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FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 • 29 Jumada I 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6375 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 2022 Cup final on National Day Tournament likely to start on November 21: Report Stadium cooling work to go ahead ZURICH: Football’s governing body FIFA yes- England and other countries opposed this because terday approved staging the final of the 2022 of the clash with traditional games played over the DOHA: Qatar said it heart- with the Interpol to ensure safety World Cup to coincide with Qatar’s National Day Christmas and New Year period. ily welcomes FIFA Executive and security in the country dur- on December 18, a top official said. UEFA, Europe’s governing body had initially pre- Committee’s decision to hold ing the event. It was signed on the A FIFA task force recommended last month that ferred December 23 for the final, but have since 2022 World Cup in November- sidelines of 81st general assembly the tournament be switched from summer to winter changed their minds. December in pleasant weather of the Interpol in Italy recently. and played in November and December. However, European federations are and reiterated its resolve to He said Qatar has announced FIFA’s Communications Chief Walter de Gregorio still wor- ried about dates for international make the event memorable. earlier that it is ready to host said deciding the date of the final was “an important matches scheduled at that time. The organising committee, the event in summer or winter as step. Finally, we know and we can move forward. The compromise will probably though, added that despite the decided by FIFA. “We will comply “The final will be on December 18. It is a see the tournament reduced to 28 winter schedule, it will go ahead with all decisions of FIFA with Sunday and it is also National Day of Qatar, days instead of 32 for 2014 World with stadium cooling plans for regard to the 2022 event, and we so it fits perfectly,” he told reporters. Cup in Brazil. use of the unique outdoor sport- began making preparations for it Qatar was awarded the 2022 finals in Noel Le Graet, President, ing facilities by Qatar’s future since we were given the right to December 2010 on the basis it would take French Football Federation, generations. host it in late 2010.” place in the summer in air-conditioned said the proposed date could “We will continue with our Qatar will show to the world stadiums. push European leagues to play plans to develop the cooling that 2022 World Cup will be one But within days, Franz Beckenbauer, an more matches in summer. system for the stadiums. There of the best ever held in its history. executive committee member at the time, and “It is a good decision for will be cooling inside and the About the 28-day schedule of UEFA President Michel Platini suggested a players,” Le Graet told report- open areas of the stadiums,” said next 10 years and that includes the tournament, he said it is tight winter World Cup would be possible. ers. “I have always been a Hassan Al Thawadi (pictured), an extensive railway system with but it will be held smoothly and FIFA had to change from the traditional June- supporter of playing less Secretary-General, Supreme Greater Doha Metro, roads and beautifully. “We will continue to July World Cup and thus will be the first tourna- in winter and more in Committee for Delivery and expressways, playgrounds and make announcements of plans ment to be held in the northern winter. summer.” Legacy, QNA reports from stadiums, housing and hotels. to build one stadium after the “In principle, we try to play in 28 days. The next European clubs are Zurich. He said the stadium cool- Qatar had a budget surplus of other. Soon, plans for Al Rayyan step will be to have different talks, especially (on) expected to press for some ing technology is exceptional and around $28bn until last January Stadium will be announced.” the international calendar,” the official added. kind of compensation for will leave behind a legacy. despite the fact that crude rates This year, plans to build sev- The date of the start of the tournament will prob- halting their national He said 12 stadiums are being began tumbling in the middle eral stadiums will be made pub- ably not be decided until the end of the year, FIFA league and Champions built for 2022 World Cup, out of of 2014. Al Thawadi, also CEO, lic, he said. Soccer fans the world sources said. League games for at least which five will be new and the Local Organising Committee over had been waiting for the However, five weeks. remaining seven will be upgraded. (LOC) was in Zurich with a announcement by FIFA about Telegraph FIFA The total cost of building new Qatari delegation during FIFA the schedule of the event. “They newspa- President Sepp stadiums and upgrading the executive committee meeting must be excited now.” per said Blatter has existing ones to world and FIFA yesterday. The working committee of the begin- previously said standards will be $4.2bn. The main job of LOC is to FIFA had met in Doha last month ning of compensation The new stadiums will have coordinate with FIFA to hold the and recommended that the event the World was not needed. solar-powered cooling systems in 2022 event, while the Supreme should be held in November- Cup will But he has and out so that even during hot Committee for Delivery and December. The suggestion was be around since held talks and humid days, spectators can Legacy was set up by Emir made since temperatures are November with the head enjoy matches in pleasant tem- H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad high in Qatar during the summer 21 as FIFA of the European peratures. “Work on the cooling Al Thani last year and its job is months. The decision by FIFA has suggested it would be a week-and-a-half shorter Club Association, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, system has begun and enough to create the best conditions to to change the schedule to win- than usual. Chairman of German giants Bayern Munich. investments have been made in host the world’s greatest sport- ter will have an impact on world The decision on the date of the 2022 final ended a FIFA paid $70m to clubs who had players at 2014 research and technology develop- ing event. Al Thawadi said coor- soccer. This is the first time since long-running and acrimonious debate on the timing. World Cup and this scheme could be enlarged for ment,” he said. dination among the three key the first World Cup in Uruguay However, European clubs have complained about 2022. Sliding global oil prices not- panels — FIFA, LOC and the in 1930 that the event’s schedule the disruption to their cash-rich domestic champi- UEFA is promising $170m for clubs whose play- withstanding, Qatar is committed Supreme Committee — will now has been changed from summer onships on account of a winter World Cup. ers are on duty at 2016 European Championships to spending $200bn on infra- be accelerated. to winter for 2022, an expert told And even the dates for the November-December in France. structure development over the He said Qatar has inked a deal this daily. THE PENINSULA tournament were not unanimous. AGENCIES

Detained Qatari Umrah: Meningitis jab freed by UAE returns home mandatory for pilgrims DOHA: One of the two young DOHA: Vaccination against they will not be turned away at Qatari nationals taken into cus- infectious diseases, especially the Saudi border,” he said, adding tody by UAE authorities last meningitis, has been made that many aspiring pilgrims are year has been released. mandatory for people travelling still not aware of the new rule. Youssef Abdussamad Ali Al to Saudi Arabia for perform- Tour operators say that the Mulla, 30, has safely returned ing Umrah, say tour operators number of people travelling from home, Al Sharq reported yester- based in Qatar. Qatar for Umrah has dropped day quoting “informed” sources. The health requirements issued significantly after a recent deci- Comments on local social media by Saudi Arabia for Haj and sion by the Ministry of Interior said he was welcomed back, with Umrah pilgrims actually included banning visitors from going for people hoping the other Qatari vaccination against meningococ- Umrah. Earlier a number of expa- would be freed soon. cal meningitis but this rule was triates used to bring their fami- Al Mulla, according to some not strictly implemented in the lies and relatives on visit to Qatar social media commentators, was case of Umrah. for the purpose of performing the dropped in Al Sila at the UAE- However, the Saudi authorities pilgrimage. Qatar border yesterday. are no more allowing in Umrah The Saudi decision banning for- “He was dumped there,” some pilgrims from other countries eigners from going for Umrah in tweeters claimed. His photo- Forces loyal to President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi seen in Aden yesterday. who have not taken the required private cars is expected to further graphs taken at regular intervals vaccination before their depar- reduce the number of pilgrims, during his journey back home ture to the holy lands, say tour say industry sources. were also posted on social media. organizers. They believe this decision is Al Mulla and friend Hamad Ali Warplane raids Hadi’s base The new rule follows a recent intended to reduce the traffic Mohamed Ali Al Hamadi, 33, had ban imposed by Saudi authorities congestion at the holy premises, gone missing late last June follow- ADEN: An unidentified war- ground and subsequent air attack the sea”. “Aden is peaceful and on the entry of foreigners to the with massive construction works ing a road trip to the UAE. plane attacked the presidential appeared to be part of a deepen- things are back to normal after country in private vehicles for the going on in the area. It emerged almost three palace in Aden yesterday after ing power struggle between Hadi the rebellion was ended,” he said purpose of performing Umrah. Although travelling in private months later that they were rival forces fought the worst and the Houthi group, which on Aden television. Representative of a community cars has been banned people can arrested by UAE authorities at clashes in years in Yemen’s sec- controls the capital Sana’a and is Residents said anti-aircraft organisation operating Umrah still travel by air or by bus. There Ghuraifat check post on their way ond city, an official and resi- allied with former president Ali guns opened fire at the plane, trips for expatriates said the are many tour operators here to the UAE. The families of both dents said, in a sharp escalation Abdullah Saleh. and smoke was seen rising from organizers were in for a shock, conducting Umrah trips by road Qataris said the duo had been to of the months-long conflict. In a statement, Hadi described the area, but it was not imme- when they got information about at affordable prices. the UAE several times and were Thirteen people were killed the attack on Aden as an diately clear if Hadi was in the the new rule just a day before the The sources have ruled out the surprised why they were taken when forces loyal to President attempted coup backed by the compound. A second approach by pilgrims’ departure last week. possibility of an immediate rise in into custody this time. Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi fought previous regime. a warplane was repelled by anti- “Earlier vaccination was man- the fares due to the relatively low Al Sharq said Qatari authorities their way into Aden’s interna- In a televised speech, Habtoor aircraft fire, they said. datory only for Haj pilgrims. demand. However, the demand had been trying their best to get tional airport and wrested an accused the Houthis of being An aide to Hadi said the presi- Our Umrah group was all set would increase manifold in the them released and one of them adjacent military base from a behind the air attack on the com- dent was “safe at a secure loca- for departure when we came to months to come, especially dur- was eventually back home. renegade officer, Aden Governor pound in Al Maasheeq district, tion ... There was a raid, but there know about the new rule. We had ing Ramadan, which is considered Continued on page 2 Abdulaziz bin Habtoor said. where Hadi is based, but said the were no casualties.” AGENCIES. to rush to get all of them vacci- the peak season for Umrah. THE PENINSULA Both the fighting on the bomb “had fallen harmlessly into Another photo on page 5 nated in the last moment so that THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 02 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com HOME

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Father Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday offered his condolences on the death of Sheikh Dr Harith Al Dhari, chairman of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq, to his sons and family members in Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday met Sir the Jordanian capital, Amman. H H Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani, Personal Representative of the Emir, Bernard Hogan-Howe, head of London’s Metropolitan Police Service. The two reviewed Qatar-Britain ties accompanied the Father Emir on the visit. and ways of developing them. Call to make Doha more disabled-friendly Definitely Able conference concludes at MIA

BY RAYNALD C RIVERA Office, are looking at this,” said opportunities to all population,” Al Kaabi, adding they had “12 said Tyler, adding accessibility DOHA: Experts have called months to come up with specifica- is “not an optional extra but a for making Doha more acces- tions to build everything on time.” requirement of a city.” sible to persons with disabilities He was speaking at the final “The mark of a civilization is (PWDs). Despite the consider- session, titled “Finding the how it does well for those with the able presence of PWDs in the accessible Doha”, of the two-day most challenges,” he said. country, accessibility and con- conference. David Banes, Deputy CEO, nectivity is lacking in facilities Mark Dyer, Accessibility Mada, Qatar Assistive Technology such as taxis, public areas and and Inclusive Design Adviser, Center, stressed the need for hotels, they said on the final day Supreme Committee for Delivery information on accessible places of the Definitely Able confer- and Legacy, said “World Cup 2022 to visit for PWDs. It necessitates FROM LEFT: Mark Dyer, Accessibility and Inclusive Design Adviser, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, ence at the Museum of Islamic will be different” as accessibility is a portal that provides information Art, yesterday. one of the important elements in that is compatible with mobile Programme Management Consultant; Eng. Jamal Al Kaabi, Director of Central Planning Office, Ministry of As the city witnesses fast-paced the design of stadiums and infra- phones, easy to use and can be Municipality and Urban Planning; Nick Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, University College London construction and infrastructure structure to make the event “good shared by everyone, he said. and David Banes, Deputy CEO, Mada, Qatar Assistive Technology Center, at the Definitely Able conference at the development in the run-up to and safe for everyone.” The said tool can be used by Museum of Islamic Art, yesterday. QASSIM RAHMATULLAH the Fifa World Cup 2022, many On the design of facilities, he the tourism sector as well as for believe there is a need to consider said, “If it works for a disabled World Cup 2022, he added. Banes urged people to partici- “There has been an increase Qatar Museums, was aimed at accessibility in the designing of person, it will work for others.” He recommended the use of pate in creating a map of acces- in the number of accessible loca- providing a platform to the dis- facilities. “Designers must think in the Wheelmap.org, a free global sible places in Doha through the tions. There has also been an abled community in Qatar and Eng. Jamal Al Kaabi, Director longer term. We have to think of online map for wheelchair-acces- app. increase in interaction between an opportunity for policymak- of Central Planning Office, accessibility and how it evolves. sible places which is available as “People without disability can people with and without disabili- ers and stakeholders to share Ministry of Municipality and It’s not the buildings that engi- a mobile app. With the informa- do that on behalf of the wider ties,” he said. experiences. Urban Planning, said there was neers build but people,” said Nick tion available, mobility-impaired community to help PWDs, fami- Other sessions yesterday The Ilham art exhibition that a need for “a clearly defined Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil people can easily find out which lies and policymakers,” he said. focused on access to education, ran with the conference features organisation responsible to unify Engineering, University College places are accessible and which “Let people know how far we art as a vehicle to change per- works by seven deaf and ‘disabled’ all specifications in all agencies” London, sharing the experience are not, increasing their mobil- go so we can build an accessible ceptions, and accessible museums artists from Qatar, Oman and to ensure provision of adequate of London. ity and participation in society. Doha,” he said. and galleries. Britain, who were inspired by the facilities for everyone, including “As a city we must ensure Everyone can participate by He expressed optimism due to The two-day conference, MIA collection. It is open during PWDs. all activities are accessible. A marking the wheelchair accessi- a shift in the attitude of people organised by Sasol and British the MIA’s hours until March 27. “We, at the Central Planning city with connectivity denies bility of public places. toward disability. Council in partnership with THE PENINSULA Prices of fish, vegetables stable Egypt court adjourns Al Jazeera trial CAIRO: The trial of two Al a committee of technical experts contradicted everything they’ve DOHA: The prices of fresh veg- tomatoes averaged QR3 a kilo at the Central (fish) Market in the Jazeera television journalists that had said last year the Al said,” Fahmy told reporters. etables, fruits and fish at the while Jordanian capsicum cost week under review, the Consumer was adjourned until March Jazeera journalists had broad- Fahmy and Mohamed were government-monitored central QR6 a kilo, according to figures Protection Department (CPD) of 25 yesterday after the court cast footage that was harmful to released on bail last month after markets were stable last week cited by the Ministry’s consumer the Ministry said. ordered the creation of a new Egypt’s security. spending more than a year in (March 12 to 19). rights’ watchdog. Citing highs and lows in the technical committee to review The judge said a new committee detention. A third Al Jazeera jour- Figures released by the Fruit prices were also sta- week, the CPD said Qatari Rabees their work would have to be formed when the nalist, Australian Peter Greste, Ministry of Economy and ble during the week, averaging (small) was sold in retail for QR51 The decision came after expert witnesses said they had not seen was deported earlier in February. Commerce suggest that the only at QR3.17 per kilo. The popular a kilo, while the price of the most witnesses, who had previously all the available footage before they “An encouraging start to our vegetable that became slightly American apple, for example, was sought-after fish, Hamour, peaked said the Al Jazeera reporting had had signed their damning report. #AJRetrial. Prosecution wit- dearer in the week was cucumber. available in retail for QR6.5 a kilo, at QR27. harmed national security, admit- “I did not see them and I did not nesses said nothing that suggests Cucumber is produced in large orange for QR3 a kilo and banana Even King Fish, Balul and Safi ted they had not seen all the video write a report on them,” Mohamed we were criminals or terrorists,” quantities locally, particularly in from the Philippines for QR6 a (the bigger variety) at times com- collected as evidence. Abdel Hakim, president of the Greste said on his Twitter feed as this season, and it was on average kilo. manded more prices in retail than Mohamed Fahmy, a natural- original committee, said when he followed the case from abroad. available in retail at the central The Philippines is the largest Hamour — the rate for King Fish ised Canadian who has given up asked about some of the videos. The three were originally sen- market for QR3.5 a kilo in the exporter of bananas to Qatar. being QR34 a kilo, for Balul QR32 his Egyptian citizenship, and Outside of the courtroom, the tenced to between seven and 10 above week. Fish supplies, their demand and and for Safi QR30. Egyptian Baher Mohamed are defendants expressed cautious years in prison on charges includ- The price of Jordanian hence their prices were also stable THE PENINSULA charged with aiding a terrorist optimism. ing spreading lies to help a terror- organisation — a reference to the “Today I think our biggest suc- ist organisation. Egypt’s high court Muslim Brotherhood. cess is that the technical commit- ordered a retrial in January. Somali PM at QF The court heard testimony from tee has collapsed and they have REUTERS

Ecuadorian Food Festival begins Detainees not DOHA: The second edition of Ecuadorian Food Festival opened on Wednesday at the Diplomatic Club. allowed to see Hosted by The Diplomatic Club and The Embassy of Ecuador, the fes- tival is aimed at introducing Ecuadorian culture to Qatar and strength- relatives ening ties between the two countries. “Cuisine is one of the best ways to express culture. The Ecuadorian Continued from page 1 table can become a multicoloured, multi-flavoured and multicultural The daily said that while they mosaic. It is my pleasure to invite you to discover the secrets hidden in were in the UAE jail, they were the kitchen of my country, to get closer to Ecuador, to know the rich- not allowed to see relatives or ness of our culture and to visit our beautiful country,” said Ecuadorian friends, and nor was the reason Ambassador Kabalan Abi Saab. for their arrest stated by the UAE Two celebrated experts in Ecuadorian cuisine, Chef Andre Obiol and authorities. Chef Juan Jose Aniceto, create masterpieces of the country’s finest food. In February 2013, a Qatari “Food is no longer just a humanitarian need in specific times, it is a doctor, Mehmoud Al Jaidah, was science and art that sheds light on a country’s culture. At The Diplomatic arrested at Dubai international Club, we are keen on providing different quality services to our cutom- airport while he was en route to Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (fifth right) visited Qatar Foundation for Education, ers that promote the nature of services offered,” said Director of Sales Doha. Science and Community Development yesterday. He listened to a presentation outlining the vision and mission and Marketing, Haiyan Al Zarzouri. He was later sentenced to seven of Qatar Foundation, and was introduced to various educational initiatives, community development plans The festival is expected to attract food enthusiasts and reviewers who years in jail on charges of support- and scientific research programmes undertaken by Qatar Foundation. have been craving for authentic flavours of Latin America. The festival ing a banned local organisation. runs until March 28, from 7pm onwards. THE PENINSULA THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 HOME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 03

Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and other dignitaries stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem at the opening ceremony of the Police College; (RIGHT) students at the College during a parade. Premier inaugurates Police College 115 citizens, 23 students from other Arab countries undergoing training at institution in Al Sailiya DOHA: The Prime Minister and Education and Higher Education of Interior. They were poet Falih contribute to its development. Inspection Department, Brigadier of Public Security in Jordan, Dr Interior Minister H E Sheikh H E Dr Muhammed Abdul Wahed Mubarak Al Ajlan Al Hajiri, who The dignitaries appreciated Muhammad Ahmad Al Ateeq, Mahmoud Hussain Abu Jumaa, Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Ali Al Hamadi, Chief of Staff of wrote the college anthem, Captain the efforts made by individuals Assistant Director of General the Director General of King Fahd Al Thani officially inaugurated the Qatari Armed Forces Major Abdullah Dhamn Al Mohannadi and organisations for the estab- Directorate of Nationality, Borders Security College in Saudi Arabia, the Police College yesterday. General (Pilot) Ghanim bin and Muhammad Al Marzouqi. lishment of the college. Among and Expatriates Affairs and Major General Saad bin Abdullah The college was founded fol- Shaheen Al Ghanim, Commander The opening ceremony started them were Major General Dr Brigadier Hussain Hasan Al Jaber, Al Khulaiwi, the Director General lowing Emiri Decree No. 161 of of Emiri Guards H E Staff Major with the national anthem, fol- Abdullah Yousuf Al Mal, Adviser Director of Human Resource of Palestine Police Major General 2013 and enrolled 115 citizens General Huzaa bin Khalil Al lowed by a military parade by the to the Interior Minister, Major Department. Hazim Atta Allah, the Director and 23 trainees from other Arab Shahwani, and directors and offic- students. The Director General General Abdul Aziz Abdullah The delegates from other coun- General of Academy of Saad Al countries in the first batch. The ers from different departments of of the Police College, Brigadier Abdullah Al Ansari, Director tries lauded Qatar for providing Abdullah for Security Sciences in academic activities of the college the Ministry of Interior, the armed Mohammed Abdullah Al Muhana of International Cooperation quality military education in the Kuwait, the Assistant Director started a year ago. forces and Lekhwiya. Delegations Al Marri, delivered the introduc- Department, Brigadier Abdullah Arab region. of Abu Dhabi Police, Lt-Colonel The inauguration ceremony was from other GCC and Arab coun- tory speech. He said that the Salim Al Ali, Director General of Dubai Police Commander-in- Khalid Abdullah Al Khori, the attended by several ministers and tries also attended the event. opening of the college was a great General Directorate of Nationality, Chief Major General Khamis head of London’s Metropolitan other dignitaries from Qatar and The Director General of Public achievement to be added to other Borders and Expatriates Affairs, Mattar Al Mazeina said that the Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, abroad. Security, Staff Major General Saad accomplishments by Qatar in line Brigadier Muhammad Saad opening of the Police College in and the British Ambassador to Among those present were bin Jassim Al Khulaifi, felicitated with Qatar National Vision 2030. Al Kharji, Director General of Qatar marked a great accom- Qatar, Nicholas Hopton, were Qatar’s Minister of Youth and some prominent personalities He said the institution was Public Directorate of Traffic, plishment for the Arab countries among the foreign dignitaries at Sports H E Salah bin Ghanem who made great efforts for the ready to train military cadres to Brigadier Rashid Shaheen Al in policing and security services. the opening ceremony. bin Nasser Al Ali, Minister of college, on behalf of the Minister serve and secure the nation and Ateeq, Director of Control and The Assistant Director General THE PENINSULA Indian Cultural Festival begins DOHA: The two-day Indian “We embark on a new journey to events for different communities Cultural Festival featuring a new culture and country known in Qatar. cultural performances, handi- throughout history for the diver- The festival, he said, offered a crafts and cuisine from various sity of cultures and the long his- good opportunity to learn about Indian states opened yesterday tory of civilization reflected in the the diverse cultures of the 29 at Katara. different activities in the festival. states of India and people would Katara General Manager Dr It is our pleasure to make Katara a enjoy Indian cuisine, folklore and Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti and destination of cultural interaction handcrafts. Indian Ambassador Sanjiv Arora of many nations, that’s why we are A highlight of the festival is a launched the event in the presence hosting different cultural events replica of the historical India Gate of ambassadors and representa- from various parts in the world,” located in Delhi and built in mem- tives of diplomatic missions as well said Dr Al Sulaiti. ory of 90,000 Indian soldiers who as hundreds of Indian expatriates. “India is a country with which lost their lives during World War I. Called “A Passage to India,” we have strong friendly relations Forty tents located along Katara the festival has been organised by and trade exchange,” he added. Beach offer visitors Indian food, Indian Cultural Centre in collabo- Ambassador Arora expressed handicraft and clothes. ration with Katara. appreciation of Katara hosting THE PENINSULA

Katara General Manager Dr Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti gets a traditional Indian welcome at one of the stalls set up as part of the Indian Cultural Festival at Katara yesterday. BAHER AMIN

