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Emir visits exhibition Emir to address Ministry, CMC Advisory Council

DOHA: The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani will address the 41st session members spar of the Advisory Council at White Palace today. The Emir’s speech will mark the inaugura- tion of the regular weekly ses- sions of the Council. The speech over projects will highlight the important achievements of Qatar in the economic, political, cultural CMC accused of taking undue credit and social sectors, locally and internationally. The Emir will also speak about Qatar’s role DOHA: Senior officials of the of its rising rivalry with ministry in international and regional Ministry of Municipality and officials. issues and the major issues Urban Planning have been “We are a public representa- and challenges facing the Arab privately accusing Central tive body with only consultative world. Municipal Council (CMC) status. We don’t enjoy executive members of taking the credit powers. However, on the demand Pakistan president for launching and completing of our constituents we do pro- various civic projects to hog the pose some projects to the civic arrives today limelight, say some local media ministry and they are accepted circles. and implemented as well,” CMC DOHA: The President of The projects are actually being chairman Saud Al Hanzab told Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, conceptualised, launched and The Peninsula yesterday. arrives here today on a two-day completed by the civic and other He said his personal estimates The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at the 1001 Inventions Exhibition at the Museum of Islamic official visit. The visit is tak- ministries but the CMC is using suggest that out of a 100 civic Art yesterday. The Emir, accompanied by Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Qatar Museums Authority, ing place at the invitation of the media to create the impression projects launched or completed H E Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, toured the exhibition and was briefed on the sci- the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad that it is behind all development in a constituency, some 20 to 40 bin Khalifa Al Thani. entists’ creations in the Golden Age of Islamic Civilisation. The exhibition had the theme “Explore Our Past efforts, say ministry officials. are the brainchild of the CMC See also page 7 To Inspire Our Future”. The CMC vehemently denies member. “If a CMC member sug- any difference of opinion between gests a project for his ward and if its members and ministry officials that proposal has been accepted and says any misunderstandings and the project has been launched that arise during the course of or completed, it is natural that their interaction can be sorted out the member would be happy and at the routine monthly meeting of claim credit for that, so what’s the Blasts kill two Asians in Bahrain its chairman and the municipal harm,” asked Al Hanzab. minister. Notwithstanding the Besides, the budget of the civic DUBAI: Five bombs exploded to ensure public safety, could have bombs” and said a third Asian Matar of the Shia party Wefaq CMC’s denial, some in media cir- ministry for development work in the heart of the Bahraini been the work of government worker had been wounded. said he doubted that opposition cles insist the public representa- is divided among the 29 munici- capital Manama yesterday, kill- forces trying to justify the ban or One of the attacks took place activists were behind yesterday’s tive body is indeed on a collision palities so each ward gets its due ing two Asian street cleaners, a further crackdown. outside a cinema, where one of the attacks, noting that leading Shia course with the ministry. share. “A CMC member is always officials said, prompting mutual Injuries to protesters or street cleaners died after kick- clerics had called on followers to Public pressure is, therefore, under pressure, for he has been accusations from activists and a police are relatively common ing a package that then blew up. avoid escalating the conflict with mounting on both sides to sit chosen by his constituents so he government trying to put down in the 21-month-old uprising, A witness said there was little the government. across the table and sort out their must deliver. The constituents a mostly Shia pro-democracy but attacks on the public have material damage at that scene, He suggested the police or mili- differences in the public interest. have every right to make demands uprising. been rare on the island, where suggesting the blast had not tary might have been responsible, And, interestingly, despite its for projects in their locality,” said The Interior Ministry said the Sunni Muslim Al Khalifa been large. or a rogue unit. denial of differences with the civic the CMC chief. the bombs were home-made and dynasty rules over a majority Shia Police say they have been the “This incident is strange — why ministry, the CMC maintains Denying differences with the described the blasts as “terrorist population. target of numerous attacks with would anyone target workers?” he its members do have the right ministry, Al Hanzab said he meets acts” — its term for violence by The explosions took place home-made bombs since April, said. “I’m worried that police and to claim credit for development the Municipal Minister as a mat- opposition activists. between 4.30am and 9.30am including one that killed a police- military are losing control of their projects launched or completed in ter of routine every month and But an opposition politician and (0130 and 0630 GMT) in the man last month, as the govern- units or it is (preparation) before their constituencies. raises issues that might affect the a rights activist said the attacks, Qudaibiya and Adliya districts of ment has stepped up efforts to declaring martial law.” The CMC blames sections of smooth coordination between the which came days after the gov- Manama, the BNA agency said, quell an uprising that has crippled US has urged Bahrain to begin the media for what it says is their CMC and the ministry. ernment said it had banned all citing a police official. It described the economy. dialogue on democratic reforms tendency to manufacture stories THE PENINSULA rallies and opposition gatherings the explosives as “locally made Opposition politician Matar with the opposition. REUTERS

Syria’s rebel bloc agrees to include Rise to e-media challenge, 13 more groups Al Attiyah tells newspapers

DOHA: Syria’s main opposi- BY RAYNALD C RIVERA readers to compete with e-media which tion bloc, under pressure from is providing news fast,” said Al Attiyah. Washington to reshape into a DOHA: Newspapers need to forge Having come from a generation which widely representative govern- ahead in providing high quality news loves reading, Al Attiyah expressed the ment-in-exile, agreed yester- and deeper analysis of issues for hope that newspapers and books would day to broaden its structure to them to compete with the burgeon- be able to compete with electronic accommodate other groups, a ing online media, says Chairman media with the emergence of advanced spokesman said. of the Administrative Control technology. The decision by the Syrian and Transparency Authority, H E “I can’t imagine a world without National Council came on the Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah. newspapers and books,” he said after second day of a four-day meet- Al Attiyah was addressing local touring the various stalls represent- ing of opposition groups in Doha media yesterday at the opening of the ing television channels, media houses, aimed at forging a more united second Media, Advertising and Printing printing companies, government enti- front against Syrian President Technology Exhibition (Media Expo ties and newspaper companies including Bashar Al Assad’s regime. Qatar 2012), organised by Dar Al Sharq Al Sharq newspaper where he was pro- Participants “have agreed a at the Doha International Exhibition vided a glimpse of the newspaper’s evo- restructuring plan and to reduce Center. lution from its oldest copies to the latest the number of (current) mem- “As we have seen in some countries, technology it uses. He also feted Dar bers of the general secretariat to General Manager of Dar Al Sharq, Abdullatif Al Mahmoud (right), presenting a memento to Chairman of newspapers have been replaced by elec- Al Sharq, organisers of the expo, as it accommodate 200 new members the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority, H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, at the 2nd tronic media, newspapers therefore need celebrates its 25th anniversary. representing 13 political groups Media Expo Qatar 2012 at the Doha International Exhibition Center yesterday. Also seen are Editor-in- to develop themselves by providing high THE PENINSULA and independents,” said SNC Chief of Al Sharq Jaber Al Harami and Deputy General Manager of Dar Al Sharq Ibrahim Al Sayed. quality news and deeper analysis to their Continued on page 4 spokesman Ahmad Kamel. He said that the number of members has been reduced from 313 to 220 while 200 new ones would be added. The SNC gen- eral secretariat would convene Qatar and Ethiopia resume ties after four-year hiatus in its revamped structure today, he added. The meeting is also expected to discuss an initiative ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia armed opposition groups in the “We believe peace brings devel- Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Minister Hailemariam Desalegn by leading dissident Riad Seif, and Qatar have resumed dip- Horn of Africa. Qatar’s Prime opment, and these countries in February. told reporters after meeting which seems to enjoy US support lomatic and economic ties, the Minister and Foreign Minister this part of the world need a lot of “We are in a time where we Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem in amid reservations from some prime ministers of both coun- H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem development,” he said, adding that can flourish and strengthen our Addis Ababa. “Now we want to SNC members, to unite all Syrian tries said yesterday, ending a bin Jabor Al Thani said security the high-level meeting between relationship and our relationship continue with this relationship for groups opposed to Assad. AFP four-year row over claims that was a priority for development both countries was agreed upon is based on mutual trust as well the future,” he added. AFP See also page 10 the Gulf state was backing in the Horn of Africa. when he met with Ethiopia’s late as a good heart,” Ethiopian Prime See also page 4

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Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief of The Peninsula, showing a cartoon to the Chairman of the Administrative Control and Transparency Authority H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah at the Media Expo Qatar 2012 yesterday as Dar Al Sharq Deputy General Manager Ibrahim Al Sayed looks on. RIGHT: Al Attiyah with Media Expo Executive Manager Eiz Eldin Abdrhaman, Ibrahim Al Sayed and other officials. PICTURES BY QASSIM RAHMATULLAH Arab Spring dominates Dar Al Sharq cartoon show

DOHA: Dar Al Sharq, Qatar’s lead- ing media house, has launched the largest cartoons exhibition at the Media Expo Qatar 2012 which is being organised by it at the Doha Exhibition Center. Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in-Chief of The Peninsula, which is one of the key publications of Dar Al Sharq, said in his address to the Expo that his com- pany had instituted an Arabic cartoon prize which is an initiative to encour- age the art of cartooning. He said this is the largest prize money for Arabic cartoons ever offered Al Sharq in the entire Arab world. Khalid Al Jaber, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Dar Al Sharq has announced an with Nasser Al Othman, veteran Qatari journalist at Arab Cartoon prize to encourage tal- the exhibition. ented Qatari and other Arab cartoon- ists as part of its efforts to help develop the media as a whole. The total award money is QR 100,000. This award will be presented on the sidelines of the Media Expo Qatar 2012 which kicked off yesterday and will last until tomorrow. The aim is to attract cartoonists from different Arab countries and to explore talent in the field, said Al Sayed. Exhibits of the caricature contest. Cartoon is satirical art that exag- gerates in image display to show the distorting nature or features of char- news art that attract the attention of are from Egypt, Morocco, Palestine, is that they should not have won any acters or bodies in way to make criti- readers because of the simple ways of Syria and Jordan. prize before, Al Sayed said in his cal commentary on social and political expressing community issues The technical and professional com- speech. issues in a Khalid Al Sayed, who is supervising mittee that has been formed to assess He added that this prize is being country. the cartoon contest, announced on the the quality of the cartoons taking part offered for the first time in Qatar and Cartoons occasion that the number of partici- in the contest comprises elite cartoon- that was why no subject was specified are in pants of this cartoon contest is 154 and ists from across the Arab world, said for the contest. The age of the partici- many cases they are from different Arab countries Al Sayed. They have done their best in pants ranges from 20 to 60 years. But considered and the number of the cartoons that making their assessments — a cred- Arab Spring dominates the subject, he much pow- have been received for the contest is a ible feat. said. erful than high of 870. The Committee has on it eminent The result of the contest will be articles and Women’s participation in the con- cartoonists like Nidal Hashim from announced on the occasion of the Silver newspaper test, according to Al Sayed, has been Jordan, Khalid Al Sharradi, from Jubilee of Al Sharq on November 7. reports in very encouraging as they represent 10 Morocco, and Abdul Aziz Sadeq, from The first prize carries a cash award addressing percent of the total. Qatar. of QR50,000, second QR30,000 and issues. Some of these cartoons will be dis- The cartoons that are part of the third QR20,000. All the cash prizes Cartoons played at the Media Expo 2012, he contest include both published and will also carry a shield of appreciation. represent added. The majority of participants unpublished ones. The only condition THE PENINSULA Second round of Sudoku competition today

Continued from page 1 “I congratulate Al Sharq on the occasion of its silver jubilee; it has been playing a big role in national development. I hope all Qatari newspapers will develop and will be able to compete regionally making its presence felt in various social media such as Twitter and Facebook.” He lauded the expo saying “it gives the new generation an idea of the latest on printing and digital technology and how useful they are to media.” Aside from state-of-the-art technology, one of the attractions at the expo is a collec- tion of ancient cameras, projectors, typewrit- ers and printers including newspapers dating back over a hundred years. The three-day expo serves as a platform for people representing media organisations and technology providers to share latest advances in media-related technology world- wide and discuss urgent issues concerning A contestant taking part in the Sudoku competition yesterday. media in the region. The meeting of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Press Union and a seminar on round of the Sudoku contest in which big round of the Sudoku competition, Caricature ‘Syria… Live Facts’ highlighted yesterday’s prizes are at stake. contest and ‘Symposium on public relations programme, along with an exciting first Events scheduled today include the second and the media.’ THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05 Shortage of Qatari doctors as young not keen to study medicine: Expert

DOHA: A health expert has only 10 percent are Qatari. “Many of appointments for over three expand the hospital with another with heart cases. Surgeries using or vein and artery problems.” The said that there is a shortage of Qataris don’t want to study medi- weeks. “The hospital is doing building to increase capacity. At robots are also performed which Heart Hospital coordinates all Qatari doctors here because few cine, so we are doing our best to its best to implement the latest the moment, there are 120 beds, has proven to be 100 percent these cases with Hamad Hospital young citizens are interested in increase the number by training quality and the best type of medi- which include intensive care, sur- successful. to transfer patients who are suf- studying medicine. them and giving them opportu- cines,” he said. gery and heart divisions. Al Tamimi, said: “The emer- fering from heart problems. The Director of the Emergency nities for further studies,” local He added that the hospital con- The hospital only receives gency section has 22 beds and “Some nationals have complained Section at the Heart Hospital, Dr Arabic daily Al Raya quoting Al ducts about 20 surgical operations patients transferred from Hamad the hospital is well equipped but of the overcrowding. This is due Omar Al Tamimi said that the Tamimi as saying. of different types related to the Hospital or those who seek emer- we need more professionals to to the growing population; this is hospital has “a shortage of Qatari Al Tamimi added that over heart every month. gency care (20 percent of the improve our capacity. Many of the why we are expanding the hospi- doctors”. Currently there are 100 120 patients visit the hospital The Director of Emergency also patients), and the staff has been cases that come to the hospital tal,” he concluded. physicians and consultants, but daily and there is a waiting list commented that there is a plan to trained to give First Aid and deal are related to strokes, chest pain THE PENINSULA Williams promotes road safety British F1 team developing simulator with accurate images of Doha

BY ISABEL OVALLE amount of deaths and serious injuries by 2020. At the moment DOHA: Williams F1 is work- every year more people get ing on education projects to killed on the roads, we hope to promote road safety in Qatar, decline it by half in 10 years”, and considers putting a driv- he explained. ing simulator with accurate Prince Michael said that the images of Doha at the disposal collaboration between Qatar of students. Williams is work- Foundation and Williams on ing with Mowasalat to train road safety is “just the begin- taxi drivers as well. ning of a very important To address these issues movement”. Prince Michael of Kent, patron In this context, he stated that of the Williams F1 team, visited if Qatar keeps working on this the Williams Technology Centre direction on road safety, it will in Qatar yesterday, accompa- receive international recogni- nied by Alex Burns, CEO of tion after taking this project to Williams, and the founder of other countries, “they could get Williams, Sir Frank Williams, all the credit”. among others. Prince Michael of Kent (left) at Williams Technology Centre at Qatar On the other hand, Sir Frank Williams Advanced Science and Technology Park yesterday. ABDUL BASIT Williams explained that “we are Engineering in Qatar has taken in Qatar to invest in applying F1 the simulator technology used technology to everyday life, par- by the Williams F1 Team to Technology Centre in Doha’s Centre at the Qatar Science ticularly road safety. The team train its racing drivers and Science and Technology Park, and Technology Park (QSTP) has had a long affinity with the adapted and extended it for use using the skills of local Qatari and trying out the simulator Middle East, including when I as a training tool for road going engineers and graduates. personally, Prince Michael of was first sponsored by a Saudi vehicles. It has a state-of-the-art soft- Kent said that “the work they airline company in 1977”. The simulator has been ware package called 3D Doha are doing here is very inter- Frank Williams added that developed in partnership with that accurately maps the roads esting, because they are using “the prince is, and has been for Mowasalat, Qatar’s transport of Doha and simulates realistic their technical knowledge of F1 a very long time, an advocate company, and aims to improve driving scenarios. Drivers also to help the man in the street of road safety and has a rela- the safety, environmental effi- sit in an authentic chassis with with driving skills.” tionship with the Ruling Family ciency, passenger comfort and true to life controls further add- Kent is involved with Global here. He is here to understand cost efficiency of drivers. ing to the simulator’s realism. Road Safety Commission, a UN what we’re doing with road The simulator was devel- After taking a tour through based organisation. safety in Qatar”. oped and built at the Williams the Williams Technology “Our aim is to reduce the THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 06 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

Qtel chief to talk Top medics to about technology at SFS-Q lecture

DOHA: Georgetown University take part in School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) is set to host Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman of Qtel Aspire forum Group, who will be holding a lec- ture in the Georgetown SFS-Q auditorium entitled ‘Technology and the Changing Arab World’ Aspire4Sport meet from Nov 12-15 today at 6pm. As the Chairman of the Board DOHA: Aspire-Med, one of physiotherapists, orthopaedic of Directors for Qatar Telecom three conferences included in surgeons, doctors of sports med- (Qtel) and Qtel Group since 2000, this year’s Aspire4Sport con- icine, dieticians, trainers and Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed gress and expo, has confirmed coaches are expected at Aspire- bin Saud Al Thani, will bring his a range of world-renowned Med - a unique and fascinating insights on how technology is experts and decision makers one-day conference focusing shaping the Arab World in today’s as speakers, organisers said on the challenges faced by the fast paced tech savvy environ- yesterday. world’s leading sports medicine ment with the public audience at Under the patronage of the and sports science professionals. SFS-Q. Minister of Health and Secretary Supported by Aspetar Qatar Sheikh Abdullah bin General of the Supreme Council Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Mohammed bin Saud Al Thani, of Health, H E Abdulla bin Khalid Hospital, the conference boasts said: “Technology and the digital Al Qahtani, the conference will dynamic sessions on preven- The Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman and Managing Director of QP, H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh generation is a key topic in Qatar, start with a welcoming speech tion, rehabilitation and innova- Al Sada and Dr Latifa Ibrahim Al Houty, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and the Joint Oversight Board of the Middle East and North Africa by Dr Khalifa Al Kuwari, CEO tive treatments of sports injuries CNA-Q exchanging the documents. region, and the entire world. At of Aspetar who will introduce a will be delivered in addition to Qtel Group, we have a vital inter- keynote address by Dr Hanan engaging case studies on athlete’s est in delivering life-enhancing Al Kuwari, Managing Director psychology, sport physiology and services to our customers, ena- of Hamad Medical Corporation, performance enhancement. CNA-Q inks deal to train QP staff bling socio-economic development representing the minister. Attendees will explore a wide and cross-cultural conversations Included on the list of speakers range of related topics including; through social media. It is a is Dr Mario Zorzoli, Chief Doctor Sport Physiology: Discovering DOHA: Qatar Petroleum firm commitment to the full trainees and employees from pleasure to address Qatar’s stu- of the International Cycling Why and How Specific (QP) and the College of North development of our employees QP and its affiliates under dents and thought leaders, who Union [UCI] who was a member Training Affect Performances, Atlantic-Qatar (CNA-Q) yes- as we provide them with varied the following programmes: are able to foster positive changes of the UCI leadership team that Maximising Sport Performance terday signed a Memorandum of opportunities for further skills Technicians, Clerical Preparation in domestic and international reviewed the US Anti-Doping in Hot Climatic Conditions and Understanding (MoU) covering development and training, thus Programme (CPP) certificate, affairs.” Agency’s [USADA] case against Genetically Modified Athletes: the general framework and gov- ultimately boosting their effi- Engineering Technology, Business Sheikh Abdullah has been cyclist Lance Armstrong. Myth or Reality? erning principles of their coop- ciency and confidence in the per- Administration, Information instrumental in the restructur- Speakers covering all spe- Aspire4Sport, the Middle eration related to the training formance of their duties. Technology and Lab Technician. ing and regional expansion of cialities in sports medicine, East’s leading sports business and professional development of “The MOU also reaffirms our Up to 226 of these trainees are Qtel, taking it from being a single sports science and sports per- congress and exhibition, will QP staff. confidence in the capacity of expected to graduate by next year. nation operator to a group with formance research include; return this year from November The MoU was signed by the local providers, like CNA-Q, in Since 2010, QP had a total of 816 a presence in 17 countries from Dr Adbulhameed Al Attar, 12 to 15 delivering three different Minister of Energy and Industry, delivering high-quality training graduates who had completed North Africa to South East Asia. Chairman of Sports Medicine conferences for each day of the who is also the Chairman and programs to our staff,” said Dr various programmes offered by Mehran Kamrava, Director of Committee, United Arab event; Aspire Build, Aspire Tech Managing Director of QP H E Dr Al Sada. CNA-Q. the Centre for International and Emirates National Olympic and Aspire-Med. Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada and Under the MoU, QP and This is the third MoU to be Regional Studies at Georgetown Committee; Dr Ghazi Sarhan, The world-class congress is a Dr Latifa Ibrahim Al Houty, Vice CNA-Q will establish a solid signed by QP this year with edu- (CIRS) commented on Qatar’s Consultant Physical Therapist platform for leading sports per- Chair of the Executive Committee relationship in developing and cational institutions and non- growing prominence in this field. and EMG, Bahrain Physical sonalities, managers and deci- and the Joint Oversight Board of conducting technical, vocational profit organisations. “We are pleased to host the Therapy Centre; Prof Jaspal S sion-makers who will deliver CNA-Q. and corporate training as well In early January, the corpora- discussion by Qtel’s Chair Sheikh Sandhu, Secretary General of informative, opportunity-driven The signing ceremony, which as professional development tion also signed a similar coop- Abdullah on the interplay between the Asian Federation of Sports and versatile content and pro- was held at QP headquarters, was programmes for QP employees, eration agreement with the Qatar technology and the digital genera- Medicine; Prof Roald Bahr, Chief vide opportunities to discuss the attended by many senior officials besides undertaking collaborative Foundation, and this was followed tion,” Kamrava said. Medical Officer, Norwegian latest trends, technologies and from both QP and CNA-Q as well applied research projects. by another agreement in May Event registration is required: Olympic Committee. breakthroughs in the world of as by members of the media. CNA-Q is providing train- with Qatar University. [email protected] or Dozens of other sport. THE PENINSULA “This agreement reflects our ing and development to 916 THE PENINSULA 4457 8400. THE PENINSULA

QU to host annual regional research forum Traffic Department

DOHA: Qatar University (QU) whole in terms of its efficiency, keynote speech, along with MENA and maintain a quality of edu- will host the fourth annual con- effectiveness, satisfaction of staff AIR President Rasha Radwan. cation that matches the highest to train expat groups ference of the Middle East and and its overall reputation. QU has The session will be facilitated by international standards. North Africa Association for used IR to make improvements Dr Jamir Chowdhury, Director “As the host, QU is committed Institutional Research (MENA across the university and it plays of Institutional Research at QU. to delivering excellent education AIR) from November 7 to 9. a crucial part in the university’s Following the conference, Dr in Qatar, in line with the best on road safety Under the theme of application for international Chowdhury will assume the posi- international practices.” “Innovations in institutional accreditation. tion of President of MENA AIR The conference will include DOHA: The Traffic Department G Mokando was held in two ses- research: promoting institu- Organised by QU’s Office for the academic year 2012-13. plenary sessions, workshops and has launched a new initiative sions. Faisal Al Hudawi of Public tional effectiveness in the MENA for Planning and Development QU President Prof Sheikha panel discussions that will cover to train members of different Relations Department at the region” the three-day forum will (OIPD), this year’s event will Al Misnad said: “MENA-AIR areas including strategic plan- expatriate communities who Ministry of Interior presented bring together international attract professionals in the field conference provides an oppor- ning, accreditation, sharing best can support in its ongoing traf- the first session on the topic experts to discuss best practice in of institutional research, plan- tunity for expert institutional practice, online evaluation of fic safety campaign. “Pedestrian accidents: Reasons data gathering and institutional ning, assessment, quality assur- researchers to come together and teaching and learning and qual- The first training programme and remedies”, while the second research specifically in higher ance, institutional effectiveness share their insights and lessons ity assurance and will be led by for representatives of more than session on the topic “common education. and accreditation from across the learned. It also plays a crucial experts from across the MENA 40 Asian community organisa- traffic mistakes” was presented Institutional research (IR) region and USA. role in improving professional- region and the USA. tions was held recently at the by Robert Mokando. enables organisations to collect The formal opening session ism among key players in the The programme is available at headquarters of the Traffic The presentations shed light data in a targeted way, analyse will take place on November 8, field to prepare them to develop http://mena-air.org/MENA-AIR/ Department. to the reasons for traffic acci- it and implement changes which when QU President Prof Sheikha strategic plans, conduct extensive preliminary_program. This is a new initiative to spread dents involving pedestrians such will benefit the organisation as a Abdulla Al Misnad will deliver the research and provide, enhance, THE PENINSULA traffic safety awareness among as difference in traffic system the expatriate communities. between Qatar and countries of The department will train the expatriate workforce, absence select members from different of traffic culture among labourers, communities on traffic safety, and difference in the speed limit who will then conduct aware- on highways in Qatar and their American University of Sharjah to hold roadshow ness programmes for the respec- countries,. tive communities in their native Wrong calculation of speed by languages. “In this way we aim pedestrians, weak eye sight of DOHA: American University of favoured by students, parents to reach out to more people in a some road users, work pressure Sharjah (AUS) will continue its and employers. Students come to more organised manner,” said a and depression because of the new regional roadshow and student AUS to experience true campus source at the Department. job atmosphere, wrong crossing recruitment campaign in Qatar, life within a regional setting, and Some 43 trainees representing of roundabouts and negligence introducing the university’s for the quality of teaching and 43 community organisations from of traffic rules and regulations accredited programmes, aca- learning experiences we provide. eight Asian countries attended and to self safety have also been demic excellence and multicul- Our track record and independ- the first training session that cited as reasons. In his presenta- tural campus life to prospective ent accreditations attest to this. focused on the basic aspects of tion Mokando explained the most students from across the region. The excellent quality of educa- traffic safety. common mistake committed by The roadshow began in Kuwait, tion offered by AUS and the great The participants were drivers and the pedestrians. followed by Qatar until November student life within a fully self- from India (19), Nepal (nine), These include a failure to move 8 and ends in Jordan on November sustained campus is unmatched Filipino (six), Sri Lanka (four), the vehicles to the nearest park- 17. in the MENA region.” Bangladesh (one), Pakistan ing area in case of minor acci- As a good proportion of AUS AUS, recently named one of the (three) and Indonesia (one). dents, driving vehicles slowly on students come from the various top 500 universities worldwide by The training programme was the fast track, especially by new Middle Eastern countries, the QS World University Ranking, part of the “Pedestrian Safety drivers from Asian countries, roadshow gives interested high is one of the few institutions Campaign 2012 - 2013” which talking on the phone while driv- school students the opportunity to accredited by the Commission started last Ramadan to raise ing, not fastening seat belts by discover whether they can pursue for Academic Accreditation of awareness on pedestrian safety, drivers and the front seat pas- their studies at AUS, which places the Ministry of Higher Education especially among the expatriate senger, approaching the signals special emphasis not only on study and Scientific Research in the A view of the main building of the American University of Sharjah. labourers. and roundabouts in high speed, but also on personal, social and United Arab Emirates and by the In his inaugural address, running red signals and overtak- cultural growth. Commission on Higher Education science programmes in chemi- Board (NAAB) of the United Director of Traffic Department ing from the right side. Being the main provider of high- of the Middle States Association of cal engineering, civil engineering, States. The Bachelor of Science Brig Mohammed Saad Al Kharji The next training session for quality American style higher edu- Colleges and Schools in the United computer engineering, compu- in Business Administration said: “We urge the commu- representatives of other commu- cation in the Gulf region, AUS States. ter science, electrical engineer- (BSBA) as well as the Master of nity representatives attend- nity organisations will be held in accepts only distinguished stu- During their Qatar roadshow, ing and mechanical engineering Business Administration (MBA) ing this session to spread these December. dents who are among the top 20 AUS representatives will be avail- are accredited by ABET, of the and Executive Master of Business safety messages to the highest Those interested to participate percent of high school graduates. able at the Concorde Hotel Doha, United States while the Bachelor Administration (EMBA) degrees number of members from their have been asked to send a fax AUS Chancellor Dr Peter Heath Al Matar Street, until November of Architecture programme of are accredited by the Association communities.” mentioning their interest along stated: “In just 15 years, AUS has 8 to meet parents and prospec- the College of Architecture, Art to Advance Collegiate Schools of The four hour training pro- with the contact numbers and become the benchmark for quality tive applicants from 5pm to and Design is accredited by the Business (AACSB). gramme led by the Director of email to 44323339. university education in the Gulf, 8pm each day. AUS’ bachelor of National Architectural Accrediting THE PENINSULA Karwa Training Centre Robert THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 DTFF to focus on diverse aspects of film making Public panels to debate regional, global cinematic landscape

