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MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 • 15 RAMADAN 1437 • Volume 21 • Number 6833 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar

Emir attends Iftar banquet hosted by Erdogan F-Ring-Al Wakra Shortage of fuel Main Road stations hits link opens The Peninsula

DOHA: The extension of Najma motorists hard Street that connects F-Ring Road with Al Wakra Main Road is now open, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) said yesterday. face huge traffic jams. A new bridge, crossing the Increase in vehicle Al Khalij could be the latest of East Corridor along Najma Street, a number of fuel stations inside the is also open. numbers outperforms city that were closed down recently The new road will improve fuel pumps. either for renovation or to give way connectivity between Al Thu- to some other projects. mama and the Old Airport area to The Doha Petrol station in Doha the south of Qatar. Motorists can Jadeed, one of the oldest fuel stations now travel between central Doha By Sanaullah Ataullah in the heart of the city was closed and Al Wakra without accessing The Peninsula down two months ago. Shopkeepers Al Matar Street or Ras Abu Aboud still functioning at the premises said Road. they were not sure whether the The new road with a speed facility was closed temporarily or limit of 80kph is also expected DOHA: Yet another fuel station in on a permanent basis. to reduce congestion and ensure downtown Doha is likely to close The Falcon petrol station near shorter transit times in the south shortly, adding to the crowding at Mall intersection on D-Ring Road of Doha. The 2.4-km Najma Street neighbouring facilities. was also closed a few months ago. extension includes three lanes in Licence of Al Khalij Al Arabi Woqod has built several new petrol each direction. (Arabian Gulf) petrol station near stations across the country and The new bridge — more than Al Mannai roundabout, opposite Al many others are under construction. 117 metres long and over 10 metres Rumaila Hospital in Bin Mahmoud is However, with a rapid rise in the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani attended yesterday an Iftar banquet hosted by Turkish high— is located at the intersection going to expire by end of this month number of vehicles every year, the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. The banquet was attended by Their Excellencies members of East-West Corridor and Najma and has not been renewed so far, it existing facilities are struggling to of the official delegation accompanying the Emir. → See also page 2 Street extension. has been learnt. cope with the rush. Najma Street bridge is part of “Discussions between the owner After closure of the Doha Petrol the East Corridor project, which and authorities are on but nothing Station, the burden shifted to the is the eastern section of the has been decided yet,” an employee neighbouring Woqod petrol station East-West Corridor, one of the at the petrol station told this daily. No adjacent to Jaida Tower at Al Asmakh most prominent projects imple- official confirmation was available street causing heavy traffic snarls. mented by the Public Works yesterday. “Usually, I avoid filling petrol New system to vet student performance Authority under its Expressway This is one of most crowded during peak hours. But on Thursday, Programme. The East-West Corri- petrol stations in the area, in the I was stuck at noon for 20 minutes at dor comprises the construction of absence of other facilities in the the Woqod station near Jaida Tower,” The Peninsula internal tests conducted by schools developed to raise academic per- 22 km of a new dual carriageway, vicinity. With limited space inside, said an expatriate living near Dar to enhance performance. formance”, QNA quoted the Minister including five lanes in each direc- in the peak hours vehicles occupy a Al Khutub roundabout, whom The “This system will be in place of Education and Higher Education, tion stretching from west of Barwa lane of the road almost completely. Peninsula met at the same petrol DOHA: The Ministry of Education before the beginning of the next aca- H E Dr Mohammed bin Abdul Wahed City, to Al Matar Street south of the As a result, motorists coming from station in a queue. and Higher Education is setting up demic year so that school managers Al Hammadi as saying. Air Force Roundabout. Hamad General Hospital intersection a system for assessing the perform- would assess the level of weakness to Meshairib or from Bin Mahmoud → Continued on page 2 ance of students in national and and identify areas that need to be → Continued on page 2 → Picture on page 4 Garangao goodies cheer up kids

By Amna Pervaiz Rao Ibtiyal, an Arab woman told The Peninsula. Ramadan have intertwined and with its The Peninsula Traditional games such as Tagyah (tug- ambiguous origins, GCC citizens have come of-war), Dahouri (wheel pushing), Gaiss to accept it as a form of cultural celebra- (hopscotch) plus Gallinah and Natou are tion which strengthens the relationship of DOHA: Streets of Qatar turned festive and enjoyed by families and give the children children with their friends, family and their colourful yesterday as children in resplend- a taste of tradition. neighbourhoods. ent attire celebrated Garangao. Also, there are special decorations, tra- In addition, it is also a time when chil- Groups of sprightly children in pomp- ditional souqs with plenty of events, and dren memorise the Holy Quran and are ous cultural outfits with bags around their great food such as: Jarish, Harees, Khanfa- rewarded with sweets and goodies. necks went around collecting sweets, nuts roosh and Lugaimat to name a few. Many government and non-govern- and money. Elaborating on the origin of the festi- ment institutions also celebrated Garangao Garangao is a special occasion for chil- val, Abdulaziz said that according to Um yesterday. dren that allows them to dress colourfully, Khalaf, a renowned storyteller from Qatar, The National Human Rights Committee learn about folklore and have fun during the Garangao is a celebration which was cre- (NHRC) marked the day with a special cere- month of Ramadan. There are customary ated for young children as reward for mony attended by a large number of children Garangao songs sung by children in groups successfully memorising 15 chapters of the at the main office. as they wander through the neighbourhood Holy Quran. He added that young children The committee marks this traditional collecting goodies in their little pouches. really look forward to Garangao as they festival every year with children wearing “Children in a group under the super- have been fasting for 14 days and so when traditional clothes and singing Garangao vision of an adult went door-to-door to the special night arrives, it’s a chance for songs to revive the customs and tradition of collect colourful sweets, nuts and money them to play games, sing songs, tell stories, Qatar, said Jaber Al Uwail, head of the Legal while singing their national songs. They wait dress up and compete to see who has col- Department at the NHRC. for this occasion through the year and are lected the most sweets. Children with their Garangao gift bags in Doha yesterday.Pic: Kammutty V P / The Peninsula keyed up to celebrate it enthusiastically,” Over the decades, Garangao and → Continued on page 20

Trump says open to racial profiling RAMADAN TIMING

AFP of committing a crime. Trump, the he was talking about increasing pro- Today’s Iftar 6 : 30 pm TODAY’S free-talking presumptive Republican filing of Muslims in America. Tomorrow’s Imsak 3 : 04 am Russia vs Wales 10pm presidential nominee, came close to “Well, I think profiling is some- GROUP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said endorsing racial profiling outright in thing that we’re going to have to STAGE Slovakia vs England 10pm yesterday he is open to racial profil- an interview aired yesterday on CBS. start thinking about as a country,” MATCHES ing, touching another raw nerve on His comments came in a dis- Trump told the programme “Face the issue of race in America. cussion on the Orlando nightclub the Nation.” He added: “So we really African-Americans, Latinos, massacre by shooter Omar Mateen, have to look at profiling. We have to Muslims and other minorities in the who is Muslim, and past comments look at it seriously. And other coun- United States have complained bit- by Trump to the effect that if elected tries do it, and it’s not the worst thing terly for decades about the practice president in November he “respect- to do. I hate the concept of profiling, >PAGE 19 in which police use a person’s race, fully” would place mosques under but we have to use common sense.” religion, national origin or ethnic- surveillance. ity as grounds for suspecting them Trump was asked point-blank if → See also page 18 02 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 HOME

Education development Emir in Turkey process completed: Minister

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The Minister was speaking at a Ramadan pro- gramme “Ghabga” hosted by the ministry for its staff in Al Sharq Hotel. The measures also aim to enhance teachers’ capacities and all aspects of education system relating to the performance of students or curriculum. The ministry has completed the process of devel- oping the education infrastructure. In the next phase, the focus will be on the quality and the development of necessary indicators to measure and set up systems to assess and improve performance in all aspects of the educational process, said the Minis- ter. The principals of the independent school who have spent 30 years or more in the education service were honoured at the function. The Minister revealed a package of initiatives and policies with regard to the early childhood education, adoption of a strategy for strengthening the reading, writing and arithmetic skills of students of all primary schools along with implementation of various initiatives aimed at meeting the needs of students with special needs and students who require additional support.

New Woqod petrol station near Bank Street soon

Continued from page 1 Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Istanbul for a short official visit yesterday. The Emir was welcomed at Ataturk International Airport by Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak; Governor of Istanbul Vasip Sahin; Qatari Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al A new Woqod petrol station close to the Bank Street, Shafi; and senior officials and members of the Qatari Embassy. The Emir attended an Iftar banquet hosted by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. opposite the New World Center (now closed) is under The members of the delegation accompanying the Emir, Turkey’s ministers, senior officials, intellectuals and sports and media personalities were present. construction and is expected to open soon. Most petrol stations on the outskirts of the city also witness crowding, especially in the peak hours. The situation in the Industrial Area is worse com- pared to other parts of the city. There are only three petrol stations in this crowded industrial district — Al Watan at Street No 33, Al Salam at Street No. 2 and one Qatar welcomes Sudan truce decision Woqod petrol station opposite Street No. 10 adjacent to QC provides food parcels in Aleppo the Islamic Centre. A petrol station at Street No. 10 has QNA recent decision to a four-month been closed for renovation. ceasefire in Blue Nile and South “Whenever I went to refuel my car at any petrol sta- The Peninsula Lebanon to alleviate their lies are expected to benefit Kordofan a positive step towards tion in the Industrial Area, it would not take less than 30 suffering in Syria and neigh- in Aleppo. The distribution enhancing security and stability in minutes. A lot of construction work is going on around bouring countries during in Aleppo and its country- DOHA: Qatar has welcomed Sudan’s the country. two petrol stations at Street No. 2 and Street No. 33,” Ramadan. In a statement, side is part of the food supply decision on ceasefire in Blue Nile and The statement stressed Qatar’s the motorist said. DOHA: Qatar Charity (QC) Mohammed Rashid Al Kaabi, projects undertaken by QC South Kordofan regions. support for Sudan in efforts to push To address the increasing demand for fuel stations distributed 11,000 food Director, Relief Management, after the recent events in In a statement, the Foreign Min- forward the peace process to reach a across the country, Woqod had announced plans to set parcels in Aleppo City and QC said 6000 Syrian families Aleppo, he said, adding that istry confirmed Qatar’s support for political settlement through a com- up 25 mobile fuel stations and installed some in the most countryside for the Syr- in Jordan and Lebanon have each package contains 37kg efforts to achieve a comprehensive prehensive national dialogue that needed areas. Woqod also plans to open about 20 addi- ian refugees in Jordan and benefited and 5,000 fami- of basic foodstuffs. peace in Sudan and said it considers responds to the aspirations of the tional fuel stations in strategic areas across the country. Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir’s brotherly Sudanese people. HOME MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 03 WISH presents research at global health policy forum

2016; Peter Pronovost, Senior Vice-President Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health The research for Patient Safety and Quality, and Director, Policy and Margolis Professor of Business, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Qual- Medicine and Health Policy at Duke Univer- papers were ity, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Chair of WISH sity, and Chair, WISH Accountable Care Forum discussed at the Patient Safety Forum 2015; and Mark McClellan, 2013 and 2016. forum organised by Health Affairs in Washington, DC.

The Peninsula Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, and Professor Lord Ara Darzi of Denham, Executive Chair, WISH, at a briefing at the forum. RIGHT: Egbert Schillings, CEO, WISH, speaking at the forum.

encourage analysis and discussion WISH Summit in 2015. WISH leadership and WISH DOHA: The World Innovation Sum- to improve health and healthcare The papers, also been pub- research forum chairs played key mit for Health (WISH) presented its and address issues including cost, lished in Health Affairs over the past roles in briefing, moderating dis- evidence-based research to nearly quality and access. year, addressed four major issues cussions and speaking about their 200 health policy experts at a glo- The forum, ‘Global Health: confronting the global health com- areas of expertise. They included bal forum hosted by Health Affairs Patient Safety, Cancer Care, Univer- munity: How to reduce the burden of Sir David Nicholson, former chief in Washington, DC on June 14. sal Health Coverage and Innovation’, non-communicable diseases; How executive, National Health Serv- Health Affairs is one of the explored issues facing the global to improve access to vaccines in low ice, UK, and Chair, WISH Universal world’s leading peer-reviewed health community and coincided and middle-income countries; How Health Coverage Forum 2014; Dr. journals in the field of health policy with the journal’s publication and to achieve universal health cover- Victor Dzau, President, National research. Its mission is to serve as a distribution of a compendium of age; and How to accelerate the Academy of Medicine, and Chair of high-level, non-partisan platform to articles that originated from the diffusion of healthcare innovation’. WISH Precision Medicine Forum Indian Embassy to shift to new premises

The Peninsula during relocation. Its Help Lines to the new premises and its sur- the number of buses to the close for the purpose are: Consular roundings would demonstrate, vicinity of the new premises. The Section: 33872462; 66952621; the total parking near the new request is under consideration. and 33555029; Labour & Com- premises is more compared to the In view of the increasing vol- DOHA: The task of relocating munity Welfare Section: existing premises. The same is the ume of consular services, the the Indian Embassy to its new 55808254; 33451607; 66275337; case with the overall availability Embassy’s proposal for outsourc- premises at Villa No. 86 & 90, and 33208766. Officials will also of public transport, the details of ing the collection of consular Street No. 941, Al Eithra Street, check respective emails publi- which may be perused at (www. applications and delivery of doc- Zone 63, Onaiza, Doha, will be cised through its website (www. mowasalat.com). The nearest bus uments after rendering services undertaken from June 22 until 26. indianembassyqatar.gov.in). stations for the new location are is under consideration of the During this period, the The Indian government City Centre and Qatar Sports Club. Indian government. The Embassy Embassy will not be able to approved the Embassy’s reloca- When Doha Metro starts operat- accords utmost priority to its reg- render consular and other serv- tion to a better Chancery premises ing, Al Qassar will be the nearest ular, active and inclusive outreach ices, which will fully resume from to further enhance services to the metro station. to the Indian community in Qatar the new premises from June 27. Indian community and the public In anticipation of its reloca- and to rendering efficient serv- However, the Embassy will at large in Qatar. tion, the Embassy has already ices to them and other members attend to any genuine emergency As an Internet search and visit requested authorities to increase of the public.

Indian mission to mark International Day of Yoga tomorrow

Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora speaking at the Yoga for Health and Wellness event at Al Waha Club.

The Peninsula

DOHA: The Indian Embassy organised a Yoga for Health and Wellness event at Al Waha Club in Al Khor Community on Saturday as part of Sec- ond International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations,. The programme, in cooperation with Qatari authorities and the Indian community in Al Khor and other community fora, included remarks by Ambassador Sanjiv Arora; a documentary on IDY; and yoga sessions by experts from Aspire Acad- emy and Heartfulness. Ambassador Arora also presented books on yoga. The Embassy is organ- ising, in cooperation with the Qatari government and community organi- sations, a public event to mark IDY at Al Gharafa Sports Club Indoor Hall tomorrow at 9pm. Meanwhile, The Right Reverend Michael Lewis, Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf of the Episcopal Church, accompanied by Father Paul Dav- ies, Senior Priest of The Anglican Church of Epiph- any in Qatar, met Indian Ambassador to Qatar San- jiv Arora and discussed issues of mutual interest. 04 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 HOME

Qatar in team to Ooredoo connects with people in Iftar gesture implement Alliance of The Peninsula Care (Ihsan), to enjoy Iftar with res- idents supported by the foundation. Civilisations plan Ooredoo volunteers The delegation was received by distribute Iftar boxes a group of employees and patients. DOHA: Ooredoo volunteers yesterday at Woqod petrol Ooredoo volunteers also spent time The Peninsula & QNA distributed Iftar boxes to hundreds with some residents to learn more of workers at Woqod petrol stations stations and enjoy about their lives. across Doha. Iftar with people at Khaled Abdullah Hussein, Direc- DOHA: Qatar has been chosen to The boxes contained a drink, tor, Public and Media Relations, be in the implementation team of fruits and sandwich. The volunteers Qatar Foundation for welcomed the volunteers on behalf the Arab Strategic Plan for Alliance from across the company, also broke Elderly Care. of the foundation and stressed the of Civilisations, which includes their fast with the workers. The event importance of their presence and Oman, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, was part of community and charity what they are doing to warm up the and the Arab League General Sec- activities this Ramadan across Qatar hearts of the elderly and put a smile retariat. to promote #PurestConnections with to continue this support to our cus- on their faces during Iftar. Representatives of Arab con- and between Ooredoo customers. tomers not just during the Holy Month After breaking fast together, the tact points of the alliance at Arab Fatima Sultan Al Kuwari, Direc- but the whole year through.” delegation presented gifts to the League chose Qatar in recogni- tor, Community and Public Relations, Customers can follow Ooredoo’s elderly and congratulated the organ- tion of efforts of Qatar Committee Ooredoo, said: “Giving back to those Ramadan campaign via Ooredoo’s isation for their work in Qatar. for Alliance of Civilisations in the who need our help is a huge part of Facebook, Instagram or Twitter page The visit was part of a series of development of the plan. the spirit of Ramadan. We’re proud to and the hashtag #CloserConnection. community and charity activities by The team will determine An Ooredoo volunteer dressed as the company’s mascot Alrabaa, have shared a meal with the workers Meanwhile, Ooredoo volunteers Ooredoo this Ramadan at various programmes and activities for distributes Iftar boxes to workers at one of the petrol stations. who have helped build Qatar, and aim visited Qatar Foundation for Elderly events and locations. 2016-2019, follow up implemen- tation, determine sources and mechanisms of financing them and promote the plan at interna- tional and regional forums. Five warehouses fined Najma Street Extension opens The committee has presented projects and programmes as part of the plan, especially in the areas of youth and education, taking The Peninsula promotion of fraudulent or corrupt prod- advantage of its experience in the ucts. A product is considered fraudulent if it development and implementation is expired or fails to meet standards. of Qatar’s plans for the alliance. Violations of the law result in pen- Qatar developed the first plan DOHA: The inspection campaign launched alties ranging between administrative for the alliance in 2010, which was by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce closures and fines between QR3,000 and one of the first national plans at as part of its Ramadan initiatives under the QR1,000,000. the international level, and the theme ‘#Aqal_Min_Al_Wajeb’ targeted over The ministry stressed that it will not second plan in 2014 to cope with 27 food warehouses in the Industrial Area tolerate any violations of the law and its Qatar National Vision 2030 and and fined five for violations. regulations and will intensify its inspec- National Development Strategy Violations included sale of expired tion campaigns to crackdown on violations. 2011-2016. products and missing descriptive labels on The ministry said it will refer those who products in violation of Article No. 6 of Law violate laws and ministerial decrees to com- No. 8 of 2008 on consumer protection. petent authorities, who will take appropriate QAC holds open The ministry intensified inspection cam- action against perpetrators to protect con- paigns ahead of Ramadan and monitoring sumer rights. day for high markets during the Holy Month to ensure It urged consumers to report any vio- compliance of suppliers (warehouses) with lations to the Consumer Protection and school graduates the . Anti-Commercial Fraud Department It is also monitoring markets and com- through its call centre: 16001; email: info@ The Najma Street Extension that connects F-Ring Road directly with Al Wakra main mercial activities to crack down on price mec.gov.qa; Twitter: @MEC_Qatar; Insta- road is now open, Ashghal said yesterday. A new bridge crossing the East Corridor DOHA: Qatar Aeronautical Col- manipulation and protect consumers’ rights. gram: MEC_Qatar; and the ministry’s mobile along Najma Street is also open. lege (QAC) began an open day for The law prohibits the sale, display or app for Android and IOS: MEC_Qatar. high school graduates to introduce them to specialisations available in the college. Companies and national enti- ties such as Qatar Civil Aviation SAK Group holds Iftar banquet Enjoy double Vodafone Authority, Gulf Helicopters, Boe- ing Company, and Qatar Airways are participating in the event that continues until Thursday. QAC’s data while roaming foundation programme includes air traffic control, meteorology, engi- neering and aircraft maintenance, in Saudi Arabia airport management and opera- tions and commercial aviation. In a statement, General Sheikh Jabor bin Hamad bin Mohammed The Peninsula was important that we offer our cus- Al Thani, Director, QAC, outlined tomers a better way to stay in touch the importance of such events to with their loved ones.” introduce high school graduates In addition to 4GB of data, the to QAC’s programmes. DOHA: Vodafone is offering double pack allows customers to enjoy data totalling 4GB while roaming in unlimited incoming and outgoing Saudi Arabia on Vodafone Passport calls to Vodafone Qatar numbers at CMC to discuss Pack from now until July 16. QR100 a week. Customers can acti- The first 2GB can be used on any vate the pack by dialling *110*110# ban proposal network in Saudi Arabia and the They will also enjoy 4G cover- extra 2GB is available on STC Saudi age while roaming in Saudi Arabia, Arabia’s network. at no extra cost to the current roam- DOHA: The Central Munici- Mohamed Al Sadah, Chief Oper- ing rates. All customers have to do pal Council (CMC) will discuss ating Officer, Vodafone Qatar, said, is enable 4G and data roaming on tomorrow a proposal to ban the SAK Group held its annual Iftar banquet in Al Dafna banquet hall at Sheraton Hotel-Doha for employees, “With many of our customers trav- their smartphones. The pack has movement of cars of driving business associates, clients and suppliers. SAK Trading & Contracting Company General Manager elling to Saudi Arabia during the been expanded from 45 to 76 coun- schools in residential areas. The Engineer Ahmed Al Sayed honoured employees of the month and presented certificates of appreciation Holy Month to perform pilgrimage tries, enabling customers to roam for proposal has been presented by and prizes. A lottery draw was also held to select 20 winners of various prizes. to Makkah, Umra and after that to as low as local rates in time for the Councillor Abdulrahman Al Khu- spend Eid Al Fitr in the kingdom, it summer holiday season. laifi. The CMC will also discuss a proposal related to standards for specifying lanes in internal streets. Hundreds join Hyatt Plaza’s Fast-a-thon for a cause Hyundai Tucson models recalled

The Peninsula they received information about the campaign and instructions on how to fast. The event cul- DOHA: The Ministry of Economy minated on Saturday with an Iftar party, which and Commerce, in collaboration also served as a venue for participants to share with National Car Company, dealer experiences and views about fasting. of Hyundai vehicles in Qatar, has DOHA: Hundreds of participants gathered on Hyatt Plaza General Manager Feroz Moideen announced the recall of Hyundai Saturday to join Hyatt Plaza’s seventh edition said the annual Fast-a-thon aims to increase the Tucson models of 2010 over a of ‘Fast-a-thon’, a charity event to give young chances of children in Somalia to get a higher leak in the automatic transaxle and destitute children in Somalia the opportu- education and become productive members of oil cooler hose. nity to learn English. society. The ministry said the recall is Held every Ramadan, the two-day event “The Fast-a-thon follows a two-pronged part of its efforts to protect con- is staged for non-Muslims, providing the approach to help change Somalian children’s sumers and ensure that dealers participants with the chance to help the under- life — to promote tolerance and brotherhood follow up on vehicle defects and privileged and experience the true spirit of the values, and encourage expatriates to discover repairs. The ministry will coordi- Holy Month through fasting even for one day. the local culture,” Moideen said. nate with the dealer to follow up Fast-a-thon is an offshoot of ‘Help the In Somalia, according to IEC, orphans learn on maintenance and repairs and Orphans’ Intensive English Course (IEC), spear- their subjects in either Somali or Arabic with communicate with customers to headed by renowned scholar Dr. Bilal Philips, little or no English. With English as the main ensure that repairs are carried out. who sought to make 500 bright children profi- medium of instruction in most universities, the It urged customers to report cient in English. chance for higher learning is bleak for the thou- any violations to its Consumer Hyatt Plaza and Eid Charity raised funds sands of high school graduates from Somalia’s Protection and Anti-Commercial for the project by donating QR200 on behalf of orphanages. Fraud Department through its call Participants at the event. every person who registered for Fast-a-thon, Despite finishing high school, most end up centre: 16001; email: info@mec. whose mission this year is ‘Educating Children as street merchants, while others risk their lives gov.qa; Twitter: @MEC_Qatar; in Somalia’. by fleeing the country, crossing the Mediterra- soldiers for Shabaab extremists. to search their hearts, invite family and friends, Instagram: MEC_Qatar; and the Prior to Fast-a-thon, the participants were nean Sea to become refugees in Europe. “In preparation for this event, we have sent and make a huge difference by joining the Fast- ministry’s mobile app for Android given an interactive orientation on Friday where Others, unfortunately, become easy foot emails to non-Muslim communities, urging them a-thon,” Moideen said. and IOS: MEC_Qatar Ramadan Thoughts

MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 05 Repentance is cure to guilt Islam: Basic Facts 5 passions and desires in loving obedience Fasting, the to God. This consciousness of duty and By Mariam Anwer forgive you without any reservation. O son of hope so that we do not purposefully disobey the spirit of patience helps in strength- Adam, if you have sins piling up to the clouds Him and say that we will repent later. We need fourth pillar ening our faith. Fasting helps a person and then ask for my forgiveness, I will forgive to stop doing wrong deliberately and rush to gain self-control. you without any reservation. O son of Adam, repent from the greatest sins which are dis- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: ome do so out of ignorance of the laws if you come to me with enough sins to fill the belief, polytheism and hypocrisy, as well as awm or fasting during the holy “The worst type of container-filling set by Allah while; yet there are some, earth and you meet me without associating sins like neglecting religious duties like prayer, month of Ramadan, is the fourth a man can do is filling his own stom- who even though blessed by knowl- a partner with me, I will come to you with charity, obedience to parents, spreading the pillar of Islam. Ordained in the ach. It is sufficient for a human being edge, are led to sins because of their enough forgiveness to fill the earth’.” (Sunan message of Islam and also for sins like back- Holy Quran, the fast is an act of to have a few morsels to keep his back- Sdesires, emotions or the conditions around Al Tirmidhi, 3540) For the one who believes in biting, slander, envy, suspicion, cheating and Sdeep personal worship in which Muslims bone upright, but if he has to fill it, then them. When a person sins and realises that the mercy of the Almighty, guilt is a powerful wasting time in useless things. seek a richer perception of God. a third should be for his food, a third for he has done something wrong he is overcome means to direct his heart back to the one whose The Prophets and Messengers being so Fasting is also an exercise in self- his drink and a third for his breathing.” by remorse and an overwhelming feeling of doors of tawbah (repentance) are always open. righteous and pure used to acknowledge their control whereby one’s sensitivity is A person who abstains from permis- guilt. If not dealt with in the correct manner, Allah says: “O you who have believed, repent mistakes too and turned to Allah in repent- heightened to the sufferings of the poor. sible things like food and drink is likely these feelings of guilt can greatly affect one’s to Allah with sincere repentance. Perhaps your ance all the time. Prophet Adam and his wife Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic to feel conscious of his sins. A height- self-esteem, may weigh him down and make Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and accepted their mistake and said: “Our Lord, we calendar, during which the Holy Quran ened sense of spirituality helps break him lose interest in doing good deeds. admit you into gardens beneath which rivers have wronged ourselves, and if You do not for- was revealed to the Prophet Muham- the habits of lying, staring with lust at Fortunately, one of the many treasures of flow…” (Quran, 66:8) give us and have mercy upon us, we will surely mad (peace be upon him), begins with the opposite sex, gossiping, and wast- Islam, is that Allah doesn’t leave His servants to Even if a person commits sin time after be among the losers..”” (Qur’an, 7:23). Similarly the sighting of the new moon, after ing time. rot in their remorse and guilt, once they real- time, his sin is forgiven every time if he fol- Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) said: “My which abstention from eating, drinking At dusk, the fast is broken with a light ize their sin. Mentioned as Al Ghafoor (the most lows his sin with repentance – if his repentance Lord, indeed I have wronged myself, so forgive and other sensual pleasures is obligatory meal popularly referred to as iftar fol- forgiving) in more than 90 places in the Glori- each time is sincere. There are three condi- me.” (Qur’an, 28:16) Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from dawn to sunset. Fasting helps Mus- lowed by additional nocturnal worship, ous Quran, He offers every sinner chances of tions of sincere repentance: Giving up the sin, said: “Sometimes I perceive a veil over my heart, lims develop self-control, gain a better tarawih, after evening prayer. Fami- redemption and repentance. He says: “Say, ‘O regretting it and resolving never to go back to and ask Allah for forgiveness one hundred times understanding of God’s gifts and greater lies rise before dawn to take their first My servants who have transgressed against it. If one of these three is missing, then one’s a day.” (Muslim, 2702) compassion towards the deprived. meal of the day, which sustains them themselves (by sinning), do not despair of the repentance is not sincere. If this was the practice of the messengers of Quran says: “0 you who believe, until sunset. Near the end of Ramadan mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. It was said to Al Hasan: Shouldn’t one of us Allah (peace be upon them all), then what about fasting is prescribed for you as it was Muslims commemorate the “Night of Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Mer- feel too shy to ask his Lord to forgive his sin, the rest of us, whose lives are full of shortcom- prescribed for those before you, that you Power” when the Quran was revealed. ciful’.” (Quran, 39:53) then do it again, then ask for forgiveness, then ings and sins? Certainly we have a greater need may guard yourselves against evil” (2: The month of Ramadan ends with one of Al Ghafoor comes from the root ‘ghafara’, do it again? He said: ‘The Shaytaan wishes that to accept our mistakes, stop and turn to the One 183), and also in a holy utterance it is the two major Islamic celebrations, the which means to cover, conceal, and shield. you would have this attitude so do not tire of who loves the repentance of his disobedient serv- said of the fasting person: “He suspends Feast of the Breaking of the Fast, called Some of us might have committed sins that asking for forgiveness. I do not think this is ants and invites them to seek forgiveness every eating, drinking and gratification of his Eid Al Fitr. are too many, and at times too shameful, to anything other than the attitude of the believ- single night. Almost 28 companions narrated, sexual passion for My sake.” (related by On this day, Muslims joyfully cele- even think about. But when Allah forgives a ers, i.e., every time a believer sins, he repents.’ that the Prophet (PBUH) said: “The Lord descends Al Bukhari and Muslim). brate the completion of Ramadan and sin, He covers it and conceals it. Al Ghafoor is Umar ibn Abd Al Azeez said: ‘O people, every night to the lowest heaven when one-third Fasting in Islam involves abstain- customarily distribute gifts to children. the One who does not expose the sins of His whoever commits sin, let him seek the forgive- of the night remains and says: ‘Who will call upon ing from all bodily pleasures between Muslims are also obliged to help the servants. He protects His servants from the ness of Allah and repent. If he does it again, let Me, that I may answer Him? Who will ask of Me, dawn and sunset. Not only is food for- poor join in the spirit of relaxation and consequences of their sins, screens them and him seek the forgiveness of Allah and repent, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgive- bidden, but also any sexual activity. All enjoyment by distributing zakatul fitr, forgives them even though He is All-Knowing and if he does it again, let him seek the forgive- ness, that I may forgive him?’” (Bukhari 1145/ things which are regarded as prohibited a special and obligatory act of charity of the wrong they committed. ness of Allah and repent. For it is sin, which Muslim, 1261) Indeed, Allah is the Most Merci- is even more so in this month, due to its in the form of staple foodstuff, in order The Prophet (peace be upon him) clari- hangs around a person’s neck, and doom comes ful and Most Kind. He gives respite even to the sacredness. Each and every moment dur- that all may enjoy the general eupho- fied this when he narrated in a Hadith Qudsi, from persisting in sin.’ worst of sinners so that they realise their mis- ing the fast, a person suppresses their ria of the day. “Allah the Exalted said: ‘O son of Adam, if you Knowing that Allah forgives should give takes and turn back to Him. call upon me and place your hope in me, I will us much hope. But we should balance fear and www.arabnews.com 06 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 MIDDLE EAST Israel okays extra funding for West Bank settlements

for West Bank settlements, calling it a response to security concerns, though the money is to be Israeli settlements in the used in a variety of ways. occupied West Bank are The decision by Prime Minister Benjamin considered illegal under Netanyahu’s right-wing cabinet will see some 70m shekels ($18m) allocated to settlement- international law and major related spending. stumbling blocks to peace. According to Haaretz newspaper, the amount is in addition to an already allocated $88m. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are considered illegal under international AFP law and major stumbling blocks to peace as they are built on land Palestinians view as part of their future state. The United States, the European Union and JERUSALEM: Israel’s government yesterday many others in the international community approved some $18m in additional financing have called for a halt to settlement building. Palestinians decry rabbi call to poison water