Oral health to be highlighted this week DOHA: Several events are Week is being observed in all GCC Every year, the last week of scheduled to be held to mark countries following a resolution March is dedicated to raising the GCC Oral Health Unified issued by the health ministers of awareness of dental diseases and Week. the GCC states at their 65th con- how to prevent them. The programmes are again ference, held in Geneva in 2008. This year, the event will be held being organised in collaboration The aim is to promote oral under the theme ‘Teeth, Health with the Supreme Education health and focus on the impor- & Beauty.’ Government as well as Council and Primary Health Care tance of preventive measures to non-government institutions will Corporation. reduce the incidence of oral and participate in the activities. The GCC Oral Health Unified dental diseases. THE PENINSULA FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 04 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ISLAM The inevitability of the Hereafter BY AISHA STACEY Everyone will see it with their own eyes, there is no more imagining, But when there comes the greatest it is a reality that will be visually Death only Overwhelming Calamity – confronting. Those who stated that The Day when man will remember they would not believe until they that for which he strove, could see it with their own eyes now a change And Hellfire will be exposed for all both see and believe. those who see It becomes clear that people So as for he who transgressed have different destinies. God now of worlds And preferred the life of the world, addresses the person who trans- Then indeed, Hellfire will be his gressed, the one who committed sin slam does not ignore the refuge. with abandon and did not repent, effect of actions of the body But as for he who feared the posi- the one who preferred the distrac- on the ruuh, which is com- tion of his Lord and prevented the soul tions of the worldly life over mat- Imonly translated as spirit, from unlawful inclination, ters of the religion. but better as soul. Whatever Then indeed, Paradise will be (his) Those who rebelled against the actions, good or bad the physi- refuge. (Holy Quran 79:34-41) instructions of God will not only cal body is engaged in, would be see Hell — they will enter it. The reflected in the on-going devel- hese essential and crucial rebellion is not necessarily a rejec- opment of ruuh. To understand verses from the Quran tion of the afterlife; it is a prefer- it in its true perspective, one come from Chapter 79, ence for matters of the world to the must distinguish between the TAnnaziat or translated Hereafter. human body called jism, exhibit- into English as The Extractors or God calls Hell a refuge. This is a ing as nafs (person or personal- The Forceful Chargers. form of sarcasm. It refers back to ity) and between the ruuh (soul). The chapter was revealed in verse 12 of this chapter where the In fact, the human being is a Makkah and its theme is the inevi- disbelievers call the resurrection a soul cloaked in a physical body, tability of the Day of Judgment. The return filled with loss: That then and hence the believer is com- eight verses (34– 41) that we will would be a losing return. mitted to moral and spiritual discuss refer particularly to that When the disbelievers were told values. He/she must therefore event. This is an emotional chapter that they would be resurrected strive for the development of that up until this point has evoked after death, they began mocking it, both aspects of oneself through fear and apprehensive expectation. saying to one another: “Well, if we his/her jism (body), which has The first verse of this group really are restored then we would life and human qualities. This is starts out with a statement of certainly be doomed.” along with the ruuh (soul), which authority. It states, when this great On the other hand, those who has spiritual qualities. The body event comes or when the over- feared their Lord and controlled could be improved with cosmetic whelming calamity arrives. their worldly desires would have surgery but the ruuh needs to be Fact; it will arrive. The knowl- Paradise as their refuge. spiritually elevated. edge of when that time will be The one who fears to stand in According to Islam, the rests only with God, and Prophet front of God does not knowingly or human being is born in a pure Muhammad has warned the disbe- willingly commit sin. If he or she state, free from sin, in a state of lievers repeatedly that the timing is does slip in a moment of human fitrah (natural instinct and ten- we have a choice over our inten- evil actions cling almost disease- The life of this world, compared not known but the fact that it will weakness he repents and prays for dency towards truth) in com- tions and actions. like to our soul and might thus to that of the Hereafter is but a arrive is indisputable. forgiveness. plete submission to Allah, the So, both Allah’s guidance and be carried to the Hereafter. brief passing moment. The earth will come to its extinc- Fear of God and control of One and Only Creator. At birth, the evil of Satan are available Although all of us make We need to know that death tion event, and the fleeting comfort desire are mentioned together in the baby is totally innocent and to us. That of God is through our journey to the Hereafter is only a starting birthday for of this life will be extinguished. the same verse. A person can use is not responsible for the sin of spiritual means and long-term together, it is a journey which eternity. Death is only a change On that Day all human beings the fear of God to fight against evil his/her parents or any of his/ benefits and that of Satan’s each of us must do alone and of worlds. However, in spite of will remember what they spent desires. Because God understands her ancestors. He/she starts off through short-term pleasure take full responsibility for every the certainty of death, none of their time in this world seeking. human weaknesses He does not ask with a clean slate, and as he/ and long-term anguish. The decision we make and for every us wants to die. In fact, if Allah They will remember that for which humankind to suppress evil inclina- she grows up, he/she uses his/ choice is ours as to whom we step we take. Normally, on our were to grant any single wish for they strove. tions; He simply asks us to control her own freedom of choice to do wish to befriend. death-bed, we reflect on our past mankind, we all would plead: “O Each person may have been dis- ourselves. Thus the reward for self- good or evil. The development of human mistakes, but since we do not Allah, do not let us die.” tracted by the comforts of life or control is Paradise. This freewill gives the person personality and soul are con- know when our number will be What Man can achieve, he/ by the events in their lives, but The verses end with a declara- independence of intention, deci- trolled by human actions. This is called, we might as well look for she will achieve with God’s help when the calamity strikes they will tion that those who prefer to focus sion and action in various situ- because the soul is permanently them now… and guidance, both in this life remember both their good and their on the Hereafter and control their ations of moral conflict. This is bonded to the body, as long as Our catalogue of deeds is and in the Hereafter. We can evil. They will remember the warn- evil desires will find eternal refuge without any kind of imposition the person is alive. Personality usually crowded with those always extend a helping hand to ings that came to them and many in Paradise. God knows the hard- of external constraints, as exer- is determined by the behav- actions, which we could have another and also be assured that will begin counting their misdeeds. ships involved in this struggle and cised by any person endowed ior-response patterns of each easily avoided with some fore- when we ourselves need a help- This feeling sometimes over- has designated a fitting reward. with normal mental faculties. individual. This represents a sight and a little resolve. Of ing hand, a strong hand with a comes people in this life, particu- In these few words, eight small Freewill or freedom of choice compromise between his needs course, we all know that with firm grip is always available for larly when they have escaped verses from the Quran, God clearly — as opposed to determinism — and inner drives on the one hand a little foresight, we could have us to hold on to. from a serious accident or recov- articulates what the criterion of is a power we possess. We choose and controls of his conscience on avoided those mistakes and had This strong — metaphoric ered from a severe illness. They the final judgment will be. It will either to obey or disobey Allah the other. done much better. At the end of — hand of Allah will hold our think about death and their own be how a person conducted his or and His messenger. We choose Every human act has some a full life, when wisdom has set hand, better even than sincere immortality and all of a sudden her worldly life. to blame ourselves or to blame kind of consequences. A good in, we find we have a long way and true friends, and guide us in they remember those sins they If the conduct involved know- others for the prevailing con- act benefits the personality and to go again to become a perfect every step we take and in every now wish they had never commit- ingly, and without repentance, ditions. In our thoughts, we the soul, as well. This is while an human being!! decision we make. We always ted. At this momentous occasion disobeying God, the abode will be harbor violence against others, evil one produces a detrimental It is a pity that most of us do need to remind ourselves that (Day of Judgment) not only will Hell, and if a person feared God and due to anger or jealousy… Yet, effect. By shunning all abomi- not realise that we are created Allah’s call is to an eternal home they remember, but Hell will be struggled with unlawful inclina- although we have no control nations, we keep our ruuh as for the Hereafter and that this of bliss, where there is a much shown to them. tions, his abode would be Paradise. over our in-coming thoughts, chaste and pure as possible. Our life is only a preparatory period. higher and better life. Hell will be exposed for all to see. www.onislam.net

Productive work is a duty that How Islam fights hunger everyone should BY MUHAMMAD FATHI praised and deemed an action of worship. (PBUH) said: “Nobody has ever eaten the needed food, 60 percent of it get involved It is interesting that this duty is con- a better meal than that which one has is wasted in different ways. (The in. There is no liminating hunger is one of nected in the Quran and Hadith with earned by working with one’s own hands. Guardian) the biggest challenges facing such principles of faith as trust in Allah The Prophet of Allah, David used to eat Wasteful consumption is not accepted room in Islam the world. About 805 mil- and with such great rituals as prayers from the earnings of his manual labor.” in Islam. That is not meant to inhibit for laziness Elion people –one in nine of the and remembrance of Allah. Worker (Bukhari) work and being productive but rather world’s population- were chronically rights and dues are completely protected guarantee better management of wealth. or unjustified undernourished in 2012–14, with insuf- and guaranteed: 7. Zubbair ibn Al Awwam (may Allah Instead of overconsumption and waste- ficient food for an active and healthy 3. Allah Almighty Says: be pleased with him) narrated that the ful spending on unnecessary stuff, a dependence on life.” (FAO Hunger Map 2014) And when the prayer has been con- Prophet (PBUH) said: righteous believer would prefer to invest The causes of the problem are mul- cluded, disperse within the land and seek “It is better for any of you to take his in developmental projects and beneficial others. Earning tiple and the work needed to eradicate from the bounty of Allah, and remember rope, (cut some wood from the forest,) carry activities that will secure a better life for a livelihood is an it is enormous. Islam has much to offer Allah often that you may succeed. it over his back and sell it, thereby Allah him in the Hereafter. in this regard. In this series, we present (Al Jumuah 62:10) preserves his dignity, rather than beg peo- So, taqwa and religiosity will not lead obligation that a collection of the Quran verses and 4. Allah Almighty Says: ple who may give him or not.” (Bukhari) to the reduction of spending or circu- is encouraged, Prophet’s Hadiths that directly or indi- He is (The One) Who made the earth lation of wealth in the society, it will rectly handle the problem. They provide tractable to you; so walk in its territories 8. Omar (may Allah be pleased with rather prompt competition in doing praised and a number of strategies to fight hunger. and eat of His provision; and to Him is the him) narrated that the Prophet (peace good and developing the society Islam recognises the importance of Rising up. (Al Mulk 67:15) and blessings be upon him) said: deemed an action food security and, thus, deems it a great 5. Ka’b ib Ujrah (may Allah be “If you were to rely upon Allah appro- 10. Allah Almighty Says: of worship. blessing that should be valued, appreci- pleased with him) narrated that a man priately, then He would provide for you just And He it is who causes gardens to grow, ated and pursued: passed by the Prophet (peace and bless- as He would provide birds; they go out in both trellised and untrellised, and palm 1. Allah Almighty mentioned it among ings be upon him). When the Prophet’s the morning empty, and returns full.” (Ibn trees and crops of different [kinds of] food the blessings He granted to people of Companions saw his strength and Majah and authenticated by Albani) and olives and pomegranates, similar and few bites are sufficient to support his back. Quraish: Let them worship the Lord of this energy, they said, “if only he used such Obviously, the hadith indicates, beside dissimilar. Eat of [each of] its fruit when it If it is inevitable (i.e. eating a lot because House, Who has fed them, (saving them) strength in the cause of Allah.” the importance of trusting Allah, the yields and give its due [zakah] on the day he likes eating), then a third for food, a from hunger and made them safe from The Prophet commented: necessity of work. Birds do not stay in of its harvest. And be not excessive. Indeed, third for drink, and third for his breath” fear. (Quraish 106: 3-4) If he went out to win bread for his lit- their nest waiting for Allah’s provision He does not like those who commit excess. (Imam Ahmad and Tirmidhi and authen- 2. Mihsan Al Ansari (may Allah be tle kids, then it is in the cause of Allah. coming to them (Al An’am 6:141) ticated by Albani) pleased with him) narrated that the If he went out to earn a livelihood for 11. Allah Almighty Says: Prophet (peace and blessings be upon [his] aged parents, then it is in the cause 9. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be O children of Adam, take your adorn- 14. Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah him) said: “Whoever among you wakes of Allah, pleased with him) narrated that the ment at every masjid, and eat and drink, be pleased with him) narrated that the up in the morning secured in his dwelling, If he went out to make himself con- Prophet (peace and blessings be upon but be not excessive. Indeed, He likes not Prophet (PBUH) said: healthy in his body, having his food for the tent (that is, to protect himself from ill him) said: “Allah said, ‘I will be the adver- those who commit excess. (Al A’raf 7;31) “Whoever kills a sparrow or anything day, then it is as if the whole world has gains or prohibited -desires), then it is sary of three (types of people) on the Day of 12. Allah Almighty Says: bigger than that without a just cause, been gathered for him.” (Ibn Majah and in the cause of Allah. Resurrection: One who makes a covenant Indeed, the wasteful are brothers of the Allah will hold him accountable on the authenticated by Albani) And if he went out to show off in My Name, but proves treacherous; One devils, and ever has Satan been to his Lord Day of Judgment.” The listeners asked, “O Productive work is a duty that every- and boast about (his strength), then who sells a free person and eats his price; ungrateful. ( 17:27) Messenger of Allah, what is a just cause?” one should get involved in. There is no that will be in the cause of the devil.” and One who employs a laborer and takes 13. Al Miqdam (may Allah be pleased He replied, “That he will kill it to eat, not room in Islam for laziness or unjustified (Authenticated by Albani) full work from him but does not pay him for with him) narrated that the Prophet simply to chop off its head and then throw it dependence on others. Earning a liveli- 6. Al-Miqdam (may Allah be pleased his labor.’ “ (Bukhari) (PBUH) said: “A human being has not away.” (Ranked Hasan by Albani in Sahih hood is an obligation that is encouraged, with him) narrated that the Prophet Though the world produces twice filled any vessel worse than his stomach. A Attarghib) www.onislam.net FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 MIDDLE EAST www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 05

Looting in Yemen Saudi stops No change in my business visas to Swedes in Palestinian policy, diplomatic row

STOCKHOLM: Saudi Arabia says Netanyahu has refused to issue any business visas to Swedes, Stockholm’s Foreign Ministry said yes- Call for ‘genuine peace talks’ terday, in the latest move in a diplomatic row over Swedish WASHINGTON/TEL In another signal that the criticism of Riyadh’s human AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Obama administration is looking rights record. Benjamin Netanyahu denied to turn up the heat on Netanyahu Saudi Arabia recalled its yesterday abandoning his com- after his re-election, the White ambassador to Stockholm earlier mitment to the eventual crea- House is sending Obama’s chief of this month, after Sweden ended tion of a Palestinian state, staff, Denis McDonough, to address a long-standing defence coop- backing away from comments the liberal pro-Israel US-based eration agreement with Saudi he made during his re-election group J Street on Monday. Arabia. campaign that drew sharp The group, a proponent of A few days earlier, Riyadh can- criticism from Israel’s ally the two states side by side, opposed celled a speech due to be given United States. Netanyahu in the election cam- to the League of Arab States “I haven’t changed my policy. paign and sharply criticised both by Foreign Minister Margot I never retracted my speech in his reversal on Palestinian state- Wallstrom. Bar-Ilan University six years hood and remarks in which he Militiamen loyal to Yemen’s President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi loot the barracks of the Special Forces in the “We have received information ago calling for a demilitarized accused left-wingers from abroad southern port city of Aden yesterday. An unidentified warplane attacked the presidential palace in Aden after that Saudi Arabia has stopped Palestinian state that recognises of working to turn out minority rival forces fought the worst clashes in years in Yemen’s second city. giving business visa to Swedish the Jewish State,” Netanyahu said Arab Israeli voters to unseat him. citizens,” Wallstrom’s spokesman in an interview with MSNBC two In the television interview, Erik Boman said. days after winning a bitterly con- Netanyahu dismissed any sugges- The Swedish government was tested Israeli election. tion he was racist. “I’m not,” he given no specific reason for the “What has changed is the real- said. Netanyahu’s frosty relations move and hoped the row would ity,” Netanyahu said, citing the with Obama worsened when he Deal would bar Iran nuclear end soon, he said. Palestinian Authority’s refusal accepted a Republican invitation After Riyadh recalled its to recognise Israel as a Jewish to speak to Congress two weeks ambassador, Boman said the rea- state and the Hamas militant before the Israeli election, a move son given was Sweden’s criticism group’s continued control of the assailed by Democratic leaders as bomb in perpetuity: US of its record on human rights and Gaza Strip. Netanyahu drew a an insult to the presidency and a democracy. sharp rebuke from the United breach of protocol. WASHINGTON: The Obama sunset after 10 years. Once the And should Iran violate the In January, Wallstrom tweeted States and the international com- Partisan divisions over the administration insisted before deal ends, critics fear, the Islamic agreement and begin a rush to criticism of Saudi Arabia’s flog- munity for his comments on the Israeli leader burst into the open skeptical lawmakers yesterday republic could once again freely a bomb, a process described as ging of human rights activist blog- eve of Tuesday’s election that there again in Congress yesterday when that any deal with Iran would crank up its nuclear program and “breakout,” Blinken stressed that ger Raif Badawi, calling it a “cruel would be no Palestinian state cre- several Republican members ensure for “perpetuity” that develop a bomb. “That is simply not restrictions on centrifuges and attempt to silence modern forms ated on his watch. The quest for accused Obama of throwing a “tem- it could not develop nuclear true,” Blinken told a hearing of the uranium mills would prevent Iran of expression”. Palestinian statehood is a corner- per tantrum” over the Netanyahu weapons. House Foreign Affairs Committee. from completing a nuclear bomb She has also criticised the stone of both US diplomacy going address. Democratic Representative A comprehensive accord would “To the contrary, Iran would for at least a year. “That would treatment of women in Saudi back decades and President Barack Gerry Connolly shot back: “I can- also see “phased, proportionate” be prohibited from developing provide us more than enough time Arabia, where they cannot Obama’s Middle East policy. not let that go by. A foreign leader relief from tough sanctions that a nuclear weapon in perpetu- to detect and act on any Iranian drive cars and need permission On Wednesday, the White has insulted the head of state of the have severely constrained Iran’s ity — and we would have a much transgression,” he said. from a male guardian for many House scolded Netanyahu for United States government. It’s not a economy, but such relief could greater ability to detect any effort Blinken’s testimony, less than decisions. abandoning his commitment to temper tantrum, and it didn’t start be swiftly reversed should the by Iran to do so.” two weeks before a deadline On Wednesday, the United negotiate for a Palestinian state with President Obama.” Islamic republic violate any final He said that while some con- for the outlines of a major deal, Arab Emirates had recalled its and for “divisive” campaign rheto- Netanyahu, who received a con- deal, said Deputy Secretary of straints would be lifted after a came as Iran’s Foreign Minister ambassador to Sweden, a Swedish ric toward Israel’s minority Arab gratulatory phone call from US State Antony Blinken. “significant period,” others would Mohammad Javad Zarif and US government source with knowl- voters. “I don’t want a one-state Secretary of State John Kerry on Several members of Congress last “indefinitely, including a Secretary of State John Kerry edge of the matter said, a week solution. I want a sustainable, Wednesday, said he was sure he and other critics have warned stringent and intrusive monitor- reported progress in their talks after Saudi Arabia took the same peaceful two-state solution. But would speak with Obama soon. that the ongoing negotiations ing and inspections regime” by Thursday in Switzerland, but with step. The moves by the two Gulf for that, circumstances have to “We’ll work together,” he said. between world powers and Tehran the United Nations’ International much work remaining. Arab states reflect growing ten- change,” he told MSNBC. REUTERS would lead to a deal that would Atomic Energy Agency. AFP sion with Stockholm. AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 06 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com

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HE THIRD United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction has come out with a declaration to reduce death, destruction and Tdisplacement. Hundreds of thousands of people every Arizona shooting suspect and the year are hit by natural calamities like earthquakes, cyclones and volcanic eruptions that kill, disrupt lives and bring about irreversible changes in the way entire communities have been organised along social, cultural, and industrial lines. resilience of US hate groups The conference in Japan has adopted the Sendai Declaration and Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015- BY TERRENCE MCCOY 2030 that approved seven targets, four priorities and a set of told the Southern Poverty Law Center and share tips on anything from “Mein (SPLC), which keeps the most complete Kampf” to “parenting, cooking, home- guiding principles, underscoring that substantial reduction of N HIS 2012 mug shot, Ryan database of hate organisations. “I think schooling and other home and family- disaster risk requires perseverance and persistence, with a Giroux’s eyes are big, his head is his time in prison contributed to that.” related topics.” You need to first apply more explicit focus on people and their health and livelihoods, shaved and the number 88, code The anonymous police source told the for acceptance to these forums. and regular follow up. The landmark conference attended by for “heil Hitler,” inks his left tem- center that Giroux was a member of a Its users are wise to the dangers of 187 nations came in the wake of the Vanuatu cyclone that ple. The words above his eyebrows notoriously brutal, diffuse organisation hackers. “Do not assume this forum Iare black and unmistakable: “SKIN named the Hammerskin Nation, which is secure,” one rule section advises. ravaged the South Pacific archipelago nation of 260,000 people. HEAD.” the Anti-Defamation League called “. . . Our government can put a nuclear As providence would have it, Vanuatu president Baldwin Giroux is now 41 years old. He has “the most violent and best-organised warhead on a dime anywhere in the Lonsdale was at the conference when disaster struck the been in and out of prison since he was neo-Nazi skinhead group in the United world. If you think they can’t access country of 80 islands on March 13. From the lectern, Lonsdale a teenager on a string of felony convic- States.” It spans more than a dozen your accounts on the Internet, you’re issued an appeal for international aid. Speaking with a heavy tions from aggravated assault to drug countries and broke into national head- dead wrong.” heart, he pleaded with heads of state and governments to use to burglary. That list of felonies may lines in August 2012. That was when Meanwhile, the Ku Klux Klan oper- soon swell after Wednesday’s carnage one of its adherents perpetrated a mass ates an antiquated website, and the come to the help of his citizens who were being walloped by in Arizona. shooting at a Wisconsin Sikh temple. Aryan Strikeforce barely has one. the Category 5 storm that brought down homes and deprived At a small The group illustrates the surprising The anonymity afforded by the thousands of their livelihood. motel in Mesa, resilience of the American hate group. Hammerskin website attracted men like As amazing survival stories outside of Other aging hate groups have lost mem- the Wisconsin shooter, Wade Michael emerged from swathes of devastated The group Phoenix, the bership as prospective recruits opted for Page, who was killed by police in the Nothing but palm-fringed landscapes, Vanuatu shooting started anonymous online forums, according to 2012 incident. He was an avid partici- illustrates the mid-morning on the SPLC. But the Hammerskins have pant in Hammerskin Nation discussions charitable had something to look up to. Going Wednesday. An retained a strong online presence, their inside those forums. According to the by the strength of the storm, surprising apparent argu- website clogged with tens of thousands Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, he posted considerations the casualty figure is minimal. resilience of the ment gave way to of posts. to the group more than 200 times under should drive Yesterday, the prime minister a shooting spree The roots of the Hammerskin Nation the handle “End Apathy.” “Awesome announced that the death toll American hate that ultimately go back decades. The 1979 Pink Floyd show this weekend!” he wrote in one left six people album “The Wall” provided the group message about a concert he played. “It has risen to 11. Looking at the industrialised group. Other injured and one its name and symbol, reported the Anti- was great to meet/see so many people. nations’ destruction, it is remarkable ageing hate dead. The initial Defamation League. “The swastika is Great times, no static. This is how a that the toll is not likely to rise groups have lost barrage of gunfire replaced by Pink’s symbol: two crossed skinhead show should be.” response to dramatically. led to a carjacking hammers, which he boasts will ‘batter Hammerskin’s online presence Considering the 300 kilometre membership and additional down’ the doors behind which fright- reflects broader trends in modern disaster relief. per hour winds that ripped across shootings that ened minorities hide from fascist sup- American hate. “There is little to as prospective appeared to be porters. . . . The Hammerskin Nation attract radicals to join groups when the archipelago, death has pretty recruits opted for random. Hours has made real the gruesome fantasy. . . they can broadcast their opinions across much spared the country with a flailing economy. passed before racist music and racially motivated vio- the world via the Internet and at the However, death and disaster cannot just be measured anonymous online police using a lence under a banner bearing two red, same time remain anonymous if they in numbers. Destruction devastates lives even if death is a forums. But the stun gun arrested white and black crossed hammers.” wish,” the SPLC report said. In other distant possibility. For a Vanuatu, there can be a 2011 Japanese a man they iden- Other groups that came up decades dark corners of the Internet, “many tsunami, debris from which is still washing up the shore of the Hammerskins tified as Giroux, ago — like the Ku Klux Klan and the extremists congregate anonymously in returning him to Aryan Strikeforce — have been deci- password-protected forums.” United States and will continue to do so for three more years. have retained a familiar habitat: mated by the digital era. Membership It’s unclear how active — if at all — Disaster mitigation should not only be the responsibility a strong online a cell. across older groups like these is declin- Arizona’s Ryan Giroux was in these sort of the country that has been its victim. Sovereignty and Authorities ing. As The Washington Post reported, of groups. It’s entirely possible he was geopolitical dynamics aside, the international community led presence. haven’t released the number of Ku Klux Klan chapters more interested in the group’s history by the richer nations has to be in the forefront of disaster the names of any plummeted by nearly half in 2014, from of violence than chat rooms, as shown of the victims, several of whom are in 163 to 72. in police records. “By the defendant’s relief and mitigation efforts. critical condition. Police said they have Hate now stalks online forums, where own admission, he has the propensity As the disaster risk conference wrapped up, international no reason to believe a hate crime was its denizens guard their identity with to become violent when he is either relief agencies criticised richer countries for shirking committed. It’s also uncertain what pseudonyms. This is where Hammerskin intoxicated or using illegal drugs,” the responsibility over the impact of climate change that is seen to caused the argument. Nation has separated itself from its com- Arizona Republic reported his probation be driving natural disasters like super cyclones, mud slides and “He’s a violent guy,” one local detec- petitors. Its vast, labyrinthine network officer writing last year. “He has a long floods. The developed world has to realise it is incumbent upon tive, who recalled Giroux from when he of online chat rooms provides members arrest history that demonstrates violent infiltrated a local skinhead movement, with a forum to exchange racist jokes behaviour.” WP-BLOOMBERG it to come to the help of its less developed counterpart• The other side Quote of ‘Conspiracy’ as an easy way out the day

here is something seriously Janata Party — for what turned out to be State cannot be singled out. The issue of Ms Jordan’s character. The police official problematic about the state of spontaneous protests against the incident rape and other crimes against women is a in charge of the investigation of the inci- affairs in the Trinamool Congress in Ranaghat. This is not to suggest that national one and protests against the Delhi dent was transferred after affirming that T(TMC)-run West Bengal. Three the robbery and rape incident in Ranaghat rape incident in 2012 have steadily turned it was indeed gang rape. Meanwhile the days following the gang rape of an elderly could not have been a “hate crime”, a the gaze on law enforcement agencies to main accused in the rape case is yet to be The EU needs bold nun belonging to the Convent of Jesus and number of which have been reported in effect better responses to these crimes. apprehended by the Kolkata police nearly Mary school in Ranaghat in Nadia district, other parts of the country recently. But What sets the TMC government — and Ms three years since the incident. While crimes political initiatives that by dacoits, arrests of the culprits are yet for the government to jump the gun even Banerjee in particular — apart is its refusal against women are indeed a societal issue, respect both democracy to be made. Rather than acknowledging before apprehending any of the culprits to subject these issues to serious scrutiny there is much that the State could do apart the seriousness of the problem of crimes just to score political brownie points is and escape into conspiracy theories. Ms from prevention. The State police should and the treaties, so as against women in the State, the State unacceptable. Banerjee’s response to the incident in 2012 not be encumbered by political pressures to leave behind government has yet again sought to West Bengal, according to latest sta- in Park Street, Kolkata involving the gang as it sets out to bring culprits to book. politicise the issue, initially insinuating tistics released by the National Crime rape of Suzette Jordan — who succumbed The Chief Minister’s continued reliance on crisis and to move “religious fanaticism” to be responsible Records Bureau, ranked third in absolute to encephalitis recently — was to term it conspiracy theories lends to unnecessary towards growth. for the crime. Later, the Chief Minister numbers of crimes against women and a “made up incident” against her govern- politicisation which leads to a dangerous blamed the Opposition — the Communist among the high-ranking States in inci- ment. Her party colleagues dismissed the drift even as it renders law enforcement Alexis Tsipras Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya dences of rape in 2013. However the rape allegation and also cast aspersions on agencies ineffective. THE HINDU Greek Prime Minister FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 VIEWS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 07 Hillary’s pre-campaign attack on Hill GOP