DOHA: Doha Tribeca Film De Niro’ and ‘The Global producers Titus Kreyenberg, Kurt Festival (DTFF), the cul- Landscape: Making the Reluctant Woolner, Bassam Al Thawadi tural celebration of Doha Film Fundamentalist,’ the public pan- and animator Mohammed Saeed Institute (DFI), will highlight els under Doha Talks include: Harib amongst others. the diverse aspects of filmmak- Transmedia: Storytelling in the Another key component of the ing – from story development, Digital Age, which explores the Festival is Doha Projects, DFI’s implementation of technology, boundaries of film in correlation to innovative industry programme, to distribution, at ‘Doha Talks,’ gaming, modern technology, and which will pave the path for 40 featuring a series of 13 thought- the future of storytelling; Khaleeji DFI grantees to network with provoking industry events, spe- Films: Overcoming Stereotypes, regional and international film cial screenings, and extended discussing the regional and experts through one-on-one Q&A sessions with renowned international influences on cur- meetings and exclusive sessions. filmmakers. rent Khaleeji filmmaking; Going Aiming to nurture home-grown From an ‘In Conversation with Global: Can Bollywood Films cinema talent, Doha Projects will Robert De Niro,’ to discuss some Really Cross Over?, which empha- enable the participants to engage of the most illustrious moments sises the future of Bollywood’s in productive meetings and net- in his career, to vivid insights on audience saturation; Emerging working sessions for potential The Minister of State for Interior Affairs and the Chairman of Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee’s Security Committee of the making of The Reluctant Cinema of Change, hosted by development, realisation, distri- H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with the Italian Interior Minister Anna Maria Cancellieri in Fundamentalist with Mira Nair, Northwestern University Qatar bution, and promotion of their Rome, yesterday. mapping her dynamic journey and representing the continuity works internationally. through five cities on three con- of socially conscious films, and Building upon the mandate of tinents; the public panels at this an evolving cinematic language DFI’s Film Financing divison, Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee year’s Doha Talks will debate and form; and Express Yourself, Doha Projects will link projects the key issues in the regional exploring creative potential in the with mentors and financiers and international cinematic young and the young-at heart; in through a series of industry ses- landscape. addition to two extended Q&As sions including: Distribution and signs agreement with Interpol Headlining the Doha Talks seg- for Michael Singh’s Valentino’s How to make your Film Travel, ment are the Industry Events, Ghost and Rambod Javan’s No which highlights different ter- ROME: The Qatar 2022 throughout Qatar to help ensure 2022 Supreme Committee looks open to industry guests, will fea- Entry for Men. ritories, market trends and dis- Supreme Committee has signed that the safety and security of the forward to close collaboration on ture over 45 regional and inter- Panelists include actors Robert tribution platforms; Investment an agreement with Interpol, the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™. other strategic initiatives.” national industry professionals Deniro and Hend Sabry, actor, Strategies in the Global Film world’s largest international The former Deputy Assistant The Group’s scope of work will and veterans. Doha Talks aims producer and writer Jeremy Industry, hosted by Miramax, police organisation, to create a Commissioner of the London also extend to providing advice, to stimulate dialogue, promote Brock, Academy award win- offering valuable insight into Group of Major Sporting Event Metropolitan Police Service, Janet guidance and robust training to the skills of emerging talent and ning editor and producer Lisa emerging trends, risk mitigation, Security Experts to ensure Williams, who led and oversaw Qatar’s Ministry of Interior in discuss the newest trends in the Fruchtman, filmmakers Mira available financing options, and the safety and security of 2022 policing protective security plan- preparing for the security for global filmmaking landscape. Nair, Hayfa Al Mansour, Shimit distribution models, among oth- FIFA World Cup Qatar. ning for the 2012 London Olympic the 2022 Fifa World Cup Qatar, In addition to the ‘In Amin, Michael Singh, Rambod ers. At a ceremony at Interpol’s Games, will chair the new Group. in addition to developing strategic Conversation with Robert Javan and Ashutosh Gowariker, THE PENINSULA General Assembly, the Chairman H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser partnerships with international of Qatar 2022 Supreme Al Thani said: “We recognise that and national partners to help pro- Committee’s Security Committee, hosting the Fifa World Cup, one of mote security and ensure com- H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Nasser Al the world’s largest international pliance with major event security Thani, met with Ronald K Noble, sporting events, will entail a wide standards and best practices. Pakistan president to woo investments Secretary General of Interpol, to variety of challenges. By working Interpol Secretary General sanction terms of the agreement with Interpol and its network of Ronald K Noble said that Qatar’s DOHA: The President of “After the official talks with both sides will review various that will see Interpol provide a 190 member countries, the Qatar support for the initiative demon- Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, is the Emir, President Asif Ali aspects of bilateral cooperation, permanent Chairperson and Vice 2022 Supreme Committee will be strated its commitment to ensur- arriving here on a two-day offi- Zardari will meet with busi- focusing on sectors including Chairperson to assist the Qatar able to draw on a pool of expertise ing the highest standards in event cial visit today and top of his nessmen and delegates from energy, agriculture, livestock, 2022 Supreme Committee in its from around the world on how security. agenda is to woo investments. the Chamber of Commerce,” banking, security, joint invest- planning. best to host a successful and safe “The Qatar 2022 Supreme The visit is taking place at Muhammad Sarfaraz Khanzada, ment as well as other regional The Interpol Group of Major tournament while adhering to the Committee has shown great lead- the invitation of H H the Emir the Ambassador of Pakistan to and international issues of Event Security Experts will bring highest international standards. ership in the area of security for Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Qatar, told The Peninsula. common interest. The Prime together specialised law enforce- He added: “Together we are its country, its people and the mil- Thani, a Pakistan embassy “Because this is a purely offi- Minister and Foreign Minister H ment professionals and security committed to identifying further lions of football fans who will visit release said yesterday. This cial visit, there are no plans for a E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin experts from all regions of the areas of cooperation in which the region during the 2022 Fifa is the first bilateral visit of a community get-together with the Jabor Al Thani is also expected world to offer assistance and Interpol’s global tools and interna- World Cup and we are delighted Pakistani head of state after a President so far,” he said. to join the summit level talks. consultation to the Qatar 2022 tional law enforcement networks that they share Interpol’s vision gap of seven years. Ministers and officials from THE PENINSULA Supreme Committee on security can further support our national for a safer world,” said Noble. strategy, framework and practices and regional security. The Qatar THE PENINSULA

WISE to announce 3.5pc increase in country’s several new projects sports facilities

BY FAZEENA SALEEM Park, where the public will be able DOHA: The number of sport to communicate with the pho- facilities in Qatar increased DOHA: The fourth World tographers. This year too Qatar by 3.5 percent over one year, Innovation Summit for Petroleum (QP) and ExxonMobil according to latest data Education is likely to make sev- will continue as the cooperate released by the Qatar Statistics eral announcements about new partners of the WISE summit. Authority (QSA). projects, besides launch of a sig- “WISE is based on a conviction The number of sport facilities nificant new education initia- that education is both a collective in 2011 reached 320, an increase tive, during the three-day event need and an individual right. If we of 3.5 percent compared to 2010. to be held next week. are to overcome the global issues The number of administrators in “There will be more new of our times we must mobilise all national sport federations totalled announcements during the first the talents at our disposal,” said 727, of which Qatari represented and second days of the summit,” Dr Al Thani. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker (centre), with former Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki Al Faisal (right), 85 percent. said Dr Abdulla bin Ali Al Thani, “At the same time, those indi- during the 21st Annual Arab-US Policy Makers Conference in Washington, yesterday. The Annual Statistical Chairman of WISE, at a press viduals who have not benefited Abstract’s Chapter on Sport conference held at the Hamad from education risk becoming includes data on sport activities, bin Khalifa University yesterday. increasingly marginalised in Qatar Airways playing crucial organisations, establishments and However, he did not reveal our societies. I am very pleased facilities. details about the new initiatives. that two of the main players in This chapter also includes data H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, our country’s current hydro- on coaches, referees and ath- while speaking at the United carbons-based economy– Qatar role in economic growth: CEO letes by age group for all sports, Nations at the launch of UN Petroleum and ExxonMobil, national and international tour- Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s share our understanding of the DOHA/ WASHINGTON DC: standards. The GCC’s draw as a US investment in Qatar as we naments as well as training camps Education First Initiative on urgency of this task and have Aviation has been a key compo- tourist destination and economic move forward with a National organised for them September 26, had said she will reaffirmed their association nent of the economic backbone hub continued to fuel the region’s Development Strategy which is The number of coaches and launch a significant new edu- with WISE as corporate part- of Qatar and Qatar Airways, unprecedented growth on the designed to improve infrastruc- assistants made up 1,213, of cation initiative that will be a ners. I am grateful to them for the country’s national carrier, world stage, he stressed. ture, real estate and medical facil- which Qatari totalled 23 per- practical and powerful step their continuing support,” he has been highly instrumental “At Qatar Airways and in Qatar ities over the next decade and is cent. The number of referees of towards getting 61 million chil- added. in transforming Doha into an we want to nurture a continua- funded in part from the expand- various grades in national sport dren into school at the 2012 Speaking about the cooperate international business destina- tion of the region’s growth. One of ing tourism and conference indus- federations was 1,134, of which WISE Summit. responsibility in education, Bart tion and a tourist centre, Qatar the best ways to accomplish this try which is made possible, again, Qatari constituted 43 percent This year more than 1,000 Cahir, President and General Airways Chief Executive Officer is to link Doha with as many glo- by Qatar Airways,” he added. in 2011. prominent education, corporate, Manager of ExxonMobil Qatar, Akbar Al Baker told an elite bal gateways as possible,” said Al Al Baker also spoke about Qatar The number of athletes of dif- political and social leaders from explained that private organisa- gathering in the US. Baker. “We believe that by being Airways’ involvement in GTL (Gas ferent age groups enrolled in dif- over 100 countries will gather for tions and foundations can only Al Baker was speaking at the a global connector, we act as an to Liquids) projects in Doha which ferent games at national sport the Summit at the Qatar National support the governments in 21st Annual Arab-US Policy enabler; a purveyor of economic will not only support Qatar’s own federations stood at 17,337, of Convention Centre. implementing policies. Makers Conference in the US growth, bringing people and busi- environmental initiatives, but the which males formed 93 percent, They will explore how col- “We believe that companies, capital on the topics, ‘unprece- nesses closer together,” he added. entire world since the fuel that will while the number of disabled laboration in many forms and organisations and non-govern- dented emergence of the aviation During his speech, Al Baker ear- be developed can be exported and athletes registered in the Sport at many levels can become the mental organisations can help sector in the GCC’ marked the close relationship Qatar used by other airlines. Federation was 252, of which driving force of efforts to inspire and compliment the work of gov- Addressing policymakers, stu- and the GCC countries shared with Other speakers included females made up 24 percent. innovation in education and to ernments and schools in prepar- dents, intelligence officials and the US. “US exports to Qatar include Mohamed bin Abdulla Al The number of club national design long-term strategies for ing the next generation of people governmental leaders, Al Baker aircraft, machinery, cars, trucks and Rumaihi, Ambassador of Qatar tournaments conducted during its renewal. to work in a highly competitive spoke of how Qatar Airways was agricultural products, as well as uni- to the US; Prince Turki Al Faisal 2011 for several age groups and Besides its regular features, work place,” Cahir said. increasingly playing a pivotal role versities with American educational Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, former games stood at 784, whereas the the WISE together with the “When it comes to education in Qatar’s economic growth. establishments in Qatar. Hundreds Saudi Ambassador to the US; number of club international Northwestern University-Qatar governments should be the corner He said the GCC region stood of Qataris study at US academic and Jose W Fernandez, the cur- tournaments amounted to 20. and the Virginia Commonwealth stones, they should provide the apart as a powerful base in global institutions every year, both in rent US Assistant Secretary of Data indicates that daily exer- University-Qatar will commence basic services and the outreach aviation, spurring new alliances, campuses in Qatar and across the State for Economic, Energy, and cise average in Furjan stadiums a photography exhibition tomor- services,” he added. international route expansion United States. Business Affairs. was 2,131 during 2011. row on education at the Sheraton THE PENINSULA and uncompromising service “We look forward to even more THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 08 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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CHAIRMAN: SHEIKH THANI BIN ABDULLAH AL THANI EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: KHALID AL SAYED Need for unity E-MAIL: [email protected] ACTING MANAGING EDITOR: HUSSAIN AHMAD Syrian opposition groups are taking E-MAIL: [email protected] bold steps towards unity, but they must EDITORIAL: TEL: 44557741 / 44557743 FAX: 44557746 / 44557758 P. O. BOX: 3488, DOHA, QATAR. realise that there is no alternative. E-MAIL: [email protected] HE situation in Syria is so complex and expectations so low bloc, the Syrian National Council, decided to expand their member- ADVERTISING: TEL: 44557837 / 780 FAX: 44557870 that any small step towards finding a solution to the conflict ship, which will include broadening its structure to accommodate 13 CLASSIFIED: E-MAIL: Tand overthrowing the regime of President Bashar Al Assad other groups. Participants “have agreed a restructuring plan and to 44557857 [email protected] should be welcomed and pursued rigorously. It’s for this reason that reduce the number of (current) members of the general secretariat to SUBSCRIPTION / HOME DELIVERY the meeting currently being held in Doha of the Syrian opposition accommodate 200 new members representing 13 political groups and leaders is watched closely and with great expectation both by ordinary independents,” said SNC spokesman Ahmad Kamel. According to him, TEL: 44557809 /839 FAX: 44557819 Syrians and the international community. The meeting has great the existing membership would be reduced from 313 to 220 to pave the E-MAIL: [email protected] objectives: to unify the opposition groups so that they can maximise way for the additional 200 members. SUBSCRIPTION RATES results in the fight against Assad; to try to form a government-in-exile Qatar too has been urging the opposition to unite under a single ANNUAL to increase pressure on Assad; and negotiate with the international leadership. “I think the meeting in Doha is very important. I think QR 675 community as a single front, so that it’s easy for foreign backers to everybody is waiting to see an agreement between all the Syrian oppo- 6 MONTHS QR 340 provide support. sition,” the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad The Doha meeting is the best thing to happen to the uprising in the bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani said. A single opposition will be the first recent past. No revolution can succeed without the unity of the opposi- step towards forming a government-in-exile, which can coordinate with tion, and lack of unity has been one of the biggest problems plaguing the the rebels in Syria and with the international community. revolution. For several months, the fighting has been going on without Despite the success we are seeing at the meeting, the challenges proper coordination, raising doubts about the ability of the opposition ahead are stupendous. It will require plenty of determination and to close ranks and succeed in their mission. patience for the opposition groups to stay united, as they are likely to PUBLICATION The meeting in Doha is the result of intense pressure from the US be pulled in opposite directions due to their competing interests. Also, and Arab countries on opposition to come together or be defeated the prospect of power can be a divisive influence. by Assad’s forces. As the meeting enters the third day today, there The opposition groups need to realise that if they miss the current has been some progress on key issues. Yesterday, the main opposition chance for unity, none will be able to predict the future of this revolution.

Many people are still caught in euphoria of Arab Spring, The other side but what we’re seeing in the Arab Spring is basically an entrenchment of conservative Quote of religious parties. Anwar Gargash Partners for prosperity the day UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs T A time when the global financial recovery is still facing many uncertainties, the need for countries to build consensus and Aforge cooperation has become ever stronger. The ninth Asia- Europe Meeting, scheduled to commence Monday in Vientiane, Laos, presents an opportunity for leaders from the two continents to deepen understanding and launch more initiatives for meaningful collaboration. As a high-level and broad-ranging platform for the governments of Asian and European countries, the ASEM can play a bigger role in facilitating better communication between countries with different economic and cultural backgrounds. With the theme, “Friends for Peace, Partners for Prosperity”, the leaders from 51 members are expected to focus on the problems facing the global economy. Since the debt crisis in the eurozone shows no significant signs of abating and Asian economies are starting to slow, ASEM leaders should build on the current momentum of cooperation between the two con- tinents and explore new ways to forge cooperation in trade and other regional and global issues, such as new energy and climate change. Premier Wen Jiabao’s attendance shows China’s support of this multilateral mechanism. He is expected to elaborate China’s views on the global economic and financial situation and put forward sugges- tions on strengthening cooperation, in a bid to boost the stability of the world economy. Despite the economic crisis, the European Union remains the main export market for most Asian countries. In 2011, goods worth almost $1 trillion traveled from Asia to European destinations, while European goods worth more than $600 billion arrived at Asian ports. To tap the potential of trade and economic cooperation, countries in Asia and the Europe should voice their support for free trade and oppose trade protectionism. They should not allow their differences on regional and global issues to divert their attention from focusing on far more important agendas. Since ASEM was founded in 1996, China has committed itself to dialogue and cooperation, and its robust relationship with the EU has played an important role in Asia’s interaction with Europe. It is hoped this week’s conversation in Vientiane will help build mutual trust, enhance cooperation and boost regional and global con- fidence in growth and development. CHINA DAILY Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate A Mitt Romney win would reward bad behaviour BY GARY YOUNGE responsible for the gridlock. With But to raise an issue like this a Republican. “The devastation his handling of the storm, say- Compromise is how this country the frenetic polling and endless during an election takes the kind that Hurricane Sandy brought ing: “The president has been all runs.” S Sandy inched closer, punditry, there may have been of political courage that has long to New York City and much of over this and he deserves great Powell’s breed may be further coverage of the campaign precious little calm before the been in short supply. Given the the north-east … brought the credit.” from extinction than has been A– like the campaigning storm but there was a greater hours of coverage and the bil- stakes of next Tuesday’s presi- While Sandy prompted both apparent. For the past four years, itself – was suspended. All talk degree of clarity after it. lions of dollars devoted to the dential election into sharp relief,” Bloomberg’s and Christie’s con- Tea Party activists have been of gridlock was eclipsed by scenes Beyond a punchline for election, it’s stunning how few of he said. True, Obama had not versions, elsewhere in the coun- claiming they want to take their of mayhem. One day reporters Romney at the Republican con- the nation’s most glaring prob- campaigned on it – but at the try came evidence of a deeper country back. Now a growing were standing in front of elec- vention, climate change simply lems are being discussed. The very least he acknowledges its split in Republican ranks. In the number of Republicans appear toral maps analysing every poll, has not come up during this US now has more people in its existence, made some efforts to Nebraska Senate race, several to want to take their party back. demographic and gaffe while election. Moderators didn’t ask penal system than the Soviet address it, and is not beholden Republicans came out against And so it was that by the end of speculating about the outcome. about it during the presidential gulag at its height; its capital to a party that refuses to accept the Tea Party-supported candi- last week you got a sense of what The next they were stand- debates, and both Obama and city has a male life expectancy the science. date and for the Democrat, Bob an Obama presidency might have ing in sou’westers in wind and Romney were too busy posing as lower than that of the Gaza Strip; As Bloomberg was penning Kerrey. been, and might be again, were rain speculating about where it friends of oil and coal to men- and the country openly operates his endorsement, Obama was A week earlier, George Bush’s it not for the wilful obstruction would make landfall. For a few tion it. While no single storm can a system of torture and a policy touring storm-hit areas with former secretary of state Colin of an opposition whose primary days Ohio got a reprieve while be attributed to climate change, of targeted assassination. The the Republican governor of New Powell – a Republican – broke stated aim was to deny him a New Jersey got a battering, and warming oceans make them fact that nobody even expects Jersey, Chris Christie. Christie, ranks again to back Obama. “I second term: too timid for what pollsters took a back seat while more likely – and a clear pattern these issues to come up tells you Romney’s first pick for vice- think I’m a Republican of more is necessary but nonetheless the meteorologists drove the story. is emerging that would help to something about the low expec- president, delivered a keynote moderate mould and that’s some- best that is possible within the But when the winds subsided explain an occurrence such as tations Americans have of their speech at the Republican con- thing of a dying breed, I’m sorry narrow confines of American and the campaigns resumed, Sandy. As the New York Times’s politicians. vention. The week before, he to say,” he said. “But, you know, electoralism. Of course, he still the dynamics of the race had Nicolas Kristof pointed out, But Sandy concentrated had described the president as the Republicans I worked for has to win on Tuesday, which changed and the validity of those three of the 10 biggest floods in minds. Disasters have a way of “a man wandering around a dark are President Reagan, President is by no means certain. But the arguments had been challenged. lower Manhattan since 1900 have doing that. Its arrival prised a room, hands up against the wall, Bush, the Howard Bakers of the dying days of the campaign put The hurricane and its aftermath occurred in the past three years, much coveted endorsement for clutching for the light switch of world, people who were conserva- to rest one of the cases against helped illustrate the vacuity of while seven of the 10 warmest Obama from the New York city leadership, and he just can’t find tive … but people who recognise him that has gained most trac- this election campaign, what’s at summers on record have taken mayor, Michael Bloomberg, an it”. Last week, when the lights that, at the end of the day, you got tion among waverers. stake in its outcome, and who’s place in the past 12. independent who formerly ran as went out, he praised Obama for to find a basis for compromise. THE GUARDIAN TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 Greece flirts with tyranny Taliban’s main fear is not and Europe looks away

