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Qatar wins AFC U-19 championship Qatari, Iranian Work on new firms sign agreement sponsorship TEHRAN: Qatar’s Minister of Economy and Trade H E Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani yester- day visited the Islamic Republic law under way of Iran, accompanied by a del- egation that included a number of businessmen and CEOs of ‘Exit permit to be contract-based’ Qatari companies. During the visit, which came at DOHA: Qatar said yesterday the invitation by Iran, the Minister it was still working on the new 2022: Housing for met Iran’s First Vice President sponsorship system and it is Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi. He also likely to be finalised next year. 1.5 million people held talks with Iranian Minister The new system will be based on of Industry, Trade and Mines the job contract signed between a to be built Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh and foreign worker and his employer. DOHA: Qatari companies, in Minister of Economy and Finance “The traditional sponsorship sys- close collaboration with the Ali Tayebnia. tem we currently have in place government, will be build- At the end of the two-day visit cannot keep pace with our vision ing housing for as many as yesterday, the Minister witnessed of modern Qatar,” said Qatar’s 1.5 million people who would the signing of a Memorandum Permanent Representative at the be engaged on development of Understanding between Qatar UN in Geneva. projects linked to the 2022 Primary Materials Co (QPMC) “We expect to make progress FIFA World Cup as well as Qatar soccer team celebrates winning the Asian Football Confederation Under-19 final match at Thuwunna and an Iranian company for on developing the new sponsor- other infrastructure projects. stadium in Yangon yesterday. It was the first time ever that Qatar won the competition. The team defeated importing Gabbro Aggregate and ship system by next year,” said Qatar’s Permanent North Korea 1-0 in the final. Akram Afif scored the only goal of the match in the 52nd minute. See also page 22 Fine Sand. QNA Faisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab. Representative at the UN in The present sponsorship sys- Geneva, Faisal bin Abdullah Al tem was introduced to help pro- Hanzab, said the above-cited tect the rights of workers and housing stocks will be built as their employers but it is not per international standards. suitable for Qatar anymore, said Recounting the various steps Al Hanzab. He was speaking at Qatar has taken and is still tak- Qatari lawyers seek changes in draft law a meeting of the International ing to help improve labour situ- Labor Organiation (ILO) on ation, Al Hanzab said new laws DOHA: Qatari lawyers are the right to legal officers in the lawyers want many changes to and from the Supreme Judicial labour situation in Qatar. are being framed to ensure the opposed to a proposal to allow employ of companies to represent the clauses of the draft law. Council. About the exit permit, he rights of workers are protected legal officers in a company’s them in court in litigations or in For example, they want the The lawyers have also said it was being removed and in an effective way. employment to represent it any other issues. commission in a claims amount demanded that separate rules hinted that it was being made THE PENINSULA in court in a dispute or in any Local Arabic daily Al Raya they make a client recover in an be framed for international law contract-based. other matter. reported that until 20 years ago inheritance or any other case to firms and they be barred from And even in the case of those Extending that privilege to legal officers of companies had the be 20 percent instead of a recom- taking up all international and workers whose contract would to file complaints against their legal officers of companies would right to represent their employers mended 10. local cases. specify that they need an exit per- employers in their own languages. not only eat into the practice of in court cases or in other court The meeting proposed that the International firms should mit but they fail to get one while From last September the a Qatari lawyer but also spoil the matters. lawyers’ registration committee train at least one Qatari lawyer wanting to leave the country, an Ministry of Labour and Social legal profession in the country, Amendments being proposed at the Ministry of Justice have to help him gain experience, the electronic system would make Affairs has increased the number lawyers have said. (via a draft law) to the existing more members from among the meeting demanded. sure they get it within 72 hours of inspectors to 268 and brought Qatari Lawyers’ Association legislation that regulates the legal lawyers. It set up a nine-member com- at the most. more facilities under the purview held an emergency meeting on profession in Qatar talk of giving The committee presently has mittee of member-lawyers to put The official said that on an of inspection with the aim of pro- Tuesday to discuss a draft law that right back to legal officers. nine members, three of whom are forth these demands to the jus- experimental basis, online sys- tecting labour rights. that seeks to regulate the legal The amendments were dis- from among the practicing law- tice ministry and follow up on tems are being introduced THE PENINSULA profession locally. cussed by the Qatari lawyers at yers, and the remaining six (three the issue. whereby workers will be able Continued on page 2 The draft talks of giving back their emergency meeting. The each) from the ministry itself THE PENINSULA

Al Jazeera film festival opens Palestinians US-led strikes kill over will press for 500 militants in Syria state: Erekat MURSITPINAR: US-led air The aerial campaign has killed RAMALLAH: The Palestinians strikes in Syria were reported 553 people since its launch, the will launch a diplomatic push in yesterday to have killed more Syrian Observatory for Human November to gain international than 500 jihadists in a month, Rights said, including 464 IS fight- recognition for an independent as Kurdish fighters prepared to ers and 57 militants from the Al state in spite of Israeli and US reinforce the embattled border Qaeda affiliated Al Nusra Front. warnings, senior negotiator Saeb town of Kobane. Thirty-two civilians have also Erekat said yesterday. The battle for Kobane has been killed, including six children Speaking to reporters here, become crucial for both the Islamic and five women, said the Britain- Erekat dismissed any attempts by State (IS) group and its opponents, based Observatory, which relies Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin with a senior US official saying the on a wide network of sources Netanyahu to oppose Palestinian Kurds there were inflicting heavy inside Syria. The “vast majority” ambitions for statehood. losses on the jihadists. IS was of jihadists killed were foreigners. “If he believes that he can sus- described as the world’s wealthiest After first focussing on Iraq, tain the status quo and (that) “terror” group, earning $1 million the coalition has dramatically we’ll do that for him, forget a day from oil sales alone. expanded its strikes in Syria him. This will not last beyond The Kurds in Kobane have been recently, including in Kobane. November... we will not take it The Al Kufiya traditional dance troupe from Palestine enthralls the audience at the opening of the 10th Al holding out against it for more The US military said in its latest any more, business as usual no Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha yesterday. A total of 161 films from 60 countries than a month, buoyed by a prom- update that fresh raids near the more,” said Erekat. are vying for honours at the festival which runs for four days. Report on page 3 ABDUL BASIT ise of Iraqi Kurd reinforcements town destroyed IS fighting posi- Since the collapse of US-led and by US air drops of weapons. tions, a vehicle and a command peace talks with Israel in April, Turkish President Recep and control centre. the Palestinians have turned to Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday In Iraq, air strikes hit IS tar- the United Nations and interna- that 200 Iraqi Kurd peshmerga gets including fighting positions, a tional organisations to seek rec- Driving: Saudi warns women Ebola cases near 10,000 fighters would travel through vehicle and a training centre. David ognition for their state. RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry yes- GENEVA: The number of people with Ebola is his country to join the battle in Cohen, the US undersecretary for In 2012, the Palestinians won terday issued a warning to women not to get set to hit 10,000 in West Africa, the World Health Kobane, where IS has an esti- terrorism and financial intelligence the status of UN observer state. behind the wheel in defiance of the kingdom’s Organisation said, as the scramble to find a cure mated 1,000 militants. who has been leading the fight With peace talks now bogged down, men-only road rules after a renewed social media gathered pace. The UN’s public health body said The US and its Arab allies have against IS on the financial front, the Palestinians have warned they campaign to challenge the law by driving in public. 9,936 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — also been stepping up air strikes said that its “primary funding tac- would go ahead with plans to sub- The announcement comes ahead of the anniver- the three countries at the epicentre of the world’s against IS in Syria. Witneses tics enable it today to generate tens mit a draft resolution to the UN sary on October 26 of a demonstration last year in worst-ever Ebola epidemic — have contracted the across the frontier captured on of millions of dollars per month”. Security Council demanding an which dozens of Saudi women said they had taken disease. In total, 4,877 people have so far died. film the moment another one On the ground, the jihadists end to Israeli occupation. to the road in protest at the ban on female drivers. With experts warning the rate of infections could apparently hit an IS position atop made fresh advances in and around As part of their diplomatic “The Interior Ministry emphasises it will firmly reach 10,000 a week by early December, researchers a hill west of Kobane. A huge fire- Kobane, reportedly seizing terri- offensive they are also determined apply the laws against anyone who participates (in around the world are scrambling to beat the tropi- ball dwarfed the few militiamen tory in the town centre and to its to seek to join the International a protest by female drivers),” the Ministry said. Any cal fever, for which there is currently no licensed who had been seen manning the north. IS had also taken control of Criminal Court, where they could such attempt by women to drive in public in breach of treatment or vaccine. The figures were released as post under the jihadist group’s a string of villages west of Kobane, sue Israeli officials over allega- the law was “an opportunity for predators to under- the WHO held its third round of emergency talks black flag before all but one of said the Observatory. AFP tions of war crimes. AFP mine social cohesion”, the Ministry said. REUTERS on Ebola. AFP them disappeared. See also page 8 FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME Ecuador invites Qatari investors in key sectors President Rafael Correa Delgado meets businessmen

BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB 12 emerging sectors for foreign highest level of investments in investment, and among them education in the region (percent- DOHA: The visiting President four sectors are highly promising. age of GDP). For instance, until of the Republic of Ecuador, We are ready to welcome Qatari 2006, there were only about 300 Rafael Correa Delgado, invited investors as well as tourists.” scholarships awarded, which have Qatari businessmen to invest in Present were Hussain Ibrahim now grown to over 10,000. Nearly some of the promising sectors Alfardan, Chairman of Alfardan 3,000 Ecuadorian students are of the Ecuadorean economy, Group, and First Deputy to the studying overseas in some of the including oil and gas, mining Chairman, QBA; Sheikh Dr Khalid best universities of the world,” he and quarrying, food and agri- bin Thani Al Thani, Chairman of said. culture and tourism. Ezdan Holding Group, and Second Meanwhile, Qatar and Ecuador “We highly admire Qatar as a Deputy to the Chairman of QBA; signed a set of agreements with nation, and appreciate our rela- Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin a view to further strengthening tionships with the Gulf state, Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman bilateral relations following the and I am here to deepen and of Qatar Chamber; Sheikh Nawaf official talks between the Emir H strengthen the bilateral ties. We bin Nasser Al Thani, President H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al are ready to welcome you as well and CEO, NBK Group, and scores Thani and President Correa on with open arms,” said President of dignitaries and guests. Wednesday, according to Qatar Correa in his address at a dinner President Correa, who has News Agency. FROM LEFT: Sheikh Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani, President & CEO Nasser Bin Khalid & Sons Co, Sheikh Khalifa bin hosted on his honour by Qatari been re-elected for a second con- The talks, which were held at Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani Businessmen’s Association secutive term, highlighted the the Emiri Diwan, were attended Al Thani, Chairman of Ezdan Holding Group, Dr Rafael Correa, President of the Republic of Ecuador, and Hussain (QBA). achievements of his government by several ministers and the Ibrahim Al Fardan, Chairman of Al Fardan Group at a dinner reception at the Four Seasons Hotel on Wednesday. Correa, who was here on an and also the favourable conditions members of the official delega- KAMMUTTY V P official visit with an accompa- that put in place for attracting tion accompanying the president. nying delegation of senior rep- investments such as political sta- Following the talks the Emir and prevention of fiscal evasion with exchange of news. to Ecuador, both countries had resentatives from public and bility, better infrastructure, low- President Correa witnessed the respect to income taxes; waiving In February last year, during signed an MoU on tourism, which private businesses, said: “Ecuador est debt-GDP ratio (25 percent), signing of some agreements and visa requirements for holders of the visit of the Father Emir H was among the nine agreements has emerged as one of the most tax reforms, and high level of pub- a Memorandum of Understanding diplomatic and special passports; H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al inked for cooperation in different favourite destination of foreign lic investments in social sectors. (MoU), which included an agree- and a memorandum of good- Thani, which was the first visit fields between two nations. investors. We have identified “We are the country with ment on double taxation and the will on media co-operation and of a head of state from Qatar THE PENINSULA

Gallery of used books

Faisal bin Abdullah Al Hanzab ILO delegates invited Continued from page 1

Plans are afoot to keep increas- ing the number of labour inspec- tors until full compliance of the labour law is ensured. “Foreign workers are our guests. They are contributing greatly to Qatar’s development. It is our responsibility to look after them just as we are looking after The Katara gallery of used books opened yesterday. The opening ceremony was attended by Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of Katara, and Khalid Al Sayed, Editor-in our own people.” -Chief of The Peninsula newspaper, among other dignitaries. The gallery will be open every Thursday, Friday and Saturday will continue until April 2015. The gallery is aimed at fostering Al Hanzab said that Qatar has the culture of reading by lending out books to readers. Katara officials urged citizens, residents and institutions to donate used books by contacting Katara on telephone No. 666444031 invited ILO representatives to or delivering books at the Cultural Village headquarters building No. 22. RIGHT: Visitors scan through used books. BAHER AMIN pay visits here to know the labour situation, Qatar News Agency reported. He said after Qatar won the bid to host the coveted 2022 FIFA World Cup it has developed a Ministry rules out unifying prices of commodities comprehensive strategy to help improve the labour situation and DOHA: The Ministry of natural that the prices vary from competition in the market. The of a recent incident in which a and Urban Planning recently took bring it on a par with interna- Economy and Commerce has one shop to another depending on Ministry said it is strictly moni- car dealer was caught selling used a decision to publicise the names tional standards. ruled out the possibility of uni- their operation cost.” toring the market and is respon- cars as brand new ones. The min- of the erring outlets, especially The strategy has been devel- fying prices of commodities in The ministry, however, said it sive to complaints from the public. istry which publicized this serious the eateries, through its website. oped by the Ministry of Labour the local market, saying price has made it mandatory for all Meanwhile, several citizens violation fell short of announcing A list of outlets that have been and Social Affairs in collaboration variations are not something shops to display the prices promi- responding to a survey conducted the name of the erring dealer. closed for various violations is with the Ministry of Interior and unusual. nently for information of the pub- by another local Arabic daily have Several citizens felt that currently available at its website Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Responding to a recent report lic. The ministry also publishes called on the Ministry to “name announcing the names would and this list has been regularly The ILO will be providing tech- in Al Sharq on complaints about a comparative weekly price list and shame” outlets that resort deter the outlets from repeating updated. The name and location nical assistance to Qatar in areas high prices of commodities in of food and non-food items in to commercial fraud and cheat the violation and help customers of the facility and the type of the like inspection and occupational Sidra outlets at Woqod petrol leading hypermarkets to raise customers. identify fraudsters in the market. violation have been mentioned in health and safety. stations, the ministry said: “ It is public awareness and encourage The call came in the context The Ministry of Municipality the list. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA WISE Learning Festival opens

DOHA: Tiny robotic cars a photo exhibition by Newsha learning. It includes photos taken translate colour information to Tavakolian, the festival show- at the Qatar Foundation schools. sound and they make different cases use of technology in the The central area of the fes- sounds for different colours. classroom. It demonstrates tival is dedicated to the Maker Play drums out of anything hit how the makers explore simple movement, featuring interactive the beat, like seeds of rice and analog and digital resources to demos and installations of some beans. enhance creativity. the latest creative maker projects The colour chaser ‘MoMA col- Yuri Suzuki, a sound artist, such as LittleBits, Makey Makey, lection’ and the ‘Physical Drum designer and electronic musician 3d printing, Paper Electronics, Machine’ are just samples among who produces work that explores Arduino-based DYI kits as well. many exhibits showcased at the the realms of sound through The festival is open on Katara Learning Festival organised by exquisitely designed pieces, was Esplanade until November 8, the World Innovation Summit one among the opening of the between 5pm and 10pm. for Education (WISE) which was Learning Festival. The Learning Festival will also opened yesterday at Katara. “Understanding electronics hold workshops for students at The Learning Festival show- leads to creating things. Learning Katara and within and outside cases the creative takes on the understands,” said Yuri Suzuki, the Education City. The festival is use of technology in education. Japanese designer, whose brain- held ahead of the WISE 2014 sum- The festival is on a mission to child is the ‘MoMA collection.’ mit which will be held between creatively share some of the The photo exhibition by November 4 and November latest developments in educa- Tavakolian, whose striking images 6 under the theme ‘Imagine- tion. Through a series of demos, illustrate the 2014 WISE Book Create-Learn: Creativity at the workshops and performances represent 11 best practices in Heart of Education.’ Children at the WISE Learning Festival that opened at Katara yesterday. BAHER AMIN by the ‘Maker Movement’ and the use of technology to improve THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Aljazeera Satellite Network Chairman Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani speaking at the opening session of 10th Al Jazeera film festival at the Ritz-Carlton Doha yesterday. ABDUL BASIT 10th Aljazeera Documentary Festival opens 161 films from 60 countries to be screened; QR600,000 will be given to winners in various categories

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA aged six to 10 enthralled the draw lessons from it and capital- its journalists in Egypt, the chair- time including Georgia, Papua Rights Award, and Child and packed Al Wosail Ballroom in ise on our experience.” man vowed to do their best to free New Guinea, Haiti, El Salvador, Family Award. DOHA: ‘Broken Strings’ by Ritz-Carlton Doha. This year’s festival, he said, fea- them. Rwanda, Uzbekistan, Macedonia Top three winners will be Palestinian director Ahmed Welcoming the gathering of tures “many creative artistic pro- Indian film ‘The Human and Eritrea. selected among the films made by Hassouna opened the 10th edi- directors and producers from ductions that will make us proud Horses’ by Rosario Simanella Organised under the patron- amateur and student filmmakers tion of the annual Aljazeera different countries, Aljazeera of our contribution in enriching and Marco Landini was also age of Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer for the New Horizon Award. On International Documentary Satellite Network Chairman universal culture and in building screened at the opening event. Al Thani, Chairman of Al Jazeera its 10th edition, the festival is Festival last night. The Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al communication bridges with dif- Prior to the opening, 30 short Media Network Board, the 10th introducing two awards includ- 26-minute documentary depicts Thani said: ferent nations and civilisations in films were shown at four screen- edition of the festival carries the ing the Best Director Award and the effects of Israeli aggression “It is a great pleasure to see all the world.” ing halls in the venue. theme ‘Steps.’ Best Camerawork Award to be on the people of Gaza especially of our guests and colleagues at Sheikh Thamer said: “On this A total of 161 films from 60 A total of QR600,000 will be given in the three categories. to children, their various ways this extremely important event occasion we would like to bring countries are vying for honours given to the winners of vari- The competing films are of coping with the psychological where we celbrate creativity of to your attention that our three at this year’s festival which runs ous awards. Films from Long, evaluated by a 15-member panel effects through music, art and people, their original works and Aljazeera staff Mohammed for four days. Medium and Short catego- of judges from Arab and non- sport. their talents to further contrib- Fahmy, Baher Mohammed, and The participating films include ries will be chosen to receive Arab countries including Iran, Adding glitter to the spec- ute to culture, humanity and Peter Greste still remain in 34 long, 51 medium, 45 short and major awards including the Spain, Jordan, Germany, United tacular 10th year celebration civilisation.” Egyptian prison without any 31 new horizon films. They were Al Jazeera Golden Award and States of America, Greece, was a performance by Al Kufiya He said this year’s festival “is wrongdoing. We will be doing our chosen from among 910 films sub- Jury Award as well as special Italy, China, Ireland, Qatar, traditional dance troupe from held under the motto ‘Steps’ as best to free our journalists.” mitted from110 countries. awards including Al Jazeera Poland, Norway, Morocco and Palestine. The 12-member group an attempt to view what has been As Aljazeera today marks 300 Eight countries are taking Documentary Channel Award, Turkey. composed of Palestinian children achieved over the last ten years, days since the arrest of three of part at the festival for the first Public Liberties an Human THE PENINSULA

Pinoy Fiesta Aljazeera to mark 300 days since arrests of journalists

DOHA: Aljazeera will be air- against their convictions are ing a special 300 second mon- A special considered. Calls for the release tage live on TV and online of Aljazeera staff have previ- today to mark the 300 days 300 second ously been made by the White since the arrest of its jour- montage to House, the British Foreign and nalists Baher Mohamed, Commonwealth Office, the Mohamed Fahmy and Peter mark 300 days European Union, the Australian Greste in Egypt. to be aired Government and over 150 rights Each second will be equal to groups, including Amnesty one day of 300 the three men on Al Jazeera International, the Committee have spent behind bars. Al English at 9pm to Protect Journalists and the Jazeera English will be airing International Press Institute. the 300-days montage at 1800 today. Over 200,000 people have GMT and will be offering it to signed petitions globally, The Ambassador of Philippines Crescente R Relaacion inaugurating the Pinoy Fiesta, a food festival focused on all media outlets to stand in including two petitions signed Philippine cuisine, as part of the Lulu Annual Food Festival at the Al Gharafa branch of the Lulu Hypermarket. solidarity with the three men, Egyptian-Canadian Mohamed by 150,000 people presented to The Director of the Lulu Group International Mohamed Althaf; Regional Director Shaijan M O; Regional Manager Aljazeera said yesterday. Fahmy and Egyptian producer the Egyptian Vice Counsel in Shanavas PM; Gharafa General Manager Mohamed Basheer; D-Ring Road General Manager M H Z Abideen The parents of Peter, Juris Baher Mohamed, were con- Sydney by Australia’s leading and other officials and dignitaries from leading business groups were present. SALIM MATRAMKOT and Lois Greste have once victed in June of aiding terror- journalists. again spoken of their hope that ism and spreading false news Similarly public calls of sup- along with Mohamed and Baher. that portrayed Egypt as being port for the release of the jour- Juris Greste told Aljazeera, “We in a state of “civil war”. Greste nalists has occurred throughout really haven’t had another life and Fahmy received seven-year the social media campaign 188 abandoned cars, illegal portacabins removed this year. It has been campaign- terms, while Mohamed was sen- #FreeAJStaff, with over 137,000 ing from morning until night tenced to 10 years, in a case that people who have shared their DOHA: The Doha Municipality The Gharafa office of the Some 24 violations have been from Friday to next Friday.” sparked international outrage. support on Twitter, reaching has relaunched a campaign Municipality alone removed 188 detected during inspection and a Both parents have vis- The Egyptian court will be 112 million people, and deliver- to remove abandoned vehicles abandoned cars and illegal porta- total fine of QR96,100 has been ited Peter in Egypt after he, convening on the 1st January, ing over 2 billion impressions. and unauthorised structures cabins, as part of the campaign, imposed. along with his colleagues the 2015 to see whether the appeals THE PENINSULA encroaching public spaces. according to Al Sharq. THE PENINSULA Interior Ministry signs deal worth QR329m at Milipol

DOHA: The total number of companies reached 261 from fabrics; major risks, crisis man- people who visited the recently 36 countries with a growth agement and civil emergencies; concluded Milipol Qatar exhibi- of seven percent more than specific transverse technologies; tion reached 6,583 persons from Milipol 2012. body inspection systems; fast- 63 countries, according to a Belgium, Cyprus, Portugal, scan vehicle inspection systems; press statement. Romania, Republic of Slovakia law enforcement cameras; and Brig Nasser bin Fahad Al and Taiwan were the new coun- unmanned aerial vehicles. Thani, President of Milipol Qatar, tries participated in the exhibi- Muriel Kafantaris, the direc- said that the number of visitors tion this year. tor of Milipol Paris said that the this year represented a growth The total floor plan of the exhi- exhibition had achieved great suc- of 13 percent compared to Milipol bition was 6,055 sq metres which cess in regards of the figures and 2012. Almost 217 media persons made a growth of 12 percent more statistics announced. attended to cover the activities of than the previous exhibition. Similarly the number of deals the exhibition representing differ- The milpol Qatar exhibition is also increased this year with deals ent media networks. hosted every after two years in worth QR329m whereas the total Brig Nasser bin Fahad Al Thani at the press confernece. A total of 146 official delega- co-operation with France and it amount of the previous Milipol tions from 30 countries took part features optics and op-tronics deals was QR252m. of Interior were not finalised due QR20m will be concluded soon security devices, military equip- in the event. equipment; consultancy, train- Brig Saud Rashid Al Shafi a to lack of time as the procedures that would make the total value ment and radars for different According to Brig Nasser, ing and related services; mobil- member of the Milpol committee will be concluded in the com- QR329m. departments of the Ministry. the total number of exhibiting ity; personnel equipment and said that some deals of Ministry ing week and more deals worth These deals are intended to buy THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The significance of Hijrah year

BY HAFIZ ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD

he Islamic Calendar is based on the Lunar Calendar consist- ing of 354-355 days annually Tand is 10-11 days shorter than the western Solar Calendar. The Lunar month is based on the time it takes the moon to complete a single orbit around the earth and it is just over 29.5 days. There are many advantages to the Lunar Calendar. For example, the various dates in the Islamic Calendar such as Ramadan and Hajj rotate every year and are not fixed like the Solar Year. People, there- Islamic New Year 1436 fore, will perform acts of worship in vari- ous climatic conditions and in different length of hours in submission to the will of Allah where human imagination plays no part. The new moon marks the beginning of each new lunar month and it is easy for people to see the new moon and know that a new month has begun. This probably explains why most ancient civilizations such as the Babylonians, the Jews, the Greeks and the Egyptians in the Middle East, the Aztecs and the Incas of the West, and the Hindus and the Chinese of the East used this system. Interestingly, the English word ‘month’ is derived from the word ‘moon’. The Islamic New Year 1436 will begin today or tomorrow.