Clinton’s broad-brush assault is on the condition of anonymity Clinton is intended to tie all Republicans to discuss his conversations with to what Democrats think are the the speaker. Ultimately, though, unpopular policies and unappeal- Boehner relented and approved focussing ing overreach of congressional the investigation. leaders. “It did take pressure,” said her fire on “Our nation’s future — jobs & Rep Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan, economic growth — depends on a Boehner critic, at a Tuesday investments made today. The luncheon of conservatives on Congressional GOP budget fails Americans on Capitol Hill. “Thank goodness these principles,” Clinton tweeted we had enough pressure for that Republicans, Tuesday night. committee to be appointed. There Clinton’s sharply partisan tone was pushback for what, two years, echoes arguments made by super before he did finally appoint the who have a PAC Emily’s List and by Clinton committee, and it looks like a bet- surrogates. Clinton’s chosen top- ter and better decision every day.” generally lower ics and targets also provide a The committee is a main player window on her preparation for a in the drama over Clinton’s emails; campaign likely to focus on which Rep Trey Gowdy, R-SC, the com- approval rating, candidate can best connect with mittee chairman, is expected to the middle class and the economi- call Clinton as a witness. rather than on cally disenfranchised. “Four Americans were killed,” Clinton will stress her long Rep Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a con- record fighting on behalf of servative hardliner in the House, individual GOP women, for example, and is sure said when asked about whether to expand on her claim this week the GOP risks overplaying its presidential of a congressional Republican hand in inquiries of Clinton. “trifecta against women.” She is “I don’t think tone is a question Hillary Clinton is presented with a gift by Niall O’Dowd, publisher of the Irish America magazine for being inducted expected to enter the race next here,” added Jordan, a member hopefuls. into the Irish American Hall of Fame. month. of the House Select Committee Several Democrats support- on Benghazi. “Mr Gowdy has an BY ANNE GEARAN and care was less than subtle. She also domestic programmes — giving won’t work for Clinton once ing Clinton were buoyed by new appropriate tone. I think it’s com- ROBERT COSTA weighed in last week on a contro- Clinton a chance to begin testing Republicans have a candidate. poll numbers Wednesday that mon sense, logical.” versial letter sent to Iran by 47 Democratic themes for a presi- “She may want to run against suggest the email controversy The latest weekly Republican illary Rodham Clinton Senate Republicans — including dential run. Congress, but the party’s nominee did no serious damage. Clinton address, delivered by Rep Susan is already running several presidential hopefuls — in “They can’t help themselves,” ends up taking the main role in leads every potential Republican Brooks, R-Ind, defended the her presidential cam- opposition to the Obama adminis- said Rep James Clyburn, D-SC setting the conservative agenda challenger by at least 11 points House GOP’s approach. “It’s Hpaign — against the tration’s negotiations over Iran’s “They’re forever doing this kind and the tone of the debate,” in the CNN-ORC poll, and she unjust and simply wrong for any- Republican Congress. And the nuclear programme. of stuff: Benghazi, the letter to Cooper said. “Congress will have leads Vice President Joe Biden one to withhold evidence,” Brooks GOP is only happy to oblige. “No one considering running the Iranians, no matter what it a role to play in 2016, but it’s the by 47 points and Sen Elizabeth said, speaking directly to the The presumptive 2016 for commander-in-chief should be is, they seem hellbent on overkill. nominee who leads.” Warren, D-Mass, by 52 points in camera. “We need to know why Democratic nominee is seeking signing on,” she wrote on Twitter. It’s helping her so far.” The week since Clinton reluc- hypothetical matchups. the security at our embassy was to use the priorities and record Never mind that Clinton is Many Republicans disagree, tantly held a news conference Nearly 7 in 10 (68 percent) not adequate.” of congressional Republicans as not an announced candidate arguing that they are obligated defending her unorthodox email said that Democrats were bet- But Rep Peter King, R-NY a foil, highlighting GOP stumbles and holds no public office. With to seek answers to lingering ques- arrangements has often felt like ter off with Clinton as their — a moderate who opposed out of the gate this spring and a huge polling lead over poten- tions over Clinton’s tenure as a revival of the epic feuds between 2016 nominee, while just 30 per- President Bill Clinton’s impeach- attempting to change the subject tial Democratic rivals, Clinton is secretary of state. Rep Marsha Republicans and Clinton’s hus- cent said they’d be better with ment in 1998 — said that House after weeks of rough media cov- attacking Republicans as though Blackburn, R-Tenn, said that band in the 1990s: mounting someone else. Like his predeces- Republicans should be care- erage of her private email system she already were her party’s many voters are troubled by investigations, conservative fury sor Newt Gingrich in the 1990s, ful as they proceed and “not and of foreign donations to her nominee. Clinton’s use of a private email and bursts of indignation from the House Speaker John Boehner, overdo it.” family’s foundation. Congressional Republicans, server while in office. Clinton camp. R-Ohio, faces near-constant calls “We shouldn’t be salivating or In blasts of rapid-fire Twitter playing to their right flank, “When I talk to people, they Even the parts seem similar: from his right flank to put the piling on, even as we ask legiti- messages just this week, Clinton have forged ahead with inquir- are offended with the conduct, a GOP speaker facing pressure Clintons at the forefront of House mate questions,” King said. “In accused Republicans of waging a ies into Clinton’s email scandal and it feels like it’s another ‘there from his right, a defiant Hillary oversight efforts. grudging admiration, you have war on women, playing politics while reviving investigations into they go again’ moment with the Clinton, and longtime Clinton Last year, Boehner spent to know that no one is better at with a black nominee, shortch- the deaths of four Americans in Clintons,” Blackburn said. “They family defender James Carville months mulling whether to have making themselves victims than anging students, endangering the 2012 in Benghazi, Libya, when know the rules, but they have playing the role of James Carville. a select committee on Benghazi president and secretary Clinton. economic recovery and trying to she was secretary of state. The chosen to not play by the rules.” Clinton is focusing her fire on and was wary about doing so. I know them, I consider them yank health care coverage for 16 House GOP also announced a And Rory Cooper, a GOP con- congressional Republicans, who He wanted to emphasise eco- friends, but having said that, million Americans. budget outline this week that sultant who was a top adviser to have a generally lower approval nomic issues ahead of the mid- they are also masters at political The invocation of divisive issues would repeal the Affordable former House majority leader rating, rather than on individ- term elections, according to a jujitsu.” such as abortion, race and health Care Act and make large cuts in Eric Cantor, said the attacks ual GOP presidential hopefuls. Boehner confidant who spoke WP-BLOOMBERG It’s all about economy in UK elections ‘Prisons without bars’ BY MARC CHAMPION 2010 election, to 18 percent in a March 13 poll by the Populus could bring down cost he campaign fight between agency (the Conservatives were the main Conservative at 29 percent and Labour at BY CHRISTOPHER and Labour parties ahead 32 percent). Yet neither the wouldn’t be easy or pleasant by T INGRAHAM of elections on May 7 is being Conservatives nor Labour men- any means. It’s still a form of fought on very familiar ground: tioned immigration during the punishment. But good behav- Economic competence for the debate, because they know they ou probably already know iour would be incentivised with Tories, versus fairness and a can’t outflank UKIP on the issue. the jaw-dropping stats loosened restrictions. Keep your strong health service for Labour. UKIP is unlikely to win many Yabout American prisons: curfew for three months? Get it But there’s an oddity in the seats in parliament, due to the that the US has the highest incar- extended by an hour. Stay away campaign that requires some vagaries of the British electoral ceration rate in the world. That from your old drug haunts? Get explanation. Regardless of what system. Yet its success in suck- we’re home to 5 percent of the permission to travel more broadly. each side has said, or how dra- ing votes away from one or the world’s population, but 25 percent Break any of these rules, even matically the economic news other of the established parties of its prisoners. That more than once? The restrictions tighten. has improved, opinion polls have in each constituency could swing one in every 10 American men has Jurisdictions would have to barely moved in recent months. more seats between them on May a felony conviction. That more decide which types of prisoners The two main parties remain 8 than anything Labour or the than 60 percent of people released would be eligible for these pro- neck and neck, with little hope Tories induce by talking about from prison are back again within grammes. You could limit it to that either will be able to rule the economy or health service in three years. nonviolent offenders for a pilot alone. And one reason is that the weeks ahead. “Prison is horrible for the pris- programme, but for it to be truly other single issue parties have The other huge shift in this oner and expensive for the state,” effective at cutting incarceration changed the UK’s electoral land- year’s election will be toward the write Mark A R Kleiman, Angela rates, you’d need to consider other scape, perhaps for good. Scottish National Party, which Hawken and Ross Halperin over criminals as well. “Solving mass The budget debate and elec- could sweep Scotland to gain as at Vox. It doesn’t have to be. incarceration requires releas- tion campaign between Labour many as 40 seats, up from six Kleiman, Hawken and Halperin ing some seriously guilty and and the Tories have echoed the in 2010. study criminal justice policy, and dangerous people,” according to UK’s long ideological war over the Again, the SNP’s narrowly they’ve recently proposed an the researchers. “The problem size of the public sector. That war Scottish platform got little men- innovative solution to help cut is how to do that while also pro- broke out in the late 1970s, when tion (other than a barb from America’s incarcerated popula- tecting public safety by turning an economic meltdown brought Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron arrives for an European Council Cameron accusing Miliband tion, and ensure that those who ex-criminals into productive, free Margaret Thatcher to power and summit in Brussels. of being in the SNP’s pocket), are released don’t come back. It’s citizens.” she cut the size of the public sec- because the SNP can only gain called “graduated re-entry.” The Would this be expensive? Yes. tor and its workforce as much million. would destroy the quality of from such a debate. And again, idea is to let convicts out of prison But so is keeping people in jail. It as she could. She did so mainly When Labour returned to health care and threaten the jobs the economic argument in London early — real early. Three-years- costs about $2,600 per month to for reasons of economic ideol- power under Tony Blair and of essential state-employed doc- is likely to have little impact on into-a-10-year-sentence-early. house, feed and care for a single ogy (on which she was proved Gordon Brown, they reversed tors and nurses. how Scots vote. But here’s the catch. Parolees prisoner in a typical facility. right), but also for political rea- the trend. By the mid-2000s the In a half hour debate between I don’t think the two big parties wouldn’t simply be dumped on The prisoner would help pay his sons: Public sector workers tend number of public sector workers Miliband and Cameron before the are making a mistake by focusing the street with 40 bucks in their way by mandatory work at a mini- to vote Labour more than Tory. was back above 6 million. And release of the budget, every ques- on the economy and public sector pocket and no clear path toward mally compensated public service So do people who rent subsidised today, after a four-year return tion that Miliband asked Cameron as in the past. re-entering society, the way they job. He would have to search for a housing from the state. So moving to Tory government, it’s down concerned the NHS. And every That’s still probably the best are now. “If someone needed to be regular job as well. Once he’s able to more people into the private sec- to 5.4 million again, comprising time Cameron answered, he tried way for them to win over voters locked up yesterday, he shouldn’t find a regular-paying job, the cost tor and making home owners of 20 percent of the workforce, the to shift focus onto just-released before polling day, rather than be completely at liberty today,” to the state becomes much smaller. them (as she did by letting them lowest share in 50 years. If the record (private sector) employ- trying to chase UKIP on immi- the researchers write. “And he The system might seem to be buy their state-owned apart- Conservatives return to power, it ment growth. The new budget gration, or the SNP on Scottish shouldn’t be asked to go from similar to the old-style halfway ments) made political sense. will fall further, to as little as 15 even included more giveaways to nationalism. But the disjuncture utter dependency to total self- houses. Kleiman doesn’t see it You can trace this ideological percent of employment, according enable people to buy their own may help to explain why a tor- sufficiency in one flying leap.” that way. In an interview, he said battle through the public payroll. to the IFS. homes. rent of good economic news has Rather, the prisoner would be “a halfway house is a facility. It’s Under Thatcher, it fell from 7.4 This is what underlies Labour’s And yet this election, unlike yet to have the impact on polling released to an apartment subsi- staffed. It puts all the offenders million people (30 percent of the vein-popping accusations that previous ones, may not be decided numbers that one would normally dised by the state. At the begin- together. Graduated re-entry total workforce) to about 6 mil- Prime Minister David Cameron’s on this decades old ideological expect. ning, he would be subject to strict people use their own apartments. lion (23 percent), according to a government is “extreme.” And battleground. This is shaping up to be a truly monitoring. Curfews. Cameras. You’re not putting all the offend- detailed report by the Institute because Britons are fiercely pro- The top voter concern is immi- unique election for Britain, one GPS bracelets. No visitors with- ers together. You’re not staffing a for Fiscal Studies, a respected UK tective of the National Health gration, which the insurgent UK that’s no longer the exclusive pre- out permission. “A prison without facility 24 hours a day.” All of this think tank. Her Conservative suc- Service, Labour leader Ed Independence Party has leveraged serve of two political parties and bars,” they call it. keeps costs down, and reduces cessor, John Major, cut the pub- Miliband is warning that a new to achieve a massive increase in the class war they represent. Living this way, under 24-hour risks of recidivism. lic payroll further, to below 5.5 Conservative-led government support — from 3 percent in the WP-BLOOMBERG surveillance and strict rules, WP-BLOOMBERG FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 08 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com MIDDLE EAST IS claims attack on Tunis museum Militant groups threaten more attacks TUNIS: The Islamic State (IS) The presidency said soldiers barbarity”. The media also called militant group claimed respon- would be deployed to beef up secu- for solidarity, with newspaper La sibility yesterday for an attack rity in major cities following the Presse appealing for “total unity on foreign tourists at Tunisia’s museum assault. and a sense of responsibility national museum that killed 21 But “we are not under siege”, a shared by all”. people, as the security forces presidential source said. Panic had broken out as gun- swooped on suspects. As international outrage grew men in military uniforms opened The authorities said they had over the worst post-revolution fire at visitors as they got off a identified the two dead gunmen attack in the cradle of the Arab bus and then chased them inside behind Wednesday’s assault, Spring, President Beji Caid the museum. which prompted calls for a show Essebsi vowed to fight extrem- The dead included three of national unity against extrem- ists “without mercy to our last Japanese, two Spaniards, a ism in the birthplace of the Arab breath”. Colombian, an Australian, a Spring. In an audio message The leader of the Islamist British woman, a Belgian woman, posted online, IS said that “two opposition party Ennahda, two French, a Pole and an Italian, knights from the Islamic State... Rached Ghannouchi, said he was Health Minister Said Aidi said. heavily armed with automatic convinced that “the Tunisian peo- He said a policeman was also weapons and grenades, targeted ple will stay united in the face of killed but did not mention a the Bardo Museum.” second Tunisian victim initially It threatened more attacks, reported by the authorities. saying: “What you have seen is Family members of Dozens more people were Tunisian security forces stand guard near the National Bardo Museum in Tunis yesterday, in the aftermath of an only the start.” wounded in the assault, in a attack on foreign tourists. Trade unions and other civil militant arrested massive blow to Tunisia’s heavily society groups called for a silent tourism-dependent economy. upsurge in Islamist extremism The attack appeared to be the violence”. British Prime Minister demonstration outside the Tunis TUNIS: Tunisian troops At least two major cruise ship since the 2011 revolution that worst on foreigners in Tunisia David Cameron said he was museum where the attack killed arrested two family members operators suspended stopovers in ousted longtime strongman Zine since an Al Qaeda suicide bomb- “appalled” by the attack and 20 foreigners and at least one of an Islamist militant who Tunis following the attack. El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked ing of a synagogue killed 21 people French President Francois Tunisian. attacked a museum killing 20 After cowering in fear in the the Arab Spring uprisings around on the island of Djerba in 2002. Hollande expressed “solidarity”. “The security forces were able tourists, a security source said. museum during the night, two the region. The museum assail- It was also the first time civil- A Japanese survivor described to arrest four people directly “We arrested the father Spanish tourists were discovered ants were “probably” Tunisian, ians have been targeted since the how she and her mother were linked to the (terrorist) operation and the sister of the terrorist alive and well, officials said. the interior ministry said. revolution. shot in the hail of bullets. and five suspected of having ties Hatem Al Khashnaoui in the In a show of defiance, the gov- Nine of the slain tourists were The assault sparked outrage, “I was crouching down with to the cell,” the president’s office their home in Sbiba City”, a ernment said the National Bardo from the MSC Spendida cruise with hundreds of people gathering my arms over my head, but I was said in a statement. security source said. Museum would reopen early next ship, whose owners said a special late Wednesday in a major thor- shot in the ear, hand and neck,” Authorities say as many as He declined to give details week. Prime Minister Habib Essid psychologist unit had been set up oughfare of the capital, singing the 35-year-old Noriko Yuki said from 3,000 Tunisians have gone to Iraq, about how they were involved named the two gunmen killed by for passengers. national anthem and shouting slo- her hospital bed in comments Syria and Libya to fight in jihadist in the attack, but said an inves- security forces as Yassine Abidi MSC Cruises and Italian oper- gans against the attackers, label- aired by Japanese broadcaster ranks, including with IS, raising tigation is underway in Tunis. and Hatem Khachnaoui. ator Costa Crociere said they ling them terrorists. NHK. “My mother beside me was fears of battle-hardened militants REUTERS He said Abidi was known to would divert cruise ships which US Secretary of State John shot in the neck.” returning home to plot attacks. the police. Tunisia has seen an had been due to berth in Tunis. Kerry denounced the “wanton AFP

Civil war will go Cairo acquits Mubarak-era minister in last graft case on, say South CAIRO: An Egyptian court freeze on the former minister Thursday’s verdict is the lat- Trials of Mubarak and his crackdown against his support- Sudan rebels yesterday acquitted an interior and members of his family, he est in a series of acquittals for former officials have been over- ers that has left hundreds dead minister of ousted president added. Mubarak-era officials, including shadowed by those against and thousands jailed after often ADDIS ABABA: South Hosni Mubarak of corruption “Keeping him in jail for another the veteran leader himself. Islamist former president speedy mass trials. Sudan’s devastating civil war is charges, in the last in a string hour would be illegal,” Gendy said An appeals court last month Mohamed Mursi and other mem- Mursi and leaders of his out- likely to drag on, the country’s of cases he faced, his lawyer and of the once-feared interior min- overturned a suspended five-year bers of the Muslim Brotherhood, lawed Muslim Brotherhood are rebels said yesterday, declar- state media said. ister who ran Mubarak’s security sentence slapped on Adly and ex- which was branded a “terrorist facing several trials, punishable ing international peace efforts Habib Al Adly was cleared of service with an iron grip. premier Ahmed Nazif over other group” in 2013. by death if found guilty. a failure. illegally accumulating around However, he was convicted of corruption charges. Mursi was ousted earlier that Youth leaders who spearheaded “The whole world turned to 181 million Egyptian pounds taking advantage of his position Adly was also cleared of mur- year by then army chief Abdel the 18-day revolt in 2011 that South Sudan but diplomacy didn’t ($25m/¤23m) and will be and forcing police conscripts to der charges in a separate retrial Fattah Al Sisi, who was subse- toppled Mubarak have also been bring anything,” rebel military released, his lawyer Mohammed work on his private property. with Mubarak in November, for quently elected as his successor. jailed on charges of illegal protest spokesman Lony Ngundeng told Al Gendy said. But Adly has already served the which he had been sentenced to Since Mursi’s ouster, the gov- over the past year. reporters in the Ethiopian capital The court also lifted an asset full three-year sentence. life in prison by a lower court. ernment has launched a brutal AFP Addis Ababa. “If you have a peaceful solu- tion you still need to convince people whose family were killed. They want to fight back,” he said, Yemeni eligible for release insisting the peace process was “not finished” but nevertheless from Guantanamo: Panel predicting the “fighting will con- tinue until one side is defeated.” WASHINGTON: A Yemeni Al-Qaeda suspect has been Peace talks held in Ethiopia, declared eligible for release from the US prison at Guantanamo brokered by the east African Bay, Cuba, raising to 56 the number of inmates awaiting trans- regional bloc IGAD, have resulted fer to another country, US authorities said yesterday. in a string of broken ceasefires, Saeed Sarem Jarabh, 36, an alleged bodyguard of slain Al-Qaeda and the last round of talks col- leader Osama bin Laden, was found by a review board to no longer lapsed on March 7. Since then be a “significant” threat to US security. The board reached the both sides have confirmed the decision by consensus on March 5, a statement on its website said. outbreak of fresh fighting on sev- The board “determined continued law of war detention of the eral fronts in the oil-rich north of detainee is no longer necessary to protect against a continuing the country. significant threat to the security of the United States.” South Sudan is the the world’s But on March 6, the six member board said another Yemeni youngest nation, having broken detainee, 38-year-old Khaled Qasim, should not be released, citing away from Khartoum in 2011 his “high-level of significant non-compliance while in detention.” after a long and bloody independ- The board said Qasim was a highly trained Al Qaeda operative ence struggle. and given his behavior in detention they feared he could return to But civil war broke out in the network on his release. the new nation in December 2013, when President Salva Kiir Anbar blast killed at least 13 soldiers accused Riek Machar, his former deputy, of planning a coup. Since BAGHDAD: A bombing by the Islamic State group in the city then tens of thousands have died, of Ramadi last week killed 13 Iraqi soldiers, defence ministry two million have been uprooted said yesterday, denying reports they died in an air strike. and four million face starvation. Fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed militias, fire towards an opposing militia The March 11 blast completely destroyed a house used by the during clashes in Bir Al Ghanam, around 50km from the capital Tripoli yesterday. army in Anbar provincial capital Ramadi, west of Baghdad, and damaged neighbouring homes as well, the ministry said, announcing Israel allows 1,000 the results of a probe. “The bodies of 13 of our heroic martyrs were found lying at various distances from the site of the explosion,” it said, tonnes of cement Govt forces bomb Tripoli airport without specifying whether this was the final toll or if more might still be missing. The blast occurred from the bottom up and there was for Gaza TRIPOLI/RABAT: hosted by the United Nations to today which damaged the run- evidence of a tunnel leading to the house, used as the headquarters Warplanes from Libya’s inter- persuade the country’s warring way,” said airport spokesman of an army company, from the direction of IS lines, it said. GAZA CITY: Israeli authorities nationally recognised govern- parties to form a national govern- Abdulsalam Buamoud. The ministry rejected reports that the blast was caused by an air allowed 1,000 tonnes of cement ment yesterday bombed the ment. Libya is locked in a power Mohamed El Hejazi, a spokes- strike, saying that neither Iraqi aircraft nor those from a US-led paid for by Qatar to enter the only functioning commercial struggle between two governments man for forces allied to Thinni, coalition carrying out strikes against IS were active in the area at devastated Gaza Strip yester- airport in Tripoli, delaying the and parliaments battling for con- said the attack was carried out as the time. day, officials said, in the first arrival of a delegation from a trol of the large North African “part of a war against terrorism serious step towards rebuilding rival parliament for UN peace country and its oil resources four that will continue until Libya has Bomb kills 2 at Egypt youth centre the territory. talks, officials said. years after rebels ousted veteran been freed of terrorism”. A 50-day war last summer The attack on Matiga airport, autocrat Muammar Gaddafi. The attack came days after CAIRO: Two people were killed yesterday when assailants between Israel and Islamist move- a military base used for commer- Internationally recognised officials in Zintan, a western threw a bomb at the entrance of a youth leisure centre on ment Hamas, which controls the cial flights after the main airport Prime Minister Abdullah Al region allied to Thinni, accused the outskirts of Cairo, Egyptian police said. Police investiga- Palestinian territory, decimated closed following heavy fighting Thinni and the elected parlia- the Tripoli-based government of tors could not confirm whether it was a criminal act or part entire neighbourhoods across Gaza there last summer, damaged the ment have been confined to east- launching air strikes against its of a bombing campaign by militants since the army’s ouster of and left 100,000 people homeless. runway but repairs should be fin- ern Libya since an armed faction local airport. Both sides are aligned Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in July 2013. The international community has ished later, an airport spokesman seized Tripoli last summer, rein- with rival armed factions that have “Assailants threw a crude bomb at the guard post of a youth warned that without serious and said. No casualties were reported. stating the previous assembly and been fighting over territory and oil leisure centre” in the impoverished Nahia neighbourhood on the immediate reconstruction efforts, But the bombing delayed the setting up a rival administration. facilities while Islamist militants outskirts of Cairo shortly after dawn, a police officer said. another conflict is just around the departure of a delegation from “Fighting jets conducted air have exploited the chaos to carve AGENCIES corner. AFP Tripoli for Morocco for talks strikes on Matiga airport early out fiefdoms. REUTERS FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 EUROPE / AMERICAS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 09 France displaces Britain as key US military ally Willingness by France to deploy troops swiftly into harm’s way has set it apart from UK in the past few years