BY NICK COHEN which for all its faults and flir- tations with terrorism at least drones but educated girls hen those madcap challenged the oligarchs, filed for Scandinavian sati- bankruptcy last year. If Pakistan really rists awarded the Few of the employees of the WNobel peace prize remaining Greek news organisa- to the European Union, they let tions reject the notion that they wants to combat the everyone in on the joke by praising should keep quiet in the interests its commitment to “reconciliation, of holding on to their pay cheques. democracy and human rights”. If The state is hounding too many of fundamentalists, it the committee’s 2012 citation were those who do. “We still have free- anything other than a spoof, you dom of expression recognised by should be protecting its would have read denunciations of the law at a theoretical level,” said the rise of oppressive state power Asteris Masouras, one of the free and neo-Nazism in Greece from speech monitors at Global Voices. children and concerned Euro commissioners “On a practical level, well...” And long before now. he proceeded to give me a list their teachers. The EU denounces threats of instances of menacing forces to freedom of speech in Viktor intimidating reporters that would BY MOHAMMED HANIF Orbán’s Hungary with vigour. go on into the New Review section European politicians worry with if I ran it in full. pparently, Pakistanis don’t need the good reason about the fate of inde- Where to begin? How about the Taliban to destroy their schools any pendent institutions that stand self-defeating austerity policies the more – they can do it themselves. in the way of the rabble-rousing troika of the European Central ALast week, a girls’ high school was regime. They notice the fascistic Bank, European Commission and set ablaze in Pakistan’s second largest city, element in the new Hungarian International Monetary Fund have Lahore. And no, the Taliban were not the right’s flirtations with antisemitic forced on Greece? The authori- culprits. A mob, enraged after allegations of and anti-Roma hatreds and its ties used an old warrant to arrest blasphemy against a teacher, carried out the willingness to indulge the revan- Spiros Karatzaferis, after the jour- attack. Instead of taking action against them, chist fantasy that Hungary can nalist threatened to reveal con- the police arrested the school’s 77-year-old regain the lands it lost after the fidential emails, that might have owner. First World War. On the fate of explained how the troika’s alleged The accused teacher, who allegedly commit- Greek democracy there is silence. “rescue package” had pushed the ted blasphemy by photocopying the wrong page You spot the pressure points of country into depression. of a book for homework, is in hiding. Pakistan a failing state by looking at what Police brutality is another may have declared an “education emergency” Pakistani students of Farooqi Girls’ High School wave placards as they stage a protest in Lahore, it censors. In the case of Greece, pressure point, undoubtedly. The earlier this year, but it still fails to protect the demanding the re-opening of their school that was set on fire by an angry mob. the authorities’ prosecution last Greek left makes persistent alle- schools it already has. How did we get here? week of Kostas Vaxevanis showed gations of collaboration between “They have shut down girls’ schools,” I told that he had hit a pressure point the supposed forces of law and a childhood friend who was effusively prais- But there was no evidence of any such private education. Ask anyone on the street, with the accuracy of a doctor order and the thugs in the neo- ing the Pakistani Taliban after its temporary Pashtun culture in the Swat valley I had vis- and they’ll tell you it’s the biggest business in sticking a needle into a nerve. Nazi Golden Dawn movement. takeover of the Swat valley three years ago. ited the day before our conversation. When the Pakistan. While Greeks live with austerity The Guardian ran reports that Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani Taliban made their bid to rule the region, Swat You can see people on donkey carts driv- without end, while Greek GDP the police had beaten up anti- peace activist shot last month by the Taliban, could have easily passed as the education capi- ing their children to private schools that offer has shrunk by 4.5 percent in 2010 fascist demonstrators after they was a bored 11-year-old schoolgirl then. My tal of Pakistan. There were law schools, medi- English-medium education in air-conditioned and 6.9 percent in 2011, and will had confronted Golden Dawn. friend lived about 350 miles away from Swat, cal schools, nursing schools and more computer rooms for 400 rupees a month. Every morn- shrink by a predicted 6.5 percent Yes, I know leftists call every- and had three daughters. His reasons for liking schools than any other valley of this size could ing, in every small town and city, you can see this year and 4.5 percent in 2013, one “fascists” from headteachers the Taliban were simple: they were local heroes accommodate. And that’s without counting kids – three on a bicycle, five on a motorbike, the list of the names of 2,000 to their mums and dads, but as who had decided to take things into their own the hundreds of informal beauty schools that 10 squeezed into a rickshaw – all heading for Greeks with bank accounts in Golden Dawn is building a mass hands. “If only people in our area had the same provide on-the-job training for girls so poor a school somewhere. Girls top almost all uni- Switzerland Vaxevanis published, movement while marching under courage,” he said. “Would you like a Taliban- they can’t afford any other type of education. versity exam tables in Pakistan. suggested that the well-connected a swastika, the term is correct on type system here in your city?” I asked him. A lot of Pakistanis, as well as people the Whatever sad destiny the country may be were escaping the burdens that this occasion. The following day, Yes, of course, he would. world over, have expressed their solidarity with hurtling towards, there is one thing standing fall on the masses. Greek state TV replaced Kostas Every morning, my friend drove two of his Malala by doing the obligatory status update or between Pakistan and the Taliban’s dream of “Instead of arresting the tax Arvanitis and Marilena Katsimi, daughters to school and was pretty certain tweet: “We are all Malala”. But for most people, heaven on earth: the number of women who evaders and the ministers who the presenters of its morning that one of them would go to medical school. she is someone else’s child and will remain so. have been to school, and the number of women had the list in their hands,” news show, after they told manag- “But the Taliban don’t allow girls’ education. She is a child whose name can be invoked to who couldn’t go to school but are determined “they’re trying to arrest the truth ers they planned to follow up the What will happen when they shut down your start another military operation, a child whose to send their daughters to school, no matter and freedom of the press.” Guardian’s claims. Another state daughters’ school?” I asked. My friend was puz- name can be used to prove the blindingly obvi- the economic imperative. Whatever your ideas His acquittal on privacy law TV reporter, Christos Dantis, has zled, but only for a moment. “They wouldn’t ous – that parents, whatever their religion or about a good Muslim girl, you can’t really lock charges, though welcome, was joined the ranks of the vanishing do that here. What they did in Swat is their culture, would like their children to be at school up 90 million of them behind closed doors. less important than it appeared. journalists. His editors assigned culture, Pashtun culture.” – if they can afford it. Listen to the Taliban, not to their cuddly It did not mean that freedom of him to cover the celebrations of Not educating girls is not the only myth What is conveniently ignored in the debate intellectual friends, and you begin to get a the press was secure in Greece. the centenary of the liberation of about Pashtuns: Pashtun mothers produce sons over Malala is the fact that every 10th child in clearer picture. Their apologists in political Even in good times, independent Thessaloniki from Ottoman rule. so that they can send them to war; fathers will the world who doesn’t go to school is Pakistani. parties may try to prove that girls’ education journalism has rarely been a force He was about to report on popu- shoot their daughters if a stranger sees their The Taliban are not the only ones keeping kids is an invention of the infidels, but the Taliban in the land. Most Greek TV sta- lar protests against the presence faces. Of course, as the myth goes, they also out of school. Some fairly secularly minded seem to know what they are talking about. An tions and newspapers are owned of the Greek prime minister and don’t want to send their daughters to schools. people think of Pakistan’s children as someone educated female population is more threaten- by either the state or plutocratic president in Greece’s second city And why do they need to send their sons to else’s children – not deserving the education ing to them than armies equipped with all- corporations, neither of which when his masters turned off the school anyway, if they are born soldiers in an that their money buys for their own kids. As seeing drones. likes seeing corruption exposed. camera and cut to a more amena- eternal jihad? such, Pakistan is a booming marketplace for THE GUARDIAN The leftwing daily, Eleftherotypia, ble hack. THE GUARDIAN China’s mission impossible: A date for Hu’s military handover

BY BY BENJAMIN KANG LIM anonymity to avoid repercussions for where “we know who is the boss and party’s elite 200-odd-member Central military line on issues such as Taiwan discussing sensitive leadership issues. decision-maker”. Committee is due to meet just days and territorial disputes in the South utgoing Chinese presi- The top brass made the request to “Now of course China should improve before parliament assembles for its full China Sea and East China Sea, but he dent Hu Jintao is keeping Hu a few months ago, hopeful perhaps its decision-making mechanism, and at annual session in March. has also overseen an ambitious military the nation and the rest of that his continued leadership of the least define who should do what, and Under that scenario, the Central build-up, including the launch of China’s the world guessing over armed forces would help preserve their who has autonomy, the power, the Committee could install Xi as the first aircraft carrier and the develop- whether he will seek to own influence during a tricky transition authority to make the decision, but at new chairman of the Central Military ment of stealth fighters. Ohang on as armed forces chief, sources period, the sources said. the same time to define the limitations Commission (CMC), with parliament America’s renewed security focus on said, highlighting a potentially seri- “Hu’s final decision is unknown...,” a (of power).” then quickly rubber-stamping it. the Asia Pacific has also unnerved the ous weakness in Beijing’s succession second source said. “If this happens, Hu’s legacy will be People’s Liberation Army. planning. Hu has three options for handing over HU’S BIG DECISION institutionalising the term of office of The jockeying among senior mili- The question of when Hu will hand the military job: pass it to Xi this month With no clearly established pat- party and state CMC and harmonizing tary ranks is well underway, with Xu over the reins as chairman of the Central along with the party post, relinquish it tern for when to hand over the role of this and future transitions,” the second Qiliang, who stepped down last month Military Commission, the supreme deci- early next year along with the presi- armed forces chief in China, a debate source said. as air force commander, and Fan sion-making body for the armed forces, dency, or follow the example of Jiang, has sprung up within the party and the This scenario would also suit other Changlong, currently commander of is one of the biggest uncertainties sur- who kept the military post for two years military over whether Hu should stay on incumbent members of the military Nanjing Military Region, announced at rounding China’s current transition to after stepping down as president. for a while in the interests of continuity commission who - with the exception the weekend as the two non-civilian vice a new administration. Jiang’s move caused internal rancour or should go in the interests of a clean of Hu and Xi - are mostly senior mili- chairmen of the military commission. Hu currently heads the Communist at the time, and China experts say the transition to the new leader, Xi. tary leaders and are due to be replaced General Chang Wanquan is tipped to Party, the government and the military prospect of Hu doing something simi- As for Hu himself, sources have said at this month’s congress, the sources become defense minister, the sources and is due to hand over all three positions lar would have the potential to raise he wants to avoid repeating Jiang’s said. said. to Xi, his current vice president, though tensions again, pointing out that Xi, unpopular move, but a problem arises With Hu staying on - even if only for In August, three sources with ties not at the same time. He hands over the the new leader, would end up serving if he gives up the military post at the another four months - these outgoing to the top leadership said Hu hoped party job this month, the presidency next beneath Hu on the Central Military same time as he steps down as party members, who have served with Hu for to leave all three major posts by early March and there is no clear timing for Commission for a prolonged period. chief. He is due to relinquish the latter years on the commission, could continue 2013, on the understanding that his pro- when the military post changes hands. In addition, Hu would preside over post at the party’s 18th congress, which to have the ear of their armed forces tege, Vice Premier Li Keqiang, was also With the new political leadership just the military commission without being convenes on Thursday. chief for a crucial period in which the made a vice chairman of the military days away from being officially unveiled part of the party’s Politburo Standing The problem springs from the fact new administration would be expected commission. at a party congress, this underlines Committee, the apex of power in China. that there are in theory two identical to review its priorities. Xi’s own position, according to the how the process of handing over all the Cheng Li, a senior fellow at the and parallel versions of the Central “The incumbent CMC will step down sources, is that he is content for Hu to instruments of power is still evolving Brookings Institution in Washington, Military Commission - one to be chosen at the 18th congress but they (outgoing stay on - though experts say this would in China, which has nuclear arms and believes Hu and Xi would rub along in by the party this month and the other members) hope to retain influence if Hu only extend until March, the end of the boasts a 2.3 million-strong military. this scenario, given they have worked by parliament next March. In effect, the stays on,” a third source said. formal transition period. Currently the world’s second-biggest together closely for five years already, party’s choice is simply rubber-stamped With Hu’s intentions unknown, it is Some China experts believe this could economy, it has managed a bloodless and that Beijing’s consensus-style poli- by parliament, but with a lag. still possible he could decide to stay on free up Xi for a few critical months to leadership transition only once before tics is designed to avoid destabilising That means that even if Hu surren- for a few more years, as Jiang did. focus on shaping his political agenda. -- when Jiang Zemin handed power to personal conflicts or power plays. ders the military post at the congress, Former Hong Kong chief executive “The advantage of that is that it Hu in the early 2000’s. But uncertainty over this aspect of he would technically remain head of the Tung Chee-hwa told CNN in September would give Xi Jinping greater time to Even sources with ties to the lead- leadership succession reveals a govern- commission in the eyes of parliament that based on past practice Hu would focus on domestic changes,” said David ership and military are divided over ance problem which has potential to and the executive branch of government most likely remain as military chief “for Zweig, a of the Hong Kong University whether, or for how long, Hu will linger cause friction, depending on the per- for another four months - and the mili- some time”. He did not elaborate and of Science and Technology. as their boss, though they said that top sonalities involved, he said. tary would briefly have two chiefs: Xi stressed that he was not privy to such “Clearly, China feels pressed from the generals had asked him recently to stay “Potentially it could be a very seri- as chosen by the party, and Hu as the information. outside. It would not be a bad strategy,” on at least until early 2013. ous problem,” Cheng said, adding that government’s lame-duck version. Those among the top brass who would he added. “But if I were Xi, I wouldn’t “The PLA wants Hu to stay on to Beijing should make its decision-mak- The sources said Hu could instead lose influence with Hu’s departure can want him around more than a year. He ensure continuity during this difficult ing more transparent, and drawing a choose to remain as commission see plenty of reasons for him to continue. wants to run China.” period,” one source said, requesting contrast with Western democracies chairman until February, when the Hu has generally toed a moderate REUTERS TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Bomber kills 50 Syrian security men Al Qaeda-inspired bomber strikes in Hama province; air strike kills 20 rebels in Idlib

BEIRUT: An Islamist suicide The Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda- artillery battered rebel-held parts and arms supplies. The Syrian That has given the Syrian mil- refugee camp, where 20 people car bomber killed at least 50 inspired group of ultra-orthodox of southern Damascus in what National Council (SNC), the itary a free hand, with densely were reported killed by army Syrian security men in Hama Salafi Muslims, has claimed one Western diplomat said was largest overseas-based opposition populated Damascus suburbs hit shelling on Sunday. At least seven province yesterday, an opposi- responsibility for several suicide an escalation in the government group, was expected to expand its by air and ground bombardments PFLP-GC members were killed in tion group said, in what would bombings in Damascus and else- campaign to crush the insurgency. membership to 400 from 300 and that have killed hundreds of peo- the latest fighting. be one of the bloodiest single where in the past. It operates Opposition activists said at least to elect a new leader and execu- ple in the last three weeks. The Syrian conflict has aggra- attacks on President Bashar al- mostly independently of other 10 people were killed there. tive committee before talks with Witnesses said artillery vated divisions in the Islamic Assad’s forces in the 20-month- rebel factions, some of which other anti-Assad factions in Doha deployed on Qasioun, a mountain world, with Shia Iran support- old uprising. have criticised it for indiscrimi- OPPOSITION TALKS this week. that overlooks Damascus, was ing Assad and US-allied Sunni Another day of relentless vio- nate tactics. An air strike on Haram, a town Discussions focused on a pro- pounding southern neighbour- nations such as Saudi Arabia, lence in Syria coincided with Syrian officials often blame in the northwestern province of posal by influential opposition fig- hoods and warplanes were firing Turkey and Qatar backing his foes. more unity talks in Qatar among foreign-backed Islamist militants Idlib near the Turkish border, ure Riad Seif for a new structure rockets. Tanks were also in action. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei opposition factions. Syrian state for the anti-Assad revolt, in which killed at least 20 rebels of the combining the rebel Free Syrian Activist Rami Al Sayyed, speak- Lavrov told Egypt’s al-Ahram daily media reported that a “terror- about 32,000 people have been Idlib Martyrs’ Brigade, probably Army, regional military councils ing from southern Damascus, that Moscow, Syria’s main arms ist” suicide bomber had targeted killed since it began in March including their commander, Basil and other insurgent units with said rebels had made hit-and- supplier, was sending weapons a rural development centre in 2011. Eissa, the Syrian Observatory local civilian bodies and promi- run attacks on pro-Assad militia- under Soviet-era commitments for Sahl Al Ghab in Hama province, In Damascus, a car bomb said. Much of Idlib province is nent individuals. men in the city overnight before defence against external threats, putting the death toll at two. exploded in the mostly Alawite in the hands of insurgents, but The Syria conflict has also retreating to nearby farmland. not to support Assad. Rami Abdelrahman, head western district of Mezzeh 86, remains vulnerable to air power, divided big powers, with Russia In one attack, rebels fought “We do not side with any fac- of the Syrian Observatory for killing 11 people and wound- used increasingly by Assad’s and China opposing Western calls pro-Assad militiamen in Nisreen, tion in Syria’s internal battle,” Human Rights, said the centre ing dozens more, including chil- forces to contain his mostly Sunni for Assad’s removal and critical of a southern district mainly pop- Lavrov was quoted as saying. was used by security forces and dren, state media and the Syrian Muslim opponents. patchy outside efforts to arm his ulated by members of Assad’s Russia and China, both perma- pro-Assad militia as one of their Observatory reported. In Qatar, divided Syrian opposi- opponents. minority Alawite sect, an offshoot nent Security Council members, biggest bases in the area. An Islamist group calling itself tion groups were meeting to try Rebels have few weapons to of Shia sect. have vetoed three Western- “A fighter from the Nusra Seif Al Sham claimed responsi- to forge a cohesive leadership that counter warplanes and artillery, They also hit positions of the backed UN draft resolutions con- Front drove his car to the cen- bility for the attack, which it would then make common cause but Western nations have been Popular Front For the Liberation demning Assad’s government for tre and then blew himself up,” he said targeted a meeting point for with rebel factions fighting on wary of supplying anti-tank or of Palestine-General Command its handling of an uprising that said. “A series of explosions fol- the army, police and pro-Assad the ground, in an effort to gain anti-aircraft missiles without a (PFLP-GC), a Syrian-sponsored turned from peaceful protests lowed. At least 50 were killed.” militia. Warplanes, tanks and wider international recognition credible opposition leadership. faction, in the nearby Yarmouk into a civil war. REUTERS

Lavrov with Mursi Kuwait takes hard line on street protests

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s govern- lawmakers, youth groups and ment has made clear it is willing their supporters. “We are no and able to suppress unauthor- strangers to open and frank ised street protests, saying it debate amongst our people,” the Mohammed bin must protect public safety, but Information Ministry said in an risks provoking worse popular emailed statement. Nayef is new Saudi unrest by taking a hard line. “That said, the primary duty Police fired tear gas and smoke of any state is to maintain the interior minister bombs to disperse thousands of safety and security of its citizens; Kuwaitis protesting over new as such, the police and other secu- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia voting rules late on Sunday. Last rity forces will be used as neces- appointed Prince Mohammed month a prominent opposition sary to maintain law and order bin Nayef as Interior Minister figure was arrested after speak- exactly as they were last night.” yesterday, relieving his uncle ing at a protest rally where he It said 28 people were arrested Prince Ahmed of the job only appealed to the Emir H H Sheikh on Sunday, adding that people four-and-a-half months after his Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, to were entitled to demonstrate in appointment. “Prince Ahmed is avoid “autocratic rule”. the square opposite parliament or Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi and Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr with Russian Foreign Minister relieved of his position as inte- Opec member Kuwait allows elsewhere with a permit from a Sergei Lavrov at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, yesterday. rior minister at his own request more dissent than some of its district governor. and Prince Mohammed bin Nayef fellow Gulf states. Opposition- Authorities have more readily is appointed,” said a royal decree led protests usually take place enforced a ban on unlicensed pro- carried on Saudi Press Agency. peacefully in a square outside tests and marches since a dem- Prince Mohammed, the son of parliament but in recent weeks onstration last month by tens Turkey tries four Israeli commanders the former veteran interior min- they have spread to the streets of thousands ended in clashes ister Prince Nayef who died in beyond and resulted in clashes, between protesters and police. June, has been deputy interior with small groups of people being Parliamentary elections are ANKARA: Turkey puts four and killed nine Turks in clashes than 50 others. minister responsible for security taken to hospital. scheduled on December 1. former Israeli military com- with activists on board. The rift The indictment names Israel’s for many years. Elsewhere in the Gulf, gov- “They are showing that there manders, including the head of has continued despite US efforts former Chief of General Staff ernments have cracked down are red lines - protests outside the army, on trial in absentia this to encourage a rapprochement Gabi Ashkenazi, former Navy on protests with force. Bahrain designated areas and remarks week for the 2010 killing of nine between the two regional pow- Commander Eliezer Marom, Bashir to get health turned to foreign troops, mainly that are seen as critical of the Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship. ers whose cooperation it needs former Air Force Commander from neighbouring Saudi Arabia, emir,” a Kuwait-based diplomat The trial, which begins in to address changes sweeping the Amos Yadlin and former head check in Saudi Arabia to suppress protests last year. It said. “I don’t think they want to Istanbul today, will further test Middle East. of Air Force intelligence Avishay KHARTOUM: Sudan’s banned all rallies and gather- take it any further than that.” relations between the one-time Israel and Nato member Levi, seeking prison sentences of President Omar Hassan Al ings last week, saying this was While Kuwaitis have been pro- strategic allies and has been dis- Turkey, which both border Syria, more than 18,000 years for each Bashir will visit Saudi Arabia to ensure public safety, but on testing for months against voting missed by Israel as a “show trial” once shared intelligence informa- of them. Among the charges where he will receive a medical Monday five bombs exploded in rules, corruption and for demo- and “political theatre”. tion and conducted joint military listed in the 144-page indictment checkup, state media said yes- Manama, killing two people. cratic change, the harder line Relations between the Jewish exercises, cooperation which has are “inciting murder through terday, after an official said the Analysts and diplomats say was taken after opposition fig- state and what was once its only since been cancelled. cruelty or torture” and “inciting 68-year-old ruler had under- Kuwaiti authorities do not appear ures made comments that might Muslim ally, crumbled after A Turkish state prosecutor is injury with firearms”. A total of gone throat surgery in August. to want a full-scale crackdown. be seen as criticising the emir. Israeli marines stormed the Mavi seek multiple life sentences for 490 people aboard the ship during Bashir, who has ruled Sudan for However, tensions are rising The constitution says the emir Marmara aid ship in May 2010 the now retired Israeli officers the raid, including activists and 23 years, has held fewer public between the government and a is “immune and inviolable”. to enforce a naval blockade of over their involvement in the nine journalists, are expected to give rallies in the past few months, group consisting of opposition REUTERS the Palestinian-run Gaza Strip killings and the wounding of more evidence. REUTERS prompting Sudanese news- papers and blogs to speculate about his health. Last month, a government official said he had undergone surgery on his vocal cords in Qatar in August but was in good health. Cameron seeks arms deals, praises Arab Spring

DUBAI: British Prime Minister the United Arab Emirates have Two Bahrainis jailed David Cameron sought to bal- both bridled at criticism by the ance concern over human rights British parliament, media and for ‘defaming’ king in Gulf Arab states with win- human rights groups over their DUBAI: A Bahraini criminal ning lucrative arms deals for lack of democracy and stifling of court yesterday sentenced to Britain as he started a tour of dissent. Cameron himself has also jail two Bahraini activists for the region yesterday. been taken to task at home for posting on Twitter remarks Cameron said supported calls muting criticism of pro-Western deemed insulting to the king, for greater democracy in the Gulf nations - and trying to sell their lawyers said. The two Middle East and that the British them arms - in comparison to his defendants appeared in court government was engaging Gulf strident support for the opposi- and one was handed a one- states - some of which are trying tion in other Arab struggles such month jail sentence while the to stifle political unrest - on their as Libya and Syria. other was given a four-month human rights record. Meeting students in Abu Dhabi sentence for allegedly “defam- But discussions would show yesterday, Cameron said: “I’m a ing” H M King Hamad bin Isa “respect and friendship,” he said, supporter of the Arab Spring, the Al Khalifa, the lawyers said on recognising that governments opportunity of moving towards condition of anonymity. have bridled at foreign criticism. more open societies, more open Cameron arrived in the United democracies, I think is good Arab Emirates yesterday and will for the Middle East, for North Militants kill two visit Saudi Arabia today before Africa.” Later in Dubai, he said travelling to another destination of his visit to Saudi Arabia: “On Saudi border guards in the Middle East. human rights, there are no no-go From left: British Prime Minister David Cameron, Chairman of Emirates Group Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, RIYADH: Al Qaeda-associated High on his agenda will be areas in this relationship. We dis- Chairman of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Mattar Al Tayer and another official travelling on Dubai militants who had been released selling the BAE Systems-built cuss all of these things but we also from Saudi prisons killed two Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet. metro to reach Dubai World Trade Center, yesterday. show respect and friendship to a Saudi border guards while try- BAE officials say the Emirates very old ally and partner.” ing to cross into Yemen early has shown interest in order- collaboration on military aero- the 72 jets it has already acquired, nations struggle to contain pro- He also said it was legitimate yesterday before being cap- ing up to 60 Typhoons. He will space equipment. Cameron’s office said. tests inspired by the Arab Spring to promote British business the tured, the kingdom’s interior also talk to UAE officials about Saudi Arabia has also signalled However, the British prime and Western nations weigh up purpose of his trip was “to help ministry said. how to develop a “strategic air it might place a second substan- minister’s trip is complicated their own strategic and commer- Britain compete and thrive in the AGENCIES defence relationship”, including tial order of Typhoons on top of by human rights issues as Gulf cial interests. Saudi Arabia and global race”. REUTERS TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11

UK minister most Austerity of caveman German govt seen in nightmares, says study

LONDON: Finance minister okays welfare George Osborne is the public figure that most often appears in British nightmares, a recent study has found. Ruling Conservative party measures member Osborne, whose offi- cial title is Chancellor of the Exchequer, was booed dur- ing a medal ceremony at the Health surcharge scrapped Paralympics this summer in London and has been the focus BERLIN: German Chancellor opinion polls are better or worse of public criticism for austerity Angela Merkel’s centre-right from week to week but making measures which have seen cuts coalition reached agreement the right decision for Germany,” to welfare budgets and a freeze yesterday on contentious social Bahr told German radio. in public sector pay. welfare issues that it hopes will The coalition, plagued by Gordon Brown, the former bolster its support in the count- squabbles since taking power in Labour prime minister, came down to federal elections next 2009, aims to balance Germany’s second in the survey conducted September. budget by 2014, helped by robust by hotel group Travelodge, which After nearly eight hours of economic growth that has bucked asked 2,000 people about their talks that underlined the degree the euro zone trend, although nightmares. of discord simmering within her strong tax revenues are expected “Suffering from nightmares three-party government, Merkel to tail off next year. that involve the Chancellor, money and other leaders agreed to scrap In return, the FDP reluctantly and losing a job are a true reflec- an unpopular health surcharge backed benefit payments for par- Former steel factory worker Zarko Hrgic, 57, sits in his home, a cave near Babina river in Babino village, tion of how the credit crunch has and to introduce extra child ben- ents who keep their toddlers at near the central Bosnian town of Zenica. Hrgic has been living there since he was deported five years ago affected our well-being as well as efits, coalition leaders said. home, a policy championed by the for staying illegally in Germany. His day starts with searching for food discarded in garbage bins in cities, as our money”, a Travelodge spokes- Merkel’s junior coalition part- Christian Social Union (CSU), the woman said. REUTERS well as cigar butts, from which he makes improvised cigars. ners, the pro-business Free conservative Bavarian sister party Democrats (FDP), are particu- of Merkel’s Christian Democrats larly eager to impress voters (CDU). after opinion polls have regularly Critics, including in the FDP, shown them failing to clear the CDU and the opposition say five percent threshold for staying this will keep women out of the in parliament next year. workplace and children of poorer Cameron keen to unmask child abuser The FDP has long had to accept immigrants out of kindergartens that tax cuts, one of the party’s where they would learn German LONDON: Prime Minister who served as prime minister those allegations are being looked Messham, who gave evidence traditional policy cornerstones, and integrate. David Cameron is looking at an from 1979 to 1990. He was not into properly and thoroughly and in 2000 at an inquiry into child are not possible at a time of fiscal The centre-left Social allegation by a child abuse vic- named. that we get to the bottom of what abuse, told the BBC that he was austerity, with Merkel leading the Democrats (SPD), who have tim who told the BBC that an Steven Messham, one of hun- happened.” abused “more than a dozen times” euro zone’s efforts to overcome taken a more assertive politi- unidentified Conservative Party dreds of victims of abuse at chil- The spokesman said by the Conservative figure. its three-year-old sovereign debt cal stance since choosing former figure had abused children in dren’s care homes in Wales over Conservative leader Cameron’s “You were just abused, various crisis. finance minister Per Steinbrueck social care during the 1970s, two decades, told BBC Newsnight office was working with the things would happen. But there Instead, the FDP has pushed as their candidate for chancellor the premier’s spokesman said that he was abused by a promi- Interior Ministry and the depart- wouldn’t be just him, there would hard for abolition of the 10-euro- next year, have vowed to challenge yesterday. nent Conservative political figure ment in charge of Wales on the be other people involved as well,” per-quarter payments for visits the child benefit plan in court. The unmasking of late BBC star and others in the late 1970s. issue. Messham said. to the doctor, saying they have The payments will only start presenter Jimmy Savile as one of Messham, who asked to meet It was impossible to immedi- The Telegraph newspaper said spawned red tape without reduc- from next August, shortly before Britain’s most prolific child abuser Prime Minister David Cameron ately verify the abuse claims and it had spoken to the politician at ing waiting times. the federal election, to coincide has prompted concern that some over the scandal, said he went the reporter on Newsnight said he the centre of the accusations and Merkel’s FDP health minis- with the deadline for the govern- powerful child abusers from the to the police at the time but his could not name the figure because he had denied the claims. He said ter, Daniel Bahr, rejected the ment to provide kindergarten 1970s and 1980s may have used claims were ignored. there was “simply not enough evi- he would sue the BBC for libel if centre-left opposition’s charges places for all toddlers. their influence to shield them “It’s an issue we are actively dence to name names”. he was named by them. that the deal amounted to an SPD parliamentary floor leader from punishment. looking at,” Cameron’s official The state-funded broadcaster “I’ve never been to this chil- attempt to bribe voters ahead of Thomas Oppermann denounced The BBC’s flagship current spokesman said when asked about is itself grappling with hundreds dren’s home. The fact is that if a state election in Lower Saxony the coalition deal as political affairs programme aired child the report at a daily briefing. of abuse allegations against Savile, they publish anything about me in January and federal elections “horse-trading” and told German abuse allegations on Friday “The prime minister himself is a cigar-chomping DJ turned tel- they will get a writ in the morn- in September. radio: “Taxpayers will be financ- night against what it called a taking a close interest in the alle- evision star who victims now say ing, I wouldn’t wait two minutes,” “This is about helping our ing this election gift”. Conservative political figure from gations that have been made and used his influence to mask a life- the Telegraph quoted the politi- citizens. It’s not about whether REUTERS the era of Margaret Thatcher, clearly we need to be satisfied that time of abuse of young children. cian as saying. REUTERS