Anatolia He said such opinions by Jewish rabbis “prove that Israel is not a real peace part- ner”. “Dozens of similar orders were made by rabbis that called for killing Palestin- RAMALLAH: The Palestine Liberation ians, robbing their lands and farmlands Organization (PLO) has denounced a Jew- and destroying their property,” he said. ish rabbi’s permission for settlers to poison The PLO said in a statement that the water sources in Palestinian areas in the rabbi’s order encourages settlers to stage occupied West Bank as “an order to kill”. assaults against Palestinians. Rabbi Shlomo Mlma, chairman of the “Hundreds of incidents were doc- Palestinians scuffle with an Israeli border policeman as Israeli troops demolish sheds belonging to Palestinians near the West Council of Rabbis in the West Bank settle- umented against Palestinian residents Bank village of Yatta, south of Hebron, yesterday. ments, has issued an advisory opinion in because of such racist advisories,” said the which he allowed Jewish settlers to poison statement issued by the PLO’s national office water in Palestinian villages and cities in the for the defense of land. Netanyahu’s government is however con- Speaking at the start of the cabinet meet- peace,” he said in a statement. Opposition law- West Bank. International law views the West Bank sidered the most right-wing in Israel’s history, ing, Netanyahu called it “an assistance plan to maker Amir Peretz of the Zionist Union accused According to Israeli anti-occupation and East Jerusalem as occupied territories with key members of his cabinet strong sup- strengthen communities” in the West Bank, say- the government of “wasting money on polit- organization “Breaking the Silence”, the and considers all Jewish settlement build- porters of settlement building and opponents ing it would “strengthen security, assist small ical settlements” instead of helping families call for poisoning Palestinian water aim to ing on the land to be illegal. of a Palestinian state. businesses and encourage tourism.” within Israel. push the Palestinians to leave their villages About 500,000 Jewish settlers currently The premier faces steady political pressure Beyond security, it will include spending Besides the settlement money, the gov- and pave the way for settlers to take over live on more than 100 Jewish-only settle- to support settlements and settlement building, on tourism infrastructure, sport facilities and ernment was also expected to approve the their lands. ments built since Israel occupied the West which receive a range of government assistance. cultural events, ministers said. Palestine Lib- allocation of 80 million shekels ($20.7m) to “This is an incitement and a call for kill- Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967. The government argued the increase was eration Organisation secretary general Saeb ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminaries. ing the Palestinians,” Wasil Abu Youssef, a The Palestinians want these areas, along needed due to security concerns. A wave of Pal- Erekat called the move a “slap in the face of the The ultra-Orthodox establishment also member of the PLO Executive Committee, with the Gaza Strip, for a future state of estinian knife, gun and car-ramming attacks international community.” wields significant political power in Israel and said yesterday. Palestine. began in October, with much of the violence “Israel is doing everything possible to sab- its politicians have often played a kingmaker occurring in the West Bank. otage every effort to achieve a just and lasting role.

Turkey rejects King Salman receives Abbas Sudan summons UN claims of border killings mission chief in Darfur

Agencies over mandate extension

AFP Ismail, said: “It’s time to say good- ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Min- bye to the UNAMID mission.” “This istry yesterday denied claims that mission came to protect civilians, Turkish security forces killed Syr- but now there is no danger to civil- ian civilians attempting to cross KHARTOUM: Sudan summoned ians, there is no conflict in Darfur,” the border. In a statement, min- yesterday the head of the interna- he added. istry spokesman Tanju Bilgic said tional peacekeeping force in Darfur Violence erupted in Darfur when the allegations “do not reflect the after the UN recommended a one- ethnic minority rebels rose against truth”. year extension of UNAMID’s mission President Omar Hassan Al Bashir, He added: “Our security forces despite Khartoum’s reluctance. accusing his Arab-dominated gov- are acting within a completely About 20,000 troops and police- ernment of marginalising the region. legal framework while interven- men from more than 30 countries Bashir mounted a brutal coun- ing on border incidents and illegal are currently in Sudan’s western ter-insurgency and at least 300,000 crossing attempts.” region of Darfur as part of the Afri- people have been killed in the con- The UK.-based Syrian Observ- can Union-United Nations mission, flict, the UN says. Another 2.5 million atory for Human Rights claimed UNAMID. have fled their homes. eight Syrians were killed Saturday A report by UN chief Ban Ki- Khartoum says that an April night as they attempted to cross the moon and the Chairperson of the referendum — boycotted by the border north of the Syrian town of African Union Commission, Nkosa- opposition and criticised interna- Jisr al-Shughur. Opposition groups zana Dlamini Zuma, recommends tionally — in Darfur “turned a page” in Syria claimed 11 were shot. that UNAMID’s mandate be extended on the Darfur conflict. by another year. Officials said almost 98 per- The report which was submit- cent of voters opted to maintain the Algerian troops ted to the Security Council cites the region as five separate states. “limited progress” made to reach a The UN report insists that the kill 14 militants The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia with viable solution to end the conflict conflict is far from over. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in Jeddah, yesterday. in Darfur that has killed tens of “Intercommunal fighting and thousands of civilians since 2003. incidents of violence against the ALGIERS: Algerian soldiers killed “With tens of thousands of peo- civilian population by criminal 14 armed Islamist militants in an ple newly displaced in 2016 and groups and militias have continued ongoing operation south of the approximately 2.6 million remaining to spread, despite the government capital yesterday, the defence min- displaced in Darfur, civilians across efforts to contain them,” it said. istry said giving a new toll. Algeria blocks social networks the region continue to bear the con- In May, Arab tribesmen shot It said the “terrorists” were sequences of the volatile security dead eight ethnic minority villag- killed in an ambush in a moun- situation,” the report said. ers as they prayed in a mosque, in a tainous area of the Medea region, AFP exams known as the “baccalaureate” including Google, although author- It recommended extending UNA- revenge killing in West Darfur. about 80km south of Algiers. this month were being re-tested yes- ities had said only social networks MID’s mandate — which expires In April, as many as 20 peo- Weapons, ammunition and an terday, the education ministry said. would be blocked. at the end of the month — “for 12 ple were killed in clashes between explosives vest were seized, it said. It said most of the leaks cover sci- Dozens of people, including the months, until 30 June 2017.” two rival Arab tribes in East Darfur The ambush was part of an ALGIERS: Algeria temporarily ence subjects and mathematics. heads of national exam centres and The UN Security Council is sparked by livestock thefts. ongoing operation against mil- blocked access to social networks “The authorities have chosen the teachers, were arrested this month on expected to meet before the end of “Some 2.7 million people now itants that began on June 9 and yesterday to prevent cheating after simplest solution,” said information suspicions of leaking the final exam June to endorse or reject the recom- face crisis or emergency levels of had so far led to the killings of 17 leaked papers forced hundred of technology expert Younes Grar. papers. mendation. Khartoum insists that food insecurity in Darfur,” the UN “terrorists” and the arrests of four thousands of students to resit high He said the risk of fraud could The leaks have sparked outrage unrest in Darfur has ended and has report said. For peacekeepers to exit others. school final exams. have been prevented if the authori- in the oil-rich country. stepped up pressure for a complete from Darfur, certain benchmarks The authorities in the North Facebook and Twitter have been ties had chosen to encrypt the exam Education Minister Nouria Beng- exit of the international peacekeep- have to be achieved, including pro- African country use the term blocked since late on Saturday and questions and printed them at exam hebrit broke down in tears in public ers from the war-torn region, where tection of displaced civilians. “terrorists” to refer to Islamist are to remain inaccessible to mil- centres instead of transporting hard this month when she was told of the they have been deployed since 2007. Meanwhile, the Arab League has militants. lions of Algerians until after the last copies across the country. leak. Yesterday, Sudan’s foreign minis- welcomed the decree issued by Pres- A brutal civil war in the 1990s test on Thursday, a telecom source “The decision to block social net- A police statement carried by try summoned UNAMID chief Martin ident Bashir, on ceasefire in Blue Nile between the government and said. works penalises millions of Internet Algeria’s APS news agency on June Uhomoibh to discuss the report, the in the Southern Kordofan Regions as Islamists claimed about 200,000 The decision “is directly linked users,” he said. 7 said cybercrime investigators ministry said in a statement. “The reflecting a profound political wis- lives. to the baccalaureate” and aimed at According to official estimates, 18 had identified individuals who had report by the African Union and the dom and an honest desire to achieve Despite adopting a peace and “protecting students from falling prey million Algerians out of a population “published (exam) material on social United Nations consists incorrect political solutions for the national reconciliation charter in 2005 to fake questions” posted online, the of 40 million are active on the Inter- networks” as well as those who facil- information about the humanitar- issues through a comprehensive aimed at turning the page on the source said. net and social networks. itated the leak. ian and security situation in Darfur,” national dialogue which is open for conflict, armed groups remain More than 500,000 students On Sunday some users said they Egypt also reported cheating this it said. Last month Sudan’s Minister all the political forces without exclu- active in some areas. out of the 800,000 who had sat the faced difficulties accessing websites, year at high school exams. of State for Foreign Affairs, Kamal sion to any party or issue. MIDDLE EAST MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 07 Iraq faces humanitarian crisis after Fallujah breakthrough

thousands of people already suf- We need the Iraqi government to fering from hunger and trauma now take a leading role in providing for the Tens of thousands of stranded in the scorching summer needs of the most vulnerable civilians civilians escaped the heat with no shelter. who have endured months of trauma “The estimated total number of and terror,” Muflahi said. city, just 50km west of displaced from Fallujah in just the An Iraqi aid worker employed by Baghdad, on the back last three days is now at a staggering the government at a camp in Amriyat 30,000 people,” the Norwegian Ref- Al Fallujah said the resources were of a major advance ugee Council said. inadequate to deal with the scope of that saw Iraqi forces The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) the crisis. thrust into central said up to 84,000 people had been “Four hundred families have forced to flee their homes since the reached my camp in the last four Fallujah. start of the government offensive days, they don’t have anything,” said against the IS bastion nearly a month the camp manager, speaking on con- ago. dition of anonymity. “Agencies are scrambling to “We were shocked by the number AFP respond to the rapidly evolving situ- of displaced people and we weren’t ation -- and we are bracing ourselves prepared to receive them,” he said. for another large exodus in the next “We secured tents for some of few days as we estimate that thou- them but the rest, including women An Iraqi soldier helps civilians, who fled from Fallujah, on the outskirts of the city, yesterday. FALLUJAH, IRAQ: Aid workers sands more people remain trapped and children, are sleeping on the scrambled yesterday to cope with in Fallujah,” the UNHCR said. ground under the sun,” he said. “Their a massive influx of Iraqi civilians “We implore the Iraqi government situation is a tragedy.” the main government compound, remained a risk for Iraq’s forces. IS that already leaves the “caliphate” who fled Fallujah after government to take charge of this humanitarian The temperature in Baghdad he declared that Fallujah had been “Our forces are cleansing central it proclaimed two years ago looking forces retook much of the city from disaster unfolding on our watch,” has been hovering above 40 degrees “brought back to the fold.” Fallujah of pockets of Daesh (IS),” fed- moribund. the Islamic State (IS) group. NRC’s Iraq director Nasr Muflahi said. Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and it often Yet Iraqi forces have some work eral police chief Raed Shaker Jawdat To keep the pressure on the jihad- Tens of thousands of civilians NRC said it could no longer pro- gets hotter in Anbar province, where left to do, with hundreds of IS fight- said, using an Arabic acronym for the ist organisation, Iraqi forces also escaped the city, just 50km west vide the required assistance, with inhabited areas along the Euphrates ers still holed up in the city’s northern jihadist group. rekindled offensives east and south of of Baghdad, on the back of a major water rations drying up fast. River are flanked by desert. neighbourhoods. In the Officers neighbourhood of Qayyarah in the north of the country. advance that saw Iraqi forces thrust It cited the case of a newly opened Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Despite facing less resistance Fallujah, IS snipers shot at an Iraqi With its strategic location west of into central Fallujah in recent days. camp in Amriyat Al Fallujah, south of has promised to support the displaced. than expected from IS in Fallujah, flag pole until it broke, a photogra- the Tigris and its air field, Iraqi forces The humanitarian community Fallujah, that houses 1,800 people but On Friday evening, after Iraqi an emblematic jihadist stronghold, pher reported. The loss of Fallujah hope to make it a key launchpad in a has been struggling to cope, with has only one latrine for women. forces raised the national flag above sniper fire, car bombs and booby traps would continue a losing streak for major push to retake Mosul. Syria regime surges towards IS-held Tabqa Houthis free 276 govt

AFP loyalists in Yemen

AFP The releases come a day after BEIRUT: Pro-regime Syrian fighters the exchange of 194 prisoners in backed by Russian air power surged Taez, in southwestern Yemen, towards a key town and adjacent air following tribal mediation uncon- base held by the Islamic State (IS) mil- ADEN: Shiia Houthi rebels in Yemen nected to UN-brokered peace talks itant group, a monitor said. announced yesterday the release of in Kuwait. Those negotiations, now Regime forces were now within 276 government loyalists who had in their ninth week, have made no 7km of the IS-held airport at Tabqa, been held captive for months, in a major breakthroughs, even on the said the Syrian Observatory for gesture of good will. issue of prisoners. Human Rights. “There are fierce The rebels’ sabanews.net web- Earlier this month, the rebels clashes now and at least nine pro- site said 200 detainees were set free freed 187 captives while Saudi Arabia government fighters were killed,” in Rada, a town in the central prov- released 52 children it was holding. said the Observatory’s Rami Abdel ince of Baida, and another 76 were Those negotiations, now in their Rahman. let go in nearby Dhamar province. ninth week, have made no major Government fighters had been The move was a sign of “good breakthroughs, even on the pris- stuck at about 15km from the airport will” on the occasion of the fasting oners issue. Earlier this month, the for more than one week. But intensi- month of Ramadan, said the web- rebels released 187 detainees while fying Russian air strikes on Sunday site, citing officials. Saudi Arabia freed 52 children it was and reinforcements from the elite The detainees in Rada had been holding. More than 6,400 people Republican Guard unit allowed them captured for allegedly “cooperat- have been killed since the Saudi- to advance, the Observatory said. ing with the Arab military coalition led coalition intervened in Yemen’s Earlier this month, government Civilians, who fled the violence in Manbij city, carry their belongings as they walk with their herd of sheep and being loyal to the government” conflict in March 2015, the majority fighters backed by Moscow began to the southeastern rural area of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, yesterday. of UN-backed President Abdrabuh of them civilians, the UN says. pushing north towards Tabqa, whose Mansur Hadi, an official there said. The fighting has also driven 2.8 dam, military air base, and strategic capital of Raqa city, and recapturing it reinforcements of fighters and weap- the brutal repression of anti-govern- Those freed in Dhamar had been million people from their homes transit town have been held by IS since would sever the supply road from the ons and briefly blocking the regime ment demonstrations in 2011 — has taken in on accusations they had and left more than 80 percent of the 2014. The town lies some 50km west west. IS fighters had mounted their own advance before Sunday’s renewed push. killed more than 280,000 people and been preparing to join government population in urgent need of human- of the militant group’s de facto Syrian counter-attack last week, bringing in The war in Syria — which began with displaced millions. forces, the official added. itarian aid. 2 dead in UAE nuclear plant construction site

Agencies

DUBAI: Two workers were killed and three others injured while building the first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates, officials said yesterday. The incident happened on May 12 and was first reported this weekend by a state-owned newspaper in the UAE. It’s unclear why it took a month for authorities to acknowledge the fatalities. The men were working in a man-basket hang- ing from a crane at the time of the incident, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. and the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation said in separate statements. Both also said the incident did not involve any nuclear-related infrastructure at the site. The men worked for a subcontractor of the Korea Elec- tric Power Corp., the largest energy utility in South Korea, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. said. It did not name or iden- tify the nationalities of the workers involved. It was the first reported fatalities in the effort to build the Barakah nuclear power plant, which sits in the UAE’s western desert. The plant has been under construction since 2009. Both Abu Dhabi police and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp. continue to investigate the incident. Crashed EgyptAir jet flight recorders severely damaged

CAIRO: The memory units of both flight recorders from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 are severely damaged and will require “lots of time and effort” to fix, Egyp- tian aircraft accident investigation committee sources said yesterday. The committee is analysing the memory units from the Cockpit Voice Recorder and the Flight Data Recorder before determining if they can be repaired in Egypt or will need to be sent abroad. 08 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 ASIA / PHILIPPINES

Australia’s opposition 31 dead in Indonesian floods party vows fierce fight cial said yesterday, as search crews bodies. Nineteen people are still miss- bodies were retrieved,” Sutopo said scour devastated villages in the hope ing,” Sutopo said in a text message. earlier in a statement. in national elections Victims were swept of finding survivors. In Banjarnegara, where six people Evacuation centres, equipped away by floodwaters Nineteen people remain missing were killed in an avalanche of mud, with temporary shelters and kitchens, following torrential rain and wide- residents were bracing for the pros- have been erected near the disaster AFP Both the major parties are pledg- and buried in their spread flooding in Central Java, pect of further floods. Emergency zones for those escaping the worst- ing to boost the economy, with homes as landslides where thousands of homes have been crews were trying to clear roads of hit areas. subdued wages growth and high swept through swamped in water. felled trees and rocks dumped by Footage aired by local broadcasters SYDNEY: Three years after being costs of living placing pressure on Areas prone to landslides in the huge landslides, an AFP journalist at showed villagers sitting on their roofs ousted from power following a some communities as the nation villages. densely-populated province have the scene said. to escape the rising water, their cars tumultuous period of infighting in shifts away from mining-driven been worst hit, with drivers swept Elsewhere, victims were swept and homes submerged in brown water. which two prime ministers were expansion. off roads and dozens of homes com- away by floodwaters and buried Landslides are not uncommon in deposed, Australia’s opposition Shorten yesterday announced pletely destroyed by fast-moving in their homes as landslides swept Indonesia, a vast tropical archipel- Labour said yesterday it was ready to tax cuts for small businesses, while AFP walls of mud, rock and water. through villages. ago prone to natural disasters and return to Canberra ahead of national emphasising support for the party’s Disaster agency spokesman In one district, nine people were torrential downpours. Last month, elections. traditional policy areas of improv- Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the killed as they attempted to clear rub- 15 students holidaying at a popular The July 2 poll is tipped to be a ing health and education. BANJARNEGARA: The death toll number of victims rose after seven ble from a blocked road. tourist spot in western Indonesia were tight race, and could see the ruling He also sought to highlight his from flash floods and landslides in people believed missing were found “Suddenly a huge landslide struck killed when a landslide swept through Liberal-National coalition become party’s support for same-sex mar- Indonesia has risen to 31, an offi- dead. “So far we’ve recovered 31 the cars and people on the street. Nine their camp ground. the first government in more than riage and action on climate change, eight decades to be turfed out of as smaller parties on the left such office after one term. as the Greens threaten to lure away Such a result would see Labour Labour voters. Malaysia, Australia leader Bill Shorten become Aus- “Only Labour will lead an Aus- Paint race tralia’s fifth prime minister in six tralia with prosperity for everyone and China to meet years -- a further illustration of the who works and prosperity that “revolving door” leadership that has works for everyone,” the former marked the nation’s politics in recent union chief added in front of a red over MH370 search times. banner with the slogan “We’ll put “Today my team and I offer people first”. ourselves as a new government ded- He stressed that Turnbull, a AFP icated to Australia’s oldest aspiration multi-millionaire former banker, -- a fair go all round,” 49-year-old would only be taking care of the big Shorten told 500 cheering support- end of town. KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia said ers at his party’s official campaign Turnbull has campaigned on the it will host a two-day meeting launch in the Western Sydney sub- Liberal Party’s long-time platform with Australia and China begin- urb of Penrith. of sound economic management, ning today to discuss next steps “There is always someone will- announcing billions in tax cuts for in the fruitless search for missing ing to write Labour off -- and they individuals and businesses. flight MH370. are always wrong.” His party is set to officially Malaysian state-run Bernama While Prime Minister Malcolm launch its campaign next Sunday, news agency late Saturday quoted Turnbull came to power in Septem- also in Sydney which is home to a Transport Ministry official say- ber last year with high personal numerous marginal seats. ing the meeting would focus on ratings after defeating his predeces- Malcolm Bligh Turnbull is the “the future direction of the search sor Tony Abbott in a Liberal coup, 29th and current Prime Minister of operation for MH370”. internal party divisions and poorly Australia. Turnbull became Prime The three countries have handled debates about reforms have Minister and Leader of the Liberal said previously they will call off dented support for the 61-year-old. Party of Australia after he defeated the Australian-lead hunt for the The decline in public support fol- the incumbent Tony Abbott at the Sep- Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 if lows poor polling under Abbott and tember 2015 Liberal leadership ballot. nothing is found in a designated opens the door for Labour and minor He is leading the incumbent Liberal/ search area in the remote Indian parties to win marginal seats across National Coalition government against People celebrate during the Colour Run in Beijing, China, on Saturday. Ocean. So far 105,000 square km Australia, where voting is compul- the Shorten Labour Opposition at the of the 120,000-square-km sea- sory for adults. 2016 federal election. floor search zone has been covered without success. Recent bad weather has delayed the expected completion of the search to August, Australian Indonesia Navy fires Doctors alleviate ‘water on the authorities said earlier this month. The jet disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with at China fishing boat 239 passengers and crew on board brain’ build-up for Thailand king in March 2014, and is presumed to have crashed into the sea far off Western Australia’s coast. Reuters of key waterways. But Jakarta has Reuters said the king had shown signs of Several pieces of debris have objected to China’s inclusion of parts improvement following surgery for been found thousands of kilome- of the Indonesian-ruled Natuna narrowing of the arteries. tres from the suspected crash area BEIJING: An Indonesian naval ves- Islands within a “nine-dash line” BANGKOK: Thailand’s 88-year-old News about the royal family is but they have so far shed no light sel fired on a Chinese fishing boat on that Beijing marks on maps to show King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s tightly controlled in Thailand. Laws on what caused the disaster. Friday, injuring one person, China’s its claim on the body of water. longest reigning monarch, has shown protecting the royals from insult With the presumed loss of all foreign ministry said, the coun- China has said it does not dis- signs of improvement following treat- make it a crime to defame, insult or on board, Flight 370 is the sec- tries’ third reported confrontation pute Indonesia’s sovereignty over ment for “water on the brain”, the threaten the king, queen, heir to the ond deadliest incident involving this year near a chain of islands as the Natuna Islands, although the Royal Household Bureau said in a throne or regent. King Bhumibol Adulyadej a Boeing 777 and the second dead- regional tensions mount in the South statement said the area where the statement yesterday. Bhumibol suffers from lum- liest incident in Malaysia Airlines’ China Sea. incident occurred is subject to over- The king has been treated for and the succession has formed the bar spinal stenosis, and received a history, behind Flight 17 in both Beijing had made official pro- lapping interests. various ailments during a year-long backdrop to more than a decade of microsurgical decompression for categories. tests over the incident, the ministry The Indonesian warship dam- hospitalisation in the Thai capital. political crisis in Thailand, where the the condition in July 2006. Bhumi- Malaysia Airlines was strug- said in its statement yesterday, and aged one Chinese fishing boat in the He was last seen in public in January, military took power in a coup more bol was later admitted to hospital in gling financially, a problem that urged Indonesia not to take any more incident near the Natuna Islands and when he spent several hours visiting than two years ago. October 2007 and diagnosed with a was exacerbated by a decline in actions to complicate the situation. detained another with seven people his Bangkok palace. The royal palace said the medi- blood shortage to his brain. He was ticket sales after Flight 370 and the Indonesia’s navy said it had fired aboard, Foreign Ministry spokesman The king, who celebrated 70 cal examination of the king showed released after three weeks, after crash of Flight 17, the airline was warning shots at several boats with Hua Chunying said on the ministry years of his reign on June 9, is seen as he had more “water on the brain”, receiving treatment for various ail- re-nationalised by the end of 2014. Chinese flags that it said were fishing website. a unifying figure in a country that has or hydrocephalus, a build-up of the ments including heart problems. The Malaysian government illegally near the Natuna Islands, but The Chinese coast guard rescued faced decades of often deadly politi- cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds He was again admitted to Sir- received significant criticism, did not mention any injuries. the injured fisherman, whonwas cal upheaval. the brain. iraj Hospital in September 2009, especially from China, for failing Indonesia is not part of a broader transported to the southern Chinese On a few occasions he has Fluid was drained from the king apparently suffering from flu and to disclose information promptly regional dispute over China’s recla- island province of Hainan for treat- stepped in when events threatened on Saturday with “satisfactory results”, pneumonia. Bhumibol was too ill to during the early weeks of the mation activities in the South China ment where his injuries were under to plunge the country into crisis. the palace said in a statement. appear for the public celebration of search. Sea and Beijing’s claims on swathes control, Hua said. Nervousness over his health In a June 12 statement, the palace his birthday on 5 December 2015. US aircraft carriers start military exercises in Philippine Sea

AFP US Defence Secretary Ashton The US Navy said it has been con- Carter visited the Stennis in April ducting dual carrier strike group as it sailed off the Philippines near operations for several years in the MANILA: Two US aircraft carriers the disputed area where China has Philippine Sea, the South China Sea have started exercises in the Phil- expanded islets and reefs into islands and the East China Sea, where China ippine Sea, defence officials said capable of supporting airfields and has a separate dispute with Japan yesterday, as Washington’s close ally other installations. over small islands. Manila faces growing pressure from The Philippines has been improv- Philippine defence depart- Beijing in the South China Sea. ing its defence ties with the US, its ment spokesman Peter Galvez said The US Pacific Command said the longtime treaty ally and former colo- the exercises showed that the US USS John C Stennis and USS Ronald nial ruler, to help boost the ability of was “resolute” in fulfilling its often Reagan, among the world’s larg- one of Asia’s weakest armed forces. repeated “ironclad commitment” to est warships, began conducting air The US exercises synchronized defend the Philippines. defense drills, sea surveillance, and the activities of over 12,000 sailors, “We welcome the strong cooper- long range strikes on Saturday. 140 aircraft, six combatants and the ation and partnership we have with The command said the opera- two carriers, said Hitchcock. our friends and allies ... in light of (the tions marked America’s continued The command said the drills dispute) where our legitimate rights presence in the Asia-Pacific as China were meant to promote freedom have been overstepped,” he said. expands its maritime strength and of navigation and overflight in the The Philippines is awaiting a rul- engages in massive island building region’s airspace and waters. ing from an international arbitration activities in disputed waters. “(This) has been a great opportu- tribunal against China’s claims to “No other Navy can concentrate nity for us to train on how we would most of the South China Sea. this much combat power on one sea... operate multiple carrier strike groups Other Asian countries also have It was truly impressive,” said US Rear in a contested environment,” said US overlapping claims to the strategic A flight formation of Boeing F/A-18E and F Super Hornets from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 and 9 above the Admiral Marcus Hitchcock, carrier Rear Admiral John Alexander, another waterway, through which pass some strike group commander. carrier strike group commander. of the most active shipping lanes. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C Stennis (CVN-74) in the Philippine Sea. ASIA / AFRICA MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 09

LEFT: Protesters raise placards reading "Anger was over the limit" during a rally against the US military presence on the island and a series of crimes and other incidents involving US soldiers and base workers, at a park in the prefectural capital Naha on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, Japan, yesterday. RIGHT: A demonstrator holds a placard during a rally. Thousands want US army to exit from Okinawa

Reuters have the US Marines Futenma air sta- move, worried about noise, pollu- forces in World War Two, Okinawa Russian threat, is fortifying the region tion moved to a less populous part of tion and crime. Okinawa assembly remained under American occupa- with radar bases and anti-ship mis- Protest marks new the island. members opposed to the move won tion until 1972 and around a fifth of its sile batteries. low for US-Abe NAHA: Thousands of people gathered The United States and Japan a majority in the prefectural assem- land is still under US military control. Last month’s arrest of the 32-year- on the Japanese island of Okinawa agreed in 1996 to close the Futenma bly election this month, providing Yet, with the United States and old US civilian working at a US base relations over yesterday in one of the biggest dem- site, located in a residential urban renewed support for Okinawa Gov- Japan looking to contain China’s prompted the US military to announce Okinawa with onstrations in two decades against US area, after the rape of a 12-year- ernor Takeshi Onaga’s plan to have growing might in the East China Sea, a 30-day period of mourning for the military bases following the arrest of old Japanese schoolgirl by three US the base move elsewhere. the Okinawan island chain, which victim and restrict off-base drinking threats to have US an American suspected of murdering military personnel spurred mass Okinawa hosts 50,000 US stretches close to Taiwan, is becoming on the island in a bid to assuage local air base moved to a local woman. demonstrations against the Ameri- nationals, including 30,000 military strategically more valuable to military anger. The protest marks a new low for can presence. personnel and civilians employed at planners. But relations were further frayed another part of the the United States and Japanese Prime That plan has been on hold since US bases. Japan’s Self Defence Force, which by the subsequent arrest of a US sailor island. Minister Shinzo Abe in their relations residents living near the proposed The site of some of the bloodiest is pivoting away from defending its on Okinawa on suspicion of drunk with the island and threatens plans to relocation site protested against the fighting between US and Japanese northern borders from a diminished driving following a car crash.

