted out from behind National League West. Ukraine news extra time. the net and rifled a shot from in Giants 4, Indians 1 agency reported Nick Bonino scored the game close over the shoulder of Stars’ Brandon Hicks’ two-out, three- yesterday. winner 2:47 into overtime after netminder Kari Lehtonen to run home run in the bottom of “I hope that the Ducks equalised by scoring make it 4-3. the ninth inning gave the Giants international twice late in the third period to Devante Smith-Pelly scored a victory over the Cleveland amateur boxing’s eliminate the Dallas Stars and from a mad scramble in front of Indians. ruling body will win their best-of-seven series 4-2. Finland’s Lehtonen to force the Giants right-hander Sergio be kind to me, and “We stuck with it and we extra session with just 24 seconds Romo (2-0) pitched a scoreless that I will have found a way to do it,” said Ducks remaining. top of the ninth to earn the win. enough health defenseman Bryan Allen. In extra time, Bonino moved Cubs 4, Brewers 0 and motivation to Bonino also scored one of into the slot and hammered a shot Jason Hammel threw five perform at the Olympics in two Anaheim’s two goals late in the past Lehtonen after taking a pass innings without conceding a hit years time,” the agency quoted third period to level Sunday’s from Andrew Cogliano. while shortstop Starlin Castro the 38-year-old champion, who Allen said they are relieved to hit two home runs as the Cubs won gold at the 1996 Olympics in be through to the second round. avoided a sweep with a win over Atlanta, as saying. NHL Results “It is an emotional thing,” Allen the Brewers. Hammel (4-1) even- Klitschko said he spoke to his 1 2 3 T said. “It doesn’t matter who you tually gave up three hits and two former coach, Emanuel Steward, are playing. There is so much par- walks while striking out a season- during the 2012 London Olympic NY Rangers 1 2 1 4 ity in the league that no matter high seven batters. games and he had encouraged Philadelphia 0 1 1 2 who you play, you are going to get Astros 5, Athletics 1 him to box again in Rio. Steward (NY Rangers lead the best-of-seven series all you can handle.” Kari Lehtonen of the Dallas Stars gives up the game-winning goal against Collin McHugh delivered a subsequently died in October of by 3-2) Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller the Anaheim Ducks during Game Six of the First Round of the 2014 NHL second consecutive strong start that year. stopped all 12 shots he faced as the Houston Astros beat the 1 2 3 T Stanley Cup Play-offs at American Airlines Centre in Dallas, Texas. “I already have an Olympic title in relief of rookie Frederik Oakland Athletics. and it would be terrific to repeat Chicago 1 0 4 5 Andersen, who was pulled for McHugh (2-0), recalled last this experience 20 years later.” St Louis 1 0 0 1 the second time in this series avoid a repeat of last year’s post- The Ducks’ win over Dallas week to fill the void left when On Sunday Klitschko defended after allowing four goals on just season, when they failed to live up broke a string of five home ice Scott Feldman went on the 15-day (Chicago win the best-of-seven series by 4-2) his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO 12 shots. to expectations. victories in the series. Anaheim disabled list, allowed just one run belts in Oberhausen, Germany, in 1 2 3 OT T Trevor Daley had two goals for Anaheim lost in the opening won games one, two, five and six and two hits in 8-2/3 innings. his 25th world title fight knocking Anaheim 1 1 2 1 5 Dallas who were making their round of the play-offs in seven to take the series. Cardinals 7, Pirates 0 out Australian challenger Alex Dallas 3 1 0 0 4 first play-off appearance since games to the Detroit Red Wings. In 2009, the Ducks beat San Jhonny Peralta belted two home Leapai after two minutes, five 2008. The Red Wings beat the Ducks in Jose in the first round before los- runs, one a three-run blast in the seconds of the fifth round. (Anaheim win the best-of-seven series by Anaheim, the Western Detroit in game six then won in ing to Detroit in seven games. sixth inning, as the Cardinals beat REUTERS 4-2) Conference’s top seed, is hoping to Anaheim in game seven. REUTERS Pittsburgh. REUTERS TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

PGA Zurich Classic Scores Super Noh claims maiden NEW ORLEANS: Scores after yesterday’s final round of the $6.8m US PGA Tour Zurich Classic (par 72, USA unless noted): 269 Noh Seung-Yul (KOR) 65-68-65-71 271 Andrew Svoboda 64-68-70-69, Robert US win at Zurich Classic Streb 67-66-68-70 272 Jeff Overton 67-68-67-70 274 Robert Garrigus 73-69-68-64, Charley Hoffman 68-67-68-71, Erik Compton I’m very excited and very happy, says the 29-year-old south Korean 66-68-72-68 275 Justin Rose (GBR) 71-67-69-68, Tommy NEW ORLEANS: Noh Seung- Gainey 71-66-67-71, Keegan Bradley Yul claimed his first title on the 69-66-65-75 US PGA Tour by firing a one- 276 Paul Casey (GBR) 71-68-64-73, Peter under-par 71 for a two-shot Hanson (SWE) 65-69-71-71, J.B. victory at the Zurich Classic LEFT: Noh Holmes 71-65-69-71, Bud Cauley yesterday. Seung-Yul 71-68-66-71 The 22-year-old South Korean poses for a 277 David Toms 73-68-67-69, Ben Martin finished at 19-under-par 269 to photo after 62-67-73-75 beat out Americans Andrew winning the 278 Stuart Appleby (AUS) 67-72-70-69, Rory Svoboda and Robert Streb. final round Sabbatini (RSA) 69-72-69-68, Mark “I’m very excited and very of the Zurich D. Anderson 72-65-70-71, Cameron happy,” said Noh, who was mak- Tringale 73-69-66-70 ing his 78th career start on the Classic of New North American tour. Orleans at Svoboda (69) and Streb (70) TPC Louisiana Swinging Skirts closed with birdies at 18 to move in Avondale, into a tie for second place at Louisiana. Classic Scores 17-under, while Jeff Overton (70) RIGHT: Lydia SAN FRANCISCO: Scores finished in fourth at 16-under. Ko of New on Sunday after the final Robert Garrigus (64), Erik Zealand round of the $1.8m Swinging Compton (68) and Charley celebrates Skirts LPGA Classic (par 72, Hoffman (71) shared fifth at after winning USA unless noted): 14-under 274, a shot ahead of the Swinging 276 Lydia Ko (NZL) 68-71-68-69 Justin Rose (68), Keegan Bradley a bogey on his opening hole. It on Noh, but he would par those Skirts LPGA 277 Stacy Lewis 69-69-68-71 (75) and Tommy Gainey (71) at marked his first bogey of the final two holes to close out his Classic at the 278 Jenny Shin (KOR) 68-74-68-68 the TPC Louisiana course. tournament. maiden win. REUTERS Lake Merced 282 Park In-Bee (KOR) 73-68-73-68, Noh has two previous inter- He followed his first hole bogey Golf Club in national victories, winning the with six consecutive pars before Line Vedel (DEN) 72-71-70-69, Feng McIlroy gets ready San Francisco. Midea China Classic in 2008 and making birdie on number eight. Shanshan (CHN) 74-70-68-70 the Malaysian Open in 2010. He also birdied the 10th to regain for BMW PGA 284 Kim Hyo-Joo (KOR) 69-73-72-70, PK He used precision iron shots a two-shot lead. Kongkraphan (THA) 74-68-70-72 and clutch putting to claim the His approach on the 13th hit Championship bid 286 Cristie Kerr 73-75-70-68, Michelle Wie championship in New Orleans. the flag stick leaving him with 72-72-71-71, Brittany Lang 71-71-72- Noh becomes the fifth Korean- a short birdie putt to reach LONDON: Rory McIlroy 72, Karine Icher (FRA) 66-73-73-74 born player to win on the Tour, 19-under. has confirmed his participa- following a disappointing 2013 and is always one of the highlights of 287 IK Kim (KOR) 72-71-72-72, Haeji Kang joining KJ Choi, YE Yang, Kevin “It was a bad lie a little bit, a tion in next month’s BMW PG has three top 10 finishes in five the year and it is a title we are (KOR) 72-70-72-73 Na and Bae Sang-Moon. little bit of downslope and a little Championship at Wentworth, European Tour appearances in all keen to win,” said McIlroy. After saving par on the par- bit of sand at the bottom, so it outside London, seeking to win 2014. But he is aware that to date McIlroy will be joined by US Open 288 Azahara Munoz (ESP) 76-69-73-70, Ji three 17 he tapped in for another was a little tricky shot,” Noh said the European Tour’s flagship he has struggled at Wentworth Champion Justin Rose, Ryder Eun-Hee (KOR) 73-71-74-70, Ashleigh par on 18. about his shot that hit the flag. event for the first time. in a tournament won last year by Cup hero Ian Poulter, two-time Simon (RSA) 73-70-73-72 Noh began the fourth round Svoboda and Streb both made The Northern Irishman, a two- another young gun, Italy’s Matteo runner-up Lee Westwood, Sergio 289 Caroline Masson (GER) 74-75-72-68, with a two-shot lead, but quickly birdie on the last to finish at time major winner, has bounced Manassero. Garcia and Race to Dubai winner Yoo Sun-Young (KOR) 72-76-69-72, gave up one of those strokes with 17-under and put a little pressure back to near top form this year “The BMW PGA Championship Henrik Stenson. REUTERS Park Hee-Young (KOR) 70-73-68-78 AlBalooshi produces brilliant form in Baytown

BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Khalid Champion Antron Brown – yet Reigning NHRA Mello Yello alBalooshi was brilliant in another formidable opponent. Top Fuel World Champion Shawn Baytown and advanced to his Brown got the jump off the Langdon also had a solid day in second final round in six races for starting line, but the cars were Texas. the Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top close until nearly half track when The No. 3 qualifier defeated Fuel Team, the three-time and the tires on the gold Al-Anabi Troy Buff and then points leader defending World Championship dragster lost traction a bit allow- Doug Kalitta on his way to the team owned by Sheikh Khalid ing the veteran Brown to cruise to semifinals. bin Hamad Al Thani. the win light and his third victory There, he made a good run, but In addition to alBalooshi’s in six races this season. Brown defeated him and moved stellar showing, reigning World For his efforts, alBalooshi onto the final round. Champion Shawn Langdon jumped one place to fifth in the Langdon remains fourth in the advanced to the semi-finals at the NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point NHRA Mello Yello Top Fuel point 27th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts standings. standings. NHRA Spring Nationals yester- “It was a good day, especially “Results wise, the Al-Anabi day, the sixth of 24 races that winning the first round with a team had a good weekend; we make up America’s 2014 NHRA very close win over Tony,” alBa- qualified well, made it to the Mello Yello Drag Racing season. looshi said. semis and we’re fourth in points,” AlBalooshi was the No. 13 quali- “The Al-Anabi car was very Langdon said. fier at the race track located some good all weekend. In the final “We still struggled a little with 45 miles east of Houston, and he round, I made a mistake and got our tune-up, but we’re close. faced a daunting challenge in the the car outside the groove, and it We’re still learning about some first round: seven-time NHRA smoked the tires. I am sorry that of the changes we’ve made. Mello Yello Top Fuel World happened. “We missed it a little in the Champion Tony Schumacher. “I hope we will keep running semis and didn’t make as good Khalid alBalooshi’s Qatar Al-Anabi Racing Top Fuel car races in front of a tremendous crowd during this past AlBalooshi made it a short day this way and even get way bet- a run as we thought we would; weekend’s NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event in Baytown, Texas. PHOTO COURTESY: GARY NASTASE for the seven-time champ with ter in the next couple of races. I we’re still kind of diagnosing a dazzling 3.802 run at more feel good about how we started everything. than 321 mph – his best run of this season with a win and a run- “When the car goes down the race car again. Thanks to Sheikh Al-Anabi Racing operates out created increased international the weekend in the hot, humid ner up so far. Our team is going track, it’s really good so we know Khalid and everyone in Qatar for of multiple locations in both the awareness of Qatar while high- conditions. in the right direction now; both we’re close. supporting us – we’re getting United States and Qatar. lighting the nation’s international From there, the Dubai native cars are running good numbers. I “When things get right, we’ll closer every day.” In the US, the Brownsburg, sports outreach. dispatched Leah Pritchett and think we are in a good way right be in good shape going forward. The Al-Anabi Racing team will Ind.-based operation is a two-car Alan Johnson is a 15-time No. 1 qualifier Steve Torrence on now. I appreciate the hard work We need to get that first win out be back in action May 16-18, 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing NHRA champion in various his way to the final round. from everyone on our team, and of the way. at the 34th annual Summit Racing Series team that is managed by capacities including crew chief, There, he met 2012 NHRA I thank Sheikh Khalid for giving “Once we get over that hump, Equipment NHRA Southern Alan Johnson Racing. team owner and team manager. Mello Yello Top Fuel World me this opportunity.” we are confident we’ll have a great Nationals near Houston. Sheikh Khalid’s initiative has THE PENINSULA QCA Cricket: Galfar Al Misnad bag Division B crown in style

DOHA: Galfar Al Misnad Club with four scalps. Faheem picked guest and other QCA officials also were the deserving champions two, while Fahad Khan and attended the prize distribution. as they crushed the challenge of Naveed claimed one wicket apiece. Ahmad praised the efforts by Khyber Club by 72 runs to cap- Fahad Khan made a match- both the teams and expressed ture the Qatar Airways Cricket high 47 during the chase. hopes the participating would Tournament Division B crown. Tariq Afridi (30) and Faheem prepare better next season in a At the West Bay Complex, (27) sought to prolong the pursuit. bid to take the standard higher. Galfar Al Misnad managed to However, Fonseka pulled Brief scores: post a fighting 238 all out in 38.1 off two stumpings, Marso and Galfar Al Misnad CC beat overs on the board, despite regu- Narayanan shared four wickets Khyber CC by 72 runs lar blows by the rival bowlers. to cut short the Khyber Club’s Galfar Al Misnad CC 238 all Saman Fonseka was the best innings. Nuwan and Manoj dis- out in 38.1 overs contributor with 36. Kishore missed a player each. Khyber CC 166 all out in 30 (30), Reji (26) and Nuwan (21) Saman Fonseka was adjudged overs Man of the Final: Saman Captain of Galfar Al Misnad receives the winner’s trophy from QCA General-Secretary Manzoor Ahmad after his tried to push the score as much the Man-of-the-Match. Fonseka of Galfar Al Misnad CC side won the QCA Division B title. The event was sponsored by Qatar Airways. as possible. QCA General Secretary, (36 runs + 2 stumpings) Swab was the wrecker-in-chief Manzoor Ahmad, was the chief THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25 Jurgensen Kiwi spinner quits as Bradburn Bangladesh to coach coach Scotland

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s LONDON: Former New Australian coach Shane Zealand international Grant Jurgensen will resign in June, Bradburn has been named as apparently because he is upset the new coach of Scotland. at media speculation that he The 47-year-old, who played may be sacked, the country’s seven Tests as an off-spinner, cricket board said yesterday. joins the Scotland set-up after “We have received a letter from coaching New Zealand’s A or Jurgensen that he will not con- national reserve side. tinue as coach after the home Bradburn will be assisted series against India in June,” by Craig Wright, who has also said Bangladesh Cricket Board been put in charge of Cricket spokesman Jalal Yunus. Scotland’s elite player develop- “He did not give any reason ment programme. but we assume he is upset with Earlier this year, Wright recent media speculation about and former England batsman his position.” Paul Collingwood helped steer Yunus said Jurgensen’s resig- Scotland to qualification for the nation had not yet been accepted 2015 World Cup in Australia and because “it is an emotional deci- New Zealand. Virender Sehwag of Kings XI Punjab is caught behind for 32 runs by Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel during their Indian sion and we are prepared to talk Collingwood, who