Norway, China Nigeria floods in bid to Ukraine opposition claim 363 lives improve ties wants vote recount since July ABUJA: Nigeria’s worst flood- OSLO: Norway and China met KIEV: Ukraine’s opposition a re-run should be announced,” ing in at least half a century has yesterday on the sidelines of an demanded a recount or a fresh he told journalists at commission killed 363 people since the start Asia-Europe summit, mark- vote in a dozen hotly contested headquarters in Kiev where the of July and displaced 2.1 million ing their first official contact constituencies yesterday, step- rally was staged. The demand for people, an emergency agency since a Chinese dissident was ping up their campaign against action was signed by Tymoshenko’s said yesterday. given the Nobel Peace Prize, the a parliamentary election last Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party, Nigeria often suffers seasonal Norwegian prime minister said. month they say was rigged by Svoboda (Freedom) nationalists flash floods after heavy tropical Norwegian Prime Minister President Viktor Yanukovich’s and the UDAR (Punch) party rain, but the sheer scale of the Jens Stoltenberg told public ruling party. of heavyweight boxing champion devastation this year has shocked broadcaster NRK that he had held Hundreds of people gathered Vitaly Klitschko, and follows inter- people and images of towns and a brief meeting with his Chinese outside the Central Electoral national criticism of the election in cities under water have filled TV counterpart Wen Jiabao while Commission headquarters in the the former Soviet republic. Prime screens. attending the summit in Laos. capital Kiev to protest against Minister Mykola Azarov on Friday President Goodluck Jonathan Relations cooled between the fraud in the October 28 vote, defy- said the Regions had nothing to do last month called the flooding, two countries after the pro- ing warnings by police that the with the disputes at the centre of which has submerged parts of democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo, protest was illegal and might be the latest protests, and said the the south, a “national disaster” who Beijing considers a “crimi- broken up by force. overall results were in line with but said it would not trigger a nal”, was awarded the 2010 Nobel An opposition victory in the exit-polls and pre-election surveys. food crisis. Peace Prize. disputed electoral districts would Anger erupted in several elec- The National Emergency The Nobel committee, which is still leave the president’s Party of toral districts at the weekend, Management Agency said in a independent of the government the Regions with a parliamentary with election officials conducting statement yesterday that 7.7 mil- though its members are chosen majority, but could help galva- the vote-count besieged by oppo- lion people had been affected by by the Norwegian parliament, nise anti-Yanukovich forces that sition supporters and members the flooding between July 1 and angered China which broke off all have lost momentum since the of the Regions party. Riot police October 31. high-level contact with Norway. jailing of their leader, ex-Prime used tear gas to quell trouble in It said 363 people had been In Laos, Stoltenberg said he Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. “We one district. killed and 18,282 people injured. had thanked the Chinese premier are demanding that the Central Observers from Europe’s Flooding in the oil rich Niger for the inclusion of Norway, along Electoral Commission announce OSCE rights and security body Delta, where Africa’s third long- with Switzerland and Bangladesh, the result of voting in 13 districts criticised misuse of state money est river flows into the Atlantic in the Asia-Europe Meeting. Eugenia Tymoshenko, daughter of imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime where, according to the final tally, and resources and biased media ocean, has disrupted oil produc- “It is the first time that Norway Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, holds up a photograph of her mother during the opposition won,” Arseny coverage in the run-up, saying tion to the tune of around 500,000 has joined this meeting place, and a press conference in London yesterday. Eugenia was in London to drum Yatsenyuk, leader of the united democracy had taken a “step barrels per day (bpd) — more so it’s natural to say thank you for up support for her imprisoned mother, who announced she was going on opposition, said. backwards” since Yanukovich was than a fifth of Nigeria’s output — the support that has made this hunger strike to protest the results of legislative elections won by the ruling “In those cases where it is elected in February 2010. according to the Department of possible,” he said. party of President Viktor Yanukovich. impossible to establish the result REUTERS Petroleum Resources. REUTERS He declined to comment on what effect the meeting could have on future relations between Oslo and Beijing. “We would like to have normal political relations with China and Anti-whaling activists set sail to take on Japanese whalers when that’s possible we will say so,” he said. “I do not want to speculate on SYDNEY: Anti-whaling than 100 crew members. North Pacific off Japan to engage But Japan has since 1987 used a which vessel he plans to captain, the significance of Norway getting activists began their annual “It feels really amazing on the whalers, rather than wait- loophole authorising whaling for given that Chakravarty has the accepted into this forum but in it campaign against Japanese a personal front... to be tak- ing for them to enter Antarctic scientific research — a practice Steve Irwin and Sweden’s Peter we see a positive contribution to whalers yesterday with the Sea ing the flagship off,” the Steve waters. condemned by environmentalists Hammarstedt will skipper the a closer dialogue with the partici- Shepherd’s flagship, the Steve Irwin’s Indian captain Siddharth “The mission this year is to and anti-whaling nations. Bob Barker. pating countries, which includes Irwin, leaving its Melbourne Chakravarty said after the vessel intercept them as soon as they Militant conservationist and In addition to the three known China,” he added. dock to pursue the harpoonists. had left dock and was preparing can... to stop them from killing Sea Shepherd founder Paul vessels, which also include the Despite the freeze in diplomatic The group’s ninth campaign, to head out to sea. a single whale this year,” Sea Watson has also vowed to join this Brigitte Bardot, Sea Shepherd relations, trade has continued to named Operation Zero Tolerance, The campaign has begun ear- Shepherd Australian director Jeff year’s efforts despite an Interpol will reveal its mystery fourth ves- prosper between the two coun- is its largest against Japan’s whale lier than previous years, with Sea Hansen said. notice for his arrest. sel once the Japanese fleet departs tries over the past two years. hunt and involves four ships, a Shepherd Conservation Society Commercial whaling is banned Watson’s whereabouts are on its mission, Hansen said. AFP helicopter, three drones and more boats planning to journey to the under an international treaty. unknown and it is not clear AFP TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

New Jersey Romney, Obama email vote rule raises storm pursue last vote of protest

WASHINGTON: New Jersey’s decision to allow voters displaced in close race by superstorm Sandy to cast ballots by email has prompted a flood of warnings over security, Duelling rallies in Ohio; voting today secrecy and a potential for legal entanglements. LYNCHBURG, Virginia: rally in the day’s final hour in New State officials in New Jersey President Barack Obama and Hampshire with Kid Rock while announced the plan on Saturday, Republican Mitt Romney made country rock performers The saying it could help victims of the their last stands of the 2012 cam- Marshall Tucker Band was join- unprecedented storm along with paign yesterday, employing their ing him in Columbus. Obama had rescuers who may also be unable last vestiges of energy, celebrity actors Samuel L Jackson and Chris to get to polling places. boosters and plenty of jet fuel to Rock doing urban radio interviews, The northeast state is allow- encourage every supporter and “Mad Men” star Jon Hamm mak- ing voters to request a ballot the few remaining undecideds to ing calls in Colorado, rapper Jay-Z by e-mail or fax to their county tip the vote in their favour. joining him in Columbus and rock clerk, and returning their ballot National polls of the eve of legend Bruce Springsteen as his by the same means by 8pm today. Election Day showed a neck-and- traveling warm-up act. Lieutenant Governor Kim neck race. But the winner will be “He promised me a ride on Air Guadagno said the move was determined by which man gets Force One,” Springsteen said, designed “to help alleviate pres- 270 electoral votes, and Obama strumming his guitar as he made sure on polling places.” had more paths to get there. a political pitch between songs. But some experts say email vot- The incumbent and the chal- The rivals planned to appeal ing, which is being allowed by some lenger, both fighting weariness and to pro football fans in the elev- Election volunteers Frank Roth (right) and Dave Trout (left) count voting machines that will be sent out to precincts states for military and overseas speaking in voices that have turned enth hour, taping interviews with in Charlotte, North Carolina, yesterday. voters, has not been tested on a hoarse, closed by arguing they could ESPN’s Chris Berman that will large scale and opens up a host of do more to lead the country out of air during halftime of the Monday technical and legal obstacles. the tough economic times that dom- Night Football game between the Romney likely to tour Ohio today Email ballots could be vulnerable inated Obama’s term. “This nation Philadelphia Eagles and the New to hacking or computer viruses, is going to begin to change for the Orleans Saints. and could put the election at risk, better tomorrow,” Romney said. Both candidates predicted the ABOARD THE ROMNEY campaign marathons as they Republican nomination to John says Matt Blaze, a University of “Our work is not yet done,” winner will be determined by CAMPAIGN PLANE: Mitt stumped for the last narrowing McCain in 2008, he is enjoying the Pennsylvania computer scientist Obama told nearly 20,000 people which of their operations can get Romney launched a final full wedge of undecided voters—and campaign’s final hours. specialising in security. who filled the street in front of the most supporters to the polls. day of campaigning yesterday pleaded with their supporters to “He’s very eager to lead the “The security implications of the Wisconsin capital building. “This is going to be a turnout in swing state Florida, but his help get out the vote. country,” Stevens said. “Very voting by email are, under normal Both men campaigned in states election,” the president declared team did not rule out a last- With Ohio such a pivotal part gratified at the response he’s get- conditions, more than sufficient they need to win. Romney was in an interview broadcast early minute trip to battleground of the election equation, both ting everywhere.” to make any computer security in Florida, Virginia, and New Monday as he pleaded with urban Ohio on election day itself. candidates converged on the Gorka acknowledged that specialist recoil in horror,” Blaze Hampshire, while Obama was radio listeners to get to the polls. US media reported Romney Midwestern state yesterday. Romney and his team gathered said in a blog post. trying to protect Wisconsin from On the edge of an airport run- was considering a polling day Aides said Romney was feel- on the plane were looking back “Email, of course, is not at all a late-breaking GOP challenge way in Lynchburg, Romney called campaign trip, even as his press ing upbeat about the race, which fondly at an 18-month ride that authenticated, reliable, or confi- before heading to Iowa. on his supporters to “make sure we releases have described the last national polls show as a tossup. took Romney to dozens of states dential, and that by itself opens And in an indication of just get everyone we know out to vote on Monday event on the schedule — But surveys show the presi- and hundreds of campaign events. the door to new forms of election how all-important Ohio was once Election Day.” ‘’Every single vote,” he late-night in New Hampshire — dent with a slim but steady lead “It’s been a light mood up front, mischief that would be far more again to the future occupancy of said, speaking within view of Liberty as the “final victory rally” of the in Ohio, and Obama may have a lot of reminiscing,” he told difficult in a traditional in-per- the White House, both candidates University and after its chancellor campaign. a broader path to possible vic- reporters. son polling station or with paper planned to be on the ground in Jerry Falwell Jr rallied the conserva- Romney aides did nothing to tory in the handful of battle- “It’s been an incredible journey. absentee ballot.” Columbus in the evening for tive faithful in the crowd. knock back the reports. ground states that will decide We’re very very excited for these But Blaze said that due to the duelling rallies several hours and Obama raised the possibil- “We’ll advise a schedule and the election. last events today, and we’re very exceptional circumstances, “the seven miles apart. The state has ity of defeat as he pleaded with until then we don’t have any- That was not dissuading senior very optimistic about our chances question is whether these risks out- gone for the winner in every pres- listeners of The Rickey Smiley thing,” senior aide Kevin Madden Romney strategist Stuart Stevens tomorrow.” weigh the benefits, and whether the idential election since 1964. Morning Show to get to the polls. said about a Tuesday dash to as he predicted victory for the But he jokingly called out a technical and procedural safeguards Republican campaign offi- “If we don’t turn out the vote, we Ohio. challenger. reporter who asked if the cam- that are in place are adequate.” cials said Romney was consider- could lose a lot of the gains we’ve Traveling press secretary Rick “We’re never over-confident paign could keep the traveling “All of this is relatively uncharted ing a possible return to Ohio on already made,” Obama said. Gorka told reporters aboard about these things, but we’ll press corps up to date on the territory,” Blaze added. Andrew Tuesday. Without the state, he It was one of two of the presi- Romney’s plane that the sched- win,” he told reporters, adding details of Romney’s final day, Appel, a Princeton University com- has to win nearly every other bat- dent’s radio interviews airing ule would be released Monday that while he expected Romney such as his “last meal” before the puter scientist, said that “Internet tleground state to defeat Obama. Monday aimed at turning out morning, “and if there is anything to prevail in Florida today, “we election. voting is inherently insecure” and Both candidates were also hop- minority voters, the other with a beyond that, we will update.” don’t take Florida for granted.” “He’s going to live beyond that “email is the most insecure ing to benefit from some star Spanish-language station in Ohio. Romney and President Barack As for Romney, a former gover- Tuesday,” Gorka quipped. form of Internet voting.” power. Romney planned a final AP Obama have embarked yesterday nor of Massachusetts who lost the AFP AFP Obama on course for election Sandy’s winds of uncertainty blow through presidential race victory: UK poll WASHINGTON: The devas- In a worst-case scenario, the “It’s a possibility that we’ll storms to hit the United States, County, officials are spreading the tating storm that slammed into storm disruption could cause see significant drops in turnout hammered the region with 129kph word about new polling locations in LONDON: US President the US East Coast last week Obama to lose the popular vote in some of these densely popu- winds, while walls of water over- at least 29 towns and setting aside Barack Obama will win the could send winds of uncer- and still win re-election, stirring lated areas,” said George Mason ran seaside communities. At least paper ballots to use if electronic popular vote by two percent tainty through today’s presi- up vitriolic memories of the con- University professor Michael 113 people in the United States and voting machines fail. “Whatever in today’s election while beat- dential election, narrowing an tested 2000 battle that allowed MacDonald, a voter turnout Canada died. it takes, Asbury Park is voting,” ing Republican opponent Mitt already close contest and cast- Republican George W Bush to expert. “The effects could be Election authorities now face City Manager Terence Reidy said. Romney in most of the battle- ing doubt on the legitimacy of triumph over Democrat Al Gore. quite dramatic in terms of the unprecedented challenges. In New Legal experts said the late ground states, a British YouGov the outcome. Last-minute changes imposed popular vote,” he said. York City, 143,000 voters have been changes, however well-inten- survey of 36,000 American vot- Though superstorm Sandy is by election officials also could fur- Tuesday’s election presents assigned new polling stations. New tioned, may give the losing can- ers forecast. unlikely to determine whether ther arm campaign lawyers look- yet another headache for local York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on didate a basis to challenge results. The election is widely viewed as President Barack Obama or ing to challenge the result. officials in New York and New Sunday called the city’s elections “The devil is in the details and a very close contest, but President Republican Mitt Romney wins At minimum, low turnout would Jersey, which were hardest hit board “dysfunctional” and warned no doubt these news rules will Obama is projected in the poll to the White House, experts said add another wild card to an elec- by the storm. Rescue workers are that it needs to clearly communi- be fertile ground for those who take almost two-thirds of the elec- it could expose flaws in how the tion projected to be among the still recovering bodies, 1.9 million cate changes to poll workers. choose to challenge the results in toral college votes in the nine states United States conducts elections, closest in US history. Voting could homes and businesses have no In New Jersey, where 25 percent the election.” said Angelo Genova, seen as likely to decide the result. leading to protracted legal wran- be an afterthought for hundreds of power, and tens of thousands of of homes and businesses have no a New Jersey election law expert “We are predicting that Obama gling and lingering bitterness in thousands of people still struggling people are without heat as tem- power, officials are allowing dis- who represents Democratic can- is going to hang on to the presi- a country already fractured along with power outages, fuel shortages peratures dip near freezing. placed voters to cast their ballots didates in this election. dency, but by a smaller margin partisan lines. and plummeting temperatures. Sandy, one of the most damaging by email. In battered Monmouth REUTERS than in 2008,” YouGov President Peter Kellner said in a statement. YouGov carried out the poll in New York area slowly 27 US states. Obama holds a clear advantage in the last day of campaigning - 237 guaranteed electoral col- coming back to life lege votes to Romney’s 191, and YouGov insisted that they and NEW YORK: A week after Service on many rail and bus lines most other pollsters would have superstorm Sandy wreaked was reduced and the subway was to be “systematically wrong” to havoc on New York City and the running at about 80 percent of its allow for a Romney victory. surrounding area, schools reo- normal service. The commute from A minimum 270 electoral col- pened yesterday and millions of New Jersey was particularly trying. lege votes is needed for victory. commuters fought huge crowds As a Northeast Corridor Line YouGov noted the potential, to board subways, buses and train on the NJ Transit network though, for Obama’s situation to suburban trains in an exhaust- pulled into Newark, passengers echo that of President George W. ing effort to get back to work. wondered aloud how the hundreds Bush in 2000, when he lost the The daunting trip to work of passengers who crowded the popular vote to Al Gore but still or school aside, living condi- platform would squeeze into the came out on top. tions remained severe for tens already-packed train. “In such a tight race, no doubt of thousands of people unable to A conductor banged on the win- the Democrats are not only con- return to their homes, and close dow, signalling passengers to squeeze cerned about losing the White to 2 million in the region suffered together more than they already House, but are also worried about through another night of near- were. “Move in! It’s gonna be a tight the cloud that could hang over freezing temperatures without fit,” another conductor yelled. Still, Obama’s second term if he does the benefit of power or heat. there was no room for about half of not win the popular vote,” Kellner Yesterday morning, with size- the passengers in Newark. said. able legs of the region’s pub- “I’m taking Amtrak back this Obama is said to have strug- lic transportation network still afternoon, so I don’t have to deal gled to live up to the expecta- hobbled by storm damage, peo- with this,” said Gabrielle Nader, a tions he stirred in 2008. He is ple stood for an hour or more on 27-year-old human resources pro- certainly on course for a less train platforms or street corners fessional who boarded in Trenton. convincing victory than he won in New Jersey, Long Island and “It’s worse than a subway.” Nader, four years ago - 303 electoral Connecticut waiting for trains from northeast Philadelphia, said college votes now to 365 then, Volunteers with the North Carolina Baptist Men disaster relief (in yellow) and the American Red Cross (in red) and buses, only to find many of she had already made Amtrak the poll indicated. load up fresh hot meals of Ribs, Sweet Potatoes, and Hush Puppies, that they will distribute to Hurricane Sandy them already too crowded to reservations through tomorrow. REUTERS victims, in Ocean County, New Jersey, yesterday. board. REUTERS TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Manila pushes sea row at Asia-Europe summit Switzerland, Norway and EU express firm support

VIENTIANE: The Philippines passes through that body of shipping lanes, will affect Europe yesterday pushed its call for an water,” he told reporters in the because it would lead to higher international solution to over- Laotian capital Vientiane. insurance premiums for their lapping claims in the South “Switzerland and the EU and ships, Coloma added. China Sea at an Asia-Europe to some extent Norway indi- China claims nearly all of the summit, saying vital global cated their firm support to the South China Sea, even waters shipping lanes were at stake. Philippines in terms of our posi- near the coasts of neighbouring Philippine President Benigno tion that conflicts and disputes countries. The Philippines and Aquino raised the issue in bilat- in that area are to be resolved Vietnam have accused Beijing of eral meetings with leaders of the peacefully and following interna- becoming increasingly aggressive European Union as well as with tional law.” in staking out its claims. Swiss President Eveline Widmer- Coloma said President Aquino The Philippines has since April Schlumpf and Norwegian Prime is also likely to raise the issue been engaged in a standoff with Minister Jens Stoltenberg in at a plenary session of the Asia- China over a disputed shoal. Laos. Europe Meeting (ASEM) later Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia and “We noted the increasing yesterday and in bilateral discus- Brunei also have claims to parts importance of maritime security” sions with the leaders of Japan of the sea. in what Manila calls the West and Italy. Aquino has insisted in the past Philippine Sea, said Aquino’s chief More than 50 Asian and that solving the dispute needed a spokesman Herminio Coloma. European leaders or their repre- multilateral approach, but China “There was agreement that sentatives are attending the sum- has insisted on solving the prob- it was a matter of international mit, held every two years. lem bilaterally with individual Czech President Vaclav Klaus (left) shakes hands with Philippine President Benigno Aquino as Mongolia’s President interest considering that a sig- Any instability in the South countries involved. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj stands between them during the ASEM Summit in Vientiane yesterday. nificant amount of world trade China Sea, home to commercial AFP

Manila probing 60 S Korea’s first lady to be private armies China probes Wen family wealth MANILA: Philippine police grilled in land deal case HONG KONG: China’s ruling Wen, who is expected to step denying the claim. have identified about 60 sus- Communist Party has launched down as premier next March, “The so-called ‘hidden riches’ pected “private armies” that an inquiry into the alleged as he is the standard-bearer of of Wen Jiabao’s family members could use violence to influence SEOUL: South Korean home for President Lee when wealth of Premier Wen Jiabao’s reformers in the party and has in The New York Times’ report national elections next year, an President Lee Myung-Bak’s he formally leaves the office in family at his own request, a campaigned against rampant does not exist,” it quoted a state- official said yesterday. wife is to be questioned as part January. report said yesterday. corruption. ment from them as saying. Armed followers of politicians of a probe into a presidential The lot was jointly purchased Citing sources, Hong Kong’s The New York Times report The lawyers said they would have long been a major problem retirement home deal that has by the president’s son, Lee South China Morning Post came days before the start of a continue to “make clarifications during elections, carrying out already grilled Lee’s brother Si-Hyung, and the presidential (SCMP) said Wen had writ- party congress where a once-in- regarding other untrue reports” crimes like the 2009 massacre of and son, officials said yesterday. security service which would need ten to the Politburo Standing a-decade leadership transition by the newspaper and reserved 58 people to protect the interests The inclusion of First Lady to house its agents on the site. Committee -- the country’s high- will begin, and the run-up to the the right to hold it “legally of powerful clans. Kim Yoon-Ok in the investiga- But the cost was allegedly not est policy-making body, of which meeting has seen months of fac- responsible”. National police spokesman tion comes at a sensitive time, split evenly, with suggestions that he is a member -- formally asking tional manoeuvring. They said Wen “has never Chief Superintendent Generoso with South Korea just weeks the security service paid too high for the probe. The SCMP quoted its sources played any role in the business Cerbo said police intelligence had away from a presidential election a price for its share, while Lee’s It comes after the New York as saying conservative party activities of his family members” found about 60 suspected “private on December 19. son got a below-market rate for Times reported that Wen’s fam- elders “known to dislike the pre- and had not allowed those activi- armed groups” in different parts “(We have) decided to inves- the residential plot. ily had accumulated at least mier’s more liberal stance” had ties to influence his policies. of the country. tigate first lady Kim,” assistant The president’s wife and $2.7bn in assets in various sec- “urged him to provide detailed The NYT report found no “Once we have completely val- special counsel Lee Chang-Hoon brother have been included in tors, according to an analysis of explanations on all the major alle- indication Wen had intervened idated this, all of our units will told reporters yesterday. the investigation because of company and regulatory filings gations” in the US newspaper’s on behalf of family members and go after these groups,” he told “The method and the timing reports that they each loaned from 1992-2012. report. said he himself did not appear reporters. of the questioning are still being Lee Si-Hyung 600m won to buy The report on Wen’s letter and Among other details, the New to have accumulated assets. It The initiative would be part discussed with the presidential the lot. the inquiry is unusual. The com- York Times said Wen’s 90-year- did not suggest that any of the of national police efforts to safe- office,” Lee said. The first lady is scheduled to munist party normally ensures old mother owned a stake valued family’s business activities were guard local and legislative elec- The probe is focused on alleged accompany the president on a that its internal affairs are cov- at $120m in 2007 in China’s Ping illegal. tions in May 2013, Cerbo added. irregularities in the purchase of a five-day official visit to Indonesia ered by a strict veil of secrecy. An insurance giant. The NYT has said on its web- A previous national police study plot of land on the southern edge and Thailand from Wednesday. The financial allegations are Last week the SCMP quoted site that it stands by the story. in 2010 found 112 private armed of Seoul to build a retirement AFP particularly embarrassing for lawyers for Wen’s relatives AFP groups all over the archipelago with numbers ranging from a handful of men to hundreds. Cerbo said police were conduct- ing a new count because some of Two Japan tourists die these groups had already been China must change with new leader: Dalai Lama broken up while others had vol- in Great Wall storm untarily disbanded. YOKOHAMA: The use of judiciary system, free press, expected to be promoted to (is) involved, that (is) not realis- The groups consist of gov- “secrecy, censorship and bully- rule of law. These are very, very Communist Party general-sec- tic,” the Dalai Lama said. BEIJING: Two elderly Japanese ernment-supported militiamen, ing” to silence dissenting voices important. retary this week and then state The religious leader said a tourists died and another was insurgents, rogue police or sol- in China must end under the “So the goal, harmony, wonder- president next year, succeed- “lack of information” meant missing after being trapped in diers or armed thugs who do the country’s incoming leader, the ful. Stability, wonderful. But use ing Hu in a 10-yearly leadership many Chinese people associate sudden heavy snowstorms dur- bidding of politicians to help them Dalai Lama said yesterday. of secrecy, censorship and bully- change. Japanese people only with war- ing a visit to the Great Wall of stay in power. President-in-waiting Xi Jinping ing... there is something wrong in The Dalai Lama has a large time atrocities. China, Beijing said yesterday. This can include intimidating will have “no alternative” but to their system,” said the saffron- following in Japan and he is a He said this led to the kind of Two women, aged 62 and rival candidates or voters or spoil- accept political change over the robed monk. frequent visitor to the country, anti-Japan outbursts that rocked 68, were confirmed dead, and ing the counting of ballots. coming years, the exiled Tibetan “I think to create a genuine many of whose 127m people prac- China after Tokyo’s nationalisa- a 76-year-old Japanese man In the worst case of violence spiritual leader told reporters in harmony... you need openness.” tise some elements of Buddhism. tion of a disputed East China Sea remained missing on a snow-cov- involving private armies, follow- Yokohama, near Tokyo. China denounces the Dalai The 77-year-old Nobel Laureate island chain in September, when ered mountain near the wall in ers of a powerful clan in 2009 “Now Hu Jintao era passed. Lama as a “splittist” seeking an said he believes democracy is the shops were looted and businesses China’s northern Hebei province. killed 58 people in the southern Now Xi Jinping (is) becoming independent Tibet, accusations he best system that China could burned. Another Japanese tourist and Philippines to prevent a rival the president. I think there is no has repeatedly denied. adopt to solve the problems it “Basically I think China needs a Chinese man who works for a from running against one of the alternative except there is some At a closed-doors congress faces, including a debilitating ter- Japan and Japan needs China,” Japanese tour agency were receiv- clan members. political change,” the Dalai Lama beginning Thursday, Beijing’s ritorial dispute with Japan. he said, when asked how Beijing ing medical treatment at a local said on the third day of a 12-day power players will anoint a new He said an over-emphasis on and Tokyo could move past the clinic. “Four Japanese tourists Taiwan orders officers stay in Japan. chief for the next 10 years. His nationalism was at the root of dispute. were trapped by bad weather,” “Hu Jintao started to build regime will have to address grow- difficulties. “I think you should think more foreign ministry spokesman to face lie detector harmonious society, stable soci- ing anger over graft as well as Education materials are holistic. Small disagreements Hong Lei said at a press briefing TAIPEI: Taiwan is ordering ety. So for stable society, I think challenges from a vocal band of “extreme, almost like (saying) should not create (conflict). You in Beijing. “So far, one Japanese dozens of military officers serv- gap (between the) rich and (the) dissidents and rights activists in Chinese culture is (the) best, should think more broadly,” he tourist was rescued, two died, and ing abroad to return home for poor must be reduced. the country. China (as a) nation is the best”, said. one is still missing.” lie detector tests to stem a wave “Also you need an independent Vice president Xi is widely he said, adding “too much emotion AFP AFP of espionage cases shaking the island, the defence minister said yesterday. Sri Lankan protest More than 50 military attaches and other senior personnel assigned abroad have been called Laos to start construction back one after the other since last year to do the polygraph test, Kao Hua-chu told parliament. of controversial mega dam “We haven’t come across any- thing unusual in these tests,” he VIENTIANE: Laos yesterday Building work on the main told legislators. He explained that said it would start construc- project has been stalled for about from now on, the officers will have tion of a controversial multibil- 18 months over concerns over its to do the test once year. lion dollar dam this week, after environmental impact. Even officer cadets undergoing adapting the design to calm Viraphon said some aspects training abroad will be required to environmental concerns from of the dam’s design had been do the tests, Kao said. neighbouring nations. changed to “reassure neighbour- The new measure, which was “After two years of preparation ing countries”, but he insisted only made public yesterday, comes the Laos government will have a that objections would not derail after a string of embarrassing ground breaking ceremony on plans to finish the project by the cases, where Taiwanese officers November 7 and will then start end of 2019. were found to spy on behalf of working on the dam itself in the The mooted 1,260 megawatt arch enemy China. Mekong river this week,” dep- dam, the first of 11 on the key Taiwan authorities in January uty energy minister Viraphon waterway, has become a symbol of 2011 arrested Major General Lo Viravong told the reporters the potential risks of hydropower Hsien-che over claims that he yesterday. projects in the region. spied for China. The $3.8bn hydroelectric Communist Laos, one the most The 52-year-old was head of the project at Xayaburi, led by Thai world’s under-developed nations, army’s telecommunications and group CH Karnchang, has sharply believes the dam will help it electronic information depart- Sri Lankan lawyers and opposition activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court in Colombo yesterday. divided the four Mekong nations become “the battery of Southeast ment, according to the defence Hundreds of lawyers took to the streets of Colombo to protest against a government move to impeach the -- Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Asia” by selling electricity to its ministry. country’s top judge in an increasingly bitter dispute. Thailand -- who rely on the river richer neighbours. AFP system for fish and irrigation. AFP TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Khyber Agency Entertainment tops violence in tribal region Attacks left at least 100 dead