Dhaka police Strengthening ties Bemba may get 25-year sentence shoot dead AFP traumatic effects on the victims and Mr Bemba was not even in the same militant their communities. country,” defence lawyer Peter Hay- In their verdict handed down nes said at an ICC hearing last month. THE HAGUE: Judges at the world’s at the end of a trial which began in His “culpability arises from his only permanent war crimes court November 2010, the ICC judges found failure to control a small fraction of Reuters will pass sentence on former Con- that despite knowing what was hap- his troops who were thousands of golese leader Jean-Pierre Bemba pening, Bemba “failed to take all miles away”. tomorrow, with prosecutors calling necessary and reasonable measures Activists warn however that DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh for a minimum 25-year sentence. to prevent” a litany of crimes, which a light sentence would fail to yesterday shot dead an Islamist If the judges agree with the pros- included the gang rapes of men, send a warning to other military militant wanted for the killings ecution, it will be the highest jail term women and children, sometimes as commanders. of several liberal bloggers and ever imposed by the International their relatives were forced to watch. “It’s really important that gay rights activists, a senior offi- Criminal Court in a case that was Bemba, 53, will become the high- the court recognise the com- cial said. The militant, identified the first there to focus on rape as a est level person sentenced at the mand responsibility .. and there’s as Sharif, one of the leaders of the weapon of war. tribunal based in The Hague. an opportunity here to provide a banned group Ansar Ullah Bangla Prosecutors blamed the former The prosecution’s request for a deterrent,” said Comer, the perma- Team, took part in the killing of vice president of the Democratic 25-year sentence “does reflect the nent representative to the ICC for the blogger Avijit Roy, US citizen of Republic of Congo for turning a blind gravity of these crimes,” human International Federation for Human Bangladeshi origin, in Dhaka last eye to a reign of terror by his troops rights activist Carrie Comer said. Rights (FIDH). year, police official Abdul Baten in the Central African Republic from The ICC has previously sentenced “If you knew, or you should have said. Sharif was also behind the October 2002 to May 2003. two others convicted there to 14 and known, that these things were going killing of two gay rights activists in He was found guilty in March 12 years in prison. As well as the on and you execute effective control April, as well as four other bloggers of five charges of war crimes and issue of rape as a weapon of war, the over your troops then, yes, you’re and a publisher, the police officer crimes against humanity, after Bemba case was also the first at the absolutely responsible for ... not pre- told a news conference. sending some 1,500 troops from his ICC to focus on a military command- venting or punishing these crimes.” Bangladesh, a deeply religious private army into CAR to help quash er’s responsibility for abuses by his The FIDH, which represents but moderate Muslim-majority a coup against the then president. troops, even if he did not order them. some 178 rights organisations from country of 160 million people, is Bemba’s Congolese Liberation Defence lawyers have argued that the around the world, is also hoping struggling to control attacks by Movement (MLC) carried out a series Bemba, who has already spent eight “the trial chamber will come back Islamist groups on bloggers critical French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (second left), of rapes and murders as they sought years in detention since his 2008 with a strong sentence on this in rec- of extremism, atheists and religious accompanied with Thant Myint-U (centre), chairman of the to prop up then president Ange-Felix arrest in Brussels, should be released. ognition of the particular devastating minorities. This month the govern- Yangon Heritage Trust, visits the historic Secretariat Building Patasse. Bemba “did not participate in harm that sexual and gender-based ment, facing growing pressure in Yangon, yesterday. Experts testified that the brutality the crimes. He was not standing crimes have on victims, their fami- from an international community of the events would have long-term there and encouraging his troops... lies and their communities at large.” alarmed by the spate of attacks, launched a crackdown across the country under which more than 11,000 people have been arrested. A 19-year-old suspected Islam- Medical aid group’s driver ist militant was killed in a shootout Hong Kong bookseller likens China on Saturday, days after he crit- ically wounded a Hindu college dies in Central Africa attack teacher, police said. Police officer Baten said Sharif was killed in a detention to ‘cultural revolution’ gunbattle that erupted following a raid on a militant hideout on the Reuters have a little bit of money with them”. outskirts of Dhaka. AFP city of Shenzhen in October on a visit “They said we published, sold Central African Republic “During the pre-dawn raid, to see his girlfriend. and mailed books to demean the descended into chaos in early 2013 our personnel had to open fire Lam, who was placed on suicide state leadership. We are reactionar- DAKAR: A local driver for Medecins when mainly Muslim Seleka fight- after three suspected militants on HONG KONG: The Hong Kong book- watch during his detention, broke bail ies. (They told me) I could be jailed sans Frontieres in the Central Afri- ers seized power, triggering reprisal a motorbike started firing at them,” seller who broke silence earlier this Thursday and is refusing to go back (there) for 20 to 30 years until I die. can Republic was killed on Friday attacks by Christian anti-balaka he said, adding that Sharif died in week about being blindfolded and over the border, where he is under “It was made clear to me that during an ambush on a convoy by militias. the gunfight while two others fled. interrogated in detention in China investigation for bringing banned their power was huge and does not unidentified gunmen, the medical More than 400,000 people have Rights groups and opposition likened his ordeal to Cultural Revo- books into the mainland. require legal means. aid group said on Saturday. been displaced internally and some parties say hundreds of innocent lution repression yesterday. Dressed in a neat blue shirt and “I was just sitting there watch- The attack, which occurred on half-a-million have fled to neigh- people have been taken into police Lam Wing-kee is one of five cap the 61-year-old told AFP how ing them. When I said one thing the road between Sibut and Grimari bouring countries, according to the custody as part of the crackdown. booksellers who went missing last he felt terrified during his deten- they would say 30 things...banging in the centre of the country, comes UN. Since September 2015 Daesh year -- all worked for a Hong Kong tion, where he was threatened with the table.” one month after an MSF staff mem- Medecins Sans Frontieres is an (formerly referred to as ISIL) has publishing house known for sala- 30 years in jail and was harangued Lam says he was told that a “spe- ber was shot dead in a similar international humanitarian-aid non- claimed responsibility for a number cious titles about leading Chinese by two men who said they had come cial investigation unit” was dealing ambush in the north that led MSF governmental organisation (NGO) of terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. politicians. from Beijing. with his case. to suspend its operation in the area. and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best In late September and early His story sent chills through Hong “They made me feel it was a He was allowed back into Hong Thierry Dumont, the charity’s known for its projects in war-torn October 2015 two foreign nation- Kong where the booksellers’ case has Cultural Revolution denunciation,” Kong for the first time tomorrow on chief in Central Africa, said that the regions and developing countries als were shot and killed. Since heightened fears Beijing is tightening he said, referring to the decade of the condition that he pick up a hard reason of the attack was unclear. facing endemic diseases. then and as recently as May 2016, its grip on the semi-autonomous city. torture, executions and public vilifi- disk listing bookstore customers and But “trucks or humanitarian MSF said more than two-thirds attacks against religious minority He told Thursday how he was cations carried out under communist return to the mainland on Thursday. vehicles are economic targets”, he of the country’s health facilities have groups i, have killed several peo- detained for months after being leader Mao Zedong across mainland Instead he decided to cut loose and added. been damaged or destroyed by fight- ple and injured many more. picked up in the southern mainland China from 1966. break his silence. “We are carrying goods, people ing since 2013. 10 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 VIEWS

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EDITORIAL Killing the peace process Jo Cox who dared to speak out

he right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken another brazen and possible to believe that this sort immediately arrested shouted ‘Brit- reckless step towards expanding the illegal settlements of violence, this sort of terrorism No doubt that ain first’ and apparently he belongs in the West Bank. The government yesterday approved could unfold in our streets’. But the noble work of to a right-wing racist group. an additional $18m to pay for West Bank settlements the unexpected has unfortunately Prime Minster, David Cam- Tunder the pretext of addressing concerns about the security of happened; a political murder in serving the public, eron, and Leader of the Opposition, existing settlements in the area. This amount is in addition to the cold blood. all public, is a Jeremy Corbin, have united to con- $88m already allocated to settlement-related spending, and could As a member of Friends of Pal- demn the killing of MP Jo Cox as estine, known also for her support challenging job and an “attack on democracy”. be followed with release of more funds. for remaining in EU Just the day comes with a price. Argues Cameron, ‘Politics is There is nothing surprising about the government move. before her death she tweeted a about public service, and this what Settlement expansion and confiscation of Palestinian land is one photo with her husband and two Jo Cox believed in Jo died doing… to make the country, area Netanyahu has been specialising in all these years despite By Dr Noureddine Miladi kids campaigning on the River multiculturalism to make the world a better place.’ strong international condemnations and opposition from several Thames in a little boat. Cox was and the positive In the words of Jeremy Corbin quarters. The peace process is dead, and even the latest Paris also a campaigner on the Syrian “In her memory, we will not allow refugees and Syrian issues, and contribution of those people that spread hatred initiative to restart the negotiations is gasping for breath due to he murder of British Mem- founded and chaired the all-party ethnic minorities and poison to divide our society, Israeli opposition and non-cooperation. Netanyahu has been ber of Parliament Jo Cox parliamentary group ‘Friends of we will strengthen our democracy using this vacuum for land-grabbing few days ago came as Syria’. She was described as “a in the prosperity and strengthen our free speech.” even as Palestinians are forced to watch a chock to all UK citi- tireless campaigner” for Syrian of the British What can we learn from this Tzens and many others around refugees. Soon after the war in dreadful death apart from it being Netanyahu is helplessly, their protests evoking no economy and dangerously response from Tel Aviv. the world who admire the British Syria took a catastrophic turning committed for political reasons? The US, European Union and many democratic model. As a Member point, with the regime employing British society. She No doubt that the noble work wrong if he of Parliament for the constituency an all-out war against its people, of serving the public, all public, other countries and international of Batley, West Yorkshire, Cox was Cox became vocal in making the believed in justice is a challenging job and comes thinks that organisations have called for a halt shot and stabbed multiple times and case for military action against the for Palestinians and with a price. Jo Cox believed in his illegal to the settlement building. Palestine died after a meeting in Birstall. Her Bashar regime to protect civilians. Syrians. multiculturalism and the positive settlement Liberation Organisation Secretary- dramatic death reverberated across She was also described by her contribution of ethnic minorities General Saeb Erekat called the the UK and made news across all husband as believing ‘in a better in the prosperity of the British expansion latest move a “slap in the face of the media outlets. Because the attack world and she fought for it every economy and British society. She on democracy, the very value that day of her life with an energy, and immigration, Irish Catholics across believed in justice for Palestinians will go international community”. “Israel is sustains the stability of prosper- a zest for life that would exhaust the constituency or Muslims from and Syrians. British politics has lost unpunished. doing everything possible to sabotage ous modern states. Response from most people’. Indian Gujarat or Pakistan prin- a great and model figure. But her every effort to achieve a just and lasting her family was very touching. Her Although she was 41 years old cipally Kashmir. What surprises example will be always remem- peace,” he said in a statement. husband Brendan urged people to when she died, she has had a long me time and time again, as I travel bered among civil society activists With every Israeli aggression and land confiscation, the “unite to fight against the hatred record of working hard in defend- around the constituency, that we and all citizens who believe in a chances of a future peace process recede to the distant horizon. that killed her” (BBC news). ing the values of freedom, justice are far more united and we have far world free of injustice, corruption Netanyahu is expanding settlements with the specific objective On LBC radio James O’Brien’s and dignity for all communities. more in common than that which and greed. expresses a touching monologue In her maiden speech in the divides us’. of killing the peace process once and for all because he would on the murder of Labour MP Jo British Parliament, Jo Cox, had It has recently emerged that not agree to give up this land which will be required for a future Cox. ‘Convince me if you can, (he expressed gratitude to the com- the popular politician had been The writer is Associate Professor Palestinian state. Palestinians have always maintained that peace argued) political debate in Britain munities she was serving as being subjected to a barrage of hate mail of Media and Communication. He talks are meaningless unless Tel Aviv halts the settlement-building. has not created an environment in multicultural mix. ‘Our commu- in the three months prior to her can be reached via e-mail: nmiladi@ Palestinians are angry and frustrated, with no worthwhile help which we find it easy to believe or nities are deeply enhanced by brutal killing. The killer who was hotmail.com forthcoming from the international community and the Arab world being in the throes of several crises at home. This angst and disappointment has been the cited as the reason for the spike in Palestinian attacks on Israelis, which Israel conveniently dubs as acts of terrorism. But Netanyahu is dangerously wrong if he thinks Israel can sleep in peace after all these atrocities. The global opinion, especially in the West, is tilting against the Jewish state and in favour of Palestinians, with several Jewish columnists and experts warning Netanyahu against the repercussions of his recklessness. The BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement against Israel is gaining momentum in the West. Even in America, there is a growing realisation that Israel is the aggressor and Palestinians their victims.

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Now, with these two huge majority wins, the people have shown their confidence for and trust in The National Alliance (Barisan Nasional).

Najib Razak Prime Minister of Malaysia Tributes laid by the Syria Solidarity Campaign during a vigil in remembrance of slain Labour MP Jo Cox in Parliament Square, in front of the Houses of Parliament, in central London, yesterday.

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way. These organizations began to mon- itor, study and make use of these trends in light of the commercial significance of the new and tremendous opportunities availed by these products in investment and growth. The needs of Muslims arising from their unique values moved some eco- nomic sectors to participate in Islamic finance, including halal food, traditional conservative clothes, family tourism or other religious practices. The global bank- ing industry had also become a yearning for these opportunities opened by the new By Haider Abdul Redha Al Lawati products with an optimistic outlook to cap- ture its financial share of funding, dealing daily with it. Today, there are dozens of foreign com- he demand for Islamic products panies around the world doing business in the world is increasing nowa- in the manufacture and sale of halal food days to include today a multitude and have hundreds of factories, shops, and of tourist products, including food- malls to market their goods in the Muslim Tstuffs, banking services, finance, and world and beyond. In the food industry, insurance. Islamic banks and windows some foreign companies possess hun- began to encourage these trends in the dreds of plants having formal certificates region, resulting in the founding of many and permits to manufacture halal food. businesses and tourist institutions that There are also chains of global shops operate in Halal products to meet the needs that began using major global brands in of Muslim people and customers. Islamic their halal products and are expanding values, daily lifestyles of Muslim consum- and growing dramatically in selling and ers and demands and business practices serving halal food served in many markets. of Muslims, began to influence different In the markets of some Islamic countries, economic sectors. Banking institutions there are Islamic companies that manu- and the insurance industry also became facture frozen halal food, especially in the interested in Islamic finance in a positive Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that do not serve alcoholic beverages, take mental abilities on the reality and history increasing year after year. Given proper on a global scale. into account the unique Muslim family of Islam and the prominent Muslim person- conditions, the volume of these assets in the There are countries, such as Malaysia atmosphere and offer separate swimming alities who played decisive roles in Islam. world’s major markets would total nearly having unique series of halal food res- services for males and females, as well as These needs and demands are those of some US$ 4.1 trillion. There are opportunities for taurant and fast food and is expanding the provision of dedicated health resorts 1.6 billion Muslims of all ages, especially growth and investment, both collectively globally. Now it has hundreds of restau- for women. children and young people who represent and collaboratively that may be the more The needs of Muslims arising from rants offering Muslim cuisine in the world. Muslim women have their unique a significant proportion of them. and represent an urgent necessity for the their unique values moved some They now own hundreds of restaurants demands, thus creating a market for wom- With the solid likelihoodof the desires achievement of those visions. serving halal fast food around the world. en’s products. They look for Halal cosmetics of scores of non-Muslims for products com- The population growth in Islamic economic sectors to participate in There are also many other companies that that are beginning to gain immense popu- pliant with Islamic law, there is a need countries today is increasing faster than Islamic finance, including halal food, produce halal food in some other Arab and larity and demand in the markets. Women for analyses such trends and prepare the is happening in the rest of the world. Mos- traditional conservative clothes, Muslim countries that have entered into also look for designer clothes compliant necessary feasibility studies for the estab- lems in large numbers are living in many this huge market. with Islamic law that meets their tastes lishment of companies and institutions that countries around the world, especially in family tourism or other religious This situation also applies to the two and needs of fashion. can meet future demands of the future gen- emerging markets. practices. The global banking areas of travel and tourism as part of the These requirements necessitated the eration that may demand such products. They are in Indonesia, Malaysia, Egypt, industry had also become a yearning strategy of tourism companies to meet the upsurge of trade fairs, which display a vari- According to estimates in some reports Saudi Arabia, Turkey and many more coun- needs of the Muslim multicultural travel- ety of trendy designs fit and earmarked for in this regard, the volume of Muslim con- tries. Today, there are 57 member states in for these opportunities opened by lers. They try to respond to their demands Muslim women and Islamic traditions. In sumer spending on halal food and lifestyle the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. the new products with an optimistic upon arrival, including, for example, offer- the field of media and entertainment, espe- around the world could reach US$ 2.47 tril- The people in these countries follow Islamic ing copies of the Koran, prayer mats, halal cially films screenings and cinema shows lion by 2018. This matter is potentially a values. Those values have increasing influ- outlook to capture its financial share food, and washing and ablutions places compliant with Islamic traditions for adults major market for halal food and lifestyle ence in forming lifestyles and business of funding, dealing daily with it. in particular locations. They also require and children, as well as children’s books compliant with Islamic law. practices in actual and concrete patterns the provision of tourist facilities and areas suitable for their age understanding and In addition, Islamic financial assets are day after day. Why Britons will still probably vote to remain in Europe

public opinion to Leave over the past declared to pollsters that they have of arguments other than immigration, The 55-45 victory for No, even week defines the last days of the cam- made up their minds quite resound- which has dominated the agenda as though most polls showed the race paign and ends up convincing enough ingly, may still change their minds the support for Leave has surged, may neck-and-neck, repeated a pattern undecided voters to yield a dramatic before they go to the polling booth. swing more than a few of these peo- that was established in the Quebec upset result for Brexit once the final The number of undecided voters in ple back the other way. referendum in 1995, where polls over- results come in early on June 24. the final polls running up to the EU Indeed, the most striking dis- stated considerably the support for But if the past history of such ref- referendum is still remarkably high connect among all conclusions in change by as much as seven percent- erendums on momentous events is any – 13 percent in the Ipsos MORI poll the various polls on voter intentions age points, right into the day of the The most notable guide – and it might not be in this case published June 16. is what appears to be a huge chasm vote, only for voters to narrowly reject – even with a week of polls showing It is generally accepted wisdom that between varying degrees of begrudging independence. development in Leave in the lead, an overall vote to for the majority of undecided voters acceptance that leaving the EU might This experience suggests that in the polls over the leave the European Union is still not in contests that are likely to person- actually be economically painful in order for the Leave campaign to win, past week is the By Ross Finley the most likely outcome. ally impact them either through major the short run as well as the belief that support for Brexit in the polls would Reuters Polls tend to narrow very quickly economic or political change, if they whatever pain there is, it won’t be felt by also need to be running at least several Leave campaign’s in the final weeks of any referendum aren’t swayed convincingly on most them. Again, it may be that that entirely percentage points ahead to assure more quick surge to lead as vast swathes of people who have aspects of the change they’re being illogical position carries through to the than a tiny margin of victory. Recall been paying little attention suddenly asked to support, they tend to opt for voting booth, but it’s not really likely. again the voting instincts of those who a series of surveys he bar for what most people would wake up to the debate, start think- the status quo in the quiet, anonymous Britons may be exceptionally quick say they support change as a protest, conducted online as call intelligent and civil political ing more deeply about the issues, and calm of the polling booth. to recoil from “expert” advice these but who aren’t actually thinking that well as by phone, Tdebate clearly has been lowered start changing the polling tallies. Now Some innovative research from days, and particularly from lead- it’s going to happen. This mattered in during Britain’s European Union ref- is that time. Ipsos MORI published this week based ers and international organisations Scotland and in Quebec and there is no the latter of which erendum campaign, but the push and In the two most recent contests on measuring response times to in-per- from outside their own country. But reason to believe it doesn’t matter now. pull in the final stretch is going as one where such a radical change to the son interviews on conviction questions the evidence suggesting that people’s Matt Singh, a former rates trader up until now had might expect, and suggests the Remain status quo was put to voters in any showed a very interesting conclusion: pocketbooks and the British pounds at Barclays and one of the only peo- been showing camp will prevail, although by a much kind of comparable way – Scotland’s only about one-third of declared Brexit in them are going to take a hit is over- ple to correctly predict the May 2015 Remain comfortably narrower margin than anyone thought independence referendum in 2014 and voters respond emphatically, i.e., are whelming and takes an exceptional shock Conservative election majority it might. Quebec’s referendum on independ- very convinced of the rationale behind amount of denial, or sweeping state- correctly and who now runs his own ahead, in some The most notable development ence from Canada in 1995 – a surge the views they hold. While 89 percent ments dismissing the conclusions of consultancy Number Cruncher Poli- cases by double in the polls over the past week is the toward the option for change peaked of those supporting Leave say doing an entire profession, to totally ignore tics, is still forecasting a 58% percent Leave campaign’s quick surge to lead a shortly before the vote and then flat- so will reduce immigration, only a bit them. Even the most adamant advo- chance of a win for Remain — although digits. series of surveys conducted online as lined into it. That too appears to be more than one-third of them say so cates of leaving the EU admit that there by a very thin margin of 51-49. well as by phone, the latter of which up happening right now. emphatically. Similarly half of leav- are at least short-term risks involved. Betting odds on Betfair, which obvi- until now had been showing Remain In such votes which are essentially ers say leaving the EU is best for the This doesn’t line up with other poll- ously are part derived off of people’s comfortably ahead, in some cases by a protest against the establishment, economy in the short-term, but less ing of the British public that suggests if interpretations of the polls among other double digits. what also matters is what people think than one-quarter of them say so with any given initiative would make them things, have moved back to roughly Even more notable is how muted is going to actually happen, not just any great conviction. even one pound worse off than they are 63-37 in favour of the status quo, despite an effect this sudden shift has had on how they intend to vote. The conclusions from the latest now, they would not vote for it. Even the fact that 14 of the past 25 polls over sterling, which otherwise has had a As in both of these recent refer- Ipsos MORI poll this week, which if the truth is only halfway between the past month showed Leave in the terrible run since the EU referendum endums that resulted in a vote for the showed a dramatic swing toward Leave, those two, that suggests a lot of votes lead based on headline published num- was first called in February and has status quo – the same polls that sug- also suggested that 20 percent of those for Remain that haven’t been declared bers, and crucially, seven of the last 10. taken a bigger drubbing over far less gest the voters will bring about change who said they had made up their mind to pollsters. So if all of these arguments hold dramatic shifts. Betting odds on the now also show that most people think still might change it. If that were to hap- In recent history, there really has up, what could still go wrong? outcome, despite the recent surge for the status quo will carry the day. pen in one direction, it could provide been no other referendum with such Turnout, as ever, could be the Leave in the polls, still have not come The rationale is simple: some people Brexit with an overwhelming margin a powerful potential to change peo- clincher. The original worry at the start close to crossing over to Leave. simply want to give the government or of victory, but it could also wipe out ple’s political, economic and financial of the EU referendum campaign was Along with a potentially much the establishment a good kicking, but their lead altogether. situation apart from the Scottish ref- that only those really motivated over higher turnout than was originally don’t necessarily feel strongly enough So while it may be that nearly all erendum in 2014. Then, at the end of the issues, which tend to be those who expected, and clear signs in the data to want to take a leap into the dark of the people who have declared their the day, worries about the economic want to Leave and those who may have that plenty of minds have not yet been with the more radical among them. intention to pollsters follow through and risks ended up overruling an emo- been waiting for a generation or more made up, that suggests it’s not over yet. It is also common in any election vote to leave the EU, there is good rea- tional attachment to identity at the for their chance to vote on this, were It may well be that the clear shift in that many voters, even those who have son to believe that a close examination ballot box. likely to turn up.

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Iftar preparations Criminals’ data Pakistan ranks to go online in KP province 56th among Internews

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province police in best countries Pakistan have decided to display data of criminals who are involved in heinous crimes on its website. globe where participants assessed The move was made to prevent how closely they associated one with recidivism as the police fear some The top ranked the other. Each country was scored criminals will resume illegal activ- country was on each of the 65 country attributes ities soon after they are released based on a collection of individual from jails. Germany followed by survey responses. The step would provide the Canada. India was at The Movers sub-ranking repre- public with a database of criminals sents a version of BAV’s BrandAsset which could be accessed online. In number 22 and China Valuator Model of Brand Building, a addition, they could also help the at number 17. metric developed by BAV that is pre- police identify the criminals with dictive of a country’s future growth the help of the database. If peo- in terms of gross domestic product ple have fallen victim to a crime, purchasing power parity per capita. Men arrange tables for Iftar minutes before people break their fast during Ramadan on a street in they could help the police identify Internews The top ranked country was Ger- Karachi, yesterday. the criminal through the database. many followed by Canada. India was On Sunday, IGP Nasir Khan at number 22 and China at number Durrani said they had decided 17. Scores are based on scale of 1-10. to put the pictures and all rele- LAHORE: Pakistan is ranked In adventure Pakistan’s score was vant information about criminals 56th among the 60 best countries 0.1 in fun, 0.4 in scenic beauty, 0.1 in involved in heinous crimes on their declared by Wharton School, BAV pleasant climate and 0.2 in friendli- Pregnant woman and husband official website to make it easier Consulting, and the US News and ness. In this parameter it was ranked to identify them. He said the data World Report for the year 2016. 58 out of 60 countries. of those criminals and terrorists, The ranking was evaluated on In the parameter about citizen- whose name had been published the basis of nine parameters each ship it was again ranked 58 and gunned down in honour killing in the police red book, were not given a percentage weight to eval- its scores in different attributes of included. “In the red book, we have uate overall ranking. citizenship was 0.3 on respect of mentioned the names of wanted These parameters include property rights, 0.3 for progres- AFP Waris said Aqsa Bibi, aged 22, and in the canal. The accused remain at terrorists and criminals who have adventure weight 3.24 percent, siveness, 0.3 for trust worthiness, Shakeel Ahmed, 26, both worked at large, said Waris, adding that raids a head money on their arrest,” he citizenship weight 16.95 percent, 0.4 for gender equality, 0.3 for well a local pharmacy and had got mar- are underway. Muhammad Azhar, said. “We are going to place the bio cultural influence weight 12.93 per- distributed political power, 0.2 for ried in a court ceremony four years another police official, confirmed the data and pictures of those people cent, entrepreneurship 17.42 percent, care about environment, 0.3 for care ISLAMABAD: A pregnant woman earlier. Aqsa was expecting a child, incident. It was the latest in a string of who were previously involved in heritage 3.17 percent, and movers 10 about human rights and 0.2 for reli- and her husband have been abducted though it was not immediately clear “honour” killings, which are thought heinous crimes, arrested by the percent, open for business 11.99 per- gious freedom. On cultural influence and shot dead by relatives who dis- how many months’ pregnant she was. to claim around 1,000 lives every police and sent to jails.” cent, power 7.42 percent and quality it ranked 55 based on its scores on approved of their marriage, police Their match enraged Aqsa’s fam- year in Pakistan. Last week a man’s The IGP added, “If these peo- of life 16.89 percent. different attributes of cultural influ- said yesterday, the latest in a surge ily, who lived in a nearby village. throat was slit by relatives of his wife ple engaged in criminal activities A set of 65 country attributes - ence that included prestigious 0.5 of reported “honour killings” in Paki- Matters came to a head when one who disapproved of their match -- a again then the data available terms that can be used to describe points, culturally significant in terms stan. The couple were murdered near of her brothers, named as Muham- rare instance of a male victim. online would help the public iden- a country and that are also relevant of entertainment 0.3 points, fash- the village of Thikriwala in Punjab mad Moavia, who had recently The week before, 16 year-old tify them and inform police about to the success of a modern nation - ionable 0.2 points, trendy 0.3 points, province last Wednesday, senior local returned from abroad assembled Zeenat Bibi was killed in Lahore by it.” The official added the decision were identified. Attributes by nation modern 0.1 points, on influential cul- police official Malik Waris told AFP. a group of relatives to kidnap the her mother for marrying a man of her was taken in a meeting after the were presented in a survey of more ture 0.8 points and on happiness 0.1 The bodies were discovered after couple. They then shot them both in own choice -- a case that sparked murder of trader leader Haji Hal- than 16,000 people from across the points. they washed up in a canal. the head and dumped their bodies condemnation in the country. eem Jan.