WASHINGTON: Once a source ago over the American inva- are aligning with US interests.” found itself in agreement with the The Mali operation, involv- known their concern that it would of irritation for the United States, sion of Iraq seemed a distant One French officer boasted: United States. ing more than 4,000 troops, was no longer be an effective ally in France has nudged aside Britain memory. “France at the moment is the France played a leading role a “watershed,” Robinson said. It expeditions abroad. Although to become the US military’s key The new relationship is most activist, most engaged in the 2011 air war in Libya conveyed that France could be France has an aircraft carrier, European partner. reflected in the warm rap- European ally.” Over the past and adopted a tough stance on relied on to check terror threats in and Britain has none while it The growing ties between the port between the top generals, decade, France initially sought Iran’s nuclear program that northwest Africa. France’s robust waits for construction of new two militaries were on display Dempsey and de Villiers, who defence partners inside the resembles and even goes beyond posture coincides with the Obama ships, the two countries’ forces this month when France’s top have forged an “unmistakable” European Union but found itself Washington’s view. In 2013, administration’s recognition that remain roughly equivalent. military officer, General Pierre de bond, according to Dempsey’s frustrated with Germany’s more France — not Britain — stood the United States cannot always And Paris faces similar con- Villiers, hosted his US counter- spokesman, Colonel Ed Thomas. cautious view of military power. alone with Washington in support be in the lead and wants allies straints on its military budget. part, General Martin Dempsey, “That trust has influenced French Paris then promoted a partner- of possible military action against to help share the burden. “The But it is France’s willingness to aboard France’s aircraft carrier, and American officers many lev- ship with the British military, but the Syrian regime over its use of Americans need partners that deploy troops swiftly into harm’s the Charles de Gaulle. els down,” he said. the much-touted effort proved chemical weapons. And last year have capabilities and the will way that has set it apart from The French flagship, which US commanders were also disappointing, said Chris Chivvis, France quickly signed up to join to engage and project military Britain in the past few years. That arrived in the Gulf in February to grateful when France took the a former Pentagon official. “In the air campaign against the IS power,” the French diplomat said. does not mean that the so-called take part in US-led air strikes on lead in military operations against the last two-and-a-half years or group in Iraq. Britain, meanwhile, long seen US “special relationship” with the Islamic State group, is operat- Islamist extremists in the Sahel so, there’s been an increasing shift The trend, through both con- as America’s closest military ally, Britain has been replaced with a ing under US command — a first region of Africa, with US forces toward looking to cooperate with servative and socialist govern- is struggling to cope with intense new entente cordiale. for the French naval forces. providing logistical support and the United States,” Chivvis said. ments in France, has been a budget pressures that have drasti- The partnerships are “different During the carrier’s mis- drones to back up the effort. The evolution began with relatively “hawkish” line, Chivvis cally scaled back its forces. The in nature,” Chivvis said, and US sion, US F-18 fighter jets have “I think it is quite clear France’s decision in 2009 to said. More than anything, France’s long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and British forces and intelligence touched down on the deck of the that this is a significant new join Nato’s integrated command swift intervention in Mali in 2013, have taken a toll on British hard- services have been collaborating for De Gaulle and French Rafale development,” said author structure, an acknowledgement which halted an alarming advance ware and on public support for decades. That level of integration, fighters have visited American Linda Robinson of the RAND by Paris that it needed allies to by Islamist extremists, made more foreign missions. he said, “is much tighter than the vessels. On the deck of the car- Corporation think tank. “France mount operations. And on cru- an impression at the Pentagon. British commanders are warn- US-France relationship is going to rier, the acrimony that plagued is coming to the fore in a number cial security issues, France — even “It surprised the Americans,” a ing the cutbacks could gut the be any time soon, if ever.” US-French relations 12 years of venues because their interests more than Britain — has recently French diplomat said. force, and US officials have made AFP

Obama meets Prince Charles US needs offensive strategy to Selfie generation warned over deter cyber attacks: NSA chief WASHINGTON: The United States needs to step up its offen- eclipse peril sive cyber capabilities, a top security official said yesterday, warning that looming defence budget cuts could hurt efforts to PARIS: An eclipse that will bolster the nation’s cyber military facilities and make the country sweep Europe and parts of more vulnerable. Admiral Mike Rogers, director of the National Africa and Asia today poses a Security Agency and commander of US Cyber Command, told danger to selfie-takers, eye spe- the Senate Armed Services Committee that too many adversar- cialists warned yesterday. ies can attack the United States without fear of retaliation. “We Even if the Sun is in eclipse, focus primarily on the defensive, but I think now we’re at a tip- its radiation can still burn the ping point where we not only need to continue to build on the retina, with the risk of perma- defensive capability, but we’ve also got to broaden our capabilities nent damage or even blindness to provide policy makers and operational commanders with a for those who watch it without broader range of options,” Rogers said. Rogers did not elaborate proper protection. on what specific capabilities the United States needs. “Taking a selfie could poten- tially put you at risk, as you may end up accidentally looking Body of missing US scribe found directly at the Sun while align- NEW YORK: The body of an American journalist who went miss- ing yourself and your phone,” said ing more than a year ago has been found in New Jersey, officials said Daniel Hardiman-McCartney of yesterday. David Bird, a Wall Street Journal reporter, went miss- Britain’s College of Optometrists. ing on January 11, 2014 after leaving home in Long Hill Township, A French association of oph- 50km west of New York. He was 55. Local police chief Michael thalmologists and opticians Mazzeo and Morris County prosecutor Fredric Knapp said that a warned eclipse-watchers against body found on Wednesday in the Passaic River had been identified using cameras or binoculars to as Bird’s with the help of dental records. “The medical examiner’s US President Barack Obama (right) with Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the look directly at the Sun. Nor investigation into the cause and manner of death is ongoing,” the Duchess of Cornwall, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington yesterday. should they use makeshift filters prosecutor’s office said. His remains were discovered after canoers such as sunglasses or colour bot- came across a red jacket near a group of branches. The father of tles, the group, AsnaV, said. two had a liver transplant in 2004 and worked for Dow Jones for “Looking at a solar eclipse with more than 20 years. He was married and had two teenage children, the naked eye is as dangerous as and was described as a great outdoorsman. According to a website watching the Sun directly and dedicated to finding him, Bird was wearing a red rain jacket when French spies to get more powers without protection,” AsnaV said. he went missing. A $10,000 reward had been offered for information Using a pinhole camera to leading to his whereabouts. project the eclipse onto a sheet PARIS: French spy agencies will in the wake of the September 11, The draft bill, which goes to par- of paper is a safe way to watch have more powers to bug and 2001 attacks on the United States. liament in April for approval, also the eclipse, and webcam-cover- Italy minister to quit in scandal track would-be Islamist attack- Former National Security Agency allows the government to require age is of course safer still, said ROME: Italy’s transport and infrastructure minister yesterday ers and authorities will be able to contractor Edward Snowden last that web providers automatically experts. “The safest way to view announced his resignation following the eruption of a corrup- force Internet providers to moni- year disclosed classified details track suspicious behaviour. the eclipse is indirectly,” said tion scandal centred on his department, his son and a 10,000- tor suspicious behaviour under a about the breadth of the intel- They would have to set up sys- Hardiman-McCartney. euro Rolex watch. Maurizio Lupi, who had been resisting calls to draft law unveiled yesterday. ligence gathering, sparking an tems to monitor metadata and not The eclipse will run from quit since the scandal first broke earlier this week, confirmed to Just over two months after 17 international outcry. the content of communications. 0741 GMT, from a point in the Italian television that he would step down today after answering people were killed in attacks by Under the new French law, instead If the activity of specific internet Atlantic, to 1150 GMT, when it questions about his role in the case in parliament. Lupi main- homegrown Islamist gunmen in of requiring a judge’s approval, sur- users looks suspicious, the govern- will end in east Asia, according tained that he had done nothing wrong, saying he was stepping Paris, Prime Minister Manuel Valls veillance will be agreed within the ment could then demand access to to Britain’s Nautical Almanac down to avoid further damage to the government’s credibility. unveiled a bill to allow spy agencies public administration after advice their personal information. Office. A total eclipse, run- He denied that he had been pressed to quit by Prime Minister to tap phones and emails without by a newly created supervisory body While Valls said there would be ning from 0913 GMT to 1018 Matteo Renzi, as has been widely reported. Lupi, and by exten- seeking permission from a judge. specifically dedicated to this. no mass surveillance, this meas- GMT, will be seen along a nar- sion Renzi, have been embarrassed by the steady dripfeed of rev- Surveillance staff will also be In exceptional cases, surveil- ure is one of the most contested row 5,800km curve in the north elations that emerged following the announcement on Monday able to bug suspects’ flats with lance agencies will be able to parts of the draft law. “By legal- Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean, of a major investigation into the suspected rigging of tenders for microphones and cameras and use so-called “IMSI Catcher” ising mass surveillance methods ending at the North Pole. major public works projects worth a total of $26.5bn. add “keyloggers” to their com- spy devices that catch all type of without providing the necessary But it will make landfall in puters to track every keystroke. phone, internet or text messaging privacy protection guarantees, just two places — Denmark’s 9/11 victim identified, 14 years on Civil liberties advocates said conversation in an area. this bill has a devastating impact Faroe Islands and the Norwegian the bill went too far and lacked “The terrorism threat is at an on civil liberties,” said France’s archipelago of Svalbard. Other NEW YORK: Nearly 14 years after the September 11 attacks on adequate privacy protections but unprecedented level,” said Valls. Union of French Lawyers. locations — Iceland, Greenland, New York, the remains of a victim from the neighbouring state Valls pledged France would not “Nowadays, only one out of two Valls said the government had Europe, North Africa, western of New Jersey has finally been identified. The New York medical hoover up vast quantities of data people who go to Syria have been to act because “terrorists use the and eastern Asia—will have par- examiner identified the man as Matthew David Yarnell, who was under the new law. detected before they leave. We most modern communication tial eclipses, ranging from 99 per- aged 26 when he died in the Al Qaeda attacks that destroyed the “This is not a French Patriot need to tighten the net on the technologies...there can be no cent in Iceland to just a couple of Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Yarnell was identified by Act,” Valls told a news conference, surveillance of radicalized and lawless zone in the digital space.” percent or less in Iran. new DNA tests conducted on human remains recovered during referring to the US law introduced dangerous people,” Valls said. REUTERS AFP original operations at the ruins of the World Trade Center in 2001 and 2002. Only 60 percent of the 2,753 people missing and believed dead in the New York attacks have been formally identi- fied. Yarnell’s identification brings the total number identified to 1,640. There have been no identifications of 1,113 missing people and 7,703 of the samples of human remains cannot be identified. Gates calls for ‘germ games’ instead of war games Tests are ongoing on the remains and developments in science in recent years have helped make new identifications.

VA NCOU V ER: Bill Gates opened a mock all went a new cooling vest developed by the coated with the deadly and contagious virus. Aid Assange likely to remain at embassy Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Gates Foundation. The vest was lined with ice workers tend to be so emotionally stressed Conference on Wednesday as part of a call to packs to offset stifling heat inside suits. by the agony of patients and overheated from WASHINGTON: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is likely be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic. Luanne Freer, a doctor who worked with being sealed in suits that they want to strip to remain at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London where he The Microsoft software mogul and phi- Ebola patients in Sierra Leone with non- down quickly, according to Freer. In that has taken refuge as long as US authorities pursue a criminal lanthropist called for “germ games not war profit Partners in Health, recalled sweating haste, careless moves can turn doctors into investigation of his anti-secrecy group, one of his lawyers said. games” to train response forces and reveal so much into her face mask that “it was like patients. “I was amazed how complicated it Speculation rose that he might leave the embassy after Swedish holes in defenses. “The Ebola epidemic was a waterboarding.” Freer and other doctors who was,” Gates said of his time spent in the mock authorities last week offered to question him there over allega- wake-up call to get ready,” Gates said during have spent time on the battle lines against Ebola medical station. tions of sexual misconduct, dropping their insistence that he go an on-stage presentation at TED in Vancouver. deadly epidemics led attendees through Gates started his talk by wheeling on stage to Stockholm for questioning about a 2010 incident. He refused A room off a hallway was transformed into simple exercises in a tented area where, in two large black cans packed with water, food to return to Sweden, arguing that the Swedes would send him an Ebola station where TED attendees got a a real-life setting, people would have been and other supplies for hunkering down and on to the United States to face possible trial. Assange, 43, denies taste of meticulous and tedious precautions fighting for their lives. surviving missile strikes. “When I was a kid, the allegations, which are not related to WikiLeaks’ publication health care workers must use to prevent infec- Vision was limited by suffocating head- we worried about nuclear war and had cans of US military and diplomatic documents five years ago. Joshua tion. Playing the part of an Ebola-fighting doc- gear. Breathing was difficult through masks. like this in our basement,” Gates said. Stueve, a spokesman for the US Attorney’s office in Alexandria, tor involved wriggling into oversized rubber One was under pressure to be vigilant about He reasoned that the new global threat is Virginia, said the investigation into WikiLeaks remained open. boots and yellow bodysuits. Rubber gloves were exposing skin, which could mean death. “microbes not missiles” and that a trained and Other US law enforcement sources said criminal charges had not layered over hands, sealing tightly at sleeve Then came what was said to be the most per- prepared army of epidemic fighters should be yet been filed against Assange. cuffs. Heads and faces were covered with ilous part of the process for health care workers, ready for rapid deployment in coordination AGENCIES hoods, goggles and breathing masks. Under it stepping out and removing a suit now certainly with military forces. AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 10 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com ASIA / AFRICA

Boko Haram attack Thai ex-PM to Vanuatu slams face trial over lack of aid rice scheme BANGKOK: Thailand’s former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was yesterday ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence coordination over a bungled rice subsidy scheme, in a case that could see her jailed for up to a decade. The decision is the latest Nation to run out of food in a week legal move against Yingluck — Thailand’s first female prime PORT VILA: Vanuatu has hit denied any disorganisation. “Our minister and sister of fugitive out at aid groups swarming the position is that we will continue to ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra cyclone-ravaged Pacific nation work with the government, as we — that could spell the end of her over lack of coordination, which have been, and as we always do, to family’s political dominance. it said cost precious time get- address the best interests of those The Shinawatras, or parties ting help to those in need, while in need,” he said. allied to them, have won every warning food will run out in a There is also confusion over the Thai election since 2001. week. death toll. Early reports from the “The panel (of judges) has Relief agencies have been bat- UN Office for the Coordination of decided that this case falls tling logistical challenges in the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) within our authority,” said sprawling archipelago with a lack on Friday evening announced an judge Veeraphol Tangsuwan at of landing strips and deep water unconfirmed 44 dead, which then Bangkok’s Supreme Court, add- ports hampering their efforts to dropped to 24 confirmed, only to ing that the first hearing will be reach distant islands and get a be revised down again to 11. held on May 19. better grip on the full scale of the The Vanuatu government said Nigerien soldiers hold up a Boko Haram flag they seized in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria. Thailand’s attorney general disaster. in fact only seven people were The Islamist militants killed 11 people in an attack on Gamboru in northeast Nigeria after entering the town filed criminal charges against They continue to paint a bleak confirmed dead and that the four following the withdrawal of Chadian troops, witnesses said yesterday. Yingluck in February, accusing picture, detailing large-scale prop- others were patients already in her of “dereliction of duty” in erty and crop destruction, and an hospitals whose deaths were not relation to the populist but eco- urgent need for clean water, medi- directly related to the storm. nomically disastrous rice scheme, cal supplies, tents, bedding and Reconnaissance flights by which paid farmers in the rural hygiene kits. military aircraft from Australia Shinawatra heartland twice the Aid finally reached the badly and France have “found severe market rate for their crops. hit island of Tanna on Wednesday, and widespread damage across Japan, China in security She is not accused of cor- five days after Severe Cyclone Pam the larger islands of Tanna, ruption herself but of failing to roared ashore on Friday night, but Erromango and Efate,” the UN prevent alleged graft in the pro- many of the 80 islands that make said, but less destruction on the gramme which cost billions of up Vanuatu remain without help. nation’s smaller southern islands. talks after four-year break dollars and inspired the protests National disaster committee Van Rooyen said work was that eventually felled her elected deputy chair Benjamin Shing said under way yesterday to identify TOKYO: Japan and China held said a Japanese ministry official official Xinhua news agency. government and led to May’s mil- while the country appreciated the priority areas across the archipel- security talks yesterday after who was at the meeting. The comment reflects Beijing’s itary coup. aid, the initial response could have ago and get aid to them as soon as a four-year hiatus because of Specifically, the officials agreed persistent theme of Japan’s need The court’s decision comes been handled better with many possible. simmering territorial tensions that they should start operating to face up to its aggressive actions less than two months after the groups and NGOs working on Efforts to ferry relief supplies to with the two sides agreeing a maritime crisis-management in World War II. retroactive impeachment of the their own rather than in coopera- Tanna and other islands continued, to hold meetings “more fre- mechanism soon, the official said. Tokyo and Beijing are also at former premier, also over the rice tion with the government. with New Zealand sending a navy quently” to speed up a thaw in Tokyo asked Beijing to make loggerheads over the sovereignty scheme, by an assembly appointed “I do apologise but I have to ship to Vanuatu with heavy engi- once-frozen relations, officials its growing defence spending of uninhabited islands in the East by the ruling generals—a move state the facts. We have seen this neering equipment to help repair said. more transparent and explain China Sea, which Japan adminis- that carries an automatic five- time and time again,” he said at a roads and key infrastructure. The first such dialogue between the reasons behind its military ters as the Senkakus, but which year ban from politics. briefing late on Wednesday in the Agriculture Minister David the two Asian rivals since January expansion, he added. China claims as the Diaoyus. Yingluck did not attend the capital Port Vila. Tosul warned the struggling sub- 2011 was held at Japan’s foreign Japanese officials told their Relations soured in 2012 Bangkok court yesterday but “In nearly every country in the sistence-based country needed ministry in Tokyo, a government counterparts that Japan has and when the Japanese government will be legally obliged to attend world where they go in they have rice, biscuits, seeds, tinned protein official said, in the latest sign of will continue to follow the path angered China by nationalising the first hearing in May. their own operational systems, and cash to help ship them in. slowly improving ties. of pacifism, at a time when Prime some of the islands, and Beijing In a statement on her Facebook they have their own networks and He said bananas and other fruit The talks involved top officials Minister Shinzo Abe intends to had since refused most high-level page published shortly after the they refuse to conform to govern- trees had been destroyed, leafy from each country’s foreign and relax the restrictions on Japan’s talks with Tokyo, as ships and ruling she defended the con- ment directives. vegetables devastated and staple defence ministries, including military to allow it to come to planes from both sides regularly troversial scheme as one which “We had to spend the first three root crops irreparably damaged, Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister the aid of allies under attack — a sparred in the East China Sea. “lifted the quality of life for rice days trying to get some form of with limited supplies of imported Shinsuke Sugiyama and Liu move that has angered Beijing. But the two sides broke the farmers”. coordination in place. That was food. Jianchao, China’s assistant for- China’s Liu told the meeting ice in November when Abe and “As prime minister I was always much precious time that could “In short, our agricultural eign minister. that Beijing hoped to develop Chinese President Xi Jinping honest and served the Thai peo- have been spent doing the assess- experts estimate that Vanuatu’s “Both sides agreed that these ties with Tokyo in the spirit shared a frosty handshake on ple, who voted for my govern- ments instead.” people will run out of food in less kind of direct talks in the areas of “taking history as a mir- the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific ment,” she said. “I have not done Oxfam country director in Port than one week,” he said. of national security and defence ror and looking forward to the Economic Cooperation forum. anything wrong at all.” Vila Colin Collett van Rooyen AFP should be held more frequently,” future”, according to China’s AFP AFP

Beating ghosts Pop group pays Cambodia approves cash bond to Philippine govt controversial poll laws MANILA: British pop phe- PHNOM PENH: Cambodian are heavy fines and bans for NGOs nomenon One Direction paid MPs approved two controversial that “insult” parties and candi- a cash bond to the Philippines election laws yesterday which dates during the campaign period, yesterday that was imposed were condemned by rights which has been reduced from 30 because of drug concerns, groups as undemocratic for to 21 days. allowing them to play two con- including restrictive provisions Political parties that choose to certs this weekend, the immi- such as banning NGOs from boycott parliament could also see gration bureau said. criticising parties during elec- their seats taken away from them The bond, 200,000 pesos tion campaigns. under the new law. ($4,500) each for singers Zayn The laws, which were unani- “The process by which these Malik and Louis Tomlinson, will mously approved, received back- laws were passed raises serious be forfeited should the two get ing from both the ruling party of questions about the intent behind caught using or promoting ille- strongman Prime Minister Hun them,” Sopheap Chak, executive gal drugs, Bureau of Immigration Sen and his opposition. director of the Cambodian Center spokeswoman Elaine Tan said. They have been presented as an for Human Rights, said. The bond requirement was in attempt to avoid the kind of post- “These laws undermine funda- response to an anti-drug watch- election political deadlock that has mental freedoms guaranteed by dog group’s request for “strict dogged Cambodia in recent years. the constitution,” she said, adding scrutiny” of Malik and Tomlinson But civil society and rights that the legislation received little before they were issued work per- groups have criticised the laws as public debate before it was passed mits, she said. ill-conceived and rushed, with seri- and was “likely to restrict pub- “The condition is intended to ous implications for free speech. lic engagement in the political protect the public interest should Among the criticised provisions process”. AFP Tibetan monks dressed as demons attend the Beating Ghost festival at Yonghe Temple, also known as Lama the band members commit any Temple, in Beijing yesterday. The event, known as Da Gui festival in Chinese, is an important part of Tibetan violation during their stay in the Buddhism and believed to expel evil spirits and shake off troubles. Philippines,” she said. A video of Malik, 22 and Tomlinson, 23 apparently smok- ing marijuana in a car while on Army, rebels clash in DR Congo tour in Peru went viral last year Myanmar jails two scribes for defamation and shocked the tattooed but GOMA: Violent clashes have erupted between the army and a mili- baby-faced quintet’s hordes of tia in eastern DR Congo, forcing many civilians to flee their homes, YANGON: A Myanmar court Htike Thu, and deputy chief essentially weaken the military’s female fans. officials said yesterday. has jailed two reporters for two reporter, Hsan Moe Tun, to the legislative powers. The group is scheduled to hold Government forces have been fighting rebels of the Alliance of months for defamation, a news- prison terms on Wednesday after Thaw Naing said his journal concerts at the seafront grounds Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo (APCLS) in the Masisi ter- paper editor said yesterday. a military representative to par- stood by its report. of the Philippines’ largest mall, ritory west of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province. The media in Myanmar has liament had filed a complaint. “We’ll open all legal avenues which can accommodate tens of “The rebels attacked last night,” an army officer told AFP from the enjoyed sweeping freedoms Thaw Naing, the newspaper’s for the freedom of our men,” he thousands of people, tomorrow front line. since a semi-civilian govern- editor-in-charge, said the mili- said. and the day after. “We have already managed to push them back. We will continue to ment took power in 2011 but the tary representative had com- Veteran journalist and patron The mega-venue has in the past chase them until we have cornered them all.” Committee to Protect Journalists plained he was misquoted in a of the Myanmar Journalists hosted teen idols Justin Bieber The number of casualties remained unclear but government officials said recently that since then, 10 report about the sharing of seats Association Pho Thaukya said and Justin Timberlake. told AFP one child had been killed. journalists had been jailed and 19 in parliament between civilians he was dismayed by what he Tickets for the first night have Emmanuel Balume, a resident of Nyabiondo village in North Kivu, were facing trial, and Myanmar and military representatives. regarded as unusually harsh pun- sold out and the second date is described the situation as “very serious”. He told AFP that “bombs” was the 10th worst jailor of media The role of the military in ishment for the reporters. expected to sell out as well, Gina had been dropped overnight, and that people were seeking refuge at workers in 2014. parliament is sensitive with the “It’s completely unacceptable Santiago, an executive assistant of the UN base in Goma. The Myanmar Post Journal party of opposition leader Aung at a time when the country is the group’s Philippine promoter, The chief of Nyabiondo, Abraham Wetewabo, also said residents said a court in Mon State had San Suu Kyi calling for con- building democracy,” he said. Ovation Productions, said. were packing their belongings and hastily leaving the area. sentenced its chief editor, Than stitutional changes that would REUTERS AFP AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 PAKISTAN / AFGHANISTAN www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 11 US to delay closure New school year begins of two Afghan bases Policy shift reflects US embrace of President Ghani

WASHINGTON: The US mili- immediate comment on the possi- “Being responsive to President tary bases in Kandahar and bility of maintaining the Kandahar Ghani’s request for flexibility is an Jalalabad are likely to remain and Jalalabad bases into next year. important part of the visit,” said open beyond the end of 2015, Obama is expected to decide a senior administration official on a senior US official said, as in the next few days whether to condition of anonymity, adding that Washington considers slow- slow the pace of the US troop when Ghani flew home “I don’t ing its military pull-out from withdrawal, possibly by next week think he’ll feel empty-handed.” Afghanistan to help the new gov- when Ghani and Afghan Chief The US strategy in Afghanistan ernment fight the Taliban. Executive Abdullah Abdullah travel hinges on the ability of Afghan The anticipated policy reversal to Washington. forces to secure the country despite reflects the US embrace of US officials hope the visit will a resilient Taliban insurgency and Afghanistan’s new and more coop- garner American public support the Obama administration has erative President, Ashraf Ghani, for a longer military mission and signalled it is willing to consider and a desire to avoid the kind of display a contrast to their prickly adjusting its withdrawal plans. US collapse of local security forces that dealings with former president officials said the White House is occurred in Iraq after the US pull- Hamid Karzai. focused on how much Obama might Afghan students look on during a ceremony attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani marking the out there. Ghani is getting a warm wel- slow the planned withdrawal of start of the new school year at Amani High School in Kabul yesterday. President Ghani said deprivation It coincides with new efforts come. He meets the secretaries of most US troops over the next two of children from school and closure of schools are enmity against Islam and Afghanistan. Over 8 million backed by Pakistan and China for state, defence and treasury at the years and that there was no dis- Afghans are going to schools, and 42 percent of them are girls, a great achievement for Afghan girls as peace talks between the Afghan Camp David presidential retreat cussion, for now, of changing the they were banned during the Taliban regime before 2001. government and the Taliban. on Monday, lunches with Obama US presence beyond that currently Washington has welcomed greater at the White House on Tuesday, planned in 2017. engagement by China, which has and speaks to a joint session of Obama said last May the US of 2015 and 2016 to be able to kind possibility that could allow it to embryonic Afghan air force and helped create a diplomatic opening Congress on Wednesday. military would draw down to a of optimise the chances of success” conduct air strikes, rescue Afghan supports smaller bases in the for reconciliation. US officials expect him to pay “normal embassy presence” with for Ghani, said a second US official. forces under threat and evacuate Taliban heartland. Jalalabad, to The US official said conditions tribute to the sacrifices made by security assistance by the end of This official said that Washington their wounded. The two bases are Kabul’s southeast, is the main base had changed since May when US troops in more than 13 years 2016. What constitutes a “normal had gently urged Ghani not to ask crucial to the Pentagon because facing Taliban and other militants President Barack Obama declared of war in Afghanistan as well as embassy presence” is ambiguous, for too much, meaning for a signifi- the US military uses them to train, that enjoy safe haven in Pakistan, that by the end of 2015 the US force to make his case for slowing the giving the president some leeway cant extension of the US military advise and assist senior Afghan which sees them as a way to main- would be roughly halved from the drawdown. Ghani wants Obama to on the footprint after 2017. mission beyond 2016. commanders in charge of some of tain influence in Afghanistan. current total of about 10,000 and reconsider his timetable to with- “No one’s really talking about The first senior administration the Afghan army’s six corps as well Washington does not disclose the would operate only from bases in draw US forces from Afghanistan, anything beyond 2016. Most of official, however, suggested that as Afghan special operations forces. number of US troops at each of its Kabul and Bagram. making his case in the media as the discussion has been about the the US military might maintain Kandahar in southern remaining bases in Afghanistan. The White House had no well as in private with US officials. slope of the curve over the course an aerial capacity beyond 2017, a Afghanistan is also vital for the REUTERS