HIJRI CALENDAR The Islamic Calendar was started by the second Caliph Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) in 16 AH/637 CE/281. The event of the Hijrah, the migration of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE, was chosen to begin the Islamic Calendar because it was the first major sacrifice made by the whole Ummah for the preservation of Islam in its formative period. Ibn Hajar, in his Fath Al Bari, records that the Caliph Umar is reported to have remarked: “The Hijrah has separated truth from falsehood, therefore, let it become the Epoch of the Era”. The Hijrah year reminds Muslims every year of the sac- Companions (Sahabah) from Makkah to rifices made by the first Muslims and Madinah was much more than a simple should prepare them to do the same. The Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram migration. It was a turning point in the constant use of the Hijri Calendar for history of Islam. It was a revolution and acts of worship and as a frame of refer- complete transformation of society. The ence to major historical events will help he 10th day of Muharram, Muhammad (PBUH) migrated to an earlier practice, though abrogating Muhajirun (emigrants) of Makkah gave Muslims keep links with their roots and known as Yawm Al Ashura, is Madinah, he found the Jews fasting its obligation. However, in order not to up their family, property and homeland further enhance their knowledge of their the most significant day of this on the Day of Ashura. When asked for follow the Jews, the Prophet encouraged for the sake of religion and the Ansar religion and history. Tmonth. The Prophet (PBUH) the reason of their fasting, they replied Muslims by saying: “Observe the fast of (helpers) of Madinah welcomed them There are twelve months in the Islamic said: “Fasting on the Day of Ashura is an that it was the day when Allah saved Ashura and differ from the Jews by fast- with great hospitality. Thus a unique Calendar as the Quran says: expiation of sins for the previous year”. the Prophet Moses and the Children of ing a day before it or after it” [Bayhaqi: brotherhood was created between them, “Surely the number of months in the sight Many events are attributed to this date Israil from their enemies. Sunan Al-Kubra 4/287]. hitherto unknown in human history. of Allah is twelve, in accordance with His such as that the Prophet Adam was born Prophet Moses fasted to thank The Prophet’s younger grandson By highlighting the Hijrah, Muslims decree from the day He created the heavens and his repentance was accepted on this Almighty Allah and they fasted in emu- Imam Husayn was tragically martyred will reaffirm their need to be in a state and the earth, out of which four are sacred” day, the Prophet Abraham was saved lation of him. So the Prophet (PBUH) on 10th Muharram 61 AH/ 680 CE on where they can practice their religion (9:36). from the fire, the Prophet Ishmael was said: “We have more of a right to the Ashura day. The heroic martyr- and make the necessary sacrifices to These twelve months are Muharram, delivered from the sacrifice, the Prophet Moses than you” and so he ordered the dom of Imam Husayn demonstrates to achieve that aim, including emigration. Safar, Rabiul Awwal, Rabiul Al Thani, Joseph was reunited with his father, Muslims to fast on that day (Bukhari Muslims the need to uphold truth and Hijrah also has a deep spiritual signifi- Jumadul Ula, Jumadul Ukhra, Rajab, the Prophet Job was cured of his illness & Muslim). Ibn Al Qayyim, in his Zad justice and to fight against tyranny and cance where Muslims commit themselves Sha’ban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul and the Prophet Solomon was ordained Al Ma‘ad, explains that the underlying evil and they should be prepared to give to leave the state of disbelief and sin to Qa’dah and Dhul Hijjah. as king. However, such assertions are wisdom behind the fast of Ashura is to their lives in a similar cause if the need enter that of Islam and piety. That is why The four Sacred Months (Al Ashhurul not always backed by accurate histori- stress the affinity between the prophets arises. Such situations are all too com- the Prophet (PBUH) said: Hurum) are Rajab, Dhul Qa’dah, Dhul cal evidences [Abdulhaqq Dehlawi: Ma who all came from Allah. This is also mon in our own times when Muslims are “The best emigrant is the one who leaves Hijjah and Muharram (Bukhari). Thabata bis Sunnah p.254]. one instance where the Shariah given to being persecuted for their faith in many what Allah has forbidden” (Bukhari) The sanctity of these months was also Ibn Abbas relates that when Prophet Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) preserved parts of the world. Although the practical usage of the accepted in the Pre-Islamic era when Islamic Calendar is increasingly dimin- fighting was forbidden. ishing, nevertheless the foundation of Islamic dates are determined by the (Sayyid Sabiq: Fiqhus Sunnah 3/112) authentic means [Ibn Taymiyyah: month of Muharram” (Muslim). many acts of worship such as Zakah, actual visibility of the moon as the But most scholars from the other Majmu‘ah Fatawa 5/111]. This may be an indirect reference to Sawm and Haj revolve around this calen- Prophet (PBUH) said: “Fast by seeing Schools of Law have taken the words ‘Ashura and not to Muharram in general dar and it is one of the hallmarks (shi‘ar) the moon and end the fast by seeing it” “fast by seeing it” (sumu li ru’yatihi) as MUHARRAM because, according to Sayyidah Aishah, of Islam that differentiates Muslims from (Bukhari & Muslim). a general command to all Muslims and This is the first month of the Islamic the Prophet (PBUH) fasted most in other communities. Undoubtedly, there Muslim scholars have interpreted this not individual sectors of the community. Calendar and one of the four Sacred Sha’ban after Ramadan is a great need for Muslims to reaf- Prophetic saying in two different ways. Hence they regard the sighting of the Months. It is recommended to fast dur- (Bukhari & Muslim). firm their cultural heritage by using the Some scholars, such as Al Shafi’i, have moon in one region as valid for people ing this month as there is a Hadith which Muharram heralds the beginning of Islamic Calendar on a regular basis and held the view that each location has its of another region, provided the news of says: the Islamic Calendar. The Hijrah of the not just during Ramadan and Eid. own sighting of the moon. sighting the moon reaches them through “The best fast, after Ramadan, is in the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his www. islamiquemagazine.com The establishment of first Islamic state in Madinah BY ADIL SALAHI idle while the new state in Arabs had to be trained not to fulfillment of his mission. (PBUH) purposes. The Muslim which crowned the Prophet’s he arrival of the Prophet Madinah acquired increasing retaliate for personal injury, but As the Makkan period drew to community would never fight a (PBUH) hard work over the past Muhammad (peace be strength. The Quraish was bound to look beyond their own persons an end, permission to fight the tribal war. A new army had to be 14 years. Since Madinah was not upon him) in Madinah to conclude that the Islamic state and interests and to think first of non-believers was given to the built on a basis totally different an isolated city, its relations with Theralded the establish- in Madinah was going to chal- their new community. Prophet (PBUH) and his fol- from anything known in Arabia: its neighbours were highly impor- ment of the first Islamic state in lenge for supremacy in Arabia. Secondly, the use of force in lowers. This came in a Quranic the basis of faith. tant. All around Madinah there history. That the foundations of It was expected that the the Makkan period might have verse which was revealed shortly Thus, the purpose of war would were Bedouin tribes which did not this state needed continuous con- Quraish might before long try led to increased stubbornness before the Ansar made their sec- be different. The soldiers’ atti- have much of an idea about Islam. solidation was very clear to the to launch an all-out campaign on the part of the Quraish and, ond covenant with the Prophet. tude to death in battle would be Independent though these Prophet (PBUH) right from the to eliminate such a challenge consequently, to a never-ending No fighting, however, took place based on the Islamic view that a tribes were, their natural sympa- beginning. before it had a chance to gather series of killing for vengeance. before the Prophet’s (PBUH) emi- martyr is certain to be admitted to thies were with the Quraish. Like His initial major actions as he strength. A show of force by the The blame for such an event gration. There was every indica- heaven. His attitude to his fellow the Quraish, they were pagans took charge in Madinah reflect Muslims in Madinah was there- would undoubtedly have been laid tion that it would come soon. soldiers would also be completely for whom religious values did not his keen awareness of that need. fore important, in order to make at the door of Islam. Hence preparations for such an different. The Prophet (PBUH) count for much. More impor- He built the mosque, which was the Quraish think twice before Thirdly, the use of force might eventuality were called for. wasted no time in building such tantly, the Quraish was still the a place of worship, a people’s embarking on any such hazard- have led to numerous little family The Muhajirun (Muslims who an army. He had moved without recognised superpower in Arabia. assembly, and the palace of gov- ous course of action. One may wars, as the believers still lived emigrated to Madinah) and the a moment’s delay to consolidate Something had to be done to ernment, all in one. note here that up to the last few with their own families and clans. Ansar (Muslims who received the foundations of his new state. persuade those Arab tribes that He established a new and months of the Prophet’s (PBUH) Since the Muslims were still the emigrants in Madinah) were Internally, the fabric of the social things had changed. Moreover, strong bond of brotherhood active work for Islam in Makkah, small in number, they might have good fighters. Almost every one structure of the new society was the Prophet’s (PBUH) mission between his followers to con- Muslims were commanded by God been totally exterminated. of them had fought with his tribe. of the highest quality. was universal. That is, he was solidate the inner structure of not to resort to arms in any con- Fourthly, the Muslims would As already related, the two tribes Relations with other com- commanded by God to make his his community. He also signed a frontation with non-believers. have lost all the support of to whom the Ansar belonged were munities in Madinah were put message known to all mankind treaty with the Jews to ensure Several reasons may be their clans. We have seen how involved in a fierce battle shortly on a sound basis. A well-trained and to call upon them to believe peace in Madinah and to free advanced for such a policy. Firstly, the support of the Hashemites before they came to know about army, which was soon to prove in it. At no time did the Prophet himself to face outside threats, the Makkan period was one of guaranteed for the Prophet Islam. its caliber, was built up. The (PBUH) envisage the establish- which were only to be expected. education of a certain people in (PBUH) all the protection he But all this experience was not establishment of the new state ment of the new state as his final The Quraish could not remain a new tradition. The Muslim needed to continue his efforts in quite enough for the Prophet’s was indeed a great achievement objective. www.onislam.net FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Yazidi force’s Israel vows commander killed on Iraq’s crackdown Mount Sinjar ARBIL: Islamic State group jihadists besieging Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq have killed a commander of forces after attack from the Yazidi religious minor- ity defending the area, a fighter said yesterday. Police flood Arab neighbourhoods The commander, Al Sheikh Khayri, had returned from JERUSALEM: Israel yester- Abdelrahman Shaludi from Germany, which has large Yazidi day pledged a tough response Silwan in east Jerusalem, was community, to fight, and was to any further attacks in shot while trying to flee the car on killed on Wednesday night, Khalaf Jerusalem as police flooded foot and later died of his injuries. Mamu said by telephone. flashpoint Arab neighbourhoods Israel said Shaludi was a “The humanitarian situation a day after a Palestinian car Hamas activist, but although became very difficult because attack killed a baby. family members confirmed he there is very little food,” while fuel It was the second deadly inci- was the nephew of a top-Hamas was also lacking, he said. dent involving a Palestinian driv- bombmaker who was killed 1998, Mamu put the number of fight- ing a vehicle in three months it was not clear whether he ers defending Mount Sinjar at and prompted a sharp warning himself belonged to the Islamist about 1,200. from Prime Minister Benjamin movement. The Islamic State (IS) group Netanyahu. The incident triggered clashes Israeli policemen run during clashes with Palestinian protesters in a suburb of East Jerusalem yesterday. began a renewed push for the “Jerusalem is united and was, between police and stone-throw- mountain on Monday after and always will be, the eternal ing Palestinians across east Palestinian president Mahmoud But chief Palestinian negotiator had been recently released from besieging it earlier in the year. capital of Israel. Any attempt to Jerusalem which lasted into the Abbas, accusing him of encourag- Saeb Erakat accused Netanyahu prison where he served 14 months Some 300 of the jihadists with harm its residents will be met early hours. Police confirmed ing attacks in the city. of turning a blind eye to Israel’s for disturbing the peace, a euphe- armoured vehicles attacked and with the harshest response,” he arrests but would not give a “Jerusalem is coming under provocative actions in the city’s mism for participating in unrest. seized nearby villages and then said. number. attack by terror... and this attack strife-hit east. Palestinian community offi- turned their sights on the moun- Wednesday’s attack saw a By yesterday morning, follow- is supported by the chairman of “The man, once he looks at cials say the wave of unrest grip- tain itself, commander Dawud Palestinian ramming his car at ing an order from Netanyahu, the Palestinian Authority,” he said the mirror... should know who’s ping the city is fuelled by a sense Jundi said. high speed into a crowd of Israeli police surged into flashpoint in his second attack on Abbas responsible for the miserable situa- of hopelessness resulting from The first siege of Mount pedestrians, killing a baby and neighbourhoods in a bid to stamp since the fatal incident. tion of Palestinians and Israelis, the Israel’s policies in east Jerusalem, Sinjar, during which thousands injuring another six people in out a wave of persistent unrest On Wednesday evening he escalation of violence and so on,” he which have left many young peo- of mainly-Yazidi civilians were what police dubbed “a hit-and- that began nearly four months accused the Palestinian leader told reporters in Ramallah. “He ple with a sense that they have trapped by IS, was a key moment run terror attack”. ago. of “inciting a terrorist attack in plants the seeds of desperation.” nothing to lose. in the conflict against the jihad- The driver, 21-year-old Netanyahu also lashed out at Jerusalem.” Family members said Shaludi AFP ist group, which spearheaded an offensive in June that has overrun large areas of Iraq. The plight of those trapped on the mountain helped prompt the United States to begin air strikes Policeman killed in pre-election fire fight near Tunis against the jihadists that have since been expanded into Syria and now involve a coalition of TUNIS: A Tunisian policeman clashes with a terrorist group,” house was also inside. Amid spo- Mosaique FM radio that police said, adding that two Kalashnikov countries. was killed in a fire fight near a police official said at the scene. radic rounds of gunfire, a large had also clashed earlier Thursday assault rifles were seized. Most of the people trapped in the capital yesterday amid fears The interior ministry said police deployment of police besieging the with two “terrorists” in Kebili, Elsewhere, two soldiers were the first siege were eventually of jihadist violence in the run- traded gunfire with armed “ter- house used loud hailers to urge 500km south of Tunis. lightly wounded in a roadside able to escape via Syria with up to the first parliamentary rorists” who had taken refuge in a the suspects to surrender. The suspects were arrested bomb blast in Sakiet Sidi Yussef the help of Kurdish fighters election since the country’s 2011 house in the town of Oued Ellil on With security beefed up ahead after killing a private security near the Algerian border, defence from Iraq’s neighbour to the revolution. the outskirts of the capital. of Tunisia’s parliamentary elec- guard in the gunfight, he said. ministry spokesman Belhassen west, but that route has now “Our agent died of a bullet The police source said the fam- tion on Sunday, interior min- They had been “preparing Oueslati said. been cut. wound in the eye sustained in ily of a gunman holed up in the istry spokesman Ali Aroui told operations in the area,” Aroui AFP AFP Bashir urges opponents to join him in ‘national dialogue’

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s at the congress was greeted with as press censorship raised ques- President Omar Hassan Al cries of “Allahu abkar!” (God is tions about the regime’s commit- Bashir yesterday urged oppo- greater) and “There is no choice ment to change. nents to join him in “national but Bashir!” Critics have said the dialogue is dialogue” talks, days after it was Bashir admitted the Sudanese a way for the NCP to hold on to announced he would be seeking people were “tired” after years of power without addressing Sudan’s to extend his 25-year rule. economic problems and conflict. problems. Bashir, who took power in a He said the country’s 2011 Bashir called again yesterday for 1989 coup, was named the presi- split with South Sudan had hit insurgents from different regions dential candidate for the ruling Khartoum’s finances particularly in Sudan, including Darfur, to National Congress Party (NCP) hard. “We faced the division from come to the table, urging them to on Tuesday, ahead of a presiden- South Sudan, which had a nega- “respond to the nation’s call and to tial vote due next April. tive impact on our economy and participate in the dialogue in order The 70-year-old is wanted by (caused) a shortage of resources,” to achieve consensus.” the International Criminal Court he said. Some 300,000 people have been (ICC) for alleged war crimes in Bashir oversaw South Sudan’s killed in Darfur and two million the violence-plagued Darfur split from the north under a peace forced to flee since non-Arab region and has been accused of deal that ended a 22-year civil rebels rose up against the Arab- jailing opponents and limiting war. The division left Sudan with- dominated regime in 2003, the press freedom. out most of the formerly united UN says. He has been pressing scepti- country’s 470,000 barrels per day The government puts the death cal opponents to take part in a of oil production. toll at 10,000. One of the main “national dialogue” and repeated Bashir first appealed in January Darfur rebel groups, the Justice that call to party faithful at a con- for a wide-ranging dialogue with and Equality Movement, lashed gress in Khartoum. political opponents and armed out at Bashir’s re-nomination “Dialogue is the only way to insurgents in Darfur. earlier, saying it “confirms he is solve the problems about power But the arrest soon afterwards a dictator”. sharing,” he said, after his arrival of several political figures as well AFP

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HINA has opened another front against the pro- democracy activists – through the media. The Chinese media is piling pressure and increasing Cthe rhetoric against Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Why Brazil’s election is a movement, saying protesters risk becoming foreign puppets. This is an accusation which the Beijing government can easily make at the protesters because the protesters are demanding democracy, and democracy is a foreign concept for geopolitical turning point Beijing. The Chinese allegations also come after latest polls in the territory showed that support for the pro-democracy BY OSCAR GUARDIOLA-RIVERA movement is increasing. a middle-class family of Bulgarian origins back into its 1970s role as America’s cli- in the state of Minas Gerais, Rousseff ent in the southern hemisphere. In an editorial in the English-language daily Global Times, NE of the most popular nov- joined Política Operaria, a radical faction Elsewhere in the Americas, the which is affiliated with the official People’s Daily newspaper, els in Brazil these days is the of the Brazilian Socialist party, aged 17. turn towards popular politics is evi- the paper linked the protests to other movements that China wonderfully titled I Would After a confrontation with the police, dent. Recently, Bolivians re-elected Evo deems hostile to the Chinese Communist Party’s authority. OReceive the Worst News From Rousseff, then a student, flew to Rio with Morales by a landslide, demonstrating “The external political situation concerning Occupy Central Your Beautiful Lips. It tells the story of her lover Claudio Galeano. There, she to Europeans such as Spain’s Podemos a journalist who travels to a Brazilian met Charles de Araujo. The two fell in party that the model of dual power – is increasingly clear cut,” the paper said. “A mix of traditional town dominated by a mining company, love; subversive love grounded in radical connecting the horizontalist movements forces that are confronting the current Chinese regime, reminiscent of Gabriel García Márquez’s politics. of the outraged with the vertical flight including Tibetan, Xinjiang and Taiwan separatists, Falun Macondo. There he meets the beauti- Defending a political alliance with of a well-organised political party – can Gong devotees, and pro-democracy activists, have beaten ful Lavinia. They fall madly in love, but the workers against her more military- deliver radical democratic transforma- the drums for the Hong Kong protests like cheerleaders.” there’s a problem – she’s married to the minded male colleagues put her on a col- tion without wrecking the economy. The editorial comes after Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung town’s vicar. It’s a classic love triangle, lision course with guerrilla leader Carlos Something similar is bound to happen in but one in which the characters chal- Lamarca, who accused her of being a Ecuador, where the Citizen’s Revolution Chun-ying said that foreign forces were fanning the protests. lenge an utterly banal existence by trying stuck up, non-charismatic intellectual. of Rafael Correa should win the presi- Student leaders have pledged to continue demonstrations the impossible. The accusation, echoed later by the dential race. unless China reverses a decision to vet candidates for the city’s Marçal Aquino’s novel sums up the armed forces unit that tortured her, is In Uruguay, the heavens didn’t fall first leadership election in 2017. All story of Latin America since the 1980s. used by her opponents in this Sunday’s after José Mujica defied the stupidity of this could be a prelude to a tough After the coup d’état that unseated decisive elections, where she stands the US-led drugs policy and war, paving crackdown on the protesters. The Chile’s social- against Aecio Neves. As leader of the the way for the rest of the continent to The support for ist president Workers’ party, Rousseff has presided escape the destiny that plunged Colombia pro-democracy Chinese government hasn’t been Salvador Allende over the Bolsa Familia social-welfare and now Mexico into a downward spiral able to use the kind of force it in 1973, Latin programme, which has lifted tens of mil- of violence. activists wanted on the movement because Will the southern Americans were lions out of poverty. And in Venezuela, Maduro’s govern- it’s happening in Hong Kong. But superpower return told to forget Neves, of the centre-right Social- ment seems to have come out stronger is rising in the patience has been wearing heroic dreams and Democrat party (PSDB), overtook after a year of violent protests, external to the fold of the get on with their environmentalist Marina Silva to come intervention and economic pressure. Last thin. Its soft approach hasn’t Hong Kong as US, or can Dilma banal existence as second in the first round. Like Rousseff, week, Venezuela was elected to a seat on helped to stop the protests, and providers of raw Neves was born in Minas Gerais; unlike the UN security council with widespread China thinks use of force would have disastrous Rousseff fight materials, mostly her, to a well-off family closely linked to southern support. Even Colombia, argu- consequences. In such a tricky off her rivals and minerals, to the power. Neves’s father supported the dic- ably the most conservative country in the of new ways of situation, it could be preparing the globalised world. tatorship. According to Brazilian analyst region, voted in favour. ground for a solution it wants. continue to lead For a while they Sonia Fleury the focus on Silva spared Back in Brazil, Rousseff has remained crackdown. did, but after the Neves criticism, allowing him to quietly top of the polls despite economic diffi- The biggest worry for China Latin America election of Lula build on his record as governor of Brazil’s culties and a wave of countrywide pro- should be that those demanding towards greater da Silva and the second biggest state. The “best option for tests that at their peak brought more more freedom are the youth and Workers’ party in the fiscal health of the country,” accord- than a million Brazilians to the streets, students. A new generation is growing up which is against autonomy? Brazil, it seemed ing to a civil servant in the finance min- threatening to disrupt the World Cup. Chinese aggression and communism. A public opinion poll as if the time of istry, He promises to cut public spending Protesters worry about corruption, conducted between Oct. 8 and 15 by the Chinese University heroes was back and people could again and shrink government. This is music to compromises and lack of investment in demand the impossible. the ears of his supporters among Brazil’s universal, quality education, health and of Hong Kong and released on Wednesday showed 37.8 That Brazil has become the site of powerful financiers and industrialists. transport infrastructure. percent of respondents aged 15 and older supporting the such hope once more is fitting, for the Also, crucially, to those in the US and Many still admire her social record, Occupy movement, with 35.5 percent opposing. The poll has coup against Allende couldn’t have elsewhere who would like to see the and aren’t ready to lose the gains of the a sampling error of 3.5 percent. In mid-September, before happened without the previous one in southern superpower return to the fold past. Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff protests started, 46.3 percent of public opposed the planned Brazil, in 1964. The Brazilian dictator- of its former master to the north. explains: “36 million people have been ship installed that year waged a war by At stake in this Sunday’s election is the lifted out of abject poverty. No longer Occupy movement, and 31.3 percent supported it. Much of the proxy in Chile during the 1970s on behalf fate of global geopolitics: whether Brazil hungry for food, they’re hungry for movement’s support comes from the young, with 62.1 percent of the US and its powerful mining com- will continue to lead Latin America’s health and education.” Sunday’s results of respondents of 15 to 24 years of age backing the protests, panies. Meanwhile, it killed and tortured turn towards further autonomy, sceptical will tell whether Rousseff’s story of compared with only 28.4 percent of people in the 40 to 59 those who dared to confront the regime. of the austerity fairytale that still reigns subversive love and politics continues age bracket, according to the October poll. The democracy One of the tortured was a young in the west despite increasing evidence to inspire the rest of us to believe that activists too need to proceed cautiously. Going slow and steady woman named Dilma Rousseff. Her story of its failure, and of western internet another world is indeed possible. has become the stuff of legend. Born into surveillance and interventionism, or fall THE GUARDIAN will be better than pushing for drastic changes. The other side Quote of There is hope for victims of spine injuries the day