TV personality Border woes Panama Papers: Focus on Naeem Bukhari joins PTI PM may dent oppn unity

Internews Internews the Panama Papers or in other off- shore companies or in cases of bank loan write off and ill-gotten foreign KARACHI: Prominent law- wealth. yer and television personality ISLAMABAD: Unity among oppo- Sources said that it was sug- Naeem Bukhari yesterday joined sition parties following the Panama gested by one of the political parties’ the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Leaks may face a dent if the PPP and representatives to leave it to the Judi- calling Imran Khan the only polit- PTI continue to insist on including cial Commission to decide if it wants ical leader who had the courage to the name of Nawaz Sharif in the to probe family members of any per- speak the truth and struggle for the ToRs for the judicial probe as at least son named in the Panama Papers poor. He made the announcement four political parties are not con- including Prime Minister Nawaz outside his Islamabad residence vinced on insisting on this very point Sharif, who has not been directly following a meeting with the PTI when the premier is not directly named in the Panama Papers. chief and other leaders of the named in the Panama Papers. This suggestion from one of the party. After the meeting which Additionally, the re-appearance opposition parties was, however, lasted more than an hour they of DrTahirulQadri on the political strongly rejected by the vocal and addressed the media. chessboard and growing chances of influential PPP and PTI represent- “I have two reasons for joining 2014-like protest and sit-in politics atives, who say that Nawaz Sharif’s the PTI,” said Bukhari. by the PTI after Ramazan to force name must be included in the ToRs. “First I have personally known Afghan men and women wait to enter Pakistan from Afghanistan at the border crossing in Torkham, Nawaz Sharif to quit on the Panama “For the sake of the oppositions’ Imran Khan for a long time and in Nangarhar Province, yesterday. Papers issue, may also cause cracks unity, we are not making it an issue,” joined him in the beginning when among the opposition parties. an opposition voice included in the he launched his charity work. Sources said that Jamaat-e- ToRs committee said, adding that the I contributed my part in that Islami, MQM, Awami National Party Panama Papers have become more era. Secondly, at this age I feel I and QaumiWatan Party have their an issue of political point-scoring should pay back what I have got reservations about the Nawaz-cen- than pursuing the agenda of check- from this country and for that I 150 women empowerment centres being set up tric ToRs ing corruption. have not found anyone like Imran But for the sake of the joint AftabSherpao who is though no Khan, who is an honest and a Internews with state of the art computer labs employability potential. oppositions’ platform, none of them more a member of the opposition true politician.” Apart from his and broadband infrastructure. At Under this programme first phase is making it an issue right now. How- committee, still occasionally inter- professional career, Bukhari is a these centres thousands of young of training by Microsoft is completed, ever, the dissenting voices have acts with the opposition parties on celebrated TV personality, who has girls from disadvantaged back- through which 100 Master Trainers started coming out in public. the issue reportedly also supports hosted several shows. ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Infor- ground will be trained by Microsoft from all across Pakistan have been Some of these political parties the inclusion of only those names In 2007, Bukhari came under mation Technology of Pakistan is led programme. trained. As part of Phase I, establish- during the oppositions’ meetings in the ToRs which are reflected in the spotlight when he ques- establishing 150 women empower- The Digital Skills programme by ment of computer labs with allied held recently have said that instead the Panama Papers. MQM’s Farooq tioned the credibility of the then ment centres at Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Microsoft comprises 4 Cs including broadband infrastructure for 50 of making it a Nawaz Sharif-centric Sattar, however, opted to express chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad as part of ICTs for Girls project. computing, coding, and communi- empowerment centres are in proc- case, focus should be on the prin- his views in public. In a TV show on Chaudhry, and approached the These centres are being equipped cation and coaching to increase their ess to be placed. ciple of probing all those named in Friday. president and army Chief General Pervez Musharraf with the alle- gations that led to his suspension from office. Khan who was then part of Additional army units getting ready for deployment to UN missions the lawyers’ movement for the chief justice’s reinstatement but later blamed Justice Chaudhry for rigging in the 2013 elections wel- Internews UN support mechanism may now be for deployment in future UN peace- UN Peacekeeping remains strong, contributor. Ambassador Lodhi also comed Bukhari into his party. He geared up for speedy deployment of keeping missions. consistent and unstinting, Ambas- backed the UK initiative for a min- expressed the hope that Bukhari selected units to UN missions,” Paki- The UN Department of Peace- sador Lodhi added. isterial level meeting in London in would be adding more value to stani Ambassador MaleehaLodhi told keeping Operations Ambassador “We continue to figure among the September to follow up on the pledges the PTI’s legal struggles at dif- ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday a follow-up meeting of the recent Lodhi said had just concluded a suc- world’s top troop contributors. Our made at the Leaders Summit and ferent fronts. “It’s good news not called for making arrangements for Leaders Summit on Peacekeeping. cessful visit to Pakistan during which peacekeepers have an exemplary said that Pakistan’s Defence Minis- only for PTI but also for Pakistan swift deployment of additional Paki- Prime Minister Muhammad it assessed the readiness of the troops track record of delivering in testing ter Muhammad Khawaja Asif would that people like Naeem Bukhari stani army units and equipment that Nawaz Sharif as a co-host of the for deployment and their conformity circumstances and in implementing attend it. She added Pakistan’s con- have decided to raise their voice a special United Nations team had Leaders Summit on Peacekeeping last to the pledges the country’s leader- and fulfilling demanding mandates tinued commitment and resolve against corruption and exploita- picked for service in the UN peace- September had announced additional ship had made. with professionalism and distinction.” to live up to our responsibility as a tion through our political platform. keeping missions around the world pledges including an Infantry Battal- “This is our collective endeavour More than 7, 000 uniformed per- major troop contributor and to ful- We welcome him and hope that he while reaffirming its commitment to ion, Transport Engineering and Signal and we all need to take steps to make sonnel from Pakistan are serving in fil our obligations in this regard. She would also be helping us in our the world body’s flagship activity. companies additional utility helicop- it a success,” the Pakistani envoy told seven peacekeeping missions mak- said, “We stand ready to deliver on the legal battles,” he added. “We strongly recommend that the ters a Level-II and a Level-III Hospital delegates. Pakistan’s commitment to ing it one of the top troop and police pledges made at the Leaders Summit.” INDIA MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 13 India hopeful of Chinese support in NSG

IANS told the media here. Answering ques- India is not a member in the group. chemistry involving Prime Ministers maintained, it will be erroneous to tions, she said China “is not opposed But we will not oppose entry of any Narendra Modi of India and Nawaz suggest that “in order to maintain a State-run Chinese to India’s entry” into the 48-nation other country. What we want is all Sharif of Pakistan. harmonious relation, we will be either media has said that NSG but it was “only talking about the applications are decided on their “This warmth and simplicity in careless or neglect security”. NEW DELHI: India yesterday hoped the criteria procedures” to New Del- own merits.” relations between two Prime Min- She said India’s approach towards Beijing was opposed that China will support its bid to get hi’s entry to the nuclear grouping. However, Sushma Swaraj coun- isters were never there in the past,” Pakistan was essentially based on to India becoming into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Sushma Swaraj’s remarks came tered Beijing’s stand over “criteria”, she said. “To resolve problems, you three key aspects: all problems should while stressing that terror and talks close on the heels of External Affairs saying: “Instead of talking about cri- also need good relationship.” Sushma be resolved through talks, no involve- a member of the cannot go together in its engagement Secretary S. Jaishankar’s visit to Bei- teria in our case, there should be talk Swaraj said unlike in the past, there ment of a third party, and terror and NSG when it had with Pakistan. jing to discuss India’s NSG bid with about relations.” She insisted that with had been a significant change in Paki- talks cannot go together. External Affairs Minister Sushma Chinese government. regard to India, the issue of “criteria” stan’s policy towards terror strikes in The minister denied that South not signed the NPT Swaraj said India will not oppose the State-run Chinese media has said vis-a-vis NSG was addressed in 2008 India. “Earlier whenever there used Asia was not getting adequate prior- -- unless its nuclear entry of Pakistan or any other coun- that Beijing was opposed to India when the waiver was granted to it. to be any terrorist activity, Pakistan ity in the Modi government’s foreign try into the NSG but asserted that the becoming a member of the NSG when Fielding questions on India-Paki- used to go in denial mood. But after policy. “In the last two years, India armed rival Pakistan decision on all applications should be it had not signed the NPT -- unless stan relations, she said while bilateral Pathankot attack, Nawaz Sharif him- has emerged as a strong supporter was also taken on decided on merits. its nuclear armed rival Pakistan was ties are “jatil” (complicated), New self called our Prime Minister and he and a friend in crisis to neighbouring “Hum China ko bhi mananey mein also taken on board. To a question Delhi was firm that talks and ter- said you give me proof, I will definitely countries,” she said, referring to New board. kamyabi hasil kar lenge (We will suc- on Pakistan also trying to get NSG rorism cannot go together. She said take appropriate action.” Delhi’s help to Nepal during the mas- ceed in convincing China too),” she membership, the minister said: “Look, there was “sehejta” (simplicity) in the The minister, however, sive earthquake of 2015.

DU rejects RTI query over Modi’s degree Selfie with Bapu

IANS the RTI response from the university public the details of Modi’s educa- read. The refusal of the university tional qualifications. to disclose the information related Following Kejriwal’s letter, to Modi’s degree has raked up the the CIC asked the DU to make the NEW DELHI: Citing “privacy” rea- controversy. degrees public. In an attempt to rest sons, the University of Delhi (DU) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader the controversy, Bharatiya Janata has rejected another right to infor- Arvind Kejriwal, who had alleged Party President Amit Shah and union mation query seeking information that Modi’s degrees were fake, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had about Prime Minister Narendra that the university cannot reject the called a press conference to reveal Modi’s degree. information. “This deepens the mys- the degrees of Modi. The RTI query was filed by Delhi- tery around PM’s degree. If DU feels However, the AAP alleged that based lawyer Mohd Irsad. that it is private info, then under RTI the degrees provided by Shah and “DU, as a matter of policy, seeks Act, DU shud write to PM and seek his Jaitley were fake. to maintain the privacy of every stu- permission. DU can’t reject,” tweeted “What? But why? Didn’t Amit dent as it holds the data pertaining the Delhi chief minister. In April, shah n Jaitley ji say that degree was to a student in a fiduciary relation- Kejriwal wrote to the Central Infor- genuine and anyone cud take it from ship with the student concerned,” mation Commission (CIC) to make DU?” Kejriwal said.

Unsure whether International visitors pose for a selfie photograph with the statue of independence icon Mahatma Modi wishes Rahul Gandhi at the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, yesterday. Sena-BJP tie will survive: on his birthday

Thackeray IANS healthy life. “Birthday wishes to the Britain is our gateway to EU: Sushma Congress VP, Rahul Gandhi. May he IANS be blessed with a long and healthy life,” tweeted Modi. Gandhi replied: IANS query on India’s position on Brexit Though the minister did not elab- NEW DELHI: Amid ongoing specu- “Thank you @narendramodi ji for referendum. But Sushma Swaraj told orate on how Britain’s possible exit MUMBAI: Hitting out at BJP, its lations over his elevation as Congress your kind wishes!” A party source the media here that it was for the would affect India’s interests, the ally of 25 years barring a brief President, Rahul Gandhi met hun- said Gandhi arrived at the party people of Britain to decide whether event is likely to have an impact on breakdown in late 2014, Shiv Sena dreds of party workers on his 46th headquarters around 11.45am and NEW DELHI: Britain is the gateway they like to stay within the European international as well as domestic President Uddhav Thackeray yes- birthday at the party headquarters remained there for one and a half to the European Union for India, Union or not. markets. According to experts, Brexit terday said he could not predict here yesterday. hours and met all workers. Delhi External Affairs Minister Sushma “The decision has to be taken by is expected to heighten global volatil- whether their alliance in Mahar- The party Vice-President was Pradesh Congress Committee chief Swaraj said yesterday, indicating New the people of Britain and they would ity, thereby impacting capital flows at ashtra would survive for long. greeted with flowers, garlands and Ajay Maken was also present. Delhi’s preference for Britain to stay decide keeping in mind their national home. The domestic investors will be Stressing that the Shiv Sena bouquets by enthusiastic supporters, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi within the EU. interest. India has no role to play in concerned about the direct negative “never hankered for power” but many of whom even raised slogans Azad, Ahmed Patel, P. Chidambaram, “We have always held that, and it.” Britain is going to hold a referen- impact that some of the India-based would insist on dignity in any alli- in his support. Prime Minister Naren- Sheila Dikshit, Motilal Vora and articulated too in the past, that Brit- dum on June 23 to decide if it should companies and sectors that have ance, he asked his party workers to dra Modi wished Gandhi yesterday Anand Sharma greeted Gandhi at ain is the gateway to the European stay within the EU or exit. The event investments and exposure in Brit- be vigilant and “remain prepared morning and prayed for his long and his Tughlak Lane residence. Union,” she said in response to a is being called Brexit. ain will suffer. to go alone” in the upcoming major civic elections if required in future. “We fought the 2014 assem- bly elections separately and later even sat in the Opposition. After 13 new ministers a month, we decided to join the Militant dead in Kashmir gunfight government in the interests of Hindutva and the people of the IANS “Following specific information forces retaliated and a gunfight state,” Thackeray said, address- about the presence of some militants started in the area,” a senior police inducted in Karnataka ing a huge gathering at the NSE in Ladoo village of Pulwama district officer told IANS here. Grounds, Goregaon, to celebrate near Pampore town, security forces One militant has so far been the golden jubilee year of the party SRINAGAR: A militant was killed started an operation today (Sunday). killed, the officer said, adding rein- IANS segment, was left out from the founded by his father, the late Bal during an ongoing gunfight yesterday “When a cordon was being laid forcements have been rushed to final list without any reason being Thackeray, on June 19, 1966. between security forces and militants around the place where militants the area to augment the strength of specified. He said the party wanted a in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s were reportedly hiding, security the security forces engaged in the Thimmappa is currently the “clear alliance, with dignity and Pulwama district, police said. forces were fired upon. The security operation. BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief assembly speaker while Ramesh self-respect”, or else it was mean- Minister Siddaramaiah yesterday Kumar held the same post during ingless to continue the partnership inducted 13 new ministers in his the previous Congress rule over with BJP. three-year-old government, while a decade ago. Priyank is the son “I can’t say what will happen to dropping an equal number. of the Congress leader in the Lok the alliance. We must be prepared Protest for freedom Governor Vajubhai R. Vala Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, while to fight the (2017) BMC (Brihan- administered the oath of office and Lad returns to cabinet nearly three Mumbai Municipal Corporation) secrecy to nine new cabinet minis- years after he resigned in November elections independently,” he said. ters and four ministers of state at a 2013 as minister of state for informa- He declared that the Sena was simple ceremony on the lawns of Raj tion and infrastructure development not interested in snapping ties with Bhavan here. over the mining scam that rocked the BJP, “but we will not run after you The nine cabinet ministers are state during the then BJP rule. like destitutes”. K. Thimmappa, K.R. Ramesh Kumar, Among the 13 dropped from the “I will decide about the alli- Basavaraja Rayareddi, Meti Hullappa 34-member ministry, including the ance when the time comes. But, Yamanappa, Tanveer Sait, S.S. Mal- chief minister, are Srinivas Prasad, next February-March, are you pre- likarjuna, M.R. Seetharam, Santosh Kimmane Ratnakar, Baburao pared to fight the civic elections,” S. Lad and Ramesh Laxmanrao Chinchansur, Qamarul Islam, M.H. he asked the crowd, which roared Jarkiholi. The four ministers of state Ambarish, Dinesh Gundu Rao, its approval. are Priyank M. Kharge, Eshwara Sathish Jarkiholi, Shamanur Shiv- Targetting Prime Minister Kandre, Pramod Madhwaraj and ashankarappa, P.T. Parameshwar Narendra Modi, the Sena president Rudrappa Manappa Lamani. Naik, Vinay Kumar Sorake and S.R. said the BJP claims the country is Their names were cleared by Patil. changing all around, “but the sit- the Congress high command -- The major reshuffle comes a uation remains the same.” President Sonia Gandhi and Vice week after the Congress won three “There is no change. Inflation President Rahul Gandhi -- over of the four Rajya Sabha seats and has skyrocketed, nobody knows two days of consultations with Chief four of the seven legislative council how much higher it will go. Though Minister Siddaramaiah and state seats in the biennial elections. they are in power at the centre, party president G. Parameshwara “The revamp will ensure pro- they have not sent the displaced The cabinet ministers took oath portionate representation to all the Kashmiri Pandits back home in Kannada in two batches of five people across the state, spanning (Jammu & Kashmir). These Pan- and four, followed by the four min- castes and regions,” a party offi- dits came to us for help,” he said. isters of state as Chief Secretary cial said. Mallikarjun replaced his Relatives of prisoners of war languishing in Pakistan jails since the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War, along He added that the BJP “can’t Arvind Jadav called them to the dais. father Shivashankarappa from Dav- even prevent Kairana in Uttar with members of the United Ex-Servicemen Front (UFESM), carry placards during a candle march Though 14 lawmakers were angere, while Ramesh replaced his Pradesh, the state which gave them demanding their release in Amritsar, yesterday. short-listed, M. Krishnappa, who elder brother Sathish from Belagavi the maximum number of MPs”. represents a Bengaluru assembly district. 14 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 INDIA

Mass yoga Rajan acted Freight reaches as Congress Tripura from WB agent: Swamy IANS via Bangladesh NEW DELHI: Continuing his tirade against Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, their destinations inside Tripura. BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Sub- More such trucks would carry the ramanian Swamy yesterday It was as part of goods from Ashuganj port to Tripura said Rajan has been acting as a the revised ‘Inland in subsequent days,” Sujit Roy, the “Congress agent” ever since the transporting company’s manager, Bharatiya Janata Party came to Water Transit and said. The transit facility with pro- power in May 2014. Trade Protocol’ vision of third-country access was Swamy’s remarks came after formally inaugurated on Thursday at senior Congress leader Ghulam between India and Ashuganj port by Bangladesh Ship- Nabi Azad said that he was sad- Bangladesh. The ping Minister Shahjahan Khan in dened by the way an “upright” RBI the presence of Indian High Com- Governor was being targetted by protocol was signed missioner in Bangladesh Harsh BJP parliamentarians. during PM Narendra Vardhan Shringla and Bangladesh Participants perform yoga during full dress rehearsal ahead of World Yoga Day in Chandigarh, “I am saddened by the way Modi’s visit to Dhaka Prime Minister’s Economic Affairs yesterday. the BJP-led government treated Adviser Mashiur Rahman. an upright RBI Governor like in June last year. The custom official said Kolk- Raghuram Rajan,” ata-Ashuganj-Tripura route cuts the Azad told media here. Rajan Kolkata-Agartala distance via Silig- has announced he would not want uri’s ‘chicken neck’ and Assam and a second term after his current IANS Meghalaya from 1,600km to 500km. High Commissioner not at tenure as the RBI Governor ends “The reduced distance substantially in September. cuts transportation costs from main- Reacting to Azad’s remarks, land India to the northeastern region Swamy told the media here that AGARTALA: A consignment of 1,005 and the time from 15 days to just 10 fault on Mallya row: Sushma such remarks only substantiated tonnes of steel rods arrived yesterday days.” his suspicion that Rajan acted as in Tripura from West Bengal through The revised Inland Water Transit a Congress agent. Bangladesh as part of revised ‘Inland and Trade Protocol also gives India “This only proves what I have Water Transit and Trade Protocol’ and Bangladesh the right to use each IANS Commissioner),” she told report- London School of Economics and always suspected... that he (Rajan) between the two countries. The other’s territory for transiting goods ers sticking to the ministry’s line Political Science was determined by worked as a Congress agent,” protocol was signed during Prime to third countries. that Mallya was not originally in the LSE. They have written to the High Swamy said. Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh can thus use Indian invitee list of the London School of Commissioner that Mallya was not The BJP leader accused Dhaka in June last year. territory to transit goods to Nepal NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minis- Economics and Political Science. on their list.” However, Mallya, in a Rajan of “sabotaging the coun- “A Bangladeshi ship from Kolk- and Bhutan while India can access ter Sushma Swaraj yesterday asserted “The moment the High Com- series of tweets claimed he is “not a try’s economy by trying to put all ata carrying 1,005 tonnes of steel Myanmar via Bangladesh. that India’s High Commissioner to missioner saw Mallya, he staged a gatecrasher”. small, medium industries out of rods meant for Tripura governem- The official said: “The protocol Britain, Navtej Sarna, was not at fault walkout. So, I don’t understand what Mallya’s presence at the function business”. nt’s Rural Development Department facilitates trade and development for the presence of business tycoon is the controversy about?” Sushma sparked off controversy because the Swamy has been bitterly crit- reached Ashuganj river port in not only between India and Bang- Vijay Mallya at a book release func- Swaraj said. liquor barron has been declared a icising Rajan for some time now, Bangladesh on June 15,” an Indian ladesh but in the entire sub-region tion in London. The External Affairs Minis- “proclaimed offender” by a Mumbai accusing the RBI Governor of custom official said. “Bangladeshi facilitating trade and development “Unka koi dosh nahi hai try, in a statement on Saturday, had court on the urging of the prosecu- derailing the Indian economy by trucks then carried the goods from in the sub-region.” (there was no fault of the High said: “The list of invitations for the tion and the Enforcement Directorate. keeping the lending rates high. Ashuganj port to Tripura’s Akhaura Earlier, as goodwill gesture, checkpost, from where the trans- Bangladesh government last year porter would arrange to have the allowed India’s Food Corporation goods delivered to six places in of India to ferry 35,000 tonnes of Tripura,” the customs official said. rice in different phases to Tripura Two nationals arrested for abuse in Zimbabwe Akhaura checkpost, just along from Visakhapatnam port in And- Agartala city, is the second larg- hra Pradesh and Kolkata port via est trading point and land port Bangladesh, using the Ashuganj river between India and Bangladesh ports and Bangladesh highways. AFP in Zimbabwe confirmed yesterday. the players had been involved, which with the Indian team. One of the two after the Benapole-Petrapole land In 2011-2012, Bangladesh had An article in a Zimbabwean pub- was confirmed by a Zimbabwean men arrested was part of an Indian port with West Bengal. Ashuganj allowed India’s Oil and Natural lication claimed that an Indian player police spokesperson and the Indian company that is contracted by Zimba- port on Meghna river in Bangladesh Gas Corporation (ONGC) to ferry involved in the ongoing cricket tour Foreign Office. “None of the players bwe Cricket to engage with sponsors is about 40 km from Tripura’s cap- heavy machinery, turbines and HARARE: Two Indian nationals to Zimbabwe had been picked up by were involved in the matter,” a secu- during incoming tours, and was in the ital Agartala. over-dimensional cargoes through have been arrested in Harare after police following an allegation made rity official assisting the Indian team country for the current series. The “Four Bangladeshi trucks Ashuganj port for the 726-MW Pala- being accused of abuse, but reports by a Zimbabwean woman. said.The misleading reports appear to two men appeared in court on Fri- arrived here on Sunday. Then tana mega power project in southern that they are members of the Indian However security officials look- have stemmed from the Zimbabwe day and were held in custody over Indian trucks carried the freight to Tripura. cricket team are incorrect, officials ing after the team said that none of Republic Police’s lack of familiarity the weekend.

Fun and livelihood Will show cine stars door if chit fund scam charges stick: Rout

IANS said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, fought assembly polls in 2014 on the who is also the party president, has BJD ticket) have acted in Odia films always taken the right decision when produced by Oscar Chit Fund group it comes to members who bring dis- chairman Prabhash Rout, who is an BHUBANESWAR: Odisha’s film stars grace to the party. accused in the case. who are members of the ruling Biju However, the allegations of oppo- Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Janata Dal (BJD) will be shown the sition parties that BJD politicians are Party (BJP) trained its gun on the Cen- door if they are found to have been involved in the chit fund scam should tral Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and complicit in the chit fund scam, party be based on facts, he said. said it was shielding the chit fund Vice President Damodar Rout said Actor-turned-BJD MP Anubhav accused. BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra yesterday. Mohanty said the media had little said the government, the CBI and the “We did not invite them (cine reason to link his name with the chit chit fund accused have joined hands, actors) to join our party. They came fund scam. “You (media) are unnec- leaving the common people high and with somebody else’s recommenda- essarily dragging the issue. This is dry. “Going into its mode of investi- tion. If we get an iota of proof, they not based on truth,” Anubhav said. gation, the CBI has proved that it is will be shown the door,” said Rout, He said there was not an iota guiltier than the chit fund companies. who is also Odisha’s Excise Minister. of truth about his involvement in The fact remains that the chit fund They were given membership of the chit fund scam. Notably, Anub- companies are not afraid of the CBI the BJD as crowd-pullers during the hav, Sidhant Mohapatra (another investigation which is amply clear A vendor check his mobile as he waits for customers at Marina Beach in Chennai, yesterday. elections, he added. Industry Minister BJD MP) and comedian Tatwa Pra- with the name of Oscar Chit Fund and BJD leader Debi Prasad Mishra kash Satapathy (who unsuccessfully company coming to the fore,” he said. 130,000 tonnes of pulses seized; more action to check prices

IANS is reported from parts of north India are suspected to have been hoarding India is largest producer of pulses stuff for enhanced buffer stocks,” the procure more pulses this year and including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and pulses to take advantage of the high but also largest consumer and a very source said. The government decided also announced higher minimum sup- Haryana. So far, adequate actions prices, according to sources. large importer.” The ministry con- on June 16 to enhance pulses’ buffer port price (MSP) for the Kharif or the have been taken in Gujarat, Mahar- The high prices of pulses, how- firms that about 5.5 million tonnes stock from 1.5 lakh tonnes to eight crop cultivated in summer. NEW DELHI: About 130,000 tonnes ashtra and Tamil Nadu,” an official ever, arise from the long-term issue of pulses were imported in the last lakh tonnes. At the same time, the “Higher MSP for pulses will give a of pulses have been seized from source said. of supply falling short of demand by financial year. government is looking for ways to positive signal to farmers to increase hoarders in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told “about five million tonnes”, Jaitley This year too the government boost domestic production, especially acreage and invest in increase in pro- New Delhi and other parts of northern a TV channel in an interview tele- said in his TV interview, terming the is looking to import pulses from by better incentivising the farmer to ductivity per acre,” the source said. India in the last few months, official cast on Saturday that action against shortfall a “serious challenge” for the Myanmar, Mozambique and other shift to cultivation of pulses. The Centre has urged states to sources said here yesterday. hoarders last year helped the gov- government to tackle. countries, the source said. He said “Farmers often give up cultivating take pulses from the buffer stock at The crackdown is part of govern- ernment bring the prices of pulses The demand-supply gap could be pulses are generally imported by pri- pulses for want of incentives and shift a subsidised rate of Rs 66 per kg and ment efforts to rein in the spiralling down by about Rs 50 per kg in the even wider than five million tonnes. vate traders as well as public-sector to paddy. Besides, to cultivate pulses, sell in retail markets at Rs 120 per kg. prices of pulses, of which some vari- retail market. This year the Directo- A source in the food ministry said: agencies. “But to avoid black-mar- you need labour and this is also an Over 10,000 tonnes have been eties are selling in retail in large rate of Revenue Intelligence, Income “As against the average supply of 17 keting, government-to-government uncertain crop,” said an official in the released to the states, including And- cities in the range of Rs180-200 per Tax department and local police have million tonnes of pulses, the national contracts have been planned with agriculture ministry. hra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil kg. “Hoarding is a hard fact and this been conducting raids on people who demand is about 24 million tonnes. countries like Myanmar to import the The government has decided to Nadu, for retail distribution so far. EUROPE MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 15 Campaigning for EU vote resumes after MP’s murder

church service yesterday less than a kilometre away from the scene of her Donald Trump The What UK Thinks murder in Birstall. website’s average Cox, an active Remain cam- supports Brexit paigner, was stabbed and shot on of the last six Thursday in an attack that shocked polls, conducted the country, the first murder of a sit- Reuters ting British lawmaker since 1990. between June 10 and “Her humanity was powerful and Saturday, put the compelling and we would do well to LONDON: Donald Trump told recognise her as an amazing example: Britons yesterday he supported Remain and Leave a 21st century Good Samaritan,” Rev- Brexit, repeating just days before camps level at 50-50, erend Paul Knight said at the church the vote on June 23 that he thinks excluding undecided service. After a three-day pause, polit- the UK would be better off outside ical leaders hit the stump again on the European Union. voters. their final push for votes in a refer- Trump, the presumptive endum that will shape not only the Republican U.S. presidential future of Britain but also the EU. candidate, said in a newspaper The What UK Thinks website’s interview he was backing an AFP average of the last six polls, conducted “out” vote. between June 10 and Saturday, put “I would personally be more the Remain and Leave camps level inclined to leave, for a lot of at 50-50, excluding undecided voters. reasons like having a lot less LONDON: Campaigning for Britain’s The Leave camp had been a few bureaucracy,” he told the Sunday EU referendum resumed yesterday percentage points ahead in recent Times. “But I am not a British following a pause after the shock polling, but fresh surveys showing a citizen. This is just my opinion.” murder of MP Jo Cox, with the latest rise in support for remaining brought opinion poll average putting the rival the average neck-and-neck. Former London mayor Boris Johnson speaks as Priti Patel, Kate Hoey and Michael Gove listen at a Vote camps neck-and-neck. A Survation poll conducted on Fri- citing its own ComRes polling. Leave rally in London, yesterday. Prime Minister David Cameron day and Saturday put Remain at 45 Cameron said Britain was facing warned there was no “turning back” percent and Leave at 42 percent—the an “an existential choice” from which Osborne told ITV television that Brit- the increasingly divisive campaign. “less baseless assertion and inflam- if Britons vote to leave the European reverse of its findings on Thursday. there would be “no turning back”. ain would be “a lot poorer” outside the Main opposition Labour leader Jer- matory rhetoric and more reasoned Union, saying it would be a “humili- UK Independence Party (UKIP) “If you’re not sure, don’t take the EU, saying the economy could shrink emy Corbyn, who backs the Remain argument and facts”. ation” for the nation. leader Farage said Cox’s killing had risk of leaving. If you don’t know, don’t by at least five percent to six percent. campaign, hit out at the EU’s “appall- Meanwhile, Britain’s Sunday As polls showed the Remain camp halted Leave’s upward trajectory. go,” he wrote in The Sunday Telegraph “You can’t predict enormous ing” treatment of Greece and told BBC newspapers picked sides in their final gaining ground just four days from “We did have momentum until newspaper. “It would be a one-off uncertainty that exiting the EU means television “I don’t think you can have” editions before the vote. Thursday’s critical in-or-out vote, this terrible tragedy,” he told ITV and permanent diminution in our for Britain.” an upper limit on migration “while you The Mail on Sunday and The leading Brexit campaigner Nigel television. standing in the world; an abject and While the Remain camp has tried have the free movement of labour”. Observer gave their support to the Farage said Cox’s murder had cost The Sunday Mirror newspaper self-imposed humiliation for a proud to focus on the economy, the Leave Osborne said he hoped Cox’s Remain camp, while The Sunday the Leave campaign momentum. said there was a “dramatic swing and important country like ours.” campaign has made a key issue out death would lead to “a less divisive Times and The Sunday Telegraph Prayers were said for Cox at a in ‘mood’”, calling it “The Jo effect”, His finance minister George of EU mass immigration to Britain in political debate in our country” with broadsheets backed quitting the EU.