US drone strike kills Taliban commander Over 16,000 families refuse DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A US same name and share a similar polio vaccination in Pakistan drone strike killed a Pakistani Burqa-clad bomber kills police chief jihadist ideology. Taliban leader and two others But they operate as a separate ISLAMABAD: Over 16,400 families across Pakistan refused to on the Afghanistan-Pakistan KANDAHAR: A suicide bomber wearing a burqa blew himself entity, focused on toppling the get their children vaccinated during the first two days of the latest border, the Taliban said yester- up in Kabul, killing an influential provincial police chief, officials Pakistani state and establishing round of the National Polio Campaign. Besides, 610,333 children day, in the latest attack by an said yesterday. strict Islamic rule in the nuclear- were not present when vaccination teams visited their homes. The unmanned aircraft targeting The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the death of armed nation. The strikes come campaign started on Monday with the target to vaccinate 35.5 mil- the Afghan bases of Pakistani Matiullah Khan, head of police in central Uruzgan province, where amid warming relations between lion children. Around 80, 000 teams were formed for the purpose. Taliban leaders. he had worked closely with NATO troops during their combat the traditionally hostile neigh- An official of the Emergency Operation Centre said initially it Two Pakistani intelligence mission. Afghanistan’s interior ministry said in a statement that a bours, each of whom has accused was decided that the campaign would be conducted in 36 districts officials confirmed the strike on “terrorist clad in a burqa” had killed Khan and strongly condemned the other of harbouring insur- of Punjab, 25 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 22 districts and 18 towns the border between Pakistan’s the murder. gents to act as proxy forces. of Sindh, 30 districts of Balochistan, 10 of Pakistan-administered Kurram agency and Afghanistan. General Farid Afzali, head of the criminal police in Kabul, con- Relations improved after Kashmir, seven of Gilgit Baltistan, seven agencies and six frontier The strike killed Pakistani firmed the attack, which took place late on Wednesday. AFP Afghan President Ashraf Ghani regions of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and two districts Taliban commander Khawray was elected last year. Pakistan is of Islamabad Capital Territory. “But the campaign was postponed in Mehsud, who possessed “great “He was very close to mar- personal bodyguard,” it added. supporting potential peace talks some areas because of different reasons like security, unavailability militant skills,” the Taliban said tyred (Pakistani Taliban) chief The Pakistani Taliban are allied between the Afghan government of workers and weather,” he said. INTERNEWS in a statement. Hakimullah Mehsud and was his with the Afghan militants of the and Afghan Taliban. REUTERS

Afghans shop at a busy market Family relief at death reprieve for Pakistani condemned as teen KARACHI: The brother of a Pakistani man condemned to death as a teenager spoke yes- terday of his relief after the President granted a stay of exe- cution. Shafqat Hussain, con- victed of killing a seven-year-old boy in Karachi in 2004, was just hours away from the gallows when the delay order was given late on Wednesday. The case has attracted inter- national attention as Hussain was apparently only 15 years old at the time of the killing and rights campaigners say he did not have a fair trial. The United Nations highlighted the case yesterday as it urged Pakistan to reinstate a The sister (left) and mother (centre) of Shafqat Hussain celebrate with a moratorium on the death penalty relative after the execution of Shafqat was postponed in Muzaffarabad. Afghan residents shop in a busy bazaar in Jalalabad yesterday. which was lifted after six years in December after a Taliban mas- postponement of the hanging of one of the prison officials brought sacre at a school. our brother,” she said in Kashmir, the execution dress,” Zaman said. Hussain’s brother Gul Zaman where the family live. “I left the cell and as I was leaving described going to bid him farewell Pakistan has hanged 48 con- the prison I was told that the exe- Clerics found involved in land grabbing in jail in the southern metropolis victs since restarting executions cution has been delayed, I could of Karachi late on Wednesday, in December after Taliban mili- not believe it.” only to be told of the temporary tants murdered more than 150 Hussain’s mother said she felt ISLAMABAD: Real estate mosques. The survey was con- not been spared, as some 45 illegal reprieve. “Shafqat was looking people at a school, most of them that “God has given me back my is among the most profitable ducted on the directions from the mosques are built on these tracts. worried. I could see the despair children, angering rights activ- son”. “I am praying for everybody, businesses in Pakistan, even interior ministry to determine In Sector I-11 alone, the capital’s on his face, his tears were rolling ists and alarming some foreign especially the president, the judi- more so when the developer can the actual number of mosques biggest illegal slum — informally as he spoke to me in a very low countries. ciary and the media who help in acquire the land for free in the and seminaries — legal and ille- referred to as the Afghan Basti — voice,” Zaman said by phone from Hussain had been due to face the postponement of the hanging name of religion. In Islamabad, gal — built in developed areas of houses around 14 illegal mosques. Karachi. “He said: ‘Tell mother the noose on January 14, but the of my son,” she said. a number of clerics have taken the capital city. Meanwhile, many of the 259 not to worry. Instead pray for me, government halted the execu- Hussain, the yougest of seven advantage of their social power “It found that local religious ‘legal’ mosques are also working tell her that I am innocent’.” tion in the face of protests and children, was working as a watch- to do just that. leaders from various sects would within grey areas of the law. The Late on Wednesday the presi- ordered an investigation. But an man in Karachi in 2004 when the The construction of mosques pay money for encroached land administrations of some mosques dency ordered a 30-day stay of anti-terrorism court in Karachi seven-year-old boy went missing and seminaries on illegally-occu- and build mosques in the area,” a have committed violations such execution, but Interior Minister last week ordered the hanging from the neighbourhood. pied state land has been a com- senior officer of the CDA confided. as encroaching land next to the Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told to go ahead — until Wednesday’s A few days later the boy’s fam- mon practice in the capital. No Out of the 492 mosques within mosques and built structures parliament yesterday the delay 11th-hour intervention. ily received calls from Hussain’s civic agency or state institution the municipal limits of the CDA, including seminaries bigger than was only for 72 hours. Zaman said he left his brother mobile demanding a ransom of dares to take action against these 233, or 47 per cent, are illegal, the parent mosques, residences Sumaira Bibi, Hussain’s elder after midnight, with only around half a million rupees, accord- people. A recent survey conducted built on state land along seasonal for staffers, shops, staff rooms, sister, said the family were over- five hours left until the hanging ing to legal papers. Hussain was by the Capital Development nullahs, right of way of major kitchens, boundary walls, and come with gratitude when news was due. “He hugged me very gen- arrested and admitted kidnapping Authority (CDA) reveals aston- roads, private land and CDA- washrooms. Some mosques have of the stay came through. tly and held me for a very brief and killing him, but later with- ishing details on the sale and acquired land. also illegally added more floors to “We are thankful to all moment. He then left me, turned drew his confession, saying he had purchase of illegally-constructed Even the city’s green belts have approved buildings. INTERNEWS those people who help in the around, his head was bowed as made it under duress. AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 12 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com INDIA

Students demand No arrests yet ‘very tough’ Class 12 maths paper re-conducted in nun’s rape, NEW DELHI: The “very tough” Class 12 CBSE math- ematics question paper that saw many students in tears yester- day figured in parliament, with protests rage a Congress member asking the government to consider the issue “seriously”. Students and teachers demanded that the Victim wants to remain in hospital board again hold the exam. Raising the issue during zero KOLKATA: The septuagenar- about the nun’s condition and hour, K V Thomas, the Congress ian nun, still traumatised after then visited the school. member from Ernakulam in being gang-raped inside a Bengal The organisation has called Kerala, said the maths exam will convent last week, has pleaded for a silent rally from Moulali to affect the future of many students that she be allowed to remain in Esplanade in Kolkata demand- in the country. hospital for some more time to ing punishment of those guilty of Many students who took the regain her composure, even as crimes against women in Ranaghat Class 12 math exam and their police were still unable to arrest and elsewhere in the state. teachers said Wednesday’s ques- any of the culprits. The students of the convent tion paper was of “IIT entrance A district police officer yes- took out a candlelight vigil in level”. “The mathematics exam terday said 15 people have been the evening demanding arrest of was very tough. The questions detained for questioning so far, those who perpetrated the hei- asked in the exam were not but no one has been arrested. nous crime. Their teachers and direct. It was way beyond our Facing massive protests over the guardians also joined them. Policemen pull Aam Aadmi Party protesters as they try to block a busy street in Bengaluru yesterday. level and was equivalent to the nun’s gang rape, West Bengal The National Human Rights IIT-JEE test,” said Somil Pahuja, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Commission has already taken who could not attempt many of had announced on Wednesday suo motu cognisance of the inci- the questions. that she would “entrust the inves- dent and shot off notice to the IAS officer’s death: Centre ready Somil said the Central Board of tigation” to the CBI. state chief secretary and direc- Secondary Education should re- An official at the Ranaghat sub- tor general of police, calling for conduct the exam. Vertika Mishra divisional hospital said the medi- reports within two weeks. for CBI probe if Karnataka agrees said most students came out from cal board treating the nun has Meanwhile, an inter-faith the exam hall crying. declared that she was physically prayer meeting was held in the “All of us were left depressed and mentally fit for discharge from national capital to condemn the NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: there were no external injuries report to me within a couple of after taking the exam. We are the hospital. However, the 71-year- rape, with the the participants, The controversy surround- on the body, which was found days,” Rajnath Singh said. “If the now very sceptical of doing well, old Sister Superior of the Convent including Mahatma Gandhi’s ing the mysterious death of hanging from a ceiling fan in the state government wants (a CBI though maths is my favour- of Jesus and Mary in Nadia dis- granddaughter Tara Gandhi, IAS officer D K Ravi took on officer’s bedroom. probe), then as soon as I get a ite subject and I always score trict’s Ranaghat, some 80km from demanding that the culprits be a stronger political colour yes- In Bengaluru, the assembly representation from it, we will be well,” Vertika said. Vertika also Kolkata, requested the authorities brought to book at the earliest. terday with the BJP-led central was adjourned till Monday amid ready for a CBI inquiry,” he said. demanded that the CBSE board to be allowed to stay in the hospital The Interfaith Peace Prayer, government saying it was ready shouting and sloganeering by The Congress government in conduct the examination again. for some more time. organised by the National for a CBI probe if Congress- opposition lawmakers against the the state has rejected the demand Teachers too said the exam was “We have agreed to her request. Institute For Gender Justice ruled Karnataka agreed to this. state government for not allowing for a CBI probe by the opposition very difficult in comparison to She can stay on till she felt she (NIFGJ), was part of a series Home Minister Rajnath Singh a CBI probe. The ruling Congress BJP and JD-S as well as by Ravi’s previous years’ tests, and that was fit to leave. We will continue of prayers “Promise of Justice” said in the Lok Sabha that the maintains that a Criminal family and the public. According their students were very upset. to treat her,” said the official. launched by NIFGJ. The gath- central government was ready Investigation Department (CID) to Janata Dal-Secular leader H A CBSE spokesperson said Officer of the state Criminal ering included former minister to order a probe by the Central probe was underway to find out if D Kumaraswamy, Ravi’s parents the board had not yet thought in Investigation Department visited Narayan Singh Rana, Reverend Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into Ravi’s death was suicide or caused would hold a protest again if a terms of re-conducting the maths the convent several times yester- Jesuraj of the St Thomas Church Ravi’s death. by other means. CBI probe is not ordered in the exam. “Like every year, the paper day and recorded the statements and NIFGJ chairperson Sreerupa “We are ready for a CBI In the Lok Sabha, Rajnath next three days. was set from the book (NCERT). of witnesses present on Saturday Mitra Chaudhury. Those present inquiry if the state government Singh said a few senior Indian Pralhad Joshi, BJP’s Lok Sabha The pattern of the paper was a when the culprits raided the con- at the prayer meet said crimes wants,” Rajnath Singh told the Administrative Service (IAS) offic- member from Dharwad, said little changed this year,” spokes- vent and gang-raped the nun. The against women should be curbed. Lok Sabha during zero hour after ers from the state have also sought in New Delhi: “The CID works person Ishaan said. CID also got an artist to draw fresh Demanding justice for the vic- BJP members from Karnataka a CBI probe into the death of the under the Karnataka home min- According to students and sketches of the alleged culprits. tim, Tara Gandhi said: “Justice met him and demanded that the 36-year-old 2009 batch officer, who ister (K J George) against whom teachers, this year’s mathemat- Meanwhile, protests continued should prevail. We are getting premier investigation agency was working as additional commis- fingers are being raised”, after ics paper had around 50 percent in Ranaghat and Kolkata against more into technology for amuse- probe Ravi’s death. sioner of the state commercial tax staging a protest with other of questions based on Higher the incident which has created ment and other purposes, we Ravi was found dead on March department in Bengaluru. MPs from Karnataka near the Order Thinking Skills (HOTS), revulsions across the country and should use technology to control 16 in his official apartment by his “I have spoken to the Karnataka Mahatma Gandhi statue in the compared to earlier years when it beyond. A group “We are victims” crimes against women and nab wife Kusuma. Police prime facie chief minister (Siddaramaiah), parliament complex. was around 10-20 percent. went to the hospital to enquire the criminals.” IANS termed the death as suicide as who said he would send a detailed IANS IANS

World War I exhibition PM ‘must say Left woman MLA threw sorry’ to farmers, withdraw bill things at Chandy: Cong NEW DELHI: The Congress THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When the Left opposition found asked Prime Minister Narendra The Congress party yesterday their stock going down on account Modi yesterday to “apologise” to showed visuals of Left woman of the violence, these women leg- farmers and to “withdraw” the legislator Jameela Prakasham islators came out with fresh alle- land acquisition ordinance, call- throwing things at Chief Minister gations of sexual assault,” added ing it a “sinister attempt” to kill Oommen Chandy and Finance Nair, whom Prakasham bit on the spirit of the 2013 Land Act Minister K M Mani in the assem- hand in the melee. brought when the UPA was in bly during the budget presentation On that day, the Left legisla- power. ruckus on March 13. tors threw the speaker’s chair In response to a letter from Addressing reporters here at and uprooted and hurled the elec- union Transport Minister Nitin the Congress party headquar- tronic equipment and his compu- Gadkari, the Congress, in a state- ters, senior Congress legislator ter, causing a damage of Rs5 lakh. ment, said: “If Modi and the BJP K Sivadasan Nair, accused by However, Leader of Opposition are sincere, they should first Prakasham of sexually molesting V S Achuthanandan in a letter to withdraw the land acquisition her in the melee, showed several Speaker Sakthan yesterday asked ordinance and apologise to the visuals to prove that no such act him to hand over the complaint of entire farming community.” was committed by him. the five women Left legislators to The statement asked Gadkari “The visuals clearly show that the police for further action. and the BJP to “stop hoodwink- her claim of my sexually assault- “Five treasury bench legislators Soldiers pose as artillery gunners of the First World War, during the exhibition ‘India and World War I’ organ- ing and attempting diversionary ing her is false,” said Nair. “After in the melee on Friday physically ised by the Indian Armed Forces to mark the 100th anniversary of WWI in New Delhi yesterday. Around 1.5 tactics to dilute the agony, pain a while she is seen throwing attacked our five women legisla- million Indian soldiers fought and over 74,000 sacrificed their lives in the war. and outrage among the entire papers when K M Mani was read- tors, and it was a clear violation farming community by the Modi ing the budget. Moreover, in her of the rights of the women, and government’s sinister attempt to complaint to Speaker N Sakthan hence police should take action,” kill the soul and spirit of the Right on that day (March 13), she said I said Achuthanandan’s letter. to Fair Compensation Act 2013.” hit her with my knees and hands. IANS The statement came after Gadkari said he had written to Congress Cheating-free examinations not president Sonia Gandhi and social activist Anna Hazare inviting them for an open debate on the land bill possible in Bihar, says minister brought by the NDA government. Air-to-air missile Astra tested Addressed to several political leaders, the letter by the minister BHUBANESWAR: India’s Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air PATNA: Bihar’s exasper- the parents and guardians of stu- have been expelled, an official said claimed: “The Modi government missile Astra was successfully test fired yesterday in Odisha, the ated Education Minister P K dents should come forward (to yesterday. introduced important amend- defence ministry said. Shahi admitted yesterday that end mass cheating),” he said. “The students were expelled on ments to the law on land acquisi- The Indian Air Force conducted the test off the coast of Odisha near cheating-free examinations The minister expressed the gov- charges of adopting unfair means,” tion keeping in mind the interest of the Integrated Test Range at Balasore. In the test flight, an Astra mis- were not possible in the state, ernment’s helplessness to hold a said Lalkeshwar Prasad, chairman the farmers and the need for rural sile carrying telemetry equipment in place of the warhead was fired minus the cooperation of stu- cheating-free exam. “It is not pos- of the Bihar School Examination development.” Gadkari said the gov- from a Sukhoi-30 aircraft against a Lakshya (pilotless target aircraft). dents’ parents. sible to fully stop cheating during Board (BSEB), which is conduct- ernment has only added certain cat- The target was successfully engaged and it was captured by telemetry More than 1.4 million students exams or hold exams where stu- ing the examination. egories to the existing list under the and electro-optical tracking stations, a ministry statement said. The are appearing in the Class 10 dents don’t go for unfair means.” Officials said over 1,000 stu- Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and missile has been indigenously designed and developed by the Defence board examination amid wide- Shahi said the situation in dents were caught cheating Resettlement Act 2013 that has kept Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Another successful spread reports of mass copying Bihar was so bad that at least in examination in three sub- 13 acts outside the purview of social trial of Astra took place on Wednesday. It was launched from a Sukhoi and cheating. Shahi admitted to four to five people helped every jects, including mathematics impact and consent clause. 30. The trial was aimed at confirming the missile’s capability to undergo the media that holding “free and student to cheat. and English, on Tuesday and “In the interest of national manoeuvre involving very high gravitational forces. fair exam” was a big challenge for “First, I appeal to parents and Wednesday. But only a little more defence, rural electrification, irri- The Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), the Bihar government. guardians to stop cheating to help than 600 of them were expelled. gation policies, housing for poor Hyderabad, is the primary development agency for the missile. DRDL “The government cannot stop the government ensure free and Cheating during examinations is and industrial corridor policies, Director K Jayaraman was present at the mission centre overseeing cheating in exam,” he said. “It fair exams,” he said. rampant in Bihar. Attempts to land acquisition has been added the trials along with programme director Subhash Chandran. Project is also the responsibility of the In the last three days, more stop mass copying often triggers to the list of acts kept outside the Director S Venugopal said: “The fourth and fifth air launch of Astra was society to ensure a cheating-free than 600 students, caught cheat- violent protests. purview of social impact and con- once again perfect in all respects, and engaged the target with precision. exam. More than the government, ing in the board examination, IANS sent clause,” he said. IANS “More tests will follow to prove its repeatability,” he added. IANS FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 BUSINESS www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 13 Oil prices slide on high supplies, surging dollar

LONDON: Surging US stock- piles and a rebounding dollar Stocks, bonds QE index loses 4.61pc past week sent oil prices sliding yester- day after strong gains caused by reduced expectations of an up on Fed move early hike to US interest rates, Foreign institutional investors go bearish; market capitalisation falls 4.94pc analysts said. LONDON: World shares US benchmark West Texas rose back towards all-time DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) International Islamic, QNB, transactions was also up by11.15 The Barwa Real Estate was the Intermediate (WTI) for deliv- highs and a jump in the dol- main index fell 4.61 percent, Industries Qatar and Electricity percent compared to the previ- active value leader, accounting for ery in April shed $1.24 to $43.42 lar triggered wild moves in or 556.89 points, during the and Water were among the top ous week. The banks and finan- 11 percent of total trading value. a barrel. Brent North Sea crude currency markets yesterday, past week to close at 11,523. losers of the week. International cial services sector led the trading On Thursday, the QE snapped for May delivery tumbled $1.69 as investors priced in a later The decline was mainly due to Islamic tumbled 12.94 percent and value, accounting for 34.81 per- the six successive bearish sessions to stand at $54.22 in late London start and a slower pace for the exit of foreign institutional QNB fell 6.08 percent. Industries cent, followed by Industrials sec- and gained 0.85 percent or 97.15 deals. WTI had gained $1.20 future US rate rises. investors. Market capitalisation Qatar edged 6.20 percent as tor, real estate and telecoms. The percent. Market analysts noted the Wednesday and Brent jumped European shares climbed 0.5 fell by 4.94 percent to QR624bn, Electricity and Water lost 6.18 trading volume was also led by the credit rating upgrade for Qatari $2.40 after the US central bank percent as London’s FTSE hit from the previous week’s percent. banks and financial services sec- banks by Fitch Ratings and launch signalled it was in no hurry raise a new record peak and Wall QR656bn. Trading value during the tor, accounting for 28.08 percent, of investment funds have positively rates, which sent the dollar Street was expected to con- The entire sector indices posted week decreased by 0.18 percent followed by real estate, telecoms impacted the market. But to affirm tumbling. solidate its sharp gains of the decline, with the Industrials, the to QR1.7bn. Trading volume was and industrials stocks. the rebound, the index should rise A weaker US currency makes previous day. banking and financial services higher than the previous week. The trading numbers were led above the 11,650-point level with dollar-priced oil cheaper for hold- Asia also enjoyed its best day losing the most. The Industrials The volume increased by 3.31 by Industrials stocks. Just four of high liquidity to face resistance ers of rival currencies, fuelling in 18 months, while bond mar- stocks tumbled 5.51 percent and percent to reach more than 39 the 43 listed companies ended the at the 11,800-point level, business demand. The dollar rallied yes- kets saw government yields banking and financial services million from the previous week’s past week higher as 38 companies portal Mubasher quoted analysts terday, causing the reverse. hit new all-time lows from sector plunged 4.52 percent. 37 million shares. The number of fell and one remained unchanged. as saying. THE PENINSULA An oversupplied oil market and Australia to Germany as inves- weaker demand has meanwhile tors piled back in, betting that taken hold of sentiment following the era of easy money is not the US crude inventory report, about to end just yet. Sweden Starbucks shareholders meeting analysts said. confirmed that belief by unex- The US Department of Energy pectedly cutting rates again Yahoo set to on Wednesday said crude stocks this week. REUTERS jumped 9.6 million barrels for the week ending March 13. “The production levels despite falling shut down report indicates a build up in the oil prices in order to preserve global supply glut that has been their market share, Kuwait’s oil pushing prices down thus far,” minister said yesterday. China office said Shailaja Nair, associate edi- “Within Opec, we don’t have torial director at energy informa- any other choice than keeping SHANGHAI: US Internet tion provider Platts. the ceiling of production as it company Yahoo is shutting Daniel Ang, an investment is because we don’t want to lose down its presence in China, analyst with Phillip Futures our share in the market,” Ali al- it said, with reports saying at in Singapore, said prices would Omair told reporters. least 200 people will be laid off. remain under pressure for as long But the minister welcomed The closure of the research as supply was outpacing demand. any arrangements with non-Opec centre in Beijing office will elimi- “Fundamentals have not crude producers to stabilise the nate 200 to 300 jobs, Bloomberg changed and just a short-term jolt market. “If there is any type of reported on Wednesday, quoting in prices from the weakening US arrangements with countries out- a person familiar with the matter. dollar will not change that fact,” side Opec, we will be very happy,” The California-based firm’s he said in a market commentary. Omair said after signing a coop- move contrasts with other “Prices are still going to stay eration agreement on oil and Internet companies, which are low if demand and supply does not investment with Russia. courting the world’s biggest online improve.” The 12-member Organisation of population despite authorities World oil prices have collapsed Petroleum Exporting Countries, blocking their products. by about 60 percent since June, that pumps about one-third Twitter opened an office in with the strong US production of the world’s oil, decided in Hong Kong this month, while exacerbating elevated output by November to maintain produc- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg the Opec cartel. tion unchanged, sending oil prices addressed a Beijing university Opec members meanwhile have crashing. AFP audience in Chinese last year. no choice but to maintain current Starbucks shareholders at the annual shareholders meeting in Seattle, Washington. The company Yahoo confirmed the closure in announced a 2-for-1 stock split, the sixth in the company’s history. a statement, but did not specify how many employees would be affected. “We are constantly mak- ing changes to align resources and to foster better collaboration and innovation across our business,” MEED announces winners of quality projects in Qatar the statement said. “We will be consolidating certain functions DOHA: Five of Qatar’s most in association with Mashreq, include Project and Energy Management benefits they provide,’’ said John Project, a national winner in the into fewer offices, including to important projects of recent The EPIC for the new Central System (Solar Micro Grid Iossifidis, Executive Vice President, Power and Water Project of the our headquarters in Sunnyvale, years have scooped major Industrial Building 33/11 KV Power System) Project, both entered by Group Head – Corporate & Year category, Qatar Petroleum is California.” national awards for their achieve- Distribution Substation at Halul ASTAD Engineering and Project Investment Banking, Mashreq achieving its strategic plan to over- The decision follows Yahoo’s ments and are now in the run- Island Project by Qatar Petroleum Management Company complete Bank. come the foreseeable power redis- announcement in January that it ning for regional recognition. (entered by Galfar Al Misnad); Al Qatar’s national winners’ list. Qatar’s national winners will now tribution network at this major will spin off its stake in Chinese The projects are Engineering, Sadd Multipurpose Hall Project by The projects were assessed compete with the national winners crude oil storage hub which is criti- e-commerce giant Alibaba, which Procurement, Installation and the Qatar Olympic Committee (by against criteria that included from the five other GCC markets cal to the function of Halul Island. last year listed on the New York Commissioning (EPIC) Works ASTAD Engineering and Project engineering and construction chal- for the regional awards. A national winner in the Social Stock Exchange in a record offer. at Halul Island, Qatar Faculty Management Company); The lenges, as well as economic, social ‘’These awards recognise the best Infrastructure Project of the Year Analysts say cutting the cord of Islamic Studies Building, New Doha International Airport and environmental impact. achievements in project delivery in category, the Qatar Faculty of with Alibaba leaves Yahoo with Solar Micro Grid System, Al Passenger Terminal Complex - “Complying with the highest the region and I’m delighted these Islamic Studies Building Project a core of assets but no clear path Sadd Multipurpose Hall and the CP 18 Project by the New Doha quality standards in the projects Qatari projects have received the provides education and teaching or mission. New Doha International Airport International Airport Steering market is critical not just to the recognition they deserve,’’ said space and also houses the Education In 2005, Yahoo bought a 40-per- Passenger Terminal Complex — Committee (by Sky Oryx Joint success of individual projects, but Richard Thompson, Editorial City campus mosque. cent stake in Alibaba for $1 bil- CP 18. Venture: Taisei – TAV JV). also for their invariable impact on Director at MEED. The GCC winners will be lion. The US company ceded its The national winners of the Qatar Foundation’s Qatar the society at large, in terms of the With the Epic for the new CIB announced on May 27 in Dubai. China operations to Alibaba as a MEED Quality Awards for Projects, Faculty of Islamic Studies Building economic, social and environmental 33/11 KV PDS at Halul Island THE PENINSULA result. AFP