remains an Premier league match in Dubai yesterday. RIGHT: Mitchell Starc of Royal Challengers Bangalore takes the first of two amazing catches. to him about it”. active player as captain of county Jurgensen, 38, was not available side Durham, was subsequently to comment on his resignation. given a temporary coaching role The former first-class cricketer with England ahead of this year’s from Queensland was appointed World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. full-time coach in February last Bradburn coached New year with a mandate to build the Zealand’s Northern Districts to Kings XI Punjab extend team for next year’s World Cup in first-class and one-day domestic Australia and New Zealand. titles during five years in charge Bangladesh have endured a He will take up his Scotland miserable start in 2014 despite post on July and that will mean playing the entire season on home Wright will be the coach when the soil. side play England in a one-day unbeaten streak to five They lost the Test, one-day international on May 9, although and Twenty20 series against Bradburn will attend that match Sri Lanka, were beaten by in the north-east Scottish city of More misery for struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore Afghanistan in the Asia Cup and Aberdeen. lost to minnows Hong Kong in the “This is a fantastic opportunity World Twenty20. to work with players and staff at DUBAI: Kings XI Punjab con- Scoreboard biggest, to put the table-toppers Bangladesh have said they Cricket Scotland and I am thrilled tinued their winning streak on track. will host India for three one-day at the prospect of working with a with a facile five-wicket victory ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE (1nb); L Balaji 4-0-17-1; A R Patel 2-0-11-0; R But young legspinner internationals in June, but the nation trying so hard to build on to strengthen their position at C H Gayle b Sandeep Sharma ...... 20 Dhawan 4-0-14-2. Yuzvendra Chahal struck twice Board of Control for Cricket in recent success,” Bradburn said in the top of the heap as Royal P A Patel c Saha b Sandeep Sharma ...... 2 KINGS XI PUNJAB in the 13th over to keep his side India has not yet confirmed the a statement issued yesterday. Challengers Bangalore were V Kohli lbw Sandeep Sharma ...... 4 C A Pujara c Patel b Dinda ...... 10 optimistic about breaking the run series. “As a coach, this presents a left licking their wounds after Y V Takawale c Saha b Johnson ...... 0 V Sehwag c Patel b Chahal ...... 32 of defeats. In the end however, the Meanwhile, Kumar Sangakkara great opportunity to add value, yet another loss in the ongoing A B de Villiers c Maxwell b Dhawan ...... 17 W P Saha c Starc b Aaron ...... 2 total did not prove to be enough will warm up for Sri Lanka’s by driving continual improve- Indian Premier League, here Yuvraj Singh c Miller b Dhawan ...... 35 G J Maxwell c Starc b Aaron ...... 6 for RCB as the in-form opposition forthcoming tour of England by ment, building depth with yesterday. J A Morkel b Balaji...... 15 D A Miller c Patel b Chahal ...... 26 secured full points after a bit of appearing in the next two rounds healthy competition for Scottish Chasing a modest 125, the M A Starc b Johnson ...... 8 G J Bailey (not out) ...... 16 a wobble. Skipper George Bailey of County Championship matches representation. Punjab outfit completed the V R Aaron (not out) ...... 11 R Dhawan (not out) ...... 23 remained not out on 16 while for title-holders Durham. “The Scotland team have per- task with seven balls to spare A B Dinda (not out) ...... 2 Extras (LB-4, W-7, NB-1) ...... 12 Dhawan, after a good outing with One of the outstanding bats- formed well by qualifying for in a low-scoring game for their Extras (LB-9, NB-1) ...... 10 Total (for 5 wkts in 18.5 overs) ...... 127 the ball, hit three crucial bounda- men of his generation and ninth the 2015 World Cup which will fifth straight win, at the Dubai Total (for 8 wkts in 20 overs) ...... 124 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-33, 3-40, 4-85, 5-88. ries in his brisk unbeaten 23. on the list of all-time leading be played in New Zealand and International Stadium. Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-25, 3-26, 4-26, 5-67, Bowling: M A Starc 4-0-15-0 (2w); J A Morkel Needing 10 off 12 balls, Bailey Test run-scorers with 11,151 at an Australia at venues that I am very The KIXP bowlers set up the 6-93, 7-97, 8-120. 2-0-24 -0 (2w); V R Aaron 3.5-0-292 (1nb, guided a poor Aaron delivery average of nearly 59, Sangakkara familiar with. match with another disciplined Bowling: G J Maxwell 3-0-39-0; Sandeep 1w); A B Dinda 3-0-19-1; Y S Chahal 4-0-23-2; towards fine-leg to take his side is set to play for Durham in their “With my appointment performance, restricting the Sharma 3-1-15-3; M G Johnson 4-0-19-2 Yuvraj Singh 2-0-13-0. to brink of victory, before Dhawan four-day games with Yorkshire through to the end of 2017, I Bangalore side to 124 for eight. completed the chase. and Sussex next month. will focus sharply on continu- Man of the Match Sandeep Earlier, having missed the “I’m really looking forward to ing Scotland’s progress towards Sharma led with impressive fig- behind. Replays, though, sug- Maxwell, the man in red-hot team’s first four games with a returning to county cricket with being a leading force in world ures of 3/15 while Rishi Dahwan gested there was no outside edge. form, were largely due to Mitchell hamstring injury, Chris Gayle Durham and I’m immensely cricket,” the former Cook Islands (2/14) and Mitchell Johnson David Miller made 20 off 26 balls Starc’s brilliant catching in the attacked from the word go, pick- grateful for the opportunity”,” coach added. (2/19) chipped in with two wick- and hit as many fours as Sehwag. deep. Both Saha and Maxwell ing 20 runs in the first over. But Sangakkara said in a statement. Cricket Scotland director of ets apiece. There was a wicket for After their famed batting line- tried to target the area behind that’s all he could make as the “I actually made my debut for cricket Andy Tennant added: “We Laxmypathi Balaji also. up came a cropper, RCB bowlers square but Starc had other left-handed batsman fell in the Warwickshire against Durham are delighted that we have been When their turn to bat came, tried to make a match of it by ideas as he pulled off a couple of next over. Yuvraj Singh (35) top- back in 2007 -- I scored a few able to attract a coach of Grant’s Virender Sehwag had raced to a picking up a few wickets. blinders off Varun Aaro’s bowling. scored for RCB with the help of runs that day so I’m hoping to ability and pedigree to head up 26-ball 32 with four boundaries That they got the wickets of Sehwag and Miller put on 45 runs three fours and a six while facing make amends this time around.” our national team programme. before he was given out caught Wriddhiman Saha and Glenn for the fourth wicket, the match’s 32 balls. AGENCIES AGENCIES AFP

ATP Munich Results MUNICH, Germany: Results from the ATP Munich tournament yesterday (x denotes Raonic hits the heights in Portugal seeding): 1st round OEIRAS, Portugal: Altitude- quarter-finals of all three Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Jarkko Nieminen averse second seed Milos Raonic Masters 1000 events so far this (FIN) 6-2, 6-1 yesterday found himself perched season, in Indian Wells, Miami Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Nikolay high up on the mast of a train- and Monte Carlo, where he Davydenko (RUS) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) ing vessel as the Canadian took lost to eventual champion and Dustin Brown (GER) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) his mind temporarily off of clay- 2013 Oeiras champion Stanislas 7-6(7/4), 7-6(7/5) court tennis prior to starting Wawrinka. Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Michal the Portugal Open. With opening-day qualifying Przysiezny (POL) 2-6, 6-5 -- Przysiezny The youngest member of the rounds still wrapping up on both retired world top 10 at age 23, who stands the men’s and women’s sides of 10-4 this season, was helping to the draws, 2009 champion Yanina Portugal Open Results promote the 2015 Lisbon stop of Wickmayer of Belgium reached OEIRAS, Portugal: Results on the first day the Volvo Ocean race. the second round over Ursula of the Portugal Open yesterday (x denotes The round-the-world chal- Radwanska 6-4, 7-5. seeded player). lenge will set off from Spain and Oeiras five years ago was Men’s visit South Africa, United Arab the first of the 58th-ranked First round Emirates, China, New Zealand, Wickmayer’s three career Brazil, United States, Portugal, titles. Andrey Golubev (KAZ) bt Adrian Mannarino France and Sweden, spanning The Belgian recovered from 3-5 (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 71,745 kms en route. down in the second set to earn her Pablo Carrena Busta (ESP) bt Mikhail It begins October 4 in Alicante, win in just under two hours over Kukushkin (KAZ x8) 6-1, 7-6 Spain, and finishes June 27, 2015, Radwanska, 73rd-ranked younger Women’s in Gothenburg, the Swedish home sister of third-ranked Agnieszka First round of Volvo. Radwanska. Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) bt Ursula Raonic tweeted his bemused Serbian Bojana Jovanovski beat Radwanska (POL) 6-4, 7-5 reaction to an interview con- Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-4, Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Monica Puig ducted high above the boat’s desk. 4-6, 6-4 in just over two and a (PUR) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 “A selfie 100 feet in the air on quarter-hours. Ons Jaebur (TUN) bt Maria Joao Koehler the mast of a sailboat and I don’t Meanwhile, France will stage (POR) 6-3, 6-1 like heights! That was fun,” he September’s Davis Cup semi-final said. against the Czech Republic on Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Karin Knapp Raonic will start his second the clay courts of Roland Garros, (ITA) 6-2, 6-4 campaign at the Jamor Sports the French Tennis Federation Ursula Radwanska of Poland returns the ball to Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium during their WTA Portugal Open ATP Munich Results Complex in the second round after announced yesterday. tennis match held in Estoril, Portugal, yesterday. MUNICH, Germany: Results from the ATP a bye, playing tomorrow against The 15,000-capacity Philippe Munich tournament yesterday (x denotes the winner from Aleksandr Chatrier centre-court at the seeding): Nedovyesov of the Ukraine or complex on the western fringes of when France defeated the United Stepanek have won the last two the Davis Cup with both countries 1st round Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas. Paris, home to the French Open, States before they lost 3-2 to Davis Cups, while the last French winning seven times. He was forced to quit a 2011 was the choice of French captain Russia in the final, also held in win in the team event dates back The tie will be played from Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Jarkko Nieminen Portugal semi-final against Arnaud Clement. Paris, but in the indoors Bercy to 2001 when they beat Australia September 12-14. (FIN) 6-2, 6-1 Spain’s Fernando Gonzalez due It will be the first time that a Stadium. in the final. The other semi-final opposes Federico Delbonis (ARG) bt Nikolay to back pain. Davis Cup match has been staged The Czech Republic led by France and the Czech Republic Italy and Roger Federer’s Davydenko (RUS) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) Raonic has reached the there since the 2002 semi-finals Thomas Berdych and Radek have played each other 14 times in Switzerland. AGENCIES TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Qatar to host U-20 Arab Cup in June Eight teams vie for the regional title

DOHA: Qatar will host the U-20 Arab Cup from June 2 to 14, the Qatar Football Qatar Association (QFA) and United Football Arab Football Association Association’s (UAFA) announced at a press (QFA) Vice conference here yesterday. President, An agreement to host the championship was signed between Saoud Al QFA’s Vice President, Saoud Al Mohannadi Mohannadi and UAFA’s General (left) and Secretary, Saeed bin Ali Jamaan. UAFA’s Ali Jamaan announced that General QFA will be the Local Organising Secretary, Committee of the champion- Saeed bin ship and will be responsible for Ali Jamaan QMMF Racing Team Moto2 rider Roman Ramos negotiates a curve during the Grand Prix of Argentina on the whole organisation of the after sign- Sunday. QMMF’s West finished in the 12th position, while team-mate Ramos ended in the 22nd place. INSET: championship. ing and QMMF Racing Team’s Anthony West. The eight participating teams agreement include hosts Qatar, Saudi Arabia, in Doha Lebanon, Iraq, Djibouti, Tunisia, yesterday. Sudan, and Mauritania. QFA’s Vice President, Saoud Al Mohannadi said besides the QMMF’s West finishes in U-20 Arab Cup Qatar will also be hosting the U-17 Arab Cup in a responsibility towards develop- championships will be one of the November. ing Arab football in the region for most successful championships in “We are meeting to emphasize the younger teams, and hosting the history of UAFA, due to the the deep rooted relationship we these two championships is the high organizational and techni- 12th place in Argentina have with UAFA that is headed by perfect example to show that we cal abilities at QFA, as well as H H Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin are moving in the right direction,” the outstanding infrastructure DOHA: Despite a dangerous first Argentinian Grand Prix in around the problem, it was too Fahad bin Abdul Aziz Al Saoud. the QFA official said. in Qatar. Organising this cham- mechanical problem, QMMF 15 years with a brave battle, mov- late to catch the whole group in Hosting this important tourna- Ali Jamaan, said: “I would like pionship with QFA illustrates the Racing Team rider Anthony ing up from 29th on the starting front of me and I had to settle for ment showcases QFA’s objective thank QFA for hosting the U-20 profound relationship we have West rode to 12th position at grid to 22nd position in the end 12th,” he added. to continuously host and sup- Arab Cup and U-17 Arab Cup with QFA and the joint vision the Grand Prix of Argentina with ever-improving lap times. West team-mate Ramos was port regional championships to in June and November. I would to develop Arab football in the and saved the day with the third On his way, the 23-year-old left happy with his performance. develop the Arab football scene. like to extend special thanks to region.” top result in the third race of local hero Sebastian Porto and “It was a good race-weekend for “This will not be the only Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin The draw of the U-20 Arab Cup the season. another eight riders in his wake. us. The set-up of my bike is bet- championship we host, we will Ahmed Al Thani, President of will be held at Hilton Hotel, Qatar The 32-year-old Australian “We had a problem with the ter than it has ever been since I also be hosting the U-17 Arab Cup QFA for the exceptional hospital- today at 11:30am, where the eight bolted from 20th place on the engine that started after the started this year and I think we in November which will be organ- ity offered to us during our stay teams will find out their fate in the starting grid to eleventh position seventh lap. After fighting with established a really good line of ised by QFA and UAFA. We have in Qatar. We are certain that the championship. THE PENINSULA in the first lap and started to Kallio, I had opened up a gap to working. Obviously, there is a lot challenge his rivals for a Top Ten the group behind me and I already of work yet to be done because we finish, when his engine suddenly could see the group in front of are still way behind, but my lap QSL fan wins lost power and oil. me. I was catching up to Folger times in the race were the best Portugal and Qatar West dropped back a few posi- who rode in sixth position, when of the whole weekend, which is tions, but re-established contact the engine started to slow down. encouraging,” Ramos said. tickets for to the group he had been fighting Then, for no reason, my foot “In fact, towards the end of the with despite a slippery right foot- started slipping from the footpeg. race, I was faster than ever before aim to