14 dead as boats Hungary PM to launch ads urging Britons to stay in EU with children

Agencies occasions, this is a testament to the Immigration has become a heated migrants surveyed by Poland’s IBRiS vote in Thursday’s referendum. overturn in fact that Hungary is committed to topic in the referendum debate, with pollsters also said they intend to apply Seeking a better life, Poles were the European Union,” government many ‘Leave’ campaigners pointing for British citizenship. the largest group of migrants to head storm off Russia spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said. to the numbers of incomers from EU The study conducted between- to Britain after the EU’s 2004 ‘Big BUDAPEST/WARSAW: One of The Hungarian leader has clashed countries as a reason to quit the bloc. June 15-17 is the largest ever involving Bang’ eastern expansion. Europe’s most eurosceptic leaders, with European authorities several The latest opinion polls showed Polish migrants in Britain, which Unlike other western EU members AP Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor times over his unorthodox fiscal and the ‘Remain’ camp recovering some could vote to leave the EU in a refer- who kept up employment restrictions, Orban, will launch a campaign in the political reforms since sweeping to momentum, although the overall pic- endum on Thursday. Britain fully opened its labour mar- British press urging Britons to vote to power in 2010. ture remains one of an evenly split A further 10 percent of Polish ket to EU newcomers from the east. MOSCOW: At least 13 children remain in the bloc at Thursday’s ref- But his country has benefitted electorate. migrants said they would move to The IBRiS survey also found that and their adult instructor died in erendum, his spokesman said. from its membership of the bloc - In a related development, a poll another EU state if a Brexit meant they nearly 80 percent of Polish migrants a storm while boating on a lake in Orban will address the British under the EU’s current financing published in Warsaw yesterday would have to leave Britain. agreed with reforms pushed through Russia’s northwestern region of people directly in newspaper adverts, cycle, which ends in 2020, Hungary said eighty percent of the estimated “Almost nobody wants to leave by conservative British Prime Min- Karelia, officials said yesterday. his office added, joining a line of gets some 25 billion euros over seven 800,000 Poles living in Britain want Britain,” IBRiS chief Marcin Duma ister David Cameron to limit their Vladimir Markin, a spokes- European leaders and institutions years. to stay there even if it leaves the EU, wrote in a commentary summing up child benefits, a hot-button issue in man for the nation’s main state saying Britain should stay. Kovacs said about 250,000 to while just three percent want to the survey results. the referendum. The survey results investigative agency, said several “Although we have earned accu- 300,000 Hungarians were working return home. As non-citizens, the vast majority were published by the Polish Press boats with children overturned in sations of being anti-EU on numerous in the UK. More than half of the Polish of Poles in Britain are not entitled to Agency and the Polish Onet.pl website. a storm in Syamozero, 120km east of the border with Finland. Of 47 children and four adult instructors in the boats, 11 children and one adult have died, Markin Calais migrants turn Arm-ed for Yoga Day said. He said an instructor has been detained as part of an offi- cial probe, suspected of violating safety rules. to flimsy boats to The children who went out boating came from Moscow and the capital’s mayor, Sergei Soby- cross the Channel anin, offered condolences to the victims’ families. Repeated warnings of an AFP economic migrants and refu- advancing Atlantic cyclone had gees have crossed from Turkey to been issued days ahead of the Greece in overloaded boats SINCE storm, advising everyone against , hundreds of them perishing in the boating on the lake, one of the LILLE, FRANCE: Thwarted at every process. favorite holiday destinations in the turn in their efforts to reach Britain, While France’s migrant crisis area, regional Karelia lawmaker migrants in northern France have is tiny compared to that faced by Alexei Gavrilov said on Rossiya 24 once again changed tack, turning to Greece or Germany, the slum-like television. “They didn’t have the flimsy dinghies to carry them across Calais camp of about 4,000 migrants right to go out boating,” he said. the Channel. desperate to reach Britain is a polit- Vladimir Kucherenko, the Migrants in Calais have sneaked ical hot potato on both sides of the director of a local tourist company, into trucks or trains, and even tried Channel. said most children had apparently to walk through the undersea tunnel Many of the migrants have rel- died from long exposure to cold in increasingly risky—and sometimes atives in Britain, or believe they water, as water temperatures in deadly—attempts to reach Britain. will have a better chance of finding the lake were 8-10 degrees Cel- However tighter security has sty- employment there. sius. He said strong winds might People attend a yoga session at Bois de la Cambre, in Brussels, yesterday ahead of International Yoga mied these efforts and authorities The migrants’ main tactic has have driven boats across the lake, have reported about a dozen oper- been sneaking onto the back of Day. The second International Yoga Day will be held tomorrow. making it hard for the children to ations to rescue migrants drifting in trucks, initially when drivers stopped get to the shore. inflatable dinghies in the Channel to rest and later by blocking roads since the start of the year. In 2015, and forcing their way onto the vehi- there were none. cles. The crisis reached a peak in July The most recent rescue took and August last year when hundreds place on June 11, when three Ira- tried to storm the Eurotunnel site WHO mulls cut in yellow vaccine dose to eke out supplies nian migrants were saved from their on several consecutive nights to try sinking vessel. Four days early, three cross the Channel. other migrants were rescued in sim- Security was stepped up in Reuters 1,000 suspected cases since March. for routine immunisation. the DRC. It currently stands at 6 mil- ilar circumstances. response to the disturbances, how- “Experts agreed to propose if More research is needed to see lion doses but this may not be enough Pierre-Joachim Antona, spokes- ever recent efforts to block traffic necessary, if there is a shortage of if low doses work for young chil- if there are simultaneous outbreaks man for the local French maritime flared again last month. vaccine, to divide the vaccine by five,” dren, who may have weaker immune in multiple densely populated areas. authority, said efforts to cross the At least 26 people have been GENEVA/LONDON: World Health WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said, response, and practical challenges Almost 18 million doses have been Channel by boat were “no longer killed attempting to reach Britain Organisation advisers have recom- reporting on a meeting this week. remain over obtaining right syringes. distributed for emergency vaccination extraordinary or isolated”. since June 2015. mended using a fifth of the standard “One fifth of a dose according to The current yellow fever epi- campaigns so far in the three Afri- There have been rare cases in Antona said it had become dose of yellow fever vaccine in the their evidence would be sufficient demic started in Angola but a major can countries. recent years of migrants drowning “nearly impossible” for migrants to event of a global shortage to combat to provide immunity for at least 12 outbreak in the DRC’s capital city of Concerns about limited vaccine while trying to swim across the nar- make it through the tunnel, forcing the worst outbreak of the deadly dis- months.” Kinshasa, which has a population of supplies have been building for some row sea, and an Afghan once built a them to adapt their tactics. ease in decades. The normal full dose of the vac- more than 12 million, is a big worry time, with a group of medics calling raft with a bedsheet in a failed effort He said that while coastguards Fears of a widening outbreak of the cine confers life-long protection for healthcare officials. for low-dose use in an article in The to drift to England. had intercepted several boats, there mosquito-borne disease were fuelled and the WHO emphasised that the The global stockpile of yellow Lancet journal back in April. But the phenomenon is now a was evidence that some were suc- this week by a spike in cases in the low dose endorsed by its independ- fever vaccines has already been Yellow fever is transmitted by the “real and lasting trend”, said Antona. ceeding in crossing the treacherous Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ent experts was designed specifically depleted twice this year to immu- same mosquitoes that spread the Zika Hundreds of thousands of stretch of water. which now says it has seen more than for emergency mass vaccination, not nise people in Angola, Uganda and and dengue viruses. 16 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 EUROPE

Three Ukrainian Italy’s cities go to polls in test for Renzi soldiers dead in separatist east among 126 places holding run-offs between first and second-placed can- Attention is didates after none won more than 50 AFP focused on Rome, percent backing. financial hub Milan Attention is focused on Rome, financial hub Milan and the tradi- KIEV: Three Ukrainian soldiers and traditional tional PD stronghold Turin as 8.6 have been killed and another Democratic Party million people - just under a fifth of injured in fresh clashes between the total electorate - cast their vote. pro-Russian rebels and gov- stronghold Turin as Raggi won 35.2 percent in the ernment forces in the country’s 8.6 million people first round, pushing Renzi’s candi- separatist east, the military said date Roberto Giachetti into second yesterday. cast their vote. place, with a campaign promising to “As a result of fighting, three fight graft and privilege. Ukrainian soldiers have unfortu- “Today we need two things: hon- nately been killed over the past 24 Reuters esty and courage,” Raggi tweeted, hours,” Ukrainian military spokes- quoting 20th century socialist pol- man Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said, itician and former president Sandro adding that another soldier had Pertini. Casting her vote at a school, suffered serious injuries. ROME: Italians yesterday voted Raggi joked with reporters but One of the soldiers came under for mayors of their largest cities in declined to make any statements. fire in the village of Talakivka, ballots which were testing Prime Conquering Rome would be a big some 80km south of Donetsk, the Minister Matteo Renzi’s popularity victory for M5S, which has capital- pro-Russian rebels’ de facto cap- and could hand control of Rome to ised on widespread frustration with ital, Motuzyanyk said. the anti-establishment 5-Star Move- traditional parties as the left and Virginia Raggi, 5-Star Movement candidate for Rome’s mayor, casts her vote at the polling station in Rome, The two other servicemen ment (M5S) whose candidate would right have been tainted by corrup- Italy, yesterday. were killed in a mine explosion in become the city’s first woman mayor. tion scandals. the village of Luganske, which lies Virginia Raggi, a 37 year-old law- Local but emotive issues such as “We Romans are all fed up, the pre- is likely to do better.” Renzi has said the vote will not about 50km northeast of Donetsk, yer from the M5S, was in pole position public transport and the poor state of vious mayor brought few results and Persistent weakness in the euro hurt his left-right coalition govern- Motuzyanyk said. after the first round of voting on June the roads have been at the centre of great disappointment,” Rome resident zone’s third-largest economy has ment, but a bad showing will put Motuzyanyk also accused pro- 5 to seize the scandal-plagued capital debate in Rome, where many com- Paolo, who declined to give his last also fuelled frustration. M5S has him under pressure in his already Russian rebels of using weapons from Renzi’s Democratic Party (PD). plain basic public services have been name, said outside a polling station. promised universal income sup- divided party ahead of a referendum banned by Minsk agreements, The PD took a bruising in the first left to decay, and the former mayor “Faced with that kind of discon- port for the poor and a referendum in October on which he has staked his a series of truce agreement that round. Italy’s four biggest cities are was forced out by scandal. tent it’s inevitable that someone new on membership of the euro. political future. have helped reduce violence in the region, although sporadic clashes persist. An unnamed rebel source Greece wants to quoted yesterday by the sepa- Brussels station evacuated amid security fears ratists’ news agency accused Ukrainian troops of firing 130 send thousands mortars and shells overnight. An uptick of violence late last of migrants Reuters tournament is under way in neighbour- a terrorist murder and for partici- Neither prosecutors nor Prime month resulted in the deaths of ing France, three months after Islamist pation in the activities of a terrorist Minister Charles Michel confirmed seven Ukrainian servicemen in a bombers killed 32 people in Brussels. group” were identified by prosecu- reports of the arrested suspects plan- 24-hour period, the highest cas- back to Turkey Investigators say the attackers had links tors as C (27), Moustapha B (40), and ning to attack soccer fans. ualty toll in a single day this year. BRUSSELS: Brussels central train to militants who carried out attacks in Jawad B (29). The Belgian federal prosecutor’s Ukraine and the West accuse station was evacuated for about an Paris in November. Belgian media reported they had office said that investigation required Russia of stirring up the unrest and Reuters hour yesterday because of a sus- Belgian police searched 40 houses links to the men prosecutors believe immediate action. Michel appealed to sending soldiers and equipment picious suitcase amid heightened and 152 garage lockups between Fri- carried out the Brussels twin bomb- the country to stay calm after chairing across the border, claims Moscow security fears in the Belgian capital day night and Saturday, arresting 12 ings in March, brothers Ibrahim a meeting of the government’s secu- has repeatedly denied. ATHENS: Greece wants to dra- after a huge anti-terror operation led people following reports of possible (‘Brahim’) and Khalid El Bakraoui rity council on Saturday. Ukrainian Defence Minister matically escalate returns of to three men being charged with ter- attacks targeting soccer fans watch- and Najim Laachraoui. Investigators have found links Stepan Poltorak said in April it migrants to Turkey in the coming rorism offences. ing the matches in Brussels. They later RTBF said police listened to phone between the Brussels attackers and could take years to end the con- weeks under a European Union The suitcase later turned out to be released nine after questioning. conversations between the three Islamist militants who killed 130 peo- flict, which has claimed nearly deal with Ankara, the migration a false alarm but shows Belgium’s high The three Belgian men charged men in which they said they planned ple in a spate of shootings and suicide 9,400 lives since it erupted in minister said, amid criticism it has state of alert as the Euro 2016 soccer with “having attempted to commit attacks in Brussels over the weekend. bombings in Paris in November. April 2014. been too slow to process them. The deal, which has been lambasted by rights groups and aid agencies, is aimed at closing off the main route into Europe, Concern for prisoners used by around a million refugees Assange starts fifth year and migrants last year. It obliges Greece to return those who either do not apply for asylum or have cooped in London embassy their claims rejected. Officials say about 8,400 AFP migrants are on Greek islands, nearly all of whom have expressed interest in applying for asylum. Greece says that, so far, it has LONDON: WikiLeaks founder deported 468 people back to Tur- Julian Assange (pictured) started key, none of whom had requested his fifth year camped out in the asylum. Just two Syrian refugees Ecuadoran embassy in London have been ordered back from yesterday, an occasion his sup- Greece to Turkey and they are porters intended to mark with appealing against the decision in events celebrating whistleblow- the Greek courts. ers. Migration Minister Yannis Assange, 44, is wanted for Mouzalas said Greece wanted to questioning over a 2010 physical send thousands of migrants who exploitation allegation in Sweden arrived by crossing the Aegean Sea but has been inside Ecuador’s UK back to Turkey within weeks if they mission for four full years in a bid the threats made against Julian did not qualify for asylum in Greece. to avoid extradition. should be lifted. “It would constitute failure if, The anti-secrecy campaigner, “He should be able to leave within the next month-and-a-half, who denies the allegation, walked his place of safety without fear of those who are obliged to leave the into the embassy of his own free deportation or being handed over islands didn’t do so,” Mouzalas told will on June 18, 2012, with Brit- to those who intend him harm.” Greek TV. Asked how many people People walk behind a banner reading “Stop Dispersion” during a demonstration called by the citizens’ ain on the brink of sending him to A hero to supporters and a that amounted to, Mouzalas said network Sare, protesting against dispersion of Basque prisoners, in the northern Spanish city of Stockholm, and has not left since. dangerous egocentric to detrac- “more than half” of the migrants Pamplona, yesterday. His lawyers say he is angry tors, Assange founded WikiLeaks currently there. that Swedish prosecutors are still in 2006 and has been portrayed maintaining the European arrest in two movies in recent years. warrant against him. Assange has compared living The Australian former com- inside the embassy—which has puter hacker fears that from no garden but is in the plush Spain’s left-wing bloc could clinch majority: Poll Sweden he could be extradited to Knightsbridge district, near Har- the United States over WikiLeaks’ rods department store—to life on release of 500,000 secret military a space station. Reuters Spain’s political vacuum has yet December, has since teamed up Metroscopia, Sigma Dos and GAD3, files, where he could face a long His 15 feet by 13 feet room is to substantially derail an economy with a former communist group to whose surveys were published in prison sentence. divided into an office and a living which is on course to grow faster than form Unidos Podemos (“Together We newspapers El Pais, El Mundo and Listed participants in yes- area. He has a treadmill, shower, most euro zone peers this year, by 2.7 Can”) in a bid to get more lawmak- ABC respectively. terday’s anniversary events microwave and sun lamp and MADRID: Spain’s two main left-wing percent. Unemployment still hovers ers elected to Spain’s 350-seat lower In December, Unidos Podemos included Patti Smith, Brian Eno, spends most of his day at his parties could come close to clinching at 21 percent, the second-highest rate house of parliament. won 71 seats and its gains would likely PJ Harvey, Noam Chomsky, Yanis computer. a combined parliamentary majority, in Europe, though jobs are returning, Thanks to strong backing among come at the expense of the Socialists, Varoufakis, Ai Weiwei, Vivienne He got a cat in May to give several opinion polls showed yester- propelled in part by a tourism boom. Spain’s crisis-hit poor, Unidos who are seen falling into third place Westwood, Michael Moore and him some company. Last month day, a week before the country votes But Spanish politicians worry a Podemos and the Socialists would with between 20 and 21.4 percent of Ken Loach. a Stockholm district court main- in its second election in six months. prolonged limbo will further alien- together come a lot closer than they the vote and between 78 and 85 seats, Croatian philosopher Srecko tained a European arrest warrant The June 26 election is expected ate voters, already unimpressed with did last time to reaching the abso- down from 90 last time. Horvat, an event organiser, said: against Assange, rejecting his to produce a similar outcome to their failed efforts to form a govern- lute majority of 176 seats, the polls The PP of acting Prime Minis- “We live in a critical time. We are lawyers’ request to have it lifted. December’s stalemate, when the ment, while the economy could start showed. ter Mariano Rajoy, meanwhile, is gathering all around the world on “The court considers that entry of new political forces ended to suffer if much-needed reforms to The two would still likely need the expected to once again win the most June 19 to speak out for Julian, Julian Assange is still suspected four decades of a two-party system further fix the labour market slip. backing of smaller parties, however, support, with between 20 and 30.5 because he has spoken out for of abuse ... and that there is still a and no single party gained enough Three separate polls published one of several potential obstacles to percent of the vote and 113 to 129 all of us.” risk that he will abscond or evade support to govern alone. yesterday found that a leftist alliance a deal as the Socialists have shunned seats. Veteran leftist film-maker justice,” it said in a statement. Policy and leadership divi- led by anti-austerity upstart Podemos backing from pro-independence But the centre-right party may Loach said Britain’s legal system Assange will appeal the rul- sions split potential allies in would make big gains and come a forces in the Catalonia region. still struggle to find potent enough was “being manipulated to keep ing, one of his Swedish lawyers, ensuing negotiations, yet a better strong second in the ballot behind Unidos Podemos would garner allies to allow it to retain power, a brave man in isolation” and that Per Samuelsson, told reporters. showing for left-wing contenders the centre-right People’s Party (PP), between 24.6 percent and 26 per- unless the Socialists change tack “all who care about freedom of “He is not surprised but very would increase their chances of form- leapfrogging the Socialists. cent of the vote and between 84 and and help support a PP-led minority information should demand that critical and angry,” he said. ing a government. Podemos, which came third in 95 parliamentary seats, according to government. AMERICAS MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 17 Crew make progress against Western fires

forecasters warned of extreme fire and western sides of the blaze. danger due to hot, dry weather and Evacuation orders remain in effect Gusty winds had winds that could gust up to 50 mph. for the community of Forestdale. The driven the flames No homes have been burned, but fire has burned nearly 19 square miles about 270 homes and ranches are at risk since Wednesday. through steep, and campgrounds are evacuated with Crews in Utah also made gains brushy canyons west flames only 2 miles from more densely against three wildfires in the south- populated coastal communities. ern part of the state. of Santa Barbara and In New Mexico, Governor Susana A 350-acre wildfire near Cedar forced closure of a Martinez directed the New Mexico City was 30 percent contained, but the National Guard to assist in securing blaze still threatened 20 structures major highway. communities affected by a mas- including homes and outbuildings, sive wildfire in the central part of officials said. the state. Guardsmen will be patrol- More than 1,200 firefighters AP ling and protecting evacuated homes attacked the California fire, which has from possible looting. They also will engulfed more than 12 square miles be called on to help with potential of mountain and agricultural lands. flooding. Overnight, crews nailed down lines LOS ANGELES: Firefighters battling The fire, which erupted in the on the fire’s west side, which hadn’t home-threatening wildfires in the Manzano Mountains south of Albu- moved for days, Santa Barbara County West were bracing for gusty winds querque, has burned more than 27 fire Captain Dave Zaniboni said. and scorching heat yesterday. square miles about 6 miles north- However, the eastern side of the They made progress by contain- west of Tajique since Tuesday and blaze was uncontrolled and virtually ing 45 percent of a four-day-old fire spread a pall of smoke as far as Den- inaccessible. in California coastal canyons after ver. The damage includes 24 homes Crews were relying on aircraft 40-mph “sundowner” winds failed and nearly as many structures near water drops and on cutting firebreaks to materialise. the small community of Chilili. ahead of the flames. They hoped to Those evening and night gusts The blaze is 9 percent contained. set backfires to stop the spread, Zani- A firefighting jet drops fire retardant at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California, yesterday. had driven the flames through steep, In Arizona, a fire southwest of boni said. brushy canyons west of Santa Bar- Show Low was 30 percent con- The battle had a deadline because could stir up the fire, Zaniboni told on it,” he added. Weekend fire dan- potentially record-shattering tem- bara on previous nights and forced tained. Firefighters beefed up “sundowner” winds gusting to 50 mph reporters yesterday. gers already were expected to peratures across the Southwest, the closure of a major highway. However, containment areas on the northern were expected to return and that “We’re far from having a handle worsen as a heat wave will bring officials said. One dead as gunmen storm Brazil hospital Macri stamps out symbols of leftist predecessors AP Rio de Janeiro police said. As many during the Olympic Games begin- The state declared a financial as 15 other gunmen were outside dur- ning August 5 and is the closest to the disaster on Friday largely because ing the attack, witnesses told police. famed Maracana Stadium, site of the revenues from oil royalties have Reuters ground in congressional elections Investigators were studying secu- opening ceremony. It’s also on a US plummeted as a result of low crude next year as a result, potentially RIO DE JANEIRO: A group of heavily- rity camera footage, and Rivaldo Embassy list of medical facilities rec- prices. The government wants more complicating the reform efforts and armed men stormed a Rio de Janeiro Barbosa, head of the state’s homi- ommended for travelers to the games. freedom to manage scarce resources making Macri all the more keen to hospital early yesterday to free a cide unit, said two of the assailants Brazilian media said the patient in areas of public safety, health care BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s cen- get rid of monuments to his ideolog- suspected drug trafficker, sparking had been identified. who died had been taken to the and education as it wraps up Olympic tre-right President Mauricio Macri ical opponents. a shootout with officers that left a “This was a carefully orchestrated downtown hospital by a friend, the projects and beefs up tourist services is taking down portraits and clos- While a new leader might redec- patient dead and a nurse and an off- attack,” Barbosa told reporters out- off-duty officer who was wounded during the games. ing museums and other tributes to orate in any country, Macri is waging duty policeman wounded. side the hospital. “It was a bold action along with the nurse. “People in our line of duty go his left-leaning predecessors, getting war on a movement that is partic- At least five attackers entered the that will not go unpunished. It is Fabio Melo, a sergeant guarding through these kinds of different expe- rid of their cultural legacies as well ularly replete with symbolism. Hospital Souza Aguiar to rescue the unacceptable.” the suspect in hospital, said he feels riences. Thank God I was not injured as their populist economic policies. Peronism has been Argentina’s main 28-year-old suspect, who was being Souza Aguiar is one of five hos- vulnerable to attacks as Rio de Janeiro and I was able to help my co-worker,” Since taking over for Cristina political force since the 1940s and treated there for a gunshot wound, pitals designated to treat tourists state is increasing officers’ shifts. Melo told reporters. Fernandez in December, Macri has images and references to Juan Perón removed sculptures of her late hus- and his glamorous wife Eva (Evita) band and former president Nestor are omnipresent. Kirchner and of Juan Perón, the After her husband died in 2010, Nurses at five namesake of Argentina’s most influ- then-president Fernandez sought Enthusiasm for Olympics ential political movement. to build a similar reverence for “Culture is crucial to building his 2003-07 rule. She had streets Minneapolis a political identity,” said sociolo- renamed and monuments built in gist Mercedes González Bracco of his honor, symbols Macri is trying hospitals state-run science agency Conicet. to dismantle as he steers the country “Macri’s party believes a makeover on a radically different, pro-mar- begin strike of the Kirchner style is needed.” ket course. Fernandez continues to be a for- Macri closed a room dedicated midable political opponent for Macri, to Kirchner in a local cultural cen- AP even as moderate Peronist factions tre and shut down a state-sponsored abandon her. Though she isolated science and entertainment centre the Argentina from capital markets couple inaugurated. Other monu- MINNEAPOLIS: About 4,800 and her nationalist polices spooked ments to Peronism, including a nurses at five Minneapolis-area investors, about a third of Argentines museum dedicated to the life of Evita hospitals began a weeklong strike remain loyal to her and say Macri that is a popular tourist attraction in yesterday over a contract impasse. will never be able to undo her legacy. Buenos Aires, remain open. Members of Minnesota Nurses Nostalgia for her government’s Macri did redesign a presiden- Association began striking at the generous subsidies, high employ- tial museum to downplay the legacy hospitals, all operated by Allina ment rates and social safety nets of Kirchner and Fernandez’s com- Health. The dispute is over Allina’s is growing as Macri’s austerity bined 12 years in power, however, effort to switch union nurses to same measures bite. A poll by consult- removing photos of the couple and health insurance plans as more than ant Management & Fit showed the a football uniform emblazoned with 30,000 other Allina employees who number of Argentines who view “100 percent K.” carry lower monthly premiums but Macri favourably fell 13 percent- “Half the museum was dedicated higher out-of-pocket costs. age points since December to 42.5 to the past and half to the Kirchners,” No new contract talks are A boy plays on the letters that spell the name Olympic City in Portuguese at Maua Plaza in Rio de percent. said historian Luciano de Privitellio, scheduled. The nurses’ current Janeiro, Brazil, yesterday. Fernandez’s allies could gain who helped remodel it. contract expired May 31. Union’s president, Mary Turner, said members would demonstrate for 12 hours a day outside each of the five hospitals: Abbott North- western in Minneapolis, Mercy in Tense scenes at Orlando victims’ funerals Coon Rapids, United in St Paul, Unity in Fridley, and the Phillips Eye Institute in Minneapolis. Allina plans to keep the facil- Reuters Kansas-based church stood silently US Federal Bureau of Investi- ities operating with replacement for about 45 minutes. They were gation agents on Friday questioned nurses. “All Allina Health hospitals blocked from view of those attending a member of the Florida mosque are open and caring for patients the funeral by about 200 counter- attended by Mateen, as new informa- during the strike,” Allina spokes- ORLANDO, FLORIDA: Funerals for protesters, some holding rainbow tion surfaced revealing the killer had man David Kanihan said yesterday. two of the 49 victims killed in the screens, who cheered when the West- exhibited chronic behavioral prob- Kanihan said initial transition shooting at a club in Florida were boro members left. lems during his youth. to replacement nurses has gone marked by tense scenes, as an impa- Authorities are still investigating Academic records showing smoothly, and hospitals were func- tient driver was accused of injuring what motivated Omar Mateen to kill Mateen was frequently suspended as a tioning as planned with patient two law enforcement officers, and 49 people at the popular club Pulse, student added to a disturbing portrait volumes consistent with normal another took place under the watch perpetrating deadliest mass shoot- of the long-troubled gunman. levels for a Sunday in June. of protesters. ing in modern US history. Mateen was Mateen, a 29-year-old private Nurses rejected Allina’s lat- Two Osceola County Sheriff’s dep- later killed in a shoot-out with police. security guard, has been described by est contract offer and authorised uties on motorcycles were injured at The shooting has sparked a new his first wife as an abusive, mentally a strike earlier this month, con- the funeral procession for Jean Carlos push for gun control legislation and disturbed man with a violent temper. tending the proposal would shift Mendez in Kissimmee, Florida, some Congress is expected to vote on pro- Others recalled Mateen, a US citi- too much of company’s health care 32 km south of Orlando, when a driver posals starting next week, including zen and Florida resident born in New costs to nurses. The company says cut through the cortege and struck one on stopping people on terrorism York to Afghan immigrants, as a quiet, the move would encourage more them with her car. watch lists from buying guns. socially awkward individual who kept Messages are written on a couch at a memorial on the road leading to frugal use of health care, cutting its The deputies were taken to the Democrats, including President largely to himself. Pulse club, in Orlando, Florida, yesterday. costs by $10m a year. Other issues hospital, where both were in stable Barack Obama, are framing gun The FBI has acknowledged inter- include nurse-to-patient staffing condition, said the sheriff’s spokes- restrictions as a national security viewing Mateen in 2013 and 2014 for Authorities have said Mateen various Islamist militant groups. ratios and workplace safety. On woman Twis Lizasuain. issue after Mateen professed loyalty suspected ties to Islamist militant paused a number of times during his US officials have said his second pay, Allina is offering nurses 2 per- At the funeral of another victim, to Islamist militants. But authorities groups but concluded he posed no three-hour siege at the Pulse club to wife, Noor Salman, had known his cent wage increases in each of three Christopher Leinonen, at a church believe he was “self-radicalised” and threat. Still, evidence in the Orlando place cell phone calls to emergency plans to carry out the attack and a years. The union has proposed 3 close to the centre of Orlando, a acted without any direction from out- case points to a crime at least inspired 911 dispatchers and to post inter- federal grand jury was convened to percent raises in each of those years. handful of protesters from the side networks. by extremist ideology. net messages professing support for decide whether to charge Salman. 18 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 AMERICAS Trump hits out Immigration at detractors agency arrests dozens in Kansas

WICHITA, Kansas: Federal within party immigration authorities recently arrested doz- ens of people in Kansas and Missouri as part of a “I thought they already tried that.” monthlong operation. Trump pushed back against US Immigration and Trump referred such efforts several times dur- Customs Enforcement to “an insurgent ing his speech, claiming they were says in a release that the somehow “illegal” and then dis- agency arrested 31 peo- group” trying to missing them as a media-generated ple in Kansas and 34 deny him delegates fabrication. in Missouri. The agency at the party’s July “It’s all made up by the press,” said 39 people were also he said. “It’s a hoax, I’m telling you.” arrested on both sides of convention. While Trump dismisses the effort the state line in the Kan- as invented, more Republicans in sas City area. Congress are saying they will not Of the arrests made in attend the party convention and are Missouri, 28 people had AP not endorsing his candidacy. Mean- been convicted of crimes Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets people in the crowd at a campaign rally in Phoenix, while, a movement exists among including domestic bat- some conservative delegates and Arizona, yesterday. tery and larceny. operatives to change party rules to LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump railed allow a different nominee, though it’s nor another former rival, Senator Ted know, life is like a two-way street.” to put up with it,” Trump told support- yesterday against efforts by some a longshot effort lacking sufficient Cruz, has endorsed Trump. Trump’s event drew several thou- ers after erroneously blaming the TSA. Farmer probed frustrated Republicans planning a backing and a candidate to offer up Trump has continued to face sand people, but many seats remained “They didn’t bring enough machines.” last-ditch effort to try to thwart him at an alternative. resistance from Republicans who empty when Trump began speaking In rally in Phoenix, the media- in death of from becoming the party’s nominee, Indeed, Trump wondered aloud have voiced increasing concern over because of security screening delays. minded real estate developer bragged threatening at one point to stop fun- who his opponents would pick as his inflammatory rhetoric. And he Even after he took the stage, the line of about the number of magazines that 20 people draising if Republicans don’t rally a replacement, a problem that has appeared increasingly frustrated, supporters circled the slot machines. have placed him on their covers in around him. plagued the “Never Trump” move- saying, “It would be helpful if the Tourists watched the crowds with recent months. “I feel like a super- BOGOTA: Colombian Speaking at a theatre at the ment for months. “Who are they Republicans could help us a little bit.” amusement. model, except like times 10,” he said. authorities said a farmer Treasure Island hotel on the Las going to pick? I beat everybody. But The billionaire businessman also Trump mistakenly blamed the “I’m a supermodel.” being investigated for Vegas strip, Trump referred to “an I don’t mean beat — I beat the hell threatened that, if Republicans don’t delays on the Transportation Secu- Trump has also stepped up his the disappearance of a insurgent group” trying to deny out of them,” he said. come together, he was prepared to stop rity Administration, which sometimes criticism of President Barack Obama woman has confessed to him delegates at the party’s July At one point in his speech, Trump fundraising and go back to largely self- handles audience screening but was in the wake of the Orlando club killing 20 people, includ- convention. asserted without offering evidence funding his campaign. not involved in screening at the Treas- shooting. In Las Vegas, he told sup- ing his wife and two “Now you have a couple of guys that former rival Jeb Bush and a “I’d love to do it,” said Trump, who ure Island hotel. Security, metro police porters: “If you think Orlando was children as well as miss- that were badly defeated and they’re second Republican whom he did has been holding fundraisers across and the Secret Service were handling the end of it with this weak attitude ing person. trying to organise maybe like a lit- not name were part of the move- the county largely benefiting the those efforts at the Las Vegas event. and this pathetic president we have, The Attorney General’s tle bit of a delegate revolt,” he said. ment opposing him. Neither Bush Republican National Committee. “You “I’m not happy about it, but I have it wasn’t, folks.” Office says the man was arrested at his farm in the northeastern munic- ipality of Guarne, about 25km from Medellin. Luiz ‘Statue quo’ Hackers divert $50m in blow Gonzalez, an official with prosecutors’ office iden- tified the man as Jaime to virtual currency: NYT Ivan Martinez.