Luxury brands expanding in China Lufthansa pilot strike grounds over half long-haul flights

FRANKFURT: A pilots strike offer the reliability we need then Pilot strikes cost Lufthansa grounded more than half of it could become a problem for our more than $213m in lost operating Lufthansa’s lucrative long-haul customers,” Peter Gerber, the chief profit last year. Experience so far flights yesterday, the latest executive of Lufthansa Cargo, said. shows that bookings drop sharply action to pressure management Lufthansa Cargo said all its after a strike is announced, stay in a protracted row over early freight-only flights would operate low for a couple of days and then retirement benefits and cost cuts. yesterday, but the strike would recover fairly quickly, a Lufthansa Lufthansa is trying to cut costs affect the freight it carries in spokeswoman said. to levels nearer those of its rivals the holds of long-haul passenger However, continuing strikes as it is squeezed by budget carriers planes. Lufthansa cancelled 84 of could force corporate travel man- Ryanair and easyJet on European its planned 153 long-haul flights for agers to push travellers onto other routes and airlines such as Turkish yesterday, affecting 18,000 passen- airlines, especially as Lufthansa and Emirates on long-haul flights. gers, a spokesman said. mainly serves transfer passengers Including yesterday’s strike, the Pilots’ union Vereinigung who could just as easily fly via hubs second of three planned for this Cockpit (VC) is extending the in London, Amsterdam or the Gulf, week, pilots have walked out 13 strike to short- and medium-haul independent aviation consultant times since April affecting almost Lufthansa flights today. John Strickland said. one million passengers. Other Lufthansa said it was cancel- “The only winners are Lufthansa employees are starting ling 700 short- and medium-haul Lufthansa’s competitors, whether Customers line up as they wait to go inside a Chanel shop at a shopping mall in Shanghai yesterday. to worry the row could damage the flights today, equivalent to about long-haul or short-haul,” Strickland Global luxury brands expanding in China are better off targeting the HENRYs — High Earners, Not Rich business for good. half its scheduled flights, while said, adding that it was still crucial Yet — instead of the ultra-wealthy, as a slowing economy and a government that frowns on official “We fortunately have very loyal another 90 were being cancelled for Lufthansa management to push excesses usher in an era of less showy spending. customers, but if this continues in because of strike by Italian air traf- through structural changes to keep the long run and we aren’t able to fic controllers. up with rivals. REUTERS FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 14 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com BUSINESS Kuwait can withstand oil slide: QNB US jobless The country has strong macroeconomic fundamentals and lowest breakeven prices among GCC claims up

DOHA: Kuwait is well placed projects get underway. largest impact in 2015 (4.2 per- back expenditure; the surplus is through its sovereign wealth slightly to withstand lower interna- In the hydrocarbon sector, cent), subsiding to an average 4.0 projected to widen in 2016-17 (4.9 fund. tional oil prices with strong the government plans to invest percent in 2016-17. percent of GDP on average) as “We expect slower deposit macroeconomic fundamentals $100bn in 2015-19 on boosting The government has hydrocarbon revenues recover on growth in 2015 as lower fiscal WASHINGTON: The number and the lowest breakeven oil production, upgrading refineries, announced plans to substantially higher oil prices. surpluses reduce oil-related flows of Americans filing new claims prices among the GCC coun- petrochemicals and transporta- cut current spending in 2015, The government has to the banking sector, but this for unemployment benefits rose tries, Qatar National Bank tion — the Burgan oil project, mainly through the removal of announced plans for a 20 per- should reverse in 2016-17,” the marginally last week, indicat- (QNB) Group said in a report, among others, should accelerate subsidies on diesel, electricity cent cut in current spending QNB report said. ing the labour market remained Kuwait Economic Insight 2015, oil production growth starting in and water, healthcare and petrol. in 2015, which will mainly be Credit growth will be slightly on solid footing despite slowing yesterday. The report examines 2017, the report said. Foreign inflation is likely to achieved by reducing subsidies. faster on robust consumer lend- economic growth. recent developments and the Non-hydrocarbons are slow in 2015 as commodity prices This will moderate expenditures ing, it said. Other data yesterday showed outlook for Kuwait’s economy. expected to be the main engine fall on weak global demand, but throughout 2015-17 despite a Kuwait’s strong macroeco- manufacturing activity in the According to the report, real of growth, driven by govern- this is expected to be reversed in growing wage bill and an increas- nomic fundamentals should sup- mid-Atlantic region slowed for a GDP is projected to slow in 2015 ment investments, including the 2016-17, leading to higher foreign ing amount of public investment. port asset quality going forward; fourth straight month in March, (1.0 percent) as the government Kuwait Metro, the new port and inflation. Public debt remains low at we therefore expect profitability hitting its lowest level in more cuts subsidies before recovering the redevelopment of the airport. A small fiscal surplus is 6.2 percent of GDP at end-2014, to rise on falling NPLs and high than a year, while a gauge of in 2016 (1.8 percent) and 2017 (3.3 Inflation is expected to rise as expected in 2015 (1.6 percent of while the government has a large capitalisation. future economic activity rose percent) as major development subsidies are reduced, with the GDP) as the government cuts positive foreign asset position THE PENINSULA slightly in February. Growth has slowed in the first quarter, undercut by a harsh win- ter, a strong dollar, weaker over- Uber to test BYD electric cars seas economies and a now-settled labour dispute at West Coast Lloyds, Natixis, RBS ports. These are mostly tempo- rary factors that should fade by the second quarter. The Federal Reserve on sell Dubai World debt Wednesday acknowledged the moderation in growth, but main- tained its upbeat view of the jobs before $14.6bn deal market, as it signalled it was nearing an interest rate increase by dropping the reference to being DUBAI: Lloyds Banking Group entire stake or just part. Natixis “patient” from the central bank’s and Natixis have sold their hold- sold all its debt, said two sources, so-called forward rate guidance. ings in debt of Dubai World, the with one saying its exposure was “First-quarter growth will be state-owned conglomerate near- worth around $50m. lackluster due to the weather ing a $14.6bn debt restructuring, The buyers of all three of the effects and other transitory according to sources familiar banks’ debt were existing Dubai issues. We do expect overall eco- with the matter. World creditors, said one of the nomic activity to rebound in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sources. The price of the trans- coming months and quarters,” also sold at least part of its expo- actions was not revealed but one said Sam Bullard, a senior econo- sure in the conglomerate, said two said Dubai World’s debt was trad- mist at Wells Fargo Securities in sources, which could mean more ing around 85 cents on the dollar. Charlotte, North Carolina. than $1bn of Dubai World’s debt Lloyds and RBS have cut their Initial claims for state unem- has changed hands. links to the region in recent years ployment benefits increased 1,000 The moves help pave the way for as they refocus on their domestic to a seasonally adjusted 291,000 Dubai World to secure 100 percent market after receiving bailouts for the week ended March 14, creditor assent for its restructur- during the financial crisis. the Labor Department said. The ing, which would involve debt cur- HSBC bought most of Lloyds’ increase was broadly in line with rently falling due in 2018 extended operations in the United Arab Uber driver Glen Snower looks at his phone next to a BYD e6 electric car in Chicago, Illinois. Uber, which economists’ expectations. to 2022 in exchange for incentives. Emirates in 2012. RBS was allows users to summon rides on their smartphones, struck a deal with Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd to REUTERS Lloyds, RBS and Dubai World exploring options for the sale or test a fleet of electric cars for its drivers. declined to comment. Natixis wind-down of its corporate and didn’t immediately respond to a institutional banking operations request for comment. in central and eastern Europe, the RBS and Lloyds were said to be Middle East and Africa, the bank asking creditors late last year for said earlier this week. backing in a challenge to the pro- The sale was aided by an India to import Iraqi oil to fill reserves posed deal, although Dubai World improvement in Dubai’s economy said on January 12 it had secured since 2011 and heightened confi- NEW DELHI: India is set The tenders are to be issued narrower,” said Ehsan Ul Haq, compartments of 7.55 million enough support to trigger a court dence in the emirate’s ability to to import 8 million barrels of this month and plans call for the senior consultant at UK-based barrels and 2.20 million barrels. process which would impose the meet obligations, which has helped Iraqi oil to fill its first strate- federal cabinet to approve issu- consultant KBC Energy The smaller compartment will terms on errant creditors. Dubai World’s debt value in the gic petroleum reserve (SPR), ing tenders at its meeting next Economics. be used by HPCL for its 166,000 Dubai World then announced secondary loan market to rise. taking advantage of cheap week, said one of the sources, Benchmark Brent futures have barrel-per-day Vizag refinery. on February 15 it had unanimous Lloyds received bids in the high-70 prices and lending some sup- who declined to be identified. climbed off a six-year low hit in A total of three SPRs in the backing for the deal, pointing to cents when it tried to sell in June. port to a market suffering from A committee of directors sug- January but are still down more south will hold more than 36 either the lenders backing down For local banks, who are cash-rich oversupply. gested Basra oil as it suits refin- than 50 percent from last June million barrels of oil, enough to in their challenge or exiting their after fast-rising deposits but slug- India’s SPR purchases could eries on India’s east coast, the at $53 per barrel. cover about 13 days’ supply for positions. Lloyds had sold its Dubai gish loan growth in recent years, temporarily help offset the source said, adding this will be “It could weaken the price of India in case of a supply disrup- World debt, said three sources, buying Dubai World debt makes impact of an expected pause in a one-off purchase for the SPR Brent-linked crudes as traders tion or extreme price volatility. with one saying the sale was com- sense as they can classify it as a China’s strategic stocks build and as the stocks will be used only in were expecting India to buy sweet The two other SPRs, at Padur pleted around the turn of the year. performing asset and immediately the start of spring maintenance case of supply disruptions. oil for its SPR. On the other hand and Mangalore in southern The bank had attempted to offload mark up the value to 100 cents, at Asian refiners. India’s finance ministry has it would be good news for Iraq, Karnataka state, will have a much of its stake, worth around booking a profit in the process. India’s oil ministry on Tuesday provided Rs24bn (about $383m) which has been struggling to find capacity of 29.3 million barrels $535m according to investment When Emirates NBD, DU, instructed state refiners Indian from revised budget estimates for buyers because of the deteriorat- and are expected to be ready by bank Exotix, in June, but pulled Dubai World’s largest creditor, Oil Corp and Hindustan the current fiscal year to fill the ing quality of Basra,” Haq said. October. In addition to HPCL’s the deal when it couldn’t achieve reclassified its exposure to the Petroleum Corp Ltd to each seek first SPR. The world’s fourth biggest oil Vizag refinery, the IOC’s 150,000 a suitable price. conglomerate as performing in two very large crude carriers “In Asia we are trading May consumer, India last month built bpd Haldia refinery and a 210,000 RBS was believed to have at its fourth-quarter earnings, this (VLCC) of Basra oil for arrival cargoes and demand from India its first underground SPR in bpd refinery owned by Chennai least $500m of Dubai World expo- reversed its provision against the in May-June, totalling 8 million for Basra will tighten the prompt Andhra Pradesh with a capacity Petroleum Corporation, a subsid- sure in total, but it was unclear debt and helped send its profit up barrels, two sources familiar with market and will make contango to hold 9.75 million barrels of oil. iary of IOC, can process Basra oil. from sources if it had sold its 82 percent. REUTERS the matter said. in the Asia and Dubai markets The Vizag facility has two REUTERS

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Montsho to appeal two-year McIlroy seeks Masters boost at Bay Hill doping ban ORLANDO: World number bit of spice to it, but I don’t feel one Rory McIlroy is looking any extra pressure,” McIlroy said. for a strong showing at his first “I feel the extra attention, but CAPE TOWN: Former Arnold Palmer Invitational to no extra pressure on this side 400 metres world champion set him up nicely for a tilt at the going into Augusta this year.” Amantle Montsho of Botswana Masters next month. McIlroy said that five days of Keegan Bradley of the has been suspended for two McIlroy got 2015 off to a strong work with coach Michael Bannon United States hits his tee years after testing positive for a start with a runner-up finish on had helped him sort out some shot on the 18th hole dur- banned substance at last year’s the European Tour in Abu Dhabi problems. ing the first round of the Commonwealth Games, the head followed by a victory in Dubai. “Feeling much better about my Arnold Palmer Invitational of her country’s athletics associa- But in his first two US PGA Tour game now than I was walking off Presented By MasterCard tion Moses Bantsi said yesterday. starts of the year he at Doral 10 days at the Bay Hill Club and The 31-year-old, who tested missed the cut at the ago,” he said. Lodge in Orlando, Florida, positive for methylhexaneamine Honda Classic and Despite his yesterday. at the Glasgow Games in July, finished equal ninth Stateside strug- plans to appeal against her ban at the WGC-Cadillac gles, McIlroy said and has until March 26 to do so, Championship. he kept it light local media reported. “It’s important on a short visit to The Botswana Athletics to play well here, to Augusta National Association (BAA) delivered its get into contention last week. verdict last month following six and just feel what He said the trip months of investigations after it’s like, final event was “100 percent Confidence key for Woods: Palmer Montsho’s’s A and B samples going into Augusta, fun, zero percent tested positive for the drug. just feeling some- serious. The case was first investi- thing on the last day “I didn’t hit any ORLANDO: Tiger Woods Woods took himself out of com- his position I would probably have gated by the Commonwealth and the back nine in extra balls, just hit needs to regain his early career petition last month to improve his said somewhat similar things. Games Federation (CGF), which contention, having a one ball the whole confidence if he is to find his game, and time is running out “ ... He simply said that he just found the athlete guilty of violat- chance to win and time. way back to the pinnacle of golf, for a return to form before the couldn’t present himself ready ing its anti-doping code. It was all that stuff,” said “I just wanted US legend Arnold Palmer said Masters next month. to play when he isn’t, and he’s then handed to the International the 25-year-old from Northern to go and enjoy it with my Dad, yesterday, a few weeks ahead Palmer said he appreciated going to work on his game and Association of Athletics Ireland, who has never played that’s what the whole thing was of the Masters where Woods the fact that Woods called him get through it.” Federations (IAAF) and finally Palmer’s tournament at Bay Hill about,” McIlroy said. “There were hopes to stage his return to the to explain why he wouldn’t be Palmer said he “didn’t say much referred back to the BAA to before. four father-and-son pairs, and we game. there. of anything” during the call, but determine a punishment. McIlroy will be seeking a third had a great time.” Speaking on the eve of the “First of all, he said, ‘Arnold, the seven-time major champion Montsho was the poster girl for straight major title at Augusta While at Augusta, McIlroy Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay you know, I can’t think of any- was asked what advice he would Botswana athletics having won National in April and attempting bumped into star NFL quar- Hill, Palmer said 14-time major thing that I’d rather do than offer Woods. gold at the 2010 Commonwealth to complete a career Grand Slam. terbacks Tom Brady, Peyton champion Woods needs practice be there to play’ and then he “There’s only one thing I can Games in New Dehli, the first He knows he’ll be in the spot- Manning and Eli Manning. to rebuild that confidence. explained that he didn’t feel like say and that’s practice, and con- athlete from her country to do light at Augusta, but insists that He said it was “inspirational” to Palmer said he supported his game was ready,” Palmer said fidence,” Palmer said. so, and being crowned 2011 world won’t put extra pressure on him. see the trio, in the midst of their Woods’ decision to take a break yesterday of his brief talk with “He has to regain the confi- champion in Daegu, South Korea. “I’ve got a chance to go to off-season, sweating in the gym. from competition, even though Woods. dence he had when he was start- She also won the silver medal Augusta and do something very “Just great to see the dedication that means Woods won’t be teeing “He really wanted to work on it ing out and that was what made at the 2013 world championships few players in this game have that they have and how seriously it up this week at Bay Hill, where and get it ready to play and I don’t him what he is. And that’s the in Moscow, losing out in a thrill- done before, so that adds a little they take their career,” he added. he has won eight times. blame him. I think if I were in way he’ll get it back.” AFP ing photo finish to Briton Christine Ohuruogu by four thousandths of a second. Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic Committee sent out a strong warning to Athletics Australia against appointing Warriors shoot down Hawks in duel of top teams Kevin Tyler for the 2016 Rio Games on Thursday after the OAKLAND, United States: points -- draining five of his controversial coach was short- The Golden State Warriors NBA Results seven attempts from three-point listed for the position. won the battle of the NBA’s two Cleveland 117 Brooklyn 92 range -- and pulled down seven The former Canadian sprinter best teams yesterday, routing Philadelphia 94 Detroit 83 rebounds, while Golden State’s and bobsledder previously trained the high-flying Atlanta Hawks Australian big man Andrew Philadelphia 94 Detroit 83 alongside banned drug cheat Ben 114-95. Bogut grabbed 14 rebounds. Johnson and was accused by his With a season-high 25 points Miami 108 Portland 104 “I think the defensive end is own coach Charlie Francis of from Harrison Barnes and Toronto 105 Minnesota 100 what got it done for us,” Green taking performance-enhancing 21 from Andre Iguodala, the Chicago 103 Indiana 86 said. drugs. Warriors shook off the injury San Antonio 114 Milwaukee 103 “We were able to lock those Tyler has never failed a drugs absence of Klay Thompson and a Oklahoma City 122 Boston 118 guys down for the most part of test and denied all doping allega- so-so shooting night for Stephen Dallas 107 Orlando 102 the game. tions but the AOC made it clear Curry. “Once we got good on the LA Clippers 116 Sacramento 105 he was not a suitable candidate to With their 10th straight home defensive end, we were able to replace Eric Hollingsworth. win, the Western Conference- Golden State 114 Atlanta 95 get out and run and we started AGENCIES leading Warriors maintained the Washington 88 Utah 84 knocking shots down and got it best record in the NBA at 54-13 going.” -- narrowly ahead of Eastern handed out 12 assists for Golden The victory came a day after NHL Results Conference leaders Atlanta who State. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr NY Rangers 0 Chicago 1 fell to 53-15. In addition to his season-high announced that Thompson will Washington Wizards’ forward Nene Hilario (42) tries to grab a loose Anaheim 3 Los Angeles 2 Despite connecting on just four 21 points, Iguodala handed out six miss seven to 10 days with an ball against the Utah Jazz during the third quarter of their NBA game at Edmonton 3 Columbus 4 of 11 shots from the floor, Curry assists. ankle injury suffered on Monday EnergySolutions Arena yesterday. The Washington Wizards won 88-84. still finished with 16 points and Draymond Green added 18 against the Lakers. AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 19

Barcelona’s ‘Hart is a phenomenon’, Croatian mid- fielder Ivan Rakitic (left) scores against Manchester says impressed Messi City’s goal- keeper Joe BARCELONA: Lionel Messi He saved everything today. football we are playing and the Hart during was in the unusual posi- I think we did everything to results we are getting.” the UEFA tion of having to laud one deserve a lot more, we had a lot Barca boss Luis Enrique Champions of his opponents for once as of clear chances but the keeper repeated his belief that Messi is Joe Hart produced a sensa- had a brilliant game. the greatest player of all time, League round tional performance, albeit to “We can only congratulate and urged the club’s fans not to of 16 match no avail, as Barcelona elimi- him, but the important thing is take his habitual brilliance for at the Camp nated Manchester City from we achieved our objective to get granted. Nou Stadium the Champions League on through.” “He is the best player in the in Barcelona Wednesday night. Despite being held scoreless, world without any doubt,” said on Wednesday Hart made 10 saves on the Messi is widely regarded to be Enrique. night. night to restrict Barca to a 1-0 in one of the hottest streaks of “Of this time and even for me victory thanks to Ivan Rakitic’s his fantastic career as Barca have in the history of the game. It is solitary strike on the half-hour won 17 of their last 18 games to obvious and we are enchanted to mark which sealed a 3-1 aggre- make a potential treble of La have him among us. gate triumph. Liga, the Copa del Rey and the “We have the luck to have Messi teed up the Croatian Champions League a realistic Lionel Messi and shouldn’t take with a wonderful assist, but his target. for granted having a player of quest to move ahead of Cristiano “I have gone from being a dis- his class. It is a great pleasure Ronaldo as the all-time leading aster to being in the best form of and joy for all Barca fans to have Barca ease past scorer in Champions League my career in a very short time,” him.” history was frustrated by the Messi added ironically, referring City manager Manuel stunning form of the English to Barca’s mini-crisis having lost Pellegrini, meanwhile, said the international. to Real Sociedad at the start of presence of Messi gave Barca an “Hart is a phenomenon,” said the year. advantage over the remaining the four-time World Player of “I am just enjoying the moment sides in today’s draw for the last City; Juve qualify the Year. like the rest of the team for the eight. AFP Tevez double gives Italians last eight spot Spurs striker