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s who left their native homes in the north-western tribal area of wake of lawlessness, had been reg- Khyber Agency has recorded istered with it. the highest number of subver- Officials blamed deaths and sive acts during the current civilian casualties in Khyber year as compared to other parts Agency on artillery shelling and of Federally Administered rocket attacks. Tribal Areas (Fata). The trouble started in Khyber The data complied by offices Agency in 2003 when supporters of political administration in of two rival sectarian groups led Fata shows that total 96 bomb by Mufti Shakir and Pir Saifur blasts, suicide and rocket attacks Rehman respectively clashed have occurred in Khyber Agency in Bara. Mufti and Pir were between January and October this expelled from the area in 2004. year. However, the sectarian clashes These incidences have left at resulted in emergence of Mangal least 100 civilians and 20 security Bagh group. personnel dead besides injuring 60 Interestingly, official reports others, the record shows. portray situation in South Army and paramilitary forces Waziristan Agency, the birthplace have been conducting operations of Taliban in Fata, as relatively in Khyber Agency since 2009, quite and calm. but they have yet to evict mili- No loss of life of civilians A man balances a goat on wooden sticks for his audience by a roadside on the outskirts of Faisalabad, yesterday. tants from the area, situated at and security forces has been a stone’s throw from Peshawar. reported from South Waziristan The volatile agency has also where total 20 attacks, includ- topped the list of kidnapping ing improvised explosive devices for ransom incidents among all and roadside blasts, took place Pakistan party announces referendum on Taliban tribal units as it recorded 40 cases though media had reported that in which people were picked up 30 security personnel and five and taken there before making civilians were killed in these acts KARACHI: A Pakistani politi- murder schoolgirl activist Malala the fellow countrymen and other places across the country. demands for money from the rela- of violence. cal party has announced an Yousufzai in the northwestern women whether they want a Voting online and by SMS would tives of the kidnapped persons. Also, decline has been wit- unofficial nationwide “referen- area of Sway for promoting girls’ Pakistan of Taliban or a Pakistan also be possible, he said. Main militant groups like nessed in suicide attacks in Fata dum” asking people whether education. of Mohammad Ali Jinnah,” he “We are doing all this to save Lashkar-i-Islam, Tawheedul in the current year. Sources said they want their country to fol- Pakistan has been convulsed by said. innocent lives, our schools and our Islam, Ansaarul Islam, Haji that political authorities had low the ideology of the Taliban Islamist and sectarian violence Jinnah, commonly often tolerant mode of living,” Sabzwari Namdar group and Abdullah confirmed four suicide attacks in or the vision of the nation’s in recent years, with more than referred to as “Quaid-e-Azam” said. Ezzam Brigade have been oper- tribal areas one each in Bajaur, founder. 5,200 people killed since July 2007 or Great Leader, led the creation A security official said on con- ating in the area, according to Khyber and Kurram agencies and The secular Muttahida Qaumi in suicide attacks and bombings of Pakistan as a homeland for dition of anonymity that security sources. Frontier Region of Kohat. Movement (MQM), an ally of the across the nuclear-armed nation. Muslims in 1947 in the partition arrangements at MQM’s offices The infighting among these Militants had reportedly car- ruling Pakistan People’s Party Faisal Sabzwari, an MQM of British India. had been tightened. militant outfits and subsequent ried out nine suicide attacks in (PPP), has been openly criti- leader and provincial minister for “Quaid-e-Azam founded a MQM’s powerbase lies in the military operations caused mass Fata in 2011. cal of the Pakistani Taliban, and youth affairs in Sindh, said the country for everyone without the urban centres of southern Sindh exoduses from the militancy- Officials said that situation in last week the Islamist militants poll, announced Sunday, was an discrimination of faith, caste and province, particularly Karachi, stricken area. Bajaur Agency was pretty nor- threatened to attack the party. attempt to harness public opinion creed. We want that Pakistan,” Pakistan’s economic powerhouse According to Fata Disaster mal though acts of violence had The Taliban earned con- against the extremists. Sabzwari said. which is in the grip of ethnic and Management Authority’s report, occurred in the area. demnation across Pakistan “We are holding the referen- He said the party was arrang- political violence. around 71,000 displaced families, INTERNEWS last month when they tried to dum to build an opinion among ing for voting at its offices and AFP

Key ANP leader shot Pro-Taliban religious party leader doubts Malala attack dead in North West

PESHAWAR: The leader of to go to school -- something the faction in Pakistan’s parliament, showed Malala, who rose to fame incident was part of a plot to Charsadda district Pakistan’s largest religious Islamist militants bitterly oppose. dismissed the medical assessment. in 2009 with a blog for BBC Urdu defame the Taliban and Islam. ISLAMABAD: Unidentified political party has cast doubt on Doctors in Britain, where she “Pictures shown on social media charting the brutalities of Taliban Social media in Pakistan is full gunmen yesterday shot dead the Taliban shooting of school- is now recovering, say the bullet have shown the whole character rule in Swat, showed the school- of such comments and pictures of a key local political leader girl activist Malala Yousufzai, from the attack grazed her brain as suspicious because there was girl sitting up with her family, Malala, questioning the credibility in Pakistan’s restive north- saying he did not believe she and travelled through her head no sign of injury after the dress- much of her head covered with of the attack. western province of Khyber was hit in the head. and neck before lodging in her left ing was removed,” he told a rally a blue towel. Malala is said to be recover- Pakhtunkhwa, police officials The 15-year-old narrowly shoulder. in northwest Pakistan on Sunday. The cold-blooded attempt to ing well in Britain, but needs to said. escaped with her life when But the pro-Taliban cleric “It shows that the bullet did not murder the youngster shocked fight off an infection before having Assailants killed Sabiullah Taliban gunmen shot her on her Fazlur Rehman, the head of hit her in the head.” the world, but many in Pakistan reconstructive surgery to repair Khan, senior vice president of school bus last month for daring the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl Images released by the Queen -- where conspiracy theories on her skull. the Charsadda chapter of the to campaign for the right of girls (JUIF) party, the largest religious Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham all subjects abound -- believe the AFP Awami National Party’s (ANP), the ruling party in the province. The ANP leader was attacked in Feeding the Taliban Darabo village in Battagram area of Shabqadar district. One other person was also injured in the attack US soldier’s rampage haunts Shabqadar local police Wahid Gul has confirmed that the ANP leader was dead. He said that the Sabiullah “was going to his home Afghan ‘ghost’ village village when he was shot dead.” No militant group has yet claimed the responsibility of the NAJEEBAN: Najeeban in stepped on me,” Hikmatullah, who family have been buried next to attack. The body of the deceased southern Afghanistan is a ghost uses just one name, said. “I opened each other in a row in a small has been shifted to the DHQ village, deserted by the surviv- my eyes and I saw he was a soldier cemetery nearby. Local people call hospital. ing inhabitants after a murder- who had a gun. it the “Shrine of Martyrs”, believ- ous rampage allegedly carried “First he woke my father and ing it to be a special place where Girl ‘destined’ to out by a rogue American soldier pulled him out from bed. I was their prayers will be answered. earlier this year. really scared and I hid myself “I pray God to give me the die in acid attack The accused, Staff Sergeant under the blanket. same position as these martyrs,” ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani Robert Bales, is due in court “I heard only one thing from my an old woman sitting nearby said. An Afghan border policeman feeds a detained suspected Taliban mother who killed her teenage Monday for a military hear- father -- ‘Ya Allah have mercy!’ -- “The Americans are here to kill member near Walli Was in Paktika province, near the border with daughter by dousing her with ing at Fort Lewis-McChord in after that I heard a gunshot.” us, they killed my sons.” She lost Pakistan, yesterday. acid for looking at a boy has told the United States yesterday on Nearby was a compound hous- two of her sons in a US airstrike the BBC it was the girl’s destiny charges of killing 16 villagers, ing Mohammed Wazir’s family, about two months ago, she said. to die in this way. mostly women and children. where 11 people died as the sol- Her sentiments are echoed Police in Pakistan-administered Bales allegedly walked off his dier allegedly walked through the by Samiullah, a 29-year-old who Kabul considers action against ICG Kashmir arrested Mohammad base in southern Kandahar prov- house and killed them one after said her mother was killed by the Zafar and his wife Zaheen for ince under cover of darkness on another. soldier in the nearby village of KABUL: Afghanistan is con- “The government is now in the the October 29 attack on their March 11 and killed the villagers Wazir was away in Kandahar Alkozai, along with three others. sidering action against the process of assessing the ICG’s daughter Anusha, 15, who died in in three homes before returning city that night, but returned to “In the beginning ISAF International Crisis Group, operations in the country,” he hospital two days later after suf- to his base and surrendering. find among the dead his mother (NATO’S International Security with officials yesterday accus- added. fering horrific acid burns. Before that horrific night at Shatarina, his wife Zahra, and six Assistance Force) claimed they ing the respected think-tank of “It is detrimental to So-called “honour” attacks are least seven large families lived in children: daughters Masooma 9, started fighting against terror- bias in its reporting on the trou- Afghanistan’s national inter- common in deeply conservative Najeeban, a small rural village in Fareeda, 7, Nabiyah, 5, Palwasha, ism in Afghanistan, but now it bled nation. ests and no country will allow Pakistan. Panjwayi district of Kandahar, a an infant; and sons Ismatullah, 15, seems they are fighting against An analysis by the Brussels- such activities by a foreign Rights activists say more than hotbed of the Taliban insurgency. and Faisalullah, 11. Afghans,” he said. based ICG last month said the organisation,” he said, without 900 women were murdered last Now a deep silence hangs over Also killed were Wazir’s younger “That village, that house, Kabul government could collapse elaborating. year after being accused of bring- the area, disturbed only by the brother, Akhtar Mohammad, his always reminds me of how the after the withdrawal of Nato The ICG analysis character- ing shame on the family in some sound of buzzing flies -- and the wife Nazia and their son Essa American soldier attacked my troops in 2014, particularly if ised Karzai as apparently being way. occasional roar of American heli- Mohammad, 14. All the dead were family and murdered my mother.” presidential elections that year motivated by his desire to cling Speaking from their police copters flying over from a nearby dragged into one room and set on Samiullah has left his village to are fraudulent. to power rather than to work for cells, the father told the BBC they base. Asleep in one of the homes fire, Wazir said. In the deserted live in rented accommodation in Afghan President Hamid his country’s interests. had warned Anusha before about that night was nine-year-old house trails of blood and bullet Kandahar city, where he said he Karzai’s senior spokesman Aimal Foreign ministry spokesman looking at boys, while the mother Hikmatullah, who awoke to a liv- holes in flame-blackened walls are doesn’t have to worry about either Faizi hit back yesterday, “The ICG Janan Mosazai also said Kabul described how her daughter had ing nightmare. still visible. soldiers or the Taliban raiding his reports and activities have been was investigating the group. begged for forgiveness. “We were asleep when a person The 11 members of Wazir’s home at night. AFP politically motivated.” AFP AGENCIES TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15

5 sailors killed India, Saudi in gas leak aboard ship

MUMBAI: At least five sail- to discuss ors were asphyxiated by leak- ing gas aboard the LPG vessel Maharshi Krishnatreya in the Arabian Sea seas, a maritime official said here yesterday. The ship was en route to the UAE labour issues when the incident occurred in the compressor room of the ves- sel, according to the Directorate- Delhi sees a major breakthrough General of Shipping (DGS). The ship’s chief officer, a gas NEW DELHI: After a delay of minister. However, Ravi said engineer and four other seamen over eight months, Saudi Arabia there were not too many prob- were attempting to repair a dam- and India yesterday agreed to lems that India labourers were aged gas pipe in the compressor discuss issues relating to the facing Indians in Saudi Arabia, when they were overcome by over two million Indian labour- as of today. “But occasionally, the gas. Five persons have suc- ers working in the Gulf nation recruiting agents hire people cumbed, but their identities and and also to sign agreements in generally and when they land other details were not immedi- this regard at a later date. in Saudi Arabia the situation is ately disclosed, the official said. This is viewed by India as a different. To avoid such eventu- The sixth victim was in seri- major breakthrough in secur- alities, we want everything from ous condition and airlifted to ing the interests of its migrant recruitment to work conditions Porbandar by helicopter for medi- labourers, who go to Saudi Arabia to be perfect,” he added. cal treatment. On learning of the for employment, and also to put in The Saudi Arabian minister, accident around 11am, the ves- place a system to match the skills noting that the Indian work force sel’s owners, Varun Shipping here of eligible workers and the needs was the largest from abroad, said Residents wade through flood waters in Visakhapatnam in the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh, yesterday. alerted the Indian Navy and Indian of the Saudi employers. there generally were “good condi- Coast Guard for relief and rescue Saudi Arabian Labour Minister tions and relations” between them operations. The distressed ship has Engineer Adel bin Muhammad and the Saudi employers. 22 dead, 60,000 displaced in floods been diverted to Porbandar port Fakieh and Indian Minister for “The disputes between Saudi in Gujarat and two vessels with Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar employers and Indian employees a medical team and a Sea King Ravi agreed to continue the dis- are the lowest,” he noted. HYDERABAD: Torrential move people to higher ground in handed out 100,000 food packets. MK-42C helicopter have been cussions on the memorandum of But Saudi Arabia would “like rains in the southern Indian rubber boats and nearly 100 shel- Authorities yesterday said many deployed for evacuation of the crew. understandings on labourers and to have an understanding” so that state of Andhra Pradesh have ters were opened across the state villages had been cut off for days. Another naval ship cruising in the to sign the deals soon. problems of the workers and the killed at least 22 people and to accommodate people fleeing the “The biggest task is to estab- vicinity, INS Tabar was diverted The Saudi minister had called employers on both sides can be displaced tens of thousands of flood zone. lish contact with 130 villages. to render assistance to Maharshi on Ravi at his office here to hold solved in a systematic manner, he villagers over the past week, an “The unseasonal rainfall has They are safe but have suffered Krishnatreya. talks that went on for about said. “We will put through this official said yesterday. destroyed our crops and our big losses as all their rice crop has half-an-hour. framework so we can continue the Downpours triggered by a entire field is submerged in been destroyed,” Valaven said. “We agreed to continue the dialogue,” he added. cyclone that hit the coast last water,” Arku Rajaipa, a farmer in All trains were suspended Rupee drops to discussions on the workers and On problems faced by Saudi Wednesday near Chennai left Guntur district, one of the worst- from the coastal cities of their problems,” Ravi told report- employers, Adel Fakieh said there hundreds of villages inundated affected regions, told a local TV Visakhapatnam and Vijaywada, a one-and-half month ers after the talks. had been complaints of a mis- and 60,000 people in relief camps, news channel. “We will have to major transit route in the region. The officials on both sides will match between the skill sets that Karikal Valaven, a government depend on the government for The meteorological office has low against dollar discuss and draft the agreements the recruited employees claimed officer overseeing emergency food the whole year.” forecast more rain, and people before they are signed, Ravi said. and had when they landed for operations, said. Cyclone Nilam struck 50km from low-lying areas have been MUMBAI: Indian rupee “The issues have been pending work. “We would like to prevent “At least 22 people have died south of Chennai last week in advised to head to shelters. dropped to one-and-half month for the last eight to nine months. this from happening by having a and thousands have lost their the neighbouring state of Tamil In September two million low of 54.25 against US dollar This is a great opportunity to system of certification of skill lev- houses. The rains have dam- Nadu before moving inland, kill- people were forced to flee their before regaining some ground discuss this issue. This is a great els before they leave for employ- aged all the standing crops in the ing at least 10 people. The Andhra homes in the north-eastern state yesterday amid persistent beginning,” the Indian minister ment in Saudi Arabia,” he added. coastal region,” he said. Pradesh state government of Assam after floods triggered by demand for the American cur- said in the presence of the Saudi IANS Disaster response teams helped said in a statement that it had heavy monsoon rains. AFP rency from banks and importers as it made gains in the over- seas forex markets, The Times of India reported. The rupee opened lower at 54.10 per dol- Four pacts to be lar as against the last weekend’s Kashmiri separatists to hold talks in Pakistan level of 53.81 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) signed during Market and dropped further to SRINAGAR: Separatist lead- had invited him and other sepa- Kashmir”. India and Pakistan when an insurgency against about 6-week low of 54.25. Karzai’s visit ers from Indian Kashmir said ratists who oppose India’s rule of have fought three wars since Indian rule erupted. Later, it was quoted at 54.13 a yesterday they would travel to Kashmir to several days of meet- independence in 1947, two of them Around 47,000 people have dollar. The rupee moved between NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan for their first talks ings in Islamabad next month. over the Himalayan region, which died, though militant violence has 53.90 and 54.25 against the US Afghanistan will discuss pros- with officials in nearly four years, “We will be meeting members remains divided by the heavily fallen in recent years. currency in the morning deals. pects of enhancing Delhi’s role a move that could revive cross- of the ruling party, opposition militarised Line of Control. India suspended its peace proc- Sustained dollar demand from in training Afghan security border tensions. leaders and government officials,” Muslim-majority Kashmir, ess with Pakistan after the 2008 banks and importers in view of its forces and sign four pacts in Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a Farooq said, adding he wanted to which India and Pakistan both Mumbai attacks and talks only higher value in New York market diverse areas, including mines leader of the moderate Hurriyat convince all sides that “peace is claim but rule in parts, has been resumed in February last year. affected the rupee, a forex dealer and fertilisers, during Afghan Conference, said that Pakistan impossible without resolution of racked by militancy since 1989 AFP said. AGENCIES President Hamid Karzai’s visit to the country later this week. India-educated Karzai begins Naval chiefs meet his four-day visit from Mumbai Campaign to halt public peeing on November 9 where he will interact with top Indian business- NEW DELHI: Volunteers in India armed with drums and whis- men and pitch for greater invest- tles are to lead a crackdown on going to the toilet in public under ment in Afghanistan. a new scheme in Rajasthan, a report said yesterday. In Mumbai, he will speak “We are constructing public toilets... and people will be encouraged to investors and focus on how to use them,” Ramniwas Jat, head of the state’s Jhunjhunu district regional economies can be inte- council, told the Times of India. grated, Afghan Ambassador “We want to raise awareness against the practice of urinating in Shaida Mohammad Abdali told public, which gave birth to the idea of beating drums and blowing reporters here yesterday. whistles.” The envoy underlined that The Times said that volunteers, who will be paid a small wage, Karzai will be visiting India at would embarrass people caught urinating or defecating by standing “a critical time” as international behind them and letting loose a barrage of noise. combat troops prepare to with- Guilty parties would also have their names read out on public draw from Afghanistan by 2014. address systems. Prime Minister Manmohan Defecating in the open is a serious social issue in India, touching Singh and Karzai will hold wide- on health, hygiene, women’s rights and the clash between traditional ranging talks in New Delhi on and modern lifestyles. November 12. Four MoUs will be Women often refuse to go to the toilet outdoors during daylight signed between the two countries hours to preserve their modesty, so they must go before dawn or in areas of mines, youth affairs, wait many hours before it is dark again. small development projects and Walking barefoot where villagers defecate every day also spreads fertilisers, he said. diseases such as tapeworm, and many children play close to outdoor The envoy stressed that the latrine areas. Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh recently visit will seek to intensify stra- encouraged future brides to check their new family’s home to ensure tegic dialogue between India and it had an indoor toilet before accepting any marriage proposal. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (left), with Commander of the Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Afghanistan on bilateral and AFP E Murat Bilgel in New Delhi, yesterday. regional issues. He indicated that the two sides will be look- ing to step up Indian training for Afghan national security forces. “India has committed itself Gadkari in trouble over Vivekananda, Dawood comparison to strengthening the security of Afghanistan,” he said, allud- ing to the strategic partnership NEW DELHI: BJP chief Nitin “If we could compare the IQ Swami Vivekananda and Dawood clarification” would not suffice agreement India and Afghanistan Gadkari yesterday was in the level of Swami Vivekananda and Ibrahim... I said if one used one’s and the BJP should “apologise to Mahesh Jethmalani signed last year. thick of another controversy for that of Dawood Ibrahim, then it intelligence properly then one the people of this country, and With the fragile security situa- comparing the IQ level of Swami could have been almost similar. could become like Vivekananda, specifically to the thinking people resigns from BJP tion in his country as a backdrop, Vivekananda to that of fugitive But their direction in life is so dif- and vice versa.” and the leaders of India”. national executive the envoy called for intensifying don Dawood Ibrahim. Gadkari ferent. While Vivekananda used “I am being misquoted,” the The BJP leaders were hard put international and regional coop- said he had been misquoted, but it for nation building, brother- BJP president said. The Congress trying to explain the comment. MUMBAI: Noted law- eration in combating terrorism in his comment sparked a flurry of hood and spiritualism, Dawood said his remark demonstrated the BJP leader Balbir Punj, while yer and BJP leader Mahesh Afghanistan. “We need to cooper- reactions in the virtual world used it for destructive purpose, party’s “level of thinking and men- denying that Gadkari had likened Jethmalani has resigned from ate against combating terrorism. while the Congress demanded to excel in the crime world,” tality” and demanded an apology. the spiritual leader with Dawood, the BJP’s national executive. We don’t have a satisfactory situ- an apology from the party. Gadkari said at the Ojaswini Information and Broadcasting explained that the party chief He said it would be “morally ation so far. We still have pockets In a speech at an award func- felicitation programme to hon- Minister Manish Tewari, who was “was only stating a fact” that any and intellectually” wrong for of insurgent groups and sanctu- tion in Bhopal on Sunday, Gadkari our leading women in various till recently the Congress spokes- kind of power, money or intellect, him to continue in the party aries of terror,” he said. Karzai’s said: “In psychology, we measure fields. person, said Gadkari’s remarks can be used to purse good or evil forum as long as Gadkari is in visit comes at a time when a the IQ level of people... But it Cornered by reporters, were “yet another manifestation things. Twitter had a flurry of office. Jethmalani is the son of resurgent Taliban has escalated depends from person to person, Gadkari denied having made of their (the BJP’s) culture and comments, including some unsa- leading lawyer and BJP Rajya violence across the country, in what area they choose to use such a comparison. “I did not mentality”. voury ones. Sabha MP, Ram Jethmalani. including in Bamiyan. AFP their intelligence.” make any comparison between Tewari said that a “mere IANS