HERE is a constant litany of recorded by medical researchers is still early days, the very fact that confines of a bed or a wheelchair. To bad news dominating news and scientists working in Europe. Fidykia is now able to stand on his dare to dream of taking another step channels, leading one to For the first time ever, a paralysed own two feet and can walk is nothing is now a possibility and within the T believe that all is indeed dire man has been given the ability to short of a miracle. bounds of reality. And importantly Canadians will not and we live in a permanent state of walk again. Darek Fidyka was para- Researchers and medical scien- too, this medical advance shows chaos. Between suicide bombings, lysed from the chest down, following tists have long dreamed of the day that man is indeed capable of good be intimidated. We human tragedies, new terrorist a knife attack that severed his spi- when they could make those para- works and remarkable achievements attacks and the spread of Ebola, nal cord. Using cells harvested from lysed walk again. Yes, this is a small if minds are collectively focused on will be vigilant, but one might be forgiven for believing Fidykia’s nasal passage, researchers first step, but it is profound moment, a cause. And given all of the bad that mankind is about to be either were able to graft new cells into his one that a doctor said was more news, this remarkable story should we will not run blown up or consumed by a raging spinal column. As a result, Fidyka important than man’s first step on serve as a reminder that all indeed scared. We will be haemorrhagic fever. has been able to regain feeling in the Moon. This breakthrough offers is not lost. Life is good, mankind is But all is not lost. And in the his lower limbs and has managed to hope for all those who have been capable of good. And there is hope prudent but we will avalanche of bad news, a very walk again, albeit with the help of leg struck down with spinal cord inju- for us all. not panic. significant breakthrough has been braces and a walking frame. While it ries, now living their lives from the Gulf News Stephen Harper Canadian Prime Minister FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Why the world shouldn’t write off Iraqi Army

thousand military and police person- Washington needs nel who have been recently trained, the raw materials for creating this already to help the Iraqis exist. But much needs to happen for these assets to be forged into a combat capability. rebuild their security Specifically: We need to help retrain the core Iraqi army, since many lead- forces, so they can ers have to be replaced and many troops reconstituted into meaningful units. We will need to help Iraqis not only ultimately launch train but recruit and form new National Guard units, once they figure out the pol- their own ‘surge’ itics that would make the idea appealing to major political players. We need to help Iraqis devise a cam- strategy, liberating paign plan to then use these capabilities in a sequenced, realistic way to take back the northwest cities key areas from IS. It is critical that the United States be and towns that IS willing to play a midwife role here. Iraqis are too burned by sectarianism — and now too distrustful of each other — to now controls. do this on a realistic time frame without American help. BY MICHAEL O’HANLON Many US military personnel and dip- lomats have forged relationships with n Septtember 10, US President Iraqis over the last decade, and can pro- Barack Obama outlined an vide not just the expertise, but the per- overall strategy for counter- sonal ties needed. ing the Al Qaeda’ist move- This can build on the promising forma- ment that grandiosely calls tion of a new Iraqi government, making Oitself the Islamic State. The president it really come together for the good of vowed to defeat and ultimately destroy it. the country. How is that campaign going? What are No huge US forces will be required its prospects for success over the next to make this work. But the kind of cen- few months to several years? Is it prom- tral training and in-the-field advising ising in both Iraq and Syria? My answer A June 28 file picture shows Iraqi federal policemen patrolling in Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib suburb. and mentoring that such an approach is a guarded yes, especially for Iraq (the demands could necessitate deployment Syria strategy is incomplete and will take dissolution of the Iraqi Army this spring sectarianism that they decided not to recruited and trained locally and fight of some 10,000 US troops, up from the longer to develop). — when roughly half its troops melted fight. They did not believe in the com- to defend their hometowns. roughly 2,000 now involved in Iraq. Why? away as IS moved to take key Iraqi towns. mander-in-chief — or even the nation This National Guard is crucial, yet it Those additional troops would supply The Iraqi Army chose not to fight US taxpayers were right to wonder how — for which they were being asked to remains only theoretical since legislation not only advisory and mentoring teams in this spring more than it was defeated an Iraqi security force that Washington risk their lives. to authorise it is stuck in parliament. the field, and air power, but logistical and by IS. With proper reconstitution, which built at a cost of tens of billions of dol- With that army largely dissolved, rec- IS is also still making tactical gains in medical and intelligence support. will require assistance from the United lars could put up such little resistance as reating it becomes a monumental under- Anbar province in Iraq’s Sunni heartland. The US knows how to do what needs States, it can get its verve and capability major Iraqi cities were overrun in recent taking. Restoring Sunnis’ belief in the So where to go from here? to be done in Iraq. And Iraqis know they back and go on the offensive. months. They have a right to be angry. Iraqi state will also take considerable No US troop surge is needed — or sen- need to do it. Despite all the disappoint- Before explaining how, it’s important to Yet there is little reason to think that effort. sible. Washington needs to help the Iraqis ments and heartbreak over this decade, recognise two pieces of good news. First, the Army we trained and equipped was And more difficulties await. This sum- rebuild their security forces, so they can the potential for a successful US-Iraqi US airpower successfully helped defend professionally incompetent or unable to mer’s accomplishments were the easy ultimately launch their own “surge” allied effort to defeat this terrible IS Iraqi Kurdistan against IS’ attacks this fight. It simply chose not to fight. part. Defending Kurdistan was always strategy, liberating the northwest cities organisation is promising — and quite summer. Second, the Obama administra- There are two elements that are prin- going to be militarily simpler than retak- and towns that IS now controls. real. tion strongly encouraged formation of a cipally to blame. ing the Sunni Arab parts of Iraq. And US air power, and perhaps even Special But Washington needs to move beyond new government in Baghdad under Prime One, military leadership was abysmal. removing Maliki was only a necessary Forces as well as a small number of the plateau that Abadi and Obama have Minister Haider Al Abadi. The divisive Maliki treated Army and police positions first step toward any possibility of future American mentoring teams that go out been on and take the strategy to the next Shia chauvinist, Nouri Al Maliki, was as rewards for loyalists and cronies. He success, not an end in itself. into the field with Iraqi units, can help level. pushed out. has replaced virtually all the command- Iraq has now reached an impasse. to an extent. But the main ground effort We can afford to be patient in achiev- The is a major step since it was largely ers who the US military had trained and Maliki, who is still in a powerful role, will have to be carried out by Iraqi forces ing actual battlefield results — but there due to Maliki’s sectarian and corrupt cultivated from 2003 to 2011. continues to impede needed reforms, like — including a reconstituted Army and is also no time to lose in getting on with rule that Sunnis lost faith in Baghdad. Two, other chunks of the Army and creation of an Iraqi National Guard that new National Guard. our assistance in Iraq’s preparations for His polarising actions helped trigger the police were so angered by their leaders’ would allow Sunnis (and others) to be Because Iraq does have several hundred the looming fight. REUTERS Aussie war on whistleblowers must end Yara Sallam’s imprisonment: Egypt’s justice is vanishing of attempted intimidation that New Matilda Effective whistleblower has happily challenged, and later on Thursday BY DIANA EL TAHAWY Spurr dropped his bid to expose the source, legislation in although the case is still continuing. I’m yet s the justice system in Egypt grows more selective, the judi- to read other media outlets offering support ciary appears more interested in setting political scores and democracies isn’t for the small publisher. punishing dissent than establishing justice. Leaking to obedient journalists doesn’t A It is in this frustrating context that the verdict in the indicate a healthy whistle-blower culture but case of Yara Sallam, of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights enough because rather a docile political environment that (EIPR), approaches. She has already spent more than 100 days in prison rewards favouritism. It reduces democracy awaiting trial on charges of breaching the unconstitutional protest to sanctioned drops into reporter’s in-boxes. law which has been used to lock up countless activists, dissidents and governments Amidst all the fury over angry ideologues others unfortunate enough to be swept up in mass arrests since its concerned that their bigoted conservative val- passing last year. have proven their ues are under attack lie the importance of Sallam’s predicament started on June 21, when men in plain clothes whistle-blowing without fear or favour. It’s a handed her over to the police while she was buying water at a kiosk global problem that’s being led by Nobel Peace near a demonstration dispersed earlier by security forces. Within willingness to Prize winner himself, US President Barack days, Sallam found herself in the dock facing baseless and trumped-up Obama. His administration is publicly sup- charges of “displaying force” and vandalism, in addition to participating protect anything portive of disclosure while prosecuting count- in an unauthorised protest. The fact that not a single shred of evidence NSA leaker Edward Snowden less people including the New York Times’ exists linking Sallam to any violence has not stopped the prosecution that embarrasses or James Risen and perfecting the selective leak from indicting her, or the judge from rejecting requests to end her computer system that showed prime minis- to cosy reporters. It’s a particular problem unjustifiable pretrial detention. ter Tony Abbott’s daughter, Frances Abbott, with national security journalism, where When Sallam and 22 of her codefendants first appeared in court shames them. received a “chairman’s scholarship” worth the vast bulk of writing is left to stenogra- on June 29, her family and friends were hopeful. After all, there was $60,000. phers of the bloated intelligence and military no reason to keep the defendants behind bars as none of the legal BY ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN Newman has pleaded guilty to the offence apparatus. justifications for pretrial detention had been met. The 23 defendants of unauthorised access to a computer system, Effective whistleblower legislation in democ- posed no danger to society. There was no reasonable risk that, at lib- reedom is difficult to resuscitate once and on Thursday appeared in court. The pros- racies isn’t enough because governments have erty, they would tamper with the evidence or intimidate prosecution extinguished. Australian attorney- ecution appeared not to be pushing for a jail proven their willingness to protect anything that witnesses – who happen to be policemen. Shattering hopes, the judge general George Brandis recently sentence but a record of the crime. The fact embarrasses or shames them. The persecution adjourned proceedings to September 13 while continuing the deten- Fchastised journalists for criticising his remains that Newman has been aggressively of Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea tion of the defendants. Again and again, the trial was adjourned and government’s new laws aimed at preventing pursued for a noble example of exposing a Manning and Thomas Drake, amongst others, Sallam’s imprisonment was renewed. The judge eventually announced reporting about “special intelligence opera- matter of public interest. is about saving face and not lives. Journalists, that a verdict would be issued on October 26. tions”. Because he’s a culture warrior brawler, Newman’s whistleblowing was defended by aggressive media companies and citizens must Making any prediction of trial outcomes based on legal standards is Brandis cursed the “usual suspects of the lawyer Julian Burnside as vital insights into revolt and challenge the very fundamentals of no longer possible. Hundreds of people were recently convicted of kill- paranoid, fantasist left” but also “reputable secret access and clearly should be designated our secretive age. This means publishing state ing a single police officer without any evidence of individual criminal conservative commentators” for questioning as in the public interest. Crucially, he notes and business secrets and widening the overly responsibility or a proper chance to plead their innocence. his judgement over what citizens should and that she would have been likely protected by narrow definition of what constitutes being in Nowadays, courts rely on police and intelligence reports and wit- should not learn through the media. whistleblower protection if working for a gov- the public interest. ness testimony by security personnel to establish defendants’ guilt in It’s a tragic irony that the loudest voices ernment organisation but she was exposed to Rejecting the criminalising of journal- politically motivated cases. Other “incriminating” evidence against backing the current war on whistle-blowers legal censure because she was employed by a ism should be in every reporter’s DNA. The journalists and activists recently presented in court has included all are the very politicians who are theoretically private organisation. Snowden releases have fundamentally altered sorts of bizarre things. elected to protect and enhance free speech Independent news website New Matilda the ways in which we understand digital jour- Meanwhile, security agents are allowed almost absolute immunity. and disclosure. has released a slew of leaks this year and nalism and how we must protect sources away Just this month, several protesters who were arrested during the “Never believe anything until it’s officially faced heavy, but predictable criticism. New from prying private and government eyes. October 6, 2013 demonstrations against Mohamed Mursi’s ousting were denied” was a favourite expression of the Matilda operates differently, aiming to piss Over a year ago I wrote an article outlin- found guilty of involvement in the murder of fellow protesters – while Irish journalist Claud Cockburn, father of off the pompously positioned. The current ing the range of documents and stories that not a single police officer has been charged over the unlawful killings the British reporter Patrick Cockburn. It’s controversy over Sydney University’s Barry need to be told by the invaluable work of of at least 49 people in Cairo alone that day. a motto worth remembering as we’re faced Spurr, a consultant to the Abbott govern- whistle-blowers. With Sallam’s verdict approaching, one tries to remain hopeful with a barrage of state-led and private interest ment’s review of the national curriculum, is Today I’m calling for all documents that against the odds. Last month, at the United Nations general assembly, attacks on leaks and leakers. yet another case of smearing a whistle-blower reveal the operational details of Operation President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi renewed his promise of “a new Egypt, The examples are many, but what occurred who released a slew of racist and sexist emails Sovereign Borders, the legal justification a state that respects rights and freedoms … enforces the rule of law, on Thursday raises grave concerns for whistle- to New Matilda. for providing Iraqi immunity for Australian guarantees freedom of opinion for all”. Such promises ring hollow as blowers in Australia. Take the case of Freya In an outrageous attack on press freedom, special forces in Iraq and the evidence of long as Sallam and thousands of others find themselves arbitrarily Newman, a young and part-time librarian Spurr has tried to legally force New Matilda to Australian acquiescence in abandoning citi- locked up, at the mercy of a judiciary that routinely denies victims at Whitehouse School of Design in Sydney. reveal its sources and prevent them publishing zen Julian Assange at London’s Ecuadorian the protection of the law, while allowing perpetrators to evade justice. She accessed information on the institute’s anything else related to the story. It’s a case embassy. THE GUARDIAN THE GUARDIAN FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST Don’t prejudge Egypt’s new draft NGO law, says minister Lebanon army nabs beheading CAIRO: Egypt’s minister of hand to control them. They worry Now NGOs feel threatened by Wali’s reassurances may not prisoners or torture victims, fear social solidarity has urged civil ambiguous language could be used what many see as a creeping legal be enough to assuage fears of a they will be next. suspect in society groups not to prejudge to prevent groups from operating restrictions on political freedoms return to the kind of army-backed Parliament should have the a new draft law for non-gov- and harshly punish those that did. won in the 2011 revolt. Their con- repression that led Egyptians to final say on the new NGO law, but ernment organisations (NGOs), Earlier drafts have also been cerns reflect a historical mistrust take to the streets in 2011. with elections still not announced ‘terror cell’ raid which they fear will roll back hostile to foreign NGOs and of government, which has often President Abdel Fattah Al and a spate of laws and decrees freedoms won in the 2011 upris- groups receiving foreign funds, restricted their operations under Sisi, who served as chief of army awaiting review, the new legisla- TRIPOLI: Lebanese troops ing and could threaten their they say, prompting at least one the guise of rule of law. intelligence under Mubarak, has tion is likely months away from arrested a recruiter for the existence. organisation, the Carter Center, Wali, a former representative at cracked down hard on the Muslim implementation. Islamic State group wanted for Ghada Wali said the draft was to leave Egypt. the United Nations Development Brotherhood since ousting elected In the meantime, the govern- the beheading of a captured sol- still open to revision and could be The NGO law has gone through Programme, insisted the lat- Islamist president Mohamed ment is applying a Mubarak- dier, in a raid yesterday that further amended by parliament, multiple iterations since mass est draft law incorporated civil Mursi in July 2013. era law which NGOs say gives netted more suspects and killed which she hopes will pass the law protests toppled veteran autocrat society’s concerns. She declined Thousands of Mursi supporters the state excessive control over three gunmen, the army said. after elections expected later this Hosni Mubarak in 2011. to comment on its contents but now languish in jail, while liberal their activities and finances. But “A military intelligence unit year. Civil society groups, many of said she expected it would be and secular activists have also Wali is pressing for more com- carried out a security operation Speaking at the ministry build- which played a key role in that more flexible. found themselves on the wrong prehensive application of the at dawn in the Dinniyeh area” of ing in Cairo, she said harsh criti- uprising and flourished in its “What we are committed to is side of the new regime. Some of statute. northern Lebanon on an apart- cism of the proposed law by NGOs aftermath, have felt increasingly that this NGO draft ... will be in the leading members of the 2011 She said 40,000 NGOs are reg- ment in which jihadist Ahmad was premature given that the lat- targeted since 2012, when Egypt line with the Egyptian constitu- uprising are facing charges under istered with the government, but Miqati was living, a statement est version has not yet been made closed down a handful of high- tion, will be in line with all inter- a strict new protest law. other groups doing NGO-type said. public. profile pro-democracy groups national treaties that Egypt is a NGOs, particularly those work have registered as civil com- Miqati and his son Omar were Civil society groups had charged and began to scrutinise more signatory of and will be in adher- focused on human rights or panies or law firms to avoid what arrested in the raid. They, along that an earlier draft would closely foreign funding to some ence with the best practices,” she who provide advocacy, legal or they see as undue control. with a Miqati nephew identified strengthen security services’ organisations. said. emotional support to political REUTERS as Bilal “were involved in the slaying of martyred Sergeant Ali Sayyid” in the border town of Arsal, the army said. Tensions have soared in Lebanon since August when the army fought deadly clashes with jihadists of the IS and Al Qaeda Syria Kurds sign affiliate Al Nusra Front in Arsal. The jihadists are demand- ing that Lebanon free Islamist prisoners. Sayyid was one of 30 soldiers power-sharing and policemen captured by jihad- ists in one of the August battles. The jihadists have since exe- cuted three of them, and Qatari- agreement led mediation has so far yielded no results. Miqati “recently pledged alle- giance to terrorist organisation Pact to help win global legitimacy: KNC Daesh,” using an Arabic acronym for IS, the army said. ARBIL: Syrian Kurdish fac- established three “cantons” in Also known as Abi Bakr and tions have signed a deal to northern Syria and declared self- Abul Huda, Miqati is “one of the share power and set their rival- rule, but other Kurdish parties most important members” of IS ries aside to capitalise on grow- rejected the move. in northern Lebanon, the army ing international support for Wednesday’s deal, which was added, accusing him of recruit- their fight against Islamic State signed in Iraqi Kurdistan under ing Lebanese to join jihadists in militants. the auspices of the region’s neighbouring Syria. The agreement was reached President Masoud Barzani, puts In fighting that broke out dur- late on Wednesday after nine decision-making in the hands of a ing Thursday’s raid, “one soldier days of talks and coincided with new body in which all parties will suffered light wounds, while three a decision by Iraqi Kurdistan to be represented. gunmen who were present in the send its own peshmerga forces to It also seeks to address one apartment were killed,” said the relieve fellow Kurds in the Syrian of the main sticking points An explosion after an apparent airstrike carried out by the international anti-Islamic State (IS) coalition as part of statement, revising downward an town of Kobane, under attack by between the parties: the PYD’s operation Inherent Resolve on the Syrian town of Kobane, as seen from the Turkish side of the border, near Suruc earlier toll of four dead. The identi- Islamic State (IS). insistence that no armed force district, Sanliurfa, Turkey, yesterday. ties of the dead were not disclosed. The planned deployment marks other than its own militia, the Separately, a security source the semi-autonomous region’s Popular Protection Units (YPG), the agreement would help them effect on the ground in Syria,” also lead to better coordination reported the arrest of a soldier first military foray into Syria’s is viable. win greater legitimacy on the said Hajo. The pact is the third against IS,” said Wladimir Van who recently announced his war and is also part of a surge in The existing administration world stage. of its kind. Two previous deals to Wilenberg, an analyst of Kurdish defection from the army, the fifth support for the Kurds, whom the created by the PYD is to be Some countries are reluctant unify Syrian Kurdish ranks fell politics with the Jamestown to do so since August. United States have been helping “developed” and elections will to aid Syria’s Kurds because of apart, with other parties accus- Foundation. All have announced their deser- with airdrops and strikes. eventually be held for a Syrian the PYD’s links to the Kurdistan ing the PYD of monopolising Representation in the new deci- tion in videos released by jihadists Kurds have taken advantage of Kurdish parliament, although no Workers’ Party (PKK), desig- power and being in league with sion-making body will be divided groups in which they claim they more than three years of civil war timetable has been set. nated a terrorist organisation President Bashar Al Assad. among the Democratic Society have joined militant ranks. in Syria to carve out their own Kamiran Hajo, a member by the United States, Europe The PYD’s rivals are ranged Movement, which includes the The army also confirmed zone of influence in the north of of the PYD’s main political and Turkey, against which under the KNC, which looks to PYD, with 40 percent, the KNC reports it had seized “light and the country, but have been beset rival, the umbrella Kurdish it has fought a three-decade Barzani for patronage. with another 40 percent and inde- medium weapons... (as well as) by internal rivalries. National Council (KNC), said insurgency. “They know if they have unity pendents with the remaining 20 ammunition, rocket-propelled Early this year, the dominant the Kurds felt international “The agreement is very impor- in Syria it will lead to easier co- percent. and hand grenades, explosive belts Democratic Union Party (PYD) opinion was on their side, and tant. It will have a very positive operation with the West, and will REUTERS and military equipment”. AFP

Saudi jails four women for Kobane’s children learn Turkish to sound of shelling CENGELLI, Turkey: If they refugees, must now learn not just Islamic State (IS) jihadists on the in Turkey, having been taught the at least one meal a day. preparing sons let their eyes wander from the a new language but a new alpha- mainly Kurdish town of Kobane Arabic script back home in Syria. But the village school of 240 blackboard, a handful of chil- bet as well. for the relative security of Turkey. It helps that most of the refu- pupils can only admit limited dren from Kobane can watch The teacher stands next to But the challenges are huge in gees and Turkish locals on the numbers and has had to turn to wage jihad their town being bombarded the blackboard, teaching first his Cengelli’s village school—the chil- other side of the border are many refugee children away. from the windows of their new usual pupils in Turkish. Then he dren do not speak Turkish, the Kurds, with a shared language “Syrian parents want to RIYADH: Four women in Saudi Turkish school. approaches the refugee children, language in which all state educa- and heritage. enrol their children but we have Arabia have been jailed for pre- The thud of battle for the speaking with them in Kurdish, tion must be conducted in Turkey, After getting a roof over their restricted resources, and there paring their sons to wage war and besieged Syrian border town can and begins to explain the basics even in Kurdish populated regions heads — and almost every house are not enough rooms to teach for supporting Al Qaeda, official be clearly heard in the class- of Turkish. like the southeast. in the village has taken in Syrian them in. We are trying hard to media said, in the kingdom’s lat- rooms of the village school just School is continuing — where No one knows how long the families—the refugees next prior- engage students in large classes est “terrorist” convictions. 400 metres from the frontier, possible — for the children among children will stay, it could be ity is usually to enrol their chil- of 40 to 50 students,” the school’s They were sentenced to where children struggling to get the estimated 200,000 refugees weeks or years. Their first big dren in school so that they can be principal Kamil Kurultak said. between six and 10 years in prison, their heads around being made who have fled the assault by obstacle is the Latin alphabet used taught Turkish and be guaranteed AFP the Saudi Press Agency reported late on Wednesday following the verdicts. It said a court convicted the Yemeni bikers’ ire women on charges including “pre- paring some of their sons to fight South Yemen separatists in conflict areas believing that it is required by Islam”. They were also found guilty of “supporting Al Qaeda”, access- vow to intensify protest ing blocked Internet sites, and downloading “audio-visual mate- ADEN: Southern Yemeni sep- A new coalition of two main rial related to fighting.” aratists pledged yesterday to separatist groups, the Supreme It did not say when the offences escalate protests demanding Council of the Revolutionary occurred or give the nationalities secession, as northern Shiite Peaceful Movement for the of the accused, although three rebels vie to expand their con- Liberation and Independence of were issued with travel bans, sug- trol over more of the impover- the South, called for “Friday of gesting they are Saudi nationals. ished country. Anger” protests. The kingdom’s top cleric, Sheikh The country continues to reel It urged southerners working Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh, has urged under the impact of the rebel for the government, especially young Muslims not to be influenced expansion, after they overran the those in the armed forces and by “calls for jihad... on perverted capital last month and seized a police, to abandon their jobs and principles”. He has described Al major port city unopposed, before join the protests. Qaeda and IS jihadists as “enemy clashing with Sunni tribes and Al Many protesters go to work number one” of Islam. Qaeda south of Sanaa. during the day and return in the Authorities in 2011 established Tens of thousands protested on afternoon to the camp, which has specialised tribunals to try Saudis October 14 in Al Arood Square in some 120 tents, activists said. and foreigners accused of belong- central Aden, capital of the for- The south was independent ing to Al-Qaeda or of involvement merly independent South Yemen, between the end of British colo- in deadly attacks in the kingdom Yemeni motorcyclists protest against the governments decision to begin enforcing a long-standing motorbike setting up a tent camp and prom- nial rule in 1967 and its union from 2003-2006. ban, in Sana’a, yesterday. ising an indefinite sit-in to press with the north in 1990. AFP for independence. AFP FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 INTERNATIONAL www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09