PARIS: A first-half goal by we played against Barcelona, Kane gets first Ivan Rakitic was enough to see Champions League but at least we qualified (for the Barcelona end English interest knockout stages).” Pellegrini England call-up in the Champions League on Results denied that speculation over his Wednesday night as they beat remaining in the job had played PARIS: Results from the Manchester City 1-0 in their a role in the team’s performance. LONDON: Tottenham Champions League last last 16 second leg clash for a 3-1 “It’s not a distraction. I never Hotspur’s breakthrough star 16, second leg, matches on aggregate win and a place in the worry about me so it’s not a dis- Harry Kane was yesterday Wednesday night(aet -- after quarter-finals. traction,” said Pellegrini. awarded his first England call- extra-time): Former Manchester City City’s exit follows those of up for the forthcoming 2016 At Dormund striker Carlos Tevez scored a Chelsea and Arsenal at the same European Championship quali- double in the night’s other game Borussia Dortmund (GER) 0 Juventus (ITA) stage, Liverpool having gone out fier against Lithuania and as Juventus pulled off an impres- 3 (Tevez 3, 79, Morata 70). Juventus qualify in the group stage. friendly against Italy. sive 3-0 win away at 2013 finalists 5-1 on aggregate It leaves the quarter-finals A graduate of the Tottenham Borussia Dortmund to win 5-1 on At Barcelona without an English team for the academy, 21-year-old Kane has aggregate. Barcelona (ESP) 1 (Rakitic 31) Manchester second time in three seasons. scored 26 goals in 42 appear- For Tevez it represents quite City (ENG) 0. Barcelona qualify 3-1 on “We’ve gone out to a magnifi- ances this season, making him an a turnaround in fortunes in the aggregate. cent side for the second time in obvious candidate for a place in competition, having gone six sea- two years,” Hart told Sky Sports. England manager Roy Hodgson’s sons without a Champions League performance.” “They will get a lot of plaudits squad for the double-header. goal,he has now scored six this City had their chances to get but we had a big chance with the “I think the whole country is term. back into the game, none more penalty. We hung in there and excited,” Hodgson told a press Tevez, who despite showing so than when Sergio Aguero was didn’t take it,” added Hart, who conference at Wembley when excellent club form was never given the opportunity to reduce earned unstinting praise from asked about Kane’s inclusion. selected by former Argentina the overall deficit with a penalty. Rakitic. Tevez had Dortmund “His rise has been fantastic coach Alejandro Sabella including However, he failed to take the rocking from the third minute since he broke into the Tottenham last year’s World Cup finals, was chance and Barcelona held on as he rifled home a superb effort team and he’s done so well. It modest about his contribution. comfortably only being denied a from outside the area and fur- would have been much more of a “The team played really well, more convincing margin of vic- ther goals from Spaniard Alvaro surprise if he hadn’t been selected. I just do my job and the team tory by the impressive Hart. Morata, who also scored in the “We know him, we know about deserved the win,” said Tevez. City manager Manuel Pellegrini first leg, and then Tevez again him, and what he can do on a “We showed our experience and tried to draw some consolation sent out a warning to the other football field is clear for all to see I think we’re on the right path,” from the defeat which will cast contenders that Juventus will be because he’s been doing it week added the 31-year-old. further doubt over his future at no pushovers. Dortmund coach in, week out for Tottenham. He Rakitic struck with a delightful the club as they are struggling Jurgen Klopp was typically blunt deserves his chance and we’re effort after being found by Lionel to defend their league title with about his side’s performance. happy he’s with us.” Messi, chesting it down and then Chelsea six points clear and a “It is a match to forget,” said Manchester United midfielder lofting the ball over the outstand- game in hand. the 47-year-old German, who for Michael Carrick returned to the ing Joe Hart. “All of us wanted to continue, the first season during his tenure 24-man squad, along with Aston Villa “I think we put in a great we need to improve in Europe and has had to swallow disappoint- midfielder Fabian Delph and Spurs effort out there,” said Rakitic, maybe in the last two years we ment after disappointment. right-back Kyle Walker, but there after scoring his first goal in the did improve,” said the 61-year-old “Juventus played really intelli- Carlos Tevez of Juventus (right) celebrates his goal against Borussia were no first call-ups for Burnley competition. Chilean. gently and the early goal was the Dortmund with team-mate Leonardo Bonucci during their Champions striker Danny Ings or Queens Park “Perhaps we should have scored “We have gone through to the worst thing that could have hap- League round of 16 second leg match in Dortmund on Wednesday night. Rangers forward Charlie Austin. more but the public saw a great last 16 and we were very unlucky pened to us. AFP Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge, meanwhile, made his return after missing England’s last five matches through injury. All eyes on fiery Ibra as PSG target top spot “I think Daniel is getting better and better,” Hodgson said. “When you come into the team PARIS: Paris Saint Germain’s French champions currently lie again after a very long absence it star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ligue 1 Fixtures second in Ligue 1 on 56 points, takes a while to get all your facul- will be under intense scrutiny (all times GMT) two behind Lyon and two ahead of ties back working as they should. today when they host Ligue 1 Paris Saint-Germain vs Lorient (1930) Marseille with nine games to go. “But I thought in the last game strugglers Lorient -- and not But with matches coming thick in which I watched him play, on Tomorrow only from panicked defenders. and fast, injuries are racking up. Monday against Swansea, there French Prime Minister Manuel Lyon vs Nice (1500), Bastia vs Guingamp, They lost Yohan Cabaye to a were very good signs that his Valls has told him to be on his best Caen vs Metz, Evian vs Montpellier, Rennes vs knee injury 10 minutes into his touch was there and his sharp- behaviour after the Swede called Nantes, Toulouse vs Bordeaux (1900) comeback last week while David ness is coming back. France “a shit country” and insulted Luiz has a thigh strain but is “He has another game between the referee after last week’s 3-2 English Premier suspended, anyway. His natural now and the England matches to league defeat to Bordeaux. replacement Marquinhos also has further improve his fitness, when “I am shocked by the remarks League Fixtures a thigh strain and Lucas Moura Liverpool play Manchester United in equal measure about the ref- Manchester City vs West Bromwich Albion and Serge Aurier are both also (on Sunday).” England are cur- ereeing as about France,” he said. (1245) sidelined with injuries. rently top of Euro 2016 qualify- “I would urge him to behave in an On the bright side, Argentine ing Group E after winning their Aston Villa vs Swansea City (1500); Newcastle exemplary manner all the time.” attacking midfielder Javier first four matches, six points United vs Arsenal (1500); Queens Park Far-right National Front Pastore is on a run of brilliant clear of Slovenia, Switzerland and Rangers vs Everton (1500); Southampton vs leader Marine Le Pen even sug- form and coach Laurent Blanc Lithuania. AFP Burnley (1500); Stoke City vs Crystal Palace gested Ibrahimovic could leave the has an enviable pool of talent to (1500); Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester City country if he felt that way, but (1500); West Ham United vs Sunderland select from. Lorient will bank on Squad others have supported him. (1730) a trio of young strikers, Jordan “He’s a world class player,” Ayew, Raphael Guerreiro and Goalkeepers: Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tomorrow Sweden coach Eric Hamren said, Benjamin Jeannot, who have 22 Joe Hart (Manchester City) and reminded everyone that a Liverpool vs Manchester United (1330); Hull goals between them for the club Defenders: Leighton Baines (Everton), Gary fly-on-the-wall camera inside any City vs Chelsea (1600) that is 15th on 34 points and who Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Southampton), dressing would be highly revealing. Etienne and a League Cup final have won two, lost two and drawn Kieran Gibbs (Arsenal), Phil Jagielka (Everton), But the French referees’ union, with Bastia the week after. PSG one of their last five games. Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling (all SAFE, called the outburst “a are in fact still chasing four tro- Leaders Lyon will be aiming to Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Tottenham new torrent of hate and verbal phies after eliminating Chelsea in stay top ahead of the international Hotspur) violence” by Ibrahimovic, who the Champions League last week, break and have thir top French Midfielders: Ross Barkley (Everton), Michael stands to pick up a ban of up to where Ibrahimovic was sent off goalscorer Alexandre Lacazette Carrick (Manchester United), Fabian Delph five domestic games. for a muscular foul on Oscar. back in fine form for the visit of (Aston Villa), Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana He will, however, be available Ibrahimovic was, however, trying Nice. Third-placed Marseille, will (both Liverpool), James Milner (Manchester today, as he will not learn his fate to pull out of a wild challenge and hope to build on their return to City), Raheem Sterling (Liverpool), Andros until April 9. Paris are holding their breath to form which has featured a 6-1 Townsend (Tottenham Hotspur), Theo Walcott That means he will also be see if the ban is for one or two hammering of Toulouse and a (Arsenal) free to play in the league game games. 0-0 draw with Lyon, where they Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris St Germain attends a training session at with title rivals Marseille after In the meantime, PSG will were denied a good goal for off- Wayne Rooney (capt, Manchester United), Ooredoo training camp in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, yesterday. the international break, a French discover their quarter-final side, when they travel to second Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Danny Welbeck Cup quarter-final with Saint opponents in today’s draw. The bottom Lens. AFP (Arsenal) FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 20 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com SPORT Rohit joins World Cup party

India’s Rohit Sharma celebrates after reaching his century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. India tame Tigers and roar into semis Defending champs thrash Bangladesh by 109 runs to win seventh consecutive game

MELBOURNE: India, growing that struggled in the lead-up to Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes in confidence with every match, the World Cup but is rapidly gain- Scoreboard came out all guns blazing, smack- Protests in thrashed Bangladesh by 109 ing momentum. ing 31 off the first six overs but runs yesterday in the quarter- Rohit was caught in the deep INDIA Imrul Kayes (run out-Jadeja/Yadav) ...... 5 when they fell in successive balls Bangladesh finals of the World Cup. when he was on 90 but was given R Sharma b Taskin ...... 137 Soumya Sarkar c Dhoni b Shami ...... 29 in the next over the run-chase The defending world champi- a second life when the umpires S Dhawan st Mushfiqur b Shakib ...... 30 Mohammad Mahmudulla c Dhawan b Shami21 was doomed. over ‘biased’ ons made light work of their clash ruled that Rubel Hossain’s deliv- V Kohli c Mushfiqur b Rubel ...... 3 Shakib Al Hasan c Shami b Jadeja ...... 10 Their frustrations were com- at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, ery was above waist-height and A Rahane c Shakib b Taskin ...... 19 Mushfiqur Rahim c Dhoni b Yadav ...... 27 pounded by India’s excellent outclassing their Asian neigh- therefore a no-ball, although S Raina c Mushfiqur b Mortaza ...... 65 Sabbir Rahman c Shami b Yadav ...... 30 fielding, once one of their weak- umpiring bours to stretch their unbeaten television replays suggested M S Dhoni c Nasir b Taskin ...... 6 Nasir Hossain c Ashwin b Jadeja ...... 35 est points but now one of their run at the tournament to seven otherwise. R Jadeja (not out) ...... 23 Mashrafe Mortaza c Dhoni b Mohit ...... 1 strongest. DHAKA: Hundreds of games. Rohit went on to make 137 R Ashwin (not out) ...... 3 Rubel Hossain c Ashwin b Yadav ...... 0 India have bowled out their Bangladeshis yesterday burnt India will now play either off 126 balls, highlighted by 14 Extras (B-4, LB-7, W-3, NB-2) ...... 16 Taskin Ahmed (not out) ...... 0 opponents in all seven matches an effigy of Pakistani cricket Australia or Pakistan in the semi- boundaries and three sixes, while Total (for 6 wkts in 50 overs) ...... 302 Extras (B-1, LB-1, W-8) ...... 10 they have played at the World umpire Aleem Dar and marched finals in Sydney next week and on the left-handed Suresh Raina Fall of wickets: 1-75, 2-79, 3-115, 4-237, Total (all out in 45 overs) ...... 193 Cup, another ominous warning in the capital Dhaka after the current form, they will be hard chipped in a with a quick-fire 65 5-273, 6-296. Fall of wickets: 1-33, 2-33, 3-73, 4-90, for their remaining challengers. country was knocked out of the to beat. after India had waddled along to Bowling: Mortaza 10-0-69-1 (1nb); Taskin 5-104, 6-139, 7-189, 8-192, 9-193, 10-193. Shikhar Dhawan took a jug- World Cup. Batting first, India compiled 115-3 and needed a lift. 10-0-69-3 (1w); Nasir 9-0-35-0 (1w); Mah- Bowling: Yadav 9-1-31-4 (1w); Shami 8-1- gled catch on the fine leg bound- They chanted “Shame, Shame. a daunting total of 302 for six, The Tigers, appearing in their mudullah 1-0-4-0; Rubel 10-0-56-1 (1w, 1nb); 37-2 (4w); Mohit Sharma 7-0-36-1 (1w); Ash- ary rope to send Mahmudullah, No to ICC conspiracy,” as they built on the back of a magnificent first World Cup quarter-final, Shakib 10-0-58-1. win 10-1-30-0 (1w); Raina 3-1-15-0; Jadeja who had scored two consecutive shouted slogans against the century from Rohit Sharma, who kept the Indian batsmen in check BANGLADESH 8-0-42-2 (1w). hundreds in the Pool stage, on his umpires and the International completed his first World Cup through the first 35 overs, stall- Tamim Iqbal c Dhoni b Yadav ...... 25 Result: India won by 109 runs. way for 21. Then the Indian cap- Cricket Council after Bangladesh’s hundred with a slice of luck. ing their run-rate with their spin tain and wicketkeeper Mahendra best ever World Cup came to an One of the most dangerous bowlers. 15 overs, leaving themselves a Bangladesh are one of the most Singh Dhoni took a diving catch end following a 109-run defeat batsmen in the world, his return But they dropped their heads near impossible run-chase at improved sides in cricket. They to remove Soumya Sarkar for 29 against India. to form could not have come at after Rohit was given his reprieve one of cricket’s biggest and most beat England to make the quar- to effectively end any hopes of a Bangladeshi fans were furi- a better time for an Indian team and gave up 147 runs off the last intimidating cauldrons. ter-finals but found India too hot. Bangladesh upset. REUTERS ous after player-of-the-match Rohit Sharma got a big break on 90 when he holed out to deep mid-wicket off Rubel Hossain, Dhoni, man-of-the-match Bangladesh proud only for Dar and fellow umpire Ian Gould to signal a no-ball for what appeared to be a legitimate waist-high delivery. Rohit praise team spirit despite Cup exit Fans also protested two other decisions including a catch MELBOURNE: India captain MELBOURNE: Bangladesh’s “Most of the players in our against Bangladesh’s best bats- Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised fairytale run at the World Cup side ... haven’t had any cricket man Mohammad Mahmudullah his team-mates for the way they was ended brutally yester- in Australia, so it was a really that snuffled out any hope for a have quickly pulled themselves day, but the Tigers’ elation at big class for us but the way the comeback by the Tigers. out of a form slump to reach the making the knockout rounds bowlers adapted with the wickets “The umpires were biased. semi-finals of the World Cup. for a first time will not be too and the conditions, I’m still very We did not mind if we had been The defending champions were dimmed by the humbling. proud of this team.” beaten legitimately. But this is struggling just over a month ago Bangladesh’s bowlers tried Suspension, fine for pure robbery,” Dhaka University but have now won seven matches hard to restrict India and were Mortaza student Mahmudul Hasan said in a row, thrashing Bangladesh by able to subdue them for a period. The Bangladeshi captain’s after joining a protest march. 109 runs yesterday to reach the But, ultimately, the Tigers were woes were compounded by a sus- “We protest these bad deci- last four. thwarted by a 122-run partner- pension and fine for his team’s sions. The ICC should review “It has been good, we can’t ship between centurion Rohit slow over-rate in the losing them,” Hasan, a 21-year-old stu- shy away from the fact that we Sharma and Suresh Raina. quarter-final against India. dent of history, said. are playing some good cricket,” “Our plan was pretty good Mortaza was banned for one Another student Topu Roy, Dhoni said at the post-match and we were a limited overs inter- 22, held a placard that dubbed presentation. bit unlucky that national and fined the ICC as the ‘Indian Cricket “But at the same time a month we couldn’t get 40 percent of his Council’, not International back we were struggling. A lot of a wicket at that match fee, while his Cricket Council. credit needs to go to the boys and India’s MS Dhoni (second from right) celebrates with team-mates during time,” Bangladesh players were fined “It was India’s money that the support staff.” the World Cup quarter-final in Melbourne yesterday. captain Mashrafe 20 percent of their forced the ICC to work against us. Dhoni said he was especially Mortaza (pic- fees for maintain- So it’s fair to call it Indian Cricket pleased with the overall health of a daunting total of 302 for six, Bangladesh, playing in the tured) lamented ing a slow over-rate Council,” he said. “Bangladesh is India’s game. built on the back of a magnificent quarter-finals at the World Cup to reporters. against India at the a victim of international conspir- India’s batsmen have a well- century from Rohit Sharma, who for the first time, were bowled out “We always Melbourne Cricket acy,” another protester shouted, deserved reputation as being completed his first World Cup for 193 in 45 overs, but won plenty knew they would Ground. as live footage of the protests were among the best in the world but hundred. of admirers with their perform- come hard after 35 Match referee broadcast live. they have also bowled out their He started cautiously after ances during the tournament. (overs). Roshan Mahanama Local police chief Saidul Haq opposition in all seven matches India slumped to 115-3 but picked “The toss could’ve been impor- “They were bril- imposed the sus- said up to 300 protesters joined and excelled on the field. up the tempo later on, finishing tant, we like to bat first but we liant after 35 and pension on Mortaza the march at the University. “The good thing is not many with an impressive 137 off 126 can’t complain. A score of 300 took the calcu- after Bangladesh “They also burnt an effigy of players from our side are in the balls. is always difficult to chase, 280 lated risks and we couldn’t bowl were ruled to be two overs short the Pakistani umpire,” he said. top run-scorers list, but the bat- “I wanted to bat as long as pos- would have been much better,” according to our plans ... That of their target at the end of the Facebook and Twitter were ting has performed,” Dhoni said. sible and put the team into a good Bangladesh captain Mashrafe was the moment when we lost.” match when time allowances flooded with comments on the “That was an area we wanted situation and the bowlers did a Mortaza said. Mortaza still hailed a “bril- were taken into consideration. “biased” decisions although most to improve (bowling teams out) fantastic job,” Rohit said after “Except this game, everyone liant” tournament for his team, As Mortaza had also been also applauded the Tigers for their Even in New Zealand and South being named man of the match. back home should be happy. Most who sent England crashing out found guilty of a minor over- best ever World Cup performance. Africa, we were struggling with “Batting at the top of the order, of the players had only played two of the tournament to secure rate offence during the victory “What we saw today, on three that, but now we are doing much it’s important to get big hundreds or three ODIs before the World their place in the last eight. against England, this offence separate occasions, was the better. It’s difficult to pin-point and I want to make the most of Cup and are just starting their “Except today, the batters bat- constituted his second minor Bangladesh team denied a fair how it changed. it when I go out to bat and I’m careers. ted really well throughout this over-rate offence for the pur- hearing,” wrote a Shayan S. Khan “Cricket has a lot of abstracts, happy with the way it turned out. “Hopefully we can carry on tournament ... Hopefully that poses of the ICC Code of Conduct. in a Facebook posting. but we need to do a lot of the small “We played as a team. Bowlers from here. We don’t have enough will continue. Mortaza pleaded guilty to the “I’ll just talk about the no-ball, things right. Put in the intensity are taking wickets, batsmen are experience to play in this sort of “The confidence we got hope- offence and accepted the pro- since that was the most blatant, and hope it all turns out.” scoring runs, we just need to take matches, but we now know how fully will continue. posed sanction. AGENCIES and probably the most influential Batting first, India compiled this momentum into the semis.” we have to play.” REUTERS decision,” he added. AFP FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 SPORT www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 21

FACTBOX Australia Pakistan game a ‘World vs Pakistan ADELAIDE: Factbox on the third World Cup quarter- final between Australia and Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval today. Cup final’, says Clarke AUSTRALIA Captain: Michael Clarke Coach: Darren Lehmann Squad: Clarke, Aaron Finch, David Warner, Chris Gayle Aussie skipper feels ‘fast bowling will play a big part’ Shane Watson, George Bailey, Pat Cummins, Xavier Doherty, James Faulkner, Brad ADELAIDE: Australia captain Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Gayle could Michael Clarke will approach Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, today’s World Cup quarter-final Mitchell Starc. blow away against Pakistan like a final, say- Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Beat ing he expected a “tough chal- England by 111 runs (Opener Aaron Finch’s NZ’s chances lenge” from Misbah-ul-Haq’s 135 and a 5-33 from paceman Mitchell men in the make-or-break Marsh gave the co-hosts an easy win); game. match abandoned against Bangladesh in windy Pakistan have lost nine of their (Match called of due to heavy rain without a last 10 one-dayers to Australia ball being bowled at the Gabba in Brisbane); Wellington on Australian grounds, includ- lost to New Zealand by one wicket (Mitchell ing all of the last seven, but Starc’s 6-28 could not compensate for a WELLINGTON: Strong Clarke refused to take victory batting collapse); beat Afghanistan by 275 southerly winds have buf- for granted. runs (David Warner top-scored with 178 in feted New Zealand’s capital “I think Pakistan have been an Australia’s run-feast); beat Sri Lanka by this week as the remnants of under-rated for a long time espe- 64 runs (Glenn Maxwell smashed 102 in 53 Cyclone Pam moved south- cially in the shorter form of the balls to outshine Kumar Sangakkara ton); east of the country but cricket game,” Clarke told reporters at beat Scotland by seven wickets (Starc led fans are questioning whether the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Scotland’s rout and Australia chased down a Gayle will strike Wellington “They have got a lot of talent. target in 15.2 overs) Regional Stadium tomorrow. Their attack is very good and they Top performers: Warner (264 runs): New Zealand face West have got a good mix of youth and Warner made the most of the Afghanistan Indies in the fourth and final experience. bowling, scoring 178 against them in Perth World Cup quarter-final on “It will be a tough challenge for and got a start in three of his four other Saturday, with the winner us and I believe we have to be at innings. to face South Africa in the our best to beat them. We’ll treat Maxwell (257 runs): The middle-order semi-final at Eden Park next this like a World Cup final. batsman has been in red-hot form, smashing Tuesday. “If you lose, you will be sitting bowlers to all corners of the ground and often Chris Gayle’s side are the and watching the rest of the tour- Australian captain Michael Clarke inspects the pitch in Adelaide yesterday, ahead of his team’s World Cup with unconventional shots. He has scored underdogs for the match after nament, so we are focused on just quarter-final match against Pakistan today. 66, 1, 88 and 102 in four knocks and also West Indies lurched into the making sure we can have success took three wickets with his off-spin. knockout phase, while New in this game.” field tomorrow it’s a new day. We gotten quicker over the years,” he Australia will field three left- Zealand were undefeated Four-time champions Australia all start on zero with the bat and said. “The groundsman always armers, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Starc (16 wickets): The left-arm seamer throughout the pool stage and beat England in their opening zero with the ball as well,” he said. does a great job here in Adelaide. Johnson and James Faulkner, tops the list of wicket-takers and has taken have firmed as one of the tour- match, had a rained-out no-result “What happened beforehand is It’s a beautiful ground, and we are and either Pat Cummins or Josh wickets at an average of 8.50. He has nament favourites. against Bangladesh and then lost irrelevant. It does not matter how going to see another great wicket Hazlewood, in a strong pace bowled fast and accurate. Many pundits and fans, how- by one wicket to co-hosts New well you have played earlier or tomorrow. attack. Key to beating Pakistan: Starc will have to ever, see the aggressive Gayle Zealand after being bowled out what your plans are afterwards. “Fast bowling will play a big Pakistan, depleted by the make early inroads and the frontline batsmen as the one West Indies player for 151. “It’s about being 100 percent part in the match especially absence of the injured Mohammad need to deliver against Pakistan’s formidable who could single-handedly They then won their three focused and as well prepared as if they leave that grass on the Irfan, have Wahab Riaz, Rahat Ali bowling. guide his side into the semi- remaining matches to live up to you can be; batting as well as you wicket like there is now. Both and Sohail Khan to share the new PAKISTAN final if he manages to get going. their billing as one of the pre- can, bowling as well as you can, teams have good fast bowlers. ball with either leg-spinner Yasir Captain: Misbah-ul-Haq The 35-year-old left-handed tournament favourites. and hopefully our fielding contin- “The batters will have to make Shah or seamer Ehsan Adil as the Coach: Waqar Younis opener is one of the most However, Clarke said the ues to be as good as it has been.” sure we play really well. I think fourth frontline bowler. Squad: Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, destructive batsmen in world results of the league matches Clarke expects the drop-in you’ll definitely see a wonder- Australia and Pakistan have Haris Sohail, Misbah, Sohaib Maqsood, cricket and earlier in the tour- were irrelevant and the momen- pitch at the Adelaide Oval, which ful game tomorrow, hopefully an won four games each in their eight Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Wahab Riaz, nament became the first man tum gained through the tourna- sported a tinge of green on the eve entertaining game. World Cup meetings so far. Their Sohail Khan, Rahat Ali, Younus Khan, Safraz to score a double century at the ment will count for little if the of the match, to assist the battery “Either way it’s going to be a last Cup encounter four years ago Ahmed, Yasir Shah, Ehsan Adil. World Cup when he blasted 215 team lost a knock-out game. of fast bowlers on both sides. challenge no matter what the resulted in a four-wicket win for Results so far at 2015 World Cup: Lost against Zimbabwe in Canberra. “When you walk out on the “I think the pitch has certainly scoreboard says.” Pakistan in Colombo. AFP to India by 76 runs (India posted 300-5 He is now the only man to despite a 5-55 from Sohail Khan and the have scored a test triple cen- chase proved too steep for Pakistan against tury, a ODI double century Batsmen too their arch-rivals); lost to West Indies by 150 and a Twenty20 international Favourites don’t always win, runs (Pakistan were reduced to 1-4, chasing century. dominant at Cup, 311 for victory and were finally all out for Taking away the double 160 in 39 overs for their second straight century, however, Gayle has says Ambrose loss); beat Zimbabwe by 20 runs (Another scored 64 runs in the tour- says undaunted Misbah below-par batting show saw Pakistan post nament, indicating that he is WELLINGTON: Legendary 235-7 but their fast bowlers responded still struggling for form, while ADELAIDE: Pakistan cap- “Australia is tough in home West Indies paceman Curtly brilliantly, finishing off Zimbabwe for 215); he battles a back injury that tain Misbah-ul-Haq fired the conditions,” said Misbah of an Ambrose yesterday said beat UAE by 129 runs (Pakistan piled up forced him out of their final first salvo ahead of his team’s Australian side who have only lost that one-day cricket’s rules 339-6 with three half-centuries from their pool game and necessitated World Cup quarter-final match once to Pakistan in their last ten favoured batsmen so much that batsmen and then restricted their opponents a pain-killing injection. Few, in Adelaide yesterday, saying home matches. teams might as well use bowl- to 210-8 for a thumping win); beat South however, can take away that Australia will be favourites — “Everyone is calling them ing machines to send down Africa by 29 runs via Duckworth-Lewis (The innings and while New Zealand but that favourites don’t always favourites and if any other team deliveries. Pakistan pacemen again came to the rescue, have said they could not afford win. beat them then it’s called an With the quarter-finals barely bundling out the Proteas for 202 defending a to concentrate on just Gayle, The odds are in favour of four- upset, so for us if we can do that begun, there have been 32 cen- modest total); beat Ireland by seven wickets it is clear he is the man who time champions and co-hosts then it’s very good for Pakistan turies at this year’s World Cup, (Wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed hit can do the most damage in the Australia, but Pakistan’s unpre- cricket as well,” said Misbah, who compared to 24 for the entire the first hundred for Pakistan in the ongoing shortest amount of time. dictable nature and four consecu- said his squad were in upbeat tournament in 2011. tournament to guide his side to victory) “Obviously everyone knows tive wins after a poor start to the mood after a run of wins that Ambrose, who took 225 ODI what Chris Gayle can do and tournament make them threaten- included a victory over highly- and 405 Test wickets for the West Best performers: Misbah (316 runs): The he is one of the biggest match ing opponents. fancied South Africa Indies, said the rules were under- Pakistan captain has been in prime form, winners in world cricket, so it’s “They (Australia) are favour- “I think four straight wins gives mining the contest between bat often taking his team out of trouble and to important we put a little bit of ites but there is no hard-and-fast you a lot of confidence as a play- and ball that was fundamental to a respectable score. He has hit four fifties in focus on him,” New Zealand rule that favourites are always ing unit, the mindset is good and cricket’s DNA. his six innings. batsman Kane Williamson told going to win the match,” said the momentum is with us and this “It’s too one-sided and the pow- Wahab Riaz (14 wickets): The left-arm reporters this week. Misbah yesterday. is the best time to play against ers-that-be need to look at this paceman has bowled short and fast on the “When he plays well, he “It’s which team performs such a good team because we are seriously and make it a little more responsive pitches in Australia and New takes any team down in world better on the day, takes their also in a good frame of mind,” said even, because at the moment it’s Zealand to emerge as the team’s highest cricket.” chances and have some luck, they Misbah. all about batting,” he told report- wicket-taker. The rest of West Indies bats- can really defeat any team,” he The Adelaide Oval is famil- ers in Wellington. Key to beating Australia: Bowling will men have failed to truly set added. iar territory for Pakistan, who “The bowlers, they can’t play be Pakistan’s strength but the fast bowlers the tournament alight, with “We are positive and hopeful. I lost their World Cup opener to cricket. Soon they might have to would need the team to give them some sort Marlon Samuels the only other think we’ve got a bowling line-up defending champions India at the get in bowling machines.” of a total to defend. The start will be crucial player to have scored more which can go through any (bat- South Australia ground before He said a free hit when there from Pakistan’s openers. than 200 runs, 133 of which ting) line-up.” defeating Ireland there in the was a no-ball and the batting Australia vs Pakistan head-to-head came against Zimbabwe. Misbah insisted his side were pool phase. powerplay meant bowlers could Total played: 92 They have also looked vul- not daunted by playing Australia, “When you are playing more not build pressure to strangle Australia won 57, Pakistan won 31, tied 1, nerable against the swinging saying teams that wanted to win games at a certain venue you tend an innings. “Everything favours no-result 3 ball and face arguably the best the World Cup had to expect to to adopt the conditions well,” said the batsman,” he said. “A bowler new ball pair in the tournament face major opposition. Misbah. trains hard to do the best for his At Adelaide Oval Played: 6 in Trent Boult (15 wickets) and “When you have a goal of win- “You know the dimensions Pakistan’s captain Misbah-ul-Haq team, oversteps the front mark Tim Southee (13 wickets) on ning the World Cup, you have to well, you are used to that atmos- gestures during fielding practice and there’s a free hit, the pow- Australia won 5, Pakistan won 1 Saturday. beat any team on the way,” said phere and that can help you,” said in Adelaide yesterday. erplays and all that stuff — I’m Last match: Australia beat Pakistan by one West Indies all-rounder Misbah. Misbah. AFP totally not for it.” AFP run in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 12, 2014. Darren Sammy, however, said if Gayle negates Boult and Southee’s initial attack the expected sell-out crowd of Dhoni becomes third captain to get 100 ODI wins 30,000 could see some fireworks from the opening batsman and MELBOURNE: Mahendra the role. Since taking over from joining the Australian pair of “So whatever we have not done dealing with the pressure on him. his team mates. Singh Dhoni may never match Rahul Dravid in 2007, Dhoni Ricky Ponting and Allan Border. right in this game, we would like “I think one of the most diffi- “I think they are the best the mountain of runs, nor enjoy has led India to every major Typically, Dhoni played down to do it properly in the next one. cult things to do is to keep it sim- new ball pair in the World the same fanatical following as title in world cricket, including his achievement, focussing on his That’s what it’s all about. It’s ple,” he said. “You start assessing Cup and they have been doing Sachin Tendulkar, but he does the World Cup, the Twenty20 team, that seemed to be in dis- nothing like a magic wand where everything because being human it consistently,” Sammy said. have one thing over his former World Cup and the Champions array just over a month ago but you just wave it and it comes in beings, that’s what we do better “If you don’t allow them to team-mate. Trophy. have rebounded at the perfect your favour.” than some of the other animals. take wickets then a different When it comes to captaining Yesterday, he guided his team time. India’s success at the World “We are good thinkers and plan comes into play and the India’s one-day international into the semi-finals of this year’s “It’s always tough. Nothing is Cup is no small part due to overthinking can actually kill Andersons and other guys cricket team, Dhoni is in a class World Cup with a 109-run romp easy,” Dhoni said when asked how Dhoni’s calming influence. Less you, especially in an environment come in. of his own. over Bangladesh. The result was his team turned things around. than three months ago, his own like this where there’s already so “We know within our group Leading the most popular team expected but also marked a major “It’s just that when you’ve won future seemed uncertain when he much pressure, especially if you that if we do the basics well in the world’s biggest democracy milestone. the game, you tend to brush eve- surprisingly quit as test captain, are part of the Indian cricket then were are unstoppable.” is a burden that has proved too He became just the third cap- rything under the carpet, but but he vowed to stay on as one- team. REUTERS much for many of his predeces- tain, and the first Indian, to lead what’s important is to still keep day captain, sticking to his philos- “It’s not only about doing well sors, but Dhoni has excelled in his country to 100 ODI wins, improving in those areas. ophy of keeping things simple and on the field.” REUTERS FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 SPORT 22 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com Djokovic, Federer win in straight sets World No. 3 Rafael Nadal and Britain’s Andy Murray also book quarter-final berths