collaborate in peg and despite a lack of traction I looked down and realized there and I am very happy with that. trip to Spain due to oil dripping onto his rear was a lot of oil coming out of the I want to thank my guys in the tyre. engine,” West said. team for they great work they DOHA: Qatar Stars League He clawed his way back to 12th The oil dripping affected the have done. I am confident that football development (QSL) fan Michael Fermor has place on the penultimate lap and Australian rider performance. we can be faster again in Jerez won the QSL and Qatar Airways crossed the line just half a second “In the right-hand corners, I and fight for a position closer to DOHA: A two-member del- and I have heard many great competition, it was announced behind German Marcel Schrötter almost ran over my own foot a the front. It’s a circuit that we egation from the Portuguese things, I am pleasantly surprised. here yesterday. in eleventh place and 21.5 seconds few times, because I slipped off so know really well, we are at our Football Federation (FPF) are We had a great opportunity; we In February 2014, the QSL and behind race winner Esteve Rabat. often and so suddenly. That lost home Grand Prix and this will in Qatar to meet and forge closer saw the final of the Qatar Cup Qatar Airways launched a com- Team-mate Román Ramos me a lot of time in the middle of help us to achieve the best pos- bonds with the Qatar Football which was a high quality match. petition for one lucky fan to win entertained the crowd of more the race. But by the time I real- sible result,” he added. Association (QFA) and to dis- We will continue our official visit two Qatar Airways flights and than 70,000 spectators at the ized that I could somehow ride THE PENINSULA cuss new ways in which the two with a tour of Aspire, I can’t wait two VIP match tickets to a FC organizations can collaborate to see this world class sporting Barcelona match. and learn from each other. facility. After that we will also go The winner was drawn last Heading the team is former to Aspetar. Hopefully this first week and QSL fan Michael Benfica defender Humberto visit to Qatar we help us to bet- Fermor was chosen at random to PBA Legends Coelho, a Vice-President at FPF ter assess how we can collaborate receive the prize. handing over and Silveira Ramos, Football in the future,” he added. Thanks to the QSL Football their souvenir Director at FPF. QFA President Sheikh Hamad Rewards programme and Qatar orange and The duo met on their first said: “I want to stress the impor- Airways, the official airline part- ever official trip to Qatar met tance of continued cooperation ner of the QSL, Michael will get white jersey to QFA President Sheikh Hamad between the two sides and I would to watch FC Barcelona take on Qatar Basketball bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani personally like to wish success for Getafe in Spain on May 3. Federation yesterday. Portugal in the 2014 World Cup.” Michael has been a regis- (QBF) President The two Portuguese officials Hani Ballan said: “This was a tered Football Rewards mem- Sheikh Saoud also met with Hani Ballan Deputy great honour for me personally ber since September 2013 and bin Abdulrahman CEO of Qatar Stars League (QSL) to meet a legend of the game and was very pleased to receive the Al Thani. QBF who also is a board member of the also an important opportunity to prize. He said: “I am delighted Executive QFA and Miguel Heitor, Football bring the two federations closer to receive this prize and I am Director Development Supervisor at QSL. on a whole range of issues, this really looking forward to my trip Saadoun Al The group discussed football- will be a mutually beneficial rela- to Barcelona!” Kuwari was also ing matters and ways in which a tionship moving forward.” The QR20 riyal ticket Michael present. memorandum of understanding Coelho, a Portuguese interna- purchased online for the Al Arabi can be signed and implemented tional he has also managed many vs Al Sadd match on March 8, has between the two organizations. teams. Playing in the libero posi- turned into a once in a lifetime “The meeting focused on more tion, he was regarded as one of trip to see one of the greatest cooperation in certain areas of the greatest of his era and called teams in one of the most historic football. We proposed and dis- “the Portuguese Beckenbauer” for stadiums. PIBAQ Falcons defeat PBA cussed some opportunities to his outstanding performances and Football Rewards is the Qatar work together with coaches, play- skills. In a career mainly associ- Stars League’s loyalty programme ers, match officials and of course ated with Benfica, the central and rewards fans for supporting the issue of football development. defender held the record of most their favourite QSL teams. You Legends in exhibition game We have now 100 years of experi- number of appearances for the can register and find out more ence as a football federation and Portuguese national team for sev- about Football Rewards at http:// DOHA: PIBAQ Falcons leading Legends by just one point, their souvenir orange and white this experience can help Qatar eral years. After his retirement, loyalty.qsl.com.qa/ defeated the PBA Legends 90-85 45-44. jersey in the middle of the court as but we too aim to learn some he worked as a coach, mainly Lekhwiya, coached by Eric in an exhibition game held here The Legend fans had high hopes a symbolic gift to Qatar Basketball lessons from this football loving with national teams, including Gerets won this year’s QSL whcih before the Emir Cup basketball that they can lead the game but Federation (QBF) for allowing country,” Coelho said. Portugal. Coelho earned 60 caps was contested by 14 teams. final. they failed because of the agility them to play basketball in Qatar “This is my first trip to Qatar for Portugal. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA The game held at Al Gharaffa of the young players the Falcons and for the unending support of Sports Club’s Indoor Stadium saw has in its ranks against the expe- QBF to the Filipino basketball Qatar Football around 5,000 cheering Filipinos rience of Legends. community leagues. The sym- Association (QFA) fans. In the third period Falcons bolic offer was happily accepted The PBA legends suffered an tallied double digit points lead at by QBF President Sheikh Saoud President Sheikh early blow. In the first period, PBA 74-61. bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, QBF Hamad bin Khalifa Legend player Roger Yap suffered The final period become more Executive Director Saadoun Al bin Ahmed Al an early injury which added to the intense between the two teams Kuwari. Thani (centre) list of its injured team members when Falcons’ lead was reduced to The crowd applauded and is flanked by Don Damaso and Benjie Paras. four points and with the last five cheered as leading PBA Legend Humberto Coelho, Nevertheless, the PBA legends minutes remaining in the fourth and coach “Papa Bear” Benjie Vice-President remained determined to deliver period which brought pleasure to Paras introduced his PBA Legend at Portugese their best performance during the the cheering Legends fans. team-mates as they approached Football Federation game to satisfy to the thirst of With 1:39 minutes remaining, a the centre court followed by the (FPF) and Silveira their thousands of fans. The first- technical foul was slapped against PIBAQ Falcon players for the tra- Ramos, Football period ended with Falcons leading Legend’s Jerry Cordinera and the ditional aisle pictorial before the Director at FPF, at 25-22. referee’s call was greeted by boos press. during their visit to The game between the Legends from the crowd. The Falcons won Benjie is also a known celebrity Doha yesterday. and Falcons continued to be a at 90-85. actor with his performance in a close affair and an intense one in Earlier, the event kicked off TV series “Got To Believe”. the second period with Falcons when the PBA Legends paraded THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Emotional Suarez wins Player Barcelona battle back