AFP In recent months, however, People flee computer scientists had indi- cated that vulnerabilities existed homes in ‘El in the project’s code, the Times NEW YORK: Hackers have diverted reported. Chapo’ area more than $50m in digital currency Programmers in New York were from an experimental fund meant to debating whether to simply change MEXICO CITY: Authorities demonstrate that such money is safe the code so that the money could be said people living in the for use, according to the New York recuperated, or whether such med- northern Mexican state of Times report. dling broke with the project’s basic Sinaloa where drug king- The sum was stolen from a tenets. pin Joaquin “El Chapo” project called the Decentralised “I recognise that there are very Guzman was born are Autonomous Organisation (DAO), heavy arguments on both the sides, fleeing their homes out of which had collected the money in and that either direction would fear of violent clashes and Ether, a form of currency similar to have seen very heavy opposition,” attacks by armed groups. Bitcoin the NYT reported. Vitalik Buterin, the founder and State deputy prose- The hacking, which siphoned lead programmer on the Ethereum cutor Jesus Martin Robles off a third of the project’s dig- project, which hosts Ether, said on said several communities ital money, is likely to doom the Reddit. are affected in the Barid- investor-funded project, the Times The hack sent the price of Ether aguato where Guzman reported. plunging. was born. Baridaguato Blockchain, the technology Similarly, Bitcoin took a hard hit Mayor Mario Valenzuela that drives cryptocurrency such after the Tokyo-based Mt Gox trad- has told local media as Ether, has recently been gain- ing exchange declared bankruptcy that about 150 families ing traction in the world of finance, early in 2014 due to a fortune in recently fled their homes. A contestant performs during a living statue contest in San Salvador, El Salvador, yesterday. where it could one day prove digital currency vanishing or being potentially useful. stolen.

Alligator victim’s Software unveiled to tackle In law’s clutches kin overwhelmed by support online extremism and violence

Reuters AFP diffuse violent and gruesome con- drowning videos, the torture videos... tent and recruit people for attacks. should be removed.” “We think this is the techno- Farid, who also spoke on the FLORIDA: The parents of a logical solution to combat online call, said he believes the new sys- 2-year-old boy snatched away and WASHINGTON: A software tool extremism,” said Mark Wallace, tem would be an effective tool for drowned by an alligator in Flor- unveiled aims to help online firms chief executive of the organisation companies that must now manually ida have been “overwhelmed with quickly find and eliminate extrem- that includes former diplomats and review each complaint on objection- the support and love” that have ist content used to spread and incite public officials from the United States able content. poured in since the tragedy cap- violence and attacks. and other countries. “We are simply developing a tured national attention, the family The Counter Extremism Project, The group proposed creation of technology that allows companies said in a statement. a non-government group based in an independent “National Office for to accurately and effectively enforce The alligator grabbed the boy Washington, proposed its software Reporting Extremism” that would their terms of service,” Farid said. while his family relaxed on the be used in a system similar to one operate in a similar fashion to the “They do it anyway, but it’s slow.” shore nearby. The parents tried to used to prevent the spread on online child abuse centre—identifying and Farid said he developed the soft- save the child but were unable to child abuse. flagging certain content to enable ware with a grant from Microsoft, free him from the alligator’s grip. The software was developed by online firms to automatically remove and that he and the Counter Extrem- “Melissa and I continue to Dartmouth University computer scien- it. This system, if adopted by Internet ism Project would work to provide it deal with loss of our beloved boy, tist Hany Farid, who also worked on the firms, “would go a long way to mak- to online companies. Lane, and are overwhelmed with PhotoDNA system now widely used by ing sure than online extremist is no The system is based on “robust the support and love we have Internet companies to stop the spread longer pervasive,” Wallace said dur- hashing” or finding so-called digital received,” father Matt Graves said. of content showing physical exploita- ing a conference call with journalists. signatures of content of text, images, “We understand the public’s tion or abuse involving children. He said it could be useful in stop- audio and video that can be tracked interest, but as we move forward, But social media firms have yet to ping the “viral” spread of videos of to enable platforms to identify and we ask for and appreciate the pri- commit to using the tool for extremist beheadings and killings such as those stop content from being posted or vacy we need to lay our son to rest. content, and some are sceptical about produced by the Islamic State group. reposted. Argentinian Ibar Perez Corradi (centre), wanted for drug trafficking Neither Melissa, myself or anyone it, according to an industry source. Wallace said he expects “robust “The technology has been devel- and murder in his country, arrives at the Paraguayan city of Luque from our family will be speaking The announcement comes amid debate” on what is acceptable con- oped, it has been tested and we are in after being apprehended at the border shared by Argentina, Brazil publicly; we simply cannot at this growing concerns about radical tent but added that “I think we could the final stages of engineering to get time,” he said. jihadists using social networks to agree that the beheading videos, the it ready for deployment,” Farid said. “ and Paraguay, yesterday.

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ONLINE CHART BUST Have fun with Brooks and Dunn Acclaimed Aussie filmmaker Paul www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Cox dies at 76 MOST READ AP

Hezbollah, Syrian regime forces BRISBANE: Award-winning Australian 1 clash in Aleppo filmmaker Paul Cox has died, the Aus- tralian Directors Guild said yesterday. He Turkish army destroys Islamic State was 76. 2 targets in Syria’s north The guild did not disclose the cause of death, but Cox said last year that his trans- Qatar slams mention of its name planted liver had cancer. 3 in Egypt court verdict He wrote and directed the 2015 movie “Force of Destiny,” starring David Wen- ham, which follows the journey of a man who finds love while waiting for a life- TWEET OF THE DAY saving liver transplant. The film was loosely based on Cox’s own cancer battle before a transplant in 2009 pulled him back from the brink. His early features, “Lonely Hearts” in 1981, “Man of Flowers” in 1983 and “My First Wife” in 1984 were acclaimed in Aus- tralia and internationally. His documentaries included “Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh” in 1987, and “The Diaries of Vaslav Nijin- Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks and Dunn perform during the second day of 2016 Windy City sky” in 2001. Cox was born on April 16, 1940, in Venlo, in the southeast Nether- LakeShake Country Music Festival at First Merit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island Chicago, yesterday. lands, and migrated to Australia in 1965 as a professional photographer. Christo’s ‘walk on water’ artwork rained off INSTAGRAM OF THE DAY AFP orange fabric floating atop Lake Iseo project, you need to go there (to under- was first conceived in 1970 but has Nasser bin on Saturday evening, after wind and stand it),” Christo said Thursday of the taken until now to come to fruition. Saleh Al rain made it unstable. The walkways project called “The Floating Piers” Others sunbathed on the pontoons Attiyah swaps ISEO, ITALY: Thousands of people were expected to reopen later on Sat- which is open to the public from June while braver souls dived head first into the deserts stepped out onto artist Christo Vladimi- urday night, although storms forecast 18 to July 3. “The Floating Piers” cost Iseo’s dark green water. for the river rov Javacheff’s latest work in northern for yesterday could see them shut again. ¤15m ($16.7m) to create but will be open “It’s like being on a boat, it sways, beds of the Italy on Saturday, seizing the chance Earlier, the most eager fans of to the public for free, day and night, and it’s fun,” Agata, 12, told Italian media. Italian Baja this to “walk on water” until bad weather Christo, as he is universally known, is expected to attract 500,000 visitors Her family had driven overnight weekend in forced the evacuation of the floating spent the night camped out to be the by the time it closes. from Bergamo to arrive at the instal- his Overdrive walkway. first to step onto the three kilometre- Several of the first visitors to expe- lation in time for dawn. Racing Toyota Hilux. Organisers ordered the tempo- long runway that connects the village rience the Bulgarian-born US artist’s The number of visitors reached rary evacuation of the walkway of of Sulzano to the small island of Monte brainchild removed their shoes to better a peak after lunch with a long queue 200,000 floating cubes covered in Isola on the lake. “It’s a very physical appreciate the “physical project” that snaking toward the project’s entrance. Garangao activities galore

Continued from page 1 why Garangao is celebrated. Singing readings on the Pearl at a tradi- competition and a magician for the tional tent setting at Souq Al Medina This year, families have got entertainment of children followed in Medina Centrale’s indoor arena. added enjoyment with wide vari- with free gifts for all kids. Attendees also had an opportunity eties of celebrations, hosted by Event manager Abdullah Al to use of the henna corners, face several organisations, marking the Khater said: These activities are painting stations, inflatable slides occasion unique of its kind. especially designed to interact with and bouncing castles. Snacks and Aspire zone –at Fareej “Ram- kids and families. The last night was treats were offered. Children were dan Family Village” celebrated designed to celebrate Garangao. The also given the chance to go around Garangao with a special storytell- logistics were given by Aspire Zone various restaurants in Medina Cent- ing session, a short film screening, and we successfully pulled off an rale to receive Garangao goodie bags, singing traditional songs and a dis- event of nine days. We hope to cele- accompanied by a Musaher, the tra- tribution of Garangao gifts. Nine brate Ramadan with more eagerness ditional suhoor drummer. days of celebration of Ram- next year. Souq Waqif welcomed every- adan ends with the celebration of Katara Cultural Village hosted a one to the celebration of Garangao Garangao. “scavenger hunt” for children yes- in Souq Waqif, hosted by Sout Al Head of Events Lolwa Al Marri terday, started at 8pm and lasted till Rayyan, yesterday from 7pm until said this is the second year we are 11pm for kids to find Garangao gifts 11:45pm. Souq Waqif Art Center celebrating Ramadan with the same near the amphitheatre area. Chil- celebrated Garangao creative excitement as last year. dren were lined up to start at one activities yesterday from 8pm until This year we have placed stalls location and walk through Katara 11pm. Ramadan lantern was also to promote Qatari youth to promote from one gift collection point to included in the event. In addition to their business which they run on another. There will be various this, greeting cards were issued and “instagram”. They can now sell their events happening at each collec- painted names on T-shirts. Ezdan dresses and food here. We have tion point, and refreshments will Mall will celebrate Garangao next booth for free photography, henna be offered. week on June 24 from 8pm to 11pm corners and face paintings. There is United Development Company on the basement floor, near Voda- a theatre for the kids to understand hosted a night of stories and Qur’an fone’s store. Pic: Salim M, Kammutty VP, Baher A and Abdul B / The Peninsula www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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UAE banks NBAD and FGB Gaza solar energy confirm merger talks

lenders by assets, said each had Dhabi’s aspiration to become a major Analysts said an formed a working group to “review financial centre, said a government the commercial potential along with source. NBAD-FGB tie-up any legal and structural aspects of a The emirate is launching a finan- could mark the merger or combination”. The groups cial free zone, Abu Dhabi Global would provide recommendations to Market, to attract foreign investment. start of a wave of their respective boards of directors. A merger between NBAD and consolidation in the Many analysts said that in the FGB would create a bank with assets absence of details of how and when worth around Dhs627bn ($171bn), UAE banking sector. the merger might take place, buying according to figures they gave for the stocks in response to the merger the first quarter of 2016. news was risky. That would exceed the first- Reuters “Shareholders have nothing to quarter assets of the region’s current gain, in our view,” wrote analysts at largest bank by assets, Qatar National HSBC, adding that any share swap Bank (QNB), which had 550 billion ABU DHABI: Shares in National to pay for a merger could dilute the riyals ($150bn) at the end of the Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and First value of holdings in both banks. first quarter. Still, last week QNB A general view shows solar energy panels at a solar plant in Gaza City. An increasing number of solar Gulf Bank (FGB) soared yesterday But local investors welcomed the completed acquisition of Turkey’s panels are being installed in the Gaza Strip as the need at public institutions such as schools and after they confirmed discussing a idea of an Abu Dhabi mega bank, Finansbank, which could keep it hospitals is becoming more urgent due to regular power cuts. possible merger to create what would pushing NBAD shares up their 15 per- ahead. be one of the largest banks in the cent daily limit on Sunday while FGB Due diligence for a merger could Middle East and Africa. rocketed 11.5 percent. take six months and full integration a Both banks have close links to the Shares in other Abu Dhabi banks further 12 to 18 months, EFG Hermes Abu Dhabi government, which has also climbed on speculation that they said in a research note. been cutting costs and restructur- might eventually be involved in an It said FGB would probably be South Korea and India launch Korea Plus ing its assets to increase efficiency M&A wave. absorbed into NBAD which had a as low oil prices slash its revenues. NBAD is 70 percent owned by the larger asset base, or the two might Analysts said an NBAD-FGB tie- Abu Dhabi Investment Council, and become subsidiaries of a new hold- up could mark the start of a wave FGB is controlled by members of the ing company -- a model used in IANS and Industry Minister Nirmala enterprises entering the Indian of consolidation in the United Arab emirate’s royal family. That means neighbouring Dubai in 2007 when Sitharaman. market for the first time, looking Emirates banking sector, which is that if there is political will to com- Emirates Bank International and Korea Plus, operationalised on into issues faced by Korean com- crowded with more than 50 banks plete the merger, it will be easily National Bank of Dubai combined Saturday, comprises a represent- panies doing business in India and squeezed by lower government accomplished, said an Abu Dhabi- to form Emirates NBD, Dubai’s big- NEW DELHI: In a bid to promote and ative from the Korean Ministry of and policy advocacy to the Indian spending and tougher global capi- based investment banker with a gest bank. facilitate South Korean investments Industry, Trade and Energy and also government on their behalf, a state- tal rules. foreign institution. NBAD, known for its strong in India, India and South Korea on representative from Korea Trade ment said. Reuters, quoting sources aware of “Size does matter in banking, wholesale banking operations, Saturday launched Korea Plus initi- Investment and Promotion Agency Korea Plus will act as a mediator the matter, had reported on Thursday be it for lending or deposits, future reported a 10.7 percent year-on-year ative here, an official statement said. (KOTRA) and three representatives in arranging meetings, assisting in that the two banks were in prelimi- expansion, limits on exposure to sin- fall in net profit to Dhs1.27bn in the The special initiative was from Invest India. public relations and research/eval- nary talks on a merger. gle borrowers...as well as to support three months to March 31, while FGB, launched by South Korean Trade, The mandate of the initiative uation, provide information and In the statement, the banks, Abu the economy,” he said. which is strong in consumer lending, Industry and Energy Minister Joo covers the entire investment spec- counselling in regard to Korean com- Dhabi’s largest and third largest A larger bank would help Abu reported a 6 percent fall to Dhs1.33bn. Hyunghwan and Indian Commerce trum including supporting Korean panies’ investing in India. Qatar most resilient economy in region: Expert Egypt Orange offered

By Mohammad Shoeb maintain the pace of economic innovative products and services to 4G licence for $399m The Peninsula growth.” our customers, especially corporate Commenting about the impact customers and traders by preparing of dwindling energy prices on the documents and payment related banking sector, he said that Mashreq, services.” Reuters companies already operating in DOHA: Despite the impact of sig- being one of the oldest banking serv- Headquarters in Dubai, Mashreq Egypt. nificant crude oil prices decline and ices providers in the country, has seen is one of the UAE’s leading financial The reforms will allow Egypt’s global economic slowdown, Qatar good times and less good times over institutions. It has a strong retail land-line monopoly Telecom Egypt stood as the most resilient economy the last 44 years of its presence in the and corporate banking presence CAIRO: Orange Egypt said yester- (TE) to enter the mobile phone mar- in the region. The market continues country, and the bank is committed throughout the Arabian Gulf with day that Egypt’s telecommunications ket directly while allowing mobile offering the best opportunities of to bringing the “best of both worlds— branches in many countries, including regulator had asked it to pay 3.54bn operators to offer fixed line serv- business and investment, said a top domestic and international” to Qatar. Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain. It is Egyptian pounds ($399m) for a ices, ending its domination of the official of Mashreq bank. Having operations in many coun- known as one of the most innovative licence to offer fourth-generation sector. “Qatar may have shelved or tries, the Bank is bringing expertise banks in the region, with a strong mobile phone services. TE, which is majority owned merged some of the projects due to to Qatar. Apart from serving 40,000 customer-centric business approach. The regulator had asked it to by the government, said yester- decline in energy prices, but the mas- customers through its 400 qualified Continuing its legacy of pay 100 million Egyptian pounds day it had also been granted a 4G sive investments in infrastructure staff and five branches strategically innovation in digital banking, to acquire a fixed-line licence and licence. It was not clear how much development on the part of the gov- located across the country, it also Mashreq , a few weeks ago, launched 1.8bn pounds to offer interna- TE, which does not offer its own ernment for building roads, hospitals, helps companies financing outside biometric security for mobile banking tional calls, Orange Egypt said in a mobile services but does own a stake education centres, modern transport Qatar. in Qatar, allowing its customers to use statement. in Vodafone Egypt, would pay for the system, industrial parks, warehouses, “We are organising structures their fingertips as password. Orange Egypt said it was looking new spectrum. stadiums and other facilities in the for companies something that others The advanced fingerprint into the licence offers and had yet to “This move will enable TE run-up to 2022 Fifa games and the don’t do. For example, if there is a recognition technology has generated make a decision. to fulfil our long awaited goal of Qatar National Vision 2030, is offer- very big project and an individual huge response. Egypt is selling the 4G licences becoming a total telecommunica- ing a lot of opportunities,” Henk Jan cannot do it alone, Mashreq The upgraded mobile banking as part of a long-awaited plan to tions operator, by offering mobile Hoogendoorn (pictured), Country syndicates a transaction by bringing “There is a very strange situation. App also offers the unique and reform the country’s telecoms sec- services,” TE CEO Tamer Gadalla Head of Mashreq, told The Penin- banks and financers from outside Banks are required to pay more on innovative Card-less Cash withdrawal tor and the regulator has confirmed said in a statement. sula recently. Qatar,” Henk said. deposits, and the prices of loans are service, which allows Mashreq that it approached the three com- It was not clear what would hap- Henk added: “In addition, the pri- However, he noted that the banks not going up the same way. So banks’ customers to send a transfer code to panies that currently offer mobile pen to the Vodafone Egypt stake if vate sector investments in developing in general are facing a challenging profit margins are under pressure. any mobile number in Qatar, 24/7. services about buying them. TE begins offering mobile services shopping malls, retail businesses, time due to tightened liquidity. As a So we are not dependent only on The recipient need not have a bank Telecom Minister Yasser al- directly. Under previous reform healthcare, education and other result most of the banks are focusing interest margins… We have other account and can withdraw cash from Qadi told television channel CBC plans, which have since been facilities to meet the rising demand on developing other streams of products such as organising deals any Mashreq ATM in the country last month that Egypt was planning scrapped, TE would have had to dis- of the growing population also help revenues to deal with the situation. and generating fees by providing using the transfer code. to offer high-speed 4G licences to pose of its stake. 22 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS Anger grows over agrochemical mega-mergers

against a national champion acquiring NGO Grain. She expressed concern maintain funding for research and immediate reality,” said Carlos Marin, of mergers could be just a prelude to a producer of genetically-modified the mergers would put “too much development into innovative products, member of a group of over 2,000 agrochemical companies being picked Three giants born of seeds and Roundup, the world’s power at the top of the food chain in others are calling for the mergers to agricultural businesses. by tractor manufacturers, which have these mergers will leading but also controversial the hands of several company boards”. be blocked. On the contrary, he noted much higher sales. weedkiller that is suspected of being In Germany, Annemarie Volling of “Seed costs are the highest input pesticide and fertiliser costs have The purchase of Bayer-Monsanto control two-thirds of a carcinogen. Meanwhile ChemChina the AbL group of small and medium- expense for farmers,” National been decreasing in recent months. would be of interest to a company like the global market for is tying the knot with Swiss-based sized farmers worries that after such Farmers Union president Roger In France, the cooperative group John Deere as both agrochemical Syngenta, and US companies Dow mergers “the big players will decide Johnson said in a statement last InVivo, which holds about half of groups and equipment manufacturers seeds and pesticides. and DuPont are also finishing themselves which sorts of seeds will month. the market for the distribution of have been moving towards providing wedding plans. The three giants born go on the market”. “While some of the cost can be pesticides, believes it is large enough data services to farmers for “precision of these mergers will control two- “For the moment there are no GM attributed to more sophisticated to hold its own in price negotiations agriculture”. A mash of precise data thirds of the global market for seeds crops in Europe, but the question is technology, we have seen time and with the agrochemical giants. And on soil conditions, often gleaned in AFP and pesticides, two key products for whether Bayer will dare to try it,” she again that consolidation and market “there are new suppliers arriving on part from satellites, plus GPS guided farming. said. restructuring has increased the cost the market, in particular with generic application of pesticides or water, can As competition regulators in Large farmers and cooperatives of crop inputs.” versions of pesticides, where there is help boost yields while cutting costs. Europe and the United States weigh in Germany are so far less engaged. With the current low prices a frenzy of competition,” said Jean- “I don’t think any farmers feel PARIS: Three mega-mergers in the the mergers, non-governmental “It isn’t an issue at all, the farmers for food commodities, “additional Sebastien Bailleux, who heads up the very good about having so much agrochemical sector, including Bayer organisations and advocates of have other concerns at the moment”, cost increases for crop inputs could agricultural supplies unit at InVivo. of their input controlled by so few and Monsanto, have raised concerns small-scale farming are voicing their such as the fall in milk prices, said cripple a lot of family farms in this But Pat Mooney, director of the companies,” said Mooney, noting among farmers who fear higher prices concerns. Holger Brantsch of the Brandenburg country”, he warned. In Argentina, a Canadian NGO ETC, called it “short concerns voiced by several farm and consumers more genetically- “Wherever you set the bar to Agricole Federation. “It doesn’t big customer for GM seeds for corn, term thinking by any company ... groups. modified food. define an oligopoly it’s clear that the interest them at the moment.” soybeans and cotton, there is a wait- to think they can face the pressure “They’d be much more nervous if Even before Bayer successfully mergers will further reduce choice While some sympathetic US farm and-see attitude. themselves”. John Deere was coming in, because woos US-based Monsanto, German for farmers, especially in southern groups see the mergers as a means “While the scenario of price And he believes the pressure could it’s a much bigger company than civil society has erupted in protest countries,” said Renee Vellvee of the for their suppliers to cut costs and hegemony is likely, it isn’t the be even greater as the current crop Monsanto,” he added.

Iran finalises deal to buy 100 IMF revives recession Boeing airliners warning for Britain Reuters

DUBAI: Iran has reached a deal over Brexit vote to buy 100 planes from US plane- maker Boeing, and the two sides are awaiting approval by US Treasury authorities, the head of Iran’s Civil Bloomberg Aviation Organisation said in remarks published by state media yesterday. So far, Boeing has only been granted permission to present its LONDON: The International Mon- products to IranAir and a handful of etary Fund weighed in once more other airlines as it tries to catch up with its thoughts on Britain’s refer- with Europe’s Airbus, which won a endum, warning the UK could slide provisional deal earlier this year for into a recession if it quits the Euro- 118 jets worth $27bn. pean Union. Reuters reported on June 6 that In a 64-page document, the Wash- Iran was edging towards a historic ington-based fund said that the size of agreement to buy jetliners from Boe- the hit would depend on a multitude of ing for the first time since the 1979 factors, though its overall assessment Islamic Revolution and that a deal is that the UK. “would likely be worse for more than 100 aircraft could be off economically in the long run.” reached fairly soon. The IMF also warned of a “Of the 250 (passenger) planes An Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane sitting on the tarmac of the domestic Mehrabad airport in the potential credit squeeze if liquidity to fill a hole in the public finances. in Iran, 230 have to be replaced,” Ali Iranian capital Tehran. markets dry up, which could stymie “While recognizing that this Abedzadeh, the head of Iran’s Civil spending and investment. The Bank choice is for U.K. voters to make and Aviation Organisation, told the state- implementation of the deal before is to be signed between the two sides quantity of US-built parts. of England has moved to preempt that their decisions will reflect both run daily newspaper Iran, adding that an authorisation is issued by the US after the license has been obtained.” In comments about the Airbus this with additional auctions to make economic and non-economic fac- a written agreement had been signed Treasury Department. He said Boeing In January, IranAir agreed in to purchases, Abedzadeh told the Iran funds available to banks before and tors, directors agreed that the net with Boeing to buy 100 aircraft. had submitted an official request to buy 118 jets worth $27bn at list prices newspaper “The final obstacle in this after the vote. economic effects of leaving the EU Abedzadeh said that no pre- the US Treasury for a final permit for from Airbus. The deal was conditional area are only the permits from the US The IMF delayed publication would likely be negative and sub- cise timeline could be given for the the plane sales and “the final contract on US export licenses because of the Treasury Department.” of the report by a day after cam- stantial,” the organization said. paigning in the referendum was The intervention is not the first halted following the fatal shooting from the IMF, which has issued of Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox on several warnings on the potential Thursday. Speaking on Friday, Man- impact of Brexit. Lagarde has also aging Director Christine Lagarde defended the organization’s stance, Saudi regulator bars Deloitte from audit work (pictured) said her thoughts were saying that officials are “just doing with Cox’s family and friends. our job” in presenting their analysis. In its report, the IMF presented The BOE and the Treasury have Reuters long-running case involving its executives to prison terms, includ- CMA suspended it shares over the forecasts for “limited” and “adverse” also issued referendum-related fore- work for troubled Saudi contractor ing founder Mohammad Al-Mojil losses after it over-extended itself Brexit scenarios. In the worse situa- casts, and all have been criticized Mohammed al-Mojil Group (MMG). and his son Adel Al-Mojil, the firm’s trying to take advantage of a con- tion, it sees growth slowing sharply by the pro-Brexit lobby for scare- RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s market reg- The CMA previously suspended chairman, for misrepresenting the struction boom in the kingdom. this year and the economy shrink- mongering. “Leave” campaigners ulator said it had barred the local Deloitte from doing auditing work company’s value. In an emailed statement, the ing 0.8 percent in 2017. The impact have also accused the IMF of a poor unit of New York-based account- for listed firms in the kingdom for Both men are to serve five years Mojil family denied wrongdo- would see the economy 5.6 percent track record for failing to predict ancy firm Deloitte & Touche from two years while the case was pend- in prison, it said. A third executive ing and said they would appeal smaller by 2019 compared with a past events such as the 2008 finan- providing accounting services in the ing, beginning June 1, 2015. The received a three-year sentence, but the committee’s decision, calling baseline forecast, while unemploy- cial crisis. kingdom for two years for breaching judicial committee did not yet spec- was not named. The committee had the investigative process “defec- ment would rise above 6 percent and In the long run, much of the eco- rules on accumulated losses. ify the date when the new and more further ordered MMG to pay SR1.6bn tive from the start.” They allege the the deficit would be wider. nomic impact would depend on what The move by the Capital Mar- extensive suspension would begin. ($427m) for “illegal profits” and men were not given an opportunity IMF officials said that a perma- could be negotiated after a vote to ket Authority’s (CMA) Committee Deloitte did not respond to imposed a separate fine of SR2.7m, to respond to certain of the evidence nent hit to output would probably leave, the IMF said. There would be for the Resolution of Securities Dis- requests for comment. according to the statement. used against them and question the mean deeper austerity. Chancellor of direct negative effects from reduced putes stepped up penalties already The committee had on Thurs- MMG has not traded on the Saudi CMA’s methodology for determin- the Exchequer George Osborne has trade access, as the country would imposed on Deloitte over a day also sentenced three MMG bourse since July 2012, when the ing the company’s real share value. said an emergency budget would be be unlikely to quickly establish required within two months of a Brexit agreements with other countries. Australia taxes foreign home buyers as property prices soar