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Qapco to open third low-density Europe seeks polyethylene plant on November 20 Asian support DOHA: Qatar Petrochemical Company (Qapco) announced yesterday that it will inaugu- rate its third low-density poly- ethylene plant on November 20 at Mesaieed Industrial City. on debt crisis Qapco’s preparations are almost complete for what promises to be a memorable inauguration for its Asia-Europe meet begins in Laos new state-of-the-art petrochemi- cal facility, the QR2.3bn LDPE 3, VIENTIANE: European lead- after years of rapid growth in the company said in a press brief- ers said yesterday they were the region on the back of ris- ing yesterday. finally getting a grip on the ing exports to Europe and other The statement added: “Qapco eurozone debt crisis and urged Western markets. considers the LDPE 3 facility as Asia to do more to boost global “Promoting trade is not only another step in the company’s role economic growth. fostering domestic demand but towards fulfilling the economic Top European officials at a also avoiding protectionism,” diversification goals of the Qatar major summit in impoverished said European Union president National Vision 2030. While the Laos, including French President Herman Van Rompuy, who sought country is blessed with ample Francois Hollande and Italian to allay fears that the eurozone hydrocarbon resources, the added Prime Minister Mario Monti, led might break up. value lays in the refined product. efforts to encourage much-needed “The financial stability of the “Low Density Polyethylene, or trade with Asia’s fast-growing eurozone is much stronger than Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, Slovenian Prime Minister LDPE, is the raw material required economies. a few months ago. The euro is an Janez Jansa, Lao President Choummaly Sayasone, Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and Cambodian Prime to manufacture most thermoplas- Europe has made a “huge irreversible project and on this Minister Hun Sen with other ministers prior to the opening ceremony of the ninth Asia-Europe (ASEM 9) summit tic-based products. This includes effort” to tackle the euro crisis basis growth can pickup in the in Vientiane yesterday. items such as packaging films, agri- “by more coordination, by flesh- course of 2013,” he said. cultural film, extrusion and coating ing out the future of a genuine For years Western outrage over changes, however, has been damp- Indonesian Foreign Minister in the world — to invest in EU lamination film, high clarity film, economic and monetary union”, Myanmar’s human rights abuses— ened by deadly clashes between Marty Natalegawa told AFP. bailout funds. At the same time injection molding, pipes, cables, Monti said, noting that Asia also including the longtime detention Buddhists and stateless Rohingya Europe’s diplomatic offensive Hollande criticised the inflex- wires, and other related prod- faced slowing economic growth. of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Muslims in Myanmar’s western is seen as a sign of the grow- ibility of the Chinese yuan and ucts. The new facility will produce “Past events showed us that Kyi and other political prisoners state of Rakhine. ing importance that it places on certain other Asian currencies, prime high pressure grade LDPE the current crisis does not stop — was a major cause of friction British Foreign Secretary Asia’s vibrant economies. calling for “fair exchange rates”. than existing Qapco facilities, thus on the edge of town but it is really between the two regions. William Hague called on “With the EU in the middle of a “Asians have gained a lot from positioning the company as a global knocking at all doors,” he warned. Unlike other participating Myanmar to address “the unre- lost decade and facing protracted our growth. Now it’s time for leader in LDPE production.” Dozens of leaders jetted into nations, Myanmar was only solved problems of the status of recession and fiscal austerity, them to boost our growth with Currently, Qapco’s manufactur- the small landlocked nation for allowed to send its foreign min- the Rohingya people”. European political and business their demand,” he added. ing facilities consist of an 800KTPA the Asia-Europe Meeting, which ister to previous Asia-Europe “That’s an issue of major con- leaders are turning to Asia’s fast- Wen told the summit that his (kilo-tonne per annum) ethylene provides an opportunity to summits. cern for us. I’ll certainly raise growing economies for economic country had “promoted a bal- plant, a 70KTPA sulphur process- strengthen trade links between But after reforms including that with the Burma leaders here salvation,” said Rajiv Biswas, Asia- anced growth between imports ing facility, and two pre-existing two regions that together account the release of political detainees when I have the opportunity to do Pacific chief economist at consul- and exports”. LDPE plants, with a capacity of for about half of global economic and Suu Kyi’s election to parlia- so,” he told reporters. tancy firm IHS Global Insight. “This shows that China is an 400,000mtpa. While the LDPE output. ment, the West has begun easing Dozens of people have been Europe’s leaders may lobby important engine for world eco- 3 facility came fully online, it is There were calls for Asia to sanctions to reward President killed and more than 100,000 dis- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to nomic growth and has played a designed to take advantage of the play a greater role in efforts to Thein Sein, who was among those placed by the unrest since June. deploy some of Beijing’s trove crucial role in driving the global company’s excess ethylene feed- revive the world economy and attending the two days of talks. The violence is also “an issue of about $3 trillion in foreign economic recovery,” he said. stock, it will be producing 300,000 to renounce trade barriers, Optimism over the sweeping of concern” for Southeast Asia, exchange reserves — the largest AFP metric tonnes of LDPE per annum; thus increasing Qapco’s annual production of LDPE to 700,000 metric tonnes per annum. LDPE 3 was conceptualised in 2002, when the company laid out Iraq signs final its growth strategy and identified Sri Lanka to restart refinery with Dubai crude a high potential for the feasibility of gas contract launching this project to satisfy the with Pakistan COLOMBO: Ceylon Petroleum in the crude from Iran. The sanc- unload,” Silva said in an interview receive an 80,000 tonne crude growing global demand of the LDPE Corp (Ceypetco) will resume tions have hurt its economy by yesterday. “If all goes well, we’ll be cargo from Oman on Thursday, product. Construction began in 2009 Petroleum operation of Sri Lanka’s sole forcing it to spend more to import able to resume operations from a 135,000 tonne cargo from Saudi when the foundation stone was laid refinery, a 50,000 barrels-per- oil and oil products. tomorrow.” Aramco November 13-15 and by the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh BAGHDAD: Iraq signed a final day facility, after a 10-day clo- The refinery was shut on October Silva declined to comment on another 135,000 tonne shipment Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, with gas exploration contract with sure, because it has received a 26 after exhausting its supply of the origin of the cargo, but an oil in December. Silva last week said construction taking three years. Pakistan Petroleum yesterday cargo of 75,000 tonnes of crude mainly Iranian crude oil, and its gen- ministry official said it came from the December shipment was from Testing and commissioning has as part of its drive to attract from Dubai, officials said. eral manager, Susantha Silva, said it Dubai. “The cargo came from Abu Dhabi. already been completed, and with investment in its energy sector Sri Lanka’s decades-old refin- would be shut until the island nation Dubai the day before yesterday Exports from Iran, have fallen operating parameter normalised, following years of neglect. ery is configured to run on Iranian received the Dubai cargo. and everything is now ready to sharply as buyers struggle to pay the facility has been producing com- The contract gives the crude and has been scrambling to “We have received a unload,” the official said, on condi- for the oil and secure insurance mercial prime grade LDPE since the Pakistani company the right to fill a shortfall after Western sanc- 75,000-metric-tonne crude cargo tion of anonymity. cover for tankers to ship it. mid-August, 2012. explore gas block 8, covering an tions prevented it from bringing and everything is arranged to He said the island nation would AFP QNA area of 6,000skm in Diyala and Wasit provinces in eastern Iraq. Iraq has the world’s 10th-larg- est gas reserves and has said its priority will be to use it on the domestic market, mainly for HSBC reveals US money-laundering bill hits $1.5bn power generation. But it has left open the possibility of allowing gas exports once domestic needs LONDON: HSBC has increased an extra $800m provision over the The bank was thrown into a ongoing discussions with the rel- resigned. US lawmakers have are met. the amount set aside for fines money-laundering affair. It had separate crisis earlier this year evant authorities regarding steps accused the global bank of giving “Developing exploration block 8 linked to money-laundering already allocated $700m earlier when a US Senate report found it to achieve a resolution, including Iran, terrorists and drug dealers could be very promising as a source in the United States to $1.5bn, this year and admitted yesterday had allowed affiliates in Mexico, potential fines, penalties and for- access to the US financial system. of gas to feed the country’s power the British banking giant said that the overall total could be Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh to feitures, although no agreement David Bagley, the head of group plants in future and open the way yesterday, adding it could face “significantly higher”. move billions of dollars in sus- has yet been reached. compliance for London-based for Iraq to be a major exporter,” criminal charges over the The London-listed bank also pect funds into the US without “The resolution of at least HSBC, was forced to step down said Ahmed Al Shamma, Iraq’s matter. took another charge of $353m to adequate controls. some of these matters is likely from his post in the wake of a US Deputy Oil Minister, during a sign- The Asia-focused lender also compensate clients in Britain who “These results include an addi- to involve the filing of corporate Senate subcommittee’s damning ing ceremony. announced in a results state- were mis-sold payment protection tional provision of $800m in rela- criminal as well as civil charges report on the bank’s operations. Iraq has already signed scores ment that net profits tumbled by insurance, in a separate scandal tion to US anti-money laundering, and the imposition of significant “The US authorities have sub- of contracts with foreign compa- more than half to $2.498bn in the which has blighted the country’s Bank Secrecy Act and Office of fines, penalties and/or monetary stantial discretion in deciding nies to develop its oil industry as third quarter, or three months to banking sector. Foreign Asset Control investiga- forfeitures,” HSBC added. exactly how to resolve this mat- it seeks to rebuild after years of September, compared with a year HSBC has so far booked a total tions,” the bank said in yesterday’s The bank in July apologised for ter,” HSBC chief executive Stuart war and economic sanctions. earlier. provision of $2.1bn for the mis- statement. failing to apply anti-laundering Gulliver said yesterday. REUTERS HSBC’s earnings were hurt by selling scandal. “We are actively engaged in rules and one senior executive AFP TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 18 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS

QATARI MARKET Qatari bourse adds 0.50 points Bond Coupon Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Qatar Govt 5.15% 09/04/2014 USD 106.19 0.78 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 3.125% 20/01/2017 USD 105.94 1.66 % Aa2 AA Kuwait market makes largest one-day gain in eight months Qatar Govt 6.55% 09/04/2019 USD 126.25 2.15 % Aa2 AA Qatar Govt 5.25% 20/01/2020 USD 119.63 2.28 % Aa2 AA DOHA: Qatar Exchange was rebounding from an eight- portfolio fund, it will help cata- petrochemical benchmark added Qatar Govt 4.5% 20/01/2022 USD 114.75 2.68 % Aa2 AA slightly up yesterday adding year low as investor confidence pult the market,” Darwish added. 0.7 and 0.2 percent respectively. Qatar Govt 9.75% 15/06/2030 USD 181.50 3.51 % Aa2 AA 0.50 points or 0.01 percent to improved after a political pro- Large-caps rallied, with Elsewhere, Abu Dhabi’s bench- advance to 8,565.34 points from test was less violent than inves- National Bank of Kuwait up one mark slipped 0.3 percent, its Qatar Govt 6.4% 20/01/2040 USD 140.00 3.98 % Aa2 AA 8,564.84 on Sunday. tors had feared, while other Gulf percent, telecoms operator Zain second-straight decline since Qatar Govt 5.75% 20/01/2042 USD 129.75 4.01 % Aa2 AA The volume of the shares traded bourses ended mixed. gaining 1.4 percent and logistics Thursday’s 15-month high. Qatari Diar 3.5% 21/07/2015 USD 105.75 1.33 % Aa2 AA up to 3,113,526 from 2,889,555 on Kuwaiti security forces fired firm Agility rising 2.1 percent. Dana Gas ended 2.4 percent Qatari Diar 5% 21/07/2020 USD 117.00 2.56 % Aa2 AA Sunday and the value of shares tear gas to disperse an unauthor- In Saudi Arabia, the index lower at Dh0.41, having slumped Comqat 5% 18/11/2014 USD 106.75 1.62 % A1 A- increased to QR159,442,072.27 ised demonstration on Sunday by climbed for a fourth-straight as much as 7.3 percent intraday. from QR149,219,307.68 on Sunday. thousands of opposition support- session, up 0.4 percent. Small- The stock accounted for nearly half Comqat 3.375% 11/04/2017 USD 104.50 2.30 % A1 A- Among the top gainers were ers. The country will hold parlia- cap stocks led gains as investors of all shares traded on the bourse. QIB 3.856% 07/10/2015 USD 105.00 2.08 % NR NR Qatar National Bank which was mentary elections on December 1. skirt risk ahead of tomorrow’s US The natural gas producer failed QNB 3.125% 16/11/2015 USD 104.25 1.68 % Aa3 A+ up 0.37 percent to QR134.00, “I doubt there will be dem- elections. to repay a $920m sukuk on matu- QNB 3.375% 22/02/2017 USD 105.63 2.00 % Aa3 A+ Commercial Bank of Qatar onstrations until the elections Retail investors targeted stocks rity last week, prompting a source Doha Bank 3.5% 14/03/2017 USD 103.75 2.58 % A2 A- rose 0.69 percent to QR72.90, — that’s giving relief to small driven by domestic demand, close to holders of the bond to International Islamic Bank gained investors to put money back into rather than those more affected say they will stake claim Dana’s Qtel 3.375% 14/10/2016 USD 105.50 1.92 % A2 A 0.57 percent to QR52.80 and Gulf the market,” said Fouad Darwish, by global sentiment. extensive Egyptian assets. Qtel 7.875% 10/06/2019 USD 129.88 2.87 % A2 A warehousing Company up by 0.50 head of brokerage at Global Insurance stocks dominated Dana said in a statement after Qtel 4.75% 16/02/2021 USD 112.75 3.00 % A2 A percent to QR40.35. Investment House. trade, accounting for nearly half trading it was unaware of any Qtel 5% 19/10/2025 USD 113.50 3.68 % A2 A The banking and financial sec- The index finished 1.6 percent the market turnover of SR5.4m. action by bondholders against Rasgas 5.5% 30/09/2014 USD 108.50 0.98 % Aa3 A tor index lost 2.79 points while higher, gaining the most in a sin- The sector’s index slipped 0.5 the firm. consumer goods and services sec- gle session since February 19. percent. “It’s no surprise that credi- Rasgas 5.832% 30/09/2016 USD 110.25 3.03 % Aa3 A tor index dropped 43.27 points. Market participants say the Almarai Co climbed 1.1 percent tors will enforce the security on Rasgas 5.298% 30/09/2020 USD 112.75 3.44 % Aa3 A The industrial sector down 3.46 government has been buying local after announcing plans to issue the sukuk. Egypt assets were SOVEREIGNS points while insurance sector fell shares through a state-linked the second tranche of a riyal- the recourse on the sukuk in 13.01 points. fund, which was set up to support denominated Islamic bond pro- case of default,” said Anastasios Bond PDA* Maturity Currency Mid-Price Yield Moody’s S&P Meanwhile, Kuwait’s mar- the bourse during slumps. gramme in the coming months to Dalgiannakis, institutional trad- Abu Dhabi Govt 5.5% 08/04/2014 USD 107.19 0.43 % Aa2 AA ket made its largest one-day “If the government maintains private investors. ing manager at Mubasher. Abu Dhabi Govt 6.75% 08/04/2019 USD 127.75 2.11 % Aa2 AA gain in eight months yesterday, buying through the national The banking sector index and AGENCIES Dubai Govt 6.7% 05/10/2015 USD 110.63 2.87 % NR NR Dubai Govt 4.9% 02/05/2017 USD 106.13 3.42 % NR NR Dubai Govt 7.75% 05/10/2020 USD 121.00 4.56 % NR NR Dubai Govt 6.45% 02/05/2022 USD 112.13 4.84 % NR NR Brookfield Medgulf bags QR1.5bn Msheireb contract Qatar Govt 4% 20/01/2015 USD 106.06 1.21 % Aa2 AA Bahrain Govt 6.273% 22/11/2018 USD 113.63 3.73 % NR BBB Bahrain Govt 5.5% 31/03/2020 USD 107.63 4.29 % NR BBB DOHA: Msheireb Properties, Egypt Govt 5.75% 29/04/2020 USD 103.25 5.22 % B2 B Qatar’s leading sustain- Morocco Govt 4.5% 05/10/2020 EUR 99.75 4.54 % NR BBB- able developer, has appointed *Periodic Distribution Amount Brookfield Multiplex Medgulf IMPORTANT NOTE: WLL, consortium of Brookfield Published by HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, P O Box 57, Doha, Qatar which is licensed and regulated by Qatar Central Bank and Jersey Financial Services Multiplex and Medgulf, as Commission. Information quoted is from publicly available sources or proprietary the main building contractors data and subject to change. HSBC accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising responsible for a key section of out of the use of all or part of this material. This information is general and does not the master plan of the QR20bn take into account individual circumstances, objectives or needs. The price of bonds Msheireb Downtown Doha. can and does fluctuate. The secondary market for bonds may not provide significant Under the terms of the liquidity or may trade based on prevailing market conditions. Past performance is not agreement, valued at QR1.5bn, a reliable indicator of future performance. You should consider these matters and consult your financial advisor prior to making any investment decisions. Brookfield Multiplex Medgulf will be responsible for the construc- tion of all the substructure and superstructure works involved in Phase 1C of the project, the world’s first sustainable down- town regeneration project. Phase 1C incorporates a total constructed area of 225,000sqm, of which 122,000sqm are in three Qatar Steel inducted levels of basement housing 1,200 parking spaces, logistic and plant areas, including district cooling and a 66KVA electrical substation. into Palladium HoF Above grade, Phase 1C will have 10 buildings comprising four office DOHA: Palladium David Norton, also the blocks with 30 ground-level retail Group announced co-founders of Palladium outlets, five residential buildings, 51 Qatar Steel as one of Group. Past honorees apartments and a primary school the winners of the 2012 constitute a roster of 167 with a day-care centre. Balanced Scorecard organisations from over Eng Mohammad Al Marri, Officials of Msheireb Properties and Brookfield Multiplex Medgulf during the signing ceremony. Hall of Fame during 20 countries around the Chief Officer for Design and their Annual Global world. The winners are Delivery at Msheireb Properties, develop and grow local capabili- Medgulf, said: “We are privileged of the project was awarded to Summit in Boston, selected from an appli- said: “With the award of this con- ties and expertise.” to have been selected to join a consortium between Hyundai the US recently. The cant pool based on the tract, we move closer to realising Al Marri added: “A unique the team developing Msheireb Engineering & Construction Co induction ceremony quality of their BSC our vision of creating the world’s mixed-use development, Msheireb Downtown Doha. We hope to and HBK Contracting Co. recognising leading implementation and the largest sustainable regeneration Downtown Doha will consume fewer leave our mark on the project by Drake & Scull Water & Power, organisations from results they achieve over project. Enabling work on both resources, generate less waste and delivering work to the highest part of Drake & Scull International, North America, the Middle East, a period of at least two years. Phase 1B and 1C is now com- operate more cost efficiently than a standards. With so many ground- has been commissioned to build the and Asia featured 12 organisations Each year the inductees are pleted, and building of foundations conventional development of a simi- breaking achievements in the field project’s energy-efficient district including Qatar Steel that have profiled in a report published by of Phase 1C is now progressing. lar size thanks to its comprehensive of sustainable design and con- cooling plants. achieved dramatic performance Harvard Business Publishing. “A joint venture between sustainable design.” struction to its name, Msheireb The agreement with Brookfield outcomes through their strategy Ali Bin Hassan Al Muraikhi Canadian-owned Brookfield Major infrastructure within Downtown Doha will be a great Multiplex Medgulf WLL follows execution expertise. Palladium (pictured), Director and General Multiplex and the local firm Phase 1C will include a district legacy for Qatar.” the appointment of Carillion in Group Inc is the global leader in Manager of Qatar Steel said: “It is Medgulf has been engaged to cooling plant, a 66-kilovolt substa- Construction of Msheireb March to complete building works strategy execution consulting and a long journey since we first intro- deliver the project to the highest tion, a mobile telecommunication Downtown Doha started in 2010 on Phase 1B. The next procure- serves a broad range of private duced Balanced Scorecard in 2003; environmental standards. Such node, and a hub for automated and the development will be com- ment award to be announced will and public sector clients in North hard work and commitment of all collaborations between interna- waste collection. pleted in five phases from 2012. be for the sub- and superstruc- America, Europe, the Middle our employees have culminated in tional and local contractors have Renier Breitenbach, General The QR1.55 billion construc- ture works for Phase 2. East, Africa, Asia and Australia. receiving this prestigious award been part of our strategy to help Manager of Brookfield Multiplex tion contract for the first phase THE PENINSULA Qatar Steel is one of the leading as strategy execution is every- companies in manufacturing and body’s job. We are happy to be supplying steel predominantly in the first company in Qatar and the Arabian Gulf, and it is wholly also to be the first company in the owned by Industries Qatar (IQ). steel industry in the region to be Three years without The Hall of Fame award honours inducted into Palladium HoF. Our organisations that have achieved sound management practices stand LTI on Harvey excellence in execution through testimony to our ability to adapt to the use of the Balanced Scorecard dynamic market conditions and in Duhaney platform (BSC), the world’s preeminent running the business efficiently; BSC strategy execution management methodology is one such powerful DOHA: Total E&P Qatar com- system. The BSC framework was management tool that is working pleted three years without first publicised 20 years ago by co- well for us in Qatar Steel. lost time incident (LTI) on the creators Dr Robert Kaplan and Dr THE PENINSULA Noble Harvey Duhaney plat- form. On this occasion Stephane Michel, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar, and Total Group representative in Qatar, Pierre Leschi, Al Khalij Asset Manager, Franjo Stricko, Rig • Bullion - Mumbai Superintendent at Noble and Gold (10 gm) Standard Rs. 30940.00 Noble management visited the Silver (1 kg) Rs. 60850.00 rig. • Indian Rupees QR1 = 14.79 Stephane Michel congratulated the 90 workers present on the rig • Sensex and reminded that this result had BSE 18762.87 been reached thanks to the close NSE 5704.20 collaboration of all the staff on • LIC (International) launches New Gold Investment Plan ‘GOLD PLUS’ – the rig. “HSE issues are of utmost which provides an opportunity to invest in GOLD ETF & GOLD SPOT, PAN importance for Total worldwide. Card/Demat Account not required. Permanent awareness of the HSE • Short-term investment plan from LIC International upto 6.4 percent return 12 Total golden rules is essential p.a. (in dollar) for all the personnel on the rig” Michel said. • Housing loan from HDFC LTD Pierre Leschi thanked every- • Mutual Fund: Buy & Sell: SBI MF, HDFC MF, UTI MF, Birla Sun Life MF, body for this safety achievement Tata MF, Reliance MF etc. Rig workers with Stephane Michel (second right, standing), Pierre Leschi, (sitting right) and Franjo Stricko, during and the good job done. Contact: Investec, Tel: 44325060/44365060 email: [email protected] their visit to the rig. THE PENINSULA