Nigeria ‘truce’ Russia may try with Boko in doubt after to disrupt poll: fresh unrest

KANO, Nigeria: A deadly bomb- ing in northern Nigeria and new details about kidnappings at the Poroshenko weekend blamed on Boko Haram cast further doubt yesterday on the government’s claim that the First poll since unrest on Sunday Islamists have agreed to a truce. As reports emerged that KIEV: Ukraine’s prime min- simmering in eastern Ukraine extremists seized dozens more ister warned yesterday of pos- despite a ceasefire, Prime women and girls from the remote sible attempts by Russia to Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, a northeast — leaving a few dollars disrupt an election in Ukraine hawk in the Kiev leadership, behind as a so-called ‘bride price’ at the weekend, a vote being ordered a full security mobilisa- — fresh violence rocked the town held against a background of tion for the weekend to prevent of Azare in Bauchi state. Russian support for separatists “terrorist acts” being carried out. A police spokesman for the and an unresolved row over gas. “It is clear that attempts to desta- state, Mohammed Haruna, said Sunday’s poll is the first par- bilise the situation will continue and a bomb blast at a bus station in liamentary election since street be provoked by the Russian side. Azare killed five people, with their protests last winter drove They did not succeed during the bodies “burnt beyond recogni- Moscow-backed leader Viktor presidential election (in May) ... but tion,” and injured 12 others. Yanukovich from office and ush- their plans have remained,” he told No-one claimed responsibil- ered in a pro-Western leadership. a meeting of top security chiefs and ity, but Bauchi has been attacked The results are expected to election monitors. repeatedly throughout Boko turn a political bloc supporting “We need ... full mobilisation of Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko (left) meets with children as he visits the Black Sea city of Odessa yesterday. Haram’s brutal five-year upris- President Petro Poroshenko into the whole law-enforcement sys- The posters read ‘Ukraine, Peace, Odessa!’ ing, which has left more than the leading force in parliament, tem to prevent violations of the 10,000 people dead. Azare resident where pro-Russian influence will election process and any attempts we are in a state of Russian supplied and the level of Ukraine’s and offered up its stocks of tropi- Musa Babale said the explosion be greatly diminished. at terrorist acts during the elec- aggression and we have before debt for previous supplies which cal blooms and flora for sale. on Wednesday “shook buildings” That should provide tions,” Yatseniuk said. us one more challenge — to hold Moscow puts at $4.6bn. Interior Minister Arsen and sent locals rushing for shel- Poroshenko with a mandate to There was no immediate reac- parliamentary elections ... The The Soviet-era central heat- Avakov said 61,000 police would ter. “The whole place was a mess,” press ahead with a plan to end tion from Moscow to his charges. choice (of voters) will be made ing system in Ukraine is largely be responsible for guarding poll- he said after visiting the site. the conflict with separatists in But Russian foreign min- by the ballot-paper and an honest gas-powered and, with tempera- ing stations across the country Russian-speaking eastern regions istry spokesman Alexander expression of will and not auto- tures set to drop below freezing of 46 million. Of those, 4,000 will France sends and establish an understanding Lukashevich said Russia hoped matic weapons,” Yatseniuk said. this weekend as the election takes be members of special forces who with Moscow while pursuing a the election would be held in An unresolved row over gas place, Ukrainian authorities have can react rapidly to any threat course of European integration. accordance with “democratic between Ukraine and Russia, switched on heating in apartment of “terrorist” action. The annexa- extra police to Western governments sup- principles and norms” and that its main energy supplier, is also blocks 10 days ahead of time. tion of Crimea means the loss of ported the “Euromaidan” win- “a process of gradual political severely testing relations and But with supplies of coal from 12 seats from the 450-seat par- Calais after clash ter protests in Kiev that forced stabilisation” of Ukraine would raising concerns among European the east disrupted by separatist liament, and separatist action in Yanukovich to flee to Russia, but follow, RIA news agency quoted Union countries, many of whom action, there has been a run on the east will prevent polling in at CALAIS: France’s interior Moscow denounced his over- him as saying. rely on Russian gas via Ukraine, sales of electric radiators in shops least 14 voting districts there. minister said yesterday he had throw as a coup. Russia went on Lukashevich said Russians that it could affect supplies to as Ukrainians scramble to find Separatists say they plan to dispatched 100 extra police to annex Crimea and back sepa- would take part in monitoring them during winter. alternative sources of warmth hold rival elections on Nov. 2 to the port of Calais where an ratists in a conflict that has killed the vote as part of an observer The two powers have agreed on over winter. in the territory they control influx of illegal migrants trying more than 3,700 people. mission of the Organisation for a new price for Russian gas at $385 In Kiev, one of the main botani- to further their demands for to get to Britain is causing more With violence between govern- Security and Cooperation in per thousand cubic metres, but are cal gardens announced it could no independence. and more havoc. ment forces and separatists still Europe (OSCE). “Realistically, still at odds over the volumes to be longer keep greenhouses heated REUTERS The northern town has for months been struggling to cope with a steady tide of migrants desperate to cross the Channel to Britain, and authorities say up to 2,300 asylum-seekers are now Kosovo pitches peace treaty, recognition to old master Serbia living rough in Calais and sur- rounding areas — up from 1,500 at the end of the summer. BELGRADE: Kosovo urged old to avoid any diplomatic upsets “In our view, the dialogue No state symbols were visible more than 100 countries since This week, violent fights between master Serbia yesterday to rec- between Serbia and Kosovo. should end with a peace treaty in the ministers’ meeting room its Western-backed secession six migrants in an industrial district ognise it as independent during Serbia continues to reject sov- that should include Kosovo’s and the talks were multilateral years ago. But United Nations where many have taken refuge saw the first visit to Belgrade by a ereignty for its former southern recognition as an independent in nature, avoiding any suggestion veto-holder Russia, an ally of police fire tear gas and seal off the foreign minister of the ex-Ser- province, which declared inde- state and Kosovo’s admission to of Serbian recognition of Kosovo. Serbia, stands in the way of U N area to try and restore calm. bian province that showed how pendence in 2008 almost a dec- the United Nations,” Hoxhaj told There was no immediate response membership, complicating the The migrants — many of whom relations have evolved from ade after a Nato air war to halt reporters. from Serbian officials to Hoxhaj’s process of state-building. are from Eritrea and Sudan but open hostility to functional the killing and expulsion of ethnic “I’m in Belgrade for the first comments. Hoxhaj’s visit followed a deci- also from Syria and other con- co-existence. Albanians by Serbian forces wag- time in 25 years,” he said, speak- Many Serbs regard Kosovo as sion on Wednesday by the flict zones — aim to get to Britain Enver Hoxhaj said recognition ing a counter-insurgency. ing in English. “It shows how dif- the cradle of their nation and International Olympic Committee where many already have family. should come in the form of a peace The two are engaged in a long ficult the journey was to come to Orthodox Christian faith, but (IOC) to set Kosovo on the path As such, they have taken to mob- treaty, speaking on the sidelines process of EU-chaired dialogue, Belgrade, (just) a four-hour drive the vast majority of its 1.7 mil- to membership and a place in the bing an area in the port where trucks of a European Union-sponsored focusing mainly on practical up the road.” lion people are ethnic Albanians, Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. A wait to be checked before they board gathering of Western Balkans issues between two neighbouring Asked about the significance mostly Muslim but overwhelm- final decision on full IOC mem- ferries, scrambling onto vehicles in government ministers that was states, one of which does not rec- of his visit, he replied: “I am the ingly secular. bership is expected in December. the hope that no one will notice. deliberately short on formality ognise the other. symbol of Kosovo sovereignty.” Kosovo has been recognised by REUTERS AGENCIES

EU leaders seek climate deal, but divided over cost No widespread Ebola

BRUSSELS: European lead- ers aim to agree a new decade transmission: WHO of energy policy to cut climate- warming gas emissions to 2030 GENEVA/LONDON: The their preparedness. at an EU summit yesterday, but World Health Organisation The economic damage of a sharp differences over sharing (WHO) said yesterday it was major outbreak in Ivory Coast the costs mean that securing a “reasonably confident” that would be felt around the world, deal is likely to prove difficult. the Ebola virus plaguing three since it and next-door Ghana The 28 member states want to West African countries had not produce about 60 percent of the set the pace for a global pact to spread into neighbouring states. world’s cocoa beans. be hammered out in Paris next Asked whether countries such Although Senegal and Nigeria year with industrial powers from as Guinea Bissau and Ivory Coast managed to contain the disease Asia, North America and the rest might have cases of the disease after it was imported by travel- of the world. crossing their borders without lers, Ebola is still raging in the That pact would aim to improve knowing about or reporting them, three countries at the heart of on two decades of stuttering coop- WHO assistant director general the epidemic, the worst Ebola eration and rein in carbon dioxide Keiji Fukuda said he considered outbreak on record. emissions blamed for a disruptive that unlikely. At least 4,877 people are known rise in temperatures. “We are reasonably confident to have died, but the true toll may There is broad acceptance for right now we are not seeing be three times as much. an overall EU goal of cutting car- widespread transmission into The response to the disease is bon emissions from homes, power neighbouring countries,” Fukuda now based on a “70-70-60 plan” plants, cars, planes, farms and told reporters in a briefing. “It to get 70 percent of patients in other sources by 40 percent by remains a concern...(but) right isolation and 70 percent of bod- 2030, compared with the global now I think we are not seeing it.” ies buries safely within a 60-day benchmark year of 1990. “We will keep looking for fur- period ending on December 1. Conflict between Ukraine and ther spread of infection, but we But the elements needed to Russia, the EU’s biggest energy simply haven’t seen it,” he added. achieve that — bed spaces, treat- supplier, has also focused the The WHO’s Emergency ment centres, laboratories, dead- EU on reducing its reliance on Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (centre) arrives for a European Union summit at the EU headquarters in Committee advising on Ebola said body-management teams and imported fossil fuels by increas- Brussels yesterday. earlier on Thursday that screening volunteers — are still far short of ing use of renewable energy and people leaving Liberia, Sierra Leone what is required. using domestic sources more President Francois Hollande said industry, and more innovative ambitious set of 2030 goals to and Guinea remained critical for The WHO originally appealed wisely. Europe had to take the lead. companies and green campaign- encourage EU investment. reducing the spread of the disease. for 12,000 local staff and 750 for- Arguments about helping “If there isn’t an agreement in ers who say the outline goals lack The plan is to build on an At a minimum, exit screening eign experts, but it has raised those poorer eastern states or pre- Brussels among the countries that ambition and will nip Europe’s existing set of green policy goals should consist of “a questionnaire, targets to 20,000 and 1,000 respec- ferring nuclear over wind or are furthest ahead on this issue, burgeoning renewable technolo- to 2020, which have greatly a temperature measurement and, tively. Fukuda said there were only solar power may drag the nego- how are we going to convince the gies in the bud. increased the amount of renew- if fever is discovered, an assess- 600 foreign experts so far. tiations through the night into Chinese or the Americans or the For instance, ArcelorMittal able energy used across the ment of the risk that the fever is “It has been terrifically diffi- today, diplomats said, though poorer countries?” Hollande said has warned that the EU plans European Union and cut over- caused by Ebola,” the committee cult to get enough health workers, they still predicted a deal could on his arrival for the Brussels talks. would make European steelmak- all energy use through measures said. both domestic and international be achieved. EU policymakers have sought ing uncompetitive. On the other such as better building insula- Last week, the WHO said it health care workers, this contin- As host of next year’s United to strike a balance between big side of the fence are the likes of tion and more fuel-efficient would send teams of experts to ues to be one of the major chal- Nations summit to negotiate business, which claims that more Acciona and Unilever. The duo vehicles. Mali and Ivory Coast, two of the lenges,” Fukuda said. a global climate deal, French ambitious targets will drive away have issued a joint call for an REUTERS countries at highest risk, to check REUTERS FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INTERNATIONAL

Cop arrested after Harper pledges tougher security laws ammunition found at Buckingham Canada parliament applauds guard who killed gunman; man arrested near PM’s event LONDON: A police officer was arrested yesterday as part of an OTTAWA: Canadian Prime session yesterday, the guard investigation into the discovery Minister Stephen Harper credited with killing the gunman of ammunition in personal lock- pledged more surveillance and received a prolonged standing ers in a police building on the detention powers for security ovation, reopening debate in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, forces in Canada yesterday House of Commons dressed in his Scotland Yard said. after a gunman killed a soldier usual ceremonial garb and strug- The officer, who has not been and raced through parliament gling to maintain composure. identified, is from the unit respon- before being shot dead. Harper and members of par- sible for protecting the Royal Addressing the House of liament stood in the legisla- Household and normally works in Commons just metres from the ture as Kevin Vickers, Canada’s a protection role, although he is spot where the gunman, a reported Sergeant-at-Arms, led the tra- not assigned to guard any individ- convert to Islam, was shot dead on ditional parade that opens every ual member of the Royal Family. Wednesday, Harper said lawmak- session of the House of Commons. He is being questioned on sus- ers would expedite new powers to While parliament resumed, picion of misconduct in public counter the threat of radicals. tensions in Canada’s capital office and unlawful possession of “The objective of these attacks remained high. ammunition, the Yard added in a was to instil fear and panic in our Police arrested a man at gun- statement. country,” Harper said. “Canadians point just steps from the prime The officer is in custody at a will not be intimidated. We will minister as Harper and his wife London police station and will be be vigilant, but we will not run were laying a wreath at the suspended from duty. scared. We will be prudent but we National War Memorial to com- The ammunition was believed will not panic.” memorate the killing of the soldier to have come from police supplies, Harper pledged to speed up a there, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, 24. the statement said. “The Royal plan already under way to bolster Police, shouting and with guns Household is aware of the ongoing Canadian laws and police pow- drawn, surrounded a man and investigation and has been briefed ers in the areas of “surveillance, ordered him to the ground. Ottawa on today’s development,” it added. detention and arrest.” Police said the man was arrested Harper said the attack — fol- for “disturbing the crime scene” Notorious police lowing an incident on Monday at the war memorial. The man’s when a convert to Islam ran intent was not immediately clear. killer to be freed over two Canadian soldiers with Harper himself was pulled Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers is applauded in the House of Commons in Ottawa yesterday. his car, killing one — would back from the crime scene after after 50 years strengthen Canada’s response to he and his wife briefly lifted the open to the public than in the Zehaf-Bibeau as the possible sus- rejected assertions he had influ- “terrorist organizations.” crime scene tape and attempted neighbouring United States. pect, said a source familiar with enced either attack but warned LONDON: A British man con- The attacks in Ottawa and Quebec to lay flowers, and then reversed “We have to be very introspec- the matter. US officials said they that Western military involvement victed of killing three policemen took place as the Canadian govern- themselves and laid their wreath tive before we make any rash deci- had been advised he was a convert in the Middle East could inspire nearly 50 years ago in “the most ment prepared to boost the pow- outside the crime scene. sions,” Peter MacKay, minister of to Islam. similar attacks. Monday’s attacker heinous crime for a generation” ers of its spy agency, the Canadian The tense moment was cap- justice, told reporters. “We’re not The attacks on soldiers in followed Choudary on Twitter. is to be released from prison, Security Intelligence Service. tured on camera and seen by talking about closing off the hill, Ottawa and near Montreal took “People need to wake up to the officials said yesterday. Public Safety Minister Stephen throngs of people and politicians we’re talking about ways we can place after Canada announced reality that their own countries The news that 78-year-old Blaney said last week the new leg- who had gathered at the war ensure greater security.” this month it would send six jets are being dragged into a war far Harry Roberts, jailed for the mur- islation would let the agency track memorial. Police said on Thursday they to take part in air strikes against away, the Syrian and Iraqi peo- der of three police officers in 1966, and investigate potential terror- Some vowed not to let the were satisfied that only one per- Islamic State fighters who have ple are not occupying Britain or was being freed was sharply con- ists when they travel abroad and shooting mar the Canadian capi- son was involved in the attack. taken over parts of Iraq and Syria. Canada, so they are seen as the demned by London Mayor Boris ultimately prosecute them. tal’s open atmosphere, where gov- Canadian police were inves- A leading British Islamist aggressors,” Choudary said. Johnson and the body represent- At the start of parliament’s ernment buildings are far more tigating a man named Michael preacher, Anjem Choudary, REUTERS ing the capital’s rank-and-file officers. Roberts and two accom- plices were sitting in a van in west London preparing for an armed robbery when they were Eyeing 2015 election Labour promises immigration curbs approached by three unarmed policemen, who they shot dead. Roberts was jailed for life with LONDON: Britain’s opposi- more positive towards immigration to win a second on November 20, lengthening the period before immigration.” The rise of Ukip, a 30-year minimum, although the tion Labour leader Ed Miliband than its political rivals and its last according to a poll yesterday. migrants are entitled to claim support for which nationwide polls judge at the time said he did not promised to crack down on period in power, from 1997 to 2010, Speaking in southeast England welfare payments. have shown reaching a record high believe he would ever be released immigration if his party is saw high rates of immigration. where that single-seat vote is tak- “Our plan to make this country of 25 percent, not only threatens and called it “the most heinous elected next year, seeking to Last week Prime Minister ing place, Miliband promised a work for your family also includes Cameron’s re-election drive by crime for a generation.” woo voters tempted by the anti- David Cameron also hardened Labour government would intro- addressing immigration,” Miliband splitting the right-wing vote, but Johnson said that Londoners EU UK Independence Party his line on the issue, saying more duce new laws on immigration in said, adding that he would set out also poses a challenge to Labour. would be “absolutely sickened” by (Ukip), which could threaten needed to be done and promising its first year, including preventing further plans on immigration in Earlier this month Labour nar- the decision to release Roberts, his chances of winning power. he would outline new plans in the recruitment agencies hiring only the coming months. rowly retained a parliamentary while the Metropolitan Police The increasing popularity of coming weeks. from abroad. “We should seek to tackle the seat in its traditional heartland Federation called the move “scan- Ukip, which wants tighter immi- His governing Conservative Greater controls would be put concerns that people have ... We in northern England, with UKIP dalous, hurtful and abhorrent”. gration controls along with an EU Party has already lost two of its in place at borders to keep track must understand these are real coming a close second with almost No exact date for his release has exit, has pushed Britain’s main lawmakers to Ukip, which won of who has come in and out of issues and show that we are ready 39 percent of the vote, up from been revealed but it is expected to parties to take a tougher line. its first parliamentary seat ear- the country, he said, also pledg- to act on them. That is why I have less than three percent in 2010. take place shortly. Labour has traditionally been lier this month and is on course ing to seek EU reforms including changed Labour’s approach on REUTERS AGENCIES NHS official Six in quarantine over Ebola in US appeals for WEST HAVEN, Connecticut: Connecticut who have been to Ebola-hit countries, though no placed six West Africans who recently arrived other infections have been found through these millions of in the United States under quarantine for pos- measures. The virus is spread through direct con- sible Ebola exposure, a move that comes as the tact with bodily fluids from an infected person extra funds United States starts new restrictions on those and is not airborne. coming from the countries hardest hit by the The crisis is forcing the U S healthcare system LONDON: Leaders of England’s deadly virus. to consider withholding some medical interven- state-funded National Health The family of six West Africans, who arrived on tions because they are too dangerous to doctors Service (NHS) warned yes- Saturday and were planning to live in the United and nurses and unlikely to help a patient. terday that billions of pounds States, will be watched for 21 days, Connecticut Officials from at least three hospital systems in extra funds were needed to state health authorities said yesterday. Officials interviewed by Reuters said they were consider- maintain patient care, laying have yet to say where the family came from. ing whether to avoid some procedures or leave it down the gauntlet to politicians Fears about the spread of Ebola, which has killed up to individual doctors to determine whether an ahead of May’s general election. nearly 4,900 people largely in Liberia, Sierra Leone intervention would be performed. A new analysis by NHS bodies and Guinea, have surmounted in the United States Two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian set out plans for major savings since the first man diagnosed with the disease was Hospital were infected with the virus after treating over the next five years by chang- hospitalized in Texas late in September. He died Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, who con- ing the way they operate, such as on October 8, after 11 days of care. tracted the disease in West Africa and was the first focusing on public health issues Numerous local health authorities have patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States. such as obesity and smoking, and launched similar quarantines or watches on those REUTERS reorganising local care. But it warned these changes would not close a predicted £30bn ($48bn) funding shortfall by 2020, saying that central government must increase the money it pro- vides by another 1.5 percent a year above inflation — about £8bn a year. “Healthcare in this country has improved dramatically over recent years and has weathered recent financial storms with remarkable resilience,” said NHS England’s chief executive, Simon Stevens, at the launch of the report. But he warned: “The NHS is now at a crossroads — as a country we need to decide which way to go.” Stevens, who took over earlier this year, later told BBC radio that extra government funding was “perfectly feasible as the economy improves”. The proposed increase goes well beyond what either Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party or the oppo- sition have promised they will provide if they win next May’s Ebola patient Ashoka Mukpo, (centre), an NBC freelance cameraman, with his father, Dr Mitchell Levy (left) general election. and his partner Helen Finlay after being discharged from a special unit at the Nebraska Medical Center AFP in Omaha, yesterday. FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 ASIA / PHILIPPINES www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 Bangla Islamist China vows better rule of law leader Ghulam Communist Party announces legal reforms; no news of former security chief under probe Azam dies DHAKA: Bangladeshi war BEIJING: China’s Communist rising social unrest in recent The absence of news about the The party’s anti-graft watch- former vice minister of public secu- criminal Ghulam Azam, who Party unveiled legal reforms years. Anger over land grabs, investigation into Zhou Yongkang, dog, the Central Commission for rity; Jiang Jiemin, the former head was sentenced last year to 90 yesterday aimed at giving judges corruption and pollution - issues China’s former domestic security Discipline Inspection, will hold its of the state asset regulator; and years in prison for mastermind- more independence and limit- often left unresolved by the courts tsar, on corruption charges, was fourth plenary session tomorrow, Wang Yongchun, former deputy ing atrocities during the coun- ing local officials’ influence over — have resulted in violent clashes a surprise to some, although it state news agency Xinhua said. head of state energy giant China try’s 1971 independence war, courts, but it made no mention between police and residents, may come soon. Reuters reported Cheng Li, a senior fellow at National Petroleum Corporation. died late yesterday aged 91. of the fate of its former domes- threatening social stability. last week that Zhou was set to be the Brookings Institution in Others expelled included Yang Azam was the wartime head tic security chief who is under The meeting said it would expelled from the Communist Party Washington, expected the party Jinshan, deputy commander of the of Jamaat-e-Islami — the coun- investigation for corruption. improve the supervision of China’s at the plenum, possibly paving the to give details about Zhou’s case Chengdu Military Area Command try’s largest Islamist party, later The moves, made at a closed- constitution under the National way for his formal prosecution. at that meeting, and said the of the People’s Liberation Army; turning into its spiritual leader door meeting of the ruling party’s People’s Congress, China’s par- The case sent shock waves party would not want his case to Li Chuncheng, a former party and a key player in the coun- elite, are pivotal to the workings liament. It said the Supreme through the country’s political overshadow the main gathering, boss of the southwestern city of try’s politics. He died of a heart of China’s market economy, the Court would also establish cir- establishment, and served as a called the fourth plenum. Chengdu; and Wan Qingliang, the attack while in custody at a hos- world’s second largest. They come cuit courts in a move to boost warning that President Xi Jinping However, the plenum did former party boss of the southern pital in the Dhaka, director of at a time when slowing growth judicial independence. The lack was serious about his anti-graft formalise previously approved city of Guangzhou. The four-day the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib raises the prospect of more com- of detail in the announcements fight and that no one was above expulsions of several officials and meeting, which ended yester- Medical University hospital Abdul mercial disputes. disappointed some China watch- the law, not even former Politburo executives linked to Zhou and day, was made up of the roughly Majid Bhuiyan told reporters. The measures also reflect ers, who wanted to see a bolder Standing Committee members investigated for graft. 370-member Central Committee. “He died of cardiac arrest at worries by China’s leaders about statement of intent. such as Zhou. They include Li Dongsheng, REUTERS 10.10pm today,” he said. Azam’s son, Abdullahel Azmi, said that his condition had deteriorated at the hospital, prompting the authorities to put him on life support. “He was suffering from old age complications. He also did not get UN rights watchdog adequate care in the hospital,” his lawyer, Tajul Islam, said. Azam was found guilty of five charges of war crimes, including crimes against faults HK on reforms humanity, last July by a special war court crimes court set by the GENEVA: A United Nations Hong Kong told the committee country’s secular government. rights watchdog yesterday pressed that it could grant equal voting AFP Hong Kong to enact democratic rights in time for its 2017 chief reforms, saying moves so far fell executive elections and for the New Japan minister short of what was needed. 2020 elections to its legislative Amid weeks of pro-democracy council. caught in scandal protests in the semi-autonomous But the UN panel criticised the Chinese city, the UN Human “lack of a clear plan to institute TOKYO: Japan was stung yes- Rights Committee said Hong universal suffrage and to ensure terday by its third political scan- Kong had failed to properly heed the right of all persons to vote dal in a week after the country’s its calls for genuine change. and to stand for election without new industry minister — whose “We have received a response, unreasonable limitations”. predecessor resigned in disgrace but from the response it appears Hopes for genuine democracy over misspending — admitted that no actions have been taken in the former British colony were that his underlings had spent that implement our recommen- dashed in August when China office cash at a strip club. dation,” said committee member ruled that candidates for the 2017 The new revelations could deal Cornelis Flinterman, a Dutch election would be chosen by a pro- another serious blow to Prime human rights expert. Beijing committee. Minister Shinzo Abe, whose The committee has no power The vote will mark the first administration is already facing to sanction governments but its direct election for the post of a public backlash over its bid to rulings carry moral weight. The Hong Kong chief executive, and turn Japan’s shuttered nuclear body oversees global rules on civil activists want the public to have reactors back on while his plan and political rights, and submits the right to nominate candidates. to revive the economy stalls. governments to regular reviews. They claim vetting by a loyal- Newly appointed industry min- Hong Kong’s turn came in 2013, ist committee will create a “fake ister Yoichi Miyazawa, a former when the committee urged it to democracy”, with only pro-Beijing senior bureaucrat in the finance “take all necessary measures to candidates able to run, and have ministry, distanced himself implement universal and equal taken to the streets of the Asian A group of mountaineers hang a banner ‘We Want Universal Suffrage’ in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy from the affair, saying he wasn’t suffrage” and gave it a year to financial and trading hub. umbrella movement on Kowloon’s iconic Lion Rock in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong, yesterday. present at the strip club in the report back. AFP city of Hiroshima. AFP North Korea to bar entry of foreign tourists over Ebola scare