AFP respond to a perception about housing In response, the New South Wales, buyers and as the local dollar weak- offshore owners to sell properties research head Cameron Kusher said. affordability and the impact of foreign Victoria and Queensland state gov- ened against other currencies. after tightening regulations. Meanwhile, there are question investment on that,” KPMG Australia’s ernments have introduced or are set The proposed tax in Sydney’s New Housing affordability, and the role marks about whether current data indirect tax specialist Michelle Ben- to slap new property and land taxes South Wales state to be announced of property investors, has also been adequately captures the full extent SYDNEY: Sydney is imposing new nett told AFP. on foreign buyers, sparking an out- this week would be only four percent, a key battleground ahead of national of foreign investment in Australian taxes on foreigners buying homes as “(Politicians) are raising money cry from developers fearful that they in Queensland it is three percent and elections on July 2. real estate, with some statistics not concerns grow that a flood of mostly from people who aren’t voting, so will flee to other markets such as New in Victoria seven percent. But with housing prices appear- delineating between commercial and Chinese investors is crowding out superficially you can understand Zealand and Canada. The island continent experi- ing to be coming off the boil and the residential property purchases. locals and killing the “Great Austral- that it’s possibly not bad politics,” “It is very bad. Without the Chi- enced an average 7.25 percent annual economy transitioning away from a In one estimate, University of Syd- ian Dream” of owning property. she added, but warned the measures nese nothing would ever get built,” housing growth over the past three mining boom, analysts say the state ney researchers last year said offshore Ownership rates across the could be a “blunt instrument” that the country’s richest man and head decades according to the central taxes could backfire. Chinese purchases only totalled two country are among the highest in could hurt the market. of prominent developer Meriton, bank, attracting Chinese investment “It’ll have ramifications down the percent of all transactions in 2014 out developed nations, with having your Last year, leading apartment devel- “high-rise” Harry Triguboff told The into commercial and residential real track when the market goes through a of overall residential home sales of own house long viewed as a key oper Lend Lease sold out more than Australian Financial Review this estate. pretty significant downturn in terms Aus$270 billion, the Sydney Morning aspect of Australian identity. Aus$600 million (US$445 million) week. “Never mind the bullshit stories, Chinese invested Aus$4.2bn in of construction and developers are Herald reported. But as prices rise to record levels worth of new units in Sydney’s Darling sales volumes have already dropped 2011-12, rising to Aus$24.3bn in 2014- finding it hard to get projects going,” Despite the new tax hurdles, -- Sydney is ranked only second to Harbour in under five hours, with The and prices are coming down stead- 15 according to Australia’s Foreign BIS Shrapnel’s managing director Kusher expects long-term Chinese Hong Kong as major cities with the Australian Financial Review reporting ily. The Chinese buyers are already Investment Review Board, making Robert Mellor told AFP. housing investment to continue. world’s least-affordable housing -- that one-third of buyers were foreign. disappearing.” them the largest overseas buyers. Signs of a softening housing mar- “The people that are buying for new potential homeowners have been Lend Lease said the sale broke Analysts say Australia is an But foreign investment -- includ- ket could also be why states appear the long-term... maybe at some point increasingly forced out of the market local records but such reports have appealing market particularly after ing in local firms and agricultural land to be trying to “grab some revenue to migrate to Australia, I don’t think with foreigners blamed as a key factor. also fuelled calls for government Hong Kong and Singapore introduced -- is politically sensitive and last year while it’s on offer”, leading property it would act as too much of a deter- “The governments want to action to protect Australian buyers. a 15 percent property tax on non-local the national government forced some data provider CoreLogic’s Australia rent for them,” he said. BUSINESS MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 23

QE INDICES SUMMARY QATAR STOCK EXCHANGE QE Index 9,805.61 0.14 % QE Total Return Index 15,864.83 0.14 % QE Al Rayan Islamic Index 3,806.88 0.12 % QE All Share Index 2,734.15 0.12 % QE All Share Banks & Financial Services 2,647.41 0.23 % QE All Share Industrials 3,036.02 0.16 % QE All Share Transportation 2,469.53 0.44 % QE All Share Real Estate 2,445.79 0.39 % QE All Share Insurance 3,995.92 0.35 % QE All Share Telecoms 1,114.56 0.95 % QE All Share Consumer Goods & Services 6,376.47 0.37 %

QE MARKET SUMMARY COMPARISON 19-06-2016 Today 16-06-2016 Previous day Index 9,805.61 9,791.65 Change 13.96 23.00 % 0.14 0.24 YTD% 5.98 6.11 Volume 2,422,195 3,658,714 Value (QAR) 91,579,593.90 134,825,672.90 Trades 1,557 1,752 Up 23 | Down 16 | Unchanged 02

WORLD STOCK INDICES Index Day’s Close Pt Chg % Chg Year High Year Low All Ordinaries 5441.021 10.016 0.18 5489.8 4762.1 Cac 40 Index/D 4479.07 55.69 1.26 4607.69 3892.46 Dj Indu Average 17920.33 113.27 0.64 18188.8 15370.3 Hang Seng Inde/D 21328.24 298.02 1.42 21794.84 18278.8 Iseq Overall/D 6457.02 54.47 0.85 6791.68 5611.89 Karachi 100 In/D 37392.29 40.02 0.11 37481.11 29785 Nikkei 225 Index 16675.45 95.42 0.58 18951.12 14865.77 S&P 500 Index/D 0 0 0 2132.82 1810.1

EXCHANGE RATE Currency Buying Selling US$ QR 3.6305 QR 3.6500 UK QR 5.2762 QR 5.3498 Euro QR 4.1083 QR 4.1655 CA$ QR 2.8234 QR 2.8795 Abu Dhabi banks soar on merger talks; rate rise hits Egypt Swiss Fr QR 3.7370 QR 3.7925 Yen QR 0.0335 QR 0.0342 Aus$ QR 2.6840 QR 2.7379 potential transaction for both par- Ind Re QR 0.0541 QR 0.0551 ties,” Arqaam said. Pak Re QR 0.0344 QR 0.0351 NBAD and FGB But HSBC predicted a pure Peso QR 0.0784 QR 0.0799 confirmed in a brief merger would benefit only NBAD, SL Re QR 0.0247 QR 0.0253 while a merger through acquisi- statement they were tion would destroy shareholder Taka QR 0.0458 QR 0.0469 discussing a merger value at both banks. “A share Nep Re QR 0.0338 QR 0.0345 swap scenario presents signifi- SA Rand QR 0.2428 QR 0.2478 or combination of cant dilution risks to shareholders their businesses, in of both banks,” it said. what would create Nevertheless, local retail GOLD AND SILVER investors cheered the idea of one of the largest an Abu Dhabi mega-bank, with GOLD QR145.2289 per gramme banks by assets in NBAD shares jumping the 15 per- SILVER QR1.9099 per gramme cent daily limit in their heaviest the Middle East and trade since April 2015, and FGB Africa. gaining 11.5 percent in its high- est volume since November 2014. Other Abu Dhabi bank shares also rose, partly on speculation Japanese firms they might be involved in further AFP mergers and acquisitions activ- ity as the industry consolidated. fear cost of Brexit Union National Bank climbed 7.0 percent. DUBAI: Shares in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi’s main stock index A branch of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi stands on the corniche in Abu Dhabi. banks soared yesterday after added 4.7 percent in its heaviest Bloomberg National Bank of Abu Dhabi trading day since November 2014. (NBAD) and First Gulf Bank (FGB) As attention switched to Abu percent, buoyed by news an an investment and asset manage- dropped 1.1 percent. Ezz Steel , confirmed they were in merger Dhabi, trading volume in Dubai investment group led by prom- ment vehicle of the family, jumped exposed to higher interest rates YOMIURI : Japanese companies with bases in Britain talks. Other Gulf stock markets shrank to very low levels and the inent Dubai businessman 5.3 percent. as a borrower for capital-inten- are becoming increasingly anxious over the referendum were mixed while an interest rate index fell 0.3 percent. Dubai’s Mohamed Alabbar had agreed In Egypt, the central bank sive projects, dropped 2.3 percent. this week in which the country will vote on whether to increase dragged Egypt down. largest listed lender, Emirates to buy a majority stake in Kuwait raised its key interest rates by Yesterday’s highlights leave or remain in the European Union. NBAD and FGB confirmed in NBD, edged down 0.1 percent. Food Co (Americana) from the 100 basis points after the close on Saudi Arabia: The index was Their main concerns are over possible increases a brief statement they were dis- Saudi Arabia closed flat in Kharafi family for about $2.4bn. Thursday to their highest levels in flat at 6,542 points. in costs caused by tariffs and appreciation of the yen cussing a merger or combination modest volume after spending After the Dubai group com- years to rein in surging inflation Dubai: The index slipped 0.3 against the euro. If British voters choose a so-called of their businesses, in what would most of the day higher. Petro- pletes the purchase, it will launch and ease downward pressure on percent to 3,297 points. Brexit, some company executives are saying they could create one of the largest banks chemical shares were firm after a mandatory takeover offer to the Egyptian pound. Abu Dhabi: be forced to review their production and sales strategies. by assets in the Middle East and oil prices rebounded on Friday. remaining Americana sharehold- Analysts had been roughly The index jumped 4.7 percent According to the Foreign Ministry, about 1,000 Jap- Africa. Many analysts said it was National Gas and Industrial- ers at 2.650 dinars. Americana evenly split on whether the central to 4,524 points. anese companies have bases in Britain. Many of the too early to take positions in the isation rose sharply for a fourth shares were bid at their upper bank would tighten policy. Few Qatar: The index edged up 0.1 manufacturers among them are worried about tariffs. stocks before details were known. straight day in unusually heavy daily limit of 2.2 dinars on Sun- analysts who expected a tight- percent to 9,806 points. Currently, exports from Britain to the rest of the EU Some said a merger could trade, gaining 5.0 percent. The day but did not trade because ening had predicted such a large Egypt: The index dropped 1.1 are not subject to tariffs. If Britain leaves the union and benefit both shareholders. firm, which distributes liquefied holders were not willing to sell at increase, so the decision hurt the percent to 7,338 points. the EU imposes duties on British-made goods, it would Arqaam Capital said FGB would petroleum gas, has been rising that level. stocks, especially since many Kuwait: The index rose 1.2 increase the price of these companies’ products, making benefit from a stronger wholesale partly on hopes it may benefit Nevertheless, the boost to the economists think more tighten- percent to 5,458 points. them less competitive with manufacturers based in other banking operation while NBAD from projects in Saudi Arabia’s finances of the Kharafis, a major ing and currency depreciation Oman: The index was flat at EU countries. The effect on automakers, which manu- was underrepresented in retail economic reform plan announced merchant family in Kuwait, was are likely in the second half of 5,808 points. facture large numbers of vehicles in Britain, could be banking. this month. seen as positive for the market as this year. Bahrain: The index fell 0.4 particularly severe. Toyota’s Burnaston factory in cen- “We see strong merits of this Kuwait’s index rose 1.2 a whole. National Investment Co, The Cairo stock index <.EGX30 percent to 1,113 points. tral Britain produces about 190,000 vehicles per year, including the compact Auris. Of this total, 75 percent are shipped to other EU countries. Nissan produces sport-utility vehicles and other automobiles at a factory in Britain, of which 80 percent Macau plans punishments on gaming violations are sold throughout the EU, in addition to other coun- tries. Nissan President Carlos Ghosn has expressed hope Britain will remain in the EU, saying it would be better for the company from the standpoints of employment, AFP “complete supplementary laws for The planned penalties “will Phone betting helps gamblers of Macau casino stocks rose 0.2 trade and cost. violations and related penalties further hurt the revenue of the skirt China’s currency controls, as percent. Under Macau’s 2001 law, Japan Tobacco, as part of a review of its produc- that weren’t previously included, struggling industry in the short promoters conduct card games via casino operators are responsible tion bases, is considering closing a tobacco factory in amend outdated rules, and bring term,” said Daiwa Capital Markets wireless earpieces connected to for making sure junket operators Northern Ireland by the end of 2017, and importing prod- HONG KONG: Macau’s govern- in new regulations.” Hong Kong analyst Jamie Soo. If mobile phones for high-stakes obey the regulation even though ucts made at factories in other EU countries for sale in ment plans to introduce penalties Macau has been trying to the ban on phone-betting is more VIP clients. While a 2001 Macau the gaming promoters operate the Britain. If a Brexit occurred and tariffs were placed on for violations in its $30 billion reign in an industry that’s 4.5 strictly enforced, along with pen- law banned the practice, it doesn’t rooms independently of the casi- imports from the EU, the company could have to recon- gaming industry, as it plugs gaps times larger than the Las Vegas alties, the negative impact may be come with sanctions. There was nos. The May ban doesn’t lay out sider where it imports products from. in outdated laws including one Strip amid China’s campaign incrementally felt in the months no enforcement as long as oper- the responsibilities of casinos to Hitachi has received orders for 1,500 train carriages banning phone-betting at casinos. against corruption, which has ahead, he said. The gaming reg- ators reported the bets and the enforce the ban. at a production base in Britain for its key railway business, Responding to a June 2 included clampdowns on ille- ulator currently only advises its identities of the gamblers to the By comparison, Singapore’s and is seeking orders from all over the EU. “Maintaining Bloomberg report that Macau’s gal money outflows via the city. enforcement agents to issue ver- regulator, according to legislator prohibition against phone betting, a strongly unified EU and open market that includes Brit- junket operators, which lend That crackdown led to a two-year bal warnings to violators of the Jose Maria Pereira Coutinho. which took effect last year, calls for ain is good for the prosperity of Europe and for Hitachi’s money to high rollers, are con- gaming revenue slump as main- ban on phone-betting, a prac- Hong Kong-listed gaming a fine of up to S$5,000 ($3,700) and business,” a company spokesperson said. tinuing to violate a ban last land gamblers avoided Macau, tice which contributes about 20 promoter Jimei International six months in jail for the gambler Britain leaving the union could accelerate the appre- month on using mobile phones at hurting profits for casinos such as percent of gaming promoters’ Entertainment Group fell as and as much as S$200,000 and up ciation of the yen against the euro, increasing the prices betting tables, the Gaming Inspec- those operated by SJM Holdings revenue, Soo said in a telephone much as 3.8 percent to HK$2.29. to five years in jail for those who of products exported from Japan to the EU. tion and Coordination said it will and Melco Crown Entertainment. interview. The Bloomberg Intelligence index facilitate remote gambling. 24 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 BUSINESS VIEWS

Show how to A-listers flock to Vladimir increase Putin’s private Davos Japan’s growth

The Washington Post intelligence and doubling the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 40 million by 2020. he Japanese economy The ruling party plans to is at a crucial juncture. increase the nation’s gross domes- The question is: Will the tic product to 600 trillion yen nation be able to shake (about $5 trillion), which would off deflation and get back be the largest since World War II, Tonto a stable growth track? and make the economic pie bigger. Campaigning for the House of However, there was almost Councillors election will officially no mention of how to utilise kick off on Wednesday. We ask companies’ internal reserves and each party to show voters potent household savings to kick-start a recipes for rejuvenating the econ- virtuous economic cycle. omy and to conduct a profound The LDP also failed to show debate. The biggest issue is to concrete measures on deregula- make a judgment on Abenomics tion, which is expected to draw - the economic policy package car- out the potential of the private ried out by the administration of sector. The party only said it will Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over “force through ceaseless regula- the past 3 1-2 years. tory reform.” Abe emphasised the fruits of We have to say that these Abenomics during a recent stump campaign pledges are not enough speech, saying, “Employment has for a ruling party. increased by 1.1 million and the There are a lot of measures to job availability ratio has hit its be carried out, including easing highest level in 24 years.” regulations that hamper corpo- Democratic Party President rate participation in such growth By Leonid Bershidsky Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, European is understood in the EU. Putin, for his part, Katsuya Okada struck back, say- sectors as farming and medical Bloomberg Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, wants a deal on his terms: He’s pushing his ing: “Abenomics has reached its treatment, and also introducing Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy, former Eurasian Union, which also includes four limits. Most people cannot per- a system whereby wages are not President Nicolas Sarkozy of France. The other post-Soviet countries, as a party to any ceive an economic recovery.” paid by the hour. presence of the leaders of occupied Crimea trade negotiations. Kazakhstan President The essence of the Abenom- The LDP should present these wo years ago, President Vladimir and Putin’s wealthy friends, who are under Nursultan Nazarbayev, who also appeared ics economic policy package is measures for reinforcing Abe- Putin decided to wait out Western international sanctions, didn’t deter these at the forum, has proposed that the Eura- to conduct the administration’s nomics in campaign debates attempts to isolate Russia econom- foireign dignataries from attending and giv- sian Union start preliminary technical talks growth strategy and raise the for the upcoming upper house ically and politically. This year’s St. ing Putin’s ego a boost. with the EU on pulling down trade barriers, nation’s potential growth rate election. As a measure to boost Petersburg Economic Forum -- an At times, once could even think that their and Putin has talked to Juncker about this. using the time afforded by the consumer confidence, the LDP’s Tannual event informally known as Russia’s positions were close to Putin’s on certain Although Putin said Friday that 40 Bank of Japan’s bold monetary coalition partner Komeito lists the Davos -- showed that his patience is grad- economic matters. Juncker, for example, countries had expressed a desire to form free- easing and the government’s flex- issuance of premium gift certif- ually paying off, but business as usual still said Thursday: trade zones with the Eurasian Union, the bloc ible fiscal stimulus measures. icates and travel vouchers in its isn’t within reach. “For the European Union and Russia, the is not a success -- at least for now. Last year, There is no doubt that mon- campaign pledges. The lineup at the forum was much more prize, one day, could be great: a vast region its first in the current form, trade volumes etary easing and fiscal stimulus Such a measure can serve as impressive than in 2014, when Western lead- governed by the rule of law, trading freely within it declined. Kazakhstan’s trade with have resulted in a depreciation of a temporary shot in the arm, but ers and top chief executives stayed away and working together on common projects.” Russia, for example, dropped more than a the yen and strong share prices, it would be difficult for them to because Russia was toxic in the aftermath In his Friday keynote speech, Putin quarter. The post-Soviet nations that com- helping companies to significantly boost personal consumption in a of the Crimea annexation, or last year, soon appeared to echo the grand vision: prise the union all faced sharp economic improve their performance. sustainable way. It is necessary to after the Minsk peace accord suspended the “The ‘greater Eurasia’ project is definitely slowdowns due to lower commodity prices, On the other hand, the eco- scrutinise their cost-effectiveness fighting in eastern Ukraine. open for Europe, too, and I am sure such and their economic integration isn’t a big help. nomic policy package has not and pursue better fiscal policies. This year, the US interaction can be mutually profitable. The Besides, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and succeeded in getting companies to In its campaign pledges, the State Department again European Union, despite all the well-known Kyrgyzstan don’t trade much among them- invest in plants and equipment, or DP put forth a policy of “balancing warned US companies problems in our relationship, remains a key selves -- the bloc remains Russia-centric. in activating consumer spending. redistribution and growth.” against attending the trading and economic partner for Russia.” It may not make sense for the EU to get Consequently, Abe’s goal of cre- As “investments in people,” gathering because of Reality, of course, is more complicated. too deep into trade talks with a shaky entity ating a “virtuous economic cycle” the major opposition party calls “clear risks, both eco- Juncker made it clear that Russia would that, for now, mostly represents Putin’s is not even at the starting point. for raising the monthly salary nomic and reputational, remain subject to sanctions until the Minsk attempt to recreate the Soviet Union in some Growth strategy is the key to for nursery school teachers by associated with top-level deal is fully implemented and that the Cri- form. The Eurasian Union won’t necessarily the success of Abenomics, but the 50,000 yen and increasing pen- For the European engagement with a gov- mea annexation was illegitimate. Renzi survive the removal from power of Putin or administration is still just halfway sions for low-pension recipients ernment that is flouting took care to confirm this in his speech, too. even Nazarbayev, and the multitude of tech- through implementing it. by up to 60,000 yen a year. As for Union and Russia, the the most fundamental On Friday, the European Union reinforced nical issues that would have to be resolved The Liberal Democratic Party wealthy people, the party pro- prize, one day, could principles of interna- the message by extending Crimea-related for an interbloc trade deal may not be worth promised to “rev up the Abenom- poses an income tax hike. be great: A vast region tional rule of law by sanctions for another year (harsher east- hammering out if Putin’s union falls apart ics engine to the maximum” in its The DP thinks growth can be intervening militarily ern Ukraine-related ones probably will be in the next 15 years. The resolve to maintain campaign pledges for the upper achieved if personal consumption governed by the rule in a neighboring coun- extended for a shorter period). the Ukraine-related financial sanctions may house election. This includes is increased by boosting the redis- of law, trading freely try.” Yet Exxon Mobil Besides, Juncker and Putin are clearly be weakening in Europe -- that’s why fig- measures such as boosting pro- tribution policy and correcting the Chief Executive Officer talking about different versions of a EU- ures such as Juncker and Renzi are willing ductivity by utilising artificial income gap. and working together Rex Tillerson showed up. Russia free-trade arrangement. To the EC to talk to Putin on his home turf, but that on common projects. So did foreign lead- president, the cooperation must proceed on doesn’t mean they’re ready to work with ers: United Nations Europe’s terms, such as the rule of law as it him on his terms. Canada risks falling into the petrostate trap

By Noah Smith That’s been good for Canada’s economy equals leaving money on the table. But when were to go the way of companies like Nortel Bloomberg in the short run. But over time, it risks turning you export your oil, you tend to get what’s and BlackBerry. Canada into the kind of economy that no one known as Dutch disease -- your currency Changing technology is creating a third should aspire to be -- a petrostate. goes up in value, which makes it hard to huge long-term risk for petrostates. As the ’m a big fan of Canada. With its strong Petrostates, which depend on oil for large export anything other than oil. world shifts to electric cars, oil may become public institutions, optimal immigra- percentages of their exports, are a notori- In classical economics -- for example, the a niche product instead of the lifeblood of tion policy and endowments of natural ously dysfunctional bunch of countries. A simple trade models of David Ricardo, taught the global economy. In that case, oil prices resources, it seems to have everything few, such as Norway, Qatar and Kuwait, are to every Econ 101 student -- specializing in won’t just go down for a decade or two -- necessary to become a great power rich. Most, like Nigeria, Russia and Iran, are oil is no better or worse than specializing in they’ll stay low forever. The electric age will Isomeday. But in recent years, I did worry that much less so. Most of them also are control- software, auto manufacturing or finance. But leave former petrostates impoverished unless Canada would make a big strategic mistake: led by repressive regimes; Norway is the only some development economists believe that they can retool their economies dramatically. depending too much on resource extraction. liberal democracy I can think of among pet- a country’s position in the network of global Canadian thinkers are hardly oblivious to The problem with the After becoming prime minister in 2006, rostates. And all of them are very susceptible value chains is crucial to its wealth. Physicist this danger. The think tank Policy Horizons petrostate economy Stephen Harper was eager to develop Can- to oil price shocks. Cesar Hidalgo and economist Ricardo Haus- Canada recently released a report warning ada’s tar sands into a powerful oil export The problem with the petrostate econ- mann formulated this theory back in 2008. about the danger of over-reliance on the oil is basically one of industry. His government helped the oil omy is basically one of diversification. You One of its implications is that when you get industry in an age of renewable energy. diversification. You industry with outreach and advertising, gave wouldn’t put half of your wealth into a bet on stuck specializing in a simple product like But what can Canada do to avoid going it subsidies and proposed large infrastructure the price of a single commodity, would you? oil, it’s very hard to climb the value chain to down a dead-end development path? The wouldn’t put half of projects to help it move its product. Between Well, that is effectively what petrostates do. other products. obvious move is to cut subsidies to the oil your wealth into a bet that effort, improved extraction technol- That means when the price of oil goes down, Canada, fortunately, is already a rich industry, including public-relations support. ogy and high oil prices, Canada became a their growth craters. Petrostates like Russia country with good technological capabili- A more controversial move would be to scale on the price of a single petroleum powerhouse. The tar sands have and Nigeria have struggled to grow since oil ties and lots of human capital. In this respect back big oil-centric infrastructure projects. commodity, would you? doubled production during the past two dec- prices crashed, and better-managed coun- it resembles Norway. But if it becomes too These are risky moves, because they rep- Well, that is effectively ades, shows research from James Hamilton, tries like Norway might not be far behind. reliant on oil for too long, there’s a chance resent bets on the future of technology and a highly respected economist at the Univer- Of course, becoming a petrostate isn’t it could lose its edge in industries like high- markets -- what some people pejoratively what petrostates do. sity of California San Diego who studies the entirely intentional; if you have large oil tech manufacturing and software. It would refer to as “picking winners.” If oil prices go oil industry. deposits, then choosing not to dig them up be pretty bad if all of Canada’s tech sector back up, Canada would lose out. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 27 PAGE | 28 MessiMessi equals record Wales could hit as Argentina heights or depthshs in sail into semis final countdownn

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Penalty shocker France top Group A despite won’t get Ronaldo down draw against Switzerland AFP

PARIS: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo promised to bounce back from missing from a penalty and the Switzerland’s Blerim Pogba misses the chance to break another goalscoring record at Euro Dzemaili (right) and France’s 2016. Ronaldo hit the net twice but hosts Paul Pogba vie for the ball post from the spot with accomplish initial Euro during their Euro 2016 11 minutes remain- Group A match played at ing in a 0-0 draw 2016 mission in style Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with Austria on Sat- France yesterday. urday when looking to become the first player to score in four AFP separate European Championships. Portugal now need to win against LILLE: Paul Pogba shone through the Hungary in their mediocrity as hosts France secured top final Group F match spot in Euro 2016 Group A following a sub- on Wednesday to be dued 0-0 draw with Switzerland in Lille assured of qualifying yesterday. for the knockout stage. A game that featured a substandard “I missed some chances - a penalty and some other pitch, ripped Switzerland shirts and a burst chances, but that’s part of football. We need to con- ball concluded in a mutually convenient tinue to believe. The players, we need to think that result that allowed the Swiss to join Didier it’s still possible; if we win, we qualify,” Ronaldo said. Deschamps’s France in the last 16. “And also the Portuguese people, the fans who But Pogba, dogged by controversy over love Portugal, they also have to believe in it. The bad an alleged contentious gesture prior to the won’t last forever, so we need to believe that things game, did his best to illuminate proceed- will go better.” ings, hitting the bar twice, as did French Ronaldo has now missed 19 penalties in his storied substitute Dimitri Payet late in the game. to get the ball down and play football, goalkeeper Yann Sommer to produce a of their shirts as Admir Mehmedi, Granit career on another frustrating night in front of goal after As group winners, France will face the but aside from a few slips, Pogba did not wonder save in between two efforts that Xhaka and Breel Embolo all had big holes a 1-1 draw with Iceland in Portgual’s opening game. third-place team in either Group C, D or E seemed perturbed by the conditions under- clipped the bar from outside the box. torn in theirs. The Real Madrid star slotted the best chance of the in Lyon on June 26, while Switzerland will foot. One of five players brought into the He also provided the first half’s only Switzerland began to find joy behind first-half wide and also saw a goal ruled out for offside come up against either Germany, Poland France team by Deschamps, in changes real moment of danger in the French pen- French full-backs Bacary Sagna and as Portugal couldn’t turn their pressure and possession or Northern Ireland a day earlier. that saw in-form playmaker Payet left on alty area when he unintentionally scuffed Patrice Evra in the second half, but the into goals. However, it was a night of mixed emotions It was mission accomplished, there- the bench, the Juventus star seemed deter- Xherdan Shaqiri’s eighth-minute corner chances continued to fall to France. for the 31-year-old, as he broke Portugese legend Luis fore, for France, but following narrow wins mined to erase the memory of his alleged towards his own goal. Andre-Pierre Gignac shot straight at Figo’s appearances record by winning his 128th cap. over Romania and Albania, their failure ‘bras d’honneur’ following Payet’s second The ball struck Swiss centre-back Sommer, while Pogba excelled again by Ronaldo is already Portugal’s all-time top scorer to record a seventh consecutive victory goal in Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Albania. Johan Djourou, sprawled on the French holding off four opponents and finding with 59 international goals. means they advance with little momentum. Deployed in his preferred position on goal-line, and Pogba hacked clear. Griezmann, who played a one-two with “It’s a reason to be proud, reaching 128 interna- A dry, patchy pitch at Stade Pierre- the left of a midfield three, he threatened Pogba aside, Switzerland’s biggest con- Gignac before seeing a right-foot shot tional matches and beating the legendary Figo,” added Mauroy made it difficult for both teams three times in five minutes, forcing Swiss cern in the first period was the flimsiness tipped over by Sommer. Ronaldo. Despite his disappointment, Ronaldo managed to leave one happy fan crying tears of joy after taking a selfie with the three-time World Player of the Year. After sneaking past the Parc des Princes security Albania face wait after historic win against Romania to get on the pitch, Ronaldo waited whilst the lucky spectator juggled with his phone to take the snap as security guards stood and watched. Ronaldo’s former AFP on the pitch when he caught Hoban Manchester United teammate Nani also hit the post with a dangerous shoulder-high lunge after scoring Portugal’s only goal of the tournament after just six minutes, but they had to so far against Iceland. weather the storm as Romania contin- LYON: Armando Sadiku scored Alba- ued to threaten. nia’s first goal at a major tournament in Bogdan Stancu, scorer of both Roma- a historic 1-0 win over Romania yester- nia’s goals in their first two games, day to keep alive their slender hopes of connected sweetly with a poor headed progressing to the Euro 2016 knockout clearance with his volley batted away phase. unconvincingly by Berisha. Sadiku headed home the game’s only Alibec then curled narrowly wide goal after 43 minutes in Lyon to leave from distance, but Albania started to debutants Albania facing an anxious wait impose themselves on the counter-attack to see if they qualify from Group A as as Ermir Lenjani skied over from point- one of the four best third-placed teams. blank range, although his blushes were Host nation France progressed as spared by the offside flag. group winners following a 0-0 draw Ledian Memushaj shot straight at with second-placed Switzerland as Alba- Ciprian Tatarusanu from a narrow angle, nia finished third on three points, but but the Romania goalkeeper was at fault Romania exited with just a single point. as Sadiku nodded Albania ahead just Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu before half-time. made wholesale changes as Alexandru Memushaj’s driven right-wing cross Matel replaced the injured Razvan Rat was misjudged by Tatarusanu, who was at left-back with Denis Alibec handed a left out of position as Sadiku headed start up front. back across goal to trigger wild cele- Ovidiu Hoban, Adrian Popa and brations among the sizeable Albanian Nicolae Stanciu were all recalled after support inside the Stade de Lyon. the 1-1 draw with Switzerland, while Memushaj forced Tatarusanu into Albania brought in Migjen Basha in a low save on the hour as Albania place of the suspended Burim Kukeli in pressed for a second, but their dreams midfield. were nearly shattered when substitute However, there was no room in the Florin Andone rattled the crossbar on starting line-up for skipper Lorik Cana 76 minutes. Albania’s Armando following his return from a one-match The Cordoba striker raced through Sadiku scores a goal past ban having been sent off in his team’s after a slick passing move only for his Romania’s goalkeeper opening game. powerful strike to smack against the Ciprian Tatarusanu Stanciu fired over with an early long- woodwork. Albania, who lost 1-0 to Cristiano Ronaldo (right) poses for a picture with during their Euro 2016 range strike as Romania signalled their Switzerland before going down 2-0 to Group A match played intentions, before a nervy Etrit Berisha France in their first two games, must a supporter who entered the pitch after the Euro at Stade de Lyon in Lyon, smothered Hoban’s tame strike at the wait until the completion of the final 2016 group F football match between Portugal France yesterday. second attempt. round of group matches before finding and Austria at the Parc des Princes in Paris on Albania were fortunate Basha stayed out if they qualify for the last 16. Saturday. 26 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 SPORT Murray seals record fifth Queen’s title