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Canada braces as housing Bond investors on edge no slowdown takes hold BY ANDREA HOPKINS matter who wins US election

ong convinced the country’s housing boom would never BY JENNIFER ABLAN AND seen since World War II as a result of the analysts wrote, as worries related to the end in a crash, Canadians have watched this autumn as a RICHARD LEONG Federal Reserve’s aggressive bond-buying “fiscal cliff” pick up. If Romney wins, some sharp slowdown in real estate spreads across the country, actions. Many warn the Fed is only postpon- observers believe it’s more likely that the Lleaving would-be home buyers hopeful and sellers scared. ond investors are, by nature, a ing a destabilising rise in rates that would fiscal cliff would be temporarily extended. “The power is in the hands of the buyer - that’s what I’m feeling,” cautious lot. hurt economic growth. If a lame-duck Congress and the White said Andria Petrillo, 32, as she and her husband toured a quiet As they head into the US presi- The other major issue for bond inves- House are not able to resolve their differ- open house in the heart of Toronto, where crowds and chaos once dential election today uneasy, tors is who runs the Federal Reserve. It ences on taxes and spending, Bush-era tax reigned over weekend home showings. they say no matter who wins, is unclear whether Fed Chairman Ben cuts will expire January 1, and automatic But like most people shopping for a new home, Petrillo has to Bthe government will still have to deal with Bernanke will go for a third term when his federal spending cuts will be phased in. sell her old one first. And that’s where she worries. the “fiscal cliff” and its profound economic tenure ends in January 2014, but Romney Some analysts believe Romney will “With the economy, I’d like to sell now. I worry about selling consequences. But one outcome in particu- has said he would not reappoint him if he have an easier time achieving a deal with because it’s a condo, and that market is cooling even faster than lar - a Mitt Romney victory - adds to their wins. Congress to avert the fiscal cliff, but that houses,” said the newly married sportscaster. “We can’t sell it for apprehension because it throws into doubt A leadership vacuum at the Fed could the compromise might not be to the bond a ridiculous amount of money any more.” the status of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben unnerve investors. market’s liking. Signs are everywhere that Canada’s long run-up in house prices Bernanke, with whom bond investors seem “I would think that who is in charge of Positioning for higher interest rates in is over, hit by a combination of tighter mortgage lending rules to have, well, bonded. the Fed, as opposed to who wins the elec- the options market has grown in recent and growing consumer reluctance to take on more debt. Sales of Investors fear that both Democratic tion, would be a more material driver for the days, a move which some analysts inter- existing homes are down steeply, with condo sales hit especially President Barack Obama and Republican bond market as well as the stock market,” preted as traders anticipating a Romney hard, and some long-booming prices have started to fall. challenger Romney would struggle to reach said Bonnie Baha, head of Global Developed victory. The expectation would be that Sales always slump as the real estate market heads into win- a compromise with the leaders of the oppos- Credit at DoubleLine Capital LP, which increased spending and large tax cuts could ter. The big question will be whether spring brings renewal, or ing party in Congress to halt $600bn in manages more than $45bn in Los Angeles. worsen the deficit, but this also could spur confirmation that the party is over. expiring federal tax cuts and automatic The yield on benchmark US Treasury policies that would help stocks rather than Canadian households hold more debt than American families spending cuts at year-end. notes was 1.74 percent on Friday in the bonds. did before the US housing bubble burst, which has led the govern- The lack of a resolution could push the wake of a surprisingly strong set of domes- Republicans are seen as almost certain ment to tighten mortgage lending rules four times in four years. world’s biggest economy into a deep reces- tic jobs figures. That puts the 10-year yield, to retain their control of the House of And data released on Wednesday showed the Canadian economy sion, a consensus view supported by analysts a benchmark for investment returns, mort- Representatives, according to recent polls. shrank in August, an unexpected downturn that bodes ill for hous- at the Congressional Budget Office. gage rates and other borrowing costs, in the The party favours an extension of tax cuts ing even as the US economy shows signs of recovering. “I think the current situation politically middle of this year’s trading range of 2.38 for top wage-earners, while Obama and the The debate in Canada is whether the market will come down hurts us very badly in trying to deal with percent and a record low of 1.38 percent. Democrats back their expiry, along with with a thud or make a relatively soft landing, as most mainstream our problems economically,” veteran bond Citigroup analysts recommended in a higher taxes on top-income groups. economists predict. They see a 10 to 15 percent correction in investor Dan Fuss at Loomis Sayles in report published Thursday that investors If Obama wins, sparring over taxes for prices and a slowing in housing starts to 180,000 a year by 2014, Boston said of the so-called fiscal cliff, his buy longer-dated Treasuries in case of the top two income brackets could lead down sharply from the 220,000 range today. In that scenario, GDP No. 1 worry. an Obama win, assuming the market will to no deal and the chaotic response could growth would be cut by 1 to 1.5 percentage points, according to Neither an Obama nor a Romney win rally. They also suggest a strategy of using drive investors to the safety of Treasuries, CIBC World Markets. will change Fuss’ market outlook. “One of interest rates derivatives to hedge against said John Bellows, investment manage- The Bank of Canada has forecast economic growth of just 2.3 these days, interest rates are going to start a Romney victory. ment strategy analyst at Western Asset percent in 2013 and 2.4 percent in 2014. up higher,” said Fuss, whose firm oversees An Obama victory would send yields on Management Co in Pasadena, California, “In a final analysis, not all is well in the Canadian housing mar- roughly $182bn. US 10-year Treasuries to 1.5 percent or which manages $460bn in assets. ket,” CIBC economist Benjamin Tal wrote in a report this week, Interest rates recently fell to levels not lower from about 1.74 percent now, Barclays REUTERS pointing to prices that have overshot fundamentals in large cities like Toronto and Vancouver. Tal believes slower sales activity will be followed by falling prices in many cities. But he says Canadian lending standards have been higher, and borrowers more cautious, than in the United States before its crash, which will prevent large-scale mortgage defaults and plunging prices. Mindful of what happened in the United States, the Canadian government has tightened mortgage rules to prevent home buy- ers from taking on too much debt. While interest rates are low and expected to stay low into 2013, the fear is that eventual rate hikes will drive borrowers out of their homes or into bankruptcy. Canada’s big five banks, which sell and hold the bulk of the nation’s mortgages, are adjusting to the slowing mortgage market with a stress on other financial assets, such as credit cards and auto financing, to bolster their lending businesses as the profitable mortgage market shrinks. The last round of mortgage rule changes took effect in July, forcing home buyers to cut back on their budget and pushing many prospective first-time buyers out of the market entirely. Economists and real estate agents alike applauded the move. “It’s had a definite impact on first-time buyers. Money is almost free, but you shouldn’t give them too much rope,” said Ron Carroll, a real estate agent in Toronto. Home sales have slowed dramatically in the months since the rule change took effect, and prices are expected to follow. Sales of existing homes were down 15.1 percent in September from a year earlier, and were 6.5 percent lower in the third quar- ter from the previous three months, according to data from the Canadian Real Estate Association. Prices, which typically lag sales, have started to come down as well. Overall prices dipped 0.4 percent in September from August, according the Teranet-National Bank Composite House Price Index released last week. While prices are still up 3.6 percent from a year earlier, it was the 10th straight month of decelerat- ing price gains. As the Canadian real estate market heads into winter, sales are expected to slump, as usual, with hibernation beginning in late November. While the national housing market appears to be retreating in an orderly way, the data show pockets of sharper slowdown, par- ticularly in the western Canadian cities of Vancouver and Victoria. REUTERS Cartoon Arts International / The New York Times Syndicate

Barclays set to fight FERC over bragging, not rigging

BY CEZARY PODKUL AND “vigorously” fight the FERC messages demonstrate “intent” line up,” the source said. would benefit his bets that natural FERC’s enforcement staff dur- JONATHAN LEFF charges, likely setting up a land- to manipulate markets - a tough, Across 35 alleged months of gas futures would tumble. ing the year ended September mark court battle. though not impossible hurdle to alleged manipulation, the trad- The commission fined Hunter 30, 2011, eight involved market ritish bank Barclays is It believes electricity trades meet, legal experts said. ers were either making money or $30m in April 2011, an amount manipulation or false statements set to fight a potentially on the days of the traders’ mes- FERC spokesperson Mary “losing hardly anything” during “appropriate and sufficient” to to the agency, according to the record $470m penalty sages show their West Coast trad- O’Driscoll declined comment, more than half the days, accord- discourage others from engaging most recent data, including Bfrom US energy regula- ing team was not intentionally citing the agency’s policy of not ing to the source. in market manipulation, FERC against banking giant Deutsche tors by arguing its traders were manipulating prices for profit, commenting on open cases. All four of the traders accused said at the time. Bank’s energy trading arm and guilty of braggadocio, not of rig- despite the “unfortunate” emails in the case - Daniel Brin, Scott The case is now on appeal. BP. ging California electricity prices. released in FERC’s 73-page regu- INTENT AND DISREGARD Connelly, Karen Levine, and Bay may be emboldened by the The four traders in question, latory filing, the source said. Typically, in a manipula- Ryan Smith, who also have 30 HIGH STAKES record $135m fine, plus $110m who boasted in emails and instant Any losses incurred on the tion case FERC must show the days to “show cause” on penal- The stakes in the Barclays case in return of ill-gotten profits messages about how “fun” it was bank’s mammoth trades -- which accused individuals or companies ties amounting to $18m - have are significantly higher than the he won in a settlement with to “crap on” certain physical on some days accounted for more knew or acted with “reckless left Barclays since the alleged sums involved, for both sides of Constellation Energy Group power prices, did not actually than half of all the deals in spe- disregard” toward good business manipulation. the docket. Inc earlier this year. However, carry out the complex scheme cific markets -- was an effort to practices in their industry, said Their legal status is unclear; Though Barclays quit the some in the industry argue that they are accused of by the Federal “build credibility” with potential Susan J Court, former chief of Brin declined comment when energy trading business in the the FERC had leverage in that Energy Regulatory Commission, clients in a new market. enforcement at FERC. reached on his mobile phone by Western United States almost a case -- power provider Exelon a source familiar with the bank’s In fact, on more than half of “To prove that that’s the answer Reuters last week. Efforts to year ago, it is still reeling from Corporation’s pending takeover thinking said. the days in question, the bank is difficult,” she said, “because it reach the other traders were $450m in penalties over the Libor of Constellation -- that doesn’t Last week, the country’s top actually made money or lost very goes to the intent” of the traders’ unsuccessful. interest rate rigging that cost exist with Barclays. cop overseeing electricity markets little, the source said, an outcome actions. “So sometimes it comes Since Congress enhanced former CEO Robert Diamond his Marc L Spitzer, a former FERC ordered Barclays to demonstrate seemingly at odds with FERC’s down to interpreting those elec- FERC’s enforcement powers in job. FERC’s enforcement action commissioner who worked with why it should not pay a $435m accusation that it was engaged in tronic messages and what they 2005, the commission has only could potentially double those Bay on enforcement actions, civil penalty, plus $34.9m in the so-called “uneconomic trading”, mean in context.” concluded a finding of manipu- fines and the negative public- declined to comment on the repayment of ill-gotten gains, for where losses in one market would Barclays will argue that even lative intent in one case: Brian ity the bank has experienced in Barclays case. However, he manipulation of California power yield larger profits in another. taking into account the emails Hunter, the former natural gas recent months. praised Bay for his ability to judge markets between 2006 and 2008. To prevail in its case, which the traders did not act on the futures trader whose massive For FERC, the case could when to pursue enforcement The British banking giant, still stems from an investigation messages. bets sank hedge fund Amaranth underscore the agency’s determi- actions. “Norman Bay has a good reeling from an nearly equiva- that began in July 2007 after an Examining emails alone, “you in 2006. Key to the finding were nation to go after manipulation sense for which cases he should lent fine over its role in rigging anonymous tip-off from other could argue that it’s a manifes- Hunter’s instant message com- - a cause championed by enforce- move and which cases he should the Libor interest rate bench- market participants, FERC will tation of intent. But if you look munications, in which he asked ment chief Norman C. Bay. settle on,” Spitzer said. mark, has already said it will have to demonstrate the traders’ at the real trading, it just doesn’t fellow traders to take actions that Of 12 investigations opened by REUTERS TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 MARKET www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

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TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Ferrer to Tired Djokovic ready for lead Spain in Davis final

MADRID: World number five David Ferrer will lead Spain’s bid to claim their fourth Davis one final test in London Cup title in five years when the holders take on the Czech Republic in this month’s final I want to give my best. This is a very important tournament, says the Serb in Prague. Fourth-ranked Rafa Nadal is still sidelined with a knee injury so Ferrer, winner LONDON: A tired sounding back this week in a season that of Sunday’s Paris Masters, will Novak Djokovic says he will has seen him pocket more than spearhead a team that includes need to draw on all his mental $8m in prize money. Nicolas Almagro, Marcel and physical strength if he is “It means a lot, for all of us Granollers and Marc Lopez. to crown another stellar sea- from our team, we are very proud “Ferrer’s leadership has been son with the ATP World Tour of what we’ve achieved in 2012,” important in Nadal’s absence Finals title. he said of reclaiming top spot. despite him saying at the start of Whether he can add a sixth “It’s definitely not easy ending the the year he was not planning to title to his 2012 resume, which year as number one considering play,” captain Alex Corretja told a includes the Australian Open, will the competition that we had this news conference yesterday. depend on how his body has recov- year, and I’m very happy and very “He has accepted the challenge ered since he was knocked out of proud and this can only serve as a and now we are in the final.” the Paris Masters by American great confidence boost for me for Ferrer, 30, won his first Masters Sam Querrey on Wednesday. upcoming years.” tournament on Sunday as he took He admitted after the match he While much has been made of his haul of titles this season to a began to struggle physically dur- his fierce battles with London- personal best of seven. ing the second set, having won based Scot Murray, which has seen The Czechs, who overcame Italy, the first. Djokovic prevail in the Australian Serbia and Argentina, have a poor “I want to give my best and at Open semi-finals in a match record against Spain and were this moment I’m trying to be as lasting close to five hours before demolished 5-0 by them in the optimistic as possible,” Djokovic, Murray took revenge at the same 2009 final. REUTERS winner of the season-ending stage of the London Olympics and showpiece when it was staged then in the remarkable five-set in Shanghai in 2008, told a news U.S Open final, he preferred to Tomic guilty conference at London’s 02 Arena dwell on season where four dif- which is hosting the event for the ferent players - himself, Murray, fourth year running. Federer and injured Rafael Nadal of failing to “It’s expected to not always on - won a major. your top form and especially at “For me, it’s great to be part stop for police this time of year the effects of of that rivalry, to be part of this the long season can influence you era between four of us really good SYDNEY: Australian ten- physically and mentally also, but players, and we are trying to bring nis star Bernard Tomic was as I said, this is a very important the sport to another level, and it’s found guilty yesterday of tournament. really nice to see these rivalries failing to stop for police in “I definitely want to do well, are evolving, these rivalries are his high-powered, bright Novak Djokovic of Serbia speaks at a news conference ahead of the ATP tennis finals at the O2 Arena in find the mental and physical getting stronger, and more com- orange sportscar and placed London on Sunday. strength to perform my best and petitive,” he said. on a 12-month good behav- we’ll see if that best will be good Djokovic said the round-robin iour bond. The 20-year-old enough.” format of the tournament was admitted three other charges As well as a weary body, a nice change from the usual after a series of run-ins with reports from Serbia have said knockout tennis players encoun- authorities on the same day Federer wants more drug tests the 25-year-old’s father was ill, tered, as you could still make the last January. an issue Djokovic was not keen semi-finals having lost a match. They included two counts LONDON: Roger Federer wants more blood tested less and at this moment I agree with Andy, to elaborate on. He hopes to get off to a good of breaching his licence condi- testing done in tennis to help keep the sport clear we don’t do a lot of blood testing during the year. “It’s not the right moment start against world number seven tions and one of failing to keep of doping, the 17-times grand slam champion said “I think it’s important to have enough tests. I for me to be talking about these Tsonga however, who he beat in left of double dividing lines, for on the eve of the ATP World Tour Finals. don’t like it when I’m only getting tested whatever things right, I just want to talk the final of the China Open last which he was fined a total of Britain’s Andy Murray raised the subject this number it is, which I don’t think is enough or suf- about the tennis tournament.” month. Aus$1,000 (US$1,036). week at the Paris Masters, suggesting there needed ficient during the year so I think we should up it a Regardless of his result in “We always have good battles, Tomic contested the failure to be more out-of-competition checks. little bit or a lot,” Federer added. London’s docklands, where he has tough battles, he is a big server to stop charge but was found World Tour Finals title holder Federer said his “It’s key and vital the sport stays clean. It’s got also been drawn to face great rival and he is the kind of player that guilty. Court magistrate Ron Scottish rival had a point. to. We have a good history in terms of that and we Andy Murray and Czech Tomas feeds off the energy of the crowd,” Kilner rejected the argument “I feel I’m being less tested this time now than want to make sure it stays that way.” Berdych, he will finish the season he said. that Tomic was confused about six, seven, eight years ago,” the Swiss told a news According to the International Tennis Federation as top dog in men’s tennis. “He played finals here last year, what police had wanted him to conference at London’s O2 Arena. website, the sport’s governing body, carried out only He lost the tag to Swiss Roger it’s going to be very difficult for do and imposed the bond. AFP “I don’t know the exact reasons why we are being 21 out-of-competition blood tests in 2011. REUTERS Federer in July, but will take it both of us.” REUTERS Janowicz dreaming of place among elite

PARIS: Little-known Pole Jerzy Janowicz “This is a good opportunity to work even asked me a question about Janowicz and I set his sights on a place among the tennis harder and to fight for everything. Maybe one hadn’t seen him play at all. I didn’t even know elite after being beaten 6-4, 6-3 by fourth- day I will become a top-10 player in the world.” what he looked like so I thought I had to watch seeded Spaniard David Ferrer in the final of Janowicz beat five top-20 players this week him a little bit. the Paris Masters on Sunday. including US Open and Olympic champion “I watched him play and this lad is amaz- The 21-year-old’s barnstorming run to the Andy Murray. ing,” Forget added. final secured a place in the world’s top 30 and “At the beginning of this year my goal was Murray, dwarfed in his third-round match a seeded place in the Australian Open, the to be in the top 100 and suddenly I am in the with the 2.03-metre Pole on Thursday, was grand slam tournament he skipped in January top 30,” he said. similarly impressed earlier in the week. because of a lack of cash. Tournament director Guy Forget, the “He tried a lot of drop shots and went for Another consolation for the unseeded former world number four, said he had seen winners when he was out of position that Janowicz’s runner-up finish was a cheque for it all before. maybe some of the others don’t,” the Scot said. 234,865 euros ($301,700). “The first time Gustavo Kuerten reached Janowicz, who saw his parents sell their “I have just become a top-30 player so I the final of the French Open he came here shops and apartments so that he could become think I will not have to worry any more about with his blue and yellow shirt and his dishev- a professional, said he would keep his feet on money and I will have good opportunities to elled hair and his very special technique,” said the ground. Polish tennis player Jerzy Janowicz (centre) poses for photographers fight for an even better ranking,” he told a Forget. “Right now I cannot relax. I just have to with his parents Jerzy (left) and Anna upon his arrival at the Chopin news conference. “People were saying, ‘who is that Brazilian keep my focus all the time because there is a Airport in Warsaw, Poland, yesterday. Jerzy Janowicz returned home “I’m going to be seeded in Australia, that is player?’ So very strange things have happened good opportunity to become even stronger,” after reaching the final of the Paris Masters. He lost 4-6, 3-6 against a huge help. In the small ATP tournaments in tennis. the Polish player added after his defeat against Spain’s David Ferrer. sometimes I will have a bye in the first round. “Just before the second round, someone Ferrer. REUTERS Falcons maintain NBA: LA Lakers snap losing streak

LOS NBA results in terms of what perfect record ANGELES: New York 100 Philadelphia 84 (we) can be like,” The Los Orlando 115 Phoenix 94 Lakers coach ATLANTA: The Atlanta “You need these kinds of wins so Angeles Lakers Toronto 105 Minnesota 86 Mike Brown told Falcons continued their fran- when you get in the play-offs in finally resem- reporters. “I’m Atlanta 104 Oklahoma City 95 chise-best start to a season and those tight games you can win.” bled the team really excited LA Lakers 108 Detroit 79 marched to an 8-0 record with With a seven-yard catch in many expected about the direc- a gritty 19-13 victory over the the fourth quarter, Jason Witten they would be tion of where we Dallas Cowboys yesterday. became the Dallas’s all-time lead- as they blasted the Detroit can go. “We’re just barely scratch- Matt Ryan threw for 342 yards ing receiver. REUTERS Pistons 108-79 yesterday to end ing the surface.” and no scores but was mistake- their early-season slide. The chemistry problems that free as his running game and NFL results The Lakers had begun the new had plagued the Lakers, who defense backed him up to hold off Baltimore 25 Cleveland 15 season 0-3 for the first time since include Pau Gasol and Kobe the visiting Cowboys (3-5). Denver 31 Cincinnati 23 1978, a shocking development for Bryant, in previous games was not “It sounds great,” wide receiver Green Bay 31 Arizona 17 a team who acquired All Stars an issue as they tallied 27 assists. Roddy White said after becoming Houston 21 Buffalo 9 Dwight Howard and Steve Nash Bryant had eight assists to go the Atlanta’s all-time reception Chicago 51 Tennessee 20 in the off-season. along with 15 points and seven leader. Yesterday, however, they shook rebounds. Carolina 21 Washington 13 “It just speaks to consistency off the rust against the Pistons as After scoring 40 in a loss to over the years.” Detroit 31 Jacksonville 14 Howard scored a game-high 28 the Los Angeles Clippers Bryant White passed Terance Mathis Indianapolis 23 Miami 20 points, Metta World Peace added played the role of facilitator. with his fourth catch of the Seattle 30 Minnesota 20 18 and Los Angeles quickly domi- “They obviously saw how I evening with 574 receptions as a Pittsburgh 24 New York Giants 20 Minnesota Timberwolves’ guard Will Conroy drives to the basket against nated by grabbing a 21-point lead played last game and they tried Falcon. Tampa Bay 42 Oakland 32 Toronto Raptors’ guard Jose Calderon (right) during the second half of their after the first quarter. to cut down my lanes a little bit,” “We’re starting to beat good Atlanta 19 Dallas 13 NBA basketball game in Toronto, yesterday. “We weren’t perfect, but I Bryant said. football teams,” added White. think everybody got a little taste REUTERS TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 25

World rankings World rankings yesterday (US unless stated, last week’s positions in brackets): 1. (1) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) 12.78 Red Bull boss hails Vettel’s 2. (2) Tiger Woods 9.24 3. (3) Luke Donald (England) 8.77 4. (4) Lee Westwood (England) 6.71 5. (5) Justin Rose (England) 6.26 6. (6) Adam Scott (Australia) 6.10 7. (10) Jason Dufner 5.99 performance in Abu Dhabi 8. (7) Webb Simpson 5.80 9. (9) Brandt Snedeker 5.77 I think it was one of the best races of his career, says Christian Horner 10. (11) Louis Oosthuizen (S Africa) 5.72 Golf: Mission ABU DHABI: Red Bull team from the pitlane, because we chief Christian Horner heaped knew we wanted to change some praise on defending world things, then I really thought if we Hills chief champion Sebastian Vettel could sneak into the top 10 and yesterday in the wake of the score a point... That would be a backs Woods, German’s dazzling drive from great result. the back of the field to finish “It is not that easy to overtake third in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi around here so maybe we could McIlroy duel Grand Prix. get an eighth or a ninth... that was As his rivals pointed to the luck the most we hoped for. DONGGUAN, China: The that helped him race from start- “But I went to see Seb before head of China’s Mission Hills ing in the pit lane to a remarkable the race and he said, ‘I will see you has backed glamorous exhibi- podium finish that enabled him on the podium’. He was absolutely tions and pro-celebrity events to keep hold of a 10-points lead convinced going into the race that as a great way to promote golf in this year’s title race, Horner he could get great result. He is as he seeks to popularise the described his 25-year-old driver’s just amazing!” sport and expand his chain of effort as ‘phenomenal’. More extraordinary about resorts. Vettel battled back from a pit- Vettel’s achievement was that Despite outlandish scenes at lane start and two collisions that in the early part of the race, it last week’s “Duel at Jinsha Lake” damaged his front wing to finish did not look possible and later he between Tiger Woods and Rory third and lose just three points seemed to be consigned to finish- McIlroy, group chairman and to main title rival Spaniard ing the contest on one set of soft CEO Ken Chu said that such Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. tyres. events were “fine” as they helped Finn Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus “We were debating it, and he raise the profile of golf in China. won the race with a characteris- was challenging us, but those “I think exhibition matches go tically determined drive to take tyres would have had to do well with the international pro- full advantage of the retirement 40-something laps,” he said. “We gramme because the international of dominant leader Briton Lewis could see from the first set that calendar’s too tight already,” said Hamilton of McLaren and Alonso wear was an issue and we did not German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after taking the third place of the Abu Dhabi Chu. finished second. want to get to a point that he ran Formula 1 Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday. His podium finish was “Players don’t necessarily Horner admitted he did not out of tyres. lauded by Red Bull’s boss Christian Horner. play in all the tournaments on a expect to see such a recovery “So as soon as he was clear of weekly basis, they do want some from Vettel, who had been made [Romain] Grosjean it made sense time off and they do want to to start in the pit lane after being to pit him -- and then we felt we “I think he was pretty fortunate job to get through. I think he was you see the safety car coming at make some side money,” he said disqualified from qualifying on could chase down Alonso and with Safety Cars and the general fairly lucky this weekend one way the right moment. This is some- in an interview. AF Saturday for lack of fuel to give a Jenson Button, which he went off ‘demolition derby’ that was going or another.” thing you cannot control.” one litre sample for analysis. and tried to do.” on in that race... He didn’t have to Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali added that Vettel’s He said: “I think it was one of McLaren team chief Martin overtake as many of the quicker Domenicali said: “He did a great eventful weekend was proof that PIBAQ: Manila the best [races] of his career. I Whitmarsh was less effusive and cars as he should have -- as they race and he was pushing like as anything can still happen in think he really went for it and to said that to have two Safety Cars were already taken out. normal. the 2012 title race in which the Express team go from the pitlane to the podium, in a race at the Yas Marina Circuit “I don’t think anyone would “He had moments where he was champion now leads Alonso by 10 it was phenomenal. was unusual and that Vettel’s per- have expected that many Safety lucky or unlucky -- it depends on points. win to go top “Leaving the track on Saturday, formance was therefore not just Cars here, but they were pretty how you see things. It is part of Two races remain - the United when we were faced with starting down to car and driver. helpful to him and he did a great the game. He had moments when States and Brazil. AFP DOHA: Former champions Manila Express Cargo-One Ferrari’s Alonso Family snapped Power Horse Raikkonen still has winning formula Energy Drink’s winning streak remains satisfied to win, 88-72. The result allowed the team to ABU DHABI: Ferrari’s ABU DHABI: Kimi Raikkonen will also ask for help if I need it... Asked on the podium by his share the lead in the team rank- Fernando Alonso emphasised returned to the top of the different people like different now-retired former McLaren ings in the continuing elimina- the positives on Sunday after Formula One podium for the things.” team mate David Coulthard tion rounds in the Division 1 of Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel first time since 2009 at the Abu He said when he announced his to talk about his emotions and the Subaru Cup 2012 of Pinoy dashed the Spaniard’s hopes Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, comeback, after two years in ral- explain how amazing it was to Basketball of Qatar (PIBAQ). of seizing back the lead in the leaving his Lotus team in no lying and some NASCAR truck win again, Raikkonen simply In Division 2, thrill and excite- Formula One championship at doubt that he knew what he was racing in the United States, that shrugged. ment filled the air in the clash the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. doing. he was the same as ever and he “Not much really,” he said, between equally strong teams, Vettel had started in last place The Finn, 2007 world champion has shown that on and off the recalling how the last time he KIA Motors and Juan Pinoy that but still managed to finish third, with Ferrari, was typically blunt track this season. had been in such a position he was ended in the deadlock in regula- just behind Alonso who is now 10 when his race engineer spoke to Sunday’s win was his seventh criticised for not smiling enough. tion time. points adrift of the German. him on the radio shortly after podium in 18 races back and his “I’m happy but there’s nothing Pinoy however lost its steam in “Tonight I will go to sleep he was gifted the lead by Lewis 19th career triumph. He also to jump around about. For sure the extra five-minute extension thinking the glass is half full Hamilton’s sudden retirement. became the eighth different driver we’re going to have a good party and bowed out to KIA, 93-82. rather than half empty,” said “Leave me alone. I know what to win this season. today and hopefully tomorrow In the other games, Eric Alonso. to do,” he replied drily. Seven-times champion Michael when we are feeling bad after a Tamayo shone again in his Vettel had been sent to the back Raikkonen can be a man of few Schumacher, 43, has gone almost long night.” 33-point rally to lift Smart Gilas of the grid on Saturday when it words, sometimes unintelligible three years with nothing more The victory was the first for the 3 victory over Gulf Warehousing was discovered that his car had or inaudible to all but the most than one third place to celebrate Lotus marque since 1987 when Co., winning 73-70. too little fuel in it to satisfy post- attentive of listeners, who would with Mercedes but Raikkonen has Brazilian Ayrton Senna won for The Dukhan Ballers led by CJ qualifying tests. rather let his driving do the talk- been on the money right from the a very different team at the USA Casas gave QDVC LRT it’s first “But it’s equally true that our ing than engage in chit-chat. start. East Grand Prix in Detroit. Lotus F1 Team’s Finnish driver loss 76-69. performance and our grid posi- “I’m not so stupid that I can- He said he could win if Lotus, Lotus are descended from the Kimi Raikkonen celebrates on the Ali Café recorded a narrow tion could have seen us lose points not remember what I’m doing,” the former Renault team, deliv- Benetton and Renault teams that podium at the Yas Marina Circuit victory over Mowasalat Karwa in this grand prix. I repeat, they he explained later. “It’s a normal ered the goods and he was as good won two titles in 2005 and 2006 in Abu Dhabi after the Abu Dhabi winning 65-53 while PDB Natsco- have the quicker car, we have the thing. as his word at the Yas Marina and whose last race win was in Formula One Grand Prix, on Sunday. Adastra beat Team Creations, better team.” REUTERS “They are just trying to help...I circuit. Japan in 2008. REUTERS 81-64. THE PENINSULA Asian Handball Club Championship in Doha