SEOUL: North Korea will bar by October 19, though the true toll of where they have recently vis- quarantine efforts to detect for- Other travel agents specialis- remainder of 2014,” said Nick entry to foreigners on tour- could be three times as much. ited, will not be permitted to eigners and tourists who might ing in tours to North Korea con- Bonner of Koryo Tours, a travel ist trips from today because of It was not immediately clear if enter,” said Gareth Johnson of be carrying the virus, but did not firmed the news, which they said group based in Beijing that also worries over the spread of the the North Korean ban also cov- Young Pioneer Tours, a travel confirm the tourist ban. came through official channels in specialises in North Korea tours. deadly Ebola virus, tour opera- ered nontourist members of the company based in China that runs “Travellers and materials are Pyongyang and Beijing. International travel to North tors to the isolated country said. diplomatic or business community tours in North Korea. undergoing more thorough checks “It is unknown how long this Korea is rare and although there At least 4,877 people have died with ties to Pyongyang. DPRK stands for the North’s and quarantine at airfields, trad- closure will be in effect, and due have been no reported cases of in the world’s worst recorded out- “We have just received official official name, the Democratic ing ports and border railway to the very changeable nature of the Ebola virus in the reclusive break of Ebola, the World Health news from our partners in the People’s Republic of Korea. stations than ever before,” an DPRK policy, we are still hopeful country, in the past it has sealed Organization (WHO) estimates, DPRK that, as of tomorrow, tour- North Korean state media article from the state KCNA news we will be able to run the three its borders to foreign visitors over with nearly 10,000 cases recorded ists from any country, regardless yesterday said it was stepping up agency said. tours we have scheduled for the health concerns. REUTERS Paris peace pact anniversary Sri Lanka to unveil populist Three soldiers budget ahead of snap polls slain in attack at hospital COLOMBO: Veteran Sri “People loved him too much Lankan President Mahinda after the war victory,” said polit- DAVAO CITY: Two soldiers Rajapaksa is expected to unveil ical commentator and author were killed when Muslim rebels a populist budget today hoping Victor Ivan. attacked a government hospi- to shore up sagging electoral While Sri Lanka posted tal in southern Philippines last support ahead of a troubled bid impressive annual growth rates night, the military said. to win a third term. of around eight percent in the Four gunmen slipped past secu- Rajapaksa has advanced the years since the end of the fight- rity as a patient was wheeled in budget for 2015 by a month to ing, observers say few people have at Maguindanao Provincial give his government more time to reaped the benefit of the peace Hospital in Sharif Aguak town, in implement widely predicted tax dividend. Mindanao’s restive Maguindanao cuts and public sector pay rises The once-sleepy capital province past 8.30pm local time, ahead of snap elections in January. Colombo is a hive of activity as said Colonel Dickson Hermoso, Analysts say Rajapaksa, who work to expand the port and build spokesperson of the army’s 6th People carry streamers and march along a street in Phnom Penh yesterday to mark the 23rd anniversary of the oversaw the crushing of the Tamil hotels and high-rises goes on Infantry Division. signing of the Paris Peace Agreements, which ended the Cambodian-Vietnamese War on October 23, 1991. Tiger rebel movement in 2009, around the clock. Major highways The assailants then opened has a new fight on his hands to are sprouting across the island to fire at two soldiers guarding the cling onto power with gratitude end the isolation of rural areas. facility, killing them. The gun- among voters over the end of the But complaints abound that men, believed to be members of war having faded. infrastructure projects have the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Malaysia charges 3 for IS support His information minister let served to mainly line the pock- Fighters (BIFF), then fled with slip on Monday that Rajapaksa ets of ruling party cronies and the slain soldiers’ rifles, Hermoso will seek a third term in January, Chinese companies who carry out told local media. KUALA LUMPUR: A The men were arrested on the region, including in Muslim- two years ahead of schedule, after the work, rarely employing locals. He said pursuit operations Malaysian court yesterday September 25 at Kuala Lumpur majority Malaysia, which has tra- recent local elections underlined While the overall jobless rate is were being launched against the charged three men with sup- international airport as they were ditionally practiced a moderate a steady drop in support for around four percent, youth unem- perpetrators as security was being porting the Islamic State about to board a flight to Syria’s brand of Islam. the main ruling United People’s ployment is as high as 20 percent. beefed up at the hospital. after they were arrested while neighbour Turkey. Malaysian authorities arrested Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party. Murtaza Jafferjee, head of the The BIFF is the armed wing attempting to leave the country They are accused of supporting 14 people earlier this month for And analysts say the 68-year- Sri Lanka-based stockbroker JB of the Bangsamoro Islamic to join the militants fighting in a “terrorist group,” said prosecu- suspected links to the extremist old president’s allies appear to Securities, said the government Freedom Movement, a violent Iraq and Syria. tor Shukor Abu Bakar. The maxi- group, including a government have persuaded Rajapaksa that was likely to bump up public faction which had broken off from The charges against the trio mum penalty for the charge is life engineer and others who sought his chances of re-election would sector salaries in an attempt to the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic come amid concerns over the imprisonment. to recruit Malaysians and to only have worsened if he held back persuade civil servants to remain Liberation Front. group’s growing influence in Concern is rising over the arrange for their travel to Syria. from seeking a fresh mandate. loyal to the UPFA. AFP THE PHILIPPINE STAR Southeast Asia. potential for IS to gain followers in AFP FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN Bilawal throws down gauntlet to Sharif Scion of Bhutto dynasty vows to champion the poor, takes hawkish stance on India

NAUDERO: The scion of is likely to be a worry for Sharif. serving the people ... is about pov- her widower, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan’s leading political The incumbent’s authority has erty alleviation.” returned from self-imposed exile dynasty, emerging from the been shaken by weeks of anti-gov- While Bilawal’s remarks about to successfully contest the election. shadow of his mother and former ernment protests led by former the poor are consistent with the He remains co-chair of the PPP prime minister Benazir Bhutto cricket star Imran Khan and Tahir PPP’s traditional position, he is along with his son. seven years after she was assas- ul-Qadri, a firebrand cleric. far more hawkish than his party Bilawal said the PPP was ulti- sinated, has vowed to resurrect Convincing people he is a force has been on the issue of Pakistan’s mately responsible for a major her party’s flagging fortunes. to be reckoned with, however, long-standing rivalry with India. military operation against the In the first interview since his will be an uphill task for Bilawal, The PPP’s five years in power Taliban launched in the law- political “coming out” at a week- whose youth may prevent him were marked by a warming in ties less tribal areas in July, and said end gathering of hundreds of from being taken seriously beyond between the neighbours. Sharif, who was in favour of peace thousands of supporters, Oxford- the PPP’s stronghold in the south- In recent weeks, armed forces talks with the militants, had been educated Bilawal Bhutto Zardari ern province of Sindh. from Pakistan and India have reluctant to give the go-ahead. told Reuters that he planned a “These political orphans and engaged in their worst clashes “It only happened because of series of rallies in a challenge to puppets would want us to be a in decades in the disputed the political pressure mounted Pakistan’s embattled prime min- dictatorship again,” he said, refer- Himalayan region of Kashmir. by the Pakistan People’s Party ister, Nawaz Sharif. ring to Khan and Qadri and their “The United Nations Security and our fierce, vocal and brave “Like any politician, like the protests. “But Pakistan is over that. Council, the people of Pakistan, opposition,” Bhutto said. “The head of any political party we are We are a democracy. We have had Pakistan as a country and the Nawaz Sharif government was looking to expand our vote bank, a civilian transfer of power.” people of Kashmir all agree on reluctant and the peace process make gains, gain more seats,” the Bilawal, whose age did not allow what the way forward is; it’s only was a consensus built among the 26-year-old said in his hometown Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), him to contest the 2008 elections, India that keeps making excuses right-wing parties that dominate of Naudero in southern Pakistan gestures during an interview with Reuters at his family residence in Naudero, said he would rely on Pakistan’s and sabotaging peace,” Bilawal discourse in Pakistan. We took it late on Wednesday. “And there- some 21km from Larkana. young population for support said. “My generation, our genera- upon ourselves to go against this fore I will be looking to do that in and make fighting poverty his tion on both sides of the border policy of appeasement.” every way possible,” said Bilawal. Court over corruption scandals. turbulent history that one elected central agenda. “Sixty percent won’t put up with this,” he added. Sharif originally pursued His Pakistan People’s Party After people became disillu- civilian government replaced of the population of Pakistan is Bilawal has been an outspoken negotiations with the Taliban to (PPP) ruled the country from sioned with its image and policies, another. young ... and of course I, being 26, critic of Taliban movement, which end the bloodshed, angering the 2008 to 2013, but it became tar- it was voted out in a landmark The emergence of Bilawal as I think can relate to them more threatened his party with attack Pakistani military in the process, nished by a series of confronta- election last year that was the an opposition leader comes at an than any other Pakistani politi- during the run-up to the 2008 elec- but ongoing violence scuppered tions with the powerful Supreme first time in Pakistan’s short but opportune time for the PPP and cal leader can,” he said. “For me, tion. After his mother was killed, the talks. REUTERS

Court restores transmission of ARY News KARACHI: A Pakistani court Court on Tuesday to lift the sus- topple the government led by yesterday ordered the media pension and a judge issued a stay politician Imran Khan and cleric regulatory authority to restore order, allowing cable providers to Tahir-ul-Qadri. transmission of a news channel resume broadcast. They began occupying a square supportive of anti-government “Yes, the court has given us relief in front of the country’s parlia- protests organised by cricketer- and PEMRA has issued notifica- ment in mid-August, though turned politician Imran Khan tion to all the cable operators in Khan has since led several major and a populist cleric. compliance of the court orders,” rallies in other cities while Qadri ARY News, a popular station, Ammad Yousaf, the senior vice has announced he will do the was ordered off the air for 15 president of ARY News said. same and has left the capital. days on Monday by the Pakistan “In response to the PEMRA Both accuse Pakistani Prime Electronic Media Regulatory orders, 70 percent transmission of Minister Nawaz Sharif of vote Authority (PEMRA) for ‘maligning the channel has been restored across rigging during last year’s elec- honourable courts and judiciary’. the country till now,” he said. tions, which were rated as cred- The channel’s management The channel has been vocal ible by local and foreign observers. approached the Sindh High in support of a movement to AFP

Pakistani police officials examine the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta yesterday. Slew of attacks kill 11 in Quetta

QUETTA: At least 11 peo- religious party in parliament, said gunmen opened fire on them with ple were killed and 30 injured he believed he was the target. “I automatic weapons, killing eight in a series of attacks in the was in a bulletproof car and that’s of them and wounding another southwestern Pakistani city of why I survived. There is blood and one,” senior local police official Quetta yesterday, including a human flesh on my car,” he told Imran Qureshi said. A rescue suicide bombing at a rally by a the Geo News TV channel. “My worker at the site said the blood- leading religious political party. car was badly damaged, almost soaked dead bodies had fallen on Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head destroyed. The windscreen of my top of each other, many struck of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl car was cracked, we received a big by bullets to the head. They were (JUI-F) party was leaving a rally shock but me and friends inside later moved to an area hospital. in the capital of Pakistan’s restive the car are safe and alive.” Hours after the market attack, Baluchistan province — where he No group immediately claimed a bomb targeted a convoy of had addressed thousands of peo- responsibility for the attack. the government paramilitary ple — when his car was targeted Earlier, gunmen opened fire on Frontier Corps in Quetta, kill- by a suicide bomber, officials said. a bus carrying Shias at a fruit and ing two passers-by and injur- Abdul Razaq Cheema, the city’s vegetable bazaar on the outskirts of ing 12. “This bomb was planted police chief said: “It was a suicide the city, killing eight people ahead in a motorcycle parked on the attack. One person has been killed of the holy month of Muharram. Qambrani road. Two passers-by and more than 17 injured. Some “At least nine Hazara Shias were killed as result of this blast are in critical condition.” were sitting in a minibus after and 12 others were wounded,” Rehman, who leads the biggest buying vegetables when two Cheema said. AFP Ghani, Abdullah invited to 23 killed in two Afghan provinces White House next year KABUL: A security operation led by Afghan security forces have claimed the lives of 23 peo- KABUL: US President Barack made in a letter soon after the ple, mostly armed insurgents, Obama, keen to reset relations government was formed. Obama in the northern Kunduz and with Afghanistan that soured discussed ways to strengthen the Badakhshan provinces since under longtime President Afghan police and army as well Wednesday night, officials said. Hamid Karzai, has invited the as budget reforms to shore up A clash erupted between leaders of Afghanistan’s new the cash-strapped Kabul govern- militants and security forces unity government to visit the ment's finances. early yesterday in Imam Sahib White House early next year. district of Kunduz province had The new Afghan leader- EXHIBITION IN LONDON left 13 people dead, a local offi- ship comes at a crucial time as Meanwhile, the British mili- cial said. American combat troops draw tary’s 13 years in Afghanistan “The clash erupted in the wee down after 13 years and a remain- is recounted in a new exhibition hours yesterday and lasted for ing US force of about 10,000 shifts that opened in London yesterday, several hours, during which 13 to a support role for Afghan secu- weeks before its combat forces people including nine militants rity forces taking over the fight pull out with the country facing and four Afghan soldiers had been against Taliban insurgents. an uncertain future. killed,” district governor said. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Visitors to “War Story: Another 11 people, including and chief executive, Abdullah Afghanistan 2014” at the Imperial five soldiers and six insurgents, Abdullah, spoke with Obama via War Museum can see a suicide sustained injuries in the clash, video conference on Wednesday, a bomber’s vest stuffed with ball- he said. White House statement said. Obama bearings, a Taliban motorcycle In a related development, congratulated the two former rivals and a surveillance drone as well as security forces stormed Taliban on forming their unity government. hear British and Afghan forces talk hideouts in Badakhshan province He reiterated an invitation to about their experiences. Wednesday night, killing 10 insur- the US for both leaders that was AGENCIES gents, police said. AGENCIES FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 INDIA www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 PM announces $120m more for Kashmir relief Modi meets troops at Siachen Glacier in Diwali day

SRINAGAR: Wrapped in claimed more than 2,000 lives on paramilitary positions on the thick woollens, Prime Minister both sides since 1984, with most international border in Jammu, Narendra Modi flew to the icy soldiers falling victim to inhos- 365km away while a strike called heights of Siachen Glacier in pitable weather and altitude by separatists hit life in Srinagar. Jammu and Kashmir yester- problems. Modi also said he wanted to day where he lauded the armed “Everyone is aware of the build a national war memorial forces and promised a national extreme conditions at Siachen. for the military. Meanwhile, buses memorial for Indian soldiers. Overcoming every challenge our went off the roads in Srinagar but He later announced an addi- soldiers stand firm, protecting some private vehicles and auto- tional relief package of `7.45bn our motherland,” Modi earlier rickshaws plied during a shut- ($120m) for the flood-ravaged tweeted. down called by separatist groups state. “Be it the altitude or bitter cold, opposed to Modi’s visit. The Siachen halt marked the nothing deters our soldiers. They Most shops were shut, and start of a visit on Diwali day to stand there, serving our nation. police and paramilitary personnel the state where he later met vic- They make us truly proud.” were deployed in large numbers tims of the recent floods — the He said he had “a message from all across the city. most destructive in 50 years — at each and every Indian to our sol- Separatist leader Syed Ali Raj Bhavan, an event boycotted diers: that we stand shoulder to Geelani accused Modi of rub- by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. shoulder with you... bing “salt on our wounds” by “I am fortunate that as a serv- “We realise how and in what visiting Kashmir on Diwali but ant of the nation, I got to see difficult conditions you are not extending Eid greetings to in what circumstances the sol- deployed here.” Kashmiri Muslims. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Army officers and soldiers at a base camp during his visit to Siachen diers have to live here,” Modi From Siachen, Modi extended Jammu and Kashmir Liberation yesterday. said, addressing troops in Hindi Diwali greetings to everyone Front leader Yasin Malik said in freezing temperature at the — including President Pranab Modi was “politicising a human visit has been to meet the people `1.75bn for similarly affected hos- there was no public transport in world’s highest battlefield. Mukherjee, the commander in tragedy” — a reference to Modi’s and get a better idea about what pitals in the state. the city because of a separatist Dressed in battle fatigue wool- chief of the armed forces. meetings with the flood victims. needs to be done for the people Meanwhile, many flood- shutdown,” said one of the people len jackets, a red scarf and goggles “Perhaps this is the first time a Modi later announced an addi- who suffered during the floods,” affected people who came to meet who walked to Raj Bhavan. to protect the eyes from blizzards, prime minister has got the won- tional relief package of `7.45bn Modi told media persons at Raj Modi returned disappointed as “We were not allowed to go Modi promised to enforce a one- derful opportunity of spending for rebuilding of damaged homes Bhavan. they were not allowed to enter inside Raj Bhavan. Some people rank-one-pension scheme for the time with our jawans on this aus- and hospitals in the flood-affected He said the loss memo of Raj Bhavan. “We had heard on told us the list of those meeting armed forces during his tenure. picious day... Am sure this would state. `440bn submitted to the Centre radio and television that the the prime minister had already “It is my duty to see that you be among the most unique greet- “I had come here immediately by the state government was prime minister would meet flood been finalised,” said the disap- and your family live in pride.” ings Pranab-da received.” after the floods last month and being examined, and announced victims at Raj Bhavan. Following pointed man, a flood victim who The Siachen conflict between As Modi flew to Siachen, announced a relief package of an immediate relief of `5.7bn for that announcement, we walked wanted to meet Modi. India and Pakistan has reportedly Pakistan Rangers fired at Indian `10bn. The purpose of my today’s rebuilding of damaged homes and to meet the prime minister since IANS