a chance to celebrate his victory. Briton downs “It was nice of Ivan to stick around for the presentation!, joked Canada’s Raonic 6-7, Murray, who successfully defended 6-4, 6-3 in the final the title at the Wimbledon warm-up tournament for the first time in his career. Reuters Raonic’s gamble to hire seven- times grand slam champion McEnroe appeared to be paying off as he looked set to win his first title on the LONDON: Andy Murray became the lush green surface midway through first player to hold aloft the super- the second set. sised Queen’s Club trophy for a fifth The Canadian had reached the time after he beat big-serving Cana- final without dropping serve all week dian Milos Raonic 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 in and when he led 3-0 in the second set, Florian Mayer (right) of Germany celebrates with his trophy after the final of the Aegon Championships it seemed that Murray would also fall yesterday. under his spell. the match against his compatriot Alexander Zverev at the ATP The British top seed’s title hopes But a blistering cross-court serv- tournament final match in Halle, western Germany, yesterday. appeared to be faltering when he ice return in the fifth game allowed trailed by a set and 3-0 down in the the Scot to finally break Raonic’s second set but the 2013 Wimble- momentum and from then on the don champion drew on his greater Canadian third seed, who hurled World number 192 Mayer grasscourt pedigree to turn the match down 14 aces, was powerless to stop around. Murray’s victory charge. Murray, who also hoisted the tro- “Congratulations to Andy for win- captures Halle trophy phy in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, had ning this tournament for a fifth time shared the previous record of four but I’m sure it’s not nearly as special Queen’s titles with seven other men, as having your first fathers’ day as including Boris Becker, Roy Emerson well,” Raonic said after contesting AFP world, had knocked out defending and Raonic’s new grasscourt coach his first grasscourt final. champion Roger Federer in the semi- John McEnroe. “It’s my first grass match on a finals on Saturday. However, a backhand volley into Sunday and hopefully we can have a The key to the final proved to be the net from Raonic allowed Mur- rematch in a couple of Sundays. I’m HALLE WESTFALEN: Germany’s Mayer breaking to love after reeling ray to climb to the top of the pile feeling pretty good.” world number 192 Florian Mayer off 11 straight points for a 5-2 lead. and celebrate a winning start to his The victory completed a success- defeated teenage compatriot Alex- The German would save a break renewed coaching relationship with ful week for Murray, who became a ander Zverev 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 to win the point when serving for the match Ivan Lendl. Britain’s Andy Murray lifts the trophy after winning the men’s singles final father for the first time in February. Halle grass court title yesterday. before closing it out on his fifth “This tournament has loads of match against Canada’s Milos Raonic at the ATP Aegon Championships Following runner-up finishes at The 32-year-old is the lowest- championship point after one hour history... it’s a pleasure to play in front at the Queen’s Club in west London yesterday. the year’s first two majors in Mel- ranked champion in the 24-year and 55 minutes. Mayer joins Tommy of someone like John (McEnroe)... and bourne and Paris, Murray will now history of the Wimbledon warm- Haas (2009, 2012), Philipp Kohlsch- any time you can do something a bit hope his decision to rehire Lendl will up event. It is Mayer’s second career reiber (2011), David Prinosil (2000), better than someone like him, it’s an “To win here for a fifth time applauding the champion, Lendl per- allow him to add to the two Grand title after Bucharest in 2013 and was Nicolas Kiefer (1999) and Michael amazing feeling,” Murray said during means a lot to me.” formed a swift disappearing act from Slam titles he won during his first clinched on a fifth match point. Stich (1994) as German champions the presentation ceremony. While McEnroe was among those Centre Court even before Murray had stint with the Czech-born great. Zverev, 19 and ranked 38 in the on the Halle grass.

Sri Lanka’s Eranga Shaminda Eranga banned for illegal Mathews tells Sri Lanka to up bowling action their game against England AFP

AFP 46 balls. “It was a very good wicket LONDON: Hospitalised Sri Lanka and a tough ask for the bowlers but paceman Shaminda Eranga has we stuck to our task,” explained been banned from bowling in Mathews. international cricket with imme- MALAHIDE, Ireland: Sri Lanka cap- The fifth and sixth overs of the diate effect because of an illegal tain Angelo Mathews (pictured) said Ireland reply were maidens and when action, the International Cricket his side will have to be at their best to captain William Porterfield was out Council announced yesterday. beat England in the five-match one- to the first ball of the seventh over, The ICC’s statement came just day international series which starts Ireland, who have never beaten Sri hours after Eranga had been taken tomorrow. Lanka in five attempts, could not to a Dublin hospital to undergo Mathews was speaking after cope. It needed a last wicket stand tests on an elevated heartbeat after overseeing a 2-0 ODI series vic- of 54 between Andrew McBrine and he fell ill during Sri Lanka’s 136- statement added of a test carried out second Test against England at Ches- tory over Ireland in Malahide after former England international Boyd run win over Ireland in the second at the National Cricket Performance ter-le-Street last month. the second match was won by Rankin to get the Ireland total over one-day international at Malahide Centre in Loughborough, central Eng- Under ICC regulations, Eranga an emphatic 136-run margin on 200. on Saturday. land, an ICC accredited testing centre, was allowed to continue playing until Saturday. The man of the series was Sri “The International Cricket on June 6. the results of his test were known and Opening batsman Kusal Perera, Wellington during last year’s World Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka, who scored Council today (Sunday) announced “Eranga’s international suspension he featured in the drawn third Test at who would have missed the tour had Cup. 42 off 19 balls and took five wickets that an independent assessment will also be recognised and enforced Lord’s, a result that saw England to an a drugs ban not been rescinded fol- Saturday’s win was set up by on his debut in the tourists’ 76-run has found the bowling action of by all National Cricket Federations for overall 2-0 series win, where he took lowing a faulty doping analysis, made dynamic top-order batting, and win in the first match on Thursday Sri Lanka’s Shaminda Eranga to domestic cricket events played in their one for 94 and three for 58. a century to build the platform for his Mathews said: “Perera and Danuska and Mathews has high hopes for the be illegal and, as such, the fast own jurisdiction, save that, with the Saturday saw Eranga, who has side’s huge total of 377 for 8. Gunathilaka had a brilliant opening 24-year-old. bowler has been suspended from consent of Sri Lanka Cricket, Eranga now appeared in 19 Tests and the same “We still can improve a lot in all partnership (147) and after that solid “Shanaka is becoming a very bowling in international cricket may be able to play in domestic cricket number of ODIs, come out to face the departments. It was a pretty con- foundation it was a tactical decision good all-rounder for us and hope- with immediate effect,” said a events played in Sri Lanka under the final ball of Sri Lanka’s innings at Mala- vincing victory today, but we need to bring in the pinch-hitter and take fully he will continue in the England statement issued by the global gov- auspices of Sri Lanka Cricket.” hide but he did not bowl and instead to be at our best to beat England,” the game forward.” ODIs and for the next few years,” the erning body. Eranga, who turns 30 on Thursday, went to hospital. said Mathews. Seekkugge Prasanna came in a captain said. “The assessment revealed will be able to return to international The ICC define an illegal bowl- Eoin Morgan’s England have three to pinch-hit in explosive style, “We were short of seam-bowling that all deliveries exceeded the cricket if he passes a fresh test after ing action as one where the bowler’s improved dramatically in 50-over bludgeoning nine sixes and five fours all-rounders, but now with Farveez 15 degrees level of tolerance per- modifying his bowling action “elbow extension” exceeds 15 degrees cricket since the Sri Lankans to leave his previous best ODI score Maharoof, Shanaka and myself, we mitted under the regulations,” the He had his action reported after the while he is in his delivery stride. thrashed them by nine wickets in of 42 far behind with 95 from just have plenty of options.” RSF: Munshat Abdullatif, Katara win football, beach soccer tournaments

The Peninsula well in defence and demonstrat- competitive and intense game for win the tournament title. Team ing strong attacking football. the third and fourth place play-off, Katara’s quality and strength The battle for the title contin- Elite FC defeated Soul Riders 2-1. was evident from the opening ued right through to the closing Commenting on his team’s moments of the game and their DOHA: During the closing stages stages of the game, and in the win, Ayman Al-Tawab, Captain accuracy in front of goal ensured of competitions in Aspire Zone final moments of the match team of team Munshat Abdullatif said: a solid victory. Foundation’s Ramadan Sports Munshat Abdullatif managed to “Luck was on our side during our Team Morocco took home Festival (RSF), team Munshat take advantage of a gap in team matches. But we focused on work- third place following their match Abdullatif took home the foot- Argentina’s defence to score the ing as a team, supporting each against team Carthage, mark- ball tournament title following winning goal. other and I think that made a big ing the end of one of the more a closely fought 2-1 win against The players from team Argen- difference.” unique and special tournaments team Argentina on Saturday. tina gave their all and looked for In fact, I’d say that teamwork organised by Aspire Zone Foun- In the evening’s other main every opportunity to equalise was the secret to our success – dation during its Ramadan Sports sports event – the final of the right until the final whistle. we were very much playing in Festival. beach soccer tournament – team They were unable to get one harmony with one another,” the Commenting on his team’s Barcelona succumbed to team back however, meaning team captain added. win, Mohammad Masafi, captain Katara who ran out convincing Munshat Abdullatif were crowned Team Katara took home the of team Katara said: “This is the 4-1 winners. overall winners of the fifth foot- title as team Barcelona stumbles third time we’ve participated in The final match in the football ball tournament to have featured in the beach soccer tournament the tournament. In previous years tournament was characterised by in the Aspire Ramadan Sports In the finals of the beach soc- we’ve managed to reach the final Team Katara poses for a group photo after defeating Barcelona in the final of the impressive performances from Festival. cer tournament, team Katara stages, but today we were able to beach soccer tournament at the Ramadan Sports Festival in Doha on Saturday. both teams, with each playing Separately, in another surpassed team Barcelona 4-1 to take home the title.” SPORT MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016 27

EUROPEAN GP RESULTS 1. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 1:32:52.366 2. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Ferrari +00:16.696 3. Sergio Perez (Mexico) Force India - Mercedes 00:25.241 4. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 00:33.102 5. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 00:56.335 Messi equals 6. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams-Mercedes 01:00.886 7. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 01:09.229 8. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull - TAG Heuer 01:10.696 9. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 01:17.708 record as 10. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Williams-Mercedes 01:25.375 Rosberg wins in Baku to Argentina stretch lead over Hamilton

Reuters “We don’t advise that Lewis,” came the reply from the pitwall, with sail into semis teams now limited on what infor- mation they can give drivers during BAKU: Nico Rosberg won the first the race. Formula One race held in Azerbaijan “Can I make suggestions and you yesterday to turn the championship say if it’s OK or not?,” replied Ham- tide and stretch his lead over Mer- ilton. “No, that’s not allowed. Let’s cedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton just get our heads down and focus on to 24 points. the job,” he was told. The Mercedes Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel fin- team’s non-executive chairman Niki ished as runner-up, 16.6 seconds Lauda told reporters afterwards that behind, with Force India’s Mexican it was a question of engine modes. Sergio Perez back on the podium for “It was a problem they both had Year. “We are doing things right, we However, the Manchester United the second time this season after and Nico could fix it quicker than are growing and we need to keep goalkeeper redeemed himself when COPA AMERICA overtaking Kimi Raikkonen’s Fer- Lewis. The (radio) ban is there, so we Barca superstar down that same road.” he stood firm and Seijas’ carelessly rari on the last lap. all have to adapt,” he told Sky Sports. scores 54th Argentina will now face the dinked penalty sailed right into his Rosberg started on pole posi- Raikkonen, who had done as he international goal to United States in the first semi-final arms. tion, led all the way and also set the was told and allowed Vettel to pass on Tuesday in Houston. Messi, who started for the first fastest lap on his way to a fifth win him, expressed similar exasperation equal Batistuta’s tally Reigning champions Chile joined time in the tournament after three Alexis Sanchez was involved in in eight races this season. With 13 over the radio to Ferrari. in 4-1 crushing over them in the last four after a 7-0 dem- substitute appearances, put Argentina most of Chile’s great work and he races remaining, he has 141 points The outbursts were highlights on olition of Mexico in Santa Clara. 3-0 ahead when he worked a lovely made it 3-0 just three minutes into and Hamilton 117. a day with none of the mayhem pre- Venezuela as Chile Hoffenheim striker Eduardo Var- one-two with Nicolas Gaitan and then the second half. Three minutes later While the German’s cruise in the dicted after a series of accidents in thrash Mexico gas scored four goals to help them set poked the ball under Hernandez with Vargas got his second and Chile’s late afternoon sunshine turned out to the GP2 support series, in F1 prac- up a semi-final date with Colombia his left foot. fourth as Mexico – without captain be something of a snooze for the glo- tice and qualifying. on Wednesday. Venezuela were not out of it, Rafael Marquez who was left on the bal television audience, triple world Nobody crashed, the tight turns The Barcelona supertstar Messi though, and Rondon got the lightest bench – wilted under the pressure. champion Hamilton provided more around the ancient city walls were Reuters won the Man-of-the-Match award of touches on a cross to head home Mexico had no answer to the pace entertainment. safely negotiated by all and the in an action-packed game against and make it 3-1 after 70 minutes. and running of Sanchez and Arturo The Briton, who had been 350km blast down the long main underdogs Venezuela in Foxborough. However, their hopes were Vidal and it was Sanchez who helped chasing his third win in a row but straight produced no drama. Argentina got off to the perfect short lived as just seconds later Erik Vargas to a hat-trick when the Hof- finished fifth, sounded increasingly “I think people lost a lot of FOXBOROUGH, US: Argentina and start after just seven minutes when Lamela, who had been on the field for fenheim striker hammered home frustrated over the radio as he wres- money because they were betting Chile advanced to the semi-finals of Gonzalo Higuain dived to turn a deli- only four minutes, shot home from from close-in after Ochoa had par- tled with his car’s settings without on a safety car. I was expecting a the Copa America on Saturday with cate cross from Messi past goalkeeper 12 yards to make it 4-1 for Argentina. ried Sanchez’s shot. the team being able to help. couple too,” said Vettel. Chile beating Mexico 7-0 and Lionel Dani Hernandez. Chile were unstoppable in the Vargas got a fourth after 73 min- He fixed the problem but finished Finland’s Valtteri Bottas finished Messi getting a goal in Argentina’s 4-1 The in-form Napoli striker dou- other quarter-final in Santa Clara as utes when he blasted the ball into the fifth in a race billed as the European sixth for Williams, with Australian win over Venezuela to equal his coun- bled the lead 20 minutes later when they hammered a surprisingly frag- roof of the net after dithering Mexi- Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo seventh for Red Bull try’s all-time scoring record. he latched on to a slack back pass to ile Mexico. can defenders failed to clear. “This is ridiculous guys, I don’t after starting on the front row. Messi scored in the 60th minute round the goalkeeper and slot the ball Edson Puch got his first interna- Puch completed the rout in the know. I’m looking at my dash every Dutch team-mate Max Verstap- to take his career tally for Argentina into the empty net. tional goal after 15 minutes when he 87th minute when he dinked the five seconds trying to find a switch in pen was eighth, Germany’s Nico to 54 goals, matching the record held Salomon Rondon twice came fired home after keeper Guillermo ball over Ochoa after a fast break the wrong position,” Hamilton said Hulkenberg secured a double points by Gabriel Batistuta. close for Venezuela and his side Ochoa could only parry a long-range by Sanchez. “The only thing to say is over the team radio. “I might not fin- finish for Force India in ninth and “I am happy to have equalled should have pulled a goal back two shot. sorry for the fans and the country,” ish this race as I’m going to try and Brazilian Felipe Massa was 10th for Batistuta’s record but my head is minutes from half time after Sergio Vargas got a second just before said Mexican midfielder Andres Guar- change everything,” he continued. Williams. focused on lifting the Copa America,” Romero brought down Josef Martinez half time when he was first to pounce dado. “This is a very painful defeat. I said the five-time World Player of the in the box. on a cross ball. am speechless.” Lowry on cusp of major glory at US Open

AFP Playing in what is his first major Shane Lowry and having missed six cuts in the 11 of Ireland US Tour events he had played this reacts to his year, the 28-year-old Texan said OAKMONT, US: Shane Lowry is putt on the that he was determined to not let the expecting a few “twists in the tale” 18th hole occasion get to him. at Oakmont as he tries to become the during a In the penultimate pairing, John- first player from the Republic of Ire- continuation son and Westwood form a duo that land to win the US Open. of the third have both come close to winning a The burly 29-year-old world major tournament on multiple occa- round of the number 41 from County Offaly set sions, but who have both been unable US Open at the stage for what would be a historic nail it down. win for his country by birdieing two Oakmont Johnson, who three-putted the of the four holes he had left to play in Country Club 72nd hole at last year’s US Open to his third round on Sunday morning. in Oakmont, hand the win to Jordan Spieth, refuses That put him on seven-under, four Pennsylvania, to be drawn into any debate over his clear of Americans Dustin Johnson yesterday. near misses at the majors and espe- and Andrew Landry, with veteran cially last year’s last green horror Englishman Lee Westwood and show. American Daniel Summerhays a fur- Westwood, a former world ther shot back. number one who has top three fin- Only six players were under par ishes in all four of the majors, said on the tough Oakmont course and Still, he expects there to be some you get a few moments to yourself, that staying patient was the key. none of those had won a major before. fun and games when the 67 play- you do think about that,” he said after All three then of Lowry’s closest Lowry believes he can make that ers who made the cut play the final completing a superb 65. pursuers believe they can reel him step to major glory and become just round. Lowry will go out in the final in, but the odds favour the Irishman. the second player from the Republic “It’s going to be tough. I mean, pairing with Landry, a sectional qual- Fifty-one times in 115 previous Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s German driver Nico Rosberg of Ireland to win a major title after let’s be honest, I’ve already visualized ifier ranked 624th in the world, who US Opens, the third-round leader/ Padraig Harrington, who has three myself winning. Even out walking no-one, apart from himself, thought co-leader has gone on to claim the celebrates on the podium after winning the European Formula One to his name. around the course this morning, when would be in such an elevated position. crown. Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit, yesterday. Total Olympic ban for Russia not impossible, says Pound

AFP Times newspaper. Friday saw the The Russia team is now ruled But there are concerns that the into allegations of state-backed dop- option,” Pound told the Sunday Times. International Association of Athletics out of all events in athletics in Rio, scale of Russia’s breaking of doping ing at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics “But it’s not impossible. This inves- Federations (IAAF) uphold an interna- although Russian athletes train- rules extend beyond just track and in Russia. McLaren, who is due to tigation into Sochi has come about LONDON: A complete ban for the tional ban on Russia’s track and field ing outside the country can apply to field. deliver his full report by July 15, has because of allegations made by Grig- entire Russia team from August’s competitors first imposed in Novem- compete as neutrals at the August 5-21 In May, WADA set up a new inves- also looked into doping allegations ory Rodchenkov, the former head of Olympic Games in Rio is “not impos- ber after a WADA team led by veteran event in Brazil. tigation under Professor Richard surrounding the 2013 athletics World the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, sible”, the founding president of the Canadian sports administrator Pound The IAAF’s decision was endorsed McLaren, a Canadian law profes- Championships in Moscow. and he was high enough up in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), revealed state-sponsored doping and by the International Olympic Commit- sor and longstanding member of the “Kicking the Russia team out of Russian system to know what was Dick Pound told Britain’s Sunday mass corruption in Russian athletics. tee on Saturday. Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Rio Games would be the nuclear going on,” he added. 28 MONDAY 20 JUNE 2016

England We can beat anyone, tight-lipped on choice of even England: Weiss strikers

Reuters Committee for Delivery and Qatar Stars League and Qatari Legacy. football that myself and two others Al Gharafa’s “The win against Russia gives players from the league are here. SAINT-ETIENNE: England man- Slovakian winger us a lot of confidence going into I think Qatari football is improv- ager Roy Hodgson gave few clues the last game. We needed a win ing fast and this is a good sign of it. yesterday when asked about his becomes the first and we’re very happy that we got My team-mate Stoch has played in attack for the final Group B game player based it. I am sure England have seen the UAE and he is a special player against Slovakia from which they outside of Europe to our game against Russia and they and a very good friend. We talk a need a point to qualify for the know we will give it everything to lot about football in Qatar, the UAE knockout stage of Euro 2016. score at a European get something from the final game and the region and we think it is Harry Kane started to dis- Championship to qualify.” moving forward well.” appointing effect in the 1-1 draw The skilful winger also sent a The Al Gharafa winger is against Russia and was then sub- warning to the England defence known for his attacking runs in stituted at halftime against Wales ahead of the game: “There are no the Qatar Stars League, and said with England trailing 1-0. The Peninsula weaknesses at this level, but I am that he enjoyed the challenge of Daniel Sturridge and Jamie sure I will make life difficult for playing against Europe’s top stars Vardy came on to change the game, the English defence. England has like Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney each scoring in a 2-1 win and both a good young generation. But we or Harry Kane. have been tipped to play against DOHA: Qatar Stars League side have great players and are a great “I honestly don’t care who I Slovakia today. Al Gharafa’s Slovakian winger team. We fight together and that is play against. I respect every player Hodgson declined to reveal his Vladimir Weiss became the first why we are successful.” that is here the same. Whether it is hand but denied that Kane was player based outside of Europe to The 26-year-old revealed he Bale, Ronaldo or anyone. I’m try- feeling the effect of a long season score at a European Championship. has been inundated with mes- ing to be focused on myself and my in which he has played more than The Qatar based star has set sages of support from Qatar after team. England has a squad full of 60 games. his sights on writing further his- becoming the first Qatar Stars good players, a team that can go all “I’ve spoken to Harry,” the tory with Slovakia against England League-based player to score the way. We have respect, but we manager told a news conference. in the final Group B match today. at a European Championship: don’t fear them. Raheem Sterling is “He’s been very, very good in train- The former Manchester City “I found out about my record on a great young talent, who can cause ing. There’s no problem with him. midfielder is one of three Qatar- social media. It’s always nice to a lot of damage to every team.” “Jamie and Daniel did very well based players representing his be first in something, and I got a With the final round of first when they came on and I’m sure country at Euro 2016 in France, lot of responses from Qatari fans round matches beginning in they’d like another chance too.” and scored his side’s opener in on Twitter. France, Weiss concluded by say- What seems certain is that cap- their crucial 2-1 win over Russia. The former Espanyol and ing he saw one player and two tain Wayne Rooney, who has been Now he believes Slovakia have Olympiacos midfielder added that teams which had been a level widely praised for his two per- shown that they can beat any side he felt like he was also represent- above the others so far: “I think formances so far as a midfielder, - even England. ing Qatari football in France, and Iniesta has been great for Spain, will stay in a deeper role, where he “We have beaten big teams praised the Arab world’s football but it’s too soon to say who will be sees himself as creator rather than Slovakian winger Vladimir Weiss in action in this file photo. Weiss before and if we play at our best, development ahead of the 2022 the most important player of the goalscorer. became the first player based outside of Europe to score at a we can beat anyone, even Eng- FIFA World Cup. tournament. Spain and Italy have “We’ve got players who can European Championship when he scored his side’s opener in their land,” Weiss told the Supreme “Of course it’s good for the impressed me so far.” come on and change games, which crucial 2-1 win over Russia. happened in the Wales game. We have good-quality players who can score goals and it’s important to get them the chances to do that.” Hodgson wants to finish top of the group, not in order to play in Smolov accuses Paris in the round of 16 near the Wales could hit heights or squad’s Chantilly base, but because it should mean less demanding British and Welsh depths in final countdown opposition. of antagonising Disciplinary Reuters probes against

Russian fans Portugal, Hungary TOULOUSE: The thousands of Welsh sup- porters who have brought their nation’s and Belgium Reuters famed singing, not to mention plenty of plastic dragons, to a major tournament after a wait of more half a century are steeling AFP TOULOUSE: Russia striker Fyodor Smolov insists that themselves to hit the heights - or rock bot- English and Welsh fans were guilty of antagonising their tom - today. Russian counterparts during scuffles that broke out in Currently in second place in Euro 2016 PARIS: UEFA began disciplinary Lille earlier in Euro 2016. group B with three points, Wales could fin- proceedings yesterday against Riot police used tear gas to disperse fans, while 36 ish either top or bottom of their section, Portugal, Hungary and Belgium people were arrested in Lille ahead of the second round depending on their own result against Rus- for incidents in their Euro 2016 of Group B matches, although the scenes of violence that sia here and England’s against Slovakia. matches the previous day. accompanied Russia’s opener with England in Marseille If they beat the Russians, who have only Portugal is charged with were largely avoided. one point, and neighbours England fail to allowing a pitch invasion, Asked whether Russia should follow the lead of win, Chris Coleman’s side would be proud Hungary for allowing crowd dis- Croatia, whose coach Ante Cacic said Croatia fans who group winners, qualifying for a round of 16 turbances and other offences and threw flares onto the pitch during their draw with the match in the Parc des Princes next Satur- Belgium for its fans setting off Czech Republic were “sports terrorists”, Smolov revealed day against a third-placed team. fireworks and throwing objects. that he feels the Russian fans were provoked by the At the other extreme, defeat, and at A fan ran on to the pitch in British supporters. least a point for Slovakia, would leave Portugal’s 0-0 draw with Austria “A number of videos have been uploaded onto the them fourth. at the Parc des Princes in Paris web and clearly the English and the Welsh provoked A modicum of pride would undoubt- on Saturday and posed for a selfie them,” Smolov told reporters. edly remain, but such an outcome would with Portuguese superstar Cris- “Clearly these things mustn’t go on in the stands. If be a real anti-climax after the excitement tiano Ronaldo. people should go out with the intention of fighting, they of beating the Slovaks 2-1 in the opening In Marseille, Hungarian fans shouldn’t do it in the stadium.” game and then holding England until the clashed with stewards in the Stade In light of the potential for further violence as Rus- final minute in a 2-1 defeat. Velodrome as they tried to climb sian and Welsh supporters converge on Toulouse ahead Russia’s 2-1 defeat by Slovakia undid all a fence to join up with another of their decisive Group B fixture today, Russian coach the good work of their resilience in snatch- group of Hungarians before the Leonid Slutski is confident that there won’t be further ing a late equaliser against England and 1-1 draw with Iceland. scenes of disorder. leaves them vulnerable to an early return Hungary is also accused of “Any violence is in the past because a number of home and charges of under-achievement. allowing its fans to set off fire- Wales’ goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey (left) and Gareth Bale (centre) warm up measures were taken after the Marseille match (between In historic and geo-political terms there works and throwing objects. England and Russia on June 11) to organise things,” he should be no contest between a nation of during a training session at the Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, France yesterday. The punishment in that case said. Forty-three Russia fans suspected of taking part 144 million people and one with a popu- will be announced tomorrow. in clashes with England supporters in Marseille were lation of three million -- larger than only shooting range for Gareth Bale, a mistake one superstar. He will be more concerned Belgium also faces charges detained, while Lens and Lille imposed alcohol bans in Albania, Northern Ireland and Iceland of that both Slovakia and England were pun- about a defence that conceded only four that its supporters threw fire- order to avert further hooliganism. the 24 countries here. ished for making. goals in the qualifying campaign but has works and other objects during Russia were also handed a suspended disqualifi- Russia have never lost to Wales in their The Real Madrid player scored with been beaten almost as many times in two the 3-0 win against the Republic cation from the competition and will be thrown out if four meetings, but the margins have been direct long range efforts, bringing back games here. of Ireland in Bordeaux. there is a repeat of the violent clashes that marred their tight, like so many matches at this low- memories of Michel Platini’s ability with Changing from his system of three at UEFA said it was yet to decide opener. Russia need a win to guarantee a place in the scoring tournament. a dead ball when France last hosted the the back is a possibility, but perhaps too a date for its disciplinary com- Round of 16, having drawn 1-1 with England in their Coach Leonid Slutski knows his team European Championship in 1984. radical a departure at this late and cru- mittee to meet on the cases of opener before being defeated 2-1 by Slovakia. must avoid conceding free kicks within Coleman knows he can count on his cial stage. Belgium and Portugal.