MADRID: Barcelona main- of the Year award tained their slight La Liga title hopes as they came from 2-0 down to beat Villarreal 3-2 on Hazard named Young Player of the Year an emotionally-charged night at El Madrigal when players and fans remembered Tito Vilanova. LONDON: Liverpool striker really great players and so it is a Steven Gerrard in the XI. However, Atletico Madrid Luis Suarez won England’s great honour when these players Chelsea also had three players remain in the driving seat for Professional Footballers’ recognise your work on the pitch,” in the PFA side in goalkeeper Petr their first title in 18 years as Association’s Player of the Year said Suarez, who threatened to Cech, defender Gary Cahill and they ground out a 1-0 win away award on Sunday. leave Liverpool at one stage after Hazard. to Valencia. This time last year the Uruguay claiming Reds manager Brendan Title-chasers Manchester City The Catalans paid their international was starting a Rodgers had gone back on a deal were represented by Vincent respects to former coach Vilanova 10-match ban for biting Chelsea’s to let him move to a Champions Kompany and Yaya Toure while with a minute’s silence before Branislav Ivanovic. League club. the Southampton duo of Luke the game, but a miserable week But now Suarez has been However, Suarez added Sunday: Shaw and Adam Lallana were also looked set to end with a sixth chosen by his fellow top-flight “I always try my best for the team included, with Everton right-back league defeat of the season as professionals in England as the and it is nice to get awards but Seamus Coleman in the XI. Cani and Manu Trigueros gave outstanding player in the Premier really this is for my team-mates However, no players from Villarreal a commanding lead. League after spearheading and the staff at Liverpool because soon to be dethroned champions However, own goals from Liverpool’s title bid. without their help I wouldn’t have Manchester United or Arsenal Gabriel and Mateo Musacchio Suarez received the award this prize.” were in the select side. brought Barca level before Lionel during a ceremony at London’s Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, who PFA Premier League team of Messi grabbed the winner eight Grosvenor House hotel after fly- didn’t play at Anfield due to the year: Petr Cech (Chelsea); minutes from time. ing down from Liverpool following injury, was named the PFA Young Luke Shaw (Southampton), Atletico continue to lead Barca a 2-0 defeat by Chelsea at Anfield Player of the Year. Vincent Kompany (Manchester by four points with just three that dented the Merseysiders’ Suarez and Liverpool strike City), Gary Cahill (Chelsea), games remaining, whilst Real challenge for a first English title partner Daniel Sturridge were Seamus Coleman (Everton); Madrid fall to third, a further in the Premier League era. both included in the PFA Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Yaya two points back, but with a game The 27-year-old Suarez has Premier League team of the Toure (Manchester City), in hand. scored 30 league goals in 31 year, also chosen by their fel- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), “We played with fire,” Barca appearances, despite his ban for low top-flight professionals in Adam Lallana (Southampton); Chelsea’s Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic (left) challenges Liverpool’s midfielder Andres Iniesta biting Ivanovic carrying over into England. Luis Suarez (Liverpool), Daniel Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez during the English Premier League football admitted. the start of this season. The duo were joined by Sturridge (Liverpool) match at Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, northwest England, on Sunday. “We weren’t playing badly but “The Premier League is full of Liverpool and England captain AFP the goal just before half-time affected us. Then it went 2-0, but we fought until the end because that is all we can do until the end of the season.” Real will feel Bayern’s And the Spanish international added that Vilanova’s example in his fight with cancer for over two years will remain with them. “Something like that always heat, says Robben affects you a lot. We lived through a lot together and I am left with MUNICH, Germany: Arjen no illusions about what to expect the Welshman having recovered the example he has been to us Robben says Real Madrid can in Bavaria. from flu, Ancelotti is expected until the end.” expect to feel the heat at Bayern “It is clear they will have lots of to play his lethal BBC in atack Despite another difficult week Munich’s Allianz Arena today confidence because of the result in -- Bale, Benzema and Cristiano off the field, Barca had started allowing the holders to make Madrid but they know it won’t be Ronaldo, who proved his ham- positively as Sergio Asenjo made home advantage count in the easy here,” said Robben. string injury is behind him with a low save from Messi before Champions League semi-final, “We won’t be giving anything two goals against Osasuna. Gabriel blocked Xavi’s goalbound second-leg. away tomorrow. “It won’t be any easier for us effort. However, Villarreal were Madrid arrived in the Bavarian “Of course they won’t be wor- if Ronaldo and Bale are play- always dangerous on the counter- capital holding a slender 1-0 lead ried, but they also know it won’t ing from the beginning,” added attack and after Marc Bartra had from the first-leg after Karim be easy. Robben. cleared Javier Aquino’s effort Benzema’s winner in Madrid last “The Arena in Munich will be “We were all surprised about off the line, Barca were caught Wednesday. on fire. their defensive play in Madrid. out again moments later when Real have never won in Munich “We will give everything. We “We have to focus on playing Jonathan Pereira crossed for Cani after eight defeats and a draw, but need our fans and the support. offensively and scoring goals but to slot home. Bayern must score at least twice “All 11 players on the pitch we also have to take care of their Trigueros doubled Villarreal’s to progress. and seven on the bench will give counter-attacks.” advantage 10 minutes into the Madrid also have a terrible everything and we have lots of Having failed to progress from second-half when he was well- overall record in Germany with confidence.” the semi-finals for the last three picked out by Aquino and cush- just two wins, 19 defeats and Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz years, Real are desperate to ioned a header low past Jose six draws, but Real eliminated Rummenigge has turned up the reach the final in Lisbon on May Manuel Pinto from the edge of Bundesliga sides Schalke and heat for the Munich match by 24, while Bayern are bidding to the area. Barca got back into the Borussia Dortmund en route to suggesting away “teams think become the first team to retain game with a fortunate break 25 the semi-finals. they are in hell” at the Allianz the Champions League title. minutes from time when Dani With Bayern bidding to reach Arena. “We are all motivated enough,” Alves’ cross was deflected into their fourth Champions League But Real coach Carlo Ancelotti said Robben. his own net by Gabriel. final in five years, the visitors can retorted: “We hope the trees will “We know Madrid wants the Alves was then the subject of a expect a warm welcome from the burn on Wednesday, not Tuesday, ‘Decima’ (their 10th European shocking incident as a banana was home fans in the cauldron of the when we leave” after his side’s triumph). We are still hungry thrown at the Brazilian as he pre- Bayern Munich’s Franck Ribery (left) and Claudio Pizarro attend a training 70,000-capacity Allianz Arena. impressive 4-0 Spanish league win and we know we can write his- pared to take a corner, provoking session in Munich, yesterday. Bayern Munich will play Real Madrid in their Robben, who spent two seasons at home to Osasuna on Saturday. tory with this team so we are as the full-back to take a bite of the Champion’s League semi-final second leg soccer match in Munich today. at Real before moving to Munich Real’s Gareth Bale started on motivated as they are. The two banana before continuing on with in 2009, says Madrid will be under the bench in the first leg, but with teams have great aims.” AFP the game. AFP Manager Mourinho defensive yet effective