11 infants die over three days Shiv Sena ready to back BJP-led coalition in West Bengal MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena may would be discussed by the two the matter will be taken by Sena on the number of seats secured, give Maharashtra its second non- support a Bharatiya Janata parties, he added. President Uddhav Thackeray,” it could be based on a formula of Congress government till date in KOLKATA: The ghost of crib Party-led government in In the 288-member assem- Anil Desai said. Though both the BJP 28 and the Shiv Sena 14 the state’s history. deaths returned to haunt West Maharashtra, a top Sena leader bly, the BJP and allies secured the Shiv Sena leaders have not ministers each. Meanwhile, federal Transport Bengal with 11 infants losing said here yesterday. 123 seats, the Shiv Sena got revealed whom they met among The Shiv Sena’s decision to Minister Nitin Gadkari yesterday their lives at the Malda Medical “The election results indicate 63, Congress managed 42, the the BJP top brass, it is apparent initiate talks with the BJP was reiterated that he was not in the College and Hospital in the that no single party can form NCP won 41 and the remain- they cleared the ground for enter- prompted by various factors, race for the post of Maharashtra past three days, an official said the government. However, ing seats were bagged by either ing into an alliance again, which among them, the BJP’s tough chief minister. yesterday. both (Shiv Sena, BJP) can come Independents or smaller and was broken by the BJP Sep 25, just stance before and after elections, “I have already (made it clear Confirming the deaths, medical together for the purpose. This is regional parties. A party needs three weeks before the assembly and the general anathema to that) I am interested in remain- superintendent and vice principal the people’s mandate,” Shiv Sena 145 seats for simple majority in polls on October 15. the ‘unconditional external sup- ing in Delhi,” Gadkari told the M A Rashid said all the infants parliamentarian and emissary the state assembly. Meanwhile, sources in both the port’ extended by the Nationalist media. His comments come amid were underweight and suffered Anil Desai told a private televi- The change of heart in the BJP and the Shiv Sena claimed Congress Party. reports that a section of Bharatiya from respiratory problems. sion channel. Shiv Sena follows a quick trip by that no fresh proposals have been Besides, the Shiv Sena had to Janata Party (BJP) legislators in The state-run hospital has fre- The two parties are expected Anil Desai, a Rajya Sabha mem- sent to each other, while the BJP grapple with a section of hawks Maharashtra want Gadkari as the quently witnessed infant deaths to start discussions on forming ber and his colleague Subhash went a step further, saying there within the Shiv Sena who were chief minister. in the recent past. Earlier in July, the government Monday, he said. Desai to New Delhi two days ago. could not be “preconditions” against supporting the BJP while Gadkari’s name was floated over a dozen babies died, while in On the issue of the chief “We had detailed and fruitful by the Shiv Sena for extending another group advocated alli- by former minister Sudhir June at least 19 infants died of minister, Anil Desai said since discussions with the BJP leaders support. ance amid possibility of large- Mungantiwar. The BJP is the encephalitis. In January, over a the Bharatiya Janata Party has authorised by the party... After a Though both sides said it was scale defections from the Sena. single largest party with 122 leg- dozen crib deaths occurred. secured more seats, it would be couple of days, formal discussions too early to outline the contours of This will be second time since 1995 islators in the 288-seat assembly. their decision. But other things will start and all final decisions in the proposed government, based when the two parties will unite to IANS Firecracker shop fire kills seven Diwali fireworks JAIPUR: At least seven peo- Six farmers ple were killed early yesterday Police still looking in a fire at a firecracker shop commit suicide in Rajasthan’s Barmer district, police said. The incident took in Vidarbha place around 1 am at the shop in for child attacker Balotra area of the district, over NAGPUR: An activist yes- 430km from the state capital BANGALORE: Police are norms. “The school has permis- terday blamed official apathy Jaipur. sweating out to find vital clues sion to teach in Kannada up to for the suicide by six farmers “We have so far recovered seven in the alleged sexual assault fifth class. But it is teaching in in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha bodies from the shop while res- of a three-year-old child in an English up to seventh class,” region. cue operation is still on,” Barmer elite school here on October 21 Moshin told reporters. Four of them were from Superintendent of Police Hemant as protests and public pressure Contrary to the management Yavatmal district and one each Sharma said on phone. “It seems intensified yesterday for nab- claims, Moshin asserted that from Akola and Amravati dis- that these seven people were bing the suspects. the school was not affiliated to tricts, Vidarbha Jan Andolan trapped inside the shop when the “We are hopeful of an early the Central Board of Secondary Samiti president Kishore fire broke out,” Sharma said. “The breakthrough in the case from Education. “The management has Tiwari said. The deaths fire has been extinguished and we leads we got after interrogat- also been operating a nursery sec- occurred on Wednesday. have started investigations into ing the school management, its tion illegally,” Moshin said. “The farmers voted over- its cause,” he added. staff and students and scanning About 100 members of the whelmingly for the BJP in the footage of CCTV cameras, Youth Congress, who staged a both the Lok Sabha and recording all movements in its demonstration at the school, assembly elections hoping Premier greets premises,” Deputy Commissioner smudged its name board with their suffering will be miti- of Police T K Suresh said. black paint and wet cement when gated,” Tiwari said. nation on Diwali Clarifying that no arrest was security personnel did not allow He said the Bharatiya Janata made nor anyone detained so them to enter its premises. Party promised during the NEW DELHI: Prime Minister far, Suresh said poluce are yet “We wanted to meet the man- election campaign to address Narendra Modi yesterday to identify the perpetrator (s) agement but were not allowed to issues such as debts, market greeted the nation on the occa- though the school has a dozen enter the school. When asked to prices of cotton and soyabean, sion of Diwali and hoped “the male employees for security, meet us outside, it did not give and compensation for crop lamp of prosperity be lit among physical education and sports any response. We have smeared failures. the poor”. activities. the school name, as it failed to But continuing official apa- In a message posted on “As the incident involves a protect its students,” a leader thy has forced the farmers to Facebook, Modi said: “Wishing three-year-old child, the case said. take their lives, Tiwari said. all of you a very Happy Diwali. is sensitive and investigation is About 50 women activists The activist urged Prime May our lives be illuminated with being done carefully due to con- raised slogans against the school Minister Narendra Modi to joy and peace. May the lamp of straints in collecting evidence authorities and urged the state visit Vidarbha. He said the prosperity be lit among the poor.” from the minor victim and within government to cancel its licence. monsoon was delayed by two Prime Minister greeted the school premises,” Suresh said. The probe team, headed by months this year and a dry President Pranab Mukherjee on Orchid The International Assistant Commissioner of Police spell after Sep 15 had hit the the occasion of Diwali from the School in a Bangalore suburb Sarah Fatima, has examined the crops badly. icy heights of Siachen Glacier. remains closed since Wednesday footage, capturing the movement According to the National “Wished President Pranab till Sunday for Diwali. of students, faculty and visitors. Crime Records Bureau, 3,146 Mukherjee a very Happy Diwali Karnataka Public Instruction “A cursory viewing of the foot- distressed farmers com- from Siachen!” Modi said in a Commissioner Mohammed age shows no entry of outsiders mitted suicide last year in tweet. “Am sure this would be Fireworks explode over the illuminated Golden Temple, the holi- Mohsin said the state education in the school Tuesday but only Maharashtra — the highest among the most unique greetings est of Sikh shrines, on the occasion of Diwali festival and Bandi department would book a crimi- teachers and students interact- number for any state. Pranabda received.” Chorh Diwas in Amritsar yesterday. nal case against the school for ing and moving around. IANS IANS violating admission and teaching IANS FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Qafco initiates pilot plant for diversification Move to produce value-added products

DOHA: Qafco and NIIK signed a units for producing the speciality contract for design and supply of urea will be installed. By imple- a pilot high speed drum granula- menting that, part of the large tion unit (HSDG) to produce var- quantity of sulphur available and ious value added urea products now exported from Qatar will be in Qatar. NIIK is a Russian engi- utilised inside Qatar for producing neering and technology company value added product. specialised in urea. Al Sowaidi said: “The signing of Khalifa A Al Sowaidi, CEO, this agreement to set up high speed Qafco and Igor Esin, President and drum granulation unit by Qafco CEO, NIIK signed the contract on comes in line with Qafco strategy behalf of the respective companies. to diversify away from commodity The ceremony was attended by urea..... The initiative is a response Ivan De Witte, Chief Operations to the changing dynamics of global Officer, Qafco; Hamed Al Marwani, agriculture where the focus is on Chief Administration Officer, Qafco; improved land use based on bal- and Natalia Kargaeva, Head of anced fertilisation to allow increase International Affairs Department of yields and lessening the environ- from NIIK (R&D Institute of mental impact”. Urea), Russia. “This pilot unit and the pros- Construction activities in the pect of producing higher value pilot plant are expected to start in urea based fertilisers is unique not Qafco CEO Khalifa A Al Sowaidi and NIIK President and CEO Igor Esin shake hands after signing the contract. the middle of the next year and the only in the Middle East, but even plant is expected to start produc- globally, and Qafco is committed tion by the end of the next year. to utilise its resources to develop The high speed drum granula- better fertilisers with higher crop Qafco to launch environment-friendly fertilisers tion pilot unit, with a capacity of yields and lower overall impact on 2.4 tonne per day, will allow Qafco the environment,” he added. DOHA: Qafco plans to launch and related products jumped 11.4 Middle East Investment Summit. can add value to us, provided that to develop various urea based prod- Seeing this as an opportunity niche production of environ- percent to QR38.78bn ($10.7bn) The firm makes about 5.6 mil- we can make a premium on these ucts by adding sulphur, ammonium to enhance knowledge and skill mentally friendly fertilisers to last year. Qafco says it supplies lion tonnes of urea and 3.7 million products,” Sowaidi said. sulphate and a diverse range of of Qafco employees, Al Marwani, meet rising demand in Western around 15 percent of the world’s tonnes of ammonia annually, and For the time being Qafco has other micronutrients. said, “In addition to the added value markets, Qafco chief executive exports of urea and ammonia, sales volumes have been increas- no plans for foreign or domes- The first of its kind pilot unit is arising from the production of new said. which are used for fertilisers. ing every year, Sowaidi said. tic expansion. “I think it’s a the initial step to develop higher products produced by the unit, this The plan underlines a trend in “Given that our markets are Qafco made a profit of about good strategy to wait three to value urea based fertiliser utilizing unit will also provide opportuni- several of the oil- and gas-rich mainly in the US and Australia, $1bn last year. Unstable market four years so you can get the the efficient asset base of Qafco as ties for young Qataris and enable economies of the Gulf: they are there is a growing demand for conditions make developing niche yield of these projects and then largest single site urea producer, nationals engaged in Qafco service using their ample supplies of environmentally friendly ferti- products more important. “Niche start expansion again. But so as well as utilising the abundant to acquire high-level expertise in energy to widen their industrial lisers, and this is something we products that are environmen- far, for our projects we managed sulphur available in Qatar. the design, construction and opera- bases and boost exports of non- are working on now and want to tally friendly and can increase to recover them in around two Based on the experience from the tion of technically advanced indus- energy goods such as chemicals. develop,” Khalifa Al Sowaidi said the production of agricultural to two-and-a-half years’ time,” pilot unit, actual larger capacity trial plants.” THE PENINSULA Qatar’s exports of chemicals in an interview for the Reuters products is something we think Sowaidi said. REUTERS

Manufacturers moving from China to US: BCG survey Business

WASHINGTON: Large man- rose to roughly 16 percent in the companies. The overall survey world’s largest economy and about of Asia (-22 percent), whereas a ufacturers are increasingly “Made in America, Again” sur- drew 252 responses. 75 percent said the move provided 23 percent increase was seen for activity in moving production back to vey in August from 13 percent a The number of executives who local control over manufacturing the rest of the world. the United States from China, year earlier and seven percent in said their companies would “con- processes and improved quality The survey found the United according to a new report by the first survey in the series, in sider” moving production back and yield. “These findings show States has topped neighboring eurozone The Boston Consulting Group February 2012. to the US from overseas in the that not only does interest in Mexico as the most likely desti- released yesterday. After watching the US bleed near future climbed by about 24 repatriating production to the nation for new capacity to serve In the third annual survey of jobs for years as manufacturers percent. US and creating American jobs the US market. picks up US-based senior executives at offshored production to China, More than half — 54 percent — remain strong but also that com- Tied roughly even last year, at manufacturing companies with “now we’re watching a switch- of the respondents said they were panies are acting on those inten- 26 percent each, this year 27 per- BRUSSELS: Business activ- annual sales of at least $1bn, the back,” Harold Sirkin, a co-author interested in reshoring produc- tions,” Sirkin said in a statement. cent of executives cited the US, ity in the 18-nation euro- number of respondents who said of the BCG research, said. tion to the US, roughly the same Looking at plans for shift- while 24 percent favored Mexico. zone strengthened slightly their companies were currently The Boston-based global man- percentage as a year ago. ing production in five years, A strong majority of respond- in October, a key survey reshoring to the US from China agement consulting firm said More than 70 percent cited respondents said that an aver- ents — 72 percent — plan to showed yesterday, but over- increased 20 percent from a year the online survey was conducted better access to skilled labor as a age 47 percent of total produc- invest in additional automation or all the economy remained ago. across a wide range of industries, reason to move production to the tion would be in the US, a seven advanced manufacturing technol- weak with new orders low “Given the fact that China’s from electronic and computer US, more than four times as many percent increase from last year’s ogies in the next five years, say- and pressure on prices. wage costs are expected to grow, equipment to transportation who cited it for moving produc- responses. ing that would allow them to cut Markit Economics said do you expect your company machinery, petroleum refining, tion away from the US. Cutbacks in China were pro- costs, boost competitiveness and its Composite Purchasing will move manufacturing to the apparel and food products. For goods that would be sold jected to be sharp, down to 11 per- allow the to benefit from being Managers Output Index United States?” the August survey Almost all of the decision mak- in the US, nearly 80 percent gave cent of total production capacity, closer to suppliers and customers. (PMI) rose marginally to asked executives at an unspecified ers work for companies that man- shorter supply chains and reduced a decrease of 21 percent from the “The US is strongly positioned 52.2 points in October from a number of companies that cur- ufacture in the US and overseas shipping costs as a motive for 2013 survey. to benefit from manufacturers 10-month low of 52.0 points in rently manufacture in China. and make products for both US reshoring. Declines were also predicted for that seek to increase regionali- September. The executives who said “Yes, and non-US consumption, BCG In addition, 71 percent said it Mexico (-5.0 percent), Western zation, especially as automation While higher, the read- we are already actively doing this” said, without identifying the was easier to do business in the Europe (-19 percent) and the rest costs decline,” BCG said. AFP ing “was the second-weakest reading this year” and below the average seen in the year to date, the survey said. Hyundai posts 29pc fall in net profit “The rough patch is not over, with many details in the Total board pays PMI survey warranting cau- tion,” Berenberg Bank econo- mist Christian Schulz said. Alarmingly, the survey homage to de Margerie picked up an unexpected slow- down in new orders which reg- DOHA: The board of directors Desmarest is currently a mem- istered “the smallest monthly of Total met yesterday and paid ber of the board and Honorary improvement since orders homage to Chairman and CEO Chairman of the board. began rising in August of last Christophe de Margerie, who It also named Patrick Pouyanné year,” Markit said. died tragically in an aeroplane CEO and President of the This indicated that a much accident in Moscow on the night Executive Committee. He was needed recovery in the euro- of October 20-21, 2014, Total’s President of refining and chemi- zone economy was stalling and Doha office said in a press note. cals and a member of the EC. will raise fears that the bloc After joining the Group in After holding several impor- could soon dip back into reces- 1974, Christophe de Margerie was tant executive positions in the sion. Price drops were also a appointed to the executive com- upstream segment in France and source of worry, with Markit mittee in 1999, then named CEO internationally over the past four- noting that average prices of Total on February 14, 2007, and teen years, Pouyanné successfully charged for goods and services Chairman and CEO on May 21, managed the transformation of “showed the largest monthly 2010. He dedicated his brilliant the refining and chemicals seg- fall since February 2010”. career to the development of the ment. Thierry Desmarest’s role as Prices in the eurozone, Group, enabling its glowing suc- Chairman will conclude at the end where fears of damaging defla- cess in the oil and gas sector and of 2015 in accordance with the age tion are rife, have “now fallen more recently in solar energy. The limits stipulated in the Group’s almost continually for just exceptional human and profes- bylaws. The positions of chairman over two-and-a-half years,” sional qualities that Christophe and CEO will then be recombined. Markit added. de Margerie exhibited during his Following the designation by By country, France saw a time at Total were largely respon- the Central Works Council of big deterioration in business sible for the success of the Group. a board member to represent activity, with employment also Following the recommenda- employee shareholders, which is suffering. French prices sank tions of the Governance & Ethics scheduled for November 4, the at the fastest rate since 2009, A man walks past a Hyundai Motor Co dealership in Seoul yesterday as the company posted a 29 percent Committee which met yesterday, board will consist of 14 members, Markit said. Job shedding year-on-year fall in its quarterly net profit, hit by a strong local currency and slowing sales growth in its key the board of directors made two including one employee share- was at its fastest pace since US and South Korean markets. unanimous decisions: It named holder representative. April 2013. AFP Thierry Desmarest Chairman. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 15 QE extends rally for Save Swiss gold plan third straight session Qatar bourse index gained 523.69 points past week

DOHA: Blue chips helped percent. Ezdan Holding fell 0.65 trading volume during the week Qatar bourse to extend its percent. accounting for 40.96 percent gains for third straight ses- Islamic lender Masraf Al of the total volume, followed sion yesterday to end the week Rayan and QNB led the trading by banks and financial services up 1.03 percent, or 137 points. value during the past week. Total sector. The banks and finan- Offsetting the previous week’s trading value increased by 2.17 cial Services sector led trading negative impact, the market percent during the week, com- number of transactions, account- gained 4.05 percent for the pared to the previous week. ing for 30.48 percent of the total whole week. Trading volume increased by number of transactions, followed Banking and industrials stocks 12.06 percent, while the number by Industrials and real estate were the main supporters yester- of transactions rose by 5.07 to sectors. day. International Islamic gained 30,539 transactions as compared Of the 43 listed companies, 35 the most among the banking to the previous week’s 29,066 ended higher during the week, stocks. The Shariah-compliant transactions. while 7 fell and 1 remained lender surged by 2.46 percent. Market capitalisation rose by unchanged. Banking major QNB rose 1.41 3.88 percent to QR726bn in the Meanwhile, most stock mar- percent and QIB edged 1.51 per- past week. Banks and financial kets in the Middle East contin- cent up. services sector led trading value, ued rebounding yesterday on Bellwether Industries Qatar accounting for 38.05 percent of the back of generally positive soared 2.30 percent. Property the total trading value, followed third-quarter corporate earnings National Councillor Luzi Stamm (centre), member of the “Save our Swiss gold” committee, speaks to developer UDC gained 0.54 per- by Industrials sector and the real and resilient European equities, the media during a news conference in Bern yesterday. The Swiss franc has been a haven of relative cent and Vodafone jumped 1.99 estate sector. agency report said. calm in choppy currency markets in recent weeks. A referendum on November 30 is aimed at prevent- percent and Ooredoo added 0.95 The real estate sector led THE PENINSULA ing the Swiss National Bank from offloading its gold holdings. It would also require the central bank to bring back gold parked abroad and hold at least 20 percent of its assets in gold. Standard & Poor’s reaffirms Nakilat credit rating Lebanon plans $1bn

DOHA: The rating agency, to downstream, according to S&P. strong link with the Qatari state Nakilat’s position as the world’s Standard & Poor’s (S&P), has The primary positive driv- — including substantial oversight leading LNG shipping company. stimulus package reaffirmed Nakilat Inc’s corpo- ers for Nakilat’s strong business from and involvement of govern- We thank Nakilat’s Chairman, rate credit rating as AA- with a profile are underpinned by its ment officials — were also listed H E Dr Mohamed bin Saleh Al BEIRUT: Lebanon is planning a between 2007 and 2010, but has stable outlook, Nakilat said in a reliable operating track record in the report as being among Sada, for his continued support $1bn economic stimulus package been relatively sluggish since the press note yesterday. since delivery of its first vessel Nakilat’s strengths. and guidance. Our strong rela- for 2015 to maintain growth and collapse of a unity government and S&P highlighted Nakilat’s key in August 2008, says S&P in the Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti, tionship with the State of Qatar support an economy which has the start of Syria’s uprising in 2011. strengths as being it’s importance report. Managing Director of Nakilat, is integral to our strategy.” been hit by a three-year conflict Tourism and construction, two to Qatar’s LNG strategy, Nakilat’s Consistent profitability and said: “Our company’s financial Nakilat is a Qatari marine in neighbouring Syria, the cen- mainstays of the economy, have ownership of the world’s largest strong experience in managing strength is a valuable asset that transport company providing the tral bank governor said. both suffered from Syria’s civil war, LNG fleet, and Nakilat’s stable and operating LNG shipping are has made Nakilat’s and the State essential transportation link in Riad Salameh said he hoped the in addition to political instability, cash flows. Nakilat plays a critical also among Nakilat’s founding of Qatar’s gas-carrying fleet pos- the State of Qatar’s LNG supply fresh round of stimulus, which fol- which has scared off wealthy Gulf role in the LNG industry, which is strengths, according to S&P. sible. It allows us to strengthen chain. Its LNG shipping fleet is lows $800m in aid this year, will Arab tourists and some investors. vital to the Qatari economy, with The high credit quality of our capabilities as well as expand the largest in the world, compris- result in economic growth of at “Today the central bank has for- Nakilat’s vessels connecting the Nakilat’s charterers, its good our business. We are dedicated ing 61 LNG vessels. least 2 percent next year. The IMF eign liquidity that exceeds $38bn LNG supply chain from upstream relationship with banks, and its to the continual enhancement of THE PENINSULA in May forecast Lebanon’s econ- which historically (is) the high- omy to grow by 2 percent this year. est, excluding the gold reserves,” Speaking at the Reuters Middle he said. East Investment Summit, he “We are launching these incen- Gulf airlines battling over Italian skies described Lebanon’s financial situ- tive programs while keeping an eye BG for revival ation as “solid”, pointing to foreign that the liquidity we are injecting reserves he said have reached a is not creating inflation or creat- of Egypt LNG historic high of over $38bn while ing a drain on our foreign currency gold reserves were at $13bn. reserves.” But the war in Syria, a huge Salameh said the overall aim business influx of refugees and a domes- of the bank was to maintain the tic political stalemate have hit stability of interest rates and the with BP deal Lebanon’s economy hard, prompt- Lebanese pound, which is pegged ing the central bank to introduce near 1,507.5 to the dollar. MILAN/LONDON: British a $1.4bn stimulus package in 2013 Lebanon, which hosts around 1.5 energy company BG Group and $800m in aid this year. million Syrian refugees, has also is in talks with BP to link “The central bank will have seen violence spill over from Syria their two gas developments another incentive program of with bombings in Beirut, fighting off Egypt’s coast, as part of one billion dollars and we will be in the northern city of Tripoli, and BG’s drive to breathe life into aggressively engaged in the pro- rocket attacks on Bekaa Valley its gas-starved export plant, motion of knowledge economy,” towns close to the frontier. sources said. Salameh said. “I will recommend Finance Minister Ali Hassan The future of BG’s Idku liq- to the central council — and there Khalil said that the country was uefied natural gas (LNG) plant is a positive view towards this — to getting little international help near Alexandria has been in (issue) a one billion stimulus credit ease the impact of the refugees. doubt in recent years due to package for 2015 with one percent Salameh, who has headed the falling production and rising interest.” central bank for more than 20 demand in the local Egyptian The council is the central bank’s years echoed those sentiments. He market which has led to the policy-making body. The stimu- said the international community suspension of exports from the lus packages have comprised low was not doing enough to help, add- plant. BG is in advanced talks borrowing rates for housing and ing that a trust fund created by with Israel to import gas sup- new projects, including renewable the World Bank this year to help plies into Egypt and this week energy, and extended loan terms Lebanon has received only $30m so began similar discussions with for small and medium-sized busi- far. “Truly, it’s unfair that a small Cyprus aimed at restoring out- nesses. Besides providing housing country like Lebanon has to pay put. Finding new sources of gas loans, the new aid will also be allo- the related costs which the World to supply the plant has become cated to environment and renewa- Bank has estimated, just on the a top priority for BG, which An Alitalia hostess looks at a model of an Airbus 330 before a news conference at Malpensa Airport ble energy projects as well as small direct cost to the government, (to issued a profit warning earlier near Milan. Having shuttled millions of travellers through their plush home bases, rival Gulf airlines are projects, Salameh said. Lebanon’s be) around a billion dollars a year,” this year due to production cut- now battling over an Italian market which they see as ripe for expansion and key to driving traffic on to economy grew 8 percent a year he said. REUTERS backs in Egypt, accounting for long-haul routes. around one fifth of its global gas production. The company has recently engaged in talks to connect infrastructure at its West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Saudi supplies less oil in Sept despite output rise gas field to BP’s nearby North Alexandria licence, that would DUBAI: Saudi Arabia supplied generation when the weather Few Opec members would want Saudi crude exports fell in then be channeled into the less crude oil to the market in starts to cool, which may free up the most influential member of August to 6.663 million bpd for Brent jumps on LNG export plant. Under the September than a month ear- more oil for export in the coming the group to cut production to the fourth month in a row to their plan, BP would route around lier, an industry source said months, analysts say. support oil prices, a failed policy lowest levels in three years, as the Saudi supply cut 350 million cubic feet (mcf) of yesterday, at a time when some Saudi oil use for power genera- that Riyadh has taken in the world’s largest oil exporter fights gas a day from two undeveloped Opec members are calling on tion fell to 769,000 bpd in August, 1980s but is unwilling to go down for market share amid weak NEW YORK: Brent crude fields called Libra and Taurus the top oil exporter to cut back from 899,000 in July, according the same road again now. demand and ample supplies from oil jumped as much as $2 into BG’s under-used WDDM output to lift prices. to official figures released earlier Opec’s Gulf Arab producers rival producers. a barrel yesterday after offshore pipeline network, the Brent rose above $85 a barrel this week. can tolerate lower prices. Saudi September exports figures were an industry source said sources said. From there, the on the news, though it was still The fall in September’s crude Arabia has been quietly signalling not available yet on the website Saudi Arabia cut output in gas would be piped down into trading not far from its lowest in supplies might have also been a that it is comfortable with prices of the Joint Organisations Data September following the the Idku plant for liquefaction four years. way to compensate for the extra below $90 and has been slashing Initiative (JODI). summer’s tumble in prices. and export by ship to Asia and Crude supplies from the Opec barrels taken out of storage in its crude prices to Asian custom- Industry observers see Saudi Strong eurozone economic South America, likely boosting heavyweight fell by some 328,000 August when Saudi’s supplies ers to compete for market share. crude output at around 9.5 million data, better-than-expected revenues for the energy major. barrels per day, to 9.36 million bpd were higher than its output. Sources have indicated that to 9.6 million bpd in the coming Chinese manufacturing num- The pricing terms being dis- in September, from 9.688 million September output was 9.70 mil- Riyadh was unwilling to shoulder months when seasonal demand bers and a rally in Wall Street cussed were not clear, although bpd in August, the source said. lion bpd, up from 9.597 million any output cut unilaterally and picks up. stocks also boosted oil prices. BP has a deal dating from Supply to the market — both bpd in August. that any cut has to be a collective Saudi exports will probably stay Brent’s front-month contract 2010 to sell gas from North domestically and for exports “I don’t interpret this as a move one by all Opec members. around 6.9 million to 7.1 million for December delivery was up Alexandria to the Egyptian gov- — may differ from production to tighten up the market — that Saudi Arabia is likely to keep its bpd until December, they say. $1.45, or 1.7 percent, at $86.16 ernment with a floor price of depending on the movement of wouldn’t make sense ahead of oil production steady throughout Saudi crude exports have been barrel by 1552 GMT. It rose as $3 per million British thermal barrels in and out of storage. the Opec meeting,” said Bjarne the rest of the year as world oil sliding in the past few months as much as $2.12 to a session high units (mmBtu) and a ceiling of The source did not give a rea- Schieldrop, chief commodity ana- consumption is expected to rise shale oil squeezes its oil out of US of $86.92. US crude’s front- $4.10/mmBtu, consultants Wood son for the drop in crude supply in lyst at SEB in Oslo. “Saudi Arabia and domestic demand for crude to markets and as demand in Asia, month rose $1.33, also about 1.7 Mackenzie said. REUTERS September. But the kingdom typi- does not want to make any sub- ease during the winter, an indus- particularly in China, has been percent, to $81.86. REUTERS cally burns less crude for power stantial cuts on its own.” try source said last month. slower than expected. REUTERS FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 16 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MARKET