Abdulla Al Blooshi (left) of Al Jazera (UAE) tries to score while being challenged by Alhassaani Hussain of Muscat (Oman) during their 15th Asian Handbcall Club Championship match at Al Gharafa Stadium yesterday. CENTRE: Boukhmis Tarek (centre) of Al Jazera tries to pass the ball despite being challenged from Asaad Al Hassani Said (right) and Aldughaishi Maher (left). RIGHT: Al Rayyan’s (Qatar) Bazkairi Hussain (in black) takes a shot despite attempts by Hammad Abdulla of Al Noor (Saudia Arabia). Today, Al Arabi (Kuwait) will face defending champions Mudhar (Saudi Arabia) at 1.00pm, Jiangsu (China) face Al Ahly (Bahrain) at 3.00pm, Al Ahly (UAE) play Al Kuwait (Kuwait) at 5.00pm and Eljaish (Qatar) will play Al Sadd (Libya) at 7.00pm. Thirteen Asian teams are competing in this competition which ends on November 15. PICTURES BY: ABDUL BASIT TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 26 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT English giants look to rebound Manchester City and Arsenal need wins to keep Champions League hopes alive

PARIS: English champions Champioms League fixtures home matches in European com- Manchester City and Premier petition Ajax can travel in some League rivals Arsenal will be European Champions League group fixtures hope as they beat City’s neigbours looking to rebound in today’s on Tuesday (all kick-offs 1745GMT): Manchester United 2-1 at Old latest round of Champions Group A Trafford in their Europa League League group matches following At Kiev Last 32 clash there last season. defeats last time out. Dynamo Kiev (UKR) vs FC Porto (POR) Real go into their game with Defeat for City at home to a At Paris Dortmund on the back of hav- young and vibrant Ajax side, who Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) vs ing given coach Jose Mourinho beat them in Amsterdam a fort- Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) his 100th victory of his reign night ago, would signal a second there with a 4-0 win over Real Group B successive group stage exit of Zaragoza. Europe’s premier club competi- At Gelsenkirchen, Germany Mourinho, who is bidding to tion and heap pressure on man- Schalke 04 (GER) vs Arsenal (ENG) become the first coach to win the ager Roberto Mancini. At Athens trophy with three different clubs, Mancini, who must deliver Olympiakos (GRE) vs Montpellier (FRA) said Real just needed maximum something of note on the Group C points from their remaining two European front for owner Sheikh At Brussels home games to seal their place in Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan the knockout round. Anderlecht (BEL) vs after his huge investment in “We are second. Everyone Zenit St-Petersburg (RUS) players, will also be hoping no- knows that there are groups one emerges victorious from the At Milan that are jokes and that this is other game where Real Madrid AC Milan (ITA) vs Malaga (ESP) ‘the group’. host German champions Borussia Group D “We are in a good position to Dortmund. At Manchester, England progress. If we win the two home Dortmund top the group on Manchester City (ENG) vs Ajax (NED) matches that we have left they seven points with Real a point At Madrid are six points that are well within behind and City are bottom six reach and could be enough to get Real Madrid (ESP) vs Borussia Dortmund (GER) points adrift of the table toppers through to the second round.” after three games. Milan. Mancini realises that vic- Schalke may have lost on Arsenal have more room for tory today is imperative. Saturday but their players were manoeuvre as they too seek to Whilst the Italian is satisfied not in the least dismayed as they avenge defeat when they travel to with the improvement in his prepared to welcome an Arsenal play Schalke 04 as the Gunners defence of late he is less happy side that has made their worst lie second three points ahead of with his much-vaunted strike- start to a Premier League sea- Greek outfit Olympiakos. force, who have been misfiring son since Wenger took charge in However, Olympiakos have an and scored just once in their last 1996. Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere (second right) and team-mate Thomas Vermaelen take part in a team training session on enticing home clash with ailing two league games against min- “I think we have every chance. the eve of their Champions League match against Schalke 04 today. French champions Montpellier nows Swansea and West Ham. We won in London, why shouldn’t and will be expecting at the very “We have more chances to we succeed in front of our own least to maintain the pressure on go through (in the Champions fans?” said their 24-year-old cap- by inflicting Malaga’s first defeat Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s departure in promised to pay for his winter Arsene Wenger’s team. League),” said the 47-year-old. tain Benedikt Hoewedes. of the Champions League group the summer. holiday for scoring seven goals by Elsewhere the two teams with “It’s important we finish in the “We will not be thrown off by stage. The 20-year-old - son of an December in all competitions. 100% records, Porto and the sur- group stage well. a defeat.” They will be looking to their Egytian father and an Italian “He has earned his winter prise packages of Malaga are “What the Ajax scouts think Milan may look back and see ‘little Pharaoh’ Stephan El mother - is well on course for a vacation, but if he scores ten goals both away with the former play- of us I don’t know, it’s not impor- this as the week that turned Shaarawy to continue his superb new target set for him by club I’ll pay for him to take a tour of ing Dynamo Kiev and the Spanish tant; what the players think is.” their season round if they can scoring spree which has more captain Massimo Ambrosini the Caribbean,” Ambrosini told side away at Italian giants AC While City are unbeaten in 18 follow up the Chievo thrashing than made up for Swedish striker with the latter having already uefa.com. AFP Man City not Absent Kagawa ‘no ready to win Champions problem’ for Japan TOKYO: Japan coach Alberto Premiership club want him to be League, says Zaccheroni yesterday shrugged out for four weeks. off the absence of injured He has scored 12 goals in 37 Manchester United attacking internationals, most recently in Mancini midfielder Shinji Kagawa from the 1-0 friendly win over France a World Cup qualifier against in Paris last month. LONDON: Manchester City’s Oman away next week. Zaccheroni called up 13 expensive squad are not ready The four-time Asian cham- Europe-based stars including such to win the Champions League, pions, leading Asia’s final round regulars as Honda, Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini Group B five points clear of Oman defender Yuto Nagatomo and said ahead of his side’s must- and Australia, have the depth to Stuttgart striker Shinji Okazaki win encounter with Ajax make up for missing stand outs, for the November 14 match. Amsterdam today. the coach insisted. Okazaki is coming back to Despite having several of the Zaccheroni, announcing his international duty after a foot world’s costliest footballers in 23-man squad against Oman, injury forced him out of Japan’s their ranks, the Premier League recalled how Kagawa had stayed European tour last month, in champions have struggled to idle for months after breaking which they upset 1998 World make an impact in Europe’s flag- his right foot in the January 2011 Cup winners France but bowed ship competition and are bottom Asian Cup and CSKA Moscow 4-0 to five-time champions Brazil of Group D. playmaker Keisuke Honda had in Wroclaw, Poland. Defeat at home to the Dutch missed the next-to-last World Zaccheroni also called up league champions would torpedo Cup qualifying round with a knee Takashi Usami, on loan to any lingering hopes City have of injury. Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich, qualifying for the knockout stages “But don’t forget that the play- for the first time since June last and represent a second consecu- ers that have come in to deputise year. tive early exit. for them have done a great job,” But Wigan Athletic striker Ryo “I don’t think we’re ready to said the Italian tactician, who Miyaichi, who played the final win the Champions League,” took over the Blue Samurai after few minutes against Brazil and Mancini told reporters after his their march to the last 16 at the is recovering from a groin injury, team stuttered to a 0-0 draw at 2010 World Cup. failed to make the squad. West Ham United on Saturday. “Kagawa is not here this In World Cup qualifying, Japan “If we say we’re ready to time, but I’m sure that whoever are leading Asian Group B with win it, we’re not honest. In the fills in for him will do well,” he 10 points from three wins over Champions League it’s clear that said, according to Kyodo news Oman, Jordan and Iraq and a incredible situations can happen agency. draw with Australia. in February and March but we’ve Kagawa, 23, who moved Japan beat Oman 3-0 at home been drawn in a tough group this AC Milan’s Brazilian forward Pato plays with a ball during a training session on the eve of his team’s Champions from Borussia Dortmund in in June. year, like last year.” League match against Malaga in Milanello training center in Carnago, yesterday. RIGHT: Schalke’s midfielder the summer, injured his left Oman and Australia are level City’s last outing in Europe Lewis Holtby attends a training session at the training ground, in Gelsenkirchen, Western Germany, on the eve of knee in Manchester United’s on five points with Jordan trailing ended in a 3-1 defeat in the UEFA Champions League football match against Arsenal, yesterday. 3-2 Champions League win them on four points and Iraq on Amsterdam two weeks ago and over Braga on October 23. His two. AFP that result, together with a 3-2 defeat at Real Madrid and a 1-1 home draw with Borussia Dortmund, has left their future in the competition dangling by a Lennon faces anxious wait on key players thread.Mancini’s team have also looked unimpressive in their last DUNDEE: Celtic manager Neil Celtic sit second in Group G doubts and we will have to see points,” Lennon said. “We should “But we need to start amassing three Premier League games. Lennon admitted that several behind Barcelona but are just a how Scott Brown is. have been a couple up at half-time some points as one out of six is “We’re a good team but we’re key players were in a race to point ahead of Spartak Moscow “We are starting to pick up but when you miss those chances not good enough for us.” not ready in the Champions be fit for the vital Champions - who are away at Benfica - in some niggles and injuries which then you always give teams Lennon added: “I’ve got a good League, like the other teams. League home match with third. is disrupting the flow of the squad encouragement. team here and there will be a lot Chelsea tried for 10 years to win Barcelona tomorrow follow- Thomas Rogne lasted only 18 at the minute.” “When we got the two goals, of cynical people who will be over the Champions League,” Mancini ing the 2-2 draw with Dundee minutes of the match against Lennon also refused to blame which were two great goals, we critical. said. United. Dundee United before limping his players for allowing Dundee just needed to see the game it out “I’m not going to criticise the “They were probably the best Celtic more than held their off while Honduran international United to come back from 2-0 and the disappointing thing is we team. It was just a lack of concen- team in Europe for 10 years and own against the Spanish giants in Emilio Izaguirre had to be taken down to take a point. didn’t manage to do that. tration at the end and we should they won it (this year) after 10 the previous meeting a fortnight off following a second half fall. Despite the draw Celtic, who “United got the breaks with the have come away with the points. years, probably when they didn’t ago going ahead before losing 2-1 “We are just hoping we can get also lost their previous game goals but that’s football. To come “We are top of the league deserve to. They deserved to win to a goal in the last minute of time some players fit,” the Celtic man- to Kilmarnock at Parkhead, away with a point is very frus- with a game in hand and we are it three or four years before. added on. ager admitted. returned to the top of the trating but I’m pleased with the looking forward to the game on “The Champions League is like However, Lennon said he had “Emilio Izaguirre has a ham- table on goal difference from performance. Wednesday. this. If we win our next three no idea how many of his first string strain and Thomas Rogne Hibernian. “We are maybe not getting the “I think once we find a level of games, then fantastic ... anything choice players would be available went off with a calf injury. “We were brilliant today I consistency in results but the consistency it’s going to be dif- can happen. But the road is very for the mouth watering clash in “Gary Hooper, James Forrest thought. We didn’t get what we performance was good as for 85 ficult for any team in the SPL to long.” REUTERS Glasgow. and Georgios Samaras are all deserved, which was the three minutes we were superb. keep up with us.” AFP TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2012 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 27 Watson ruled out of first Test Quiney to make debut; coach Arthur confident Ponting will play against South Africa

MELBOURNE: Allrounder or scale down his participation in Shane Watson has been ruled one-day and Twenty20 cricket. South Africa out of the first Test against Arthur poured cold water South Africa with a calf strain on Watson varying his playing in a huge blow for Australia’s regime. to play Tahir hopes of upsetting the top- “That hasn’t been a topic of ranked visitors. conversation at all just yet,” the Vice captain Watson injured his South African said. at the Gabba left calf playing for New South “In an ideal world you want Wales against Queensland on Shane Watson batting at three SYDNEY: South Africa will Saturday and had been a doubt and bowling for you. be looking to play leg-spinner for the Test which begins on “The fact is we won 4-0 against Imran Tahir and opt against Friday at the Gabba in Brisbane. India last year without Shane, so playing four specialist pace “We’re ruling him out now we’re comfortable that we have bowlers in Friday’s opening Test because we think he won’t be fit the players, we have the cover.” against Australia, a team coach enough come Friday,” Australia Left-handed batsman Quiney, said yesterday. coach Mickey Arthur told report- named as cover for Watson on Tahir proved expensive in the ers in Brisbane, where he con- Sunday, would slot into the side Proteas’ drawn three-day tour firmed Rob Quiney would make at number three, Arthur said. match with Australia A, finish- his Test debut in the 31-year-old’s Quiney makes his debut as a ing with two for 157 off 40 overs absence. 30-year-old with a batting average and going at close to four runs per “We wanted to make a decisive of 37 from 53 first-class matches, over on a placid Sydney Cricket decision pretty early so we could coming into the three-Test series Ground pitch last weekend. give some real clarity to the team, in good form after scoring 85 for Despite Tahir’s modest return so unfortunately Shane misses out Australia A against South Africa and the impressive showing from and Quiney plays.” last week. Rory Kleinveldt, the paceman Governing body Cricket “I think he deserves his oppor- is likely to miss out on selection Australia earlier reported tunity. Over the last couple of for his first Test, assistant coach Watson’s omission as being due seasons he’s been prolific, he’s Russell Domingo said. to a hamstring injury, but later probably been the stand-out The bouncy Gabba wicket gen- changed the diagnosis in an domestic player,” Arthur said. erally favours pace bowling, but updated statement. “I certainly think that players Domingo said South Africa would Watson’s injury is certain to re- performing need to get picked, resist the temptation to unleash ignite fierce debate Down Under guys that have done the hard a full pace battery against the about the player’s long-term yards. Rob has certainly done Australians in Brisbane. management. that.” Morne Morkel, rested from the Watson has been blighted by Former captain Ricky Ponting Australia A match, is expected back and leg injuries through- has also been under a cloud in to return to the Proteas’ line-up, out his career and missed all the leadup to the first Test after joining the world’s top two ranked of Australia’s victorious home he withdrew from Tasmania’s bowlers Dale Steyn and Vernon Test series against India last Sheffield Shield match with ham- Philander, while star allrounder year. string soreness, but Arthur said Australia ‘A’ batsman Rob Quiney playing the ball during the three-day cricket tour match against South Africa at Jacques Kallis (flu) will also be Some pundits and former play- he was “very confident” he would the Sydney Cricket Ground on November 2. RIGHT: Shane Watson of Australia celebrates after taking the wicket back. ers have called on him to shelve be fit to play in Brisbane. of Pakistan’s Salman Butt, during the second day of their first Test at Lord’s cricket ground in this file picture of Tahir made his Test debut either his batting or his bowling, REUTERS July 15, 2010. against Australia in November last year, and has now played 10 Tests, taking 26 wickets at an average of 40.19. “To be honest with you, the Broad adds to England’s injury worries balance of the side with Kallis being there as the fourth seamer, MUMBAI: Stuart Broad joined from Thursday. England grabbed Meanwhile, West Indies man- virtually full-strength for their whether you play four or five (fast fast bowler Steven Finn on eight wickets for 76 to dismiss ager Richie Richardson said they- tour. bowlers) isn’t really going to be England’s injured list ahead of Mumbai ‘A’ for 286 after the home have a long way to go if they are to “We have now Chris Gayle that important,” Domingo told the Test series in India as the team were cruising at 210-2 on return to the top of world cricket, back,” said Richardson. reporters. three-day tour match against Sunday afternoon in reply to despite their recent success in the “Gayle, as we know, is probably “I think we’ll always look to Mumbai ‘A’ ended in a draw England’s 345-9 declared. World Twenty20. the world’s most destructive bat- have a spinner in the side. yesterday. Hiken Shah, who was on 84 Richardson insisted the West man in any format. “Gone are the days when a Vice-captain Broad bruised overnight, missed a century when Indies were still a work in progress “We are feeling very confi- South African team goes without his left heel and team doctors he was caught behind off seamer on arriving in Dhaka to play two dent, very positive that we will a spinner.” were monitoring his progress Graham Onions for 92. Tests and five one-day interna- have a successful trip here in That means Kleinveldt, who just 10 days before the first Test Samit Patel picked up three tionals against Bangladesh. Bangladesh.” was only shaded by Steyn as the of the four-match series starts in wickets with his left-arm spin to “We’ve been seeing improve- The first Test begins on best bowler of the Australia A Ahmedabad on November 15. further enhance his Test claims ment in all areas of our game November 13 in Dhaka before match and had figures of two for “Scans show Broad has a after knocks of 104 and 60 in the in last 12 months or so,” he told the second Test in Khulna a week 60 on the lifeless pitch, could be bruised left heel. Progress will two practice games so far. reporters ahead of their first later. the odd bowler out in the Test be monitored over next couple of Another left-arm spinner series since beating Sri Lanka in Brief scores: England 1st series. days,” team spokeswoman Rhian Monty Panesar also finished with last month’s Twenty20 final. innings: 345-9 declared (Jonny “(Kleinveldt) bowled really Evans said during the final day’s three wickets, while Onions took “We are continuing to work Bairstow 118, Eoin Morgan well,” Domingo said. play at the DY Patil stadium. two. hard, not going to take anything 76, Samit Patel 60, Kshemal “He’s been very impressive in With fellow fast bowler Finn England, who led by 59 runs for granted,” added the former Waingankar 3-72, Shardul domestic cricket for a while and being treated for a thigh strain, on the first innings, were 149-2 West Indies captain. Thakur 3-53). he’s been superb in our prepara- England’s team management in their second knock when the “We see a long way to go in Mumbai ‘A’ 1st innings: 286 tion this week.” remained undecided over the match was called off. order to bring West Indies cricket (Cheteshwar Pujara 87, Hiken The Proteas said there were composition of the bowling attack Nick Compton, grandson of back to the top. Shah 92, Monty Panesar 3-64, pleased with Tahir’s preparation, for the series opener. former England batsman Denis “We all know, the world knows, Samit Patel 3-44, Graham Onions despite his limited success against Surrey paceman Stuart Compton, scored a dour 64 not we are capable of being the World 2-57) England 2nd innings: Australia’s second-string batting England batsman Jonathan Trott Meaker, who has been called up as out off 162 balls to become the Champions again. We are pre- 149-2 (Nick Compton 64 not out, lineup. plays a shot during a practice match a precautionary cover, is expected frontrunner for the opener’s slot pared to do whatever it takes to Jonathan Trott 30, Ian Bell 28 not “Imran got a long bowl which against Mumbai ‘A’ at the DY Patil to join the tourists ahead of their in the first Test alongside skipper get back to the top.” out). Result: Match drawn. is exactly what we wanted,” said Stadium in Navi Mumbai, yesterday last practice match in Ahmedabad Alastair Cook. The West Indies will be AGENCIES batsman Hashim Amla. AFP

Qatar train for FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifer against Lebanon

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LONDON: Andy Murray the Tour Finals would be a fitting marked his first match on home finale to a remarkable campaign turf since winning the US Open which also including winning the with a gritty 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 vic- singles gold medal at the London Indian cricketer and cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh (centre), his mother tory over Tomas Berdych in the Olympics and reaching a first Shabnam Singh (right), and Indian Minister of State for Parliamentary ATP Tour Finals at London’s O2 Wimbledon final. Affairs Rajeev Shukla pose during a YouWeCan event for the Yuvraj Arena yesterday. He entered the O2 Arena to a Singh Cancer Foundation in New Delhi in this file picture of July 8, 2012. Murray was playing in front rapturous reception that reflected of a British audience for the first the British sporting public’s new- time since his dramatic final found admiration for a player who win against Novak Djokovic in had previously struggled to win New York in September and he them over. rewarded the partisan crowd with Even the crowd’s energy Yuvraj, Harbhajan a come from behind Group A suc- couldn’t lift Murray at the cess to kick off his latest bid to start. Since his breakthrough in win the season-ending event. Manhattan, Murray has suffered The 25-year-old, who has something of a let-down, losing back in Test squad never been past the semi-finals the Shanghai final to Djokovic of the Tour Finals in four previ- despite holding five match-points NEW DELHI: Indian all- playing XI is finalised on the eve ous attempts, made a slow start and then crashing out of the Paris rounder Yuvraj Singh was yes- of the first Test, while his left- against Czech fifth seed Berdych Masters against Polish qualifier terday selected for the first two arm spin gives the hosts another in the tournament’s opening Jerzy Janowicz. Tests against England, capping slow bowling option. match. He wasted two break points in a fairytale comeback from can- Yuvraj has played 37 Tests since But, after failing to convert any the first game here before squan- cer at the start of the year. his international debut in 2000, of his first 10 break-point chances, dering another three in the fifth The 30-year-old was included scoring 1,775 runs at 34.80 with Murray finally found his rhythm game. in a 15-man squad for the first three centuries. He was adjudged in the second set and was able to Berdych made the Scot pay for two Tests of the four-match series the man of the tournament after ease to the finish line in just over those lapses as he landed the first against Alastair Cook’s tourists India’s victory in the 50-over two hours. break for a 4-2 lead after Murray which opens in Ahmedabad on World Cup last year. “It was very tough from the netted a forehand on the run. November 15. Middle-order batsman Suresh start. Berdych has had a great The Czech had to save two The selectors, who met in Raina, who played in the two year. I have played him a few break points as he served for the Mumbai, also brought back sea- home Tests against New Zealand times and every time it has been set before finally taking it on his soned off-spinner Harbhajan in August, was dropped. tough,” Murray said. second set point. Singh, 32, into the Test squad for Murali Vijay and Ajinkya “It’s one last push for the end Murray was under pressure the first time since August last Rahane are the reserve batsmen of the year and having so many again at the start of the second set year. in the squad to be led by wicket- people watching helps with the when Berdych earned three break Harbhajan, whose 406 scalps keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. adrenaline. points, but the 2010 Wimbledon in 98 Tests make him the world’s Left-armer Zaheer Khan Murray is the first British runner-up couldn’t deliver the leading wicket-taker among the spearheads the new-ball attack man for 76 years to win a Grand knockout blow. Boosted by that current crop of bowlers, is the that includes Ishant Sharma and Slam and a maiden triumph at escape, Murray finally converted third specialist spinner in the Umesh Yadav, but only two of his first break point at the 11th squad alongside Ravichandran them are expected to make the ATP World Tour Finals attempt when Berdych blazed`a Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha. playing XI. LONDON: Results from the first day of the forehand long in the fourth game Yuvraj, who has not played India are looking to avenge ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena and that proved the turning point. Test cricket since last November, the 4-0 rout in England last year yesterday (x denotes seeding): The Scot went on to take the was treated for a rare germ-cell which dethroned them from the Singles set with ease and made the deci- cancer between his lungs in the number one Test ranking. Group A sive break in the third game of the United States earlier this year. The remaining back-to-back final set when Berdych lashed a Andy Murray of Britain celebrates beating Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic He returned after chemo- Tests will be played in Mumbai, Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Tomas Berdych wild groundstroke way off target. in their men’s singles match at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena therapy treatment in April, was Kolkata and Nagpur. (CZE x5) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 AFP in London, yesterday. Murray won 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. picked for the World Twenty20 India’s Test squad: in Sri Lanka in September and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), cracked a double-century on his Virender Sehwag, Gautam return to domestic first-class Gambhir, Cheteshwar Pujara, Federer hails Djokovic as ‘real’ No. 1 cricket last month. Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, The left-hander forced his way Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, LONDON: Tennis great Roger Djokovic in London last year and into the Test squad after scoring a Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Federer is in no doubt that he suffered a shock loss to Sam half-century and taking five wick- Ojha, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Novak Djokovic deserves to Querrey of the United States ets for India ‘A’ in England’s tour Khan, Umesh Yadav, Ishant finish 2012 as the world’s top- in Paris. And the 25-year-old opener in Mumbai last week. Sharma, Murali Vijay. ranked player. Djokovic, who begins his London Yuvraj is almost certain to take Coach: Duncan Fletcher (ZIM) Federer replaced Djokovic at campaign against France’s the number six spot when the AFP the top of the standings after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga said it was winning Wimbledon in July but tough to be in peak shape at this ceded the number one position stage of a long season. to the Serb yesterday. And with “It is expected not to be always Asian Handball Club Championship the Swiss star unable to improve in your top form at this time of on last year’s perfect perform- year,” he said. “The effects of the ance in winning the 2011 season- long season can influence you ending ATP World Tour Finals in physically and mentally but this London, not even an unblemished is an important tournament and Bazkairi victory in this year’s edition at I definitely want to do well. Hussain of the O2 Arena will see him regain “I am sure I will find the Qatar’s Al top spot before 2012 is out. strength to perform my best and Rayyan (centre) “We know who the real number we will see if that best is good tries to score one is,” said Federer. It is going Roger Federer (left) and Novak Djokovic enough.” to be Novak. I do not think there Meanwhile, Federer backed while being should be any debate around Murray’s calls for more drug challenged by about that. London. “I obviously gave it eve- do all of that. So I’m putting my testing in tennis, particularly Labane Tahar of “You do not get to number rything I had,” said Federer. “I’ve schedule into place for next year blood tests. Saudi Arabia’s one by chance. The rankings played so much tennis the last and there are no extraordinary “I feel I am being less tested Al Noor during are something that shows how one and a half, two years and I’m changes.” than I was six or seven years their 15th Asian you have played over a 365-day happy I got back to world number Although Djokovic has, unsur- ago so I do not know the exact Handball Club period. It might all change again one. prisingly, failed to hit the same reasons why we are being tested Championship in two months at the Australian “It’s obviously a time where you heights as in 2011, when he won less,” said Federer. at Al Gharafa Open but right now it is clear.” need to win at least a slam, if not three out of the four Grand Slam “At this moment, I agree with Stadium Federer all but conceded the more slams, or at least five to 10 singles titles, this year has seen Andy, we do not do a lot of blood- yesterday. number one ranking this year titles, so we’re not talking about him retain his Australia Open testing during the year. PICTURE BY: ABDUL when opting out of defending his just a quick jump to number one crown and reach the finals of “It is vital that the sport stays BASIT Paris Masters title last week on and then you lose it again. both the French and US Opens, clean, it has got to. We have had the grounds he could not do him- “This is a full-on process. That losing the latter to Britain’s Andy a good history in terms of that self justice by playing successive obviously takes a lot of sacrifice. Murray. and we want to ensure it stays tournaments in Basle, Paris and For the time being I’m willing to Fatigue caught up with that way.” AFP