LONDON: Five days after hardly contain errors in Chelsea’s goal. Mourinho, predictably, saw smothering Atletico Madrid his contempt for home defeat by things differently. Bayern need ‘angry’ with a defensive blanket in the Chelsea’s tactics, Sunderland last “The best team won,” Mourinho Champions League, Chelsea suggesting that week which may said. “The team that deserved to parked “two buses” in front any team could be well end up cost- win more won, simple. That’s my of their goal to win at Anfield, set up to spoil and ing them the title. opinion. Ribery, says Guardiola according to Liverpool manager it was much more His outburst “The team played brilliantly. Brendan Rodgers on Sunday. worthy trying to attracted wide- Every player was magnificent. MUNICH, Germany: Coach is in his first season in charge of Manager Jose Mourinho (pic- entertain. spread scorn but There were no mistakes with Pep Guardiola says holders Bayern. tured) may not be providing the But he is far cleverly deflected zonal play, which is more dif- Bayern Munich need France “He has been at Bayern longer kind of swashbuckling football from the first attention away ficult than targeting a man. We winger Franck Ribery to be than me and I am happy, of armchair fans salivate over but manager to find from his players’ covered space and men. I think it in “angry” mode for today’s course, if he plays with energy it is mighty effective and further himself out- poor show. was a fantastic performance by Champions League semi-final, and motivation. evidence that when it comes to witted by the A few days my players.” second-leg at home to Real “He sometimes needs an angri- pouring water all over the barbe- Portuguese who later in Madrid He then took a swipe at both Madrid. ness and I am sure he will play cue, he is still the master. gleefully ran they responded to Liverpool and Manchester City, Ribery, 31, who missed out on very well tomorrow. The Portuguese, whose Inter down the touch- the siege mental- who are still likely to finish above the Ballon d’Or earlier this year, “He has this fighting spirit. Milan side beat Barcelona and line when Willian tapped in his ity that Mourinho loves to instil Chelsea - already sowing seeds of has produced a string of below- He always wants to fight for the Bayern Munich on the way to side’s second goal in stoppage with a superb rearguard action doubt for the battles ahead next par performances since Bayern team, that’s why the people love winning the 2010 Champions time. against Atletico, eking out a 0-0 season. were confirmed Bundesliga cham- him. League by putting up the barri- When Mourinho arrived at draw that makes them favourites “The champion is only one pions at the end of March with “He is one of the most fantastic cades and conceding possession, Chelsea in 2004 he called himself to progress to the Champions team so we don’t want a trophy a record seven league games to players in the history of Bayern.” proved again that he is the ulti- the Special One and launched the League final. for finishing third, but we can say spare. Bayern failed to get a crucial mate pragmatist. club down a path that led to two His mind already schem- we won both matches against the The Frenchman put in an away goal in Madrid, despite dom- Liverpool have torn teams to Premier League titles with foot- ing the next move, Mourinho champions,” he said. improved display when he net- inating the stats with 72 percent shreds at Anfield this season and ball that was not always pretty then rubbished Chelsea’s part “We won both matches against ted in Bayern’s 5-2 league win possession and firing in 18 shots had won 11 games in a row to but was devastatingly effective. in the English title race, saying Liverpool and both matches at home to Werder Bremen in on goal compared to Real’s nine, stand on the verge of a first title When he returned before the Europe was their priority and against Man City so it doesn’t Saturday’s dress rehearsal for and Guardiola says his side must for 24 years - yet their fans would start of this season he said he was that he would field the reserves matter which one is the cham- the semi-final, with Real hold- be more effective. have been fearful of the visit of the “Happy One”. At times he has at Liverpool. pion, we won both matches ing a slender 1-0 lead from last “I love being in possession of Chelsea who have so often been looked like the “Miserable One” Whether Rodgers would care against them.” Wednesday’s first leg in Madrid. the ball, it was the way I was their nemesis. but he really does not care what to admit it, Mourinho’s apparent Chelsea may well end up miss- But Guardiola said he needs trained to play the game,” said So it proved as Liverpool failed people think, other than his ador- indifference to Sunday’s Anfield ing out on the title but in one- Ribery, who joined Munich from Guardiola. to flow, got bogged down in mid- ing fans at Stamford Bridge. encounter was a subtle piece of on-one tactical combat Mourinho Marseille in 2007, at his aggres- “We want the ball to create field and spent the afternoon run- Mourinho has been a spiky de-stabilisation that worked a has, in footballl speak, played a sive best to help Bayern’s bid to chances and I want us to be just as ning repeatedly into a wall of blue presence in the dugout and in his treat. blinder in the last two games reach a fourth Champions League dominant as we were in Madrid, before succumbing to a couple of post-match press conferences Rodgers described Chelsea as against in vogue rivals Diego final in five years. but more effective and aggressive, sucker punches. lately - sarcastically congratulat- having a “six-man” defence and Simeone and Rodgers. “Franck Ribery is very impor- we must find the right balance.” A deflated Rodgers could ing the referee for his perceived parking two buses in front of their REUTERS tant for us,” said Guardiola, who AFP Tuesday 29 April 2014 29 Jumadal II 1435 Volume 19 Number 6050 Sport Price: QR2 NBA: Batum Suarez named sparkles for PFA Player of the Blazers the Year

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MADRID: Barcelona and a host of fellow players have backed Daniel Alves after he produced a clever riposte to a racist taunt involving a banana when taking a corner kick dur- Bayern Munich’s Dutch midfielder Arjen Robben takes part in a training session in ing Sunday’s 3-2 La Liga win at Munich, southern Germany, yesterday. Bayern take on Real Madrid in their UEFA Villarreal. Champions League second-leg semi-final today. Alves, who has previously taken a stand against racism at matches in Spain, grabbed the banana thrown in front of him onto the pitch, quickly peeled it and took a bite before tossing away the skin and completing the kick. “We are all monkeys, we are Guardiola needs to give all the same, say no to racism,” Alves’s Barca and Brazil team mate Neymar wrote on his Twitter feed with a picture of him holding a peeled banana, one of a number of high-profile players who expressed their support. Bayern a cutting edge Barca earlier pledged their “complete support and solidar- ity” with Alves and referred to Champions League: The German giants prepare for Real Madrid clash “insults he was subject to from a section of the crowd”. They also thanked Villarreal MUNICH: Pep Guardiola needs for immediately condemning to find a cutting edge to Bayern Atletico de Souness visits the Supreme those responsible. Munich’s endless spells of pos- Madrid’s “Barcelona accepts that the session if the holders are to coach, Diego Committee for Delivery & Legacy perpetrators of these insults are overturn their one-goal deficit Simeone, in no way connected to Villarreal against Real Madrid in today’s DOHA: The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy wel- and we value very positively the attends a Champions League semi-final comed former Liverpool star Graeme Souness who met with the support the club offered to our team training second leg. Secretary General Hassan Al Thawadi. player,” Barca said. Although they are still on session at the Souness – who both captained and managed the Anfield club – “The club’s immediate condem- course for a second successive tre- Sports City in took time