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[email protected] SPORT FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19 Royals even Series with rout of Giants Action shifts to San Francisco games

KANSAS CITY, Missouri: The upstart Kansas City Royals rediscovered their post-season magic and won a battle of the bullpens in a 7-2 victory yes- terday that levelled the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. Billy Butler snapped a 2-2 tie with a run-scoring single in the sixth inning and the Royals added four more before the frame was over to break open a tight game and restore joy to their home fans in Kauffman Stadium. “We needed to get something going,” Butler told reporters after finishing with two hits and two RBIs. “I felt like definitely it was a must-win for us.” “We had a couple big hits and the floodgates opened. It’s big to get the series back even going back to their place.” Kansas City Royals second baseman Omar Infante (right) tags out San After being thumped 7-1 in the Francisco Giants baserunner Brandon Belt after he strayed too far off series opener on Tuesday, Kansas the bag on a relay from right field in the top of the fourth inning of game City tied the best-of-seven series two of the World Series at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, at 1-1 with Game Three set for USA, yesterday. The World Series is the annual best-of-seven series to Friday in San Francisco. With the series shifting to the determine the champion of Major League Baseball. home of the National League champions for the next three Game Two as Kansas City bat- direction and the two exchanged games, Wednesday’s win was tered the vaunted Giants bullpen, words as both dugouts emptied crucial to a Royals team coming while their own trio of shut-down before the umpires intervened. off their first loss of the postsea- relievers slammed the door on “When I got close to home plate son after storming to the World any comeback hopes. he said ‘get out of here,’” Perez Series with an 8-0 record. Giants starter Jake Peavy said. “I said, ‘why are you (shout- San Francisco, vying for their entered the night with the expe- ing) at me?’ third World Series title in five rience edge over the 23-year- Strickland said he was just years, had it all their way in old Yordano Ventura but Peavy angry at himself. Game One behind ace left-hander was charged with four runs and “I don’t know if he thought I Madison Bumgarner, who stymied chased in the sixth when San was yelling at him or not. I wasn’t a Kansas City franchise compet- Francisco used five pitchers. yelling at him, I was just frus- ing in their first postseason in 29 Salvador Perez delivered a two- trated with myself,” the Giants years. run double during the rally, and reliever said. The Royals turned it around in Omar Infante blasted a back- Perez did not think it was a big breaking two-run home run that deal. “He started to get mad, so... World Series Result left the Giants fuming. forget about it.” KANSAS CITY: Result yesterday from the The homer came against San The sixth was an inning San 110th World Series, Major League Baseball’s Francisco’s Hunter Strickland, Francisco would like to forget. best-of-seven championship final: who has allowed five in the play- “That was a tough inning for Kansas City 7 San Francisco 2 offs. As Perez crossed home us,” said Giants manager Bruce (Series level 1-1) plate, Strickland shouted in his Bochy. AFP

Rashid Al Athba wins Shotgun Double Trap

Rashid Al Athba (, winner in the Shotgun Double Trap, celebrates on the podium at the Qatar Shooting and Archery Association Cup at Losail Shooting Range yes- terday. The shooting and archery event will end on October 26.

Oleg Engachev of Qatar, gold medal winner at the recent Asian Games in Korea, poses with the other podium winners in Doha yesterday. Engachev won the the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event in Doha on Wednesday. FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT

Ownership row plunges Sharapova falls to Kvitova Caterham into new crisis

LONDON: Formula One strug- glers Caterham were plunged as Serena bounces back into a fresh crisis yesterday when the team’s new own- ers launched a bitter attack Wozniacki defeats Radwanska, Serena keeps Finals hopes alive on former supremo Tony Fernandes. Caterham were bought SINGAPORE: Maria WTA Finals Results from Malaysian businessman Sharapova’s bid to end the year SINGAPORE: Results from the season- Fernandes in June by a consor- ranked number one was left ending WTA Final in Singapore yesterday (x tium of Swiss and Middle Eastern hanging by a thread after she denotes seeding): interests. suffered a second straight defeat White Group But they claimed that they at the WTA Finals yesterday. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) bt Agnieszka have been running the backmark- The only woman capable of Radwanska (POL, x6) 7-5, 6-3 ers without being the legal owners leapfrogging Serena Williams Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) bt Maria Sharapova after a row over transfer of shares for the top spot, Sharapova was (RUS x2) 6-3, 6-2 and described the team’s recent beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Wimbledon Red Group difficulties as “detrimental”. champion Petra Kvitova at Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Eugenie “Since the date of the agree- Singapore’s Indoor Stadium. Bouchard (CAN x5) 6-1, 6-1 ment, the seller has refused to Sharapova still has a slim Valencia Open Results comply with its legal obligations mathematical chance of finishing VALENCIA, Spain: Results from the fourth to transfer their shares to the number one but has to go on and day of the ATP Valencia Open yesterday (x buyer,” said an angrily-worded win the title -- and has to rely on denotes seeding): statement. other results to go her way just to 2nd round “The buyer has been left in the reach the semis. Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt invidious position of funding the “It’s easy to sit here and Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-3, 6-2 team without having legal title to say, yeah, I’m tired. I lost two Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt the team it had bought. matches,” said Sharapova. Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-2, 6-4 “This is in total contradiction Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) bt Martin Klizan “But that’s not the way I feel or to the seller’s press release of 3 (SRB) walkover the way that I choose to speak. I October 2014 which stated that Thomaz Belluci (BRA) bt Roberto Bautista still have a match ahead of me, Agut (ESP x6) walkover Mr Fernandes and his Caterham and I will do my best to finish it David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Fernando Verdasco Group had no longer any connec- on a good note.” (ESP) 6-3, 6-2 tion with the Caterham F1 team. One day after suffering her Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Alexandr “The administrators of heaviest defeat since she was a Dolgopolov (UKR) 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 Caterham Sports Limited have teenager, Williams was back to Swiss Open ATP Results been appointed on behalf of her best as she swatted aside BASEL, Switzerland: Results from fourth Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Eugenie Bouchard 6-1 6-1 in her day of the Swiss Indoors ATP tournament (x Berhad (Exim), a creditor of Mr final round-robin match that denotes seeded player): Fernandes and the Caterham included a 205 km/h ace. 2nd round Group. The buyer has no connec- The world number one was Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Mikhail Kukushkin tion with Exim. humiliated 6-0 6-2 by Romania’s (KAZ) 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4), 4-0 - retired “Caterham Sports Ltd was Simona Halep on Wednesday but Serena Williams of the United States pumps fist after her win against Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during a sin- Milos Raonic (CAN x4) bt Donald Young a supplier company to the (USA) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/2) can still make the semis as long as gles round robin match on the fourth day of the BNP Paribus WTA Finals 2014 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Caterham F1 team. Borna Coric (CRO) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) Halep, who is already assured of yesterday. RIGHT: Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic reacts after her winning against Maria Sharapova of Russia. “Very regrettably, the adminis- her place, does not lose her final 6-4, 6-4 trators’ appointment has had dev- group match, to Ana Ivanovic, in astating effects on the F1 team’s straight sets. activities. “Well, my fate really rests on “Since their appointment, the me,” said Williams. Federer, Nadal race through in Basel administrators have released Caroline Wozniacki edged various press statements which closer to booking her place in BASEL, Switzerland: Top Second seed Nadal shrugged off opportunity at 3-2. Once I was in a course of antibiotics for his have been severely detrimental to the semi-finals with an impres- seeds Roger Federer and Rafael his impending date with appen- the lead I got a sense of how to appendix problem, took full the management of the Caterham sive 7-5 6-3 win over Agnieszka Nadal raced through their Swiss dix surgery by routing outclassed serve and how aggressive I needed advantage of 11 double-faults off F1 team. Radwanska. Indoors assignments yesterday, Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France to play. the Frenchman’s serve in what “After three months of oper- Showing no signs of fatigue spending under an hour each 6-1, 6-1 to reach the quarter- “I took control from the base- was a frustrating afternoon for ating the Caterham F1 Team in after her exhausting three-set on court and dropping just five finals. Federer was glad to have line. Once I got the break in the the 120th-ranked challenger. good faith, the buyer is now forced win over Sharapova two days ear- games between them. saved his energy as he heads into second set, I knew it would be “I feel better, but a little bit to explore all its options including lier, Wozniacki rebounded from a Federer, chasing a sixth title what could be a blockbuster end hard for him. It was a great first tired,” Nadal said. “I’ve had a few the withdrawal of its management slow start to overrun Radwanska on his home court, defeated of season comprising next week’s round for me. (summer) months without play- team. with an ominous display. Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller 6-2, Paris Masters, the World Tour “It was great not to have wasted ing much tennis (wrist injury). “Lawyers have been instructed “I just kept fighting for every 6-1 in the first round, pounding Finals, a Davis Cup final against any energy. I have a lot of tennis And taking the antibiotics makes by the buyer to bring all necessary point. There was some ridiculous down a ninth ace for three match France and a shot at taking back to play in the next few weeks. I the body go down. claims against all parties, includ- shot making there at times,” said points and converting on the first the number one ranking from felt the first match (in his title “But I’m happy to be in the ing Mr Fernandes who, as an Wozniacki. “I just had to keep to wrap up a flawless performance Novak Djokovic. victory at Shanghai) for several tournament and happy to be in owner, will run the F1 operation.” going and keep trying to stay close in 46 minutes. “I didn’t feel like it would go days in my body. the quarter-finals. However, Fernandes claimed to the baseline, really.” The Swiss now stands 52-9 fast, I thought it would be tough,” Second seed Nadal, who last “I never would have thought to that he had yet to be paid for The only way Wozniacki can at the stadium where he got his said Federer of his lightning played the Basel event in 2004 win so quickly and get this far. Caterham by the consortium. miss out on the semis is if she start in the game as a ballboy two victory. and returned with a 0-2 record It’s fantastic to do this well on my “If you buy something you loses her final group match to decades ago. “I didn’t have an early read on to the St Jakobshalle, needed just most difficult surface, without a should pay for it. Quite simple,” Kvitova in straight sets and He has played the last eight his serve, had a few tough serv- 56 minutes to beat French quali- lot of practise and with all the he tweeted. AFP Radwanska beats Sharapova in Basel finals and appeared in the ice games, and put myself under fier Herbert. pressure that came in the first two sets. REUTERS title match on 10 of 15 occasions. some pressure. “But I took my The Spaniard, who has ended round.” AFP Sealine to host Qatar Murray, Ferrer cruise into Valencia last eight International VA LENCI A, SPA IN: Andy top eight players. However, top champion had won only one of his his intensity in the fifth game to Anderson had an equally easy Murray inched closer to seal- seed David Ferrer also remained previous three previous meetings break to 15. Ferrer was just as route into the quarters as his Enduro Round 3 ing his place at the World Tour in contention as he swept aside with Fognini, including a defeat in comfortable as he breezed past scheduled opponent Martin Finals with a 6-2, 6-4 win over compatriot Fernando Verdasco the deciding rubber of the Davis Verdasco in just over an hour Klizan also withdrew. DOHA: The third round of the Fabio Fognini to reach the 6-3, 6-2 to reach the last eight. Cup tie between Great Britain on court. A three-time winner Home favourite Pablo Andujar Qatar International Enduro Valencia Open quarter-finals Murray had looked far from and Italy earlier this year. in Valencia, Ferrer could meet continued where he left off organized by Qatar Motor yesterday. convincing on serve in disposing However, Murray raced into a Murray in the semi-finals should in beating second seed Tomas and Motorcycle Federation The Scot has won 15 of his of Jurgen Melzer on Wednesday, 4-0 lead in the first set and even he overcome Brazilian qualifier Berdych on Wednesday with a (QMMF) will take place on last 17 matches to put himself on but didn’t even face a break point had a set point at 5-1 before serv- Thomaz Belluci, who was given 6-3, 6-2 win over Serbian Dusan October 25 at Sealine. course for a seventh consecutive as he set up a last-eight clash with ing it out 6-2. a walkover into the last eight Lajovic to set up a quarter-final In the E1 category, the Kuwaiti appearance at the season-ending South Africa’s Kevin Anderson. Just one break was enough in after sixth seed Roberto Bautista meeting with compatriot Tommy rider Mohammed Jaffar is leading event which features the world’s The two-time Grand Slam the second set as Murray upped Agut pulled out due to an injury. Robredo. AFP his category with 97 points. Jaffar hopes to win both races on Saturday so he can increase the gap of points from his Kuwaiti Maiden Cup Day action at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club competitor Barak Al Jasmi, sec- ond with 74 points. “I am looking forward to ride again in Sealine after the break since the last round. I have been training very hard in the last four months and I am well prepared thanks to my hard work with my coach Balooshi and my team,” said Jaffar. The third position in the E1 category is also for another Kuwaiti rider, Abdullah Al Shatti. UAE rider Mohammed Al Balooshi is leading the E2 cate- gory with 100 points as he didn’t missed any win of the season. Saeed Al Shenquiti also from the Emirates is in second position with 88 points whereas Moath Al Ansari from Kuwait is third with 78 points. In the Quads, the Kuwaiti rider Fahad Al Musallam is in first position in the standing with 50 points.Before the first race starts at 11.00, there will be a free prac- tice at 9:45. The second race of Action from the Maiden Cup Day at Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club yesterday. RIGHT: The winning jockey poses with other members of his team. the day is at 15:00. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21 Atletico thrash Malmo, Arsenal steal victory Wenger thanks German Podolski for late birthday gift

MADRID/ BRUSSELS: Atletico moves them to the top of Atletico Madrid moved a step Group A alongside Olympiakos on Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli (right) walks off the pitch at half-time with closer to qualifying for the last six points after the Greeks beat Real Madrid’s Pepe, before swapping shirts in the tunnel, during their 16 of the Champions League Juventus 1-0. Champions League match at Anfield in Liverpool, on Wednesday night. with a comfortable 5-0 win over Juventus and Malmo are three Malmo at the Vicente Calderon points further back, but Simeone on Wednesday as Arsene is still wary of the threat posed by Wenger heaped praise on Lukas the Italian champions. Podolski who came off the bench “It is complicated and we need Rodgers rages after to seal a 2-1 win in a remarkable to be attentive until the final finish to Arsenal’s Champions game. Juventus still have two League clash with Anderlecht. home games to come, so we need Balotelli shirt swap On the day he turned 65, to be very careful. Nothing is Wenger was forced to gamble decided yet.” AGENCIES after his team went 1-0 down LIVERPOOL: Liverpool man- he exchanged shirts with Chelsea’s at the Constant Vanden Stock Champions League ager Brendan Rodgers revealed Samuel Eto’o during the interval Stadium in Brussels through he will take action against of a 2-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge an Andy Najar goal in the 71st Results Mario Balotelli after he swapped last season and vowed to do the minute. Wednesday’s Matches shirts with Real Madrid’s Pepe same with Balotelli, although he The Frenchman looked to the at half-time of Wednesday’s declined to say what the punish- At Madrid bench and one of his changes 3-0 Champions League defeat ment would be. Atletico Madrid (ESP) 5 (Koke 48, was to replace midfielder Jack Atletico Madrid’s Mario Mandzukic celebrates after scoring a goal during against the holders at Anfield. “We had an incident last year Mandzukic 61, Griezmann 63, Godin 87, Wilshere with forward Podolski a Champions League match against Malmo at the Vicente Calderon Rodgers already planned to with a player and it was dealt Cerci 90+2) Malmo (SWE) 0 six minutes from time. Stadium in Madrid on Wednesday night. haul off Balotelli during the with. It’s exactly the same,” Left-back Kieran Gibbs vol- At Piraeus, Greece interval after growing frustrated Rodgers said. leyed in an equaliser in the 89th physical level and now he is nearly finalists until after half-time to Olympiakos (GRE) 1 (Kasami 35) Juventus (ITA) 0 with the latest in a growing list “I heard about it when I came minute to spare the blushes, but there,” added Wenger, who dis- make the breakthrough, but once At Liverpool of lacklustre displays from the off the pitch. I don’t like that. It’s Podolski came up with the winner missed talk that the 29-year-old Koke had finished off a fine team eccentric Italy striker since his something that doesn’t happen in injury time to give Arsenal an almost left the Emirates Stadium move to open the scoring there Liverpool (ENG) 0 Real Madrid (ESP) 3 August move from AC Milan. here, it shouldn’t happen here. unlikely win at the end of a disap- in the summer. was little doubt Diego Simeone’s (Cristiano Ronaldo 23, Benzema 30, 41) The former Manchester For me, if you want to do that pointing display. “He was never close to leaving men were headed for victory. At Sofia City star, who was replaced by it’s something you do at the end “I know by experience that the club in the summer. He has Two goals in two minutes from Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 1 Adam Lallana, hardly improved of the game,” he said in the last five minutes in the 115 caps for Germany — that is Mario Mandzukic — his 19th in (Minev 90+1) Basel (SUI) 0 his chances of getting back in Balotelli has scored just once in Champions League the nerves not a coincidence. He is a guy you 23 Champions League appear- At Leverkusen, Germany Rodgers’ good books when he 10 appearances for the Reds and play a part but we had to get want to have in the box because ances — and Antoine Griezmann decided to exchange shirts with Rodgers was scathing when asked Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 2 (Donati 58, K. there without conceding a second his shot-accuracy is great. I know just after the hour mark made the Madrid defender Pepe in the tun- to compare his forward’s lethargic Papadopoulos 63) Zenit St. Petersburg (RUS) 0 goal,” Wenger said. when he comes on that he can game safe before late goals from nel before entering the Liverpool effort against Real to the more “It is a little bit of a gambling score a goal.” Diego Godin and Alessio Cerci At Monte Carlo dressing room. whole-hearted endeavours of his situation that happens in these For long spells it was a birth- rounded off the scoring. Monaco (FRA) 0 Benfica (POR) 0 Rodgers, who didn’t find out team-mates. games, and it worked tonight. day to forget for Wenger, but the “We kept going. In the first-half At Brussels about Balotelli’s antics until after “I felt we needed more move- Podolski we know can always late turnaround allowed him to you could see the team was close Anderlecht (BEL) 1 (Najar 71) Arsenal (ENG) the match, frowns on such unfo- ment centrally, so I moved score you a goal. He is frustrated face the media with a spring in to the goal, we had some great 2 (Gibbs 89, Podolski 90+1) cused behaviour and prefers his Raheem (Sterling) there to and I can understand that but he his step, in contrast to his frosty chances,” said Simeone. players to wait until the end of occupy the centre-backs,” Rodgers At Istanbul is important,” said Wenger of his mood after Saturday’s 2-2 draw “In the second-half the only dif- the match if they want to swap said. “In the second half you could German forward, who has strug- with Hull City in the Premier ference was the finishing in the Galatasaray (TUR) 0 Borussia Dortmund shirts. see every player pressing and gled with fitness problems of late. League. final third.” (GER) 4 (Aubameyang 6, 18, Reuss 41, He took action against Reds working. At Liverpool that is the “He needs to get back to a good In Madrid, it took last year’s A second consecutive win for Ramos 83) defender Mamadou Sakho when minimum we expect.” AFP Warner hits back after Sarfraz’s whirlwind ton

DUBAI: Sarfraz Ahmed’s belligerent century powered Pakistan to a strong 454 in their first innings on the second day of the first Test against Australia yesterday. The 27-year-old wicketkeeper- batsman scored at breakneck pace, reaching his second Test century in 80 balls to make Australia regret their decision to go into the match with two spe- cialist spinners. Australia opening batsman David Warner gave a fitting reply with an unbeaten 75 off 77 balls to take the visitors to 113 with- out loss at stumps. Chris Rogers was the other unbeaten batsman on 31. The stocky Warner survived Pakistan’s Misbah Ul-Haq (right) plays shot during the second day of the first some close leg-before shouts Test match against Australia at the Dubai International Stadium yesterday. against the spinners early on in his innings but took the bowlers at the other end and Pakistan on the Australian spinners was on after getting set. 454 for eight. evident from the fact that Lyon The left-hander hit seven Babar, who had his finger cut by and his left-arm spin partner boundaries and a six while bring- a vicious Mitchell Johnson deliv- Steve O’Keefe conceded 255 runs ing up his sixth consecutive score ery, did not return to bat after tea between them for the four wickets of 50 or more. Rogers survived a and Pakistan lasted two deliveries they shared. dropped chance with his score on after the break without adding to Misbah-ul-Haq (69) and Asad 13 after his edge off left-arm spin- their score. Shafiq (89) dominated the morn- ner Zulfiqar Babar’s third delivery After their openers fell cheaply ing session, which yielded 109 went straight through the hands on Wednesday, the subsequent runs from 28 overs after Pakistan of Younus Khan at slip. five Pakistan batsmen helped had resumed on 219 for four. Earlier, Sarfraz had fallen, themselves to three fifties and Part-time spinner Steve Smith stumped off off-spinner Nathan two centuries against a lacklustre removed rival captain Misbah for Lyon, after a 105-ball 109 when Australian attack. Australia’s only success in the tea was called with Babar (seven) Their comfort level against first session as Pakistan carefully negotiated the Australian pace Scoreboard bowlers while scoring the bulk of their runs off the spinners. Pakistan ( I innings): Bowling: M. Johnson 31 - 18 - 39 - 3, P. Sid- Misbah hit a single off Lyon to A Shehzad b Siddle ...... 3 dle 24 - 11 - 50 - 1, S. O’Keefe 30 - 3 - 107 - 2, bring up his fifty before clearing M Hafeez lbw b Johnson ...... 0 M. Marsh 17 - 4 - 44 - 0, N. Lyon 37 - 4 - 148 his front foot to hit Smith over Az Ali c Doolan b Johnson ...... 53 - 2, S. Smith 6 - 0 - 50 - 1 the long-on boundary for his sec- Y Khan lbw b Johnson ...... 106 ond six. Misbah-ul-Haq c Johnson b Smith ...... 69 Australia (I innings): Australia finally got the A Shafiq c M. Marsh b O’Keefe ...... 89 C. Rogers (batting) ...... 31 breakthrough they were look- S Ahmed st Haddin b Lyon ...... 109 D. Warner (batting) ...... 75 ing for when the Pakistan cap- Y Shah c Rogers b O’Keefe ...... 2 Extras (B-4 LB-2 NB-1) ...... 7 tain attempted the same shot off Z Babar retired hurt Total (for no loss) ...... 113 Smith only to find Johnson. R Ali c Rogers b Lyon ...... 0 To bat: A. Doolan, M. Clarke, S. Smith, M. Shafiq, meanwhile, fell to I Khan (not out) ...... 0 Marsh, B. Haddin, M. Johnson, P. Siddle, S. O’Keefe’s bowling while Sarfraz Extras (B-2 LB-14) ...... 16 O’Keefe, N. Lyon batted in limited-overs fashion to Total (all out, 145 overs) ...... 454 Bowling: R. Ali 7 - 0 - 22 - 0, M. Hafeez 10 - 3 reach 90 before hitting Marsh for Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-7,3-115, 4-198, - 18 - 0, I. Khan 6 - 1 - 23 - 0, Z. Babar 5 - 0 - 25 two boundaries in the same over 5-291,6-415,7-442,8-454,9-454 - 0, Y. Shah 3 - 0 - 19 - 0(nb-1) to pass 100 and roar in celebra- tion. REUTERS FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