INDIAN WELLS, USA: World number one Novak Serena to Djokovic took another step towards defending his Indian Wells title with a hard-fought meet Halep 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) win over American John Isner on Wednesday. Djokovic has struggled in the in semis at past with the 6-foot-10 (2.08m) Isner’s bombing serve on the hardcourts of the California Indian Wells desert. INDIAN WELLS, USA: But the reigning Australian Serena Williams took one step Open champ got the best of his closer to a capping a remarka- opponent in the key tiebreaker. ble return to Indian Wells after “John has one of the best serves defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the game,” Djokovic said. “It 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday to move was difficult to hang in there into the semi-finals of the BNP mentally. Paribas Open. “He had chances in the second Williams is playing in Indian set but I managed to get through Wells following a 14-year boycott in straight sets.” of the event where she alleged she Djokovic booked a quarter-final had suffered racist abuse from clash with 35th-ranked Bernard fans. Tomic of Australia. While Williams has said her Tomic eliminated fellow Aussie appearance here has been a vic- Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. tory in itself, a third career tour- In 2012, Isner upset Djokovic nament triumph would be special 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5) in the for the world number one. Simona Halep of Romania returns a shot during her match against Carla semis, a defeat Djokovic avenged “I’m just happy to still be here Suarez Navarro of Spain at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in California last year by beating Isner 7-5, 6-7 playing in front of you guys,” on Wednesday. (2/7), 6-1 to reach the final. Williams said during her on-court Djokovic now has a 6-2 advan- interview, after finishing with 23 forehand winner to claim the first tage in career meetings, with nine winners and seven aces. “I’m just set. of the sets going into tiebreakers. happy to be here.” From then on, Halep ATP and WTA Indian Isner has won six of those, so Williams extended her win- dominated. Djokovic felt fortunate to squeak ning streak to 15 matches and “She was opening the court Wells Results Roger Federer of Switzerland acknowledges the crowd after defeating through this time. will next face Romania’s world pretty well with the angles, and INDIAN WELLS: Results “With his size and his serve Jack Sock during day 10 of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells number three Simona Halep, who it’s really tough to play and hit the from the ATP and WTA BNP he can beat anyone so I am very Tennis Garden in California on Wednesday. is the last player to have beaten balls from wide in the court, so I Paribas Open tennis tourna- pleased with the victory which for her at the season-ending WTA knew I had to start playing more ment on Wednesday (x denotes me is very big,” Djokovic said. tougher as you get into the back trying to rebound from a subpar Championships in Singapore last aggressively and hit more into the seeding): Djokovic hammered seven aces end of the tournament,” Federer 2014, defeated Adrian Mannarino October. court,” Halep said. Men’s Fourth Round: Andy Murray (GBR and saved both break points he said. 6-3, 6-3 in the fourth round. Halep turned up the aggression “I just tried to relax my body x4) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; faced in the one hour, 31 minute Federer and Berdych have met “It was a tricky match,” said the and rallied for a 5-7 6-1 6-1 vic- and my mind, fight for every point Feliciano Lopez (ESP x12) bt Kei Nishikori match. 18 times with the Swiss holding a 27-year-old Scot. “He’s played well tory over Carla Suarez Navarro and play my best.” (JPN x5) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2); Milos Raonic (CAN Four-time Indian Wells win- 12-6 lead. this year, had a few good tourna- to claim the first women’s semi- Halep finished the match in x6) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x17) 6-3, 6-2; ner Roger Federer needed just 69 World number three Rafael ments. He’s a tough guy to play finals berth. style, blasting a big ace. She com- Tomas Berdych (CZE x9) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE minutes to oust American Jack Nadal rolled over France’s Gilles against. Very unorthodox style. The Romanian overcame a blis- mitted three double faults and x27) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x3) Sock 6-3, 6-2. Simon 6-2, 6-4. He has a very, very good backhand tering start by 12th seed Suarez broke her opponent eight times bt Gilles Simon (FRA x13) 6-2, 6-4; Roger “The first set was really good The left-handed Spaniard ham- cross court. Hits it very low over Navarro at Indian Wells to move in the close to two-hour match. Federer (SUI x2) bt Jack Sock (USA) 6-3, tennis,” Federer said. “I played mered four aces and broke Simon the net, very flat,” added Murray, a step closer to what would be her Williams leads Halep in their 6-2; Bernard Tomic (AUS x32) bt Thanasi well throughout and was able to five times to set up a meeting whose 496th career match win biggest tournament title. head-to-head series four game Kokkinakis (AUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Novak serve better than Jack today.” with hard-hitting Milos Raonic equalled Tim Henman’s mark for Suarez Navarro could do no to one but the loss wasn’t that Djokovic (SRB x1) bt John Isner (USA x18) In the quarter-finals, the Swiss of Canada. the most in the Open Era by a wrong in the opening stages of long ago. Halep beat her 6-0, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), second seed will face ninth-seeded “I played a solid match against British man. the match, sweeping the first four 6-2 at the 2014 WTA Tour finals Czech Tomas Berdych, a 6-2, 4-6, a tough opponent who has good Murray next faces Spain’s games to go up 4-0. in Singapore. Williams got her Women’s Quarter-finals: Simona Halep 6-4 winner over compatriot Lukas tactics,” Nadal said. “I only had Feliciano Lopez who upset fifth But Halep clawed back to 4-4, revenge just a couple of days later, (ROM x3) bt Carla Suarez (ESP x12) 5-7, Rosol. two bad games with my serve.” seed Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4, and then 5-5, before the Spaniard winning in straight sets in the 6-1, 6-1; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Timea “The opponents are getting Fourth seeded Andy Murray, 7-6 (7/2). AFP regrouped and unleashed a huge final 6-3, 6-0. AGENCIES Bacsinszky (SUI x27) 7-5, 6-3. Odesnik career over as he receives 15-year ban

INDIAN WELLS, USA: the urine samples to a lab where Odesnik also failed a drug test in such violation, having been sanc- Journeyman American tennis they tested positive for anabolic March 2010 and was given a two- tioned in 2010 for the possession player Wayne Odesnik achieved steroids. year suspension for using human of human growth hormone,” the fame for the wrong reasons on “Those samples were sent to growth hormone. That was later news release said. Wednesday as the International WADA-accredited laborato- reduced to one year after he co- “It was, therefore, determined Tennis Federation (ITF) handed ries in Salt Lake City, USA and operated with the ITF’s anti-dop- that he is suspended from par- him one of the longest bans in Montreal, Canada for analysis, ing programme. ticipation for a period of 15 years the history of the ATP Tour of and were found to contain one Besides the suspension, Odesnik .... so ending at midnight on 29 15 years for failing a second dop- or more of: metabolites of meth- will have to forfeit any prize January 2030.” ing test in five years. enolone; metabolites of androst money from three tournaments, Odesnik was born in The ban ends the career of .... All are Prohibited Substances comprising the Australian Open Johannesburg but moved to the the 29-year-old Odesnik, who is under the 2014 and 2015 WADA and two lower level Challenger United States when he was three. ranked 267 in the world. List of Prohibited Substances,” series events. He began playing tennis aged He tested positive for perform- the ITF said in a joint news “Mr Odesnik’s commission of an seven and turned pro in 2004. ance-enhancing drugs after he release with the United States Anti-Doping Rule Violation under He was won over $1m in his Wayne Odesnik was given an out-of-competition Anti-Doping Agency. Article 2.1 of the Programme was career but has yet to win a ATP test in December. The ITF sent The South African-born confirmed, which was his second Tour singles title. AFP ‘We know what we have to do to finish in the top four’

DOHA: Al Gharafa midfielder A: Eventually after my football which has taken side, but from on developing these young play- perhaps doesn’t prepare correctly. and former Australian interna- career the plan is to move back to us to the position the off-season ers, I still think there is room for We just have to be focused; we tional Mark Bresciano recently Australia with my family and set- we are in now in Brazil. I don’t improvement in youth develop- know what we have to do in order spoke about the prospects of his tle down. I have definitely thought (sixth place). think we have ment in the QSL. to finish in the top four, we have club this season, how the QSL about moving back and playing Since his arrival, seen the best I think that with the national to beat teams like Al Shamal. must place importance on youth in Australia but I can’t say it’s the target is to from him yet team in mind, they need to development and his time in the priority at the moment. My qualify for the but the quality is develop talent and play them from Q: Finally, who was your football Qatar. family is enjoying the lifestyle in Qatar Cup and there. It’s hard a younger age. At the end of the idol when you were a kid? Excerpts: Qatar and I am enjoying my foot- get into the top for these players day if every team in the league A: Growing up in Australia I Q: You have been with Al ball at the moment. My contract four — which is to settle into the has three or four special national had a real interest in Serie A. Gharafa for three years now, before is in its last year with Gharafa but still possible for team because of talents they want to develop, you Back then I would have to say that you were with Al Nasr in the we just have to wait and see what us, the opportu- the environment, are looking at a core of players for Roberto Baggio when he was UAE. How have you seen football the future holds. nity is still there. but they have the national team. This is what playing at Juventus. I would develop in the region? blended in well teams should consider and focus always look out for him. It was A: Over my time in the region, Q: How has the side changed Q: How do you with the squad. on here in Qatar. hard, because he is so great, but just over four years now, foot- with the return of head coach assess the impact I would try to mold my game in ball has developed significantly. Marcos Paquetá? of the new sign- Q: Al Gharafa Q: Al Gharafa are facing Al his style. I did end up playing in I think that is through bringing A: Well, I have seen plenty ings in the winter has plenty of Shamal, who have just won their a similar attacking midfield role more recognised players to the of coaches during my time with transfer window? young talent at first game of the season, this week- to him, so I would say that he did region. The 2022 World Cup is Gharafa in the past three years. A: I think the moment, how end. Are you worried about their influence me. giving the whole region a real Every coach brings his own they have had Al Gharafa midfielder and former do you asses their improving form? THE PENINSULA buzz and is igniting the interest style of football. But that said, I a major impact Australian international Mark progress? A: For me these are the games of many people in Qatar. think Paquetá is bringing a more already. Claudio Bresciano. A: I think our that you have to have to worry Today’s QSL Matches defence-orientated game, which Keressu has young players are about. For Shamal, they have Q: Is it true that your contract is perhaps at odds with the tra- already been on the score-sheet having a great season. Personally, nothing to lose while we have Al Wakrah vs Al Sailiya at Lekhwiya Stadium with Al Gharafa is ending this year? ditional Brazilian attacking style. along with Bolanios, who has had I think that the youngsters should everything to lose. Playing these from 6pm. If so, are you thinking of moving Since he has arrived we have some assists and scored a few have an opportunity to play. games, sometimes a squad under- Qatar SC vs Al Kharaitiyat at Qatar SC back to Australia? become more solid defensively, goals. Cicero has also come to the Clubs should be more focused estimates their opponent and Stadium from 8.15pm. FRIDAY 20 MARCH 2015 BREAK TIME www.thepeninsulaqatar.com 23

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PRAYER TIME TAG Heuer to partner Balancing act with Google, Intel to Fajr (Dawn) 4:22 create smartwatch Shorook (Sunrise) 5:39 Zuhr (Noon) 11:42 BASEL: Luxury Swiss watchmaker TAG Asr (Afternoon) 3:08 Heuer announced yesterday that it was joining forces with technology behemoths Google and Maghrib (Sunset) 5:46 Intel to develop a smartwatch that can com- Isha (Night) 7:16 pete with the new Apple Watch. The timepiece, which aims to combine Swiss watchmaking know-how with high-end technol- ogy, is expected to hit stores by the end of the WEATHER year, TAG Heuer chief Jean-Claude Biver told the Baselworld watch fair. “Silicon Valley and Switzerland are going to Today Saturday Sunday Weather Conditions: conquer the market of the connected watch,” he Clear Cloudy Mostly sunny said at the world’s largest trade show for time- Cloudy with light pieces, in the northern Swiss city of Basel. to scattered rain, Biver, an industry legend who also leads the thundery rain at watch division of TAG Heuer’s owners LVMH, High: 28° High: 31° High: 29° did not reveal how much the watch would cost Low: 22° Low: 23 Low: 21 times. or which functions it would feature. “We don’t want the competition to know what we are going to do,” he said. “We want them to be surprised.” In a statement, the three companies said their DOHA - SUN & SEA partnership “signifies a new era of collaboration between Swiss watchmakers and Silicon Valley, SUN TIDE SEA bringing together each company’s respective expertise in luxury watchmaking, software and WIND SUNRISE | SUNSET HIGH | LOW hardware.” 05:39 17:46 04:45 & 17:15 11:15 & 23:00 12-22/25 KT Guy Semon, TAG Heuer general manager, added that when renowned Swiss watchmak- THE REGION TODAY TOMORROW ing “is allied with the creative technology and the global power of two companies like Intel and HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER Google, using the Android Wear platform and MUSCAT 32/24 Clear 33/24 Clear based on Intel technology, we can see the launch of a technological revolution in our industry.” MAKKAH 33/22 Sunny 32/22 Partly cloudy David Singleton, head of engineering for KUWAIT 28/17 Scattered T-storms 27/18 Scattered T-storms Android Wear, said Google was “thrilled” with BAHRAIN 28/21 Cloudy 28/22 Partly cloudy the project, telling the news conference the three SANAA 25/12 Mostly sunny 24/12 Scattered T-storms companies were ready to “a better, beautiful, RIYADH 28/18 Partly cloudy 29/21 Scattered showers smarter watch.” DUBAI 32/24 Mostly cloudy 36/25 Partly cloudy And it’s a partnership aimed at taking on BAGHDAD 23/12 Sunny 24/12 Sunny industry giant Apple. On March 9 Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled its new gadget aiming for THE WORLD TODAY TOMORROW wrists. “Apple Watch begins a new chapter in HI/LO WEATHER HI/LO WEATHER the way we relate to technology,” said Cook at a media event in San Francisco. It marked Apple’s ATHENS 13/05 Mostly sunny 13/09 Sunny first new category gadget since the iPad. WASHINGTON 04/02 Rain and snow 17/06 Mostly sunny The new smartwatch partnership hopes to launch the timepiece equivalent of a yacht. SYDNEY 22/19 Cloudy 23/18 Scattered showers “The collaboration with TAG Heuer and Google LONDON 14/06 Partly cloudy 14/03 Cloudy brings us closer to realising the vision of wearable PARIS 17/04 Partly cloudy 11/06 Cloudy technology with a distinctive smartwatch that ISTANBUL 07/04 Cloudy 08/06 Rain elevates the category,” said Intel’s Michael Bell. MANILA 31/24 Scattered T-storms 32/23 Scattered showers TAG Heuer watches start from around $1,500 DHAKA 34/20 Clear 35/21 Clear and prices for more exclusive models can reach A man balances a bicycle as he performs at a square in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, DELHI 31/18 Sunny 31/18 Sunny over $10,000. AFP yesterday. ISLAMABAD 27/13 Mostly sunny 28/14 Sunny Angry Birds Hungarian ‘Master’ fires passion for horseback archery

KAPOSMERO, HUNGARY: No flying, and horses on the steppes, it was empires from the Great Wall of China wing it, one knows more about shooting as if I was guided to horseback archery,” to Europe,” he tells them. arrows from a speeding horse than said Kassai, the only person on record “He pushes us to our limits, tests Lajos Kassai (pictured), the man as having shot arrows at targets from a our reactions, just like the horses do,” to go 3D called “The Master” by students and horse continually for 24 hours. says Kata Csillag, a 33-year-old fashion visitors alike to his school in a remote “The key is rhythm and balance. You designer from Budapest taking lessons STOCKHOLM: Finnish enter- Hungarian valley. must synchronise two things at once: the from the Master. If she passes a series tainment company Rovio, crea- Inspired by Hungarians’ nomadic, lower body focuses on the motion of the of gruelling exams later this year she tor of the hugely popular Angry warlike forebears who arrived in the horse, the upper body on the target,” he will become one of around 260 horse- Birds brand, yesterday said Carpathian basin from the Eurasian says. Kassai’s school, the first of several back archers around the world eligible that it was betting on a new 3D steppes in the late ninth century, he around Europe, the US and Canada that to compete in international competition. release to swoop back from a follows each thud from an arrow into a he has developed since the late-1980s Kassai’s fame has even reached massive loss in profit. flying target with a raucous battle-cry. when he codified the competition rules Hollywood where he is training US actor A few months after the viral Kassai is a living legend, the holder of the sport, currently has around 300 Matt Damon for a role as a mounted game’s 2009 release, Angry Birds of five Guinness World Records, who students enrolled, both men and women. archer in an upcoming action movie. became the number one down- has turned horseback archery into “Feel the breathing and heartbeat Kassai calls horseback archery the most loaded app of all time, according a recognised sport. “I was six when of the horse, become one with it,” he dynamically developing equestrian sport to Rovio’s website. I made my first bow out of a willow says during a display to students lying of the 21st century. Last year, some 22 Rovio also sells brightly-col- branch,” the 54-year-old said at a back on the perfectly still animals, all countries were represented at a World oured Angry Birds-themed mer- recent open day at his school down handsome grey Arabians and Shagya- Cup in Kassai Valley. The Magyars chandise, ranging from pillows a bumpy dirt track near Kaposmero, Arabians, popular breeds in this central dominated, taking the first nine places, and duvets to toys and mugs. 180km southwest of Budapest. European country. “Close your eyes and while the top scorer, of course, was But in 2013, the birds started “My mind dreamt of yurts, arrows think of your brave ancestors who built Kassai, the Master. AFP losing their appeal, and in autumn last year, the company fired a sixth of its employees. In 2014, Rovio’s overall sales fell by nine percent, even though income generated by new versions Neuroscientist hopes VEST will of the gaming app grew by 16 per- cent. Now, in an adventurous bid to save its flock, Rovio is working on a 3D feature film due to pre- broaden range of human senses miere in May 2016. Despite its woes, the company VA NCOU V ER: Neuroscientist discretely under clothing. “There the brain can take in,” he said. is financing the entire production David Eagleman hopes that one is a difference between access- “What we do know is that it is itself, and is even building its own day a special piece of clothing ing big data and experiencing extremely flexible; I think there animation studio. The film will be he has designed will let the deaf it,” Eagleman said. “Imagine an are a lot of applications beyond distributed by Japanese electron- “hear” and allow wearers to astronaut being able to feel the sensory substitution.” ics giant Sony. sense what is happening online overall health of the International Testing has begun to see “Developing an entertain- without looking at a computer. Space Station.” whether feeding real-time data ment company on the back of a Eagleman’s so-called VEST, During an on-stage presenta- from the stock market can give successful cross-platform gam- whose name comes from the tion at TED, Eagleman wore a wearers a sense of when it is best ing app might sound too opti- futuristic-sounding “variable VEST receiving real-time Twitter to buy or sell shares. “Trust your mistic — but staying still, and extra-sensory transducer,” is posts with the event’s hashtag gut would become trust your relying only on gaming, is too a sleeveless top equipped with along with sound from the audi- back,” Eagleman said. risky an option for Rovio,” said vibrating nodes that buzz infor- ence. “This is the first time I’ve The startup is also exploring Sotirios Paroutis, who teaches mation onto the wearer’s back, felt applause on this vest,” he whether pitch, yaw and other data at the Warwick Business School. essentially giving the wearer a quipped at one point. “It is kind from drones improve flying skills “Past attempts to bring video new source of information. of nice; like a massage.” of those remotely controlling games into the movie thea- “Your brain doesn’t know or The freshly launched startup them, and envisioning jet cockpits tres have not been successful, care where it gets the data from,” behind VEST is taking aim at where information from myriad but Rovio might still be able to Eagleman said after showing giving the deaf a way to “hear” sensors is routed to VESTS worn develop a winning movie formula off the VEST at the prestigious by converting spoken words to by pilots. particularly for younger audiences TED Conference in Vancouver on phonetically balanced vibrations “People don’t have the proper and Asian markets with its Angry Wednesday. “It is essentially a gen- that can be understood similarly senses,” Eagleman said, noting the Birds cartoon-based characters,” eral purpose computing device.” to running fingers over Braille. slim range of light, sound, smell Paroutis added. VEST is designed to sync to Testing showed that people and other senses that humans are Rovio also runs Angry Birds tablet computers which can con- quickly begin understanding the capable of detecting. theme parks in several countries vert spoken words, stock prices, language of the vest and can be A consumer version of VEST including Finland, China and A VEST,or variable extra-sensory transducer, tailored to expand the range or other information into digital conversation ready in a matter of costing less than $1,000 is Spain, and publishes children’s of human senses by translating information into vibrations sent into the data sent wirelessly to vibration weeks, Eagleman said. expected to be ready for market books in dozens of languages. backs of wearers is displayed during a TED gathering in Vancouver, Canada. motors woven into the back of “We actually have no idea what within eight months. AFP the garment that can be worn the limits are on the kind of data AFP