out from his role as a football analyst with Doha-based nation of the incidents is a step ble, Bayern’s tactics are becom- Majadahonda, broadcaster beIN SPORTS to discuss a wide-ranging number of in the right direction to firstly ing increasingly unpopular among Madrid, Spain, football issues on April 22. isolate and then eradicate com- German critics who turned on on his 44th With the next three years a key phase in the delivery of stadia and pletely from the sporting arena Guardiola after last week’s 1-0 birthday. infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, the informal this kind of behaviour.” loss. Atletico de meeting was the perfect chance for the Secretary General to hear European soccer has long been “Possession doesn’t mean any- Madrid will the thoughts of someone who has played in three World Cups for blighted by racist incidents by thing when your opponents create be facing the the Scotland national team. fans and their leagues criticised the better chances. We are lucky second leg A ferocious midfielder at the height of his career, Souness sealed for not doing enough to stamp they only scored one,” said honor- semi-final his place in Liverpool’s history books after winning three European them out. ary president Franz Beckenbauer match against Cups, five league titles and four League Cups. UEFA has been running a high- in his latest outburst against what Chelsea After the meeting at Al Bidda Tower, Al Thawadi, said it had profile campaign to try to coun- is seen as a German version of tomorrow. been fascinating to gain an insight into one of British football’s most ter racist behaviour and promote tiki-taka. iconic figures. respect. At times, Guardiola seems “It was a pleasure to meet Graeme and hear some of the incredible Alves complained of abuse last to have been using Bayern as a experiences from his football career,’ Al Thawadi said. year after being taunted by mon- laboratory for his latest tactical Bayern created more chances did not score an away goal and “It is always fascinating to speak to players and managers who key chants from sections of the experiments. than the hosts. that keeping a clean sheet against have competed at the very highest level in football. These oppor- crowd during a King’s Cup semi- He has repeatedly moved play- Saturday’s 5-2 win over Werder Real is a Herculean task. tunities serve as valuable reminders of what is driving us towards final at Real Madrid and labelled ers around and changed the for- Bremen in the Bundesliga may Real are tournament top scor- delivering an amazing World Cup.” Spain’s efforts to tackle the prob- mation, re-inventing fullback have given Bayern a lift, although ers with 33 goals in their 11 games After meeting the Secretary General for the first time, the former lem a “lost war”. Philipp Lahm as a holding mid- Guardiola is aware that there is so far and Cristiano Ronaldo has Liverpool star said: “I really enjoyed the chance to meet with Mr Al fielder and even playing attacking a huge gap in standard between scored 14 of them, equalling Lionel Thawadi and have the chance to talk about all aspects of football. midfielder Toni Kroos in front of a mid-table league side and nine- Messi’s single-season record set in I am fortunate to have the chance to visit and work in Qatar on a Ferdinand is the defence in the quarter-final times European champions Real. 2011-12. regular basis and I can see the passion for football in this country against Manchester United. “The win is obviously good for Ronaldo fired an ominous and the region.” He added: “Everyone has their opinion but, having ‘embarrassed’ In Bayern’s last 12 Bundesliga our mood as we prepare to face warning with a spectacular played in three World Cups myself, there is no doubt in my mind matches Guardiola has made an Real Madrid,” said Guardiola, brace in Saturday’s 4-0 win over that Qatar will put on a great tournament in 2022.” by United plight average of five changes to the whose side have already won Osasuna, while Gareth Bale, who Souness’ success includes a Serie A title in Italy with Sampdoria starting line-up per game. Yet, for the Bundesliga and reached the missed that game with flu, and before winning three league titles in the Scottish Premier League MANCHESTER: Manchester all the tinkering, critics say his German Cup final. “I have total striker Karim Benzema are also with Glasgow Rangers. He began his managerial career with United defender Rio Ferdinand team have become too predictable. faith in my team and I hope we expected to be back. Rangers before going on to enjoy spells with Liverpool, Galatasaray, admitted that he is “embar- In last week’s first leg, Bayern can pull together and do it.” “I have great confidence in the Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. rassed” by the English champi- had 64 percent of the possession “What counts to us is Tuesday,” players and I think everyone else The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) ensures that ons humble seventh place in the yet depended largely on moments added forward Thomas Mueller. should as well,” said Real Madrid all preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ align with Qatar’s Premier League. of inspiration from winger Arjen “Up to then we need total sup- coach Carlo Ancelotti. other development imperatives, as described in the Qatar National United sacked manager David Robben to create chances. port from everyone, from eve- “If Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Vision 2030 and the National Development Strategy 2011-2016. Moyes last week after just 10 Toothless and monotonous ryone connected with the club, are well, they will play and our THE PENINSULA months in charge and with the were among the adjectives ban- and also from the media and the first intention is to score, rather team unable to qualify for the died around the German media press.” than defend,” Ancelotti added. Champions League next season. following the first leg, even though Bayern’s big worry is that they REUTERS “I haven’t looked at the league table for ages because it is embar- Former rassing,” Ferdinand told www. Liverpool manutd.com midfielder “I don’t want to see where we Del Piero leaves Sydney are. That is down to us as players Graeme Souness is and we take responsibility for that SYDNEY: Former Italy and Juventus great the club’s request for me to remain and with whom, seen with as much as anyone else. We are Alessandro Del Piero (pictured) has played his I am happy to explore new opportunities to continue Hassan Al where we are. We have to take last match for Sydney FC and will not renew his our relationship. some form of responsibility and Thawadi, contract, the A League club said yesterday. “It hasn’t been an easy choice, also because we do.” Secretary The 39-year-old striker’s two-year con- my life on and off the pitch has been fantas- The game also saw a recall to tract expired with the club’s 2-1 defeat to tic, my family and I have really enjoyed these General, the starting line-up for Ferdinand Melbourne Victory in the A-League elimina- two wonderful years: Australia will remain Supreme who said he intends to keep play- tion play-offs earlier this month. in our hearts forever.” Committee ing next season even though he is “Australia, the moment has arrived to say The Italian’s arrival in Australia on a for Delivery already 35. “arrivederci”,” Del Piero said in a statement A$4m ($3.78m) deal in 2012 was hailed as a & Legacy, “I’m going to continue playing,” on his website (www.alessandrodelpiero.com). coup of sorts for the league. in Doha he said. “Whether it’s here, I don’t “My adventure with Sydney FC is about to Del Piero, who is also the ambassador for yesterday. know. But I hope so. When you be concluded, and, even if it makes me rather the 2015 Asian Cup in Australia, said he will have been successful, you don’t sad, because I have had wonderful time here, need some time to decide on his future. ever want to look on a negative I have communicated my decision to the club. Media reports have been linking him to DC United perspective or from a negative “I’m really grateful for the last two years and for in the Major League Soccer. REUTERS viewpoint.” REUTERS