Sanchez Qatar claim maiden AFC Bas hails ‘incredible achievement’ YANGON: Coach Felix Sanchez U-19 Championship title Bas praised his Qatari players for their “incredible achieve- ment” in winning the AFC U-19 Substitute Afif scores the winner as Gulf nation beat DPR Korea 1-0 Championship yesterday and insisted that the nation had now taken a “big step” towards YANGON: Super-sub Akram putting together a strong team Afif scored within seconds of when they host the FIFA World coming on as Qatar claimed Cup in 2022. their maiden AFC U-19 Substitute Akram Afif scored Championship title after a 1-0 the only goal in the final within victory over DPR Korea in yes- seconds of entering the field terday’s final at the Thuwunna to end DPR Korea’s hopes of a Youth Training Centre Stadium fourth championship title. here. Instead, it was Sanchez Bas Following an action-filled and his players’ celebrations that but goalless first half, Afif, who capped off an undefeated cam- started from the bench in every paign in Myanmar with the his- game he played, was on target toric victory resulting in Qatar’s for the fourth time in the tour- first AFC championship title nament and gave Qatar the lead since they lifted the AFC U-16 in the 50th minute to ultimately Championship trophy 24 years end Korean hopes of a fourth title. ago. For the West Asians, the “I’m very happy for this incred- result caps off an undefeated ible achievement, especially for campaign in Myanmar with the the players who have shown a historic victory resulting in their great attitude throughout and first AFC championship title were a pleasure to work with dur- since they lifted the AFC U-16 ing this whole tournament,” said Championship trophy in 1990. Sanchez Bas. Left-winger Saltan Al Brake “What we achieved is amaz- got the night’s action underway ing; we knew that it was a good with the game’s first chance opportunity for us to end this title within the opening 10 minutes. drought. The players did every- After a darting run up the flank, thing to win this championship his low ball across the six-yard for themselves and for the coun- area was stabbed back towards try of Qatar. the Korean goal by covering “We played six difficult games, defender Min Hyo-song, who and with each game we faced dif- was relieved to see goalkeeper ferent tough scenarios. In the first Cha Jong-hun dive low to cut out game we had to come back from the danger. 1-0 down, then the same against The Koreans were quick to Iraq, and a hard game with Oman, respond with an opening of their but the team showed hard work own as Jin Il-sok evaded two and came back each time. challenges on the right to dance “In the quarter-final against into the area and his low shot just after the half-hour mark semi-final, and DPR Korea did China they were nervous because was almost turned in by the out- Ri Un-chol sent Kim Yu-song almost find a way back into the of the available ticket for the stretched leg of Jo Sol-song, but through on goal with a deli- tie in the 69th minute as a Kang 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup for Qatar custodian Yousof Hassan cate chipped through ball that free-kick into the box caused the winner, but again the play- pulled off an athletic stop with the striker adeptly control- consternation among the Gulf ers showed a great performance. his foot. led. Hassan, though, did just as side with the ball pinging off the And against Myanmar in the Ahmed Al Sadi, the tourna- expertly with his leaping block head of a defender and requiring semi-final at a packed stadium it ment’s joint-leading scorer with that turned Kim’s shot over the a stunning reaction save from was an incredible environment, five goals, then had a golden crossbar. Hassan to finger-tip the ball wide. and we came back to get a result chance to put his side in front on With all the goalmouth action With just three minutes of the again — that shows the spirit and 20 minutes as Almoez Ali’s flicked it was with some surprise that tie remaining, the Koreans had great attitude of these players.” header at the near post found the the tie was goalless at half-time one final chance to save the game With the Gulf nation due to forward lurking by the opposite but just five minutes after play as they earned a free-kick on the host the FIFA World Cup in eight upright, his close-range shot, restarted, Qatar took the lead fol- cusp of the penalty area. But years’ time, Sanchez Bas was ada- though, was turned behind by a lowing an inspired substitution by Kwang’s effort clipped the top of mant that the progress shown by sprawling Cha. their coach Felix Sanchez Bas. the wall and Qatar were able to go the development side augured DPR Korea’s main attacking After the Gulf nation won a on the counter with Afif surging well for the future of the senior threat, Jo Kwang-Myong, had an corner on the 50th minute, Afif up the pitch before laying on pass team with the prospect of the even better chance six minutes immediately took to the field and for Ali whose chip over Cha beat World Cup finals looming large later as Hassan could only parry from Abdullah Al Ahrak’s result- the custodian only to bounce off on the horizon. out a fierce header from a Kang ing in-swinger, the substitute rose the crossbar. “Qatar is trying to develop Nam-gwon corner and Jo pounced highest to slam home a bullet And shortly after, the referee these players and youths by upon the loose ball, only to see his header within seconds of enter- called an end to proceedings sending them to different clubs prodded effort deflected onto the ing the fray. sparking frenzied celebrations on ABOVE: Qatar’s players and officials celebrate after winning the Asian in Europe to give them a more post and aside. An threw on his own bench- the field from Sanchez Bas and his Football Confederation Under-19 Championship final at the Thuwunna Youth professional environment to work Coach An Ye-gun’s red-clad based goal-scorer So Jong-hyok, players as they revelled in their Training Centre Stadium in Yangon yesterday. BOTTOM: Qatar’s Said Brahmi in and so far it’s working well as charges were beginning to take who had scored after coming landmark achievement. (left) and Tareq rejoice after defeating DPR Korea in Yangon yesterday. we can see from this tournament control of the first period and on against Uzbekistan in the THE PENINSULA in Myanmar,” said the Spaniard. “We hope that some of these players will play at the World Cup Youth, Sports when Qatar hosts it in 2022 but Qataris bag major individual trophies there is still a long way to go. “All of them have many steps to Minister hails YANGON: Newly-crowned individual and Moein is a great take before then. But today was AFC U-19 Champions Qatar example of this and he always a very big step. The players have Asian triumph scooped up the individual awards plays for his team-mates and some years in front of them still DOHA: Qatar’s AFC U-19 to add to their maiden title as looks to create opportunities for and they have to keep working Championship victory is a their captain Ahmad Moein was them. hard to keep up the same level result of proper and long- named the tournament’s Most “Al Sadi, who was top-scorer, that they showed in this tourna- term planning, which started Valuable Player and striker also had a great tournament, too, ment,” he added. with the establishment of Ahmed Al Sadi claimed the Top but he needs 10 other players to THE PENINSULA Aspire Academy under the Scorer accolade. give him the ball and create the patronage of H H Sheikh Moein was the cornerstone of opportunities for him so he can Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, his team throughout the tourna- score,” Sanchez Bas said. the personal representative ment and showed an astonishing Al Sadi showed formidable of the Emir and Minister of level of maturity with his cultured precision especially in the group Youth and Sports, H E Salah passing, fierce tackling and some stages of the tournament. His bin Ghanem bin Nasser Al accurate shooting — most espe- goals almost single-handedly Ali, said yesterday. cially against China in the quar- hauled Qatar into the knockout The Qatari youngsters ter-finals when he scored from stages of the championship. claimed the continental U-19 long-range in a 4-2 victory. The Belgium-based forward title following a 1-0 win over “I am very happy and proud of was on the score-sheet in all North Korea yesterday and the all my team-mates and for Qatar,” three group-stage games, scor- minister said the young team, said the 18-year-old midfielder. ing against DPR Korea and Iraq which was formed at Aspire, “It means a lot for Qatar to before notching a brace against had received complete support win this tournament. We worked Qatar’s captain Ahmad Moein poses with the Most Valuable Player trophy Oman. from state bodies — particularly hard for it and it was not easy and striker Ahmed Al Sadi with the Top Scorer trophy at the Thuwunna In the quarter-final against the Qatar Football Association. with many hard matches. We will Youth Training Centre Stadium in Yangon yesterday. China, Al Sadi scored within the He expressed confidence (now) look forward to the World first five minutes in his side’s that implementing proper Cup and I’m very happy that have achieved it.” great,” said Qatar coach Sanchez 4-2 victory and although he did planning will lead to future Qatar won this tournament for Moein’s coach Felix Sanchez Bas. not net again in the semi-finals successes, culminating in a the first time. Bas was full of praise for his side’s “He scored, defended, passed or finals, his five-goal tally was strong national team that will “I am very happy to be Most skipper, emphasising not only the the ball to his team-mates. He enough to give him the top scor- compete well in the 2022 FIFA Valuable Player but all my team- player’s individual ability but also really wants to make it as a pro- ers award ahead of fellow five-goal Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez World Cup in Qatar. mates helped me achieve this his unselfish work rate and team- fessional footballer and if he keeps scorers Jo Kwang-myong of DPR Bas (left) celebrates after the “Despite its significance, we award. Winning an award like this first mentality. this level, there’s absolutely no Korea and Zabikhillo Urinboev of match against DPR Korea at the expect more achievements from in such a difficult competition is “Moein played a fantastic tour- reason why he can’t. Uzbekistan by virtue of a superior Thuwunna Youth Training Centre them,” the minister said. QNA not easy by any means but thanks nament and it’s a well-deserved “But we always emphasise assist count. Stadium in Yangon yesterday. to the help of my team-mates I award because he was really that the team comes before the THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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HYPER C RSO S W O RD 1234 5678 910111213 70 Once again 27 Train stop: Abbr. 71 Boxer Spinks and 33 Troop grp. 14 15 16 others 35 It may be tipped as 72 Tater a sign of respect 17 18 19 73 “Darn it all!” 37 Captain’s affirmative 39 Best of the best, 20 21 22 DOWN sportswise 23 24 25 26 27 1 Fruit-flavored ice 40 Calendar’s scope drinks 41 Buy’s opposite 28 29 30 31 2 Connection 42 Jimmy Fallon’s 3 Front tooth network 32 33 34 35 36 37 4 One-named soccer 43 Olympian, e.g. star 44 Solemnly affirm 38 39 40 41 5 ___ port (computer 47 Nascar race locale Yesterday’s answer feature) 48 Printout taken to 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 6 Heart of a the airport, maybe How to play Hyper Sudoku: computer, for short 49 Huey, Dewey and A Hyper Sudoku Puzzle is solved by filling the numbers from 1 to 9 into the blank cells. A Hyper 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 7 Milk: Prefix Louie, to Donald Sudoku has unlike Sudoku 13 regions (four regions overlap with the nine standard regions). In all regions the numbers from 1 to 9 can appear only once. Otherwise, a Hyper Sudoku is solved like 8 Turkey’s capital 52 Ref. with about a normal Sudoku. 57 58 59 60 9 And so on 22,000 pages 10 Tight’s opposite 53 Looks of 61 62 63 displeasure How to play Kakuro: 11 Mumbai residents 55 “La ___ Bonita” The kakuro grid, unlike in sudoku, can be of any 12 With some speed 64 65 66 67 (1987 Madonna hit) size. It has rows and columns, and dark cells 13 Emergency call like in a crossword. And, just like in a crossword, 18 Poet ___ St. 58 Ruhr Valley city 68 69 70 some of the dark cells will contain numbers. Some Vincent Millay 59 Not cool cells will contain two numbers. 63 Slightly open However, in a crossword the numbers reference 22 Frat party fixture 71 72 73 64 Remote button abbr. clues. In a kakuro, the numbers are all you get! 25 “Fine by me” They denote the total of the digits in the row or 26 The “m” in 66 Sun Devils’ sch. column referenced by the number. ACROSS 36 Many a dreadlocks wearer, E = mc2 67 Smidgen Within each informally collection of cells 1 Lose one’s footing KAMASU T RA LONGS - called a run - any 5 Bruins’ sch. 38 Paul McCartney/ Michael of the numbers 1 9 Sewing machine inventor Jackson hit … or a hint to EGOMAN I AC ENERO to 9 may be used Howe the starts of 17-, 24-. 57- PENNYANTE LEGAL but, like sudoku, 14 Dialogue unit and 65-Across each number may 15 Bridge 42 Like one’s voice when one TROI S TERRANOVA only be used once. has a cold, maybe 16 Lone Ranger’s sidekick 45 Letter after ess OAS ENOTES Yesterday’s 17 1989 John Hughes movie answer starring John Candy 46 Biblical garden SWM HOUS EMD I S T 19 Concluding notations 50 “Incidentally,” in a text THI S USERS KATY 20 Took to the slopes 51 The “L” in 5-Across 21 Accepts punishment 54 Spinks foe BALL PAX I L OTOE Sherman’s Lagoon by Jim Toomey unflinchingly 56 Gobbled up OL IO NI ECE PENA 23 Contains 57 Snack that leaves the 24 “There, there … stop fingers orange NET MARSHES DER crying” 60 Puppy’s cry IBANEZ POM 28 Vain person’s problem 61 1996 Mario Puzo novel, with 29 Letters before an alias “The” FOREL IMBS NARCS 30 35, as a minimum to be 62 Door fastener AN I LL RAT I ONOUT U.S. president 64 Vice ___ 31 “___ on your life!” 65 “This is just ridiculous!” CEELO ALANMOORE 32 Belgrade resident 68 Animal cavorting by a ESSEN ZENGARDEN stream 34 Volcanic debris ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 69 “Mona ___” FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER 2014 24 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MORNING BREAK

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SUN TIDE SEA Animation character Doraemon arrives with children on the red carpet for the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival opening ceremony yesterday. SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW WIND 05:37 17:00 05:15 & 16:45 11:30 & 23:00 05-15/18 KT THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW Big Hero 6 opens Tokyo film festival HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER TOKYO: Hello Kitty and Doraemon anime influence. It really is a love letter to Japan,” John Lasseter, chief creative officer at MUSCAT 34/24 Clear 33/23 Clear characters strutted their stuff on the red Don Hall, co-director of Big Hero 6, said on the Disney Animation and Pixar, will hold a talk carpet yesterday, as Disney’s Big Hero 6 red carpet at Tokyo’s Roppongi Hills. session on “Cool Japan”. MAKKAH 38/25 Clear 38/25 Clear kicked off a new-look Tokyo film festival “So to have it coincide with the Tokyo film Fifteen films will vie in the main compe- KUWAIT 33/20 Clear 33/19 Clear that taps into Japan’s love of animation. festival, it’s probably the perfect place to debut tition section for the festival’s top Sakura BAHRAIN 31/24 Celar 32/26 Clear The 27th Tokyo International Film Festival, it,” he said, explaining why the Tokyo festival prize. Five are world premieres, including SANAA 23/10 Partly cloudy 23/09 Partly cloudy which runs until October 31, will hold special was picked for the world premiere. the lone Japanese entry Pale Moon. Many RIYADH 23/10 Partly cloudy 23/09 Partly cloudy events alongside the main festival, including Big Hero 6 is only the second animated film others are making their Asian premieres DUBAI 33/23 Clear 34/22 Clear a “cosplay summit” and a Japanese food fair to open the Tokyo festival, and is the first after screening at Toronto and other festi- BAGHDAD 29/17 Partly cloudy 30/19 Clear aimed at promoting Japan’s cultural and con- Walt Disney animation movie to do so. Other vals, including French-Belgian crime thriller tent industries. anime highlights are a section on the works of The Connection, starring Jean Dujardin (The THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW Big Hero 6, Disney Animation’s next big fea- Evangelion animator Hideaki Anno, and Super Artist), and drama 1001 Grams, Norway’s Oscar HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER ture after last year’s hit Frozen centres on the Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto will premiere submission for Best Foreign Language Film. bond between 14-year-old Hiro Hamada and in 3D his “PIKMIN Short Movies,” based on Guardians of the Galaxy director James ATHENS 19/13 Thunderstorm 17/13 Chance of showers the inflatable robot Baymax, as they and their Nintendo’s Pikmin game characters. Gunn heads the competition jury. WASHINGTON 19/09 Partly cloudy 19/13 Partly cloudy friends battle a Kabuki-masked villain who Japan is keen to boost its cultural exports Reflecting the greater emphasis on anime has stolen Hiro’s microbot technology. and tourism by promoting its entertainment, and superheroes, costumed characters min- SYDNEY 27/17 Clear 23/16 Partly cloudy The 3D comedy-adventure, which screened fashion and other creative content under the gled with movie stars on the red carpet. LONDON 16/12 Mostly cloudy 17/10 Chance of showers out of competition, takes place in the futur- government’s “Cool Japan Initiative”. “I managed to see some actors in person, PARIS 16/13 Cloudy 16/09 Partly cloudy istic city of San Fransokyo, a mash-up of San This year’s festival will host a “World but I also got to see Ultraman and anime ISTANBUL 19/16 Clear 17/13 Rain Francisco and Tokyo, and Japanese viewers Cosplay Summit” for fans who dress up as like Doraemon, as there were a lot of them, MANILA 31/24 Partly cloudy 31/24 Chance of storm will easily recognize the influence of Tokyo their favourite anime and manga characters, so I was really surprised,” said 20-year-old DHAKA 32/22 Clear 30/22 Partly cloudy life and landmarks in the film. and leading Japanese chefs will work the Chinami Kaneko. DELHI 30/20 Partly cloudy 30/19 Partly cloudy “The film has such a strong Japanese kitchen in “Tokyo Cinema Cuisine” trucks. REUTERS ISLAMABAD 28/17 Clear 28/16 Clear

Apple-1 computer Picasso museum in Paris sells for $905,000 at NY auction to reopen after renovation NEW YORK: One of the few PARIS: A top-level sacking, director Laurent Le Bon, the remaining examples of Apple harsh words from the artist’s expansion — which has boosted Inc’s first pre-assembled compu- son, delays and a huge budget the museum’s exhibition space ter, Apple-1, sold for $905,000 at overrun — Paris’s Picasso to 3,800 square metres (41,000 an auction here on Wednesday, museum reopens its doors square feet) — will allow it to dis- far outstripping expectations. tomorrow amid the fallout from play far more of its collection, only The relic, which sparked a a fraught $71m renovation. a fraction of which was previously revolution in home computing, Just over five years after it displayed due to lack of space. is thought to be one of the first closed for what was intended to “Everything has changed and batch of 50 Apple-1 machines be a two-year refurbishment, the nothing has changed. You still have assembled by Apple co-founder museum — housed in a 17th-cen- the basic structure of the building... Steve Wozniak in Steve Job’s fam- tury baroque mansion in Paris’s but at the same time everything ily garage in Los Altos, California historic Marais quarter — has has been redone,” Le Bon said. in the summer of 1976. been extensively modernised and “There is a lot of fluidity... one can Auction house Bonhams is more than twice its previous move around much more easily had said it expected to sell the size. than before, one has a freedom machine, which was working Costs, however, stand at which goes well with the spirit and as of September, for between ¤22m ($27m) over budget due the works of Picasso,” he said. $300,000 and $500,000. (http:// to an increase in the scope of Le Bon said architect Jean- bit.ly/1vUw4Dn) the works, a rift has opened up Francois Bodin’s renovation The buyer was The Henry Ford between Picasso’s son Claude sought to modernise and expand organisation, which plans to dis- and the French government and the gallery — considered to be play the computer in its museum the museum’s director of nearly austere yet luminous — while in Dearborn, Michigan. a decade, Anne Baldassari, no at the same time preserving its “The Apple-1 was not only longer has her job. essential character. innovative, but it is a key artifact The gallery, which first opened The original conversion prior to in the foundation of the digital An original and working Apple computer on display in New York City. in 1985, boasts one of the world’s the museum’s 1985 opening was revolution,” Henry Ford President most extensive collections of carried out by Roland Simounet Patricia Mooradian said. Byte Shop, placed an order for 50 150 and sold them to friends and house in 2012 for $374,500. Fewer Picasso’s work with around 5,000 and aimed to create the ideal There were few buyers for the and sold them for $666.66 each. other vendors. than 50 original Apple-1s are paintings, drawings, sculptures, showcase for Picasso’s work while first Apples until Paul Terrell, After that initial success, Jobs Previously, a working Apple-I believed to survive. ceramics, photographs and docu- also allowing the public to glimpse owner of electronics retailer and Wozniak produced another was sold by Sotheby’s auction REUTERS ments. Most of the exhibits were a great 17th-century mansion. left to the French state on his As part of the renovation, death in 1973, the artist having offices have been turned into spent most of his life in France. exhibition areas, former stables Others were donated by his transformed into a huge reception family including his widow hall and the basement excavated. Reeves returns to the dark side in John Wick Jacqueline. According to new AFP

NEW YORK: Actor Keanu of Reeves’ former stuntman Chad 50-year-old Reeves, best known for haven for assassins, where killing Reeves travels to a murky under- Stahelski and producer David The Matrix trilogy. “As the story is forbidden and the desk clerk world in the action thriller John Leitch. As John Wick, Reeves sin- unfolds we come to learn about the can arrange an unquestioning Wick playing a grieving husband gle-handedly guns down enough myth of this man as a killer.” doctor to patch up wounds, and and retired assassin, who reverts mobsters to fill a small cemetery. Wick had retired from his life even a waste disposal company to being a killing machine to The film, which opens in US of crime five years earlier. But to get rid of bullet-riddled bodies. avenge the wrongs done to him theatres today, is expected to after the son of a Russian mobster “There is a humour to the by Russian mobsters. earn an estimated $17m during and his cronies invade his home, situation,” Reeves said. “John is The film, jam-packed with car its opening weekend. steal the classic car he refused drenched in blood and he is ask- chases, gun fights, mayhem and But positive reviews for the to sell, and kill the puppy given ing about room service to get his murder, is the directorial debut Lionsgate R-rated thriller with to him by his late wife, Wick shirt cleaned.” the feel of a graphic novel and becomes a hit man once again. Swedish actor Michael plaudits for Reeves’ performance, “The script has these different Nyqvist (The Girl with the Dragon could boost its numbers against textures and different worlds,” said Tattoo) is the Russian crime lord this week’s other opener, the hor- Reeves. “There is the real world and Wick’s former boss. Game of ror film Ouija, predicted to rake and what comes to be revealed Thrones actor Alfie Allen, plays in $28m, according to pro.boxof- is this underworld. This den of his son, who unleashes the wrath fice.com. thieves that has its own rules, has of Wick, and Willem Dafoe (The “When we meet John Wick, its own procedures, honor, code.” Grand Budapest Hotel) is an Visitors walk behind the sculpture ‘Little Girl Skipping’ by Spanish painter we don’t know anything about After arming himself with a assassin who accepts a contract Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) during a press preview of the Picasso Museum him except that he is grieving for small arsenal, Wick checks into to kill Wick. prior to its re-opening, in Paris yesterday. his ill wife, who passes,” said the the Continental Hotel. It is a safe REUTERS